IMAGE EVALUATION 
 TEST TARGET (MT-3) 
 
 !!l.O 
 
 I.I 
 
 liilM 12.5 
 
 , i 2£ 
 
 liiSi 
 
 \M \m. 111.6 
 
 Photographic 
 
 Sciences 
 Corporation 
 
 m 
 
 ^\ 
 
 :\ 
 
 \ 
 
 
 "^'^'^l^ ^"^^ '^^ 
 
 23 WEST MAIN STREET 
 
 WEBSTER, N.Y. 14580 
 
 (716) 872-4503 
 
 

 ^ A 
 
 ^ 
 
 
 4 
 
 % 
 
 CIHM/ICMH 
 
 Microfiche 
 
 Series. 
 
 CIHM/ICMH 
 Collection de 
 microfiches. 
 
 Canadian Instrtuta lor Hlatorical Microrapcoductlons / Instltut Canadian da microraproductiona hiatoriquaa 
 
Technical and Bibliographic Notaa/Nota* tachniquaa at bibliographiquaa 
 
 Tha Inatituta haa attamptad to obtain tha baat 
 original copy availabia for filming. Faaturaa of thia 
 copy which may ba bibliographically uniqua. 
 which may altar any of tha imagaa in tha 
 raproduction, or which may aignificantiy changa 
 tha uaual mathod of filming, ara chackad balow. 
 
 n 
 
 D 
 D 
 
 n 
 
 Colourad eowara/ 
 Couvartura da coulauf 
 
 r~~| Covara damaged/ 
 
 Couvartura andommagA* 
 
 Covara raatorad and/or laminated/ 
 Couvarture reatauria at/ou palliculAe 
 
 Cover title miaaing/ 
 
 Le titre de couverture manque 
 
 Coloured mapa/ 
 
 Cartea g^ographiquaa en couleur 
 
 □ Coloured ink (i.e. other than blue or black)/ 
 Encre de couleur (i.e. autre que bleue ou noire) 
 
 I I Coloured platea and/or illuatrationa/ 
 
 Planchea at/ou illuatrationa en couleur 
 
 Bound with other material/ 
 Rail* avac d'autrea documenta 
 
 Tight binding may cauae ahado'va or diatortion 
 along interior margin/ 
 
 La re liure aerrie peut cauaar de I'ombre ou de la 
 diatortion le long de la marge intArieure 
 
 Blank leavea added during reatoration may 
 appear within the text. Whenever poaaible, theae 
 have been omitted from filming/ 
 II ae peut que certainea pagea blanchea ajoutiea 
 lore d'une reatauration apparaiaaent dana le texte, 
 maia, lorsque cela Atait poaaible, cea pagea n'ont 
 paa M film<iea. 
 
 L'Inatitut a microfilm* la mailleur exemplaira 
 qu'il lui a «t« poaaible de ae procurer. Lea details 
 de cet exemplaira qui apnt paut-itre uniques du 
 point de vue bibliographiqua, qui peuvent modifier 
 une image reproduite, ou qui peuvent exiger une 
 modification dana la m*thoda normala de filmage 
 aont indiquia ci-dassoua. 
 
 n Coloured pages/ 
 Pagea de couleur 
 
 n Pagea damaged/ 
 Pages endommagias 
 
 I I Pages restored and/or laminated/ 
 
 Peges restaurAas at/ou pelliculAes 
 
 Pagea discoloured, stained or foxe< 
 Pages dAcolories, tachetAes ou piquAas 
 
 Pages detached/ 
 Pages d6tachies 
 
 Showthrough/ 
 Transparence 
 
 Quality of prir 
 
 Qualiti inigale de I'impression 
 
 Includes supplementary materii 
 Comprend du materiel suppl^mantaira 
 
 Only edition available/ 
 Seule Mition disponible 
 
 Q Pagea discoloured, stained or foxed/ 
 Pages 
 
 I I Pages detached/ 
 
 rri Showthrough/ 
 
 I I Quality of print varies/ 
 
 I I Includes supplementary material/ 
 
 I — I Only edition available/ 
 
 The 
 toth 
 
 The 
 poaa 
 of th 
 filml 
 
 Origl 
 
 begli 
 
 theli 
 
 aion, 
 
 othei 
 
 first 
 
 aion. 
 
 or Mil 
 
 The I 
 ahall 
 TINU 
 whic 
 
 Mapi 
 diffei 
 entin 
 begir 
 right 
 requi 
 meth 
 
 D 
 
 Pages wholly or partially obscured by errata 
 slips, tissues, etc., have been refilmed to 
 ensure the best possible image/ 
 Lea pages totalement ou partieilement 
 obscurcies par un feuillet d'errata, une peiure, 
 etc., ont M film6es A nouveau de fapon A 
 obtenir la meilleure image possible. 
 
 Additional comments:/ 
 Commentairas supplimantairaa; 
 
 Docket title page is bound in as last page in book but filmed as first page on fiche. 
 
 This item is filmed at the reduction ratio checked below/ 
 
 Ce document est film* au taux de reduction indiqui ci-dessous. 
 
 10X 
 
 
 
 • 
 
 14X 
 
 
 
 
 18X 
 
 
 
 
 22X 
 
 
 
 
 26X 
 
 
 
 
 30X 
 
 
 
 J 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 / 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 12X 
 
 
 
 
 16X 
 
 
 
 
 20X 
 
 
 
 
 24X 
 
 
 
 
 28X 
 
 
 
 
 32X 
 
 1 
 
Th« copy filmad h«r« hat b—n raproducad thank* 
 to tha gonarosity of: 
 
 Harold CamplMll Vauohan Mamorlal Library 
 Aeadia Univanlty 
 
 L'axamplaira film* fut raproduit grioa * la 
 g4n4ro9\U da: 
 
 Harold Campball Vaughan Mamorlal Library 
 Aoadia Univanlty 
 
 Tha imagaa appaaring hara ara tha baat quality 
 possibia conaidarlng tha condition and laglbillty 
 of tha original copy and in kaaping with tha 
 filming contract apacificationa. 
 
 Original copias in printad papar covara ara filmad 
 baginning with tha front covar and anding on 
 tha laat paga with a printad or iilustratad impraa- 
 •ion. or tha back covar whan appropriata. All 
 othar original copiaa ara filmad baginning on tha 
 first paga with a printad or iilustratad impras- 
 sion, and anding on tha last paga with a printad 
 or iliuatratad impraasion. 
 
 Tha last racordad frama on aach microficha 
 shall contain tha symbol ^»> (moaning "CON- 
 TINUED"), or tha symbol y (moaning "END"), 
 whichavar applias. 
 
 Maps, platas, charts, ate, may bw filmad at 
 diffarant raduction ratios. Thosa too iarga to ba 
 antiraly inciudad in ona axposura ara filmad 
 baginning in tha uppar laft hand cornar, laft to 
 right and top to bottom, aa many framas as 
 requirad. Tha following diagrams iiiustrata tha 
 mathod: 
 
 Laa imagaa suivantas ont *ti raproduitas avac la 
 plua grand soin, compta tanu da la condition at 
 da la nattat* da l'axamplaira film«, at an 
 conformit* avac las conditions du contrat da 
 filmaga. 
 
 Laa axamplairas origiraux dont la couvartura 9n 
 papiar ast ImprimAa sont fllmAs an commandant 
 par la pramiar plat at •» tarminant soit par la 
 darnlAra paga qui comporta una amprainta 
 d'imprassion ou d'illuatration, soit par la sacond 
 plat, salon la cas. Tous laa autraa axamplairaa 
 originaux sont f ilmte an commandant par la 
 prami*ra paga qui comporta una amprainta 
 d'imprassion ou d'illustration at an tarminant par 
 la darniira paga qui comporta una talla 
 amprainta. 
 
 Un das symbolas suivants apparattra sur la 
 darni*ra imaga da chaqua microficha, salon la 
 cas: la symbola -^> signifia "A SUIVRE". la 
 aymbola V aignifia "FIN". 
 
 Las cartas, planchas, tablaaux, ate, pauvant Atra 
 f ilmte A das taux da reduction diff«rants. 
 Lorsqua la documant ast trop grand pour Atra 
 raproduit an un saul clich«, il ast f ilm« A partir 
 da I'angla supAriaur gaucha, da gaucha i droita, 
 at da haut an bas, 9n pranant la nombra 
 d'imagas nAcassaira. Las diagrammas suivants 
 illustrant la mAthoda. 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 
 3 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 
 3 
 
 4 
 
 5 
 
 6 
 
I, 
 
 t -^ 
 
 O 
 
 I 
 
 I 
 
 8 
 
 
 .5- 
 
 
 \K 
 
1862-3. 
 
 BILL. 
 
 No.l4fl. 
 
 t"! 
 
 An Act to d«flne Ssigniorial Rights in Lower CuuMiti 
 and to fkcilitatfl the redemption thereof. 
 
 WHEREAS it would be advantageous to facilitate ths 
 commutation of the tenure uf laiidt hpld en rotvrt ia 
 the leveral Seisnioriea of Lower Canada, by more ample and 
 effectual Legialative provision* than aru now in force ; and 
 ft vhereaa oonaiderable time muat ncRevaarily elapae brfore the 
 ttnoie of all auch lands can Le commuted, and it would there- 
 fore be just and advantueoua to define the Seigniorial Rights 
 to which such lands will, in future, he subject, and lo restore, 
 in as far as circumstances will allow, all such legal remedies 
 
 10 as the censilaire formerly posKossed against all encroachment 
 or exaction on the part of thu Seignior as well as those of 
 which the Seignior could avail himrolf for the maintenance of 
 his lights : Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's Most Ex- 
 cellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the 
 
 16 I<egislative Council and of the Legislative Axsembly of the 
 Province of Canada, constituted and assembled by virtue 
 and under the authority of an Act pnssed in the Parliament of 
 the United Kingdum of Great Britain and Ireland, and intituled, 
 An Act to re-unite the Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada 
 
 to and/or the Oovernment of Canada, and it is hereby enacted bv 
 the authority of the same. That the Act pasq^d in the elghtn 
 year of Her Majesty'a Reign, intituled, An Act the better to 
 ffeUitaU optiontd commutation of the tenure of lands en roture 
 in the Stignioriet and Fif/s in Luwer Canada, into that of frano- 
 
 IA aim rotmier, and the Act pasbcd in the twelfth year of Her 
 Majesty's Reign, and intituled. An Act to amend U" Act patard 
 in the eighth year of Her Meueat^^s Reign, and intituled, ' An Act 
 ' the better to facilitate optional commutation of the tenure of 
 • kmda on roture in the Seigniorie* ami Fiefs in Lower Canada^ 
 
 90 ' JrUtTthat off rang nUw rolitner,' shall be, and they are hereby 
 lepsaled. ^ 
 
 CONCESSION OF LANDS. 
 
 II. That from and after the passing of thid Act, all and every 
 the judicial powers and authority vested in and granted to the 
 Governor and the Intendant of New France or Conada, by the 
 
 95 Arrttt of His Most Christian Majesty the King of France, dated 
 at Marly, the sixth day of July, one thousand seven hundred 
 and eleven, in relation to lands in New France or Canada 
 aforesaid, conceded in Seigniories, and by any other la ws in force 
 in Canada at the time of the cession of the Country to Great 
 
 40 Britain, shall and may be exercised by the Superior Court of 
 
 Ah 
 
 -^' 
 
 7 
 
 N 
 
Lowo^CanBda, tnd by th« Jadftt of tti* MUd Conrt, or by th« 
 Circuit Couru, diw nfud bviof bad to th« •xtn^ooB, rMOte* 
 tions %ai roodiiicaiiona of tho Mid judicial powan and autho- 
 rily made by thii Act. 
 
 III. And in ord<>r to faoilitata the niaroiM of the Mid judicial 5 
 nowf r* and authority— Do it «naowd, That no 8«^lgnior ahall 
 Bflteaftrr mnred** to any one individual any eitrnt of wild 
 Irnd, rir<!>pding OIH1 hundrrd an<i twenty nuiirrficlal arpfnti, 
 otmtrwiM than by twoor more neparate d^^^ln of conreMlon, 
 bearing date at feart two yearn from each other, or unlcM the 10 
 flxceM ov»r the tald nnantity of one hundred and twenty 
 •rpcnta be ronreded to the father or tutor for the ute of one or 
 more minor obildn-n ; and in the latter caae, the extent of land 
 concedwl for each nuch minor shall not exreetl one hundred and 
 twenty Huperficinl nrpenti, and the minor in favor of whom 15 
 each nir.h oonocniion nhall l)e made, *hall be named in the 
 deed of conrenHion, and the father or tutor to whom any iiurh 
 ooncenKinn nhnll be made, Mhail beeome peraonally )>ound to the 
 Seignior aa guarantee ijig the performance of the (.unditioni of 
 the deed. fO 
 
 IV. No Seignior kimll hereafter concede any wild land, of n 
 leM extent than forty i^uperficial arpentu, unlcM nuch concen- 
 aion Ihj made for a town or village lot, or a ulte for building n 
 mill or other mannfactnring eMabliahment (axttre mine), or un- 
 IcM the naid land be «o circumscribed or titnate an to prevent 85 
 ite bein^ othcrwine conceded than in n lenn quantity than forty 
 enpcrficinl arpent*. 
 
 V. No Seignior xhall e*labli«h by any Deed or Contraet of 
 ConecMion, on any Avild landu which shall hereafter be con- 
 ceded, any rightx, charges, conditions or rewrvotiono other 30 
 than thow df having the land surveyed and boundixl ui the ex- 
 p»'n»e <if the ronee.isiimnairr,—<>f clearing and bringing into a 
 aiafp of cultivation at least five arpentit in miperfinieH of the 
 land coiicfdcd, within five yearn from the date «)f the Deed of 
 Concession, and of payment by the roMreaw'oiinoirp of tin niuiuul 35 
 rent not exceeding m any case the »un> of Tlirec |»enc<' ond One 
 Half IVnnv cum-ncy lor every su|)erficial ari)ent of land con- 
 Cfdi'd, and no land ho conceded shall be sold until a ))ortian 
 thereof, ut least live nrpcnts in superficies, shall have l)een 
 clearel and Imnighi into n state of i ultjvation, failing which 40 
 any such sale .>jhall be null and void, unless it be stipulated in 
 the Uced <jf Concession that the land may b«' reserved as wood 
 land. 
 
 VI. All such concessions shall be made in the terms of the 
 Form A annexed to this Act, or in terms of like import, and 45 
 shall have the effect ipso facto of changing the tenure of the 
 land therein mentioned into franoaleu roturirr, and of freeing 
 
 it for ever from all Seigniorial rights and all other charges, 
 
 •»c 
 
 ran 
 
 lioi 
 
 ses 
 ) tini 
 
 aft( 
 an< 
 
 10 nn 
 
 I"' 
 no 
 
 dtl 
 
 rill 
 16 sai 
 |>a 
 sh 
 C. 
 ur 
 iO l.> 
 ai 
 re 
 
 w 
 
 85 lu 
 
 ol 
 
 cc 
 
 if 
 
 III 
 30 tv 
 te 
 ii 
 U: 
 il 
 35 V 
 tl 
 a 
 
 SI 
 
 (•( 
 
 40 tl 
 
 l< 
 
 V 
 
 n 
 
 il 
 45 u 
 
 (I 
 cl 
 S 
 
15 
 
 SO 
 
 rant roenlloMd in «h« <*ctie»n Immedltiely i)r.rr«linn thi. Mil- 
 lion ; whlrh wkl rem »hm\\ Im« etH\»iiirtrA, W all IcmI puipo- 
 •et, •■ n < .m«liiiUr<l wni {rnU* romlitutr) rr.lrrmablp at •oy 
 a lirnr, hikI rurrying with ii ihr privilrgfuol A«i7/eKr Ju/imds. 
 
 VII. All •»!««, conocMioM, ngwriw'BU or rtipulniioii* here- 
 nflrr matlf, <<mir«ry Ui the prfcmliiig |m>vlKlon», •hull »)« nviU 
 
 mill llf IIOIH' flltHl. 
 
 VIII. Evi-ry Htilgnior who hIibII r<Tt>lvr, directly or iiuUrflly, 
 10 uny Nuiii of ni.m.y <.r nny otlwr viiliml)l<' ihiiin iin nrul for llio 
 
 price or coriKidcrmion I'f the coiuT«-.ioii of i\ «nmniiiy ot wilil 
 and uiiiiniirovml lund, orv.-r mid abovf ihc nnnuiil nnu nnd 
 diun.or ovir and bIkivc ihc capltul ihcy npnwnt, »httll r.p«y 
 nuch sun)!"" 'O the parly who Hhiill hiivr 1.0 paid or Kivni th« 
 
 lA name, or to hiit rrprtssoiUativci ; mid any iK-rnoii who "hall i«» 
 i)ay or «ivc any num of iiionty or any oincr valuable Hung, 
 Hhull havu an action for ih.' recovery thereof with coMij in any 
 Court of itoiiip«-tent jurimliclion ; and in any action brought 
 under the provinionii of thin section, proof by witncuMsi, (eveii 
 
 iO by relalivcM wiiliin the degn-en prohibited in otiier iiiaitcrii,) 
 and by the iinKweri. of the party on faits el arlidet, •hall be 
 received, im wi-ll an cvidenif in writing. 
 
 IX. Every Seignior who ponncwcn within hit tensive any 
 wild lawlx, nhall b<' entitled to di!«memb«!r from such wild 
 >6 laiidx and t.) n-wrvt; for hi* own private uiie, without being 
 obligeil to concede nny part thereof, a domain which nhall not 
 ronHiHt of more thuu two hundred and fifty HUperfi(Mal arpcnti, 
 if the (WMiw id lens than two wiuare leiigucM in ••xteiii, of not 
 
 nior«- than (ivr hundn-d «ri»«""'> '*^ ""' '««•'•"■ '* """^ "'*" 
 M) iwo wjuare loagues* but l«w« than Ihrt-i" »«)uare leaguen in ex- 
 tent, and of not more than one thousand arjM-ntH, if the rensivc 
 is more than three square leaguen and \unn tluin nix nquaie 
 IcaKUi^n in extent, and of nol more than fifteen hundred arpentM, 
 il ihe rensirr is more than nix miuiire Iciikuch in •xlent ; Pro- 
 lift vided alwayn, that Seigniors who have already domain* within 
 their c*»*if^ii, intended for their private une, of the extent no 
 allowed to be rcMirved, shall not have the right of reserving for 
 Huch ui»e any part of the wild and uncoiiceded laiuN in the Maine 
 cetMii-e ; ami that Seignior* whonedomninn, ulnndy rcNorvcd for 
 40 their private H!«e, are under the naid extent, Khali havi^ the right 
 lo rciwrve only ho much of the wild iaiid» in the ^<aid rrnsive m 
 will complete the oaid extent ; And provided a.Ho, that the Seig- 
 nior shall take all «uch land* for ouch donnain, in one lot, except 
 in Seignoric?' in which at len»*t one third of tlie IuikIm are HtiU 
 46 uncultivate.l, in which case il shall lie lawful for him to take 
 one or several partH of such domain separatoly, but not at a less 
 distance than one league and a half from each o' her, and in 
 SeignioricM in which then* is not a suiricient extent of wild 
 laiidH bordering on the domain already reserved '"or the use of 
 
 rt " «• 
 
 
} 
 
 •i-i t'»."rs,'j,:;;;i,r ^i;";:? " "": *•'■ ■-" »- . 
 
 Pf« of ,h. wild ,„ , Z'ZJ^^r. J" *•««. • lot or |«n.J formii 
 
 Ih. Superior four, ,i,„ inTrV,,Z, , ^^T^' ''^"*') •» 
 •••ting In ,h« (.„.„„ uiwhicWh ,.•'';'." "'•<''«'"1' Court 
 
 Summo,,, mnd ih- |K.|iii„„ ,h,,?, "? '* ''""'•"'I'd, ih« Writ of 
 
 n«i preceding .uch .ervic" iLTJTJ'T^"'''''' '""' "'"/«•" 
 of Summon, "and of th - ^.hiof ^^ ''*'' ''"^^ «^'"<'h W'ri 
 wh.n«v«r« oonwMi,,,," h„^^" ? "ifr.;unt„ .u.nexed ; And 45 
 which .h« SHgnior . | h„vi „ "•'"!•":'•''' 'n . Sngni ory "„ 
 or In which hc.h.lUon,vrn "blt'"'"''rf "«' "'•iden .g^nt 
 
 be no Church, ihm in „«,. . f .k ""'"•' ""• Church, or if rhcr.- 
 
 P«ri.h "r.e„lVmen. in which fhVlTn'H '.T''"*'"'"^ I'l— " of ,h" 
 i. d.mMded, .h.JJ b« .a„.,;. •'"^ '•"'*. "" «o„ce..ion whererj 
 
 XH. The cunccHdioii „f „ i,„ , , , . 
 
 mrm, nnd imy co-propriptor .„ nnh ""'' ""^ ""X "'"o of 
 conccMion, .hail ,.! !«,„„ i „ naki 1"''"" '" "'""" "'"S 
 own name „. ]„ ,h,, „f hi, '°nmn,i . '"•""' "" «'••" in hi. 
 coproprio.or, .hall Ik- CmHoT '"" ' ""*' "" ^nR-iiort 
 •ny conce^.ion n„,.|,. i^ «'''""]' '""•''"• ""d purposed by 40 
 «ny judgment rc-ndc,*7in „L " l.f*^ '^:"'- ■"• ^^ll "" by 
 oneoi ,hcmfor .he pur, o" c7 ob '1" ll!"*'" "«-'""' ""/ 
 conccMion. ' "' obliging ihem to make ,uch 
 
 sefL'rsri.'i:'':v';;"iV^''"" ""•" -"«•-« th. « 
 
 ian3»o demanded, inCor of ,hi p, ^"''^''"lon of ,h. K" 
 -d ,n .he -n„e;pre.ri^dVrhi::t.;':i.h- thTt^^^ 
 
id uacoa- 
 
 hall have # 
 •r lo con- 
 lormlng 
 'Of, rn«y, 
 ««!• tuch 
 
 *'//<«•) In 
 ill Court 
 •<•, for 
 mie. 
 
 in iht lA 
 Writ of 
 
 »trv«d 
 lection 
 I Mgnnt 
 'y. lh«. JO 
 «unio 
 
 placA 
 uvHtr 
 I WrU 
 ; And an 
 •fy In 
 
 T iha 
 ilitx) 
 r Ilia 30 
 I hero 
 >rihe 
 ereof 
 
 held 3& 
 
 » of 
 'iioh 
 
 hi* 
 ior« 
 
 hy 40 
 
 by 
 unv 
 ich 
 
 the <1A 
 of 
 
 Si 
 
 •ImU b* Appuini'd by auch Court, unUiM tho A«ifnior m MMd, 
 ■h«ll show ihal ih* l«ri of itnd •<> doinaml'd ■• • nunnvMliMi 
 bmn* |i«rt of th* Unda rtwrvKd by him, under iho Mnnilun of 
 lh« law, «■ a domain for hi* own Um>, or thai h* la no by law 
 
 t obligad lu iitiiha auoh <uinr»Ml<iii ) and In any oaa« lA whldh 
 it ahall I*' morw iii a«Tonliiu'f with niitily In onlff ihal a UH 
 of land olhrr than ihr nnn drmandml, Im roiiri-dt*d lo iha 
 Flatniiff, II ahall I>h lawful for thr latii Cotiri wi i<> do ; and 
 whcnfvi'r lhr> M«<i|nii.>r ahali, aflrr Ihf rxpiraiion i>l ihr d<*lay 
 
 10 allowrd, havi» iw>gl«-<!trd in K^nt a ('oiu'n»«iim I)'-' d m fHvour 
 nf lh«i I'laiiildf, aui'h judt{inoiit ahall to all intriii' ini > iiiir|)»a«a 
 b« fur ihi* aaid i'lamliirin ihi' placr ol a Concraaioii l)fe<i of iha 
 lutuf land (leatgneUid Ihrrelii, on the roii'litiona ihcrin tp** 
 
 Ift XIV. Wh<»n«v*r ii ahall a|)p«ar to lh« aald Court that ih« lot 
 of land, an dnniandcd aa a i-onucaaton, la Dol auaceptlbla of 
 cultivation, or forma part of a mounialn, hill, r(K!li or oth«r land, 
 which il inlKhl Im- nrttiaaary or advanlagcoua to reaerva for tha 
 making of mapU< auKar, «iihcr for th« uw of lhoa« who ahall 
 
 to have acquired ihai right under agreement with the Seignior, or 
 for Iho u»e of the rrnaiulrea of aurh Sflgniory grnermlly. or for 
 any other object of public iitefulni-aa in auch 8«ignlory, it thkU 
 b« lawful for the aaid Cotirt to n'jt^ci aurh demand. 
 
 XV. In all auch demanda, the excpption baaed upon tb« 
 t6 allegalion thai the lot ao demanded forma part of the landa r*- 
 
 Bcrved by the Seignior aa a domain for hia private uac, ahall b« 
 rejected on unroniradicied proof by two credible witueaaaa, 
 that ilia Seignior, or hia a;<cnt, hna, before the filing of auch 
 demand, refuaed to point out to the Plaintifl' tho aituation and 
 30 extent of landa ao reaerved by him, or that ho haa pointed out, 
 •a forming auch domain, landa in which the lot, demanded M 
 a oonceaaion, waa not compriaed. 
 
 XVI. Every Judgment rendered upon n demand for a coneer* 
 aion by the Superior Court, ahall be finnl and without appeal ; but 
 
 96 an appeal ahall liu to the Superior Court aitting in the Diatriet, 
 from any judgment rendered on any auch demand by a Circuit 
 Court, provided the party appealing ahnll obaerve the formall- 
 Ilea by law pivaoribed with rvapect to apiwalx from the Circuit 
 Court to the aaid Superior Court, and the coata in any auch 
 
 40 action before the Superior Court ahall be taxed aa in a peiaoB' 
 al lotioa under One Hundred Pounds currency. 
 
 REUNION TO THE DOMAIN. 
 
 XVII. And in order to facilitate the reunion to the domain of 
 certaina lands, in the cases provided for by law, and to 
 render such reunion le»s expensive to the Seigniors and 
 
 46 to the Cmnfairef — Be it enacted, That any Seignior may, by 
 one and the same action or demandt, in the form of a de« 
 
W I'-'iiinii Mirth «,ul h -. ."•^•'"w* •«'«lmirth« •«m»«n< 
 
 to>.rA«u .„, „ „ rf ,h .1 '*""/*;"• **•" ■'"•" '"•^- «"'-• 
 
 
 fl- r.,| |,y ,hr Jiiiirt. .,f ullih.. 
 
 ^'„*"',''. "»«t'lUi.)n ..r <.m<llii<.ii.. 
 tm Uwfiil r.ir ih» Mill 
 
 10 
 
 ir. :;r.::;;::. zrr^z!':::!'"^":'^^'-^" » 
 
 •Ola III ImiuI in f—in i J < 
 
 'i«::::r';:, ::.•,'::..""•' "■'■•'' 
 
 to 
 
 of 
 
 tlwy »n) aituai 
 
 ^domtiu .hall UJ* „aiJd /^^ " " "-^"^"^f "» 
 
 «K'h of .hen, a, ,h^ jl,' ,. "*"J"''"«"y, '" «l lhi. ilomiillr of 
 
 "d of ,h', "uu«:; l'::'':i:;»:v''": '' ^"' -'''»""""". w 
 
 i^4NMi>v« or ■.■nam. ,h- II »..! l ' '" '" '"••' •"''' ""•''■*• 
 limit, of .uch s"«L,vi.v!w '.','" ^""T";'''"''''''' ""'•'" ""• 
 
 «hun^. .h.„ .. u'r;Xi"r;';.;fr,;L'r ^ - ^ 
 
 thai 
 
 XIX. 
 
 .:^™-z,,tx:^^:r,£i,::,,;i,tt;:;.„,,,,, 
 
 in which ih-y .n. ,i uiu^ T?j".„L 'f*V''""l'" "^''"' ^-Kniory 
 
 reuiiiud to Ih,. domain u„/."..' ' "''*' '""''" "''•ll •>.• *» 
 «h«w lo .1... .« XX:. of .l^r; i?"> '"•••"-.■il .hall ,h.„ 
 "Uth land., or any imH h L. r . """' ""•' """ "•"»'"" "' 
 
 i. "hall „; iU7dTr' :;:;'• "Sr:!'"!'!''; »"'"•'• -""^" 
 
 ifun.ouofhi, l„„d ,.,,|u. .iominru ^ «" |'n'v..nl ih« 
 
 ful«lh..l .hi. . ,.„.iai 1* , ' ,, T D^:; I ;"'7!-"""y J"'lK.".-n. 
 incumd in ,h?, ZS which?u f !" ^Tu^'^ "' ""• «•"-"• « 
 
 PuSh.5« i-K^Lite- -^^^ 
 
II fwdim lit* 
 
 ntini^wr of 
 • I". I iM-f.irf 
 
 _.. , 1^1 
 
 turn iw«*tM|wt 
 
 •• «"«iiii 11,1 •> 
 
 •I'll iliiririf 
 )r "urh •^• 
 
 o/all ih. 
 < onilHlnnii 
 ' Iw*!! •!• 
 
 ' Ihr Ml.l 
 
 tit witti'h 
 
 tu 
 
 <• h of 'hi- 
 hi'rfol' III 
 IHoit, by 
 trilrllf. „f 
 K'tl Ulliia 
 ittllinoiia t& 
 'i '•"«•<■»•#- 
 irliiii ilii- 
 .1 ...,,,, 
 •n of ihc 
 w* Ui nu 3o 
 
 «) thai 
 •iftilorv 
 DualtoJ, 
 Ifxnilory Jfl 
 moiithH 
 
 ill b<> W) 
 
 kit ihfii 
 iflioii of 
 >* : and 40 
 «'nl Ihn 
 I" liM, 
 ♦fiifni, 
 vithoiii 
 •" oonid 4a 
 !• ill a 
 
 J iti« jMtitrt M whtfh Mirh ImmI* 
 
 ai* WW*-, "• " •^»*» •»• •*»•»" ji"^''^*' '" **'* '''•'"*'« ''»"'» 
 
 •i Ui»l ih»»» U«t«>« .l"H»MI ih« IMNrtwJ whi.'h «h«Jl M.lrrv#IW 
 
 ihrr<in fof ihf miiiioii of ■«<>! Umt* to the HftKHi'wtsI tlotiMln , 
 
 AIhI .M. h |H.hll. ntHrtl. .h«ll IU.« if III**!" •« •'» ttMi-fvul of IrM 
 
 th«n f.MM w»rli., mir iii"!" than •ti *"«li« f*""' -•* '• "^^\ > 
 •mlrvriy .M.himlitiiwiii.h^ll »lm> h» imWuly n-l ttutlibly 
 
 10 r«*il »n UHh Ihr ««i.l l««u»»«««"« •• ''" '*'"" "' ''"' '^"" •• "' 
 ibr win.b or -.itUiimnt in wKiih ih« 1«mI« «rr .ii.i«tr, on iM 
 
 {^,, ll.j,!,!9». t,,muii.lUt«ly iwr.fdlllM ih.' lUv ftir'l fut lb" 
 
 frunJin .«r lb- Ml.l liwJ" .'•»"«> ^»'"" ""•"' "''"^ '"' "" '•»«'•/'• 
 • nUiy irf lb.< iu.l||iiwiH. In U.th ihr muI Ittntfu^tr-. '•"♦" *"' 
 Ift u(M<r<l Ml oiif of ih< iiMMi fn<(iM'ni«-<l (»!•.•.••« of «u.h |Hiri«b or 
 iirul«iwiii, •! l«M« Ww«ii iUy« U tm^ ilt«' tUy lii-'il u- '♦l"f 
 
 ■II be 
 t leant 
 
 XXI All inrwiiu or CnfpiiniiMHi* wh« in*y^MtMiy l>»l«l- 
 Ugem or hyi>oihiM.. u.«fr«<iu»ry rinhu or ••WWMM wbai»«>- 
 
 10 rvrr .m ili# land* "> ri.i|irii of whi.h •urb jiid|nn.>ii' «br»ll Ih- 
 M) iriuirrrd. "r on any !»•« ihrrpof, «h«ll bU' tb'-ir ..juMwiiioni 
 
 rontalninn ihf imial ••l«<c^«lon of domii lb-, in ib- "tb I "b.- 
 
 I'ruiliunoury of \iv UUirln in wbi. b muh jii.Um. ..i -ball •" 
 rendrrrd. alWaal •illlhi day* befor.- ih.- lay h«rd for ««' b 
 
 fft r..iini.)ii, ill .lefauli wh«i*of aiwli mufrucluary rlKhla, •.-rvi- 
 iu.lr. |.rivil<'i(r« tn'l hy|K.ih»>.«, in ••• hr aa ihry may alfrit 
 Mich Uoda, ahall b« catiaffUiatMid. 
 
 XXII Alt iiiliior*, ininnlicwdpBWMiii.abwnlrr", fcmfi-tovtrl, 
 •»rn lu r««|Wi't «rf dowrr not yrt nfirn, (mm tiu-»rt imvrrt) iihall 
 
 80 bo aliKi miuind. fof the pwturvalion of ihrir rbibii., to tU« thmr 
 opwwHionii t" ihr rnunion of tho landu affi-iifd hv •uch rlght«, 
 In ibr rnannnr and wiibin ihr i>prio<l alnivr «j»rrlftBd ; and tn 
 default ihnrfof, Muh rlahta ahall lx> niinguiabed in •"•"•• 
 they may affpn au<h landt ; but ihr iuU)ni. .uiaiora and hu»- 
 
 tft banda who ahall havn noffUrtmi to IJlti »uch o|.p*>altlona ahall, 
 nevnrthelraa, .•.mlinu" to be n?apon«ih|r lowanU Ihn peraona 
 under their cbarRo or authority, lor an* loaa which may reault 
 from ihalr neg'Nr**"^ ^ **•• •*'** '•••>~^- 
 
 XXII!. On th« day fisad by aiich iniarloootofy judjrmant, or 
 40 on any other auba^HMnt joiidical day, the Court »ball proceed 
 to Older the reunion to the domain of the Seigniory in which 
 thay are ailuale, of auoh land* aa ought, acconlinK to law, to 
 be ao reunited, and to the reunion whrrrol no opnoaitton •hall 
 have been made, and to declaie the Ceiuilmrts who took them 
 4A d litrt d$ ttmctuitm, or who previoualy held tham, to be lor 
 ever deprived of aU righto of (Mopeity therein. 
 
 XXIV. In any oaae In which the Court ahall maintain any 
 OM or BWie of the (i|>|wHiBM made to Uia rauaiuu to the 
 
oppoiitioni. "• '""y '•"*« »H.|.n eiltbll,hed by .uoh A 
 
 «a«//, or oihcr m'^v>nlJrZ 'fnguage* in the Canada 
 
 of ,h. Province, a..d , ruf"aror'rh'^ "" '*"■ "*«'''»' ««*•-« 10 
 in the I)i„H,, ^hen-i,, ," ,h land , ha I ^ "''^'P'^P^r published 
 no newapapor published i„ S of, ,i^.! ' k"""' "' '^' """« »^ 
 other new.paper published in one „? h« ^'^ ku ' '". " '«■•« °n« 
 the place a. whion, n,ul ,he day^'n d h„ur fh^""""? ^'.""'"•j 
 take place ; and mo such .aU i m ^ "*" ■""" « o wiil ix 
 PeriocT than fi/,cen dav"»>o,n L t" ' 'l'"' P'"'^'' »« •" «"^er 
 where than nt the doo/of the clurSs ?''.r"i«'n'nt, norel.^1 
 
 -ntioned in the adveSjnt^lteb^'noth'irSr.L^^^ «« 
 "po'L^e^u^^^^^^^^^^^ of hi. .^eedin^ 
 
 ^m the date of .he .ale. o"? !f ^oSleTl^aTl'i'/lieTr.;. "'^ 
 
 oS''he?aid'^rh':i^^^^^ -y «le i„ .h. « 
 
 the judgment ordering such su'le anT.h * '""^^"" "'«<'•«« of 
 
 ffi-°.^fr ^»-- oHhr-" ^;toir;s.-;i3o 
 
 the •mount arising from suchlL '*'i.^"* P''^^ <>« of 
 ference of their fespectivp nr*^' •"°«*'''S to the pw- 
 creditors shall be co oeau^i ^^^^^^^ "'*' ^JpothecaV^ .. 
 
 r.nk of their respec.i.^'p v eg.f 3° l*'^ ^^der .nil ** 
 the amount arising from the H cK i ! '^"""•"^" of 
 •mong the opposing creditors H„ *"> ''"t'ibuted 
 cal debts. atTo mtfch „ ^po „T'"f /°'' ^i.-^OR^phi- 
 preference of the P^vileges th'^^Sli/i'^Xd^ ''' '' 
 
 the right of dematS;' he reun on'to'h' '^ ''"^. S*'«"'°'- 
 town or viliage lot o? e.^re *?. tr^Tl^ iS « 
 
led, It ahall 
 h« Diitrict 
 il ndatha 
 »ct to iuch 
 'd by auoh S 
 
 ' land the 
 ve timet 
 i« Canada 
 I tJaaeue 10 
 >ubli8hed 
 I tlipre be 
 l«a»t one 
 District*. 
 «ale will 15 
 n earlier 
 nor elae- 
 r teitle- 
 r public 
 '0 been fO 
 therein. 
 
 ecdings 
 n dayv 
 
 y- 
 
 in the f 5 
 
 date of 
 fie two 
 riff of 
 'w, In 
 3 any so 
 
 leged 
 )utof 
 I pre. 
 
 'carr as 
 
 and 
 erof 
 •uted 
 iphi- 
 > the 40 
 
 ^on- 
 lior 
 anj 
 
 and 46 
 
 settled and cultivated or reserved in good faith and uud 
 for cutting fire wood thereon for the use of the proprietor 
 and ol his family, although the proprietor bhould not keep 
 hearth and home tiiereon. 
 
 ft XXX. Every lot of land so ro-united to the domain 
 shall bo conceded by the Scit^iiior, or on his refusal, by 
 authority of justicp, on the same terms and conditions, 
 in tho saino inannor ami under the same tenure as 
 wild lands; except that it shall bo lawful for the Seignior 
 
 10 to require from the new grantee the payment of all ar- 
 rears of Seigniorial Rights duo on such land up to the 
 fierio I of its re-union to the domain, with all the costs 
 iicurrad in resiiect of such re-union, and interest <»n 
 such costs at six per cent, per annum from the date of 
 
 16 the payment thereof by the Seignior. 
 
 DEFINITION OF SEIGNIORIAL RIGHTS. 
 
 MILLS, WATER FOWiinS AND BANALITT. 
 
 XXXI. And whereas since the said cession of the 
 Country, divers Seigniors, Proprietors of Fiefs in 
 Lower-Canada, have imposed on lands conceded by 
 them rents exceeding those at which such lands ought to 
 
 80 have been conceded according to the ancient Lows of 
 the Country, and have burthened the said lands with 
 variou" reserves, charges and conditions which impede 
 industry, delay the seitlement of the Country and check 
 the progress ol ilF inhabit,»nt9 ; and whereas it is just to 
 
 85 remedy such abuses— Be it enacted. That no Seignior 
 shall hereafter be entitled to any right in or upon the 
 waters of any river, lakes, pond or stream, other than the 
 right of the lipaiian owner upon the waters which flow 
 through or by or bo within the lands of which he is the 
 
 30 proprietor in possession of the right of soil {domaine 
 utile) thereof; and any agreement made between the 
 Seignior and the proprietor who has or who had at the 
 time of such agreement, the domaine utile of any land 
 held by him ti litre de rem in any Seigniory whatsoever, 
 
 35 with the view of depriving proprietor of the right of 
 building mills, whether grist or saw mills, or other 
 manufacturing establishments {aulres vsines,) is hereby 
 declared to be null ; and every such agreement shall, to 
 all intents and purposes, be hereafter considered as not 
 
 40 having taken place, whether the same be stipulated 
 hereaher, or made before the passing of this Act. 
 
10 
 
 there gn3 ,.*;;' i"^,?'^"'""''* ^^""^^ "»"' *° ^ 
 as HppI viiiir to i.n n.h. 1 • H "*"*a'^'«' bo considered 
 «uch 6aml ^i|| Jh « L f! Z the Seigniory in which 
 
 «xpiratio„ or twSyri Lt r'""' ""'' *»'"•»"«' the ,0 
 shall not hav. con/r^rJ at 7Ji ' ^T"* ,"f *•»'« Act. 
 grinding of the grai , n ht iJf • "'"^ ^r' "'"' '"o'- the 
 
 who a.L th^e? St?:'ott'5";s ?" „T,r '*''«r°' 
 
 which there shal be inorp l,»./^! i. 1 . '•""°** '" 
 
 holding .„,, .e.>,cdXr!:i' , L^it 'xsr: " 
 
 aa woU as hisS ' """"^''ths previously shall, 
 
 right of baiaity i/Sr'^"'*^'^^'" ?' ^'^^^ forfeit hiL' 
 
 grindingof grain i'^l^^^^^ "'•' '"""" '"'"« ^r the 
 
 I* entiUed to sue the S^f/nior of «n^K''l®*'"?''°'7 '*"»" 
 the Superior Court siulna « «h n "^ .Seigniory before 
 
 miU is situate, for the pufoL t Pw "'' 'i' ^'^''^'^ ^'^'^ 
 such mill, or to place ifi? ,1k ^''?'"S him to repair 36 
 sufficient for the waSs of L v '^^ "' *'" ""^« it 
 lawful for thfS Iwf VoT/r'^' '*"'' 't «ha» be 
 judgment in every sucnctiin ^ f*"^, *"'' ^ive such 
 •hall appertain '°"' **' *" '^'^ «'^-J justice 
 
 e4Sentfrom^\T:L^ ^•«"'-. ^h*^" take an "^ 
 
 thai that whereof he^hal ^^1"^^ ''"'"" »•'« '*''«»^ 
 "cnjoi ne Has thg <fom«wff wfi/f, for tbe 
 
11 
 
 mirpose of conitructing thereon a hanal mill, ho shall 
 Commence to construct the same withm "« "'"'f «. ""d 
 com|)l«t« the same within two voars from the date ofhu 
 tak ng i.«s«e8Hion of the Hahl fand ; in default wherwf 
 6 he m.«Vau. Hh.ll re-enter into no8iie«8.on •« pror^tor 
 of the Haid emplacement on reunburHing to the Sngmo'- 
 ?he sum receivecl by him therefor ; and the value oi 
 the improvements made thereupon by the Seignior. 
 
 HONOBAHV RIGHTH, PRK-EMPTION (RKTRAIT), RKNTS, 
 HYPOTHECARY PRIVII.KGES. 
 
 XXXVl. No Seignior nhall hereatter be entitled to 
 10 any honorary dirtinction or privilege of a purely peraonal 
 nature, arising out of his quality of Seignior. 
 
 XXXVIl No Seignior shall hereafter exercise the 
 conventional right of pre-emption (''''7'0.;b»tj,J»«S;°[ 
 fraud, the Seignior may refuse to grant seizin of the deed 
 ,5 0? purchase, and may Hue for loch etventes and recover in 
 proportion to the price proved to have l,een really paid 
 Iv "stipulated ; and in any action brought «"der the 
 
 provisions of this section. P'""' ''Cf"«»^^/^X«^ 
 relations within the degrees prohibited >" "t»ier matten) 
 ^.0 and by the answers of the parties on /a»r. rt artutet, 
 ' shall be received as well as evidence in writuig. 
 
 XXXVIII No censitaire or occupier of land in any 
 Seigniory conceded before the passing of this Act except 
 buUdingits in a Town or Village, and l«id situate n 
 
 25theAan/.>«eofanyTown or City, -hall be required to 
 pay as an annual 'seigniorial rent, to m due he^after 
 any sum of money or other value exceeding the mun of 
 two pence currei/cy for each superficial "?"'» "^ th« 
 land occupied by him H litre de c<rn». notwithsUndiBg 
 
 30 any stipulation to the contrary made by hmiself or by 
 his predecessors. 
 
 XXXIX. All Seigniorial dues payable annually in 
 personal labour {rorvm), grain, or otherwise than in 
 money, shall hereafter be paid in money, at the price at 
 35 which the same shall be worth at the time the said rents 
 shall fall due, and shall be reduced *o two pence currency 
 for each superficial arpent of the land upon which the 
 same shall be charged, in the same manner as fents pay- 
 able in money. 
 
If 
 
 Seignior, but every such immn. 'n ^ '" '^'"" °' •''» 5 
 
 con«idered««h«viJgt VrorVuSt^r*? "'"'"^ 
 •uch rights, charaes emu fin .,* "^ ''««'«"«'• to all 
 
 ■taying the sale, and the Onposa, sh.ll nL K f^.^i""^ 
 
 may appertain. " *' '° justice 
 
 £0 
 
 ♦n 5.V"* '^''^ P^'^'leges and preferences granted hv l»- 
 toSegniors, to secure to them the Davm?n?of?K^ ■ 
 
 leges and preferences^ ^ "* °*^ '"•=*• P"''*' •* 
 
 tiuf d"ed ^o'J XS,::? ?"L'"' °^,— ion. new 
 «..de before the ;Sg" 'th ' 17^ «oT'"^'''''^^ 
 •tipulations tend^o cs.ablihn favor of ih«%"- '"'^ 
 upon any land conceded d tihTdeceL iii !u ^^'«"""' »0 
 tion of land conceded as a town or villa J '^ "'" '"''"P- 
 m the banheue of any town „r .?.. „ ^ '?*' °'" "''»»»« 
 conditions or rescrvaUo"i7 0^1,.^ /k ^^ "**""• ''^""•g«. 
 following, are. St^ectt chTxceTs o^'drff "* ''^'' 
 hereby declared null and void, namely : *^'^^'«°*^«' 36 
 
 conceled °'''''^'°" '° ^''^ ""''''"^ '^^ home on the land 
 
 ^^^:l^ ^ do- ;^r ti; z^S 
 
It 
 
 pence currencj fi^r each arpent in miperficieB of the land 
 conceded, and in the event n( the said rent exceeding 
 that rate, the stipulation shall be reduced to the said sum of 
 two pence, and shall be null iia regards the excess, in 
 5 respect of any rent thereaiter to fall due. 
 
 4. That of exhibiting deeds of acquisition within 
 twenty days after the passing of the deed, and paying 
 mutation tines {lods et ventn,) according to law. 
 
 5. That tif grinding at the Uanal Mill the grain grown 
 10 on the conceded land, and intended fur the use of the 
 
 family or families occupying the same. 
 
 6. The right of the Seignior to take in any part of his 
 eentive, and as often as the cuso may hippen, a parcel of 
 land for the construction of a Uanal Mill and its depen- 
 
 16 dencies, not exceeding six siiperticiul arpcnis, on payment 
 by him to the proprietor of the value of the land and 
 improvements made thereon. 
 
 COMMCTATION OF LANDS HELD A'.V ROTURE. 
 
 XLIV. And be it enacted, That it shall be lawful for 
 the owner ol any land held en roture in Lower Canada, 
 
 20 to free the said land from all Seigniorial rights recog- 
 nized by this Act to be redeemable {utrhetabUa) as being 
 due or payable to the Seignior, proprietor of the Seigniory 
 in which such land is situate, on paying the price of the 
 redemption ( rachat ) of fuch rights, as hereinafter 
 
 25 provided. 
 
 XLV. The only Seigniorial rights and dues on which 
 a money value can be set, and recognized by this Act 
 to be redeemable uh mucH, arc the following: 
 
 1. All tixed rights, that is to s;iy : all annual Seigni- 
 fiO orial rents, (^retievancat) conflisting in money, grain, 
 
 fowls, provisions or fruits of the earth, or in personal 
 labour [corvces,) payable under the name of Seigniorial 
 cens ct rentes, or under any other name whatsoever, which 
 are only payable or duo by the owner or holder of the 
 86 land so long as he is the owner or holder thereof, and 
 according to the length of time during which he is in 
 possesfiion, and the right of banality of mills for the 
 grinding of grain therein. 
 
 2. All casual rights, which are due under the name of 
 40 lods et ventes, or of any other designation whatsoever, 
 
 upon mutations ia the property or in the possession of 
 any laud. 
 
14 
 
 ••without partia.ity, fea'r.W Ji^'alL'r" '""'""'""^ -"J K. 
 •• duty a. Coinmiliione; u,.d„r .1 ""^f ""• P<"«'r'n ,ny '" 
 •• Aci, *c.. (.««« mS „7t; Us ..^'^•' '"*""'"'• ^'' 
 
 anddi8bur,ement«!rH^c JomSl 'r' "^''T'lfy OKpcnneu 15 
 to .Lem respecti dy bMirS ' '"" V'*" ''««""wed 
 
 miSJ- to Sr'at'j^'^iXr^"^'' "''""' -"''^ ^o"- 
 triplicate. ,.f arUand Lid tl^ ! '' in "'t '" '^0 
 
 within the territ..rial limiu / '" ^'"''' Seigniory 
 
 be specially ^^l^dT]^^?:;'^?''"'^ -»"ch shall 
 (iovernor.exhibiVinif the nrl „» " «7">-P<«o by the 
 right, with which each of '^r. .'"'".' *''« Seigniorial 
 be redeemed, shew^n^ii el h "^ '""''".• ^''"'ged. may ,, 
 the said price to Sh 2eSeiZ'''Z '^f '''« ^onim of '"^ 
 beld. is entitled ; d stiniru slH^T*" "' '^'"''" «"'^»' ''«' is 
 of the annual riffhtsanK '^ ."'^ P"'^*' »'' ademption 
 b-nahtv. and SSm .h« o ?| f* I^ 7 ''•f^"^ «''« 4t of 
 ing eacf, land by the Jun.bl wbfT *7''''' •'«' ''""^b- ,„ 
 
 •f there be no such land-roll n.^ I ■"^.'' ^^'sniory. or 
 tbe name of the «VtS .tuLr'^fflP'T' f'lf" ^^ 
 ■■ccupieil, then i„ ,„, ..i,.! '' '' "' land bo not 
 expedient. ' °"'" ■"•»"" I'o "Iwll deem 35 
 
 e.cM!Jd,'„".;S"rerdm™tr •'^%'"'«' »' "W^h 
 
ar to appoint 
 ">i« Act, in 
 Canada, in 
 to time to 
 lace of any 
 "»at each of 
 K upon the 
 e ft Justice 
 
 ve for their 
 y cxpcnaea Ij 
 ho allowed 
 ' oilier fees 
 
 v»() 
 
 Mid Com- 
 ■ form in 
 Seigniory 
 liich shall 
 
 by the 
 eigiiiorial 
 rged, may 2; 
 poftion of 
 Jt;h lief is 
 Jemption 
 
 B right of 
 
 1 describ- 3,, 
 the land- 
 
 niory, or 
 
 then by 
 d be not 
 " deem 35 
 
 which 
 ' rights, 
 follow- 
 
 •to 
 
 annual 
 le total 
 
 annual amount dwived from the cbarK'ii upon the land, 
 aadthe naid Hmoiint shall reprenent the intereat atiix per 
 cent, of the capital aum which Hhall be the price of 
 redemption. 
 
 ft 2. To eatablinh the price o( redemption of the rents 
 (redevanrn) pnyBblf in grain, fowls or other provisions 
 or fruits of the earth, an average year of tlieir value shall 
 be computed according to the price of nrticlesuf the same 
 nature, taken from the books of tliu merchants nearest to 
 
 10 the place, or ascertained iii any other mnnnf^r ; to establish 
 such average year, the fourteen years immediately pre- 
 ceding the period ot which ihe valuation is made, shall 
 be taken, the two highest and the two lowest shall be 
 struck out, and the average year shall bo establiHhed on 
 
 15 the ten remaining years ; the value of personal labour, 
 {corv6es,) shall bo estimated in the same manner ; but 
 the price of redemption shall in no case be calculated at 
 a higher rate than two pence per anninn for each super- 
 ficial arpcnt of the land subject to such annual charges, 
 
 20 unless tlie said land be a town or village lot, or tiituate in 
 the hanlieue of a town or city. 
 
 3. To establish llic price of redemption of the right 
 of banality, an estimate shall be made of the decrease in 
 the annual receipts of the banal mills to arise from the 
 
 t5 suppression of the right of banality and from the inhabi- 
 tants being freed therefrom ; the amount of the said 
 estimate snail reprosent the interest at six per cent, of 
 the capital which shall be tho price of redemption of the 
 banality for the whole of the Seigniory, and the said 
 
 30 capital shall be apportioned among all the lands subject 
 thereto, according to their superficial extent. 
 
 1. In order to establish the price of the redemption of 
 the casual rights, an average year shall be computed 
 of their value in each Seigniory upon the ten years 
 
 35 immediately preceding the passing of this Act, and 
 the amount of the valuation of the said average year 
 shall represent the interest at six per cent, of the capital 
 sum to be paid as the price of redemption of the said 
 casual rights for the whole of the Seigniory ; and the 
 
 40 said Capital shall be apportioned among all the lands, 
 according to their value, which value shall be deter- 
 mined by the assessment or valuation roll of the muni- 
 cipality in which each land is situate, or in the absence 
 
II 
 
 ConunJ-ione, .l,.|| d,e„, expedient .o «'"" ' *''' 
 
 A And in order to e,»«bli,h the .hnre to whirl, . s..i» 
 nior dominant i. rniiilcd in n-,,...-, .,f ,„,y J/i *,? ** 
 
 of lie S..,«,„nr r/omi/.an/ in an.] upon .i.ch Z L« a!? 
 
 ;^n" u'lhri' "r" »''»'-»-»-"' '«.".«",'::• :f.^f 
 
 rigl t« ..n one or M-ver..! I.n U .1. .11 Imv.. h.vn fu? ,! J 
 No ar.Hl deed ofagree.nent AcU d\rrord I.H«e „ s ! * 
 nior and one or ^ev.ral .•.■n.iia.r.... nn.l un ..ml,. ,. . , *1 
 copy o .uch ,Wd ofagrennent^h,.! v.. I,' | ' V ;d 
 
 Miall niu-r ih • ».H,d pri... upon the S.I.e.luli. „t ,he K.id 
 
 fe;ss;lic:7"""" «'"'""i-i-'-::i 
 
 anVsn^lmL ^T""!"'"' «" P«'P.--ro .he S, hrdule for 
 Sufv . ^ • ' "";,t""""""'i""«T rnlruMrd w.ih that «0 
 duty «|,..|| K,vej,ul.hc ,.o.in- of ,he ,,!„,., d..v i.n.l I. . 
 
 notUCH .hHll be nuul..by pnblicMt.on.s in ,1 .• E. k h „ ,3 
 French language-, at (ho .(..or of ovny ,,»,,, l7cb..rrh 
 
 dayaat he con.:luM,.n of divine nvnue in the for.nT,on 
 
 £;;:'ii;siS;';s:;;-;;i'::^;;l-i['^-''^'-r.ttic. 
 
 the Schedule \vhere..f is to be made bv bim in , V. ?' 
 n.nke hucI. exan.ination iUvreof^^t^ ^2^^ ZyZ 
 usefu to assm l.i.n in establishing .In. nri- • , f re7e,l 
 t.on of the S-igniorial ri,-h,.. .lue .her.un ,^i,b „ | ^ b i fj 35 
 subject an reaped thcrcofto any obstruc.ion or jlrul" ution' 
 
 LIII. The said Commissioners nn<l each nf .i> 
 
Ihi'Ii r Nfjg. 
 tirtfiff, (he 
 •mitiii rfirw/ 9 
 itrr\irt-fif/, 
 mil llurrof 
 lucurdiiig to 
 
 St'l«niorinl 10 
 > (ixrd liy M 
 e«*n II St ig- 
 iliini liiirij 
 'I ili'|H)i«iird 
 iHiiiSMotirr 15 
 "( ilif MiiJ 
 itc llierclw, 
 
 'icdiile fiir 
 «iih thfit SO 
 find liDiir, 
 
 I nil NUl li 
 
 'g'iKli Htid 
 tlinrch 
 Hive Siiti- fA 
 
 fi>rtiici(in, 
 ijr H f -ri- 
 
 ornelilc- 
 
 ^""inmi«i- •<> 
 M'igiiii.ry, 
 I order lo 
 |«ary and 
 rt'''eriip. 
 Iiix being 35 
 Biuculiuu. 
 
 f I hem 
 
 •'Xiitiiinc 
 I" < itiier 
 " lufore 40 
 ■diciit to 
 
 n 
 
 cMtnlne upon thfl msttiTB ■uhjir t to i\mt ro!wiJ«r«llon, 
 ■ml llif l»ct« wliicli tlu7 imiy n-qmro li» •Mccrlaiii in 
 ordfr l<» ftirry thl* Act Into •■ffuct, nnd to tiM^wtv iiny 
 HUih iH-r«.»i> lo brln« with liitti mid pntdiico Wforo iIiimii 
 
 6 uiiy li lok, I'.i|)<r or l)<icmn«'iit ticceNiiarjr for the purpiiMi* 
 of thi< All; und il nny ptmoii «o Niimnionod nhnll nl'ime 
 or nrglrct to npjH'ur heforr ihi'iii or hcforo tho ( 'omiiiit- 
 nionnr who hIiuII hiiv« «ummoni'd him, «)r «p|M-Hriiig nhnll 
 rffimo to nnswi-r my l.iwtui qurstioH psil to him, or to 
 
 •uprodiicfl «iiy Hook, r«p»r, Flail, In^tnim.'Ml, Dotiiiiirnt 
 or ihiiiK wliiit-KM-vi-r nhiidi miiy lir in hiii poum'tinioii, and 
 wliich hi' nhiill huvc hecii reiiiiirwd, liy mu h nimiiioni, to 
 bring with him or to prodmr, the said CommiiiKionfrii, 
 or mich oiin of them on nhall h»v« inmicd the mimmont, 
 
 15 may ord»ir ihn iiaiil ppr!«on, if not prewnt, to be appre- 
 hnrided and broimhl bcforn him or thi-m, and may in bin 
 or ihi'ir diHert^tioii commit such p«r«on to the Common 
 (Jaol of ih» District, for » periotl not finccediiigonc calen- 
 dar month. 
 
 20 I. IV. Wlienevi'r the ('ommiHMoner chargod wltli the 
 making of tho Sdiodulcof ii Seigniory nhall Im* of opinion 
 that the ruh's prcscrdicd by tlds Art for dotorinining tli« 
 priie at wliicii each land may Ikj roleabed Iroiii Sei- 
 gniorial riglits, do not form an eipiitable basis for tho 
 „. valiialionof mich rights in Hiicb Seigniory, or when tho 
 *"* Seignior, or not li'HH than twelve reiiNitaires of the said 
 Seigniory, sliall call upon the Paid Commissioner in 
 writing, within a period not exceeding eight days from 
 tho day fixed for tlie comincncenient of tin- investigation 
 .J,, by tlio Commissioner, to appoint rritnts to determine 
 ' tho price of n-demption o\' tho said Seignioral rights, tho 
 Bai<l l oinmiMHlontr Nhall call a public- meeting of the 
 proprietors of Ihe locality on siiclulay and at wich hour 
 UH shall bo Bpecifiod in tho public notice Iboreof which 
 y, he shall give in the manner prcscribeii by this Act for 
 ' ' the coinmcnceiiK-nt of his investigation, for tho purpose 
 of appointing and electing two ciprrts, one of whom 
 shall be appointed by tho Seignior and tho other shall 
 bo elected by the majority ol tiiu Censitaires present at 
 ^„ such meeting ; and in case the Seignior shall not \w pre- 
 sent at the said meeting, or being present, sliall reius*- or 
 neglect to nppftint an er/trrt, the said Comniissionor shall 
 appoint one to represent the Seignior, and such i:ri)ert shall 
 
1^ 
 
 oppoMto ,0 .h. «ai,, priiro:;!';';;!;''!!;,";;;/,;^;.!''" '-«in ,.^ 
 
 •nd dec. cna u'nd H, 2" ;' ;;;!;:' '", ■^'"" "'''"""• 
 
 that it .hall n,^t r^^^'rur^^^i^'- --p^'-^a* 
 
 S«ignior .hall rHu^.l,r ,S "^"'«"';"- : '"'tifil,., 
 point another rji.rtZ-ritJr"^ '•'«'•.* ''f^^ '""P- 
 
 'r^r^ to rep„.so„t th.'. s^i.t .s.iS;"""- ''»'«" "PI'oin, an ^» 
 
 Commi.s,ion..r .shall T n o ! ; /':'' """^ '"'"' "« '^o 
 they .hall not ex.c.I th. 4, T/ , .'.l. ;':,'i.{'''"'";.'' "'»' ^A 
 day of necessary, attendance ,' '""'!''<« ''"•'•'fh 
 
 be paid hy the Receiver l;,. I '"' '""' ^'''^ •^^ail 
 
 by hfm appointed (or th .t n rl' '"" ^^' "'i^^' """"• P-'-'^«" 
 
 10 
 
If 
 
 I V P.rh .)f thr •*UI Co«iia»lonw«. irom^UttBly 
 A .h« rom lA.on of th« ieM"!.- "f • >'-'K"'"'Z| 
 
 bytl... nny-hr.t «r.,on of t hU ^^»^ ,, „^„ j^..^. 
 
 thr Maid ii<»li<" 
 
 giiior 
 
 ftftwii cUvit rollowiiiK 
 
 Uwl\.l for cvrry «.oh C.mmiMion.r 
 
 uixl It nJinll •'*' 
 tn r(trr«Tl any 
 
 krt..wlr.l(?e in any other manner 
 
 51 It -hull I.' I'iwiiil »"r t''" V'T\ >\^. 
 
 S.^n ory .; u,,-.ar ..itl...r i.. ,..•.-» -r by »«.. agent «• 
 
 tho (:.u..i.«ir... ol any S.-.K.u-.ry i-' ^ r ' 'Zl\.u-h 
 
 30 
 
 o'! ffia Act, by at leant three ... the CcunMxr.n thereof. 
 LVI \n aoon n. the Schedule of a S.'ianiory •h«U 
 
 CominiMHioiier »*h() Mi-in tiavi, ■" ',„i „r, hi. Province; 
 trinlirato thereof to the Ue«:etver(.enenil otinisirovmr, 
 
 'T"\ . or ?2h Se «n ory be m.ua.e in tw,. D.^tr.ct., 
 
 ""'th^nTnth on a .f h^ ^'""'^ "' •""'" "'"":•' 
 
 t^i B?::.; Ih,..! retan. the o.her Jrip ;-',; J" ^^'J 
 han.U «n il it nhall be otherwise provided ly law .ana 
 
 ,„. newspaper publ.Hhed »»^. UH..r, t ^^.^^^^^ ._^ 
 
 <>:..icrnii>rv iR Kituate, su( n nonce »ii«ii "»> -^ i 
 ?heCa Js Di." ie wherein one or more ..ewspaj.erH aro 
 pubiiXd And the Clerk of the «aid Cou.t .hall be re- 
 
III 
 
 
 If Mm*, 
 
 II I < Ml y 
 
 l>ARTUL f'OWMvTATlOir. 
 
 •ch..i„i., ..Ji ,,; „ , ' "^; •• "" •'• i'';"« "»• •».. MM '" 
 
 »l«»po.it; hut „„ ,.r.,„r,Hor /hull ''" /'"^ "'«"•'• 
 
 for n, , rriojU.. ■,!,»„ ,' '''V'" """' '"••"•.! 
 
 •»".II I' uml. i.. M , L u oi ,""• ":"'•"♦'' "••l"'"I'«.o„ 
 ^l, Jiut not otherwui. "'" •""^'" ''«■"•'"" Ifr ,.n.ri. ^jo 
 
 tal l.y l,,m to r.',Hv.. th.. mi,," m .h^l W"' 
 
 whir/, .urh la„.| i," "fit .' „ „!L l"' Vl". '^ ^'^"'"'^ '» 
 
 r«<I.M.,,,„o.i .hall |,„ n.o.l., i„ iho , ' ,.r '^ ""' ' """• "'•' 
 
 ••' o"uT of the two „«x, Mio:i,;ri;'r.;.r'"''"' '^ «"• ,, 
 recKnl;.':;!;??,!:;;:;;!;;;; •;;[;7-.;i ..,. to hi...,/' 
 
 "'« md price o.r.. " m, i 7^''"«'»v.'. that ,>ar, of 
 
 «''ei-.iH.ar.e.,.ah.;;e'.;Sxr;::;':'s;^^^^^ 
 
 « 
 
•1 
 
 Mrigiilor </»MiiHrt»./ olher lllMI !»»• Cwwit I tn.! Hi .m h 
 
 mm* Uw ■•'•• IU.."i*rr<J.'iitr»h»r hU r»pr»f««»uii»«' •h«U 
 
 llw •«.! .I'lt*«'r »'• Mi.h |.r..|.riit..r or U» lil» •«"•»• 
 
 inrvilil mil .rrtiH.ntr m llM-l-.m-"! llif l-rm l», l«J 
 
 IV.H111I1*. day »!»!»• Uate.il mirli r««»p» •i»l .rriH.. ««•■. 
 III. »iul«M../..r III.' ••Ill |.fl«« of ri-.lriii|Hloit «li«ll I"' •/«« 
 f.,fhH,U i>hin,hoit) .imu-rlcl into N < .mutHuU-.l reill, 
 
 \0(milf»„i»iii.n.) ,..l.,..iiulil.. lit mijf lMi»''. ll.« i"»«r,.gl 
 rtUvmH *ImI1 Ih i..iiit' a«i«' •»' '» |Miy«l»l« rf •» ••»'• •••"!' 
 vrar t.i llir K..igiiior uf tin' H-iiJiilo'y In ^*ln' l» ••»• I' ''•"•» 
 I, ullinil-, .It the MHiM ,». riiHl •• llu- *iin«'«»l r."f C'-''^ 
 irtmr.) « tilth It uliiill r.v'n'...'nt In purt, uiiUI I •liiiU 
 
 Ift tw reaieiiirJ in fMllliy llif piv-iunt of tlie t«piln« "» «»>« 
 MiJ riiti 
 
 LX. It ^liull bff liiv fill for nnynuch ownrr, If tlip InnJ 
 tlinrH viU. ihe SfiKiiLinil n«lit«, wlii.li Im iyl«-»i«.u« 
 olr.MlM.moK, i« I'll""!*' '•< « «'''K"'«"^y i'» «'"•» « '« 
 
 10 I'Mwn in tli.» .S«'ii{nlor ilomtHiint, (■• nnl.'.iii llif «iiine «»y 
 ninklMK, .;iilicr prr»oniilly or by Iih "K<''««. «" "'« •""'». 
 Ilm'i*«r.<;cn.-rrtl or liii UfprMenUilivi'.a .l.-.iuMtion o 
 liiM .l.«Jr.' to ..vail l.inwil ol lliin Act to r.nUTiii lli.- Mid 
 riahtH, mi.l in Morh c«H.., llio imi.l UccdvBr-l.i-iitTuI, "f 
 
 •5 liiM r,pr.<M.nliiiivr, -linll Kivc niul .Idlver to .udi proprie- 
 tor or lii^ nuent, « cuTtilUatf in tin- t.-riio. ><( Hk" I""" 
 I-:, to tlii* Act nnnrxoil, or in wordu oClik.t iin|M)rl, nn.l, 
 rr.iiii tho .lav .If the .late ..I tlu- Hui.l crllftciil.', inc u»i. 
 vely, tlu- pilcc of r.'.l.inp»ion ol lli.' «ni.l n«lit« «linll l»o 
 
 *Qiimjtwln(<ltvlnn,h»il) .■..nv.rl.-.l iiH<» a cotiMituted 
 ri'nt, (rfnie ,nn>ititinr) r.-ilociittblu ut any U»w, the Inle- 
 re«t whereof ■hall lK!.on.e .l.i« aii.1 payable ca.h nnd 
 ovi'ry y.'ar to iIip Seignior of the Seigniory in w Inch micIi 
 lan.l i« mtunte, at the name p.'rio.l a*, the anmitil rent* 
 
 85 (re,fn„mr») whhh it repr.-HeiilH. until it nUM be re 
 decinca by iho payment of the capital ol the Haul rent. 
 
 LXI. Whenever, after the drawing up of a Siho.hile, 
 luiv land whatst.ever indicat.-.l in hiuIi Silu'diilf hIiuU 
 |)..'Hub.liv.d.'.l,il ^llall be lawful forthe He.eiver Cen.Tal 
 40 or Ins rep.VMnliUive, (o rereive lln- pri. e of re.lemption 
 of Ihc Seigniorial rights on any purtioti thereof, ami to 
 grant n certilicule ther.'of, when the mud price.. I re.l.n.p- 
 li.in of (he Seigniorial rights 011 nil h portion hliaU Imve 
 been m' luUcJ by a Deed of Agrecineiit or other au- 
 
IM 
 
 
 t 
 
 m' 
 
 tlicntir (lornmcnf rxrcntcd between nil tlio propnVtorn of 
 the liuitl, and n copy whereof nlmll linve heeii deposited in 
 the hands of tlie Nuid Hcceiver General or his reoresen- 
 tativc. ' 
 
 LXII. It shnll be lawful fijr the Rerelvor General or 5 
 his repre^elllnlive, toKrant a rerti(i(ale in (lie terms of liio 
 form C annex.d tothi>* Act, or in words to ih.- like effect, 
 to any rensuaire who nIiuII produce a certificate signed by 
 oneof the siiid Commissioners, establishinR the price of 
 the rcdeiiiption of ilie Seigniorial rights on the land which |o 
 ■uch rcimtairf is desirous of Ijlierating fioni such rights, 
 as fixed bv a Deed t>f Agreement, and who shall pay to 
 him at the same lime the amount fixed by such Deed of 
 Agreement ; and also to any rcnsitaire who shall produce 
 n ccriilicnie signed by one of the said Commissioners, 15 
 C8lal)lis|iing the nmomit of the capita! representing the 
 nnnuid rents of tin. |;uid which the said cenaitaire is de- 
 sirous of liberating from the Seigniorial rights, together 
 With an additional one third, to represent the other Sei- 
 gniorial rights, but the said Seignior or the »A\i\cFmitairc, 20 
 lis ilie ci.se may be, shall be entitled to recover the 
 fhflerence which may exist between the said one third 
 BO paid and the price to be established thereafter by the 
 S^iid Commissioner, for the redemption of the said other 
 Seigniorial rigiiis. |. 
 
 LXIII. Every such land so liberated by the redemption 
 01 the said Seigniorial rights in any of the modes above 
 provided, shall, from the day of the date of the receipt 
 and certihcate of the Keceiver (ieneral, or of his rcpre- 
 senlative shewing that the Seigniorial rights with which 30 
 the said land was charged have been redeemed, be held 
 infmnc-alcn rutuncr, and be thereafter liberated from 
 all Seigniorial rights ; but the Seignior of whom the said 
 laiid was l.dd, shall be maintained, during five years 
 only, in Ins privileges and hypothecs on the land, for the 35 
 paynumt of all arrears of Seigniorial rights which are not 
 prescribed, and are lawfully due. 
 
 LXIV. It shall be lawful for the Reveiver Ceneral, 
 
 for the purijoses of this Act, to appoint one or more 
 persons to represent him in any part of Lower Canada, 40 
 and such persons shall have the same powers for the 
 said purposes us the Keceivo.- General himseli; 
 
10 
 
 poprictorfi of 
 ili'poBitod in 
 is rcprcien- 
 
 Ooncral or 5 
 Icrmsurtliu 
 ' like effect, 
 Ic signed by 
 till' price (if 
 land which 
 *utli rij;h(H, 
 liall pay to 
 •h Deed of 
 all produce 
 nii.sMioiuTsi, 15 
 stniing ilm 
 (aire in de- 
 ix, together 
 ! other Sci- 
 \\crnsitairc, ^o 
 ccovcr tlie 
 I one (liird 
 f(er by the 
 said other 
 
 %b 
 
 •edcmption 
 odes above 
 Ihe receipt 
 his rcpre- 
 with which 30 
 J, be held 
 ated from 
 >m the said 
 five years 
 id, for the 35 
 eh are not 
 
 r (leneral, 
 ? or more 
 !r Canada, 40 
 rs for the 
 
 15 
 
 ts 
 
 I.XV. Every consutotea r.M2fr'£t^ 
 Wished by virtue .. »., Act, Mm ^^^ 
 
 ,1 the optuH, ol Ih '^2J■J\sZ^^ shall not be 
 payment, including all »"f '".^ ^^ ^^ ,„, the right of 
 prescribed, i'- ^»^''« ^';;;[" ^J.^Suo y bo en'tailed 
 Alienating such rent J'^^ , '" ;„ '^^ .,? usufructuary 
 ('"/-'.""-•) "V^;; t T ' h ; uul arrears only shall 
 
 '^'l^n:\h^v;ri;'iJ;:^rx:ih:e;l;wert^ 
 
 the Seigniory wherein .t may be due. 
 
 ,.XVI.AUmoncyHji^«r.>m[bej^^^^^ 
 
 Seigniounl n^Uts '- f, ' ;i';: l^ ;,,,eral. or remain as 
 paid as "'"I'^-f .;'•;. .tiued rent ircntc con^Utuce) or 
 ihe principal ol a "".''. ^i.^n be held to be immo- 
 otherwise. (i-»"t"^;" fTof av an deemed to be 
 veable property 'X. \ ;."' ^^^o" whom the Seigniory 
 pro;. .». belonjmK »» ; J- J X . . „„j ,hall accor- 
 ao in which such laml is s'^""' ' ' . being so invested 
 
 dingly be «"''i«^' ^" \":ae Sion of ''"'^^^^ "hall be 
 bona fide with a l''"»;7 '^^7;," ".It. aid shall have 
 tsrlXaUon'jJl^^J^KUuld have had. 
 
 ,^XVll.Whencv..anyconstUnt.lre.^^-^,^-^ 
 
 stitme) created under ^'•'^.^,'\'„ be paid over to the 
 price of such '^eaeuH;';''" ^^ ;^ «« ^ P^^^^,.,,„,,d rent 
 Ld Receiver-(ienera . ^^^^l^^^ i„ „,„«er8 of sue 
 
 80 cession, and m J"^'^''" .^^ .js b.ini? a territorial right 
 intents and purposes ^'»^^ ' 7;, ,,^i„ ,,f ,be Sei^niory be- 
 ( droit foncirr) attached to '^' ''Ys "able, an.l shall not 
 [onging to the S'^'g";^ 'J ^eS Jld aSnate.!, bypothe- 
 be liable to be tr""?^^"^^'/'^'^',?,' 1' i, Sei"niory, but shall 
 
 35 cated or mortgaged apart 7' ''^^^^i ^^ ,i^red, seized, 
 form part of the same and shaylsobo^ ^^^^ 
 
 sold, alienated, »\y»;"^^'3s;„,iJry. shall have the 
 dealt with along with ;>';.,1'^^ ^'^^V heL.//.«rr/«/b«d5. 
 same privilege '.r caus.i as the ^^^hto> ' ^^^.^^ 
 
 4oandthelikopreerenceo^eranoth^ ^^^^^^ 
 
 affecting the land, "^^„„, ^^ the redemption of the 
 ttfm^r^taX years- arrearsof any such rent. 
 
 as 
 
ri 
 
 H) 
 
 U 
 
 «».e'% oJ- tl!; Jecd/^onrr "" "?"? ""•"»''«• '■-'« 
 Seigniorial nght '2 o l?^-/;'"" "* ••••.^•''"l''i"" «nh. 
 the proprietor «/L J ^"'''''' "" "">' '""^' wlnUsoev.r. 
 «it..au>. pr H u e " to tl.; f '^'"''-'^ V! '''''^■'' ''"^'' ''»»' ^ 
 
 I)i8triclinu| I, iril I '' "''"""" <'•""•« ^''^ "'o 
 or a trip ".r her '•'?;'''' ^'f "' '" «"'''' •^«'i»'>i"rr. 
 
 .aiclsJi-Muorthit ; St""' ^''•"'I'i- ••'•' .0 
 arrount of the «aicl nr.nvUhi'rV.7''''' *'•''■'■''*''•' ""•' 
 pent per annin., to ll **7''?' ""'■•'■om, hI six ni-r 
 
 collection th.;;eur " ""'"''"**"' ''"'" •'"' 'l'"^" ^'l' U"' 
 
 wiSL^;s::?";i?';: '"^'"17 ^r'-" ^''"" »•«- -^ 
 
 hypothecarycrHlitorofh •'"''''' *'"''*' "'"' ^very 
 
 the Sehedull- n, i'-e to win'"""""". ' •'" i''"^' '^^'«"'«'V 
 shall be deposit,, r^n .Lr' ""I V'l'>"ato thereo ; 
 Perior Court h.hn ni ""'^^"' "»' <'l<'rk of.he Su- 
 part therTo'uJ"';!;" ,;;'■'•'' "*•'' •'^-■«"i-vor 
 «listrib«tion of al ,;..?'« "" "T"*'"" '" '''e 
 
 •Pposition. ^ '^'^ '" •''« '^o^''* of one single 
 
 and all ,vho have ent i Jd S^ ^ ,^^^^ 
 f'.>r the preservation of their ri.htH , n'll '"'l"'''"''' 
 «'"ons ,0 the di.tribntio .^f a fu,h !' "-"■''''''."■ 
 manner provided in thp «L. • . '"""^.Vs "> the 
 
 the present, bu utor ct.ra or? ."""'"''f '^'^ '"•«"'^i"8 35 
 shall have ne«lected' to « ' ''"*b^»d« or others who "^ 
 
 nevcrtheie.s,"ci.;;;i ^ e r"t.;-i;ri""''% ^'''-l''' 
 
 persons n„der their char J nf '^? '^ ''"'"*■■''« ^''^ 
 which „,ay result from Xir '""'^ '"^ ^^^ '««" 
 
 behalf. ^ '^°"' ^'''"^ "egl.gence in the said .10 
 
 I-XXr. Provided alwavs That ..* »i. 
 «1. and ever, „eH„„ ^ i!;!^ ;l,^,:^^Z,:! 
 
from the .layofUio date otth« (1.>|"»s»t of tho Schedulo 
 of any Seigniory, inll.o office of the Clerk ot the Superior 
 Court as iifori-«aul, any Mun rt <M-iveil .hiring; that period, 
 notwithfitandin- it «hall not amount to hvo hundred 
 5 noundfl. lor the redemption oftho Seigniorial ri-ht8 o any 
 Seitrniory, or tl.e eonstitutcd rent {rente const U,Hr) 
 ropresontini; then., shall h. transmitted by the Heee.ver 
 (jineral to the rlerk of ih.- Superior Curt as above. 
 directe.1 ; and that when the whole ol the amount ollhu 
 ,,, price of rodemplion of the Sei-nioral rights of any Seig- 
 niory or the eonstitnted rent icpieHenlinj; them as eHta- 
 Mished by the Srhedu'.c thereof, nhall have been paid to 
 the Ueeeiver(Jeneral, notwithstanding a penod oHhree 
 years hhali not have elapsed, and that the who e of the 
 15 Jaid price of redemption «hall not amount to live hundred 
 pmindH, the Mun bcI received nhall be trans,nitte<i to the 
 Clierk oftho Superior Court, and be distributed in the 
 flame mauner, as if the same amounted to live hundred 
 pounds. 
 
 H) LXXII. So soon as and whenever the said Reeeiver- 
 (Jeneral sliall have received, eitlur by himselt or by his 
 representative, an amount cpial to or exeeedin^ the 
 sum of five hundred pmnuh .urrency, lor th.- redemption 
 of the Seif'iiiorial Hi-hisin any Sei^niory uhat.soev-er.or 
 25 of the co'istitnted rents which shall represent them, 
 the amount so received, together with interest at six per 
 cent per annum from the date of the reeeji.t of the sums 
 respeetivelv. forming such amount, shall be deposited by 
 him in the"hands of'the Clerk of the Sui.erior Court in 
 30 the District wherein the Schedule relative to the said 
 SeiRiiiorv, or a triplicate thereof, shall have heen depo- 
 sited in ihe office of the Clerk of the said Court; and 
 the said Court shall make the distribution of the said 
 moneys among the creditors, according to the order ot 
 35 their hypothecs, and the preference ot their respective 
 privileges; but in every case, if the sums so received 
 Lnd deposited by the Heceiver-fJeneral, or his represen- 
 tative, be for the price of the redemption of the Seignio- 
 rial Rights due U|)on the lands situate in an arriire-fi'J 
 40 the Seignior whereof is any other Seignior than the 
 Crown, such Seignior dominunl shall be entitled to re- 
 ceive by privilege and preference over all creditors of 
 the Seignior holding of him, the proportion of the price 
 of redemption representing the rights due to hiin in us 
 45 quality of Seignior dominant, save and except the rights 
 

 n 
 
 when-of m„ • bo o nmf t fl w t"h '' I '""^'' '^« ^•""'^ * 
 whom ihey ropreHentZav ..r '"'^"•"■R^ «o .ho«. 
 
 rial Rfght« wai:;i;; ,:H?,;:;7;';;.';n'''''l" •^^'«"*«' 
 
 mont-ys of thow ivhon. t . .„ ''''arRed, out of the 
 
 constituted rent i„t„ which tui. " « Pnynent of the 
 
 provided the ,„t .,,;';;;; "'■;" ^^^ ^'""^"''^j ; 
 
 Kusufruuun) and h<d e "" ^l^L^ r^P^^'r"* 
 ibrmulities required bv law in . i '' "''*^'"*« "'« 
 
 them; but ,er.o,.s hold ,'/ in m J,l^ PT"""' ''^ 
 t.ons shall not bo required to observ-eZ oth^r f'^'P^*- 
 «n or before the redelr,p.i.,u of d e "aid riht ♦f"""l'"^'' 
 prescribed by this Act * ''• *''*" '*>08e 
 
 80 
 
 ment. in this Province omanv'nuhli"^ '"'"'' °'' '«"«■ 
 i^ties in the United Ki, gdonioV i'n ,1 « P P"""'" l""" -' 
 they shall deem the moft adJisabI, T *^r^""^^' "hich 
 their respective com.n.l, et , ^l^tl" 2';°"^'' 
 -y .crue to them from ai.y'co„fmS.r rX^:; 
 
 GENERAL COMMUTATION. ^^ 
 
 i»«'hesei«niori:drifih,i3 
 
 rn rolure in such Seipniorv « !|l 1 1 ".'' "''^ ^^ 'f'^'" 
 .-rnor. it shall be l3 IfW o .^. "r"'''''' '° "'^ ^"^■ 
 any Notary whom he sliall : pi :l/\7"'"«- ^i' ^'^er 35 
 purpose, to ascertain on the .not in 1 i """ '^'^ ""»' 
 Kotary shall deem firuhe her'^ f ' h ""^' ""'''^ •'^'^''l 
 
 LXXVI. And it shall be lawful for tl.« v ♦ 
 ..med, ,„ su„m„a beta l,i„ .h.'ietirjl-tS *- « 
 
^fnt in and over 
 
 nniorv or his Agent, or any other person, antl lo require 
 Kto'xhibino him all plans, book., paper, or docu- 
 men H and to aiford him all such information a. he may 
 
 ZJuier nee llul lor the d^n^ pe,i;.rn..u.ce of the dul.es 
 conMiler eem ^^^^^^ .^^^^^ ^,,g 
 
 nr documents shall incur a penalty of Twenty Pounds 
 Currencyr ecovcrablo with cost, before any Court of 
 fomSV'riHdiction, and payable one mo.ety to Her 
 10 Majesty, and the other to the informant. 
 
 I XXVII. And as soon as ihe Secretary of the Province 
 t.ull hav. reciMved from (he Notary so named a cortitl- 
 cae setting for 1> that it. fact two tfiirds of the cen,ttatr». 
 nrnnriiosof lands situated in such Seigniory, are de- 
 ,5 Ss of ecfeeming the setgniorial rights payable on such 
 ?lnT he shall publ.sh in the Knglish and trench lan- 
 lu uit's tthe ilnadu Gazette, or other newspaper recog- 
 ^ ^"^ ..1 the Olficial Gazette of the Province, a notice in 
 rt n oVSe form F annexed to this Act, or in won. 
 ,0 of s .nilur import, making known the conversion of tlj« 
 \.\ BpliT.nor al richts duo upon each of the lands 
 S at^^n mh Seigniory, into' constituted rent ^renU 
 Sue) equal in principal to the sum marked in the 
 Sc he ule of such Seigniory, adding thereto the interen 
 asSuaed at one percent per annum on the once a 
 ^S he casual rights are redeemable, from the day of 
 S. date ot the deposit of such Schedule as provided 
 b;'t IsAct as the price at which the se.gnional right, 
 due payable upon such land may be redeemed. 
 
 30 I XXVIII. And the Secretary of the Province, .shall. 
 imnVcdiutely after the publication of such notice, trans- 
 " to the proprietor of the Seigniory m which the sei- 
 l, oriil riEhts shall be thus converted into constituted 
 S r«^; .>«,/.V«c..s) a copy of the Schedule of the 
 ^xr sai Seitrniory duly certified by the Receiver-Ceneral of 
 '' he Provinc/; and from the day of the date of such 
 otice inrlusively, the said seigniorial dues shall be con- 
 verted into eonstitut.'d rents {rentn constitutes) in the same 
 nmnner as if each ol the a /<..fa.rr.s proprietors of lands 
 40?. ZhSeirniory, had received a Certificate from he 
 It, . " U Ceneral as provided by the sixtieth section 
 ,f this \ct, and the Seignior shall conUnue to receive 
 the interest due upon all such constituted rents until they 
 be redeemed. 
 
18 
 
 XXIX. 
 
 I 
 
 ^•""••'f ill «ii,tV 
 
 'N''>K\fMTv T 
 
 •"'Vfrnoi 
 
 '" '<^:u^^/()Rs. 
 
 ■■■■■'• iiic linvs iiri.ii.,,1. ; •■"••'Kimi 
 
 '"« fiotiie (if ii,,, -^„ 
 
 1 »-"vi« |(, 
 
 7" "<■ N't'w |. 
 
 niiict. 
 
 
 i>r 
 
 (li 
 
 line |„.(.|| 
 
 XisJid id J 
 
 '■''■!.■< (Ii/i;.r. 
 
 "•«^ '" I'lai,,.,., ,; 
 
 '"■'•"•"""M. Of, 11,0 
 
 «ai(J 
 
 :::":7 *•'•'--'«. -.iyzi^r''':"''-'-'. 
 
 "" '''IK' III n.| 
 
 /''•"'"'-.n.dj,^,,; 
 
 i<Tr>|| 
 
 
 '•' 'nl'iiiml 
 
 "«i/li( 
 
 'l""K (I 
 
 '" rlic (I 
 
 '" '''«>l«l liiiiil 
 
 •Ki^lni 
 
 II r«' ( 
 
 'lllll Wli 
 
 iiir.urcr 
 
 •* «-*t«?)|is||.',f 
 
 and 
 
 ''^'t'l-viiiiiN 
 
 NillCl? 
 
 uiJI 
 
 '•* '•« iot„n 
 
 I" ii'.Nlorc I 
 
 '''^•'"•' ulijl,. it 
 
 «'x(<iit «.r 
 
 ('•' 
 
 f'TNoiis conr 
 
 i'liiiii-: 
 
 ""•"•i<'".-.j":r; :/"'•'■'"•'•'-' mill n. S^ ;:y^';red „ 
 
 i)i< 
 
 y will 
 
 '"J'>.V«'(I III 
 
 '".'"Hire !),.;<, 
 
 iira(;v« 
 
 tiie 
 privili 
 
 J""' tluH S 
 
 ■&:■«•■•'■..;:;:,;';,: ±/»"'.-". 
 
 I'nvil 
 
 "idiHi 
 
 '"•' '■"""i'^. .1 r:,'!!"^ '-.. i;; 
 
 tf III 
 
 an- 
 I'eii 
 
 «"nr.i.,„e,j by--,!;;:;;; 
 
 ''.T"* ""-y »,ii .;;;^; 
 
 "KlitR to l)(. |i,.p,..,r, nil- niaiin,.,. ; ■ • '"e 
 
 '•V this Ac. , '•'/^'•■'•/^^••'•nsc.l bv S '" **'"'•'• til.. 
 
 ust 
 
 ■'''•'!••<' ^Ml/isA:!^?'/'^ "'ml, 
 
 ;{^:---''..um;;:.:z.:;':!-'''«'- 
 
 '■""" III.- „, 
 
 ""'einiiifi 
 
 f'll /or tlie .'<) 
 
 ii»f any S'l 
 
 
 liiiod 
 
 1.0 
 
 
 ^*^f. in ili< 
 
 Mil (1(1 
 
 '» .''y n-ason o/ 
 
 Office of ll, .^^^'^ "'.''' s'ltemeiit Hi..!! I 
 
 «'"' p'-.-'yi/.ir ti, : : :,; '';^''^'K ''i\.,ii . <:' '' '"•"• ../a 
 
 
 "^"-*^.^^;^s^--s:;™ 
 
 40 
 
 ''"'^ to trails. 
 
>Hn. 
 
 power* fori.iprlv 
 " ^'-^v IVau.r, 
 ^ "' I'lnmvv, (i,r 
 ■'••'Hkiiin oil (|,p 
 I Niiur the mii(J 
 "."'■*"• "(■..,.i„i„„ 
 
 iCl|||« ,U.cij„„„s 
 
 '''"' ••xfriit of 
 ■'"'<• it IN iIk, 
 
 l.j 
 
 "'"* |^'"nriiiiii„^r 
 !' '•'"■ciiiiihtan^ 
 "'"/••ciired („ 
 ■•'«' •« Hie i«Nt 
 "-' Jli.U N,.,. 
 ♦■•'' <•»■ wlii.l, 
 
 ■ ''•'*«• Li>eu 
 '••iiscd fo ox- 
 
 '"''•'' for tlie 20 
 "liirl, (|„. 
 
 "IV ilvlhwd 
 
 " «'iaH |)o 
 
 'f lo.ss aus- ji 
 '' ri'm>n o/ ' 
 '•' ''y tiiiN 
 
 fiifiiior /i(. 
 biforctlicao 
 
 '' '" iho 
 
 ''onrnt in 
 '"^'''ifiiioi- 
 sliall he 35 
 
 "•III (1/ a 
 
 line ij,',. 
 t'lililifj 
 
 40 
 
 ''nniis- 
 trui)s< 
 
 ID 
 
 ntiti without delay, one tliiplicato tliereorio (he Secretary 
 uf the Fruvirice lur thu tiiiiu lieiiig. 
 
 LXXXII. It Nhall lie (he ihity of the auiil C!<Miiiiii»- 
 Rioiiers ((• iiiiTl lnKi thcr lor the itiirposc nf taking all or 
 'i any hiii:Ii iHiitioiia into ((iiiiiiiloraliiui, al nikIi (iiiiea ami 
 places aw ihey sliall ap|)(ititt, uiiil aH Mhull have heeii 
 jtiihlicly iiiHile kixiuii liy iiotieeH in tlie Kn^^liNh and 
 French hinuii!tj;es, iiirterled in (lie Cnnada Cuzitte,at 
 other IK wsjiaper lecogni/ed an tlie Oiliri'iKiu/i'tteot tho 
 10 I'rovitice, iiiid at leaMi one other ii('\vs|tii|)er piihh<«lieii in 
 tlie District in uhicli the SeiKnioricH to uliicli hucIi 
 |iutitii)iiH relate arc situate, or if tlicie he no newhpaper 
 piihliNlicd ill such l)i>«lri(.t, in the nearest DlMlrict in which 
 one or more such tiewspapera are publitthed. 
 
 I,-, fiXXXIII. Ill ail cH^es in which the interestH of tlie 
 (!iii\vn may rei|niic it, it .shall lii-lawliil lor the Attorney 
 (ii'iieriil or Solicilo:- (Jeneial ol l^o««r (.'aiiada, or other 
 CoiiiiHel (Inly aiilliori/.i il, to re|)ieM'nt and appear on 
 liehall of Her MajeH(y, Her Heirn and Succes.sorK, before 
 
 20 such CommiHsioners, and to opposo the prayer of any 
 such petit ion. 
 
 liXXXlV. The ^aid Comiiiissioncrs after heariiif; tlio 
 Petitioners, either in persnn or l>y Attorney, and having 
 examined (he evidence adduced in relation tu their claiiiiD, 
 25 shall pronounce their iiulgiiient thereon in wrilinn:, ai.d 
 every such judgment shall ciintain the grounds thereof. 
 
 LXX.XV. An appeal from the jiidgiiieiit of the said 
 Commissioners may, wiihiii two inontlisoi th" rendering 
 of any such judf,Miieiit, Uc made either hy the Seignior or 
 30 by tlie Crown, to ilic ('unit <>f (im^eu's Heiicli for Lower 
 Canada ; and from that Court to ih t IMajoNly in Pi ivy 
 Council, whenever the ind«'mni(y claimed by such Sei- 
 gnior amounts to live hundrefl [lounds sterling. 
 
 LXXXVI. The said Commis-fiiotiers and the Courta 
 35 which shall hear any siie'i petition in appe;il, shall re- 
 ject every demand lor iiidemniiy baseil on the privilege 
 granted by this Act, to persons pos.sesfiiig lniids<v» loture 
 to free them iVuiii lloit tenure by the reileinplioii of the 
 dues with which they are eliaige»l, and shall establish 
 JO the amount of iiideniiiity due to the petitioner only upon 
 (he dill'erence exib(ing between (he nianner in which (he 
 
I 
 
 :>! 
 
 16 
 
 SO 
 
 right. h.re«a«r to be rwrciied hy the Sn^nior are do- 
 fi-ed by (h,. Act ami ||,.t by wlu.h .1,., riffht. they 
 vxeum'd bcf..ro th.. p«„i„g ,„• ,|,u Act wo„|,| |„v,. bccii 
 intcr|.rflr«l if (In*. Act Imd nol been pni«,U. 
 
 pet tin, f'T 'nilomnily u. h.^own bdmlf. in v'rn.eof .|„« 
 
 from the ju.lgmcnt r.-n.lc.rnl by ibc «4u| ConnninMon rr« 
 upon any mirb petition ; and every Judge nli„ .|,«|| 
 nave ant in app«al from any one of Hiirh ju.Iki„..i.Is .ball id 
 be deemed to have renounce.l all rigb/ io\nvnc,i Jy 
 such petition in hi* own behalf ^ 
 
 any S,M«n,or who hn« pcli.mn.d a, aforrMiid, .hall be 
 e« Ubh.hod by theju.l«m..nt nf ,|,e .a.d C..,„„;i..i , e ," 
 ltNballbethe.lmyor.ho IWHut (i.-nrral, «t th. /x 
 mrationofihe «Ik,vo delay of .wo ,„„„,|„. ,„ ,1..! 'o- 
 d,.r.onofadnlyan.h..n.i.a,..d n.py of .U jnt^Z 
 o tic ( on„„,.s„,om.rH. ac.o.npanir.l by a a'nifinjfnm 
 tho sai.l Co,n.niM.o„rrN. that no appral (roin mi.I, iu.lir- ..„ 
 ment ban Inu-n bro,.«bi ,h ,>,„„ ,' i,bi„ ,|.at .l.lay^ uuJ 
 
 ment of nudi Court, to pay to iho Haid SrlRnior the 
 a.nountof ,he««,d judgment, exnpt in the cLs pro! 
 vjdcdifor by the next clause of tluH Act. "^ , 
 
 LXXXIX. Whenever any opposition Miall have been 
 fyled ... the officeof the Superio. ( -our,. i„ „. '. manner 
 p esmbed by th.s Ac. the an.ount of indeinniiydu, " 
 
 General shall transmit it to the Sh,.r./r of il... D.s.r.t t in ... 
 wh.ch«uch office iH situate. „„d it shall i,„ ,". ,' J «» 
 Buch Shenff to reta.n the monies thus transn.i.tcnl t h^m 
 in the manner preset bed by ihls An r,.r .1.1. . ' 
 
 of the n.nds „L,j« from^Lrrct \.pUo "o '^T '"i'S 
 guiorjal dues and the constituted rents, [rentes onluu7e) ss 
 established by virtue of this Act. consiuueet) 36 
 
 disWmc^„t' of TlTr' '^''"^ ""' --'"""•"»« nnd 
 uiNourseminis o| the Commissioners who si, ,|| i,» 
 appointed under this A.,, will, the exn ses , o 
 incurred ami the sums which may b,. -iw r,i , w 
 niors fur indemnity under th,! Ti .o ,;", .t: l^t '' 
 r«.d out of the Consolidated Revetiue V'ulld tf' this 
 
iild liavt* bcvii 
 
 St 
 
 ProTincet bjr warrant of the (iovernor ■nil it nhall be 
 lawful for the (Jov«irni»r in (/'uuncil t«» caune n lum or 
 •uina ntit cxccedinn in lh« whole the hu»i required for 
 dffruyinn (he i>x|)«'niiitnrf aulh<iri/it(l by ihi«t At I, to bo 
 a rniurd by Dfbi-nturr* to lie iit»ucd on tin* crr<lit of ibe Nnid 
 Connolidalrd UeviMuie Fund, in ^uih form, bonririR nuih 
 rate of inlcrrm, nnd the prinri|ml and inlercitt whi'rcof 
 khall bf |iBy«bU« out of the niud I'und, at t»uch timrri and 
 xtUurn HH iht-' (M)vi'ruor in Council niiull lliiiik iiiont ad van- 
 in laRfouH for the imblie intercnt and lln! iiionir^ wt raiml 
 an aforcnaid nhull iimko part of (he ttuid Connulidutfd 
 Hovvnuc l''und of thiH Province. 
 
 XCi. And be it enacted, That the nionie* ariting 
 from the following Lower riuiiidian itounea of Kevcnue, 
 15 shall be and ore heieby Hpeiially appropriated to iniike 
 tfood tothenaidCon'tolidated Ucveiiiie Kuiid, die amount 
 which may b« taken out of the name for the ijurpose of 
 paying tlie princip;il and iiilerestt of the Uebeiiturea 
 mcntionfd in the n«'xl preceding mu ti.« ; that i» to gay 
 
 20 All monies beloiiKin); lo the l'ri>vince and arininp from 
 Quint and other duen which aie now, or hereiifler hliall 
 become payiible to tlie Crown, in or upon the Heinmoric* 
 in Lower Canada, of which Ihe Crown i» Seignior 
 Dominant, n« well as from all arrears of such dues 
 
 26 All monies ari-jinp from the Revenues of the Seigniory 
 of Lauzon, or from thesaleof any partof the smd Soijj- 
 niory which may hereafter he noUI, and all arrears of 
 such Hovcnucs 
 
 All monies nriHing from Auction Outies and Auc- 
 30 tionecrs' liiccnses in Lower Canada: 
 
 All monieH nriMiii); in Lower Ciuiada, from licenses to 
 sell spirituous, vinous or fermented liquors by ictiiil in 
 places other than places of Public llntertainmeiit, com- 
 monly called Shop or Store Licenses ; 
 
 35 2. And separate accounts shall be kept of all monies 
 arising from the sources of Hevenue aforesaid, (allowiiiij 
 interest at the same rate as shall be ch«riji-;»ble on the 
 said Debentures, on any surplus of such monies which 
 may be at any time in the hands of the Receiver (ieneral 
 
 40 and not reouircd to jiay the interest or principal of such 
 Debentures as aforesaid,) to the end that if the sums 
 
P«y"Ne nul of Uin (:on«)li,|.i#.l »-«. r, . 
 
 tul.l .niuuni „f iL Mm. '< u rr '",•'"' "''"'" "'«• 
 
 !»••-« or ,.ur,K«c.. iM ,, per tS^ """" '"«»' P",. 
 INTKRPHKTATIOX. 
 
 •**^'«»«'»ry lul.l |,y II,' /,. ,'''•' •'•'"'"K nor lo liny 
 
 '•;'""l..«.ul ........1..., /j // y';;'>' ^'^''-K/H-.-r^e tl.o 
 
 ";W, /.>,,,,,„„^ /«W . M 7/// r' '"^'"•' '/'""" ""•«- 
 
 •I"; Act ; nor m/,„|| «ive ,,,,", '^^"'V •'"' I'""-*"!? of 
 
 "«l't ofaciio,, n.r III, 1 . ^ '! """ "h-insufiver anv qn 
 
 '•ffl't a.Kno«|,4, ,, , ,,,;".'".''" ""■ I"-unlion of any 
 
 ':r"i-..vi. .ind ';;;;'.?;'''';'!•'''- Act had not 
 
 ^ , . - not 
 
 •Jft contained s|,a|| 
 
 •mrt nor I,.. co„,unod i., a/r;.Vt".;MvT"' '^""'"''"'l "Lall 
 
 , " •" »vartr /.owe 
 "eon conNtnicicil, 
 
e riin.l r„rt|,« 
 
 •lU'lKioiMtl ,11 
 • •!•« wltnU' ill,, 
 
 il'** •loiiri'i'N „f 
 1110 lucal pur* 
 
 liin Art— Be 
 "•taiiinl uliall to 
 " t'fituii, nor 
 I". »n»r Id liny 
 till! SVinjiiJi. 
 '* Nfuanili, 
 •' iiiitl C.Miiily 15 
 '"i»l l>y (lie 
 ''•'M ill tru«t 
 
 f "or III |l|,y 
 
 ''"rliamcnt 2o 
 
 'II tlif iliinl 
 
 iii'^ngc tiiu 
 reilutn mi' 
 I" tin mtn- 
 <■ Toinin/iij, j,>, 
 71 /(Viz/v ill 
 
 mil cxJcnd 
 
 ' |>HMJ|lif of 
 
 "'fivcr any 30 
 "'•IT vulu«» 
 '>( r.uiu or 
 
 ' ilaiim^o.s 
 m of any 
 ' lie may 
 < iii.ulf hy 35 
 
 lllllfH.S III) 
 
 t liad not 
 "»l shall 
 I'M, mill- 
 T 'laving -Kj 
 •rvcd by 
 
 •uch Seignior for hit own um, or aftctr liaviiig bi>en 
 errctol unilrr any Irnnc <>f iinpntvimii'nl or Itnrnaiii, on 
 •tiy Intiil rr«t!rvtfU iir tir belonging tu »uch SiMgnior, nur 
 ■nv lanii turn rtii<i hy nn^ Seignior aOrr havini^ l>«rii 
 6 cum-atftl or otlicrwufl iinpniwtl by bim, aiMHiirt-il or 
 ili«nit'inb«>r«<l frum tbu Uoiiiain ruacrvcd and avl u|)arl fur 
 ilia private ua«. 
 
 ly A »l 
 
 by Ni'vcrnt 
 
 an ibi* wbole 
 
 «!(«»«»(/" nr«> ni;id«« u*t- of lo diiilinguii.li llie F'ff^ 
 viiiiit Iroin \\m' PI lurtant ; ami llu' word " Sin{iiior ' 
 
 XCIV. Tba word Seigniory, wh«Mftr It 
 In ihi« Act, Nhall Iw lonnuui-d an inenning my pirt 
 
 lU 01 a I'li'f, arrtirejiff «»r Seigniory lii-id by a ninglfl 
 indi\idiiul, or by a ('orjMiralion, or bi-ld by 
 persona in foiiiinoii (fun ttultvit) na well 
 urn Ftff, arn^t-M, "» Seigniory, ex«ept in ao. b parta 
 of tbiN Act, in wbirb llie worda " «;ii»Tr-/iV/ " aiid 
 
 16 '• Sfii 
 
 tlinnt 
 
 •ball be (•oii'»«rtHMl ai nierthiii« any Corporalion, or any 
 ■oie proprietor, and all peraons who are proprieiora, 
 in eoniinoii (pnr imltvis) of any f<tt ni a J-uJ, ar- 
 
 to Ti^rr fit f or S.i«niory, iiM well aa any person or Cor- 
 poration, h.iiiK aole' proprietor, and all perm.nx, pro- 
 prielorM jointly and jmr tnilin» of tlio whole ot any 
 •uch Fiff, arnirrfiif, or Seitjniory , and do- worda 
 " Seigniorial HigbtH," whenever they occur in lhi» Aet, 
 
 Hi aiiall im Imie and be n.imlriied nn naluding all rights, 
 dutiea, .bargeM, oblignlioiiN, und Seigniorial or feudal 
 dues wliutaovvrr. 
 
 XCV. The worda " wild Innda " or " wild land " 
 
 wherever ihey ociur in thia A<t, aliall bo eonatrued to 
 
 30 apply »«'t "»ly '•• "•' ^'""' '"'"' '"■ '"'"'" •'I'l'^^''"'''® '" 
 
 their natural atate, but aUo to nil liiiul in part aeltled or 
 cleared, or otherwise iinproveil by any other person than 
 thu Seignior of the mmce within which such land nhall 
 lie, if audi land ao acltled.or in part cleared or improved, 
 93 be nut yet conceded. 
 
 XCVI. The " Intcrpretallon Act" »i»all apply to tliii 
 Act. 
 
 XCVH. This Act aiiall be known, cited and referred 
 to au " The Seigniorial Act of 1 853." 
 
 40 XCVIII. This Act shall apply to Lower Canada only. 
 
10 
 
 H 
 
 IWm A. 
 
 ^^- th^ un.i..r.i,i,r,l. Pulilir NoUrir^ for l^tr 
 CiHMib, rrnuUuc to Uw l**rt*li ul Ui Ik* 
 
 l>i«triet of /,„ " '"• 
 
 B«for« ihK nnfii>r*iRn«<.l, Pnhlir Nr.tury. &r kc, uml lh« 
 ^rriiwiur ii«mril wiii,r.«r.,) . .mr «n.l m.i>r«rr,l A H., 
 f^igni-ir ..I (inirr/ Mr narn/ of /A# .Vrton„»^|^\ „h» haJh 
 bj Ihriw. pifwnu nriiiUr.l. n.iirwU, tri»ii..|..rr.-.l nn.t 
 ■Milt oVKf hill, rforlh iitU lor mt^r, ami halh |.r..miM^l ami 
 doth hc<rrl.) pn.iiiiw lu vuMrKiiii^ Irom ull .liMiirbanrM, 
 Rtll«, <l.n*irii, .l.l.u, li)|Mith«T«. .'jf.ftiin.m*. miImiUu' 
 Uoa», «ti«ii«lionii Mini all Dihir hin.lraiir..8 »»h*l».»*i.r, to 
 
 rr^iiliim ill 
 
 hprfiinlit pro^fiH and a. ., |,|imi,.ih ^nuili't. furiilmnfir, hi* 
 hrIrN .111.1 . , „ in wii ; A Icit ollaiiil lying and mCiiain 
 {tn$nth.> v(M»o«M I'Hil hmnilnntn nf the land \b 
 
 giantid) n« ilii. Mrhulr imw sinii.|/«. ami with whitli ihi) 
 Mid atmXfv »( kiit>wlf«dHi*<i him-M-llt.) Iw w«>ll ari|iiuinU*(l 
 Mtd dfcittn-ji hiiiiwll' < oiitf III uiid nalinlii d. ' 
 
 Thr pri'H'lit cniirvNaion Iteiiig iiiadf on londition that 
 the Mail! graniw i.lml| catifie lh<> «ild lot ol luiid Nogranttd io 
 to bi« Burvj-ye'd aiul iNMindtnl at his own .ximmm , Av\\\ 
 rauwt nl l.-tiflt tlv.' ariunts thi-nol in »<u|.iTli» us to \m 
 rl«'nr.'.| mill brought into.t utati' ol riillivation, within fltn 
 yeafN (rum i|i<. .hun luTi-uf, und i.hall pay anniiully on th« 
 lirat tlay ..r Fflmiiiry, in inch yiar.tit th.t|.lu(f a|it>ointi'd n 
 for the colhifion oln'ntu in tint miid Siigniory, to tho 
 Mid A. U. or hiM ARcnf, duly authorized, an iiiiniial rrnt 
 "' p«ni.', nimncy, fur every mi|><<rflrial 
 
 nrptMit ol th* aaiil lot of lund ao grunted, to wit : the mirn 
 "•" . forth.* Mid nrp^nfji oflarid ao 
 
 «o|irniU...; which Mid r..ut \n her-hy ,.«i«hli!.hwl on th« 
 auldiol..! landnNu nMiMitut..d tk'mX, trmlf mmHtutrA 
 and HhidI coiitimi.. to In- paid us afondai.l, until tli,.,anit«l 
 theriofaiiiountiiiK to tlu- Niini ol inrn'nry 
 
 iapai.l in full.an.l hyoncsingifpaynirnl. Ami lorwcurity ,. 
 then-ol (h.- said t;runt.'.,dofh hiiuclorth Miecially obiluc 
 bind and hypotli.. ute thi> xaid lot of land. 
 
 By incans wh.r.'orihe.vai.l Spigniordoth inako ov.-r to 
 the «uid grantc- all and tviry right (d prnpirty and ail 
 other rights gtMcrally whatsoever win. I, he may have in 40 
 aud ui>ou thu saullol ol land ^o granted, bviiig willing 
 
 «r 
 
 •IK 
 
 p' 
 
 in 
 
 hi 
 
 I 
 
 d 
 « 
 
 lAt 
 I 
 ( 
 
 •01 
 
 15 
 
 J 
 
mm mPWIT 
 
 iatfM 
 
 . «n<t iIm 
 • •I A II.. I 
 whi! hsSh 
 rn-tl Mild 
 fniM><l •(!<! 
 Mrhmiics, 
 MllmtllU* 10 
 »'«\rr, li) 
 
 nnn-lf, hi* 
 III mtiuifl 
 Ihf land a 
 irhii h thff 
 
 <|UuitltlHl, 
 
 lion th«t 
 iiKiuiitfil 10 
 w, nit -ill 
 ■s ti» \m 
 ithin fl»« 
 ly on thd 
 |)|)<iintcil ti 
 
 , to tilt! 
 
 iiial rt'iit 
 i|N>rflriul 
 the fliirn 
 i of land 30 
 il on tlm 
 mt It lite,) 
 (■(■upital 
 urriMiry, 
 miirity 35 
 y "bllgo, 
 
 ovi-r fo 
 and id I 
 liuvit in to 
 willing 
 
 „,^ and iti«|i<iM!« of Ik* Mm« M h« ■li.tll iliKni Al, an m>I« 
 |tm|tiifilor themuf, m /rtM^^te rw/ .<(..,. I. .,.,i,,,iU diwl 
 (ur c^er, I7 vlHut of ihNt BfMMt'< 
 
 • Anil for lk« mrrulinn nf ihaw* |iri*««nl«, llw,iaiil imrtiiKi 
 have rlKi'li'd lh«ir domii'dea, llr., where, lie. lor thut, 
 
 Dono and |)aii««i in, llc 
 
 yttrtn If. 
 
 Piiblk nollM U h«»rrhy given that llir S« hi>iliil.» (of iht 
 \0 fiff, nil. r.> n.r, «., "f'th^ Sttgniorif) of {>mm'-nffi*t( or 
 Seiiii.f'.,) I.. ^Mi, • lilt' jirireo lit wliK'li lln' vjrioun feudal 
 (inirHt-lKnionul riKlii*. diiin, idnrni ,. nliliKiiliniiM and renta 
 due and iiiiyaldo u|Min i*« h land in Htii^h (A'A nrrtiirffitj 
 or SiMKiiiory) art- riilii'maldi', U lompliilrd, and that « 
 |» triidiciili' lliiriol |ia'< iM-nn dipoditi'd in the olllrr of lh« 
 K«H «ivir(Jini'nd,and .inollur In I In- olIW of the Sujiurior 
 Court Ml ihi- l)i«trirt «d .»»•' thit tliu third 
 
 rciiiaina in the poanttMiion uf tho underiigiad, 
 
 (Utrt fine thr nnmr of thr lotahty in ii^ieh the Cum' 
 lU NiiMtoMtfi i« uUmg,und thr datf) 
 
 ( 'oinnii(tnioner of 
 . II I fiiiiiuiitalinii tor tlui 
 '' CiiniMiiitatiou Divi- 
 Kjuii No. 
 
 F^m C. 
 
 I do hereby certify tlmt A. II. proprietor of {nnrtif of thg 
 land frfii) huth thi»<day paid to in.- the Hum of 
 W\\\% Ihi- priif of till' rt'dfinplion of thi- miid land from 
 idl li-udrtl iinti St'igniorial right*, (liu'«, cliargeH, obliga- 
 15 tionH and n-nlH to whit h tho said lantl waH Hiibji'ct, us 
 shewn in tlu- .Schedule relating to the (>/', nrnert-pf 
 or Seigniory) of 
 
 adding Ihento tho inlereat at six per cent upon the 
 priie of ridemption uf the caHud rights, (1/ intrrnt 
 
 ! 
 
Act of lflr,n" mchUnA i« from this Jay henceforth anc 
 forever released ium »U mvh iaulal an.l S.-igiuona 
 riKhtH, (h.e8, charges, oMigatioiiH an.l rents, save and 
 except any arrears thereot now due on the same. 
 
 Made in duplicate at tW» 
 
 day of 18 , 
 
 F. II- Receiver-General. 
 or I. J. Agent ol the Heceiver-Cieneral. 
 
 Form D. 
 
 15 
 
 I do hereby certify that A. B., proprietor of 
 (name of land frerd,) did this day pay tc n.e the f.nrn of 
 beinf? that part of the price ot redemption 
 from the feudal and Seig.iorial rights, tines charges, 
 Sations and reuts, to >vhi.-h the ^aid land was 10 
 subject, which represents the rights ot the Seignior ot 
 whom the said arrlrcM \^ held, as shewn by the Sche- 
 dnle relating to the {fief, arrurr-jirj or Seigniory of.) 
 That under "The Seigniorial Act o i-.'.i." .he balance 
 of the said price of redemption, ecpial to the sum ol 
 currenev, ineli ling the interest upon ihe price oi the 
 mempiion of the casual rights (,fan,, surh ^"tnatjc 
 pauablc under th, A,t,) will lorn, the principal of a 
 rmte ronM.tuce, redeemable at all times u. 'he m.in- 
 ner provided by the said Act, and tha henceforth the 20 
 said land is fr/ed from all such feudal and Se.gn.or.a 
 rigblH. .lues, <liarg.-s. ..bJigutious and rents, save and 
 except any arrears thereof now due on the same. 
 
 Made in duplicate, at the 
 
 dav of ' 
 
 •^ F. H. Receiver-General. 
 
 or I. J. Agent of the Receiver-General. 
 
It 
 
 I and 
 inrial 
 '. aiul 
 
 ral. 
 neral. 
 
 mm of 
 nption 
 rnrges, 
 il was 10 
 ior of 
 S<he- 
 ry of.) 
 alaiicd 
 
 15 
 
 of the 
 rest fje 
 il ofii 
 man- 
 th tlie 20 
 ;iiiorial 
 re and 
 
 eral. 
 
 leneral. 
 
 Porm E' 
 1 do hereby "'^'f^^nlias" deSri'"''«"n»^'y.,<''^ 
 
 ot freed torn •" '"*,"Sl. ot*e»«iJ Seuno'"' 
 a„,l .hat the price ol reJemplion ,„„e„cy . incW 
 
 verted into a redeemable 
 
 tuit.) p. H. 
 
 Keceiver-GeneraV 
 «,,.J.AgentofiheUeceLver-General. 
 
 Date. 
 
 forni K 
 
 Secretary's OfficE. 
 
 15 
 
 . . i,».h received from (naw* »/ 
 
 fiftli section.ol 
 
 20 
 
 The'Seignu^rial AC.O. ^^^^taires or 
 
 deeming the ^eig" 
 are charged,-' 
 
 NOTICK 
 
 X, «ald Seigniorial rights, upon 
 
 25aconstiiutearent(miaco 
 
J^^l^^^^ 
 
 I, 
 
 the sum marked in the Schedule of the sai J Seignior)-, 
 adding thereto interost at one per cent per annum, on 
 the price of redemption ol' the casual rigiUs, from the 
 day of the date of the deposit of the said Schehule unto 
 this day {if interest m payahL nndrr the Act,) made in 
 conformity to the said Act.aiid filed in the oflice of t!io 
 Prothonotary of the said District, as the nrico at which 
 the Seigniorial dues, payable upon the said lands respecti- 
 vely, may be redeemed. 
 
 A. N. M. 
 Provincial Secretarj. 
 
 1/ 
 
 t 
 
iin, oil 
 Dm iho 
 le unto 
 luile 
 of tlio 
 hicli 
 
 111 6 
 
 w 
 
 specti- 
 
 ary.