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SCIENTIFIC AGRICULTURE 



September, 192 



ARTICLE V. 



Fees. 



The membership fees shall be $10.00 per annum of 



which $2.00 shall go to the Local Branch. The fee 



shall be payable either to the Local Secretary or to 



the general Secretary. 



ARTICLE VL 

 Funds. 

 Funds for the purpose of the Society may be rais- 

 ed by assessment upon each regular member by the 

 Finance Committee, provided that a four-fifths 

 affirmative vote of the registered delegates at any 

 Annual Convention shall be obtained. 



ARTICLE VII. 

 Elections. 



1. Nominations for President, two Vice-Presidents 

 and Honorary Secretary-Treasurer shall be valid if 

 received by the Secretary of the Dominion Executive 

 on or before March 31st, provided they are signed 

 by 10 regular members in good standing. 



2. The election of these officers shall be conduct- 

 ed on the Proportional Representation System, and 

 shall be by mail ballot, every regular member in 

 good standing shall be entitled to cast one ballot 

 which shall be sent out by the General Secretary 

 not later than April 10th, and these shaK be count- 

 ed by a Committee consisting of the General Secre- 

 tary, one member of the Dominion Executive and a 

 third party, not a member of the Society, who shall 

 be selected by the Dominion Executive. 



3. When the ballots for the Annual election of offi- 

 cers are being counted ,if the First Vice-President 

 elected be English-speaking, only the French-speak- 

 ing candidates shall be considered for the position of 

 Second Vice-President, or vice versa. 



4. All ballots shall be the regular form of ballot 

 used by the Proportional Representation Society of 

 Canada. These shall be supplied together with one 

 "voting envelope" and one "identification en- 

 velope." On the face of the "voting envelope" 

 the following shall be printed: — 



(a) "Do not write anything on this envelope." 



(b) "AJfter marking your ballot enclose it in this 

 envelope and seal." 



(c) "Put this envelope (your ballot envelope) 

 into the identification envelope." 



(d) "Write your name and address plainly on 

 the upper left-hand corner of the identifica- 

 tion envelope." 



(e) "Return your ballot enclosed in the two en- 

 velopes to the General Secretary. ' ' 



ARTICLE VIII. 

 Committees. 



1. The Committees of this Society shall be: — 



(a) On Membership. 



(b) On Finance. 



(c) On Progress. 



Which shall be sub-committees of the Domin- 

 ion Executive. 



(d) Research. 



Which shall be Standing Committeea, together 

 with such others as may be deemed neces- 

 sary. 



(e) On Convt-ntions. 



Which shall be appointed by the Dominion 

 Executive. 



(f) On Resolutions. 



(g) On Nominations. 



Which shall be nominated and elected by and 



for each Convention, together with sue 

 other temporary committees as may b 

 necessary for the efficient working of thd^ 

 Convention, 

 (h) Such permanent committee as may be ap 



pointed by each Convention to act upon its 



decisions. 



2. The personnel of the Standing CommitteeBj 

 shall be reviewed by the Committee on Nomination! 

 at each Annual Convention, which committee shal 

 make recommendations for re-appointments and re 

 organization of all Standing Committees. Othe; 

 committees shall be elected at each Annual Con 

 vention, or shall be appointed by the Dominioi 

 Executive. 



3. It shall be customary, but not obligatory, thai 

 the Chairman of each Standing Committee shall be 

 a member of the Dominion Executive. Each Com-' 

 mittee shall consist of at least three members with 

 power to add to their number. 



4. The duties of the Committees shall be as 

 follows: 



(a) The Membership Committee shall receive, con- 

 sider and pass upon all applications for member- 

 ship and resignations of membership. It shall have 

 power on behalf of the Society to deal finally with 

 same. At its discretion it may delegate that power 

 to the Dominion Executive. 



(b) The Progress Committee shall devise mean* 

 for stimulating the interest of the members in th^ 

 work of the Society and shall actively interest itsel 

 in securing new members and new locals. It shal I 

 consider new plans and policies for the Society. 



(c) The Research Committee shall investigate th< 

 possibilities for research work by the members o: 

 the Society. 



ARTICLE IX. 

 Editorial Board. 



An Editorial Board shall be appointed by the Dom- 

 inion Executive whith shall consist of two members 

 from each Division of Agriculture, one member t 

 retire each year from each division, the retiring mem- 

 ber to be eligible for re-appointment. 



The duties of the Editorial Board shall be to assis 

 the Editor of the official organ of the Society in re 

 viewing articles submitted for publication and 

 passing upon the merits of the same, and to als< 

 assist in collecting articles suitable for publication 



ARTICLE X. 

 Auditors. 



Auditors shall be appointed each year at the An 

 nual Convention, whose duty it shall be to audit th< 

 books of the Society, to certify to the correctnesi 

 of same, and to undertake any further work attach' 

 ed to the work of auditing the accounts of th 

 Society. 



ARTICLE XI. 

 Amendments to By-Laws. 



The By-laws of this Society may be amended 

 added to by a majority vote of the delegates pre* 

 sent at the Annual Convention or by a four-fifths j 

 majority of the members of the Dominion Execu>| 

 tive subject to approval at the next Convention; 



Provided that, in the first case, notification of| 

 the proposed amendment is sent to the General Sec 

 retary before May 1st. 



The General Secretary shall forward copies of al! 

 proposed amendments to the Secretary-Treasurer o: 

 each Provincial Executive. 



