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signed and sent an application in form of schedule A to 

 the Council of Agriculture ; but no such Society or Asso- 

 ciation will be entitled to any Government aid until rcco- 

 gnized by the said Council of Agriculture. 



IV. The direction and administration of the Societies 

 shall be intrusted to a board of 7 directors consisting of 

 Président, Vice-Président and Secretary-Treasurer, (vvho 

 also shall be chosen from amongst the Directors) to be 

 elected annually by ballot, ail ofwhom shall hold office 

 until their successors are appointed — four shall form^ a 

 quorum. 



V. No renumeration whatever shall be paid to any of 

 the above officers for their services or expenses. 



VI. The gênerai meeting of the Members shall be held 

 on the second or third Tuesday in Oetober in each year. 

 at the hour and place fixed by the Directors ; which 

 meeting shall be presided over by the Président or Vice- 

 Président, or in thêir absence by one of the Directors 

 chosen by the meeting, and the Secretary-Treasurer shall 

 act as secretary of the meeting, and in his absence the 

 Directors shall name a substitute. — At such meeting the 

 mèmbers, who hâve paid their subscriptions for the follow- 

 ing year, shall elect a Président, Vice-Président, Secretary- 

 Treasurer, and four Directors, who also must hâve paid 

 their subscription for the following year. 



VII. The annual gênerai meeting shall be convened, 

 by order of the board of Directors, by notices signed by 

 the Secretary-Treasurer posted at the church doors in 

 each Parish, or Township, in the County or made public 

 in such way as the Directors may think most expédient 

 to suite the peculiar circumstances of the District, vvhere 

 any Fruit Growers Association exists ; members being 

 further notified by Postal Card, which notice shall be 

 given at least fifteen days before such meeting. 



