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BY-LAWS 
 
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 HMBOUR COMMISSIOmS 
 
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 PASSED 2Ut APBH, 1859- 
 SANCnONED, 31«t MAT, 1859. 
 
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BY-LAWS 
 
 PABSBD BT TBI 
 
 HASBOUE COMffllSSIONESS 
 
 OF MONTREAL, 
 
 AT A MEETING DULY HELD AT THE CITY OP MONT- 
 REAL, ON THE TWENTY-FIRST DAY OP APRIL, ONE 
 THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND FIPTY-NINB. 
 
 a/V^'W*'^^'^'^^*^^^^^^^^^^'^^' 
 
 BOARD REGULATIONS OF THE CORPORA- 
 TION. 
 Article 1.-— A Chairman shall be elected by the 
 Commissioners from among themselves, annually, on 
 the first Monday in January, or at the earliest conve- 
 nient period thereafter ; and shall hold office till the first 
 Monday in the then ensuing January, or till the elec- 
 tion of his successor. 
 
 Article 2.— The Chairman shall preside at all Meet- 
 ings of the Board, and shall have authority to maintain 
 order and regularity ; but in his absence one of tiie 
 Commissioners shall be chosen by vote to perform his 
 duties ; and during such absence ahall have all the 
 powers hereby conferred upon the Chairman. 
 
 Article 3.— All Debentures to be issued by the Com- 
 missioners, shall be signed by any three of them ; all 
 checks shall be signed by one Commissioner at least ; 
 and all deeds and other documents whatsoever, shall be 
 executed by the Chairman ; and no debentures, checks, 
 deeds, or other documents shall be binding on the Cor- 
 poration, unless signed and executed in conformity with 
 this By-law ; and then only, provided they are counter- 
 signed or endorsed by the Secretary. 
 
Article 4.--Anj three Commissionerg shall be a 
 quorum for the despatch of business. 
 
 ^r/jc?e 5.~The Corporation shall have no dealinea 
 
 JZZrl^'^ '''A''''^ "^ ''' °^«°^be« ; nor shall any 
 member thereof bo concerned directly or indirectlv^n 
 any con ract that may hereafter be enUd LTapLi 
 
 but all such transactions shall hereafter be condS 
 ^^a^d through the Secretary, with the approval of th^ 
 
 or ts:^„^^^"^s:rrr!4i fer 
 
 Master, or any person or persons rctSndlr h^„t' 
 
 s ;si;nth"ar^^^^^^^^^ '' '^^ ^^^^'^^'^ 
 
 Jer any ^tC ^t ^^^-^.^ ^--ge, p.mpt or 
 
 ARRIVAL OF VESSELS. 
 
 ^'^rid^'^^^^'^KJ^^^ or person in charge of every 
 
 before hJX^l K 1^Y^?'' '^*"' without delay, anS 
 
 WharfinL^Offi '''^^^^^^^^ ^"^ deliver at the 
 
 wnarnnger a Office a true and correct report in writino- 
 signed and certified by him, of the arrival of su^hZ' 
 S i^''^lSo.o{ the value thereof, ^f her Tnnl^e" 
 andof her draft of water ; and shall paV all due Tn^s: 
 pect of such vessel and of her cargo, to V Whifinr: 
 
 such TCs^oI T,r„f u " Corporation m respect of 
 ZrJ ' ' "^ ^" ""«"' ™ »»? P-*™"' voyage 
 
may see fit ; and such assignment of a berth may be 
 made by a verbal notice to the Master or person m 
 charge of such vessel ; and either on each trip of such 
 vess3, or for the whole business season. And no vessel 
 shall take up or occupy any berth in the said harbour, 
 unless such berth shall have been assigned to her by . 
 the Harbour Master : provided always that the Harbour 
 Master do assign a berth to such vessel withm twenty- 
 four hours after her arrival in the said harbour. 
 
 » 1 • ;.,/• ?Ti Colors to be shown 
 
 Article 9 —The colors of every vessel arriving in ^ntiivcssous reported 
 the said harbour shall be kept flying until the report -a berthea. 
 mentioned in the foregoing By-kws, shall have been 
 made and delivered, as therein provided : and until the 
 Harbour Master shall have allotted a berth to such 
 vessel. 
 
 , - 'J • Anchorage, or berths 
 
 Arttde 10.— During the prevalence of any epidemic, ^r voBsete^with aici.. 
 or when there shall be cause to apprehend the spread ''««°'' 
 of any infectious or contagious disease, the Harbour 
 Master shall have power to designate and set apart 
 some certain anchorage, wharf, or place, for every 
 Steamer or other vessel arriving in the said harbour, 
 having on board more than twenty passengers ; where 
 such steamer or vessel shall remain, until such sanitary 
 precautions shall have been used, as shall be appointed 
 in that behalf by a resolution of the Harbour Commis- 
 sioners ; and upon the delivery of a verbal notice of the 
 appointment of such anchorage, wharf, or place, with a 
 copy of such resolution, to the Master or person in charge . 
 of such steamer or vessel, either before, or immediately 
 upon its arrival in the said harbour, such steamer or 
 vessel shall forthwith proceed to such anchorage, whart, 
 or place, and there remain until the terms of such re- 
 solution shall have been fully complied with. 
 
 Artide 11.— Every vessel entering the said harbour wai«^/„»^fi,ro' 
 shall have a water gauge marked conspicuously and ac-showuou every, 
 cu'rately on her stem and stern ; and her name painted 
 on the stern, bow, or quarter, so as to be easily dis- 
 cerned from the wharf; and the tonnage of eaxsh river 
 
 n»me, 
 veB- 
 
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 craft entoring the said harbour shall be out into 
 the face of the foresido of the beora, fonning the 
 after part of the main hatch, in figures not less than 
 four inches in length, in such a manner as to be visi- 
 ble from the deck. 
 
 whicTTosTote'with Article 12.— No vessel having more than twenty-five 
 toroKe Sibo'^' Ppun<J? weight of gunpowder on board, shall sail through 
 the said harbour, unless such gunpowder be under deck, 
 or carefully and completely covered with oil cloth, tar- 
 pauling or other suitable covering ; and no such vessel 
 shall come to anchor^ or remain in the said harbour 
 higher up the St. Lawrence than that part of said har- 
 bour where the wharf, known as Gilbert's Wharf, form- 
 erly stood ; and it shall be in the power of the Harbour 
 Commissioners, by a resolution to be passed for that 
 purpose, to prevent such vessel coming to anchor or re- 
 ^f i^ng higher op than any other point below such 
 wharf; which point shall be designated in such resolu- 
 tion. 
 
 thitp, ^»'^*cfe 13.— No steam vessel while within the said 
 
 tholr speed ta the imp, "'""^ *"-^-^''y Dt-eam vesuei WUHe WltniU tUe Said 
 
 bour. Harbour above the Victoria pier, shall move at a rate 
 
 exceeding half her usual speed. 
 
 VESSELS LYING IN TH3 HARBOUR 
 
 &?? iubjeot'^I^ ^^'^"^^ 14.-A11 vessels in the said harbour shall be 
 toe riarbour Master's under the coutrol of the Harbour Master, so far as re- 
 gards their position, mooring, fastening, removal, and 
 the extent of accomodation Masters or persons in charge 
 thereof may require from each other ; and no person 
 on board or in charge of any vessel in the said harbour, 
 shall disregard or disobey, the orders of the Harbour 
 Master in such respects. And in the event of such re- 
 fusal or disregard of the orders of the Harbour Master 
 to remove any vessel, it shall be lawful for such Har- 
 bour Master to cast oflF or cut away the hawsers or other 
 fastenings of such vessel, or to cut away any ring or 
 post to which such hawsers or other fastenings may be 
 attached ; and in such event, in addition to the penalty 
 hereinafter provided for, the Master or person in charge 
 
of ittch vessel shall be botind to pay to the Bwd Har- 
 W Commissioners, the damage (if any) caused to the 
 SlS^f Jwharves, by the cutting away of such ring or 
 post 
 
 - , . . ^c „„„ Harbour Master maJT 
 
 A J '-J- ir .T« t"hfi fivpnt of the resistance oi any jomovo an> vo«hoi 
 
 Artide 15.— m tne even, oi i""/^ tn the orders '•""-""Bbik authority 
 rerson or persons on board of any vessel to tne oraers 
 Ke Harbour Master to remove the same, under the 
 nowe^ coierred unon him by the last preceding sec- 
 Jbn Ser sucrresistance be active or passive ;^t 
 Z\\ J lawful for the Harbour Master to take ^Bses- 
 Jion of such vessel, and to remove the same , and he 
 shall have the power of employing a sufficient ^m^er 
 of men for that purpose at the expense of the Master^ 
 owner or person in charge of sucli vessel, to aid bim 
 iZl^g Buch removaf ; and shall l^^/^ "g^*^f, 
 moor, anchor, or make fast, such vessel at such other 
 place as he shall see fit. 
 
 a J- Rafts, cribs, floating 
 
 Artide I6.-N0 raft, crib, "t^^^TA.? A^ anv S^ss -^^^^ 
 timber, shall be or remain attached or secured to any g^,i,„„ faster, 
 wharf or to any part of the beach, in said harbour, 
 withoit the exp4sWBBion of the Harbour Master ; 
 lid i wespective of the penalty hereafter provided fbr, . , 
 
 SeCK Master shall have the power without a^y 
 notice to any person whomsoever, to cut adrift any ratt, 
 oKt bottom, or timber, which shall be so attached 
 w s^c^ed without his permission ; and such raft, crib, 
 ^fbStom! or timber s^ cut adrift BhalHhere.f tor c^^^^ 
 Sue to be and remain at the Proper nsk of the ^wners 
 fhfireof respectivelv. And no raft, crib, ratt bottom, 
 or timC^hall, under any circumstences whatever, 
 ^cupy a berth in the said harbour above the Victoria 
 SJr be anchored in the stream within the limits of 
 the said harbour. 
 
 Ariu^ 17.-rNo vessel shall anchor within the limits v^-oi, shau n^t^aj^ 
 of the said harbour in such a place or position a^ to pasBaga. 
 prevent a free and unobstructed passage for all other. 
 ?eS to and fro in the said harbour ; and to and from 
 Ihe L^cMne Canal, or any wharf in the sadd harbour. 
 
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 ^w''t"e "* 'tT' •^'''^^^ 18. — No hawser or rope shall be run or fast- 
 faaicned!^ "*"* "ened across any part of the harbour, excepting for the 
 express purpose of hauling a vessel in, or out, im- 
 mediately, or for the purpose of hauling a vessel off the 
 ground ; in which cases the hawser or rope shall be 
 slackened in order to give a free and uninterrupted pas- 
 sage to any other vessel that may require to pass. 
 
 anchor out, ui^^ to Article 19. — Vessels lying at any wharf, or within 
 hauiouiorin. ^ tier, within the limits of the harbour, shall not have 
 
 an anchor out, except for the purpose of immediately 
 
 hauling in or out. 
 
 how same must bo Article 20. — The shore fastenings of every vessel 
 made fast. within the harbour, shall be attached to the rings placed 
 
 on the outer edges of the wharves, or to mooring 
 posts, and shall not in any manner cross or traverse the 
 said wharves, or be attached to any lamp post or to any 
 matter or thing on the wharves, other than those spe- 
 cially provided for that purpose. 
 
 JKs to^void Qo. ^rtide 21.— All vessels lying at the wharves within 
 tog^damago to each the harbour, shall have their yards topped up, their 
 booms and outriggers rigged in, their jibbooms rigged 
 in as far as practicable, their studding sail boom irons 
 taken off, their sprit sail yards laid fore and aft, and 
 their anchors secured,^so as to avoid doing damage to 
 other vessels. 
 
 
 &of vSiJS ^ -^''^*^^ 22.— When two or more vessels are lying at 
 inauer. the Same wharf, one outside of another, a free and un- 
 
 incumbered passage over the decks of those nearest the 
 wharf, shall be allowed to those lying outside of them, 
 as well for loading or unloading such outside vessel or 
 vessels, as for the purpose of ordinary communication 
 with the shore; provided such outside vessels have 
 gangways of their own, extending to the wharf over the 
 decks of the vesdels nearest thereto. 
 
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 Article 23.— No Master or other person in charge of, ^;;j*^»te^»/„J^K 
 or on board of, any vessel within the said harbour, to out nouce. 
 which any other vessel shall be made fast by any rope, 
 hawser, or chain, shall cut or cast off such rope, hawser 
 or chain ; or cause or permit the same to be cut or cast 
 off, without giving ample and distinct notice of the 
 intention so to do, to the Master or person in charge of 
 ^e^ vessel so made fast. 
 
 Artide 24.— Every steam vessel, at any of thes|^^«j^tohay«^^^^ 
 wharves in the said harbour, or at any landing place at mght on gangways, 
 within the limits of the same, shall provide a good and 
 sufficient gangway from such steam vessel to such 
 wharf or landing place ; with ridge ropes on both sides, 
 supported by wooden or iron stancheons, not less than 
 three feet high ; for the use of persons going and com- 
 ing from 'on board such steam vessel : and on dark 
 nights a light provided by such vessel, shall be placed on 
 every such vessel near such gangway, so that such 
 gangway maybe seen clearly from the wharf, and from 
 on board such vessel. 
 
 Arttde 25.— All steam vessels, except those using ^"•J'iheiJ^hiin- 
 coal for generating steam, shall, while within the limits ni~. 
 of the said harbour, have wire caps fitted over their 
 chimnies so as to prevent sparks issuing therefrom ; 
 the interstices of which caps shall not be more than 
 one quarter of an inch square. 
 
 Jrtide 26.— Any vessel aground within the said 
 harbour shall shew three bright white lights over that 
 side or end of such vessel, nearest which, other vessels 
 must approach in passing her. 
 
 VESSELS LOADING AND UNLOADING. 
 
 Artide 2T.-Raft3 or cribs loaded with boards. un^dJnRof^^re.^^^ 
 planks, firewood, or other lumber, shall not be permitted 
 to remain in the berths assigned to them, unless 
 the unloading of the cargo thereof be commenced im- 
 mediately, and diligently and continuously proceeded 
 
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 Working day.s for witb, and, wheii anloading firewood alongside of any 
 .Oil lug uud uu oad- ^^,jjj^^.|-^ j^^ ^YiQ rate of not less than twenty-five cords per, 
 
 day. 
 
 Article 28. — Vessels arrivino; in the harbour with 
 cargo shall be allowed for unloading as follows : — 
 ". Two working days for fifty tons of cargo, or less 
 than fifty tons. Three working days for over fifty tons 
 of cargo and not exceeding one hundred tons. One 
 working day additional .for every fifty tons of cargo ex- 
 ceeding one hundred tons. 
 
 And for loading : — 
 
 One working day for fifty tons, or under. 
 
 Two working days, for over fifty tons, and under one 
 hundred tons. 
 
 One working day additional for every fifty tons of 
 cargo exceeding one hundred tons : provided always that 
 vessels that shall be discharged, or loaded, in a shorter 
 time, or that shall have ceased discharging or loading 
 from any cause, shall not be entitled to retain their 
 berths, should the Harbour Master see fit to order them 
 to remove : and provided also that on application to 
 that effect the Harbour Master shall have the power, if 
 he sees fit, to extend such time for a further period to 
 be named by him. 
 
 VcsselH unloailiriR, 
 must providii good 
 stages. 
 
 Arlide 29. — Vessels loading or unloading, whether 
 on the wharves, or into lighters, or into any other kinds 
 of vessels, shall have a good tight stage or spout, in 
 order to prevent any portion of their cargo from falling 
 into the water. 
 
 i1>rSt°of"aVarTo; ^rtlch 30.— Boards, planks, oars, staves, fire wood, 
 
 fi?owomrbaiiHst*'to ' ^'^^ ^^^ lumbcr whatsoever, and all ballast, rubbish, 
 
 to 1)0 coiivoj ofi away rcfuso matter, cinders, or ashes, or other things not 
 
 as Boon as landed, forming part of the cargo of any vessel, landed on any 
 
 ., . . wharf in the said harbour, or on the beach thereof, shall 
 
 be conveyed away as fast as landed, by the master or 
 
 person in charge of the vessel, from on board of which 
 
 such substances shall have been landed ; and a like 
 
 penalty to that hereinafter provided, for the breach of 
 
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 the foregoing portion of this By-law, shall be incurred 
 for every period of twenty-four hours during which such 
 effects, or lumber, ballast, rubbish, refuse matter, 
 cinders, ashes, or other substances, shall continue to 
 remain on such wharf or beach, as the case may be, 
 after being landed thereon. 
 
 ■ Article 3I.-N0 goods or cargo of any kind (other J;;-;'>-';;;^.^:i 
 than of those kinds mentioned in the last foregoing tuo wharvu.. 
 Bv-law), landed from any vessel; and no goods or 
 cargo, and no ballast, placed upon any whart in said 
 harbour, or upon the beach thereof, to be shipped on 
 board of any vessel ; shall be allowed to remain upon 
 " such wharf 'or beach, for a longer period than twenty- 
 four hours, after being landed or P\aced there ; and a 
 like penalty to that hereinafter provided, for tuo breacU 
 of the foregoing portion of this By-law, shall be in- 
 curred for every period of twenty-four hours, during 
 which such goods, cargo or ballast, shall continue tore- 
 main upon such wharf or beach, as the case may be, 
 Tfter the expiration of the period of twenty-four hoi^rs 
 hereinbefore allowedfor their removal ; Prov^^ed always ^^^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^ 
 ihif the water casks belonging to any vessel may do ,„„i^,r aiders of the 
 Dlaced upon the wharf at such place, and for such time, na..o«r Master. 
 £ mly be fixed by the Harbour Master ; but at the ex- 
 ^irSof such Le shall be held to be within the 
 provisions of the last foregoing By-law. 
 
 -I J- 7x, QO K!n fronds shall be so placed on any how goods must bo 
 
 Article oJi. J->0 gOOUa audxi ""^ °^ Y „ -1 placed on the wharves 
 
 wharf in said harbour, or on the beach thereot, as to 
 rbsTructthe thoroughfare thereon, under the penalty 
 here nafter provided for the breach of any By-law, and 
 it- sTpla /shall be removed forthwith by the owner 
 or person in charge thereof, upon the orders of the 
 Harboui Master to that effect, under a further like pen- 
 nUv And no goods whatever shall be placed upon any 
 wSrf, nearer tS the edge thereof than eight feet there- 
 from • and no cattle or live animals shall be al owed to ^^^,,^^^^^^^^^^^,, 
 remain on any wharf or beach for a longer period than , 
 th^ee hours, and t iu,n only under the control and man- 
 lament of competent drivers, and persons m char^ 
 
 thereof. 
 
 I- ou the wharves. 
 
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 Barbonr Master my Article 33. — In the event of the breach of either of 
 ttXing'on th^ "' the last three foregoing By-laws, or of any part of either 
 'i^ntilnot'ih^%.o^ ttem, it shall be lawful for the Harbour Master to 
 i*w«. remove, or cause to be removed, any boards, planks, 
 
 oars, staves, firewood, lumber, ballast, rubbish, cinders, 
 ashes, or refuse matter, or other thing, not forming 
 part of the cargo of any vessel, or any goods or cargo 
 which shall remain on the wharf or on the beach of 
 said harbour, longer than it or they are permitted to do 
 by the said last three foregoing By-laws, or by any of 
 them ; and such removal shall be so made at the cost 
 and charges of the owner or consignee of such effects, 
 or of the Master or person in charge of the vessel from 
 which they shall have been landed, at the option of the 
 Harbour Commissioners ; and such costs and charges 
 and any further or other reasonable costs and charges, 
 in respect thereof, and of the custody and safe keeping 
 thereof, and all penalties incurred in respect thereof 
 shall be a lien upon such effects ; which shall not be de- 
 livered up by the Harbour Commissioners to any person 
 whomsoever, until all such costs, charges and penalties 
 be paid. And notwithstanding such removal, such 
 effects shall continue to be at the risk of the owners 
 thereof, and if the costs and charges thereon, and all 
 penalties due in respect thereof be not paid, and such 
 effects taken away, by the owners thereof, or their repre- 
 sentatives, within thirty days after such removal ; such 
 effects may be sold by public auction, for the benefit of 
 whom it may concern, and the Harbour Commissioners 
 shall only be accountable in respect of such effects for 
 the nett proceeds of such sale, less all such costs, charges, 
 and penalties. 
 
 bSZSdVS^ ^^^^^^ 34 —No gunpowder shall be landed or ship- 
 ^'^ ed m the said harbour above the part of said harbour 
 where the wharf formerly stood, which was known as 
 Gilbert's Wharf. And it shall be in the power of the 
 Harbour Commissioners, by a resolution to be passed 
 for that purpose, to prevent any gunpowder from being 
 landed or shipped higher up than any other point below 
 such wharf: which point shall be designated in such 
 resolution. 
 
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 . Artkh 35.-N0 gunpowder shall be landed until g;^"^^*". i"^;*-* 
 there be on the wharf, a suitable vehicle in readiness laadad. 
 there, to convey it away ; and in such case, no greater 
 quantity shall be landed, than shall be sufficient to load 
 such vehicle once, until such quantity so landed, shall 
 be taken away in such vehicle. 
 
 Artwl^ 36.— No gunpowder shall be brought <»» or Gunpowder, m^^^^^^ 
 placed upon any wharf for shipment, unUl the veSsel shipped. 
 in which it is to be shipped shall be ready to receive it 
 immediately on board ; and only one cart load thereot 
 shall be brought to such wharf at one time ; and no 
 second cart load shall be brought to such wharf, or 
 placed thereon, until the last previous cart load, shall 
 have been placed on board of such vessel. 
 
 Artide 37.-N0 gunpowder shall be conveyed to^jjer^nTV- 
 or from any vessel, in an open boat, unless it be com- 
 pletely covered with tarpauling or other suitable 
 covering ; and no person on board of such boat shall 
 smoke, nor shall any fire be used therein, for any pur- 
 pose whatever. 
 
 MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS. 
 
 Artu^ 38.— The Master, or person in charge, of any HatgjwB5.^'j«»eiB 
 vessel, lying alongside of any of the Wharves, or ad- hatches or gratings, 
 loining to any other vessel, shall cause her hatchways 
 to be securely and completely covered with hatehes or 
 gratings, immediately after the work of loading or un- 
 loading, as the case may be, shall have been finished 
 for the day ; and shall cause the same to remain so 
 covered until the tim. when the work shall recommence 
 in the morning. 
 
 ArtuHe 39.-No fixes shall be used, or suffered to re- ^If^Ti^^lSt 
 main alight, on board of any vessel in the said harbour, be kept. 
 except in close cambooses of iron or other ^etal, or ot 
 bnck or stone, when made on deck, or in stoves ot simi- 
 lar materials when under deck; and when made on 
 deck, such fires shall not be lighted before sun-rise, and 
 shall be extinguished at sun-set : provided always, that 
 
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 LiRhtq allowed on 
 board vossols, when 
 and how. 
 
 Boiling of pitch, tar 
 grease, Sic, &c. 
 
 fires necessary for generating steam, may at any time 
 be made on board of any steam vessel, with a competent 
 person as a watch on board. 
 
 Article 40.— No light shall be allowed, after the hour 
 of ten of the clock, P.M., on board of any vessel lying 
 in the said harbour, except only in the cabin thereof, 
 and then only under the constant supervision of some 
 person in attendance ; but this By-law shall not be 
 held to apply to vessels arriving or departing, or load- 
 ing or unloading, after the said hour. 
 
 Article 41.~No person whatsoever shall boil or 
 heat tar, pitch, turpentine, rosin or grease, or cause the 
 same to be boiled or heated, for grading or breaming 
 vessels, or for any other purpose, in any vessel, or on 
 a»y part of the wharves, beaches, or jetties, in the said 
 liarbour, except in such places as the Harbour Master 
 may point out ; and in every case, a proper person shall 
 be placed in charge of the pot or kettle in which the 
 same may be boiling or heating, provided with a shovel, 
 and a suflacient cover, for instantly extinguishing any 
 fire arising from the ignition of such tar, pitch, tu'rpen- 
 tine, rosin, or grease ; and for extinguiphing completely 
 the original fire, when the purpose for which it was 
 kindled shall be accomplished : and no vessel shall be 
 
 graded or breamed within the limits of the said harbour, 
 without the permission of the Harbour Master. 
 
 oif the'^^harTCs witJi- Article 42. — No person shall make or dress any 
 out permission. masts Or spars, or do any carpenter's work, on any of the 
 wharves, beaches or jetties in the said harbour, except 
 with the express permission of the Harbour Master 
 previously obtained, and at such place as he shall have 
 designated for the purpose. 
 
 fvor'"to*r'thTown ^^'^'^^^ 43.— No ballast, coals, ashes, cinders, hay 
 into the water in the OF straw, or matter Or thing whatsoever, shall be thrown 
 Stob^d.'ulur'^al"f^'0^ .any vessel whatsoever, or by any person whomso- 
 ever, mto the water m the said harbour, and no placards 
 or bills shall be stuck on any of the walls within the 
 Harbour limits, or any disfigurement whatsoever, caused 
 thereto. 
 
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 Article 44.-N0 person or persons shall place, pjle,{j,<>,ff Jl^,fr uf, 
 or deposit, any stone3,dirt, rubbish, snovr, ice, or other w...vos.«r r^^^^^ 
 matter or thins whatsoever, upon the revetment wall, pueoa by imrmu^ion, 
 or upon any of the wharves or jetties in the said harbour, on tuo ice. 
 or upon any pai-t of the beach thereof, or upon the roads 
 or open spaces therein, or upon the ice thereon in winter, 
 except in the latter case, in such place as may be desig- 
 nated for that purpose by the Harbour Master, or the 
 Ilarbour Engineei ; and for every twenty-four hours 
 during which the same shall remain upon such wharf, 
 ietty, beach, road, open space or ice, a further penalty 
 shall be incurred by such person or persons, to the same 
 amount, as that to which he or they are subjected, for 
 the breach of the first portion of this By-law. 
 
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 j^,,'fjp 45 No person or persons shall cut ice, or tu,. lo, and making 
 
 M-VllCVe "iO. XI w pu*^v.". r 4.V,r.Y.r.rin roads on ico. Penalty 
 
 make anv hole in the ice, or make any roaa tnereon,^^^.„j^^i„gpi„tet3ot 
 
 Tr occupy the same in any manner, within the limits of otuer .ar... 
 
 the saidLrbQur, except at such place or pl-^^s thei.^^^^ 
 
 as shall be allotted and designated by the Harbour 
 
 Master or the Harbour Engineer, for those purposes re- 
 
 Tc ively ; and no person or persons shall convey away, 
 
 Tstroy, iujure, or deface, any pickets, or other marks, 
 
 pkced on the ici, for the purpose of indicating the limits 
 
 Sn which such road or roads may be made, or ico 
 
 cu or within which any rubbish, snow, or ice, may be 
 
 deposited ; or shall destroy, iniure, deface, or carry away, 
 
 any Tckets, or other marks placed on the ice by the 
 
 Harbour Engineer, in the.^performance of his duty. 
 
 Lote may be leased 
 
 Article 46.-The Wharfinger shall have P^J^r, on cor j.ow^^^^^^^^^ 
 behalf of the said Harbour Commissioners, and under 
 their directions, to allot, let, or lease, any space or por- 
 tion of any of the wharves, piers, or vacant ground, 
 nThe said^arbour, for the piling thereon of firewood or 
 other lumber, or of other articles, subject to such 1 ate 
 of char<^es, and for such time or times, as may from time 
 ?o time be fixed, by the Harbour Commissioners ; and 
 such alio ment or letting shall be evidenced only by a 
 ."eimit, signed bf th^ Wharfinger ;wn^^^^^^^^^ 
 permit shall in all cases be exhibited to the Harbour 
 
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 Master, or to any other OflSccr of the said Corporation, 
 by the person holding or using any such space or por- 
 tion, on the first demand of such Harbour Master, or 
 other Officer ; and if such wood or other articles be al- 
 lowed to remain on such lot or lots for twelve hours 
 after the expiration of the time denoted in such permit, 
 without a renewal of same, at the Wharfinger's office, 
 '' such wood or other articles shall be liable to be removed, 
 
 by the Harbour Master, in the manner provided by 
 Article No. 33, of these By-laws, and without any 
 notice being given, either verbally, or in writing, by the 
 Harbour Master, to the party owning, or representing 
 the same. 
 
 Ught-boMes, buoyg, Arttde 47. — ^If any floating light, light house, buoy, 
 to bSrfe"eS''wi?S! ^^acon, or other mark, placed or to be placed in any part 
 of the said harbour, or within its limits, shall be re- 
 moved, carried away, destroyed, or injured, by any ves- 
 sel, or raft, or by any person or persons, whomscever : 
 the same shall be replaced or repaired, as the case may 
 be, by the Master, owner, or person in charge of such 
 vessel, or raft, or by such person or persons, forthwith, 
 and within forty-eight hours from such removal, des- 
 truction, or injury ; failing which, such Master, owner, 
 or person in charge, person or persons, shall incur the 
 
 g malty hereinafter fixed for the breach of any of these 
 y-laws ; and shall also be bound to pay to the said 
 Harbour Commissioners, the expense of such replace- 
 ment or reparation, as shall be necessary in the premises. 
 
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 DEPARTURii OF VESSELS. 
 
 Vessels mnst report 
 outward cargo and 
 
 outward cargo and '^rlicU 48.--No vcssel shall Icavo the harbour until 
 
 KKour "*''■ *H ^^^^^ ^^ P®^^°^ '^^ "^^^^^ thereof, shall have toade 
 and delivered at the Wharfinger's Office, a full and cor- 
 rect report in writing, signed and certified by him, of 
 her outward caigo, with the description thereof in detail, 
 and its value ; and also of her draft of water ; and un- 
 til all dues on such vessel, and on her cargo, and all 
 penalties incurred thereby, or by the Master or person 
 in charge thereof, and all costs and charges with which 
 such vessel or the Master or person in charge thereof 
 shall be chargeable towards the Harbour Commis- 
 sioners, shall have been fully paid. 
 
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 VEHICLES. 
 
 Arlide '^^9 ^No person shall drive a horse or horses If^l*^ Z to'mov* 
 
 on any of the wharves, or on any of the ramps leading to a^f -,,,th- -aiw, 
 the wharves, at a quicker motion than a walk ; and all ja.p --t^^^ - 
 carts, trucks, and other vehicles going to or from any g„j„g. 
 vessel in the harbour, shall take the ramp nearest to 
 Buch vessel. 
 
 , It. 1™. 1, «o»f No vehicle to obatruot 
 
 Article 50. — No omnibus, cab, caleche, trucK, can, ^^y ^harf or pior- 
 or vehicle whatsoever, shall be permitted to stand onana no^arwer^im- 
 anv wharf or pier in the said harbour, in such a manner ger or other person. 
 as to obstruct the passage to and fro, upon such whart 
 or pier,— or to or from any vessel arriving or lying at, 
 or departing from, such wharf or pier ; nor shall any 
 driverof any such vehicle, or any other person, obstruct, 
 importune, or annoy, any passenger or person landing 
 from, or embarking on board of, any vessel in said har- 
 bour. 
 
 Article 51 — No omnibus, cab, caleche, cart, truck, Jfo ^l^f'^^„^eg '"p. 
 or vehicle whatsoever, shall stand or remain on the p^««^ to^ -y^ «jeam 
 wharf in front of any steam or other vessel, or on any parting. 
 ramp leading to such wharf, on the arrival or departmre 
 of any steam or other vessel ; but the entire spaxjc be- 
 tween the whole length of such steam or other vessel 
 and the revetment wall, shall be left free and unob- 
 structed by such vehicles, both previous to and after the 
 arrival of such vessel. 
 
 Article 52. — No omnibus, cab, caleche, cart, truck, J^R|J»«°°8j;j^igta„4 
 or vehicle whatsoever, shall stand or remain on the wh^rr «.d^ the.r ap- 
 Island Wharf, on the arrival or departure of any steam- and store-houaes. 
 er within ten feet of the shed or store-house erected 
 bv the Champlain and St. Lawrence Railroad Company : 
 nor shall they stand or remain on the said wharf or any 
 other wharf so as to obstruct or impede the passage, or 
 'wav. to or from the said shed or store-house, or to or 
 from any shed or store ^ -use that may be erected on 
 any other whar£ 
 
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 Drirers of vehideB Article 53. — Everv person in charge of a horse or 
 
 shall remain beside . n i. ■ i j i. i_ «_ 
 
 their horses until call- horses, or 01 any vehicle drawn by a horse or horses, 
 fnVor'dtecTargta'r'* ^^^^^ remain beside such horse or horses, except when 
 such vehicle. loading or discharging such vehicle, and shall not then 
 
 leave them so far as that they shall be beyond his con- 
 trol ; and no cabman or driver of any 'omnibus or 
 other vehicle on any wharf or pier in said harbour, 
 shall leave such vehicle on any pretence whatsoever, 
 until he shall have been called and his vehicle engaged. 
 
 FINES AND PENALTIES AND THEIR 
 COLLECTION. 
 
 Article 54. — ^Every person, in whatsoever capacity 
 he may be acting, who shall violate or infringe any of 
 the By-laws hereinbefore contained, and passed this day, 
 or any part or portion of any one of them, shall be 
 subject to a penalty of five pounds currency. 
 
 Artide 55. — Every person, m whatsoever capacity 
 he may be acting, who sha.l fail or neglect to obey any 
 one of the aforesaid By-laws, or any portion of any onia 
 of them, shall be subject to a penalty of five pounds 
 currency. 
 
 Article 56. — The Master, or person in charge, of any 
 vessel, which shall violate or infringe, or fail or neglect 
 to obey, any one of the aforesaid By-laws, or any part 
 or portion of any one of them ; and the master, or 
 person in charge, of any vessel in the conduct and man- 
 agement of which, any one of the said By-laws, or any 
 part of any one of them, shall be violated, infringed or 
 disobeyed, shall be subject to a penalty of five pounds 
 currency. 
 
 Artide 57. — In the event of the contravention, or 
 neglect to obey, any of the foregoing By-laws having 
 reference to the landing or shipping of gunpowder, the 
 landing or shipping, as the case may be, of each keg 
 or package of gunpowder, shall be a separate offence, 
 and shall give rise to a separate penalty of five pounds, 
 against the offending party. 
 
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 Artide 58.^The owner of any cargo, lumber, or 
 effects, or of any matter or thing whatever, landed from 
 any v;88el ; in respect of which cargo lumber or effects, 
 mJtter or thing, there shall be any violatjon or mfr^^^^^^^^^ 
 ment of, or disobedience to, any one ^^/^^ ^^^^^^^^^^ 
 By-laws, or of any part of any one of them , shall 
 be subject to a penalty of five pounds. 
 
 Article 59.— The owner, or person in charge of, any 
 goods, lumber, or other effects, deposited for shipment 
 on any wharf, or elsewhere, in the said harbour ; in re- 
 Zc?of which goods, lumber, or efl^ts, there shall be 
 aS^y violation or infringement of, or disobedience to any 
 one of the aforesaid By-laws, or of or to any part of 
 any one of them ; shall be subject to a penalty of five 
 pounds. ' 
 
 ArttcZe 60.-Any person who shall be convicted of 
 infringing any of the said By-laws, or any of the 
 proSe of tie Statutes now in force in this f>rovince 
 providing for the management and improvement of the 
 Sarbour of Montreal, and the deepening of the Sbp 
 Channel between the said harbour and the Port ot 
 Quebec ; and who shall be condemned to the payment 
 of any Ucuniary penalty for such intnngement ; and 
 who shSlmake^ default in the payment of such pecu- 
 niaJv penalty, and of the costs of such conviction, may 
 KprTsonSfora period of thirty days, unless the 
 atnount of such penalty and costs be sooner paid. 
 
 INTERPRETATION. 
 
 AHicU 61.-Theword « vessel" when made use of m 
 the foregoing regulations, is to be understood as com- 
 l^heSg and leaning rafts and every other descrip- 
 tbn of flofting vessel ; the words « working da,ys" are 
 to be understood as comprehending and meaning days 
 
 onww'h work can legally ^^ ^^^^^ 'Jh J!^v 
 "owner" shall comprehend and mean a part owner 
 or owners; Hie words "Harbour Master" shall com- 
 prehend and mean the Deputy Harbour Master also; 
 the wS^^goods " shall be understood as comprehending 
 
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 lumber, firewood, ballast and merchandize of any des- 
 cription, together with all kinds of live stock ; and 
 when more persons than one are hereinbefore made 
 subject to any penalty, in the disjunctive, the said 
 Corporation shall have the option of proceeding for such 
 penalty against such one of such persons as the said 
 Corporation may see fit. 
 
 Article 62.— All By-laws passed by the Harbour 
 Commissioners of Montreal, prior to this date, shall be 
 and are hereby repealed, except so far as they may be 
 necessary to enable the said Corporation to collect any 
 dues or penalties that may have accrued thereunder, or 
 to continue any action at law that may be pending, or 
 to commence or continue any action at law for oflFences 
 thereunder ; and except also in so far as they repealed 
 all By-laws, orders, rules and regulations made by the 
 Trinity House of Montreal, for the regulation and man- 
 agement of the aflfairs of the Harbour of Montreal. 
 
 I hereby certify, that the foregoing By-Laws, numbered from 
 1 to C2 inclusive, are respectively the copies of the By-Laws of 
 The Harbour Commissioners of Mortreal, duly made ai.c ■ nA 
 at a Meeting of the said Corporation, held at Mont Jl, oa the 
 21st day of April, 1859, and sanctioned and confirmed by His 
 Excellency Sir Edmund Walker Head, Governor General of 
 British North America, &c., & &c., on the 3l8t day of May, 
 1859, md r-tsblishec? in " The Canada Gaxettef published by 
 " authority ;' ^a tne 11th day of June, 1859. 
 
 In witness whereof, I have signed this certificate, and ap- 
 pended the seal of the said Corporation hereto, this 14th day of 
 June, 1859. 
 
 
 ALEX. CLERK, 
 
 To the Harbour Commissioners of Montrtdl. 
 
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