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 IbSy. Anglk'an ,Syn(jd of IJuijisii Cui.umuia (Jii.w. 30. 
 
 (1N(()I!1'()K,\TI()XJ. 
 
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 CHAPTER 30. 
 
 An Act ti) iiK'orporati-' the .\iii;iic;ni iSyiiod ol" the Diocu.su 
 of British C(jlumhia. 
 
 [ath Ai>ril, /.V,s'.9.] 
 
 II^IIKRKAS u ])etitioii lia.s lici'ii iiitsi'1iIc<I I'roiii tlie Bislioj) iiml tlic 
 '' 8\ii()il of tliu Diocrst; of Ijiitisli Colmiiljia, such Dioioo (■oii>i.stiiig Preamhle. 
 of \'uiicouvur Islaml ami otluT isliuuls ailjiifeiit, praying that tlic 
 Synoil sliould ho iiieorjiorated, and it is expdlicnt to grant tlio praytjr 
 of thi3 sail! potition : 
 
 Therefore, Her .Majesty, hy ami w itli tiic adsicc ami con-^cnt of tiic 
 Legislative Asscmlijy of tiie I'rovince of Uritisli t'olnniliia, enacts as 
 follows : — 
 
 1. Tlie Synod of the Diocese of Briti.sh Cohnnhia sliall he, and the Incoiporution of 
 
 11 11 i-'i. 1 1 11 Pi." I t AiiKlicau Sviioil, &c. 
 
 same is lau'eliy, made and constitnted a iiody politic ami corporate, * •' 
 
 nnder tin- name of ' Tlie Aiigiicati Synod of tlie Diocese of iJiitLsli 
 
 Coiundiia," hereinafter caiicii tlie Corporation. 
 
 2. The said Cor|)oratioii shall consist of tlie Bishop of tlu! said .Memlieis of the 
 
 Di 1 • .11. . , i . • 1 I * 1 Synod, 
 
 locese and Ins successoi's, to lie trom tnne to tunc appomteil m siicli ■' 
 
 manner as is or shall he provided liy tlie .said Synod, or the Provincial 
 
 Synod of tin; Ecclesiastical Province hereafter to he formed, and of 
 
 such (jthe)' persons as are or may hecome mendiers thereof, according 
 
 to tlie constitution of the said Diocesan Synoil, as tlie same e.KJsts at 
 
 the time of the passing of this Act (which con>-titution is set forth in 
 
 Schedule A of this Act), or as the said (•oiistituti(jn may, from time to 
 
 time, he altered hy the .said Prcjvincial Synod, (jr hy tlie said Diocesan 
 
 Synod, acting witli the powers vested in it hy tlie Provincial Synod 
 
 aforesaid. 
 
 3. Such Corporation shall have perpetual succession and a common I'owers of the 
 seal, with power to change, alter, hreak, and renew the same when 
 
 and so often as tliey shall think proper, and the said Corporation may, 
 under the same name, contract and he contracted with, sui' and he 
 
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May ace 
 IhikI am 
 peity. 
 
 luirti, ifec, 
 I otliii' liio- 
 
 Powcr to sell, niort- 
 guge, anil lease 
 lands. 
 
 Iiivestiueiit of 
 luoneya on niort- 
 gagu, &o. 
 
 Power to make 
 roail allowances. 
 
 ClI.M'. 30. A.N<il.ir.\.V SVNill) <H- I'.IUTISII CctLlJMlMA -Vi VlCT. 
 
 (Incohi'okation). 
 
 Mifd, iiiipl.'uil awl Im' inililciwled witli, iiiiswer iuul <lct'ciiil in all Courts 
 aii.i |.laces \vliiits(Mvcr; and tiu- said (Jorpunition shall l.i- ahli- an.l 
 caiialilt! in law, iv.simctivriy, to purchase, take, hold, -;ivi), reccivo, 
 iMijoy, possess, and retain all nio.ssua-,'es, lands, tenements, ami ininiov- 
 uhle'i)roperty, money, ffmih, chattels, and nioveahle pi'oi)erty which 
 have i.een or heivaft.T shall he paid, ,i;iven, oranted, ai)i)n)i)rialed, 
 devised or l)e(nieathecl to it, or purcha.sed l)y it, in any manner oc way 
 whatsoever, to, for, or in favour of the eleemosynary, ecclesiastical, and 
 educational uses and purpcses, within the Province of Briti.sh Colum- 
 bia, of the Church of En<rland, inchidinj,' therehy the uses and purposes 
 of any parish, mission, institution, school, or hospital, connected with 
 the Church of England in British Columbia. 
 
 4. The Corporation shall, in addition to the powers conferreil upon 
 it bv the next preceding section of this Act, and subject to the 
 provisions thereof, have power to .sciU, convey, exchange, alienate, 
 mortgage, lease or <lemise any lands, tenements and hereditaments lielil 
 i)y the said Cori)oration, whether simply by way of investment for the 
 uses and purjmses set forth in tin- next preceding section of this Act or 
 not: and the Corporation may also, from time to time, invest all or 
 any of its funds and moneys, and all or any fun<ls and personal prop- 
 eitv which may be vested in, or ac(iuired by, the Corporation for 
 eleemo.synary, ecclesiastical, or educational purposes aforesaid, in and 
 upon any mortgage security of lands, tenements, and hereditaments, 
 and in other securities in any jtart or parts of P.ritisli Columl)ia: an.l 
 for the purposes of such investment may take, receive, and accept a 
 mortiiaire or movtga^/e^ ..r ,n!iy a-^-ig'imcut or as.signments thereof, 
 wh(-ther such mortgage; or assignment be made and executed directly 
 to it in its own corporate name, or tf) some other corporation or body 
 politic and corporate, or to some company or person or p.a'sons in ti'ust 
 foi- it, and shall have and enjoy the same, and as large, full and ample 
 powers and rights of sale and foreclosure, action and suit upon and for 
 the purpose of enforcing the covenants, stipulations, conditions, and 
 agreements, and all matters and things contained in such mortgages, 
 or any of them, and in as amjjle a manner, as if it were a private 
 person able and capable in law; and furthermore may sell, grant, 
 assign and transfer such mortgages, or any of them, to any person, 
 company or body capable of receiving any a.ssignment thereof, and 
 may release and discharge such mortgages, or any of thein, either 
 wholly or partly. 
 
 5. The said (Jorporution shall, in the case of land held by it, be able 
 
 t(j .s(^t ai)art a portion of such land for the purpose of nuiking a road, 
 
 or to make a free grant of a portion not exceeding one acre hi extent 
 
 for the ])urpose of a school, hoapital, or other necessary public object. 
 
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I NSO. 
 
 ANfii.K'AN SvN(.r) Ml- r.niTisii Ciii.rMr.iA Chap 30. 
 
 (IXCdlil'dHATluN). 
 
 6. It sIimII 111' Ifiwflll for tliC ("nr)i(il)lti()n nf tlic lii-lld]. nf liritish [ii.s|i,,|. nf M. C. may 
 
 Coluiiiliin. (II- iinv ntlnr coriMMMtion, or iiin iicrscjii or iicisons (,, ''."■'V'y trust pn.jHi'- 
 
 ' • ' ' twx to the )>yiio(|. 
 
 transfer any propcrtv, ii'.'il or ]iiT.soiiiil, licl( I ill trust \,y him or tlicni 
 
 for tlu! nfoi'csaiil I'liciiiosyiiiiiy, rc(icsia>ticiil, or idiiciitioiial uses of tlic 
 
 Cliurcli of Kiifflaiid, or tlic ('liurcli of Knnlaiid in I'.ritisli Coir.iiliia, to 
 
 tlie said (;()r|)oratioii, to lie lidd in trust for tlic same imrposi's. 
 
 7. Tlic said ('oi|ioi'ation may excr/isc ail its |io\vcr liy and tliroiii^ii How powers of tlm 
 tlic executive committir as cstahlislicd l.v tlie constitution aforesaid, ^y']<"\'^'<' t« he ex- 
 oi- siicli otlicr lioards or committees as the said ("orporation may from 
 
 time to timc! ajipoint liy resolution for the nianaircnient of all <ir anv 
 
 of the aH'airs oi' property of the said ( 'or]ioration, hut in accordajice 
 
 only with the trusts reiatinjf to any property to which any speeiit! 
 
 trust is attached; tin- said Synod may also ajipoint a treasurer '>'" AiiDoint lei t 
 
 ti'casurcrs, and make such ici^nilatinns for the manaiiemeiit and admin- '><lit'is. 
 
 ist ration of its ])idperty as it shall sec tit. The Corporation shall also 
 
 have the right (jf iippointinc; any otHcer or othei' needful affcnt or 
 
 agents for the mana^'enient of its atlairs, and sh.-dl have all other rights 
 
 necossarily inci<l('nt to a hody coi'jjorate. 
 
 8. The ti.'rms "the Church of England," or "the Church of England luteipretatioii. 
 in British Columiiia," in all ilccds, instruments and documents that 
 
 have licen heretofore, or that may her(.'after he, executed, dcalinsf with 
 real or personal property within the Provhice of British CVilumhia, 
 shall mean, unless a ditierent con.struction is gathered from the deeds, 
 instruments or documents, that portion of tlie Church of England 
 within the Province of British Columhia. 
 
 9. Any conveyance of real estate, or any interest therein, vested in Kxeiution by Synod 
 the Corporation snail he deemeil to he dulv executed for that purpose p' «l«eds granting 
 
 * lilllilS 
 
 if the same has affixed then^to the seal of the Corporation, verified hy 
 tiie signatures of the Bishop for the time heing of the Diocese of 
 British Columtiia, or his eoiiimis,sary <luly appointed, and the secretary 
 of the afoi'esaid executive committee ; and a discharw of a mortsratrc, 
 if (^xecuttil in the same way, shall he deemed to he ])ro)K'rly and 
 eflfectively executed. 
 
 10. In all Acts of tlie Legislature of this Province heretofore passed Construction of this 
 
 relating in anv wav to the Church of England, or to any of the Act with other Acts 
 _" • - ^ '' referring to the 
 
 ecclesiastical or educational institutions in any way connc'ted here- Church of England, 
 with, and in all deeds, docinneiits, and othei- writings heretofore 
 exeeuteil where referei.ce is made to the Dioce.saii Synod of Firitish 
 Columhia, either in direct terms or hy implication, or to any officers 
 or committees thereof, the same shall hen^after he construed as if the 
 Corporation herehy incorporated, and the committees and otficcr,s 
 thereof, were the body anil the comiiiiUee ami officers referred to in 
 
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ChaI'. 30. Ax(il,irA\ SVViil) III' filllTISII ('( I.l'MHIA .')2 VliT 
 
 (InciiUI'oIIA TlllN). 
 
 sucli Act, liccil, (id Mtiiciit 1)1' \vr'itiii;^s, iii.sti'ii<l ()t" siicli Syiioil, cdih- 
 
 Illif.ti'C-^ imil otlircTS. 
 
 An to exe<iiti(iM nl |1, Ali\ iiiiu r\ allrc of real estate, or iUiy illtcrust. tlli'l'(!ill, VcsU'il 
 
 il(,'< lis (if laml liv the' . i , , i- ^i n' i r i> -i- i / ( i i • i n i ct. 
 
 lii.-ilKji) ot I'., c' HI tlic ( (ir|i()iati(iii or the l>islio|) ut Jintish ( .oliiiiilna, sliiill licrcattia' 
 
 he (|('('iii((| lo lie 'liily (XCL-nti'il for that purpose, it' (hi! saiiic lias 
 
 atlixcil tliciito flic seal of tli(^ ('or|)oi'ation of the Hislioji of llrifish 
 
 ( 'oliiiiil(ia, \( riticil liy tlic >ii;iiatiirf of tlic l!i>li()|i tor tlic tiinr liciii<,^ of 
 
 . tlic l)ioii"^c of Uriti^li ( 'olmiiliia, or liis coiniiiis.sary duly appoiiitoil, 
 
 anil 'li-cliarf^c of a iiiortj^oij^'c, if cxticutcd in the same way, shall lie 
 
 (Ici'incd to lie properly aU'l ctfcctually (.'Xecutcil. 
 
 liepeal iif iiicjiisis- \2. All Acts aiid parts of Acts ini-ousistcut with tills Act arc licrrliv 
 tent Acts. ' 
 
 rc])falc(l. 
 
 Midtinaiii Acts (In 13, \ot hinn' in tJiis or ally other Act coiitaiiM'd shall In' coiistrucd 
 
 ' ' ■' as iipi|(lyiiii4; that the Imperial Statute !) tJeorge the Seeoud, cap. :{<J, 
 
 ha- aii\' force or elll'' I in llriiish Coluiiiliiai. 
 
 SCHEDITLK A. 
 
 CoNSTITI'TION OF THE Sv'NOn. 
 
 I 
 
 The SvikhI shall consist of the Bisho]i nf the Diiuc.:", the eler(,'y duly 
 licensed liy the Bishop, and of lay representatives t . he duly elected a-S 
 hereinafter provided. 
 
 II. 
 
 'I'he lay rejiresentatives shall he male comiiiuuicant.s if at least one 
 year's staiidine-, and of the aj^i' of twenty-one years and upwards. 
 Tli(\v shall ))resent to the Secretary of the Synod a certificate of their 
 election, sie-ned hy the Chairnian of the ]neetiiig at which they were 
 appointed, accurcliuy to the followine' foi-ni : 
 
 "I hereby certify that at a mooting of the ehjctors of 
 (Jlnircli (('/■ District) held on tlie day of , the 
 
 following; persons, ( ommuiiii ants of the cliurch, were duly elected as 
 hiy rejiresentatives in Synod, and that there are eiiti'red on tlie roll of 
 (doctors persons entitled to vote at tiiis election. 
 
 "Dated the day of . 
 
 " Chairman." 
 And that the Chairman shall also forward to the (Clerical Secretary 
 of the Synod, immediately after the election, a certificate of election ui 
 the .same form. 
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■ivl,y 
 
 ISHtt. Anglican- Syncd of Bihtisii Cohmhia ('(i.m'. 30. 
 
 (Im OHPOHATION). 
 
 HI. 
 
 The liiy ivpn.sciitdtivi.s ^lijill lir clccfcl ..very tliivc vcars ct n 
 iiKM'tiiii,' to lie siiiiiiiMitird \,y the Minister in i liiir(,'c, or in cmsc tlic 
 I'liMicli lie vjicunt, or llic MinisUT lie (il.scnt or niialilc oi' icfnsc to 
 siiniiiioii sikIi iiicctin-i-, then Ipy the C-lnir'|i\vj,n|,.ns oi' citlicr of tlicm; 
 and siicli incftiiin- slwill he licld in each )iari.s}i of mission in Easter 
 svi^ck", or within twenty-one days tliereaf'tei', and the rejiresentatives 
 sliall eontinne in ottice until otheis are eleited : I'rovidec], neverthch'ss, 
 that if no ejection lie held within tlie time aforesaid, tlien it shall he 
 lawful for tive (Hialitied electors to call siich meeting at such time and 
 place as they think proper. 
 
 IV 
 
 In ease of a vacancy oeciirriny in the representation of anv parish 
 or nii.ssion, hy death, resignation, oi' refusal to act, and if any lay 
 representative, olected as aforesaid, shall decline to serve as stich, nr 
 .shall at any time resign his ottiee, signifying tlie same in writin"- to 
 tlie Ineiindient, or shall remove fnjin the diocese, tlie said office sliall in 
 any snch case hecoine vacant, and the Incumbent or other person or 
 pei-soiiH, UH in the previoii.s article provided for, shall proceed to call a 
 new election ; moreover, .should any lay representative secede from the 
 Chtirch, or wilfully abstain from the Holy Uomnuniion for the space 
 of on(^ whole year, or wilftdly absent him.self from public worship for a 
 .space of six months, or should he be convicted of any crime, he .shall 
 thereupon forfeit his .said office, and the Incumbent or Minister of the 
 parish or nii.ssion for which he was a lay representative .shall in like 
 manner proceed to call a new election, as in the previous article i.s 
 provided for. 
 
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 The Minister .shall preside at (svery such meeting, liut if he be miable 
 or refuse to jireside, or if there be no Minister, the electors may appoint 
 a Chairman and proceed to the election. 
 
 VI. 
 
 Pulilic notice of <'very such meeting, whether ordinary or special, 
 shall be given (m two Sundays immeclialely preceding sucli meeting, 
 anfi by notici^ affixed to the door of each cliurch at least ten flays 
 before tlie day of such meeting, or by either of such modes, specifying 
 the time and place of meeting. 
 
 All iiial(! persons of the age of twenty-one years and upwards, being 
 accustomed members of that church within the district for which the 
 election is held, .shall be entitled to vote for lay representatives, pro- 
 
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ClIAl'. 30. ANfil.KAN SVNol) III \'>Hnihll ('Of.l Vlf.fV 
 
 (iNrOItl'OHATION.; 
 
 .')L' VkT, 
 
 viilcil tliat liefctrc any ipcrson sliall Ix- i-iititli^J tt, vote he slifill iiiako 
 ami HuliHcribc the f(illo\viii;f declaration : 
 
 "I, A. li., ilcclarc tliat I am a ii]<iiil«;r '>f U«? Cidirfh r»f Krii^lniiil, or 
 Aii;f|i('aii ("lnifcli, in British Coliiiiiliia.aii'l \^'\nu^ to no otluT rclij^'ioiis 
 (lenuiniiiatioii : junl F am an afciistjain-'l unfiiti^-r of the (■on<,'ri';^;i,ti<in 
 of ("luireli." 
 
 Vlli. 
 
 Kvcry parisli or mission in fntiiiv hlial) •»«• I'titMfA to elect, two 
 representatives, Imt wluii tlie numlier uf '-l«-/'t.on in a clnircli or 
 district sliall exceed twenty they shuJI l>i- iiitUl.U<i to elect Xfiur. repre- 
 sentatives, an<l wluMi the nundiei' of <'le<-t/yr> *lt(»ll frxcccd iifty.they 
 shall 1)1^ entitled to elect six re])resentativ<-»« . and tJi»: (,'hairman of the 
 moetinif at which they are elected shall cii;itifv f.J(#r niirrdicr of electors 
 on tli(! electoral roll of such cluirc h oi diintfiurl,. ;iiid that the said chnrch 
 or district is entitled to elect two or nion; rd^innK^rntatives, as the case 
 may be. 
 
 IX, 
 
 The (pionnn for the transaction c)f any \)iMU»im in the Syrioil shall 
 consist of not less than one-tourth of the wln/Ut nf»rrd»er of (|ualitied 
 Clergymen of the I)ioces(? and a like prop<>rti'/n >4 lay representatives, 
 whose election shall have been ce)-tifie<i Ut by the Heeretary of th(^ 
 Synod, lint any less ninnher shall have |>ow<^r lo adjourn from day to 
 day until a 4Uoruni can he obtained 
 
 X. 
 
 All ([uestions before the suid Synod >-}iall, in fiie first instance, be 
 deterndned by a vote of the niajorit\' of tier n^^rrdxTs of the Synod 
 present, but the Bishop, or any two iii«;inl>«ir >t of trie Synod, may, after 
 such vote shall have been taken, reijuire tlw,' vtiU: to bf; retaken by 
 orders, in which case such vote sliall Ix; r<rtaken byordisrs; and the 
 concurrence of the Bishop and a majority </f the (Mer^y, and of a 
 majority of the Laity, shall be essential Ui jfjv<; validity to any act or 
 resolution upon wdiieh such vote sliall hav<; U;<;n f^akcTi. 
 
 XI. 
 
 The Synod shall meet once in evciiy two y<.'air)t, '»r oft«:ner if refjuiri^d 
 on a summons from the Bishop of th<; \)Hti'M**'., and at such time and 
 place a-s the Synod shall direct. 
 
 XII. 
 
 The Bishop may, or in cawi of his al/wjiMj",' or ef a va(;ancy in the 
 See, the Dean, or in his absence oi' non-<^>in|»l>ance, the St^iior Arch- 
 deacou, or in his absence or non-coniplian«;<;, tfi»; Archdeacon next in 
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1.SS9. 
 
 A.Ntil.lCAN Sv.Nol) ()!■ l!l;rilMI < <il,l MlilA I'llAI'. 30. 
 (I.M OUf'oUAIKt.N). 
 
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 stuiiority, or if tluTf \if iiu AicIhIchcoh, tlicii tlif I'isliop's rStiiiiniM.sary 
 at tile time siicli vncaiiry III' aliM'iici' sliall (mtiii', or it' llicii' Ijc ho .siicli 
 C'oiiiiiiissarv, tlii'ii aii_\ tlnt'c (/'li'r;fyiii<'ii, Ki-iii;^ mriiiluMs of tli(^ Syiioil, 
 wliall, on writtt'ii r('i|uisitioii from tlui'f clciicai ainl five lay ini'iiilicrs 
 of till' Synod, call a s|i(,'cial ifH'(itiii<^ on any occa>i.in, at such tuiw or 
 place as li(! or tJicy, in .siininioniii;f sncli mccti!!;,'', sliall (linnet.; ami six 
 weeks' notice of tlie time ami |)lace of meeting;' shall lie issued to all 
 persons entitled to a seat tlieroat, liy tlu! Secretary of tlu! Synod, or, in 
 caao of liis alisenee, or if tlm oHice he vaeant, hy some piMson a])])ointeil 
 for that ])i;rpose hy the jiersons summoning' tiie Synod. 
 
 XIII. 
 
 Notice of all meetinf,'H of the Synod sliall he jfiven hy thi' Secretary 
 (jf the Synod, in writin;,', t(j tin.' persons entitled l(j a seat tliereat. A 
 notice, duly addressed and placed in the post ollice, shall he suflicient 
 advice. 
 
 XIV. 
 
 When the Jiishop is prescrnl. he shall pnjsidi! at all ni(!etinjjs of the 
 Synod, and when h(! is not present his (,'(jiiiniis.sarv spi^cialiy author- 
 ized shall preside ; and if the liishop has not a[)poitited a Coininissai'v, 
 then the Senior Dignitary or (clergyman of the Diocese present sliall 
 pi'esiile. 
 
 XV. 
 
 A Secretary shall he cho.sen hy the i^aity and one liy the Chirgy, on 
 the first day of each annual meeting of the Synod, and they shall 
 remain in oflice during the pleasure of the Syno<l. It shall lie tlieii' 
 duty to k(!ep regular ininutes of all proceedings of the Synod, and 
 recoi'd them in a hook provided for that pur])ose, to preserve all 
 records and papers and other documents, and faithfidly to deliver into 
 the hands of their succ(!ssors all pro]ierty, hooks, and pa])ers relating 
 to the concerns of the Synod which may he in their possession. 
 
 XVI. 
 
 Any proposition for the alteration of tlii.s constitution, or of any 
 other of the canons, .shall he .sent to the Executive Committee, and hy 
 thmn laid hefore the Synod to he eonsidiired at the en.suing meeting, 
 and, if approved by tlie Blsliop and a majority of the members of the 
 Synod, sliall lie over to the next meeting of the Synoil, and if again 
 approved hy the Bishop and a majoi'ity consisting of two-thirds of 
 each of the two orders of the Oleigy and Laity, it shall he confirmed. 
 
 VICTOKIA, H. 0. : 
 I'rliited b^ Rriiaru Woi,pbmibn, Printer to the ijtiucn'a Moit Exctllant .Vlajetty 
 
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