Bill 13 (Legislature 3, Session 1)

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Alberta — Bills

BILL No. 13 of 1913 (Second Session).

An Act to Incorporate The United Service Club. (Assented to ' 1913.)

WHEREAS the persons hereinafter named and others in the City of Edmonton and vicinity in the Province of Alberta have associated themselves together for the establishment of a club for social purposes; and have prayed to be incorporated by the name of "The United Service Club," of tha. City of Edmonton, in the Province of Alberta, and

whereas it is expedient to grant their prayer; Therefore His Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1. Lieutenant Colonel Robert Belcher, C.M.G., Edwin Poole, Arthur W. Harvie, John C. Kelly, Thomas Nevin, Henry Pattson, Joseph Pilling, Harry H. Rendall, John A. Reeves, John Sullivan, Henry Sylvester, Henry W. Sylvester, Daniel Ryan, Thomas Slaymaker, George Tabby, Nathaniel Weston, David Malcomson, Henry Wyman, Ernest ·wilson, Henry G. Buchanan, Matthew H. Jones, Lionel G. Weston, Frederick A. Beddard, Frederick A.

Whitby, William Mcinnes, Justus Wilson, Charles D. Gale, John K. Macdonald, Sydney J. Haskell, Nathaniel Codger, William H. Bekin, Harry A. Barnett, William Bloomer, William T. Bradden, Samuel W. Bell, Matthew Cabbants, John Dawkin, Matthew Daniell, Frederick Emmerson, Robert H. Franklin, William H. Geach, Sydney Grimble, Sydney H.

Haddock, Oliver Hogan, Alfred Butler, and all such other persons as are now or hereafter shall become members of the said association shall be and are hereby declared to be a body corporate and politic in deed and in name by the name of "The United Service Club," and by that name shall have perpetual succession and a common seal and shall have power from time to time and at all times hereafter to 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 actual use of the said corporation any lands, tenements, hereditaments and real and immovable property and estate and also movable and personal property situate, lying and being within the limits of the City of Edmonton or any extension of the limits thereof, and the same to sell, alienate, exchange or otherwise dispose of or encumber whensoever the said corporation shall deem it proper so to do and by the said name shall and may be capable to sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded, answer and be answered unto in any matter whatsoever. 2.

T~:ie constitution, rules and regulations touching the administration of the said corporation shall be formulated at a general meeting thereof, called for that p~rpose and of which at least ten days' notice shall be given by public advertisement or otherwise, to all members thereof and

2 the constitution, rules and regulations then adopted shall, subject to the approval of the Attorney General, have full force and effect in so far as the same shall not be inconsistent with the laws in force in the Province of Alberta and the provisions of this Act: Provided always that the said corporation may from time to time alter, repeal and change such constitution, rules and regulations in the manner therein provided, any amendments so made to be subject to the approval of the Attorney General a'5 aforesaid. 3.

The said corporation may, from time to time, borrow money, not to exceed in the whole the sum of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00) at such rate of interest and upon such terms as they may deem proper; and may for such purpose make, execute or issue any mortgages, bonds, debentures or other instruments under the seal of the said corporation, which bonds or debentures shall operate, subject to any mortgage given in part payment of the purchase money of real property acquired for a site for the club buildings or of the erection of such buildings and appurtenances thereto, as mor~gages and charges against the lands and effects of the said corporation without registration; and each holder of any of the said debentures or bonds issued under the provisions of this

section shall be deemed to be a mortga~ee and encumbrancee pro rata with the other holders thereof upon any interest in any real estate held by the said corporation, and also upon any such interest in any policy or policies of insurance against loss or damage by fire effected upon the buildings owned by the corporation. 4. The moneys authorized to be raised under

section 3 of this Act shall be applied exclusively in the purchase of a site for the club buildings and in the purchase, im provement or erection of a club house and dependencies thereon together with necessary furniture or for the purchase of any freehold interest therein or in the payment of any mortgage or charge thereon or for the redemption of the said debentures or any re-issues thereof as they become due respectively from time to time. 5.

No member of the corporation shall be in any way liable for or chargeable with the payment of any debt or demand due by the said corporation beyond the amount of the entrance fee and annual subscriptions remaining unpaid by Raid member and for any unpaid accounts he may have incurred to the corporation for articles ordered bv him in the said club or other indebtedness to the said eiub and any member of the said club not so indebted to the said corporation may retire therefrom and will cease to be a member thereof on giving notice to that effect in such form as may be required by the constitution, rules and regulations of the said club and thenceforth shall be free from liability for any debt or engagement of the corporation. 6.

The said corporation shall have power to draw, make, accept and endorse all bills of exchange and promissory notes necessary for the purposes of the corporation under the hands of the president and secretary thereof, or in their absence under the hands of such officers as may be appointed for that purpose under the constitution,

3 rules and regulations, after the authority of the committee of the said corporation so to do; and in no case shall it be necessary that the seal of the corporation be affixed to any such bill or note nor shall the president or secretary, or other officer executing the same be personally liable or responsible therefor: Provided that nothing herein contained shall be construed to authorize the corporation to issue notes or bills of exchange payable to bearer or intended to be circulated as money or as notes, or as notes or bills of a bank. 7.

Notwithstanding anything hereinbefore contained the said corporation shall have power to lease any portion of the real estate held by such corporation upon such terms and for such period as may be agreed upon. · 8. The club hereby constituted shall be subject to all provisions for the inspection, control and regulation of clubs in the province which may hereafter be passed by the Legislature. 9. This Act may be cited as "The United Service Club Act."

No.1~ F UtS'r SESSION THIRD JJEGIHIJATURE 4 GEORGE V 1913 (SECOND SESSION) BILL

An Act to Incorporate The United Service Club. Received and read thP First time ... Second time .. Third time ................ . HoN. C. W. CRoss EDMONTON: J. W. JEFFERY, Government Printer A.D. 1913 Title: 1913 (3rd, 1st) Bill 13,

An Act to Incorporate The United Service Club

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Collection	Alberta — Bills
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