CONSTITUTION OF THE TRANS-MISSOURI DRY FARMING 



CONGRESS. 



As amended at the Second Session, Salt Lake City, Utah, Jan. 22-25, 1908. 



ARTICLE 1. 



This Congress shall be known as the Trans-]\Iissouri Dry- Farming 

 Congress and shall hold annual sessions at such time and place as shall 

 be recommended by the executive committee, subject to the approval of 

 the Congress then in session. The selection of place of future meeting 

 shall be made a special order during the closing session of the Congress. 

 A majority vote of the Congress shall be necessary to approve the action 

 of the Executive Committee. 



ARTICLE 11. 



Te officers of the Congress shall consist of a President, three Vice- 

 Presidents, a Secretary, a Treasurer and an Executive Committee of one 

 member from each Trans-Missouri state or territory and the District of 

 Columbia. The President and the three Vice-Presidents of the Congress 

 shall be named by the convention in session. The Secretary and the 

 Treasurer shall be elected by the Executive Committee, shall be requird 

 to give guarantee company bond in the amount determined by the com- 

 mittee, and the accounts shall be annually audited. The Executive Com- 

 mittee shall be selected by the delegation of their respective states and 

 territories. The President and Secretary shall be ex-officio members of 

 the Executive Committee. 



ARTICLE III. 



The Executive Committee shall select its Chairman and Secretary and 

 appoint such assistants to the Secretary as may be deemed wise and pru- 

 dent, and shall also £tppoint all committees. 



The Executive Committee shall have charge of the interests of the 

 Congress between its sessions, arrange the preliminaries for its meetings 

 and take such steps as they may deem necessary and proper to bring its 

 or the Congress's recommendations to the Congress of the United States 

 or the Legislatures of the various states and urge their adoption. 



The Execuive Committee shall elect its treasurer, who shall have 

 •charge of its /unds and no indebtedness shall be incurred unless the funds 

 are in hand to meet it. 



The necessary funds for defraying the expenses incurred by the Ex- 

 ecutive Committee shall be provided as follows: 



The Executive Committee is authorized to secure funds from such 

 sources as the Executive Committee may find expedient. 



