Contracts, &c., made by the principal officers of Ord to the public service, to be enforced by of State. any such last mentioned principal Secretary for the time being, on behalf of Her said Majesty, shall, by virtue of this Act, be absolutely divested out of such Secretary of State so ceasing to hold such office as aforesaid; and shall, by virtue of this Act, be transferred to and vested in his successor in the said office, immediately upon his receiving the seals of the said department, absolutely; and the said lands, hereditaments, estates and property hereby vested and hereafter to be vested in the said last mentioned principal Secretary of State, shall, as to such of them as were or shall have been purchased, or are or shall be held for an estate of inheritance in fee simple, be so vested in such last mentioned principal Secretary of State, and his successors, in the same manner, as if the fee simple thereof had been originally conveyed to such principal Secretary of State as a corporation sole, and his successors, and as to all lands, hereditaments and property purchased or held for any less estate than an estate of inheritance in fee simple, as if the same lands, hereditaments and property had been originally conveyed, surrendered, demised, or otherwise assured to such principal Secretary of State as a corporation sole, and his successors, for all existing estates or interest therein respectively, and so from time to time. III. All contracts, covenants and agreements heretofore made or entered into by any person or persons whomsoever with the said principal officers of the Ordnance, or any lands, nance, relating hereditaments, estates and property within this Island, vested in or agreed to be purchased by the principal officers, or in any wise relating to the public service relating to the departsuch Secretary ment, shall be deemed and taken to have been made and entered into with such principal Secretary of State as last aforesaid, and shall be executed and enforced by him in like manner, as if he had originally been party thereto, instead of the said principal officers of the Ordnance; and all proceedings whatsoever which have been, or might or may have been commenced, taken or done in the names of the said principal officers, on behalf of Her Majesty, shall and may hereafter be commenced, continued, taken and done in the name of such principal Secretary of State as aforesaid, in like manner (in the case of proceedings, already commenced, taken or done,) as if he had originally been party thereto, instead of the said principal officers of the Ordnance. Powers given by Act 7 V., c. 29, to bodies corporate to gell, to be exercised in favor of, and at the instance of the Secretary of State for the war department. IV. All powers by the said recited Act given to bodies politic or corporate, feoffees or trustees for charitable or other public purposes, tenants for life and tenants in tail, husbands, guardians, trustees, committees, curators and attorneys respectively, in the eighth section thereof mentioned, to contract and agree for the absolute sale or exchange of any messuages. lands, tenements, estates, or other hereditaments, or sale of any reversion, or the grant of any lease, and to convey, sur render, demise or grant the same accordingly, shall continue in full force, and hereafter may and shall be exercised and be acted under, or take effect in favor or at the instance of the last mentioned principal Secretary of State for the time being, Jon behalf of Her said Majesty, and for the public service, in the same manner, and as effectually as the said powers are in and by such recited Act given or created, or made exercisable in favor or at the instance of the said principal officers for the time being, on behalf of Her said Majesty, or for the public service; and all enactments, directions and provisions, in the said recited Act contained, shall continue in full force and effect, and may or shall at all times hereafter be by the last mentioned principal Secretary of State for the time being acted on, and take effect in favor of, and may be enforced by such last mentioned principal Secretary, and his successors, on behalf of Her Majesty and the public service. V. In every contract, conveyance, surrender, lease, or other assurance of any lands, hereditaments, estates or property within this Island, with, unto, or by the last mentioned principal Secretary of State for the time being, and in every other deed or instrument relating to any such lands, hereditaments, estates or property, or in any wise to the public service, connected with the department to which the last mentioned principal Secretary of State, shall be or shall be intended to be a party, it shall be sufficient to call or describe him by the style or title of "Her Majesty's principal Secretary of State for the war department," without naming him; and every such contract, lease, conveyance, surrender, assurance, deed or instrument may be executed by such last mentioned principal Secretary of State, or by any other of Her Majesty's principal Secretaries of State for the time being, by signing his name thereto; and if the instrument so executed be in the form of a deed, by setting or affixing a seal thereto, and delivering the same as his deed; and whenever any contract, conveyance, surrender, lease, assurance, deed or instrument shall be executed by any other principal Secretary of State than the principal Secretary of State for the war department, the principal Secretary of State so executing the same shall, for that time, and on that occasion, and for the purposes thereof, so far as relates to this Island, or any lands or other property therein, be deemed to be the principal Secretary of State for the war department. САР. ХХ. An Act to incorporate the trustees of Saint David's Church, in Georgetown. This Act remains in force, but has been printed in the volume of private and local Acts, pursuant to Act 24 Vic., c. 3. CAP. XXI.. Altered and amended by 24 Vic., c. 34. Recited Acts repealed. Electoral dis tricts and polling places. An Act to increase the number of members to serve in the General Assembly, and to consolidate and amend the laws relating to elections.* [Passed April 14, 1856.] WHEREAS it has become necessary to revise and consoli date the several laws now in force relating to the election of members to serve in the General Assembly of this Island, and in some respects to alter the same, inasmuch as a fairer and better representation of the public interests would be obtained, if the electoral districts were more equally subdivided and constituted with regard to their topographical position and extent, and also if the number of the said electoral districts were increased, by having four such districts in each County instead of three: Be it therefore enacted, by the Lieutenant Governor, Council and Assembly, That from and after the passing of this Act, the several Acts hereinafter mentioned shall be, and the same are hereby respectively repealed, that is to say: an Act made and passed in the eleventh year of Her present Majesty's reign, intituled "An Act to consolidate and improve the laws for the election of members to serve in the General Assembly;" an Act made and passed in the sixteenth year of Her present Majesty's reign, intituled "An Act to extend the elective franchise;" an Act made and passed in the seventeenth year of Her present Majesty's reign, intituled "An Act relating to the polling divisions of the second electoral district of Queen's County." II. The several Counties, that return members to serve in the General Assembly in this Island, shall be divided into electoral districts as hereinafter mentioned and set forth, and there shall be as many polling divisions in each of such districts, and in each of the towns, commons and royalties in this Island, at or near which a poll may be conveniently held, as may be Electors to be requisite for the purpose of polling in one day all electors; and at all future elections, the poll, when a poll shall be required, shall be taken in the said polling divisions at or near the places in each district, town, and the common and royalty thereof, for that purpose, hereinafter named and appointed. polled in one day. Electoral dis III. The electoral districts in the several Counties in this tricts of Coun- Island shall be known and described as follows, that is to say: in the County, of Prince County the first district shall comPrince County. prise and include the several townships following, that is to ties. * Sections 9, 19, 21, 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 31, 70 and 80 of this Act, and also such other parts thereof as authorized Princetown and Royalty and Township No. is to return members, are repealed by 24 Vic., c. 34. Queen's County. say: townships numbers one, two, three, four, five and six, and Savage island; the second district shall comprise and include townships numbers seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve and thirteen; the third district shall comprise and include townships numbers fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, and seventeen; and the fourth district shall comprise and include townships numbers nineteen, twenty-five, twenty-six, twenty-seven and twenty-eight, and Indian island: in the County of Queen's County the first district shall comprise and include townships numbers twenty, twenty-one, twenty-two, twenty-nine, thirty and sixty-seven; the second district shall comprise and include townships numbers twenty-three, twenty-four, thirtyone, thirty-two and sixty-five, Peter's island and Saint Peter's island; the third district shall comprise and include townships numbers thirty-three, thirty-four, thirty-five, thirty-six, thirtyseven and forty-eight; and the fourth district shall comprise and include townships numbers forty-nine, fifty, fifty-seven, fifty-eight, sixty and sixty-two, and Governor's island and in the County of King's County, the first district shall com- King's County. prise and include townships numbers forty-three, forty-four, forty-five, forty-six and forty-seven; the second district shall comprise and include townships numbers thirty-eight, thirtynine, forty, forty-one, forty-two and fifty-six; the third district shall comprise and include townships numbers fifty-one, fifty-two, fifty-three, fifty-four, and fifty-five, and Boughton island; and the fourth district shall comprise and include townships numbers fifty-nine, sixty-one, sixty-three, sixtyfour and sixty-six, and the several islands in the harbor of Murray harbor, together with Panmure island. Electoral districts to be diling divisions. vided into pol sions in first Polling divielectoral disCounty. trict of Prince IV. Each and every electoral district aforesaid shall be divided into polling divisions as hereinafter mentioned in the first electoral district of Prince County, there shall be three polling divisions; the first of which shall comprise and include townships numbers one, two, and that portion of township three north of Kildare River, and the poll shall be held at or near William Hubbard's store, on township number one; the second division shall comprise and include those parts of townships numbers four, five and six, west of the Western road, and the farms fronting on the Western road, and the poll shall be held at or near Yeo's mills, on township number five; and the third polling division shall comprise and include those parts of townships numbers four, five and six, east of the Western road, and that portion of township three south. of the Kildare River, and the poll shall be held at or near the Dock Church, on township number four: in the second elec- Polling divitoral district of Prince County there shall be three polling sions in second divisions; the first of which shall comprise and include town- trict of Prince ships numbers seven, eight and nine, and the poll shall be County. electoral dis Polling divisions in third electoral dis County. Polling divi sions in fourth trict of Prince County. electoral dis held at or near Carey's,* near the boundary line between townships seven and eight; the second division shall comprise and include townships ten and eleven, and the poll shall be held at or near the Lot eleven mills; the third polling division shall comprise and include townships twelve and thirteen, and the poll shall be held at or near Barlow's mills, township twelve:* in the third electoral district there shall be four polling divisions; the first of which shall comprise and include township fourteen, and the poll shall be held at or near the Catholic trict of Prince Chapel on the said township; the second polling division shall comprise and include township fifteen, and that part of township sixteen west of Ellis River, and the poll shall be held at Joseph Arsneaux's, Abraham's village; the third polling division shall comprise and include all that part of township number sixteen east of Ellis River, and the poll shall be held at or near James Lyle's, on said township; the fourth polling division shall comprise and include township seventeen, and the poll shall be held at the Court-house, Saint Eleanor's:† in the fourth electoral district there shall be five polling divisions; the first of which shall comprise and include township number nineteen, and the poll shall be held at or near New Annan, on said township; the second polling division shall comprise and include township number twenty-five, and the poll shall be held at or near the Cross roads, Freetown, on the said township; the third polling division shall comprise and include township number twenty-six and Indian island, and the poll shall be held at or near Hooper's corner, Bedeque, on the said township; the fourth polling division shall comprise and include township number twenty-seven, and the poll shall be held at or near Searletown, on the said township; and the fifth polling division shall comprise and include township twentyeight, and the poll shall be held at or near the Cross roads, north of Lord's mill bridge, on the said township: and in the first electoral district of Queen's County there shall be six polling divisions; the first of which shall comprise and include those portions of townships numbers twenty and twenty-one north of South-west River, and the poll shall be held at or near Johnston's mill, on township number twenty; the second polling division shall comprise and include those portions of townships numbers twenty and twenty-one south of the Southwest river, and the poll shall be held at or near Graham's Cross Roads, on township number twenty-one; the third polling division shall comprise and include township number twenty-two, and the poll shall be held at or near Joseph Doyle's, Millvale road, on the said township; the fourth polling division shall comprise and include township number sixty-seven, and the poll shall be held at or near the Church, Anderson's road, on the said township; the fifth polling division shall comprise and include township twenty-nine, and the See 24 Vic., c. 34, s. 8. Polling divisions in first electoral district of Queen's County. + See 24 Vic., c. 34, s. 4 and 6. |