Young Men’s Christian Association of Sydney Incorporation Act 1906 (NSW)

Young Men's Christian Association of Sydney Incorporation Act 1906 (Private Act)

An Act to constitute the members of the New South Wales Young Men's Christian Association a body corporate; to confer and impose upon that body certain powers, duties, rights, and liabilities; to transfer to and vest in it the property of the said association; to discharge the trustees of the said association from certain liabilities; and generally to carry out the said objects and the objects for which the said association was established.

Preamble WHEREAS an association known as the New South Wales Young Men's Christian Association has been established in New South Wales for some years: And whereas, in order to more effectually carry out the objects of the said association, it is deemed expedient to constitute the members of the said association a corporate body, to make provision for the constitution of such body, and to confer upon it certain powers, and provide for the management of such association: And whereas certain land and premises described in the First Schedule hereto are now vested in John Hay Goodlet, of Sydney, in the State of New South Wales, Esquire, upon certain trusts for the benefit of the said association, as set out in a certain deed poll executed by the said John Hay Goodlet and by the Honorable John Fraser (now deceased) and the Honorable Ebenezer Vickery (now deceased), and bearing date the third day of January, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three: And whereas it is desired to sell the said lands or portion thereof, and there is no power of sale of the said lands vested in the present trustee thereof: And whereas it is desired to vest the said lands in the said association and to give the board of directors thereof power to sell and dispose of the said lands and other property in manner herein set out: Be it therefore enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly of New South Wales in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: