AN ACT to grant a Pension to the Widow and Children of the late [Passed 6th March, 1838.] Preamble. Pension of £100 granted, MOST GRACIOUS SOVEREIGN: WHEREAS the late Colonel Robert Moody, late of the 104th Regiment of Foot, was inhumanly murdered while on his way to the seat of Government to give information of the late unnatural Rebellion: And whereas his devoted loyalty to Your Majesty deserves to be gratefully recompensed by the inhabitants of this Province, by providing means for the support of the Widow and Children of that lamented Officer: We, Your Majesty's dutiful and loyal Subjects, the Commons of Upper Canada in Provincial Parliament assembled, do therefore most humbly beseech Your Majesty that it may be enacted, And be it enacted, by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Assembly of the Province of Upper Canada, consituted and assembled by virtue of and under the authority of an Act passed in the Parliament of Great Britain, entitled, "An Act to repeal certain parts of an Act passed in the fourteenth year of His Majesty's reign, entitled, 'An Act for making more effectual provision for the Government of the Province of Quebec, in North America, and to make further provision for the Government of the said Province," and by the authority of the same, That from and out of the rates and duties now raised, levied and collected, or hereafter to be raised, levied and collected, and in the hands of the Receiver General, and unappropriated, there be granted to Her Majesty, Her Heirs and Successors, the sum of One Hundred Pounds, annually, to provide for the payment of a Pension to the Widow of the late Colonel Robert Moody aforesaid, to commence on the fourth day of December last, and to be payable half yearly to the said Widow, and in case of her death or marriage then to the eldest child or guardian thereof lawfully appointed, for the use of the children of the said Colonel Robert Moody, until the youngest thereof shall have attained the age of twenty-one years. CHAP. CHAP. XLVIII. AN ACT to provide a Pension to the Widows of the late Captains James [Passed 6th March, 1838.] MOST GRACIOUS SOVEREIGN: Preamble. WHEREAS Captain James Macnabb, of the first Regiment of Hastings Militia, and Captain William Church, of the third Regiment of said Hastings Militia, have during the recent Rebellion, while on actual Service, by accidents lost their lives, and it is but in accordance with humanity, and a sensibility of the loss sustained by the families of those Officers, that Pensions be provided for their Widows: We, Your Majesty's dutiful and loyal Subjects, the Commons of Upper Canada in Provincial Parliament assembled, do therefore most humbly beseech Your Majesty that it may be enacted, And be it enacted, by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Assembly of the Province of Upper Canada, constituted and assembled by virtue of and under the authority of an Act passed in the Parliament of Great Britain, entitled, " An Act to repeal certain parts of an Act passed in the fourteenth year of His Majesty's reign, entitled, 'An Act for making more effectual provision for the Government of the Province of Quebec in North America, and to make further provision for the Government of the said Province," and by the authority of the same, That the Widows of the said Pensions of £50 each late Captains James Macnabb, and William Church, of the Hastings Militia aforesaid, shall be entitled to receive Pensions of Fifty Pounds each per annum, during their widowhood. granted. To be paid by Receiver II. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said III. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Payable from sixteenth Pensions granted by this Act shall commence and become payable from December last. the sixteenth day of December last past. CHAP. XLIX. AN ACT granting a sum of money to William Hust, as a compensation for loss of time, in consequence of a wound received by him while engaged in capturing a band of Rebels. [Passed 6th March, 1838.] Preamble. £25 granted. MOST GRACIOUS SOVEREIGN: WHEREAS it is expedient and proper, that William Hust should be rewarded for his gallant conduct in capturing a band of Rebels, and compensated for loss of time and wounds received while engaged in so doing: We therefore beseech Your Majesty that it may be enacted, And be it enacted, by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Assembly of the Province of Upper Canada, constituted and assembled by virtue of and under the authority of an Act passed in the Parliament of Great Britain, entitled, "An Act to repeal certain parts of an Act passed in the fourteenth year of His Majesty's reign, entitled, 'An Act for making more effectual provision for the Government of the Province of Quebec, in North America, and to make further provision for the Government of the said Province," and by the authority of the same, That out of the rates and duties already raised, levied and collected, or hereafter to be raised, levied and collected, and in the hands of the Receiver General, and unappropriated, there be granted to Her Majesty the sum of twenty-five pounds, to enable Her Majesty to reward the said William Hust, for his gallant conduct, loss of time and sufferings aforesaid. CHAP. CHAP. L. by AN ACT to authorise the Receiver General to raise a sum of money way of loan, on the security of the Provincial Stock in the Bank of Upper Canada. [Passed 6th March, 1838.] Preamble. WHEREAS there is reason to apprehend, that from the disturbed state of Lower Canada, the Revenue arising from duties levied at the Port of Quebec, on importations from England, may fall short of the ordinary amount, and that in consequence thereof the Receiver General may find it difficult to meet the demands on this Province, for interest due on the public debt thereof, unless some temporary provision is made in that behalf: Be it therefore enacted, by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Assembly of the Province of Upper Canada, constituted and assembled by virtue of and under the authority of an Act passed in the Parliament of Great Britain, entitled, “An Act to repeal certain parts of an Act passed in the fourteenth year of His Majesty's reign, entitled, 'An Act for making more effectual provision for the Government of the Province of Quebec, in North America, and to make further provision for the Government of the said Province," and by the authority of the same, That Loan authorised to be from and after the passing of this Act, it shall and may be lawful for the Governor. Lieutenant Governor of this Province, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, to authorise Her Majesty's Receiver General of this Province to raise by way of loan, such a sum on the security of the Stock owned and held by this Province in the Bank of Upper Canada, as may be necessary to meet any such deficiency. raised by Lieutenant Z CHAP. Preamble. CHAP. LI. AN ACT to authorise a Loan of Money in London, and for other [Passed 6th March, 1838.] pur WHEREAS it would tend greatly to the interests of this Province were a Loan to be effected in England, to the amount of not more than one million of Pounds Sterling, at a lower rate of interest than is now paid upon sums raised upon Debentures, thereby enabling this Province to redeem those Debentures: Be it therefore enacted, by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Assembly of the Province of Upper Canada, constituted and assembled by virtue of and under the authority of an Act passed in the Parliament of Great Britain, entitled, "An Act to repeal certain parts of an Act passed in the fourteenth year of His Majesty's reign, entitled, 'An Act for making more effectual provision for the Government of the Province of Quebec, in North America, and to make further provision for the Government of the said Province," and by the authority of the same, That it shall and may be lawful for the Lieutenant Governor of this Propayable at stated periods. vince, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, to authorise Her Majesty's Receiver General to issue Debentures to the amount of one million of Pounds Sterling, in such sums as he may deem advisable, at an interest of three per centum per annum, payable in twenty, twenty-five, thirty, thirty-five, forty, forty-five and fifty years; such interest payable half yearly in London. Loan of £1,000,000 Interest to be paid by Debentures for raising Her Majesty's Govern II. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the interest accruing upon the sums raised under the authority of this Act shall be paid by Her Majesty's Receiver General, out of the general revenues of this Province, at such yearly or half yearly periods as may in that behalf be required, and in discharge of such warrants as may be issued by the Lieutenant Governor of this Province for that purpose. III. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the loan to be transmitted to Lieutenant Governor shall direct the said Debentures to be transmitted ment, to be sold for benefit to Her Majesty's Government, to be sold for the benefit of this Province in such manner as they may please to direct, and for the best price that can be obtained for the same. of Province. |