XVI. And no person subscribing towards the support of a Supporters of separate school or sending children thereto shall be allowed to . Schools not vote at the election of any Trustee for a common school in the to vote at City, Town, Village or Township in which such separate Election. school is situate. CAP. CXXXII. An Act to make further provision for the Grammar and [Assented to 30th May, 1855.] HEREAS it is expedient to make further provision for the promotion of education and the diffusion of useful knowledge in connexion with the Grammar and Common Schools of Upper Canada: 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: other School Preamble. I. The additional grants which have been made or may be How addimade during the present Session of the Legislature for Grammar tional grants and Common School purposes in Upper Canada, shall be annually disposed of in the following manner: shall be disposed of. 1. A sum not exceeding one thousand pounds per annum, Model Grammay be expended under the direction of the Council of Public mar School. Instruction for the establishment and maintenance of a Model Grammar School in connexion with the Normal and Model Schools for Upper Canada, including also any expenses which may be incurred in the examination of Candidates for Masterships of Grammar Schools; Schools. 2. A sum not exceeding two hundred and fifty pounds per Inspectors annum, may be expended in the payment of Inspectors of of Grammar Grammar Schools, who shall be appointed, their duties prescribed, and their remuneration fixed by the Council of Public Instruction; for Grammar 3. A sum not exceeding two thousand and five hundred Maps and pounds per annum, may be expended in providing the Grammar apparatus and Common Schools in Upper Canada, with maps and appa- and Common ratus, upon the same terms and in the same manner as books Schools. are or may be provided for Public School Libraries; 4. A sum not exceeding three thousand five hundred pounds Further aid to per annum, may be expended as heretofore provided by law, in Libraries in further connexion further aiding in the establishment and extension of Public with Schools. Libraries in connexion with the Grammar and Common Schools in Upper Canada; Assistance in depository of Pubiic In struction De partment. Superannuated Remainder in aid of Com 5. A sum not exceeding three hundred and fifty pounds per annum, shall be allowed for the payment of two assistant clerks and salesman of the Public Library, map and school apparatus depositories, in connexion with the department of Public Instruction in Upper Canada; 6. A sum not exceeding five hundred pounds per annum, shall be allowed for the support and maintenance of superannuated Teachers; 7. The whole of the remainder of the said grants shall be mon Schools. expended as further aid to common schools in Upper Canada, according to the provisions of the Common School Acts of Upper Canada, and of this Act. County Judge may try contested elec tees. Proviso. II. The Judge of any County Court shall have authority, within twenty days after the meeting for the election of a Comtions of Trus- mon School Trustee in any City, Town or incorporated Village of such County, to receive and investigate any complaint respecting the mode of conducting such election, and to confirm it, or set it aside and appoint the time and place of holding a new election, as he shall judge right and proper: Provided always, that if the returning officer at such election shall be clearly convicted before such County Judge of disregarding the requirements of the law or acting partially in the execution of his office, he shall be fined a sum of not less than five pounds, nor more than twenty-five pounds, at the discretion of such County Judge: Provided also, that the expenses of such School election contest shall be paid by the parties concerned in it, as may be decided by the said County Judge. Proviso. Chief Super- yearly to the III. The Chief Superintendent of Education in Upper Canada shall annually lay before the Legislature, at each sitting thereof, a correct and full account of the disposition and expenditure of all moneys that may come into his hands as such Chief Superintendent. САР. CAP. CXXXIII. An Act to require that all By-laws of ity, Town, Village or Township Councils in Upper Canada, for raising money upon the credit of such City, Town, Village or Township Corporations, shall be approved by a majority of the Municipal Electors before they come into force. W [Assented to 30th May, 1855.] HEREAS it is expedient to amend the Act passed in the Preamble. Her Majesty's Reign, Chapter one hundred and nine, intituled, I. All the provisions of the second section of the Act passed Provisions of in the sixteenth year of Her Majesty's Reign, intituled, An Act sect. 2, of 16 to establish a Consolidated Municipal Loan Fund for Upper Ca- tended to cer nada, and all the sub-sections thereof, in so far as the same tain By-laws make the consent of the Municipal Electors necessary, and refer to the mode of obtaining the consent of the said Electors of such City, Town, Township or Village Corporation, shall extend and apply froin and after the passing of this Act, to any By-law to be hereafter passed for raising money upon the credit of such City, Town, Township or Village Corporation, and no Buch By-law shall have force or effect until the approval of the said Municipal Electors shall have been so obtained: Provided Proviso. always, that the approval of the Governor in Council, of any such By-law, shall in no case be required. 57 САР. Preamble. CAP. CXXXIV. An Act to amend the Act passed in the now last Session, WHEREAS it is expedient to amend the Act of the Legislature of this Province, passed in the sixteenth year of 46 V. c. 184. the Reign of Her Majesty, intituled, An Act to repeal certain duties of Excise, so far as regards Upper Canada, and to vest certain powers in the Municipal authorities of that part of the Province: 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, 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: By-laws im on such per I. Nothing in the before recited Act shall, after the first day of January after the passing of this Act, be construed as authorizing the imposition of any duty by any municipality, upon persons hawking or peddling goods, wares and merchandize of the growth, produce or manufacture of this Province, any thing in the said Act to the contrary notwithstanding. II. From and after the first day of January next after the posing duties passing of this Act, all By-laws passed by any municipality for sons to be void the imposition of any such duties shall be and they are hereby after 1st Jan- declared to be null and void. ary, 1856. CAP. CXXXV. Preamble. An Act further to amend the laws concerning Inspectors of Weights and Measures in Upper Canada. [Assated to 30th May, 1855.] THEREAS it is necessary to amend the law concerning the appointment of Inspectors of Weights and Measures in Upper Canada: 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: 1. From and after the passing of this Act, the Municipal County and Council of each County and City, in Upper Canada, shall have City Municipower to appoint, from time to time, one or more Inspectors of palities in U. C. may apWeights and Measures for such Municipality, under the provi- point Inspecsions of the Act passed in the twelfth year of Her Majesty's tors of Weights Reign, intituled, An Act to amend the several laws therein men- and Measures tioned, relative to the appointment and duties of Inspectors of c. 85. Weights and Measures in Upper Canada; Provided that each Inspector holding office at the time of the passing of this Act, shall be and remain Inspector for the County and City in which he shall reside, until another be appointed by such Council. under 12 V. II. Any thing in the Act recited herein, or in any other law, Inconsistent inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, shall be and the enactments repealed. same is hereby repealed. CAP. CXXXVI. An Act to amend the Act to regulate the duties between [Assented to 30th May, 1855.] W HEREAS it appears that doubts have been entertained Preamble. whether the Act hereinafter mentioned, does or does not. extend and apply to Journeymen or skilled Labourers in the various trades and callings, and their respective Masters or Employers: For the removal of such doubts, Be it therefore declared and 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, 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 the Act passed in the Session held in the tenth and Act 10 & 11 V, eleventh years of Her Majesty's Reign, and intituled, An Act to c. 23, declared regulate the duties between Master and Servant, and for other to apply to Journeymen purposes therein mentioned, extends and applies to Journeymen and skilled or skilled Labourers in any trade, calling, craft or employment, Labourers. and to their Masters, that is to the tradesmen or persons employing them as such Journeymen or skilled Labourers, as fully to all intents and purposes as to other Servants and Labourers and their Masters or persons employing them, and the said Act shall be construed and have effect accordingly. ments made II. Notwithstanding any thing contained in the Act last above Act to apply cited, the provisions of the said Act shall apply to engagements to engageentered into for the performance of any service or work, and to but not enterthe parties thereto, whether the same may have actually been ed upon. entered upon or not. 37* САР. |