but this provision is unnecessary, as a general pro- Page. vision to that effect is made by the interpretation Act 12 V. c. 10.
TRINITY HOUSE, Quebec.-Cap. 114...
An Act to consolidate the Laws relative to the Powers and Duties of the Trinity House of Quebec, and for other purposes.--(Passed 30th May, 1849.) The object of this Act is, as stated in the preamble, "to repeal the Acts now in force which have become "obscure by repeated amendments, and are insufficient "for the purposes for which they were framed, and "to amend and consolidate the provisions therein "contained, and to enact other provisions," for more effectually attaining the purposes for which the said Acts were passed. The Acts and parts of Acts and Ordinances repealed are, those of Lower Canada, 45 G. 3. c. 12, 47 G. 3. c. 10,51 G. 3. c. 12, 52 G. 3. c. 12, Sect. 3. of 59 G. 3. c. 9, 2. G. 4. c. 7, 4. Wm. 4. c. 25, 4. V. c. 5, 4. V. c. 6, those of Canada 4 & 5 V. c. 15, and so much of 8 V. c. 60 as may be inconsistent with this Act. The more important and leading provisions of this Act are the following: the Corporation is con- tinued, but under the simpler name of The Trinity House of Quebec, with provision for the continuance of suits and proceedings, rights and liabilities, &c. The present Officers are to remain, except that the Office of Clerk and that of Treasurer are hereafter to be held by separate persons. The Corporation is to consist of a Master, a Deputy Master and Seven War- dens for the present, but whenever the office of De- puty Master shall become vacant, it is not to be filled, but there are then to be a Master and Eight Wardens. There are to be two Superintendents of Pilots, one of whom is to be a Warden, and both are to be Branch Pilots. There is to be a Harbour-Master, and for the present an Assistant Harbour-Master, but the latter office is to be abolished whenever the present_incum- bent ceases to hold it. The Members and Officers of the Corporation are to hold office at the pleasure of the Governor. All the Officers are to have fixed sa- laries in place of fees, and the latter are to go towards the expenses of the Corporation. The salaries are as follows:
The Master, not exceeding..
Each Superintendent of Pilots..
The Corporation is to have power to make By-laws for its own government, the facility of the navigation and the regulation of the Port and Harbour of Que- bec; the regulation and government of Pilots and their Apprentices for and below the Harbour of Quebec; the By-laws must be sanctioned by the Governor in Council and duly published, and no penalty imposed for contravening them is to exceed £10. The Port and Harbour of Quebec and the River St. Lawrence, as intended by the Act, are defined, as follows: the former shall comprise "all that part of the River St. Lawrence between the Basin of Portneuf, inclusively, and the Gulf St. Lawrence, that part of the Gulf St. Lawrence which is comprised within the limits of this Province, or which borders upon its coasts, and that part of all rivers, waters, creeks, bays and coves within the said limits where the tide ebbs and flows." And the latter: "that part of the River St. Law- rence between St. Patrick's Hole, inclusively, to the Cap-Rouge River inclusively, and that part of the Rivers Montmorency, Saint Charles, Etchemin, Chaudière, Cap-Rouge and others, where the tide.
ebbs and flows. Divers provisions are made Page. with regard to the qualifications of Pilots, their examination and their punishment for mal-prac- tices, negligence or ignorance. The Trinity House is to provide Pilots' Apprentices with the means of becoming acquainted with the North Channel. Penalties are imposed for refusing to take a Pilot or for employing other than a Branch Pilot. The rates of pilotage are fixed in detail in a Schedule. The Pilot Fund established by the former Acts is continued, the Superintendents are to contribute the per centage on their salaries, and to share in the advantage of the Fund. Filots over 60 years of age delivering up their Branches, may be allowed a pension out of the Fund. The Trinity House has full power to decide differences between Pilots and their Apprentices, and also cases between Pilots and Owners or Masters of Vessels, complaints against Pilots as such, and all complaints for contravention of this Act or of any By-law of the Trinity House, touching which no different provision is made, and the mode of bringing and conducting suits before the Trinity House is provided for, as is also the execution of the judgment, and appeal is given to a Pilot in cases where the penalty imposed on him exceeds £5, or he is suspended or deprived of his Branch, and to other parties where the amount of judgment exceeds £10. But see 14 & 15 Vict. c. 101. The appeal being to the Court of Queen's Bench in Superior Term. The du- ties imposed are for every Vessel leaving Quebec for a place beyond the Eastern limits of the Province, without having gone to Montreal, 5d. per ton measurement, and for Vessels so leaving, after having left the Port of Montreal, 2d. per ton measurement, and provision is made for enforcing payment. Coast- ing Vessels are to pay 4d. per ton for a license which shall be valid for the season. Provision is made for enabling the Trinity House to acquire land, &c., for the purposes of the Act, and for settling the amount of compensation to be paid, &c. No purchase of land to be made without the consent of the Governor in Coun- cil, and with such consent the Corporation may pur- chase or build a Steam Vessel for their use. They may borrow money to the amount of £10,000, including any sum they are already empowered to borrow. All moneys collected or borrowed under the Act, and not otherwise appropriated, are to be employed by the Corporation in the improving the navigation of the St. Lawrence, and for other purposes not inconsistent with this Act. An account of the Pilot Fund is to be published yearly in English and French, in two News- papers at Quebec; and a detailed account of all moneys received and expended by the Corporation is to be laid before the Legislative Assembly at each Session, and the Governor may require accounts at any time. The Treasurer is to give security. An Interpretation Clause is added, and a Schedule con- taining the rates of Pilotage under the Act. TURNPIKE ROADS, Montreal, purchase of St. Michel Road by Trustees of.-Cap. 120...
An Act to authorize the Trustees of the Montreal Turn- pike Roads to purchase the St. Michel Road, and to open a Road to the Village of Sault-au-Récollet.- (Passed 30th May, 1849.)
This Act enables the Trustees of the Montreal Turnpike Roads to purchase the property and rights of the St. Michel Road Company, incorporated under 4 V. c. 22, and to issue Debentures in favor of the said Company to an amount not exceeding £2000 as compensation. The powers of the Trustees are extended to the St. Michel Road and the Road to Sault-au-Récollet, and they are empowered to raise by loan and the issue of Debentures a sum of £3,000 in addition to the sums they are already empowered to raise, and to the £2,000 to be paid to the St. Michel Road Company. All loans under this Act being secured on the Tolls to be re- ceived by the said Trustees, and not to be chargeable on the Funds of the Province.
UPTON, Township of.-Cap. 132.
An Act to annex a certain part of the Township of Upton to the County of St. Hyacinthe, for Judicial and Muni- cipal purposes.-(Passed 30th May, 1849.) The sole object of this Act appears from its Title. Pro- vision is made for the continuance of pending suits, &c. URSULINES of Quebec.-Cap. 141...........
An Act to authorize the Ursulines of Quebec to acquire and hold additional Real and Personal Property to a certain amount.—(Passed 25th April, 1849.) The object of this Act is to enable the Community mentioned in the Title, to hold property, real and per- sonal, to the amount of £2,000 of yearly value over and above the property they now hold, and to alienate the same and acquire other property instead thereof, not exceeding the yearly value aforesaid. The real pro- perty must be in Lower-Canada.
WALPOLE AND WOODHOUSE, Commissioners to define boundary line between Townships of.-Cap. 101... An Act to appoint Commissioners to define the boundary line between the Township of Walpole, in the Niagara District, and the Township of Woodhouse, in the Tal- bot District. (Passed 30th May, 1849.) After reciting the difficulties respecting the line between the said Townships of Woodhouse and Walpole, and the Petitions of the inhabitants in that behalf, the Act appoints the Commissioner of Crown Lands and two other Gentlemen (Provincial Surveyors) to be Com- missioners for settling the said Boundary, with full
power to examine the same, and to take evidence on Page. oath, and to make their Report, which shall be final, unless the Court of Queen's Bench be moved to set it aside within six months (extended by 13 & 14 Vict. c. 89 to 1st July, 1851,) after it shall have been filed with the Registrars of the Counties of Norfolk and Haldimand, the Crown Lands Office and the said Court of Q. B. The Governor may appoint a Commis- sioner in case any one of those appointed in the Act should die or decline to act. The expenses of the Commission are to be paid by the Districts concerned.
YULE, John, the Younger, and others, Mill Dam over River Richelieu.-Cap. 190....
An Act to authorize John Yule the younger, Esquire, and others, to erect a Mill Dam upon the River Richelieu, in the District of Montreal.-(Passed 30th May, 1849.) After reciting the Petition of John Yule, and others, and the advantages which would arise to the inhabitants of the Province from the establishment of Manufactures by means of the water power of the River Richelieu, the Act empowers the said John Yule, and others, being the Seigniors of the Seigniories on both sides of the River at the place in question, to construct a Dam not exceeding six feet in height and having an opening of at least eighty feet in the deepest part of the River Richelieu, at the Rapids of La Chute à Baré, between the Town of St. John's and Chambly, and gives them the requisite powers for maintaining their rights in such Dam.
13 & 14 VICT. 3d SESSION, 3d PARLIAMENT, 1850.
ADVOCATES' LIBRARY, Montreal-Cap. 122..........
An Act to amend the Ordinance incorporating "The Ad- vocates' Library of Montreal."-(Passed 24th July, 1850.)
The Ordinance amended is 3 & 4 V. c. 48, and the only amendment consist in reducing the Quorum at Meet- ings of the Corporation to ten Members.
AMELIASBURGH, survey of.-Cap. 88....
An Act to confirm a certain survey of the Township of Ameliasburgh inUpper Canada.-(Passed 10th August, 1850.)
This Act confirms a certain Survey of the Township of Ameliasburgh in the County of Prince Edward, made in 1818, by Samuel Street Wilmot, under the autho- rity of an Order in Council, and directs that the said Survey shall be held to be the true and correct Survey of the said Township, and that all persons shall be bound thereby, notwithstanding any difference be- tween the said Survey and the description of any lot or lots in the Letters Patent granting the same. B
BANK of Upper Canada.-Cap. 137....
An Act further to extend the time for paying up the in- creased Capital Stock of the Bank of Upper Canada.— (Passed 24th July, 1850.)
The sole object of this Act is to extend the period al- lowed by the Act 9 V. c. 86, for paying up the addi- tional capital stock allowed to the Bank of Upper Ca- nada by 6 V. c. 27, to the period of five years from the passing of this Act.
BERTHIER, County of, Municipalities in.-Cap. 110.......
An Act to remedy an error in the Act dividing the County Page. of Berthier into two Municipalities.-(Passed 24th July, 1850.)
In the Act 12 V. c. 123, the Parish of St. Félix de Va- lois had been erroneously called St. Félix de Ramsay, and this error is corrected by the present Act. It has no other effect.
BYTOWN, disallowance of Act incorporating. Cap. 82...... 1433 An Act to remove doubts as to the effect of the dis- allowance of the Act incorporating the Town of Bytown.-(Passed 10th August, 1850.)
The Act 10 & 11 Vict. c. 43, had been in force from its passing until 12th October, 1849, when Her Majesty's disallowance thereof was proclaimed by the Governor this Act (after citing 12 V. c. 81, and c. 80, and shewing that the Legislature in passing them did not contemplate such disallowance,) declares and enacts that the rights, powers, duties, obligations and liabilities of the Municipal Corporation of Bytown under 12 V. c. 81, and of the Mayor and Officers thereof, and of others with respect to them, shall be the same, as if the said Act, with the exception of the 44th section, had remained in force from the passing thereof until the 1st January, 1850, on which day it would have been repealed by the said Act, 12 V. c. 80.
been established for constructing Public Ceme- Page. teries at Montreal and Quebec, and upon which such Companies are authorized to be established in Upper Canada by Cap. 76 of the Public General Acts of the present Session. The usual corporate powers are given. The Capital of the Company is to be £2000 in shares of £25 each; and they are empowered to purchase and hold a lot of land in the Township of Kingston not exceeding two hundred acres, and to use the same as a Public Cemetery, and to sell or otherwise dispose of small lots therein. The Cemetery and the invidual lots are exempt from taxation and from execution. The Company are to divide no profits, but half their receipts are to be applied to the payment of the pur- chase money of their land, and the other half (the whole when the purchase money is paid off) to the embelishment of the Cemetery, and other incidental expenses. The Company may accept and hold pro- perty to the amount of £5000 on trust to apply it, or the proceeds thereof, to the improvement of the Cemetery, &c. The provisions of chapter 76 for the protection of the Public, preventing the contamination of Rivers and Waters, &c. are inserted. After the Original Stock- holders are re-imbursed, all the proprietors of lots in the Cemetery will become Members of the Corporation, and have a voice in the appointment of five Trustees by whom the affairs of the Corporation will thereafter be managed.
CHATHAM-error in Patents of two lots.-Cap. 87... An Act to remedy an Error in certain Letters Patent for two lots in the Town of Chatham.-(Passed 10th August, 1850.)
In a lithographed plan used at a Government Sale of lots in the town of Chatham, the numbers of two lots were by accident interchanged; the purchasers respectively took possession of each of the lots he bought according to the said plan, but the Letters Patent described them by their correct numbers, so that each man had a Patent for his neighbour's lot. This Act corrects the Error, and gives each purchaser the lot he really bought.
COBOURG Harbour vested in Municipality.-Cap. 83....... 1435 An Act to vest the Harbour at Cobourg in the Municipality of that Town.-(Passed 10th August, 1850.) After reciting that the Company established for improving
the Harbour at Cobourg by the Act of U. C. 2. W. 4. c. 22, have forfeited their privileges by the non- completion of the said Harbour in the manner therein prescribed, and that their Works and the said Harbour have been assigned to the Board of Works as security for £10,500 expended thereon by the Government; that the Town Council of Cobourg has bought up a great portion of the Stock from the Stockholders and agreed for the purchase of the Government right afore- said, and is desirous of improving and completing the said Harbour,-this Act dissolves the Corporation created by the said Act 10 G. 4. c. 11, declares that the said Act shall cease to have effect, and confirms the assignment of the right and title of the Government in the Harbour, &c. to the said Corporation, leaving the said £10,500 as a debt to the Government by the Cor- poration of the Town, in whom the Harbour and Works are vested, with full power to improve, enlarge and complete the same, and to acquire the real property necessary for that purpose, to levy Tolls by By-laws subject to the approval of the Governor in Council, and to enforce payment of such Tolls. The Corporation are also empowered to borrow money for improving the the said Harbour, and to issue Debentures for the same, bearing interest at a rate not exceeding 8 per cent. per annum. All Stockholders who have not sold their Stock to the Corporation are to have their Shares of the profits of the Harbour, after deducting the current expenses and interest of money expended; they are also to have all the arrears of Tolls, &c. now due to the Com- pany; and the Corporation are bound to purchase any such Stock which shall be offered to them, at the rate of £66 13 4 currency, for each hundred pounds paid up
thereon. Yearly statements are to be published of the Page. receipts and expenditure of the Corporation about the said Harbour, for the information of all concerned. COMTE, Louis, amount due him by Parish of St. Edouard.- Cap. 128...
An Act to enable Louis Comte to recover a certain amount due to him by the Parish of St. Edouard, in the Dis- trict of Montreal.-(Passed 10th August, 1850.) After reciting that the said Louis Comte recovered judg- ment for a certain sum and interest,against the surviving Trustees for erecting the Church and Sacristy of St. Edouard; that the said Trustees had delivered over the said buildings and their accounts to the Church Wardens of the said Parish and were discharged from further accountability. and that the said buildings have ever since been used for parochial purposes-this Act empowers the Church Wardens and their Successors to raise by assessment (répartition) the sum requisite to pay off the said judgment and all costs, and requiring them to pay the same accordingly, and provides that if they fail so to do, the said Louis Comte may maintain an action for the amount due to him, against the Fabrique of the said Parish, and may cause the build- ings aforesaid to be seized and sold, if he be not other- wise satisfied for the amount of the judgment to be obtained by him in such action. CORNWALL, Township of-Survey in.-Cap. 84...
An Act to establish a Survey in front of the Ninth Con- cession of Cornwall (from lot number twenty-two, westerly, to the limit of the Township) as the go- verning line of the said Concession of Cornwall.- (Passed 24th July 1850.)
The line run by John S. Bruce, Deputy Provincial Sur- veyor, in front of the Ninth Concession, is declared to be the true boundary of the said Concession west of lot No. 22, in conformity to the petition of the in- habitants interested.
COUNTER, JOHN, Patent for Stoves.-Cap. 145..... An Act to enable John Counter to obtain a Patent for making Stoves of a new pattern...(Passed 10th Au- gust, 1850.)
After reciting that John Counter, of Kingston, has invest- ed a large sum in the manufacture of Stoves of a pattern, and upon a principle invented by his foreman Charles Tripp, a native of the United States of Ame- rica, who has assigued all his interest therein to the said John Counter, and is willing that he should obtain a patent therefor, this Act enables the Governor, if he shall see fit, to issue Letters Patent for the same to the said John Counter, as if he had been the inven- tor thereof, notwithstanding any thing to the contrary in the Act relative to patents for inventions (12 V. c. 24). D
DORCHESTER BRIDGE, see Quebec Road Trustees.
EDWARDSBURGH, side lines in.-Cap. 85....
An Act to determine the mode in which the side lines in certain Concessions of the Township of Edwards- burgh shall be run.-(Passed 24th July, 1850.) This Act recites the petition of the inhabitants of the Township of Edwardsburgh in the County of Gren- ville, and establishes the manner in which the side lines in certain Concessions in that Township shall be run, in accordance with the said petition and with the report of John Booth and William Campbell, Sur- veyors and Commissioners for ascertaining the proper mode of running the said side lines. ELGIN ASSOCIATION for improvement of Colored population.- Cap. 144 ...
An Act to incorporate the Elgin Association for the set- tlement and moral improvement of the colored popu- lation of Canada.-(Passed 10th August, 1850.) After reciting that an Association hath been formed in Upper Canada by divers persons resident therein, under the name of The Elgin Association, for the set-
tlement and moral improvement of the coloured po- Page. pulation of Canada, for the purpose of purchasing Crown or Clergy Reserve Lands in the Township of Raleigh in the County of Kent, and settling the same with coloured families resident in Canada, of good moral character, this Act incorporates the persons now forming the said Association or who may here- after become members thereof, for the purposes aforesaid, with the usual corporate powers and more especially the power of acquiring and holding Crown and Clergy Reserve Lands in the Township of Ra- leigh, in the County of Kent, for the purpose of letting, conveying or otherwise disposing of the same to colored persons in Canada, and for such purpose only. Then follow the usual provisions for the election of Officers and the management of the business of the Company. The capital of the Company is to be £5,000, of which it is stated that £4,000 is already subscribed. Provisions of the usual kind are intro- duced for compelling the payment of calls on the said stock. The Directors are empowered to make By- laws respecting the business of the Company. The prices to be charged by the Company for the lands to be sold by them are not to be above the government prices by any greater amount than will be sufficient to repay the Company the sums expended by them with interest, and if at the winding up of the affairs of the Company there be any surplus, it is to be ex- pended in the improvement of the settlement; and the affairs of the Company are to be wound up when- ever all their land is sold and paid for. A statement of the affairs of the Company attested on oath, may be required by the Governor from time to time, and a statement of their real and personal property is to be laid yearly before the Legislature. The rights of the Crown, and others not mentioned, are expressly saved.
FIRE, Life and Inland Navigation Assurance Company of Montreal.-Cap. 121...
An Act to grant further powers to The Montreal Fire, Life and Inland Navigation Assurance Company, and to change the name of the said Corporation. (Passed 10th August, 1850.)
The name of the Company incorporated by the Ordinance of Lower Canada 3 & 4 Vict. c. 37, and to which further powers were granted by 6 Vict. c. 22, is changed to "The Montreal Assurance Company," and the Com- pany are empowered to effect insurances of Vessels whether navigating the Inland Waters or proceeding to Sea, and wheresoever or from what place soever bound. Their yearly reports to the Legislature are to include this new business. And this Act, like that it amends, is to be in force until 1st May 1880, and no longer.
FIRE and Marine Insurance Company of Kingston.-Cap. 139. 1701 An Act to incorporate the Kingston Fire and Marine Insurance Company.-(Passed 10th August, 1850.) This Act incorporates a Company for the purpose of effect-
ing Insurance against loss by Fire, and against loss or damage to Vessels or their cargoes, timber or other floated articles, by the risks of Navigation, whether such Vessels be sea going or employed in navigating the Inland waters of the Province, with the usual powers and subject to the usual provisions in like cases. The Corporation is to continue until the 1st January, 1951. The Capital of the Company is limited to £50,000, but may be increased by a vote of the majo- rity of the Stockholders to a sum not exceeding £100,000. They may acquire real property bona fide mortgaged to them previously in the ordinary course of their business, but are bound to part with all such property not required for the conduct of their business within seven years after acquiring it. They are to make annual returns of the state of their affairs to the Provincial Legislature. At the time of the dissolution of the Corporation in 1951, the Shareholders are not to be liable for its debts beyond the amount of their res-
HAMILTON Gas Light Company.-Cap. 136.... An Act to incorporate The Hamilton Gas Light Com- pany.-(Passed 24th July, 1850.)
This Act incorporates a Company for the purpose of lighting the City of Hamilton with Gas, with the usual that purpose. The usual corporate
powers for powers and rights are conferred upon the Company; with the special power necessary for their peculiar purposes, such as the power to open streets for laying pipes, &c. The Capital of the Company is to be £12,500 in Shares of £10 each; but with power to in- crease it by another sum not exceeding £12,500 if that first mentioned should be found insufficient; and again with power, if the growth of the City and other circum- stances should require it, to increase the said capital by another sum of £12,500. They may borrow a sum not exceeding £10,000, at a rate of interest not exceeding 6 per cent. per annum, and may issue Debentures for the amount so borrowed in sums not less than £50 each, and pledge their income and future calls for securing payment. The business of the Company is to be managed by seven Directors, of whom three are to make a Quorum. The usual provisions are made for voting, calling in instalments, dividends, assignment of shares, &c. In the construction of their works, the Company are to be bound by the By-laws of the City made for the purpose of preserving the health thereof. The Act is not to prevent any party from making Gas for his own use, or to prevent the Legislature from in- corporating any other Company for like purposes in the said City; and the rights of the Crown, and of others not mentioned, are expressly saved. The Corporation of the City of Hamilton may at any time, within fifteen years, assume the whole stock, property and rights of the Company, on paying back the sums actually expended with interest, and binding them- selves not to charge higher rates to the consumers than will be necessary to produce a net profit of eight per cent. per annum. The Act is to remain in force fifty years, and no longer.
MECHANICS' Institute, Toronto.-Cap. 142..
An Act to amend the Act to incorporate the Mechanics' Institute of the City of Toronto.-(Passed 10th August, 1850.)
The Act amended is the 10 & 11 V. c. 102; Sections 4, 5 and 7 of the said Act are repealed, and other provi- sion is made as to the time and mode of holding the annual elections of Officers. The Members of the Corporation are classified into Ordinary, Life, Corres- ponding and Honorary Members; The number of Members is indefinite, but the qualification and attri- butes of the several classes are defined.
MONTREAL Harbour and Navigation of River St. Lawrence.- Cap. 97. (Erroneously marked CXVII, in printed Statutes.)-Cap. 97......
An Act to amend the Acts for the improvement of the Harbour of Montreal, and to provide for the improve- ment of the navigation of the River St. Lawrence, within the Port of Montreal.-(Passed 10th August, 1850.)
The Acts amended are 8 V. c. 76, and 10 & 11 V. c. Page. 56. The limits of the harbour are enlarged down- wards. The rate of interest which may be allowed on moneys to be borrowed under Sect. 3 of 10 & 11 V. c. 56, is raised from 5 to 6 per cent. ; and the Com- missioners are empowered to borrow a further sum of £2,500 to continue the improvement of the harbour. A new Tariff of Rates of Wharfage is established, to the collection of which the provisions of the former Acts in like cases are extended; and provision is made for facilitating the collection of the dues on ar- ticles imported via St. John's from the United States; it is provided that such duties shall in certain cases be payable to the Collector at St. John's and by him paid over to the Commissioners. The Act 12 V. c. 119, is repealed, but power is given to the Commis- sioners to make deductions from the tariff rates, in favor of Steamers plying between Montreal and places on the south shore of the St. Lawrence. Power is then given to the Commissioners to raise by loan a sum not exceeding £30,000, at the lowest rate of interest for which the same can be obtained, but not exceeding 8 per cent,; but neither the principal nor the interest of such loan is to be paid out of Provincial Funds, but solely out of the moneys arising from the Tonnage Duty hereafter mentioned, and other surplus moneys in the hands of the Commissioners. The said loan is to be applied solely to the deepening of the Ship Channel in Lake St. Peter and at Isle Platte, in such manner as the Commissioners may think best, so as to give at least 16 feet of water at all times. The Boats and machinery constructed or acquired for a like purpose by the Board of Works, being placed at the disposal of the Commissioners. The Governor in Council may, at any time after the passing of this Act, and on the application of the Commissioners, impose a duty not exceeding one shilling per ton, on all ves- sels drawing ten feet of water or upwards, and passing either way through Lake St. Peter; and such duty may be increased if the rate aforesaid be not found sufficient to meet the charges on the fund arising from it. The said fund is to be applied: 1st. To pay the reasonable expenses of collection. 2d. To pay the reasonable expenses of managing the works and keeping them in repair. 3d. To pay the interest and principal of the sum to be borrowed as aforesaid and 4thly. To pay not less than two per centum per annum as a sinking fund towards paying off the said principal. An accounting clause and an interpreta- tion clause are added. The Schedule is a detailed tariff of rates and dues of wharfage, to be levied under the Act.
OSGOODE, Township of, side lines in.-Cap. 86... An Act to amend and explain the Act relative to the Side Lines in the Township of Osgoode.-(Passed 24th July, 1850.)
The Act amended is the 10 & 11 Vict. c. 54, which is recited to have been erroneously made to apply to the first, second and third Concessions of the Township of Osgoode, in the County of Carleton, and is not to apply to the said Concessions hereafter. The side lines of the first Concession are to be the side lines of the broken front prolonged.
PILOTS for and above Quebec.-Cap. 123.
An Act to incorporate the Pilots for and above the
Harbour of Quebec.-(Passed 10th August, 1850.) The licensed Pilots for and above the Harbour of Quebec, are incorporated with the ordinary corporate powers. The real estate of the Corporation is not to exceed £5,000, nor its personal property £10,000. Its affairs are to be managed by a Council of nine Members, who are to be elected yearly, and are to choose a Pre- sident and Vice-President. The Council is to make By-laws for the Government of the Members of the Corporation and the management of its affairs, with power to impose Penalties not exceeding £5. The said By-laws are not to have force until confirmed by the Trinity House of Montreal, who may refuse to con- firm the same, and assign their reasons.
QUEBEO Turnpike Road Trustees, acquiring Dorchester. Bridge, &c.—Cap. 102..........
An Act to amend the Act authorizing the Quebec Turn- pike Road Trustees to acquire Dorchester Bridge, and to make certain Roads.-(Passed 10th August, 1850.) The Trustees are by this Act empowered out of the £25,000 they were authorized to borrow by 12 Vict. c. 115, to expend the sum of £15,000 on the Roads mentioned in the said Act, and the remaining £10,000, in purchasing or improving Dorchester Bridge; or, if they cannot agree with the proprietors of that Bridge, then in constructing one or more Bridges over the River St. Charles, for all which purposes the neces- sary powers are vested in them.
QUEBEC, supply water to.-Cap.100...
An Act to amend an Act for supplying the City of Que- bec and parts adjacent thereto with water.-(Passed 10th August, 1850.)
The Act amended is 9 (erroneously called 10) Vict. c. 113; section 12 of that Act provided that the Corporation should have no power to impose a general water rate or to compel any person to take the water. This Act removes that restriction, and enables the Corpo- ration, so soon as they are ready to supply the City or any part thereof, to impose a water rate (not to exceed one shilling and three pence in the pound) on all the proprietors or occupiers of houses, &c., in the City, or in that part which they are ready to supply with water, as the case may be. The Corporation are empowered to borrow a sum not exceeding £125,000, and to issue Debentures for the same, bearing interest at a rate not exceeding 7 per cent. per annum, and to apply the said sum to the construction of the Water Works. They are empowered to appoint a Superintendent specially for the business of the Water Works, and Engineers, Workmen, &c, and to take or use the requisite land outside of the City on payment of the proper compen- sation, to be ascertained by appraisers if the parties cannot agree.
QUEBEC, relief to sufferers by fire at.-Cap. 101................ An Act further to amend the Act for granting relief to the sufferers by the Fires at Quebec.-(Passed 10th Au- gust, 1850.) The Commissioners for advancing the money appro- priated for the relief of the sufferers by the Fires at Quebec, under 9 Vict. c. 62, were empowered to effect Insurances on property on which sums advanced by them should be secured, and to recover the premiums paid for such Insurance from the party to whom the advance was made. The powers of the Commissioners having expired, and sums having been paid for like premiums by the Receiver-General, this Act enables Her Majesty to recover the sums paid by him in like manner as if they had been paid by the said Com- missioners.
QUEBEC Workmen's Benevolent Society.-Cap. 127....... An Act to incorporate the Quebec Workmen's Benovelent Society-(Passed 24th July, 1850.)
The present Members of the Society at Quebec known as the Quebec Workmen's Benevolent Society, and their successors, are incorporated by the same name, with the usual corporate powers, and for the usual pur-
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