thier, Edmond Truteau, Ovila Ledoux and Léon Rolland, and all property. 2. The corporation may acquire, accept, receive and possess Power to all lands, buildings and other property or immoveables situated hold, &c., in the city of Montreal or in its vicinity, the use or occupation whereof shall be necessary for the attainments of the ends for which it is incorporated, also hypothecate, sell, alienate, convey, lease or exchange the same and acquire others in lieu thereof as it may deem expedient; but the value of such property shall not Proviso. exceed the sum of one hundred thousand dollars. 3. The constitution,rules and by-laws, now in force, respecting Present conthe admission and expulsion of its members and the administra- stitution, &c. tion and management of the affairs of the association in so far as they are not contrary to the laws of this Province, shall remain the constitution, rules and by-laws of the corporation, provided always that it may, from time to time, amend or repeal the same, in whole or in part in the manner therein provided for. 4. All the property and effects acquired, possesssed or held Property in trust for or by the association, shall be the property of the cor- vested in corporation, &c. poration and shall be employed solely in its interest or for the ends it has in view, and all debts, claims for subscriptions or dues of members or other rights belonging to the association, under its rules, by-laws and constitution, shall belong to the corporation, and the latter shall be responsible for the debts and obligations of the association. $ debts of cor 5. No member of the corporation shall be responsible for the Members not debts of the corporation beyond the amount of the entrance fees liable for and of the share of each member respectively in the subsequent poration. dues or contributions which may be levied upon all the members and remain unpaid. Every member of the corporation who is not in arrears may Withwithdraw and cease to form part thereof by giving notice in the drawal of manner prescribed in the constitution, rules and by-laws and he shall no longer be liable for any of its debts or obligations. members. Every member who is expelled or who retires from the corpo Forfeiture of ration of his own accord, or whose name is struck from the list of rights as member. members for any of the causes mentioned in the constitution, rules and by-laws, shall forfeit all his rights in the corporation. Application 6. The rents, revenues and profits derived from any moveable of revenues, or immoveable property belonging to the corporation or from any other source, shall be applied and employed for the exclusive use of the corporation in the construction and repair of the buildings and lands required by the corporation and in the payment of the lawful expenses incurred in the attainment of its objects above mentioned. Corporate seat. Coming into force. 7. The corporate seat of the corporation shall be in the city of Montreal. 8. This act snall come into force on the day of its sanction. Preamble. Persons in CHAP. 105 An Act to incorporate the Provincial Mutual Billiards and [Assented to 9th March, 1906] ́HEREAS E. L. Ethier, Ed. Girard, Edouard Beauchamp, Arthur Marcotte, Napoléon Labelle, Stanislas Bombardier and a great many others, all proprietors of billiard rooms or bowling alleys in the Province of Quebec, have, by petition, prayed to be incorporated under the name of the Provincial Mutual Billiards and Bowling Alleys Association, and vested with certain powers hereinafter mentioned and it is expedient to grant their petition; Therefore, His Majesty, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec, enacts as follows: 1. The persons aforesaid and others, who now are or may corporated. hereafter become members, are constituted a body politic and corporate under the name of "the Provincial Mutual Billiards and Bowling Alleys Association." Name. Objects of 2. The object of the association is to unite all the members association. thereof into an association for the protection of their rights as license-holders; to assure the respectability of the members of the association; to assist the authorities in the suppression of unlicensed houses; to assist the authorities in having the license law respected, and to secure certain benefits for the families of deceased members. Existing bylaws, &c. 3. The rules and by-laws now in force respecting the admis sion and expulsion of members and the general administration of the affairs of the association, in so far as they are not inconsistent with the laws of the Province, shall be the rules and bylaws of the corporation, provided always that the corporation may, from time to time, amend and repeal and alter such rules and by-laws, wholly or in part, in the manner prescribed in the rules and by-laws then in force. ment. thereof. 4. The affairs of the corporation shall be managed by a pres- Board of ident, a vice-president, a secretary-treasurer and a board of managemanagement consisting of four members elected annually at the general meeting held on the second Tuesday of November in Election of every year, according to the rules and by-laws of the said asso- members ciation, and they together shall constitute a board of management, and shall remain in office until the following annual election. All vacancies arising in the board of management by Vacancies in death or otherwise shall be filled by the said board of manage- board. ment according to the rules and by-laws of the said association. 5. E. L. Ethier, Napoléon Labelle, E. Girard, Art. Marcotte, Provisional S. Bombardier, N. Carrière and M. Lahaise shall constitute the board. board of management until others are elected in their stead under the provisions of this act. 6. The corporation nay, from time to time and at any time, Power to acquire and hold moveable and immoveable property, provided hold, &c., the value of the said immoveables shall not exceed one hun- property. dred thousand dollars, and may sell or hypothecate the same whenever it may be deemed expedient and may acquire others in lieu thereof. &c. 7. No member or officer shall be in any manner liable for Members not any debt beyond the amount of his unpaid subscription; and any personally member of the association who is not indebted for arrears may debts. withdraw therefrom and cease to be a member, by giving notice Withdrawal to that effect in the manner prescribed by the rules and by-laws of members, of the association, and thereupon he shall be completely free from all liability by reason of any debt or obligation of the association; and every member who is expelled or who shall withdraw from the association or whose name is struck from the list of members for any of the reasons mentioned in the rules or by-laws shall forfeit all the rights he enjoyed as a member of the association 8. This act shall come into force on the day of its sanction. Coming into force. Preamble. Persons in CHAP. 106 An Act to incorporate the Association of Hotel -Keepers of the Province of Quebec [Assented to 9th March, 1:06| WHEREAS Thomas J. Samson, hotel-keeper, of Warwick; Joseph M. Doré, hotel-keeper, of Ste. Marie de la Beauce; E. Alfred Lambert, hotel-keeper, of Beauceville; J. A. Lavigne, hotel-keeper, of Trois Pistoles; Henri Deschesnes, hotel-keeper, of St. Alexandre; Jean Baptiste Gosselin, and Zoel Marceau, hotelkeepers, of Lyster; George Couture, hotel-keeper, of Ste. Julie; G.A. Michaud, hotel-keeper, of Ste. Anne de la Pocatière; Eugéne Morissette, hotel-keeper, of Ste. Flavie; and Philémon Gilbert, hotel-keeper of Scott, Beauce, have, by their petition, prayed to be incorporated under the name of the Association of HotelKeepers of the Province of Quebec with the view to mutual protection in the plying of their trade, and also with the view of protecting the travelling public and securing the comfort of such public in hotels scattered throughout the Province of Quebec outside the cities of Quebec and Montreal; Whereas, under the circumstances, it is expedient to grant the aforesaid petitioners' prayer; Therefore, His Majesty, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec, enacts as follows: 1. The above-mentioned petitioners and all other persons corporated. who may hereafter become members of the said association, shall for the purposes above set forth, constitute a corporation under the name of "The Association of Hotel-Keepers of the Province of Quebec.' Name. Corporate powers.y Power to 2. The corporation shall have all the rights and powers pertaining to civil corporations. 3. It may acquire, possess and dispose of all kinds of movepossess, &c., able and immoveable property, for its own use and purposes, property. provided that the value of such immoveable property shall not exceed the sum of one hundred thousand dollars. Proviso. Other powers of associa tion. 4. It may appear before the courts, borrow, negotiate bills to order and commercial securities for the purposes of the corporation by complying with the formalities required in that respect by the by-laws of the corporation; it may pass bylaws for the admission of members, the appointment or election of its officers, and for accomplishing the objects of the cor poration. 5. It may also pass by-laws for determining the members' Power to contribution and the payment thereof, and for defining the pass certain by-laws. extent and exercise of the powers of the officers and directors of the said association. 6. The corporate seat of the corporation shall be in the city Corporate of Quebec. seat. 7. The quorum of meetings of the corporation shall be five Quorum of members. Another quorum may be fixed by by-law of the meetings. corporation. The board of directors shall consist of five members. Numbers of directors. 8. This act shall come into force on the day of its sanction. Coming into CHAP. 107 An Act to ratify and confirm a certain deed of sale from Edmund William Tobin and Frank N. McCrea to the Lotbiniere Lumber Company force. [Assented to 9th March, 1906] WHEREAS The Lotbiniere Lumber Company bas, by its Preamble. petition, represented that, by deed passed before Edouard Honoré Bégin, notary public, on the first day of August, one thousand nine hundred and two, it acquired from Edmund William Tobin and Frank N. McCrea, all the unconceded land and all the interest, property and rights of the vendors in and to the seigniory of St. Jean Des Chaillons, together with the constituted rents and capital thereof due by the censitaires of said seigniory, and certain other lots of land, the whole as therein described; that, in addition to the general description of the seigniory sold, the cadastral numbers of the lots are set out in the said deed, but that, by inadvertence, lots numbers one hundred and ten, five hundred and seventy and subdivision number forty-five of lot number seven hundred and twenty-three are left out, although included and intended to be included in the general terms of the description of the properties sold, and that the said Edmund William Tobin and Frank N. McCrea had acquired the same by purchase, from King Brothers; Whereas it has further represented that, through inadvertence in drafting the deed of sale by licitation from dame L. A. |