(18 VICTORIA, CAP. 142.) An Act to transfer to the City of Montreal, all the property, rights and privileges heretofore enjoyed by the Wardens of the House of Industry, in the City of Montreal, and for other purposes. W (Assented to 19th May, 1855.) HEREAS by an Act of the Legislature of Lower Preamble. Geo. III, c. 15. of King George the Third, intituled, An Act to establish a Act of L. C., 58 House of Industry in the City of Montreal, a corporation and body politic and corporate by the name of the Wardens of the House of Industry in the City of Montreal, was erected and established for carrying into effect the last will and testament of the late John Conrad Marsteller, who died on the seventeenth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and eight, having by his said will bequeathed certain real and immovable estates, and the rest, residue and remainder of all and every his estate, property and effects, after payment of his debts and legacies, for the purpose of establishing in the said City of Montreal, a House of Industry; and whereas the said Corporation so established hath been found ineffectual for the proper establishment and management of the said House of Industry, and the benevolent intentions of the said John. Conrad Marsteller in bequeathing the aforesaid estate and property are thereby likely to be defeated, unless the control and direction of the affairs of the said House of Industry be transferred to and vested in other management; And whereas by the joint petition of the said Wardens of the said. House of Industry and of the Corporation known as The Mayor, Aldermen and Citizens of the City of Montreal, it is prayed that the powers, rights and privileges conferred on The said Act, and the 7th Geo. Geo. IV, c. 43, amending it, repealed. the said Wardens by the aforesaid Act, as well as the property, estate, chattels and effects of the said House of Industry so incorporated, may be transferred to and made to vest in the said Corporation, known as The Mayor, Aldermen and Citizens of the City of Montreal, and the entire management and control thereof in future be confided to them, and that such further powers may be granted to them for the making of By-laws and the appointment of overseers and other officers for the well governing and management of the said House of Industry and of the estate and property thereof, as may by them be deemed necessary effectually to carry out the object of the late John Conrad Marsteller, as expressed in his said will; And whereas it is believed that the purposes for which the said late John Conrad Marsteller so bequeathed the said property will be more effectually accomplished by such transfer of the said estate, property and effects to the said Mayor, Aldermen and Citizens of the City of Montreal : 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 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: 1. From and after the passing of this Act, the said Act of IV, c. 4, and 9 the Parliament of Lower Canada, passed in the fifty-eighth year of the reign of King George the Third, chapter fifteen, and the several Acts of the said Parliament of Lower Canada amending the same, passed in the second year of the reign of King George the Fourth, in the seventh year and in the ninth year of the said reign, shall be and the same are hereby repealed. Property now held for the transferred to 2. From and after the psssing of this Act, the real or said Institution immovable estates, and the rest, residue and remainder of the Corporation all and every the estates, property and effects, after the payment of his just debts and legacies, left by the said late John of Montreal. Conrad Marsteller under and by virtue of his said last will and testament, for the purpose of establishing in the said City of Montreal a House of Industry, and all and every the real and personal estate, property, chattels and effects in any way belonging and pertaining to the said Corporation or body politic and corporate, known as The Wardens of the House of Industry in the City of Montreal, in the hands and possession of whomsoever the same may be, shall vest in and become and be the property of the said Mayor, Aldermen and Citizens of the City of Montreal, for the purpose of sustaining and keeping up in the said City of Montreal a House of Industry, as contemplated and provided for by the said will of the said late John Conrad Marsteller; and the said Mayor, Aldermen Powers of the and Citizens of the City of Montreal shall and may take and to such proclaim, and if necessary, sue for and recover the same, of and from the said Wardens and every of them, and of and from every other person or persons in whose possession the same or any part thereof is, may be, or be found. Corporation as perty. empowered to maintain a try in the city, and to make Byeruance. laws for its gov. 3. The said Mayor, Aldermen and Citizens of the City of Corporation Montreal, are hereby authorized and empowered to establish, establish and sustain and keep up a House of Industry in the said City of House of IndusMontreal, and to use and apply the property, estates, moneys, chattels and effects by this Act declared to be vested in and to become the property of the said Mayor, Aldermen and Citizens of the City of Montreal, for the purpose of establishing, sustaining and keeping up the said House of Industry, and from time to time to make and pass such By-laws, Rules and Regulations for the management and direction of the said House of Industry, as they may think fit, provided the same are not repugnant to the laws in force in this Province; and from time to time to appoint, discharge and re-appoint such overseers and other officers as they may deem it necessary to appoint for the management of the said House of Industry. have power to 4. The said Mayor, Aldermen and Citizens of the City of Corporation to Montreal, at all times hereafter, shall and may have power acquire and authority to purchase, take, acquire and hold by will, for the purposes gift or otherwise, lands, tenements, real and immovable tion. hold property of the Institu estates, rents, usufructs, servitudes and hereditaments, and to erect houses and buildings thereon for the use and purposes of the said House of Industry in the City of Montreal, and shall also have power and authority at all times hereafter, to sell and dispose of the real and immovable estate by this Act vested in the said Mayor, Aldermen and Citizens of the City of Montreal, or which may be hereafter purchased or acquired by them for the purposes of the said House of And to alienate Industry; but in case the said Mayor, Aldermen and Citizens of the City of Montreal, shall so sell and dispose thereof, or of any part thereof, they shall, as soon as may be convenient thereafter, apply the proceeds thereof to the purposes of the said Institution, by the purchase of other lands and tenements, real or immovable estate, more fit and proper for promoting the permanent establishment thereof. the same and acquire other property. Public Act. 5. This Act shall be deemed a Public Act. (24 VICTORIA, CAP. 84.) An Act to incorporate the Montreal City Passenger Railway Company. WH (Assented to 18th May, 1861.) HEREAS the persons hereinafter named have, by Preamble. their petition, prayed that they may be incorporated under the title of "The Montreal City Passenger Railway Company," for the purpose of constructing and operating Street Railways in the City and Parish of Montreal;" And whereas it is expedient to grant the prayer of the petitioners: Therefore, Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Assembly of Canada, enacts as follows: of the Com 1. William Molson, John Ostell, William Dow, Johnston Incorporation Thomson, William Macdonald, John Carter, Thomas Ryan, pany. William E. Phillips, and such other persons as shall become shareholders of the said Company, are hereby constituted a body corporate and politic, for the purposes herein mentioned, by the name of "The Montreal City Passenger Railway Company of Montreal." 2. The capital stock of the Company shall be three hundred Capital. thousand dollars, in shares of fifty dollars each. pany may com 3. The Company may commence operations and exercise When the Comthe powers hereby granted so soon as one hundred thousand mence. dollars of the capital stock shall be subscribed, and twenty per cent. thereon paid up. construct and Railway by 4. The Company are hereby authorized and empowered Company may to construct, complete, maintain, and from time to time work a Street remove and change, a double or single track iron railway, animal power. with the necessary side tracks, switches and turn-outs, and other appliances, for the passage of cars, carriages and other vehicles and particularly those adapted to the same, upon and |