19. County societies which have become district societies shall nevertheless continue to enjoy their corporate rights, and have a distinct and separate existence, for the purpose of electing their own officers and managers, of collecting the subscriptions of their members, of drawing the provincial grant hereinafter established and of expending for agricultural and industrial objects that part of their funds not paid over to the district society, in conformity with the rules laid down by the Minister.
R. S. 1964, c. 112, s. 19.