Premises for § 3. Sittings of the Council. 1602. The Commissioner shall provide premises for the meetings of meetings of the Council. 32 V., c. 15, s. 25. Council. Members to serve gratuitously. Quorum. President or 1603. The services of the members of the Council are gratuitous, and they are entitled to no compensation other than the expenses occasioned by their presence at any regular or special meeting of the Council. 32 V., c. 15, s. 26. 1604. Seven members of the Council, at any regular or special meeting, form a quorum for the transaction of business. 32 V., c. 15, s. 27. 1605. The president, or his substitute in the chair during his substitute any meeting of the Council, is not entitled to vote, unless the to have only a votes are equally divided. 32 V,, c. 15, s. 30. casting vote. Duty of secretary. Expenses of 1606. It is the duty of the secretary to draw up the minutes of each of the proceedings of the Council, and to enter the same, one after the other, according to the date thereof, in a register to be kept for such purpose, to keep the accounts of the Council, to conduct the correspondence under the direction of the president and of the Commissioner, and to keep a record of the 32 V., c. 15, s. 32. same. 1607. All the expenses of the Council shall be paid upon Council, how the order of the Commissioner, out of the funds at the credit paid. of the Council. 47 V. c. 6, s. 1. and proceed By-laws to 1608. The Council, with the approval of the Lieutenantregulate time Governor, shall adopt by-laws fixing the periods at which ings of meet- its regular meetings shall be held and establishing the manner of proceeding thereat. 32 V., c. 15, s. 34; 41 V., c. 5, s. 3. ings. Special meetings, how called. Absence from meetings. Commissioner may: 1609. The president or the Commissioner may, whenever he deems it desirable, convene special meetings of the Council, by notifying the members, by letter to such effect addressed to each of them, at least five days before such meeting. 32 V., c. 15, s. 35. 1610. Any member of the Council, who shall not have attended meetings during a whole year, shall ipso facto cease to form part thereof, and shall be replaced, unless he has given to the Commissioner satisfactory reasons for his absence. 41 V., c. 5, s. 13. § 4.-Permanent Committee on Exhibitions. 1611. The Commissioner, by order of the LieutenantGovernor in Council, shall have power: mittee on 1. To organize a permanent committee on agricultural and Organize perindustrial provincial exhibitions, composed of ten members manent comappointed by him, the Commissioner, of whom five shall be agricultural selected from the Council of Agriculture and five from the exhibitions. Council of Arts and Manufactures; Such committee shall be under the direction of the Com- Control of committee. missioner, who may appoint to form part thereof as many additional members as he may deem expedient, selected in Additional equal numbers from each Council; members. With the approval of the Commissioner, the committee shall Regulations establish the conditions and make all such regulations it may by committee. deem necessary, for the complete management of the said exhibitions, which shall be held at least once in every three years; of moneys. No sum of money, set apart for or arising from such exhi- Expenditure bitions, shall be expended without the previous consent of the Commissioner; The secretary of the Council of Agriculture and the secretary Duties of of the Council of Arts and Manufactures shall be bound to secretaries of give to the said committee all the assistance it may require from them; councils. its functions organized for 2. To suspend, when he deems it expedient, the exercise of the Commissioner functions of such permanent exhibition committee and to re- may suspend place it, for the space of time which he shall deem proper to and replace it fix, by one or more joint stock companies regularly incor- by company porated for such purpose, in the manner and upon the con- that purpose. ditions required by the law respecting joint stock companies, and to give them power to organize and manage the said exhibitions, provided such organization and, such management be at their own proper charges. be given to The Commissioner may, for such purpose, and upon such Powers and conditions as he may be pleased to impose, transfer to them, privileges to for the same space of time, the usufruct and enjoyment of the such compublic lands and buildings set apart for the purposes of such pany. exhibitions. reserved. In the arrangements which shall be made with such com- Control to be panies, the Commissioner shall reserve a control sufficient to guarantee that the public interests be protected and that the chief purpose of such exhibitions be attained. 3. Agricultural societies may, at the time of their exhi- Sale of anibitions, sell by auction the farm animals exhibited by them, or mals exhibitcause them to be sold by any unlicensed person, without being obliged to pay the duty required by law. 48 V., c. 7, s. 1. § 5.-Miscellaneous. ed. 1612. The Council shall, from time to time, publish, in Council shall the manner and form best suited to ensure the largest circula- publish useful agricultural tion thereof among agricultural societies and farmers gene- information. rally, all reports, essays, lectures and other useful information which the Council shall deem desirable to publish. 32 V., c. 15, s. 37. Illustrated By-laws of Council must be approved. Powers and missioner relative to societies and 1613. An illustrated journal of agriculture shall be published by order of the Commissioner, on such conditions as may be approved by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council. 41 V., c. 5, s. 5. 1614. Every by-law passed and every resolution or measure adopted by the Council must be submitted for approval to the Lieutenant-Governor in Council before being put into execution. 32 V., c. 15, s. 39. 1615. The annual reports of agricultural societies and of duties of Com- institutions of agricultural instruction are received by the Commissioner, who pays over to them the provincial grant established in their behalf, and gives them instructions of a nature to secure the complete fulfillment of the general or special by-laws, adopted with regard to them by the Council of Agriculture. institutions. Suspension in certain The Commissioner has power, in case of contravention on their part, to suspend the Government grant to such societies or institutions and, with the approval of the LieutenantGovernor in Council, to withdraw it. 32 V., c. 15, s. 40. SECTION V. Formation of societies for AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES. § 1.-County, City and Town Societies. I.-FORMATION OF SUCH SOCIETIES. 1616. An agricultural society may be formed in each of agricultural the counties of the Province and in the electoral divisions of each county. each town or city, whenever forty persons have become members thereof, and have signed a declaration in the form of schedule A to this section annexed, and such society shall consist of all such as may then or thereafter have signed such declaration. Amount of annual subscription of members. United counties to be separate for The amount of the annual subscription to become a member of an agricultural society is fixed at one dollar; but nothing prevents the members of such society from voluntarily subscribing a larger sum. 32 V., c. 15, s. 41; 33 V., c. 6, s. 4; 47 V., c. 6, s. 4. 1617. All counties of the Province, united for the purposes of representation in the Legislature, shall, for all the purposes agricultural of agricultural organization, be deemed separate counties and organization. shall enjoy all the rights and privileges conferred in this respect upon counties not so united. 32 V., c. 15, s. 42; 35 V., c. 21, s. 5. Certain coun ties divided 1618. The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may divide each of the counties of Bonaventure, Charlevoix, Chicoutimi, Gaspé, Ottawa, Pontiac, Rimouski and Beauce into two parts, to be for agriculdistinguished by the letters A and B. tural pur poses. From and after that time, each part of the counties, so divided, shall enjoy all the rights and privileges granted to the other counties of this Province for agricultural purposes; but Grant. the grant to the society in each division of the above mentioned counties, or to the societies of the said divisions, if more than one society be organized therein, shall not exceed, in any one year, the sum of five hundred dollars. In case of such partition, the second agricultural society, Name of second society. organized in each division, shall be known under the name of: "Agricultural Society No. 2, division A (or B as the case may be) of the county of s. 6; 45 V., c. 8, s. 1. 41 V., c. 5, divisions A 1619. The Council of Agriculture, upon petition of at least Agricultural twenty of the electors of the two agricultural divisions A and and B of B of the county of Ottawa, may permit the formation of new county of agricultural societies within the said divisions respectively, to Ottawa may the number of four, and fix the limits thereof. 49-50 V., c. societies. 41, s. 1. have four II. CORPORATE POWERS. 1620. Each agricultural society, organized in a county or Each society in a city or town, shall be a corporation under the name of to be a corporation. "the agricultural society of the county of (or electoral division of, as the case may be.)" hold land, &c. The society may acquire and hold land as a site for exhi- Power to bitions or for a school of agriculture or model-farm, and sell, lease or otherwise dispose of the same; but not more than two hundred acres shall be so held at any one time. 32 V., c. 15, s. 44; 33 V., c. 6, s. 5. III. AGRICULTURAL EXHIBITIONS. site for that 'purpose. 1621. Whenever the board of officers and directors of an Choice of a agricultural society of a county, or part of a county, shall permanent determine to establish a permanent place for the exhibitions exhibitions. of such society, it shall be its duty to call together a special meeting of the members of the society by giving fifteen days' Meeting for notice, stating the object of the meeting, and the said meeting, so called, shall make choice of the place, which, in the opinion of such meeting, is the most central and most convenient in such county or part of county, on which to erect permanent buildings in which future exhibitions shall be held. 37 V., c. 5, s. 2. council. 1622. The proceedings of the said meeting shall be sub- Approval of mitted to the municipal council of such county, for its approval, the county at its first general meeting after the receipt of the said proceedings. By-law thereupon. Appeal to the Commissioner. If the choice made by the said agricultural society be approved, the said county council shall pass a by-law ordering that, in future, all exhibitions of such county or part of county shall be held at the place so chosen. Nevertheless, if after such approval, twenty members of the society should disapprove the choice so made, they may, within thirty days following the passing of the said municipal by-law, appeal to the Commissioner by petition, signed by at least twenty members of the said society, setting forth their complaints; and the decision of the Commissioner shall be final. 37 V., c. 5, s. 2. IV. UNION OF SOCIETIES. Uniting societies to 1623. Whenever there are one or more agricultural societies unorganized in a county, and that any one of them shall not have been organized for the space of two years or more, the Council of Agriculture, in case it is deemed suitable, shall have the right to unite the said societies into one county society. 37 V., c. 5 others. When and how more than one formed in a county. s. 2. 1624. On petition from different parts of a county, of which one or all shall be signed by forty persons, representing to the agricultural Council of Agriculture that it would be difficult for farmers society can be from the section in which the petitioners reside, to attend the exhibitions of the county society, in consequence of the distance, and that they, the forty petitioners, consent to subscribe the amount necessary for the organization of a second agricultural society in the county, in conformity with the provisions of this section, the Council shall examine such petition, and should it be of opinion that it is desirable to have a second agricultural society in the said county, it may authorize its organization, and fix the limits or the section of the county over which its operations shall extend, and, in such case, the operations of the first society shall be limited to the remainder of the county. 37 V., c. 5, s. 3. Sum to be paid for a separate 1625. A sum not less than forty dollars shall be paid before any separate society shall be formed; and no more than one society, and such society in addition to the first county society shall be so no more than formed, with the exception of the county of Gaspé, which retains its four societies and saving the provisions of articles 1618 and 1619. 32 V., c. 15, s. 46; 41 V., c. 5, s. 6; 45 V. c. 8, s. 1. two to be in one county. Exception. Name and of second society. 1626. The second society so organized in any county shall organization be known as the "Agricultural Society number two of the county of ; and the declaration of organization shall be the same as hereby required for county societies, except that the prescribed limits for its operations shall be specified therein. 32 V., c. 15, s. 47. |