Preamble.

Boundaries of

CAP. XLVI.

An Act to amend the Act of incorporation of the City of Three Rivers, and the various Acts amending the

same.

W

[Assented to 28th January, 1874.]

HEREAS it is expedient to amend the act of the Legislature of the heretofore province of Canada, passed in the twentieth year of Her Majesty's reign, and intituled: "An act to make more ample provision for the incorporation of the town of Three Rivers"; Therefore, Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislature of Quebec, declares and enacts as follows:

1. The four wards of the said city are hereby declared to the 4 wards. be, and shall for the future be bounded as follows, that is to

St. Philip's ward.

St. Louis ward.

St. Ursule ward.

Notre-Dame

ward.

say:

St. Philip's ward" is and shall be bounded in front by the river St. Lawrence, on the south-west and in rear by the limits of the city, on the north-east by the rear line of the building lots situated upon the north-east side of Bell street and of St. George street, as far as Bolvin street, and thence by the said Bolvin strect and St. George street as far as St. Marguerite road, and by the said St. Marguerite road to the point where the said road is intersected by the line dividing the common, from the property of G. N. Bureau, esquire, and thence following the said line prolonged to the north-west limits of the said city;

"St. Louis ward" is and shall be bounded in front by the river St. Lawrence, on the south-west by St. Philip's ward, in the rear by the limits of the city, and on the north-east by a line starting from the river St. Lawrence, passing by Barracks and Bonaventure streets, and by the street running along the cemetery to the north-east, and thence following a line which should be the prolongation of the said street to the north-west limits of the city;

"St. Ursule ward" shall also be bounded in front by the river St. Lawrence, on the south-west by St. Louis ward, on the north-west by the rear line of the building lots situate to the north-west of St. Joseph street, and by a line passing through the middle of St. Charles street, continuing in a straight line to the east side of the river St. Maurice;

"Notre Dame ward" shall be bounded on the southwest by St. Louis ward, on the north-west and north-east by the limits of the city, and on the south-east by St. Ursule ward.

2. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained New election; in the eleventh clause of the act 20th Victoria, chapter 129, if it becomes necessary to hold a new election of a mayor, in the cases provided for in the said clause, and in case of contestation, the poll shall be held in each ward of the Holding of the said city, in the same manner as for the annual election of poll. such mayor, and the voting at such election shall be made. on the lists of voters which were in force at the time of the last annual municipal elections.

DEBENTURES.

debentures.

3. So as to consolidate the debts of the corporation of the New issue of said city, actually existing and incurred for the enlargement of the market place for produce, and the erection of a hall on the said market, for the acquisition of lands in the Champlain square and the expenditure incurred on the said square, for the acquisition of the city hall property and the building of the said city hall, for the purchase of the Three Rivers' water works, and for divers other works and large expenses, the said city council is hereby authorized to issue debentures or corporation bonds, or to otherwise contract on the credit of the city of Three Rivers, a debt which shall not exceed fifty thousand dollars, which debentures thus issued solely and only to consolidate and extinguish the above debts, shall be under the signature of the mayor, and countersigned by the secretary-treasurer, and sealed with the seal of the corporation, and shall bear interest, payable semi-annually, on the first days of January and July in each year, at a rate not exceeding seven per cent per annum, and there may be annexed to all such debentures or corporation bonds, coupons to the amount of the semiannual interest thereon, which coupons, having been signed by the mayor and the secretary-treasurer shall be respectively payable to the bearers thereof when and so soon as the same annual interest therein mentioned shall become due, and shall be, at the time of the payment thereof, delivered to the corporation, and the possession of every such coupon shall be prima facie proof that the semi-annual interest therein mentioned has been paid, according to the tenor of such debenture or corporation bond, and every such debenture or corporation bond, principal as well as interest, shall be secured by special privileged hypothec on the said produce market, the said Champlain square, the said city hall, and on the said aqueduct.

4. It shall be the duty of the secretary-treasurer of the Sinking fund; council of the said city, to take each year, out of and from duties of the the annual revenues and funds of the corporation of Three treasurer Rivers, from whatever source they arise, and before the respecting it,

secretary

payment of any appropriation whatever, out of the said revenues or funds, a sum of money equal to two per cent or more, on the amount of the debentures or corporation bonds, issued in virtue of the present act, which said sum of money the secretary-treasurer shall keep separate from all other moneys, to place and apply them according to the orders of the said council, solely and only as a sinking fund for the extinction of the debt created by the issuing of the said debentures or corporation bonds; it shall also be the duty of the said secretary-treasurer to take at the same time, from and out of the annual revenues and funds of the said corporation, from whatever source they may arise, and before the payment of any appropriation whatever, out of the said revenues and funds, such sum of money as shall be sufficient for the payment of the semiannual interest becoming due on the debt created by the issuing of the said debentures or corporation bonds; and it shall be the duty of the secretary-treasurer to place before the council, at its first meeting in the month of July in each year, a certificate signed by him and countersigned by the mayor of the said city, certifying that he has faithfully performed the obligations imposed upon him by the present section of this act, and in default of his so doing, the said secretary-treasurer shall ipso facto be liable towards the said corporation to a fine of two hundred dollars, which shall be recoverable before any court of competent jurisdiction by action of debt instituted by the said corporation; and the said fine shall form Duties of the part of the said sinking fund; and it shall be the duty of the mayor, or of the person acting as such for the time being, and of the other members of the city council, to see that the dispositions of this section be strictly carried out, each year, by the persons whose duty it is to execute them and within the time prescribed, and that the sum thus placed apart as a sinking fund, be placed without delay in public lands of the dominion of Canada, or of this Province, or in shares of such incorporated banks which offer the most ample guaranties and shall be most advantageous for all the parties concerned; provided that it shall be always at the disposal of the secretary-treasurer, when he requires it for the purpose of redeeming, by order of the said council, any of the said debentures or bonds issued as aforesaid..

Penalty.

mayor and

councillors.

Proviso:

CAP. XLVII.

An Act to incorporate the Town of Fraserville.

Preamble.

W

[Assented to 28th January, 1874]

HEREAS from the increase of the population of the village of Fraserville, the provisions of the municipal

code do not suffice to enable the inhabitants thereof to carry out the improvements which they are desirous of making; and whereas the council of the said village have, by petition, represented that it is necessary that more ample provisions be made in favor of the village; and whereas it is desirable that the said village be incorporated as a town under the name of "Fraserville"; Therefore, Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislature of Quebec, enacts as follows:

1. From and after the passing of this act, the inhabitants Town of of the town of Fraserville as hereinafter described, and Fraserville incorporated. their successors, shall be and are hereby declared to be a body politic and corporate, by the name of "The Town of Name. Fraserville," and separated from the county of Temiscouata, for all municipal purposes, and, by that name, they and their successors shall have perpetual succession, and shall have power to sue and be sued, to implead and be impleaded, in all courts, and in all actions, causes and suits at law whatsoever, and shall have a common seal, with power to alter and modify the same at their will and pleasure; and shall Corporate be in law capable of receiving by donation, bequest or any other legal title whatever, acquiring, holding and transferring and alienating any property, real or movable, for the use of the said town, of being party to or accepting any notes, bills of exchange, drafts, bonds, obligations, judgments or other instruments or securities, for the payment of or securing the ayment of any sum of money borrowed or loaned, or for the execution, or for securing the execution of any other duty, right or thing whatsoever, and of becoming parties to any contracts or agreements in the management of the affairs of the said town.

powers.

the town.

2. The boundaries and limits of the said town of Fraser- Boundaries of ville shall be those of the present village of Fraserville, as defined by proclamation on the twenty-sixth day of June, eighteen hundred and fifty, of His Excellency the Right Honorable James, Earl of Elgin and Kincardine.

councillors.

3. There shall be elected, from time to time, in the man- Election of ner hereinafter mentioned, a fit and proper person who shall mayor and be and be called the "mayor of the town of Fraserville," and six fit persons, who shall be and be called the councillors of the town of Fraserville, and such mayor and councillors, for the time being, shall form the council of the said town, and shall be designated as such, and shall represent, for all purposes whatsoever, the corporation of the town of Fraserville.

Qualifications

for mayor or councillor.

Disqualifica

tions.

Idem.

Proviso:

Exemptions.

Who my vote at elections.

4. 1. No person shall be capable of being elected mayor or councillor of the town of Fraserville, unless he shall have been a resident house-holder within the said town, for one year preceding such election, nor unless he be possessed, as owner, in his own or in his wife's name, of real estate, within the said town, of the value of four hundred dollars;

2. No person shall be capable of being elected mayor or councillor of the said town of Fraserville, unless he be a natural born or naturalized subject of Her Majesty, and of. the full age of twenty-one years;

3. No person being in holy orders, nor the ministers of any religious belief whatever, nor the members of the executive council, nor judges, sheriff's, or clerks of any court of justice, nor officers on full pay in Her Majesty's army and navy, nor salaried civil officers, nor any person accountable for the revenues of the said town, or receiving any pecuniaray allowance from the town for his services, nor any person who shall have been convicted of treason or felony in any court of law, within any of Her Majesty's dominions, nor any person having in person or through his partner any contract whatever, or interest in any contract with or for the said town, shall be capable of being elected mayor or councillor for the said town; provided always, that no person shall be held incapable of acting as mayor or councillor for the said town, from the fact of his being a shareholder in any incorporated company, which may have a contract or agreement with the said town ;

4. The following persons shall not be obliged to accept the office of mayor or councillor of the said town, nor any other office to be filled by the council of the said town : members of the provincial legislature, practising physicians, surgeons or apothecaries, schoolmasters actually engaged in teaching, persons over sixty years, and the members of the council of the said town, at the time of the coming into force of this act, or who shall have been so within the two years next preceding, and the persons who shall have fulfilled any of the offices under such council, or paid the penalty incurred for refusal to accept such office, shall be exempt from serving in the office, during the two years next after such service or payment.

5. The persons entitled to vote at the municipal elections of the said town, shall be the male inhabitant freeholders and householders of the age of twenty-one years, and residing therein, and actual possessors of real property in the said town, of the yearly value of four dollars, and also tenants of the age of twenty-one years, who shall have resided and paid rent in the said town, during the year immediately preceding the election, on a dwelling house or part of a dwelling house therein, at the rate of not