An Act to repeal a certain part of an Act of Upper Canada relating to WH [10th February, 1845.] Act of U. C. Vict. cap. 53 cited. HEREAS divers inhabitants of that part of this Province called Upper Preamble. Canada, residing within half a mile of the different Macadamized Roads referred to in the Act of the Legislature of Upper Canada, passed in the third year of Her Majesty's Reign, and intituled, An Act to repeal, alter and amend the Laws now in force for the Regulation of the several Macadamized Roads in this 3 Province, have suffered great inconvenience from being compelled to commute their Statute labour upon the said Macadamized Roads; And whereas in many cases the Roads intersecting the said Macadamized Roads, Concession Roads, and other Roads, have been neglected, and no Statute labour has since the passing of the said Act, been performed thereon; And whereas it is expedient to give relief to parties suffering from the unequal operation of the said obligation to commute their Statute labour: 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 forty-ninth The 49th sect. section of the said Act be and the same is hereby repealed. of the said Act repealed. II. And be it enacted, That the provision of the said Act which repeals all other Acts contrary to or inconsistent therewith, shall not hereafter extend to a certain Act of the Legislature of Upper Canada, passed in the fifty-ninth year of the Reign of His Majesty King George the Third, intituled, An Act to repeal part of and amend the Laws now in force for laying out, amending, and keeping in repair the Public Highways and Roads in this Province, but the said last mentioned Act shall be revived and continued and shall be in force, with regard to the persons who without this Act would have been bound to commute their Statute labour as aforesaid; And the said Statute labour shall hereafter be performed by such persons, on such Roads other than the said Macadamized Roads as shall be appointed by the proper Road Officers within the several local divisions, respectively. MONTREAL: Printed by STEWART DERBISHIRE and GEORGE DESBARATS, An Act to incorporate the Board of Trade of the City of Toronto. WH [10th February, 1845.] HEREAS George Perceval Ridout, Thomas Clarkson, Peter Paterson, Preamble. John Mulholland, William Ledley Perrin, and others hereinafter named, Merchants, resident and carrying on trade in the City of Toronto, have, by their Petition to the Legislature, represented that they have associated themselves together for some time past for the purpose of promoting such measures as they might, upon due consideration, deem calculated to advance and render prosperous the lawful trade and commerce of this Province, and of the said City of Toronto more especially, and have further represented, that having already experienced the good effects of their said Association, and being convinced that the advantages arising from it would be greatly extended and increased if they and their associates and successors were incorporated, and if certain powers were conferred on them, they pray the Legislature so to incorporate them and grant them such powers; And whereas it is expedient to grant the prayer of their said Petition: 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, 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, Names of preThat the said George Perceval Ridout, Thomas Clarkson, Peter Paterson, John sent members. Mulholland, and William Ledley Perrin, with Duncan M'Donnell, J. M'Glashan, Timothy J. Farr, Henry Rowsell, Thomas Rigney, Thomas D. Harris, John Thomson, William Wakefield, Joseph Workman, R. C. M'Mullen, Joseph D. Ridout, K. M. Sutherland, J. B. Sutherland, John Harrington, William Rowsell, Robert Wightman, A. Badenach, John Shaw, Walter M'Farlane, William Henderson, James Beaty, Other members. Incorporation powers. Beaty, M. J. O'Beirne, George Michie, John Robertson, Peter Freeland, Alexander Murray, L. Moffatt, George Denholm, J. R. Armstrong, Alexander Ogilvie, Frederick Perkins, Robert Mackay, Angus M'Intosh, Charles Robertson, George H. Cheney, Thomas Brunskill, John Sproule, Samuel Phillips, J. McMurrich, E. F. Whittemore, Samuel Workman, and such other persons, being inhabitants of and using trade and commerce within the said City of Toronto, as are or shall be associated with the persons above named for the purposes of this Act, in the manner hereinafter provided, and their successors, shall be and are hereby constituted a and corporate body politic and corporate by the name of "The Toronto Board of Trade," and may by that name sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded, answer and be answered, defend and be defended, in all Courts of Law and places whatsoever, and by that name they and their successors shall have perpetual succession and may Common scal. have a common seal, and may break, change, alter or renew the same at pleasure, and shall have power to purchase, take, receive, hold and enjoy any estate whatever, real or personal, and to alienate, sell, convey, lease, or otherwise dispose of the same or any part thereof, from time to time, and as occasion may require, and other estate, real or personal, to acquire instead thereof: Provided always, that the Amount of pro- clear annual value of the real and personal estate together held by the said Corpoperty to be ration at any one time, shall not exceed two thousand pounds, currency: And provided also, that the said Corporation shall not have or exercise any corporate powers whatsoever, except such as are expressly conferred on them by this Act, or are necessary for carrying the same into effect, according to its true intent and meaning. Property. Proviso. holden limited. Proviso. For what pur of the Corpo II. And be it enacted, That the funds and property of the said Corporation shall pose the funds be used and applied to and for such purposes only, as may be calculated to promote and extend the just and lawful trade and commerce of this Province, and of the said City of Toronto more especially, or as may be necessary for attaining the objects for which the said Corporation is constituted, according to the true intent and meaning of this Act. ration may be used. Legal domicile of the Corporation. Council to be III. And be it enacted, That the usual place of meeting of the said Corporation shall be held to be the legal domicile thereof; and service at such place of any notice or process of any kind, addressed to the said Corporation, shall be held to be sufficient service of such notice or process on the Corporation. IV. And be it enacted, That for the management of the affairs and business of elected for ma- the said Corporation, there shall be a Council, to be called "The Council of the naging the business of the Board of Trade," which shall, from and after the first election hereinafter mentionCorporation. ed, consist of a President, a Vice President, a Treasurer, and twelve other Members of the Council, all of whom shall be Members of the said Corporation, and shall shall have the powers and perform the duties hereinafter mentioned and assigned to the said Council: Provided always, that no two or more persons, co-partners in Proviso. trade, shall be Members of said Council at the same time. V. And be it enacted, That the said George Perceval Ridout shall be the President, the said Joseph Workman, shall be Vice-President, the said Henry Rowsell, the Treasurer, and the said John Mulholland, William Ledley Perrin, Peter Paterson, Duncan M'Donnell, John Thomson, Peter Freeland, Thomas D. Harris, James Beatty, Wm. Henderson, J. Shaw, R. H. Brett and E. F. Whittemore, the other Members of the Council, until the first election to be had under the Provisions of this Act; and the Council hereby appointed shall, until the said election, have all the powers assigned to the Council of the said Corporation by this Act. VI. And be it enacted, That the Members of the said Corporation shall hold a general meeting every three months, viz: on the first Monday in January, April, July and October, at some place within the City of Toronto, of which due notice shall be given by the Council for the time being, and at the general meeting on the first Monday in the month of January, the Members of the said Corporation present, or a majority of them, shall then and there choose, by separate ballot, or shall in such other way as shall be fixed by the By-Laws of the Corporation, elect from among the Members of the Corporation, one President, one Vice-President, one Treasurer, and Twelve other Members of the Council, who with the said President, Vice President and Treasurer, shall form the Council of the said Corporation, and shall hold their offices until others be elected at the next general meeting in January aforesaid in their stead, or until they shall be removed from office, or shall vacate the same under the provisions of any By-Laws of the Corporation: Provided always, that if the said clection shall not take place on the first Monday of January in any year, the Corporation shall not thereby be dissolved, but such election may be had at any general meeting of the Corporation to be called in the manner hereinafter provided, and the Members of the Council then in office shall remain so until the election shall be had: And provided further, that no person shall be capable of being re-elected to the office of President, Vice-President, Treasurer, or Member of Council for the current year, if he shall have been absent from more than one-half the meetings of Council held in the preceding year, without leave of absence obtained from the President.. VII. And be it enacted, That if any Member of the said Council shall die, resign his office, or be absent for four months, continuously, from the meetings of Council, without leave of absence obtained from the President, it shall be lawful for the said Corporation, at any general meeting, to elect a Member of the Corporation to be |