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Church in the City of Saint John, in connexion with the Presbyterian Church in New Brunswick, and not in connexion with the Established Church of Scotland:" And whereas the said Corporation are desirous that such name should be changed ;

Be it therefore enacted, &c.-1. So much and no more of the first Section of the said recited Act as gives the name and designation to the said Corporation of "The Trustees of the Saint John Presbyterian Church in the City of Saint John, in connexion with the Presbyterian Church in New Brunswick, and not in connexion with the Established Church of Scotland," be and the same is hereby repealed; and in lieu and place thereof, the said parties in said first Section mentioned, and thereby incorporated, and their successors, chosen and appointed, or to be chosen and appointed in the manner in and by the said Act mentioned and specified, shall for ever hereafter continue and be a body politic in deed and name, and shall continue to have succession for ever, by the name of "The Trustees of the Saint John Presbyterian Church in the City of Saint John, in connexion with the Presbyterian Church in New Brunswick, adhering to the Westminster Standards," and by that name shall be enabled to sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded, answer and be answered unto, in all Courts and places in this Province, and shall have all other the powers, authorities, rights, and privileges given and granted by the said Act.

2. So much and no more of the fourth Section of the said Act as is contained in the words "and second Book of Discipline as at present recognized and adopted by the Established Church of Scotland," be and the same is hereby repealed; and in lieu and in place thereof shall be substituted and taken as part of the said Section, the words " and Books of Discipline as at present recognized and interpreted by the Free Church of Scotland."

3. So much and no more of the seventh Section of the said Act as is contained in the words "Saint John Presbyterian Church in New Brunswick," where the same first occurs in the said Section, be and the same is hereby repealed; and in lieu and in place thereof shall be substituted and taken as part of the said Section, the words "Presbyterian Church in New

Brunswick, adhering to the Westminster Standards:" and so much of the said Section as is contained in the words "Trustees of the Saint John Presbyterian Church in the City of Saint John, in connexion with the Presbyterian Church in New Brunswick, not in connexion with the Established Church of Scotland," be and the same is hereby repealed; and in lieu and in place thereof shall be substituted and taken as part of the said Section, the words "Trustees of the Saint John Presbyterian Church, in the City of Saint John, in connexion with the Presbyterian Church in New Brunswick, adhering to the Westminster Standards ;" and that in all and every other respects the said Act shall be and remain in full force and virtue.

7th VICTORIA-CHAPTER 7.

An Act to incorporate the Trustees of the Reformed Presbyterian Church in the City of Saint John, in connexion with the Reformed Presbyterian Synod of Ireland.

Section.

1. Incorporation of Trustees.

2. Property transferred to Corporation.
3. Annual meeting for election of Trustees.

Section,

4. Other Churches in connexion, how incorporated.

Passed 26th April 1850.

WHEREAS it appears to be the desire of the members of the Reformed Presbyterian Church in the City of Saint John, in connexion with the Reformed Presbyterian Synod of Ireland, that the Trustees, in whom certain property is vested for the use of the said Church, shall become incorporated, in order that they may more effectually hold the same for the purposes for which the same was originally designed ;—

Be it therefore enacted, &c.-1. The following persons, namely, George Russell, George Cothers, David Johnston, John M'Intyre, together with the present Elders of the said Church, namely, John Armstrong, James Agnew, and Robert Ewing, be and they are hereby declared to be Trustees for the said Church, until the election and appointment of not more than seven other Trustees, as hereinafter directed; and the above named Trustees (and the said Trustees and their

successors, to be chosen and appointed in manner hereinafter mentioned,) shall be a body politic and corporate in deed and in name, and have succession for ever, by the name of "The Trustees of the Reformed Presbyterian Church in the City of Saint John, in connexion with the Reformed Presbyterian Synod of Ireland," and by that name shall be enabled to use a common seal, to sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded, answer and be answered unto, in all Courts and places whatsoever within this Province, and shall have full power and capacity to purchase, receive, take, hold, and enjoy for the exclusive use and benefit of the said Church, as well goods and chattels, as lands, tenements, and hereditaments, and improve and use the same for the benefit of the said Church; as also to sell, dispose of, and exchange the same according to their best discretion, for the like benefit; and also to hold the same according to the true intent and meaning of the donors, when such property shall be given, devised, or bequeathed to the said Trustees to the use and benefit of the said Church; provided always, that the amount of annual rents, profits, and receipts of such property shall not exceed the sum of five hundred pounds, any law, custom, or usage to the contrary thereof notwithstanding.

2. All estate, real and personal, of what nature or kind soever, at present vested in the present Trustees of the said Church, shall be on the passing of this Act fully and absolutely vested and remain in the Trustees hereinbefore named, and their successors, for ever, for the exclusive use, trust, and benefit aforesaid, saving the rights of such present Trustees and of Her Majesty, and other persons, bodies corporate and politic, or other claims or rights whatsoever.

3. On the first Wednesday in May in each and every year for ever hereafter, a meeting of the male communicants of the said Church may on that day be holden in the said Church, if deemed expedient, or in some other convenient place, at which meeting an election shall be made by ballot, to be determined by a majority of such communicants, of any number of persons (not exceeding seven, who shall likewise be communicants,) to be Trustees of the said Church, who shall forthwith, on the completion of such election, enter upon the duties of their office, and continue in the same until other fit persons shall be elected in manner aforesaid.

4. The Trustees in their several and respective Churches already erected within this Province, and also of all Churches which may be hereafter erected, in connexion with the Reformed Presbyterian Church of the City of Saint John, (the Trustees of which are hereby incorporated) shall, when elected in manner and form as directed by this Act, be bodies politic and corporate in deed and in name, and have succession for ever, by the name of the Trustees of the several and respective Churches to which they belong, and then this Act, and every direction and authority therein contained, shall extend and be in force in all such Churches in the same manner as if the same direction and authority were particularly re-enacted and applied to such Churches respectively.

14th VICTORIA-CHAPTER 13.

An Act to incorporate the Orthodox Congregational Church at Milltown, in the Parish of Saint Stephen.

Section 1.-Certain persons incorporated, name, &c.

Passed 28th March 1851.

Be it enacted, &c.-1. George M. Porter, William Todd, Junior, Henry F. Eaton, Joseph E. Eaton, Edward Foster, Daniel Tyler, James G. Kimball, William E. M'Allister, Joshua Allen, John M'Adam, Thomas Bowser, Stephen H. Hitchings, and such other male persons as are or inay become members of the Church hereinafter named, being communicants in the same, be and they are hereby created and declared to be a body politic and corporate in deed and name, and shall have succession for ever, by the name of "The First Orthodox Congregational Church in Saint Stephen," and by that name shall be enabled to sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded, answer and be answered unto, defend and be defended, in any Court or Courts of law or equity, or any other place whatsoever, and shall have full power and capacity to purchase, convey, receive, take, hold, and enjoy, for the use and benefit of the said Church, as well goods and chattels, as lands, tenements, and hereditaments, and improve and use the same for the benefit of the said Church, and shall have all the other

general powers and privileges not hereinbefore mentioned and contained, made incident to a Corporation by Act of Assembly of this Province; provided always, that the amount of annual rents, profits, and receipts of such lands, tenements, goods, chattels, and hereditaments, shall not exceed the sum of five hundred pounds.

16th VICTORIA-CHAPTER 5.

An Act for the incorporation of certain Bodies connected with the Wesleyan Methodist Church in New Brunswick.

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WHEREAS a number of persons in this Province are associated together in Classes, Societies, and Congregations, constituting a Religious Community known by the name of "The Wesleyan Methodist Church in New Brunswick," under the pastoral care and direction of Ministers of the Gospel in connexion with the British Conference, as known and defined by a certain deed, poll, or instrument in writing under the hand and seal of the Reverend John Wesley, bearing date on or about the twenty eighth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty four, and enrolled in Her Majesty's High Court of Chancery on or about the ninth day of March in the year last aforesaid; the Ministers and Members of which Church are in connexion with and are governed and directed by the rules and usages made or sanctioned from time to time by the said Conference: And whereas for the more beneficial and effectual exercise of pastoral supervision by the Ministers, and for the better and more effectual administration of the discipline of the Church, the Province, or part thereof occupied by such Ministers, is divided into Sections called Circuits; and the Classes, Societies, and

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