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17th VICTORIA-CHAPTER 44.

An Act to amend an Act intituled An Act to incorporate the Saint Andrews Benefit Society.

Section 1.-Time of annual meeting altered.

Passed 1st May 1854.

WHEREAS in and by the third Section of an Act made and passed in the tenth year of the Reign of Her present Majesty, intituled An Act to incorporate the Saint Andrews Benefit Society, the annual meeting for the election of the officers of the said Society is required to be holden on the fourth Tuesday in March in each and every year, and which has been found inconvenient; for remedy whereof,

Be it enacted, &c.-1. From and after the passing of this Act, the annual meeting of the said Society shall take place on the first Tuesday of March in each and every year, instead of the fourth Tuesday as provided in and by the said third Section of the said Act.

12th VICTORIA-CHAPTER 64.

An Act to incorporate the Grand Division and Suberdinate Divisions of the Order of the Sons of Temperance in New Brunswick.

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WHEREAS a Grand Division and numerous Subordinate Divisions of the Order of the Sons of Temperance have been formed in this Province: And whereas in addition to the moral objects which that association has in view, they are established for the purpose of raising and securing a fund for the mutual assistance and benefit of Members thereof and of their families, in case of sickness, inability, or death: And whereas for the purpose of managing their pecuniary affairs and no other, the said Order should be protected by an Act of Incorporation ;—

Be it therefore enacted, &c.--1. Alexander Campbell, Asa Coy, Samuel L. Tilley, James Johnston, George A. Garrison,

Richard Seely, Reverend James Porter, John R. Marshall, and their associates, members of the Grand Division of the Order of the Sons of Temperance of the Province of New Brunswick, and their successors, members of said Grand Division according to the rules and bye laws thereof, be and they are hereby erected into a body corporate, by the name of "The Grand Division of the Order of the Sons of Temperance of the Province of New Brunswick," with the powers and privileges made incident to a Corporation by Act of Assembly of this Province, for the purpose of managing the pecuniary affairs of said Grand Division.

2. The said Grand Division, in their corporate name, shall be capable of acquiring and holding property, real or personal, and the same to sell, convey, control, lease, or otherwise manage and dispose of at pleasure; provided that the real estate to be held by the said Grand Division shall at no time. exceed in value the sum of one thousand pounds.

3. The said Grand Division shall have power to appoint any of their present officers or such other members or officers for the management of their funds and property as they may deem expedient, to prescribe their duties, and to require such security as they may from time to time deem proper from said officers, or any of them, for the faithful performance of their respective duties, and may remove them or any of them at pleasure, and may make, ordain, and put in execution such bye laws and rules as they may deem necessary for the purposes aforesaid, not inconsistent with the laws of this Province.

4. Each Subordinate Division now instituted or which may hereafter become instituted within this Province, may in the manner hereinafter specified, be and become a body corporate, by the name, number, and place of location by which it is or may be designated in the Order; and each Subordinate Division, upon so becoming incorporate, shall have all the powers and privileges made incident to a Corporation by Act of Assembly aforesaid, for the sole purpose of managing their funds and property; provided that the real estate to be held by each incorporated Subordinate Division shall at no time exceed in value the sum of five hundred pounds.

5. Each Subordinate Division which may be desirous of becoming incorporated, shall and may by a vote of two thirds

of its members present at any regular meeting, (of the intention to propose which vote two weeks notice at least shall be given in regular meeting of such Subordinate Division by some member thereof in writing,) decide to become so incorporated; and upon a copy of the vote of such decision, specifying also the name, number, and place of location of such Subordinate Division, and the names of not less than ten of the members of such Subordinate Division, under the seal of such Subordinate Division and the signature of its Recording Scribe and presiding Officer, together with a Certificate of the Grand Division, under its corporate seal and the signature of its presiding Officer, and Scribe, that such Subordinate Division is in full standing in the Order, being filed in the Office of the Secretary of the Province, the members of such Subordinate Division, whose names may be included in such vote as aforesaid, and their associates and successors, members of such Subordinate Division, shall be and become from the time of filing such Certificate as aforesaid, with the Secretary as aforesaid, a body corporate as aforesaid, for the purposes aforesaid, by the style or name, number, and place of location of such Subordinate Division.

6. It shall and may be lawful for the Treasurer of each Subordinate Division so incorporated, and he is hereby empowered from time to time, by and with the consent of such Subordinate Division, to be testified in such manner as may be directed by their bye laws, to lay out and invest all such sum or sums of money as shall from time to time be collected and not required for the immediate exigencies of such Subordinate Division, in real estate, or on mortgage, or in public or other stock or funds, or in such other manner as such Subordinate Division may deem best, and from time to time with the like consent, to alter, sell, and transfer such securities, real estate, or funds respectively, and otherwise reinvest or dispose of the same; and the Certificate, Bill of Sale, Deed, or other instrument of transfer, sale, or discharge of such estate, or funds, or security, shall be made under the seals of such Subordinate Division, and signed by the Treasurer and presiding Officer of such Subordinate Division; and all such investments shall be made, and securities taken, and sales and transfers made in the corporate name and capacity of such Subordinate Division.

7. It shall and may be lawful for each Subordinate Division so incorporated, when so incorporated, to receive from the Treasurer thereof from time to time, in their corporate name, sufficient security by bond, with one or more surety or sureties or otherwise as such Subordinate Division may deem expedient, for the faithful performance of his duty as such, and that he will well and truly account for, and pay, and invest from time to time all such sum or sums of money, funds, or other property as may come to his hands or under his control, belonging to said Subordinate Division, as directed by said Subordinate Division.

8. No member of any Subordinate Division so incorporated shall have any power to assign or transfer to any person or persons whomsoever, any interest which he may have to or in the funds or property of such Subordinate Division; but the same shall at all times be and remain under the control of such Subordinate Division; and no property or stock of any kind belonging to such incorporated Subordinate Division shall be subject to the payment of the private debts of any of its members, nor be liable to be taken in execution by any judgment creditor against any individual member or members of such Subordinate Division.

9. The property of each of said Subordinate Divisions, when incorporated, shall alone become responsible for the debts and engagements of the Subordinate Division owning such property.

10. Upon the dissolution of any Subordinate Division so incorporated, the property held by it at the time of said dissolution, after the payment of the debts and engagements of such Subordinate Division, shall be disposed of, sold, or conveyed in such manner as the members present at any regular meeting when said dissolution shall have been determined upon by a two third vote, may direct; and in case no disposition of the funds and property of such Subordinate Division shall be made, then all such funds and property as such Subordinate Division may be possessed of at the time of such dissolution shall be ipso facto vested in the Grand Division aforesaid, to be by such Grand Division applied, first to the payment of any debts or liabilities of such dissolved Subordinate Division, and the balance (if any) in such manner as said Grand Division may

deem best for the general interest of the Order in this Province.

11. This Act shall continue and be in force for the period of seven years from the time of the passing thereof.

15th VICTORIA-CHAPTER 79.

An Act to incorporate the Trustees of the Provident Institution.

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WHEREAS the several persons hereinafter named have formed themselves into a Society, together with many other persons in Great Britain, under the provisions of an Act of the Imperial Parliament passed in the thirteenth and fourteenth years of the Reign of Her present Majesty, intituled An Act to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to Friendly Societies, for several beneficial purposes, and amongst others, for the purpose of enabling any member, or the husband, wife, or child of any member, to emigrate: And whereas it may tend to the promotion of such objects, and to the benefit of this Province, if such persons were incorporated;—

Be it therefore enacted, &c.-1. Sir Augustus William Hillary, Baronet, Sir George De La Poer Beresford, Baronet, Sir Cavendish William Rumbold, Baronet, Sir Charles Rich, Baronet, Sir George Rich, Knight, the Honorable Edmund Seton Pery Knox, Major George Frederick Berkley St. John, Frederick Augustus Bell, Augustus Frederick Burgett, Henry Long, William Andrews, and John Naylor, Esquires, their associates, successors, and assigns, shall be and they are hereby erected into a body politic and corporate, by the name of "The Trustees of the Provident Institution," and by that name shall have perpetual succession, and a common seal, and all and singular other the general powers, privileges, and benefits, and be subject to the conditions made incident to a Corporation by Act of Assembly of this Province, for the purpose of encouraging emigration to this Province under the provisions and enactments of the before mentioned Act of the Imperial Parliament.

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