thence until the end of the then next Session of the Page.
Legislature. The Registrar is to give notice of the
said extension.

HATLEY AND BOLTON-See Bolton.
HATLEY, claims against Township of.-Cap. 134......
An Act to enable the Sureties of the late Municipal
Council of the Township of Hatley to enforce their
claims against the said Township.-(Passed 30th May,
1849.)

The Act recites the case of the Sureties who were con-
demned to pay a certain sum as such, and that in con-
sequence of the abolition of Township Municipalities
(by 10 & 11 V. c. 7.) they have no recourse; the Mu-
nicipal authorities of Stanstead (in which the Town-
ship of Hatley lies) are required to levy on the Town-
ship a sum sufficient to indemnify the said Sureties,
and a penalty is imposed on the Councillors who shall
neglect the duty so assigned to them. The Sureties
are to be paid out of the sum so raised.
HEALTH-See Montreal and Quebec.
HINCHINBROOK-See Elgin.

HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY of Montreal, incorporated.- -Cap.

153.

An Act to incorporate "The Horticultural Society of
Montreal." (Passed 30th May, 1849.)

The Society already existing at Montreal under the name of
the Canadian Horticultural Society, for the encourage-
ment and advancement of Horticulture and the Arts and
Sciences there with connected, is incorporated with
the usual corporate powers. The real property to be
held by the Corporation is not to exceed the value of
£2000. The property and liabilities of the Society are
transferred to the Corporation, and provision is made for
the appointment of officers and government of the
Corporation, which is to report its doings annually to
the Government and two Houses of the Legislature.
HURON DISTRICT, divided off into three Counties, &c.—
Cap. 96..

An Act to divide the District of Huron, in the Province
of Canada, and for other purposes therein mentioned.—
(Passed 30th May, 1849.)

After reciting the great extent and increasing population
of the District of Huron, this Act divides it into three
Counties, to be called Perth, Bruce and Huron, defining
the boundaries of each, the said Counties remaining
nevertheless united until the Union be dissolved in
the manner provided in 12 V. c. 78, (which see). In
consideration of the great population of Perth (exceed-
ing 12,000) that County is to be dealt with as if a Pro-
clamation had issued under Sect. 10 of 12 V. c. 78,
naming Stratford as the County Town, and electing the
Townreeves of the County into a Provisional Munici-
pal Council. A Registry Office is to be kept in the
County of Perth when disunited from the other Coun-
ties. The Act to commence on the 1st January, 1850.
HURON MINING COMPANY, incorporated.-Cap. 164...

An Act to incorporate "The Huron Mining Company."-
(Passed 30th May, 1849.)

The Capital of the Company is to be £15,000, divided into
shares of £1 5, each, but if this sum be insufficient it
may be increased to £25,000. Their real property
purchased from private individuals is not to exceed
£25,000 in value. The Company may borrow money
to the amount of £10,000, whenever one half of their
Capital Stock shall be paid up; they may issue De-
bentures and grant Mortgages for the sum borrowed,
but no single Debenture or Bond is to be for a less
sum than £100. They may open Offices in London
and Liverpool, New York, Boston, Philadelphia and
Detroit. The number of Directors is to be not less than
three nor more than five, and three are to be a quorum.
Two of the Directors are to retire annually, and others
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 of others not
specially mentioned, are expressly saved. The Sche-
dules are forms of Proxy and Transfer.
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"The Huron Copper Bay Company."-(Passed 30th
May, 1849.)

The Capital of the Company is to be £22,500, divided
into shares of £1 10, each; but if this sum be found
insufficient, it may be increased to £100,000. Their
real property is not to exceed the value of £50,000.
The Company may borrow money to the amount of
£25,000 whenever one half of their Capital shall be
paid up; they may issue Debentures and grant
Mortgages for the money borrowed, but no single
Debenture or Bond is to be for a less sum than £100.
The Company may open offices in London, Liverpool
and Bristol, and New York, Boston, Philadelphia and
Detroit. The number of Directors is to be not less
than six, and the Quorum three; two Directors are
to retire annually, and others to be elected. The Com-
pany are not to commence operations until ten per cent
of their Capital is paid up. The rights of the Crown,
and of others not specially mentioned, are expressly
saved. The Schedules are forms of Proxy and Transfer.

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JESSUP H. and J. R. THOMPSON, for the relief of - See
Thompson.
JOHNSTOWN DISTRICT, boundary between it and that of
Bathurst defined.-(see BATHURST.)

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KINGSTON HOSPITAL, Trustees incorporated.-Cap. 103....
An Act to incorporate The Trustees of the Kingston
Hospital.-(Passed 30th May, 1849.)

The Mayor of the City of Kingston, the Judge of the
Midland District Court, the Warden of the Midland
District, the Sheriff of the same, and such three Al-
dermen of Kingston as shall from time to time be
elected yearly for that purpose, by the City Council,
are constituted "Trustees of the Kingston Hospital,"
and incorporated by that name with the usual corpo-
rate powers. Their By-laws may be disallowed by
the Governor in Council, and must be submitted to
him. The Trustees are to manage the Hospital Funds,
and to account for the same from time to time when
thereunto required by the Governor in Council, and
an annual statement is to be laid by them before the
Legislature. Medical Students in Kingston are to be
allowed to visit the Hospital.

KINGSTON CITY WATER WORKS Company, incorporated.-
Cap. 158....

An Act to incorporate "The City of Kingston Water
Works Company."-(Passed 30th May, 1849.)
The Company is incorporated for the purpose of sup-
plying the City of Kingston with water, and the usual
powers are conferred on it; the yearly value of the
Real Property to be held by it being limited to £500
over and above the value of the works and buildings
to be erected. The capital of the Company is to be
£10,000, divided into shares of £12 10s. each, and is
to be exclusively devoted to the purposes of this Act.
The usual powers to break up streets, &c., for the pur-
pose of laying down pipes, &c. are given, accompanied
by the usual restriction and provisions against their
abuse, and the usual provisions are inserted for pro-
tecting the property and rights of the Company and
for preventing injury to their works, &c. Subscriptions,
whether made before or after the passing of the Act,
are made binding on the subscribers, and means are
given for enforcing the payment of calls on shares,
which calls are limited as to the amount of each and
the interval between calls. If the City of Kingston be
enlarged by any Act of the present or any future Ses-
sion, the privileges of the Company are to extend
over the new limits. The Act is not to be construed
to prevent any person or body corporate from erecting
works for supplying their own premises with water,
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mentioned, are saved. The Water Works are to be
in operation within three years from the passing of
the Act, on pain of forfeiture of the privileges con-
ferred. The Act to be in force for fifty years.

LANDSDOWN-See Leeds.

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L'ASSOMPTION, Bridge-See Archambault.

LEEDS and LANSDOWN, Division of Townships of.-Cap. 99..
An Act to divide the Townships of Leeds and Lans-
down in the District of Jolinstown.-(Passed 30th
May, 1849.)

After reciting that Leeds and Lansdown are divided
crosswise by certain waters, and that the inhabitants
of the fronts of each Township have been in the
practice of acting as if they formed one Township,
and that the inhabitants of the rear of each Township
have done the same, this Act legalizes the proceedings
so had for the past, and enacts that the "Front of
Leeds and Lansdown" shall hereafter be one Town-
ship, and the "Rear of Leeds and Lansdown" shall
be another.

LIBRARY ASSOCIATION of the Teachers of the District of
Quebec.-Cap. 145...

An Act to incorporate "The Library Association of the
Teachers of the District of Quebec."-(Passed 30th
May, 1849.)

This Act recites the existence, during several years in
the District of Quebec, of a Teachers' Association, for
the purpose of union, mutual instruction and general
progress, and the establishment of a Library and
Reading Room, and the petition of the said Association
to the Legislature for an Act of incorporation. The
Members and Officers of the Association and their
Successors are incorporated with the usual corporate
powers, the amount of real property to be holden being
limited to the yearly value of £100.

L'ISLET, Municipality of.-Cap. 125.

An Act to detach the Parish of Saint Antoine de L'Isle
aux Grues from the Municipality of L'Islet, and to
erect the same into a separate Municipality. (Passed
25th April, 1849.)

The Parish of St. Antoine de L'Isle aux Grues is, from
and after the 1st July, 1849, to be separated from
the County of L'Islet, and to form a separate Munici-
pality under the provisions of the Act 10 & 11 V. c. 7.
Provision is made as to the election of Councillors for
the New Municipality, more especially with regard to
the qualification of the Electors and Councillors, the
position of the said Parish being peculiar; the Council
for the former Municipality is not to be affected, except
that the Councillors for the said Parish are to cease to
be Members of it. By-laws are to remain in force
until repealed, and provision is made as to the debts
and property of the Old Municipality,

L'ISLET, removal of Registry Office.-Cap. 130...

An Act to provide for the removal of the Registry Office
of the County of L'Islet, from the place where it is
now kept, to the Parish of L'Islet.

After the passing of the Act, it is made lawful for the
Governor in Council to order the removal of the Re-
gistry Office of L'Islet from the place where it is now
kept, to the Parish of L'Islet.

LITERARY AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF QUEBEC, Charter
amended.-Cap. 152......

An Act to amend the Charter of "The Literary and His-
torical Society of Quebec."-(Passed 25th April, 1849.)
The sole amendment made, is that the Quorum at
Meetings of the Society is hereafter to consist of the
President or one of the Vice-Presidents, and at least
two (instead of eight) other Members. The Charter
is that of King William the Fourth, dated 5th October,
1831.

LOTBINIERE, Division of County of, into Two Municipalities.-
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nicipalities. (Passed 25th April, 1849.)

From and after the first Saturday in July, 1849, the County
of Lotbinière is to be divided into two Municipalities,
the limits of each of which are defined. All the Coun-
cillors for the present Municipality are then to go out
of office, and Councillors are to be elected for each of
the new Municipalities. The present By-laws are
continued in force until repealed, and provision is
made as to the debts and property of the present Muni-
cipality.
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MARKHAM and Elgin Mills Plank Road Company.-Cap. 157.
An Act to incorporate "The Markham and Elgin Mills
Plank Road Company."-(Passed 30th May, 1849.)
This Act incorporates certain persons and their successors
with the usual corporate powers for the purpose of con-
structing a planked, macadamized or gravelled Road
on the side-line between lots Nos. 25 and 26 in the
Township of Markham, in the County of York, com-
mencing at Yonge Street, near the Elgin Mills, and
terminating at the eastern extremity of Markham, and
one or more of the concession lines running northerly
from the said side-line,commencing at the said side-line
and terminating on the line between Markham and
Whitechurch. The Capital of the Company is to be
£4,000 divided into shares of £5, each, with power to
extend it to double that amount, if found necessary.
Tolls may be taken when two and a-half miles
of Road are completed, but not before. The
President and Directors are empowered to es-
tablish the rates of Toll, but certain exemptions
are made in the Act as to manure, cattle going
and returning from pasture, and such like cases,-
and Her Majesty's Mail, Officers and Soldiers in
uniform and on service, and all horses and vehicles
employed in the conveyance thereof, and all recruits
marching by route, funerals, and persons attending
divine service, are also exempted. If the Company
and any party cannot agree as to the compensation to be
made for any land taken or damage done, the amount
is to be settled by arbitration, the power of the Court
of Q. B. to set aside the award for cause being saved.
The Executive Government may at any time assume
the property of the Company on paying the amount
actually expended, and ten per centum in addition.
The usual provisions are made as to the management
of the affairs of the Company, election of Directors,
enforcement of the payment of calls, punishment of
persons injuring the Road or evading Tolls, &c. The
Act is to continue in force for Fifty Years, and thence,
until the end of the then next Session of the Provincial
Parliament.

MCCOLLOM, JOHN S. Road Allowance.-Cap. 172...........
An Act to vest a certain Road Allowance in the Town-
ship of Nelson, in John S. McCollom.-(Passed 25th
April, 1849.)

The original Road Allowance being in an inconvenient
place, J. S. McCollom gave a Road through his land,
and the Act gives him the old Road Allowance in place
of the land so given by him.

MEGANTIC, Registration of Deeds.-Cap. 129.
An Act to divide the County of Megantic into two Dis-
tricts for the Registration of Deeds.-(Passed 30th
May, 1849.

The County of Megantic is divided into two Districts,
for the Registration of Deeds, after 1st July, 1849. In
one, a new Registrar is to be appointed, the present
Registrar remaining in the other, without a new ap-
pointment.

MERCHANTS' EXCHANGE and Reading Room of Montreal.-
Cap. 194...

An Act to incorporate "The Merchants' Exchange and
Reading Room of Montreal."—(Passed 30th May,
1849.)
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corporate powers. The real property of the Institution
is limited to the annual value of £750, and the usual
provisions are made for the annual election of Officers
and the management of its affairs.

MIDLAND DISTRICT-See Bathurst District.
MONTAGUE AND NORTH ELMSLEY, Repeal of Act defining
boundary line between the fourth Concessions of these
Townships.-Cap. 102..

An Act to repeal the Act defining the boundary line
between the fourth Concessions of the Townships of
Montague and North Elmsley.-(Passed 30th May,
1849.)

The Act repealed is the 10 & 11 V. c. 53. There is a
clause indemnifying persons who may have acted
under the provisions of the said Act.

MONTREAL and Lachine Rail-road.-Cap. 177....
An Act further to amend the Act incorporating "The
Montreal and Lachine Rail-road Company," and for
other purposes."-(Passed 30th May, 1849.)
This Act authorizes the Company to raise a sum (in
addition to their Capital,) of £40,000 currency, and
makes provision for the mode in which that sum may
be raised, and the security to be given for the same.
They may also raise by loan £50,000. Provision is
made as to the form of Debentures, the registration
and discharge thereof, and for enabling Corporations,
Ecclesiastical or Civil, to subscribe for Stock or to loan
money to the Company. The Company may allow
interest exceeding the legal rate. Power is given by
the Act to the Company, if they cannot otherwise
meet their obligations, at a General Meeting of the
Stockholders, to determine to sell the Road with all
their property and rights, such sale to be thereafter
effected by the Directors, and its effect being to trans-
fer the whole property and rights of the Company
(with the exception of such property as may be
reserved in the Deed of Sale,) to the purchasers, in
the proportions to be mentioned in the Deed. Provi-
sion is made for carrying into effect the regulations of
such Deed. The Company are to keep watchmen only
where their Rail-road crosses the main Road to
Lachine-at other crossings they are to put up Sign
Boards. The Act also contains a clause respecting the
carriage of Her Majesty's Mail, Soldiers, &c. The
Schedules are the forms referred to in the Act.
MONTREAL and Province Line Junction Rail-way Company.-
Cap. 197....

An Act to amend and extend the Act to incorporate "The
Montreal and Province Line Junction Rail-way Com-
pany."-(Passed 25th April, 1849.)

The Act amended is the 10 & 11 V. c. 121. The period
limited in the said Act for the deposit of the said Map
or Plan and Book of Reference is extended to 31st
December, 1850), and the Company are empowered to
increase their Capital to £75,000 if necessary: such
increase not to affect their power of borrowing money
under the said Act. Both this Act and 10 & 11 V. c.
121 are repealed by 13 & 14 V. c. 114.
MONTREAL AND TROY Telegraph Company.-Cap. 181.....
An Act to incorporate The Montreal and Troy Tele-
graph Company."-(Passed 30th May, 1849.)
This Act incorporates a Company already in existence,
for the purpose of constructing an Electro-magnetic
Telegraph from the City of Montreal to the Province
Line, there to connect with an American Telegraph
to Troy. The Corporation is substituted for the asso-
ciation, and the usual corporate powers are conferred,
and powers for erecting and maintaining the Tele-
graph similar to those which have been granted to
other Companies. Provision is made for the election
of Directors, and the management of the affairs of the
Company, and for the protection of their rights and
property. Their Capital is £5000, divided into shares
of £12 10, each, with power to increase it to such sum
as may be necessary, The Directors are to fix the
charges for communications. The Company are re-
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a return of at least ten per cent on the extra expense
incurred. Power is given to the Governor of the Pro-
vince, or any person by him thereunto appointed, to
take exclusive possession of the Telegraph and Works,
should the exigencies of the public service make it
expedient. The Company may be dissolved on a vote
of four fifths of the Shareholders in number and value.
MONTREAL and Vermont Junction Rail-way Company.-
Cap. 178...

An Act to incorporate The Montreal and Vermont Junc-
tion Rail-way Company.-(Passed 30th May, 1849.)
The Company are incorporated with the usual corporate
powers, to construct a Rail-way from a point nearly
opposite the City of Montreal, to a point on the Pro-
vince Line near Highgate in the State of Vermont,
crossing the River Richelieu near St. John's at the
foot of the navigation. Provision is made for indem-
nifying the Honble. Robert Jones, in case his bridge
is interfered with. The Company may form a junc-
tion with the St. Lawrence and Champlain Rail-way
Company, provided the latter make a branch from
their Rail-way to a point opposite Montreal. The
compensation to be given for lands and damages is to
be settled by arbitration if not agreed upon; the arbi-
tration clauses are copied from the more recent Acts.
The capital is to be £100,000, divided into shares of
£25 each, with power to raise a further sum of £40,000
if the first mentioned sum be insufficient. They may
borrow money to the amount of £50,000, and hypo-
thecate their property as security. The affairs of the
Company are to be managed by nine Directors, three
of whom are to retire annually. None but a British
subject is to be President or Treasurer. The usual
provisions are made as to elections, payment of calls,
&c. as in former Acts. The Company are to establish
the tolls by By-law, except those on small parcels,
which the Directors may fix, such By-laws and all
others affecting others than Members or Officers of the
Company are to be subject to the approval of the Go-
vernor in Council. Provision is made for the per-
formance of services required by the Government and
the placing of all the resources of the Company at its
disposal, and power is reserved to make any further
provision on the subject. Her Majesty may assume
the Rail-road, on paying the sum expended and 20
per cent in addition, with interest from the time of
paying of such capital until the opening of the Rail-
road. The Map or Plan and Book of Reference are
to be deposited within one year, and the Rail-road to
be completed within six years from the passing of the
Act on pain of forfeiture of the charter. Whenever
in any year the profits of the Company exceed ten per
cent., one half the surplus is to be paid over to the
Government as a duty, provided the average profits per
annum from the time of paying up the_capital have
amounted to ten per cent. per annum. The Company
is to lay a detailed account of receipts and expenditure
and other matters annually before the Legislature,
such account being attested on oath and power being
reserved to make further provision with respect to it.
The Company is to be subject to the operation of any
general Rail-way Act.

MONTREAL, Commissioners of the Harbour of, commutation of
Harbour Dues.-Cap. 119.....

An Act to authorize the Montreal Harbour Commissioners
to commute for certain Harbour Dues, with the Cor-
porations therein mentioned, and for other purposes.—
(Passed 30th May, 1849.)

The sole object of this Act is to enable the Commis-
sioners of the Montreal Harbour, with the consent of
the Governor in Council, to commute with the Cham-
plain and St. Lawrence Rail-road Company, and with
the Atlantic and St. Lawrence Rail-road Company, for
a gross sum to be received instead of the Dues accruing
on their Steamers and the goods landed or shipped
from or in them, in the Harbour of Montreal. (This
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MONTREAL, Health of the City of.-Cap. 118....

An Act to continue a certain Act therein mentioned
relative to the Public Health of the City of Montreal.—
(Passed 30th May, 1849.)

The sole object of this Act is to continue the Act 10 & 11
V. c. 1, to the First day of January, 1850, and thence
to the end of the then next Session.

MONTREAL REGISTRY OFFICE-See Registry Office.
MOUNT HERMON CEMETERY.-Cap. 191..

An Act to incorporate "The Mount Hermon Cemetery."
(Passed 30th May, 1849.)

A Company is incorporated by the name mentioned in
the Title, for the purpose of establishing a Public Pro-
testant Cemetery in the neighbourhood of Quebec,
and the usual corporate powers are granted them
for that purpose. The land to form the Cemetery
is described, but they have power to add to its extent.
The Capital is to be £5000, in shares of £5 each, with
power to increase it if necessary to £10,000; the pro-
fits to be divided are limited to eight per cent. per
annum, any surplus is to be appropriated by the Direc-
tors to some charitable institution. The affairs of the
Company are to be managed by nine Directors, three
of whom are to retire annually, and three to form a
Quorum. The usual provisions are made for elections,
calling in instalments, &c. The shares are to be trans-
ferable with the approval of the Directors. The Di-
rectors are to have the ground surveyed and embellished,
and a Chapel built, and to divide it into lots, the exclu-
sive right of burial in which they may dispose of, as
also the right of putting up monuments in the Chapel,
&c. The right of burial is to be deemed personal pro-
perty, and may be assigned or bequeathed, but is
not to be liable in execution. The Cemetery is to
be properly enclosed and to be kept constantly in good
order and repair, and proper drains and sewers are to
be constructed, and proper precautions are to be taken
to avoid fouling any stream or well, and penalties and
damages may be recovered from the Company for any
contravention. The Company are to cause burials to
be celebrated in a decent manner. Penalties are also
provided against persons infringing the rights of the
Company or damaging or behaving improperly in the
Cemetery. Forms of a grant of right of burial and of
an assignment of the same are appended to the Act as
Schedules.
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NEW CITY GAS COMPANY of Montreal.-Cap. 183.....
An Act to amend the Act incorporating the New City Gas
Company of Montreal, and to extend the powers of the
said Company.—(Passed 30th May, 1849.)
The Act amended is the 10 & 11 V. c. 79. The Com-

pany are empowered to increase their Capital by a sum
not exceeding £25,000, in shares of £10 each; such
additional amount being deemed part of the original
Stock and dealt with accordingly.. The Company may
borrow money to an amount not exceeding £20,000 at
any rate of interest, even exceeding six per cent, and
hypothecate their property as security: but no Deben-
ture is to be for a less sum than £100. The non-
liability of Stockholders beyond the amount of their
shares is declared. The Company are enabled to
become parties to notes and instruments not under
seal. Divers provisions are made to facilitate the
management of the affairs of the Company, the calling
in of instalments on shares, &c. and also for protecting
the Company from fraud and from damage to their
property, and for facilitating proceedings by or against
them.
NEEPIGON MINING COMPANY incorporated.-Cap. 163......
An Act to incorporate certain persons under the name
and style of "The Neepigon Mining Company.”—
(Passed 30th May, 1849.)

The capital of the Company is to be £15,000, divided
into shares of £1 5s. each; but if this sum be found
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not to exceed £25,000 in value. The Company may
borrow money to the amount of £10,000, whenever
one half of their capital is 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 New
York, Boston, Philadelphia and Detroit. The num-
ber of Directors is to be not less than three nor more
than five, and three are to be a quorum. Two Di-
rectors are to retire yearly and others 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 of others not spe-
cially mentioned, are saved. The Schedules are
forms of Proxy and Transfer.

NIAGARA FALLS Suspension Bridge Company, Act incor-
porating, amended.-Cap. 161.........

An Act to amend the Act incorporating "The Niagara
Falls Suspension Bridge Company."-(Passed 30th
May, 1849.)

The Act amended is the 9 V. c. 115, section 2 of which
is repealed, and the capital of the Company is reduced
to £25,000 in shares of £25 each. An exclusive pri
vilege is granted to the Company for 15 years as far
as the head of the rapids above the Falls, on condition
that they complete their present Bridge in the manner
prescribed by the Act, and that within 5 years from
the passing of this Act, they erect a bridge for foot
passengers at least one mile above their present
Bridge, for doing which they may again increase their
capital to £37,500. The amount of tolls taken by the
Company is never to be more than sufficient to pay
25 per cent. per annum profit to the Stockholders,
and the Legislature may provide in any manner for
enforcing this condition. The Justices of the Peace
for the Niagara District are to fix the compensation
to be paid yearly to Her Majesty for the diminished
value of the Ferry by reason of the Company's Bridge.
NORTH ELMSLEY-See Montague.
NUNS-General Hospital of Quebec.-Cap. 140......

An Act to authorize the Community of the Nuns of the
General Hospital of Quebec, to acquire and hold ad-
ditional Real and Personal property to a certain amount.
-(Passed 25th April, 1849.)

The sole 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
property must be in Lower-Canada.

ONTARIO Marine and Fire Insurance Company.-Cap. 166..
An Act to incorporate "The Ontario Marine and Fire
Insurance Company."-(Passed 30th May, 1849.)
This Act incorporates the Company under the name
expressed in the title, with the usual corporate powers,
for carrying on the business of Fire, Inland, Naviga-
tion and Marine Insurance. The real property to be
permanently held by the Company is limited to such
as may be actually necessary for carrying on its
business; they may take other property bona fide
mortgaged or conveyed, as security for or in satis-
faction of debts due to them, but must alienate it
within seven years from the time it is acquired.
capital is to be divided into shares of £12 10s. each,
and the number is not in the first instance to exceed
eight thousand, but by a vote of a majority of the
Stockholders, the capital may be increased to a sum
not exceeding £250,000. No Directors are to be
elected until at least two thousand shares are sub-
scribed for; one per centum is to be paid on sub-
scribing, and four per centum more must be ready
to be paid whenever called for by the Directors; the
remainder by instalments not exceeding five per cen-

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tum in any six months. The capital is to be employed Page.
exclusively in the legitimate business of the Corpo-
ration, and they are in no case to act as Bankers.
The usual provisions are made for the election of twelve
Directors to manage the affairs of the Company, four
of whom are to go out annually, and also for enforcing
the payment of instalments on shares, voting at Meet-
ings, &c. The Corporation is to continue only until
1st January, 1900, but if on that day, or whenever the
Corporation is dissolved, there be debts due by it, the
Shareholders are only to be liable to the extent of their
shares. The Company are to make annual returns
to Parliament, with a full detail of their affairs. The
Act is not to be forfeited for non-user before 1st
March, 1852.

OTTAWA DISTRICT, Grammar School House, sale of, autho-
rized. Cap. 111.

An Act to enable the Trustees of the Ottawa District
Grammar School to sell the present School House, and
apply the funds arising from the Sale thereof towards
purchasing a new site, and erecting a new School
House in the Town of L'Orignal.-(Passed 30th May,
1849.)

This Act recites the Act of U. C. 8 G. 4, c. 22, under
which a certain lot of land and building was conveyed
to the said Trustees, and that the same is now in a
dilapidated condition and too far from the Town of
L'Orignal, and then empowers them to sell the same
and apply the proceeds for the purpose mentioned in
the Title, expending the surplus (if any) in erecting
the new School House.

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PERES OBLATS, incorporation of Cap. 143...

An Act to incorporate Les Révérends Pères Oblats de
l'Immaculée Conception de Marie, in the Province of
Canada.-(Passed 30th May, 1849.)

This Act recites that the Association hath existed for
several years in the Province of Canada, for the pur-
pose of establishing missions, procuring instruction and
education, erecting and conducting Hospitals, for indi-
gent and sick persons. It is specially provided that
the members of the Corporation shall be subjects of
Her Majesty. The usual corporate powers are given;
the yearly value of the property to be held being limited
to £2000. The Act provides for the distribution of the
property of the Corporation in case of its dissolution,;
property given or bequeathed, or such as it may have
been exchanged for, is to return to the donors, and other
property is to be at the disposal of the Provincial Parlia-
ment. Deeds of Sale to the Corporation are to specify
the funds out of which the property is paid for. The
Corporation is to account in detail to the Governor when
ever called upon so to do.

PERTH-See Calvinistic Baptist Congregation.
PORT BURWELL HARBOUR, President, Directors and Company
of. Cap. 160....

An Act to incorporate certain persons under the style and
title of "The President, Directors and Company of Port
Burwell Harbour."-(Passed 30th May, 1849.)
The Company is incorporated with the usual powers for
the purpose of constructing a safe and commodious
Harbour at Port Burwell, on Lake Erie, in the County
of Middlesex, with proper moles, piers, wharves and
other buildings. The Capital Stock is not to exceed
£20,000, in shares of £6 5, each, but the Company may
borrow money and give bonds, &c. mortgaging their
property as security. The usual provisions are made
for the election of Directors for managing the affairs
of the Company, the payment of instalments and for-
feiture for non-payment. The maximum Tolls to be
taken are fixed by the Act, and power is given to
detain vessels and goods on which Tolls may be due
until they are paid. The compensation to be paid to
parties for lands or damages is to be fixed by arbitration
in the usual manner, the award being subject to be set
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the end of 50 years from the completion of the Har- Page.
bour, the Crown may assume the same, on paying the
full amount of the shares and 25 per cent. more, but
not unless the Stockholders shall have received an
annual average profit of 12 per cent. on their Capital.
The Harbour is to be commenced within two years,
and completed within seven years from the passing
of the Act, on pain of forfeiture of the privileges con-
ferred by it.

PRIMEAU, Marc Antoine, and Antoine A. Trottier-Bridge
over River Chateauguay.-Cap. 186.....

'An Act to authorize Marc Antoine Primeau and Antoine
A. Trottier, to erect a Toll-Bridge over the River Cha-
teauguay in the Parish of Ste. Martine, and to make a
Plank Road from the River St. Lawrence to the River
Chateauguay in the said Parish, and to fix the Tolls
to be taken upon the said Bridge and Road, and to
make further provisions in that behalf.-(Passed 30th
May, 1849.)

This Act authorizes the parties interested to construct a
Bridge at some convenient place between Primeauville
and the Village of Sainte Martine, and a Road from a
point on the River St. Lawrence at or near the Village of
St. Clément de Beauharnois, to a point between Pri-
meauville and Ste. Martine; but the Queen's highway
is not to be used except for the purpose of crossing it.
The maximum Tolls to be taken either on the Bridge
or on the Road are fixed by the Act: and the usual
exemption is made in favor of Her Majesty's Troops
and others travelling on Her Majesty's Service. Pro-
vision is made for the assumption by the Government
of either the Road or Bridge, on making compensation
to the proprietors, and the profits on the Road over ten
per cent. are made a sinking fund for that purpose.
The Bridge must be completed within two years, and
the Road within four years from the passing of this Act,
The rights of the Crown, and of others not specially
mentioned, are saved; and the Legislature reserves
the right of so amending the Act as to protect the rights
of the public and other parties if need shall be.
PROVINCIAL MUTUAL AND GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY.-
Cap. 167......

An Act to incorporate "The Provincial Mutual and Ge-
neral Insurance Company."-(Passed 30th May, 1849.)
Under this Act, the Company is empowered to effect
insurances both upon the ordinary principle and upon
those adopted with regard to Mutual Insurance Com-
panies. For this purpose, the Members are divided
into Proprietary Members and Mutual Members.
The first class being those interested in the operations
of the Company in the ordinary mode of insurance,
and being liable to the amount of their shares, and
no further, and the second class being those who are
mutually insured and who are liable to the amount of
their deposit notes, and no further. The same person
may be a Member of both kinds. Both classes are to
vote at the election of the Directors who are to manage
the affairs of the Company, but a Director must be a
Proprietary Member, though his qualification as such
must be greater or less according as he is mutually
insured to a greater or less extent. The number of
Directors is to be eleven, three of them to retire an-
nually. The Company may hold such real property
as may be necessary for the purposes of their business,
and such other as may be bond fide mortgaged as se-
curity or purchased at sales made under judgments
in their favor. They are to confine themselves strictly
to the legitimate operations of insuring against losses
by fire, insurances on vessels or on lives, and the
granting of annuities. The amount of mutual insu-
rance on any property is not to exceed two thirds of
its value, nor to be effected on certain hazardous kinds
of property described in the Act. The amount of Pro-
prietary Stock is limited to £100,000 in shares of £20
each, five per centum on which is to be paid at the time
of subscribing, and the remainder by instalments to
be called in by the Directors. Provision is made for
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