Board of management. General meetings. Representation on board of management. tion, any lands, tenements, hereditaments, and real and immovable property and estate, situate, lying and being anywhere within the said Territories, and the same to sell, alienate, exchange and otherwise dispose of, whenever the said corporation deem it advisable so to do; and by the same name shall and may sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded, answer and be answered unto in any manner whatsoever. 4. The affairs and business of the said corporation. shall be conducted by a board of management of fourteen members, consisting of a president, first and second vice-president, and a committee of eleven other members to be chosen as hereinafter provided; which board in the first instance, and until another is chosen as hereinafter provided, shall consist provisionally of the persons named in the first section of this Ordinance, of which provisional board three members shall constitute a quorum. 5. The first general meeting of this association shall be held at the City of Calgary within two months from the date of the passing of this Ordinance, and notice of the time and place of holding such meeting shall be published in each issue of every weekly newspaper published within any of the stock districts created by this Ordinance for at least four weeks before the date of the meeting; and at such meeting, the board of management aforesaid shall be elected from among the members of the association as hereinafter provided, and shall hold office until their successors are elected at the first general annual meeting of the association; and at all general meetings of the association ten members shall form a quorum for the transaction of business. 6. The president and vice-presidents of the association shall be chosen from among the members of the association irrespective of the stock districts in which. they reside, but the said committee of eleven shall be chosen in such a manner that one member thereof shall be a resident of each of the stock districts of Bow River, Medicine Hat, Maple Creek, Lethbridge and Sheep Creek, and two members thereof shall be residents of each of the stock districts of High River, Willow Creek and Pincher Creek. annual 7. There shall be a general annual meeting of the General members of the said association on the second Thurs- meeting. day of April in each year, at such time and place as the said board of management shall appoint, and the secretary shall send written notice of such meeting to each me aber of the association at least one month before the date of meeting. when not held. 8. If, from any cause, such general annual meeting Procedure shall not be held as aforesaid, the then board of management shall remain in office until such general annual meeting is held and their successors duly appointed as hereinafter provided. select day general 9. If such general annual meeting shail, from any Board of cause, not be held on the day hereinbefore appointed mangeet da for the same, then it shall be lawful for the board of for holding management to decide upon another day for the hold- annual ing of the general annual meeting, which day shall be meeting. within six weeks from the day on which the same should have been held, and the secretary shall send written notice of such by mail to each member of the association at least one month before the day appointed for such meeting; and all business shall be transacted at such meeting in the same manner as the same would have been transacted if such meeting had been held on the day first appointed. board of management. 10. The election of members of the board of man- Election of agement shall be by ballot, and votes may be given in person or by proxy, but no member shall be entitled to vote either in person or by proxy, who is at the time of such voting in arrears on the books of the association for annual membership fees or assessments: Provided, however, that no appointment of a proxy to vote at any general meeting of the association shall be valid for that purpose unless the same has been made or renewed in writing within one year next preceding the time of meeting. Membership in association. Definition of 11. No person shall be a member of this association except a stock-grower, as defined by this Ordinance; and every stock-grower may become a member thereof by applying to the board of managers to be enrolled as such, and paying at the time of such application an entrance fee of $5.00. 12. For the purpose of this Ordinance a stockstock grower. grower shall mean and include any person, association, partnership or corporation owning or controlling horses or cattle and engaged in the business of breeding, growing or raising the same for profit within any of the stock districts created by this Ordinance. Vacancies on board. Annual report of board. 13. The said board of management shall, every year, immediately after their election, appoint a secretary, a treasurer, or secretary-treasurer, an auditor, and such other officers as the association may require. 14. The said board of management shall have power to meet from time to time for the transaction of business, and five members thereof shall form a quorum, and in the absence of the president and vicepresidents any member of the board present may be appointed for the time being to act as chairman of the meeting. 15. Vacancies occurring in the said board of management shall be filled by the remaining members of the board: Provided, however, that in filling such vacancies regard shall always be had to representation from the various stock-districts as provided for in section 6 of this Ordinance. 16. The board of management shall each year submit a full report of the workings of the association at the general annual meeting for its consideration, and such report shall include a correct statement of the receipts and expenditures of the association for the then preceding year, and such other matter as may be deemed of interest to the association. meetings. 17. After the first general meeting of the associa- Power to call tion the board of management shall have power to name the place at which the next general annual meeting shall be held, and they shall exercise this power from year to year. general 18. Special general meetings of the association Special may be called at any time by the board of manage- meetings. ment, but notice thereof, stating the object of the meeting, shall be given in the same manner hereinbefore provided for calling general annual meetings. decided. 19. All questions, not affecting constitution or How questions by-laws, whether at meetings of the association or of shall be the board of management, shall be decided by a majority of votes, and in case of an equality of votes the president or other person presiding shall give the casting vote, but he shall not vote otherwise. No alteration shall be made in the constitution or by-laws except by a two-thirds majority. required from 20. Each member of the association shall, upon re- Statements quest, furnish the secretary with a true statement, or members. as near as may be, of the number of cattle and horses owned by him or under his control in any of the stock districts hereinafter defined, and with such other information as may be necessary for the purposes of the association, and the board of management nay, if they deem advisable, require that such statement and information may be verified by statutory declaration. members. 21. The money required to carry on the work of Assessment of the association shall be raised by a uniform annual assessment on the members of the association, but in no case shall such assessment exceed three cents per head on all horses and cattle owned by or under the control of each member, and within any of the stock districts hereinafter defined. The amount payable by each member to the association under such assessment may be recovered as an ordinary debt due to the association. assessment, (1) A special assessment may be levied for the pur- Special pose of paying the expenses incurred in securing the for what incorporation of the association. purpose to be levied. Liability of members for debts of the association. Powers of the association to etc. 22. No member of the association shall, as such, be held liable for any debt, claim or demand due by the association or for the acts or defaults of the said association beyond the sum owing by him, if any, for dues and assessments; and any member of the association not indebted as aforesaid, may retire therefrom by giving notice of his intention so to do in such form as may be required by the rules and regulations of the association, and shall after his resignation has been accepted be free from any debt, liability or engagement of the association. 23. The said association shall have power to pass pass by-laws, by-laws, rules and regulations, not being contrary to law, or to the provisions of this Ordinance, with power to amend or repeal the same from time to time, for all purposes bearing upon or relating to the well-being of the association, including the regulating of round-ups, and the suspension, expulsion and retirement of members. Stock districts. Bow River. Medicine Hat. Maple Creek. 24. The stock districts created by this Ordinance are the following, viz: Bow River, Medicine Hat, Maple Creek, Lethbridge, Sheep Creek, High River, Willow Creek and Pincher Creek. (1) The stock district of Bow River shall consist of the territory bounded on the north by the Red Deer River, on the west by the eastern boundary of the Province of British Columbia, on the south by the Bow River and on the east by the line between ranges nine and ten west of the fourth initial meridian in the Dominion Lands system of surveys. (2) The stock district of Medicine Hat shall consist of the territory bounded on the north by the Red Deer River, on the west by the line between ranges nine and ten west of the fourth initial meridian according to the Dominion Lands survey system, on the south by the international boundary line and on the east by the line between ranges one and two west of the said fourth initial meridian. (3) The stock district of Maple Creek shall consist of the territory bounded on the north by the south |