BILL No. 47 of 1947.

An Act to Incorporate The Canadian Lutheran Bible Institute. (Assented to , 1947.)

WHEREAS there exists an association under the name of "The Canadian Lutheran Bible Institute" incorporated under The Societies Act, being

chapter 11 of the Statutes of Alberta, 1924, having as its objects and purposes to establish, conduct and maintain a Bible Institute to nurture and encourage intensive Bible study and to train and prepare Bible workers for foreign, home and inner-mission fields, and to rent, purchase, hold and maintain such build­ ings and other property as may be necessary for the attain­ ment of its objects and purposes. And

whereas a petition presented by the said association prays that

an Act be passed by the Legislature of the Province to enact as hereinafter set forth; with regard to the corporate status, property, rights and duties of the said association, and

whereas it is expedient to grant the prayer of the said petition, Thez:efore His Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Alberta, enacts as follows : 1. Otto Eklund, Clergyman, Meeting Creek; Gustave J. Ostrem, Cl~rgyman, Ryley; Luverne Tengbo~, Clergyman, Calgary; Arthur G. Lewis, Secy-Treas., Camrose; Albert M. Vinge, Clergyman, Camrose; Theodore Maakestad, Clergy­ man, Edmonton; E. W.

Olson, Clergyman, Camrose; Theodore Peterson, Merchant, Meeting Creek; Bennie Han­ son, Farmer, Edberg; Peter Adamson, Farmer, Dickson; Bennie Anderson, Farmer, Tofield; Max Lauritzen, Farmer, Dickson; G. G. Gabrielson, Farmer, Cam rose; Ole K. Olsen, Clergyman, Donalda; all in the Province of Alberta, and such others as shall hereafter from time to time become members of the said corporation shall be and are hereby constituted a body corporate and politic under the name of "The Canadian ·Lutheran Bible Institute" for the purposes and objects aforesaid.

The said corporation shall have a perpetual succession and a common seal. 2. The corporation shall have power,- (1) to acquire by gift, devise, purchase, exchange, lease or otllerwise, real or personal property of any and every nature and kind and to possess, hold and enjoy the same as owner;

2 (2) to sell, mortgage, lease, exchange or otherwise deal with or dispose of its real and personal property or any portion thereof and to acquire either real or personal property to such extent as may be deemed advisable or desir­ able and make and execute all necessary and proper convey­ ances, transfers or other instruments for carrying the same into effect; (8) to invest all or any sums of money belonging to the corporation in any property or security whatsoever for the benefit of the corporation; (4) to acquire, take possession of and hold as the corporation may deem proper all such property, both real and personal, as may at any time be mortgaged, hypothe­ cated or pledged to the corporation by way of security or conveyed to it in satisfaction of obligations or debts due or owing to it from any person, firm or corporation; (5) to borrow from any person, firm or corporation such sum or sums of money as may be found necessary for the purposes o"f the corporation and to secure any loan to the lender or lenders by bonds, bills of exchange, promissory notes, mortgages, or any other instrument or instruments that may_ be required or deemed necessary or advisable by the lender or the lenders; (6) to acquire by purchase or otherwise, build and erect and to manage and conduct all such halls, houses and other buildings as may be found or deemed necessary or con­ venient for carrying on the objects of the corporation; (7) on the passing of the proper resolution by the members of The Canadian Lutheran Bible Institute. in­ corporated under The Societies Act, being

chapter 11 of the Statutes of Alberta, 1924, to take transfer and become owner of all the assets of the said incorporated association. the corporation shall thereupon become liable for and pay all the li~bil~ties of tlie said incorporated association; (8) to fix, charge and collect fees for any services rendered by the corporation in the carrying out of its objects. 3.

The revenues and profits of all property held by the corporation shall be applied to the maintenance of the institutions carried on by it, to the construction and repair of buildings and the acquisition of property requisite for its purposes, and to the promotion of cliarity and benevolenee and to the objects of the corporation. . 4. The head office of the corporation shall be at Camrose, Alberta. 5. (1} Within five (5) months from the date upon which this Act comes into force, the President of The Canadian Lutheran Bible Institute, incorporated under The. Societi(J8 .A,Qt~ beins-

chapter 11 of the Statutes of Alberta,

8 1924, shall call a meeting of the members of the corporation at a time and place to be fixed by him, of which due notice shall be given to all members of the corporation, for the purpose of electing a Board of Trustees and transacting any other necessary business under this Act.

At that meeting the President shall preside and thereupon the members of the corporation shall proceed to the election of a Board of Trustees, which shall consist of twelve (12) members, four of whom shall hold office for one year or until the next Annual Meeting (whichever is the sooner); four of whom shall hold office for two years, and the re- . maining four shall hold office for three years.

The said Board of Trustees shall as far as possible and consistent with the "All Lutheran" policy of the corporation be chosen equally from among the four synods: Augustana Synod, Lutheran Free Church, Norwegian Lutheran Church, and the United Danish Lutheran Chur~h. Candidates for membership on the Board shall be placed in nomination by a Nominating Committee consisting of one member elected by the Board of Trustees presently serving at the date of the passing of this Act and two members shall be elected ·by the members of the corporation.

(8) Thereupon after their election the Board of Trustees shall elect three officers, a president, vice-president and secretary, from their number and these three officers shall constitute the executive committee. ( 4) At the first annual meeting and at each subsequent annual meeting of the members of the corporation, four ( 4) trustees shall be elected. ( 5) Should any vacancies occur on the Board of Trustees, the same shall be filled by the Board of Trustees, but the appointment of such substitute shall expire at the next annual meeting of the corporation. (S:) A majority of the Board of Trustees shall constitute a quorum.

(7) A majority of votes shall decide all questions and the Chairman shall not vote except in case of a tie.

(8) The Board of Trustees may make and adopt by-laws not in conflict with the existing by-laws of the corporation. 6. The existing constitution, articles of incorporation and by-laws of The Canadian Lutheran Bible Institute, incorporated under The Societies Act, being

chapter 11 of the Statutes of Alberta, 1924, so far as they are not incon­ sistent with this Act, shall be deemed to be the constitution, articles of incorporation and by-laws of the corporation, and shall be deemed to be in full force and effect upon the day upon which this Act cames into force.

(2) The corporation may by by-law passed at any annual meeting make and from time to time repeal and alter the constitution, arti.cles of incorporation and by-laws which are not inconsistent with

section 2 of this Act for the

4 gQvernment, conduct and administration of the proper affairs, business and interests of the corporation and fo: th~ election, appointment, retirement, removal or dismis&al o~ its members, trustees, officers, agents and employees and for filling any vacant office thet;eby or otherwise occasionefl and for the holding and conducting of annual meetings, the holding and conducting of the meetings of the Board of Trustees, and for any other purpose in connection witli the management and control of the corporation. 7.

Neither th& trustees nor the corporation shall have power to alter, change, or amend the following Article- af Flaithf: This corporation accepts and acknowledges the Canonical Books of the Old and New Testaments as the revealed Wore! of GOd and as the only sufficient and infallible rule and standard of faith and practice.

It also accepts and confesses not only the three- oldest symbols-the Aposto,ical, the Nicene, and the Athanasian-but also the unaltered Aug~ burg confession as a brief but true exposition of the funda­ mental doctrine of Christianity, said Confessions being understood in accordance with the further development of these doctrines as contained in the other Symbolical BooQ of the Lutheran Church, i.e. the Apology, Luther, and tbj! Fo11Q.ula of Concord. · 6,_.

All the real and personal property described as and si_tua~ed upon,- All that portion of block thirteen (18) in the Town­ site oi Camrose, in the Province of Alberta, Dominion ;r of.~ Canada, of record in the Land Titles Office for the NoJ!i;h Alberta Land Registration District as. pbpl XXVIII A.A., descdbed as follows : Comm.encing at the nortlr-east corner of said block thirteen (13); thence westerly along the northern boundary thereof two hundrecJ and si~y (260) f~et; thence southerly and J?a;,allel with the east bound~U"J of the said block, two hundred (200) fee-t;; thence easterly and parallel with the northern boundary afore­ said to the east boundary ; thence northerly along the said east boundary to the point of commencement, containing one and twenty-hundredths (1.20) acres, more or less; Together with any other buildings that may be cotJ­ structed for academic purposes on sa~d portion of block thirteen (13) plan XXVIII A.A., within the sai'd Town of Camrose, if they be not, wholly or in part: private residential dwellings for a teacher or any other member of the staff; provided, however, that there shall always be rooms in the dormitory buildings for one male and one female teacher acting aa supel!v.isin3 dea-n and p11eceptress, and. for no othel! person not a bona ficJ.e student attending the Institution;

5 while used for the purpose of the Corporation shall be exempt from all taxes, rates, levies and assessments of every nature and kind, except local improvement and frontage tax. 9. This Act shall come into force on the day upon which it is assented to.

No. 47 FOURTH SESSION TENTH LEGISLATURE 11 GEORGE VI 1947 BILL

An Act to Incorporate The Canadian · Lutheran Bible Institute Received and read the First time ................ . Second time ...... . Third time .... ................................. . MR. SAYERS. EDMONTON: A. Shnltka, Klng'e Printer 1947 Title: 1947 (10th, 4th) Bill 47,

An Act to Incorporate The Canadian Lutheran Bible Institute