XIII.— OF DONATIONS AND BEQUESTS. 



All donations and bequests made to the Society, for general 

 purposes, shall be faithfully applied; and all donations and 

 bequests as shall be given, granted, made or devised for any 

 particular purpose, shall, with all due fidelity, be so used and 

 applied. The names, amount, and description of all donations^ 

 shall be registered in a roll kept for that purpose. 



XIV.— ELECTION OF MEMBERS. 

 New members, whether resident or honorary, shall be elected 

 by the ballots of a majority of those present at a stated meeting, 

 having at a preceding meeting been openly nominated, and 

 such nomination entered upon the minutes of the Society ; the 

 nomination and election to be made in the absence of the can- 

 didate. 



XV.— OF PRExMIUMS FOR ESSAYS, &c. 

 The Society may, from time to time, propose prizes for 

 essays, &c., upon interesting subjects connected with the ob- 

 jects of the institution. 



XVL— OF EXHIBITIONS. 

 The Society may, at its discretion, hold exhibitions of stock, 

 produce, implements, &c., award prizes or certificates of merit to 

 such stock, produce, implements, &c., as may be deemed worthy 

 of distinction •, and generally make such provision and arrange- 

 ment as may carry out these important objects of the Society. 



XVII.— OF AN AUXILIARY CLUB. 

 The Society may authorise the formation of a farmer's club 

 out of such portion of its active members as may see fit to unite 

 in promoting its designs, to be auxiliary to the objects and in- 

 terests of the Society, to which it shall make an annual report 

 of its proceedings. Its meetings shall be monthly or semi- 

 monthly, and held at the respective residences of the members 

 or elsewhere. Its officers shall be such as the club may deem 

 necessary. 



XVIIL-OF ANNUAL PAYMENTS. 

 For the purpose of defraying the necessary expenses of the 

 Society, every resident member, except the editors of the news- 

 paper press, shall annually pay to the Treasurer the sum of three 

 dollars ; and all such subscriptions shall be considered payable 

 on or before the stated meeting in July of each year, the year 

 dating from the annual meeting in January. Members elected 

 during the year to pay the proportion of the year unexpired. 



