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KICHOLAS STEBET. 1862. 4 ACT OF INCORPOEATION, BY-LAWS, ASD LIST OF SHAEEHOLDEES, OF THB VICTORIA SKATING CLUB ( i & 1 ^ ^^.^^S^2_^-5: i- £m pt *-' y«. "1 ! '1 • ■»:-■' ACT OF INCORPORATION", BT-LAWS, AXD LIST OF SHAREHOLDERS, or THB VICTORIA SKATING CLUB OF MONTKEAL. •^a^ > J T* Hf T « n* ^ ■■ :ri ■ PRINTED BY JOHN LOVELL, ST. NICHOLAS STREET. ^ \ 1862. ^ ^ HONORARY MEMBERS. HIS EXCELLENCY VISCOUNT MONCK, GOVERNOR-GENERAL. HI« EXCELLENCY LIEUT.-GEN. SIR W. F. WILLIAMS, BART., K.C.B., &o., &o. i^CfSillcnt,— JAMES TORRANCE. Ui«*|3rcsilrcttt,— JOHN LEWIS. I9{r(ctot8 : THOS. MORLAND, I ALFRED BROWN, J. J. JONES, I JOHN GREENSHIELDS, G. M. MILLAR. ^«wtar2*^rcasuittr,— W. F. GAIRdn^e, 29 LiTTLB Sx. JaUKS StBSBT* ^1,Q5\ j^TSr A.OT !ro INCOBPOBATB TUB VICTOKIA SKATING CLUB OF MONTREAL. (25t]i Victoria, Cap. 101.) WHEREAS James Torrance, John Grecnsliiclds, John Lewis, George M. Millar, Alfred Brown, John J. Jones, Thomas Morland and others, have petitioned for the incorporation of them- selves and others as the Victoria Skating Club of Montreal, and to that end have represented that they have need to be enabled to hold such real estate as may be requisite for the formation of a Skating Rink in the City of Montreal, and the erection thereon of suitable buildings over and about the same, and are desirous of being incorporated for such purposes, under the name of the Vic- toria Skating Club of Montreal; and whereas it is expedient to grant their prayer, Therefore Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Assembly of Canada, enacts as fol- lows ; 1. The aforesaid persons, and all others who shall become share- holders in the said Company, shall be and are hereby constituted a body politic and corporate by the name of the " Victoria Skat- ing Club of Montreal," and under the said name may acquire for themselves and their successors, under any legal title whatever, such real estate in the City of Montreal as they may require for the actual occupation of such skating club, and the Directors thereof for the time being may sell and alienate any real estate, held or to bo held by the said Club, and for such price or prices, and on such terms and conditions as they may see fit, grant valid discharges for such price, and should they see fit, acquire other instead thf oof for the purposes of this Act, and the said Direo- tors may borrow money on the hypothecary security of the immov- able property of the corporation, for such time, and on such terms, and at such rates of interest as they shall see fit. 3. The capital of the Company shall be Twelve Thousand Dollars, currency, divided into Two Hundred and Forty shares of Fifty Dollars each, with power to increase the same to Twenty-five Thousand Dollars, such increase to be authorized by a vote of the shareholders, at any meeting of the shareholders specially convened for the purpose, or at any meeting, in the notice convening which, it shall be stated that it is proposed to increase the capital. 3. The said James Torrance, John Greenshields, John Lewis, George M. Millar, Alfred Brown, John J. Jones and Thomas Morland shall be the Directors of the Company until a choice of Directors by election of the shareholders shall take place in the manner hereinafter prescribed, and they shall have power to open books for the subscription of shares, and to make and collect calls thereon. 4. The Directors, or a majority of them, may open a subscrip- tion book and receive the subscription of persons desirous of becoming shareholders in the Company, and may allot to such persons the number of shares that each or any of them shall have in the capital of the Company. 5. The shares in the capital of the Company shall be transfer- able in such manner as shall from time to time be prescribed by the by-laws, but no share shall be transferable until all the calls previously made thereon shall have been paid, or until such share shall have been declared forfeited for non-payment of calls. C. Tho Company may administer their affairs by any number of Directors, to be elected annually from among tho shareholders at their annual meeting, their number and qualificut Ion being declared in tho rules of such society, and by such other officers, and under such restrictions touching their powers and duties, as by by-law in that behalf they may from time to time ordain, and they may assign to any of such officers such remuneration as they may deem requisite, and such Directors shall always hold office till their successors are elected. 7> An annual meeting of tho Company shall bo held for the transaction of the general business of tho Company, and tho elec- tion of Directors, at such time and place, and under such regula- tions with regard to notice, as the by-laws of the Company shall determine, and until it shall be so determined, the first annual meeting shall be held on the first Saturday of November, and in case of a vacancy occurring among the Directors by death, resignar tion or otherwise, at any time previous to the annual meeting, the same shall be filled up for the remainder of the unoccupied term by the Directors, if by them deemed expedient, as may be presK oribed by the by-laws of the Company. 8. The Directors may make such calls upon the capital stock of the Company as they may from time to time deem expedient. O. The Corporation may make all such by-laws not contrary to law as they may deem expedient for the government thereof,, the maintenance and due regulation of their skating rink, and of their grounds and buildings connected therewith, the raising of capital by the issue of transferable shares or otherwise, the condi- tions under which shares shall be issued and may be transferred or forfeited, the admission to the rink of non-shareholders, and the regulations to which such non-shareholders shall be subject, and the administration of their affairs generally, and may ame^ . * 6 ropo.'il pucli hy-laws from timo to tinio, ohscrvinj;, nlwnya howovcr, such formalities of procedure as by such by-laws may havo been prescribed to that end, and generally shall havo all needful corpo- rate powers for the purposes of this Act. 10. No shareholder in the Company shall in any manner bo liable to, or charged with, the payment of any debt or demand duo by tho Company beyond the amount of his or her unpaid sub- scribed share or shares in the capital stock of the Company. 11. Tho Corporation shall at all times, when thereunto required by the Governor, or by cither branch of tho Legislature, make a full return of its property, real and personal, and of its receipts and expenditures for such period, and with such details an . . . . 1 Alatthews, F. B 2 Matthews, Geo 1 May, Thos 1 McCulloch, A. A 2 McDougall, James. 2 McLennan, J 1 Millar, G.M 2 Miller, Chas. D 2 Mills, Mrs. J. B.,* 2 15 Mitchell, Alexander 2 Mitchell, Jamca 2 Mitchell, John 2 Moflatt, Geo., Jr 1 Moir, Jamca.. 1 Molson, Alex.... 1 Monk, Hon. S. 1 Morland, Thog 2 Morris, Alex 1 Morris, John L 1 Muir, llobert 3 MiilhoUand, H 2 Munro, Alex 2 Murray, Wm 2 Mylrea, CM 1 Nelson, r>ratio A 2 Newcomb, Wm. 2 Nivin, Wm 1 Ogiivy, John 2 Ogilvy, Thomas 1 Oatell, John 2 Rao, Jackson i Rankin, John , 2 Raynes, R. T 2 Redpatli, John J i Red path, Peter 3 Reekie, Jameg a Renaud, Hon. Louig 1 Rhynas, John 1 Himnier, Thoa 1 Rintoul, W. H l Ritchie, Thog. W 1 Robertson, Andrew 1 Robertson, Duncan 1 Robertson, H 1 Jiobertson, W. W 1 Roe, Edward 1 Rose, Hon. John 1 Ross, Donald 1 Ross, Frank 1 Ross, J. M 1 Routh, H. L 2 Rudigcr, R. A 1 Paterson, Alex. T 1 Paton, Thog 1 Peck, Tiios 1 Penny, E. G 1 Phillips, W. E.., 2 Poo, D. A 1 Pominvillc, F 1 Porteoug, John .«.. 1 Sachc, Wm 1 8cott, Jameg 2 Sexton, J. P Shanly, Walter Shaw, David Shaw, George Shepherd, R. W Sidey, J. G Smitii, Geo. . . . , Smith, Samuel Q Snowdon, 0. C Snowdon, II. L Springle, J. H Stephen, Geo. 2 Stephen, Wm. 2 Stewart, Mrs. Dugald < 1 16 Stuart, Henr J 1 Sutherland, Wm., M.D 1 SwaustOD, John 2 Taylor, J. W 2 Thomas, Henry 2 Thompson, S. H 1 Tiffin, Joseph, Jr 2 Torrance, David 2 Torrance, Fred. W 1 Torrance, James 1 Torrance, John 2 Torrance, John, Jr 2 Towner, George 1 Tylee, R.S 1 Urquhart, Alex. Walker, Alex Walker, Joseph.... Warner, Q. W Watson, 0. S Whitney, H.H Whitney, N. S Williams, Miles, Jr. Wilson, Andrew . . . Winn, J.H Wolff, Otto Wood, 0, S Workman, Wm.... Toung, John M. i ■•,■••'.■'** >P:'.y.' m'M ^yy^Hr^ >'i'4'' m-^^