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appoint such other committees from among their number as 

 they see fit, and may delegate to such committees any of their 

 powers ; but no expenditure or contract for expenditure ex- 

 ceeding five hundred dollars at any one time, and no appoint- 

 ment of committees or officers of the Society, and no election 

 of members thereto, shall be valid or binding without the 

 action of a majority of the full Board of Trustees at a legal 

 meeting. 



Any powers given to any 'committee by the provisions of 

 this clause (5) and any powers delegated to any such commit- 

 tee by special vote of the Board of Trustees, may be with- 

 drawn or limited by vote of said Board at any subsequent 

 time. The Board may at any time remove any or all of the 

 members of any such committee, and substitute others in 

 their places. 



(6) They shall appoint a Superintendent of the Building 

 and a Librarian of the Society, and define their duties, except 

 when these are determined by the By-laws, and may remove 

 them or either of them, and appoint others in their stead, 

 whenever, in their opinion, the interests of the Society shall 

 require it. They may employ such additional assistants as 

 they deem best, and shall determine the compensation of all 

 officers and agents of the Society. 



(7) They shall arrange for six or more exhibitions of 

 flowers, plants, fruits, and vegetables in each year, and shall 

 have the entire charge of all arrangements for conducting the 

 same. 



(8) They shall appoint each year the following standing 

 committees, the members of which need not be members of 

 the Board of Trustees : (a) on plants and flowers ; (b) on 

 fruits ; (c) on vegetables. Each of these committees shall con- 

 sist of three or more members. They shall also appoint each 

 year a standing committee of five or more members on gar- 

 dens. The President shall be one of this committee ex 

 officio. In addition to the standing committees named in this 

 Clause (8) the Board of Trustees may appoint such additional 



