LAWS OF MARYLAND.

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Art. 2. The officers of this society, shall be a President, a vice Pre-

sident, a recording secretary, a corresponding secretary, an assistant

recording secretary, a professor of Agricultural Chemistry, a pro-
fessor of Botany, a treasurer, an assistant treasurer, and two col-
lectors, one for each shore, twenty four trustees, and such other of-
ficers as the bye-laws of the society shall from time to time direct; all
officers, where not otherwise directed, shall be chosen by ballot, to
serve until the close of the next exhibition, and then and thereafter
be annually elected at the meeting held on the western shore, in the
month of November, or such other month as may be found to be

convenient.

Dec. Ses. 1823
Officers.

Art. 3. The duty of the President shall be to preside at all meetings
to direct such correspondence as may be necessary to superintend
the affairs of the society, and to make such communications as from
time may be deemed useful.

Presidents
duty.

Art. 4. The Vice President in case of the absence of the pre-

sident shall fulfil his duties, and in case of the absence, death or re-

signation of any officer, the society shall have power to appoint in

his place a member to act until the appearance of such absent officer,

or in case of death or resignation, until another officer shall be
duly elected.

Vice presi-

dent.

Art. 5. Twenty four trustees shall be elected, of whom twelve shall be
from the western shore, and twelve shall be from the eastern shore, to
be elected by the members of each shore respectively; they shall meet
as often as their respective chairman, or any two members may
deem it necessary and any three members shall constitute a quorum;
the trustees shall from time to time examine in person the manage-
ment and condition of such farms as they may consider objects
worthy of their attention, and they shall make report to the society
of such as may merit their approbation, they shall severally take
charge of all the property and articles of the society, on their res-

pective shores the books and papers of the other departments ex-

cepted; it shall be their duty to take samples of all the useful grains,
collecting and distributing the best samples of all the useful grains,

roots and seeds, for collecting all fossils, marls, earth or substances;

proper for manure, for causing the same to be analysed, and report

the result to the society; for procuring experiments, to be made by

careful agriculturists; of all such fossils, marls, earth or substances;

for collecting models of the best agricultural implements, and to

report their properties and usefulness, to designate from time to

time all subjects and objects for which premiums for the same, to ap-

point committees to examine into the merits of, & report on all claims

for premiums, to designate the time and make the requisite pre-

paratory arrangements every year for the meeting of the society, and

to keep regular minutes of all their proceedings; the trustees of each

shore shall have power to fill up from time to time such vacancies as

may occur in the respective boards.

Trustees,

their duty, &c.

Art. 6. The assistant secretary, the assistant treasurer, & the twelve

trustees for the eastern shore of Maryland, shall be chosen at a meet-
in to be called on that shore, by the vice president, and when so
chosen, shall serve until the close of the next exhibition on the eas-
tern shore, and the trustees for said shore, shall then and thereafter be

chosen annually.

First meet-
ings on east-
tern shore.

Art. 7. The society shall have power to make such bye-laws & regu-

Bye-laws, &c.