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ORDINANCE No. 2 OF 1847 . 219


Church.


14. And it is further enacted , that it shall be lawful for the trustees Actions to be
brought by
for the time being, or the major part of them, to make, or enter into , and against
trustees.
perform, and execute, and compel the performance and execution of all
such contracts and agreements , matters and things, and to commence
and maintain all such suits and actions as they shall deem necessary to

the performance of the trust reposed in them . And all such contracts
and agreements shall and may be entered into and enforced, and all such

suits and actions be brought by them, in the name of " the Trustees of the
Church at Victoria, " or " the Trustees of St. John's Church at Victoria, "

as the case may require, without specifying the christian or surnames
of the trustees , and no action shall abate by reason of the death or
removal or going out of office of any trustee. And all suits or actions ,

the cause of which shall arise or accrue to any person whatsoever, from

or by reason of any contract or agreement , or any other matter or
thing, made or entered into, done or performed by the said trustees in
the execution of the said trust , shall be brought by such person against
the said trustees, under the name and title aforesaid . [ Amended by

Ordinance No 3 of 1850. ]

15. And it is further enacted , that one person not being a trustee Auditors to be
elected
shall be elected at a general meeting to be called by the trustees imme annually.
diately after the completion of the building of the said church , to be an
auditor of the accounts rendered by the trustees of the said building ;

and one other person not being a trustee shall be nominated by the Gov
ernor to be an auditor for the same purpose. And one person shall
thereafter be elected at a general meeting on the last Thursday in every

month of April to be an auditor of the yearly accounts of the said trustees ,

and one other person not being a trustee shall be thereupon nominated by
the Governor to be an auditor for the same purpose and during the same

period.

16. And it is further enacted , that the trustees shall keep an account , Trustees to
keep annual
wherein they shall enter all money received and paid by them, under and accounts , and
to submit
by virtue of the provisions of this Ordinance, which account auditors , them with
auditor's
or either of them, may inspect at all reasonable times ; and the said report at a
account, together with any report of the auditors or either of them there general
meeting every
year.
on, shall be laid before the general annual meetings , to be held on the

last Thursday in every month of April ; and the said accounts shall be
thereupon published in the official gazette .