STATE POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 9 



member may be a competitor, or therein have an interest ; but in 

 such case such member shall temporaril}- vacate his place upon the 

 committee. 



13. All premiums awarded will be payable by the Treasurer in 

 sixty days after the close of the exhibition, subject, however, to the 

 folloiDlng conditions and limitations, viz : 



1st — The Society guarantees to pay premiums and gratuities to 

 the amount of $500, but reserves the right, if more than that amount 

 is awarded, to make such a pro rata reduction as will reduce the 

 whole amount payable to that sum. 



2d — All premiums not applied for before the first day of January 

 next shall revert to the Society. 



3d — The Society's premiums are open for competition to all per- 

 sons residing in the State ; but when premiums and gratuities ex- 

 ceeding $1.00 and less than $20.00 are awarded to a person not a 

 member of the Society, the fee for membership will be deducted 

 therefrom ; and when premiums and gratuities amounting to $20.00 

 or more are awarded to any person not a life member of the Societ}-, 

 the fee for life membership will be deducted therefrom ; and in either 

 case certificates of membership will be issued accordingly. 



