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Amendments Passed in 1902. 



Section 40 of the saifl act is amended by adding the following : 

 (o) The formation of women's institutes for the jnirpose of improving rural 

 home life and imparting information in regard to women's work upon the farm 

 shall be permitted under this act. 



Section 47 of the said act is amended by adding the following : 

 («) The lieutenant-governor in council may. upon the recommendation of the 

 minister, adopt rules and regulations in regard to the organization of women's 

 institutes, the general guidance or direction of such institutes, their relation 

 to the farmers' institutes and the department of agriculture, and the grants of 

 money to which they shall be entitled, with the conditions for payment of the 

 same. 



RULES AND REGULATIONS. 



[Approved by the lieutenant-governor in council.] 



1. The Ontario legislature has voted an appropriation for farmers' institutes 

 for a grant of $25 to one institute in each district, on condition that an equal 

 sum be granted by the county council or the nninicipalities in which the insti- 

 tute is organized, and on suth further conditions as may be imposed by regula- 

 tions of the minister of agriculture. 



2. The object of each local institute shall be the dissemination of agricultural 

 knowledge in its district and the develojjment of local talent. The officers shall 

 endeavor to bring the rank and file of the farmers into touch with the most 

 successful local men, that the masses may become more conversant with the 

 best and most profitable methods of farming, stock raising, dairying, fruit 

 culture, and all l>ranches of business connected with the Industry of agricul- 

 ture. 



Organization of Institutes. 



3. One institute may be organized in each district of the Province, exclusive 

 of cities, or in such other divisions as the lieutenant-governor in council may 

 authorize. 



4. The organization meeting may be called by the superintendent of farmers' 

 institutes, by the head of a municipality, or by any fiA-e farmers of the district; 

 and at least two weeks' previous notice shall be given liy advertisement in two 

 newspapers jiuldished in the district, or by placard, in which shall be stated 

 the object, time, and place of meeting. 



5. As soon as organization is completed the superintendent shall be notified, 

 and the names and addresses of the oflicers and directors shall be forwarded to 

 him. 



('.. All memberships shall terminate the 31st of December of each year. (See 



clause 57.) 



7. Each institute shall lie known by a distinctive name. 



Officers. 



S. The officers shall consist of a president, a vice-president, and a secretary- 

 treasurer, and one or more directors from each municipality included in the 

 institute disti'ict, except in new or thinly settled districts, when directors may 

 1,H elected irrespective of the municipalities. The i)resident, vice-president, and 

 directors shall be elected annually, and, together with the secretary-treasurer, 



