certain

purposes.

Duty on

vessel at

Montreal. Duty to be a lien.

issued, or for the purpose of assisting or protecting any officer of Customs or other officer of the Government of Canada in the performance of his duties. R.S., c. 89, s. 6.

7. Subject to the provisions of the next following section, Quebec and there shall be levied upon every vessel, whether entering at the port of Quebec or at the port of Montreal, a tonnage duty of three cents per ton register of such vessel, for the purposes of this Act; which duty shall be a lien upon the vessel, and shall be payable by the master of such vessel to the collector cf Customs at the port: Provided that no vessel bound to or from the port of Montreal shall be liable to pay such duty at the port of Quebec for the same voyage. R.S., c. 89, s. 7.

Proviso.

As to vessels of or under 100 tons register.

Over 100 tons.

No entry or clearance till

8. Any vessel of one hundred tons register, or less, shall be subject to the payment of such tonnage duty on her first entry in either of the said ports in any calendar year, but not on any subsequent entry at the same port in the same year.

2. Any vessel of more than one hundred tons register, shall be subject to the said duty on her first and second entry at either of the said ports in any one calendar year, but not on any subsequent entry in the same year. R.S., c. 89, s. 7.

9. No entry inwards or clearance outwards at either of the entry paid. said ports shall be granted by the collector of Customs to any vessel which requires to make such entry or clearance until the tonnage duty payable on such vessel under this Act has been paid. R.S., c. 89, s. 8.

No duty

10. The tonnage duty payable under this Act shall no longer when force is be levied when the harbour and river police force ceases to be maintained under the authority of this Act. 56 V., c. 20, s. 1.

dismissed.

Annual report.

Disobedience of orders.

Penalty.

Vessel

11. The Minister shall annually lay before Parliament, within fifteen days after the meeting thereof, à report of the receipts and expenditures under this Act during the year then next preceding. R.S., c. 89, s. 10.

of

OFFENCES AND PENALTIES.

12. Every constable appointed under this Act who is guilty any disobedience of orders, neglect of duty or any misconduct as such constable shall be liable, on summary conviction, before any police magistrate, judge of the sessions of the peace, or two justices of the peace, to a penalty not exceeding twenty dollars and costs, and in default of immediate payment thereof, to imprisonment for any term not exceeding three months, unless the penalty and costs are sooner paid. R.S., c. 89, s. 5.

13. The master of any vessel liable to tonnage duty payable leaving port on such vessel under this Act, and not requiring any entry or

clearance, who leaves the port at which such duty is payable without paywithout having paid the same, shall incur a penalty of fifty ing entry. dollars. R.S., c. 89, s. 8.

of moneys

14. All moneys arising from penalties under this Act, or Application levied at either of the said ports under the authority of this levied. Act, shall be paid over by the collector receiving the same to the Minister of Finance, and shall form part of the Consolidated Revenue Fund. R.S., c. 89, s. 9.

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CHAPTER 118.

An Act respecting Bills of Lading.

1. This Act may be cited as the Bills of Lading Act

Short title.

endorsee.

2. Every consignee of goods named in a bill of lading, and Right of every endorsee of a bill of lading to whom the property in the consignee or goods therein mentioned passes upon or by reason of such consignment or endorsement, shall have and be vested with all such rights of action and be subject to all such liabilities in respect of such goods as if the contract contained in the bill of lading had been made with himself. 52 V., c. 30, s. 1.

3. Nothing in this Act contained shall prejudice or affect, Rights preserved. (a) any right of stoppage in transitu; or,

(b) any right of an unpaid vendor under the Civil Code of Lower Canada; or,

(c) any right to claim freight against the original shipper

or owner; or,

(d) any liability of the consignee or endorsee by reason or in consequence of his being such consignee or endorsee, or of his receipt of the goods by reason or in consequence of such consignment or endorsement. 52 V., c. 30, s. 2.

4. Every bill of lading in the hands of a consignee or endor- Evidence see for valuable consideration, representing goods to have been by bill of lading. shipped on board a vessel or train, shall be conclusive evidence of such shipment as against the master or other person signing the same, notwithstanding that such goods or some part thereof may not have been so shipped, unless such holder of the bill of lading has actual notice, at the time of receiving the same, that the goods had not in fact been laden on board, or unless such bill of lading has a stipulation to the contrary: Provided that Proviso. the master or other person so signing, may exonerate himself in respect of such misrepresentation by showing that it was caused without any default on his part, and wholly by the fault of the shipper or of the holder, or of some person under whom the holder claims. 52 V., c. 30, s. 3.

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most Excellent Majesty.

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