BERLIN LADIES' MISSION FOR CHINA INCORPORATION ORDINANCE, 1889
Title
BERLIN LADIES' MISSION FOR CHINA INCORPORATION ORDINANCE, 1889
Description
ORDINANCE No. 5 OF 1889.
Berlin Ladies' Misssion for China Incoproration
AN ORDINANCE for the Incorporation of the Director in this
Colony of the Berlin Ladies' Mission for China.
[29th March,1889.]
Be it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong,with the advice and
consent of the Legislative Council thereof,as follows:-
1.This Ordinance may be cited as the Berlin Ladies' Mission for
China Incorporation Ordinance,1889.
2.The Reverend Ferdinand Ernest Wilhelm Hartmann,Director in
this Colony of the Berlin Foundling House and holding the appointment
of the Director in Hongkong of the Berlin Ladies' Mission for China,
and his sucessors holding teh said appointment,and having placed in
the hands of the Governor satisfactory proof of his appointment for the
time being,shall be a body corporate (hereinafter called the said Corpo-
ration)and shall for the purposes of this Ordinance have the name of
'The Director in Hongkong of the Berlin Ladies' Mission for China.'
and by that name shall have perpetual succession,and shall and may sue
and be sued in all Courts of Justice and before all Magistrates in this
Colony,and shall and may have and use a common seal,and the said
seal may from time to time break,change,alter,and make anew as to
the said Corporation may seem fit;and the said Corporation shall have
full power to acquire,accept leases of,purchase,take,hold,and enjoy
any lands,buildings,messuages,or tenements of what nature or kind
soever and wheresoever situate in this COlony,and also to invest moneys
on mortgage of any lands,buildings,messuages,or tenenments in this
Colony or on the mortgages or debentures,stocks,funds,shares,or
securities of corporation or company carrying on business or having
an office in this Colony,and also to purchase and acquire all manner of
goods and chattels whatsoever;and the said Corporation is hereby further
empowered from time to time,by deed or deeds under its seak,to grant,
serll,convey,assign,surrender,and yield up,mortgage,demise,re-assign,
tranfer,or otherwise dispose of any lands,buildings,messuages,and
tenements ,mortgages,debentures,stocks,funds,and securities,goods
and chattels,by this Ordinance vested or that may hereafter be vested in
the said Corporation,on such terms as to the said Corporation may seem
fit:Provided that due notice of appointment as such Director in this
Colony and of the proof thereof having been placed in the hands of the
Governor shall be given in The Gazette,and such notice shall be sufficient
evidence of the said appointment and of proof thereof having been made. 3. The lands,buildings,messuages,and tenements situate,lying,and
being within this Colony registered in the Land Office as Inland Lots
Nos.607 and 624 and all mortgages,debentures,stocks,funds,and secu-
rities,goods and chattels,in this Colony at the commencement of this
Ordinance vested or purporting to be vested in the names of Bertold
Friedrich Johann Schwarxkopf, the late Reverend Ernest Klitzke,Gus-
tav Overbeek, and Friedrich August Julius Menke respectively as Trus-
tees of the Berlin Ladies' Mission for China or the Berlin Mision
Foundling Asylum, and all moneys,securities for money,goods,chattels,
and effects whatsoever, the property of the said Mission or purportion
so to be,are hereby transferred to and vested in the said Corporation,
but subjectmas regards the said lands,buildings,messuages,and tene-
ments,to the payment of the rends and the observance and performance
of all the cocenants, conditions,and reservations contained in the Crown
leases or under leases or mortgages under which the said lands,buildings,
or tenements are now or may hereafter be respectively held.
4. All deeds, documents, and other instruments requiring the seal of
the said Corporation shall be sealed with the seal of the said Corporation
in the presence of the Reverend Ferdinand Ernest Wilhelm Hartmann,
or his attorney duly authorized,or in the presence if any his successors
holding the appointment of Director in Hongkong of the Berlin Ladies'
Mission for China, or his attorney duly authorized,and shall also be
signed by the said Reverend Ferdinand Ernest Wilhelm Hartmann or
his siad attorney or by his said successors or his said attorney sealing of
such deeds,documents,and other instruments.
5. Nothing in this Ordinance shall affect or be deemed to affect the
rights of Her Majesty the Queen, her heirs or successors, or of any bodies
politic or corpoate or other persons, except sich as mentioned in
this Ordinance and those claiming by, from, or under them.
A.D. 1889. Ordinance No. 12 of 1889. Short title. Incorporation of Director in Hongkong of Berlin Ladies' Mission for China. Vesting in Corporation of lands, etc., now vested in Trustees. Use of seal of Corporation. Reservation of right of the Crown, etc.
Berlin Ladies' Misssion for China Incoproration
AN ORDINANCE for the Incorporation of the Director in this
Colony of the Berlin Ladies' Mission for China.
[29th March,1889.]
Be it enacted by the Governor of Hongkong,with the advice and
consent of the Legislative Council thereof,as follows:-
1.This Ordinance may be cited as the Berlin Ladies' Mission for
China Incorporation Ordinance,1889.
2.The Reverend Ferdinand Ernest Wilhelm Hartmann,Director in
this Colony of the Berlin Foundling House and holding the appointment
of the Director in Hongkong of the Berlin Ladies' Mission for China,
and his sucessors holding teh said appointment,and having placed in
the hands of the Governor satisfactory proof of his appointment for the
time being,shall be a body corporate (hereinafter called the said Corpo-
ration)and shall for the purposes of this Ordinance have the name of
'The Director in Hongkong of the Berlin Ladies' Mission for China.'
and by that name shall have perpetual succession,and shall and may sue
and be sued in all Courts of Justice and before all Magistrates in this
Colony,and shall and may have and use a common seal,and the said
seal may from time to time break,change,alter,and make anew as to
the said Corporation may seem fit;and the said Corporation shall have
full power to acquire,accept leases of,purchase,take,hold,and enjoy
any lands,buildings,messuages,or tenements of what nature or kind
soever and wheresoever situate in this COlony,and also to invest moneys
on mortgage of any lands,buildings,messuages,or tenenments in this
Colony or on the mortgages or debentures,stocks,funds,shares,or
securities of corporation or company carrying on business or having
an office in this Colony,and also to purchase and acquire all manner of
goods and chattels whatsoever;and the said Corporation is hereby further
empowered from time to time,by deed or deeds under its seak,to grant,
serll,convey,assign,surrender,and yield up,mortgage,demise,re-assign,
tranfer,or otherwise dispose of any lands,buildings,messuages,and
tenements ,mortgages,debentures,stocks,funds,and securities,goods
and chattels,by this Ordinance vested or that may hereafter be vested in
the said Corporation,on such terms as to the said Corporation may seem
fit:Provided that due notice of appointment as such Director in this
Colony and of the proof thereof having been placed in the hands of the
Governor shall be given in The Gazette,and such notice shall be sufficient
evidence of the said appointment and of proof thereof having been made. 3. The lands,buildings,messuages,and tenements situate,lying,and
being within this Colony registered in the Land Office as Inland Lots
Nos.607 and 624 and all mortgages,debentures,stocks,funds,and secu-
rities,goods and chattels,in this Colony at the commencement of this
Ordinance vested or purporting to be vested in the names of Bertold
Friedrich Johann Schwarxkopf, the late Reverend Ernest Klitzke,Gus-
tav Overbeek, and Friedrich August Julius Menke respectively as Trus-
tees of the Berlin Ladies' Mission for China or the Berlin Mision
Foundling Asylum, and all moneys,securities for money,goods,chattels,
and effects whatsoever, the property of the said Mission or purportion
so to be,are hereby transferred to and vested in the said Corporation,
but subjectmas regards the said lands,buildings,messuages,and tene-
ments,to the payment of the rends and the observance and performance
of all the cocenants, conditions,and reservations contained in the Crown
leases or under leases or mortgages under which the said lands,buildings,
or tenements are now or may hereafter be respectively held.
4. All deeds, documents, and other instruments requiring the seal of
the said Corporation shall be sealed with the seal of the said Corporation
in the presence of the Reverend Ferdinand Ernest Wilhelm Hartmann,
or his attorney duly authorized,or in the presence if any his successors
holding the appointment of Director in Hongkong of the Berlin Ladies'
Mission for China, or his attorney duly authorized,and shall also be
signed by the said Reverend Ferdinand Ernest Wilhelm Hartmann or
his siad attorney or by his said successors or his said attorney sealing of
such deeds,documents,and other instruments.
5. Nothing in this Ordinance shall affect or be deemed to affect the
rights of Her Majesty the Queen, her heirs or successors, or of any bodies
politic or corpoate or other persons, except sich as mentioned in
this Ordinance and those claiming by, from, or under them.
A.D. 1889. Ordinance No. 12 of 1889. Short title. Incorporation of Director in Hongkong of Berlin Ladies' Mission for China. Vesting in Corporation of lands, etc., now vested in Trustees. Use of seal of Corporation. Reservation of right of the Crown, etc.
Abstract
A.D. 1889. Ordinance No. 12 of 1889. Short title. Incorporation of Director in Hongkong of Berlin Ladies' Mission for China. Vesting in Corporation of lands, etc., now vested in Trustees. Use of seal of Corporation. Reservation of right of the Crown, etc.
Identifier
https://oelawhk.lib.hku.hk/items/show/648
Edition
1901
Volume
v1
Cap / Ordinance No.
No. 5 of 1889
Number of Pages
2
Files
Collection
Historical Laws of Hong Kong Online
Citation
“BERLIN LADIES' MISSION FOR CHINA INCORPORATION ORDINANCE, 1889,” Historical Laws of Hong Kong Online, accessed April 21, 2025, https://oelawhk.lib.hku.hk/items/show/648.
