16Q STATE POMOLOaiCAL SOCIETY. 



BY-LAWS 



OF THE 



MAINE STATE POMOLOGIGAL SOCIETY. 



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 minor children, to admission to all the exhibitions of the Society. 



Sec. 3. Each member (excepting life members,) shall pay 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 II.— Officers. 



Section 1. The ofl!icers 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-ajjicio, 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 perfdrm 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 shall conduct the correspondence of the Society. 

 He 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. 



