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     ROYAL ‘GAZETTE. 
     
    
   
   
    
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     Primary Lodge, whose names may be included in 
     
     such vote as aforesaid, and their associates and suc- 
     
     cessors, members ofsuch County Lodge or Primary 
     
     Lodge. (as the case may he), shall be and become, 
     
     from the time of filing such certificate as aforesaid 
     
     with such Registrar, a body politic and corporate, 
     
     as aforesaid, by the name of such County Lodge, 
     
     and by the name, number and place of location of 
     
     such Primary Lodge. 
     
    
   
   
    
     VI. It shall and may be lawful for the Trustee or 
     
     Trustees ofeach County Lodge or Primary Lodge so 
     
     incorporated, and he or they are hereby empowered, 
     
     fromtimetotime, by and with the consentofsuch Coun- 
     
     ty Lodge or Primary Lodge, to he testified in such 
     
     manner as may be directed by their By-laws, to lay 
     
     out and invest all such sum and sums of money as 
     
     shall from time to time be collected, and not required 
     
     for the immediate exigencies of such County Lodge 
     
     or Primary Lodge, in real estate or on mortgage, 
     
     or in public or other stock or funds, or in such other 
     
     manner as. such County Lodge or Primary Lodge 
     
     shall deem best, and from time to time, with the like 
     
     consent, to alter, sell and transfer such securities, 
     
     real estate or funds respectively, and otherwise to 
     
     re-invest or dispose ofthe same; and the Certificate, 
     
     Bill of Sale, Deed, or other instrument of Transfer 
     
     Sale, or discharge of such estate, or fund or security, 
     
     shall be made underthe seal of such County Lodge 
     
     or Primary Lodge, and signed by the Trustee or 
     
     Trustees and Presiding Officer of such County 
     
     Lodge or Primary Lodge; and all such investments 
     
     shall be made, and securities taken, and sales and 
     
     transfers made in the corporate name and capacity 
     
     of such County Lodge or Primary Lodge. 
     
    
   
   
    
     VII. It shall and may be lawful for each County 
     
     Lodge and Primary Lodge, when so incorporated as 
     
     aforesaid, to receive from the Trustee or Trustees, 
     
     from time to time, in their corporate name, sufficient 
     
     security by bond, with one or more surety or sure- 
     
     ties: or otherwise; and also to demand and’reccive 
     
     from any other officers appointed by the said County 
     
     Lodge or Primary Lodge, slich security as they may 
     
     deem proper for the faithful performance of'liis or 
     
     their respective duties, and that he or they will well 
     
     and truly account for, and pay, and invest, from 
     
     time to time, all such sums of money, funds or other 
     
     property as may come to his or their hands or under 
     
     his or their control belonging to the said County 
     
     Lodge or Primary Lodge, as directed by the said 
     
     County Lodge or Primary Lodge. ‘ 
     
    
   
   
    
     VIII. No member of the Grand Lodge aforesaid, 
     
     nor of any County Lodge or Primary Lodge here— 
     
     after to become incorporated, shall have an; power 
     
     to assign or transfer to any person or persons, whom- 
     
     Soevcr, any interest which he may have to or in the 
     
     funds or property of such Grand Lodge, or Count 
     
     or Primary Lodge, but the same shall at all times 
     
     be and remain under the control of such Grand 
     
     Lodge or County or Primary Lodge; and no 
     
     property or stock of any kind, belongino to such 
     
     Grand Lodge, or such incorporated Couhty Lodge 
     
     or Primary Lodge, shall be subject to the payment 
     
     of the private debts of any of its members, nor be 
     
     liable to be taken in execution by any Judirinent 
     
     Creditor against any individual member tliereoti'. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     IX. The joint property of the said Grand Lodge, 
     
     or of each ofthe County and Primary Lodges, when 
     
     incorporated, shall alone be held liable and respon- 
     
     sible for the debts‘ and engagements of the said 
     
     Grand Lodge, or of the County or Primary Lodge 
     
     owning such preperty. 
     
    
   
   
    
     X. Upon the dissolution of any County Lodge or 
     
     Primary Lodge, hereafter incorporated under this 
     
     Act, the property held by it at the time of such dis- 
     
     solution, after the payment ofthe debts and engage- 
     
     ments of such County Lodge or Primary Lodge, shall 
     
     be disposed of, sold or Conched in such manner as 
     
     the members present at any regular meeting when 
     
     such dissolution shall have been determined upon 
     
     by a two‘third vote may direct; and in case no dis— 
     
     position of the funds and property of such County 
     
     Lodge or Primary Lodge shall be made, then all 
     
     such funds and property which such County Lodge 
     
     or Primary Lodge may he possessed of at the time 
     
     of such dissolution, shall be [pm fur't‘o vested in the 
     
     Grand Lodge aforesaid, to he by such Grand Lodge 
     
     applied first to the debts or liabilities of such dis- 
     
     solved County Lodge or Primary Lodge, and the 
     
     balance, if any, in such manner as the said Grand 
     
     Lodge may deem best for the general interests of the 
     
     Order in Prince Edward Island. 
     
    

    
     XI. If at any time hereafter any one or more of 
     
     the County Lodges or Primary Lodges shall become 
     
     so far involved as to be unable to meet its.engage- 
     
     ments, then, and in such case, it shall and may be 
     
     lawful for the said Grand Lodge to enter into and 
     
     upon, and take possession of the property, both real 
     
     and personal, of which the said County Lodge or 
     
     Primary Lodge becoming so inVolved shall be pos-. 
     
     sessed; and the same, and all debts owing to the 
     
     said County Lodge or Primary Lodge, and all liens 
     
     and securities therefor, and all the right of action of 
     
     the said Corporation for any Goods or Estate, real 
     
     or personal, shall thenceforth and thereafter be and 
     
     become vested in the members, trustees or officers 
     
     appointed for the purpose of managing the real and 
     
     personal estates and eti'ects ofthe said Grand Lodge 
     
     and their successors and assigns; and upon so cuter- 
     
     ing and taking possession of the said estates and 
     
     effects ofthe said County Lodge or Primary Lodge, 
     
     the said G 'and Lodge, so far as the said property 
     
     shall extend, shall be and become liable for and 
     
     subject to all debts and liabilities contracted by 
     
     such County Lodge or Primary Lodge in its cor- 
     
     porate capacity, and shall and may, thencefbrth, 
     
     substitute the names or name of such Trustee or 
     
     Officers, as aforesaid, for the time being, and of 
     
     their successors in all actions then pending, and in 
     
     their own names or name bring and prosecute all 
     
     such actions or action, suits'or suit as the said 
     
     County Lodge or Primary Lodge might otherwise 
     
     have done, and may give such releases and discharges 
     
     as might have been given by the said County Lodge 
     
     or Primary Lodge, and may sell and convey all such 
     
     property, both real and personal, as the said County 
     
     Lodge or Primary Lodge was possessed of or entitled 
     
     to at the time of such insolvency, and may give all 
     
     such Deeds as may be necessary for the proper con- 
     
     veyance ofthe same. ‘ 
     
    

    
     Xll. This Act shall continue in force for the 
     
    
   
   
    
     period of ten years from the time of the passing 
     
     thereof.