in case of malignant diseases in crowded or unhealthy places. which said dwelling-house or out-house shall be situated in an unhealthy or crowded part of said City, Town, or Village, or be in a neglected and filthy state, or inhabited by too many Proceedings persons, it shall and may be lawful to and for the Board of Health of such City, Town, or Village, or a majority thereof, in the exercise of a sound discretion, and at the proper costs and charges of the said Board of Health, to compel the inhabitants of any such dwelling-house or out-house to remove therefrom, and to place them in sheds or tents, or other good shelter, in some more salubrious situation, until measures can be taken, by and under the direction and at the costs and charges of the said Board of Health, for the immediate cleansing, ventilation, purification, and disinfection, of the said dwelling-house or out-house: Provided always, and be it understood, that this provision shall apply and relate to all dwelling-houses and out-houses situated within one mile of any City, Town, or Village, in this Province. 5 WM. IV. CAP. 20. An Act to authorise a new Survey in the Township of King. [Passed 16th April, 1835.] New Survey under direction of Surveyor General-Extent of fronts in 9th concession to be same as in original surveyDiagram of new Survey to be lodged in office of SurveyorGeneral. 5 WM. IV.-CAP. 21. An Act to establish the Boundary Lines of the Township of [Passed 16th April, 1835.] Western boundary line of the Township declared to be the course or courses of the respective division or side lines of lots or parcels of land in the Township-Provision made for future surveys. 5 WM. IV.-CAP. 26. An Act to appoint Commissioners to settle disputes respecting certain roads and lines in the Township of Norwich, in the District of London, and to establish the said lines and roads. [Passed 16th April, 1835.] Commissioners appointed-their powers and duties-and remuneration. 7 WM. IV.-CAP. 58. An Act to establish the Boundary Lines in front of lots on the River Thames, in the Townships of Chatham and Camden, in the Western District. [Passed 4th March, 1837.] Boundaries between lots in front of Townships of Chatham and Camden to be ascertained and established, and to correspond with boundaries in front of Howard and Harwich. Fronts of lots on River Thames in Chatham and Camden not to extend further than as expressed in patents for same. Provision as to improvements. 7 WM. IV.-CAP. 59. An Act to amend an Act passed in the first year of His present Majesty's reign, intituled, "An Act to provide for settling and determining by arbitration certain difficulties that have arisen, or may arise, between persons owning land in the eighth Concession of Saltfleet, and persons owning, or claiming to own, lands in the first Concession of Binbrook, who through mistake may have made improvements on the rear part of the said eighth Concession of Saltfleet. [Passed 4th March, 1887.] Provision in case party bound refuses or neglects to arbitrate. 1 VIC.-CAP. 21. An Act to alter and amend sundry Acts regulating the appointment and duties of Township Officers. [Passed 6th March, 1838.] 35.-Provided always, that the owner of Persons damage, if animal or any animals not permitted to run at large by the regulations of liable for such Township meeting, shall be liable for any damage done cattle unlaw by such animal or animals, notwithstanding that the fence fully allowed enclosing the premises was not of the height required by the large. said regulations. 2 VIC.-CAP. 21. An Act to continue and make perpetual an Act passed in the fifth year of the reign of King William the Fourth, intituled, "An Act to promote the public health, and to guard against infectious diseases in this Province." [Passed 11th May, 1839.] to run at Said Act made perpetual. Preamble. ch. 9. 3 VIC.-CAP. 13. An Act to amend and make permanent an Act passed in the fifth year of His late Majesty's reign, intituled, "An Act to prevent the sale of Spirituous Liquors to Indians.” [Passed 10th February, 1840.] WHEREAS an Act passed in the fifth year of the reign See 5 Wm.IV. of His late Majesty King William the Fourth, intituled, " An Act to prevent the sale of spirituous liquors to Indians," will shortly expire, and it is expedient to continue and amend the same: Be it, &c., That from and after the passing of this Act, it shall not be lawful for any person to sell, barter, exchange or give to any Indian man, woman or child, within this Province, any kind of spirituous liquors in any manner or way, or to cause or procure the same to be done for any purpose whatever, under the pains and penalties to be inflicted by the authority of this Act. No kind of spirituous quors to be sold, barter ed or given, ed, exchang to any Indian. Justice of Peace to fine exceeding £20 for every offence. 2.-And be it, &c., That it shall and may be lawful for any offender, not Justice of the Peace of any District wherein any offence against the provisions of this Act shall have been committed, upon the testimony of one or more credible witness or witnesses, to fine the offender for each and every offence so complained of, in a sum not exceeding twenty pounds; a moiety whereof shall be paid to the informer, and the other moiety How fines to shall be collected and applied in the same manner as fines and penalties are now collected and applied under the Act for the summary punishment of petty trespasses; to be applied for the improvement of the roads through the section of the country Penalty not where the offence was committed; Provided always, that the incurred by furnishing penalty in this Act mentioned shall not be incurred by the furspirits by nishing to any Indian any spirituous liquor by a Medical man, medical direction. in case of sickness, or under the direction of any Medical man. be collected. Preamble. III. ch. 8, sec 3 VIC.-CAP. 14. An Act to prevent the Introduction of Spirituous Liquors into the Common Gaols of this Province. [Passed 10th February, 1840.] WHEREAS it is necessary to prevent the practice of secretly See 32 Geo. introducing spirituous liquors into the common Gaols of this 15; 1 Vic. c. 5. Province: Be it, &c., That if any person or persons shall, after If any person the passing of this Act, give, convey or supply to any prisoner shall supply confined in any common Gaol or House of Correction in any District in this Province, any rum, brandy, whiskey or other spirits to a prisoner in gaol. victed before spirituous liquors, contrary to such rules and regulations as And be conhave been or shall be hereafter from time to time established two Justices, by law, every such offender being duly convicted thereof he may be before two Justices of the Peace, shall be liable to pay a fine not exceeding five pounds. fined £5. 3 VIC.-CAP. 17. An Act to alter and amend an Act passed in the thirty-second year of the reign of His late Majesty King George the Third, intituled, "An Act to establish the Winchester Measure throughout this Province. [Passed 10th February, 1840.] on oath to be 3.-And be it, &c., That the information of the Inspector Inspector's upon oath shall in future be considered prima facie sufficient information evidence for a conviction, in not complying with the other prima facie requisitions and provisions of the said Act. 3 VIC. CAP. 73. An Act to amend an Act passed in the ninth year of the reign of King George the Fourth, Chapter two, intituled "An Act for the relief of the Religious Societies therein mentioned.” (Royal Assent promulgated 3rd December, 1841.) evidence; see 12 Vic. c. 85. 9 Geo. 4, c. 2, WHEREAS it is expedient and desirable to allow the several Preamble. Christian denominations recognised by the Statutes of this Province, to hold lands for the support of public worship, and the propagation of Christian knowledge: And whereus an Act passed in the ninth year of the reign of his late most Gracious Majesty King George the Fourth, intituled "An Act for the relief of the Religious Societies therein mentioned," does not permit them to hold land for any other purpose than for the site of a Church, Meeting-House or Chapel, and Buryingground, nor to a greater extent than five acres: Be it, &c., That so much of said Act as limits the powers of the several denominations mentioned in said Act to the quantity of five acres, and to the purposes for which lands shall be held, be and the same is hereby repealed. Repealed. Societies en 2.-And be it, &c., That the several Religious Societies mentioned in the said Act, shall and are hereby authorised to Religious hold lands in the manner specified in said Act, for the support titled to hold of public worship and the propagation of Christian knowledge, lands. as well as for the purposes mentioned in said Act, anything in Roman Catholic the Statutes commonly called the Statutes of Mortmain to the contrary notwithstanding. 3.-And be it, &c., That all the rights and privileges by this Act conferred upon the religious denominations in the first recited Act mentioned, shall be deemed and taken to extend in every respect to the Roman Catholic Church, to be exercised according to the government of the said Church. Preamble. A certain 4 & 5 VIC.-CAP. 43. An Act to repeal a certain Act therein mentioned, and to exempt the Members of Companies of Firemen, lawfully established, from serving as Jurors, or in the Militia, except in certain cases. [18th September, 1841.] WHEREAS it is expedient to repeal an Act passed by the Parliament of the late Province of Upper Canada, in the seventh year of the reign of His late Majesty King George the Fourth, and intituled, "An Act to make further and more Act of U. C. effectual provision for the prevention of Accidents by Fire in the several Police Towns in this Province," in order to extend the provisions of the same to the whole Province of Canada, Be it, &c., That the aforesaid Act shall be and is hereby repealed. repealed. The corpo ties, &c., in any city or town, in which a fire company may be law fully established may cause the members of such company to be exempted 2. And be it, &c., That whenever any Company or rate authori Companies shall have been regularly enrolled in any city, town or place, in which the formation of companies of firemen is by law authorized and regulated, it shall and may be lawful for the corporate authorities or Board of Police in such city or town, or if there be no such authorities or Board, for the Justices of the Peace of the District in which such town may be situate, in General Quarter Sessions assembled, or the majority of them, being satisfied of the efficiency of such persons and accepting their enrolment, to direct the Clerk of the from serving Peace for the district to grant to each member of such company a certificate that he is enrolled on the same, which certicertain other ficate shall exempt the individual named therein, during the period of his enrolment and his continuance in actual duty as 36, and 14 & such fireman, from Militia duty in time of peace, from serving 15 Vic. c. 85. as a juryman or a constable, and from all parish and town offices; any law, custom or usage to the contrary notwithstanding. as jurors, and from offices. See 12 Vic. c. |