MAINE STATE POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



By-Laws, as Amended January 29, 1874. 



ARTICLE I. — Membership. 



Section 1. Any person may become a member of this Society by signifying his 

 wish to do so and paying to the Treasurer the sum of one dollar. 



Sec. 2. Any person may become a life member by paying the Treasurer the sum of 

 ten dollars; and the Treasurer's certificate thereof shall entitle such member, with his 

 wife and miuor children, to admission to all the exhibitions of the Society. 



Skc. 3. Each member (excepting life members,) shall pa}' to the Treasurer an 

 annual fee of one dollar; and the Treasurer's certificate thereof shall entitle him to 

 admission to all the exhibitions of the Society for that year. 



Sec. 4. Any member who shall neglect, for the term of two years, to pay his 

 annual assessment, shall cease to be a member of the Society; and the Treasurer shall 

 erase his name from the list of members. Any member may, at will, withdraw from 

 the Society on giving notice to the Treasurer, and paying the amount due from him 

 to the Society. 



Sec. 5, Ten members shall constitute a quorum. 



ARTICLE IL — Officers. 



Section 1. The officers of the Society shall consist of a President, two Vice Presi- 

 dents, Secretary, Corresponding Secretary, Treasurer, and an Executive Committee, 

 consisting of three members exclusive of the President and Secretary, who shall be 

 members ex-officin, and one Trustee for each county in the State; all of whom shall be 

 elected by ballot at the annual meetings, and hold their respective offices during the 

 calendar year for which they shall be elected, and until their successors are elected. 

 In the event of a failure to elect the said officers, or any of them, at such meeting, an 

 election shall be held at the next meeting of the Society duly called and holden. 



Sec. 2. All the officers shall perform the customary duties of their respective 

 offices, and such further duties as are herein specified or shall from time to time be 

 imposed upon them. 



Sec. 3. The Secretary shall keep a true record of the proceedings of the Society 

 and of the Executive Committee, keep an alphabetical list of the members, and make 

 all reports required or authorized by law. 



Sec. 4. The Corresponding Secretary snail conduct the correspondence of the 

 Society. lie shall open and maintain correspondence with other Pomological and 

 Horticultural Societies for the purpose of effecting an exchange of publications with 

 the same, for the permanent use of this Society; and shall present at each annual 

 meeting, a report, embracing a review of the proceedings of such Societies, and the 

 substance of all such matters therein as he shall deem to be of special interest to this 

 Society. 



