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CLIV. lAn Act to incorporate The Minister AND Trustees of St. Andrew's Church, Montreal. [SOth May, 1849.] WHEREAS the ground in St. Peter Street, Mont- Pr.a«,bi.. I u- J ' "P°° ^^^^^ *^® Church for the Public Wor- ship and exercise of the religion o{ the Church of Scotland lintheCity of Montreal, commonly called St. Andrew's IChurch, IS erected, was purchased by the late Alexander IKea, and William Hunter, as Trustees for the Congreea- Ition worshipping in the said Church, under a Deed executed a cemin Deed Rn their favor on the third day of May, one thousand eight 1^,%^''^'/' [hundred and five, before Guy and Barron, Notaries Public, S.''°'' '"'•' and held by them (the said Alexander Rea, and William Hunter,) according to their declaration of date fourteenth of July, one thousand eight hundred and six, made before the Moresaid Notaries, for the benefit and behoof of the said Lhurch and the Congregation thereof, and for no other pur- bose whatsoever, and is particularly described in the aforesaid peed ot Sale and declaiation : And whereas the said Con- gregation of the said Church, did, on the twelfth day of Genera. n,ee..„g way, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five, in a General °^!.*"? May,i836, leeting of the Congregation duly summoned from X Tr^sS/r" "' rulpit for the purpose of electing Trustees for holding the ^id property along with the said William Hunter, the then urvmng Trustee, did duly elect the Reverend Alexander /lathieson, Minister of the said Church, John Smith Wil- lam Ritchie, Donald Mackay, and James Fleming, and did leclare that the aforesaid Reverend Alexander Mathieson. Tohn Smith, William Ritchie, Donald Mackay and James Memmg, along with the aforesaid William Hunter, and theiv uccessors for ever, shall be constituted Trustees of the said ^fiurch, and shall have a perpetual succession : And rurther election, ^kereas the said Congregation of the said Church did, ac- lordmgtothe provisions of the Constitution of the said 69949 s Church, on the fifteenth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and forty, elect Wilham Stewart Hunter to be a Trustee of the said Church in the room and stead of Wil- liam Hunter deceased: And whereas the said William Stewart Hunter and the saiu Donald Mackay have, since their said appointment, departed this life, and the said Wil- liam Ritchie having removed from the Province, and the said James Fleming having left the City of Montreal, John Boston, William Edmonstone, John Frothingham and James Gilmour were, according to the provisions of the Constitu- tion of the said Church, duly appointed Trustees for the purposes aforesaid, in the room and stead of the said Wil- liam Stewart Hunter, Donald Mackay, William Ritchie and James Fleming, and are now, together with the said Reverend Alexander Mathieson and John Smith, Trustees of the said Church ; And whereas the said Reverend Alex- ander Mathieson, John Smith, John Boston, William Ed- monstone, John Frothingham and James Gilmour, as such Decim'ber*'iM7 '^^"^'^*^'* ^^ aforesaid, by Deed passed before I. J. Gibb and • colleague. Notaries Public, bearing date at Montreal afore- said, the fourth day of December, one thousand eight hun- dred and forty-seven, acquired by purchase from Mr Edwin Atwater, of the said City of Montreal, merchant, " Those certain two Lots of Land, situate, lying and being in the De.cripiion of Said City of Montreal, forming part of the < Beaver Hall iand*'conv"yef Property,' known and distinguished on the plan of the said by the «aid Deed. Beaver Hall Property, as Lots numbers one and three, bounded in front by Lagauchetiere Street, in rear by a new Street marked ' A' on the said plan, on one side by Beaver Hall Terrace, and on the other side by property belonging to the heirs Lamothe , the boundary line on Beaver Hall Terrace consists of a curved line whose radius is about seventy-six feet four inches ; the range line of the Streets, Beaver Hall Terrace and Lagauchetiere, when carried out to their points of intersection, give on Beaver Hall Terrace one hundred and sixty-three feet six inches, on Lagauche- tiere Street one hundred and fifteen feet eight inches, on the line adjoining the property of the heirs Lamothe one hundred and eighty-three feet three inches, and on the new Street aforesaid one hundred and fifteen feet four inches, the whole English measure, without warranty of precise measurement, together with a house thereon," as described in the said Deed, for the use and behoof of the said Congregation o( the said Church, and on which there is now being built a Church suitable for the increased numbers of the said Con- gregation : And whereas the said Trustees are not a bodj' Sepower"°,Tc: '^o^'Po^ate, and have only a life estate in the said lots of recited. ' ' ground and buildings thereon erected, holden by them as aforesaid, which is transmissible to their successors, to be elected according to the provisions of the Laws and Consti- tution of t successors veath, rem iiculties ani |A.nd where jpivinity, ^ iVIontreal, 0ohn Fcotl Pty of Ml liumble Pi jiulting fron laid Truste i-ents payal and that it Church in I Jtuilding foi fie it then Majesty, b jfative CouE ^ince of Ca iinder the a |he United lituled: Ai %ower Cm it is hereby faid Rever Boston, Wi pilmour, ai ;^lexander ^dmonstoni llected in tl ■pre hereby i pnd Politic f The Min ^ontrecd,^' iave perpef |o break, cl ileasure, an pleading or iinswering o pure, in all i lauses what ^acted witl |nd the busi itituted as •nd put in e Ordinances (llionstitution «f this Act, aa in that pa thousand eight Eiunter to be a stead ofWil- i said William :ay have, since d the said Wil- ovince, and the Montreal, John ^ham and James f the Constitu- rustees for the f the said Wil- l^illiam Ritchie with the said Smith, Trustees leverend Alex- j William Ed- ilmour, as such I. J. Gibb and i/Iontreal afore- and eight hun- om Mr Edwin chant, " Those id being in the * Beaver Hall ilan of the said one and three, rear by a new side by Beaver lerty belong^ing a Beaver Hall ditcs is about jfthe Streets, jen carried out Hall Terrace on Lagauche- inches, on the ae one hundred le new Street hes, the whole measurement, ed in the said mgregation o( being built a the said Con- ire not a bodj' e said lots of n by them as essors, to be 's and Consti- ution of the said Church ; And whereas the election of ,uccessors to the said Trustees from time to time on their ieath, removal or necessary absence, is subject to many dif- |iculties and delays, and is attended with much expense : iAnd whereas the lleverend Alexander Mathieson, Doctor in Petuion «o ihc ivinity. Minister of the said Church of St. Andrew's in ^''«'»''*'"'^''- [ontreal, John Smith, John Boston, William Edmonstonc, ohn Frothingham and James Gilmour, Esquires, of the said ;ity of Montreal, Trustees of the said Church, by their |iumble Petition have represented the inconvenience re- lulting from ihe want of a corporate capacity in them the taid Trustees to enforce by legal process the payment of the bnts payable by the holders of Pews in the said Church, and that it has now become necessary to sell the present Church in St. Peter Street aforesaid, and provide a larger Ifcuilding for the accommodation of the said Congregation : fee it therefore enacted by the C^ueen's Most Excellent JMajesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legis- lative Council, and of the Legislative Assembly of the Pro- vince of Canada, constituted and assembled by virtue of and |nder the authority of an Act passed in the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and in- lituled : An Act to re-unite the Provinces of Upper and %ower Canada, and/or the Gmiernment of Canada, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the Trusiees and laid lleverend Alexander Mathieson, John Smith, John EwS.'*'''' ^oston, William Edmonstone, John Frothingham and James Pilmour, and the successors for ever of the said Beverend ^ilexander Mathieson, John Smith, John lioston, William pdmonstone, John Frothingham, and James Gilmour, to be llected in the manner hereinafter directed, shall be and they ■pvQ hereby constituted and declared to be a Body Corporate pnd Politic in name and in deed, by the name and style of f The Minister and Trustees of St. Andrew's Church, Corporate name mwitreal,'^ and shall be a perpetual Corporation, and shall ""'' P*"^""' iave perpetual succession, and a Common Seal, with power |o break, change and alter the same from time to time at |leasure, and shall be in law capable of suing and being sued, jpleading or being impleaded, defending or being defended, Inswering or being answered unto, in all Courts of Judica- ture, in all manner of actions, suits, complaints, matters and lauses whatsoever, and also of contractmg and being con- tacted with, relative to the funds of the said Corporation, ind the business and purposes for which it is hereby now con- itituted as hereinafter declared ; and may make, establish •nd put in execution, alter or repeal such By-laws, Rules, By-laws. Ordinances and Regulations, as shall not be contrary to the flionstitution and laws of this Province, or to the provisions «f this Act, or to the constitution of the Church of Scotland, aa in that part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Proviko : m io Qitorum, Lot* of Rrouiid, Ace. I veiled in Corporation. Corporation mHV accept and hold real estate to a cer- tain amount : may sell certain iHnd. may be c the said ( :e conseni purpose clause p V. Andl les shall ha loval or cli lorn the Pa Proviso. Other land may be alienated on certain condi- tions. Proviio. Ireland called Scotland now by law establuhed, and as maj ne as th« appear to the said Corporation necessary or expedient for nount to .1 the interests thereof; ProTided always, that three of the .is Provint members of the said Corporation shall form a quorum fori IV And all matters to be done and disposed of by the said Cor-lr the said poration. J! , II. And be it enacted, That the several lots of ground* UnTor e aforesaid, together with the buildings thereon erected, held bvlrt of the the Irustees aforesaid, shall be holden by the said Corpora! or the ( tion to stand and be possessed thereof for ever to and for theft 'be erecti several limitations, trusts, provisions and uses declared am expressed in respect of the same in and by the above re- ferred to deeds of sale and declaration by the said Alexander Rea and William Hunter, as also by the terms under whici the said Trustees are elected. III. And be it enacted, That it shall and may be lawfu, for the said Corporation to accept any real estate whicf hereafter may be gratuitously given, granted or bequeathed for the use of the said Church, as shall not, together witi-omu.era that already holden by the said Trustees as aforesaid, ex- lail be supr ceed in value, and yield at any time more than a clear nelfws to wit yearly income of five hundred pounds ; and that the saidloval or ch tn°.?n7l, ??%"? r i^ereby authorized and empowered ilexanderl to sell the lot of land and buildings thereon, situated in St. lid Churcl Peter Street aforesaid, and the price or purchase money Se same sh LnTo i^'.i.^Pft i^' completion and paying for the lot oliid Church and and the Church now buildmg as aforesaid on the said lot of land situated on Beaver Hall, and in the preamble hereof lastly above described ; Provided, nevertheless, that the purchaser shall not be liable for or bound to see to the application of the consideration money or any part there- of, and that the receipt for the same shall be a full discharge to him ; and further that the said Corporation shall be empowered to sell or alienate the whole or any portion ol the property held in trust by them, but they shall not be empowered to alienate or sell the property or any part there- « v x. ^.m ot, except on a requisition signed by three-fourths of the fippen by t proprietors of pews in St. Andrew's Church aforesaid ol ST';^.....^.. at least one year's standing, not in arrear of rent, and at the time residing within the Parish of Montreal ; and no sale or alienation shall be valid, unless sanctioned by three-fourths of the proprietors, qualified as aforesaid ; the proceeds of any sale or alienation, so made and sanctioned, shall be the pro- perty of the Church and Congregation, and solely applicable to the maintenance of the public worship of God according to the form of the Established Church of Scotland, or the ««,. ««.«»«; erection and endowment of a school or schools in connection luting a C with the said Church ; Provided always, that no portion of ^orm a gu real estate belonging to the said Congregation, shall be dis- Ittst one L posed of for the purpose of secular education, until sucL m Church, the deati .everend A ilham Ed or of iise from ti irson or p( ijority of ', to wit, ( t, at a m VI. And Ministei Irk Sessio Icancy haj published the propr lurch, not a day not ition, at a s necess! ihed, and as ma or expedient fo liat three of th •m a quorum for *y the said Cor- I lots of ground 1 erected, held b) he said Corpora i'er to and for the ses declared and Y the above re- e said Alexander rms under whicli d may be lawfu ;al estate whicl d or bequeathed t, together with is aforesaid, ex lian a clear net nd that the sai and empowered I, situated in St. !:rchase money ig for the lot ol lid on the said 1 the preamble Bvertheless, that bound to see to • any part there- J a full discharge jration shall be • any portion ol ley shall not be ■ any part there- J-fourths of the ^h aforesaid ol rent, and at the ; and no sale or three- fourths of troceeds ofanj lall be the pro- olely applicable God according cotland, or the Is in connection no portion of >n, shall be dis- tion, until sucL e a« the net annual income of the said Church shall lount to at least three hundred pounds, current money of lis Province. IV. And be it enacted, That it shall and may be lawful r the said Corporation, and they are hereby authorized and Mpowered to raise by way of mortgage on the said two loti land or either of them, or any portion thereof known as rt of the Beaver Hall Property, and hereinbefore describ- , or the Church and Building thereon erected or hereafter be erected and built thereon, such sum or sums of money may be deemed necessary for the erection and completion the said Church and its appurtenances, provided that the :e consent shall be first had and obtained to mortgage for |e purposes aforesaid as is hereinbefore in the next preced- ■g clause provided for the sale of the trust property. V. And be it enacted. That when any vacancy or vacan- ies shall happen in the said Corporation by death, or the re- loval or change of residence of any of the members thereof |om the Parish of Montreal, or otherwise, the said vacancies lail be supplied in the manner hereinafter mentioned, as fol- iws, to wit : when a vacancy shall happen by the death, re- loval or change of residence, or otherwise, of the said Rev. lexander Mathieson or his successor in the ministry of the lid Church, from the said Parish, District or otherwise, ^e same shall be supplied by his successor, Minister of the "^id Church ; and when a vacancy or vacancies shall happen the death or removal, or change of residence of the said everend Alexander Mathieson, John Smith, .Tohn Boston, "dham Edmnnstone, John Frothingham, and James Gil- •ur, or of their successors from the said Parish, or other- lise from time to time, the same shall be supplied bv such ^rson or persons as shall be elected to fill the same, by a ijority of the votes of the proprietors of one year's stand- , to wit, of pews in the said Church, not in arrear of pew it, at a meeting to be convened as hereinafter mentioned. VI. And be it enacted, That whenever a vacancy shall ipen by the death, or removal, or change of residence of Minister of the said Church, it shall be the duty of the jirk Session, within eight days from the time of every such (cancy happening, to require by a notice or requisition to ' published as the said Session shall determine, a meeting the proprietors, pew holders and members of the said lurch, not in arrear of rent, to assemble in the said Church, a day not more than eight days after the day of such noti- ^tion, at a convenient hour, for the purpose of taking the 3s necessary for supplying such vacancy as aforesaid, by cpctmg a Committee of nine, by a plurality of votes (seven to form a quorum), of whom six shall be proprietors of at ^t one year's standing, and in full communion with the ^ Church, and the remaining three may be pew holders Corporation mny rtiie nion«v by mortgage, «c. Provliion with re«pect Co the filling of certain vacancies in Corporation. Prooeedinga for filling a Tacancy in the office ef minister of the Church. Proceedinf|« for filling VHcnncies nmong other members. Public Meeting of Few-holders how to be called, A Register to be kept fer record- ing proceedings, fcc. who have paid rent for thrcn yeais preceding their election and are in full communion with the .said Church, vfho nhal have full power to (ake such steps as to them may Hcem hest adapted for speedily obtaining a .Minister to the said Church a re-rularly ordained Minister or Licentiate of the Churcl of Scotland, or of the Presbyterian Church of Canada in con- nection with the Church of Scotland ; and at which meetint the .senior member of the Session, if not prevented by illne.s< or other cause, shall pre.side, or if so prevented, then tlu senior of the other members of the Session present shall preside thereat ; and if at any such election there shall b an equality of votes, the Member of the Session so presid- ing shall have the casting vote. VII. And be it enacted, That when any vacancy oi vacancies shall happen in the said Corporation by death, or the removal or change of residence of any of the member' thereof from the Parish of Montreal, or otherwise, other than in respect of the Minister of the said Church for the time being, it shall be the duty of the said Minister, withit three calendar months from the time of every such vacancy happening, to require by a notice or requisition from the pulpit of the said Church, on two successive Sundays, to be published at such time in the forenoon service as he shall see (it, a meeting of the proprietors (not in arrear ot rent) to assemble in the said Church at a convenient hour on a day not exceeding ten days after the day of such publication, for the purpose of supplying such vacancy or vacancies a^ aforesaid, by a person or persons who are proprietors in communion with the said Church, and who shall cease to be members of the said Corporation, if ever they cease to be members of the said Church by joining in communion witli any other church or religious society ; at which meeting the said Minister, if not prevented by illness or other cause, shall preside, or, if so prevented, then the senior of the other members of the said Corporation present, shall preside there- at, and if at any such election there shall be an equality oi votes, the Mmister or other member so presiding, shall have the casting vote. VIII. And be it enacted, That on a requisition signed bv twenty proprietors, or pew holders, specifying the obieci they have in view, it shall be the duty of the said Session to call a Public Meeting of proprietors or pew holders, to be held m the Church, within ten days after the receipt of the said requisition. IX. And be it enacted, That there shall be opened and kept by the said Corporation a Register in which shall be entered and recorded, from time to time, the i)roceedinp> and transactions of the said Corporation, and ^ hich Re- gister shall be open to the inspection of every proprietor or pew holder not in arrear of rent, at all seasonable times; id that 01 lore.said, Ih irthwilli mi r presidinjL eeting : w lall, at the caused tc ry of the ' ontreal, w lection, wl reby requ lid instrum ficate then mand and currency, an the said lection shal ration sha le same ma X. And I ce of real tion, shall rter the ex( rothonotar t|ict, and nh giich real esl Sid Prothor the bearei (fBiregistratic ||and and ; #^ery hundr Contain, tog< libr the certi Ai default c 4ke(i or deei lilime shall bt (^ effect tlia ' XI And tall affect o e rights of ^y person c inch only ex XII. Ant ^ Public Ac bj all Judge tipe and othi pli^aded. ig their election lurch, who nhal m limy neem best! the snid Church 5 of the Churcl r Canada in con- it which nieetinj; d that on every election to supply Murh Tacancies as bre.said, the same Khali be declared by an instrument to be rthwilh made and executed imder th*; hands of the mera- presidinjf thereat, and three of the members of the said eetinjj : which said instrum«'nt declaratory of such election all, at tli hich Re- proprietor or onable times; Xn. And be it enacted, That this Act shall be deemed % Public Act, and shall be judicially taken notice of as such bj all Judges, Justices of the Peace, and Ministers of Jus- tice and other persons whomsoever, without being specially plii^aded. Public Acl. CAP. CXCI. [Assented to 27th May, 1857.] An Act to amend the Aot Incorporating THE Minister and Trustees of Sit Andrew's Church, Montreal. IlII. Not led, the r said Cli tustees, sli In for the fustee, wli Ull kinds Pretrabl'!. 12th V. c. 164. I All the Tiuitee* to retire on Chrlgtini'.«> day next. To be re-eligible inning w [allest nun the larg as to thi t electei them Annual ineeling to be held oa Christrnu day. of the Cler^ WHEREAS it is expedient to amend the Act passed vf^ich 5I in the twelfth jaar of Her Majesty's Reign, and in^*- iitvAed '' An Act to incorporate the Ministers and Trm 'J^* ^^*' tees of St. Andreio's Church, MmtreaZp and amonl^'^r^' ^""' other things to provide for the annual election of TrusteelW^ ^^^^ ^* of the said Church, for which amendmenla the Minister an^*^*^^ ^''"^ proprietors of the said Church have petitioned j Thereforr Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of th legislative Council and Assembly of Canada, enacts ai* follows : — I. On the twenty-fifth day of December next, after tht passing of this Act, all the Trustees of the property of thilS""^ "TJ said St. Andrew's Church, save the Minister or Clerffvma#*°^^ ''* * for the time being of the said Church, shall go out of office r* ^"tT and shall cease to be Trustees for any purpose whatsoever?!* °, ^ ^, connected with the property or affairs of the said Church §|°<- but shall not, from the fact of having previously been Trus*'^*^ ' ^" tees, be disqualified from re-election, in the manner herein- after mentioned, nor shall any Trustee who may be here- after elected, from the fact of having been such Trustee, be disquahfied ^om re-election, after his term of office shall have expired. II. An annual general meeting of proprietors cf pews in the said Church shall be held on the twenty-fifth day of the month of December in each year, save when it falls on a Sun- day, in which case it shall be held on the Monday following, in the buflding now usea by them for Divine Worship, in the Trustees ctive tim lent need I such ell ide at the j^ry there( action tak Actual to tained in other A Shoul city of Montreal, known as the St. Andrew^s Chuih, at W% ^^°" the hour of eleven, unless anv other snPr.-nl t.'mp r.r "f ^^^^g' o^" the hour of eleven, unless any other special time or place should be at any time appointed by the Trustees for that purpose, in which case such annual general meetin>fno'*e pers and by adjournment on the Uth day of Marcl^ vote, the one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one, th£'"ha?n.a' following By-laws were, in terms of the Act o2t shall m Incorporation, 12 Vict, Cap. 154, proposed anw '*''''^"® adopted. m} be calle ilpl be entit ARTICLE I. [liiorporatioi This Church and Congregation now in connection with the Estab L hshed Church of Scotland, and adhering to the standards thereoi#^^ *^°™" declare that they shall continue to adhere to the said standards, an*?^^"^)' ^"' maintain the form of worship and government of said Church. se^rant of C ^ Mgpf the Pi ARTICLE II. Ejlablished The Trustees shall call a general meeting of the congregatioii^^^^"'^P*^ annually, to be held on the twenty-fifth day of December— or shoirt^^^JS^tion that day fall on a Sabbath, then on the following day,-noticeoj " which must be given from the precentor's desk on the two precedin' Sabbaths ; at which meeting the Trustees shall lay before the congre* gation a statement of all accounts and financial matters connected witj the church and congregation. Two Auditors shall be appointed Lj those present,— say of proprietors of at least one year's standing an( not m arrear of rent, and pew-holders who have paid rent for the tw years preceding,— one of which auditors must be a proprietor, and tli other may be a pew-holder, both qualified as above, to whom th P^ Minis accounts shall be submitted for examination. And provided, that upoW church, a the report of the Au.^ators, or on other grounds, it may appear tha'»'*^vance. the funds of the Church, or any portion thereof, shall have been mh applied, the proprietors or ten of them, may call a general meeting o The rents the congregation to consider the same ; and if any defalcation bcM* the wet lound, they shall be empowered to take such steps as they may settUi minister' proper to secure the interests of the congregation. mdley borrc ARTICLE III. the church, ( At the general annual meeting of the conffree^tion. the mfimbfr collections, present, qualified as above, shall elect a Trea'^urer who shall receivtrc^ of the T and pay all moneys, by order of the Trustees only ; he shall prepare i the pers name of having i ,tion, shi the Prej church, rch of S( 11 Itement of his intromissions, to be laid before the general annual leting. He shall also furnish the Trustees with a statement of the }ds in his hands whenever they shall require it. ARTICLE IV. n the appointment of a committee to select a Minister, all proprie- in right ( f property, possessed for not less than one year, and not )tch Presbv^*^''*'^^''' ^^ P^^ ^^"*' " ^^ entitled to vote ; also all members 11 1 Go, ,>f' ^^^ l^ss than three years standing. noi; less than three years standiner, one at least of which *u u* ^fr ^^^^ ^®^" ^ member in full communion, and not in arrear y, the tnirty^^ew rent, shall be entitled to vote, — it being, however, under- id eight hlllliroposed an n ]Yfa~„],i^ vote, they agreeing amongst themselves who shall give that vote ; ,y.^ ^^ '"tM in case of misunderstanding, amongst such members, on this point, shall have no vote,— it being hereby provided that such disagree- t shall not be construed to be any privation of their right, nor 1 it influence or retard any business on which a general meeting I be called ; provided always that no proprietor or pew-holder 1 be entitled to more than one vote. See Section VI, the Act of tli^orporation. .,, ,. „ , , ARTICLE V. with the Estab ^, ..^ ^ i .■ • ■ . i • i , i in tandards thereo' -"^ committee tor selectmg a mmister being duly chosen, snail J standards an''^^"^^ ^"^ conscientiously seek out and select a pious and faithful Church. ' jeairant of Christ, a licentiate of the Established Church of Scotland, Ji^f the Presbyterian Church of Canada, in connection with the E^ablished Church of Scotland, whom, by his character, gifts and 1 . • ifi^toiirements, they may consider best fitted to edify and instruct the L _ '®i iJOigregation ; and, having made their selection, they shall duly pre- ■ fl — t' '^^ *^^ person, on whom their choice has fallen, with an invitation, in * J. tjH name of the church and conarresration, to bee le two precedini'S, i • • j i • i.° n * iiore the congre •s connected witj be appointed bj ir's standing an rent for the tw )prietor, and tli ve, to whom th come their Minister, having received his acceptance, the same, together with the pre- tion, shall be laid before the Presbytery of the Bounds, in order the Presentee may be invested with full powers as a Minister of church, according to the laws and practice of the Established rch of Scotland. ARTICLE VI. The Minister's stipend shall be guaranteed out of the revenues of ovided that upoW '^^"'''ch, and sh