be sworn. 10. The elected Arbitrators shall, after their election and Arbitrators to before they act as Arbitrators, take and subscribe an oath before any Justice of the Peace, or any Commissioner appointed to receive affidavits in the Superior Courts (who are hereby empowered to administer such oaths) that they will faithfully, diligently and impartially perform their duties as Arbitrators, and will, in all cases to be submitted, give a true and just award according to the best of their judgment and ability, without fear, favor or affection, of or for any party or person whomsoever; and Arbitrators nominated by the parties shall, in each case before they act, take and subscribe a similar oath, in manner aforesaid; and such oath Form of oath. may be according to the form in Schedule B of this Act. hearing a case. 11. The three members appointed to hear any case submitted Powers of for arbitration, as aforesaid, or any two of them, shall have full arbitrators, power to examine upon oath (which oath any one of such three members is hereby empowered to administer and which may be according to the form in Schedule C of this Act) any party or witness who, appearing voluntarily before them, shall be willing to be so examined, and shall give their award thereupon in writing; and Award. their decision or that of any two of them, given in such award, shall bind the parties according to the terms of the submission and the provisions of this Act. returns, 12. The corporation shall at all times, when thereunto required Corporation by the Governor or by either of the Houses of Parliament, make to furnish a full return of its property, real and personal, and of its receipts and expenditure for such periods, and with such details and other information as the Governor or either of the Houses of Parliament may require. Associations. 13. Whenever the merchants engaged in the produce or pro- Branch vision trades in any city, town or village in Canada, desire to form a Branch Association in their respective cities, towns or villages, in connection with the head Association hereby incorporated, they may notify the Secretary of the head Association thereof, and of the names of their members and proposed officers; and so soon as they shall have obtained a certificate as hereinafter mentioned, they shall become entitled to the powers and privileges and subject to the regulations hereinafter contained in respect of Branch Associations. certificate for Proviso. 14. The certificate of the Secretary of the head Association Form of that a branch has become affiliated therewith may be in the form Branch of Schedule D. to this Act, and may only be issued by order of Association. the Committee of Management: Provided always, that no certificate shall be issued to any Branch Association unless and until the terms of payment for mutually furnishing trade statistics and information between the head Association and such Branch Association, shall be agreed upon for at least one year ensuing affiliation, and until the mode of settling and fixing the said terms of payment for the future shall be also agreed upon; and such terms of Certificate may be revoked. Proviso. Representa tion of Branch of payment shall be settled with reference in all cases to the actual cost of collecting and transmitting such information, and not with a view to such payments being a source of profit to the Association receiving them. 15. Any certificate of affiliation may be at any time revoked and cancelled by the head Association by resolution passed at a general annual meeting, and thereupon the Branch Association whose certificate is so cancelled, shall cease to have any of the privileges by this Act conferred upon Branch Associations: Provided always, that the Committee of Management shall have given notice in writing of the intention to bring forward such resolution to the Secretary of the Branch Association at least three months before such annual meeting. 16. Each Branch Association shall elect annually from among those of its members, who are ordinary members in good standing associations. of the head Association, a President; and each person so holding the office of President of a Branch Association shall be ex officio an honorary Vice-President of the head Association. The other officers and members of Branch Associations shall be elected and admitted as may be provided by their by-laws. Powers of Branch associations. Disputes, how settled. Mutual be furnished. 17. Every Branch Association shall have the right to collect the subscriptions of members thereof, and to apply the same to the renting of necessary rooms for meeting, to the payment of a Secretary, to the collection and distribution of trade statistics and information, and to any other legal purpose for the promotion of the interests of the produce and provision trades in the places where such Branch Associations may be established. 18. All disputes or misunderstandings relating to any commercial matters which may arise between members of any of the Branch Associations, or between members of any Branch Association and members of the head Association, may be referred for settlement by a voluntary submission to Arbitrators appointed under this Act; and the provisions of this Act shall be binding upon the parties to such submission. 19. It shall be the duty of the head Association to furnish to information to each of the Branch Associations, and it shall be the duty of each Branch Association to furnish to the head Association, respectively, regular market reports and other information relating to the produce and provision trades upon terms of payment to be settled as hereinbefore provided. Statements from Branch 20. The Secretary of each Branch Association shall transmit associations. annually, immediately after the annual meeting of such Branch Association, to the Secretary of the head Association a statement over his signature shewing the office-holders and the members for the current year, 21. In all respects not provided for by this Act the said By-laws, for Branch Association shall have full power to make all government of proper and Branch assoneedful by-laws, not contrary to law, for their own government ciations. and the regulation of their affairs, and shall have power to amend and repeal all such by-laws from time to time. Boards of 22. In all cities, towns and villages in Canada where Affiliation of there are no Branch Associations under this Act and where Trade. Boards of Trade exist, it shall be lawful for any such Board of Trade to pass a resolution, at a special general meeting called for the purpose, declaring the desire of such Board to become affiliated with the head Association hereby incorporated; and after such resolution shall have been communicated to the Secretary of the head Association then such Board of Trade shall become entitled to the powers and privileges and subject to the regulations hereinbefore contained in respect of Branch Associations. having a difference as to our rights in a case touching have agreed and bound ourselves to abide by and perform the award to be made under the Act incorporating "The Toronto Corn Exchange Association," and we hereby agree to submit our said differences and all matters connected therewith; To the Arbitrators appointed under the authority of the said Act; (or To the said named by the said. the said arbitrators to name a third.) named by and to with power to And we agree that the said award of the said Arbitrators, or of a majority of them, shall be final and conclusive to all intents and purposes between us; and we agree to pay such costs, fees and expenses as may be directed by such award. In witness whereof we have hereto set our hands and scals, at Toronto, this day of Signed, sealed and delivered in presence of 18 I, SCHEDULE B. FORM OF OATH.-ARBITRATORS. solemnly swear that I will faithfully, diligently and impartially perform my duty as arbitrator, and I will [in all cases] or [in the case between and now] submitted to me, give a true and just award according to the best of my judgment and ability, without fear, favor or affection, of or for any party or person whomsoever : So help me God. SCHEDULE C. I FORM OF OATH,-WITNESSES. solemnly swear, that I will true answer make to all such questions as shall be asked of me as a witness under examination in this case, between and and therein I will to the best of my knowledge, information and belief, speak the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth: So help me God. SCHEDULE D. FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF APPLICATION FOR BRANCH ASSOCIATION. This is to certify that the Branch Corn Exchange Association, of the of in the Province of has complied with the requirements for affiliation with the Toronto Corn Exchange Association, and is now entitled to all the privileges and subject to all the conditions of a Branch Association under the Act of Incorporation. In witness whereof the said Toronto Corn Exchange Association, has hereunto caused to be affixed their Corporate Seal at Toronto, this day of A.D., 18 CAP. XLVI. An Act to incorporate the St. Catherines (Ontario) WE Board of Trade. [Assented to 14th June, 1872.] HEREAS James Taylor, James Norris, James Douglas, Preamble. Henry Carlisle, P. B. Owens, H. H. Collier, J. Mills the younger, Thomas D. Mahon, J. B. McIntyre, J. C. Graham, Robert Lawrie, G. P. M. Ball, George Riley, R. McKinley, A. Jeffrey, F. Stinson, Sylvester Neelon, Harper Wilson, Henry Wilson, John W. Coy, R. Woodruff, John R. Munro, Lauchlin Leitch, J. B. Gillespie, R. Fitzgerald, Lucius S. Oille, D. Curtiss Haynes, William H. Brownlee, James Fitzgerald, P. Larkin, L. W. Chambers, J. C. Dawson, James D. Tait, B. C. Fairfield, A. Mitchell, David Couper, T. B. Bate, P. E. W. Moyer, James McLean, Calvin Brown, George Groves, D. R. Wilkie, J. Riordon, Reuben Wynne, John E. Cuff, Thomas McCarthy, A. G. Allen, A. Hutchison, and T. R. Merritt, residents in the Town of St. Catherines, in the Province of Ontario, have by their petition represented that they have, as a Board of Trade, associated themselves together for the purpose of providing such measures as they may deem important towards developing the general trade and commerce of Canada, and of the town of St. Catherines, Ontario, in particular; and have further represented that the said Association would be more efficient in its operations should an Act of Incorporation be granted conferring similar powers on them and their successors as now exists in Boards of Trade heretofore incorporated under Acts of the Parliament of Canada; and whereas it is expedient that the prayer of the said petition should be granted: Therefore, Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows: 1. The said James Taylor, James Norris, James Douglas, Henry Incorporation. Carlisle, P. B. Owens, H. H. Collier, J. Mills the younger, Thomas D. Mahon, J. B. McIntyre, J. C. Graham, Robert Lawrie, G. P. M. Ball, George Riley, R. McKinley, A. Jeffrey, F. Stinson, Sylvester Neelon, Harper Wilson, Henry Wilson, John W. Coy, R. Woodruff, John R. Munro, Lauchlin Leitch, J. B. Gillespie, R. Fitzgerald, Lucius S. Oille, D. Curtiss Haynes, William H. Brownlee, James Fitzgerald, P. Larkin, L. W. Chambers, J. C. Dawson, James D. Tait, B. C. Fairfield, A. Mitchell, David Couper, T. B. Bate, P. E. W. Moyer, James McLean, Calvin Brown, George Groves, D. R. Wilkie, J. Riordon, Reuben Wynne, John E. Cuff, Thomas McCarthy, A. G. Allen, A. Hutchison, and T. R. Merritt, and such other persons residents in the town of St. Catherines, in the Province of Ontario, as are or shall be associated with the persons hereinbefore named, for the purposes of this Act, in the manner hereinafter provided, and their successors, shall be and are hereby constituted a body politic and corporate by the name of "The St. Catherines (Ontario) Corporate Board of Trade," for the purposes mentioned in the preamble, and name and gen eral powers. |