Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and intituled, An Act to re-unite the Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada, and for the Government of Canada, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, as follows: Order incor I. Archibald McEachern, George Mathison, Joseph Ben- Grand Divijamin Cliff, Charles Pool Watson, John S. Hall, Joseph Dutton, sion of the Henry S. Lighthall, Robert Kneeshaw, John Cunningham porated. Becket, Francis Sheriff, Andrew Smith, Henry Rose, George M. Rose, William Scott, William Easton, William Hodgson, John Brodie, William H. Clare, George W. Cameron, Thomas Wanless, Benjamin Cole, Junior, Charles Brodie, and Malcolm McLeod, all members of the "Grand Division of the Order of the Sons of Temperance of Canada East," and their successors in such membership, and such other persons as are or shall become members thereof, are hereby constituted, and shall be forthwith a Body Politic and Corporate, by the name of "The Corporate Grand Division of the Order of the Sons of Temperance of name. Canada East," and by that name, shall and may sue and be Corporate sued, and may engage in all necessary legal acts in any Court powers. of Law or Equity in this Province, and shall have uninterrupted succession according to the Rules of the said Order, and a Common Seal. Canada. II. Any Subordinate Division, now being, or which may A certain Act hereafter be a constituent of, or subject to the said Order in extended to Canada East, may become a Body Politic and Corporate in the Lower manner set forth in the fifth section of an Act passed by the Parliament of this Province in the Session held in the fourteenth and fifteenth years of Her Majesty's Reign, intituled, An Act 141& 15 V. c. to incorporate the Grand Division and Subordinate Divisions 159. of the Order of the Sons of Temperance in Canada West: And the said Grand Division of Cañada East, and the Subordinate Divisions thereunder, so incorporated, shall and may hold and exercise and are hereby vested with, all powers necessary for the management of their appropriate business, and of their Estate, real and personal, and shall and may have and exercise such rights as are conferred by the Act last aforesaid on the Grand Division and Subordinate Divisions aforesaid in Canada West, subject however to the provisions and liabilities thereby imposed on the same: And the said last mentioned The said Act Act shall, in so far as may be compatible with this Act, be ex- the Grand tended and is hereby extended to the said Grand Division of Division. Canada East, and to all Subordinate Divisions subject and to be subject thereto. III. This Act shall be a Public Act, and shall continue in Public Act. force for ten years from the time of its passing. Duration. САР. Preamble. 47 G. 3, c. 17. CAP. CCXXXII. An Act further to amend an Act intituled, An Act for the encouragement and relief of certain persons therein named and others, and authorizing them to associate themselves by the name of the Quebec Benevolent Society, under certain lestrictions, Rules and Regula tions therein mentioned. W [Assented to 19th May, 1855.] HEREAS the President, Vice-President, Secretary and Treasurer of the Benevolent Society of Quebec, acting for and on behalf and in the name of the said Society, have prayed for certain alterations and amendments to the Act of the Parliament of the late Province of Lower Canada, passed in the forty-seventh year of the Reign of His late Majesty King Act of L. C. George the Third, intituled, An Act for the encouragement and relief of certain persons therein named and others, and authorizing them to associate themselves by the name of the Quebec Benevolent Society, under certain Restrictions, Rules and Regulations therein mentioned; And whereas it is desirable for the advantage of the said Society that the said alterations and amendments should be made: Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada, constituted and assembled by virtue of and under the authority of an Act passed in the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and intituled, An Act to re-unite the Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada, and for the Government of Canada, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, as follows: repealed. Part of Sect. 6 I. The concluding portion of the sixth section of the Act first above rnentioned, which is in these words, to wit: "And "unless the party or parties to whom such advances shall be "so made, shall procure a co-surety who shall enter into an "obligation jointly and severally with the party or parties to "whom such advance shall be made, for securing the payment "of all such moneys and the accruing interest thereof," shall be, and the same is hereby repealed: Provided, however, that Existing bonds all suretyships or cautionnements entered into previous to the passing of this Act, and which are in force and existence at the last mentioned time, under the provisions of the said portion of the said fourth section hereby repealed, shall be and remain valid and binding as though this Act had never been passed. Proviso: force. Further pro II. In addition to the means and power of investment of vision for in- moneys allowed to the said Society under the provisions of the said first mentioned Act, and under the provisions of the Act of the Parliament of this Province passed in the sixteenth year of Her Majesty's Reign, intituled, An Act to amend vestment of funds of the Society. 16 V. c. 63. an an Act intituled, An Act for the encouragement and relief of certain persons therein named and others, and authorizing them to associate themselves by the name of the Quebec Benevolent Society, under certain Restrictions, Rules and Regulations therein mentioned,' it shall and may be lawful to and for the said Quebec Benevolent Society to lay out and dispose of all such sums of money as have been collected or which hereafter may be collected and paid to and for the purposes of the said Society, the immediate application or expenditure of which is not required for the exigencies of the said Society, in the investment and purchase of Government, Con- Securities they solidated Municipal Loan Fund or Municipal Debentures, or may be inof stock and shares in all or any of the incorporated Banks vested. of this Province, and such stock and shares shall be taken in the names of the said officers of the said Society for the time being accustomed to act in such cases, and the interest and proceeds arising therefrom shall be accounted for and applied in the same manner as is provided by the said first mentioned Act for the other moneys invested by the said Society; and all restrictions, provisions and enactments of law contrary to the provisions of this section, shall be and are hereby repealed. In what II. This Act shall be deemed a Public Act, and the Inter- Public Act. pretation Act shall apply thereto. CAP. CCXXXIII. An Act to incorporate the Asylum of the Good Shepherd of Quebec. W [Assented to 30th May, 1855.] HEREAS an Institution hath existed for several years Preamble. in the City of Quebec under the name of the "Asylum of the Good Shepherd," for the reformation of repentant females, desirous of withdrawing from vice; And whereas since the establishment of the said Institution, a large number of unfortunate females have taken refuge in the said Asylum, and have become useful members of society; And whereas the undermentioned Directresses of the said Institution have by their Petition prayed that the said Institution may be incorporated, and in consideration of the great benefits which must arise therefrom, it is expedient to grant their prayer: Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada, constituted and assembled by virtue of and under the authority of an Act. passed in the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and intituled, An Act to re-unite the Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada, and for the Government of Canada, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, as follows: Certain persous incorpo rated. Corporate name and general pow ers. limited. Power to make Bylaws. I. Mesdames Marie Fitzbach Roy, Marie Anne Fiset, Marie Anne Angers, Zoé Blais, and such other persons as shall under the provisions of this Act, become Members of the said Institution, shall be and are hereby declared to be a body politic and corporate, in deed and in name, by the name of the Asylum of the Good Shepherd of Quebec, and by that name shall, from time to time, and at all times hereafter, be able and capable to purchase, acquire, hold, possess and enjoy, and to have, take and receive, for them and their successors, to and Real property for the uses and purposes of the said Corporation, any moveable property, or any immoveable property which may be requisite or necessary for their actual use and occupation; and the same to sell, alienate and dispose of, and to purchase others in their stead, for the same purpose; And any majority of the Members of the Corporation for the time being shall have power and authority to make and establish such By-laws, orders and regulations, not being contrary to this Act, nor to the Laws in force in Lower Canada, as shall be deemed useful or necessary for the interests of the said Corporation, and for the management thereof, and for the admission of Members into the said Corporation, and from time to time to alter, repeal and change the said By-laws, orders and regulations, or any of them, or those of the said Institution in force at the time of the passing Further gene- of this Act; and shall and may do, execute and perform all and singular other the matters and things relating to the said Corporation and the management thereof, or which shall or may appertain thereto, subject nevertheless to the rules, regulations, stipulations and provisions hereinafter prescribed and established. ral powers. To what pur revenues of II. Provided always, that the rents, revenues, issues and poses only the profits of all property, real or personal, held by the said Corporation, shall be appropriated and applied solely to the purposes of the said Corporation, and the payment of the expenses to be incurred for objects legitimately connected with or depending on the purposes aforesaid. the Corporation shall be applied. Estate of the Institution transferred to tion. III. All and every the estate and property, real and personal, belonging to or hereafter to be acquired by the Members of the the Corpora- said Institution as such, and all debts, claims and rights whatsoever, due to them in that quality, shall be and are hereby vested in the Corporation hereby established ; and the By-laws, orders and regulations now made or to be made for the management of the said Institution shall be and continue to be the By-laws, orders and regulations of the said Corporation until altered or repealed in the manner herein provided. Appointing attorneys, officers, &c. IV. The Members of the said Corporation for the time being, or a majority of them, shall have power to appoint such Attorney or Attorneys, Administrator or Administrators of the property of the Corporation, and such Officers and Servants of the the said Corporation, as shall be necessary for the well conducting of the business and affairs thereof, and to allow to them such compensation for their services respectively, as shall be reasonable and proper; and all Officers so appointed shall be capable of exercising such other powers and authority for the well governing and ordering of the affairs of the said Corporation as shall be prescribed by the By-laws, orders and regulations of the said Corporation. V. The said Corporation shall make annual Returns to both Annual reHouses of the Legislature, stating the names of the Members, turns to the numbers of Penitents received into the Asylum, and the general Legislature. state of the endowment and Corporation, which said Returns shall be presented within the first twenty days of the sitting of the Legislature. VI. This Act shall be deemed a Public Act. Public Act. CAP. CCXXXIV. An Act to incorporate the Benevolent Society of Notre W [Assented to 30th May, 1855,] HEREAS an Association hath existed for several years Preamble. in the City of Montreal, under the name of the Benevolent Society of Notre Dame de Bonsecours, at Montreal, the object whereof is to afford, under certain regulations, means of subsistence to such of its members as are unable to work from old age, sickness, infirmity, or any other preventative canse, and to afford similar assistance and other advantages to the widows and children of deceased members; And whereas the members of the said Association have, by their Petition, prayed to be incorporated, and it is expedient to grant their prayer: Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada, constituted and assembled by virtue of and under the authority of an Act passed in the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and intituled, An Act to re-unite the Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada, and for the Government of Canada, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, as follows: rated. 1. Ovide Leblanc, Esquire, Léon Hurtean, Esquire, Louis Certain perRenaud, Esquire, Joseph Guibord, Esquire, Hubert Paré, sons incorpoEsquire, Oliver Berthelet, Esquire, P. Mathieu, Esquire, John Smith, Esquire, Jean Racicot, Esquire, and such other persons as now are or may, under the provisions of this Act, become members of the said Institution, shall be and are hereby declared to be a Body Politic and Corporate, in deed and in Corporate name, by the name of The Benevolent Society of Notre Dame powers. name and |