Constitution. 



Section 1. This Association shall be known as the Illinois State Dairy- 

 men's Association. 



Sec. 2. The officers of this Association shall consist of a President, one 

 Vice-President from every county in the State represented in the dairy 

 interest, a Secretary and a Treasurer. 



Sec. 3. The officers of this Association shall be elected by acclamation 

 at the annual meeting, to be held on the second Thursday in December in 

 each year, having been previously nominated by a committee appointed for 

 that purpose. 



Sec. 4. The place and time of meeting shall be designated at each 

 previous meeting. 



Sec. 5. The objects of this Association shall be the encouragement of 

 the dairy interests of our State, with mutual improvement as relates to dairy 

 interests in manufacturing and marketing the product of our dairies. 



Sec. 6. Persons may become members of this Association by the pay- 

 ment of an annual fee of $1.00. 



Sec. 7. The officers of this Association shall constitute an Executive 

 Board for the transaction of business. 



Sec. 8. The Constitution of this Association may be altered at any 

 regular meeting of the Association, on giving notice at the previous meeting 

 of such intention. 



December 15, 1876.— The following amendment was added to the Consti- 

 tution: 



"That Sec. 2 be so amended as to read: The officers of this Association 

 shall consist of a President and three Vice-Presidents, a Secretary and 

 Treasurer. There shall also be elected, or appointed, three trustees in each 

 county of this State represented, or that may hereafter be represented in 

 the convention, who shall be charged with the interests of the Association 

 in their respective counties, and whose further duty it shall be to report to 

 the officers of the Association annually, or oftener, if required, the statistics 

 of the dairy interests in their respective counties. 



" Sec. 3. The officers of this Association shall be elected by ballot, no 

 member being entitled to a vote who has not paid his initiation fee for the 

 year. 



" Sec. 9. The Association shall have full power to make such Rules and 

 By-Laws as shall be deemed advisable.'' 



