of a Fish Market in one of the public Slips in the City of Saint John And whereas doubts have arisen whether the said Act authorizes and empowers the Mayor, Aldermen, and Commonalty of the City of Saint John entirely to occupy and fill up with erections and buildings the said public slip, and thereby deprive the owners or occupiers of the lots or parcels of land having fronts on the north and south sides of the said public slip, as well as all other of Her Majesty's liege subjects, of all access to and through the said public slip and to the said lands and premises on the side lines thereof, and likewise to the harbour, to the inconvenience of the public and the great loss and detriment of the owners and occupiers of the said lots or parcels of land ;— Be it therefore enacted, &c.-1. Nothing in the said recited Act contained does extend or shall be deemed or construed to extend to authorize or empower the Mayor, Aldermen, and Commonalty of the City of Saint John to occupy and fill up the said public slip at the foot of Duke Street with any fence, erection, or building, or incumbrance of any nature or description, extending in width on Saint John or Water Street, across the whole breadth or mouth of the said public slip; or to legalize any fence, erection, or building now made and erected or hereafter to be made and erected across the mouth of the said slip other than the Fish Market first erected under the provisions of the said recited Act, fronting twenty eight feet on Saint John or Water Street, and extending the same width westwardly, and the wharf and erections in the rear thereof to the westward of the said Fish Market, of the same width as such market; or to authorize and empower the Mayor, Aldermen, and Commonalty of the City of Saint John to erect or place any buildings, sheds, or erections in the said public slip between the north and south side lines of the Fish Market so first erected as aforesaid under the authority of the said Act, and such prolongation thereof westwardly, and the said north and south side lines of the said public slip respectively; or to legalize or authorize any erection now placed or hereafter to be placed between the said north and south side lines of the said Fish Market so first erected and the said prolongation thereof westwardly, and the said north and south side lines of the said public slip; provided always, that nothing herein contained shall prevent or be construed to prevent the Mayor, Aldermen, and Commonalty of the City of Saint John, (if essentially necessary for the purpose of a Fish Market) from extending and enlarging the said Fish Market so first erected under the authority of the said recited Act, by lengthening or extending the same to the westward, preserving the same width as when first erected, in such manner as from time to time may be necessary for further public accommodation as a Fish Market, always reserving and keeping open for public use the passages on the north and south sides of said building, and on the north and south lines of the properties so bounding on said slip respectively; provided also, that nothing in this Act contained shall hinder or prevent the Mayor, Aldermen, and Commonalty of the City of Saint John from removing from and out of the said slip all or any erection made by them in the said public slip under the provision of the said Act, intituled An Act to permit the establishment of a Fish Market in one of the public Slips in the City of Saint John, or to prevent the said Mayor, Aldermen, and Commonalty from making any arrangement with the owners of the property on the north and south sides of the said slip with respect to the space between the said properties and the said Fish Market, and the prolongation of the same, which space is by this Act to be left open. 15th VICTORIA-CHAPTER 63. An Act in addition to an Act intituled An Act for the better extinguishing of Fires which may happen in the Parish of Portland, in the County of Saint John. Section 1.-Firemen, &c., further exemptions, what allowed. Passed 7th April 1852. Be it enacted, &c.-1. Every person appointed a fireman, or hook and ladder man, in the Portland Fire District, as now or hereafter to be defined in the County of Saint John, during his continuance in such office and no longer, in addition to the privileges and exemptions allowed by law, shall also be freed and exempted from payment of any assessment made on him. for County or Parish rates or taxes, or for the purposes of the lamp, police, and fire department in the said Parish of Port land, provided that such exemption shall not in any individual case exceed twenty shillings in any one year. 16th VICTORIA-CHAPTER 7. An Act to continue and amend an Act more effectually to provide for the support of a Nightly Watch and Day Police in that part of the City of Saint John lying on the eastern side of the Harbour of Saint John, and for lighting the same, as also for other purposes. Section. 1. Nightly Watch Act continued. 2. When assessment may be made under. 3. Certain Sections of what Act with what incorporated. Section. 4. Fines, to whom to be paid. Passed 14th April 1853. Be it enacted, &c.-1. An Act made and passed in the eleventh year of the Reign of Her present Majesty, intituled An Act more effectually to provide for the support of a Nightly Watch and Day Police in that part of the City of Saint John lying on the eastern side of the Harbour of Saint John, and for lighting the same, as also for other purposes, (except so much thereof as is repealed by the twelfth Section of an Act made and passed in the twelfth year of the Reign of Her present Majesty, intituled An Act in further amendment of the Charter of the City of Saint John,) be and the same is hereby continued in full force for five years from the first day of May next. 2. The assessment to be made under the said Act may be made at any time in every year prior to the tenth day of May. 3. The fifth, sixth, seventh, and thirteenth Sections of an Act made and passed in the seventh year of the Reign of His Majesty King William the Fourth, intituled An Act to provide for the collection of County and Parish Rates,* be and the same are hereby continued and incorporated with the Act hereby continued, and the provisions contained therein shall be held to apply to and be in force in respect of any assessment ordered and made by the Mayor, Aldermen, and Commonalty of the City of Saint John, under the said Act so hereby continued, and any proceedings taken under such assessment. 4. All moneys received for fines or penalties levied in any case in which the Police Magistrate shall sit alone, or with any other Magistrate at the Police Office of the said City, shall be once in each and every month paid to the Chamberlain of the said City, to the use of the Watch and Police Fund, any thing to the contrary thereof in the law imposing such fine or penalty notwithstanding. 5. The rate of wages of the Superintendent and Policemen shall be fixed and established by the Common Council, notwithstanding any thing to the contrary in any law contained. The following are the Sections of Act 7 W. 4, c. 7, incorporated by the above Act into the Act 11 V. c. 13: 5. There shall be allowed to the assessors and collectors respectively in the several Towns and Parishes, such compensation or fees for their services as the Justices of the Peace for the several Counties shall, at their General Sessions at which each respective assessment is ordered, deem reasonable, and then and there order and establish; provided always, that no assessors shall in the whole be allowed at a greater rate than five per cent. and no collector at a greater rate than ten per cent. on the amount ordered to be assessed; provided also, that no assessor shall be allowed a per centage unless the provisions of the second Section of this Act shall have been fully complied with, and no collector shall be allowed a per centage on any greater sum than he may actually collect and pay over, nor be entitled to receive such per centage until he shall have collected the whole amount mentioned in the precept to him directed, or assigned sufficient reasons, satisfactory to the Sessions, for not collecting the same, nor until such collector shall have rendered a full account, shewing the amounts received and paid by him, and a correct list of all the defaulters in his district, as is provided in and by the third Section of this Act. 6. A sum equal to the per centage on the several amounts ordered to be assessed as aforesaid, shall be included in every assessor's warrant, for defraying the expenses of assessing and collecting, and when collected shall be paid into the hands of the respective County Treasurers for the purpose of paying the assessors and collectors, as the Justices may by their order in Sessions from time to time direct. 7. And whereas it is difficult in most cases for the assessors to apportion the rate or assessment to be made by them, so that the total amount thereof shall correspond with the exact sum ordered to be assessed;-In all assessments for Town or Parish rates, now made or hereafter to be made, such assessment shall be deemed and taken to be legal, although the aggregate amount thereof shall exceed the sum ordered to be assessed; provided the difference shall not be more than ten per cent. on the sum so ordered. 13. When any Clerk of the Peace, Assessors, or Collector may have neglected to perform any of their said duties within the time prescribed by this Act, it shall nevertheless be lawful for such Clerk, Assessors, or Collectors to perform such duty after the time so prescribed, and all such subsequent proceedings shall be held and deemed good and valid to all intents and purposes as if done within the said prescribed period. 16th VICTORIA-CHAPTER 8. An Act relating to the Fire Police of the City of Saint John. 1. Fire Policemen, powers to what ex- 2. Injuring Fire Engines, &c. what crime. tended. Passed 14th April 1853. Be it enacted, &c.-1. The fire policemen of the City of Saint John, in addition to the powers given them by the seventh Section of an Act made and passed in the thirteenth year of Her present Majesty's Reign, intituled An Act for the better extinguishing of Fires which may happen in the City of Saint John, shall also have full power and authority, on the breaking out of fire within the City, to order and direct persons present to form lines for the passing of water or otherwise, as may be necessary, and to prevent any persons interfering with such lines, and to prevent persons passing through or across any street, alley, or highway, in the vicinity of the fire, and to keep persons at a proper distance therefrom, and to give orders and directions as to the employment of the people present, for the purpose of extinguishing the fire, or preserving property, or protecting the engines, hose, and other fire apparatus, and for such purposes to extend chains or ropes along, through, or across such streets, alleys, or highways; and any person obstructing or opposing or assaulting a fire policeman in the |