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A BILL

INTITULED

An Ordinance to provide for the incorporation of the Mother Superior in this Colony of the Society of the "Soeurs de Saint Paul de Chartres" by which the institution known as the Asile de la Sainte Enfance and as the French Convent is carried on.

BE it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows:-

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Sœurs de Saint Short title. Paul de Chartres Incorporation Ordinance, 1915.

2. The Mother Superior in this Colony of the Society Incorporation of the Sœurs de Saint Paul de Chartres shall be a body of the Mother

Superior in corporate (hereinafter called the corporation) and shall Hongkong of have the name of "The Mother Superior of the Sœurs de the Society Saint Paul de Chartres (Hongkong)" and by that name of the Sœurs

de Saint shall and may sue and be sued in all courts in this Colony Paul de and shall may have and use a common seal.

3. The corporation shall have full power:-

Chartres.

Powers of the Corpora-

(a.) Subject to the licence of the Governor having tion. been previously obtained in each case to acquire accept leases of purchase take hold and enjoy any lands buildings messuages or tenements of what nature or kiud soever and wheresoever situate in this Colony.

(b.) To purchase and acquire all manner of goods

and chattels whatsoever.

(c.) To invest moneys on mortgage of any lands buildings messuages or tenements in this Colony or in or upon such other securities or invest- ments as it may think expedient.

(d.) By deed under its seal or otherwise to grant sell convey assign surrender and yield up mortgage demise reassign transfer or otherwise deal with or dispose of any lands buildings messuages or tenements mortgages debentures securities shares goods and chattels for the time being vested in it on such terms as may seem expedient to it.

4. The pieces or parcels of ground registered in the Vesting of Land Office at Victoria aforesaid as Marine Lot No. 23 property. Marine Lot No. 24 and Inland Lot No. 1698 together with all rights easements and appurtenances (including all 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 Execution of of the corporation shall be sealed in the presence of the documents. person who is for the time being Mother Superior in this Colony of the said Society or of her Attorney duly authorised and such deeds and instruments and all other documents instruments and writings requiring the signa- ture of the corporation shall be signed by such Mother Superior or her Attorney.

Mother

6.-(1.) Sister Felicie the present Mother Superior in Appoint- this Colony of the said Society having furnished to the ment of Governor satisfactory evidence of her appointment to that Superior. 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.