Oxford, Which shall include and consist of the Townships of Blandford, Blenheim, Burford, Dereham, Nissouri, North Oxford, East Oxford, West Oxford, Oakland, Norwich, East Zorra, and West Zorra. Peterborough, Which shall include and consist of the Townships of Asphodel, Belmont, Burleigh, Bexley, Dummer, Douro, Ennismore, Emily, Eldon, Fenelon, Harvey, Methuen, Mariposa, Otonabee, Ops, Smith, Somerville, Verulam, and North Monaghan. Prescott, Which shall include and consist of the Townships of Alfred, Caledonia, East Hawkesbury, West Hawkesbury, Longueuil, and Plantagenet. Prince Edward,-Which shall include and consist of the Townships of Athol, Ameliasburgh, Hillier, Hallowell, Marysburgh, and Sophiasburgh. Renfrew, (Which shall, for the purpose of representation in the Legislative Assembly, be united as it now is with the County of Lanark,) shall include and consist of the Townships of Admaston, Blithefield, Bagot, Bromley, Horton, MacNab, Packenham, Pembroke, Ross, Stafford, and Westmeath. Russell, Which shall include and consist of the Townships of Clarence, Cumberland, Cambridge, and Russell. Simcoe, Which shall include and consist of the Townships of Adjala, Artemesia, Collingwood, Essa, Flos, West Gwillimbury, Innisfil, Medonte, Matchedash, Mulmur, Mono, Notawasaga, Ospry, Oro, North Orillia, South Orillia, Saint Vincent, Sunnidale, Tay, Tecumseth, Tosorontio, Tiny, Uphrasia, and Vespra. Stormont, Which shall include and consist of the Townships of Cornwall, Finch, Osnabruck, Roxborough, and (except for the purpose of representation in the Legislative Assembly) the Town of Cornwall. Waterloo,-Which shall include and consist of the Townships of Arthur, Amaranth, Bentinck, Derby, Eramosa, Egremont, Guelph, Glenelg, Garrafraxa, Holland, Luther, Mornington, Minto, Maryborough, Melancthon, Normanby, Nichol, Peel, Proton, Puslinch, Sydenham, Sullivan, Waterloo, Wilmot, Woolwich, and Wellesley, and, for the purpose of representation in the Legislative Assembly only, the Township of Dumfries, and for all purposes except that of representation in the Legislative Assembly, the Township of Erin. Wentworth, Wentworth, Which shall for all purposes include the Townships of Ancaster, Brantford, Binbrooke, Barton, Glandford, Onondaga, Saltfleet, and Tuscarora, and (for all purposes except that of representation in the Legislative Assembly, and that of Registration of Titles,) the Townships of Seneca and Oneida, and (except for the purpose of representation in the Legislative Assembly) the Town of Hamilton. York,—Which shall be divided, as it now is, into four Ridings, each returning one Member to the Legislative Assembly, that is to say: The North Riding,--Which shall include and consist of the Townships of Brock, North Gwillimbury, East Gwillimbury, Georgina, Mara, Reach, Rama, Scott, Thora, Uxbridge, and Whitchurch. The South Riding,-Which shall include and consist of the Townships of Etobicoke, King, Vaughan, and York, and for the purposes of Registration of Titles only, the City of Toronto. The East Riding,-Which shall include and consist of the Townships of Markham, Pickering, Scarborough, and Whitby. The West Riding,-Which shall include and consist of the Townships of Albion, Caledon, Chinguacousy, Toronto Gore, and Toronto. MONTREAL :-Printed by STEWART DERBISHIRE and GEORGE Desbarats, An Act to repeal certain Acts therein mentioned, and to make better provision for the relief of parties claiming lands in Upper Canada for which no Patent hath issued, as representing the original Nominees of the Crown. WE [10th February, 1845.] HEREAS it hath become necessary to make better and more effective pro- Preamble. vision than is made by the laws now in force, for determining claims to Lands in Upper Canada, for which no Patent hath issued, and for ascertaining the parties in whose favour the Patents for such lands ought respectively to issue, and for this purpose it is expedient to repeal the Acts of the Legislature of Upper Canada hereinafter mentioned, and to re-enact and consolidate such of the provisions thereof as are found effective, with such amendments and additions as experience hath shewn to be requisite: 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 authority 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 Act of the Legislature of Upper Canada, passed in the forty-fifth year of the Reign of His Majesty, King George the Third, and intituled, An Act to afford relief to those persons who may be U. C. 45 Geo. entitled to claim Lands in this Province, as Heirs or Devisees of the Nominees of the 3. Cap. 2. Crown, in cases where no Patent hath issued for such Lands; and the Act of the said Legislature passed in the forty-eighth year of the same Reign, and intituled, An U. C. 48 Geo. Act to continue an Act passed in the forty-fifth year of His Majesty's Reign, intituled, "An Act to afford relief to those persons who may be entitled to claim Lands in this Province, as Heirs or Devisees of the Nominces of the Crown, in cases where 3. Cap. 10. no 3. Cap. 9. 3. Cap. 21. no Patent hath issued for such Lands," and further to extend the benefits of the said Act; and the Act of the said Legislature passed in the fifty-second year of the U. C. 52 Geo. same Reign, and intituled, An Act to amend an Act passed in the forty-eighth year of His Majesty's Reign, intituled, "An Act to continue an Act passed in the fortyfifth year of His Majesty's Reign, intituled, An Act to afford relief to those persons who may be entitled to claim Lands in this Province, as Heirs or Devisees of the Nominees of the Crown, in cases where no Patent hath issued for such Lands, and further to extend the benefits of the said Act," and to continue part of the same; and the Act of the said Legislature passed in the fifty-sixth year of the same Reign, and U. C. 56 Gco. intituled, An Act to revive and continue an Act passed in the fifty-second year of His Majesty's Reign, intituled, “An Act to continue and amend an Act passed in the forty-eighth year of His Majesty's Reign, intituled, An Act to continue an Act passed in the forty-fifth year of His Majesty's Reign, intituled, An Act to afford relief to those persons who may be entitled to claim Lands in this Province, as Heirs and Devisees of the Crown,* in cases where no Patent hath issued for such Lands, and further to extend the benefit of the said Act," and to continue part of the same; and the Act of the said Legislature passed in the fifty-ninth year of the same Reign, and intituled, U. C. 59 Geo. An Act to continue and amend an Act passed in the fifty-sixth year of His Majesty's Reign, intituled, "An Act to revive and continue an Act passed in the fifty-second year of His Majesty's Reign, intituled, An Act to continue and amend an Act passed in the forty-eighth year of His Majesty's Reign, intituled, An Act to continue an Act passed in the forty-fifth year of His Majesty's Reign, intituled, An Act to afford relief to those persons who may be entitled to claim Lands in this Province, as Heirs and Devisees of the Nominces of the Crown, in cases where no Patent hath issued for such lands, and further to extend the benefit of the said Act," and to continue part of the same'; and the Act of the said Legislature, passed in the fourth year of the Reign of His U. C. 4 Geo. Majesty King George the Fourth, and intituled, An Act to afford relief to * Sic. 3. Cap. 18. 4. Cap. 7. persons claiming Lands in this Province, under assignments from Heirs, Devistes or Assignees, of the original Nominees of the Crown, in cases where no Patents had issued, and for other purposes therein mentioned; and the Act of the said Legislature passed in the tenth year of the same Reign, and intituled, An Act to afford greater facility in procuring testimony upon claims to Lands in this Province, by the Heirs or Devisees The said Act of the original Nominees of the Crown, or their Assignees, shall be, and the said Acts are and each of them is hereby repealed. repealed. Commissioners to be ap pointed for the purposes of this Act. II. And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for the Governor of this Province, from time to time, to issue such and so many Commissions under the Great Seal of this Province, to the Chief Justice of Her Majesty's Court of Queen's Bench for Upper Canada, the Vice Chancellor of Upper Canada, and the Puisné Justices of the said Court of Queen's Bench, and to such and so many other persons as he shall think fit; and such Commissioners, or any three of them of whom the said Chief Justice, the said Vice Chancellor, or one of the said Puisné Justices, shall be one |