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TyUEREAS it is highly desirable that a Railway whouKl be mailo iVoiu the St. Lawi-encG at Biuckville to tlio Ottawa at Ptunbiokt!, by ihe wiiy of the mouth of the Madawa^ka Rivor, and tliu porsoivs lieieinal'tur niea- tioTied and others liave petitioned that a Company be incoiporated for that purpose : Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's Most Excc-llent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Le^islutivo Council and of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of (Canada, ooiistiliUed and assemble 1 by virtue of and under tiie authority of an Act passed in die I'arl lament ul the United Kingdom of(ireat Britain and Irehuul, and intituled, An Act to rc-unitiithe. Provinces of Upper and Loivo.r Cinutda., and for t/u (iorern- 'iwnt of Canada, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of iho same. That George Crawford, John Crawford, Charles Edward Jones, Fordyce Lawton Lothrop, Robert Fitzsimmoiis the younger, (Jeorge Sherwnod, Allan Turner, Robert Edmonson, William Fitzsimmoiis, Robtnt Feiieu, David B* Ogden*Ford, James L. Schofield, Orniond Jones, Reuben Powers Colton, William Matthie, John Koss the yoiniger, George Morion, Albert N. Richards, Adiel Sherwood, Jolm Kilborn. Alfred Ponlton, Paul Glas- ford, William Henry Wilson, William Buell and Richanl F. Steele, toge- ther with such other persons or Corporations as shall under Iho provisions of this Act become Shareholders i)t the Joint Stock Company hereby created for the construction of the Railway aforesaid, shall be rind are hereby ordained, constituted and declared to be a bnoy corporate ;i:id politic in fact, by and under the name and style of *' The Brockville and Ottawa Railway Company." II. And be it enacted. That tlie several Clauses of " The Raihvay Clauses Consolidation Act," with respect to the first, second, third and fourth Chiuses thereof, and also the several Clauses of the said Act with respect to "Interpretation," *' Jneorporation," "Powers," "Plans and Surveys," *' Lands and their valuation," •'« Highways a:;d Bridgep," V' H r fc' * !1:. I'll' m J*> (4) "JFonces," <•' Tolls," "General Meetings," « Difectors, their Klnolion*^ and duties," " Shares jind ihei'- transfer," " Munioipnlities," " Share- ^ holders," " Actions loi Indemnjty, and lines and penalties and thoir pro- aecution," " Working qf the Railway" and " (Jeneral Provisions," oxiMip* ■ in bo far only as may hie inconsistent with any express pnnvision herein- after made, shall be incojporat,lhe Saint^Lawrence at Brockville to tlM> Rideaw :U or near Smith's Falls, ond thence on and over any part of the Country lo. or near Arnprior at or near tlnj. month of th^ M»da>vasku Uiveri j\nd , tiieuce on and o',er auy part of the country to the Ottawa Rivor, at or near the Village of Pembroke in the Township of Peml;iroke ; also, n branch ihpreof from the Ridean at or near Smith's Falls aforesaid to the Town ot Perth, if the said Company shall deem it advi^ublo to construct the same. IV. And be it enacted, That all deed^ai^ coiiveyances of land^ lo the paid Company for the purposes of this Act shall and may, as fur ns the . title and circumstance^ will admit, be in the form given in the Schedule . to this Act marked A, or lo that ellect, and for the purpose of registering the . samt.', all Registers in their respective Counties are hereby retiuirud to be furnisliod by and at the expense ot the said Company with Hooks with copies of the form given in the said Schedule A, one to bo printed on each page, leaving the necessary blanks to suij the separate cases of convey- ance, and in the said Books to enter and register each auvh deed and conveyance, upon production thereof and payment of the fee hereinafter mentioned, and proof of execution in like manner mwioh'd inutffndh, as is no"^- made under the general registry lavvs in force in Uppor Canada, with out any memorial : And the Register shall thereupon miiiuto such entry and registry upon the deed, which minute shall have ull the elloot of u certiticate of registry under the general regi itry lawn of Upper Canada, which said enregi-stering shall be valid and ellectual foraUtho purposesof any Act or Acts now in force in Upper Canada for the registry of deeds, in like manner as if made according to tha, provisions of the same, and (or such entry, registry and minute thereof as aforesaid, the saul Register shall be entitled to demand and receive from the said Cuu^iany the sum ot Two Shillings and Six Pence, and no more. V. And be it enacted,. That the Capital Stock of the said C pan y shall not exceed in the whole the sum of Five Hundred Thousaiul I'onnds, to be divided into one hundred thousand Shares ui Five Pounds each, which amount thall be rai, pany, or for leasing or hiring out to such other Company any Locomotiveeiy Cars, Carriages, Tenders, or other moveable property of the said Company, either altogether or for any time or times, occasion or occa- sions, or for leasing or hiring trom such other Company any Railway or part thereof, or the use (hereof at aoy time or times, or for leasing or hiring from such. other Company any Locomotives, Cars, Carriages, Ten- ders, or other moveable property, or. for using either the whole or any part of the said Railway, or of the moveable property of the said Company, or of the Railway, any moveable property of such other Company in common by the two Companies, or generally to make any agreement or agree- ments with any such other Company touching the use by one or the other or by both Companies, of the Railway or moveable property of either, or of both, or any part tlfereof, or touching any service to be rendered by the one Company to the other, and the compensation therefor ; and any such agreement ehuU be valid and binding, and shall be enforced by all Courts of Justice in this Provmce according to the terme and tenor there- of ; and any Locomotive, Car, Carriage or Tender of any foreign Railway Company brought into this Province in pursuance of any such agreement, but remaining the property of suoh Foreign Company, and intended to pass regularly along the said Railway between this Province and a foreign State, shall for all purposes of the Laws relative to Customs, be considered as carriages of travellers coming into this Province, with the intent of immediately leaving it again. XIX. And be it enacted. That all provisions of law inconsistent wltn his Act are and shall be repealed from the passing thereof. XX. And be it enacted. That the Interpretation Act shall apply to this yet, and that this Act shaH be a Publtc Act. * < ^ ■•) A:. (■•■ (9) •,: ' ^ ^^ SCHEDULE A. ' FORM OF CONYEYANCE. • Know all men by thew presents that J, A.Ii., (and here name the wife, if any) ,n conBideration of (name the sum) paid to me by the Brockville and Ottawa Railway Company, the receipt where.f is here- by acknowledged, do hereby grant unto the Ikockville and Ottawa Rail- way Company and their Assigns for ever, all that certain piece of land situate (.describe. the land) tho same hating b.en selected and laid out by ' the said Company for the purposes of their Railway. Witness Hand and Seal , this day of A. D., one thousand eight hundred and Signed, sealed and delivered in presence of • ^ <;;.|,,.;' .»•»*♦ f; 'J/, -^'Ar 5. ^V^^ ■:«)• ■1 «,^ .; .stv m ,r ■\ - • vi^:!'-» -I-'.- ,, ,'.. , '.- -ip ^i.-H y i .I.-Ar:r..dij ♦ « } T . r? ■rw« ■ r* I y- . i^\f V ■Jf V •% : ■* f-if -'Vtj i'^'A^h: -*V- .iK,*., *riu* 'I (11) CAP. CLXXXI. All Act to amend the Act incorporating the Brock ville and Otta^va Railway Company. Aesented to 19th May, 1855, T1[7"HEREAS since the passing of the Act of the sixteenth year of Iler ^ * Majesty's Reign, intituled, An Act io Incorporate the BrockvxUe and Ottawa Railmay Company, the said Company have in pursuance of tlie provisions of the Railway Clauses Consolidation Act, increased the Capital of the said Company to Tvrelve Hundred Thousand Pounds currency, and it is desirable to have such increase sanctioned by express Legislative Enactment : Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and of the Legislative Assembly cf the Province of Canada, constituted and assembled' by virtue of and under the authority of an Act passed in the Parliament of the United Kingdom of (ireat Britain and Ireland, and intituled. An Act io re-unite the Provinces_of Upper and Loiccr Can- ada, and for the Government of Canada, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, as follows : L The Capital Stock of the said Brockville and Ottawa Railway Com- pany shall be, and is hereby declared to be the sum of Twelve Hundred Thousand t'ounds currency, dividsd into Shares of Five Pounds each, and shall be taken and considered to have been so increased from the time it •w as so increased by the said Company as aforesaid, and the said Capital Stock may if necessary, from time to time, be increased in the manner provided for by the Railway Clauses Consolidalioii Act. n. And be it enacted and declared that the said Brockville and Ottawa Railway Company shall have full power and authority to construct a Branch of their said Railway from some point on their Main Line, south of the Rideau, to Newborough ami VVestport on the Ridcau (.'anal or some point at or near those places ; also, to construct a Branch of their said Railway, from the same or some other point on their Main Line south of the Rideau to the Rideau River or Canal at or near Merrickville in the Township of Wolford, also to construct a branch of their saul Railway from some point north of the Rideau to some point in the Township of Goul- bourn, at or near Richmond ; And that for the construction, maintenance and use of the said Branches aforesaid, and each and every of them, and every matter and thing connected therewith, the said Company shall have same rights, powers and privileges as are already vested in them by the Special Act, and the clauses of the Railway Clauses Consolidation Act incorporated therewith, iu like mannei as if the power to constru«t such Blanches had been embodied in the said Act hereby amended, in- I- ; '■■■ !l WT"-'"' y ii i^ (12) ^. • corporatirif* the said Company; and that the taid"" Company shall have the right to construct the said branches by sections or in such other man- "ner as they may deem most advisaWe, so that the constructibn-of any one or more sections or parts of the same shall not make it compulsory on the said Company to construct the remainder, untilinlheir discretion it shall seem expedient to do so ; And that the said Company shall have power to build or purchase, own, hold, use or otherwise dispose of, as to them shall seem best for the interests of the said Company, one or more Steamboats or other vessels to ferry on the waters of the Ottawa or Saint Lawrence* in connection with or for the use of the said-Company and their fiailway. III. And whereas the said Company have executed under their corpo- rate seal sundry Bonds, bearinij date the second day of January, one thou- sand eight hundred and fitty-four, for the sum bf one hundred pounds sterling, each, payable twenty years after date ; And whereas the said Bonds on their face purport to be Debentures of a certain class, namely, Second Class Debentures, limited in issue to Three 'Hundred and Fifty Thousand Pounds sterling, and to be a second charge upon the road, tolls, ■revenue and other property of the said Company, subject to the first charge in tavor of certain I^lunicipaliiies : And whereas it is the intention of the said Company to issue Bonds as aforesaid forming sue\\ second charge as aforesaid, to the extent of not exceeding Three Hundred and Fifty Thou- saud Pounds, sterling, and it is expedient to aflirm the validity, negotia- bility and security of the said Bonds of the said Company,' executed or to be hereinafter exeouted, with such second charge- as aforesaid, and also, to affirm t^ie valnli^y, negotiability and security of any further Bonds which may be executed by the said Company, not exceeding in the agg.c- gate tlie amount of their Capital, for the time being : Be it therefore enacted, That the said second class Bonds now or hereafter to be executed and issued by the said Company, ehall and are hereby declared to be valid and binding upon the said Company, accordfng to the tenor and purpbrt thereof respectively, and that all Bonds and Debentures of the said Com- pany may be made payable to bearer, and that the said Bonds wh'di have been so executed as aforesaid, and all future Bonds, Debentures and other pecunties of the said Company, and all dividend or ititerest warrants or coupons thereon respectively, which shall purport -to be payable to bearer, shall be assignable at law by delivery, ^ind may be sued on and enforced by the respective bearers and owners thereoi", for the time being, in their own names ; Provided that no such- Bond or Debentuce be for a less sum than Twenty-five Pounds currency. IV. The respective banajide holders of the saiil second class Bonds so executed, or to be hereafter executed, and issued by the said Company as aforesaid, shall be entitled, one with another, to their respective propor- tions of the lolls, revenues and other property of the said Company, accord- ing to the respective sums in such second class Bonds named, (subject to • any prior charge in favor of any Municipality or Municipalities) and to be \ (13) ropaiil the principal and interest monies thereby secured, wiilioulanyv preference one above another, by reason of the priority of the date of any such second class Bond, and such, second class Bonds shall be and are hereby declared to be the second charge upon the said roads, tolls, revenues and other property of the said Company, subject to the said prior charge, according to the tenor and terms of the second class Bonds respectively : Provided that this enactment shall not operate either to accelerate or delay the right of the holder of any such Bond, to demand and enforce payment of the principal monies thereby secured, on the day or respective days therein mentioned for the payment thereof, and that the registry laws shall not be hfeld to apply to any bonds or debentures made or given or • hereatter to be made or given by the said Company. V. The respective bona fide Bondholders ami Moitgagecs of the said Company, under any bonds, debentures, mortgages, or other ."pecia! secu- rities to be hereafter lawfully executed by .the said Company, within the • limits of their Capital subscribed, shall be entitled one with another to • their respective proportions of the tolls and other property of the said ■ Company, according to the respective sums in such securities mentioned, : anxi to be repaid the principal and inteie«it monies thereby secured, with- out any preference one above another by reason of the priority of the date • of any such security, or of the resolution by which the same was author- ized or otherwi*e howsover, subject however to such first and second charges as aforesaid, and subject also to. any class charges previously . created as hereinafter provided ; Provided tuat this enactment shall not operate either to accelerate or to delay the right of the holder of any such security to demand and enforce payment of the principal monies thereby secured, on the day or respective day.s therein mentioned for payment thereof ; Provided always, that it shall bd lawful tor the said Company to create class charges or securities, not exceeding in amount the sum of three hundred and fifty thousand poundscnrrency, similar to sucli second class Bonds herein before named, which, subject to any previous charges created, shall take priority according to tlie order of their creation, but the holders of which, as among themselves, shall have no priority as aforesaid, except that which their class confers. VI. It shall and may be lawful for the Directors of the said Company, fur the time, being, to issue shares for stock to be subscribed in England or elsewhere, in such amounts respectively of sterling money of Great Ikitain, as to such Directors shall from lime to timcseem lit, aiul to make the dividends thereon payable in like sterling. money in England or else- where, at such place or places as to such , Directors shall from time to time seem fit, ami from time lo time to appoint i.geiits of the said Com- pany in Engutnd or eisewhure, and to delegate to such agents such powers ■M to the Direclois of the said Company shall from time to time seem fit, and to make such rules and regulations as to the Directors ■jf.the said Company shall iVom lime W time seem fit, as to thri m m i I w (U) issuing of such shares in England or elsewhere, [and as to the mode, time and place or places of transfer of such shares, and as to the mode, time and place of paying the dividends from time to time to accrue there- on, and otherwise, as shall be deemed requisite or beneficial, for giving full effect to the ptnver liereby vested in the Directors of the said Company, in respect of issuing such shares in England or elsewhere : And the hold- ers of such shares shall be entitled to vote thereon, according to the num- ber of shares, in currency, as near as may be, to which such shares would be equivalent, omitting all fractions : And it shall also be lawful for the said Directors under a By-law so 1o be enacted by them, to fix the amount of the shares m the capital stock of the Company at the sum of twenty- five pounds sterling, and they shall have power to consolidate and convert the present shares into tihares of tweuty-five pounds sterling, by uniting together such number of shares of five pounds currency, each, as may be requisite to make a sluue of twenty-five pounds sterling in any case, VII. The said Company are hereby authorized and empowered to con- struct a line or lines of Telegraph, electric or otherwise, along their said intended railway and its coutinuations and tranches, or any of them, or any part or section thereof, from and to any point or points thereon, as to the said Company shall seem advisable for the more convenient and edectual working of the said Railway and carrying on the operations and business thereof, and the said Company shall have pjwer to purchase, re- ceive and hold and convey such real estate as may be necessary for the convenient transaction ol the business and for the effectually carrying on the operations of tiie said Telegraph line or lines; and may appoint such Officers and agents and make such prudential rules and regulations and By-laws as may be necessary, or by them deemed advisable in the trans- action of the business thereof, not inconsistent with the laws of this Pro- vince : And the said Company shall generally have and are hereby in- vested with all the powers, rigbts and privileges respecting such Telegraph line or lines and the management 'hereof, as are now vested in Electric Telegraph Companies under and by virtue of the fifth, sixth and eleventh Sections of a certain Act of this Province, passed in the sixteenth year of Her ^Majesty's lieign, intituled, An Act to provide hij one general Into for the incorj)07'tit}un of Electric Telegraph Covqninies, in like manner as if the said Company had been an association incorporated under the said last mentioned Act. VIII. Deviations of not more tlian two miles from the line of the Rail- way or any of its branches, or from the places assigned thereto in the maps or plans and books of reference or any of them, required by and filed ac'cniing to the provisions of the Kailway Clauses Consolidation Act, .shall be allowable ami jiermissible to and by the said Company in such s])ecial cases as to them «hall seem expedient. IX. This Aot shall be a Public Act. \ (15) CAP. CXLIV. An Act to amend and extend the (Char- ter of the Brockville and Ottawa Railway Company. W [AKsenied to June 10//t, 1857. J 'HEREAS the Brockville and Ottawa Hailvvay Company have by their Petition prayed for further ameiKlmentsto thoir \ct of Incor- porulion, and tliat thy time for the construction of their Railn-ay may be extended, and for other purposes, and it is expedient to grant the same : Therefore, Her ^Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legis- lative Council and Assembly of Canada, enact .3 as follows : I. The Brockville and Ottawa Railway Company shall have fall power, and they are hereby authorized, to make and construct and to work nrid use a Branch Railway from such point on the main line of the Brockville and Ottawa Railway to a point near the station grounds and }iou§e of the firnnd Trunk Railway Company of Canada in Brockville as they shah lind most suitable ; and all the privileges, powers, rights and incident?, vested in or appertaining to the Company with regard to their said Rail- way, and all the duties and obligations imposed upon them with regard to the same, by the Act incorporating the Company and the Acts amending tliK same, and all the provisions of the said Acts and of this Act, which are susceptible of such extension, shall extend ana apply to and be in forco with regar;! to such Branch Railway as fully and efl'ectually as to tlio said Urockville and Ottawa Railway, to all intents and purposes, and the said Acts shall be construed, extend and have effect, as if the said Branch Railway had been mentioned and described in the said Act oi Inocu'puration as part of the Railway and works which the Company were tliereby empowered to construct ; Provided that such Branch shall not cross or coujiect with the CIrand Trunk Railway without the consent of tho said Grand Trunk Railway Company of Canada. I I. And whereas it is necessary for the Company to possess grave! pita and lands f'ntaining deposits of gravel, as well as lands for stations and other purposes, at convenient places along their hne of Railway and Branches thereto, for supplying ballast, constructing and keeping in re- pair and for carrying on the business of the said Railway ; And whereas such gravel pits or deposits cannot at all times be procured without buy- ing the whole lot of land wiiereon such deposits may be fou«d ; And whereas the Company have been obliged to purchase certain pieces or lots of land on accouut of tiie deposits of gravel thereon, which the Com- pany require for the construction of the said Railway ; And whereas > doubts may be entertained to what extent the Company may lawiuliy acquire aud hold Jauda for such purposes as aforesaid ; It is therefore '^,. ;,«i '^"'\\ '^ .*iii If; riv i i . / (i'5; U enacted, that it has been and shall be lawful for the Company, and they* are hereby authorized to purchase, have, hold, take, receive, use and ' ecjoy, along the line and branches of the said Railway, or separated there* from, or if separated therefrom, then with the necessary right of way thereto, any lands, tenements and hereditaments which it hath pleased or bhull please Her Majesty or any person «r persons or bodies politic to • j,'ive, grant, sell or convey unto and to the use of or in trust for the Com- pany, their successors and assigns ; and it ehall and may be lawful for the Company to establish stations or workshops on any of such lots or blocks of land, anil from time to time by deed of bargain and sale or other- wise, to grant, bargain, sell or convey any portions of such lands no ; necessary to be retained for gravel pits, sidings^ branches, wood yards, b.ation grounds, or work shops, or for effectual ly repairing, maintaining . or using to the greatest advantage, the eaid Railway and other works con-- • nected therewith. III. The time limited to the Company for the completion of the said Railway from Brockville to Arnprior at or near the mouth of tlie Mada* - waska River, and also a branch thereof from the Rideau at or near Smith's Falls, to the Town of Perih, and ail other branches thereof, is hereby t^- ■ toaided to three years from the, time ot the passing of this Act ; Piovided always, that if the said Brockville and Ottawa Railway Company form part ot tlie Lake Huron, Ottawa and Quebec Junction Railway Company tjr tbat part of their road extending Ironi Arnprior to^Peuibroke, then th« said Brockville and Ottawa Railway Company shall build lilty miles or any • portien thereof of their road from Arnprior upwards, on the same condi- l;oi;s a« the other four Companies mentioned in the Act nineteenth and twentieth Victoria, Chapter one hundred and twelve, and shall have a share of the lour millions of acres of land in the proportion which those litty miles, or the proportion thereof above mentioned, bvar to the three hundred and lifty-foiir miles, by making in the forest, in ihe same propor- tion as the otlier said four Companies, the reinaind.er of the road extend- ing to the Georgian Bay. / IV. And whereas the Company have by their By-law authorizetl the / issue oi bonds or debentures of the Company limited to three hundred and ' litty thousand pounds sterling, .in the form given in the fSchedule to this Act, marked A, (iu the place and stead of bonds in- the form heretofore usei.1,) and which on their face purport to be debentures of a certain class, nameiy, second class debentures, limited in issue to three hundred and titiy thousand pounds sterling, and to be a second charge upon the road tolls, revenue, and. other property of the Company, subject to the first charge in favor of certain Municipalities, and it is expedient to affirm the validity, negotiability and security of tlie said bonds or debentures ol the Company, executed or to be hereafter executed in the form given in the I suid Schedule to this Act, to tJie extent of not exceeding three hundred t and tifty thousand pcuiids sterling : It is tiu.'refore enacted, that the said' h. ' (17) boihh or ifubeiittufs ot the- Company now fM- liorealtor lo b© evecuted anti issued by the Company in the i'oiia fjivon in tlio suid Sciit-'ule to Llji» Act,, marked A, to the extent of not exceeding three huinlred and fifty thousand* pounds sterling, shall be and are hereby ileclared to bo valid and bindin'" upon the Company according to the tenor and purp(Ut thereof rospeotively and are and shall be assignable at law by ilelivery, aud may be sued on. and eriforeed by the respective beai-ers and oMTuors thereof, for the time being', in their own names. V. And whereas under the provisions of tlio ;U.'t of this Provsilwe,, passed in the sixteenth year of Her Mnjesty's Keign, intituled, yln, Jrf l& csLabiish, a Consclidated Municipal Loan Fund Jhr Upper Canada, the several Municipalities hereinafter named liavo passed Hy-lawsresnectivelv authoj- iziiig the loan to tlio Company towards the construction of the said Rail- way, of the following amounts, that is to say: The Town Council of Ikoekville, one hundred thousand pounds currency ; the Municipality of the Township of Elizabethtown, fifty thousand pounds- currency ; and the Municipal Council of the United Counties of Lanark and Kenfrew, two. hundred thousand pounds currency ; And whereas such loans were res- pectively authorized to be made upon, coiiditiou tliat the Company sliouJd assume all the liabilities of the said Municipalities io respect tlieueof under the said Ijoaa Fund Act, and slioulil indemnify and save harraJess the said Municipalities respectively m tlio premises, and that the railway, tolls, revenues and otlier property of the Company should stand mortgaged, and pledged to the said Municipalities respectively, in preference to ail other creditors ; And whei'eas a mortgage bearing date the seventk day of March, one thousand eight hundred and lify-four, has been executed by the Company to the said several Municipalities, in common, purporting to give them the security hereinbefore named ; And whereas the right ok" way not having been acquired at the time of the execution of the said mortgage, doubts have arisen as to the suUiciency of the said security at law, and it is desirable and the wish of the (Company to have affumed tho validity of said mortgage, as well a.-:. uU substwiuont mortgages given, and which may be given by tlie Company to the said Municipalities in com- tiioa for the like purpose, and to have such sociuity defined by Legislative enactment with a view of securing the saiti Municipalities respectively as fully as possible: It is therefore enacted, lliiil the said intended Kailway iroiu Brockville to Pembroke, including llio iV'illi briincli and all the olheu branches thereof, and all the works ot tho said Company thereon, now or hereafter to me made, together with all lands aci^uired for ballast ground or on account of deposits of gravel thereon, and all stations, buildings, carriages, engines and other property all.u'hed to or to be attached to or belonging to the said inteiuled Uailway and branches, and uJl the revenues and tolls of the said intended Railway ami branches, are hereby declared to be mortgaged and pledi^ed to the said lVIunici[>;ilities respectively iu preference to all other creditors (in such manner as that tio one MCmici- ■, ,.1 ' -ft // m ■•r I A (IS) pality shall hnvu preference or priority over anotliur, but nliuli all nlinro alike anil in propoitioa to the Rinounts of their sniil loann ruKp(H.Mivuly no authori/ed tu be inmle as aforesaid, and in manner an pruvidod by tiiu «aid mortgages) for tho redemption and repayment oflho waid loans res- pectively, according to the terms of the said Bv-laws and tht» provisions of the said Consolidated Municipal Loan Fund Act, and in ucuurdanco with the terms of the naid mortgages ; and the said mortgages so made or to bu made as aforesaid for securing the said loans, are liereby declared to bo and shall be gc-d, valid and obligatory upon the parties tlierolo uxttcutin^'- Ihe same, according to the tenor and purport thereof ; Proviilod thai nothing in this section or in this Act contained shall be interpreted as afleoting: in any marner the rights and security of ihe Province, with respect to the loans ir.ade by the above named Municipalities to the Company under the Act firstly abovairecited in this section ; Providod alto, tiuU the Act wf this Province passed during the present Session relating to mortgages of personal property in Upper Canada, shall not apply to tln» said mortgages of the Company or to the property covered or to bo covereil by them. VI. Scrip for paid up shares of stock of the Company niny be issued to bearer and may be transferred by delivery thereof ;' and all bona ^fidc holders of scrip for paid up shares of stofk of the Company shall bo'on- lilled to receive their share of the profits . the Company, and ihIuiII bo en- tled to vote in respect of the shares held by them, upon the scrip being produced, which shall then be registered in the nanio of such hohlcrs res- pectively in the books of the Company. VII. The expression of " the Company" in this Act, shall always mean the Brock ville and Ottawa Rai way Company, VIII. The Interpretation Act shall apply to this Act, and tins Act siiall be deemed a Public Act. SCHEDULE A. Capital, £1,000,000 stg. Province of Canada. Capital, Xl.tHKMKH) stg. XlOOstg. Brockville and Ottawa Railway Debenture. X'KKJslg. , No, TaANSFIRABLE. No. Ismc limited to £360,000 Cy. The Munir;ipalities through which tlie road pa.sses havo loaned tht; Company certain monies which are repayable umlcr the provisions »»f the " The Consolidated Municipal Loan Fund Act lor Upper Canada." Subject to this claim, the lands, tolls, revenues and other pnjptnty of the Company are, under the provisions of <' the Railway Clauses Consolida- tion Act," pledged and mortgaged for the duo payment of tlicho vlebcn- tures limited in issue as above. 7Vic BrockciUc and OtUtwa Kailtvay Company hereby promise to pay to or bearer, the sum of one hunilred poiuids sterling, twcniy years from and after the first day of .laniiary, onn thousand eight huiielied and fitty-s«;ven, likewise interest at the rale of six pur cent, per Hunuin, to be paid on the first days of .T.muary and July in v\w\\ year, upon presentation of the proper coupons hereunto attached, at the ollicu of in London. SiiTiicd and datfd at Hiockville, the day of and tlioneand ci^dit liutidred and 'J Wo surer. (L. S.) i'rf^idviU. (in? — •-•- CAP. LV. • -•' •••-• - All Act to extend the Cliarter of tlic^ Brockville and Ottawa Railw jiy Com- pany, and lor other {mrposes. jUnentcd lo iAlh July, 18581 * 'IX/'Ilf^REAS llu! nnickville and Ottawa Railway Company liavp, by their ' » Petition, prayetl for an extension of time fur the exclusive construc- tion of a portion of their Railway, and for other purposes, and it is expe- dient to grant /he same : Therefore, Her Majesty, by auA with the advice jiwd consent of the Legislative Council and Assembly of Canada, enacts ;if* follows : • I. The time limited to the Brockville and Ottawa Railway Company for the exclusive construction and con-ipletion of that part of their Railway extending irom Arnprkir, at or near the mouth of the Madawaska Rivtr, to the Ottawa river at or near the Village of Pembroke, in the Township of Pembroke, is heieby extended lo five years from the twenty-third day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty- erf™ht, any law of this Province to the contrary notwithstanding : And for ami' notwithstanding any thing to the contrary in any law of this Province cotitaineil, the said Brockville and Ottawa Railway Company shall have \\\e exclusive privilege of constructing the said Railway from Arnprior aforesaid to the Ottawa River at or near the Village of Pembroke aforesaid, provided the same shall be constructed and in operation within the said term of five years ; Provided always, that on completion of the Railway from the City of Ottawa to the Village of Arnprior, the said Brockville and Ottawa Railway Company, shall, upon reasonable rec^uest, and at all reusou able times, and with proper despatch, take and conduct the Cars of the Company so completing the said Hiiihvay, on anil over their said K hvay between Arnprior and Pembroke, at and for a price or compensation to be agreed between the said Companies ; ami in case no agreement for com- pensation shall be mcule, then at and for a price or Gonipeti-jation to be de- termined by three Arbitrators to bo chosen as follows, one by Ocicli Com- pany, and the third by the Arbitrators so chosen. 1[. The Brockville anil Ottawa Railway Company shall have full powe.t to extend their Railway into the Ottawa River at Penibroke, and into the St. Lawrence at Brockville ; aud by and vvitli the consent of the (^ovemor in Council to connect their said Railwiiy witli and include the IJlock House Island, in front of the Town of Ihockvillc, iiuil lu make, erect, keep and ijnstain such whai vi;s, buib'ings, lixtnrcs, ciaiics. ipiays, and other works for the pnrposo of their Railway in the said Ottawa River at Pembroke, and in the said River St. Lawrence at Ihockville, a.s to the Bruukvilk and Ottawa Railway Company shiili svcm uiccl.. 1: f' if ll'ili (20) III. The Interpretation Act shall apply to this Act, and this Act shall be deemed a Public Act. ■ IV And BO much of the third section of a certain Act of Parliament of this Province passed in the sixteenth year of Her Majesty's Heign, inti- tuled, An Act to incorporate the Bytoum and Pembroke Railway Company, 'is inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, is hereby repealed. as I .6,/ ii '•', e'S<- (21) CAP. CIX. An Act further to amend the Act incor- porating the Brock ville and Ottawa Railway Company. Assented to I9th May, I860. '^1^7'HEREAS the Municipalitiea of Brockville, Elizabethtown and " " Lanark and Renfrew, have loaned to the Brockville and Ottawa Railway Company, in aid of the construction of their Railway, certain moneys amounting in the whole to three hundred and thirty-eight thousand five hundred pounds currency, raised by the said Municipalities upon the credit of the Consolidated Municipal Loan Fund of Uppet Canada : >r!d whereas, by the provisions of the the eighty-eighth and succeeding sections «-f the eighty -third chapter of the Consolidated Statutes of Canada, intituled, An Act respecting the Consolidated Municipal Loan Fund, the liability of the said Municipalities in respect of the said moneys has been reduced to an annual payment of five cents in the dollar, on the assessed yearly value, or on the interest of the assessed value as the case might be, of the assessable property of the said Municipalities respectively, in manner as thereby provided ; And whereas the road and revenues of the said Company were pledged to the Municipalities to indemnify them against their liabilities in respect of the said loans ; And whereas, although between sixty aud seventy miles of the Railway of the said Company are now in operation, and although the whrle of the remainder has been surveyed for location, and great expense incurred thereon, and considerable progress made towards completion thereof, yet the means at the present disposal of the Company are quite inadequate to complete the same, and it is desirable for the in- terest of all concerned, that the said Railway should be completed as soon as possible : Therefore, Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Assembly of Canada, enacts as follows : ^ I. No greater or earlier liability in respect of the said Municipality Loans shall hereafter exist on the part of the said Company to the said Municipalities respectively, than now exists on the part of the said Muni- cipalities respectively, to the Government of this Province in respect of the said loans, and the mortgages and securities given by the said Com- pany to the said Municipalities, and recognized and sanctioned by the amended Act of Incorporation of the said Company in respect of the said loans, shall not be available or enforced against the Company, on the part or behalf of the said Municipalities, to any greater extent than the afore- said reduced liability of the said Muuicipalities respectively, to the Gov- i I. (22) ♦•rumj'Tit ol thin I'lovinco ; — nml no lonj,' us tlio saiil Com[)aiiy nIiuII pny tu the (Jovcrumi'tit of Ihis I'lwvinee the aniiiial liability of tlnj "tuid Mniiici- pulilio.s roNptutlivdly, in respocl of the Maiil loans in fonfoiniity with th(? provinionH of the oijjhty-eiy;hth ami niiu'ly-lirsl sections of tho oirrhty-third uhuptur of tho Cousoliilated ^tatiitus of L uiada, tht! naid Company Mhall hu taken and considuiud to havu coinpli.Hl with all its liabilities to thu «aid Municipalities in respect of tho Haul loans, and the conditions of tho moitga^jfes uud secuiiliea aforesaid shall bo deemed and taken to be fnlly performed, and the said mortgages and securities shall in no case bo en- foiceil ni:fniu,>l tho said Company to any i,'reator extent than lo trompel the makin herein aforesaid ; Therefore, the saiil Company may and they aro hereby authorized to alter the form of the said Debentures so authorized to bo issued as aforesaid, and to use, instead of the form here- tofore used, the f»)rnv given in JSchedule A to this Act appended ; And no more Debentures shall be issued in the form heretofore used, and all Debentures hereafter to bo issued shall be in tho form authorized by this Act, and shall bo deemed and held to be a portion of the issue of Deben- tures heretoforo authorized and limited in issue to three hundred and fifty thousand pounds, as herein aforesaid, and those Debentures alreaily issued in the old form, may, on being surrendered by the holders thereof to the Company, be, from time lo time, replaced by Debentures in the r.cw foini authorized by thi.'^ Act. (23) IV. Tlio Baiil Company nhall o.vpoiul, in completion of tlio said Hallway, not leMtlian two-thirds of tlie amount that thoy may n^alizo from tlioisale of the bonds that n»ay hereafter be issued by the Haiil Company, on that part of the line of the said Railway, which lies to tliu wohI of the lliver Mudawaska. V. This Act shall bo deemed a Public Act. II • ■ . 1 ,1 , ■ f , !*• I ','/, 1 , • ' ■f 1 ,, ^1 ^ 1 '■ > ' . ' f 1' ^ r 1^ " ' ' t >'."r Lj _ -. ♦ •' ><■. li r L (24) T ■p'f. ■SCHEDULE A» ^ v' 4: Capitftl » ■ t. CANADA. . ,.V ,.^ Capital 4E:1,000, under the provisions of The Railway Act, and the Act of incorporation of the said Company, and the several Acts in amendment thereof, pledged and mort- gaged for the duo paymeitl of these debentures, limited in issue as above. The Brockville and Ottawa Railway Company hereby promise to pay to , or bearer, the sum of one hundred pounds sterling, twenty years from and after the day of , one thousand eight hundreil and , anil also interest thereon at the rate of six per centuni per annum, to bo paid on the tirst days of January and July in each year, upon presentation anil surrfuder of tlie proper coupons, hereto attached, at the oliico of , in the City of London, England. Signed and , at Brockville) the , day ikT ^ one thmi.-iuud eight )uinilr « — '.SHEWING the: — 'nature AND EXTENT OF THE MUNICIPALITIES FIRST CHARGE. W CANADA ClTRMi RAILWAY ACT, €ONFERRTNa IMPORTANT PRIVILEGES ON, AND GRANT ING LAND TO THE BROCKVILLE AND OTTAWA RAILWAY COMPANY, vv I T II EXTRACTS FROM THE aiichcc and Luko Ilmoii Railway Act, REFERRED TO IX THE SAID <:jAwrjia.»-^ c^isisttivj^X^ aot. i): r til] /' V OO) APPENDIX. m. JSiiUwi) rim] cxtont of tlie Municipalities' lion or first cliari>e. o Tlie fi)IIo\viii''''ipality shall be held to bo in ** default, and shall bo liable to be dealt with in the manner provided by *' this Act with r«gard to Municipalities in default." The Municipalitits wliich advanced monies to the said Company are as below — The Town ofBrockville X100,000 Cy. The Township of Elizabelhlowii 38,500 Cy. The Counties of Lanark and Renfrew . . 200,000 Cy. The following certificates from tlie Clerks of those Muni'^ipalites shew their respective total assessments for the years 1858 and 1859. " The amount of assessable projieity within the Municipality of the '' Town of Hrockvillu as assessed for ihc year 1858, is (yearly value) •* $103,190.57 — One imndred and tlir(;e thousand, ono hundred aii•., formerly were th(! first charge upon the (^onipany, but by a recent Act of Canada, HI Vic. chap. CIX. the said chargo has been reducoil to an annual payment equiva- lent to five cents in the dollar on the assessed yearly value of the Munici- palities property never lobe loss than that of 1858. The Schedule below shews the amount thus payable on the assessment of 1858 and also of 1859. As the Country increases in wealth and jiopnlation, this charge will also increase ; but a.i every increase of wealth and population must con- tribute a corresponding increase of business to the road, such inrrease in more to be desired than feared. I i (2S) Sclietlule shexvinu the amount of first charge due the Municipalities at five cents on the dollar of the assessable value of property for the years 1858 and 1859. ■ >'■.•.>•• / 1858. • 1859. NAMES OF MUNICIPALITIES. ?!■ 3 n o. n B g> ■u 2. «c5 2 " i-i o n en (t js CO 1 s* "9 a. 9 rt o — " » S LANARK AND RENFHF.W, BROCKVILI.E, yearly value, EMZABETHTOWN. $..239,950 103 190 101GO!28 S23»,338 512,117 $4,355,752 JJ261,345 103190 r. 159 105 674 105 674 CI U13 3 05U 953148 !M3U67 5283 2 859 / 'i w Jo ^j-, ,StA \ • / \ r. /if' i^ ^7.^/9i / / / '> \ 11 \i (29) An Act to incorporate the Ciuiada Cen- tral Railway Company, and to amend the Act, intituled : An Act to provide for and encourage the construction of a Railway from Lake Huron to Quebec. Assented to ISth May, 1861. "WLTHEREAS it has been found that the construction of the Railway * ^ authorized by the Act passed in the nineteenth ami twentieth years of Her Majesty's Reign, intituled : " An Act to provide for and enrouragc the construction of a Ifaitway from Lake Huron to Quebec,^* has been attended with difficuUy in consequence of the want of a concentrated in- terest therein ; And whereas it is expedient to extend and amend the said Act and to change the name of the Company ; and whereas certain per* sons have, by their petition, represented that the vast country extending through the interior of this Province, is wholly without railway commuai- uation, and would be greatly benefitted if opened up thereby ; and whereas the said persons have, in their said petition, prayed to be incorporated for the said purposes, and for the purposes of the said recited Act, under the name of the Canada Central Railway Company : Therefore, Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Assem- bly of Canada, enacts as follows : I. Nicholas Sparks, John Supple, Alexander Mcintosh, Christopher Armstrong, William O'Meara, P. Pearson Harris, Thomas Langrell, Peter A. Eglison, William Jno. Wills, J. B. Mongenais, Joseph Hinton, Robert Craig, James Deyke, James Goodwin, Francis Clemow, James Leamy, John Forgie, James Skead, Alexander Scott, J. M. Currier, John W. Loux, Richard W. Scolt, and William Frederick Powell, Esquires, with all such other persons. Corporations and Municipalities as shall become Share- holders in the Company hereby constituted shall be, and they are hereby ordained, constituted and declared a body Corporate and Politic, by 1i»e name of the " Canada Central Railway Company." n. The first, second, third .ind eleventh sections of the said Acl cited in the Preamble of this Act, in so far as they are inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, and so muvh of any other section thereof or of any other Act as is inconsistent with this Act, are hereby repealed, and the {jccteil by their Act of incorpr)ralioii. VI. And for the betlei adjustment of the pro[)orlioiiK of the said seveinl ^ mipanies in the latnls appropriated ami set apait in aid of the said line \ (31) vi Riiihvuy by Ihu Act cili-il in lluj prnitnlilL' of this Act, it Is liciuliy eiiactuil that they sliall bo rojjiilatt.'il jih IoIIdwp, to wit : sutlitig ap.it in uici of the said Noitll Shore Railway Company thivo tenths thereof, and dividinir the remainder thoreof into an ninny parts am there arc miles in ilistance between Montreal and tho oxlrunio North Western terminus, 'Which could be reached by the main line of any of the tivo Companies mentionod in tho second subdeotion of the third nuction of llie said Act under their respective Acts of incujrporation, namely, the Village of Pembroke, and appropriating one «iu'li part thereof to each and every mile of such distance in aid of the constfuolion thereof; Proviiled, aKvays, that the powers of the said Noith Slioio liailway Company, the IJrockville and Ottawa Railway Company, and of thw Carillon and Crenville Railway Companj', in respect of the i)ortions of said lino ol Railway which they nre empowered to construct by their respectivo Acts of incorporation and by tlie Acts in amendment iheri'of, shall not bo abridged by the provisions hereof, except in so far as they are abridged by iho proviso in llie loinlh clause of this Act ; antl providetl, also, that in the compiilaliun of the said distance the line of Railway contemplated by the Act, cited in the pienni- ble to this Act, shall be followed as nearly as may be in conformity with tlie thiitJ clause (hereof, but without rchMcnce to the parts therein eslab- lished ; except that the distance h('lwcen V'auJ.ieuil and llawkesbury wliall also be computed as part of the said distance, and that no poilion of the Grand Trunk Railway, of which any of the said (Jompanies shall avail themselves to reach Moiitieul, shall he. Indd to form a portion of the dis- tance for which said Company shall ho entilleil to aid uiulor tids Act ; Provided, always, that if, wilhiii live years of the passing hereof, the lirockville and Ottaw'a Railway Company shall proceeed with and com- plete the conslru(!tion of the portion of the said Railway lying between Arnprior and Pembroke, they shall bo eiilitled to all the privileges in res- pect of the said appropriation, to whicii iho said Cairida Central Railway Company would bo entitled nmler the provisions of this Act ou coiistnicl- ing the said portions of tiie said Railway ; and provided, also, that in ihe event of the Canada Central Jbiilway Company failing lo construct the <r<»ie, Peter A. E^jliwin, VVni. F. Lewis, William Dean and J. B. Moni»enai», aro hereby conntiliitod and appointed the first Directors of the Company, an«l, until othern hIiuII bo named as hereinafter provided, ^hall constitute th» Hoard uf Diructorr* ol the Company, with power lo fill vacancies occurriiij* thereon, anil to assso- ciate with themselves thereon not more than three other perMons, who, oin being 80 named, shall become and be Direftors of the Company equally with themselves, to open Stock Books, to make a call vipon the Hhure» subscribed therein, to call a meeting of the Subscribers thereto, for tho election of other Directors as hereinafter proviileil, and with ull ttUcU> other powers as under the Railway Act are vested in such Boaril, IX. So soon as one-tenth of the capital .*lock shall luivo In^cw enibscribed' and not less than five per cent of the amount subscribed siiall have beeu paid in and deposited in some Chartered Bank to the creilil of the (^)m- pany, it shall be lawiul for tho said Directors, or a majority of them, by public notice, to be given at least thirty days previous in the Crvu until tho next Annual General Meeting, and until their succeb:<»ors uro appointed ; and at every such Meeting, each Municipal or other Cor|ioration, holdiHg 8tock to the amount of twenty thousand dollars or more, aiut not being iu arrear for any call thereon, may either take part in such ulectiou ns an ordinary Shareholder, or may abstain from so doing ; and each such Cor- poration, as shall so abstain, mn , either tii(!n or at any time thereafter, by By-law in that behalf, name one other Director, who need not himself be a Shareholder, to serve for the like term — the thirty-fourth ami sttvunty- eighlh sections of the Railway Act being in this behalf hereby superseded. X. The Directors may require, should they deem it desirable, all purtie.'* subscribing for stock in the said Company, to pay a deposit of not utore than ten per centtherenn ; the amount of such deposit shall Ui decivleil by the Board of Directors, and future calls for iiistiiiments shall at no one time exceed five per cent, nor shall more than one cull be inuilu within thirty days. XI. No person shall be qualilieil to be elected such Directors by tho Shavolioklors, unless ho bo u ^liarotiolilor holdinir at loast Ion Bliaios of .stock in tlio Company, ami lia.s paid all calls tlioveon. XII. The Annual (lonoral Moctin^s of tin; Company shall be held thereafter on the lirst Wednesday in the month of Jnne yearly, or on such other day as shall be appointed by any Ry-law of the Company, and, at sneh place and hour as by snch By-law shall be appointed ; and public notice thereof shall be f,'iven at least thirty days, previously, in the Canada Gazelle and in one or more newspapers published in the Cities of Montreal and Ottawa. XIII. Every proprietor of shares in the said Company shall be entitled on every occasion, wheii the votes of the members of the said Canada Central Railway Company are g'ven, to one voti^ for every share held by liim. j XIV. At all meetings of the Company, the Slock held by Municipal and other Corporations may be repn.-sonted by snch person as they shuU have respectively appointed in that behalf by IJy-Iaw, and such person shall, at such meeting, be entitled ecpudly with other Shareholders, to vote by proxy ; and no Shareholders shall be oiitiiled to vote on any mat- ter whatever, unless all calls due on the stock held by such Shareholder shall have been paid up at least one week before the day appointed for such meeting. XV. From and after the first General Meeting of the Company, the Directors so chosen as aforesaid by the Shareholders as aforesaid, and the Directors representing Corporations as aforesaid, shall form the Board of Directors of the Company ; ami if any vacancy shall occur by death, re- signation or otherwise, among the Directors of Ihe former class, a majority of the remaining members of the Board may elect any qualified Share- holder to fill the same ; and if any vacancy shall occur among the Direc- tors of the latter class, the Corporation interested may, by By-law name another person to fill the same. XVI. Five members of the Board of Directors of the Company shall be a , to the payiuiMit and discharge of all fees, expenses and disbursements fur procuring the passage of this Act, and for making the Snrveys, Plans and Estimates connected with the works hereby authorized ; and all the remainder of such money shall be applied lo the making, maintaining and workiug thereof, and the ■|' 'i' f.M) I niiicr piirpOsi'K ol lliis Ad .'iiul hi no oilier piirposo wliiilcHcr ; niid Hiilil Miuli piiilittiiiiary (.-v pauses :A\u\\ he p;iiil oul of tlm Miiil ('apiliil Stock, tlif IMiiiiifipalily ol any C'oiiiily, Towli, Township, I'aiisli or Vil- laujis on tlu! lint! orf^ncli works, may pay o'll ot tlio yeneriil funils of uiirli INluuicipality its lair proportion of kucli prfliniinary tJ.vpcnsus, wliicli .shall ihort'ailur hi' rfriunltd losnch \ltUMcipalily from the Capital Strjck of llio ("onipany. or he ullowwd to it in paynit-nt of Stock. Will. It .shall ami may he lawful lor tho Diroctoi'H of tlu! saiil Com- pany, for the titno beini^, to makt*. cXL'cuto and ilcliver all .'^iich scrip ami share ctMtilicatosi, anil all .such Homl.s, |)t!bcnlnr(!.s, Mortj^aiKJ.s or other iSiH-nriliivs, a.s to tlu; .saiil Directors Joi' tho time hc'iui; .shall, from time to time, ■scent most cxpodicnt tor rai.-=inn' the necessary capital l()r the tiiri(? buiii;:^ authori/.c'l to bo raided by tho said Company, or for raising any part Ihoreof. XIX. Th(> Company may raLse, by way of loan upon their Rond.s or Do- l>e«tnre.i, in addition to t'.ieir authorized Share Capital, any sum not ex- ccediny one halfol tlieir eauilal and such liondri or Dobcnturcri may to for such amount reppectivoly a.-s the said C«mpany may deem expedient, a. id all Iionds and Debentures, to be executed by tho said Company, may be payable to bearer ; and all such Hond.s, Debt;ntures or other Securities ol tho suid Cimipany, and all dividend.^ or interest warrant.? thereon respect- ively, which .shall i^urporl !;> be payable to bearer, shall be a.ssign.nble at law by ilclivery. and nniv bu sued vn and enlorced by the respective bearers ami owner.s Ihercol, for the time being, in their own names. XX. It shall be lawful for the IJoard of Directors, out of tho Capital of llio Coinpan}', to provide and pa)' such sunr as may, from time to time, with till! earnings of the Company available for dividend, be suHiciiMit to pay interest upon the Loan and Stock and Share Capital of the Company, until the completion of the anthori/.eiK works of the undertaking of tho Company : Provided, always, ihat f?uch payments shall not eoiilinue to be made upon tho Stock and Share Capital, except out of the carniniis of the Compain , after the lirst day ol I\lay, one thousand eight hundred and bixty-six. XXI. Tho Company, for any of their Statjonp or Depots, at any place where such Station or De})(il may be rei[uired h)r any of their works hero- l y authorized, may take land to the extent ol twenty acres, without the consent of the proprietor ihercor, but subject otherwi.se to tlio provisiontof the Kailway Act in ihat I'dialf. XXII. The Company may enter into any agreomont with the said North Shore Railway Company, the (Irand Trunk Railwa/ Company, or any other Kailway Company, whose line of operations may, in any wise, con- ned with the line of route of the Compa nv, ler the leasing oi their Rail- way or any pail lliereol, to !,uvh other Company, or lor the leasing or hiring out to nuch othi;r Comii.iuy, of any Locomotives, Cars, Carriages, Tender'*, or other niuveable propei [y of the Company, either altogether. Uiv any tiriio or liiric^, nrc:i.-,i()ii nr nrciisifina, or lor \\\n Irnsinir from ,*ucli «jtli(!r Coiiiimiiy, itfuiiy Kailuiiy (u imrl iIkmohI', or lor I lie leasiiiL; or Jiir- inj,' from such otlior Company, of any LocniKiiivcs, ('ur«, Curria'^fOfl, Tmi- thns, or ullior movoablo properly, cillicr .aito^'cljicr, or tor any timo or times, oc'(.-asi()ii or uiM-asioiis, or for llio iisiit-,r of tin; wliolo or any part of «li(! IJaiiway, or niovfabh; properly ol' tin. C'oinpnny, or of llie IJailway or inovoabla property of snch wtlinr Company, in rommoii by ibo two Com- panios, or generally may iiiakn any a-icoineul or airi'ceinonts willi sneli oilier Company touching lh<3 ii^u by ont.' or other, or both of such Com- panios, of the Railway or moveabk; property of either or bolli, or ol ally ])art thereof, or touching any service to be rendere.l by the one Company to other, and tho compensation therefoi ; 15ut no sucli agreement as alorc- «ai(l shall bo valiij or l.'inilin'^ for more lliaii oiuj y<'ar iVom the date lliereof, nniess in the conr.so of such year, it l.o ralilied by the Sliarchohlerfl of the Company, diily assembled nl u gonural meetinir thereof. XXIII. 'rh(! Directors of tho Company may, subject lo the rules and r«- p;nlations, from time to lime, of the Hoard, appoint an A-^ent in tho City of London, in Kn^land, with power to pay dividends, to open and keep books of transfer for the shar(;s ot' llu- Company, anil for tho issuf) of Scrip and Stock Cerlilieates, and iherenpon sharoon as any piu-Uon ol any lid K.iiiwavs, not le-ss than twenty mile's in leii'^lh, shall lieai-Uiii lly coinplu'leil in a i;'oiKi iiul perinaiieiit manner, \v ith stations. roll 111 g stock and ether appurtenances, snllii'ient tor the [iroper vytnkinif of suidi jiortion of>iich Kailwny, then and theicarter, i'luni tinuj to lime, upon ihe coinidelMii ol ^iniiLir [KMii ui.- iher; ul or ol ai;y other ol the sail U; iilways, n|)oii ihe irprnt o r Ih n^neciei' o f J railways tor th lime bcMicj;, the ('ompany whieh .'-hall havi; iiiiislructed the same shall be entitled to a corre.-[>!iidi,i'j, piip/rtiou ot such grant of lauds as they ■ ♦ II would ho oulillcil lo iiinlor tho naiil Act niiictO(Mitli niid twontieth Victnrin, Cliaplcr (inn IiiiikIkmI ami twelve, n^ atnciidcd by this Act, in the event (if o.ich of iho Coinixuiii.'s loniiinw tho Fiuko Hiiion and (iiinbec Railway Company, foniplyiuc: with the conditions precedent to such j^rnnt providod lor hy tho Act incorporating,' said last inoiilioned ('(jnipany ; and if no nn- ;jrunted lands of the Crown Iront on tho said Railway, then such jiinnt of lands may ho inado from the vacant lands of liio Crown lying witliin tho watersluid of tho Ottawa River. XXV. Any debeutnren isMied by tlio paid Companies, or any, or moro of them fhall form a ireneral niort<;n_:,'e and hypolhocino upon all tho lands hereafter to Ui ;;ranted to the Company so issuing pnch debentures, pro- viilcd the paid lamls bi; referred to in such tlebenture.s in general terms n» beinf^ thereby chai^^cd or mortgaged ; but tho piiyment to the Treasurer of Mio Company, or to any other person appointed for the purpose as herein- after pvovidod, by any lioiuijiilr pnrcliascr of any of the said lands, of tho purchase money thereof, and the acipiittance by such Treasurer, or other person BO appointed on behalf of the holders of puoh debentures of such purchaRO money, shall operate as a discharge of such mortgage, in res- pect of tho lands so paid for ; and until other provision be made under the power conferred l>y tliis Act for the receptiou of sucli monies, the Treasu- rer of such Company is hereby authorized to receive such purchase money for and on belialf of liiu holderfi of such debentures, and shall keep all monies so received separate and apart from tlie ordinary funds of tho Company ; and shall be liable for such monies, as a ppoeial depository tlicreof, until they arc' invested as h(Moinal'ter mentioned, and the monies so Kjceived by such Treasurer shall bo invested, from time to time, in Government securities, or in tho stock of some solvent and well establisli- »ul Chartered Hank in Canada, in the formation of a fund for the payment of the int((r(?st on suvh debentures as it becomes due, and for their redemp- tion at maturitv. XXV' I. If It should b(! detMned more b'Mieficial to the said Coinpanies, or any one or more of thnn, to aljot the said binds so to be grant -jd, or any portion tlKMOof, to the stcjck holders lliei(>iu, in proportion to Ituj amount of Ktock taken by each stocikholder, such Company may do to, i'l'-t regulating by a Ry-law the mode, into which such alJotmeut shall bo made and evidenced ; and tin; shares in favor of wliich any allotment or appropria- tion of lauvls may bo made, shall be called " f.aiid .Share.'j.*' XXVil. The holders of the debentures of any of tin.- said Companies, liaving mortgage or liypolhe([ue in said lands, or if the said lands be allotted among tho shart-iiolders, or any class of the shareholders thereof, then the holderd of land yliares slinll have the right to elect from among themselves lluce trusteirs, which eleeliou shall ba made by such holders of debentures or of land shares as the ca^e may be, al a nueting of such judders railed ior the piii|ai>i!, in tlie same iiiauiiur as is provided iiy thi- Act inoi'i pMraliir,' -neli Coiiipany lor special inceling' 'I the shaieholdei-' (37) lliovpof ; :iii(l may bo inndt' liy a mnjniily in amount of sncli iKtMcvs pn?- sciit at siicli inci'liii'j;^ filln'r in ptTMiti nr by pidvy ; Ami such TnislceM slinll liavo \\u'. sok* ami niliic coiitrol, niaiiaurnit'iit. (lisp(»(j|iioii and ilircr- lion of lli(! latulrt rcpiosontinl by thu lioldors ot tlio di-bcnlitirs or land sliaroN, or in wliicli sncli slinioholdi'id liavu any inttirosl ; and for and on bnbalfof sncli .sliaiclioldiirH, may mortya;j;o ov sell and dispo.io of Micli lands and colliH't and rcccivo flio proi'ci'ds tliorcof, a,«i lln'y may ^no lit, nnd for tiial pnrposo may appoint an aj^t iil or agents and liavu an oliico or ofFicos cither in Canmla or oli^ovvhcro and on roali/.in;; thu prncoi'ds of saiil laiitls or any ol them, may divido llio prococd.s amon;^ unch hohlers or in- vost ihe .sam(3 for Iho bcnolil of snch holding, ansi olhorwist! inana;j;(! nnd administer biicIi hiM luu'eby arrant, har^fain, Bcdl, convey, ami confirm unto the said Cumpany, llieir siu^cessors anci assigns for ever all that tract or parcel (or ilmse tracl-s or p.ireuls, as the case »((/// 6r,) of land situate (/in'.' (l<\^cri/n'. lh<' liiniJti) the same having' been Kcloeted and laid eui by the said Cenipauy iiu' the j)ii;piise^ of thair Rail- way : To have and to hold the said lauds and premise-^, witli all appurto- nanci;,s thereto, to tin; said their sncoosflors and assign* for ever (here add clause fn- rr'raM\ of Doirrr ij'itui/) Witness my hand and seal (or t.ur hauils and fur luid oiK'()iir;i!;(^ (Ik* constriicti(in ol a Uailwiiy IVvMii Lako lliiroii to Que bin;. [.Usrnled lo Jnli/ ].->!, l^<5fi.] \Vrill''l'I' V^ li isiifitii' ntinost impnilaiKM! lo llii' ucncnil ir.lcrcs'.s of ^^ lliis I'lDviiici', \\\:\\ a main liiii' 111 Riiilwiiy roiiiiiiiiiiicMlioii slioiilil \i{' optMU'il iVniii I,tiivt' ll'.iinii lo llio Oi'aw.i and ihciu'c lo (inolu'c in tlio iiiusi (lircrt lint': An.' wlicrtMs llii.! (i|ii>iiiiiL; (il .•oiii(! plai'i- bclw.'i'M .\m|irior a:;cl I'l'nibvoke, oil llic Riv(!r Oltawa, tosiifli l>oiiit on f.ak" llui'oii a-; tnav be loiino best atlantcd for ibc piir])os(i, wonid SL'ciHi' tor the said niair, line so lai'ite a jiroporliuii ol tlio tiavtd and liafliii ot'llie (Jftvil Wi'sl us lo ("isiirc (bo sMC('t.'ss ot' lb(! icniaiiidLT of ibc lino Irom llio Kivor Otiawa io (itu'bot^, wbilo it would iil.-o open foi M'tllcnR'nl a most vabial>Ii' Iraci of ••oniil rv itnw uninipiovL'd and wasic, ami it is Umroloit' ivvpcdiiMil to iri;inl spodal (Miooiiraiii'nii'iit and aid to tbo con- filruction nC-iifh Railway as afoi'-saii' • Thcicl'orc. 1I'.iliil('l each lo iiiidv ball' liu! R.iilway Irout (ippo.sili) (irmivilb- lo i!ie Cily of i.)llawa, divi.lim^- ^ ■•.b Railway betwc(;n llicrn ; tlso Moiitrca! aad Rylown liailway Coiiipa. v takim,' ibe half neari'sl to (Jrenville : but witli powtn' to the |)ir<'cliiis , I' the t wo Com- paiiicsi to a'4:re(> thai I'lo Ro.al shall bi! made and worked by b" ('(impanie-s in common, upon su.'!i t.-rius and conditions us ;:liull be unule in siudi iim-ecmenl. III. Ilacii of th'! said Coinnanii.'.s shall have; a share in the Cnnipany liercdty conslitnted, and hercinafli'r also callnl liie .\('\v Com[iany, pio- jiortionali' to ihe 'eic.iih of so ranch ot its own Railway as loinis [)arlof llic r ei, tilled |o'j,lher to a .diaie in .be N'-w u of (Ml iipanN Mij'oiliiiiiale In ine mie di-lame l;iiiM Abnitical in ibe ( 'il\' w a and m,, ■nini.ii as i in* la iianii'ti (impany has reii-pimci' (:iO) any sliar(; in the ('a[)ilal nf llm Now ('oini;aiiy lonmk'il on that )iait of if,-* ino l.i(!t\vc('n Van(!i(,Miil t(i soniu ]>oi'i in llio Town.^liip of Hawla-.sluny oppositu tiieiivillc; llu'iulori: — '2. Diviilini:' tlic wlidlc Capital of the New Company into one iliou.saud l>aits, the lumilior ol'jiails to which each Com],.aiiy will be uuli'lucl, .^hall li(! a.'i follows, vi/ : Parts. The Noi'tU Sliofo Ilailw.'iy Company 4-11 'I'Ih! JMonlroal ami iJyIou ii Railway Company tilO Tlu; Vandicnil Hail way Company 71 'I'Ik! I'ytown and I'cinbioku Hailwav Cc it enacted, thrit four millions of acres of llie ungranted laiids of the Crown in the neighhorhood of the lii.o oi the said Railway, shall be and are liereby set apart lor the pnrposes of this Act : and wh^-never any jiortion of the said Railway, ikjI less than twenty- live niiley ill leii;4lli, sliall be actually eompleled in a good and permaJieiit iiuuiiier, eqiuil at least to that in wliieh liie (ireat AVestern Railway is made, and with .stations, rolling-stock, aii'l other ap[>nrtenaiict!S suliicient for the proper working of th(3 said Railway, then, upon the report of some skilled JMigineer whom the (loveriior shall appoint for the purpose, and the api)roval of such report by ihe Covernor in Conn"il, and upon a simi- lar report (made and approved in like luaiiner) that each of the Companies forming the said New Company lias completed in like manner, with pro- per rolling-stock and appurtenances, a portion of its Railway forming part of tlio general line, and bearing at least as 'jreat a i.roporlion to the whole length of such part as puch Company's share in the stock of the Now Company, hears tothe wholi3 of the said stock, —then there shall be grant- ed to the said Lake Huron, Ollawu and Quebec Jiniclion Railway Coni- jiuny, by the (JofcM'iior in Council, u portion of ihi; sai•-' il.' ' J'AflE. C'oinjiiiny incorpovattMl, April 23(1, 1853, 3 Ciipitul Sti.dc, ^nOO.OdO, 4 Annual Mccitinj:; of ISliarohoUlcvs 5 Act of IncorjHn-ation, aiiicinlcd I'Jtli May, 1855, 11 Capital Tncreaso.l to .{;i. 200,00(1. 11 Power to make Certain IJraiielie.^, 11 Company's Dcbentiiro.-:, affinucd 12 Power to issue Share;- of .l'2o Slerlinii', oueli, 14 To Erect a Tclegrapii Line. 14 Act of Incorporation furtlier amended, June lOtli, 1S57, 15 IVbenturc.^ in Form Mortptires to Jlunicipalities, affirmed, 17 Act of Incorporation, extended ^nly 2ltli, lS58, 20 p]xclusivo Ki.iiht of Construetiim Uailway between Arniu'ior and Pei-^n-oke, Time Extended, .' 20 Act Further Amended, May 19th, 18(JU, 22 Liability of Company to Municipalities, lleduccd to 5 Cents on the Dollar, of Asscs.sable Property 22 Debentures in Now Form Autliorizcd, 23 Nature and Extent of the 3lunicipalitio.s' Lien, 20 Sciiedule Sliewiii'!; Annual Amount t) bo paid Munici[talitics, 28 Act to Incorporate Quebec and J^ake Huron llailway Company, 38 Ntuues of Comi)anies furminu; do do 3D Fov"' Million Acres of Land granted to do 39 Act Inecu-porating Canada Central Itaihvay Company, 2!) Koutoof Kailway defined, 30 Proportion of Distance to be built by each Company, .'U When Twenty 3liles are completed. Companies to be entitled to a certain jiroport ion of Land, 35 Companies m;iy issue Debentures or Shares with Jiand attached,.... 30 Holders of Ijaml Debentures or Shares, i