^'Oi 
 
 ^%>^.^. 
 
 % 
 
 V] 
 
 /: 
 
 
 >^ 
 
 V ^ 
 
 oyy 
 
 IMAGE EVALUATION 
 TEST TARGET (MT-S) 
 
 1.0 'Si 
 
 
 I.I 
 
 u 
 
 I— 
 12.0 
 
 1.8 
 
 Photograptiic 
 
 Sciences 
 Coiporation 
 
 
 
 1.25 
 
 1.4 
 
 1.6 
 
 
 .^ 6" ~ 
 
 
 ► 
 
 cT 
 
 \ 
 
 # 
 
 \^^ 
 
 
 % 
 
 
 6^ 
 
 ^<j> 
 
 33 WEST MAIN STREET 
 
 WEBSTER, N.Y. 14580 
 
 (716) 872-4503 
 
%' #. 
 
 l/j 
 
 CIHM/ICMH 
 
 Microfiche 
 
 Series. 
 
 CIHM/ICMH 
 Collection de 
 microfiches. 
 
 Canadian Institute for Historical Microreproductions / Institut Canadian de microreproductions historiques 
 
Technical and Bibliographic Notss/Notes techniques et bibliographiques 
 
 The Institute has attempted to obtain the best 
 original copy available for filming. Features of this 
 copy which may be bibiiographically unique, 
 which may alter ary of the images in the 
 reproduction, or which may significantly change 
 the usual method of filming, are checked below. 
 
 Coloured covers/ 
 Couverture de couleur 
 
 □ Covers damaged/ 
 Couverture endommagie 
 
 □ Covers restored and/or laminated/ 
 Couverture restaurie et/ou pellicul^e 
 
 D 
 
 Cover title missing/ 
 
 Lo titre de couverture manque 
 
 I — I Coloured maps/ 
 
 I — I Coloured ink (i.e. other than blue or black)/ 
 
 I — I Coloured plates and/or illustrations/ 
 
 Cartes g^ographiques en couleur 
 
 Coloured ink (i.e. other than blue 
 
 Encrr de couleur (i.e. autre que bleue ou noire) 
 
 D 
 
 D 
 
 D 
 
 Planches et/ou illustrations en couleur 
 
 Bound with other material/ 
 Reli6 avec d'autres documents 
 
 Tight binding may cause shadows or distortion 
 along interior margin/ 
 
 La re iiure aenie peut causer de i'ombre ou de la 
 distortion le long de la marge intdrieure 
 
 Blank leaves added during 'estoration may 
 appear within the text. Whenever possible, these 
 have been omitted from filming/ 
 II se peut que certaines pages blanches ajouties 
 lors d'une restauration apparaissent dans le texte. 
 mais, lorsque cela 6tait possible, ces pages n'ont 
 pas 6ti filmdes. 
 
 Additional comments:/ 
 Commentaires suppl6mentaires: 
 
 L'Institut a rnicrofilmd le meilleur exemplaire 
 qu'il lui a 6t6 possible de se procurer. Les details 
 de cet exemplaire qui sont peut-Atre uniques du 
 point de vue bibliographique, qui peuvent modifier 
 une image reproduite, ou qui peuvent exiger une 
 modification dans la m6thode normale de filmage 
 sc.it indiqu6s ci-dessous. 
 
 □ Coloured pages/ 
 Pages de couleur 
 
 T 
 
 r~ I Pages damaged/ 
 
 Pages endommag6es 
 
 Pages restored and/oi 
 
 Pages restaurdes et/ou pellicul6es 
 
 r~1 Pages restored and/or laminated/ 
 
 y 
 
 Pages discoloured, stained or foxed/ 
 Pages d6color6es, tachetdos ou piqu^es 
 
 n Pages detached/ 
 Pages d^tachdes 
 
 7 
 
 
 fl 
 
 y 
 
 Showthrough/ 
 Transparence 
 
 I I Quality of print varies/ 
 
 Quality indgale de I'impression 
 
 includes supplementary material/ 
 Comprend du materiel suppl^mentaire 
 
 Only edition available/ 
 Seule Edition disponible 
 
 D 
 
 Pages wholly or partially obscured by errata 
 slips, tissues, etc., have been refilmed to 
 ensure the best possible image/ 
 Les pages totalement ou partlellement 
 obscurcies par un feuillet d'errata, une pelure, 
 etc., ont 6X6 filmdes d nouveau de facon it 
 obtenir la meilleure image possible. 
 
 This item is filmed at the reduction ratio checked below/ 
 
 Ce document est fiimd au taux de reduction indiqu6 ci-dessous. 
 
 10X 
 
 
 
 
 14X 
 
 
 
 
 18X 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 26X 
 
 
 
 
 30X 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 y 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 12X 
 
 
 
 
 16X 
 
 
 
 
 20X 
 
 
 
 
 24X 
 
 
 
 
 28X 
 
 32X 
 
 
» 
 
 tails 
 t du 
 odifier 
 ' une 
 mage 
 
 Th« copy filmed h«r« has be«n reproduced thanks 
 to tha ganarosity of: 
 
 Medical Library 
 McGill University 
 Montreal 
 
 Tha Imagas appearing here are the best quality 
 possible considering the condition and legibility 
 of the original copy and in keeping with the 
 filming contract specifications. 
 
 L'exemplaire film* fut reproduit grAce A la 
 g^nirositi de: 
 
 Medical Library 
 McGill University 
 Montreal 
 
 Lea Images suivantes ont Ati reproduites avec le 
 plua grand soln, compta tanu de la condition at 
 de ia netteti de 1'^. .v>*^''« ^iimi, et en 
 conformity avec les conditions du contrat de 
 fllmage. 
 
 Original copies In printed paper covers are filmed 
 beginning with the front cover and ending on 
 the last page with a printed or illustrated Impres- 
 sion, or the back cover when appropriate. All 
 other original copies are filmed beginning on the 
 first page with a printed or illustrated impree- 
 sion, and ending on the last page with a printed 
 or illustrated Impression. 
 
 Les exemplairea origlnaux dont la couverture en 
 papier est Imprim^ sont filmAs en commenpant 
 par le premier plat et en termlnant soi;. par la 
 darnlAre page qiii comporte une empreinte 
 d'Impresslon ou d'illustratlon, soit par le second 
 plat, salon le cas. Tous lea autres exemplairas 
 origlnaux sont filmte en commenpant par la 
 premiere page qui comporte une empreinte 
 d'Impresslon ou d'illustration et en termlnant par 
 la dernlAre page qui comporte une telle 
 empreinte. 
 
 The last recorded frame on each microfiche 
 shall contain the symbol -^> (meaning "CON- 
 TINUED"), or the symbol y (meaning "END"), 
 whichever applies. 
 
 Maps, plates, charts, etc., may be filmed at 
 different reduction ratios. These too large to be 
 entirely included in one exposure are filmed 
 beginning in the upper left hand corner, left to 
 right and top to bottom, as many frames aa 
 required. The following diagrams illustrate the 
 method: 
 
 Un dee symbolec sulvants apparattra sur la 
 darnlAre image de cheque microfiche, selon le 
 cas: le symbols — ► signlfle "A SUiVRE". le 
 symbols ▼ signlfle "FIN". 
 
 Les cartea, planches, tableaux, etc., peuvent Atre 
 flimAe i dee taux de r6duction difftrents. 
 Lorsque le document est trap grand pour Atre 
 reprodult en un seul clichA, il est filmA A partir 
 de I'angle supArieur gauche, de gauche h drolte, 
 et de haut en bas, en prenant le nombre 
 d'images nAcessaire. Las diagrammes sulvants 
 iilustrent la mAthode. 
 
 arrata 
 to 
 
 pelure, 
 )n d 
 
 D 
 
 32X 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 
 3 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 
 3 
 
 4 
 
 5 
 
 6 
 
^er 
 
 '7*? r;G 
 
 ACT OF INCORPORATION 
 
 AND 
 
 BY-LAWS 
 
 OP THE 
 
 I QUEBEC MASONIC HALL 
 
 ASSOCIATION. 
 
 QUEBEC : 
 
 PRINTED BY P. SINCLAIR, BOOKSELLER, 
 
 St. John Street. 
 
 1855. 
 
 ,^. 
 
1/ 
 
•■■^. 
 
 ACT OF INCORPORATION. 
 
 I <ii»i> I 
 
 AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE QUEBEC 
 MASONIC HALL ASSOCIATION. 
 
 Whereas Weston Hunt, William Eadon, 
 Charles Philips, William Miller, George Railton, 
 Joseph White, James Dean, the younger, James 
 Green, A. McKajr, J. King, W. A. Rankin, G. 
 R. Browne, J. Lindsay, D. Gale and J. B. For- 
 sytli, Members of the Quebec Masonic Hall Asso- 
 ciation, have, by their Petition to the Legislature, 
 represented that they have in contemplation the 
 erection and maintenance of a building within the 
 city of Quebec, to be called " The Quebec Masonic 
 Hall," for the accommodation of public meetings, 
 convened for useful and moral purposes, and that 
 it would greatly tend to the advancement of the 
 useful and philanthropic objects of the said Asso- 
 ciation if corporate powers were conferred upon 
 them, and have prayed for an Act of Incorpora- 
 tion : Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's 
 Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice 
 and consent of the Legislative Council and of the 
 Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada, 
 constituted and assembled by virtue of and^ under 
 the authority of an Act passed in the Parliament 
 of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire- 
 land, and intituled, An Act to re-unite the Provinces 
 of Upper and Lower Canada, and for the Govern- 
 went of Canada, and it is hereby enacted by the 
 authority of the same. 
 
" xt o'^ '*,'" ''"d ^°'T°''''t°' »'«ler the ,mmr o 
 8ha ho lA", w'"'"" Hall Association," a. 
 receivoon,? i'"^ to acquire, hold, posses's, take 
 
 meSs ami ;„„? "'^'' ^''"O'ae'its or heredita- 
 ments and real or immoveab e propertv lvin<r 
 
 sam sum of P tteen Thousand Pounds currenrv 
 
 Shan hf 1- ^^ ^^ ^^f Association, and the same 
 snail be divided and distinguished into thro. 
 
 eedW Fi^rpP"*! °^ '^''''' «* » price no ' X- 
 ceeaing ^ive Pounds cuiTency per sharp an,! 
 
 .shall be deemed personal estate^ and be tmnsfe^ 
 Ses'shallb'erd *t *f ^^^-^ threo'tho'td 
 
 oTsZf "r „r ^'^--etSdre: 'L?^i T! 
 aS\vholT H™' '^"'"•*°'''' administrators and 
 
 carrying on and completing the said " Quebec 
 
 f 
 
n EmloM, 
 3n, Wil- 
 i White, 
 J. King, 
 ^ and I), 
 are now 
 the said 
 clared a 
 name of 
 1," and 
 88, take, 
 the saicl 
 leredita- 
 y lyini^- 
 )amg m 
 ids cur- 
 
 1 Stock 
 3t of the 
 irrency, 
 scessary 
 he same 
 
 three 
 not ex- 
 e, and 
 ransfer- 
 011 sand 
 e mem- 
 iral and 
 issigns, 
 )rtiona- 
 
 1 sever- 
 l11 and 
 ve sue- 
 rs and 
 id pay 
 :>wards 
 iuebec 
 
 5 
 
 I Masonic Hall," shall be members of the said As- 
 I sociation, and as such entitled to and receive, af- 
 ter the said building is completed, the entire and 
 net distribution of the profits and advantages that 
 ^hall and may arise and accrue by virtue of the sum 
 and sums of money to be raised, recovered and 
 received by tlic authority of this Act, in propor- 
 tion to the number of shares so held ; and every 
 person or persons having such property of one or 
 more shares in the said undertaking and in pro- 
 portion as aforesaid, shall bear and pay an ade- 
 quate and proportionable sum of money towards 
 (tarrying on the said undertaking in the manner 
 b} this Act directed and appointed. 
 
 in. And be it enacted, that upon every or 
 iiny subject, proposition or question v^hich shall 
 arise, be discussed or be put, relating to the affairs 
 of the said Corporation, at any meeting of the 
 members thereof to be held in pursuance of this 
 Act, each member present thereat shall be enti- 
 tled to one vote for every one or two shares he 
 shall hold or possess in the said undertaking ; the 
 holders of three or four shares shall be entitled to 
 two votes, and so in proportion : provided, how- 
 ever, that no member shall at any time be entitled 
 to more than ten votes, although he may be a 
 holder of more than twenty shares; and whatso- 
 ever question, election of officers, or other matter 
 or thing shall be proposed, discussed or considered 
 at any such meeting, shall be finally determin- 
 ed by the majority of votes then present, and the 
 Chairman at every such meeting, in case of a di- 
 vision of equal numbers, shall have the casting 
 vote, although he may have voted before. 
 
 IV. And be it enacted, That the said Corpora- 
 tion may from time ' o time lawfully borrow, either 
 in this Frovince or elsewhere, such sum or sums 
 
6 
 
 of money, not oxceodin/? at one time the Hum m 
 never. tliouHand five hundred poundn cuiTcncy, a. 
 they may find expedient, and as they may think 
 proper, andmay give their bonds, obligations <m- 
 other securitieH tor the Hums so borrowed, and 
 may lm)othecate or pledge the lands, revenues 
 and other property of tlie said Cori»oration for the 
 due payment of the said sums and interest thereon. 
 .1.^^* 4l^^^^^^e it enacted. That no Shareholder In 
 the said Corporation shall be in any manned 
 whatsoever liable for or charged with the pay- 
 ment of any debt or demand due by the said Cor- 
 
 capital of the said Corporation, not paid up. 
 
 VI. And be it enacted, that the subscribers 
 above named, or a majority of them, shall, so 
 80011 after the passing of this Act as may be con- 
 venient, open a book or books of Subscription, 
 and when two hundred shares shall have been 
 subscribed, in such Book or Books, they shall 
 cal a meeting of such Subscribers, at such time 
 and place, in the said City of Quebec, as they 
 shall deem fit, by public notice, to be published 
 at least eight days before such meeting in an 
 J^nglish and in a French Newspaper, published in 
 the said citv ; and a like General Meeting, to be 
 called by the Secretary of the said Corporation, 
 after due notipe as aforesaid, shall be held on the 
 tirst xMonday in Februaiy in eveiy year afterwards, 
 at the hour of seven o'clock in the afternoon, or 
 any subsequent day thereafter, which shall be 
 duly indicated in such notice. 
 
 AT^?* ^^!^ ^® ^* enacted, that at the first General 
 Meeting ot the Subscribers hereinbefore directed 
 to be held, the majority of the Proprietors then 
 assembled together shall chose seven persons for 
 the time being respectively Proprietors of at least 
 
ic sum of 
 iToiicy, si-i 
 my think 
 .i^atioim or 
 )wed, nnd 
 rove I UK'S 
 ion for tlic 
 it thereon. 
 
 3h older in 
 / manner 
 the pay- 
 said Cor- 
 re in the 
 rl up. 
 
 ibscribers 
 shall, so 
 r be con- 
 scription, 
 ave been 
 ley shall 
 iich time 
 , as they 
 published 
 ig in an 
 dished in 
 ig, to be 
 poration, 
 d on the 
 terwards. 
 noon, or 
 shall be 
 
 i General 
 directed 
 ors then 
 'sons for 
 f at least 
 
 iour Shares in siu-li uuilertjiking, of whom four 
 shalM)oaquorum, to 1)0 dirootors for managlnii-, 
 iroverning, and carrying on the affairH of the 8aid 
 Artsociation, and the said Directors el(>ctod at 
 such first General Mooting, shall remain in otlico 
 until the General Meeting which shall take plac' 
 ;is aforesaid. And at the Hrstof the Meetings ot 
 tlio Directors which shall lake place in each year 
 as soon as possible after their election, they shal 
 ifa quorum bo present, chose a President and 
 Vice-lVesident from among their number, who 
 shall preside at any Meeting of the Directors, an( 
 he entitled to a casting vote, incase of an equal 
 division of members, although they may have res- 
 pectively voted before; and the Directors shall 
 also choose annually from among the Stockholders 
 ofthe said Association, a Treasurer and a Secre- 
 tary, who shall be permanent or be appointed tor 
 one year only, as the majority of any Quorum of 
 the said Directors may see lit to determine; and 
 the said directors are hereby authorized to take 
 such security from the said Treasurer and Secre- 
 tary for the due execution of their respective of- 
 licos as the said Directors shall think proper : 
 Provided always, that any two thirds of the I'ro- 
 prietora assembled at any General Meeting nuiy 
 remove such Secretary or Treasurer, and m such 
 case the Directors shall appoint another in his 
 stead. 
 
 VIII. And be it enacted, that it shall be lawful 
 for a majority of the Directors or any number of 
 Proprietors," having together not less than one 
 liundred votes, to call a Special General Meeting 
 of the Subscribers at any time, by public notice 
 in an English and in a French newspaper, pub- 
 lished in the said City, such notice to be given at 
 least ten days before the day fixed for such Special 
 Meetint^. 
 
« . :- 
 
 4 
 
 8 
 
 for^LHnl'';''-''°'"f n' r""^"^° saw Directors 
 wTrt! fnl '"^'"g'/Ji"'l i'"ve and be invested 
 with full power and authority to niarao-e order 
 over.ee and tr.nsact all anc^ singula ?ge' affaL^ 
 
 Tt^T^'V'^ *'r f^''^ " ^"«^^« Masonic HaU 
 Association," and all matters and things whatsc 
 
 ev^r relating to, or concerning the samf; Tnd the 
 
 Ilfn It , T"^'"^ of the said " Quebec Masonic 
 Hail Association," produce and give a full iust 
 
 recIw»\^"T""* '" T**''S °*'^11 their transactions, 
 receipts mid paj-nieats respectively, so that the 
 true state^ of the said Quebec Masonic Hall Asst 
 ciatwnana its aff .irs may manifestly appear ; ami 
 shall also make and declare a Dlviiend of t e 
 clear profit and revenue, all contingent costs \ud 
 charges being first deducted, amonl all the Pro: 
 prietors aforesaid. ° 
 
 X. And be it enacted, that when the term of 
 office of the Directors elected at the first General 
 
 this Act shall expire that is to say in the mSnth 
 of February, oiie thousand eight hr.ndred and 
 fifty SIX, seven Directors shall be chosen at the 
 General Meeting of Proprietors to be held in the 
 SMd month in every year thereafter. Provided 
 Sfd TO* !7 ^Tl?"" ™*y ^'^ re-elected, and 
 
 ikce n ^e n-r fn^ T''* '" ''^^'''' ""^ at such 
 place in the City of Quebec to be bv them ap- 
 
 v^M^ { as occasion may require, but if any Di- 
 rector shall die, or be pemanently removid to 
 another District before his term of office shall 
 have expired, the Proprietor who shall have at 
 
 .fte 'llf'''*'°\^'>' °^^* f •«''*«'• "'^^."^'-o/vote 
 .itter ihe seven Directors shall fill his p!a".e. 
 
 XI. 
 
 A 1 
 
 be it eniiuced, that the Proprietors nf 
 
 ^> . 
 
9 
 
 the said undertaking shall pay the amount of their 
 respective Shares in such instalments as the Di- 
 rectors shall see fit to determir.e, to the Treasurer 
 of the said Association, at such times as the By- 
 laws to be made shall state ; provided always, 
 that no such instalment ahall exceed five shillings 
 and there be at least one month's notice between 
 each call. 
 
 XII And be it enacted, that all Subscribers of 
 Shares, or Stockholders in the said undertaking, 
 shall be held and bound, and they are hereby re- 
 quired, to pay the sums of money subscribed tor 
 by them, as the same shall be called for under 
 the provisions of the By-laws to be hereafter made, 
 and in the case any person or persons neglect or 
 refuse to pay the same at the times appointed by 
 the said By-laws, it shall be lawful for the said 
 Corporation to sue for, and recover the same and 
 interest upon the amount due and costs, m any 
 Court of Law having competent jurisdiction. 
 
 Xin. And be it enacted, that the said Direc- 
 tors or a Quorum thereof, as aforesaid, being as- 
 s ibled at such places and times as aforesaid, 
 t 11 have full power and authority to make, or- 
 daai and constitute such and so many By-laws, 
 Rules and orders not repugnant to the Statutes, 
 Customs, or Laws of the Province, or the express 
 re'->-nlations of this act as by the said Directors 
 sliall be judged expedient and necessaiy tor the 
 direction, conduct and government of the said 
 Association, and of the property, real and person- 
 al, moveable and immoveable, by them held, and 
 as in their opinion will most efl:ectually promote 
 tVie purposes of this Act ; and by such By-laws, 
 liules and Orders, they shall decide what person 
 or persons may acquire and hold Share or Shares 
 in th said Association, and none but those al- 
 
ill 
 
 10 
 
 lowed by the said By-laws shflll 1,. v, , 
 
 quire any right or titlp nw ® enabled to ac- 
 
 any Share of Shares ormr^^^f"";**^'^ ^ ^^oW 
 Association and ih^tJ-' hereof m the said 
 
 fines and forfS^ot^.^PT ""'' '"«'«* «"oh 
 currency, as to then; hallTen^^ .^^^ P''"'"^^ 
 person being a Member of tho« J."J'V"P°" ^"J' 
 who shall bl guilty of a breae^ -^ <^orporation 
 Eules or ordeFs : ProvideT!) {■, ^"""^ %-law8, 
 
 shall be in force untUt shall b-.°' ^* ""^ ^y^^^' 
 by a vote of at least two li^T H«" sanctioned 
 
 etore present at a GenejS V« 'I^' "^ *^^ P^'opri" 
 together by the K^Ss^d'.*^ "*' "^^^-^ 
 tokmg such By-laws into Ton«?l .? Purpose of 
 any amendment, repeal or «Itl !-'°"' »°'' ^^all 
 law be valid, unless a^rL/fr''*'°" ofanyBy- 
 -id Proprietor;X:K Ifflr '""""^ '""'^^ 
 
 eoSy^o^i'dt;*!:^^^^^^^^^^^ -dividual, or 
 
 hundred Shares in the ^d tSfatTor *''" *"° 
 
 be1ift;tte:jrrdtvt;^1ii*^^^ -^ ^nay 
 the time being of the sair) ^ ° **""• ""embers foV 
 tors, administfatoillnd a,s?°n^?;;"^'°". ^"^^ e^ecu- 
 devise or dispose of h s ortS *^'''''-' '^"' "^'i^". 
 shares and interest oXto'drj"' '^''"' °^ 
 as may by the said Bv-laws '^f Person or persons 
 
 quire,_ and hold anylharror^^P"™'."'''' ^ ««- 
 Association, and the saW np.i "' '" *^'e «aid 
 be memb^nvs of the 4iTri' °'!-°''Pe''sons shall 
 entitled to ail and eve, v ?r,lV'^"'\^'''^ shall be 
 
 eges, and to the m"^tf an^/'^''^ '*"'* P"^i- 
 trom arising, and in the sol^ P^''''"*?^es there- 
 members in^this Art named i^^'^P.-.?*]""' «« ^e 
 tuo of this Act • Pr' f,™f ''."'^e entitled to by vir- 
 
 a Share or Sl4esSSiS' t,'"*^ P''^ ^^ 
 or owner thereof to ^ny'^^^Z^^'^' 
 
11 
 
 3d to ac- 
 to hold 
 the said 
 flict such 
 pounds 
 pon any 
 poration 
 By-laws, 
 By-law 
 ictioned 
 Propri- 
 ' called 
 pose of 
 5r shall 
 iny By- 
 is of the 
 
 lual 
 an two 
 
 , or 
 
 d may 
 
 >rs for 
 execu- 
 
 alien, 
 are or 
 Brsons 
 to ac- 
 J said 
 
 shall 
 all be 
 privi- 
 here- 
 8 the 
 ^^ vir- 
 rt of 
 ietor 
 
 XVI. And be it enacted, that any purchaser or 
 purchasers shall for his or their security, as well 
 as that of the said Corporation, have a Duphcate 
 or Duplicates of the deed or Act of transfer made 
 unto him or them, and executed by both parties, 
 one whereof so executed shall be delivered to the 
 said Directors, or to the Secretary for the time 
 beinff, to be filed and kept of record for the pub^ 
 licuseof the said Corporation, and iipon the 
 filine: thereof an entry thereof shall forthwith be 
 made in the Book or Books to be kept by the said 
 Secretary for that purpose, for which no more 
 than two shillings and six pence currency shall 
 be paid, and until such Duplicate of such Deed 
 or Act -of Transfer shall be so delivered unto the 
 said Directors or Secretary of the said Corporation, 
 and filed and entered as above directed, such 
 Diirchaser or purchasers shall not be held to be a 
 'Proprietor or Proprietors of such Share or Shares, 
 and shall have no part of the profit of the said 
 undertaking paid unto him or them, nor any 
 vote as Members of the said Corporation, and 
 such sale or transfer shall not be valid until ap- 
 proved of by the Directors. 
 
 XVn. And be it enacted, that this Act shall 
 be a public Act. 
 
I 
 
 I 
 III 
 
 QU 
 
 1.- 
 
 oftb 
 Hali 
 provi 
 porti 
 
 and 1 
 and < 
 whai 
 
 2.- 
 
 hold 
 aftei 
 fide 
 
 3. 
 
 by) 
 bee 
 hav< 
 
 • 
 
OF THE 
 
 QUEBEC MASONIC HALL 
 ASSOCIATION. 
 
 1 —In the erection and subsequent management 
 of the Building to be called The Quebec Masonic 
 Hall -under the Act of Incorporation,-suitable 
 provision shall be made at all times for ensuring a 
 portion of it for the use aind convenience of the 
 -Ancient FraternUy of Free and Accepted Masor^, 
 and the portion so set apart shall be devoted solely 
 and exclusively thereto, and to no other purpose 
 whatsoever. 
 
 2 —No person shall be a Proprietor or Stock- 
 holder in this Association (otherwise than as here- 
 after set forth in Sectmi IT.) or he deemed a bona 
 fide member thereof, miless he belong to the 
 ^'■Ancient Fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons. 
 
 3 —The Election of Directors shall take place 
 by ballot ; but no Prop/;>tor or Stockholder shall 
 be eligible to be elected a Director, miless he shall 
 have held the requisite number of SharcB m the 
 
4.— Any Director absenting hi7n«oi^ *• 
 
 meetings of the Board for th^eeeo^^^^^^^^^^ ' *'' 
 
 after having been reo-nl^vl ^^^«^«^tive months 
 
 ed m the manner defined in the teTth ^"" 
 
 the Act of Incorporation. * '^'*"«^ ^^ 
 
 5 — The Rbgi/lar Meeting op thi. -n 
 shall take place on the Z Tuesday ofT"' 
 month ; but the President r., ; i!- T ^''^'^ 
 Vice-President, orbS J' '» '^'^ ^^sence, the . 
 three of the Di^ to« Z c^Te M m'' *"^ 
 
 of the Board, of which dTenoticS f' ^^' 
 by the Secretary at le«t T , ''* «'^®'' 
 thereto. ^ "'' ^'^^^ ^^^^ Pi'eyious 
 
 any meeting of "rBoardt^n T "'^ ^''''''' ^' 
 point a ChaLan for r tit ii""' ^T' *° "P" 
 
 competent to tn.ns^t 5^1 ^11 2 f'" '' 
 tion at such meeting. "^^^^ '^'^<'«^ 
 
 7 — Two Auditors shall be annointo^ u 
 >ng year, and in the eyent of a "' 
 
 
 ^«g, 
 
15 
 
 tlieBoavd of Directors bIuiU appoint Bomc other 
 Stockholder to till it. 
 
 8 -It shall be the duty of the Auditors to ex- 
 uuiine all the hooks and accounts of the Associa- 
 tion and prepare a certified statement of its affairs 
 to he laid before the Stockholders at the General 
 Annual Meeting in February, and such statement 
 shall be sent to the Secretary, for the information 
 of the Directors, at least fourteen days before such 
 General Annual Meeting. 
 
 9 —The books of the Association shall be made 
 up to the thirty-first day of December in eye|y 
 year, and the statement of the Auditors shall be 
 open for inspection by members of the Associa- 
 tion from ten A. M. to three o'clock P. M., tor 
 seven days previous to the General Annual 
 Meeting. 
 
 10.— The Directors shall choose by ballot a 
 ^Preamrer and Secretary, at the first meeting of the 
 Board held after the General Annual Election in 
 February. 
 
 11.— It shall be the duty of the Secretary to issue 
 all notices, record the minutes of proceedings of 
 the Board of Directors, and of meetings of Stock- 
 holders, which minutes shall be signed by the 
 Chairman for the time being. He shall receive all 
 monies for and on behalf of the Association for 
 which his receipt shall bear a sufficient discharge, 
 
 ,, ,11 ^^^^ a„^i. 1^-5 o'vo^io+h*^ Treasurer 
 
 and lie «nall pay uvcr sucn moxiA .. i^ 
 
16 
 
 from day to day, taking the lattcr'n receipt for tlie 
 same. He yball keep books, and a correct cash 
 account of monies so received and paid over to l)e 
 produced at all meetings of the Board of Directors 
 and of the Association, and perform all such du- 
 ties as generally appertain to his office. The Di- 
 rectors may assign such salary for the performance 
 of his duties, as they may deem fit. 
 
 12.— The Treasurer shall deposit in one of 
 the Chartered Banks in this City, in the name of 
 the Association, all monies he may receive from 
 day to day from the Secretaiy. He shall pay all 
 accounts.for and on behalf of the Association by 
 check, signed by himself and countersigned by 
 the President. No money shall be withdrawn 
 from the Bank in any other way— neither shall 
 any check be so countersigned unless accompanied 
 by a voucher, signed by the Secretary, and such 
 voucher shall also be countersigned by the Presi- 
 dent or Vice-President. Provided always that the 
 Treasurer may at all times retain in his hands a 
 sum not exceeding ten pounds. 
 
 13.___No payment of money shall be made out 
 of the funds of the Association exceeding in 
 amount the sum of twenty-five pounds, unless 
 previously sanctioned at a meeting of the Board 
 of Directors. 
 
 14._-The Proprietors shall pay the Instalments 
 on the amount of their respective shares at such 
 times and in such manner ^i 
 
 tiie Directors shall 
 
IT 
 
 or tlie 
 : eanli 
 ' to be 
 'cctori^ 
 li (Ill- 
 lie Di- 
 inauce 
 
 )ne of 
 ime of 
 from 
 pay all 
 on by 
 Led by 
 drawn 
 ? shall 
 panied 
 d sucli 
 Presi- 
 iiat the 
 inds a 
 
 de out 
 
 ing in 
 
 unless 
 
 Board 
 
 lalmenis 
 bt such 
 
 'S 
 
 Blmll 
 
 from tinie to time appoint, and the non-payment of 
 tlie same within ten days after they have become 
 due shall subject the Stockholder liable therefor, 
 to a fine of one shilling for each share, and, if un- 
 paid for a period of three months after falling due, 
 such share shall be declared forfeited, and all pre- 
 vious instalments shall become the property of 
 the Association. A Proprietor in arrear shall also 
 be disqualified from voting until all Instalments 
 and fines due by him are paid up. 
 
 15. — Any Stockholder, who shall make an im- 
 mediate deposit of money, of not less than ten 
 pounds, shall be allowed interest at the rate of six 
 per cent per annum upon the amount remaining at 
 his credit, until the whole amount of such deposit 
 shall have been taken up in the payment of the 
 periodical calls of Instalments on the Shares sub- 
 scribed for by him. 
 
 16. — For every transfer of Stock, a fee of two 
 shillings and six pence shall be paid at the time of 
 such transfer to the funds of the Association. The 
 transfer Book shall be closed for one month pre- 
 vious to the General Annual Meeting in Febru- 
 ary. 
 
 17. — Any person, other than a Freemason, ac- 
 quiring Stock by death or otherwise, shall as the 
 holder thereof for the time being, be entitled to 
 participate in the profits and advantages accruing 
 to the Association ; but he shall not be allowed to 
 be present at its meetings, or have a vote thereat, 
 reference beins: had to clanse No. 2. 
 
18 
 
 18.— Every Company of Individuals, l»cini< 
 FrfteniaKon^, or Masonic Lodges holdiiiii; Htoek, 
 Bluill 1)0 ropveBcnted by a Tnistee, who hVuiH be re- 
 jrnlarly accredited by a written instrument to bo 
 submitted to the Board of Directors, and he shall 
 as such Trustee, be entitled to vote on behalf of 
 the Company or Lodge he may represent, at all 
 meetings of the Association, in proportion to 
 the number of Shares subscribed for by the said 
 Company or Lodge, but no such Trustee shall at 
 the same time be a Director. 
 
 19.— A copy of the Act of Incoi-poration and 
 the By-laws shall be fairly transcribed by the Se- 
 cretary, and the latter shall be signed by every 
 Stockholder in a Book to be kept for that pui-pose. 
 If printed, a copy shall be supplied to any Propri- 
 etor wishing for the same on payment of one shil- 
 ling and three pence to the funds of the Asso- 
 ciation.