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REGINA COSMOPOLITAN CLUB c. 128 1 Regina Cosmopolitan Club Act being a Private Act Chapter 128 of the Statutes of Saskatchewan, 1953 (effective April 1, 1953). NOTE: This consolidation is not official. Amendments have been incorporated for convenience of reference and the original statutes and regulations should be consulted for all purposes of interpretation and application of the law. In order to preserve the integrity of the original statutes and regulations, errors that may have appeared are reproduced in this consolidation.

2 c. 128 REGINA COSMOPOLITAN CLUB Table of Contents 1 Incorporation 2 Powers 3 Bylaws 4 Execution of documents 5 Use of revenue and application of moneys borrowed 6 Liability of members 7 Short title

REGINA COSMOPOLITAN CLUB c. 128 3 1953 CHAPTER 128 An Act to incorporate the Regina Cosmopolitan Club (Assented to April 1, 1953) Preamble WHEREAS there has existed for some time in the City of Regina, in the Province of Saskatchewan, a public service organization known as Regina Cosmopolitan Club, having for its objects the development of good citizenship and the rendering of public services in the interests of community welfare and for some time having maintained and operated a summer camp at Saskatchewan Beach, in the said Province, for the benefit of underprivileged children; and Whereas the undermentioned members of the said organization by their petition have set forth that the incorporation of the said organization would enable them to attain more effectually their objects; and Whereas the said petition prays that an Act be passed for the purposes above mentioned; and it is expedient that the prayer of the said petition be granted: Therefore Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, enacts as follows: Incorporation 1 Ernest W. Lawby, George P. Styles, Thomas H. Hewitt, Jack W.B. Bremner, W. Kenneth Martin, George Dawson, Norman Tindall, Harry Girsberger, John C. Knowles and O.W. Powell, all of the City of Regina in the Province of Saskatchewan, and all other persons who become members of the corporation, shall be and are hereby constituted and declared to be a body corporate and politic under the name of Regina Cosmopolitan Club. 1953, c.128, s.1. Powers 2(1) The corporation shall have power to maintain and operate a camp at Saskatchewan Beach, in the Province of Saskatchewan, to be used as a summer camp for the benefit of underprivileged children. (2) In addition to the powers, rights and privileges conferred upon or vested in corporations by the laws of Saskatchewan, the corporation shall have full power and authority:

4 c. 128 REGINA COSMOPOLITAN CLUB Acquisition of property (a) to acquire by gift, devise, purchase, exchange, lease or otherwise real or personal property, of any and every nature and kind whatsoever and to possess, hold and enjoy the same as owner; provided that the corporation shall not acquire or hold as purchaser any land except for the actual use and occupation of the corporation, exceeding in the whole at any time the annual value of $5,000, and that lands, tenements or hereditaments acquired by gift, devise or bequest and not required for the purposes of the corporation, the annual value of which together with the other land of the corporation exceeds $5,000, shall not be held by the corporation for a longer period than seven years and within such period the same shall be absolutely disposed of by the corporation and in case of failure to dispose of the same within such seven years such lands shall be forfeited to the Crown in the right of the province; Disposal of property (b) to sell, mortgage, lease, exchange or otherwise deal with or dispose of its real and personal property or any portion of either and with the proceeds thereof to acquire other real and personal property to such extent as may be deemed advisable or desirable, and to make and execute all necessary and proper conveyances, transfers or other instruments for carrying the same into effect; Investments (c) to invest all or any sums of money belonging to the corporation in any property or security whatsoever for the use and purposes of the corporation; Borrowings (d) to borrow from any person, firm or corporation such sum or sums of money as may be found necessary for the purposes of the corporation and to secure any loan to the lender or lenders by bonds, debentures, bills of exchange, promissory notes, mortgages or any other instrument or instruments that may be required or deemed necessary or advisable by the lender or lenders; Erection of buildings (e) to erect and to manage and conduct all such buildings as may be found or deemed necessary or convenient for carrying on the objects of the corporation; Fees Corporate seal (g) General (f) to fix, charge and collect fees for any services rendered by the corporation; to adopt a corporate seal and to change it at will; (h) to do any and all other things that are incidental or conducive to the attainment of the objects for which the corporation is established. 1953, c.128, s.2.

REGINA COSMOPOLITAN CLUB c. 128 5 Bylaws 3 The corporation may, at any annual meeting or at any special general meeting called for the purpose, enact all necessary bylaws not contrary to law or to the provisions of this Act as may be deemed necessary or advisable, and such bylaws may be added to, altered or repealed and others substituted therefor at any annual meeting or at any special meeting called for the purpose. 1953, c.128, s.3. Execution of documents 4 All transfers, deeds of sale, leases, mortgages, bonds, debentures and other instruments shall be executed with the seal of the corporation, attested by the signatures of its officers in accordance with the provisions of the bylaws of the corporation in that behalf. 1953, c.128, s.4. Use of revenue and application of moneys borrowed 5 The revenues, issues and profits of all property held by the corporation and all moneys borrowed by the corporation on capital account shall be applied in the maintenance and conduct of its institutions, to the construction and repair of buildings and the acquisition of property requisite for its purposes and generally in the furtherance of its objects. 1953, c.128, s.5. Liability of members 6 No member of the corporation shall be liable in any way or chargeable with the payment of any debt of the corporation beyond the extent of his entrance fee and annual subscriptions remaining unpaid and any debts owing by him to the corporation, and any member not so indebted may retire and shall cease to be a member on giving the corporation such notice as may be required by the bylaws. 1953, c.128, s.6. Short title 7 This Act may be cited as The Regina Cosmopolitan Club Act. 1953, c.128, s.7.