ppointment officers [eetings fboard of 11. The board of management shall each year immediately after election appoint a secretary and auditor and such other officers as the bylaws of the association may require. 12. The board of management shall have power to meet anagement from time to time for the transaction of business and five members thereof shall be a quorum. *illing acancies in oard of management inancial tatement Special general incetings Bylaws, etc. Statement by member of etc. 13. Vacancies occuring in the board of management shall be filled by appointments made by the remaining members of the board. 14. The board of management shall each year submit to the annual general meeting a properly audited financial statement showing the year's receipts and disbursements and an inventory of the assets and liabilities. 15. Special general meetings of the association may be called at any time by the board of managemant mailing notice thereof stating the objects of the meeting in the manner provided for sending notice of the annual general meeting. 16. Bylaws, rules and regulations not inconsistent with the provisions of this Ordinance respecting any of the purposes for which the association is incorporated or providing for the transaction of its business, the suspension, expulsion and retirement of members may be passed at any annual general meeting of the association or at any special general meeting called for the purpose and any such bylaw, rule or regulation may subsequently be amended or repealed by a three-fifths majority of the members present at any general annual meeting but no bylaw, rule or regulation shall be suspended at any meeting except by unanimous consent. 17. Each member of the association shall upon request send stock owned, to the secretary a correct statement of the number of cattle and horses owned or acquired by him together with such other information as may be necessary for the purposes of the association and the board of management may require that such statement, and information be verified by statutory declaration. Member not liable for debt beyond amount due by him 18. No member of the association shall be held liable for any debt, claim or demand due by the association or for the acts or defaults of the association beyond any sums due by him to the association on account of his membership therein and any member not indebted as aforesaid may resign his membership in the association by filing with the secretary such resignation attested by his signature. SCHEDULE. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR MEMBERSHIP. To the Secretary-Treasurer of The Range Stock Growers' Association. The undersigned hereby applies for membership in The Range Stock Growers' Association and agrees if admitted. to membership to be bound by the provisions of the Ordinance incorporating the said association and of all bylaws thereof lawfully imposing duties and obligations on members. post office address is and he carries on the business of stock growing in Township His Range Meridian. Dated at day of West of the this A.D. Incorporation Object and general powers 1904 CHAPTER 33 An Ordinance to incorporate D. R. Fraser and Com pany, Limited. [Assented to October 8, 1904] HEREAS Daniel Robert Fraser, Alexander Fraser and John MacDonald all of the city of Edmonton in the district of Alberta have by their petition represented that they are desirous of becoming incorporated under the name of "D. R. Fraser & Company, Limited" and it is deemed expedient to grant the prayer of the said petition. Therefore the Lieutenant Governor by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Territories enacts as follows: 1. The persons named in the preamble to this Ordinance and such other persons as become shareholders in the company hereby incorporated are hereby constituted a body corporate under the name of D. R. Fraser & Company, Limited, hereinafter called "the company." 2. The company may: (a) Carry on the business of lumberers, timber merchants and manufacturers of timber and lumber in all its branches and all business incident thereto or connected therewith including the manufacture of furniture, doors, sashes, blinds, mouldings and any other articles of which wood shall form a component part and also all pulp wood, pulp paper and other products from pulp or from wood or wood materia); also the manufacture and burning of brick, tiles, drain pipes, sewer pipes, terra cotta and other materials from clay; and may also acquire and carry on the business of wharfingers, shippers and vessel owners and may also for all or any of the purposes aforesaid purchase, hold, lease or otherwise acquire any licences to cut timber, timber limits, lands, buildings, stocks, works, boats, vessels, vehicles, goods, wares or merchandise and other property real and personal, moveable and immovable, and may improve, extend, manage, develop, lease, mortgage, exchange, sell, dispose of, turn to account or otherwise deal in and with the same; and may establish stores, depots and shops on the said land or any of them; and may purchase and vend general merchandise and carry on farming and stock raising and also may purchase, erect, build or otherwise acquire and operate grist mills, flour mills, wollen mills, paper mills and may buy, sell, deal in and otherwise dispose of the products of the said mills in any form and generally do all such other things as are incidental or conducive to the attainment of the above objects; (b) Purchase or otherwise acquire and work mines, minerals and mining rights, lands, heriditaments and chattels and may crush, sinelt reduce, amalgamate the ore to render marketable the produce and to develop the resources of the same mines, to crush, smelt, reduce and amalgamate the produce of any mines whether belonging to the said company or not; (c) Construct or aid in and subscribe towards the construction, maintenance and improvement of roads, tramways, docks, piers, wharves, viaducts, quartz mills, mills, ore houses and other buildings and works which are necessary or convenient for the purposes of the said company; (d) Construct, charter and employ vessels for the purposes aforesaid and for the purpose of transporting the produce of the mills, mines and works; (e) Construct, erect, maintain and operate qlant, machinery, houses, buildings and other works for the generation and production of electricity for the purpose of lighting, heating or power; (f) Manufacture, sell and supply light and to carry on the business of a gas works company in all its branches; (g) Purchase or otherwise acquire any business within the objects of the company and any lands, property, privileges, rights, contracts and liabilities appertaining to the same and may let or sublet any property of the company and sell or otherwise dispose of the business, property, undertaking or any part thereof; (h) Make and carry into effect arrangements with respect to sharing profits, union of interest, co-operation, amalgamation, working and otherwise, either in whole or in part with any other company, association or person whether incorporated or not, carrying on or engaged or about to carry on or engage in any business transaction which the company is authorised to carry on or engage in or any business or transaction capable of being conducted so as directly or indirectly benefit the company; (i) Make advances or loans for the purposes of the company on the security of real and personal property of all kinds, and in particular to customers of and persons or corporations having dealings with the company; Purchase of business (j) Provide for the welfare of persons in the employ of the company by granting money or making payments towards insurance on the lives or against accidents to such persons. 3. The company may also purchase, take over or otherwise & Company's acquire all or any of the businesses now being carried on by the firm of D. R. Fraser & Company, at the city of Edmonton aforesaid or elsewhere; and the whole or any part of the good will, stock-in-trade, assets and property, real and personal, movable and immovable of the said firm of D. R. Fraser & Company subject to the obligations if any affecting the same and may pay the price thereof wholly or partially in cash or wholly or partially in fully paidup or partly paidup shares or stock of the company or wholly or partly in debentures of the company or otherwise; and may also undertake, assume, guarantee or pay all or any obligations, liabilities, contracts and engagements of the said firm of D. R. Fraser & Company and also the obligations affecting the assets and property so purchased or acquired from them. Shares in another company Promissory notes, etc. Borrowing powers Issue of debentures 4. The company may take or otherwise acquire and hold shares in any boom or river improvement company and may sell or otherwise deal in the same. 5. The company may make, accept, endorse or execute cheques, promissory notes, bills of exchange, warehouse receipts, bills of lading and other negotiable instruments; provided however that nothing in this section shall be construed to authorise the company to issue any note or bill payable to bearer or intended to be circulated as money or as the note or bill of a bank. 6. The directors of the company may from time to time at their discretion borrow moneys for the purposes of the company and secure the repayment of any of the moneys so borrowed or any other moneys owing by the company in such manner and upon such terms and conditions as they see fit and in particular by the mortgage, pledge, hypothecation or charge of or on all or any of the assets and property of the company. 7. The directors of the company under the authority of the shareholders given at any general meeting called for the purpose at which meeting shareholders representing at least two-thirds in value of the issued capital stock of the company which shall not be less than fifty thousand dollars are present in person or represented by proxy may also from time to time. create and issue debentures bearing such rate of interest as is agreed upon for sums of not less than one hundred dollars each signed by the president or presiding officer under the seal of the company and countersigned by the secretary and payable to bearer or order; and may establish and provide sinking funds for the redemption of debentures; and the directors may |