N^m fork ^tatf (HalU^ of Agriculturf At (Eatntll Imuprattg 3tl(ata. N. f. ICtbrarg ij« „^_ Cornell University Library HD 312.C34 1895 Acts relating to agriculture in the prov 3 1924 014 552 594 ACTS RELATING TO AGRICULTURE IN THE PROVINCE OF ONTARIO. ISSUED BY TSE ONTARIO DEPABWaENT OF A&BICULTURE. TORONTO: WARWICK BROS; & RUTTER, Printers, &c., 68 and 70 Front Stbbet V^st. 1895. Cornell University Library The original of this book is in the Cornell University Library. There are no known copyright restrictions in the United States on the use of the text. http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924014552594 ACTS RELATING TO AGRICULTURE IN THE PROVINCE OF ONTARIO. ISSUED BY THE ONTARIO DEPARTMENT OF AOBIQULTURE. TORONTO : WARWICK BROS. & RUTTER, PRINTERS, Etc., 68 and 70 FRONT ST. WEST. 1895. CONTENTS PAGE. An Act kkspectinq the Department oe Aqricultdre 5 An Act to Consolidate and Amend the Ageicultdee and Aets Act 6 An Act to prevent FKAno in the Sale of Milk 27 ' An Act to peovide for the Inoobpoeation of Cheese and Buttee Manui'actueing Associations 28 An Act eespecting Ceeameeiks 31 An Act to peovide against J'badds in the Supplying of Milk to Cheese oe Butiee Manufactories ' 31 An Act to amend the - Ontaeio Joint Stock Companies' Lettees Patent Act 33 An Act foe the Suppression of Foul Beood Among Bees 34 An Act foe the fueihee Peotection of Bees 36 An Act foe the pbeveniion op Fraud in the Sale of Fruit , 37 An Act Soe the bettee Prevention of ceetain Diseases affecting Feuit Trees 38 An Act to prevent the Speead of Noxious Weeds - 40 . An Act to prevent the Extermination of the Plant called Ginseng 42 An Act respecting Veterinary Surgeons 43 An Act to prevent the Spread of Contagious Diseases among Horses and oihbe Domestic Animals 44 AN ACT EESPEOTING THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. Vict. 58, Chap. 10, [Assented to April 16th, 1895.'] 1. The Minister of Agriculture shall, Subject to section 3 of the Act Rev. Sfcat,, respecting the Executive Council, have the functions, duties and powers, <=• 13. which by statute or otherwise, on the 23rd day of March, 1888, belonged to the Commissioner of Agriculture, and shall have any other functions, duties and powers which, un'der and subject to the provisions of the said Act, may be from time to time assigned or transferred to him by Order in Council. 51 Vict.,c. 8, s. 1. 2. The Minister of Agriculture may take any necessary steps for the Hev. Stat., continuing of the keeping registers of pure bred stock heretofore kept by c. 40. the council of the Agriculture and Arts Association. BuBBAU OP Industries. 3 There shall be attached to the department of the Minister of Agri- ^^,.^^ ^ u culture a bureau, to be styled " The Bureau of Induatriesi^" for collecting, under direc- tabulating and publishing industrial information for public purposes, and ^^°'^ °f Minis- the said Minister shall be charged with the direction thereof. R. S. O. tare* ^S"="'- 1887, c. 39, s. 6. 4. It shall be the duty of jthe Minister to institute inquiries and col- Usefnl facts leot useful facts relating to the agricultural and other industrial interests relating to ag- of the province, and to adopt measures for disseminating or publishing the f'"?""'^?,' ^^^'i same in such manner and form as he finds best adapted to promote improve- andpublished. ment within the Province ; and (amongst other things) to procure and pub- lish early information relating to the supply of grain, breadstufifs and live stQck in the other provinces of the Dominion, in Great Britain, and in the United States and other foreign countries in which the Province finds a market for its surplus products, and as to the demand therefor ; and the Minister shall, on or before the first day of May in each year, cause to be published and distributed for the use of the members of the Legislature, the general report and the tabular abstract for the preceding year, made by the Secretary to the Minister as provided by section 9 of this Act. R. S. O. 1887, c. 39, s. 7. 5. The Lieutenant-Governor may appoint a Secretary of the Bureau Appointment and may also appoint such other offic^rs as may be necessary for the proper of secretary- conduct of the Bureau. R. S. 0. 1887, c. 39, s. 8. offi^ceTi'^'^ 6. It shall be the duty of the Secretary, under the instructions of the Duties of Minister, to conduct all correspondence of the Bureau ; to send to the pro- secretary. per officers and'persons of whom such service is required the schedules, with instructions approved by the Minister, for the collection of facts and Arrangements with Govern- ment oi Dominion. information relating to agriculture and other industries of the Province ; to receive, abstract and tabulate the information collected and obtained, and to publish the same from time to time during the growing season ; to prepare at the close of each year a general report to the Minister, includ- ing a tabular abstract of facts relating to land, trade, government, popula- tion and other subjects compiled annually from the departmental records of the Province, and from other available records ; and generally to perform all work -within th^ sphere of the Bureau as he may from time to time be directed by the Minister. E. S. O. 1887, c. 39, s. 9. 7. The Minister of Agriculture, with the approval of the Lieutenant- Governor in Council, may make such arrangements as he deems expedient with the government of the Dominion for the collection and transmission of information on the agriculturp,!, manufacturing and other interests of the Province, or for obtaining for the use of the Province such information as may have been collected by the Department of Agriculture. R. S. 0. 1887, c. 39, s. 11. Officers, etQ. ^' -^^^ collectors and officers employed in collecting data for the Bureau entitled to of Industries shall be entitled to receive one copy each of the publications re^Ttl ^^^ reports of the said Bureau. E. S. O. 1887, c. 39, s. 12. Officers of oer- . 9- The officers of all societies and ^associations organized under The tain societies Agriculture and Arts Act, and of all municipal councils, school boards and and others to .... . . . '.. .. „ r. _ _ _ answer all official com- mvmications. public institutions, and all public officers of this Province, shall promptly answer all official communications from the said Bureau, shall from time to time collect and tabulate facts according to instractions to be furnished them, shall make diligent efforts to supply correet information on all ques- tions submitted to them, and generally shiill act as far as practicable upon the recommendations of the Minister ; and any officer of any such society, association, council, school board or public institution making a false return of information, or refusing or wilfully neglecting to answer any question, or to fill up, tabulate and return official schedules according to instructions and within, the prescribed times, or to furnish information relating to the industries of the Province, when required so to do either by the Minister or by the Secretary of the Bureau, shall for every such offence incur a penalty of 840, which shall be recoverable by ajiy person suing for the same before any court of competent jurisdiction, and shall be paid to Her Majesty for the use of this Province. Rev. Stat. c. 39, s. 10. AN ACT TO CONSOLIDATE AND AMEND THE AGRICUL- TURE AND ARTS ACT. Vict. 58, Chap. H. Short title. Interpreta- tion. " Depart- ment. " [Assented to April 16th, 1895.] 1. This Act may be cited as The Agriculture and Arts Act, 1895 R S. 0. 1887, c. 39, s. 1. 2. In the construction of this Act. 1. '' Department " shall mean the " Department of Agriculture." 2. "Minister" shall mean the "Minister of Agriculture" for the Province of Ontario. 3. "Division" shall mean a division composed of districts as set forth in schedule A annexed to this Act. 4. " District " shall mean a district composed of municipalities as set forth in schedule B annexed to this Act. 5. " District Society " shall mean " District Agricultural Society." , 6. " Township Society " shall mean " Township Agricultural Society." R. S. O. 1887, c, 39, s. 2. 3- All agricultural and horticultural societies, and all associations organized under any former Agriculture and Arts Act, shall continue, except so far as they may be altered or affected by this Act. R. S. O. 1887, c. 39, s. 3. 4 The Minister nlay decide all matters of doubt or dispute as to the Minister to working or construction of this Act, and his decision shall be final, except decide dis- that an appeal therefrom miiy be made to' the Lieutenant-Governor in putee. Council. R. S. O. 1887, c. 39, s. 4. 5 The Minister may appoint any person or persons to inspect the Minister may- books and accounts of any society, association or body in the Province appoint per- receiving Grovernment aid, under or by virtu# of this Act, and may aocounts"of ^^ empower such person to summon witnesses and enforce the production of societies, etc. documents before him, and to take evidence upon oath in regard to such ^ inspection ; and all officers of any such society or body, whenever required, so to do, shall submit the books and accounts thereof to such inspection, and truly to the best of their knowledge answer all questions put to them in relation thereto, or to the funds of such society or body. R. S, 0. 1887, 0. 39, s. 5. District Agricultural, Township Agricultural and Horticultural Societies. 6. — (1) A district agricultural society may be hereafter organized in When socie- each of the districts set forth in schedule B, annexed to this Act ; a town- ^^^^^^J^^^ ship agricultural society may be hereafter organized in any township, and a horticultural society may be hereafter organized in any city, town or incorporated village. R. S. 0. 1887, c. 39; s. 35 (1) 46. (2) Any two or more townships may unite for the purpose of organiz- ing a township society, and any two or more adjacent incorporated villages, towns or cities may unite for the purpose of organizing a horticultural society. (3) Any one of the district societies' of loronto may, by a vote of a majority ot its members, devote its funds to the objects of a horticultural society. 7. The mode of organization shall be as follows : (a) A declaration in the form of schedule C to this Act shall be ^^^^^f^' signed by those persons .(residents of the municipality or ^ municipalities in which the society is organized) desiring to organize a society, under this Act. In the case of a district agricultural society the number of such persons shall be at least eighty, and in the case of a township agricultural or a horticultural society, the number shall be at least fifty where the nutnber of ratepayers is two hundred or oyer, and at least thirty where the number of ratepayers is less than two hundred. R. S. O. 1887, o. 39,, s. 35 (3), s. 46. (6) No person shall be considered a member of any district, township or horticultural society for any year unless he shall have paid at least one dollar into the funds of that society as member- ship fee for that year. (c) Within one month after the money has been so paid a true copy of the said declaration, with names and addresses of the signers of the same, shall be transmitted to the Ministei, who shall thereupon authorize a person to call the first meeting for the, organization of the society. R.S.O. 1887, c. 39, s. 35 (3) {part). (d) Th^ first meeting of the district society shall be held on the third Wednesday of January next ensuing, and the firsc meeting of ' the township or horticultural society shall be held on the second Wednesday of January next ensuing, of which meeting at least two weeks' public notice shall be given by advertise- ment in one or more newspapers published in the district and also by printed placards or bills posted in local places of com- mon resort. R.S.O., 1887, c. 39, s. 35 (3). (e) At the said first meeting there shall be elected a president, a first vice presidentlj a second vice-president, and not more than nine other directors, who together shall form the board of directors, a majority of which board shall be resident in the municipality or municipalities in which the society is organized. At the said first meeting the society shall appoint two auditors for the ensuing year. K.S.O., 1887, c. 39, sa.AO, 51. (/) The board of directors, from among themselves or otherwise, shall appoint a secretary and a treasurer or a secretary-treasurer. R.kS.O., 1887, c. 39, ss. 40, 51. (g) A report of the organization meeting, certified by the president and secretary and containing a statement of the number of members and a list of the officers elected and appointed, shall be sent, within one week after the holding of the meeting, to the Department. R.S.O., 1887, c. 39-, s. 35 (3). Designation ^" ^^poi the receipt of such' report the society so organized shall be of societies. deemed a district agricultural, a township agricultural or a horticultural society, as the case may be. The district societies shall near the name of the district, as set forth in schedule B, and the township and the horticul- tural societies shall bear the names of the municipality or municipalities wherein they are situated; and each society so constituted and recognized shall be entitled to the legislative grant hereinafter provided and to enjoy all the piivileges granted by this Act. R.S 0., 1887, c, 39, a. 35 (3) 47 (1). ^ ' Objects of 9:— (1) The objects of district and township societies shall be to encour- sooieties. ^.ge improvement m agriculture, horticulture, manufactures and the useful arts : — (a) By importing and otherwise procuring seeds, plants and animals of new and valuable kinds : , (b) By offering prizes for essays on questions of scientific inquiry relating to agriculture, horticulture, manufactures and the useful arts ; (c) By awarding premiums for excellence in the raising or introduction Horticultural of stock, the invention or improvement of aoricultural or hor- societies, ticultural implements and machinery, the production of grain and of all kinds of vegetables, plants, flowers and fruits, and generally for excellence in any agricultural or horticultural production or operation, article of manufacture 'or work of art. R.S.O., 1887, c. 39, sec. 37. (d) By carrying on experiments in the growing of crops, the, feeding of stock or any other branch of agriculture, or by testing any system of farming through arrangement with one or more larmers of the municipality in which the society is organized. (2) The objects of horticultural societies shall be to encourage improve- ment m horticulture : (a) By holding meetings for discussion and for hearing lectures on subjects connected with the theory and practice of improved horticulture ; (b) By promoting the circulation of horticultural periodicals ; (c) By importing and otherwise procuring seeds and plants of new and valuable kinds ; (d) By offering prizes for essays on questioris of scientific inquiry re- lating to horticulture ; (e) By awarding premiums for the invention or improvement of hor- ticultural implements and machinery, the production of all kinds of vegetables, plants, flowers and fruits, and generally for excellence in any horticultural production and operatioa. R.8.0.,1887, c. 39,8.37. (3) None of the funds of any of suoh sojieties, howsoever derived, shall Application be expended for any purpose inconsistent with those above mpntioned. of funds. R.S.O., 1887, c. 39, s. 38. 10. — (1) The annual meeting of every society shall ha held in each ^^^^^j year as follows : that of a township agricultural society on the second meetings. Wednesday of January at one o'clock in the afternoon ; that of a horticul- tural society on the second Wednesday of January, at half past seven clock in the evening ; that of a district agricultural society on the third Wednesday of January at one o'clock in the afternoon, except in the caSe of city district societies which shall hold their meetings at half past seven o'clocli in the evening. (2) At least two weeks' previous notice of all such meetings shall be jjojigg ^j given by advertisement in one or more newspaper's published in the muni- meetings. cipality or municipalities to which the society belongs and also by printed placards or bills posted in places of common resort. R.S.O., 1887, c. 39, ss. 39,51. (3) In case any society shall, through any cause, fail to hold its an- nual meeting at the time appointed, the Minister, on petition of twenty members, may appoint a time for holding the same before the first day of April in the same year, the meeting to bs called as for the regular annual meeting, and this meeting shall in all particulars be taken as the annual meeting of the society. 10 (4) In the event of the annual meeting not being held as provided for in Ihis Act, or in the event of the number of members on the first day of September being less than the number required for organization, the soci- ety shall cease to exist. Business to be 1 1 • In addition to any other business the following business shall be transacted at transacted at the annual meeting : annual meet- . "DgB. (a) The board of directors shall preEent at such meeting a report of their proceedings for the past calendar year, in which shall be y^o'^f ' stated the names of all the members of the society, the amount paid by each being set opposite to his name, the amount offered and also the amount awarded in prizes for each kind of live stock, agricultural products, implements, domestic pro- ducts or other objects respectively, the number of entries in each class, together with such remarks and suggestions upon the agriculture and horticulture of the district, and ^the arts and manufactures therein as they are enabled to offer. E..S.O., 1887, c. 39, s. 41. (b) In the case of horticultural societies the said information shall be- with reference to horticulture and arts only. E..S.O., 1887, c. 39, s. 52. J, ,. (c) The board of directors shall present a detailed statement of the reports. receipts and expenditures for the preceding year, also a state- ment of the assets and liabilities of the society at the end of the year, certified to by the auditors. E..S.O., 1887, c. 39, s. 41 (2), 52. Bv-Iaws and ('') "^^^ officers and other directors shall be elected by the members regulations,— as required by section 7 (d). E.S.O , 1887, c. 39, ss. 40, 51. powers of directors. % J 2. The said reports shall, if approved by the meeting, be placed on 1 ermanent record in the books of the society, and shall also be sent within one month to the Department, and the Minister may require all such reports to be made out on schedules to be supplied by the Department in such form as he may direct. R.S.O , 1887, c. 39, s. 42. Meetings ^^' '^^® members of each society may at an annual meeting or at a whenand'how sppcial meeting, of which two weeks' previous notice has been given by called. advertisement as in section 10 (2^ make, alter and repeal by-laws and regula- tions for the general management of the society ; subject to these by-la wa and regulations, the board of directors shall have full power to act for and in behalf of the socifety, and all grants and other funds of the society shall be received and expended under their direction. R.S.O., 1887, c. 39, ss 43 (2), 49. 14. The first meeting of the board of directors of a society may be held upon the day of the annual meeting, and the subsequent meetings shall be held pursuant to adjournment or be called by written notice given by authority of the president, or, in his absence, of the first vice-president, or in the absence or on the neglect of the president or vice-president, then on the written request of any three of the directors, at least one week before the day appointed, and at any meeting five shall be a auorum R S.O., 1887, c. 3,9, ss. 43, 49. •> ^ h . xv. Societies to be 15. — (1) All district, township and horticultural societies now or here- bodies cor- after organized, shall be bodies corparate, with power to acquire and hold porate. jant] ag a site for fairs and exhibitions and, subject to the approval of a 11 meeting of the society called for the purpose, to sell, mortgage, lease, or otherwise dispose of the same, or any other property held by such societies. (2) At least two weeks' previous notice of such meeting shall be given by advertisement in one or more newspapers published in the county or district and by printed placard; and at such meeting only those, persons shall be entitled to vote who are members for the current year and who were also members for the two previous jears. R S. O., 1887, c. 39, s. 36. 16. Where two or more municipalities have been united to form a Diasolution township or a horticultural society a. dissolution of such union society may °^ ^"'P" be effected in the following manner : a petition requesting a dissolution and the organization of new societies shall be signed by a majority of the members residing in any one ot the municipalities and shall be forwarded to the Minister, and provided the number so signing is equal to the num- ber required for the organization of a new society as in section 7(a), the Minister shall direct that new societies shall be organized in the manner prescribed in section 7, and the former union society shall thereupon become dissolved and shall cease to exist. R. S. O., 1887, c. 39, s, 14. 1 7. On the dissolution of a union society the assets of the said society Apportion- shall be equitably apportioned or divided by arbitrators, or a majority of ">entof ^'^^ts them, one to be appointed by the board of directors of each of the new ^f union societies, and another arbitrator to be chosen by the arbitrators so ap- society. pointed, or, in the event of the said arbitrators failing to choose such arbitrator within ten days after being appointed, then the senior county judge or the stipendiary magistrate having jurisdiction in the district shall appoint such arbitrator. In case of disagreement the matter shall be referred to the senior judge of the county or the stipendiary magistrate, for final decision. R. S. O., 1887, c. 39, ss. 44, 54. 18. Any township society and town or village municipality that had. Powers as to prior to the 4th day of March, 1868, jointly purchased and held any lands '*'"*^- or buildings for the purpose of agricultural fairs or exhibitions, may con- tinue jointly to hold such lands or buildings, or may sell, mortgage, lease or otherwise dispose of the same, subject to the approval of a meeting of the society as provided in section 15. R. S. 0., 1887, c. 35, s. 56. Legislative Grants. 19. On or before the first day of September in each year the officers proofs of every district, township and horticultural society shall send to **i® J^J^^'^f ^'^ ^^ Department an affidavit, which may be sworn to before any justice of the jo^Pg^igg., ^ peace, in the form of schedule D annexed to this Act, stating the number of members and the total amount paid in at that time for^ membership fees to the officers of the society for the current year. R. S. 0., 1887, c. 39, s. 57. 20 Every district society, every township society and every horti- Conditions of cultural society organized under or recognized by this Act, shall be entitled grant. to receive a grant out of the unappropriated moneys m the hands of the Treasurer of the Province, the grant to be paid on the recommendation of the Department, and upon the following conditions : (a) That the number of paid-up members for the current year is not less than the number required for organization. (6) That all reports and returns required by this Act have been made to the satisfaction of the Minister. 12 (c) That thfe annual meeting has been held as required and officers elected, in accordance with section 11. (d) That the objects of the said society as given in section 9, have been strictly adhered to, and that none of the funds of the society, from whatever source derived, have been expended in any manner not in harmony with these objects. R. S. 0., c. 39, ss. 67 (1), 58 (1), (2). 21 . The division of the legislative grant for each district shall be made as follows : Apportion- {a) An amount nbt exceeding $420 shall be subject to division amon^ ment of shares the township and the horticultural societies of each district; m grant. ^^.^^ divided in proportion to the number of paid-up members as reported by a&davit on or before September 1st, but any one society shall not receive more than 1140, nor shall anyone society receive more than three times the amount reported as paid up by its members. E. S. 0., 1887, c. 39, s. 59. (b) In case a township or a horticultural society is situated -within two districts it shall receive from each of the grants made to these districts, but in the proportion of only one-half of the number of its members in each case. E. S. 0., 1887, c. 39, s. 53 (paKt). (c) The remainder of the legislative grant for each district, after , thus paying to the township and horticultural societies (if 'there are any such) the moneys to which they are entitled, shall be payable to the district society. (d) The district of the city of Toronto shall not receive more than $550 in any year ; and the districts of the city of Kingston, the city of Hamilton, the city of London, the city of Ottawa, the town and township of Cornwall, and the town and town- ship of Niagara, shall not receive more than $350 respectively, , in any year. R. S. 0., 1887, c. 39, s. 57 (2). (e) The districts of North Muskoka and South Muskoka shall not receive in any year more than $600, of which not more than $220 shall be subject to division among the township and hor- ticultural societies, and of which no single township society shall receive more than $100. Exhibitions. Where exhi- . 22. — (1) The exhibition of any society shall be held within the heTd°^ *° ^^ limits of the municipality or municipalities in which the society is organ- ized, and in case of a union of two or more societies it shall be held within the limits of the municipalities included in the union ; the place to V>e , decided by a by-law or regulation of the society. R. S. O., 1887, c. 39, s. 62. Changing (2) Whenever the members of any district or township society have by place of hold- bylaw or resolution fixed upon a place or places for holding the exhibi- biL^ns *^°'* °^ exhibitions of such society for any year or years, then the place or places for holding such exhibition or exhibitions shall not be changed except by the decision of a majority of the qualified voters, as follows : (a) A special meeting shall be called by the board of directors for the expressed purpose of considering the question. 13 (6) At least two weeks' previous notice of such meeting shall be given by advertisement as in section 10 (2). (c) Only paid up members for the current year who were also mem- bers in the previous year shall be qualified to vote. (d) The meeting shall be called for ten o'clock in the forenoon, and if a poll is demanded it shall be opened at once and remain open until six o'clock, except that it may be closed by the pre- siding officer ot the society if at any time one hour elapses with- out any vote being polled. E. S. O,, 1887, c. 39, s. 62. 23. Any two or more district societies, or a district society and any Union of township or horticultural society or societies, or any two or more such district and township or horticultural societies, or the society of a city district and any go^gti^g^ township or horticultural society or societies adjoining such city district may, by agreement between the officers or a majority of the officers of each such society, unite their funds or any portion thereof for the erection of suitable buildings in which to exhibit articles of produce or manufacture, or works of art, and for annual or extra exhibitions, or for plowing matches, or for any other purpose likely to promote agriculture, horticul- ture, arts and manufactures, and may acquire, by purchase or lease, and hold, sufficient land for this purpose from time to 'time, and may, subject to the approval of a meeting of the society called for the purpose, at which meeting only paid-up members of at least two years' standing shall be allowed to vote, sell, mortgage, lease or otherwise dispose of the same. R. S. O., 1887, c. -39,8. 63. 24. — (1) The exhibitions of any township society shall be held at such Township place as shall affiird sufficient accommodation for such exhibitions ; but no society's separate township exhibition shall be held within five miles of the place at which, the district exhibition is held for any year in the same township ; but a township society may unite with a district society, and may merge its funds with those of a district society for that year, and if so merged the members of such township society shall be entitled to all the privileges of members of the district society at the exhibition, and the president, vice- president and directors of such township society shall be co-directors with the directors of the district society for the conducting and management of such exhibitions. (2) But where a township society unites with a district society other than the district society within the limits of which the township is situ- ated, the township society shall only be entitled to share in the distribution of the government grant upon the amount of members' subscriptions paid by members resident within the township, and the secretary of the town- ship society in his returns to the Department shall distinguish the mem- bers so resident from other members. R. S. 0., 1887, c. 39, s. 64. 25. The board of directors of any association or society organized Frauds at under this Act, on being made aware of any fraud having been committed exhibitions, by any member or exhibitor in the entry of any stock or goods in compe- tition for prizes at any exhibition, shall have the power of withholding the payment of any prizes that may have been awarded by the judges to such members or exhibitors on such fraudulent or any other entries made at anv such exhibition. R. S. 0., 1887, s. 39, s. 78. 14 Keeping the Peace at Exhibitions. Justices of the 26. Any justice of the peace having jurisdiction in any city, town, peace may village or township, wherein a fair or exhibition may be held, shall, on the men°'etcr ''^" request of the president or executive committee of any agricultural or horticultural society, appoint as many policemen or constahles as may be required at the expense of the said association or of such society, said policemen or constables to be named by such association or society, whose duty it shall be to protect the property of such association or society within the exhibition grounds, and to eject all persons who may be improperly within the grounds, or who may behave in a disorderly manner, or other- wise violate any of the rules or regulations of such association or society. R. S. O., 1887, c. 39, s. 82. Penalty for obstTucting officers or gainin!; admis- eion contrary to rules. Gambling, etc., to be prevented. Penalty. Horse racing prohibited during exhi- bitions. Other societies un- der operation of Act. 27. If any person wilfully hinders or obstructs the officers or servants of any agricultural or horticultural society in the execution of their duty, or gains admission to the said grounds contrary to the rules of such associ- ation or society, he shall be liable to a fine of not less than $1 nor more than $20 ; such fine to be enforced and collected as -fines are usually col- lected, and to be paid over to such association or society for its use and benefit; and in default of payment the said offender shall be imprisoned in the common gaol for a period of not more than thiity days. K. S. O., 1887,0.39,8.83. ' 28. — (1) The officers of any such association or society may by their • rules and regulations prohibit and prevent all kinds of theatrical or circus or acrobatic performances, exhibitions or shows, and also regulate or pre- vent the huckstering or trafficking in fruits, goods, wares or merchandise on the exhibition grounds, or within 300 yards thereof ; and any person who, after due notice of such rules and regulations, violates the same shall be liable to be removed by the officers, policemen or constables of said association or society, and be subject to the penalty prescribed by the next preceding section, E. S. 0., 1887, c. 39, s. 8i. (2) The officers of any such association or society shall prevent all kinds of gambling and all games of chance at the place of holding the exhibition or fair, or within 300 yards thereof, and any association or society permitting the same shall forfeit all claim to any legislative grant during the year next ensuing. 29.— (1) It shall not be lawful to carry on any horse racing other than trials of speed under the control and regulation of the officers of the society during the days appointed for holding any exhibiiion by any district or township society, at the place of holding the exhibition or within five miles thereof. (2) Any person who is guilty of a violation of this section shall be liable, upon summary conviction before a justice of the peace, to a fine not exceeding |50, or imprisonment in the common gaol of the county for a period not exceeding thirty days. E. S. O., 1887, o. 39, s. 86. Otheh Associations. 30. The following societies, organizations or associations, whether heretofore incorporated or not, shall be or continue to be bodies corporate under the provisions of this Act, the membership of each to comprise not less than 50 persons, each paying at least $1 annual membership fee : The Ontario Fruit Growers' Association. The Entomological Society of Ontario. 15 The Dairymen's Association of Eastern Ontario. Tlie Dairymen's Association of W«Btern Ontario. The Ontario Creameries Association. The Poultry Association of Ontario. The Eastern Ontaiio Poultry and Pet Stock Association. The Ontario Bee-keepers' Association. The Ontario Agricultural and Experimental Union. The Dominion Sheep Breeders' Association. The Dominion Swine' Breeders' Association. R. S. O , 1887, c. 39, s. 65. 31. — (1) Each of such associations shall hold an annual meeting, at Annual meet- such time and place as may be determined upon by the members ; and ings, officers, each association shall at such annual meeting elect a president, one or two vice-presidents, and also not less than five or more than nine directors, all of whom shall constitute the board of directors. The Ontario Fruit Growers' Association and the Ontario Creameries Association shall each elect one director from each division as set forth in schedule A to this Act. The Dairymen's Association of Eastern Ontario shall elect one director from each of the divisions No. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 in said schedule A ; The Dairy- men's Association of Western Ontario shall elect one director from each of the divisions No. 7, 8, 9, 10, ,11, 12, 13 in said schedule A; The Eastern Ontario Poultry and Pet Stock Association shall elect one director from each of the divisions No. 1, 2, 3 and 4 in said schedule A ; The Poultry Association of Ontario shall elect one director from each of the divisions No. 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13 in said schedule A; The Ontario Entomological Society shall elect five directors, one from each of five divi- sions, to be arranged by themselves at their annual meeting. The other associations shall arrange for the representation of directors by by-law. The board of directors so elected shall appoint from among themselves, or otherwise, a secretary and a treasurer (or a secretary-treasurer), E. S. 0., 1887, c. 39, s. 67, 52 Vict. c. 9, s, 3. (2) In addition to the directors herein provided for, the members of any association may at the annual meeting elect as an additional director any officer of the Ontario Agricultural College and Experioiental Farm. 32, — (1) All by-laws and regulations of the said associations must be Bylaws and approved of by a majority of the members present at an annual meeting, regulations, or at a special meeting called for the purpose of considering the same, and of which at least two weeks' notice shall be given by public advertisement. R. S. O., 1887,c. 39, s. 65 (1), (2). (2) The officers shall have full power to aot for and on behalf of the powers of association, and all grants of money and other funds of the association officers. shall be received and expended under their direction, subject, neverthe- less to the by-laws and regulations of the association. R. S. 0., 1887, c. 39, 's. 67(2). 33. At each annual meeting the retiring officers shall present a full Annual report of their proceedings, and of the proceedings of .the association, and report. "a detailed statement of the receipts and expenditure for the previous year, and of assets and liabilities, duly audited; and a copy of said report, a statement of receipts and expenditure, a statement of assets and liabilities, a list of members and a list of the officers elected, and also such general information on matters of special interest to dach association that such association may have been able to obtain, shall be sent to the Minister within forty days after the holding of such annual meeting. R. S. 0. 1887, c. 39, s. 68. 16 Conditions upon which aseociations ■ shall share in Legislative grant. Auditing accounts. 34 — (1} Each of such associations shall be entitled to receive from unappropriated moneys in the hantl of the Treasurer , of the Province a specified sum to be placed in the estimates and voted by the Legislature for each year ; provided, (a) That the number of bona fide members, each paying an annual subscription of not less than one dollar, is at least fifty. (6) That the secretary of each of the said associations shall, on or before the 1st day of September in each year, transmit to the Minister an affi- davit, which may be sworn to before any justice of the peace, stating the number of members who have paid their subscriptions for the current year, and the total amount of such subscriptions. (c) That the general provisions of this Act have been complied with. '(d) That none of the funds of the association, from whatever source derived, have been expended in a manner inconsistent with the purposes of organization of the said association. R, 8. O., 1887, o. 39, s. 66. (2) In the case of each of the poultry associations the grant shall not be paid if the show or exhibition be held in any one place for two years in succession, or in any place within forty miles from the place of exhibi- tion in the previous year. 35 The Minister may" appoint a person who shall audit the accounts of any of the various associations, and this aiuditor shall present a report of the result of his audit to the officers of the association and also to the Minister. General Provisions as to Elections. Right of ^^' -^'^ persons not under eighteen years of age who have paid the voting. memberthip siubscription for the year then next ensuing to any society or association to which this Act applies, shall have the right of voting at the election of officers, and on all other questions submitted to the annual meetings of such societies. E. S. O., 1887-, c. 39, s. 70. Payment of 37- — (1) No membership subscriptions for the ensuing year paid after subscriptions t^e president or presiding officer has declared the poll open for the election op6ned"not to °t officers shall entitle any member to vote for such officers, or shall render entitle to vote, him eligible for election as an officer, nor, except in the case of the city district societies and the horticultural societies, shall any votes be received earlier than one o'clock in the afternoon nor later than six o'clock in the afternoon of the same day. R. S. 0., 1887, c. 39, s. 71. (2) In the case of the Toronto, Hamilton, Ottawa, Kingston and London district societies, and also in the case of all hoi ticultural societies, the hours for opening and closing the poll shall be fixed by by-law of each society. VBcanoies. 38. Except as otherwise provided, a vacancy occurring by the death or resignation of any officer of an agricultural or other society organized under this Act may be filled by the remaining officers thereof ; and it shall be the duty of such officers, and they are hereby empowered, to nominate and appoint a fit and proper person to fill the office, for the un- expired term of the person so dying or resigning ; but in the event of the remaining officers being insufficient to form a quorum, or if for any reason a quorum cannot be obtained, then persons to fill the vacant offices shall be elected in manner provided in the next section. R. S. O., 1887, c 39 s. 72.^ 17 39. In the event of an election of any officers of any association, Where elec- society or other body coining within the provisions of this Act not being t'o" illegal held at the time or place herein directed, or being for any reason illegal ^" ^"^ ' and void, then the persons in offi le at the time when such election should have been legally held shall continue to be, and shall be deemed to be, the officers of such association, society or body until their successors are legally appointed, and, in the event of any such non-elegtion or illegal election, a special meeting of the members of such association, society or other body shall be called as soon as practicable for the election of such officers ; such meeting to be called (in the mxnner provided in section 10 (2) in the case of the annual meeting of an electoral district society) by the president, or, in his absence or on his neglect, by the vice-president, or in the absence or on the neglect of the president and vice-president, then by any three members of the association, society or other body ; and at such meeting the election of officers shall take place, and the persons elected shall thenceforth, until their successors are appointed, be and be deemed to be the officers of such association, society or body. R. S. 0., 1887, c. 39, s. 73, 40. A special meeting of the directors of any association of society Special organized under this Act may be called by the president thereof, or, in his meetings. absence or on his neglect, by the vice-president, or, in the absence or on the neglect of the president and vice-president, then by any three members of such body, of which meeting at least seven days' notice shall be given to each member ; and, except as otherwise provided for, a majority of the directors of any such body shall be a quorum. R S. O , 1887, c. 39, s. 73 (2). 41. The treasurer of every society or other association organized rp^gg^g^^g^ ^f under this Act before entering upon the duties of his office shall give such a society to security, either by joint or several covenant with one or more sureties, &''^e security. which may be in the form given in schedule F to this Act or otherwise, as , the board of directors or other managing officers may deem necessary for the faithful performance of his duties, and especially for duly accounting for and paying over all moneys which may come into his hands ; and it shall be the duty of every such boird in each and every year to inquire into the sufficiency of the security given by such treasurer and report thereon ; and where the same treasurer for any society is re-appointed from year to year his re-appointment shall not be considered as a new term of office, but as a continuation of the former appointment, and any bond or security given to, the society for the faithful performance of his duties shall continue valid as against the parties thereto under such re-ap- pointment. R. S. 0., 1887, c. 39, s. 77. Municipal Aid to Agricultural and Other Societies. 42, — (1) The municipal council of any city, town, village, county or Aid from township in this province may grant or loan money or grant land in aid of municipal the Agriculture and Arts Association, or in aid of any agricultural society °™"^i'j„^°i or horticultural society formed within the limits of the municipality, or associations. partly within the limits of such municipality and partly within the limits of other municipalities, or wholly within the limits of an adjoining muni- . oipality, when such society has made the returns required by this Act to be made to the 'Minister in the case of a township society ; and if such grant is a loan of money to enable the said association or society to acquire lauds such municipality may hold the lands so acquired or may take a mortgage thereon, as security for the amount of such grant until the amount'of such grant be repaid to the municipality ; and any such grant 2 AG. 18 Agreements between municipalities and other societies for the use of buildings, etc. heretofore made in accordance with the provisions of this Act shall be legal and valid. Provided always that the total amount or value of the money or land heretofore or hereafter granted or loaned by any municipality to an agricultural society under this section shall not exceed, in the , case of a city, f 3,000, in the case of a township or town, |2,000, and in the case of a village, $1,000. 57 Vict., c. 17. (2) Any of the said municipalities owning lands or buildings for public purposes shall have power to make agreements on such terms and for such periods as they may deem expedient with any company now formed, or hereafter to be formed, under the provisions of chapter 155 of the Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1887, or of any amendment thereto, or with any agri- cultural or horticultural association, for the use of such lands or buildings, or either of them, or for the privilege of erecting on said lands (subject to such terms as may be agreed on) such buildings as they may require for agricul- tural or industrial shows, and to give the said companies the power of , renting said grounds and buildings when owned by said company to any agricultural or horticultural association formed under this Act or any amendment thereto, to and for the purposes of the annual show or shows of said association, and (o grant to such company or association the power to collect during said show, or at other times, as may be agreed from any person withing to go into or upon any such .grounds or buildings, or for any privileges thereon, or for any wagon, carriage or other vehicle, or for any horse or other animal which may be taken thereon, such en- trance fee or other charge as the said company or association may deem necessary or expedient. E, S. O., 1887, c. 39, s. 81 (2). Farmers' Institutes. When far- 43. The formation of farmers' institutes for the purpose of dissemin- mers'insti- ating information in regard to agriculture shall be permitted under this formed"*''' ^ ■^°*' °^^ ^°^ ^^^^ district, as given in schedule B to this Act, but the Lieutenant-Governor in Council may, upon the recommendation of the Minister, authorize the organization of additional farmers' institutes or make changes in the limits of the various districts so far as farmers' insti- tutes are concerned, in order to increase their efficiency. Rules and regulations. 44. The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may, upon recommendation of the Minister, adopt rules or regulations for the general guidance or direc- tion of such farmers' institutes., Share in Legislative, grant. 45. Every farmers' institute shall be entitled to receive such money out of the unappropriated funds'.in the hands of the Provincial Treasurer as the Legislature may grant, provided — (a) That the number of members is at least fifty, each paying an annual fee of not less than 25 cents. (6) That the rules or regulations approved by the Lieutenant-Gover- nor in Council have been carefully observed. (c) That all reports or returns required to be made to the Depart- ment have been made to the satisfaction of the Minister. 19 Agbiculture and Arts Association. 46. The Agriculture and Arts Association, and the council of the said Council of Association, shall be continued until the first day of January, 1896, with association all the povsers and privileges at present conferred by the former Aqricul- ^^.^\'^^ ture and Arts Act, except as modified by section 47 of this Act. But on January, 1895. and after the first day of January, 1896, the Agriculture and Arts Asso- ciation and the council of the said association shall cease to exist. 47- Upon the passing of this Act all the property and effects, real and Property held personal, of what nature and kind soever vested in the said Agriculture and by association Arts Association or in the council of the said association or held in trust q^q^;, ^° by the said association or by the said council for the purposes of the same stall, subject to the lawful debts of the association, be vested in Her Majesty for the public uses of the Province. Hkrd Books and PEbiGREBs. 48. The keeping of registers of pure-bred stock heretofore delegated Stock to the council of the Agriculture and Arts Association in accordance with registers, section 28 of the A gricullio-re and Arts Act, sub-sec. 10, is hereby transferred to the various associations or bodies corporate heretofore engaged in such work conjointly with the said council ; and the Lieutenant-Governor in Council may, from time to time, appoint a person or persons on behalf of the Department of Agriculture to assist in such registration ; and the salary of the person so appointed shall be payable out of the moneys set apart from year to year by the Legislature of the Province for agriculture, 49. Any person who wilfully signs any false pedigree intended for Falsifying registration in any herd, flock or stud book, or who presents to the secre- pedigrees. tary or other officer having charge of the register for the purpose of haying the same entered therein, any false or spurious pedigree, knowing the same tote false or spurious, shall, upon summary conviction thereof, upon infor- mation to be laid within two years from the commission of the offence, be- fore any justice of the peace, be liable to, a penalty of not more than $100 and not less than $25, together with the costs of prosecution, for each pedi- gree so signed or presented as aforesaid by him. - 54 Vict,, c. 10, s. 1. 50. The following Acts are hereby repealed : Revised Statutes of Ontario, 1887, chapter 39, except sections 13 to 34, Repealing inclusive, which shall continue in force until the 1st day of January, 1896. '=la"^«^- Chapter 8 of the Acts passed in the 51s| year of the reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria. Chapter 9 of the Acts passed in the 52 nd year of the said reign. Chapter IC of the Acts passed in the 54th year of the said reign. Chapter 9 of the Acts passed in the 56th year of the said reign. Chapter 17 of the Acts passed in the 57th year of the said reign. 51. This Act, save section 48 thereof, and subject to tlie provisions ^^j^^^^^g, of section 50 with regard to chapter 39 of K S. O. of 1887, shall come into ment of Act, force immediately on the passing thereof, but the said section 48 shall come into force and take effect on the 1st day of January, 1896. 20 SCHEDULE A. AORICULTUPwAL DIVISIONS. 1. Stormont, Dundas, Glengarry, Prescott, and Cornwall. 2. Lanark North, Lanark South, Renfrew North, Renfrew South, Carleton, Russell, and the city of Ottawa. 3. Frontenac, city of Kingston, Leeds and Grenville North, Leeds South, Granville South, and Brockville. 4. Hastings Bast, Hastings North, Hastings West, Addington, Lennox, and Prince Edward. 5. Durham East, Durham West, Northumberland East, Northumberland West, Peter- lorough East, Peterborough West, Victoria North (including Haliburton), and Victoria South. *"- 6. York East, York .North, York West, Oijtario North, Ontario South, Peel, Card well, and city oi Toronto. V. Wellington Centre, Wellington South, Wellington West, Waterloo North, Waterloo South, Wentworth North, Wentworth South, Dufferin, Hakon, and city of Hamilton. 8. Lincoln, Niagara, Welland, Haldimand, and Monck. 9. Elgin East, Elgin West, Brant North, Brant South, Oxford North, Oxford South, Norfolk North, and Norfolk South. 10. Huron East, Huron South. Huron West, Bruce North, Bruce South, Grey East, Grey Noith and Grey South. 11. Perth North, Perth South, Middlesex East, Middlesex North, Middlesex West, and city of London. 12. Essex North, Essex South, Kent East, Kent West, Lambton East, and Larabton West. 13. Algoma East, Algoma West, Simcoe East. Simooe South, Simcoe West Muskoka, Parry Sound East, Parr}- Sound West, Nipissing East, Nipissing West, and Manitoulin. R.S.O., 1887, c. 39, Schd. A., 56 V., u. 10. SCHEDULE B. * In the following scliedule the districts into which the province is divided for the purposes of The Agricultural mid Arts Act are arranged alphabetically. The boundaries of these divisions do not agree in many cases with the electoral division boundaries The districts here given were established by schedules to chapter 39 of the Revised Statutes of Ontario for 1887. As agricultural societies were formed before that revision in accordance with these boundaries, and also since the revision, it has been found necessary to retain them. For oottvenience of reference it may be pointed out that the following are the districts which agree with the electoral divisions as established by the Revised Statutes of 1887 : Bruce, South, Centre and North, Carleton, Dundas, Durham, East and West, Glengarry, Haldimand, Halton, Hamilton, city of, Hastings, Notth, East and West, Huron, South, Kent, East and West, Lambton, East and West, Lanark, North and Sou^h, - Lennox, Lincoln, London, city of. Middlesex, North, East and West, Monck, Norfolk, North and South, Northumberland, East and West, Oxford, North and South, Peel, Peterborough, East and West, Prescott, Prince Edward, Renfrew, North and South, Russell, Waterloo, North and South, Welland, Wentworth, North and South York, North. 21 The following districts under the Agriculture and Arts Act differ from the electoral divi- sions : Addington, Brant, North, Brant, South, Brockville, Cardwell, Cornwall, Dufferin, Elgin, Bast, Elgin, West, Essex, North, Essex, South, Frontenac, Gfenville, South, Grey, North, Grey, South, Grey, East, Huron, East, Huron, West, Kingston, city of, Leeds and Grenville, North, Leeds, South, Manitoulin, Muskoka, North, and Muskoka, South, Niagara, Nipissing. East, Nipissiiig, West, Ontario, North, OntarK), South, Ottawa, city of. Parry Sound, East, ' Parry Sound, West, Peel, Perth, North and South, Simcoe, East, West aad South, Stoniiont, Toronto, city of, Victoria, North, Victoria, South, Wellington, Centre, Wellington, South, Wellington, West, York, Ji.ast, York, Wett. The municipalities composing these districts will be 'found in their proper place in the sub- joined hst : Districts for which agricultural societies have been or may be formed, alphabetically arranged — Addington : The townships of Camden, Portland, ShefEeld,, Hinchinbrooke, Kaladar, Ken- nebec, Olden, Oso, Anglesea, Barrie, Clarendon, Palmerston, Effingham, Abinger, Miller, North and South Canonto, Ashby, Denbigh, Loughborough and Bedford and the village of Newburgh. Algoma, West : That part of the territory forming the p'rovisional judicial district c^E Thunder Bay which lies west of efghty-seven degrees west longitude. Algoma, East : The territory forming the provisional judipial distiict of Algoma, together with- that par,t of the provisional judicial district of Thunder Bay which lies east of eighty- seven degrees west longitude. Brant, North : The townships of South Dumfries, Onondaga, the northerly portion (hereinafter- described) of the township of Brantford, and the town of Paris. Beant, South : The townships of Burford, Oakland, Tuscarora, the southerly portion of the- township of Brantford, and the city of Brantford. The said northerly portion of the township of Brantford includes and consists of all that portiort of the said township which lies on the northerly side of the Grand river ; and the said southerly portion of the said township includes and consists of all the remainder of the said township of Brantford. ' Beockville : The town of Brockville, the township of Elizabethtown, the township called Front of Yonge, the township called Rear of Yonge and Escott, and the village of Athens. Beuce, South : The townships of Brant, Garrick, Culross and Kinloss.the town of Walkerton,. and the villages of Luoknow and Teeswater. , BEncE, Centre : 1 he townships of Greenock, Kincardine, Elderslie and Huron, the town of Kincardine, and the villages of Paisley and Chesley. Bruce North : The townships of Bury" St. Edmunds, Lindsay, Eastnor, Albemarle, Amabel,. Arran, Saugeen and Bruce, the town of Wiarton, and the villages of Southampton^ Port Elgin, Tara, and Tiverton. 22 Cardwbll : The townships of Caledon, Albion, Adjala and Tecumseth, and the villages of Bol- ton, Beeton, and Tottenham, Oabletok : The townships of Fitzroy, Cioulbourn, Gower North, Huntley, March, Marlbor- ough, Nepean and Torbolton, and the villages of Richmond, Ottawa East, and Hin- tonburgh. Cornwall : The town of Cornwall and the township of Cornwall. DuFFERiN : The townships of Mono, Melancthon, Amaranth, Garafraxa and Mulmur, East Luther, the town of Orangeville, and the village of Shelburne. Dtindas : The townships of Matilda, Mountain, Williamsburgh and Winchester, and the vil- lages of Iroquois, Morrisburg, Chesterville, and Winchester. Durham, East : The townships of Cavan, Manvers and Hope, the town of Port Hope, and the village of Millbrook. ' t 'Durham, West : The townships of Clarke, Darlington and Cartwright, the town of Bowman- ville, and the village of Newcastle. Elgin, East : The townships of Bayham, Malahide, Yarmouth, South Dorchester, the city of St. Thomas, the town of Aylmer, and the villages of Vienna and Springfield IIlgin, West, : The townships of Southwold, Dunwich and" Aldbprough, and the villages of Port Stanley and Dutton. I^ssEX, North : The townships of Tilbury West, Tilbury North, Rochester, Maidstone, Sand- wich East, Sandwich South and Sandwich West, the city of Windsor,' the towns of Sandwich and Walkerville, and the village of Belle River. 3!ssEX, South ; The townships of Mersea, North Gosfield, South Gosfield, North Colchester, , South Colchester, Maiden and Anderdon, the towns of Aniherstburgh, Leamington and Essex, the village of Kingsville, and the municipality of Pointe au Pelee Island. Tbontbnac : The townships of Kingston, Wolfe Island, Pittsburgh, Howe Island and Storring- ton, and the villages of Garden Island and Portsmouth. Olengarry': The townships of Charloj^tenburg, Kenyon, Lancaster and Lochiel, and the villages of Alexandria, Lancaster anfi. Max ville. •Grey, North : The townships of St. Vincent; Sydenham, Sullivan, Derby, Keppel and Sarawak, and the towns of Owen Sou:nd and Meaford. <5rby, South : The townships of Bentinck, Glenelg, Normanby and Egremont, and the town of Durham. "Grey, East: The townships of Osprey, Collingwood, Proton, Artemesia, Euphrasia and Holland, the town of Thornbury, and the villages of Dundalk and Markdale. Haldimand-: The townships of Oneida, Seneca, Cayuga North, Cayuga South, Rainham, Wal- pole and Dunn, and the villages of Caledonia, Cayuga and Hagersville. ■Halton : The townships of Esquesiug, Nassagaweya, Nelson, Trafalgar, the towns of Milton and Oakville, and the villages. of Acton, Burlington and Georgetown. Hamilton, city o^. ' Hastings, North : The townships of Rawdon, Huntingdon, Elzevir, Madoo, Marmora, Lake, Tudor, Bangor, Carlow, Cashel, Dungannon, Faraday, Grimsthorpe, Hersohel, Lime- rick, Mayo, McClure, Monteagle, Wicklow, Wollaston, Sabine, Lyell, Airy, Murchison and Robinson, the villages of Madoc and Stirling, and any other surveyed townships lying to the north of the said North Riding. Hastings, East : The townships of Thurlow, Tyendinaga and Hungerford, the town of Deser- onto, and the village of, Tweed. Hastings, West : The city of Belleville, the township of Sydney, and the town of Trenton. Huron, ' South : The townships of Tuckersmith, Usborne, Stephen, Hay and Stanley, and that portion of the township of Goderich south of the line known as " the 6th line " and Huron road, the town of Seaforth, and the villages of Bayfield and Exeter. 23 HuEON, East : The townships of Howick, Grey, Morris, MoKillup, and thoSe p;»rts o£ Hullett and Turnberry, respectively, which lie east of the road commonly called the Gravel roa', and the villages of Blytli, Brussels and Wroxeter. Huron, West: The townships of Ashfield, Wawanosh (East and West), Colborne, and those parts of Hullett and Turnberry respectively, which lie west of the road commonly called the Gravel road, and that part of the townsli p of Goderich north of the said Huron road and '' cut line," and the towns of Goderich, Clinton and Wingham. ICent, East: The townships of Zone, Camdea (with the Gore thereof), Orford, Howard and Harwich, the towns of Bothwell, Blenheim, Dresden, Ridgetown and the village of Iham sville. ' Kent, West : The townships of Romney, East Tilbury, Raleigh, Dover East, Dover West, and Chatham, the town of Chatham, and the villages of Tilbury Centre and Wallaceburg. Kingston, city of. IiAMBTON, East : The townships of Bosanque^, Warwick, Plympton, Brooke and Euphemia, the town of Forest, the villages of Alvinston, Arkona, Thedford, Wyoming and Watford. Lambton, West : The townships of Sombra, Dawn, Moore, Enniskillen and Sarnia, the towns of Sarnia and Petrolia, and the villages of Oil Springs and Point Edward. Lanark, North : The townships of Sherbrooke North, Dalhousie, Lanark, Ramsay, Lavant, Barling and Pakenham, the towns of Almonte and Carleton Place, and the village of Lanark. Lanark, South":. The townships of Montague, Elinsley North, Burgess North, Sherbrooke South, Beckwith, Ururaraond, Bathurst, and the towns of Perth and Smith's Palls. Leeds and Grenvillb, North : The townships of Kitley, Elmsley South, Wolford, Oxford and South Gower, and the villages of Kempville and Merriokville. Leeds, South : The townships of Front of Escott, Front of Leeds and Lansdowne, Rear of Leeds and Lansdowne, South Crosby, Nort#Crosby, Bastard, and South Burgess, the town of Gananoque and the village of Newboro'. GRENViLiiB, South : The townships of Edwarjlsburgh and Augusta, the town of Prescott, and the village of Cardinal. Lennox : The townships of Richmond, Adolphustown, North Fredericksburg, f outh Freder- icksburgh, Ernestown and Amherst Island, the town of Napanee, and the village of Bath. Lincoln : The townships of Clinton, Grantham; Grimsby South, Grimsby North and Louth, the city of St. Catharines, and tfie villages of Grimsby, Merritton, Beamsville and Port Dalhousie. LbNDON, city of. Manitoulin : The islands as fol'ovs, Great Minitoulin, Oockburn, Barrie, Fitzwilliam, Lonely, Club, Wall, Rabbit ; all islands lying between these islands, between headlands on these islands, and all lying south of Manitoulin Island. Middlesex, North : The townships of McGillivray, Biddulph, Williams East, Williams West, Adelaide and Lobo, the town of Parkhill, and the villages of Ailsa Craig and Lucau. Middlesex, East : The townships of West Nissouri, North Dorchester, Westminister and London, and the village of London West. Middlesex, West : The townships of Delaware, Caradoc, Metcalf, Mosa and Ekfrid, the town of Strathroy, and the villages. of Glenooe, Newbury and WarJsville. MoxcK : The townships of Canborough, Moulton, Sherbrooke, Caistor, Gainsborough, Pelham and Wainfleet, and the village of Dunnville. MusKOKA, North : The townships of Cardwell, Stisted, Chaflfey, Sinclair, Watt, Stepheiison, Brunei and Franklin, and the village of Huntsville. 24 MusKOKA, South : The townships of Freeman, Gibson, Baxter, Medora, Wood, Monok, Muskoka, Morrison, Macaulay, Draper, Eyde, McLean, Oakley and Eidout, and the towns of Bracebridge and Gravenhurst. Niagara : Town and township of Niagara. NiPissiNO, East : That portion of the electoral district of Nipisaing comprising the townships of Cameron, Papineau, Calvin, Bonfield, Fen is, Chisholra, Boulter and Lauder, and the townships in the said district lying to the north of the Kiver Mattawa and to the east of the easterly boundary line of the townships of Widdifield, Mulook, Hart and Gar- row, and the said boundary line continued north to the Ottawa River. NiPissiNG, West : That portion of the electoral district of Nipissing not contained as above stated in the district of Nipissing East. NORFOLIC, North : The townships of Middletou, Townsend and Windham, the town of Simcoe, and the villages of Waterford and Delhi. NoEFOLK, South : The townships of Charlotteville, Houghton, Walsingham and Woodhouse, with the Gore thereof, and the villages of I'ort Dover and Port Rowan. NoRTHUMBERLAiSD, East I The townships of Oramahe, Brighton, Murray, Seymour and Percy, and the villages of Brighton, Oampbellford, Colborne and Hastings. NoKTHUMBEBLAPTD, West : The townships of Hamilton, Haldiraand, Alnwick, and the town of Cobourg. • Cktakio, North ; The townships, of Reach, Uxbridge, Brock, Scott, Thorah, Mara, Rama and Scugog, the town of Uxbridge, and the villages of Port Perry, Oannington and Beaverton. Oktario, South: The townships of Whiiby, East Whitby a);id Pickering, and the towns of- Whitby and Oshawa. Ottawa, oity of.. Oxford, North ; The townships of East Nissouri, EastZorra, West Zorra, Blandford, Blenheim, the town of Woodstock, and the village of Embro. Oxford, South : The townships of North Oxford, West Oxford, East Oxford, North Norwich, South Norwich and Dereham, the towns of In^ersoll and Tilsonburg, and the village.of Norwich. Parry Soukd, East : That portion of the electoral district of Parry Sound, as at present con- , stituted, lying to the east of the westerly boundary lines of the townships of McMurrich, - Ryerson, Chapman, Lount, Pringle and Patterson. Parry Soukd, West : That portion of the electoral district of Parry Sound, as at present con- stituted, not included as above in the district of Parry Sound, East. Peel : The townships of Chingiiacousy, Toronto and the Gore of Tofonto, the town of Bramp- ton, and the village of Streetsville. Perth, North : The townships of Wallace, Elma, Logcin, Ellice, Mornington and North East- hope, the city of Stratford, the town of Listowel, and the village of Milverton. Perth, South : The townships of Blanshard,, Downie, South Easthope, Fullarton and Hibbert, and the towns of Mitchell and St. Marys. Petekborouoh, East : The townships of Otonabee, Douro, Asphodel, Dummer, Belmont, Methuen, Burleigh, Anstruther and Chandos, and the villages of Ashburnham, Have- look and Norwood. Peterborough, West: The townships of South Monaghan, North Monaghan, Smith, Ennis- more, Harvey, Galway and Cavendish, the town of Peterborough, and the village of lakefleld. Prbsoott : 1 he townships of Alfred, Caledonia, Hawkesbury East, Hawkesbury West, Longueuil, Plantagenet North and Plantagenet South, and the villages of Hawkesbury and L'Orignal. 25 Prince Edward : The townships of ALineliasburgh, Athol, Hallowell, Hillier, Marysburgh North, Marysburgh South and Sophiasburgh, the town of Picton, and the village of VVellington. Kbnfrew, North : The townships of Ross, Bromley, Weshneath, Stafford, Pembroke, Wilber- foroe, Alice, Petewawa, Buchanan, South Algona, North Algona, Fraser, McKay, Wylie, Rolph, Head, Maria and Clara, the town of Pembroke, and any surveyed town- ships lying northwesterly of the said north riding. Renfrew, South : The townships of MoNab, Bagot, Blithfield, Brougham, Horton, Admaston, (irattan, Matawatohan, Griffith, Lyndoch, Raglan, Radoliffe, Brudenell, Sebastopol, Hagarty, Richards, Sherwood, Burns, and Jones, the town of Renfrew, and the villages of-Arnprior and Eganville. Russell : The townships of Cambridge, Clarence, Cumberland, Gloucester, Osgoode and" Rus- sell, and the villages of Rockland and Casselman. i?lMCOF, East : The townships of Tiny, Tay, Or Ilia, Matchedash, Medonte and Oro, the tovfns of Orill'a, Penetanguishene and Midland. SiMCOE, West ; The townships of Vespra, Flos, Sunnidale, and Nottawasaga, the towns of Barrie, CoUingwood and Stayner, and the village of Creemore. Sjlmcoe, South : The townships of Tossorontio, Essa, Innisfll, and West Gwillimbury, the town of Alliston, and the villages of Bradford and Allandule. Stokmont : The townships of Finch, Osnabruck, and Roiborough. TOBOKTO, City of. Victobi'a, North : The townships of Eldon, Garden, Dalton, Fenelon, Bexley, Laxton, Digby, Longford and Somerville ; and the provisional county of Haliburtpn, and the villages of Fenelon Falls and Woodville. ViCTOKiA, South : The township of Ops, Mariposa, Emily, Verulam, the town of Lindsay, and the villages of Bobcaygeon and Omemee. Waterloo, North : The northerly portion, hereinafter described, of the township'of Waterloo, the townships of Woolwicli and Wellesley, and the towns of Berlin and Waterloo, and the village of Blmira. Waterloo, South . The southerly portion of the said township of Waterloo, the townships of North Dumfries and Wilmot, the town of Gait, and the villages of Ayr, Hespeler, New Hamburg and Preston. The said northerly portion of the township of Waterloo shall include and consist of that part of the said township lying within the following limits, that is to say : Commencing at the southwest angle of lot number forty-six in the said township ; thence easterly along the • southerly limits of the said lut, and of the lots numbers forty-seven, forty-eight, fifty, fifty-one and fifty-three, and the prolongation thereof, to the middle of the Grand River ; thence along the middle of the said river, against the stream, to the prolonga- . tion of the limits between lots numlers one hundred and thirteen and one hundred and fourteen, and along the prolongation of the limit between the said lots numbers one hundred and thirteen a«id one hundred and fourteen and along the limits between the said lots one hundred and thirteen and one hundred and fourteen, northerly and east- erly, to the westerly limits of lot one hundred and seven ; thence along the westerly limits of the said lot number one hundred and seven northerly to the northerly limits thereof ; thence along the northerly limits of the said lot number one hundred and seven and of lots numbjrs one hundred arid six, eighty-four and ninety six easterly to )he easterly boundary of the said township ; thence along the easterly, northerly and westerly boundaries of the said township in a northerly, westerly and southerly direction, respectively, to the place of beginning ; and the said southerly portion of the said township of Waterloo shall include and consist of all the remaining part of the said township. Welland : The townships of Bertie, Crowland, Humberstone, Stamford, Thorold, Willoughby, the towns of Niagara Falls, Thorold and Welland, and the villages of Chippewa, Fort Erie, Niagara Falls South, and Port Colborne. Wellington, South : The townships of Guelph, Puslinch and Eramosa, and the City of Guelph. 26 Wellington, Centre : The townships of Pilkington, Niohol, Erin, West Garafraxa, West Luther antl the villages of Fergus, Erin, and Elora. Wellington, West : The townships of Arthur, Minto, Maiyborough and Peel, the towns of Pa'.merston,' Mount Porcst and Harriston, and the villages of Arthur, Clifford and Drayton. ' Wbntworth, North : The townships of Beverley, Flamborough West, Flamborough East, the town of Dundas, and the village of Waterdown. Wkntwokth, South : The townships of Saltfleet, Binbrook, Glanford, Barton and Ancaster. York, Ease : The townships of Markharxi and Scarborough, that portion of the township of York lying east of Yonge street, the tpwn of North Toronto, and the villages of Mark- ham a«d East Toronto. YoEK, West : The townships of Etobicoke and Vaughan, that portion of the township of York » lying west of Yonge street, the town of Toronto Junction, and the villages of Rich- mond Hill, Weston, and Woodbridge. York, North : The townships of King, Whitchurch, Georgina, East Gwillimbury and North Gwillimbury, the towns of Newmarket and Aurora, and the villages of Sutton, Holland Landing, and that part of the village of Stouffville which formerly formed part of the township of Whitchurch. , NoTK. — The townships hereinbefore mentioned include all towii3 and incorporated villages situated within the limits thereof reBpectiv.ely. SCHEDULE C. * Declaration of Association. ' We, whose names are subscribed hereto, agree to form ourselves into a society, under the provisions of The Agriculture and Art's Act, to be called the district {or township), agricultural (or horticultural) society of the district {or towuship, or city, or town, or incorporated village) of ; and we' hereby severally agree to pay to the treasurer the sums opposite our respective names ; and we further agree to conform to the by-laws and rules of the said society. Names. cts. R. S. O., 1887, c. 39, Sohed. B. SCHEDULE D. Affidavit as to Subscriptions to District, Township or Horticultural Society. County of "1 To wit : / L A.B., of the township of , Treasurer of the Agricultural {or Horticul- tural) Society of the of ' make oath and say that the sum of has been paid into my hands, as and for the members' subscriptior.s-for this year, in accordance with the list herewith sent to the Minister of Agriculture ; and that the said sum is now in my hands, or has already been disposed of according to law. Sworn before me this \ day of , A.D., 18 I , „ C. D., \ ^- ^■ Justice of the Peace for the Coimty of ) R. S. 0., 1887, c, 39, Sched, D. 27 SCHEDULE E. Know all men by these presents that we, A. B., treasurer of the society i^or association) of the of , in the county of Esquire, and, 6. D., of the of , in the county of , gentleman (if more than one surety is required insert here the names of the others in like manner), do hereby jointly and severally, for ourselves and for each of our heirs, executors and adminis- trators, covenant and promise that the Slid A. B., as treasurer of the society {or as50ciation), shiU well and truly account for ani pay over to the society {or association), or the person or persons entitled to the same, all moneys which he shall receive by -virtue of his said ofiice of treasurer, and that he will faithfully perform the duties of his said •oflBce. Nevertheless it is hereby declared that no greater sum shall be recovered under this covenant :against the several parties hereto than as follows : that is to say, against the said A. B., in the whole $ (the amount fixed by the board of directors) against the said G. D., ■^ (the amount fixed by the board of directors) [if more sureties were required by the ■board, here add the napies and amounts m like manner). In witness whereof we have to these presents set our hands and seals this Notice of give notice in writing to the ibspector that he requires an examination of appeal, the trees, in respect of which complaint is made, by the board of the fruit tree inspection and shall name the day and hour at which the examination will take place. (3) The person appealing shall also within the said ten days give notice Notice to in writing to three members of the said board that he requires the attend- ^Pf""*,*" ^ ance of the members notified at the time and place named for the examina- examine trees. tion of the said fruit trees, and the date so fixed shall be not less than three days after the service of notice on the inspector and on the last member of the board so served. (4) At the day and hour named in the notice of appeal, the members Examination notified shall attend and examine the trees in question and determine by board, whether or not the notice given by the inspector to the owner or occupant, under section 5 of this Act, was rightly given, and the decision of the said board or of a majority of the members present shall be final. (5) The decision of the board shall be in writing, signed by the members Decision by agreeing thereto, and a duplicate thereof shall be given to the person board. appealing and to the inspector, and pending such decision all proceedings against the owner or occupant appealing shall be stayed and if the said board decides that the notice given by the inspector was wrongly given and was unnecessary no further proceedings shall be taken thereon. (6) Each member of the said board shall be entitled to receive $2 for j-ggg ^f board. every examination made by him under this section, and the same shall be paid by the owner or occupant appealing if the board decides that the notice of the inspector was rightly given, or by the municipality if the board deftides that such notice was wrongly given, and the amount of said fees shall be, stated in the written decision of the board, and shall be a debt due to the board, from the party so found liable, recoverable in any division court having jurisdiction. . 9. — (1) Any owner or occupant of land who, after notice given by the Penalties, inspector, as provided by section 5, suflfdrs any black knot to remain on plum or cherry trees, or keeps any peach, nectarine or other trees infected with yellows or the fruit of trees so infected, shall upon conviction, be liable to a- fine of not less than $5 and not more than $20 for every such ofience. (2) Any person who knowingly ofifers for sale or shipment or sells or ships the fruit of trees infected with yellows, shall, upon conviction, be liable to a fine of not less than $5, nor more than $20. (3) Every inspector who, after receiving the written complaint required by section 5 of this Act, refuses or neglects to discharge the duties imposed on him by this Act, shall, upon conviction, be liable to a fine of not less than $10 nor more than $20. 1 b. Every offence against the provisions of this Act shall be punished, Application of and the penalty imposed for each ofience shall be recovered and levied, on penalties, summary conviction, before any justice of the peace ; and one-half of every fine imposed shall be paid to the inspector or other person laying the inforraatipn, and one-half to the treasurer of the municipality in which the ^ offence is committed, for the use of the municipality. reqSre in- 11. The council of every municipality shall require its inspector or ^p^^^°J^ *" inspectors to faithfully discharge all- their duties under this Act. duties. 40 " resident land." Duty of occu- pants and owners as to destruction of weeds. AN ACT TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF NOXIOUS WEEDS. R. S. 0,, 1887, chap. 202, amended by Vic. 53, chap. B9 ; by Vic. 54, chap. 48, and by Vic. 56, chap. 42. 1. Where used in this Act the term' "non-resident land" shall apply Interpretation to all lands -which are unoccupied, and the owner of which is not resident land"'""^' *°' within the municipality, and the term "resident lands " shall apply to all lands which are occupied or owned by persons resident within the mumoF' pality. 2. It shall be the duty of every occupant of land, or, if the land be unoccupied, it shall be the duty of the owner — (1) To out down and destroy all Canada thistles, ox-eye daisy, wild oats, ragweed and burdock growing on his land, and all other noxious weeds^ growing on his land to which this Act may be extended by by-law of the municipality, so often each and every year as is sufficient to prevent the ripening of their seed, provided that such cutting or destruction does not involve the destruction of the growing grain. 3. — (ly The council of any city, town, township or incorporated village may, by by-law, extend the operation of this Act to any other weed or weeds, or to any other disease of grain, which they declare to be noxious to husbandry or gardening in the municipality ;' and all the provisions of this Act shall apply to such noxious weeds and diseases as if the same were herein enumerated. (2) Such council may and, upon a petition of fifty or more ratepayers, shall appoint at least one inspector to enforce the provisions of chis Act in the municipality, and fix the amount ot remuneration, fees or charges he is to receive for the performance of his duties ; and in case a' vacancy shall occur in the office of inspector, it shall be the duty of the council to fill the same forthwith. (3) The council of any township in which there are any large tracts or blocks of waste or unoccupied land, may, upon the petition of not less than thirty ratepayers, by by-law, suspend the operation of this Act, in respect of such waste or unoccupied lands ; the by-law to define with sufficient clearness the tracts or blocks of land so exempted ; such by-law to remain in force until repealed by such council ; and until repealed the lands therein described shall be exempt from the operation of this Act. (4) The council may pass a by-law dividing the municipality into such sections or divisions as may be necessary for the carrying out of this Act, and may appoint inspectors for such divisions whose duties and powers shall in all respects be the same as that of the township inspector. 4. — (1) It shall be the duty of the inspector to give or cause to be given notice in writing to the owner or occupant of any land within the municipality whereon the said noxious weeds are growing and in danger of going to seed (and in, the case of property of a railfl^ay company, the notice shall be given to any station master of the company resident in or nearest to the municipality) requiring him to cause the same to be cut down or destroyed within ten days from the service ot the notice ; and it shall be the duty of the inspector to give or cause to be given such notice for the first time not later than the 10th day of July in each year, or such other earlier date as may be fixed by by-law of the municipality. Operation of Act may be extended. Appointment of inspector. Exemption of waste or unoccupied lands. Division inspectors. Duty of inspector. 41 (2) In case such owner or occupant of land (or, if it be railway pro- perty, then the station master upon whom notice has been served) refuses or neglects to cut down or destroy all or any of the said noxious weeds within the period aforesaid, the inspector shall enter upon the land and cause such weeds to be cut down or destroyed with as little damage to growing crops as may be, and he shall not be liable to be sued therefor ; or the inspector, instead of entering upon the land and causing such weeds to be cut down or destroyed, may lay information before any justice of the peace as to such refusal or neglect, atid such owner or occupant shall, upon conviction, be liable to the penalties imposed by section 10 of this Act. ■ . , . (3) But no inspector shall have the power to cut down or destroy Duty of noxious weeds on any land sown with grain ; and where such noxious inspector, weeds are grown upon non-resident lands it shall not be necessary to give notice before proceeding to cut down or destroy the same. 5. — (1) The inspector shall keep an accurate account of the expense ^j,|,gmjj ^f incurred by him' in carrying out the provisions of the preceding sections iuspeotor'a t)f this Act with respect to each parcel of land entered upon therefor, and expenses and shall deliver a statement of such expenses, describing the land entered thereof. upon, and verified by oath, to the owner or occupant of resident lands, requiring him to pay the amount. (2) If any owner or occupant of land amenable under the pi-ovisions of this Act deems such expense excessive, an appeal may be had to the said council (it made within thirty days after the delivery of suoh statement) and the said council shall determine the matter in dispute. (3) In case the owner or occupant of resident lands refuses or neglects to pay the same within thirty days after such request for payment, the said claim shall be presented to the council of the municipality in which . • such expense was incurred, and the said council is hereby authorized and required to audit and allow such claim, and order the same to be paid from the fund for general purposes of the said municipality. 6. The inspector shall also present to the said council a similar state- Provisiona as ment, verified by bath, of the expenses incurred by him, in carrying out. ^o^«''Pj«°^««"' the provisions of this Act upon any non-resident lands ; and the council is resident land, hereby authorized and required to audit and allow the same, or so much ^ thereof as to the council may seem just, and to pay so much thereof as has been so allowed. 7. The council of the municipality shall cause all such sums as have Collection of been so allowed and paid by the council under the provisions of this Act, ™™„Pgg'^y'" to be by the clerk severally placed on the collector's roll of the municipa- municipality, lity against the lands described in the statement of the inspector, and to be collected in the same manner as other taxes imposed by by-laws of the municipality. 8. It shall be the duty of the overseers of highways in any municipa- Duties of lity to see>that the provisions of this Act relating to noxious weeds are overaeers of carried out within their respective highway divisions, by cutting down or highways. destroying, or causing to be cut down or destroyed at the proper time to prevent the ripening of their seed, all the noxious weeds growing on the highways or road allowances within their respective divisions ; such work to be performed as part of the ordinary statute labor, or to be paid for at a reasonable rate by the treasurer of the municipality, as the council of the municipality may direct. 42 Penalties. 9. — (1) Any owner or occupant of land who refuses or neglects to cut down or destroy any of ihe said noxious weeds, after notice given by the inspector, as provided by section 4, or who knowingly suflfers any of the said, noxious weeds to grow thereon, and the seed to ripen so as to cause or endanger the spread thereof, shall upon conviction, be, liable to a fine of not less than $5 nor more than $20 for every such oflfence. (2) Any person who knowingly sells or oflfers to sell any grass, clover or other seed, or any seed grain, among which there is seed of Canada thistles, ox-eye daisy, wild oats, ragweed, burdock, or wild mustard, shall, for every such offence, upon conviction, be liable to." a fine of not less than - $5 nor more than $20. (3) , Every inspector, overseer of highways or other officer who refuses or neglects to discharge the duties imposed on him by this Act shall, upon conviction, be liable to a fine of not less than $10 nor more than (4) Any person who sows any wheat or other grain knowing it to be infected by thri disease known as smut, without first using some proper and available remedy to destroy the germs of such disease, shall, upon conviction, be liable to a fine of not more than " * " ■ 10. Every offence against the provisions of this Act shall be punished, appScatK)ifof ^^^ *^® penalty imposed for each offence shall be recovered and levied, on fines. summary conviction before any justice of the peace ; and all fines imposed shall be paid to the treasurer of the municipality in which the offence is committed, for the use of the municipality. CouncilB to ^ ^ •• "^^^ council of every municipality in Ontario shall require its require officers inspector, overseer of highways and other officers to faithfully discharge to enforce all their duties under this Act. Act. ■ AN ACT TO PREVENT THE EXTERMINATION OF THE PLANT CALLED GINSENG. Vict. 54, Chap. 52 ; Amended by Vict. 56, Chap. 4S. Destruction 1. Except for the purpose of clearing or bringing land into cultiva- pr^FbTted. *^*'"' 110 Pwson shall, between the first day of January and the first day of September in any year, cut, root up, gather or destroy the plant known by the name of ginseng whenever such plant may be found growing in a wild or uncultivated state. Penalty for 2. Any person who contravenes th^ provisions of this Act shall, for rf Actr"*'"" every such offence, upon summary conviction before any justice of the peace, be subject to a penalty of not less than $5 or more than $20, to- gether with costs for prosecution, and one-half of such penalty shall be paid to the prosecutor, unless otherwise ordered by the said justice con- victing. Proof of pur- 3. Proof of the purchase or sale of ginseng between the first day of chase or sale January and the first day of September in any year shall be prima facie TacYe^^iZoe. evidence of a contravention of this Act. 43 4. Any person who purchases ginseng, knowing the same to have Purchasing been cut, rooted up, or gathered between the first day of January and the wjtl' know- first day of Septembfir shall be deemed guilty of a contravention of this g^thering.*^* Act. 5. In any prosecution under the preceding section, proof that the Proof of illegal ^ ginseng purchased has been illegally obtained by the vendor shall be prima gathering to faoie evidence of a contravention of this Act by the purchaser, ^® evidence. AN ACT EESPEOTING VETERINARY SURGEONS. Vict. 58, Chap. 30. [Assented to April 16th, 1895. 1 . The present Veterinary College, established by the Agriculture and Present Arts Association, is hereby continued for the instruction and examination Veterinary of pupils in anatomy, physiology, materia medica, therapeutics, chemistrj, tjnued? "^ and as to the breeding of domesticated animals, and may exercise such powers as have been delegated to the paid College by the said Agriculture and Arts Association. 2. The present president of the Agriculture and Arts Association is president of hereby declared to be president of the said Association from the first day Association to of January, 1 896, until the first day of April of the same year for the pur- ^^yi'^g^'""*^ pose of signing the diplomas of all such pupils as are recommended by the April, 1896. examiners appointed under sub section 1 of section 34 of The Agriculture jj^g^ gtg,t, and Arts Act, as being competent to practise as veterinary surgeons. c. 39. 3. Veterinary practitioners holding the diplomas of the Agriculture and Veterinary Arts Association shall be entitled to professional fees in attending any practitioners. court of law as witnesses in such cases as relate to the profession ; and no person who does not possess a diploma or proper certificate from some duly authorized veterinary college, within or without this Province, shall append to his name the term veterinary surgeon, or an abbreviation thereof. 4. Any person who wilfully and falsely pretends to be, or who wilfully penalty on and falsely takes or uses any name, title, addition, abbreviation or descrip- wron^uUy tion implying or calculated to lead people to infer that he is, or is recog- assuming title nized by law as a veterinary surgeon, within the meaning of the foregoing surgeon. section of this Act, or that he possesses a diploma or proper certificate from some duly authorized veterinary college within or without the Pro- vince, shall, upon summary conviction before any justice of the peace, pay a penalty not exceeding f 100, and not less than $25. 5. All prosecutions under this Act may be brought and heard before p^ogecutions and by any justice of the peace having jurisdiction in the locality where the offence is alleged to have been committed, and such justice shall have power to award payment of costs in addition to the penalty ; and, in case the penalty and costs awarded by him are not upon conviction forthwith paid, to commit the offender to the common gaol, there to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding three months, unless the penalty and costs are sooner paid. 44 Application of 6. AH penalties recovered under this section shall be paid to the con- penalties, victing justice, and be paid by him to the treasurer of the Ontario Veteri- nary Association, and shall thereupon form part of the funds of the said Association, and be accounted for as such. Security to be 7- Any person convicted under this Act who gives notice of appeal given on against the decision of the convicting justice shall, before being released from custody, give to the said justice satisfactory security for the amount of the penalty and costs of conviction and appeal. appeals. Any one may 8. Any person may be prosecutor or complainant under this section, propecute ^nd every prosecution thereunder shall be commenced within one year from year.' ^^^ ^**^ °^ t^^ alleged offence. AN ACT TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF CONTAGIOUS DISEASES AMONG HORSES AND OTHER DOMESTIC ANIMALS. R. S. 0. 1887, Chap. 216. Interpreta- tion. "Disease.'' " Diseased." "Justice," " Court of summary jurisdiction." " Veteri- narian." " Place." Notice to justice by person to whom it ap- pears that an animal is diseased. Inspection and report. Notice by veterinarian. 1. Where the words following occur in this Act they shall be con- struad in the manner hereinafter mentioned, unless a contrary intention appears .• " Disease " means glanders or farcy ; " Diseased," means affected with disease; " Justice " means justice of the peace ; " Court of summary jurisdiction " means two or more justices sitting at a court or other public place appointed in that behalf, or a police, stipendiary, or othei magistrate or officer however designated, having by law power to act for any purpose with the authority of two justices, and sitting at a police court or other place appointed in that behalf ; " Veterinarian " means a veterinary surgeon, duly registered by the Ontario Veterinary Association ; " Place " means and includes any public highway, street, road, lane, alley; way, or other communication, as well as any public place or square. 2. — (1) Where it appears to any person that any horse or other animal is diseased, such person may notify any justice having jurisdiction in the municipality ; and the justice, if in his opinion there is reasonable cause therefor, shall forthwith by writing under his hand, direct a competent veterinarian to inspect the animal'alleged to be diseased. (2) The veterinarian, on receiving such direction, shall with all prac- ticable speed make an inspection, and report his opinion in writing to' the justice. 3. Wher? it appears to a veterinarian that any horse or other animal is diseased, he shall forthwith notify the owner or other person in charge of the animal, and shall also give notice to a justice having jurisdiction as aforesaid. 45 4 All notices under this Act shall be in writing or print, or partly in Direotion aa writing and partly in print, and' any notice given to a justice shall con- to notices. tain the name and residence of the owner of the apimal or other person in charge thereof where the same are known. 5 — (1) After the owner or other person in charge has received notice Owner after from a veterinarian that an aniidal is diseased it shall be unlawful to turn notice to keep out, drive or lead, or to cause such animal to be turned out, driven or led contact with through any place where it may be brought into contact with or be in any other animals, danger of transmitting disease to other animals, until it has been deter- mined by the court of summary jurisdiction, as hereafter provided, that the animal to which the notice relates is free from disease. (2) The justice, upon receiving the report of a veterinarian that an animal is diseased, muy at once issue his order to a constable, directing him to seize and detain such animal, and cause the same to be kept ia some place where it will not be brought in contact with, or be in danger of transmitting the disease to other animals, until the case has been deter- mined by the court. 6. The justice, on receiving from any veterinarian a notice or report Summona. stating that an animal is or ajjpears to be diseased, shall forthwith issue a summons, directed to the owner or other person in charge of the animal, requiring him to appear before a court of summary jurisdiction^ at a time and place to be specified in such summons, to show cause why the said animal should not be destroyed. 7. The proceedings on such notice and summons shall be regulated by Procedure. T'he Act respecting summary convictions before Justices of the Peace and Appeals to General Sessions, which shall apply to oases under this Act. Ji-S.O., c. 74. 8- — (1) Incase it appears to the court of summary jurisdiction, by Court may the evidence of one or more competent veterinarians, that the animal in make order respect of which the summons was issued is diseased, the court shall make J?"^ destruo- a^ order for the killing and burying or burning of such animal (describing animal.- ' the same according to the tenor of the description given in the notice or report, and in the evidence) within twenty-four hours, and in default Penalty for thereof may impose a fine not ex'oeeding $100, and a further sum of $50 default, for every twelve hours thereafter until the same is killed and buried or burned ; and all penalties imposed under this section shall be applied to the use of the municipality. (2) The court may in any case require further evidence as to the dis- ease, and may for that purpose appoint one or more veterinarians to report to them, and they may thereafter, with or without any further hearing, make such order as may seem just. 9. — (1) Every person having in his possession or under his charge jj^j £ ^^^gj, f any animal which is or appears to be diseased, but respecting which no aa to diseased notice has been given as aforesaid, shall, as far as practicable, keep such a°™al . animal separate from other animals not so diseased, and shall with all l^;bfc*h no^ practicable speed give notice to a veterinarian of the existence or supposed notice given. existence of the disease. (2) Any veterinarian shall, on receipt of such notice, with all piacti- ' cable speed, inspect the said animal, and if the disease appears to exist shall forthwith notify the person in possession or charge of the animal, and a justice, as directed in other cases. 46 Duty ot owner of animal which has been exposed to contagion. Pees, to ■ veterinaiian. Proviso. Arrest of persons impeding execution of Act. Where oSences shall be deemed to have been committed. Penalty. 10. No owner, or other person in charge thereof, shall turn out, lead or drive any horse or other animal, knowing such animal to have been kept in the same stable with any diseased animal, or otherwise exposed to contagion or infection, in, upon, or through any place without a license from a veterinarian first had and obtained, .or without other order from the court in that behalf. / 1 1. The court may iuake an order on the treasurer of the municipa- lity, ill favor of any veterinarian acting hereunder, for the payment of such witness fees or other remuneration as may be deemed just, and the trea- surer shall pay the sum mentioned in such prderto such veterinarian out of any funds he may then have in the municipal treasury ; provided that the said witness fees or other remuneration shall not exceed four dollars for each day on which the said veterinarian may be engaged in making any inspection or report, or in attendance at the court for the purpose of giv- ing evidence under this Act, together with necessary travelling expenses. 1 2. If any person obstructs or impedes a veterinarian, constable or other officer acting in execution of this Act, he, and every person aiding and assisting him therein, shall be guilty of an ofience against this