Total, SCHEDULE (A.) RETURN of the enumeration of the inhabitants of, &c.-Continued. Number of Breweries in every such place. Number of Tanneries in every such place. Number of Pot and Pearl Ash Manufactories in every such place. Number of Manufactories of any other sort in every such place containing any Machinery moved by Wind, Water, Steam or Animal power, specifying the purposes to which such Machinery is applied, and by what power it is moved. Average price of Wheat in every such place since last harvest. Average price of Agricultural Labour per day throughout the year. I, A. B., do swear that the above Return is true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief, that I have not wilfully made any false Statement therein, and that I have used my best diligence, and endeavour to obtain true information on all matters to which it relates,-SO HELP ME GOD. of of (Signature) A. B. Commissioner or Assistant Commissioner for the Sworn before me, one of Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace, for the day of SCHEDULE (B.) FORM OF NOTICE. the Public Notice is hereby given, that the undersigned, duly authorized to that effect, under an Act passed by the Provincial Legislature, in the seventh year of Her Majesty's Reign, intituled, (insert the Title of this Act) will on day of proceed to take the Census of the population of the (insert the name of the place within which the party giving notice is authorized to act) and to require within the said place the information necessary to enable him (or them) to fill up the Schedules hereunto annexed, according to the provisions and requirements of the said Act, and all persons are hereby required to govern themselves accordingly, under the penalties by the said Act imposed. Form of Certificate to be given by the Commissioners, to the persons by them employed to make the return of any particular place within the Counties for which such Commissioners shall have been respectively appointed: Know all men whom it may concern, that I (or we) have appointed (insert name, quality and place of residence), being Militia Officer or Church-warden or professional man (as the case may be) within the limits described, to make the Return for the (describe the place, its limits and boundaries,) conformably to the provisions of an Act passed in the seventh year of Her Majesty's Reign, intituled, (insert the Title of this Act) of which Act and the Schedules thereunto annexed, I (or we) have furnished him with copies for the information and guidance of all whom the same may concern. CAP. XXV. An Act to regulate the Inspection and Measurement of Timber, WH [9th December, 1843] HEREAS it is expedient and necessary that Legislative provision should be made for regulating the Measurement and Culling of Timber, Masts, Spars, Deals, Staves, and other articles of a like nature, intended for shipment and exportation from this Province, and other matters relative to the same, and the Act hereinafter mentioned has been found insufficient for attaining the objects for which it was passed; 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 commencement of this Act, the Act of the Legislature of this Province, passed in the sixth year of Her Majesty's Reign, and intituled, An Act to regulate the Inspection and Measurement of Timber, Masts, Spars, Deals, Staves, and other articles of a like nature, intended for shipment and exportation from this Province, and for other purposes relative to the same, shall be and it is hereby repealed. Preamble. Supervisor of Cullers to be appointed. II. And be it enacted, that it shall be lawful for the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, or the Person administering the Government of this Province for the time being, to constitute and appoint during pleasure, a fit and proper person, well skilled and practically acquainted with the Timber Trade of this Province, to be the Supervisor of Cullers, whose duty it shall be to manage, supervise and control the culling, measuring and examination of every description of Lumber in the manner hereinafter prescribed, and who shall himself, with two responsible sureties, enter into bonds to Her Majesty, Her Heirs and Successors, in the penal sum of one thousand pounds, currency, each, for the faithful discharge of his duty, (which bonds shall enure to the benefit of all parties who may be damnified by the misfeasance, malfeasance or non-feasance of the said Supervisor of Cullers, and all parties damnified shall be entitled to recover from the said Supervisor and his sureties before any Court of competent jurisdiction, upon such bond, by suit or action to the amount to which he may have been so damnified,) and shall before entering upon the duties of his office, take and subscribe the following oath before any of Her Majesty's Justices of the King's Bench, for the District of Quebec, oath of office. Supervisor to give security. And to take an that The oath. Oath to be filed of record. The Quebec Board of Trade to appoint a Board of Exa miners of Cullers. Duties such Board. that is to say "I, A. B. do solemnly swear that I will faithfully, truly and impartially, to the best of my skill and understanding, execute, do and perform "the office and duty of Supervisor of Cullers, according to the true intent and "meaning of the Act, intituled, An Act to regulate the Inspection and Measurement of Timber, Masts, Spars, Deals, Staves, and other articles of a like nature, that I "will not either directly or indirectly, personally, or by means of any other person or persons on my behalf, receive any fee, reward, or gratuity whatever by reason "of any function of my office as Supervisor, except such as are allowed to me "by the said Act; and that I will not directly nor indirectly be a dealer in or "interested in the buying or selling of any article of Lumber, either on my own "account or on account of any other person or persons whomsoever; and that "I will act without partiality, favor or affection, and to the best of my knowledge: "So help me God" which oath and bond shall be filed and kept among the records of the office of the Registrar of this Province. III. And be it enacted, that it shall be the duty of the Council of the Quebec Board of Trade to constitute and appoint in that City, at least seven and not more than eleven persons to be a Board of Examiners, to examine and test the skill and qualification of all applicants to be admitted and licensed as Cullers, and from time to time to fill any vacancies which may occur in the said Board by of death, resignation or permanent removal from the said City; and the Supervisor shall be ex officio a member of the said Board and the Chairman thereof; and such Board, shall meet from time to time as circumstances may require, when notified by the Supervisor so to do, at the office of the Board of Trade or of the Supervisor, to test the skill, capacity and qualifications of such applicants, and shall also meet at the office of the Supervisor or at the Board of Trade Room, or such other place as they may appoint on the first Monday of January, May and August in each year, to examine and test the skill, capacity and qualification of all such applicants as aforesaid; and any majority of the Members of the Board for the time being shall be a Quorum for holding any meeting of the Board, and the decision of any majority of the Members present at any such meeting shall be held to be Members to the decision of the Board;-and each member of the said Board before acting as be sworn. The oath. Who may be appointed Cullers. such, shall take the following oath, (to be administered by a Justice of the Peace resident in the City of Quebec,) that is to say:" I, A, B. do solemnly swear "that I will not directly or indirectly, personally or by means of any other person or persons on my behalf, receive any fee, reward or gratuity whatever, by rea"son of any function of my office as an Examiner of Cullers, and that I will act "without partiality, favor or affection, and to the best of my knowledge: So help me God." IV. And be it enacted, that no person shall be recommended by such Board of Examiners, to be licensed as a Culler, unless he is in every way capable, as to knowledge knowledge, education, age and character, and practically acquainted with the department or departments of Culling and Measuring for which he applies to be licensed. divided into four depart V. And be it enacted, that the duties of inspection and measurement shall be Culling to be divided into four different departments, that is to say-One department for the inspection and measurement of Square Timber; one department for the inspec- ments. tion and measurement of Masts, Spars, Bowsprits, Oars and Handspikes; one department for the inspection and measurement of Staves; and one department for the inspection and measurement of Deals, Boards, Planks and Lathwood. Cullers may be licensed by their qualifica And be sworn. VI. And be it enacted, that it shall and may be lawful for the Governor, Lieutenant Governor or Person Administering the Government, to grant licenses (to be the Governor issued by the Supervisor) to all duly qualified applicants as Cullers, for one or more of the departments aforesaid: Provided always, that each such applicant shall produce a certificate of his fitness and qualification from the Board of Exa- Proviso, as to miners, which shall be filed in the Supervisor's Office: And provided also, that tion. such applicant shall, himself with two sufficient sureties, enter into a bond to Her Majesty, Her Heirs and Successors, in the penal sum of one hundred pounds, currency, each, for the faithful discharge of his duties, and such bond shall enure to the benefit of all parties who may be damnified by the misfeasance, malfeasance or non-feasance of the said Culler, and all parties damnified shall be entitled Proviso. They shall give seto recover from the said Culler and his sureties, before any Court of competent curity. jurisdiction, upon such bond by suit or action, to the amount to which they may have been so damnified, which bond shall be taken before the Supervisor, and the Culler shall also, before one of the Justices of any Court of King's Bench, or other Superior Court of Civil Jurisdiction, take and subscribe the following oath, that is to say:I, A. B. do solemnly swear that I will faithfully, truly and impar- Their cath, tially to the best of my knowledge and understanding, execute, do and perform "the duty of a Culler of (here insert the description of the Lumber of which he is to be "a Culler,) according to the true intent and meaning of an Act, intituled, An Act "to regulate the Inspection and Measurement of Timber, Masts, Spars, Deals, Stares "and other articles of a like nature, and that I will give a true and faithful account " and certificate of the number, quality and dimensions or measurement of the "lumber of which I am to be licensed a Culler, which may be submitted to my judgment and inspection, according to the best of my knowledge; and that I "will not directly or indirectly be a dealer in or interested in the buying or selling "of any article of lumber, either on my own account or on account of any other person or persons whatsoever; and that I will not at any time purloin or wilfully change or omit any article of lumber submitted to me for the purpose of being measured, counted or culled: So help me God."—which oath every such per son |