not less than four dollars, nor more than forty dollars, or be committed to the common jail for the space of not more than sixty days, according to the nature of the offence, and such offender shall also be subject to an action of trespass or damage. 31. The corporation shall have power to make, alter or repeal such by-laws, not inconsistent with this Act or the laws of the Province, as may be deemed necessary for its purpose, and the same, when approved by the Governor-in-Council, shall have the force of law. By-laws. 32. No person, whether the owner of a lot or other- Disinterments. wise, shall, without the consent of a majority of the trustees, disinter, take up or remove any body buried in said cemetery. Interments, 33. It shall be the duty of the secretary of the etc., recorded. corporation to keep a record of all interments, the age of the person buried, the date of interment and the number of the lot in which such interment is made and a record of all disinterments. 34. The trustees shall lay off and keep in reserve and good order a piece of ground for the burial of the poor and strangers. Poor lots. CHAPTER 128. Title. Incorporation. May sue and be sued. An Act to Incorporate the Scottish Pioneer Associa tion. (Passed the 29th day of April, A. D. 1922.) WHEREAS, it is proposed in 1923 to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the arrival of the first Scottish immigrants in Nova Scotia; Be it enacted by the Governor, Council and Assembly, as follows: 1. This Act may be cited as "The Scottish Pioneer Association Act." 2. George Patterson, J. C. C.; J. H. Sinclair, Colonel Thomas Cantley, Hon. R. M. MacGregor, R. H. Graham, K. C., Wm. A. McIntosh, H. G. Grant, J. W. H. Sutherland, Don. F. Fraser, A. P. Douglas, D. D. MacDonald, Archibald McColl, of New Glasgow; Alvin McDonald, Hector McInnes, K. C., of Halifax; E. M. McDonald, K. C., M. P.; J. Welsford MacDonald, M. P. P.; Hon. Charles E. Tanner, J. W. McKay, A. D. Patterson, D. R. Sutherland, J. A. Fisher, C. H. MacKay, William A. Dickson, K. C.; Alex. D. McKay and John D. MacDonald, of Pictou; John A. MacGregor, Robert McDonald, George Munroe, William Maxwell, James Saunders, Allie McQuarrie and Rod. Fraser, of Westville; George W. Thompson, of Ponds; Archibald McKenzie, of River John; Dr. George W. Whitman, John J. McDougall, Dr. Robert M. Benvie, of Stellarton, are hereby created a body corporate by the name of The Scottish Pioneer Association, hereinafter called "The Corporation." 3. The Corporation may sue or be sued and may enter into any manner of legal contracts and agreements and may make, accept, indorse or become parties to cheques, promissory notes, bills of exchange or any negotiable instruments whatsoever. andregulations. 4. The Corporation shall have power and autho- By-laws, rules rity to make by-laws, rules and regulations for its own proper government and management. votes of money. 5. The Corporation may receive votes of money May receive for the purposes of the organization from the Government of the Dominion of Canada, and from any of the Provincial Governments of any of the several Provinces of Canada and from any Municipality or other incorporated body whatsoever, and also from companies, associations and individuals. and towns may 6. For the purpose of contributing to the expense Municipality of the celebration to be undertaken and carried on by vote sums. the said Corporation, the Municipality of the County of Pictou or any incorporated Town situate in said County or the said Municipality of the County of Pictou and any Town or Towns situate therein jointly may vote such sum or sums of money as they may decide to be expended under such regulations as they may deem proper. 7. As soon as convenient after the passing of this General meeting to appoint Act, a general meeting of the Corporation shall be officers. called by the above-named corporators for the appointment of officers and the transaction of the business of the Corporation. CHAPTER 129. An Act to Incorporate the Shelburne Women's Club. (Passed the 29th day of April, A. D. 1922.) Be it enacted by the Governor, Council and Assembly, as follows: Incorporation. 1. Mrs. Annie Bruce, Mrs. Mary P. Irwin, Mrs. Evalina Blanchard, Mrs. Maud Nickerson, Mrs. Jessie Muir, Mrs. Robena Bower, Mrs. Etta Dexter, Mrs. Augusta Dexter, Mrs. Augusta Etherington, Mrs. Agnes Bower, Mrs. Alice Irwin, Mrs. Lillian Bower, Mrs. Harriett King, Mrs. Beatrice Harris, Mrs. Josephine MacDonald, Mrs. Marie Holden, Mrs. Kate Hood, Mrs. Mildred Cox, Mrs. Julia Atwood, Mrs. Louise Bachman, Miss Ethlyn Gould, Miss Ruth Bower, Miss Lillian Etherington, Miss Genevra Pennington, Miss Bernice Bower, Miss Madge MacKay, Miss Evelyn Kean, Miss Augusta Hood, Miss Lois Morrison, Miss Annie Richardson, all of Shelburne, in the County of Shelburne, Province of Nova Scotia, and all other persons who now are or shall hereafter become members of the Club, are hereby constituted a body corporate under the name of the "Shelburne Women's Club." Objects. 2. The objects of the Club shall be: (a) to secure the affiliation and co-operation of women interested in religious work, philanthropy, education, social and moral reform, art, literature and music; (b) to further all efforts for the benefit of women and children; (c) to promote the general welfare of the poor by social and sanitary reforms, by industrial instruction, by the inculcation of habits of providence and self-dependence and by the establishment and maintenance of any activities to these ends; (d) generally by public discussion, distribution of literature, promotion of legislative enactment and by any other means to assist in the furtherance of all or any of the objects herein before mentioned. and hold real 3. The Club shall have power to purchase, receive, May acquire hold, transfer, convey and mortgage real and personal estate. property. The Club shall not at any one time hold any real estate exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000). agement. 4. Persons named in Section 1 of this Act will con- Board of Manstitute the Board of Management of the Club and shall continue in office until their successors are elected in accordance with the by-laws of the Club. 5. No member of the Club shall be liable for the Limited liabidebts of the club unless she shall have rendered her- lity. self personally liable therefor. be sued. 6. The Club may collect all moneys due it or that May sue and may become due them under the by-laws of said Club and shall have power to sue and be sued in its corporate name for all claims and demands due to or owing by the said Club. 7. The Club shall have power and authority to By-laws. make, alter or repeal by-laws relating to its objects, purposes and aims and for the conduct and management of its affairs, and the existing by-laws of the Club and all by-laws made in accordance with this Act shall, upon being approved by the Governor-inCouncil, have the force of law until repealed in accordance with such by-laws and this Act. |