CHAPTER 145. An Act to Incorporate the Inverness Amateur Athletic Be it enacted by the Governor, Council, and Assembly, as follows: Incorporation. 1. M. S. Beaton, John Henderson, Frank McEachern, Dr. J. A. Proudfoot, Dr. C. E. McMillan, Dr. C. D. Clough, Dr. D. J. McMaster, Matthew Ferguson, W. D. Lawrence, Duncan A. McIsaac, J. D. Munroe, John A. Beaton, Dan. W. McLean, James W. McLean, J. G. Schwartz, S. E. Whiston, Joe Chisholm, John A. Kennedy, P. A. Doyle, Joe Kennedy, W. J. Ross, John Cassidy, J. E. Hughes, J. A. MacGillivray and such other persons as may become associated with them, members of the Association hereby incorporated, according to the rules and by-laws thereof, are hereby created and constituted a body corporate under the name, "The Inverness Amateur Athletic Association." Objects. 2. The objects of the Association shall be the promotion of athletic sports and pastimes, and the improvement, moral, physical and social, of the young men of Inverness Town. Real and per- 3. The corporation may purchase, take, lease, hold sonal property. and enjoy real estate and personal property to the value not exceeding ten thousand dollars, and may tract, &c. mortgage, sell, lease, or otherwise dispose of the same as may be deemed expedient. Power to con- 4. The corporation shall have a common seal, and shall have power to make contracts for the purpose of the Association, to sue and be sued in the corporation name; and the corporation is hereby empowered to sue for and collect all entrance fees, subscriptions, assessments and all other accounts and moneys due the Association, and all debts, moneys and accounts due the Inverness Amateur Athletic Association, before the passing of this Act, and the same shall be due and payable at the time fixed by and according to the terms of the future by-laws, rules and regulations of the Association. members. 5. The corporation shall have the power to assess Assessment of the members thereof to meet any financial difficulties that may occur, and for any sums that may be necessary for the successful carrying on of the affairs of the Association; provided that a resolution directing such assessments be passed at any meeting called for that purpose by a two-thirds vote of the members present at such meeting. 6. No member of the corporation shall be liable Liability of for the debts of the corporation unless he shall have members. expressly made himself personally liable therefor. directors. 7. The parties named in section (1) of this Act shall Provisional be provisional directors of the Association until their successors be appointed. As soon after the passing of this Act as may be convenient the said provisional directors shall call a meeting of the Association for the appointment of directors, and for the purpose of organizing under this Act. 8. The members of the Association convened in By-laws, general meetings shall have power to make by-laws, rules and regulations for the government of the Association, and may from time to time, at general meetings called for the purpose, add to, amend, alter and repeal the same; provided that such by-laws do not conflict with any of the provisions of this Act or the laws of the Province, and after the said by-laws have been approved by the Governor-in-Council, they shall have the force of law. property. 9. Upon the passing of this Act all the property Vesting of now belonging to or held in trust by the Association hereby incorporated, shall vest in and belong to the said corporation. 29 Act may cease. 10. This Act shall cease and determine unless the Association shall commence and continue active operations under it within two years after the date of its passing. CHAPTER 146. An Act to Incorporate the Inverness County Telephone Company. Limited. Incorporation. Deduction for debts or calls. Be it enacted by the Governor, Council, and Assembly, as follows: 1. J. Mariner Smith, Malcolm S. Beaton, Duncan A. McIsaac, Hugh Gillis, Duncan F McLean and Donald McLennan, and also such other persons as may become shareholders in the said Company hereby incorporated, are hereby constituted a body corporate by the name of "The Inverness County Telephone Company, Limited," with a common seal, to be designed and adopted by the said Company, and the head office of the said Company shall be in the town of Port Hood, in the County of Inverness, in the Province of Nova Scotia, or at such other place in the said County as may be hereafter determined upon by the directors of the Company. Said Company shall have power to build, establish, construct, purchase, acquire or lease, maintain and operate telephone switch boards, telephones and telephone lines between the Town of Port Hood aforesaid, and the Town of Port Hawkesbury in said County, and between Port Hood aforesaid and the Village of Mabou, the Town of Inverness, the Villages of Margaree Harbor, Rossville, Grand Etang, Eastern Harbor, in said County, and any and all other points, places and districts in said County. rectors and 2. The persons above named shall be provisional Provisional didirectors and have all necessary powers as such until by-laws. the first regular meeting of said Company, or the appointment of the officers of the same. Said provisional directors shall call said first meeting of the Company at Inverness, in the County of Inverness, at such time and place as they may determine, and of which written or printed notice shall be given by mailing the same, postage prepaid and registered, to each shareholder at least ten days before such meeting. The Company may elect all necessary officers and establish by-laws at such or any subsequent meeting. 3. The capital stock of the Company shall be ten Capital stock. thousand dollars, in one thousand shares of ten dollars each, with power to increase the same to twenty thousand dollars upon a vote of two-thirds of the stock holders of said Company, in person or by proxy, at an annual meeting or a special general meeting called for that purpose. &c. 4. The said provisional directors shall have power Stock books, and authority to open stock books, and to procure subscriptions for shares in the capital stock of the Company, to make calls on the subscribers, and to cause surveys and estimates to be made. ture telephones, 5. The said Company shall have full power to manu- May manufac facture telephones and other apparatus connected &c. therewith and their appurtenances, and other instruments used in connection with the business of a telegraph or telephone Company, and also such other electrical instruments and plant as the said Company may deem advisable, and to purchase, sell or lease the same and rights relating thereto, and to build, estab May construct lines, &c. lish, construct, purchase, acquire or lease and maintain, and operate, or sell, or let, any line or lines for the transmission of, messages by telephone in Nova Scotia, and to make connection for the purpose of telephone business with the line or lines of any telegraph or telephone Company in Nova Scotia, and to aid or advance money to build or work any such line to be used for telephone purposes, and also to borrow such sum of money, not exceeding the amount of the paid up capital of the Company, as the directors shall deem necessary for carrying out any of the objects or purposes of the Act, and to issue bonds therefor in sums of not less than one hundred dollars each, which shall be a first charge upon the whole lines, works and plants of the Company, in such sums and at such rate of interest, and payable at such times and places, as the directors shall determine; provided always, that nothing in this Act shall be construed to authorize the Company to issue any note payable to the bearer thereof or any promissory note intended to be circulated as money. 6. "The Inverness County Telephone Company, Limited," may construct, erect and maintain its line or lines of telephone along the sides of and across or under any public highways, streets, bridges, rivers, or watercourses, by sub-fluvial cable or otherwise. Provided the said Company shall not interfere with the public right of travelling on or using such highways, streets, bridges, rivers or watercourses; and provided that in cities and incorporated towns the Company shall not erect any pole higher than forty feet above the surface of the street, nor affix any wire less than eighteen feet above the surface of the street, and that in any city or incorporated town the poles shall be as nearly as possible, straight and perpendicular; provided also, that in cities, incorporated towns and municipalities the opening up of the street for the erection of poles, or for carrying the wires underground, shall be done under the direction and supervision of the Provincial Engineer, or such other officer as the Council of such city, town or municipality, as the case may be, may appoint, and in such manner as the Council may direct; and provided also, that the surface of the street shall in all cases be restored to its former condition by and |