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inconsistently with or contrary to the provisions of this our Charter or 

 any existing by-law, the laws of England, or the laws and statutes of 

 our said Province of Canada— do all such acts and deeds as shall appear 

 to them necessary or essential to be done for the purpose of carrying 

 into effect the objects of the said body politic and corporate. 



And we further will, grant and declare that the whole property of the 

 said body politic and corporate shall be vested, and we do hereby vest 

 the same, solely and absolutely in the members thereof, and that they 

 shaM have full power and authority to sell, alienate, charge or otherwise 

 dispose of the same as they shall think proper ; but that no sale, 

 mortgage, incumbrance, or other disposition of any Messuages, Lands, 

 Tenements, or Hereditaments belonging to the said body politic or 

 corporate shall be made, except with the approbation and coi.currence 

 of a General Meeting. 



And we lastly declare it to be our royal will and pleasure that no 

 resolution or by-law shall on any account or pretence whatsoever be 

 made by the said body politic and corporate in opposition to the general 

 scope, true intent and meaning of this our Charter, the laws of England, 

 or the laws and statutes of this our said Province of Canada, and that if 

 any such rule or by-law shall be made, the same shall be absolutely null 

 and void to all intents, effects, constructions and purposes whatsoever. 



In testimony whereof we have caused these our Letters to be made 

 Patent, and the Great Seal of our said Province to be hereunto affixed. 



Witness our Right Trusty and Right Well-beloved Cousin James, Earl 

 of Elgin and Kincardine, Knight of the Most Ancient and Most Noble 

 Order of the Thistle, Governor General of British North America, and 

 Captain General and Governor-in-Chief in and over our Provinces of 

 Canada, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and the Island of Prince Edward, 

 and Vice Admiral of the same, &c. &c., at Quebec, this fourth day of 

 November, in the year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and 

 Fifty one, and in the fifteenth year of our reign. 



[L. S.] W. B. Richards, 



By Command, Attorney General. 



E. A. Meredith, 



Assistant Secretary. 



