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Resolved further. That this Association pledge its support to the further 

 efforts of this Bureau and of the North Carolina Geological and Economic 

 Survey, which is cooperating with this Bureau in this work; and, 



Resolved further. That the question of more efficient cooperation through 

 the Survey be brought to the attention of the next General Assembly, with 

 the hope that an appropriation will be made to carry on this work more gen- 

 erally than they can now do. 



These resolutions were unanimously adopted by the Convention. 



REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON NOMINATIONS. 



Miss Annie F. Petty reported for the Committee on ^dominations, 

 nominating the following gentlemen as officers for the ensuing year : 

 Mr. E. B. Wright, of Bladen County, for President ; Mr. J. S. Holmes, 

 of Chapel Hill, for Secretary-Treasurer. The report of the Committee 

 on Nominations was then adopted, and Mr. Wright was elected Presi- 

 dent, and Mr. Holmes was reelected Secretary-Treasurer. 



The constitution which had been drawn up and previously approved 

 by the Executive Committee was then read by the Secretary, and was 

 formally adopted by the Association. 



CONSTITUTION OF THE NORTH CAROLINA FORESTRY 

 ASSOCIATION 



Name: The name of this Association shall be the North Carolina Forestry 

 Association. 



Object: The object of this Association is to promote the protection of the 

 forests of North Carolina from fire and from destructive insects, and to pro- 

 mote their perpetuation by wise use and by the reforestation of cut-over and 

 abandoned lands. 



Office: The official headquarters of this Association shall be located and 

 maintained at the office of the Secretary. 



Membership: The membership of this Association shall be composed of 

 all who have registered with the Secretary and all those who may hereafter 

 apply to the Secretary and have their names enrolled as members. 



Officers: The officers of this Association shall consist of a President, a 

 maximum of thirty-nine Vice-Presidents, one from each Senatorial District 

 of the State, and a Secretary-Treasurer, who shall hold their respective offices 

 for one year, or until their successors shall be duly elected and qualified. In 

 the absence of the President or his inability to perform the duties of his 

 office, the Vice-President for the district in which the meeting is held shall 

 act in his stead. 



Executive Committee: The Executive Committee shall consist of the Presi- 

 dent, the Secretary-Treasurer, and five other members of the Association, to 

 be named by the President. At all meetings of this committee three members 

 shall constitute a quorum for tjje transaction of business. ■ 



Duties of Officers: The President shall preside at all meetings of the Asso- 

 ciation and of the Executive Committee, and sign all orders on the Secretary- 

 Treasurer, and perform all other necessary duties in furtherance of the pur- 

 poses of this Association. 



