An Act to amend the Act of Lower Canada wherein mentioned, extending certain privileges to persons of the Jewish persuasion, page 2

The second page of the official Act of Lower Canada in which the Congregation of German and Polish Jews was incorporated. 1846.

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II. And be it enacted, That the said President, Trustees, Treasurer and Secretary of each of the said Congregations, respectively, elected and appointed in the manner provided by this Act, shall be a body corporate and politic under the name and description of the Corporation of the Portuguese Jews of Montreal, or of the Corporation of the German and Polish Jews of Montreal, as the case may be, and by that name may sue and be sued, and may contract and be contracted with, and may hold estate and property, movable and immovable not exceeding four hundred pounds per annum of yearly value, free and clear of all charges, and shall have perpetual succession and a common seal, with power to change the game at pleasure, and may appoint and induct the Rabbi or officiating Minister of the Synagogue or Congregation, and him at pleasure may remove, and appoint and induct another in his place at all times hereafter; and such Rabbi or officiating Minister being so appointed and complying with the other provisions of the Act first above cited, shall not need to obtain a license from the Governor or person administering the Government, and shall nevertheless have all the powers conferred by the said Act on Ministers so licensed.  

III. And be it enacted, That the election and appointment of the said President, Trustees, Treasurer and Secretary shall be and ensure for the full end and term of one year and no more, at the expiration of which period they shall be replaced by others to be elected and named in the manner aforesaid, or may be re-elected; and if any one or more to the said President, Trustees, Treasurer or Secretary shall die naturally or civilly, or cease to be resident in the District of Montreal within the said period of one year for which he shall have been so elected, then and in such case another person shall be elected in the manner aforesaid, in the room and place of the person who shall have so died or ceased to be a resident as aforesaid, and shall continue in office until the expiration of the term during which his predecessor had been appointed to serve. 

IV. And be it enacted, That all legacies, gifts or bequests heretofore made by any person or persons, body or bodies politic or corporate, to or for the use, benefit or behalf of either of the said Jewish Synagogues or Congregations, shall be vested in the particular Synagogue or Congregation established as a Corporation by this Act, in in favor of which any such legacy, gift, or bequest may have been made, and shall be considered as part and parcel of the estate, moveable and immovable, as the case may be, which the said Corporation are hereby empowered to hold and possess; provided the whole immoveable property held by the said Corporation do not exceed the yearly value afore said.  

V. And be it enacted, that so much of the said. Act first above cited above, or any other Act or Law, as may be inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, shall be, and is hereby repealed.