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SCIENTIFIC AGRICULTURE. 



May, 1922 



Article 9. CHANGE OF CONSTITU- 

 TION. 



This constitution may be amended at 

 any meeting of the local branch by un- 

 animous vote, or by a majority vote at 

 two consecutive meetings. 

 BY-LAWS. 



Article 1. MEMBERSHIP. 



In regard to membership the same reg- 

 ulations apply to the branch as are at 

 present adopted bv the Dominion Society. 



Article 2. DUTIES OF OFFICERS 

 AND DELEGATES. 



(Clause a): — The President and other 

 officers shall perform the usual duties of 

 their respective offices. 



(Clause b). — 1. The delegates elect- 

 ed by the branch to attend the Annual 

 Dominion Convention shall prepare and 

 submit to the Branch Executive a written 

 report based upon the discussion arising 

 from the resolutions and recommendations 

 submitted by the delegates from the 

 branch to the Dominion Convention. 



2. Tlie Secretary-Treasurer shall mail 

 a copy or a summary of the Delegates' 

 report to each member of the Branch 

 Avithin two (2) months of the date of the 

 annual Dominion Convention. 



Article 3. ORGANIZATION. 



This local branch constitutes itself as 

 the Provincial branch for B. C. 



Article 4. MEETINGS 



(Clause a). — Notification of the place, 

 date and agenda,,- apart from those of a 

 routine nature, for general meetings shall 

 be sf'nt l)y mail to each member in good 

 standing at least three weeks in advance. 



(Clause 1)). — At the written request 

 of not less than ten (10) members of the 

 Provincial Branoh, the Secretary shall call 

 an Extraordinary General Meeting, and at 

 least three weeks' notice of such meeting 

 shall be given to members in good stand- 

 ing. 



Article 5. FEES. 



The meml)ership fee for the l)ranc]i shall 

 be .$10.00 per annum payable to the Prov- 

 incial Secretary-Treasurer, at or before 

 the first of Mav each year. 



Article 6. ELECTIONS. 



1. Nominations shall be made by a 

 Nominating Committee consisting of 

 three members of the branch appointed by 

 the Annual General Meeting. Tins com- 



mittee shall receive nominations for Of- 

 ficers and Delegates and shall prepare 

 the ballots to be submitted to the members 

 of the Branch ; and they shall submit such 

 ballot to the Branch Executive at least 

 one month before the next Annual Meet- 

 ing. • 



2. The nominating committee shall ac- 

 cept, as valid, any other nominations if 

 signed by three members in good stand- 

 ing, providing they are received by the 

 committee or the Secretary-treasurer one 

 month before the Annual Meeting of the 

 Branch. 



3. The secretary-treasurer shall obtain 

 the assent or dissent of all candidates for 

 election as Officers, Delegates or Commit- 

 teemen before issuing the ballots contain- 

 ing the names of such candidates to the 

 members to be voted upon. 



4. The election shall be conducted by 

 letter ballot, every regular member in 

 good standing being entitled to cast one 

 ballot. 



5. The secretary-treasurer shall mail 

 a copy of ballot to each member as prov- 

 ided for in Article 4, section 1 of the By- 

 laws. 



6. All letter ballots shall be returned 

 to the secretary-treasurer at or before the 

 hour of the Annual General Meeting. 



7. Any vacancy on the Executive 

 occurring during its term of office may 

 be filled bv the Executive. 



Article 7. COMMITTEES. 



The branch or the executive may ap- 

 point such committees from time to time 

 as mav be considered necessarv. 



Article 8. AUDITORS. 



Auditors shall be elected each year at 

 the annual convention to audit the books 

 and accounts of the society during the 

 ensuing vear. 



Article 9. AINIENDMENTS TO BY- 

 LAWS. 



The By-laws of the branch may be 

 amended or added to by a majority vote 

 of the members present at the annual 

 meeting or through unanimous decision 

 by the Provincial executive, subject to 

 approval at the next annual meeting, prov- 

 ided that in the first ease the proposed 

 amendment has been included in the agen- 

 da for the meeting. 



