pledged

(d) to acquire, take possession of and hold as the Acquisition of
society may deem proper all such property property
(real, personal or mixed) as may at any time be
mortgaged, hypothecated or pledged to the
society by way of security or conveyed to it in
satisfaction of obligations or debts due or owing
to it from any person, firm or corporation:

Provided that the society shall sell any real
estate acquired in satisfaction of any debt due
to itself within seven years after such acquisition
unless such term is extended by order of the
Lieutenant Governor in Council, otherwise such
real estate shall revert to the Crown in the right
of the province;

(e) to borrow from any person, bank, firm or cor- Borrowing
poration such sum or sums of money as may be
found or deemed to be necessary for the purposes
of the society and to secure any loans to the lend-
er or lenders, by bills of exchange, promissory
notes, mortgages or any other instrument or
instruments that may be required or deemed
necessary or desirable by the lender or lenders;
(f) to fix, charge and collect fees for any services Fees
rendered by the society including fees and charges
for the education and instruction and for the
board and lodging, care and maintenance of
any child or children or adult or adults en-
trusted or committed to its care or custody;

(g) to make and enter into treaties, contracts and Affiliation
arrangements for affiliating with the said society
and its educational and its benevolent and
charitable work any other schools, colleges,
societies, corporations or institutions.

industry

3. The society may operate any industry that may Power to help to maintain its institutions and may bargain and operate sell the products of the same provided it conforms to the law of the province.

management

4. The affairs of the society shall be managed by a First board> board of directors, composed in the first instance of the officers of The Orange Benevolent Society of Saskatchewan (heretofore incorporated as a benevolent society under chapter 83 of The Revised Statutes of Saskatchewan, 1920).

5. The head office of the society shall be at the town Head office of Indian Head in the Province of Saskatchewan or such

other place in the province as may be determined under bylaw of the society.

Branches

Rules and regulations

Government of society

Liability

of members

6. The society may from time to time establish and maintain any number of branches and in connection therewith may appoint subordinate officers with such powers and tenure of office as may be deemed advisable.

7. The existing rules and regulations of The Orange Benevolent Society of Saskatchewan, heretofore incorporated as a benevolent society under chapter 83 of The Revised Statutes of Saskatchewan, 1920, shall mutatis mutandis be rules and regulations of the society until amended or repealed by bylaw.

8. The society may make bylaws, rules, orders and regulations for the government and proper administration of its property, affairs and interests including the enforcement of discipline and the admission, removal or retirement of members, the appointment, deposition or removal of any persons holding office and generally for the internal government of its affairs.

9. No member or officer of the society shall be liable for the debts thereof beyond the amount of his annual membership fee remaining unpaid.

1927

CHAPTER 80

An Act to incorporate The Sisters of Social Service.

W

[Assented to February 7, 1927].

HEREAS an association of sisters has existed for Preamble some time in the Province of Saskatchewan under the name of The Sisters of Social Service, having for its objects teaching, nursing, the practice of works of piety and charity, the moral, social, and hygienic training of children and adult people, instruction in the care of the home and the treatment of the sick and the poor, establishment and maintenance of schools, halls, hospitals, orphanages, asylums, boarding houses for sick and aged people and generally the carrying on of works of piety and charity; and

Whereas the petition presented in their name prays that the association may be vested with powers, and it is expedient to grant the prayer of the said petition:

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

1. Sister Ida Horvath, née Ida Horvath; Sister Klotilde Incorporation Melegh, née Edith Melegh; Sister Mechtild Kun, née Margaret Kun; Sister Anna Hornyak, née Anna Hornyak; and such others as shall hereafter be associated with or substituted for them, shall be and are hereby constituted a body corporate and politic under the name of The Sisters of Social Service for the purposes and objects aforesaid.

2. In addition to the powers, rights and privileges Powers
conferred upon or vested in corporations by the laws of
Saskatchewan, the said corporation shall have full power
and authority:

(a) to acquire by gift, devise, purchase, exchange, Acquisition
lease or otherwise real or personal property, of of property
any and every nature and hold and enjoy the
same as owner provided, however, that the said
corporation shall not acquire or hold as purchaser
any land except for the actual use and occupation
of the corporation, exceeding in the whole at any
time the annual value of five thousand dollars,
and that lands, tenements or hereditaments

Disposal
of property

Investments

Acquisition of

pledged property

Berrowing

acquired by gift, devise or bequest and not re-
quired for the purposes of the corporation, the
value of which together with the other lands
of the corporation exceeds five thousand dollars,
shall not be held by the corporation for a longer
period than seven years and within such period
the same shall be absolutely disposed of by the
corporation, and in case of failure to dispose of
the same within such seven years such lands
shall revert to the Crown in the right of the
province;

(b) to sell, mortgage, lease, exchange or otherwise
deal with or dispose of its real and personal
property or any portion of either and with the
proceeds thereof to acquire other real and personal
property to such extent as may be deemed
advisable, and to make and execute all necessary
and proper conveyances, transfers or other
instruments for carrying the same into effect;
(c) to invest all or any sums of money belonging to
the corporation in any property or security
whatsoever for the use and purposes of the
corporation;

(d) to acquire, take possession of and hold as the
corporation may deem proper all such property
(real, personal or mixed) as may at any time be
mortgaged, hypothecated or pledged to the
corporation by way of security or conveyed to
it in satisfaction of obligations or debts due or
owing to it from any person, firm or corporation:

Provided that any real estate acquired in satisfaction of any debts due to itself and not required for the actual use and occupation of the corporation or a branch thereof, or for the purposes of the corporation the annual value of which, together with the other lands of the corporation exceeds five thousand dollars, shall be sold by the corporation within seven years after the acquisition or within such further period to which the term shall be extended by order of the Lieutenant Governor in Council, otherwise such estate shall be forfeited to the Crown in the right of the province;

(e) to borrow from any person, firm or corporation, such sum or sums of money as may be found necessary for the purposes of the corporation and to secure any loan to the lender or lenders by bonds, debentures, bills of exchange, promissory notes, mortgages or any other instrument or instruments that may be required or deemed necessary or advisable by the lender or lenders;

buildings

(f) to acquire by purchase or otherwise, build and Erection of
erect and to manage and conduct all such halls,
houses and other buildings as may be found or
deemed necessary or convenient for carrying on
the objects of the corporation;

(g) to fix, charge and collect fees for any services Fees
rendered by the corporation and for the board.
and lodging of the students;

(h) to make and enter into treaties and arrangements Affiliation
for affiliating with the said corporation any
other corporation having similar objects.

3. The revenues, issues and profits of all the property U-e of held by the corporation shall be applied to the mainte-revenues nance of its members and of the institutions carried on by it, to the construction and repairs of buildings and the acquisition of property requisite for its purposes and to the promotion of charity and benevolence.

4. The head office of the corporation shall be at Head office Stockholm, in the Province of Saskatchewan, or at such other place as may be deemed advisable.

5. The corporation may from time to time establish Eranches branches and in connection therewith may appoint subordinate officers with such powers and tenure of office as may be deemed advisable.

etc

6. The corporation may make bylaws, rules and Tylaws, rules, regulations for the government and proper administration of its property, affairs and interests including the enforcement of discipline and the admission, removal and retirement of members, the appointment, disposition or removal of any person holding office and generally for the internal government of its affairs.

cfcers and

7. Until otherwise directed by bylaw, the officers of Existing the association mentioned in the preamble shall be des officers with like powers and privileges of the corporation, and the existing rules and regulations of the association shall mutatis mutandis be rules and regulations of the corporation until changed by bylaw.

from taxation

8. The personal property of the corporation and the Exemption lands on which it is situated, namely: lot three (3) in block D, St. Joseph's addition to Stockholm, according to plan No. H-4653, on record in the land titles office for the Moosomin Land Registration District, shall while being used for the purposes of the corporation be exempt from all taxes, rates, levies and assessments of every nature and kind save and except special assessment taxes which may at any time be levied by the village of Stockholm.