not see the said G. H. execute the said deed, and the said deed was not executed by the said G. H., and the said A. B. did thereby commit wilful and corrupt perjury. County or District { of Subornation of Perjury. Same as last form to the end, and then proto wit: ceed-And the Jurors further present, that before the committing of the said offence by the said A. B., to wit, on the day of in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and CAP. XCIII. Preamble. Supervisor to be an Officer of Crown An Act to connect the Office of the Supervisor of Cullers with the Crown Land Department. W [Assented to 30th May, 1855.] HEREAS it is expedient and necessary that the Office of Supervisor of Cullers in Quebec should be connected. with the Crown Land Department, for all purposes of information and statistics, and the general government of the trade, as well as with the view of being made auxiliary to the Collection of the Revenue accruing from Timber cut on Public Lands: Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada, constituted and assembled by virtue of and under the authority of an Act passed in the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and intituled, An Act to re-unite the Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada, and for the Government of Canada, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, as follows: I. In all matters not affecting the actual culling and measu rement of Timber, Lumber or other Wood, the Supervisor of Lands, except Cullers shall be deemed to be an Officer of the Crown Land as regards Department, and shall render, through the Commissioner of actual culling Crown Lands, the Accounts and Statements required by the ment of Tim- nineteenth Section of the Act eighth Victoria chapter forty-nine, to be rendered to the Governor, and all such other accounts and statements as the Commissioner of Crown Lands shall require from him. and measure. ber. Appointments in his office. II. All appointments in the Supervisor's Office shall in future be made by the Governor in Council. Supervisor III. It shall be lawful for the Supervisor of Cullers to endorse may withhold upon the specifications of measurement of Timber, Lumber or specifications other Wood, the amount of Crown dues accrued thereon, and to withhold withhold such specifications from the parties interested therein, until Crown until the said Crown dues are paid or secured to the satisfac- dues are paid. tion of the Crown Timber Agent appointed to collect the same; and further to withhold such specifications until the Crown Timber Agent has received satisfactory evidence of the quantities of Timber respectively exempt from and subject to the Crown dues. CAP. XCIV. An Act to amend the Act to provide for the formation of Joint Stock Companies for supplying Cities, Towns and Villages with Gas and Water. W [Assented to 30th May, 1855.] WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for increasing, in Preamble. certain cases, the Capital Stock of Joint Stock Com panies, formed under the provisions of an Act passed in the sixteenth year of Her Majesty's Reign, chapter one hundred and seventy-three, and intituled, An Act to provide for the 16 V. c. 173. formation of Joint Stock Companies for supplying Cities, Towns and Villages with Gas and Water, and otherwise to amend the provisions of the said above recited Act: Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada, constituted and assembled by virtue of and under the authority of an Act passed in the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and intituled, An Act to re-unite the Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada, and for the Government of Canada, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, as follows: may be in at a General I. That whenever or so often as a majority of the Directors of Capital of a any Company, which shall be or shall remain incorporated Company under the provisions of the said above recited Act, shall be of creased by opinion that the Capital Stock thereof is insufficient for the consent of the purposes for which the said Company was incorporated, it shall Stockholders and may be lawful for them to call a General Meeting of the Meeting. Stockholders of such Company, giving at least ten days' notice of the time and place of Meeting, either by advertisement in one or more Newspapers published in the City, Town or Village where the operations of such Company shall be carried on, or by a circular addressed to each Stockholder, and mailed at least ten days previous to the time appointed for holding such Meeting. And it shall and may be lawful for the majority By-law for of the Stockholders, who may attend or be present at such increase of meeting, to pass a By-law for increasing the Capital Stock of Steck. such Company to such amount as they may deem necessary for carrying out the purposes of such Company, (provided that the whole Capital shall not exceed the amount limited by the Limitation. third section of the said above recited Act,) and for authorizing the raising of such additional Capital by increasing the number of of Shares of Five pounds each, into which the Capital of such Subscription Company is or may be divided, and for enabling the Directors. to receive Subscriptions for the whole or for any part of such additional Capital from any person or persons, bodies corporate or otherwise whatsoever, under such regulations as may be made by the Directors in that behalf. Books. Subscribers II. And be it enacted, that the name of every Subscriber for names to be any new or additional Stock so authorized to be subscribed for in entered on any such Company, shall be forthwith entered as that of a StockRegister of Stockholders. holder in the register of Stockholders of such Company, with the date of Subscription and number of Shares subscribed for; Liability of a and thereupon such Stockholder shall become liable to the Direc new Share holder. Sect. 9 of the said Act tors of every such Company for the payment of the full amount subscribed in such instalments and at such times as the said Directors may be authorized to call the same in, and such Stockholder shall be subject to all the conditions, restrictions and liabilities, and entitled to all the rights, privileges, benefits and advantages to which the original Stockholders shall thenceforth be subject or entitled. III. And be it enacted, that the Ninth Section of the said before recited Act, be and the same is hereby amended by omitting the words "Three months," and inserting in lieu between calls thereof the words "One month," as the time which shall inter amended-as to intervals on Stock. President or vene between the calls for any two Instalments; provided that such amendment shall not apply to the Original Stock of any Company formed before the provisions of this Act shall come into force, but the said Ninth Section as so amended shall apply to the Stockholders of any new or additional Stock subscribed for in any such Company subsequently to this Act coming into force and under the authority thereof. IV. And be it enacted, that the President or any three Directors three Diree of any such Company shall have power to call a Special General tors may call a Special Gen. Meeting of the Stockholders thereof for any purpose, giving at. eral Meeting, least ten days' notice thereof by advertisement in one or more and how. Powers of at such Meet ings. Newspapers published in the City, Town or Village where the business of the Company is carried on, or by circular mailed to the address of each Stockholder at least ten days previous to the time appointed for holding such Meeting. V. And be it enacted, that a majority of Stockholders of any Stockholders such Company present at any Special General Meeting shall have power to make and enact such By-laws as in the said before recited Act were authorized to be made and enacted by, such Companies, and shall also have power to make By-laws for the following purposes: Increasing or diminishing number of Directors. 1st. For increasing or diminishing the number of Directors for managing the affairs of such Company, provided that the number shall not exceed nine including the Mayor of the Municipality Municipality holding Stock in said Company to the amount of two thousand five hundred pounds or upwards, as prescribed by the third proviso to the fourth sub-section of the fifteenth section of the Act passed in the sixteenth year of Her Majesty's Reign, intituled, An Act to amend the Municipal Acts of Upper Canada, nor be less than three including such Mayor, and 16 V. c. 181. for determining the number of Shares it shall be necessary for a Stockholder to hold to qualify him to act as a Director. Provided always that a majority of the number of Directors mentioned in such By-law shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. 2nd. For providing for the payment of Directors or for the Paying Direc appointment of one or more paid Directors. tors. Srd. For amending, altering or repealing any By-law of Amending such Company, made under the authority of this or any other By-laws. Act of Parliament passed or to be passed hereafter. not to be laid VI. And be it enacted, that when any such Company shall Pipes of other have laid down Main Pipes for the supply of Gas or of Water Companies in or through any of the Streets, Squares or Public Places of within a cerany City, Town or Village, it shall not be lawful for any other tain distance person or persons whatsoever, bodies corporate or politic, with- of those of this Company. out the consent of such Company first had and obtained, nor otherwise than upon payment to such Company of such compensation as may be agreed upon, to lay down any Main Pipe for the supply of Gas or Water within six feet thereof, or when it shall be impracticable to cut drains for such Main Pipes at a greater distance, then as nearly six feet as the circumstances of the case will admit. stituted for Trustees un VII. And be it enacted, that the said first before recited Act Directors subbe further amended by omitting the words "Trustee " or "Trustees," wherever the same may occur in the said Act, der the said and by inserting in lieu thereof the words "Director, " or Act. "Directors" provided that in all proceedings which may have been had or taken under the said Act, or in or about any Company incorporated thereunder, the word "Trustees, wherever the same shall occur, or shall have occurred, shall be taken to be and be construed to mean the Directors. VIII. And be it enacted, that the Forty-third section of the Sect. 43 said first before recited Act shall be incorporated with this incorporated Act, and apply equally to the provisions thereof. with this Act. CAP. CAP. XCV. Preamble. 18 V. c. 11. Section 21 amended. Penalty on unauthorized persons acting An Act to amend An Act to regulate the Inspection of W [Assented to 30th May, 1855.] HEREAS it is expedient to amend an Act of the Legislature of the Province of Canada, passed in the present Session thereof, intituled, An Act to regulate the Inspection of Pot and Pearl Ashes: Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada, constituted and assembled by virtue of and under the authority of an Act passed in the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and intituled, An Act to re-unite the Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada, and for the Government of Canada, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, as follows: I. The words" or packer," in the twenty-first section of the said Act, shall be and they are hereby repealed; and the said twenty-first section shall hereafter be read as if the said words 66 or packer" had never been inserted therein. II. Any person not being duly authorized under the said Act, who shall in any manner whatever assume the title or office of as Inspectors. Inspector of Pot or Pearl Ashes, shall exercise any of the duties. of such Inspector, or shall issue any bill, certificate or declaration establishing or purporting to establish the quality of any Pot Ashes or Pearl Ashes, shall, for every such offence, incur a penalty of Five Pounds currency, which may be recovered in the manner prescribed by the twenty-second section of the said Act, or by summary conviction before any Justice of the Peace, who, in default of immediate payment, may issue a Warrant of Distress, or commit the offender to the common gaol until such penalty be paid. Interpretation. Preamble. III. All the provisions of the said Act shall apply to this Act, in so far as they are not inconsistent with the provisions hereof. CAP. XCVI. An Act to regulate Savings Banks, and to repeal the Act now in force for that purpose. [Assented to 30th May, 1855.] WHEREAS experience has proved that the Act now in force for regulating Savings Banks do not afford that security to Depositors to which they are entitled at the hands of the Legislature, and it is therefore expedient to repeal the said Act, and to make better provisions instead thereof: Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and |