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a member of the Association) representing in the aggregate ten per cent of the 

 total paid-up capital of such company, if dissatisfied with the sura charged or 

 submitted by the directors or voted for at a meeting of the shareholders, for the 

 keep of the ranch and the management and running expenses of such company 

 including any compensation voted for the directors, may, within sixty days after 

 meeting of shareholders at which such charges were submitted, apply by written 

 petition to the judge of the County Court of the county wherein such company 

 has its ranch or chief place of business, which petition shall contain the names 

 and addresses of the directors of the company, the date of such meeting, the 

 amount of the paid-up capital of such company and the proportion of such 

 capital owned by the applicants, the amount of the charges for keep and man- 

 agement submitted or voted, and the grounds of objection thereto, and shall be 

 signed by the applicants and verified by the aifidavit of one of them. 



27. On such petition being presented, the Judge of such Court 

 Co'^ntv''*(Srait '^^y make an order requiring the directors of such company, or 



such of them as may reside within the Province, to appear before 

 him at a time and place to be named in such order and to give full and detailed 

 particulars of the keep of such ranch and the cost thereof and of the manage- 

 ment and running expenses of such company, and show cause why such amount 

 of such charges should not be settled or fixed by such Judge. 



28. Such orders may be served on the directors in the same 

 'Irving Order manner as summonses issued out of the County Court are served 



on defendants and ten clear days shall elapse between the service 

 of such order and the return thereof. 



Procedure on ^^- '^^^ Judge On return of such order, shall inquire into, 



Retirrn ot ascertain, examine and investigate the charges and expenses con- 



Order nected with the management of such company and the mainten- 



ance of the ranch, and, for such purpose, shall hear and examine under oath, 

 all such witnesses and evidence bearing on the petition as may be produced 

 before him either by the petitioners or the directors; and the directors are 

 required to produce before the Judge on such return all the books of the com- 

 pany and all the papers and vouchers referring to the business of the. company 

 which are in their possession or custody or under their control. 



30. The Judge, having heard such parties, their witnesses and 

 Judge's Award evidence, shall fix and determine in a summary manner the sum 

 or amount which he may consider right and just to allow for the 

 management and running expenses of such company and the keep and mainten- 

 ance of its ranch for the period complained of, and the sum or amount fixed 

 and determined shall be the proper charge for such management and the directors 

 will render themselves personally liable to the company for paying out of its 

 funds any greater or larger sum, notwithstanding such greater or larger amount 

 may have been voted at a meeting of the company's shareholders and a suit for 

 the recovery of such greater or larger amount may be commenced and prosecuted 

 by any shareholder in the name of the company in any Court in this Province 

 having jurisdiction. 



Procedure on 31. If the directors do not attend upon the return of such 

 of Directora ™ summons, the Judge may, if he sees fit, on proof of service pro- 

 ceed ex parte and on the evidence submitted before him by the 

 petitioners hear and examine the matter of the petition and fix and settle on 

 such evidence the sum which he may consider right and just to allow for the 

 management and running expenses of such company and the keep and mainten- 

 ance of its ranch for the period complained of and the sum or amount so fixed 

 and determined shall be the proper charge for such management and the 

 provisions contained in the preceding section for the recovery from the directors 

 shall be considered as applicable to this section. 



