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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