Wolfville; John Burgoyne, Halifax; S. E. Whiston, Halifax; E. F. Smith, Halifax; A. N. McLennan, Glace Bay; Duncan Cameron, Shubenacadie; and John Underwood, New Glasgow, being the persons who now constitute the Maritime Committee of the Young Men's Christian Association of the Maritime Provinces of the Dominion of Canada, and their successors in office who shall be appointed from time to time by the Maritime Young Men's Christian Association at its annual or bi-annual meeting for such period and subject to such rules and regulations touching their appointment and removal as from time to time are adopted by said Association, are hereby constituted a body corporate, with all the powers, privileges and liabilities of corporations, under the name of "The Maritime Young Men's Christian Association," hereinafter called "the corporation," and for the purpose of providing for the spiritual, physical, intellectual and social well-being of young men in accordance with the aims and methods of the Young Men's Christian Association of the Dominion of Canada. 2. Section two of the said Act is hereby repealed. Section 2 of said Act repealed. 3. Section three of the said Act is hereby repealed and section 3 rethe following is substituted therefor: "(2) The corporation shall be capable of taking, receiving and holding absolutely or in trust for its general uses and purposes, and for any particular department of its work, and for any particular association, by gift, devise, bequest, grant or purchase, real and personal property not to exceed in value the sum of $50,000, and of selling, mortgaging and leasing the same, and shall have also the power to issue bonds and to secure the same by mortgage upon its real estate and its improvements, and causing the same to be signed by its chairman and treasurer in pursuance of a resolution of the corporation to that effect." 4. pealed, following substituted. Section four of said Act is hereby repealed and the Section 4 refollowing substituted therefor; (3) The corporation shall have power to make and adopt a constitution, by-laws, rules and regulations for the government of its business, the management of its affairs, the choice, powers and duties of its officers and agents (not inconsistent with this Act or any law of the province) and from time to time to repeal and alter such constitution, by-laws, rules and regulations, and when the said constitution, by-laws, rules and regulations are adopted the same pealed, following substituted. Sections added to Act. shall have the force of law. Provided that the said constitution, by-laws, rules and regulations, with every amendment, repeal and re-enactment thereof, has been submitted to and been approved of by the Governor-in-Council. 5. The following sections are hereby added to the said Act: (4) No member of the corporation shall be personally liable for the debts of the corporation. (5) The real and personal property of the corporation shall be wholly exempt from taxation, except such portion of its real estate as may be employed for other than the purposes and uses of the Association. CHAPTER 178. An Act to amend Chapter 28 of the Acts of 1864, entitled, Chapter 28, Acts of 1864, amend. ed as follows. Be it enacted by the Governor, Council, and Assembly, as follows: 1. Chapter 28 of the Acts of 1864, entitled, An Act to incorporate the Albion Mines Union Association, is hereby amended, (a) By striking out the words "Albion Mines Union. Association," wherever the same appear in the said Act, and substituting therefor the words "The Union Association, limited, of Stellarton." (b) By adding after the word "Association" in the fourth line of section 1, the words "Limited, of Stellarton." (c) By striking out section 4 of said Act. Sections added. 2. By adding the following sections: "(a) The capital stock of the Association shall be thirty thousand dollars, divided into six thousand shares of five dollars each." (b) No member of the Association shall be liable in his person or separate estate for the debts or liabilities of the Association to a greater amount on the whole than the amount of stock held by him, deducting therefrom the amount actually paid on account of such stock, unless he shall have rendered himself liable for a greater sum by becoming surety for the debts of the Association; but no shareholder who may have transferred his interest in the stock of the Association shall cease to be liable to the amount unpaid on shares so held by him for any debt or on any contract of the Association entered into before the date of such transfer, so as any action in respect thereof shall be brought within six months after such transfer. Nothing herein contained shall affect any existing liability or contract. (c) A copy of all rules and by-laws of the Association now in force, and of all amendments and alterations which are hereafter made in or to such rules and by-laws, certified by the secretary of the Association, shall be filed in the office of the Provincial Secretary after approval by the Governor-in-Council. (d) The Association shall paint or affix, and shall keep painted or affixed, its name with the word "limited" after it, or forming part of said name, on the outside of every office or place in which the business of the Association is carried on, in a conspicuous position, in letters easily legible, and shall have its name, with the said word "limited" after it, or forming part of its name, mentioned in legible characters in all notices, advertisements, and other official publications of the Association; and on all bills of exchange, promissory notes, cheques, orders for money or goods purporting to be drawn, made, signed, given or indorsed by or on behalf of the Association, and in all bills, invoices, receipts, letters and other writings used in the transaction of the business of the Association, and the Association shall be liable to a penalty of twenty dollars for every neglect or omission of the name of the Association with the word "limited" after it, or forming part of said name, in any of the above cases. Section 1 of cap. amended. CHAPTER 179. An Act to amend Chapter 138 of the Acts of 1897, entitled, Association of Halifax." (Passed the 4th day of April, A. D., 1901). SECTION 1. Section of chapter 138, Acts of 1897, amended. Be it enacted by the Governor, Council, and Asseuibly, as follows: 1. Section 1 of chapter 138 of the Acts of 1897, is 138, Acts of 1897, amended by striking out the words Women's Christian Association of Halifax," in lines seven and eight, and inserting in lieu thereof the words "Young Women's Christian Association of Halifax." Incorporation. Certain real and personal estate vested in trus tees. CHAPTER 180.. An Act to incorporate the Trustees of the Presbyterian Be it enacted by the Governor, Council, and Assembly, as follows: 1. James Byers, William Byers, Nathanial Forbes, William Glenn, Charles Vincent and James Murdock, and their successors in office, to be duly appointed, are hereby created a body corporate by the name of the "Trustees of the Presbyterian Church of West New Annan." 2. All real and personal estate and property now vested in the name or names of any person or persons as trustees or otherwise for the use and benefit of the congregation of said church, and all real and personal estate belonging or in any way appertaining to said congregation, is hereby vested in the trustees hereby incorporated, and such trustees and their successors shall have power to purchase, take and hold real and personal estate for the use of said congregation, and shall have power to sell, lease, mortgage and convey the same, or any of the buildings thereon, for congregational purposes, and such powers may only be exercised when authorized by a vote of a majority of the members of such congregation present at the annual meeting or at a special meeting called for the purpose, due notice of such meeting being previously given in each case from the pulpit during divine service on two Sundays preceding such meeting. and regulations. 3 The congregation shall have power at any regular By-laws, rules annual meeting to make, frame, amend, revoke, or alter bylaws for the management of the secular affairs of the congregation, including by-laws relating to the term of office and qualifications of trustees, and the mode of filling vacancies in the board of trustees occasioned by the refusal to act, resignation, expiration of office, withdrawal from the congregation or otherwise, which by-laws, when approved by a majority of the members present at said. annual meeting, shall have all the force of law, except when contrary to this Act or the laws of the province. 4. The first annual meeting of the congregation shall Annual meetings. take place on the second Tuesday of January next, and the time of all other annual meetings of the congregation shall be fixed by a by-law duly adopted by the congregation. CHAPTER 181. An Act to incorporate the Presbyterian Congregation of Be it enacted by the Governor, Council, and Assembly, as follows: |