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Maps, platee, charts, etc.. may be filmed at different reduction ratioa. Thoae too large to be entirely included in one expoaure aro filmed beginning in the upper left hand comer, left to right and top to bottom, aa many frames aa required. The following diagrama aiiuatrate the method: Lea cartea, planches, tableaux, ate. pauvent dtra filmte A dea taux de rMuction diff^rants. Lorsque le document est trop gr^nd pour itra reproduit en un seul ciichA, il est film* i partir de I'angle sup^rieur gauche, de gauche k droite, et de haut en baa, an prenant le nombre d'ima'^aa nicaaaaire. Laa diagrammes suivantj iiluatrent la m^thoda. 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 ■<»»-- TERMS OF AMALGAMATION OF THE MINISTERS' WIDOWS' AND ' ORPHANS' FUNDS OF THE LATE RFIESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF THE LOWBIR PROVINCES, AND OF THE LATE SYNOD OF THE MARITIME PROVINCES IN CONNECTION WITH THE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND: AND Rules foi the Maiiageinent of the New Fund, AS AMENDED JUNE 1888. WITH %d d il^t iominicir Ii^gbkiurc COMPLETING THE AMALGAMATION. 1888 : S. M. MA0KE3S-ZIE, Steam Now Glasgow, N. S -■-^-- Jt A % J-6". Z TERMS OF AMALGAMATION OP THE MINISTERS' WIDOWS' AND ORPHANS' FUNDS OF THE LATE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF THE LOWER PROVINCES, AND OF THE LATE SYNOD OF THE MARITIME PROVINCES IN CONNECTION WITH THE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND: AND Rules for the Management of the New Fund, AS AMENDED JUNE 1888. WITH |.tt of tljt Ilominion I'ciiislaturr COMPLETING THE AMALCxAMATION, 1888 : S. M. Mackenzie, Steam Printer, New Glasgow, N. S. TERMS OF AMALGAMATION OF THE PRESBYTERIAN MINISTERS' WIDOWS' AND ORPHANS' FUND OF THE LATE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF THE LOWER PROVINCES, AND THE FUND OF THE LATE SYNOD OF THE MARITIME PROVINCES IN CONNECTION WITH THE CHURCH OF SC(^TLAND. 1. Those ministers now on the fund of the Ministers' Widows' and Orphans' Fund of the late Presbyterian Church of the Lower Provinces, shall continue to pay the same amounts per annum as at present, viz : Class 1. «8. Class 2. $12. Class 3. 2. Those ministers now upon the fund of the late Synod of the Maritime Provinces in connection with the Church of Scot- land, who have been paying the ministerial rate of $12 per annum, with a rate from their congregations, may continue to pay in the same manner ; or, if they prefer, they may pay at the rate of $16 in lieu of both. Those ministers of that body who have been paying only the ministerial rate of $12, may continue to pay at the same rate and shall be in the same position as those on the second class of the fund of the late Presbyterian Church of the Lower Provinces ; but it shall be open to them up to 1st July, 1883, to joir the higher class paying thenceforward at the rate of $16 per annum. ^ 3. Widows and Orphans now upon the Ministers Widows and Orphans' Fund of the late Presbyterian Church of the Lower Provinces, and any who may come upon it when amalgamated, shall, (subject to such changes as may be made in a regular way) receive the following amounts per annum : Widows Class 1. $76.00 Class 2, $112.50 Class 3. $160.00 If a widow be on th.e highest class, she shall receive m addition for one child, $20, for two, $36, for three, $50, and $10 for each additional child, and, if she be on either of the other classes, in the same proportion. In the event of the^decease of both parents, I if there be one orphan, the Board shall pay for the benefit of sucli orphan, two-thirds of the amount payable to widows in each class, and for the highest class, if there be two orphans, $25 shall be added to the amount, if tliere be three, $20 more, if there be four, $17.50 more, and $12.50 for each additional orphan, and the otlier classes in proportion, to be continued in each case till they reach the age of 18. 4. Widows and orphans now upon the fund of the late Synod of the Maritime Provinces receiving on account of both minister- ial rates and congregational contributions, and those who here- after may come upon the fund wh'^n amalgamated entitled to receive cu account of both, shall receive at the highest rate received by the widows and orphans on the other fund. 5. Widows and orphans on said fund now entitled to receive tlie rate allowed for ministerial contributions alone, shall here- after receive at the same rate as widows and orphans on the sec- ond class of the fund of the late Presbyterian Church of the Lower Provinces. 6. In all other respects, all connected with either fund shall be subject to the rules that may be adopted now or hereafter for the future management of the fund. 7. Ministers under 40 years of age now on the roll of the Synod of the Maritime Provinces and those ministers of the late Synod of the Maritime Provinces in connection with the Church of Scotland, who did not enter the union, (and any ministers now in connection with them) not now upon either of the funds shall have the privilege of joining the united fund up till 1st July, 18S3, on the following terms : — That they pay the arrears due according to the class on which they ch6ose to enter, from the t'"^" they should have entered up tilffour years rates, and thenceforward the annual rate, but they may pay the amount of arrears in instalments of $10 per annum for the higher class and $5 for the lower with interest on the balance due. 8. The cases of those 40 years of age and over, not now on the fund, as in No. 7, shall be made the subjects of special arrangement. The fund, when amalgamated, shall be called " The Ministers' W^idows' and Orphans' Fund of the Synod in the Mari- time Provinces of the Presbyterian Church in Canada." RULES FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF THE FUND. I. The inauan[emeiit of the fund sliall be entrusted to a com- mittee of 12, five of whom shall be a quorum, who sluill elect their Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer, and who shall be the Trustees of the fund, in whose name all obli^'atious shall be taken ; the said committee to be nominated by the Synod of the Mari- time Provinces and appointed by the General Assembly annually, the ministerial members of the Committee to be contributors to the fund. IT. The Trustees shall meet by notice from the chairman, through the Post Office, to each member, at least one week before the time >f meeting, or by regular adjournment from one meeting to a specified date. III. It shall be the duty of the Secretary to keep a regular minute of all the proceedings of the Trustees, and also a record book in which shall be inscribed a correct record from the sche- dules forwarded to him, of the names and dates of birth, of all ministers contributing, the names and dates of birth of their wives and children, the names of widows and orphans in receipt of aid, and such other statistics as may be required, and he shall also prepare an annual statement to be submitted to the Synod and General Assembly of such changes as may have taken place during the year preceding in the statistics of the ministers con- tributing, and their families, through admissions, marriages, births, deaths, or the like. iV. The Treasurer shall every year prepare an account to be laid before the Synod and General Assembly, of the sums of money received and expended since the previous statement, and also a general statement of the funds and eliects in the hands of the Trustees. V. Ministers ordained by any Presbytery of the Synod of the Maritime Provinces or ordained over congregations which did not X enter the union, may be admitted to the benefits of the scheme by entering on or previous to the second 1st July following ordin- ation and paying the regular rates from that date. But should any one neglect doing so at that time he may join any time with- in three years interest. after, by paying arrears from that d; e with 6 VI. Each applicant shall be retjuirecl to furnish tl>e commit- tee in writing, with a statement of the (hvte of his biith, and if married of the date of his wife's birth, and also a statement of the name and date of the birtli of eacli of hh children under 18 years of age. .... 1 VTT. There shall be two classes of benehcianes, i^nd every person on becoming /^ member shall signi^ which class he ciiooses ; and the clioice being once made, he shall not afterwards have the power of rising to the higher class ; but he shall at any time have the liberty of taking the lower class, it being under- stood that no part of the si;m already paid or due by him can je returned or abated to W.w, and that his widow or orphan cluld- reu will henceforth je entitled only to the annuity of the class then chosen by him. VITI. Every person coming on the scheme shall pay annually, on or before the 1st July in each year, at the following rates :— Class 1. Class 2. Mn.isters uiukr .'ia years of age, $ 7.00 $14.00 betweei) :J5 and 45, H.7o U.oO " 45 and BO 10.50 21.00 Ti.e ur)i>lication of any minister over fifty years of age shall be made the subject of special consideration. In all future cases there shall also be chargeable a marriage equalizing tax for every year exceeding five, that the ministers age exceeds that ot his wife. /^., .. Clriss 1. Class 2. rmk.v45 ^2.00 S 4.00 r,Hkr«50 4-00 &-00 (h-ivVo :::;: «.oo 12.00 The same to be paid on eve.-y subsequent marriage, except wlien he marrie.s a widow already on the fund, with, the understand- in'^ that the committee shall h.ave power in special cases to remit oiM-educe the amount. In all cases he shall be bound to furnish a statement of the date of his own birth and of that of his wite. IX Members not making payment of their annual rates on or before the 1st July in each, year, shall be subject to the follow- ing lines : Class 1. 10 cts. Class 2. 20 cts. For each month thereafter until payment be made; and t lose who ne in connection with the Presbyterian Church of thk Lower Provinces, and the Widows' and Orphans' Fund of the Presbyterian Church in the Maritime Provinces, in connection with the Church of Scotland, and to create a corporation to administer such Funds. Whereas by petition it hath been represented that by chapter fifty seven of the Acts of the Province of Nova Sootia, passed in the twenty-eighth year of Her Majesty's reign, intituled : "An Act to incorporate the Trustees of the Presbyterian Ministers' Widows' and Orphans' Fund," certain persons were created a body corporate for the purposes mentioned in the said Act, which said corporation was by the said Act made subject to the control of the Synod of the Presbyterian Church of the Lower Provinces . of British North America, and certain sums of money are new vested in the said Trustees for tlie benefit of the widows and orphans of the ministers of the said Church, and tiiat in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-four the Synod of the Presbyterian Church of the Maritime Provinces in connection with the Chui'ch of Scotland, ci-eated a fund for the benefit of the widows and orphans of the ministers of the said church which fund was designated " The Widows' and Orphans' Fund of the Presbyterian Church of the Maritime Provinces in connection with the Church of Scotland," and the said fund is now vested in and held by James J. Bremner and George Mitchell, of the city of Halifax, merchants, as trustees thereof for the purpose aforesaid, and that the said two Synods together with -the Synod of the Presbyterian Church of Canada in connection with the Church of Scotland and the General' Assembly of the Canada Presbyterian Church, have united together and have formed one body or denomination of Christians under *^e name of "The Presbyterian Church in Canada," and that by chapter one hundred of the Acts of the Province of Nova Scotia passed in the thirty-eighth year of herMajesty's reign, intituled : A)t Act concerning the Presbyterian Church of the Loiver Provincett of British North America" it was among other things enacted that .the snid Presbyterian Ministers' Widows' and Oi'phans' Fuiid I 10 \ s! ould beai- the same relation in all respects to tl\e General .ssenibly of the Presbyterian Church in Canada that it then bore to the Synod of the Presbyterian Church of the Lower Provinces, and until sucli General Assembly should provide or otherwise direct, the said fund should be managed by the board then having charge thereof, and that such General Assembly should have power to unite the said fund with the fund held by any other of the said uniting churches for similar objects ; and that at the meeting of the Synod of tlie Presbyterian Church of the Mari- time Provinces in connection with tlie Church of Scotland, held on the tenth day of June in the year of Our Lord one thousand eiglit hundred and seventy-live and prior to the consummation of the said Union, it was (among other things) resolvexi that the connnittee having in charge the said Ministers' Widows' and Orphans' Fund in connection with such Synod should hold such fund in charge until the consolidation shall take place of such Fund with the Widows' and Orphans' Fund of the other negotiat- ing churches, and tlnit the I'elation of ministers or congregations of tiie Presbyterian Church in the Maritime Provinces in connec- tion with the Churcli of Scotland, who might defer entering or might not enter the United Clmrcli, should be similar in all re- spects to tlJat of miuistej's and congregations who should become men^bei-s of the United Church, it being understood that such ministers and congregations should comply with the terms of the constitution of such Fund : and that a scheme has been arranged and agreed upon by and between the connnittees or trustees hav- ing charge of the said i-espective funds, by wliich the same may be amalgamated and hereafter managed by one board, and such scheme having been submitted to the Geneial Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Canada, such General Assembly approved of such scheme and authorized all necessary steps to be taken by legislation or otherwise to carry such proposed amalgamation into eftect, and nominated the persons heieinafter named as the corporatoi-s in any Act of Pai-liament that might be obtained for that purpose : Tiierefore, Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons, of Canada, enacts as follows : — 1. The Reverend Allan PoUok, Doctor in Divinity, the Rev- erend George Patterson, Doctor in Divinity, the Reverend Duncan B - Rlair, the Revt ;' id Alexander Maclean, the Reverend James Maclean, the Reverend Thomas Sedgewick, the Reverend Edward A. McCurdy, the Reverend Robert Laing, James J. Bremner, Esquire, George Mitchell, Escjun-e, Howard Primrose, Esquire, and George Murray, Doctor of Medicine, and \ 11 their successors, to be appointed in the niannei- hereinafter pro- vided, shall be and they are hereVjy declared to be a body corpo- rate and politic in name and in deed, and by .the name of "The Trustees of the Ministers' Widows' and Orphans' Fund of the Synod in the Maritime Provinces of the Presbyterijiii Church in Canada," for the purpose of maintaining and administering a fund for the support of the wido.s and orphans of Presbyterian Ministers ; and they and their successors by the narae aforesaid fhall be able and ca])able in law to purchase, take, have, hold, receive, enjoy, possess and retain all messuages, lands, tenements, money, goods, chattels and effects which have been or shall here after be j)aid, given, granted, purchased, appropriated, devised or bequeathed in any manner or way whatsoever, to, for, and in favor of the said " The Trustees of the Ministers' Widows' and Orphans' Fund of the Synod in the Maritime Piovinces of the Presbyterian Church in Canada" to and for the uses and purposes of such Corporation, 2. At tho close of the annual meeting of the Genei-al Assembly of the Presl)yterian Church in Canada, all the- members of the said Corporation shall retire, their places being supplied at each meeting by twelve persons who shall be then and there chosen for that purpose by such General Assembly, the retiring members being eligible for re-election : provided, however, that the General Assembly shall not appoint as a member of such Corporation, any minister who is not a contributor to the funds thereof, or any person who h-is not been previously nominated therefor by tlte Synod in the Maritime Provinces of the Presbytei-ian Church in Canada, or who is not a member of such Cliurcli ; and if the General Assembly should at any time fail to appoint the mem- bers of the said Corporation, the old members shall continue to act until their successors are duly appointed. 3. All the messuages, lands, tenements, moneys, goods, chattels, choses in action and effects now held, possessed or owned by, on behalf of, or in trust for the said " The Trustees of the Presbyterian Ministers' Widows' and Orphans' Fund, ' and also all messuages, lands, tenements, moneys, goods, chattels, choses in action and effects now held, possessed, standing in the name of or owned by the said James J. Bremner and George Mitchell as trustees of tiie " Widows' and Orphans' Fund of the Presbyterian Church of the Maritime Provinces in connection with the Church of Scotland," or by any other person or persons for or on beiialf of such fund are hereby transferred to and vested in the Corpora- tion hereby created, subject however to any lien, charge, incum- brance or oV)ligation that may exist on or in respect to the same I 12 I or any part thereof ; and tlie said Corporation are hereby declared to be entitled to ask, demand and receive from any per- son or persons holding the same, all such property and effects as ai-e hereby vested in or transferred to such Corporation ; and the said two funds are .hereby amalgamated and shall henceforth con- tinue to be one fund under the manrgemenfc and control of the Corporation created by this Act. 4. Forthwith after the passing of this Act any four members of the said Corporation may call a meeting of the members there- of at such time and place as they may see fit to appoint, at which meeting the members of the said Corporation or the major part of such of them as shall be then and there present shall choose, one chairman, one secretary, and one treasurer, who shall hold their respective offices dui-ing the pleasure of the said Corporation ; the same individual may be appointed to more than ohe office in the Corporation. 5. The members of the said Corporation or the major part of such of them as shall be present at any general meeting duly convened sllall, subject to the limitation hereinafter contained, have power and autliority to frame and make by-laws, rules and orders touching and concerning the good government of the said Corporation and the income and property thereof, and the collec- tion, administration, investment, application and management of the funds aforesaid and any other matter or thing which to them may seem fit or expedient for the effectual attainment of the objects of the said Corporation and the administration of its concerns, and for fixing, ascertaining and establishing the scales or rates of contribution to the said fund by the ministers or others entitled to contribute thereto under the provisions of fHiis Act, and the scales or rates of annuities payable to the widows and orphans of such contributors ; and also from time to time by such new by-laws, rules and orders as to them shall seem meet, to alter or repeal those so made as aforesaid ; but all such by laws, ruleb and orders so made shall be in force only when and after the same shall have been submitted ^ and appi'ovsd of by the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Canada and by the Synod of such Church in the Maritime Provinces. 6. All by-laws, rules or orders which may hereafter be made by the said Corporation in relation to persons already interested either as contributors or as annuitants in either of the two funds by this Act amalgamated, shall be subject to the following provi- sions, that is to say ; — 1. Those ministers now contributing to the fund of the Minis- ters' Widows' and Oi-phans' Fund of the late Presbyterian Cliurch 4 13 4 of the Lower Provinces shall continue to pay the same amounts per annum .as heretofore, that is to say : those in the first class, eight dollars, those in the second class twelve dollars, and those in the third class, sixteen dollars. 2. Those ministers now contributing to the said other fund who have been paying the ministerial rate of twelve dollars per annum, with a rate from their congregations, may continue to pay in the same manner, or if they prefer they may pay at the rate of sixteen dollars in lieu of both, and those who have been paying only the ministerial rate of twelve dollars, may continue to pay at the same rate, and shall be in the same position as those in the second class of the Presbyterian Ministers' Widows' and Orphans' Fund, but it shall be open to them up to the first day of July next to join the higher class, paying thenceforward at the rate of sixteen dollars per annum. 3. Widows and orphans now annuitants upon the Presbyter- ian Ministers' Widows' and Orphans' Fund shall (subject to such diminution as the Corporation hereby created may find it neces- sary hereafter to make) receive the following amounts per annum: widows in the first class, seventy-fix c dollars ; widows in the sec- ond class, one hundred and twelve dollars and fifty cents ; widows in the third class, one hundred and fifty dollars ; if a widow be in the highest claris, she shall receive, in addition, for one child, twenty dollars, for two children, thirty-six dollars, for three children, fifty dollars, and ten dollars for each additional child, and if she be in either of the other classes, in the same proportion. In the event of the decease of both parents, if there be one orphan, the said Corporation shall pay for the benefit of such orphan, two-thirds of the amount payable to widows in each class, and for the highest class, if there be two orphans, twenty-five dollars shall be added to the amount ; if there be tliree, twenty dollars more, if there be four, seventeen dollars and fifty cents more ; and twelve dollars and fifty cents for each additional orphan, and the other classes in proportion ; to be continued in each case till they reach the age of eighteen years. 4. Widows and orphans now annuitants upon the said other fund, receiving on account of both ministerial rates and congre- gational contributions and those who may hereafter be annuitants upon the amalgamated fund entitled to receive on account of both, shall receive at the highest rate received by the widows and orphans of the other fund ; and those only entitled to receive the rate allowed for ministerial contributions alone, shall hereafter receive at the same rate as widows and orphans in the second class of the said other fund. 14 T). In all other respects all connected with either fund shall be subject to the rules that may hereafter be adopted for the management of the amalgamated fund. 6. It shall be the duty of the officers and members of the said Corporation, for the time being, to prepare annually, and to cause to be laid before the said Synod and General Assembly at their annual meeting, a full account of the receipts and disburse- ments of the said Corporation during the year next preceding such meeting, and also a general statement of its funds and pro^>erty. 7. Until by-laws for the management thereof are framed and passed by the said Corporation and approved of by the said General Abhcmbly and Synod, the proposed rules for the manage- ment of the said amalgamated fund agreed upon by the Joint Committee appointed to arrange the terms of such amalgamation, shall, so far as the same are not inconsistent with this Act, be the by-laws of such Coi poration. 8. All provisions contained in any Act of the Legislature of Nova Scotia inconsistent with the provisions of this Act relating to the said Presbyterian Minister s' Widows' and Orphans' Fund ftre hereby repealed. — 0»t¥ 1 • • all he he to at Se- ng nd nd lid ' nt >n, • be • of , ng nd I