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SECTION XXXII. 



FISCAL YEAE. 



The Fiscal Year shall commence on the first day of January, 

 and all annual assessments shall be deemed and taken to be due 

 at that time. 



SECTION XXXIII. 



APPROPEIATIONS. 



No appropriations of money shall be made except at a stated 

 meeting of the Society. 



SECTION XXXIV. 



THE OBJECT AND DISTRIBUTION OF PREMIUMS AND GRATUITIES. 



Premiums may be awarded to such members as shall have 

 essentially advanced the objects of the Society, or for the exhi- 

 bition of any Fruits, Plants, Flowers or Vegetables, of their own 

 growth or cultivation, either new in their kind, or of uncom- 

 mon excellence, or for any new and successful method of culti- 

 vating any variety of Fruits, Flowers, Vegetables, Shrubs, Plants 

 or Trees ; for any of the objects recommended by the Commit- 

 tee on Gardens, or for any other subject connected with horticul- 

 ture. Gratuities may be awarded for similar objects to any 

 persons, but no gratuity shall be awarded for any object which 

 shall have been entered or exhibited for a premium. Nor shall 

 any premium be awarded for any object not worthy of the 

 same. Nor shall any gratuity given for any object be of a 

 larger amount than the lowest prize established for the same 

 object. 



And for the further promotion of its objects, the Society, 

 under such rules and regulations as it shall from time to time 

 determine, may offer a prize or prizes for the best Essays. The 

 subject of such Essays to have reference to Horticulture, to be 

 selected by the Committee on the Library from such as may be 

 proposed by any member. The subject of such Essays to be 



