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CAPITAL
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$20 EACH,
HEAD OFFICE,
Payable 50 Cents per month per share.
- - - - LONDON, ONT.
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president,
vice-pres't.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
V. W. BRO. R. LEWIS, 18 ® , - - - -
R. W. BRO. GEO. S. BIRRELL, 32 ® ,
W. BRO. H. WATERMAN, 14 ® .
W. BRO. T. BEATTIE, 32 ^ .
W. BRO. W. GREEN.
V. W. BRO. WM. CAREY, 32 ® .
BRO. E. W. HYMAN.
BRO. J. BEATTIE, — .
BRO. C. F. GOODHUE, 18 ® .
AUDITORS.
BRO. JOHN BURNETT, 18 ® .
V. W. BRO. WM. FLEMING, 18 ® .
Treasurer - . - . w. bro. h. a. Baxter, 18 ® .
Secretary ------ bro. john r. dixon.
Solicitor BRO. JAS. e. fraser, m. p.
Bankers - - the Canadian bank of commerce
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Copy of Lettera Patent issned to the. Masonic Temple Company of
Landoii, Ontario.
(Signed) D. A. MACDONALD.
PROVINCE OF ONTARIO.
Victoria, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Bri-
tain and Ireland, Queen, Defender of the Faith, dtc, <tc., <Src.
To all whom these Presents shall come— GREETINO—
Whereas, under and by an Act of the Legislature of our Province
of Ontario, passed In the session thereof held in the thirty-seventh
yearof ourielgn. and intituled, "An Act respecting the Incorpora-
tion of Joint Stock Companies by Letters Patent," the Lieutenant-
Governor of our said Province in Council, may by Letters Patent,
under the Great Seal of our said Province, grant a Charter of In-
corporation to any number of peisons, not k-ss than five, who shall
petition therefor, and may constitute such persons and others, who
may become shareholders in such Company, a body corporate and
politic, for any purposes or objects to which the Legislative author-
ity of the said Legislature extends, except the construction and
workine of Railways and the business of Insurance.
And Whereas, by petition addressed to our Lieutenant-Governor
of Ontario In Council, Robert Lewis, of the city of London, in tho
county of Middlesex, Manufacturer- George Sunley Blrrell, of the
saidcity of London, Merchant; E; 5 Walton Hyman, of the said
city of.London, Manufacturer; Heunan Waterman, of the saidcity
of London, Manufacturer; John Beattle, of the township of West-
minster, in the county of Middlesex, Esquire; Charles Frederick
Goodhue, of the said city of London, Esquire; William Green, of
the said city of London, Merchant; Thomas Beattle, of tho said
city of London, Merchant; and William Carey, of the said citv of
London, Merchant; hnve prayed that a Cliarter of Incorporation
may be granted to them and to such other persons as are or may
become shareholders in a Company formed for the purpose of ac-
quiring divers parcels of land in the city of London, in the Province
of Ontario, by purchase, lease and otherwise, and for erecting and
maintaininga building or buildings thereon, for the accomodation
of public meetings convened for useful and moral purposes.
And Whereas, in accordance with the provisions of the above in
part recited Act, notice has been published in the Ontario Gazette
lor at least one month previous to the T^respntJjt'.nn of !!ip *>pt.!l!o!i
hereliibpfore mentioned, in whlch'noti'ce it is stated that^Robert
Lev;l8 of the said city of London, in the county of Middlesex, Man-
utacturer ; George Sunley Birrell, of the city of London, Merchant;
EllisWaltonHyman, of the said city of London, Manufacturer;
Herman W aterraan, of the said city of London, Manufacturer ;
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£l!i^,'^*^"^H'^' of the township of Westminster, in the county of
Middlesex Ksquire^; Charles Frederick Goodhue, of the said cltV of
K ^*"";nu^^""'®.' William Green, of the said city of London, Mer-
wm.^' Thomas Heattle, of the said city of London, Merchant; and
William Carey, of the said city of London, Merchant, Intended to
apply for such Charter; that the proposed corporate name of the
company Is "The Masonic Temple Company, of London, Ontario,"
that the objects for which the incorporation is sought, is for th<' pur-
pose of acquiring divers parcels of land In the city of London, in
the Province of Ontario, by nurchaso, lease and otherwise, and for
erecting and maintaining a building or buildings theron, for the
accommodation of public meetings convened for useful and moral
purposes ; that the operations of the Company are to be carried on
at the city of London, in the Province of Ontario; that the chief
place of business of the Company is to be at the said city of Lon-
. 'JlH^?^^*^® amount of the Capital Stock of the Company is
elglity thousand dollars; that the number of shares is four thou-
sand; and the amount of each share is twenty dollars; that the
names in full and address and calling of each of the applicants is
jw tolows:— Robert Lewis, London, manufacturer; George Hunlev
Blrrell, London, merchant; Ellis Waiton Hyman. London, manii-
lacturer; Herman Waterman, London, manufacturer; John
VviteoW^^'^M'' °r Westminster; (London), Esquire; Charles
Frederick Goodhue, London, Esquire; Thomas Heattle, London,
merchant; and William Carey, London, merchant; and William
«r^.®n' fem^'?.'?'w"'^''/;'^*"*'5 ^^*^*' Robert Lewis, George Sunley
rK'' 5^"!.^."^";? "y."^^»^ Herman Waterman, John Beattle,
Charles Frederick Goodhue, Wi.llam Green. Thomas Beattie, and
William Carey are to be the first Directors of the Company.
And Wliereas, the said petition, besides stating the facts set forth
in the said notice, further states that the amount of the said stock
tJiken by each of the said applicants is as foHows:-By the said
Kobert Lewis, one thousand dollars, on which the sum of fiftV dol-
lars has been paid In; by the said Ellis Walton llyman, one thou-
fiand dollars, on which the sum of fifty dollars has been paid in;
by the said Herman Waterman, one thousand dollars, on whlcii
the sum of fifty dollars has been paid in; by the said John Beattle.
four hundred dollars, on wliich the sum of twenty dollars has been
paid in ; by the said Charles Frederick Goodhue, one thousand dol-
lars, on which the sum of fifty dollars has been paid in; by the
said 1 homas Beattle. one thousand dollars, on which the sum of fifty
do ars has been paid in; by the naid William Carev, five hundred
dollars, on which the sum of twenty dollars has been paid in; by
tlie said William Green, four hundred dollars, upon which the sum
of twenty dollars has been paid in. The said amounts so paid, have
been paid in cash. '
And Whereas, it has been proved to the satisfaction of our Lieu-
ZTir'zr' nc ,'.':." "• '"-'"»«^i». «-"„,; t„c caij ii|»pji-oiii;i:i nave com-
plied with all the requirements of tlie said Act, as to matters ure-
limlnary to the i:;sue of Lptte»s Patent. ^
rlf.^Ti^J^l^^ y& ^^^^^ by and with the advice of our Executive
Council ol our Province of Ontario, and under the authority of the
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herelnborore in part recited Statute, and of any other power or au-
thority whatsoever In us vested in this behalf, we do by these our
Letters Patent constitute the said Robert Lewis, GeorKO Sunley
BIrrell, Ellis Walton Hyman. Herman Waterman, John Beattle,
Charles Frederick Goodhue, William Green, Thomas Beattle, Wil-
liam Carey, and all and every such person or persons as now Is, or
are, or shall at any time hereafter become shareholders In the said
Company, under the provisions of the said Act, and the By-Laws,
made under the authority thereof, and their successors, a bcxly
corporate and politic, with perpetual succession, and a common
seal, by the name of "The Masonic Temple Company of London,
Ontario," and capable forthwith of exercising all the functions of
an Incorporated Company for the purposes aforesaid, as if Incorpora-
ted bya special Act of the Legislature of Ontario, and l)y their dorpor-
ate name, of suing and being sued, pleading and being Impleaded
In all courts, whether of law or equity, and with the powers in the
said Act more particularly set forth. And we direct that the capi-
tal stock of the said Company be eighty thousand dollars, and bo
divided into four thousond shares of twenty dollars each, and that
the said Robert L.'wls. George Sunley BIrrell, Ellis Walton Hyman,
Herman Waterman. John Beattle, Charles Frederick Goodhue,
William Green, Thomas Beattle, and William Carey, be the flrst
Directors of the said Company.
And the said Company hereby Incorporated shall be subject to
the general provisions of law set forth In the said rec.ted Act, and
amongst others the following, that is to say:—
1 The affairs of every such Company shall be managed by a
Board, of not less than three, nor more than nine Directors.
2. The persons named as such, in the letters patent, shall be the
Directors of the Company, until replaced by others duly apixjinted
In their stead.
3. No person shall be elected or appointed as a Director there-
after, unless he is a shareholder owning stock absolutely in his own
right, and not In arrear in respect of any call thereon.
4. The after Directors of the Company shall be elected by the
shareholders in general meeting of the Company assembled at
some place within this Province, at such times, in such wise, and
for such term, not exceeding two years, as the letters patent or (In
default thereof) the By-Laws of tlie Company may prescribe.
6. In default only of other express provisions in such behalf, by
the letters patent or by-laws of the Company ;
(a) Such election shall take place yearly, all the members of tho
Board retiring, and (if otherwise qualified) being eligible for re-
election.
(6) Notice of the time and place for holding general meetings of
the Company shall be given at least ten days previously thereto, in
some newspaper published at or as near as may be to the office or
chief *^lace of busfnessof !hfl ('rsm^f*'"'
(c) At all general meetings of the Company, every shareholder
shall be entitled to as many votes as he owns shares in the Com-
pany, and may vote by proxy.
(d) Elections of Directors shall be by ballot.
(e) Vacancies occurring in the Board of Directors may, unless tho
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electid. continue in office until their successors are
whichThe romnn'nv ^^ Company, any description of contract
Mmft Tvloti'K?^?*"^ ^^.y ^y '*^w enterlnto; and may. from time to
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not less than two-thirda in value, of the said shareholders then nr«
dP?fn;?hTK"i°^ ^'^.P^^^' ^^ ** »^^"«^*^^ meeting d^!IycS fo? consT-
fhir^^^ by-law the directors may borrow mSney upon the credit of
thf U^^P^^y' and issue the bonds, debentures, or otller secuSa of
HtL^'iTP''''^' ^^^ '"«y «^^1 the said bonds, debentures or othS-slcS!
nn r»A^ J"^^ ?"^^^ ^u« ^"a>^ ^'e deemed expedient or be necessaJv • bJ^
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.^i^l ^^^ ?'5*^^t?i:^ ^"^J"' ^"»der the liJce sanction, hypotKte mort
^nl^^"" P^^"^*^^ th^ ''^^J' °^ personal property of the ffiSany t^ se
q'A?/r^^T°''^"^^V*'^^°^«d for the purposes thereoT^ ^' "^
♦o?'^ *^ u^**°^P^"5'x.^'^all cause a book or Wks to be keot bv the SecrA.
irrs 'brk^e'sfr^iX^Jr "^"^^^^^ ^'' ^^ -^ '^ trt'd?if?.v\^'e"
aJ^L"^ ^^,P^ ^^ t*^e Letters Patent incorporating the Comoanv and of
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hivl IL^sTaSholKf'^"^'^ ^'''^"^^'^' «^ ^" P^^^'^^ ^'^« are or
holder^*''^^'^''^'^*"'^'''^^»°^e^^'*y«"ch person while such share-
1^/ Tho^?mmmT« nl M ^'■^' ''^,'^'''^'' .^^^'1 ^^ ^^^^'^ Shareholder ;
stSk^f'en^sCeWdS-^"^' remaining unpaid, respectively', on the
of any trlnsV'"o%^o7«f nnt^w? ^"""^ ^° ^"°'^ ^^^ ^"^^5^' >«*« "n^ such book,
not bLnp^id hi ^ ''*''''■*''"" ^"^ """^^ ^'""^ ^<^«" n»ade which ha^
»,« !;„v ? l^ansfer of stock, unless made by sale under execution slmii
of th^liV^ ""'l? P"n'"'« whatever, save only as exldbm^K he vS^^^^
firil^iFo'tf/'''^ * •'''J'®'? towards each other, and as renderinS the tmns
cveVwiTKvih^^^' agreement, engagement or bargain made, and
?n^l8Jrvnotnn,f. M^*''^"''^"; accepted or endorsed, and every pro-
}V„''!?Z?}'l*.9»l^d cheque niado. drawn or endorsed on behalf of^e
liute or tntque, oi to prove that the same was mado. drawn, accepted
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nfa?^^?^o?*«^J ^^® case may be, in pursuance of any by-law, or spe.
Z^tnffh^n^^'''' """"^^'^J the party so acting as agent; officer orsSr-
t? wh«t«n^£Tt?.^°^' be thereby subiecteti individually to any liabili-
S.thw1ntM« i'lf^l?' 1 i^i!'"'* P^^^y therefor: Provided always that
S?P «nf infi «„^lf ^^l5® construed to authorise the Company to is-
f^nrffi^ K^^ payable to the bearer thereof, or any promissory note in-
?n f ho hI'I-^*' circulated as money, or as the note of a Bank, or to engage
in the business of banking or insurance. ^
,'n nn J;?^£l"/?^"^ ^^.^" "^® pj" °^ ^^ ^^^^s iu the purchaso of stock
n^^2L^i,i®of^°^P°^*^^\°"' "P.'*'^^ expressly authorised by the by-laws
confirmed at a general meeting. j ""o
««% ,^«^*iJ.®n*K®*?°!,*?^^'i""f,^ W^, whole amount of his stock has been
Efi«^?;?^l^^®'^*l^^'!'J"?"y^^*^b'eto the creditors of the Company,
J^^« n»J?""K^*l"^^ ^<i^^^^ not paid up thereon, but shall not be tiablo
r..»!l.^?, T ^^^^^for by anj; creditor, before an execution against the
oJS^i,?, /^ ^^^ been returned unsatisfied in whole or in part ; and the
n!!l°f oiLl"® T M^^ execution, shall, subject to the provisions of the
hnMo^ . pl!A,,,Ml¥.?:°V*'^"'^'?^°^?^^^le with costs, agamst such share-
!llr.h 1 ■ P^9Vided that any shareholders may plead by way of defence,
n«nl^ ol'L^'' /" ^T^' *?^ ^""^ o«^ which he coulrf^set up against the Com-
L^aVeSnt^'rdffeSor"^^^^''^'"'''^^^^' "^' ^ '^'^'^' «^ '^"^^""^^
fn^k^J'L^^I^^^^'^u^^^ ?-^ i.*?.^ Company shall not be held responsible
for any act, defaiUt. or liability whatsoever, of the Company, or for
fj?i^^S*^f "'^"'^' ^''^^,"l'. payment, loss, injury, transaction, matter or
thing whatsoever, relating to or connected with the Company, beyond
thereof amount of their respective shares in the capital stock
^ ^'^j ^ *J.® Directors of the Company shall not declare or pay any divi-
dend when the Company is insolvent, or any dividend the payment of
Which renders the Company insolvent or diminishes the capital stock
1*^^ No loan shall be made by the Company to any shareholder ; and
irsuch be made, all directors and other officers of the Company mak-
ing the same, or in anywise assenting thereto, shall be jointly and se-
verally liable to the Company for the amount of such loan, and also to
third parties to the extent of such loan, with legal interest, for all
debts of the Company contra.. ed from the time of the making of su«h
loan to that of the re^)ayment thereof. But this section shall not ap-
ply to a Building Society, or to a Company incorporated for the loan of
money, in any manner to which the jurisdiction of this LcKislature. or
the meaning of this Act applies.
19. The Direct ' ~
x.r i \\i~ Directors ol the Company shall be jointly and eeverally lia-
hie to the labourers, servants and apprentices thereof, for all debts not
exceeding one year's wages, due for services performed for the Com-
pany whilst they are such directors respectively ; but no director shall
be liable therefor, unless the Company has been sued therefor within
one year from the time when ho renHed to be such dirof^tor nor vrt
before an execution against the Company "has been returned unsatia-
llcd In whole f)r in part ; uT\d the amount due on such execution shall
"^L. ^,!^"^*^""t recoverable with the costs against the directors.
JO. Ihe Charter of the Company shall be forfeited by non-user dur-
ing three consecutive years at any one time, or if the Company do not
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go into actual operation within three years after it is granted ; and no
declaration of such forfeiture by any Act of the Legislatui-e shall be
deemed an infringement of such Charter.
21. The Company shall be subject to such further and other provi-
sions as the Legislature of Ontario may hereafter deem expedient in
order to secure the due management of its affairs and the protection
of Its shareholders and creditors.
In Testimony whereof. We have caused these Our Letters to be
made Patent, and the Great Seal of Our said Province of Ontario to be
hereunto affixed :
WITNPZSS, The Honourable Donald Alexander Macdonald.
Lieutenant-Governor of Our Province of Ontario.
At Our Government House, in Our CITY of TORONTO, in Our said
Province, this Twenty-second day of December, in the year of
Our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-six, and in
the fortieth year of Our Reign.
By Command,
(Signed^ R. S. BRODIE,
A cting A saiata nt Secreta ry.
BlT-XiA.'VT'S
OF THE
]Vik^oi|i(5 temple Con^p^y
OP LONDON, ONTARIO.
Whereas, it is desirable that every member of this Company
should be fuUy informed of his duties and obligations towards it :
Iherefore, be it resolved, that the following By-Laws for the bet-
ter governing and conducting the several affairs of this Company,
be, and are hereby adopted.
I.
The affairs and business of this Company shall be transacted
by a Board of nine Directors, to be chosen at its annual meeting
or otherwise, as the Letters Patent incorporating Ihe said Com-
pany provide, five of whom shall form a quorum.
II.
The election of Directors at the annual meeting, or some post-
ponement or adjournment thereof, shall be by ballot as follows :
VIZ.,— A correct list of members eligible for election as Directors
?i?^*i"-^i ^®° "**^® *"^ distributed, the nine members receiving
the hififhcst number of vnf.AH ahall Ua Ai^r>\.^^r^A j..i.. „i^„4.^j j
in case of a tie between two or more members, a new ballot shall
be taken for such member?, but no person shall be eligible for
election as a Director, unless he shall be the bona-fide holder in
his own name of not less than ten shares in the said Company.
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III.
The Board of Directors at the first meeting after their election,
which shall take place at four o'clock in the afternoon of the day
immediately following such election, shall elect a President, Vice-
President, Treasurer, and Secretary by ballot. The Board shall
meet regularly for the transaction of business on the Second Tues-
day of each month, at such hour and place as may be determined
upon by them, or at the call of the President.
The President shall preside at all meetings of the Company
and of the Board of Directors, and preserve order thereat. In
case of an equal division of votes, he shall be entitled to a casting
vote, although he may have voted before. In his absence, the
Vice-President shall preside, and in his absence, then a Chairman
pro tern from the Board of Directors shall be chosen by a majority
of the members present, who shall exercise all the functions of
the President, fhe President shall sign all orders drawn upon
the Treasurer ; appoint all Committees by and with the concur-
rence of the Board of Directors, and perform all the duties gener-
ally appertaining to a presiding officer.
V.
The Treasurer shall receive all monies from the Secretary, and
invest the same as a majority of the Directors may instruct. He
shall pay all orders which have been passed by the Directors,
made by the Secretary, aud countersigned by the President. He
shall keep a correct account of all receipts and disbursements,
with the vouchers therefor, and render a detailed statement an-
nually, or as often as the Directors may require. He shall deliver
all monies, books, papers, and other property belonging to the
Company to his successor in office, and shall give such security
for the due execution of his duties as the Directors shall think
necessary, and shall by resolution direct.
VI.
The Secretary shall keep a true record of all transactions of the
Company and Board of Directors. He shall keep the books of
account, receive all monies due the Company, giving his receipt
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therefor, and shall pay the same to the Treasurer forthwith
taking his receipt for the same. He shall sign all drafts upon
the Treasurer, at the order of the Board of Directors, to be coun-
tersi^ed by the President. He shall issue all notices and com-
munications called for by these By-Laws or the Letters Patent
of the Company, or ordered by the Board of Directors or the Pre-
sident. He shall have the custody of the sea! of the Company,
and affix the same to all such documents as are authorized by the
Board. He shall make a full report in writing of che aflFairs of
the Company at each annual meeting, and at such other times as
the Directors may require. He shall furnish such security for
the proper discharge of his duties as the Directors may think ne-
cessary, and shall by resolution direct, and shall be paid such re-
muneration for his services as they may from time to time de-
termine.
vn.
At the annual meeting, or some postponement or adjournment
thereof, two Auditors shall be elected by open vote of the major-
ity of the members present. They shaU report on the statemente
and reports of the Treasurer and Secretary every month to the
Directors of the Company, and such report shall be copied into a
book for that purpose, kept with the other books of the Com-
pany, and such book shall be open for the inspection of the Stock-
lolders as the other books of the Company.
VIIL
The Directors fehall, from time to time, make such calls of mo-
ney upon the respective Shareholders, in respect of the amount
of capital respectively subscribed by them, as they may deem ne-
cessary, not exceeding the sum of 50 cents per share per month,
m agreement with the liCtters Patent ; and in case any person or
I>ersons neglect or refuse to pay the same when due, or at the
tunes appointed by the Directors, the Directors may proceed to
the recovery thereof as provided for by the Letters Patent, or
any Act of Parliament.
IX.
It shall be the duty of every member of this Company to in-
form the Secretary of his correct Post OflSce address, and to ad-
rise him of any change thereof.
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X.
Notice of any intended amendment, repeal, alteration or addi-
tion of any By-Law or By-Laws may be ^ven at any general
meeting or adjournment thereof, or to the Board of Directors
through the Secretary, and such amendment, repeal, or alteration
shall be in force only when sanctioned by a vote of two-thirds of
the Stockholders present at a general meeting to be called by the
Directors for the purpose of considering the same.
XL
At all meetings of the Company, it shall be competent for any
duly qualified members to vote by proxy, except the paid officers
of the Company, (See form A appended).
XIL
Shareholders paying the amount of their Stock in full shall be
allowed interest on the same at the rate of six per centum per
annum, and shareholders paying any certain number of monthly
calls in advance, may, with the consent of the Directors, be al-
lowed a like number of additional months' credit.
THE MASONIC TEMPLE COMPANY OF
LONDON.
POWER OF ATTORNEY TO ACT AS PROXY.
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Know all men by these presents, that I
^f in the County of
make, constitute and appoint of
in the County of ^ny true and lawful
Attorney for me, and in my name, place and stead, and as my proxy
to vote at all elections of Director's, and upon any matters sxthmitted
at meetings of the Shareholders held in pur^ance of the Charter of
Incorporation of the Masonic Temple Company of London, Ontario.
Dated this day of A.D., 187
L.S.
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Holder of
Shares,
P. O. Address,
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