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^c^ciety ; they are to recommend to the Society from time to 

 lime the offering of premiums, for any discovery or experi- 

 ment on the foregoing subjects, and to examine into the merits 

 of all claims for premiums and report their opinion thereon, 

 when the Society do not think proper to appoint special com- 

 mittees for that purpose. 



VIII.— DUTY OF THE SECRETARY. 

 The Secretary and his assistant shall have in charge all 

 books and papers of the Society, and keep the same in exact 

 order ; they shall register all letters which shall be written by 

 the committee of correspondence, or by themselves, by order 

 of the committee. 



IX.— COMMITTEE OF CORRESPONDENCE AND ACCOUNTS, 

 At the annual meeting of the Society in January, shall be 

 chosen a committee of correspondence, to consist of two mem- 

 bers, for the purpose of corresponding with any other Society, 

 or persons, touching the objects which this Society has in view. 

 The same members shall also be a committee of accounts, to 

 receive and adjust all claims against the Society, and their cer. 

 tificate shall authorise the President or a Vice-Pi-esident, to issue 

 orders on the Treasurer for the payment of them, but nothing 

 herein contained shall preclude tlie right of the Society to pass 

 or refer any account at a regular meeting. 



X.— TIME OF STATED MEETINGS. 



The stated meetings of the Society shall be held the first 

 Wednesday of every month, at eleven o'clock, A. M. 



XI.-^OF RESIDENT AND HONORARY MEMBERS. 



The members of the Society shall be distinguished into resi^ 

 dent, honorary, and contributing members. Resident members 

 shall consist of members residing within a convenient distance 

 to attend the meetings of the Society in Philadelphia. All mem- 

 bers of agricultural societies in other States and counties, with 

 whom this Society shall correspond, and all persons of this 

 State, and of other States and counties, who shall be elected 

 for the purpose, shall be honorary members ^ and are hereb}^ 

 invited to assist at the meetings, whenever they come to Phi- 

 ladelphia. Strangers who desire to be present, as auditors, 

 may be introduced by a resident member. Honorary contri- 

 buting members are of the description hereafter mentioned. 



XII.— HONORARY CONTRIBUTING MEMBERS. 

 Every citizen contributing and paying into the hands of the 



