CHAPTER 62.

An Ordinance respecting Mechanics' and Literary

Institutes.

SHORT TITLE.

"The Mechanics' and Short title.

1. This Ordinance may be cited as Literary Institutes Ordinance." N.W.T. c. 67, s. 1.

ORGANIZATION AND OBJECTS OF INSTITUTES.

2. A mechanics' and literary institute shall be held to Mode of have been organized under the provisions of this Ordinance organisation. whenever thirty persons resident in any city or town incorporated or otherwise have signed a declaration setting out the amounts subscribed by each and naming the place where the institute purposes to carry on its objects and forwarded the same to the Territorial Secretary with an accompanying certificate signed by one of the subscribers and vertified before any person authorized to administer oaths or affidavits to be used in the Territoral Court such declaration and certificate to be in form A in the schedule hereto. N.W.T. c. 67, s. 2.

3. Upon the Commissioner approving the organization of Election of the proposed institute, the party making the certificate officers. accompanying the same or in his absence any one appointed by the Territorial Secretary shall call a meeting for the election of the various officers by public notice specifying the time and place of meeting published for two weeks in the nearest newspaper or posted in five conspicuous public places in the city or town, or as the case may be at least fifteen days before the time fixed for holding such meeting. Such meeting shall be held in the city or town, where the institute intends prosecuting the objects for which the same has been organized.

(2) The officers to be elected at such meeting shall be a president, vice-president, secretary-treasury, auditor and not less than five directors and the persons entitled to vote at such meeting shall be members. N.W.T., c. 67, s. 3.

4. Any person may become a member of a mechanics' Annual and literary institute organized under this Ordinance by subscription. paying to the treasurer thereof yearly the sum of $1 which

Purpose.

Annual meeting.

Voting, etc.

Meeting of officers. How called.

Annual report.

shall be held to be due on the first day of each calendar year N.W.T., c. 67, s. 4.

5. The objects of institutes organized under this Ordinance shall be to encourage mechanics, manufactures and arts generally:

(a) By having evening classes organized for the impart-
ing of practical instruction to its pupils;
(b) By establishing a library of books on one or more
of the following subjects, viz: mechanics, manufac
tures, agriculture, horticulture, philosophy, science,
the fine and decorative arts, history, travels, poetry,
biography and fiction;

(c) Establishing a reading room. N.W.T., c. 67, s. 5.

6. The annual meeting of every institute shall be held in the mouth of October in each year on the call of the president who shall give eight days noti thereof by circular addressed and posted prepaid to each member of the institute or by public notice published in the nearest newspaper or by posting it in five conspicuous places as provided in section 3 hereof when there shall be elected a president, vice-president, a secretary-treasurer and not less than five directors and an auditor.

(2.) If the president refuses or omits to call such meeting as herein provided the same may be called by the vicepresident or any three members for any time during the month of November. N.W.T., c. 67, s. 6.

7. No person shall vote or take part in any annual or other meeting of any institute who has not at the time of such meeting paid up all subscriptions due by him to the said institute. N.W.T., c. 67, s. 7.

8. A meeting of the officers shall be called by written notice delivered or mailed to each officer given by authority of the president or in his absence the vice-president, or at the request of any three officers at least five days before the day appointed and at any such meeting four shall be a quorum. NW.T., c. 67, s. 8.

9. The officers of an institute shall present at the annual meeting a report of their proceedings during the year in which shall be stated:

(a) The names of the members of the institute;
(b) The amount paid by each set opposite his name;
(c) The classes organized;

(a) A list of books purchased;

(e) A list of newspapers and periodicals on file; together with,

(f) Such remarks on the progress of the organization and use to which it has been put as the directors are enabled to offer. N.W.T., c. 67, s. 9.

statement to

10. There shall also be presented at the annual meeting a Financial detailed statement of the receipts and disbursements of the be audited. institute during the year which said statement shall be audited by the auditor in that behalf before being submitted to the said meeting. N,W.T., c. 67, s. 10.

report to be

11. The said report and statement if approved by the Certified copy meeting shall be entered in the journals of the institute of annual kept for such purpose and signed by the president or vice- sent to president as being a correct entry and a true copy thereof Territorial certified by the president and secretary for the time being shall be forwarded to the Territorial Secretary within one month from the date of such meeting. N.W.I'., c. 67, s. 11.

secretary.

12. The officers shall give such information as in their Officers power lies that the Territorial Secretary may from time to information. to give time require touching the interest and condition of the objects of the organization in their locality. N.W.T., c. 67, s 12.

13. The funds of the institute however derived may be Application expended for any object not inconsistent with those author- of funds. ised by this Ordinance; provided that not more than one quarter of the amount received shall be expended for the purpose of a reading room. N.W.T., c. 67, s. 13.

14. Each institute formed under this Ordinance shall be Institute to be a corporation with a corporate seal under the name of " The a corporation. Mechanics' and Literary Institute of

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(inserting the distinguishing name of the institute) and
shall have power to acquire, hold, sell, mortgage, lease or Powers.
otherwise dispose of or encumber real estate and other
properties real and personal. N.W.T., c. 67, s. 14

SCHEDULE.

FORM A.-SEC, 2.

We, the undersigned, respectively residing in the (city or Powers.
town,) of
in the Yukon Territory

agree to form ourselves into an institute under the provi-
sions of The Mechanics' and Literary Institutes Ordinance,
under the name of "The Mechanics' and Literary Institute
of
" and we repectively promise to pay
to the treasurer of the said institute annually as long as we
continue members thereof, the sums set opposite our respec-
tive names and to conform ourselves to the by-laws and
regulations of the said institute and we hereby state that

we purpose carrying on the objects of our organization at the city (or town) of

I

of

one of the subscribers to the above declaration hereby certify that the sum of at least one dollar has been paid by each of the above subscribers as his first annual subscribtion to the proposed mechanics' and literary institute of ; and that I hold on behalf of the said proposed insstitute the several amounts so paid.

(Subscriber's signature.)

1. the above named

do solemnly declare that the facts set forth by me in the foregoing certificate signed by me are true; and I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing it to be true and knowing that it is of the same force and effect as if made under oath and by virtue of The Canada Evidence Act 1893.

CHAPTER 63.

An Ordinance respecting Cemeteries.

SHORT TITLE.

1. This Ordinance may be cited as "The Cemetery Ordin- Short title. ance." N.W.T., c. 68, s. 1.

INCORPORATION OF COMPANIES.

2. Any number of persons not less than ten may form Conditions of themselves into a company for the purpose of establishing incorporation. one or more public cemeteries outside the limits of any city or town or within such limits if permission be given by by-law of such city or town for such establishment within its limits, who have -

(a) Subscribed stock to an amount adequate to the pur-
chase of the ground required for such cemetery ;
and

(b) Executed an instrument according to the form in
the fifth section of this Ordinance contained; and
(c) Paid to the treasurer of the proposed company
twenty-five per cent of the capital stock intended
to be raised; and

(d) Deposited such instrument, or a duplicate thereof,
together with a receipt from the treasurer for the
first instalment of twenty-five per cent, in the
office of the Territorial Secretary. N.W.T., c. 68,

s. 3.

receive notice

formation of

company.

3. Notice of the formation of the proposed company shall Territorial be forthwith given by the Territorial Secretary in the Yukon secretary to Official Gazette setting forth the name of the said company of proposed and the persons constituting the same and from and after the date of the publication of such notice the persons therein named and their successors shall be a body corporate and politic under the name mentioned therein and as such body corporate and politic shall have all rights and be subject to all the liabilities of a corporation and shall have full power to acquire, hold and alienate both real and Powers. personal estate for all the purposes of the company. N.W... T., c. 68, s. 4.

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