The United Brethren in Vesting of lands

United Brethren in Ghrist [Cap. 282 3273 CHAPTER 282. UNITED BRETHREN IN CHRIST. WHEREAS the Foreign Missionary Society of the United Preamble. Brethren in Christ, a Corporation duly incorporated under the laws of the State of Ohio, in the United States of America, are in possession, or occupation, of the several pieces or parcels of land, hereditaments and premises, with the buildings thereon erected, and the appurtenances thereunto belonging, described in the schedule hereto: AND WHEREAS the said Foreign Missionary Society of the United Brethren in Christ claim to be entitled to the said pieces or parcels of land, hereditaments and premises in fee simple: AND WHEREAS the said Foreign Missionary Society of the United Brethren in Christ is authorised to acquire, hold, sell and convey real property in the United States of America, and to execute any proper deeds for the purpose of conveying the same to any purchaser, but doubts have arisen as to the capacity of the said Foreign Missionary Society of the United Brethren in Christ to acquire or hold real property in the Colony of Sierra 3274 Cap. 282] United Brethren in Christ Leone, or to sell or convey the same, or to execute deeds for the purpose of conveying the same to any purchaser: AND WHEREAS, in order to settle such doubts, the Foreign Missionary Society of the United Brethren in Christ have presented a petition to the Governor, praying that the lands described in the said schedule may be vested, by an Ordinance of this Colony, in the Foreign Missionary Society of the United Brethren in Christ, with full power to the said Foreign Missionary Society of the United Brethren in Christ to alienate and dispose of the same for the purposes of the Mission work of the Church known as the United Brethren in Christ: AND WHEREAS it is expedient to grant the prayer of the said Foreign Missionary Society of the United Brethren in Christ.

This Ordinance may be cited as the United Brethren in Vesting of lands. Constitution of the Missionary Society. Christ Ordinance.

All those pieces or parcels of land, hereditaments andpremises described in the said schedule, together with all churches, chapels, schools, mission houses and other buildings and fixtures erected thereon, and all deeds, books, papers, documents, furnitures and articles belonging and appertaining thereto, and all easements, rights, advantages and appurtenances whatsoever to the said lands, hereditaments and premises appertaining, or with the same or any part thereof, now or heretofore held, used or enjoyed, or reputed as part thereof, or appurtenant thereto, are hereby vested in the said Foreign Missionary Society of the United Brethren in Christ for an estate of inheritance in fee simple for the purposes of the missionary work of the church known as the United Brethren in Christ, with full power to the said Foreign Missionary Society of the United Brethren in Christ to alienate and dispose of the same, or of any part thereof, for the purposes aforesaid.

Society of the United Brethren in Christ shall be constituted in the manner provided in the Articles of Association of the said Society filed in the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Ohio, in the United States of America, on the thirteenth day of February, 1906, and recorded in volume 109, at page 562, of the Records of Incorporations, kept at the same office. 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 I United Brethren in Christ [Cap. 282 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, save as is expressly enacted by this Ordinance.

GLOUCESTER STREET. 1. All those two town lots of land situate, lying, and being on the western side of Gloucester Street, Freetown, and numbered respectively 405 and 406 in the Public Register of town lots of land for Freetown aforesaid, together bounded on the north by premises formerly in the occupation of the Colonial Government, and known as the Nursing Home, and now in the occupation of Peter John Claudius Thomas, seventy-nine feet six inches; on the south by premises occupied as the General Post Office, seventy-seven feet; on the east by Gloucester Street aforesaid, ninety-six feet; and on the west by land formerly in the occupation of William Broughton Davies, now deceased, and now in the occupation of the Colonial Government, ninety-four feet six inches. ALBERT AcADEMY. 2. All that piece or parcel of country land situate, lying, and being in the first block line of the first Nova Scotian Allotments in Freetown aforesaid, containing by admeasurement five statute acres, the same being a portion of that lot numbered eighteen in the register and plan of the said allotments, and bounded on the north-east by Berry Street, nine chains ten feet; on the north-west by a footpath, now called O'Neil Street, five chains thirty feet; on the south-west by lands lately in the occupation of Jabez Benjamin Luke, now deceased, nine chains ten feet; and on the south-east by the land now in the occupation of Marian Coker and A. Marke, five chains thirty feet. GODERICH STREET. 3. All that lot, piece, or parcel of land situate, lying, and being in Goderich Street in Freetown aforesaid, and numbered five in the register and plan of town lots of land for Freetown, and bounded on the north by an unnamed lane, fifty-one feet; on the south by Goderich Street aforesaid, fifty-one feet; on the east by the old Church of God premises now in the possession of the said United Brethren in Christ, seventy-five feet; and on the west by land belonging to the estate of William Watson, sixty-six feet. BoNTHE. 4. All that piece or parcel of land situate, lying, and being in Bonthe, Sherbro, and bounded on the north by Crown land, five thousand two hundred and eighty feet; on the south by Crown land, five thousand two hundred and eighty feet; on the east by Heddle Road and the Sherbro River, three Saving of rights of the Crown and others. Sec. 2. 3276 Cap. 282] United Brethren in Christ thousand and three hundred feet; and on the west by Crown land, three thousand and three hundred feet with the exception of: First, Lot No. 1, granted by Crown Grant to Lionel Hart on the sixteenth day of August, 1873; second, Lot No. 84, granted to J. N. Campbell in 1872; third, land numbered 85 in the official plan of Bonthe, granted to C. Heddle on the eighteenth day of January, 1873, and now in the possession of the Sierra Leone Church Committee; fourth, portions of the said land purported to be conveyed by the Reverend John Ressler King, acting on behalf of the United Brethren in Christ Mission, to Ryff Roth and Company and Louisa Rose Anthony respectively; and fifth, the Public Cemetery. TITLE XXXVII. SPORTS. CHAPTER. 283. SIERRA LEONE AMATEUR SPORTS CouNCIL S. L.-VoL. V-39 PAGE.