220 ORDINANCE No. 2 OF 1847.
Church.
Trustees to 17. And it is further enacted , that it shall be lawful for the trustees
call a general
meeting upon for the time being or the major part of them, and they are hereby
receiving a
requisition required to call a general meeting of the subscribers or renters of sittings ,
signed by
twenty as the case may be, within twelve days after receiving any requisition in
subscribers or
renters of writing to that effect signed by not less than twenty of such subscribers
sittings.
or renters . And ten days notice of the time and place of holding such
general meeting shall be affixed in some conspicuous part of the said
church when completed, or until its completion in some conspicuous
place or places within the town of Victoria.
Who to vote 18. And it is further enacted , that the right of voting at every
at general
meetings. general meeting until the said church shall have been reported by the
proper authority to be completed and fit for use, shall be vested in
subscribers who have paid up their subscriptions previous to the date
of the notice to convene such general meeting, and that, from and after
such time as the said church shall have been so reported to be completed
and fit for use, the right of voting shall be vested in renters of sittings
Proviso. in the said church who shall have duly paid up their rent. Provided
always that no such subscriber or renter of sittings shall on any occasion
be allowed to give more than one vote.
No person to 19. And it is further enacted , that no person shall be suffered to sing
read prayers
or preach or say the common or open prayer, or to administer the sacraments , or to
except Col
onial Chap preach any sermon in the said church, except the Colonial Chaplain duly
lain or person
officiating for appointed to the said church, or some clergyman duly authorized , to
him .
officiate for him . [ Amended by Ordinance No. 3 of 1850. ]
Penalty on 20. And it is further enacted , that every person who shall wilfully
disturbing
congregation. and maliciously , either within or from without the said church, disturb
the performance of public worship therein , or in any way during such
time molest any of the congregation , shall be guilty of a misdemeanour,
[* See Ord.
No. 6 of1862.] and be liable on conviction before the* Chief Magistrate of Police or any
Magistrate of Police, to a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars , and in
default of payment to imprisonment with or without hard labour for any
period not exceeding three months .
SCHEDULE.
Erecting a tablet or cenotaph in the church not less than one hundred dollars nor
more than one thousand dollars.