To be a first undertaking. Amount limited. : Proviso in case of de ment. tration or formal conveyance, be taken and considered to charge on the be the first and preferential claim and charge upon the undertaking, and the real property of the Company, including its rolling stock and equipment then existing, or at any time thereafter acquired: Provided however, that the whole amount of such issue of bonds shall not exceed in all at any time fifty per cent of the paid up capital stock of the Company; and provided also, that in the event at any fault of pay time of the interest upon the said bonds remaining unpaid and owing, then at the next ensuing annual general meeting of the Company, and at all other general and special meetings, as long as the said default continues, all holders of bonds shall have and possess the same rights, privileges and qualifications for being elected directors and for voting as they would have if the bonds they held had been shares; Registration provided that the bonds and any transfers thereof have been first registered in the same manner as is provided for the registration of shares; and it shall be the duty of the secretary of the Company on production thereof to register the same in the manner required by the bearer thereof on being required so to do by such bearer. of bonds in such case. Bonds may be pledged. Power as to docks, &c., and steam and other vessels. Time for commencement. R S.C., c. 118 to apply. 23. The Company may, from time to time, for advances of money made thereon, mortgage or pledge any bonds which they may, under the provisions of this Act, issue for the construction of the said line or lines, or otherwise. 24. The Company shall have power and authority to erect and maintain docks, dock-yards, wharves, slips and piers at any point on or in connection with the said pipe line or lines, and at all the termini thereof on navigable waters, for the convenience and accommodation of vessels,and to acquire, own, hold, charter, work and run steam and other vessels, for cargo or otherwise, upon any navigable waters which the said pipe line may reach or connect with. 25. The pipe line or lines shall be commenced within two years. 26. "The Companies Clauses Act" in so far as its provisions are applicable to the undertaking authorized by this charter, and in so far as they are not inconsistent with or contrary to the provisions hereof, and save and except as herein before provided, is hereby incorporated herewith. OTTAWA Printed by BROWN CHAMBERLIN, Law Printer to the Queen's Most СНАР. CHAP. 123. An Act to incorporate the Empire Printing and [Assented to, 23rd June, 1887.] WHEREAS David Creighton, of the town of Owen Sound, Preamble. publisher, Robert Hay, of Toronto, retired manufac turer, David Blain, of Toronto, president of the Central Bank, W. R. Brock, of Toronto, merchant, Charles D. Warren, of Toronto, merchant, Arthur R. Boswell, of Toronto, barrister, C. M. Parsons, of Toronto, merchant, Frank Turner, of Bracondale,civil engineer, John A. Macdonell, of Toronto, barristerat-law, C. H. Ritchie, of Toronto, barrister-at-law, W. C. Beddome, of Toronto, accountant, D. Roberts, of Toronto, architect, John Shaw, of Toronto, alderman, and Robert Crean, of Toronto, manufacturer, have, by their petition, represented that they desire to establish in the city of Toronto, in the Province of Ontario, a daily and weekly newspaper, and a general printing and publishing company, and that it is intended by the said persons to establish branch offices in connection therewith in the several Provinces of the Dominion; and whereas the said persons are desirous of obtaining an Act of incorporation in order to secure greater efficiency and permanency in carrying on the same, and it is expedient that the prayer of their said petition to that effect be granted: Therefore Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows: 1. David Creighton, Robert Hay, David Blain, W. R. Brock, IncorporaCharles D. Warren, Arthur R. Boswell, C. M. Parsons, Frank tion. Turner, John A. Macdonell, C. H. Ritchie, W. C. Beddome, D. Roberts, John Shaw and Robert Crean, together with all such other persons as now are, or hereafter become shareholders in the Company hereby incorporated, shall be, and they are hereby constituted a body politic and corporate, under the name of "The Empire Printing and Publish- Corporate ing Company (Limited)" hereinafter called "the Company." name: 2. The Company shall have power to publish "The Business of Empire" newspaper, and to carry on all the usual busi- the company. ness of a printing and publishing company, including stereotyping, engraving, wood-cutting, lithographing and book-binding, Head office book-binding, and to deal in, purchase and sell all articles of merchandise connected therewith, and to purchase and manag any business of a similar character belonging to any other person or corporation. 3. The head office of the Company shall be at the city of and agencies. Toronto; and agencies for the sale of the said newspaper and business connected therewith may be opened in any of the Provinces of Canada. Powers as to real estate. Value limit ed. Capital stock and shares. Provisional directors. Their powers. First meeting ers. 4. The Company may acquire and hold real and personal property, and alienate, sell, convey, mortgage, lease or otherwise dispose of the same or any part thereof, from time to time, and on such terms as the directors of the Company see fit: Provided always, that the real estate held by the Company, at any one time, shall not exceed in annual value the sum of thirty thousand dollars. 5. The capital stock of the Company shall be two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, divided into ten thousand shares of twenty-five dollars each, and the said stock shall be deemed personal estate, and shall be transferable in such manner and subject to such conditions and restrictions as are prescribed by the by-laws of the Company. 6. To enable the corporation to carry out the objects before mentioned, the said David Creighton, W. R. Brock, Frank Turner, Robert Hay and Charles D. Warren are hereby constituted provisional directors of the Company, -three of whom shall form a quorum; and the provisional directors shall have power and authority to manage the affairs of the Company until directors are appointed under the provisions of this Act. 7. The provisional directors may open stock books, receive subscriptions and payment of stock or shares, purchase or lease premises, defray all preliminary expenses, and generally do all matters and things necessary for the organization and working of the Company. 8. When eight thousand shares of the capital stock have of sharehold- been subscribed, upon which not less than ten per centum has been paid, the provisional directors shall call a general meeting of the shareholders in the city of Toronto,-of which meeting not less than ten days' notice shall have been given by public advertisement in one of the daily newspapers published in the city of Toronto, for the purpose of passing by-laws for the management of the affairs of the Company, and for the election of directors. Number of directors. 9. The directors shall be five in number, and as soon as they have been elected, the powers and functions of the provisional directors shall cease and determine. shareholders 10. The shareholders shall not, as such, be held respons- Liability of ible for any act, default or liability whatsoever of the Com- limited. pany, or for any engagement, claim, payment, loss, injury, transaction, matter or thing whatsoever, relating to or connected with the Company, beyond the amount of their respective shares in the capital stock thereof: Provided Proviso: responsibility in always, that among the officers of the Company there shall case of libel. be a printer and publisher, who shall be held responsible in any criminal proceeding for libellous matter published in the said "Empire" newspaper; and the said printer and publisher shall, in like manner, be held responsible in any criminal proceeding for libellous matter printed and published in any book, pamphlet or other printed matter issuing from the establishment of the said Company; and in every issue of the said newspaper shall be contained the full name and residence of the person holding such office as printer and publisher. shareholders ble as direc 11. Every executor, administrator, tutor, curator, guard- Trustees, &c., ian or trustee may represent the stock in his hands at all may vote as meetings of the Company, and may vote accordingly as a and be eligishareholder, and shall be eligible as a director; and every tors. person who pledges his stock by any instrument disclosing the conditional nature of the transfer may nevertheless represent the same at all such meetings, and may vote accordingly as a shareholder. charter by non-user. 12. The charter of the Company shall be forfeited by Forfeiture of non-user during three consecutive years at any one time, or if the Company do not go into actual operation within three years after it is granted. to apply, ex 13. The corporate rights hereby conferred shall at all General law times hereafter be subject to any general provisions respect- cept sections ing incorporated companies, and also to the provisions of 18 and 43, R. S. C., c. 118. "The Companies Clauses Act," so far as they are applicable, except sections eighteen and forty-three of the said Act. OTTAWA Printed by BROWN CHAMBERLIN, Law Printer to the Queen's Most CHAP Preamble Certain persons incorporated. Corporate name. General powers. CHAP. 124. An Act to incorporate the Canadian Society of Civil [Assented to 23rd June, 1887.] WHEREAS the persons hereinafter named have, by peti tion, set forth that it is desirable that they, together with such other persons as may be hereafter associated with them, be incorporated into a society, by the name of "The Canadian Society of Civil Engineers," having for its objects and purposes to facilitate the acquirement and interchange of professional knowledge among its members, and more particularly to promote the acquisition of that species of knowledge which has special reference to the profession of civil engineering, and further to encourage investigation in connection with all branches and departments of knowledge connected with the profession; and whereas it is expedient to grant the prayer of the said petition: Therefore Her Majesty; by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows: 1. Thomas C. Keefer, Ottawa, Casimir S. Gzowski, Toronto, John Kennedy, Montreal, Henry T. Bovey, Montreal, Frederick N. Gisborne, Ottawa, Edmund P. Hannaford, Montreal, William T. Jennings, London, Samuel Keefer, Brockville, Louis Lesage, Montreal, Hugh D. Lumsden, Toronto, Alan MacDougall, Toronto, Henry F. Perley, Ottawa, Hurd Peters, St. John, New Brunswick, Peter A. Peterson, Montreal, Henry S. Poole, Stellarton, Nova Scotia, Henry N. Ruttan, Winnipeg, Collingwood Schreiber, Ottawa, Percival W. St. George, Montreal, and Herbert Wallis, Montreal, and all other persons who may hereafter be associated with them, shall be and they are hereby constituted a body politic and corporate, under the name of "The Canadian Society of Civil Engineers." 2. The said Society shall have power to acquire and hold all lands and property necessary and required in order to carry out the objects and purposes for which incorporation is sought; provided that the annual value of the real estate held at any one time for the actual use of the Society shall not exceed five thousand dollars; and the said Society shall |