Bill 3 (Legislature 9, Session 4)

L9 S4 7608

Alberta — Bills

BILL No. 3 of 1944.

An Act to incorporate the Brothers of the Christian Schools of Alberta. (A,ssented to , 1944.) HIS MAJg~TY! by and_with the advice.and consent of the LegIslatIve Assembly of the PrOVInce of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1.

Maurice Edward Sheehy in religion Br'other Ansbert, Joseph Michael Ryan in religion Brother Ephrem, Maurice Leo Donohue in religion Brother Azarias, Michael Joseph O'Neill in religion Brother Walter, all of the City of Ed monton in the Province of Alberta and all members of the Order known as The Christian Brothers and such other persons as are now or may hereafter become under the provisions of this Act members of the said association, shall be, and are hereby declared to be a body politic and corporate in deed and in~name by the name of "The Brothers of the Christian Schools of Alberta" for the purposes and objects hereinafter set out. 2.

The said corporation s-hall have the power to acquire, erect, conduct, manage and carryon schools, seminaries and institutions of learning and boys' homes, and to acquire, purchase, lease, receive and take by gift or devise under wills or otherwise and to maintain in connection therewith lands, farms and buildings for any of the purposes thereof. 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 ~n all courts and places whatsoever in this Provin:ee. 4.

The corporation shall have power from time to time and at all times hereafter to acquire by gift, devise, bequest, transfer, purchase or otherwise for the benefit of the cor poration any land or real or personal estate and the s'ame or any part thereof may from time to time dispose of by sale, transfer or mortgage, lease, exchange or otherwise, 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. 2 5.

The revenues, issues and profits of all property (real or personal) held by the corporation shall be appropriated and applied to the maintenance of the members of the cor poration and of the institutions carried on by the corporation and the construction and repair of buildings and the acquisi tion of property (real or personal) requisite for the purposes of the corporation and for the advancement 'Of charity and benev'Olence. 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 promote the obj ects of the corporation ·and for such purp'Oses may appoint such subordinate 'Officers with such P'Owers and tenure of office as the corporation may deem advisable. 8.

In addition to its present undertakings, the said cor poration shall have power to ere:ct, construct, equip and maintain buildings and other erections f'Or the proper carry ing on of its educational and other charitable works and to d'O all other matters and things necessary for the carrying out of the objects in which the corporation n'Ow is or may hereafter be engaged in or oc·cupied with. 9.

It shall be lawful f'Or the corporation to make by-laws, rules, orders and regulations for the government and pr'Oper administrati'On 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 appointment, 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 corp'Orati'On. 10.

All the rents, revenues, assets and property of the said 'corporation shall be applied solely t'O the maintenance of the members 'Of the c'Orporation, the c'Onstructi'On and maintenance 'Of such buildings ·as may be required f'Or the purposes of the corporation, and the furtherance 'Of any or all of the objects and works in which the said c'Orporation is now or may be hereafter engaged. 11.

Until otherwise directed by by-laws the incorp'Orators mentioned herein shall be the officers· of the said corporation and the present existing rules and regulations' of the said association shall, mutatis mutandis, be the rules and regu lations of the said corporation until changed by by-laws .. 12. The c'Orporat'ion shall at all times when called upon so to do by the Lieutenant Governor in Council render an account in writing 'Of its property and affairs. 3 13. The powers herein granted shall be subject to the general laws of the Province now in force or hereafter enacted. 14.

This Act shall come into force on the day upon which it is assented to. FOURTH SESSION NINTH LEGISLATURE 8 GEORGE VI 1944 BILL

An Act to incorporate the Brothers of the Christian Schools of Alberta. Recei ved and read the First time .................... . Second time ..................................... . Third time ....................................... . MR. MACDONALD. EDMONTON: A Shnitka, King's Printer 1944 Title: 1944 (9th, 4th) Bill 3,

An Act to incorporate the Brothers of the Christian Schools of Alberta

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Collection	Alberta — Bills
Citation	L9 S4 7608
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	L9 S4 7608
Language	en
Format	json
Source	PROVINCIAL
Identifier	aa5aafb5b09bb9254b16b8322d0eeffab27dd715

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