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delegate for every one hundred members or fraction exceeding half 

 that number. The members of the State Board of Agriculture shall 

 be, ex-officio, members of this association, and from counties or parts 

 of counties in which Clubs, Granges, or other Agricultural or Horti 

 cultural Societies are not organized, persons, not delegates, may be 

 admitted by vote of this association. All members shall pay an 

 annual fee of $1. 



ARTICLE IV. Its officers shall consist of a President, a Vice-Presi 

 dent from each Congressional District of the State, (to be nominated 

 by the delegates therefrom,) of a Secretary and Treasurer; and these 

 officers shall constitute the State Central Committee of this organi 

 zation, with power to appoint an Executive Committee of three from 

 the members, also a County Committee of one from each county in 

 the State, to be nominated by the delegates. Said officers shall be 

 elected annually and serve for one year, until their successors are 

 elected. This organization shall meet annually at such time and 

 place as the Association, or, in case of its failure to designate, the. 

 State Central Committee, may determine. Special meetings may be 

 called by the Executive Committee. 



In the discussion upon the report of the Committee, the 

 Constitution and By-laws were considered seriatim. Mr. 

 Somers, of McLean County, moved to amend the title by 

 calling it &quot;The Farmers and Mechanics Association,&quot; but 

 the amendment was lost, and each clause of the constitution 

 was adopted in the form reported by the Committee. 



The officers elected were : President, W. C. Flagg ; Vice- 

 Presidents first Congressional District, A. H. Dolton; 

 second, Daniel Worthington ; third, N. S. Church ; fourth, 

 P. B. Richards ; fifth, D. W. Dame ; sixth, Rufus Hoard ; 

 seventh, H. R. Conklin ; eighth, William Colon ; ninth, L. 

 F. Boss; tenth, H. C. Lawrence; eleventh, T. Butterworth; 

 twelfth, Benj. Dornblaser : thirteenth, Joshua Brown; four 

 teenth, J. B. Porterfield ; fifteenth, David Morrison ; six 

 teenth, Dr. M. M. Hooton; seventeenth, T. Smith, Jr.; 

 eighteenth, John M. Ferris; nineteenth, Richard Richard 

 son ; Secretary, S. M. Smith ; Treasurer, Duncan McKay. 



