Costs and 4. The Judges authorized to make rules under The Judicapractice. Rev. Stat.c. 44. ture Act shall have the same power of regulating the practice and costs in such cases as in other cases; and subject to this power, the costs and fees shall be the same, as nearly as may be, as in like cases, within the jurisdiction of the said Courts respectively. R. S. O. 1877, c. 167, s. 17. Society to fur nish statement erty to the Legislature. 18. It shall be the duty of the corporation, when thereunto of real prop required by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council, or by the Legislative Assembly, to furnish a statement of the real property, and of the estates therein held by the society, and to give such details thereof as the Lieutenant-Governor or the Legislative Assembly may from time to time require. R. S. O. 1877, c. 167, s. 18. Change of corporated under this Act. 19.-(1) When a society, incorporated under the provisions name, etc., by of this Act, is desirous of changing its name, or of changing company inany of the purposes contained in the original certificate or declaration of incorporation, a Judge of the High Court or a Judge or Junior or Deputy Judge of a County Court of the county, or a Stipendiary Magistrate of the district where the society holds its annual meetings, upon being satisfied that the change desired is not for an improper purpose and is not otherwise objectionable, may make an order reciting the certificate and declaration of incorporation and making the change desired. Order to be filed. (2) Such order shall be filed in the office in which the certificate and declaration were filed, and a copy of the order, certified by the Provincial Registrar or his deputy, or by the Clerk of the Peace, as the case may be, to be a true copy of the order filed in the office of the registrar or clerk, shall be prima facie evidence of the change having been made as therein set forth. (3) No change under the next preceding two sub-sections obligations of shall affect the rights or obligations of the society, and all actions or proceedings commenced by or against the society prior to the change of name may be proceeded with by or against the society under its former name. 47 V. c. 27, s. 3. Rights and society not affected. Forms. 20. In case the Lieutenant-Governor in Council or the Board of County Judges adopt or approve of any forms for any of the proceedings under this Act, and the order adopting or approving the same is, with the forms, printed in the Ontario Gazette, the same forms shall be as effectual for the purposes mentioned in this Act, or in the Order in Council or order of such Board of County Judges as if the said forms had been inserted in this Act. R. S. O. 1877, c. 167, s. 20. SCHEDULE. (Section 1.) CHAPTERS OF THE REVISED STATUTES OF ONTARIO, BEING ACTS FOR 1. Chapter 129, entitled An Act respecting Limited Partnerships. Rev. Stat. c. 129. 2. Chapter 157, entitled An Act respecting the incorporation of Joint Rev. Stat. Stock Companies by Letters Patent. 3. Chapter 158, entitled An Act respecting Telegraph Companies. c. 157. Rev. Stat. c. 158. 4. Chapter 159, entitled, An Act respecting Joint Stock Companies for Rev. Stat. the Construction or Purchase of Roads and other Works. c. 159. 3. Chapter 160, entitled An Act respecting Joint Stock Companies for Rev. Stat. the Construction of Works to facilitate the transmission of Timber down c. 160. Ricers and Streams. 6. Chapter 161, entitled An Act respecting Joint Stock Companies for Rev. Stat. the Construction of Piers, Wharves, Dry Docks and Harbours. c. 161. 7. Chapter 162, entitled An Act respecting Joint Stock Companies for Rev. Stat. the Erection of Exhibition Buildings. c. 162. 8. Chapter 164, entitled An Act respecting Joint Stock Companies for Rev. Stat. supplying Cities, Towns and Villages with Gas and Water. 9. Chapter 166, entitled An Act respecting Co-operative Associations. 10. Chapter 167, entitled An Act respecting Insurance Companies. c. 164. Rev. Stat. c. 166. Rev. Stat. c. 167. Rev. Stat. c. 169. 11. Chapter 169, entitled An Act respecting Building Societies. 12. Chapter 173, entitled An Act respecting Mechanics' Institutes and Rev. Stat. Art Schools. c. 173. Rev. Stat. 13. Chapter 174, entitled An Act respecting Immigration Aid Societies. 14. Chapter 175, entitled An Act respecting Cemetery Companies. 15. Chapter 237, entitled An Act respecting the Property of Religious Rev. Stat. Institutions. c. 237. R. S. O. 1877, c. 167, Schedule. CHAPTER 173. An Act respecting Mechanics' Institutes and Art INTERPRETATION, s. 1. DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS, Ss. 4-11. DISSOLUTION ON FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH REGULATIONS, s. 16. | LEGISLATIVE GRANT, ss. 23, 25. POWERS OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, S. 24. ART SCHOOLS, s. 26. SOCIETY OF ARTISTS, ss. 27-30. Interpretation "member." Mode of HE ER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, enacts as follows: 1. In this Act the word "member" shall mean any person who subscribes his name to any requisition for the establishment or maintenance of a Mechanics' Institute or Art School, but shall not include a pupil attending any of the classes for instruction; and the liability of all such members or subscribers is hereby limited to the amount of money SO subscribed. 49 V. c. 35, s. 1. 2. Any number of persons, not less than ten, may be incorporation. incorporated as a Mechanics' Institute or Art School, in the following manner:~ 1. Such persons shall make and sign a declaration in the form of Schedule A to this Act. 2. One copy of the declaration shall be filed in the office of the registrar for the registry division in which the proposed Mechanic's Institute or Art School is situate, and another certified by the said registrar, as herein provided, shall be transmitted to the Education Department, and for such registration or filing, or for every copy thereof, the registrar shall be entitled to a fee of not more than fifty cents. 49 V. c. 35, s. 2. registration. 3. The person presenting the declaration for filing, shall, Certificate of before the registrar or deputy registrar, or before a commissioner for taking affidavits or notary public, acknowledge the execution thereof, by himself, and declare the same to have been executed by the other parties thereto, either in person or by their attorneys, and the duplicate or any copy thereof, certified by the registrar or deputy registrar, shall be prima facie evidence of the facts alleged in the declaration. 49 V. c. 35, s. 3. corporate. 4-(1) When the formalities aforesaid have been complied Directors shall with, the directors mentioned in the declaration, and their be a body successors, shall be a body corporate and politic_and shall possess all the rights and powers conferred by The Interpreta- Rev. Stat. c. 1. tion Act and by this Act. tutes or Art (2) In the case of any Mechanics' Institute or Art School, Other Instinot incorporated when this Act takes effect, the trustees or Schools may directors thereof may become incorporated on complying with incorporate. the formalities prescribed in section 2 of this Act. 49 V.c.35, s. 4. 5. The person filing the declaration aforesaid, shall, not First meeting. more than thirty days thereafter, call a meeting of the subscribers thereto for the purpose of electing officers and framing such by-laws as they may deem expedient for all purposes relating to the business of the corporation consistent with this Act. 49 V. c. 35, s. 5. 6. The officers of every Mechanics' Institute or Art School Officers. shall consist of a president (who shall be ex officio a director), secretary, treasurer, and a board of directors of not less than five or more than nine (exclusive of the president) and such other officers as may be designated in the by-laws of the corporation. 49 V. c. 35, s. 6. 7. All officers after the first election, shall be elected on the Election. first Monday in May of each year, at such hour as may be fixed by the by-laws of the Institute or Art School, and shall hold office for one year, or until their successors are appointed. 49 V. c. 35, s. 7. 8. A failure to elect officers and directors, shall not operate Failure to the dissolution of the corporation, but the directors and officers elect directors. last elected shall remain in office until their successors are elected, as may be provided in the by-laws of the corporation. 49 V. c. 35, s. 8. 9. The directors may make by-laws or rules for the safety Power to and use of the library and reading room, and for the manage- make by laws. ment of classes in such subjects as may be prescribed by the Education Department, and for regulating all other matters Minutes to be kept. Powers of directors. Application of funds. Power to hold lands in towns with 3,000 in and things whatever connected with the proper business of a Mechanics' Institute or Art School, and for the management of the property of the corporation; and the directors may impose penalties for breaches of the by-laws or rules not exceeding $4 for any offence, and may from time to time repeal, alter vary or re-enact such by-laws or notices, but such by-laws, or rules shall not be binding upon the members of the corporation, unless and until approved by a majority of those present at a meeting called for such purpose. 49 V. c. 35, s. 9. 10. A minute of all the proceedings of the directors, shall be entered in a book or books to be kept for that purpose, and shall be signed by the president or chairman for the time being, and such minutes so signed, shall be deemed to be original minutes, and such book or books, may be produced and read as evidence of the proceedings of such directors upon any judicial proceedings whatever. 49 V. c. 35, s. 10. 11. It shall be lawful for the directors to exercise all the powers of the corporation, to act on its behalf and in its name and use its seal, subject always to such by-laws as may have been approved by the members thereof, as provided in section 9 of this Act. 49 V. c. 35, s. 11. 12. The funds and property of every Mechanics' Institute or Art School shall be appropriated and used for purposes legitimately appertaining to the business of Mechanics' Institutes or Art Schools, and for no other. 49 V. c. 35, s. 12. 13. (1) Any Mechanics' Institute or Art School duly incorporated, and situate in any city or in a town having three habitants and thousand inhabitants or more, may hold real property not exceeding in annual value the sum of $3,000. in cities. (2) Any Mechanics' Institute or Art School duly incorporated, and situate in any town or village not having three thousand inhabitants, may hold real property not exceeding in annual value the sum of $1,000. (3) In cases not mentioned in the next preceding two subsections of this Act, the yearly value of real property to be held by any such corporation shall never exceed $400. 49 V. c. 35, s. 13. 14. If it is provided in the declaration, or by the by-laws of the corporation, that the shares of the members, in the property of the corporation, shall be transferable, then they shall be transferable accordingly, in the way and subject to the conditions mentioned in the declaration, or in the by-laws of the corporation, if by such declaration such transfers are to be regulated by them. 49 V. c. 35, s. 14. |