made; Fee for filing, XVI. And be it enacted, That any purchaser or purchasers Duplicate shall for his or their security, as well as that of the said Cor- transfer to be poration, have a Duplicate or Duplicates of the Deed or Act of Transfer made unto him or them, and executed by both parties, one whereof so executed shall be delivered to the said Directors, or to the Secretary for the time being, to be filed And filed. and kept of record for the public use of the said Corporation, and upon the filing thereof an entry thereof shall forthwith be made in the Book or Books to be kept by the said Secretary for that purpose, for which no more than two shillings and six &c. pence currency shall be paid, and until such Duplicate of such Deed or Act of Transfer shall be so delivered unto the said Nullity of Directors or Secretary of the said Corporation, and filed transfer until such filing and entered as above directed, such purchaser or purcha- and if not sers shall not be held to be a Proprietor or Proprietors of such approved by Share or Shares, and shall have no part of the profit of the Directors. said undertaking paid unto him or them, nor any vote as Members of the said Corporation, and such sale or transfer shall not be valid until approved of by the Directors. XVII. And be it enacted, That this Act shall be a Public Public Act. Act. An Act to authorize the Courts of Queen's Bench, Com- [Assented to 19th May, 1855.] WHEREAS John Jermy Macaulay, of the City of Toronto, Preamble Esquire, hath by his petition set forth that he the said John Jermy Macaulay, after having been educated as a student at the University of King's College, Toronto, did remove to the University of Oxford, where he took the degrees of Bachelor of Arts, and Master of Arts; that he was afterwards called to the degree of Utter Barrister in England, by the Honorable Society of Lincoln's Inn, that he was subsequently admitted by the Honorable the Law Society of Upper Canada, as a Barrister of Upper Canada, and hath prayed that an Act may be passed to authorize the Court of Queen's Bench, the Court of Common Pleas and the Court of Chancery in Upper Canada, respectively, to admit him to practise therein, respectively, as an Attorney and Solicitor; And whereas it is reasonable and expedient to grant the prayer of the said petition: 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 Courts of Q. Chancery in 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. That it shall and may be lawful for the said Court of Queen's Bench, the said Court of Common Pleas, and the said U. C may ad- Court of Chancery in Upper Canada, respectively, in their mit J. J. Mac- discretion, to admit the said John Jermy Macaulay to practise practise as an as an Attorney and Solicitor therein, respectively; any law or Attorney, &c. Statute to the contrary notwithstanding. aulay to Public Act. Preamble. II. This Act shall be deemed a Public Act. CAP. CCXLIX. An Act to amend the Act of the present Session, intituled, An Act to authorize the sale of certain Lands described as Lots numbers five and six in Division A of the Township of Guelph, and the re-investment of the proceeds for the objects of the Trust, by substituting other Trustees in lieu of the Trustees nominated by the said Act. [Assented 19th May, 1855.] WHEREAS William Hewat and Alfred Alexander Baker, Esquires, being the persons nominated as Trustees, by virtue of the Act of the Parliament of this Province passed 18 V. c. 67. during the present Session thereof, and intituled, An Act to New Trustees constituted authorize the sale of certain Lands described as Lots numbers fire and six in Division A of the Township of Guelph, and the re-investment of the proceeds for the objects of the Trust, have resolved not to act as such Trustees as aforesaid, and it is desirable to substitute in their stead as Trustees for the purpose of the said Act, Clara Piggott Powell, in the Schedule thereunto annexed named, Widow of William Dummer Powell, Esquire, deceased, also in the said Schedule named, Henry Strange, of Eramosa, Esquire, an. William Clarke, of Guelph, Esquire: 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 Aet 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. From and after the passing of this Act the said Clara under 18 V. c. Piggott Powell, Henry Strange, and William Clarke, shall be 67, in place of held to be substituted as Trustees in the place and stead of the said William Hewat and Alfred Alexander Baker for the carrying into effect the said recited Act, intituled, An Act to authorize Messrs. Hewat and Baker. the the sale of certain Lands described as Lots numbers five and six in Division A of the Township of Guelph, and the reinvestment of the proceeds for the objects of the Trust, as aforesaid, pursuant to the true intent and meaning thereof, and with the like full powers, rights and privileges to them, their heirs and assigns in that behalf, to all intents and purposes whatsoever. II. In the event of the death, resignation, or refusal to act of Appointment the said Trustees named in this Act or any of them, it shall of other Trustees in place and may be lawful for the surviving or other Trustees or Trustee of any who by an instrument in writing under seal, under their, his or her may die, rehand, to appoint another Trustee or Trustees in the place of those fuse to act, &c. Trustee or Trustees so dying, resigning or refusing to act, and so on from time to time in the case of any other Trustee or Trustees nominated in the place of such first mentioned Trustee or Trustees, and upon the registration of such deed of appointment in the County Registry Office where the lands mentioned in the original Trust deed are situate, the new Trustee or Trustees shall have all the powers and authorities vested in the Trustees named in the recited Act or in this Act. HI. This Act shall be deemed a Public Act. CAP. CCL. An Act to authorize William Fraser and Edonard Fraser to sell in lots part of the Domain of the Seiguiory of Rivière du Loup. W [Assented to 19th May, 1855.] Public Act HEREAS William Fraser and Edouard Fraser for the Preamble. time being possessed and in the enjoyment of the usufruct of the Domain of the Seigniory of Rivière du Loup, in the County of Temiscouata, are not empowered by law to sell or alienate any part thereof; And whereas under the last will and testament of the late Alexander Fraser, in his lifetime proprietor of the said Domain, the persons who may hereafter inherit the said Domain are as yet unknown; And whereas the village in the said parish is built upon the said Domain, and the said village and the trade thereof, are becoming daily more extensive, and the want of any person duly empowered by law to alienate part of the said Domain hinders the progress and growth of the said village; 'And whereas the above named William Fraser and Edouard Fraser, and before them the late Malcolm Fraser, in his lifetime possessing the same estate in the said Domain, have granted deeds of concession of lots of land forming part of the said Domain: 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 Deeds of concession con firmed. Power to alie Great Britain and Ireland, and intituled, An Act to re-unite the Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada, and for the Governm ent of Canada, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, as follows: I. All Deeds of Concession or other Deeds of alienation of lots of land forming part of the Domain of the Seigniory of Rivière du Loup, in the County of Temiscouata, heretofore granted by the said Malcolm Fraser, or William Fraser and Edouard Fraser, or the guardian (tuteur) of the said William Fraser and Edouard Fraser during their minority, for an irredeemable ground rent or for a constituted rent (rente constituée), or which may have been disposed of for public improvements or purposes, shall be valid to all legal intents and purposes, and shall have the same value, force and effect, and shall secure and give to every person or persons, bodies corporate or associations of persons, the ownership of the lots alienated in their behalf, in the same manner as if the said deeds of alienation had been granted by the incommutable proprietor of the same. II. The said William Fraser and Edouard Fraser are hereby nate in future. empowered jointly to sell and alienate in lots or parts the Domain of the said Seigniory; Provided always, that such sale be made for an irredeemable ground rent, or for a rente constituée. Proviso. W. and E. Fraser, not to receive the principal except by consent of Tutor to substitution. Power to grant lands for public purposes III. The said William Fraser and Edouard Fraser shall in no case be entitled to receive the principal of any such (rente constituée), without the consent of the Tutor to the substitution; and such principal shall, with such consent, be invested by them in such manner that the interest may be paid to the said William Fraser and Edouard Fraser while the entail shall subsist, and the capital shall be paid to such parties as may be entitled to the same after the entail has ceased to subsist. IV. And whereas the appropriation of lots in the said village for public purposes, and the opening of streets and lanes in the same, would tend to increase greatly the value of the lots to be sold in the said Domain, the said William Fraser and Edouard Fraser are hereby authorized to lay out and open streets, lanes and public roads in the said village, and to set apart for the same such parts of the said Domain as they shall see fit, and to set apart and reserve, and to sell, give, or otherwise alienate, jointly, as aforesaid, with such consent as aforesaid, either gratuitously or under such charges, conditions and limitations as they may see fit to impose, all such lots or lot of land in the said Domain as they may think proper, for public purposes as aforesaid. V. Every right and power granted by this Act to the said Powers to William Fraser and Edouard Fraser may be exercised by their children of children or the children of one of them jointly with the other, W. and E. under the limitations aforesaid. VI. This Act shall be held to be a Public Act. CAP. CCLI. An Act to authorize the Court of Chancery and Courts of Queen's Bench and Common Pleas in Upper Canada, to admit Bartholomew Galvin to practise as an Attorney. [Assented to 19th May, 1855.] Fraser. Public Act. Act of U. C. THEREAS by an Act of the Legislature of Upper Canada, Preamble. passed in the second year of the Reign of His Majesty King George the Fourth, intituled, An Act to repeal part of, 2. Geo. 4. c. 5 and amend an Act passed in the thirty-seventh year of His late Majesty's Reign, intituled, An Act for the better regulating the practice of the law, and to extend the provisions of the same, it is amongst other things enacted, that from and after the passing of the said Act, no person shall be admitted by the Court of King's Bench to practise as an Attorney unless upon an actual service under Articles for five years with some practising Attorney; And whereas it appears by the petition of Bartholomew Galvin, of the Town of London, in the County of Middlesex and Province of Canada, Gentleman, and by certificates and documents therein referred to, and produced in support thereof, that the petitioner was duly articled for five years to the Petitioner's Father, then a practising Attorney of Her Majesty's Courts of Exchequer, Queen's Bench and Common Pleas, as also a Solicitor in Her Majesty's High Court of Chancery, in that part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland called Ireland; And whereas it also appears that the Petitioner has taken the usual oaths of allegiance for admission, and was duly admitted, and is now an Attorney of Her Majesty's Courts of Exchequer, Queen's Bench and Common Pleas, and also a Solicitor of the High Court of Chancery in Ireland; And whereas it also appears that the Petitioner came into this Province in the month of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three, in the hope of being allowed to practise his profession therein; And whereas it appears that the Petitioner has been for upwards of one year preceding the presentation of the said petition, acquiring a knowledge of the practice of the Provincial laws of Canada, under the direction of a practising Barrister and Solicitor of this Province; And whereas the said Petitioner is desirous of practising in the Courts of Law and Equity in this Province, and it is expedient to relieve him from the disability imposed by the said Act: Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative |