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| The Presidents of County Agricultural Sc
cicties, or delegate from each, shall ero0ci
be members of this Society.
The payment oil 25 dollars or more shall con
stitute member for life, and shall exempt tn
donor from annual coutriburons.
Sec. 3. The officers of this Society shal
consist of President, four Vice Presidents
one to be located in each Judicial Circuit,
Recording Secretary, Corresponding Sccrc
tary, Treasurer, and Directors, to consist o
the officers above named, and five addtiona
members, and five of the ExPrcsidcnts who's
term Of Office has last expired, shall be eroHici
Directors, and also a General Committee, -
members Of which shall be located in the scve
raj counties, and be equal to the representa-
tions in the State Senate.
SEC. 4. The Recording and Correspondent.
Secretaries shal perform the duties usual t
such officers.
The Treasurer shall keep the funds, ant
shall disburse them on order of the President
or Vice President, countersigncd by the Re
cordlng Secretary. aud shall make IL report o
the receipts and expenditures at every annua
meeting.
The Directors shall take charge of and dis
tribute or preserve all seeds, plants books, mo
dcls, &C., which may be transmitted to the
Society shall have charge of all publications
shall appoint the General Committee shall
have power to fill any vacancies which may oc.
cur in the officers during the year and shal
have the general control of all matters pertain
ing to the interests of the Society, not special
ly acted upon by the Society at large.
The General Commute are charged with the
interests Of the Society in the Counties il
which they shall respectfully reside. and will
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the Directors and the other members Of the
Society.
SEC. ). There shall be an annual meeting
of the Society at such time and place as the
Directors shall designate, at which all the Off
cers-save the General Commttcc-shall be
elected by plurality of votes and BY ballot
Extra meetings may be convened by the Direc-
tors, and at such meetings, twenty-five mem
bors shall be IL quorum.
SEC u. The Society shall hold an Annua
Cattle Show and Fair, at such time and place
as shall be designated bv the Directors.
SEC. Z. This Constitution may be amand.
ed by vote of two-thlrds of the members at
tending any Annual Meeting.
A committee of one gentleman from each
county was then raised to nominate officers O
the Society for the year ensuing. The Com
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bell, Il. H. Ormsbee, J. w. Colburn. J. ii
Barrett, J. p Kldder, Harry Bradley, JOIN
Spauldlng l. B. Bowdish Henry Stevens, :
Churchill, lsanc McCeary, A. Kimball, ant
Giles Harrington.
The meeting then adjourned to the afternoon
of the next day, when the Committee reported
the following nominations, and the person:
nominated were duly elected
President, Frederick lIolbrook, Of Wind
ham Co; Vice Presidents, William Nash, o
the first Judicial Circuit,
Joseph W. Colburn, of the second,
Harry Bradley, Of the third,
Erastus Fairbanks, of the fourth.
Corresponding Secretary, J. A. Beckwith
of Addison.
Recording Secretary, c. S. Noyes, of La
moille.
Treasurer John Spaulding, of Washington.
Additional Directors, J. 5. Pcttibone, o
Bennington, J. X. Parish, Of Orange, Georg,
7. Hodges, of Rutland, p. Baxter Of Orean
and l.. Bralnard of Franklin.
The meeting then adjourned sine die.
+. HOLBROOk, President
L. X. WRIGHT, Secretary.