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 AnAjBij^.0B(ttmd ftn4 eon|M)Iidflte the protritiont eoB- 
 IlioN^'^ (h« Ordinances to incorporate the City tad 
 Town of Queiiec, and to Vest more ample, powera in 
 the Corporation of the said Citr and Town^ 
 
 WHEREAS it has become expedient and necessary to 
 amend and consolidate the provisions contaided in, a 
 certain Ordinance of the Legislature of the F'rovince of Lower 
 Canada, made and passed in the Session held in the third and 
 fourth years of Her Majesty's Reign, intituled, An Ordinance 
 to incorporate the Cittf and Town of Quebec ; and in a certain 
 other Ordinance of the Legislature of the said Prbvince, made 
 andjpassed in the. fourth year of Her Majesty's Reign, intituled. 
 An Ordinance to aniend the Ordinance to incorporate the City 
 and Ibtffn of Quebec ; and also in a certain Act of the Legisla- 
 ture of this Province, made and pnjsed in the eighth year^of ■ 
 Her Majesty's Reign, intituled, An Ad to amend the Ordint^cen 
 incorporating the City of Quebec ; and also in a certain Act <k 
 the Legislature of this Province, made and passed in the liinth 
 year of Her Majesty's Reign, intituled. An Act further to amend 
 the Ordinances incorporating the City of Quebec^ and for other 
 purposes^ and to Vest more ample powers in the Corporatioh of 
 the said City and Town: Be it therefore enacted by the 
 Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the^dviee and 
 consent of the Legislative Council and of thC^egislative 
 Assembly ofthe Province of Canada, constituted and assembled 
 by virtue of aj|d 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 cf Upper and 
 Uneer Canada, and for the Government of CanaWy and it is 
 hereby enacted by the authority of the sarne, as fpllows : 
 
 I. The inhabitants dfthe said City and Town of Quebec, and 
 their successors, inhabitants of the same, incorpomted .under 
 the said Ordinance ^erein first mentioned, shall con^iilae to be 
 aiid shall be, as provided in and by the said Ordinance herein ^ 
 first mentioned, a body corporate in fact and in name, by and 
 under the name, style, and title of The Matjor, Councillors 
 and Citizens of the City oj Quebec, and as sucft shall have 
 perpetual succession and a cqmnrtpnseal, with power to break, 
 renew, change and alter the san^e at pleasure, and shall be 
 capable of ^uing and "being sued, and of impleading and being 
 impleaded in all Courts pf Law and Equity, and other places, 
 in all manner of actions, causes and- matters whatsoever, and 
 of accepting, taking, purchasing and holding goods and chat- ^ 
 tela, lands and tencfnent's, real and personal, moveable and im- ' 
 moveable estate, and of granting, selling, alienating, assigning, 
 demising and conveying thefsame, l^nd of entering into and 
 becoming a party to contracts, an(l^or granting and accepting , 
 any bills, bonds, judgments, orpther instrifments or securities 
 for the pavment or securing ofthe payment of any money bor- 
 rowed or lent, or the performance or securing the* p^]rf9r(|i{ince 
 of any other duty, matter or thing wbatsv^ver. 
 
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 If. As well the Iract of land wliicli in and by a. rcrtain Pi:o-\ 
 clamatibti of His Excellency Sir Alured Clarke, Lieutenant 
 Governor of the Province of Lower Canada, issued under tlie 
 Great SeaKof the said Provinro, and bearing date the seventh 
 day of May, la the year of our Lord one tliousand seven hundreil 
 and ninety-one, is described as being comprehended within 
 the City and Town of Quebec, and wliich it Vas declared by 
 the said Proclamation should "be thenceforward called by tha^ 
 name, as well as all land extending fo !ov,' Vv^ter mark of thcl 
 River St. Lawrence, in frortt of the said CiW and Town^ 
 together with the bed of Use Uiver St, Charles, op&wsite the saidi 
 City, adopted at hig'h water mark of the ntrllAn side of the 
 said River, from the prolongalion of the line fLm St. Ours 
 Street, to the westerly line oi' the Nuns of tl:o Hotel-Dien's 
 farm, thence, nmrfW^ southward, ^loiig the said^line about 
 five hundred and fifty feet, to the southern e:aremity of a pier 
 erected on the said farm, at low water; Thciice, riWining duo 
 East, about eight hundred feet, to the inters(|ction Wf the line 
 ■ Ihniting the Beach grants of tlu- Seignioiy of Notre bame Des 
 ^nges,at low \^^ater; and finally, Ilieiicc, almigtlic ;<Sid Beach, 
 line, ruhhiug Ndrth forty degrn-s East, to the intersection of the 
 prolongation of the C<)1iiij|iissii)iii<rs' line fortlie IlaWmr of 
 Quebec, and theme, follov/ing tiu- said Comraivsioner^' line, to 
 the westerly liucoflho City,— shall, from and aftcrthe pissing of 
 this Act, constitute and be and be called the City of Quebec : 
 And all wharves, piers, and other erect ii^ns, made or lo & made 
 in the said'-River St. Lawrence opposite to or adjoining the said 
 City and Town, tliougli beyond tho low v.'.;terinark of lliesaid 
 RiveY, and extending as far as the afore^^aid Coiumissioners' 
 line, and beyond the same, shouhl it be hereafter ext^ended, 
 shall be hekl and considered to be within |he limits of the said 
 City. • (, 
 
 HI. For the purposes of this Act, the said City of QnebeK shall 
 be and is hereby divided into eiirht wards, to be called respect- 
 ively, St. Lewis Ward, Palace Ward, St. Peter's Ward, C;ham- 
 plain Ward, St. Roch's Ward, Jacques CJarticr^Vard, St. John's 
 Ward a;nd Montcalm Ward. 
 
 IV. The bouiidarics and limits of the said Wards shall be as 
 follows, that is to say : 
 
 tst. Saint Lewis Ward shffll. comprise all that part of the 
 Upper Town within the fortifications, and south of a line drawn 
 from Prescott Gale fo St. John's Gate, along the middle of 
 Mountain Street, Buade Street, Kabricjue Street, and ^.John's 
 Street; 
 
 2nd. Palace Ward shall comprise all that part of tli/l Upper 
 Town within the fortifications, al^ not inchitled in St. Lewis 
 Ward;. , . 
 
 3rd. Saint Peter's Ward shall comprise all that part of the, 
 Lower Town, bounded orj the scmth by a line drawn frorti tiie 
 
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 middle of S««i«le«Forf Stvoil, a'lid prolonged in the same direc- 
 tion to low wafcf mark in tlie llivcr St. Lawrence at llie one 
 end, and trt the cliff below the Gnstlc of St Lewi* at the other, 
 and on tfic west by i he eastern limits of tiie Parish of St. Rocli, 
 together with all wiiarvcs, pldr'i and other erections opposite to 
 this part of tho Lower 7\)un, although built beyond the low 
 water mark in the saic^ilivcr ; 
 
 romprise* all tUat part of the 
 l'(t<!r'ii Ward and the limits of 
 
 ith. Chaniplain War.! sli.ill , 
 Lower Town Iyii):,r bitwc^n St. l'(t<!r'ii Ward and the limits of 
 the said City, too;,.|l.cr v/ifh iill wliarvos, piers, and other ejec- 
 tions, oppor.iio to this part of the said Lower Town, although 
 built beyonil Ihi; Ion^- v.atfrraark in ihc said River ; 
 
 5lh. Sa^nt Roch'.^ Ward shall coihprisis all that part of the 
 Parish of St. Rocli wliic'.i lies within the limits of tlid said City 
 of Quebec, on the north-w rtst side of a line drawn in the middle 
 of. St. Joseph Street, froni one end-to the other; 
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 6th. Jacques Cartief Ward shall comprise ail-that part df the 
 Parish of St. lloeh wriicli lies within the limits of the said City 
 of Quebec not conjpriscd iiy St. Roch's Ward ;. 
 
 7th. SaintJohirs Ward jihallcjomprise all that space bounded 
 
 by St. Jacques Cartier Ward, the fortifications, the limits of 
 
 .the said City, on l!ie wes/t, and ajine drawn jn the middle of 
 
 St. John Street from St. j/olin's Gate to the v/estern limits of the 
 
 City ; 
 
 8th. Montcalm Wrird sliiill comprise all that space bounded 
 by the fortifications 0''i t'lo east, and on the west by the City 
 limits, on the north by Si. Joiin's Ward, and on the south 
 by the C/rtif (/m C'o/j of the St. Lawrence. - 
 
 V. There shall be elected, in tlic manpcr hereinafter 
 uncntioned, one fit person, wlio .s]iall be and be callcikthe 
 .Mayor of the srtid City of Quebec, and a certain immbcr m fit 
 
 . persons who shall be and be called Councillors of the said 
 City, and such Mayor and Councillors for the tinie being shall 
 ' be and be called the Council of tlie said City. / 
 
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 VI. No person shall be 'eapable of being elected a Coun- 
 cillor of the said City of Quebec, Unless he shall have been a«. 
 resident householder within the said City for one year next 
 before such election, nor unless he shall be seized or possessed 
 to his own use of real or personal estate, or both, within the , 
 said City, after payment or deduction of his just debts, of the 
 value of five hundred pounds currency ; and no ^wrson • 
 shall l}e capable of being appointed an As-^sessor for the said 
 City unless he bo seized or possessed to his own use of real 
 iir personal estate, or both, within the said City^' after payment 
 'of his just diBbt."!), of the value of two hundred and fifty pounds 
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 or naturaJieed subject of Ffpr ?r.- . " .K ** natural-boro 
 twenly^ne yeaw ■ nor ihalJ .3^ L'"'* "^ "'^ '•^" «ge of 
 
 - bein/ elected at anv ..^h^ ''''''^" *"'' ^^ 
 
 attaiLd^Trealh^rfcv-'""*'"^^^^ ''«ve bfen 
 
 of Her Majest/sSSun^?' " ^nvCourt of La«r within any 
 
 or Judges, clerJt or clirkior ° '^^^^''S'ous sect, n.r any Judge 
 ^ ExecuUve Coun J| or anv no? ^""'''^' "' "^"^ ^'^^^"b" ofX 
 'evenue, orreceiti„oam/nf •" ^''^^""t^We for the City 
 for his s^rvicesrnor^arolSo^r "o^-" """^^^"^^'/^on. the Ci,> 
 clerJc or assistant emryedbvtim ."'■'"'' 'T"'^^'"- "°' ^^ 
 80 employed sha^l K; « r i ^ r? •'' '*"•>' *"'''' election, while • 
 the Jd Chf^ "'P''''" '^^ ^"^'"^ «'«-'-'l a CouncilS ; 
 
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 of ^otesof thequaiifiedSforrii •.?'''" ^''''' 'majority 
 «uch election shlll LfLcl nn7 no fh "'^T'^''^^ for which 
 havingthequalificatLnsin.hr I °^^^'^ ^^^" Hie person, 
 right to vote^hiTtKy '^'"'' '"t-ntioned «hall have a 
 
 ass^"Kyh£fpte";Kr ^'"^ -^"Pwa«is, who^n. 
 before the eleS,T , he „aST' »l^^««S one month 
 cedingan election'of a City Tuun ilforand^'T''^''*^^^ ^'T 
 
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 then in the Ward in whicK IIT ^T'^ 'hanone VVarf, 
 
 quaUfied to vote ii one vt?d od^ sS^" ' ^"'^ ^^^^ 
 and when such voter «haU bo oufe. ^ ' ''°? '•" ''"^^ ^ard, 
 than one and shall resfd« wiiS S 'w ' r"?°^« ^^^^^^ 
 Bhall declare at least one mo!. h, r ^ ""ts of the Cilyt he 
 Ward he wishes tavp^e an^'?„ If 'i/'l' "^P'^"^"' ^» >^hich 
 "mitted to vote at the ;,exf eleo icS '","'"" '^^^ ^^^ P^"- 
 be permitted to ^morX^l^^ZJ i^^^^^^ '^^^ 
 
 beM:jsa/^:j:;j^„?^^^^^.-^ 
 
 before the first day of Nov%mber?n " ' . " '' ^'"^'=''^^' That 
 hereinafter mentioned shall make il f "^ ^T-*'.' "'•-' A^*«es»rs 
 RoU, an alphabetical h't of X vSei '^'l' •« ^T ^''^''"^-nt 
 election of'^CouifciUors in each UWI^ . ^^'^ *^r^ «» ^^e 
 Voters' List," toVhich they sha U adj ',ho /*-" '"^K: '^''^ 
 
 provi,^,^ thi,Act, ^,drsam;;rrng^^ 
 
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list, certifying that it is correct to the best of tl)eir knowledge 
 and. belief, (and shall also keep a true copy thereof,) which list 
 they shall deliver to the City Clerk, to be by him submitted 
 to the Board of Re visors. 
 
 XII. The said list shall be kept in the City Hall for the 
 examination of all concerned, at reasonable hours, from the 
 first to the fifteenth day ql November jnclnsiwe, of which fact 
 the City Clerk shall give immediate public notice, either by 
 
 , printed placards or by advertisement in not less than one 
 newspaper i)ublished in the English language, and one 
 published in the French language, in the said City ; and any 
 person who shall claim to be added to the said " Voters' List," 
 or any Elector who shall desire to have any name erased' 
 therefrom, sliall /prefer his request in writing, signed with hie 
 name, stating^ie VVhrd to which he belongs, and shall cause 
 the same.to be delivered to the Ckj^Clerk on pr before the said 
 fifteenth day of .Xoveiuaber. ?'• 
 
 XIII. At their last Quarterlylijeeting in every year, after the 
 passmgof this Act, the City Council shall choose from among 
 their own number four Members of the said Council, whp 
 together with the Mayor fo/»the time being, shall be and 
 constitute a Board of Revisoi»s, any three of whom shall be 
 a quorum, to revise the said Voters' List, and decide according 
 to the best of their judgment upon the claims^previously made 
 as aforesaid for ' the insertion or omission of names in or from 
 the said ListJ and the Mayor, or in his absence such person 
 a,a the other Members of the Board sh4ll choose at the meeting, 
 shall preside at such meeting of the Board, and such Board 
 shall, on their first day of meeting, be duly sworn by a Justice 
 of the Peace- for the District of Quebec, well and impartially, .to 
 perform their duties as such Revisers ; and the said '''^•'* 
 shall give public notice before their first day of sitting, ol 
 order in which they will take up the Lists of the several Wa.*™.^ 
 and they shall tneet on the twentieth day of November or on the 
 day following if that day be a holij)ax, at ten o'clock in the fore- 
 noon, for the purpose of hearing persons concerned in making 
 the said claims or their duly constituted atta|;nie3 and deciding 
 upon them, and shall adjourn irorn day to 'day until all the 
 
 . Voiers' Lists are revised and settled ; and the Mayor or person 
 presiding at the said Board for the time being, shajl have 
 power to4'xamine persons upon oath respecting the said claims 
 and all matters connected with the revision of the said Lists; 
 and the said Board, after hearing the beSt evidence of which the 
 cases will admit, shall, and they are hereby required to decide 
 upon and make the necessary additions and erasures to or from 
 the said Voters' Lists in relation to the applications before them ; 
 Wid the said Board shall also have power to correct any mistake, 
 w ™pply any incidental omission made by the Assessors in the 
 said Lists ; and the said Lists, so revised and settled, shall be 
 signed by the presiding olfieer of the said Board, and sealed 
 with the City Seal, and shall be the only correct Voters' Lists : 
 Provided always, that the said Lists shall be finally completed 
 
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 before the Icntli day of Dccciiibor : And jnovitlctl also^ dial no 
 person's nQme^<llnl I bocrjiscd from any ofllio said Lists Avillioiit 
 his being inforrnvd. of Ihotlaini lo that cHoct, and liaving an 
 opportunity to bo Heard in refi^rciux' tlH-relo. 
 
 XIV." The V«)tors' List for oac.ii Ward, wlii-n siVscttUd 
 and signed, f^hall i:u again plact-d and Kept in tiic City Ilail 
 until after the closfi of the floctiiuis, and sliali then be lilrd in 
 the6ffieeofthc (lily Ch-rk ; and every jierson whose name 
 shall ap|)oar in'sneii Ward liis), and wlio sliall pAMbue a" eer- 
 tificate as hcfeinufter inentionetl, shall be entitled to vote at the 
 election for a Conncillor or ComvMilors, as the <-as«.' may be, 
 forsueh Ward, without any further imiuiry aslo his ({ualifieatiun, 
 and wiUjout taking any oath oilier than thai he is- the |x*rson 
 named in sueh List, and has not l)eh)re voted at such fh-etion, 
 which oath the Mayor, or any Couneilloruf tiie said City, is 
 hereby recjuired and authorized lo adminisler. 
 
 XV. On the application of any person whose name shaH 
 be on the Voters' Ijist for any ward, at any lime on and after 
 the fifteenth day of I he saj/l luonlh of Deeeinher, and until the 
 close of the said eleelioiis, the City Clerk ^liall deliver to sudh 
 person a eertificate signed by him, tliat the name o'f such per- 
 son is on the Voters' JJst for sueliSVard, and tliat be i.-j entitled 
 to vote at the ejeelion toLi- JKtld ftir a C'ounciih)r or Councillors 
 for such Ward, and such eerlifieale shall be de|)osited by the 
 voters in the City llall, in the ipanner hereinatter provided; 
 and no person shall be entitled ;tb vote at tht; election without 
 producing and deliveriiig sui-it^ecrtilicate, although his name be 
 on the Voters' List ior the \\'ajd. 
 
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 \ XVL Public notiec shall be given by the Cily Clerk, in 
 both languages, and ih at least one newspaper pul^lished in the 
 E^ligTish languages, anjl in one published in*the French lan- 
 guage in the said City, of the time when the elections will be' 
 held, and the said certificates may be deposited in the City 
 Hall; such notice being given at least three days before the 
 election to \yhich it shall refer; but no want of or defect in 
 such notice, shall vitiate any election. 
 
 XVIL The election of Councillors aforesaid sliall an- 
 nually take place and be held in manner following, to wit : 
 The Corporation of the said City shall cause Books to be pre- 
 pared, in which, shall annuai^lly be entered and recorded the 
 names of all persons who, bdng qualified to vote at the said 
 elections, shall produce and * depo§iite their certificates of qua- 
 lification in the Cily Hall of the said City, at aHy time between 
 the hours of nine o'clock in the forenoon and four o'clock in the 
 afternoon, from the fifteenth day of the month of December, 
 until Thursday intervening' between the first and second Mon- 
 days in tjl^e month of January in each year, both days inclusive ; 
 the said certificate shall be prepared' and made out on a 
 sheet of paper, having two leaves thereto, on the inner one of 
 which shall be jninted or stamped, blak lines followed by the 
 
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 V'or Coiincillor in the 
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 The party onlitlctl In tin; sfiiil Cortilicatn, and desirous of 
 voting,', shall iill "j) tin* suid" lilanlis, or if un;d)liv to'writo, shall 
 <;ausi; the; saniu 1o hr. lilkvf np in the prcscm «" of Iwo suhscrib- 
 iiij,' witncssi's, with ihi- iiaiiics of ilnmr persons for whom jio may 
 desire to vote, and whom lie iiiay wish lo Irive elected Cuun- 
 cilh«f or Coiineillois, as llie east* nrVy he, for the Ward in which . 
 htr is entitled to vole ; The liolders of the said Certificates 
 being tju' parties named tlierein, may produce the same to the 
 City Clerk of tlie said-CiU, in ih;- C'ily Hall thereof, at any 
 time within di(; hours and periods hereinafl(T speeilled, ami 
 after enlrv made, hy tht; City Ck-rk of the name of the said 
 Voter, ami tlie dat(;"of tlie ph)duetl()ji of the said eerlificale, the 
 hohh-r thereof l>eiiii:; tiie \y.uVy haiiK'd tiierein as aforesaid, may 
 <leposit the s:iid (vertifuate in a,miila!)k'"afid closed box, in the 
 saitl City Hall, lahelled v/itii l!ie n;uue erf the Ward in which 
 thesaid'party may Le entitUd ti> yote, of which de'scription of 
 box,'api)ropriaiely labeik.d, the said Corporation shall furnish 
 one li)r each W'aril of rlii; said City ; At the lime of pro- 
 ducing an<l deposiiing the saul CertiKcate, the said Voter shall 
 be under no nocessiiy of declaring or nl:iJ;i)ig known for whom 
 lie may vole as Couiicill6r, and no enl.y or record of the party 
 or parlies voted for shall be made hy tlio City Clerk, but on.ly 
 an entry of tht; name oi the party v>)ling and of the date when 
 he shall produce and deposit as afores;i id his said Certificate 
 and tvote-; It shall l)e hnvful for the Mayor, or for any 
 Couneillorofthte said City, to administer the oath prescribed 
 in the fourteenth Section of this Act, to any jjarty producing a 
 Certificate of (iualiheation, and claiming tiie right to deposit 
 the same und vote a^k^^sj-aidideetion ; And it shall be impe- 
 rative on the said j^l^fr-and on each and every Councillor of 
 the said City, to admmsti(j5 tin;, said oath, upon the requisition , 
 to that effect, of any dnly*<iualified Voter in the said City, and 
 likewise in:dl case's where uoMbfs ar(r or may be entertained of 
 the identity of the party desirous of voting; and any person who 
 shall swear falsely uptm the said oath being administered to 
 him, shall be guilty of wilful and corrupt perjury, and shalll be 
 liable to all the penalties of the said oflence. The said 
 eif'ht Boxes (one for each Ward) shall severally be locked with 
 five locks each,; each lock shall be diflerenl from the 
 others, andNshall be opened with a key of a different donstrae- 
 tion from the keys of any other of the said locks, so that no 
 two of the said-locks may be Qpened with flic same key ;^that' 
 the keys of the said locks sRall be given in custody to the 
 Board of Revisors appointed by the Council, feach of whom 
 shall keep one key, so that the said Boxes cannot be optmed 
 unless in the presence t)f iril the Members of the said Board ; 
 
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 ImrnediMelj^ after thd* said Thnrsdtiy iniprvrning between 
 tlif firM and second-^Momloys in Jaiiuuiy, ti.e faid boaid ot Ke- ' 
 •Vijjors shall meet in llie (jiiy-Hall, t-liall o\mi ihe said lioxe8,°and 
 •haU cause llie eniriesfhu u-^oid oHlie tliiy Cleik in llie said ' 
 Books.to be perfected, byemvring and rtcordinjf in the sard 
 
 - Books the names ol the fJursions lor whom duciA Voter shall 
 or may' v6te, to be electt.d CouncHlor or Couiicillprs. as 
 aforesaid j And the said Board oi Revisors shall ascertain and 
 reporMo the Council of the ^aid City, at its next Meeting 
 the total number of votes given for. tlie Candidates for . the 
 office of Councillors, and for whom tlic grratest.nunib.er of votes /^^ 
 shall have been given ii each of the said several wards ; And 
 the said Council shall, after examiuatioiiiof^the said Books, 
 Certificates and Report of the said Committee, thereupon de- 
 clare thepatlies having the greatest HnmOair of votes to be- 
 elected Councillors of |he said City ; and in case'of aaeijuality 
 of votes, the said Council shall detcrmifte^ which of the parties 
 having the said equality shall, be etectetTK* ollice : Provided^ 
 That the newly elec^ted Members; respecting whose election 
 
 .there is no question, shall, if present, be first ewprii in, that 
 they may vote m the said'cases of equality of votes, if desirous 
 of 80 doing ; and the said Councillors elect shall afterwards 
 
 .•respectively take the oaths prestfi bed by this Act ; ajid the, 
 said Books, with the names of the said Voie/si, and the names * 
 of the parties 'for whom thej- have respectively voted, together 
 with the' Certificates produced and deposited by the said 
 Voters, shall rehiain in th(& ollice of the City Ckrk, where they 
 shall be ojjen to irispeetJon by an v Elector on pavment of .one 
 shilling. , " ' . ' • 
 
 XVIU. Provided alwa}s, thafin the event, of decease br 
 absence from illness, or ol+ierwise, of any one or more of the 
 members of the said Board of Revisoi's, the* Council shall ap- 
 point from among themselves, otiier lie visors in the stead of 
 
 . those who shall be so deceas^^J, or absent\*i9 aforesaid, which - 
 said Revisors -go appointed shall be sworn ih the same manner 
 as those in whose stead 'they shall be so appointed, and any ;, 
 
 ' member who shall be so appointed in the stead of the absent 
 Revisor, shall only act a^^.such. for the.i)urposes of the Election 
 which shall be then going on ; but if the Council shall be un^ 
 able to appoint suc.h other Revisors in the stead of those who 
 
 .-shall have so deceased, or be absent as aforesaid, then it shall 
 be lawful for the remaining members of the said Board to 
 perform all the duties in a«d by this Art declared to be done 
 by the said Boanl of Rcvimrs. V 
 
 XIX. If any Revisor appointed' uiider the ' provisions of 
 this 'Act shall neglect or retuSb to perform any of the duties 
 required of him, under the next preceding section, he shall 
 incur a penalty t)f two hundred pounds currency. 
 
 XX'. The said several wards shall be represented in the • 
 Cotmcjil of the snid City, by three Councillors*. 
 
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 » XXI. On thefirel Monday 'in Djyjcmher which will.be in 
 the year one thousand eight hundred fend fifty-hvc,the quulihod 
 electors shall openly a^-rmble in' the -several wa.ds a oreea.d, 
 and nominate from the persons qualified to be CounciUoiB, oiie . 
 fit and proper person to be Councillor for each ol the saitt 
 wards, to supply the place of those v\ bo shall then go out of _ ^ 
 office : and on (he fir>^i Monday in December in each succeed- 
 ingyear, the iiualified electors? aforesaid shall openly assera- 
 ble.m the several wards aforesaid, and nominato frorn the per- , 
 sons qualified to be qoniiciUors for each of such wards, such 
 number of fit and proper persons an s^hall be .requrrcd to supply 
 the places of those who shaU then go oul of office., and np . 
 party not nooiinated on such day shall be competent to be 
 (•Iccled: Provided 'always, that if Uie -day so appemied lor - 
 '' «ucli election shall in any ^oaf happen to be a holiday, ttucli . 
 election shall ial£<5j)lace on the day lollcAving. 
 
 XXII. If al uny election of 'a Councillor or Councillors . as 
 aforesaid, any poison shall be elected u. Councillor for more , 
 
 ' than one ward if the said City, he shall within three days |^ 
 after notice thereof from the Ciiy Clerk, make hw option, or 
 on his default tlK> Mayor of the saidT City shall declare- for , 
 which one of the said NVards such person sl'a'l serve as . 
 
 . eouiieilloVand thereupon such person shall be held to havt 
 been elected in that ward only. • . . '. . 
 
 XXIII. Any rfhd every Councillor td appointed underjhe -^ 
 provisions of this Act, who shall refuse or neglect to accept 
 such appointment, or who shSli refuse or neglect to perform 
 the duties resulting' from such appointment, or any one or 
 more of those duties, ^haM pay to the Treasurer of the said ^ 
 City a fine of fifty pouhds currency : imd t^very Councillor so 
 
 -"appointed under the provisions of this Aft shall acpept 
 such apiylilftmem by serving a notice in -writing to that ellect 
 upott--tBe City Clerk, within forty-eight hours after nptice 
 given to him of his appointroen! by the Clcjdj^f the said City ; 
 if such appointment be not accepted, or if the duties thereol 
 he not fulfilled within the proper time, a new appointment 
 maybe made by the Mayor, or in base of a vacancy in the 
 office of Mayor, by the Council of the said City; and after 
 such new appoinimeilt shall have been made either by the 
 Mayor or Council, but not before, the appqintment previously 
 made of the Councilor in default shall be void and ol "no effect ; 
 Provided always, that the neglect of any Qpuncillor to accept 
 such appointment in writing, as aforesaid, if lurin other respects 
 discharge the duties resulting from such appiiintment, shall 
 •not invalidate any act or thihg done by him under such ap- 
 pointment, although such neglect shall subject the party so m 
 default to the pelklty aforesaid ; Provided ahyays, that such 
 appointment by the Mayoror Council' shall oi»ly be valid until 
 thenext annual election, when the vacancy shall be failed up^^ 
 in the usual manner by the electors. . . • 
 
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 r'i!^ -n" n ''"'' M,''"^ ''"''"" ^/l«o shall at an election of a 
 . CounclJor or Councillors, to be had as aforesaid, w^ar or carr^ 
 ' «?y ""g' "l>b^rt or cockade, or other badge or mark whLevo7 
 to distinguish hun or them as supporting any .tarticukreand[' 
 date or candidates at such election, or whoihall by v ok "ce 
 menace, or maliciou*, practice, or /in any manner or way vhal-' 
 •soever, impede or disturb or the,:e by endeavour to iinLh oV 
 • disturb any election, or thereby prevent or cmle;ivour topre ven 
 any elector or electors from giv/n.^ his or iheir^ votes 'at 1 • 
 same according to his or thei*4»W. or desire shall oi ic n 
 viction thcreoi; iorfcit and pay tl\e sum of twen^^^, ^,^ 
 curn^nt money ol this Provin.-.^ lor every ,,ndh ollbiice 
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 'XXV. Every Councillor ,.r ojIkt person hol.ling any such 
 election, shall have power and/authority u, nniintain and .iforee 
 order, and keep the peace at I/he ^-leeliori held by him and all 
 olliccrsand ifcn-comniissiomid /olliccrs f.f militia c/.nstiUe- 
 and other peace ollieers, andr^lso all 'others Jler Maie^lv's 
 
 snch election is he d, or wW sLaF be present Thereat, ar. 
 }i(m-by reciuned to be aidin-/ piul assisting Iii,n therein • ami if 
 any person or persons shall (conimit violence, or be eno'i'aMl'iii 
 any aflray or riot, or be ar^i.ed v.'ith ciiii,s, tUives or'^olher 
 olens.ve weapons, or weal' or carry any th,.-, ribbon or cock- 
 ade or other badge or mark' whatsoever, to distinguish him or 
 them as supporting any pi^rticuhl'r (randidule or candidates or 
 m any wise dfsturb or threaten to disturb the peace or order at 
 any such election, or will^lly prevent or endeavour to prevent 
 .any elector or person froiii coming to vole thereat, or in anv 
 vyi^e interrupt the poll or /ih(; business thereof, the" said Coun- 
 cillor or other person lufling any such ..-leetiob shall have 
 power and authority, on/ view or on the oath ofbne Credible 
 witness (which oath tlip fakl Councillor or other person fioldin- - 
 such election ishereby aifhorized nmi empowered to :ulmini.sler V 
 to arrest or confine or coiiiSiii u. prison ;yiy su<;h person or p.Tso.'s 
 so olfending, by an brderjn writing directed to ni.y officer of mili- 
 tia or any peace olficer wftiiin the limits of the place for which such 
 election IS held, or to thii Gaoler of the District of Quebec which 
 order such officer of miUfia, peace officer or gaoler is hereby re- 
 quired and commanded -to ohoy, under a penally not exceediii,' 
 4weiity-five po.imfs currc^nt money of tins Provinco for disobedience 
 thereto ; I rovidcd the tune .)f such arrest, confinement or impri- 
 sonment, shall not esecrfd twenty-four hours; And provided also 
 that no such, arrest, confinement or imprisonment, shall in any 
 manner exempt the person or persons so arrested, confined, impri- 
 soned or detained, froijii any of the pains and penalties to which he 
 or they may be liable fiir any thing done contrary to the true intent 
 an'd meaning of this Act. 
 
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 XXVI. The Mayorand Councillors of the Cilv of Quebec who 
 shall be in office when/this Act.shall come into force, shall con'tinuc 
 in office uniil required to go out of office un der the provisions of 
 tins Act ; and the person who shall so bo tlio Mayor of the City of 
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 in officS until his successor in the saiilottice of Mayor shall l.avo 
 been appoi.UeiUml «worn in, accojWfig to the provisions of l^.is 
 Act- antf on the third Monday inffftiuary, in the year eighteen 
 hundred and Tift y-six, and on the third Mon.lay in January in each 
 succeediiK' year, those members of the Council for each ward res- 
 iKctivelv," shall go |out of olhce who shall have been members 
 Ihereof for the louKcst time without re-election ; Prov.dechdways, 
 th.-tat the next ensuing election of Councillors for ttta,saul City lor 
 St" John's Ward, the Councillor who had the least number of voles , 
 at the electi..n in the year eighteen huiulred an.l f.fty-lwo shall go 
 out of office at the next electhm, to be held on the third Monday m a 
 Janunrv, in eighteen hundred and f.fty-s.x, and the Councillor 
 haviiur tile lowest number of voles at lI,eele.;lion in eighteen, 
 bundled and fifty-three sh.ll go out of ofiiee at the election to bo 
 hehUn the third Mon.lay in January, nghtecn hundred, and fifty- 
 » s.«ven •' and at all ensuing annual elections, when two or more r. 
 
 Councillors in c;,ch Ward Jkivc been eleele.l the .ame day, the 
 ~ Councillor Ivavint; il.c les^Jj^um].er of votes shall go out ol office 
 - fti-str- Prrrt-id^^uW., iliut-iP^lui ..tiiind .Mo.,.l..y in JiUiua.;}:, c"^'- _ 
 teen hu.ulred and filiy-six, or in -any subsc.,uent year, there shall be 
 a va<Mnev orVae;mciesin .he oOicc of :..«• >nfcnu)er or membeis ol 
 Council ior any w.nl, who w(^.M no., not!, r the provisions ol this 
 Se'etion, have" gone out of office on that day ilmii a menib.r or 
 membeTs of tlie Council shall be elecle.i lor the vvard to fill such 
 v.eancv, as well as in ilie place of ihe nxMnbc r who shall hen go 
 . out ofoVnce nn.ler the provisions of this Sec.ion, ami provi.led ur- 
 ihor that anv men,l.er going out oi olhce, inay be re-elected if then. 
 ,,ualir.e.l, According to the i^nn isicns ol .ins A.;l ; And i m ^.y 
 year (he lurd M'^'l'V in Janua, y be a boh.lay, all that by tl. s Sec- , 
 Jou is ordered to be Jone on ih:'.t day, shall be done ui the foliowirtg^ 
 
 day. , 
 
 XXvil There shall be in each year four <pjarter!y Meetings of 
 the said Conncil, which shall be held on ,ho foll.^ving days, that is 
 t .ay • on .he second Mon.lay in the months ol MHich, Juno Sep- 
 icmber an.l December, in each a.ul every vear, an.l the said meet- 
 hiJ 'ball not a. anv ..ne ti.n.> be held f-r a long.-r per.o, than three 
 Ivs su.xessivelv, in whi.:h h.-lulaysshalhintbe .nelud... ; l^^^^^^ 
 
 that if the said M.)n.lay be a holalay, the meeting shall take place 
 on the day following. 
 
 XWIII. \t the first Qnavteilv..r Si.ccial Meeting of the said. 
 C.,um-.il after the olecti.:n ..f members thefeof, in the year of our 
 L, J one thousand eight hundre.1 and fif.y-s.x, an. in each uc- 
 ce^L.^ year, the sai.l Councilhns shall elect out of •''« "'^"be" 
 there."f" a fit an.l proper pers<.n t., be Mayor of the said City', who 
 Si c^.ntinue in office 'as Mayor until his .uccess..rm the said 
 • O ll^ f Ma shall have been api.oinl.Ml an.l sworn in ; and in 
 c c . a^ncy shall occur in .he office ..f Mayor by reason ..f any 
 w 1.' M\ have been electe.1 t.. that offic.> not accepting the same 
 .Tr I y ca ' n ..f his dying, or ceasing to h.d.l the said office he sai. 
 * C.Sirshall. at the first General or Sp..cial M.et.nR o, U.o sa.d 
 C S .d u . mn . >.....nry, d. H nnt oflhr l.l>-.nber. ol the Council 
 
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 said Ciif 
 discharging the'dulV'nf Af'V'''-''^? ''T '^'cknessbe inca|.ableof 
 shall ^cfiror: J^^l^^:^;,/^^f, ^^''^ .pO'. the said ['ouncil 
 shall, during such IC^oT^clt^er^^l^ '^' ^''y* «'"^ ^^o 
 have all the power au l.o k " t ^^^^ '''°'" "'^""^ *'"' ^' Y' 
 Mayor of thc^■aid'c ; ni's :; "f'^''' '"'•"'' ^y "'^^^ '» "'e 
 absence oi- sickness of (h/JidAiiv' i T° '"-^ T^ every su.K 
 d ties imposed by la v „„^he\.tri ^1 '''%^V''"^ P*'"''""" «" «''e 
 whenever and no often ! ' ^"'^f"" "^ "'« *""' ^ity ; and 
 
 Mayor of.he said C 'v , elw ??' f 'f./'T"'' '" "'« "^^^"f 
 hers of ,he said Counc I ne vvl. i !'.!.' '^'*" '■'^'' '"'•""' "ny ««•"- 
 
 h»ve«|/,heauthori/7Lo;.? '?'''''• ''"•*""'.^ l*® fi"ed "P, 
 
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 thousand eight hundre. m.J fifu ' ",' ''« >'^*"" "'^°"' Lord on» 
 
 th. .aid Council SllS ,f s^'"*";' "^^««J.....c«oodi«gye«r. 
 not exceeding eight in S) r c ^ •?''"'"" ''"" *''« •"^'•' City, 
 Council mn/grfoLs^dli '""•'' '"l '"^^'^'"'•"T. and the said 
 s '.-vices as .heVaid C n,c .n^\ I V'"'' '^'"'"""ation f„r their 
 may order and Jete^ „e 'i wh' riS"'.'^^ and .he said Council 
 Assr-ssors shall act'S "f L ! sei r ' . ''ru""'"^ ^*'"''' "'« "»»<* 
 rointed sh.-.li actas V r " u '''.' ''"" '''^' Assessors to be ap- 
 
 'hallbetheduT;");^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ and ^t 
 
 as-ess all propel' a nd I n L T '" 7"''^ ^''^ assessments, to 
 any rate, duty'ta; or r^,. s f' T' °^''" f''^^^""^ '•='>''^ »" pay 
 evir, in ',he ^ d City 1^1' "U"" ^^' '';'"" "'^ ""^ ^•»"'''" ^^atso- 
 done in the saij C tv'- and H.e L'7 T "'' ''"''". ^"^ ^^"* '''""^^o 
 in the perf<,rmance 3,he "uties v^f ''"''"7''^"" ""' »'«••' «f'«''-. 
 by law, base .heir |>r oSin'r "'"' ""''"''^'' "I*"" ">«» 
 
 on ^ fancied value'or r ', T.Vprl r ' V "?""""""' "^ l'^»P«'')'. 
 done, but they t|„. ',1 ^^^'""''^ "^ '"'« I'eretofore ohen bee, 
 
 hy require.1 to^det mine tll^aT;"' ''"" '''; •''"'' """^ «"* »'«•'■ 
 all such proper.v, uZ ,he utu- ' nTr' \"J' """"^^ ''^ "'«'" "" 
 said rent bo' a far K el „ iJ "'' *''"' ^'''' ''^''' <''«™"f. ^ 'he 
 valueofthepropeV tunfoSL""'' r'' P'-»l'"^'i'>nate to the 
 
 ^actual valueTf'',h7pV: ;;l":™^^^ "T" "I" «<- interest of ihe 
 ^-ssed is in the occ!opS<^Z:L '' ;: f'Lr'-'^!'' ^ 
 
 %»S"ssedisintle ncZfTA^"'^^^^^^ ^^''""e Property to be 
 
 < .he said AsILrZ ' • ' ^iKr '''", "' 'I" •^^"'•"•""^» 'he.^- 
 mine the assessment to be n^i.l ?. '^'"y ''''' ^'^'^h' required to defer- 
 rent which the said Jope ,f m v be w"'.."'"'". '''"•» '"•<^°^'''nK to the 
 the same to l« l-asel at ^ I'r -n, . ''"!^.*'V ?"'' ""Sh' to obtain, were 
 prielor at the'timc a^d bene*;? wk''"'? ''''' '""'"' ''•'' ""^ '"'^ Pro- 
 iots of land witKn 'the limftrnf fh ' ''" ^f^""' «"'' unoccupied 
 in all their depfMo theirwhot . '''/'' ^'/^ '^«" »»« ^'''"''ed 
 that is to ^^nZ^::;:!:!^^:;;^:;^^^^ value ; 
 
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^e period for 
 serve. 
 
 he said Cit/ 
 inca|)able of 
 iaid Council 
 y, one who 
 le said Ci y, 
 law in the 
 every suclj 
 for HI all the 
 City; and 
 he uffice uf 
 I any mnm- 
 iiicy act as ' 
 i filled up, 
 ihe JMayor 
 
 id CouDcil 
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 flingye»Fr~- 
 said Cily, 
 d the said 
 1 for their 
 tl Council 
 ' the said 
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 iroperty, 
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 1, were 
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 XXXI. Every penions to be appointed Assessor as aforcsiaiid, 
 dhall, before he begins to net as such, or execute the duties of 
 his said office, lake ttie Oatii of Allegiance, and aho ih6 Oalh 
 in the thirty-fifth Sectibn nientinned, and the following Oath, 
 before ^ny two.inembers^f tht^^onncil of the said City, that is 
 to say : 
 
 
 " I, ' havitig been appointed Assessor for the 
 
 '♦ City of Quebcf, or for tlui '^ Ward of the 
 
 '* said City, {as t/u; rase ;H«J(Ue) dosw'ear that 1 will faitlifuily, 
 " innpartially, honestly and tliligently execute all the duties.oi' 
 ""the said oliicc, according to thi* Itcsf of my skill and know- 
 " ledge ; So help me God." ^ 
 
 XXXII. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any i 
 Actor law heretofore pa?!*('d or in force in this Province, Jt' 
 
 .shall«notbe necessary fur the Assessment in the said City to • , 
 be made at any particular period in each year, but the powers > 
 and aiithority of th(y Assessors elected and appointed, or to be 
 hereafter elected and appointed tuidcr and by virtue of this 
 Act, shall be and continue in force, and may be exercised for 
 and during the period und term of their election and tfppoiht- 
 ment, to wit, until the first Monday in January in the year next 
 following their said election and Jippoiiilment. ' ' 
 
 XXXIII. It shall bo lawful for the said Council, at any 
 meeting or meetings eorriposed of not less than two thirds of the 
 members thereof, to make a By law or By-laws which shall 
 regulate and determine the time when the Assessors of the said 
 City shall annually commence their duties, the manner in which 
 they shall perform them, the period within which they shall an- 
 nually make their first General Return of the Assessments to 
 be levied and obtained in.the said City, and the time and man- 
 ner in which they may or shall correct their said return, by ex- 
 tending the same, and addmg thereto the names of any parties 
 omitted or who shall have become known to the said Assessors, 
 or shall have arrived in the said City subsequently to the making 
 thereof, or who shall have become liable to pay any assessment, 
 tax or duty to the said City, at any tune alter the said General 
 Return shpll or may have been made, and the reduction and 
 modification of any assessment, rate, duty, tax or import when 
 may be equitable imd just ; and in the event of any vacancy or 
 vacancies occurring in the oflice of Assessor or Assessors by 
 the non-electiorf of any Assessor or Assessors, at the time fixed 
 byUaw therefor, or by tRe absence or death dfany person or 
 persons elected or appointed t'o that ollice, or by the refusal or 
 inabMlty of any Asst-ssor or Assessors elected or appointed to 
 attend to, perform and fulfil tljc'tluty or duties which he or they 
 are or may be bound or nHjuiretJ b^-^faw to attend to, perform 
 and fulfil, it shall and may be Iniwlul for the said Council, at 
 any quarterly or special meeting thereof, to elect, nominate and 
 appoint one or more cornpetenr and duly qualified person or 
 persons to fill and agftplv such vacancy or vacanciea. 
 
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 XXXrV. At ahy.Quajtfnly or Special Meeting to be* held by 
 liie said Council\n tiie nKmlli of February or March, in the 
 year of One thonsahd eia[ht hundred and fifty-six, and at any 
 Quarterly or Special Meeting to bo held IVy the said Council in 
 the inontli of Fel)rnary\r Mareh in each 5ucceeding year, ^r 
 at any Special Meeting siiKs(>r|in>nt tlieiel(», the members of the 
 faid Council shall elect l)y iiNniiijoiily of volFs from the pc-rsons 
 qualilied to be Councillors, t\vo person's* who shall !)e and be 
 c:alled Auditors^o(th(! said CilV of (^ncbcc ; and every such 
 Auditor shidj continiK' in ollice forXthe year following his elec^ 
 tii>n ; Provided always, that in cvciyNsnch election of Auditors, 
 no uieiuber of the said Council shall vole fopniore than one 
 person to be such Aiidilor its aton-said :^\nd provided als«», that, 
 nomember oftliesaid' Council, iiorthe ClWk, nor the Treasurer 
 or Assistant Trea^alrer of the sai.1 City, skill be capable of 
 being elected an Audiior as ;iforesaid ;" And\rovidcd furtiier, 
 that any vacancy ihalniay occur in the olliceV" Auditor rnay 
 be filled up l)y tlie said Council, by an election t<V be bad inlhi^ 
 ^nanncr and under the provisions aforesaid, at any<yeneral or 
 SppfcialMeeting ; and llie person so elected shall hold his ' 
 olli(re until ihe time when Ilie person whose place he shall have 
 been elected to suj)ply-\vould have gon«! out of office. 
 
 XXXV. No j)('rs(ai elected to he Mayor, Coun(;illor or^Avtdi- 
 tor, or appointed Assi^sor, as aloresnid, shall be c^p|)able<) 
 acting as such, except in administering the oath^diereinafter 
 mentioned, until h(? sliallhave made and subscrilx'^d before any 
 two or more of such Councillors (who are hereby respectively 
 authorized and required ty administer the sai(| oath to each 
 other,) the Oath of Allegiance to Her Majesty, Her Heirs and 
 successors, and also an oath in the words 6r to the cflect follow- 
 ing, that is to say : 
 
 " f, A. B., having been elected Mayor,(C(nincillor, Auditor, or 
 " appointed Assessor, as Ihe msr maijliv) for the City of Quebec, 
 " do sincerely andsolenmly swear tlial ( wfll faithfully fulfil the 
 "duties of the said ollicj;', according to the best of my judg- ■ 
 " mcnt and ability ; iind that 1 am seized or possessed for my 
 " «)wn use, t»f real or personal estate, or both, in the said City 
 " of Quebec, after the payment or deduction of my just debts, 
 " of the value of . , :, - 
 
 " And that I have not fraudulently or eollusively obtained the 
 " samc,or a title to the same, for the purpose of qualifying my- 
 " self to bo elected Mayor, (Councillor, Auditor, or appointed 
 " Assessor, (is the case man /■'<) 'i" aforesaid : So help me God." 
 
 ' XXXVI. Eycry person didy qualified, who shall be elected 
 to the olHce of Mayor, Councillor, Auditor or appointed 
 Asscssoi: as aforesaid, of the said City, shall aee<?pt the office 
 to which he shall , have been so elected, or shall, In default 
 thereof, pay to th(! Treasurer of the said City, and f<|r the use ' 
 of the said City, a fine as follows, that is to say : — For the non- 
 ncceptanee of the oflice of Coun>;illor, a fin.^ of Fifty pnnn>K» ; 
 
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 for non-accciWance df t4^ie oflh'e of Auditor or Assessor, a fino 
 ul' Fifty pounds ; and for noii-acceptixncc of llio office of Mayor, 
 It fine of One hundred pwniids ; an<fevpry person so elected, 
 shall accept such ollice, by- taliing the Oatli of Allegiance, ai1<l 
 making and subscribing thc<leclaration h(*rcinbeforo meinioned, 
 within four days after notice of his elcetitifi, and in default 
 thereof, shall be liable to pay the fine aforesaid, as for hi.s non- 
 acceptance of such oOlce, and such olhee shall thereupon 
 he deemed vacant, and «hall be fdled up by a new election 
 to be made in the manner hereinbelbrf prescribed asi by 
 law or any lJy-!n\v (-f tlie saitl Cxiuncil may be required : 
 Provided always, that no person disabled" by lunacy or im- 
 .liecililyof mind sliall be lialfle to pay such line as,afore- 
 paid ; and provided also, that every person so elected to 
 any such office, who siiall 1 e above the age of sixty-five years, 
 or whp shall already Ikivo served such oifioe, or .paid the fino 
 fiir not accepting such olTire, v/ilhiiv five years next pVeccdjng 
 the day on which he sliall Ijo so re-elected, shall bo exempi^Hl 
 iVoMi accepting or stu-ving ihc same oillce if he shall claim such 
 exemption within five days nflcrtho notice of his eieetion from 
 the City (Jlerk : And provided also, that no Military, Naval, or 
 ]S[:triiie Ofiieer, in !Icr Majesty's s<M"viee, on full pay, nor any 
 ?ir<!ml)er of the Legislature of this, Province, nor' any Surveyor 
 ■ (General, nor any Adjutant General, or Deputy Adjilfant GeiicT-" 
 ral of Militia, or Proviticia! Seeietary, nor. ike J)eputy Pbst- 
 p.iasUjr General or his Deputies, or any Custoui-llouse Officer, 
 Slieriii'or Coroner, Inspector and Superintendent of Police, nor 
 the Clerks or eommissioMed Otlicersof the Legislature or of the 
 Executive Coiuicil, nor any Sehoolniaster, sliall be helct or 
 bound to accept any sur-h oillce as aforeasid, or any other otfice 
 in the said City., 
 
 XXXV'H. If an\' person holding the office of ?.l"ayoror Coun- 
 cillor, sliall be deeiarcvl P.ankrnpt, or shall apply to lake the 
 benefit of any Act for the rOlief of Insolvent Deljtoi^, or shall 
 ( ompound by deed v.itli his creditors, or being Mayor, shall be 
 r.bsent from the said City lor more than two calendar months, 
 ^" being a Covmcillor,. for more than six months, at one ancl 
 tJK? same time (unless in case of illness) then, and in every'sucli 
 cascy such jjerson shall thereupon innnediately Leconu' disquali- 
 fied, and shall cease to hohl such oilice of Mayor or Councillor 
 as afore!«iid ; and in ihe case of such absence, shall be liable'to 
 the same line as if he had refused to accept such office. 
 
 XXXVllIVriie Mayor of the said City for the tunc being, 
 shall be a Jusiiietr.of the Peace for the City and District of- 
 Quebeo without i\irthcr<iualifieation, and the Councillors of the 
 said City for the thne being, shall severally be Justices of the 
 Peace f<u- the said Cijy of Quebec without further qualification, 
 and it shall be lawful lor ^'i*-' ^^f^'d Common Council, from and 
 out of tlje monies belonging to the said City, to grant andnllow 
 to the said Mayor for the titne being in lieu of all fees and per- 
 quisites, such salary not exceeding three hundred pounds and 
 not less than <n:e hundred ancr^fy pounds, as the 'said Councill 
 -shaiithtnir fil. 
 
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 ■ cS^^'i^ shall be Jawful for the said Coutocil of the said 
 
 keepers fo the sailS^S-.n T '"7" P^»"d>rP«r o?< Pound- 
 • think,, necessary' o eSS" them"'; ""''" °-^^^'^ ^^ ^''^^ "^ 
 powers vested hi i?,p?rh!. J- T "^ "^f'^ Jntorexecmioh tho 
 WSe dn fpVif 1 '^ ^.^'^,^ct' and to prescribe and rcmi- 
 ptasuJet r:Lvelv'"th"'l"-^ respcctrveJy, and at tlfeir 
 place/anXsaid rlJ^l ?"]r^ 
 
 any such exlr^ordinary vucanc^^ be tween xL &m dTot 
 
 -^ 
 
icil of the said 
 !, to appoint a 
 CoonciJ, to be 
 I being a mem- 
 erk, to be the 
 on or personsw 
 •k or Clerks of 
 d one or more 
 id Bridges^— 
 s andBridges 
 lor each of the 
 per o?< Pound- 
 < as they^ may 
 ■xecitlioh the 
 be and regu- 
 and at their 
 mother in his 
 ty for the due 
 • other Officer 
 It and allow 
 be ajipointed 
 ompensation 
 lever and so 
 he said City 
 or any such 
 office of the 
 B said City, 
 roper person 
 d Council of 
 ig the time 
 tuties of the 
 cil, and all 
 during the " 
 and effect 
 id Council 
 
 •dinary va- 
 Council of 
 3 ward for 
 t day to be 
 s occurred, 
 3 Council, 
 h electiun 
 3 shall be 
 me provi- 
 ections of 
 3o elected 
 person iu 
 i in ordi- 
 go out of 
 qualified : ' 
 to supply 
 t day of 
 
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 * January an^ the first day of March in ariy year ; and should 
 '■ any Councillor, after havinj? been in office for and during the 
 time of siW months, intimate to the Council his desire to resign, 
 he shall be allowed to tio no with llio consent of three fourths 
 of the members present wlicni^uch desire may be so intimated, 
 and his place shall be lillcd up in the manner herein provided 
 for filling extraordinary vacancies. * 
 
 XLI. So ijriuch of o, (crlaiii Ael of the Legislature of the 
 Province of Lower Canadii, passed in the tliirly-sixtli year of 
 the Reign of his late Majesty, King George the Third, inti- 
 tuled, A}7 Avl form akin v;, repairing and ulliriivj; tftr Highways ■ 
 and Bridgrs within t/iis Province, and for otlitr purposes, as 
 provides for the appointment of Assessors, an<l of a Road Trea- 
 surtjrfor the said City of Qiiel)ce ; and also of a certain Act of the 
 Legislature\)f the said Province of Lower Canacja, passed in the 
 ninth year of the Reign of His late Rrujesty Kin" George the' 
 Fourth, intituled. An Art to increase the number or Assessors for 
 ♦ the Cities of Quebec and Montreal ; and also so tnuch of a cer- 
 tain other Act of the Legislature of th« said Province of Lower 
 Canada, passed in the thirty-ninth year of the UeignAf His late 
 Majesty King George the Third, intituled, i4n ylc/ ro am-nrf an ilrf 
 passed in the thirty-sixth year of llis present Majestipa Reign, 
 and intituled. An Act for makinst, r( pairing, and altering the 
 Highways and Bridges toilhin this Provfm^and for ether pur- 
 poses, as provides for the appointment ofa Surveyor of the 
 Highways, streets, lanes and bridges in the said City of Quv-\ 
 bee,' by the Governor, Lieutenant Governor or person adminis- 
 tering the Government of the sitid Province of Lower Canada, 
 and which was repealed by the said ordinance to incor- 
 >>rate the City and Town of Quebec, shall continue to be 
 and shall be, and remain repealed, and all and every the 
 , powers, authority and duties which in and by the said Acts, or 
 ' any other Act or Acts of the Legislature of the said Province of 
 Lower Canada, were, before the passing of the said Ordinance 
 to incorporate the City and Town of Quebec, vested in and im- 
 posed on the Assessors appointed in pursuance of the provi- 
 sions of the said sAct passed _in the thirty-sixth year aforesaid, 
 "and the powersNand duties of the said Road Treasurer, and oi " 
 the said Surveyor of highways, streets and bridges in the said 
 City, appointed under the said Act passed in the thirty-sixth 1 
 year aforesaid, and which under and by virtue, of the said 
 Ordinance to incorporate the City and Town of Quebec, are 
 i^w vested in and imposed on the Assessors appointed in pur- 
 stkance of the last mentioned Ordinance, and 6iH the Treasurer ^ 
 of the said City, and on the Surveyor of Highways for the said 
 City of Quebec, appointed respectively under the authority of 
 the last mentioned Ordinance, shall continue to be and shall be, 
 and remain vested in and imposed on the Assessors, Treasurer 
 aiid Surveyor of Highways for tKe said City of Quebec respec- 
 tively, who may be in pllice under the authority of the said last 
 mentioned' Ordinance, . when this Act comes into force, and in 
 their successors in the said offices respectively, to be appointed 
 
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 shall annually accrue unonZT^ '"'7 ''"^.f''"^' *« »«««««ed, 
 
 ment due upoVsXnZ rtv 1 l' '""'^'' 'l' «»! arrears of assess-' 
 
 • unpaid ; and "he sa d Zner/v n' ^' ns the .ame shall remain 
 
 thereof, if the same S^n?^ ^' ' any sufhcient part or portion 
 
 fiveyearsn;^^;;„^:,^:'t3a::^^ 
 
 mcreaseofsix uer P,>nt .hi . V'^V^ *'' assessment and 
 
 and the SheriLni.e Di; fero'}'o^\'''''-^ '^ '^■''"'^ ^''^^^^^ 
 and empowered to scIMni r "'^Q"^''^^^ « '"^reby authorized 
 
 after si J momhs notice to fcn "'^.""^' ""^ P" f "^^^ P^«P««y 
 Sheriffin The usuarmanner and krlT if''" ^^ '""^."'" «*'^ 
 
 . »'°«ofanyjudgmenftharm^?t^Zanerr^^^^^ 
 of assessment, and the increased per S.Sr^.^^^^^^ 
 
 • the said period of fivp v«o,„ " '-^ 1^*^*^ t^^^mago due thereon for 
 
 elairiing the sfmc 'be rights and pnviieges ofthe parties 
 
 and the books containiS^aS™^^ 
 times be open to tl,e iScMonor.rr 
 -id City ;^and all thrScou„Ts 'of 2 sId T^^^^^^^ 
 ■vouchers and paperaj-elatin^ tlior^to t n • \'^^^"fer, with a 1 
 and xVovembe? ireW wfr L k' '^'''^'" *''« '^^"'^^ 
 
 the Auditors eLct^d f2^ TLtd Ci'v'L?.^^ 
 
 number of the said Cou dlloi a^atM^r"'"/'^! ^"^ ''^ «"<^h 
 
 shall name, on the first Tv nfiu • ^^^°'" °^ ^^^ »aid City 
 
 and if the said accrntnimll be Si f'". ^''''''^'' ^"^ "»'"«d. 
 to« shall certify the same to be s-^^^ Atidi: 
 
 shall have been so examined nn.? i-.. ''^'^^ ^*'«^"n»s 
 November in every ver the Tr^f "''"f .1" *''« ™°n»h of 
 
 writing.,andcauseVb:%idafX4'sS'^^^^^^ °"* ^" 
 for the year, which absfrant Ihoii I , /.'^^* '^^''is accounts 
 
 City neispaplrs of Tsaid C ?i P".'>''f od i„ two of the 
 other in the English laLua^e <^^^ '" • "' '^'■"°^'' ^^^ the 
 
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 aid City of the 
 ; to assessment, 
 
 such real pro- 
 the said absent 
 rcent. on tlio 
 11 fie assessed, 
 rears of assess- 
 e shall remain 
 part or portion 
 on, shall, after 
 sessment and 
 
 sold therefor, 
 by authorized 
 sucli property 
 him the said 
 
 and satisfac- * 
 ' said arrears 
 e thereon for 
 ?ment be ob- 
 ^ourt of Spe- 
 y the sale of 
 
 Sheriff shall 
 mn to bo by 
 rderedto be 
 >f^the parties 
 
 hooks to be 
 13 of money 
 the several 
 i and paid ; 
 seasonable 
 illors of the 
 ;r, with all 
 ths of May 
 reasurer to 
 nd to such 
 said City 
 a holiday, 
 ly extraor- 
 'ivacainsy, 
 e first day 
 May, and 
 T the year 
 d named," 
 theAndi- 
 accpunts 
 month of 
 e out in 
 accounts 
 i^o of the 
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 >le to the 
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 shall be oj>cn to the inspection of all the rate^paycrs of the said 
 
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 XI.IV. The Treasurer of the said City shall not pay any / 
 moneys in his hands as such Treasurer, otherwise than upon 
 an Order in writing of the CouncU of the said City, signed by "' 
 three or more member? of the said Council, and contersigned 
 J by the Clerk of the City, orin pursuance of a judgment or order 
 of any Court of Justice; and no Justice of Peace shall have 
 the right to order any payments to be made out of the funds of 
 the said City. 
 
 XLV. Tlie Clerk, -(Treasurer and other officers of the said 
 City, appointed by the Council as afojfcsaid, shall respectively, 
 at such tiifies during tiieir continuance in office, and within 
 three months after they shall respeclivcily cease to be in office 
 and in syeli maimer as the said Council shall direct, deliver to 
 the said Couticil, or to such person as they shall authorize to 
 -receive the same, a true account in writing of all matters 
 committed to their charge by virtue or in pursuance of tliis Act, ' 
 and also of all moneys which' shall have been received by thern 
 respectively, and by virtue and for the purposes of this Act, and 
 how much thereof sh^all have been paid and disbursed, and for 
 what purposes, together with proper vouchers for such pay- 
 ments ; and every sucli pfficer shall pay all such ifloneys as^ 
 shall remaih due from hl^, to the Treasurer for the time being, 
 or to such person as the said Council shall authorize to recei\e 
 the same ; and if any such officer shall refuse or "wilfully 
 neglect to deliver such account, or the vouchers relating to the 
 same, or to make payment as aforesaid, or shall refuse or wil- 
 fully neglect to deliver, to the said Council, or to such person 
 as they shall authorize to receive the same, within three days 
 after being thereto required by the said Council, all books, 
 documents, papers aMd writings in his custody or power as 
 such Officer as aforesaid, then and ra every such case on com- 
 plaint made on behalf of the said Council, of any such refusal 
 or wilful neglect as aforesaid, to any Justice of the Peace for 
 the District or CoUntylwherein such officer shall reside or be, 
 such Justice of the Peace phall be and is hereby authorize and 
 required to issue a wairant under his hand and.seal, for bring- 
 ing such officer before any two Justices of the Peace for 
 such District or County, and upon tlJfe said offiicer appearing or 
 not appearing or not be'^ng found, it shall be lawful for the said 
 Justices to hearund determine the matter in a summary manner ; 
 and if it shall appear toisuch Justices that any moneys remain 
 due from such officer, ^uch Justices may, and they are hereby 
 authorized and requiredl, on non-payment thereof, by warrant 
 under their hands and seals to cause such moneys to be levied 
 by distress and sale of the goods and chattels of such offender ; 
 and if sufficient goods and chattels shall not be found to satisfy 
 the said moneys and the charges of the distress, or if it appear 
 to such Justices that such officer has refused or wilfiilly 
 neglected to deliver ' winh aci^nta »> th ^. vn,^oherg relating 
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wilfully withhkl thJL\ ■ '^''''^^•'■«d as alorcsaid, or are 
 
 • shall, a'„rihcy '4 hteC^enuir^d Z T'' ^"^" T ''.^-^'-^ 
 theCmnmon GaoWVr HnL!f^ <• T' *'°'"'"'^ «"^'' offender to 
 Countv^herc- suciroffi^^^^^ of Correctiun f.r the District or 
 
 wiihoift baru.u"n.e s 1 i':;-' n'f- f ""'^'^ *''♦-■'« '^ «-•"'••"" 
 
 thi«e <.alendar moX- iCvided Vl "'.'PT '''T' "^■*''"^' ''">" 
 contained shall nrcvnt'orXo^:' "'" "''"""^^ ^n f'is Act 
 any such officer^o SLi n^ ^ r ^'^' '-T"''^^ ^'>' ^^'"'" "fe"^"'** 
 for any such oflLer. ^ ■^^(or..au\, or a^^ain.sf any surety 
 
 meeting £ll ttnZTT "^ \'" ""'"^^'^^ ^^'^^^^'"' «' «««'' 
 lo or under thoT^i- ''"'1"""" an,!- matters submitted 
 
 the number plterartt'tn f '""'!'' '''^"r''' P^^^'^^^'' 
 
 ^ be Chairman of any such meeting, .hall presidb at the lama- 
 ^l/dinfr'n f"yri"^l"y <•• v<.W>s, the A'layor or ChaiJ^ia 
 presiding shal have' a easting v<,to, that i^ trAay, such MTvor 
 
 nf X'' k"*- "^''^ ^^^''^ Council shall and may meet for the desDatch 
 
 ■ S daY a^thev^;tT^h•''.T^ ^-^'j""" ^'■"'" »'?"" »« ^^^n^ »« 
 sucn aay as they shall thmk ht, givjng notice tl)ereof to nil iho 
 
 Councillors not present at the adjournment. ^ ^ ' ^^"^ 
 
 I, n^^"r i*''^"te3 of the proceedings of ail mectinirs to Hp ' 
 held as aforesaid shall be drawn up'and fa rly Sd h, n 
 
 
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 uch ofRcer in his 
 ilorcsaid, or are 
 JC such Justices 
 such offender to 
 tlie District or 
 tliere to remain 
 oneys as uforu- 
 s aforesaid^ ami 
 tiuuictits, p^crs 
 Gtion in respect 
 rovidcd aJway^, 
 J in prison, for i 
 cc of time than 
 lin-r in this Act 
 r' action against 
 unst any surety 
 
 be held in pur- 
 resent at such 
 ors submitted 
 i».eil, provided 
 h;s3 than on«! 
 ;rs of the said ' 
 tlie said City, 
 •o such Coun- 
 i'shall choose 
 ! at the same ; 
 or Chairman 
 such Mayor 
 ding, have a 
 votes be, as 
 
 the despatch 
 5 shall be de- 
 i to time to 
 !of to nil the . 
 
 Jtings to be 
 ntered in a 
 fned 4>y the 
 md the said 
 IS qualified 
 of a fee of 
 with open 
 kept by ihjs 
 , and gene- 
 8 Mayor of" 
 if the Said 
 1 Courts of 
 
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 ntl papers, 
 
 
 
 respectively : and that any copy of a By-law of the Corjroration 
 or other document certified by the City Clerk or his deputy, sind 
 having the common seal of tiie said Corporation thereto an- 
 nexed, shall be held authentic, and shall accordingry be received 
 in evidence in all Courts, civil or criminal, without further proof, 
 unless it be expressly pleaded that such signature and seal arc 
 forged. 
 
 XLXIX. It shall be Irvwlul for\the said Council to appoint, 
 from and out of the menihers coAiprisinj* such Council^ such 
 and so many Commiltoos, consisting of such number of per- 
 sons as they may think fit, for the be Iter transaction of the busi- 
 ness before the Council, ami for tlio discharge of such duties, 
 within the scope of tiieir powers, as may by the said Council 
 b(i prescribed, but subject in all things to the approval, au- 
 thority, and control of the said Council. 
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 L. All and every the powers and autliorities which in and by 
 Any Act of the Legislature of the Province of Lower Canada, 
 in force at the time of the passing of the said Ordinance to in- 
 corporate the City and Town of Quebec, had been and were, at 
 the lime of the passing of the last mentioned Ordinance, vested 
 in the Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace for the said Dis- 
 trict of Quebec, and in any Special Sessions of the Peace for 
 the same District, and in the .Justices of the Peace for the said 
 District of Quebec, or any ol them, for, touching or concerning 
 the laying out, making, erecting, keeping in repair, and regu- 
 lating the highways, bridges, streets, stjiiares, lanes, cause 
 ways, pavements, drains, ditches, embankments, water-cpnrses, 
 sewers, market houses and weigh houses, and other public 
 erections and works in the said City of Quebec, or any of them, 
 and for, touchingaml concerning, the dividing of the said City 
 into tUvisions, aiid the appointment of overseers of highways, 
 streets and bridges in the said CifV, and for, touching and con- 
 cerning, the laying, imposing, raising, levying, collecting, ap- 
 plying, paying and accounting for a rate or rates of assessment 
 upon occupiers of lands, lots, houses and buildings, in propor- 
 tion to the annual value thereof, within the said City of Quebec, ; 
 and which, under and by virtue of the said Ordinance to incor- 
 porate the said City and Town of, Quebec, became and were 
 vested in the said Council of the said City of Quebec,, shall 
 continue to be vested in and exercised by, and shall be and 
 remain vested in and exercised by the said Council of the saicf , 
 iCitj of Quebec ; and all real arid personal property within the 
 Njsaid City, which before the passing of the sajd Ordinance to 
 incorporate the City and Town of Quebec, were subject to the 
 management, control, bt authority of the Justices of the Peace 
 for the^id District oC Quebec, or any of them, and which, 
 under ana\hy virtue of the last mentioned Ordinance, have be- 
 come and are subject to the power, authority, order and control ^ 
 of the sautCoiincil of the said City,, shall continue to be and 
 shall b^^nd rcj nain isubjcct to tlie power and authority, order 
 
 
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 cil shall moreover have the exclusive power to grant or refiise 
 

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 m^!in^1?'i.^^g!,;^:;;/'Vaid Council, „^ 
 
 said City. • ' ccon„m>, an<l J„dai ^'ovcrm;.ent „f th^, 
 
 ^hicl, ^i,c saiT cine I „o'r"""i' "' .•'"' P<'^'"' 
 vested, cither by iSo n- to s .•". ^"'■"•■'^'•^^'' ^"^y "^^ '"- 
 respect of any. LbHrw! t.'l '' ?'"^' '» ^'« Pai'J in 
 means of a rL' orLe ,t„t , , ? "''' """*' ^^''J^' "' bT 
 each and every year on rn.i ^'' ''^''«'-*^^e<i and Jcvied 
 
 withinthe8ai<lcry-W" on ,r' '•"'"""' P^'^P^^J' or hqth 
 
 jnent may, i„ any one ye r "^n Jm^r "^'^ "«* «"'"'' a«^^-s- 
 exceptingashereinnft^'^JS"' "' ^"l.'^'''''" ""^ •■•^•««edv 
 ;n the poind on the as^sJ^d v" SV ^^ '/' ''"i'\"^ '■^"'' ^^'-^ P«nce 
 to suet, asses.™^ and %y mp iin " i'"l"[ "'" '^.''"''"'y ««ble 
 keepers of hou^lif public en^'/^-^ ""^ "^ ''"'"'^ O" <hc 
 •^tailers^pfspilCuJjS^^^ «« 'io'eJs, and the 
 
 petty chapmen, witT.1n rcity am? o, /'''''•'''' P''^'"'"' ^^^ 
 keeper8oftheatres,circuses iTC in -^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^v"*^" or 
 
 any kind, or of hordes orcSiaS .n'\'- ^Vf "'"' "' ^^''"^« "f 
 for working, or for hiring o^'^or ,&,':;"'' '^'^Pt for pJeasure, 
 tables or gambling housc?^. on, 1^4 £.0 ^kP' "'■«| bill/ard 
 where pigeon holes, aine Lr'tin pins 37"^ '"^? *'"' Ci.y,> 
 telle, or any other gUe or iramos'!?!/'''^*'^ '■''"'<^»*^» baga' 
 V the said City, and^on UoSe and '?' 1 ^' ?''^"^' ^^^^'" 
 wares, dl- merchandise of any ind id i! ''""'."''' '" Sood,, 
 •by any and alj such; „n hlllSt^^'^^^^^^^^ "^^^^Pi^d 
 banking institutions of eve^y i^inTfniKSil^^^^^^^' ^"^ 
 premises occupia,|t,^y theni on ^iSHMS^'^"^ 
 changers, and .?ef|Snii''^ ;,„ Z J^^l'^ '"^'^-^ 
 agenci^ therefor, and the premised ^cJIIPk 'f'l*^""'^ &«'! 
 agentsofmerchamsresidin^^xSr«,Mh^^^*'>l'''*^'"J on a I 
 on gas companies, and U e^, ^ ' ^^.^ ed at? "^''^'^•''r'"«« ' 
 or ail such within 'ihe siirl r;/« 1 ^"^ "f-0*'Picd by anv 
 
 coffee houseso^^rd ^rLs ; on^Ji';:;,^^"'^ °* f Wbo^use"^ 
 •l^hers, hucksters, Y^^^'nZ£t. ni^^^^^^^ 
 
 ^\atr,ed on, exercised or in onerll'^^^^^^^^^ «"^' manufactories 
 all breweries, ^i^|iiieries, ^S'S^^^ 
 
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 Vlh^ «aidlCity. 
 
 any meeting or 
 loss ^lan two 
 which shall lie , 
 'SC8, that is to 
 
 'rn»nt, rlean 
 rnijwni of thjjf 
 
 powers 
 hi»y be ^'in" 
 
 > I'c paid in 
 , Cityy or by 
 1 and Jcvied 
 ■r<y, or bqth, 
 •"piprs flierfe- 
 such assess- 
 not exceed, 
 ntl 3ix pence 
 ■operty liable 
 utics on the 
 eJs, and the 
 pedlars, and 
 , owners or 
 or shows of 
 rorpieasurc, 
 rol bill/ard 
 n the City,' 
 'e«tc, baga- 
 yed, within 
 ' in goods, 
 s occupied 
 ncies, and 
 Y, and ; 
 N »noi^_^ 
 panics and 
 'n ; on ail 
 Province ; 
 icd by any 
 ig-houses, 
 rsjbakers, 
 sepers, or 
 butchers, 
 its of the » 
 ciipations 
 ^factories 
 
 f^'ity ; on. 
 
 ^-^ agencies of breweric« ami distilleries,^^ aw ^p and cahdle 
 factories ; camphine or^ier oil Victories ; ginger beer, spruce 
 beer, and root boor l)r()wt«rs and brewc^ries; on brick manufac- 
 tories, wood ilealcTS and wood-yards ; (»n all ball-^lleys, and 
 othwjiican,s of gambling; and on all tanncrici* and slaOghter 
 houses within tin; )<ai(l City; and on all oer^onH acting as 
 , ferrymen to the said City, or plying for hire ftw the conveyance 
 
 t'of persohsjby wa'ter to flic saUP City, from any plac« not more 
 ,jhan fifteen miles distant iroin tlic same : Provided always, thtl 
 ly -jjouse or otlu-r building and its dtipcudoncics, and the land 
 ton which it is creeled, .situate within the limits of the said 
 ity, the property -of any ijistilutiou fur edu«ali(ilial, "charitalile 
 «r benevolent' purposi's, now oceupied. and employed, or^vhich 
 may be hercafttT-Dcciipied and employed for educational, 
 'Charitable or benevolent purposes, sliall be hereafter exempted 
 from any rate or tax imposed upon real property by virtue of~ 
 this Act ; but nothiilg (tontained iu this provision shall" be ap- 
 plicable to other,reaf property possessed by tlu>saitnfi°stitu<iQn8 
 within the limits of the sffitT^ijy, which^i« not employe^ or 
 mocupied as hereinbeforeAneutitMtit^d;^ — 
 
 ' ntM and 
 
 3. For increasing the amount of the eouunutation money pay* 
 ;ablc by each person liable to statute labor ou the highways 
 within the said. City, lo any spm not exceeding 'five shilling 
 icurrency, for each person so liable: and for obliging each- an^ 
 •every person so liablJ to pay the amount of such commutatioBh ^ 
 rrioney so fixed, without beiijg allowed to oiler his personal * -» 
 labor on the said highways instead thereof, and for exen^pttng ' 
 frohi payment of such eonuuutation money, any class ol per- 
 sons to whom they shall deem it right to grant such exemption 
 
 OB account t)f tli^ limited peeitniary means of such persons 
 
 liable to pay the same. ., . , f" / 
 
 4. For changing the siu; of aiiy marketer market-placo> within 
 tlie said City, or to, establish any new market or market-place 
 now in existence, or hereafter to bwin existenee, in the said 
 City, or to appropriate the site.thereofi or any plirt of such site, 
 for any other puyic purpose whatever, any law, statute, or 
 usage to the contrary notwithstanding ; saving^to a'iiy party 
 aggrieved by any Act of the said Council, rtispecting any such 
 market or mai^t-place, any rtnnedy such party may by law 
 have agdinst tiro Corporation of the said City for any, damage 
 by such partjj^Uslained by reasou.of such act.. ! . * 
 
 5. For determining and regulaling the powers and duties of ' ■ 
 the Clerks of the markets of the said City, and of all bther offi- 
 cers and persons employed or to be employed by the.s&id Council '^ 
 ia or about^ any <)pTfie said markets ; and for letting the stalls ^ • 
 aad other places-i^y selling or exposing to sale any kind of ' ^, 
 goods or commodities in tli<; said markets or upqji the said -^' 
 market-places; a'ndlitr imposing, a'gulating, fixing and deter- ' -~"\ 
 mining the duties,i taxes or rates to bo paid by any person .or * 
 pei^ons scllin.t( or retailing in or at any of the said markets, 
 
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 7^eighl£brme^^^^^ '"'^ 1o provide for the 
 
 ■ ■ of a^y Party interested' bv .n fr'"''^' ''''^''"''' ^^ '^'^ ^°«»«nce 
 
 or inWy'stree? or S crfl, '^™', '•"'S.''' '".""^ I""""" """k«, 
 ".ode 4 ww/h .„ei, <l«;"r^ufieYSri:f„„3L'^,f/ . 
 
 for mafing a^ Ll, .^^h.ir '^.""' '"''"''>"M><'>'">I, and 
 
 W, iaeaseT or fetS , '^^T,; fc™^^^^^ 'jf- 
 
 the same. '-'-"a me oaiiger ol or arising from 
 
 City fir sale ^ ccnl:^pC^i^'!'l^'^fl JP'" »"^««id 
 terminling in what minnpr !; li ' '"^ -^"ftW'f^t'ng and de- 
 or boti measurement '^mlw f ' ^^ '"^^^"'•^"•'^"t or weight, 
 
 • «hall Leaft;rbTCg S'c Id Tn ",^ ''^" "' !'"n^^"'^ «'«'«^- 
 appoiAting-measurers am? w,^ * ^,'^^»"' City, and for 
 
 estSjjshifgand n.^^^^^^^^^^ l'f'"f "^ «" .?«'' arUcles, and 
 and tjte dufies th^^^halrpiron^^'^'' '" '''' '"'^' '" ^^'J'?'' ««-,«, 
 
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 the elpences of mak 4 or r^^i iZZ 1' """^'^^"'^ '" ^'^^^^ 
 publ^ streets or bightvav^wHin^H^ ,"'?"""'''''"'" «"y 
 diateiyinfrontofsuf rcilnr. 1 "''"'^ ^"y* an<l imme- 
 
 "an*, and lo keep iV. ,i,Z ' " „ ? ''"'.'"• '" """lose ihe 
 
 di^ or other nnisaacelfii 'i „uh^''? 'T"'"' "' "' ""? «"W 
 wtnblic heaiil,, or of aiv .Crlo , '''"^""'"."n>'ejudicia 
 
 within thos att 
 
 v'^y, oy anu at the expense of u;, proj^l;^ 
 
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 things what- 
 is buying or 
 ovide for the 
 tlie instance 
 lerson to be 
 lie payment 
 jpose in that 
 lie in or at 
 
 .'hatever, in 
 t)lic market, 
 and for ini- 
 )lishing the 
 1 and paid 
 
 r and with- 
 lereof, and 
 necessary 
 IS or infec- 
 ising from 
 
 firewood, 
 ^ the said 
 ? and de- 
 ir weight, 
 d articles 
 , and for 
 icles, and 
 1 officers, 
 
 property 
 to defray 
 prin any 
 <1 imme- 
 for regu- 
 ;oIlected 
 ommen- 
 iid paid. 
 
 ur occu- 
 lose the 
 nd dirt. 
 
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 lyfiUlif 
 udicial 
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 jfftway- 
 Tietor? 
 
 or occupants of the real property in or on uhidi suoii projection 
 or obstruction, filth, dirt 'or nuisance shajl lie found. 
 
 12. F'ordcfraying out of llie funds of the said Cifvtlie expense 
 of lighting the said City, or suiy jirirt tI;(nr()f,Avith gas or with oil 
 or in any other miiniier, anc| of pcrforniijig :ill siu-li work of any 
 kind as may be necessary for su<;Ii purposes, and' fi)r obliging 
 the proprietors of real pr(i|;orty in any part of liio Cily so 
 lighted or to be liglikn!, to a-llow such worlc to be jjcrfonned on 
 or in such property rci^poctively, and si;o!i piji<;s, Irunps, lamj)- 
 poijits, andother contrivances or things as may be necessary for 
 the purpose aforesaid, to be lixcui in or upon sucii pro|)crly, or 
 any buildings thereof! : the expense of all sncli works bcung in 
 evi'ry cai^e defrayed by llie said Council, and out of the funds 
 of ^he said City. 
 
 jl 3. For altering the level cf the foot-paths or other side- v/alks in 
 ai^y street or higliway witliin the said City, in sucli manner as 
 the Said Council shall deem conducivi! to the convx'nience, 
 safety and interest of the jiihai)ifauts of tlje said Cily ; Provided 
 always, that the said Council shall make eoinpcnsation out of 
 tlii(^ funds of the said Cily to any person v. hose j)roperty shall 
 b^ inji;riously aflecied'by any sneji .tiicri^ition of the level of 
 any foot-path in front thereof. 
 
 li|^j|ro pull down, deuioiish, and remove wlien necessary, at 
 \1he1expenseof the^)rdprietnrs(»r occnpatits, all walls, fences, or 
 other buildings 6r eiieetiojis eucroai liing on streets or pub!i(; 
 places, and nil nill^-an'ces, old f,;el;;i)i(latcd or ruinous walls 
 chimneys and !)iiiiding-. that ij ay eiuiauger t'.ie prihlic safely, 
 aiid to deiermine the tiiae and manner in wjiich the sam<! 
 shall be pulled down," demolished or -removed, and by what 
 party <!r parties the rvjjenses iiii»reqrs hnll be borne. 
 
 15.\ For regulating', lixin;j and determining ihe v/eighl and 
 qualiti( of all bread tiir.! uiay l>e sold ordlVci'ed !'<)r sale within 
 the.said City of Qcebee, witli lite right of declaring forfeited all 
 bread of any inferior weidil or had (|iiai;ty exposed (jr.olfered 
 for sale ; the bri^Vl s^n f.>rl|!!i<-d to be^slributed to the })oor, all 
 provisions conlaiiied in tm> Ordinance |)assed in tlie hcventeenlh 
 year ol; the Ueignbfllls laic- rd;)j(H»ly Ivinr;- (5;corge ll;e Third, 
 intituled, An iJnkii.mrr clmcrnUii^f Ihikcra of Ihrcd, in. the 
 Towns 'of Q/tcUx^ (!)i'U~JlL)/>/r/7//fyx\uv\i is hereby repealed 
 in so far, as regards MhV i^i'aid C'ity />f (Quebec, to ilid t-ontrary 
 noiwitlistandini'. ; " ' * 
 
 ^ 16. ForV(!slraining, riiliiigand governing f.pi)renlices,iIomes- 
 
 f ■ tics, hired Servants anJ, ior.rneyir^T. i^ii l8i>' said Ci.vof {»nel)cc, 
 
 and for die conduct of masters and mjr:liW|sses towards iheir said 
 
 ./ apprentices, domestics, hired servan'.s -and journevmen within 
 
 f' the said City of (^ueftee. i ^;,i 
 
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 17. To pivvent, regulate, and assess all gamin:^ or the keep- 
 ing of any gaming hou-e *)r place for gaming in the said City, 
 
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 }f'S"^ ^^^ governmoiit of persons plying as ferrymen to the 
 said City of Quebec, from any place within fifteen miles of the 
 sard City, and to establish a larilf or lariifs of fees to be taken 
 by such ferrymen, and also to fix and determine what places, 
 in the said City may be used as landin:^ plaees, and respecting 
 all other matters and things <onii<H-ted wilh such ferries and 
 landing-piaeos, 
 
 ^^19. ToconM|d ihi- alk-ndaiKr dfihir IMcmbcrs of the said 
 Council at allUnartcrly and oilier Meetings of the said Council, 
 and tlie regular perlormam^c by lli.- said Members of the said 
 (:ouncil, of their rf-sjKM live (Innts as Afembers of the said 
 Council. 
 
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 ' 29. Kor t!i(! governinlr, rrrrtilaling, arming, ch)lhing, lodging 
 nndi|)ayingof the men and oiiiccisolllio constabulary lorce to be 
 established under this Act," ami for regidatirig lh'(> residence, 
 classification, ranlc. service, inspection and distribution of the , 
 said force; and for the gowrauient generallv and of the said*, 
 constabulary forc<-, so as in prevent any neglect o{ dutyJMi^; 
 abuse of power, on tjie part of the members comi)osingthe sajd^ 
 force. 
 
 21. For assessing tlic citizens residing in any particular street, 
 lane, square or sect io;i of t!;e City, in any sums necessary to 
 m«>et the expense of sweeping and walering llie said street, or 
 removing th(! snow from tin- snid sircef, lane, square or section 
 of the City, provided ilial no hss than two thirds of the said 
 citizens, residiair :is afoWsuid, in such street, lane, square or 
 section shall Iiavi? iiisJ prayed or demanded to have the same 
 swept or watered, or the sno\N' reinov^'d therefrom ; and pro- 
 vided also that the said assessment shall in no case exceed th<i 
 amoniU of three pence in tlu' pounrl : To impose a special 
 assessment over and above all other rates or assessment which 
 the said Council arc; emi)o\vci:ed to impose, to defray and meet 
 the expenses of any building <»• bnihlings, or other property 
 whatsoever that may be demotislied, destroyed, injured, da- 
 maged or deteriorated in value by any mob, tumuhuous assem- 
 blage or riotous persons whomsoever'in the said City. 
 
 22. For the prevention of any new. burial places within the 
 limits of the City, and for the regulation or prohibition of all 
 burials within llie City limits and die closing of all cemeteries 
 within the same, on the payinenl of a reasonable indemnity to 
 parties interested, to be ascertained in the event of disagree- 
 ment, as in the ease of the acquisition » of real properly'^pro- 
 vided for by this Act. ' ^"* 
 
 23. And by any sacli. Hy-law, fiir.iny oftljie\purpoSesof this Act, -^ 
 the said Council mayinipiii<o such fines not exceeding five pounds, 
 or such imprisonnuMil not exccecliin; thirty days, or both^r.s they 
 may deem necessary fir enriieiii-,' tli:- same, and also niiiv impose 
 
 H s imilnr line um\ impm^iiniii^iit l\>v »uy vmuimmny or cofi l niuaiicrs- 
 
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 of an oflliicc which any By-law of (he said Council tiuiy prohibit. 
 
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len to the 
 les of the 
 be taken 
 It places, 
 3specting 
 iries and 
 
 f the said 
 Council, 
 the said 
 the said 
 
 . Judging 
 
 irce to be 
 
 •sidence, 
 
 m of the 
 the saj^tT 
 dutyfofs^y 
 
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 ar street, 
 "ssary to 
 street, or 
 r section 
 tiie said 
 (iiiare or 
 he same 
 and pro- 
 e«'ed tlie 
 spceial 
 It which 
 lid meet 
 properly 
 ired, (hi- 
 s Qsseni- 
 
 thin tiie 
 im of all 
 iieteries 
 nnity to 
 isagree- 
 'rty pro- 
 
 his Act, 
 pounds, 
 r.s they 
 irii(H)su 
 
 nua ti c r s ' 
 iiruhibit. 
 
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 LII. It shall moreoA'pr he lawful for ;(he said Couiicil of the said 
 City, 'at a meeting ormcctings of the sjiid Council, composed of not » 
 less than two thirds of the Mcinbcrs of the niid Council, to m<tko 
 By-laws, which shall he binding on >'iil persons, f»ir the following 
 purposes, that is to say V {• 
 
 1. To make a tiirilf of r.iles lo |)e juiid by all persons using any 
 wharf or pan of a wiiarf the >j)ro|<erly i>f tlit; Corporalion, ;uid Uh 
 enforce payment of the same by a'pi'iiidly or imjMisounirnt, . 
 
 2. To prevent (lie ciceUi'n "t^r eonslruclioii ol'any wooden liuild 
 ingswilhin the iiuiils of tlic «iid City, or within any jioriiou 
 iheteof. / \; - .' ■ , 
 
 3. To prescribe ani rcgdate tlienjiUiiVT of c.^n}^tluc^ing and " 
 erecting buildings so as to iircvcnt acciilunts by lire. 
 
 •I. To make such nilL-s/uud regulali.ms lo puevoiit accidents by 
 fire, as by the said Council slia'l bo di.'oini.'il iiiecl ant! just. 
 
 nil. In the event of nny pcistm erecting or constrnciiiig aiiv- 
 wood(fn building contrjfiy to the said By-it'ws, it shall be iaw'ful 
 for the Mayor, with the consent of the Council cxpressjed in a reso- 
 lution to (hat ellecl, by a iJiecrj)' adilrcssed (o llie SheiiU'.of tbo 
 District of Quebec, signed by the snid Mayor, counlersigiiOtfby the 
 City ('lerk, and imUr the seal of the said Ciuporatinn', to oifler 
 the said Sherill to (Ie!iii»lis!i and remove the said Kuilding, at the 
 expense of any such pcisi)n. 
 
 LIV. And for the betler |irotrcii( u of thi^ lives ami property of 
 the inhabitants of the saiil Cilr, and for lueveiting accidents by Tnc 
 therein, IJe it enacted ^'Tiuit Iroui and ai"icr tlio passing of this' Act, 
 the said Council ofthesaid City shall have full power and authority 
 to make By-laws which .-liail be binding on all pcr.sons within the 
 said City, for the following purposes, that is lo say : 
 
 1. For esiablislrirg such ruK's and regulations as they shall 
 deem expedient for' preventing accidents by lire, and for the 
 conduct of all persons present at any-firc within the said Cily ; 
 
 2. For appointiilg ail such'Hliiters as th.-y may <Ieem nocessarv 
 lor carrying such rules and rcgiHitions as aforesaid into clll'd, and 
 for proscribing the duties of sue h ^Uliccrs and providing for tln:m 
 adeiji'iato remuncr.itiim (uii of the funds-,uf the said (-Ity ; 
 
 3. For defraying, tnit of ihe siiid Fun Is, anycxpenscs which thcv 
 may deem it right to incm-, for tin; purchase of engines or apparatus 
 of any kind, or for any oihtr purpose idative to the provciition of 
 accidents by lire ; tir to the tfjjtins ofarrcslinglhe progress of fires |- 
 
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 4. For authorizing such ofiiccrs as shall he appointed by the Coiin- 
 cil for that purpose, to visit and exninine, at suilablu limes and 
 
 liourf, lobe cslablishcd by suth Jly-laWs, as well the interior as the 
 
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Srs , n.l cr o s ^u 1 ' '^^ '"" "^ '' l""'^^'-'.*', «"".l.nit such 
 members <„• oftlre • • ' "''''."? ''\ '"''''' "•''"''' '="<^'' 
 
 down inorAcrt::::;^^t^;:,:^::si::^^^^ •"'^- 
 
 :n ^' ^';V''''f''y'»« «"t "<■ tlio.futuls of the City »nv oirenvo fn ».« 
 Council orany Comm (tee (lujicor :i.iiIior,V,.-i f,,,!.' ,f . r ■ 
 
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 •^rate or a.ser,sm«nt to be assessed n J Icvi'dorKnir""'" 
 w.th..uI.o soM City, or upon ,I,o <.^vnc•;yor^::; L^ h S" X 
 respect of sucl. property, provide-l (hat s,.ch nsstsstr ,nt ^ hall n t 
 
 value of the property, lyin<r and being withi, the said Citv .nd ft. 
 regulating th. ti,r.e,a„d m.mncr .such ra ,e <>r asslw V " lu" 
 liesafl /^ ""''••' ''"^' ^-V-'.'^v r.,rar.y .,f ,he purposes ..yhi h 
 «ny liv-Mw, the sjiid Oouiicil may impose surhfi,,,. n„t pvro^,i;r.„ 
 hvo pounds. ..;■ such imi>ri.,n,u,.nt „^.t evu"J i ! \S,X ' o? 
 both, as they may deem expcd,n.yi^.r cnA.rcing ti;^ s'm!' ^ ' ^ 
 
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LV. It shall be lawful for the saiil Council of the said Gity, at 
 a meeting or meetings of the said Council, Cofpposcd of not less 
 than two thirds of tli? said Council, to.imposQ by Hy-law, a penuhy 
 not exceeding one liundrcd pound.--, turrL-ncy of the said Province, 
 on any Assessor- or Assosnoss of, in or for the sj^id City, or any 
 
 ' ward tUereof, rofusin;^ or wilfully negluctiitp; to mc\ul (o, pcfforni 
 or fulfd (he duty or ilulies, wliich he or ihry, Uie said Assessor or 
 
 ■ Assessors, arc or may, be bound yiul iLcjiiirtd by law to attend to, 
 perform and fulfil. ' ' / 
 
 LVI. Any person enrolled and serving iiianylirc/, bote, hook and 
 ladder, or {»roperty ])rc-:cc*iin^' Coinpuny, rslaWisljed^ or to bi; 
 •istablished by llie said Council, of in any sfudiCfoinptiSiy under 
 the control and management of the said eomicifc"ofNhe said 
 City, ^lall during the time In* may so continue enrolled and 
 ' servo, be exempted from lli<; p:\yineiit' of the commutation 
 money for statute labor, and from i^orving as a juror, constable, 
 or militiaman excepting during any v,ur or invasion of the 
 I'rovincc. • • - 
 
 LVII. AndAvlicrcas ill? different syslemsi of chimney sweep- 
 ing that have heretofore been in use in the said City, have 
 l)roved to be del'ective and had, and it is liig^hly important to 
 establish tin eificient system of chimney sweeping : Be it there- 
 fore enacted. That, it shall be lawfid for the said Council to 
 grant to persons intending to pursue the occupation of chimney 
 sweeping in the said City, or in any part thereof, licenses to 
 sweep chirnneys ior^gain or hir(! in tlit; .sai<l City, or in such 
 part thereof as the license or licenses g(» to be granted may ex- 
 tend to, upon the; payment of such duly or tax in that b«;baif, 
 and upon su<di other ttirms and condition^ras the said Council 
 may deem it expedient to impose ; and from and aftcrthe pass- ' 
 ing of this Act, no person shall, for gain or hire, sweep any 
 chimney, or part of any chimney in the said City, or for gain or 
 lure, cause any chimney in the «aid City to be swept, without 
 having received a liccns^'from the said Council to sweep chim- 
 neys in the said City, or in some part of the said City ti> be 
 designated in the said license ; nor from and after the parsing 
 of this Act, shall any person having received any such llcdnse, 
 for gain or hire sweep any chinuiey or part of a chimney,; nor 
 for gain or hire ca«se any chimney or part of any chimneV to 
 be swept, after the "time for which such license shall be granted, 
 or at any place within the said City to which such license shall 
 not extend, or beyond the limits mentioned in such license, por 
 shall any pcrspn having obtained such license, charge orlre- 
 ceive, either directly or indirectly stny greater sum or allowaiice 
 of any kind for the sweeping of anyefumney or part of a chim- 
 ney, or for any work or service connected therewith, or for any 
 service to bo performed under such license, than he may fie 
 allowed to charge under the tariflto be established in that be- ^ 
 half, as hereinafter provided for, under a penalty of twenty-five 
 whillinga nnrrency, for each and ovory olltqioe uguiiiHt any one — 
 or more of the forc'going provisions in this Section of this Act 
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 corporate the saitMCity and Town of Quebec, orby the Justices 
 of the Peace foryilie District of Quebec, or other coiupetc lit au- 
 thority, before llie pass.xing of the last mentioned Ordinance to 
 incorporate the City and Town of Quebec, whicli may be in 
 force at the tj/me <if the passing of this Act, shall continue, be 
 and remain in full force and virtue, until the same shall be 
 rescinded, repealed or altered by the said Cbunci)," under the 
 authority of this Act, or by other eoiwpetent legal authority. 
 
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 . LXI. The said Council shall have full power and authority,. 
 
 notwithstanding any l;iw to the contrary, to purchase a^nd ac- 
 quire, or take and enter into, after paying, tendering or depo- 
 siting the value thereof, to be ascertained as hereinafter pro- 
 
 "vided, such land, ground, or real properly of any description, 
 within the said City, as may by them be deemed necessary, for ' 
 opening new streets, S(juares, market-places or other public 
 highways or places, or for continuing, enlarging, or otherwise 
 improving theVtu-ets, squares, ni;irket-places or other public 
 
 'Sughways or places now made, and the neighbourhood thereof, 
 or a^i^^site for any public building to be erected i>y the said 
 Councir,"^ «nd to pay to or for the use of t lie proprietor or pro- 
 jirietors of siteli ground or real |)roperty, tind out of any funds of 
 ilhe said City, y|>w ip or which shall hereafter come into their 
 hands, such sum or sums of money as may be agreed upon as 
 the value of such ground or other,propeily, by the party pro- 
 prietor thereof and the said Council respectively, or ascertained 
 in the manner hereinafter mentioned, in case tliey shall not so _. 
 agree upon the same : Provided always, that before dcquiring . 
 any such land, ground or real jjroperty, it shall be the duty of ' 
 the Council to make a By-law imposing forthwith a special an- 
 nual tax on the real property within tlse ward where such land, ■■ 
 ground or real property is situate, sutlicient to pay the interest 
 of the purchase money tlu'reof, and also two and a half per cent, 
 annually, to form a sinking fund to liquidate the capital thereof. 
 
 LXIi. It shall be lawful for all Corporations, aggregate or 
 sole, husbands, tutors or guardians, cnraton^, grevds de substitu/ 
 lion, and all trastees whatsoever, who are or shall be seized or 
 possessed of or interested in any piece or pieces, parcel or par- 
 cels of ground or other real property. within the said City, 
 selected and fixed upon by the said Council for any of the 
 purposes aforesaid,' not only for themselves, their heiis and ' 
 successors, but for and on behalf of all persons whom they 
 represent, or for whom or in trust for whom they are or shall 
 he seized, possessed or interested ai aforesaid, whether minors 
 ojr issue unborn, lunatics; idiots, /<i»jc« to in/j or other person 
 or persons, to contract for, sell and convey such piece or 
 pieces, parcel or parcels of ground to the Corporation or the ^ 
 Mayor, Councillors and Citizens of the City of Quebec, and 
 such contracts, sales and conveyances shall be valid and effec- 
 tual in law to all intents and purposes whatsoever, any law or 
 custom to tile contrary notwithstanding: and all' Corpora tions* 
 
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 the amount thereof paid or deposited, in certain cases, sthall be 
 and ate hereby vextended'to'all caseii in t\rhich it shall become 
 requisite to ascertain the /amount olf compensation to be paid 
 by the said Council to any proprletcir of real property for any 
 damage bv him sustained', by reason of any alteration made 
 by order of the said Council, in the ttsvel of any foot-path or 
 side-walk, or 'in the level of any street, or by reason of the 
 removal of any establishment subject to be removed under i 
 any By-law that may be passed in virtue of this Act, or to any 
 party by reason of any other act of the said Council, for which 1 
 they ate bound to make compensation, aind with regard to the 
 > amount of compensanon for which damage the party sustaining 
 the saine and the saia\Council shall not agree. 
 
 '^ LXVII. Ail Corporations, ecclesiastical or civil, whose pro* : 
 perly, or any part of whose property, shall be conveyed to, 
 or takcfnbv.the said Corporation of the City of Quebec, under 
 the authority' of this Act, may invest the price or compensation 
 paid for the property ao conveyed or taken, in other real pro- 
 perty in any part of this Province, and may take and hold the 
 same without Her Majesty's Letters .of mt^rtmain, any law to 
 the contraty notwithstanding. 
 
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 LXVIII. For the purpose of defraying the expense of the Po- 
 lice Force hereinafter authorized to be established, all fines and 
 penalties in^sed or hereafter to be imposed by and in virtue of 
 the Ordinance passed in the second year of Her Majesty's 
 Reign, intituled. An Ordinance for establishing an effectite 
 system of PoUce^ in the Cities of Quebec and Monlrealy shall be 
 paid to the City Treasurer or other Officer of the Corporation 
 appointed Ip receive the same, and also aU. fines on persons 
 convicted, or hereafter to be convicted of common assaults and 
 batteries, under and by virtue of the Act passeoHn the Session 
 held in the fourth and fifth years of Her Majejty's Reign, and 
 intituled. An Act for consolidating and amending the Statutes^ 
 in this Province relative to offences against the persouy and also 
 all fines recovered before any Justice of the Peace in the said 
 City, for offences committed therein, and recovered l:^fote oiie 
 Of/more Justices of the Peace other than |n the Court of Quarter 
 Sessions ; the said several sums to form part of the funds of the 
 Coiporation of the said City of Quebec ;. any thing in the said 
 Acts to the contrary notwithstanding. 
 
 LXIX. If any person sliatf assault or resist any Officer or 
 Ccmaitable appointed under this Act, in the execution of his 
 duly, or shall aid or incite any'person so to assault or resist, 
 eveiy such offender, being convicted thereof before any two 
 Justices of the Peace, shall, for every such offeuQe, forfeit and 
 pay such sum not exceeding five pounds, as the said Justices 
 shall think meet : Provided edways, that nothing herein contained 
 shall prevent any piosecution, by way of indictrnent, against 
 any person so offending, but so as that such person shaJl not 
 
 
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 this Act for the same offence. , 
 
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 mh. Order or Reffulation^Avluch may be in force at the linte 
 <a the passing of this Act, whether made by the Justices of 
 * Sfi- *^® ***® said District before the passing of the said 
 ^ QldinaiK)^ to incorporate the City and Town of Quebec, or by 
 the said Council smce the passing of that Ordinance, or here- 
 aft^ to be made by the said Council, and all fines and penal- 
 
 u "A"™'*"***' ^y ^^^ ''^"' '*•* menti^ed Ordinan** to ameiul 
 the Ordmance to incorporate ihe City and Town of Quc!)ec, or 
 by this Act, or by any Act or Acts conWming any market or 
 markets in the said City, or by any Act concerning any assess- " 
 ment law or du|j^ to be raised in the said City, or by any law 
 now^or hereafter to be in force, shall be recovered in the narnft ■" 
 of the "Mayor, Councillors and Citizens of Ihe City of Que* < 
 j'r *"^ ^°' ^^^ "^ °^ ^^^^ Corijorationj and shdll belong to|' , 
 and form part of the general funds of the ^id City, and injajj? 
 other name and for no other use ; and it shall be lawful for;^^i 
 said Council to remit any such fine or penalty, or to accepj^ 
 payment of any such fine or penalty from any party calling tt» 
 . pay the same without prosecution ; and all fines or penalties 
 that may be so paid without prosecntioii, shall form part of the 
 general funds ol the said City. ^ 
 
 LXXf. Ahy rale or assessment witli which>^ »riy real estate 
 within the said City may be legally rated or aafeeftsed, may be 
 exacted and recovereH^ither from the own?r.(j|l^e, real pro- 
 perty so rated or assessed, or from any person '*6qjoupying the 
 same or any 'part thereof^thelr as a tenant or otherwise, and 
 when any such rate or assessment shall btf paid by any tenant 
 not bound to make such payment by the lease or other agree- ' 
 ment under which he holds or occupies guch real estate, such 
 tenant shall have the right to deduct the sum so paid by him 
 from the rent payable by him in respect of the enjoyment or° 
 occupation of the real estate so rated and assessed. 
 
 ;LXXII. In all cases in which the said Corporation of Que- 
 bec shall acquire any property for public purposes or for any 
 purpose whatsoever, «nd the said Corporation shall not agree 
 with the proprietor as to the value thereof, such value shall 
 be deterijliiiied by a Jury of twelve persons to be taken from 
 amongst the residents of the city of Quebec and qualified to 
 serv6 as Jurors in civil causes ; the said Jury to be empanelled 
 by order of a Circuit Judge who shall pieside over the said 
 Jury : and the award of nine of the, said Jurors shall be final 
 with respect to the value of such property ; and the said Circuit 
 Judge is hereby empowered to administer the necessary oath 
 to the said Jurors and to the witnesses summoned. 
 
 LXXIII. The next preceding section shall be applicable to all 
 matters now pending in the Court of General Quarter Sessions 
 for the District of Quebec t^ which the said Corporation is a 
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 Act shall i)ecomc diie to thp said Corporation for any rate or 
 
 ■Missment, assessed or imposed on any real or personal pro- 
 perty, or botli, Within the said City, or upon the owners or 
 occapiers thereof,, in respect of such property, shall be pirivi- 
 legea debts, and shall be paid in preference to all other debts, ' 
 excepting debts due to Her Majesty, and shall, in the distri- 
 bntion of the proceeds of property, whethcf real or personalr 
 of any person Uable to pay any such debt, be so held, con8i,s 
 dered, and adjudged by all Courtfrof Justice, and by all Com- 
 missioners or other persons having jurisdiction in Bankruptcy 
 in Lower Canada ; Provided always, that the privilege hereby 
 panted shall not extend beyond the rates or assessments due 
 loi' two years, that is to say, for the current year whcn-stich 
 claim may be made, and the year next preceding that year, 
 
 LXXV. Every law, and every part of any law repealed Jby 
 
 ""Ihe said Ordinance to, incorporate tlic City and Town of Qucr 
 
 _ bee, or by the said tMioance to amend thp WW mentioned 
 
 , Ordinance, shall c^iiitiutife and remain repealed, and all the 
 
 provteiwis of any law iu([^nsi^nt with the provisions of this 
 
 Act arc hereby repealed. 
 
 LkXVr. Provide 1 always, That nothing in ihis Act shall 
 extend or be construed \p extend, to revoke, alter or abridge, or 
 in any manner affect tne powers and authority now by law 
 vested, orNi^ich may be hereafter vested in the Ajfaster, Deputy 
 Master and Wardens of the Trinity House of Quebec, but that 
 the said Council shiill exercise exclusive jurisdiction over all 
 thfe tract described in the second section.of this Act. 
 
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 LXXVH,. Nothing in this Ael shall in any manner derogate 
 
 frpm or affect, dr be construed to <lerogate from or aflect the 
 
 ^^ghts of Her Majesty, Her Heirs and Successors, exoept in so 
 
 ' * far only as the same may be expressly derf^aVsd from or 
 
 affected by the provision;* of this Aet. 
 
 LXXVHl. The Council of the said City may cause a general 
 plan of the ssiid City to be made, by which said plan, all per- 
 sons whomsoever sliiill abide ; Provided always, that the said 
 plan shall be deposited duting the space of six calendar 
 months in the odice of the Prothonotary of the Superior Court, 
 for the District of Quelle, in the Court House of the said 
 City, for the ins|)eeti<m of the public, iuid that due -notice 
 thereof shall be given during the said term of six months, once 
 a week in two newspaper* published in the said City, and 
 that such notice shall mention the day oii which application 
 vvill be made to the said Superior Court for tlie homologation 
 pf the said plan^*'and any person who shall deem himself 
 aggrieved thereby, shall, before the said day, file his opposi- 
 iion to such homologation, and the Court shall hear, try and 
 idetermine in a summary manner each and every opposition 
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 or the Council of the said City, as to law and justice may 
 
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 LXXIX. The Council of the said City of Quebec is hereby 
 authorized and empowered to pass a By-law or By-laws, to 
 punish, eOher by fine or imprisonment, or both, any person or 
 persons who shall ill.u8e\>r cru*lly treat oroverdrive any animal 
 within the limits of the said €ity ; Provided always, that Buch ' 
 fine shall not exceed fiv» v|^unds ciltrency, nor such imprison- 
 ment, thirl;jr days m the CoiAmon Gaol of the Distript. ' 
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 LXXX. In all cases where, for the purpose of operiine any 
 new street,, square, market-place, or othe| public highway or 
 place, or for continuing, enlarging or otherwise improving those 
 ^ 8veel8, squares, market-places, or other, public highways or 
 places now made, of as a site, for any public building to be 
 erected by the sqid Council, (he said Council shall deem it 
 advantageous to purchase and acqufre, to take and enter upon, 
 , more than the ground actually required for any of the said pur- 
 poses, It shall be lawful for the said Council so as aforesaid 
 to purchase and acquire an extent over iind above what may 
 be required for the above, purposes, provided nevertheless srich 
 extent do not exceed one hundred feet in depth, bv whatever 
 length may exist. . . . "^ 
 
 LXXXI.. From and alter tlie passing of this Act, all licenses 
 to keep taverns, hotels or hoOses of public entertainment within 
 the said City, shall be granted bv the Council only; and 
 the person obtaining such license shall pay to the Council a 
 lee to be established by a By-law for the same. 
 
 LXXXII. All persons occupying a part of any public street 
 or lane while erecting any building, shall leave unoccupied - 
 and free fropi all embarrassments a sufficient portion of the Wd 
 street to allow persons freely to pass with their horses and car- ' 
 nages, under such a penalty as may be imposed by the said 
 • Oouncil. f / -9 
 
 LXXXill. If any person shall knowingly swear falsely in 
 lakmg an oath m virtue of this Act, such person shtfll be 
 deemed guilty of wilful and corrupt perjury, and sufler the 
 pains and penalties provided by law in eases of | wilful and 
 corrupt perjury/ * 
 
 LXXXIV. ^'he words "Governor of tin's ProvineeJ'? whereVer 
 they occur in this Act, shall be understood as nieaning the 
 Governor, or any person authorized to execute the fcommission 
 of Governor within this Prpvirtce for the time being; and 
 the word ''Councillor," and the word "Councillors," wher* 
 ever they occur in this A<?t, shall be underetood !» meaning '. 
 ' '?^*™^' **' members of the said Council b( the City 
 or Quebec, unless by the context it shall apbear clearly ' 
 that the words "Counc i l lor" or " C onnfriiroiis » r c »p « c- 
 
 tively are iptepded to apply exclusiverjr to t member 
 
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 or membera of the said Cotmcik who is not or are 
 not the Mayor of the said City ;[ atid the ^vottU '* the ^aid Cpr- 
 poration " or " the said Corporati6n of the City of Quebec,", 
 wherever thev onciir in this Act, shall be aliderstood asmean> 
 ing the saia Corporation of ''^ the Mayor, Coancillors and 
 Cilizens of the City of Quebc^ " unless th? content necessarily 
 requires a diflerent meaning to be ,given 4o those words ; and 
 the words "Lower Canada," whereyer they occur in this 
 Act, are to be understood as meaning and comprehending that 
 part of the Province of Canada which formerly constituted the 
 
 - Province of Lower Canada ; and any words or words implying 
 the singular number or thc/masculi'ne gender only, snaH be 
 ^understood to include several matters of the same kind as wcU 
 as-one matter and several persons, males jpuid females, as well 
 as one person, and bodies corp6rate as^well as individuals, 
 
 * unless it be otherwise especially ' (Provided, or there be some- 
 Ihing in the subject or context repugnant to such cdnstruction. 
 
 LXXXV. This Act shall be a Public Act, and shall be 
 judicially noticed as such by all Judges, Justices of the Peace, 
 and others whom it may concern, wfihont being especially 
 pleaded or proved. 
 
 
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