(preamble) NO 1914. --------------------------

AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOP IF THE APOSTOLIC VICARIATE OF AmABASCA, .AND THE ROMAN CATHOJJIC PARISHES AND MISSIONS IN THE APOSTOJJIC VICAEIATE OF ATHABASCA. . WHERF~S the Ver.v Reverend Emile Grouard.

Homan Oatbolic Bishop of the Apostolic Vioariate of Athabas08, has petitioned to be incorporated and authorized to accguire and poseess real and personal estate in th e ProVince of Alberta for religious purposes; AND WHERF~S the Bishop of the Apostolio Vioariate of Athabaeca wishes to be assisted in 'the management of said estates and he h~s petitioned for the right to inoorporate Catholio Perishes and Missions in the Apostolio Vioariate of Athabasoa now ex1sti~ or that may hereafter be organised. mF...REFORE HIS MAJESTY, by and wi th the advioe and o on sent " of the Legielative Asseml21y of the Provinoe of Alberta, enaots as follows:- ( Inoorporation righte & powers) The Very Reverend Emile Grouard, Roman Catholio Bishop of tM Apostolio Vicariate of Athabasoa. and e aoh ot his suooessors in the sat d Apostolio Vioariate in Q()mmuni~n wi th the Churoh of Rome t shall be, m d is by these presents,

- 2 .;. (\eolared and estab11ehed 8 Corporate bo~ in faot erXl In name, undor the nane of "LA O(.RPORATION m.>I30OFALR OA$OI"IC;:U& ROl4Am}~ D' A1ltABAHOA" 8Ild under ttll. naJD8 rball have the r1sht of S'11Oofuurion in l)9rpetut ty and ahall hsve a oorpol"ate seal, Rna may, trom time to time, modify. ren9W or otberwilfB chaJ'lB9 at pleaeure noh Oorporato 8881. m d msy undF. r thf) n8[210 sforeB81c!. trom time to time, nn:1 during all t1..roes buy, aooquiJ'e, by gi:tt.devie9. beQuest, tranlfeza, purobaee 01" otherwiee hold. pORs.ess, enjoy. take end receive tor re11g10lU! pupo.ea, 8Il7 1MI, or Z'eal and y,ereonRl eetate, and th" flam" or an.'" part thBreot, .1, tl"om tim to time, 41epQ86 of by we, trtvlf!fer or mortgage, losee. exobanS8 or oUlerWise, and With the proceede therefrom mq aooqu11"e other lands, ten~mentB. heredItament, and oUler prOper1i7 (real or }8 recraal) or invest the nme in anI seourity whatsoever for re118ioue purpoees. ana shall borrow for the p'CU'posee of 881d COl"Jlol'at1on.

Nld 10M monel of the 8a1d Corpo:rati em on morts889. 'Prome eory notee OJ.' otblr 8GOlU'ltlel, and Ifhall be ablft to 1114 may Pl'OS9oute and be pl'oeeou '*' toJ' the same purpose and adel' the &am& nf:IAe assign or be s8e1pe4 to appo 8zt ~ tore ft Court of I ... 1n . 8117 plo08 whatevel', m(l. in ae 8lt1)le md advantaeeowr a mmnel' 88 any other body poli tic or inoorporate, OJ.' a. 8n7 J'lereon 1 flt88117 eJ1tl1 tled to pro.eou te and be TIl' <leeouiJe4. aeErfsn or bf't 8f!'l!i6nd. and .81d COJ'J'forat1on .hall have Ill1 powell end author! fi1 to 4raft 8l1d tU\aot "lob regulations and ol'ders wh10 b .hall be deflmfld nl908ssa:ry tmd ~ fttnl to the weltare of th~ .1c1 CtJlt)Ol'at1on. far their r.umagem"nt cd tbat of theil' bum"_ fmd property. end fran t1r:e to time;

Title. mq amend, alter or annul such regulations end orders, or &n7 o~ them, in Buoh manner 8S said OorpOration shall deem 1'it and proper.

S. 11' any Parish or Mis sion 0 f the ROmal Catholio Ohuroh own or wish to seagulre any ~ands for the Beeetion of a Churoh, Ohapel* Parsonage House, or for Cemeteries, or other worship pUrp oses, suoh Parish or Mis sion, fr om the fact of its Oanonioal ereotion, shall beoome a body politio and oorporcte, whioh will be represented by His Lt&' dabip, the Bishop of the Apostolio Vloariate of Athabasoa. and in o&se of death or absenoe, by the Aamini strator of the Apostolio Vioariate of Athab asoa, by his Vioar General or the Dean of his olergy and the priest canonioU17 appointed for the administration 01' suoh Parish or .Mission, with power to associate with him for any period 01' time, two other mElllbers or representatives of said oorporation. 3.

These different oorporations will be known under the name of "The Rom. Oatholio Pari.h or the Roman Catholio Mission of _______________ _ of the Apostolio Vloariate 0'1' Athabasoa. aooording to the name given to th ose parish es or Missions at the time 0 t their establishment by the Bishop or the Administrator of the Dio08.e of the Apostolio Vioariate of Athabaso8; provided that in the 08 se of a Parish or Mission having any rite other Ulan the Latin rite. but adhering to the Ohuroh of Rome, the oorporate name shall designate the 1'1 te of euoh Parish or Mission" SI for inetanoe: "Th»

Roman Oathol10 Pariah or Mission of of the (Greek Ruthenian rite or other rite, 88 the 8818 may be)

POwers. -,,- uni ted to Rome. 4. ~e said Parishes and Missions under those names and represented as above, may have perpetual. suooession and a seal, Wi th the power to change, al ter or renew said seal as often 1!8 they will eee t1 t, and may, under the same name and at the same time in future, buy, aocquire by gift, devise, bequest, transfer, purehase cr otherwise hold, poesese, enjoy, take and receiTe fer the benefi t at their e aid establishment, any ltUl4s or real and pers onal estate, and the same or t:It11' part thereof, may, from tir.--e to time, dispose of by sale, transfer or mortgage, lease, exchange orootherwise; and with the proceeds the refrom may accquire other lands, tenemen t8, he red! temen t8 and 0 ther property (real or per Bonal) or invest the same in any seouri ty whatsoever for 1l1e uee of said Parishes and Missions, and ehall bonoll for the purposes of the said Corporation, and loan money of the said Co~oration on mortgage, promieeory notes, or other secui t7; aId shall be able to and mal' prosecute and be prosecuted tor the same purpar e and under the same name, assign or be assigned to aptB ar be fore Court of Law in any place whatever, and in as ample end advantageous a manner as any other body politio or corporate, cr as a1J'3' person legally enti tIed to proeeoute end be prosecuted, aSsign or be assigned, ani said Corporation shall haTe 811 power and authority to draft and enaot ~ch regulations aai ordera, not contrsry to the l .. e in for ce in thAI!

PrOVince and to the laws of the Roman Catholio Chllroh, whioh shall be deemed neoeesa1'7 aDl useful to the welfare of the said Oorporation for their management and that of their business and property, and. trom time to time may amem,

Tranefer property Patents. alter or annul said regulations and orders or any of them in euoh manner a s said Corporati on ehall deem fit end proper. 5.

All pI' operty already 8f:'signed for the ma1ntenan.oe and sUpport of the Roman Catholio Parishes and Mis8i ons may be' transferred as heretofore indioated to any of said Parishes or Missions as inoorporated under this PROVIDED the t th e prOJ& rty of a Roman Catholio Parish or miSsion of the Greek, Ruthenian or other Oriental rite as the case may be shall remain d1stinoe and separate trom that of the Parishes Q' 14issions of the Latin ri te, and provid·ed that when a. hierarohy of euch Greek, Ruthenian or other Oriental rite as the oase may be shall be organized for this Provinoe by the Holy 5ee, suoh hierarohy shall have the separate and d istinot oontrol end management of their respective parishes and missl. ons thus oreated, instead of His Lordship the Ro~ Catholio Btshop of the Apostolic Vioariate of Athab asoa.

I. The patents applied tor in the name of the Roman Oatholio Pari shes and J4iesions shall beoome the prop rty ot said Pari shes and M1 ssions to whioh lands have been donated or granted.

Short title 7. This Aot may be oited as "The Roman Oatholio PariebeB Repeal. and Missions of the Apostolio Viosriate of Athabasoa n 8.

Chapter 12, of the Ordinaboes 0 f the North West Territories, 1902, entitled "An Ordinanoe to Inoorporate the Romm. Catholic Bishop of the Apostolio Vioariate ot Athabas08, is hereby repealed, insofar as 1 t applies to the Provinoe of Alberta.

- 6 - Repeal Cbapter 52 of the statutes of Alberta, 2-3 George V, ... 1911-12 is hereby repealed.

])-'. ~~]) ,T'~E" 2:rl;:l. ".A.:D .1914. ' • •• 1 j I; ; . ,-:., ,. /,' 1 ',{ " ., ~., . ! ; , . ~ 1 ,'T" t .' " I"~ ,I ~! . , :. , , I, i' ; ;' { , ~ j .' , . ~ 'I: ; , , \ \'J Title: 1914 (3rd, 2nd) Bill 24,

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