and dispense the same among the people of the State, every member shall pay into the treasury one dollar a year for the purpose of publishing and other expenses: Provided, That members of local horticultural societies may become members by paying into the treasury, through their respective local organizations, the sum of fifty cents each. Any person interested in horticulture may become a member by forwarding to the Treasurer or Secretary the fee of membership. VII. The President, Secretary and Executive Committee may call a meeting of the Society at any time and place they may consider advisable by a notice of thirty days in the public press, or by circulars properly distributed. VIII. This Society shall hold an annual meeting on the first Wednesday in December of each year, and at such place as the Society shall designate at its previous meeting, and semi-annual and called meetings may be held as provided for in the preceding section. IX. The officers of this Society shall constitute a Board of Horticulture, five of whom shall be a quorum for the transaction of business, the officers of the Society to be officers of the Board, said Board to meet immediately on the adjournment of the Society, and afterward on its own adjournment. It shall be the duty of the Board of Horticulture to investigate all accounts or claims against the Society, when presented for payment; to collect horticultural information, for which it may employ an agent, or agents, to visit different portions of this or adjoining States, and may draw on the treasury for money to pay the necessary expenses, when there is money in the treasury not otherwise needed, and said Board shall make full and definite report of its proceedings to the next regular meeting of the Society. X. These by-laws may be amended and otherwise changed at any regular meeting of the Society by a majority vote. XI. The thirteen congressional districts as now (1902) existing shall constitute the several Vice-President districts. Anderson, E. D.... Babcock, J. N...... Barr, Mrs. R. J... Baugher, Nelson. Beard, Jonathan... Bird, Mrs. John. Bogue, A. H.......... Bogue, Mrs. A. H.. Campbell, G. N........... Mentone. Oaklandon.. Topeka. . Oxford Oxford Benton Valentine... . Matthews . Indianapolis W.. Indianapolis . Grant . Grant .Marion Marion.. Huntington Raysville.... Henry .Raysville.... .Henry... Lagrange. Rome City.. .New Haven.. Putnam.. Grant. .Monroe.. |