Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1882-02-18
NORTHERN TRIBUNE.
SATURDAY.. FEBRUARY 49,. 1882.
THE sGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.
Annusl Meeting Last Saturday-Con.
sdtution and bylaws Adopted
Report of Committee ON Permanent
Grounds.

Grounds.
Last Saturday forenoon the annual
meeting Of the Cheboygan County Agri-
cultural society was held at the Town
Hall with fair representation from
different parts of the county. President
Humphrey being absent Vice President
Richardson presided.
Hon. Jacob Walton, chairman of the
committee on revising the constitution
and bylaws, reported the result of the
committees labors. The report was ac-
cepted and the constitution and bylaws,
after few slight alterations, were
adopted unanimously.
M. w. Horne, chairman of the COM
mittee on permanent grounds, reported
that the committee after duly consider
ing the matter, had come to the conclu-
sion that it was better to rent than to
buy, and that proposition had been
made by the Cheboygan Horse associa-
ton to allow the use of their track, fur
nish ground on which to erect the neces-
sary buildings, sheds, stalls, sc. for ex-
hibitions and care of stock, the Horse
association to keep the fence around the
grounds in good repair, for the sum of
800 per annum for a term of ten years
The report was accepted and the com
mittee authorized to perfect the arrange
ment.
Upon motion the President and Secre-
tary were authorized to procure the
printing of 100 copies of the constitu-
tion and bylaws, in pamphlet form, for
the use of the members of the society.
The Secretary was instructed to notify
all officers of the society of their cleo
tiOn and that they would be required to
accept and pay their annual member
ship fee within thirty days or their
offices would be declared vacant, as pro-
vided i'm the constitution and bylaws.
Upon motion the meeting adjourned to
meet again in five weeks from that day,
Saturday, March 18th, at 10 o'clock a. III.
The following is the constitution and
bylaws as adopted:
SEC. l. This Society shall be called 'The
Cheboygan County Agricultural Society,""
auxiliary to the Michigan State Agricultural
Society, and its objects shall be the encourage
ment and advancement OF agriculture, hOrti-
culture, stock raising, manufacturers and me-
chanics' arts in Cheboygan county. ,..> 81
SEC. 2 Any person may become member
of this Society by paying to the Secretary there
of one dollar, and he shall continue to pay one
dollar annually to the Secretary, on or before
the first day of the Fair in each year, to per-
petuate his membership All officers shall pay
their membership fee of one dollar on or before
the annual meeting in February, in each year,
and their respective terms OF Office shall expire
and commence on said day Of annual meeting.
SEC. 3. The officers of this society shall
consist OF President one Vice President,
Secretary, Treasurer, one Director from each
organized Township, Incorporated Village,
and the Indian Village, i'm the county, and two
Auditors, whose duties shall be set forth in
the Bylaws to this Constitution. Said officers
shall be elected on the second day of the An
nual Fair, at two O'Clock in the afternoon.
The President Secretary and Treasurer shall
be elected sby ballot. The other officers in such
manner as the members present may deter
mine, and shall hold their respective offices
for one year from the next annual meeting,
or until their successors are elected to fill their
places.
SEC. 4. There shall be Board of Drec-
tors, who shall consist Of the President Secre-
tary, Treasurer and the Directors elected from
the several Townships and Villages as provi-
ded for in Section 3, any five OF whom shall
form quorum for the transaction OF business.
SEC. 5. 1t shall be the duty OF the Board OF
Directors to exercise general supervision over
the affairs OF the Society; to control the ex-
penditures of its funds; to call special meetings
OF the Society, on the written request of five
members thereof; to determine and select the
place and appoint the time for holding the
Annual Fair, and to publish due notice of the
same; to distribute all seeds, plants, books,
&C., received by the Society for distribution
among its members.
SEC. 8. Said Board of Directors, or a ma
jority of them, shall have power to fill by APP
pOintment all vacancies which may occur in
the officers OF tile Society, and the persons by
them appointed shall hold their offices till the
next annual meeting in February, or until their
successors are elected
SEC. 7. There shall be an annual meeting
held at the Village Of Cheboygan, on the second
Saturday OF February, in each year, commence
inc at ten O'Clock in the forenoon Of that day.
Due notice thereof shall be given by the Presl.
dent and Secretary, or either OF them. AT said
annual meeting all subjects pertaining TO the
welfare of the Society for the coming year may
be considered, and means adopted to carry the
same into effect. And at which all amend
ments to this Constitution and BY Laws shall
be made
SEC. D. IhlS CONSTITUTION may ne uteicu vi
amended at any annual meeting OF the Society
by the votes Of two-thirds of the members there
present voting therefor.
BYLAWS.
Sec /. The President, or in his absence
the Vice President, shall preside at all meetings
of the Society. he shall preserve order, ana
clearly state all questions when broughtu up Tor
discussion by any member, and decide all ques-
tons that come to vote. III the President
and Vice President are both absent from any
meetings OF the Society, or of the Board OF Dr.
rectors, the members present shall appoint one
of their number to act as President pro tem-
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