ΑΝΝΟ ΝΟΝΟ VICTORIE REGINE. CAP. XXIII. An Act to amend the Act amending certain provisions of the Ordinance for establishing an efficient system of Police in the Cities of Quebec and Montreal. [23rd May, 1846.] HEREAS experience has shewn that it is necessary to alter and amend a Preamble. certain part of the Act of the Legislature of this Province, passed in the seventh year of Her Majesty's Reign, and intituled, An Act to alter and amend 7 Vict., c. 21. certain provisions of the Ordinance of the Governor and Council of Lower Canada, cited. of the second year of Her Majesty's Reign, intituled, 'An Ordinance for establishing an efficient system of Police in the Cities of Quebec and Montreal: 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, 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, so much of the said recited Part of the Act as makes it lawful for any Justice or Justices of the Peace to levy the penalty said Act reimposed upon persons convicted under the said Ordinance of being loose, idle and pealed. disorderly, by attachment of their several goods and chattels and sale thereof, in all and every the cases mentioned in the said Act, shall be and the same is hereby repealed: Provided always, that it shall be lawful for any Justice or Justices of Proviso. the Peace, by whom any person shall be convicted under the said Ordinance of being loose, idle and disorderly, to adjudge that such person shall pay the penalty imposed by the said recited Act, either immediately or within such period as he or they shall think fit; and that in default of payment at the time appointed, he or she shall be imprisoned in the Common Gaol or House of Correction at hard labour, for any time not exceeding two calendar months, the imprisonment to cease upon payment of the sum due. MONTREAL-Printed by STEWART DERBISHIRE & GEORGE DESBARATS, An Act to allow the formation of more than one Agricultural Society in a County in Lower Canada, and for the relief of the Society for the County of Montreal. W [23rd May, 1846.] HEREAS from the great extent of some Counties in Lower Canada, and Preamble. other local circumstances, it hath been found expedient to authorize the formation of more than one Agricultural Society in a County in that portion of the Province: 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 after the passing of Two Agricul this Act, two, but not more than two Agricultural Societies, may be organized in tural Societies and for any County in Lower Canada, to each of which and to the formation nized in any thereof, all the provisions of the Act passed in the eighth year of Her Majesty's County in L. Reign, and intituled, An Act to repeal certain Acts therein mentioned, and better to encourage Agriculture in Lower Canada, by the establishment of Agricultural Societies therein, shall apply, except in so far as it may be otherwise provided by this Act. may be orga C. II. And be it enacted, That in dividing any County so as to form two Agricul- Divisions to be tural Societies therein, such County shall be so divided that the extent of country equal. and the population included in each division may be as nearly equal as may be found practicable; Provided that each Parish or Township shall be wholly included in one or in the other of such divisions, and shall not be itself divided: and the persons who shall vote at elections of members of each such Society, Voters. respectively, or who may be elected as members thereof, shall be those Subscribers of five shillings or upwards per annum towards the funds of such Society, who shall be resident in the division of the County for which such Society shall be constituted. III. Provided always, and be it enacted, That the sums to be paid out of the public money to both the Agricultural Societies in any County, shall not together Sums paid out of public money not to exceed £150 currency. Each Society in turn to become the District Society. The late Dis trict Society of Montreal in the Treasurer's hands how to be ap plied. exceed the sum of one hundred and fifty pounds, currency; and provided also, that no member of one of the Agricultural Societies in any County shall be at the same time a Member of the other, excepting always Honorary Members. IV. Provided always, and be it enacted, That each of the Agricultural Societies in any County may in its turn, and subject to the requirements and provisions of the Act first above cited, become the District Society of the District in which the County is situate, and the two Societies in any County shall respectively be distinguished, in assigning their corporate names, as "The County Agricultural Society number one (or number two, as the case may be) of the County of the elder Society being number one. V. And whereas, The County Agricultural Society of the County of Montreal, having been the District Society for the District of Montreal for the year one Public monies thousand eight hundred and forty five, it appears that a certain sum of money remained in the hands of the Treasurer when the Society ceased to be such District Society, the same having been appropriated by the Society for the purchase of certain implements which had not been obtained in time, and the said Society hath prayed to be allowed to retain the same, and to appropriate it to the purposes of the Society, which prayer it is expedient to grant: Be it therefore enacted, That it shall be lawful for the said Society to retain any balance of public monies remaining in the hands of its Treasurer at the time it ceased to be such District Society as aforesaid, and to apply the same at any time before the first day of February, one thousand eight hundred and forty seven, for the importation of animals, grain, seeds, or agricultural implements of improved kinds, which shall thereafter be the property of the said County Society, and not of the District Society; any thing in the Act first above cited to the contrary notwithstanding. MONTREAL-Printed by STEWART DERBISHIRE & GEORGE Desbarats, An Act to provide for the removal of the place of holding the Circuit Court in the County of Lotbinière from St. Croix to Lotbinière, and of the Registry Office of the said County from the place. where it is now held to St. Croix. [23rd May, 1846.] WH HEREAS the Circuit Court for the Circuit of Lotbinière has not been in Preamble. operation since the seat thereof was established by the Act constituting the said Court, in the Parish of St. Croix, to the detriment of the interests of the inhabitants of the western part of the County, who, on account of their great distance from Quebec, might have derived some advantage from the said Court, while the inhabitants of the eastern part of the County have suffered less, being so near to the Courts of Justice at Quebec; And whereas a similar Court has been found to work well in the Parish of Lotbinière; And whereas the inhabitants in the eastern parts of the County lie under great disadvantage by reason of the great distance at which they are from the site of the present Registry Office, which said Office is established at Lotbinière, at the western extremity of the County, instead of at St. Croix, the principal Parish of the County of Lotbinière; And whereas there are no legal means of remedying the evils complained of: 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, intituled, An Act to re-unite the Provinces of Upper and Lower anada, and for the Gorernment of Conadu, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That, Governor in from and after the passing of this Act, it shall and may be lawful for the Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, or Person administering the Government of this Province, by and with the advice of the Executive Council, to order the immediate removal of the place of holding the Circuit Court for the Circuit of Lotbinière, from the Office. place where it is now held, to the Parish of Lotbinière,—and also the removal of the Registry Office of the said County from its present site to St. Croix, the principal Parish of the County of Lotbinière. ₹ MONTREAL :- Printed by STEWART DERBISHIRE & GEORGE DESBARATS, Counel may o der the remoy of the said Court cod Registry |