guished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George; Governor General of Canada, and Vice-Admiral of the same. At our Government House, in our city of Ottawa, this G. POWELL, Supplementary Letters Patent to the "Nova Scotia Steel Company" (Limited), confirming the following By-Laws of the said Company: (a.) reducing the original shares; (b.) increasing the Capital Stock; (c.) extending the powers; (d.) changing the name of said Company to that of the "Nova Scotia Steel and Forge Company" (Limited). Dated 5th September 1888. Recorded 12th September, 1888. Lib. 94, Fol. 246. CANADA. VICTORIA, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Queen, Defender of the Faith, &c., &c., &c. To all to whom these presents shall come, or whom the same may in anywise concern,-GREETING: WHEREAS the directors of the "Nova Scotia Steel Company (Limited), a Company duly incorporated under the provisions of The Companies Act, have applied by petition to the Governor General, through the Secretary of State for Canada, for supplementary letters patent, under the provisions of the said Act, confirming certain by-laws of the said Company passed on the sixteenth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight, (a) reducing the original shares of one thousand dollars of the Company, issued or that may be issued, to shares of one hundred dollars each; (b) increasing the capital stock of the said Company to one million dollars, such increase to consist of six thousand and nine hundred shares of one hundred dollars each; (c) extending the powers of the said Company so as to include in addition to the powers already granted to said Company by letters patent and supplementary letters patent dated the tenth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-two, and the seventeenth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four, respectively, the power to manufacture steel and iron in all their branches, and articles consisting of iron or steel in whole or in part, and (d) changing the name of the said Company from the "Nova Scotia Steel Company" (Limited) to the "Nova Scotia Steel and Forge Company" (Limited). And whereas the said directors have satisfactorily established the sufficiency of all proceedings required by the said Act to be taken, and the truth of all facts required to be established previous to the granting of such supplementary letters patent. Now know ye that we, by and with the advice of our Privy Council for Canada, and under and by virtue of the power vested in us by the said Act, and of any other power or authority whatever in us vested in that behalf, do by these our supplementary letters patent confirm the said by-laws of the said Company passed on the sixteenth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight, (a) reducing the original shares of one thousand dollars of the said Company, issued or that may be issued, to shares of one hundred dollars each; (b) increasing the capital stock of the said Company to one million dollars, such increase to consist of six thousand nine hundred shares of one hundred dollars each; (c) extending the powers of the Company so as to include in addition to the powers already granted to said Company by letters patent and supplementary letters patent dated the tenth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-two and the seventeenth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four, respectively, the power to manufacture steel and iron in all their branches, and articles consisting of iron or steel in whole or in part; (d) changing the name of said Company from the "Nova Scotia Steel Company" (Limited) to the "Nova Scotia Steel and Forge Company" (Limited), and the said by-laws are hereby confirmed accordingly. In testimony whereof, we have caused these our letters to be made patent and the great seal of Canada to be hereunto affixed. Witness: John Joseph McGee, Esquire, Deputy of our Right Trusty and Well Beloved, the Right Honourable Sir Frederick Arthur Stanley, Baron Stanley of Preston in the county of Lancaster, in the Peerage of Great Britain, Knight Grand Cross of our most Honourable Order of the Bath, Governor General of Canada, and Vice-Admiral of the same. At our Government House, in our city of Ottawa, this fifth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight, and in the fifty-second year of our reign. By command, G. POWELL, OTTAWA Printed by SAMUEL EDWARD DAWSON, Law Printer to the Queen's most Excellent Majesty. Preamble. Section 1, amended. 55-56 VICTORIA. CHAP. 75. An Act respecting the Globe Printing Company. WHEREAS [Assented to 10th May, 1892.] HEREAS the Globe Printing Company has prayed for the passing of an Act further to amend, as hereinafter set forth, the Act incorporating the Globe Printing Company, and also to grant further powers to the Company, and it is expedient to grant the prayer of the said petition: Therefore Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows: 1. Section one of the Act incorporating the Globe Printing c. 123 of 1866 Company, being chapter one hundred and twenty-three of the Statutes of 1866 of the late province of Canada, is hereby amended by striking out the words "five thousand" in the last line thereof and substituting therefor the words " thirty thousand." Section 4 amended. Validity of by-laws. Section 11 amended. 2. Section four of the said Act is hereby amended by striking out the word "shareholders" in the first line thereof and substituting therefor the word "directors," and also by striking out the words "and that (if any) of the directors," in the ninth line thereof. 3. No by-law for the issue, allotment or sale of any portion of the unissued stock at any greater discount, or at any less premium, than that which has been previously authorized at a general meeting, and no by-law for the remuneration of the president or any director, shall be valid or acted upon until confirmed at a general meeting; provided always, that every such by-law, every repeal, amendment, or re-enactment of any such by-law, unless in the meantime confirmed at a general meeting of the Company duly called for that purpose, shall have force only until the next annual meeting of the Company, and in default of confirmation thereat shall at and from that time only cease to have force. 4. Section eleven of the said Act is hereby amended by striking out the words "third Wednesday in January" in the second line thereof and substituting therefor the words "second Wednesday in March," and by striking out the words "December of the year then last past" in the fourth and fifth lines thereof and substituting therefor the words "January of the then current year." 5. Section twelve of the said Act is hereby repealed. Section 12 repealed. borrow 6. The directors of the Company may, from time to time at Directors may their discretion, borrow money for the purposes of the Com- money. pany, and may secure the repayment thereof and of interest and of all moneys owing by the Company, in such manner and upon such terms and conditions as they see fit, and for such purpose may mortgage, pledge, hypothecate or charge the property of the Company, or any part thereof, and may issue bonds, debentures or other securities chargeable on the assets and property of the Company or any part thereof: Provided always, that the bonds and debentures issued from time to time shall Amount of never exceed seventy-five per cent of the paid-up capital stock bonds, &c., of the Company; and provided also that no issue of bonds or debentures shall be made unless previously sanctioned by a vote of the shareholders present in person or represented by proxy, and representing at least two-thirds in amount of the shares of the capital stock of the Company, at a special general meeting duly called for that purpose; and provided further that no such bond or debenture shall be for a less sum than one hundred dollars. limited. OTTAWA Printed by SAMUEL EDWARD DAWSON, Law Printer to the Queen's most Excellent Majesty. Preamble. Incorporation. Corporate name. Missionary work. Receipt of moneys, &c. 55-56 VICTORIA. CHAP. 76. An Act to incorporate the Woman's Baptist Missionary [Assented to 10th May, 1892.] WHEREAS, an organization or society known as the Woman's Baptist Missionary Union of the Maritime Provinces have by their petition represented that they are desirous of becoming incorporated under the name of "The Woman's Baptist Missionary Union of the Maritime Provinces," with the powers and for the purposes hereinafter mentioned, and have prayed that an Act be passed for that purpose, and it is expedient to grant the prayer of the said petition: Therefore Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows: 1. Mrs. James W. Manning, the president, the several vicepresidents and officers of the Woman's Baptist Missionary Union as now constituted, together with the presidents and secretaries of and delegates from time to time appointed by all or any of the Woman's Baptist missionary aid societies of the Maritime Provinces in accord with the Baptist body and connected with the Baptist convention of the Maritime Provinces, and also any female becoming a life member by the payment of twenty-five dollars at one time, or such other sum as the society from time to time ordains, are hereby created a body corporate, under the name of "The Woman's Baptist Missionary Union of the Maritime Provinces " hereinafter called "the Society." 2. The Society may prosecute missionary work in Canada, and elsewere; and may also provide for the appointment and support of missionaries and teachers. 3. The Society shall receive and disburse the moneys from time to time paid over to them by the several Woman's Baptist Power to hold missionary aid societies, and may take and hold real estate, real estate and and receive and take all moneys, legacies, bequests and other personal property from time to time paid over or bequeathed to the Society, and may invest or disburse the same. personal property. |