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 Act of Incorporavion 
 Constitution and By*Laws 
 
 of 
 
 THE MONTREAL 
 
 DAY NURSERY 
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ACT OF INCORPORATION, 
 
 Constitution and By-Laws 
 
 OF 
 
 THE MONTREAL 
 
 DAY NURSERY 
 
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 MONTREAL : 
 
 Witness Printing House. 
 1902. 
 
THE MONTHEAL DAY NURSERY. 
 
 ACT OF INCORPORATION. 
 
 63 VICTORIA (QUEBEC)-CHAP. 104. 
 
 '^°Nu2J'~" 'T'"'^™*^ "The Montreal Day 
 Nursery." (Assented to 23rd March. 1900 ) 
 
 Montrea Vnown as " rt,- „ * '^ °' 
 
 fnr ♦»,» ''® Montreal Day Nuraerv •• 
 
 follow: I^sl»l«u„ ot «„.(,«.. ,„.eto „ 
 
ACT OP INCORPORATION. 
 
 1 Meedames Charlotte Learmont, Helen HoUon. 
 
 Montreal and iuch othera, as now are, ui 
 Monueai, ^"^ ^ j^ conformity with 
 
 of " The Montreal Day Nursery. 
 2. The said corporation .hall ^^ave perpeU^al 
 
 Buccession. and may have ^ -J^„°V"rpoTate 
 -T ronrt^'er-rlTpll and^h^lrn- 
 ^rL r„^U tie courts of the province, and may 
 
VI 
 
 ACT or INCORHOHATIOS. " 
 
 mortgage.. In goveniment .ecuritle. of tte Dominion 
 or Province, or other approved eeourttles. 
 
 8 The officer, of the wld corporation, to be 
 elected annually, .hall con.l.t of a P««"'«°»'j;"' 
 vlce-pre«ldent.. a treaaurer. n recording "cretaiT. 
 and a correapondlng secretary . and thew. with .uch 
 other member, a. may be •^'"""•y «=»'*«~' "J*" 
 conatltute the board of direction of the «=onK)™tlon^ 
 and until other, arc .lected under thl. act^ and the 
 by-law. of the corporaUon. the present officer, and 
 committee of the Inatltutlon, .hall be the officer, and 
 director, of the .aid corporation. 
 
 4 The Mid corporaUon .ha' have power to frame 
 by-law.. con.l.tont with the -w. of the province 
 providing for the holding of the annual and other 
 general meet.ag. of the corporrtlon, for di^termlnlng 
 the condition, of membership, for the e t ton and 
 guidance of It. officers and board of dlr .Jon. the 
 naming of such, committees as may be necessary, 
 and fixing or changing the number of such officers 
 or directors, and for the general regulation and man- 
 agement of Its a«alr8,whlch when adopted at a regular 
 general meeting, held, after due notice to "U tnem^ 
 Sers of the corporation, and until legally modified 
 or repealed, shall be as fully binding as this act 
 upon all concerned. 
 
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 ACT OF INCORPORATION. 
 
 5. The head office of the corporation shall- be In 
 the city of Montreal. 
 
 6. The said corporation shall make an annual 
 report of its afTairs to the Legislature, within the 
 first twenty days of each session. 
 
 7. This act shall come into force on the day of 
 its sanction. 
 
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BY-LAWS 
 
 OK 
 
 THE MONTREAL DAY NURSERY. 
 
 Adopted, January 30, 1901. 
 
 I.— OFFICERS. 
 
 1. The officers of the Corporation shall consist 
 '♦ of a President; a first, second, and third Vice- 
 
 President; a Recording Secretary; a Corresponding 
 Secretary, and a Treasurer, who shall be elected 
 annually, according to the provisions of the Act of 
 Incorporation, and of the By-laws; and these, with 
 eighteen other members, to be similarly chosen, shall 
 constitute the Board of Directors of the Corporation 
 which shall supervise and control its management 
 and affairs. 
 
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 BY-LAWS, 
 
 2. Such elections shall be by ballot. 
 
 3. Nominations of candidates for any of the fore- 
 going offices shall be made In writing, and signed 
 by two or more qualified members, and must be 
 deposited with the recording-secretary at least a 
 fortnight before the annual general meeting, and 
 at the election to be then held, no other names than 
 those so proposed shall be considered. 
 
 Such nominations shall be disclosed to any 
 member upon request. 
 
 4. Any vacancy occurring In the above offices 
 during the year, shall be filled by the board of 
 directors at its next meeting. 
 
 II.— PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRESIDENTS. 
 
 1. The president shall preside at all meetings of 
 the Corporation, as well as of the Board, and shall 
 be ex-officio, a member of all committees. 
 
 2. In the absence of the President, or her inability 
 from any cause to attend to the duties of her office, 
 one of the -Vice-Presidents, in order of seniority, 
 shall take her place. 
 
 III.— RECORDING-SECRETARY. 
 
 The Recording-Secretary shall attend all meetings 
 of the Board and Corporation, and keep a fair and 
 correct record of their proceedings. 
 
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BY-LAWS. 9 
 
 IV.— CORRESPONDING SECRETARY. 
 
 The Corresponding Secretary shall attend to the 
 necessary correspondence of the Corporation, pre- 
 serving a record of the same. 
 
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 v.— TREASURER. 
 
 1. The Treasurer shall attend all meetings of the 
 Board, and shall take charge of all invoices, and 
 securities, the property of the Corporation, keeping 
 accurate accounts of all invoices, received and paid, 
 and shall pay no accounts until authorized by the 
 Board. 
 
 2. All Invoices In excess of petty cash require- 
 ments, shall be deposited by her In some chartered 
 bank of the city, to the credit of the Institution. 
 
 3. All capital funds, until Invested, shall be 
 deposited In a special account, In some chartered 
 bank of the city, and cheques thereon shall be signed 
 by such persons, as may from time to time be 
 named by resolution of the Board; duly notified to 
 the bank. 
 
 VI.— MEMBERSHIP. 
 
 1. Life Members.— The payment by or on behalf 
 of any lady of the sum of twenty-flve dollars (|25.00) 
 shall constitute her a life member of the Corpora- 
 
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 BY-LAWS. 
 
 tlon with full privileges; and such fee when 
 
 fund, unless otherwise ordered by the Board 
 
 sum /^f,^^\**^"=^««-The yearly payment of any 
 
 tT fhl 'h' ? *''° "'°"*" (»2.00). Shall consti- 
 tute the lady subscribing an annual member with 
 the privilege of voting and holding office. 
 
 3. Honorary MEMRERs.-The Board may by reso- 
 
 utlon constitute any lady an honorary member^ 
 
 the corporation, who shall not, however, enjoy the 
 
 o^ttl^Sle^aTllT -' - -«'- - -- "-: 
 
 VII.— GENERAL MEETING. 
 
 tnl'fJ^^ ^°1f' *^°^'"' ""^^""^ o* the Corporation 
 for the reception and adoption of reports the elec" 
 
 u?h°othe?r.''^' '''^'°''' ^'^^ the'transactlon Of 
 such other business as may be lawful, shall be held, 
 at the Nursery in the city of Montreal, or elsewhere 
 If thought desirable by the Board L tv. 7 fv 
 Wednesday of February', S\ach .Ir ^n^at s"u h 
 meetings full reports of the transactions of the 
 preceding year as well as of the finances of the 
 Institution, shall be presented. 
 
 ma'y b.TJtJ, ?''^''^' M^^^^y^s of the Corporation 
 may be called at any time by the Board C ^.rectors 
 

 BV-LAWS. 
 
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 and upon the written request signed by twenty-flve 
 members, distinctly stating the objects sought shall 
 be called by the President. At least a fortnight's 
 notice thereof shall be given to all members, clearly 
 stating the objects of such meeting, and the business 
 to be transacted thereat shall be strictly limited to 
 the notification. 
 
 3. A Quorum. At all general meetings of the 
 Corporation, fifteen shali constitute a quorum. 
 
 VIII.— BOARD OF DIRECTORS. 
 
 1. The Board of Directors shall have and retain 
 actual control of the affairs of the Corporation, shall 
 engage Its employees upon such terms as may be 
 deemed practicable, and it shall from time to time 
 adopt, and always enforce, such, "House regula- 
 tions" as may be deemed necessary for the govern- 
 ment and discipline of all concerned, and for the 
 satisfactory maintenance of the establishment. 
 
 2 The Board shall meet weekly, at such time 
 and place as it may, from time to time, determine 
 by resolution, and at such meetings five shall 
 consUtute a quorum. And in the absence of the 
 President and Vice-Presidents, any member may be 
 called to preside. t 
 
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 BY-LAWS. 
 
 IX.— COMMITTEES. 
 
 1. The Board, at its first meeting after the annual 
 general meeting of the Corporation, shall, by 
 election, name such committees for the current year 
 «f*rT* be deemed necessary, and the duties and 
 authority of such committees shall be Jetermlned 
 by the terms of the resolutions appointing them 
 t fl.r.T"'' °<''=»'-rlng m any such committee shall 
 
 und!r 1 "l f ^°"^ ^^ ^'*''"°°' «°<J »» elections 
 under this by-law shall be by ballot. 
 
 2 In selecUng such committees. It shall, If pos- 
 sible be arranged that they shall, In the aggregate 
 comprise at least twenty-five elective member wbo 
 will be prepared to give their time, zeal, and energy 
 to the work of the Institution. ^ 
 
 by'theVo"!"" °' '"' """""'"^^ «"^" ^« --^-^ 
 4. Special committees may at any time be 
 appointed, as occasion may require. 
 
 X.— ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 
 
 rnlfL*?'"'^ T^ ^"''"^'y ^PP^l^^t ««> Advisory 
 Committee of three or five gentlemen, who may be 
 Willing to act thereon, whose counsel may at any 
 Junl , '°"f' '"^ "^"^""^ ^^'^"''S t" tbe property! 
 
BY-LAWS. 
 
 XL— SEAL. 
 The seal of the Corporation shall be 
 
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 XII.— BUSINESS YEAR. 
 The business year of the Corporation shall begin 
 upon the first day of February of each year, termi- 
 nating upon the thlrty-flrst day of January following. 
 
 XIIL— AUDIT. 
 The weekly or monthly house accounts, and the 
 annual financial statements shall be respectively 
 audited as the Board may direct. 
 
 XIV.— AMENDMENTS TO BY-LAWS. 
 Changes in these by-laws can only be made at 
 
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 BT-LAW8. 
 
 Lvn T"°* °' ***« Corporation. Notice of 
 
 any ^oposed amendment must be given to the BoarJ 
 
 UT^I, °* °"*°"' ^'^°" lt« consideration and 
 noUflcatlons thereof sent to each mem£ of the 
 Corporation ten days before the meeting at wh ch 
 such change shall be proposed 
 
 on the 30th day of January, A.D., 1901. 
 
 CHARLOTTE LBARMONT, 
 
 President 
 
 EMiMA THOMAS. 
 
 Rec. Secretary. 
 
ORDER TO BE OBSERVED AT MEETINGS. 
 
 Order of BuBiness shall be obierved :— 
 
 1. The Minute, of the previous Meeting shall be read by 
 the Secretary, and confirmed if correct. ^ 
 
 2. Reports of Committees shall be presented in writing 
 refd *^°"""""'°"*°"'' '•««'"^«'l by tl>« .Secretaries shall b. 
 
 4. Members, if any. shall be proposed and balloted for. 
 
 5. Deferred Business. 
 
 6. Other Business. 
 
OFHCE BEARERS, 1902. 
 
 MKS. A. HAIO KIMS "^"-^ 'il™"'' »;'"■•/^•<••<</««^ 
 
 MISS KMMA THOMAS ff^l"iyice.Pre,Menl. 
 
 MRS. KI»\V. HOLTON fe"- ««<■"'•</(»(/ Sfrrrlary. 
 
 MISS 0LADV8 N. EVANS :;;;::;::::;g2;j; 7via«r"- "" '*<""'""t«. 
 
 " FRANK BOND. , ,^^. H. NELSON. 
 
 FRANK CAVEKHILl, mLI? ij","!!? SMITH. 
 
 " R. A. E. 0KEENSHIKLD8. ^^!'- Lk i'J'JKJJ'?"^- 
 
 MRS. EDW. MAJOIt ^^^'•-"HILL. 
 
 B' ird of Adviion. 
 
 MR EDW. HOLTON. ,,„ . „ 
 
 Mli. A. E. ELLIS. ""'• ■*• °*'" 8"'S- 
 
 Mits. J. B. LEARMONT ^"* M«n|>en. 
 ;• HUGnpATON • U?^Y5iS "onNE. 
 
 " GEO. H SMITHFRS S5^- JAMES COOPER 
 
 „ " R. STA.NLEY BAOG *•?■ S^"- " SMITHERS. 
 MR. EI)W rawlimA. S; ^7ANLEY BAGG, 
 
 JAMES MORGAN. j. a.')/itV,?,^51?:m.I,. 
 
 MRS. w.s. BARNES. "««°'«y M.mbe«. 
 
 MRS. JAMES WILLIAMSON SHEARER. 
 
 MRS. FRED, NASH '^'^' '^*?i?'*- 
 
 " JAMES COOPER *'™- -*• A. BROWNE. 
 
 MORTIMER DAVIS ?V,U- "'I^■ANS. 
 
 J- W. MARLING.'^- ^"JHUR JACQUKS. 
 
 ». M. JOHNSON. .. 4- F DUNLOP. 
 
 F. Sf UART FOSTER.