CONSTITUTION 01’ THE SOCIETY. 
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of all the property and interests of the Society, and make such arrange¬ 
ments 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. 
OP MEETINOS AND ELECTIONS. 
The Annual Meeting of the Society, for the transaction of general busi¬ 
ness, 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 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 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 may 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 said 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. 
OP AMENDMENTS. 
This Constitution iilay 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, 
