Union Assurance Company Act 1836 7 Wm IV (NSW)

Unton AssURANCE Company.

Preamble.

Actions at law &e. to be in the name of the Chairman.

7 GUL. IV. 1836.

Union Assurance Company.

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An Act to enable the Proprietors of a certain Company carried on in the Town of Sydney in the Colony of New South Wales under the name style and firm of "' The Union Assur- ance Company of Sydney" to sue and be sued in the name of the Chairman of the said Com- pany for the time being and for other pur- poses therein mentioned. [11th August, 1836.]

\ HEREAS several persons have formed themselves into a com-

pany or society established in Sydney under the name style or firm of "The Union Assurance Company of Sydney" for the purposes of effecting maritime insurances and insurance against five and all other risks upon vessels and goods in harbour and discounting of bills and promissory notes And whereas difficulties may arise "in recovering debts duc to the said company and in maintaining actions or proceed- ings for damages done to their property and also in prosecuting persons who may steal or embezzle the bills notes bonds mortgages moncys goods chattels or effects of the said company And whereas it would be convenient and just that persons having demands against the said company should be entitled to sue some member thereof in place and stead of the whole but as these purposes cannot be effected without the aid and authority of the Legislature Be it therefore enacted by His Excellency the Governor of New South Wales with the advice of the Legislative Council That from and after the passing of this Act all actions and suits and all proceedings at law or in equity to be commenced instituted and prosecuted or carried on by or on behalf of the said com- pany or wherein the said company is or shall be in any way concerned against any person or persons body or bodies politic or corporate or whether a member or members of the said company or otherwise shall and may be lawfully commenced instituted and prosecuted or carried on in the name of the person who shall be Chairman of the said company at the time any such action suit or proceeding shall be commenced or instituted as the nominal plaintiff complainant or petitioncr for or on behalf of the said company and that all actions suits or procecdings aforesaid to be commenced instituted or prosecuted against the said company shall be commenced instituted and prosecuted against the Chairman for the time being of the said company as the nominal defendant for and on behalf of the said company and that in all criminal prosecutions to be instituted or carried on by or on behalf of the said company for fraud upon or against the said company or for embezzlement robbery or stealing the bills notes bonds moneys goods chattels effects or property of the said company or for any felony