arbitration in case of difference between the Com- Page.
pany and the assured, and the usual provisions are
made for enforcing payments of instalments called in,
sums assessed on deposit notes, elections of Directors,
and other ordinary matters. The accounts of each
branch (mutual or proprietary) are to be kept separate,
each bearing its own losses and sharing its own gains,
and the general expenses of the Company are to be
divided proportionately between the two Branches.
Full statements of the affairs of the Company are to
be prepared by the Directors and laid before the Com-
pany at the Annual General Meetings. The Legis-
fature reserves the right of repealing, altering or
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QUEBEC FORWARDING COMPANY.-Cap. 193....

An Act to incorporate certain persons under the name
of "The Quebec Forwarding Company."-(Passed
30th May, 1849.)

The association which has for some time existed and
carried on business under the name mentioned in the
Title, is incorporated, and the usual corporate powers
are conferred, it being nevertheless provided that the
Members shall be individually liable for all its debts
and obligations. Their real property is not to exceed
the value of £5000. The usual provisions are made
for the election of Directors and the management of
the affairs of the Company. The first Directors are
named in the Act.

QUEBEC FRIENDLY SOCIETY, Act incorporating, continued.-
Cap. 151.....

An Act to continue for a limited time the Act of the
Legislature of Lower Canada incorporating
"The
Quebec Friendly Society."-(Passed 25th April, 1849.)
The sole object of this Act is to continue the Act of
Lower Canada 10 & 11 G. 4 c. 49, until the 1st June,
1871, and thence until the end of the then next Ses-
sion of the Provincial Parliament.

QUEBEC GAS COMPANY.-Cap. 182.....

An Act to incorporate "The Quebec Gas Company.”—
(Passed 30th May, 1849.)

The Act 9 V. c. 74 (for lighting the City of Quebec with
Gas) is recited, and the power therein given to the
Mayor and Councillors to establish Gas Works, or if
they should deem it advisable, to assign their powers
to other parties; it is also recited that an Association
having been formed for lighting the City with Gas,
the Mayor and Councillors did assign their said powers
to the said Association, and that they and the said
Association have petitioned the Legislature for the
passing of this Act and have agreed to the provisions
thereof. The said Association is then incorporated,
with the usual corporate powers, and with similar
powers to those mentioned in the said Act 9 V. c. 74,
and such as have been granted to other Gas Com-
panies. The capital of the Company is to be £20,000
in shares of £50 each, with power to increase it by a
further sum not exceeding £20,000, if the sum first
mentioned should be insufficient. They are also em-
powered to borrow a sum of money not exceeding
£10,000, and to hypothecate their property as security.
The number of Directors is to be seven, three to go
out annually. The present Directors being continued
in office until the next General Meeting. The usual
provisions are made for elections and the management
of the affairs of the Company, the protection of their
rights and property, and for the protection of the pub-
lic. Their powers are to extend over any future
limits hereafter to be assigned to the City of Quebec.
The rights of the Crown, and of others not specially
mentioned, are expressly saved. The company are to
lay yearly before the Corporation of the City, detailed
accounts of their receipts and expenditure, containing
all the particulars required by the Fifteenth Section
of the said Act 9 V. c. 74. The Company are to per-
form all their agreements with the Corporation of the
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both parties. The Act is to remain in force for fifty
years, and no longer.

QUEBEC, Health of the City of.-Cap. 116.....

An Act to provide for the Health of the City of Quebec.—
(Passed 30th May, 1849.)

The

The object of this Act is to give additional powers to the
Corporation of the City of Quebec for the preservation
of the health of the said City. The powers of any
Board of Health established by the City Council are
extended for certain purposes to places in the imme-
diate neighbourhood of the City, but beyond its actual
limits; and power is given to the said Board to enter
forcibly, if necessary, and between certain hours, into
any house, vessel or other place, and to remove filth
and impurities if there found, at the expense of the
parties who ought to have removed the same.
Board may cause putrid meat, fish, &c., to be des-
troyed, and when cholera, typhus or other such disease
exists, they may limit the number of inhabitants
to be allowed to reside in any house. The City Coun-
cil may also make rules with regard to infected cloth-
ing. Prisoners attacked in Gaol with contagious
diseases, may be sent to any hospital or other place the
Board of Health may appoint. Medical Practitioners
are to report to the Board of Health. The City Council
may make a table of fees. Provision is made for the
summary recovery of penalties under the Act, and no
Certiorari is allowed; a penalty is imposed by the Act
itself on persons infringing any By-law made for the
preservation of the health of the City. The Act is to
be suspended whenever any regulations are made by
any Central Board of Health, under cap. 8 of this Ses-
sion-(which see.)

QUEBEC TURNPIKES-See Dorchester Bridge.
QUEBEC WAREHOUSING COMPANY.-Cap. 192..

An Act to incorporate "The Quebec Warehousing Com-
pany."-(Passed 30th May, 1849.)

The Association now existing at Quebec for carrying on
the business of Warehousing is incorporated by the
name mentioned in the title, with the usual corporate
powers. The Capital is to be £25,000, with power to
increase it to £50,000. The real property they may
hold is limited to such as may be necessary for carrying
on the said business, and the sum vested in such real
property purchased from private individuals must not
exceed £50,000. The Members of the Corporation are
not to be individully liable for its debts, but the Direc-
tors are to be personally responsible for all debts and
obligations contracted while they are in office, and
provision is made for giving effect to this liability and
for enabling the public to ascertain who are or were
the Directors at any time. The Directors are to be
five in number, two to retire annually and three to
form a Quorum; and the usual provisions are made for
their election, the calling in of the Stock, and the
management of the affairs of the Company. The first
Directors are named in the Act. The Company are
not to commence operations unless ten per cent. on their
Capital of £25,000 be paid up on or before the 20th
June, 1849. The rights of the Crown, and of others
not specially mentioned, are expressly saved. The
Act is to be in force until 1st May, 1900, and no longer.
QUEENSTON Suspension Bridge Company.-Cap. 199..

An Act to incorporate the Queenston Suspension Bridge
Company. (Presented for Her Majesty's Assent, and
Reserved for the signification of Her Majesty's pleasure
thereon, 30th May, 1849.-Assented to by Her Majesty
in Privy Council, 6th October, 1849.-The Royal
Assent signified by the Proclamation of His Excellency
the Earl of Elgin and Kincardine, Governor General,
23d November, 1849.)

Certain persons are incorporated to construct a Suspension
Bridge across the Niagara River, at or near Queen-
ston. The value of their real estate, exclusive of the
Bridge, is not to exceed £1,000, and their Capital
Stock is limited to £10,000. Commissioners are ap-
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value of the Ferry, in consequence of the construction
of the Bridge, which must be used within three years
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REGISTRY OFFICE, of Montreal, to remedy defects in Regis-
tration of Deeds in.-Cap.121....

An Act to remedy certain defects in the Registration of
Deeds and Instruments relating to Real property in
the Registry Office at Montreal.-(Passed 30th May,
1849.)

It is recited that during the time the late Edward
Dowling held the office of Registrar, first of the Re-
gistration District and subsequently of the County of
Montreal, many Deeds and Documents were presented
to him for Registration and kept by him, which never-
theless were not registered, transcribed or entered as
the Law required, and that divers errors, irregularities
and omissions were committed by the said Edward
Dowling and his Deputy, which might, without the
intervention of the Legislature, affect the titles and
rights of parties who have complied with the law so
far as on them depended; and it is to remedy this evil
so far as it can be done without injustice to other par-
ties, that the provisions of the Act are framed. It is
first enacted, that during twelve months from the pas-
sing of the Act, (which period extends twelve
months more by 13 & 14 Vict. c. 93, and twelve
months more by 14 & 15 c. 68 sec. 5, both of
which see,) the Registration of any Instrument
shall be held to have been completed, if it be proved
that it was presented to and received by the said Ed.
Dowling or his Deputy at or before some certain time
from which such Registration shall (at least during
the said 12 months) be held to have been completed;
and the Act then declares what shall be deemed proof
of such presentation, and what shall be the presump-
tion if presentation be proved, but the time at which it
was made shall not appear, such proof and pre-
sumption to be for the purposes of the Act and subject
to the provisions thereof. Three Commissioners are to
be appointed under the Act, to take possession of the
Instruments, Books, Papers and Documents of the
Office, filed or kept while the said Ed. Dowling was
Registrar; to examine, take evidence with regard to
and arrange and complete the same as they ought
to have been completed by the said Ed. Dowling,
keeping a record of the evidence given before
them and of their proceedings, and reporting to
the Governor; after the end of the period above
mentioned, the Registration of any Document com-
pleted by the said Commissioners is to be as effectual
as if it had been completed by the said Ed. Dowling ;
certain objections as to errors in the transcription of Do-
cuments are removed in any case, and the Certificate
of the Commissioners, as to any fact touching the Regis-
tration of any Document, is to be prima facie evidence of
such fact, but nothing in the Act is to weaken the effect
of any Certificate or Evidence which without the Act
would be proof of Registration: nor is the liability of
Ed. Dowling or his Deputy, or of their Sureties, to
be diminished. Full power is given to the Commis-
sioners to summon and compel the attendance of wit-
nesses, administer oaths, &c. Two of the Com-
missioners are to be Quorum, and the third need not
act except when the two first named in the Commis-
sion differ in opinion. They are to receive compen-
sation for their services. An Interpretation clause is
added.

RIMOUSKI, Registration of Deeds.-Cap. 128....
An Act to divide the County of Rimouski into two Dis-
tricts for the Registration of Deeds.-(Passed 30th
May, 1849.)

The County of Rimouski is divided into two Districts for
the purposes of Registration of Deeds, after 1st July,
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An Act to remove the Seat of the Municipality Num-
ber One of the County of Rimouski, from St. Patrice
de la Rivière-du-Loup to St. Jean Baptiste de l'Isle
Verte. (Passed 25th April, 1849.)

After the 15th June, 1849, the Seat or place of Meeting
of the Council of the Municipality No. 1 of the County
. of Rimouski, is to be removed from St. Patrice to St.
Jean Baptiste, and the said Municipality is declared
to be the Municipality No. 1 of the said County, any
thing in any Proclamation, or in the Lower-Canada
Municipal Act (10 & 11 V. c. 7), notwithstanding.
RIVER DU CHENE, County of Two Mountains.-Cap. 155...
An Act to provide for the improvement of the River du
Chêne, in the County of the Two Mountains.-(Passed
30th May, 1819.)

This Act recites the Petition of the inhabitants of certain
Parishes in the said County, complaining of the da-
mages done to their crops yearly by the overflowing
of the said River, the channel of which is insufficient
to carry off the water, and praying that as the evil can
only be remedied by their combined efforts, Legis-
lative provision may be made for enabling them to
effect the improvement of the said River. The Act
provides for the calling of a Meeting of the inhabitants
of the Parishes interested in the improvement, at which
twelve Commissioners may be elected for carrying
on the improvement aforesaid. The Commissioners
are to cause a survey, plan and estimate to be made
for the work, which is to be given out by contract, but
with power to the Commissioners to require the inha-
bitants interested to furnish assistance in labour. An
estimate of all the expenses to be incurred, is to be
made and the parties interested are to be assessed
according to the benefit which each may derive from
the work, the decision of the Commissioners, after
hearing any objecting parties, to be final in this be-
half, unless set aside by an appeal brought within a
certain time before a Circuit Judge. Provision is made
for enforcing payment of the sums assessed. When
the work is completed, the powers of the Commis-
sioners are to cease, and the River and works are then
to be under the control of the local authorities but sub-
ject to Rules and Regulations to be made by the
Commissioners before they go out of office. The
Commissioners are to account to a Committee to be
choosen by the inhabitants interested, and their plans,
accounts, papers, &c., are to be finally deposited in
the office of the Municipal Council of the County.
The work must be completed within six years after
the passing of the Act..

RIVER JESUS BRIDGE-See Delisle A. M.
ROMAN CATHOLIC ARCHBISHOP AND BISHOPS, &c.-Cap. 136.
An Act to incorporate the Roman Catholic Archbishop
and Bishops in each Diocese in Lower-Canada.-
(Passed 30th May, 1849.)

The Roman Catholic Archbishop of Quebec, and R. C.
Bishops of Montreal and Bytown, and their respective
successors, are respectively created Corporations sole,
with power to hold lands for the general uses, eleemo-
synary, ecclesiastical or educational of the R. C.
Church, and the other ordinary corporate powers, the
title of acquisition to be registered within six months on
pain of its avoidance. Persons now holding lands in
trust for the benefit of the R. C. Church, may convey
the same to any of the said Corporations. Lands held
by the said Corporation are not to be aliened by them
without the consent in writing of their Chapter or
Council, or if there be none, then of the Co-adjutor
and Senior Vicar-General, or if there be none, then of
two Clergymen to be named for the purpose. The
real estate to be held by any one of the said Corpo-
rations is limited to £5,000 of yearly value. The Act
is not to confer any spiritual or ecclesiastical juris-
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have the same privilege as are conferred on those
herein mentioned. The Act is not to affect the incor-
poration of the Archbishop of Quebec and his Suc-
cessors by H. M. Letters Patent of 29th January,
1845, nor that of the Bishop of Montreal by those of
17th August, 1839, which incorporations are to be
distinct from those under this Act. This Act is to ex-
tend only to Lower-Canada. The rights of the Crown,
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SAGUENAY, Registration of Deeds.-Cap. 131...

An Act to divide the County of Saguenay into two
Divisions for the Registration of Deeds.-(Passed 30th
May, 1849.)

After the 10th June, 1849, the County of Saguenay is to
be divided into two Registration Divisions. In one, a
Registrar is to be appointed; the present Registrar
remaining in the other, without a new appointment.
SAINT ANDREW'S CHURCH, Montreal.-Cap. 154....

An Act to incorporate "The Minister and Trustees of St.
Andrew's Church Montreal."-(Passed 30th May,
1849.)

After reciting the case of the Congregation of the said
Church, and the inconvenience they have suffered from
the want of a corporate capacity in the Trustees in
whom their property is vested, this Act incorporates
the present Trustees (the Minister being one) and
their successors, vesting in them certain property of
the Congregation, described in the Act, and giving
them further power to acquire and hold additional real
property to the yearly value of five hundred pounds.
with power to alienate a certain described lot, and
also to alienate other portions of the property, with the
consent of three fourths of the freeholders of the said
Church; they are also empowered to raise by mort-
gage of the Trust property, such sum as may be re-
quired to complete a new Church now building for
the Congregation. The mode of supplying vacancies
among the Trustees is prescribed. Deeds of gift or
other conveyances to the Corporation are required to
be registered in the twelve months, on pain of nullity.
The rights of the Crown, and of others not specially
affected, are saved.

SAINT ANSELME BRIDGE COMPANY-See Bélanger.
SAINT JEAN BAPTISTE, Association at Montreal.-Cap. 149.
An Act to incorporate L'Association Saint Jean Baptiste
de Montréal, in the City, Parish and District of Mont-
real.-(Passed 30th May, 1849.)

The Association which has existed for several years in
the City of Montreal under the name mentioned in the
title, is incorporated for the purpose of affording assist-
ance to such persons of French extraction, or married
to persons of French extraction, as may stand in need
of assistance, and to foster education and promote their
moral and social progress, and the usual corporate
powers are conferred. The Corporation may hold per-
sonal property to any amount, and real property to the
yearly value of £1,500. The property and liabilities
of the Association are transferred to the Corporation.
Provision is made for the election of Officers of the
Corporation and of a Committee of Management, and
the usual machinery for conducting the business of the
Corporation.

SAINT JEAN BABTISTE Society, Quebec.-Cap. 148..
An Act to incorporate La Société St. Jean Baptiste de
la Cité de Québec.-(Passed 30th May, 1819.)
The Association which has existed for several years in
Quebec, under the name mentioned in the Title, is in-
corporated for the purpose of promoting the national,
industrial and social interests of the mass of the popu-
pulation of Canada in general and of Quebec in parti-
cular, with the usual corporate powers. The Corpo-
poration may hold personal property to any amount,
and real property to the value of ten thousand pounds.
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made for the election of the Officers of the Corporation
and a Committee of Management. The said Com-
mittee is to publish an annual return of the affairs, &c
of the Corporation.

SAULT ST. MARIE Mining Company.-Cap. 162......
An Act to incorporate "The Sault Ste. Marie Mining
Company."-(Passed 30th May, 1849.)

This Act incorporates certain persons under the name
expressed in the Title. The Stock of the Corporation
is to be £30,000, divided into shares of £2 each, but if
this Capital be found insufficient, it may be increased
to any sum not exceeding £60,000. Their real pro-
perty is not to exceed £30,000 in value. The Com-
pany may borrow money to the amount of £30,000,
whenever £15,000 of the Stock shall be paid up; they
may issue Debentures and grant Mortgages for the
sum borrowed, but no single Debenture or Bond is to
be for a less sum than £100. The Company
may open Offices in London, Liverpool, Glasgow,
New York, Detroit and Cleveland. The number of
Directors is to be six and the Quorum three: two Direc-
tors are to retire yearly, and two to be elected in their
stead. The Company are not to commence operations
until ten per cent. of their capital is paid up. The
rights of the Crown, and others not specially men-
tioned, are expressly saved. The Schedules are forms
of Proxy and Transfer.

SEURS de la Charité-See Bytown.
SEURS DE MISERICORDE, &c.-Cap. 138....

An Act to incorporate Les Sœurs de Miséricorde pour la
régie de l'Hospice de la Maternité de Montréal.-
(Passed 30th May, 1849.)

Certain Religious Ladies and their Successors are incor-
porated under the name expressed in the Title. The
real property to be held by the Corporation is limited
to the yearly value of £2,000, and must be situate in
Lower-Canada, and all its funds must be applied to
the establishment and maintenance of a Lying-in Hos-
pital at Montreal. Returns are to be made yearly to
the Legislature of the state of the funds and property,
the number of members, and generally of the affairs
of the Corporation. The Rights of the Crown, and
of others not specially mentioned, are saved.
SŒURS DE STE. CROIX, Community-Cap. 137...
An Act to incorporate La Communauté des Sœurs de
Ste. Croix, in the Parish of St. Laurent, in the District
of Montreal, for the purposes of Education.-(Passed
30th May, 1849.)

Certain Religious Ladies and their Successors are incor-
porated under the name expressed in the Title. The
real property to be held by the Corporation, is limited
to the yearly value of £2,000, and must be situate in
Lower-Canada. All its funds must be applied to pur-
poses of Education and objects there with connected.
Returns are to be made yearly to the Legislature, of
the state of the funds and property, the number of
members and pupils, and generally of the affairs of the
Corporation. The rights of the Crown, and of others
not specially mentioned, are saved.
SEURS HOSPITALIERES de St. Joseph de l'Hôtel-Dieu de
Montréal.-Cap. 139..

An act to authorize the Religious Community of the
Saurs Hospitalières de St. Joseph de l'Hôtel-Dieu de
Montréal, to acquire and hold real and personal pro-
perty to a certain amount over and above that now held
by them, as well for themselves as for the Poor of the
Hôtel-Dieu, on whose behalf they administer certain
Property, and for other purposes therein mentioned.—
(Passed 30th May, 1849.)

This Act empowers the Community mentioned in the
Title, to hold property real and personal to the amount of
£3,000 of yearly value, for the use and purposes of the
Community, and to the amount of £5,000, as Trustees
for the Poor of the Hôtel-Dieu, in both cases, over and
above the property they now hold for the said purposes,
which property is specified in the Act: they are also
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other property instead thereof: they are empowered
to sue and be sued either in the name of the said
Community, or as Trustees for the said Poor, but no
other corporate rights are conferred by the Act. They
are to give detailed accounts of their property and
income acquired under this Act, when required by the
Governor.

ST. ANNE DES MONTS-See Cape Chat.
SOPHIASBURGH-See Hallowell.

ST. GEORGE'S SOCIETY, of Quebec.-Cap. 150..

An Act to incorporate "The St. George's Society of
Quebec."-(Passed 30th May, 1849.)

The Association, which has existed for many years in
Quebec under the name mentioned in the Title, is in-
corporated with the usual corporate powers, for the
purpose of affording pecuniary, medical and other relief
to natives of England or Wales, and their descendants
who may need the same. The provisions of the Act are
similar in all important matters, to those of 12 Vic. Cap.
147, incorporating the St. Patrick's Society of Quebec.
The Corporation may hold personal property to any
amount, and real property to the yearly value of two
thousand pounds. A statement of the property and
affairs of the Corporation is to be published yearly.
ST. JAMES CHURCH-See Toronto Rector.
ST. LAURENT ACADEMIE, Industrielle de, &c.-Cap 146....
An Act to incorporate L'Académie Industrielle de St.
Laurent, in the district of Montreal.-(Passed 30th
May, 1849.)

The Association mentioned in the Title is incorporated
with the usual corporate powers, for the purpose of
affording primary instruction to young persons and
establishing Schools of Agriculture, Horticulture, Arts
and Trades; the number of the members of the Cor-
poration is not to exceed ten: and the yearly value of
the real property to be held by it, is limited to £4000,
and must be in Lower-Canada. The revenues are to
be appropriated solely to the purposes aforesaid, and
the Corporation is to make yearly returns of its property
and affairs, generally, to the Legislature.

ST. LAWRENCE and Atlantic Rail-road Company.-Cap. 176.
An Act to amend the Act incorporating the Saint Law-
rence and Atlantic Rail-road Company.-(Passed 30th
May, 1849.)

This Act makes divers amendments in their former
Acts, relating chiefly to the financial affairs of the
Company, and their powers of borrowing or raising
money. They are empowered to raise or lower their
Tolls from time to time, provided they do not exceed
the maximum fixed by law. They are declared to
have power to become parties to bills and notes, not
under seal; subject to certain conditions and provi-
sions, a clause is inserted requiring them to perform
certain services to the Government, and to place their
whole resources at its disposal; and power is re-
served to make further enactments on the subject.
The shares are to be £25 each instead of £50, and
may be distinguished into "Old Stock" and "New
and Preferential Stock," the holders of which last are
to have a preference over the other Shareholders
in so far as they are to be secured a return of six
per cent, per annum, before the holders of the Old
Stock get any dividend. Forms are provided for
Debentures to be granted by the Company, and for
the registration and discharge thereof, no such
Debentures being for less than £100. The order of
the charges upon the revenue and property of the
Company is fixed. The Company are allowed to
agree to pay interest at any rate not exceeding 7
per cent. per annum. The Corporation of the City of
Montreal and of the Seminary of St. Sulpice, and
other bodies corporate, generally, are empowered to
subscribe for Stock in the undertaking, and to
exercise their rights as Shareholders. The Sche-
dules are the forms referred to in the Act.
ST. LAWRENCE and Champlain Canal Company.-Cap. 180.
An Act to incorporate a Company for the construction

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plain and the River Saint Lawrence.--(Passed 30th
May, 1849.)

The Company are incorporated with the usual cor-
porate powers, to construct a Canal from some
point on the River St. Lawrence, between any
part of Lake St. Francis and the Village of Lon-
gueuil, to some point on Lake Champlain or the River
Richelieu. Before the Company shall break ground,
the plan, position and mode of constructing the Canal
must be approved by the Governor in Council, and
the Canal, Locks and Works must not be of less size,
depth or capacity than those adopted for the Beauhar-
nois Canal on the River St. Lawrence. With the per-
mission of the Governor in Council, and subject to
such conditions as he shall think proper, the Company
may enlarge and use the Chambly Canal from any
point where their Canal may strike it, to its upper
end at St. John's. They may also use the branches
of the Rivers or Lakes aforesaid, doing no damage to
the navigation. The usual provisions are made for
protecting the convenience of the public where the
Canal shall be carried across any highway. The
Company are empowered to lease any water power
which they may create. The compensation to be
paid for land or damages is to be settled by arbitration
if not agreed upon; the Rail-way arbitration clauses
being adopted. The capital of the Company is to be
£500,000, divided into shares of £25 each, with power
to increase it by an additional sum of £500,000 if
required for completing the work; they may borrow
money to an amount not exceeding at any time one
fourth of the capital then paid up, and hypothecate
their property for the due payment thereof, no bond
being given for a less sum than £100. The Directors
are to be nine, five of whom are to retire annually,
and five being a quorum. The usual provisions are
made for Elections, the calling in of instalments, &c.
The Company are to fix the Tolls to be taken, but
such Tolls are to be the same to all persons on the
same kinds of goods and vessels, and no By-law
fixing or altering the rates of Toll or affecting others
than the Members or Officers of the Company is to
have any effect until sanctioned by the Governor in
Council. It is specially provided that no provision
which the Legislature may think it right to make, as
the exclusive use of the Canal by the Government at
any time, or any services to be rendered by the Com-
pany to the Government, shall be deemed an infringe-
ment of the rights of the Company; and Her Majesty
may, at any time after the end of fifteen years from
the completion of the Canal, assume the same, on
paying the whole current amount of the capital stock
according to its value at the time, and 15 per cent. in
addition. The Map and Book of Reference must be
made and deposited within eighteen months from the
passing of the Act, the stock subscribed for and at
least ten per centum paid up within three years, and
the Canal completed within five years, on pain of
forfeiture of the privileges conferred by the Act. The
Company are annually to lay detailed statements of
their affairs and business before the Legislature, at-
tested on oath, and power is reserved to make further
provision as to such accounts. The rights of the
Crown, and of others not specially mentioned, are ex-
pressly saved. The Company is not to break ground
until £200,000 are subscribed for and ten per cent.
thereon paid up, and Directors elected. They are not
to be exempted from the operation of any General
Canal Act.

ST. MICHEL ROAD-See Turnpike Roads Montreal.
ST. PATRICK'S Society, Quebec.-Cap. 147...

An Act to incorporate "The St. Patrick's Society of Que-
bec."-(Passed 30th May, 1849.)
The Association mentioned in the Title, and already in
existence, is incorporated, with the usual powers, for
the
purpose of affording relief and advice to natives of
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perty they may hold, is limited to £1000 of yearly Page.
value, but they may hold personal property to any
amount; their income is to be applied solely to the
purposes for which the Society is instituted, their per-
manent or invested property not being touched, but
remaining to produce income. Provision is made for
the management of their affairs by a Committee to be
elected yearly; this Committee are to publish yearly
accounts of the affairs of the Corporation. The Society
may be dissolved with the consent of nine tenths of the
members, and not otherwise.

STARR, Richard Noble, Will of the late.-Cap. 174.......
An Act to enable George Carruthers and others to carry
into effect the Will of the late Doctor Richard Noble
Starr.-(Passed 30th May, 1849.)

Dr. Starr having bequeathed certain property to his
Executors in trust for the purpose of forming a Public
Library in each of the Townships of Ekfrid and Car-
radoc, in the London District, to be placed under Com-
mittees in the said Townships respectively, this Act
enables the Executors to carry out the said bequest by
empowering the inhabitants of the said Townships to
elect Committees for the purposes of the Will, with the
requisite powers.

STUART, Charles James, Esquire, enabled to practise Law.—
Cap. 195..

An Act to enable Charles James Stuart, Esquire, to
practise the Law in Lower Canada.—(Passed 25th
April, 1849.)

The case of C. J. Stuart, a Master of Arts of University
College, Oxford, and a Member of the Honorable
Society of the Inner Temple, is recited, and it is pro-
vided that he may be commissioned to practise the
Law in Lower-Canada after he shall have undergone
examination, and shall have been approved and been
certified as duly qualified by one of the Justices of the
Court of Queen's Bench at Quebec.

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THOMPSON, Joseph Richard and Henry Jessup, Relief of.-
Cap. 173...

An Act for the relief of Joseph Richard Thompson, and
Henry Jessup.-(Passed 25th April, 1849.)
The petition and case of Messrs. Thompson and Jessup,
who are both duly admitted Attorneys of the Courts of
Queen's Bench and Common Pleas in England,
and Solicitors in the High Court of Chancery, and the
latter of whom is admitted as a Solicitor in Chancery
in Upper-Canada, are recited, and the Court of Q. B. in
U. C. is empowered in its discretion to admit them as
Attorneys, and the Court of Chancery to admit Mr.
Thompson as a Solicitor.

TORONTO General Burying Ground, to vest it in certain
Trustees, &c.-Cap. 104...

An Act to amend an Act therein mentioned, and to vest
the Toronto General Burying Ground in certain Trustees
and their Successors.-(Passed 30th May, 1849.)
The Act amended is that of Upper Canada, 7 G. 4, c. 21.
Certain persons named in the Act and their successors
are declared to be the Trustees under the said Act;
and provision is made for continuing the succession by
filling up the places of the Trustees who may die or
resign.

TORONTO, Rector, &c. of Episcopal Church of St. James,
enabled to lease certain Land.-Cap. 105..

An Act to enable the Rector and Church Wardens of the
Protestant Episcopal Church of St. James, Toronto, to
lease part of the Land heretofore occupied by them as
the site of a Church and Burying Ground.-(Passed
30th May, 1819.)

The object of this Act is fully described in its Title.
TORONTO, Simcoe, and Lake Huron Union Rail-road Com-
pany.—Cap. 196...

An Act to incorporate "The Toronto, Simcoe and Lake
Huron Union Rail-Road Company." (Presented for
Her Majesty's Assent, and reserved for the signification
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Assented to by Her Majesty in Privy Council, 30th Page.
July, 1849. The Royal Assent signified by the Pro-
clamation of His Excellency the Earl of Elgin and
Kincardine, Governor General, 29th August, 1849.)
This Act incorporates certain persons therein mentioned
under the name expressed in the Title, for the purpose
ol constructing a Rail-road from some place in the
City of Toronto to some place on the southerly shore of
Lake Huron, and touching at the Town of Barrie or at
some point or place on the shore of Lake Simcoe, &c.
The Guage to be determined by the Governor in Council.
The Directors are to appoint one of their number to be
a Manager, under their control. The Capital Stock is
£500,000, in shares of £5 each, which the Directors are
authorized to sell or dispose of in tickets not exceeding
in number 100,000 to be distributed and allotted in
one or more drawings by chance or otherwise at and
for such price or sum of money, for each ticket, as they
shall think fit. The Act goes on describing the method
of distributing the allotment; the issuing of the tickets
and the manner of drawing them. In the event of the
Company disagreeing, &c., with the owners of any lands
through which the Rail-Road is to be carried, the
amount they may be willing to give for the same, may
be deposited by them in the Court of Chancery. The
matter is then to be decided by the Chairman of the
Quarter Sessions and two Justices of the Peace, one of
whom is to be nominated by the owner of the lands,
and the other by the Company. The Tolls to be esta-
blished by the Company must be approved by the
Governor, and the usual provision is made for the car-
riage of Her Majesty's Mail, &c. The Survey, Map
and Book of Reference must be deposited within Three
Years, and the Rail-Road completed within Ten Years
from the passing of the Act.

TRINITY HOUSE, Montreal-Cap. 117....

An Act to repeal a certain Act and Ordinance therein
mentioned, relating to the Trinity House at Montreal,
and to amend and consolidate the provisions thereof.-
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This Act repeals the Ordinance of L. C. 2 V. (3d Ses-
sion) c. 19, and the Act of Canada 4 & 5 V. c. 59,
with so much of any other Act or Law as may be
inconsistent with this Act, the usual saving as to
things done under them, suits pending, &c., being
made. The corporation established under the re-
pealed Laws is continued, the name being how-
ever shortened to "The Trinity House of Mont-
real." The number of Wardens is never to exceed
The limits of the Port of Montreal are defined
as including all the River St. Lawrence from the up-
per limits of the Port of Quebec to the line dividing
Upper and Lower-Canada, with the Rivers falling into
the St. Lawrence within the said limits. The limits
of the Harbour are also defined, as comprehending
"that part of the said River St. Lawrence extending
"from the Point commonly called St. Charles, to the
"south-west end of the Military Hospital, below the
"Quebec Barracks," and the Master, &c., are to
have land-marks erected to indicate the said boun-
daries. The rates of Pilotage are fixed in the
Act.
The Pilots' Fund is continued as here-
tofore. Annual statements are to be published
in the Gazette, published in Montreal by Authority.
The duties imposed are, for every Vessel entering the
Port of Montreal from, or leaving the said Port for
any place beyond the Eastern limits of the Province,
14d. per Ton measurement, and for Vessels navigating
only within the limits of the Province, a duty of from
d. to 1d. per Ton, for each voyage or trip according
to the distance to which the same shall extend. All
moneys collected under the Act are to be applied to
the purposes thereof. The salaries of the Officers of
the Corporation, &c., are not fixed or limited by the
Act, nor is the appointment of any Superintendent
of Pilots specially provided for. The Governor is to
determine what Officers shall be employed, and at
what salaries. The rights of the Crown are saved,

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