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Trustees to call a general meeting upon receiving a requisition signed by twenty subscribers or renters of sittings.
Who to vote at general meetings.
Proviso.
No person to read prayers or preach except Colonial Chaplain or person authorized by him.
ORDINANCE No. 2 OF 1847.
Church.
17. And it is further enacted, that it shall be lawful for the trustees for the time being or the major part of them, and they are hereby required to call a general meeting of the subscribers or renters of sittings, as the case may be, within twelve days after receiving any requisition in writing to that effect signed by not less than twenty of such subscribers. And ten days' notice of the time and place of holding such general meeting shall be affixed in some conspicuous part of the said church when completed, or until its completion in some conspicuous place or places within the town of Victoria.
or renters.
18. And it is further enacted, that the right of voting at every general meeting until the said church shall have been reported by the proper authority to be completed and fit for use, shall be vested in subscribers who have paid up their subscriptions previous to the date of the notice to convene such general meeting, and that, from and after such time as the said church shall have been so reported to be completed and fit for use, the right of voting shall be vested in renters of sittings in the said church who shall have duly paid up their rent, always that no such subscriber or renter of sittings shall on any occasion be allowed to give more than one vote.
19. And it is further enacted, that no person shall be suffered to sing or say the common or open prayer, or to administer the sacraments, or to preach any sermon in the said church, except the Colonial Chaplain duly officiating for or appointed to the said church, or some clergyman duly authorized to officiate for him. [Amended by Ordinance No. 3 of 1850.]
Penalty on disturbing congregation.
[* See Ord. No. 6 of 1862.]
20. And it is further enacted, that every person who shall wilfully and maliciously, either within or from without the said church, disturb the performance of public worship therein, or in any way during such time molest any of the congregation, shall be guilty of a misdemeanour, and be liable on conviction before the Chief Magistrate of Police or any Magistrate of Police, to a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, and in default of payment to imprisonment with or without hard labour for any period not exceeding three months.
SCHEDULE.
Erecting a tablet or cenotaph in the church not less than one hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars.
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Trustees to call a general meeting upon receiving a requisition signed by twenty
subscribers or renters of sittings.
Who to vote at general meetings.
Proviso.
No person to read prayers or preach except Col-
ORDINANCE No. 2 OF 1847.
Church.
17. And it is further enacted, that it shall be lawful for the trustees for the time being or the major part of them, and they are hereby required to call a general meeting of the subscribers or renters of sittings, as the case may be, within twelve days after receiving any requisition in writing to that effect signed by not less than twenty of such subscribers And ten days notice of the time and place of holding such general meeting shall be affixed in some conspicuous part of the said church when completed, or until its completion in some conspicuous place or places within the town of Victoria.
or renters.
18. And it is further enacted, that the right of voting at every general meeting until the said church shall have been reported by the proper authority to be completed and fit for use, shall be vested in subscribers who have paid up their subscriptions previous to the date of the notice to convene such general meeting, and that, from and after. such time as the said church shall have been so reported to be completed and fit for use, the right of voting shall be vested in renters of sittings Provided in the said church who shall have duly paid up their rent. always that no such subscriber or renter of sittings shall on any occasion be allowed to give more than one vote.
19. And it is further enacted, that no person shall be suffered to sing
or say
the common or open prayer, or to administer the sacraments, or to preach any sermon in the said church, except the Colonial Chaplain duly officiating for appointed to the said church, or some clergyman duly authorized, to
officiate for him. [Amended by Ordinance No. 3 of 1850.]
onial Chap-
lain or person
him.
Penalty on disturbing congregation.
[* See Ord. No. 6 of 1862.]
20. And it is further enacted, that every person who shall wilfully and maliciously, either within or from without the said church, disturb the performance of public worship therein, or in any way during such time molest any of the congregation, shall be guilty of a misdemeanour, and be liable on conviction before the* Chief Magistrate of Police or any Magistrate of Police, to a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, and in default of payment to imprisonment with or without hard labour for any period not exceeding three months.
SCHEDULE.
Erecting a tablet or cenotaph in the church not less than one hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars.
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