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ROSE. 1855. i ' AN ACT INCORPORATE THE GRAND DIVISION AND SUBORDINATE DIVISIONS OP THE ORDER OF THE SONS OP TEMPERANCE, IK C A N A D A W E S T. WHEREAS certain persons have associated themselves in this Province under the names of the " Grand Division and Subordinate Divisions of the Sons of Tem- perance in Upper Canada ;" And whereas in addit ion to the moral objects which that Association has in view, they are associated for the purpose of establishing a Fund for the Mutual Assistance and Benefit of the Members thereof, and of their Families, in case of sickness, disa- bility, or death ; And whereas, for the purpose of manag- ing the pecuniary aflliirs of the said Association, it is de- sirable that the said Order of Sons of Temperance should be protected by an Act of Incorporation : 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 Ireland, and inti- tuled, " An Act to re-unite the Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada, and fi)r the government of Canada," and it is hereby enactetl by the authority of the same. That the Honorable Malcolm Cameron, William Stewart Burn- inun, John M. Ross, William Rowland, Gavin Paissell, Robert Bell. Aaron Pardee, William Harrison Ellerbeck, \ 7 stagey, nZ^^I T^:^'"""""'"' "'" ^'i-- cessors, and such and so ma, I'"' '""' "'^''- ^"- as have become or sh-,11 l» '"'""" ""i l«"es be and are hclby ct'i .TT^"" '"'*" *"'--' ^"«" oftheSo„sofTe,„„ernn.! rn ^"""™ "^ Hie Order name shall and ,, ":!,?'"" '''''^•^'•"=''"> ''^"'^^' pleaded, ansvver and he T ,'"'' '™1'''^"'' "'"' ^^ ""- Work,„ity V, soe,:'T„Tst Z" '" ^" ^°"«-^ succession and a Comm , Seal wh , ™ ""'"'-™i'"=d changed or varied at their pSuTe ""' '5' """' ""^ ^o^r^>^:::^^^\f^ni,. h,.a,ifor t.,e or real and Veno^^Z^ r:::r' '"'"-'■oflicc-s the,r respeoIivrd,tts a :r:r r''"^|■"*"''='''- "' execution all such ^^'Z fT' i'" '""' '"" '" necessary for the nurLr ,r , '' '" "'">' "■■ '> 'l""k the laws'of .,,is ^.oXr ""'' ""' """'"'''''"' -"" of Jh"; o.:;^r':;'.r:st:':f'r ^" '"^°'-'"'"^"^ ^'-•-■" or which may hereafte ,n ^""l'^'''""™ """' ,nst,t„tcd, ayn.reaftei be,.„,„c ,„stit„i.,l with,,, tJppc^ \ V 5 Canada, may, in the manner hereinafter specified, be and become a Body Politic and Corporate by the name, num- ber and place of location by which it is or may be desig- nated in the said Oraer, and that each Subordinate Divi- sion, upon so becoming incorporated, shall have all the powers and privileges conferred npon the Grand Division of the Sons of Temperance by the first section of this Act, for the sole purpose of managing their Heal and Per- sonal Estate : Provided that the Pteal Estate to be held by such Subordinate Division shall in no case exceed the value of Five Thousand Pounds. V. And be it enacted, That each Subordinate Division which may be desirous of becoming incorporated, shall and may, by a vote of two-thirds of its members present at any regular meeting (of the intention to propose v/hich vote two weeks' notice at least shall be given in regular meeting of such Subcrdinatc Division by some member thereof, in writing) decide to become so incorporated ; and that upon a copy of Ihe vote of such decision, speci- fying the name, number and place of location of such Di- vision, and the names of not less than ten of the members of such Subordinate Division, under the Seal of the said Subordinate Division, and its Recording Scribe and Pre- sidinji' Oilicer, toccther with a Certificate of the Grand Division, under its Coiporate Seal, and the Signature of its Presiding Oflicer and Scribe, that such Subordinate Division is in full standing in the Order, — being filed in the Office of the Register of the County in which such Division is situated — the members of such Subordinate Division, whoso names may be included in such vote as aforesaid;, and their associates and successors, members of such Subordinate Division, shall be and become from the time of filing such Ccitifioate as aforesaid, with such Pwogister, a Body Politic and Corporate as aforesaid, by the style or name, number and ])lace of location of such Sxi- bordinate Division. VI. And be it enacted, That it shall and may be law- ful for the Treasurer of each Subordinate Division so in- cor})orated, and he is hereby empowered, from time to ii 6 sums of money as .h^ll fr.^r " "" '""'' *"" ««<» >.ot required iL 1; immeS-. ;"' ""' "= ^''"^"«' '"'^ OKlinate Wvi J^,;" « ^ tote"''"*"" °' ""'^ «'"'- Public or other Stock or F „ , " ™ mortgage, or i„ -such Subordina CD I :;::'■; ""^°"'" '™""- time to time, w,,h the fe ersenf ? u"'' ""'' '""^ transfersucl, Securities Re.^r?. V ""'"■' ^'="' ™'' and otherwise to r ' '.fest fr f "' ""'' '-P-t,vely, that the Certificate, B 11 of sL T","'"'" ^''"" ' »'"' ment of Transfer, Sale or r,,' "* » "'l^r Inst.-u- Fund or Securi ^ ,hnii T °''f "8°- °f ^"cl. Kstate, or Subordinate dS"? "" ', T""' "'" -'-' "f^-' Presiding OiScer rf 'h Sob °" r ^^ "'^ '■''^«*'"-" ""^ all such °Invest„<^f, til f;T*' '"^'^■°"' -«> that and Sales and wt "m dc t' tt c'"""^^ '"'^-'' "vi^tdr'r"' «"^"«'-;eX':.o'"''°'"'' ^™« ^«i^o;sr^b::;:ri?:;:::rti:'™'-'^''--- to receive from the Treasi,-' h ' T '" ""^^Porated, 1» their Corporate N„mo ' ^ ' '^'°"' *'"'' '" •»"«. with one or more Sn^ly or Sut""' ^1""'^ ^^ """< Subordinate Division v„L, "' '"' """'^Ise, as such ful l>er/or„,ance frLd.lt"" ^'f"'' '"' ">« fi"*"'- and truly accoun for a J "v a ',""'''"''""''' ^™" time, all such Sums of Mouev'^ F T""' ''°"' ""'' «° as may come to hi. u , ^' ^""'^'' °' °'1'« Propertv to f^^i^^:^:'c£^'::i^r:) "-'"-^'^ Subordinate Division '°"' ^' ^^"^^ted by tlie said ot^";^-:*i:-::i^-^--^anys„b.- to assign or transfer ,0 any peto' ,1 ""^ .""^ P°^^« any interest which he mav I. "y""' whomsoever, P-pertyofs„ch Su borate D,V "? '" "'^ ^"«* or ^' all t,mes be and 'ml° ^ 7™', '"' ''^^ ^''*- ^'-11 Subordh,a.e »„,,„„ /ami ha t P ™"'"' "' "'^'' that no rrojieity or Stock of any kind belonging to such Incorporated Subordinate Di vision shall be subject to the payment of the private debts of any of its Members, nor to be liable to be taken in execution l)y any judgment creditor against any indi- vidual Members of such Subordinate Division. IX. And be it enacted. That the property of each of the Subordinate Divisions, when incorporated, shall alone be held responsible for the Debts and Engagements of the Subordinate Division owing such property. X. And be it enacted, That upon the dissolution of any Subordinate Division so incorporated, the property held by it at the time of such dissolution, after the payment of the debts and engagements of such Subordinate Division, shall be disposed of, sold, or conveyed in such manner as the Members, present at any Regular Meeting when such dissolution shall have been determhied upon, by a two- third vote, may direct ; and in case no disposition of the funds and property of such Subordinate Division shall be made, then all such funds and property such Subordinate Division may be possessed of at the time of such dissolu- tion, shall be ipso facto vested in the Grand Division afore- said, to be by such Grand Division applied, first to the debts or liabilities of such dissolved Subordinate Division, and the balance, if any, in such manner as the said Grand Division may deem best lor the general interests of the Order in Upper Canada. XI. And be it enacted, That if at any time hereafter, any one or more of the Subordinate Divisions shall become so far involved as to be unable to meet its engagements, then and in such case it shall and may be lawful for the said Grand Division to enter into and upon, and take pos- session of the said property, both real and personal, of which the said Subordinate Division, so becoming bank- rupt, shall be possessed, and the same nnd all debts owing to the said Subordinate Division, and all li^ns and securi- ties therefor, and all the said rights of action of the said Corporation lor any goods or estate, real or personal, shall thenceforth and tliereafter be and become vested in the \ / I u I Members, Trustees or n«^ -f manngi,,. the real nndZ^JT"'''^ '"' ""^ ''"'■l"^^ 'ho .aid Grand myiLttTtlT """^^ """ *'^'^ "f estate, and efltols of ll,e l 'jj s^ '"T""''™' "'' "'» '"i'l said Grand Division, J arths" ,""'"' '''"■^'°"' "- tend, shall bo a„nte 'i>eneeibrlh.snl«.i,ne Ue „?'"°^''' ""^ ^''•■'" «'"' "'"y tees or Officers as lb el T'.r' """>« "^ «'-=l' Trns- '•-ir successors, ,n r/lTc: .s ^ "i:;- "^^"f »"<' or own names or name brino- ^„,i ," ^ "«' ""'' '" "'ei' -.action, sui,s or sn,t a °tl ^ , rrT f" ""=" »''«°'« •»'glu oiberwiso bave donew,; .'''"•""' »'™i»" "'"! such discharges as nii2 I ^'"'^ '""'' ''''''="««« said ««bordina.e D,Wsio t, i " '"'"" *^'^«" ''^ 'he 7'eh property, both rea 1 Id 'rs"o:^'l "" ,T' '^"'"'''^ ="' dinate Divisien was nos.e..ed ' "'" ^'""^ ^''^°'- time of such bankr, ,ry td „ " ""' "'""'='' '°' '^' "'« "■ay be necessary for t fe 1 " ? *"" "" ""'' ^'^«'^ '- XII. And be Uenacedb,t ■'"""" of thesan.e. hereby n.corporated slnl w '""' '■''""'' ^»'»'»" three Branch -s of t e Lei'ish " '"'"'""• '" *■■'"-' "^ "- i"g the amonnt of .1^0 RSt"tl '"■"""' '^ "■='"'" ■'"-- -id Grand D,v.s,o„, fn T'b"; "e ' ^ 7'-'^ ''f ''y 'he Bivis,ons incorporated under the L '""" ''""'« 'ogether with lists of the ^^ e of the Vr'"'" "'''"' ^•='' ■■"'d Members of such Grand 7, """agers, Officers DK-is,ons respect„-ely. '"""■ =""' S"hordn,ate aIU. And be it ennrfprl tj, * ^i • '" '^rce fbr the l-ioT^'tn'' :;, l^/'.f'f -""- passing thereof. ^ ^'''"^ ^'^^ ^^^le of the i.^ '"' '" ' ^"^^^^^^^ That this Act shall be a Pub- ^ I \/ •■*■■ AN AC T TO fNCORPOKATR THE GRAND DIVISION AND SUBORDINATE DIVISIONS or THE ORDER OF THE 80?^: OF TEMPERANCE, IN C A N A I) A E A JJ T. WHEREAS the " Order of the Sons of Tempeniuce of Canada East" merit and need Corjiorate Powers : Ee it therefore enacted by the Qncen's Most Excellent Ma jesty, by and with the advice and consent oi' the Le- gislative Council and of the Lcg'islative Assembly of Ihc Province of Canada, constituted and assembled by virliK. of and under the authority of an Act passed in the I'arlia- meut of the Uiiicd Kingdom of (.-retit Britain and Ire- land, and intituled, " All Act to re-iMiitc the Pi-ovinces of Upper and Lower Canada, and ibr llic (nncvnnii nt of Canada," and it is hereby enacted Ijy the aiiliieiity ol the same, as follows : IL Archibald McEachern, George Ivlatiiison, Joseph Benjamin Cliff, Charles Pool AVatson, John S. Llail, Jo.se[)li Dutton, Henry S. Lighthall, l'o])ert Knee.sliaw, John Cunningham Eecket, Francis Sheriii', Andrew Smith, Henry Kose, George ]\L Rose, William Scott, William Easton, William Hodgson, John IBroilie, William IT. Ckire, George W, Cameron, Thomas Wanless, Benjamin Cole, Junior, Charles Brodie, and Malcolm idcLeod, all mem- bers of the " Grand Division of the Urd r of the Sons oi' Temperance of Canada East," and their successors in such membership, ai;d such other persons as are or j?hall become members thereof, are hereby constituted, and shall be # JO forthwith a Body Politio -.uA n " The Grand D.visio of t e oT""':' ''^ ""= "^"'^ °' l-.nee of C..J:Z:^,:tat'-C' """ f"^- may sue ,„, ^e s„od, and ^aj e^^i iraT^f " =■"" legal acts in any Court of Lw nr F , "^cessary vi«ce, and .hall live unint mZd .f '" '■ '" ""^ ''™- to the Rules of the said O,' e Idl ■^--^•™\accordi„g HI. Any Subonliuate Di • iio^ l^°T°" ""^^l- may hereafter be a con.tiruen of n ^ '^' °' '"'^""^ OMerin Canada East, ^^ 'LI;;;';'-' 'V'"^^'" Corporate in the manner set ftrth in the fi m, ' ^ "" ""' Act passed uy the Parlian^ent of tl^ft " ''"™ "^ "" sion held in the lourteenth a 1 «f , ""^ "' "■« ^es- jesty's Iioign,ia.i,ntle -'AfAc to" '■ '"'" "' ^^" '"- Division and SuLordin'ite r '''""'° "'" G'"""! the Sons of Ten.n r 'ce ;« ^ !;' °' ""= °"'^'' ^^f SKidGrandDivSro Cnl ''f' '^'•' ^"" ">« . Divisions thereunder so Co, ,o"Tf", n" -"'"^-d'-^e . -cl exe.,se and are' her hT':;;: 'J ;?" -'<• "''V '>old eossary for the management of ,, '!'"'" '^'"'"" "«■ and of their Estate re, I ■■'i'l"-"lwale I,„sines.s, may have and ^.r;. 1 ' -iirrr"' """ "''"'-'• the Act last aforesaid on the G u T, ■ "'" """^''■"''' ''^ inate Divisiot^safbresaidiL,.^; ,'''''"" '■""' ■^'"'"■■d- tothe provis.o„s and 1 uiht ' h "?''-''J™"-v.ev,.r same : And the s-tid -, ,'"'°''^' ""'»'''''' '"■ the 'u uic sdiu lost meiitjoiiec Aff «ii..)i • -^lay be compatiblo with this . , ''^^"' "^ «'^ ^'tras lH^re.y oxtcKled to th s- d (> 'l n'''"^'"' ^"'' ^« L\