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An Act to anioiid the Act to ini'nr|iorato tlie IMc- fhanics' Institute ot" the City ol" Toronto. WHKREAS for the convenience of the members ofPr«inbia. the Toronto Merhanics' Institute, it is found ne- cessary and expedient to alter the time of the annual meeting for the election of the Oflicers and general 5 Committee of the said Institute :— Be it therefore en- acted, &,c. That the fourth, fifth and seventh clauses of an Act passed C"'*'" f^''<-- in the tenth and eleventh years of Her Majesty's Reifl;n, I'i'v.'c '"lia" and intituled, " .4n Jlci to incorporate the Mechanics' In- "ix-^i'-J 10 " stilute of the City of Toronto" shall be, and the same are hereby repealed. II. And be it enacted. That the annual meeting for the whi-n thoan. election of Officers and Members to compose the said "h'l'i'iJriit'ij general Committee of the said Corporation, shall be held 15 at the place at which the usual meetings of the uai;l Cor- poration are held, en th? urst Monday in May in each and every year, and not on the first Monday in Novem- ber as heretofore : Provided always, that whenever the Proviso, if iiio said first Monday in May shall happen on a statutory ^^^JPjjj"'''^ 20 holiday, the said annual meeting shall take place in the manner hereinafter provided, and the said OtBccrs and Members thereat elected shall serve in the said office during the year then next ensuing, and until others being elected in their stead shall enter upon the discharge of 25 the duties of their office as hereinafter provided; and if „ , 1 c e .» .^'^ 1 Fm'urf ofBlfc- by reason of any unfoi-eseen matter or thmg soever, the uoii. election so to be had and made on the first Monday in May as aforesaid shall be prevented or shall /lot be had or made, then and in every such case it sha'.i be compe- 30 tent to the members of the said Coi-poration and their successors, or to the major part of such as may be pre- sent at a meeting to be called by the President or Vice- Presidents for the time being, and held as soon after as shall be convenient, seven days' notice being first given, 35 to proceed to and make the election of a President, Vice- Presidents, Secretaries, a Treasurer, a Librarian and Cabinet Keeper ; and twelve of the Members with the Officers aforesaid, shall constitute and form the general Committee as aforesaid, and the election so made shall 40 be as valid and effectual as if it had been made on such first Monday in May : Provided always, that the Presi- »'p..yi«>: »b«q dent, Vice-Presidents, Secretaries, Treasurer, Librarian Iti^JS^c" A'" 2 Ordiniry Mcmbera hpon ihtir and Cabinet Keeper, with the other twelve \fember9 duiioi, aforesaid to be elected at any ^(eneral election of OlHcers under and by virtue of the provisions of this Act, shall not enter upon nor act in the discharge of their respective offices until the Monday next ensuing after such general 6 rro»iMi: as u, election ; And provided also, that the present Officers »",' Ac"" ""'1 Committee elected on the first Monday in November last, cthall hold their office until the Monday next after the first Monday in May, one thousand eight hundred and fifty one, or until the Monday next after such general 10 election as hereinbefore provided, any thing in the said recited Act contained to the contrary thereof notwith- standing. (K whom Ilk III. And be it enacted, That the said Corporation shall Si'KZ. consist of an indefinite number of ordinary, life, corres- 15 ponding, and honorary Members, all of whom shall be choseti according to the form, and under the restrictions and conditions hereinafter prescribed, that is to say, — the ordinary Members being those who shall pay and contri- bute to the funds of the said Corporation such annual 20 subscription as may from time to time be required by the By-laws, rules and regulations of the said Corporation ; LibMtmiwn. the life Members being those who shall pay or contribute to the funds of the said Corporation, the sum of ten Eiounds in one sum, or who shall make a donation to the 25 nstitute of Books, Apparatus, or other useful articles cormpnnii- equal at least to that amount, — the corresponding Mcm- ing Mrmbm. bgrs being those who reside at a distance from the City of Toronto, but who shall have no vote at any of the Meet- ings of the said Corporation and shall not be eligible to 30 any of the Offices thereof, and Honorary Members being those only who being (distinguished for scientific attain- ments shall be admitted without payment, to all tite privileges enjoyed by ordinary Members except the right of voting at the election of the said general Committee; 35 PtaTito: uto Provided always, that all such persons as shall be now preHiit Mim- Members of the said Corporation shall continue to be "' such and shall be ordinary, life corresponding or Hanor- ary Members of the said Corporation according as they shall respectively be within the provisions of this section 40 as respects their admission as Members of the said Cor- poration. t ^-^ L -+ >-, h 1 .■=.j^ -i-^J^k*; ■,v ^^'^^. ^^ i,ij#>w> i ei i ' . ? ti W#^^ »' N ''-'' ^ -* ^ «***w?^ #.-. n