BY-LAWS 



OF THE 



MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



PRELIMINARY. 



These By-laws shall, except as hereinafter provided, go into 

 effect on the morning of the first day of January, 1904. 



The officers of the Society provided for in Section I. of these 

 By-laws, other than the Delegate to the State Board of Agri- 

 culture, whose terms shall begin on the first day of January, 

 1904, shall be elected at a meeting of the Society to be held 

 on the second Saturday after the first Monday of November, 

 1903. 



The present' Delegate to the State Board of Agriculture 

 elected at the meeting held on the first .Saturday of October, 

 1902, to serve for three years, shall hold office until the first 

 day of January, 1906, and his successor shall be elected at the 

 annual meeting of the Society to be held in November, 1905. 

 Appropriations for prizes and gratuities to be awarded in the 

 year 1904 shall be made at said meeting to be held on the 

 second Saturday after the first Monday in November, 1903, 

 on the recommendation of the existing Executive Committee ; 

 but no other appropriations shall be then made calling for any 

 disbursements after the first day of January, 1904. 



The ballots for such election shall be printed by the Secre- 

 tary, and the names of candidates nominated for each office 

 shall be printed thereon in alphabetical order, and the voting 

 shall be as provided in Section XV. of these By-laws. 



