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to make diligent efforts to supply correct information on all 
questions submitted to them. 
The special agricultural functions of the Department are 
entrusted to the Board and Council of Agriculture. The Board 
is composed of one representative from each electoral division, 
appointed by the Lieutenant-Governor-in-Council from among 
the agriculturists of note in the Province. They are entitled to 
no compensation for services other than for expenses occasioned 
by presence at meetings of the Board or Council, the sum for 
which is fixed by the Lieutenant-Governor-in-Council. Seven 
form a quorum, and a meeting for the despatch of business 
must be held on the third Wednesday of February in each year, 
in Winnipeg. Special meetings are held when extraordinary 
circumstances arise to necessitate such. A member absent 
from two consecutive meetings forfeits his membership, unless 
excused from attendance by resolution of the Board passed at 
the second meeting from which he may be absent. The duties 
of the Board are to advise the Department on all matters relating 
to the agricultural interests of the Province; to organise agricul- 
tural and industrial exhibitions open to competition from all 
parts of the Province ; to arrange, when practicable, for the repre- 
sentation of the products of the Province at exhibitions in other 
provinces or in other countries; to supervise the management of 
electoral division agricultural societies, and generally to adopt 
every means possible to promote improvement in the agricul- 
tural interests of the Province. The Board may, subject to the 
approval of the Lieutenant-Governor-in-Council, pass bye-laws to 
regulate its proceedings, and for other purposes not inconsistent 
with the provisions of the Act. 
The Council of Agriculture consists of six members of the 
Board elected at each annual meeting by ballot. They have 
full power to act for and on behalf of the Board, and all grants 
of money, subscriptions, or other funds, made to or for the use 
of the Board, are expended under their direction. They meet 
as circumstances may require, at the summons of the Secretary- 
Treasurer of the Board, under orders from the Minister or Presi- 
dent of the Board. Three form a quorum, and vacancies in the 
Council are filled by the remaining members thereof. Absent 
members are dealt with on the Council the same as on the 
Board. The President and Vice-President of the Board are 
elected by ballot from among the members at each annual 
meeting. They are ex-officio members of Council, and the 
President or, in his absence, the Vice-President, presides at all 
meetings of the Board and of the Council. Failing both, a 
temporary chairman is elected from among the members 
present. 
