CONSTITUTION 



OF THE 



ESSEX AGKICULTURAL SOCIETY 



Article 1 . There shall be a President, four Vice-Presi- 

 dents, a Secretary and a Treasurer, who shall be Trustees, 

 ex officio. The President, Vice Presidents and Secretary shall 

 be elected at the annual meeting by ballot and the Treasurer 

 by the Trustees, annually, at their meeting in November. In 

 addition to these, one Trustee shall be elected annually for 

 each town in the County, and the Trustee for each town shall 

 be elected by the members of the Society in said town, at a 

 meeting called for that purpose, in accordance with notice 

 issued by the Secretary, and shall continue in office until 

 another is elected in his stead ; and such election shall be 

 final, and shall constitute the Trustee so elected a member of 

 the Board of Trustees of the Society ; and the result of the 

 election in each town shall be communicated as early as 

 possible to the Secretary, 



Art, 2, There shall be an Annual Meeting of the Society, 

 at such time as the Trustees shall determine ; at which all 

 officers shall be elected. Twenty members at least shall be 

 noccfTfiry to constitute a quorum for the transaction of 

 business. 



Art. 3. If at any meeting of the Society, or the Trustees, 

 the President and Vice Presidents shall be absent, the mem- 

 bers present may appoint one from among them to preside at 

 such meeting. 



