CAP VI. An Act to impose a duty on Foreign re-prints of British Copyright Works. [10th August, 1850.] WE Preamble. Imperial Act. HEREAS it is declared by an Act of the Imperial Parliament, passed in the tenth and eleventh years of Her Majesty's Reign, intituled, An Act to amend the Law relating to the Protection in the Colonies of Works entitled to Copyright in the United Kingdom, that in case the Legislature in any British Pessession shall be disposed to make due provision for securing or protecting the rights of British Authors in such Possession, and shall pass an Act for that purpose, and shall transmit the same in the proper manner to the Secretary of State, in order that it may be submitted to Her Majesty, and in case Her Majesty should be of opinion that such Act is sufficient for the purpose of securing to British Authors reasonable protection within such Possession, it shall be lawful for Her Majesty to express Her Royal Approval of such Act, and thereupon by Order in Council, to suspend, so long as the provisions of such Act shall continue in force within such Colony, the prohibition contained in the Imperial Acts in the said above recited Act mentioned, or in any other Acts against the importing, selling, letting to hire, exposing for sale or hire, or possessing Foreign re-prints of Books first composed, written, printed or published in the United Kingdom, and entitled to Copyright therein, and it is expedient to pass such Act to the end that such Foreign re-prints may, under the provisions of the said Imperial Act, be allowed to be imported into this 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 it shall be lawful for the Governor in Council to impose an ad valorem duty not exceeding twenty per centum upon Books imported into this Province, wherein the Copyright shall be subsisting, first composed or written or printed in the United Kingdom, and printed or re-printed in any other Country, and with regard to which the notice to the Commissioners of Customs required by any Act of the Imperial Parliament in force in that behalf, shall have been given, and from time to time to alter the said duty (not exceeding in any case the rate aforesaid), and from time to time to establish such regulations and conditions as may be consistent with any Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom then in force, and as he may deem requisite and equitable, with regard to the admission of such Books, and to the distribution of the proceeds of such duty to or among the party or parties beneficially interested in the Copyright; Provided always, that no such order in Council shall Proviso. impose a duty on the importation of any Book which may now be imported free from duty. Governor in Council Foreign re-prints of II. And be it enacted, That the word "Book" in this Act, shall include every Interpretation. Volume, part or division of a Volume, Pamphlet, Sheet of Letter Press, Sheet of Music, Map, Chart or Plan separately published. III. Provided always and be it enacted, That the foregoing provisions of this Act Commencement of (except in so far as may be otherwise directed in such Order as aforesaid of Her this Act. Majesty in Council) shall come into operation upon, from and after the day to be appointed for that purpose in any Proclamation of the Governor of this Province, signyfying Her Majesty's Royal approval of this Act, and the issuing of such Order of Her Majesty in Council, and not before. 149 CAP. Preamble. Acts U. C. 56 G. 3, c. 34, and L. C 35, G. 3, c. 8, amended. Exemptions made. Preamble. 4 & 5 Vic. cap. 93. WH CAP. VII. An Act to amend the Laws relative to Hawkers and Pedlers. [10th August, 1850.] HEREAS it is expedient to exempt persons employed only for the purposes hereinafter mentioned from the obligation to take out Licenses as Hawkers or Pedlers: 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 for and notwithstanding any thing in the Act of the Parliament of Upper Canada, passed in fifty-sixth year of the Reign of King George the Third, and intituled, An Act for granting to His Majesty Duties on Licenses to Hawkers, Pedlers and Petty Chapmen, and other trading persons therein mentioned, or in the Act of the Parliament of Lower Canada, passed in the thirty-fifth year of the said Reign, and intituled, An Act for granting to His Majesty duties on Licenses to Hawkers, Pedlers and Petty Chapmen, and for regulating their trade; and for granting additional duties on Licenses to persons for keeping houses of public entertainment, or for retailing wine, brandy, rum or other spirituous liquors in this Province, and for regulating the same, and for repealing the Act or Ordinance therein mentioned, or in any other Act or Law relating to Hawkers or Pedlers, nothing in the said Acts, or any of them, shall render it necessary for persons in the employ of any Temperance, Benevolent or Religious Society in this Province, to take out Licenses as Hawkers or Pedlers, in order to enable them lawfully to sell and peddle Temperance Tracts and other moral and religious publications under the direction of such Society. WHE CAP. VIII. An Act to amend the Currency Act of this Province. [ 10th August, 1850. ] HEREAS it is expedient to amend the Act passed in the Session held in the fourth and fifth years of Her Majesty's Reign, and intituled, An Act to regulate the Currency of this Province, in the manner hereinafter mentioned: 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 and for the Government of Canada, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the Current value of dol- same, That for and notwithstanding any thing in the seventh section of the Act cited lars and half dollars in the Preamble to this Act, the dollars and half dollars of the nations, weights and dates mentioned in the said section, shall not pass for five shillings and one penny, currency, and for two shillings and six pence half-penny, currency, respectively, but such dollars shall pass for five shillings, currency, and such half dollars for two shillings and six pence, currency, and no more, as shall also the dollars and half dollars of the same nations and weights, but of later date, to which the provisions of the said seventh section may be extended by proclamation under the ninth section of the said Act. II. And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for the Governor in Council to cause silver coins to be struck for circulation in this Province, which shall respectively pass for five shillings, two shillings and six pence, two shillings, one shilling and three pence, one shilling, six pence and three pence, currency, each, and shall be a legal tender at at those rates to the amount of two pounds ten shillings currency, and no more, subject to the proviso in the tenth section of the Act aforesaid; and the intrinsic value of such silver coins shall bear the same proportion to their nominal value as the intrinsic value of British silver coins bears to the nominal value thereof. struck. III. And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for the Governor in Council to cause Gold coins may be gold coins to be struck for circulation in this Province, which shall respectively pass for one pound five shillings, one pound, twelve shillings and six pence, and ten shillings, currency, each, and shall be a legal tender at those rates to any amount; and the intrinsic value of such gold coins shall bear such proportion to the intrinsic value of the British sovereign, as the sums for which they respectively pass, shall bear to one pound four shillings and four pence currency. IV. And be it enacted, That the cost of such gold and silver coin and of importing Cost how paid. the same, may be defrayed by the Governor out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund of this Province. V. And be it enacted, That this Act shall commence and have force and effect Commencement of upon, from and after the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and fifty- this Act. one, and not before. CAP. IX. An Act to alter the rate at which certain Silver Coins shall be a Legal Tender. WHEREAS [24th July, 1850. ] HEREAS it is inexpedient that the Coins hereinafter mentioned should continue current at the rates now assigned to them by law: 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 for and notwithstanding any thing in the Act passed in the Session held in the fourth and fifth years of Her Majesty's Reign, and intituled, An Act to regulate the Currency of this Province, the Silver Coins of Spain, of the several States of Peru, Chili, and Central America, and of the States of South America and Mexico, respectively, being less than half dollars, shall not in any case be a legal tender at any higher rates than the following, that is to say: The quarter dollar, at one shilling; the eighth of a dollar, at six pence; and the sixteenth of a dollar, at three pence: Provided always, that nothing herein contained shall be construed to make any of the said Coins a legal tender at the rates aforesaid, in any case in which they would not be a legal tender under the Act above cited, at the rates therein assigned to them respectively. CAP. X. An Act to continue for a limited time the several Acts and Ordinances therein mentioned. WH [10th August, 1850.] Preamble. Current rate of ceri Coins reduced from Vic. cap. 93. that fixed by 4 & 5 HEREAS it is expedient further to continue the Acts and Ordinances herein- Preamble. after mentioned, which would otherwise expire at the end of the present Session: 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, 149* and 4 & 5 Vic. c. 36, 8 Vic. c. 6. 8 Vic. c. 27. 8 Vic. c. 48. 8 Vic. c. 53. 9 Vic. c. 14. 9 Vic. c. 24. 9 Vic. c. 38. 10 & 11 Vic. c. 1. 11 Vic. c. 7. 11 Vic. c. 11. L. C. 2 Geo. 4, c. 8. 2 Geo. 4, c. 10. 9 Geo. 4, c. 26. 9 Geo. 4, c. 20. 9 Geo. 4, c. 27. 9 Geo. 4, c. 28. 9 Geo, 4, c. 32, and for the Government of Canada, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the Act of the Parliament of this Province, passed in the Session held in the fourth and fifth years of Her Majesty's Reign, and intituled, An Act to regulate the Fisheries in the District of Gaspé; the Act of the said Parliament, passed in the eighth year of Her Majesty's Reign, and intituled, An Act for the better preservation of the Peace, and the prevention of riots and violent outrages at and near Public Works while in progress of construction; the Act of the said Parliament, passed in the same year of Her Majesty's Reign, and intituled, An Act to amend the Act and Ordinance therein mentioned, relative to the Registration of Titles to and incumbrances upon Real Property in Lower Canada; the Act of the said Parliament, passed in the same year of Her Majesty's Reign, and intituled, An Act for the relief of Insolvent Debtors in Upper Canada, and for other purposes therein mentioned; the Act of the said Parliament, passed in the same year of Her Majesty's 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; excepting so much of the said last mentioned Act as is repealed by the Act of the said Parliament, passed in the ninth year of Her Majesty's Reign, and intituled, An Act to amend the Act for the encouragement of Agriculture by the establishment of Agricultural Societies in Lower Canada, and the said last mentioned Act; the Act of the said Parliament, passed in the said ninth year of Her Majesty's Reign, and intituled, 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; the Act of the said Parliament, passed in the same year of Her Majesty's Reign, and intituled, An Act to empower Commissioners for inquiring into matters connected with the public business, to take evidence on oath; the Act of the said Parliament, passed in the Session held in the tenth and eleventh years of Her Majesty's Reign, and intituled, An Act to enlarge the powers of the Trinity House of Montreal in certain cases where the Public Health of the City may be endangered; the Act of the said Parliament, passed in the eleventh year of Her Majesty's Reign, and intituled, An Act to provide for the Inspection of Butter in Quebec and Montreal; the Act of the said Parliament, passed in the said eleventh year of Her Majesty's Reign, and intituled, An Act to amend the Laws relating to the Incorporation of the City of Montreal; and the Act of the Parliament of the late Province of Lower Canada, passed in the second year of the Reign of His late Majesty, King George the Fourth, and intituled, An Act for better regulating the Common of the Seigneurie of Laprairie de la Madeleine; the Act of the said Parliament, passed in the same year of the same Reign, and intituled, An Act to enable the Inhabitants of the Seigniory of La Baie St. Antoine, commonly called La Baie du Febvre, to provide for the better regulation of the Common in the said Seigneurie, as amended and extended by the Act of the said Parliament, passed in the fourth year of the same Reign, and intituled, An Act to authorize the Chairman and Trustees of the Common of the Seigneurie of the Baie Saint Antoine, commonly called the Baie du Febvre, to terminate certain disputes relating to the limits of the said Common, and for other purposes appertaining to the same, and the said last mentioned Act; the Act of the said Parliament, passed in the ninth year of the same Reign, and intituled, An Act to provide for the more effectual extinction of secret incumbrances on lands than was heretofore in use in this Province; the Act of the said Parliament, passed in the same year of the same Reign, and intituled, An Act to prevent fraudulent Debtors evading their Creditors in certain parts of this Province; the Act of the said Parliament, passed in the same year of the same Reign, and intituled, An Act to facilitate the proceedings against the estates and effects of Debtors in certain cases; the Act of the said Parliament, passed in the same year of the same Reign, and intituled, An Act to alter and amend an Act passed in the sixth year of His Majesty's Reign, intituled, An Act to authorize the inhabitants of the Fief Grosbois, in the County of Saint Maurice, to make Regulations for the Common of the said Fief;' the Act of the said Parliament, passed in the same year of the same Reign, and intituled, An Act for the preservation of the Salmon Fisheries in the 9 Geo. 4, c. 51. Counties of Cornwallis and Northumberland; the Act of the said Parliament, passed in the first year of the Reign of His late Majesty King William the Fourth, and intituled, An Act to encourage the destruction of wolves; the Act of the said Parliament, 1 Wm, 4, c. 6. passed in the third year of the same Reign, and intituled, An Act further to 3 Wm. 4, c. 14. suspend certain parts of an Act or Ordinance therein mentioned, and to consolidate and further to continue for a limited time the provisions of two other Acts therein mentioned, for more effectually ascertaining the damages on protested Bills of Exchange, and for determining disputes relating thereto, and for other purposes; the Act of the said Parliament, passed in the sixth year of the same Reign, and intituled, U. C. An Act to regulate the fees of persons employed by Justices of the Peace, in the Country 6 Wm. 4, c. 19. Parishes, as Clerks or Bailiffs in certain cases; the Act of the said Parliament, passed in the same year of the same Reign, and intituled, An Act to provide for the medical 6 Wm. 4, c. 35, treatment of sick mariners; the Act of the said Parliament, passed in the same year of the same Reign, and intituled, An Act to repeal a certain Act therein mentioned, and 6 Wm. 4, c. 56. more effectually to remedy divers abuses prejudicial to agriculture; the Ordinance of the Special Council of the said Province, passed in the third Session of the said Council, held in the second year of Her Majesty's Reign, and intituled, An Ordinance to amend 2 Vic. (3) c. 7. the Act passed in the thirty-sixth year of the Reign of King George the Third, chapter nine, commonly called the Road Act; the Act of the Parliament of the late Province of Upper Canada, passed in the eleventh year of the Reign of His late Majesty, King George the Fourth, and intituled, An Act to authorize the Quarter Sessions of the Home 11 Geo. 4, c. 20. District to provide for the relief of Insane Destitute persons in that District; the Act of the said Parliament, passed in the third year of the Reign of His late Majesty King William the Fourth, and intituled, An Act to continue an Act passed in the eleventh year of His late 3 Wm, 4. c. 45. Majesty's Reign, intituled, An Act to authorize the Quarter Sessions of the Home District to provide for the relief of Insane Destitute persons in that District, and to extend the provisions of the same to the other Districts of this Province; and the Act of the said Parliament, passed in the sixth year of the same Reign, and intituled, An Act to repeal an 6 Wm. 4, c. 29, Act passed in the forty-ninth year of the Reign of His late Majesty, King George the Third, intituled, An Act to encourage the destroying of wolves in this Province, and to make further provision for the extermination of those destructive animals—shall be, and all and every of the said Acts and Ordinances are hereby continued to the First day of January next, and from thence until the end of the then next ensuing Session of the Provincial Parliament, and no longer. continued. II. And be it enacted, That the Act of the Parliament of this Province, passed in the seventh year of Her Majesty's Reign, and intituled, An Act to repeal an Ordinance of 7 Vic. c. 10. Lower Canada, intituled, an Ordinance concerning Bankrupts, and the administration and distribution of their estates and effects, and to make provision for the same object throughout the Province of Canada; and the Act amending the same, passed in the ninth year of Her Majesty's Reign, and intituled, An Act to continue and amend the 9 Vic. c. 30. Bankrupt Laws now in force in this Province, in so far only as the same are continued by and for the purposes mentioned in the Act passed in the twelfth year of Her Majesty's Reign, and intituled, An Act to make provision for the continuance and completion of And 12 Vic. c. 18 proceedings in Bankruptcy, now pending, and the said last mentioned Act, shall res- continued to a certain pectively be and they are hereby continued and shall remain in force until the said first day of January next, and thence until the end of the then next ensuing Session of the Provincial Parliament, and no longer. III. Provided always, and be it enacted, That nothing herein contained, shall prevent or be construed to prevent the effect of any Act passed or to be passed during the present Session, repealing, amending, rendering permanent, or continuing to any further period than that herein appointed, any of the Acts or Ordinances hereinbefore mentioned and continued. extent. Proviso: this Act to be controlled by any CAP. |