CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS. 



ADOPTED NOV. 19-20, 1884. 



Article 1. This association shall be known 

 as the Colorado State Forest y Association. 

 Art. 2. Its object shall be the preservation 

 and cultivation of trees in this State. 

 Art. 3. Its membership shall consist of 

 annual members, paying an annual fee of 

 one dollar, in advance, of life members pay- 

 ing a fee of ten dollars at one time, and of 

 honorary members, who shall be persons of 

 distinguished merit in forestry, and shall be 

 elected to membership by a vote of the asso- 

 ciation. 



Art. 4. It shall hold an annual meeting 

 on the second Tuesday of January, in each 

 year, at Denver, unless otherwise ordered, at 

 the regulur meeting of the association. 



Art. 5. The officers of the Association shall 

 bo a President, a Vice President from each 

 ceunty, a Secretary, and a Treasurer. With 

 the exception of the Vice Presidents, they 

 shall be elected at each annual meeting of 

 the association, and shall hold their office for 

 one year, or until their successors shall be 

 elected. The Vice Presidents shall be ap- 

 pointed by the President. 



Art. 6. The affairs of the Association shall 

 be under the control of a Board of Managers, 

 consisting of the President, ' the Secretary, 

 the Treasurer, and four other members of the 

 Association, who shall be elected at each 

 annual meeting, and shall hold their office 

 for one year, or until their successors shall 

 be elected. They shall have the power to 

 fill any vacancies occurring in the Board be- 

 tween the annual meetings of the Associa- 

 tion, and any, officer so appointed shall hold 

 his office until the next succeeding annual 

 meeting, or until a successor shall be elected 

 by the Association. . * . 



Art. 7. It shall be the duty of th'e Presi- 

 dent to preside at all meetings of the Board^ 

 and Association, call special jrne.}th?;gs;deCiaV 

 all points of order there may arise subject -to 

 customary laws, and have general supervision 

 over the affairs of the Association. 



Art. 8. It shall be the duty of the Vice- 

 Presidents, in alphabetical order of their 



countk is, to preside at all meetings of the As- 

 sociation during the absence of the President 

 or his inability to act; to call conventions in 

 their counties; to form associations for the 

 purpose of carrying out the objects of this 

 Association, &nd to report at each annual 

 meeting. 



Art. 9. It shall be the duty of the Secretary 

 to record the proceedings of the meetings of 

 the Board and the Association, and to take 

 charge of all documents and papers belonging 

 to his office as Secretary; to audit the ac- 

 counts of the Treasurer, certify to the cor- 

 rectness thereof, and present the same to the 

 association annually; to transact all business 

 of the association requiring transmittal by 

 mail and make an annual report to the Asso- 

 ciation. 



Art. 10. It shall be the duty of the Treas- 

 urer to receive and disburse all moneys of 

 the Association under the direction of the 

 Board, and to submit his accounts, with pro- 

 per vouchers in writing at least ten days 

 previous to each annual meeting to the Secre- 

 tary, to be audited and approved by him. 



Art. 11. If, at any meeting of the Board, it 

 shall appear that the Piesident is absent, 

 then the meeting may choose a President pro 

 tern, as alse in the absence of the Secretary, a 

 Secretary pro tern may be chosen. 



Art. 12. A resolution signed by a majority 

 of the members of the Board of Managers 

 shall be considered valid and in full force, 

 the same as though passed at a regular meet- 

 ing of the Board. 



Art. 13. This Constitution may by amended 

 at any annual meeting of the Association by 

 a two-thirds vote of the members present. 



ARTICLE 14 ORDER OF BUSINESS. 



-1. .Ee&ding and approval of minutes. 

 2. Report of the President. 

 ; 3. Report'of. the Secretary. 

 4. Report of committees. 

 5! "Unfinished business. 



6. New business. 



7. Election of officers and members of the 

 Board of Managers, new members and honor- 

 ary members of the Society. 



