Subscription by garicul

tural socie

ties.

No member to derive profit from the society; and

funds of the

society to be applied solely

to its special

purposes.

Allowance to secretary

It shall be lawful for any agricultural society in this Province to subscribe to the funds of any colonization society, or to apportion between several colonization societies an annual sum not exceeding one-third of the grant received from Government by such agricultural society for the year, as well as any gift or contribution made by others than members of the society, and every legacy bequeathed to the society shall be taken into account in such apportionment. 32 V., c. 14, s. 18; 43-44 V., c 18, s. 10.

1737. No society, or any of its members, either directly or indirectly, shall derive any profit on the sale of any lands granted to the settlers thereof, nor shall any of the officers or members of the board of management of such societies derive any salary or emolument, either from the funds of the society or from the settlers, or from any other person whatsoever, for the services by them performed; nor shall any money subscribed by members be paid back to them, or applied to any purposes other than those of the society.

Compensation or indemnity may, however, be allowed to the secretary-treasurer, and to an agent, the amount of which shall treasurer, &c. be fixed by the by-laws of each society.

Members may

lots and be

Nothing in this article contained shall prevent any member acquire free from becoming a bona fide settler under the operation of the come settlers. society, or from obtaining or acquiring, under its by-laws, any of the lots given as free grants to the society. 32 V., c. 14, s. 20.

Inspection of
the books,
&c., of
secretary-
treasurer.

Annual account by

Commis

sioner.

Copies of order in

council set

1738. The secretary-treasurer of every colonization society shall, at all times, permit and facilitate the examination of the registers, books of account and vouchers in support thereof by any officers of the Department of Agriculture, or by any person specially appointed for that purpose by the Commissioner. 32 V,. c. 14, s. 23.

1739. The Commissioner shall, in his report to the Legislature, account annually for all sums paid under this section, and detail, in the most ample and complete manner possible, the operations of the various societies thereunder established, and the results attained by them. 32 V., c. 14, s. 24.

1740. The Lieutenant-Governor, within ten days after the opening of the Legislature, shall lay before the Legislative Council and the Legislative Assembly copies of all orders in be laid before council by which any townships or portions of townships are both Houses. set apart for colonization societies. 32 V., c. 14, s. 25.

ting apart

lands, shall

FORM A.

MENTIONED IN ARTICLE 1726.

Form of Declaration.

We, the undersigned, declare that we have this day united and associated ourselves together for the purpose of forming a colonization society in the electoral division of

and we pledge ourselves to submit to all the provisions of section tenth of chapter seventh of title fourth of the Revised Statutes of the Province of Quebec, respecting colonization societies in certain parts of the Province, and to pay each of us an annual subscription of at least dollars, for the

purposes of the said section. 32 V., c. 14, s. 2, Schedule A.

FORM B.

MENTIONED IN ARTICLE 1730.

Form of Certificate

I certify, by these presents, that a Colonization Society, which shall be known as "The Colonization Society No.

, secretary-treasurer, and

of the board of management, and the subscribers of the declaration which has been for such purpose transmitted to me, and all other persons who hereafter shall unite with them according to the terms of the constitution and by-laws adopted by the said society at are recognized and authorized to constitute and hereafter shall constitute the said society with all the powers and civil rights conferred by section tenth of chapter seventh of title fourth of the Revised Statutes of the Province of Quebec, respecting colonization societies in certain parts of the Province.

A. B.

Commissioner of Agriculture and Colonization.

32 V., c. 14, s. 5, Schedule B; 50 V., c. 7, s. 12.

FORM C.

MENTIONED IN ARTICLE 1730,

Form of Notice.

Public notice is hereby given that a Colonization Society has been constituted under the name of "The Colonization Society No. of the electoral division of

Formation of

COLONIZATION SOCIETIES IN THE CITIES OF QUEBEC AND MONTREAL

TO ASSIST WORKMEN AND THEIR FAMILIES.

1741. Colonization societies may, in addition to those alcolonization ready existing, be formed in the cities of Quebec and Montreal, for the purpose of facilitating the establishment of settlers upon Crown lands. 42-43 V., c. 9, s. 1.

societies in Quebec and Montreal.

Formalities

the formation thereof.

1742. The formalities necessary for the formation and orrequired for ganization of similar societies, and the obligations to which they shall be subject, shall be determined by order of the Lieutenant-Governor in Council, which order in council shall, at the proper time, be published in the Quebec Official Gazette to serve for all lawful purposes.

By-laws.

Lands held by

certain in

struments

The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may also, instead of making by-laws, approve in the same manner those already made by an existing society. 42-43 V., c. 9, s. 2.

SECTION XII.

PROTECTION OF SETTLERS.

1743, Public lands, granted to bonâ fide settlers by instru settlers under ments in the form of location tickets, licenses of occupation, or certificates of sale or other titles of a similar nature or to the cannot be hy- same effect, in virtue of chapter sixth of title fourth of these pothecated Revised Statutes, respecting the Department of Crown Lands issue of let- and the matters connected therewith, and according to the

before the

ters-patent.

orders in council and regulations passed in virtue of the said chapter, shall not, so long as letters-patent are not issued therefor, be pledged or hypothecated by judgment or otherwise, or be liable to seizure or execution for any debt whatsoever, ex- Or be liable cept for the price of such lands, notwithstanding articles 1980 to seizure and 1981 of the Civil Code and articles 553 and 554 of the Code of Civil Procedure.

or execution.

emption.

Nevertheless, such right of exemption from seizure and Limitation of execution shall not extend beyond five years from the date of time of exthe location ticket, license of occupation, certificate of sale or other similar title as aforesaid. 45 V., c. 12, s. 1.

create a

1744. Every grantee of public lands in this Province, who Power of the acquires the same by location ticket, license of occupation, cer- grantee to tificate of sale or other similar title, issued in his name, or in homestead by the name of another person of whom he has become the grantee, observing assignee, or legal representative, may, during the three months certain fornext after the issue of his letters-patent, select a certain number of acres of such land, not exceeding one hundred, as his homestead.

malities.

stead from

tain time on

complied

So soon as he shall have made a solemn declaration of such Exemption of selection in the form of schedule A of this section, and that such homesuch declaration shall have been acknowledged, in accordance seizure and with the provisions of chapter 141 of the Revised Statutes of execution Canada, before a justice of the peace, and shall have been during a cerregistered, within the said delay of three months next after the certain forissue of the letters-patent, in the registry office for the regismalities being tration division of the place where such property is situated, with. the land, so selected as a homestead, with the buildings and appurtenances thereon erected, and so long as they shall remain in the possession of such grantee, or in the possession of his widow and children, his heirs, legatees or donees, as well as the rights, title and interest they may have therein, shall, notwithstanding the provisions of articles 1980 and 1981 of the Civil Code and articles 553 and 554 of the Code of Civil Procedure, be exempt from seizure and execution, during the fifteen years next after the date of the registration of such declaration, for the payment of debts which they may have contracted, either before or during such period, unless it be for the price of such lands or for the extinction of the lawful charges and hypothecs for which they themselves have pledged the property after the issue of such letters-patent.

of the choice

Upon receipt of such declaration and upon payment of a fee Registration of fifty cents, the registrar shall be obliged to register such of declaration declaration and to furnish, upon payment of a similar fee of of a homefifty cents, to the grantee or his representatives as aforesaid, a stead. Certicertificate in accordance with schedule B of this section, which ficate of the registrar. certificate shall be valid before all courts of justice in this Province. 45 V., c. 12, s. 2.

1745. Without prejudice to article 556 and following of the Certain Code of Civil Procedure, the moveables and effects hereinafter moveable

effects of

settlers exempt from

seizure and execution.

Choice by debtor.

Proviso.

Certain years'

be counted in

enumerated, whether they be in the possession of a bonâ fide settler, as described in article 1744, or in the possession of his widow or children, his heirs, legatees or donees, shall be exempt from seizure and execution for any debt whatever, after the date of the granting of such lands, and during fifteen years from the issuing of the letters-patent, to wit:

1. The beds, bedding and bedsteads in ordinary use by his family;

2. The necessary and ordinary wearing apparel of himself and his family;

3. One stove and pipes, one crane and its appendages, one pair of andirons, one set of cooking utensils, one pair of tongs and a shovel, one table, six chairs, six knives, six spoons, six forks, six plates, six tea-cups, six saucers, one sugar-basin, one milk-jug, one tea-pot, all spinning-wheels and weaving looms in domestic use, one axe, one saw, one gun, six traps, and such fishing nets and seines as are in common use, and ten volumes of books;

4. All necessary fuel, meat, fish, flour, and vegetables sufficient for him and his family for three months;

5. Two horses or two draught oxen, four cows, six sheep, four pigs, eight hundred bundles of hay, other forage necessary for the support of these animals during the winter and provender sufficient to fatten one pig and to maintain three during the winter;

6. Vehicles and other implements of agriculture.

The debtor may select the above chattels from any larger number of the same kind.

Nevertheless, the chattels mentioned in paragraphs 3, 4, 5 and 6 shall not be exempted from seizure and execution for the purchase price thereof. 45 V., c. 12, s. 3.

1746. If a settler have occupied a lot on Crown lands more occupation to than five years before letters-patent are issued, any excess shall be deducted from the fifteen years' computation over such five years of exemption. exemption mentioned in the preceding article. 45 V., c. 12, S. 4.

The exemp

affect munici

1747. Nothing in the present section shall be interpreted tion shall not as exempting a lot on Crown lands, occupied under a locationpal or school ticket, from the payment of municipal and school taxes, and assessments for church purposes, now due or which may hereafter become due thereupon. 45 V., c. 12, s. 5.

taxes, &c.

Section

applies to

certain fisher

1748. This section shall apply to fishermen who are also settlers. 45 V., c. 12. s. 7.

men.