1V> ACT OF INCORPORATION. 



Act of Incorporation of the Entomological 



Society of Ontario. 



Extracted from the A'jricuJtvraJ and Arts Act, 34 Vic. 1870-71. 



That the following new section and sub-section read as and be section thirty-three 

 of 31 Vict,,c. 29:— 



" The Society now existing and known as the ' Entomological Society of Canada,' 

 may organize and form themselves into a Society, comprising not less than twenty-five 

 members, and paying an annual subscription of not less than one dollar each, to be 

 known as " The Entomological Society of Ontario," and shall have power to adopt a 

 constitution, and make by-laws for the admission of members, and for its guidance and 

 proper management, and the promotion of any objects consistent with the study of 

 Entomology, and its practical bearing upon the Agricultural and Horticultural interest » 

 of the Province of Ontario and not inconsistent with the laws of the Province ; and on 

 filing a copy of such constitution and by-laws with the Commissioner of Agiiculture, 

 such society shall become a body corporate under this Act." 



(1.) And such society shall be entitled to receive, from unappropriated moneys in 

 the hands of the Treasurer of the Province, a sum not to exceed five hundred dollars 

 in any one year : 



(2.) The said Society shall hold an annual meeting at the place, and during the 

 same time as the Exhibition of the Agricultural and Arts Association is being held, in 

 each and every year ; and shall at such meeting present a full report of its proceedings 

 and a detailed statement of its receipts and expenditure for the previous year, and 

 shall at such meeting elect a President, Vice-President, Secretary and Treasurer (or a 

 Secretary-Treasurer), and not fewer than three, nor more than five Directors ; and they 

 shall also elect two Auditors : 



(3.) A copy of the annual report of its proceedings, and a list of the office-bearers 

 elected, and also a report of such information as the Society may have been able to 

 obtain on the subject of insects beneficial or injurious to the farm and the garden, with 

 such appropriate illustrations as the Society may have been able to obtain, shall be 

 sent to the Commissioner of Agriculture within thirty days after the holding of such 

 annual meeting. 



By another section the President of the Entomological Society of Ontario is made 

 a member ex officio of the Council of the Agricultural Society. 



