16 ANNUAL REPORT. 



AETICLE IV. 



OFFICERS. 



Its officers shall consist of a president and one vice president 

 trom each congressional district, a secretary, treasurer, and an 

 executive committee of five, and a librarian. 



AETICLE* 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 as its annual winter meeting; in consideration of 

 which the society shall pay their traveling expenses to the same. 



AETICLE 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 i>iij over all moneys received from members or otherwise to 

 the treasurer on his receipt; receive and answer all communica- 

 tions addressed to the secretary, establish and maintain corre- 

 spondence 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 dis- 

 patch of business relating to meetings of the society, notices of 

 horticultural and similar ineetings 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 for the current year. 



AETICLE VIL 



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 



