JOHN INGS, QUEEN’S PRINTER. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, August 8, 1866. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
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     VOL. VlII.-—No. 380 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     LAWS OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     CAP. XXXI. 
     
    
   
   
    
     An Act to Incorporate the Minister and Trustees of 
     
     Saint Andrew’s Church, Cardigan, Township 
     
    
   
   
    
     Number Fifty-three. 
     
     [Passed May 11, 1866.] 
     
    
   
   
    
     T HEREAS on the Sixteenth day of September, 
     
      in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight 
     
     hundred and sixty-one, George Alley, of Cardigan, 
     
     'I‘tziwnship Number Fifty-three, did, by a certain In- 
     
     drnture under his hand and seal, give and grant 
     
     unto Peter McDonald, John McEachren, Murdoch 
     
     Mcl’hee and Alexander Sutherland, a Certain tract 
     
     or parcel of Land, with the appurtenances, situated 
     
     on said Township, as a site for a Church, in con- 
     
     nection with, and governed by, and according to the 
     
     faith, rites, regulations and discipline of the Kirk of 
     
     Scotland, as established by Law, which said piece 
     
     or parccl of Land is more particularly described and 
     
     set forth in said Deed, registered in the Office ofthe 
     
     Registrar of Deeds for this Island; and whereas, 
     
     sundry inhabitants of the District of Cardigan, and 
     
     its vicinity, have erected a Church on the aforesaid; 
     
     Land: and whereas it would prove highly advantage- 
     
     ous to the said Church that a Board of Trustees, 
     
     with a Corporate capacity, should be incorporated : 
     
    
   
   
    
     I. Be it therefore enacted by the Lieutenant Go- 
     
     vernor, Council and Assembly : That William Alley, 
     
     Donald Stewart, John Kaneen, Magnus More, John 
     
     McMillan, George Sutherland, Charles Crawford, 
     
     having been chosen by the said Congregation to act 
     
     as Trustees, shall be and they and their successors 
     
     in office, in addition to, and together with, the Minis- 
     
     ter for the time being, are hereby constituted and 
     
     declared a Body Corporate, under and by the name 
     
     and style of “The Minister and Trustees of Saint 
     
     Andrew’s Church, Cardigan,” and shall Continue in 
     
     Office until the second Tuesday in January, in the 
     
     year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and 
     
     sixty-seven; and they, and their successors in office 
     
     for ever, shall have a common seal, with power to 
     
     break, change and alter the same, from time to 
     
     time, at pleasure, and shall be in law capable of 
     
     suing and being sued, pleading and being impleaded. 
     
     defending and being defended, answering and being 
     
     answered unto in all Courts of Judicature in all 
     
    
   
   
    
     being contracted with relative to the funds of the 
     
     said Corporation, and the business and purposes for 
     
     which it is hereby constituted as hereinafter declared, 
     
     and may establish and put in execution, alter or 
     
     repeal such by~laws, rules or regulations as shall 
     
     not be contrary to the Constitution and Laws ofthis 
     
     Island, or the provisions of this Act, or to the 
     
     Constitution of the Church of Scotland, as may ap- 
     
     pear to the said Corporation neCessary and expedi- 
     
     ent for the interests thereof, and for these purposes 
     
     to appoint their own Chairman, Treasurer and 
     
     Secretary, and other officers, and three ofthe mem- 
     
     bers of said Corporation shall form a quorum for 
     
     and in all matters and things to be done and disposed 
     
     of by the said Corporation. 
     
    
   
   
    
     11. After the passing of this Act, there shall an- 
     
    
   
   
    
     Said Church qualified to vote as hereinafter mention- 
     
     ed, seven persons, whose qualification for office 
     
     shall be the same as that of electors, as hereinafter 
     
     mentioned; and such seven persons, so chosen or 
     
     elected, shall be in lieu of the Trustees appointed 
     
     under this Act. 
     
    
   
   
    
     III. Every tnale person of the age of twenty-one 
     
     years, or upwards, who shall hold and pay for one 
     
     whole pew, or one half'pew, in said Church, and 
     
     who shall not be in arrear of rent for the same. or 
     
     who shall have subscribed or paid into the funds of 
     
     the Corporation, annually, the sum of ten 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 hereinbefore men- 
     
     Honed. 
     
    
   
   
    
     IV. The first election of Trustees, under this Act, 
     
     shall take place on the second Tuesday of January, 
     
     which will be in the year of Our Lord one thousand 
     
     eight hundred and sixty-seven, and all future elec- 
     
     tions shall take place on the same day in every year 
     
     in all time coming; and it shall be the duty of said 
     
     Trustees hereafter elected to office, to give notice, 
     
     under signature of the Secretary, and by authority of 
     
     the Board, of the hour and place of holding such 
     
     election, by an intimation read by the Minister from 
     
     the Pulpit on the two Sabbaths immediately preceding; 
     
     or in case of a vacancy, by causing to be inserted 
     
     twice, in one ofthe Island newspapers, an advertise- 
     
     ment ofthe hour and place of such meeting, at which 
     
     time and place electors qualified as aforesaid shall 
     
     choose a Chairman, and proceed to the election of 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     manner of actions, suits, complaints, matters and 
     
     causes whatsoever; and also of contractingr and 
     
    
   
   
    
     seven persons, qualified as aforesaid, to fill the office 
     
     of Trustees for the ensuing year, the Chairman of 
     
    
   
   
    
     nually be chosen, by such of' the Congregation of