so united shall have the like powers as are conferred on trustees under this Act, and no others; and as to any act, deed or thing to be done or made by trustees under this Act which requires the sanction or assent of the congregation or religious body, the trustees under this section shall obtain the sanction or assent of each and every of the congregations or religious bodies so united, to be ascertained and signified in the manner hereinbefore mentioned. R. S. O. 1877, c. 216, s. 13. of deeds exe 19.—(1) All deeds of conveyance executed before the 29th Registration day of March, 1873, for any of the uses, interests or purposes cuted before enumerated therein, if the same were registered before the 30th March 29th, of March, 1874, shall be as valid and effectual, as if registered 1873. within twelve months after the execution thereof respectively, except in so far as the same may be affected by the prior registration of other deeds or instruments relating to the same lands respectively. certain cases of (2) But in all cases where any such religious bodies had not Proviso as to erected any buildings or made improvements, and any person adverse right. claiming to hold or to be entitled to any real estate or property included in any such deed on account of the omission to register the same, had, in virtue of such claim, taken possession of such real estate before the said 29th day of March, 1873, and also in all cases where the persons claiming to hold or to be entitled to such real property, on account of such omission as aforesaid, had actually sold or departed with, or had actually contracted to sell or depart with such real estate before the said date, the provisions of this section shall not extend to render invalid any right or title to such estate, but such right or title shall be taken and adjudged to be as if this Act had not been passed. R. S. O. 1877, c. 216, s. 14. to be register tion. 20. The trustees of any lands to which the provisions of Conveyances this Act apply, shall, within twelve months after the execution ed within of the conveyance, cause the deed to be registered in the twelve months office of the registrar of the registry division in which the after execu land is situate, or otherwise the same shall be void; and further, the deed shall be subject to the law affecting priority of registration in the same manner as if made between private parties. R. S. O. 1877, c. 216, s. 15. as to lands leased. 21. Trustees selling or leasing land under the authority of Trustees to exthis Act shall, on the first Monday in July in every year, have hibit accounts ready and open for the inspection of the congregation or re- sold and ligious body which they represent, or of any member thereof, a detailed statement shewing the rents which accrued during the preceding year, and all sums of money whatever in their hands, for the use and benefit of the congregation or religious body, which were in any manner derived from the lands under their control or subject to their management, and also shewing the application of any portion of the money which has been expended on behalf of the congregation or body. R. S. O. c. 216, s. 16. This Act not cial Acts as to religious bodies. 22. This Act shall not be construed so as in anywise to reto affect spe peal, alter, affect or vary any of the provisions in any special Act contained with reference to any religious body or congregation of Christians in this Province, but, on the contrary, any of the said provisions, while differing from or inconsistent with any of the provisions of this Act, shall prevail, and where any additional rights or privileges are conferred by this Act, these shall be construed as supplementary to the provisions contained in any such special Act; and in every case the special trusts or powers of trustees contained in any deed, conveyance, or other instrument, shall not be affected or varied by any of the provisions of this Act. R. S. O. 1877, c. 216, s. 18. lands. Powers of reli23. Any religious society or congregation of Christians in gious societies as to holding Ontario may, by the name thereof, or in that of trustees, from time to time take or hold, by gift, devise or bequest, any lands or tenements, or interests therein, if such gift, devise or bequest is made at least six months before the death of the person making the same, but the said religious society or congregation shall at no time take or hold by any gift, devise or bequest, so that the annual value of any lands or tenements or interests therein, so to be taken or held by gift, devise or bequest, at any one time exceeds in the whole the sum of $1,000; and no lands or tenements, or interests therein, (other than land used for any purpose specially mentioned in section 1 of this Act) acquired by gift, devise or bequest, shall be held by the said religious society or congregation for a longer period than seven years after the acquisition thereof; and within such period they shall respectively be absolutely disposed of by the said religious society or congregation, which shall have power in the name thereof, or in that of the trustees for said society or congregation, to grant and convey the said lands to any purchaser, so that it no longer retains any interest therein; and the proceeds on such disposition shall be invested in public securities, municipal debentures, or other approved securities, not including mortgages, for the use of the said society or congregation; and such lands, tenements, or interests therein, or such thereof as have not, within the said period, been so disposed of, shall revert to the person from whom the same were acquired, his heirs, executors, administrators or assigns. R. S. O. 1877, c. 216, s. 19. Power to appoint joint trustees for each other. 24. Whenever any two or more different parcels of land adjoining each other, or in the same neighbourhood, are held two or more sites for burial grounds by different bodies of trustees, burial grounds which adjoin whether of the same denomination, society, or congregation, or of different denominations, societies, or congregations of Christians, and such trustees think it desirable that for purposes of economic management, or any other reason, such parcels should be vested in one body of trustees, such two or more bodies of trustees, or the majority of each of such bodies, may, by deed under their hands, appoint trustees to whom and their successors, to be appointed in such manner as may be specified in such deed, all or any of the lands vested in such appointing bodies of trustees as sites for burial grounds may be conveyed, and such trustees so by such deed appointed, and their successors in perpetual succession by the name expressed in the deed, may take, hold and possess the lands thereby or thereafter conveyed to them as a site or sites for a burial ground, and maintain and defend actions for the protection thereof and of their property therein, and the said several appointing bodies of trustees may, in or by the same deed of appointment, or by any other deed or deeds, convey and assure all or any of the parcels of land so as aforesaid vested in them respectively to such trustees so appointed and their successors upon, with and subject to such trusts, powers, limitations and provisions not inconsistent with the purposes of a burial ground, as shall by the parties thereto be deemed proper. 45 V. c. 31, s. 1. congregation 25.—(1) No such deed of appointment of trustees, and no Assent of such conveyance or assurance, shall be made or executed by or religious any body, or the majority of any body, of trustees, unless or body required. until the congregation or religious body for whose use the lands are held shall be duly notified thereof, and its assent obtained for the execution of such deed of appointment, or of such conveyance or assurance, and such assent shall be signified by the votes of a majority of the members present at a meeting of the congregation or body duly called for the purpose. (2) Such assent shall be held in favour of such new trustees and their successors to be testified by the execution of said deed by the chairman at such meeting, or by the official head of such religious body, or by some person appointed at such meeting for the purpose; and the person assuming to execute said deed as chairman, official head, or appointee, shall be presumed to be such chairman, official head, or appointee, as the case may be. 45 V. c. 31, s. 1. tended to the 26.—(1) All the rights, powers, and privileges, conferred Rights exupon any religious society or congregation of Christians by this Church of Eng Act, shall extend and apply to the Church of England in this land. Province, formerly or otherwise called the United Church of England and Ireland in Canada, or the United Church of England and Ireland in Upper Canada, or the Church of England in Upper Canada. 41 V. c. 25, s. 1. churchwar (2) The parson or other incumbent of the church for the Incumbent and time being and the churchwardens thereof, shall, for the purpose of this Act, be deemed and taken to be trustees within the meaning thereof. dens to be trustees with in the meaning of Act. to be trustees (3) In cases within section 16 of the Act passed in the third Bishop, etc., year of Her Majesty's reign, chapter 74, and intituled An Act under 3 V. c. to make provision for the management of the Temporalities of 74, s. 16. Property vested in the Bishop in trust. Property vested in the Synod in trust. How land may be sold or consent requisite. the United Church of England and Ireland in this Province, etc., the Bishop, or Parson, Rector or Incumbent, or any successor or other person in whom the legal title or estate is vested, by, from or under any of them, shall also be deemed and taken to be a trustee, by whom the like rights and powers of trustees, may be exercised equally as in the case of such trustees. 42 V. c. 37, s. 1. (4) In cases of property vested in the Bishop of any diocese in trust, not covered by the preceding sub-section, the Bishop shall also be deemed and taken to be a trustee by whom the like powers of trustees under this Act may be exercised equally, as in the case of such trustees. (5) In cases of property vested in the Synod of any diocese within the Act passed in the 7th year of Her Majesty's reign, chapter 68, intituled An Act to incorporate the Church Societies of the United Church of England and Ireland in the Dioceses of Quebec and Toronto, and the Act passed in the 32nd year of Her Majesty's reign, chapter 51, intituled A Act to incorporate the Synod of the Diocese of Toronto and to unite the Church Society of the Diocese of Toronto therewith, the synod shall also be deemed and taken to be a trustee, by whom the like rights and powers of trustees under this Act may be exercised equally, as in the case of such trustees: and the powers of the synod under this sub-section may be exercised by and through such boards and committees as the synod may, from time to time, by by-law appoint for that purpose. 49 V. c. 48, s. 1. (6) Provided always, that land shall not be sold, mortgaged, encumbered, leased, or otherwise encumbered, under the powers conferred by this Act, except with the consent of the vestry of the church or congregation interested therein, and of the Bishop of the diocese, and the executive committee of the synod of the diocese; and it is hereby declared, that the consent or assent of the vestry, given in accordance with the rules and canons of the said Church, shall be deemed to be the consent or assent of the congregation within the meaning of the said Act, and the execution of the deed by the Bishop, and by the secretary or secretaries of the synod, or a memorandum of consent endorsed thereon and signed by them, shall, in favour of the grantee and his assigns, be conclusive evidence of the consent or assent of the Bishop and executive committee. 41 V. c. 25 s. 2. Rights extended to Ro 27. All the rights and privileges conferred upon any renan Catholic ligious society or congregation of Christians in section 1 Church. of this Act mentioned, shall extend, in every respect, to the Roman Catholic Church, to be exercised according to the government of the said Church. R. S. O. 1877, c. 216, s. 17. SECTION XV. PRISONS AND PUBLIC CHARITIES. CHAP. 238.--CENTRAL PRISON p. 2557. 66 239.-ANDREW MERCER REFORMATORY, p. 2566. 66 66 66 66 66 66 240.--INDUSTRIAL REFUGE FOR GIRLS, p. 2573. 242. REMOVAL OF PRISONERS FROM COUNTY GAOLS TO PROVINCIAL 243.-USE OF SPIRITUOUS LIQUORS IN GAOLS AND PRISONS, p. 2587. 244.-EMPLOYMENT OF PRISONERS WITHOUT THE WALLS OF COMMON GAOLS, p. 2588 245.-PUBLIC LUNATIC ASYLUMS AND THE CUSTODY OF INSANE PERSONS, p. 2589. 246.-PRIVATE LUNATIC ASYLUMS, p. 2610. 247.-INSTITUTIONS FOR THE DEAF, DUMB AND BLIND, p. 2641. [As to Gaols and Lock-up Houses, see also Rev. Stat. c. 184, ss. 452-476.] Sexes to be kept separate, s. 29. Solitary confinement, ss. 30, 31. Powers and duties of officer in DISCHARGE AND ESCAPE OF PRISON ER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, enacts as follows: |