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BOSTON, VVRnNKSnAY KVKN'INC, J.ANU.MIY 5, IM2. 



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RICULTURAL SOCIETV OF THE UNI- 

 TED STATES. 



L incotiiig of t!ie friends of Agriculture from llio 

 rent jsectKUis of the United States, was hold, 

 lutiiitio public notice, in the Hull of the Hou.<!-^ 



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consisting of five nieiiibers, three of whom shall 

 coMKtitule a quorum. 



•■hi. (!. 'riio President, nnd in his ab.sonce, one 

 of the Vice Presidents, shall president alj meet- 

 ini;s of the society. By iho concurrence of the 

 Board of Control, he may call special iiieetinirs of 

 the society, ffivinir publii; notice thereof by adver- 

 tisement, at least throe weeks before said mcctin". 



ijpresontBtives at Washington, on the 15Ui of Jje .,h„|| draw all drafts on the trea.surer fur in. 



Jieniber, ISA\, when, 

 >n motion of the Hon. Dixon H. Lewis, of Ala- 

 , the lliin. James .M. Garnett, of Virginia, was 

 jintcd President of the meetinir, and the lion. 

 I. Lewis, of Alabama, Ilou. Edmund Dehcrry, 

 North Carolina, Dr. James W. Thompson, of 

 iwnrc, Joseph Gales, Esq., of the District of 



paid lint, which drafts shall bo countersip^ned by 

 the Recording Secretary; and the iroa-urer shall 

 at the next annual iiicotin:; make a full atateineut 

 of all receipts and expenditures, setting lurth as 

 well the items as the amount thereof. 



.'hi. 7. The Vice Presidents of the States of Vir- 

 ginia, INIaryland, Pennsylvania, and Delaware, and 

 imbia, Benj. V. French, Esq., of Massachusetts „c t|,e Dis'trict of Columbia, shall be, ex-ofTicio, 

 James T. GifTord, Esq., of Illinois, were «p- i members of the Board of Control, provided no act 

 ited Vice Presidents ; and J. F. Callaii, of the s|,a|i be done by said Board without the presence 

 jict of Colun.hio, and Robert E. Horner, of I „fa qu„r„,„ of iho original Board. 

 |» Jersey, weie appointed Secrctarioe. ] Art. S. The Recording Secretary shall keep a 



he President, having very ably and pointedly , f^n record of all the proceedings of the Society, 

 essod the Convention, appointed the follo«ing anj supervise the publication of them as may be di- 

 niittee to present the Constitution of the Soci- rected. 



viz : Hon. H. L. Ellsworth, of D. C, Hon. D. ,j^, <> ti,^ Corresponding Secretary may be 

 ^ewis, of Alabama, Hon. James A. Pearce, of „„p „f (^e five members constitutiii/T the Board of 

 yland, Hon. Zadoc Casey, of Mim.H, Hon. G. Control, and in addition to conducting all the cor- 

 veim, of Pennsylvania, John Jones, Esi;., of Lgspondence of the Society, shall keep a record of 

 iware, Peter Thatcher, Esq., of Massachu.-elts, I all cxp.-nditnies ordered by said Board, and, in 

 C. F. Mercer, Esq., of Florida, who, after h"v"- s|,„rt_ ,,erf.,rin f6r said Board all the purposes of a 



etircd for a few moments, reporti-d the follow- 

 Constitution, which was read and adopted : 



he style of this society shall be " The ,'lgrieul- 

 l Soriely of tke Untied Stales." Its objects 

 be to improve the condition of American lius- 

 lrr,ond from its central position to serve as a 

 iura of communication and of action with other 

 cultural societies throughout the Union. 

 rlide 1. This society shall consist of such mem- 

 as shall, at the formation of the same, sign the 

 stitution, and pay to the treasurer two dollars, 

 one dollar annually thereafter as Jong as they 

 1 continue members. 



rl. a. Any citizen of the United States may 

 me a member of this soeiety by paying the 

 requir?d for membership. 

 rt. 3. Any agricultural society in the United 

 es shal; become an auxiliary society upon piy- 

 to the Ireasarcr the sum of ton dollars, upon 

 ication, and live dollars annually thereafter; 

 each auxiliary society shall receive no loss 

 five printed copies of the annual proceedings 

 is society, and shall also be represented by 

 delegate or delegates as they may appoint to 

 nnual meotlni;s of this society, and on all 

 lions to be decided by the society, such dolcga- 

 shall be entitled to ten voles 

 'rt. 4. Any person paying to the treasurer ten 

 irs, shall receive a diploma of membership for 



rt. .5. 'I'he officers of this society shall consist 

 jne President, one Vice President from each 

 e and Territory, and one from the District of 

 imbia, a Recording Secretary, a Corresponding 

 relary and Treasurer, and a Board of Control, ' 



secretary, and shall receive such compensation 

 therefore as said Board, with the consent of the 

 President, may allow. 



^r<. JO. The Board of Control shall consist of 

 five members, living in, or ala conveniont distance 

 from this city, who shall perform all the executive 

 duties necessary to the purposes of the Society, 

 not specifically assigned to other officers. They 

 shall avail themselves of all the moans in their 

 power to become acquainted with the agriculture 

 of foreign countries, and through such aid as they 

 may be able to receive from our diplomatic agents 

 abroad, as well as our consuls, shall, if consistent 

 with the pecuniary means of the Society, introduce 

 from abroad whatever they may think materially 

 calculated to improve the agriculture of this coun- 

 try, whether it consists of information as lo new 

 and improved modes of culture, seeds, plants, addi- 

 tional articles of cultivation, agricultural imple- 

 ments, or domestic animals; the disposition of 

 which shall be made at the first anniTal meeting of 

 the Society. 



J}rt. 11. The Board of Control shall also use the 

 necessary means of having a large exhibition, at 

 each annual meeting, of improved agricultural im- 

 plements and machinery, with a full and public trial 

 of the same ; of improved stocks of all kinds, and 

 particularly of inviting the exhibition of such ani- 

 mals as have taken premiums at other agricultural 

 shows, wilh the view of testing the superiority of 

 prize animals themselves; also, of the different 

 breeds of animals, for the purpose of comparing ihe 

 advan'ages ol each. They shall affix to such ex- 

 hibitions such premiums as they shall adjudge suita- 

 ble, appointing such judges as they mny select, to 



award the some, which judg •.-< .^Iiiill not only im- 

 sign their preferences, but shall draw up a detailed 

 report of their several examiftalirm<i, setting forth 

 fully a description of the nrticlrs'.ir animals ad- 

 judged, and the grounds upon which their prefer- 

 ences are awarded. 



.trl. I'J. It shall further be the duty of the Board 

 of Control, when ihoy think it expedient, to procure 

 a model of such implcmenlH and muchinory as may 

 have received a premium, to be kept in some suita- 

 ble and convnuiont pi ice, selected as an agricultu- 

 ral repertory, for the inspection of the public, and 

 particularly of members of the Society. 



.Irt. 1.3. The said iloard may also award pre- 

 miums for prize essays, lo be read before the So- 

 ciety, for well conducted and well reported experi- 

 meiits in agriculture, havirrg reference in the same 

 to the prevailing agricultural productjpns tif, iho 

 different sections of the Union. • • , * • 



.Irt. 14. The said Board sliaUjfiW flfte notice 

 by advertisement, of the time aiit|^aoe Sfsiich ex- 

 hibitions, the premiums to be *awardcd, and the 

 committee by whom t.'iey arc to be awarded, ond 

 for the expense attending the discharge of the du- 

 ties herein imposed, they shall draw requisitions on 

 the President, selling forth, severally, the items of 

 expense, which r:?quisitions shall be recorded by 

 the Recordiilj;; S. ;retary ; and the President, if he 

 approves the sair.o, shall thereupon issue his draft 

 on the Trea ,iirer for the amount. ■* 



.Jrt. la. The said Board shall also be instructed 

 to make efforts to obtain funds for the cslablish- 

 niciit of an agricultural school in the District of 

 Columbia, and appurtenant thereto, a course of 

 public lectures on Agriculture, Chemistry, Botany, 

 Mineralogy, Geology ami Entomology, as appropri- 

 ate Ecionccs to the great business of agriculture, 

 which, witli the buildings and improvements thereon, 

 sliall, in tlio laiigiia'.'e of Smillison, bo set apart 

 forever " as an establishment for the increase and 

 diffusion of knowledge among men." 



Jlrl. lU. The Board of Control shall procure an 

 appropriate seal for the Society, lo bo attached to 

 diplomas or other documents or instruments which 

 may be issued to honorary members or other per- 

 sons, under the viirection of the Si^ciely. They 

 shall lill all vacancies that may occur by death, re- 

 sigiiaiion o"- otherwise, either in their own body, or 

 the list' of Ihe officers, to continue until the next 

 general mooting. 



.'Irt. 17. In flirther aid of the purpose of this so- 

 ciety, the said Board shall invite some suitable per- 

 son to establish an agricultural publication in this 

 city, and shall also petition Congress for the incor- 

 poration of this society. 



Art. 18. The first general meeting of this Soci- 

 ety shall be in the city of VVasliingtun, on the first 

 Wednesday in May next, and thereafter at such 

 times as the Society may direct. 



Jlrl. I'J. All moneys paid to the treasgrcr either 

 for subscripticms or as donations to the Society, 

 shall be deposited to the Society's credit, in such 

 bank or institution as the Board of Control may di- 

 rect, and can only be withdrawn upon the requisi- 



