MON GROU ANNO OCTAVO VICTORIA REGINÆ. CAP. X. An Act to repeal that portion of the Act therein mentioned which prevents Members of the Clergy from voting at Elections of Members to serve in the Legislative Assembly of this Province. W [17th March, 1845.] Act 7 Vict. cap. 65, cited. THEREAS it is expedient to amend a certain Act of the Legislature of this Preamble. Province passed in the seventh year of Her Majesty's Reign, and intituled, An Act for better securing the independence of the Legislative Assembly of this Province, so as to enable Clergymen to vote at elections of members to serve in the said Legislative Assembly: 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, that so much of the Act herein first above cited, as declares all Clergymen of the Church of England or Scotland, and all Priests and Ministers either according to the rites of the Church of Rome, or under any other form of religious faith or worship, to be incapable and incompetent to vote at any election of a Member or Members to serve in the said Legislative Assembly, shall be and so much of the said Act is hereby repealed. MONTREAL:-Printed by STEWART DERBISHIRE and GEORGE DESBARATS, So much of the said Act Clergymen as prevents from voting, repealed. An Act to abolish the Office of Surveyor General, and to provide for the performance of the duties of that Office by the Commissioner of Crown Lands. [17th March, 1845.] HEREAS it hath become expedient to abolish the office of Surveyor Gene- Preamble ral, and to cause the duties thereof to be performed by the Commissioner of Crown Lands; And whereas by divers Statutes of this Province, or of the late Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada, respectively, many powers and duties are assigned to the Surveyor General, for the exercise and performance of which it is necessary to provide: 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, that from and after the passing of this Act, the department and office of the Surveyor General of this Province, shall be consolidated with the department and office of the Commissioner of Crown Lands, under the superintendence and management of the last named officer. II. Departments of the SurveyCommissioner or General and of Crown Lands coneolidated. Powers and duties of the Surveyor Goneral to be exercised and performed by the Commissioner of powers II. And be it enacted, That from and after the passing of this Act, all the and duties which theretofore were by any Act, Ordinance or Law in force in this Province, assigned to or vested in the Surveyor General, shall become and be vested in the Commissioner of Crown Lands for the time being; and the said powers and duties, or any of them, shall and may be exercised and performed by him, or Crown Lands. by any Assistant or Clerk in his department or office, or other person whom he shall by any instrument in writing under his hand, authorize to excercise or perform the same, or any of them, as fully and effectually to all intents and purposes as they might before the passing of this Act have been exercised or performed by the Surveyor General; any law, usage, or custom to the contrary notwithstanding. MONTREAL:-Printed by STEWart Derbi hire and GEORGE Desbarats, SOIT.QUI MAL.) MON DROI ANNO OCTAVO VICTORIÆ REGINÆ. CAP. XII. An Act for the relief of Shipwrecked and destitute Mariners, in cer. tain cases therein mentioned. [10th February, 1845.] and Mariners, bee Preamble. longing to merchant ships or vessels from the United Kingdom, resorting during the season of navigation to Quebec, and the seaports in Canada, are oftentimes forced by adverse circumstances to winter at Quebec, where not finding employment, and from the want of an asylum for the temporary reception of shipwrecked and destitute Mariners, they frequently become, during the winter season, and until they can find employ on the return of spring, burthensome to the public, subsisting upon such voluntary alms as the charitable and humane can afford them; And whereas it is but just to authorize the appropriation in such cases of a small proportion of the funds received from the tonnage duties collected under the Act of the Legislature of Lower Canada hereinafter mentioned, towards the relief of such shipwrecked and destitute Mariners, either by enabling them to find their way to the nearest seaport in order to obtain employ, or to subsist until the return of the season of navigation, and the arrival of ships from sea: 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 it shall be lawful hereafter for the Governor, or person administering the Government of this Province for the time being, whenever he shall deem it necessary, to appropriate from the funds arising from the duties imposed by the Act of the Legislature of Lower Canada, passed in the sixth year of the Reign of His late Majesty, King William the Fourth, From the fund arising from c.6 Wm. IV. cap. 35, the appropriate a the Act of L. Governor may certain sum yearly for the |