such rules and by-laws in manner provided, and all such by-laws and amendments shall, when approved by the Governor-in-Council, have the force of law until repealed. Property vest 5. All property now owned by or held in trust for ed the association is hereby, vested in the corporation and shall be applied solely to the purposes of the corporation, and all debts, claims for subscription or contributions of members and other rights accruing to the association under its constitutions and by-laws shall be vested in the corporation constituted by this act, and the corporation shall be charged with the liabilities and obligations of the association. Limited 6. No member of the said corporation shall be bility. liable for the debts of the corporation beyond a sum equal to the amount of his indebtedness to the corporation unless he shall have made himself personally liable therefor. 7. Any member of the association, not being in Arrears. arrears, may retire therefrom, and shall cease to be such member, by giving notice on the forms required by the by-laws, and thereafter shall be wholly free from liability for any debt or engagement. pelled. 8. Every member expelled or voluntarily retiring Member from the association, or whose name shall be struck off the list of members for any of the reasons mentioned in the constitution and by-laws, shall forfeit the rights of membership. lia ex Rents, etc.. ated. 9. The rents, revenues and profits, arising out of how appropri every description of movable or immovable property belonging to the corporation shall be appropriated for and employed in the exclusive use of the corporation, the construction and repair of the buildings required for the purposes of the corporation, and the payment of expenses legitimately incurred in carrying out any of the objects relating to the aforesaid purposes. 10. The corporation may sue and be sued in the May sue and corporate name. CHAPTER 158. An Act to Incorporate the Middle Musquodoboit Agricultural Society, and to Enable it to Purchase and hold Lands for Exhibition Purposes. (Passed the 23rd day of April, A. D. 1909.), Preamble. Incorporation. May purchase lands, etc. WHEREAS, the Middle Musquodoboit Agricultural Society has agreed to purchase lands at Middle Musquodoboit, in the County of Halifax, for county exhibition purposes, under Section 22 of Chapter 3 of the acts of 1908, and it is expedient that a corporation be created in which the title to the said lands shall be vested; Be it enacted by the Governor, Council, and Assembly, as follows: 1. Wiiliam M. Sedgewick, President; John W. Reid, Vice-President; Charles Logan, SecretaryTreasurer; and Henry Lindsay, Robert Kaulbach, Adams Archibald, John Fox and Foster D. McCurdy, directors of the said the Middle Musquodoboit Agricultural Society, and their successors in office, to be hereafter elected under the provisions of Section 9 of the said Chapter 3 of the acts of 1908, are hereby created a body corporate by the name of "The Middle Musquodoboit Agricultural Society.' 2. The corporation hereby created is hereby empowered to purchase and hold lands at Middle Musquodoboit, in the County of Halifax, being part and parcel of the farm lands of one Edward Jennings, heretofore agreed with the said Edward Jennings to be purchased by the said society, containing upwards of seven acres, according to a plan thereof, but in trust, nevertheless, and solely for the purposes of the said rociety, and for holding thereupon exhibitions of agricultural and horticultural produce, farm stock, and articles of domestic manufacture, under the provisions of the said Section 22 of Chapter 3 of the acts of 1908. 3. The said corporation may, by mortgage of the Can mortgage. said lands, raise money to pay the purchase price thereof, and by a like security, to an amount not exceeding the value of the said real estate, may acquire funds to liquidate any deficiencies which may hereafter arise in connection with exhibitions held thereon. fences, etc. 4. The said corporation may make, erect, renovate May erect and repair buildings, fences, enclosures and other things on the said lands, and do any and all other work or works thereon, as may be deemed proper and expedient for the purposes for which the said corporation is created, and shall have full management and control of the said lands, and of the buildings and erections thereon, and of all moneys and other property acquired by it from time to time, and may appoint and pay caretakers and other officials and workmen as may be deemed by the said corporation requisite or necessary, and may and shall cause to be insured against fire, at all times, the buildings and other perishable property of the corporation. be sued. 5. The said corporation, in its corporate name and May sue and capacity, may sue and be sued in respect to all matters touching the property and the contracts of the corporation. CHAPTER 159. An Act to Amend Chapter 156, Acts of 1907, entitled, (Passed the 23rd day of April, A. D. 1909.) SECTION. 1. Section 3 amended. 2. Section 5 amended. SECTION. 3. Section 15 amended. Be it enacted by the Governor, Council, and Assembly, as follows: Section 3, amended. Section 5, amended. Section 15, amended. 1. Section 3 of Chapter 156 of the acts of 1907 is hereby amended by striking out in the ninth line the words "five hundred thousand pounds sterling money, the amount of the capital stock of the said company," and inserting in lieu thereof the words. "six hundred thousand pounds sterling money." 2. Section 5 of said act is hereby further amended by striking out the word "five" in the last line thereof and inserting in place thereof the word "seven.” 3. Section 15 of Chapter 143 of the acts of 190304 is hereby amended by striking out the figures "59" in said section and inserting in lieu thereof the figures “60." CHAPTER 160. An Act to Amend Chapter 153, Acts of 1903-4, entitled, "An Act to Incorporate the Maritime Coal and Railway Company, Limited." (Passed the 23rd day of April, A. D. 1909.) Section 28, amended. Additional SECTION 1. Section 28 amended. SECTION. 2. Additional directors. Be it enacted by the Governor, Council, and Assembly, as follows: 1. Section 28 of Chapter 153, acts 1903-4, is amended by striking out the word "seven" from the third line of said section, and substituting therefor the word "eleven. 2. The present directors of the company elected at the annual meeting held in March, 1909, shall have power to add to their numbers by electing one or more additional directors, provided that the whole number of directors shall not exceed eleven. Any persons so elected shall be properly qualified as directors, and shall hold office until the next annual meeting of the company. CHAPTER 161. An Act to Increase the Capital Stock of the Missiquash (Passed the 23rd day of April, A. D. 1909.) SECTION. Capital increased. 2 Kind of stock issued | SECTION. 3. Arbitrators may be appointed Be it enacted by the Governor, Council, and Assembly, as follows: increased... 1. The Missiquash Marsh Company incorporated Capital by act of the General Assembly of Nova Scotia, 60th Victoria, A. D. 1897, Chapter 113, is hereby authorized and empowered to increase its capital stock from one hundred thousand dollars to one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, by a resolution heretofore passed or hereafter to be passed, at any general annual meeting or a special general meeting called for that purpose. stock issued. 2 Such stock may be issued either as preferred Kind of or common, or part preferred and part common, and any stock certificates of either class duly issued may, on agreement between the holders thereof and the company, be delivered up and cancelled, and on order of the directors be re-issued for the same amount in the other class. may be boundary 3. (1) The Missiquash marsh commissioners of Arbitrators sewers and the Warden of the Municipality of the appointed. County of Cumberland are each hereby authorized and to define empowered to appoint an arbitrator to define and line, etc. fix the boundary line between the Missiquash body of marsh and the Amherst body, in the County of Cumberland. In case the said two arbitrators cannot agree upon the said boundary line they are authorized to appoint a third arbitrator. In case they cannot agree on such third arbitrator the Governor-in-Council may, on the application of either party, appoint a third arbitrator; (2) A plan defining the said boundary line, signed by the said arbitrators, or a majority of them, shall be filed in the Registry of Deeds at Amherst, and shall be binding on all parties. 1 |