438 MASS. BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



Voted, That a committee of three be chosen to report a con- 

 stitution and by-laws, and what further measures are necessary 

 to organize the board. Henry W. Cushman, W. C. Fowler, 

 and James H. Knowles, were chosen said committee. 



Second Meeting of the Massachusetts Board of Agricul- 

 ture. 



The board met, according to adjournment, at the State 

 House, Boston, January 14lh, 1852. The attendance was 

 large, and nearly every county society in the State was repre- 

 sented. 



Lieut. Gov. Cushman, from the committee appointed for that 

 purpose, reported a constitution and a series of by-laws for the 

 government of the board. 



Constitution and By-Laws of the Massachusetts Board of Agri- 

 culture. 



1. The objects of this association are the encouragement of agricultural ed- 

 ucation, and the improvement of agriculture in all its departments in this 

 Commonwealth. 



2. The members of the association shall consist of three delegates from 

 each of the incorporated agricultural societies in the Commonwealth, that re- 

 ceive a bounty from the State. And the delegates now in office shall continue 

 as such until the 2d Wednesday of January, 1853. 



3. The officers of this association shall be a president, two vice presidents, 

 a corresponding and a recording secretary, treasurer, and an executive com- 

 mittee of five, of which the foregoing officers shall be, ex officio, members ; and 

 said officers shall perform all such duties, as are usually incidental to their re- 

 spective stations. 



4. The officers elected on the 3d of September, 1851, shall hold their re- 

 spective offices until the 2d Wednesday of January, 1853, and until others are 

 chosen in their stead. 



5. The annual meeting of the board of agriculture, shall be held at the 

 State House in Boston, on the 2d Wednesday of January annually, at which 

 time the officers shall be elected :— and meetings may be held at such other 

 times as the executive committee shall determine. 



6. Delegates shall be annually appointed by this board, to attend the cattle 

 show and exhibitions of the several incorporated agricultural societies in the 

 Commonwealth, and said delegates shall report at the annual meeting of this 

 board. 



7. These by-laws may be altered at any annual meeting of the Board, or at 

 any special meeting called for that purpose. 



