CONSTITUTION 
Article i. This organization shall 
be known as The Florida State Horticul¬ 
tural Society, and its object shall be the 
advancement of Horticulture. 
Article 2. Any person may become 
a member of the Society by subscribing to 
the Constitution and paying one dollar. 
Any person may become a Life Member 
of the Society by subscribing to the Con¬ 
stitution and paying ten dollars. 
Article 3. Its officers shall consist of 
a President, three Vice-Presidents, Sec¬ 
retary, Treasurer, and Executive Com¬ 
mittee of three, who shall be elected by 
ballot each annual meeting. After the 
first election their term of office shall be¬ 
gin on the first day of January following 
their election. 
Article 4. The regular annual meet¬ 
ing of this Society shall be held on the 
second Tuesday in April, except when 
otherwise ordered by the Executive Com¬ 
mittee. 
Article 5. The duties of the President, 
Vice-President, Secretary and Treasurer 
shall be such as usually devolve on those 
officers. The President, Secretary and 
Treasurer shall be ex-officio members of 
the Executive Committee. 
Article 6. The Executive Committee 
shall have authority to act for the Society 
between annual meetings. 
Article 7. The Constitution may be 
amended by a vote of two-thirds of the 
members present. 
BY-LAWS 
1. The Society year shall be co-ex- 
tensive with the calendar year, and the 
annual dues of members shall be one dol¬ 
lar. 
2. All bills authorized by the Society 
or its Executive Committee, for its legi¬ 
timate expenses, shall be paid by the Sec¬ 
retary’s draft on the Treasurer, O. K.’d 
by the President. 
3. The meetings of the Society shall 
be devoted only to Horticultural topics, 
from scientific and practical standpoints, 
and the Presiding Officer shall rule out of 
order all motions, resolutions and discus¬ 
sions tending to commit the Society to 
partisan politics or mercantile ventures. 
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