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Execution of documents.

Appoint- ment of Mother Superior.

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reclamation rights if any) belonging or appertaining thereto or therewith usually held occupied and enjoyed and toge- ther with any encroachments or rights respecting encroach- ments in respect thereof are hereby transferred to and vested in the corporation subject to the payment of the rents and the performance of the covenants and conditions reserved by and contained in the Crown leases and exten- sion of Crown leases thereof or in any licences relating thereto.

5. All deeds and other instruments requiring the seal of the corporation shall be sealed in the presence of the person who is for the time being Mother Superior in this Colony of the said Society c

.or of her Attorney duly authorised and such deeds and instruments and all other documents instruments and writings requiring the sigua- ture of the corporation shall be signed by such Mother Superior or her Attorney.

6.-(1.) Sister Felicie the present Mother Superior in this Colony of the said Society having furnished to the Governor satisfactory evidence of her appointment to that office shall for the purposes of this Ordinance be deemed to be the Mother Superior in this Colony of the said Society until the appointment in her stead of some other person as such Mother Superior.

(2.) When any other person is appointed to the office of Mother Superior in this Colony of the said Society such person shall within three weeks after her appointment or within such further time as may be allowed by the Gover nor furnish to the Governor satisfactory evidence of her appointment.

(3.) A notification in the Gazette under the hand of the Colonial Secretary that such evidence has been furnished to the Governor by such person shall be conclusive evidence of such appointment.

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7. Nothing in this Ordinance shall affect or be deemed rights of the to affect the rights of His Majesty the King his heirs and successors, or the rights of any body politic or corporate or of any other person except such as are mentioned in this Ordinance and those claiming by from and under them.

Objects and Reasons.

Dif-

The Scours de Saint-Paul de Chartres (best known as the French Convent) have acquired land in the Colony for the purposes of carrying on their charitable work. ficulties have arisen, and may hereafter arise, in holding and dealing with such land as it has, at present, to be vested in the name of some individual in trust for the Convent. In order to get over such difficulties it is desired that the Convent should be incorporated by Ordinance. Similar incorporation has taken place in the past in the case of other Missions for similar reasons.

The present Bill effects such incorporation and contains the necessary provisions for evidencing the authority of the Mother Superior for the time being to act for the corporation in relation to such land,

J. H. KEMP,

Attorney General.