of correction of the town or city; and shall in the case of such a city continue to be so until the council of the city otherwise directs; and the sheriff, gaoler and keeper of the gaol and house of correction shall receive and safely keep until duly discharged all persons committed thereto by any competent authority of the town or city." (Ib. s. 404.)

"While a city or town uses the court house, gaol or house of correction of the county, the city or town shall pay to the county such compensation therefor, and for the care and maintenance of prisoners, as may be mutually agreed upon or be settled by arbitration under this act." (Ib. s. 405.)

"In case after the lapse of five years from such compensation having been so agreed upon or awarded, or having been settled by act of parliament, and whether before or after the passing of this act, it appears reasonable to the Governor in council, upon the application of either party, that the amount of the compensation should be reconsidered, he may by an order in council direct that the then existing arrangement shall cease after a time named in the order, and after such time the councils shall settle anew by agreement or by arbitration under this act the amount to be paid from the time so named in the order." (Ib. s. 406.)

"The council of every city may erect, preserve, improve and provide for the proper keeping of a court house, gaol, house of correction and house of industry upon lands being the property of the municipality, and may pass by-laws for all or any of such purposes." (Ib. s. 407.)

"In case of a separation of a union of counties, all rules and regulations, and all matters and things in any act of parliament for the regulation of or relating to court houses or gaols in force at the time of the separation, shall extend to the court house and gaol of the junior county." (Ib. s. 408.)

LOCK-UP-HOUSES.-"The council of every county may establish a lock-up-house or lock-up-houses within the county, and may establish and provide for the salary or fees to be paid to the constable to be placed in charge of every such lock-uphouse, and may direct the payment of the salary out of the funds of the county.” (Ib. s. 409.)

"Every lock-up-house shall be placed in the charge of a constable, specially appointed for that purpose by the magistrates of the county at any General Quarter Sessions of the peace therefor." (Ib. s. 410.)

"Any Justice of the Peace of the county may direct by warrant in writing under his hand and seal the confinement in a lock-up-house within his county, for a period not exceeding two days, of any person charged on oath with a criminal offence, whom it may be necessary to detain until examined and either dismissed or fully committed for trial to the common gaol, and until such person can be conveyed to such gaol; also the confinement in such lock-up-house, not exceeding twenty-four hours, of any person found in a public street or highway in a state of intoxication, or any person convicted of desecrating the Sabbath, and generally may commit to a lock-up-house instead of to the common gaol or other house of correction, any person convicted on view of the Justice, or summarily convicted before any Justice or Justices of the Peace of any offence cognizable by him or them, and liable to imprisonment therefor under any statute or municipal by-law." (Ib. s. 411.)

"The expense of conveying any prisoner to, and of keeping him in a lock-up-house shall be defrayed in the same manner as the expense of conveying him to and keeping him in the common gaol of the county." (Ib. s. 412.)

"The council of every city, town and incorporated village may, by by-laws, establish, maintain and regulate lock-uphouses for the detention and imprisonment of persons sentenced to imprisonment for not more than ten days under any by-law of the council; and of persons detained for examination on a charge of having committed any offence; and of persons detained for transmission to any common gaol or house of correction either for trial or in the execution of any sentence." (Ib. s. 414.)

HOUSES OF INDUSTRY AND REFUGE.-"The council of every county may establish a house of industry and house of refuge, and provide by by-law for the erection and repair thereof, and for the appointment and duties of inspectors, keepers, matrons and other servants for the superintendence, care and manage

ment of such house of industry or of refuge, and in like mnaner make rules and regulations (not repugnant to law) for the government of the same." (Ib. s. 415.)

"Any two of Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace, or of the inspectors appointed as aforesaid, may, by writing under their hands and seals commit to the house of industry or of refuge, to be employed and governed according to the rules, regulations and orders of the house:

1. "All poor and indigent persons who are incapable of supporting themselves;

2. "All persons without means of maintaining themselves, and able of body to work and who refuse or neglect so to do;

3. "All persons leading a lewd, dissolute, or vagrant life, and exercising no ordinary calling or lawful business sufficient to gain or procure an honest living;

4. "And all such as spend their time and property in public houses, to the neglect of any lawful calling;

5. "And idiots." (Ib. s. 416.)

"Every person committed to the house of industry or of refuge, if fit and able, shall be kept diligently employed at labour during his continuance there; and in case any such person is idle and does not perform such reasonable task or labour as may be assigned, or is stubborn, disobedient or disorderly, such person shall be punished according to the rules and regulations of the house of industry or of refuge in that behalf.” (Ib. s. 417.)

WORK-HOUSES." The council of every city and town may respectively pass by-laws:

1. "For erecting and establishing within the city or town, or on such industrial farm, or on any ground held by the corporation for public exhibitions, a work-house, or house of correction, and for regulating the government thereof;

2. "For committing or sending, with or without hard labour, to the work-house or house of correction, or to the industrial farm, by the mayor, recorder, police magistrate, or two Justices of the Peace for the city or town respectively, such description of persons as may by the council be deemed, and by

by-law be declared expedient; and such farm or ground held as aforesaid shall for the purposes in this sub-section mentioned, be deemed to be within the city or town and the jurisdiction thereof." (Ib. s. 419.)

CUSTODY." The sheriff shall have the care of the county gaol, gaol offices and yard, and gaoler's apartments, and the appointment of the keepers thereof." (Ib. s. 420.)

"The county council shall have the care of the court-house and of all offices and rooms connected therewith, whether the same forms a separate building or is connected with the gaol, and shall have the appointment of the keepers thereof; and shall from time to time provide all necessary and proper accommodation for the courts of justice other than the division courts, and for all officers connected with such courts." (Ib. s. 421.)

"In any city not being a separate county for all purposes, but having a gaol or court-house separate from the county gaol or court-house, the care of such city gaol or court-house shall be regulated by the by-laws of the city council.” (Ib. s. 422.)

GAMING.

Gaming or speculating on the chance of winning or losing money by any play, game or diversion, is an offence not punishable at common law, unless it is so practised as to be injurious to the public economy; but the Legislature has passed the following act, prohibiting the disposal of any property by lotteries or any mode of chance.

PENALTY FOR MAKING LOTTERIES.-"If any person makes, prints, advertises or publishes, or causes or procures to be made, printed, advertised or published, any proposal, scheme or plan, for advancing, lending, giving, selling, or in any way disposing of any property, either real or personal, by lots, cards, tickets, or any mode of chance whatever, or sells, barters, exchanges, or otherwise disposes of, or causes or procures, or aids, or assists in the sale, barter, exchange or other disposal of, or offers for

sale, barter or exchange, any lot, card, ticket, or other means or device, for advancing, lending, giving, selling, or otherwise disposing of any property, real or personal, by lots, tickets, or any mode of chance whatever, such person shall, upon conviction thereof, before any mayor, alderman, or other Justice of the Peace, upon the oath of any one or more credible witnesses, or upon confession thereof, forfeit the sum of twenty dollars for each and every such offence, together with costs, to be levied by distress and sale of the offender's goods, by warrant under the hand and seal of any such mayor, alderman, or other Justice of the Peace, of the city, town, county or place where such offence has been committed, which said forfeiture shall be applied half to the informer, and the other half shall be paid to the treasurer or chamberlain of the municipality in which such offence was committed, and shall form part of the funds thereof." (Consol. Stat. C. c. 95, s. 1.)

BUYING TICKETS, &c.-" Any person buying, bartering, exchanging, taking or receiving any such lot, card, ticket, or other device as in the first section of this act mentioned, shall, upon conviction thereof, in like manner as therein mentioned, forfeit the sum of twenty dollars for each offence, to be recovered and applied as aforesaid." (Ib. s. 2.)

SALES, &C., VOID.—“ Any sale, loan, gift, barter or exchange of any real or personal property, by any lottery, ticket, card, or other mode of chance whatever, depending upon, or to be determined by chance or lot, shall be void to all intents and purposes whatsoever; and all such real or personal property so sold, lent, given, bartered or exchanged, shall be forfeited to such person as will sue for the same by action or information in any court of record in this province." (Ib. s. 3.)

PURCHASER WITHOUT NOTICE.-"No such forfeiture shall affect any right or title to such real or personal property acquired by any bona fide purchaser for valuable consideration without notice." (Ib. s. 4.)

COMMITTAL FOR NON-PAYMENT OF PENALTIES.-"If any person so convicted as aforesaid has not sufficient goods and chattels