the respectively, under the said By-laws, shall be binding upon said Company; and in no case shall it be necessary to have the Seal of the Company affixed to any such contract, agreement, engagement, bargain, promissory note or bill of exchange, or to prove that the same was entered into, made or done in strict pursuance of the By-law, nor shall the Agent be thereby subjected individually to any liability whatsoever; Provided against Bank- always that nothing in this section shall be construed to ing. authorize the said Company to issue any note payable to the bearer thereof, or any promissory note intended to be circulated as money or as the note of a Bank. Proviso Office of Com pany. Annual general meeting. 27. The Board of Directors of the said Company shall, from time to time, fix the place at which the office of the said Company shall be kept, and may change the same whenever they shall think proper so to do. GENERAL MEETINGS AND ELECTIONS OF DIRECTORS. 28. The annual general meeting of the said Company shall be held at the Village of St. Aimé, on the first Wednesday of the month of February in each year, for the election of Directors, and for the general transaction of the business of the Company. Special gene29. A special general meeting of the shareholders shall ral meetings, be called by the Board of Directors, for the consideration and transaction of the affairs of the Company, whenever the affairs of the Company may render the same necessary, and notice thereof shall be given by circular letters, specifying the purpose of the meeting, forwarded by post at least eight days before such meeting. Proceedings at 30. The shareholders may be present and vote at general general meet- meetings, either in person or by proxy, the holders of the ings. proxies being shareholders authorized in writing in the form of Schedule C of this Act. All questions shall be decided and the Directors shall be elected and appointed by a majority of the votes of the shareholders, and in case of an equality of votes the President shall have the casting vote. Number of votes according to number of shares. Annual ba 31. Each shareholder shall be entitled to a number of votes, proportioned to the number of shares which he shall hold in his own name, at least one month before the period of voting, in the proportion following: one vote for every share up to five inclusively; one vote more for every two shares above five exclusively up to fifteen inclusively; and one vote more for every five shares above fifteen. ANNUAL STATEMENTS OF ACCOUNT AND DISTRIBUTION OF PROFITS. 32. The financial position of the Company shall be lance sheet to ascertained on the thirty-first day of December in each year: be prepared. The The Board of Directors, after the balance shall have been com- Dividends to pleted, shall declare such annual dividends of the profits of the be declared. said Company as shall seem to them expedient, or shall ascertain the losses, if any, and shall submit them for the confirmation of the annual general meeting. 23. An exact and detailed statement shall be made Annual stateeach year of the affairs, debts, credits, profits and losses, which ment. said statement shall be entered on the books of the said Company, and the books shall be open to the inspection of all the shareholders. &c. 34. The auditors of the said Company shall every year, Auditors,during the fifteen days preceding the annual general meeting, their duties, meet at the office of the said Company, shall audit the accounts of the previous year, and shall make their report to the said meeting. GENERAL PROVISIONS. 35. Any service effected at the office of the Company, Service of or upon the President, shall be deemed sufficient in all Courts process. of Justice in this Province. Any stockholder not being in his individual capacity a party to a suit, shall be competent as a witness in such suit. saisie-arrêt. 36. If any writ of saisie-arrêt be served upon the said In case of Company, the President, Secretary-Treasurer, or any agent thereof, may in such case appear in obedience to such writ, and make such declaration, according to Law, as the circumstances of the case may require; and such declaration shall be considered and received in all Courts of Law in Lower Canada as the declaration of the said Company. 37. This Act shall be deemed to be a Public Act. Public Act Number SCHEDULES REFERRED TO IN THE ABOVE ACT. SCHEDULE A. YAMASKA NAVIGATION COMPANY. These are to certify that A. B., of is proprietor of shares in the Yamaska Navigation Company, subject to the rules, orders and regulations of the said Company; and that the said A. B., his heirs and assigns, are entitled to the profits and advantages of the said shares. Given under the Common Seal of the said Company, on the in the year of our Lord day of SCHEDULE I, A. B., of SCHEDULE B. YAMASKA NAVIGATION COMPANY. in consideration of the sum of do hereby assign and shares in the Yamaska to me paid by C. D. of And I, the said C. D., do hereby agree to accept and take the said shares, subject to the same conditions. In testimony whereof, we have signed the present assignment, at the Witness: day of Preamble. SCHEDULE C. I, A. B., of YAMASKA NAVIGATION COMPANY. , one of the shareholders of the Yamaska Navigation Company, do hereby appoint C. D., of to be my proxy, to vote in my absence for me and in my name, on all matters whatsoever proposed at the meeting of shareholders of the said Company, to be held on the day of next, as the said C. D. shall deem expedient. In testimony whereof, I have signed these presents, on the day of Witness: CAP. LXIV. An Act to empower The Quebec Advocates' Library to sell and dispose of their Library. W [Assented to 24th July, 1858.] HEREAS "The Quebec Advocates' Library" are desirous of selling and disposing of their Library to the Bar of Lower Canada, Section of the District of Quebec; And whereas it is expedient that they should be empowered so to do: Therefore, Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Assembly of Canada, enacts as follows: 1. "The Quebec Advocates' Library" are hereby authorized Power to sell and empowered to sell and dispose of their Library to the Bar Library on of Lower Canada, Section of the District of Quebec, a body and conditions corporate and politic, on such terms and conditions as may as may be hereafter be agreed upon between "The Quebec Advocates' agreed upon. Library" and the said Bar of Lower Canada, Section of the District of Quebec. 2. This Act shall be deemed a Public Act. CAP. LXV. An Act to incorporate the Church Society of the Diocese of Huron, and for other purposes therewith connected. [Assented to 24th July, 1858.] such terms Public Act. HEREAS Her Majesty, by Her Royal Letters Patent, Preamble. bearing date at Westminster, on the second day of October, in the twenty-first year of Her Majesty's Reign, was pleased to divide the Diocese of Toronto into two Dioceses, the one to be called the Diocese of Toronto, and the other the Diocese of Huron, in the manner and with the limits and boundaries in the said Letters Patent mentioned; and by reason of such division it hath become expedient to incorporate a Church Society, in the Diocese of Huron; And whereas a Society for the said Diocese of Huron hath been recently formed, and hath prayed that the members thereof and their successors may hereafter form a separate society, with the corporate name and rights, and subject to the provisions hereinafter mentioned: Therefore, Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Assembly of Canada, enacts as follows: 1. From and after the passing of this Act, there shall be and The said there is hereby constituted in and for the Church of England church society Diocese of Huron as now constituted, a corporation by the incorporated. corporate name of the Church Society of the Diocese of Huron, which shall have and is hereby invested with the like corporate rights, powers and privileges, as by any Act or Acts of the Parliament of this Province, are conferred on any Church Society incorporated in any Diocese of the Church of England in this Province; and to the said corporation and to the members Powers. thereof, the several clauses and provisions of the said Acts shall apply as fully as they would have applied to any of the said Church Societies and to the members thereof, in so far as may not be inconsistent with this Act, and subject always to the provisions herein contained. 2. The Church Society of the Diocese of Huron hereby Of whom to incorporated, shall be composed and consist of the Lord Bishop consist. of Society may receive certain property. Saving of Her Majesty's rights. Public Act. Preamble. of the Diocese of Huron for the time being, and of those members of the Church Society of the Diocese of Toronto, who shall at the time of the passing of this Act, be resident within the Diocese of Huron, unless and until it shall be otherwise provided by the By-laws of the said Church Society of the Diocese of Huron, and of such other persons as shall, from time to time, hereafter be elected members of the said Church Society, in manner provided by the Acts aforesaid. 3. The Church Society of the Diocese of Huron shall and ⚫ may receive and take from any of the said Church Societies, any of the property held by such last mentioned Societies, and discharge the trusts relating thereto, and such last mentioned Societies shall thereupon be discharged from such trusts. 4. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to affect in any manner or way the rights of Her Majesty, Her Heirs or Successors, or of any person or persons, or of any body politic or corporate, such only excepted as are herein mentioned and provided for. 5. This Act shall be deemed a Public Act. CAP. LXVI. An Act to incorporate the Board for the management of the Temporalities Fund of the Presbyterian Church of Canada in connection with the Church of Scotland. WHEREAS [Assented to 24th July, 1858.] HEREAS it hath been represented to the Legislature of this Province, that it is desirable that provision should be made for the management and holding of certain funds of the Presbyterian Church of Canada in connection with the Church of Scotland, now held in trust by certain Commissioners, hereinafter named, on behalf of the said Church, and for the benefit thereof, and also of such other funds as may from time to time be granted, given, bequeathed, or contributed in addition thereto; And whereas the said funds are so held in trust, and the revenues thereof are to be appropriated for the encouragement and support of Ministers and Missionaries of the said Church, and for the augmentation of their stipends, and towards making a provision for those who may be incapacitated by age or infirmity; And whereas, secondly, when and if it shall so please the said Church, and so soon as other funds hereafter shall be contributed, subscribed, or paid in from any source for the purpose to the Corporation hereby erected, it is desired that such other funds shall be appropriated for granting aid towards the erection and maintenance and endowment of Churches and Manses, in connection with the said Church, and |