1 W. 4, c. 6.

3 W. 4, c. 14.

8 V. c. 12.

2 V. c. 7.

William the Fourth, and intituled, An Act to encourage the destruction of Wolves; the Act of the said Parliament, passed in the third year of the same Reign, and intituled, An Act further to suspend certain parts of an Act or Ordinance therein mentioned, and to consolidate and further to continue for a limited time the provisions of two other Acts therein mentioned, for more effectually ascertaining the damages on protested Bills of Exchange, and for determining disputes relating thereto, and for other purposes; the Act of the said Parliament, passed in 6 W. 4, c. 35. the sixth year of the same Reign, and intituled, An Act to provide for the Medical Treatment of sick Mariners, as amended by the Act of the Parliament of Canada, passed in the eighth year of Her Majesty's Reign, and intituled, An Act for the relief of shipwrecked and destitute Mariners, in certain cases therein mentioned, and by the Act passed in the six16 V. c. 166. teenth year of Her Majesty's Reign, and intituled, An Act to exempt certain Vessels from the duty imposed by the Act to provide for the Medical Treatment of sick Mariners, and both the said last mentioned Acts; the Ordinance of the Special Council of the said Province, passed in the third Session of the said Council held in the second year of Her Majesty's Reign, and intituled, An Ordinance to amend the Act passed in the thirty-sixth year of the Reign of King George the Third, chapter nine, commonly called the Road Act; the Act of the Parliament of the late Province of Upper Canada, passed in the eleventh year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George 11 G. 4, c. 20. the Fourth, and intituled, An Act to authorize the Quarter Sessions of the Home District to provide for the relief of Insane Destitute persons in that District; the Act of the said Parliament, passed in the third year of the Reign of His late Ma3 W. 4, c. 45. jesty King William the Fourth, and intituled, An Act to continue an Act passed in the eleventh year of His late Majesty's Reign, intituled, An Act to authorize the Quarter Sessions of the Home District to provide for the relief of Insane destitute persons in that District, and to extend the provisions of the same to the other Districts of this Province;' and the Act of the said Parliament, passed in the sixth year of the same Reign, and 6 W. 4, c. 29. intituled, An Act to repeal an Act, passed in the forty-ninth year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Third, intituled, An Act to encourage the destroying of Wolves in this Province, and to make further provision for exterminating those destructive animals, shall be, and all and every of the said Acts and Ordinances are hereby continued to the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, and from thence until the end of the then next ensuing Session of the Provincial Parliament, and no longer.

U. C.

7 V. c. 10.

II. The Act of the Parliament of this Province, passed in the seventh year of Her Majesty's Reign, and intituled, An Act to repeal an Ordinance of Lower Canada, intituled, An Ordinance concerning Bankrupts, and the administration and distribution of their estates and effects,' and to make provision for the

same

same object throughout the Province of Canada, and the Act amending the same, passed in the ninth year of Her Majesty's Reign, and intituled, An Act to continue and amend the Bank- 9 V. c. 30. rupt Laws now in force in this Province, in so far only as the

are continued by and for the purposes mentioned in the Act passed in the twelfth year of Her Majesty's Reign, and intituled, An Act to make provision for the continuance and 12 V. c. 18. completion of Proceedings in Bankruptcy now pending, and the said last mentioned Act; and the Act of the said Parliament, passed in the Session held in the thirteenth and fourteenth years of Her Majesty's Reign, and intituled, An Act to afford 13 & 14 V. relief to Bankrupts in certain cases, shall respectively be and c. 20. they are hereby continued, and shall remain in force until the said first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, and thence until the end of the then next ensuing Session of the Provincial Parliament, and no longer.

L. C.

III. The Act of the Parliament of the late Province of Lower Canada aforesaid, passed in the sixth year of the Reign of His late Majesty King William the Fourth, and intituled, An Act 6 W. 4, c. 19. to regulate the Fees of persons employed by Justices of the Peace in the Country Parishes, as Clerks or Bailiffs in certain cases, shall be and is hereby continued to the said first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, and thence until the end of the then next ensuing Session of the Provincial Parliament, and no longer: Provided always, that in the several Proviso: Judicial Districts of Lower Canada, so much of the said Act as relates to the Fees to be granted to persons acting as Clerks to Country Magistrates, shall cease to have any force in the said Districts respectively, so soon as a Tariff of Fees shall have been promulgated in such District, under the provisions of an Act, passed in the Session of the Legislature held in the fourteenth and fifteenth years of Her Majesty's Reign, and intituled, An Act to facilitate the performance of the duties 14 & 13 V. of Justices of the Peace out of Sessions with respect to persons c. 95. charged with indictable offences.

9 V. c. 28.

IV. The Act of the Parliament of this Province, passed in the ninth year of Her Majesty's Reign, and intituled, An Act to repeal certain Laws therein mentioned, to provide for a better defence of this Province and to regulate the Militia thereof, as amended by the Act passed in the twelfth year of Her Majesty's Reign, and intituled, An Act to alter the day on which 12 V. c. 88. the Militia shall annually assemble for muster and discipline in Upper Canada, and the said last mentioned Act, shall be and they are hereby continued, and shall remain in force until the first day of July, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, and no longer.

V. Provided always, That nothing herein contained shall Proviso. prevent the effect of any Act, passed during the present Session, This Act not repealing, amending, rendering permanent, or continuing to to impair the

any

effect of any

other Act pas

sed this Session touching any of the said Acts.

12 V. c. 97.

9 V. c. 12.

10 & 11 V. c. 38. <

Preamble.

7 V. c. 65.

any further period than that herein appointed, any of the Acts or Ordinances herein before mentioned and continued; nor continue any provision or part of any of the Acts or Ordinances in this Act mentioned, which may have been repealed by any Act passed during the present Session, or in any previous Session.

VI. The period limited by the Act of the Parliament of this Province, passed in the twelfth year of Her Majesty's Reign, and intituled, An Act to amend the Acis passed to remedy certain defects in the Registration of Titles in the County of Hastings, as that within which it shall be lawful for the Registrar or Deputy Registrar of the County of Hastings to receive and index any memorial, under the authority of the Act of the said Parliament, passed in the ninth year of Her Majesty's Reign, and intituled, An Act to remedy certain defects in the Registration of Titles in the County of Hastings, in Upper Canada, or of the Act of the said Parliament, passed in the Session held in the tenth and eleventh years of Her Majesty's Reign, and intituled, An Act to alter and amend an Act, intituled, An Act to remedy certain defects in the Registration of Titles in the County of Hastings, in Upper Canada,' or to endorse any Deed, Conveyance, Will or Probate, to which such memorial relates, shall be and is hereby extended to the said first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, and thence until the end of the then next ensuing Session of the Provincial Parliament.

W

CAP. LXXXVI.

An Act to amend the Act for better securing the Independence of the Legislative Assembly of this Province. [Assented to 30th May, 1855.] HEREAS doubts have arisen as to the true intent and meaning of the eleventh section of the Act passed in the seventh year of Her Majesty's Reign, and intituled, An Act for better securing the Independence of the Legislative Assembly of this Province, in reference to the issue of a writ of election, in cases where after a general election shall have been held in this Province, and before the meeting of Parliament, any Member who may have been elected at such General Election to serve in the Legislative Assembly of this Province, shall have accepted an office of emolument and profit under the Crown or otherwise vacated his seat as a Member of said Legislative Assembly; And whereas it is desirable to determine 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, and intituled, An Act to re-unite the Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada, and for the Government

Government of Canada, and it is hereby declared and enacted by the authority of the same, as follows:

before the

Election.

first Election

I. It is and shall be lawful for a warrant to issue to the Clerk In what case of the Crown in Chancery for the issuing of a new writ for the a new Writ election of a Member to fill up any vacancy arising subsequently may issue to a General Election and before the meeting of Parliament as Meeting of aforesaid, by reason of the death of or acceptance of office by Parliament any Member of the said Legislative Assembly, at any time after a General after such death or acceptance of office: Provided always, that any election so to be held shall not in any manner affect the Proviso: the rights of any person or persons who may be entitled to contest may be con such previous election; and the report of any Election Com- tested, and if mittee appointed to determine the merits of such previous elec- succeed, it tion, shall determine whether the Member who shall have so shall void the accepted an office of profit or emolument under the Crown, or second Elecany other person, was duly returned or elected thereat, which tion also. determination, if adverse to the return of such Member, and in favor of any other candidate, shall avoid the Election held under this Act, and the candidate declared duly elected at the previous election shall be entitled to take his seat as if no such second election had been held under this Act.

the contest

crative office

II. No person holding any office at the nomination of the No person Crown in this Province, to which an annual salary or any holding a lu allowance, fees or emoluments in lieu of an annual salary are attached, shall be eligible as a Member of the said Legislative Clown to be Assembly; and any Member of the said Legislative Assembly eligible. who shall accept of any such office shall thereby vacate his seat: Provided always, that nothing in this section contained shall Proviso: cerrender ineligible as aforesaid, any person who shall be a Mem- tain offices ber of the Executive Council of this Province, or who shall fill excepted. any of the following offices, that is to say, of Receiver General, Inspector General, Secretary of the Province, Commissioner of Crown Lands, Attorney General, Solicitor General, Commissioner of Public Works, President of Committees of the Executive Council or Postmaster General.

another with

III. Whenever any person holding any one of the following Certain Offoffices, that is to say, of Receiver General, Inspector General, cers may va Secretary of the Province, Commissioner of Crown Lands, cate one office Attorney General, Solicitor General, Commissioner of Public and accept Works, President of Committees of the Executive Council, or in a certain Postmaster General, and being at the same time a Member of time without the Legislative Assembly, shall resign his office, and within vacating their one month after his resignation accept any other of the said offices, he shall not thereby vacate his seat in the said Assembly; any law, use or custom to the contrary notwithstanding.

seats.

IV. The Act passed in the sixteenth year of Her Majesty, 16 V. c. 154, and intituled, An Act to amend the Act for better securing the repealed. independence of the Legislative Assembly of this Province, shall

be, and the same is hereby repealed.

САР.

CAP. LXXXVII.

Preamble.

An Act to repeal two certain Acts therein mentioned, and to extend the Elective Franchise of this Province. [Assented to 30th May, 1855.]

HEREAS it is expedient to repeal the Act passed in the sixteenth year of Her Majesty's Reign, intituled, An 16 V. c. 153. Act to extend the Elective Franchise, and better to define the qualifications of Voters in certain Electoral Divisions, by providing a system for the registration of Voters, and the Act amending the same, passed in the eighteenth year of Her Majesty's Reign, and it is necessary better to provide for the extension of the Elective Franchise to the classes of persons in the said Acts 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, as follows:

Acts 16 V. c.

V. c. 7, re

pealed.

I. The Act passed in the sixteenth year of Her Majesty's 153, and 18 Reign, intituled, An Act to extend the Elective Franchise, and better to define the qualifications of Voters in certain Electoral Divisions, by providing a system for the registration of Voters, and the Act passed in the eighteenth year of Her Majesty's Reign, intituled, An Act to amend an Act intituled, An Act to extend the Elective Franchise, and better to define the qualifications of Voters in certain Electoral Divisions by providing a system for the registration of Voters,' shall be and the same are hereby repealed.

Certain per sons entitled to Elective

Franchise in

addition to those qualified by Elections

Act of 1849.

12 V. c. 27.

Owners, &c.,

within Muni

(

II. In addition to the persons qualified as Voters under the Act passed in the twelfth year of Her Majesty's Reign, and intituled, An Act to repeal certain Acts therein mentioned and to amend, consolidate and reduce into one Act the several statutory provisions now in force for the regulation of Elections of Members to represent the People of this Province in the Legisla tive Assembly thereof, hereinafter called, "The Elections Act of 1849," the following persons, being of the full age of twentyone years, and subjects of Her Majesty by birth or naturalization, and not being disqualified as holding any office, or otherwise by law prevented from voting, shall be entitled to vote at Elections of Members to serve in the Legislative Assembly of this Province.

Every male person having been for six months or more of property, previous to, and being at the time of tendering his vote at such Election, the legal and bona fide owner or freeholder,