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Governor empowered to give four thousand six hundred pounds towards building a church.
Proviso.
Two trustees to be elected by subscribers and four nominated by the Governor.
Papers, books, &c., to be delivered to trustees.
ORDINANCE No. 2 OF 1847.
Church.
Council thereof, has consented to grant from the public chest a sum equal to double of the amount of subscriptions contributed, provided that such grant shall not exceed the sum of four thousand six hundred pounds sterling: And whereas it is expedient to provide for the immediate appointment and continual succession of trustees for the direction of the building of the said church, according to such plan and specification as shall have been sanctioned by His Excellency the Governor, and confirmed by Her Majesty's Government:
1. It is therefore hereby enacted, by His Excellency the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council, that it shall be lawful for the Governor, by warrant under his hand, to authorize the issue from the Treasury of this Colony of any sum or sums, not exceeding in all four thousand six hundred pounds sterling, to be applied under the direction of trustees, to be appointed as hereinafter provided, to the building of a church in Victoria; provided that no such issue shall be made until one-third of the whole estimated cost thereof shall have been raised by subscription and lodged in the General Treasury.
2. And it is further enacted, that before any sum or sums of money shall be issued as aforesaid, the parties subscribing shall by plurality of votes elect from among themselves two persons to act as trustees, and such election shall take place at a meeting of the subscribers, of the time and place of holding which meeting ten days' notice shall have been previously published in the public papers of this Colony.
Colony. And
And upon intimation being given to the Governor of the election of such two persons as aforesaid, the said Governor shall thereupon nominate, in the proportion of the Government share of the expense of the building, four other persons to act as trustees. And the real estate in the said church and in all lands and hereditaments thereunto belonging shall be thereupon conveyed to the said trustees so elected and nominated, and their successors to be elected and nominated as hereinafter provided, for ever, in trust for the purposes of the said church.
3. And it is further enacted, that upon the election and nomination of trustees as aforesaid, all deeds, books, plans, papers, and vouchers relating to the said church, and all and any sums of money, donations, or subscriptions, given or subscribed for the purpose aforesaid, shall be delivered over to the said trustees.
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Governor em- powered to give four
thousand six hundred pounds towards
building a church.
Proviso.
Two trustees to be elected by subscribers and four
nominated by the Governor.
Papers, books, &c., to be delivered to trustees.
ORDINANCE No. 2 OF 1847.
Church.
Council thereof, has consented to grant from the public chest a sum equal to double of the amount of subscriptions contributed, provided that such grant shall not exceed the sum of four thousand six hundred pounds sterling: And whereas it is expedient to provide for the immediate appointment and continual succession of trustees for the direction of the building of the said church, according to such plan and specification as shall have been sanctioned by His Excellency the Governor, and confirmed by Her Majesty's Government:
1. It is therefore hereby enacted, by His Excellency the Governor of Hongkong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council, that it shall be lawful for the Governor, by warrant under his hand, to authorize the issue from the Treasury of this Colony of any sum or sums, not exceeding in all four thousand six hundred pounds sterling, to be applied under the direction of trustees, to be appointed as hereinafter provided, to the building of a church in Victoria; provided that no such issue shall be made until one-third of the whole estimated cost thereof shall have been raised by subscription and lodged in the General Treasury.
2. And it is further enacted, that before any sum or sums of money shall be issued as aforesaid, the parties subscribing shall by plurality of votes elect from among themselves two persons to act as trustees, and such election shall take place at a meeting of the subscribers, of the time and place of holding which meeting ten days' notice shall have been previously published in the public papers of this Colony.
Colony. And
And upon intimation being given to the Governor of the election of such two persons as afore- said, the said Governor shall thereupon nominate, in the proportion of the Government share of the expense of the building, four other persons to act as trustees. And the real estate in the said church and in all lands and hereditaments thereunto belonging shall be thereupon conveyed to the said trustees so elected and nominated, and their successors to be elected and nominated as hereinafter provided, for ever, in trust for the purposes of the said church.
3. And it is further enacted, that upon the election and nomination of trustees as aforesaid, all deeds, books, plans, papers, and vouchers relating to the said church, and all and any sums of money, donations, or subscriptions, given or subscribed for the purpose aforesaid, shall be delivered over to the said trustees.
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