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 CONSTITUTION 
 
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 ACT OF INCORPORATION, 
 
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 ST. ANDREW'S SOCIETY. 
 
 ADOPTED FEBRUARY m, 1S65. 
 
 MONTREAL: 
 
 PRINTED BY J. C. BECKBT, 38 OBBAT ST. JAMBS STRKRT. 
 
 1865. 
 
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(JONSTITUTION 
 
 AS PASSEU 
 
 FEBRUARY 6, 1865. 
 
 ARTICLE I. 
 Of the Name and Seal of the Society. 
 The name of thia Society shall be " Thk St. Ax- 
 
 DBEW'S SOCIKTY OF TBK CiTV OF MONTREAL," and Shall 
 
 have a common Seal, with itg name engraved thereon, 
 around the Arms of Scotland, and the National Motto 
 ,^,Nemo me impunelacesut." 
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 ARTICLE II. 
 
 Of Resident Members. 
 
 Xoue but Scotchmen and their descendants shall be 
 admitted as Resident members of the Society, and all 
 such can become Members by subscribing to the Con- 
 stitution, registering his place of nativity, occupat on, 
 and address, and paying an annual subscription of two 
 dollars. 
 
 ARTICLE in. 
 Of Honorary Members. 
 Natives of Scotland, or their descendants, who may 
 be strangers to the city, may be proposed and admit- 
 ted as Honorary Members, on the same evening- 
 and they, as well as the Resident Members, shall bo 
 entitled to a certificate of their admission, authenticat- 
 ed withjhe Seal of the Society, and signed by the Se- 
 
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cretaiy. None shall be admitted as Honorary Mem- 
 bers who reside ia tb€ County of Montreal. 
 
 ARTICLE IV. 
 Of the Officers of the Sociclij. 
 A President, two Vice-Presidents, seven Managers, 
 two Chaplains, one or more Physicians, a Treasurer, 
 a Secretary and an Assistant Secretary, shall bo chos- 
 en from among the Resident Members at the Prepara- 
 tory Meeting hereafter mentioned, who shall be in- 
 stalled, and shall enter upon the duties <»l' their res- 
 pective ( ffices, on the Festival of St. Andrew next en- ' 
 suing. The election shall be by ballot ; and a plurality 
 of votes shall decide. The President shall be first 
 chosen and duly announced to the Meeting, and after- 
 wards the rest of the Officers shall be by nomination 
 or ballot, for their respective Offices separafcly. The 
 Officers of the same description shall rank according 
 to plurality of votes. 
 
 ARTICLE V. 
 
 0/ the Staled Meetings of the Society. 
 
 The Society shall hold four Quarterly Meetings 
 every year, viz. : on the first Thursday in February, 
 in May, August and November, the last of which shall 
 be called "the Meeting preparatory to the Anniver- 
 saj Assembly." The President, or in his absence the 
 Officer highest in rank who may be present, shall ap- 
 point the place of meeting, and the Secretary shall at 
 his desire, give due notice thereof to the Resident 
 members, and thirteen shall be necessary to constitute 
 a quorum. At all meetings the names of the mem- 
 bers present sh all hA yf^nr^yAt.A ,,^ *. ^u 
 
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 norarj Mem- 
 
 n Mauagcrs, 
 a Treasurer, 
 ball be cbos- 
 the Prepara- 
 shall be in- 
 "1" their res- 
 ew next en- ' 
 laplurality 
 ball be first 
 , and after- 
 nomination 
 atclj'. The 
 c accordinff 
 
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 Y Meetings 
 February, 
 vhich shall 
 3 Anniver- 
 ibsence the 
 t, shall ap- 
 'y shall, at 
 ! Resident 
 constitute 
 the mera- 
 ram. 
 
 ARTICLE v:. 
 Of the Special Meetings of the Society. 
 The President, or in his absence, tbo ( 'fficer highest in 
 rank who may bo in the city, shall, when an emergency 
 ccurs which in his opinion may render it expedient, or 
 upon application made for that purpose by the Board of 
 Managers, or by the Standing Committee hereafter 
 mentioned, call a Special Meeting of the Society. The 
 Secretary shall give due notice to the Resident Members, 
 tweuty-one of whom shall be required toconstitut.; a' 
 » quorum. Special Meetings shall be competent to the 
 transaction of any busiuess that may come before them 
 except when it is otherwis'^ prescribed in this Constitii ' 
 tion. 
 
 ARTICLE VIL 
 Of the Anniversary Assembly. 
 
 As the benevolent yiews of the Society will bo greatly 
 promoted by social intercourse among the Members, the 
 Society shall hold an Anniversary Assembly, and such 
 Members, as may be thereunto disposed, shall celebrate 
 the day by dining together or in any other way which 
 the majority of those present at the preparatory meetin<- 
 may deem advisable ; and the members shall on that 
 day appear with a St. Andrew's Cross, or a Thistle dis- 
 played on the left breaat. When St. Andrew's Day hap. 
 peas on Sunday, the first day of December shall be ob . 
 served as the Festival. 
 
 ARTICLE VIII. 
 Of the duty of the President. 
 
 The President shnll. tchcn 1,0 ;a«^«-«^t n — •• 
 
 meetings of the Society, preserve order, put the question 
 
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 and declare the decision. He shall call a Special Meet- 
 iog of the Society when ho shall judge it proper, or 
 when applied to for that purpose by the Board of 
 Managers, or the Standing Committee hereafter men- 
 tinned, and he shall appoint the place ofall meetings. 
 
 ARTICLE IX. 
 
 0/tfic Duty of the Vice-Presidents. 
 
 The duties specified in the foregoing Article shall, in 
 the absence of the President, devolve on the first Vice- 
 President, and in tl.o absence of both, on the second 
 Vice-President. 
 
 ARTICLE X. 
 
 Of the Duty of the Managers. 
 
 The Managers shall constitute a Board for dispensing 
 the Society's bounty, agreeably to the regulations and 
 restrictions prescribed in this Constitution, or by the 
 Laws and Resolves of the Society ; and for this purpose 
 they shall meet at least once a month, and three shall bo 
 neccFsary to form a quorum. 
 
 ARTICLE XL 
 
 Of the duty of the Chaplains. 
 
 It shall be the duty of the Chaplains to perform the 
 religious duties customary at the meetings of the 
 Society ; by their council and advice to promote har- 
 mony and good will among the Members, and to visit 
 iuch sick and distressed persons as may be recom- 
 mended to their attention by the Board of Managers, 
 
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 Special Meet- 
 t proper, or 
 he Board of 
 creafter men- 
 all nieeting^s. 
 
 tts. 
 
 :icle shall, in 
 he first Vice- 
 n the second 
 
 r dispensing 
 Illations and 
 a, or by the 
 his purpose 
 tireo shall bo 
 
 perform the 
 Dgs of the 
 •omote har- 
 ind to visit 
 be recom- 
 Managers, 
 
 ARTICLE XII. 
 Of the duly of the Physicians. 
 
 It shall bo the duty of the Physicians to give their ad- 
 vice and assistance to such sick or inaimcd persons as 
 may bo recommended to their care by the Board of 
 Managers. 
 
 ARTICLE XIIL 
 
 Of the duty of the Treasurer. 
 The Treasurer shall have the custody of the moiu-y 
 and other property of the Society. He shall appoint a 
 suitable person to collect the dues under his direction, 
 and shall keep regular accounts, etc. of his receipts 
 and expenditures, in suitable books provided for that 
 purpose. He shall at each Quarterly xAIceting present 
 an abstract of his accounts, stating the sum received 
 and expended since the previous meeting, and like- 
 wise the whole amount received and expended since 
 the previous Anniversary Festival, and specifying the 
 cash in hand, and what may be required be ,.3 the 
 next meeting, that the Society may, if thvj think 
 proper, take order for the disposition thereof. 
 
 ARTICLE XIV. 
 
 Of the duty of the Secretary 
 
 The Secretary shall have the custody of all the records 
 
 and journals of the Society, and shall make a regular 
 
 entry of all the proceedings at each meeting. He shall 
 
 keep a correct list of the Members of the Society. 
 
 H( shall summon the Resident Members to all 
 
 IB ,3„ «xrci;icu iu luio uonsiiiutiou, or called by 
 
 the presiding Officer. He shall, on the order of the So- 
 
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 cieiy, erase from the list of Memberd the names of all 
 Buch persons as by the terms of this Constitution shall 
 have forfeited their title to Membership, making report 
 thereof at the next meeting. Ho shall appoint a Mes- 
 senger to the Society for delivering notifications of the 
 time and place of meetings. He shall also havo 
 tue custody of the Seal and the Badge of the Society 
 iMhc absence of the Secretary, the duties above speci* 
 ned shall devolve on the Assistant Secretary. 
 
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 ARTICLE XV. 
 
 Of the Death, Resignation or Removal of Offuen. 
 
 In case of the death, resignation or removal of any of 
 the Officers during the year for which they were elected, 
 ho Society shall at the next meeting, choose others in 
 their room, to servo for the remaining part of the year. 
 
 ARTICLE XVL 
 
 Of the Standing Commit t fie. 
 
 The Chaplains, the Physicians, the Treasurer and the 
 Secretary, together with four other Resident Members of 
 the Society, not being Officers, who shall be appointed in 
 the same manner as the Committee of Accounts here- 
 aftermentioned, shall constitute a Standing Committee 
 whose duty, jointly or severally, it shall be to pay atten ' 
 ion to Emigrants from Scotland, to enquire into their 
 reatment during the passage, making report thereof to 
 the Society, and into their circumstances and views, to 
 
 assist tnOTVi xnUV, *U^i J_« . . ' 
 
 ^"" "^^^'^^ «uvice, ana to recommend such of 
 
Q names of all 
 Btitution shall 
 unking report 
 )point a Mes- 
 cations of the 
 II also havo 
 
 tho Society. 
 
 above apeci- 
 irv. 
 
 f OJicers. 
 
 ral of any of 
 
 vere elected, 
 
 330 others in 
 
 of the year. 
 
 irer and the 
 Members of 
 ippointed in 
 :ounts here- 
 Committee, 
 3 pay atten- 
 B into their 
 t thereof to 
 d viewa, to 
 end such of 
 
 them as they may think proper to the Board of ManaKerg 
 for pecuniary relief. They shall likewise execute such 
 business ns may from time to time be committed to them 
 by any law or resolve of the Society. They shall meet 
 M often as tho nature of their duties may require ; and 
 shall make report of their proceedings to the Society. 
 ARTICLE XVII. 
 
 0/ihe Committee of .Accounts and the Committee of 
 
 Instalment. 
 
 A Committee of Accounts, consisting of live Jlem- 
 ber, not be.ng Officers, shall be appointed annually at 
 tho Preparatory Meeting, whoso duty it shall be to assist 
 m making out tho accounts, ejamino the books and ac- 
 counts of the Treasurerand Secretary, and to make re- 
 port to the Society on St. Andrew's Day ensuing. At the 
 same mecfng a Committee of two Members shall be ap- 
 pointed, who shall on the Anniversary Festival, present 
 
 TwT *"•' ""'"" ''""''^ '"' «•■« ""'--S roar. 
 These Committees, and all Special Committees shall be 
 
 :r:?;re^c-r'''''"^°'="''-^''^^<''-"^ 
 
 ARTICLE XVIII. 
 
 Of the Fmutt of the Society. 
 
 The funds of the Society shall be improved to tho 
 best advantage ; therefore, if at any time there shal be 
 more money in the hands of the Treasurer than the 
 « gene.es of the poor require, the same shall be loaned 
 out at interest, or otherwise disnosed of .,„.„!,..,.,.. 
 mined on by the Board of Managers with the "concur- 
 
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 reuce of the President and Vice-Presidents. It shall not 
 be competent for any meeting to direct the disposition or 
 appropriation of any part of the Society's Stock pre- 
 viously loaned out or vested in public securities, or in 
 real property, unless the President or one of the Vice- 
 Presidents, and at least fifty of the Resident Members be 
 present. 
 
 ARTICLE XIX. 
 
 Of Life Members. 
 On tho- payment by any Member of a sum not less 
 than five pounds, the same shall be accepted in lien Of 
 the annual Subscription of two dollars per annum. 
 
 ARTICLE XX. 
 
 Of delinquency in paying dues. 
 
 Although the title of membership of the St. Andiew'? 
 Society is simply to subscribe the Constitution and 
 pay the annual Subscription of two dollars, it is 
 nevertheless understood that if auy member, unless 
 he be in indigent circumstances, of which the Society 
 shall judge, shall refuse or neglect to pay his dues 
 for one year after they have accrued, provided he has 
 been called upon by the Secretary or Collector, he shall 
 bo conbidered as having withdrawn himself from the 
 Society, and the Secretary shall erase his name from 
 the list of Members. 
 
 ARTICLE XXI. 
 
 Of Members absent from the City, 
 
 Any Member being absent more than a year at one . 
 time may if he think fit, decline paying his sr.bscrip- 
 tion for the time he has been absent, and on his stat-j 
 
 lag in 
 
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its. It shall noi 
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 cty's Stock pre- 
 securities, or in 
 one of the Vice- 
 ient Members be 
 
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 cepted in lieu Of 
 per annum. 
 
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 leSt. Andiew'5 
 
 institution and 
 
 dollars, it is 
 lember, unless 
 lich the Society 
 
 1 paj liis dues 
 provided he has 
 •Hector, he shall 
 imself from the 
 
 his name from 
 
 Jae in writing to the Treasurer the time of his absence 
 the charge standing against him iTii! r^ ?' 
 
 books shall be annulled ^^" Treasurer'. 
 
 ARTICLE X5II. 
 . Of the order to he observed in Meetings 
 
 ' ARTICLE XXriI. 
 
 Ofthe mode of altering the Constitution 
 The Constitution (excepting article XVIIf aa 
 specially provided) shall not be altered exc.lt/ 
 ispecial meeting called for +h«f ^* ''* * 
 
 President, or one of till yl^ ^^''^^^ ^^^ 
 
 I uc VI me Vice-Presidents and not Tp«a 
 ihan twenty-one resident Members are present ^h! on 
 sent of two-thirds of n-hnm qHoIi k '^^^^^^^' *^e con- 
 
 City. 
 
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 An Act to incorporate the St. Andrew's Society of 
 Montreal. 
 
 I Assented to I6th Augiut, 1858.] 
 XIT^HBREAS Alexander Morris hath, by Pe- P»«»nWe. 
 
 *f tition to the Legislature, represented 
 that the Association known as the St. Andrew's 
 Society of Montreal, has for many years been 
 formed for the benerolent purposes of aflFording 
 pecuniary, medical and other relief, to such na- 
 tives of Scotland and their descendants, as mej 
 from sickness or other caoses have fallen into 
 distress, and of aiding, directing and relieving « 
 the necessities of Scottish emigrants on their ar- 
 rival in Canada, and have, for the said purposes 
 opened and maintained a building in the City of 
 Montreal, known aa thA »r Ar>A^m.u xr^ ^ 
 
 which 18 used for the said pnrpoiej and hatk 
 
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 ZncorpoTA- 
 tion. Cor- 
 porate name 
 and general 
 poweri. 
 
 May hold 
 real estate 
 for certUin 
 purposes ; 
 and other 
 real estate 
 on condition 
 of parting 
 with it in 
 thte« ytajn. 
 
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 prayed that forth© better attainment of the ob-,^e.a 
 jects of the said Association, it may be inreated |aire , 
 with corporate powers ; and by reason of the ^at th 
 good effected by the AsBociatioo, it is expedient ^al esi 
 to grant the prayer of the said petition : There- q^ beqi 
 fore, Her Majesty, by and with the advice and |eath c 
 consent of the Legislative Coancil and Assembly lorpors 
 of Canada, enacts as follows j |ot ma 
 
 1- The said Alexander Morris, and William f*"^^ ^'^ 
 Edmonstone, David Brown, William Murray, f*^°" 
 Bwen McLennan, J. 0. Becket, and George ^*®*^ *° 
 Templeton, and such other persons as are noTvf ^'^ ^' 
 members of tho said Asiociation, or shall hereafter t'"®"^ ' 
 become members thereof, under the provisions olF® P'°< 
 this Act, and the By-laws made under thef ^P°^®' 
 authority thereof, and their successors, shall be r ^^ *^ 
 and they are hereby constituted a body politic £ °^*'* 
 and corporate by the name of the " St. Andrew's f*^'''^*" 
 Society of Montreal," and may by that name sue ^ 
 and be sued, implead and be impleaded, answer ,' a. T 
 and be answered, defend and be defended, in alV|)iratioi 
 Courts of Law and places whatsoever ; and bj,|fauage 
 that name they and their successors shall have fnd se< 
 perpetual snccessiou, and may have a commoE ^ssiatac 
 seal, and may break, change, alter or renew the #ne or n 
 same at pl^isure, and shall have power to purSe a Oh: 
 ©base, take, receive, lease or let, hold and enjo) i-ccouoi 
 such real estate as may be required for the act- ie Aud 
 ual occupation of the said corporation, and tc compose 
 alienate, sell, convey, lease, orotherwiae disposcAt a Gei 
 of^hewme, or any pai:t tbtreof, from time t{|oration, 
 
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 linment of the ob- 4^^ ^j,^ „ ooeaaipnt.^aay cequiw, and to ac 
 t may be invested gaire other instead thereof,- proTided always 
 by rcaDon of the tf^at the said corpmtiou may acquire any other 
 an, It IS expedient ^ipal estate or any interest therein bv gift, devise 
 petition : There- y bequest if made at least six months before the 
 ^h the advice and |eath of the party making the same, and the 
 aciland Assembly Corporation may hold such estate for a period of 
 |ot more than three years, and thQ same, or any 
 rris, and William f*"^' ^^ portion thereof, or interest therein, which 
 William Murray, f^^ ^^^ ^^'^^'^ t^e same period have been alien- 
 et, and George J®*^ *°*^ disposed of, shall revert to the party 
 Bisons as are no^f ""^ ^^""^ *^® s*™® was acquired, his heirs or pjoyigo- « 
 , or shall hereafter T°®'^ Representatives; and provided also that *« 'i^'«'' " 
 r the provisions olf ® P^^eeds of such property aasball have been ^Itf"' 
 made under theF^P^^®^ of during the said period may ba invest- 
 ccessors, shall be IJ ^^ *^« P^^"o securities of the Province, stocks 
 Jd a body politic f ^^a^^tered banks, mortgage, or other approved 
 be " St. Andrew's li*°°"*'es for the use of the said Corporation, 
 by that name sue ,^ 
 
 T^r^V a. The affairs and hnainese of the said Cor- co^^ute.. 
 
 Ln^J 'T.'^i "'''''"^ be managed by a Co^pmittee ofL^Kf!" 
 itsoever ; and bj, Management, consisting of a President, a first 
 essors shall have |nd second Yice-Presidents, a Secretary and 
 have a commor -Assistant Secretary, a Treasurer, two Ohaplaiaa 
 Iter or renew the Jne or more Physicians, five Managers, who shall 
 ve power to pur- »e a Charitable Committee, and a Committee of 
 t, hold and enjojfccouats, composed of five members, who^hall 
 uired for the act. le Auditor., and a Committee of lastalment 
 poration, and tc eomposed of two members, to be elected annually 
 otherwise disposeAt a General Meetin.:. of tfa. Members of Vr Cor! Annual 
 !0f, from time t(foration, held in conforeaitv to the «--''•—*'-«, *^"*"<'»«' 
 
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 <)«orwB. 
 
 D««di of th« 
 
 Corpor»> 
 tioa. 
 
 
 ; 
 
 ProTiio. 
 
 Power to 
 make Byo- 
 
 l*Wf. 
 
 AmeHdment 
 of By-lawB. 
 
 Annual 
 
 Gonoral 
 
 Meetings. 
 
 Preient By- 
 tmmim ' 
 
 14 
 
 of ; and any Are Members of the Oommlttfrj|^g ^f 
 shall be a quorum for the dispatch of busiaees.^ (j^jp, 
 
 3. All deeds sealed with the common sealli^ll be i 
 the Oorporation, and signed by the President iied all 
 Vice-Presidents, and by some other Member li^ftltj c 
 the Oommittee of Management, and counttg^i- _ 
 signed by the Treasurer, and none other, shall ^' " 
 held to be Deeds of the Oorporation ; proridS ^" ' 
 always, that the Treasurer, for the time beiS^^If ° 
 may receire all moneys payable to the Oorpow^ . °2 
 tion, and grant yalid receipts therefor. Jth ^*fi 
 
 4. It shall be lawful for the said Corpora tijinstone 
 to make By-laws, for the admission and expum gaid T 
 ion of members and for the proper admioistrat^ said E 
 of the property and aflTairs of the Oorporatiigaid G 
 and to repeal or amend the same, from timete Rever 
 time and such By-laws and amendments shall||exande] 
 proposed and seconded at a previous Quarte% W. Ca 
 Meeting. No number of Members less than thir|i| presei 
 ■iz Members of the Corporation (including Imi Charit 
 presiding Officer) shall form a meeting for f ^ccoui 
 purpose of altering such By-laws, nor shall a," 
 alteration be made therein, unless two thirds A. No 
 the Members present agree to it. mness ii 
 
 5. The Annual and General Meetings of 1^,^^^^ *^® 
 said Corporation shall be held in such manr ■ 
 
 after such notice, upon such requisition, and*''' "^^^^ 
 Bach times, in the city of Montreal, as shall "®®°®' * 
 directed by the By-laws of the Corporation. 0. All 
 
 6. The By-laws of the said Association, iA'POi^atic 
 far m they may not be repugnant to this Act or W^ u^< 
 
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 of the Oommltt^ji^g ^,f jyg ProTlnce, shall be the Bj-lawi of'r*?»«" 
 •patch of basmess.,^^ Corporation hereby constituted, until thej *''"'*• 
 the common Beal^l be repeahd or altered as aforesaid ; pro- 
 
 by the Presidentlled always, that no By-law sball impose a Provieo. 
 le other Member ii^alty or forfeiture exceeding two dollars, 
 oent, and count* ^l« rr *« *i. «... 
 
 none other, shall F'^?*^^ ^*^"' ^^*" ^ ^^^^^^'^^ according to Pre.ontoffl 
 rporation; proridS ^^'^Zl 'f ^^'. ^^'P^'^**^^"' '^' Present ,«i-^e°d"^u-nti 
 for the time beiS°®I' ""^ *^® Association shall be those of the .to'uT' 
 .ble to the Oorpoff .^°r'*f °' *^* " *" ^^^^ Alexander 
 3 therefor T"^' ^"^*^®^*' *^® s*^^ I>avid Brown shall 
 
 k .J n* 4*^e first Vice-President; the said William Ed- 
 
 he said Oorporatijgnstone shall be the second Vice-President: 
 nission and expuH said William Murray shall be the Treasurer- 
 roper admmistratiii said E wen McLennan shall be the Secretary 
 t)f the Oorporatl|| gald George Templeton, Assistant Secretary 
 
 same, from timehi Reverend William Snodgrass and the Rer 
 mendments shallk|Bxander Ferrie Kemp, shall be the Chaplains * 
 previous Quartefe W. Campbell shall be the Physician ; and 
 »ersless than thirlii present Officers thereof sball be Members of 
 ;ion (including U Charitable Committee, and of the Committee 
 a a meeting for f^coountg respectively, 
 laws, nor shall a,^ 
 
 inless two thirds Jp. No person otherwise competent to be a Witnewe* 
 it. rHness in any suit, action or prosecution in wVrX 
 
 Jral Meeting, offf *^® «*'^ Corporation may be e -ged, PATSJ^ 
 d in such manr^®*^®*™®*^'°°®™P®*«°**o be such witness, 
 requisition, aud*^ 1**'®'' °^^^ ^^'""S or having been a member 
 ontreal, as shall * ^'^^'^ °^ '^« «"^ Corporation. 
 
 le Corporation. 9. All subacriptiona of members due to the a^ore^f 
 id Association, ij|{rpoi-ation under any By-law, ail penalties in- l^^'^L 
 inttothisActori|r«^ wader any By-law by anyperBon bound "' " 
 
 .- Jfe8lL^aiaii.a^a.,: .^.liv:,-,^:,-^;^., ^ 
 

 ProTiao. 
 
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 thdrrtjyf Md.tll otter wrtna^f money doe to tht 
 Oorporatlon, flhall be paid to the TreasareT 
 thereof, ftod in default of payment may be re- 
 covered in:atty action brought by him in the 
 name of the Corporation, in any Court of com- 
 petent ciTil jurisdiction; Prorided always, that 
 nothing herein contained shall be construed t( 
 preyent any member from withdrawing at anj 
 time from the said Corporation, after payment o: 
 aU arrears due to the funds thereof, fnoludiog the 
 apnnal subscription for the year then current 
 and giving notice in writing of such wihtdrawal 
 
 XOo ThesaM Committee of management shall 
 yearly, in the month of December, insert In some 
 newspaper published in the city of Montreal^ a 
 stfttement^of the>mount of the funds and pro- 
 perty, debts and liabilitietof tho Corporation, 
 certified by the Treasurer and two or more of the 
 Attdi4oiar«]ected at any Qeneral Meetfaig of the 
 Corpbratfon; 
 
 11. Nothing in; this Act shall affect any rights 
 of Her Majesty, or Hehrs or Successers, or any pa^j 
 or person whomsoerer, such- rights only excepted 
 ^ : as are herein expressly inentioued and alfect9d 
 
 PabUtt M, ia# f Thi9> Aot^baU.. b^deanid ^^^l^iiUlo^t 
 
 statement 
 
 of oooountfl 
 to bo pub-* 
 lithed; 
 
 BftTinc'ofH. 
 M's. rightfl. 
 
 a" 
 
 dfiiiKMAiiji^- 
 
money dtw to th« 
 to the TreasareT 
 ment may be re- 
 It by him in the 
 ny Ooart of com* 
 ided always, that 
 be constraed t( 
 bdrawiog at anj 
 I after payment o: 
 eof, incladiog the 
 aar then current 
 sncfa wihtdrawal 
 
 aanagementahall 
 er, insert in some 
 y of Montreal^ a 
 9 fands and pro* 
 bho Oorporation, 
 ro or more of the 
 1 Meeting of the 
 
 affsot any rights 
 ier8,oranypa?tj 
 tits only excepted 
 sd and affected. 
 
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