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Report on an Ordinance
intituled An Ordinance to provide for the incorporation of the Trustees of Inland Lot No. 31 and the buildings
thereon known as Zetland Hall.
The object of this Ordinance is to provide for the incorporation of the trustees
of certain leasehold property held on behalf of
local Lodge of
Freemasons. The common inconveniences experienced from the absence
of Trustees, and the difficulty of tracing them, are peculiarly felt
in a colony like Hongkong.
Section 1 is formal.
Section 2 follows more or less closely the precedent of other
local incorporation Ordinances,
Section 3 is somewhat similar to the vesting clauses of section
6 of the Saint John's Cathedral Church Ordinance, 1899.
Section 4 provides for the appointment of new Trustees and the
notification of their appointment to the Colonial Secretary.
Section 5 relates to the use of the property and is similar to
section 5 of the Union Church Incorporation Ordinance, 1911.
Section 6 follows a common precedent in local Incorporation Ordi-
nances.
Sections7 and 8 provide for the control of the Lodge over the
Trustees.
Section 9 contains definitions.
Section 10 is the usual saving clause.
In my opinion this is an Ordinance to which His Excellency the Governor may properly assent in the name of His Majesty and on His behalf.
Attorney General,
3. 3. 15.