Statutes of the Province of Canada

Proviso.

They may

meet in gene

ral assembly

by their repre

sentatives from each

Diocese, and frame a cons

titution and
regulations
for the said

Church, in this
Province.

England and Ireland; Provided always that such constitutions and regulations shall apply only to the Diocese or Dioceses adopting the same.

II. The Bishops, Clergy and Laity, members of the United Church of England and Ireland in this Province, may meet in general Assembly within this Province, by such Representa tives as shall be determined and declared by them in their several Dioceses; and in such general Assembly frame a Constitution and regulations for the general management and good government of the said Church in this Province: Provided always, that nothing in this Act contained shall authorize the imposition of any rate or tax upon any person or persons whomsoever, whether belonging to the said Church or not, Proviso: they or the infliction of any punishment, fine or penalty upon any person, other then his suspension or removal from an office in the said Church, or exclusion from the meetings or proceedings of the Diocesan or General Synods; And provided also, nothing in the said constitutions or regulations, or any of them, shall be contrary to any Law or Statute now or hereafter in force in this Province.

shall impose

no tax.

Proviso.

TORONTO-PRINTED BY S. DERBISHIRE & G. DESBARATS,
Law Printer to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty.

1856.-19 & 20 VICTORIE.

SECOND SESSION, FIFTH PARLIAMENT.

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

VOL. II.

I. An Act to provide for the holding of an additional Term of the Appeal Side of the Court of Queen's Bench for Lower Canada, in the present year,

II. An Act to authorize the commutation of claims on Ordnance
Lands, upon the transfer of such Lands to the Province,
III. An Act to amend the Act for establishing Freedom of Banking,
IV. An Act to change the tenure of the Indian Lands in the Township
of Durham,

V. An Act to repeal in part an Act to provide a remedy against the
City of Quebec in case of injury to property by riot,
VI. An Act to facilitate the disuniting of the Counties of Lincoln
and Welland, and for other purposes therein mentioned,
VII. An Act to explain and amend the Charter of the City Bank,
VIII. An Act to remedy a defect in the Act passed in the eighteenth
year of Her Majesty's Reign, to amend and extend the Acts
incorporating the Champlain and St. Lawrence Railroad Com-
pany,

IX. An Act to increase the Capital Stock of the Port Dalhousie
Harbour Company,

X. An Act to amend the Acts imposing Duties of Customs,
XI. An Act for the punishment of the Officers and Servants of
Railway Companies contravening the By-laws of such Com-
panies, to the danger of person and property,

XII. An Act to amend the Act to provide for the formation of
Incorporated Joint Stock Companies, for Manufacturing, Mining,
Mechanical or Chemical purposes,

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XIII. An Act to make further provision for the Geological Survey of this Province,

XIV. An Act to amend the Common School Laws, and further to
promote Elementary Education in Lower Canada,
XV. An Act to provide in a more certain manner for order in En-
registration, and to facilitate Enregistrations and Searches in
the Registry Offices of Lower Canada,

XVI. An Act to amend the Provincial Act appropriating the moneys arising from the Clergy Reserves,

XVII. An Act to incorporate the Town of Galt and to define the
limits thereof,

XVIII, An Act to incorporate the Town of Owen Sound, in the
County of Grey,

XIX. An Act to separate the County of Bruce from the County of

Huron,

XX. An Act to amend the Lower Canada Municipal and Road Act

of 1855, and to authorize the organization of a Municipal

Council in the Village of St. Jérôme,

XXI. An Act to incorporate the Buffalo and Lake Huron Railway

Company with power to purchase from the Buffalo, Brantford

and Goderich Railway Company their line of Railway, and for

other purposes,

XXII. An Act to revive, continue and amend the Act incorporating

the Hamilton and Port Dover Railway Company,

XXIII. An Act to extend the line of the Port Dalhousie and Thorold

Railway Company,

XXIV. An Act to amend the Act of Incorporation of the L'Assomp-

tion River and Railway Company,

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XXV. An Act to incorporate certain persons under the name and

style of the "Canada North-West Railway Company,"

XXVI. An Act to amend the Act incorporating the Stratford and

Huron Railway Company,

XXVII. An Act to amend the Acts relating to "La Banque du

Peuple,"

XXVIII. An Act to explain and amend the Charter of the Brockville

Gas Light Company,

XXIX. An Act to amend the Act relating to Savings Banks,

XXX. An Act to enable the Hamilton Hotel Company to increase

their Capital Stock, and for other purposes therein mentioned,

XXXI. An Act to incorporate the "Ontario Hotel Company,"

XXXII. An Act to authorize Henry Wulf Trigge, Esquire, and

others, to construct a Toll-bridge on the north-east branch of the

River Nicolet, near the Church of the Parish of St. Monique, in

the county of Nicolet, and to incorporate the said Henry Wulf

Trigge, and others, under the name of the "St. Monique Bridge

Company,"

XXXIII. An Act to change the name of George Byron Lyon, and of

his family, by adding the name of Fellowes, -

XXXIV. An Act to authorize the Court of Chancery, and the Courts

of Queen's Bench and Common Pleas, in Upper Canada, to

admit Henry Spencer Papps to practise as a Solicitor and

Attorney,

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XXXV. An Act to vest a certain allowance for Road in the Town-
ship of Hamilton, County of Northumberland, in John Wade
and Benjamin Seymour,

XXXVI. An Act to vest in Samuel Doolittle and Robert Johnson, a
certain allowance for Road in the Township of Haldimand,
XXXVII. An Act to vest in James Taunton, a certain allowance for
Road in the Township of Southwold,

XXXVIII. An Act to vest in John Farley, the younger, a certain

allowance for Road in the Township of Darlington,

XXXIX. An Act to vest in Daniel Burritt a certain allowance for

Road in the Township of Marlborough,

XL. An Act to naturalize Hervey Killam,

XLI. An Act to provide for the execution of the Office of Speaker of

the Legislative Assembly, in certain cases,

XLII. An Act to impose an additional Excise Duty on Spirits,

XLIII. An Act to amend, repeal and consolidate the provisions of

certain Acts therein mentioned, and to simplify and expedite

the proceedings in the Courts of Queen's Bench and Common

Pleas in Upper Canada,

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XLIV. An Act to amend the Militia Law,

XLV. An Act for transferring to one of Her Majesty's Principal

Secretaries of State the powers and estates and property therein

described, now vested in the Principal Officers of Her Majesty's

Ordnance, and for vesting other part of the Ordnance Estates

and Property therein described in Her Majesty the Queen, for

the benefit, use and purposes of this Province,

XLVI. An Act to amend the Act for the qualification of Justices of

the Peace,

XLVII. An Act to amend the Act to provide for the better organization

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of Agricultural Societies in Lower Canada, and for other pur-

poses connected with Agriculture in Upper and Lower Canada, 214

XLVIII. An Act for enabling all the Chartered Banks in this

Province to enjoy a certain privilege therein mentioned,

XLIX. An Act for the suppression of Lotteries,

L. An Act to encourage Shipbuilding within this Province,

LI. An Act to amend the Act for incorporating Library Associations

and Mechanics' Institutes,

LII. An Act to extend the provisions of the Act to facilitate actions
against persons associated for Commercial purposes, and
against unincorporated Companies,

LIII. The Seigniorial Amendment Act of 1856,

LIV. An Act to make better provision for promotion of Superior

Education, and the establishment and support of Normal

Schools in Lower Canada and for other purposes,

ib.

LV. The Lower Canada Judicature Amendment Act of 1856,