XX. And be it enacted, That the Council of the said City may pass a By-Law to oblige all persons to answer truly to the Assessors when in the exercise of their functions, and to impose a penalty against any person contravening such By-Law. XXI. And be it enacted, That all monies due or payable to the said Council, may be sued for and recovered before the Commissioners' Court for the said City, or before any other Court in this Province having competent jurisdiction, according to the amount to be recovered, and the residence of the Defendant or the place where he shall be served with process, as well as before two Justices of the Peace at their weekly sittings, and may, after judgment, be levied by execution under the usual process of the Court. XXII. And be it enacted, That the financial year, as regards all accounts of the Corporation of the said City, shall begin on the first day of January, and end on the thirty-first day of December, in each year. XXIII. And be it enacted, That the Mayor may appoint a Deputy to the City Clerk, Treasurer, or Road Inspector, [subject to the approval of the Council of the said City,] in case of sickness or unavoidable absence of the said officers respectively. XXIV. And be it enacted, That neither the Mayor nor any Councillor who may be a Justice of the Peace, shall preside at any weekly sittings of the peace at which any prosecution shall be brought under any By-Law of the Council of the said City. XXV. And be it enacted, That all By-Laws made under the authority of this Act, shall be subject to the same provisions as those made under the Ordinances aforesaid, and the penalties imposed may be recovered and applied in like manner. MONTREAL:-Printed by STEWART DERBISHIRE and GEORGE DESBARATS, An Act to repeal a certain provision of the Act incorporating the Town of Kingston, and to provide for the Assessment and Collection of the District Taxes in the said Town, by an Assessor and Collector to be appointed by the District Council. WH [29th March, 1845.] HEREAS it is expedient to amend the Act of the Legislature of Upper Preamble Canada, passed in the first year of Her Majesty's Reign, and intituled, An 1 Viet c. 27. Act to incorporate the Town of Kingston under the name of the "Mayor and Common Council of the Town of Kingston," by providing that the District rates and assessments shall be assessed and collected by an Assessor and Collector to be appointed by the District Council of the Midland District, and not by the Assessor and Collector to be appointed by the Common Council of the said Town: 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 from and after the first day of May next after the passing of this Act, all rates and assessments, and local taxes, payable into or forming part of the general funds of the Midland District, shall be assessed and collected by the Assessor and Collector to be appointed for that purpose from time to time by the District Council of the said Midland District, and by them only, and may, if not paid, be recovered (as may all arrears thereof due or hereafter to become due) by such Collector, or by any other proper person or officer, in the same manner and under the From 1st May 1815, rates, &c funds of idbelonging to and District, by Vidland to be collecte District As sessor only Certain provi sions of 1 Vict. c. 27 repealed. the same provisions in and under which rates and assessments payable to and forming part of the general funds of the District, and may then, by law, be recoverable; and so much of the twenty-eighth or twenty-ninth sections, or of any other part of the said Act as authorizes the Common Council of the said Town to appoint an Assessor or Collector for the purposes aforesaid, or empowers any Assessor or Collector so appointed to assess or collect such rates and assessments, shall be and is hereby repealed: Provided always, that nothing herein contained shall be construed in any way to impair the obligation of any Collector appointed by the said Common Council, to pay over into the general funds of the District all such moneys as under the said Act ought to be so paid over, or to prevent his being compelled so to pay over the same in any way in which he may now by law be compelled so to do; or in any way to vitiate any assessment made before the said day by any Assessor appointed by the said Common Council. MONTREAL:-Printed by STEWArt Derbishire and GEORGE DESBARATS, An Act to Incorporate the Town of Niagara, and to establish a Police therein. [29th March, 1845.] WH WHEREAS from the great increase of population in the Town of Niagara, Preamble. in the District of Niagara, it is necessary to make further provision than by law exists for the internal regulation thereof: 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 2 Geo 4. cap. so much of the second section of an Act of Parliament of that part of this Province 11. s. 2. which formerly constituted Upper Canada, passed in the second year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Fourth, intituled, An Act to repeal in part a certain part of an Act passed in the forty-third year of His late Majesty's Reign, intituled, "An Act to extend the provisions of an Act passed in the thirty-fourth year of His Majesty's Reign, intituled, An Act to restrain the custom of permitting horned cattle, horses, sheep and swine to run at large, and further to enable the magistrates in their respective Districts in this Province, in General Quarter Sessions assembled to make such rules and regulations as may restrain swine running at large in the respective Towns in this Province where a Police is or may hereafter be established by Law," as affects the said Town of Niagara; and also so much of an Act of Parliament of that part of this Province which formerly constituted the Province of Upper Canada, passed in the sixth year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George 6 Geo. 4. cap. the Fourth, intituled, "An Act for the better regulating the assize and fixing the price of 6. |