the Peace, and other person to continue at or near the place appointed for holding such Public Meeting, until the same shall have dispersed, and to afford all such assistance as may be in his power, in preserving the public peace thereat.

X. And be it enacted, that it shall be the duty of every person who shall be required by Law, or who shall have been appointed at such Public Meeting in the usual way, to preside over the same, to commence the proceedings of such Meeting by causing the Summons or notice calling such Meeting, or the Declaration whereby the same is declared to be a Public Meeting, under the protection of this Act, to be publicly read.

XI. And be it enacted, that it shall be lawful for any person required by law, or who shall have been appointed at such Meeting in the usual way, to preside over the same, to cause order to be kept at such Meetings, and for that purpose by oral direction, or otherwise, to cause any person, who may attempt to interrupt or disturb such Meeting, to be removed to such a distance from the same as may effectually prevent such interruption or disturbance, and by an instrument in writing under his hand, on his own view, to adjudge any person who shall so attempt to interrupt or disturb such Meeting, to be guilty of such attempted interruption or disturbance, upon which conviction, it shall be lawful for any Justice of the Peace, by Warrant under his hand, forthwith to commit such person to the Common Gaol of the District, or to any other place of temporary confinement that such Justice may appoint for any period not exceeding forty-eight hours from the time of such commitment signed, and until the lawful costs of the Constable and Gaoler for the arrest, transmission and detention of such person shall be paid or satisfied.

XII. And be it enacted, that for the purpose of keeping the peace and preserving good order at every such Public Meeting, it shall and may be lawful for the person so required, or appointed to preside at any such Meeting, to command the assistance of all Justices of the Peace, Constables, and other persons to aid and assist him in so doing.

Justices to swear in Special Consta

XIII. And be it enacted, that it shall be the duty of any Justice of the Peace, present at any such Meeting, upon the written application of the person so required or appointed to preside at the same, to swear in such a number of Special Con- bles on requistables, as such Justice may deem necessary for the preservation of the public peace at such Meeting.

sition of Chair

man.

XIV. And be it enacted, that if any person between the ages of eighteen and sixty, upon being required to be sworn in as a Special Constable, by any Justice fusing in guilty

Justices of

the Peace may

of the Peace, upon any such occasion, shall omit or refuse to be so sworn, unless for some cause to be allowed by such Justice at the time, such person shall be guilty of a Misdemeanor, and it shall be lawful for such Justice thereupon, to record the refusal of such person so to be sworn, and to adjudge him to pay a fine of not more than forty shillings, which fine shall be levied and made by the like process as other fines imposed, by summary proceedings before Justices of the Peace, or such person may be proceeded against by Indictment or Information, as in other cases of Misdemeanor.

XV. And be it enacted, that it shall and may be lawful for any Justice of the disarm persons Peace, within whose Jurisdiction any such Meeting shall be appointed to be holden, to demand, have and take of and from any person attending such Meeting, or on his way to attend the same, any offensive weapon, such as fire arms, swords, staves, bludgeons, or the like with which any such person shall be so armed, or which any such person shall have in his hands or possession, and every such person who, upon such demand, shall decline or refuse to deliver up, peaceably and quietly, to such Justice of the Peace, any such offensive weapon as aforesaid, shall be deemed guilty of a Misdemeanor, and it shall be lawful for such Justice thereupon to record the refusal of such person to deliver up such weapon, and to adjudge him to pay a fine of not more than forty shillings, which fine shall be levied and made by the like process as other fines imposed by summary proeeedings before Justices of the Peace, or such person may be proceeded against by Indictment or Information, as in other cases of Misdemeanor: Provided always, that such conviction shall not interfere with the power of such Justice or any other Justice, to take such weapon or cause the same to be taken from such person without his consent, and against his will by such force as shall be necessary for that purpose.

Certain arms to be restored

XVI. And be it enacted, that upon reasonable request to any Justice of the to parties in Peace, to whom any such weapon shall have been peaceably and quietly delivered

certain cases.

upon such demand as aforesaid, to be inade to such Justice, on the day next after such Meeting shall have finally dispersed, and not before, any such weapon that shall have been so peaceably and quietly delivered up to such Justice of the Peace as aforesaid, shall, if of the value of five shillings or upwards, be returned by such Justice of the Peace to the person from whom the same may have been so received as aforesaid: Provided always, that no such Justice of the Peace shall be held liable to return any such weapon, or make good the value thereof, in case the same shall by unavoidable accident, have been actually destroyed or lost out of the possession of such Justice without his wilful default.

Persons XVII. And be it enacted, that any person who shall be convicted of a battery, guilty of Battery within two committed during any part of the day whereon any such Public Meeting shall be appointed, appointed, to be held within the distance of two miles of the place where such meeting shall be so appointed to be held, shall be punishable by a fine of not more than twenty-five pounds, and imprisonment for not more than three Calendar months, or either, in the discretion of the Court, whose duty it shall be to pass the sentence of the law upon such person upon his conviction.

XVIII. And be it enacted, that except for the High Sheriff, under Sheriff, and Justices of the Peace for the District or County, or the Mayor and High Bailiff, and Justices of the Peace for the City or Town respectively, in which any such Meeting shall be held, and the Constables and Special Constables employed by them or any of them, for the preservation of the public peace at such Meeting, it shall not be lawful for any person to come during any part of the day upon which such Meeting shall be appointed to be held, within two miles of the place where such meeting is appointed to be held, armed with any offensive weapon of any kind, as fire arms, swords, staves, bludgeons, or the like, and any person who shall offend against the provisions in this section contained, shall be deemed guilty of a Misdemeanor, punishable by fine not exceeding twenty-five pounds, and imprisonment not exceeding three Calendar months, or both, at the discretion of the Court, whose duty it shall be to pass the sentence of the law upon such person, upon his conviction.

XIX. And be it enacted, that any person who shall lie in wait for any person returning or expected to return, from any such Public Meeting, with intent to commit an assault upon such person, or with intent by abusive language, opprobrious epithets or other offensive demeanor directed to, at or against such person, to provoke such person, or those who may accompany him to a breach of the Peace, shall be deemed guilty of a Misdemeanor, punishable by fine not exceeding fifty pounds, and imprisonment not exceeding six Calendar months, or both, at the discretion of the Court, whose duty it shall be to pass the sentence of the law upon such person, upon his conviction.

Actions for anything done

XX. And be it enacted, that every action to be brought against any person for any thing by him done under authority of this Act, shall be brought within twelve under Act to Calendar months next after the cause of such action accrued, and in default thereof the lapse of such twelve months shall be a good defence to such action.

be brought within twelve months.

at Quarter Ses

XXI. And be it enacted, that this Act, shall be publicly read aloud at full length Act to be read in open Court by the Clerk of the Peace or his Deputy, or other similar Officer of sions for two the Court, on the first day of every General Quarter Sessions of the Peace that years. shall be held for any District, County, City or Town in this Province, within the two years next after the passing thereof.

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SCHEDULE.

6

Clause to be added to notice or summons

SCHEDULE A.
Clause

To be added to the Notice or Summons for calling any Public Meeting required by Law:

And be it known, that the Meeting to be held in pursuance hereof, is called in conformity with the provisions of the Act of Parliament of the (here insert the year and chapter of this Act) intituled, An Act to provide for the calling and orderly quired by law. holding of Public Meetings in this Province, and for the better preservation of the

for calling meetings re

public peace thereat; and that the said Meeting and all persons attending the same will therefore be within the protection of the said Act, of all which premises, all manner of persons are hereby in Her Majesty's name most strictly charged and commanded, at their peril, to take especial notice, and to govern themselves accordingly.

SCHEDULE B.
Notice

By Sheriff, Mayor, &c., or Justices of the Peace, for calling Public Meetings on requisition.

Notice

Notice by To the Inhabitants of the District of A. (or as the case may be) and all others Her Sheriff Juices Majesty's subjects whom it doth or may in any wise concern :

calling public meeting on re

quisition.

Whereas, I, A. B. High Sheriff of &c. (or We, C. D. and E. F.) two (or whatever the number may be) of Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace, for the District of A., resident within the said District (or resident within the said County of B. or as the case may be) having received a requisition, signed by I. J. K. L. &c., &c. (inserting the names of at least twelve of the requisitionists and as many more as conveniently may be, and mentioning the number of the others thus) and fifty-six (or as the case may be) others, who (or " twelve of whom") are freeholders of the said District, (or Citizens of the said City") having a right to vote for members to serve in the Provincial Parliament, in respect of the property held by them within the said District, (or "City" &c., as the case may be) requesting me (or "us") to call a Public Meeting

Meeting of (here recite the requisition.) And whereas, I (or we) have determined
to comply with the said requisition, now therefore, I (or we) do hereby appoint the
said Meeting to be held at
on
the
of the clock in the

day of

(here state the place)

next (or instant) at noon, of which all persons are hereby required to take notice. And whereas the said Meeting hath been so called by me (or us) in conformity with the provisions of the Act of Parliament of the (here insert the year and chapter of this Act), intituled, An Act to provide for the calling and orderly holding of Public Meetings in this Province, and for the better preservation of the public peace thereat, and the said Meeting and all persons who may attend the same will therefore be within the protection of the said Act, of all which premises all manner of persons are hereby in Her Majesty's Name most strictly charged and commanded, at their peril, to take especial notice, and to govern themselves accordingly.

Notice and Declaration by Justices of the Peace, that a Meeting about to be held, shall be within the protection of this Act.

Notice and Declaration

To the Inhabitants of the District of A. (or as the case may be) and all others
Her Majesty's subjects whom it doth or may in any wise concern :

Whereas, by Information on oath, taken before D. E., Esquire, one of Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the District of C. (or "City of," as the case may be,) within which the Meeting hereinafter mentioned is appointed to be held, it appears that a Public Meeting of the Inhabitants (or householders, &c. as the case may be,) of the District of G. (or, as the case may be,) is appointed to be held at in the said District (or, as the case may be,) on

the