Corporation continued. amend an Act therein mentioned, and to make better provision for the Election of Councillors and Assessors of and for the City of Montreal,-and An Act to amend the Laws relating to the Incorporation of the City of Montreal, and to vest certain other powers in the Corporation of the Mayor, Aldermen and Citizens of the City of Montreal, constituted by the said Ordinance therein first mentioned: 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, That the inhabitants of the said City and Town of Montreal, and their successors, inhabitants of the same, incorporated under the said Ordinance herein first mentioned, shall continue to be, and shall be, as provided in and by the said Ordinance herein first mentioned, a body corporate in fact and in name, by and under the name, style and title of The Mayor, Aldermen and Citizens of the City of Montreal, and as such shall have perpetual succession, and a Common Seal, with power to break, renew, change and alter the same at pleasure; and shall be capable of suing and porate powers being sued, and of impleading and being impleaded, in all Courts of Law and Equity, and other places, in all manner of actions, causes and matters whatsoever, and of accepting, taking, purchasing and holding goods and chattels, lands and tenements, real and personal, movable and immovable estate, and of granting, selling, alienating, assigning, demising and conveying the same, and of entering into and becoming a party to contracts, and for granting and accepting any Bills, Bonds, Judgments or other Instruments or Securities, for the payment or securing of the payment of any money borrowed or lent, or the performance, or securing the performance, of any other duty, matter or thing what General granted. cor soever. bonds. 2. And be it enacted, That for the purposes mentioned Powers to grant in the preceding section of this Act, and especially for the payment or securing the payment of any money borrowed, for the purpose of paying loans already made, or debts now owing by the said Corporation, or of taking up Bonds that may be due or may hereafter become due, or for the purpose of making a new loan or loans, to the extent hereinafter by the fifty-second and fifty-third sections of this Act prescribed, or for any other legitimate and sufficient purpose whatsoever, the said Council may grant and issue Bonds for the sum or sums of money therein to be specified, payable at such time and times after the granting and issuing thereof, and in such place or places in this Province, in the United States of America, in any part of Great Britain, or elsewhere, and either in the currency of this Province, or in sterling money, or in the currency of the country where the same may be respectively made payable, as by the said Council may be thought advantageous or expedient. City of Mont 3. And be it enacted, That the tract of land which, in Limits of the and by a certain Proclamation of His Excellency Alured real defined. Clarke, Esquire, Lieutenant-Governor of the heretofore Province of Lower Canada, issued under the Great Seal of the said last mentioned Province, and bearing date the seventh day of May, in the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-two, was and is described as being comprehended within the City and Town of Montreal, and which it was therein declared, should be thenceforward called by that name, shall, as provided by the said Ordinance herein first mentioned, constitute and be, and be called, the City of Montreal. to nine wards. 4. And be it enacted, That for the purposes of this Act, City divided inthe said City of Montreal shall, from and after the passing of this Act, be divided, for the purposes of the same, into nine Wards, called respectively, East Ward, Centre Ward, West Ward, Saint Anne's Ward, Saint Antoine Ward, Saint Lawrence Ward, Saint Louis Ward, Saint James Ward, and Saint Mary's Ward. 5. And be it enacted, That the said wards of the City of Boundaries of the several Wards. East Ward. 'Centre Ward. West Ward. Montreal shall be divided, bounded and limited as follows, that is to say: The East Ward of the said city, on the south-east by that part of the River Saint Lawrence opposite to, and extending from Lacroix Street to the extremity of Walker Lane; on the south-west by the middle of Walker Lane and Saint Gabriel Street, to Craig Street; on the north-west by the middle of Craig Street, from Saint Gabriel Street aforesaid, to Sanguinet Street, and continuing down Sanguinet Street until it meets Saint Louis Street, from thence, along the middle of the said Saint Louis Street, to where the said Saint Louis Street meets Lacroix Street aforesaid; lastly, on the north-east by the centre of Lacroix Street aforesaid, from Saint Louis Street aforesaid to the River or point of departure. The Centre Ward of the said city shall continue to be, and shall be divided, bounded and limited as follows, that is to say on the south-east by that part of the River Saint Lawrence opposite to, and extending from the middle of Walker Lane to the middle of the extremity of Callières Street; on the south-west by the middle of the said Callières. Street, and crossing the interval between the said Callières Street and Saint François Xavier Street, by the middle of Saint François Xavier Street, to Craig Street; on the northwest by the middle of Craig Street to Saint Gabriel Street; and lastly, on the north-east by the middle of the said Saint Gabriel Street and Walker Lane, to the River, or point of departure. The West Ward of the said city shall continue to be, and shall be divided, bounded and limited as follows, that is to say on the south-east by that part of the River Saint Lawrence opposite to, and extending from the middle of the extremity of Callières Street to the middle of the extremity of M'Gill Street; on the south-west by a line passing through the centre of M'Gill Street and through Commissioners' Square, to Craig Street; on the north-west by the middle. of Craig Street as far as Saint François Xavier Street; and lastly, on the north-east by the middle of Saint François Xavier Street and Callières Street, to the River, or point of departure. Ward. The Saint Anne's Ward shall be bounded as follows: on Saint Anne's the north-east by the centre of M'Gill Street, commencing at the River Saint Lawrence; thence north, along the centre of M'Gill Street, to its junction with the centre of Saint Joseph Street; thence along the centre of Saint Joseph Street to the City boundary; thence along the said boundary line in a south-easterly direction, to the River Saint Lawrence, and thence to the place of beginning. Ward. The Saint Antoine Ward shall be bounded as follows: on Saint Antoine the north-east by the centre of M'Gill Street, and through Commissioners' Square to Craig Street; thence north, through the centre of Craig Street, to Alexander Street; thence, through the centre of Alexander Street, to the centre of Saint Catherine Street; thence, the north-west side of the centre of Saint Catherine Street to City Councillors' Street; thence, the south-west side of City Councillors' Street to Sherbrooke Street; thence, the north-west side of the centre of Sherbrooke Street to Durocher Street; thence, the southwest side of the centre of Durocher Street, and the extension of the same to City boundary line; thence, along the same line so far as it may extend towards the south-west; thence, along the said line, in a south-east direction, to the centre of Saint Joseph Street; thence, to the north-west of the centre of Saint Joseph Street, till intersecting the centre of M'Gill Street, the point of commencement. Ward. The Saint Lawrence Ward shall be bounded as follows: Saint Lawrence on the north-west side of the centre of Craig Street, commencing at Saint Lawrence Main Street, and continuing to Alexander Street; thence, the north-east side of the centre of Alexander Street, to Saint Catherine Street; thence, the north-west side of the centre of Saint Catherine Street to City Councillors' Street; thence, the north-east side of the centre of City Councillors' Street, to Sherbrooke Street; thence, the south-east side of the centre of Sherbrooke Street, to Durocher Street; thence, the north-east side of the centre of Durocher Street, to the City boundary line; thence, along Saint Lewis Saint James Saint Mary's the said line towards the north-east, until the same joins the centre of Saint Lawrence Main Street; thence, the southwest side of the centre of Saint Lawrence Main Street, to Craig Street, or the place of beginning. The Saint Lewis Ward shall be bounded as follows: commencing at the centre of Saint Louis and Saint Denis Streets, continuing south-west along the centre of Saint Louis Street to Sanguinet Street; thence, along the centre of Sanguinet Street until intersecting the centre of Craig Street; thence, the north-west of the centre line of Craig Street, until it arrives at the middle of Saint Lawrence Main Street; thence, the north-east side of the centre of Saint Lawrence Main Street, to the City boundary line; thence, along the said line, towards the north-east, until intersecting the centre of Saint Denis Street; thence, the south-west of the centre of Saint Denis Street, to the middle of Saint Louis Street, the point of commencement. The Saint James Ward shall be bounded as follows: the north-east side of the centre of Lacroix Street, commencing at the River Saint Lawrence and continuing to Saint Louis Street; from thence, the north-west side of the centre of Saint Louis Street, to Saint Denis Street; from thence, the north-east side of the centre of Saint Denis Street, with the extension thereof, to the City boundary; thence, along the City boundary line towards the north-east until it intersects the continuation of the centre of Visitation Street; thence, continuing the said line of the centre of Visitation Street, in a south-east direction, until the same shall reach Saint Mary Street; and thence, from the centre of Barclay Street, to the River Saint Lawrence; and thence, along the said River, to the place of beginning. The Saint Mary's Ward shall be bounded as follows: the north-east side of the centre of Barclay Street, commencing at the River Saint Lawrence, to Saint Mary Street; and thence, continuing from the centre of Visitation Street to the City boundary line; thence, along the said line, towards the north-east, so far as the same may be found to extend; thence, continuing the said line in a south-easterly direction |