Act not to affect bond 12. Nothing in this act contained shall be held to alter holders of com- or impair, in any manner, the rights and privileges of the existing bondholders of the company. pany. Preamble. Official plan and book of CAP. LXXVIII. An Act to correct a clerical error in the official Plan and · [Assented to 30th June, 1881] HEREAS, lot No. 327a, in the original of the officia plan and book of reference of the parish of Ste. Rose, was by error designated under the No. 328, on the copy of the said book of reference, deposited in the registry office for the county of Laval, and several deeds, affecting such lot, have been executed and enregistered under such erroneous number; And, whereas, the registrar of the said county of Laval has inserted, in the index to immovables of the said parish, the said lot No. 327a, under the No. 328, and lot No. 328, in the plan and book of reference aforesaid, has been entered in the index under the No. 329a, and one deed, affecting such lot, has been executed and registered under the No. 329a; and, whereas, it is necessary to provide for the correction of these of these errors; Therefore, Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislature of Quebec, enacts as follows: 1. The commissioner of crown lands is authorized to correference of rect and modify the official plan and book of reference of the parish of Ste. parish of Ste. Rose, so as to keep the numbers of the lots 328 Rose, may be and 329a, as entered in the index to immovables of this pacorrected. rish, so that the lot, designated in the original plan and book of reference under the No. 327a, shall, for the future be No. 328, and the lot designated in the said plan and book of reference under the No. 328 shall, for the future, be number 329a. Copy when to be deposited. Act not to Such correction shall be attested under the signature of the commissioner of crown lands. 2. The copy of the said plan and book of reference, deposited in the office of the registrar of the county of Laval, shall be corrected in the same manner as the original of the said plan and book of reference. 3. This Act shall not affect pending cases and shall come affect pending and in into force on the day of its sanction. cases force. CAP. LXXIX. An Act to authorize the cadastre of lot No. 18 of St. [Assented to 30th June, 1881.] HEREAS lot No. 18 of St. Lawrence ward, in the City of Montreal, was sub-divided and sold in lots after the coming into force of the cadastre without a plan and book of reference having been previously prepared, in accordance with article 2175 of the Civil Code; and whereas the formalities required by the Act 38 Vict., chap. 15, cannot be observed, owing to the refusal of some of the interested parties to sign the plan and book of reference; Therefore, Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislature of Quebec, enacts as follows: Lawrence 1. The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may order a Cadastre of plan and book of reference of the sub divisions of lot lot 18 of St. No. 18 of St. Lawrence ward, in the City of Montreal, to ward Montreal, be made by the Commissioner of Crown Lands, and a copy may be made. thereof to be deposited in the hands of the registrar. He may also, by proclamation, declare upon what day they shall come into force, and from and after the date so declared, the provisions of the Code and of its amendments, shall apply to such plan and book of reference. The expense of preparing such plan and book of reference Cost thereof shall be borne by the interested parties. CAP. LXXX. Act to declare binding certain steps taken by the school commissioners of the parish of St. Lin, for the establishment of a girls' model school or academy. [Assented to 30th June, 1881.] how borne. WHEREAS, it has been represented by, petition that Preamble. the school commissioners of the parish of St. Lin, in the county of l'Assomption, on the twenty eighth of December, one thousand eight hundred and seventy eight, adopted a by-law to levy an amount of three thousand dollars, in order to build a girls' model school or academy, in school district number two of the parish, together with a further sum of seven and a half per cent, to make up for any loss that might occur in the collection of such sum of three thousand dollars, and to meet any contingent and unforeseen expenses; whereas by an By-law of 28 1878 declared be authentic deed passed on the first day of April, one thousand eight hundred and seventy nine, the commissioners, in order to attain the object mentioned in the by-law, and in order at the same time to obtain the advantage of a girls' boarding school for their parish, entered into agreement with the community of" Les Soeurs des Saints Noms de Jesus et Marie," by which the community and the school commissioners agreed to furnish three thousand dollars each towards erecting, in the said school district, a building in which the community would establish a convent and a girls' Lodel school, under the control of the school commissioners for the parish; that an assessment roll was made in order to levy the amounts mentioned in the by-law and was homologated by the school commissioners, on the thirtieth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and seventy nine; that the community acting upon the faith of the agreements contained in the deed above mentioned, did erect a large building, which they now use as a convent as well as a girls' model school, under the control of the school commissioners ; that all but five of the tax-payers have paid the amounts exacted from them under the special assessment roll; that the legality of the steps taken by the school commissioners for the establishment of a girls' model school or academy for the parish of St. Lin, as well as the legality of the special assessment roll have been contested, and it is expedient that its provisions be confirmed, and that the special assessment imposed by the school commissioners be made obligatory upon all the rate payers of the parish; Whereas it is expedient to grant the prayer of this petition; Therefore, Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislature of Quebec, enacts as follows: 1. The by-law, adopted by the school commissioners of the said parish of St. Lin, on the twenty eighth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and seventy eight, to amount may levy an amount of three thousand dollars and a further sum of seven and a half per cent, in order to build a girls' model school or academy in school district number two of the parish, and the special assessment roll made for levying the sum above mentioned with the percentage of seven and a half per cent, are declared binding for all lawful purposes whatsoever, and all amounts due under the said special assessment roll, may be levied upon all the tax-payers, who may owe the same, and may be recovNotwithstand- ered from them notwithstanding any judgments which may have been rendered upon the alleged irregularity Proviso as or illegality of the special assessment roll, without preoosts thereon judice however to the rights of the parties, under such judgments with respect to the costs which may have been allowed them. ing judg ments. CAP. LXXXI. An Act to confirm the rights of ownership of Jean Olivier Chevrefils, in the lots numbers 104, 105 and 110 of the cadastre of the parish of Ste. Anne du Bout de l'Ile, in the county of Jacques Cartier. [Assented to 30th June, 1881.] HEREAS on the twenty-ninth of December, one Preamble. thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, the sheriff of the district of Montreal sold to Jean-Baptiste Decelles, mill-builder, of the parish of Ste. Anne du Bout de 'Ile, in the district of Montreal, "a lot of land situate and being in the parish of Ste. Anne du Bout de l'Ile de Montreal, of irregular form, containing what is comprised within the following limits, to wit: bounded in front by the Ottawa River, in rear partly by the public highway and partly by the cemetery; on one side to the North East, partly by Dosithee Crevier and partly by the said cemetery, the said lot terminating in a point; on the other side by the lot belonging to the late Colin Forbes; to be excepted however from the said lot, a piece of ground owned by the government, for communicating with the canal; containing about three thousand six hundred feet in superficies; together with a wooden sawmill, seized under execution in a suit in which the said Jean-Baptiste Decelles was plaintiff and Edward Thomas Jones was defendant; Whereas Jean-Baptiste Decelles continued in possession of the said lot from the said date, until the thirtieth of June 1877, when he was put into insolvency; Whereas Louis A. Auger, official assignee of St. Johns, Iberville, was appointed assignee of the insolvent estate of the said Jean-Baptiste Decelles and, in his quality as such, did, on the seventh day of January, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight, proceed to sell the immovable above described, in two separate portions and adjudged the same to the Reverend Georges L. Chevrefils; Whereas, with the consent of the inspector of the said insolvent estate and of the purchaser, the said assignee did obtain from the Superior Court, sitting at St. Johns, an order limiting the publication of new notices of sale, to one month, the first sale being considered illegal and null by all the parties interested, inasmuch as the cadastre of the county of Jacques Cartier had come into force and as the lot above described was shewn on the cadastre, under three numbers, to wit: one hundred and four, one hundred and five, and one hundred and ten of the parish of Ste. Anne du Bout de l'Ile, but it was, by omission, not designated under such numbers in the notices; Deed of sale of March 1, valid. Whereas, in the new notices of sale, the assignee did, however, only mention the official numbers one hundred and five and one hundred and ten, omitting, by error, to mention the number one hundred and four, although the intention of the assignee and of all the other parties interested was to sell the lots under the three numbers, and whereas, in fact the lot comprised under the above three numbers was adjudged, en bloc, by the assignee to Jean Olivier Chevrefils, on the twenty-sixth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and seventyeight, although mention was made only of the numbers one hundred and five and one hundred and ten, the purchaser being under the impression that he purchased the three lots. Whereas the adjudication took place on the said twenty-sixth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight, and the first notice of the sale was published in the Quebec Official Gazette, on the twenty-sixth day of January previous; Whereas doubts have arisen as to the right of ownership, conferred upon the purchaser, in the three lots under the official numbers one hundred and four, one hundred and five and one hundred and ten, by the deed of sale, passed in favor of the latter (Jean Olivier Chevrefils) by the assignee, Louis A. Auger; Whereas, by his petition, the said Jean Olivier Chevrefils has prayed the Legislature of Quebec for relief, and, in order to remove all doubts as to his right of ownership in the said lots, to pass an act to ratify and confirm his title thereto; And whereas, it is expedient to grant his prayer; Therefore, Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislature of Quebec, enacts as follows: 1. The deed of sale, passed on the first day of March, 1878, declared one thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight, before H. P. Pepin, Notary, from Louis A. Auger to Jean Olivier Chevrefils, is ratified and confirmed, and declared valid for all lawful purposes whatsoever. Right of certain lands conferred to J. O. Chevrefils. 2. The right of ownership of the said Jen Olivier ownership of Chevrefils, in the three lots numbers one hundred and four, one hundred and five and one hundred and ten, on the official plan and in the book of reference of the parish of Ste. Anne du Bout de l'Ile, in the county of Jacques Cartier, is ratified and confirmed, and the said Jean Olivier Chevrefils is declared to have been the owner of the three lots aforesaid, dating from the adjudication to him made on the twenty-sixth day of February one thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight, by the assignee of the insolvent estate of Jean Baptiste Decelles. |