EDUCATIVE. 125 

 The undersigned, members of School District No. , town , 



county of , state of , hereby organize ourselves into a body 



corporate, to be known as the Society of Sylvitons. 



OBJECTS DEFINED. 



Sec. 2. The objects of this society shall be: (1) to make forestry a life 

 study in practical application; (2) to arrange for and properly observe 

 Arbor Day; (3) to collect and neatly label specimens of woods, barks, 

 leaves, twigs or branches, roots, flowers, seeds and fruits of our indigenous 

 flora, together with geological and archaeological specimens, for a school 

 cabinet or museum of the same, and to procure exchanges with other 

 societies and individuals wherever feasible; (4) to cooperate with the state 

 movement for tree culture in a general way, and especially in applying 

 such culture to our own environments; (5) to procure legislative enact- 

 ments for the better protection of our native forests and domestic trees; 

 (6) to encourage the establishment of parks, state and national forest reser- 

 vations and irrigation systems; (7) to acquaint ourselves with the science 

 of botany for practical uses, and to enlist the cooperation of the press, 

 churches and other institutions in whatever is favorable to these objects; (8) 

 to acquaint ourselves with a knowledge of our birds and their habiti 

 and usefulness, with a view to defend them against all robbery of their 

 nests and all unkind treatment, so that they will delight to stay wit.h 

 us and bless us with their melodies and their destruction of injurious 

 insects; also to procure enactments by our legislature better protecting our 

 birds. 



OFFICERS AND THEIR DUTIES. 

 ART. III. 



Section 1. The officers of this society shall consist of a president, vice- 

 president, treasurer, secretary, and an executive committee having duties 

 as aforesaid, and shall be elected annually by ballot. 



Sec. 2. The duties of the president or vice-president shall be the same 

 as those of any other ethical society, and said officers shall preside 

 strictly according to parliamentary rules. 



Sec. 3. The duties of the treasurer shall be to collect and hold in trust 

 all funds of the society, subject to its order, vouched for by the president 

 and secretary, and approved by the executive committee. 



Sec. 4. The secretary of this society shall keep a faithful record 

 of its doings, and report the same at the nexfc meeting, and shall neatly 

 file in a separate book all essays and other valuable papers belonging 

 to the s@ciety, and shall attend to all necessary correspondence with other 

 like societies, and shall register the species and number of trees planted on 

 Arbor Day under the management of this society, mentioning their 

 localities, and shall report the same and the name of the person to whose 

 care the plants are entrusted, and the number and species of trees and 

 shrubs living at least one month before the next observance of Arbor Day, 

 to the president of the State Society of Sylvitons, and for North Dakota to 

 the superintendent of irrigation and forestry, and for Minnesota to the 

 secretary of the State Forestry Association, and for any other state to 

 like authorities, where the Sylviton system may be established. 



