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 <«%ii^iNMMaKM>''^>MHMHiMNHI 
 
 ACT 
 
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 INCORPOEATION, 
 
 Aia> 
 
 BYE.I4AWS 
 
 OP THE 
 
 HALIFAX TEMPERANCE HALL COIHPANY, 
 
 ADOPTED AT THB ANNUAL MEETING, 
 
 March 4th, 1850. 
 
 HALIFAX. 
 A. J. Ritchie, Printer. 
 
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 Officers of the CoiapaBy. 
 
 Elected at the Annual General Meeting, held 4th March 
 
 1850 
 
 Prmdeni^Jj^^^s Thomson, Esquire. 
 
 JArectors-—EDDY Tupper 
 W. M. Broww, 
 M. G. Black, Junr. 
 G. G. Gray, 
 E. G. W. Greenwood, 
 Edward Jqst, Esquires. 
 Secretary and Trecm^rer^Quj^nLE, B. Naylor. 
 
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 March, 
 
 AYLOR. 
 
 CAP. XXXV. 
 
 An Act to Incorporate a Temperance 
 Hall Company in Halifax. 
 
 '^ (Passed the 11th day of April, 1848.) 
 
 WHEREAS the erection of a Temperance Hall in Ha- 
 lifax will be of great public advantage, inasmuch as 
 it will afford accommodation for holding Public Meetings 
 convened for moral and useful purposes : And Whereas, the 
 several persons hereinafter named, and others, have entered 
 into a subscription to raise in Shares such sum as may be 
 requisite as a Joint Stock or Fund for that purpose : 
 
 I. Be it therefore enacted, by the Lieutenant-Governor 
 Council, and Assembly, That Robert Noble, William M: 
 Brown, John W. Barss, Charles B. Naylor, Samuel Garten, 
 William C. Silver, Eddy Tupper, Edward Jost, Joseph Bell, 
 Samuel Story the third, William H. Marvin, Archibald Pat- 
 terson, John Whitman, William J. Coleman, and Charles 
 Robson, and all and every such person or persons as shall 
 from time to time become Proprietors of Shares in the Com- 
 pany and Undertaking hereby established, and their respec- 
 tive Successors, Executors, and Administrators ard Assigns, 
 shall be, and they are hereby declared to be a Body, Politic 
 and Corporate, by the name of " The Halifax Temperance 
 Hall Company," and by that name shall have perpetual suc- 
 cession and a Common Seal, and by that name shall and 
 may sue and be sued, plead or be impleaded, in all Courts 
 of Law and Equity within this Province. 
 
 II. And be it enacted, That the said Company shall and 
 may take, purchase, and hold any Lands, Houses, Tene- 
 ments, and Hereditaments, in fee simple or otherwise, and 
 also Rents, Monies, Securities for Monies, Goods and Chat- 
 tels, and shall and may demise and let, sell, and convey, or 
 mortgage the same, or any part thereof, subject to the re«|| 
 trictions hereinafter mentioned, and do and execute all oth^ 
 things in and about the same, hich may be necessary and 
 proper for the benefit of the si .d Company ; and shall have 
 
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 f"iLr„T7n"f- ^"^^0"ty to uake and establish such Bye- 
 Laws and Ordinances as may from time to time be required 
 and ^ alter or amend the same : Provided such Bye" 
 and Ordinances be not contradictory or repugnant to the 
 Laws and Statutes of this Province. P"^"ant lo me 
 
 rn!!nnf "1^ "^T^.^ '^'^ ^ ^'* ^^^<^ That the said 
 eS t f^''^^ T ^""l^ '"u^ P^^' ^' ^y <>«^ time, Real 
 Estate to a greater value than Ten Thoi-mnd Pounds. 
 
 n,iI;i:^Si*^?-*T^''?' '^^^t the Capital of the said Com- 
 ShaL ^^^ ^iPt^ '^^° ^^*^« «^ *'i^« Pounds each 
 fbl^i J «ni'"*'^ Shares shall be assignable and transfer- 
 me m such manner and upon such terms as by the said 
 ^1'^/- ""^y be provided and directed; and that not- 
 withstanding any il.al Estate which the 'said Company 
 ™y hold at any time, the Shares and Interest of the XYl 
 Shareholder of and in the Capital Stock and Fund^ ^^ac 
 aaid Company, shall be hdd and deemed to be 1 
 
 Property to all intents and purposes. ' % 
 
 V. Mhejt enacted, That the several persons t» * v - 
 axe, or hereafter may become Subscribers toward : 
 Undertaking, shall, and they are hereby required to p. v - 
 sums of money by them respectively subscribed, msucii' 
 
 r?h?rr^^ V"'^ '^T. ^"^P^^^^« ^ shall be'dLc"ed 
 by the said Bye Laws ; and m case any peraon shall neglect 
 or refuse to pay the same at the time, and in the manner 
 required for Uiat purpose, i. shall be lawful forUie Lid Com- 
 pany to sue for and recover the same in any Court ofcomp^. 
 Shrif -i'r ^ '• P'^^^d always, that it sliall not beTa7!l 
 for the said Company to coll for, or require any Shareholder 
 in the said Company to contribute o^pay any larger sum 
 t^^an thc^aniount of the Share or Shaies held by ^hL ^ 
 
 VL And he H enacted, That the Joint Property or Stock 
 of the said Company shall be alone liable for itedebts or 
 engagements, and that no Proprietor or Shareholder in the 
 
 n^nXfn^'Tiri'^^^*^' become responsible, chargeable^ 
 OT accountable, by any ways or means for any otler or 
 neater sum of money than the amount of the Shares which 
 I shall actually and 6on«>fe possess, or be entitled to in 
 a© Capital or Joint Stock of the said Corporation. 
 
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 luch Bye- 
 ! required, 
 Bye-Laws 
 nt to the 
 
 the said 
 me, Real 
 nds. 
 
 aid Com- 
 nds each 
 transfer- 
 r the said 
 that not- 
 Company 
 le seve- al 
 d*- '^ *af 
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 in sucii 
 dh-ected 
 I neglect 
 manner 
 lid Com- 
 fcompe- 
 •e law j1 
 reholder 
 ?er sum 
 him as 
 
 r Stock 
 lebts or 
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 VII. And he it enacted, That all such Lands and Real 
 Estate as the said Company may hold at any time, or so 
 much thereof as may be necessary to satisfy any Writ 
 of Execution issued upon any judgment obtained against 
 the said Company, shall and may be taken upon such Writ, 
 and sold in the same manner, and with like Notices, Pro- 
 ceedings, and EquHy of Redemption, as the Lands of private 
 Eersons may be taken, levied on, and sold according to 
 •aw ; and me Sheriff shall immediate^ after such sale 
 make and execute a Deed to the purchaser, which Deed 
 shall convey and transfer all the Estate and interest of the 
 said Corporation in the Lands so taken, sold and conveyed. 
 
 Vin. And be it tnaaded, That the General Annual Meet- 
 ing of the said Company shall be held on the first Monday 
 of March in every year, after this present year, at some con« 
 venient place in the City of Halifax, to be appointed and 
 duly notified to the Company by the Board of Directors ; 
 and that Special Meetings of the Company shall be sum- 
 moned by the Directors when they shall deem the same ne- 
 cessary, or whenever a requisition in writing therefor shall 
 be delivered to the Board, signed by Twenty Shareholders, 
 and specifying the object of such Meeting : Provided always. 
 That at least Ten days notice of such Special Meeting, and 
 of the object thereof, shall be given in some two of the public 
 Newspapers, published at Halifax aforesaid, and that all such 
 General or Special Meetings may be adjourned from time 
 to time, and from place to place, as may be found expedient 
 
 EX. And he it cnaded. That any Annual or Special Meet- 
 ing of the Company, each Proprietor or Shareholder having 
 paid up all calls on him made, and then due and payable, 
 shall be entitled to vote as follows, namely— the Owner of 
 One Share to have One vote, the Owner of Four Shares to 
 have Two votes, and the Owner of Eight Shares or greater 
 number of Shares, to have Three votes and no more — and 
 the said Proprietor may give such vote or votes by his 
 proxy, duly constituted according to the Bye Laws, such 
 proxy being a Shareholder and entitleci to vcio— and every 
 such vote by proxy shall be as good and sufficient, to all in- 
 tents and purposes, as if such principal had voted in person ; 
 and at every Meeting of the Board of Directors each Direc^ 
 tor shall have One vote only, and every question, matter, or 
 
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 filing which shall be discussG.l nm • i 
 ^ng of the Board of SirecS «h ?,^f ^^?^^' ^t any Meet- 
 ma ority of votes tL JSTv' tSe )i' t^^^^^J^^d by tho 
 and incase it should so happen tflT""^ '^^" P'^«^»^ 
 cial Meeting of tii- Boar/of n .^ ^^^^ General or Spe- 
 equal, then tie pLdtuf ?L 0^'"'' '^" ."«^^« «^^» be 
 the Chairman of the Etin^ or n??r"J'^'> ^"« absence, 
 tied to a casting Zeta^LZ ^^.^^^^^ard, shall be enti- 
 
 ^ X. ^nd bt t/JaaW Tha «« *° ^'' T" P«^«°"«^^ vote, 
 this Act as niay be convenipnf !?? ^^^' ^he passing of 
 . «^id Fifteen peLnsCuT^^^ expJu;.nt,1he 
 
 hem, shall by public adSemenM ' h'^"''- ''' '">' ^^^^« ^^ 
 Two of the NewspaDere in frffi? j^° ^® P""^®d in at least 
 a day and place ReTst^t^S^^^^^ 
 hers, and shall assembrsuch Sl5 ^"^°/^^'^^"^^^ 
 thereof being chosen from anl^th.S^^^ ^^^^rman 
 
 , w.th a Secretary, the CorpanThfreS^ Subscnbers present, 
 formed and organized anXn Tnff ^ incorporated shall be 
 and the saij lubrrlTs tL„ fnd ^^^^^^^^^ 
 proxies, shall and may forthwhh ?n f £ ' P'"''"*' °' ^^eir 
 proceed to elect Seven DTreS nnl p"""."""' Prescribed, 
 «en by the said Directo sty i,i?lor//p^^ 
 Secretary ; and the said Directors In/ Q^'^''^^°*') ^"^ ^ 
 elected, shall hold, exercise anH In Secretary so to be 
 pective offices from the dav of f J"^??' ^"^ "^^^i" their res- 
 first Annual Gene al MeeLt^^^L^^^^^^^^^^ "^'^i^? ""^^^ ^be 
 tinually until anew choic-^ of Offi^^^^^^ ^?^ thence con- 
 
 Pany, pursuant to thl la and 2'« T*^" ^^ ^^^ C«"^- 
 Company: Provided aLavs that no n^^ ^^^^ of the said 
 Meeting, or at any suSnPnf M ? """^ '^'^" "^ ^he said 
 «hall bf elected, b^ dS^elS^^^^ ^^'^ ^^^ers 
 person shall be at the t mp of ^ ? 'i'^ ^?^®' ""^^ss such 
 
 Company for the ensi W year ahkn h ''r'""'? ?*■ ""« ««id 
 tha following manner vif-th.li ''« f'^cted by balJot in 
 
 Three DiroctoTDrom* Ivfn'wh °'^' '''^" '''^' ^1«« 
 preoeeding year, provided thevshal7h° ^T ''"""^ f<" the 
 cept office, and s¥all «?en SFolnfl.r'"i!'^ '^u'" '°»«=- 
 
 ho.de. of theCompany i„&Sn"ttriS:Sr„?:;^; 
 

 it any Meet- 
 lined by tho 
 hen present , 
 >eral or Spe- 
 )tes shall be 
 bis absence, 
 liall be enti- 
 krsona* vote. 
 ' passing of 
 peui-^nt, the 
 my three of 
 3 in at least 
 lys, appoint 
 beSubscri- 
 Chairman 
 rs present, 
 ed shall be 
 'r this Act; 
 Jt, or their 
 )rescribed, 
 all be cho- 
 nt,)and a 
 ^soto be 
 their res- 
 until the 
 Bnce con- 
 the Com- 
 the said 
 t the said 
 I Officers 
 9ss such 
 fficers a 
 Halifax, 
 al Meet- 
 the said 
 ballot iti 
 rst elect 
 1 for the 
 in to ac- 
 J Share- 
 or anv:' 
 
 of the retiring Directors shall refuse to be re-elected, the 
 said Shareholders shall proceed to tl>e election of othern of 
 the Company until the full number of Directors be comple- 
 ted. 
 
 XII. Provided abvai/8, and be it evaded, That no person 
 concerned or interested in any Contract under the said Com- 
 pany, shall be capable of being chosen, or if chosen, of con- 
 tinuing a Director of the said Company; and no person, 
 puring such time as he shall be such Director, sfiall be 
 capable of taking any Contract under tlic said Company. 
 
 XIII. ^nd he it enacted, That when and so often as any 
 Director named 6t elected by virtue of this Act, shall die, or 
 shall resign, or shall become disqualified or incompetent to 
 act as such Director, before his term of Office shall have 
 expired, it shall be lawful for the remaining Directors to 
 elect some other Proprietor duly qualified to fill up such 
 vacancy. • ♦ 
 
 XIV. ^nd he it enacted, That if from neglect, or any other 
 cause, the said Annual General Meeting shall not be held, 
 the Directors last chosen shall continue to act, and have the 
 came powers that they had and were possessed of, until the 
 next Annual General Meetings or until new Dire' tors shall 
 be chosen or appointed as aforesaid. 
 
 XV. Jlnd be it enacted, That the Directors who shall first 
 be chosen under the provisions of this Act, shall, with all 
 convenient speed, proceed to draw up a code of Bye Laws, 
 Rules, and Regulations, for the government of the said 
 Company, and the conduct and management of its affairs 
 and business, and shall submit die same to be altered, amen- 
 ded and confirmed, by a Committee selected and appointed 
 at the first General or some other Meeting of the said Com- 
 pany, to superintend the same. 
 
 XVI. ^nd he it enacted. That it shall be lawful for the said 
 Company from time to time, and as often as may be deemed 
 necessary, for the purpose of carrying on the business of the 
 said Corporation, to sell further Shar«> therein : and every 
 purchaser of such Shares shall be entitled to all the privi- 
 leges and advantages of other Shareholders in the said Com- 
 pany. 
 
 XVII. Jiiid be it enacted, That the Directors of the said 
 Corporation shall be authorized and empowered at any time, 
 
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 M;^^^^ lSV;;!„Taf alvT^'^'r^ '^^ S'^-i'oide^ 
 TBguhrly convened, Mdno^^nn"^'^' °' «P«<^ial Meeun / 
 
 fiuras of money as may be reo.JL^? ^^^ C:ofporation such 
 absoJuteJy to seJl and d^no^"?^!? ^^J ^^^ "^es thereof, or 
 Psrty of the said cLmmifL ?^^^ *^^« a«d K^- 
 
 said, or in case of an absXftT ^^^1 borrowed la afore! 
 or any part thereof; to g^ °^ ^^ ««'*d Real ^Z 
 make the necessary Ccianlcol'^"''^^ tJie same, and to 
 
 herein contained shaJl ^f Ljl ! *'t:f«^i«?' ^^^at noS 
 Company the mvile^f^rV v '^''^^^^ to give the «l^f 
 
 ^aim^ operation whatsoever o/ ti nS- ^"S^^inff in any 
 upon any Ship or Vessel, o, Sari' ^j^f^^^ *">^ ^"«»™nce 
 «>) X ire, or upon any Life oj Liy^^ "'^' °' "P°» ^°y Loss 
 
• 
 
 le Shareholders, 
 pecial Mefctiflu' 
 ^orrow on mort- 
 'Orporation such 
 \J3es thereof, or 
 t^^state and P.-o- 
 fim; and the 
 ">' iii ii mortgage 
 >^tion, for the 
 owed as afore- 
 a Real Estate, 
 ' same, and to 
 r that purpose, 
 -ihatnotliing- 
 give the said 
 ">g of money 
 agring in any 
 ^ny insurance 
 Pon any Loss 
 
 YE-LAWS 
 
 OF THE 
 
 Wditm UmB^^hMe Ball Company. 
 
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 1st— Tl%ti';f> proxy Hhall be valid unless held by a Share- 
 holder entur ^ jfevotc, nnd duly constituted ».s such in writ- 
 ing, Bignemb^;3m Shareholder giving the tame. 
 
 2d. — The rrelident, {tw Chairman acting in hie absence,] 
 shall execute) all ^tocuraents in beh^ilf of said Company, ana 
 shall affix U^e Sen! of the same thereto — shall preside at all 
 meetings, summon the Board of Directors and Shareholders 
 to meet at such lime and place as he ma^^ r'>oint, and sign 
 all Orders or Checks for Money, wb'..ii siuall be counter- 
 signed by the Secretory. 
 
 3d. — The Directors shall meet as often as the business 
 of the Company requires, and in all cases shall be specially 
 summoned by the Secretary, and at all meetings of the 
 Board three Directors, with the President, or four Directors 
 in the absence of the President, one of whom shall be chosen 
 to act as Chairman, shall be deemed a quorum for the tran- 
 saction of all business, and shall vote as follows : each Di- 
 rector to have one vote, and all questions to be decided by 
 a majority of votes, vhe President or Chairman to have one 
 vote — they shall have the po:ver to appoint all Officers 
 and Servants n^cesciF.ry fDr the Company, and also authority 
 to appoint a Superintendant for the time being, and to ullow 
 such CO!. .;;^ensation for their services as a majority of the 
 Board shall think proper. 
 
 4th. — The Secretary shall attend all meetings of the Di- 
 rectors- -keep a Record of the proceedings of the Company 
 — issue Summonses for all meetings, eitlier of Directors or 
 of the Company generally — and perform such other duties 
 usual to the office and under the direction of the Board of 
 
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 and rl? f^^''^ «"«ibers nf ''^^ ^^ -le sairl n '^® ^^r or 
 
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 ^^"Peusation for hh 
 ■ ""« same in amr 
 
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 '^^^ Company S 
 ^^0 have f,ub. 
 
 'straHo„ti,ere- 
 P^ oy the Se- 
 
 [^"\^ Shares 
 ^3^ t^e Board 
 
 -red to every 
 '^ ^^^e, and 
 
 ^ ^« the ^i3 
 '^^« shaJi be 
 
 esshaij be 
 '® ^oard of 
 'of every 
 
 P^nj, and 
 -fihed bj. 
 
 'cribe for 
 
 payment 
 
 Shares 
 
 Y instat 
 
 ^^^mst^iiaents s ill be now due, or shall hereafter be^ 
 
 e doe End payable, shall after ten days' notice ffiven 
 
 tiie teee^etary to tli. party or parties in default, be^pald 
 
 «^«,«„ k^ " «-v-.w o,ia,ii ue lorteited, or Suits at 
 
 : rE Irf T^""! '°^ prosecuted against such party 
 irpaifties, and Judgcaententeted against them by confes- 
 
 ion {» otherwise* ^ vumea 
 
 ^.^TkT;?' K^*^ ^' ^*^^^' -^ccounl^, and Papers of the Com- 
 ^ iy.|hall be openat all times to the inspection of the 
 resident and Directors, m^ the Soeretary shall ^urnish an 
 
 aI^TP^S"?.^^^^*^®'^'!^*^^ ^^ "^a^e except at the 
 Annufe General Meetmg of the Shareholders, which sb'^ll 
 be declared upon the recommendation of the Board b^^i- 
 rectol-a, and wuen concurred in by a majority of the Share- 
 holders pr^eut, and m no case shall there at any time be a 
 ComTn '^^*^^*^®^**^ ^"3^ part of the Capital Stock of the 
 
 14th.--That hereafter when any Director or Directors 
 shall decline serving, after being duly elected at any Annual 
 General Meeting of the Company, the next highe^st on the 
 b.^ilot shall then be taken as the person or persons olected. 
 1 /^i^'— That the Dwectors shall have full power to reffu- 
 late the rate of occupation of the Building, or any part of it 
 and shall mall cases give a preference to parties seeking 
 accommodation for the promotion of the Temperance Enter- 
 pnze, this being the object which the erection of the Build- 
 ing IS mainly intended to subserve. 
 
 16th.— That the Building or Buildings owned bv the 
 Company, or any part of them, shall be let for the followinc. 
 purposes, viz :--Moral Scientific, and Literary Meetingsl 
 Political and other Public Meetings; Concerts, Sacred, or 
 other; Exhibitions not immoral in their tendency: Soirees, 
 Dinners, Bazaars, Dancing Parties, Recitations, with such 
 
 s?rta%TquiX!^''""^'^^^^^^^ 
 idl^t'"^^^}?'^^'^ Building or Buildings may from time to 
 confinnX' ^^^ f^P^.^'ty of the Company, shall be kept 
 continually insured agamst fire. 
 
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 18tlL-In the event of r4)pBcatwn b^iag i a© %-i- aav 
 BuSTor Buildings owned by &e CoiaiM^. ^^H '^^f 
 Ir thelurpoBO of holding meetmgs fo^^ P^-^^^^^^ 
 consent ot the Directors shall be ^w &t a M^^etin^' U> t>e 
 Veld before such occupaticai can Uiru pw*c». . 
 
 'igfk^lThe DirectoSshall be cat^to ^« th^ m^^^^ 
 eating d4?&s are at all Umesaxcluded from the BmM^ag, 
 
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