CONSTITUTION. 



Article 1. This Society tliall be called iLc Hiliside Ageichltubal 

 Society. 



Aet. 2. The object of this Society shall be tlie attahiment and diffu- 

 sion of scientific and practical knoT\kdge in tlie cultivation of the soil 

 and the raising of its various and ustlul productions, as comprehended 

 in the department of Agriculture, Borticulture and Pomology. 



For encouragement to the inti eduction and raising of improved breeds 

 of stock. For encouragement to mechanics and fine arts. For encour- 

 agement to domestic manufactures. 



Art. 3. On the first Saturday in December of each year the Society 

 shall Ijold an annual meeting at Cummington, for the choice of officers, 

 viz: a President, four Vice Presidents, a Secretary, a Treasurer, three 

 Auditors, a Sub-Committee, one member irom each of the towns of 

 Cummington, Chesterfield, Worthington, Goshen, Plaintield, Ashfield, 

 Windsor, Hawley, Savoy and Peru, -whose duty it shall be to appoint 

 the Committee of avpard, one member of Committee on Faims, who 

 shall be chosen for three yeers, and a Committee on Stock in General, 

 all of whom shall be elected by ballot, and shall hold their office one 

 year, and until others are chosen in their stead; and at the Annual 

 meeting the Society niay Uansact any otl er business the interests of the 

 Society maj^ require. 



Art. 4. Ten members shall constitute a quoium for transacting 

 business at any meeting of this Society. 



Aet. 5. The President, the Vice Presidents, the Secretary, the Treas- 

 urer, the Chairman of the Committee on Farms, and the Committee on 

 Stock in General, shall constitute the Executive Committee, to whom 

 shall be intrusted the general administration of the afl'airs of the Socie- 

 ty, and shall determine the scheme of piemium?; to be oflFered, estab- 

 lish the rules and regulate the e xhibitions and fairs held by the Society, 

 and place of holding the same, call special meetings of the Society, 

 when they deem it advisable, appn-piiate and invent the funds of the 

 Society, which shall be in personal notes or real estate, and shall put in 

 execution such measures as in their opinion shall best secure the objects 

 contemplated in the second article of this Constitution, and at all nieet- 

 iBgs of the Executive Committee five members thereof shall make a 

 quornm for the transaction of business. 



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