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any force or effect until the same shall have been sanctioned and confirmed by the said Lord Bishop or other Ecclesiastical Functionary, as aforesaid.

III. And be it enacted, that 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 whatever, unconnected with or independent of the same.

IV. And be it enacted, that this Act shall be considered a public Act by all Judges, Justices of the Peace, and Officers of Justice, and by all other persons whomsoever, and shall be judicially taken notice of without being specially pleaded.

V. And be it enacted, that this Act shall not extend to weaken, diminish, or extinguish the rights and privileges of Her Majesty, Her Heirs and Successors, nor of any other person or persons, Body Politic or Corporate, excepting only such rights as are hereby expressly altered or extinguished.

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An Act, to Incorporate the Education Society of the District of Que

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[9th December, 1843.].

HEREAS there has existed in the City of Quebec, since the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-two an Association known by the name of The Education Society of the District of Quebec, established for the purpose of providing civil and religious instruction for the children of the poor in the said City, and of forming Teachers competent to instruct children in the country parts of the said District: And whereas the persons hereinafter named, have, by their Petition, prayed that for the public advantage, the said Association may be Incorporated under proper regulations, and it is expedient to grant the prayer of their 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 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, 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, that Jean François Duval, Charles

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Certain per- F. Baillargeon, Patrick McMahon, Jacques Cremazie, and Joseph Petitclair, the present officers of the said association, and such other persons as now are or shall hereafter become members of the said association, according to the rules and regulations thereof, shall be and are hereby constituted a Body Politic and Corporate, by the name of "The Education Society of the District of Quebec," and name and pow shall, by that name, have perpetual succession and a Common Seal, with power to alter, renew, or change the same at pleasure, and shall by the said name, at all times hereafter, have power to purchase, acquire, hold, possess and enjoy, take, accept and receive for the use and purposes of the said Corporation, any lands, immoveable property or hereditaments, or any personal property of what nature soever within this Province, not exceeding in yearly value the sum of one thousand pounds, currency, and the same to sell, alienate, and dispose of, and others in their stead to purchase, acquire and hold, for the uses and purposes aforesaid; and the said Corporation may, by the said name, sue and be sued in all Courts of Law or Equity or other places whatever, in as large, ample, and beneficial a manner as any other Body Politic or Corporate in this Province, and shall have power and authority to make By-Laws, Rules, and Regulations not being contrary to this Act or to the Laws of this Province, for the government and management of the said Corporation and of the affairs and property thereof, and for the admission of Members thereof, and for all other purposes relating to the well being and interests of the said Corporation, and the same to amend, alter or repeal, from time to time, in such manner as they shall deem necessary or expedient.

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II. And be it enacted, that the Officers of the said Corporation shall be a President, two Vice Presidents, a Secretary and a Treasurer; and the affairs and ner of electing business of the said Corporation shall be managed by a Committee to be composed of twenty members of the Corporation and the Officers aforesaid, who shall always be members of the said Committee; and the said Officers and other members of the Committee shall be annually elected by the majority of the votes (to be given by ballot,) of the members of the Corporation present at a meeting to be held for that purpose on the first Monday in the month of May, in each year: Frovided always, that if the election be not had on that day, the Corporation shall not be dissolved, but the election may be had at a special meeting thereafter to be called for that purpose in the manner hereinafter provided, and in that case the Officers and members of the Committee in office, immediately before the said day, shail continue in office until their successors shall be elected.

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of the Corporation, giving notice of such meeting and of the object thereof to each of the members, in such manner as may be provided for that purpose by the ByLaws of the Corporation; and at such special general meeting no other subject shall be discussed or decided upon except such as may necessarily relate to the object for which the meeting shall have been called.

IV. And be it enacted, that all and every the estates and property, real or personal of the said Association, at the time of the passing of this Act, and all debts due to or rights or claims possessed by the said Association at the said time, shall be and are hereby transferred to and vested in the Corporation hereby constituted, which shall in like manner be liable to and for all debts due by or claims upon the said Association; and the Officers and members of the Committee in office at the time of the passing of this Act, shall be the Officers and members of the Committee of the said Corporation, as if elected under this Act, until their successors shall be elected in the manner hereby appointed; and the Rules and Regulations of the said Association, at the time of the passing of this Act, shall be the By-Laws, Rules and Regulations of the said Corporation as if made under the provisions of this Act, until they be amended, altered or repealed in the manner hereinbefore provided.

V. And be it enacted, that no person shall be a member of the said Corporation unless such person shall have attained the full age of twenty-one years, and shall have been admitted as such in the manner prescribed by the By-Laws, Rules and Regulations of the Corporation then in force in that behalf.

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VI. And be it enacted, that no By-Law, Rule or Regulation of the said Corporation shall be amended, altered or repealed, except with the consent of two thirds of the members of the Corporation, nor unless previous notice of such amendment, alteration or repeal shall have been given in writing at the general members. meeting next preceding that at which such amendment, alteration or repeal shall be discussed and determined upon.

VII. And be it enacted, that nothing herein contained shall have the effect, or be construed to have the effect, of rendering all or any of the said several persons herein before mentioned, or all or any of the members of the said Corporation, or any person whatsoever, individually liable or accountable for or by reason of any debt, contract, or security of the said Corporation, or for or on account or in respect of any matter or thing whatsoever relating to the said Corpo

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IX. And be it enacted, that this Act shall be deemed a public Act, and shall be publicly taken notice of as such by all Judges, Justices of the Peace, and other persons whatsoever, without being specially pleaded.

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An Act to incorporate the Association called "La Congrégation de
Notre Dame de Québec."

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[9th December, 1843.]

HEREAS there hath existed for many years in the City of Quebec, in this Province, an Association known by the names of "Les Congréganistes de Notre Dame," or "La Congrégation de Notre Dame," or "La Congrégation des Hommes," the objects whereof are of a religious nature and tend to encourage morality and the practice of works of Charity; And whereas the said Association is composed of the persons hereinafter mentioned and others, who have, by their petition, represented that the benefits resulting from the said Association would be augmented and ensured by its incorporation, and have prayed that they, and their successors, may be incorporated under the regulations and provisions hereinafter set forth; 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, 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, that Charles Alfred Besse, Certain per- Louis Bilodeau, Charles Cinq-Mars, Raphael Martin, Louis Lemieux, François successors in- Xavier Julien, Mathurin Hamoniaux, Charles Routier, Edouard Paquet, George S. Audet, Thomas Gauvin, Gaspard Lortie, and such other persons as now are or may hereafter, under the provisions of this Act, and the By-Laws of the said Association, become members thereof, and their successors shall be and they are hereby constituted a Body Politic and Corporate, by the name of "La Congrégation name and pow- de Notre Dame de Québec," and shall by that name have perpetual succession and a Common Seal, with power to break, change or alter the same at pleasure, and may, by the said name, from time to time, and at all times hereafter, purchase, acquire, hold, possess and enjoy, and may take and receive for them and their

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successors, to and for the uses and purposes of the said Corporation, any estates or property, real or immoveable, or personal within this Province, and not exceeding in yearly value the sum of one thousand pounds, currency, and the same may sell, alienate or dispose of, and others in their stead may purchase and acquire to and for the uses and purposes aforesaid, and they may by the said name sue and be sued in all Courts of Law or Equity, or other places whatsoever, in as large, ample and beneficial a manner as any other Body Politic or Corporate can or may do in this Province.

II. And be it enacted, that all real or immoveable or personal property, or estates whatsoever, of or belonging to the said Association, and more especially the lot of ground granted for the use and purposes of the said Association by Letters Patent, bearing date the nineteenth day of November, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and seventeen, and upon which the said Association has caused a Chapel to be erected, and all such property as may hereafter be acquired by the said Association, or the Members thereof, in their capacity, as such, and all debts due to or rights and claims possessed by the said Association at the time of the passing of this Act, shall be and are hereby transferred to and vested in the Corporation hereby constituted, which shall, in like manner, be liable to and for all debts due by or claims upon the said Association.

III. And be it enacted, that the By-Laws, Rules and Regulations of the said Association, in force at the time of the passing of this Act, shall be and continue to be the By-laws, Rules and Regulations of the said Corporation until they shall be altered, amended or repealed in the manner therein provided; and the Officers of the said Association, at the time of the passing of this Act, and each of them, shall continue to hold their respective offices as Officers of the said Corporation and for the administration and management of the affairs and business thereof, until others shall be elected in their stead, in the manner by the said By-laws, Rules and Regulations prescribed.

IV. And be it enacted, that nothing herein contained shall have the effect, or be construed to have the effect of rendering all or any of the said several persons hereinbefore mentioned, or all or any of the Members of the said Corporation, or any person whatsoever, individually liable or accountable for or by reason of any debt, contract, or security contracted or incurred for or by reason of the said Corporation, or for or on account or in respect of any matter or thing whatsoever relating to the said Corporation.

V. And be it enacted, that nothing herein contained shall affect or be construed to affect, in any manner or way, the rights of Her Majesty, Her Heirs or Successors,

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