1907 CHAPTER 42. An Act to Incorporate "The Elks Club of Edmonton." (Assented to March 15, 1907.) W HEREAS the persons hereinafter named and others in the City of Edmonton and vicinity, have prayed to be incorporated by the name of "The Elks Club of Edmonton," 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 the Province of Alberta. enacts as follows: 1. George B. O'Connor, Gordon Jackson, E. C. Bowker and all such persons as are now or hereinafter shall become members of the said association shall be and are hereby declared to be a body corporate and politic, in deed and in name, by the name of "The Elks Club of Edmonton," and by that name shall have perpetual succession and a common seal, and shall have power from time to time and all times hereafter to be able and capable to purchase, acquire, hold, possess and enjoy, and to have, take and receive to them and their successors to and for the actual use of the said corporation, any lands, tenements, hereditaments and real and immovable property and estate situate, lying and being within the said City of Edmonton, and the same to sell, alienate, exchange and otherwise dispose of or encumber whensoever the said corporation may deem it proper to do so; and by the same name shall and may be able and capable to be sued and to sue, implead and be impleaded, answer and be answered unto in any matter whatsoever. 2. The constitution, rules and regulations touching the administration of the said corporation shall be formulated at a general meeting thereof, called for that purpose, and of which at least ten days' notice shall be given, by public advertisement or otherwise to all the members thereof; and the constitution, rules and regulations then adopted shall have full force and effect in so far as the same shall not be inconsistent with the laws in force in the Province of Alberta and the provision of this Act, subject to the approval of the Attorney General: Provided always that the said corporation may from time to time alter, repeal and change such constitution, rules and regulations in the manner therein provided. 3. The said corporation may from time to time borrow money not to exceed in the whole the sum of Twenty-Five Thousand ($25,000) dollars at such rate of interest and upon such terms as they may deem proper; and may for such purpose make, execute, or issue any mortgages, bonds, debentures or other instruments, under the seal of the said corporation, which bonds or debentures shall operate subject to any mortgage given in part payment of the purchase. money of real property acquired for a site of the club buildings or for the erection of such buildings and appurtenances thereto, as mortgages and charges against the lands and effects of the said corporation without registration; and each holder of any of the said debentures or bonds issued under the provision of this section shall be deemed to be a mortgagee and encumbrancer pro rata with the other holders thereof upon any interest in any real estate held by the said corporation, and also upon any such interest in any policy or policies of insurance against loss or damage by fire effected upon the buildings owned by the corporation. 4. Any such mortgage, bond, debenture, or other instrument shall be signed by the president of the said corporation countersigned by the secretary. 5. The moneys authorized to be raised under the provisions of section 3 of this Act shall be applied exclusively in the purchase of the site for the club buildings and in the purchase, improvement or erection of a club house, and dependencies thereon together with necessary furniture or for the purchase of any freehold interest therein and in the payment of any mortgage or charge thereon for the redemption. of the said debentures and any reissues as they become due respectively from time to time and at all times. 6. No member of the corporation shall be in any way liable for or chargeable with the payment of any debt or demand due by the said corporation beyond the extent of the entrance fee and annual subscriptions remaining unpaid by the said member, and for any unpaid accounts he may have incurred to the corporation for articles ordered by him in said club; and any member of the said club not so indebted to the said corporation may retire therefrom and will cease to be a member on giving notice to that effect in such form as may be required by the constitution, rules and regulations of the said club and thenceforth shall be free from liabilty for any debt or engagement of the corporation. 7. The said corporation shall have power to draw, make, accept and endorse any bills of exchange and promissory notes necessary for the purpose of the said corporation under the hands of the president and secretary thereof after authority of the governing body of the said corporation so to do and in no case shall it be necessary that the seal of the corporation be affixed to any such bill or note nor shall the president or secretary be individually liable or responsible therefor: Provided that nothing herein contained shall be construed to authorize the corporation 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. 8. Notwithstanding anything herein before contained the said corporation shall have power to rent any portion of the real estate held by the said corporation upon such terms and for such periods as may be agreed upon and to invest in real and personal sureties any funds of the said club. 9. The club hereby constituted shall be subject to all provisions for the inspection, control and regulation of clubs in the province which may hereafter be passed by the Legislature. 10. This Act may be cited as "The Elks Club of Edmonton Act." 1907 CHAPTER 43. An Act to Incorporate The Grand Lodge of Alberta of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. W (Assented to March 15, 1907.) HEREAS certain persons are associated together in this Province under the name of "The Grand Lodge of Alberta of The Independent Order of Odd Fellows," and have by petition prayed that they should be incorporated, enabling Subordinate Lodges to be also incorporated; And whereas 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 the Province of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1. Charles F. Comer, Alexander E. May, Edmund Forster Brown, John William Mitchell, Oscar Eugene Tisdale, Victor C. French, and their successors, and such and so many other persons as have become and shall become members thereof, shall be and are hereby constituted a body politic and corporate under the name of "The Grand Lodge of Alberta of The Independent Order of Odd Fellows." 2. The said corporation shall have perpetual succession and a common seal, with power to alter or change the said seal by by-law to that effect, and shall have power from time to time and at all times hereafter, and shall be able and capable to purchase, acquire, hold, possess, and exchange, and to have, take and receive by gift or devise to them and their successors to and for the actual use or occupation of the said corporation, any real and personal estates, provided that such real estate shall not exceed the sum of $200,000.00, and the same to sell, alienate, lease, exchange and otherwise dispose of whensoever the said corporation may deem it expedient so to do. And by the same name may sue and be sued, and prosecute and defend all manner of actions, both at law and in equity. And the said corporation may have any number of subordinate lodges in the province to promote the objects thereof. 3. The said corporation may from time to time borrow money not to exceed in the whole the sum of $100,000.00 for such purposes and upon such terms as it shall think proper and expedient, and may for such purpose make, execute or issue any mortgages, bonds, debentures or other instruments for securing the repayment of any money borrowed under the seal of the corporation, which shall operate as a mortgage and charge against the real or personal estate, or both, of the said corporation, and subject to the said limitation may borrow money upon the promissory note or notes, or evidence of debt of the said corporation from any person or corporation. 4. The said corporation shall have power to make any bylaws, rules and regulations, not being contrary to law or to the provisions of this Act, with power to amend and repeal the same for all purposes relating to, and bearing on the wellbeing and interests of the said corporation, and any subordinate lodge in communion therewith, and shall, in such by-laws. rules or regulations, declare the objects of such corporation and its subordinate lodges. 5. The said grand lodge shall have power to appoint any of its presont officers, or such other members or officers of the said corporation for the management of its funds and property as may be deemed expedient, to prescribe their duties and require such security as may from time to time be deemed proper from such officer or officers or any of them for the faithful performance of their respective duties, and may by itself or its grand master suspend or remove them or any of them at pleasure, and may make and ordain and put in execution such by-laws and rules or regulations as may be deemed necessary for the purpose aforesaid, not inconsistent. with the laws of this province. 6. Each subordinate lodge of The Independent Order of Odd Fellows now organized in this province or which may hereafter become organized by or under the authority of the said grand lodge within this province may in the manner hereinafter specified be and become a body politic and corporate by the name and number by which it may be designated by such grand lodge, and whenever a subordinate lodge shall become incorporated as aforesaid it shall have the same powers and privileges as are hereinbefore conferred upon the said corporation for acquiring, holding, purchasing, having, taking, receiving by gift or devise, exchanging, selling and leasing all real and personal estate, for prosecuting and defending any actions, and for borrowing money and mortgaging and executing instruments as security therefor, and to make and pass, amend and alter, by-laws, rules and regulations, subject to the approval of the said grand lodge being first obtained thereto before the same shall become valid and binding upon such subordinate lodge. 7. In the event of the real estate of the said corporation or of any subordinate lodge exceeding in value the sums herein |