SCHEDULE-Continued. SERVICE. A sum not exceeding Currency. Currency. Various Public Works and Services-Continued. Expenditure on Removal of Seat of Government, since 1st Expenditure on Public Buildings, Furniture, &c., at Toronto, Light House on Snake Island, Lake Ontario. St. Maurice River, Slides at the Grais, Booms, &c., to be Towards the works at the head of the Richelieu Rapids, to Towards further improvement of Custom House, Hamilton. Post Office, London Preparing accommodation for Female Lunatics, Toronto.. Do. Survey of the Ottawa. Burlington Bay Piers.... Opening of the Was'e Lands of the Crown in Lower and Upper Canada, one-half the amount to be expended in each section.. Total Currency... Literary Institute of St. Michel de Bellechasse. Aid to the Aurora Mechanics' Institute and Library Association.. do do North Wellington Farmers' and Mechanics' Institute. 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 50 0 0 St. John's Library Association.... 50 0 0 66 66 St. Andrew's Library Association and Mechanics' Institute.. 50 0 0 50 0 0 66 50 0 0 66 Stanstead Library Association and Mechanics' Institute... ville--Brockville--Bytown--Cobourg--Perth--Picton-- Césaire-West Flamborough--Galt-Lachute-Bowmanville-- 3400 0 0 £3900 0 0 Preamble. CAP. LXXXVII. An Act for the Inspection of Flour, Indian Meal and [Assented to 1st July, 1856.] HEREAS it is expedient to amend and to consolidate as amended, the several Acts regulating the inspection of Flour and Meal in this Province: Therefore, Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Assembly of Canada, enacts as follows: Acts repealed. I. The Act passed in the Session held in the fourth and fifth 4 & 5. V. c. 89. years of Her Majesty's Reign, and intituled, An Act to regulate the Inspection of Flour and Meal, and the Act passed in the eleventh eleventh year of Her Majesty's Reign, and intituled, An Act to 11 V. c. 6. continue and amend the Act for the Inspection of Flour and Meal, and to provide for the Inspection of Oatmeal, and the Act passed in the session held in the thirteenth and fourteenth years of Her Majesty's Reign, and intituled, An Act to amend and to 13 & 14 V. c. continue as amended the Laws regulating the Inspection of Flour 29. and Meal, shall be and are hereby repealed: but the repeal Acts repealed thereof shall not revive any Act or provision of law repealed by them not to by the said Acts or any of them, but the same shall remain repealed. revive. affected. contracts refer II. Provided always, that nothing in this Act shall invalidate Existing Conor in any way alter the true intent and meaning of any existing tracts not to be contract for the purchase or sale of Flour or Meal, based on the standard of inspection heretofore established and in use in Quebec, Montreal, Toronto, Kingston and Hamilton; and the How flour to quality of all or any Flour or Meal so contracted for, purchased or which such sold, shall, on the requisition of any party interested in such con- shall be intract, purchase or sale, be ascertained and tested by the Inspector spected and according to the standard of inspection in use by him imme- branded. diately previous to this Act taking effect; and the said Inspector shall give a certificate of the quality of such Flour or Meal according to the said standard, but shall, nevertheless if required, brand on the barrels the quality of the Flour or Meal according to the standard of inspection under this Act. thorities to ap office of III. From and after the passing of this Act, it shall be lawful Boards of for the Board of Trade in the Cities of Quebec, Montreal, Toronto, Trade, and Kingston and Hamilton, respectively, and for the Municipal Municipal auAuthorities in other places where Inspectors may be required point exafor the purposes of this Act, to appoint a Board of Examiners miners of of applicants for the office of Inspector of Flour and Meal, and plicants for the from time to time to remove such Examiners and appoint others Inspector. in their stead; and such Board of Examiners shall in the Cities of Quebec and Montreal, respectively, consist of five, and in other places of three fit, proper and skilful persons resident in the place or in the immediate vicinity of the place, for which they are respectively to act; and such Examiners shall before acting as such, severally take and subscribe the following Oath, before any one of Her Majesty's Justices assigned to keep the Peace, within the District, County or City in which such Examiners are respectively to act; and such Justice is hereby required and authorized to administer the same: "I, A. B., do swear, that I will not directly or indirectly, per- Oath of office sonally or by means of any person or persons on my behalf, of Examiners. "receive any fee, reward, or gratuity whatever by reason of any "function of my Office as Examiner, and that I will therein "well and truly in all things act without partiality, favour or "affection, and to the best of my knowledge and understanding. "So help me God." Inspector to be examined. Mayor or chief IV. The Mayor of the said Cities of Quebec, Montreal, Toronto, Municipal offi Kingston and Hamilton, respectively, and the Mayor or Chief cer to appoint Municipal Officer of any other place as aforesaid, for the time an Inspector. being, shall and may from time to time, by an instrument under his hand and the seal of the Corporation, nominate and appoint an Inspector of Flour and Meal, for each of the said Cities and other places, as aforesaid, and may from time to time remove any such Inspector and appoint another in his stead; but no person shall be appointed as such Inspector who shall not previously to his appointment as such have undergone an examination before the Board of Examiners of the place for which he is to be appointed, as to fitness, character and capacity, in the manner hereinafter provided; nor shall any person be appointed an Inspector of Flour and Meal unless approved of and recommended as such by such Board of Examiners, or a majority of them, pursuant to such examination, nor in any place in which there shall be a Board of Trade, except on the requisition of such Board, with which the Mayor or Chief To give secu- Municipal Officer shall be bound to comply; and before any To be appoint ed on requisi tion of Board of Trade. rity. Inspector shall act as such, he shall furnish two good and sufficient sureties, jointly and severally with himself, for the due performance of the duties of his office, in the sum of five hundred pounds, currency, if such Inspector be appointed for the City of Quebec or for the City of Montreal, and in the sum of two hundred and fifty pounds currency, if such Inspector be appointed for the City of Toronto or of Kingston or Hamilton, or for any other place for which an Inspector may be appointed; and such sureties shall be approved by the Mayor or other Chief Municipal Officer by whom the Inspector shall have been Form of Bond, appointed, in whose keeping the Bond shall remain; and the Bond shall be executed to Her Majesty, Her Heirs and Successors in the form used with regard to sureties from persons appointed to Offices of Trust in this Province, and shall avail to the Crown and to all persons whomsoever who shall or may be aggrieved by any breach of the conditions thereof; and no such Inspector shall allow any person whomsoever to act for him about the duties of his Office, excepting only his sworn Assistant or Assistants, to be appointed in the manner hereinafter provided. &c. No one to act for him except his sworn assistant. Custody of Fee for inspecting it. Board of V. The Bond or Suretyship which shall be given or executed by any Inspector by virtue of this Act, shall be made and kept at the Office of the Clerk of the Corporation of the City, Town or place for which such Inspector shall be appointed, and every person shall be entitled to have communication and copy of any such Bond or Suretyship at such Clerks' Office, upon payment of one shilling, currency, for every communication, and two shillings and six pence, currency, for each copy. VI. Provided always, that the Board of Examiners to be conExaminers to stituted as aforesaid, shall be and they are hereby authorized and be assisted by required, before proceeding to the examination of any person who who may be hereafter desirous of being appointed an Inspector competent of Flour and Meal as aforesaid, to require the attendance of two persons. or more persons of the greatest experience and practice in the manufacture of Flour and Meal, or of the fullest knowledge of the qualities of Flour and Meal; and the said Board, in their Other persons discretion, are also hereby further authorized to permit any may put other person or persons to be also present at such examination, questions. and each and every of the said persons so required or permitted to attend, may, in the presence of the said Board, propose questions to the person then under examination touching and respecting his knowledge as to quality, manufacture or other matters relating to or connected with the Inspection of Flour and Meal. spector. VII. Each person examined, approved and recommended as Oath of aforesaid, shall, it appointed an Inspector of Flour and Meal as office to be aforesaid, before he shall act as such, take and subscribe an taken by InOath before any one Justice assigned to keep the Peace within the District, County or City in which he shall be appointed, (which Justice is hereby required and authorized to administer the same) in the words following, to wit: I, A. B., do solemnly swear, that I will faithfully, truly and Form of Oath. "impartially, to the best of my judgment, skill and understand"ing, execute and perform the office and duty of an Inspector of "Flour and Meal, and that I will not directly or indirectly, by "myself or by any other person or persons whomsoever, trade "or deal in Flour, Indian Meal or Oatmeal, or be connected in "any such Trade, nor purchase any Flour, Indian Meal or "Oatmeal of any description, otherwise than for the use and "consumption of my family, during the time I shall continue "such Inspector. So help me God." Which Oath shall be recorded in the Office of the Clerk of the Oath to be Corporation for the City, Town, or place where the same shall recorded. be taken; and for recording such Oath and for a Certificate thereof, the Clerk shall be entitled to demand and have the sum of two shillings and six pence, currency, and no more, and shall Fee for ingive communication or copy of the original to any person who specting it. shall apply for the same, on payment of one shilling, currency, for every such communication, and two shillings and six pence, currency, for each copy. VIII. Provided always, that any person who, at the time this Present InAct shall come into force, shall hold the Office of Inspector of spectors to be Flour and Meal for any place in this Province, shall on his ap- continued. plication to that effect immediately after the said time, be reappointed as Inspector under this Act, by the Mayor or Chief Municipal Officer of the place in which he shall have acted as Inspector, without any new examination or.any intervention of the Board of Trade, any thing in the foregoing sections of this Act, |