Bill 8 (Legislature 6, Session 1)

L6 S1 9177

Alberta — Bills

BILL No.8 of 1927.

An Act to Incorporate St. Stephen's College. (Assented to , 1927.) W HEREAS Alberta College was incorporated by Ordin . ance No. 34 of the North West Territories for the year 1904, and the said Alberta College has carried on, inter alia, the wOl'k of a theological college since 1910 under the au thority of the Methodist Church of Canada; and \Vhel'eas Robertson College was incorporated by

Chapter 32 of the Statutes of the Province of Alberta for the year 1915 and ,vas authorized by the said Act to carryon the work of a theological college undel' the authority of the Presbyterian Church of Canada, and the said college has carried on the work of a theological college since the said date; and

Whereas the basis of union of the said Methodist Church of Canada and the Presbyterian Church in Canada as seL out ill

Schedule A to The United Church of Canadn Act, being

chapter 100 of the Statutes of Canada for the year 1924, pl·oyides that where two 0]' more colleges are doing the same class of work ill the same locality an amalgamation of such colleges shall be effected as soon as possible; and

Whereas the board of management of the said St. Stephen's College appointed by the direction of the General Council of the United Church of Canada has petitioned the Legislature to incorporate a college as an amalgamation of Hobertson College and the theological

section of Alberta College under the name of St. Stephen's College; and

Whereas it is expedient to comply with the said petition; Thel'efore His Majesty, by and \-vith the advice and con sent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1. The members of the board of management of the said St.

Stephen's College and all and every such other person or persons as shall in place of or in addition to the present members of the said board of management be chosen as members of the said board of management according to the directions of the General Council of the United Church of Canada, from time to time, in that behalf, are hereby con stituted and established a body politic and corporate under the name of "St. Stephen's College," with perpetual succes sion and a common seal and with the powers vested by law in corporate bodies.

2 2. The said St.

Stephen's College shall have power under the said corporate name as fully and effectually, any law tl'l the contrary notwithstanding, as any private person, to hold all property now held by the said institution, or by anyone or more persons in trust for the benefit of the said institu tion, and to purchase, acquire, have, take, hold and enjoy, by gift, grant, conveyance, devise, bequest or otherwise to them and to their successors, any estate or property real or personal, and sell, exchange or otherwise dispose of the same and reinvest or otherwise dispose of the proceeds thereof, to and for the use of the said college, in trust for the promo tion of theological learning and education of youth for the holy ministry under the authority and according to the prin ciples and standards of the United Church of Canada, afore said. 3.

It shall be lawful for the General Council of the United Church of Canada, by resolution or by-law to that effect made in terms thereof specifically applicable thereto and re corded in the register of proceedings of the said General Council and remitted to the secretary of St. Stephen's College to declare from time to time the method of election of the said board of management and to make such regulations as it may deem requisite with regard to the conduct of the said college and the exercise by the board of management of the powers' hereby granted to it. ii.

The said college shall also have power to confer the honorary degrees of Doctor of Divinity upon ordained min isters and may make by-laws and regulations touching any matter or thing pertaining to the conditions on which said degree may be conferred, and

section 4 of the said Act in corporating Robertson College is hereby repealed, and sec tion 9 (

a) of the said ordinance incorporating Alberta Col lege is hereby repealed. 5. All instruments to be executed by the corporation shall be attested by the seal of the said corporation and signed by the chairman and secretary of the board of management or in the absence of such officers or either of them, by such person or persons as the board of management shall direct. G.

All the property, real and personal, of any kind what soever now or heretofore vested in Hobertson College or in the name of any person or persons for 01' on behalf of Rob ertson College shall, subject to any trust affecting the same, be vested in St. Stephen's College, saving and excepting thereout such portion or portions, if any, of the said property as shall by the order or direction of the Commission appoint ed in accordance with the provisions of the said United Church of Canada Act. being

chapter 100 of the Statutes of Canada for the year 1924, be otherwise allocated.

3 7. The portion of the property vested in Alberta College which is more particularly set out in

schedule A to this Act shall, subject to any trust affecting the same, be vested in St. Stephen's College. S. All property which has been or hereafter shall be granted, conveyed, devised or bequeathed to any person in trust for or for the benefit of St.

Stephen's College or other wise in connection therewith, subject always to the trust affecting the same, is hereby vested in the corporation, and upon presentation to the proper Registrar of Land Titles of any instrument setting forth the fact of the trust and of the purpose of vesting the lands affected in the corporation as hereby created, such Registrar shall forthwith cancel the existing Certificate of Title and issue a new Certificate of Title to the corporation. 9. The said St.

Stephen's College shall have and is hereby given full power and authority to borrow such sum or Gums of money from time to time as may be necessary for its pur poses either with or without security and shall have power and authority to mortgage or pledge any or all of its land, tenements or hereditaments or any other of its property to secure the moneys so borrowed or to secure any part of the llUl"chase price of any of such land, tenements or hel"edita mell ts. 10. For ordinary business seven members shall consti tute a quorum of the board of management. 11.

The board shall elect one of its number to preside as chairman over all meetings. 12. The board of management shall have power to ap point an executive committee, of which the principal 01' prin cipals of the college shall be a member or members, to which it may assign such business as it deems necessary or ex pedient. 13.

There shall be a senate composed of the faculty of the college alld such other members as shall be appointed by the Genend Council of the United Church, alld the senate shall have power and authority to direct the studies, lectures and examinations of the students and shall have the manage Illent gild supervision of such affairs of the college as shall f1'om time to time be assigned it by the board of manage ment. 14. All graduates in theology of Alberta College and of Ilobel'tson College who so desire shall be enrolled as grad uates of St. Stephen's College. 15.

This Act shall come into force on the day upon which it is assented to.

SCHEDULE "A." 1. Leasehold interest and all other interest of Alberta Col lege in Lot "A" in the City of Edmonton, in the Province of Alberta, as shown on Plan 3190 A.K. of a subdivision of part of River Lot Five (5) of the Edmonton Settle ment, of record in the Land Titles Office for the North Alberta Land Registration District and the buildings situate thereon and the contents thereof. 2. Lots Twenty-two (22) and Twenty-three (23), in Block One Hundred and Seventy-seven (177) in River Lot Seven (7) according to a plan of part of the City of Ed monton known as Garneau, of record in the Land Titles Office for the North Alberta Land Registration District as Plan 4000 R.

No.8. FIRST SESSION SIXTH LEGISLATURE 17 GEORGE V 1927 I~ILL

An Act to Incorporate St. Stephen's College. Received and }'ead the First time .. , ..... , ..... , ..... Second time ...... , , .......... . Third time. , , .. , ... , . , .... , ... MR. PREVEY EIJ~():-;TO]\; : W. D, l\.1cLl·:AX, ACTING KIXU'S PRI!'\,"'"fEK ,\.Tl. 1927 Title: 1927 (6th, 1st) Bill 8,

An Act to Incorporate St. Stephen's College

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Citation	L6 S1 9177
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