CHAPTER 117.

An Act to incorporate "The Raleigh Club."

[Assented to March 16th, 1906.]

WHEREAS certain persons are associated together in Preamble. the City of Winnipeg, in the Province of Manitoba, under the name of "The Raleigh Club," with the object of promoting social intercourse between the members thereof, and have, by their petition, prayed that they may be incorporated for the more effectual carrying out of the aims and objects of the said association, with the powers hereinafter provided; and whereas it is expedient to grant the prayer of such petition,

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

1. H. W. H. Knott, F. Wynn Ellis, the Very Rev. J. F. Incorporators. Coombes, C. Y. Stanier, W. T. Gwyn, S. W. Abbott, Charles Brydges, Charles H. Gore, and such other persons as are now members of said association in good standing, or shall hereafter become shareholders, are hereby constituted a body Incorporation. corporate and politic in law and in fact under the name of "The Raleigh Club," and by that name may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, in all courts and places whatsoever.

incorporation.

powers.

2. The said corporation, hereinafter called the club, Incidents of shall have perpetual succession and a common seal, and shall have power from time to time to renew, alter, break or change the said seal, and the club is hereby authorized, in carrying out and maintaining its object, to acquire by lease, Objects and purchase, gift or otherwise, and to own and hold, property, real, personal and mixed, provided that such real property shall not exceed in value the sum of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, at such prices and upon such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon, and to improve and use the same by the construction of such buildings, and to make such provisions for games and sports, works and improvements, either inside or outside the property of the said club, as are necessary and as may be deemed proper, and the same or any part thereof from time to time to sell, alienate, exchange, mortgage, lease or otherwise dispose of as the club may deem expedient.

Capital stock.

Transfer of shares.

3. The capital stock of the club shall not exceed one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, divided into fifteen thousand shares of ten dollars each, and all members of the club must be shareholders. No transfer of shares shall be made except by consent of the committee hereinafter named; all shares shall be transferred on the books of the club in such manner, and subject to such restrictions and regulations, Calls on stock. as may be imposed by the by-laws of the club, and calls may be made upon such stock, in such instalments and upon such No one to hold notice, as shall be regulated by the by-laws of the club. No. one shareholder shall be capable of holding or owning more than two hundred shares in the capital stock of the club.

more than 200 shares.

management.

Committee of 4. The affairs of the club shall be under the management of a committee, composed of the president, first vice-president, second vice-president and five shareholders. Each of such committee must be a shareholder in his own right in the club, all calls must be paid upon any shares held by him, and he must be a member in good standing in the club. To be elected The committee shall be elected at the annual meeting of

at annual

meeting.

Rules for election.

Filling

vacancies in committee.

First committee.

Committee may make

shareholders, or at a meeting of shareholders for that purpose called in such manner and at such place and time as the by-laws of the club may provide; and, in the absence of a by-law, then as the committee shall decide. The election of committee, and all other questions voted on at a meeting of shareholders, shall be decided by a plurality of the votes of the shareholders present in person, each shareholder being entitled to one vote for each share held by him, but in no case to exceed twenty votes, whatever may be the number of shares he holds, and voting by proxy shall not be allowed except as hereinafter provided. The committee shall continue in office for one year and until their successors have been appointed, and if any vacancies shall occur in the committee during the said year the remaining members of the committee shall supply such vacancy for the balance of the term.

5. The persons named in the first paragraph hereof shall constitute the first committee, and they shall hold office as such until their successors are appointed in accordance with this Act or the by-laws of the club, and the club may by by-law provide for the retirement of some of the committee only each year.

6. The committee shall have power to make by-laws, by-laws, &c. rules and regulations, not contrary to law or to the provisions of this Act, with power to amend, repeal and re-enact the same, for all purposes relating to or bearing on the affairs, Scope of the business and property of the club, its management, governthe committee ment, aims, objects and interests, to regulate the allotment

by-laws that

may make.

of stock, the making of calls thereon, the payment thereof, the issue and registration of certificates of stock, the forfeiture of stock for non-payment, the disposal of forfeited stock and the proceeds thereof, the transfer of stock, the term of service of officers and committee, the appointment, functions, duties and removal of all agents, officers and servants of the club, the security to be given by them to the club, their remuneration, the time at which and place where the annual meeting of the club shall be held, the calling of meetings, regular and special, of the committee and of the club, the quorum and the proceedure in all things at such meetings, the imposition and recovery of all penalties and forfeitures admitting of regulation by by-law, the admission of honorary members to the privileges of the club, the fixing of the amount of the admission and annual fees and the collection thereof, the suspension and expulsion of members, the forfeiture of stock for transgression of the by-laws of the club, the expulsion of members for cause shown and forfeiture of such expelled members' stock, and the conduct in all other particulars of the affairs of the club, but every such by-law Confirmation and every repeal, amendment and re-enactment thereof, un-annual less in the meantime confirmed at a general meeting of the meetings of club duly called for that purpose, shall only have force until the next annual meeting of the club; and in default of confirmation thereof shall at and from that time only cease to have force, and in that case no new by-law to the same or like effect shall have any force until confirmed at a general meeting of the club.

of by-laws at

club.

to holding of

7. No share or shares in the capital stock of the club can Restriction as be owned or held by a partnership or corporation, and the shares. holder of a share shall not be entitled to any of the privileges of the club house or grounds, or be capable of being elected one of the committee or to attend or vote at any meeting of the shareholders, unless and until such person Members of has been duly elected and then is a member of the club in duly elected. good standing, pursuant to the by-laws, rules and regulations.

club must be

to members of

8. No remuneration shall be paid to any member of the Remuneration committee as such or by virtue of any office occupied by him, committee. expect as authorized by the by-laws of the club.

members

9. No shareholder or member of the committee shall be Liability of personally liable for the debts, torts, contracts or liabilities limited. of the club beyond the amount remaining unpaid upon his stock.

10. The club shall have power from time to time to bor- Borrowing row money, and for such purpose may raise or borrow any

powers.

Security for loans.

Consent of shareholders required.

Debts of members.

Present

members to have same standing as petitioners

sum or sums of money by the issue of negotiable instruments, bonds, debentures or other instruments, on such terms as it may think proper, and may pledge or mortgage all the property and assets, real and personal, and income of the club, or any portion thereof, to secure the repayment of the moneys so borrowed and the interest thereon; provided always that the consent of one-half in number of the shareholders represented at a special meeting, and voting either in person or by proxy, shall be first had and obtained for the issuing of bonds or debentures or the pledging or mortgaging of the property, assets or income of the club.

11. Any unpaid account a member may have incurred to the club for articles ordered by him upon its premises, and his quarterly dues unpaid, shall be a debt due by him to the said club, and may be collected from him by the club by due process of law.

12. All persons who have heretofore become members of the said club, and who have paid the fees and are in good standing, or reinstate themselves in good standing and othernamed in s. 1. wise conform to the requirements of the petitioners hereinbefore named for such purposes, shall be members of the said club to the same extent as if they had been specifically named along with the petitioners in this Act of incorporation.

Purchase of supplies.

Negotiable instruments

Seal not necessary.

13. The said corporation shall have power to purchase from time to time and at all times upon credit, or for cash, all such goods or supplies as may be considered necessary by the directors or committee of such corporation for the purposes of the corporation, and to pledge the credit of the corporation for any such purpose.

14. The said club shall have power to draw, make, to which club accept and indorse all cheques, bills of exchange and promay be party. missory notes necessary for the purposes of the said club, under the hands of such members of the committee as shall receive authority from the committee so to do; and in no case shall it be necessary that the seal of the club be affixed to any such cheque, bill or note, nor shall the members of the committee so drawing, making, accepting or indorsing as aforesaid be responsible therefor. Provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall be construed to authorize the said club to issue notes or bills of exchange payable to bearer, or intended to be circulated as money or as notes or bills of a bank.

15. This Act shall come into force on the day it is assented to.

CHAPTER 118.

An Act to incorporate the Congregation "Shaarey
Shomayim of Winnipeg."

[Assented to February 9th, 1906.]

WHEREAS George Frankfurter, Simon H. Narov- Preamble.

lansky, Max Goldstine, Henry A. Isaacs, George Harris, Abraham J. Bloomfield, Mitchell H. Saunders, David Balcovski, John L. Helman, Morris Wintrob and Morris Haid' are by birth, religious belief and conviction Jews, and have associated themselves together for the purpose of worshipping God according to the usages and methods of the Jews, under the name of the Congregation Shaarey Shomayim of Winnipeg; and whereas the object of their association is the maintenance of public worship, and the enlargement of church ordinances, according to the usages of the orthodox Jews, as exemplified by the Reverend Dr. Adler, of London, England; and whereas it is expedient that the said association should be an independent, self-governing body, the government of which should be amenable to no other religious and ecclesiastical body, and that it should elect its own officers, transact its own business, determine what persons should be received and what persons excluded from its fellowship, according to its understanding of the Word of God; and whereas the undermentioned persons have, by petition, applied to be incorporated for the better attainment of their object, and it is expedient to grant the prayer of their petition,

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

1. George Frankfurter, Simon H. Narovlansky, Max Incorporators. Goldstine, Henry A. Isaacs, George Harris, Abraham J. Bloomfield, Mitchell H. Saunders, David Balcovski, John L. Helman, Morris Wintrob, Morris Haid, and other persons whose names are affixed to the schedule attached to the petition for this Act, and all other persons who are now or may hereafter become members of the said congregation, are hereby constituted a body politic and corporate by the name of "The Congregation Shaarey Shomayim of Winnipeg," and shall be a congregational church of Jews, according to the faith and order of the said Jews, as exemplified by the Reverend Dr. Adler, of London, England.

Incorporation.