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Art. VII. The Secretary shall take mmutes of all the votes and 

 proceedings of the Society and of the Trustees, and enter them in 

 separate books ; and shall record all such communications as the 

 Trustees shall direct. He shall write and answer all letters relating to 

 the business of the Sooiety. 



Art. VIII. The Treasurer shall receive all moneys due or payable 

 to the Society, and all donations that may be made to it ; for which he 

 shall give duplicate receipts, one of which shall be lodged with the 

 Secretary, who shall make a fair record thereof. The Treasurer shall 

 from time to time pay out such moneys as he shall have orders for from 

 the Trustees ; and shall annually, and whenever thereto required, 

 render a fair account of all his receipts and payments to the Society 

 or a committee thereof. He shall give bonds for the faithful discharge 

 of his dut}^, in such sum as the Trustees shall direct, and with such 

 sureties. 



Art. IX. A committee shall be appointed annually by the Trustees 

 to audit the Treasurer's accounts, who shall report to the Society ; and 

 the same being accepted shall be entered by the Secretary in his books. 



Art. X. In case of the death, resignation, incapacity, or removal 

 out of the county of the Secretary or of the Treasurer, the Trustees 

 shall take charge of the official books, papers, and other effects, be- 

 longing to the office that may be vacated, and give receipts for the 

 same ; which books, papers, etc., they may deliver to some person 

 whom they may appoint to fill the office until the next meeting of the 

 Society, at which time there shall be a new choice. 



Art. XI. Any citizen of the county may become a member of the 

 Society, by pa3'ing the sum of three dollars to increase the perma- 

 nent fund of the institution. 



Art. XII. A Committee shall be raised from time to time to solicit 

 Jind receive subscriptions for raising a fund for encouraging the noblest 

 of pui"suits, the Agriculture of our country ; the same to be sacredly 

 appropriated to that purpose. 



Art. XIII. All ordained ministers of the Gospel who reside Avithin 

 the county, shall be admitted honorary members of the Society. 



Art. XIV. In addition to the usual number of Trustees annually 

 elected, the past Presidents of the Society shall be honorary members 

 of the Boai'd of Trustees. 



