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AMERICAN POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. . 
the duty of such Chairman to appoint four additional members of his com- 
mittee, and with their aid and such information as he can procure, to forward 
to the General Chairman one month before each biennial meeting, State Pomo- 
logical Reports, to be condensed by him for publication. 
8. A Standing Committee on *New Fruits of American Origin, consisting 
of eleven members, shall be appointed by the President, immediately after his 
election. It shall be the duty of this Committee to report biennially on *new 
fruits of American origin, and also to examine, and before the close of the 
session report on, all new seedling varieties that may be exhibited and to make 
an ad interim report on those that were exhibited in an unripe condition at the 
meeting of the Society, but had subsequently attained a state of maturity ; and 
on such other seedlings as may have been submitted to their inspection during 
the Society’s vacation. 
9. A Standing Committee’ on Foreign Fruits, consisting of eleven members, 
shall be appointed, whose duties shall be similar to those of the committee in 
by-law eight. 
10. A Standing Committee on Tropical and Sub-Tropical Fruits, consisting 
of eleven members, shall be appointed, whose duties shall be similar to those 
of the committee in by-law eight. 
11. A Standing Committee on Nomenclature, consisting of seven members, 
shall be appointed biennially. 
12. Vacancies occurring in committees shall be filled by the chairman of 
each, and in case of his death or inability to serve, his place shall be supplied 
by the President of the Society. 
13. The order of business for each meeting shall be arranged by the 
Executive Committee. 
14. The Constitution or By-Laws may be altered or amended, at any regular 
biennial meeting, by a vote of two-thirds of the members present. 
* As amended at Philadelphia meeting, Sept. 8, 1899. 
