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B. : J. ideiUs or carrvint^ on business in the City of Saint John and Pro- vince of New Brunswick, or in the vicinity thereof, have by their Petiuon rejjresented that they have associated them- selves together for some time i)ast, for the purpose of ])r()- moting such measures as they ha\e deemed important towards developing the general trade of Canada and the City of Saint John in particular, and have further rcpresentcl that their said association would be more efficient in it- operations, should an act of incorporation conferring certain ])owers on them and their successors be granted; And whereas, it is expedient that the prayer of the said jjetition be granted ; Therefore Her Majesty, by and with the ad\ ice and consent of the House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows : I. The said Charles H. I'airweathcr, George Thomas, i:,,Arporai Hetiry A. Austin, John \V. Cudlip, Isaac Burpee, Ricb.aid S. De\'ebcr. J. Walter Scammell, W^ W. Turnbull, Jolm' Magee, the Honorable Thomas R. Jones, Thomas W. Daniel, John C. Brown, and such oUier persons resident or carrying r,n business in the City of Saint John, Province of New Brunswick, or in the vicinity thereof, as are or shall be asso- ciated with the persons above named tor the purposes of this Act, in tlie manner hereinafter i">ro\ ided, and their succes- sors, shall be and are hereby constiluted a body politic and (ririuir.iic name «ii(i HI tiL-rnl pow- i'r\. PrnviM): as t'> rr.il ,-ind per- -"IlU tbtalc. Corporal.' pr> V- trs liiiiilcil lo ael Appli. aiioii of I'lc Kiirids f)f tlu * "rporaiKui. 0«ri)(.!Mtr I,v tlu; ll;un( <.| tl,r '■ .S.u.U j. .illl \]u.u<\ rdatwn ./,/.■" I'n.vidcd alwavs, that thr char annual value cf the real and personal estate to-ethcr, held by the said crporatic.n at anv one tiniv, shall not vww^ Ten Thousand Dollars currency: and provided also that the said corporation shall not have or exercise any coi])orate powers -.vhatsoever. exceptiiiK such as are expressly c( interred on the said corporation l.v this Act, or are necessary lor carryin- the sinu- into tfCect, according to its true intent and nieanin-. 2. The Funds and Property of the said corporation shall i)e w^A and applied to and lor such purposes only as may l)e calculated t(^ extend and promote t!ie just and lawful trade antl comm.-rce of Canada .i^eneraliv, and of the City of Saint John more especially. ,,r as ma'v U: necessarv' f .r obtaunn- the objects for which the said corporation is'con- nieaniu"- of this O miiOIi. Scr\ ICC of pro- cc>>. Council. IVi vi-i'inal I'rcM.lcllt, Vicc- I'rc Niilunt and iiicniljevs (jf tlic Council. stituted, acconh'ny- to die true intent and Act. .V Ihe u^ual l>laceofmL-i-tiii- of th.-saiil corporation shall be held to be the le-al d,,mi.-ile therc-of; .nul ser\ ice at such place, of .uiy notice or process of an> kind addressed to the said corpoi-aii,,,!, shall !„■ lu Id to br sutticieiu service of such notice tir jirocess on the corporation 4- For the management (M the affairs aiul the business of the said corporaticu, there shall be a Council, to be called "'Ihe Gnmcil .,f the .Saint John lio.ird ,,f Trade," which shall, until the first election hereinafter mentioned, cc^nsist of a President, Vice-President, and ten other members of the Council, all of whom shall be. members of the said corpora- tion, and shall ha\-e the p.nver.s and j^erform the duties here- matter mentioned and assigned to the said Council. 5. The said Charles II. Fairwcather, .shall be the Presi- dent ; the saitl Geor.^e Tliomas, \'icc-President ; and tlie said Henry A. Austin, John W. Cudlip, Isaac Purpev, Ridiard .S. De\'e])er, J. Walter .Scammell, W. W.Turnbull,' John Ma.iree, the Honorable '1 hoinas R.Jones, Th(jmas \\ . Daniel, and John C. Prown, the other members of the Coun- cil, until the first election lo be l.ad under the provisions of this Act : and the Council Ik n l>v .'.iipointcil >liall, until the said fK'cti(,n, li,i\c .ill llu' poui is ,i-~si-ncd Id the Council ot tin- s.iid (■or|)o|-.Lli<,)ii 1)V this Act. I'- 1 he in( inl)crs of the a-.sociat;oii >h,ill nu'i i inually at \„,ui.,i Mcchmks some place within the city of Saint John, of whicli due notice shall he ,L;i\en by the Counc'l lor the time liein^;, on the hrst -Monday in Deceinher in each year: and thcv or a. niajonlN "t tlu'ni shall then and there elect liv Lallot honi aniouir the ^'>clion of , . - '^ < Mticcr-i. nieinhers ol die association, one President, one X'ice-l'resi- deiit, ,uid ten other niemhers of the Council, and the Council so constituted shall, at their next nuetintr thereafter, choose troll) amoni^- the inenihers of the association, six other per- sons to \k; menihersof the said Council, uiakini^' such choice in such maraier that, as far as ni.iy he. the principal branches sH'^tt'" '.'f '' commerce carri.,! on within the City and e'imlur '''' "'" I'r ivi^r. : ii> I ('l' failure vi lection. ot trade aiu Couiuy ot Saint John shall he lepreseiUtd therein; and tile rnsiileiit, \'ice-rresitlent and memhers so elected aiul chosen, shall form the Council of tlu; said association, and shall hold their oflice until others sluui he elected at the next ivm, .,r uiv.co. annual meeting-, or until they shall he removed from office. or shall \-.ic.Ue the same, under the provisions of anv hv- law of the association : l'r\-. '^' I "'■ I'V .m\- liy-I.iu (/;' llu' n.:i)(ir,iti'iii, :ivv cr sluill Ik- (lirci t((| to l)f (Idiic ;it any sucii i^ciKral nuxtiiii^. <). Any nu inhcrf.i the saitl corporation intcndiiij^^ to retire therelroni or re.sii^n his nicinher.sliip, may at any linic do so upon ■■ivin-^-- fi the Secretary ten day,, notice of such inten tinii in '.viitiny^, and discharqinsr any lawful habihty which may \>v standint; npon the hooks of tlie said corporation a,<;ainst him at the time of such notice. i<). It sliall he hiwful for tlie said corporation, or the ma- j'lrity ot those present, and hein<,r a (juorum at any i^eneral niciiin-, to make and enact sucli by-laws, rules and ret,ni- litions tor thei;o\ernment of thesaid corporation, pro\idin}4 Inr the admission and exi^ulsion or the retirement of iiiem- bers, and for the management of its Council, Ofticers and athiirs, and the o;uidance of the Board of Arbitration herein- altcr mentioned, and all other by-laws in accordance with the recpiiremenis of this Act, or the laws of Canada as such majority shall deem advisabk' ; and such by-laws shall be bindmo: on members of the said corporation, its officers and scr\ants, ami all ')ther jiersons whomsoever lawfully under its control. r r. i:ach and every person resident in the City and Coumv oi Saint John, beiny: or havini,'- been a merchant, trader, mechanic, resident director or manaj^^er of a bank or insur- ance ao-ent in the said City and Ccninty, shall be eligible to become a member of the said corporation : Provided alwavs, j'rovKo : a^ m that any Other person whomsoever shall be elis^ifk; to be .Nknibcrship"! l>roposed and balloted tor as a member, and to l)econ'.e a member of the said corporation as af(jresaid in case such jierson shall be recommended by the Council of the I5oard ' it Trade at any such meeting:. 1 2. It shall always be lawful for the President or the Coun- cil of the corporation by at least three days notice beini; '^\\\:i\ in one or more newspapers iniblished in the City ot' Saint John, to call a general meeting- of the corporation for any of the i)urposes of this Act. It shall be the duty of the 1 'resident, upon a requisition to that effect in writin,^■, sii^ned by at least li\e members of the Council, to call a j^eneral mcclint;- ot the corporation f>r the puri)oses stated in such re(iuisitioii. ny-Laws liln.I ill'i oil Mullll'L' i.iiiilifir.itiiini; fur Alfiiibcr^liip, l'.\tr;innllii.irv ^'cricr.tl lilt ctihi; IT). The said .)Uiicil ..hall, iii addilio to llic powers Aii'.non?! pn*. hereby exjjre.ssly coniened on tiiem, ha\e siicii i)ov-ers as ,.nj-r ByU*»>. >hall he assigned to them by any by-iaw of llie corporation, except only the power of enactiiig or altering any by-law, which shall hf done in the manner pro\ided by this A't and no other; and any five or more members of the Council, lawfully met, (and of whom the I'resident or \'ice-Prcsident ,, , ■^ ... Meetings uf shall be one,) shall be a quorum ; aiul anv maioritv of such t^^"""'"- ' ' ', ' . (Quorum, vki.t j quorum may do all ihings within the power of the Council : prtiiJ": and at all meetings of the said Council, and at all general meetings of the corporation, the President, or in his pbsence the \'ice- President, or !f both be absent any member of the Council then present who may be chosen for the occasion CA>ting v.,t«. shall preside, and in all cases of equp'-cy of votes upon any division, shall have a double or casting vote. 14. It shall be competent to the said Council to appoint, secretar\- an.i and from time to time to remove and re-appoint a Secretary and Treasurer of the Board, a",d to hold meetings f'om time to time, and to adjour-. the same v. hen necessary, and at the said meetings to transact such bu iness as may by this Act or by the by-laws of the corporation, be assigned to them : ^^ .^ ^^ and such meetings of the C^jncil shall be convened by the Counc;!". Secretary at the instance of the President or at the request of any two members of the Council, or by the said President or members in case there shall be no Secretary, or in case the Secretary for the time being shall neglect or refuse to summon any such meeting. 15. It shall be the duty of the Council hereby appointed, cour.ciito fr-me so soon as may be after the passing of tliis Act, to frame * such by-laws, rules and regulations as they shall consider best adapted to promote the welfare of the corporation and the purposes of this Act, and submit the same for adoption to a general meeting of the corporation called for the pur- pose, in the mann^^r hereinbefore provided. 16. All subscp'ptions of members due to the corporation, subscriptions, under any by-law, by any person bound thereby, and all p.4i'd or recovered other sums of money due to the corporation, shall !'e paid 10 the Treasurer thereof, and iii default 01 payment, may ] e recovered in any action brought by him in the name ol the corporation in any Ciunt iame time and times as are hereby ajipeinted I'-r the election of the Council, and in the same manner, it shall be lawful for the members of the said corporation to elect from amontj^ their number, six persons who shall be called "the Board of Arbitration," and any three of whom shall ha\ die jiower to arbitrate upon, and to .^ive their award in, any commercial case of difference which shall be \nluntaiily r. ferred to them by the parties concerned ; and w henever any such parties shall a.t,-ree and l)ind themselves, by bond or otherwise, to submit the matter in tlispute be- tween them to the decision of the said Board ( Arbitration, such submission shall be understood to be made to any three members of the said Board who may, .idier by the special ortler of the B(jard or by virtue of any general rule adopted by them or uiuler any by-laws of the corporation with re- i^ard t(; the ■:onsideration of cases so submitted to them, be appointed to hear ;uul arbitrate upon the case, and shall be uniKrstood to bind the parties to submit to the decision of the said l)o-,rd : ami an^- such submission shall be in tin lorm of the schedule of this Art or in other words to tin- same eftect. 10. The several members (jf the saitl Board of Arbitration shall, before they act as such, take and subscribe before the I'reHdent or \'ice-President ol the corjioration, an oath that ihcy A-ill futhfully, impartially and dillioently perform thrir duties as inem!)i-is of the said Hoard of Arbitration, and wil!. m all cases submiltrd to ilrin, ,-i\c a trur and just award k .u-conliii- iM tlu' hot ,,f iluir ju.l.^nu lU an of 1 Kr .Ma- s.ui„, th.n^.,,. jcsty, her hen-s or successors, or any j.artv or jierson whom- ^'f ''"-■*-■••••» i.. .soever, such rights onlv excepted a. are herein expressly nn'ntioiied and affected. lO SCH KDU LK. Form of Sli;missi«-. 1.— Adinissi.m of Now ^li'iiihers. Two nie'iibers li the Doani may nominate for riection for nieml)crshij), any i)ei-son eligible under tlie Constitution : such nomination to be in writing;-, and made at a genera! mee'in- c)f the Hoard (or of the Councibi pre\ious to that at uliich lie shall be balloted f )r when recommended by the Council. If fiv(' or more of the members of the lioard \ ole at^ainst the candidate, tlie name shall be withdrawn. Sec. 2.-i:i»Mti- jiroceetl to fill up the number wantin.L,^ the same, unt-l the whole number re- ceive ;i majority of th.e \-otes present. In the election of the ( )ffic( I's ,md Council, the ballot shall ])r<)ceed only on sucii as ni,i\- h.i\c been nouiin.itcd by inemb(:'s picsent. I. I lie I > adiiiL; I il llir niiPMtis of llii' l.i^t iiicitiiiL;, .iikI aimiuliiicnt or .lupn \,il ot the s.tini\ 11. R(.'a(liiiL;(>t llif niiinitr> (if nuctinL^s (if ("MuncillR-Itl since last i^viKTal nictliiiL^'. III. PrtsciUation o*" i'ltilidiis and ('(inininnications. '\ . i'ieports ot C'inn)iitt<.LS. \ . l-'.k'Cti(in (/f ( )tficers ann Cduncil. \ 1. Proposals el i>r liallntinL; 1' >r \(,'\v .M(,nil>(i-s. \'1I. l'nfii]i--Iu'v allowed except on a motion rt-L^uIai'lv hc'fore the (diair, Imta niotioi. mav lie pretaced. .Si.('. 7. — When t\\ii or mor(.' members rise at the same time, the Chairman shall name the niemlx, r w ho is fnst to s[ieak. -Sf.c. S. — A Member beini;" called to order, shall imme- di.itdy '-it 'low n, unless [)ermiUed to explain, if there be no appeal, the decision of the Chair sh.iU be tin.il ; but if the Member appt'al h'om tha; deci-iou of the Chah', th(.' Hoard shall decide' the ca-e' without cU b.iti . .Si.c. ij. — Anv niemlier ma\- of riL^bl re'|uire the (juesiiou undir discussion to be read lor his inf irniation at anv time during; die debate. ! ' not so as to interru[it a member while speaking;'. Si;c. 111. — Xo number shall .-pcik more than twice, or loiii^er than five minutes on anv one (juc'stiou without lea\e. Skc. II. — livery member wishiiiL; to spt'.ik, shall liscand respcctfullv address the Chair; he sh.ill confine himself strictly to the malt(,r uiuler ilisciission. 1 iiersoiiaiiliis in .ill Ciises t( I lie a\ ( ndi tl . t 13 Skc. i:!.— Xo inoliiMi shall ]n- nut oi- dduUd, iiiiUs^ the saiiK' be seconded : win ;i SLrondcd, it dial! lu- stand \>v the Cliairinan before del )atc. S!:c. 13. — After a resolution is statetl by the Chairman, it shall be deemed in ])Ossc.ssion of the Hoard, but mav, bv permission of the Board, In- withdniwn at anv time bef.re decision or amendment. Sec. 14. — When a ([uesti(Mi is under tlebati-, the onlv motions in order shall ije— ist, to adj(,urn ; 2nd, the i)revious question; 3rd, to lie on the tal)le : 4th, ti) jxjstpone indeti- nitely; 3th, to adjourn to a certain time ; 6th, to rt'fer ; 7tli, to .amend. Tlie previous (luestion, when moved, must be seconded by at 'east live members. When the previous ques- tion is moved and seconded, it shall be ])ut in this form, " Shall th" main ([uestion be now put?" If this is carried, all further amendments and (k-bate shall be exckuled, ami the cjuestion put without delay, if the (juestion has been amended, the \iite shall be taken on the .imendment first. If more than one amendment has been made, the last made amend- ment in order shall ta.V ■ preci deuce in the vote. It shall not be in order to recon^id, r tin pr( \ ions question. Sr.c. 15. — A motion to adjom-n tlie lio.ird sh.all be aluavs in order, except — i-t, when ;i i.iemberis in jiossession of the lloor: 211(1, while the yeas .iiid nays are l)ein.:.j called ; 3rd, while the members are votin.^- ; 4th, when it has been decided th.it the ra-evious (]Uestion shall be takin : anil a motion to adjourn simply rannot be .amended, but a motion to adjourn to a L^iven time may be, ;unl is open to deliate. S !■.(-. ir,.— A motion to lay a question on the table simi)ly, IS not dcbateable, but a motion to lay on the tabic and pub- lish, or any other conditions, is subject to amendment and debate. Sec. 17. — A motion to amend AW aim luhneiit shall bi' in order; but to amend an .amendment to an anieiidimnt shall not be eiitt-rtaiiied. .\n amendment motliiyiuL;- the intention ot .1 motion shall be in (irder, Init an amendment relating;- to a diiierent subject shall not be in order. 14 Skc. is. — A {luotii'ii in, IV l)c nciinM(Uii,(i ,a .mv tunc (lurini; the same mciiiii!.;, on a nioticin madr and scciMulcd l)y mcniljL'r.s who vutrd in the majority, and when once made and decided in the ne^;ative, shall not be rcvi'cd before the next meetino- of the Board : and no question shall be recon- sidered more than once, ntn- shall a vote to reconsider be reconsidered. Sia. icj. — Tin- Secretary of the Board shall dul;- record in a book, all minutes, or resolutions, decisions, and other ])roceedint4S of the Boaid, entcrini:^ tl.erein all accepted reports, ortlers, and resolutions, antl shall notice rt ports, memorials, a.nd other papers submittetl to the Boartl only by their titles, or a lirief description of their ])ur|)ort. h'ees lor nienibeiship shall be 'IV n I)(ill.u\s pi r annum, from the Ih-st c'ay '•!' May to the thirtieth day of April in next year inclusive, payalih' in ad\-ance, and di'.e on the tirst day of May in each year. l-'irms sh.iU iie admittetl at the >anie niie, and each mem- ber of a fnin sJKill lia\-e the ri^ht to atti'iid ar.d speak at a ^ener.il meeting of the Board, fuit widi the ri;^ht o[ but one \dte on any (piestion under discussion. If each member of a firm p.ivs the full fee of membership (•■?io) Ten Dollars pt.'r ,innum, then tlu y shall each ha\e one \ote, as other mem- bers. Membe''s admitted dui'iii'.;- the fn-st six months shall pay in full, and tlurinn" the second six months half tl;e amiual k- , .Si:c. 21. — Any member who sfull be in arrears of his dues for six month.s, shall have his name sliaick from the roll and shall cease to be a niembei', on a \u[v of the m.iioritv of those present at any rei;alarly called meetin.i;- of the IJoard. Six. 22. — That on ,i two-thirds vote of tlic members [iresent, at any General meeting of the Board, the name of any member may be struck off the roll. .Sr.c. 23. — Xo member can be eligible for tlie offices of President or \"ice'-Bi'csi