HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 15 



AKTICLE V. 



DUTIES OF PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENTS. 



The president shall preside at and conduct all meetings of the 

 Society, and deliver an annual address, and in his absence the vice 

 presidents, in their order, shall perform the same duties, They 

 shall also have a general supervision of the horticultural interests 

 in their respective districts, and make a written report to the 

 Society at its annual winter meeting; in consideration of which 

 the Society shall pay their traveling expenses to the same. 



ARTICLE VI. 



THE SECRETARY. 



The secretary shall record all the doings of the Society, collate 

 and prepare all communications, etc., for the public press, and pay 

 over all moneys received from members or otherwise to the treas- 

 urer on his receipt; receive and answer all communications 

 addressed to the secretary, establish and maintain correspondence 

 with all local, county, district and state horticultural societies, and 

 secure by exchange their transactions, as far as possible; to aid 

 the president as an executive officer in the dispatch of business 

 relating to the meetings of the Society, notices of horticultural 

 and similar meetings of general interest, and report to the annual 

 meeting of the Society an abstract of the matter that has come 

 into his possession, which, with its approval, shall become part of 

 its transactions of the current year. 



ARTICLE VII. 



THE TREASURER. 



The treasurer shall collect and hold all funds of the Society, and 

 pay out the same only on the order of the president, countersigned 

 by the secretary. He shall make up a report of all the receipts 

 and disbursements of the Society and present the same at the an- 

 nual winter meeting, or any other time when called upon to do so 

 by the executive committee. He shall give bonds in such sums 

 as the Society may direct, to be approved by the president and 

 secretary, and the bond when so approved shall be filed with the 

 state auditor. 



ARTICLE VIII. 



ELECTION OF OFFICERS. 



The officers shall be elected separately and annually by ballot 

 and hold their offices until their successors are elected. 



