CONSTITUTION 
OF THE 
WISCONSIN STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
ARTICLE I.—OF TIIE NAME AND STYLE OF THE SOCIETY. 
The style of this Society shall be the “Wisconsin State Agricultural 
Society.” Its objects shall be to promote and improve the condition of Agricul¬ 
ture, Horticulture, and the Mechanical, Manufacturing and Household Arts. 
ARTICLE II.—OF THE MEMBERS. 
The Society shall consist of such Citizens of this, and other States, as shall 
signify in writing their wish to become Members, and shall pay on subscribing 
not less than three dollars, and annually thereafter three dollars; and also of 
Honorary and Corresponding Members. 
The Presidents of County Agricultural Societies, or a delegate from each, 
shall, ex officio, be Members of this Society. The payment of twenty five dol¬ 
lars, or more, at one time, shall constitute a Member for life, and shall exempt 
the donor from annual contributions. 
ARTCLE III.—OF THE OFFICERS. 
The Officers of the Society shall consist of a President, three Vice Presidents, 
(one to be located in each congressional district,) a Recording Secretary, a Cor¬ 
responding Secretary, a Treasurer, an Executive Committee to consist of the 
Officers above named, and five additional Members, together with the three 
Ex-Presidents of the Society whose terms of service last expired, three of whom 
shall constitute a quorum, and a General Committee, to consist of one Member 
from each county, organized for judicial purposes. 
The Ex-Presidents of the Society, not Members of the Executive Committee, 
shall constitute a Board of Councillors, to which may be referred for consulta¬ 
tion and advice, all questions that may from time to time arise, in the decision 
of which the Society may in any manner be interested. 
ARTICLE IV.—OF THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICERS. 
The Recording Secretary shall keep the minutes and have charge of the books 
of the Society. 
