Proviso. inge, how call ed. cers of the said Corporation, as to the said Corporation shall seem meet, by and through the majority of the Members present at such General Meeting, and for the transaction of all other matters and things relating to the affairs of the said Corporation for the year preceding such Annual Meeting and for the adjustment and settlement of the accounts and business of the said Corporation for the then preceding year: Provided always, that the said Corporation, on a requisition signed by not less than five of the Members thereof, may, at any time, by a notice Special Meetto be inserted for not less than seven days, in one or more of the Newspapers published in the City of Montreal, of which the Montreal Gazette shall be one, if then published, call a General Meeting of the Members of the said Corporation, specifying the hour, day, place and object of the said Meeting; and the Members of the Corporation, or any majority thereof, at such extraordinary Meeting as aforesaid, shall have power and authority to make, revise, alter or rescind, any Rules, Orders and Regulations for the management of the Corporation, after notice of any motion for introducing any new Rule, or for any such repeal or alteration, shall have been given at the general or extraordinary Meeting next immediately preceding that at which such motion shall be made and considered, and to admit new Members, and to fill up all vacancies which may occur among the said Directress or Directresses, and Managers, Secretary and Treasurer, aforesaid, and generally to do and perform all such matters and things as may be conducive to the well being of the said Corporation. Property of the present Ased in the Corporation. Present Of ficors continuare appointed. ed until others III. And be it enacted, that all and every the estate and property, real and personal, now belonging to or hereafter to be acquired by the Members of the sociation vestsaid Association 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 Directress or Directresses, Managers, Secretary and Treasurer, appointed or to be appointed before the first Annual General Meeting shall be held under the authority of this Act, shall be and continue to be the Directress or Directresses, Managers, Secretary and Treasurer of the said Corporation, until others in their stead or the same shall be elected at such Annual General Meeting, in the manner herein provided; and the Rules, Orders and Regulations now made or to be made for the management of the Association herein first men- sent By-Laws. tioned, shall be and continue to be the Rules, Orders and Regulations of the said Corporation, until altered or repealed in the manner herein provided, and the said Rules, Orders and Regulations shall be submitted to the Members of the said Corporation for their approval and confirmation at such first General Meeting as aforesaid, at which time they may be confirmed, rejected, altered or amended, or new Rules substituted for them, without any previous notice; anything herein. contained to the contrary notwithstanding. And the pre Members not to be liable in the engagements of the Corporation. IV. And be it enacted, that the Directress or Directresses and Managers for the time being, shall have power to appoint such Officers and Servants of the said Corporation as shall be necessary for the well conducting of the business of the same, and to allow to them such compensation for their services, respectively, as shall be reasonable and proper; and the said Directresses and Managers 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 Rules, Orders and Regulations of the said Corporation. V. And be it enacted, that nothing herein contained shall have the effect, or be dividually for construed to have the effect of rendering all or any of the said several persons hereinbefore mentioned, or all or any of the Members of the said Corporation, or any person whomsoever individually liable or accountable for or by reason of any debt, contract or security incurred or entered into for or by reason of the said Corporation, or for or on account, or in respect of any matter or thing whatsoever relating to the said Corporation. VI. And be it enacted, that it shall not be necessary to the validity of any Act, performed by any married woman, as a Member of the Corporation, or to her becoming such, that she be thereunto specially authorized by her husband; any Law, usage or custom to the contrary notwithstanding. VII. And be it enacted, that nothing herein contained, shall be construed to affect in any manner or way the rights of Her Majesty, Her Heirs or Successors, or of any person or persons, or of any Body Politic or Corporate, such only excepted as are hereinbefore mentioned and provided for. VIII. And be it enacted, that this Act shall be deemed a public Act, and shall be publicly taken notice of as such by all Judges, Justices of the Peace, and other persons whomsoever, without being specially pleaded. CAP. LIV. An Act to incorporate "Les Dames Religieuses du Sacré Cœur de [9th December, 1843.] W of St. Jacques in the county of Leinster HEREAS an Association of Religious Ladies has existed for several and Corporate name, and powers. and District of Montreal, under the name of "Les Dames Religieuses du Sacré Cœur de Jésus," for the Instruction and Education of young persons of the female sex, and has, at great expense, provided suitable buildings for the said purpose, and has instructed and educated a great number of young persons, many of them gratuitously, and the remainder at very moderate rates; And whereas the said Ladies have, by their petition, prayed that the said Association may be Incorporated, and in consideration of the great benefits which must arise from the Institution, 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, 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, that Certain Ladies Marie Michelle, Ursule Sallion, Séraphine Constantine, Josephte Avignon, Claire Incorporated, Henriette de Kersaint, Mary Anne Roche, Euphrosine Emélina Lévèque, and Johana Alphonsine Shannon, 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 of "Les Dames Religieuses du Sacré Cœur de Jésus," and by that name shall have perpetual succession, and a Common Seal, and shall have power from time to time to alter, renew or change such Common Seal at their pleasure, and shall by the same name, 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 to them and their successors, to and for the uses and purposes of the said Corporation, any lands, tenements, and hereditaments, and real or immoveable property and estate, situate, lying and being within this Province, not exceeding in yearly value the sum of three thousand pounds currency, and the same to sell alienate and dispose of, and to purchase others in their stead for the same purpose; and by the said name shall and may be able and capable in Law, to sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded, answer and be answered unto in all Courts of Law and places whatsoever, in as large, ample and beneficial a manner as any other Body Politic or Corporate, or as any persons able or capable in Law may or can sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded, answer and be answered unto, in any manner whatsoever; and any majority of the members of the Corporation, for the time being, shall have power and authority to make and establish such Rules, Orders and Regulations, not being contrary to this Act nor to the Laws in force in this Province, 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 Rules, Orders and Regulations, or any of them, or those of the said Associa By-Laws. To what purposes the Re Corporation shall be ap tion in force at the time of the passing 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. II. Provided always, and be it enacted, that the rent, revenues, issues and provenues of the fits of all property, real or personal, held by the said Corporation, shall be appropriated and applied solely to the maintenance of the members of the Corporation, the construction and repair of the buildings requisite for the purposes of the Corporation, and to the advancement of Education, and the payment of the expenses to be incurred for objects legitimately connected with or depending on the purposes aforesaid. plied. Property of the present Asso ciation vested in the Corpora tion, and its By-Laws made those of theCorporation until altered. Corporation may appoint Attornies, Of ficers, &c. Individual members not to be liable for the debts of the Corporation. III. And be it enacted, that all and every the estate and property, real and personal, belonging to, or hereafter to be acquired by the said Members of the said Association, 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 Rules, Orders and Regulations now made, or to be made for the management of the said Association, shall be, and continue to be the Rules, Orders and Regulations of the said Corporation, until altered or repealed in the manner herein before provided. IV. And be it enacted, that 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 Teachers and Servants of 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 Rules, Orders and Regulations of the said Corporation. V. And be it enacted, that nothing herein contained shall have the effect or be construed to have the effect of rendering all or any of the said several persons hereinbefore mentioned, or all or any of the Members of the said Corporation, or any person whatsoever, individually liable or accountable for, or by reason of any debt, contract or security incurred or entered into for or by reason of the said Corporation, or for or on account or in respect of any matter or thing whatsoever relating to the said Corporation. Crown saved. VI. And be it enacted, that nothing herein contained shall affect or be construed Rights of the to affect, in any manner or way, the rights of Her Majesty, Her Heirs or Successors, or of any person or persons, or of any Body Politic or Corporate, such only excepted as are hereinbefore mentioned and provided for. Act to be VII. And be it enacted, that this Act shall be deemed a public Act, and shall be publicly taken notice of as such by all Judges, Justices of the Peace, and other public Act. persons whatsoever, without being specially pleaded. CAP. LV. An Act to authorize the Superior and Directors of the Seminary of Quebec, to acquire and hold a certain amount of property, in addi. tion to that now held by them. W [16th November, 1843.] Preamble. HEREAS the Superior and Directors of the Seminary of Quebec, have by their Petition to the Legislature, prayed that they may be authorized to acquire and hold to and for the use of the said Seminary, a certain amount of property, in addition to that now held by them: And whereas by reason of the great public utility of the said Institution, it is expedient to grant the prayer of the said Petition; 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, that it shall be law- The Seminaful for the Superior and Directors of the Seminary of Quebec, for the time being, ry of Quebec and for their successors in office, to acquire or take by donation, devise, or other-empowered to wise, and to hold to and for the use and for the purposes of the said Institution, hold additional any property real or immoveable in this Province, or any constituts, or rentes certain annual foncières secured on such property, or any money or shares in the Public Funds value. of the United Kingdom, or secured by any Debentures on the Public Revenue of this Province, or any other property whatever, yielding a fixed and permanent income or revenue not exceeding one thousand pounds, currency, per annum, in addition to such property as at the time of the passing of this Act they shall lawfully hold for the use and purposes of the said Seminary, and when need shall Q Q be acquire and property to a |