LONDON MISSIONARY SOCIETY INCORPORATION ORDINANCE, 1891
Title
LONDON MISSIONARY SOCIETY INCORPORATION ORDINANCE, 1891
Description
ORDINANCE No. 6 OF 1891.
London Missionary Society Incorporation
AN ORDINANCE for the Incorporation of the Senior Missionary
in this Colony of the London Missionary Society.
[31st October,1891.]
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 London Missionary Society
Incorporation Ordinance,1891.
2.The Reverend John Chalmers, LL.D., Senior Missionary in this
Colony of the london Mission ary Society and holding the appointment
of the Senior Missionary in Hongkong of the London Missionary Society,
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 purposes of this Ordinance, have the
name of 'The Senior Missionary in Hongkong of the London Missionary
Society,' and by that name shall have perpetual succession, and shall
and may sue and be sued in all Courts of Justice and before all
Magistrate 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 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
its dependencies,and also to invest moneys on mortgage of any lands,
buildings,messuages,or tenements in this Colony and its dependencies
or upon the mortgages or debentures,stocks,funds,shares,or securities
of any corporation or company carrying on business or having an office
in this Colony or its dependencies,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 deeds under its seal,
to grant,sell,convey,assign,surrender and yield up,mortgage,demise,
re-assign,transfer,or otherwise dispose of any lands,buildings,messuages,
and tenements,mortgages,debentures,stocks,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 Senior Missionary in
Hongkong,and of teh proof thereof havbing 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 piece or parcel of graound situate lying and being within this
Colony and registered in the Land Office as the Remaining Portion of
Inland Lot No.590,with the messuages or tenements and buildings
thereon,and all mortgages,debentures,stocks,funds,and securities,
goods chattels,in this Colony,if any,at the commencement of this
Ordinance vested or purporting to be vested in the names of the said
Reverend John Chalmers and the Reverend George Henry Bonfield
respectively,as Trustees of the said London Missionary Society,and all
moneys,securities for money,goods,chattels,and effects whatsoever,
the property of the said Missionary Society or purporting so to be,are
hereby transferred to and vested in the said Corporation,but subject,as
regards the said piece or parcel of graound,messuages or tenements,
and buildings,and all other lands,messuages,tenements,and
premises that may hereafter become vested in the said Corporation,to
the payment of the rents and observance and performance of all the
covenants,conditions,and reservations contained in the Crown Leases
under which the same 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 saidf Corporation
in the presence of the said John Chalmers or his attorney duly autho-
rized or in the presnece of any of his successors holding the appointment
of Senior Missionary in Hongkong of the London Missionary Society
or his attorney duly autgorized,and shall also be signed by the said
John Chalmers or his said attorney or by his said successor or his said
attorney,and such signing shall be and 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 deemed to affect the
rights of Her Majesty,her heirs and successors,or of any bodies politio
or corporate or other persons,except such as are mentioned in this
Ordinance and those claiming by,from,or under them.
A.D. 1891. Ordinance No. 19 of 1891. Short title. Incorporation of the Senior Missionary in the Colony of the London Missionary Society. Vesting in Corporation of certain lands, etc., vested in trustees. Use of seal of Corporation. Reservation of rights of the Crown, etc.
London Missionary Society Incorporation
AN ORDINANCE for the Incorporation of the Senior Missionary
in this Colony of the London Missionary Society.
[31st October,1891.]
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 London Missionary Society
Incorporation Ordinance,1891.
2.The Reverend John Chalmers, LL.D., Senior Missionary in this
Colony of the london Mission ary Society and holding the appointment
of the Senior Missionary in Hongkong of the London Missionary Society,
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 purposes of this Ordinance, have the
name of 'The Senior Missionary in Hongkong of the London Missionary
Society,' and by that name shall have perpetual succession, and shall
and may sue and be sued in all Courts of Justice and before all
Magistrate 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 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
its dependencies,and also to invest moneys on mortgage of any lands,
buildings,messuages,or tenements in this Colony and its dependencies
or upon the mortgages or debentures,stocks,funds,shares,or securities
of any corporation or company carrying on business or having an office
in this Colony or its dependencies,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 deeds under its seal,
to grant,sell,convey,assign,surrender and yield up,mortgage,demise,
re-assign,transfer,or otherwise dispose of any lands,buildings,messuages,
and tenements,mortgages,debentures,stocks,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 Senior Missionary in
Hongkong,and of teh proof thereof havbing 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 piece or parcel of graound situate lying and being within this
Colony and registered in the Land Office as the Remaining Portion of
Inland Lot No.590,with the messuages or tenements and buildings
thereon,and all mortgages,debentures,stocks,funds,and securities,
goods chattels,in this Colony,if any,at the commencement of this
Ordinance vested or purporting to be vested in the names of the said
Reverend John Chalmers and the Reverend George Henry Bonfield
respectively,as Trustees of the said London Missionary Society,and all
moneys,securities for money,goods,chattels,and effects whatsoever,
the property of the said Missionary Society or purporting so to be,are
hereby transferred to and vested in the said Corporation,but subject,as
regards the said piece or parcel of graound,messuages or tenements,
and buildings,and all other lands,messuages,tenements,and
premises that may hereafter become vested in the said Corporation,to
the payment of the rents and observance and performance of all the
covenants,conditions,and reservations contained in the Crown Leases
under which the same 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 saidf Corporation
in the presence of the said John Chalmers or his attorney duly autho-
rized or in the presnece of any of his successors holding the appointment
of Senior Missionary in Hongkong of the London Missionary Society
or his attorney duly autgorized,and shall also be signed by the said
John Chalmers or his said attorney or by his said successor or his said
attorney,and such signing shall be and 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 deemed to affect the
rights of Her Majesty,her heirs and successors,or of any bodies politio
or corporate or other persons,except such as are mentioned in this
Ordinance and those claiming by,from,or under them.
A.D. 1891. Ordinance No. 19 of 1891. Short title. Incorporation of the Senior Missionary in the Colony of the London Missionary Society. Vesting in Corporation of certain lands, etc., vested in trustees. Use of seal of Corporation. Reservation of rights of the Crown, etc.
Abstract
A.D. 1891. Ordinance No. 19 of 1891. Short title. Incorporation of the Senior Missionary in the Colony of the London Missionary Society. Vesting in Corporation of certain lands, etc., vested in trustees. Use of seal of Corporation. Reservation of rights of the Crown, etc.
Identifier
https://oelawhk.lib.hku.hk/items/show/662
Edition
1901
Volume
v2
Subsequent Cap No.
1033
Cap / Ordinance No.
No. 6 of 1891
Number of Pages
3
Files
Collection
Historical Laws of Hong Kong Online
Citation
“LONDON MISSIONARY SOCIETY INCORPORATION ORDINANCE, 1891,” Historical Laws of Hong Kong Online, accessed December 4, 2024, https://oelawhk.lib.hku.hk/items/show/662.
