Section 2, The Saint George's Cathedral Ordinance

The Chapter of the Cathedral Church of Saint George, asconstituted by the Right Reverend John Taylor, Bishop of the Diocese of Sierra Leone, by a deed under his hand, and episcopal seal, and dated the twenty-second day of June, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, shall be, and is hereby declared, a body corporate, hereinafter in this Ordinance referred to as "the Chapter," 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 have, and may have, and use, a common seal; and the Chapter shall have full power to acquire, accept leases of, purchase, take, hold, and enjoy any land, buildings, messuages, or tenements, of what nature or kind soever and wheresoever situate, for the purposes of this Ordinance, or of the Chapter, and to invest moneys on mortgage of any land, buildings, messuages, or tenements, or upon the mortgages or debentures, stocks, funds, shares, or securities of any corporation or company, and also to purchase, and acquire, all manner of goods and chattels whatsoever; and the Chapter 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 such lands, buildings, messuages and tenements, mortgages, debentures, stocks and securities, goods and chattels, or any that may hereafter be acquired by, or invested in, the Chapter, upon such terms as to the Chapter may seem fit: Provided always that the power of sale hereinbefore granted shall not extend to the said Cathedral and precincts thereof.