pany to interrupt, hinder or prevent the navigation of any navigable river or other navigable water. from taxation. 10. The railways of the Company, including the Exemption lands taken for right-of-way and station purposes, the track, station and other buildings required for the railway purposes, the rolling stock and equipment, shall be free from taxation by any city, town or municipal corporation, or other similar authority, for any purposes whatever. Notice of 11. A notice setting out the change of name and change to be the additional powers conferred by this Act shall forth-filed. with be given by the Secretary of the Company to the Registrar of Joint Stock Companies for the Province of Nova Scotia. 12. This Act shall cease and determine if effectual work shall not be commenced and continued within three years from the date of its passing. Act may cease. CHAPTER 143. An Act to Vest Property in the Trustees of Grove (Passed the 22nd day of April, A. D., 1910.) SECTION. Preamble. SECTION. 1. Lands vested. WHEREAS, certain lands in the north suburbs of the Preamble. City of Halifax were acquired in 1869 by The Halifax Sabbath School Association, said lands being lots 22, 23, 24 and 25 of Division "E" of the Governors' Fields, so called, and being acquired by said Association with the object of having a branch Church of the Presbyterian Faith established in the north end of the City of Halifax, and of conveying the title to the said lands to the congregation of such Church or its trustees; And whereas, said branch Church of the Presbyterian Church has been established in said north end of Lands vested. the City of Halifax, and is known as The Grove Church, And whereas, said The Halifax Sabbath School Association has not conveyed said lands to the said congregation, or its trustees, and said Association is now defunct, and said Church and its congregation have been in sole possession of said lands for a period of nearly forty years; And whereas, said congregation of Grove Church, Richmond, are desirous of having their title to said lands secured, and it is deemed expedient that an Act be passed, vesting the title to said lands in the trustees of said Church and congregation; Be it therefore enacted by the Governor, Council, and Assembly, as follows: 1. The lands in the north suburbs of the City of Halifax, being lots numbers 22, 23, 24 and 25 of Division "E" of the Governors' Fields, so called, are hereby declared to be vested in Archibald J. Raseley, I. Wilson Creelman, John J. Gibson, David Orr and Fred. Cameron, all of the City and County of Halifax, at present constituting the Trustees of Grove Church, Richmond, and in their successors in office, the trustees, from time to time of said Grove Church, Richmond, for the use and benefit of the said Grove Church, Richmond, according to the provisions of Chapter 117 of the Acts of 1872. Be it enacted by the Governor, Council, and Assembly, as follows: 1. Clifford J. Kerr, Murray McNeil, Edwin L. Incorporation Beer, Clifford L. Torey, Thomas W. Forhan, Harold Oxley, A. De Bruce McRae and Harry M. Pride, all of Halifax, in the County of Halifax, and such other persons as now are members or shall hereafter become members of the Club, are hereby constituted a body corporate under the name of "The Halifax Curling Club," for the promotion, enjoyment and encouragement of the game of curling and other athletic sports and amusements. 2. The corporation shall have the power to purchase, acquire, lease, hold, rent, possess and enjoy all lands and tenements and all real and immoveable estate, situate and being in the County of Halifax, necessary for the purposes for which the said Club is created; and to enter into any contract or contracts for the acquirement of such real estate or immoveables, or for the renting of any building or buildings which may be required by the said Club. Powers. of real estate, 3. All real estate when so acquired and all per- Vesting, &c.. sonal property so acquired by the said Club shall vest in the said corporation, and may be sold, leased, mortgaged or otherwise disposed of by the said Club when so desired. estate. 4. The value of the real estate acquired by the Value of real said Club shall not at any time exceed ten thousand dollars. By-laws. Executive Meetings and executive. Corporate seal and power to alienate real estate. May sue and be sued. May make pro &c. 5. The Club may make such by-laws as may be deemed necessary for the efficient carrying out of the objects for which it is incorporated, the same, however, to be subject to the approval of the Governorin-Council. A copy of all by-laws passed by the Club shall be filed in the office of the Provincial Secretary. 6. The general administration of the affairs of the Club shall be vested in an executive committee which shall be elected from the members of the Club, in accordance with its by-laws. 7. The first general meeting shall be held at Halifax on or before the second Tuesday of April, 1910; the annual and general meetings shall be held thereafter as determined by the by-laws. The persons named in the first paragraph of this Act, shall act as the provisional committee until the election of the executive committee at the first meeting of the Club. 8. The Club shall have a corporate seal and shall have power and authority by its president and secretary to make and execute any deeds, lease, mortgage or other conveyance of the real and personal estate held by the Club, containing the usual covenants contained in such instruments. 9. The Club shall have power to sue or to be sued in the corporate name of the Club; no member of the corporation shall be liable for the debts of the corporation, unless he shall have made himself personally liable therefor. 10. The Club shall have and possess power to make missory notes, or become party to promissory notes, bills of exchange and negotiable paper, made, drawn and accepted or endorsed or otherwise executed in accordance with any by-law of the Club made in that behalf; and every such instrument, executed as aforesaid, shall in no case require the seal of the Club to be affixed, and no officer of the Club, so making or drawing or accepting or endorsing any such instrument for the Club shall be individually liable thereupon. bentures. 11. For any or all of the purposes of the Club, the Bonds and deClub is hereby empowered, from time to time, at a meeting called for that purpose, of which ten days' notice has been given to the members, or at any annual meeting of the Club, to issue at one or more times, or in one or more series, its bonds and debentures under its seal, and signed by its president or other authorized officer, and countersigned by its secretary, and such bonds or debentures may be made payable at such times, in such places in Nova Scotia, and bear interest at such rate per cent. per annum, and such bonds and debentures shall entitle the holder to such priorities and privileges, and may be subject to such conditions as the Club may at such meeting decide; and such debentures shall, subject to prior incumbrances previously registered, be a first charge upon all real and personal property and income of the Club until discharged by payment. The Club shall have power, through its president and secretary, to execute a mortgage of its property, to secure payment of said bonds or debentures and interest thereon. The executive committee of the Club are, in addition to the other powers conferred upon them by this Act, authorized to pledge or sell upon the best terms they may be able to obtain, any such bonds or debentures. and deben 12. The amount of the bonds and debentures Limit of bonds issued as authorized by this Act, shall not exceed in tures. the whole the sum of three thousand dollars. bentures Act 13. The bonds and debentures to be issued under Municipal dethis Act shall be subject to the provisions of "The to apply. Municipal Debentures' Act 1902," and amendments thereto, in so far as the same may be applicable. |