ROYAL GA. 
     
    
   
   
    
     ZETT‘E. 347' 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     by the Lieutenant'Governor, C‘ouneil'and As- 
     
     sembly, as follows, that is to say: 
     
    
   
   
    
     ,1. The Reverend Eliakim N. Archibald, “ea: 
     
     Viqfl’icio, J ames "Warren, Alexander McKinlay, 
     
     Jacob Deckendorfl', John McKinlay and Francis 
     
    
   
   
    
     Rain, and their successors in office, "shall be, 
     
    
   
   
    
     and are hereby constituted and declared to be 
     
     a body corporate, under and by the name of 
     
     the "‘ Minister and trustees of the Baptist 
     
     Church of North River, Lot thirty-two,” and 
     
     they and their successors in office shall have a 
     
     common seal, with power to break, change and 
     
     alter the same, from time to time, as'may‘be 
     
     found requisite, and shall be in "law capable of 
     
     suing, pleading,.defending and answering, and 
     
     of being sued, impleaded, defended and answer- 
     
     ed unto, in all ‘Courts of Judicature, in all. man- 
     
     ner‘of actions ; and also of contracting and 
     
     being contracted with relative to lands and 
     
     "funds of said corporation, and the other pur- 
     
     poses for which it is constituted, as hereinafter 
     
     declared, and may establish, put in ex’eCu- 
     
     tion, alter or repeal such by-laws and regu- 
     
     lations as shall not be contrary to the constitu- 
     
     tion‘and’ laws of this Island, or the provisions of 
     
     this Act as may appear to the said corporation ne- 
     
     cessary andexpedient for the interest thereof, 
     
     and for these purposes appoint their own chair- 
     
     man and other officers, four members being a 
     
     quorum in all matters to be done and disposed 
     
     of by the said corporation. 
     
    
   
   
    
     II. When any vacancy in the trustees shall 
     
     arise by death, resignation, or otherwise, then 
     
     the minister of said church shall give notice 
     
     that a congregational meeting of the said church 
     
     shall be held on a given day for the election of 
     
     one or more trustees to fill the said vacancy or 
     
     vacancies, and that-the said noticeshall be given 
     
     in the said church of North River, Lot thirty- 
     
     two, immediately after divine service, on a Sab- 
     
     bath, at least ten days previous to the said 
     
     meeting, andthe choice of said trustee or trus- 
     
     tees shall be determined by the vote of the 
     
     majority of the adherents in the "congregation, 
     
     being of the age of twenty-one years, who may 
     
     be contributing from six shillings and upwards, 
     
     annually, and not in arrears ; and any male 
     
     adherent in the congregation, being of the age 
     
     of twenty-one years, and who may be contribut- 
     
     ing, annually, from fifteen shillings and up- 
     
     wards, and not in arrears, shall be eligible to 
     
     hold office as a trustee. ‘ 
     
    
   
   
    
     III. The seal of said congregation, and all 
     
     deeds, books, minutes, vouchers, subscriptions, 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     obligations, and securities for moneys, and all: 
     
     and every description of property really and 
     
     truly belonging to the congregation, shalt, ina- 
     
     media‘tely after the passing of this .Act, pass- 
     
     ,into the custody and 'pOSSession of the above 
     
     named trustees, and shall be by them trans- 
     
     ferred to their successors immediately following 
     
     them in office as trustees. 
     
    
   
   
    
     IV. It shall and may be lawful for the said 
     
     corporation to contract for and purchase, or in 
     
     any lawful mode, Whether by demise, bequest 
     
     or otherwise, to acquire or obtain, either in fee- 
     
     simple, for life, or for any term of years, for 
     
     the benefit of the said church, any messuages, 
     
     lands, tenements, buildings, real or personal 
     
     estate whatsoever, in this Island, and to take 
     
     and receive ‘the necesSary legal conveyances, 
     
     securities and transfers thereof, and which said 
     
     messuages, lands, tenements, buildings, real or 
     
     personal estate, shall, be and remain vested in 
     
     the said corporation, to be used and diSposed cf, 
     
     however, for the benefit of said congregation, 
     
     acCording to the directions of said corporate 
     
     body. ' 
     
    
   
   
    
     V. It shall and may be lawful {or the said 
     
     corporate body for the time being, and they are 
     
     hereby authorized and empowered, to grant, 
     
     sell, lease, exchange, mortgage, convey, or dis- " 
     
     pose of, to such person or persons as they shall 
     
     think proper, and for such prices, sums, rents, 
     
     or terms as shall be agreed upon, the whole or 
     
     any part of the said lands and premises now 
     
     held, or hereafter to be conveyed to or held by 
     
     the said. corporate body, and to such extent and 
     
     proportion as they shall think proper, and every 
     
     deed or conveyance thereof executed by the 
     
     said trustees, in their name of office, under 
     
     their common seal, shall be valid in law, 
     
     to convey for years or otherwise, all such estate, 
     
     title and interest as the corporation of the said 
     
     Baptist Church» have or may hereafter have in 
     
     the same. 
     
    
   
   
    
     VI. It shall not be lawful for the said cor- 
     
     poration to hold real estate for the use of the 
     
     said congregation which shallexceed in value 
     
     and yield, at any time, more than a clear net 
     
    
   
   
    
     yearly income of two hundred pounds currency 
     
     of this Island. 
     
    
   
   
    
     VII. This Act'shall be deemed a public Act, 
     
     and shall be judicially taken notice of as such 
     
     by all Judges, Justices of the Peace and minis- 
     
     ters of justice and other persons iwhomsoever, 
     
     without being specially pleaded.