XIV. And be it enacted, That when the Chairman and Secretary of the Board of Government Grant to be paid to any County Agriculture shall certify to the Governor of this Province, that any County Society Society on certificate has sent to the said Board Reports and Statements as required by this Act, for the year of Secretary of Board of Agriculture. then last previous, and shall also certify that the Treasurer or other Officer of the said Society, has transmitted to the said Board an Affidavit (which may be in the form of the Schedule B, to this Act annexed, and may be sworn to before any Justice of the Peace, who is hereby authorized to receive the same), stating the amount subscribed for that year, and paid to the Treasurer of the County Society by the Members thereof, and by the several Township Societies of the said County, it shall be lawful for the Governor to issue his Warrant in favor of such County Society, for a sum to be taken. out of any unappropriated moneys in the Hands of the Receiver General, equal to three times the amount appearing by the said Affidavit to be then in the Hands of the Treasurer Provided, that no Grant shall be made unless Twenty-five Pounds be first Proviso: amount subscribed and paid to the Treasurer; and provided that the whole amount granted to limited, any County Society shall not exceed Two Hundred and Fifty Pounds in any year and provided also, that it shall not be necessary that any County Society should have sent Reports and Statements as above mentioned to the Board of Agriculture, in order to enable such Society to obtain the Government Allowance under this Section for the present year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-one, nor shall it be necessary, in order to enable any County Society to obtain such Allowance for the first year in which it shall be established, that it should have sent such Reports and Statements to the said Board for the previous year, but it shall in either of the said cases be sufficient that such Society has complied with the other requirements of this Section.

XV. And be it enacted, That every Township or Branch Society, organized Share of Township according to this Act, and sending a Report of its proceedings to the County Society, Societies regulated. as herein before required, shall be entitled to a share of the Grant to the County Society, in proportion to the amount which shall have been subscribed by the Members of such Township or Branch Society, and deposited with the Treasurer of the County Society, on or before the first day of May in each year; and the sum so deposited by any Township or Branch Society shall be repaid, along with its share of the Public Grant, so soon as the said Grant shall have been received by the County Society: Provided Proviso. always, that not more than one half of the sum granted to any County Society shall be subject to division among Township or Branch Societies.

XVI. And be it enacted, That the Treasurer or other Officer of any County, Township Penalty on officers or Branch Society, who shall certify that a subscription, or any sum of money, has certifying untruly. been paid to him for the Society, when it has not been so paid, or who shall pay back

any such subscription before the Public Grant is divided, shall forfeit and pay to Her Majesty the sum of Ten Pounds for every such offence, and shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

Word "County" in

XVII. And be it enacted, That for and notwithstanding any thing in the tenth section or any other part of the Act passed in the now last Session, and intituled, An Act to terpreted. establish a Board of Agriculture in Upper Canada, the Vice-President, or in his absence the Secretary or Treasurer of any County Society, may, in the absence of the President of such County Society, act in his stead as a Director of the Agricultural Association of Upper Canada.

funds.

XVIII. And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for the Municipal Council of any Aid from the County County in Upper Canada, from time to time, if they see fit, to grant aid from the County Funds to the Agriculture Association of Upper Canada.

XIX. And be it enacted, That the said Board of Agriculture, and the several Corporate powers. County Societies organized according to the provisions of this Act, shall be and become

Bodies Corporate, with power to acquire and hold land and personal property, and to

sell, lease or otherwise dispose of the same; Provided that the real estate to be held by Amounts of real estate. the said Board shall at no time exceed in value the sum of Five Thousand Pounds, and

the Real Estate to be held by each of the said County Societies shall at no time exceed

in value the sum of One Thousand Pounds.

Section 10, of 13 & 14

XX. And be it enacted, That the word " County" in this Act, shall mean and include Vict. c. 73, amended. Union of Counties.

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SCHEDULE A.

We, whose names are subscribed hereto, agree to form ourselves into a Society, under the provisions of the Act of the Legislature, (Title and date of this Act) to be called the County (Township or Branch, as the case may be,) Agricultural Society of the County of " (or Township of ); and we hereby severally agree to pay to the Treasurer yearly, while we continue Members of the said Society, (any Member being at liberty to retire therefrom, upon giving notice in writing, at any time before the Annual Meeting, to the Secretary of his wish so to do) the sums opposite our respective names; and we further agree to conform to the Rules and By-laws of the said Society.

Treasurer of the County Agricultural Society has been paid into my Hands

since the first day of February last, by the Township Agricultural Societies of the said
County, as and for the Members' subscription for this year; and that the sum of
has been paid into my Hands, as subscriptions for this year, by Members of the said
County Society; and that the said sums, making in the whole the sum of
now remain in my Hands, ready to be disposed of according to law.

An Act to amend and consolidate the provisions of the Ordinance to incorporate the
City and Town of Montreal, and of a certain Ordinance and certain Acts amending
the same, and to vest certain other powers in the Corporation of the said City of
Montreal.

WHE

[ 30th August, 1851.]

Preamble.

HEREAS it is expedient to amend and consolidate the provisions of two certain Ordinances of the Legislature of the heretofore Province of Lower Canada, made and passed in the fourth year of Her Majesty's Reign, and respectively intituled, An Ordinance to incorporate the City and Town of Montreal, and An Ordinances of 3 & 4 Ordinance to amend the Ordinance to incorporate the City and Town of Montreal, Vic. c. 30 & 36, cited. and of certain Acts of the Legislature of this Province, passed in the eighth, ninth and eleventh years of Her Majesty's Reign, and respectively intituled, An Act to amend Ordinances of 8 Vic. and consolidate the provisions of the Ordinance to incorporate the City and Town of c. 59,-9 Vic. c. 21 & Montreal, and of a certain Ordinance amending that Ordinance, and to vest certain cited. other powers in the Corporation created by the said first mentioned Ordinance,-An Act to amend the Laws incorporating the City of Montreal, and to facilitate the decision of cases wherein the right of any party to any office in the Corporation may be called in question,-An Act to amend an Act therein mentioned, and to make better provision for the Election of Councillors and Assessors of and for the City of Montreal,and An Act to amend the Laws relating to the Incorporation of the City of Montreal, and to vest certain other powers in the Corporation of the Mayor, Aldermen and Citizens of the City of Montreal, constituted by the said Ordinance therein first mentioned: Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada, constituted and assembled by virtue of and under the authority of an Act passed in the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and intituled, An Act to re-unite the Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada, and for the Government of Canada, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the inhabitants of the said City and Town of Montreal, and their successors, Corporation coninhabitants of the same, incorporated under the said Ordinance herein first mentioned, tinued. shall continue to be, and shall be, as provided in and by the said Ordinance herein first mentioned, a Body Corporate in fact and in .name, by and under the name, style and

title of The Mayor, Aldermen and Citizens of the City of Montreal, and as such shall General Corporate have perpetual succession, and a Common Seal, with power to break, renew, change powers granted, and alter the same at pleasure; and shall be capable of suing and being sued, and of impleading and being impleaded, in all Courts of Law and Equity, and other places, in all manner of actions, causes and matters whatsoever, and of accepting, taking, purchasing and holding goods and chattels, lands and tenements, real and personal, moveable and immoveable Estate, and of granting, selling, alienating, assigning, demising and conveying the same, and of entering into and becoming a party to contracts, and for granting and accepting any Bills, Bonds, Judgments, or other Instruments or Securities, for the payment or securing of the payment of any money borrowed or lent, or the performance, or securing the performance, of any other duty, matter or thing whatsoever.

Bonds.

II. And be it enacted, That for the purposes mentioned in the preceding section of Powers to grant this Act, and especially for the payment or securing the payment of any money borrowed, for the purpose of paying loans already made, or debts now owing by the said Corporation, or of taking up Bonds that may be due or may hereafter become due, or for the purpose of making a new loan or loans, to the extent hereinafter by the fiftysecond and fifty-third sections of this Act prescribed, or for any other legitimate and sufficient purpose whatsoever, the said Council may grant and issue Bonds for the sum or sums of money therein to be specified, payable at such time and times after the granting and issuing thereof, and in such place or places in this Province, in the United 259 States

Montreal defined.

States of America, in any part of Great Britain, or elsewhere, and either in the currency of this Province, or in sterling money, or in the currency of the Country where the same may be respectively made payable, as by the said Council may be thought advantageous or expedient. Limits of the City of III. And be it enacted, That the Tract of land which, in and by a certain Proclamation of His Excellency Alured Clarke, Esquire, Lieutenant-Governor of the heretofore Province of Lower Canada, issued under the Great Seal of the said last mentioned Province, and bearing date the seventh day of May, in the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-two, was, and is described, as being comprehended within the City and Town of Montreal, and which it was therein declared, should be thenceforward called by that name, shall, as provided by the said Ordinance herein first mentioned, constitute and be, and be called, the City of Montreal.

City divided into nine wards.

Boundaries of the several Wards.

East Ward,

Centre Ward.

West Ward.

Saint Anne's Ward.

Saint Antoine Ward.

IV. And be it enacted, That for the purposes of this Act, the said City of Montreal shall, from and after the passing of this Act, be divided, for the purposes of the same, into nine Wards, called respectively, East Ward, Centre Ward, West Ward, Saint Anne's Ward, Saint Antoine Ward, Saint Lawrence Ward, Saint Louis Ward, Saint James Ward, and Saint Mary's Ward.

V. And be it enacted, That the said Wards of the City of Montreal shall be divided, bounded and limited as follows, that is to say:

The East Ward of the said City, on the south-east by that part of the River Saint Lawrence opposite to, and extending from Lacroix Street to the extremity of Walker Lane; on the south-west by the middle of Walker Lane and Saint Gabriel Street, to Craig Street; on the north-west by the middle of Craig Street, from Saint Gabriel Street aforesaid, to Sanguinet Street, and continuing down Sanguinet Street until it meets Saint Louis Street, from thence, along the middle of the said Saint Louis Street, to where the said Saint Louis Street meets Lacroix Street aforesaid; lastly, on the north-east by the centre of Lacroix Street aforesaid, from Saint Louis Street aforesaid to the River or point of departure.

The Centre Ward of the said City, shall continue to be, and shall be divided, bounded and limited as follows, that is to say: on the south-east by that part of the River Saint Lawrence opposite to, and extending from the middle of Walker Lane to the middle of the extremity of Callières Street; on the south-west by the middle of the said Callières Street, and crossing the interval between the said Callières Street and Saint François Xavier Street, by the middle of Saint François Xavier Street, to Craig Street; on the north-west by the middle of Craig Street to Saint Gabriel Street; and lastly, on the north-east by the middle of the said Saint Gabriel Street and Walker Lane, to the River or point of departure.

The West Ward of the said City shall continue to be, and shall be divided, bounded and limited as follows, that is to say: on the south-east by that part of the River Saint Lawrence opposite to, and extending from the middle of the extremity of Callières Street to the middle of the extremity of M'Gill Street; on the south-west by a line passing through the centre of M'Gill Street and through Commissioners' Square, to Craig Street; on the north-west by the middle of Craig Street as far as Saint François Xavier Street; and lastly, on the north-east by the middle of Saint François Xavier Street and Callières Street, to the river or point of departure.

The Saint Anne's Ward shall be bounded as follows: on the north-east by the centre of M'Gill Street, commencing at the River Saint Lawrence; thence, north, along the centre of M'Gill Street, to its junction with the centre of Saint Joseph Street; thence, along the centre of Saint Joseph Street, to the City boundary; thence, along the said boundary line in a south-easterly direction, to the River Saint Lawrence, and thence, to the place of beginning.

The Saint Antoine Ward shall be bounded as follows: on the north-east by the centre of M'Gill Street, and through Commissioners' Square, to Craig Street; thence, north, through the centre of Craig Street, to Alexander Street; thence, through the centre of Alexander Street, to the centre of Saint Catherine Street; thence, the north-west

north-west side of the centre of Saint Catherine Street to City Councillors' Street; thence, the south-west side of City Councillors' Street to Sherbrooke Street; thence, the north-west side of the centre of Sherbrooke Street to Durocher Street; thence, the south-west side of the centre of Durocher Street, and the extension of the same, to the City boundary line; thence, along the same line so far as it may extend towards the south-west; thence, along the said line, in a south-east direction to the centre of Saint Joseph Street; thence, to the north-west of the centre of Saint Joseph Street, till intersecting the centre of M'Gill Street, the point of commencement.

The Saint Lawrence Ward shall be bounded as follows: on the north-west side of St. Lawrence Ward. the centre of Craig Street, commencing at Saint Lawrence Main Street, and continuing to Alexander Street; thence, the north-east side of the centre of Alexander Street, to Saint Catherine Street; thence, the north-west side of the centre of Saint Catherine Street, to City Councillors' Street; thence, the north-east side of the centre of City Councillors' Street, to Sherbrooke Street; thence, the south-east side of the centre of Sherbrooke Street, to Durocher Street; thence, the north-east side of the centre of Durocher Street, to the City boundary line; thence, along the said line towards the north-east, until the same joins the centre of Saint Lawrence Main Street; thence, the south-west side of the centre of Saint Lawrence Main Street, to Craig Street, or the place of beginning.

The Saint Lewis Ward shall be bounded as follows: commencing at the centre Saint Lewis Ward. of Saint Louis and Saint Denis Streets, continuing south-west along the centre of Saint Louis Street to Sanguinet Street; thence, along the centre of Sanguinet Street until intersecting the centre of Craig Street; thence, the north-west of the centre line of Craig Street, until it arrives at the middle of Saint Lawrence Main Street; thence, the north-east side of the centre of Saint Lawrence Main Street, to the City boundary line; thence, along the said line, towards the north-east, until intersecting the centre of Saint Denis Street; thence, the south-west of the centre of Saint Denis Street, to the middle of Saint Louis Street, the point of commencement.

The Saint James Ward shall be bounded as follows: the north-east side of the centre of Lacroix Street, commencing at the River Saint Lawrence and continuing to Saint Louis Street; from thence, the north-west side of the centre of Saint Louis Street, to Saint Denis Street; from thence, the north-east side of the centre of Saint Denis Street, with the extension thereof, to the City boundary; thence, along the City boundary line towards the north-east until it intersects the continuation of the centre of Visitation Street; thence, continuing the said line of the centre of Visitation Street, in a south-east direction, until the same shall reach Saint Mary Street; and thence, from the centre of Barclay Street, to the River Saint Lawrence; and thence, along the said River, to the place of beginning.

Saint James Ward.

The Saint Mary's Ward shall be bounded as follows: the north-east side of the Saint Mary's Ward. centre of Barclay Street, commencing at the River Saint Lawrence, to Saint Mary Street; and thence, continuing from the centre of Visitation Street to the City boundary line; thence, along the said line, towards the north-east, so far as the same may be found to extend; thence, continuing the said line in a south-easterly direction until the same shall reach the River Saint Lawrence; and thence, along the said River, to the place of commencement.

VI. And be it enacted, That there shall be elected in the manner hereinafter mentioned, one fit person, who shall be and be called the Mayor of the said City of Montreal, and a certain number of fit persons, who shall be and be called Aldermen of the said City, and a certain number of other fit persons, who shall be and be called Councillors of the said City; and such Mayor, Aldermen and Councillors, for the time being, shall be and be called the Council of the said City.

Mayor, Aldermen
and Councillors to be
called the Council of
the City.

elected, and to be

VII. And be it enacted, That no person shall be capable of being elected Mayor Qualification for Alof the City of Montreal, or an Alderman thereof, unless he shall have been a resident dermen, householder within the said City for one year next before such election, and unless he shall be seized and possessed, to his own use, of real or personal estate, or both,

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