III. The membership of the Association shall consist of the Com- 

 missioners of Agriculture and Assistant Commissioners of their respective 

 States. 



IV. Where there is no officer known as Commissioner of Agriculture, 

 then the head and his assistant of the Department of Agriculture of each 

 State shall be members of this organization. 



V. If there should be any State without a Department of Agriculture 

 or farming organization, the governor of said State may appoint some per- 

 son to represent said State, who is identified and in sympathy with the 

 agricultural interests of his State. 



VI. The officers of this convention shall consist of a president, a first 

 and second vice-president, a secretary, an assistant secretary and a treas- 

 urer. Said officers shall be elected on the day of each annual session. 



A majority of the votes cast shall elect. 



VII. It shall be the duty of the president to preside overall meetings, 

 or should he be absent, then it shall be the duty of the first vice-president, 

 and if both of the above named officers be absent, then it shall be the duty 

 of the second vice-president. 



VIII. It shall be the duty of the president to appoint an Executive 

 Committee, of which he shall be the chairman, who shall discharge such 

 duties as may from time to time be assigned to them by the Association. 



IX. The president shall appoint a Committee on Rules, by which the 

 Association shall be controlled. He shall also appoint a Committee on 

 Legislation. 



X. This Constitution may be amended, at any regular meeting, by a 

 two-thirds vote of the members present, by written notice of the proposed 

 amendment in writing, whether by resolution or otherwise, given to the 

 Association. 



XI. The terms of the officers of the Association shall be annual. 



XII. The time and place of the regular meeting shall be fixed by the 

 Association, but in default of action by the Association, or in other emer- 

 gency, the Executive Committee shall have such power. 



XIII. The Executive Committee shall call special meetings of the 

 Association whenever, in its opinion, it may be advisable. 



XIV. The Order of Easiness shall be as follows : Call of Boll ; Read- 

 ing of Minutes ; Report of Standing Committees ; Unfinished Business ; 

 New Business. 



After the business of each session the Association may have addresses ' 

 essays or discussions upon agriculture or its kindred subjects. 



XVI. Four members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of 

 the business of this convention. 



XVII. That the said Commissioners, through their Executive Com- 

 mittee, shall, whenever deemed desirable, request the attendance of repre- 

 sentatives of agriculture, of the different States, at the annual meetings, 

 the said representatives having all the priviledges of the meeting, save 

 those pertaining to the official duties of the Commissioners. 



Commissioner Hill moved to fill in blank in date of election of officer 

 "by making it the second day of the annual session. The motion was car- 

 ried, and Article VI of the Constitution was declared so amended. 



Commissioner Redhead suggested that essays and discussions should 

 come after the session of each day, and, on motion of Commissioner Hill, 

 the suggestion was put into execution and the article so amended. 



On motion of Commissioner Hill, the Constitution and By-Laws were 

 adopted as a whole. 



Commissioner O. B. Stevens, of Georgia, was nominated by Coinrnis 

 sioner Redhead for permanent president of the Association. There were 

 no other nominations, and the election of Commissioner Stevens to the 

 chair as permanent presiding officer of the association for the year was 

 unanimous. 



