B Y-L A W S. 



Art. 1. The Officers of this Society shall be one President, six Vice 

 Presidents, a Secretary and Treasurer, and an Executive Committee of seven, 

 to be chosen by ballot, 'at the annual meeting, ^d to serve one year, and 

 until others are chosen in their stead. 



Art. 2. The President shall preside at all meetings of the Society, and 

 in his absence, one of the Vice Presidents. 



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

 Society. 



Art. 4. The Treasurer shall keep an account of all monies received into 

 and paid out of the treasury. His accounts shall always be open to inspec- 

 tion by any member of the Society, and he shall give Bond in such sum as 

 shall be designated by the Executive Committee, for the faithful discharge of 

 his duties, and he shall make an annual report, previously audited by the 

 Executive Committee. 



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

 meetings of the Society ; to designate the time and place of annual exhibi- 

 tions, and make all necessary arrangements therefor ; to "appoint Sub Com- 

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

 pervision over the funds and affairs of the Society. The President and Sec- 

 retary 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. 



Art. 7. Notices for all meetings of the Society shall be signed by the 

 President and Secretary, and published in some newspaper in the County, or 

 circulated by handbills, or in any other manner that may be designated by 

 the Executive Committee. 



Art. 8. Any male person may become a Life Member by paying to the 

 Treasurer the sum of five dollars. Any lady, by payment of two dollars and 

 fifty cents, may become a Life Member. 



Art. 9. Minors, whose father and mother are members of this Society, 

 and to whom premiums may be awarded, "shall be paid the full amount of the 

 premiums awarded. And in cases where the father only is a member, and 

 has paid more than five dollars to the Society, his minor children shall be 

 paid the full amount of the premiums awarded to such minors. 



Art. 10. All Premiums not called for within six months after the same 

 are awarded, shall be paid into the treasury and be considered as presented 

 to the Society. 



Art. 11. These By-Laws may be amended or altered by a majority of the 

 members, present at any legal meeting. 



