BY-LAWS 



OF THE 



HAMPSHIEE AGEIOULTUEAL SOCIETY. 



Article 1. The officers of this Society shall be one President, a 

 Vice President, a Secretary, a Treasurer, and an Exec utive Com- 

 mittee of five, to"Be chosen by ballot at the annual meeting, and to 

 serve one year, or until otliers are chosen in their stead. 



Art. 2. The President shall preside at all meetinjrs of the 

 Society, and in his absence, the Vice-President. 



Art. .3. The Secretary shall keep a true record of all the doings 

 of the Executive Committee and of the Society. 



Art. 4. The Treasurer shall keep an account of all moneys 

 received into and paid out ot the Treasury. His accounts shall 

 always be open for tlie inspection of any member of the Society, and 

 he shall give bonds in such sum as shall be designated by the Execu- 

 tive Committee, for the faithful discharge of his duties, and he 

 shall make an annual report, previously audited. 



Art. 5. It shall be the duty of the Executive Committee to call 

 special meetings of the Society, and upon the request of not less than 

 ten members from each of four ditFerent towns, they shall call such 

 meetings to designate the time and place of the annual exhibitions, 

 make all necessary arrangements therefor ; to appoint sub-committees 

 for examination and to award premiums ; and to have a general su- 

 pervision over the funds and affairs of the Society. The President, 

 Vice-President and Secretary shall be members of the Executive 

 Committee. 



Art. 6. "The annual meeting of the Society shall be held on the 

 last Wednesday of December, each year, and twenty members shall 

 constitute a quorum to do business. 



