414 ANNTIAL REPORT. 



AMENDED CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS OF 

 THE MINNESOTA STATE HORTICUL- 

 TURAL SOCIETY, AS PROPOSED 

 AT THE ANNUAL MEET- 

 ING. JANUARY, 1884. 



Article 1. This society shall be called the Minnesota State Hor- 

 ticultural Society, and shall have perpetual succession. 



Art. 2. The object of the society shall be to improve the condi- 

 tion of horticulture and arboriculture by collecting and dissemi- 

 nating correct information concerning the culture of such fruits, 

 flowers and trees, and other productions in horticulture, as are 

 adapted to the soil and climate of Minnesota. 



Art. 3. The officers of this association shall consist of a presi- 

 dent, one vice-president, a secretary and treasurer, and as many 

 directors as there are congressional districts in the state, who, to- 

 gether, shall form & board for the general management of the af- 

 fairs of the society; provided, however, that the control of all af- 

 fairs of the society shall remain in the hands of the members at 

 any meeting thereof, to be resumed and exercised by the board 

 only ad interim. The officers shall be elected annually by ballot 

 at the annual meeting. Said board or the society at any regular 

 meeting may adopt such by-laws as may be deemed necessary for 

 the society and not inconsistent with the constitution and the 

 laws of the state of Minnesota, and may change the same from 

 time to time at any such meeting. 



Art. 4. The president, or, in his absence, the vice-president, or, 

 in the absence of the latter, any member of the board who may be 

 selected as acting president, shall preside at all meetings of the 

 board or the society, and the presiding officer shall be for the time 

 being the chief executive officer of the society, and authorized to 

 sign all vouchers relating to the business of such meeting. 



Art. 5. The secretary shall keep an accurate and full record of 

 the proceedings of the society. He shall carry on correspondence 

 with such fruit growers, florists and horticulturists in general as 

 manifest an interest in the purposes of the society. He shall be 

 ex-officio delegate to the American Pomological Society, to State 

 horticultural societies of states adjoining Minnesota, and to the 



