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Property transferred to corporation
to pass to successors.
Appointment
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4. The legal estate in auy property whatsoever trans- ferred to the corporation in any manner whatsoever shall in the event of the death of the Procurator for the time being in Hong Kong of the Salesian Society, or in the event of his ceasing to hold office as such Procurator, pass to his successor in such office when appointed.
5.-(1) The Reverend Carlo Braga the present Pro- of Procurator. eurator in Hong Kong of the Salesian Society, having furnished to the Governor satisfactory evidence of his appointment to that office, shall for the purposes of this Ordinance be deemed to be the Procurator in Hong Kong of the Salesian Society until the appointment in his stead of some other person as such Procurator.
Execution of documents.
Saving of the rights of the Crown and of
certain other
persons.
(2) When any other person is appointed to the office of Procurator in Hong Kong of the Salesian Society such person shall within three weeks after his appointment or within such further time as may be allowed by the Governor furnish to the Governor satisfactory evidence of his appointment.
(3) A notification in the Gazette under the hand of the Colonial Secretary that such evidence has been furnished to the Governor by such person shall be conclusive evidence of such appointment.
6. All deeds and other instruments requiring the seal of the corporation shall be sealed in the presence of the said Procurator or his attorney and shall be signed by him or his attorney, and such signing shall be taken as sufficient evidence of the due scaling of such deeds and other instruments, and all deeds instruments and other documents and writings requiring the signature of the corporation shall be sigued by such Procurator or his
attorney.
7. Nothing in this Ordinance shall affect or be deemed to affect the rights of His Majesty the King, His Heirs or Successors, or the rights of any body politic or cor- porate or of any other person except such as are mentioned in this Ordinance and those claiming by from or under them.
Objects and Reasons.
1. The Salesian Society controls and manages a number of Schools and Missionary Stations in South China. The Society directs and maintains in the Colony the Saint Louis Industrial School at No. 179, Third Street, West Point.
2. The Society is in negotiation with the Government of Hong Kong with a view to obtaining a Lease of the buildings and ground known as the Aberdeen Paper-mills for an extention of their work, such as is now carried on at West Point,
3. In order to secure perpetual succes-ion and the other advantages of incorporation it is proposed that the Pro- curator in Hong Kong of the Salesian Society be incor- porated as a Corporation Sole and the Bill now proposed follows in its main lines other incorporation Ordinances which have been passed from time to time.