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Honorary members, for a time stated or for life, may be 

 elected at any annual meeting by a two -thirds vote of the 

 society. 



ARTICLE IV. 



OFFICERS. 



Its officers shall consist of a president, one vice-president 

 from each congressional district, a secretary, a treasurer, an 

 executive committee of five, and a librarian. 



ARTICLE 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 for 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, col- 

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

 and pay over all moneys received from members or otherwise 

 to the treasurer on his receipt; receive and answer all communi- 

 cations addressed to the secretary; establish and maintain cor- 

 respondence with all local, county, district and state horticul- 

 tural societies, and secure by exchange their transactions, as 

 far as possible; aid the president as an executive officer in the 

 dispatch of business relating to the meetings of the society; 

 take notice of horticultural and similar meetings of general in- 

 terest, and report to the annual meeting of the society an ab- 

 stract 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, coun- 

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



