discharges thereof, and any deeds, conveyances, assignments or transfers thereof shall vest in the purchaser or purchasers a full, clear and absolute title to the property thereby conveyed, assigned or transferred free from all trusts whatsoever created by the letters patent of incorporation of said association or the Acts of the legislature and amendments thereof, under which said association was incorporated; provided, how- Approval of majority of ever, that the approval of a majority, in value, of the share-shareholders holders of such association to any such sale or sales shall first have been obtained at a meeting specially called for that purpose in accordance with the by-laws of the association providing for the calling of special meetings, and the said association shall have the right to dispose of said purchase monies in such manner as they may deem expedient. to be obtained, tion of deeds, All deeds, conveyances, transfers and assignments made by Proper executhe association shall be valid and binding for the purpose etc. thereof, provided the same are signed by the president, countersigned by the secretary and sealed with the corporate seal of the association. CAP. XC. An Act to amend and consolidate the Acts relating to the [Assented to 7th July, 1883.] Whereas, the Manitoba Club have presented their petition Preamble. praying that their Act of Incorporation and any amendments thereof, together with other amendments set forth in said petition, may be embodied and incorporated in one general Act of Incorporation; And whereas, it is expedient to grant the prayer of the said petition, Therefore, Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Manitoba, enacts as follows: club. 1. The Manitoba Club, as now incorporated in the city of Powers of the Winnipeg, in the Province of Manitoba, and such other persons as now are, or hereafter shall become members of the said "The Manitoba Club," shall and are hereby declared to be a body politic and corporate, in deed and in name, by the name of "The Manitoba Club," and by that name shall have perpet Rules of club to be those of ual succession and a common seal, and shall have 2. The constitution, rules and regulations now in force, corporation. touching the admission and expulsion of members, and the management and conduct generally of the affairs and concerns of the said Club, in so far as they may not be inconsistent with the laws in force in this Province, shall be the constitution, rules and regulations of said corporation. Rules may be changed. Corporation may borrow money. Execution of bonds. Members, to what extent liable. Provided always, that the said corporation may, from time to time, alter, repeal and change such constitution, rules and regulations in the manner provided by the constitution, rules and regulations of said corporation. 3. All property and effects now vested in, or by, or in trust for, the said corporation are hereby vested in the said corporation, and shall be applied solely for the use and maintenance of the said corporation. 4. The said corporation may, from time to time, borrow money, not to exceed in the whole the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) at such rate of interest and upon such terms as they may think proper; and may for such purposes make, execute or issue any mortgages, bonds, debentures or other instruments, under the seal of the said corporation which shall operate as a mortgage and charge against the lands and effects of the said corporation. 5. Any such mortgage, bond, debenture or other instrument shall be signed by the president of the said corporation, and countersigned by the secretary. 6. No member of the said Club shall be in any way liable for, or chargeable with, the payment of any debt or demand due by the said corporation beyond the extent of the entrance fee and annual subscriptions remaining unpaid by the said member, and for any unpaid accounts he may have incurred to the Club for articles ordered by him in said Club. And every member of the said Club, not so indebted to the said corporation, will be allowed to withdraw and will cease to be a member on giving notice to that effect according to the form that may be prescribed by the constitution, rules and regulations of the said Club, and from thenceforth shall be free from all debts or demands due by the said corporation. notes. 7. That said corporation shall have power to draw, make, Promissory accept and endorse all bills of exchange and promissory notes necessary for the purposes of the said corporation, under the hands of their president and secretary, after authority from the committee of the said corporation so to do; and in no case shall it be necessary that the seal of the corporation be affixed to any such bill or note, nor shall the president or secretary be individually responsible therefor. circulate as Provided that nothing herein contained shall be construed Not so as to to authorize the Club to issue notes or bills of exchange pay-money. able to bearer, or intended to be circulated as money, or as notes or bills of a bank. repealed. 8. The Act of said Province, passed in the 38th year of 38 Vic., cap. 51, Her present Majesty, chapter 51, and the Act passed in the 13 Vic., cap. 32, 43rd year of Her present Majesty, chapter 32, are hereby repealed. 9. This Act may be cited as "The Manitoba Club Act," 1883. CAP. XCI. An Act respecting the Winnipeg General Hospital. [Assented to 7th July, 1883.] Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba, enacts as follows: 1. In this Act "The Hospital" means " The Winnipeg Meaning of General Hospital." "The Hospital." "The Corporation" means "the Corporation of The Win- Meaning of nipeg General Hospital." "The Corporation." tinued as a 2. The Winnipeg General Hospital, as constituted under W. G. H: conchapter 26 of the Consolidated Statutes of Manitoba, is hereby corporate body continued and declared to be a body politic and corporate by Powers as to holding and disposing of property. Board of directors. Contribution of director. and under the name of "The Winnipeg General Hospital :" and the several acts relating thereto are hereby amended and consolidated as follows. 3. The Corporation shall have perpetual succession and a common seal, and by such name may, from time to time, and at all times, purchase, acquire, receive, accept, build, hold, possess, enjoy, mortgage, sell, dispose of and convey for them and their successors, any lands tenements and hereditaments, and real and moveable property and estate, together with such grants, devises, gifts and bequests as may be made by any government, corporation, person or persons whatsoever, for the sole use and benefit of the hospital. 4. The affairs of the corporation shall be managed by a board of directors, fifteen of whom shall be elected annually at the general annual meeting of the members of the corporation in such manner as shall be provided by the by-laws. 5. In each and every year in which the mayor and council by city of Winnipeg, and of the city of Winnipeg contribute a sum of not less than appointment five thousand dollars towards the maintenance of the hospital, the said mayor and council shall be entitled to appoint one person to the board of directors, and for each additional five thousand dollars they shall be entitled to appoint one additional person as director. Present board to continue until succes 6. The present board of directors, consisting of the Honorable Andrew Graham Ballenden Bannatyne, Charles John sors appointed. Brydges, Alexander Brown, William Ward Banning, Acton Burrowes, George Frederick Carruthers, William Cowan, Arthur Francis Eden, William Hespeler. John Milnes Macdonell, Joseph Mullholland, James Hill Rowan, Thomas Clarkson Scoble, Campbell Sweeney and Arthur Henry Whitcher, shall continue to hold office and act as directors until their successors are appointed, at the next annual meeting, as hereinafter provided. Appointment 7. The directors shall every year, at their first meeting of president after election, appoint from among themselves a president and a secretary-treasurer. and sec.-treas. Meetings of directors. Powers to make by-laws. 8. The directors shall have power to meet from time to time for the transaction of the affairs of the corporation. At such meetings five shall form a quorum. 9. The directors shall have power to make by-laws, rules and regulations, not being contrary to law, or to the provisions of this Act, and power to amend or repeal the same for all purposes relating to and bearing on the well being and interests of the corporation. members of vote. 10. The members of the corporation shall consist, in addi- Who shall be tion to life governors, of all persons who subscribe the sum of corporation ten dollars ($10.00) annually in aid of the funds of the hos- and entitled to pital, such subscription to entitle the person to vote at the annual meeting of the corporation to be paid to the secretarytreasurer of the hospital at least fourteen days prior to the holding of the annual meeting as prescribed in the charter. It will be the duty of the secretary-treasurer to give a receipt for all such sums so paid as subscriptions, and to prepare, at least seven days prior to the annual meeting, a correct list of all such subscriptions and of all life governors for use at the annual meeting. No person not on the said list shall be entitled to vote at the annual meeting for the election of directors of the hospital. tute donor a 11. The donation, at any one time, of one hundred dollars Donation of or upwards to the funds of the hospital shall constitute the $100 to constidonor a life governor of the corporation, and a member life governor. thereof. directors. 12. All subscribers to the funds of the corporation under Eligibility as the conditions of either of the foregoing clauses shall be eligible for election as directors. ing of members Monday in 13. There shall be an annual general meeting of the mem- Annual meetbers of the corporation on the second Monday in February in on second each year, at an hour and place, in the city of Winnipeg, to be February. named by the directors, and notice thereof shall be given by the secretary-treasurer in one or more of the newspapers published in the said city at least one week previous to the date of the meeting. 14. If, from any cause, the annual general meeting shall not In case meetbe held on the second Monday in February, the directors and day appointed, ing not held on officers then in office shall continue in office until the annual directors to general meeting is held and their successors duly appointed. continue in office. Provision for' appointing other meeting. 15. If the annual general meeting shall, from any cause, not be held on the day herein before appointed for the same, time for anit shall be lawful for the directors then in office to decide upon another day for the holding of an annual general meeting, which day shall be within one month after the time when the same should have been held, and such meeting shall be called in the same manner as if it had been called on the proper day, and at such meeting all business may be transacted and all things done in the same manner as the same could have been transacted and done if such meeting had been held on the day aforesaid. 16. A full report,to be prepared by the secretary-treasurer Report of sec.and approved by the directors, shall be submitted at each treas, to be |