7. The Corporation shall have a common seal, with power to Seal. change, alter, break, and renew the same when and so often as they shall think proper, and may under their corporate name contract or be contracted with, sue and be sued, plead and be pleaded with, answer and defend in all Courts and places whatsoever.

8. It shall be lawful for the Corporation to make by-laws, rules, By-laws. orders, and regulations, not contrary to the laws of the Province of British Columbia, for the development and proper administration of the affairs and property of the Corporation, and to amend, renew, and add to the same from time to time as they may see fit.

9. The head office of the Corporation shall be at the convent Head office. carried on by the said Association in the Municipality of Point Grey, or such other place in the Province of British Columbia as may from time to time be determined by the by-laws of the Corporation.

of officers.

10. The Corporation shall have the power to appoint such officers, Appointment agents, or attorneys as may from time to time be deemed necessary, and also to remove such officers, agents, or attorneys at pleasure.

members.

11. Nothing contained herein shall have the effect or be construed Liability of to have the effect of rendering all or any of the several persons hereinbefore mentioned, or all or any of the said members of the Corporation, or any person whatsoever, individually liable or accountable for or by reason of any debt or obligation incurred or entered into for or on account of the Corporation, or for or on account or in respect of any matter or thing whatsoever relating to the Corporation, provided such person or persons shall have done nothing in contravention of the provisions of this Act.

or gifts.

12. If in or by any will, grant, conveyance, assignment, deed of Devises gift, or other instrument any property, real or personal, is expressed to be devised, bequeathed, granted, conveyed, assigned, or given to any of the schools, academies, or convents heretofore owned or operated by the Association or hereafter owned by the Corporation by the name by which such school, academy, or convent is commonly or usually known or designated, such devise, legacy, grant, conveyance, assignment, or gift shall not fail or become inoperative merely because or by reason of the devise, legacy, grant, conveyance, assignment, or gift not being made to the Association or Corporation by its proper name; but where any devise, legacy, grant, conveyance, assignment, or gift shall be made to any particular school, academy, or convent owned or operated by the Association or Corporation by its common or usual name or designation, or by any name or designation by which the intention to devise, grant, assign, bequeath, or give to the school, academy, or convent manifestly appears, then the said devise, legacy, grant, conveyance, assignment,

Short title.

or gift may be taken, held, and accepted by the Corporation for the benefit of the particular school, academy, or convent named; subject, however, to any trust contained in the said will, grant, conveyance, assignment, or deed of gift affecting the same.

13. This Act may be cited for all purposes as "The Convent of the Religious of the Sacred Heart Act, 1913."

VICTORIA, B.C.:

Printed by WILLIAM H. CULLIN, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty.
1913.

Child Jesus.

[1st March, 1913.]

WE

HEREAS Marie Chaminade, Marguerite Thevenot, Elise Preamble. Sergent, Marie Mornier, and Marie Delegue, all of the City of North Vancouver, in the Province of British Columbia, all being members of the teaching and charitable Order or Association known as "The Sisters of Instruction of the Infant Jesus" in the Province of British Columbia (acting on behalf of the said Association), have by their petition represented that the said Association is in existence in the Province of British Columbia, having for its object the carrying-on of orphanages, schools, academies, and convents of education, and that the said Association has now in operation in the said City of North Vancouver a school for the education of children:

And whereas the members of the said Association have by the said petition presented in their name prayed that the said Association may be invested with corporate powers:

And whereas 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 the Province of British Columbia, enacts as follows:

1. The said Marie Chaminade, Marguerite Thevenot, Elise Sergent, Incorporation. Marie Mornier, and Marie Delegue, and such other persons as are members of the said Association, or shall hereafter become members of the Corporation hereby incorporated in accordance with its by-laws, shall be and they are hereby constituted and declared to be a body politic and corporate by the style and title of "The Sisters of Instruction of the Child Jesus" (hereinafter called "the Corporation").

Lands.

Orphanages, schools, etc.

Powers of
Corporation.

Income.

Investment of moneys.

Seal.

2. It shall be lawful for any person or persons or corporation to convey and transfer any property, real or personal, held in trust by him or them for the aforesaid Order or Association, including all lands, tenements, hereditaments, and property, and all schools, academies, and convents now belonging to and used, held, occupied, possessed, or enjoyed by the said Order or Association, or by any of its members on its behalf, to the Corporation for the purposes thereof.

3. The Corporation shall have power to carry on orphanages, schools, academies, and convents of education within the Province of British Columbia.

4. The Corporation shall by the name of "The Sisters of Instruction of the Child Jesus" have perpetual succession, and by such name may for the uses and purposes aforesaid from time to time and at all times hereafter, by grant, will, conveyance, assignment, or deed of gift or other instrument, acquire and hold for the general purposes of the Corporation any lands, tenements, or hereditaments and personal property in the Province of British Columbia, and from time to time may sell, exchange, mortgage, lease, let, or otherwise dispose of the same or any part thereof.

5. The revenue, issues, and profits of all property, real and personal, held by the Corporation and of the schools, academies, or convents operated by the Corporation shall be appropriated and applied solely to the maintenance of the members of the Corporation and the institutions carried on by the Corporation, and to the construction and repair of buildings, and the acquisition of property, real and personal, requisite for the purposes of the Corporation, and for the advancement of education and religion, and for the purposes of charity and benevolence.

6. The said Corporation shall have full power and authority to invest all or any sums of money of or belonging to the Corporation. or given or bequeathed to it, in any bonds or securities of the Dominion of Canada or of any Province thereof, or of Great Britain and Ireland, or in any debentures of the municipalities of the said Province, and also to loan and invest any such moneys upon the security of any real or personal property; and the said Corporation may, under its corporate name or in the name of any person or persons as trustee or trustees, take and hold any real or personal property or any interest therein by way of mortgage to secure any such investment.

7. The Corporation shall have a common seal, with power to change, alter, break, and renew the same when and so often as they shall think proper, and may under their corporate name contract or be contracted with, sue and be sued, plead and be pleaded with, answer and defend in all Courts and places whatsoever.

8. It shall be lawful for the Corporation to make by-laws, rules, By-laws. orders, and regulations, not contrary to the laws of the Province of British Columbia, for the development and proper administration of the affairs and property of the Corporation, and to amend, renew, and add to the same from time to time as they may see fit.

9. The head office of the Corporation shall be at the school at Head office. present carried on by the said Association in the said City of North Vancouver, or at such other place in the Province of British Columbia as may be from time to time determined by the by-laws of the Corporation.

of officers.

10. The Corporation shall have the power to appoint such officers, Appointment agents, or attorneys as may from time to time be deemed necessary, and also to remove such officers, agents, or attorneys at pleasure.

members.

11. Nothing contained herein shall have the effect or be construed Liability of to have the effect of rendering all or any of the several persons herein before mentioned, or all or any of the said members of the Corporation, or any person whatsoever, individually liable or accountable for or by reason of any debt or obligation incurred or entered into for or on account of the Corporation, or for or on account or in respect of any matter or thing whatsoever relating to the Corporation, provided such person or persons shall have done nothing in contravention of the provisions of this Act.

or gifts.

12. If in or by any will, grant, conveyance, assignment, deed of Devises gift, or other instrument any property, real or personal, is expressed to be devised, bequeathed, granted, conveyed, assigned, or given to any of the schools, academies, or convents heretofore owned or operated by the Association or hereafter owned or operated by the Corporation by the name by which such school, academy, and convent is commonly or usually known or designated, such devise, legacy, grant, conveyance, assignment, or gift shall not fail or become inoperative merely because or by reason of the devise, legacy, grant, conveyance, assignment, or gift not being made to the Association or Corporation by its proper name; but where any devise, legacy, grant, conveyance, assignment, or gift shall be made to any particular school, academy, or convent owned or operated by the Association or Corporation by its common or usual name or designation, or by any name or designation by which the intention to devise, grant, assign, bequeath, or give to the school, academy, or convent manifestly appears, then the said devise, legacy, grant, conveyance, assignment, or gift may be taken, held, and accepted by the Corporation for the benefit of the particular school, academy, or convent named; subject, however, to any trust contained in the said will, grant, conveyance, assignment, or deed of gift affecting the same.