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Las diagrammes suivants illustrent la mithode. 1 2 3 4 5 6 '^■^.m r»* f '■*-*: J '.- vi W ■!► ,.* #i .# I ••#M**' f«3r*': ■^ |#t.A»-S:, I ^ lY-LiAWS, !»' M I ? i \ l" »w OF THE I, * COBPOSATIOlf, FOR « Jlitpetfittetai(tifi» JHUniAltifl -.. yi \' BY-IiAWS, MADfi, Ordiained^lind Constituted, by tlie'Co^pora- tiorn for Superintending, Managing and Conduc't- ing, the Clergy Reserves within tlie Province i^ |Vw>er Canada, on MondfLj tUe twenty^ffturtU day of; J^iily, in the year of pur Lord Christy iS?0. *l!l?#yi^ift55d by the Corporation fSr Super- intending, Managing and Coodttcttng, the Ctegy Be»eryeg within the Pi^DYinc0 of Uppen Canada, and it is hereby ordained by? Ih©; aiidJiol^t^ of the same — nhnm.} 'iO{]yi First. That the affaiw bf the saidi CorpoVation shall from time to time be conducted, goverhed and directed, by a Principal and twelve Birectbris, according to the sefcral Bjr-Laiws whifch shill be made, ordained and eousftitUiled^ for the :ii^eifare and good governm/ent ijf the said Corporation and the affairs tberoof^:: Second. That the Lokb BiisHop of QtEBfic shall be perpetual Principal and Director of the said Corporation and of the afiltirs thereof, with- out election or nomipation. -■-''' Third. That in the absence of the Lord Bishop, the Bishops Official, or the Rector of Niagara, or the Bector of York, shall preside at the Meetings of the said Corporation. Fourth. That the Hectors of the several Pa- rishes of Kingston, Niagara and York, Cornwall, Griusby, Ancaster and Hamilton, (Newcastle District,) together with the Inspector and Sur- veyor General, shall in like manner be perpetual Directors of the said Corporation and of the afiairs thereof, without election or nomination. Fifth. That the remaining Directors shall be Members of the Corporation now holding, or who shall hereafter hold Benefices within the Province of Upper Canada ; and shall be chosen and elected by the Members pf the said Corpo- ration at the times apd in t^ ^|t|)ner hereinafter prescribed. :imi^Ii;>r. ' 8iaM. That the lUglit Reverend Father in God Jacob, Lord Bishop of Quebec, «>f the Dio- cese of Quebec ; the Rev. Official Stuart ; the Rev. Doctor Addison Rector of Niagara; the Rev. Doctor Strachan Rector of York 5 the Rev. Salter Mountain Rector of Cornwall; the Rev. William Sampson Rector of Grimsby; the Rev. R. Leeming Rector of Ancaster, and the Rev. h /', I William Macaulay Rector of Hamtiton ; the In- spector General of the Province; the SurvefBr General of the Province, for the time heing ; the Rev. Richard Pollard Rector of Sandwich ; the Rev Mr. Leeds Rector of Augusta, and the Rev. Mr. Weagant Rector of Williamsburg, shall be respectively the Principal and Directors ; and shall be, and are hereby authorised and empow- ered, to take upon- themselves the management, direction and government, of the whole affairs of the said Corporation, from the date of these By Laws until the first Tuesday in the month of February, which will be in the year of oiir Lord Chnst 1823 ; and that any two or more of such Directors, with the Principal, shall be and con- stitue a quorum for the management, direction and government) of tho alTairs of the said Corpo- ration in all matters and things, witli power to meet and adjourn as they shall see fit ; Provided neverthele^, that in the absence Of the Principal not less than' fiv */ t // Ji several Bj-Laws whith shall be made, ordained and constituted, for the welfare and good govern- ment of the said C6rpdration and the affairs thereof; and any two op more of such Directors for the time being, with the Principal, shall be and constitute a quorum for the management, direction and governWent, of the aflEkirs of the said Corporation in all matters and things, and shall have power to meet and adjourn as they shall see lit ; Provided nevertheless, that in the absence of the Frincipal not less than five Di- i-ectors shall be a quorum, one of whom must be the Official, or the Rector of Niagara or York. Eighth. That the Principal, ^nd two or more Directors for the time being, or in the absence of the said Principal, the Official, the Hector of Niagara or the Rector of York, shall hold four Meetings every year, at some convenient place in the Town of York, that is to say :— on the Tuesday next succeeding the first Wednesday of the month of February ; the first Tuesday of the month of May ; the first Tuesday of the month of August ; and the first Tuesday of the month of November, yearly, with power to ad- j;;urn and to hold as many meetings besides these as shall be needful, either at the time of adjournment or at the times determined by the d calUi of tbe Principal, or in his absence, of the Official, or the Bector of Niagara, or the Rector of York ; and such Prh cipal, or in his absence, the Official, or the Rector of Niagara, or the Rector of York, and Directors, shall haye powe#, as often as they think proper, to call extraordi- nary meetings of the Members of the said Corporation, by an advertisement in the King- ston and York Gazettes, and at the same time by a Circular Letter from the Secretary ; which advertisements shall be published during three successive weeks before the day which shall be fixed for such meeting; and the Acts of such extraordinary meetings so called, shall be as valid and effectual in every respect as those of the ordinary general meetings of the Members i9|[,(the said Corporation, hereinafter provided for. . raiti'i J^inth. That the Principal, or in his absence, the Official, or the Rector of Niagara, or the Rector of York, fc^nd Directors for the time being, shall" nominate a Secretary and Receiver to the said Corporation, and such other persons as they shall judge necessary to be employed in the services of the said Corporation-, and shall appoiiit to them respectively such salaries, fees or rewards, as they -dball judge proper, and as ^ .^ // ■ ^ shall be approved ly the Gorernor, Lieutenant GoTernori or perBou Adminis leering th ^ Govern- ment. That they shall have power at their pleasure to discharge the said Secretary and Beeeiver, and others employed as aforesaid, and to put others in their plapes, as tbey shall aee cause. That the Secretary shall record the pro*- ceedings of the $aid Corporation, and of the said Principal, or in his absejice, of the Ofitcial, or the KectoraC^f Niagara or the Hector of York, and Directors ; and that the Beceiver shall re^ ceive and pay all monies which he shall be warranted to receive or pay by the Principal, or in his absence, the ^^cial, tl^.e Hector of Ni- agara or the Hector of If^rfe and Directors, from time to time, and <|f a)i such receipts and pay- ments he sh||ll be obliged to keep, j^ud to pi^- duce regular accounts a3 often as he ifcalf i»e required ; and the Beceivi^r shaljl also be obliged to give security for liis idelity in the discUrge of his office to the satisfaction of' die Frincinai and Directors^ . ... Tenth. That the Members of the sfiidNGor- poration shall meet annually at some conveG^^nt place in the Town of York, on Tuesday next succeeding the first Wednesday in February in each and every year, at one o'clock in the after- 'h {• '• H IV A f ll 10 ^ noon* Tkat the Members of the said Corpora- tion who shall be so assembled, shall bey and shall constitute, an ordinary General Meeting^ of the said Corporation, and shall then and there have full power and authority to make and con- stitute such By-Laws, for the management and goyernnient of the said Corporation and the afiyrs thereof, as to them shall seem meet, ac- cording to the true intent and meaning of the Chai^er by which the said Corporation hath beea e^^^stituted, anu the Laws of the Province of Up^r Canada* ElevSiith* That ^t '^uch ordinary meetings, the FriilCipal, or in his absence, the Official, the Hector of Niagara or the Rector of York, and Dii^ectors; shall cause tp be laid before such ordinary general meetings, ah account of th?^ jproceib^ngs of thbm tbe said Principal or Of- ficial, br Rectdr of Niagara or Rector of York, and Directors, in the execution of their offices, together with a full and distinct statement of the Property and Estate of the said Corporation, in Lantd, Money, and other effects, if such there be. ; fn.,"*!*-*** -.^ P. MAITLAND. * ' * * 1 ^ 1 1 4 < ; tur'^^nv^^ ; « / 7 11 At a Meeting of the Rev. the Clergy Cor- poration oif the 8th February, 1831, the following Resolution was moved by the Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of Quebec, and adopted : — Resolved — That it being expedient that the By-Laws be revised and amended, and some additional By-Laws be adopted, a Committee of tbree persons be chosen for revising the present By-Laws, and suggesting such alterations in them, and additions to be made to them, as to such Committee shall seem fit, to be by them submitted to a General Meeting of the Board, next Summer ; and that the Archdeacon of York, the Rev* A. N. Betbune, and the Rev. J. Miller, be appointed a Committee for this purpose ; and. that a copy of the present By-Laws be printed, and sent to each Clergyman of the Province, requesting such suggestions as may seem to them necessary for their improvement. GEORGE H. MARKLAND. ^ '>i^;Vvv..