The Winchester appeal. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1856-1856, 1856-05-10
Agricultural Society.

Alta meeting held at the Court House
in the town of Winchester for the pur'
pose oforganizing an Agricultural and
Mechanical Society, for franklin
county, in accordance with the Acts
of Assembly in such cases, made and
provided;
On motion, Maj. VIM. e. Venable
was appointed Chairman, and John
Frizzell, Secretary.
On motion, the following was adop-
ted as the Constitution governing the
Society:
CONSTITUTION OF THE FRANKLIN CoUN'
TY AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL So
cIETY.--We, the citizens of Franklin
County, State of Tennessee, associating
ourselves together and forming Coun.
ty Society, for the encouragement and
promotion of Agricultural and Domestic
Manufactures, do ordain and establish
this Constitution for the Agricultural and
Mechanical Society Of Franklin County,
subordinate to the Tennessee Agricultu.
raj Bureau, and subscribe the same:
Article l. This Society shall be known
and styled the Franklin County Agricul.
tural and Mechanical Society.
Article 2. The object of this Society is
to encourage Agricultural and Domestic
Manufactures in Tennessee.
Article 8. The officers of this Society
shall be President, three Vice Plesi.
dents, Secretary, Treasurer, Correspond.
ing Secretary, which said officers shall be
elected annually, on the First Monday
in April, by ma ority Of the members
present, and shall hold their Offices till
their successors shall be elected. The
President, or in his absence the senior
Vice President present, shall preside in
all the meetings of the Society, and per-
form such other duties as are incident to
the Chair.
Article 4. 1t shall be the duty of this
Society to charter and establish such dis.
trict Societies as may be formed in the
county, in conformity to the rules, usa.
ges, and powers Of this Society, and with.
in the provisions of an act passed by the
Of this State, 23d February,
1854, entitled can Act to establish
State Agricultural Bureau, together with
county and district Societies, subordinate
thereto, in the State Of Tennessee, and
for other purposes"
Article 5. 1t shall be the duty Of the
Secretary of this Society, whenever it shall
have raised the sum Of three hundred dol.
lars for its use by contribution gifts men,
bers, or otherwise, and put out at interest
On public orprivatc security that amount,
to file in the office of the Cco"",Jp;;ii Of
the Treasury certificate, signed by the
President and Treasurer of this Society,
specifying, under oath, the sum actually
contributed and put out at interest, and
then held and we'll secured as capital
stock.
Article Q. Any amount received by
this Society as a bounty from the State
shall in its discretion, be applied to the
encouragement of Agriculture and Manu-.
features in the State, in such way and in
such manner as may seem best to it. and
such amount or any portion thereof, if left
uncxpended, shall go into the capital
stock.
Article 7. The Secretary Of this Socie.
ty shall transmit to the Secretary Of the
State Agricultural Bureau, in the month
of September of every year, full state.
ment oil the expenditures OF all moneys
that have been received, and detailed
account of its proceedings, signed by the
President, and embracing all such plans
and reports of Committees and Address.
es delivered before such Society, and all
statements Of experiments and cultiva.
ton deemed by the Society worthy ofpub.
LEGATION.
Article s. This Society shall elect at
least three of its members as delegates to
the Division Fairs, Exhibitions, or Shows,
and said delegate members shall be EN-.
powered to make all the necessary prepa.
rations for such Fairs, Shows, or Exhib.
lions, at their regular meetings.
Article 8. Two members of every Dis.
Irict Society shall be entitled to member.
ship in this Society: TO be chosen accord. |