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meetings such as are heretofore described; (2) to employ suitable persons to 

 address said meetings; (3) to assist in circulating agricultural, horticultural, 

 live-stock, and dairy literature or periodicals among the members, or to estab- 

 lish a circulating agricultural library for the use of members; (4) to renuuier- 

 ate the secretary and others for services rendered; (5) to make an annual 

 grant (not exceeding ,*(;10) to the women's institute in thealistrict. 



Quorum. 



71. At all meetings of the institute or of the officers, if duly advertised as 

 set forth in these rules, 10 members shall form a quorum to do business at an 

 annual or other general meeting. At a directors" meeting live shall be a iiuorum. 

 At an executive committee meeting two shall be a quorum. If at any meeting 

 a quorum is not i)resent, those present shall adjourn and the meeting shall 

 again be called as prescribed by these rules. (See clauses 25 and 47.) 



General Rules. 



72. Each member of an institute shall be entitled to receive a copy of such 

 publications as the following, issued by the department of agriculture for the 

 I'rovince of Ontario : 



Report of the Ontario Agricultural College and Experimental Farm. 



Report of the Ontario Agricultural and Experimental T^nion. 



Report of the Butter and Cheese Association of Eastern Ontario. 



Report of the I'.utter and Cheese Association of Western Ontario. 



Report of the superintendent of farmers' institutes. 



Report of the Dominion cattle, sheep, and swine breeders' associations. 



Report of the poultry associations, east and west. 



Report of the good roads instructor. 



Bulletins of the agricultural college and experimental farm. 



Any change of address or any failure to receive the bulletins and reports 

 issued by the agricultural department should be reported immediately to the 

 sui)erintendent. 



The names of all otlicers and directors shall be included in the list of members. 



73. The blank liooks used shall be those authorized by the department. 

 Blank forms for reports of meetings, financial statements, and lists of members, 

 membership liooks, iiKiiling books, cashbooks, etc.. may be had from the super- 

 intendent. 



74. All institute returns shall be made to the superintendent. 



Oruer of Meetings. 



7.^>. (a) Except by permission of the presiding officer, no member or other 

 person shall speak other than to ask a question or to introduce or speak to a 

 motion. 



(?>) In the discussion following the introduction of a subject, no person shall 

 speak more than twice nor for a longer time than five minutes, except by a 

 vote of the meeting. 



(c) When a question is under consideration, no motion shall be in order ex- 

 cept the following: (1) To adjourn; (2) to postpone; (3) to amend— these 

 motions taking precedence in the order named, and the first two shall be 

 decided without debate. 



{(}) Before the vote is taken on any motion or amendment, the president shall 

 ask: "Is the meeting ready for the (piestionV" The question shall not lie put 

 so long as any member desires to speak and is in order. Any member desirous 



