of the Institution incorpor ated. Corporate name And powers. Limit of pro perty. other members other persons as now are or shall or may hereafter become members or proprietors of the said Institution, shall be and are hereby constituted a body politic and corporate, by the name of The High School of Quebec; and shall by that name have perpetual succession, and a Common Seal, with power to alter, renew, or change the same at pleasure; and shall by the said name, at all times hereafter, have power to purchase, acquire, hold, possess and enjoy, take, accept and receive, for the uses and purposes of the said Corporation, without any further authority, license, or Letters of Mortmain, any lands, immoveable property or hereditaments, or any personal property, of what nature soever, within this Province, not exceeding in yearly value the sum of five hundred pounds, currency, and the same to sell, alienate and dispose of, and others in their stead to purchase, acquire and hold for the uses and purposes aforesaid; and the said Corporation may, by the said name, sue and be sued in all Courts of Law or Equity, or other places whatever, in as large, ample and beneficial a manner as any other body politic and corporate in To make Bye- this Province; and shall have power and authority to make Bye Laws, Rules and Regulations, not being contrary to this Act, or to the Laws of this Province, for the government and management of the said Corporation, and of the affairs and property thereof, and for the admission, dismission and qualification of members thereof, and for all other purposes relating to the well being and interests of the said Corporation, and the same to amend, alter or repeal, from time to time, in such manner as shall be deemed necessary or expedient. Power to sue and be sued. Laws. Affairs to be managed by Directors to be appointed under the ByeLaws. Present pro perty of the Institution vested in the Corporation, &c. Present Di rectors to remain in office until others are elected. Proviso: detailed ac counts. II. And be it enacted, That the affairs of the said Corporation shall be under the management of a Board of Directors, who shall be elected from time to time by the members of the said Corporation, in the manner which shall be prescribed by the Bye-Laws, Rules and Regulations of the said Corporation, and who shall remain in office as Directors during such time as shall be provided by the said Bye-Laws, Rules and Regulations. III. And be it enacted, That all and every the estate and property, real or personal, of the said Institution, at the time of the passing of this Act, and all debts due to, or rights or claims possessed by the said Institution at the said time, shall be and are hereby transferred to and vested in the said Corporation hereby constituted, which shall in like manner be liable to, and for all debts due by, or claims upon the said Institution; and the Directors of the said Institution at the time of the passing of this Act, shall be the Directors of the said Corporation, as if elected under this Act, until their successors shall be elected in the manner to be appointed under the Bye-Laws, Rules and Regulations of the said Corporation : Provided always, that a detailed account of the property to be holden by the said Institution, under the authority of this Act, and of the revenues arising therefrom, shall be submitted every year to each of the three branches of the Legislature during the first fifteen days of each Session thereof. IV. And be it enacted, That no member of the said Corporation shall, in his Members not private or natural capacity, be liable for any debts or obligations of the Corporation. ble. personally lia V. And be it enacted, That nothing herein contained shall affect, or be construed Saving of Rights not exto affect in any manner or way the rights of Her Majesty, Her Heirs or Successors, pressly exceptor of any person or persons, or of any body politic or corporate, such only except- ad. ed as are hereinbefore mentioned and provided for. VI. And be it enacted, That this Act shall be deemed a public Act, and shall Public Act. be publicly taken notice of as such by all Judges, Justices of the Peace, and other persons whomsoever, without being specially pleaded. MONTREAL :-Printed by STEWART DERBISHIRE and GEORGE DESBARATS, CAP. CVI. An Act to vest in John Montgomery and Thomas Ewart the property forfeited to the Crown by the attainder of the said John Montgomery. WH [20th December, 1844.] THEREAS John Montgomery, of the Township of York, in the Home Preamble, District of this Province, hath been lawfully convicted and attainted of High Treason, for certain treason by him committed and done; And whereas after the said conviction and attainder it hath pleased our Sovereign Lady the Queen mercifully to extend Her Majesty's gracious pardon to the said John Montgomery ; And whereas, at the time of the conviction and attainder aforesaid, the said John Montgomery was seized and possessed of divers estates of freehold and inheritance and of other estates of and in certain lands and hereditaments in that part of this Province formerly Upper Canada; And whereas the said John Montgomery, at the time of the conviction and attainder aforesaid, was indebted to divers persons, Her Majesty's subjects in Upper Canada aforesaid; And whereas the said estates by the said conviction and attainder aforesaid and by inquisition found in that behalf, became and were and now are vested in Her Majesty; And whereas Her Majesty's Governor General of this Province, acting in the name and on behalf of Her Majesty, hath been graciously pleased to express the pleasure of Her Majesty to grant to the said John Montgomery, restitution of the said estates, lands and tenements, subject to the said debts and to all and singular the liabilities, in law and equity, which existed or were attached to the same at the time of the conviction and attainder aforesaid: Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council, and of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada, constituted and assembled by virtue of and under the authority of an Act passed in the Parliament of the United Kingdom Estates and property of John Montgo mery vested in him, and in Thomas Ewart. Upon trust for the payment of John Montgomery's debts. Residue for John Montgo mery. Proviso. Receipt for the purchase money to be a discharge for the purchaser, notwithstand ing the said trust. Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and intituled, An Act to Re-unile the Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada, and for the Government of Canada, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passing of this Act, all and singular the estates, lands, tenements, hereditaments and all and singular other the estates and property which were of the said John Montgomery at the time of his conviction and attainder aforesaid, and which by reason thereof have become or are liable to become vested in Her Majesty, shall be and are hereby vested in the said John Montgomery and Thomas Ewart, of the City of Toronto, Esquire, as joint tenants in the same estate, right and title in law and equity, as the same were vested in the said John Montgomery before the same became forfeited or liable to be forfeited to Her Majesty as aforesaid, but upon trust nevertheless to sell and dispose of the same, or such part or parts thereof, as shall be necessary for that purpose, and apply the proceeds of such sale to the payment of all and singular the debts and liabilities of the said John Montgomery at the time of the said conviction, and apply the residue (if any) to the use of the said John Montgomery, his heirs and assigns: Provided always, that the receipt or receipts for the purchase money to be contained in any conveyance made by the said John Montgomery and Thomas Ewart, or the survivor of them, or the heirs and assigns of such survivor, to any purchaser of such lands or any part thereof made in fulfilment of the trusts hereby declared, shall be a full discharge to such purchaser for the same, who shall in no respect be held liable for the application, misapplication or non-application thereof, or any part thereof. 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