been duly appointed under the provisions of the respective deeds of trust of the several Wesleyan Chapels in the said City ;

Be it therefore enacted, &c.-1. The said Gilbert T. Ray, George A. Lockhart, George Whittaker, John B. Gaynor, Edward E. Lockhart, David Collins, Richard Whiteside, Senior, Henry Whiteside, Edward T. Knowles, James Smith, Richard W. Thorne, Edward Lloyd, Daniel J. M'Laughlin, William Till, Aaron Eaton, George P. Sancton, William A. Robertson, John Gardner, Michael Thompson, Colin E. Cross, Robert Salter, Isaac Olive, James Olive, William Beattie, G. B. Vaughan, J. J. Clarke, Zachariah Adams, Benjamin Tibbits, William O. Theal, Thomas Thompson, and John Jordan, now being the Trustees of the said Wesleyan Methodist Church in the City of Saint John, in connexion with the British Conference, appointed as hereinbefore recited, and their successors being in like manner duly appointed, are hereby declared to be vested with the said property, real and personal, so hereinbefore recited to have been devised upon the Trusts, and subject to the provisions, stipulations, and conditions in said Will contained, and the same shall be so held by them so long as they shall so continue to be such Trustees, and their successors to be duly appointed as hereinbefore recited, for ever; saving nevertheless, the rights of Her Majesty, and of all persons, heirs, executors, devisees, legatees, creditors, bodies corporate, and others of, in, and to the said property hereinbefore mentioned to have been devised and bequeathed.

2. The said Gilbert T. Ray, George A. Lockhart, George Whittaker, John B. Gaynor, Edward E. Lockhart, David Collins, Richard Whiteside, Senior, Henry Whiteside, Edward T. Knowles, James Smith, Richard W. Thorne, Edward Lloyd, Daniel J. M'Laughlin, William Till, Aaron Eaton, George P. Sancton, William A. Robertson, John Gardner, Michael Thompson, Colin E. Cross, Robert Salter, Isaac Olive, James Olive, William Beattie, G. B. Vaughan, J. J. Clarke, Zachariah Adams, Benjamin Tibbits, William O. Theal, Thomas Thompson, and John Jordan, so long as they shall continue to be such Trustees, and their successors, are hereby declared to be the Trustees under the said Will, and as such, vested with the said trust property, real and personal,

and all accumulations thereof, and all and every other property, real and personal, that may at any time or times hereafter be given, devised, or granted to them, or purchased by them, or which may or ought in any way come to their hands to be applied in aid of or in addition to such trust fund; and the said executors of the said estate are hereby authorized and empowered to hand over to the said Trustees as aforesaid, all the property, real and personal, bequeathed and devised under the said Will, as hereinbefore recited; and the said trust property and funds, and all accumulations thereof and additions thereto as aforesaid, whether real or personal, shall by operation of law vest in the said Trustees and their successors, upon the trusts, and for the uses and purposes in said Will contained; and the said Trustees, and their successors to be appointed as aforesaid, shall at all times hereafter, with reference to the management and control of the said trust property, and the accumulations thereof, or additions thereto, both real and personal, be known as "The Trustees of the Wesleyan Methodist Church in the City of Saint John ;" and with reference to all matters connected with such trust property or fund, or growing thereout, may sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded in all Courts of Justice, by and under the name of "The Trustees of the Wesleyan Methodist Church in the City of Saint John."

Be it enacted, &c.-1. Lewis Burns, Francis Collins, John Dougherty, James Gallagher, Henry Chubb, John Humbert, Henry Porter, Thomas Harding, Hugh Sharkie, Michael McDonnell, John W. Scott, Richard Nowlan, and their successors, be and they are hereby erected into a body corporate, for the purpose of relieving, protecting, educating, and binding out as apprentices all such indigent orphan children as are already or which hereafter shall be received as fit and proper objects for relief and protection, and for no other purpose, by the name of "The Saint John Orphan Benevolent Society," and shall have all the general powers and priviliges incident to Corporations by Act of the General Assembly of this Province; provided always, that the real estate which said Corporation may at any time hold shall not exceed five thousand pounds.

2. The said Corporation shall have in all respects the like. power and authority, by and with the consent of two or more Justices of the Peace, to bind out any such orphan children as the Overseers of the poor now have under and by virtue of the second Section of an Act made and passed in the twenty sixth year of the Reign of His Majesty King George the Third, intituled An Act to regulate and provide for the support of the Poor in this Province.

8th VICTORIA-CHAPTER 97.

An Act to incorporate the Fredericton Society of Saint

Andrew.

Section 1.-Incorporation of Society.

Passed 14th April 1845.

Be it enacted, &c.-1. Robert Fulton, Charles M.Pherson, William A. M'Lean, John M. Brook, John F. Taylor, Andrew

Inches, and Thomas R. Robertson, their associates and successors, be and they are hereby erected into a body corporate, for the purpose of affording relief to the distressed natives of Scotland, their families and descendants, by the name of "The Fredericton Society of Saint Andrew," and for that purpose shall have and enjoy all the general powers made incident to Corporations by the Act of the General Assembly of this Province made and passed in the sixth year of the Reign of His late Majesty King William the Fourth; provided that the real estate which the said Corporation may hold at any one time shall not exceed two thousand pounds in value.

9th VICTORIA-CHAPTER 46.

An Act to incorporate the Highland Society of New Brunswick, at Miramichi.

Section 1.-Incorporation of Society.

Passed 11th April 1846.

WHEREAS the Highland Society of London, instituted in the year one thousand seven hundred and seventy eight, and incorporated by Act of Imperial Parliament in the year one thousand eight hundred and sixteen, by its Commission bearing date the thirteenth day of June one thousand eight hundred and forty two, given at London, under the Seal of the said Society, and directed to Sir William Macbean George Colebrooke, K. H., Lieutenant Governor of the Province of New Brunswick, James Gilmour, and Alexander Rankin, also of New Brunswick, Esquires, after reciting among other things that the said Society, to extend its benefits, and unite together in a central union Highlanders wheresoever situated, had resolved to issue Commissions for the establishment of Branches thereof in the British Colonies abroad, as well as other places at home where Highlanders are, and being extremely desirous that a Branch should be established in New Brunswick, at Miramichi, the said Commission authorized and empowered the said persons to whom it was directed to form a Branch of the said Highland Society of London at Miramichi, New Brunswick, with authority to make such bye laws as might be necessary for the management thereof, in conformity to the principles and rules of the said Society: And whereas, in pursuance of

the said Commission, the said Sir William Macbean George Colebrooke, K. H., James Gilmour, Alexander Rankin, and many other Gentlemen of the said Province, did form themselves into a Society, in connexion with the Highland Society in London: And whereas the said Society in this Province, from not being incorporated, is subject to many inconveniences, and is in consequence unable efficiently to extend and promote the benevolent objects of the Society ;

Be it therefore enacted, &c.-1. Alexander Key, Alexander Rankin, Hugh Munro, John Montgomery, Francis Ferguson, Thomas C. Allan, Alexander Fraser, Junior, Peter Morrison, John C. M'Bean, John M'Donald, Roderick M'Leod, Donald M'Kay, George Kerr, and Neil M'Lean, and such other person or persons as are now or may hereafter be admitted members of the Society, agreeably to the rules and bye laws of the said Corporation, their associates and successors, be and they are hereby erected into a body corporate, in connexion with the Highland Society of London, under the name and style of "The Highland Society of New Brunswick, at Miramichi," for the purpose, in addition to the objects contemplated by the Parent Society, of extending relief to destitute Scotsmen, Scotswomen, or their descendants, and the education of their children; and for these purposes shall have and enjoy all general powers made incident to Corporations by the Act of the General Assembly of the Province made and passed in the Reign of His late Majesty King William the Fourth; provided that the real estate which the said Corporation may hold at any one time shall not exceed the sum of two thousand pounds in value.

10th VICTORIA-CHAPTER 28.

An Act to incorporate the Saint Andrews Benefit Society.

Town of Saint Andrews since the year one thousand eight