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3rd VICTORIA-CHAPTER 70.

An Act to extend the jurisdiction of the Corporation of the City of Saint John, for the regulation of the rates of Pilotage, beyond the limits now prescribed by Charter.

Section.

1. Jurisdiction of Corporation as to Pilots.

Section

2. Limitation.

Passed 31st March 1840.

Be it enacted, &c.-1. The Mayor, Aldermen, and Commonalty of the City of Saint John, in Common Council convened, be and they are hereby authorized and empowered to make laws and ordinances for the regulation of the Branch Pilots of the Port of Saint John, in respect to rates of pilotage to be taken by them as distance money, extending to such parts of the Bay of Fundy in connexion with the Harbour of Saint John as they shall deem expedient, and under such penalties, restrictions, and forfeitures as the said Common Council may see fit.

2. This Act shall remain and be in force until the first day of April one thousand eight hundred and forty three.

3rd VICTORIA-CHAPTER 81.

An Act to limit the extent and regulate the building of Wharves on the eastern side of the Harbour of Saint John.

Section.

1. How far wharves to be extended on eastern side of harbour.

2. How to be constructed, &c.

Section.

3. What wharves may be extended, and
where between, and what streets.
4. When and where slips to be left.
Passed 31st March 1840.

WHEREAS Certain Commissioners were by His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor appointed to enquire into and report upon the state of the Harbour of Saint John, and have, in pursuance of such appointment, made a report touching part of the said harbour, and have caused a certain plan of part of the said harbour to be prepared; and the Mayor, Aldermen, and Commonalty of the said City have, by petition to the Legislature, applied for an Act to define and fix a permanent line in part of the said harbour, to which the extension of wharves shall be limited;

Be it therefore enacted, &c.-1. From and after the passing of this Act, no wharf, pier, or erection of any kind or descrip

tion whatsoever, shall be built, erected, or extended westwardly into the said Harbour of Saint John, on the eastern side thereof, beyond a line to be formed as follows, viz:-Commencing at the point formed by the westwardly prolongation of the southern line of the wharf owned by Robert W. Crookshank, and a southerly continuation of the western line of the pier at the end of the southern wharf of the north slip, which said point is seventy feet distant from the southwest corner of the said Robert W. Crookshank's present wharf, thence from said point in a direct line to the southwest corner of the wharf now or lately the property of David Hatfield to the southward of the South Market Wharf, thence in a direct line to the southwest corner of Nehemiah Merritt's south wharf, thence in a direct line to a point in the western prolongation of the south line of the wharf of the late Richard Bonsal, distant sixty feet from the western end of the said wharf, and thence in a direct line to a westwardly prolongation of the north line of Saint James Street, at the distance of one hundred and eighty five feet from the western side line of Prince William Street, measured on the north line of Saint James Street, as marked on the said plan; and that the said plan so prepared by the said Commissioners shall be signed by them and filed in the Office of the Secretary of the Province.

2. All wharves to be erected within or on the eastern side of the said line, shall be of squared timber and close built, so as to prevent stone, rubbish, or gravel from falling into the harhour, and no ballast shall be allowed to be used in the building thereof but stone, and the tops of such wharves to be planked or timbered in the same manner as the North and South Market Wharves; and such wharves to the extent of forty feet from the fronts thereof respectively, to be for ever kept free and open for vessels to repair to, and load and discharge thereat, and no houses or stores shall at any time be erected on the said spaces, and no lumber or goods of any sort be permitted to remain on such spaces longer than twenty four hours.

3. Whereas the property fronting on that part of the Harbour of the City of Saint John, situate between Duke and Saint James Street, would be greatly benefited, and the harbour made more commodious for loading and discharging goods, if a street in continuation of Saint John or Water Street were to

be laid out thereon;-It shall not be lawful for the owners of such property to build or authorize to be built, any wharf, pier, or other erection, on the beach or flats between the line of low water mark, and the line for limiting the extension of wharves described herein, unless such owner or owners shall have first conveyed to the Mayor, Aldermen, and Commonalty of the said City, a space of not less than fifty feet in width, through his or their property, ground, or flats, for the sole and exclusive purpose of continuing Saint John or Water Street from Duke to Saint James Street, as aforesaid.

4. No space between low water mark and the line defining the extent to which wharves may be built, shall be leased or sold to any person or persons whomsoever, unless it shall first be stipulated that at least two slips of not less than thirty five feet in width each, and one hundred and twenty feet or more in length, shall for ever be left open and kept as landing slips, with cart ways leading to the public streets, for each block or space contained between Union and King Streets, King and Princess Streets, Princess and Duke Streets, Duke and Queen Streets, and Queen and Saint James Streets.

4th VICTORIA-CHAPTER 14.

An Act to permit the establishment of a Fish Market in one of the Public Slips in the City of Saint John.

Section 1.-Fish Market, by whom and where may be built.

Passed 19th March 1841.

WHEREAS the Mayor, Aldermen, and Commonalty of the City of Saint John, by their petition have represented the great public utility of establishing a Market for the sale of Fish in the public Slip at the foot of Duke Street in the said City, and have prayed that they may be authorized to erect a building therein for that purpose ;—

Be it enacted, &c.-1. It shall and may be lawful for the said Mayor, Aldermen, and Commonalty of the City of Saint John, and they are hereby authorized and empowered to erect and build a Market House and establish a Public Market for the sale of Fish in the public Slip at the foot of Duke Street, on the eastern side of the Harbour of the City of Saint John, and the same to regulate, support, repair, alter, and enlarge,

in such manner as from time to time may be deemed necessary and expedient for public accommodation.

4th VICTORIA-CHAPTER 21.

An Act in addition to and in amendment of an Act to provide for the erection of an Alms House and Work House, and to establish a Public Infirmary in and for the City and County of Saint John.

Section.

1. What sum may borrow, and by whom, for erection of.

2. Notes to be negotiable, holder entitled to interest.

Section.

3. Justices to make assessment.
4. Application of moneys.

5. Treasurer's remuneration.

Passed 19th March 1841.

WHEREAS in and by an Act made and passed in the first year of the Reign of Queen Victoria, intituled An Act to provide for the erection of an Alms House and Work House, and to establish a Public Infirmary in and for the City and County of Saint John, it was provided that the money required for building the same should be raised by a single assessment on the inhabitants of the said City and County in the manner prescribed by the law for assessing, collecting, and levying County rates: And whereas it has been considered a more equitable and less burthensome mode of raising money for public buildings in the said City and County by County Certificates or Notes and semi-annual payments of a proportion of the principal, with the yearly interest on the whole sum due until the same shall be paid off;

Be it therefore enacted, &c.-1. In lieu of the mode of raising the money required for building the said Alms House and Work House pointed out in and by the said Act, it shall and may be lawful for the Justices of the Peace for the said City and County of Saint John, at any General Sessions of the Peace hereafter to be holden, and they are hereby authorized and empowered to borrow such sums of money as may from time to time be required for the erecting and completing of the said Alms House and Work House, not exceeding in the whole the sum of three thousand pounds, to be paid off and discharged in manner hereinafter mentioned, the same to be taken in loans of not less than one hundred pounds, and the Certificates or Notes in the following form, or to that effect,

shall be prepared and delivered to the persons from whom such loans may be obtained, to wit:

Number

City and County of Saint John, ss.-These are to certify that [here insert residence and addition of lender] hath lent and advanced to the said Justices of the Peace for the City and County of Saint John the sum of one hundred pounds currency, which sum is payable to him, or to his order, together with interest at and after the rate of per centum per annum, payable half yearly on the first day of June and the first day of December, pursuant to an Act of Assembly made and passed in the fourth year of the Reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, intituled An Act in addition to and in amendment of an Act to provide for the erection of an Alms House and Work House, and to establish a Public Infirmary in and for the City and County of Saint John.-Dated the

day of

year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and By order of the Sessions.

in the

A. B. Presiding Justice.

C. D. Clerk. Which same certificates or notes shall be signed by the Justice presiding at the said Sessions, and countersigned by the Clerk, and shall be respectively numbered according to the time in which the same may be made and issued, and a memorandum thereof shall be duly entered by the Clerk in the Minutes of the said Court.

2. The said certificates or notes shall be negotiable in the same manner as promissory notes, and the holders thereof shall be entitled to receive interest for the same semiannually, to be paid by the Treasurer of the said City and County out of the assessments hereinafter mentioned.

3. It shall and may be lawful for the said Justices of the Peace of the said City and County, and they are hereby authorized and required to make a rate and assessment in each and every year of such sum of money, not exceeding five hundred pounds, besides the charge for assessing and collecting, as will discharge the principal and interest of the loans contracted by virtue of this Act, until the total amount of the loan and all interest thereon shall be paid off; all which said several sums of money shall be assessed, levied, collected, and paid in

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