CONSTITUTION. 
IX 
Tlie treasurer shall keep the funds of the society and disburse the same 
on the order of the president,or a vice president, countersigned by the sec¬ 
retary, and shall make a report of all receipts and expenditures at the reg¬ 
ular meeting of the society in December. 
The executive board shall have power to make suitable by-laws to govern 
the action of the several members thereof. They shall have general charge 
of all the property and interests of the society, and make such arrangements 
for the holding and management of general and special exhibitions as the 
welfare of the society and the interests of industry shall seem to require. 
The general committee shall be charged with the interests of the society 
in the several counties where they respectively reside, and constitute a 
medium of communication between the executive board and the public at 
large. 
ARTICLE V. 
OF MEETINGS AND ELECTIONS. 
The annual meeting of the society for the transaction of general business 
shall be held in its rooms in Madison, on the first Wednesday of December, 
at three o’clock P. M., in each year, and ten days notice thereof shall be giv¬ 
en 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 days’ 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 
quorum 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 officers. 
