CHAPTER 65. An Ordinance respecting the Manufacture of Butter and Cheese. (C.O., c. 65.) Chapter 16, 1907, substituted; amended 1908, c. 20, s. 25; 1910 (2nd Session), c. 15 and c. 2, s. 25. Amended 3.4. 1911-12 oec. 3. CHAPTER 66. An Ordinance respecting Benevolent and other Societies. THE Lieutenant Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Territories, enacts as follows: societies for purposes 1. Any five or more persons of full age may become incor- Power to form 2. The proceedings to obtain incorporation shall be as Mode of follows: 1. Such persons shall make and sign a declaration in writing setting forth the intended corporate name of the society the purpose of the society, the names of those who are to be the first trustees or managing officers, the mode in which their successors are to be appointed and such other particulars and provisions as the society may think fit provided that the said particulars and provisions are not contrary to law; 2. The declaration may be made and signed in duplicate or in as many parts as may be required; 3. The said declaration may be produced to any judge of the Supreme Court of the North-West Territories and if the same appears to him to be in conformity with this Ordinance he shall endorse thereon a certificate to that effect; Ed ncorporation all such declaration Educentor shall be. 4. One of the original parts of the said declaration shall be deemed for all pufo have feay at the time. such filing, filed in is of this Ordinar accordance with the 3. The society so incorporated may from time to time have societies may or establish and maintain any number of branches thereof to establish promote the objects of the society. C.O., c. 66, s. 3. branches 4. The society may from time to time appoint trustees, a officers treasurer, a secretary and other officers for conducting its affairs and for the discipline and management of the society By-laws and rules Different societies or branches may unite Liability of persons under аде Benefits to members Exemption from claims of creditors Payment in good faith to wrong person Powers of societies as to and may from time to time make by-laws, rules and regulations for the government and for conducting the affairs of the society or of any branches thereof; and may from time to time alter or rescind such by-laws, rules or regulations. C.O., c. 66, s. 4. 5. Any two or more societies or branches of a society may unite and form one society or branch for the purpose of erecting buildings for the use of the societies or branches and, if they so desire, for other purposes, on such terms as may be agreed upon by authority of a resolution assented to by a majority of the members of each of the said societies or branches proposed to be united: Provided that every such resolution is passed at a general meeting of each of the societies or branches concerned in such union, to be specially called for that purpose. C.O., c. 66, s. 5. 6. A person under the age of twenty-one years, elected or admitted as a member of a society, or appointed to any office therein, shall be liable to the payment of fees and otherwise under the rules of the society as if he were of full age. C.O., c. 66, s. 6. 7. When under the rules of the society money of the society becomes payable to or for the use or benefit of a member thereof such money shall be free from all claims by the creditors of such member; and when on the death of a member of a society any sum of money becomes payable under the rules of the society, the same shall be paid by the treasurer or other officer of the society to the person or persons entitled under the rules thereof or shall be applied by the society as may be provided by such rules; and such money shall be, to the extent of $2,000, free from all claims by the personal representative or creditors of the deceased and in case any sum is paid in good faith to the person who appears to the treasurer or other officer to be entitled to receive the same, or is applied in good faith for the purposes by the rules provided, no action shall be brought against the society or such treasurer or officer in respect thereof; but nevertheless if it subsequently appears that such money has been paid to the wrong person the person entitled thereto may recover the amount with interest from the person who has wrongfully received it. C.O., c. 66, s. 7. 8. No society or branch incorporated under this Ordinance. holding lands shall be entitled to acquire or hold as purchasers or otherwise any lands or tenements or any interests therein exceeding in the whole at any one time the annual value of $5,000 nor shall the society or branch be entitled to purchase land except for the actual use and occupation of the society for the purposes of the society. C.O., c. 66, s. 8. taling and lands by gf. 9. Any such society or branch may from time to time take Powers as to by gift, devise or bequest any lands or tenements or any inter- retaining ests therein, provided such gift, devise or bequest is made devise or at least six months before the death of the person making the same; but the society or branch shall at no time take by gift, devise or bequest, lands or tenements, or any interests therein, the annual value of which, together with that of all other lands and tenements theretofore acquired by like means and then held by the society or branch, exceeds in the whole $1,000; nor shall the society or branch at any time take by gift, devise or bequest,, lands, tenements or hereditaments the annual value of which, together with all the other real estate of the society or branch, exceeds $5,000; and no lands or tenements acquired by gifts, devise or bequest within the limits aforesaid, but not required for the actual use or occupation of the society or branch, shall be held by the society or branch for a longer period than seven years after the acquisition thereof, and within such period the same shall be absolutely disposed of by the society or branch; and the society or branch shall have power within such period, in the name of the society or branch, to grant and convey the said lands and tenements to any purchaser so that the society or branch no longer retains any interest therein; and the proceeds on such disposition shall be invested in public securities, municipal debentures or other approved securities, not including mortgages on land, for the use of the society or branch; and lands, tenements or interests therein required by this Ordinance to be sold or disposed of by the society or branch which have not, within the said period, been so disposed of, shall revert to the person from whom the same were acquired, his heirs, executors, administrators or assigns. C.O., c. 66, s. 9. mortgage, etc. 10. Any society may in pursuance of a resolution assented Towers to sel to by a majority of the members present at a general meeting lands specially called for that purpose, of which public notice shall be given in the manner provided by the by-laws, mortgage, sell, exchange or lease any lands of the society. C.O., c. 66, s. 10. declaration of to be evidence 11. A copy of the declaration under the second section of Copy of this Ordinance certified by the registrar of the said Supreme incorporation Court or his deputy to be a true copy shall be prima facie evidence of the facts alleged in the declaration and of the due making, signing and filing of the declaration as mentioned in the certificate; and a copy of the declaration with a certificate of the said register or his deputy showing the particulars necessary for creating a corporation under this Ordinance, shall be prima facie evidence that the society or branch is an incorporated society or branch under this Ordinance. C.O., c. 66, s. 11. |