Statuts de la province du Canada

U. C. inay

admit B. Galvin to practise as attorney and

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-un 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:

The Courts in I. It shall and may be lawful for the Courts of Queen's Bench and Common Pleas in Upper Canada, in their discretion, to admit the said Bartholomew Galvin without further servitude or oath of allegiance to practise as an Attorney of the said Courts; And that it shall also be lawful for the Court of Chancery in Upper Canada aforesaid, in its discretion, to admit the said Bartholomew Galvin to practise as a Solicitor in the said Court of Chancery without further oath of allegiance or servitude as aforesaid; any law or usage to the contrary notwithstanding.

solicitor there.

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Public Act.

II. This Act shall be deemed a Public Act.

QUEBEC :-Printed by S. DERBISHIRE & G. DESBARATS,
Law Printer to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty.

FIRST SESSION, FIFTH PARLIAMENT.

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

Vol. II.-Part II.

LXVIII. An Act to explain an Act intituled: Act to amend the Acts

imposing duties of Customs,

LXIX. An Act making certain provisions rendered necessary for the

separation of the Counties of Halton and Wentworth,

LXX. An Act to amend the Act to authorize the construction of a

Railway from Galt to Guelph,

LXXI. An Act to extend the time for completing the Louth Harbour, 262

LXXII. An Act to incorporate the Evangelical Society established

at La Grande Ligne, in the District of Montreal, for the pur-

poses of education and religious instruction,

LXXIII. An Act to incorporate the College de Monnoir,

LXXIV. An Act to invest in Edward Shortis, of Toronto, Esquire,

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the road or concession allowance between lots numbers fifteen

and sixteen in the sixth concession of the Township of Thorah, 267

LXXV. An Act to enable the Farmers of Lower Canada more easily

to obtain Seed for the present year,

LXXVI. An Act to amend the Parliamentary Representation Act of

1853,

LXXVII. An Act to regulate the Militia of this Province, and to

repeal the Acts now in force for that purpose,

LXXVIII. An Act to secure the more efficient Auditing of the

Public Accounts,

LXXIX. An Act to abolish Postage on Newspapers published within

the Province of Canada, and for other purposes connected with

the Post Office Department of this Province,

LXXX. An Act to facilitate the negotiation of Municipal Deben-

tures,

LXXXI. An Act to ratify certain things done under the Act to

confirm the Reciprocity Treaty, and for other purposes,

LXXXII. An Act to legalize certain grants from the Municipalities

of this Province towards the Patriotic Fund,

LXXXIII. An Act to amend the Acts relating to Land Surveyors,

LXXXIV. An Act to amend the Joint Stock Company Rivers Im-

provement Act, and to extend it to Lower Canada,

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LXXXV. An Act to continue for a limited time the several Acts and

Ordinances therein mentioned, and for other purposes,

LXXXVI. An Act to amend the Act for better securing the Inde-

pendence of the Legislative Assembly of this Province,

LXXXVII. An Act to repeal two certain Acts therein mentioned,

and to extend the Elective Franchise of this Province,

LXXXVIII. An Act to alter the mode of drawing up the Provincial

Statutes,

LXXXIX. An Act to amend the Act amending the Act granting a
Civil List to Her Majesty, by increasing the Salaries of certain

Judicial Functionaries and other Qfficers therein mentioned, and
to fix those of certain other Public Officers,
XC. An Act for granting to Her Majesty certain sums of money re-
quired for defraying certain expenses of the Civil Government
for the year 1855, and certain other expenses connected with the
public service,

XCI. An Act relating to the Ordnance Lands and Naval and Military
Reserves in this Province, and for other purposes,

XCII. An Act to amend the Criminal Law of this Province,
XCIII. An Act to connect the Office of the Supervisor of Cullers with
the Crown Land Department,

XCIV. An Act to amend the Act to provide for the formation of Joint

Stock Companies for supplying Cities, Towns and Villages with

XCV. An Act to amend An Act to regulate the Inspection of Pot and

Pearl Ashes,

XCVI. An Act to regulate the Savings Banks, and to repeal the Act

now in force for that purpose,

XCVII. An Act to regulate proceedings in Appeals from the deci-

sions of Justices of the Peace in Summary Convictions,

XCVIII. An Act to provide temporarily for the payment of Petty

Jurors in Lower Canada, and to make better provisions for the

payment of certain judicial officers in that part of the Province,

XCIX. An Act to establish a Registry Office in and for each Electoral

County in Lower Canada,

C. Lower Canada Municipal and Road Act of 1855,

CI. An Act to abolish the publication in Courts of Justice in Lower

Canada of Acts containing substitutions, and to provide for their

Registration in the Registry Offices,

CII. An Act to abolish the right of Retrait Lignager,

CIII. An Act to amend the Seigniorial Act of 1854,

CIV. An Act to amend the Judicature Acts of Lower Canada,

CV. An Act to restrict in certain cases, the recusation of Judges in

Lower Canada,

CVI. An Act to facilitate the sale of immoveables charged with

hypothecs in cases in which the proprietor thereof is unknown

or uncertain,

CVII. An Act to enable creditors to attach the effects of debtors be-

fore Judgment, in cases under ten pounds,

CVIII. An Act to repeal certain Acts and to consolidate the laws

relating to Lessors and Lessees,

CIX. An Act to amend the Judicature Laws with respect to the

qualification and appointment of Bailiffs in Lower Canada,

CX. An Act to regulate the Proceedings on Forced Licitations, and

to give them the effect of Sheriff's Sales (Décréts),

CXI. An Act to amend the Act for the organization of the Notarial

Profession in Lower Canada,

CXII. An Act to amend the Acts and Ordinance concerning the

civil erection of Parishes, and the building and repairing of

Churches, Parsonage Houses and Church-yards,

CXIII. An Act to prevent furious driving on certain Highways in

Lower Canada,

CXIV. An Act for the protection of Fisheries in Lower Canada,
CXV. An Act to amend the Act of last Session relative to the Enre-
gistration of the Articles of Clerkship of Law Students, and for
other purposes therein mentioned,

CXVI. An Act to amend the Act for the encouragement of Building
Societies in Lower Canada,

CXVII. An Act to repeal so much of any law in force in Lower
Canada, as authorizes the sale of any property by the authority
of justice on Sundays,

CXVIII. An Act to explain an Act intituled, An Act to amend and

extend the law relative to the remedy by Replevin in Upper

Canada,

CXIX. An Act to authorize the Sale or Lease of Lands in Upper

Canada, held in Trust for the use of Congregations or Religious

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CXX. An Act further to amend the Act to establish Mutual Insurance
Companies in Upper Canada,
CXXI. An Act to provide means for the sale of lands, held for the
purposes of public Educational Institutions in Upper Canada,
when such lands cannot be conveniently used for such purposes, 531
CXXII. An Act to extend and continue the Act intituled, An Act to

provide for the accommodation of the Courts of Superior Juris-
diction in Upper Canada, and for other purposes,

CXXIII. An Act to explain and amend the Act establishing the
Court of Error and Appeal in Upper Canada,

CXXIV. An Act to amend the law as to Dormant Equities,

CXXV. An Act to extend the Jurisdiction of the Division Courts of

CXXVI. An Act to amend the Law relating to the custody of

Infants,

CXXVII An Act to amend the Registry Laws of Upper Canada,

CXXVIII. An Act to amend and consolidate the Acts relating to the

appointment of Reporters to the several Courts of Law and

Equity in Upper Canada, and to repeal certain Acts therein

mentioned,

CXXIX. An Act to remove doubts respecting certain Marriages in

Upper Canada,

CXXX. An Act to amend the Act to provide for the payment of

Jurors in Upper Canada, by providing that a City included.

within a County for judicial purposes, shall pay a fair proportion

of the sum required for the payment of Jurors in such County,

CXXXI. An Act to amend the laws relating to Separate Schools in

Upper Canada,

CXXXII. An Act to make further provision for the Grammar and
Common Schools of Upper Canada,
CXXXIII An Act to require that all By-laws of City, Town, Village
or Township Councils in Upper Canada, for raising money
upon the credit of such City, Town, Village or Township Cor-
porations, shall be approved by a majority of the Municipal
Electors before they come into force,

CXXXIV. An Act to amend the Act passed in the now last Session,

relative to certain duties of Excise in Upper Canada,

CXXXV. An Act to amend the laws concerning Inspectors of
Weights and Measures in Upper Canada,

CXXXVI. An Act to amend the Act to regulate the duties between
Master and Servant in Upper Canada,
CXXXVII. An Act to amend the Act relating to Line Fences and
Water Courses in Upper Canada,
CXXXVIII. An Act to repeal the Act of last Session, Chapter one
hundred and eighty-nine, and to regulate travelling on Public
Highways in Upper Canada,

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CXXXIX. An Act to amend the Upper Canada Road, Bridge, Pier
or Wharf Joint Stock Companies Act of 1853,

CXL. An Act to remove doubts as to the true application of the Act
to provide for the recovery of certain Rates and Taxes intended.
to be imposed by certain By-laws of the late District Councils
or County Councils, in Upper Canada,
CXLI. An Act to prohibit Interments in certain Burial Grounds in
the City of Quebec,

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CXLII. An Act to transfer to the City of Montreal, all the property,
rights and privileges heretofore enjoyed by the Wardens of the
House of Industry, in the City of Montreal, and for other purposes, 368
CXLIII. An Act to provide for the management and improvement of
the Harbour of Montreal and the deepening of the Ship Channel
between the said Harbour and the Port of Quebec, and to
repeal the Act now in force for the said purposes,

CXLIV. An Act to prevent the taking of Trout with nets in the
Lakes of the County of Saguenay,