Appointment
of new Trustees.
Use of property.
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4. If at any time after the passing of this Ordinance any one of the Trustees (other than the Worshipful Master of Zetland Lodge for the time being) shall dié or shall have been absent from the Colony for more than twenty-four consecutive months (whether such absence commenced before or after the passing of this Ordinance) or shall cease to be a subscribing member of the before mentioned Lodge or shall desire to be discharged from the trust some other member of the Lodge may be appointed to succeed him by a majority of two-thirds of the members of the Lodge for the time being who are present at any duly convened meeting of the Lodge. Any such appointment shall be notified by the Worshipful Master of the Lodge for the time being to the Colonial Secretary and shall be published in the Gazette.
5.-(1.) The Corporation shall permit the buildings standing upon the premises referred to in section 3 of this Ordinance and any other premises which may be substituted therefor or added thereto to be used, occupied and enjoyed as a meeting place for the members of the Lodge.
(2.) The Corporation shall also upon the request of the Worshipful Master of the Lodge for the time being permit the buildings referred to in sub-section (1) of this section to be used for the meeting of other Masonic Lodges in Hongkong on such terms as the said Worship- ful Master shall direct.
(3.) The Trustees shall charge such fees for the use of the said premises by Masonic Lodges (other than the Lodge) as the Lodge shall from time to time direct. All such fees shall be handed over to the Lodge. All other moneys received by the Trustees shall be handed over to the Lodge.
6.—(1.) All deeds, documents and other instruments documents, requiring the seal of the Corporation shall be sealed by one of the Trustees and shall also be signed by two of the Trustees.
(2.) All documents which require to be signed by the Corporation shall be signed by two of the Trustees.
Meetings of 77.-(1.) A meeting of the Trustees may be convened the Trustees. by any two of the Trustees and all questions arising at any such meeting shall be decided by the votes of a majority of the Trustees present at such meeting. The Chairman of the Meeting shall have å casting vote.
Trustees to carry out directions of Lodge.
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(2.) Three Trustees personally present shall be a quorum for the purpose of any meeting of the Trustees and for the exercise of any powers of the Corporation.
8. The Trustees shall at all times carry out any directions of the Lodge they may receive regarding the. premises referred to in section 3 of this Ordinance. Any such directions shall be in writing and signed by the Worshipful Master of the Lodge for the time being who shall certify that such directions are the directions of the Lodge and any such certificate shall be conclusive evidence of such directions and the Trustees shall act on it accord- ingly.
9. The expression "the Trustees" where used through- out this Ordinance shall mean and include each of the persons named in the Statutory Declaration first referred to in section 2 (1) of this Ordinance and the Worshipful Master of Zetland Lodge for the time being and every successor of any such persons.
successors
"where
The expressions “successor
and " used throughout this Ordinance shall mean and include any person or persons at any time and from time to time appointed under the provisions of section 4 of this Ordinance and named in a Statutory Declaration of the Worshipful Master of the Lodge for the time being as secondly referred to in section 2 (1) of this Ordinance.