PROVINCIAL STATUTES ОР CANADA, ENACTED by Her Most Excellent Majesty, Our Sovereign Lady VICTORIA, by the Grace of GoD of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, QUEEN, Defender of the Faith, &c., by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Assembly of the said Province, constituted and assembled by virtue of and under the authority of An Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, passed in the Third and Fourth years of Her Majesty's Reign, intituled, "An Act to Re-unite the Provinces of Upper "and Lower Canada, and for the Government of Canada." PRINTED BY STEWART DERBISHIRE & GEORGE DESBARATS, LAW PRINTER TO THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY. BEING THE THIRD SESSION OF THE SECOND PROVINCIAL PARLIAMENT OF CANADA. RESERVED ACTS To which the ROYAL ASSENT was subsequently promulgated by His Excellency JAMES, EARL OF ELGIN and KincardinE, K. T., &c. &c. &c. Governor General. ANNO DECIMO ET UNDECIMO VICTORIÆ REGINÆ. 1749 CAP. CXI. An Act to facilitate commutation of the tenure of lands en roture in the Queen's domain into that of free and common soccage, and to avoid the unnecessary delays and expense heretofore incidental to such commutations. Reserved for the signification of Her Majesty's pleasure 28th July, 1847. The Royal Assent given by Her Majesty in Council, on the 30th October, 1847; and Proclamation made thereof by His Excellency JAMES, EARL OF ELGIN AND KINCARDINE, in the Canada Gazette of the 11th December, 1847. WH 3 Geo. 4. c. HEREAS the process heretofore followed in commuting the tenure of land Preamble. held à titre de cens or en roture of the Crown in Lower Canada into the tenure in free and common soccage, pursuant to an Act of the Imperial Parliament, passed in the third year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Fourth, intituled, An Act to regulate the Trade of Lower and Upper Canada, and for other pur- Imperial Act poses relating to the said Provinces, has been found, by reason of the various references 119, recited. to the different public functionaries whose ministry it has been in such cases customary to require, exceedingly dilatory, expensive and onerous insomuch as to be an obstacle to the commutation of tenure which by the said Act it was intended to promote; To remedy all which, and to facilitate the working of the said Act, by introducing a summary and less expensive process of commutation than heretofore practised: Be it 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, 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 whenever, pursuant to the aforesaid Act, passed in the third year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Fourth, by the Imperial Parliament, intituled, An Act to regulate the Trade of the Provinces of Lower and Upper Canada, and for other purposes relating to the said Provinces, any person, holding land, real or immoveable property à titre de cens et rentes, within the censive of any Fief or Seigniory of Her Majesty in this Province, or in any of the Estates of the late Order of Jesuits, shall be desirous to obtain a release from Her Majesty of all feudal or seigniorial rights arising therefrom, and to commute the tenure of such land, real or immoveable property, from that en roture into free and common soccage, and shall apply for this purpose to the proper Officer or Agent thereunto as hereinafter mentioned, specially appointed and duly authorized by Persons desi rous of commuting, may apply to the proper local Agent, stating certain partiing titles, &c. culars, exhibit |