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BY-LAWS 
 
 PASSED BY THE 
 
 HARBOUR COMMISSIONERS 
 
 OF MONTREAL, 
 
 AT A MEETING DULY HELD AT THE CITY OP MONT- 
 REAL, ON THE TWENTY-FIRST DAY OP APRIL, ONE 
 THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND PIFTY-NINE 
 
 BOARD REGULATIONS OF THE CORPORA 
 
 TION. 
 Artide 1.— A Chairman shall be elected by the 
 Commissioners from among themselves, annually, on 
 the first Monday m January, or at the earliest conve- 
 nient period thereafter ; and th ill hold office till the first 
 Monday m the then ensuing January, or till the elec- 
 tion 01 his successor. 
 
 « 
 
 ArlicU 2 —The Chairman shall preside at all Meet- 
 mgs of the Board, and shall have authority lo maintain 
 order and regularity ; but in his absence one of the 
 Commissioners shall be chosen by vote to perform his 
 duties; and during such absence shall have all the 
 powers hereby conferred upon the Chairman. 
 
 Article 3 —All Debentures to be issued by the Com- 
 missioners, shall be signed by any three of them : all 
 checks shall be signed by one Commissioner at least : 
 and all deeds and other documents whatsoever, shall be 
 executed by the Chairman ; and no debentures, checks, 
 deeds, or other documents shall be binding on the Cor- 
 poration, unless signed and executed in conformity with 
 this By-law ; and then only, provided they are counter- 
 signed or endorsed by the Secretary. 
 
of anyWnfl ~S':f;rhlt ''h^' ''"^ "° ''»='"■'«» 
 member thereof h„ in! j members ; nor shall arTy 
 
 tainin? to any work, r-,.7T \. 1"^^^ ""°> "PPer- 
 but all such irnsacfViw 1, n ""^ ""' Commissioners ; 
 
 by and through rStarvli.h''ff''^ "^ ~"''"«'»'i 
 Board. secretary, with the approval of the 
 
 Master.oranyTorloaor ^t or impede the Harbour 
 or supervision"^ Ky oX Zon""« ""''^' ""'^ »*" 
 ed by or ae.in's u„d/r the 0X3 „? tL^HaT "P??'"'" 
 
 o*r any ^t^At 1''^^^;, -^r prompt or 
 
 thr V 
 
 oil ai ri 
 
 ,■ tc 
 aril 
 val 
 
 it'I'orJ at 
 I ii^'oi.- Office 
 
 ARRIVAL OF VESSELS. 
 
 before heTh"a^I b eak b.^l^' ^ ' ^^^^^"t delay, and 
 Wharfinger's Office ftrii'^ "^^^^ ^"^ "^^^'^^^ ^^ '^^ 
 signed aSd certSed by hTm ofTh?'' 'T V^ ^^^*^"g' 
 seJ, of her cargo, of the vTluf thl'T''/ u '"'^ ^^«- 
 andof her draft of water and Inl ' 'n^7 *'.""^g«' 
 pect of such vessel am Uf h P^^,^" *^"^8 in res- 
 
 and shall aJsr^hpn n. i ^' '''''^^' ^^ *^^ Wharfinger; 
 alties th n'^due ?faj ^a d T'' '^ ^""^^"^ ^" P«- 
 such vessel, or of her cail '^^''^'^'^ ^" '^'^''' ^^ 
 thereof. ^"^ ^^"^^o, on any previous voyage 
 
 ?"'rSlat'' • -^^':^*^^^ S.~The Harbour Master sh«ll « ^• 
 
 power to ch^1j;Vt;!;rC^f[;^ettr^^^^ 
 
/ 
 
 sball be a 
 
 no dealinfrs 
 f shall any 
 directly in 
 ito, apper- 
 lissioners ; 
 conducted 
 )val of the 
 
 act, word 
 5 Harbour 
 his orders 
 ' appoint- 
 our Com- 
 eir duties 
 )rompt or 
 
 of every 
 'lay, and 
 ir at the 
 writing, 
 uch ves- 
 Sonnage, 
 ) in res- 
 rfinger ; 
 all pen- 
 spec t of 
 voyage 
 
 ding to 
 he said 
 iedence 
 o, over 
 II have 
 i as he 
 
 '"Inrs to 1)0 shown 
 
 may gee fit ; and such assignment of a berth may be 
 made by a verbal notice to the Master or person in 
 charge of such vessel ; and either on each trip of such 
 vessel, or for the whole business season. And no vessel 
 shall take up or occupy any berth in the said harbour, 
 unless such berth shall have been assigned to her bv 
 the Harbour Master : provided always that the Harbour 
 Master do assign a berth to such vessel within twenty- 
 tour hours after her arrival in the said harbour. 
 
 Jrtide 9,— The colors of every vessel arrivinir in^'"'"^^ '" "^ 
 
 the said harbour shall be kept flying until the report a"a'j;;i:u.^;!r°'^^'^'^ 
 mentioned in the foregoing By-laws, shall have been 
 made and delivered, as therein provided : and until the 
 Harbour Master shall have allotted a berth to such 
 
 V6SS6i« 
 
 Article 10. — During the prevalence of any eDidemio ^'x ''""»k«. "•• heniw 
 orwhenthere shall be cause to apprehend the S --"^^^^^^^^^ 
 ot any infectious or contagious disease, the Harbour 
 Master shall have power to designate and set apart 
 some certain anchorage, wharf, or place, for every 
 steamer or other vessel arriving in the said harbour, 
 hav-ing on board more than twenty passengers ; where 
 such steamer or vessel shall remain, until such sanitary 
 
 UTlTi ipl" ^^^' ^''? "''^' ^« «^^" ^ appointed 
 in that behalf by a resolution of the Harbour Commis- 
 sioners ; and upon the delivery of a verbal notice of the 
 appointment of such anchorage, wharf, or place, with a 
 copy of such resolution, to the Master or person in charge 
 ot such steamer or vessel, either before, or immediatefy 
 upon Its arrival jn the said harbour, such steamer or 
 vessel shall forthwith proceed to such anchorage, wharf, 
 or place, and there remain until the terms of such re- 
 solution shall have been fully complied with. 
 
 Article ll,_Every vessel entering the said harbour w«ter gauge, name, 
 sHah have a water gauge marked conspicuously and ac thowZrev^rJ^e. 
 curately on her stem and stern ; and her name painted -'• 
 on the stern, bow, or quarter, so as to be easily dis- 
 cerned from the wharf; and the tonnage of each river 
 
craft entering the said harbour shall be cut L. 
 the face of the foresido nF th^ k«7 r ■ ^^*^ 
 after part of the mabhatoh T.^^'^"'' ^''•"^•ng tho 
 four iJ^ches in length i^ ^.h ^^"''' """^ ^''' ^^^n 
 ble from the deck ' '"''"'" ^' ^^ ^« ^i«- 
 
 Conditions under A .' i . ^ 
 
 wl'Icli vfWHuJN with ■reticle 12. Nn v«»qQol !,«. : , 
 
 hi-her UD tho S? T * ''' '"^T''"' '" *^« said harbour 
 wharf; which point shall ^^^.ZSl'.ltl^'. 
 
 •^tonmnrs to reduce Artiolty IQ XT . 
 
 !.-"•'''"''•'- harlourtbove"^: steam vessel while within the said 
 
 VESSELS LYING IN TH3 HAKBOUR 
 
 *r' be "n-,-^ r.f'^ '" "■» -■" harbou. shall be 
 
 s^.K„;';au,der ts o;;;trof;;f IhTH^J^^S^Tr''^' ■" 
 
 gards their no»iH«r, „„„^:?T .'"'i""^' «» f""- as re- 
 
 onlBr- 
 
 on board or inchargeof mt ^Ll in Vh^f-A" t""" 
 
 fus.l or d\^^t;m:- ord'^eJs S * rSoIr t f 
 to remove any vessel it ah^u u \ r "V^^l^^our Master 
 
 hour MastertoSoffto„ ' ^ '^'f 2' ^°' """''' *^r 
 fastenings of such t3 ^^.tT^ *?° ''*"''" <"• o""" 
 
 a^rrit'drs^?'"--^^^^^ 
 
bo cut into 
 forming tho 
 fiot less than 
 IS to be visi- 
 
 1 twenty-five 
 sail through 
 under deck, 
 il cloth, tar- 
 such vessel 
 aid harbour 
 of said har- 
 ^harf, form- 
 he Harbour 
 ^ed for that 
 ichor or re- 
 below such 
 uch resolu- 
 
 in the said 
 'e at a rate 
 
 )TJR. 
 
 ir shall be 
 
 far as re- 
 loval, and 
 
 in charge 
 no person 
 1 harbour, 
 
 Harbour 
 ' such re- 
 ir Master 
 tich Har- 
 ' or other 
 y ring or 
 3 may be 
 
 penalty 
 n charge 
 
 i 
 
 of such vessel shall be bound to pay to the said Ear- 
 hour Commissioners, the damage (if any) caused to the 
 wharf or wharves, by the cutting away of such ring or 
 post. 
 
 Jrlide 15. — In the event of the resistance of any Jf;;;,,;;;;'"^^^'.'^'^^^';^^''^ 
 person or persons on board of any vessel to the orders '^•^'^""s hu authority 
 of the Harbour Master to remove the same, under the 
 powers conferred upon him by the last preceding sec- 
 tion ; whether such resistance be active or passive ; it 
 shall be lawful for the Harbour Master to take posses- 
 sion of such vessel, and to remove the same ; and he 
 shall have the power of employing a sufficient number 
 of men for that purpose at the expense of the Master, 
 owner, or person in charge of such vessel, to aid him 
 m enforcing such removal ; and shall have the right to 
 moor, anchor, or make fast, such vessel at such other 
 place as he shall see fit. 
 
 IS control 
 Ma.>toi 
 
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 Article 16.— No raft, crib, raft bottom, or floating SJ^^v^lt'^' " 
 timber, shall be or remain attached or secured to any «^i'^''^^ "^ ' 
 wharf, or to any part of the beach, in said harbour, ""'"'"' 
 without the express permission of the Harbour Master ; 
 and irrespective of the penalty hereafter provided for, 
 the Harbour Master shall have the power without any 
 notice to any person whomsoever, to cut adrift any raft, 
 crib, raft bottom, or timber, which shall be so attached 
 or secured without his permission ; and such raft, crib, 
 raft bottom, or timber so cut adrift shall thereafter con- 
 tinue to be and remain at the proper risk of the owners 
 thereof respectively. And no raft, crib, raft bottom, 
 or timber, shall, under any circumstances whatever, 
 wjcupy a berth in the said harbour above the Victoria 
 Fier, or be anchored in the stream within the limits of 
 the said harbour. 
 
 Arlicle 17.— No vessel shall anchor within the limits X?''-*"' -*"'*" °"' ="> 
 of the said harbour in such a plax^e or position as to asLi:;;'^ " '""^•"^' 
 prevent a free and unobstructed passage for all other „ 
 vessels to and fro m the said harbour ; and to and from 
 the Lachine Canal, or any wharf in the said harbour. 
 
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 ex,™s purpoi 'of hll ^'a" ™:;,T'"?i'r"'« 
 mediate y, or for the nnmnon nf if- ' ^^ ^"^» '™- 
 
 slackened in order to i/ivA o fr«„ i ■ P° ^"^'' ^' 
 
 VcHHcIs not to liava an * . , 
 
 niK^lior out. unlesi to Arltcle 19. VeSSfilfl lirJn^ „♦ I. ,. 
 
 ""'"■'"'■■ a tier within tbe S or.hrhlr„r"Sl if,''''" 
 
 an anchor out, excent fnr f ^^ naroour, shall not have 
 hauling in or out^ *^' P^'P"'' °* immediately 
 
 *"ii<ipi)lnK» of vp^ftou . . 
 
 '■'-* Hamo niiisi i„; Article 20 Tho oli«»«, r ^ • 
 
 Vessels at the // i* 7 «, 
 
 wliarvos id .ivoiil do. -amCteiJl. All VPHSpIs Itt^^ „i. i.L 1 
 
 &:'"'■■'«« to oacHhe harbour, shal hlvrthefr vlrSs ?7^^^ ^^f'" 
 booms and outriggers rLedin^/K- Tt,"^ ""P' *^^"' 
 
 in as far as pmcfeSe f ^f^ st'uddb.'^'^-lT'' "^^^ 
 taken off, their Bmit^JlZ f '^^^^.'Pg sail boom irons 
 
 their anchors secS so l^f ^"'i ^?'' ^'^^ ^^^^ ^«d 
 other vesLTs. ' ' *' ^"^''^ ^^^^S ^^«^*ge to 
 
 Tassago allowed over J~*:„1^ on ttti 
 
 decks of vessels lying , -4r/tcfe 22.--When tWO Or morP voco^lo 1 . 
 
 the same wharf, one outride of ^.7^/'® ^^'?S ""^ 
 incumbered passage overthe decks of 't^ ' ''' ^""^ T 
 wharf, shall bo allowed to thoti- ^^"«?,«^arest the 
 as well for loadiZ T!.! v ^^'"^ outside of them, 
 
 vessels as for tKno^^^^^^^^^ ^"^«'^« ^««««i or 
 
 Tvith the shore CvX f f ^^^^J communication 
 
 fxrth^^^'7-'^^^^^^^ 
 
 aecKs ot the vessels nearest thereto. 
 
> run or fast- 
 pting for the 
 or out, ira- 
 'essel off the 
 ope shall be 
 iTuptcd pas- 
 pas8. 
 
 ■f, or within 
 ill not have 
 tnmediately 
 
 very vessel 
 ings placed 
 3 mooring 
 raverse the 
 t or to any 
 those spe- 
 
 ves within 
 up, their 
 •ms rigged 
 oom irons 
 id aft, and 
 damage to 
 
 3 lying at 
 B and un- 
 earest the 
 of them, 
 vessel or 
 unication 
 lels have 
 ' over the 
 
 or inhllnl^nT^'' ^^""**,' ^''.".^^'' P""^" '" charge of, Fa^..n.n^ of v«..o„ 
 
 or on board of, any vessel within the said harbour ♦ ''"'I """•««• oTwitb- 
 which any other vessel shall be made fast by any ll ^'""^ 
 hawser, or chain, shall cut or cast off such rop^"haZ; 
 
 off «?;? ' f •*"'® *"' P^r""' '^« «'^™« to be cut or cast 
 oft, without giving ample and distinct notice of the 
 
 whfrvc'fin^fh7«^^5"T 'k^'''" '''''^'' ^* ^""7 of the't.«montohave 
 
 wnarves m the said harbour, or at any landintr nkrp 'rTr^"- »"*J"K».t« 
 within the limits of the same, shall provide a go^orand "'"'"'"" ""^^^^" 
 suffiaent gangway from such steam vessel to such 
 
 sunnorSl hv^'^lF'""" ' • ^'^^ ^'''«« '«P«« «» ^oth sides, 
 tSfP^ hiri'^u' ''"" ?t««cheon8, not less than 
 three feet high ; for the use of persons going and com- 
 ing from on board such steam"^ vessel : and on da Sc 
 nights a light provided by such vessel, shall be placS 
 
 S^'avLlT^ "'^'i «"f^g-«-ay. BO tfatTuch 
 
 wire 
 
 vblin- 
 
 n^offf^^^^ 25.-~All steam vessels, except those using '""''»•"''>•« to .wvc 
 coa for generating steam, shall, while within the limit! r " ''"' " 
 of the said harbour, have wire caps fitted over their 
 chimnies so as to prevent sparks issuing therefrom 
 the interstices of which caps shall not be more Zn 
 one quarter of an inch square. 
 
 Ar/tc?e 26 - Any vessel aground within the said 
 harbour shall shew three bright white lights over thlt 
 s^de or end of such vessel, nearest whichf other vessels 
 must approach m passing her. luer vessels 
 
 VESSELS LOADING AND UNLOADING 
 
 plalttr^lLi;ltleriumW iht^ .t^ boa«ls, cn.a.n. or „.- 
 to remain Jn/KovJi.*^^^' ^^^^^ °ot be permated"^"*"*' '»'''« ^n^cribH, 
 to remain m the berths assigned to them, unless 
 the unloading of the cargo therS)f be commTnci m 
 mediately, and diligently and continuou^rp^i'^- 
 
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 i^?u^«T^'naaa.^[^'/n^»^hen unloading firewood alonfi:side of anv 
 wharf, at the rate of not less than twenty-five cords p2 
 
 ^r<ec7e 28.-.ye8seIs arriving in the harbour with 
 cargo shall bo allowed for unloading as follows — 
 *!, Two working days for fifty tons of cargo,* or less 
 than fifty tons. Three working days for over fifty tons 
 ot cargo and not exceeding one hundred tons. One 
 working day additional for every fifty tons of cargo ex- 
 ceeding one hundred tons. & c* 
 
 And for loading : — 
 
 One working day for fifty tons, or under. 
 huLTedTn^"^ '^^^' '°^ ^^^^ ^^*^ *-^' -^ -^- one 
 
 One working day additional for every fifty tons of 
 cargo exceeding one hundred tons : provided always that 
 vessels that ehal be discharged, or loaded, in a shortej 
 time, or that shall have ceased discharging or loading 
 h^om any cause shall not be entitled ^o^tain the"? 
 berths, should the Harbour Master se t to order them 
 
 tL?Xn^ U'"u "^T'^'i "^^° *^^* ^» application to 
 that effect the Harbour Master shall have the power, if 
 
 t ^med by hir ' "^' ''"^ ''' ' '""'''^^ ^^^ '^ 
 
 VesseN unloading, 
 must provide good 
 
 Article 29.— Vessels loading or unloading, whether 
 on the wharves, or into lighters, or into any other kinds 
 of vessels, shall have a good tight stage or spout, in 
 order to prevent any portion of their cargo from falling 
 into the water. ^ 
 
 All articles not forni- J^i.W/, on "D j i i 
 
 Ins part of a cargo, f '^"^ ou.— ±Joard8, plauks, oars, staves, fire wood 
 Z^^^t,^:^ all lumber whatsoever, aid all ballast rabbit' 
 i:lur?^nder^r .' °^^"^^ cinders, or ashes, or other things not 
 forming part of the cargo of any vessel, landed on any 
 whart in the said harbour, or on the beach thereof, shall 
 be conveyed away as fast as landed, by the master or 
 person m charge of the vessel, from on board of which 
 such substances shall have been landed ; and a like 
 penalty to that hereinafter provided, for the breach of 
 
side of any 
 ve cords per 
 
 irbour with 
 3WS ; — 
 rgo, or less 
 er fifty tons 
 :ons. One 
 3f cargo ex- 
 
 d under one 
 
 ifty tons of 
 ilways that 
 n a shorter 
 ; or loading 
 'etain their 
 order them 
 ilication to 
 le power, if 
 ir period to 
 
 g, whether 
 )ther kinds 
 ' spout, in 
 om falling 
 
 fire wood, 
 , rubbish, 
 things not 
 ed on any 
 reef, shall 
 master or 
 of which 
 nd a like 
 breach of 
 
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 the foregoing portion of this By-law, shall be incurred 
 tor every period of. twenty-four hours during which such 
 effects, or lumber, ballast, rubbish, retlse matter, 
 cinders, ashes, or other substances, shall continue to 
 remain on such wharf or beach, as the case my be! 
 after being landed thereon. ^ * 
 
 .."^'^^^^.^^'—^^ goods or cargo of any kind (other Time aiiowec u. 
 
 TW 'Jnw/i ^ ^ V"*^' mentioned in the last foregoing KuaAer"" •'" 
 
 By-law), landed from any vessel ; and no goods or 
 
 cargo, and no ballast, placed upon any wharf in said 
 
 harbour or upon the beach thereof, to be shipped on 
 
 board of any vessel ; shall be allowed to remain upon 
 
 such wharf or beach, for a longer period than tweX! 
 
 four hours, after being landed or placed there • and a 
 
 like penalty to that hereinafter provided, for the' breach 
 
 of the foregoing portion of this By-law, shall betn- 
 
 curred for every period of twenty-four hours, during 
 
 which such goods, cargo or ballast, shall continue to re? 
 
 main upon such wharf or beach, as the case may be, 
 
 after the expiration of the period of twenty-four hours 
 
 hereinbefore allowed for their removal ; provided always 
 
 d^at the water casks belonging to any vessel may be v--.^' water ca.., 
 
 as naay be faxed by the Harbour Master ; but at the ex- 
 
 obstruct the thoroughfare thereon, under the p;nalty 
 
 hereinafter provided tor the breach of any By-l^w and 
 
 if so placed shall be removed forthwith by the owner 
 
 or person m charge thereof, upon the orders of the 
 
 Harbour Master to that effect, under a further like pen! 
 
 alty And no goods whatever shall be placed upon any 
 
 wharf, nearer to the edge thereof than eight feet there- 
 
 trom ; and no cattle or live animals shall be allowed to 
 
 remain on any wharf or beach for a longer neriod than'^""''»""^«'if"'-«'^»'» 
 
 three hours and then only under the controUnd man' '"' '"' ""' ^ ^'^ 
 
 Eof '""^''"' ^"''''' """^ ^'''''' ^« «^^'g« 
 
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 r^noraS^r^ ^^^'^'^ 33.— In the event of the breach of either of 
 "Ltv^s'la^^^contra- T^'* three foreping Bj-laws, or of any part of either 
 vontion or tho By 01 tDem, it Shall be Iaw*^nl for the Harbour Master to 
 ^« remove, or cause to b:^ . ;ioved, any boards, planks, 
 
 oars, staves, firewood. It ;uer, ballast, rubbish, cinders, 
 ashes, or refuse matter, or other thing, not forming 
 part of the cargo of any vessel, or any goods or cargo 
 which shall remain on the wharf or on the beach of 
 said harbour, longer than it or they are permitted to do 
 by the said last three foregoing By-laws, or by any of 
 them ; and such removal shall be so made at the cost 
 and charges of the owner or consignee of such effects^ 
 or of the Master or person in charge of the vessel from 
 which they shall have been landed, at the option of the 
 Harbour Coinmissioners; and such costs and charges 
 and any further or other reasonable costs and charts 
 in respect thereof, and of the custody and safe keeping 
 thereof, and all penalties incurred in respect thereof 
 shall be a lien upon such effects ; which shall not be de- 
 livered up by the Harbour Commissioners to any person 
 whomsoever, until all such costs, charges and penalties 
 oe paid. And notwithstanding such removal, such 
 effects shall continue to be at the risk of the owners 
 thereof, and if the costs and charges thereon, and all 
 penalties due in respect thereof be not paid, and such 
 effects taken away, by the owners thereof, or their repre- 
 sentatives, within thirty days after such removal ; such 
 effects may be sold by public auction, for the benefit of 
 whom It may concern, and the Harbour Commissioners 
 shall only be accountable in respect of such eff"ects for 
 the nett proceeds of such sale, less all such costs, charges, 
 and penalties. ' s » 
 
 »u:^.ro.?4S ,^^^«^^ 34 --No gunpowder shall be landed or ship, 
 ed in the said harbour above the part of said harbour 
 where the wharf formerly stood, which was known as 
 Gilbert 8 Wharf. And it shall be in the power of the 
 Harbour Commissioners, by a resolution to be passed 
 tor that purpose, to prevent any gunpowder from being 
 landed or shipped higher up than any other point below 
 such wharf: which point shall be designated in such 
 resolution. 
 
)f either of 
 irt of either 
 • Master to 
 Is, planks, 
 3h, cinders, 
 )t forming 
 s or cargo 
 e beach of 
 litted to do 
 ' by any of 
 at the cost 
 jch effectSj 
 vessel from 
 tionof the 
 nd charges 
 id charges, 
 'fe keeping 
 ?ct thereof 
 I not be de- 
 my person 
 d penalties 
 oval, such 
 ;he owners 
 )n, and all 
 , and such 
 heir repre- 
 )val ; such 
 benefit of 
 aiissioners 
 effects for 
 3, charges, 
 
 d or ship- 
 d harbour 
 known as 
 ver of the 
 be passed 
 rom being 
 )int below 
 id in such 
 
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 ^rticle 35.— No gunpowder shall be landed until Gunpowder, m what 
 there be on the wharf, a suitable vehicle in readiness SuZ' " ""'^ '" 
 there, to convey it away ; and in such case, no greater 
 quantity shall be landed, than shall be sufficient to load 
 such vehicle once, until such quantity so landed, shall 
 be taken away in such vehicle. 
 
 jrtide 36.— No gunpowder shall be Irought to, orcnpowdor, in wh.t 
 piacert upon any wharf for shipment, until the vesselS^J " "^^ "" 
 m which It IS to be shipped shall be ready to receive it 
 immediately on board ; and only one cart load thereof 
 shall be brought to such wharf at one time: and no 
 second cart load shall be brought to such wharf, or 
 placed thereon, until the last previous cart load, shall 
 have been placed on board of such vessel. 
 
 pletely covered with tarpauling or other suitable 
 covering; and no person onboard of such boat shall 
 smoke, nor shall any fire be used therein, for any pur- 
 pose whatever. J f"^ 
 
 MISCELLANEOUS .PROVISIONS. 
 
 ^^dl!^!^-^^'~i^^^^}^^^^^' ^^ person in charge, of any Hatchways or vessel, 
 
 vessel, lying alongside of any of the Wharves, or ad- fl^.^" '"'""■'' ^"" 
 joining to any other vessel, shall cause her hatchways ''""^'^""^'^■ 
 to be securely and completely covered with hatches or 
 gratings, immediately after the work of loading or un- 
 loading, as the case may be, shall have been finished 
 tor the day ; and shall cause the same to remain so 
 covered until the time when the work shall recommence 
 in the morning. 
 
 m^n^ulf^'~^''3'^f '^^" ^^ "''^» °^ «"ff«^e^ ^^ re- F,reson board ve.o„ 
 
 mam alight, on board of any vessel in the said harbour, uefeDr" '''"''' "" 
 except m close cambooses of iron or other metal, or of 
 
 ult ^f T* ""^^ "^^^ *^" ^««k, or in stoves of simi- ' 
 lar materials when under deck; and when made on 
 
 i. U r^ ^''' ?\^". ""* ^' ^^g^^ before sun-rise, and 
 shall be extinguished at sun-set ; provided always, that 
 
Boiliiifi of pitch, tar, 
 grea.so, &c., &c. 
 
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 fires necessary for generating steam, may at any time 
 
 and then only under the constant supervision of aoms 
 
 reKTnnt'T''"'"'! ""' •'^'« ^^'^^^ shdl n"" 
 neia to apply to vessels arrivinff or departinff. or loarl 
 ing or unloading, after the sa.d hour. ^ ^' 
 
 Ar/icfe 41 —No person whatsoever shall boil or 
 heat tar, pitch, turpentine, rosin or grease, or cause thi 
 same to be boiled or heated, for griding or bream „' 
 
 aZlro/Thr\'''" rr'^'"" anf vesse'ToS 
 any part of the wharves, beaches, or jetties, in the said 
 
 harbour, except in such places as the Harbour Mastm- 
 
 be placed in charge of the pot or kettle in which the 
 
 anZTI •' Y'^'^'^^'^'^^S. provided with a shovel! 
 and a sufficient cover, for instantly extinguishing any 
 fire arising from the ignition of such tar, pitch, tuS 
 me, rosin, or grease; and for extinguishing completely 
 the origina fire, when the purpose for which it was 
 k nd^ shall be accomplished : and no vessel shall T 
 graded or breamed within the limits of the said harbour 
 without the permission of the Harbour Master 
 
 No carpenter's work A „i • 7^ /lo XT . . 
 
 OD the wharves with- A.rhcle 42.— JNo pcrsou shall make or drpqs «r.Tr 
 outper...... mastsorsparsordoa'nycarpenterWk'onan^^^^^^^^ 
 
 wharves, beaches or jetties in the said harbour, excep? 
 
 with the express permission of the Harbour Master 
 
 ZZTf^ f^!^^' ^°^ *' such place as he shall have 
 designated for the purpose. 
 
 rvV'rhrth^'r, ^rl^ole iS.-No ballast, coals, ashes, cinders, hay 
 
 irt,^::.^! wIl'Kfr'Tr;^' "^TV' *^'"^ whatsoever, shall be thrown 
 Dottobedi^fliur^d" from any vessel whatsoever, or by any person whomso- 
 ever, into the water in the said harbour, and no placards 
 ^ bills shall be stuck on any of the walls within the 
 Harbour limits, or any disfigurement whatsoever, caused 
 
any time 
 ompetcnt 
 
 the hour 
 isel lying 
 L thereof, 
 of some 
 1 not be 
 or load- 
 
 boil or 
 auso the 
 reaming 
 }1, or on 
 the said 
 
 Master 
 on shall 
 lich the 
 
 shovel, 
 ing any 
 turpen- 
 ipletely 
 I it was 
 ihall be 
 arbour, 
 
 3s any 
 r of the 
 except 
 Master 
 1 have 
 
 •s, hay 
 ihrown 
 lom se- 
 acards 
 in the 
 caused 
 
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 Article 44. — No person or persons shall place, pile, »" rubbish whatever 
 or deposit, any stones, dirt, rubbish, snow, ice, or other wharvi^f'o'r'r^^dst 
 matter or thing whatsoever, upon the revetmefnt wall, ^^^fi^i but may be 
 or upon any of the wharves or jetties in the said harbour, o'^'the Zvormmou, 
 or upon any part of the beach thereof, or upon the roads 
 or open spaces therein, or upon the ice thereon in winter, 
 except in the latter case, in such place as may Redesig- 
 nated for that purpose by the Harbour Master, or the 
 Harbour Engineer ; and for every twenty-four hours 
 during which the same shall remain upon such wharf, 
 jetty, beach, road, open space or ice, a further penalty 
 shall be incurred by such person or persons, to the same 
 amount, as that to which he or they are subjected, for 
 the breach of the first portion of this By-law. 
 
 Article 45.- , ^ „.„„„„ ^^u.^^ v^ut iv;o 
 
 make any hole in the ice, or make any road thereon /'"'*^'^'^""ice!' ^^S 
 
 -No person or persons shall cut ice, or ^^.f 'j,'""""" ^*"" '""• 
 
 or occupy the same in any manner, within the limits of othil'mar^.""'"''"'" 
 the said harbour, except at such place or place therein, 
 as shall be allotted and designated by the Harbour 
 Master or the Harbour Engineer, for those purposes re- 
 spectively ; and no person or persons shall convey away, 
 destroy, injure, or deface, any pickets, or other marks, 
 placed on the ice, for the purpose of indicating the limits 
 within which such road or roads may be made, or ice 
 cut ; or within which any rubbish, snow, or ice, may be 
 deposited ; or shall destroy, injure, deface, or carry away, 
 any pickets, or other marks, placed on the ice by the 
 Harbour Engineer, in the performance of his duty. 
 
 Arlide 46. — The Wharfinger shall have newer on V'K ""y ''« '•*'""^ 
 
 k/»V,«l<? ^e t-U^ -J TT \ /, Bucii uovc p^^WBi, oa for flriiwood, lumber 
 
 Denait ot tne said Harbour Commissioners, and under '"■""""''^f'"'os. 
 their directions, to allot, let, or leas'e, any space or por- 
 tion of any of the wharves, piers, or vacant ground, 
 in the said harbour, for the piling thereon of firewood or 
 other lumber, or of other articles, subject to such rate 
 of charges, and for such time or times, as may from time 
 to time be fixed, by the Harbour Commissioners ; and 
 such allotment or letting shall be evidenced only by a 
 written permit, signed by the Wharfinger ; which written 
 permit shall m all cases be exhibited to the Harbour 
 
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 Master, or to any other Officer of the said Corporation, 
 by the person holding or using any such space or por- 
 tion, on the first demand of such Harbour Master, or 
 other Officer ; and if such wood or other articles be'al- 
 lowed to remain on such lot or lots for twelve hours 
 after the expiration of the time denoted in such permit, 
 without a renewal of same, at the Wharfinger's office, 
 such wood or other articles shall be liable to be removed, 
 by the Harbour Master, in the manner provided by 
 Article No. 33, of these By-laws, and without any 
 notice being given, either verbally, or in writing, by the 
 Harbour Master, to the party owning, or representing 
 the same. 
 
 .— ; I. ^""^^^^^ ^\~~^^ ^"y ^°**'""S ^'g^*' ^'g^t house, buoy, " 
 or other n,ark«.^not bgacon, or Other mark, placed or to be placed in any paft 
 
 of the said harbour, or within its limits, shall be re- 
 moved, carried away, destroyed, or injured, by any ves- 
 sel, or raft, or by any person or persons, whomsoever : 
 the same shall be replaced or repaired, as the case may 
 be, by the Master, owner, or person in charge of such 
 vessel, or raft, or by such person or persons, forthwith, 
 and within forty-eight hours from such removal, des- 
 truction, or injury ; failing which, such Master, owner, 
 or person in charge, person or persons, shall incur the 
 
 g malty hereinafter fixed for the breach of any of these 
 y-Iaws ; and shall also be bound to pay lo the said 
 Harbour Commissioners, the expense of such replace- 
 ment or reparation, as shall be necessary in the premises. 
 
 DEPARTURE OF VESSELS. 
 
 Light-bonses, buoys, 
 or other marki 
 to be interfered 
 
 kxlide 48.— No vessel shall leave the harbour until 
 
 Vessels must report 
 
 outward cargo and . ~-~w wu».. .v,u,,c uuouaiuuur uiiui 
 
 Ktkrbor.'''^"*^^^,!*®^ Of I^rson in charge thereof, shall have made 
 and delivered at the Wharfinger's Office, a full and cor- 
 rect report in writing, signed and certified by him, of 
 her outward cargo, with the description thereof in detail, 
 and its value ; and also of her draft of water ; and un- 
 til all dues on such vessel, and on her cargo, and all 
 penalties incurred thereby, or by the Master or person 
 in charge thereof, and all costs and charges with which 
 such vessel or the Master or person in charge thereof 
 shall be chargeable towards the Hc^rboar Commis- 
 sioners, shall have been tally paid. 
 
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 VEHICLES. 
 
 Arlide 49. — No person shall drive a horse or horses vebines on the 
 on any of the wharves, or on any of the ramps leading to ItlTlZHT.ii' 
 tne wharves, at a quicker motion than a walk • and all """^ ''^*" ""'^ "^e ' 
 carts, trucks, and other vehicles going to or from any?-''"n>''wh?cMheya% 
 vessel in theharbour, shall take the ramp nearest to °"'*" 
 such vessel. 
 
 Article 50. — No omnibus, cab, caleche, truck, cart, '^'^ vehicle to obstruct 
 or vehicle whatsoever, shall be permitted to stand on Z ntSnve? fc 
 any wharf or pier in the said harbour, in such a manner g^^roTothor^Xor" 
 as to obstruct the passage to and fro, upon such wharf 
 oi' pier,— or to or from any vessel arriving or lying at, 
 or departing from, such wharf or pier ; nor shall any 
 driver of any such vehicle, or any other person, obstruct, 
 importune, or annoy,^any passenger or person landing 
 Irom, or embarking on board of, any vessel in said har- 
 bour. 
 
 Article 51 —No omnibus, cab, caleche, cart, truck, no vehicle to stand 
 or vehicle whatsoever, shall stand or remain on the "po^,{e'^o"r^steX 
 wnari in iront oi any steam or other vessel, or on anv^"^^"''"'"^'"*^*""''®- 
 ramp leading to such wharf, on the arrival or departure "'"''" 
 ot any steam or other vessel ; but the entire space be- 
 tween the whole length of such steam or other vessel 
 and the revetment wall, shall be left free and unob- 
 structed by such vehicles, both previous to and after the 
 arrival of such vessel. 
 
 Article 52 —No omnibus, cab, caleche, cart, truck. Regulations for 
 
 T«l7nd Wtn'lf ^*'T'* -^'1^ '?"^ °' '•^"^^^^ «" the-wt^rn-nVa^p" 
 
 isiana w nart, on the arrival or departure of anv steam- p''°*<=*' '» ^^eds 
 er, within ten feet of the shed or store-housi erected "' '''"'°""- 
 by the Champlam and St. Lawrence Railroad Company • 
 nor shall they stand or remain on the said wharf or any 
 other wharf so as to obstruct or impede the passage, or 
 way, to or from the said shed or store-house, or to or ' 
 from any shed or etore-house that may be emjted on 
 any other wharf. "^ 
 
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 ^:mft^m^ ^""^^^ 53.--EVC0: ,P«"o^ i° charge of a horse or 
 their horses until call horsBS, or ot any vchicle drawn by a horse or horses, 
 
 fng'^Sr'dmdfa'rgfnr'^ ^^ remain beside such horse or horses, except when 
 •uch vehicle. loading or discharging such vehicle, and shall not then 
 
 leave them so far as that they shall be beyond his con- 
 trol ; and no cabman or driver of any omnibus or 
 other vehicle on any wharf or pier in said harbour, 
 shall leave such vehicle on any pretence whatsoever, 
 until he shall have been called and his vehicle engaged. 
 
 FINES AND PENALTIES AND THEIR 
 COLLECTION. 
 
 Artide 54.— Every person, in whatsoever capacity 
 he may be acting, who shall violate or infringe any of 
 the By-laws hei*einbef ore contained, and passed this day, 
 or any part or portion of any one of them, shall be 
 subject to a penalty of five pounds currency. 
 
 Article 55. — Every person, in whatsoever capacity 
 he may be acting, who shall fail or neglect to obey any 
 one of the aforesaid By-laws, or any portion of any one 
 of them, shall be subject to a penalty of five pounds 
 currency. 
 
 Article 56. — The Master, or person in charge, of any 
 vessel, which shall violate or infringe, or fail or neglect 
 to obey, any one of the aforesaid By-laws, or any part 
 or portion of any one of them ; and the master, or 
 person in charge, of any vessel in the conduct and man- 
 agement of which, any one of the said Bji-laws, or any 
 part of any one of them, shall be violated, infringed or 
 disobeyed, shall be subject to a penalty of five pounds 
 currency. 
 
 Article 57. — In the event of the contravention, or 
 neglect to obey, any of the foregoing By-laws having 
 reference to the landing or shipping of gunpowder, the 
 landing or shipping, as the case may be, of each keg 
 or package of gunpowder, shall be a separate offence, 
 and shall give rise to a separate penalty of five pounds, 
 against the offending party. 
 
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 Article 58. — The owner of any cargo, lumber, or 
 effects, or of any matter or thing whatever, landed from 
 any vessel ; in respect of which cargo, lumber or effects, 
 matter or thing, there shall be any violation or infringe- 
 ment of, or disobedience to, any one of the aforesaid 
 By-laws, or of any part of any one of them ; shall 
 be subject to a penalty of five pounds. 
 
 Article 59 —The owner, or person in charge of, any 
 goods, lumber, or other effects, deposited for shipment 
 on any wharf, or elsewhere, in the said harbour ; in re- 
 spect of which goods, lumber, or effects, there shall be 
 any violation or infringement of, or disobedience to any 
 one of the aforesaid IJy-laws, or of or to any part of 
 any one of them ; shall be subject to a penalty of five 
 pounds. ^ "^ 
 
 . J^'^^¥^ 60.— Any person who shall be convicted of 
 infringing any of the said By-laws, or any of the 
 provisions of the Statutes now in force in this Province, 
 providing for the management and improvement of the 
 Harbour of Montreal, and the deepening of the Ship 
 Channel between the said harbour and the Port of 
 Quebec ; and who shall be condemned to the payment 
 ot any pecuniary penalty for such infringement: and 
 who shall make clefault in the payment of such pecu- 
 niary penalty, and of the costs of such conviction, may 
 be imprisoned for a period of thirty days, unless the 
 amount of such penalty and costs be sooner paid. 
 
 INTERPRETATION. 
 
 Article 61.— The word « vessel" when made use of in 
 the foregoing regulations, is to be understood as com- 
 prehending and meaning rafts and every other descrip- 
 tion of floating vessel ; the words « working days " are 
 to be understood as comprehending and meaning days 
 on which work can leg illy be performed ; the word 
 owner shall comprehend and mean a part owner 
 or owners; the words "Harbour Master" shall com- 
 
 Pu ^ i ^J"^ T^"" *^^ ^<^P"*y Harbour Master also : 
 the word goods » shall be understood as comprehending 
 
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 lumber, firewood, ballaat and merchandize of any des- 
 cription, together with all kinds of live stock ; and 
 when more persons than one are hereinbefore made 
 subject to any penalty, in the disjunctive, the said 
 Corporation shall have the option of proceeding for such 
 penalty against such oae of such persons ae the said 
 Corporation may see fit. 
 
 Krtick 62.— All By-law8 ""passed by the Harbour 
 Commissioners of Montreal, prior to this date, shall be 
 and are hereby repealed, except so far as they may be 
 necessary to enable the said Corporation to collect any 
 dues or penalties that may have accrued thereunder, or 
 to continue any action at law that may be pending, or 
 to commence or continue any action at law for oflFences 
 thereunder ; and except also in so far as they repealed 
 all By-laws, orders, rules and regulations made by the 
 Trinity House of Montreal, for the regulation and man- 
 agement of the affairs of the Harbour of Montreal. 
 
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