Bill 4 (Legislature 6, Session 2)

L6 S2 9087

Alberta — Bills

BILL No.4 of 1928.

An Act to Incorporate the Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul (Assented to ,1928.)

WHEREAS an association of nuns has existed in the

Preamble Province of Alberta under the name of "The Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul"; and

Whereas the petition presented in its name prays that the association may be vested with corporate pOWers, and it is expedient to grant its prayer; Therefore His Majesty, by and with the advice and con sent of the Legislative Assembly· of the Province of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1. Elizabeth Belwood, in religion.

Sister Elizabeth Seton; Members Catherine McKee, in religion Sister Frances de Chantal; Catherine Campbell, in religion Sister Teresa Vincent; and such other persons as are now or may hereafter become under the provisions of this Act, members of the said associ- ation, shall be and are hereby declared to be a body politic and corporate in deed and in name by the name of "The Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul" for the purposes and objects hereinafter set out. 2.

The said corporation shall have the power to conduct Power. academies of learning, orphanages, schools, boal'ding schools, work~ng places, housekeeping schools, industrial schools and reformatories, hospitals, sanitaria, infirmaries, dispen saries, homes for the aged, refuges and other charitable and eleemosynary institutions. 3.

The said corporation shall have perpetual succession and a common seal, and may at all times hereafter contract and be contracted with, including the borrowing of money on mortgage, or promissory note, sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded in any matter whatsoever in all courts and places whatsoever in this Province. 4.

The corporation shall have power from time to time Power to and at all times hereafter to acquire by gift, devise, bequest, ~~~:~~~I and transfer, purchase or otherwise for the benefit of the cor- real estate poration any land or real or personal estate and the same or any part thereof may from time to time dispose of by sale, transfer or mortgage, lease, exchange or otherwise,

Disposition o'f revenues. issues and vrofits Head office Power to establisb branches Power to construct, equip and maintain buildings Power to make by laws for government of organiza tion Disposition O~· revenues, p.::osets and property Officers of corporation 2 and with the proceeds therefrom may acquire other lands, tenements, hereditaments and other property (real or per sonal) or invest the same in any security whatsoever for the use of the corporation. 5.

The revenues, issues and profits of all property (real or personal) held by th~ corporation shall be appropriated and applied to the maintenance of the members of the cor poration and of the institutions carried on by the corpor-. ation and the construction arid repair of buildings and the acquisition of property (real or personal) requisite for the purposes of the corporation and for the advancement of charity and benevolence. 6.

The head office of the corporation shall be at the City of Edmonton in the Province of Alberta, or at such other place in the province as may from time to time be deter mined by the by-laws of the corporation. 7. The corporation may from time to time have or estab lish and maintain any number of branches thereof to pro mote the objects of the corporation and for such purposes may appoint such subordinate officers with such powers and tenure of office as the corporatio.i may deem advisable. 8.

In addition to its present undertakings, the said cor poration shall have power to erect, construct, equip and maintain buildings and other erections for the proper carry ing 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 in which the corporation now is or may hereafter be engaged in or occupied with. 9.

It shall be lawful for the corporation to make by laws, rules, orders and regulations for the government and proper administration of the property, affairs and interest of the said corporation, and to repeal and amend the same from time to time, including the enforcement of discipline and the admission and retirement of members, the appoint ment, deposition or removal of any persons as members of the corporation, or bearing office therein and generally for the internal government of affairs of the said corporation. 10.

All the rents, revenues, assets and property of the said corporation shall be applied solely to the maintenance of the members of the corporation, the construction and maintenance of such buildings as may be required for the purposes of the corporation, and the furtherance of any or all of the objects and works in which the said corporation is now or may be hereafter engaged. 11. Until otherwise directed by by-laws the incorpor ators mentioned herein shall be the officers of the said cor-

3 POl'ation and the present existing rules and regulations of the said association shall, mutatis mutandis, be the rules and regulations of the said corporation until changed by by-law. :12. The said corporation may exercise any industry that Power to may help it to maintain its institutions and may bargain i~d~C;t:y and sell the products of the same provided it conforms to the laws of the Province. 13. The corporation shall at all times when called upon Report to t d b th L' t t G 'C 'I d Lieutenant SO 0 0 y e leU enan over nor In ounci ren er an Governor in account in writing of its property and affairs.

Council 14. Provided that the powers herein granted shall be Powers subject to the general laws of the Province now in force ~~~~~~ to or hereafter enacted. ~l:~i:ce 15. This Act shall come into force on the day upon which it is assented to. .

No.4. SECOND SESSION SIXTH LEGISLATURE 18 GEORGE V 1928 BILL

An Act to Incorporate the Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul. Received and read the First time ................... . Second time ................. : . T1!ird time. ; ................. . MR. PREVEY. EDMONTON: W. D. McLEAN. ACTING KING'S PRINTER A.D. 1928 Title: 1928 (6th, 2nd) Bill 4,

An Act to Incorporate the Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul

Document details

Collection	Alberta — Bills
Citation	L6 S2 9087
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	L6 S2 9087
Language	en
Format	json
Source	PROVINCIAL
Identifier	6bb92b3c33dd0fdd7a206e0048a7eb1c6ce2870a

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