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Art. X. The executive committee may call a meeting of the society at any time and 

 place they may deem advisable by a notice of at least ten days in the public press. 



Art. XL The society shall hold annual sessions on the second Tuesday in January 

 of each year, at such place as the executive committee shall determine. 



Aht. XII. Any person may become a member of this society by the payment of $1 

 to the secretary. 



Art. XIII. It shall be the duty of the executive committee to prepare a programme 

 of exercises for each annual meeting, assigning to each division of arboriculture an 

 essay or paper to be furnished by some member specially qualified for this service. 



Art. XIV. The president and secretary shall have power to appoint delegates to 

 meetings of kindred associations. 



Art. XV. This constitution may be amended by a vote of two-thirds of the members 

 present at any annual meeting. 



Under this organization, the officers first elected were, E. F. Drake, 

 of Saint Paul, Fresident; A. A. Soule, of Cottonwood County (first dis- 

 trict), Ignatius Donnelly, of Dakota County (second district), and John 

 JE. Stevens, of Hennepin County (third district), Vice-Presidents ; Leon- 

 ard B. Hodges, of Saint Paul, Secretary; Penuock Pusey, of Saint Paul, 

 Treasurer; and Prof. O. Y. Lacy, of the State University, G. W. Fuller, 

 of Litchfield, C. F. Dunbar, of Faribault County, John P. Schoenbeck, 

 of Nicollet County, J. W. Blake, of Lyon County, with the ex officio 

 officers above named, as Executive Committee. 



The State legislature, by an act passed March 2, 1876, appropriated 

 $2,500 to promote the objects of the Association, and in order to perfect 

 the organization and remove all doubts as to legality, it was deemed 

 proper to reorganize under the general laws of the State, which was 

 done in due form on the 23d day of November, 1876. 



The means provided by State grant, and dues from members, enabled 

 the society to offer a series of premiums, which, although not large in 

 amount, were sufficiently numerous to stimulate competition, and the 

 objects and plan of the society were widely published in time for the 

 planting season of 1876. The first Tuesday of May was fixed upon as 

 Arbor Day, and every citizen owning land was invited to devote this day 

 especially to tree-planting. 



The amount of premiums offered in each county was as follows : 



For the greatest number, not less than 7,000 cuttings ©r 2,500 trees, planted by one 

 person on Arbor Day, $10. 



For the second greatest number, not less than 4,000 cuttings or 1,500 trees, $5. 



For the third greatest number, not less than ii,000 cuttings or 1,000 treen, $3. 



For the fourth greatest number, not less than 1,000 cuttings or 500 trees, $2. 



To the boy or girl under ten years of age in each county who planted not less than 

 10 trees or 20 cuttings, a centennial medal or badge. 



To the boy or girl in each county under 14 years who planted the greatest number 

 on Arbor Day, not less than 2,000 cuttings or 1,000 trees, $5. 



For the second greatest number, as above, not less than 500 trees or 1,000 cuttings, $2. 



Besides these premiums, the Hon. F. R. Delano, of Saint Paul, offered 

 to pay to the association $.50 annually, for 5 years, for the man, his wife, 

 and children, who, in any one of the strictly prairie counties of Minne- 

 sota, should plant the most trees and cuttings of all kinds during the 

 planting season. The Pioneer Press Company and the Saint Paul 

 Dispatch Company, also each offered premiums to stimulate competi- 

 tion in planting. 



In 1877, the sum of $2,000, in addition to a balance then remaining 

 of the former grant, was appropriated by the legislature. 



The result of these measures is shown in the planting of from eight 

 to ten millions of trees. The rules for regulating payment of the re- 

 wards provided that the trees should be alive and show evidence of 

 care in October following; each competitor was to plant his own trees, or 



