month, and as much oftener as they may deem expedient.

The Executive Committee shall have power to institute premiums to
be awarded for planting and protecting ornamental trees, and for
doing such other acts as may seem to them worthy of such
encouragement. They shall also encourage frequent public meetings
of the Association and of citizens generally, both with a view to
maintain an interest in their work, and for the general
encouragement of the habit of meeting for discussion and amusement.

ARTICLE VIII.

Three members of the Executive Committee present at any meeting
shall constitute a quorum for transacting business; and the vote of
a majority of those present shall be binding on the Association.

ARTICLE IX.

No debt shall be contracted by the Executive Committee beyond the
amount of available funds within their control to pay it; and no
member of this Association shall be liable for any debt of the
Association beyond the amount of his or her subscription.

ARTICLE X.

Every person over fourteen years of age who shall plant and
protect a tree under the direction of the Executive Committee, or
who shall pay the sum of one dollar annually, and shall obligate
him or herself to pay the same for three years, shall be a member
of this Association; and every child under fourteen years of age,
who shall pay or shall become obligated to pay as before the sum of
twenty-five cents annually for three years, shall be a member of
this Association.

ARTICLE XI.

The payment of ten dollars annually for three years, or of
twenty-five dollars in one sum, shall constitute a person a member
of this Association for life.

ARTICLE XII.

The autograph signatures of all members of the Association shall be
preserved in a book suitable for that purpose.

ARTICLE XIII.

An annual meeting of the Association shall be held at such place as
the Executive Committee may direct, on the fourth Wednesday of
August, at two o'clock, P.M. Notice of such meeting shall be posted
on each of the churches and at the post-office at least seven days
prior to the time of holding said meetings, and a written notice
shall be sent to all non-resident members. Other meetings of the
Association may be called by the Executive Committee on seven days'