for the purposes of the institution; provided always, that when any land shall have been granted or conveyed to the said Governor and Trustees for the use or benefit of any particular school or schools, the proceeds thereof shall be invested or the interest applied for the use and benefit of such particular school or schools. 3. Any lease made by the said Governor and Trustees of any of their lands, tenements, and hereditaments for any term not exceeding twenty one years, may be made with such covenant or covenants for the renewal of the same as the said Governor and Trustees may think for the advantage of the institution, and may agree upon with the person or persons who may take such lease; and good and valid leases of any land leased with such covenants of renewal therein, may be made under the seal of the said Corporation, any law or usage to the contrary notwithstanding. 7th WILLIAM 4th-CHAPTER 30. An Act to enable the Governor and Trustees of the Madras School to sell certain land in Fredericton. 1. School lot in Fredericton, how disposed 2. Application of proceeds. of. Passed 1st March 1837. WHEREAS the Governor and Trustees of the Madras School in New Brunswick are seized and possessed of a certain lot of land situate in the Town of Fredericton in the County of York, fronting on King Street in the said Town, heretofore conveyed to them in two separate parcels by Joseph Gaynor, on which said lot a school house has been erected and now stands: And whereas the said school house is found to be inadequate and inconvenient for the purposes of the Madras Schools in the said Parish; and in order to raise money either for enlarging the said school house or for erecting a new building or buildings for the purposes of the said schools as may be found expedient, it is desirable that the said Governor and Trustees should be empowered to sell and dispose of a part of the said lot ; Be it enacted, &c.-1. The Governor and Trustees of the Madras School in New Brunswick be and they are hereby authorized and empowered to sell and dispose at public auction, thirty days previous notice of such auction, stating the time and place thereof, being first given in the Royal Gazette, of such part or parts of the said lot as they shall deem expedient, including the said school house, if they shall judge it advisable, for such price and prices as they may be able to get therefor; and any conveyance of any part of the said lot made under the seal of the Corporation, in pursuance of any such sale, shall be good and valid, any law or usage to the contrary notwithstanding; provided always, that the said Governor and Trustees shall retain a part or parts of the said lot sufficient for the adequate and convenient accommodation of the Madras Schools in the said Parish of Fredericton. 2. The moneys arising from any such sale shall be applied and disposed of by the said Governor and Trustees either for the purpose of enlarging the present school house or else for the purpose of erecting one or more buildings on the part of the said lot which they shall retain, as the said Governor and Trustees shall in their discretion deem most for the advantage of the said institution. 8th WILLIAM 4th-CHAPTER 8. An Act to remedy the failure of the annual Courts or Meetings of the Corporation of the Madras School in this Province. Section. 1. Day for holding Court for the year, how appointed. Section. 2. On failure, how appointed. Passed 22nd July 1837. WHEREAS the annual Court or Meeting of the Corporation of the Governor and Trustees of the Madras School in New Brunswick hath failed on the first Tuesday in July in the present year, by reason of a sufficient number of members not having been present ; Be it enacted, &c.-1. The Lieutenant Governor or Commander in Chief may appoint another day for the said annual Court or Meeting of the said Corporation for the present year, and upon ten days notice of such appointment being given in one or more of the public Newspapers published in the City of Saint John, such annual Court or Meeting may be convened and held at the City Hall of the said City on the day so to be appointed therefor; and the said Governor and Trustees, or any five or more of them, being then and there assembled, shall form the legal annual Court or Meeting of the said Corporation for the present year, and shall have power to do, execute, and perform all such matters and things as may or ought to be done at the annual Court or Meeting prescribed in the charter of the said Corporation, and also to adjourn from day to day as the business of the said Corporation may require. 2. In case of a like failure of the annual Court or Meeting of the said Corporation in any future year, the like proceedings in all respects may be had as are hereinbefore prescribed for the present year. 14th VICTORIA-CHAPTER 12. An Act to authorize the Governor and Trustees of the Madras School in New Brunswick to sell and dispose of certain lands in the City of Fredericton, and for other purposes. 1. Sale of lots in Fredericton authorized, 2. Additional Trustees appointed in Saint &c. John; vacancies, &c. Passed 28th March 1851. WHEREAS in consequence of the destruction by fire of the Madras School House, in the City of Fredericton, it has become necessary to sell and dispose of a part of lots numbers eighty five and eighty seven, situate in King Street, in the City of Fredericton, for the purpose of procuring funds to aid in rebuilding another School House ;— Be it therefore enacted, &c.-1. The Governor and Trustees of the Madras School in New Brunswick be and they are hereby authorized to sell and dispose of by public or private sale, any part of the lots numbers eighty five and eighty seven, which are situate in King Street, in the City of Fredericton, for such price or prices as they may be able to obtain for the same, and for that purpose to make and execute to the purchaser or purchasers good, legal, and sufficient conveyances of the same in fee, any former law to the contrary thereof notwithstanding; and the money arising from such sale shall be paid and applied by the said Governor and Trustees towards the building of a Madras School House in the City of Fredericton, and to no other purpose whatsoever. 2. It shall and may be lawful for the Lieutenant Governor or Administrator of the Government for the time being, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, to appoint five fit persons, being inhabitants of the City of Saint John, additional Trustees of the Board of the Governor and Trustees of the Madras School in New Brunswick; and in case of any vacancy occurring by the death, removal, or resignation of any of the said five Trustees, the said Governor and Trustees, at any meeting of the said Corporation, shall elect another fit person, being an inhabitant of the said City, to fill such vacancy, who being approved of by the Lieutenant Governor or Administrator of the Government for the time being, shall be one of the Trustees of the said Corporation; and every other vacancy in the said non-official members of the said Board so to be appointed under this Act, shall be filled from time to time in the same manner. 12th VICTORIA-CHAPTER 65. An Act to incorporate the Trustees of the Wesleyan Academy, at Mount Allison, Sackville. Section. 1. Trustees of Academy incorporated. 2. First meeting, when held. 3. Who to constitute Corporation after first meeting. 4. Annual meeting, when held. 5 Extraordinary meetings, how called. 6. Quorum, for business. Section. 7. Power to appoint, &c. Principal. 9. Officers, by whom appointed. 10. What real estate vested in Corporation. 11. Religious doctrines, what not allowed. 12. Annual value of lands limited. Passed 14th April 1849. WHEREAS Charles F. Allison, of Sackville, in the County of Westmorland, in the Province of New Brunswick, Esquire, for the purpose of founding and establishing an Academy for the instruction of youth in the various branches of science and literature upon christian principles, did by indenture bearing date the twenty sixth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty, grant to William Temple, Sampson Busby, and Enoch Wood, Wesleyan Missionaries of the New Brunswick District, five acres and twenty five perches of land, more or less, situate in the said Parish of Sackville, and particularly described in the said indenture, upon trust, that the said William Temple, Sampson Busby, and Enoch Wood, or the survivor of them, or the heirs, executors, and administrators of such survivor, should execute such further conveyance thereof to such person and upon such trusts as might be agreed upon and appointed by the British Wesleyan Methodist Conference, and signified in writing to the said William Temple, Sampson Busby, and Enoch Wood, or the survivor of them, or the heirs, executors, or administrators of such survivor; and the said Charles F. Allison did also give and expend a large sum of money to promote his said bencvolent purpose: And whereas buildings have been erected on the said lot of land now called Mount Allison, by means of the said gift and the contributions of other piously disposed and benevolent individuals, and the said Academy has been organized and established, and is now in efficient operation: And whereas it is believed that the incorporation of the said Academy will more effectually promote the benevolent designs of its founder, and tend to a larger diffusion of its benefits, by simplifying the management thereof: And whereas the Missionary Committee of the British Wesleyan Conference having charge of the Missions established and maintained under the authority of the said Conference, have signified their assent to the incorporation of the said Academy, and to the assumption by the said Corporation of the lands and premises aforesaid, without any formal conveyance thereof;— Be it therefore enacted, &c.-1. The Reverend Richard Knight, Chairman of the New Brunswick District of Wesleyan Ministers, the Reverend William Temple, Secretary of the said District, the Reverend Ephraim Evans, Chairman of the Nova Scotia District of Wesleyan Ministers, the Reverend Thomas H. Davis, Secretary of the said District, Charles F. Allison, of Sackville, Esquire, John Owen, of Saint John, Esquire, Martin G. Black, of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Esquire, Ralph Brecken, of Charlotte Town, Prince Edward Island, Esquire, and the Reverend Humphrey Pickard, of Sackville, the Principal of the said Institution, their associates, successors, and assigns, be and they are hereby declared to be erected into and created a body politic and corporate by the name of "The Trustees of the Wesleyan Academy at Mount Allison, Sackville," and by that name shall have all the general powers and privileges made incident to a Corporation by Act of Assembly of this Province, for the purpose of supporting and |