Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada, constituted and assembled by virtue of and under the authority of an Act passed in the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and intituled, An Act to re-unite the Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada, and for the Government of Canada, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, as follows: I. There shall be, and there is hereby constituted and esta- Corporation blished in the City and Diocese of Toronto, a Body Politic and established. Corporate, under the name of "St. Michael's College," which Name. Corporation shall consist of the Roman Catholic Bishop of Toronto, the present Superior of the said St. Michael's College, and his Successors in office, and the present Professors and Members. other Members of the said College and their Successors in office; which said Superior, Professors and other Members of the said College shall, in the event of their death, removal from the Province, dismissal from office or resignation, be replaced by other persons to be appointed according to such By-laws as may be framed under the authority of this Act for the conduct and government of the said College, and so on continually for ever: Provided always, that in the case of the resignation or Provisc. removal of the Superior and all the Professors and other Members of the said College, for the time being, the Roman Catholic Bishop of Toronto shall appoint their Successors. II. The said Corporation shall have perpetual succession, Corporate and may have a common seal, with power to change, alter, powers. break and renew the same when and as often as they shall think proper; And the said Corporation may, under the same name, contract and be contracted with, sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded, prosecute and be prosecuted in all Courts and places whatsoever in this Province, and shall have full power to make and establish such and so many rules, orders and regulations (not being contrary to the laws of the Country or to this Act) as they shall deem useful or necessary, as well concerning the system of education in, as for the conduct and government of the said College, and of any other Institution or School connected with or dependent on the same, and of the Corporation thereof, and for the superintendence, advantage and improvement of all property, moveable or im- Real property. moveable, belonging to or which shall hereafter belong to the said Corporation; and shall have power to take, under any legal title whatsoever, and to hold for the said College, without any further authority, license, or letters of mortmain, all lands and property, moveable or immoveable, which may hereafter be sold, ceded, exchanged, given, bequeathed or granted to the said Corporation, or to sell, alienate, convey, let or lease the same if need be: Provided always, that the net rents, issues Proviso: and profits arising from the immoveable property of the said real pro, e ty Corporation other than the lands on which the buildings of the imited. Amount of ers. said College and its dependencies are erected, shall not at any time exceed the annual sum of one thousand pounds current Further pow money of this Province; And the said Corporation shall further have the right of appointing an Attorney or Attorneys for the management of their affairs, and generally shall enjoy all the rights and privileges enjoyed by other Bodies Politic and Corporate, recognized by the Legislature. To what pur poses only the funds of the Corporation shall be ap plied Corporation to inake detailed return to the Governor when required. Public Act Preamble. Of whom the III. All the property which shall at any time belong to the said Corporation as well as the revenues thereof, shall at all times be exclusively applied and appropriated to the advancement of education in the said College, and to no other object, Institution or Establishment whatsoever, unconnected with or independent of the same. IV. It shall be the duty of the said Corporation to lay before the Governor, whenever they shall be required so to do, a detailed Statement of the number of Members of the said Corporation, the number of teachers cimployed in the various branches of instruction, the number of scholars under instruetion, and the course of instruction pursued, and of the real or immoveable property or estate held by virtue of this Act, and of the revenue arising therefrom. V. This Act shall be deemed a Public Act. CAP. CCXXXVIII. An Act to incorporate the Literary Institute of Sher- W HEREAS divers inhabitants of the Town of Sherbrooke have represented to the Legislature that they are desirous of establishing in the said Town a Superior School, and that His Lordship the Bishop of St. Hyacinth has tendered to them a large emplacement with a building thereon, situate in the said Town, for that purpose, provided an incorporation is formed to accept, keep and manage the same, and have prayed an Act of incorporation, and it is expedient to grant the prayer of the said Petition: Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and of the Legislative As sembly of the Province of Canada, constituted and assembled by virtue of and under the authority of an Act passed in the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and intituled, An Act to re-unite the Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada, and for the Government of Canada, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, as follows: I. The said School, which shall be composed of the Priest school shall be and Curé for the time being of the Mission or Parish of Sherbrooke, the two principal Masters or Teachers of the said School for the time being, and their Successors, and also of comped. John John Griffith, Gabriel Caron, Lawrence Gillick and Olivier Cameron, and of such other persons as may be hereafter from time to time elected in the manner provided in the By-laws to be passed by the said Corporation under this Act to succeed the said John Griffith, Gabriel Caron, Lawrence Gillick and Olivier Cameron, shall be and is hereby constituted a body politic and corporate, in deed and in name, by and under the name of the "Literary Institute of Sherbrooke," and by that name Corporate shall have perpetual succession and a common seal, and shall name. have power from time to time to alter, renew or change such General powcommon seal at their pleasure, and shall by the same name ers. from time to time, and at all times hereafter, be able to purchase, acquire, sell, exchange, hold, possess and enjoy, and to have, take and receive to them and their successors, any lands, tenements and hereditaments, and real or immoveable pro- Real estate. perty and estate sitnate, lying and being within this Province, for the actual use and occupation of the said Corporation, and also such moveable and personal property and mortgages as they may find necessary for investment, use or otherwise, and the same to sell, alienate and dispose of, and to purchase others in their stead for the same purpose, and by the said Suing and name shall and may be able and capable in law to sue and be being sued. sued, implead and be impleaded, answer and be answered unto in all Courts of law and places whatsoever, in as large, ample and beneficial a manner as any other body politic or corporate, or as any persons able or capable in law may or can sue and he sued, implead and be impleaded, answer and be answered unto in any matter whatsoever; and any majority Making Byof the members of the Corporation for the time being, shall laws. have power and authority to make and establish such By-laws rules, orders and regulations, not being contrary to this Act or to the laws in force in this Province, as shall be deemed useful or necessary for the interests of the said Corporation and for the management thereof, and for the election and admission of Amending members into the said Corporation, and from time to time to By-laws. alter, repeal and change the said By-laws, rules, orders and regulations, or any of them, and shall and may do, execute and Further pow perform all and singular other the matters and things relating ers. to the said Corporation and the management thereof, or which shall or may appertain thereto, subject nevertheless to the rules, regulations, restrictions and provisions herein prescribed and established; Provided always, that the rents, revenues, issues Proviso. and profits of all property, real or personal, held by the said To what purCorporation, shall be appropriated and applied solely to the roses only the construction and repair of the buildings requisite for the pur- the Corpora poses of the said Corporation, and to the advanceinent of educa- tion shall be tion by the instruction of youth, and the payment of the ex- applied. penses to be incurred for objects legitimately connected with or depending on the purposes aforesaid. revenues of II. It shall be the duty of the said Corporation to lay before Returns to be each branch of the Provincial Legislature, within fifteen days laid before the after Legislature. Public Act. Preamble. Certain per rated. after the beginning of each Session, a detailed statement of the number of members of the said Corporation, the number of teachers employed in the various branches of instruction, the number of scholars under instruction, and the course of instruction pursued, and of the real or immoveable property or estate, and of all personal estate or property, held by virtue of this Act, and of the revenue arising therefrom. III. This Act shall be deemed to be a Public Act. W CAP. CCXXXIX. An Act to incorporate the Sœurs de la Présentation. [Assented to 30th May, 1855.] HEREAS an Association hath existed for several years past in the Parish of Ste. Marie de Monnoir, in the County of Rouville, in this Province, under the name of the Saurs de la Présentation, the object whereof is the education of persons of the female sex and the exercise of works of christian benevolence; And whereas the said Association is composed of the persons hereinafter named, and others, who have set forth by their Petition that the incorporation of the said Association would increase and secure the advantages resulting therefrom, and have prayed that they and their successors may be incorporated in conformity with the regulations and provisions hereinafter mentioned Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada, constituted and assembled by virtue of and under the authority of an Act passed in the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and intituled, An Act to re-unite the Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada, and for the Government of Canada, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, as follows: I. Marie St. Maurice Borgel, Marie St. Marc l'Etoile, Marie Bons incorpo- du Bon Pasteur Roman, Flavie Messier, Adélaïde Tétreau, and Marcelline Tétreau, and such other persons as now are or shall under the provisions of this Act, and the By-laws of the said Association, be or become members thereof, shall be and they are hereby constituted a Corporation under the name of the Saurs de la Présentation, and shall be entitled to acquire, hold, possess, take and receive for the purposes of the said CorReal property poration, any lands, tenements or hereditaments, and real or immoveable property lying within this Province, for the actual use and occupation of the said Corporation, and the same to sell, alienate and dispose of, and acquire others in their stead for the purposes above mentioned. Corporate name. limited. II. All and every the estate, real and personal, belonging to Estate and the said Association, and which the said Association, or the liabilities of members thereof, as such, may hereafter acquire, and all debts, the Associaclaims and demands due to the said Association, shall be and red to the Corthey are hereby vested in the said Corporation hereby consti- poration. tuted, and the said Corporation shall be liable for all debts due. by or claims against the said Association, and the said Corporation shall, when thereunto required by the Governor, lay Returns to be before him a statement of the property held by them, with the made when value thereof, also of the expenditure, debts and claims of the Corporation, and the moneys then in their hands, and the property of the Corporation shall be applied to no other purpose than that mentioned in the Preamble. called for. altered; offi III. The By-laws, Rules and Regulations of the said Asso- By-laws of ciation in force at the time of the passing of this Act, not being Association contrary to this Act, or to any other Act, or Law in force in to apply until Lower Canada, shall be and continue to be the By-laws, Rules cers to remais, and Regulations of the said Corporation until modified, altered &c. or repealed by the said Corporation: and the oflicers of the said Association at the time of the passing of this Act, and each of them, shall continue to fulfil their respective duties as Officers of the said Corporation, and to manage and conduct the affairs thereof until others shall be appointed in their stead, under the said By-laws, Rules and Orders. the Legisla IV. It shall be the duty of the said Corporation to lay before Detailed statethe Governor, in the month of January, in each year, a ment of prodetailed statement of the number of members of the said perty, &c., to Corporation, the number of teachers employed in the various be laid before branches of instruction, the number of scholars under instruc- ture yearly. tion, and the course of instruction pursued, and of the real or immoveable property or estate, and of all personal estate or property, held by virtue of this Act, and of the revenue arising therefrom. V. This Act shall be deemed a Public Act. Public Act CAP. CCXL. An Act to establish a College in the City of Hamilton. [Assented to 30th May, 1855.] THEREAS it is desirable to establish a College in the Preamble. City of Hamilton for the education of youth in the higher branches of learning, and to incorporate the same: Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada, constituted and assembled by virtue of and under the authority of an Act passed in the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain |