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moneys to be paid by such party or parties in execution of such Trust, and such party or parties shall not be held liable to see to the application of such moneys or be responsible for the mis-application or non-application thereof.

III. This Act shall be a Public Act.

SCHEDULE A.

Know all Men by these presents, that I, George Sylvester Tiffany, of the City of Hamilton in the District of Gore and Province of Canada, Esquire, of the first part, in consideration of an arrangement made with respect to the disposition of certain Lands belonging or at one time belonging to the estate of the late Henry Strange, of Guelph, Esquire, deceased, do, by these presents, for the further consideration of the sum of five shillings of lawful money of Canada, to me in hand paid at or before the sealing and delivery hereof, the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge, grant, release, convey and quit claim unto the Reverend Arthur Palmer, of the Town of Guelph, in the District of Wellington, Rector, George John Grange, of the same place, Esquire, and Adam Johnston Fergusson, of the same place, Esquire, and the survivor of them and his heirs, as joint tenants, the following described Lands and premises, that is to say: Lots numbers Five and Six in Division A of the Township of Guelph aforesaid, containing Fifty acres, be the same more or less, together with the hereditaments and appurtenances thereto belonging: To Have and to Hold the same to the said party of the second part and the survivor of them, and his heirs as joint tenants, upon Trust and confidence nevertheless to receive the rents of the same, and yearly and every year to apply said rents to the use and benefit of and at the direction of Clara Piggott Powell, wife of William Dummer Powell, of Guelph aforesaid, Esquire, during her natural life, and at and after her demise then to convey the fee simple in said Land to such of her children as may survive her, as tenants in common: and in case the said husband of the said Clara Piggott Powell, the said William Dummer Powell should survive his said wife and have no children the issue of them, the said Clara Piggott Powell and William Dummer Powell, at the time of the decease of the said Clara Piggott Powell, then in trust, that the said party of the second part shall hold the same to the use and benefit of the said William Dummer Powell, and his heirs and assigns, and to be conveyed to and assured to him, his heirs and assigns in fee simple and Eliza Ann Tiffany, the wife of the said George Sylvester Tiffany, in consideration of Five Shillings to her in hand paid by the said party of the second part, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, doth by these presents remit, release and convey to the said party of the second part, all her right and title to Dower in the said Lands and Premises.

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In witness whereof the said George Sylvester Tiffany and Eliza Ann Tiffany have hereunto set their hands and seals, this twenty-third day of August, in the year of our Lord, One thousand eight hundred and forty-seven.

QUEBEC :-Printed by STEWART DERBISHIRE and GEORGE DESBARAts,

Law Printer to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty.

1854.-18 VICTORIE.

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 eflect 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,

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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.

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XVI. An Act for the removal of doubts, and to explain the Provincial 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,
XXV. An Act to confirm a certain Survey of the Township of
Bedford,
XXVI. An Act to authorize the Municipal Council of the Township
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 appro-
priated 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
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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,

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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 Com-
mon of the said Seigniory,

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

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

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XXXV. An Act to incorporate the Quebec and Saguenay Railway

Company,

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