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dollars, or, so much thereof as may be necessary to complete the 

 repairs in the Library Room. This appropriation was unanimously 

 voted. 



William H. Spoouer reported from the same Committee, a 

 recommendation that the Society adopt the following amendment 

 to the Constitution and By-Laws, to form an additional section, 

 numbered Section XL : — 



The members of the Board of Control of the State Agricultural 

 Experiment Station, provided for in the laws of the Commonwealth 

 to be elected by this Society, shall be elected for three years ; and 

 a candidate for this office, and also one for a member of the State 

 Board of Agriculture, as provided for in the laws of the Com- 

 monwealth, shall be nominated by the Nominating Committee 

 provided for in Section XI of this Constitution and By-Laws, 

 whenever the term of office of either of these officers is about to 

 expire, and these officers shall be elected at the annual meeting, 

 on the first Saturday in October next ensuing. 



This amendment having been read twice, and having received a 

 majority of votes, was laid over for consideration at the stated 

 meeting on the first Saturday in October. 



William H. Spoouer offered the following vote : — 

 Voted, That this Society extends a cordial welcome to the 

 Society of American Florists, and joins in an invitation to that 

 society to hold its annual convention in August, 1890, in Boston, 

 and offers the free use of its halls for that purpose. 

 The vote was unanimously passed. 



The report of the Committee on the President's Address, was 

 taken up and accepted. The amendments to the Constitution and 

 By-Laws therein recommended, having been read twice, and 

 changed so as to provide for a Committee on Plants of five instead 

 of three members, received a majority vote, and were laid over 

 for consideration on the first Saturday in October. 



These amendments are as follows : — 



In Section III, sixth line of the printed copy, strike out thi-ee 

 and insert two, so that the line shall read; ''A Committee for 

 Establishing Prizes of two members." 



Eighth line, strike out /our and insert ^/iree, so that the line shall 

 read : " A Committee on Gardens of three members." 



