26 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. [1898. 



the next annual election or until others are chosen in their places, 

 and to discharge the duties of their respective offices. 



MEETINGS OF THE SOCIETY. 



Article 5. All meetings of the Society shall be called by giving 

 not less than one (1) week's notice in at least one newspaper pub- 

 lished in the City of Worcester and the Secretary shall notify by 

 postal card each member as far as their address may be known. 



Special Meetings of the Society shall be called by the Secretary at 

 any time, on the application of five (5) members therefor. And at 

 all meetings of the Society twenty-five (25) shall constitute a quorum 

 for the transaction of business. 



SECRETARY. 



Article 6. His Duties : The Secretary shall keep records of all 

 business transacted at the meetings of the Society and of the 

 Trustees, and also of the admission of members, and he shall call 

 and notify meetings of the Society and of the Trustees, and shall 

 notify persons chosen to office in the Society of their election and the 

 Committees of their appointment, and shall attend to the correspond- 

 ence of the Society. 



TREASURER. 



Article 7. His Duties: The Treasurer shall, at each Annual 

 Meeting of the Society, make a report of his receipts and expendi- 

 tures on account of the Society, and the condition of its finances, and 

 exhibit his accounts. And a Committee shall be annually appointed 

 by the Trustees to examine and audit his accounts and to report 

 thereon. The Treasurer shall give bonds to the acceptance of the 

 Trustees of the Society for the faithful discharge of the duties of 

 his office. 



THE LIBRARIAN. 



Article 8. The Librarian shall have the charge of all books, 

 drawings, engravings, herbaria, and other articles appertaining to the 

 Library, and shall attend to the purchase, recoriUng, cataloguing, 

 arranging, binding, delivering, and receiving of books ; these duties 

 to be performed under the direction of the Library Committee. He 



