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Art. 10. In case of death, resignation, incapacity, or 

 removal out of the county, of the Secretary or of the 

 Treasurer, the Trustees shall take charge of the official 

 books, papers, and other effects belonging to the office 

 that may be vacated, and give receipts for the same, 

 which books, papers, etc., they may deliver to some person 

 whom they may appoint to lill the office until the next 

 meeting of the Society, at which time there shall be a new 

 choice. 



Art. 11. *Any citizen of the county may become a 

 member of the Society by paying the sum of three dol- 

 lars to increase the permanent fund of the institution. 



Art. 12. A committee shall be raised from time to 

 time to solicit and receive subscriptions for raising a fund 

 for encouraging the noblest of pursuits, the Agriculture 

 of our county, the same to be sacredly appropriated to 

 that purpose. 



Art. 13. All ordained ministers of the gospel who 

 reside within the county shall be admitted honorary mem- 

 bers of the Society. 



Art. 14. In addition to the usual number of Trustees 

 annually elected, the past Presidents of the Society shall 

 be honorary members of the Board of Trustees. 



Art. 15. The foregoing constitution may be amended 

 by a proposition of the amendment in writing by a mem- 

 ber at a regular meeting ; the same to lie over for the ac- 

 tion at the next annual meeting of the Society. 



♦Members will receive from the Secretary a " certificate of membership." No 

 tines or assessments are ever imposed. Members are entitled to vote in all its 

 transactions, with free use of the Library and a copy of the printed "Transac- 

 tions '' each year. 



