between "the of public lands" and vendors of estate, for relands, in case Commissioner conveyance of of tenants refusing to at torn, &c. I. All contracts or agreements heretofore entered into or Agreements made, or hereafter to be entered into or made, by the Commissioner of public lands, with the vendor or vendors of any lands purchased or to be purchased by the Government, and conveyed to the Commissioner of public lands, under the said recited Act, for the conveyance or reconveyance to the vendors, or any other parties pointed out or named in the contract or agreeement, of any part or portion of lands purchased, in the event of any of the tenants refusing to attorn as aforesaid, or in the event of the occurrence of any other contingency named in the agreement or contract, shall be good and valid, and binding on the parties thereto, notwithstanding the same may involve the conveyance, by the Commissioner of public lands, of a greater quantity of land than three hundred acres, on any township, to any one person; and all deeds of conveyance or reconveyance, executed by the Commissioner of public lands, or to be executed, whether before or after the passing of this Act, in pursuance of any such agreement or contract, shall be held and deemed to have been, and hereafter to be good and valid in law, to convey to, and vest in the parties to whom the conveyance has been or shall be made, all the estate, right, title and interest of the said Commissioner of public lands, in and to the lands therein described and mentioned, to be thereby conveyed or released; and all his claim and demand on the same, and the lands so conveyed, or hereafter to be conveyed, shall be by the parties to whom the conveyance has been or shall be held made, (as the case may be), freed and discharged from the original deed of conveyance from the vendor or vendors to the Commissioner of public lands: provided always, that where Proviso. any such deed of conveyance or reconveyance shall have been executed by the Commissioner of public lands, or any other parties thereto, before the passing of this Act, the execution of the same must hereafter be again acknowledged by the Commissioner of public lands, and such other parties, in the presence of the Attorney or Solicitor general, for the purpose of giving it force and effect, before the same shall have any force or effect; but so soon as such reacknowledgment shall have taken place, the deed of conveyance or reconveyance, to which it shall relate, shall come into force and operation, and shall be deemed to have come into force and operation on the day on which it bears date or was executed by the Commissioner of public lands. II. If any tenant or occupier of any part of any lands heretofore conveyed, or hereafter to be conveyed to, or vested in the Commissioner of public lands, under the said recited Act, after having been called upon, in manner as required by the said Act, to come forward and purchase the land in his occupation, shall have neglected or refused so to do, or shall hereafter, after having been so called upon, neglect or refuse What to be deemed a refuthe part of a tenant, in order render his sal to attorn on to lands liable to be conveyed. Parties to whom reconveyances are made may sue in their own names for ar so to do, he shall be held to have refused to attorn to, or recognize the title of the Commissioner of public lands, under the conveyance to him of the lands, (as the case may be), and the land in his occupation liable to be conveyed or reconveyed to the original vendors, or otherwise, as before in this Act mentioned, in accordance with any agreement made, or to be made, for that purpose; and such conveyance or reconveyance to the original vendors, or otherwise, shall be good and valid, whether made either before the time set forth in the contract or agreement relating thereto, or at or after the time set forth. III. In bringing actions for rents, or arrears of rent, in respect of land so reconveyed, or hereafter to be reconveyed, and which have accrued or shall accrue to the parties to whom the reconveyance has been or shall hereafter be made, or to any party or parties, under or through whom they were, are, or rears of rents, may be entitled to claim the same, it shall be lawful for the parties to whom the reconveyance has been, or shall be so made, to bring all actions in their individual names, or otherwise, and as if the same had neverbeen vested in the Commissioner of public lands; and in no case shall it be necessary for them to sue in the Commissioner's name. &c. IV. In all cases, in which any such deed of conveyance or What proof required of vali- reconveyance, from the Commissioner of public lands, as bedity of deed of fore in this Act mentioned, shall be required to be given in reconveyance, where same shall be required to be given in evidence, &c. evidence, in order to prove that the estate of the Commissioner of public lands has thereby passed to the parties to whom the conveyance or reconveyance has been or shall be made, it shall be unnecessary to give further proof of the same, than to prove the signatures of the Commissioner of public lands, and of the Lieutenant Governor, signed or countersigned, or affixed to the same; which shall be sufficient proof of the deed of conveyance or reconveyance, and the validity thereof, to pass the estate of the Commissioner of public lands, in manner as therein mentioned, and entitle it to be given and received in evidence, for the purposes aforesaid, or for any other purpose, for which the same shall be required to be proved or given in evidence. Hxecuted. CAP. XXI. An Act for appropriating certain moneys therein mentioned, for the service of the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven. [Passed April 15, 1857.] ANNO VICESIMO PRIMO VICTORIÆ REGINÆ. 1858. Sir D. DALY, At the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Island of PRINCE EDWARD, begun and holden at CHARLOTTETOWN, the sixteenth day of February, Anno Domini 1858, in the twenty- Lt. Governor. first year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lady VICTORIA, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Queen, Defender of the Faith : Being the fourth session of the twentieth General Assembly convened in the said Island. CHAS. YOUNG, E: THORNTON, Speaker of H. of Assembly. CAP. I. An Act for raising a revenue. Expired. [Passed April 1, 1858.] RHODES CAP. II. Repealed by 24 An Act relating to the mode of summoning grand and petit jurors to serve under special commissions of oyer and terminer and general jail delivery, also to make provisions to prevent the failure of justice, on account of errors made in the return of jury panels, and for other purposes therein mentioned. BIBLIO BIA [Passed April 1, 1858.] Confirms ap pointment of CAP. III. An Act to confirm the appointment of constables and fence viewers for King's County made at the last term there of the Supreme Court. [Passed April 1, 1858.] This Act confirmed the appointment of Constables and Fence Viewers for King's County, in March Term, 1858, and all acts done by them respectively. HOUSE *OXFORD⭑ CAP. IV. Interest at the cent. per annum after to be is sued. 14 Vic. c. 20. WHE An Act to increase the rate of interest on treasury warrants. CAP. V. 15 Vic. c. 29. An Act to continue a certain Act therein mentioned relating to the Central Academy. [Passed April 1, 1858.] *** The Act 15 Vic. cap. 29, which was continued by this Act, has been repealed by 23 Vic. c. 17. CAP. VI. An Act to continue the Act regulating the publishing of 15 Vic., c. 31. WHEREAS the Act of the fifteenth Victoria, chapter thirtyone, intituled "An Act to regulate the publishing of 15 Vic. c. 31. notices and advertisements relating to the public service," will shortly expire, and it is deemed expedient to continue the same: Continues 15 I. Be it therefore enacted, by the Lieutenant Governor, Council and Assembly, That the said hereinbefore recited Vic. cap. 31, for Act of the fifteenth Victoria, chapter thirty-one, shall be, and ten years. the same is hereby continued in force for the period of ten years from the passing hereof, and from thence to the end of the then next session of the General Assembly, and no longer. CAP. VII. An Act relating to accidents by fire in Summerside, and for the removal of nuisances from the streets thereof. [Passed April 1, 1858.] This Act remains in force, but has been printed in the volume of private and local Aets, pursuant to Act 24 Vic. c. 3. CAP. VIII. An Act to make Bonds and other securities to the Crown binding on the real estate of the debtors. BE [Passed April 1, 1858.] E it enacted by the Lieutenant Governor, Council and Assembly, That all bonds, recognizances, and warrants of attorney, hereafter to be given for the payment of duties, or other debts or dues to Her Majesty, shall operate as a charge upon all lands, tenements and hereditaments, of or to which any person entering into, giving or executing the same, shall, at the date thereof, or at any time afterwards, until the amount secured be fully paid, be seized, possessed or entitled, for any estate or interest whatever, at law or in equity, whether in possession, reversion, remainder or expectancy, or over which such person shall, at the time of giving such bond, recognizance or warrant of attorney, (as the case may be), or at any time afterwards whilst it remains unsatisfied, have any disposing power which he might, without the assent of any other |