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16 BY-LAWS. 



ecutive Committee, of five members ; a Committee 

 on Trees and Fruits, of eleven members ; a Com- 

 mittee on Products of Kitchen Gardens, of seven 

 members ; a Committee on Flowers and Shrubs, of 

 seven members ; a Committee on the Library, of 

 five members and one Librarian ; a Committee on 

 Finance, of three members ; a Committee on Sy- 

 nonyms, of four members, and such other Commit- 

 tees as may from time to time be deemed expedient, 



ARTICLE III. 



DUTIES OF TREASURER. 



The Treasurer shall keep regular accounts of all 

 sums of money received and disbursed by him on 

 account of the Society. All payments shall be 

 made by order of the Society, or of the Committes 

 of Finance. The accounts of the Treasurer shall 

 be audited annually by a Committee of the Society, 

 who shall report at the Anniversary Meeting the bal- 

 ance in the Treasurer's hands, and the general state 

 of the funds of the Society. 



ARTICLE IV. 



THE COUNCIL. 



The Council shall consist of not more than twenly- 

 four, besides the officers of the Society, who shall 

 be members ex officio — whose duty it shall be to 

 supervise the general interest of the Society, and 



