90 , By-Laws. 



ARTICLE IX. 



Honorary members may be elected by vote of the Executive Committee at any of its regular 

 meetings, and shall consist of agriculturists or eminent advocates of the agricultural interests, re- 

 siding out of the County. Such members shall be privileged to meet with, and debate upon the in- 

 terests of the Society, but not to vote. 



ARTICLE X. 



Sec. 1. Persons who have become members of the Society by giving their note, and who may 

 wish to withdraw from the same, must by themselves, or their legal representatives give notice in 

 writing of their intention to the Treasurer, one year previous to the time of their proposed with- 

 drawal, accompanying such notice with the payment in full of all arrears then due the Society on 

 such note, together with the interest for one year in advance, in which case their note may be 

 canceled. 



Sec. 2. Persons who are entitled to Perpetual Membership by the payment of 16 67-100 into the 

 Treasury, may withdraw from the Society, by transferring their certificate of stock to some other 

 person : but this transfer cauuot be made without the approbation of one or more of the Executive 

 Committee, who shall ascertain who is to be the recipient of such certificate, and his place of resi- 

 dence, and the transfer must be recorded in a book kept for that purpose, by the Treasurer of the 

 Society. 



ARTICLE XI. 



DUTIES OF THE SEVERAL OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES OF THE SOCTETIY. — DUTIES OF THE PRESIDENT. 



Sec. 1. The President shall exercise the usual duties of that office. All motions shall be ad- 

 dressed to him, and on all questions he shall collect and declare the votes, and when they are eqally 

 divided, he shall be entitled to a casting vote. He is ex-officio Chairman of the Executive Com- 

 mittee, and he shall superintend the various departments— cause the laws of the Society and the 

 measures of the Executive Committee to be carried into effect, and see that the several officers of 

 the society discharge their respective duties with fidelity. He shall retain the seal of the Society 

 and shall sign all diplomas to honorary members. He may call special meetings of the Society 

 whenever he shall deem it necessary, by notification to that effect inserted in two or more of the 

 county papers, at least fourteen days previous to such meetings, excepting meetings for filling va- 

 cancies in Committees on days of the Fair. And he may also convene, at his pleasure, the Execu- 

 tive Committee, by giving the members eight days previous notice, either in writing or through 

 t he medium of the county papers. In case of the death, resignation or absence of the President, 

 his duties shall be performed by the Vice Presidents in the order in which they are named in the 

 records. And in case of the death, resignation or absence of the President and Vice Presidents, a 

 President pro tempore may be chosen at any meeting of the Society. 



DUTIES OF THE TREASURER. 



Sec. 2. The Treasurer shall collect and receive all the funds of the Society, and he may take 

 such legal measures for the collection thereof as he thinks proper, at the expense of the Society, 

 under the direction of the President or Executive Committee. He shall give bonds to the President 

 iu the sum of three thousand dollars, with one or more sureties, as the President may require, for 

 the faithful discharge of the duties of his office. No payment can be made by the Treasurer but 

 by the authority of the Committee on Accounts. He shall keep his accounts methodically, in a 

 book kept for the purpose, and belonging to the Society, aud whenever called upon by the * Presi- 

 dent, or any member of the Executive Committee, he shall produce the same for inspection, one week 

 previous to the last Wednesday in September of each year. And he shall exhibit to the Society at 

 its annual meeting, a regular account current of the transactions of the year, as also a list of 

 the members who may be in arrears for their contributions ; and wheuever his office expires, he 

 shall give into the hands of the President a fair and regular account of all receipts and expenditures, 

 together with the bookBftnd funds ot the Society, to be by him delivered to the Treasurer elect. At 

 the first meeting of the Executive Committee thereafter, these accounts shall be laid before them by 

 the President, and if found correct, the President shall be authorized to give a discharge thereon, 

 aud to cancel the bond of the Treasurer. 



DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY. 



Sec. 3d. The Secretary shall Keep the records and archives oi the Soc'ety, and have in charge 

 all letters and papers relating to the correspondence of the same. He shall conduct 

 all the correspondence of the Society, keep a register of all letters written, and keep 

 on file all letters received, pertaining ito the business of the Society. He shall be present 

 at all meetings of the Society and of tiie Executive Committee, aud record their proceed- 

 ings. He shall couuter^igu all diplomas and certificates relative to premiums, wh<?n given, 

 and also keep an exact record of the Ordinary and Honorary Members. He shall notify the mem- 

 bers of the Executive Committee verbally or in writing, of each of their stated meetings, not less 

 than three, nor more than ten days previous to such meeting, designating the time and place of 

 holding the same, and shall give at least fourteen days notice, by newspaper publication, of the an- 

 nual meetings of the Society. 



