continue to apply and be binding on each successive board -of trustees of the said congregation. 14. Four of such trustees shall form a quorum and may meet for the despatch of business at any time after notice in writing of the time and place of such meeting having been given. Quorum. annual meeting. 15. Said trustees shall present at each annual meeting Statement at of the church held after the passage of this Act, a statement of receipts and expenditures during the past year, and a report of the conditions of the property. how executed. 16. All deeds, mortgages, releases, contracts, and other Documents, legal instruments made, given, or entered into by the said trustees requiring a seal, shall be sealed with their corporate seal, and shall be signed and acknowledged in behalf of the trustees by the chairman and secretary of the board. to congregation. 17. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, Action submitted the said trustees may, in their corporate capacity, commence any suit or action, or take any other legal pro-ceedings where they deem it necessary in the interests of said congregation to commence immediately any such suit or action or other legal proceedings, but any such action or proceedings taken must be submitted to a meeting of said congregation to be called as soon as convenient after the commencement of said proceedings. 18. The said trustees or any four of them, may call a Special meetings. special meeting of the congregation on giving notice during divine service from the pulpit of the said congregation on the two Sundays prior to the date of said meeting, for the transaction of any business specified in said notice. how called, 19. The secretary of the trustees shall call a meeting of Meetings, the said trustees on being requested to do so by the chairman or any three trustees, or may do so of his own motion. Notices of all meetings of the trustees shall be in writing and may be mailed to the last known address of each. 20. In matters not affecting the spiritual interests of Who shall vote the congregation, all members and adherents of not less at meetings. than (18) eighteen years of age who attend the worship and contribute for the support of the church and its ordinances, shall have the right to vote. Authority to sell property. Proceeds, how applied. Conveyances confirmed. Sections 2 and 3, CHAPTER 195. An Act to enable the Trustees of Chalmers Church, Be it enacted by the Governor, Council, and Assembly,. as follows: 1. The trustees of Chalmers Church, Halifax, incorporated by chapter 80 of the Acts of 1871, are hereby authorized and empowered to sell and convey the real and personal property held in trust for the congregation of said church. 2. The proceeds arising from the sale of such real and personal property, shall be applied in such manner and to such purposes as may be determined by the Presbytery of Halifax in connection with the Presbyterian Church in Canada. 3. All deeds and conveyances heretofore made and executed by said trustees, are hereby declared to be valid and effective for the purposes in said deeds and convey-ances expressed. 4. Sections 2 and 3 of Chapter 101 of the Acts of 1875, 1875, repealed. are hereby repealed. chapter 101, Acts INDEX TO THE STATUTES OF NOVA SCOTIA, 5° EDWARD VII., 1905 A Acadia Fire Insurance Company; Acts amended. Amherst, Town of; to borrow money for extension of poses ... Water System Antigonish C. M. B. A. Hall Co.; Act amended. Antigonish County; Act to borrow money PAGE. 251 123 125 321 118 ..37, 39 37 Assessors and Assessment in Municipalities; relating to.... B Barrington, Municipality of; Act to borrow money for Railway Damages Barrington, Municipality of; to make by-laws respect- Barrington Municipality of; Act to Guarantee Bonds 195 194 196 245 British American Coal and Railway Co.; Act to incor- porate PAGE. 210 Buller Lodge, No. 31, P. W. A.; Act to incorporate 322 C Cape Breton Coal, Iron and Railway Company, Ltd.; Act amended Cape Breton County; Act to borrow money to pay Smallpox Account.... 208 111 Cape Breton County; Act to borrow money to Build Cape Breton County; Act to borrow money by reso- lution of Council ... Cape Breton County; Act to legalize and confirm ed under Chapter 74, Acts of Cape Breton Northern Railway Co., Limited; Act to incorporate, amended... Cape Breton Stock Co.; Act to incorporate. Centreville Hall Co; incorporated.. Chalmers' Church, Halifax; Act to sell property.... ...... Chester, Town Plot of; Act respecting Streets... Plot of... City Compulsory School Act; amended. Civil Government; Expenses of .... Coal Mines Regulation Act; amended 115 115 116 208 283 333 366 311 175 180 72 58 . 24, 25 Coburg Road Presbyterian Church; Act to incorpor- ate Trustees, amended. 361 Coroners Act; amended 43 Counsel for Criminal Proceedings; Act amended.. 8 amended Cranberries, Protection of; Act amended D PAGE. Dartmouth, Town of; consolidation Act, amended.... Desjardins & Company's French Club; Act to incor- porate ... Digby, Town of; Act to provide for payment of School Moneys E Eastern Extension Railway Land Damages; respect- ing refund of Education Act; amended .... Education of the Blind; Act amended Election Act, Nova Scotia; amended (2) Empire Trust Company, Limited; Act to incorporate, amended... F Farmers' Mutual Fire Insurance Company, Pictou County; Act respecting. First Baptist Church, Halifax, Trustees of; Act amended...... Fishermen's Unions; Act for the organization of. 84 222 46 318 133 5 30 31 32 250 252 356 50 Fuller Lodge, I. O. G. T.; Act to vest certain property 341 G Game Act; amended.... 47 Gazette Publishing Co.; Act to incorporate the... 279 319 |