Churches connected with Alliance incorporated. Corporate name. Proviso. Transfer of property. Form of conveyance. Value of real estate limited. Provincial laws. Liability of property of Alliance or churches. Powers. 3. Every church organized in connection with the Alliance, on a vote of three-fourths of its members present at a meeting regularly called for business, and desirous of becoming incorporated under this Act, shall thereupon become and be a corporation under the name of "The Reformed Baptist Church of (naming the place where located)" subject to such provisions and conditions and with such powers as the Alliance determines; provided however, that such powers shall not be in excess of those conferred upon the Alliance by this Act; and any person holding property in trust for any such local church may, on such church becoming incorporated, convey to and vest in the corporation of such church all such property so held by him; and the conveyance or mortgage of any property held by any local church may be executed by such officers of the church, and in such manner, without seal, as is provided by its by-laws, subject to the laws of the province in which such real estate is situate. 4. The Alliance may hold real estate not exceeding in value one hundred thousand dollars; and any local church may hold real estate not exceeding fifty thousand dollars; and the Alliance or each church thereof shall, within seven years after its acquisition of any real estate, sell or otherwise dispose of and alienate so much of such real estate as is not required for the purposes of the Alliance, or of each church thereof; and any devise of real estate shall be subject to the laws respecting devises of real estate to religious corporations, in force at the time of such devise in the province in which such real estate is situate, so far as such laws apply to the Alliance or to any church thereof. 5. The property of the Alliance or of each church shall alone be liable for the debts and engagements of the respective corporations. 6. The Alliance may make such by-laws, rules and regulations, not inconsistent with law and its rules of discipline, as it deems necessary and advisable for its own government, and may appoint such officers as are required, and define their duties; and any local church may make such by-laws, rules and regulations, not inconsistent with law, for its government, as may be necessary, and appoint such officers as may be required, and define their duties. OTTAWA: Printed by SAMUEL EDWARD DAWSON, Law Printer to the Queen's most Excellent Majesty. CHAP. 127. An Act to incorporate the Dominion Woman's [Assented to 23rd July, 1894.] WHEREAS the Dominion Woman's Christian Temperance Preamble. Union has by its petition prayed to be incorporated with the powers and for the purposes hereinafter mentioned, and it is expedient to grant the prayer of the said petition: Therefore Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows: 1. Mrs. Letitia Youmans of Toronto, Ont., Mrs. Ella F. M. IncorporaWilliams, of Montreal, Que., Mrs. Harriot T. Todd, of St. tion. Stephen, N.B., Miss Julia Tilley, of Toronto, Ont., Mrs. Annie O. Rutherford of Toronto, Ont., Mrs. Roberta E. Tilton of Ottawa, Ont., Mrs. Mary E. Sanderson, of Danville, Que., Mrs. May R. Thornley, of London, Ont., Mrs. Edith J. Archibald, of Cow Bay, Cape Breton, N.S., Mrs. M. A. Cunningham, of New Westminster, B.C., Mrs. Myrtle Blakely, of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Mrs. Elizabeth Middleton, of Quebec City, Que., Mrs. C. Spofford, of Victoria, B.C., Mrs. C. W. Strong, of Summerside, P.E.I., and all others who are now or hereafter become associated with them, according to their constitution and bylaws, shall be and are hereby constituted a body politic and corporate, under the name of "The Dominion Woman's Corporate Christian Temperance Union," hereinafter called "the Union." name. 2. The purposes of the Union are the banding together of Purposes of Christian women, pledged to total abstinence for the preser- the Union. vation of the home, the education of the young, the elevation of public sentiment with respect to the cause of temperance, the reformation of the drinking classes by the power of divine grace, and the securing of laws which shall totally prohibit the carrying on of the liquor traffic in Canada. 3. The Union may acquire all land and property necessary Power to acfor its purposes, provided that the annual value of the real quire properestate held at any one time apart from that in the actual ty. Proviso. Disposal of property not required. Regulations. Constitution and by-laws. Head office. Pro use of the Union shall not exceed five thousand dollars: 4. The Union shall, within seven years after its acquisition of any real estate, sell or otherwise dispose of and alienate so much of such real estate as is not required for the purposes of the Union. 5. The Union may also make and pass regulations and bylaws for the direction and management of the Union. 6. The constitution and by-laws of the Union now in force are and shall be the constitution and by-laws of the Union hereby constituted until they are changed as provided therein. 7. The head office of the Union shall be at Toronto, or at such other place as is by by-law determined. OTTAWA: Printed by SAMUEL EDWARD DAWSON, Law Printer to the Queen's most Excellent Majesty. CHAP. 128. An Act to amend the Act respecting the Ladies of the [Assented to 23rd July, 1894.] WHEREAS the Ladies of the Sacred Heart of Jesus have Preamble. by their petition prayed for the passing of an Act to amend their Act of incorporation, and it is expedient to grant the prayer of the said petition: Therefore Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows: 1. Section six of The Act respecting the Ladies of the Sacred Section 6, c. Heart of Jesus, being chapter ninety-one of the Statutes of 91, of 1893 re1893, is hereby repealed and the following substituted there for : pealed. "6. The Society may, for its use and benefit, borrow such Borrowing sums of money as are necessary for the purchase of real estate powers. for the purposes of the Society, for the construction and maintenance thereon of educational and other buildings and establishments in any province of Canada, and for the payment and reimbursement of all debts and obligations already contracted by the Society; and to secure the payment of the sums so borrowed, the Society may mortgage all or any of the properties which it now owns, or will own in the future, on such terms and conditions as the Society deems expedient." OTTAWA Printed by SAMUEL EDWARD DAWSON, Law Printer to the Queen's |