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Les diegrammes suivants illustrent le mAthode. 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 TUT ST DiEBS OF TUB — JttSt fwiSliigtHktt ^ifcutth of f antauvet fslani (!L(0IS (^ItOClltlU'f, iiuido the iiiuetoc'iitli day of Januiiry, one tlioiisaiKl c'ijj;-lit Imiiclrfd ninl sixfy-six, betwooii l)nvied, should be cajiable of taking, hokliug aud possessing such laud, and of comnieuciug, and maintaining an action or actions in law or equity, for the protection theret)f, and ot their ])roperty therein : ^Intl ir/trraix, on the third day of February, eighteen hundrtid and sixty-two, a nuini»er of persons who have been edu- cated and brought up as Presbyterians in their native country, met together in Smith's Ifall Victoria, albresaid, and organized themselves into a Congregation, under the nami' or style of " Tlie First Pres- byterian ClnuHih of Vancouver Island," availing themselves, in the mean time ot the pastoral services of tiie Reverend John Hail, Missionary from the (leneral Asseud)ly of tla^ Presbyterian Church of Ireland, anil subsequently, at a meeting held on the eighth d,iy of .Sei)tember, eight(M'n hundred and sixty-two, the parties of the first part were autliori/.ed to purchase a site for the erection of a Churcli and other Ituildings ; And Avhereas, the said parties have, in pursuance of siwh autliority, purchased a lot of land at the corner of Pandora and Bhinctiard Avenues, and built a cliurch and other buildings thereon : yjnd u-li('ravid Cameron, John Wright and John ^lartin, as and to be the (irst Trustees Ibr the purpose of taking a Conveyance of the said lands and hereditaments Ibr the uses, and also for the |iurposes hereinafter men- tioned ; And whereas, for the purpose of carrying tiie desire of the said Congregation into etleet, the said parties hereto >f the lirst part, have agreed to convey the said land anil hereditaments to the said party hereto of the second part ; subject, nevertheless, to a certain Imh'nture of Mortgage, granted bv the said jiarties of the first part to Thomas Molfatt, of Victoria, Miner, as a security for moneys advanced to complete the erection of tl.e said Church, and the principal and interest moneys therein- secured upon Trust, by Indenture of even da.'e herewith, and to be endorsed thereon, to convey the same land and hereditaments, subject as aforesaid, unto the said Trustees, to be held by them upon and subject to the Trusts in the last mentioned Indenture expressed and set forth. Now this Iinlentnre witnesseth, that for the con.sideration hereinbefore expressed, and in consider - ation of the sum ol Five Dollars ($5) of the lawlnl currency of Vancouver feland, now paid by the said party of the second [lart to the said parties ofthe lirst part, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged; they, the said parties of the first part, do by these pres nts, grant unto tlu; said party of the second part, his heirs and assigns forever, all that piece or parcel of ground forming (lartoflot number five, (.5) Victoria Town, and more particularly described as counnencing at the south-west corner ofthe said lot, thence running Fast along Pandora street ninety-nine ( \)\) ) feet, thence at right angles northerly along the piece of land belonging to Edward Henry Jackson, one hundred and twenty (P20) feet ; thence at right angles ninety-nine (91)) feet ; thence at right angles southerly one humlred and twenty (120) feet, to the place of beginning, all of winch several dimensions are a little more or lese ; together with all rights, easements, privileges and appurtenances thereunto belonging, or with the same or any part thereof therewith usually held, occupied or enjoyed ; and all the estate, right, title and interest, either at law or in equity, of them, tlic said parties ot' the first part therein or thereto. '"''.''" rr B. c. VJbX'\t \ 2] and oach ol tl.eni. tho smi.1 piirtics, iMMX-to oftl.e first, part, .lotli licrel.v for l.irn.self, Iiis heirs, •xocutora iiiid lulinimstnitnr.^ (•ovtMii.nt, i.rciniiso and aj-ree. to and will, tho sui'd Georfro Poarkos, liis heirs and assigns, inniiinnor toliuuiM- : that is to say, that hi; hath not at any time herotofore niftdc, done oom- ^ nutted, uiuitted or pnnulted, or la-en party or |)rivy to, tho .loiilg of any aot, deed, matter or 'thinir whatsooyer whereby or l.y reason or moans Nyhereof, the land, hereditaments, and premises hcrehv -ranted and conveyed ..r intended so to w. or any part thereof, are, is, ean, shall, or may ho, or l.eeome rharged or cneumbored, or preiudieially allectod in any xvay wliatsoever. And morooycl-, that they, the >aid parties ot tiie hrst part, an-l ,|aeh of them, and hid heirs, and every person claiming .nv estate, rijiht tit or interest, in the hind, heivditamonts, and premises hereby granted and eonvoved. or intended sc; to be l.y rom, through, under, or in trust for them, or any of them, shall and \vill, from time to time, and aiH at all times hereattor, make, do and execute, or cause to be made, done uid executed, all such furtlier and other a.'ts deeds and assurances in tlie huv, for the further, better, or more satisfactorily assuring all or any ot tli.; land here, itainents, and premises hereby granted and conveyed, or intended so to bo, ifnto or to the use oi the said George I'earkes. his heirs and assigns, as he, 6r his, or their Counsel in the Law shall advise, devise, or require. In witness whereof, the said parties of tho first part, have hereunto set their hands, and aflixed their seals, the day ami year hrst above written. Davd. Camkkon, [L.S.] John Wright. [L.E.] doHN Marti.v, [L.S.] By his Attorney-in-fact, Alexander Wilson. Signed, .sealed and delivered, by the within-named] David Cameron, John Wright, and' John Martin, the i ■\\-ord •' lost," in the third line from the top having been [ lirst struck out in tin; presence of | Jno. C. Pratt, Clerk to Messrs. Drake & Jackson, Victoria, V. I. H. B. W. Airman, View Street, Victoria, V, I., Clerk. (JT'OiS ^UuCntUrC, nimlc tlii'iunotooiinMliiy.ir.lnniMry, inlluiycMrnf Our Lmd uiic (lidiisini'l tiij'lit Imiulrtltl iind sixty-six, JlKTJV/'h'X (loov^i- rcurkcs, the Arlii),i:- I{ny:istrrtr Cciioral of ViiiuMUVir iHlrtiHl, of tlu' Hr^t. part! iiiul tlio Trnstoos . f tiio Fir-t I'lcsUytoriaii ('liiircli (if Vancinivci' Islimil, ims li- iiaroil iiiii; iip])()intc(| fi>r ilu' purpose'-, lie/riinil'tcr nu'iitidin'il, ul' ilic x'coi.d pi;rf. Wlicroas, tlic land, lu-rodilaiiKMits, and premises tiTant.'d Iiy llu! widiiii writ, en Imlenliirc. uci' (■•n- veyed tu tiie said \i:\rty lierelu of tlio first jtart. snliject as tiierein mentinned. upon Tnist, to rntivey llii> sai'no to tlu' said parties hereto of tin; second part, snlijeul as tliereiii ami I.ereinaltor nientinned, to {>■■ ^ held liy theiu, upon and siihjeet to tiie 'i'nists liereiinifter expressed or set fortli. NOW TlllH IXDENTUIiE WJTXKSSETIf, tliat in consideration of ti,e premises, and in . .u, sideratiiui of the snui of Five Dollars ( ^;•'^) ) of tlie lawful enrroney uf Yaiieouver I. li;nd.i.o\v paid liy 'liesai I parties oi'tlie second part, to tlie saiil party of tlie first part.tlie receipt wlereol is in-reliy acknow iedped. and fur the iiurjiose of perfnriniuL;- ami diseliarp-ini:" the Trusts so reposed in him, the said party of tl;e first pari, as atiu-esaid. lie, the said party hereto of the first part. duth. hy tiii'se presents, LiranI unto tlio said parties of the Siicond [)art,tlnMr successors and assi;j,'usfor ever, all the land, hei-e(litaiiients and premise-, ^raiut'd by the uitliiu written Iinlontnre, to hold the same unto the saiil ]>arties of the second part, tlieii- succcssor.H and iissij:;ns, .subject, iicvrtheless, to the Indenture of Morti^auc within mentioned, and the l)rincipid and interest moneys due. and to accrue due thereon, I'PON tiie Trusts hereiliidter oxiiru-ssed, (ir set Ibrth, that is to say : to stand seized and possessi il of the said land, heredirameiils and pl•enli^e^, loi' the sole use and iienefit of the Conj;re-alion of ilie Fiist I'resbyleiian (In icli of Vancouver Island, and such oilier Presbyterians professing;' adherence to the confessioi! of f'aitii as ap[)roved by the (Jenera! .Vsseuibly of the i'hnrch of Scotlaml, in the year of our Lord sixteen hundreil and lb, iy->even. and ratified liy Acts of the Hcolti-h l*arliiimenl in llie years of our Lord sixteen Inmdreil and lortynine. and .sixteen l.inidred and ninety, and niainlwini' .ii' a Clinich discipline and doctiin 1 |)i ineipbn a-< ralilied by the saitl Acts of I'arliiimeiit ; and as ii lias lieeii the earnest wish of the Ibunders of the said l'(Ui;ire;ii,- iion to promote a brotherly uirrin anion;j,st I'resbyterians of cmm'v .sect and party, and ii| i\i'ry couniry. and to induce them on tlurir ari is'al here, to b-conie members. It is hereby p'ox ided and declared tliai the property so held in Trust as albresanl. shall md revert in any pai licnlar sect or ijeii miinatioii of Presbyterians, ])ut the saiors, shall >laiid seized am' possessed of the said land, hereditaments and picnuM's. foi'ilie n-e. cnjoymenl. and benefit of evei\ ileiiomination of Pi'esbylerians, desiriiiir to imi;_-e minor diflbreiices, and to co-operatt; as a cciiurcjiiil ion on the broad basis of the c(Mifes>ion offaitli:and thatllr said |-iarlles of the second part and tiieir >ncccssorf, shall at all limes hereafter permit anv niii;i-tci- or preaclicr (he beinu' duly authorised t.i jierfiu'iu Divine ."^ervieo in that iielialf ami approved by iIh' (!oiiirre'jalioni to olliciate in liie -aid Chiircli aecordiuf^ to tlie ri,ii;lits and ilisciplitu; of the I'resb/t^rian t\ia!-'''i. and ii i- li rclpv declared to lie tlio true intent ami iiiPaninL' of llicse presents that full nmiififr of ilc 'I'laistee- of ti: ; s.iid Trust shall eontimie tu 1. • tineo ami that w!ieu onu or anymore of the aiiove named 'i'l i!-t es < r tlifir success), rs in the s dd 'I'riist sliail die or ccaso to be a nuMiiber of tlio said Churc'i or if any Ti .,- lee or Tin ■!■■(■> shall leave this (' )li)iiy or shall Ik; desirous of boiii!!; relieved from the Trusts in him or them lepose.l, or A\.\\\ have bee , me ii:ea|)ible to ai't therein, flic vacant place or jilaees shad b" filleil up witli a siiccr-s«oror successor:- (he or ihev beiic.'- duly (pialiliod, by being' incmbera of the said Cono'reii'atiou ami in full eoimuun!.)!! with the said (liiun'hi to lie iiouiiiiatf.d and appointed as herein after mentioned ami [irovided aUo that it .slnill bo eoinpi-'teiit for the members of the Congrejratiou when actimz- under and in .icconlaace withrlie rules an I rPL;iihi;ioiis thereof at n '.y ineetin-lee or Trustees in his or their place to appoint or (dect as in other vacaiieii.'S in the Trust, liiat is to sav the new Trustee or 'i'riislees shall ijc iiDuiimited ami a|)poiuleil bv a meeliim' of the members of tlio t'i)iii;-r<'- I.'ution of the said Church duly called such mnuiiiatiou and apiioiniment liciiiir duly made according,' to its then recorded reirulations and the per.son or persons so uomin.ited -hall be the lei^al successor or successors of the said Trustee or Trustees, so dyiiiu- or ceasim;' to be Trustees, ami such Trustee or 'i'rustees shall have in perpetual succession the same c.ipncities powers riixbis and dutiis as are iiuder tu- by virtue of the.-e presents and by force of the said ."Statute; in thai behalf 'iiven to or veiled in the said parties of the secoml part. Provided always and it is Inreliy further declared that fliereceiiit or receiiils of the Trustees for the tiun^ being acting uinier or iiy virtue ot these presents for any moniiis received by him or them in that capacity shall be a sullicicnt ami efVectiial discharge or discharges lor the same respcdively or so much thereof in such receipt as shall lie expressed or ackuovvledijed to l)e recinved, and it is hereby deidarcd that there shall be kept separate from the other records of the Ohnrch. a hook in which book tin; Trustee or Trustee- for the time Ijcing shall cause to be recorded minutes of all matters eouceriiiug or relating to the Trusts hereby created and also of every act or deed ofthesaio ("ongreiration or of the said Trustees in or about the several matters aforesaid, whicli said last mentioned books shall be kept by the ollicer appointed to keep the other '^^^171 Uooks, and tlu' I'litries ilit'ri'in -ihall lif! prhwi hni^ <;\'iiloni!o of the duo nomination unJ appointment i-^on nr porsons to lio ii Tniston or Tnistci;.^, in tlio said Tnut and of llio mnoval of any Trustee or CIuutIi (if any poison or porsons to l.o a Truston or Tnistci;.^, in tlio said Trust and of the removal ol any 'I'rustop or TnistVos from odico, and tlie naid (i(!or^'o lVaried matter ortiiint? whatsoever whereby or liv reason or misans whereof the himls hiM-edilameiits and premises licrcby jrranted and conveyed or Uend- od so to liO, 01' any part liiereof are. is, can. shall or may l)e or beeome clmrjred, encumbered or prejudicially atl'ectcd in any way whatsoever. Jn wilne.^.w whereof tlie said party of the lirst piirt lias iiereunto set his iiand and seal the day and year iirst within written. GEOROH PKARKES, Signed, scided wxA deliv(M-e