northern boundary line of the said Townships of Derby, Arran and Saugeen,) shall be annexed to and form part of the County of Waterloo and that every such Island in Lake Huron as shall lie further south than the said boundary line, shall form part of such of the said Counties of Huron or Bruce respectively as such Island shall lie most adjacent to. considered as issued under said Act, c. 78. 3.—And whereas the population of the said County of County of Perth exceeds twelve thousand, and from its geographical Perth to be position it is expedient that provision be made for its separation if a procla from the said Union without waiting till its population shall mation de be such as is required by the tenth section of the said Act sec. 10 of the recited in the Preamble to this Act: Be it, &c., That the said County of Perth shall, for all the purposes of the Act last aforesaid, be considered and dealt with as if a Proclamation had issued under the tenth section of the said Act, naming County the Town of Stratford as the County Town thereof, and erect- Town ap ing the Town Reeves of the said County then elected or there- pointed, &c. after to be elected for the same, into a Provisional Municipal Council for the said County, and declaring such Municipal Council a Provisional Municipal Council for the same under the said Act, until the dissolution of the Union of the said County with the Counties of Huron and Bruce; and the said Town Reeves shall accordingly be a Provisional Municipal Council for the said County of Perth, and shall have and exer cise all the powers by the said Act vested in any such Provisional Municipal Council. kept in the 4.-And be it, &c., That when the Union of the said A Registry County of Perth and the Counties of Huron and Bruce shall Office to be be dissolved in the manner provided by the Act aforesaid, a County of Registrar shall be appointed for the said County of Perth, and Perth. a Registry Office for the Registration of Deeds shall be kept in and for the same at the County Town thereof, in the same manner and under the same provisions as in other Counties in Upper Canada. 12 VIC.-CAP. 98. An Act to divide the Township of Cayuga, in the District of [25th April, 1849.] WHEREAS the Municipal Council of the District of Niagara Preamble. have by their Petition prayed that the Township of Cayuga in the said District, be divided into two Townships in the manner hereinafter mentioned, and by reason of the extent of the said Township, it is expedient so to divide the same: Be it, &c., That from and after the thirty-first day of December next, the said Township of Cayuga shall be and is hereby divided for all purposes whatsoever into two Townships, the one to be called Township of the Township of South Cayuga, and the other to be called the Cayuga divided into two Township of North Cayuga; and the said Township of South Townships. Cayuga shall consist of and include all that part of the present Township of Cayuga lying on the south side of the Grand Preamble. 12 VIC.-CAP. 99. An Act to divide the Townships of Leeds and Lansdown, in the District of Johnstown. [30th May, 1849.] WHEREAS the greater part of the Townships of Leeds and Lansdown, in the District of Johnstown, in Upper Canada, are divided by the waters of the Gananoque River, Wiltsie and South Lakes, so as to prevent convenient intercourse between the front and rear of the said Townships; and whereas the inhabitants of the front of the said Townships have for many years past been accustomed to hold Township Meetings together as one Township, under the name of the Front of Leeds and Lansdown, and to transact public business thereat for Municipal and other purposes, as if they were one Township; and the inhabitants of the rear of the said Townships have followed the like custom, under the name of the Rear of Leeds and Lansdown; and whereas it is desirable to confirm the custom which has so long prevailed, and to affirm and declare by law that such union of the said Townships shall be valid for the purposes aforesaid: Be it, &c., That all proceedings hitherto had hitherto had for Municipal or Election purposes by the inhabitants of the Township of Leeds residing in front of the sixth Concession of the said Township, and by the inhabitants of the Township of Lansdown residing in front of the seventh Concession of the said Township, assembled together for such . purposes, and all similar proceedings hitherto had by the inhabitants of the remaining portions of the said Townships assembled together for like purposes, shall be as valid and effectual in law as if the said Townships had been by Legislative enactment set apart and divided in the said manner for such purposes. Proceedings for certain purposes in Leeds and Lansdown legalized. Townships 2.-And be it, &c., That the first, second, third, fourth and Two new fifth Concessions of the said Township of Leeds, and the first, formed out of second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth Concessions of the said Leeds and Township of Lansdown, shall, for all Municipal and Election Lansdown. purposes, be united together and formed into a Township, to be called the Front of Leeds and Lansdown; and that the remainder of the said Townships for like purposes, shall be united together and formed into one Township, to be called the Rear of Leeds and Lansdown. 12 VIC.-CAP. 100. An Act to alter the boundary line between the Townships of [25th April, 1849.] WHEREAS from the local situation of the Townships of Preamble. Hallowell and Sophiasburgh, certain of the inhabitants thereof are now situated at an inconvenient distance from the places where the respective Township meetings are held, which inconvenience would be remedied by an alteration of the boundary line between the said Townships: Be it, &c., That that part Part of Soof the Township of Sophiasburgh lying west of Lot number phiasburgh sixty-four, in the first Concession, and of Lot number sixty-one Hallowell. in the second Concession, together with the Irvine and Gerow Gores, be taken from the Township of Sophiasburgh, and attached to and hereafter form part of the Township of Hallowell. annexed to Hallowell 2.-And be it, &c., That that part of the third Concession Part of from the Sophiasburgh line to the west side of Lot number annexed to fifty-one, be taken from the Township of Hallowell and attached Sophiasto and hereafter form part of the Township of Sophiasburgh. burgh. 12 VIC.-CAP. 101. An Act to appoint Commissioners to define the boundary line between the Township of Walpole, in the Niagara District, and the Township of Woodhouse, in the Talbot District. [30th May, 1849.] Commissioners appointed-their powers, duties, and remu neration. 12 VIC.-CAP. 102. An Act to repeal the Act defining the boundary line between the fourth Concessions of the Townships of Montague and North Elmsley. [30th May, 1849.] Statutes 10 & 11 Vic., Cap. 58, repealed. Preamble. 12 VIC.-CAP. 197. An Act to repeal a certain Act therein mentioned, and to make better provision for the Naturalization of Aliens. 30th May, 1849.-Presented for Her Majesty's Assent, and reserved for the signification of Her Majesty's pleasure thereon. 6th October, 1849.-Assented by Her Majesty in Privy Council. 23rd November, 1849.-The Royal Assent signified by the Proclamation of His Excellency the Earl of ELGIN AND KINCARDINE, Governor General. WHEREAS great inconvenience has been experienced in the practical operation of the Law granting to Aliens the Rights and Capacities of Natural-born British Subjects, and it is expedient to amend the same, as well for the purpose of remedying that inconvenience as with the view of affording greater security and facility in the possession and transfer of property: Be it, &c., That a certain Act of the Parliament of this Pro107, repealed. vince, passed in the ninth year of Her Majesty's Reign, and intituled, An Act to make further provision regarding Aliens, Proviso as to be and the same is hereby repealed; Provided always, that the Act 9 Vic. c. rights acquired under it. Aliens resi dent before 10th Feb. 1841, and their descendants naturalized. repeal of the said Act shall not affect the Naturalization of any person Naturalized under it, or any Rights acquired by such person or by any other party by virtue of such Naturalization, which shall remain as valid, and such Rights shall be possessed and enjoyed by such person or party as if the said Act were not repealed. 2.-And be it, &c., That all Aliens who had their settled place of abode in either of the late Provinces of Lower or Upper Canada before the tenth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-one, and who are still resident in this Province, shall be and are hereby admitted to and confirmed in all the Privileges of British birth, and shall be deemed, adjudged and taken to be and to have been Natural-born Subjects of Her Majesty, to all intents and purposes whatsoever, as if they and every of them had been born in this Province, and that the children or more remote descendants of every such person who may be dead, shall be allegiance. and are hereby admitted to the same Privileges which such parents or ancestors, if living, could claim under this Act: Provided always, nevertheless, that none of such persons Proviso as to (except females) who have not taken the oath or affirmation of oath of allegiance before some of Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace or other person duly authorized by Law to administer the same, shall be entitled to the benefit of this Act unless they shall take such oath or affirmation before such Justice or other person as aforesaid. resident on 3.-And be it, &c., That all Aliens who had their settled As to Allens place of abode in this Province, on the tenth day of February, 10th Feb. in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty- 1848. eight, not being of either of the descriptions of persons before mentioned, who shall have resided or shall continue to reside therein or in some other part of Her Majesty's dominions, until they shall have been resident inhabitants thereof for the space of seven years continually, without having been during that time stated residents in any foreign country, shall be and are hereby admitted to all the privileges of British birth, and shall be deemed, adjudged, and taken to be and to have been Natural-born subjects of Her Majesty to all intents and purposes whatsoever, as if they and every of them had been born in this Province: Provided always, nevertheless, that none of Proviso as to the persons described in this clause (except females), who have oath of not taken the oath or affirmation of allegiance before some of Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace or other person duly authorized by law to administer the same, shall be entitled to the benefit of this Act, unless they shall take such oath or affirmation before such Justice of the Peace or other person as aforesaid. allegiance. resident, or 4.—And be it, &c., That every Alien now residing in or as to other who shall hereafter come to reside in any part of this Province, Aliens now with intent to settle therein, who after a continued residence hereafter therein for a period of seven years or upwards, shall take the becoming so. oaths or affirmations of residence and allegiance (or the oath or affirmation of residence only if a female) and procure the see 2 Vic. c. same to be filed of record as hereinafter prescribed, so as to entitle him or her to a Certificate of Naturalization as hereinafter provided, shall thenceforth enjoy and may transmit all the rights and capacities which a Natural-born subject of Her Majesty can enjoy or transmit. 1. dence re 5. And be it, &c., That every such Alien shall take and Oath of resisubscribe the following Oath of Residence, or being one of quired in the those persons who are allowed by the laws of this Province to mentioned. case last |