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Wisco:n'sij^ state Agricultural society. 
at three o’clock P. M., in each year, and ten days’ notice thereof shall be 
given by the secretary, in one or more papers printed in the city of Madison. 
The election of officers of the society shall be held each year during and at 
the general exhibition, and the exact time and place of the election shall be 
notified by the secretary in the official list of premiums and in all the general 
programmes of the exhibition. 
Special meetings of the society will be called by order of the executive 
board, on giving twenty clays’ notice in at least three newspapers of general 
circulation in the state, of the time, place, and object of such meetings. 
At any and all meetings of the society, ten members shall constitute a quo¬ 
rum for^the transaction of business, though a less number may adjourn from 
time to time. 
ARTICLE VI. 
OF AMENDMENTS. 
This constitution may be amended by a vote of two-thirds of the members 
attending any annual meeting; all amendments having been first submitted 
in writing at the previous annual meeting, recorded in the minutes of the 
proceedings, and read by the secretary in the next succeeding meeting for the 
election of oflicers. All amendments proposed shall be subject to amendment 
by a majority vote at the meeting when presented, but not thereafter. 
BY-LAWS. 
SECTION 1. 
OP OFEICERS. 
The officers of the society shall, ex-officio, fill the corresponding offices in 
the executive committee. 
SECTION II. 
OF THE DUTIES AND POWERS OP OFFICERS. 
The duties of the President, in addition to those defined by the Constitution, 
and the By-Laws regulating the duties of the permanent committees, shall be 
as follows, to wit: 
1. To inspect the fair grounds after they shall have been prepared for the 
annual exhibition by the special committee of arrangement, appointed for 
that purpose, and suggest such modifications or further preparations as he 
may deem necessary. 
2. To formally open the annual fair of the society, at such time as the exec¬ 
utive committee may prescribe, with an appropriate address. 
3. As the executive head of the society, to have a general supervision and 
control of the entire exhibition, subject onl}? to the authority of the executive 
committee. 
The duties of the Secretary, more specifically defined than in the constitu¬ 
tion, shall be as follows: 
1. To make a faithful record of each meeting nf the executive committee, 
and keep such record in a condition for the convenient reference of any mem¬ 
ber thereof, at any time; also to make a record of every order drawn on the 
treasurer, and delivered to parties in whose favor they were so drawn — sep¬ 
arately entering and numbering the orders drawn to pay premiums and those 
to pay general expenses, and so defining them — and of all moneys due the 
society; in all cases holding the parties so indebted responsible therefor un¬ 
til they shall have presented him a certificate from the treasurer, showing 
thftt the same has been paid. 
To open and carry on such correspondence as may be advantageous to 
the Society or to the common cause of agricultmal improvement, not only 
