SCHEDULE C. FORM OF BOND. Know all men by these presents, that we, A.B., of . . . one of the officers of the... Association, Limited, established at. the district of. and C.D., of. in in the Province of Alberta, (as surety on behalf of the said A.B.) are jointly and severally held and firmly bound to the said association in the sum of.. to be paid to the said association, or their attorney, for which payment well and truly made, to be made, we jointly and severally bind ourselves, and each of us, and each of our heirs, executors, and administrators firmly by these presents. of the.. Whereas, the above bounden A.B., has been duly appointed to the office of.... association, established as aforesaid, and he together with the above bounden C.D., as his surety, have entered into the above written bond, subject to the condition hereinafter contained: Now, therefore, the condition of the above written bond is such that the said A.B. do render a just and true account of all moneys received and paid by him on account of the said association, at such times as the rules or by-laws thereof appoint, and do pay over all the moneys remaining in his hands, and assign and transfer or deliver all property (including books and papers) belonging to the said association in his hands or custody to such person or persons as the said association or the trustees thereof appoint, according to the rules or by-laws of the said association, then the above written bond shall be void, otherwise it shall remain in full force. In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals this... day of.... 191.... Signed, sealed and delivered, Į in the presence of SCHEDULE D. ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF REGISTRY OF THE ASSOCIATION. The... Association, Limited, having filed a duly executed Memorandum of Association and the rules (or by-laws) of the association, is registered under The Co-operative Associations Act, this.. of... day (STAMP OF REGISTRAR.) SCHEDULE E. TABLE OF FEES TO BE PAID TO THE REGISTRAR UNDER THIS АСТ. Each search.. Filing application for registration Registrar filing by-laws or rules, or amended by-laws or rules. Every cancellation of registry. . $10.00 2.50 25 2.50 Filing any document. . . .25 Every certificate.. 1.25 Filing change of name. 2.50 Advertising Certificate, Schedule A, in Gazette, four weeks.. 10.00 Preparing a set of Rules or By-laws for any pro posed association. 10.00 1913 CHAPTER 13. An Act to Incorporate the Alberta Farmers Co-operative (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: 1. In this Act the term "local" unless the context other- Interpretation wise requires means the body of shareholders who support an elevator organized and established at any point in the province, and the term "local board of management' means the board of managers elected at any meeting of such "local," according to the provisions of this Act. INCORPORATION, POWERS, ETC. 2. William J. Tregillus, of Calgary; Edward John Fream, Incorporation of Calgary; Joseph Quinsey, of Noble; William S. Henry, of Bow Island; Rice Sheppard, of Edmonton; Edwin Carswell, of Red Deer, and Percy P. Woodbridge, of Calgary, all in the Province of Alberta, and all such other persons as shall become shareholders of the company shall be and are hereby declared to be a body corporate and politic, under the name and style of "The Alberta Farmers Co-operative Elevator Company, Limited.' 3. The capital stock of the company shall consist of such Capital amount as shall from time to time be fixed by the Lieutenant stock Governor in Council and shall be divided into shares of sixty dollars each, to be held only by agriculturists. 4. No person shall hold more than twenty shares and no Holdings assignment or transfer of any share shall be valid unless approved by the directors. 5. The company shall have power to construct, acquire by purchase, agreement, lease or otherwise, maintain and operate grain elevators and (subject to the provisions of the next succeeding section of this Act) to sell or lease to any company, or to make an agreement with any company Powers Head office Provisional directors Commencement of business First general meeting to control and operate grain elevators in the Province of Alberta, (provided that no such last mentioned sale, lease or agreement shall be valid or binding until it has first been submitteed to all "locals" and has been approved by a majority of the total shareholders of the company actually voting upon such proposed sale, lease or agreement); to buy and sell grain and generally to do all things necessary to the production, storing and marketing of grain; to act as commission or general agents for any person, company or corporation in the purchase, sale, storing and delivery of any and all goods and chattels required by farmers; to acquire by purchase, agreement, lease, or otherwise, and to hold, any interest in real or personal property requisite for the purposes of the company, and to dispose of the same or any portion thereof. 6. Every sale, lease, agreement, or other arrangement made with any company for the control or operation of the said elevators under authority of the next preceding section, shall be subject to the approval of the Lieutenant Governor in Council, and its covenants, provisions and requirements shall be non-enforceable until such approval has been expressed. 7. The head office of the company shall be at Calgary, in the Province of Alberta, or at any such other place in Alberta as the directors may from time to time determine by by-law. 8. Until directors are elected as hereinafter provided the aforesaid William J. Tregillus, Edward John Fream, Joseph Quinsey, William S. Henry, Rice Sheppard, Edwin Carswell, and Percy P. Woodbridge, shall be the provisional directors; and they or a majority of them are hereby empowered to take subscriptions for shares and to receive payments thereon, to organize locals, to make all necessary payments for costs and expenses incident to the sale of shares, and the organization of locals and generally to perform all acts and things and pay all expenses necessary for the organization of the company. 9. The company shall not commence business until twenty locals have been organized as hereinafter provided. 10. As soon as the conditions for the commencement of business as set out in the next preceding section have been complied with the provisional directors shall call the first general meeting of the company at the head office of the company by giving twenty days' notice of the holding of such meeting to each delegate, elected as hereinafter provided for; such notice to be given by registered letter; and at the said meeting a board of directors comprised of nine duly qualified shareholders shall be elected who shall be paid such remuneration as the meeting may determine. 11. At the first general meeting of the company three Directors directors shall be elected for three years, three for two years, and three for one year, and thereafter a sufficient number of directors shall be elected each year to fill the vacancies occurring on the board; and all directors elected annually subsequent to the first general meeting shall hold office for three years; provided that the shareholders at any general meeting may by a resolution which shall receive three-fifths majority of the delegates voting thereon remove any director or all directors before the expiration of his or their period of office and may subsequently by an ordinary resolution appoint another shareholder or shareholders in his or their stead. The shareholder or shareholders so appointed shall hold office during such time only as the director or directors in whose place he or they (is, or) are appointed would have held the same if the said director or directors had not been removed. 12. Immediately after each annual meeting the directors Officers shall meet and from among their number or otherwise they shall appoint a president, vice-president, secretary and treasurer, and shall by by-law describe and set out the duties of the various officers, fix the amount and mode of payment of the salaries of all officers, and, in the absence of by-laws passed by the shareholders may make by-laws for the management and control of the property of the company, and the general conduct of its business. Any such by-laws, except those assigning the duties and fixing the salaries of officers shall be confirmed, amended or repealed at the annual meeting of shareholders succeeding their adoption by the directors. The remuneration of the directors qua directors shall be fixed by the shareholders in annual meeting assembled. entitled 13. The persons entitled to vote at the first general Persons meeting and at all subsequent general meetings of the to vote company shall be the shareholders who have been elected delegates by the locals for that purpose under the provisions of section 20 hereof; each delegate shall have one vote; and excepting as provided in this section no shareholder shall vote at any meeting of the company on account of any shares held by him or otherwise and all acts done by a majority of the delegates at any meeting of the company shall be deemed to be the acts of the company. directors 14. The business of the company shall be managed by Powers of the directors who may affix the seal of the company and make all contracts on behalf of the company and may |