Take notice that a By-law for raising the sum of $

for Drainage under the provisions of The Tile, Stone, and Timber Drainage Act will be taken into consideration by the Municipal Council of the of

on the

A.D. 18 at the hour of

day of o'clock noon, at which time and place the members of the Council are hereby required to attend for the purpose aforesaid.

in the

FORM 7.

(Section 17.)

E. F.,

Clerk.

41 V. c. 9, Sched. F.

in the

Whereas H. J., the owner of Lot Concession of this Township [or as the case may be], applied under the provisions of the Act Respecting Tile, Stone and Timber Drainage Debentures, for a loan to be made to him for the purpose of draining the said land: And whereas the Municipal Council has, upon his said application, loaned the said H. J., the sum of $1000 [or as the case may be], to be repaid with interest by means of the rate hereinafter imposed :

Be it therefore enacted, by the said Municipal Council of the said that an annual rate of $80 per annum [or as the case may require, namely, $7.36 for every $100 loaned], is hereby imposed upon the said land for a period of twenty years, such rate to be levied and collected at the same time and manner as ordinary taxes are levied and collected.

41 V. c. 9, Sched. G.; 50 V. c. 6, s. 2.

5. AGRICULTURE AND ARTS,

CHAP. 39.-AGRICULTURE AND ARTS ACT, p. 398.

CHAPTER 39.

An Act for the Encouragement of Agriculture, Horticulture, Arts and Manufactures.

Rights of members of Township KEEPING THE PEACE AT EXHIBITIONS,

TOWNSHIP AND HORTICULTURAL SO- HORSE RACING PROHIBITED, 8. 86.

HERE

Η

ER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:—

1. This Act may be cited as "The Agriculture and Arts Act.” Short title. 49 V. c. 11, s. 1.

tion.

2. Where the words or expressions following occur in this InterpretaAct or in the Schedules thereto they shall be construed in the manner hereinafter mentioned unless a contrary intention appears.

Department of the "Depart

1. "Department" shall mean the "Commissioner of Agriculture and Arts;"

ment.

2. "Commissioner" or "Commissioner of Agriculture" shall "Commismean the "Commissioner of Agriculture and Arts;"

3. "Bureau" shall mean the "Bureau of Industries:"

sioner."

"Bureau."

4. "Council" or "Council of the Association" shall mean "Council." "Council of the Agriculture and Arts Association ;" and

District.

5. "District" and "Electoral District" shall mean a Dis- "District"; trict as constituted for the purpose of representation in the "Electoral Legislative Assembly, prior to the 30th day of March, 1885. 49 V. c. 11, s. 2.

3. The Agriculture and Arts Association, the Council of the Societies Agriculture and Arts Association, the Fruit Growers' Associa- continued. tion of Ontario, the Entomological Society of Ontario, the Dairymen's Associations of Ontario, the Poultry Association of Ontario, and all Agricultural and Horticultural Societies heretofore recognized and existing in Ontario, shall continue, except so far as they may be altered or affected by this Act. 49 V. c. 11, s. 3.

4. The Commissioner of Agriculture may decide all matters Commissioner of doubt or dispute as to the working or construction of this to decide disputes. Act, and his decision shall be final, except that an appeal therefrom may be made to the Lieutenant-Governor in Council. 49 V. c. 11, s. 4.

persons to in

5. The Commissioner may appoint any person to inspect Commissioner the books and accounts of any Society or body in the may appoint Province receiving Government aid, and being in any way in spect accounts connection with the Department, and may empower such of Societies, per- etc. son to summon witnesses and enforce the production of documents before him, and to take evidence upon oath in regard to the inspection; and all officers of 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. 49 V. c. 11. s. 5.

BUREAU OF INDUSTRIES.

Bureau to be

under

6. There shall be attached to the Department of the Comtion of Commissioner of Agriculture a Bureau, to be styled "The Bureau missioner of of Industries," for collecting, tabulating and publishing indusAgriculture. trial information for public purposes, and the Commissioner shall be charged with the direction thereof. 49 V. c. 11, s. 6.

Useful facts

7. It shall be the duty of the Commissioner to institute relating to ag inquiries and collect useful facts relating to the agricultural riculture, etc., to be collected and other industrial interests of the Province, and to adopt and published. measures for disseminating or publishing the same in such

Appointment of Secretary and other officers.

Duties of Secretary.

Gfficers of certain societies

answer all

manner and form as he finds best adapted to promote improvement within the Province; and (amongst other things) to procure and publish early information relating to the supply of grain, breadstuffs and live stock 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 Commissioner shall, on or before the first day of May in every 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 Commissioner, as provided by section 9 of this Act. 49 V. c. 11, s. 7.

8. The Lieutenant-Governor may appoint a Secretary of the Bureau, and may also appoint such other officers as may be necessary for the proper conduct of the Bureau. 49 V. c. 11, s. 8.

9. It shall be the duty of the Secretary, under the instructions of the Commissioner, to conduct all correspondence of the Bureau; to send to the proper officers and persons of whom such service is required the schedules, with instructions approved by the Commissioner, for the collection of facts and 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 every year a general report to the Commissioner, including a tabular abstract of facts relating to land, trade, government, population, and other subjects compiled annually from the departmental records of the Province and from other available records; and generally to perform all work within the sphere of the Bureau as he may from time to time be directed by the Commissioner. 49 V. c. 11, s. 9.

10. The officers of all societies and associations and others to organized under this Act, and of all municipal councils, school boards and public institutions, and all public officers of this Province, shall promptly answer all official communications from the Bureau, shall from time to time collect and tabulate facts according to instructions to be

official communications.

furnished them, shall make diligent efforts to supply correct information on all questions submitted to them, and generally shall act as far as practicable upon the recommendations of the Commissioner; and any officer of any 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 Commissioner or by the Secretary of the Bureau, shall for every offence incur a penalty of $40, which shall be recoverable by any person suing for the same before any Court of competent jurisdiction, and shall be paid to Her Majesty for the use of this Province. 49 V. c. 11, s. 10.

with Govern

11. The Commissioner of Agriculture, with the approval Arrangements of the Lieutenant-Governor in Council, may make such arrange- ment of Doments as he deems expedient with the Government of the minion. Dominion for the collection and transmission of information on the agricultural, 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 the Minister of Agriculture. 49 V. c. 11, s. 11.

copy of re

12. All collectors and officers employed in collecting data Officers, etc., for the Bureau of Industries shall be entitled to receive one entitled to copy each of the publications and reports of the Bureau. ports. 49 V. c. 11, s. 12.

THE AGRICULTURE AND ARTS ASSOCIATION.

the Associa

13.-(1) The members of the Council of the Agriculture and Who shall be Arts Association, both elected and ex officio, the ex-Presidents of members of the Association, the President and first Vice-President of Electo- tion. ral District Societies, of the Fruit Growers' Association, of the Entomological Society, of the Dairymen's Associations, of the Poultry Association, of the Bee-keepers' Association, and the Ontario Creameries Association, or any two members appointed to act instead of the President and Vice-President of any one of the foregoing societies, the Professors of the Ontario Agricultural College, life members, and all subscribers of $1 annually (which shall entitle such subscribers to membership only for the year for which their subscription is paid), shall constitute the Agriculture and Arts Association; and the officers of the Council shall be the officers of the Association.

(2) The payment of $10 shall constitute a life membership of the Association, when given for that special object, and not as a contribution to any local fund; and those persons who have heretofore been made life members under by-laws of the Association shall continue to be life members of the same.