Returns Coming into force 9. The said corporation shall at any time when required by the Lieutenant Governor in Council so to do render an account in writing of its property and affairs to the Provincial Secretary. 10. This Act shall come into force on the day it is assented to. 1927 CHAPTER 81 An Act to incorporate Les Soeurs Adoratrices du W [Assented to February 7, 1927.) HEREAS since the 14th day of January, 1926, there Preamble has existed in the town of Gravelbourg, in the Province of Saskatchewan, an order or association of women known under the name of "Les Soeurs Adoratrices du Precieux-Sang de Gravelbourg," whose objects are the practice of works of piety, mercy and charity; and Whereas the said order or association, through the officers and members undermentioned, have by their petition set forth that the incorporation of the said order or association would enable them to attain more effectually their objects; and Whereas the said petition prays for the incorporation of the said order or association, and it is expedient that the prayer of said petition be granted: Therefore His Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, enacts as follows: 1. Révérende Soeur Marie-de-la-Rédemption, Supé- Incorporation rieure et Maitresse des novices, née Azilda La Rocque; Soeur Marie-Ste.-Cécile, Assistante, née Albertine Berthiaume; Soeur Marguerite-Marie, Dépositaire, née Georgiana Geoffroy; Soeur Marie du-Précieux-Sang, née Léonide Cazelais, Capitulaire; Soeur M. Imelda du S. Sacrement, née Cordélia Neveu, Capitulaire; Soeur Aurelie-de-Jésus, née Anne-Marie Forcier, Capitulaire; and such other persons who now are or who may hereafter become members of such order or association, shall be and the same are hereby constituted and declared to be a body corporate and politic under the name of Les Soeurs Adoratrices du Precieux Sang de Gravelbourg. directors 2. The persons named in section 1 of this Act shall be Provisional the provisional directors of the corporation, and shall hold office until their successors in office have been chosen according to the bylaws of the corporation. 3. Three members of the said corporation, namely, Council and the superior, the assistant, and one other sister named bylaws Vacancies in council Acquisition of property Acquisition of pledged property in section 1, shall form the council of the said corporation, and the said council may, if deemed expedient from time to time, make bylaws not contrary to law for: (a) the administration, management and control of the property, business and other temporal affairs of the corporation; (b) the appointment, term of office, functions, duties and remuneration of all members, officers, agents and servants of the corporation and their successors; (c) the admission of members to and their dismissal from the corporation; (d) generally for the carrying out of the objects and purposes of the corporation. 4. On the occurrence of any temporary vacancy in the council of the corporation, or in case of absence of the said superior, assistant or third sister, the remaining members of the council may appoint some member of the corporation to fill the vacancy until a permanent appointment has been made in accordance with the bylaws of the corporation. 5. The corporation may acquire by gift, devise, purchase, exchange, lease or otherwise real or personal property of any and every nature and kind whatsoever and may possess, 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 or for the purposes of the corporation, exceeding in the whole at any time the annual value of five thousand dollars and that lands, tenements, or hereditaments acquired by gift, devise or bequest and not required for the purposes of the corporation, the annual value of which together with the other land 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 land shall revert to the Crown in the right of the province. 6. The corporation may 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 ($5,000.00) shall be sold by the corporation within seven years after such acquisition or within such further period to which the term shall be extended by order of the Lieutenant Governor in Council, otherwise such real estate shall be forfeited to the Crown in the right of the province. property 7. The corporation may also sell, convey, exchange, Disposal alienate, mortgage, lease or demise any real or personal property held by it, whether by way of investment for the uses and purposes of the corporation or not, and may also from time to time invest all or any of its funds or moneys and all or any funds or moneys invested or acquired by it for the uses and purposes aforesaid, in and upon any security by way of mortgage, hypothec, or charge upon real or personal property; and for the purposes of such investment may take, receive and accept mortgages or assignments thereof, whether made or executed directly to the corporation, or to any corporation, body, company or person in trust for it, and may sell, grant, assign and transfer such mortgages or assignments either wholly or in part. documents 8. Any deed, transfer, mortgage, charge or other Execution of instrument relating to or dealing with real estate or any interest therein in the said corporation, shall be deemed to be and shall be duly executed and shall be sufficient for the purposes for which same is intented, if there are affixed thereto the seal of the corporation and the signature of the three members of the council of said corporation. 9. The corporation may from time to time for its Borrowing purposes: (a) borrow money upon the credit of the corporation; powers General powers Returns Coming into force shall not be necessary in any case to have the seal of the corporation affixed to any such bill, note or negotiable instrument; (d) mortgage, hypothecate or pledge the real or personal property of the corporation, or both, to secure any money borrowed for the purposes of the corporation. 10. The said corporation shall have full power and authority, in any manner not contrary to law: (a) to carry on such exercises and works of piety, mercy and charity as may be determined by the council of the corporation; (b) to establish in any place within the Province of Saskatchewan convents, noviciates, branches or establishments of the order and to nominate and appoint managers of the same; (c) to establish the seat or head office of the corporation at Gravelbourg with liberty to have the seat or head office of the corporation changed to any other place in Saskatchewan, which the said corporation may deem expedient or necessary; (d) to appoint officers, administrators and attorneys and to define their powers and to nominate an attorney or attorneys not being members of the said corporation; (e) to erect in connection with or adjacent to its monastery or monasteries, chapels to which the general public may be admitted; (f) to establish a vault or cemetery on the property of any of its monasteries for the purpose of deposing therein the remains of its deceased members, provided such burial places are established and maintained in accordance with the provisions of the bylaws of any municipality in which they may be situated and in accordance with the laws and regulations governing the burial of the dead in this province; (g) generally to exercise all such powers as are necessary for the carrying out of the objects. and purposes of the corporation. 11. The said corporation shall at all times, whenever required by the Lieutenant Governor in Council so to do, render an account in writing of its property and affairs to the Provincial Secretary. 12. This Act shall come into force on the day it is assented to. |