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     JOHN INGS, QUEEN’S PRINTER. 
     
    
     Jharlottetown, Prince Edward Island, August 29, 1866. 
     
    
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     VOL. VlII.—No. 383 
     
    
     LAWS OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND. 
     
    
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     CAP. XXXVI. 
     
    
     An Act to Incorporate the Grand Lodge of the 
     
     British Order of Good Templars of Prince 
     
     Edward Island, and to provide for the incorpor- 
     
     ation of the County and Primary Lodges in 
     
    
     connection therewith. 
     
     [Passed May 11, 1866.] 
     
    
     \, HEREAS certain persons in this Island have 
     
     '1 associated themselves in a Society for the 
     
     advancement of the cause of Temperance therein, 
     
     under the names of the Grand Lodge and County 
     
     and Primary Lodges of the British Order of Good 
     
     'I‘emplars ofPrince Edward Island, holding warrant 
     
     . and authority under the Supreme Lodge of British 
     
     North America; and whereas it is found necessary 
     
     for the better management of the pecuniary affairs 
     
     of the said Order that it should be protected by an 
     
     Act of Incorporation. 
     
    
     I. Be it therefore enacted by the Lieutenant G05 
     
     vernor, Council and Assembly, as follows: 'I‘hatl 
     
     George P. 'l‘anton, Frederick ‘Strong, James W. 
     
     FaIConer, John B. Schurman, the lteverend W'il- 
     
     liam Ryan and Donald Montgomery, members 0fthe' 
     
     said Order, and their successors, and such and so 
     
     many other persons and parties as shall have or 
     
     shall beCome members thereof, shall be and ._are 
     
     hereby constituted a Body Politic and Corporate 
     
     by the name of “ The Grand Lodge of the British 
     
     Order ofGood Templars of Prince Edward Island,” 
     
     and by that name shall and may sue and be sued, 
     
     implead and be impleaded, answer and be answered 
     
     unto in all Courts of Law and Equity whatsoeVer, 
     
     and shall have uninterrupted succession and a com- 
     
     mon seal, which may by them be changed and varied 
     
     at their pleasure. 
     
    
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     II. It shall be lawful for the said Corporation to 
     
     acquire and hold land, and immoveable or real and 
     
     personal property, provided that the real estate to 
     
     beheld by the said Grand Lodge shall at no time 
     
     exceed in value the sum of Two thousand pounds; 
     
     and it shall be lawful for the said Corporation to 
     
     sell, mortgage, lease, or otherwise dispose of or 
     
     incumber the said property or estate as they may 
     
     see ﬁt. 
     
    
     Ill. It shall and may be lawful for the said Cor- 
     
     poration to appoint such members thereof as they 
     
    
     may think proper, in such manner as they may by 
     
     their By-laws provide, for the purpose of managing 
     
     the funds and property of the said Corporation, and 
     
     to reVOke such appointments and substitute others 
     
     in their places as they may think expedient; and to 
     
     demand and accept such security as they may from 
     
     time to time deem proper from such parties or from 
     
     any other ofﬁcers appointed by the said Corporation 
     
     for the performance oftheir respective duties; and to 
     
     make, ordain and put in execution all such By-laws 
     
     and rules which they may deem necessary for the 
     
     purposes aforesaid, not contrary to the laws, rules 
     
     and regulations ofthe Supreme Lodge ofthe British 
     
     Order of Good Templars of British North America, 
     
     nor at variance with the laws ofthis Island. 
     
    
     IV. Each County Lodge or Primary Lodge ofthe 
     
     British Order of Good 'I‘emplars, now instituted, or 
     
     which may hereafter become instituted within Prince 
     
     Edward Island, may, in the manner hereinafter 
     
     speciﬁed, be and become a body politic and corporate 
     
     by the name of the said County Lodge, and by the 
     
     name, number and place of location of the said 
     
     Primary Lodge; and that each County Lodge or 
     
     Primary Lodge, Upon so becoming incorporated, 
     
     shall have all the powers and privileges conferred 
     
     upon the said Grand Lodge by the ﬁrst and second 
     
     sections ofthis Act, for the sole purpose of managing 
     
     their real and personal estate; provided that the 
     
     real estate to be held by such County Lodge or 
     
     Primary Lodge shall in no case exceed the value of 
     
     one thousand pounds. 
     
    
     V. Each County Lodge or Primary Lodge which 
     
     may be desirous of becoming incorporated shall and 
     
     may, by a vote oftwo-thtrds ofits members present, 
     
     at‘any regular meeting, (of the intention to propose 
     
     which Vote, two weeks notice at least shall be given 
     
     in regular meeting of such County Lodge or Primary 
     
     Lodge by some member thereof in writing) decide 
     
     to become so incorporated; and upon a copy of the 
     
     vote of such decision specifying the name of such 
     
     County Lodge, and the name, nutnber and place of 
     
     location of such Primary Lodge, and the names of 
     
     not less than ten of the members of such County 
     
     Lodge or Primary Lodge, and its Presiding Ofﬁcer 
     
     and Secretary, together with a certiﬁcate of the 
     
     Grand Lodge under its corporate seal, and the 
     
     signature of its Presiding Ofﬁcer and Secretary, 
     
     that such County Lodge or Primary Lodge is in full 
     
     standing in the order being ﬁled in the Ofﬁce of 
     
     Registrar of Deeds and Keeper of Plans of the said 
     
     Island; the members of such County Lodge or