CONSTITUTION AND RULES n 



of "Management." Slightly modified, the following 

 is the Rule of the National Chrysanthemum Society : 



The management of the Society shall be vested in 

 the Officers of the Society, viz : A President, Vice- 

 Presidents, Treasurer, Chairman of the Executive 

 Committee, Vice-Chairman of the Executive Com- 

 mittee, a Foreign Corresponding Secretary, a General 

 Secretary, an Executive Committee of thirty-six 

 Members, and the Delegates from Affiliated Societies. 

 The President, Treasurer, Chairman, and Vice-Chairman, 

 shall be ex-officio Members of all Sub-Committees. 



The N.C.S. has not a General and an Executive 

 Committee, and its Secretary, being a paid officer, is 

 not an ex-officio member ; in other words, he has no vote. 

 An Honorary Secretary invariably has a vote, and a 

 seat on the Committee. 



VI. MANAGEMENT 



The business of the Society shall be conducted by a Committee) 

 to be elected at the Annual General Meeting, such Committee 

 having power to appoint an Executive Committee of fifteen 

 persons from its o*wn Members, for the preparation or the 

 conduct of any business. Five Members shall form a quorum. 

 The Committee shall have power to fill vacancies in any office 

 or Committee occurring during the year. The President, 

 Treasurer, Chairman, and Secretary shall be ex-officio Members 

 of all Committees. 



In a Rule of this character it is wise to define the 

 number of members of General Committee, and I am 

 favourably inclined towards a qualification for such 

 members, either residential or financial. There should 

 be a certain number of members of Committee retired 

 annually, either one-half or one-third. The annual 

 re-election of a Committee is not good when the Society 

 is of some standing, because the experience of members 



