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Maps, plates, charts, etc., may be filmed at different reduction ratioa. Those too large to be entirely Included in one exposure are filmed beginning in the upper left hand corner, left to right and top to bottom, aa many framea aa required. The following diagrama llluatrate the method: Lea cartes, planches, tableaux, etc., peuvent Atre filmAa A das taux de rAduction diff Arents. Lorsque le document est trop grand pour Atra raproduit an un seul cilchA, ii est fllmA A partir de Tangle supArieur gauche, de gauche A droite, et de haut an Ims, an prenant le nombre d'images nAcessalra. Lea diagrammes suivants illustrant la mAthoda. 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 S 6 Cr- op *rHE Ulldland District AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. m^ ifVi v^-yf ■ .V 1 ■ ^ !-• '. r 1 -■ : '^ ■ ■., ■■• ' i . '.■: 1 , (P • • V .* ' • f - ft * ,* ' ' ^ 1 '■ ..'r;*^^' tl tl a: a i( The Midland District Agprlcnltural Society Hdd their Adjourned Meeting at Bath^ on Tuesday the 2bth July, 1837, whe-% the following CONSTITUTION was agreed upon. . ■ , 4 Whereas an Act was passed in the first Session of the Provincial Parliament for the encouragement of Agriculture, in which it is provided that whenever the sum of twenty-five pounds or upwards shall have heen raised by Subscription?, by Agricultural Societies in any District, a bounty of double the sum actually subscribed and paid shall be allowed by Go- vernment : Wherefore to assist in carrying more fully into effect the judicious views of the Legislature for the general improvement of the Province, the Society heretofore estab- lished and designated by the name of the Midland District Agricultural Society, be and is hereby continued by the name and designation of The Midland Distbict Agricultural Society, conformably to the following ^ Mule^ an^ Kesulatfon:^. 1st. That the affairs of this Society shall be conducted by a General Board, composed of the President, Recording and Corresponding Secretaries, Treasurer, together with the Vice Presidents and Directors of County Boards, to be chosen once a year from among the members at their general Annual Meeting, to be held at Bath on the first Tuesday in May in each and every year. 2d. The General Board of Directors, either by order of the President, or upon a requisition made by any three mem- bers of the Board, to the .Recording Secretary in writing, shall, at any time after their election, meet at such times and places as may be deemed expedient, any four of whom, toge- ther with the President, or in his absence one of the Vice Presidents, shall form a quorum to do business. The Vice Presidents, Secretaries and Treasurer shall be ex-officio Di- rectors. All questions shall be decided by a majority of votes, and in case of an equal division upon any question discussed at such meetings, the presiding officer shall have a casting vote. 3d. It shall be the duty of the Recording Secretary to give notice of all meetings of the General Board, called by the Pres- ident, or upon the requisition of any ^r Lamb, Robert McMichael, Albert McMillan, Archd. McRory, Wesley Spooner, Reuben Snook, Tunis Thibido, Augustus Vanalstine, Lambert Yeomans, H. Brought forward, 1 s. ds.. 15 a 10 10 a 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 • & 15 ' TOWNSHIP OF PITTSBURGH. Baddely, F. H. » «• 10 Cowan, Alex. Sen. h m 10 Cowan, Alex. Jun. m 10 Cowan, John, Sen. , 10 Chesnut, Samuel m 10 Ferguson, William •t 10 Ford, L. S. (Donation) » 6 Logie, Major . 10 Marks, John ■ w^ 15 Mclntyre, Archd. . 10 Rice, Thomas m, 10 Russell, James •m 10 Strachan, John m, 10 Strachan, George - 10 Stark, Alexander ■» 10 8 10 TOWNSHIPS OF LOUGHBOROUGH AND PORTLAND. Dennison, Thomas' - - 10 Ilolditch, Wm. - - - 1 Simpkins, William. - - 10 0? Willobj, Anthony . - - 10 COUNTY OF LtKOX. Benson, John Cartwright, J- S. Couison, George Carried over. 2 10 10 2 10 10 3 10 (» ii%'! (^ti^f 10 ■ IS 10 , •• : rj.tfj-.'^v.ji.;. 10 '• . ' : ^ 10 N. •• 10 *. ' 10 ;*i v:^m.if-^.' . -^ 10^ ■^ , :.'^;|" /^ /;!/ .10 ■_ .-n'li. mmo: .'#:"^-r ^^e-C :. Dd^lTATIONSi ' Armstrong, Laucelot Bowen, 'Hiomas Cramer, C. G. ^ Chamberlain, J.'P. Kimmerly, Gaftat Margach, A. W. ^' Pringle, John t). Robliu, D. - Tanner, William \ Thompson, Alex. ;^.;il r». o^h- u. ...pi a. d. 5 d* '6 5 5 2 6 5 5 7 6 5 5 2 10 Subscriptions^iki'Counl^d]r Lenox, 10 5 do. do. FrontenaiB, 39 5 Donations do. do. 8 5 )i Total, 60 5 Kingttott, Sept, 1, 1887. ;"DAVID JOHN SMITH, TREASiraEB. ■[Cbrotitciv Print, Kingston. . ^ -V l^> . .1 i' , I .:■ -> -■'•*«■