of Montreal water works stock, (class A,)

shares; of Montreal public property stock, (class B,) shares; and Montreal terminable debentures (class C,)

Form of Receipt of Transferable Certificates of Shares in the

city of Mon

of the City

The undersigned being at this date the registered proprietor in the books of the corporation of the treal, of of Montreal Consolidated Fund, amounting to dollars, acknowledge to have received in lieu thereof, and in

share, class

full satisfaction therefor, a transferable certificate for share, class , amounting to

dollars of the said City of Montreal Consolidated Fund, and which said transferable certificate is issued under the authority of the act of the legislature of the province of Quebec, passed in year of Her Majesty's

reign

(Signature,)

Vict., Cap.

(Signature,)

Witness.

SCHEDULE V.

Form of Transfer (by endorsement) of Shares of Consolidated

This certificate will entitle the bearer, on presentation and surrender hereof, to be inscribed on the books of the corporation of the city of Montreal, as registered owner of shares, class of the City of Montreal Consolidated dollars and the interest

Fund, amounting to

on the same, payable, at the rate of

per cent per

annum, semi-annually on the first days of May and November, will only be paid to the bearer hereof.

City Clerk.

Entered and Registered,

Mayor.

Folio,

City Treasurer.

In addition to the above, the corporation is authorized by this act to borrow annually, subject to the approval and sanction of the municipal electors, a sum, not to exceed fifty thousand dollars in any one year, for any public improvement, or object, other than the ordinary improvements and requirements already authorized by this act.

NOTE.-The loans in part II respectively include the amounts already authorized under previous acts, (see schedule appended to the act of the legislature of Quebec, 36 Vict., cap. 54,) and represent the whole expenditure made or to be made out of such loans, up to the date of the passing

of this act.

Preamble.

SCHEDULE X.

Form of Certificate of the City Treasurer of Assessable Rate.

(See Section 121.)

I hereby certify, for the information of the council of the city of Montreal, that a rate of on the assessed value of the real property liable to assessment in the said city, is in my opinion (after making a fair allowance for losses and deficiencies in the collection of such rate,) required to produce a net amount equal to that now due for interest, (principal, if any due) on the city of Montreal consolidated fund, or on any of the loans which the said city of Montreal is authorized to make.

CITY HALL,

Montreal, (date.)

"I

Form of Oath of Commissioners in Expropriation.

(See Section 176, 8. 8. 7.)

having been appointed commissioner under "the provisions of the (cite the act) do swear that I will "faithfully, impartially, honestly, and diligently execute all "the duties of the said office, according to the best of my "judgment and ability: So help me God."

CAP. LII.

An Act to incorporate the Lotbinière Industrial and
Agricultural Company.

WH

[Assented to 28th January, 1874.]

WHEREAS the persons hereinafter named have, by their petition, represented that they, jointly and with others associated with them, are desirous of engaging in the business of making vinegar, beet-root sugar and alcohol, for the ends of the manufacture of vinegar, in the parish of Lotbinière, district of Quebec, and that they can do so to better advantage by the aid of a charter of incorporation, and have prayed for an act to that end; and considering that it is advantageous to encourage the introduction, in

this province, of industries which relate to agriculture, and particularly that of the manufacture of beet-root sugar, and that it is expedient to grant their request; Therefore, Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislature of Quebec, enacts as follows:

sons incorpo

1. Henri Bernier. Octave Chavigny de la Chevrotière, Certain perEugène Clochette, Onésime Beaudet, Thomas Bedard, rated. Pierre Celestin Levasseur, Pierre Bernier, Andronic Fournier, Wilbrod Auger, Paul Ernest Smith, Delphis Legendre et Sabin Cinq Mars, together with all other persons who are actually or shall become shareholders in the company hereby constituted, shall be, and they are hereby made a body corporate and politic, by the name of " The Lotbinière Name. Industrial and Agricultural Company."

2. The company may acquire and hold by purchase, lease Powers of the or other legal title, and may cultivate, for the purposes for company. which they have been incorporated, all lands and immovable estate necessary for the use thereof; and the said properties Real estate. to hypothecate, sell, exchange and dispose of, and to acquire others in their stead, as the company may deem to be most advantageous; and the constitution, rules and regulations now in force with regard to the administration of the affairs and interests of the company, in so far as they are not inconsistent with the laws of this province, shall be the constitution, rules and regulations of the said corporation, until they are altered, repealed or changed; and all transactions, old transacdebts and obligations which have been consented to, up to tions. this date, for the purposes of the said company, shall be binding upon the corporation.

Shares.

3. The capital stock of the company shall be the sum of Capital stock; thirty thousand dollars, divided into shares of not less than twenty-five dollars each; the said capital stock may be, from time to time, increased, as the wants of the company require, by the vote of the shareholders at a meeting called for that purpose, to an amount not exceeding seventy-five thousand dollars in the whole; provided always, that no Increase. such increase of stock shall be made until the whole amount of the original stock of the company shall have been bond fide paid in.

instalments,

4. The capital stock shall be paid by the subscribers Payment of when, where, and as the directors of the company shall re- and forfeiture quire, or as the by-laws may provide; and if not paid at the of shares for day required, interest shall be payable after the said day non-payment. upon the amount due and unpaid; and in case any instalment or instalments shall not be paid as required by the directors, with interest thereon, after such demand or no