Bill 24 (Legislature 3, Session 1)

L3 S1 10536

Alberta — Bills

BILL Bill No. 24 of 1913 (Second Session).

An Act to Incorporate the Roman Catholic Bishop of the Diocese of Calgary. (Assented to 1913). WHEREAS the Right Reverend J. T.

McNally, Roman Catholic Bishop of the Diocese of Calgary, the whole of which is comprised in the Province of Alberta, has petitioned to be incorporated and authorized to acquire and possess real and personal estate in the said Province of Alberta for religious purposes; And whereas such request is for the advantage especially of the Roman Catholic subjects of His Majesty, and is just; Therefore the Lieutenant Governor by, and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1. The Right Reverend J. T.

McNally, Roman Catholic Bishop of the Diocese of Calgary and each of his successors being Bishop of said Diocese in communion with the Church of Rome, shall be and are by these presents declared to be a body under the name of Roman Catholic Bishop of the Diocese of Calgary, and under this name shall have perpetual succession and may have a corporate seal and may from time to time renew or otherwise change at pleasure such corporate seal. 2.

The said corporation is hereby authorized and em powered to acquire by purchase, gift, devise~ bequest or otherwise real or personal property of every nature in the Province of Alberta and to have, hold, possess and enjoy the same for the general uses and purposes, ecclesiastical, charitable and educational of the said diocese or any part thereof. 3.

The said corporation is hereby also authorized and empowered from time to time 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 said corporation or any interest therein. 4:. The said corporation is also hereby authorized and em powered to borrow money for any of the purposes of the corporation and to receive any monies, the property of the corporation on any kind of security or without security as shall be deemed expedient. 5.

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 said bishop to assign, convey or transfer the same to the said corporation. 6.

In the event of a vacancy of the said bishopric or in case of the absence from the diocese of the said bishop or of his being incapacitated by sickness, infirmity or from any other cause, then and in such case the coadjutor bishop of the diocese or the bishop auxiliary to the bishop of the diocese, if such there be, the member of the clergy canonically elected or appointed to administer the affairs of the diocese shall be entitled to exercise all the powers and authority of the corporation in the place and stead of the bishop. 7.

All instruments or documents to be signed or executed by the corporation shall be signed or executed by the bishop or in case there be none and in case of his absence or in capacity, by .the coadjutor bishop, auxiliary bishop or ·administrator ~f the diocese as the case may be. 8. This Act is declared to be a public Act. No. 24 ~"'LRS'l' SESSION THJRD L~GIHJJArfURE GEORGE V 1913 (SECOND 8E8SION) BII..JL

An Act to Incorporate the Roman Catholic Bishop of the Diocese of Calgary. Received and read the First time ................. . Second time ............... . Third time ............... . MR. TwEEDIE EDMONTON: J. W. JEFFERY, Government Printer A.D. 11113 Title: 1913 (3rd, 1st) Bill 24,

An Act to Incorporate the Roman Catholic Bishop of the Diocese of Calgary

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Collection	Alberta — Bills
Citation	L3 S1 10536
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	L3 S1 10536
Language	en
Format	json
Source	PROVINCIAL
Identifier	86e329e65321543da46e8146bb972bd45c8f2f3f

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