HONG KONG LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
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1. The Chinese Young Men's Christian Association in Hong Kong was formed in 1901 under the management of the Directors of the Association with the object of promoting the formation of Christian character and the cultivation of Christian spirit of service among Chinese young men.
2. As the Association developed the directors obtained from the Government the grant of two several pieces of land respectively registered in the Land Office as Inland Lot No. 1757 and Inland Lot No. 2048 upon which the present Chinese Young Men's Christian Association Building at Bridges Street now stands.
3. These two lots of land are held by the International Committee of Young Men's Christian Associations as Trustees for the Chinese Branch of the Young Men's Christian Association of Hong Kong and this committee has signified its desire to hand over these properties to the local Directors when they are incorporated as a corporation.
4. In order to secure perpetual succession it is proposed that the Directors of the Chinese Young Men's Christian Association shall be incorporated as a Corporation sole under the management of the Directors and the Bill now proposed follows in its main lines other incorporating Ordinances which have been passed from time to time.
ST. STEPHEN'S COLLEGE INCORPORATION ORDINANCE.
HON. MR. S. W. TS'O moved the first reading of a Bill intituled "An Ordinance to provide for the incorporation of St. Stephen's College." He said.-This Bill is framed upon the lines which are usual in the case of institutions desiring to be converted into corporate bodies for convenience in dealing with their property and funds. Clause 1 gives the short title. Clause 2, which is founded upon the provisions of the document laid down by the Founders of St. Stephen's College when it first started, states the constitution of the Council of the College and provides for the filing of the names of members of Council with the Registrar of Companies, and for the incorporation of the Council of the College under the name of "St. Stephen's College" and includes the usual power to sue and liability to be sued and the right to use a common seal.
Clause 3 provides for the mode of appointment of the Warden and members of Council, while clauses 4 and 5 set out respectively the powers of the Corporation and the execution of deeds and documents by the Corporation.
Clause 6 provides for the vesting in the Corporation of properties already vested in the Council or Trustees and for the taking over by the Corporation of all existing debts and liabilities of the Council or Trustees on the coming into operation of this Ordinance,
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