594 THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, DECEMBER 8, 1911.
STAMP DUTIES MANAGEMENT AMENDMENT BILL-The Attorney General addressed the Council and moved the Second reading of the Bill entitled An Ordinance to amend the Stamp Duties Management Ordinance, 1911.
The Colonial Secretary seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
Bill read a second time.
Council in Committee on the Bill.
On Council resuming, the Attorney General reported that the Bill had passed through Committee without amendment and moved that it be read a third time.
The Colonial Secretary seconded. Question-put and agreed to.
Bill read a third time and passed.
UNIVERSITY BILL.-The Attorney General addressed the Council and moved the Second reading of the Bill entitled An Ordinance to further amend the University Ordinance, 1911.
The Colonial Secretary seconded.
Question-put and agreed to.
Bill read a second time.
Council in Committee on the Bill.
On the motion of the Attorney General it was agreed that the following sub-sections, to be numbered (c) and (e) respectively, be added to section 2 :----
(c.) in sub-section (12) of section (4) thereof by the insertion after the word 46 hereto" of the words or in such other terms as may be approved by the Governor-in-Council ".
(e.) in sub-section (2) of section 12 thereof and also in sub-section (2) of section 13 thereof by the deletion of the words "in the Third Schedule hereto " and by the substitution therefor in each case of the words "referred to in section 4 (12) hereof ".
Sub-sections (c), (d), (e) and (ƒ) were re-numbered (d), (ƒ), (9) and (h).
Council resumed, the Bill being left in Committee.
UNION CHURCH INCORPORATION BILL.-Mr. Pollock addressed the Council and moved the Second reading of the Bill entitled An Ordinance for the Incorporation of the Trustees of the Union Church at Victoria in this Colony.
Mr. Ross seconded.
Question---put and agreed to.
Council in Committee on the Bill.
On the motion of the Attorney General the following amendments were agreed to:- The words "and the survivors and the survivor of them and the Executors and Ad- ministrators of such survivor" in the fifth, sixth and seventh lines of section 2 were deleted. The words "or by the Executor or Administrator of such remaining Trustee" in the nineteenth and twentieth lines of section 4 were deleted.
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The words "and any other premises which may be substituted therefor '
were inserted after the figures 1567 in third line of section 5, and the word ·Ministers" was substituted for the word "Pastor" in the last line thereof.
The words "and shall also be signed by the Secretary and by two or more of the said Trustees so present as aforesaid and such signing shall be and be taken as sufficient evidence of the due sealing of such deeds, documents and other instruments" were inserted at the end of section 6.
The words " or senior Minister" were inserted after the word "Minister" in the third line of section 10.
The words or l'astor" where they twice occur in the first and second lines and the words "the direction of" in the fourth line of section 11 were deleted.
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