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To all to whom these Presents all come, or whom the same maij in any wise concern, Gre :ing : "TTTHEREAS, in and by a certain Act of the Parliament of VV Canada, known as " j he Canada Joint Stock Companies' Act, 1877, " it is amongst o ler things in effect enacted, that the Governor in Council mf^y, by Letters Patent, under the Great Seal, grant ?. Charter to any number of persons, not less than five, who shall petition iherefor, constituting sucli persons and others who may becom^^ Shareholders in the Company thereby created, a Body Corpo.^ate and Politic, for any purposes or objects to which the Legislative Authority of the Parliament of Canada extends, exoept the construction and working of Railways, or the business of Banking, or the issue cf paper money, or Insurance, upon the applicants therefor establishing to the satisfaction of the Secretary of State, or of such other officer as may be charged by the Governor in Council, to report ( CHARTER OF THE thereon, due oomplianoe with th^'^several conditions and terms in and by the said Act set forth , and thereby made conditions precedent to the granting of suca Charter. And Whereas, George Matelean Rose, Publisher ; "William Pemberton Page, Editor of the Canadian Farmer ; Arthur Farley, Merchant ; John N. Lake, Land Agent ; Joseph Alpheus Livingston, Manufacturer and Importer; David Millar, Mer- chant ; Henry O'Hara, Insurance Agent ; Daniel Rose, Pub- lisher ; Joseph B. King, Grand Secretary Independent Order of Oddfellows ; J. Herbert Barilett, Manager of the Toronto Bridge Company ; Joseph Wild, Doctor of Divinity ; J. Watson Hughes, Commission Merchant ; John Potts, Doctor of Divin- ity ; William J. Hunter, Doctor of Divinity ; Arthur Worth, Accountant ; Joseph Lucas, Assistant Inspector Canada Perma- nent Loan and Savings Company ; Charles Mariott, Commercial Traveller ; William Reford, Commission Merchant ; George Patterson, Merchant ; Frederick Weir Harcourt, Solicitor ; John Hurst, Insurance Agent ; Robert Houghan, Gentleman ; Berry Moore, Merchant ; Thomas McCracken, Lumber Merchant ; Henry E. Caston, Barrister ; David S. Keith, Merchant ; Thomas B. Rolph, Barrister,, all of the City of Toronto in the County of York in the Province of Ontario, in our Dominion of *" ' \da ; William Clark, Farmer, and Lawrence C. Lee, .J I'mer, both of the City of Hamilton, in the County of Went- worth, in the said Province ; George Cox, Gentleman, of the City of London, in the County of Middlesex, in the said Province ; George Jackson, Land Owner, of Donsview, in the said County of York ; David D. Hay, Division Court Clerk, of Listowell, in the County of Perth, in the said Province ; Robert Barber, Merchant, of Georgetown, in the County of Halton, in the said Province ; Thomas Webster, Grand Scribe of the Sons of Temperance, of Brantford, in the County of Brant, in the said Province ; George Douglas, Doctor of Divinity, of the City of Montreal, in the District of Montreal, in the Province of Quebec, in our said Dominion ; and Charles Turver, Clergyman, of Davenport, in the said County of York, have petitioned for a Charter under the said Act, constituting them and such others as may become Shareholders in the Company thereby created, a body corporate and politic, under the name of J TEMPERANCE COLONIZATION SOCIETY. O THE TEMPERANCE COLONIZATION SOCIETY, for the purpose hereinafter mentioned, and have established to the satisfaction of the Secretary of State for Canada (no other •officer haying been charged by the Governor in Council to report thereon), due compliance with the several conditions and terms above referred to. And Whereas, among other things it is in the notice of this Application and in the said petition averred, and it has been established, That the amount of t!ie Cppital Stock of the intended Company is Two Million Dollars, divided into Twenty Thousand shares of One Hundred Dollars each. That the aggregate of the Capital Stock taken is one million and fourteen thousand four hundred dollars, and the aggregate paid in thereon is one hundred and two thousand dollars, such aggregate has been paid in to the credit of the said Arthur Farley, John N. Lake and Joseph Alpheus Livingston as Trustees for the said Company, in the office of the Molsons' Bank in the City of Toronto, being a chartered Bank in Canada, and is now standing to such credit. Now Know Ye, that by and with the advice of our Privy Council for Canada, and under the Authority of the hereinbefore in part recited Act, and of any other power and authority what- soever in Us vested in this behalf, We Do by these Our Letters Patent constitute the said George Maclean Kose, William Pemberton Page, Arthur Farley, John N. Lake, Josepli Alpheus Livingston, David Millar, Henry O'Hara, Daniel Rose, Joseph B. King, J. Herbert Bartlett, Joseph Wild, J. Watson Hughes, John Potts, William J. Hunter, Arthur Worth, Joseph Lucas, Charles Mariott, William Reford, George Patterson, Frederick Weir Harcourt, John C. Hurst, Robert Houghton, Barry Moore, Thomas McCracken, Henry E. Caxton, David S. Keith, Thomas B. Rolph, William Clark, Lawrence C. Lee, George Cox, George Jackson, David D. Hay, Robert Barber, John R Barber, Thomas Webster, George Douglas and Charles Turner, and all others who may become shareholders in the said Company, a body corporate and politic, by the name of THE TEMPERANCE COLONIZATION SOCIETY, with all the rights and powers given by the said Act, and for the purposes of 6 CHARTER OF THE (a) Acquiring a tract or tracts t f land in the North-West Ter- ritories of Canada- with a view of ( )louizing and settling the same. (h) With power to contract w'i fi tho purchasers and settlers, of the lands that intoxicating liquors or alcoholic beverages shall not be manufactured or sold in the 8* t tlement. (c) To purchase, take, lease, exchange or otherwise acquire any real and personal property and luiy riglits or privileges necessary or convenient for the Company in iwy part of Canada. ^ (d) To develop the resourcet of th-; lands acquired by building, planting, clearing, cultivating, or otherwise dealing with the same. (e) To aid, encourage and pre mote immigration into the pro- perty of the Company, and to col<'ui;s.) the same and for the purposes aforesaid to lend and grant any rnoiioy. (/) To aid by way of bonus or otherwise in the construction and maintenance of a line or lines of steamboats or barges from and through the lands of the Company to aume point or place on or near and in connection with an ex'stijig or established fine of railway, and to make, provide, and carry on, use and work tramways, tele- graph lines, canals, reservoirs, aqiicnbtcts, roads, streets and other works which may be deemed expedit iit in promoting the objects of the company. (g) To buy, manufacture aiid sell all kinds of goods, chattels and effects required for the con>pany, or by any person who may settle on the property of the coni])any. (h) And for such purposes to have all necessary powers for borrowing and investing moneyn, stalling and disposing of real and personal property, and such olhex powers as are necessary and incident thereto throughout the I>ominion of Canada. The Capital Stock of the said Company sKall be Two Mil- lion Dollars, divided into Twenty Thousand shares of One Hundred dollars each, subject to the increase of such Capital Stock under the provisions of tht stu 1 Act. That the said George Maclean Rose, William Pembertc i Page, Arthur Farley, John N. Lake, and Joseph Alpheus Li' ingston, are to be the first or Provisional Directors of the said Company. » ' Provided always that nothing in these Presents expressed or contained, shall be taken to autrhorize the construction or working of Kailways, the busii: ghh of Banking, or the issue of paper money, or of Insurance hy the said Company. In Testimony Whereof we have caused these our Letters to be made Patent and the Great Seal of Canada to be hereto affixed. . i; I> !.- TEMPERANCE COLONIZATION SOCIETT. T Witness : Oar Right Trwty and Well-beloved CoanciUor, Sir Jol,n Dougl J ;.atherlaid Campbell, (commonly caled the MarqniB of Lorue), Kuight of our Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Chistle. Knight Grand C"*"/ °"' Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint G^rge, Govirnor-General of Canada, and V.ce-Admiral of the same. At our Government House, in the City ^V^^t^;;^' ^^jf J^^^^^^^ teenth day of March, in the year of our Lord One Tho^^^^^^^^ Eighteen Hundred and Eighty Two and m the Forty-htth year of Our Reign. , . By Command. (Signed), J. J. MOUSSEAU, • Secretary of State. ..i i i \ BY-LAWS C^e Ccmperante Colonisation Sotittgi (limited.) (Adopted at Meeting of Shareholders^ 5th July, 1882.) -»♦♦- THE SOCIETY AND ITS OBJECTS. The Society is established for the purpose of advancing the cause of Temperance, by colonizing tracts of land in the Dominion of Canada, where liquor cannot be manufactured, sold or imported, and for other purposes specified in the (charter granted it under the Great Seal of the Dominion of Canada. BOOKS. 1. The Society shall pursuant to " The Canada Joint Stock Companies Act, 1877," keep at their chief place of business, which shall be in the City of Toronto, and Province of Ontario^ a book called '' The Register of Transfers" and a book called " The Reference Book," open during business hours of every day, except Sundays and holidays, to inspection of shareholders and creditors. CAPITAL STOCK. 5. The Capital Stock of the Society shall consist of Twenty Thousand Shares, of One Hundred Dollars each. 3. The Directors shall have power to determine the con- ditions and terms on which the same or any portion thereof, shall be issued and payable, and may, subject to the confirma- tion of the Shareholders, determine the premium to be paid on unissued stock, and all premiums received shall be added to^and. form part of the funds of the Society. 10 BY-LAWS OF THE SHAREHOLDERS. 4. All persons taking shares in the Society shall sign a covenant to observe the Rules of the Society, and all persons ac- cepting transfers of stock, shall thereby become subject to ail the Rules and By-laws of the Society. 5. No shares whereof the whole amount has not been paid in, shall be transferable without the consent of the Directors, nor shall any share be transferable until all previous calls thereon have been fully paid, and no transfer of shares shall be valid unless made in the books of the| Society. ■ 6. Any Shareholder may, subject to the conditions of the preceeding By-law, transfer his share or shares by causing an entry of sr.ch transfer to be made in the books of the Society in such manner as the Directors may appoint, and upon accep- tance thereof, the Transferee shall be entitled to all the privileges of the original Shaieholder. 7. The Society shall have a pr*^fer^ntial lien on the shares of every Shareholder, and also on all the moneys in the possession ' of the Society belonging, or due to a^y Shareholder whether for deposits or otherwise, for any debt due to the Society, and such moneys may be applied to the account of such Shareholder in payment of his debt, in such manner as the Directors deem fit. 8. Calls upon the subscribed stock of the Society shall be made by notices demanding payment of same, sent through the post in registered letters, addressed to the members at their place of abode, as appearing on the books of the Society, and shall be payable by each member within sixty days after the day of putting into the post the notice addressed to him or her. No call shall exceed ten per cent, of the subscribed capital. 9. The Directors shall have power to declare forfeited all shares, and the money paid thereon, upon which any call shall have remained unpaid for four months after the same shall hav^e become due and payable, and such forfeited stoclr shall be the property of the Society, and may be disposed of by the Directors for the benefit of jthe Society. 10. Certificates of stock shall be issued for paid-up shares, or be granted for payments of any call or instalment upon the stock ; such certificates are to be under seal of the Society and signatures of the President, or in his absence the Vice-President, y I TEMPERANCE COLONIZATION SOCIETT. 11 1/ y \ \ or other person duly appointed by the Board of Directors, and of the Manager, or other person appointed by said Board to take his place. GENERAL MEETINGS. 11. An annual general meeting of the shareholders shall be held at the offices of the Society, or such place as the Directors may appoint, on the second Wednesday in March in each year, for the purpose of electing Directors, and for all general purposes relating to the m^nagemert of the Society, and at each of the said annual general meetings shall be submitted a full and clear printed statement of the affairs of the Society for the year end- ing on the thirty-first day of December then last past. Such meeting shall be called by notice of time and place of holding same, printed in two leading newspapers published in the City of Toronto aforesaid, twenty-five days previous thereto. 12. A special meeting ctf the Shareholders, for any special business, may be called by the Directors, upon the Shareholders being notified of such meeting and of such business by circular mailed twenty-five days before the day appointed for same, iii registered letters, addressed to them individually at their place of abode, as appearing on the books of the Society. And any such meeting, and the annual general meeting, may be ad- journed from time to time, and at such adjourned meeting such business may be transacted as might have been transacted at the meeting from which the adjournment took place. And . one- fourth part in value of the shareholders of the Society shall at all times have the right to call a special meeting thereof for the transaction of any business specified in such notice as they may issue to that effect, mailed as above to each Shareholder. 13. At all general or special meetings of the Society, each Shareholder shall be entitled to give one vote for each sharu then held by him ; such votes may be given in person or by pi'oxy — the holder of any such proxy being himself a Share- holder. No Shareholder shall be entitled either in person or by proxy to vote at any meeting unless he shall have paid all calls upon all the shares held by him. The majority of votes shall determine all questions submitted to the meeting for con- sideration, and ill case of an equality of votes, the chairman u BY-LAWS OF THE presiding shall have the casting vote, and at anj such meeting the President, or in his absence the Vice-President, or in their absence, such person as the meeting may appoint, shall be chairman. DIRECTORS. 14. The affairs of the Society shall be under the control and management of a Board of fifteen Directors, seven of whom shall form a quorum of said Board for tlie transaction of business. No person shall be qualified to act im Director unless he is in known sympathy with the temperance movement, and also in favor of the abolition of the lic[uor traffic, owns one hundred shares, absolutely in his own right, and is not in arrear in respect of any call thereon. The Directors shall choose from among themselves a President, a Yice-President, and a Manager. The President, and in his absence, the Vice-President, or in his absence, such person as the Board may appoint, shall be chair- niaa of the Board meetings, and iu case of any equality of votes, the Chairman shall have a casting vote. 15. The election of Directors sliall be by ballot, and shall take place at the annual general meeting, or if not then held^ at any special meeting. '- 16. The Board shall have power tb make any By-laws and Regulations for the guidance of the Society, its officers, agents and shareholders, not inconsistent with the Letters Patent of the Society, or contrary to law. 17. The President and Directors shall be paid for their ser- vices such sums as may be voterl at the annual or any general meeting, and shall be indemnified out of the funds of the Society against all costs, chargei^ and expenses which he or they or any of them may incur in rr about or in relation to the affairs of the Society, unless such costs, charges or expenses be occasioned by his or their or some of their own wilful neglect or default, and the Board may pay the same and all expenses incurred in promoting the formation of the Society. 18. The Directors may, if they think fit, receive from any member willing to advance the same, all or any part of the amounts due on the shares held by such member beyond the sums then actually called for, and upon the moneys so paid in advance, or upon so much thereof as shall fr: m time to time A TEMPERANCE COLONIZATION SOCIETY. 18; exceed the amount of the calls then made upon the shares in respect of which such advance shall he made, the Society may pay interest at such rate, not exceeding eight per cent per an- num, as the memher paying such sum in advance and the Directors shall agree upon. 19. The Directors shall, at a special meeting of the 60 rd oalled for that purpose, or at any other meeting, if all the re- maining Directors he present, have power to fill up any va- cancy that may arise in their own hody, or in any office of the \^ Society, and may, by vote of four-fifths of the Directors present, at a special meeting of the Board called for that purpose, remove any Director from office, and fill up the vacancy so created. 20. The Board may appoint such officers and agents, with such duties and powers as the business of the Society may re- quire, and at such remuneration as the Board may determine. 21. The Board may make and. carry out all arraugements with any chartered Bank doing business in Canada, or any Banking Company in Great Britain or Ireland, for conducting such financial matters as they deem necessary. 22. The Board may make all necessary arrangements to ob- tain such lands as they may deem desirable for the uses of the Society or for investment, and in doing so shall have all the necessary powers to buy and sell lands and determine the times and modes of paying for the same, and may make such purchases when they deem it in the interests of the Society to do so. 23. No contract shall be valid or binding on the Society unless it is made by the Board of Directors, and has the seal of the Society and the signatures of the President and Manager attached thereto. / APPLICATION OP FUNDS. 24. All moneys which belong to the Society shall, after pro- viding for expenses, exl ^ing and accruing liabilities, and the capital account, be appropriated in their discretion by the Directors in paying such dividend as they deem advisable on the stock held by each Shareholder, and the Directors- may in their discretion, out of the profits of the Society, ex- :■» ■ 14 BY-LAWS OF IHE h i ' pend such sums as they think fit in helping settlers and pro- moting the general improvement of the settlement. PRESIDENT. 25. The President shall sign a,nd authenticate by the Seal of the Society all deeds, notes, cheques and bills of exchange, and instruments requiring seal and drafts on the bank, and in case of his absence through illness or unavoidable cause, the Vice- President, or, in case of his absftnce through illness or unavoid- able cause, such person as the Board shall appoint shall fulfill all the said duties of the President. The President to be ex- officio member of all committees, and also have general over- sight of all the affairs of the Socie^^y. ^ MAN^aEK. 26. The Manager, under direction of the Board, shall have the custody and care of the Book?;, Papers, Securities and other oflice property of the Society, and 5 hall (or in his absence, such person as the Board shall appoint ir; all) sign all deeds, notes, cheques, bills of exchange, receipts and instruments under the seal of the Society. He shall deposi t, or cause to be deposited, from time to time, with the Bankers of the Society, all such sums of money as he may have in hand, and shall draw out such moneys bjr cheque countersigned by the President, or in his absence by some one appointed by the Board for this pur- pose. He shall keep a correct record of the meetings of the Board, and shall see that all iiecessary books and records of the Society are regularly and properly kept. He shall call all meetings of the Society and Directors, and prepare all statements and sign all circulars and notices save where other- wise provided ; and, also shall bo ex-offi,cio member of all com- mittees. ' 27. The Manager, or other person appointed to any office in anywise concerning receipt of money, shall give security in such form, and for such amount as *^he Board may determine for faithful performance of his duties. AUDITORS. 28. Two or more Auditors shall be appointed at the first an- nual meeting, and afterwards annually by the Shareholders, to \ *■ < TEMPERANCE COLONIZATION SOCIETY. 15# I examine and audit the books and accountd and all documents haying reference financially or otherwise to the business of the Society, and they shall submit a full and certified statement of the a£fairs of the Society up to the thirty-first day of Decem- ber in each year, as soon after date as same can be prepared, to the Directors, and to the Shareholders at the annual general meeting. The Auditors shall be paid such sum as the Share- holders at the annual general meeting shall determine. 29. Any Officer shall be removed from his office only at a meeting of Directors specially called for that purpose, but may be at any time suspended from office by the Board until such meeting. 30. The Board shall from time to time inspect the books, ac- counts, properties, and securities of the Society, and may ap- point one or more competent persons to transact such or any other special business for the Society, and grant such person or persons such remuneration as they think reasonable. CONSTRUCTION OF BY-LAWS. 31. In case of any dispute as to the practical application of these by-laws, the construction put upon them by the Board shall be final and conclusive. V- AMENDMENTS. 32. No part of these By-Laws shall be repealed or altered, unless a proposition to that effect in writing be sent to the Secretary at least thirty days previous to the calling of a meeting to take action thereon, when, if two-thirds of the members present vote in favor of the same, it shall be adopted ; provided, however, it shall be in the power of a general meeting of the Society or of the Board of Directors to suspend any article of these By-Laws by a two-thirds vote of the members present, excepting this article ; but such suspensions shall in. no case go beyond the meeting in which it is suspended. ■ 16 ! ' ORDER OF BUSINESS The followiug shall be the order of business in the Board meetings : — 1. Reading minutes of preceding meeting. 2. Receiving and acting on reports of Manager and Special Committees. ^ ." 3. Receiving and acting on reports of Standing Committees. 4. Receiving applications for transfers. 5. New business. , 6. Notices of motions. I o \ r •' EXTRACTS FROM \ <( The Canada Joint Stock Companies Act, 1877." 30* The Company shall cause a book or books to be kept by the Secretary or by some other officer especially charged with that duty wherein shall be kept recorded : I. A copy of the Letters Patent incorporating the Company, and of any supplementary Letters Patent and of all By-Laws thereof ; II. The names, alphabetically arranged, of all persons who are or have been Shareholders ; III. The address and calling of every such person while such Shareholders ; IV. The number of Shares of Stock held by each Shareholder ; V. The amount paid in and remaining unpaid respectively on the Stock of each Shareholder ; VI. The names, addresses, and calling of all persons who are or have been Directors of the Company, with the several dates at which each became or ceased to be such Director ; VII. A book called the Eegister of Transfers shall be pro- vided and in such book shall be entered the particulars of every transfer of shares in the Capital of the Company. 31, Such books shall, during reasonable business hours of every day, except Sundays and Holidays, be kept open for the inspection of Shareholders and Creditors of the Company and their personal representatives, at the office or chief place of business of the Company, ami every such Shareholder, Credi- tor, or Representative may make extracts therefrom. 18 TEMPERANCE COLONIZATION SOCIETY. 38. Every Company neglecting to keep such book or books as aforesaid shall forfeit its corporate rights. 40. Every Director, Officer, or Servant of the Company who knowingly makes or assists to make any untrue entry in any such book, or who refuses or wilfully neglects to make any proper entry therein, or to exhibit the same or to allow the same to be inspected, and extracts to be taken therefrom, is guilty of a misdemeanour. 43, No transfer of shares whereof the whole amount has not been paid in shall be made without the consent of the Direc- tors, and whenever any transfer of shares not fully paid in, has been made with such consent to a person having apparently insufficient means to fully pay up such shares, the Directors jointly and severally shall be liable to the creditors of the Com- pany, in the same manner and to tlie same extent as the trans- ferring shareholder, but for such transfer, would have been ; but if any Director present when any such transfer is allowed, do forthwith, or if any Director then absent, do within twenty tour hours after he shall have become aware thereof and able so to do, enter on the minute-book of the Board of Directors his pr >test against the same, and within eight days thereafter publish such protest in at least one newspaper published at, or as near as may be possible to the office or chief place of busi- ness of the Company, such Director may thereby and not otherwise exonerate himself from such liability. 09, The Directors of the Company shall be jointly and severally liable to the clerks, labourers, servants and appren- tices thereof for all debts not exceeding six months wages due for service performed for the Company while they are such Directors respectively ; but no Lirector shall be liable to an action therefor, unless the Company has been sued therefor within one year from the time when he ceased to be such Direc- tor, nor yet before an execution against the Company has been returned, unsatisfied in whole or in part ; and the amount due on such execution shall be the amount recoverable with costs^ against the Directors. I I s EXTRACTS. 19 78. The Company shall paint or affix, and shall keep painted or affixed its name, with the word ** Limited" after the name on the outside of every office or place in which the business of the Company is carried on in a conspicuous position in letters easily legible, and shall have its name with the said word after it en- graven in legible characters on its seal, and shall have its name with the said word after it mentioned in legible characters in all notices, advertisements and other official publications of the Company, and in all bills of exchange, promissory notes, en- dorsements, cheques and orders for money or goods purporting to be signed by or on behalf of such Company, and in all bills of parcels, invoices and receipts of the Company. 19. If the Compan^ does not paint or affix and keep painted or affixed its name with the word " Limited" after it in manner directed by this Act, it shall be liable to a penalty of twenty dollars, for not so painting or affixing its name, and to a pen- alty of twenty dollars per day, for every day during which such name is not so kept painted or affixed, and every Director and Manager of the Company who shall knowingly and wilfully au- thorize or permit such default shall be liable to the like penalties, and if any Director, Manager or Officer of such Company, or any person on its behalf uses or authorizes the use of any seal purporting to be a seal of the Company, whereon its name with the word ** Limited " after it, is not so engraven as aforesaid, or issues or authorizes the issue of any notice, advertisement or other official publication of such Company, or signs or au- thorizes to be signed on behalf of such Company, any bill of exchange, promisory note, endorsement, cheque, order for money or goods, or issues, or authorizes to be issued any bills of par- cels, invoices or receipt of the Company, wherein its name with the said word after it is not mentioned in manner aforesaid, he shall be liable to a penalty of Two Hundred Dollars, and shall further be personally liable to the holder of any such bill of exchange, promissory note, cheque or order for money or goods, for the amount thereof, unless the same is duly paid by the Company. 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