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     Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, July 1], 1866. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
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     JOIIN INGS, QU VEN’S PRINTER. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     VOL. VIII.—No. 376 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     LAWS OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND. 
     
     C A P . X X V I. 
     
    
   
   
    
     An Act to Incorporate the Minister and Trustees of 
     
     the Presbyterian Church of Cascumpec. 
     
     [Passed May 1], 1866.] 
     
     “VIIII‘IEREAS it is desirable for the efficient 
     
    
   
   
    
     9 management of the temporal affairs of the 
     
     Presbyterian Congregation of Cascumpec, in con— 
     
     nection with the Presbyterian Church of the Lower 
     
     Provinces, that its Minister and Trustees be an 
     
     Incorporate Body: Be it therefore enacted by the 
     
     Lieutenant Governor, Council and Assembly as fol- 
     
     lows, that is to say: 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     I. That the Reverend Allan Fraser, «qr of/ieio, 
     
     James Forsyth, Senior, Alexander latthews, Allan 
     
     Forsyth Matthews, and \Villiam C. Montgomery, 
     
     and their successors in oflice, shall be and are hereby 
     
     constituted and declared to be a Body Corporate 
     
     under and by the name of“ The Minister and Trus- 
     
     tees of the Presbyterian Church of Cascumpee;” 
     
     and they, and their sttCCessors in office, shall have 
     
     a common seal, with power to break, change and 
     
     alter the same, from time to time, as may be found 
     
     requisite, and shall be in law capable of Suing, 
     
     pleading, defending and answering, and of being 
     
     sued, in pleaded, defended and answered unto, in all 
     
     Courts of Judicature, in all manner of actions, and 
     
     also of contracting and being contracted with rela- 
     
     tive to lands and funds of said Corporation and the 
     
     other purposes for which it is constituted, as herein- 
     
     after declared, and may establish, put in execution. 
     
     alter or repeal such by-laws and regulations as shall 
     
     not be contrary to the Constitution and Laws ofthis 
     
     Island as may appear to the said Corporation neces- 
     
     sary and expedient for the. interests thereof, and for 
     
     these purposes .tppomt their own chairman and other 
     
     officers; four to form a quorum in all matters to be 
     
     done and disposed of by the said Corporation. 
     
    
   
   
    
     II. That when any vacancy in the Trust shall 
     
     arise, by death, resignation or otherwise, that the 
     
     Minister ofthe said Church shall give notice that a 
     
     Congregational meeting of the said Church shall be 
     
     held on a given day for the election of one or more 
     
     Trustees to fill the said vacancy or vacancies, and 
     
     that the said notice shall be given, in the said 
     
     Church of Cascumpec, immediately after Divine 
     
     Worship, on a Sabbath, at least ten days previous 
     
     to the day of said meeting; and the choice of said 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Trustee or Trustees shall be determined by the vote 
     
     of the majority of the adherents ofthe Congregation, 
     
     from twenty-one years of age, who may be contri- 
     
     buting from ten shillings and upwards annually, and 
     
     not in arrears; and any male adherent in the Con- 
     
     gregation from twenty-one years of age, and who 
     
     is in full communion and who may be contributing 
     
     from twenty—five shillings and upwards annually, and 
     
     not in arrears, shall be eligible to hold office as a 
     
     Trustee. 
     
    
   
   
    
     III. After the passing-of this Act there shall an— 
     
     nually be chosen, by such of the Congregation of 
     
     the said Church as are qualified to vote as above 
     
     mentioned, six persons, being members of said 
     
     Church as above stated, who shall be Trustees 
     
     thereof, together with the Minister of the said 
     
     Church; and such seven persons so chosen shall be 
     
     in lieu of the Trustees chosen or deputed under this 
     
     Act, and be recognized as a Body Corporate of the 
     
     said Church. 
     
    
   
   
    
     IV. The first election of Trustees under this Act 
     
     shall take place on the Second Tuesday in December 
     
     ofthe present year, viz., One thousand eight hundred 
     
     and sixty-six; and all future elections shall take 
     
     place on the Second Tuesday in December in each 
     
     and every year thereafter in all time coming, due 
     
     notice being given in each case as above stated. 
     
    
   
   
    
     V. Ifit should happen that no election of Trustees 
     
     should take place on the Second Tuesday in Decem- 
     
     ber in any year as aforesaid, then, and in such case, 
     
     the Trustees then in ofliee shall continue and remain 
     
     in ofiice for, during and until the expiration of the 
     
     next ensuing year, unless a requisition, signed by at 
     
     least twelve of those persons who shall be qualified 
     
     to vote as aforesaid, shall be presented to the Trus- 
     
     tees, calling upon them to cause a meeting to be 
     
     held for the election ofTrustees, and of which meet- 
     
     ing ten days notice shall be given; and such meeting 
     
     shall be held and conducted in manner and form as 
     
     hereinbefore prescribed With respect to annual 
     
     elections. 
     
    
   
   
    
     VI. The seal of said Corporation, and all books, 
     
     deeds, minutes, vouchers, subscriptions, obligations 
     
     and securities for moneys, and all and every de- 
     
     scription of property really and truly belonging to 
     
     the Congregation shall, immediately after the passing 
     
     ofthis Act, come into the custody and possession of 
     
     the above named Trustees, and shall be by them 
     
     transferred to their successors immediately following 
     
     them in office as Trustees.