214 ORDINANCE No. 2 OF 1847 .
Church.
Council thereof, has consented to grant from the public chest a sum equal
to double of the amount of subscriptions contributed , provided that such
grant shall not exceed the sum of four thousand six hundred pounds
sterling : And whereas it is expedient to provide for the immediate
appointment and continual succession of trustees for the direction of the
building of the said church , according to such plan and specification as
shall have been sanctioned by His Excellency the Governor, and confirmed
by Her Majesty's Government :
Governor em 1. It is therefore hereby enacted , by His Excellency the Governor
powered to
give four of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council,
thousand six
hundred that it shall be lawful for the Governor, by warrant under his hand, to
pounds
towards authorize the issue from the Treasury of this Colony of any sum or sums ,
building a
church. not exceeding in all four thousand six hundred pounds sterling, to be
applied under the direction of trustees, to be appointed as hereinafter
Proviso. provided, to the building of a church in Victoria ; provided that no such
issue shall be made until one -third of the whole estimated cost thereof
shall have been raised by subscription and lodged in the General Treasury.
Two trustees 2. And it is further enacted, that before any sum or sums of money
to be elected
by subscribers shall be issued as aforesaid , the parties subscribing shall by plurality of
and four
nominated by votes elect from among themselves two persons to act as trustees , and such
the Governor.
election shall take place at a meeting of the subscribers , of the time and
place of holding which meeting ten days ' notice shall have been previously
published in the public papers of this Colony. And upon intimation
being given to the Governor of the election of such two persons as afore
said, the said Governor shall thereupon nominate , in the proportion of the
Government share of the expense of the building, four other persons to
act as trustees . And the real estate in the said church and in all lands
and hereditaments thereunto belonging shall be thereupon conveyed to
the said trustees so elected and nominated, and their successors to be
elected and nominated as hereinafter provided , for ever, in trust for the
purposes of the said church.
Papers, books, 3. And it is further enacted , that upon the election and nomination
&c. , to be
delivered to of trustees as aforesaid , all deeds , books , plans , papers , and vouchers
trustees.
relating to the said church , and all and any sums of money, donations ,
or subscriptions, given or subscribed for the purpose aforesaid , shall be
delivered over to the said trustees.