ly Rules and Regulations of the Society. 



III. The ftatcd officers fhall be ekaed on the firll day of 

 each annual meeting of the fociety. 



IV. No perfon fhall be admitted as a member, unlefs he 

 fhall have been nominated at leafl feven days previous to his 

 ele6lion, and be elefted by a majority of the members convened. 



V. Every member on his admifTion, fliall pay to the trea- 

 furer two dollars ; and Ukewife one half of a dollar per annum, 

 during his continuance as a member, to fupport the funds of 

 the fociety. 



VI. The objects of invefligation for the fociety fliall be 

 Agriculture, Manufactures and Arts, with fuch fubjeBs of 

 enquiry, as may tend to explain, or elucidate their principles. 



VII. The fociety fliall parcel the ftate into diflrifts, and 

 ele6l at the annual ele6lion of officers, a fecretary for each 

 diftrift, to refide within the fame, whofe duty it fliall be to 

 convene the members of his diftri6l, to enquire into the flate of 

 agriculture and manufa£lures within the fame, to receive com- 

 munications relative to the objefts of the inftitution, and to 

 correQ;, arrange, and tranfmit them to the Prefident, to be laid 

 before the fociety. 



VIII. The fociety fhall, once in every year, eleB a com- 

 mittee, to be called. The Com?nittee of Publications, whofe 

 buGnefs it fliall be to feleft fuch of the tranfa6lions of the fociety 

 as may merit publication, prepare them for the prefs, and from 

 time to time publifh the fame. 



IX. The ele6tions of officers, members, and committees, 

 fhall be by ballot, and a majority of the members prefent at a 

 meeting, fhall determine all queflions. 



