Parliamentary Papers, 9. köideH.M. Stationery Office, 1831 |
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... Pounds Seventeen Shillings and Twopence , Halifax Currency . ( signed ) Samuel Romilly , Captain Royal Engineers . ESTIMATE of the Lower Branch of the proposed CANAL from Montreal to St. Mary's : ( the Navy Store . ) MILITARY : £ . s ...
... Pounds Seventeen Shillings and Twopence , Halifax Currency . ( signed ) Samuel Romilly , Captain Royal Engineers . ESTIMATE of the Lower Branch of the proposed CANAL from Montreal to St. Mary's : ( the Navy Store . ) MILITARY : £ . s ...
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... pounds , exclusive of two or three months ' rations of provisions and rum , might be allowed for the payment and subsistence of about 80 men , to be employed in making it passable for waggons during the summer . A reference to the ...
... pounds , exclusive of two or three months ' rations of provisions and rum , might be allowed for the payment and subsistence of about 80 men , to be employed in making it passable for waggons during the summer . A reference to the ...
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... pound is reserved between each , sufficiently wide for vessels to pass each other . It is proposed , from the head of the falls across all the Lakes , as well as their inlets and outlets , to allow 8 feet water in order to guard against ...
... pound is reserved between each , sufficiently wide for vessels to pass each other . It is proposed , from the head of the falls across all the Lakes , as well as their inlets and outlets , to allow 8 feet water in order to guard against ...
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... pound on the line of the Canal is thirty - one miles , exclusive of that part of the Lake which lies westward of the route , and which is esti- mated at seven miles in length . TOTAL · No. of Cubic Rate . Yards . £ . s . d . £ . s . d ...
... pound on the line of the Canal is thirty - one miles , exclusive of that part of the Lake which lies westward of the route , and which is esti- mated at seven miles in length . TOTAL · No. of Cubic Rate . Yards . £ . s . d . £ . s . d ...
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... pound sufficiently spacious for vessels coming in opposite directions to pass each other . • By dams at the outlets of the several lakes between Jones ' Rapids and the Rideau , the water is raised to the required depth of the Canal ...
... pound sufficiently spacious for vessels coming in opposite directions to pass each other . • By dams at the outlets of the several lakes between Jones ' Rapids and the Rideau , the water is raised to the required depth of the Canal ...
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Page 76 - An Act for the further security of His Majesty's person and Government, and the succession of the Crown in the Heirs of the late Princess Sophia, being Protestants, and for extinguishing the hopes of the pretended Prince of Wales, and his open and secret abettors...
Page 78 - ... and in any such action the defendant may plead the general issue, and give this Act and the special matter in evidence at any trial to be had thereupon...
Page 57 - Act, be it enacted, that all actions and prosecutions to be commenced against any person for any thing done in pursuance of this Act shall be laid and tried in the county where the fact was committed, and shall be commenced within six calendar months after the fact committed, and not otherwise...
Page 45 - ... every such offender shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and being convicted thereof, shall be liable, at the discretion of the court, to be transported beyond the seas for the term of seven years, or to suffer such other punishment by fine or imprisonment, or by both, as the court shall award...
Page 61 - ... the justice shall at the time of the conviction appoint, it shall be lawful for the convicting justice (unless where otherwise specially directed) to commit the offender to the common gaol or house of correction, there to be imprisoned only, or to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour...
Page 52 - Provided always, that if upon the Trial of any Person indicted for such Misdemeanor it shall be proved that he obtained the Property in question in any such Manner as to amount in Law to Larceny, he shall not by reason thereof be entitled to be acquitted of such Misdemeanor; and no such Indictment shall be removeable by Certiorari ; and no Person tried for such Misdemeanor shall be liable to be afterwards prosecuted for Larceny upon the same Facts.
Page 80 - Matter shall arise, there to remain, without Bail or Mainprize, for any Time not exceeding two Calendar Months, unless such Penalties and Forfeitures, and all reasonable Charges, shall be sooner paid.
Page 65 - Plaintiff in any such Action, such Plaintiff shall not have Costs against the Defendant, unless the Judge before whom the Trial shall be shall certify his Approbation of the Action, and of the Verdict obtained thereupon.
Page 57 - ... conviction may appeal to the next Court of General or Quarter Sessions which shall be holden not less than twelve days after the day of such conviction for the county or place wherein the cause of complaint shall have arisen ; provided, that such person shall give to the complainant a notice in writing of such appeal, and of the cause and matter thereof, within three days...
Page 62 - ... shall be committed to the common gaol or house of correction, there to be kept to hard labour for such term, not exceeding twelve calendar months, as the convicting justice shall think fit...