be taken before a Justice of the Peace, made up to the thirty first day of December, with vouchers of moneys received and paid by him on the said account, and shall, without delay, thereafter file such account and vouchers in the Common Clerk's office.

4. This Act and the said recited Act, except so far as the same is hereby altered or repealed, shall continue and be in force until the first day of May which will be in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty.

15th VICTORIA-CHAPTER 15.

An Act for the better extinguishing of Fires which may happen in the Parish of Portland, in the County of Saint John.

Section.

1. Firewards to appoint Firemen,

2. Also hook and ladder company, and police; duties.

Section.

3. Possession of stolen, &c. articles at fire, when deemed larceny.

4. Who may order building to be pulled down at fire.

Passed 18th February 1852.

Be it enacted, &c.-1. The Firewards of the Portland Fire District as now or hereafter to be defined, may appoint any number of firemen, not exceeding sixty for each engine, in the manner directed by the sixth Section of the Act of Assembly passed in the thirteenth year of the Reign of Her present Majesty, intituled An Act to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to the local government of Counties, Towns, and Parishes in this Province.

2. The said Firewards may appoint a company of hook and ladder men for the said Portland Fire District, not exceeding twenty men, who shall be entitled to the same privileges as firemen, and may establish regulations for their guidance and control; and may also nominate suitable persons to form a fire police for the said Parish, and submit their names from time to time to the Justices of the Peace in Sessions for confirmation; and on a fire breaking out, the fire police shall immediately repair to the place where the fire may be, and protect all property which may be either removed or being removed to preserve the same from destruction or damage; and for that purpose shall and may, within the fire district, have full power to enter any house, or on any lands

and premises connected therewith, and prevent all depredations thereon, and arrest or remove and convey to the common gaol, or any watch house, or police station, or other place of confinement, any person who may be found committing or attempting to commit any felony or any breach of the peace, or any idle or disorderly person, or any person who shall intermeddle with any such property, or shall refuse when required to assist either in carrying water or obeying any other command of such fire policeman, or other person having authority for the purpose of extinguishing the fire or preserving property; and any one or more of the said fire policemen, taking with him. or them a Justice of the Peace for the City and County of Saint John, may enter any dwelling house, store, out house, or erection of any kind, or any yard or other land and premises, and search for goods and chattels or articles of any description, stolen or suspected to have been stolen at or during the continuance of the said fire, or missing in consequence of such fire; and the said goods and chattels or articles to convey or cause to be conveyed to some safe place of deposit, or to leave the said goods with the said Justice or any other Justice, to be dealt with according to law; and the said fire policemen to remain in office during the pleasure of the Justices in Session.

3. Whenever it shall appear that any person has had in his possession any goods, chattels, or articles of any description. whatever, which may have been stolen, missing, lost, or taken away at any fire within the fire district, or after any fire, and before the same has been restored to the owner, for the space of forty eight hours after the said fire shall cease, without giving notice to the owner thereof, or to a Justice of the Peace, or to a fire policeman, such possession, without notice, shall be deemed prima facie evidence that such person has been guilty of larceny, and on conviction thereof shall suffer punishment as in case of larceny.

4. Whenever it shall be determined at any fire by a Justice of the Peace for the City and County of Saint John, with any Fireward, to be necessary to pull down or otherwise demolish any building to stop the progress of any fire, the same may be done by their joint order; and all persons present, if required by the said Justice or Fireward, shall be aiding and assisting thereat.

15th VICTORIA-CHAPTER 16.

An Act to provide for the erection of a Building for a Registry Office in the City and County of Saint John.

Section.

1. Land for Registry Office by whom may
be purchased, and for what purpose.
2. What sum may be borrowed, and by
whom.

Section.

3. Assessment to pay same, how made.
4. Assessments, by whom disbursed.
5. Treasurer's compensation.
6. Repeal of Act.

Passed 18th February 1852.

Be it enacted, &c.-1. The Justices of the Peace of the City and County of Saint John, at any General Sessions, or any Special Sessions for such purpose to be called, shall by themselves or by any committee for that purpose appointed, provide, and if necessary, contract and agree with any person or persons for the purchase of a lot or piece of land in the City of Saint John, and for the erection of a suitable building of stone or brick thereon, with a proper safe, and the same shall be used for the keeping and preserving the records, books, and papers of the Registry office of the said City and County; and any contract for this purpose may be entered into by the name of "The Justices of the Peace for the City and County of Saint John," and may be enforced by the said Justices at law or equity by the name aforesaid.

2. For the purpose of defraying the charges and expenses of the same, the Justices at the same or any other General Sessions, or Special Sessions to be called for that purpose, may order or direct from time to time a sum or sums of money to be borrowed, not exceeding eleven hundred pounds, to be paid and discharged in the manner hereinafter mentioned, the same to be taken in loans of not less than one hundred pounds each, the interest to be paid semi-annually, namely, on the first days of January and July in each year, and debentures in the following form, or to the same effect, shall be prepared and delivered to the persons from whom such loan may be obtained, namely:Number

Registry Office Debenture.

City and County of Saint John, to-wit. These are to certify that [here insert the name, residence, and addition of lender] hath lent and advanced to the Justices of the Peace for the said City and County, the sum of pounds currency, which sum is payable to him or his order,

together with lawful interest, the interest to be paid half yearly on the first days of January and July in each and every year, pursuant to an Act of Assembly passed in the fifteenth year of the Reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, intituled An Act to provide for the erection of a Building for a Registry Office in the City and County of Saint John.-Dated the day

G. W. Clerk of the Peace. A. B. Mayor or Recorder. Which same debentures shall be signed by the Mayor of the City, or in his absence, by the Recorder, and countersigned by the Clerk of the Peace, and shall be respectively and consecutively numbered according to the time at which the same may be made and signed, and a memorandum thereof shall be duly entered by the Clerk in the Minutes of the Court; and the same shall be negotiable as promissory notes, and be entitled to draw interest thereon half yearly on the first days of January and July in each and every year, and shall be paid out of the assessment hereinafter mentioned.

3. The Justices in General Sessions shall make a rate or assessment of a sum not exceeding two hundred pounds the present year, and of a like sum in each succeeding year, besides the charges for assessing and collecting, for the purpose of discharging the interest due on the said loans, and so much of the principal as the residue of such annual sum will amount to, until the same shall be paid off; the same to be assessed, levied, collected, and paid in such proportion and in the same manner as any other County rates for public charges, by virtue of any Act or Acts made or to be made for that purpose.

4. The money so to be assessed as aforesaid, shall be paid to the County Treasurer, and shall be applied by him, on the orders of the said Justices in Session, towards discharging the interest due on the said debentures, and to the payment of the principal sums in due order according to the numbers, beginning with the number one, on one calendar month's notice by advertisement in one of the City Newspapers, calling in such and so many of the said debentures as he may by the said order be directed to pay off, after the expiration of which notice all interest thereon shall cease.

5. The County Treasurer shall be entitled to one per cent. for his services in receiving and paying the said money to be assessed under this Act, and no more.

6. The Act passed in the ninth year of her present Majesty's Reign, intituled An Act to provide for the safe keeping of the Public Records of the City and County of Saint John, be and the same is hereby repealed.

15th VICTORIA-CHAPTER 18.

An Act relating to the Public Wharves in the Parish of Portland, in the County of Saint John.

Section 1.-Commissioners of Highways, authority over wharves, &c., in Portland. Passed 18th February 1852.

WHEREAS the great increase of business and travelling has rendered it necessary that all the public Wharves in the Parish of Portland should be laid out and established as public highways, and recorded as such, and thereby power given to the Commissioners of Highways for the time being to keep such public Wharves free from obstructions ;—

Be it therefore enacted, &c.—1. It shall and may be lawful for the Commissioners of Highways for the time being, in and for the Parish of Portland, to lay out, record, and establish all public wharves and the approaches thereto in the said Parish, as public wharves and approaches, and to keep them at all times free from obstructions, and shall have the same power and authority in respect thereof as is by law vested in them in respect of any other public highway; provided always, that such wharves and approaches shall not be of a less width than twenty feet, any law to the contrary notwithstanding.

15th VICTORIA-CHAPTER 62.

An Act to amend and explain an Act to permit the establishment of a Fish Market in one of the public Slips in the City of Saint John.

Section 1.-What Act not to authorize filling up slip, to what extent, &c.

Passed 7th April 1852.

WHEREAS an Act was passed in the fourth year of Her Majesty's Reign, intituled An Act to permit the establishment