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Laa diagrammas suivants llluatrant la mithoda. 1 2 3 nx 1 2 3 4 5 6 * •*• UN * * * * * ■■<\ * FRU . '■■i'i'",-t. ' '^' >»:■.; >.: .; ,■• \ AN ACT M EEPEAL A CERTAI . MAKE BE FOR THE (If ▲NO ALSO TO PBOYIDB FOR THB PBOMOTION OF SffiCHANICAL SCIENCE. aO VIOTORIJB, OAF. XZIII. .4tL /^ ^ V ■%li X TOKONTO: T PRINTEJt) BY STEWAET DEEBISHIEE ac GEORGE DESBAEATS, T Law Printer to the Queen's Mo«t Excellent Majesty. r ,, ' ■ ' >" : 1857. , ^;. W##t4'44^4^t4'4«HH^4-4-*i^|H^4'4'*4H>-#^ •4> 15 ff AN ACT TO REPEAL A CERTAIN ACT THEREIN MENTIONED, AMD MAKE BETTER PROVISION FOR THE ENCOURAOMfiNT OF AGRICULTURfi, AMD ALSO ^93 70 PROYIDH FOR THE PROMOnON OF MECHANICAL SCIENCE. 20 VIOTORIJE, OAF. ZZZII. ♦►• ('x ^ TORONTO: PRINTED BY STEWART DERBISHIRE & GEORGE DESBARATS» Law Printer to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty. 1867. •A V ; . • •• • • « . .* V« ••• . r • • ! • • • •• *«* ••• • • • ft *ft* • • ft • *•* • ••« *• • •• « ft •• • •• ft •• • ft •• •/• •• • ft* • ft • «4 • • ft • ftft • •••» ••*«• ft .». ... 3JiJX ANNO VICESIMO VICTORIA REGINyt:. CAP. XXXII. An Act to repeal a certain Act therein mentioned, and make better provision for the encouragement of Agriculture, and also to provide for the promotion of Mechanical Science. [Assented to lOth June, 1857.] WHEREAS by the Parliamentary Representation Act of PreamUt 1853, Upper Canada has been divided into new Electo- ral Divisions, it is therefore desirable to extend to such new Divisions, the Provisions of the Act passed in the sixteenth year of Her Majesty's Keign, chapter eleven, to provide far the 16 V. c. 11. establishment of a Bureau of Agriculture^ and to amend and con- solidate the Leaps relating' to Agriculture^ and to malce further amendments in the said Act, and it is convenient that such amendments and so much of the said Act as shall not be afl'ected thereby shall be read as one Act; And whereas it is also desirable to promote the development of Mechanical talent among the people of this Province, by disseminatin? instruction in mechanics and the liindred sciences., and by affording increased facilities for the Study of Models anC Apparatus ; And whereas for the attainment of this object, by these means, it is expedient to provide for tlie establishment of Central Boards of Administration in Upper and Lower Canada respectively, connected and co-operating with the Mechanics' Institutes of the several Cities, Towns and Villages in the pursuit tliereof; And whereas it is also desirable to extend encouragement to Arts and Manufactures, and stimu- late the ingenuity of Mechanics and Artizans by means of prizes and distinctions, distributed and awarded on the same principle as has been already so successfully applied to the encouragement of Agriculture in this Province: Therefore, Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Assembly of Canada, enacts as follows : 1* Act 10 V. 0. 1 1, i-epculod. But Koi'ietiov umlor it to ooutiiiiio. Cap. 32. Agricultural if* Mechanical Science. 20 Vict. I. From and nl'tor tho passing of this Act, the Act cited in the pnmmblc to \h\» Act sliuli be, and tho same is hereby re- pealed ; but all Acts thereby n^pj^ttled Blmli remain repealed, and the Bureau of Agrieullure and all Agricultural Societies", Assm^iatiouH and Boards of A|t,'iicullure incorporated or other- wis(> en'aled, continued or reeo<»uized by, or which have been lawfully organized or establishi'd under llie said Act, shall (iontinue as if ihe said Act werti siill in foiec, cxeept in so far as the said Buvcnui of such Soi'iriii-s, A>»()eiatlons or Boards may be aliert'il or uliecled by this Act. BUREAU OF AGIUCULTURE. Minister of Agrioulture and Uiireau thereof. 11. Tho Bureau of Agriculture shall continue to be attached to one of the Public Departments, and \\w Head of such De- partment shtill be ehargiul witii the direction of the said Bureau, and shall in respect thereof be known as tin; Minister of Agri- culture. MiniHter to be member of all Boards of Agriculture in this Pro- Tinoe i Boards to elect Pre- sidents, &o. Minister to receive appli- cations for Patents fur Inventions, &c. To be a Mem- ber of Board of Registra- tion, &o. III. The said Minister shall be ex officio Member of all Boards of Agriculture which now are or hereafter may be es- tablished in this Province. It shall and may be lawful for the Members of the Board of Agriculture to elect from among themselves a President and Vice-President at their first meeting and every annual meeting thereafter. IV. The said Minister shall also receive all applications, drawings, descriptions, specifications and models lor or rela- ting to Patents for Inventions in this Province, and shall keep the records thereof; and all Acts now in force relating to Patents for Inventions and which direct any thing to be done by or through the Provincial Secretary, shall be iield to have directed the same to be done by or through the said Minister. V. The said Minister shall also be a Member of the Bo. rd of Begistralion and Statistics, in the place of the Inspeetor General and shall be the Chairman thereof, and shall under the geiioral dircelion of th(; said Board, have charge of the Cen- sus and other Statistical Uelurns. To collect facts relating to Agricul- ture, &c., and disseminate n the same. His annual report. VF. It shall be the duty of the said Minister to institute iii^ quirif'S and collect useful facts and statistics relating to the Agricultural, Mechanical and Manufacturing interests of Ihe Province, and to adopt measures for disseminating or publish- ing the same in such manner and form as he may hnd best adapted to promote improvement within the Province, and to encourage immigration from other Countries ; and he shall submit to Parliament within ten days after the opening of each Session thereof a detailed and succinct Report of his pro- ceedings. VII. I»j7. Agricultural r8onH who iihall have been nominated by the gn'atest numlwr of Societies shall be Members of the said Boards ri'spi'ctiveiy, in the phice of the Members vaeuting their sealH as aforesaid. Vacnncien which may at any time hajipcn thronjjfh di'ath, resifrtiiition or otherwise, may he (iMed up by the Cit)vernor in Council. Xn. In case of an equality of votes for one or more of the persons so nominated, the Minister of A^'rieulturc shall decide which shall be, the Member, and he shall cause the persons so nominaii'tl, and the; Hoards to which they are nominated respectively, to be inunediHtely notified i»f tlic ri'sult. XIII. It shall not be lawful for cither of the said Boards to Ray or allow any sum to a Member thereof, for acting as such lember, except tin; amount of his actual necessary ex|>enses in attending the regular meetings of tli(^ Board ; but each of the said Boards may appoint a SecnMary fiom among themselves or otherwise, and may pay him a reasonable salary for his services. XIV. The regidar Meetings of the sui*! Boards shall be held pursuant to adjournment, or be called by the Secretary at the instance of the President or Vice-President, or upon the written reque-it of any three Members, and at h-ast five days' notice of such Meeting shall be given to each Member, and it shall Chairman pro be lawful for the Board in the absence of the President and tempore. Vice-President, to appoint a Chairman pro tempore^ and five Members shall be a quorum. Mombors to act gratuit- ously. Hocrotarics may bo paid. Reg«Iar meet Ings of the Boaida. Dutien of Boards of Agriculture. Experimental farm. Musenmand Library, &c. Btcords of their trans- •otions. XV. It shall be the duty of the said Board to receive the Reports of Agricultural Societies, and before granting the cer- tificates hereinafter mentioned, to see that they have complied with the law ; to take measures, with the approbation of the Minister of Agriculture, to procure and set in operation a mo- del, illustrative or experimental fkrm or farms in their respec- tive sections of the province, and in connexion with any puolic school, college or university, or otherwise, and to manage and conduct the same, to collect and establish, at Toronto and Montreal respectivelv, an Agricultural Museum and an Agri- cultural and Horticultural Library, to take measures to obtain from other countries animals of new or improved breeds, new varieties of grain, seeds, vegetables or other agricultural pro- ductions, new or improved implements of husbandry or new machines which may appear adaped to facilitate agricultural operations, and to test the quality, value and usefulness of such animals, grain, seeds, vegetables or other productions, imple- ments or machines, and generally to adopt every meaijs in their power to promote improvement in the agriculture of this Pro- vince ; and the said Boards shall keep a Record of their respective transactions, and shall from time to time publish, in such 1867. Agricultural Sf Mechanical Science. Cap. 32. on a mo- fluoh manner and form m to secure the widotit circulation PHbliMhlng nmonff tlio Agricultural SocietiuH and farmers ffcncrally, all reporti, ci- Bucli KeportH, iCttsays, Lectures and other useful information **^'' **^' as the snid Hoartls respectively may |)rocurc and adjudge suitable I'ur publication ; and ifthesaid Doardsor eitherof them JonfiaU or simll j/ublisli a monthly Journal, or adopt ns their channel o( Agriculture. n.uimunication with Ai(riculturol Societies the Agrir litural .lournals now published in Upper and Lower Conada respect- ively, it shall be the duty of nil Agricultural SocicticH receiving any share of the Public Grant to give at least one month's notice of the time and place ol holding their Exhibitions in the Jour- nals so published orado])tud by the said Uoards respectively. XVI. The said Boards shall transmit to the Bureau of Agri- Copies of By- culture a copy of their resolutions, IJy-laws or other formal }"'''• ^^j' V}^ proceedings, immediately after the adoption thereof; and every Bureau. " * resolution. By-law, or other proceeding of the said Boards respectively which may involve an expenditure of money to an , amount exceeding ten pounds, shall not be passed except with the assent of a majority of the members thereof. XVII. Each of thu said Boards shall continue to be a Body Each Board to Corporate, and shall have power to acciuire and hold land and t« a Corpora- personal property for the purposes of its incorporation, sell, lease or otherwise dispose of the same. and to "ott-powe" a» Huch. BOARDS OF ARTS AND MANUFACTURES. XVHI. There shall be, and there is hereby created and Boords conBti- established, in and for Upper Canada, one Corporation or Body tutod for Up- Corporate, to be composed as hereinafter provided, and to be P" Caiuda. and be called '* The Board of Arts and Manufactures for Upper Canada." XIX. There shall be, and there is hereby created and Board for established, in and for Lower Canada, one Corporation or Body ^J^^ ^*' Corporate, to be composed as hereinafter provided, and to be and be called " The Board of Arts and Manufactures for Lower Canada." XX. The said Corporations shall consist and be composed Ofwhomth«j respectively of the Mmister of Agriculture, for the time being, f^^j^ respeot- (who shall be ex officio a member of each), of the Professors of »'e'y <«»>»««• and Lecturers on the various branches ot physical science in all the Chartered Universities and Colleges m Upper and Lower Canada respectively, and the Chief Superintendents in Upper and in Lower Canada respectively, for the time being, ex officio^ the Presidents for the time being ot and one Delegate from each of the Boards of Trade, and the Presidents of and Delegates from ' each of the incorporated Mechanics' Institutes, or of any in- corporated Arts Associations qualified as hereinafter mentioned, in s iH Cap. 32. Agricultural ^ Mechanical Science. 20 Vict. in Upper and Lower Canada respectiveljr, such Delegates to be chosen annually as hereinafter is provided. XXI. The said Corporations shall have power to acquire and hold real or immoveable property, for the purposes ol^the Cor- poration, and may sell, exchange, leuse or otherwise dispose of or depart with the same, from ti.ne to time. XXII. The Board of Trade in each City and Town in Upper Canada, shall, at its first meeting after the first day of July next, and thereafter at its first meeting in the month of January, in each and every year, elect and accredit to the Board of Arts and Manufactures for Upper Canada, one of its body as a member thereof. And so in XXIII. The Board of Trade in each Cily and Town in Lower LowerCanada. Canada, shall, at its first meeting after th(! first day of July next, and thereafter at its first meeting in the month of January, in each and every year, elect- and accredit to the Board of Arts and Manufactures for Lower Canada, one of its body as a member thereof. Corporate powers. Beard of Trade in U. C. to 8''nd Members. Mechanics' Institutes to send Members Proviso. XXIV. Each incorporated Mechanics' Institute in Upper and Lowor Canada respectively, shall^ at its first raeetjng after the first day of July next, and thereafter at its first meeting, in the month of January, in each and every year, elect and accredit to the Board of Arts and Manufactures in Upper pr Lower Canada respectively, (according as its place of meeting is in Upper or Lower Canada,) one delegate for every twenty members on its roll, being actual working mechanics or manufacturers, and having paid a subscription of at least five shillings each, to its funds for Uie year then last past ; Provided always that no such Mechanics' Institute shall be entitled to elect and accredit any such delegate to the Boa^d of Arts and Manufactures, unless it shall have paid and con- tributed to the funds of such Board, at least one tenth of the amount of Government aid granted to such Institute during the year then last past. XXV. The Auditor shall transmit to the Boards of Arts and Manufactures for Upper and Lower Canada respectively, in mlotv^rly' ^^^ month of March, in each and every year, statements of the to each Board, number of Members on the Books, and the revenue, exclusive of Provincial aid, of each Mechanics' Institute, in Upper or Lower Canada respectively. Auditor to transmit a Names of De- legates to be transmitted to Secretary of proper Board. Proviso : cer- tain ot^er XXVI. The .lames of the Delegates so elected shall be forth- with transmitted by the Secretary of the BQ&rd or Institute electing them, to the Secretary of the Board to which they are elected, who shall thereupon inscribe their names upon the Roll crfthe Members ot the said Board, for the year then about to commence ; Provided always, that together with such^names when transmitted 20 Vict. •elegates to icquirc and of the C'or- iae dispose n in Upper lay of July )f January, ard of Arts body as a ti in Lower lay of July if January, ard o( Arts body a^ a in Upper It meeting at its first !very year, factures in s its place e legate for I working iption of at 1 last past ; te shall be the Board d and con- enth of the during the )f Arts and ctively, in ents of the exclusive 1 Upper or 11 be forth- ^ Institute h they are upon the m about to imeswhen -wsmitted 1867. Agricultural'^ Mechanical Science. Cap. 32. 9 statements to accompany it. Proceedings if any Mecha- nics' Institute elects too many Dele- gates, transmitted by the Secretary of a Mechanics' Institute, there be transmitted a statement verified by the oalli of the Secretary trans- mitting the same,to be taken before a Justice of the Peace, of the names of all the members on the roll of fmr\\ Mechanics' Ins^titute, being actual working mechanics or manufacturer, and having paid subscriptions of at least five shillings each to ils fundf*, for the year then last past ; and if it shall ajijM^ar, either by the said statement or by that transmitted by the Auditor, that any such Mechanics' Institute has elected too many Delegates, then the Scc.Tctary of the Board shall abstain from recording any of the names of the Delegates of siicli Mechanics' Institute, and shall submit the u)atter to the Board at its first meeting; and it shall be lawful for the -^aid Board, if they see fit, to adjudge that such Mechanics' Inslitulc sliall not he entitled to any Delegate for the year then next, or otherwise lo decide by vote or ballot which Dcicgalc? or Dclcgules thereof shall be re- jected ; and in this latter case th<' names of the rc^maining Delegate or Delagalcs shall be forihwilh inscribed by the Secretary of the said Board on ihc Roll of the Members thereof, for the year then about to commence. XXVII. It shall be the duty of the said Boards of Arts and Duties oitlie Manufactures to take measures, with the approbation of the Boaidsof Arts Minister of Agriculture, to collect and establish at Toronto and tures^^"'^"*'^'^' Montreal respectively, for the instruction of practical mechanics and artizans, museums of minerals and other material sub- Museums, stances and chemical compositions, susceptible of being used Model rooms m Mechanical Arts and Manufactures, with model rooms ap- ''°'* ^'^'*"®^- propriately stocked and sup|)lied with models of works of art, and of implements and mnchincs other than implements of husbandry and machines adapted to facilitate agricultural operations, and free libraries of refi^rcnce, containing books, plans and drawings, selected with a view to the imparting of useful information in connexion with Mechanical Arts and Manufactures, to take measures to obtain fr6m other countries obtaining new new or improved implements and machines, not being imple- Implements ments of husbandry or machines specially adapted to facilitate andMochi- agricultural operations, to test the quality, value and usefulness ^^^' ^' ol such implements and machines, and generally to adopt every means in their power to promote improvement in the Mechanical Arts and in Manufactures in this Province ; and the Minister of Agriculture may caus(' duplicates or copies of ¥•"!***' **^ models, plans, specimens, drawings and specifications depoi^ited may couso'^du- in the Patent Olftce, and upon which Patents of Invention have plicatesofspe- issued, to be made, from lime to lime, and placed in the Model jJq**^**'^^' Rooms, Museums or Libraries of the said Boards of Arts and placed in such Manufactures respectively ; and it shall be lawful for the said Museums. Boards respectively, with the consent and approbation of the Boards to Minister of Agriculture, to establish in connexion with their ^*^H^^ - respective Museums, Modol Rooms or Libraries, S(!hools of Deaign, &o. Design for Women, on the most approved plan, and furnished and supplied in the most complete and approprifite manner, that 10 Cap. 82. Agricultural ^ Mechanical Sdmce. 20 Vict. ■ 1857. that the funds at their disposal may admit of, regard being had to the claims thereon of the other objects for which they Also to found are hereby established ; and also to found Schools or Colleges Schools for for Mechanics, and to employ competent persons to deliver keep'mords*** l^^ctures on subjects connected with the Mechanical Arts and oftheir trans- Sciences or with Manufactures; and the said Boards shall actions, &c. keep Refcords of their respective transactions, and shall from time to time publish, in such manner and ftwm as to secure Ihc widest circulation among the Mechanics' Institutes and among Mechanics, Artizans and Manufacturers generally, all such Reports, Essays, Lectures and other Lilterary compositions conveying useful information as the said Boards respectively may be able to procure, and judge to be suitable for publica- tion. ness I' ! -' I' ir!'' for what poses. Boards to XXVIII. The said Boards of Arts and Manufactures shall ""''^fi^^Jh'*' respectively have power and authority to make and ordain such "" " By-laws, Rules, Orders and ll(?gulations, not being contrary to this Act, or to the laws of this Province, as may be deemed necessary, touching the disposition and management of their funds, property and affairs, and the execution ot the duties and powers Intrusted to them by this Act, and the same from time to time to repeal or alter and make others in their stead ; and copies of all such By-laws, Rules, Orders and Regulations, and of the minutes of all the proceedings of the said Boards, shall be transmitted forthwith after they are made to the Bureau of Agriculture. Copies to be sent to the Bureau. XXIX. The said Boards of Arts and Manufactures shall meet at the Cities of Toronto and Montreal respectively, four times in every year, that is to say, on the first Tuesday in each of the months of January, April, July and October, provided such Tuesday be not a holiday, in which case the meeting shall take place the next day thereafter, not being a holidday ; and it shall be the duty of the President of either of the said Boards, and in his absence from the Province, or in the case of a vacancy in the office of President, then of the Vice-President, whenever he may deem it necessary or be required, by any ten members thereof so to do, to call a special meeting of the same, in the interval between any two quarterly meetings ; Provided always that such special meeting shall not take place until seven clear days after a written or printed notice signed by the Secretary of the Board, and specifying the day, hour and place oi meeting, and the object or objects for which the same is Called, shall have been mailed to the address of each member of the Board. Each Board to XXX. Each of the said Boards shall, at its quarterly meet- ^t \to»-'*' ^^^^ "^ January, in each and every year, elect from among its Prteidenti&c, members a President, Vic^-Pitesident and a" SeciWary and and a sub- Trtlli^ttterV to hold office for the ehsuing year, or \itx\\ the elec- **'™****** tibn of their successors, tod shall and ' may ' aj|j|K>int a Sub-committee Regular meet- inss of the said Boards. Who shall pre- side. 8p«dal meet- ings. Proviso : as to special meet- ings. 1857. Agricultural ^ Mechanical Science. Cap. 33. 11 Sub-committee of not less than five nor more than nine of their number for the managemenl during the year of such affairs of the Board as may by any B- w be entrusted to them ; and the President and Vice-Presi. t shall be ex officio members of such Sub-committee, anc^ c^ majority of the members of such Quorum. Sub-committee shall be a quorum for the transaction of busi- ness ; and in case of a vacancy occurring in any of the said Vacancies. offices in the course of the year, either by death or resignation, such vacancy may be filled up by election as aforesaid, at any quarterly meeting, or at a meeting specially called for that purpose : Provided that each such Board may be organized ft-ovi«o : orga- during the present year at any lime and place to be named by "^'i^t'O" 'or the Minister of Agriculture, of which public notice shall have been previously given by the said Minister, in such manner and for such time as he may approve, and the officers appointed at such time and place so to be named by the said Minister, shall hold office until the election-of their successors in January next. the present year. AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATIONS. 'ds, shall be XXXI. The Members of the Boards of Agriculture and of the who shall he Boards of Arts and Manufactures, the Presidents and Vice- Members in Presidents of all lawfully organized County Agricultural Socie- tTje pSnT^ ties, and of all Horticultural Societies, and all subscribers of Five Shillings annually, to the funds of any such Society, shall, in their respective sections of the Province, be and constitute an Agricultural Association for that section. XXXII. The Members of the Board of Agriculture and of the who shall be Board of x\rt8 and Manufactures, and the Presidents and Vice- Directors. Presidents of County Societies, and of all Horticultural Socie- ties, (or any two members whom a County or Horticultural Society may have appointed Directors instead of its President and Vice-President,) shall be the Directors of such Agricultural Association; a nd it shall befarg^fnllbi'thfeAgrtCTri t ar alAgso c i a- Treasorer. lion if* rieet B TrcatnTcr». XXXIII. The said Associations shall each hold an Annual Annual exhi- Fair or Exhibition, which shall be opened to competitors from i>i'i°?' ^^^ any part of the Province, and the said Directors shall hold an siroct^. annual meeting during the week of the annual Exhibition, and may at such meeting elect a President and Vice-Presidents, Election of and appoint the place for holding the next meeting and Exhibi- P^Mident, &o. tion of the Association, and may take rules and regulations for the management of such Exhibition, and may appoint a local J^<»^ commit- Committee at the place where such exhibition is appointed to be held, and prescribe the powers and duties of the said Com- mittee. ^ XXXIV. The Board of Agriculture, with whom shall for this Council of the ptirpose be associated the President and Vice-President of the ^^J^*, ' Board ipow- M 12 Cap. 32. Agricultvral <$* Mechfinical Science. 20 yiqr. Ii€57. I ,' I Board of Arts and MaHuTactures, or any two persons firom time to time named by the said Board in placf of such President and Vice-President, shall be the Council of ihe Association, with full power to act for and on behalf of the Association between the annual meetings thereof; and all grants of money, sub- scriptions, or other funds made or appropriated to or for the use of the Association, (excej)! money collected by or granted to any local Committee for the local expenses of an Exhibition) shall be received by and expended under the direction of the said Board as such Council, and the Secretary of the Board, together with the Secretary of the Board of Arts and Manufac- tures, shall be ex officio joint Secretaries of the Association. XXXV. All contracts and all legal proceedings by, with, or concerning the association, shall be mnde and had with the Board of Agriculture, so coU'Sti luted as suol' Council, in its Corporate capacity, and no other contracts, agreements, actions or proceedings shall bind or affect the Association. '3iXXIV. It shall be lawful for the Municipality of any City, ties may grant Town, Village, County or Township in this Province, to grant |^"°^',,7pi^r.*^ money or land in aid of the Agricultural Association for that poses of this part of the Province to which the Municipality belongs, or of Act. any Agricultural or Horticultural Society whatever duly organ- ized under this Act, or of any incorporated Mechanics' Institute, within the limits of such Municipality. AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES, UPPER CANADA. Secretaries. Contracts with tho As- sociation. Municipali- Society may be organized ill each Elec- toral Division, Objects of such Societies. Information. Seeds, &c. COUNTY OR KI4KCTOKAT.. DIVISION SOCIBTIRS. XXXVII. An Agricultural Society maybe organized in eachof tlic Electoral Divisions of Upper Canada in which ihere is not one embracing the limits of such electoral division already organized at the date of the passing of this Act, whenever fifty persons shall become Members thereof by signing a De- claration in the form of the Schedule A to this Act an- nexed, and paying each not less than five shillings annually to the Funds of the said Society ; and a true copy of the said Declaration shall, within one month after the money has been so paid, be transmitted to the Board of Agriculture. XXXVIII. The object of the said Societies, and of the Town- ship or Branch Societies in connexion therewith, shall be to en- courage improvement in Agiiculture or Horticulture, or both, by holding Meetings for discussion, and for hearing Lectures Qn subjects connected with the theory and practice of improved Husbandry, by promoting the circulation of the Agricultural Periodicals published in the Province, by importing or other- wise procuring Seeds, Plants and animals of new and valuable kinds, by offering prizes for Essays on Questions of Scientific Enquiry relating to Agriculture or Horticulture, Manufactures and land Works |in the raisii hnent of Ag Ithe product jHowt rs ant Itural or Ho Ifacture or [the Funds < Ibers, or the [above met Society at as liereinal meeting sh make, alto Isuch Socie XXXIX. [in the third shall at su( a Secretary ( XL. TO Societies, receiving I other perso the place c tioii to thos Society : P chanics' In lings annv said Olficei following sUv;cessor8, by this Ac XLI. Tl held pursu given by a Vico-Presi and ai anj XLH. 1 the ordina shall presc ings durin the Memb posite his Were awa the name the same " tions upoi Arts and ] 20 ViCfT. ■i657. Agrictfftural ^ Mechanical Science. Cap.22. 13 ice, to ffrant land Works of Art, and by awarding Premiums for excellence Premiums, linthe raisin^^ or introduction of Stock, the invenl k-u or improve - Iment of Agricultural or Horticultural Implemcnis and Machines, Ithe production of grain and of all kinds of vugetaij!(!s, plants, Iflovvt rs and fruit?*, and generally for excellence in any Agricul- jtural or Horticultural Production or Operation, Article ofManu- Ifacture or Work of Art; and it .shall not be lawful to expend Fnn-ls not to [the Funds of the Societies, derived from subscriptions of Mem- ^^ expended ^ Ibers, or the Public Grant, for any olijeet inconsistent with those yo^se-.^^^ '^"'" labove mentioned; and the Directors of every huch County Society at any meeting which shall be called by written notice as hereinafter mentioned, and in which notice the object of the meeting shall hav<^ been specified, shall have full power to By-laws, make, alter and repeal By-laws and Rules for the regulation of I such Society and the carrying out of its objects. XXXIX. The said Societies shall hold their annual Meetings Annual meet- [in the third week in the month of January, in each year, and >ngs. shall at such Meeting, elect a Prewident, two Vice-Presidents, Election of I a Secretary and Treasurer, and not more than seven Directors. Officers. XL. The Presidents of the several Township Agricultural Ex officio m- Societies, and also the Presidents of Mechanics' Institutes rectors, receiving Government aid, and of Boards of Trade, (or any other person appointed by such Society, Institute or Board, in the place of such President,) within the County, shall, in addi- tion to those before named, be ex officio Directors of the County Society: Provided that each such Township Society and Me- Proviso. chanics' Institute shall have contributed two pounds then shil- lings annually to the funds of the County Society ; and the said Officers and Directors shall and may for the year next following the annual Meeting, and until the election of their successors, exercise all the powers vested in the County Society by this Act. XLI. The Meeting of the Oilicers and Directors shall be Adjournment held pursuant to adjournment, or called by written notice to and '^^^ c»Uing of given by authority of the President, or in his absence the Senior "^^® '"^*' Vice-President, at least one week before the day appointed ; Q"o™m. and at any Meeting five shall be a quorum. XLII. The said OlFicers and Directors shall, in addition to Annual report the ordinary duties of management, cause to be prepared, and oiprocecdinga, shall present at the Annual Meeting, a Report of their proceed- ings during the vear, in which shall be stated the names of all And what it the Members of the Society, the amount paid by each set op- ™"^* contain, posite his name, the names of all persons to whom premiums Were awarded, the amount of such Premiums respectively, and the name of the Animal, Article or thing in respect of which the same was granted, together with such remarks and sugges- tions upon the Agriculture and Horticulture of the County, and Arts and Manufactures therein, as the Directors shall be enabled to 14 Cap. 32. Agricttltural 4* Mechanical Science. 20 Vict. I 1857. '■¥ Annual ac ^^ ^^^^ '■> there shall also be presented to the said Annual Meeting, counts. a detailed statement of the receipts and disbursements of the Sooietv during the year, which Report and Statement, if ap- proved by the meeting, shall be entered in the Society's Journal, to be kept for such purposes, and signed bv the President or a Copy to Board Vice-President as being a correct entry ; ancf a true copy thereof of Agriculture, certified by the President or Secretary fort he time being, shall be sent to the Board of Agriculture, on or before the first day of April following. County Soci«- XLIII. The County Society shall receive the Reports of the ties to recwve Township or Branch Societies, and shall transmit them to the TownsldM™ Board of Agriculture, with such remarks thereon as may enable &c. ' the said Board. to obtain a correct knowledge of the progress of Agricultural Improvement !n the County. Officers to XLIV. It shall be the duty of the said Officers and Directors give informa- to answer such queries and give such information as the Board or'Mini^erof °^ Agriculture, or Minister of Agriculture, may from to time, Agriculture, by Circular Letter, or otherwise, require, touching the interests or condition of Agriculture in their County, and generally to act as far as practicable upon the recommendations of the said Board. TOWNSHIP SOCIETIES. Where Town- XLV. A Township or Branch Agricultural Society may ship Societies be organized in each Township in Upper Canada in which izeJ (md'i^w ^^^^^ *^ "°* *^^^ already organized at the date of the passing of ' " this Act, or in any two or more such Townships together, when- ever a sufficient number of persons, not less than twenty-five, shal' become Members, by signing a declaration in the form of the Schedule A to this Act annexed, and subscribing a sum not less than ten pounds annually to the funds thereof; and a true copy of the said Declaration certified by the President or Vice-President of such Society, sliall be forthwith transmitted to the County Society. Annual meet" XLVI. The said Societies shall hold their Annual Meeting »ng3- in the second week of the month of January in each year, and Election of shall elect a President, Vice-President, Secretary and Treasurer, Officers and not fewer than three or more than nine Directors. Annual re- XLVI I. The said Officers and Directors shall prepare and port. present to the Annual Meeting of the Society, a Report of their proceedings during the year, in the same manner as herein- before directed for County Societies, and containing information Cow to Coun- under the same heads ; and shall transmit a true copy thereof, ty Society. certified by the President or Vice-President, to the Secretary of the County Society, in time for the Annual Meeting thereof in the month of February. HORTICULTURAL XLVIII organize a any City, or more th signing a annexed, 1 Society, s annually t XLIX. thereof shi of a book minutes oi and the o sheet of pj to the Mil after the n Society to L. Upc Gazette of aforesaid, politic for the name as that in have pow< property, LI. Ev^ Act shall the laws mode of ai otherwise property. LII. E^ week oft at such ot By-laws ; President nor more LIII. T to the anr during tb for Count under the Agricultv the same mentione 20 Vict. ■ 1857. Agricultural 4* Mechanical Science. Cap. 32. HORTICULTURAL SOCIETIES. 15 JLTURAL XLVIII. Any number ofpersonsnot less than twenty-five, may How and organize and form tliemsefves into a Horticultural Society for where to be any City, Town, Village, Township or Parish, or union ol two ^^^^d. or more thereof together, either in Upper or Lower Canada, by signing a declaration in the form of Schedule A to this Act annexed, but with the necessary alteration as to the name of the Society, and subscribing a sum of not less than ten pounds annually to the funds thereof. XLIX. Such declaration shall be in duplicate, and one part Deolaration of thereof shall be written and signed on the first page or pages Membe™. of a book to be kept by the said Society for recording tlie minutes of its proceedings during the first year of its existence, and the other part thereof shall be written and signed on a Copy to Mi- sheet of paper or parchment, and shall forthwith be sent by Post nisterof Agri- 10 the Minister of Agriculture, who shall as soon as may be ""*^*'*''» ^- after the receipt thereof, cause a notice of the formation of such Society to be inserted in the Canada Gazette. L. Upon, from and after the insertion in the Canada Society to h«^ Gazette of the notice of the formation of any such Society as Corporation, aforesaid, the same shall become and be a body corporate and . politic for the objects and purposes hereinafter mentioned, by the name applied to it in such notice, which shall be the same as that in the declaration transmitted by such Society, and shall have power to acquire and hold, lease, mortgage and alienate property, real and personal, for the purposes of such Society. LI. Every Horticultural Societv incorporated under this Power to mako Act shall have power to make By-laws, not bjing contrary to By-laws, ihe laws of this Province or to this Act, fo. prescribing the mode of admission of new Members and election of Officers, aAd otherwise regulating the administration of its afl'airs and property. LII. Every such Society shall hold a meeting in the first Meetings of week of the month of February, in each year, besides meetings *•»« Society, at such other times as may be prescribed or provided for by its By-laws; and at such annual meeting a President, a Vice- Election of President, a Secretary and Treasurer, and not fewer tlian three Officers. nor more than nine Directors, shall be elected. LIII. The said Officers and Directors shall prepare and present Annual re* to the annual meeting of the Society a report of their proceedings P""^** during the year, in the same manner as hereinbefore directed for County Agricultural Societies, and containing information under the same heads, save and except those which relate to Agriculture, the object and purposq^ of such Societies being the same as those of Agricultural Societies, as hereinbefore mentioned, but with reference to Horticulture only. GENERAL M I. I'' w Cap. 32. Af^ricuHurnl ^« Mechanical Science. 20 Vict. GENERAL PROVISIONS. Exhibitiniis or LIV, Tlio Exhibition of tlio County Society s»lmll beheld County So- whorcvcM' lh(^ majority of tlie Directors or oJa (|Uornrn thereol" S'^KcldS fhull think lit,,ti[ivin!>(hie and pnblie notice thc^reof ; nnd it shall 'be lawful for two or more County and Township Soeietie»», by Two or more agreemeni betw^een the Directors thereof or a majority of may unite for |)if(.j.(„f^ if, each s^uch Society, to unite their Funds, or" any epiupoio. portion thereof, for tlie erection of suital>le bnildinps in whicli to exhibit Articles of Prodiwic or Maiinliicttue, or Work of Art, or for Annual or Extra Shows, or for Floui^hin<^ Matches, or for any other purpos(! likely to promote the welfaw of any one or more Counties or Townships, in Ajj^rieulture, Horticuliure, Arts or Manufactures, and to acquire by purchase or lease and hold sufficient land for this purpose from time to time, and the same to exchange and sell. ProTinoial allowance to Coanty So- cieties, and conditions thereof. LV. Whenever the President and Secretary of the Board of Agriculture shall certify to the Minister of Agriculture that any County Society has sent to the said Board Reports and Statements as required by this Act, for the year then last pre- vious, and shall also certify that the Treasurer or other Officer of the said Society, has trai)'^ -nitted to the said Board an Affi- davit, which may be in the form of the Schedule B to this Act annexed, and ihay be sworn to before any Justice of the Peace, who is hereby authorized to receive the same, stating the amount subscribed for that yeaif anA paid to the Treasurer of the County Society by the Members thereof, and by the several Township Societies of the said County, it shall be lawful for the Governor of this Province to issue his Warrant in favor of such County Society for a sum, to be taken out of any unappro- priated moneys in the hands of the Receiver General, equal to three times the amount appearing by the said affidavit to be in the hands of the Treasurer ; Provided that no Granl shall be made unless twenty-five pounds be first subscribed and paid to the Treasurer ; And provided also, that the whole amount granted to any such Electoral Division Society shall not exceed two hundred pounds in any year — save and except that each of the Counties of Lennox and Addington, Huron and Bruce, separately, shall be entitled to receive a sum not to excised two hundred pounds, on the conditions specified in this Act, and that the Counties of Prince Edward, Welland, Haldimun(i,Giey, Holton, Kent, Carleton, Essex, Lainbton, Lincoln, Norfolk, Peel and Perth, shall each and every of them be entitled to receive as heretofore a sum not exceeding two hundred and fifty pounds in any year, and on the conditions aforesaid. Allowance to LVl. The Electoral Divisions designated in the said Repre- cortain special sentation Act, sixteenth Victoria chapter one hundred and nfty- tWoM ^'' *^*'' **" '"^n*^'"8 twenty-one, twenty-two, twenty-three, twenty- fcnr, twenty-five, twenty-six, twenty-seven and twenty-eight, shalleach be entitled to receive a sum not exceeding one hundred pounds Proviso. Proviso. V 1857. A:ricuUurtil 4* Mechanical Science. Cap. 32. 17 ill bo hold iMu ihoreol' md it shall [•icllcs, by lajority of (Is, or any < in which ;)rk of Art, Aws, or for my ono or irticuiiiire, ■ lease and le, and the the Board griculture eportH and a last jpre- her Officer rd an Affi- to this Act the Peace, tating the reasurer oi ihe several lawful for in favor of V unappro- I, equal to it to be in il shall be nd paid to e amount not exceed lat each of nd Bruce, icc(!ed two Acl, ;ind un(l,Giev, rfoik, Peel to receive fty pounds lid Repre- 1 and nfVy- e, twenty- snty-eiffht, le htmared poxinds pounds for liu; encouragement of Hortuiuhuro, Agriculture, Manufactures and Works of Art within their respectivo limits : Provided alwnys, that a full equivalent for the sum to l)e so Proviso. paid by the Covernment, be subscribed and paid to the Treasurer of a Soeic.y lobe formed within such Electoral Division, in the same tu. inner as County Agricultural Societies under section thirl y-six of this Act, to bo called " The Society for the Upper Canada Electoral Division, No. i21," or as the case may be. LVII. Every Township or Branch Society organized Township So- aecording to the Act hereby repealed or to this Act, and cletlosentitled sending a report of its proceedings to the County Society, |he"gron'tVn as hereinbefore required, shall be entitled to a share of the certain conJi- grant to the County Society, in proportion to the amount ^'o"'- which shall have l)ecn subscribed by the Members of such Township or Branch Society, and deposited with the Trea- surer of the County Society, on or before -the first day of May, in each year, as compared with the amounts so deposited by the other Township and Branch Societies of the County ; and the sum so deposited by any Township or Branch Society shall be repaid, along with its share of the Public Grant, so soon as the said grant shall have been received by the County Society : Provided always, that three-fifths and no more of the Proviso. sum so received by any County Society shall be subject to division among Township or Branch Societies ; and provided proviso. that the declaration mentioned in section forty-five shall be '^ deemed a sufficient report for the first year in which any Town- ship or Branch Society may have been organized and that no Township or Branch Society shall thus receive more than three times the amonnt so deposited by it as aforesaid ; And pro- proviso. vided that nothing in this Act contained shall be construed as admitting any Member of a Township Society, in virttie of his subscription thtreto, and without further subscription to the County Society, to any of the privileges of a Member of such County Society. LVIII. The Board of Agriculture shall receive from Govern- Beard of Agrt- ment, and pay over to the County Societies, the Public Grants *"iJ""nJif^ to which they are respectively entitled ; and it shall be lawful mnts, n^k- for the said Board to retain, for the use of the Agricultural As- fng on« t«nth. sociation, one tenth part of all such grants. LIX. Any Treasurer or other Officer of any County, Town- Penalty on 8hi£ or Branch Society, who shall make afiidavit that a sub- JfJJJJftfiJJ scription, or any sum of money, has been paid to him for the asto rabsori^ Society, when it has not been so paid, or who shall return any tions. such subscription, shall forfeit ana pay to Her Majesty the sum of Ten Pounds for every such offence, and shall be guilty of ijnry and be held liable to all the penalties with which the w may visit that crime. LX. K h 18 Cap. Si. Agricullural if Mechanical Science, 20 Vicr. Oertsin oerpo- LX. The neveral County Sooietiss organized according to rate powers of the provisions of this Act, or of the said Act or of any Act County So oietiei. Toirnsbip So- cieties may become incor- porated. Hcliool-flurms may be estab- lished by County or Townaliip So- cieties, or Mu- nioipaiities- thereby repealed, shall be and continue Bodies Corporate, with power to acquire and hold land as a site for Fairs and Exhibitions, or for a School Farm, and to sell, lease, or other- wise dispose of the same ; and any Township or Branch Society lawfully organized as aforesaid, may at any regular Meeting adopt a Resolution that the said Society is desirous of being incorporated, and upon filing the said resolution with the Secretai^ of the Board of Agriculture, such Society shall thenceforth be and become a Body Corporate, and shall iiave like powers with County Societies. LXI. It shall and may be lawful for any County or Town- ship Society, or the Municipal Council of any County or Township of Upper Canada, to purchase and hold land for the purpose of establishing a School-Farm to instruct pupils in the science and practice of Agriculture, and any Society and any Municipal Council may purchase and hold such School-Farm conjointly or otherwise, and may conjointly or otherwise make all necessary rules and regulations for the management thereof, provided that not more than one hundred acres of land shall be so held by any Society or Council, whether owijointly or otherwise. InterpretatioB LXII. Wherever the word " County " shall occur in this •iMse. ^(,t, it shall be held to mean " Electoral Divimon," except where such construction is inccmsistent with the express enact- ment in which such word is orad, and the words " Electoral . Division " whenever used herein shall mean a Division for purposes of representation in the Legislative Asseoibly. Aa to property LXIII. In case there should be any property, real or peiwuuU, ^tiMwLra* ^^ *"y ®°* **' Ttton of the Electoral Divisions^ which property theOonntv ori^nally belonged to the County Society of the Conaty^of hu been al- which the said Electoral Division formed a part, the said pro- ^*^ perty or the value thereof shall be equitably af^rtioned or di- vided by Arbitrators or a majority of thera, one to be aqpnointed by the Directors of the Society in eadi suoh Eleetoral Dtvisioit, and another Arbitrator to be chosen by the Arbitrators so appointed. AeitOMply toOoaattet, *e.,t«b« lumftor ftihned. LXIV. The provisions of this Act with regard to Grants and Electoral Divisions, conditions of Grant, &c., Itc, shall extend to any new Cotmties or new Electoral Divisions which may hereafter be formed in Upper Caimda ; Provided always, that no new Electoral Division shall be entitled to more than two hundred pounds. lint meet> LXV . The first Meeting for the formation of Electoral Divisioit SlfHMtoSl' Societies under this Act, shall be called by tlie Warden of the County or Union of Counties in the third week of the month of January ISST. AgrieuUttral Jjr Mtchaniatl Sciena. Cap. 31. 19 January in each yoar, at which Meeting the Election of the va> Difiiion So- riona OiBoera shall take place, and the Society so organized oUtiei. shall be esteemed the Eluctoral Division or County Society, and shall bo entitled to receive the Government Grant hereinbefore Provided ; and all subsequent Annual Meetings after the first Iceting Hhall be called nnd held a^ provided in the thirty- ninth section of this Act. SCHEDULE A. We, whose names are subscribed hereto, agree to form our- selves into a Society, under the provisions of the Act of the Legislature, {title and date of thia Act^) to be called the " County (Township or Branch, as the case may 6c,) Agricul- tural Society of the County of " {or Township of ) ; and we hereby severally agree to p«iy to the Treasurer yearly, while we contmue Members of the Society,, (any member being at liberty to retire therefrom upon giving notice in writing to the Secretary, at any time before the annual meeting, of his wish so to do,) the sums opposite our respective names, and we further agree to conform to the Rules and By- Laws of (he said Society. Names. £ s. d. K SCHEDULE B. County of to wit : I Treasurer of I, A. B., of the Township of the County ^Agricultural Society of , make oath and say, that the sum of has been paid into my hands, since the first day of February last, by the Township Agri- cultural Societies of the said County, as and for the Members* subscription for this year ; and that the sum of hM 20 ^^P- ^^' Agricultural ly Mechanical Sciente. 20 Vict. han been paid into my handM,«N Hubscriptions for thifl year, by mcmbera of the naid County Society ; and that the naid HumR, making in the whole the Mum of , now remain in my handn, ready to be disposned of, according to law. Sworn to before me "i thl8 day of > A. I). 185 . S A. B. C. D. Justice of the Peace for the County of I* I.K TORONTO :— Printed by S. Dkrbibhirb L G. Dcsbarati, Law Printer to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty. If