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Les diagrammes suivants illustrent la m^thode. 1 2 3 4 5 6 mm BY-LAWS OF THE ASSOCIATION OF ONTARIO LAND SURVEYORS, Definitions in the following By-laws as defined by the " Ontario Land Surveyors' Act." The word "Association" means "Council" , " "Board" " " "Chairman '' " " " Secretary " " The Association of Ontario Land Definitions Surveyors. The Council of Management. The Board of Examiners. The Chairman of Council. Secretary-Treasurer. PREAMBLE. The following By laws are enacted under the powers Authority for granted by the " Ontario Land Surveyors' Act "- 34, Ont. Stat. 1892.) -(Cap. 15y-laws. THK ASSOCIATION. 1. The Annual General Meeting of the Association shall Annual Meet be held (as provided by said Act) in the City of Toronto, i"o1,°'^''°""" on the fourth Tuesday in February in each year, at such place as may be selected by the Council. • 2. Special meetings of the Association may be called by Special Meet- the President, or shall be called by him at the written re- "'^'*" quest of ten or more members. 3. Due notice of such meetings shall be given by the ^;"li<•<-' t<. be Secretary to each member of the Association i)y circular J^Vitry.'^^ ^'''^ letter posted to his registered address at least 10 days before any such meeting. 4. Fifteen members shall form a quorum at any meeting Constitution ot of the Association for the transaction of business. quorum. THE COUNCIL. 5. In addition to the duties assigned to the Council by Duties oi said Act, it shall have the direction and management of c°"'"^''' all the affairs of the Association, and shall appoint the several Standing Committees and name the Chairman of each. Regular meetings of Council. Speciiil meetings of Council. Notice to be given bv Secre- tary. Constitnlion ol (IMon.ni. Annual Re|)ort of Council. Board of Exam- iners to report to Council. Standing Committees. 6. There shall be three regular meetings of the Council in each year, one to be held on the first day of the annual meeting of the Association, and one during each of the meetings of the Board as prescribed by said Act. 7. Special meetings may be called by the President or <^hairman. 8. Due notice of every such meeting shall be given by th(; Secretary (as above provided) to each member of the Council. 9. At any meeting Ol" the Council when business relatino- to the property or to the financial affairs of the Association IS transacted, five members shall form a quorum ; for the transaction of any other business three shall ' form a quorum. 10. The Council shall make a report of the affairs of the Association at the Annual Meeting, which report shall in-, elude the report of the Secretary and also of the Board oi Examiners. 11. The Board of Examiners shall make a report to the Council at the meeting held in November in each year. STANDING COMMITTEES. 12. The Standing Committees shall be as follows : each shall be composed of not less than 5 and not more than o members. ^ Committee on Land Surveying. .,.,,... . Each Standing Committee shall present to the Associa- te Association, tion or to the Council an Annual Report on the work done by said Committee, Provision for intelings. Standing Coin- niitlees to report Older of business. ORDER OF HUSINESf AT MEETINGS Ol' ASSOCIATION. 14. The following shall be the order of business at the meetings oi the Association :— 1. Reading of minutes of [irevious meeting, 2. Reading of correspondence and accounts. 3 Reports and papers. 4. Unfinislied business. 5. New business. 6. Nomination of officers (if at the General Annual Meeting). 7. Adjournment. KULES. ■ 15. All motions must be in writing, and shall contain p-ocedure tile names of the mover and seconder, and must be read from the Chair before being discussed 16. Reports of Committees must be in writing and Report""* signed by the Chairman thereof. Committees. 17. No member shall speak on any subject more than Rules oi speech. once, except the introducer of the subject, who shall be entitled to reply ; every member, however, shall have the right to explain himself subject to the discretion of the Chair. 18. When a motion has been finally put to the meeting by the Chairman, all discussion thereon shall be closed. 19. Any motion may be re-opened by a majority vote of those present. 20. The Chairman of the meeting shall appoint two scrutineers when a ballot is taken, as defined in sec. 22 hereof. 21. Every member while speaking shall address the Chair. 22. All voting at any General or Annual Meeting shall be by standing vote, unless a ballot be demanded' by at least two members. 23. Parliamentary rules to govern in all cases not pro- vided for in preceding sections. DUTIKS OF OlFICERS. 24. The President, or in his absence the Vice-President, Presidinsr shall preside at all meetings of the Association ; in the ab- "«>«<■ at AsspcI. sence of both, the meeting shall appoint a Chairman. ''"°" '"^'='"'«^' Discussion closed. Majority vote may re-open any motion. Appointment of Scrutineers. Speakers to dress the Si)( adc Cliair. Voting at Gen- oral or Annual Meetings. Parliamentary rules to govern. 25. The Chairman shall preside at all meetings of the Presiding licer at C 1 meetings. ^ ., . , . : : 1'-—"-- "•• "" iin.(-i.iijj^s ut tne Pre Council ; in Ins al)sence the meeting shall appoint a pre ''"'^^'' ■" ''"""■ siding oflicer. 26. In addition to the duties assigned to him by said Duties of secre- Act, the Secretary- rreasurer shall keep an accurate ""'^'^'■"^'''*"'''"'' record of the proceedings at all meetings of both the Association and the Council in separate books conduct all correspondence, announce all meetings' receive all fees and subscriptions and other moneys.' He shall, under the direction of the. Council, deposit all moneys in such bank or other financial institu- tion as it may select. He shall pay no bills unless sanc- tioned by the Courxil and signed by the Chairman. All payments of Sio.oo and upwards to be made by cheque, signed by the Secretary and countersigned by the President, or ill his absence by the Chairman of the Council. He shall submit an account of all moneys received and paid by hint under the said Act and these Bydaws to the Council at the Annual General Meeting of the Association, and shall per- form such other duties as may from time to time be as- signed by the Council. 27. The Secretary-Treasurer shall give bonds in the usual form to the amount of $i,ooo, such bond to be in the custody of the President, and deposited in the bank where the funds of the Association are kept. The Sec-Treas. to uive bonds. Where they shall be deposit- ed. Examination of candidates for appr cnticeship Examination of candidates for admission to practice. EXAMINAT'ONS. 28. Candidates for admission to apprenticeship are to be examined as follows, in the subjects prescribed in Rev. Stat. Ont., C. 152, S. 7.; and no candidate will be admitted unless he obtains at least the minimum marks set opposite each subject, and at least a total of 350. Max. Min. Subject. Marks. Marks. 1. Penmanship ^o 30 2. Orthography 50 40 3. Arithmetic (Fractions, Decimals. Square Root) . . 100 40 4. Logarithms, Algebra (including Equations ist •degree) 100 30 5. Euclid, (Books I, 2, 3 and 4.) 100 40 6. Plane Trigonometry and Rules for Spherical 100 30 7. Mensuration of Superficies 50 25 8. Linear Drawing Cuse of ruling pen and construc- tion of scales) go 25 29. Candidates for admission to practice are to be ex- amined as follows, in the subjects prescribed in Rev. Stat. Ont., C. 152, S. 10 ; and no candidate will be admitted unless he obtains at least the minimum marks set opposite each subject, and at least a total of 900. Max. Min. Si-BJiicT. Marks. Marks. 1. Geometry, including the first 6 Books of Euclid, excepting the last thirteen propositions of the 5th Book 100 50 2. Algebra (Simple and Quadratic liquations. Pro- gressions and Exponents) 100 40 3. Trigonometry (Plane and Spherical) 100 50 4. Mensuration of Superficies and laying out and dividing land igo 75 5. Descriptions by metes and bounds 100 75 The Council to regulate exiim- inations. Complaints ajjainst mem - bers or any un- licensed practi- tiouertobe filed with Secretary. The Chairman may call a spec- ial meeting-. Procedure where the dolin- queiit is a mem- ber. Procedure where the deliti- cjuent is an un- licensed practi- tioner. The Council has power to pass By-laws. Max. Min. Subject. Marks. Marks. C. Use and adjustment by instruments for survey- ing and levelling' TOO 70 7. Laying out of Curves co 20 8. Practical Astronomy, including finding of Time, Latitude, Longitude, Azimuth Var : of com- p?ss and drawing meridian lines 150 75 9. Survey Act 150 go 10. Mining Act, Registry Act, Municipal Act, Ditches and Water-courses Act (so far as they relate to surveys and drainage) 100 35 11. Levelling 50 ^q 12. Principles of Evidence anddravving up affidavits. 80 30 13. Taking of field notes and preparing of plans. . . 100 60 14. Geology and Mineralogy, Rudiments of ...... . 75 25 30. If a candidate for admission to practice obtains at least the total of goo marks, but fails to obtain the mini- mum marks in at most two of the subjects, such candidate may at a subsequent examination be examined only in the two subjects in which he has failed, 31. The Council may make from time to time such regulations as it considers necessary for the proper carry- ing out of these examinations. 32. Any complaint against a member of the Association or against any unlicensed practitioner shall be filed with the Secretary, who shall immediately forward the same to the Chairman. It the matter complamed is ot a serious and pressing nature, the Chairman may at his discretion call a special meeting of tlie Council for the purpose of 'learing snid com- plaint ; if not so acted on, the complai/it shall be heard at the next regular meeting of the Council. In the case of a member of the As.sociation, the Coun- cil shall take action as defined in the said Act. In the case of any unlicensed practitioner, the Council if satisfied as to the justice of the charge, shall name a prosecutor and direct him as to his action in the conduct of the case, and shall allot sucli portion of the penalties or authorize the payment of such fees as it may deem ex- pedient. 33. The Council shall have power to pass any By-law whicii it deems expedient for the good of the Association and such By-law shall have the same force until the next Annual Meeting, as if it had been passed by the Associa- tion. Such By-law must be reported to the Association at the next Annual Meeting, and action taken tliereon. All members of the Association shall be notified by tlie Secretary of the passing of such By-law by the Council, B Adoj cont unti and pat am wil coj tre nu an UK in lir RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE o( tiai Adopted by the Boavd o/Exaim the authority of Bylaw 31 ners and ratiiied by the Council under .„a ^Jii^rS^^^ l-^^l'ted't'o w.i.e on any .ue.lcn on .uch papers at any future sitting. ,. u „f nv 3. Any candidate obtaining assist^uiee during '^^ ^Z^J^Si-. aniin-'a.ionfby c°py'"8 tf Pff, ^L.'wSe w^ sliall permit sucl, c^<;pyinror?!vfS-!st::ce!'w\.rbe considered ec.uaUy guilty and trpated similarly. , • ^ j ,. EaC, sheet of paper fhaiU.avo a. the top . he sub.ect^^^^^^ number of question and f ■■' be- Mgned =• - Wdc , ^y __^^^^_ ^^^ __^^ l^re Tht 01 :;;lt Jr shTbe wnl.ciron t.!e same sheet of paper. " ,. The candidate sha.I not write on one Hn-ore than one^stej, ifnS' b';;ttforn;r»lS;da m-^p il^stanJ^be'p'u. 01/the same fine. They should be written thus : Because A = 1^ And 13 = C Therefore A = C 6 No other person than the examiners, Secretary and the candi- date shin be adiiitted into the e..am,nat,on room. No books or diaijrams of any kind, except those allowed by „e &arf,'haU b- brot^ht into the examination room. 8 8. Candidates arc to present themselves punctually at the hours appointed for the commencement of the examinations, and no candi- dates will be allowed to enter the examination room later than fifteen minutes after that time, nor will any candidate be permi' -d to leave the room during a sitting, but so soon as he has finished his ;)apers he may hand thejn to the examiner, after which he will not be allowed to re-enter until the next sitting. . g. A candidate rejected by the Ijoard shall not be entitled to a new examination before the next regular meeting of the Board. 10. Each candidate for " Admission to Practice " shall brinff with him an instrument suitable for taking the necessary observations re- quire, in sec. (8), By-law 29, which he shall submit to the Board for their examination and approval, and he shall also submit a plan and held notes of a survey, all made by himself, which will be filed