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THE FAKMEKS' REGISTER 



eametoihe pervailing agricultural productions ol' 

 the ditfer*'nt societies of the union. 



An. 14. The s>.d lionrd thai! give due no- 

 tTce, I'y uJver.iii u'iCii', oi tlio liniti nn'-i place ol 

 sucii txLi'jition, Iliii j.rimiunii lo be awauh-d, and 

 the coininittcc by uhoni they are lo be awarJeil ; 

 and lor i!ie expense aHendi(ig ihe discharge ofihe 

 iluiics herein luipoied, iliey shall draw rcquisilons 

 on tiie presiden!, selling Ibrih, severally, the iienis 

 of expense, which requisiiions shall be recorded 

 by the recording eecretary, and \he (jresioeni, iC 

 he approves the same, shall thereupon issue his 

 drait on the treasurer (or the amount. 



Art. 15. The said board thall also be in- 

 8irucled lo ninke efforts to obtain funds lor the 

 establishment of an agricidtural school in ihc 

 district of Co'umbia, and, appurteniint thereto, a 

 course of ()ublic leciures on agriculture, che- 

 misiry, botany, niineralogy, tienluiiy, and enlo- 

 mology, as appiopriaie scieixt-s lo the great busi- 

 ness of agriculture, aud an experimenial larni, 

 which, with the builoingsand imjirovtmenis ihere- 

 on, shall beset npaii lor evtir ^' as an eslablish- 

 mentfor ihe. increase and diffusion of knowledge 

 among men.'^ 



Art. 16. The board of control shall procure an 

 appropriate seal lor the society, to be attached 



bia ; Hon. John S. Skinner, of the District of 

 Columbia ; and John F. Callanj Esq. of the 

 District of Columbia, were then appointed a 

 commiitee to select ihe officeis of the society pro- 

 vided lor in the cousiitulion, to serve until the re- 

 gular election in May next. 



The commi tee, appoinicd by the Agricultural 

 Society of the United States to select the officers 

 of the society lo serve until ihe first general meet- 

 ing and exhibition on the 4ih day of May next, 

 have met, and do hereby recommemd and report 

 the Ibllowing gentlemen lo fill the offices annexed 

 to their respeciive name;:. The recording secre- 

 tary ia lequesied to publish the names, and give 

 special in'ormation to each individual of his se- 

 leciion. Levi Woodbury. 



Chairman for the Committee. 



President, James M. Garnet t ; Corresponding 

 Secretary, John S. Skinner ; Recording Secretary, 

 John F. Callan ; Treasurer, Edward Dyer. 



Board of Control— Levi Woodbury, Elisha 

 Whitdesey, Alexander Hunter, John A.Smith, 

 W. J. Stone. 



Vice Presidents— Maine. George Evane; New 

 Hampshire, Isaac Hill ; Massachusetts, B. F. 

 French; Connecticut, Eli Ives; Rhode Island, 



to diplomas or other documents or instruments j Goy^ F^nuer; Vermon', Wm^Jarvjs; Newport, 



which may be issued to honorary member-j or ■" ^' " . kt t /-< c /-, t-> 



other persons, under the direction of the society. 



They shall fill all vacancies that may occur by 



death, resignation or otherwise, either in their 



own body, or the list of the officers, to continue 



until the next general meeting. 



Art. 17. In furiher aid of the purpose of this 



socieiy, the said board shall invite some suitable 



person to establish an agricultural publication in 



this city, and shall also petition congress lor ihe 

 incorporation of this socieiy. 1 



Art. 18. The first general meeting of ihis < 

 society shall be in the city of Washington, on 

 the first Wednesday in May next, and ihereafier 

 at such times as the socieiy may direct. 



Art. 19. All moneys paid to the treasurer, 

 either for subscriptions or as donations to the so- 

 ciety, shall be deposited to the society's credit in 

 such bank or institutions ae the board of control 

 may direct, and can only be withdrawn upon the 

 requisition of the president or acting president, 

 countersigned by the secretary and treasurer. 



Arjt. 20. This constitution shall be amended 

 only by a vote of two thirds of all the members 

 present at an annual meeting of the socieiy ; but 

 t;ie board of control may, by the aid of the pre- 

 sident, establish any needful by-laws (or ihe bet- 

 ter order of the society not incompatible with this 

 constitution — which by-laws may at any lime 

 be amended by a majority of the socieiy present. 

 Art. 21. Elections for all olfii'ers of ihe socie- 

 ty shall be lield by ballot at every general meet- 

 ing thereof; but, until an rleclion at the general 

 meeting in May next, ihe following persons sIimII 

 be a commiitee to appoint the officers hereinbefore 

 mentioned, and to make publication of the same, 

 in len days from this lime : 



The Hon. Levi Woodbury, of New Hamp- 

 shire; Hon. Lewis F. L'nn, of Missouri ; Hon. 

 Wm. C. Rives, of Virginia; Hon. Wm. Cost 

 Johnson, of Maryland ; Hon. Dixon H. Lewis, 

 of Alabama; Hon. John Hastings, of Ohio; 

 Hon. H. L. Ellsworth of the District of Colum- 



C. H. Bement, New Jersey, C. S. Green ; Penn- 

 sylvania, George M. Keim ; Delaware, J. W. 

 Thompson ; Maryland, Thomas Emory ; Vir- 

 ginia, Edmund Ruffin ; North Carolina, Edmund 

 Deberry ; South Carolina, Wade Hampton; 

 Georgia, W. Lumpkin ; Alabama, Dixon H. 

 Lewis; Louisiana, Alexander Mouton; Arkan- 

 sas, Archibald Yell ; Tennessee. F. H. Gordon; 

 Mississippi, M. W. Phillips; Kentucky, Chilton 

 Allan ; Missouri, Lewis F. Linn ; Illinois, A. W. 

 I Snyder ; Indiana, Solon Robinson; Michigan, 

 Isaac E. Crary ; Ohio, John Hastings ; District 

 of Columbia, H. L. Elleworih ; Florida, R. W. 

 Williams: Iowa, Timothy Davis; Wisconsin, 

 Henry Dodge. 



The vice presidents of Virginia, Maryland, 

 District of Columbia, Pennsylvania, and Dela- 

 ware are ex officio members of the board of 

 control. J. F. Callan, Rec. Sec. 



[Though it is contrary (o our usage to publish 

 the constitutions and preparatory proceedings (of 

 merely intended operations) of new agricultural 

 societies, we have made an exception to that usage 

 in (hvor of the " United States Agricultural Socie- 

 ty," recently instituted at Washington — an excep- 

 tion due to the magni ude of the plan and object, 

 and also to the public spirit and patriotic views of 

 the individuals who have (bunded the socieiy. But 

 neither our high respect for ihe (bunders, (the prin- 

 cipal of whom are also our valued friends,) nor the 

 unexpected and unsought honor which the society 

 awarded lo us among their appoinimenis to office, 

 will prevent our again expressing the opinion and 

 the lear that a society so constituted, and so located, 

 cannot possibly work right, nor do much good in 

 promoting agricultural improvement, compared to 

 the results that might be produced from the opera- 

 tion of as much talent, zeal, labor and money, di- 



