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ROYAL GAZETTE.

III. Every male person of the age of twenty»one years, or upwards, who shall hold and pay for one whole pew, or a half pew, in the said Church, and who shall not be in arrear of rent for the same. or who shall have subscribed and paid into the funds of the said Corporation, annually, the sum of twenty shillings of current money of the said Island, and who shall not be in arrear for the same, shall be qualified to vote at the election of Trustees herein- before mentioned.

IV. The first election of Trustees, under this Act, shall take place on the first Monday in July, which will be in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, and all future elections shall take place on the first Monday in July in each year thereafter in all time coming; and it shall be the duty of the Trustees aforesaid, and their successors in office, and they are hereby required to give notice, under the signature ofthe Secretary, and by authority of the Board, ofthe hour and place of holding such election, by an intimation read by the Minister, or, in his absence, by the Moderator ofthe Kirk Session, from the Pulpit, or by a member of the Kirk Session, on the two Sabbaths immediately preceding; or in case of a vacancy, or otherwise, by causing to be inserted twice, in one or more of the Island newspapers, an advertisement to that effect or otherwise, by giving due publicity, by circular, oftlte hour and place of such meeting, at which time and place electors qualified as aforesaid shall choose a Chairman, and shall proceed by ballot to the election of seven per- sons, qualified as aforesaid, who, in addition to and together with the Minister or depute, shall fill the ofiice of Trustees for the then ensuing year, the Chairman of such meeting, in case of equality, having a casting vote; and the names ofthe persons so elected, together with the Minister or Depute, shall shall be entered into the Books of the said Corpor- ation by the Secretary, or other person having the custody of the same, who shall attend with the said Books for that purpose.

V. All or any one or more of the Trustees in Office, at the time of such annual election, shall be eligible to be re-elected.

VI. In the event of a vacancy or vacancies occur- ring, by death, resignation, removal or otherwise, in the Board of Trustees, itshall be lawful for the remain- ing Trustees, at any one oftheir meetings, to elect a duly qualified person or persons to supply the same; but should the vacancies,so occurring at any one time, be so numerous as not to leave a quorum, then such vacancies shall be filled up in the manner in which this Act provides for the annual election ofTrustecs, within thirty days after the occurring of such vacancy or vacancres.

VII. Iftt should happen that no election of Trus- tees shall take place On the first Monday of July, in any year as aforementioned, then, and in such case, the Trustees then in ofiice shall continue and remain in office for, during and until the expiration of the next ensuing year, unless a requisition, signed by at least twelve ofsuch persons as are qualified to vote as aforesaid, shall be presented to the Trustees for the time being, calling upon them to cause a meeting to be held for the election of Trustees, and of which meeting ten days notice shall be given; and

such meeting shall be held in the manner and form as heretofore directed with respect to annual elec- tions.

VIII. The seal of said Corporation, and all books, papers, deeds, minutes, Vouchers, moneys, obliga- tions, bonds, securities for moneys, and all and every description of property and things, really and bona fide belonging to said Church, shall, immedi- ately after the passing ofthis Act, come into the cus- tody and possession of the aforesaid Trustees, and shall be by them forthwith handed over to their successors immediately following them in office as Trustees.

IX. The Trustees shall be and they are hereby intrusted with the repairing, alteration, building or rebuilding of the Church or Manse, and shall guard and protect the interest of the Congregation, the Kirk yard, and all the real or personal estate held, or to be held, by the Corporation.

X. It shall and may be lawful for said Corporation to accept, take and hold any such real or personal estate as may hereafter be gratuitously given, grant- ed or bequeathed for the use and good of the said Church, not exceeding, together with that already holden by the said Trustees, as aforesaid, the an» nual value of one thousand pounds sterling.

XI. It shall be the duty of the Trustees for the time being, to make all arrangements for the letting of Pews and collecting ofseat Rents, and to dispose

‘of the Church lands or property in any way they

may see proper for the interests of the Corporation; Provided always, that the said lands or property be never alienated from their original purpose, also to keep the Church in repair, and impose such extra— ordinary assessments as may be required for re- pairing said Church, and generally to manage and promote the secular affairs, directly and indirectly belonging to or connected with the said Church and Congregation, agreeably to the Constitution of the Kirk of Scotland, and subject to the approval, ad- ministration and supervision of the Ecclesiastical Cou.rts organized in this Island in connection with the Kirk of Scotland; and for the accomplishment ofthese ends the Trustees for the time being may, in addition to such meetings ‘of the Board as may be necessary, call meetings of the Congregation, as occasion may require, after a notice of ten days, at which Congregational meetings all persons quali— fied in the election of Trustees, as aforesaid, may vote on all questions or matters brought before said Congregational meetings.

CAP. XXXIII.

An Act to Incorporate the Summerside Fishing Company. [Passed May 11, 1866.]

V, HEREAS John Andrew McDonald, James

Muirhead, John Lerurgy, Finlay McNeill, Charles Green, Thomas Crabb, Harry Compton Green, Richard Hunt, together with divers other persons, have associated themselves into a Company for the purpose of carrying on the business of a Fish- ing Company, which said Company is, in the first instance, to have a Capital or Joint Stock of Five thousand pounds, divided into Five hundred shares