CHAPTER 14.

An Act to amend The Religious Societies' Lands Act.

(Assented to April 8, 1926.)

HIS MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Alberta, enacts as follows:

1. This Act may be cited as "The Religious Societies' Short title Lands Act Amendment Act, 1926."

2. The Religious Societies' Lands Act, being chapter 164 of the Revised Statutes of Alberta, 1922, is amended as to section 15 thereof, by adding thereto the following subsections:

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"(4) Any incorporated congregation, with the sanction Change of of a resolution passed at a duly called meeting of its members, and with the approval of the Registrar of Joint Stock Companies, may change its name.

"(5) Upon the change of name of any incorporated congregation under the provisions of this section, the Registrar of Joint Stock Companies shall enter the new name upon his register in place of the former name, and shall issue a new certificate of incorporation, altered to meet the circumstances of the case.

"(6) Upon the production of the said certificate to a Registrar of a Land Titles Office, he shall make such changes in his register and issue such documents as may be necessitated by any such change.

"(7) Any such alteration in name shall not affect the rights or obligations of the congregation, or render defective any legal proceedings instituted or to be instituted by or against the congregation; and any legal proceedings may be continued or commenced against the congregation by its new name that might have been continued or commenced against the congregation by its former name."

3. This Act shall come into force on the day upon which Coming into it is assented to.

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CHAPTER 15.

An Act to amend The Possessory Liens Act.

(Assented to April 8, 1926.)

HIS MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Alberta,

enacts as follows:

1. This Act may be cited as "The Possessory Liens Act Short title Amendment Act, 1926."

2. The Possessory Liens Act, being chapter 104 of the Revised Statutes of Alberta, 1922, is amended by adding as section la thereof, the following:

"1a. 'Judge' shall mean a judge of the District Court of Judge the District in which the lien arose."

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3. This Act shall come into force on the day upon which Coming into it is assented to.