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tions thereof, so as such by-laws and regulations 
shall not be repugnant to the laws of the United 
States or of this state. 
And be it further enacted^ That a president arid 
one or more vice-presidents, nine counsellors, two 
or more secretaries, a treasurer, and such other of¬ 
ficers as the said society shall, by any by-law, from 
time to time appoint, shall be elected by a plurali¬ 
ty of yotes of the members of the said society pre¬ 
sent at any election : That such election shall be an¬ 
nually held in the senate chamber, or at such other 
place as the said society shall from time to time by 
by-law direct and appoint, on the Tuesday next 
succeeding the day on which both houses of the le¬ 
gislature shall have been formed, ready to proceed 
to business, after the first day of January in every 
year : That the said officers shall respectively hold 
their offices until the next annual election day, or 
until others shall be elected in their stead : That 
if the annual election shall not be held at any of the 
days for that purpose appointed, it shall be lawful 
to make such election at any other day; and that 
the president, or one of the vice-presidents, with 
any twelve or more of the said society, meeting at 
the place designated for that purpose by any by-law, 
shall constitute a legal meeting of the said society. 
And he it further enacted., That the books, papers, 
monies and effects of the society for the promotion 
of agriculture, arts and manufactures, shall be and 
