Officers and Servants of the Corpora tion. Board of Gov ernors to ad minister the President, the said Board as soon as conveniently may be thereafter, shall elect another of themselves to serve as such for the unexpired remainder of his term of office; and the said Board may further, as occasion shall require, appoint all such other officers, and employ all such servants of every grade, of the said Corporation, on such terms, in respect of duty, emolument and otherwise, as by By-law in that behalf may be ordained, and may remove all such other officers and all such servants, in their discretion, subject only to such restrictions as by By-law in that behalf may be ordained. 7. The said Board of Governors shall in all other respects have full power to administer the affairs of the said Corporaaffairs of the tion, subject only to such restrictions as its By-laws may orCorporation. dain; and in particular, may sell or in any other way dispose of any estate, real or personal, of the said Corporation, as they may deem advisable for the interests of the said Corporation; Proviso as to Provided always, that all moneys from time to time to be reinvestment of ceived by them on account of purchase money of any real property sold. estate by them alienated or to be alienated, or on account of the : proceeds of President, &c., need not take an oath of office. Quorum of Present By laws continued. Board of Governors may capital of any ground rent, or otherwise than by way of contribution not made for investment, shall be dealt with as capital only, and not as income, and shall be promptly invested either in buildings or other real estate for the occupation of the said Hospital, or in productive real estate, or upon security thereof, or in public securities of the Province. S. So much of the said Charter as provides that every President, Vice-President, Governor, Treasurer and Secretary of the said Corporation shall take an oath of office, is hereby repealed. 9. The Quorum of the Board of Governors for the transaction of all business is hereby reduced to five; and the presence of the President or Vice-President shall not be necessary to constitute such Quorum. 10. The present By-laws of the said Corporation, in so far as they may not be contrary to any provision of the said Charter as hereby amended, or to law, shall remain in force until duly repealed or amended. 11. The said Board of Governors shall have power hereafter to provide by By-law, from time to time, for any changes make By-laws which may be deemed expedient as to the time prescribed by purposes, and the said Charter for holding the annual meetings of the said may repeal or Corporation, or as to the notice thereby required to be given for certain amend them. for such meetings, or as to the rule of voting at such meetings thereby prescribed, or as to the mode therein indicated for the summoning of meetings of the said Board of Governors, as also for any lowering of the qualification hereinbefore set forth of elected Governors, which may be deemed expedient, or for the the requiring of any larger Quorum of the said Board of Gov- lature. 12. The said Corporation shall at all times when thereunto Corporation to required by the Governor or by either branch of the Legislature, make returns to the Legismake a full return of its property, real and personal, and of its receipts and expenditure, for such period and with such details and other information, as the Governor or either branch of the Legislature may require. 13. This Act shall be deemed a Public Act. Public Act. CAP. CXVII. An Act to amend the Charter of the Canadian Literary Institute of Woodstock. W [Assented to 4th May, 1859.] HEREAS the Canadian Literary Institute of Woodstock Preamble. have prayed to be empowered to raise a certain sum of money, not exceeding four thousand dollars, on the property held by the Corporation, and it is expedient to grant their prayer: Therefore, Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Assembly of Canada, enacts as follows: 1. It shall be lawful for the said Corporation to raise by The said Corway of loan, for the purposes of the said Corporation, any sum poration created by 20 of money not exceeding four thousand dollars, for the purpose v. c. 217, may of completing their buildings, and for securing the re-payment of raise money the said sum to grant a mortgage on the property of the said by mortgage Corporation, by deed under the corporate seal thereof; any ty. thing in the Act incorporating the said Company to the contrary notwithstanding. of its proper 2. The mortgagee shall not be bound to see to the applica- Application of tion of the money. 3. This Act shall be deemed a Public Act. money so raised Public A CAP. Preamble. CAP. CXVIII. An Act to amend the Act incorporating the Natural W [Assented to 4th May, 1859.] HEREAS the Natural History Society of Montreal have represented, by their petition to the Legislature, that inconveniences have arisen from certain provisions of the Act of Act of L. C. 2 the Parliament of Lower Canada, Second William the Fourth, W. 4, c. 65. chapter sixty-five, which incorporates the said Society, and have prayed that the said Act be amended, and it is expedient to grant their prayer: Therefore, Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Assembly of Canada, enacts as follows: Sect. 11 repealed. Quorums for poses. 1. The eleventh section of the said Act is hereby repealed. 2. Notwithstanding any thing in the said Act contained, the different pur- quorum of seven members required at any ordinary meeting for the transaction of the usual business thereof, shall be a competent quorum for the election of any ordinary members of the said Society; and a quorum of twelve members at any such meeting shall be a competent quorum for the election of any corresponding or honorary members of such Society. Amountofper ed. 3. Notwithstanding any thing in the said Act contained, the sonal property said Society shall be capable of holding personal estate, without to be unlimit- limit as to the value or income thereof; and also of acquiring, by gift, devise or bequest, if made at least six months before the Real property death of the party making the same, any real estate or any interest therein, beyond the limit prescribed by the said Act, and of holding the same for a period of not more than five years, and the same, or any portion thereof, or interest therein, which may not within the said period have been alienated, shall revert to the party from whom the same was acquired, his heirs, or other representatives. Power to make By-laws for certain purposes. Public Act, 4. The said Society shall have power and authority to make and enforce such by-laws, rules and regulations for the admission of the public to the use of their Library and the inspection of their Museum, at such hours and upon such terms of admission, by payment of fees or otherwise, and subject to such restrictions as to them shall seem meet, and the same from time to time to vary, alter or amend, as shall be found necessary or expedient. 5. This Act shall be deemed a Public Act. CAP. САР. СХІХ. An Act to incorporate La Société Historique de Mont réal. [Assented to 4th May, 1859.] WHEREAS Messrs. H. A. Verreau, R. Belle, are, Preamble. Beaudry, L. A. H. Latour, George Baby and others, have associated themselves for the purpose of collecting and publishing documents relative to the History of Canada, and have petitioned for an Act to incorporate them to carry out the said object: Therefore, Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Assembly of Canada, enacts as follows: are now name and 1. The said H. A. Verreau, R. Bellemare, J. U. Beaudry, Incorporation, L. A. H. Latour, George Baby and such others as and corporate members of the said Association, together with such other as powers. shall hereafter become members thereof, according to the provisions of this Act and the rules of the said Association, shall be and they are hereby declared to be a body corporate and politic, in name and in fact, by the name of La Société Historique de Montréal, and all corporate rights and powers which by law or by any Act are vested in bodies corporate generally, shall vest in such Corporation, as if the same had been specially mentioned in this Act. 2. The said Corporation shall have power to acquire and Real property. hold real property to the extent of four thousand dollars, and no more, for its own use and for the objects legitimately con nected with their aforesaid purpose and no other. 3. The By-laws and regulations of the said Association in By-laws and so far as they are not inconsistent with this Act, shall be the Officers. By-laws and regulations of the said Corporation until repealed or altered in the manner hereinafter provided, and the officers of the said Association shall be the officers of the Corporation hereby created until others are appointed or elected in their stead according to the By-laws of the Corporation. 4. The affairs of the said Corporation shall be managed by How the af the majority of the quorum thereof, as fixed, from time to time, fairs of the by the members thereof, who shall elect from among themselves be managed. Society shall a President, a Vice-President, a Treasurer, a Librarian and a Secretary, who shall remain in office until they are replaced or cease to belong to the said Society; and the majority of the Acts of the said quorum may authorize the President or Vice-President, or Society. any other officer to sign and countersign any act or document; and any such act or document so signed and sealed with the seal of the said Corporation shall be deemed the act of the said Corporation. By-laws may be amended. Non-liability 5. The said Corporation or the majority of the quorum thereof may from time to time amend or alter the rules and regulations of the same. 6. The members of the said Corporation shall not be perof members. sonally liable over and above what they shall be bound to pay according to the rules of the said Corporation. Public Act. 7. This Act shall be deemed a public Act. CAP. CXX. Preamble. The Petition Corporate name and powers. An Act to incorporate the Montreal Library Society. [Assented to 4th May, 1859.] HEREAS William Henry Hingston and Thomas Walter Jones, Doctors of Medicine, John William Dawson, Doctor of Laws, and Thomas Cramp, Henry Thomas, William E. Phillips, William Nivin, Alfred Rimmer, John Leeming, John Greenshields, William Henry, Allan Davies, Alexander Morris and James Ferrier, the younger, Esquires, have by petition set forth, that there does not exist in the City of Montreal any Public Library at all commensurate with the literary, scientific and educational wants thereof; that in order to the formation and permanent maintenance of such Library, it is necessary that a Sority should be incorporated to that end with all needful powers for the raising of capital and the acquisition and holding of real property and otherwise; and that they are desirous of being so incorporated, under the name of the Montreal Library Society;" And whereas it is expedient to grant their prayer: Therefore, Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Assembly of Canada, enacts as follows: 1. The said William Henry Hingston, Thomas Walter ers and others Jones, John William Dawson, Thomas Cramp, Henry Thomas, incorporated. William E. Phillips, William Nivin, Alfred Rimmer, John Leeming, John Greenshields, William Henry, Allan Davies, Alexander Morris and James Ferrier, the younger, and all other persons who may by virtue of this Act replace or be united with them, shall be and they are hereby constituted a body politic and corporate, under the name of the "Montreal Library Society," for the establishing and maintenance of a Public Library, in the said City of Montreal, and under the Real proper said name shall have power to acquire for themselves and their successors, under any legal title whatever, such real estate as they may require for their actual occupation as such Library Society, and may sell and alienate any real estate held by them, and acquire other instead thereof for the purposes of this Proviso as to Act; and may acquire any other real estate or interest therein, real estate not by gift, devise or bequest, if made at least six months before the death ty for actual use. |