Sub-s. 2 of said s., repealed. S. 22 of said List of electors. candidates, the number of votes polled in favor of each ;" 5. Section 22 is amended by adding the following act, amended. words, at the end thereof: "the council shall order, every two years, the drawing up of municipal voters' lists which shall be done in the first fifteen days of the month of November, which lists shall be made in accordance with the act of incorporation of the town of Nicolet, section 5, and according to the assessment roll then in force and revised, if it have been so revised, and such list shall be open in the office of the secretary-treasurer for the information of parties interested, during the last fifteen days of the same month, after which it shall be examined and corrected by the said council, if required, at its regular meeting on the first Monday of December following, and whosoever shall deem himself aggrieved by the insertion or omission of his name in or from the said list, may by himself, or by a person acting in his name, submit the fact, when such lists shall be examined by the council, which shall hear the complaints and the proof in support thereof under oath, and render justice to whom it shall appertain " S. 27, repealed. S.S. 28 & 29, repealed. S. 40, amended. S. 48, amended. S. 58, amended. 6. Section 27 is repealed. 7. Sections 28 and 29 are repealed and sections 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110 and 111 of the Town Corporations General Clauses Act (40 Vict., Chap. 29,) shall apply to the corporation or municipality of the town of Nicolet. 8. Section 40 is amended by inserting at the end of subsection 2, the words: "and also to employ firemen, or to organize one or more fire companies on such terms as it may judge advisable." 9. Section 48 is amended by adding, in the second line, after the word: "act," the words: "after deducting the portion which the council may by by-law grant to the informers, and for other expenses incurred in the interest of the proper administration of the by-laws and of the maintenance of good order." 10. Section 58 is amended by striking out in the eighth line thereof, the words: "upon the said mayor and council," and substituting therefor the words: "the mayor and councillors of the town of Nicolet ;" and by striking out in the ninth line, the word: "and," and the 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th and 14th lines thereof. 11. Section 62 is amended by inserting after the s 62, word "inspector," wherever it occurs, the words: "or amended. other officers." amended. 12. Sub-section 5 of section 67, is amended by insert. S. 67, § 5, ing in the 2nd line thereof, after the word: "refuse," the words: "to accept such office, shall incur a penalty of eight dollars and every inspector or road officer who shall refuse." 13. Sections 50, 51, 56 and 57 are repealed, and sections S. S. 50, 51, 56 and 57, 348, 349, 350, 351, 352, 353, 354, 355, 356, 357, 358, 359, repealed and 360, 361 and 362 of the Town Corporations General certain sec. of Clauses Act, shall apply to the corporation or municipa- T. C. G. C.A., lity of the town of Nicolet; but the council of the said apply. town, shall nevertheless have the power to borrow, from time to time, for the purposes of the corporation, various sums of money not exceeding in the aggregate, at any time, the sum of one thousand dollars on a simple resolution and without its being necessary to obtain the approval of the municipal electors. 14. This act shall come into force on the day of its Act in force. sanction. CAP. LXIV. An act to incorporate the Seminary of Chicoutimi. W [Assented to 31st October, 1879.] HEREAS it has been represented by petition, that Preamble, there exists an establishment of superior education known by the name of the Seminary of Chicoutimi, in the parish of Chicoutimi in the county, district and township of Chicoutimi, and it is expedient to incorporate the said establishment; Therefore, Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislature of Quebec, enacts as follows: tion. 1. There is hereby constituted and established in the Incorporaparish of Chicoutimi in the county, district and township of Chicoutimi, a body politic and corporate under the name of the "Seminary of Chicoutimi," which shall Name. be composed of his Lordship the Roman Catholic Bishop First members of the corporation. Proviso. Members who may form part thereof. Power to General of Chicoutimi, of one Superior and of not more than six other priests as directors, all residing in the said Seminary, excepting the said Bishop of Chicoutimi and the Superior who may or may not reside therein. The first members of the said corporation shall be, besides his Lordship the Bishop of Chicoutimi actually Superior, the Reverend Messieurs Francois Xavier Belley, director, Victor Huart, Professor, Thomas Roberge, prefect of studies, and Amédée Médéric Tremblay, professor, with power to add three other directors to their number, with the approval of the said Bishop of Chicoutimi or of the administrator of the diocese; but so long as His Lordship the Bishop of Chicoutimi shall remain Superior, but two other directors shall be appointed. 2. The said corporation so constituted, shall itself select, by a majority of votes, the members who are to form part thereof, with the approval of the said Bishop or of the administrator of the diocese, and in accordance with the rules and constitution of the said Seminary, as approved by the Bishop of Chicoutimi, and shall only cease to form part of the said corporation by death, resignation, final departure or expulsion pronounced in conformity with the rules and regulations of the said Seminary, provided always that it be with the sanction of the said Bishop or of the administrator of the diocese. 3. The majority of the members of the corporation for the time being, shall have power and authority to make and pass such statutes, rules, ordinances and by-laws, which may not be inconsistent with the present act, or with the laws in force in this province, as they may deem expedient or necessary for the interests of the said corporation and for the administration thereof, and they may, from time to time, modify or repeal the same, as they may deem expedient, for the good administration of the said Seminary, with the sanction of the said Bishop of Chicoutimi or of the administrator of the diocese, who shall always have power to disallow such statute, rule, ordinance or by-law passed by the said corporation, and then and in that case, such statute, rule, ordinance or by-law, shall be considered null and void. 4. The said corporation shall have perpetual succession powers of the and may have a common seal, with power to change, corporation. alter, break and renew the same whenever and as often as they shall deem it advisable, and the said corporation may, under the same name, enter into contracts and agreements, sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, defend and be defended, summon and be summoned in all courts of justice and places whatsoever in this province, and they may, without further authority, acquire by purchase, donation, legacy or otherwise, hold, possess, take and accept for the objects of the said corporation, all the lands, tenements or hereditaments, moveable and immoveable property, and to sell, lease, exchange, alienate or dispose of the same and to acquire others in lieu thereof, for the said purposes, provided always that the average net revenue for ten years arising from such immoveable property held by the said corporation, (excepting however the lot number seventy-four of the first north east range of the township of Chicoutimi, in the county of Chicoutimi, on which lot the buildings and dependencies of the said Seminary of Chicoutimi, are erected,) shall not exceed annually the sum of twenty thousand dollars current money of this province. the corp. Should the said corporation acquire by purchase, by Case when donation or by legacy, any immoveable property over acquire over and above that which it is hereby authorized to hold, the what is said donation or legacy shall not on that account be void, authorized, but the said corporation shall be bound, within seven years from taking possession thereof, to sell or alienate the said immoveable property, in whole or in part, or some other portion of its real estate, so as not to exceed the amount above specified. The said corporation shall Power to also have the right to appoint a procurator or procurators appoint to administer its affairs, and it shall generally enjoy all procurators. the rights and privileges of the other bodies corporate and politic recognized by the legislature. at revenues. 5. All the property which the said corporation may Appropriaany time hold, as well as the revenues arising there- tion of the from, shall at all times, be exclusively applied and appropriated to the purposes of education in the said Seminary and to no other object, institution or establishment whatever which shall not be attached thereto and dependent thereon, the said property remaining for ever in the hands of Roman Catholic clergymen for the said purposes. 6. The said corporation shall be bound to submit Statement to the legislaannually to the legislature, within the first fifteen days ture, of the session, a detailed statement showing the names of the members of the said corporation, and the immoveable property held in virtue of the present act, and the net revenue arising therefrom during the ten years last elapsed. 7. The present act shall come into force on the day Act in force. of its sanction. Preamble. Incorporation. Name. First mem bers of the corporation. Who may become members. Power to CAP. L X V. An act to incorporate the "Séminaire de St. Charles W [Assented to 31st October, 1879.] HEREAS an establishment of superior education, known by the name of the "Séminaire de St. Charles Borromée de Sherbrooke" exists in the city of Sherbrooke; and whereas the Roman Catholic Bishop has presented a petition for the purpose of obtaining an act of incorporation for the said institution, as set forth in the said petition, and whereas it is expedient to grant the said petition; Therefore, Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislature of Quebec, enacts as follows: 1. There is hereby constituted and established in the city of Sherbrooke, a body politic and corporate under the name of the "Séminaire de St. Charles Borromée de Sherbrooke," which shall be composed of His Lordship the Roman Catholic Bishop of Sherbrooke or of the administrator of the diocese, of one Superior, and of not more than six other priests as directors, all residing in the said Seminary, excepting the said Bishop of Sherbrooke who may or may not reside therein. 2. The first members of the said corporation shall be the Bishop of Sherbrooke and the Superior, with power to add six other directors to their number, with the sanction of the said Bishop of Sherbrooke or of the administrator of the diocese. 3. The said corporation so constituted, shall itself select by a majority of votes, the members who are to form part thereof, with the approval of the said Bishop or of the administrator of the diocese, and in accordance with the rules and constitution of the said Seminary, as approved by the Bishop of Sherbrooke, and who shall only cease to form part of the said corporation by death, resignation, final departure or expulsion pronounced in conformity with the rules and regulations of the said Seminary, provided always that it be with the sanction of the said Bishop or of the administrator of the diocese. 4. The majority of the members of the corporation, for the time being, shall have power and authority to make and pass such statutes, rules, ordinances and by-laws, which may not be inconsistent with the present act, or |