Bill ID 4562 (Legislature 16, Session 1)

L16 S1 4562

Alberta — Bills

1968 Bill, Pro 3 I First Session, 16th Legislature, D.7'Eraa ibl:!tli . I • THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ALBERTA BILL Pre 3

An Act to Incorporate the Ro.man Catholic Archdiocese of Grouard-McLennan MR. ELLS First Reading ............................................................. . Second Reading ......................................................... . Third Reading .......................................................... , Prinled by L. S. \VaH, Queens Printer, Edmonton

Short title Incorpor ation Powers BILL Pre 3 1968

An Act to Incorporate the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Grouard-McLennan (Assented to , 1968) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of . the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1. This Act may be cited as The Catholic Archdiocese of Grouard-McLennan Act. 2.

The Most Reverend Henri Routhier, Archbishop of the Catholic Archdiocese of Grouard-McLennan (hereafter re ferred to as the "Archdiocese") and each of his successors in the Archdiocese in communion with the Church of Rome continues as a body corporate and politic by the name of "La Corporation Episcopale Catholique Romaine de Grouard" as successors to the Very Reverend Emile Grou ard, heretofore constituted a body corporate under that name by

chapter 50 of the Statutes of Alberta, 1914. 3. The corporation is hereby authorized and empowered: (

a) to acquire by gift, purchase, devise, bequest, trans fer or otherwise, real or personal property of every nature in the Province of Alberta and to have, hold, possess, enjoy, take and receive the same for the general uses and purposes, ecclesiastical, religious, charitable, educational and recreational of the Arch diocese or any part thereof; (

b) to give, sell, exchange, convey, transfer, assign, mortgage, encumber, demise or otherwise dispose of all or any of the property, real or personal, of the corporation or any interest therein; (

c) to borrow, raise or secure the payment of money for any of the purposes of the corporation in such man ner as is considered expedient and in particular by negotiable instruments and by the issue of deben tures or debenture stock, bonds, mortgages or obligations, charged upon all or any of the property of the corporation, and to purchase, redeem or pay off any such securities in whole or in part; (

d) to make loans and to receive mortgages, bonds and

Execution of documents Parishes -debentures, negotiable instruments or other secur ities as security therefor; and to assign, sell, trans fer, hypothecate, pledge or otherwise dispose of mortgages or securities so received; and to dis charge and release mortgages or other securities so given, either in whole or in part and to extend the period for payment thereof; (

e) to give any guarantee for payment of any loan, mortgage, bond or debenture issue, obligations or securities made or issued by any parish or mission, situated within the territorial limits of the corpora tion; (

I) to enact such regulations and orders which are con sidered necessary for the management of the affairs of the corporation. 4. All instruments or documents to be signed or executed by the corporation shall be signed or executed by the Arch bishop. 5.

(1) The Archbishop may establish parishes or mis sions within the Archdiocese and every such parish or mission shall become a body politic and corporate by the style and name of "The Parish of .................. " or "The Mission of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ." or "La Paroisse de . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ." or "La Mission de. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . " with the specific name given in each case by the Archbishop.

(2) Each such parish or mission shall be represented by the Archbishop and the priest appointed by the Archbishop for the administration of each such parish or mission.

(3) All instruments or documents to be signed or ex ecuted by each such parish or mission shall be signed or executed by the parish priest or missionary appointed by the Archbishop to be in charge of such parish or mission as the case may be and by the Archbishop with the seal only of the parish or mission as the case may be.

(4) Each such parish or mission has mutatis mutandis, all the powers herein conferred upon the corporation except the powers conferred in clause (

e) of

section 3. Alternates 6. All powers and authority of the corp?ration herein authorized to be exercised by the ArchbIshop may be exercised in like manner by 2 (

a) the Coadjutor Archbishop of the Archdiocese, or (

b) the Archbishop or :Sishop Auxiliary to the Arch bishop of the ArchdIOcese, or (

c) the Vicar General of the Archdiocese, or (

d) the member of the Clergy canonically elected or ap pointed to administer the affairs of the Arch- diocese,

Continu ation of parishes as bodies corporate Transfer ring of property General laws Repeal Coming into force and all instruments or documents to be signed or executed by the corporation or by any parish or mission may likewise be signed or executed by any of the foregoing persons in stead of the Archbishop. 7. Every parish or mission of the Roman Catholic Church in the Province of Alberta that, before the passing of this Act, became a body politic and corporate under

An Act to incorporate the Roman Catholic Bishop of the Apostolic Vicariate of Athabasca, and the Roman Catholic Parishes and Missions in the Apostolic Vicariate of Athabasca. being

chapter 50 of the statutes of Alberta, 1914, is continued as a body corporate by this Act. 8. It shall be lawful for any person or corporation in whose name any real or personal property is now or may hereafter be held in trust or otherwise for the benefit of the Archbishop or for the benefit of any parish or mission established by the Archbishop to assign, conveyor transfer it to the corporation or to the parish or mission as the case may be. 9. The powers herein granted are subject to the general laws of the Province now in force or hereafter enacted. 10.

An Act to incorporate the Roman Catholic Bishop of the Apostolic Vicariate of Athabasca, and the Roman Ca.th. olic Parishes and Missions in the Apostolic Vicariate of Athabasca, being

chapter 50 of the Statutes of Alberta, 1914 is hereby repealed. 11. This Act comes into force on the day upon which it is assented to. 3 Title: 1968 (16th, 1st) Bill Pr3,

An Act to Incorporate the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Grouard-McLennan

Document details

Collection	Alberta — Bills
Citation	L16 S1 4562
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	L16 S1 4562
Language	en
Format	json
Source	PROVINCIAL
Identifier	7a3679ae671513c16a26c7bb06fcbe9672ec53c2

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