poses and objects of a Benefit Society. The real pro- Page. perty of the Corporation is not to exceed £2,000 in value, nor its personal property the sum of £500, within which limits it may acquire and hold property by purchase, donation or otherwise. The By-laws of the Society are to regulate the admission of new Members, and other matters relative to the business of the Society. The present By-laws are continued in force, and the present Managers in office until it shall be otherwise provided; with the proviso, that after the expiration of three months from the passing of this Act, no By-law passed or to be passed shall be or remain in force unless approved by the Superior Court at Quebec, as consistent with this Act and the purposes of the Corporation, and the laws of Lower Canada.
RAIL-ROAD, Montreal and Lachine, and Lake St. Louis and Province Line Companies, Union of.-Cap. 112..... An Act to authorize the Union of the Montreal and La- chine Rail-road Company, and the Lake St. Louis and Province Line Rail-way Company, and for other purposes connected with the said Companies.-(Passed 10th August, 1850.)
After reciting the Petitions of the two Companies men- tioned in the Title, this Act provides that their Di- rectors may meet and agree upon the terms on which the union may be effected, and if they so agree may call meetings of the Stockholders of their respective Companies, and if they also agree, then the union is to take effect according to such agreement. Either the Lake St. Louis and Province Line Rail-way Company, or the New Company to be formed by its union with the other Company, may borrow the sum authorized by Sect. 27 of 10 & 11 V. c. 120; and the time for making the Rail-way from Caughnawaga to the Province Line is extended to five years from the passing of this Act. A clause is added in the usual form, placing the said Rail-way and all the resources of the Company at the disposal of the Government whenever need shall be.
RAIL-ROAD, Montreal and Lachine and Ottawa Grand Junc- tion. Cap. 113...
An Act to continue and extend the Montreal and Lachine Rail-road, and to incorporate The St. Lawrence and Ottawa Grand Junction Rail-road Company.-(Passed 10th August, 1850.)
This Act empowers the Montreal and Lachine Rail- road Company to extend their Rail-road from Lachine to Prescott in Upper Canada, and this either in the direction of St. Anne's, Vaudreuil, Rigaud and towards Hawkesbury, and thence to Prescott, or in the direction of Saint Eustache, St. Andrews and Grenville, and thence to Prescott, as the said Company may find the one or the other route most favorable; with power to construct the necessary works and to hold one or more Steamboats or Vessels to ply on the Ottawa and the St. Lawrence, or either. The Act contains the usual provisions as to the making of the survey, the precau- tions to be taken when roads are crossed, the extent of land to be taken, the taking of beach lots or lands covered by the waters of either of the said Rivers, the conveyance of lands to the Company, the mode of set- tling by arbitration any difference which may arise between the Company and any party as to the com- pensation to be paid, and the mode of securing the Com- pany in case of supposed incumbrances or defective title. The Company are empowered to raise among themselves, or by the admission of new subscribers, a further sum not exceeding £750,000 currency,in shares of £12 10s. currency each, with the usual provisions as to the opening of Subscription Books, (if the money be raised by the admission of new subscribers,) and for enabling the Directors to make calls for and reco- ver instalments on shares, and to forfeit those on which instalments shall not be paid within a certain time. The Company may, if they think proper, divide
the road into sections, and allow any persons to Page. subscribe specially towards any one or more sec- tions, in which case the money so subscribed shall not be used for any other section without the consent of the subscribers, who are not in that case to vote as Shareholders until that section of the road is com- pleted, after which they are to have all the rights of Stockholders, and to participate in the general profits of the Company. The Company are empowered to borrow money to the amount of £750,000 currency, at any rate of interest not exceeding 8 per cent. per annum, and to hypothecate or pledge their lands, pro- perty and profits for the payment of the principal and interest; a form of the debentures to be issued is given, and the mode of registering the same provided. No de- benture is to be for a less sum than £100. Power is given to the Company to make By-laws for the usual purposes. The provisions of Sections 21, 22, 39, 40, 43, 45, 47, 49, 52, 53, 54 and 58 of 9 V. c. 82, and of Sect. 23 and 38 of that Act, as amended by 10 & 11 V. c. 63, are extended to the Road to be made under this Act, and the matters therewith connected, (in so far as may not be inconsistent with this Act,) as if repeated in this Act. The provisions so ex- tended include those obliging the Company to place their whole resources at the disposal of Government when so required, and the obligation to submit all By-laws imposing tolls, to the Governor in Council for approval before they are to be in force. All Cor- porations, ecclesiastical or civil, may subscribe for stock or loan money to the Company. The road must be commenced within three years, and completed within ten years from the passing of the Act. When- ever twenty-five miles of it are ready for use, the Company may, by a resolution of the Directors, take the name of The St. Lawrence and Ottawa Grand Junction Rail-road Company, but such change of name is not to affect the rights of the Company or of others with regard to it. If the said Company are unable to commence the road within three years from the passing of this Act, a new Company may be formed for the purpose, and certain persons, and others who shall become subscribers, are to be incorporated ac- cordingly, by the name last mentioned, and with the usual corporate powers, and to such Company the powers which would otherwise vest under the Act in the Montreal and Lachine Rail-road Company, will be in such case transferred. The new Company may enter into arrangements with the Montreal and La- chine Rail-road Company, or any other Company now or hereafter to be chartered for making a Rail- road in any part of the country between Montreal and Prescott, for a union with them, or the purchase of their Rail-road and rights. Such new Company as aforesaid must commence their road within three years after the expiration of the right of the Montreal and Lachine Rail-road Company, and complete the same within ten years of the same time, or forfeit their rights. The rights of the Crown are expressly re- served, as is also the right of the Legislature to amend this Act.
RAIL-ROAD, Champlain and St. Lawrence, extension of.- Cap. 114..
An Act to authorize the Company of proprietors of the Champlain and St. Lawrence Rail-road, to extend the said road, and for other purposes.(Passed 24th July, 1850.)
The Company authorized by this Act to extend their Rail-road, is that incorporated by the Act of Lower Canada, 2 W. 4. c. 58. The preamble to this Act recites the petition of the Montreal and Province Line Junction Rail-way Company, incorporated by 10 & 11 V. c. 121, praying that the rights conferred on them by that Act, may be transferred to the Company first mentioned, and the said last mentioned Act, and 12 V. c. 179 amending it, are accordingly repealed. The first named Company are then empowered to make a branch from some point on their present Rail-road to
some point on the St. Lawrence opposite or nearly Page. opposite to the City of Montreal, and a continuation of their said Rail-road from St. John's to the Province Line at Rouse's Point, with the usual powers for that purpose. The Company are empowered to raise among themselves, or by the admission of new sub- scribers, a sum not exceeding £185,000, and to bor- row a further sum of £75,000, if that first mentioned be not sufficient. The amount of the sums actually expended by the Company is to be deemed their ca- pital in calculating the amount of their profits or divi- dends in whatever way such sum may be raised, pro- vided the whole capital do not exceed the amount limited as aforesaid. The usual powers and provi- sions are then given and made for enabling the Com- pany to make said branch and continuation, for enabling them to acquire lands, and for determining by arbitration the compensation to be paid for lands or damages in case the Company and any party can- not agree upon the same. powered, with the consent of the Governor in Council, The Company are em- to use the beaches and lands covered by the waters of the River, St. Lawrence or Richelieu, and also to establish a ferry from the terminus of the said branch opposite Montreal to the said City, and to demand rates of passage and transport at such ferry, not ex- ceeding the rates mentioned in detail in the Act. The provisions of the Act incorporating the Company (2 W. 4. c. 58) and of the Act of Lower Canada 6 W. 4. c. 6, and the Ordinance 4. V. c. 18, amending the said 2. W. 4. c. 58, are extended to the branch and continuation hereby authorized in so far as may not be inconsistent with this Act. pleted, the whole Rail-road is to bear the name of the When they are com- Champlain and St. Lawrence Rail-road. The rates of toll to be charged by the Company are on no ac- count to exceed the rates per mile limited by their said Act of Incorporation. A special clause is inserted obliging the Company to place their Rail-road and all their resources at the disposal of the Government, when thereunto required, and power is given to the Crown to assume the possession and property of the Rail-road and other property of the Company, at any time, on giving three months' notice and paying the whole sum then expended, and 20 per cent. in addi- tion. The branch and continuation are to be com- pleted within six years after the passing of the Act, on pain of forfeiture of the charter as to that one which shall not then be so completed. By-laws regulating tolls or affecting others than Members or Officers of the Company, are not to be in force until approved by the Governor; and the Rail-road is not to be exempt from the provisions of any general Act res- pecting Rail-roads.
RAIL-ROAD, Industry and Rawdon.-Cap. 115.
An Act to incorporate a Company for making a Rail-road from the Village of Industry to the Township of Rawdon, in Lower Canada.-(Passed 10th August, 1850.)
The Rail-road to be made under this Act is a continuation of that made from the St. Lawrence to Industry Village, under the Act 10 & 11 Vict. c. 64, and the provisions of this Act are as nearly as possible a transcript of those of the said Act. The Road to be made is a short one from some place at or near Industry Village to some place in the Village or Township of Rawdon; and for this purpose, the usual powers are given. The Capital of the Company is limited to £9,000 divided into shares of £5 each; and one tenth of the Capital is to be raised and deposited in one of the Chartered Banks before the work is commenced. If the said sum be found in- sufficient, the Company may raise among themselves, or by the admission of new subscribers, a further sum not exceeding £4,000: and they are empowered to borrow a sum not exceeding £8,000 at a rate of interest not exceeding 6 per cent. per annum, and to secure the same by hypothec on their property and income. Power is given to make By-laws for the usual pur-
poses, but all By-laws are to be subject to the approval Page. of the Governor before they can be in force: the Tolls must be imposed equally on all parties so as to prevent monopoly and a clause is inserted binding the Company to place their whole resources at the disposal of the Government when thereunto required. When the profits of the Company exceed £1 per share (or 20 per cent.) one half the net profits over that rate is to be paid to the Government. The Crown is empowered to assume the Rail-road and all the pro- perty and rights of the Company at any time on giving three months' notice, and repaying the amount ex- pended by the Company, with interest from the time it is expended until the opening of the Rail-road. The Road must be completed within four years from the passing of the Act, on pain of forfeiture of the Charter. Her Majesty's rights are expressly saved, and the right to amend the Act, and to subject the Company to any general Rail-road Act is reserved to the Legis- lature.
RAIL-ROAD, Quebec and Richmond.-Cap. 116..... An Act to incorporate Peter Paterson, Esquire, and others, under the name of "The Quebec and Richmond Rail- way Company."-(Passed 24th July, 1850.)
This Act incorporates a Company by the name mentioned in the Title, for the purpose of making a Rail-road from some point on the River St. Lawrence as nearly oppo- site the City of Quebec as may be found desirable, to River St. Francis in or near the Village of Richmond in the Township of Shipton, there to connect with The St. Lawrence and Atlantic Rail-road;..the Company are also empowered to hold Steam-boats to ply on the St. Lawrence, from the Terminus of their Rail-road on the south shore of the St. Lawrence, to the City of Quebec, or they may ply from the said Terminus to some other point on the north shore, and make a Rail- road from such point to the said City. This Act con- tains the usual enactments for enabling the Company to make and work the said Rail-road, but the form of the Act incorporating the St. Lawrence and Atlantic Rail-road Company (8 V. c. 25) as amended by later Acts, has been followed rather than that of the Industry Village Rail-road Act (10 & 11 V. c. 64): the special provisions however of the last mentioned Act relative to the conveyance of the Mail, Troops, Police, &c. are inserted in this Act. The By-laws imposing Tolls are made subject to the approval of the Governor in Council, and the Tolls are to be so imposed as to prevent monopoly; the Company are bound to place their whole resources at the disposal of the Government when thereunto required, and they are to be liable to the provisions of any General Rail-way Act which may be passed. The usual powers are given for taking lands, &c., but in case of non-agreement with the proprietors, &c. the compensation is to be settled by a Jury, and not by arbitration. The Capital of the Company is limited to £650,000, in shares of £12 10 each and they may borrow money to the amount of £150,000, on Debentures bearing interest at a rate not exceeding 6 per cent. per annum, and secured by hy- pothec on the Company's property and income. They may also, if they deem it expedient at any time, declare shares subcribed for after that time to have a preference over others as to dividends, to the extent of 6 per cent. per annum, if there be not enough to pay such dividend on all shares. The Corporation of the City of Quebec and other Corporations, Ecclesiastical or Civil, are empowered to take Stock or to loan money to the Company; and if the Corporation of Quebec take Stock or loan money as aforesaid, the Mayor is to be a Director ex officio. exceed £1 10, per share (or 12 per cent.) one moiety Whenever the dividends of the surplus is to be paid to the Crown, as a tax, pro- vided the whole dividends on the paid up Stock shall then have amounted to 10 per cent. per annum thereon from the time it was so paid up. The Rail-road is to be completed within ten years from the passing of the Act, on pain of forfeiture of the Charter. The rights
of the Crown are specially saved. The other provi- Page. sions are similar to those in former Rail-road Acts now in force. The Acts relating to the St. Lawrence and Atlantic Rail-road being those generally followed, as above mentioned.
RAIL-ROAD, Quebec and St. Andrew's.-Cap. 117..
An Act to incorporate the Quebec and St. Andrew's Rail-road Company.-(Passed 10th August, 1850.) This Act incorporates a Company by the name mentioned in the Title, for the purpose of making a Rail-road from some point on the River St. Lawrence, in the County of Dorchester, to some point on the Line between Ca- nada and New Brunswick, there to connect with the Rail-road from St. Andrew's, in New Brunswick: and to hold Steam-boats to ply from their Terminus on the St. Lawrence to the City of Quebec. The Act con- tains the usual enactments for enabling the Company to make the said Rail-road. The enactments of the Act are taken generally from that incorporating the St. Lawrence and Atlantic Rail-road Company, or that incorporating the St. Lawrence and Industry Village Rail-road Company: the special provisions of the last mentioned Act, as to the conveyance of the Mail, Troops, Police, &c.. being inserted. The By-laws imposing Tolls are subject to the approval of the Go- vernor in Council, and the Tolls are to be so imposed as to prevent monopoly; the Company are bound to place their whole resources at the disposal of the Government when thereunto required, and they are to be liable to the provisions of any General Rail-way Act which may be passed. The usual powers are given for taking lands, &c., and in case of non-agreement with the proprietors, the compensation is to be settled by arbitration, under arbitration clauses similar to those of the Industry Village Rail-road Act. The Capital of the Company is limited to £750,000 currency, in shares of £25 each, on which ten per cent. is to be paid at the time of subscribing. The Directors may pay interest at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum on the sums actually paid in, until the Rail-road shall be completed and opened. The Rail-road is not to be commenced until five thousand shares are subscribed for, and the 10 per cent. paid thereon. Whatever be the rate of dividends or profits of the Company, the Crown may at any time after the end of twenty-one years, acquire the Rail-road and property of the Company on pay- ment of twenty-five years purchase of the profits of the Company for the then last seven years; but if the rate of profits shall have been less than 15 per cent. then the Company may require that the sum to be paid be fixed by arbitration, if they think 25 years purchase insufficient, nor is the right of purchase to be exercised if a Scale of Tolls and charges revised by the Gover- nor in Council be then in force. The Company are empowered to form a junction with any other Rail-road within their limits. The Rail-road is to be completed within fifteen years from the passing of the Act, on pain of forfeiture of the Charter. The other provisions are similar to those in former Rail-road Acts now in force. Those of the two Acts first referred to being generally followed, as above mentioned. RAIL-ROAD, St. Lawrence and Atlantic.-Cap. 118....... An Act further to amend the Act to incorporate the St. Lawrence and Atlantic Rail-road Company, and other Acts relative to the said Company, and to extend the powers of the said Company.-(Passed 24th July, 1850.)
The main Act amended by this Act is 8. V. c. 25, which has already been amended by 9 V. c. 79,-10 & 11 V. c. 65, and 12 V. c. 176. The amendments made relate to matters of detail. The Mayor of Montreal is made a Director and eligible as President of the Com- pany so long as the Corporation of that City shall hold £25,000 Stock in the Company. The Quorum of Directors is reduced to five. The Directors are em- powered to sell on such terms as they may think pro- per, any forfeited or unsubscribed for shares, or to pledge the same for moneys borrowed by the Company:
the Certificate of the Treasurer is made evidence of Page. the non-payment of calls. The Vice-President is em- powered to act in the absence of the President, and the cases in which the latter shall be deemed absent are defined. The Company are empowered to detain and sell goods on which their dues are not paid; and are exempted from any obligation to carry Gunpowder, Lucifer Matches, and other dangerous articles. The mode of proving the acquisition of Shares by descent and otherwise than by formal transfer is established; and the proceedings in cases where shares or profits may be seized in the Company's hands are regulated. The Company are empowered to enter into all agree- ments requisite for enabling them to obtain the gua- rantee of the Provincial Government under 12 V. c. 29, and they are exempted from the obligation to keep guards at crossings of Roads, provided they erect at such places the Sign-board required of other Rail- Road Companies.
RAIL-ROAD, Great Western.-Cap. 129......
An Act to empower Municipal Corporations to subscribe for Stock of the Great Western Rail-road Company, or otherwise to aid in completing that undertaking.- (Passed 24th July, 1850.)
This Act empowers the Municipal Corporation of the City of Hamilton, or any other Municipal Corporation in the Province, to subscribe for Stock of the said Company or to loan money to the Company, or to gua- rantee or become security for any loan to the Company, or to indorse or guarantee its Debentures, provided the consent of a majority of the qualified Electors of the Municipality be first obtained at a Meeting specially called for that purpose. The Municipal authorities are invested with full power to levy upon the Inhabi- tants all sums requisite to enable them to discharge any obligation contracted by them under this Act: and the Mayor or other Head of any Municipality holding Shares in the Stock of the said Company to the amount of £25,000 is to be ex officio a Director of the Company with the same powers as other Directors. RAIL-ROAD, Great Western.-Cap. 130...
An Act to empower the Great Western Rail-road Com- pany to make a Branch Road to the Town of Galt.- (Passed 10th August, 1850.)
The said Company are by this Act empowered to con- struct a Branch from such point on their Rail-road as may be found most suitable to the Town of Galt, in the County of Halton; and a clause is added declaring that nothing in the Act incorporating the Company, or in any Act amending it, shall be construed to prevent the Rail-road from being carried across any navigable River, provided no unnecessary obstruction be caused to the navigation thereof.
RAIL-ROAD, Toronto, Simcoe and Lake Huron.-Cap. 131.. 1653 An Act to amend the Act intituled, "An Act to incor- porate the Toronto, Simcoe and Lake Huron Union Rail-road Company."-(Passed 10th August, 1850.) By this Act the name of the Company is altered to "The Ontario, Simcoe and Huron Union Rail-road Company," and they are empowered to construct their Rail-road from any point on Lake Ontario, west of the Township of Darlington, in the County of York (which limits will include the City of Toronto) to any point on the southerly shore of Lake Huron, touching at the Town of Barrie, or at some point on Lake Simcoe. Five Directors are made a Quorum.
See also-Toronto, City of. RAIL-ROAD, Bytown and Prescott.-Cap. 132... An Act for the incorporation of a Company to construct a Rail-road between Bytown and Prescott.-(Passed 10th August, 1850.)
This Act incorporates a Company to construct a Rail-road from some place or places on the River Ottawa, at or near Bytown, to some place or places on the River St. Lawrence at or near Prescott, with power to hold Steam- boats and Vessels to ply on the waters of either River to any place not more than twelve miles distant from either Terminus. The form of the Industry Village
Rail-road Act is followed very closely, and the clauses Page. for the conveyance of the Mail, Troops, Police, &c. are inserted. By-laws imposing Tolls or affecting others than the Company and their Officers, are made subject to the approval of the Governor, and the Tolls are to be so imposed as to prevent monopoly; the Company are bound to place their Rail-road and all their resources at the disposal of the Government when thereunto re- quired, and they are not to be exempt from the operation of any general Rail-road Act. The usual powers are given for making the said Rail-road and Works, and in case of dispute the amount of compensation for land taken or damages done, is to be settled by arbitration under the usual provisions. The Company may use the Beaches of the said Rivers, doing no damage to the navigation. The Capital of the Company is limited to £150,000, divided into shares of £10 each, with power however to increase it by a further sum not exceeding £100,000, in case the sum first named should be insufficient. But the Company may borrow such sums as they may deem expedient at any rate of interest not exceeding eight per cent. and pledge their property and income as security; they may issue Debentures for any money so borrowed, for sums not less than £25 each, and may sell the same at any price or discount they may think proper. The Municipal Cor- poration of any place thro3 or in the immediate vicinity of which the Rail-road is to pass, may subscribe for Stock, provided a majority of the assessed inhabitants shall have previously given their consent at a Meeting to be called for that purpose. The rights of the Crown are expressly saved. The Rail-road must be com- pleted within ten years from the passing of the Act, on pain of forfeiture of the Charter.
ROAD, Guelph and Dundas Company.-Cap. 133..... An Act to amend the Act intituled, "An Act to incorpo- rate certain persons as "The Guelph and Dundas Road Company." (Passed 10th August, 1850.) After reciting that the Municipal Councils of the United Counties of Wentworth and Halton, and of the County of Waterloo, have become the sole shareholders of the stock of the Guelph and Dundas Road, and that the capital allowed by the Act 10 & 11 V. c. 88, is insuf- ficient, this Act increases the capital stock to £22,900, in shares of £5 each, and substitutes for the Board of Directors mentioned in the said Act, a Board of eight Commissioners, four to be appointed by each of the said Municipal Councils, but of whom the Warden of the Municipality shall be one; the said Wardens being alternately, each for one year, Chairmen of the Board. The Commissioners are to hold their office for such term as the Municipal Council shall by By- law appoint, but may be removed by such Councils. Five are to make a quorum. The Commissioners
are to have the powers vested in the Directors by the said Act.
ROAD, Vaughan, Company.-Cap. 134...
An Act to incorporate certain persons under the name of "The Vaughan Road Company."-(Passed 10th Au- gust, 1850.)
After reciting that by the Act 9 V. c. 88, certain persons were incorporated as The Albion Road Company, with power to make a road known as the Albion Road, with power to make a Branch Road known as the Vaughan Road, for making which stock might be expressly subscribed, which has been done, and the said Vaughan Road exceeds in length and importance the main road to Albion; and that both the Albion Road Company and the subscribers for the Vaughan Road have petitioned that the latter may be consti- tuted a distinct Company and Corporation by the name of The Vaughan Road Company, with like powers as are by the said Act conferred upon the Albion Road Company; this Act provides accordingly for the in- corporation of such separate Company, with such powers as aforesaid. The capital of the Vaughan Road Company is to be £10,000, in shares of £5 each, with power to increase it by a further sum of £5,000
if they shall within five years think proper to extend Page. their Road to Lloyd Town or Bolton Mills. When the whole profits of the Company exceed ten per cent. per annum, the remainder is to form a sinking fund to purchase the road for the public, and accounts are to be rendered to the Legislature by the Company. The Government may assume the road by paying the sum expended and fifteen per cent. in addition, less any sum paid off by the sinking fund aforesaid; and at the end of fifty years (if not before) the road is to vest in the Crown, unless it be otherwise provided by the Legislature.
REGISTRY ACT, Montreal.-Cap. 93....
An Act to extend the period limited for certain purposes in the Montreal Registry Act.-(Passed 24th July, 1850.)
The period limited by the Act 12 V. c. 121, as that within which the registration of certain instruments may be efficiently made, and during which no advantage shall be taken of errors committed by the former Registrar (Edward Dowling) or his Deputy, is extended to the end of twelve months from the passing of the Act. This period is further extended twelve months by 14 and 15 Vict. c. 68, sect. 5.
REGISTRATION, County of Huntingdon, divided for.-Cap. 108..
An Act to divide the County of Huntingdon into two Districts for the registration of Deeds.-(Passed 24th July, 1850.)
The two Districts are described by their boundaries. The present Registrar is to be, by virtue of the Act, the Registrar of one of the Districts, and a new Regis- trar is to be appointed for the other.
REGISTRATION, County of Rimouski, divided for.-Cap. 109. An Act to explain and amend the Act dividing the County of Rimouski into two Districts for the Regis- tration of Deeds.-(Passed 10th August, 1850.) The Act amended is 12 V. c. 128, and the amendment consists in defining more strictly the boundaries of the first District, and declaring that the second includes all that part of the County which is not included in the first. These provisions are to have effect as if contained in the original Act.
RIVER DUCHESNE, improvement of.-Cap. 111..
An Act to extend the period for the election of Commis- sioners under the Act for the improvement of the River Duchêsne.-(Passed 24th July, 1850.) The sole effect of this Act is to prolong the period during which Commissioners may be elected under 12 V. c. 155, for eighteen months from the passing of this Act. See, however, 14 and 15 Vict. c. 29.
SAGUENAY, Second Municipality in.-Cap. 107...... An Act to authorize the Inhabitant Householders holding land in the new Settlements on the borders of the Saguenay, forming the second Municipal divison of that County, to establish a Municipal Council therein, and for other purposes.-(Passed 24th July, 1850.) The Inhabitant Householders of the Tract mentioned in the Title being bond fide settlers on their lands, but not having obtained Titles to the said lands from the Government, the effect of this Act is to confer on them the enjoyment of their Municipal and Political rights as if such Titles had actually issued, and for this pur- pose they are empowered to vote at Municipal and School elections, and at elections of Members of the Legislative Assembly, without having the freehold pro- perty qualification required in other electors; and they are also relieved from the property qualification required in Justices of the Peace, and in the Parti- tioners for the establishment of a Court for the summary Trial of Small Causes. The rights of the Crown are specially saved.
SAVINGS Bank, Montreal and Provident.-Cap. 98...... An Act to provide for the appointment of Commissioners to inquire into the affairs and management of the
Montreal Provident and Savings Bank.-(Passed 10th Page. August, 1850.)
This Act provides that full inquiry shall be made into the causes which led to the failure of the Institution mentioned in the Title, and to its inability to meet the just claims of those who have deposited money in it: for this purpose three Commissioners are to be ap- pointed by the Governor for the purpose of making the said inquiry and reporting to him, with full power to call before them and examine on oath all persons being or having been Officers of the Institution, and others, and of compelling their attendance and the production of books and papers in their custody; except that no person is bound to answer any question which might make him liable to a criminal prose- cution. Two Commissioners may act. SILVERTHORN, Dam across River Thames.-Cap. 90.
An Act to authorize Aaron Silverthorn and Newman Silverthorn, their heirs or assigns, to erect a Dam across the River Thames (Pussed 10th August, 1850.) The parties mentioned in the Title are empowered to build a Dam across the River Thames, at Kerby's Point, in the Gore of Camden, in the United Counties of Essex and Kent, observing the precautions and method of construction provided in the Act, so as not to obsruct the passage of rafts or the ascent of fish. The Act may be repealed if the public interest should require it. ST. HYACINTHE, Incorporation of.-Cap. 105....
An Act to provide more fully for the incorporation of Village of St. Hyacinthe.-(Passed 10th August, 1850.) This Act provides more elaborately for the incorporation of the Village of St. Hyacinthe than the general Municipal Act for Lower Canada, (10 & 11 V. c. 7) under which only it was previously incor- porated. The order and general purport of the enactments are as follows: The Corporation is established with the usual corporate powers. The limits of the Town are defined; and it is divided into four wards, the limits of each of which are also defined; for three of the said wards, two Councillors are to be elected, and one for the fourth, so that the whole num- ber will be seven; they are to retire alternately from office, so that no Councillor will remain in office more than two years. They are to be elected by the male freeholders of the place having real property therein to the amount of twenty shillings, yearly value, and the male householders paying a rent of not less than five pounds yearly. The usual provisions are made for holding the first and other elections, polling the votes, &c. The Councillors elect the Mayor from among themselves. Neither the Mayor nor the Coun- cillors are to have any Salary or Emolument. Persons elected Councillors and refusing to serve, are subject to a fine of £5. The rates which the Council may impose in any one year are limited to a penny in the pound on the assessed value of all taxable property in the Town, which value they are to cause to be asses- sed as soon as possible after the passing of this Act, and once in every three years afterwards. The pro- perty subject to taxation is,-all real property not spe- cially exempted, horses, cows and horned cattle, and carriages, on each kind of which a fixed value is placed by the Act: and the Stock in trade of Merchants and Shopkeepers to the extent of one farthing in the pound on the assessed value thereof; and the Seigniors are to be liable to a tax of one fortieth of their receipts; and untaxed males over 21 to an annual rate of from 2s. 6d. to 5s. The property of Her Majesty and other public property is exempted from taxation. Special enactments are made as to the appointment (by the Council) of the assessors and the mode in which their duties are to be performed. Power is given to the Council to make By-laws for the usual purposes: in- cluding the power to impose special rates not exceed- ing a penny in the pound yearly, on persons exercising certain callings, and of fixing the price and weight of bread. No By-law is to impose a penalty exceeding five pounds, and provision is made for recovering such
penalty, and also the amount of any taxes in arrears, Page. for which real property may be sold when such arrears amount to six years. The Council is to have the power of deciding contested election cases, and may expel or fine members for misbehaviour. The Coun- cil may borrow money, but to an amount not exceeding five hundred pounds, for the purpose of erecting, Markets, &c. Power is given to acquire property for that and like purposes. The Act L. C. 10 & 11 G. 4, c. 42, establishing a Market at St. Hyacinthe, is repealed. The Council are to have the sole power of granting Certificates for Licenses to keep Houses of Public Entertainment within the Town.
ST. JEAN Baptiste Society, Quebec.-Cap. 126
An Act to amend an Act intituled, "An Act to incorpo- ratę La Société St. Jean Baptiste de la Cité de Qué- bec.-(Passed 24th July, 1850.)
The Act amended is 12 V. c. 148. The 3d and 7th sections of the said Act are repealed; and the Officers of the Society are hereafter to be, a President, Assis- tant President, Six Vice-Presidents, a Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer and three Sub-Treasurers, a Re- cording Secretary, an Assistant Secretary, a Marshal, an Assistant Marshal and six under Secretaries, and such other Officers as the Corporation may think it necessary to appoint; and the affairs of the Corpora- tion are to be managed by a Committee of Manage- ment consisting of the said Officers and fifteen asso- ciate Members, to be elected annually, at a general meeting to be called in a certain manner. The actual Officers are confirmed in office until others are elected in their stead.
ST. JOHN'S Academy.-Cap. 124... An Act to incorporate the St. John's Academy.-(Passed 10th August, 1850.)
This Act is in the usual form adopted in many instances for the incorporation of like institutions in Lower Canada. Five Gentlemen resident in the Parish of St. John, and the Rector (Curé) of the same are incor- porated with the usual powers by the name of The St. John's Academy; the real property they may hold is limited to the value of £600 a year, the income from which is to be devoted strictly to educational purposes, including the construction and maintenance of proper buildings. The members named in the Act are to serve for five years certain, and longer if they please; but when vacancies occur they are to be filled by members to be elected by the remaining members according to the By-laws of the Corporation. ST. PATRICK'S Church, Quebec.-Cap. 125..
An Act to facilitate the recovery of sums due for rent of Pews in St. Patrick's Church, Quebec.-(Passed 10th August, 1850.)
The sole object of this Act is to enable the Committee of Management of the said Church, to sue for and recover in the name of the Church, sums due for the rent of pews therein; and to facilitate the proceedings in any suits to be brought by them by providing that it shall not be necessary to allege or prove certain special matters relative to the appointment of the Members of the Committee, &c.
TAVERN Licenses in Montreal.-Cap. 94...
An Act to appropriate the moneys arising from duties on Tavern Licenses in the County and City of Mont- real, towards defraying the cost of the New Court House to be erected in the City of Montreal.-(Passed 10th August, 1850.)
After reciting the necessity of providing more ample funds for defraying the cost of the Court House to be erected in Montreal, under 12 V. c. 112, this Act appropriates for that purpose all moneys arising from the duties on Tavern Licenses arising in the City and County of Montreal, and directs the manner in which they shall be paid and accounted for.
TELEGRAPH, British N. A. Electric.-Cap. 119...
An Act to extend the period for completing the Tele-
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