BY-LAWS 



OF THE 



HOUSATONIC AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



BERKSHIRE COUNTY, MASS. 



ARTICLE I. 



The object of this vSociety shall be Improvement in Agriculture, Domestic Manu- 

 factures and Rural Economj- in the Count}- of Berkshire. 



ARTICLE II. 



The Officers of this Society shall be a President, two Vice-Presidents, Treasurer 

 and a Secretary. 



ARTICLE III. 



The Committees of the Societj' shall be : 



First — An Executive Committee, consisting of the President, Vice-President, a 

 Treasurer, Secretary, and six persons elected from the Society at large, three of whom 

 shall be elected each j^ear and hold their office for two years. The Delegate to the 

 State Board of Agriculture and the retiring President, for one year shall be a member 

 of the Executive Committee. 



Second— Standing Committees of at least two members each, for each Department, 

 or for each Division of an^- Department, the number of Di\-isions of the General 

 Departments being determined by the Executive Committee, annually. 



Third— Committee on Accounts, which shall be the Executive Committee. 



Fourth — A Superintendent of Fair Grounds, who shall be elected bv the Society- at 

 the Annual Meeting, and be under the Superintendence and control of the Executive 

 Committee. He shall give bonds to the Treasurer in the sum of one thousand dollars, 

 with one or more sureties, for the faithful discharge of his dutj-, and on or before the 

 first daj- of November he shall paj- to the Treasurer all monej^ of the Society received 

 b}- him during the 5-ear, with a de'tailed account of rent moneys and all other funds 

 which he has received. 



ARTICLE IV. 



The Annual Meeting of the Societj^ shall be held at Great Barrington, on the second 

 Thursday of December, at 10 o'clock'a. m., for the Election of Officers, Appointment of 

 Committees, and for the Transaction of all other Business properly before the Society. 



ARTICLE V. 



The President, Vice-Presidents, Treasurer and Secretary- shall be elected by ballot, 

 and all other officers as the Society shall direct. 



ARTICLE VI. 



es3 than twelve r 



ARTICLE VII. 



A quorum shall consist of not less than twelve members, including the presiding 

 officer. 



The officers of the Society shall enter upon their respective duties on the second 

 Thursday of December, annually, and continue in office one year, and until super- 

 seded by another Board, and in case of vacancy, b}- death, resignation, or otherwise, 

 a new election may be had to fill such vacancy' for which purpose the Society may be 

 convened by the senior existing officer of the Society, by a notice from him to that 

 effect, inserted in two or more of the county papers, at least fourteen da^-s previous to 

 the time specified for such Convention. Vacancies occurring in any of the Committees 

 of the Society maj' be filled by the Executive Committee, at an}' of it's regular or special 

 meetings. 



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