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LAWS OF ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA Pilgrim Holiness Church Incorporation (CAP.

328 1 CHAPTER 328 THE PILGRIM HOLINESS CHURCH INCORPORATION ACT Arrangement of Sections Section - 1.

Short title.

2.

Pilgrim Holiness Church constituted a body corporate.

3 .

Schedule of lands.

4.

Change in General Secretary not to affect property or interest.

5 .

Power of General Secretary to appoint attorney.

6.

Paul Westphal Thomas deemed to be General Secretary.

7.

Authorised representative.

8.


Proceedings against the Pilgrim Holiness Church.

9.

Execution of deeds by representative.

10.

Deeds of appointment of each General Secretary of Foreign Missions to be recorded.

11.

Savings.

SCHEDULE.

PILGRIM HOLINESS CHURCH INCORPORATION WHEREAS the International Apostolic Holiness Union Preamble.
and Churches of the State of Michigan in the United States ?f America were on the 2nd day of May, 191 2, incorporated under the name of the International Apostolic Holiness Union and Churches: 2 CAP.
3 2 8 ) Pilgrim Holiness Church Incorporation LAWS OF ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA AND WHEREAS on the 1st day of February, 1922, by amendment of the Articles of Association of the said International Apostolic Holiness Union and Churches the name of the said corporation was changed to "International Holiness Church": AND WHEREAS on the 15th day of December, 1922, by further amendment of the Articles of Association the name of the said corporation was changed to "Pilgrim Holiness Church": AND WHEREAS it is desirable and expedient that the said Pilgrim Holiness Church shall have the right to acquire, hold, deal with and dispose of movable and immovable property in Antigua and Barbuda for the purposes of the said Pilgrim Holiness Church: AND WHEREAS it is necessary to regularize any existing breaches of the provisions of the Non-citizens Land Holding Regulation Act, in connexion with the land now held wholly or in part by aliens on behalf of the said Pilgrim Holiness Church or its predecessors: Cap.
293.

Short title.

1.

This Act may be cited as the Pilgrim Holiness Church Incorporation Act.

2.

The General Secretary of Foreign Missions for the Pilgrim Holiness Church time being of the General Board of the Pilgrim Holiness constituted a body corporate.
Church shall be and is hereby constituted a body politic and corporate under the name and title of "The Pilgrim Holiness Church" with perpetual succession and a Common Seal and with power and authority by that name to sue and be sued to acquire and hold real and personal property in trust for all purposes connected with the administration of the affairs of the Pilgrim Holiness Church in Antigua and Barbuda and with power to sell, mortgage, alienate or lease the said property: Provided that all lands acquired, held and dealt with by the said The Pilgrim Holiness Church shall be acquired, held and dealt with in accordance with the provisions of the said Non-Citizens Land Holding Regulation Act and if not so acquired held and dealt with shall be forfeited to Her Majesty as in the said Non-citizens Land Holding Regulation Act.
LAWS OF ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA Pilgrim Holiness Church Incorporation (CAP.

328 3 3.

The Schedule hereto comprises lands andlschedu"of lands.
hereditaments or interests set forth in the first column pur- chased or given and acquired for the use of the said The Pilgrim Holiness Church or its predecessors in title in the name of representatives shown in the second column thereof, and subject to the title being in order and to any claim, restraint, reservation or condition, howsoever arising, the said lands hereditaments and interests shall vest in and be held in the name of the said The Pilgrim Holiness Church as would now vest in the present holders if a licence under the Non-citizens Land Holding Regulation Act aforesaid were granted at the commencement of this Act, subject to all claims, obligations, reservations, conditions and restraints, howsoever arising, to which these rights and titles arzubject; notwithstanding that such lands are at present held contrary to the provisions of the last mentioned Act.
4.

No change of the person holding the office of Change in General Secretary of Foreign Missions shall affect any not to affect movable or immovable property or any estate or interest property interest.

therein vested in The Pilgrim Holiness Church but such pro- perty and estate and interest therein shall continue to vest in The Pilgrim Holiness Church in the same way and to the same extent as before.

General Secretary 5 .


The General Secretary of Foreign Missions shall !,";:;a'; have power as a corporate body to appoint an attorney or appoint attorney.

attorneys to represent the said Pilnrim Holiness Church in and ~ g r b u d a for the purioses of this Act for such ~ n t i ~ u a time and with such powers as may be stated in the power of attorney.

6.
6.

Paul Westphal Thomas of 1609 North Delaware ~ J m ~ ~ ~ , h ~ e d Street, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America shall ,, be cenerd be deemed to be the present General Secretary of Foreign Secretary.

Missions.

I 7.

Upon the recording in the office of the Deeds Authorized representative.
Registry in Antigua and Barbuda of a power of attorney duly executed in the United States of America by the said General Secretary of Foreign Missions for the time being &f the General Board of the said The Pilgrim Holiness Church the person or persons named in such power of attorney shall 4 CAP.
328) Pilgrim Holiness Church Incorporation LAWS OF ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA be deemed to be the duly authorized representative or representatives in Antigua and Barbuda of the said The Pilgrim Holiness Church and shall have the right to exercise in relation to the property and affairs of The Pilgrim Holiness Church all such powers only as are contained in the said power of attorney as fully and effectually as if such powers were exercised by the said General Secretary of Foreign Mis- sions as a corporate body.
8.

Proceedings In all legal proceedings in Antigua and Barbuda against the Pilgrim Holiness against The Pilgrim Holiness Church service of process upon the aforesaid authorized representative or representatives, Church.
or on the Pastor for the time being appointed by the Church as head of the Mission carried on in Antigua and Barbuda or in the event of there being no such representative or pastor, by affixing the process on a conspicuous part on any of the mission churches of The Pilgrim Holiness Church situate in Antigua and Barbuda, shall be good and sufficient service.

9.

All conveyances, mortgages, cancellation of Execution of deeds by representative.
mortgages, leases, transfers, and other documents necessary to give effect to the several matters, acts and things or any of them, mentioned and specified in section 2, requiring to be formally executed by or on behalf of The Pilgrim Holiness Church shall be deemed sufficiently executed if signed by the duly authorized representative or representatives, pro- vided the power of attorney under which he or they purport to act authorizes the execution of that document or the per- formance or doing of that matter, act or thing and such execution shall be valid and effectual at law.
10.

(1) Notwithstanding the provisions herein con- Deeds of Appointment of tained before any power allowed to The Pilgrim Holiness each General Secretary of Church by virtue of this Act is exercised by any General Foreign Missions to be recorded.
Secretary of Foreign Missions there shall be lodged in the Record Office a Deed of Appointment of that General Secretary of Foreign Missions of the General Board of The Pilgrim Holiness Church issued under the authority of the General Board and certified to and signed by the General Superintendent and General Secretary of the General Board of the said The Pilgrim Holiness Church and sealed with the Common Seal to be used in execution of powers of attorney under this Act.
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328 5 (2) Such Deed of Appointment shall in each case be acknowledged by the General Superintendent and General Secretary of the General Board before a British Consular Officer exercising his functions in the United States of America.

1 .

Nothing in this Act shall prejudice or affect the Savings.

rights of the Crown, or any body politic or corporate, or any other person or persons except as are mentioned in this Act.
SCHEDULE ANTIGUA Description of Lands.

By whom held.

Date of Deed, etc.

ST. JOHN'S PARISH: 1.

Church site, Popeshead and Bishopgate Streets in the City of St. John's.

2.

7 % acres The Villa Estate extending 1545 ft. from bridge on west side of Popeshead Road.

3.

Plot of land (100' x 80') at Buckleys estate formerly owned by W. M. Williams.

ST. PHILIP'S PARISH: 4.

Willikies Church Lot.


Pastor International Apostolic Holiness Church, Nathaniel Gray, Samuel Langford Lovell and Jane Anne Williams, Trustees.

Superintendent Pilgrim Holiness Church.

10th February, 1915 Liber W. Volume 4 Folios 243152.

5th October, 1928 Liber A.

Volume 10 Folios 41/44.

Superintendent Pilgrim Holiness Church, Nathaniel Gray, Minister and Sarah Mayers, Church worker.

2nd May, 1924 Liber X.

Volume 7 Folios 519122.


Pastor International Holiness Church, Nathaniel Gray, Sarah Mayers.

24th August, 1922 Liber W. Volume 6 Folios 77518 5.

Willikies adjoining Church \ Lot.

Superintendent Pilgrim Holiness Church.

14th October, 1929 Liber A.

Volume 10 Folios 59114.

6 CAP.

3 28) Pilgrim Holiness Church Incorporation LAWS OF ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA ANTIGUA (continued) Description of Lands.

I By whom held.

6.

Plot of land (150' x 45') Comfort Hall (Mission House).
Superintendent Pilgrim Holiness Church.

7.

Cemetery, Grants Estate.

Superintendent Pilgrim Holiness Church.

I Date of Deed, etc.

5th July, 1929 Liber A.

Volume 10 Folios 43114.

30th July, 1929 Register Book K. Folio 45.

ALL SAINTS: 8 .

Church Lot, Tyrells Estate.

Pastor International Holiness Church, Nathaniel Gray and Sarah Mayers, Trustees.

22nd March, 1922 L ~ b e r W. Volume 6 Folios 5 17/20.

9.

Cemetery, Tyrells Estate Superintendent Pilgrim Holiness Church.

5th January, 1929 Liber A.


Volume 10 Fol~os 1731176.

ST. PAUL'S PARISH: 10.

Cemetery, Liberta.

ST. GEORGE'S PARISH: 11.

Plot of land (50' x 50') Winthorpes Village.

12.

Plot of land (50' x 50') Winthorpes Village.

ST. MARY'S PARISH: Bolans: 13.

Plot of land (28' x 77') used for Cemetery.

14.

Plot of land (68' x 350') used for Church.

Pastor International Holiness Church, Nathaniel Gray, Sarah Mayers, Trustees.
27th June, 1921 L ~ b e r W Volume 6 Folios 25114 I Pastor International Apostolic Holiness Church, Bastian Adolphus Henry & Amelia Williams, Trustees.

23rd December, 1919 Liber V. Volume 5 Folios 537140 Pastor International Holiness Church, Bastian Adolphus Henry and Amelia Williams, Trustees.

18th November, 1920 Liber W .

Volume 6 Folios 79182.

Pastor International Apostolic Holiness Church, Nathaniel Gray & Sarah Mayers, Trustees.

19th May, 1921 Liber W. Volume 6 Folios 231134.


Pastor International Apostolic Holiness Church, Nathaniel Gray & Sarah Mayers, Trustees.

27th July, 1921 Liber W. Volume 6 Folios 281/4.

LAWS OF ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA Pilgrim Holiness Church Incorporation (CAP.

328 7 ANTIGUA (continue4 Description of Lands.

By whom held.

Date of Deed, etc.

Urlin~st 15.

Plot of land (60' x 50') used for Church.

I Pastor International Apostolic Holiness Church, Nathaniel Gray & Sarah Mayers, Trustees.
8th March, 1921 Liber W. Volume 6 Folios 18518.

16.

Plot of land (62' x 166') used for Church buildings.

Superintendent Pilgrim Holiness Church.

29th October, 1928 Liber A.

Volume 10 Folios 7518. ,, BARBUDA Description of Lands.

By whom held.

Date of Deed, etc.

17.

Allotments in Village.

Church built, house built.

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