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     Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Thursday, october 3, 1867. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
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     LAWS OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     An Act to Incorporate the Alberton 
     
     Masonic Hall Company 
     
    
   
   
    
     [Passed May 17, 1867.] 
     
    
   
   
    
     HEREAS a Masonic Hall has been 
     
     erected in Alberton for the purpose of 
     
     holding meetings therein, and whereas the sev- 
     
     eral persons hereinafter named have entered 
     
     into a subscription to raise in shares the sum re- 
     
     quisite as a joint stock or fund for that purpose. 
     
    
   
   
    
     I. Be it enacted by the Lieutenant Governor, 
     
     Council and Assembly, that Herbert Bell, An- 
     
     thur Ritchie, Benjamin Rogers, John Ding- 
     
     well Hubbard, Neil Woodside and John Archi- 
     
     bald Matheson ; and all and every such person 
     
     or persons as shall from time to time become 
     
     Proprietors of Shares in the Company hereby 
     
     incorporated, and their respective succes- 
     
     sors, executors, administrators and assigns, are 
     
     hereby incorporated under the name of “ The 
     
     Alberton Masonic Hall Company,” and by that 
     
     name shall have perpetual succession, and may 
     
     sue and be sued, and have a common seal and 
     
     may take and hold personalgproperty, and also 
     
     real Estate, not exceeding in value at any one 
     
     time Five thousand pounds, and may mortgage, 
     
     sell, lease, or otherwise dispose of the same as 
     
     may be deemed expedient, conformably, how- 
     
     ever, in all reSpects, to any trusts under which 
     
     the same may be held. 
     
    
   
   
    
     II. That the said Company shall and may 
     
     take purchase and hold any lands, houses, tene- 
     
     ments and hereditaments in fee simple or 
     
     otherwise, and also rents, moneys, securities 
     
     for moneys, goods and chattels, and shall and 
     
     may demise and let, sell and convey or mort- 
     
     gage the same or any part thereof, subject to 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     the restrictions hereinafter mentioned, and do 
     
     and execute all other things in and about the 
     
     same which may be necessary and proper for 
     
     the benefit of the said Company; and shall 
     
     have full power and authority to make and es- 
     
     tablish such bye-laws and ordinances as may from 
     
     time to time be required, and to alter or amend 
     
     the same; provided such bye-laws and ordi- 
     
     nances be not contradictory or repugnant to 
     
     the laws and statutes of this Island. 
     
    
   
   
    
     III. That the Capital ofthe said Company shall 
     
     be divided into shares of Two pounds ten shillings 
     
     each share, and such shares shall be assignable 
     
     and transferable, in such manner and upon such 
     
     terms as, by the said byeelaivs, may be provided 
     
     and directed, and that, notwithstanding any real 
     
     estate which the said Company may hold, at 
     
     any time, the share and interest of the several 
     
     shareholders of and in the Capital Stock and 
     
     funds of the said Company shall be held and 
     
     deemed to be personal property, to all intents 
     
     and purposes. 
     
    

    
     IV. That the several persons who now are, or 
     
     hereafter may become subscribers towards the said 
     
     undertaking shall, and they are hereby required 
     
     to pay the sums of money by them respectively 
     
     subscribed, in such proportion, and at such 
     
     times and places, as shall be directed by the said 
     
     bye-laws ; and, in case any person shall neglect 
     
     or refuse to pay the same, at the time and in 
     
     the manner required for that purpose, it shall 
     
     be lawful for the said Company to sue for and 
     
     recover the same in any Court of competent 
     
     jurisdiction ; provided always that it shall not 
     
     be lawful for the said Company to call for and 
     
     require any shareholder in the said Company to 
     
     contribute or pay any larger sum than the 
     
     amount of the share or shares held by him as 
     
     aforesaid.