Bill ID 5127 (Legislature 17, Session 1)

L17 S1 5127

Alberta — Bills

1972 Bill Pro 3 First Session, 17th Legislature, 21 Elizabeth II THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ALBERTA BILL Pre 3

An Act to Incorporate the Sisters of Charity of Providence of Calgary MR. FARRAN First Reading .............................. . Second Reading ........................ . Third Reading .............................. . Printed by L. S. Wall, Queen's Printer, Edmonton

Preamble Incorpora tion Powers of corporation Idem BILL Pre 3 1972

AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE SISTERS OF CHARITY OF PROVIDENCE OF CALGARY ( Assented to ,1972)

WHEREAS a petition has been presented praying for the incorporation of an association of religious women as a body politic and corporate in deed and in name by the name of The Sisters of Charity of Providence of Calgary; and

WHEREAS it is expedient to grant the prayer of the said petition: THEREFORE, Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1.

Sister Juliette Larose, Sister Ellen Brunt, Sister Ra chel Maynard and Sister Laura Murphy, being all mem bers of Les Soeurs de Charite de la Providence des Terri toires du Nord Ouest and such other persons as are now or may hereafter become, under the provisions of this Act, nlcmbers or the hereinafter mentioned corporation, shall be and are hereby declared to be a body politic and corpor ate in deed and in name by the name of The Sisters of Charity of Providence of Calgary for the purposes and ob j ects hereinafter set out. 2.

The corporation shall have power to conduct chari table institutions of any kind or nature whatsoever, and without in any way restricting the generality of the fore going, shall have power to conduct schools, hospitals, out patient clinics, schools of nursing, nursing homes, homes for the aged, convents and chapels and to impart education and moral training to students. 3.

The corporation shall have perpetual succession and a common seal, and may at all times hereafter contract and be contracted with, sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded in any matter Whatsoever, in all courts and places whatsoever in the Province of Alberta.

Head office Bequests Buildings Profits Borrowing powers, etc. 4. The head office of the corporation shall be at the City of Calgary, in the Province of Alberta or at such other places in the Province of Alberta as m~y from time to time be determined by the by-laws of the corporation. 5.

The corporation shall have power from time to time and at all times hereafter to acquire by gift, devise, be quest, transfer, purchase or otherwise for the benefit of the corporation any land or real or personal estate and the corporation may from time to time dispose of the same or any part thereof by sale, transfer or mortgage, lease, ex change or otherwise, and with the proceeds therefrom may acquire other lands, tenements, hereditaments and other property, real or personal, or invest the same in any secur ity whatsoever for the use of the corporation. 6.

The corporation shall have power to erect, construct, eiJuip and maintain buildings, and other erections for the proper carrying on of its educational, hospital and other charitable works and to do all other matters and things necessary for the carrying out of the objects that the cor poration may become engaged in or occupied with. 7.

The rents, revenues and profits of all property, real or personal, held by the corporation and the assets and property of the corporation shall be appropriated and ap plied to the maintenance of the members of the corpora tion and the construction and maintenance of the institu tions carried on by the 'corporation, and the construction and maintenance of buildings and the acquisition of pro perty, real or personal, requisite for the advancement of charity and benevolence and for the furtherance of any or all the objects and works in which the corporation may engage. 8.

The corporation in addition to all other powers shall have power 2 (

a) to borrow or raise or secure the payment of money by negotiable instruments and by the issue of de bentures or debenture stock, bonds, mortgages or obligations, charged upon the property of the cor poration, and to extend the period for payment of the same, and to purchase, redeem or payoff any such securities in whole or in part, (

b) to invest its funds, or any portion thereof, either directly in the name of the corporation, or indirect ly in the name of trustees, in the purchase of such securities as it may deem advisable and a'lso may lend its funds or any portion thereof on any such securities,

By-laws Officers Maintenance Vesting of tiUe Accounting (

c) to ensure or give any guarantee for payment of any loan, mortgage, bond or debenture issue obli gations or securities made or issued by th~ cor poration situate within the Province of Alberta and ' (

d) to mortgage or charge all or any part of the pro perty of the corporation either for the payment of security for a debt or otherwise. 9.

(1) It shall be lawful for the corporation to make Ly-Iaws, rules, orders and regulations for the government and proper administration of the property, affairs, and interests of the corporation, and to repeal and amend the same from time to time, including the enforcement of dis cipline and the admission and retirement of members, the appointment, deposition or removal of any persons as mem bers of the corporation, or bearing office therein and gen erally for the internal government of affairs of the cor poration.

(2) No by-law shall be valid or take effect unless or until it has been approved by the Provincial Superior of Les Soeurs de Charite de la Providence des Territoires du Nord Ouest. 10. Until otherwise directed by by-laws the incorpora tors mentioned herein shall be the officers of the corpora tion. 11. The corporation may exercise any activity that may help it to maintain its institutions and may bargain and sell the products of the same provided it conforms to the laws of the Province of Alberta. 12.

Upon presentation to the Registrar of the proper land titles office of any transfer or other instrument whereby any land or interest in land situate in Alberta is being transferred from Les Soeurs de Charite de la Pr~vi <lance des Territoires du Nord Ouest, being a corporatIon incorporated by

chapter 13 of the Ordinances of the North west Territories of 1902, to the !corporation hereby created, the Registrar may without fee or charge therefor do all things necessary to vest such land or interest therein in the name of the corporation, subj ect to all such encum brances or charges as may be registered against the title thereof. 13. The corporation shall at all times when called upon to do so by the Lieutenant Governor in Council render an account in writing of its property and affairs. 3

General Jaws

Short title 14. The powers herein granted shall be subject to the general laws of the Province now in force or hereafter enacted. 15. This Act may be cited as "The Sisters of Charity of Providence of Calgary Act". Coming into 16. This Act comes into force on the day upon which it force is assented to. 4 Title: 1972 (17th, 1st) Bill Pr3,

An Act to Incorporate the Sisters of Charity of Providence of Calgary

Document details

Collection	Alberta — Bills
Citation	L17 S1 5127
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	L17 S1 5127
Language	en
Format	json
Source	PROVINCIAL
Identifier	68ef8a87b758c3ca58b8e8bf95cd055c21c3d7fe

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