Bill 72 (Legislature 2, Session 4)

L2 S4 10677

Alberta — Bills

BILL No. 72 M 1913.

Au .\ct to Incorpora:te ithe Jesuits of Alberta. ( Ass~nted to 11H3.) W HEREAS the Society of Jesus, commonly called the ''Jesuits", one of the re1igi s orders of the Roman Cwtholic Church, hM for ita object the bliahmen.t and carrying on of missions or parishes, schools, ooll ges and seminariffi; and Whereas a petition has been p esented by the Reverend Theo phila Hudon, S.J., and others p ayiing tlmt the members of the said Society from time to time ngaged in the carrying out of the said obJects in the Provinoo o Alberta, be incorporated under the name o( "The Jeswts of Alb rta"; and Whereas it is expedient Lo gra t the said prayer; Therefore His Majwty, by an wi.th th~ advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1.- The Reverend Joseph Ca ere, S.J., ·th-e Reverend Francis Doyle, S.J., and the Reverend. van D'Orsonnans, S.J., all of the City of Montreal, in the Provi ce of Quebec, and the Reverend Theophila Hudon, S.J., of the Ci y of Edmonton, and such oth'er persons who, being members of t e said order, shall become resi dents of the Province of Alberta, hall be and are h~by declared to be a borly po<li,tic and corpora e by the name o.f the "Jesuits of Alberta" for the purposes ;and bjects in this Act mentioned. 2. 'l'he objects of the corporati n are:- (

a) To establish and main in schools, oollegoo, observa tories, seminaries and si ilar institUJtions; (b) 'fo engage in and enco rage investigati-on in languages, history, philosophy and all other branch€6 of learninp;; (

c) To establish and main in parishes and missions and to carry on or aid in st ch works as are eustomary f.or the religious, moral a social advancement of the Catholic poop'le of the p ovince. 3. 'l'he domicile or head offi~of the corporation will be at Eclmonton, in the Province of Al rta, or at such other place in the ~nid province as may from ti e to time be determined by the corporation. 4. 'l'he affairs of the corpomti~shall be man:aged by a oouncil composed of the provincial of he -order and his oonBUltors dw:-en according to the constituti n of ·the order and the council i'hall have power to make rules a d regulations for the manage ment of the affairs of the corpora 'on, and the persons desigrmted hy name in ·the first

section of is Act shall be the provisional c<mncil of the order. · 5.' The ~d corporation shall ave power from time to timr nnd at all tim~s here!l'fter to ac uire by gift, devise, pnr~lmse, lea'e or otherwise £or Its benefit a y real property and to dEpose of ::ame by sale, mol'tgage, lease, xchan~ or otherwise and with tllE' f'l'O('ceds thereof a<~f!nire oth " real propertv or invesf. the same in a.ny other property or ~ ,urity whatsoever for the use and benefit of the said corporation G.

The said corporation may ~rrow money and for .the pur pose of securing the repayment t reof may m{)rt.gage all or any of the real or personal property o the corporation. · 7. All instruments r~lating to fool property shall be executed under the seal of the smd oorpora Ion attested as provided by the rules and regulations of the corp ation. 8, The sairl corporation shall~· all times whenever required RO tJo no by the Lieutenant Gove or in Council make a report in writing of its affairs and prope y. 9.

Provideil t.h:art: the P<>wers h rein granted shall be subject to the general laws of the provi ce now in foroe or hereafter enacted. ~0. 72 FOURTH SESSION SECOND LEGISLATURE GEORGE V BILL

An Act to Incorporate The Jesuits of Alberta. Received and read the First time .................... . Second time ...... , ........... . Third time ................... . MR. LESSARD EDMONTON: ] . W. ]EFFRRY, Government Printer A.D Title: 1913 (2nd, 4th) Bill 72,

An Act to Incorporate The Jesuits of Alberta

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Collection	Alberta — Bills
Citation	L2 S4 10677
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	L2 S4 10677
Language	en
Format	json
Source	PROVINCIAL
Identifier	b4575a8de30174a2323af92c11e4a5cf573457d4

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