Constitution and By-laws, Canadian Forestry Assn* 



Corrected to Feb. 5, 1913. 



T. NAME. 

 The name o^ the Association shall be: 

 The Canadian Forestry Association. 

 II. OBJECT. 

 Its objects shall be: — 



(1) To advocate and encourage judicious 

 methods in dealing with our forests and 

 woodlands. 



(2) To awaken public interest to the sad 

 results attending the wholesale destruction 

 of forests (as shown by the experience of 

 older countries) in the deterioration of the 

 climate, diminution of fertility, drying up 

 of rivers and streams, etc., etc. 



(3) To consider and recommend the ex- 

 ploration, as far as practicable, of our 

 public domain and its division into agri- 

 cultural, timber and mineral lands, with a 

 view of directing immigration and the pur- 

 suits of our pioneers into channels best 

 suited to advance their interests and the 

 public welfare. With this accomplished, a 

 portion of the unappropriated lands of the 

 country could be permanently reserved for 

 the growth of timber. 



(4) To encourage afforestation wherever 

 advisable, and to promote forest tree- 

 planting, especially in the treeless areas of 

 our north-western prairies, upon farm 

 lands where the proporiton of woodland is 

 too low, and upon highways and in the 

 parks of our villages, towns and cities. 



(5) To collect and disseminate, for the 

 benefit of the public, reports and informa- 

 tion bearing on the forestry problem in 

 genera], and especially with respect both 

 to the wooded and prairie districts of 

 Canada, and to teach the rising generation 

 the value of the forest with a view of en- 

 liHting their efforts in its preservation. 



(6) To secure such forestry legislation 

 from time to time from the federal and 

 provincial governments as the general 

 intere^^ts demand, and the particular needs 

 of the people f-eem to require. 



I If. MEMBERSHIJ\ 

 Its membership shall include all who 

 pay an annual fee of $1.00 or a life mem- 

 bership fee of $10.00. 



IV. OFFICERS. 



(1) The officers Hhall comprise an honor- 

 ary PreHident, a President, a Vice-Presi- 

 dent, a Secretary, an Assistant Secretary, 

 a Treasurer, the editor of the official or- 

 gan of the Association and thirty direc- 

 tors. 



(2) In addition to the above all i>ast 

 pref-idents of the Association, from (and 

 including) the Association year 1909- 

 1910, shall be exofficio members of the 

 Board of Directors. 



V. ELECTIONS. 

 These officers shall be elected by ballot 

 at the annual meeting of the Association, 

 and shall serve one year, or until their 

 successors are ejected. Vacancies occur- 

 ring during the year may be filled by the 

 Executive Committee. 



VI. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 



The officers shall constitute an Execu- 

 tive Committee, and five of the same shall 

 be a quorum, and they will appoint a 

 Vice-President for each province and as 

 far as possible for each provisional dis- 

 trict of the Dominion. 



VII. ANNUAL MEETING. 



The annual meeting of the Association 

 shall be held during the month of Febru- 

 ary in the City of Ottawa, unless other- 

 wise determined by the Executive Com- 

 mittee of the Association and a notice of 

 one month of the date selected shall be 

 given to each member by the Secretary. 



VIIL SPECIAL MEETINGS. 



Special meetings shall be held at such 

 times and places as the Executive may 

 decide, a sufficient notice of which shall 

 be sent to each member by the Secretary. 

 IX. AMENDMENTS. 



Amendments of the Constitution can 

 only be adopted by a two-thirds vote of 

 the members present and entitled to vote, 

 and at the annual meeting of the Asso- 

 ciation, and a notice of such intended 

 amendment shall be given with the notice 

 calling the meeting. 



BY-LAWS. 

 President. 

 The President shall preside at all meet- 

 ings of the Associations. 



Vice-President. 



ill the absence of the President, a Vice- 

 IVosident shall preside at all meetings of 

 the Association; and in the absence of all 

 of them a President pro tempore shall be 

 elected by the meeting. 



Herretary and Assistant Secretary. 



Th«» Secretary shall keej) a record of the 

 proceedings of the Association and of the 

 Executive Committee, and shall be cus- 

 to<lian of all documents, books and collec- 

 tions ordered to be preserved. 



He shall conduct the correspondence of 

 the Association and shall keep a list of 

 mend>ers with their residences, and shall 

 notify members of the time and place of 

 meeting of the Association, and in his 

 absence his duties will be discharged by 

 the Assistant Secretary. 



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