AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS. 161 



The member of the Board of Control of the State Agricultural 

 Experiment Station, provided for in the laws of the Common- 

 wealth to be elected by this Society, shall be elected for three 

 3'ears, and a candidate for this office, and also one for member of 

 the State Board of Agriculture, as provided for in the laws of the 

 Commonwealth, 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 forms an additional section of the Constitution 

 and Bj'-Laws, to be numbered XL. 



William H. Spooner moved that the term of office of the present 

 member of the Board of Control of the State Agricultural Experi- 

 ment Station, expire on the first da}' of January 1891. This 

 motion was carried. 



Further amendments to the Constitution and By-Laws which 

 were read twice at the Stated Meeting on the sixth of July, and 

 then received a majority vote came up for final action, and were 

 declared bj' the President to have received a two-thirds vote, and 

 to be adopted as follows : — 



In Section III, sixth line of the printed copy, strike out three 

 and insert ^zoo, so that the line shall read — "A Committee for 

 Establishing Prizes, of two members." 



In the eighth line, strike onifour and insert three, so that the 

 line shall read : — "A Committee on Gardens of three members." 



In the tenth line, strike out Plants and, and seven and insert 

 Jive, so that the line shall read : — "A Committee on Flowers, of 

 five members." 



After the tenth line insert : — "A Committee on Plants of five 

 members." 



In the twelfth line, strike out three and insert two, so that the line 

 shall read : — "A Committee of Arrangements of two members." 



In Section XX, second line, strike out Plants and before 

 "Flowers" and insert Plants after "Flowers," and strike out 

 three and insert two, so that the first clause of the sentence shall 

 read : — " This Committee shall consist of the Chairmen of the Com- 

 mittees on Fruits, Flowers, Plants, Vegetables, and Gardens, and 

 two other members who shall be elected as provided in Section 

 III." 



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