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as enacted by SM 1990-91, c. 1 on November 14, 1990.
 

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R.S.M. 1990, c. 223

The Winnipeg Humane Society Foundation Incorporation Act

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WHEREAS The Winnipeg Humane Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (hereinafter called "the Society") was incorporated under The Companies Act by Letters Patent dated February 19, 1968;

AND WHEREAS the persons hereinafter named, by their petition, prayed that The Winnipeg Humane Society Foundation should be incorporated:

Graeme T. Haig, Q.C., President of the Society, Elaine James, Secretary of the Society and President of the Women's Auxiliary of the Society, and Gordon Hunt, Treasurer of the Society;

AND WHEREAS their prayer was granted and resulted in the enactment of An Act to Incorporate The Winnipeg Humane Society Foundation assented to June 30, 1982;

AND WHEREAS the Minister of Justice has caused the Act to be prepared in English and French for re-enactment in accordance with a judgment dated June 13, 1985 and an order dated November 4, 1985 of the Supreme Court of Canada;

THEREFORE HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba, enacts as follows:

Continuation

1

The Winnipeg Humane Society Foundation (hereinafter called "the Foundation") is continued as a corporation consisting of those persons who are members of the Board on the coming into force of this Act and such other persons as may from time to time be elected as members of the Board under section 4.

Objects of Foundation

2(1)

The objects of the Foundation are

(a) to receive donations in trust for the Society;

(b) to invest and manage any donations received under clause (a); and

(c) to use the net annual income from investments under clause (b), and any of the capital thereof as and when the Foundation deems advisable and if it is not inconsistent with the terms under which the capital was donated, in perpetuity, for the purposes of the Society as an organization devoted to the prevention of cruelty to domestic and wild animals and the encouragement of kindness toward and humane treatment of domestic and wild animals.

Purposes of Society

2(2)

Without restricting the generality of subsection (1), the purposes of the Society include

(a) providing for the health, welfare, care and conservation of domestic and wild animals through the provision of shelter and sanctuary for the animals and such other means as the Society deems advisable;

(b) furthering scientific research for the benefit of domestic and wild animals; and

(c) furthering the education of the public in matters involving domestic and wild animals.

Accumulations

3

Any income not immediately required for the purposes of the Society may be accumulated by the Foundation and kept invested for such period of time as the Foundation deems advisable, if the accumulation is not inconsistent with any directions of the donor of the property from which the income is derived.

Board

4(1)

The affairs of the Foundation shall be managed and administered by a Board (herein called "the Board"), consisting of

(a) the President of the Society, the Treasurer of the Society, the Secretary of the Society and the President of the Women's Auxiliary of the Society, who shall be ex officio members of the Board; and

(b) 3 persons to be elected for the purpose from time to time by the members of the Society at annual or special meetings thereof.

Powers of Board

4(2)

The Board has and may exercise all the powers of the Foundation.

Terms of ex officio members

5(1)

The ex officio members of the Board shall hold office for the duration of their respective terms as officers of the Society.

Terms of elected members

5(2)

Subject to subsections (3) and (4), each elected member of the Board shall hold office for a term of 3 years and thereafter until a successor is elected, and is eligible for re-election.

Unexpired terms

5(3)

Where an elected member of the Board ceases to be a member prior to the expiration of his term of office, the remaining members of the Board shall appoint a person to hold office for the unexpired portion of the term and thereafter until a successor is duly elected under section 4.

Removal of elected member

5(4)

The Society may, at any regularly held meeting thereof, by a simple majority vote of those of its members present and voting at the meeting, remove from office any one or more of the elected members of the Board.

Chairman

6

The members of the Board shall, by a simple majority vote, elect one of their number as chairman.

Voting

7

Each member of the Board, including the chairman, has one vote, but the chairman has one additional vote in cases of tie votes.

Powers of Foundation

8

The Foundation has all the powers necessary to do such things as are incidental or conducive to the attainment of its objects, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the power to

(a) receive donations of, and hold, control, lease and administer, property of every kind and description whether real or personal and wheresoever situated;

(b) invest all or any part of any property donated to the Foundation, in investments which are by law authorized to be made by a trustee;

(c) convert all or any part of the property of any donation received into such form as the Foundation deems advisable if it is not in contravention of an express term under which the donation was made and may, for that purpose, sell, dispose of, assign, transfer or exchange the property or the part thereof as the Foundation deems advisable;

(d) acquire by purchase, lease or otherwise, and hold, any property, real or personal, and alienate any property so held.

Appointment of trust companies

9(1)

The Foundation may from time to time appoint one or more trust companies to have custody of and to administer any or all of the property received and held by the Foundation as donations, and may enter into an agreement for the purpose with any trust company so appointed.

Revocation of appointments

9(2)

The Foundation may at any time, by a resolution passed by a simple majority of the members of the Board, revoke any appointment made under subsection (1).

Terms of donations

10(1)

Subject to subsections (2) and (3), the Foundation, in administering any property donated to it, whether the Foundation is administering the property itself or through an appointed trust company, shall give effect or ensure that effect is given to any terms of the donation imposed by the donor.

Costs of administration

10(2)

Every donation accepted by the Foundation shall be accepted subject to the condition that the costs of administering the property donated and the operating expenses of the Foundation, including the salaries of the Foundation's employees and the fees and expenses of any trust company appointed under section 9 to administer the property, shall be paid out of the income derived from the property or, if there is no income, out of the capital thereof, in such amounts from time to time as the Foundation may determine.

Discretion to vary trust terms

10(3)

Where

(a) a donor imposes no terms upon a donation made to the Foundation; or

(b) due to the effluxion of time or otherwise, it is impossible to carry out the terms imposed by the donor upon a donation made to the Foundation; and the donor is deceased or incapacitated, the Foundation may in its absolute discretion administer the property of the donation in such manner as it deems advisable but not inconsistent with the objects of the Foundation under this Act.

Staff

11

The Foundation may engage or appoint such employees or experts or other persons as it deems necessary for the purposes of carrying out its objects under this Act, and may pay their salaries or other remuneration.

Forms of donations

12

Any form of words is sufficient to constitute a donation to the Foundation for the purposes of this Act, so long as the form expresses the intention of the donor to make the donation in favour of the Foundation or for the purposes of the Society.

Donation for multiple purposes

13

Where a donation is made to the Foundation for the purposes of this Act, but to lake effect on a future date or on the happening of a future event, the Foundation may accept the donation and may, during the period from the time of the making of the donation until the time the donation takes effect, administer the property thereof and may exercise in respect thereof the powers conferred upon it under this Act, and any power of appointment, settlement or distribution and any power to nominate executors and administrators conferred upon it by the instrument effecting the donation, notwithstanding that the expressed purposes of the donation during that period are unrelated to the purposes of the Foundation under this Act.

Audit of Foundation records

14(1)

The Foundation shall cause an audit to be made at least once in every fiscal year thereof of its receipts and disbursements during the preceding fiscal year of property donated to it, and shall present to the Society, at its first annual meeting following the audit, a certified statement of the audit showing in detail, in respect of the preceding fiscal year,

(a) all investments made of donations received by the Foundation;

(b) the amount of income received from the investments;

(c) the purpose or purposes for which the income has been used;

(d) a list of the fees and expenses paid or payable to each trust company appointed under section 9;

(e) a list of the operating expenses of the Foundation; and

(f) a list of the donations made to the Foundation to become effective in the future, showing the name of each donor.

Inspection of records

14(2)

The Foundation and any trust company appointed under section 9 shall allow the auditors making an audit under subsection (1) free access at reasonable times to their respective books and records for purposes of the audit.

Procedural rules and by-laws

15

The Foundation may make rules and by-laws regulating its affairs and its procedures under this Act, including, without restricting the generality of the foregoing, rules and by-laws

(a) fixing the fiscal year of the Foundation

(b) fixing the quorum required for meetings of the Board;

(c) fixing the remuneration of any trust company appointed under section 9;

(d) fixing the time or times of any audit required under section 14;

(e) respecting the distribution of the income from donations; and

(f) respecting such other matters as the Foundation may deem advisable for the efficient carrying out of its objects under this Act; and the Foundation may amend, repeal and replace any rule or by-law made.

Distribution upon abolition of Society

16

In the event that the Society should cease to exist, the Foundation may dispose of any funds in its possession or under its control to any successor to the Society but, if there is no successor, the Foundation may, in its absolute discretion,

(a) dispose of the funds to such organization, association, society, body or group, whether incorporated or not, as in the opinion of the Foundation has purposes and objects similar to those of the Society; or

(b) use the funds in such manner and for such purposes as in its opinion best carries out its purposes and objects under this Act.

Rules against perpetuities and accumulations

17

The rules against perpetuities and accumulations do not apply to donations received by the Foundation under this Act.

Note: This Act replaces S.M. 1982, c. 58.