2d. Each member of said Committee (except the chairman) is empowered
and expected to choose a sub-committee for his district, of which he shall be
chairman.
3d. It shall be the duty of each sub-committee to collect and report, each
year, to the general chairman, such facts respecting fruit culture in the dis-
trict as shall promise to be of value in the revision of the catalogue.
Ath. There shall be a Standing Committee on New Fruits, to consist of a
chairman, with as many associates as such chairman shall find it desirable to
appoint.
5th. Such other standing committees may, from time to time, be appointed
by the Executive Board as, in its discretion, it shall deem desirable or neces-
sary.
6th. All standing committees are expected to report at the annual mecting
in December any infermation of value to the society or its members that may
have come to their knowledge during the year, as well as any scientific theories,
deductions or facts that, in their opinion, may be useful in advancing the
objects for which the society is laboring.
IX.—LIFE MEMBERSHIP FUND.
1st. All moneys coming into the treasury of the society in payment for life
memberships shall constitute a perpetual fund, to be known as the life mem-
bership fund.
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2d. The principal of this fund shall be invested by the Treasurer under the
advice and direction of the Executive Board.
3d. All interest accruing upon any portion of said fund shall constitute and
become part of the fund of the society devoted to the payment of its ordinary
expenses.
X.—MEETINGS OF THE SOCIETY.
