Proviso-no penalty to ex

cy.

to produce and exhibit their titles for the purposes of this Act, are hereby commanded to comply therewith, without delay.

XII. Provided always, and be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, ceed ten shil. that no penalty which shall be imposed by any of the said rules or regulations, lings Curren- shall, in any case, exceed the sum of ten shillings currency, and that all, and every the penalties which shall be so imposed, shall be used and appropriated How appro- by the said Corporation for the improvement of the said Common, in such priated. manner as the said Corporation shall deem most expedient for that purpose.

Trustees retir

an account be

ing of the inhabitants.

XIII. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that at every Chairman and General Election pursuant to this Act, the Chairman or Trustees retiring or ing to render about to retire from office, shall, previous to the election of their successors in fore the meet- office, lay before the meeting of the inhabitants aforesaid, held for the purpose, a full and clear account of all the monies and other things received and disbursed, or expended by them in the execution of their office, under the authority of this Act and they shall also deliver over to their successors in office, whatever monies or other things which may then be remaining in their hands, appertaining to the said Corporation, together with all books of accounts, or entry, or other books, or papers kept by them or their clerk, touching and concerning the said Common.

Majesty's

rights.

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Saving of His XIV. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that nothing herein contained shall affect or be construed to affect, in any manner or way whatsoever, the rights of His Majesty, his Heirs and Successors, or of any body, politic or corporate, or of any person or persons, such only excepted as are herein mentioned.

Public Act.

Continuance

of this Act.

XV. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that this Act shall be deemed a public Act, and shall be judicially taken notice of as such, by all Judges, Justices of the Peace, and all other persons whomsoever, without being specially pleaded.

XVI. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that this Act, and the powers and authorities conferred by and in virtue of the same, shall be in force until the first day of May, one thousand eight hundred and fifty and no longer.

CAP.

public ou privé à cet effet, de produire et exhiber leurs tîtres pour les fins de cet Acte, de s'y conformer sans délai.

cune pénalité

XII. Pourvû toujours, et qu'il soit de plus statué par l'autorité susdite, Proviso-auqu'aucune pénalité qui sera imposée par aucune des dites règles ou réglemens, n'excedera dix n'excédera en aucun cas la somme de dix chelins courant, et que toutes et chaque chelins &c. pénalités qui seront ainsi imposées, seront employées et appropriées par la dite Corporation à l'amélioration de la dite Commune, en la manière que la dite propriées. Corporation jugera le plus convenable à cet effet.

Comment ap

sortant d'office

XIII. Et qu'il soit de plus statué par l'autorité susdite, qu'à chaque Assemblée Le Président Générale tenue en conformité à cet Acte, le Président et Syndics sortant ou sur et les Syndics le point de sortir d'office, mettront, avant l'élection de leurs Successeurs en of- rendront fice, devant l'Assemblée des Habitans susdits tenue à cet effet, un compte clair et l'Assemblée entier de tous les argens et autres objets reçus et déboursés ou dépensés par eux des habitans dans l'exécution de leur office sous l'autorité de cet Acte, et remettront aussi à leurs Successeurs en office tous les argens ou autres objets quelconques qui pourront alors rester entre leurs mains appartenant à la dite Corporation, de même que tous les livres de comptes, d'entrées ou autres livres ou papiers tenus par eux ou leur Greffier, touchant et concernant la dite Commune.

Réserve de

XIV. Et qu'il soit de plus statué par l'autorité susdite, que rien de contenu dans cet Acte n'affectera ou ne sera entendu affecter en aucune manière quel- droits de Sa Majesté &c. conque les droits de Sa Majesté, Ses Héritiers et Successeurs, ou d'aucun corps politique ou incorporé, ou d'aucune autre personne ou personnes, excepté seulement ceux qui sont mentionnés dans cet Acte.

XV. Et qu'il soit de plus statué par l'autorité susdite, que cet Acte sera censé Acte public, un Acte public, et comme tel il en sera judiciairement pris connaissance par tous Juges, Juges de Paix et toutes autres personnes quelconques, sans qu'il soit spécialement plaidé.

XVI. Et qu'il soit de plus statué par l'autorité susdite, que cet Acte et les Durée de cet pouvoirs et autorités accordés en vertu d'icelui, seront en force jusqu'au premier Acte. jour de Mai, Mil huit cent cinquante, et pas plus long-tems

CAP. XI.

AN ACT to incorporate the Quebec Fire Assurance Company.

(29th March, 1826.)

Preamble.

WH

HEREAS Anthony Anderson, John Anderson, Henry Atkinson, George Arnold, Peter Burnet, Samuel Southby Bridge, Alexander Badenoch, Joseph Badeaux, Michel Berthelot, Amable Berthelot, M. P. P. Honorable Mathew Bell, James Bell, David Munro Bell, Louis Theodore Besserer, François Bellet, Pierre Boisseau, Jean Bélanger, M. P. P. Heirs of James Birse, Rev. Robert Raby Burrage, Jean Olivier Brunet, François Buteau, Jas. Burns, Wm. Budden, Jas. Clearihue, John Clearihue, Chas. Campbell, Archd. Campbell, Thos. Cary, Jos. Cary, Geo. Chapman, Senr. George Chapman, Junr. Andrew Wm. Cochran, John Greaves Clapham, John Cannon, M. P. P. Francis Coulson, Martin Chinic, Benjamin Corriveau, Charles Eusebe Casgrain, François Durette, Robert Dalkin, Charles Simon Delorme, David Douglas, Pierre Edouard Desbarats, Louise Desbarats, Chevallier Robert Anne D'Estimauville, Captain John D'Estimauville, Amable Dionne, Michel Louis Juchereau Duchesnay, Louise Fleuri de la Gorgendière Veuve Duchesnay, William Downs, Jean Fortier, François Fortier, Louis Fortier, Thomas Fargues, M. D. Charles Faucher, Captain Noah Freer, Charles Augustus Freer, James Forbes, M. D. Hammond Gowen, Benaiah Gibb, Heirs of Eleanor Leitch, Pastorious Gibb, Heirs of John Goudie, Thomas Graham, Frederick Glackemeyer, senr. James George, Heirs of Louis Gauvreau, John Graves, Olivier Fleuri de la Gorgendière, Henry Grasset, M. D. Joseph Gauvin, Jean Baptiste Grenier, John Grout, James Gibb, Gillespie, Finlay & Co. William Hall, Charles Hunter, Heirs of James Hunter, Louisa Howard Hart, Alie Blake Hart, Moses Hart, Ezekiel Hart, James Hunt, Mary Hunt, Thomas Hunt, Pierre Huot, Jean Huot, William Holmes, M. D. William Hossack, Robert Haddan, Alexander Haddan, William Henderson, Gilbert Henderson, George Henderson, Gordian Horan, Hughes Heney, M. P. P. Charles Harvicker, Charles A. Holt, Thos. Hayes, Joseph Jones, William Williamson Kerr, Pierre de Sales Laterrière, M. D. Marc Pascal de Sales Laterrière, M. P. P. Thomas Lloyd, M. D. Richard Lilliot, Louis Lagueux, fils, M. P. P. Louis Lagueux, père, Marie Anne Lindsay, François Laurent, fils, John Lambly, Samuel William Leslie, Jacques Leblond, père, Joseph Leblond, Henry Lemesurier, Louis Massue, Heirs of Gaspard Massue, Henry Macauley, John Macnider, Adam Lymburner Macnider, Agnes Munn, William Miller, John

Miller,

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IV

CA P. XI.

ACTE pour incorporer la Compagnie d'Assurance de Québec contre les

Accidens du Feu.

(29e. Mars, 1826.)

U que Anthony Anderson, John Anderson, Henry Atkinson, George Arnold, Préambule. Peter Burnet, Samuel Southby Bridge, Alexander Badenoch, Joseph Badeaux, Michel Berthelot, Amable Berthelot, M. P. P. Honorable Matthew Bell, James Bell, David Munro Bell, Louis Théodore Besserer, François Bellet, Pierre Boisseau, Jean Bélanger, M. P. P. Héritiers de James Birss, Reverend Robert Raby Burrage, Jean Olivier Brunet, François Buteau, James Burns, William Budden, James Clearihue, John Clearihue, Charles Campbell, Archibald Campbell, Thomas Cary, Joseph Cary, George Chapman, Senr. George Chapman, Junr. Andrew William Cochran, John Greaves Clapham, John Cannon, M. P. P. François Coulson, Martin Chinic, Benjamin Corriveau, Charles Eusebe Casgrin, François Durette, Robert_Dalkin, Charles Simon Delorme, David Douglass, P. E. Desbarats, Louise Desbarats, Chevallier Robert Anne D'Estimauville, Capitaine John D'Estimauville, Amable Dionne, Michel Louis Juschereau Duchesnay, Louise Fleuri de la Gorgendière, Veuve Duchesnay, William Downs, Jean Fortier, François Fortier, Louis Fortier, Thomas Fargues, M. D. Charles Faucher, Capitaine Noah Freer, Charles Augustus Freer, James Forbes, M. D. Hammond Gowen, Benaiah Gibb, Héritiers de Eleanor Leitch, Pastorious Gibb, Héritiers de John Goudie, Thomas Graham, Frederick Glackemeyer,sen. James George, Héritiers de Louis Gauvreau, John Graves, Olivier Fleuri de la Gorgendière, Henri Grasset, M.D. Joseph Gauvin, Jean Baptiste Grenier, John Grout, James Gibb, Gillespie, Finlay & Co. Wm. Hall, Charles Hunter, Héritiers de James Hunter, Louisa Howard Hart, Alie Blake Hart, Moses Hart, Ezekiel Hart, James Hunt, Mary Hunt, Thomas Hunt, Pierre Huot, Jean Huot, William Holmes, M. D. William Hossack, Robert Hadden, Alexander Hadden, William Henderson, Gilbert Henderson, George Henderson, Gordian Horan, Hughes Heney, M. P. P. Charles Harvicker, Charles A. Holt, Thomas Hayes, Joseph Jones, William Williamson Kerr, Pierre de Sales Laterrière, M. D. Marc Paschal de Sales Laterrière, M. P. P. Thomas Lloyd, M. D. Richard Lilliot, Louis Lagueux, fils, M. P. P. Louis Lagueux, père, Marie Anne Lindsay, François Laurent, fils, John Lambly, Samuel William Leslie, Jacques Leblond, père, Joseph Leblond, Henry Lemesurier, Louis Massue, Héritiers de Gaspard Massue, Henry Macauly, J. Macnider, Adam Lymburner Macnider, Agnes Munn, William Millar, John MilL 2 ler,

Miller, John Musson, Nicholas François Malhiot, James Lemprière Marette, Heirs of Louis Moquin, Daniel Macpherson, Laughlin Thomas Macpherson, John Macnaught, Joseph Morrin, Andrew M Cambridge, George Macbeath, John Mackenzie, Colin McCallum, John Neilson, M. P. P. Duncan Campbell Napier, Frederick Petry, Augustin Perrault, Turton Penn, Heirs of Stewart Peddie, William Peddie, John Phillips, Phillippe Panet, Thomas Podd, William Patton, William Petry, François Romain, père, François Romain, fils, Charles François Roi, James Ross, George Ross, William Henry Robinson, Heirs of Anne Richardson, Heirs of Jean Bte. Raymond, Hector Russell & Co. Thérèse Sheppard, William Grut Sheppard, William Sheppard, Charles Smith, George Smith, Charles Grey Stewart, Captain Thomas Stott, Heirs of Thomas Stott, junr. Heirs of Major Charles Dixie Sheckleton, Joseph Stilson, Adolphus Sarony, William Stilling, Michel Sauvageau, Hon. John Stewart, Daniel Sutherland, Michael Scott, Heirs of John Seyboldt, Marcus J. Sisson, Hon. Lieut.Col. Charles De Salaberry, C. B. Alexander Simpson, James Thom, Heirs of Thomas Torrance, William Thornton, Charles Trudelle, William Thomas, Benjamin Tremain, William Henry Tilstone, Phillip N. Vancortlandt, Joseph Rémi Vallières de St. Réal, M. P. P. Pierre Vocelle, Marie Susanne Voyer Veuve Vondenvelden, Heirs of Thomas White, Augustin Wexler, Major Foster J. Weeks, James Thomas Wilson, Thomas Wilson, William Wilson, Robert Wood and Joshua Whitney, associated as a Company, under the name and style of "The Quebec Fire Assurance Company," have, by their humble Petition presented to the Legislature of this Province, prayed for an Act of Incorration, for the purpose of insuring against losses by Fire: and whereas, the said Association has been established in the City of Quebec, and carrying on their said business of insuring against losses by Fire there and elsewhere, for nearly eight years last past, and has become of great public utility and advantage, and materially contributed to the security and relief of individuals and of the public, by greatly reducing the rates of premium formerly paid, by prompt and equitable adjustment and reimbursement of heavy losses when sustained, and by affording easier and more efficacious means of relief against the calamitous consequences of fires, than have hitherto existed in this part of His Majesty's Dominions; and whereas the said Petitioners have represented that the capital stock of their said Association subscribed, and to be subscribed, is limited to the sum of two hundred and fifty thousand pounds, divided into two thousand five hundred shares of one hundred pounds each: Be it therefore enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Assembly of the Province of Lower-Canada, constituted and assembled by virtue of and under the authority of an Act passed in the Parliament