Capital of the Company for the purposes of such indemnity, and shall, if necessary for that purpose, make Calls of the Capital remaining unpaid. XLI. And be it enacted, That the Directors shall have power to make Dividends on Dividends. the paid up Capital each half year, when, in their opinion, it shall be advisable; provided Not to impair capital. always, that no such Dividend shall be declared or made, whereby the Capital Stock will be in any degree reduced. XLII. And be it enacted, That the word "land", in this Act, shall include all lands, tenements and hereditaments, and real and immoveable property whatsoever; and the word" Shareholders", shall include the heirs, executors and administrators, curators, legatees or assigns, of such Shareholders, or any other party having the legal possession of any Share, whether in his own name or that of any other, unless the context shall be inconsistent with such construction. XLIII. And be it enacted, That the said Company shall annually submit to three Statements to the Branches of the Legislature, within the first fifteen days of each Session, a Statement Legislature. shewing the amount of Landed or other Property held by the said Company,-the total amount of money borrowed by them under the provisions of this Act, with the Rates of Interest paid thereon,-and a Statement of the various sums loaned by them, with the Rate of Interest thereon. XLIV. And be it enacted, That this Act shall be deemed a Public Act. Public Act. SCHEDULE. of , have assigned, for value received of him, Shares Know all men by these presents, that I, A. B., of and do assign to C. D., in the Stock of "The Welland Canal Loan Company": Witness my Hand, this day of , one thousand eight hundred and fifty A. B. And I, the said C. D., hereby accept the said Shares, and all liabilities and obligations thereunto attached. Witness my Hand, this and fifty day of CAP. CLIII. , one thousand eight hundred An Act to amend the Act of Incorporation of the Niagara Harbour and Dock Company. [ 30th August, 1851. ] HEREAS "The Niagara Harbour and Dock Company," and Clarke Gamble, Preamble, by the Act of the Legislature of Upper Canada, passed in the first year of the Reign of The Company and Clarke Gamble, as to sell and convey certain property. Trustee, empowered Doubts under the said Act removed. Preamble. Certain persons and their successors incorporated. Corporate name and powers. Election of new members. Corporation to give yearly 120 Lectures as per sec. 12, of 10 and 11 V. c. 26. of them, of, in and to all and singular the tracts of land and premises now held or occupied by, or in any manner vested in or belonging to the said Company, or the said Clarke Gamble, in trust as aforesaid, in the Town of Niagara and the County of Welland, and particularly the premises mentioned in the seventh section of the Act first above cited, and that the purchasers of the said premises, or any part thereof, shall not be bound to see to the performance of the said trusts. II. And for the removing of certain doubts that have arisen as to the powers of the said Company to construct and build Vessels, Steam Engines and Machinery, Be it declared and enacted, That the said Company have had, and shall have, full power and authority to build, construct, possess, use, repair and refit, all and all manner of Vessels, Steamboats, Shipping, Boats, Steam Engines and other Machinery of every kind, and to sell or otherwise dispose of the same as to the said Company shall seem expedient. W CAP. CLIV. An Act to incorporate "The Saint Lawrence School of Medicine of Montreal." [ 30th August, 1851. J HEREAS Francis C. T. Arnoldi, Robert L. Macdonnell, Horace Nelson, Aaron H. David, George D. Gibb and George E. Fenwick, Licensed Practitioners of Medicine and Surgery for the Province, have united for the purpose of giving Public Lectures and Instruction on the various Branches of Science connected with the exercise of their profession, and have, for that purpose, established a Public Medical School, with suitable apparatus and convenience; and have by their petition represented, that if they and their successors were incorporated and invested with the powers hereinafter mentioned, they would be able still further to increase their means of affording adequate instruction to their pupils; And whereas it is expedient to grant the prayer of the said Petitioners: Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada, constituted and assembled by virtue of and under the authority of an Act passed in the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and intituled, An Act to re-unite the Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada, and for the Government of Canada, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the said Francis C. T. Arnoldi, Robert L. Macdonnell, Horace Nelson, Aaron H. David, George D. Gibb and George E. Fenwick, and their successors, and those who may hereafter become associated with them or their successors, in the manner hereinafter mentioned, shall be and are hereby constituted a Body Politic and Corporate by the name of "The Saint Lawrence School of Medicine of Montreal," and by that name shall have perpetual succession and a Common Seal, with power to break, alter or make anew the same, and may by that name sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, in all Courts of Law or Equity in this Province; and may purchase, take and hold real and personal property, provided the real property so held by the said Corporation, does not at any time exceed the value of Five Thousand Pounds currency, and may alienate the same, and acquire other property instead thereof. II. And be it enacted, That whenever any of the Members of the said Corporation shall die, or shall become permanently resident out of the City of Montreal, or shall resign, (and any Member shall be at liberty so to resign,) or it shall be deemed advisable to increase the number of Members thereof, (which the said Corporation may always do,) then the said Corporation shall elect the Candidate or Candidates by ballot. III. And be it enacted, That the said Corporation shall yearly cause to be delivered at least one hundred and twenty Lectures each of at least one hour's duration, in accordance herewith, and on the subjects provided by the twelfth section of the Act passed in the Session held in the tenth and eleventh years of Her Majesty's Reign, and intituled, An Act to incorporate the Members of the Medical Profession in Lower Canada, and to regulate regulate the Study and Practice of Physic and Surgery therein, to be given by competent Lecturers between the first day of November and the last day of April. IV. And be it enacted, That the Fee to be demanded of any Pupil on his entry or Fee on matriculation. matriculation in the said School, shall not exceed Ten Shillings currency, to be applied by the Corporation in such manner as it may deem proper. Power to make By V. And be it enacted, That the said Corporation shall have power to make such By-Laws as may be necessary for the conduct of its affairs and business, the government laws. of its Pupils, and for carrying into effect the provisions of this Act, as to the Members thereof shall, from time to time, appear expedient, and as shall not be in any wise repugnant to or inconsistent with this Act or to law. How powers of the Corporation may be exercised. VI. And be it enacted, That all the powers of the said Corporation may be validly exercised by any majority of the Members thereof for the time then being, and that any Deed or Instrument under the Seal of the Corporation, and signed by any such majority of the Members for the time being, or by such person as shall be appointed as their Attorney for that purpose, shall be held to be a Deed of the Corporation; and any Service of process, service of Process or otherwise, made at the place at which the said Medical School etc. shall be kept, (and if in such case personal service be required, but not otherwise, on one of the Members of the Corporation), shall be deemed a valid service upon the said Corporation. VII. And be it enacted, That the said Corporation shall be bound, when required by Statements to be the Governor, or person administering the Government for the time being, to render rendered. true Statements of their Receipts and Expenditure, and of the Real and Personal Estate held and enjoyed by the said Corporation. VIII. And be it enacted, That this Act shall be a Public Act, and taken and received Public Act. as such in all Courts of Justice, and by all persons in this Province. W CAP. CLV. An Act to incorporate The Toronto School of Medicine. [30th August, 1851. ] Preamble. HEREAS John Rolph, Joseph Workman, William Thomas Aikins, James Langstaff, Gavin Russell, and Thomas David Morrison, all of the City of Toronto, Licensed Practitioners of Medicine, Surgery and Midwifery, have established and conducted a Public Medical School for the education of Candidates for the Medical Profession; And whereas, the usefulness of the said School will be promoted by the possession of Corporate Privileges and Powers: Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada, constituted and assembled by virtue of and under the authority of an Act passed in the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and intituled, An Act to re-unite the Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada, and for the Government of Canada, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the said John Rolph, Joseph Workman, School of Medicine William Thomas Aikins, James Langstaff, Gavin Russell, and Thomas David incorporated. Morrison, and their successors, in the manner hereinafter mentioned, shall be and are hereby constituted a Body Politic and Corporate by the name of the Toronto School of Medicine, and by that name shall have perpetual succession and a Common Seal, with power to break, alter or renew the same, and may by that name sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded in all Courts of Law and Equity in this Province, and may purchase, take and hold real and personal property, provided the real property, so held by the said Corporation, do not at any time exceed the value of Five Thousand Pounds currency, and may alienate the same and acquire other property instead thereof. II. And be it enacted, That whenever any of the Members of the said Corporation Election of future shall die or shall resign, or it shall be deemed advisable by the Corporation to increase Member the number of Members thereof, then the said Corporation shall proceed according to Corporation to make purposes, Other By-laws. Non-liability of members. Examination of Pupil per Canada. their By-laws, for that purpose made and enacted, to elect other Members in the place and stead of those so dying or resigning, or needed to be elected, as the case may be. III. And be it enacted, That the said Corporation shall and may pass such By-laws as to them shall seem best calculated to regulate the teaching and instruction of the pupils of the said School in the Science and Profession of Medicine, by the delivery of Lectures in Anatomy and Physiology, Medicine and Pathology, Surgery and Surgical Anatomy, in Midwifery and Materia Medica, and in such other Collateral Sciences as to the said Corporation shall seem expedient. IV. And be it enacted, That the said Corporation shall have power to make such By-laws as may be necessary for the conduct of its affairs and business, the government and education of its Pupils, and for carrying into effect the provisions of this Act, as to the Members thereof shall from time to time appear expedient, and shall not be in any wise repugnant to law or inconsistent with this Act. V. And be it enacted, That no individual Member of the said Corporation shall, in his private capacity, be liable for any debts or obligations of the Corporation. VI. And be it enacted, That whenever any Pupil of the said Toronto School of of said School in Up- Medicine shall, in his Medical Studies and in all other particulars, have complied with the requirements of the existing Law in Upper Canada, or with the requirements of any future Law regulating the qualifications of Medical Candidates, it shall and may be lawful for him to present himself before the Medical Board of Examiners in Upper Canada for examination; And it shall and may be lawful for the said Board, being satisfied with the competency of the said Candidate (after a public examination), to grant him a Certificate of Qualification or Diploma, or such other Credential as they now can or hereafter may be empowered to grant in such cases. Diploma. Pupil may be examined in Lower Canada. Diploma, Quorum. Deeds. Service of process. Public Act. VII. And be it enacted, That when the Lecturers, in the said Toronto Medical School, shall be in accordance with and on the subjects provided by the twelfth section of the Act passed in the Session held in the tenth and eleventh years of Her Majesty's Reign, and intituled, An Act to incorporate the Members of the Medical Profession in Lower Canada, and to regulate the Study and Practice of Physic and Surgery therein, then it shall in such case be lawful for any Candidate from the said School to present himself before the Medical Board of Examiners in Lower Canada for Examination; and after undergoing a Public Examination, it shall and may be lawful for the said Board, being satisfied that the Candidate has complied with all the Rules and Regulations required in such case by the said Law, and by the College of Physicians and Surgeons in Lower Canada, to grant such Candidate a Certificate or such other Credential as the said College in Lower Canada now can or hereafter may be empowered to grant. VIII. And be it enacted, That all the powers of the said Corporation may be validly exercised by a majority of the Members for the time then being, or such number as the By laws shall provide for the transaction of business; and that any Deed or Instrument under the Seal of the Corporation, and signed by any such majority of the Members for the time being, or by such person or persons as shall be appointed by such majority as their Attorney or Attorneys for that purpose, shall be held to be the Deed of the Corporation, and any service of Process or otherwise, made at the place at which the said Medical School shall be kept, and (if in such case personal service be required, but not otherwise) on one of the Members of the Corporation, shall be deemed a valid service upon the said Corporation. IX. And be it enacted, That this Act shall be a Public Act, and shall be judicially noticed as such by all Judges and Justices of the Peace, and others whom it may concern, without being specially pleaded. САР, CAP. CLVI. W An Act to reduce the number of the Directors of the Quebec Bank. [ 30th August, 1851. ] Preamble. HEREAS the President and Directors of the Quebec Bank have, by their petition to the Legislature on behalf of the said Corporation, prayed that the number of Directors of the said Institution may, at and after the next Annual Election, be reduced to seven, and it is expedient to grant their prayer: Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada, constituted and assembled by virtue of and under the authority of an Act passed in the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and intituled, An Act to re-unite the Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada, and for the Government of Canada, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That upon, from and Directors reduced to after the first Monday in June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two, the number seven, of Directors of the said Corporation of the Quebec Bank, shall be Seven instead of Thirteen; and any four Directors shall be a Board or Quorum, for the transaction Quorum. of business, and may call a General Meeting of the Stockholders in the like cases and the like manner in which they may now be called by seven Directors, and may exercise all the powers which may now be exercised by the Directors of the said Corporation. Four only need be II. And be it enacted, That at each Annual Election of Directors of the said CAP. CLVII. An Act to amend the Act incorporating the Port Burwell Harbor Company. W [ 30th August, 1851. ] Public Act. Preamble. HEREAS it is expedient to amend an Act passed in the twelfth year of the Reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, intituled, An Act to incorporate 12 Vict. c. 160, certain persons under the style and title of the President, Directors and Company of Port Burwell Harbor, and to extend the powers of the said Company to impose and levy Tolls on certain articles of Lumber and Merchandize not mentioned or enumerated in the Schedule in the said Act contained: Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada, constituted and assembled by virtue of and under the authority of an Act passed in the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and intituled, An Act to re-unite the Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada, and for the Government of Canada, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passing of this Act, it shall and may be lawful for the said President, Directors tolls on certain artiand Company, to impose, demand, receive, take, levy and collect, with the like powers as in the said Act is provided for the recovery of Rates or Tolls on the following articles passing out or from the said Harbor to a foreign port, not exceeding the Rate hereinafter mentioned, and from time to time, to reduce, alter or amend the same, viz.: On every Standard Saw Log, One Half-Penny. On every Spar or Mast, One Shilling. On all Squared, Hewn, Sawed or Round Timber, One Penny per hundred feet running measure. Boards, Planks and Deals, Six Pence per thousand feet Board Measure. Company may take cles. CAP. |