SOCIETY OF THE MISSIONS ETRANGERES INCORPORATION ORDINANCE, 1890
Title
SOCIETY OF THE MISSIONS ETRANGERES INCORPORATION ORDINANCE, 1890
Description
ORDINANCE No. 1 OF 1890.
Society of the Missions Etrangeres Incorporation
AN ORDINANCE for the Incorporation of the Procurecur General
in this Colony of the Society of the Missions Etrangeres.
[28th March,1890.]
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 citied as the Society of the Missions
Etrangeres Incorporation Ordinance,1890.
2.The Very Reverend Eugene Lemonnier,Procureur General in this
Colony of the Society of the Missions Etrangeres and his successors
holding the 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 Corporation) and shall
for the purpose of this Ordinance have the time of 'The Procureur
General in Hongkong of the Society of the Missions Etrangeres,' 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 Corpor-
ation may seem fit;and the said Corporation shall have full power to
acquire,accept leases of,purchase,take,hold,and enjoy any lands,build-
ings,messuages,or tenements of what nature or kind soever and where-
soever situate in this Colony,and also to invest moneys on mortgage of
any lands,buildings,messuages,or tenements in this Colony or on the
mortgages,debentures,stocks,funds,shares,or securities of any cor-
poration 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 em-
powered from time to time,by deed or dees under its seal,to grant,
sell,convey,assign,surrender,and yield up,mortgage,demise,reassign,
transfer,or otherwise dispose of any lands,buildings,messuages,and
tenements,nortgages,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 of the proof thereof having been places 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,113,114,115,119,and 124, Pokfulam Farm Lot No.24, and
Pokfulam Rural Building Lot No. 51, and all mortgages,debentures,
stocks, funds, and securities, goods and chattels,in this Colony at the
time of the passing of this Ordinance vested or purporting to be vested
in the named of the said Very Recoverend Eugene Lemonnier, Napoleon
Francois Libois,deceased, the Reverend Pierre Marie Osouf, and the
Reverend Jean Joseph Rousseille respectively,as Trustees of the said
Society of the Missions Etrangeres,and all moneys, securities for money,
goods,chattels,and effects whatsoever, the property of the said Mission
or purporting so to be, are herby transferred to and vested in the said
Corpoation, but subject as regards the said lands, buildings, messuages,
and tenements to the payment of the rents and the observance and per-
formance of all the convenants, conditions, and reservations contained in
the Crown Leases or under leases or mortgages under which the said
lands, buildings, messuahes, 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 Very Reverend Eugene Lemonnier or his attorney
duly authorized, or in the presence of any of his successors holding the
appointment of Procureur General in this Colony of the said Society or
his attorney duly authorized, and shall also be signed by the siad Very
Reverend Eugene Lemonnier or his said attorney or by his said successor
or his attorney, and such signing shall be taken as sufficient evidence
of the due sealing of such deeds, documents, and other instruments.
5. Nothing in this Ordinance shall affect or be deemde to after the
rights of Her Majesty the Queen, her heirs or successors, or of any
bodies politic or corporate or other persons, except such as are mention-
ed in this Ordinance and those claiming by, from, or under them.
A.D. 1890. Ordinance NO. 3 of 1890. Short title. Incorporation of Procureur General in the Colony of Society of Missions Etrangeres. Vesting in Corporation of lands, etc., now vested in trustees.
Mode of use of seal.
Reservation of rights of the Crown, etc.
Society of the Missions Etrangeres Incorporation
AN ORDINANCE for the Incorporation of the Procurecur General
in this Colony of the Society of the Missions Etrangeres.
[28th March,1890.]
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 citied as the Society of the Missions
Etrangeres Incorporation Ordinance,1890.
2.The Very Reverend Eugene Lemonnier,Procureur General in this
Colony of the Society of the Missions Etrangeres and his successors
holding the 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 Corporation) and shall
for the purpose of this Ordinance have the time of 'The Procureur
General in Hongkong of the Society of the Missions Etrangeres,' 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 Corpor-
ation may seem fit;and the said Corporation shall have full power to
acquire,accept leases of,purchase,take,hold,and enjoy any lands,build-
ings,messuages,or tenements of what nature or kind soever and where-
soever situate in this Colony,and also to invest moneys on mortgage of
any lands,buildings,messuages,or tenements in this Colony or on the
mortgages,debentures,stocks,funds,shares,or securities of any cor-
poration 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 em-
powered from time to time,by deed or dees under its seal,to grant,
sell,convey,assign,surrender,and yield up,mortgage,demise,reassign,
transfer,or otherwise dispose of any lands,buildings,messuages,and
tenements,nortgages,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 of the proof thereof having been places 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,113,114,115,119,and 124, Pokfulam Farm Lot No.24, and
Pokfulam Rural Building Lot No. 51, and all mortgages,debentures,
stocks, funds, and securities, goods and chattels,in this Colony at the
time of the passing of this Ordinance vested or purporting to be vested
in the named of the said Very Recoverend Eugene Lemonnier, Napoleon
Francois Libois,deceased, the Reverend Pierre Marie Osouf, and the
Reverend Jean Joseph Rousseille respectively,as Trustees of the said
Society of the Missions Etrangeres,and all moneys, securities for money,
goods,chattels,and effects whatsoever, the property of the said Mission
or purporting so to be, are herby transferred to and vested in the said
Corpoation, but subject as regards the said lands, buildings, messuages,
and tenements to the payment of the rents and the observance and per-
formance of all the convenants, conditions, and reservations contained in
the Crown Leases or under leases or mortgages under which the said
lands, buildings, messuahes, 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 Very Reverend Eugene Lemonnier or his attorney
duly authorized, or in the presence of any of his successors holding the
appointment of Procureur General in this Colony of the said Society or
his attorney duly authorized, and shall also be signed by the siad Very
Reverend Eugene Lemonnier or his said attorney or by his said successor
or his attorney, and such signing shall be taken as sufficient evidence
of the due sealing of such deeds, documents, and other instruments.
5. Nothing in this Ordinance shall affect or be deemde to after the
rights of Her Majesty the Queen, her heirs or successors, or of any
bodies politic or corporate or other persons, except such as are mention-
ed in this Ordinance and those claiming by, from, or under them.
A.D. 1890. Ordinance NO. 3 of 1890. Short title. Incorporation of Procureur General in the Colony of Society of Missions Etrangeres. Vesting in Corporation of lands, etc., now vested in trustees.
Mode of use of seal.
Reservation of rights of the Crown, etc.
Abstract
A.D. 1890. Ordinance NO. 3 of 1890. Short title. Incorporation of Procureur General in the Colony of Society of Missions Etrangeres. Vesting in Corporation of lands, etc., now vested in trustees.
Mode of use of seal.
Reservation of rights of the Crown, etc.
Mode of use of seal.
Reservation of rights of the Crown, etc.
Identifier
https://oelawhk.lib.hku.hk/items/show/652
Edition
1901
Volume
v1
Subsequent Cap No.
1036
Cap / Ordinance No.
No. 1 of 1890
Number of Pages
2
Files
Collection
Historical Laws of Hong Kong Online
Citation
“SOCIETY OF THE MISSIONS ETRANGERES INCORPORATION ORDINANCE, 1890,” Historical Laws of Hong Kong Online, accessed April 19, 2025, https://oelawhk.lib.hku.hk/items/show/652.
