FORM. PROVINCE OF QUEBEC. KNOW all Men by these presents, that we, are held and firmly bound, jointly and severally, unto Our Sovereign Lady VICTORIA, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, QUEEN, Defender of the Faith, in the sum of Eight Hundred Dollars, of current money of this Province, to be paid to Her said Majesty, Her Heirs and Successors; for the which payment, well and truly to be made, we do bind ourselves, and each of us by himself, our and each of our heirs, executors and administrators, firmly by these presents, sealed with our seals, dated at the day of year in the , of Her Majesty's Reign, and in the year of Our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and The condition of this Obligation is such, That whereas the above bounden of Marriage for himself and hath obtained a License now if it shall not appear hereafter that they, or either of them, the said and have any lawful let or impediment, pre-contract, affinity or consanguinity, to hinder their being joined in Holy Matrimony, and afterwards their living together as Man and Wife, then this obligation to be void and of none effect, otherwise to be and remain in full force and effect. Annual re officers of fees and emoluments. PERCENTAGE UPON THE FEES OF CERTAIN PUBLIC OFFICERS. 1212. Every public officer of this Province, who is paid by turn by public fees, or partly by fees and partly by a fixed salary, shall, on or before the fifteenth day of the month of January, in every year, make under oath and transmit to the Provincial Treasurer a return showing the aggregate amount of such fees and emoluments, and of his disbursements in detail, during the twelve months ending the thirty-first day of December preceding. 43-44 V., c. 19., s. 1. Percentage to be sent with return. 1213. Except as regards the sheriff and prothonotary of the district of Montmagny and their deputies to whom this and the two following articles do not apply, every public officer shall transmit to the Provincial Treasurer, with the return mentioned in the preceding article, twenty per cent. of the balance, over one thousand dollars, of the net amount of the fees received by him for the period covered by such return, after deducting the necessary and unavoidable expenses of the office, which expenses so deducted shall, in no case, for the purposes of this section, exceed one quarter of the total amount of fees received. 45 V., c. 17, c. 2; 51-52 V., c. 19, s. 7. 1214. Every person filling two or more offices shall pay the Percentage to percentage above mentioned on the balance over one thousand be sent by persons filling dollars of the aggregate net amount of the fees and emolu- two or more ments of all the offices, so held by him. 45 V., c. 17, s. 2. offices. two or more 1215. Whenever two or more persons hold, jointly, one or Percentage to more offices, the percentage of twenty per cent. shall be cal- be sent when culated on the balance of the net amount of fees and emoluments remaining, after deduction of one thousand dollars for one or more each of such persons. 45 V., c. 17, s. 2. persons fill offices. 5705 with 1216. All registrars, who are subject to the application of Registrars article 5705 of these Revised Statutes, shall include, in each of under art. their said returns, a statement of the amount of fees received return to by them on the renewal of registrations, and shall transmit pay over the therewith to the Provincial Treasurer, the percentage pre- percentage. scribed by any order in council then in force, in relation thereto; the percentage mentioned in the preceding articles Proviso. shall not, however, be levied upon such fees. 43-44 V., c. 19, s.3. fees. 1217. Every prothonotary, who, as such, receives in fees a Prothonosum of one thousand dollars or over, and who is at the same taries paid by time clerk of the Crown and of the peace, shall continue to perform the duties of such clerk, without any remuneration or salary therefor, apart from the fees which he may receive. 43-44 V., c. 19, s. 4. consolidated 1218. The percentage, mentioned in the preceding articles, Percentage to shall form part of the consolidated revenue of the Province; form part of and the returns, therein provided for, shall not apply to or in revenue fund. any manner affect returns ordered by any law or order in council. 43-44 V., c. 19, s. 5. SECTION XXII. CONTRIBUTIONS BY MUNICIPALITIES TO THE SUPPORT OF PRISONERS. tain corpora 1219. The corporation of every city, town, village or rural Amount to be municipality, within the limits of which has been committed paid by cerany offence, punishable under the statutes of Canada, respect- tions for the ing vagrants, or under the first six paragraphs of article 2783, maintenance in the places to which the said paragraphs apply, or any con of prisoners. Such amounts consolidated travention of the by-laws of the council of such city, town, village, or rural municipality, shall be bound, if the offender have been sentenced to imprisonment in the common gaol of any district, to pay to the Government a sum of fifteen cents for each day such offender shall be so detained in gaol. 46 V., c. 15, s. 2. 1220. The sums, which may become due under the preform part of ceding article, shall form part of the consolidated revenue fund of this Province, and they shall be payable, by cities and towns, quarterly on the first juridical day of the months of July, October, January and April, and by other municipalities, annually, on the first juridical day of the month of July. 46 V., c. 15, s. 3. revenue fund of the Province; and when payable. Statement to be made by sheriff and cial revenue. 1221. The sheriff of every district shall, at the beginning of each month, prepare and transmit, to the proper collector of sent to collec- provincial revenue, a statement of the sums which may so betor of provin- come due, during the preceding month, by each of the several Duty of col- municipal corporations in his district; and the said collector of lector on re- provincial revenue shall, on receiving such statement, forthceipt of such with send to the clerk or secretary-treasurer of each municipal corporation therein mentioned a statement certified by him of the sums due by it, with a notice to pay the amount due into his hands, on the first juridical day of the quarter next ensuing, or on the first juridical day of the month of July then next, as the case may be. 46 V., c. 15, s. 4. statement. Suit in default 1222. In default of payment by any municipal corporation of payment. of the amount due by it, on any of the days above specified, the same shall be recovered, with costs, by an action brought in his own name, on behalf of Her Majesty, by the collector of provincial revenue, before any court of competent jurisdiction. 46 V., c. 15, s. 5. Recovery from certain persons of amounts so paid by corporation. 1223. It shall be lawful for any such corporation, which shall have paid any sum of money to the Government for the imprisonment of any such offender, to obtain the repayment thereof by suit and distress, levied in the usual manner on the property, moveable or immoveable, of such offender or of those who are obliged by law to support or provide for him, if he be a minor. 46 V., c. 15, s. 6. SECTION XXIII. REVENUE FROM EMPLOYMENT OF PRISONERS OUTSIDE OF PRISON WALLS. 1224. The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may, from time to time, direct or authorize the employment, upon any specific work or duty beyond the limits of any common gaol, of any prisoner who, after a prior sentence of imprisonment for any breach of any law of Canada or of any Province, is sentenced to be imprisoned, with hard labor, in such gaol, for breach of the laws of the Province of Quebec, or for the breach of the by-laws of any municipal corporation in this Province. 43-44 V., c. 24, s. 1. to which sub 1225. Every such prisoner shall, during such employment. Regulations be subject to all the regulations and discipline of the gaol, mitted. so far as applicable, and to any regulations made by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council, under section 8 of chapter 183 of the Revised Statutes of Canada. 43-44 V., c. 24, s. 2. 1226. No such prisoner shall be so employed, save under Supervision the strictest care and supervision of the officers appointed for in such case. that purpose. 43-44 V., c. 24, s. 3. 1227. Every street, highway or public thoroughfare of any Certain places kind, along or across which prisoners may pass in going to or considered for returning from their work, and every place where they may be as part of the employed under this section, shall, while so used, be considered gaol. as a portion of the gaol, as far as the legislative authority of this Province extends in that behalf. 43-44 V., c. 24, s. 4. that purpose 1228. Every sheriff shall keep or cause to be kept, by the Sheriff to keep gaoler of each gaol, books of account, shewing the amount of book, shewing wages of wages earned by the prisoners in the common gaol under his prisoners. control, and each such sheriff shall render an account of the amounts collected, in the same manner as he is required to do, with respect to the other sums of public money in his hands, in accordance with the laws of this Province. 43-44 V., c. 24, s. 5. 1229. These revenues shall be paid in to the credit of the Revenues to Provincial Treasurer, in accordance with part first of this be paid to chapter. 43-44 V., c. 24, s. 6. Provincial sheriff. 1230. Nothing in this section contained shall diminish the Sureties of duration or extent of the responsibility of the sureties of any sheriff, under any law actually in force. 43-44 V., c. 24, s. 7. SECTION XXIV. SETTLEMENT OF CERTAIN QUESTIONS BETWEEN QUEBEC AND ONTARIO. WHEREAS the provisions of the "British North America Preamble. Act, 1867," which give to the Provinces of Quebec and Ontario jointly certain assets of the late Province of Canada and provide for their partition, have given rise to certain questions still pending between the said Provinces, and whereas their respective Governments are desirous of settling them by arbitration. 51-52 V., c. 12, Preamble. Arbitrators may be appointed to finally deter 1231. For the final and conclusive determination of the questions above set forth, the Lieutenant-Governor in Council may unite with the Government of Ontario in the appointmine certain ment of three arbitrators, to whom shall be referred such of questions bethese questions which the Governments of the said Provinces and Quebec. shall mutually agree to submit. tween Ontario Powers of majority of arbitrators. Powers of arbitrators. Appointment and award binding upon Province. Time for making award. Vacancy trators ap The order of proceedings before such arbitrators and all questions, including the final award, shall be decided by a majority of the arbitrators. 51-52 V., c. 12, s. 1. 1232. The arbitrators shall have all the powers which, by the law of each of the said Provinces, arbitrators possess in the case of references by private persons. 51-52 V., c. 12, s. 2. 1233. The appointment of the said arbitrators by order in council, and their award in writing, shall bind this Province. 2. The award in writing shall be made within three months after the said appointment. 51-52 V., c. 12, ss. 3 and 4. 1234. In case of the death, absence or incapacity of any among arbi- arbitrator, or in the event of any arbitrator omitting, or declining or ceasing to act, the Lieutenant-Governor in Council may unite with the Government of Ontario in filling any vacancy for any of the causes aforesaid. pointed. Extension of The period of making the award in case of such substitution time for mak- shall be calculated from the date of the appointment of the arbitrator to fill the vacancy. 51-52 V., c. 12, s. 5. ing award in such case. Payment of expenses of arbitration. 1235. The share of the expenses of the arbitration authorized by this section, to be borne by the Province of Quebec, shall be paid out of the consolidated revenue fund, by warrant of the Lieutenant-Governor, issued upon the certificate of the Provincial Treasurer. 51-52 V., c. 12, s. 6. |