Form of the Oath to be taken by the Members of the Council. I SWEAR, that I will faithfully and truly perform my duty as a Member of the Council of the Board of Trade of the City of Toronto, and that I will, in all matters connected with the discharge of such duty, do all such things, and such things only, as I shall truly and conscientiously believe to be adapted to promote the objects for which the said Board was constituted, according to the true intent and meaning of the Act incorporating the same: So help me God. Form of Oath to be taken by the Members of the Board of Arbitration. I SWEAR, that I will faithfully, impartially, and diligently perform my duty as a Member of the Board of Arbitration of the Board of Trade of the City of Toronto, and that I will, in all cases in which I shall act as Arbitrator, give a true and just award, according to the best of my judgment and ability, without fear, favour or affection, of or for any party or person whomsoever: So help me God. MONTREAL :-Printed by STEWART DERBISHIRE and GEORGE DESBARATS, An Act to Incorporate the Saint Lawrence and Atlantic Rail.road [17th March, 1845.] WHEREAS the construction of a Rail-road from the River St. Lawrence, as Preamble. nearly opposite to the City of Montreal as may be found desirable, to the Boundary Line between this Province and the United States of America, with a Branch from the City of Quebec connecting therewith, would greatly contribute to the prosperity of this Province; and whereas the several persons hereinafter named are desirous to make and maintain the said Rail-road: Therefore for obtaining and perfecting the good effects and purposes aforesaid, Be it 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 Peter M'Gill, John Frothingham, Joseph T. Barret, Charles H. Castle, William Lyman, Harrison Stephens, Joseph Shuter, Louis A. Dessaulles, Pierre D. Debartzch, Samuel C. Monk, The Baron de Longueuil, Isidore Hurteau, Charles Sabourin, Victor Chenier, Alexis Colin, Louis Colin, Joseph Lecours, Amable Gelineau, Marie J. Tonnancour, Leonard G. Tonnancour, Michel Lemaitre, Joseph Bistodeau, Eusèbe Cartier, Amable Archambault, A. Augustin Papineau, P. Edward Leclerc, Michel Plamondon, Horace Steward, John Gilman, Samuel Gilman, Joseph Ward, Lee Knowlton, David Wood, Alonzo Wood, Oliver Wells, Hiram J. Foster, Andrew Barton, Alexander Rea, Joseph Pennoyer, Hollis Smith, Alder W. Kendrick, Benjamin Pomroy, John Moore, Joshua Foss, Alexander Kilborn, William Morris, John Felton, Alexander T. Galt, Arba Stimson, Thomas Tait, William Gibson, C. B. Cleveland, Samuel Daniels, Joseph Rankin, William G. Cook, Philip Flanders A Joint Stock formed for the Company purpose of constructing a from the Et. Lawrence to Rail-road the Province Line. Flanders, Chester Hovey, Louis V. Sicotte, Nacisse Boivin, Maurice Buckley, Etienne Leduc and Charles Starnes, together with such person or persons as shall under the provisions of this Act become subscribers to and proprietors of any share or shares in the Rail road hereby authorized to be made, and their several and respective heirs, executors, administrators, curators and assigns, being proprietors of any share or shares in the Rail-road hereby authorized to be made, are and shall be, and be united into a Company for carrying on, making, completing and maintaining the said intended Rail-road, according to the rules, orders and directions hereinafter expressed, and shall for that purpose be one body politic and corporate by the name of The Saint Lawrence and Atlantic Rail-road Company, and by that name shall have perpetual succession, and shall have a common seal; and by that name shall and may sue and be sued, and also shall and may have power and authority to purchase lands, tenements and hereditaments for them and their successors and assigns, for the use of the said Rail-road, without Her Majesty's Lettres d'Amortissement; saving nevertheless to the Seignior or Seigniors within whose censive the lands, tenements and hereditaments so purchased may be situate, his and their several and respective droits d'indemnité, and all other Seigniorial rights whatever, and also to sell any of the said lands, tenements and hereditaments purchased for the purposes aforesaid, and any person or persons, bodies politic or corporate, or communities may give, grant, bargain, sell or convey to the said Company of Proprietors, any lands, tenements or hereditaments for the purposes aforesaid, and the same may re-purchase of the said Company without Lettres d'Amortissement, and the said Company of Proprietors and their successors and assigns shall be and are hereby authorized and empowered from and after the passing of this Act, by themselves, their deputies, agents, officers, workmen and servants, to make and complete a Rail-road, to be called The Saint Lawrence and Atlantic Rail-road, from the River St. Lawrence as nearly opposite to the City of Montreal as may be found desirable, in the general direction of St. Hyacinthe and Sherbrooke to the Boundary Line between this Province and the United States of America, at such point or place of the said Boundary Line near the Connecticut River as that the said Rail-road may best connect with The Atlantic and Saint Lawrence Rail-road, to be constructed from Portland in the State of Maine to the said Boundary Line, there to connect with the Rail-road hereby authorized to be made and completed, and further to make and complete a Rail-road from any such point of the said Rail-road hereby authorized to be made as shall be deemed most favorable, to the said Boundary Line in the near the State Township of Stanstead or elsewhere in the County of Stanstead with a view to uniting the same with any Rail-road which may be constructed within the State of Vermont, one of the United States of America. Direction of the said Railroad. A Branch of the said Rail road may be made to the Province Line of Vermont. Branch Railroad may be made from opposite the City of Quebec. II. And be it enacted, That the said Company of Proprietors and their successors and assigns shall be and are hereby authorized and empowered from and after the the passing of this Act, by themselves, their deputies, agents, officers, workmen and servants, to make and complete a branch Rail-road from the South bank of the said River St. Lawrence, as nearly opposite to the said City of Quebec as may be found desirable, to connect with the said Rail-road at any point within this Province. Power to the Company survey lands ne set out cessary for their works, &c. III. And be it enacted, That, for the purposes aforesaid, the said Company of Proprietors, their deputies, servants, agents and workmen, are hereby authorized and empowered to enter into and upon the lands and grounds of the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, or of any person or persons, bodies politic, corporate or collegiate, or communities whatsoever, and to survey and take levels of the same, or any part thereof, and to set out and ascertain such parts thereof as they shall think necessary and proper for making the said intended Rail-road, and all such other works, matters and conveniences as they shall think proper and necessary for making, effecting, preserving, improving, completing, maintaining and using the said intended Rail-road and other works, and also to bore, dig, cut, trench, get, remove, take, carry away, and lay earth, clay, stone, soil, rubbish, trees, roots of trees, beds of gravel or sand, or any other matters or things which may be dug or got in making the said intended Rail-road or other works, or out of the lands or grounds of any person or persons adjoining or lying convenient thereto, and which may be proper, requisite, or necessary for making or repairing the said intended Rail-road, or works, incidental or relative thereto, or which may hinder, prevent or obstruct the making, using or completing, extending or maintaining the same respectively, according to the intent and purpose of this Act; and to make, build, erect and set up in or upon Erecting buildthe said intended Rail-road, or upon the lands adjoining or near the same respect- ings, machineively, such and so many houses, ware-houses, toll-houses, watch-houses, weighing beams, cranes, fire engines, steam engines, or other engines, either stationary or locomotive, inclined planes, machines, and other works, ways, roads and conveniences, as and when the said Company of Proprietors shall think requisite and convenient for the purposes of the said Rail-road; and also from time to time to alter, repair, divert, widen, enlarge and extend the same, and also to make, maintain, repair and alter any fences or passages over, under or through the said intended Rail-road, and to construct, erect and keep in repair any bridges arches and other works, upon and across any rivers or brooks for the making, using, maintaining and repairing the said intended Rail-road; and to construct, erect, make and do all other matters and things which they shall think convenient and necessary for the making, effecting, extending, preserving, improving, completing, and easy using of the said intended Rail-road and other works, in pursuance of, and according to the true intent and meaning of this Act; they, the said Company of Proprietors, doing as little damage as may be, in the execution of the several powers to them hereby granted, and making satisfaction in manner hereinafter mentioned to the owners or proprietors of, or the persons interested in the lands, tenements or ry, &c. Bridges and other works for passing streams, &c. Other works necessary for the Rail-road. As little dable to be done, and compensamade. mage as possi tion to be |