18 ANNUAL KEPORT. 



ARTICLE IV. 



OFFICERS, 



Its officers shall consist of a president and one vice president from 

 each congressional district, a secretary, treasurer, and au executive 

 comniittee of five, and a librarian. 



ARTICLE V. 



DUTIES OF PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENTS. 



The President shall preside at and conduct all meetings ot 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 horticuliural interests in their 

 respective districts, and make a written report to the society at itii 

 annual winter meeting; in consideration of 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, collate and 

 prepare all communications, etc., for the public press, and piy over 

 all moneys received from members or otherwise to the treasurer on 

 his receipt; receive and answer all communications addressed to the 

 secretary, establish and maintain correspondence witli 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 tlie dispatch of business relating to meetings of the society, 

 notices of horticultural and similar meetings 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 be- 

 come part of its transactions for 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, countersigned by 

 the secretar3\ He shall make up a report of all the receipts and dis- 

 bursements of the societj', and present the same at the annual winter 



