8th VICTORIA-CHAPTER 57.

An Act to establish periodical Fairs in the Town of Newcastle, in the County of Northumberland.

Section.

1. Fairs, when and where held.

2. Keeper, &c. of Fairs, by whom, and for what purpose appointed.

Section.

3. Act, when may be amended.

Passed 27th March 1845.

WHEREAS the establishment of Fairs or Public Market days is calculated to promote Trade, encourage the Farmer, and lead to emulation and competition in the rural operations of the County ;

Be it therefore enacted, &c.-1. From and after the passing of this Act there shall be two Public Fairs held at the Town of Newcastle, in the said County, on the first Tuesday in October and the first Tuesday in March in each and every year, under such rules, regulations, and restrictions as the Justices of the Peace of the said County at the Court of General Sessions of the Peace for the said County, at the July Term, shall annually make, order, and direct; which rules, regulations, and restrictions shall, as soon as may be after the same are made, be published by the Clerk of the Peace or Custos Rotulorum of the County, in one or more of the public Newspapers of the County, or if none be there published, then in the Royal Gazette, for the next six months immediately after the making of such order; which orders, rules, and regulations, when so made and passed, shall continue and be in force till annulled, altered, or amended by any subsequent order, which shall only be done at the July Term in each year.

2. It shall and may be lawful for the said Justices at their General Sessions from time to time, and at all times hereafter, to nominate and appoint an officer to be called the Keeper of such Fairs, and such other officers for the proper government of such Fairs as the said Justices in their said General Sessions may deem necessary for the conducting, managing, and enforcing the orders, rules, and regulations relating to the holding, conducting, and management of such Fairs so to be holden as aforesaid, who shall respectively be sworn to the faithful discharge of the duties of his or their offices, and which said Keeper, and other officers appointed under the provisions of this Act, shall have the same power and authority as any

constable or constables in all matters relating to the preservation of the peace and order during the continuance or operations of such Fairs or Market; and such Justices are hereby authorized from time to time at such General Sessions as aforesaid, at their pleasure, to remove such keeper or other officers, and another or others to appoint in their stead, and to appoint the place in the said Town of Newcastle at which such Fairs shall be held; and shall have full power and authority, and they are hereby authorized and empowered to fix upon and regulate the rates and amount of fees to be received by the keeper and officers of such Fairs, and how the same shall be collected, paid, and received, and the sources from which the same are to be raised; provided always, that if it shall at any time be deemed necessary by the said Justices at such Sessions to make an assessment for the payment of the fees of the officers appointed under the provisions of this Act for enforcing the rules and regulations so made, for the proper conducting of such Fairs or Market, the said Justices are hereby authorized to order such assessment, which assessment shall be raised, levied, and collected in the same manner as other County or Parish rates are by law now raised and collected; provided always, that such assessment shall in all cases be confined to the residents of the Town of Newcastle, or persons residing within the following bounds or limits, that is to say, between James Ledden's lower line in Newcastle on the one side, John A. Street's upper line on the upper side, and that the same shall not extend to the settlers on the back lots; and provided also, that such assessment shall not exceed the sum of five pounds in any one year.

3. This Act may be altered, amended, added to, or diminished in any way so as more effectually to accomplish the objects thereof, the present Session of the Legislature.

13th VICTORIA-CHAPTER 17.

An Act to enable the Justices of the Peace for the County of Northumberland for the time being to receive the title of and hold a piece of Land in the Town of Newcastle, for the use of a Grammar School in the said Town.

Section 1. Certain Land vested in Justices, for what purpose.

Passed 26th April 1850.

WHEREAS it is desirable that the title to the piece or parcel of land situate in the Town of Newcastle, in the County of Northumberland, hereinafter described, should be vested in the Justices of the Peace for the aforesaid County, in trust for the use of a Grammar School in the said Town ;

Be it therefore enacted, &c.—1. From and after the passing of this Act, the following piece of land, being a parcel of the public lot on which the Court House and Gaol are built in the Parish of Newcastle, and distinguished in the Town plat or plan as the lot number twenty in block letter C, and abutted and bounded as described in the plan on file in the office of the Clerk of the Peace for the said County, the said lot being of the width of one hundred and fourteen feet fronting on Duke Street, and eighty six feet on Regent Street, which said lot, piece, or parcel of land was purchased by sundry inhabitants of the said Town for the use of a Grammar School, shall be and the same is hereby vested in the Justices of the Peace for the County of Northumberland, and their successors, for and in trust for the use, benefit, and advantage of a Grammar School in the Town of Newcastle, for the instruction of youth; provided always, that the said Justices shall not appoint any Trustees or Teachers, or interfere in the management of the said School in any way.

15th VICTORIA-CHAPTER 66.

An Act to legalize the acts of the Commissioners appointed to lay out a Street or Highway through the Town of Chatham, and to establish and regulate Public Landings in the said Town.

Section 1.-Former acts of Commissioners legalized.

Passed 7th April 1852. WHEREAS by an Act made and passed in the fourth year of the Reign of Her present Majesty, intituled An Act to authorize the appointment of Commissioners to lay out a Street or Highway through the Town of Chatham, and to establish and regulate Public Landings in the said Town, the Lieutenant Governor was authorized to appoint three or more fit persons

Commissioners to lay out a Street or public highway through the said Town of Chatham: And whereas but two persons were appointed under said Act, who attended to the duty, laid out said Street, and recorded the same under the provisions of said Act: And whereas doubts have arisen as to the legality of their proceedings, in consequence of the strict letter of the Act requiring three or more Commissioners; for remedy whereof,

Be it enacted, &c.—1. All the proceedings of the two Commissioners appointed under said Act, and which were had, taken, and performed by such two Commissioners in accordance with the terms and provisions thereof, shall be and they are hereby declared as binding in every respect as if three Commissioners had been appointed under the said Act, and as if such survey and other proceedings had been made and taken by three Commissioners; any thing in the said Act to the contrary notwithstanding.

17th VICTORIA-CHAPTER 3.

An Act to make further provisions for the support of Buoys and Beacons in the Bay and Harbour of Miramichi.

Section 1.-An increased duty per ton granted.

Passed 20th March 1854.

WHEREAS in and by the fifth Section of an Act intituled An Act to consolidate the Laws relating to Buoys and Beacons, the sum of one penny per ton is granted to Her Majesty, Her Heirs and Successors, on all vessels entering the Bay or Harbour of Miramichi, in the County of Northumberland, for defraying such expenses as may be incurred in erecting, building, rebuilding, replacing, and supporting Buoys and Beacons : And whereas the said duty has been found insufficient for the purposes intended ;—

Be it therefore enacted, &c.-1. There be and is hereby granted to Her Majesty, Her Heirs and Successors, for defraying such expenses as may be incurred in erecting, building, rebuilding, replacing, and supporting such Buoys and Beacons, on all vessels entering the Bay or Harbour of Miramichi, in the County of Northumberland, the sum of one penny half

penny per ton for each and every ton such vessel shall admeasure per register, in lieu of the amount granted in and by the said Act.

17th VICTORIA-CHAPTER 8.

An Act to relieve the Engine Men of the Chatham Fire Engines, in the County of Northumberland, from Parish offices, and to afford immunities and exemptions to them in certain cases.

Section 1.-Firemen to be exempt from certain public services.

Passed 20th March 1854. WHEREAS the Firemen attached to the Chatham Fire Engines in the County of Northumberland, have to perform onerous and responsible duties as such, and are liable to much expense and loss of time in the performance of such duties, and it is therefore deemed expedient to relieve them from other duties and liabilities as inhabitants of the Town of Chatham, and of the County of Northumberland ;—

Be it therefore enacted, &c.—1. From and after the passing of this Act, each and every of the Firemen attached to any of the Fire Engines of the Town of Chatham, in the County of Northumberland, and who have been or may hereafter be regularly appointed by the Firewards of the said Town, as by law directed, and who shall accept and perform the duties, so long as he or they may continue so attached and perform such duties, shall be exempt and relieved from all and every Parish office in the said Parish of Chatham, and also from serving upon any Jury in any of the Courts of Law in said County, and also from the performance of statute labour in said Parish of Chatham, provided that nothing in this Act shall be construed to relieve any of such Engine men who have been appointed to any Parish office, from serving in the same during the current year.