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SC'IEXTIFIC AGPwICULTURE 



September, 1921 



Canadian Society of Technical Agriculturists 



CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS 



(As Amended at the First Annual Convention. 1921.) 

 CONSTJTUTION. 



ARTICLE 1. 



Name. 



The organization shall be known as the Canadian 

 Society of Techn.ical Agriculturists. 



ARTICLE 2. 



Objects- 



The objects of the Society shall be the following: 



(a) To organize and unite all workers in scientific 

 and technical agriculture, so that they may combine 

 effort to promote the scientific and practical effi- 

 ciency of the profession and to make the profession 

 of increasing service to the agricultural industry. 



(b) To maintain high standards in the profession. 



(c) To encourage a national polic.\' of agricultural 

 research. 



(d) To help to procure for scientific work in agri- 

 culture greater financial support and wider fields of 

 usefulness. 



(e) To aid in securing and maintaining a closer 

 co-operation among all workers engaged in the pro- 

 fession of agriculture in Canada, and the better co- 

 ordination of their work- 



(f) To aid in bringing about a closer co-ordination 

 between the profession as an organized body and the 

 various agricultural associations throughout Canada. 



(g) To serve as a medium where progressive ideas 

 for improvements in agricultural education, investi- 

 gation, publicity and extension work can be discussed, 

 formulated and recommended for adoption when 

 deemed advisable, 



(h) To aid in ensuring the employment of techni- 

 cal men for technical positions. 



(i) To issue publications in the interests of Agri- 

 cultural science. 



ARTICLE 3. 



Membership. 



There shall be three classes of members regular, 

 associate and honorary. 

 1. A regular member must be 



(a) a giaduate in agriculture from a universit.\- or 

 college of recognized standing or 



(b).a graduate of a university or college who is en- 

 gaged primarily in agricultural research, adminis- 

 tration, education, extension work, publicity, ex- 

 perimental problems or other forms of allied work 

 of a scientific or managerial nature, or 



(c) a non-graduate who is engaged primarily in 

 agricultural research, administration, education, 

 extension work, publicity or experimental prob- 

 lems and be accepted as provided for in the by- 

 laws. 



2. Associate membership shall be open to those en- 

 gaged primarily in agricultural research, administra- 

 tion, education, exfension work, publicity or experi- 

 mental problems who are not at the time eligible for 

 regular membership, and to the undergraduates of 

 agricultural colleges. Members of this class must be 

 accepted by the Dominion Executive. They .'^hali 

 have no voting powers. 



3, The Honorary members' class shall be composed 

 of persons not eligible for regular membership who 

 have rendered the profession valuable or special ser- 

 vice. They shall be selected as provided for in the 



by-laws, 



4. From the regular members there shall be chosen 

 a body of "Fellows," not exceeding thirty in number. 

 The title •'Fellow" shall be granted for professional 

 distinction only, and be bestowed as provided for in 

 the by-laws. 



ARTICLE 4. 



Offiqers. 



The officers of the Society shall be a president, 

 first and second vice-president, and honorary secre- 

 tary-treasurer, who, together with one member of 

 each provincial executive, shall form the Dominion 

 Executive of the Society. 



ARTICLE 5, 



Organization. 

 The organization of the Society shall be: 



(a) The Dominion Executive, consisting of the 

 officers and members provided for in Article 4. 



(b) The Provincial Executives. 



(c) The Local Branch Executives. 



ARTICLE 6. 



Management. 



The affairs and business of the Society shall be 

 managed by such officers and committees and under 

 such restrictions relating to the duties and powers 

 of such officers and committees as may be provided 

 for in the by-laws, such by-laws to make provision 

 for the employment of a paid General Secretary- 

 Treasurer, 



ARTICLE 7. 



Meetings. 



There shall be an annual Convention of the Society 

 and this shall be held alternately in Eastern and 

 Western Canada. 



Meetings of the Dominion Executive or meetings 

 called by it shall be arranged as may be necessary 

 to carry out the objects of the Society, where not 

 specified in the by-laws. 



Local organizations may hold meetings as provided 

 for in the by-laws. 



QUORUMS. — One-third of the members of the 

 Dominion Executive or of any branch Executive 

 shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of busi- 

 ness, and at any meeting of any branch one-fifth of 

 the enrolled members shall be considered a quorum 

 for business or other purposes. ; 



Place of Meeting. Each Annual Convention shall 

 fix the place of meeting of the next Convention or 

 shall delegate this duty to the Dominion Executi- 

 ARTICLE 8. 



Fees. 



The amount, apportionment, and method of collec- 

 tion, of the annual dues shall be regulated by By- 

 law, 

 ARTICLE 9. 



Elections. 



The four main officers of the Society shall t'-» 

 eleeteil at large as provided in the By-laws. .\ 

 officers shall be elijifiblc for re-election. Vaoano. 

 shall be filled by appointment by the Domiaion K\ 

 ocutivc or by nomination and election at any regu 

 lar or special conventiou. 



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