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Page 21 - ... without the concurrence or consent of the said member absolutely sell and dispose of all or any part of the said premises...
Page 8 - ... any one or more of them shall not be answerable or accountable for the other or others of them, or for the acts, receipts, neglects, or defaults of the other or others of them, but each and every of them...
Page 29 - ... shall extend to a body politic, corporate or collegiate, as well as an individual; and every word importing the singular number only shall extend and be applied to several persons or things as well as one person or thing; and every word importing the plural number shall extend and be applied to one person or thing as well as several persons or things; and every word importing the masculine gender only shall extend and be applied to a female as well as a male...
Page 26 - ... interested in the funds of the society ; and in each case of dispute the names of the arbitrators shall be written on pieces of paper and placed in a box or glass, and the three whose names are first drawn out by the complaining party, or by some one on his or her behalf, shall be the arbitrators to decide the matter in dispute.
Page 26 - Peace in Manner aforesaid shall be altered, rescinded, or repealed, unless at a General Meeting of the Members of such Society...
Page 11 - Banker's receipt), and the amount deposited since the last Meeting, declared and entered as the first minute. The Board shall from time to time inspect the books kept by the Manager ; and the Directors, or three of them shall have power to call a Special Meeting of the Board at any time, by giving two clear days' notice and stating the object for which it is called.
Page 21 - ... for the time being shall in the first place discharge all costs, charges, and expenses, which may be incurred on account of such collection of rents, or sale or sales, or in anywise relating to the trusts therein contained, and in the next place shall retain...
Page 26 - ... clauses, matters, or things herein contained, and also of any additions, alterations, or amendments, which shall or may hereafter arise between the trustees, officers, or other members of this society ; and the decision of the directors, if satisfactory, shall be conclusive; but if not satisfactory, reference shall be made to arbitration, pursuant to the 10 Geo.
Page 23 - ... same to some other premises of adequate value to be approved of by the surveyor of the society ; and upon having such share or shares or so much thereof as shall be then due in respect thereof secured on other premises to the satisfaction of the solicitor, the trustees for the time being shall...
Page 21 - ... private contract, for the most money that can be had or gotten for the same, and shall receive the purchase-money arising therefrom ; and at such public sale the trustees or directors, or one of them, or some other person to be appointed by him or them in writing, shall be allowed to buy in the premises on behalf of the Society and to re-sell the same without being answerable for any loss that may be occasioned by such re-sale ; and out of the money to arise from such collection of rents and...

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