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COLLEGE MATHIEU c. 75

College Mathieu,
Gravelbourg, Sask.,
Incorporating

being a Private Act

Chapter 75 of the Statutes of Saskatchewan, 1917

(effective December 15, 1917) as amended by the Statutes of
Saskatchewan, 1936, c.122; 1961, c.91*; and 1976, c.70.

*Formerly Le College Catholique de Gravelbourg.

NOTE:
This consolidation is not official. Amendments have been
incorporated for convenience of reference and the original statutes
and regulations should be consulted for all purposes of interpretation
and application of the law. In order to preserve the integrity of the
original statutes and regulations, errors that may have appeared are
reproduced in this consolidation.
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Table of Contents

1 Incorporation
2 Powers of college
3 Others may become members
4 Members may resign
5 Power to make amend or repeal rules, orders, etc.
6 Exemption from taxation
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1917
(Second Session)
CHAPTER 75
(An Act to incorporate College Mathieu, Gravelbourg, Sask.)

(Assented to December 15, 1917)

Preamble
WHEREAS Rt. Rev. Olivier Elzear Mathieu, Archbishop of Regina, of the city of
Regina, in the Province of Saskatchewan, Rev. Charles Maillard, parish priest, of
Gravelbourg, in the Province of Saskatchewan, and Rev. Pierre Gravel, of
Gravelbourg aforesaid, have presented a petition praying for the incorporation of a
college to be conducted under the authority of the Roman Catholic Church; and
Whereas it is expedient to grant the said prayer;
Therefore His Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative
Assembly, of Saskatchewan, enacts as follows:
Incorporation
1 The Rt. Rev. Olivier Elzear Mathieu, Rev. Charles Maillard and Rev. Pierre
Gravel, and such others a shall hereafter from time to time be associated with or
substituted for them shall be and are hereby constituted a body corporate and
politic under the name of “College Mathieu, Gravelbourg, Sask.,” and shall under
said name have power to establish, maintain and conduct at Gravelbourg a college
and school or schools where students may obtain a liberal education in the arts and
sciences, and to promote the study, practice and knowledge of such arts and
sciences, and for such purposes formulate courses of study and rules of discipline
for the students and provide for the delivery of lectures and the holding of
exhibitions, classes and conferences calculated directly or indirectly to advance the
cause of education whether general, professional or technical; to award certificates
and diplomas for merit and efficiency and to appoint such professors, associate
professors, lecturers, instructors, and other officers and servants as may be
necessary for carrying into effect the objects and purposes of the corporation, and to
cancel or rescind such appointments at pleasure.
1917 (2nd Sess.), c.75, s.1.

Powers of college
2 In addition to the powers, rights and privileges conferred upon or vested in
corporations by the laws of Saskatchewan the said corporation shall have full
power and authority:
May hold land, etc.
(a) to acquire by gift, devise, purchase, exchange, lease or otherwise, real
and personal property of any and every nature and kind whatsoever and to
possess, hold and enjoy the same as owner:
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Provided however, that the said corporation shall not acquire or hold as
purchasers any land (except for the actual use and occupation of the
corporation, or for the purposes of the corporation) exceeding in the whole at
any one time the annual value of five thousand dollars, and that lands,
tenements, or hereditaments acquired by gift, devise or bequest and not
required for the actual use and occupation of the corporation, or for the
purposes of the corporation, the annual value of which together with the other
land of the corporation exceeds five thousand dollars, shall not be held by the
corporation for a longer period than seven years and within such periods the
same shall be absolutely disposed of by the corporation, and in case of failure
to dispose of the same within such seven years such land shall revert to the
Crown in the right of the province;
May dispose of land, etc.
(b) to sell, mortgage, lease exchange or otherwise deal with or dispose of its
real and personal property or any portion of either and with the proceeds
thereof to acquire other real and personal property to such extent as may be
deemed advisable or desirable, and to make and execute all necessary or
proper conveyances, transfers, or other instruments for carrying the same
into effect;
May invest in property or security
(c) to invest all or any sums of money belonging to the corporation in any
property or security whatsoever for the use and purposes of the corporation;
May acquire pledged property
(d) to acquire, take possession of and hold as the corporation may deem
proper all such property (real, personal or mixed) as may at any time be
mortgaged, hypothecated or pledged to the corporation by way of security or
conveyed to it in satisfaction of obligations or debts due or owing to it from any
person, firm or corporation:
Provided that the corporation shall sell any real estate acquired in satisfaction
of any debt due to itself within seven years after such acquisition unless such
term is extended by Order of the Lieutenant Governor in Council, otherwise
such real estate shall revert to the Crown in the right of the province;
May borrow money
(e) to borrow from any person, firm or corporation such sum or sums of
money as may be found or deemed to be necessary for the purposes of the
corporation and to secure any loans to the lender or lenders by bills of
exchange, promissory notes, mortgages or any other instrument or instruments
that may be required or deemed necessary or desirable by the lender or
lenders;
May erect buildings
(f) to acquire, by purchase or otherwise, build and erect and to manage and
conduct all such halls, houses and other buildings as may be found or deemed
necessary or convenient for carrying on the educational work of the corporation,
including the organisation, conduct and management of boarding schools,
houses and halls of residence for students;
May collect fees
(g) to fix, charge and collect fees for any services rendered by the corporation
(including fees for the instruction and for the board and lodging of students);
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May affiliate
(h) to make and enter into treaties, contracts and arrangements for
affiliating with the said corporation and its educational work any other
schools and colleges.
1917 (2nd Sess.), c.75, s.2.

Others may become members

3 The persons named in the first section hereof and their successors, members of
the corporation for the time being, may with the consent of any other person or
persons of the Roman Catholic faith, resident in the Province of Saskatchewan,
declare such person or persons to be a member or members of said corporation; and
thereafter such person or persons shall for all purposes be a member or members of
said corporation.
1917 (2nd Sess.), c.75, s.3; 1936, c.122, s.2;
1976, c.70, s.2.

Members may resign

4 Any of the persons named in section 1 hereof and any other person who has
become a member of the said corporation under section 3 hereof may by writing
under his hand, resign his membership in said corporation, and from and after
receipt of such resignation by the corporation, such person shall cease to be member
of said corporation.
1917 (2nd Sess.), c.75, s.4.

Power to make amend or repeal rules, orders, etc.

5 The membership of the corporation shall have full power and authority to make
and establish from time to time such rules, orders, bylaws and regulations as it
deems necessary for the management of the affairs and property of College
Mathieu, Gravelbourg, Sask. and to achieve the objects of the corporation, and the
membership shall have the power and authority to amend or repeal such rules,
orders, bylaws and regulations where it deems it necessary to do so.
1976, c.70, s.3(new).

Exemption from taxation

6 All property (real and personal) of the said corporation now or hereafter
acquired shall while used for college purposes be exempt from all taxes, rates,
levies and assessment of every nature and kind save and except special frontage
assessment taxes under part XII of The Town Act.
1917 (2nd Sess.), c.75, s.6.
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