The Provincial Statutes of Canada

and employ the same, or to cause or permit the same to be used and employed in forging and making any such false and counterfeit bills of exchange, promissory notes, undertakings or orders, every person so offending shall be deemed and taken to be guilty of felony; and the proof that such plate, paper, rolling press, or other tool, instrument or material as aforesaid, was formed, made, engraved or mended by, or was in the possession of such person for some lawful purpose, shall lie upon him or her.

XXXIV. And be it enacted, That every person convicted of felony under this Act shall be punished by imprisonment at hard labour in the Provincial Penitentiary, for any time not less than seven years, or by imprisonment in any other gaol or place of confinement for any time not exceeding two years.

XXXV. And be it enacted, That it shall and may be lawful to and for any one Justice of the Peace, on complaint made before him upon the oath of one credible person, that there is just cause to suspect that any one or more person or persons is or are, or hath or have been concerned in making or counterfeiting any such false bills of exchange, promissory notes, undertakings or orders as aforesaid, by Warrant under the hand of such Justice, to cause the dwelling house, room, workshop, out-house or other building, yard, garden or other place belonging to such suspected person or persons, or where any such person or persons shall be suspected of carrying on any such making or counterfeiting, to be searched; and if any such false bills of exchange, promissory notes, undertakings or orders, or any such plates, rolling presses or other tools, instruments or materials shall be found in the custody or possession of any person or persons whomsoever, not having the same by some lawful authority, it shall and may be lawful to and for any person or persons whomsoever, discovering the same, to seize, and he is and they are hereby authorized and required to seize such false or counterfeit bills of exchange, promissory notes, undertakings or orders, and such plates, rolling presses or other tools, instruments or materials, and to carry the same forthwith before a Justice of the Peace of the County or District, (or if more convenient, of the adjoining County or District,) in which the same shall be seized, who shall cause the same to be secured and produced in evidence against any person or persons who shall or may be prosecuted for any of the offences aforesaid, in some Court of Justice proper for the determination thereof, and the same, after being so produced in evidence, shall, by order of the Court, be defaced or destroyed, or otherwise disposed of as such Court shall direct.

XXXVI. And be it enacted, That nothing in this Act contained, shall in any manner derogate from or affect, or be construed to derogate from or affect the rights of Her Majesty, Her Heirs and Successors, or of any person or persons, or of any body or bodies politic or corporate, except in so far as the same may be specially derogated from or affected by the provisions of this Act.

Punishment under this

for felonies

Act.

Searches may

be made for

implements used for

forging, &c.

They may he

detained, &c.

Such imple ments to be

destroyed.

Saving of cer

tain rights.

XXXVII. And be it enacted, That this Act shall be held and taken to be a Public Public Act. Act, and shall be judicially taken notice of and have the effect of a Public Act without being specially pleaded.

XXXVIII. And be it enacted, That this Act shall be and remain in force until the First Duration of day of June, which will be in the year of Our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and this Act. sixty-two, and from that time until the end of the then next Session of the Parliament of this Province, and no longer.

FORM

REFERRED TO IN THE NINETEENTH SECTION OF THE FOREGOING ACT.

For value received from

pounds,

pounds, Stock of La Banque des Marchands, Bank.

shillings, Currency, amounting to the sum of shillings,) in the Capital subject to the rules and regulations of the said

Witness my (or our) hand (or hands,) at the said Bank, this day of

in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and (Signature,)

I (or we) do hereby accept the foregoing assignment of

in the Stock of La Banque des Marchands assigned to me (or us) as before mentioned, at the said Bank, this one thousand eight hundred and

day of
(Signature,)

FORM OF SCHEDULE B

REFERRED TO IN THE TWENTY-NINTH SECTION OF THE FOREGOING ACT.

RETURN of the Average Amount of the LIABILITIES and ASSETS of La Banque des Marchands, during the period from 1st

MONTREAL :-Printed by STEWART DERBISHIRE & GEORGE DESBARATS,

Law Printer to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty.

1846,-9° VICTORIÆ,

SECOND SESSION, SECOND PARLIAMENT.

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

PAGES.

I. An Act to alter and amend the Laws imposing Provincial Duties of Customs,
II. An Act to repeal certain Acts therein mentioned, and to impose a Duty on Distillers and
on the Spirituous Liquors made by them, and to provide for the Collection of such
Duties,

III. An Act to amend the Law in cases of Forgery,

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IV. An Act to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to the Provincial Penitentiary,
V. An Act to enforce the attendance of Witnesses before Magistrates in Lower Canada, in
certain cases.

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671

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VI. An Act to facilitate the conveyance of Real Property,

VII. An Act to amend an Act passed during the last Session of this Parliament, intituled, An Act to amend, consolidate and reduce into one Act the several laws now in force, establishing or regulating the practice of District Courts in the several Districts of that part of this Province, formerly Upper Canada,

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VIII. An Act to prevent the opening of Government Allowances for Roads without an order
from the District Council of the District in which the said Allowances are situate,
IX. An Act to explain and amend a certain Act therein mentioned, and to make further
provision concerning Ferries in Upper Canada,

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X. An Act to remove certain doubts as to the jurisdiction conferred upon the Court of
Chancery in Upper Canada, in matters relating to Lunatics, Idiots, and persons of
unsound mind, and their Estates; and to amend and extend the Laws in force in Upper
Canada relating to Lunatics, Idiots, and persons of unsound mind, and their Estates,
XI. An Act for the substitution of more simple modes of Assurance in lieu of Fines and
Recoveries,

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685

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XII. An Act to remedy certain defects in the Registration of Titles in the County of Hastings in Upper Canada,

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XIII. An Act for the better administration of Justice in the General Sessions of the Peace for Gaspé, and for preventing charges upon the Treasury of the Province for unnecessarily summoning Jurors thereto,

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XIV. An Act to amend the Act for the encouragement of Agriculture by the establishment
of Agricultural Societies in Lower Canada,

XV. An Act relating to the Magdalen Islands, in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and to enable

the Inhabitant Householders therein to establish a Municipal Council in the said Islands,

and to extend the like advantages to certain localities in the County of Saguenay, and to

those parts of the Counties of Rimouski and Kamouraska known as the Madawaska

Territory,

XVI. An Act to increase the Salary of the Supervisor of Cullers,

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715

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