The Athol Murray College of Notre Dame Act

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1 ATHOL MURRAY COLLEGE OF NOTRE DAME c The Athol Murray College of Notre Dame Act being a Private Act Chapter 04 of the Statutes of Saskatchewan, 1983 (effective June 2, 1983). 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.

2 2 c. 04 ATHOL MURRAY COLLEGE OF NOTRE DAME Table of Contents 1 Short Title 2 Interpretation 3 Continuation of Corporation 4 Purpose and Philosophy 5 Powers 6 Board of Regents 7 Powers of Board 8 Committees 9 Chairman, vice-chairman 10 Repeal

3 ATHOL MURRAY COLLEGE OF NOTRE DAME c CHAPTER 04 An Act to continue the incorporation of Athol Murray College of Notre Dame (Assented to June 2, 1983) Preamble WHEREAS Notre Dame College was incorporated by An Act to incorporate Notre Dame College, being chapter 128 of the Statutes of Saskatchewan, 1949; and Whereas by chapter 106 of the Statutes of Saskatchewan, , the name of the corporation was changed to Athol Murray College of Notre Dame; and Whereas Athol Murray College of Notre Dame has by petition prayed for an Act of the Legislative Assembly to continue Athol Murray College of Notre Dame as a body corporate with perpetual succession, to establish a Board of Regents to conduct the corporation s business and affairs and to consolidate former Acts; and Whereas it is expedient to grant the prayer of the said petition: Therefore Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, enacts as follows: Short title 1 This Act may be cited as The Athol Murray College of Notre Dame Act. Interpretation 2 In this Act: (a) board means the Board of Regents of Athol Murray College of Notre Dame constituted pursuant to section 6; (b) college means the Athol Murray College of Notre Dame continued pursuant to section , c.04, s.2. Continuation of corporation 3 Athol Murray College of Notre Dame is continued as a body corporate with perpetual succession and a common seal and with all of the rights, powers, privileges, immunities and properties possessed, and subject to the limitations, liabilities, claims and obligations existing on the day before this Act comes into force. 1983, c.04, s.3. Purpose and philosophy 4 The college, founded by Father Athol Murray under the patronage of Notre Dame, Our Lady, is a residential and coeducational college dedicated to the primacy of the spiritual in true Christian education, with the aims of: (a) developing individuals with deeply rooted personal values, ready to take responsibility for their own lives and able to serve the true needs of our society in Canada and the world;

4 4 c. 04 ATHOL MURRAY COLLEGE OF NOTRE DAME (b) maintaining a program of studies and of religious, cultural and social activities, with a special emphasis on athletics, and facilitating the experience of community life in the college through cooperation and competition in the context of the prairie village of Wilcox; and (c) recognizing its roots in the traditions of the Roman Catholic Church but maintaining an ecumenical outlook, encouraging all of its faculty and students to seek God, put their faith in Him and live in accordance with their belief. 1983, c.04, s.4. Powers 5(1) In addition to the powers, rights and privileges conferred upon or vested in corporations by the laws of Saskatchewan, the college has the full power and authority: (a) to maintain and conduct, on a non-profit basis, an independent matriculating residential and day high school and a college, school or schools where students may obtain a liberal education in the arts and sciences, to promote the study, practice and knowledge of the arts and sciences, and for that purpose to 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 any professors, associate professors, lecturers, instructors and other officers and servants that the board considers necessary for carrying into effect the objects and purposes of the corporation, and to cancel or rescind such appointments at pleasure; (b) subject to subsection (2), to acquire by gift, devise, purchase, exchange, lease or otherwise, real and personal property of any nature and kind and to possess, hold and enjoy that property as owner; (c) 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 any extent that the board considers advisable or desirable, and to make and execute all necessary or proper conveyances, transfers, or other instruments for carrying the same into effect; (d) to invest all or any sums of money belonging to the college in any property or security whatsoever for the use and purposes of the college; (e) subject to subsection (3), to acquire, take possession of and hold as the board considers appropriate any property, real, personal or mixed, that may at any time be mortgaged, hypothecated or pledged to the college by way of security or conveyed to it in satisfaction of obligations or debts due or owing to it from any person or firm; (f) to borrow from any person or firm any sum of money that the board considers necessary for the purposes of the college, and to secure any loans to the lender by bills of exchange, promissory notes, mortgages or any other instrument that may be required by the lender;

5 ATHOL MURRAY COLLEGE OF NOTRE DAME c (g) to acquire, by purchase or otherwise, build, erect, manage and conduct any halls, houses and other buildings that the board considers necessary or convenient for carrying on the educational work of the college, including the organization, conduct and management of boarding schools, housing and halls of residence for students; (h) 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; (i) to make and enter into treaties, contracts and arrangements for affiliation or federation of the college and its educational work with any university or other schools and colleges. (2) The college shall not acquire or hold as purchaser any land, other than land required for the actual use and occupation of the college or for its purposes, that would result in the total annual value of the college s land holdings exceeding $100,000, and, where lands acquired by gift, devise or bequest are not required for the actual use and occupation of the college or for its purposes and result in the total annual value of the college s land holdings exceeding $100,000, the college shall dispose of that land within seven years. (3) The college shall sell any land acquired in satisfaction of any debt due to it within seven years after the land is acquired, unless that term is extended by order of the Lieutenant Governor in Council. (4) Where the college holds any land in contravention of subsection (2) or (3), that land reverts to Her Majesty in right of Saskatchewan. 1983, c.04, s.5. Board of Regents 6(1) The college and its property, revenue, business and affairs is under the government, management, conduct and control of a Board of Regents elected or appointed in accordance with subsection (3). (2) The members of the board on the day this Act comes into force constitute the first board and hold office until their successors are elected or appointed. (3) Subject to subsection (4), the board shall consist of: (a) the Chancellor of the college; (b) the President of the college; (c) the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Regina or his appointee; (d) the local Superior of the Basilian Fathers if established in Wilcox; (e) the President of the Alumni Association of the college; (f) twelve other members elected by the board; and at least five members of the board shall be alumni of the college. (4) The number of members of the board may from time to time be increased or decreased by bylaw of the board passed at any special meeting for that purpose, and the board may prescribe and govern the manner in which the change in number is to be effected in the bylaw.

6 6 c. 04 ATHOL MURRAY COLLEGE OF NOTRE DAME (5) Subject to subsection (6), the members of the board elected by the board hold office for a term of three years, and thereafter until their successors are elected. (6) Of the first members of the board elected by the board, four shall be elected for one year, four for two years and four for three years. (7) Any retiring members of the board are eligible for re-election, but any elected member of the board who has served for two terms shall not be re-elected until after the expiration of one year from the date of expiration of his second term. 1983, c.04, s.6. Powers of Board 7 The board has the control, management and government of the college and the power to make bylaws, rules and regulations not contrary to law or the provisions of this Act for the working and management of the college and may regulate all matters pertaining to meetings of the board, including the number of members that constitutes a quorum. 1983, c.04, s.7. Committees 8 The board has the power to appoint any committee consisting of any persons that the board may appoint, whether those persons are members of the board or not, and to require such a committee to perform any duties that may from time to time be assigned to it. 1983, c.04, s.8. Chairman, vice-chairman 9(1) The board shall appoint every two years, at its annual meeting, one of its number to be chairman of the board, and the chairman chairman shall hold office for two years and until his successor is appointed. (2) The board may, from time to time, appoint one of its number to be vice-chairman of the board, and vice-chairman shall, in the absence of the chairman or in the case of a vacancy in the office of chairman, act in his place. 1983, c.04, s.9. Repeal 10 Chapter 128 of the Statutes of Saskatchewan, 1949 is repealed. 1983, c.04, s.10. REGINA, S ASKATCHEWAN Printed by the authority of THE QUEEN S PRINTER Copyright 1999