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communications and reports to the society, on the aforesaid 
subjects. And in case it shall at any time be judged ex¬ 
pedient to increase the number of either of the said commit¬ 
tees, such committee shall have the privilege of proposing 
the candidates to the society, who shall elect them in the 
ordinary way. 
III. And be it further ordained , That each of the afore¬ 
said committees or any of the members thereof acting un¬ 
der its direction, be and is hereby authorised to correspond 
with any person or persons residing in or out of the United 
States, on any of the subjects comprehended in the class to 
which such committee or member may belong. That all 
such correspondence shall, from time to time, be reported 
to the society, and be considered its property. That the 
necessary expenses thereof be defrayed out of the funds of 
the society; provided the expense arising from any corres¬ 
pondence held by any one of said committees shall not in 
any one year exceed the sum of twenty-five dollars. 
IV. And be it further ordained , That in all cases where 
it shall be deemed expedient, the respective committees 
aforesaid, shall have the privilege of proposing corres¬ 
ponding members to the society, to be elected in the same 
manner as the members of the committee were elected, 
provided the persons so proposed shall not reside in the 
state of New-York. 
A true copy, 
T. ROMEYN BECK, R. S. 
Members of the Agricultural Committee . 
SIMEON DE WITT, Chairman , 
Elected March 2, 1814. 
CHARLES WHITLOW, 
do. 
do. 
GERRIT W. VAN SCHAICK, 
do. 
do. 
EDMUND C. GENET, 
do. 
March 9, 1814. 
GEORGE CLARKE, 
do. 
March 16, 1814. 
