150 THE RURAL PROBLEM 



APPENDIX K. 



EXTRACT FROM ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION OF THE 

 AGRICULTURAL ORGANISATION SOCIETY. 



13. (1) The first Governors shall consist of the subscribers to the 

 Society's Memorandum of Association (who have already been 

 nominated for this purpose by the Board of Agriculture and 

 Fisheries and the Development Commissioners jointly), and also 

 such other persons (being or becoming within one month after 

 their appointment members of the Society) as may from time to 

 time be appointed by the said bodies, who make appointments 

 under this clause in such numbers, and at such times, as they 

 think fit. The first Governors shall remain in office until the first 

 ordinary general meeting of the Society held after the first day 

 of April, 1914. Any vacancy in the Governors shall be filled by 

 a member to be appointed by the said bodies. 



(2) The Governors other than the first shall, subject to the 

 provisions hereinafter contained, consist of 



(a) Eighteen Governors to be elected in manner hereinafter 



defined. 



(b) Twelve Governors to be appointed by the Board of 



Agriculture and Fisheries. 



(c) Two Governors to be appointed by the County Councils' 



Association. 



(d) Two Governors to be appointed by the co-operative 



Union. 



(e) Two Governors to be co-opted by the Governors. 



Provided that all Governors shall be members of the Society at 

 the date of their election, appointment or co-optation or shall 

 become members within one month after such date. 



(3) The Governors shall have power, with the consent of the 

 general meeting, to increase or reduce the number of Governors 

 other than the first, but so that the numbers of the Governors 

 shall not at any time be more than sixty, and to provide for their 

 election in manner hereinafter defined, or their appointment 

 by the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, or their co-optation ; 

 provided always that on any such increase the number of 

 Governors to be elected, and the number to be appointed by the 

 Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, shall not be less than one- 

 half and one-third respectively of the total number. 



