Statutes of the Province of Alberta

Exercise of industries

10. The said corporation may exercise any industry that may help them to maintain their institution and may bargain and sell the products of the same provided they conform to the laws of the province.

11. The corporation shall at all times whenever required so to do by the Lieutenant Governor in Council make a report in writing of their affairs and property.

12. Provided that the powers herein granted shall be subject to the general laws of the province now in force or hereafter enacted.

1913

CHAPTER 85.

An Act to Incorporate the Sisters of Our Lady of Charity of the Refuge.

(Assented to March 25, 1913.)

WHEREAS an association of nuns has existed for some

time in the Province of Alberta under the name of the "Sisters of Our Lady of Charity of the Refuge"; And whereas the petition presented in their name prays that the association may be vested with corporate powers and it is expedient to grant their prayers;

Therefore His Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Alberta, enacts as follows:

1. The Reverend Sister Agatha Rohner, Sister Jessie Buck, Sister Mary Cahill and Sister Margaret Nolan, all of the City of Edmonton in the Province of Alberta, and such other persons as are now or may hereafter become under the provisions of this Act members of the said association, shall be and are hereby declared to be a body politic and corporate in deed and in name by the name of the "Sisters of Our Lady of Charity of the Refuge" for the purposes and objects hereinafter set out.

2. The said corporation shall have power to conduct orphanages, schools, boarding schools, working places, housekeeping schools, industrial schools and reformatories for wayward women, hospitals, dispensatories, and to impart education and moral training to pupils.

3. The said corporation shall have perpetual succession and a common seal, and may at all times hereafter contract and be contracted with, including the borrowing of money on mortgage or promissory note, sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded in any matter whatsoever in all courts and places whatsoever in this province.

4. The corporation shall have power from time to time and at all times hereafter to acquire by gift, devise, bequest, transfer, purchase or otherwise for the benefit of the corporation any land or real or personal estate and the same

or any part thereof may from time to time dispose of by sale, transfer or mortgage, lease, exchange or otherwise, and with the proceeds therefrom may acquire other lands, tenements, hereditaments and other property (real or personal) or invest the same in any security whatsoever for the use of the corporation.

5. The revenues, issues and profits of all property (real or personal) held by the corporation shall be appropriated and applied to the maintenance of the members of the corporation and of the institutions carried on by the corporation and the construction and repair of buildings and the acquisition of property (real or personal) requisite for the purposes of the corporation and for the advancement of charity and benevolence.

6. The head office of the corporation shall be at the City of Edmonton, in the Province of Alberta, or at such other place in the province as may from time to time be determined by the by-laws of the corporation.

7. The corporation may from time to time have or establish and maintain any number of branches thereof to promote the objects of the corporation and for such purposes may appoint such subordinate officers with such powers and tenure of office as the corporation may deem advisable.

8. It shall be lawful for the corporation to make by-laws, rules, orders and regulations for the government and proper administration of the property, affairs and interest of the said corporation, and to repeal and amend the same from time to time, including the enforcement of discipline and the admission and retirement of members, the appointment, deposition or removal of any person as members of the corporation or bearing office therein and generally for the internal government of affairs of the said corporation.

9. Until otherwise directed by by-law the incorporators mentioned herein shall be the officers of the said corporation and the present existing rules and regulations of the said association shall mutatis mutandis be the rules and regulations of the corporation until changed by by-law.

11. The corporation shall at all times when called upon so to do by the Lieutenant Governor in Council render an account in writing of their property and affairs.

12. Provided that the powers herein granted shall be subject to the general laws of the province now in force or hereafter enacted.

Preamble

Incorporation

General rights and obligations

Acquisition

and alienation of property

1913

CHAPTER 86.

An Act to Incorporate Les Fils De Marie Immaculee.

(Assented to March 25, 1913.)

WHEREAS an association of ecclesiastics has existed

for some time in the Town of St. Albert, in the Province of Alberta, under the name of "Les Fils de Marie Immaculee," having for its object the establishment and carrying on of missions, the erection and conduct of schools, colleges, seminaries, churches, orphanages and hospitals;

And whereas the petition presented in their name prays that the said association may be vested with corporate powers and it is expedient to grant their prayers;

Therefore His Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Alberta, enacts as follows:

1. The Reverend Jerome Boutin, Alfred Molle, Alexandre Roudard, all of the Town of St. Albert in the Province of Alberta, and such other persons as are now or may hereafter become under the provisions of this Act members of the said association, shall be and are hereby declared to be a body politic, corporate in deed and in name by the name of "Les Fils de Marie Immaculee" for the purpose and objects aforesaid.

2. The said corporation shall have perpetual succession and a common seal, and may at all times hereafter contract and be contracted with, including the borrowing of money on mortgage and promissory note, sue and be sued, implead or be impleaded in any matter whatsoever in all courts and places whatsoever in this province.

3. The corporation shall have power from time to time and at all times hereafter to acquire by gift, devise, bequest, transfer, purchase or otherwise for the benefit of the corporation any land or real or personal estate and the same or any part thereof may from time to time dispose of by sale, transfer or mortgage, lease, exchange or otherwise and with the proceeds therefrom may acquire other lands, tenements, hereditaments and other property (real or personal) or invest the same in any security whatsoever for the use of the corporation.

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