Act No. 21 of 1911
ROMAN CATHOLIC VICAR FORANE INCORPORATION |
An Act
for the incorporation of the Roman Catholic Vicar Forane in The Bahamas. | 21 of 1911
9 of 1912
26 of 1925 |
[Commencement 13th
July, 1911] |
1. This Act
may be cited as the Roman Catholic Vicar Forane Incorporation Act. | Short title. |
2. In this
Act the term "successors in office" means the person from time to
time having, by virtue of the Canon Law of the Roman Catholic Church or by
appointment by the Roman Catholic Archbishop of New York in the United States
of America or by appointment by the proper authority in Rome, supreme
ecclesiastical jurisdiction in The Bahamas in the Roman Catholic Church. | Interpretation. |
3. The Very
Reverend Chrysostom Schreiner, O.S.B., the Roman Catholic Vicar Forane in The
Bahamas, and his successors in office, shall be a body corporate and have the
name of "The Roman Catholic Vicar Forane in the Bahamas," and by that
name shall have perpetual succession and shall have full power to purchase, take,
hold, enjoy, sell, grant, convey, mortgage, lease, invest, and otherwise deal
with and dispose of, all property real and personal of what nature or kind
soever hereby vested and hereafter acquired and may sue and be sued in all the
Courts in The Bahamas. | Roman Catholic Vicar Forane
to be a body corporate. |
4. All
property in The Bahamas real or personal, of what nature or kind soever, now
held by or vested in the Most Reverend John M. Farley Roman Catholic Archbishop
of New York or the Very Reverend Chrysostom Schreiner, O.S.B., Roman Catholic
Vicar Forane in The Bahamas or previously held by or vested in any other Roman
Catholic Archbishop of New York or Roman Catholic Vicar Forane in The Bahamas, and
not heretofore transferred or otherwise disposed of, whether the transfers or
conveyances thereof vest the same in such Roman Catholic Archbishop or in such
Roman Catholic Vicar Forane in his own proper name or as such Roman Catholic
Archbishop or as such Roman Catholic Vicar Forane, shall be held by, and the
same is hereby vested in, the said corporate body: | Vesting of Property held by
present or any previous Archbishop of New York or Vicar Forane. |
Provided that such
holding and vesting shall be subject to the rights of the King
His heirs and successors and all bodies politic and corporate and of all other
persons except such as are mentioned in this Act and those claiming by from and
under them. |
5. All
property real or personal, of what nature or kind soever, heretofore and
hereafter devised or bequeathed by will, or otherwise given to the Roman
Catholic Church in The Bahamas, shall be held by, and is and shall be hereby
vested in, and shall be deemed to be the the property of, the said corporate
body. | Vesting of property
bequeathed by Will to Roman Catholic Church. |
6. All
property vested, in or hereafter acquired by, the said corporate body shall be
held by the said corporate body for the use and benefit of the Roman Catholic
Church.[i]* | Property to be held for use
of Roman Catholic Church. |