how filled.

VI. In case any of the said persons so elected and appointed Casual vacanto the respective offices abovesaid, or who shall be hereafter cies among elected and appointed thereto, shall die or be removed from the Governors, such offices respectively before the time of their respective appointed services shall be expired, or shall refuse or neglect to act in and execute the office for which he or they shall be so elected and appointed, the other Governors of the said Corporation resident within the District of Quebec, or the majority of them, shall appoint a member or members thereof duly qualified, in the place and stead of him or them so dying, removed or refusing or neglecting to act, within sixty days next after such contingency, who shall serve until the General Annual Meeting in January next following.

how called.

Quorum.

VII. The President of the said Corporation for the time being, Meetings of and in case of a vacancy in the said office, either of the Vice- Governors Presidents, shall and may from time to time, and as occasion may require, summon and call together at such places within the City of Quebec as by any By-law shall be appointed for such meetings, and on such days and hours as the President or Vice-President shall respectively think proper, the Governors of the said Corporation and Hospital, for the time being, giving them at the least one day's previous notice thereof; and any Quorum. five or more of the Governors of the said Corporation being so convened together, of whom the President, or in case of a vacancy in the said office or the sickness or absence of the President, one of the Vice-Presidents for the time being, shall always be one, shall for ever hereafter be a legal meeting of Powers of the said Corporation, and they or the major part of them so met, shall have full power and authority to adjourn from day to day or for any other time as the business of the said Corporation may require, and to execute, transact, manage and perform in the name of the said Corporation, all and every act and thing whatsoever which the said Corporation is or shall by virtue of this Act be authorized to do, transact, manage and perform, in as full and ample a manner as if all and every the Governors and members of the said Corporation were present and consenting thereto, saving and excepting always the electing of Certain things Governors, unless upon vacancies as aforesaid happening in excepted from such powers the intervening period between general elections, and also sav- and be done ing and excepting the giving, granting, selling or other vise only by a maaliening any of the estate, real or personal, of the said Corpora- Governors jority of the tion, and the leasing, demising or disposing of the lands, tenements, hereditaments, real or mixed, of the said Corporation for any longer time than one year, no part whereof shall be so sold, leased or in any wise aliened for any longer term or time but by and with the concurrence and approbation of the majority of the Governors of the said Corporation resident within the District of Quebec, for the time being, first obtained at any legal meeting of the same; And further, at any such legal Making Bymeeting of any five or more of the Governors of the said Corporation, of whom the President or one of the Vice-Presidents

laws.

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Proviso.

for the time being shall always be one, it shall and may be lawful for them, in writing, under the common seal of the said Corporation, to make, establish and ordain from time to time and at all times hereafter, such by-laws, rules and regulations for the better government of the officers, members and servants of the said Corporation and of the patients from time to time admitted into the said Hospital; for fixing and ascertaining the place of meeting of the said Corporation, and the days and times of election before mentioned; and for regulating the mode and manner of making such elections, the management and disposition of the funds and charities and all other the business and affairs of the said Corporation, as they or the major part of them, so legally met, shall judge best for the general good of the said Corporation, and profitable for promoting the charitable and beneficial designs of the said Corporation, and the same or any of them to alter, amend or repeal from time to time as they or the major part of them so met as aforesaid, shall judge most conducive to the benefit of the said charity; Provided such By-laws, rules and regulations be not repugnant hereto Appointing or to the laws of this Province: And the said Governors for the Physicians, &c., to attend time being, or any five or more of them legally met as aforesaid, the Hospital. of whom the President or one of the Vice-Presidents for the Other officers. time being shall always be one, shall have the full and sole power and authority for ever hereafter, by the majority of their voices, from time to time yearly and every year, to nominate such and so many physicians, surgeons and apothecaries as they shall judge necessary to attend the said Hospital and the sick and discased patients from time to time admitted therein; and to appoint and designate the respective powers, authorities, business, trusts and attendances of the said physicians, surgeons and apothecaries, and also to appoint a steward, a matron, a nurse or nurses, and all other servants and attendants upon the said Hospital with the respective powers, authorities, business, trusts and attendances, with the allowances that shall be found necessary from time to time to be made and paid to any of the persons above said, for their attendance and services respectively in the said Hospital; and to displace and discharge any steward, matron, nurse, servant and attendant from the service thereof, and to nominate and appoint other or others in their place or stead; and when and as often as any President against Gov- Vice-President, Governor, Treasurer, Secretary, Physician, Surgeon or Apothecary of the said Corporation shall become unfit or incapable to execute their said offices, respectively, or shall misdemean themselves in their said offices respectively, contrary to their duty and to any of the by-laws and regulations of the said Corporation, or refuse or neglect the execution thereof, and thereupon a charge or complaint in writing shall be exhibited against him or them by any member of the said Corporation at any legal meeting of the Governors thereof as Power to sus aforesaid, it shall and may be lawful for the President or one of the Vice-Presidents and Governors, or the major part of them then met, or at any other legal meeting of the said Corporation,

Removal.

Charges of misconduct

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pend at any

time in the

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from time to time, and upon examination and sufficient proof, to suspend or discharge such President, Vice-President, Governor, Treasurer, Secretary, Physician, Surgeon or Apothecary from their offices respectively, although the yearly or other time of their respective services shall not be expired, any thing in this present Act before contained to the contrary notwithstanding: Provided always, that none of the said officers so com- Proviso: plained against, be suspended or discharged at any meeting How only without the concurrence and approbation of the majority of the officers shall Governors of the said Corporation resident within the District or discharged. of Quebec, for the time being, nor without having been furnished with a copy of the complaint or charge against him, at least six days before such examination, and an opportunity furnished him to be fully heard in his defence.

be suspended

VIII. The said Corporation shall be bound to make Annual Annual ReReturns to the Governor, or person administering the Govern- turns by the Corporation. ment of this Province for the time being, shewing the amount of their receipts and expenditure during the last preceding year, and of the real and personal estate held and enjoyed by the said Corporation.

IX. A copy of the By-laws of the said Corporation, certified Evidence of by the Secretary thereof for the time being, shall be received By-laws. and taken as evidence of such By-laws in every Court of

Justice.

An Act to incorporate the Sisters of St. Joseph for the
Diocese of Toronto, in Upper Canada.

[Assented to 19th May, 1855.]

THEREAS an Association of Religious Ladies hath exist- Preamble. ed for several years in the Diocese of Toronto, in the Province of Upper Canada, under the name of "The Sisters of St. Joseph," who have formed an institution for the reception and instruction of orphans, and the relief of the poor, the sick, and other necessitous; And whereas the said Ladies have by their Petition prayed that the said Association may be incorporated, and in consideration of the great benefits which must arise from the said Association, it is expedient to grant their prayer: Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada, constituted and assembled by virtue of and under the authority of an Act passed in the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and intituled, An Act to re-unite the Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada, and for the Government of Canada, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, as follows:

Sisters of St.

Joseph incor porated.

Corporate

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ers.

limited.

I. The Mother Mary Dauphine, Sisters Mary Martha, Mary Theresa, Mary Bernard, and such other persons as shall under the provisions of this Act become Members of the said Association, shall be and are hereby declared to be a Body Politic and Corporate in deed and in name by the name of The Sisters of St. Joseph, for the Diocese of Toronto, in Upper Canada, and by that name shall have perpetual succession and a comGeneral pow- mon seal, and shall have power from time to time to alter, renew, or change such common seal at their pleasure, and shall by the same name from time to time, and at all times hereafter, be able and capable to purchase, acquire, hold, possess and Real property enjoy, and to have, take and receive to them and their successors, to and for the uses and purposes of the said Corporation, any lands, tenements and hereditaments, and real and immoveable property and estate, situate, lying and being within the City of Toronto, occupied or hereafter to be occupied by the said Corporation for the purposes thereof, and the same to sell, alienate and dispose of, and to purchase others in their stead for the same purpose; and by the same name shall and may be able and capable in law to sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded, answer and be answered unto in all Courts of Law and Equity and places whatsoever, in as large, ample and beneficial a manner as any other Body Politic or Corporate, or as any persons able or capable in law may or can sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded, answer and be answered unto in any manner whatsoever; and the Mother Superioress make By-laws. and her Council for the time being, shall have power and authority to make and establish such Rules, Orders and Regulations, not being contrary to this Act nor to the laws in force in this Province, as shall be deemed useful or necessary for the interests of the said Corporation, and for the management thereof, and for the admission of Members into the said Corporation, and from time to time to alter, repeal and change such Rules, Orders and Regulations, or any of them, or those of the said Institution in force at the time of the passing of this Act, and shall and may do, execute and perform all and singular other the matters and things relating to the said Corporation and the management thereof, or which shall or may appertain thereto, subject, nevertheless, to the Rules, Regulations, Stipulations and Provisions hereinafter prescribed and established.

Power to

Further powers.

To what pur poses only the property of the Corpora

tion shall be applied.

II. Provided always, that the rents, revenues, issues and profits of all property, real or personal, held by the said Corporation, shall be appropriated and applied solely to the maintenance of the Members of the Corporation, the construction and repairs of the buildings requisite for the purposes of the said Corporation, and to the advancement of education, and the payment of the expenses to be incurred for objects legitimately connected with or depending on the purposes aforesaid.

sent Associa

III. All and every the estate and property real or personal, Corporation belonging to or hereafter to be acquired by the Members of the substituted said Association, as such, and all debts, claims and rights for the prewhatsoever due to them in that quality, shall be and are hereby tion. vested in the Corporation hereby established, and the Rules, Orders and Regulations now made or to be made for the management of the said Association, shall be and continue to be the Rules, Orders and Regulations of the said Corporation, until altered or repealed in the manner herein provided.

IV. Nothing herein contained shall have the effect or be con- Non-liability strued to have the effect of rendering all or any of the said of members, several persons hereinbefore mentioned, or all or any of the individually. members of the said Corporation, or any person whatsoever, individually liable or accountable for or by reason of any debt, contract or security incurred or entered into for or by reason of the Corporation, or for or on account or in respect of any matter or thing whatsoever relating to the said Corporation.

&c.

V. The aforesaid mother Superioress and Council of the said Power to apCorporation for the time being, shall have power to appoint point an Atsuch Attorney or Attornies, Administrator or Administrators of torney, Offithe property of the Corporation, and such officers and teachers cers, Teachers, and servants of the said Corporation, as shall be necessary for the well-conducting of the business and affairs thereof, and to allow to them such compensation for their services respectively as shall be reasonable and proper: and all officers so appointed shall be capable of exercising such other powers and authority for the well governing and ordering of the affairs of the said Corporation as shall be prescribed by the Rules, Orders and Regulations of the said Corporation.

Annual Re

VI. It shall be the duty of the said Corporation to lay before each branch of the Provincial Legislature within thirty days turn to the after the beginning of each session, a detailed statement of the Legislature. real or immoveable property or estate held by virtue of this Act, and of the revenue arising therefrom.

VII. This Act shall be deemed to be a Public Act, and the Public Act. Interpretation Act shall apply to this Act.

CAP. CCXXVI.

An Act to incorporate l'Hospice St. Joseph de la Maternité de Québec.

W

[Assented to 19th May, 1855.]

HEREAS an Association of Catholic Ladies hath existed for several years in the City of Quebec under the name of l'Hospice St. Joseph de la Maternité de Québec, for the establishment of a Lying-in-Hospital in the said City; And whereas the said Ladies have, by their petition, prayed that

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