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CHARTER

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BY-IiAWS

OP THE

FOR

PROMOTING AGRICULTURE

ZNSTXTX7TED FEBRUARY 14, 1809.

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PRINTEP BY P. R. FREAS & CO.

1840.

CHARTER.

Chapter 3015.

AN ACT TO Incorporate the Philadelphia Sgciety for Pro-
moting Agriculture.

Section 1. The persons constituting the Philadelphia Agri-
cultural Society declared to be a body politic and corporate
by the name of " The Philadelphia Society for Promoting Ag-
riculture," with the usual corporate powers, for ten years. 2.
Officers to be elected annually. 3. Corporation authorised
to make by-laws not inconsistent with the laws and constitu-
tion of this commonwealth. 4. Present officers to continue
4intil an election shall be held under this act.

Passed Uth February, 1809.

Chapter 4738.

AN ACT to Incgrporate the Ph-iladelphia Socifiy for Pro-
moting Agriculture.

Sec. L Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Represen-
tatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General As-
sembly met, arid it is Thereby enacted by the authm'ity of the
same, That the persons who now constitute the Philadelphia
Society for Promoting Agriculture, or who shall hereafter be
admitted members of the same, shall be, and hereby are declar-
ed to be a body politic and corporate for the term of twenty
years from and after the parsing of this act, by the name
and style of -" The Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agri-
culture," to feav>e succesfflon, to jiead and be impleaded, sue
and be sued in all courts of record or elsewhere, and be capa-
ble to take, hold and enjoy lands, tenements and hereditament?,
goods and chattels, and the same from time to time to sell,
grant, demise, alien and dispose of, to use a common seal ,and
to alter or renew the same at pleasure : Provid&l, That the

clear yearly value of the real estate by theiu held shall at no
time exceed the sum of six thousand dollars.

Sec. 2. A7id be it farther enacted by the authority aforesaid.
That the officers of the said corporation shall consist of a Pre-
sident, two Vice-Presidents, Treasurer, Secretary, and such
other officers as the said corporation-may think necessary, who
shall be elected annually or otherwise, as the rules and by-laws
of the corporation may direct.

Sec. 3. And be it farther enacted by the authority aforesaid,
That the said corporation when convened, upon due notice
given to the members by public advertisement or otherwise,
shall have power and authority to make, ordain and establish,
such and so many rules, by-laws and ordinances relating to
the times of meeting, the admission of members, the powers
and duties of the officers thereof, and the ordering of the other
concerns of the sai^l corporation as they may deem necessary
and proper : Provided, That no rule, by-law or ordinance as
aforesaid, shall be valid if inconsistent with the constitution
and laws of this State or of the United States.

Sec. 4. And be it farther enacted by the authority aforesaid,
That the present officers of the said Society shall continue in
their respective stations until an election shall be made under
this act, and the rules, by-laws and ordinances now in force,
not inconsistent with the constitution and laws of this State or
of the United States, shall be good and valid until altered,
amended or abrogated by the corporation.

REES HILL,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
ISAAC WEAVER,
Speaker oj the Senate.

Approved — The twenty-seventh day of March, one thousand
eight hundred and nineteen.

WILLIAM FINDLAY.

Chapter 5006.

A Supplement to the Act entitled " An Act for the Promo-
tion OF Agriculture and Domestic Manufactures."

Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of lU-
preventatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in Genet*

nt Assembly met^ and it is hereby enacted by the nuthxyrily of
the same, That the Philadelphia Society for the Promotion of
Agriculture, shall receive annually from the county commis-
sioners of Philadelphia county, out of the county tax assessed
on the city and county of Philadelphia, the sum of fifty dollars
for every member which the freemen of the said city and coun-
ty are or shall be respectiv^ely entitled to elect to the house of
i'epresentatives of this commonwealth for the purposes desig-
nated in the act entitled " An Act for the Promotion of Agri-
culture and Domestic Manufactures," and the said sums shall be
paid to the Treasurer of the said Philadelphia Society, and noth-
ing contained in the said act to which this is a supplement, shall
be construed to alter or abolish the organisation of the said
Philadelphia Society as at present incorporated, but all things
directed by the said act to be done and performed in relation
to the receipts, expenditures and application of the moneys di-
rected to be paid to the Treasurer thereof, or any matters or
things required consistently with the rules and regulations of
the said Society as at present incorporated, shall be so done
and performed by the officers, committees or persons appoint-
ed by the said Society, agreeably to its present organisation,
by-laws and rules, as fully and effectually as if done and per-
formed by the Directors and other officers of Societies estab-
lished by virtue of the act to which this is a supplement.

Passed SQth March, 1821.

No. 77.

A Supplement to the Act entitled " An Act to Incorporate
the Middleport and Pine Creek Rail Road Company," and for
other purposes.

Section 15. That the charter of the Philadelphia Society
for Promoting Agriculture, shall be and tlie same is herel^y ex-
tended and continued in force for the term of twenty years
from the twenty-seventh day of March, Anno Domini one thou-
sand eight hundred and thirty-nine.

Approved— 77i€ IGth day of April, 1838.

A Supplement to an act entitled " An Act for the organisa-
tion of a new County from parts of Venango and Armstrong,

to be called Clarion, passed the Uth day of March, 1839," and
for other purposes.

Section 9. That the act entitled an act supplementary to an
act entitled an act for the Promotion of Agriculture and Do-
mestic Manufactures, passed on the thirtieth day of March,
eighteen hundred and twenty-one, be and the same is hereby
revived for the term of five years from and after the passage
of this act so far as respects the city and county of Philadelphia.

Approved — The \6th day of April, 1840.

BY-L.AWSa

I.— NAME OF THE SOCIETY.
The Society shall be styled, THE PHILADELPHIA SOCIE-
TY FOR PROMOTING AGRICULTURE.

II.— OBJECTS OF THE SOCIETY.

The Society's attention shall be confined to agriculture and
rural affairs.

HI— OFFICERS AND MODES OF ELECTION.

The Society shall have a President, and two Vice-Presidents,
a Treasurer, two Curators, a Secretary and Assistant Secre-
tary and Librarian, all of whom shall be annually elected by
the tickets of a majority of the members present at the stated
meeting of the Society in January ; the officers not then elect-
ed may be chosen at any stated meeting thereafter on being
nominated at a preceding meeting, and such intention shall be
duly notified in a public newspaper and in a reasonable time
before the meeting, at which a choice is to be made. The per-
sons, so elected, to continue in office one year, and until others
are chosen in their stead. In case of any vacancy, by death,
resignation, or otherwise, the same may be supplied by a new
election, to be made at any stated meeting of the Society, the
I^erson thus newly elected to serve the remainder of ihe year.
IV.— OF A QUORUM.

A quorum for business shall consist of at least five members,
including the President or Vice-President.

v.— DUTY OF THE PRESIDENT, VICE-PRESIDliNT Ott
CHAIRMAN.

At all meetings of the Society the President shall exercise
the usual duties of that office ; all motions shall be addressed
to him, and on all questions he shall collect and declare the
votes including his own ; he shall also have the power to call
si)ecial meetings of the Society, but all special meetings and
their objects shall be notified by the Secretary and published
in two or more city newspapers, at least eight days before any
special meetings shall take place ; in his absence the same du-
ties shall be performed by a Vice-President ; and if it happen^
at any meeting of the Society, that the President and Vice-Pre-
sidents be absent, the members present being a quorum to con-
stitute a regular meeting for the business to be transacted,
may choose a chairman for that meeting.

VL— DUTY OF THE TREASURER.

The Treasurer shall keep the accounts methodically statedj
in the books of the Society, and when called upon, produce them
for inspection. At the last meeting of every year, and also
when his office ends, he shall produce a fair and regular ac-
count of all receipts, payments and expenditures : and deliver
it, together with those books and all other property of the So-
ciety, in his hands, to his successor in office, or to the order
of the Society.

VII.— DUTY OF THE CURATORS.

The Curators are to take charge and care of all property
and articles belonging to the Society, the books and papers ex-
cepted, \vh:ch are to remain in charge of the Secretary : the
Library to be under the care of the Librarian, who is to assist
the Curators in everything in which his aid is required. The
Curators are to take measures from time to time, for collect »
ing all native fossils and earthly substances proper for mr.»
nures, or deemed to be so, and to cause or procure the same
to be analysed, and report to the Society the result. They are
also to procure experiments to be made by careful agricultur-
alists, of any such fossils, earths or substances, and to promote
in every practicable way explorations, for the discovery of na-
tive substances, either known or presumed to be manures or
auxiliaries in fertilising land. They are also to keep minutes
of their proceedings, to collect models of the best agricultural
instruments, and report their usefulness and properties, and
cause such models to be deposited in the apartments of the

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^c^ciety ; they are to recommend to the Society from time to
lime the offering of premiums, for any discovery or experi-
ment on the foregoing subjects, and to examine into the merits
of all claims for premiums and report their opinion thereon,
when the Society do not think proper to appoint special com-
mittees for that purpose.

VIII.— DUTY OF THE SECRETARY.
The Secretary and his assistant shall have in charge all
books and papers of the Society, and keep the same in exact
order ; they shall register all letters which shall be written by
the committee of correspondence, or by themselves, by order
of the committee.

IX.— COMMITTEE OF CORRESPONDENCE AND ACCOUNTS,
At the annual meeting of the Society in January, shall be
chosen a committee of correspondence, to consist of two mem-
bers, for the purpose of corresponding with any other Society,
or persons, touching the objects which this Society has in view.
The same members shall also be a committee of accounts, to
receive and adjust all claims against the Society, and their cer.
tificate shall authorise the President or a Vice-Pi-esident, to issue
orders on the Treasurer for the payment of them, but nothing
herein contained shall preclude tlie right of the Society to pass
or refer any account at a regular meeting.

X.— TIME OF STATED MEETINGS.

The stated meetings of the Society shall be held the first
Wednesday of every month, at eleven o'clock, A. M.

XI.-^OF RESIDENT AND HONORARY MEMBERS.

The members of the Society shall be distinguished into resi^
dent, honorary, and contributing members. Resident members
shall consist of members residing within a convenient distance
to attend the meetings of the Society in Philadelphia. All mem-
bers of agricultural societies in other States and counties, with
whom this Society shall correspond, and all persons of this
State, and of other States and counties, who shall be elected
for the purpose, shall be honorary members ^ and are hereb}^
invited to assist at the meetings, whenever they come to Phi-
ladelphia. Strangers who desire to be present, as auditors,
may be introduced by a resident member. Honorary contri-
buting members are of the description hereafter mentioned.

XII.— HONORARY CONTRIBUTING MEMBERS.
Every citizen contributing and paying into the hands of the

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Treasurer, a sum not less than fifty dollars, may be elected
agreeably to the rules, an honorary member; those who thus
laudably enable the Society to extend its usefulness and pro-
mote its objects, are invited to assist at its meetings : they will
be styled honorary contributing members.

XIII.— OF DONATIONS AND BEQUESTS.

All donations and bequests for general purposes, shall be
faithfully used, and regular accounts kept of their applications.
Such donations or bequests as are given, granted, made or de-
vised, on terms directing their being used in, or applied to, any
particular purpose, shall with all due fidelity be so used or ap-
plied, and if they, or any of them, shall not be at the time suffi-
cient to accomplish the object designated, in whole or in part,
they and every of them shall be placed in a situation (if practi-
cable) to accumulate until by addition of other means, the ob-
jects intended can be effectuated. The names, amount, and de-
scription, of donations of all citizens, contributing pecuniary
or other donations of any amount or description whatever,
shall be registered in a roll, kept for that special purpose. They
well merit and receive the thanks of the Society, for the patrio-
tism and public spirit evinced by their thus affording the means
of accomplishing the objects of the institution.

XIV.— ELECTION OF MEMBERS.

New members, whether resident or honorary, shall be elect-
ed by ballot, and the Secretary shall issue notices to each per-
son of his being elected to the following purport : Tl e Phila-
delphia Society for Promoting Agriculture, have elected
a resident or honorary member, in testimony of their confi-
dence in his capacity and inclination to promote the objects of
their Institution.

XV.— ELECTIONS OF MEMBERS AND OFFICERS.

All elections and appointments, except of the officers of the
Society, shall take place at one of the stated meetings of the
Society, and no person shall be elected a member, whether re-
sident or honorary, unless at a preceding stated meeting, he
shall have been openly proposed, and such nomination duly
entered on the minutes of the Society ; the nomination and
election to be in the absence of the candidate. The officers of
the Society shall be elected at the annual meetings of the So-
ciety, in each year, between the hours of twelve o'clock at
noon, and two o'clock, P. M. ; or in case no election is then
made, then at such time thereafter as they may appoint. No

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member shall be allowed to vote at the annual meeting, unless
his arrearages of subscription due the Society be previously-
paid.

XVI.— OF PREIMIUMS.

The Society shall annually, or at any stated meeting, pro-
pose prizes upon interesting subjects relative to actual experi-
ments and improvements, and for the best pieces written on
proposed subjects ; and in order more effectually to disseminate
the knowledge of useful discoveries and improvements in hus-
bandry, the Society will from time to time, publish collections
of memoirs and observations, selected from such communica-
tions as shall be made to them. To promote these views, the
friends of agriculture are invited to assist the Society with in-
formation of experiments, and incidents in husbandry,

XVII.— CONDITIONS OF PREMIUMS AND RULE FOR THEIR
ADJUDICATION.

All claims of prizes shall be sent in writing ; and when read,
the Society shall determine which of the claims, relative to
each prize, shall be selected for their definite judgment, on a
future comparison. This judgment is to be given at the sta-
ted meeting on the third Tuesday in February, or at any other
stated meeting; but previously to such determination^ all such
claims shall be submitted to, and reported upon by the Cura-
tors. If it happen, in any case, that there be no competition
for a prize, but only a single claim, the Society will consider
such claim; and if the claim or claims be supported answera-
bly to their views and just expectations of the Society, the prize
proposed shall be decreed. Prizes and premiums are equally
due to any persons residing in any of the United States, ac-
cording to the merit of their resj^ective exhibitions.
XVIIL— OF ANNUAL PAYMENTS.

For the purpose of defraying the necessary expenses of the
Society, for premiums and prizes, books on agriculture, im-
proved implements of husbandry, and other important objects
and contingencies, every member shall annually pay to the
Treasurer a contribution of four dollars. All annual contri-
butions shall be considered payable on or before the stated
meeting in June of each year; members elected at or before
that period shall contribute four dollars, and those elected
subsequently shall pay two dollars for the current year termi-
nating on the 3 1st of Decemlx'r.

XIX.— CHANGE OF RESIDENCE OF MEMBERS.

If any resident member shall remove beyond the limits pre-

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scribed, he shall not in virtue of his resident membership, be
eligible as a candidate for honorary membership, without be-
ing regularly proposed as such.

XX.— OF LIFE SUBSCRIPTION.

Any member paying thirty dollars shall be considered a
member for life, and shall not be called on for any farther an-
nual payments.

XXI.—OF MEMBERS IN DEFAULT.

At the first meeting in January, of every year, the Treasurer
shall lay before the Society a list of the members, specifying
who have, and who have not paid their contributions, and any
member whose contributions shall be found to be more than
two years in arrears, after the same shall have become due,
and payable aforesaid, provided payment thereof has been per-
sonally demanded of him by the Treasurer, or collector author-
ised by him for the purpose, such member shall be considered
as withdrawing from the Society, and be no longer deemed a
member of it, and the same shall be entered on the minutes.
XXII.— OF NEW RULES.

New rules or alterations to be made in old rules, except at
the annual meeting in January, shall be proposed and the pro-
posal entered on the minutes, at a preceding stated meeting,
and may then be made by not less than two-thirds of the mem-
bers present.

XXIII.— OF DISPOSITION OF THE FUNDS

When any part of the Society's funds is to be disposed of
excepting at the annual meeting or for ordinary contingent ex-
penses, the same shall be done at a stated meeting, or special
one, after having been proposed at a previous stated meeting.

XXIV.

Still farther to advance the objects of this institution, the
Society will promote the establishment of other similar Socie-
ties in the United States.

LIST OF OFFICERS

OF THE

Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture,

FOR 1840.

President, NICHOLAS BIDDLE.

Vice-Presidents, DR. JAMES MEASE,

JOSEPH CLOUD.

Treasurer, ALGERNON S. ROBERTS.

Secretary, KENDERTON SMITH.

Assist. SecVy and Librarian, . . P. R. FREIAS.

Curators, JAMES GO WEN,

AARON C. CLEMENT.

Corresponding Committee, , . . DR. G. EMERSON,

JOHN C. MONTGOMERY

CHARTER

AND

BY-LAWS

OF THE

PHILADELPHIA SOCIETY

PROMOTING AGRICULTURE.

INSTITUTED FEBRUARY 14, 1809.

GERMANTOWN, PA.

PRINTED AT THE OFFICE OF THE TELEGRAPH.

1850.

CHARTER.

CHAPTER 3015.

AN ACT To INCORPORATE THE PHILADELPHIA SOCIETY FOR
PROMOTING AGRICULTURE.

Section 1. The persons constituting the Philadelphia Agri-
cultural Society declared to be a body politic and corporate by
the name of "The Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agricul-
ture," with the usual corporate powers, for ten years. 2. Offi-
cers to be elected annually. 3. Corporation authorised to make
by-laws not inconsistent with the laws and constitution of this
commonwealth. 4. Present officers to continue until an elec-
tion shall be held under this act.

Passed Utk February, 1809.

CHAPTER 4738.

AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE PHILADELPHIA SOCIETY FOR
PROMOTING AGRICULTURE.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in General Jls^
sembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same,
That the persons who now constitute the Philadelphia Society
for Promoting Agricdture, or who shall hereafter be admitted
members of the same, shall be, and hereby are declared to be a
body politic and corporate for the term of twenty years from
and after the passing of this act, by the name and style of "The
Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture," to have suc-
cession, to plead and be impleaded, sue and be sued in all courts
of record and elsewhere, and be capable to take, hold and enjoy
lands, tenements and hereditaments, goods and chattels, and the
same from time to time to sell, grant, demise, alien and dispose
of, to use a common seal, and to alter or renew the same at
pleasure : Provided, That the clear yearly value of the real
estate by them held shall at no time exceed the sum of six
thousand dollars.

Sec 2. jlnd be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid,
That the officers of the said corporation shall consist of a Presi-
dent, two Vice Presidents, Treasurer, Secretary, and such other

officers as Ihe said corporation may think necessary, who shall
be elected annually or otherwise, as the rules and by-laws of
the corporation may direct.

Sec. 3. And he it further enacted by the authority aforesaid,
That the said corporation when convened, upon due notice
given to the members by public advertisement or otherwise,
shall have power and authority to make, ordain and establish,
such and so many rules, by-laws and ordinances relating to the
times of meeting, the admission of members, the powers and
duties of the officers thereof, and the ordering of the other con-
cerns of the said corporation as they may deem necessary and
proper : Provided, That no rule, by-law or ordinance as afore-
said, shall be valid if inconsistent with the constitution and laws
of this State or of the United States.

Sec. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid,
That the present officers of the said Society shall continue in
their respective stations until an election shall be made under
this act, and the rules, by-laws and ordinances now in force,
not inconsistent with the constitution and laws of this State, or
of the United States, shall be good and valid until altered,
amended or abrogated by the corporation.

REES HILL,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.

ISAAC WEAVER,

Speaker of the Senate.
Approved — The twenty-seventh day of March, one thousand
eight hundred and nineteen.

WILLIAM FINDLAY.

CHAPTER 5006.

A SUPPLEMENT TO THE ACT ENTITLED " AN ACT FOR THE PROMOTION
OF AGRICULTURE AND DOMESTIC MANUFACTURES."

Section L Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in General As-
sembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same,
That the Philadelphia Society for the Promotion of Agriculture,
shall receive annually from the County Commissioners of Phi-
ladelphia county, out of the county tax assessed on the city and
county of Philadelphia, the sum of fifty dollars for every mem-
ber which the freemen of the said city and county are or shall
be respectively entitled to elect to the House of Representa-
tives of this commonwealth, for the purposes designated in the

act entitled "An act for the Promotion of Agriculture and
Domestic Manufactures," and the said sums shall be paid to the
Treasurer of the said Philadelphia Society, and nothing con-
tained in the said act to which this is a supplement, shall be
construed to alter or abolish the organization of the said Phila-
delphia Society as at present incorporated, but all things direct-
ed by the said act to be done and performed in relation to the
receipts, expenditures and application of the moneys directed
to be paid to the Treasurer thereof, or any matters or things
required consistently with the rules and regulations of the said
Society as at present incorporated, shall be so done and per-
formed by the officers, committees or persons appointed by the
said Society, agreeably to its present organization, by-laws and
rules, as fully and effectually as if done and performed by the
Directors and other officers of Societies established by virtue of
the act to which this is a supplement.
Passed 30th March, 1821.

No. 77.

A Supplement to the Act entitled "An Act to incorporate the
Middleport and Pine Creek Rail Road Company," and for
other purposes.

Section 15. That the charter of the Philadelphia Society
for Promoting Agriculture, shall be and the same is hereby ex-
tended and continued in force for the term of twenty years
from the twenty-seventh day of March, Anno Domini one
thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine.

Approved — The 16th day of jJpril, 1838.

A Supplement to an Act entitled " An Act for the organization
of a new county from parts of Venango and Armstrong, to be
called Clarion, passed the 11th day of March, 1839," and for
other purposes.

Section 9. That the act entitled an act supplementary to an
act entitled an act for the Promotion of Agriculture and Do-
mestic Manufactures, passed on the thirtieth day of March,
eighteen hundred and twenty-one, be and the same is hereby
revived for the term of five years from and after the passage of
this act, so far as respects the city and county of Philadelphia.
Approved— 7 Ae l6th day of April, 1840.
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BY-LAWS.

ARTICLE T.— NAME OF THE SOCIETY.
The Society shall be styled "The Philadelphia Society
FOR Promoting Agriculture."

II—OBJECTS OF THE SOCIETY.
The Society's attention shall be confined to Agricultural and
Kural aiFairs.

III.— OFFICERS AND MODES OF ELECTION.
The Society shall have a President and two Vice Presidents,
a Treasurer, a Recording Secretary, an Assistant Recording
Secretary, a Corresponding Secretary, a Librarian, and two
Curators, all of whom shall be annually elected by the tickets
of a majority of the members present, at the stated meetings of
the Society in January, which shall be the annual meeting,
between the hours of eleven, A. M. and one, P. M. ; and in
case no election is then made, then at such stated or special
meeting thereafter, as may be duly appointed : Provided, That
no person shall be elected an officer of this Society unless nomi-
nated at a preceding meeting. The persons so elected to con-
tinue in office until the next annual election, and until others
are chosen in their stead. In case of any vacancy, by death,
resignation or otherwise, the same may be supplied by a new
election, to be made at any stated meeting of the Society :
Provided, That no member shall be allowed to vote at the an-
nual meeting unless his arrearages of subscription due be pre-
viously paid.

IV.— A QPORUM.
A quorum for business shall consist of at least five members,
including the President or a Vice President.

v.— DUTY OF THE PRESIDENT, VICE PRESIDENT, OR
CHAIRMAN.

At all meetings of the Society the President shall perform
the usual duties of that office ; all motions shall be addressed to
him, and on all questions he shall declare the votes, including
his own ; he shall sign all drafts on the Treasurer ; he shall also
call special meetings of the Society, when requested so to do in
writing by any five members ; three days' notice, in a written

or printed form, stating the objects of said special meeting, to
be given to each member of the Society by the Recording Se-
cretary ; also, said notice to be inserted in at least two daily
newspapers in the city of Philadelphia. In the absence of the
President, a Vice President shall preside; and in the absence
of the President and Vice Presidents, a chairman for that meet-
ing shall be appointed.

VI.— DUTY OF THE TREASURER.
He shall receive all moneys belonging to the Society, and
pay all drafts ordered by the Society, signed by the President
or presiding officer at any stated meeting, except in the pay-
ment of premiums ordered to be awarded at any of the exhibi-
tions of the Society, which shall be made directly by the Trea-
surer. He shall keep the accounts methodically stated, in the
books of the Society, and when called upon produce them for
inspection. At the last meeting of every year, and also when
his office ends, he shall produce a fair and regular account of
all receipts, payments and expenditures ; which, together with
those books and moneys and other property in his hands, he
shall deliver to his successor in office, or to the order of the
Society.

VIL— DUTY OF THE RECORDING SECRETARY.
The Recording Secretary shall keep fair minutes of the pro-
ceedings of the Society in a book provided him for that pur-
pose, and shall prepare a sketch of the proceedings of the stated
and special meetings for publication in the newspapers, when
any thing of interest shall transpire. He shall furnish a copy
of any resolution or motion entered upon the minutes, when
requested by any member or committee ; he shall notify the
members of all special meetings, and new members as well as
such officers who may not be present at the annual meeting, of
their election. He shall also have in charge all books and pa-
pers of the Society, belonging to his office, and shall attend the
room of the Society on the first Wednesday in every month,
between the hours of eleven and one.

VIII.—DUTY OF THE ASSISTANT RECORDING SECRETARY.
The Assistant Recording Secretary shall perform the duties
of the Recording Secretary in his absence, and shall also notify
the members, by written or printed notices, of all the stated
meetings of the Society, at least one week belore the time of
meeting', also, have said notice inserted in at least two daily
newspapers in the city of Philadelphia.

IX.— DUTY OF THE CORRESPONDING SECRETARY.
The Corresponding Secretary shall conduct the correspond-
ence of the Society with other Societies or individuals, except
in cases where a special committee shall be appointed for that
purpose, and shall furnish the Recording Secretary with a
minute of his correspondence.

X.— DUTY OF THE CURATORS.
The Curators are to take charge and care of all property and
articles belonging to the Society, the books and papers of the
Secretary and Treasurer excepted. They are to take measures,
from time to time, for collecting all native fossils and earthy
substances proper for manure, or deemed to be so, and to cause
or procure the same to be analysed, and report to the Society
the result. They are also to procure experiments to be made
by careful agriculturists, of any such fossils, earth or substances,
and to promote in every practicable way explorations, for the
discovery of native substances, either known or presumed to be
auxiliaries in fertilizing land. They are also to keep minutes
of their proceedings, to collect models of the best agricultural
implements, and report their usefulness and properties, and to
cause such models to be deposited in the apartments of the So-
ciety ; they are also to recommend, from time to time, the
offering of premiums for any discovery or experiment on the
foregoing subjects.

XI.— TIME OF STATED MEETINGS.
The stated meetings of the Societ}" shall be held on the first
Wednesday of every month, at 11 o'clock, A. M.

XII.— OF MEMBERS.
The members of the Society shall be distinguished as resi-
dent, honorary and life members. Resident members shall
consist of those residing within a convenient distance to at-
tend the meetings of the Society in Philadelphia. All mem-
bers of Agricultural Societies in other Slates and counties,
with whom this Society shall correspond, and all persons of
this State and other States and counties, who shall be elected
for the purpose, shall be honorary members, and are hereby
invited to attend the meetings of the Society whenever they
can make it convenient. Any member paying twenty dollars
shall be considered a member for life, and shall not be called
on for any further payments. Strangers Avho desire to be pre-
sent at any of the meetings of the Society, may be introduced
by a member.

XIII.— OF DONATIONS AND BEQUESTS.

All donations and bequests made to the Society, for general
purposes, shall be faithfully applied; and all donations and
bequests as shall be given, granted, made or devised for any
particular purpose, shall, with all due fidelity, be so used and
applied. The names, amount, and description of all donations^
shall be registered in a roll kept for that purpose.

XIV.— ELECTION OF MEMBERS.
New members, whether resident or honorary, shall be elected
by the ballots of a majority of those present at a stated meeting,
having at a preceding meeting been openly nominated, and
such nomination entered upon the minutes of the Society ; the
nomination and election to be made in the absence of the can-
didate.

XV.— OF PRExMIUMS FOR ESSAYS, &c.
The Society may, from time to time, propose prizes for
essays, &c., upon interesting subjects connected with the ob-
jects of the institution.

XVL— OF EXHIBITIONS.
The Society may, at its discretion, hold exhibitions of stock,
produce, implements, &c., award prizes or certificates of merit to
such stock, produce, implements, &c., as may be deemed worthy
of distinction •, and generally make such provision and arrange-
ment as may carry out these important objects of the Society.

XVII.— OF AN AUXILIARY CLUB.
The Society may authorise the formation of a farmer's club
out of such portion of its active members as may see fit to unite
in promoting its designs, to be auxiliary to the objects and in-
terests of the Society, to which it shall make an annual report
of its proceedings. Its meetings shall be monthly or semi-
monthly, and held at the respective residences of the members
or elsewhere. Its officers shall be such as the club may deem
necessary.

XVIIL-OF ANNUAL PAYMENTS.
For the purpose of defraying the necessary expenses of the
Society, every resident member, except the editors of the news-
paper press, shall annually pay to the Treasurer the sum of three
dollars ; and all such subscriptions shall be considered payable
on or before the stated meeting in July of each year, the year
dating from the annual meeting in January. Members elected
during the year to pay the proportion of the year unexpired.

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XIX— ELIGIBILITY OF PRESIDENT.
No person shall be eligible to the office of President for a
longer term than two successive years.

XX.— OF NEW RULES.
New rules or alterations to be made in old rules, except at
the annual meeting in January, shall be proposed, and the pro-
posal entered upon the minutes, at a precedmg stated meeting,
and may then be made by not less than two-thirds of the mem-
bers present.

XXL— ORDER OF BUSINESS.
J. Reading of the Minutes of the preceding meeting or
meetings.

2. Election of Members.

3. Reports of Committees.

4. Deferred Business.

5. New Business.

6. Discussion of Questions.

XXII.— OTHER BY-LAWS AND RESOLUTIONS.
All other By-Laws and Resolutions, inconsistent with the
foregoing By-Laws, are hereby repealed.

RESOLUTIONS.

1. Resolved, That the salary of the Recording Secretary be
one hundred and twenty-five dollars per annum ; and that he
be required to keep open the room of the Society every Wed-*
nesday between the hours of eleven and one.

2. Resolved, That the Committee of Ten be authorised and
requested to report to the Society some suitable location or
locations, as a permanent exhibition ground, as ^vell as the most
favorable terms on which the same may be obtained.

3. Resolved, That the management of the public exhibitions
of the Society shall be conducted by a committee consisting of
nine active members, the President always beingone, who shall
be called a Committee of Arrangement, and which shall be or-
ganised at any regular meeting of a majority of its members, by
the appointment of a Chairman and Secretary, and also a Din-
ner Committee. The Secretary shall keep a true record of the
proceedings of the Committee, and shall attend at the ground
during an exhibition, and record in a book provided for the pur-
pose, separately and respectively, all stock, implements and

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produce, entered for premium or exhibition, with the name,
age, and breed of the stock, and the name and residence of the
owner ; also, a catalogue of all implements and produce, as well
as of all other articles embraced in the premium list, that may
be oiFered, with the name and residence of the owner as afore-
said. Each member of the Committee shall wear a distinguish-
ing badge, in order to facilitate the business of tho exhibitions.

4. Resolved, That the Committee of Arrangement shall pre-
pare f(jr publication in the newspapers, at the earliest practicable
period after an exhibition, an official report of the proceedings
of such exhibition, properly authenticated, giving the name and
residence of each contributor, and stating the object or objects,
article or articles, that he shall have contributed, which shall
precede the reports of the different committees incident to an
exhibition — a copy of which official proceedings shall be ten-
dered for publication in such newspapers as the Committee of
Arrangement may deem proper, at such time that they may
appear in all simultaneously.

5. Resolved, That the premiums hereafter awarded by the
Society, shall be distributed to the successful competitors, as far
as practicable, on the exhibition ground, at such time during
an exhibition as the Committee of Arrangement shall appoint ;
and each award shall be accompanied with a certificate of such
award, signed by the President of the Society, and attested hy
the Recording Secretary.

6. Resolved, That the Committee of Arrangement shall be
required to make, at the next stated meeting of the Society after
an exhibition, a general report of its proceedings, except in the
matter of the contingent receipts and expenditures, which shall
be in detail.

7. Resolved, That hereafter the price of admission to the
public exhibitions of the Society, shall be fixed by the Commit-
tee of Arrangement.

8. Resolved, That as soon as a time shall be fixed on for an
exhibition, the President shall appoint Township Committees
in every township represented in the Society, whose duty it
shall be to use their personal efforts in multiplying the contri-
butions to said exhibition.

9. Resolved, That at each stated meeting of the Society, there
shall be at least one subject, connected with practical agriculture,
discussed by the members — each subject shall be proposed at a
preceding meeting, and shall take precedence in the order of
their proposal by the members, and the Recording or Assistant
Recording Secretary shall give notice in the newspapers of the
same.

LIST OJ^' OFFICERS

OF THE

Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture,

FOR 1850.

President, ALFRED L. ELWIN.

^. p . , . ( SAMUEL C. FORD,

yice rresiaents, ... | HARRY INGERSOLL.

Recording Secretary, . . . AARON CLEMENT.

^ss't. Recording Secretary, . PETER HULME.

Corresponding Secretary, . ALGERNON S. ROBERTS.

Treasurer, GEORGE BLIGHT.

^ , ( DAVID LANDRETH,

^^^"^^^^^y I CHARLES W. HARRISON.

Libranan, AARON CLEMENT.