HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 17 



BY-LAWS. 



1. The president, at each annual meeting of the Society shall 

 appoint a general fruit committee, consisting of two members from 

 each congressional district in the state, and it shall be the duty of 

 each member to make a written report annually upon the fruit 

 crop, and a limited list of fruits best adapted for general cultiva- 

 tion in their respective districts. 



2. The president, secretary and treasurer shall be members ex- 

 officio of the executive committee, who shall have charge of all 

 matters pertaining to the interest of the Society. 



3. The executive committee may call a meeting of the Society 

 at any time they may deem advisable, giving at least thirty days' 

 notice through the public press. 



4. The executive committee shall appoint a committee on seed- 

 lings, on nomenclature, on forestry, on fruit blossoms, on Russian 

 apples, on gardening, on small fruits and on floriculture. 



5. The five members of the executive committee, not including 

 the president, secretary or treasurer, shall be a committee on 

 finance, and it shall be their duty to audit all bills before they shall 

 be ordered paid by the president and secretary. 



6. The executive committee shall see that a program is issued 

 for each meeting of the Society, at least one month before the win- 

 ter meeting and ten days before the summer meeting. 



7. Every member shall be entitled to one copy of the transac- 

 tions as often as published, on which postage shall be paid; but in 

 distribution of all other copies the party receiving the same shall 

 pay the postage. Where several copies are sent to auxiliary soci- 

 eties it shall be discretionary with the secretary to pay the freight. 



8. Quorum. — A quorum shall consist of nine members of the 

 Society, or a majority of the executive committee. 



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