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 ACT OF IHOORPORATION 
 
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 AND 
 
 BY-LAAVS 
 
 or TitK 
 
 ST. GEORGE'S SOCIETY 
 
 OF 
 
 QUEBEC 
 
 UST ABtlSHED X835. 
 
 QUEBEC : 
 
 ^^,^T,r:j, r.T GiLBi:r.T stanlfy. 3T. anne street, 
 
 1851, 
 
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ST. GEORGE'S SOCIETY. 
 
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 PRELIMINARY STEPS. 
 
 In the autumn of the year 1835, the 
 Origin. formation of a Society, under the above 
 title, to be open to all persons of English 
 origin, residing in Quebec and its neighbi urhood, 
 suggested itself to several Englishmen in this City, 
 and it was proposed, by them, to call a meeting of 
 their countrymen, and persons of English descent, 
 to devise means for carrying the plan into operation. 
 The gentlemen, whose names appear below, were 
 applied to, who immediately gave their signatures 
 to the requisition, (but the number might have been 
 greatly encreased had it been deemed necessary for 
 the furtherance of the cause,) and sanctioned the 
 follow- ng advertisement, which appeared on the 
 13th and 14fth October, in the Old Quebec Gazette 
 and in the Quebec Mercury, newspapers :— 
 
 « ST. GEORGE'S SOCIETY. 
 
 " Persons of English origiuy desirous of promoting 
 the formation of a St. George's Society, for be- 
 nevolent purposes, are requested to meet at the 
 Albion Hotel, on Friday next, the 16th instant, at 
 3 o'clock, P. M. 
 
 <^ Quebec, 12th October, 1835. 
 
 " C. F. Aylwin, Ed. Davidson, 
 
 ri. Atkinson, John Dyde, 
 
 A.nty. Anderson, Noah Freer, 
 
 C. J. R. Ardouin, Thos. Froste, 
 
 \ 
 
 John Bonner, 
 Wm. Coates, 
 W. F. Coffin, 
 Thos. Gary, 
 B. Cole, 
 
 W. C. Faulkner, 
 Jas. Hunt, 
 H. Jessopp, 
 Wnj. Kemble, 
 Henry LeMesurier, 
 
 Wra. B. Meyer, 
 Wm. Price, 
 Wm. Patton, 
 Thos. Payne, 
 John Racey, 
 J. J. Sims, 
 H. Trinder, 
 S. Yarwood." 
 
The meeting so called was accordingly 
 
 Meeting of held, and was numerously attended. 
 
 the 16th Q Y. Ayi^win, Esq., was unanimously 
 
 1835? called to the chair ; and J. C. Fisher, 
 Esq., LL. D., was requested to act as 
 Secretary. The Chairman having stated tlie object 
 for which the meeting had been convened, the fol- 
 lowing Resolutions were passed, 9iem. con. 
 
 Moved by Mr. Kerable, seconded by Mr. LeMe- 
 Burier, 
 
 Resolved — Tbat in the opinion of this meeting, 
 it is expedient to form a St. George's Society in this 
 City, for the purpose of affording relief to our dis- 
 tressed fellow-countrymen. 
 
 Moved by Mr. J. H. Kerr, seconded by Mr. E. 
 Davidson, 
 
 Resolved — That a Committee of seven be now 
 appointed, to draw up Rules and Regulations for the 
 government of the Society. 
 
 Moved by Mr. Bonner, seconded by Mr. Golds- 
 worthy, 
 
 That the Committee be now chosen by ballot. 
 
 The ballot then took place, and the following gen- 
 tlemen were chosen of the Committee: — 
 
 Messrs. C. F. Aylwin, LeMesurier, J. H. Kerr, 
 W. Kemble, John Bonner, J. C. Fisher, and J. Dyde. 
 
 It was then moved by Mr. Froste, seconded by 
 Mr. Dyde, 
 
 That this meeting do adjourn till Friday, 13th 
 November, to receive the Report of the Committee, 
 and to open a book for the names of persons wishing 
 to become Members ; and that notice be given of 
 the adjourned meeting by public advertisement. 
 
 The Chairman then left the Chair, and Mr. T. 
 Froste being called thereto, 
 
 Mr. LeMesurier moved, seconded by Mr. Symes, 
 
 That the thanks of the meeting be given to the 
 Chairman for his conduct in the chair. The meet- 
 ing then adjourned. 
 
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Circumstances having prevented the 
 ^^?J'"g Committee from preparing the Rules 
 
 1835^* an<^^ Regulations for the government of 
 the Society, previous to the 1 3th Novr., 
 the meeting was further adjourned to Friday, the 
 20th November, when it took place at the Albion 
 Hotel ; Wm. Price, Esquire, was called to the chair, 
 and Wm. Kemble, Esquire, was requested to act as 
 Secretary. The Chairman, after stating that the 
 Committee which had at the previous meeting been 
 appointed to draw up Rules and Regulations for the 
 government of the Society, had now completed that 
 task, proposed, " That the Chairman of the Com- 
 mittee do nov/ read the Report.-' 
 
 Which being unanimously assented to, C. F. 
 Aylv/in, Esq. Cii.a.'rman of the Committee, read the 
 preamble v hlv-h follows, and which was, ivith one 
 voice, sigreed to- 
 
 The Chairman ihei) proposed the Articles which 
 had bee 1 r?ra"Vvni Uf»ly "he Committee, as the Stand- 
 ing Rules of the C.oci».ty. by reading each Article, 
 ard taking the sense of the Meeting thereon. Some 
 amendments were made, and the sixteen first arti- 
 cles, as they stand copied in this book, were agreed 
 to by the Meeting. 
 
 The seventeenth rnd eighteenth articles, as ori- 
 ginalij passed and in the possession of the Secretary, 
 were added at the suggestion of Messrs. J. H. Kerr 
 and Robert Symes,and adopted by the general voice 
 of the meeting. 
 
 The Secretary was desired to have the preamble 
 and the articles which had that dny been agreed to, 
 as the Constitution of the St. George's Society 
 of Quebec, copied into a book, and to deposit the 
 same with Mr. Thomas Payne, of the Albion Hotel, 
 for the reception of the signatures of those desiring, 
 under the Rules of the Society, to become Members, 
 
 W, KEMBLE, Secretary, 
 
ORIGINAL CONSTITUTION 
 
 OF THB 
 
 ST. GEORGE'S SOCIETY 
 
 OF 
 
 QUEBEC. 
 
 Preamble. 
 
 No sooner have natives of Great Britain 
 and Ireland established themselves in 
 the distant Colonies of the Empire, or in 
 Foreign States, than they have found it imperative 
 to unite in Friendly Societies, for the purpose of 
 affording relief and advice to their less fortunate 
 countrymen, whom circumstances have led to the 
 same destination, but who, from misfortune and 
 sickness, require the aid of the benevolent. 
 
 Societies of this description have been long es- 
 tablished in various parts of Europe — in our Indian 
 Possessions — in the North American Colonies, and 
 in all the principal Cities of the United States. In 
 New York, a St. Andrew's Society was formed as 
 early as 1756, and a St. George's Society in 1786, 
 the former of which now possssses a very considera- 
 ble capital. 
 
 The peculiar circumstances of the Colony in which 
 we live, and the number of Emigrants who annually 
 arrive, alike ignorant of the language of the mass 
 of the inhabitants, and unaccustomed to the cli- 
 mate, render it extremely desirable to institute in 
 tlris City a Society on a pern]aiu»nt basis, and for 
 beneficent purposes — without political objects, but 
 of which loyalty and good feeling to all classes shall 
 be the prevailing features. 
 
 It is therefore proposed to form a Society to be 
 called " The St, George's Society of Quebec," the 
 general objects of which shall be as follows, viz : — 
 
 Welch Emigrants, and their descendants, as shall be 
 in imminent need and found deserving; and as 
 
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 shall appear on examination not to be fairly entitled 
 to assistance from the Quebec Emigrant Society, the 
 Church Funds, or other charitable sources. 
 
 2. To comfort and relieve the sick, aged, and in- 
 firm of that descent. 
 
 3. To assist orphans and other destitute children, 
 and to place them out as servants or apprentices, 
 when practicable. 
 
 4. To provide passages home, or to their friends in 
 these Provinces, for widows and children in certain 
 cases. 
 
 5. To procure work for able bodied persons with 
 families. 
 
 t). To assist individuals in discovering their rela- 
 tions or connexions on this continent. 
 
 7. To afford assistance towards the decent burial 
 of destitute persons of English or Welch descent. 
 
 8. To give advice to Emigrants, to prevent their bc-- 
 ing imposed on, and generally to forward their views. 
 
 9. To keep a registration of families in Quebec 
 and the vicinity, of English and Welch descent j. 
 occupying houses and farms. 
 
 10. To reward good and deserving servants. 
 
 11. Generally to do all that a Benevolent Society 
 ought of right to do. 
 
 Such being the local and benevolent objects of the 
 St. George's Society of Quebec, it will equally be the 
 duty of the Members to preserve and hand down 
 gratifying recollections of their native country. 
 
 While they promote and cherish social and friendly 
 intercourse with their fellow-subjects of every origin, 
 they will not cease to venerate the land of their fore- 
 fathers ; and to hold up at their, p^eriodical meetings, 
 the illustrious characters to whom it has given birth, 
 as subjects of national pride and emulation. They 
 will cherish as far as in them lies, among their de- 
 scendants, veneration and attachment towards the 
 Institutions of the Mother Country ; and. with such 
 principles, and founded as this Institution will be on 
 the basis of benevolence and love of country — charity 
 anu. good will to ail — they conndeutly rely that its 
 course will be beneficial; and its prt)sperity permaneat 
 and increasinr 
 
ANNO DUODECIPvIO 
 
 VICTORI/E REGIN^E. 
 
 CAP. CL. 
 
 An Act to Incorporate The St. George's Society of Quebec. 
 
 [30th ?Jay, l«'t9.] 
 
 •TTTKEREAS the President and Members of the As- 
 VV sociation which hath for many years exisie<l at 
 Quebec, under the name of the St. George^ Society of 
 Quebec, have by their Petition to the Legislature repre- 
 sented, that the said Association has been formed foi* the 
 benevolent purpose of affording pecuniary, medical, and 
 other relief to such natives o{ England and Wales and 
 Iheir descendants, in this Province, as may, from sick, 
 ness or other causes, have fallen into distress, and have 
 prayed that, fcr the better attainment of the objects of 
 the said Association, it may be invested with corporate 
 powers : and by reason of the good xected by the said 
 Associafion it is expedient to grant the p'-ayer of the 
 said Petition : Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's 
 Most Excellent Majesty, by antl with the advice and 
 consent of the Legislative Council and of the Legislative 
 Assembly of the Province of Canada, consiiluted and 
 assembled by virtue of and under the authority of an 
 Act passed in the Parliament of the United Kingdom of 
 Great Britain and Ireland, and intituled, An Act to re- 
 unite the Provmcef> of TJjrper and Lower Canada^ 
 and for the Govc7'7ime7it of Ca7iada^ and it is hereby 
 enacted by the authority of the same. That Thomas 
 William Lloyd, Henry John Noad, John Musson, Wil- 
 liam Bennett, John H. Clint, Robert Symes, the Rev- 
 erend George Mackie» D. D., the Reverend Arminc 
 W. Mountain, B. A., James A. Sevvell, M. D. E., 
 Charles Poston, Benjamin Cole, William B. Meyer, 
 Weston Hunt, Robert Roberts, Peter Sheppard, Samuel 
 Wright, Abraham Joseph, William Hedley Anderson, 
 Benson Bennett, William Kimlin, M. D., Henry W. 
 Welch, Williana H. A. Davies, John i>haw, and Samuel 
 
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 Newton, and nvch oXhcr pcrnowa as are now Mrrnhers of 
 the said AHSOciavion, or shall hereafter become Memhera 
 thereof, under the provibions of this Act. and the By-'avvs 
 made or in force under ihe authority thereof, shall l)e 
 and they are hereby constituted a Body Politic and Cor. 
 porate, t)y the name of The St. George's Society of 
 Quebec, and shall by that name have perpetual sucrcs- 
 sion and a Common Seal, with pouer to change the 
 «am£ at pleasure, and niay sue and be sued in all Courts 
 of Law or Equity, and may acquire and hold personal 
 properiy to any amount, and immoveable property not 
 exceeding in yearly value, two thousand pounds cur- 
 rency, and may a'ienate the same and acquire other such 
 property instead thereof, not cxceedingthe Jue cfore- 
 said, and shall have such other powers as may be ne- 
 necessary to carry this Act into effect according tc its 
 true intent and meaning; and all prope rt^, roaland per- 
 sonal, now belonging to the Association aforesaid, or 
 held in trust fur the said Association, or for the use there, 
 of, shall after the passing of this Act, become the pro- 
 perty of the Corporation hereby constituted; and all 
 debts due to and obligations contracted in favour of ^he 
 said Association, or any Officer of the Association or 
 other person acting on behalf thereof, shall from the 
 same time be deemed to be due to, and to have been 
 contracted in favour of the said Corporation; and all 
 debts due from, and obligations contracted by the said 
 Association, or by any Otlicer or person acting on be- 
 half thereof, shall from the same time be deemed to bo 
 due from, and to have been contracted by the said Cor- 
 poration ; and all such property, debt" and obligations 
 may be sued for, recovered and enforced, by or against 
 the said Corporation. 
 
 II. Provided always, and be it enacted, That the ^aid 
 Corporation shall have no power to hold any property^ 
 nor shall any property be held in trust for them or for 
 their use, except such as shall be derived from the fol- 
 lowing sources, or purchased with funds derived from 
 such sources, that is to say: The property of the Asso- 
 ciation hereby transferred to the said Corporation ; the 
 admission fees of Ordinary or Honorarv Members,. v/hicK 
 
 
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 shall in no case exceed one pound five shillings curren- 
 cy, each Member ; the life subscription of Mennber6, 
 which shall in no case exceed seven pounds ten shillings 
 currency, for each, the annual subscription of Members 
 for the general purposes of the CorporaUon, which shall 
 in no case exceed the rate of ten shillings currency, per 
 annum ; the subscriptions of Members to the Charitable 
 Funds of the Corporation, donations, bequests or legacies 
 made to the said Corporation, and the moneys arising 
 from fines and forfeitures lawfully imposed by the By- 
 laws: And provided also, that the property and funds of 
 the said Corporation, that is to say, the amount of the 
 permanent fund which forms the chief pan of the pro- 
 perty of the Association hereby transferred to the said 
 Corporation, and all sums which shall hereafter be re- 
 ceived by the said Corporation for life subscriptions of 
 Members, or from legacies, bequests or donations, not 
 specially made for other purposes, shall constitute the 
 permanent Fund of the Corporation, no part of the 
 Capital amount of which shall be expended or paid 
 away, but the whole shall from time to time be invested 
 in real or immoveable property (not exceeding the value 
 aforesaid,) in Bank Stock or Provincial or other Securi- 
 ties hereinafter designated, and the rents, interest or other 
 income arising from such investments, together with the 
 moneys derived by the said Corporation from all sources, 
 shall be applied solely to the following purposes, that is 
 say: To defraying the current expenses of the Corpora- 
 tion for the purposes of its Institution, and the relief of 
 persons whom the Corporation may deem proper objects 
 of such relief, according to the By-laws of the Corpora- 
 tion then in force, and to the provisions of this Act. 
 
 III. And be it enacted, That the affairs and business 
 of the said Corporation shall be managed by a Committee 
 of Management, consisting of a President, a first and 
 second Vice-President, a Secretary, an Assistant Secre- 
 tary, one or two Chaplains, one or two Physicians, and 
 fifteen other Members, to be elected annually at a Ge- 
 neral Meeting of the members uf the Corporation, held in 
 conformity to the By-laws thereof, besides a Treasurer to 
 be appointed at a Meeting of the Officers so elected, which 
 
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 «haJl be held within twenty four hours of such aforesaid 
 election, and the Committee so elected and appointed shall 
 remain in office until others are elected and appointed in 
 their stead; and any six Members, and the President or 
 a Vice-President shall be a quorum for the despatch of 
 business; and any majority of such a quorum may ex- 
 ercise all the powers of the said Committee, at all meet- 
 ings held in accordance with the By-laws of the said 
 Corporation, and the President, Vice-President, or other 
 person presiding; at any such meeting, shall vote as a 
 Member of the Committee, and if the Committee be then 
 equally divided, shall have a casting vote. 
 
 IV. And be it enacted. That all Deeds sealed with 
 the Common Seal of the Corporation, and signed by the 
 President or Vice-Presidents and by some other Member 
 of the Committee of Management, and countersigned by 
 the Treasurer, and none other, shall be held to be Deeds 
 of the Corporation: Provided always, that the Treasurer 
 for the time being may receive all moneys payable to the 
 Corporation, and grant valid receipts therefor. 
 
 V. And be it enacted. That it shall be lawful for the 
 said Corporation to make By-laws which shall llnd the 
 Members thereol, and all other parties who sha 1 in 
 v\7riting agree to be bound by them, and to repeal or 
 amend the same from time to time in the manner here- 
 inafter provided; and such By-laws or Amendments 
 (except those of the said Association hereinafter con- 
 tinued in force,) shall be prepared by the CommittCw of 
 Management, and submitted by them to a General Meet- 
 ing of the Corporation, at which the President and one 
 of the Vice-Presidents, and at least twenty-five Ordinary 
 Members of the Corporation, shall be present, and may 
 at such General Meeting L? adopted, amended or re- 
 jected, in whole or in part, by any majority of the 
 Members present thereat : Provided always, that no such 
 By-law shall have force and effett except in so far as it 
 
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 Lower Canada. 
 
 VI. And be it enacted. That the General Meetings 
 of the said Corporation, and all meetings of the said Com- 
 mittee of Management, sh»ll be held in such manner, 
 
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 after such notice, upon such requisition, at such times, 
 and at such places in the City of Quebec, as shall be 
 directed by the By-lawa of the Corporation then in 
 
 force 
 
 VII And be it enacted, That the By-iaws of the 
 said Association, in so far as they may not be repugnant 
 to this Act, or to the Laws of Lower Canada, shall be 
 the By-laws of the Corporation hereby constituted, until 
 they shall be repealed or altered as aforesaid : Provided 
 always, that no such By-law, whether made before or 
 after the passing of this Act, shall impose any pena.ty or 
 forfeiture exceeding one pound five shillings currency. 
 
 VIIL And be it enacted, That the said Corporation 
 may invest their Funds in any legally established Savings' 
 Bank, ii e Stock of any Chartered Bank in this Pro- 
 vince, in any Provincial Security or Securities guaran- 
 teed by the Province, or in Debentures or Bonds of the 
 Corporation of the City of Quebec, but in no other way 
 whatsoever, except in the immoveable property which 
 they are hereinbefore empowered to hold. , „ , 
 
 IX And be it enacted, That until others shall be 
 elected in their stead, according to the By-laws of the 
 Corporation, the present Officers of the Association 
 aforesaid, shall be those of the said Corporation, that is to 
 say: The said Thomas William Lloyd, shall be the Pre- 
 sident; the said Henry John Noad, the first Vicp-Presi- 
 dent: the said John Musson,the second Vice-^President ; 
 and the said William Bennett, the Secretary ; the said 
 John H. Clint, the Assistant Secretary ; the said Robert 
 Symes, the Treasurer ; the said Rev. George Mackie, 
 D. D., and the said Rev. Armine Mountain, B. A., the 
 Chaplains; the said James A. Se well, M. D. E., the 
 Physician ; and the said Charles Poston, Benjamin Cole, 
 WiUiam B. Meyer, Weston Hun^ Robert Roberts, Peter 
 Shennard, Samuel Wright, Abraham Joseph, William 
 
 iiediey a^jtiiuerswij, 
 
 
 ■Ronnfiit VVilliam Kimlin, 
 M D. Henry W. W^elch, William H. A. Davies, John 
 Shaw,*and Samuel Newton, the other Members of the 
 Committee of Management. 
 
 X. And be it enacted, That no person otherwise com- 
 petent to be a Witness in any suit, action or prosecution. 
 
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 in which the said Corporation may be engaged, shall be 
 deemed incjinpetent to be such Witness l)y reason of his 
 being or having been, at any time, a Member, Officer or 
 servant cf the said Corporation. 
 
 XI. And be it enacted, That the said Corporation shall 
 not be dissolved, or the property thereof divided among the 
 Members, except under the provisions of a By-law, passed 
 by the consent of at least nine-tenths of the Members of 
 the said Corporation, nor unless such By-laws shall pro- 
 vide for, and the Funds of the Corporation shall be suffi. 
 cientto meetthe payment of all demands against the Cor- 
 poration : Provided alway;?^ that nothing herein contained 
 shall be construed to prevent any Member frorri withdraw- 
 ing at any time from the said Corporation afterpayment of 
 all arrears by him due to the Funds thereof, including his 
 annual subscription for the year then current. 
 
 Xir. And be it enacted, That the said Committee of 
 Management shall yearly, in the month of January, insert 
 in some newspaper published in the City of Quebec, a 
 statement of the amount of the funds and property, debts 
 and liabilities of the said Corporation, certified by the 
 Treasurer thereof; and that the repeal or alteration of 
 this Act by the Legislature shall not be deemed an infringe- 
 ment of the rights of the said Corporation. 
 
 XIII. And be it enacted, Thai this Act shall be 
 deemed a Public Act, and as such shall be judicially 
 noticed by all judges anu others whomsoever, without 
 being specially pleaded. 
 
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 BY-LAWS 
 
 or THE 
 
 ST. GEOEGFS SOCIETY 
 
 OF QUEBEC. 
 
 1. — The St. George's Society shall be composed of 
 Natives of England and Wales, and of their descendants. 
 
 2. — Members shall be chosen by ballot. The person 
 ^allotted for, must be nominated by notice (in writing) to 
 the Secretary, at least three days before any quarterly or 
 general meeting of tl\e Society. The votes of four fifths 
 of the members voting at any such meeting shall be re- 
 quired to elect a member, provided always that not less 
 than fifteen votes be given. 
 
 3. — Honorary Members may be admitted, but no per- 
 son who is a native of England or Wales, or of English 
 or Welch extraction, and resident in Quebec, (except 
 officers of the Navy and Army) can be an Honorary 
 Member. They may be nominated and elected at the 
 same meeting. 
 
 4 — The Society shall meet for the election of the Offi- 
 cers, and of the Committee of Management on the 5th 
 day of January, and in the event of that day falling on a 
 Sunday, the meeting shall be held on the 7th of January, 
 and shall also meet four times in every year; namely, 
 
 on the 
 
 25th March, or Lady Day ; 
 
 24th June, or Midsummer Day ; 
 
 29th September, or Michaelmas Day ; 
 
 26th December. 
 
 Should either of the four latter days appointed above, 
 fall on a Sunday, the Meeting shall be held on the day 
 after. 
 
 5,— -The President shall be first chosen by ballot, after 
 
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 which the other Oificers, (with the exception of the Trea- 
 surer,) and the Committee of Management shall be bal- 
 loted for ; and when there are two or more of the same 
 class, they may be balloted for togsther. 
 
 6. — The Committee of Managen: nt shall, within 
 24? hours after their election, nominate a Treasurer frora 
 the Members generally, or from the Committee, al?o from 
 their own body a Sub-Committee of Charity, to consist 
 of Five Members — together with the Secretary, Chap- 
 lains, and Physicians, also a Sub-Committee of Ac- 
 counts, to consist of Three Members. These Sub-Com- 
 mittees shall report monthly to the Board of Management. 
 
 7. — Every ordinary Member shall pay to the Treasu- 
 rer an admission Fee twenty five shillings currency ; 
 as well as an annual subscription of ten shillings. The 
 payment of £6 5 shall constitute a Membership for 
 life, without further subscription. Should the admission 
 Fee have been previously paid, then the payment of 
 five pounds shall constitute a Life Membership. 
 
 The interest arising from the permanent Fund shall 
 be applied together with the admission fees and annnal 
 subscriptions to the expences and Charitable purposes of 
 the Society, provided always that any balance over and 
 above the sum of £10, which may remain at the credit 
 of the Charitable Fund, at the close of each year, shall 
 be transferred to the Permanent Fund, before the accounts 
 of the year are made up. 
 
 8. — All subscriptions shall be due and payable on the 
 2nd January of each year, in advance, 
 
 VACANCIES. 
 
 9. —In the event of any vacancy occurring in the 
 oflices of President or Vice-President, Secretary, As- 
 sistant Secretary, Chaplains or Physi^cians, a successor 
 shall be appointed by Ballot at the next General Meet- 
 ing: or a Special Meeting may be called by the Presi- 
 
 jl/ai-if r\f nnck r\Y fn-a \/ i/»£»_T'i»oc<i/ifin<c<i tVif <lio+ rxtifr^mse^ T.% 
 
 the event of a vacancy occurring in the Standing Com- 
 mittee of Fifteen, reference shall be bad to the Ballot 
 paper of the Annual Election ; and the Member who ap- 
 pears to have had the highest number of votes next after 
 
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 those who were then elected, shall be called to fill the 
 vacancy. Should any of the four next in order to the? 
 Standing Committee, have an equal number of votes^ 
 their priority shall be as follows, viz. : 
 
 1st. — The Members of ihe last Committee. 
 
 2nd. — Members according to the date of their election 
 in the Societv. 
 
 3rd. — Life Members to be preferred to Ordinary Mem- 
 bers of the same date, supposing the votes to be equal. 
 
 10. — A majority of votes shall decide every question, 
 except in balloting for new Members. For all ordinary 
 business, fifteen shall be a quorum. The President or 
 presiding Officer shall not vote unless the votes are equal, 
 when he shall have the casting vote. 
 
 11. — Reports shall be made in writing at each Quar- 
 terly Meeting from the Committee to the Society ; and 
 an Annual Report, embodying Reports from the Treasu- 
 rer, Sub-Committee of Charity — Sub-Commiltee of Ac- 
 counts — Chaplains and Physicians — with a list of the 
 Members, and the state of the Funds, shall be made on 
 Election Day, 5th January in every year, or if such day 
 should fall upon a Sunday, on the 7th January in that 
 year. 
 
 12. — All Quarterly, and Special General Meetings of 
 the Society, shall be held at the rooms of the Society in 
 the City of Quebec, notice thereof shall be given as well 
 by placards as by advertisement in the newspapers. 
 
 PRESIDENT. 
 
 13— The Presieent shall take the Chair at all meet- 
 ings of the Society. In his absence the first Vice-Pre- 
 sident, and in the absence of the latter, the second Vice- 
 President. In the absence of all tliese Officers, the 
 senior Member present of the Committee of Management 
 shall take the Chair. The President, or in his absence, 
 sickness or death, one of the Vice-Presidents, shall call 
 Special Meetings of the Society, as ol\en as he shall 
 think proper, or upon the requisition of any ten Members, 
 (within 7 days after the reception of such requisition ,) 
 and shall give timely notice of such meeting to the Se- 
 cretary, who shall give at least three days notice, whiclv 
 
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 shall state the object of such meeting to the Members. 
 No other business shall be transacted at such special 
 meeting, except the balloting for new members. 
 
 ELECTION OF PRUSIDENT. 
 
 14. — In the event of there being more than two nomina- 
 tions for the office of President, that Officer shall have on 
 the ballot list one vote more in his favor, than an equal half 
 ofthe number of Members present at the election shall be 
 declared elected. Should the election, in the case of 
 more nominations than two, not be decided as above on 
 the first ballot, all but the two highest names on the list 
 shall be held to be withdrawn ; and the second ballot 
 shall be final, and determine tbe election. The Pre- 
 sident may be re-elected as above for a second year ; 
 but at the expiration of that period must vacate office, 
 and an interval of one year shall elapse before he be- 
 comes eligible for re-election ^ third time, when the 
 routine must be again observed. 
 
 VICE-PRESIDENTS. 
 15. — In the absence, or sickness ofthe President, the 
 first Vice-President, and in the case of his absence, the 
 second Vice-President shall discharge all the duties ap- 
 pertaining to the office of President. In the event ofthe 
 death or resignation ofthe President, the first Vice-Presi- 
 dent, and in the case of his absence or sickness, the se- 
 cond Vice-President shall discharge the duties of a Pre- 
 sident, until the election of a President. 
 
 SECRETARY. 
 
 16. — The Secretary shall keep a Register of all Or- 
 ders, Rules, Regulations, and proceedings of the Society, 
 which he shall enter in a book to be kept for that our- 
 pose. He shall also preserve the names of all Members 
 of the Society — of those who have held the offices of 
 President and Vice-President, with the dates of their 
 election — the names of deceased Members — and an ac- 
 count of all donations to the Society. He shall keep 
 minutes of all proceedings at Meetings ofthe Society and 
 of the Committee, in a book provided for that purpose. 
 He shall give notice of all General and Special Meetings^ 
 
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 and to the Officers and Members of the Committee of 
 Management. He Bhall conduct, under the direction of 
 the President and Board, all correspondence relating to 
 the affairs of the Society, and preserve copies of the 
 »ame. He shall commence the proceedings of each 
 Meeting by reading over the Minutes of the one imme- 
 diately preceding. 
 
 ASSISTANT SECRETARY. 
 
 17.___:In the absence or sickness of the Secretary, the 
 Assistant Secretary, shall discharge all duties appertaining 
 to the office of Secretary, and in the event of the death 
 or resignation of the Secretary, the Assistant Secretary 
 shall discharge the duties of Secretary until the appoint- 
 ment of his successor. 
 
 THE TREASURER. 
 
 18. — ^The Treasurer shall have the custody of all 
 money, papers and effects, including the Banners, Badges 
 and Insignia of the Society — bs well as of all Books, 
 Records and Donations, excepting such as are directed to 
 be kept by the Secretary. He shall deposit all docu- 
 ments relating to the invested funds of the Society, in one 
 of the Bank vaults of this city. His account shall be fairly 
 stated and produced for the inspection of the Sub-Com- 
 mittee of Accounts, whenever he shall be called upon so 
 iodo; and he shall always exhibit them at the Annual 
 Meeting of the Society on the 5th January, — signed by 
 at least two Members of the Sub-Committee of Ac- 
 counts, and countersigned by the President, or in his 
 absence, by one of the Vice-Presidents. He shall honor 
 drafts of the Charitable Committee, he shall confer with 
 the Sub-Committee of Accounts, on all matters relating 
 to the financial concerns of the Society. He shall not 
 have the power of making any permanent investment, 
 T>or shall he nav anv money Cunless for charitable pur- 
 poses) not sanctioned by the Committee of Management, 
 the order for such payment to be signed by the Officer 
 presiding and the Secretary, without the sanction of the 
 Committee of Management. On leaving office, he shall 
 Oliver over to hia successor all books, papers, money and. 
 
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 other effects whatsoever belonging to the Society, and re- 
 maining in his hands. 
 
 THE CHAPLAINS. 
 
 19. — It shall be incumbent on the Chaplains to per- 
 form the religious duties appertaining to their office — 
 hy their counsel and advice to promote harmony and 
 good will amongst the Members ; and to visit such sick 
 and distressed persons of English or Welch origin, as 
 may come under their notice, or be recommended to 
 them by the Board or Charitable Committee. 
 
 THE PHYSICIANS. 
 
 20. — It shall be the duty of the Physicians to give their 
 advice and professional assistance to any sick or maimed 
 persons, vv^ho may be recommended to their care by the 
 Board or Charitable Committee. It is understood that 
 the cost of drugs and medicines employed by the Physi- 
 cians shall be defrayed by the Society, on sufficient vou- 
 chers being furnished. 
 
 COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT. 
 21. — The Committee of Management shall meet on 
 the second Monday in every month at the rooms of the 
 Society, in the City of Quebec, but may be summoned by 
 the President or one of the Vice Presidents, on giving 24> 
 hours notice ; the Committee shall be invested with full 
 power to act upon all business relating to the Society, 
 to receive and answer all communications, to form Sub- 
 Committees, to hear and determine all special petitions 
 and applications ; the Committee shall make all arrange- 
 ments for the celebration of St. George's day. 
 
 SUB-COMMITTEE OF ACCOUNTS. 
 
 22. — The Sub. Committee of Accounts shaH audit the 
 accounts of the Treasurer, and all other accounts in 
 which the Society is interested. They shall confer with 
 the Treasurer on all matters relating to the Finances of 
 the Society, and at all times offer their advice in matters 
 of economy and disbursement. 
 
 VACANCIES. • 
 ?3..— In the event of any vacancy occurring in tb^ 
 
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 offices of President or Vice-Presidents, Secretary, Assist- 
 ant Secretary, Chaplain or Piiysician, a successor shall 
 be appointed by Ballot at the next General Meeting, or a 
 Special Meeting may be called by the President, or one 
 of the Vice-Presidents, for that purpose. 
 
 NEW MEMBERS ELECTED. 
 24. — Persons elected Members of the St. George's 
 Society shall inscribe their nameiS to the Charter and 
 By-laws, but shall not attend any Meeiing thereof, until 
 they shall have paid to the Treasurer their Admission 
 Fee and first year's Subscription. ±.very newly elected 
 Member shall be formally introduced to the President or 
 other presiding Officer, by the mover or seconder of srsh 
 new Member, or by the Secretary or Treasurer, at the 
 first General Meeting of the Society, at which the newly 
 elected Member may be present after his election. Any 
 Member of any Society of St. George in the Province of 
 Canada, or other part of the Queen's durainions, may, oa 
 producing 9. certificate to the effect that he has been re- 
 gularly elected, and is a Member of such Society, bo 
 elected a member of this Society, buch member shall be 
 nominated and balloted for in the usual manner. After 
 election, he shall only be required to pay the Annual 
 
 Subscription. 
 
 BALLOTING. 
 
 25.-— At all Ballots for Officers, every Member shall 
 give in the name or names where more than one Officer 
 is to be ballotted for, to scrutineers previously appointed 
 for the purpose, who shall declare the result. Balloting 
 for new Meu bers shall take place in the ordinary man- 
 ner, 
 
 RESIGNATIONS. 
 
 26. Whenever a Member wishes to withdraw from 
 
 the Society, he shall signify his intention in writing to the 
 Secretary, to be by him communicated to the Committee 
 of Management. 
 
 ABSENTEES. 
 27. — Members absent from Quebec twelve or more 
 consecutive months may be exonerated from the payment 
 
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 of the dues accruing during such absence, and their name* 
 shall be contiFiued in the Annual List, with a note signi- 
 fying "absent" against their names. Provided always 
 that such Members sliall have paid up their Subscriptions^ 
 to the end of the year in which they left Quebec. 
 
 DEFAULTER. 
 
 28. — Any member not coming under the above By- 
 law, who shall allow his subscription to remain unpaid 
 for the past year shall not be entitled to become an officer, 
 or to vote at any of the General Meetings of the Society. 
 FORM OF APPLICATION. 
 
 29 — The following form of application shall be signed 
 by all Applicants lor admission into the Society, arut 
 countersigned by the Members proposing and seconding: 
 tliem, and deposited with the Treasurer. 
 
 *' I, A. B. of a native of 
 
 in the County of England (or Wales) or the- 
 
 son of C. D. who was of English (or Welch) descent :: 
 declare that I am of the full age of twenty-one years,, 
 that I am desirous of becoming a Member of the St.. 
 George's Society of Quebec, and if elected, I will abide 
 by and obey all and every the Rules and Regulations oC 
 the said Society. 
 
 *< (Signed) A. B." 
 
 <* Proposed by 
 
 " Seconded by 
 The son of any Member of the St. George's Society may 
 be elected a Life. Member at any age under twenty-one 
 years, upon being proposed by or with the written con- 
 sent of his Parent or lawful Guardian. Upon being 
 elected, and on payment of the fee required, his name- 
 may be enrolled upon the list of Life-Members, and he 
 mf,y attend any General Meeting. But he .shall not vote 
 on any question, or be eligible to hold any office in the 
 Snriptv iinii! lipi slmll liH of the fui« affe of twentv.one- 
 years. 
 FORMS TO BE OBSERVED AT MEETINGS. 
 
 30 — No business shall be proceeded with at any 
 Meeting, except on motion in writing, duly seconded. 
 
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 No fresh motion shail be entertained, except in amend- 
 ment, unless that previously before the Meeting shall be 
 disposed of. Each Member, on entering the room shall 
 write down his name on a paper which the Secretary 
 shall provide for that purpose. Every Member shall 
 stand on addressing the Chair and no one shall speak 
 twice on any subject, except in explanation. The mover 
 of any Resolution shall have, however, permission to 
 close the discussion in reply. 
 
 ORDER OF PROCEEDINGS ON ELECTION 
 
 DAY. 
 
 31. — The following order of proceedings shall be ob- 
 perved at the Meeting for the Election of Officers and 
 Committees, on the 5th January, in every year. 
 
 1. The President, Vice- President, or Senior Member 
 of Committee present to take the Chair. 
 
 2. Presiilent to read the A nual Keport. 
 
 3. Other Reports, if any to b«^ made. 
 
 4. Motions thereon in wrilt'ng. 
 
 5. Appointment of Sci'utineu's. 
 (J. Ballot for President. 
 
 7. Do. for Vice-Presidents. 
 
 8. Do. for Secretary and Assistant Secretary. 
 
 9. Do. for Chaplains. 
 
 10. Do. for Physicians. 
 
 11. Do. for Committee together; 
 
 12. Nev/ President to take the Chair. 
 
 13. Motions with reference to the retiring OiTicers. 
 
 M. Any motion on general business, or notice of mo- 
 tion may i)e entertained. 
 
 15. Pj-esidentto adjourn the Meeting v/ithout motion. 
 
 N. B. — For th.e better expediting the Easiness on 
 'fJection Diiy, the Balloting for new Members may be 
 $aken up at any convenient time during the Meeting. 
 
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 FOTIMS OF J3E'.lt[KSTS AND DEVISKS 
 
 BY WILL. 
 
 I. A Bequest of a sum of Money, or of Shares of 
 Stock, or Public Debentures fen- the geneial 
 purposes of the Society, 
 
 I give and bequeath to the « St. George'c Society of 
 Quebec," incorporated by a Statute of the Province of 
 Canada, passed in the twelfth year of the Reign of Her 
 Majesty Queen Victoria, the sum of 
 pounds. Currency, (or Shares of S^^ock in 
 
 the Bank of , standing in my n^^me 
 
 in the Books of the said Bank,) or, (if Debentures, de- 
 scribe them briefly,) up-^n trust, to be by the said St. 
 George's Society applied to and for the uses and pier - 
 poses of the said Society, as specified in the said Act 
 of Incorporation and none other. 
 
 
 II. A Devise of Real Estate for the general purposes 
 
 of the Society. 
 I give and devise unto the " St. George's Society of 
 Quebec," incorporated by a Statute of the Province of 
 Canada, passed in the uvelfih year of the Reign of Her 
 Majesty Queen Victoria, all and singular, &c. (De- 
 scribe the Real Estate clearly.) To have and to holii 
 the said, &o., unto the said St. George's Society of Que- 
 bec, and their successors, for ever; upon trust to hold 
 and apply the same, and the rents, issues and profits 
 thereof to a^id for the uses and purposes of the said St. 
 George^s Society, as specified in the said Act oi Incor- 
 poration, and none other, and under the provisions of the 
 aforesaid Act of Incorporali' of the said St. George's 
 Society.