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■ i. 
 
ANNO VICESIMO-SKCUNDO 
 
 V I C r O 11 1 JE R E G I N iE 
 
 CAP. XC. 
 
 An Act to consolidate and amend the several Acts 
 relating*- to tlie Niagara Uiid J)etroit Hi vers J^iilway 
 Companj'-, both before and since the aninli^nnnation 
 of the Companies fbrmini'' that Company. 
 
 [Assoifed lo Wi Man, \^^y^-] 
 
 "lT"^|-fMKKAS tlu' \i!iiriii":i and Dctioii Kiv:'i-s Rail.vay preamble. 
 
 f T t'ompany Iiavc pray'' tliat the scvcra! Afts rclaiiiii^to 
 tlio iiK'orpoi'alioi) (if llu- said Conipany slioj'ld Ik- ainciulcd and 
 fonsolidalcd, and it is rcasonalilc lo gnMiMlic piaycM" oi' said 
 ('onipany : TlicrclDM', llcr Maj<\-ty, by and with llie advico 
 and consent ol'llic liCgislative ('()nn(;il und Assembly of Cana- 
 da, cimcls as follows : 
 
 I. Thai tlie several Acts of the Parlianicn! of this Pro- 
 vince, hereinafter mentioned, that is to say : An Act j)assed 
 in the tentli and (deventli years of the Hcii>n of Tier Majesty, 
 Queen V' ietoria, intilnhMl, An Act to incorporate the Wood- 
 stock and Lake Eric Rallvaii and Ilarhnitr Compainj ; — 
 also, an Act passed in the sixteenth year of the Ueii,'n o!" Her 
 said Majesty, intitnled, A>/ Act to amend at/d extend the 
 (^hartir of the Woodstock and Lake Eric Rallwaii avd Har- 
 bour Company ; — also, an Act passed in the eiji[htecntli 
 year of the Keii^ii of IFrr said Majesty, intituled, A>f Act 
 to amend the Chortir f (he Woodstocli and Lake Erie Rail- 
 tvai/ and Ilurboiir Cowpm/y ; — also, an Act passed in the 
 last mentioned yiMr of the Uiij^n of [fer said Majesty, intituled, 
 An Act to incorpor(dc the Amh(r4burgli and St. Thomas 
 Raili'-dij (Urmpnvi/ ; — also, an Act passed in the nineteentl 
 year of the Rcii,Mi of Her said Maj''sty, inlitnled, An Act to 
 amend the Act of incorporation of the Woodstock and Lake 
 Erie Ilaih'-ay and ffarfx'iir Co/npan'/ :—u\:<i), an Act j>assetl in 
 the last mentioned year ol' the lleigii of Her said Majesty, in- 
 tituled, All Act to aniciul and extend Ihe Clairttr of lite Am- 
 h€rsH)uri.:^h imtt St. Thoiiias llailn'uij Companii ; — also, an AvX 
 passed in the twenty-second year of the lleii^n of Her said .Ma- 
 jesty, intituled, An Ac! lo amend the Charter.'^ of the anndi^a- 
 mated Conipan// Ik retol'ore inti/nled " The (Srcal >^onth M't stern. 
 Railnmy Conipani/,'''' and to chaiiii'C its name to the " jMufi^ant 
 und Detroit liiners Jlailivni/ ('ompaiii/''''; and th(> Seliedulc 
 thereto annex(!d, be and IIk; same are JK-rchy repealed. 
 
 3. Gi'orge Macbeth, M. T. P., the Itonorabl.' Miehaid Ha- 
 milton Foley, M. P. P., Honorable David Chris. ie, M. \.. C, 
 Walker Powell, M. P. P., Sherifl' Colin Munro, Andrew 
 1 Thompson, 
 
 1 T 
 
 ("liiivtcr.i of 
 till' Woodstock 
 unci Lake 
 l-a-ie llaihvay, 
 mill llarliuur 
 iVinqianv, 10, 
 11 V.c.'llT," 
 .".nil of till.' 
 Anilicrst- 
 biivali and St. 
 'I'lioiua.-: Kail- 
 ^v,lv(^lllpany, 
 IsV.c. hs.',- 
 tho Arts 
 aiiicudln;:; 
 tlio same, 111 
 V. c. t:,<J,— 
 l.v V. 0.1 7ft,- 
 III, 20 V. c. 
 1,— 111, 20 
 
 V. 0. ii:--,— 
 
 iiiid tlio Aot 
 
 (''■ Hinr.lpiiivi- 
 tinii -J'J V. r. 
 ! 1.-:, mid the 
 ixo I lln'rein 
 iiU'iitii)Hcd, 
 repealed. 
 
 Certain per- 
 sons inc-orpo- 
 rated. 
 
I 
 
 Cap. 90. Niagnra t)' Del/ oil lllr. II}). — Amrndl. 22 Vict. 
 
 Kolfa^'e, 
 
 Corporiitn 
 name !iii<) 
 ];)0'wcr!'. 
 
 Coiiimon So.\l. 
 
 Hol'Hng pro- 
 periy. 
 
 Line of Ilftil- 
 ■way'lescribcd. 
 
 branch Line. 
 
 Proviso : 
 Woodstock 
 and Lake Erie 
 Line to bo 
 ro.Tlc, when, 
 
 Directors for 
 »he current 
 year. 
 
 Tli<)iii))son, ^i^{j., .lolin H. (Cornell, Ks{|., Jolm (i 
 Escj., John McKay, ivM|., John Siiiiih, Ksij., Thoirias llu»>, 
 Efiq., and Dr. Oiis V. I'rcsbrcy, ui.d sjich olhc.r persons ;\h 
 are or sliull Ix'coriu; Shiucholdcis in ihc said Company, 
 under die provisions of this Acl, sh;dl he a hody politic; and 
 corporMtf in law and in Tact, niidcr the ni'.rric ol' "'I'heNiu- 
 jLjara and Detroit llivers llailway Company,'" and by that name 
 they and their snccessors sliall and may liave contimieil succ.cb- 
 sion, and l)y snch natne shall l»e capable of contracting and 
 being contvaclv'd witii, of suini,'and being sued, of j)lcading and 
 being impleaded, answering and beingansw* red unto in all con rt.s 
 and places whatsoever, in all rriamierofactions, suits, complaints, 
 inalteis and concerns wfiatsoever ; and they and their snccs- 
 sors may and shall have a connnon seal, ami may change; and 
 alter the same at their will and pleasure, and fiy tin; same narno 
 (if ''The Niagara and Detroit lliv(;rs Railway Comj)any" they 
 and their siiceessors shall also be by law capabh; of 
 rectdving, purchasing, having and holding to them andthtir 
 snccessors any estate, real, personal or mixed, to and for tho 
 use of the said (Jom|)any, nnd of letting, conveying and other- 
 wise departing therewith, for the benefit and on account of the 
 said Comjjany from tinu; to time as they shall (h'om ne- 
 cessary and expedient. 
 
 Jl._ Th(; said Company are hereby authorized to construct 
 a Railway with a single or double track from some point on 
 the Niagara River, at or near the Town (><.' Clifton, passing 
 on snch route as may b(! sch.'cted through the Towns 
 of Simc.oe and St. 'J'homas, to some point on the Detroit 
 River, at or near tho Town of Windsor or the Town of 
 Sandwich, also to constniet a Railway from such point on the 
 aforesaid line of Railway as may be; found most eligible, to the 
 Niagara River, at or near Fort Erie ; and also a Railway from 
 sotne other point on the said lirst mentioned line of Railway 
 to connect the same with Amherstlmrgh, on tlu; said Detroit 
 River Provided always, that so soon as the net revenues de- 
 rived frotn the aforesaid Railways shall amount to eight per 
 centum on tlu; ea|)ital then expended iIm; said ('oinpany shall 
 construct, ecjuip, mainiain and work the; line of Railway here- 
 tofore known as the Wooflstoirk and Lake Erie Railway. 
 
 •1. The [)crsons named above b«dng th<! Board of Directors 
 of the Niagara and Detroit Rivers Railway Com[)any, in odfiefe 
 just liefore and at the time of the passing of this .Act, that is to 
 say, George; Macbeth, M. P. P., Honorable Mi(;hael Hamilton 
 Foley, M.' P. P., Honorable David Christie, M. L. C, Walker 
 Powell, M. P. P., Sheriff Colin Munro, Andrew Thompson, 
 Esq., John H. Cornell, Esq., John G. Kolfage, Esq.. John 
 McKay, Esq., John Smith, Esq., Thomas Rae, Esq., and 
 Dr. Otis F. Presbrey, sliall, until the next annual election of 
 Directors of the Company, as hereinafter provided for, be the 
 Directors of the Company incorporated under this Act, and until 
 such election takes place, shall have, exercise and enjoy all the 
 
 powers 
 
 1859. 
 
 1 
 
 ; powers ar 
 thisAct,ai 
 !)irect(irs 
 '.ofoie by I 
 'leelive o 
 
 I oflices i\\\ 
 
 i firovif-ions 
 
 * Si. The 
 
 mi!lion>< o 
 hundred < 
 A the stock 
 I and ten pc 
 (• of this pro 
 I after tin; p 
 f in any of 
 
 on wiiieh 1 
 
 * cent aetuii 
 
 y such subs* 
 
 ^ or alleged 
 
 I Act on w 
 
 ; bona fide \ 
 
 hereby de 
 
 the sto(;k li 
 
 I 6. Aftc 
 I «<to<;k of tl 
 i any futun; 
 
 ifor further 
 open otiier 
 son who s( 
 book or bo| 
 Company 
 pay in ca> 
 agent appJ 
 order of tif 
 opened,) t< 
 phap's lit 
 a sliarehol 
 accompanl 
 said, shalj 
 
 7. AnJ 
 
 I rectors inf 
 
 I stock booj 
 
 i book or bl 
 
 this Provil 
 
 for sto(;kJ 
 
 book or bl 
 
 the Secre 
 
 ^ book or bl 
 
 1 persons 
 
 * Canada 
 
 (4<o) 
 
22 Vict. 
 
 Kolfa^e, 
 Mils liiie, 
 crsoriH siK 
 t'oiiipuny, 
 i)liti(; anil 
 
 Th.' Nia- 
 that iiainc 
 t'li succcs- 
 cting aiul 
 idin^ and 
 nalU'onrts 
 >Mi|)laints, 
 cir HUcc's- 
 lian^(> and 
 tainc nairu! 
 uiy" they 
 L-apabUt of 
 1 ami Ihi ir 
 ind lor the 
 and other- 
 ;ount of the 
 
 dtoni nc- 
 
 o construct 
 Hi point on 
 
 
 1869. 
 
 A'/V/i,'v/r« (]• Driro'il Rin, Rij. — A'mrndt. 
 
 i:ap. no. 
 
 8 
 
 powers and rit,dits llicy coiilil (ir would rnjoy if clt'ctcd under 
 this Act, and sImII have all the powers hy this Act coiileired otilhr 
 J)ireettirs solo lie elected ; and alsollie ('resident elios«'ri hen;- IVi'/iilcnt.anJ 
 
 '.ofoie l»y the above named lioaid, the Vice ['resident and t)th(;r "iIkt oiticcrH. 
 of >aid (oiiipaiiy, shall hold their resp( ctive 
 ir snccessois aie chosen, as pointed out in ihc 
 
 'leclive oHicer 
 odiees until tin 
 rirovi^ioiis of thi 
 
 ftliis Act. 
 
 tl. The capital situ k oi' llf said Company shall lie t«>n (;,ipitHl 
 tiiillioti^ ol' dollars, and ^liall he divided into shares of oik; *'"'.<><»t>i"00. 
 Innidied dollais each, and at least two ndllions of dollars of 
 the slock shall have lie«'n actually and bond fide suhsiTibcd, 
 ' and ten per cent paid thcM'on into some of the Chartered Hanks I'art to bo 
 of this |)rovince. to the credit of the ('onipany, vvilhin one year piucJ in one 
 after the pas^ini? ol this Act ; hut the slock already subscribed >'-'"''• 
 in any of the Companies refern (I to in the lirst seclion hereof, i'rovi«o : »« to 
 on which ten per cent has bi-en humi fidv paid, and iIk; t<'n pt.'r ^^'^^^ already 
 "' cent a<'tualiy paid thereon shall he recdioned and included in ll", I" partly 
 f such subscription and |)ayni(Mit, and alt su(di Htock subsi^rihcd paia 
 «i or alleire(l to have b«'en subscrilicd belorc the piissiufj; of this 
 i Act on which ten |)cr cent sliall not have b(!en a(;inally and 
 ■ bondfiilt' paid into one of the Hanks aforesaid, shall In; and his 
 hereby declared to be ille^'al and void and to form no part of 
 the stot^k hereby authorized. 
 
 the Towns 
 the Detroit 
 e 'I'own of 
 
 j 6. After tlie passing,' t**" this Act, and until th(! whole jj^j^rd may 
 )n, passuig I iMtixdi of the Company is subscribed for, the said Directors or f-iHui «took 
 
 i any futures Dire(;tors mav open the stock book of the Comoiinv hool< nt any 
 
 ie r .\ I • -■ f . I • .1 ■ I /' • .' time until th« 
 
 for further siM)scriptions lor stock in the said Comjjany, or may whole Stocli 
 open other books for subscri|)tion t'orstoc^k therein, and any per- i» Bubscribed. 
 son who sliall subscribe in the said stocdi book or any other slock 
 ^'il)le, to me | book or books opened by tlu; abovi; or any future Directors of this 
 lilway from * Company lor shares, and shall at the fiuu! of such subs(!ription m . 
 
 Kanway | pay m i^ash into the hands ot the 1 reasur(!r or other oluctir or to be paid on 
 I agent appoint(Ml for the purpose of n'ceiving the same, (in the sn'^oiibing. 
 I order of tiu! said Hoard so directing said book or books to be 
 •J opened,) ten per centum upon the amount of the whole number of 
 I shares lie, she or they shall subscribe for, shall thereupon become 
 I a shareholder in the said Com|)any ; and any subscription not 
 I accompanied by the payment of such ten per centiun, as afore- 
 l! said, shall be null and void. 
 
 said Detroit 
 I'veiuu'S de- 
 to eight per 
 mpaiiy shall 
 ail way liere- 
 aiiway. 
 
 of Directors 
 
 ny, in oiKce ^ 7_ And further, it shall and may be lawful for the Di- iJoi.ni to give 
 
 lcI, thatislo I rectors in the order directing the present stcudv book or other iiotu'« of open' 
 
 el Hamilton " " " ' ' " "'" 
 
 . C, Walker 
 
 ■ Thompson, 
 
 Esq.. John 
 , Esq., and 
 1 election of 
 d for, be the 
 ^ct, and until 
 
 enjoy all the 
 powers 
 
 stock l)0()ks to be o|)ened, as above |)rovi(led, to order that said ingatoyJ^boot- 
 book or books bi; opened in this Province or cIscwIkmc out of 
 this Province, as they shall think proper, for such subsciriptions 
 for sto(d\, and upon such order Ixdng made, and before said 
 book or books an; opened, siu'h order and a notice signed by 
 the Secretary, stating that in accordance with .such order, a 
 , book or books will be opened at the times, places and by the Notice to be 
 I persons so appointed in said order, shall be published in the given for four 
 * Canada Gazette and in the papers in which this Act provides *««''"• 
 
Cap. 90. Niagara <^* Detroit I{ii\ Ry.- Amendt. 21 Vict. 
 
 Anioiitit ( 
 cue!) call. 
 
 Anrnirsoftlio 
 (^onipivny to 
 lit' luaiiii^cil 
 liy iiitio I'i- 
 reutor.-i. 
 
 When to lie 
 elected. 
 
 N'otlec fur 
 lour weeks. 
 
 Ballot. 
 Tics. 
 
 Vucancic.'^ 
 huw lilleii. 
 
 ProviiO: tliil- 
 uro otolootinn 
 not to (llssohe 
 the Corniiaiiy. 
 
 Aliens iiiii}- be 
 Directorr^. 
 
 No Sliiivclidl !- 
 er to vcitc un- 
 til In- lia.-' I'liiil 
 
 tllC toil JKM' 
 
 cent and all 
 eall«. 
 
 for lln> |)iil)li«'Ulion of noficcs of spccijil iiic»'tin<,'s, for four wooks 
 |)rior to tlic day on whicli siiid hook or liooks ><liiill be so 
 opened; aii<l all and every llie persons sul)seril)in;,' for 
 stock in the iil'ove manner and I'orni, and eoiiiplyini,' with 
 tlie provisions of tliis Act, shall he sharelioldeis in this Com- 
 pany. 
 
 ^>. Kach and every call for money on the sh.ares sid)scril)cd, 
 sliidl he for ten per cenlnin Miereoii, and not more than ten per 
 cent shall l)e miide payahle within any sixty dtiys 
 
 9. From and id'ter the eleolion of Directors which shall lake 
 place next alter the passini> of this Act the property, aOairs 
 and concerns of the Company sliidi he maiiaiijed hy nine Direc- 
 tors to he chosen hv the Shareholders on the First 'I'liesdav of 
 .\pril in each year, in the manner hereinaltfM- provided, and 
 notice of such annuid Fileelion, and of the lime and |)!ace of 
 hohlinij the '<ame, shall he piihlished four weeks lielore ihechiy 
 of Flection in oni; ncwspjiper pidilishcd in the town of Simeoe 
 and in one new spaper puhlishcd in the town of St. Thomas, 
 and in one or more of the daily papers puhlishcd in the city of 
 Hiimilton; and all Fhuttions lor Directors shall he hy haflot, 
 ;md the jjcrsons who shall have the i,'reatest niunher of votes 
 at any I'lect ion shall he Directors ; and if it shall happen that 
 two or more shall have an eipial niuaher of votes, the Share- 
 holders shall deterndno the Election hy another or other 
 hallots tintil a choice is made; and if a vacancy shall at any 
 time take place among the Directors, by death, resignation or 
 otherwise, such vacancy sliall 1»(; filled for the rctnainder of 
 the year l)y a vote of the majority of the Directors ; jjrovided 
 always that in case it shall happen that an Flection of Direc- 
 tors shall not be made on any d.ay wIkmi pursuant to this Act 
 if ouijjht to have been made, the said Company shall not for 
 that cause he deeuKMl to be dissolved, hut it slitill and may he 
 lawful on any day thereafter to hold and make an Ehiction 
 of Directors, in such manner as shall have been regulated by 
 the Hy-laws and Uesolutiotis of the >aid Company. 
 
 lO. Aliens as well as llritish Subjects, and wliether resi- 
 dent in this I'roviiicc or elsewhere, may he Shareholders in 
 the said Company, and all such shareholders shall be entitled 
 to vot(> (in Uieir share-- e(jually with liritish Subjects, and shall 
 also be ( lii^ibl" to Oliice as Directors in the said (."oinpr.ny ; 
 Hut no Shareholder shall hi' cntillcd in person or by proxy to 
 volt; at any Eleclioii of Directors, or at any General or Special 
 Meeting of the Shareholdei.- of the said Ci)m))any, who shall not 
 have paid the aforesaid deposit of ten per cenluiu and all calls 
 due upon his stock at the time of such Klcction or INIcetiiigs. 
 
 DiiTctor- 1) 8 1. The • Directors shall make annual or senu-annual 
 
 make annual dividends of SO niiieli of the profits of till-' said Comi)any, 
 afd^^'ia'cmlsof ^^ ^^ ^\\v.v[\ or a majority of them shall seem advisal)le, and 
 profits, und tu oncc or oflener, as ih;' Directors shall by By-Laws from time 
 
 to 
 
IM.VJ. Niuffura iS' Dvlroil 'ih\ /ti/.—Aincnilt. (';i|). 90. 
 
 5 
 
 Wfnks 
 
 \m HO 
 
 t,' for 
 
 with 
 
 Coiii- 
 
 to time (l< Iri'tiiiiic, in cacii \ iir and cxacl and parliciilar slali'< 
 iiicnl :.liall lie rcndci'cMl of ilie slalcof ilicir idlaii-.-, drills, crcdih^, 
 {)rolils and losses; siic!i slalciiiciit lo appear on llie hooks and 
 to he open loth'' per' .>al of any shareholder al liisor her reason- 
 ahle retpiesi ; v, iii'li said slateiuenl or ■talenienls altesh.-d on 
 <)a.th, shall he ' iiinially snhinilled to tlie lhre(! hranidies of 
 the [>ei,'i.>laliiie within lH'teen diiys idler die openin^f of each 
 Session oi liie Pioviiieial Parli.iineul ; and also a staieitient ol 
 thtJ ttme.a^'o of i,n>ods, freit-hl and niiinher of p.issenger.s that 
 li:i' • heen conveyed aloni;' llie said lload. 
 
 8^. 'I'he nuiiili'^r of Direelors nicessary lo iorni a (piorinn for 
 the Iransiction of husinos, may he re'^-nl.ited hy the ijy-laws of 
 the Conipaiiy, and until sneli My-laws shall he |,asse<l, a ma- 
 jority of llie Dirrelois shall form sneli (pioiiim. 
 
 lil. No Sliaielioldrr shall he elii;;ilile lo he elected a Director 
 iindi'r this Act nidess he shall he a hniit) fnh Stockholder in the 
 said ('(tmpaiiv to the amount of at leasl niie tliour-and dollars, 
 and shall have paid i:p all calls on such stock. 
 
 II. Kach Shareholder in his own rii,dit shall he entilh d to 
 a ninnher of votes e<)nal to the inimher ot shares which he shall 
 hav(^ ill his own name, two weeks prior to the; time of votini;. 
 
 I«5. Any Director residi-nt heyond the limits oflhe Pro- 
 vince may appoint another Direct(»r to he his Proxy, and to 
 vote for him at the Hoard, hiit no Director shall act as Proxy 
 for more than two other Directors. 'I'he appointment may he 
 us follows, or to the like elUct : 
 
 i-iiliinit lie- 
 c'liiiits anil 
 HtifcmciitM fi) 
 
 StiicUliolilcrrJ 
 lUlij I ill' 1,1'- 
 gi-'liltUH.'. 
 
 (^iiiriiin (o be 
 rc^;iil.'ituil l)y 
 t'O-Uw, &c. 
 
 Ijii ililii-atidn 
 (if Diroctord. 
 
 Ivitli sliaro to 
 'Xwv out' vote. 
 
 DifC'i'fnr.s mnj 
 Vdti'liy l'roxie*» 
 l)t'itii{ UircO" 
 
 (OI'S. 
 
 " I appoint , of , Ks(piire, one of the Direc- F-.rin. 
 
 " tors of The Nia;j;aiaaii(l Detroit Rivers Railway Company, 
 " to he my Proxy as a Director of this ('om|)any, iuid as snch 
 " Proxy lo vole for me at all mectin<,'s of the J)irectors of this 
 "Company, and i^'eiieially to do all that I could myself do 
 " as such Director, if personally |)res(Mt al such meeting." 
 
 " Dated this 
 " A. D. IH 
 
 *' Witness 
 
 tlay of 
 " (Siifnatiire.) 
 
 A. B. 
 
 " C. D." 
 
 10. The said Company shall have power lo become pfirties 
 lo Promissory Xoli's and Bills of Kxchaiii^e for simis not less 
 than twenty-live poun(Js, and any such Promissory .Note iiiadf! 
 or endorsed, and smh liill of IOxehan'.,'e drawn, accM'pled or 
 endoi'.^ed hy ihe President or Vice-President of llie Company, 
 and coiintersii:ned hy ihe Se(;re1aiy and Treasurer, and nnder 
 the authiirily of a majority vX wtiiioriim of the Directors, shall h(^ 
 bindinii; on llie Company ; and every .-^iich Promissory Note; 
 or Bill of E.xehang*; mttde, drawn, accepted or endorsed by the 
 
 President 
 
 Cnnilililiy lli:l\r 
 1)1 ■•oiiic part ios 
 to I'romins'cry 
 Notes, &c. 
 
6 
 
 C.ip. !)(). Xi'iuT'tra ^^ DifroH fi.'r. lUj. .\mvinlf. II Vi. r. 
 
 ih:)0. 
 
 I'icsidcnt or Vicr-I'ii'sidciii of Ihi' -(id ( 'oiiipiiny, iitid ctHin- ollirt' 
 
 It'rsi'.'iicd liy llic SfcMliiiy :nid 'ri(-;i-,iiici \\t >• eh, >li!dl ln' pr 
 
 the I.Kil 
 
 <limi'(l tu liiivc hrcii |iroj»"il\ liiiidf, diiiwtl, Mrrcplcd, ur on- 
 
 ilorscd, its tlic cii-.i' iiiiiy l>r, (or the Coitip'.iny, iiiiiil ilif f.niiniry iUid il 
 
 he shewn ; :iiid in no <'!ih«' sliidl it hr iic(<'x.''.;ir\ toliiiNcll 
 
 8<'iil of llic ( ninpatlV llllixcd In iiilV NlH'li Hill nt' l''\(li:in''t' or ' lUfV "i 
 
 i 
 
 i\\ snrh 
 
 I*roini>.soiv Nol", nor .HJnil tlit' Prc-^idiiii, \'i<r-l*r('>idrnl, « 
 
 » 
 
 IimII ill 
 
 Provi.HO 
 
 S<'('rciiiry :ind TrciisMU'r ol the Coinpiiny so MriKiii;!;, dnuvirij^, tri 
 
 iK't'cptinu' or cndorsinL,' imy mkIi I'lDinixoiy Nuie or Mill ol 
 KxcImui^c, 1)1' lln'icUy Mil)|rclcd indi\ idin lly to ;iny li;i!»ilil,y 
 wliiilcvi'i ; Provided iilwjiVf, llml itotliin:' in lliir. seelinii .sjml! 
 
 n> 
 
 vine- 
 
 |)!|tlV 
 
 llio:iu'l> 'I 
 •;riilii .! lUiik* |„. CDn-'Iriie;! lo iiiitlioiixi' llie s;iid ri(iiip;iiiv to iv^nc nny Note 1 ol the ( 
 
 p:iy;il»le to hearer, or any l*roiiii>;.(>ry Nolr Ii|i( udr'd to he cir- 
 eillatrd ax inoiiev, oi ;i> llie Notes oj' a \V.\u\s 
 
 Dccits ami 
 
 to lie iiccdni- 
 inn to Si'lio- 
 Uulu A. 
 
 17. Ali Deeds and Convey, iik'i's lor lands lo he eonveyi'd to 
 liie saio I tuiipany lor llie pni|msr oi'iliis .\i'l,s!iall and may as far 
 as tile title to liie ."-irKJland;* oitiie eireniustaiiees ol tli« pally 
 inakitiif siieli ('nnvfyiiiiee will admit, i)e made in the roiin 
 Ljiven in the Se!i"dnli' m.uked ••• A,'" lo tli;-^ Ael aiun \ed, and ail 
 Ufgi.itniiioji llciristrars are hen hy aiitliorixi d lo eiit'-r in their Ke^i.-slcr 
 hooks, siii-h Deeds on tlir prodilelioil and proof ol execution 
 thereol, without any memorial, and lo ininnle siieh entry oil 
 the said Deed, and the said Company are lo pay the said Ue- 
 •ijistrar lor so dointr, the sum of two shillinLfs aii'i six |)en('e, for 
 each Deed reiristrrcd and no moie. 
 
 tlicrouf, ami 
 feea. 
 
 Xumhcrofl'i- 
 Tactors mi\y lie 
 increascit or 
 leduot'd Ijy 
 Keaolution ol" 
 Shrtrelioliier.-. 
 
 Proviso ; 
 l^oard in 
 liOnUon. 
 
 Proviso : as lo 
 powtTd. 
 
 IH. The nimiher of Directors of" the Company may he in- 
 creased or reduced, IVom time to time, hy Kesolntions of the 
 ShareholdiMs at any i^-neral or sjucial ifeiicriii nieclini^ of the 
 Company, alter due notice lor that purpose, and at siieh meeting 
 the order of rotation in which snch inenMsed or n-dueed tnimh(;r 
 shall t,'o out of odiee, an<l whit niimiier shall he a (|iiortiin shall 
 he also deteniiined ; Trovided that w Iia1ev<'r he the whole 
 niiiuher of Directors, one third at least may he F,n«r|ish Direc- 
 tors, of whom tlie Company at any iifciiiii,' ol' the said Share- 
 holders called lor that piirposr in il;c iHiial manner, may I'orni 
 a Hoard in London, l'jii,daiid, lor such pmpos< s as tliey in the 
 Slid I5y-l/iw shall i)iovide, ot mi any >nhse(|iieni I5y-Laws may 
 trom liiii" to lime piovidi' ; l'ro\ided always that none of ihi; 
 powers to he so i![i veil shall he iiu-oiis'stent witii the provisions of 
 this Act, i">iit may he t!ie saiii'- as llic powi'rs iriviii in diis Act 
 to tli<' IJoaid i;''neval!v. 
 
 ^ 
 
 Directors rail y 15?. 'I'iie Dire( iov> of the Company may, siihject lo the rules 
 
 open an aKcn- ;,,)(! )(>mi, ];.) inns, iVom t iiii'' to I iiiie, ol'llie Hoard, apiioinl an 
 
 Kni'laml.f.ir "'->'''"' in the Cityol London, hn:2;lan(i, wnli power to pay 
 
 the tninstriM.r dividends, lo open and keep Itooks oriran:der I'ar !he s'lariis of 
 
 bhiroi, &o. (Il,, Company, and for the issue of scrip and stock ceililicatcs, 
 
 and thereupon shares may he transferred from the Canada 
 
 o|{i(;e to the London ofliee, in die names of the transfTccs, in 
 
 llie same manner as shares may he tiaiisrerrcd in the former 
 
 oil tee 
 
 •20 
 
 any shai| 
 (Inly c\( 
 in Loiid 
 if forme 
 Shiirch." 
 share or 
 aocurate 
 patiy in 
 entries 
 time m;i 
 tatini,' th 
 in tiiis I' 
 rcijister ( 
 (ind cxp( 
 with till 
 Consolid 
 valid ant 
 
 *2I. '\ 
 
 of the se 
 pany, at 
 pe(^tiv(d; 
 Kc<i;istcr 
 • ifititled 
 pany, a 
 interest 
 the res| 
 cation !i 
 
 of C(1U!I 
 
 none ol 
 dividcm 
 aliiiuot 
 if exist 
 vospecti 
 
 tiie Coi 
 vcvi^istci 
 
a VuT. < IH:)n. Xf'/'X'irn ,)• fh'troit Iliv. nt/.-^Ainrmlf. Cup. !)0. 
 
 1 iitid cdiKi- 
 ^ll!lll lie jjrc 
 
 "•|'l<'<l, or un- 
 tlii' f.iiiirnry 
 !•» Ii.nc llir 
 I'lxcli.in;:;!' or 
 I'ifV'-idiiii, or 
 i.\', <li,i\vifi^', 
 't<' or IMI of 
 my li;il)ilii.v 
 •ffiiiiii >\m\'. 
 
 Mr ;ili_v Notr 
 '■(I In lie cir- 
 
 Ciiiivryi'jl to 
 
 'I in:iy iis I'iir 
 <>l til' |nily 
 III ihc ruiin 
 Xf<l, itnd nil 
 'ir Kcirimicr 
 
 I <'X<'(llti(»!l 
 
 rli entry on 
 ic siiiil Uf. 
 < j)''iic(', lor 
 
 may lie id- 
 tioiis oftf'r 
 till,!,' of tll(> 
 li int'ctin^ 
 <i rminlKir 
 lorimi shal! 
 till' wliolc 
 lisli I)ir(r- 
 '11 id Sliarc- 
 iniiy lorni 
 •'icy ill the 
 I^;i\vs iiiiiy 
 
 oiif of the 
 <>\ isioiiMol" 
 
 II .Ids Art 
 
 ' 111'' rule,-' 
 
 ippoint an 
 
 • ■r to |)ay 
 
 : .••!i;ii('s of 
 
 riilicalos, 
 
 r";iM;u)ji, 
 
 r ■,(•(■;-!, in 
 
 ln' foi'iner 
 
 oilico 
 
 a(}\('i', nnd I'irr nri't i and s|iar)'«i ori','iti:illv tataii and ^wU- 
 mailti'd for in (Ih'mi Urifain, may !><• rnli'rcil npon tin* IimoI;s at 
 ilic London oID't, nfid '•'•rip (('iiilicati's Im- isNin'd for iliciu, 
 and ilic a.'cnt or otlni' nlliccr -^liaJI ii iiwndl an njtiiraic li,-t| oj" 
 all Mii'li irairf'Ts and scrip «'crtilii'a1i"j s(t issn «| o di<' Scc.)'- 
 lary <m' cllicr ollicrr of llw ( '(iininiiy in tlii-i l',o\ inc", w'/o 
 •iliaM diriciipon hiaki' lln' r''(|(ii>il(' cnlrit s m ^pcclin!.' -tlfli 
 Iran^liT Jind scrip ccrtirK atcs in llic l''",'i!*tcr l;cpi in diis Pro 
 vincc ; ami thereupon tlic -aiiic sliaij I «■ hin'Mii!/ on tlic Com- 
 panv as lo ;dl l!ie riirlils iind privileges of -liaieliolderri, a> 
 llii)au:li till' s( rip cerlilicaies had hccti is>iied I y llic Scereiary 
 of the ('oinp;iny in this Province, 
 
 •10. Whenever any lraii>fer shall he made in l'!ti<.dat»d of riMiMi'iTHor' 
 any sliare of stoeK of die ('(nnpany, die deli\erv of the I'arisfer ''•'"'•< mmioiii 
 
 I'lll.'luicl to 
 rutislituto 
 
 (Inly e\ecn1ed lo die .\i;<'iit ol'ihe ("ompiniy fnr the liiii'' l.eillij; 
 in London .d'on-^aiil, or tolhe Siaa-etaiy o! d:e l.oMdcn Hoard, tivui-ti'i'i't'* 
 if (drilled, sliall he <iilii(leni to constitute *' e IraiisltM'ee a "^^I'^relioldor 
 Sharehclder or StocUliohhr in the ('orii))anv iti ir-.j)eet of the 
 share or sii>cl\ so translerrrd, and sneji .\<,reMt shall 'ran-iniii an 
 acrcairate list ol' all sneh tran^h-r to the Secretary of the Com- 
 pany in this province, \s lio shall thereupon intike the re(|uixite 
 entries in the n':j;isier ; and the Direcior- may from time to iiofiilatioufl 
 \\\w make sn(di re^'ulations is they --hall think fit for facili- tc-iicctiiig 
 talinif the transfer and re>(istration ol shares of stoci;, as \v(dl '''•^"^'*^'"- 
 in this Province as elsowherc, and as to the elosinif of the 
 re£,'ister or transfers for the |)nrpose of dividend, a-; they ma^ 
 find expedient ; and all sncli retfiilations not Ixdnij inconsistent 
 wiUi the provisions of this Act, and of the Hailway ('laiises 
 flonsolidation Act, as altered or iiiodilied hy this Act, shall he 
 valid and hindintj. 
 
 *2i. The C'ompany sh dl from time to tinio ('ans-- the names rompnny to 
 of the sev<'r!\l parties int( rested in the slock of the said Com- kfopa Htock 
 pany, and the ati'oiml (d' iiilere-t tliendn of smth parlies res- ''^<^i;'-'^'i'- 
 pectiv(dy to 1)») entered in a l)i»ok lo he called '' Tin- Stock 
 Rc<jfisler," and the several holders of such Slock shall he 
 entitled to paiticipale in the dividends and prolils of the (Com- 
 pany, accordifii.' to their respective interest therein, and sneh 
 interest shall, in proportion to the amonnt iIkmcoI", confer on 
 the respcetise holders, tlie same piivile.'.v ol' volin'^', <|Malili- 
 cation and ollierwise as would have iwcn c(inferr>'d liv sliarcs 
 of ecpial amoiml in the i-apilal <>!' the Coiiipanv, hnl so thai 
 none of '.i|ch piivde:.:"-;, e\<'cpt that of parlicijiai io!i in the 
 dividends and proiit-J, slnll he co^d'erred hv the holdiiv.,' ol" any 
 ali(|UoI pari of such aiiioiiiit of siock, unless siudi aliijuot |;arl. 
 if exisliii!' in shares, v/oidd have coni'erred --iieji privile,v;'es 
 K'speclivcly. 
 
 '.$■'.5. I)ir|)lieat(^s o!' all rcristers of shiires and d(>!)enliires of Oirii ■ate of 
 th(> Coinpanv ami of the Sliareholriers theroof, or of the slock >^'";'; l^t"-i's^;t«-'J- 
 
 vt.v^ist<'r, which shall at any lime he kept at liie principal olhc<^ KiimIuihI 
 
 (•> Ik; l<i'[;t, ill 
 
 o 
 
8 
 
 Cap. no. Niitii:ara <^- Dclroil Riv. Rij.—Amcndt. 22 Vict. 
 
 of tlic company iti thi.-« I'rovinco (such diiplicalcs bring 
 aiilhciitirafci! \>y ilic si^aaliiic of llic vScc-ri'Iary of the Com- 
 pany) may l)c liansmilicd lo and kept l)y ilie Ai^onl lor [he 
 tiiiif iifiiii^- of ihc (\)n)i.iany in London aforesaid, or in case of 
 i!r' formal iiai oi' ;i hoticlon Bourd, l)y the Scrrelary to such 
 Bo;!.-d. 
 
 I'oiiril r.v.iy call 
 sj'Oi'iiil 10110- 
 ral mootiiij;.-' 
 iti' Sliaro- 
 lioMci ^. 
 
 • 5>** 
 
 Forty iliy;-' 
 liotico tlicrc'ii; 
 to bo publi^h- 
 eil in nt'Wri- 
 fnpors. 
 
 w 
 
 icncver li s 
 
 liall he d( ejiied expedient hy the Board 
 
 '.>[' Direclors that a sj)cciid i>enerai Hiee!inij[ ol die sharehohler 
 <hall !)e eonviaud, either for the j)urpore of increasing the ca- 
 pilal, ().- iia rciising vv reducing the nuniiier of Directors, or 
 torniii:.^;- ;i Ldiuh.in l](iard, as afoie.Aai<i, or for any other pur- 
 (,i!se ; the Direi tors in.iy »o?i\er!.> sucli meeting hy advertise- 
 ment ;!:i;i ciicidar, in manner hereinaiier meniioned, iti which 
 adveniseiueiil ;iiid eircadar th;; husiiiess to he 1 raiisaeied al 
 such meeting shall he expiessly stale<l ; and such meeting- may 
 \:v held al ihc Company s chief olllees in Canada, or such other 
 phiee in this Province as the l)irecl(irs shall appinnl. 
 
 ^J!. The notice of special geneial meetings of the Com[)any, 
 for any of I lie purposes aforesaid, shall he inserted in tlio .same 
 [)apers as ;ire in this Act prescribed as necessary for convening 
 ordinaiy g(;rieral meeting^ of \ho. Company, and also, if f^o 
 urdeii'd by the Directors ca.llini( the same, in one or more or" 
 the daily moining newspapcM's piiblishi'd in London, iMigland, 
 and a copy of such nolice shall also bo addressed by post, to 
 each shareholder at his hisl known or usind avidress, not Icsss 
 than forty days before '.he hokling of such in(!eting. 
 
 Sharelioklors' 
 m:iy lioM ordi- 
 ri'iry ;^enci'al 
 meetin^^; li;iu' 
 yo;ir!y, 
 
 'Ji5. Ifai any ordinary general met ling of the sliareh<,»ld(!r.s it 
 shall he resolved that ordinary geniTal meetings of the Com- 
 pany --hall be held half yearly, such meetings sliall thcnceforlh 
 i)e held half yearly at >ucii time and at sucdi \)\{u:i' in this Pro- 
 vince as shadl iVom tiuic to lime be appointed by the Dir(-clors. 
 
 All Stock un ^i». All and every subscription and subsca-iptions of stock 
 ■svhi.h lopor i u i iic \iii^;ira and Detroit Rivers Railway Ctaripany, made 
 cent, was IKK I ,j'(),.,, the sixteenth (lav ol' Novcndx'r, A. D., one thousand 
 paKi, on n.tii . , , , , , i.," .1 1 1 • 1 r !• 1 1 
 
 eight hundred and Idly-eigiit, and on which b(dor(^ that date 
 
 ten per cc'ilum i![)on the wlM)le amount of the shares in the 
 
 NoviMiibor, 
 
 I •'^ ■">•*■', tube ii|;'.1 
 
 nii'i vui'l. 
 
 JJiMi'lii'i -iib- 
 .-criptiim- i.in 
 wlii'.h li» |,ci' 
 cent. w:i.-, 1 :ii; 
 beforo liiLii 
 
 tilMO to bo 
 
 valiil. 
 
 cai)itai s'ock so suhsci'il;((l 
 
 was 
 
 not paiti into the hands of 
 
 VV\ L. Smart, the Secrclary of the Company, or into one of the 
 Chartered Danks o( this Province or some on<^ oi' the Agencie.** 
 of -^nch liank io th-' ( rcdit ol' the said Company, each and 
 everv >ucli Stock subscription was and is null and void ; and 
 all :uid every bond fide subscription and subs(!ri[)l!ons of Slock 
 on which such ten per ctaihun was so made into the- li.irids of 
 thf -;aid Secrcta.i-y <a- in'o any of the said Chartt n-d Manks, or 
 the Airencic's of sia-Ii Hanks, before the said sixteenth day of 
 November last, whether such sul)scri|(l ions of Slock were made 
 in the Wooiistock and l/akc Kric Railway and Iltirbour Com- 
 pany, <ir in ti'c Amhcr>tbur.',d! and Saint Thomas Railway 
 
 Company, 
 
1859. Nia<j^a)'u ijr Detroit Rii:. Rij. — A mend t. Cap. 90, 9 
 
 Cotnpany, slnill he Iicld iiiid liikcii lo be Stock subscribed in 
 till' Couip'.iiiy (.TCiiU'd by or iiiulcr tiiis Act ; Croviilcd always, ivovisa ; as to 
 and it is li('rci)y enacted and declared that it shall be lawful lor •'^'^'5'^ ^'j'J-. 
 liie Doard of Directors to accept and take a Siirrendc r of any ii','' 'Xnil'i^rs't- 
 Stock licrelofore subscribed for, or alle^^cd to be subscribed for, \\w^\\ iin.i St. 
 in the Aniliersti)uri(h and .Saint Thoiiias llailway Company, ''''onuu I'.nil- 
 bcfore its an ial;:::ai nation willi tlir VV^H)dst()(•k ancl Lake Eric _^\',';*,j^j^'j^|.'^,^-',,,'^ 
 Ivailway and llarixiur Company ; and any holder or snjjposcil Avith^ilie 
 holder of sucii Stock shall be ciititled as of ridit to rcliiKuiisli Wt'iu^tod; 
 .such Stocjx it he shall apply so ;o do liv a notice m wrnni,:^to (v,),ip,u,y. 
 til'' Secret;iry or ['resident of the Company lieivby incorporated 
 within thirty days alter tin- passim.^ of this Act ; !Uid such Stock 
 shall thenceforlh be held and taken lo be, iuid to have been 
 from the bei^'inninn' part of tli." luisiibscribed capitid of tin; 
 Arnlierstbur^ii and Saint 'I'homa-' i'ailway Company, and f)fthe 
 unsubscribed capital of the Ni;i.'j;ara, and Detroit Kivevs Rail- 
 way Company ; and neither of the said Companies shall have 
 any claim whatsoever for or in respect ol' any deposit or pay- 
 ment by way of deposit made or ai^rt-ed to be made upon uron 
 a(x*()unt of such Stocdi so ndincpiishcd as aforesaid. 
 
 ^ai . 'I'lie Company incor[)()rat<,-d by this Act shall assume C(,nii.,uiy to 
 and pay to the Provincial (iovernment the amount of the sums, !i>^siuiio ilobts 
 Avitli all interest and arrears <>f i"t<"n'sr (Ine or t() b(n^)iiRMlut> j|J|j'||'j'^V'"^^ 
 thereon, loaned byth(> 'I'ownsof \V'oodstv)ck and Simco<\ and i,, I'l-oviminl 
 the Townships of North and South Norwich, Windham and 'iovernment. 
 VVoodhouse, lo the late Woodstock and Lake Krie Kailway 
 and Harbour Company. 
 
 2S. The several clauses of The liailway Clauses Consoliila- (Vrtuin 
 tion Act V. itii respect to the lirst, second, tl'.ini and loinlh clauses "f ""'.'^';^ ^'| V, 
 thereof, and also the several chuiscs of the said Act with respect i,^„'|o,iHu.a'i>y 
 to " itUerpvetation,''' "■ incovporalion,'" "■ powers," " jilans and Acts iinioml- 
 survevs," ^' lands and their valuation," 'Mii^diways and '"^' ^"""^'"■ 
 bml^'cs," '■'■ lenccs,' "tolls," "general nu-etm^'s, " Directors, T^-itli tliis Act. 
 their eh-ction and duties," " slimes and their traiisler,"' " muni- 
 cipalities," " sli.ireholders," " actions for indemnity and (Ines 
 and penalti(\s and their prosecution,"" " working of the Rail- 
 way," and "■ i^cncral provisions," and also the sev-'ral Acts 
 amendini^ the said Act as varied and modilied respectively 
 by the provisions of this Act, shall be incorporated with 
 and form part of this Act ; Kxcept such provisions of said Rail- E.\:ieiition. 
 way Clauses Consolidation Act or of iiie Acts amendini^ the 
 same, as apply to matteis ^ind thili::;-^ for which c\prc:-.s |)ro- 
 vjsion is made in this .Vet. 
 
 tS?>. 'I'he f)!lowin^- shall be the .iinendments and Oiodi- lutcrpictatiou 
 ficalions of the s;iid clauses of the [{ailw ay Clauses C'onso- of words. 
 lida'iion Act, so far as it relates to the said Company: 
 
 Fu-fitfij. — As to " Interpretati(Ui " t!ie words " Roadway" or "juiadway" 
 "Railw;\y" in this Ad, or any (ilher Act, alfccting said or "Railway." 
 
 Company, 
 
10 
 
 ill) 
 
 00. 
 
 .Viagrira i)' DflroU Rir. Rif. — Amcndt. 12 Vk;t. 
 
 I Uivo 
 
 r^. 
 
 Company, slia'l iiicanlhc Railway, llit« station hiiildinifs, cn^rino 
 li<)US!'s,tnni-ta!il(^s, and all lh>' lixliin-s and landsorilic Company 
 iisi'd and occupii-d by ill. mm 'or Kailv, ay purposi-s ; 
 
 Secoixl'if. — As lo Rivers — ihc suh-sci tious ol siM-lion nine of 
 
 llic said Ilailwav Chi! 
 
 Cosisolidaiion Ad shall hi' lakt-n 1,o 
 
 Mup uf 
 
 ?hn 
 
 mean and apply ordy to Ilivcrs on which then- is, atlhr lime of 
 the? passinii; ol' diis Af-1, •^ii'.-li iinp^M'laiii linos ol' hnsincss or trade 
 that the o!)strii('ti(»n ol" the same I'y lixi-d bridges woidd havn 
 th'' cli'iM'l of lai'akini!^ up <ucli trade or iMi^iness, thcrtd)Y <'ausini( 
 a pul)li<' injury ; 
 
 T/iifilli/.—'VUc limp or plan mcntioni'd in the ii)-;! sub-section 
 oj' section ten shall be a plan of thtj surveys, and it, shall 
 
 on 
 
 ly 
 
 lie nece 
 
 ry to deposit, with the respeitlivo Clerks of tl 
 
 K' 
 
 ''ompaiiy 
 inayukelani 
 accidentally 
 omittod ill 
 " Map or 
 
 Cyrporiitloiis, 
 kc, miiy cou- 
 vey liimls (o 
 the '"oinpiiiy. 
 
 Peace of die respective Counties or Union of Counties throu^li 
 which the said Kailways shall pass, the portion of such maps 
 oy plan and such l^ook of reference as shall ndate to each su'.ili 
 ('ounty or I'nion of Cniinties of which such oilieer is the (,'lerk 
 of the I'eace, and the maps or plan and book of reftn-enee 
 lor sueh siMtlions of the respoH-live County or Union of Counties 
 may from time to time Ix; certilied and deposited ashy the said 
 snb-s(M^tion re<pured, in such si^etions, and tlu; looulion thus 
 completed as the said Company shall see fit; 
 
 Fourl/i/i/. — N ol w it hstanding any thinjjf in lh(> ninth sub-section 
 of the said section ten contained, the said Company may, without 
 the (uinsenf of the j)ro|)rielor, tak(> such lands and so much 
 thereof as shall be necessary and reipiisile for the purposes of 
 said Comj)any, whether the same shall be shewn on the origi- 
 nal map or i)lan deposited as aforesaid, or not, or in the said 
 fjook of refepncte, or shall exceed the (juanlity in said sub-sec- 
 tion mentioned or not ; but no such land so taken shall be aj)- 
 plied by said ('ompany to any oi1)(M' than tlu; actual use of the 
 said ("omp;iny for the purposes of their Railway; 
 
 7'7/7///i/.— The first sub-section of section eh'ven shall be taken 
 to iiHtlude and mean edl Rcdors in possession of (ilebe lands, 
 Kc(desiaslieal or other Corporations, Trustees of Chiircdi and 
 S( hool laritls, Ciitardians appoinled by law and (luardians 
 in Soceaiife, Kxecutois whether invested with power over the 
 Real P'Ntate of th.'ir '" 'stator, or not, and Admin!.^lratols of 
 p.-rsons <lyin:^f int' state, but at the time of their ('eaili seized of 
 Real Kstate, and any I)t ■ d by tlie above m.-iitioned parti(!.s 
 shall vest in the. Ciinipaliy li:e i'ee-simple of the lands in sueh 
 Deed described ; Also, all the provisions ol'said section eleven 
 tiall as to arbitrations, couijii'iisation, payiiieiil into Court, &,(•., 
 
 apjil)' 1(1 the 
 above ; 
 
 lan Is laKeji jrom sncii paitas as are nauie 
 
 " I'wnlway." Sivf/ifi/. —'l'\i<- word " Railway,'" in the second •■•.ib--' 'ction 
 of the tweiiih seclii)!!, s!i;dl be t;dif;n to laean the Iron Rtiils 
 111 sai'l RaiKv-n'. 
 
 SO 
 
1859. Nin^ura iS,' Ddroit liiv. /l)/.—Amendt. C(ip. 90. 
 
 11 
 
 fjO. Wl!('r('sl<)n(',i>rav('l orjiiiy oilier niiiUMi ids isoiurr- r('(|uii('(l <'(i'iii>in^y muy 
 
 for t!i(' coM-^imi-tion or nciiniriiiuicn ul' snid K'liilwiiy ur iiiiv \r\y\ ,','",'''. !;"".'jf"^ 
 
 thciTor, (lie ("()iii])iiiiy iti;iy, in (•;;>• :'-;cy ciiiiiiol ;>'jjvv \\i)|i iIk '^^_ ' ' 
 
 owiii'V of iIh" lJm(l^^ on wliici) ll'.i- >;j« nrc siliialc lor l!ic pur- 
 
 'iliMso tlicn'of, t'iui>sc !i I'loviriciii- cuiivcyor lo itiiikc ii n);i|) iind 
 
 (IfscM'iplioii ol'llid |)i()|)(Mly ^^o n (jiiind, iiiid llicy sliiill scivf a copy 
 
 th(!r«'or, with llicir nolic^i^ of Jirbilriitioii, on sir-Ii (>w)t<'r, aiid die 
 
 said ("oinp;iiiy iii;iy ihciciipoii prneccd niid asccMiaiii tin- coiiipcTi- 
 
 sation Ity a rhil ration as in cases ora('(|iiiriii},' llie ISoadwav, and 
 
 lh(! n(iti(M^ of" arbitration, llie award, :;nd llir l''n<!tT of l!ie c()m- 
 
 pensation shall have the snnie (lliict a. in caj^e of ail>;lr:!ii(in lor 
 
 llu' lioadway ; and all llic p.Kx. isions ol' the Kailwjiy CI, ii.^cs I'fi.Yi-iiins of 
 
 Consulidalioii Act as varied swid riiodiH< il l.y this Act, and the !!-.il\v;iy 
 
 sovc;ral Acts a mend in'j; I he s;iid Art,!! ■< to the service ol said notice, ' '■'.'!'"'!* *^!'"'' 
 
 ... -11 ,• • ,. ^ohdutioii Act 
 
 arbitration, com[)ensat ion, deeds, payment ol money into { onrt, lo nppiy as to 
 
 tlu; riijfhl to s'-ll, the right to conv y mid the puilies (Voiii whom "I'liiinin^ nud 
 lands may be ta!<.n, or who may s(dl, shall apply to tl,. ,.id,j. , { '''-^1"^'"^ «'' 
 ni!itter(if this section and to the obtaining materials as aforcsiiid, 
 and such proceedings may be had by tin; said Companv 
 either lor the right to the lee simple in the land i'roin which said 
 material shall Ik; taken, or lor the rigiil to lake material tor any 
 lime they shall think necessjiry ; the notice ol arbitration 
 in eas(; arl>i(ration i.s resorted to, to state the inteiest re- 
 quired. 
 
 >aiiic. 
 
 Jll. Where said gravel, stone or other materials shall be Company may 
 taken, under the preceding section of this Act, at a distance •">' ^'J'^" *<'™" 
 from the line of the Railwjiy, the Coni|)any may lay <lt)wn tlie {,'/ti,'/same. ^ 
 necessary siding and tracks, over any lands which may inter- 
 vene between the Uailway and the lands on which s;iid n:ate- 
 rial shall be found, whatever the distance nuiy be, and all the 
 provisions of tlie Railway Clauses (N>nsolidation Act and 
 of this Act, ex«'ept sucdi as relate to (iling plans and publication 
 (tf notice, shall apply anti may be wsvil and exercised to obtain 
 the right of way from the Railway, to the lands on which such 
 materials are situated; and such riglit ma\ be .so ncipiired for 
 a term ofy(>arsor permanently as the Company may think proper; 
 and the powers in this and the preceding section may at all times 
 be exercised and used in all respects alter die Railway is eon- 
 stru(!le(l for the purpose of repairing and maintaining the saiil 
 Railway 
 
 tm. It shall not be lawful for the s^iid Company to div(Mi Power to 
 perinanijilly or change the line of any public road or hiidiway ',!,',.^|ii',Vuai)''^ 
 until they hav(' made a plan of such deviation, and subiuilted jnoviil of 
 the same to thi; Government Inspector of liailways lor his ap- <lovormiieu(. 
 proval ; a copy of which plan, signed by said Inspector, sh.all |-'.\]'i'^y!A?3 " 
 Ik; deposited with the Cleili ol the Peace of the County or 
 United Counties in which said div<'i-si.in is si'iiate : and 
 the said Company, upon obtaining such sanction and lilingsaid 
 phm, may divert siadi public road or highvv.iy, in lite manner 
 
 shewn on t! 
 
 ain } 
 
 )ian 
 
 and i'urtiier, in every c 
 
 IS' 
 
 Ol 
 
 IliaKUIL!: 
 
12 
 
 Cap. 90. Xing'int <]• Ddroit fUr. Ri/.—Ameivlt. 22 Vicr. 
 
 miikiiit,' :i (Icviiilioii, ys ;il)()\<' pioviilcd lor, tlic Railway Com- 
 pany shall have, all itic powers i'or ac(iuiriTi>,' IIh- laml necessary 
 lor llie local ion ol tiie new road or liii^liway, and I'or any ma- 
 terials necessiirv to eouslnicl llie same, and shall possess all 
 ihe powers ^iveii hy this Act lor llie acciuiring ol land lor 
 New ro:\(l to l)allasi or malerials ; mid also, llie said Company in all 
 
 be n.s p:"(,.| ;is siieli cases sliall phiee llie new road or hitihwav as near as 
 tne on;riii;il i • , i , . !■ / • ,i • • 'i i i- 
 
 j^jjyl C'!!! he in Ihe •^aiiie sliile ol repair as llie original road so tli- 
 
 verled may have heeii in al ihe lime ol' siieh diversion ; 
 
 and in all siieli cases, if the Railway Company reciiiire it 
 
 lor llieir Kailway pnrposes, and in dial ease only, lliey shall 
 
 have liie rii,dit lo lake po:>ession (if and use ihe {iii-^inal Iii;_;ii- 
 
 \vav so (liveried. 
 
 pa 
 
 (.'oin|i:niy mi 
 oriler of thr 
 liis])cetoi- ui' 
 lliiilwii)--. 
 
 AHlcvelcrd-s- JliS. An<l v, illi respi ci to piiMic road crossin<fs, in any case 
 iii^ia to lie vi- ji, whirh the said Company shall peiiiiil any Unci crossini^- lo 
 ^^■et onl of repair, il shall he lawliil i'or ihe \\"arde!i. Mayor, 
 Kee\e, or ihe oilier ollieei' ol ihe Miinieipalily havinif jnrjsdic- 
 lion over said road so cr<issed, lo serve a no! ice npon ihe said 
 (.'ompany, in the usual manner recjuiriiii^ \\\o repairs (specily- 
 in<f them) to \)r. made, and it ihe said ("ompany shall not forth- 
 with malu! the same, the said ollieei < f sai<l Municipality may 
 transndl a copy of the said nolice so served, as aforesaid, to 
 the Inspector of IJailwav^, and ihereiipon il shall lie llie duty ol 
 the s;nd Inspeclor, \\ illi all possible despatch, to appoint a day 
 w hen he will examine into the said cause of complaint, and 
 shall hy Mail irive nolice to the said Warden, Mayor or lleevc 
 and said Company, of the day he shall so fix, and upon the 
 day so named he shall examine the said ca-ossini!;', and his cer- 
 tifutate, under his hand, shall be final on the suhjccl so in 
 In (.Icfiiiilt, the dispute between die j)arlies ; And also, ii" the said Inspector 
 
 Mmii.i|.:ility ^i,.,i| aclermine thai anv repairs an- re(|uired, he sliall 
 miiv leiiiiir ... ., ,. ,• '. . , . . ', ,;., , 
 
 same'iuiiTre- ^|><'i'ify ihe Mature of such repairs in his said certilicale, and 
 
 coviriilKiv<t<, direct the Company to make llie same, and the said Company 
 
 kc, in n-'n-.d ■ •■ ■ •. . . . ... . ... 
 
 •way. 
 
 Powers of 
 .HoiiPl ofl»i- 
 rector.s to np- 
 jjoiut ii^eiit.s. 
 
 shall llierenpoii with all possible despatch comply with the 
 re(|iiiremenls of sai<l cerlilicate, an<l in case; of default it shall 
 be lawful for the .Municipalily, havin<f jiirisdiction over the Road 
 so crossed by th- Kailway, to make the said repairs, and they 
 may recover all the costs and expenses insodoiiii^, in an ac- 
 tion aifainst said Company in any Court of comjjctent jurisdic- 
 tion, as money paid to llie said Company's use. 
 
 til. 'I'lie l)ire<'1ors of llie said CompaTiy may a|)point such 
 and so many Ai.<'iils in this I'rovince and in any other part of 
 Her \rajestyV dominioii.-i and elsewhere, as to them shall seem 
 expedient, and may, by any Bydaw to be made I'or such purpose, 
 empower and aulhori/e any such A.^cnl or Ay;enls to do and per- 
 I'ortn any actorthiri'.!;, orIoe\ereis(.' any powers which the t)irec- 
 tors themselves or any oflliem may lawfully do, perform and exer- 
 cise, except die pcswer of making' By-laws ; and all ihings 
 doiK! by siU'h A:^'eiil or A.^enls, by virliie o|' th(^ powers in him 
 vested by any siicli liy-law, shall be as valid and cireclual to 
 
 all 
 
1869 Niagara ^^ Drh-oit Riv. Rt/.—Amendl. Cap. 90. 
 
 la 
 
 all intents and purposes as if done l)y such Diioetois them- 
 selves ; any tliint,' in any part of tins Act to the contrary not- 
 
 withstanding 
 
 Uoal mul per- 
 Miiml (VHtate 
 ot'l:ite Wood- 
 >tnckanil Lake 
 Kvie I'liilway 
 iuid UurlKuir 
 Ciniiiiaiij' anil 
 the late Am- 
 licrstbui'pli 
 luiil St. Tho- 
 mas ilitilway 
 
 ('(1I11INIII3' to 
 
 \('st ill the 
 <'iMii]]any 
 hcri'liy iiicor- 
 jdiati'il. 
 
 ('(iui|>any to 
 :'-.<iiiae liabi- 
 tii's. 
 
 9S. Ail tlie honses, lands, t(^nenients, licreditnrnonts, pre- 
 mises, railways, harlxjiirs, including the Port Dover liarhonr, 
 doclis, channels, creeks, wlifirves, piers, hnildinos^ erections, 
 works, Wiiys, waters, franchises, ciisemenls, ri;fli1s, privileges, 
 ])OWcrs, goods, chattels, j)roperty, assets and eU'ecIs, whalsoever 
 heretofore belonging to iIk; VVoodsto -k and J>akeErie Jiailwiiy 
 and Ilarbonr Company, and the Andiersthnrgli and St. Tho- 
 mns Railway Coiii)):iny iind the (lre:il Sotith VV^estern Railway 
 Company nnd The Niagara and Detroit Rivers R;iil\v;iy Com- 
 pany, or any of them, and not heretofore dnly aliened or 
 ileparted with by the said Compiinies res])e(tively, shall be, 
 and the same and every piirl tlien-of is smd are hereby vestecl 
 in the Company incorporated nnderlliis Act ; and the said Com- 
 pany last atoresaid shall ha\c, possess ;;iul enjoy all and every 
 th(^ mailers above eimmeraled, and Jill the riulits, privileges, 
 contracts, ngreements, acts, deeds, lands, tenements, premises, 
 prop(>rty and easements aforesaid, and this Comjiiiny .hall 
 assume and discharge all the debts, engagements, obi iijfit ions 
 and liabilities of the above named Companies ; And the said 
 Company incorporated by this Act shall have thc^ rights, 
 powers, privileges and authority, with respect to the Port 
 Dover Harbour and to the tolls and revenue, and the collec- 
 tion thereof, and to the said Harbour formerly vested in the 
 Port D{)V(M' Harbour Company as fidly and eHeclually as if the 
 same had been invesled in this Company ; Provided always, 
 that all contracts, if any there be, heretot'ore entered into with 
 any parly or jiarties for the construction of the whole or a!iy 
 part of the line of Railway, by the said r(H'ited Ads or by this 
 Act autlK)rized to be constructed, sliill lie and are hereby 
 declared to be cancelled, null, void aii I of no eJlect. 
 
 !{<». The Company may unit(> or make trallic arrangem(>n1s CiaiipHny may 
 with any other Railway Comi^auy or Companii's in this Pro- 'i"it;'"'' niakc 
 vinee,or with the International, and any oilier Hridge Comjiany, !'.'|''„',ufj^?i"ii 
 or may lei-s(> the Railway of any other (\)mpaiiy, ">vitli the lnhcr Compa- 
 ncccssary conveniences for the purposes of sneli union, oceu- "'''■"• 
 pation ov tradlc arrangements, and the Hoard of Directors of 
 such Railways, andthe [uternational and olluu' j'ridgt^ Couipany 
 may agree u])on ^uch vmion, leas(> or Irallie arrangements, and 
 gnuU lacilities ior the same, and in case of disaiireemeitl as to -iVrim tiicroof 
 the amount of conipensalioii I0 be made flieri'for, or as lo the jiki.v iic ilcter 
 fa(alities to bi; granted under >\\v\\ lral!i<' arrani;('ments, upion 
 or lease, the same shall be determined by one or more arbitra- 
 tors appointed on application of either Couipany, upon tuMice 
 to the other, by a.Iudge of one of Her Majesty's Superior Courts 
 of Upper Canada. 
 
 -Ah to Port 
 Diivrr Ilar- 
 
 li/iii'. 
 
 ['roviio. 
 
 ineil Iiy ar- 
 1 lit ration. 
 
 37. 
 
14 
 
 Cap. 90. Niagara Sf Delroit Riv. Ry. — Amendt. 22 Vict. 
 
 Company miiy 
 araiili;iiiniitc, 
 &c , witli the 
 l?rant(onl iinil 
 South-Wost- 
 crn I'liihvay 
 Company. 
 
 Proviso. 
 
 May extend 
 road to (irand 
 Trunk lUil- 
 ■way. 
 
 JI7. Tlio Branllbid and Sotitli-VVesloni Uailway Company 
 shall liav(! |)()\vcr, and in autliori/cd, in piirMuanc*! of any rtv 
 solnlion lo lliat (illcot, adopted al a special i^cneral rncotin^ of 
 tlio Shan^lioldtTH, didy convened for tlial purjjosi!, to atnal- 
 f^aniate, connect orimite willi this Company, or to lease or sell 
 tli<>.ir line of road and appurttuiances, or any part thereof, npon 
 ■snch terms and conditions as may be ai<r(!ed upon by the 
 •said Companies; which said anialjjfamation, sale, lease or 
 ai»Teement, the said liranlford ami South-VVestern Railway 
 Company is h(M'el)y fully authori/e<| to (iilecl with this Com- 
 pany, upon resolutions to be adopted by a majority of their 
 respective Shareholders, at a special f^eneral meetinfif to be 
 convened for that purpose ; Provided always, that all such 
 riijfhts, powers, terms and conditions as shall be set out in 
 the deed of or aajreement for such amalgamation, U'ase or pur- 
 chase, shall alone In; l)inding upon the (.'ompanies so iiiual- 
 gamating, leasing, purchasing or selling, and such amalgama- 
 tion, purchasing or selling shall not riiuder either Company 
 liable for any consideration, matter or thing beyond the said 
 terms and conditions ; and the said Comj)any may extend their 
 line of railway to some point on the Grand Trunk Railway, and 
 all the provisions of the Acts incuirporating and relating to the 
 Companies and all the provisions of the Railway Clauses Con- 
 solidation Act, as also the several Acts amending the said Act 
 as varierl and modified respectively by the provisions of this 
 Act, and this Act, shall apply as eilectually as if such exten- 
 sion or amalgamation had been mentioned and described in 
 snch Acts. 
 
 Limitation of 
 autions. 
 
 JIS. If any action or suit shall be brought against any 
 person or persons for any matter or thing done in pursuance of 
 this Act, such action or suit shall be brought withjU six calen- 
 dar months next after such cause of action arose ; and the 
 defendant or defendants in such action or suit may plead the 
 general issue only, imd give this Act and the special matter in 
 evidence on the trial. 
 
 Powers to 
 construct 
 Docks, and 
 steam fi-rry 
 boats on De- 
 troit Itivcr. 
 
 119. The Company shall have full power under this Act, to 
 purchase and hold river frontage, on the River Detroit, and to 
 build wharves or docks thereon ; also to constrtict, build or 
 purchase and hold, such Steam Ferry Boats as they may n'tjuire 
 to enable them to convey passengers and freiglit across the 
 Riv r Detroit, or lo siicli point on the American shore of Lake 
 Erie, as inay be necessary to enabhj them to conn(U't with 
 the various Railways running westward, and they shall have 
 power to dispose! of the same, if so inclined, or to chiirter any 
 other Steam V essel, not beingtlieirown property, to perform this 
 service. 
 
 Kailway to be 40. The said Railway shall be completed within five years 
 
 completed in r _ i c. .i • r.i • » . "^ 
 
 five yoirs. 
 
 .Public Act. 
 
 — J . — '*'«r. i 111- ^rtiu iVfiiiway siiuii ui; i i>ii 
 
 five'y&irs/'^ from and after the passing of this Act. 
 
 41. This Act shall be deemed a Public Act. 
 
 SCHEDULE 
 
1859. Niagara i^- Detroit Uii\ Etf. — Amendt. Cup. 90. 
 
 S C IIED U LK A. 
 
 Know all Mi-n l>y tlicMc I'lcstnts tluil f, A. H., of 
 
 , do licrcby, in coiisidcnitioii ol , 
 
 beinijj lli<^ purclisisc iiioncy |)!U(I to me l)y llic Ningarii and De- 
 troit Rivers Railway Conipany, llic irccipl MJifvcdl' I do line- 
 by acknowledge, i^rant, l)art(ain, sell, convey and conliitii iitito 
 till! said Niai^aru and Detroit Rivers lliiiKvay Coinpiiiiy, 
 their Successors and Assiijjiis, lor ever, all that ceriaiii tract, or 
 
 {)arcel of land, situate, kc, (here ilcs<ri/fe tin: A/wf/,) the same 
 lavinji; been si-lected by the said Conijjany lor the puqiose of 
 heir Road, Harbour, Wharf or Pier, {as the case may he). 
 
 To have and to hold the said land and premises, together 
 with the hereditaments and ap))ur1enances thereto belonjfjing, 
 to th(! said Niagara and J)(Mroit Rivers Railway Company, 
 (heir Successors and Assigns for (>ver. 
 
 1.3 
 
 I''()rin ol' oon- 
 vojnncc. 
 
 Witness my hand and seal, this 
 A. D., 18 
 
 Signed, sealed and delivered 
 in presence of 
 C. D. 
 
 day of 
 
 A. B [l. s.] 
 
 Toronto : — Printed by S. Dekbishihk & G. Dk.sbarats, 
 
 Law Printer to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty.