The Alberta Women's Institute Act - revised 1942

              WOMEN'S INSTITUTES Chap. 371
( 2) An application for incorporation in Form A in the
Schedule containing the information thereby required shall
be signed by the women desiring the formation of the in­stitute.
( 3) Each woman subscribing to the application shall pay
the sum of twenty- five cents as or as part of her annual
subscription to the proposed institute, and such moneys
shall be paid to and held by one of the subscribers in trust
for the institute.
( 4) The application shall be delivered at the office of
the council of the Alberta Women's Institutes, together
with a certificate as to the due signing of the application
and the payment of the requisite sums, and the council
may in its discretion either approve or disapprove the ap­plication.
( 5) Upon the provincial president approving the appli­cation,
the provincial president shall issue a certificate in
Form B in the Schedule, under the seal of the Alberta
Wpmen's Institutes, declaring the subscribers and all
others who might thereafter become members to be incor­porated
under this Act, with a title of which the last words
shall be " Women's Institute".
( 6) Thereafter such institute is a corporation under its
declared title with the objects and powers aforesaid, to­gether
with the power of holding such real and personal
property as is necessary for its objects.
( 7) The institute is capable of receiving and holding any
real or personal property by grant, gift, legacy or devise
and of investing the same or the proceeds thereof, and of
using the same or any part thereof, subject to the provi­sions
of this Act, in the furtherance of the objects of the
institute. [ R. S. A. 1942. c. 262, s. 10 |
1 1 . An institute may, with the consent of the provincial „ ^ " g e o f
president, change its name by filing with the council a
certified copy of a resolution made for that purpose and
passed at a general or special meeting by a majority of the
members present and voting thereon.
| R. S. A. 1942, c. 262, s. 111
12. An institute shall adopt a corporate seal. corporate
[ R. S. A. 1942, c. 262, s. 12] s e a l
Organization
13. ( 1) Within sixty days after incorporation, a meet- ° r
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ing of the members of the institute shall be held at the call m e e m "
of one of the subscribers who shall be designated by the
provincial president.
( 2) Such meeting shall be the organization and first
annual meeting of the institute.
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