jswizzle3737/ontario_laws_and_regs huggingface dataset:
Definitions
1.  In this Act, “agricultural representative” means a person appointed under the Public Service Act to carry out the duties of agricultural representative for a county, district municipality, regional municipality or territorial district in Ontario; (“représentant agricole”) “assistant agricultural representative” means a person appointed under the Public Service Act to assist an agricultural representative in the carrying out of his or her duties. (“représentant agricole adjoint”) R.S.O. 1980, c.12, s.1, revised.
Duties and expenditure
2.  The agricultural representatives and assistant agricultural representatives shall perform the duties the Minister of Agriculture and Food, or an officer of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food designated by the Minister from time to time directs, and any money appropriated by the Legislature for the purposes of this Act shall be expended subject to that direction. R.S.O. 1980, c.12, s.2.
County grants
3.  (1) The county council shall, in each year on or before a date to be fixed by the Minister of Agriculture and Food, pay into a bank to the credit of the agricultural representative in charge of each office in the county the sum of $500 for the purpose of assisting in carrying on the work of the agricultural representative, and that sum shall be paid out from time to time by the agricultural representative with the approval of the Minister of Agriculture and Food or of the officer designated under section 2. Annual statement (2) An annual statement of the disposition of the sum so set apart together with a statement of the work carried on by each agricultural representative in the county during the preceding year shall be furnished to the county council. District and regional municipalities deemed counties (3) Every district and regional municipality shall be deemed to be a county for the purposes of this section. R.S.O. 1980, c.12, s.3. ____________________ Français