2720
Short title.
Incorporation of trustees.
Successors in office.
Gazette notification.
General powers of the corporation.
No. 9 of 1923. GERMAN MISSIONS TRUSTEES.
on the work of the said missions and persons in the Colony of Hongkong, and that the property which the said missions and persons formerly possessed or administered or used in the Colony of Hongkong should continue to be devoted to missionary purposes, and that the said property should be handed over to boards of trustees appointed by or approved by the Government of the Colony of Hongkong and composed as near as may be of persons holding the faith of the said missions, and that the Government of the Colony of Hongkong should continue to maintain full control as to the individuals by whom the said missionary work shall be conducted:
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the German Missions Trustees Ordinance, 1923.
2.-(1) The Right Reverend Charles Ridley Duppuy, the Venerable Archdeacon Ernest Judd Barnett, the Reverend John Kirk Maconachie, the Reverend Thomas William Pearce, and the Reverend Charles Clouston Porri, and their successors in office, as hereinafter defined, shall be a body corporate, in this Ordinance hereinafter referred to as the corporation, and shall have the name of "The German Missions Trustees" and by that name shall have perpetual succession and shall and may sue and be sued in all courts in the Colony, and shall and may have and use a common seal.
(2) If any of the said trustees shall die, or shall wish to resign his office as trustee, or shall in the opinion of the Governor be absent from the Colony and its vicinity, or shall in the opinion of the Governor become incapable of carrying out properly or satisfactorily the duties of trustees under this Ordinance, it shall be lawful for the Governor, if he shall think fit, to appoint a trustee in place of the trustee dying, or wishing to resign, or being absent, or so becoming incapable, and it shall be lawful for the Governor in like manner to appoint a successor to any trustee appointed by him, and any trustee appointed by the Governor under this sub-section shall be deemed to be a successor of the original trustees for such time as he shall continue to hold office as trustee.
(3) Notice of every appointment made under sub-section (2) shall be given by publication in the Gazette.
3. The corporation shall have full power-
(1) subject to the licence of the Governor having been previously obtained in each case, to acquire, accept leases of, purchase, take, hold and enjoy, any lands, buildings,
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2720
Short title.
Incorporation of trustees.
Successors in office.
Gazette notification.
General
powers of the corporation.
No. 9 of 1923. GERMAN MISSIONS TRUSTEES.
on the work of the said missions and persons in the Colony of Hongkong, and that the property which the said missions and persons formerly possessed or administered or used in the Colony of Hongkong should continue to be devoted to missionary purposes, and that the said property should be handed over to boards of trustees appointed by or approved by the Government of the Colony of Hongkong and composed as near as may be of persons holding the faith of the said missions, and that the Government of the Colony of Hongkong should continue to maintain full control as to the individuals by whom the said missionary work shall be conducted:
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the German Missions Trustees Ordinance, 1923.
2.-(1) The Right Reverend Charles Ridley Duppuy, the Venerable Archdeacon Ernest Judd Barnett, the Reverend John Kirk Maconachie, the Reverend Thomas William Pearce, and the Reverend Charles Clouston Porri, and their successors in office, as hereinafter defined, shall be a body corporate, in this Ordinance hereinafter referred to as the corporation, and shall have the name of "The German Missions Trustees and by that name shall have perpetual succession and shall and may sue and be sued in all courts in the Colony, and shall and may have and use a common seal.
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(2) If any of the said trustees shall die, or shall wish to resign his office as trustee, or shall in the opinion of the Governor be absent from the Colony and its vicinity, or shall in the opinion of the Governor become incapable of carrying out properly or satisfactorily the duties of trustees under this Ordinance, it shall be lawful for the Governor, if he shall think fit, to appoint a trustee in place of the trustee dying, or wishing to resign, or being absent, or so becoming incapable, and it shall be lawful for the Governor in like manner to appoint a successor to any trustee appointed by him, and any trustee appointed by the Governor under this sub-section shall be deemed to be a successor of the original trustees for such time as he shall continue to hold office as trustee.
(3) Notice of every appointment made under sub-section (2) shall be given by publication in the Gazette.
3. The corporation shall have full power-
(1) subject to the licence of the Governor having been previously obtained in each case, to acquire, accept leases of, purchase, take, hold and enjoy, any lands, buildings,
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