63 



shall have called the said meeting shnll l.c riilitlcd t(. preside at the said meet- 

 ing until a jircsidont is elected. 



Hilop. At such meeting tlie club elects seven directors, who must l)e ciioseii 

 from amongst the members of the club. 



KJTof/. At its first meeting after the annual general meeting, or on the day 

 of the ammal meeting, if all the directors are present, the board of directors 

 elects a president and a vice-president from amongst the directors, and a sec- 

 retary-treasurer, who must be taken from outside of the board of directors, 

 and who, after his election, does not form part of such board. 



107.J/-. The meeting for the formation of a club or the election of directors 

 of a newly organized club, may be held at any time after notice published in 

 the manner indicated in article lOToo; but no club is entitled to any share of 

 the grant for the year during which it was organized unless the organization 

 and election of directors have taken place before the 1st of May of su<-h year. 



lOTo.s. The ofhcers and directors of each club shall, during the year immedi- 

 ately following the annual meeting, and until the election of their successors, 

 exercise all the powers conferred on the club by this section. 



In case of vacancies during the year among the ofhcers or directors, such 

 vacancies shall be filled up by the board of directors. 



mirjt. They shall hold their meetings according to the terms of the adjourn- 

 ment or to a notification in writing, forwarded to each of them by order of the 

 president, or, in his absence, by order of the vice-president, or of the president 

 pro tempore, three days at least before the day fixed for the holding of such 

 meeting. 



1(375//. At any meeting foiu- shall form a (luorum. 



1675/-. The officers and directors shall have full power, at every meeting, to 

 make regulations and by-laws for the government of the club and to modify 

 and reiif.il the same: I'roridrtl alinn/s. That such regulations and by-laws 

 be consistent with those published by the council of agriculture and be sub- 

 mitted in every case for the approval of the minister of agriculture. 



Idlow. The directors shall, whenever the minister of agriculture deems ex- 

 pedient, convene a general meeting of the members of such club, at which 

 lectures on agriculture shall be given. 



The public shall be admitted to such lectures. 



In default of holding such meetings when required by the minister of agri- 

 culture, the provincial grant may be taken away. 



During the fifteen days following such meeting the president and secretary 

 shall sign and transmit to the minister of agriculture a report setting forth 

 the date of the meeting, the name of the lecturer or lecturers, the subjects dealt 

 with, and the approximate number of persons present. 



1075.7-. The directors shall draw u]) and submit, at the annual meeting, a 

 detailed report of their operations during the year that is about to end, declar- 

 ing and showing the names of all the members of the club, the amount sub- 

 scribed and paid by each of them, the names of all persons to whom prizes shall 

 have been awarded, the amount of each such prize, and the name of the article 

 or head of cattle for which the prize was awarded, the number and date of the 

 general meetings, the name of the lecturer or lecturers, the subjects treated 

 and the approximate number of persons present, together with such other re- 

 marks on the agriculture of the county and the improvements which either have 

 been or may be introduced into the same, as the board of directors is in a i>osi- 

 tion to offer. 



1675//. They shall further submit at the said meeting a detailed statement 

 of the receipts and expenditures of the <lub during the year. 



1675^. The said report and statement, when approved by the meeting, shall be 

 entered in the journal of the club kept for such purpose, which entry shall 



