until the next annual meeting, when a successor shall be appointed. After the whole of the trustees herein incorporated shall have retired from office, and forever thereafter, at each annual meeting the three (3) trustees longest in office since their last appointment shall retire and their place shall be filled as herein before set forth. Nothing in this Act shall prevent a retiring trustee from being reelected upon securing a majority of votes. Trustees. 18. Five trustees shall form a quorum and may Quorum of meet for the transaction of business within their control at any time after due notice of the time and place of such meeting by the secretary. 19. The trustees for the time being, or any three Special meetof them, may call a special meeting of the congre- ing, how called. gation, notice thereof being given in the manner set forth in section 15 of this Act. may call 20. The trustees for the time being, or any three Ten members of them, shall call a special meeting of the congrega- meeting. tion on the written request of at least ten members of the congregation giving notice thereof as provided in said section 15 of this Act. to vote. 21. All members in full communion, male and Who entitled female, have the right to vote at all congregational meetings, and to them exclusively shall belong the right of choosing ministers, elders and deacons. At any meeting of the congregation, when matters relating to the temporal affairs of the congregation, and not affecting the order of worship, or the discipline of the church, under consideration, adherents who contribute regularly for the support of the church and its ordinances may vote, and, unless otherwise provided, the rules and forms of procedure of the Presbyterian Church in Canada shall, so far as the same are applicable, govern all meetings of the congregation and trustees. 22. The chairman at all meetings of the Congre- Chairman. gation shall be appointed from among the members or adherents qualified to vote at such meetings. 23. congregation. Fifteen (15) members or adherents qualified Quorum of to vote at a congregational meeting shall form a quorum of a meeting of the congregation. CHAPTER 146. An Act to Amend Chapter 181, Acts of 1901, entitled, "An Act to Incorporate the Presbyterian Church of Earltown and The Falls in connection with the Church of Scotland." (Passed the 13th day of May, A. D., 1913). Section. (10) Trustees named. Section. (12) Trustees only authorized. Trustees named. Trsutees empowered to sell land.. (11) Trustees empowered to sell land. Be it enacted by the Governor, Council, and Assembly, as follows: 1. Chapter 181 of the Acts of 1901 is amended by adding thereto the following sections: 10. That Peter McKay, George McIntosh, John Munro, John McLeod and Alexander K. Baillie are hereby declared to have been duly and regularly elected Trustees of the said Presbyterian Church of Earltown and The Falls in connection with the Church of Scotland, and are hereby constituted such trustees for the year 1913, and shall be entitled to act as such trustees. 11. That all the real property mentioned in paragraph three of said Act, that is to say, the "Manse" or "Glebe," and all the land in connection therewith, as well as all interest of title therein of any person, body, church, congregation or corpòration, is hereby vested in such trustees mentioned in the preceding paragraph, and such trustees shall have power to sell the same at private sale for the sum of $400.00 to Neil McKay, of North Earltown, without having to obtain any authority from the congregation, and upon making such sale as aforesaid, such trustees may make, execute, and deliver a conveyance of said lands to said Neil McKay, and receive the consideration thereof, and upon such conveyance being made by such trustees to said Neil McKay, the said real property and lands so mentioned, as well as all estate, right, title and interest therein, shall thereupon be and become vested in the said Neil McKay, for the sole use and benefit of the said Neil McKay, his heirs and assigns, absolutely forever; all the above powers and authority are given to the said trustees, notwithstanding anything in said Act to the contrary. authorized. 12. Such trustees are solely authorized, notwith- Trustees only standing anything in this Act or said Chapter 181 of the Acts of 1901, to transact any or all business that may be necessary in connection with the sale of the lands referred to in this Act. CHAPTER 147. An Act to Incorporate the Trustees of the First Be it enacted by the Governor, Council, and Assembly, as follows: named. 1. Samuel J. Waddell, James K. Fraser, J. Cur- Trustees rie Creelman, George J. McLeod, Ernest E. O'Brien, and A. R. Watt, all of Truro, in the County of Colchester, and their successors in office, are hereby created a body corporate by the name of the "Trustees of the First Presbyterian Church, Truro, N. S.," and are hereafter referred to as the trustees. 2. Such "trustees" and their successors in office Trustees authshall have power to purchase, take, hold, and enjoy orized to hold real and personal property and estate, and may sell, convey, mortgage, lease or otherwise dispose of the same; and may invest any money that may come into their hands for the use and benefit of the congregation of the "First Presbyterian Church, Truro, N. S.," hereinafter referred to as the "congregation." And Property vested in Trustees. Certain other property also vested in Trustees. shall have power and authority, subject to the provisions of this Act, to do any matter or thing necessary to carry out or effectuate the hereinbefore mentioned powers, or incidental or conducive to the same. 3. All the real and personal property now vested in the name of any person or persons as trustees of the First Presbyterian Church, Truro, N. S., whether by virtue of the provisions of Chapter 88 of the Acts of the Province of Nova Scotia, 1887, or otherwise howsoever, and any and all other real and personal property belonging to or in any way appertaining to said First Presbyterian Church, or held in trust in any manner, or by any person, persons or corporation for said First Presbyterian Church (not to include, however, any property held in trust by the Session of said congregation, or any member or members of said Session with the Minister of said congregation, or held in trust by any one to their use), are hereby vested absolutely in the "trustees" hereby incorporated without any conveyance or transfer, for the benefit of the "congregation" of the "First Presbyterian Church, Truro, N. S." And without restricting in any way the generality of the foregoing such real estate is hereby declared to include: The First Presbyterian Church buildings and Hall and the lands whereon the same are situate, which said lands are bounded on the north by Queen St.; west by Lorne St.; south by Prince St.; and east by lands of C. W. Archibald and Frank Dexter. 4. All the real and personal property now vested in the name of any person or persons as "The Trustees" of "St. Paul's Church, Truro, N. S.," and any and all other real and personal property belonging to or in any way appertaining to said St. Paul's Church or congregation, or held in trust in any manner or by any person, persons or corporation for said St. Paul's Church or congregation, Truro, N. S., are hereby vested absolutely in the "trustees" hereby incorporated, without any conveyance or transfer thereof, for the use and benefit of the "congregation" of the "First Presbyterian Church, Truro, N. S.," and without restricting in any way the generality of the foregoing such real estate is hereby declared to include: (a) the St. Paul's Church building and the lands whereon the same are situate, which said lands lie on the south side of Queen St., Truro, bounded north by Queen St.; east by lands of Estate Hamilton; South by lands of Mrs. Ross and west by lands of Mrs. Yorston; (b) the St. Paul's Church Manse and lands whereon the same is situate, which said lands are situate on the north side of Queen St., Truro, bounded east by lands of Mrs. Tremaine; on the south by Queen St.; on the west by lands of Percy Linton and north by lands of Estate W. H. Tremaine. sue and be sued. 5. The "trustees" in their corporate capacity Trustees may may sue and be sued in all matters touching the property of the said "congregation" and in all and every matter in which the said "congregation" may be or shall be directly or indirectly interested, and particularly may demand, sue for, recover and receive all money or moneys due to the "congregation" in any way whatsoever, subject to the provisions of the next succeeding section. sell or mortgage 6. Such trustees and their successors shall have Trustees may power to purchase, take and hold real and personal estate, for the use and benefit of the congregation, and shall have power to mortgage, sell, lease and convey the same with the consent of a majority of the congregation present at the annual meeting or at a special meeting called for the purpose, and with the like consent may finish or build churches or other buildings as the congregation may require, due notice of the time and place of such meeting being first given. Trustees. 7. At the first annual meeting of the said con- Retirement of gregation after passing of this Act, two of the "trustees" hereby incorporated shall retire from office, and at each of the succeeding annual meetings two of the trustees hereby incorporated shall retire until the whole shall have vacated the office of trustees. Such trustees hereby incorporated shall retire in the order in which their names appear in this Act, beginning with the first two mentioned names, and the vacancies caused by their retirement shall be filled by a majority |