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member shall be allowed to vote at the annual meeting, unless 

 his arrearages of subscription due the Society be previously- 

 paid. 



XVI.— OF PREIMIUMS. 



The Society shall annually, or at any stated meeting, pro- 

 pose prizes upon interesting subjects relative to actual experi- 

 ments and improvements, and for the best pieces written on 

 proposed subjects ; and in order more effectually to disseminate 

 the knowledge of useful discoveries and improvements in hus- 

 bandry, the Society will from time to time, publish collections 

 of memoirs and observations, selected from such communica- 

 tions as shall be made to them. To promote these views, the 

 friends of agriculture are invited to assist the Society with in- 

 formation of experiments, and incidents in husbandry, 



XVII.— CONDITIONS OF PREMIUMS AND RULE FOR THEIR 

 ADJUDICATION. 



All claims of prizes shall be sent in writing ; and when read, 

 the Society shall determine which of the claims, relative to 

 each prize, shall be selected for their definite judgment, on a 

 future comparison. This judgment is to be given at the sta- 

 ted meeting on the third Tuesday in February, or at any other 

 stated meeting; but previously to such determination^ all such 

 claims shall be submitted to, and reported upon by the Cura- 

 tors. If it happen, in any case, that there be no competition 

 for a prize, but only a single claim, the Society will consider 

 such claim; and if the claim or claims be supported answera- 

 bly to their views and just expectations of the Society, the prize 

 proposed shall be decreed. Prizes and premiums are equally 

 due to any persons residing in any of the United States, ac- 

 cording to the merit of their resj^ective exhibitions. 

 XVIIL— OF ANNUAL PAYMENTS. 



For the purpose of defraying the necessary expenses of the 

 Society, for premiums and prizes, books on agriculture, im- 

 proved implements of husbandry, and other important objects 

 and contingencies, every member shall annually pay to the 

 Treasurer a contribution of four dollars. All annual contri- 

 butions shall be considered payable on or before the stated 

 meeting in June of each year; members elected at or before 

 that period shall contribute four dollars, and those elected 

 subsequently shall pay two dollars for the current year termi- 

 nating on the 3 1st of Decemlx'r. 



XIX.— CHANGE OF RESIDENCE OF MEMBERS. 



If any resident member shall remove beyond the limits pre- 



