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 BY-LAWS, 
 
 Madet ordained and constituted hy tlie Corporation 
 for superintending, managing and conducting the 
 Clergy Reserves^ within the Province of Loioerm 
 Canada, on Wednesday, the \st day of March, in 
 the year . of our Lord Christ \Q20, 
 
 JrjR Jt ordainqd by the Corporation for superintending, managing and 
 conducting the Clergy reserves, witliin the province of Lower-Canada, 
 and it is hereby ordained, by the authority of the same, — 
 
 Printjpai and '• That the affairs of the said Corporation shall, from tfme to time, 
 eiKh. Direc be conducled, governed and directed, by a Principal and eight Direc- 
 tors, according to the several Bj^- Laws tvhich shall be made, ordained 
 and constituted, for the welfare and good government of the said 
 Corporation qnd the affairs thereof. 
 
 j^bop..p,i„. II. That the Lord Bishop of Quebec shall, be perpetual PrincipAl 
 ^^ and Director of the said Corporation, and of the affiiira thereof, without 
 
 election or nomination. ' ' * 
 
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 *i"oSt'Ef,c. mJ"* X^"** '^^F^l.f.^ of Ihe several parishes of Quebec, Montreal, 
 uoo, rhree-llivers and William Henry, shall, in like manner, be perpetual 
 
 Directors of the said Corporation, and of the affairs thereof, without 
 
 election or nomination. 
 
 Dlri-clarsby 
 Electioa. 
 
 DIrcclora for 
 ♦hree >fara. 
 
 IV. That the Remaining Directors shall be members of the Corpo- 
 ration now holding, or who shall hereafter hold, Benefices within the 
 Provi ice of Lower-Canada, and shall be chosen and elected by the mem- 
 bers of the said Corporation, at the times and in the manner herein-afler 
 prescribed. 
 
 V. That the Right Reverend Father in God, Jacob, Lord Bishop of 
 the Diocese of Quebec, the Reverend George J. Mountain, Bishop's 
 Official, and Rector of the Parish of Qtiebec, the Reverend Joliu Be- 
 thune. Rector of the Parish of Montreal ; the Reverend Robert t^uick 
 Question Shot., Rector of the Parish of Three- Rivers ; the Rever- 
 end John Jackson, Rector of William Henry; the Reverend Samuel 
 Simpson Wood, Rector of Drummondvilie ; the Reverenr' William De- 
 vereux Baldwyn, Rector of St. John; the Reverend E wa.d Parkin, 
 Rector of Clmmbly ; and the Reverend Robert Raby Burrage, Minister 
 at Pomt Levi : shall be respectively the Principal and Directors, and 
 shall be and are hereby authorized and empowered to take upon ihem- 
 selves the management, direction and government ot the whole affairs of 
 the said Corporation, from the date of these By-Laws until the first Mon- 
 day in the month of June, which will be in the year of our Lord Christ 
 18^i3, and that any two or more of such Directors, with llie Princiiial, 
 shall be and shall constitute a Quorum for the management, direction 
 niid irovcrnment of (lif> a(F(iir« nl'ili<i auwi o.n»r^.^.^t;n.^ :„ ..ii ^^ti .. ...i 
 
 things, with poM-er to meet and adjourn as they shall see fit. 
 
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 mnil Diietion, 
 aod EtiFHor- 
 dinary Meet- 
 
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 lon);ireio llie 
 iDcaliDD of fu- 
 ture rcMrveii. 
 
 Appnintmeat 
 al Secmurj ti 
 ACcc^vcr. 
 
 VI That on «he <?r«l Monday in <he monlh of June, which will be in 
 !he vi«r of our Lord Christ 182^. a general meeting ot tlw mombera 
 of ihe Mid Corporation «hall be held in 8(.mc convenient place i . the 
 Cilv of gut4)ec, at the hour of One in the afternoon and IhaJ four 
 members of ihe said Corporation shall ihpn an.l there be chosen and 
 elertod by a maiurifv of the inen.bersof Ihe said Corporation, then and 
 there present, to be Di rectors of the affairs of the ^aid t.y ration, for 
 and during ihree years, to bo computed Iroin the said fii-^t Wednesday m 
 R.arch inthesameyoar 1S23; on which day the four Directors «o cho- 
 «en uiid elected, vvilh the Lord Bishop of Quebec, and the ll^Hors of 
 the several Parishes of Quebec. Montreal, Three-Rivers, and Williara 
 Henry for ihe time being, fhall enter upon the execuilon of their res- 
 peclive oftites of Principal and Directors, for the then next ensuing 
 three years; and such course of proceeding shall continue and be ob- 
 iprved on everv third year, for ever ; and the Principal and Directors 
 who at any time shall enter, according to the previsions hereimontaiiied, 
 upon the exec ntion of thoir respective offices, shall, during their continu- 
 ance in such offices, manage, ilirect, and govern the ^J^okaSmm of the 
 said Ciirporaiion, acctwding to ihe several Hy-Laws which shall be made, 
 ordained and constituted for the welfare and good government ol the 
 said Corporation, and Ihe affairs thereof. And any two or more of such 
 Director, for Ihe time being, with the Principal, shall be and sliall 
 constitute » q.iortim, for ihe management, direction, and government 
 of th.' affairs of Ihe said Corporation, in all malltrs and things, and 
 ehall have power to meet and adjourn as they shall see fit. 
 
 VII That the Principal and two or more Directors for the time be- 
 inff. sliall hold four meetings in every year, at some convenuMit place 
 in Ihe City of Quebec, thai is to say on thcTuesdHy next succeeding ihe 
 first Monday of the monlh of Jmie, the first Tuesday of the monih of 
 September, ihe fir«t Tuesday of Detember. and ihe farst 1 uesday of 
 March; yearly, with power to adjourn and to hold as many meelii.gs, 
 besides tbese as shall be needful, either at the tunes of adjournment or 
 at the times determined by the call of the Principal. And such Princi- 
 pal iind Directors shall have power, as often as they think prober, lo call 
 Extraordinary general meetings of the members ot the said Corpora ion, 
 by an adve.tis^menf in Ihe Quebec and Monireal Gazelles, and at ihe 
 same lime by a circular letter from the Secretary, wimh advertisement 
 shall be published during three successive weeks, betore the day which 
 shall be fixed for such meeting. And the acts of such extraordinary 
 meetings, so called, shall be as valid and effectual, in every respect, as 
 those of Ihe ordinary general meetings ot the members ot the said 
 Corporation, herein alter provided for. 
 
 VIII That Ihe Principal and Directors, or any two of them, shall be, 
 and they are hereby authorized to agree to the location ot all hiture re- 
 serves for tlie maintenance and su| port of a Protestant Clergy in hi. 
 Province, in such pans of Townships. Seigniories, Parishes or extra- 
 parochial places, and in such forms and quant.lies in any Townsli p. 
 Seigniory, Parish, or extra-parochial place, as Ihey, wiih the consent of 
 lhe"Governor. Lieutenant-Governor, or person administering ihe Go- 
 vernment of this Province for the time being, shall deem fit and expe- 
 dient. 
 
 IX That the Principal and Directors, for the lime being, shall no- 
 minate and appoint a Secretary and a Keceiver lo ibe said Corporation 
 and snch other persons as they shall judge necessary to be employed ,i 
 "he servK:e of tl c said Corporal ion. and shall appoint to Ihem. respec- 
 lively.' witn Ratal itrs, it-er,. or Tx\r^,--^, i.......j ->— j c? . •.._^, 
 
 as sliall be approved by the Governor, or person adn.inistering the l.o- 
 Jeiiment. th«t thev%h«lll.ave power al their pleasure, to ..charge 
 the said SecrelaryauJ Iteceiver, and others empl.y.d a. aforesaid ; and 
 
A<!roant In be 
 laid b«ror<> ilic 
 -Orocral Meei- 
 Juj. 
 
 • to put others rini tl>fi<: plaws, as they shall see cau«e. That the Score' 
 tary sl^all record ihe proct-edini;^ of the saiti Corporalion, and ol lh«' said 
 * Prihcipal and Direclors ;— and that the Ueceivtr shall receive ami pay 
 
 all monies which he shall be warranted lo receive or pay b> the Principal 
 and Diuciors, from time td time ; and of all auih receipts and paynieiits 
 he hhali be obliged to keep and lo produce regular accounts, as olieu aa 
 he shall bd reiiuired ; and the said Receiver shall also be ot)liged lo sive 
 aecurilv fur his fidelity, in the discharge of his office, lo the batisfuctioa 
 of the l*riniipal and Directors. 
 
 Amiuni MfM- X Tlwl the Members of the said Corporation shall meet annually, at 
 b7r,flr.^r. someconveniei.t place in the City of Quebec, on thf Tuesday next snc- 
 hig By.Uwt. jpedinj, the firrt Monday in June, in each and every year, at the hour of 
 One o'clock in the uflernoon. That the Members of the said Corpora- 
 lion, who shall be so assembled, shall be and shall rniuUtute an ordinary 
 <rpneial meeting of the said Corporalion, and shall Ihen and there have 
 full power and authority to make and conslilule such By-Laws, for the 
 manu"-emeiit and government of the sai«l Corporation, and the affairs 
 thereof, as to them shall seem meet, according to the true intent and 
 meaning of the Charter, by which Ihe saiil Corjtoration hath been con- 
 stituted'i' and the Laws of the Pro>ince of Lower-Canada. 
 
 XL That at such ordinary general meetings the Principal and Direc- 
 tors shall cause to be laid before such ordinary general meetings an 
 account of Ihe proceedings of Uu-m, the said Principal and Directors, in 
 the execution of their offices, together with a full and distinct statement 
 of Ihe Properly and Eslale of the said Corporalion, in land, money and 
 other effects, if such there be. - 
 
 Bisimptopre- XIL That Ihc Loid Bishop of the Diocese of Quebec shall preside at 
 •„e«f M«.?«g" all ordinary and extraordinary general meetings of Ihe said Corporation ; 
 and that in all such general meetings the President thereof shall have a- 
 n»«""'cSuB'S deliberative and casting vote, in all matters whatever which may come 
 ""■ before them. 
 
 ADDITIONAL BY-LAW, 
 
 Made and passed the Slh March, 1821. 
 
 That the Common Seal of the said Corporalion for superintending, 
 maiiHging and conducling the Clergy Reserves, shall be and remain in 
 the custody and keeping of the Principal of the said Corporation for the 
 lime being, and shall be put and affixed to all Giants, Leases and other 
 Instruments, and Writings, which from time lo lime shall be made, 
 granted or issued, by order of Ihe said Corporation, and that all such 
 Grants, Leases and other Instruments, shall be signed by the said Prin- 
 cipal, for and on behalf, and in the name of the said Corporalion, and 
 be countersigned by the Secretary of the said Corporation. 
 
 ADDITIONAL BY-LAW, 
 
 Made and passed the 7th Marcfi, 1822. 
 
 That the Principal of the said Corporation, shall and may, from time 
 to lime, and as often as he shall judge necessary, by an Instrument 
 under his hand, and under the Seal of the said Corporalion, appnintaiid 
 siibHiitute such other Member of the said Corporation, beinga Dire«h 
 tor thereof, as he shall think fit. to preside in his. slead as Principal, at 
 all or any meetings of the said Corporalion, or at all or aay meelings of 
 Ihe Principal and Directors thereof, to be held in virtue of tiie By-Laws 
 thereof, and such substitute shall, at such meetings, have and exercise 
 the powers and piivileges of the said PrjUcipai. 
 
 9m1 of the 
 Corpunuinnio 
 he kciii by the 
 Principal, and 
 
 All Granli, 
 I^rasesaiid In> 
 airiiinenis lo be 
 iicned by ihc 
 Piiiiriiiul <■■■ 
 lirliair of Ihe 
 Corporal inn,& 
 rouiiiersifnrd 
 by (he Secre- 
 tary. 
 
 Pilncipal of 
 the Ciirpora- 
 tion anthoriz- 
 rri III Niiiioint 
 one (if Ihe I)i- 
 reiiors, lo aii 
 oa hi) (ubMi- 
 tiiie at any 
 mei-iinfc of ihe 
 Cnr|inraiiiin, 
 /If aitv fni>i*linr 
 «l liir Prlnri- 
 PhI and Direi'- 
 lom ilierciif. 
 
 Siibniliuie lo 
 tnirr Ihe Mime 
 iioMem as the 
 I>riiici|ial.