Short title 1913 CHAPTER 11. An Act respecting Schools of Agriculture. (Assented to March 25, 1913.) HIS IS MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Alberta, enacts as follows: SHORT TITLE. 1. This Act may be cited as "The Agricultural Schools Act." Interpretation INTERPRETATION. 2. In this Act unless the context otherwise requires1. The expression "School" means a school for the purpose of teaching practical and scientific farming, household economy, domestic science and such other subjects as the Board may prescribe; 2. The expression "Minister" means the Minister of Agriculture; 3. The expression "Board" means the Board of Agricultural Education. Establishing schools Teaching staff ESTABLISHMENT AND ORGANIZATION. 3. A school may be established in connection with each of the demonstration farms, now owned or herafter acquired by the province, or at such other point or points within the province as may be decided upon by the Lieutenant Governor in Council. 4. The Lieutenant Governor in Council shall appoint the teaching staff for each school and shall fix the salary of the respective members of the staff. 5. The Department of Public Works shall erect, furnish and equip the necessary buildings for the schools. 6. Except as herein otherwise provided the Minister shall have charge of the government, conduct, management, and control of the schools and of the property, revenues, business and affairs thereof. THE BOARD. Board to 7. There shall be and is hereby constituted a Board of Agricultural Education to be composed of nine members, consist of three of whom shall be graduates of an Agricultural College, nine members to be appointed by the Lieutenant Governor in Council; and of the first appointed members of the Board, three shall be appointed to hold office for one year, three for two years, and the remaining three for three years, and each of them until his successor is appointed. All members of the Board subsequently appointed except as provided for in section 13 shall hold office for three years. Disquali 8. No person shall be eligible for appointment as a fications member of the Board unless he is a British subject and a resident of this province. 9. One of the member of the Board shall be appointed by the Lieutenant Governor in Council to be chairman thereof. Chairman of vice 10. The Board may appoint one of its members to be Appointment vice-chairman, and in the absence or illness of the chair- chairman man, or of there being a vacancy in the office of chairman, the vice-chairman shall act for and have all the powers of the chairman. (2) In the absence or illness of the chairman and vicechairman, the Board may appoint one of its members to act as chairman for the time being, and the member so appointed shall act for and have all the powers of the chairman. (3) All acts which lawfully might have been done by the chairman, when done by the vice-chairman or by a chairman appointed for the time being shall be conclusively deemed to have been lawfully done, and it shall not be necessary to prove that any of the causes mentioned in subsection 1 for the vice-chairman acting or that any of the causes mentioned in subsection 2 for the appointment of a chairman for the time being in fact existed. 11. Unless and until otherwise provided by the Board five members thereof shall be necessary to constitute a quorum. Quorum may exercise 12. Notwithstanding any vacancy in the Board, as long Six members as there are at least six members thereof it shall be competent powers for the Board to exercise all or any of its powers. Filling vacancies Duties of 13. If a member of the Board, after his appointment, ceases to be a resident of the province, or otherwise becomes incapable of acting as a member of the Board, he shall ipso facto vacate his office, and a declaration of the existence of such vacancy entered upon the minutes of the board and confirmation of such declaration by the Lieutenant Governor in Council shall be conclusive evidence thereof. 14. In the case of a vacancy in the Board caused by resignation or otherwise which shall happen before the term of office for which a member has been appointed has expired, the vacancy shall forthwith be filled by the appointment by the Lieutenant Governor in Council of a successor to the member who has died, or resigned, or otherwise ceased to be a member, who shall hold office for the remainder of the latter's term of office. 15. The Board, together with the Minister, shall prepare the scheme of practical and scientific work to be done by students attending each and every school, shall prescribe the courses of study, appoint examiners, and shall in addition be an advisory Board to aid the Minister in all agricultural educational work. Regulations Cost of establishing and maintaining GENERAL. 16. The Minister with the Board shall make all necessary regulations for the organization, classification, government and conduct of said schools. 17. The cost of erecting and furnishing suitable buildings, and of establishing, maintaining and conducting said schools shall be paid out of the general revenues of the province and such funds as may be available for agricultural education. 18. Every student attending the full course prescribed by the Board and satisfactorily complying with the requirements of the practical course as well as successfully passing the required written examinations shall be entitled to a diploma. 1913 CHAPTER 12. An Act respecting Co-Operative Associations. (Assented to March 25, 1913.) HIS MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Alberta, enacts as follows: SHORT TITLE. 1. This Act may be cited as "The Co-Operative Associa- Short title tions Act." 2. "Registrar "shall mean the Registrar of Joint Stock Interpretation Companies for the Province of Alberta; "Association" shall mean any Association incorporated under this Act. Registrar Stock 3. The registrar shall have and exercise the powers by this Power of Act granted to such registrar, and shall receive all fees of Joint payable to him, and shall have all the powers given him Companies and perform all the duties prescribed by this Act with reference to any association. for the of an associa 4. Any seven or more persons who desire to associate Procedure themselves together as an incorporated association under incorporation this Act, for the purpose of carrying on any labour, or fulfill- tion under ing the requirements of any contract or undertaking this Act by or on behalf of labourers, or for the purpose of conducting and carrying on any co-operative store or business, whether wholesale or retail, may, in the presence of a witness, sign in duplicate and cause to be filed in the office of the registrar a memorandum of association in writing (to which shall be attached an affidavit verifying the signatures) in the form mentioned in schedule A to this Act, or to the same effect, together with a copy of the rules or by-laws agreed upon for the regulation, government and management of the association, signed by such persons respectively. Verification (2) The signatures to the rules or by-laws shall be verified of signatures by the affidavit of a subscribing witness thereto. (3) The said rules or by-laws shall contain provisions in respect of the following matters: Corporate body when formed Evidence of (a) Mode of convening general and special meetings, and of altering rules or by-laws; (b) Provisions for the audit of accounts; (c) Power and mode of withdrawal of members, and provisions for the claims of executors or administrators of members; (d) Mode of application of profits; (e) Appointment of trustees, in number three, five or seven, whose duties shall be to conduct and manage all the business of the association and who shall appoint a chairman and secretary, and, if they deem it advisable a manager or managers and other officers whose respective duties they shall define and whose remuneration they shall fix; filling any vacancy that from any cause may occur on the trustee board. (4) It shall be the duty of the registrar to carefully peruse the said rules and by-laws and, if considered workable, to receive and file the same and the memorandum of association, otherwise to return them to the subscribers. (5) Upon the filing of the memorandum of association and rules, or by-laws as aforesaid, and payment of the proper fees, the subscribers to the said memorandum of association shall become a body corporate by the name therein described, having perpetual succession and a common seal, with power to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, in all courts in the province, and to hold such lands as are required for the carrying on of the business of the association. (6) The registrar shall indorse upon the duplicate memoincorporation randum of association, and upon a duplicate of the rules or by-laws, certificates of the originals having been filed in his office, with the date of filing; and every such indorsement shall be prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein, and of the incorporation of the association. Publication of memo randum of association Rules and by-laws; repeal, amendment. etc., of Proviso (7) The registrar shall cause the memorandum of association mentioned in schedule A to this Act to be advertised for four weeks, at the expense of the association, in The Alberta Gazette, and shall, at the time of filing, receive the charges provided for such advertising in schedule E to this Act. (8) All rules or by-laws of the association may be repealed, altered or amended by other rules or by-laws passed at any meeting of the association specially called for that purpose, or at any annual meeting when at least thirty days' notice of such intention to repeal, alter, or amend such by-laws or rules has been given; provided that no new rule or by-law, or amended rule or by-law, shall have any force or effect until a copy thereof, proved by the affidavit of the chairman or secretary of the board of trustees to be a true copy, of the rule or by-law, or rules or by-laws, passed by the associa |