Institute" is a body corporate with the objects and powers attaching to such by virtue of The Women's Institute Act, being chapter 21 of the Statutes of Alberta, 1916. CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF WOMEN'S INSTITUTE GIRLS' CLUB. This is to certify that the.. Women's Institute Girls' Club has been by me approved and is declared to be organized as a body corporate with the objects and powers attaching to such by virtue of The Women's Institute Act. Dated this.. day of.. A.D. 19... Minister of Agriculture. CHAPTER 166. An Act respecting Cemeteries. HIS MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Alberta, enacts as follows: Short Title. 1. This Act may be cited as "The Cemetery Act." Short title [C.O. 1898, c. 68, s. 1.] Incorporation of Companies. incorporation 2. Any number of persons not less than seven may form Conditions of themselves into a company for the purpose of establishing one or more public cemeteries outside the limits of any town or village or within such limits if permission be given by by-law of such town or village for such establishment within its limits, provided such persons have (a) subscribed stock to an amount adequate to the (c) paid to the treasurer of the proposed company (d) deposited such instrument, or a duplicate thereof [C.O. 1898, c. 68, s. 3; 1917, c. 3, s. 22.] fact of 3. (1) Notice of the formation of the proposed company Publication of shall be forthwith given by the Provincial Secretary in incorporation The Alberta Gazette setting forth the name of the said by Provincial company and the persons constituting the same. Secretary (2) From and after the date of the publication of such notice the persons therein named and their successors shall be a body corporate and politic under the name mentioned therein and as such body corporate and politic shall have all rights and be subject to all the liabilities of a corporation and shall have full power to acquire, hold and alienate Powers both real and personal estate for all the purposes of the [C.O. 1898, c. 68, s. 4.] company. 4. The instrument hereinbefore referred to may be in Form of the form following: instrument "Be it remembered that on this. day of.... in in the year of Our Lord one thousand. NAME NO. OF SHARES AMOUNT [C.O. 1898, c. 68, s. 6.] Appointment of trustees Proviso Trustees of Religious Bodies. 5. When any one or more religious societies or congregations in the Province of Alberta desire to take a conveyance or transfer of land for the purpose of establishing a cemetery for the use of such society or congregation or for the use in common of such societies or congregations such society or congregation or societies or congregations, as the case may be, may appoint trustees to whom, and their successors to be appointed in such manner and subject to such regulations as may be specified in the deed of conveyance or transfer, the land requisite for the purpose aforesaid may be conveyed and such trustees and their successors in perpetual succession by the name expressed in the deed may take, hold and possess the land and maintain and defend all actions or suits for the protection thereof or of their property therein: Provided that such land shall not be within the limits of a town unless permission be given by by-law of the said town for such establishment within the limits. [C.O. 1898, c. 68, s. 7.] of successors 6. If the deed of conveyance or transfer of such land Appointment does not specify the manner in which the successors to the to trustees trustees therein named are to be appointed the society or congregation or societies or congregations for whose use such land is held may enter into an agreement with each other in writing in such manner as may seem to them best and such agreement shall specify the manner in which the successors of the trustees for the term then being are to be appointed and such agreement indorsed on or annexed to a certified copy of the transfer or deed of conveyance under which the land is held for the use of the said society or congregation or societies or congregations and signed by the accredited agents of such society or congregation or societies or congregations shall govern and regulate the manner in which the successors of the trustees named in the original grant, conveyance or transfer shall be appointed and the regulations to which they shall be subject. [C.O. 1898, c. 68, s. 8.] 7. Such trustees shall within twelve months after the Registration execution of the deed of conveyance or transfer cause the of transfer deed or transfer to be registered in the Land Titles Office of the Land Registration District within which the land is situated, otherwise the said deed or transfer shall be void. [C.O. 1898, c. 68, s. 9.] land 8. The trustees and their successors shall thenceforth Purposes of hold and convey the land for the purpose exclusively of a cemetery or place for the burial of the dead. [C.O. 1898, c. 68, s. 10.] Provisions Affecting Companies. paid up stock 9.-(1) From and out of the proceeds of the sales of Interest on burial sites made by the company the company may pay to its shareholders who may not desire to take land in the cemetery to the full extent of the stock subscribed and paid for by them interest on their paid up stock not represented by land in the cemetery at such rate as may be agreed on not exceeding eight per cent. per annum and may also repay to such shareholders the amount of paid up stock held by them not represented by land in the cemetery. shareholders (2) Every such shareholder of the said company shall Rights of be taken to be a shareholder and shall be entitled to all the rights of shareholders in respect of the shares of the capital stock of the company held by him and fully paid up and which are not represented by land in the cemetery until such shares are repaid to him by the company; and upon the repayment to him of any share he shall cease to be a shareholder in respect of such share. (3) Except as aforesaid no dividend or profit of any kind shall be paid by the company to any member thereof. [C.O. 1898, c. 68, s. 11.] 10. Subject to the provisions in the preceding section contained one half of the proceeds of all sales of burial sites made by the company shall be first applied to the payment of the purchase money of the land acquired by the company and the residue to preserving, improving and embellishing the land as a cemetery and to the incidental expenses of the company; and after payment of the purchase money the proceeds of all future sales shall be applied to the preservation, improvement and embellishment of the cemetery and to the incidental expenses thereof, and to no other purpose whatever. [C.O. 1898, c. 68, s. 12.] 11. Every proprietor of a lot in the cemetery containing not less than one hundred superficial square feet who has paid twenty-five per cent. or more of the price of the lot shall be deemed a shareholder in the company and every such lot shall be deemed a share in the company. [C.O. 1898, c. 68, s. 13.] 12. Every shareholder who has paid to the company not less than five dollars in all on his share or shares shall be eligible as a director. [C.O. 1898, c. 68, s. 14.] 13. The company may sell a lot of any size, but no proprietor of a lot containing less than one hundred superficial square feet shall thereby become a member of the company or have any vote in the management of the affairs thereof. [C.O. 1898, c. 68, s. 15.] 14. The affairs and property of the company shall be managed by three directors, a majority of whom shall form a quorum. [C.O. 1898, c. 68, s. 16.] 15. The first directors shall be chosen by ballot from among the subscribers to the instrument creating the company; and thereafter the directors shall be annually elected by the shareholders on the first Monday in June. [C.O. 1898, c. 68, s. 17.] 16. At every election of directors, including the first, every shareholder shall be entitled to one vote in respect of every share he holds or is possessed of up to ten and one vote for every five shares above ten; but no shareholder shall vote unless he has paid at least two dollars upon each share in respect of which he votes. [C.O. 1898, c. 68, s. 18.] 17. The directors or a majority of them shall at their first meeting elect one of their number to be president of the company and the president if present or, if he is not |