1854.—18 VICTORIÆ.

FIRST SESSION, FIFTH PARLIAMENT.

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

Vol. I.-Part I.

I. An Act for giving effect on the part of this Province, to a certain Treaty between Her Majesty and the United States of America, II. An Act to make better provision for the appropriation of Moneys arising from the Lands heretofore known as the Clergy Reserves, by rendering them available for Municipal purposes, III. An Act for the abolition of feudal rights and duties in Lower Canada,.

IV. An Act for granting to Her Majesty certain sums of money for
defraying certain expenses of the Civil Government of the Pro-
vince for the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four,
and for certain purposes for which a supply is required, and
also for raising a loan on the credit of the Consolidated Reve-
nue Fund,

V. An Act to amend the Acts imposing Duties of Customs,
VI. An Act to amend the Naturalization Laws of this Province,
VII. An Act to amend an Act, intituled, An Act to extend the Elec-
tive Franchise, and better to define the qualifications of Voters in
certain Electoral Divisions by providing a system for the regis-
tration of Voters,

VIII. An Act further to provide for the Freedom of Elections,
IX. An Act to enable the Superior Courts of Law and Equity to
issue process to compel the attendance of Witnesses out of their
jurisdiction, and to give effect to the service of such process in
any part of Canada,

X. An Act to regulate the time of payment of Bills and Promissory
Notes, which may fall due on legal holidays,

XI. An Act to regulate the Inspection of Pot and Pearl Ashes,
XII. An Act to amend the Act relative to Savings Banks in this
Province,

XIII. An Act to extend and amend the Act to establish a Consoli-
dated Municipal Loan Fund for Upper Canada, by applying
the same to Lower Canada, and for other purposes,
XIV. An Act to extend the Act, intituled, An Act to authorize
Limited Partnerships in Upper Canada to Lower Canada,
XV. An Act to extend to Lower Canada the provisions of the Act
to establish a Standard Weight for the different kinds of Grain,
Pulse and Seeds, in Upper Canada.

XVI. An Act for the removal of doubts, and to explain the Provin-
cial Statute 12th Victoria, chapter 42, to abolish imprisonment
for debt, and for other purposes,

XVII. An Act to allow Notaries to receive the advice of relations
and friends without being thereunto autorized by a Judge, in
all cases in which the Judges may 'delegate their powers to
Notaries,
XVIII. An Act to amend the Act to make better provision for the
establishment of Municipal Authorities in Lower Canada,
XIX. An Act to amend the Act to encourage the establishment of
Building Societies in Lower Canada,

XX. An Act to provide for the holding of the several County Courts
in Upper Canada, in case of the illness or unavoidable absence
of the County Judge,

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XXI. An Act to make legal the Assessments made in Upper Canada during the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four, and to extend the time for making Assessments and collecting

taxes, XXII. An Act to amend the Upper Canada Joint Stock Pier Wharf, Dry-dock, and Harbour Company Act, XXIII. An Act to erect the Town of Bytown into a City under the name of the City of Ottawa,

XXIV. An Act to amend the Act incorporating the Commissioners of the Port Hope Harbour, and to authorize them to borrow a further sum of money for the completion thereof,

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XXV. An Act to confirm a certain Survey of the Township of
Bedford,

XXVI. An Act to authorize the Municipal Council of the Township

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of Otonabee to exchange a Concession Road allowance for another portion of land to be given in lieu thereof, XXVII. An Act to enable the Board of School Trustees of the Town of Chatham, to dispose advantageously of a lot of land appropriated for School purposes in that Town, XXVIII. An Act to incorporate the Town of Whitby, and to define the limits thereof, XXIX. An Act to declare valid a certain Survey of part of the Town of Cornwall,

XXX. An Act to enable the Corporation of the Mayor and Councillors of the City of Quebec, to borrow an additional sum for the construction of the Water Works,

XXXI. An Act to authorize the City of Quebec to raise a Loan to consolidate their debt,

XXXII. An Act to amend the Act to revive the Act authorizing the Inhabitants of the Seigniory of Yamaska to regulate the Common of the said Seigniory,

XXXIII. An Act to amend the Acts relating to the Grand Trunk
Railway Company of Canada,

XXXIV. An Act to amend the Act of Incorporation of the North
Shore Railway Company,

XXXV. An Act to incorporate the Quebec and Saguenay Railway
Company,

XXXVI. An Act to change the name of the Peterborough and Port
Hope Railway Company, and to amend the Act incorporating
the same,
XXXVII. An Act to increase the Capital Stock of the Niagara Falls
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XXXVIII. An Act to amend the Charter, and increase the Capital
Stock, of the Bank of Montreal,

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XXXIX. An Act to authorize an addition to the Capital Stock of the
Bank of Upper Canada, and to facilitate the Transfer of Shares
in certain cases,
XL. An Act to authorize an addition to the Capital Stock of the
Quebec Bank, and for other purposes relative to the said Bank, 135
XLI. An Act to amend the several Acts incorporating the City
Bank, and to add to its Capital Stock,

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XLII. An Act to authorize an addition to the Capital Stock of the
Commercial Bank of the Midland District, and to facilitate the
Transfer of Shares in certain cases,

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XLIII. An Act to increase the Capital Stock of La Banque du Peuple, and for other purposes,

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XLIV. An Act to incorporate the Montreal Ocean Steamship Com

XLV. An Act to incorporate The Canada Ocean Steam Navigation
Company,

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XLVI. An Act to amend the Act incorporating the Upper Canada
Mining Company,
XLVII. An Act to incorporate "The Quebec and St. Francis Min-
ing and Exploring Company,"

XLVIII. An Act to incorporate the International Mining and Manu-
facturing Company,

XLIX. An Act to incorporate the "Megantic Mining Company,"
L. An Act to incorporate certain persons under the name and style
of the "St. Lawrence Mining Company,"

LI. An Act to incorporate the Canada Copper Company,
LII. An Act to incorporate the Kingsey Slate Works,
LIII. An Act to incorporate the Shipton Slate Works,
LIV. An Act to incorporate The Toronto Exchange,
LV. An Act to incorporate Saint Francis College,

LVI. An Act to incorporate the College Masson at Terrebonne,
LVII. An Act to incorporate The Huntingdon Academy,
LVIII. An Act to enable Ministers of the Evangelical Lutheran
Church, in this Province, to solemnize Matrimony and to keep
Registers of Marriages, Baptisms and Burials,
LIX. An Act for the relief of a Religious Congregation at Montreal,
denominated The German Evangelical Church,

LX. An Act to amend the Act incorporating the Mutual Assurance
Associations of the Fabriques of the Dioceses of Quebec and
Three-Rivers, and of Montreal and St. Hyacinthe,

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LXI. An Act to incorporate the University Lying-in Hospital in the
City of Montreal,

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LXII. An Act to incorporate the Montreal Dispensary,
LXIII. An Act further to amend the Act incorporating the Quebec
Friendly Society,

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LXIV. An Act to incorporate the Members of the British American

Friendly Society of Canada, -

LXV. An Act to enable the Trustees and Members of Zion Church

in Montreal, to alienate and hypothecate certain property of the

said Church, and for other purposes,

LXVI. An Act to enable the Reverend William Ritchie to sell and

convey, or to demise, certain Lands held by him in trust,

LXVII. An Act to authorize the sale of certain Lands described as

Lots numbers Five and Six in Division A of the Township of

Guelph, and the re-investment of the proceeds for the objects of

the Trust,

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ACTS OF CANADA.

FIRST SESSION, FIFTH PARLIAMENT, 18 VICT., 1854.

(Acts passed in the said Session on or before 18th December, 1854.)

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ADMINISTRATION of Justice. See Witnesses.

L. C. See Imprisonment-Notaries.
U. C. See County Courts.

Aliens, Laws for Naturalization of, amended,
Ashes, Inspection of, regulated,
Assessments and Collection of Taxes, U. C., for 1854, time allowed
for extended,

BANK of Montreal, Charter extended, Capital increased, &c.

Upper Canada, Charter extended, Capital increased, &c.
Banks. See above and also, City Bank-Commercial Bank-Banque
du Peuple-Quebec Bank-Savings Banks.

Banque du Peuple, Charter extended, Capital increased,
Bedford, Township of, Survey confirmed,

Bills and Notes falling due on Holidays,

British American Friendly Society of Canada incorporated,

Building Societies in L. C., Act to encourage establishment of,

Bytown made a City. See Ottawa.

CANADA Ocean Steam Navigation Company incorporated,

Copper Company incorporated,

Charitable and Benevolent Institutions.

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See British American

Friendly Society-Montreal Dispensary-Quebec Friendly
Society University Lying-in Hospital.

Chatham, School Trustees empowered to dispose of a certain land,
City Bank, Charter extended, Capital increased, &c.
Civil Government, Supplies for support of. See Supplies.
Clergy Reserves, appropriation of Moneys arising from,
College Masson at Terrebonne incorporated,

Commerce and Trade and matters connected therewith. See Ashes-

Banks-Bills-Customs-Grain-Navigation-Partnership.
Commercial Bank of Midland District, Charter extended, Capital in-
creased, &c.