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22 MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
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 gen- 
eral cultivation 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 pretaining to the interest of the society. 
3. The executive committee may call a meeting of the so- 
ciety 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 
seedlings, on nomenclature, on forestry, on fruit blossoms, on 
Russian apples, on gardening, on small fruits and on floricul- 
ture. 
5. The five members of the executive committee, not includ- 
ing 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 to pay 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 be- | 
fore the winter meeting and ten days before the summer meet- 
ing. 
¢?. Every member shall be entitled to one copy of the trans- 
actions 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 societies it shall be discretionary with the secretary to 
pay the freight. 
8. Muorum.—A quorum shall consist of nine members of the 
society, or a majority of the executive committee. 
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