expedient that the same should be divided into two separate Wards; Be it therefore enacted, &c.—1. All that part of King's Ward, in the City of Saint John, which lies to the eastward of a line drawn from a point formed by the intersection of lines drawn through the centre of Union Street and the continuation of a line drawn through the centre of Charlotte Street northwardly through the centre of Coburg Street and the centre of Garden Street to the City line, is hereby erected into a Ward of the said City, separate and distinct from King's Ward, and shall be called and known by the name of "Wellington Ward;" and the residue thereof which lies to the westward of the said line shall comprise King's Ward.. 2. The said new Ward shall be entitled to elect and choose one Alderman and one Councillor, who shall be members of the Common Council of the said City, and one Constable for the said Ward, who shall hold their offices respectively for the same term, and have all the powers and be subject to all the duties of the like offices of any other Ward in the said City. 3. The first election of the officers for the said Ward shall be held on the third Tuesday in May next succeeding the passing of this Act; and the annual election of officers for the said Ward in all succeeding years shall be held on the first Tuesday in April in each and every year, in the same manner and under the same provisions, and the candidates shall have the like qualifications as are now in force, or shall hereafter be in force or required in respect of the elections of the like officers for any other Ward of the said City, by the Charter of the said City, or any Act of Assembly or bye law of the Corporation in that behalf made; and in case of any vacancy occurring in any of the said offices, under any Act of Assembly now.or hereafter to be made, or under the provisions of the Charter of the said City, such vacancy shall be filled up in the like manner as a vacancy occurring in any other Ward in the said City would be filled up under the provisions of the Charter of the said City, or any Act of Assembly or bye law of the said City now in force or hereafter to be made relating thereto. 4. The officers elected for the present King's Ward on the first Tuesday in April in this present year, shall hold office for the said Ward as now defined, until the officers for said Wellington Ward shall be elected and sworn; and the said officers for said Wellington Ward, when elected, shall be sworn before the Common Council on the fourth Tuesday in May next, after which time the officers elected for King's Ward shall represent the same as defined by this Act. 5. From and after the election of the said Alderman and Councillor for the said Ward, the Mayor or Recorder, with four or more Aldermen and four or more Councillors of the said City, in place of the Mayor or Recorder, with three or more Aldermen and three or more Councillors of the said City, shall be the Common Council of the said City, as provided by the said Charter and the Acts of Assembly in amendment thereof. 16th VICTORIA-CHAPTER 37. An Act to amend the Charter of the City of Saint John, and certain Acts of Assembly relating to the local Government of the said City. 4. Qualification of Mayor and Aldermen. 5. What shall disquality. 6. Votes of Electors, how given. 7. Election, before whom conducted. 15 Ballot ticket, what to contain. Section. 22. Penalty for illegal voting. part. 24. False swearing, what to be guilty of. 26. Aldermen, &c, when to be sworn in. 30. Special vacancies, by whom declared. 32. Commissioners of streets, how appointed. sessors. 35. Names of persons in employ of party, &c., when to be delivered; penalty. 20. Duration of pull; books, &c., to whom 36. Bye laws for elections may be made. delivered. 21. When new election. 37. Certain elections, &c., valid. Be it enacted, &c.-1. So much of the Charter of the City of Saint John as is inconsistent with or contrary to the provisions of this Act, and also a bye law of the Corporation of the said City passed on the twenty fifth day of February one thousand eight hundred and fifty, intituled A Law to regulate the Elections of Aldermen, Councillors, and Constables in the City of Saint Joha; and also the following parts of Acts of Assembly, that is to say:-The third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, eleventh, twelfth, thirteenth, and fourteenth Sections of an Act passed in the third year of the Reign of King William the Fourth, intituled An Act for more effectually repairing the Streets and Bridges of the City of Saint John; the first, second, sixth, and ninth Sections of an Act passed in the sixth year of the Reign of Queen Victoria, intituled An Act for the amendment of the Charter of the City of Saint John; the second, third, fourth, fifth, twenty first, twenty second, twenty third, twenty fifth, and thirtieth Sections of an Act passed in the twelfth year of the same Reign, intituled An Act in further amendment of the Charter of the City of Saint John; the ninth, tenth, and twenty first Sections of an Act passed in the thirteenth year of the same Reign, being a local Act, intituled An Act relating to the Police Force established in the City of Saint John, and to provide for the relief of Debtors confined in the Gaol of the said City for small sums, and making provision for the levying and collecting of assessments in the said City, and other purposes, are hereby repealed; save and except so far, however, as relates to any appointment, election, bye law, ordinance, rule, regulation, rate, tax, act, deed, matter, action, suit, proceeding, or thing heretofore had, done, passed, or made, or now pending, in progress, and undetermined, under and by virtue of the same or either of them, which shall remain in full force, and be respectively observed and fulfilled, proceeded with and determined, unless as is hereinafter otherwise directed, in the same manner and to the same effect and purpose as if the said parts of the said Charter and Acts had not been repealed. 2. There shall be elected annually by the freemen and freeholders of the said City on the first Tuesday in April after the present year, for each respective Ward, one Alderman, one Councillor, and one Constable, as heretofore; and the said Alderman, Councillor, and Constable shall have all the powers, and be subject to all the duties of their respective offices, as provided by the Charter, or any Act of Assembly, or any bye law of the Corporation; and on the first Tuesday in May annually in every future year the said freemen and freeholders shall elect the Mayor of the said City. 3. No person shall be qualified to vote at any such election for Mayor, Alderman, Councillor, or Constable, unless he be at the time of the election a British subject, and also a freeman and inhabitant, or a freeholder of the City; and no person shall be qualified to vote as a freeman unless he shall have been a registered freeman at least three calendar months before the day of the election, and shall have actually resided in the City for one calendar month next preceding such election; and no person shall be qualified to vote as a freeholder unless he shall have been assessed on real estate at the last general assessment of City rates preceding such election; and the Common Clerk of the said City do, at least six days before the day of election, prepare alphabetical lists of the freemen of the said City, to be taken from the records of City freemen, and of all persons assessed on real estate, to be taken from the last general assessment list filed in the Common Clerk's office, and furnish copies of the same to the Commissioners appointed to hold the election, at least twenty four hours before the time appointed for holding the same, which list shall be open for public inspection at the Common Clerk's office for six days previous, during which time any person having been assessed as aforesaid, and whose name may have been omitted, shall upon satisfactory proof of the same rendered in writing to the Common Clerk, have his name inserted thereon; which said lists, so furnished, shall be for all the purposes of accepting or refusing the ballot of any person wishing to cast the same, a register of voters; provided always, that any person entitled to real estate by descent or devise, whose title may have accrued not less than three calendar months before the day of election, may have his name entered upon such list although he may not have been rated, on producing proof to the satisfaction of the Common Clerk, of his being entitled to be entered on the list under this proviso; and no person whosoever, whether freeman or freeholder, shall be entitled to vote unless he shall have paid previous to the day of election all rates, taxes, and assessments imposed on him during the year next preceding the election. 4. No person shall be qualified to be elected Mayor or Alderman, unless in addition to the qualifications necessary to a voter, he shall at the time of his election be possessed, as owner thereof, of real or personal property, or both together, within the said City, over and above all incumbrances whatsoever, to the extent of at least two hundred and fifty pounds. 5. No person shall be qualified to be elected, or to be or sit as Mayor, Alderman, or Councillor during such time as he shall hold any office or place of profit in the gift or disposal of the Common Council, the emoluments of which are paid out of the funds of the City, or during such time as he shall have directly or indirectly, by himself or partner, any share or interest in any contract or employment with, by, or on behalf of the Corporation; provided such disqualification shall not arise from any person being a shareholder in any Corporate Company having a contract with the Corporation, or any share or interest in any lease, sale, or purchase of Corporation lands, tenements, or hereditaments, or any agreement for any such lease, or for the loan of money; and no Mayor, Alderman, or Councillor shall receive into his hands any moneys for or on account of any contract, work, or employment made, done, or performed, by or on behalf of, or by direction of the said Corporation, but all moneys due by the Corporation on any such account, shall be paid by the Chamberlain of the City to the person or persons who shall actually have done such work, and shall be entitled to such moneys by, under, or for such contract, work, or employment. 6. In respect of any election for Mayor, Alderman, Councillor, or Constable, the following regulations shall be observed, viz:-Each elector, if voting as a freeman, shall give his vote in the Ward wherein he resides; and if voting as a freeholder, shall give his vote in any Ward where such freehold is situate. 7. The election shall be conducted in each Ward before a Commissioner, not being a member of the Common Council, to be appointed for each Ward by the Sheriff, Recorder, and Common Clerk, or any two of them, at least six days before the day of election; and in case of the death, illness, absence, or refusal to act, or resignation of any such Commissioner, another or others may be appointed in like manner at any time previous to the election which such Commissioner may be appointed to hold, in the stead of such Commissioner; and in case of any election to supply any vacancy, such election shall be held on a day to be appointed by the Recorder or by the Common Clerk, and by a Commissioner to be appointed as hereinbefore provided. 8. Of the time and place of holding every election respec |