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CHAPTER 79.

An Act to Incorporate St. Joseph's College.

(Assented to April 8, 1926.)

WHEREAS Most Reverend Henry Joseph O'Leary, Ed

monton, Alberta, Archbishop of the Catholic Diocese of Edmonton, Alberta, Right Reverend John T. Kidd, of Calgary, Alberta, Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Calgary, Alberta, Brother Austen, F.S.C., and Brother Alfred, F.S.C., both Brothers of the Christian Schools, of Edmonton, Alberta, Christian Brothers, Patrick Burns, K.S.G., of the City of Calgary, Alberta, President of P. Burns & Company Limited, and Honourable Nicholas D. Beck, Edmonton, Alberta, a Justice of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of Alberta, together with a number of Catholic laymen, are desirous of establishing an institution or college in Edmonton for the promotion of any and all useful branches of higher education for the purpose of affording to Catholics an opportunity of securing a higher education in the Province of Alberta, which while embracing such studies, as may be available in the University of Alberta, may embrace such additional subjects of study as may be deemed necessary;

And whereas the said Archbishop of Edmonton aforesaid, and the Bishop of Calgary aforesaid, and others, by their Petition ask that a College to be known as "St. Joseph's College" be incorporated by a Statute;

And whereas the said Petition has been presented, praying for the incorporation of the said College as an institution or college in Edmonton for the promotion of any and all useful branches of higher education as hereinafter set forth, and it is expedient to grant the prayer of the said Petition; Therefore His Majesty by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, enacts as follows:

1. Most Reverend Henry Joseph O'Leary, Edmonton, Alberta, Archbishop of the Catholic Diocese of Edmonton, Alberta, Right Reverend John T. Kidd, of Calgary, Alberta, Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Calgary, Alberta, Brother Austen, F.S.C., and Brother Alfred, F.S.C., both Brothers of the Christian Schools, of Edmonton, Alberta, Christian Brothers, Patrick Burns, K.S.G., of the City of Calgary, Alberta, President of P. Burns & Company Limited, and Honourable Nicholas D. Beck, Edmonton, Alberta, a Justice of

the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of Alberta, together with such other persons as shall from time to time become Governors of the said College hereby incorporated, are hereby constituted a body politic and corporate under the name of "St. Joseph's College," and shall have a perpetual Succession and a Common Seal.

2. There shall be and is hereby constituted a Board of Governors of the said College.

3. The said Corporation shall be governed by a Board of Governors, the first members of which shall be the Petitioners, who shall hold office until their successors shall be appointed, and a meeting of the Board shall promptly, after the passing of this Act, be called for that purpose, when a new Board of Governors shall be elected and the Board thereafter shall consist of

(a) The Archbishop of the Catholic Diocese of Edmonton for the time being.

(b) The Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Calgary for the time being.

(c) The person holding the office of Rector of the College for the time being.

(d) The person holding the office of Bursar of the College for the time being.

(e) Three Catholic Laymen selected by the officials designated in clauses (a), (b), (c) and (d) hereof. (f) A person nominated by the University of Alberta so long as the College is affiliated with the said University.

4. The said Corporation shall have, in addition to the powers with which the Corporation will become vested by virtue of section 30 of The Interpretation Act of the Revised Statutes of Alberta, 1922, the following plenary powers and authority:

(1) Full power and authority to become affiliated with the University of Alberta and for that purpose to enter into any arrangement with the University that the Board deems expedient.

(2) Full power and authority to enter into any contract or agreement with any or all persons whom the Board may think fit, for the purpose of engaging professors, teachers and others to carry out the details of the management, conduct and control of the institution.

(3) To borrow money for the purposes of the College, and to secure the payment thereof by mortgages, bonds, debentures or other securities, either upon any property owned by the College or upon the credit of the College itself. Promissory notes,

mortgages, bonds, debentures or other securities shall be signed by the Chairman and the Bursar for the time being or by such other members of the Board as the Board may arrange.

(4) To acquire and hold and sell or otherwise deal in
real and personal property for the authorized pur-
poses of the College and generally to do all other
necessary acts or things incidental to the purpose of
carrying on the conduct, management and control
of the said College.

(5) Full power and authority to exercise all the powers
of the Corporation and to make rules, regulations
and by-laws concerning the government, conduct,
management and control of the College and its pro-
perty, revenues, business and all affairs thereof.
(6) The Board shall have full power and authority,
amongst other things to increase the number of
members of the Board, the term of office thereof
and the removal therefrom of the selected members.

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

CHAPTER 80.

An Act to amend Chapter 41 of The Statutes of
Alberta, 1910 (Second Session), being an Act
to incorporate the Calgary Young Women's
Christian Association.

(Assented to April 8, 1926.)

WHEREAS the Calgary Young Women's Christian Asso

ciation has petitioned for certain amendments to its

Charter of incorporation,

And whereas it is expedient to grant the prayer of the Petitioner,

Therefore, His Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Alberta, enacts as follows:

1. Section 1 of Chapter 41, of The Statutes of Alberta 1910 (Second Session), is hereby amended by striking out all the words after the words "The Calgary Young Women's Christian Association" in the fifth and sixth lines from the end thereof, and substituting therefor the following:

"And shall have power to acquire and hold real estate and any leasehold or other interest therein and personal property for the authorized purpose of the Association, and the same or any part thereof to alienate, exchange, mortgage, lease or otherwise charge or dispose of as occasion may arise."

2. Section 2 of the said Act is hereby struck out and the following substituted therefor:

"2. The objects of the Association shall be to carry on the usual work and activities of The Young Women's Christian Association, as such may be developed from time to time, and for greater certainty, but so as not to restrict the generality of the preceding, the establishment and maintenance of rooming and boarding homes, gymnasiums, reading rooms and lecture rooms, and the prosecution of such religious and social effort as will tend to promote the physical, intellectual, moral and spiritual development of young women."

3. Section 5 of the said Act is hereby struck out and the following substituted therefor:

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