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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 27TH MARCH, 1886.
Trustees incorporated.
Objects.
Estate.
Existing Trustees.
Future
appointments.
Annual Meeting.
Seat-holders' Trustees.
Official Trustees.
Cases of absence.
Chairman.
Secretary.
Meetings.
Notice.
A BILL
ENTITLED
The Cathedral Ordinance, 188 ..
BE it enacted by the Governor of thongkong, with the
advice of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-
1. The existing Trustees of Saint John's Cathedral Church at Victoria in this Colony under Ordinances No. 2 of 1847 and No. 3 of 1850, and their successors from time to time to be appointed or elected under this Ordinance, shall be a body corporate by the name of the Trustees of Saint John's Cathedral Church at Hongkong, with perpetual succession and a common seal, and with power to purchase, hold, take and enjoy to themselves and their successors all houses, buildings, and lands which they may require for the purposes of the said Cathedral Church, and shall sue and may sue and be sued in their corporate name in all Courts.
2. The corporation is created for the purpose of main- taining the said Church for religious worship according to the rites and usages of the Church of England.
3. The said Church and land thereunto belonging, the boundaries of which are set out in the Schedule to this Ordinance, are hereby vested in the said corporation, subject to a right of way over the public road running through the said land as shewn in the plan prepared by the Surveyor General, dated the day of
and sealed with the seal of the Colony.
The Trustees.
4. The Trustees and Auditors of the said Cathedral Church appointed or elected under Ordinance 2 of 1847 at the time of the coming into force of this Ordinance shall continue in Office until new Trustees shall be appointed or elected under this Ordinance.
5. The appointment or election of Trustees and Auditors shall take place annually, and all Trustees and Auditors so appointed or elected shall continue in Office until a fresh appointment or election is made. Any Trustee or Auditor may be re-elected or re-appointed.
6. The election of Trustees and Auditors shall take place at a general meeting of the seat-holders of the Church, hereinafter called the Annual Meeting, to be summoned by the Trustees for the time being, during the month of April or May in each year. At least ten days' notice of such meeting shall be given by notices to be exhibited at each doorway used by the Congregation of the Church.
7. Two Trustees, being Members of the Church of England and seat-holders of the Church, and one other person to act as Auditor shall be elected at each Annual Meeting, and the out-going Trustees shall notify the Colonial Secretary of such election.
8. The Governor shall then appoint four persons, being Members of the Church of England, to be Trustces, and one person to be an Auditor. The Auditors, whether appointed or elected, shall not at the same time be Trustees.
9. In case of any vacancy occurring among the Trustees or Auditors by death, absence from the Colony, or other incapacity, it shall be lawful for the seat-holders or the Governor, as the case may be, to fill up such vacancy in like manner as the original appointment was made under Section 7 or 8 of this Ordinance.
10. The Colonial Chaplain shall be at all times Chair- man of the Trustees, but shall not have the power of voting by reason of being such Chairman except in cases where the votes of the Trustees present shall be equal.
11. The Trustees shall appoint one of their number to be their Secretary and Treasurer.
12. Meetings of the Trustees shall be called by the Secretary on the requisition of the Chaplain or of any two Trustees. Such meetings shall be convened by written notice. The attendance of four Trustees, or of three and the Chaplain shall form a quorum.
13. Two tlear days' notice shall be given when possible of any meeting of Trustees, and, should two days notice not have been given, the Chairman shall postpone the meeting if any Trustee who is unable to attend should call upon him in writing so to do.
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