The Trustees, or any five of them, or any fifteen members 

 of the Society, may propose business to be considered at any 

 special meeting, of which proposed business notice shall be 

 given as provided in Section I. No sale of the Society's real 

 estate, and no expenditure or contract therefor amounting to 

 more than five thousand dollars for any one purpose, shall be 

 valid and binding on the Society unless authorized by a vote 

 of the Society. 



SECTION III. 



OFFICERS. 



The officers of the Society shall -consist of a President, two 

 Vice-Presidents, a Treasurer, a Secretary, a Delegate to the 

 State Board of Agriculture, a Board of Trustees of fifteen 

 members, a Nominating Committee of five members, and such 

 other officers and committees as the Board of Trustees shall 

 appoint, according to Section IX. : provided, however, that no 

 person shall be eligible to any office unless he shall have been 

 a member of the Society for two years preceding. 



SECTION IV. 



THE PRESIDENT. 



The President shall be elected annually by the Society, and 

 shall be ex ojficio a member of the Board of Trustees. His 

 duties shall be to preside at the meetings of the Society and 

 of the Board of Trustees ; to preserve order ; to state the 

 business before the meeting ; to state and put questions ; 

 and, in case of an equal division on any question, to give the 

 casting vote ; and to call for accounts and reports from all 

 committees. 



SECTION V. 



THE VICE-PRESIDENTS. 



There shall be two Vice-Presidents, who shall, except as 

 provided in Section X., be elected by the Society on alternate 



