Preamble, 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.