Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1879-12-12
CONSTITUTION AND ByE-LAws.
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FRONTIER AeRIcuLTuRAL SocRrE.


FRONTIER AeRIcULTuRAL socRrY.
ART. /. This society shall Toe called
THE FRONTIER AGRICULTURAL So
CIEFY," embracing the following towns,
to-wit:-Canaan, Hereford. Pitts
burgh, GAINESVILLE and Stewartstown.
ART. 2. The officers of the society
shall consist OF a President, Vice Presi-
dent, Secretary, Treasurer, and ten
Directors, being two from each town.
ART. 3. The President shall pre-
side at all meetings of the sOciety-and
in his absence, the Vice President
snail preside, and shall call meetings
on the request of two Directors or five
members.
ART. l. The Secretary shall keep
record of all the meetings and doings
Of the society, and discharge such
other duties as ordinarily pertains to
his OIL e.
ART 5. The Treasurer shall re-
ceive all monies paid into the society,
and disburse the same as the society by
its ma ority vote, or its board OF Dirsc-
tors may determine.
ART. 6. 1t shall be the duty of the
Board OF Directors on or before the
annual meeting of cash year, to ar
range prize list for the current year !;
to procure suitable grounds upon
which to hold the Annual Fair to fix
upon time for the same prescribe
suitable rules and regulations for the
same and TO transact such other
! business as shall promote the welfare
of the society.
| ART. Z. This Constitution. and the
! Bye-Laws, or any part thereof, may be
amended by Il twO-thirds vote of the
members present and voting at any
regular meeting.
ART. &. The annual meeting of
| the society shall be held on the first
| Saturday III March, i'll each year, at
one o clock in the afternoon at the
Town Hall in Canaan.
BYE-LAWS.
Sec. !. Aly person may become a
member of TINS society by subscri bing
TO the Constitution and Bye-Laws, aud
by paying into the Treasury one
dollar.
SEC. 2. Every member of this
society shall on or before the day of
the annual meeting, pay to the Treas
urer the sum of one dollar, or cease to
| be a member provided however, that
| the payment of one dollar on beconl-
ing q member shall suffice for that
year
SEC. 3. All live stock exhibited at
the Agricultural Show must be the
don0 pile property of the person in
whose name the same is entered, and
must have been owned within the
! limits OF the society, two months
previous to the day of the show, unless
the same is thorough bred.
SEC. 4. al produce or articles OK.
hibite must have been grown on the
farm Of, Or by the person in whose
name the same is entered, within
twelve months prior TO the first day OF
the show.
SEC. ). Every animal or article in
tende for exhibition must positively
be entered with the Secretary, at least
by tea 0 clock ON the first day of the
/ show.
SEC. G. No animal or article shall
be emitted to Il premium, unless the
| person i'll whose name the same is en-.
tered, be d subscriber to the society
aud has paid his subscription TO the
Constitution and Bye-Laws, and reside
or possess farm, manufa tory or es
| Enlistment within the limits of the
| SOcietf and no animal or article shall
! be entered in more than one class ex
cept town teams.
SEC. Z. Every seed animal must
| have served within the limits Of thi,
society during the season previous tC
the how,--eXcept thOrougn-breds, -tC
be eltitled to d premium.
SEC. 8. AZ fat cattle must have
been owned and kept within the Limits
OF the society three months previous rC
the date Of the show.
SEC. o. Animals and articles en-
tere for exhibition shall be numbered
by the Secretary in q BOOK Of entries,
and cards with corresponding numbers
shall be attached to t4le same.
SEC. 10. Every animal or article
exhibited with the owners name at
tIchad to the same, shall be EXCLUDED
from premium.
SEC. II. One membership ticke
will entitle the holder and his falnil,
to enTor articles for premiums anc
admission to the fair.
SEC. II All thorough bred animals
owned by any member Of the society,
with pedigree, shall be entitled to b.
entered for premium without regarC
TO the time the same has been QWne(
by such members.