May provide for common officer. Amendments thereto. Books. Members. New members. upon mem (b) the suspension and expulsion of members; (c) the election of officers and their duties, and the filling of vacancies; (d) the mode of convening annual, general and special meetings; (e) the audit of accounts; (f) the location of the head office and of the branch offices, if any. 2. The constitution, by-laws and rules, may also provide for the exercise, in conjunction with any other association or associations incorporated under this Act, of any of its powers er functions through a common officer or officers to be appointed by such associations. 63-64 V., c. 33, s. 5; 4-5 E. VII., c. 21, s. 1. may 7. The constitution may be altered and any by-law or rule be altered or repealed at a meeting of the association called for that purpose, but no such alteration or repeal shall have force or effect until it has been approved by the Minister and registered in the Department of Agriculture. 63-64 V., c. 33, s. 6. 8. The association shall cause a book to be kept by the secretary at the head office, and by an assistant secretary at each branch office, wherein shall be written a copy of the constitution, by-laws and rules. 2. Persons becoming members of the association may examine the said books. 63-64 V., c. 33, s. 7. 9. The association may consist of annual subscribers and life members, and the annual and life membership fees shall be fixed by the members at the annual meeting or at a meeting of the association called for that purpose. 2. Any person who has not been expelled from the association may become a member thereof by giving or sending his name and address to the secretary, together with the annual or life membership fee; and such person shall thereupon be entitled to the rights and privileges, and subject to the liabili ties of a member as fully as if he had signed the application for the incorporation of the association. 63-64 V., c. 33, s. 8. Constitution, 10. The constitution, by-laws and rules of the association etc., binding shall bind the association and the members thereof to the same extent as if each member had subscribed his name and affixed his seal thereto. 63-64 V., c. 33, s. 9. bers. Liability of members. 11. The liability of each member shall be limited to the amount of his membership fees due. 63-64 V., c. 33, s. 10. 12. At the annual meeting the retiring officers shall present Annual a full report of their proceedings and of the proceedings of report. the association, and a detailed statement, duly audited, of the receipts and expenditures for the previous year, and of the assets and liabilities. sent to 2. A copy of the said report, with a list of the members and Copy to be their addresses and a list of the officers elected, shall be sent Minister. by the secretary to the Minister within twenty days after the annual meeting. 63-64 V., c. 33, s. 11. powers. 13. If the association ceases for twelve consecutive months Forfeiture of to do business as required by its constitution, by-laws and corporate rules, or if the Minister is satisfied, after an inquiry at which the association was given due notice to appear, that the business of the association is not being properly conducted, the Minister may declare the corporate powers of the association forfeited. 63-64 V., c. 33, s. 12. signing or 14. Any person who signs a false pedigree intended for Penalty for registration, or who presents or causes another person to present presenting a false pedigree for registration by the association, shall, upon false summary conviction, upon information laid within two years pedigree. from the commission of the offence, be liable to a penalty not less than one hundred dollars and not exceeding five hundred dollars for each false pedigree so signed or presented, together with the costs of prosecution. 63-64 V., c. 33, s. 13. certificates 15. At the request of any association incorporated under Government this Act, authorized at the annual meeting or at a meeting approval of called for that purpose, the Minister of Agriculture may, of registrathrough an officer of his Department, thereunto authorized by tion. him, approve, under the hand of that officer and the seal of his department, or such other seal as is adopted for that purpose, the certificates of registration issued by such association. 4-5 E. VII., c. 21, s. 2. SCHEDULE. FORM A. Application for Incorporation. We, the undersigned, hereby apply for incorporation as an association under the provisions of the Live Stock Pedigree Act. The name of the association is to be (name of association), and the object for which it is to be formed is to keep a record 2249 of of the pedigrees of pure-bred (name of breed), and to collect, publish and preserve reliable and valuable data concerning that breed. The names and addresses of the officers of the association are (names and addresses in full). The constitution, by-laws and rules of the association are as follows: (Insert constitution, etc., at length). Dated at day of Signatures of Applicants. I, the undersigned, solemnly swear that I know (mentioning the names of the signers known to him) and that they severally signed the foregoing application in my presence. OTTAWA: Printed by SAMUEL EDWARD DAWSON, Law Printer to the King's most Excellent Majesty. 2250 CHAPTER 132. An Act respecting Agricultural Fertilizers. SHORT TITLE. 1. This Act may be cited as the Fertilizers Act. 53 V., Short title. c. 24, s. 1. INTERPRETATION. 2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- Definitions. ANALYSIS. Minister 3. Every manufacturer or importer of fertilizers for sale Sample to shall, before the end of the month of January in each year, and be sent to before offering any fertilizer for sale, transmit to the Minister, every year. carriage paid, a sealed glass jar, containing at least two pounds of such fertilizer so manufactured or imported by him, with a statement setting forth the nature of the materials which enter With stateinto its composition and the certificate of analysis of such ment of fertilizer, together with an affidavit setting forth that such jar contains a fair average sample of such fertilizer so manufac tured or imported by him; and such sample shall be submitted material. to the chief analyst for analysis and shall also be preserved by Sample to be the Minister for the purpose of comparison with any sample of analysed. fertilizer which is obtained in the course of the twelve months then next ensuing from such manufacturer or importer, or from any vendor of his goods. 2. The affidavit, if sworn in a foreign country, may be taken Affidavit bebefore a British consul. 53 V., c. 24, s. 3. fore British consul. publication 4. Every sample obtained by an inspector under this Act Analysis and shall be transmitted to the Minister for submission to the chief thereof. analyst for analysis; and the result of such analyses, as well as the analyses of samples furnished by manufacturers, importers and vendors, shall be published annually by the said Minister 2251 in in such manner as he sees fit, together with a statement showing the relative value of each fertilizer, calculated from its contents in fertilizing ingredients at their current market value. 53 V., c. 24, s. 5. Certain officers to act as inspectors. Samples for analysis. Inspector to attach tags. Form of tags. If fertilizer is in bulk. Duty of inspector. INSPECTORS AND THEIR DUTIES. 5. The officers of Inland Revenue, the officers of Customs, the inspectors and assistant inspectors of weights and measures, the inspectors of food, drugs and agricultural fertilizers acting under the Adulteration Act, and the inspectors and deputy inspectors acting under the Inspection and Sale Act, or any of them, shall, when required so to do, by any regulation made in that behalf by the Governor in Council, or by the Minister, act as inspectors of fertilizers, and shall procure and submit samples of fertilizers suspected to be adulterated, to be analysed. 53 V., c. 24, s. 4. 6. Every inspector of fertilizers shall, at least once in each year, obtain for analysis from every manufacturer, importer or vendor of fertilizers for sale in the district for which the inspector is appointed, a sample of the fertilizer manufactured, imported or sold by such manufacturer, importer or vendor: but the provisions of this section shall not be construed to limit the right of the inspector to procure samples for analysis in accordance with any other provision of this Act. 53 V., c. 24, s. 5. 7. The inspector, after taking a sample for analysis and forwarding the same to the Minister, and after having been advised that it corresponds in contents with the sample sent in at the beginning of the year, shall, if requested so to do by the manufacturer, the importer or the person selling the fertilizer, cause to be applied, under his personal supervision, inspectors' tags, one to each package, bag or barrel of fertilizer, before the same is offered for sale or distribution. 2. Inspectors' tags shall be numbered consecutively and shall have printed upon each of them the words and figures, Inspected, 19 Canada, together with a fac-simile of the signature of the Minister. 52 V., c. 24, s. 8. 8. If the fertilizer is imported in bulk, or if it is proposed that it shall be removed from the manufactory, or out of the possession of the manufacturer's agent, in bulk, the manufacturer's certificate of analysis and ingredients shall be produced to the inspector; and the inspector, after taking samples for analysis, shall deliver to the manufacturer, the importer or his agent, if requested by any of them so to do, a bill of inspection specifying the quantity and the quality as set forth in the manufacturer's certificate, together with the name of the store |