CONSTITUTION 



OK THK 



ESSEX AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



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

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

 ex-ojflcio. 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 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 Trus- 

 tee so elected a member of the Board of Trustees of the 

 Society ; and the result of the election in each town sliall 

 be communicated as early as possible to the Secretary. 



Art. 2. There shall be an Annual Meetingof the Soci- 

 ety, at such times as the Trustees shall determine, at which 

 all officers shall be elected. Twenty members at least shall 

 be necessary to constitute a quorum for the transaction of 

 l)usiness. 



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

 tees, the President and Vice Presidents shall be absent, the 

 members present may appoint one from among them to pre- 

 side at such meetiup-. 



•^Tliese meetinRS are held the last Tuesday of October, and the Trustees 

 «le(;tpil commence their duties at the Novemher meetinff of Trustees. 



