ST. STEPHEN'S COLLEGE INCORPORATION ORDINANCE

ST. STEPHEN'S COLLEGE INCORPORATION ORDINANCE

CHAPTER 315

ST. STEPHEN'S COLLEGE
INCORPORATION.

To provide for the incorporation of St. Stephen's College.

[27th May, 1932.]

1. This Ordiance may be cited as the St. Steplien's
College Incorporation Ordinance.

2. (1) The council for the time being as hereinafter
composed of St. Stephen's College, Hong Kong, shall be
a body corporate, hereinafter called the corporation, and
shall have the corporate name, 'St Stephen's College', and
in 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) The council shall be composed of the following
(a)the Bishop for the time being of Victoria, Hong
Kong, hereinafter to as the patron;
(b)the person for the time being occupying the
position of warden of the College, hereinafter
referred to as the warden;
(c)not more than three persons nominated by the local
governing body of the South China Mission of the
Church Missionary Society;
(d)not more than seven persons nominated by the
patron and the warden jointly, of whom at least
five shall be Chinese gentlemen resident in the
Colony of Hong Kong who have the interest and
welfare of the corporation at heart, and the remain-
ing two shall be members of the Church of England
or of a Church in China in communion with the
Church of England.

The names of persons so appointed and nominated as
aforesaid and their successors shall be filed with the
Registrar of Companies.

The council shall have such powers and duties and shall
hold such meetings as are specified in this Ordinance and
the regulations in the Schedule hereto.






3 (1) The warden shall be appointed and may be
removed by the Church Missionary Society upon the recom-
mendation of or after consultation with the council. During
the temporary absence of the warden the Council may
appoint an acting warden who shall, while acting, be a
member of the council.

(2) For the purpose of the nomination mentioned in
paragraphs (c) and (d) of subsection (2) of section 2, a copy
of a minute of the local governing body of the South China
Mission of the Church Missionary Society and of the
nomination signed by the patron and warden respectively
that the person has been nominated a member of the
council shall be sufficient for the purposes of this
Ordinance.

(3) The certificate of the Colonial Secretary that any
person was at the date of the certificate or had been on
some previous specified date a member of the council shall
for all Purposes be conclusive evidence of that fact.

4. (1) The corporation shall carry on the work for
which the college was originally founded-namely, of offer-
ing to Chinese youths a modern, liberal education, (special
attention being given to the English language and literature
upon Christian principles, protestant and evangelical as
professed by the Church of England.

(2) The corporation shall have power to acquire,
accept, and grant leases of, take, hold and enjoy any lands.
buildings, messuages or tenements of whatever kind or
nature soever and wheresoever situate, and also to build,
rebuild, alter, vary, renew, maintain and repair any build-
ings, messuages or tenements, and also to invest moneys
upon mortgage, of any lands, buildings, messuages or
tenements, or upon the mortgages, debentures, stocks,
funds, shares or securities of any government municipality
corporation or company and also to purchase, acquire and
possess vessels and other goods and chattels of whatsoevel,
kind or nature.

(3) The corporation shall further have power by deed
under, its seal to grant, sell, convey, assign, surrender,
exchange, partition, yield up, mortgage, pledge, demise,
reassign, transfer or otherwise dispose of any lands, build-





ings, messuages, tenements, mortgages, debentures, stocks,
funds, shares or securities or other goods and chattels,
which are for the time being vested in or belonging to the
corporation, upon such terms as to the corporation may
seem fit.

5. All deeds and other instruments requiring the
corporate seal of the corporation shall be sealed in tile
presence of two members of the council and shall be signed
by two members.

6. (1) All property and effects at the time of the coming
into operation of this Ordinance belonging to and vested
in the council or the trustees shall, at the time of the coming
into operation of this Ordinance, be transferred to and be
and become vested in the corporation.

(2) On the coming into operation of this Ordinance
the corporation shall become liable for all debts and
liabilities of the council or the trustees.

7. (1) The council may by resolution passed by the
majority of the council from time to time make such regula-
tions as they may at their discretion deem desirable for the
administration of the corporation and the management of
the corporation's premises and property of whatever
description.

Any regulations made by the council shall be filed with
the Registrar of Companies.

(2) Subject to the exercise of the above powers, the
regulations contained in the Schedule hereto shall be
deemed to have been made under this Ordinance.

(3) There shall be no obligation on the council to
obtain the approval of the Governor in Council to such
regulations nor shall it be necessary to publish any such
regulations.

8. Nothing in this Ordinance shall affect or bc deemed
to affect the rights of His Majesty the King, His Heirs,
or Successors, or the rights of any body politic or corporate
or of any persons except such as are mentioned in this
Ordinance and those claiming by, from or under them.





SCHEDULE. [s. 7.]

REGULATIONS.
Interpretation.
'College' means St. Stephen's College carried on by the corporation.

The Council.
1. Menibers ef the council, other than members ex officio, shall
vacate their office-
(a)if they fail to attend meetings of the council for one whole
year;
(b)if they cease to reside in Hong Kong or within one hundred
miles thereof for six calendar months without leave of the
council;
(c)at the expiration of three years from the date of their
appointment or re-appointment.
All such members shall be re-eligible.

Management.
2. The functions of the council shall be-
(a)to provide and maintain all necessary buildings, furniture
and apparatus for the use of the college;
(b)to take all measures necessary for raising funds and for
carrying on the work and administering the affairs of the
corporation;
(c) to appoint a treasurer, a secretary and an auditor;
(d)to appoint, on the nomination of the warden, assistant
masters and to dispense with their services;
(e)to fix from time to time the salaries and emoluments of
assistant masters and of servants or other persons employed
by the carporation;
(f) to fix from time to time the scale of fees to be paid by
students;
(g)to make, rescind and alter legulations for the procedure
of the council and for the management of the corporation.

The Warden.
3. The warden or in his absence the acting warden shall be
responsible for the internal management and discipline of the College
and shall periodically report thereon to the council.

Meetings of the Council.
4. Ordinary or special meetings of the council shall from time
to time be held for the despatch of business, and may be adjourned
from time to time and from place to place. No meeting shall be
valid unless at least five members of council are present in person.
5. All ordinary meetings of the council shall be held in Hong
Kong, either at the College, or at such other convenient place as
shall be agreed on by the council, or named in the notice convening
the meeting.
6. At every meeting the patron or in his absence a member
elected by those present shall be chairman of the meeting.
7. All business brought before the ordinary meeting shall be
decided by a majority of votes of the members present and willing
to vote; and in case of an equality of votes the chairman of such
meeting shall have a casting vote.
8. Notwithstanding anything hereinbefore contained a special
meeting of the council may be held at any time or place without
previous notice: Provided that no resolution shall be passed thereat





unless it shall be carried by the votes of an absolute majority of all
the members of council for the time being. No proxies shall be
used at any meeting nor shall the chairman have any casting vote
at any special meeting.
9. All resolutions carried as aforesaid by a majority of the
members present at any ordinary meeting and all resolutions carried
as aforesaid by an absolute majority of the members for the time
being at any special meeting and all acts done pursuant to any such
resolutions respectively shall be deemed to be the resolutions and
acts respectively of the council.

10. Minutes of the proceedings of every meeting of the council
shall be entered in a book to be kept for that purpose and signed
by the chairman of such meeting or of the following meeting; and
shall when so entered and signed be privia facie evidence of the
facts therein stated.
11. The council may from time to time by resolution passed
at one meeting, and confirmed after due notice at a subsequent
meeting held within three months, make and afterwards annul such
rules and regulations for and in relation to the conduct of the
business of the corporation, as they may think fit.
12. The secretary or treasurer or any member of council may
call an ordinary meeting of the council by delivering to each of the
other members, or leaving at their respective dwelling-houses, or
sending them respectively through the post to their last known places
of abode in Victoria, Hong Kong, seven days' previous notice of such
meeting, stating the time and place of holding the meeting and the
objects or purposes for which the meeting is to be held. A notice
so left or sent shall be effective although the member of council for
whom it is intended may at the time be absent from home and may
never actually receive the notice.

Finance.
13. A report upon the College to be signed by the warden, with
a financial statement, shall be presented annually to the council,
and a copy thereof shall be transmitted to the local governing body
in the South China Mission for the information of the Church
Missionary Society. The secretary of the South China Mission shall
be the medium of communication between the council and the Church
Missionary Society.
14. A current account of the moneys of the corporation shall
be kept in the name of the treasurer on behalf of the corporation
at such bank as the council shall from time to time approve.
15. All receipts on behalf of the corporation from whatever
source shall be paid in to the credit of such account as soon as
conveniently may be, and all drafts on the account shall be signed
by the treasurer.
16. In every year in which there shall be an available surplus
of the income over the expenditure, the council shall set aside and
invest. on a reserve or sinking fund at least $1,200.00 as provision
for extension, for replacing buildings on expiration of leases and
for unforeseen contingencies.
17. Future investments may be of such a nature as the council
shall from time to time by resolution approve of, antl shall not be
limited to strict trustee investments, and all investments may be
from time to time varied under the authority of a resolution of the
council.
Citation.
18. These regulations may be cited as the St. Stephen's College
Regulations.
17 of 1932. Short title. Incorporation. Appointment of warden. Appointment of members of council. Powers of corporation. [s. 4 cont.] Execution of documents. Vesting of property. Power to make regulations. Schedule. Saving. [Sch. Cont.]

17 of 1932. Short title. Incorporation. Appointment of warden. Appointment of members of council. Powers of corporation. [s. 4 cont.] Execution of documents. Vesting of property. Power to make regulations. Schedule. Saving. [Sch. Cont.]

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