passed in the fourth and fifth years of Her Majesty's Reign, intituled, An Act to provide for the better internal Government of that part of this Province which for merly constituted the Province of Upper Canada, by the establishment of Local or Municipal authorities therein. VI. And be it enacted, That all such Suits and Actions shall be brought before Limitation of Suits for penalthe end of six Calendar months after the offence committed, and not otherwise. ties. MONTREAL :-Printed by STEWART DERBISHIRE and GEORGE DESBARATS, Reporter of Q. B. Proviso, as to Society in writing under the hand of such Vice Chancellor : And provided always, that nothing herein contained shall prevent such office being held by the same person as may, for the time being, be Reporter to the Court of Queen's Bench in and for the same part of this Province. II. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of such Reporter to report as well the substance of such of the verbal decisions of the Court as shall be of general importance, as to report also such decisions as may be delivered in writing; and it shall further be his duty, without any unnecessary delay, to cause such reports to be fairly entered in a book, and to submit the same for the inspection of the Vice Chancellor, which reports, after due examination and correction, shall be signed by the said Vice Chancellor. III. And be it enacted, That such Reporter shall be at liberty to print and publish such reports, or a digest thereof; and it shall be his duty so to do whenever thereto required by the said Law Society, in convocation, and in such manner as the said Law Society shall direct, the profits arising therefrom to belong to such Reporter. IV. And be it enacted, That the salary of such Reporter shall not exceed the sum of one hundred pounds per annum, and shall and may be fixed at or varied within the said amount as the said Law Society, in convocation, shall think just and proper; and for the purpose of providing such salary, it shall be in the power of the said Law Society, in convocation, to appoint such sum as they may think proper not exceeding the sum of one pound and five shillings, to be paid to the Treasurer of the said Law Society annually by every Solicitor of the said Court practising therein; and in case of persons being as well such Solicitors as also Attorneys of the said Court of Queen's Bench, it shall be lawful for the said Law Society, if they shall think fit, to appoint one sum of money to be paid by any such person annually as such Solicitor and Attorney. V. And be it enacted, That every Solicitor practising in the said Court shall annually, on or before the twentieth day of August, pay to the Treasurer of the Law Society such sum of money as shall in that behalf be appointed as aforesaid; and thereupon the Registrar of the said Court shall, upon production of a receipt for such payment on or before such twentieth day of August, give to such Solicitor a certificate of his being a Solicitor of the said Court of Chancery; for which certificate such Registrar shall be entitled to a Fee of two shillings and six pence, currency. tificate. without it. VI. And be it enacted, That if any Solicitor shall neglect to take out such certi- Penalty for not ficate within the time aforesaid, he shall not be entitled thereto until he shall have taking out cerproduced a receipt from the Treasurer of the Law Society for the sum of four pounds; and if any Solicitor shall practise in the said Court, without such certifi- Or practising cate, he shall forfeit the sum of ten pounds, to be recovered by information in Her Majesty's said Court of Queen's Bench, and to be paid into the hands of the Treasurer of the said Law Society: Provided always, that nothing herein contained Proviso. shall extend to require any person admitted as such Solicitor after the said twentieth day of August in any year, to take out any certificate as aforesaid, before the twentieth day of August following. MONTREAL :-Printed by STEWART DERBISHIRE and GEORGE DESBARATS, An Act to repeal certain Ordinances therein mentioned, and to make better provision for the establishment of Local and Municipal Authorities in Lower Canada. [29th March, 1845.] W WHEREAS experience hath demonstrated that the Ordinances hereinafter Preamble. mentioned, are not and cannot be adapted to the present state of Lower Canada, and that it is necessary to make other Legislative provision for the establishment of Municipal Institutions in that portion of this Province: Be it therefore 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 auhority of an Act passed in the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and 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 the Ordinance of the Governor and Special Council for the affairs of he late Province of Lower Canada, passed in the fourth year of Her Majesty's Reign, and intituled, An Ordinance to provide for the better Internal Government of his Province, by the establishment of Local or Municipal Authorities therein; and he Ordinance of the said Governor and Special Council, passed in the same year f the same Reign, and intituled, An Ordinance to prescribe and regulate the elecon and appointment of certain Officers in the several Parishes and Townships in his Province, and to make other provisions for the local interests of the Inhabitants f these divisions of the Province, shall be, and the said Ordinances, from and after he first day of July next, are hereby repealed. FIRST Ordinances of L. C. 4. Vict. caps. 3 and 4, repealed. |