The Countess of Hunting- Short title

3260 Cap. 280] Countess of Huntingdon's Oonnexion CHAPTER 280. · COUNTESS OF HUNTINGDON'S CONNEXION. WHEREAS the Countess of Huntingdon's Connexion has for several years past been carrying on missionary work in the Colony and as such has acquired various lands situate in the Colony, on which churches, schools and mission houses have been built for the purpose of carrying on missionary work: AND WHEREAS the affairs of the Countess of Huntingdon's Connexion are managed by a body of persons known as the Missionary Committee, who are appointed by the Conference of the Countess of Huntingdon's Connexion and are in this Ordinance referred to as the Missionary Committee: AND WHEREAS the Incorporated Sierra Leone Missionary Association (hereinafter referred to as the Missionary Association) was incorporated and registered in England on the 17th day of October, 1906, under the Companies Acts, 1862 to 1900, and was empowered (inter alia) to hold lands, buildings, and other property of the Countess ofHuntingdon'sConnexionofany nature or tenure whatsoever, real or personal, in any British Colony, which may be legally vested in the Association: Countess of Huntingdon's Connexion [Cap. 280 AND WHEREAS the lands set out in the schedule hereto have been from time to time acquired by the Countess of Huntingdon's Connexion and have been used by that body for the purpose of its missionary work in the Colony but the said lands have never been legally and validly conveyed to the said body nor to any person on its behalf: AND WHEREAS the Missionary Committee are desirous that all the lands set out in the schedule hereto may be vested in the Missionary Association in trust for the Countess of Huntingdon's Connexion and the Missionary Association have agreed to hold the said lands on the trust aforesaid: AND WHEREAS owing to the great lapse of time since the said lands were acquired by the Countess of Huntingdon's Connexion it is now impossible in many cases without incurring great expense to ascertain the proper persons who are entitled to execute legal and valid conveyances of the said lands to the Missionary Association: AND WHEREAS in consideration of the premises the agent and attorney of the Missionary Association duly appointed by a power of attorney, registered in the office of the Registrar General of the Colony, to manage the affairs of the said Association in the Colony has, on behalf of the Missionary Committee and the Missionary Association, presented a petition to the Governor praying that the lands set out in the schedule hereto may be vested by an Ordinance of this Colony in the Missionary Association in trust for the Countess of Huntingdon's Connexion: AND WHEREAS it is expedient to grant the prayer of the Missionary Committee and the Missionary Association.

This Ordinance may be cited as the Countess of Hunting- Short title.don's Connexion Ordinance.

All the estate, right, title, interest, claim and demand of Vesting ofthe Countess of Huntingdon's Connexion, or of the Missionary lands. Committee or of any person holding or purporting to hold any property in trust for the Countess of Huntingdon's Connexion, in and to all those lots, pieces or parcels of land described in the schedule to this Ordinance, together with all churches, chapels, schools and other buildings and fixtures erected thereon, and all books, papers, documents, furniture and articles, the property of the Countess of Huntingdon's Connexion, or of the Missionary Committee, belonging and appertaining thereto and S.L.-VoL. V-38 Existing contracts. Constitution of the Missionary Association. Saving of rights of the Crown and others. Cap. 280] Countess of Huntingdon's Oonnexion all easements, rights, advantages and appurtenances whatsoever to the said hereditaments appertaining or with the same or any part thereof now or heretofore held, used or enjoyed, or reputed as part thereof or appurtenant thereto, shall vest in the Missionary Association to and for the uses or purposes of the Countess of Huntingdon's Connexion in Sierra Leone.

All contracts, covenants and agreements heretofore madeor entered into by any person whomsoever with the Countess of Huntingdon's Connexion or the Missionary Committee or any person on their behalf as to or concerning the lands described in the schedule hereto, shall be deemed and taken to have been made or entered into with the Missionary Association, and shall be executed and enforced by the Missionary Association in the like manner as if the Missionary Association had originally been party thereto, and all proceedings whatsoever which have been, or might, or may have been commenced, taken or done in the name of the Countess of Huntingdon's Connexion or the Missionary Committee or any other person on their behalf shall and may be commenced, continued, taken or done in the name of the Missionary Association in like manner (in the case of proceedings already commenced, taken or done) as if the Missionary Association had originally been party thereto.

Association shall be constituted in the manner provided" in the Articles of Association registered with the Registrar of Joint Stock Companies on the seventeenth day of October, nineteen hundred and six. A copy of the said Articles and any alterations or amendments made thereto shall be deposited, registered and kept in the office of the Registrar General and a copy of the said articles when duly certified by the Registrar General shall be conclusive evidence thereof in any court of law.

Nothing herein contained shall affect or be deemed toaffect in any manner or way the rights of Her Majesty the Queen, Her heirs or successors, or of any body politic or corporate, or of any other person, except such as are mentioned in this Ordinance and those claiming by, from or under them. r Countess of Huntingdon's Connexion [Cap. 280

FREETOWN. 1. All that lot, piece or parcel of land situate, lying and being in Regent Road, Freetown, in the Colony aforesaid, and bounded on the north by land now or lately in the possession or occupation of Henry N. Ring, 52 feet; on the south by land belonging to the estate of the late Reverend S. Trotter Williams, deceased, 44 feet; on the east by a straight line running from the north-eastern corner of the said land and running in a southerly direction for 31 feet 6 inches, by a straight line beginning from the southern end of the last line and running in a westerly direction for 5 feet 6 inches, by a straight line beginning from the western end of the last line and running in a southerly direction for 5 feet 6 inches, by a straight line beginning from the southern end of the last line and running in a westerly direction for 5 feet 9 inches, and by a straight line beginning from the western end of the last line and running in a southerly direction for 2 feet 3 inches, the first three of the above straight lines forming the boundary between the said land and land in the possession or occupation of Mary John, and the last two forming the boundary between the land belonging to the estate of the said S. Trotter Williams and the said land, and on the west by Regent Road aforesaid, 42 feet. JoE TowN. 2. All that lot, piece or parcel of land situate, lying and being in Joe Town in the Colony aforesaid, and bounded on the north by land in the possession or occupation of Samuel Hamilton, 250 feet; on the east by land in the possession or occupation of James Coker, 65 feet; on the south by land in the possession or occupation of James Coker, 172 feet; on the south-west by land in the possession or occupation of Eunice Lawson, 90 feet, and on the west by the high road, 154 feet. MANALLO TowN. 3. All that lot, piece or parcel of land situate, lying and being in Manallo Town in the Colony aforesaid, and bounded on the north by land in the possession or occupation of R. A. Renner, 360 feet; on the south by land in the possession or occupation of William A. Richmond, 336 feet; on the east by the high road, 144 feet, and on the west by land in the possession or occupation of the said William A. Richmond, 152 feet. MAGBAFTI. 4. All that lot, piece or parcel of land situate, lying and being at the junction of the high road leading to Newton and the high road leading to Three Miles in the village of Magbafti in the Colony aforesaid, and bounded on the north by communal lands, 500 feet; on the south by the high road to Newton, 500 feet; on the east by communal lands, 348 feet, and on the west by the high road leading to Three Miles aforesaid, 348 feet. KABOO. 5. All that lot, piece or parcel of land situate, lying and being in the village of Kaboo in the Colony aforesaid, and bounded on the north by land in the possession of Sey Sembeh, 456 feet; on the south by a straight line beginning from the southern end of the western boundary and running in a south-easterly direction along the left bap.k of a stream for 69 feet; by a straight line being the northern boundary of communal lands along the seashore beginning from the south-eastern end of the last line and running S.L.-VoL. V-38* Sect. 2. 3264 Cap. 280.] Countess of Huntingdon's Connexion in an easterly direction for 328 feet; by a straight line being the western boundary of lands in the possession of James Harding and Ann Swill respectively and running in a northerly direction for 100 feet, and by a straight line being the northern boundary of land in the possession of the said Ann Swill, beginning from the northern end of the last line and running in an easterly direction for 83 feet until it meets the high road, and on the east by the high road, 166 feet.