BILL N(l. 31 of 1\:f.i.>.

An Act to Incorporate The Lady Mi~to Cottage Hospital at !slay. (Assented t~ HH3.) W HERl~AS the persons ·hereinuf~r named have petitioned for

an Act oonstituting them a bo y politic and corporate with the powers and for the purposes her inaf1ter set forth; And

whereaS it is expedient to rant the prayer of the said petition; 'l'herefot·e His Majesty, by and wi~h the advice and consent of the Legislative A~embly of the P~vince of Alberta, enacts a.-; follows: ~- Alexander Gilchrist, Harol~ A. Edwards, Ohri~her Howson, Willi.am B. Cairns, Neil Eachren, Sydney Hollings­ worth, Goorge Davison and Lillie Gil hrist, and such other person or persons liB may from time Lo ti 1e become members of the cm·poration to be incorporated, shall e and are hereby constituted a body politic and corporate under t e name of the "Lady Minto Cottage Hospital at Isl.ay." 2.

The :said {lorpomtion shall hav perpetual succession and a common seal, and by such name rn y from time bo time and at all times purcha:'te, receive, aocept, b 1ld, hold, possess and enjoy, mortgage, .sell, dispose ·of and conve. , any land, tenement, here­ ditament and real and mova.ble pr erty and est•ate within the province of Alberta, together with uch grant, devise, gift and bequeat as may Le made from time .t time and received from the Government of the Dominion of Can da, the Province of Alberta, the Village of !slay and any corpor, tion, orga.ni~ation, person or pm,;ons, whatsoever for the sole use a d benefit of such ho&-pital: Pwvided always, that the actual value of such real &"tate so held as aforesaid does not at any no time ex,ceed ,the sum of twenty thousand dollars. 3.

The affairs of tho said oorpor, tion shall be managed by a. board <>f directors consisting of eigh members with power to ,add to their numbers, of whom five sha l constitute a quarum; and the said Alexander Gilohrist, H aro d A. Edwards, Christopher Howson, William B. Cairns, Neil ~ cE-ruchren, Sydney Hollings­ worth, Geur~e Davison and Lillie ilchrist shall constitute the first board of d:irectors and shall co tinue to hold. office and 'Blct as sueh until their mcca<;sors are appo nted as hereinafter provided. 4.

At the annual meeting in 191 the four directors first men­ tioned shall retire from office and f ur directors shall be elected to succeed them; at the annual moot ng held in 1914, the seoond four direct,ors shall retire .and four directors shall be elected to suooeed them ; all elections shall be b ballot.

(2) The diredors elected at the nnual meeting in 1913 anil at any annual meeting thereafter sl all hold office f10r two yea.rs and until their successors a.re appoin d. 5. The annual meeting of the sld corporation shall be held on the second Monday of June in ea ,h year at an hour and pla('e to he nam1Bd by the said directors a d notice in writing thereof shall be given by the secretary an shall be pUJbl.ished in the newspaper published neareet the sai Town of Islay at least two issues previous to dale of such meeti g.

2 6. If auch annual meeting shat from any cause be not hElld on the day hereinbefore appoint d, it shall be lawful for the Board· of Directors •then in office dooide upon another day for the holding of the general annua meeting which day shall be within t·WO months after the tim when the same should hav-e been held, and .such meeting shall e called as provided in

section 5 hereof .. '1. In the event of a directoridyiug or resigning his office bef10re the expiration of his term is successor shall be appointed by the Board of Directors to fill th vacancy until the next annual meeting following and lilt such me ting a diredor shall be elected filr the unexpiTcd term of any ~uc director. 8. Retiring direet<>rs shall be eljgible for re-election. 9.

The board of directors shall ~very year at their first meeting afiter election appoint a secretary and treasurer, OT a secretary­ trensurer; and ;;hall at such meeti 1g uppoint from among them­ :->elvc:s a president and vi(_·e-presid nt, and· in the event of auy vacaney occurring in sueh office t 10 said board shall have powc.r to fill sueh vacaney. 10. 'I'he board of directors shallhave power to J;Deet from time to time for the tron.JU.Ction of an business CCllllH'cted with tlw sn.id coq1uration; and in the a.bsen e of the president or the vice­ president, who Rhall be chairmau twy director present may bo l'hosen nts ehainnan for that me ting; in the absence of the ~ecretary any director preseut ma be chosen to act as secretary f·or sueh meeting. 11.

The board of directors shalluwe power to make by-law~, rules and regulations not being con rary to law or to the provisions of this Act, and power to amend repeal from time to time the same for all purpoees reLating to a d bearing upon the well-being and interests of the said oorporatio . 12. All annual subscribers wht shall have paid stroh sum as· may be fixed by the by-laws of t· e said board of directors and whose names shall appear in a bo k kept for that purpose shall be members of the said corporati n and shall have the right to take part, in t·he annual meeting o the corporation. 13.

At the annual meeting a qort shall be submitted by the directors showing the condition of affairs of the said corporation, including; the treasurer's report, t e secretary's report, the audi­ tor's report and abstract and all other matters bearing on the interests· of,. the said corporation nd also a list showing the names of the members. 14.

An auditor shall be appointtd at the annual meeting whose dluty it shall be to exmnine and re ort upon all accounts affecting the oorporation or rela•ting to an matter under its control OJ.' within its jurisdiction for the cur ent year and shall submit the i<ame to IGhe directors on or before the next annual meeting. 15.

The board of directors shall ·ave the power of appointment, disposition or removal of any perso or persons as superintendent, matron or supervisor of the said h spital: Subject, however, to the approv I, rules or regulations in this behalf provided by the Victorian rder of Nurses· and also the power of appointment, disp.ositiQ or removal of any person bearing _office or position in the sa d corporation, and, generally, for the mternal management and government of the same. 1G. A donation of one hundred ~ollars or upwards shall entitle the donor to life membership in t~e said eorporatiun.

3 17. No member of the sam oorporaHon shall be individually liable or accountable for the ~ebts, oontmcts or securities of the ~said oorporatiun. 18. The said oorporat~on ;ay exercise any industry that may help to maintain the said ho ital and may bargain and sell the products of the same, pmvid they conform to the laws of' the province. 19.

Until the passing andid'Dption of1 by·l61ws or until other­ wisfl directed by by-law, the resent existing officers of the said corporation shall be the off' rs of the same and the present existing rules and regulations sltull mutntill mutandis be the rules and regulations of the said rporation until repealed, amendc1l or changed by by-law. 20.

The directors shall [if requested by the Lieutenant Governor in Council and pro ided they are in receipt of publie (unds of the province) keep iu the said hospi·ta.l at snob time and for such periods as rna be determined by the Lieutenant Governor in Coundl, an ad uate supply o!. vaccine for the following purpose: (

a) F<lf the vaccinatia.n by a qualified person attoohcd to the said hospital at he experise of the same of all poor persons and (at thei own ex_Pense) of all other persons who may attend at s ch hosprtal for that purpose during one day in every w ek; the fee to be charged flor euch vaccination not in a y case to exceed seventy..five cents; aml to be used and applied: for the benefit of the said hospital. 21.

It shall be the duty of~he said oorporation in eooh year to transmit to the Lieutenant· G vemor for the inf'Ormation of the Legislative Assembly of the rovince of A1berta suoh returns as the Lieutenant Governor rna from time to time dtirect. 22. The sa.id corporation flall, in its management, be always nondenominational. 23. The directors of the s'id corporation shall have power to borrow money upon the secu it ·of the property of the said cor­ poration either by mortgage, ebenture or otherwise as they may deem expedient and nece;ssar . 24.

The head office of the !said corporation shall be at Islay in the Province of Alberta. 25. Nothing heroin contained shall affect the rights of His Maj~sty, His Heirs or Success{>rs or any other person or any body pohhc or corporate. 26. This Act may be ci~ed as the "Lady Minto Cottage Hospital A ct." 27. This Act shall come i~to fmc~ when assented to.

No. 31 FOOR"l'H SESSION SECOND LEGISLATURE 3 GEORGE V 1913 BILL

An Act to Incorporate The Lady Minto Cottage Hospital at I slay. Received and read the First time .................... . Second time ...... _ ........... . Third time .................. . ED.l\IO~TO~: j. \V. JEFFERY, Government Printer A.D. 1913 Title: 1913 (2nd, 4th) Bill 31,

An Act to Incorporate The Lady Minto Cottage Hospital at Islay