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LOWER CANADA 
 
 MUNICIPAL & EOAD ACT 
 
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 18 5 5. 
 
 A C T E 
 
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 lUNICIPALITES ET DEs CHEMINS 
 
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 BAS-CANADA DE 1855. 
 
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 18 VICTORliE, CAP. 100. 
 
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 I'RINTEI) BY STEWART DEKBISHIRE AND GEORliE DESBaRATS 
 
 Law Printer to tlm i^upeii'f* Mont Excellent Majesty. 
 
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 SUMMARY. 
 
 LOWER CANADA MUNICIPAL AND ROAD ACT 
 
 OF 1855. 
 
 18 VICT. CAP. 100. 
 
 SECT. ' PACKS. 
 
 I. Commencoment of Act 2 
 
 II. Extent of Act ib. 
 
 III. Act not to apply to certain works unless ctded lo Municipalitiee. . ih. 
 
 2. IJut shall apply after such cession ib. 
 
 IV. Act not to extend to ihose parts of certain parishes included in 
 cities or towns ib 
 
 '2. iVlunicipalitiee of parishes of (iuebec, Montreal and St. 
 
 Hyaciuthe defined . . 4 
 
 3. Act to extend to town of Three-Rivers ib. 
 
 4. Municipality of parish of Three-llivers delined ib. 
 
 5. Act to exteiul to ijie town of JSherbrooky, as Jelined ib. 
 
 (i. Act shall apply to Ste. Auiiedes Monts 6 
 
 7. Act shall apply to the Magdalen Islands ib. 
 
 V. Acts and Ordinances repealed ib. 
 
 Certain parishes and townships to remain jVIunicipaliliea for the 
 
 purposes of the School Acts S 
 
 Paits oi 11 & 1'^ V. c. lUO, repealed 10 
 
 VI. Short title of Act ib. 
 
 Vl(. Inierpretatiin clause ib. 
 
 VI II. Mode of giving Public Notices— [Form B.] 14 
 
 IX. Mode of giving Special Notices ib. 
 
 •2. Certificate of publication or service — [Form D.] 16 
 
 'i. Attestation ol such certilicute ib. 
 
 Generid Organizudon. 
 
 X. Inhabitants of each County incorporated ib. 
 
 2. Inliabitanls of each parish or township ib, 
 
 3. of certain towns and villages ib. 
 
 Provkions applicable to Municipal Councils gentrally—Corporate power and 
 
 name. 
 
 XI. General Corporate powers 18 
 
 2. Corporation to act by a Council ib. 
 
 3. Names of Councils oi Counties ii. 
 
 4. of parishes, townsliips, towns or villages ib. 
 
 5. Composition of County Councils. ib. 
 
 6. of Local Councils , ib, 
 
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 80MMAIRE. ^^fOg 
 
 ACTE DES MUNICIPALITjfeS ET DES C 
 BAS CANADA DE 1855." 
 
 18 VICT. CAP. loo. 
 
 SICT. 
 
 I. Entree en vigueur de I'acte wgm. 
 
 II. Etendue de I'acte .' .' 
 
 HI. L'acte ne s'appliquera pas A certains' ouvraies," "a" "moins au'ilV,;« ** 
 
 soient cedfes aux mimicipalit6s !.. ""''»» ^^ "s ne 
 
 IV T ,^' '' *'^ aPPlJquera aussitot apres cette session! ^' 
 
 %"Llrvmrs '""'"'""" P'"""« eo-prieesda^a-des ' 
 
 3. L'acte s'6tendra k la ville des Trois-Riviires ^u 
 
 vi^ref " ^^ '* municipalite de la paroisse des' TroiV-Ril 
 6. L'acte s'etendra h la ville de Sherbrooke " ' ' '?* 
 
 7 lS! '»'''"r ™ ''"'' 6tabli.sement3 de Ste. AnnV-deV-MontV. 7 
 V . 7-^^!^®«*PP'''l"«^aauxl8lebdelaMagdeleinc... / 
 
 V . Actea et ordonnances abroges. . ^' 
 
 ^'TelTcoiet"'.'"'!. !!!'!'""' '"""^"'^^^^^ '*' 
 
 Partie de la 14 et 16 V.," V/lOO," abrogee..." .'.'." , ? 
 
 VI. Titre abr6g6 du present acte . 
 
 VIL Clause interpr6tative *• 
 
 VIII. Mani^re de donner les avis "pubiic8-(FormuIe B.).'.' f." 
 
 IX. Maniere de donner les avis speciaux A 
 
 2. Certificat de signification— [Formule D.]!..! i^ 
 
 3. Attestation du certificat .. 
 
 lb. 
 
 Organisation Generale. 
 
 X. Incorporation des habitans de chaque comte ^ 
 
 de chaque paroisse et township '. ib, 
 
 de certaines villes et villages " ib. 
 
 Dispositions applicables aux Conseils Municipaux generalemeHt. 
 Powoirs collectifs et Norn. 
 
 XI. Pouvoirs generaux des corporations 
 
 2. Chaqtie corporation sera repreeentie 'par un'conseVl.'."." ih 
 
 J. INom des conseils de comte de paroisse .".'," ,-5' 
 
 5* n .-.■ , townships, villes et villages "" ih 
 
 o. Composition des conseils de comt6 a 
 
 ^' ^« oon&eils Ipcauj? i ..'!,',','.'," i i ,',' ,' ,',' ,' ' * JJj 
 
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 iy 
 
 Summary, • 
 
 SECT. '*««•• 
 
 7. Counoillon not to be paid as auch ; nor to hold office under 
 
 Council }^ 
 
 8. Oath of office to be taken by Councillors— [Form N.] »6 
 
 Seaiions of Municipal Councils. 
 
 Xtl. Quarterly Session of County Councils 20 
 
 2. Monthly Sessions of Local Councils «6. 
 
 8. Holidays *• 
 
 4. Special Sessions of any Council and hour of meeting— 
 
 [Form L] «*• 
 
 6. Who shall preside at Meetings ib. 
 
 6. Questions how decided * ']*• 
 
 7. Open doors ^*» 
 
 8 & 9. Adjournments ''• 
 
 10. Failure of Session not to dissolve Council 23 
 
 11. Chief Officer ex officio a Justice of the Peace ib. 
 
 Appointment of Officers— their duties, ^c. 
 
 IIU. Appointment of Secretary-Treasurer ib* 
 
 3. Duties of Secretary-Treasurer ib. 
 
 Copies certified by him to be authentic ib. 
 
 3. Secretary-Treasurer to give security t6. 
 
 4. How such security shall be given ib. 
 
 5. Forms of Seourityship ; deposit of Bond, &c.— [Form 0.] 24. 
 
 6. Registration of Bond ib. 
 
 7. Duties of Secretary-Treasurer; receipts and payments ib. 
 
 8. Accounts and Books *^' 
 
 9. Rendering accounts »*• 
 
 10. Accounts to be open to Members of Council ib. 
 
 11. Mode ofcompelling Treasurer to render accounts and pay, &c. ib. 
 
 12. Contrainte par corps, to enforce judgment 2§ 
 
 13. Council may appoint other Officers ib. 
 
 14. Delivery of moneys, &c., by an Oflicer to his successor ib. 
 
 15. His representative to deliver the same m case of his death, &c. ib. 
 
 16. Successor may recover the same if .iot delivered ib. 
 
 XIV. Mode of appointing Officers— Notice— [Form P.] ». 
 
 2. Ter^n of office ^8 
 
 3. Officer may be removed, ou certain conditions to. 
 
 Powers common to all Municipal Councils. 
 
 XV. All Municipal Councils niuy make By-laws concerning— [Forms 
 I & J.]- 
 
 1. Order, &c., at Sessions *• 
 
 2. Acquiring and disposing of property ib. 
 
 3. Constructing or leasing, &c., building ib. 
 
 4. Construction, &c., of fences, ditches, &c ib' 
 
 5. Regulating ferries *''• 
 
 Licenses for ferries ^• 
 
 Limitation as to period of licenses, &c ' i''- 
 
 6. Acquiring roads or bridges from Government 30 
 
 7. Raising and levying money by rales equally imposed ib. 
 
 8. Aiding- in construction of roads, benefitting the Municipality, 
 
 iho'not iuit ^ 
 
Somiv.aire. 
 
 •■OT. 
 
 7. Nul conseiller ne sera pav6 en cetle n,mli»* „• '^'*"*- 
 
 «. ^««''on«eillerspr^teront««rme„urofficei:iF;;muVeN.i;.:: ,i 
 
 „„ „ ^'^'''^°''' dca ComeUt Munkipaux. 
 
 XII. Se^.or« tWmestrielles des conseil, de comte -, 
 
 5. President dee assemblees. *• 
 
 6. Manierede decider les questions": ^• 
 
 '. sessions publiques "*• 
 
 Set 9. Ajournements, .. . **• 
 
 "• ^°"' °fli«'er municipal sera ex offuio J. P ''^""''^' *3 
 
 10. 
 
 AWi„a/.on de, 0/,am. fc«r, ^e«oir,, etc. 
 XHI. Nomination du secretaire et tresorier.. . 
 
 <*. IJevwrs du secretaire-tresorier **• 
 
 Les copies certifiees par lui seront aulh'emiqVeV -J" 
 
 3. Le 8ecr6ta.re-tresorier donnera caution.... .^ t 
 
 4. Maniere de donner cautii-n '*• 
 
 5. Forme de I'acte de cautionnem;;;," e'tc.-VFoVmule o'l t 
 
 7 Sr?T'"'"i^'' ''acledecautionnement. ^ '/ 
 
 7. Devoir du 8ecr6taire-tr6sorier. **• 
 
 Hecettes et paiements .'.' **• 
 
 8. Comptes et livres " ' »6« 
 
 9. Comptes-rendus du trdsorieV.. *• 
 
 10. U.^o^.,,e. »„„, .«ven.*V.,^p.V„W-i„--i;-j„ *• 
 
 ... f-M- po» W "^^-i]^^---- *• 
 12. Comrainte par corps 27 
 
 2. Dureedes charges.. **• 
 
 3. Destitution des officiers dans ce'rlainVcis.'.V.'.' .'.'.'.■.■.■.*.'.*;; ' ' ^ 
 
 Pouvoirs commzms d toua Us Conseils Municipaux. 
 
 7''«°n««i»'ferontdesregIementsco„cernant-[Form.Iet J 1- 
 
 1. Lebonordredes sessions, etc.. urm.ieij.j— 
 
 2. L'acquisition et la vente de bieris '*' 
 
 3. La construction ou louage d'SditicesV etc ?* 
 
 4. La construction, etc., le. clotures, losefis,' Vtc" ".\ jj' 
 
 5. Le rdgiement des traverses. **• 
 
 Restriction de la duree de» licences", "etc" 'J 
 
 «. ^'acquisitiondecheminaoupoat.dagouvemem;n;;.::;;;; ti 
 
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 ' 9, Boirowiog momy, iwulng Rondi or 0«bentur»i, fco., foi- 
 
 AiiiBting in constiuctioii of Railways 
 
 Managing Sinking b'und— [Form MM.] » • 
 
 Rate for intoroot and Sinking Fund ^* 
 
 Bv-lawB not \o be repealed, except, &c • • • 
 
 Money borrowed by a County for Railway purposes to be paid ^^ 
 
 by Local Municipalities within it " 
 
 10. Depositing money ^^' 
 
 11. Paying damages done by Rioters .^' 
 
 Vi. Paviua Officers V r i." 
 
 13. Defining duties of Officers and enforcing performance thereof ift. 
 
 14. Taking security from Ofiicers, Contractors, 6ic "• 
 
 15. Imposing una collecting penalties ^^ 
 
 Imposing impriaonment ^.^^ 
 
 IG. Other Local Regulations 
 
 Publication of By-Laws. 
 
 XVI. Publication of By-laws 
 
 Persons disqualified or exempt from acceptivg office as Members or 
 Officers of Municipal Councils. 
 
 XVII. Pereons disqualified as Councillors or Officers »^^ 
 
 2. Persons exempted from serving ', ' j."' " ' Vc J 
 
 3. Appointment in place of Councillor elected and disqualified _^ 
 
 or claiming exemption 
 
 County Councils— Special Pmers. 
 
 XVIII. County Councils to have certain powers under 12 V. c. 56. - - . ib. 
 yiX jnay make By-laws concerning— [Form I.]— 
 
 1. Place of sitting - • ; • ^ 
 
 2. Construction, &c.. of a Court House and Gaol ». 
 
 3. Maintenance of an Office lor registration of Deeds, &c 'O. 
 
 4. Turnpikes ^^ 
 
 5. Fire in the woods, &c ' 
 
 6. Fees to County Superintendent or Clerk • • ^^ 
 
 7. Regulating fisheries 
 
 Sesmns of County CauncU, Election or Appointment of Warden, 4rc. 
 
 „ . ib. 
 
 XX. Fust Session • .. 
 
 2. auorum of County Councils ' • 
 
 3. Registrar shall preside at first Meeting Jo* 
 
 4. Election of Warden ^.^' 
 
 Warden to preside when chosen • • 
 
 5. Governor to appoint Warden if none be elected jo. 
 
 6. Term of office of Warden * 
 
 Removal of Warden by Council 
 
 Appointment of County Superintendent. 
 
 XXI. To be appointed by County Council :"'- ,,. 
 
 q! Mub? reside in the County-Not to hold any other office .... ^b. 
 
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 office . . 
 
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 Sommairt, 
 
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 7. Let ootltationi 9xnt, 
 
 S. Po»r aiJer A la co^It'ruo'tiVn 'd'u'n 'c'lUmVn' en deh;rV 'de'lii ^^ 
 m^'cipaht^dont las habitants pourrontlireravantage.. . ,7, 
 
 Aide pour la construction de chemins de fer ,-fc 
 
 Admrnistrationdnfondsd'amoifissement...'. 1' 
 
 raxe pour I'i„t6r6t et )e fonds d'umortissc.nent.'.' .' ." 33 
 
 Abrogation de tel regloment. ■ 
 
 Les denicrs pr6Iev6s pour aider lea chemiVs'deVe'r'dkn^un '' 
 -mte. «ero„t payables par toutes Jes municipalites dans 
 
 10. Depdtet'piacement dedenie,^'d"i;ae;et;:: It' 
 
 . Indemnisation de .lommages causes par des cmeuUo;;':: ' " ' S' 
 
 12. Retribution de ses ofiiciers . ' 
 
 13. Definition des devoirs des offidJrVI.t" amende" p^uVnon'ac-' 
 
 complittHement d'ieeux .... ., 
 
 14. Caution dans Jes cas non prevus par la'lol '." !•!" 
 
 5. Imposition et perception d'amendes et autres ponalitVs". etc' " * 35 
 
 16. Autres reglements locaux. <»i»e», eic. . . «j 
 
 10. 
 
 Publicalion dis Reglemcnts. 
 
 XVI. Publication des reglcmontrf 
 
 - ib, 
 
 Personnes incapablesou exanptes dWcepter les charges de Membrcs ou 
 a Officiers des Conseils Municipaux. 
 
 XVIL Personnes disqualifiees pour elre conseillers ou officiers ih 
 
 2. Peisonnes exemptea de servir 
 
 ib. 
 
 Conseils de Comle-Pouvoirs Speciaux. 
 XVIII. Les conseils decomteauront certains pouvoirs sous I'acte 12 
 
 xix ^•'''•^^ ib 
 
 P°»"ont faire des rdglementa pour les ' 
 
 , T • ' .- , "'^J^'^ suivants— [Formule 1.1— 
 
 1. Lieu ou so tiendront les sessions de conseils oo 
 
 2. La constructon, etc., d'un palais de justice et d'uno pViwn" ' ih 
 
 3. Mamtien d'ua bureau d'enregistrement ... ^ " ' ' '?' 
 
 4. Chemin d bariieies . 
 
 5. Epoques ou le feu poui^a Vt^e mis" aux br^sVaill'e;;"^!;';;: '" ^ 
 
 6. Honoraires du surinlendant .' 
 
 7. R6gler lea peehes . . . **• 
 
 • 41 
 
 Sesnons des Conseils de Comte, Election ou Nomination da Prc/et, etc. 
 
 XX. Premiere session 
 
 «. Quorum des conseils de conit'e '^ 
 
 3. Le registrateur presidera la premiere VesVion,' Vtc.'.V." tb 
 
 4. Election du prefet .' 
 
 Te Pr6fet presidera aussitot qu'il aura'etV I'lu. '. .t' 
 
 5. S d^n'est pas elu de prefer, le gouverneur pourra'^nnomme; 
 
 ' ih. 
 
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 TlU 
 
 nummary. 
 
 PAOM. 
 
 KCT. 42 
 
 3. May appoint Depuliw 
 
 llesponsibiliiy for his act« ' 
 
 4. Appointment of Dt^puly— [Form O.] » • 
 
 Notice thereol— [Form H.] * * 
 
 5. Socrelary-TreaMiirer to act lor him in certain case* »• 
 
 6. To keep a Repertory * 
 
 7. To deliver copies of documents ' ' 
 
 Copies to be evidence, &c ' 
 
 . 8. Special duties may be (assigned to him *"' 
 
 County Delegates. 
 
 44 
 
 XXII. Tliree Delegates for each County 
 
 2. Warden to be one— other two how appointed »0' 
 
 Termof office m^* 
 
 3. Vacancies how filled up 
 
 jMal Councils— Powers common to all I/Kal Council$. 
 
 XXIII. Local Conncils may mako By-laws concerning— 
 
 1. Opening, making and repairing roads, bridges, &o «». 
 
 2. Opening and adorning public squares, &c •■ • • * 
 
 3. Prevention of abuse prejudicial to agriculture ; pounds, &c. . . i*. 
 
 Animals lunning at large ' 
 
 Damages by animals * 
 
 Fees to pound-keepers ' 
 
 4. Pits and precipices ^' 
 
 6. Dogs, and tax on dogs • 
 
 6. Regulating persons retailing liquors, or keepmg places ot 
 
 public entertainment ; or prohibiting sale of liquors «^ 
 
 7. Caiters • „ 
 
 8. Public exhibitions ' 
 
 9. Maps, plans and surveys of a Municipality ^• 
 
 10. Dividing the Municipality for road purposes «'• 
 
 Special Power$ of Tovm and Village CounciU. 
 
 XXIV. Town and Village Councils may make By-laws concerning— 
 1 I^flrkfitSa '"' •••••"•••••''*• 
 
 2. Appointment, &c., of Clerks of markets and other market 
 
 Officers, stalls, duties, sale of certain articles, &c «• 
 
 3. Duties on vehicles in which articles aie brought to market . . ib. 
 
 4. Weighing and measuring certain articles '_^' 
 
 5. Weight of bread '*• 
 
 Marking bakers' names, &c ~' 
 
 6. Commutation of statute labour ~' 
 
 7. Assessing for making sewers °^ 
 
 8. Fencing real property *^* 
 
 9. Removing encroachments on streets, &c **• 
 
 10. Altering level of side paths, &o **• 
 
 Compensation in certam cases **'• 
 
 11. Pulling down decayed buildings '"• 
 
 12. Preventing accidents by fire, and arrangements for ex- 
 tinguishing fires '*'• 
 
FAOM. 
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 aarket . . ib. 
 
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 8 for ex- 
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 Sominairt. 
 
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 6. Dur6e tie la cliar«e du prifet 41 
 
 Destitution du pr^fet \\'[ ^ 
 
 Nomination du Surinlendanl de Comli. 
 
 XXr. Uii TOrintendant sera nomtne pur le cotueil d« coml6 43 
 
 2. Qualification de cette chatiiffl ' ,-^ 
 
 3. II pourra nommer den deputes "'/ y,' 
 
 4. Mani«re de nommer aes d6put«8— [Formule G.l. ib 
 
 Avii prealabie— tFormuIe H.] .'."■.' y, 
 
 5. Le secretaire le remplacera en certaina caa '.'.*.* ib'. 
 
 6. II tiendra un repertoire '..'.'.'... tj' 
 
 7. li deiivrera copie dos documents .'. ,".'.'. * . . ,-fc' 
 
 Lea copies feront foi, etc '.'.'.'.'.'. ib 
 
 8. Des deToira spfeciaux pourroiit Jul 6tre aasignes . .... . , . . . . ' ib[ 
 
 Deligves de Comte. 
 
 XXII. Trols deie|,'u6« pour chaque coinid 45 
 
 2. Le pr6fet sera d6l6gu6 d'otrice-notnination des'deux aiit'res ' 1* 
 Uureedo leur charge Jl 
 
 3. Manidre de remplir les vacances!. ....... ./.!..*.".","."." J5* 
 
 Conseih locaux—Pouvoirs commma d totta let Conseita locaux. 
 
 XXIII. Les conseils locaux pourront faire des rfiglement« concernant- 
 
 1. Les ohemins, ponts, etc t 
 
 2. Placeapubiiques, etc ."..."..'." 47 
 
 3. Pour empdcher les abua pr6judiciables d ragriculture". .....'. ib. 
 
 Fourrldre, etc "'" ..' 
 
 Honoraires aux gardiens d'endos publics ib 
 
 Evaluation des dommages causes par les animaux.'. . .! .. ' ' ib 
 
 4. Fondri^re, precipices, etc .-il' 
 
 6. Chiens ..* 
 
 6. Gouvernement des personnea dfitaillant des liquRura apiri- 
 
 tueuses ^ 
 
 7. Charretiera ''" .X 
 
 8. Exhibitions publiques— [Formula W.] '.....'.'"..,.'..'. ib. 
 
 9. Cartes, plans at arpenta^ea ' -•a' 
 
 10. Diviiion de la raunicipalit6 en arrondisseraents d'insnecteurs 
 
 «»« ib. 
 
 Poucoira speciaux dea Conaeih de ViUe tt de Village. 
 
 XXIV. Les conseils de ville et village ponrront faire des riglomenta 
 pour les objets suivants, savoir— [Formule J.]— 
 
 1. Les marches g. 
 
 2. Clercs, et autres ofRciers dea marches, etaux, droits, ven'te 
 
 des provisions ,'j 
 
 8. Droits eur les voitures apportant des produits au marche ib. 
 
 4. Pesage et mesurage de certains articles fb. 
 
 5. Poids et qualitfe du pain— Nom du boulanger etc ib. 
 
 6. Composition personnelle ib, 
 
 7. Cotisation pour les egouts publics 53 
 
 8. Cldturea dea propriatea ib 
 
«#IH*M> 
 
 r 
 
 13. Obliging oertain trades to construct furnaeei in a osrtaia 
 mannet ' 54 
 
 14. Keeping and sale of gunpowder ib. 
 
 15. Furnaces foi lime and charcoal ib. 
 
 If). Discharging fireworks ib. 
 
 17. Purchasing fire-engines, &c ib. 
 
 18. Preventing thefts, &c jb. 
 
 19. Compensating persons wounded or performing services at 
 fires, or tho families of persons killed 56 
 
 20. Authorizing' the destruction of houses to stop fires, &c ib. 
 
 Compensation ib. 
 
 21. Reguiatiig n' asters, servants, &c ib. 
 
 22. Gambling *. ib. 
 
 23. Preserving public health ib. 
 
 24. Compelling cleanliness in yards, &c ib. 
 
 25. Preventing the deposit of filth in streets, &c ib. 
 
 26. Authorizing Officeis to inspect property, to sec that By-laws 
 
 are complied with ib. 
 
 27. Preventing violent driving or riding 58 
 
 28. Providing lock-up house in default of Gaol ib. 
 
 Clauses of Quebec and Montreal Police Ordinance relating to disorderly 
 persons extended to Toion and Village Municipalities. 
 
 XXV. Parts of Police Ordinance extended to Town and Village 
 
 Municipalities ° ,-ft. 
 
 To what place offenders may be committed 16. 
 
 Persons qvalijied to vote for Members ofLocd Counrils. 
 
 XXVI. Qualification of voters at Municipal Elections : as tc property. . ib. 
 
 R tsidence 60 
 
 Not being In arrear for taxes ib. 
 
 Election of Councillors, 
 
 XXVIL Meetings of qualified electors ffc. 
 
 Notice of meeting, by whom given in first in '-"ce — [Form A.] ib. 
 
 Who may be elected ib, 
 
 tlualification of Councillors , ib. 
 
 --. Appointment of a p?r<»/>r, to preside at Meetings— [Form C] 62 
 
 S. Who shall preside in default of the person so appointed /6. 
 
 4. Person presiding not disqualified ib' 
 
 5. Powers of person presiding /or preserving tho peace ib. 
 
 6. Such person ray command assistance, swear in special 
 
 constables, &c.— [Form U.]— [Form V.] ib. 
 
 7. Poll Book to be kept if more than seven candidates ib. 
 
 Casting vote /ft. 
 
 If there be no more than seven candidates ib 
 
 8. Poll may be continued to second day if all votes not polled on 
 
 first 64 
 
 9. To be closed if no vote be offered for an hour ib. 
 
 Provided persons have not been prevented from voting by 
 
 violence ib. 
 
 10. Voter may be required to take an oath ib. 
 
 Oath ib. 
 
0. Enlevement det constructions projetant aur la rus, eto 61 
 
 10. Fixer et changer ie niveau des trottoirs fb. 
 
 11. Demolir les conslructions qui tombent en ruines. . ...V. '.".' ' ' ib 
 
 12. Erapecher les accidents par I'incendie, et faire des arrange- 
 
 ments pour I'eteindre Ij, 
 
 13. Obliger certains artisans i construire ieurs foumeaux d'uiie 
 
 certaine mani^re gc 
 
 14. Conservation et vente de la poudre '.'.".'.'.".".".". ib- 
 
 15. Charbon de terre et chaux vive \\ ,-ft 
 
 16. Feu d'artifice et petards ..'..'.'.'.'."". ib 
 
 17. Achats de pompes k incendies, etc ib. 
 
 18. Prevenir les vols et depredations aux incendies.. ." .".".*'..'.'.'* ib. 
 
 19. Assistance aux psrsonnes blessees aux incendies, etc., ou" 
 
 aux families de ceux qui y sent p6ris, ...; ^,7 
 
 20. Pouvoir de faire sauter des maisons pour couper le feu," etc.." ib. 
 dl. Conduite des maitrea et apprentis et domestiques, etc ib. 
 
 22. Maisons dejeu, etc ' ^" 
 
 23. Bureau de sante— sante publique ". fj* 
 
 24. Proprete dans les cours, eic ; ,-5* 
 
 25. Enlevement des ordures dans les rues, etc .' .' ib] 
 
 26. Nomination d'olficiers pour visiter les maisons et les cours' 
 
 pour veiiler i I'observation des reglements, etc ib. 
 
 27. Empecher d'aller trop vite en voiture ou a cheval. 59 
 
 2S. Etablissement de maison d'arr^t & defaut de prison". ". '..'.". '. * " ib. 
 
 Extension mx Munidpalitea de Ville et de Village des Claua ea ,', riu> 
 nance de Police de Quebec et d,i Montreal, toucliantles personnes dereglees. 
 
 XXV. Cerlaines sections de I'ordonnance de la police ^tendues aux 
 
 villes et villages .. 
 
 Personnes qualifiees d voter d V Election des Mmbres des Cmseils locaux. 
 
 XXVI. Qualifications des voleurs aux Elections municipales : quant a 
 
 la propnel6 ., ^. 
 
 Residence „* 
 
 Neceesite de payer les cotisations ".".."."..".'. * ib 
 
 jSlections des Conseillers. 
 
 XXVII. Assemblee des felecteurs qualifies ,-t 
 
 Avis de I'asscmblee ; par qui le premier avis sera" d"on"n6— 
 
 [Formule A.] .. 
 
 Perflonnes 6ligibles " ..* 
 
 Qualification des conseillers .-t' 
 
 2. NoLiination du prasldent de cette aasembl6e— [Forniuie C,] " 63 
 
 3. Personne qui pr6sidera A defaut du president nomm6 .., ib. 
 
 4. Le pr6sident sera eligible comme conseiller .*.".' ,-ft' 
 
 5. Le president sera un conservafeur de la paix— ses pouvoiVs". . ib. 
 
 6. II pourra requerir assistance ; as-ermenter des constables 
 
 etc.— [Formule U.]— [Formule V.] ' ,y,. 
 
 7. LJvre de poll, s'U y a plus de cinq candidats ' ,i* 
 
 Voix pr6ponderante \ ^* 
 
 8. La votaUon pourra 6tre continuee pendant deux jours, "si un 
 
 irt 
 
 d 
 
 J I 
 
 I 
 
xii Sumnum/. 
 
 SBCT. ' PAGES. 
 
 XXVIII. Notitee to be given to Councillors elected 16. 
 
 Entry into office— [Form E.] ib. 
 
 2. Notice to Warden or Registrar — [Foim F.] .♦. ib. 
 
 Delivering of Poll l^onks, &o. 66 
 
 XXiX. Appointment of Councillors by the Governor if they are not 
 
 elected • «"*• 
 
 2. Term of office »*• 
 
 3. Place and time of first Session to be notified to them ib. 
 
 Seaiiona oj Local Councils, Election or Appointment of Mayor y ^c. 
 
 XXX. First Meeting, &c *. 
 
 2. Quorum H>- 
 
 3. Appointment of Secretary-Treasurer and Mayor ib. 
 
 4. Who shall be Mayor it no election is made on first day of 
 
 Session 68 
 
 If all the Councillors are appointed by the Governor ib. 
 
 5. Notice of Election signified to Mayor, &c.— [Form Q.] ib. 
 
 XXXI. Vacancies in the -Council how filled up 16. 
 
 2. If the person occasioning the vacancy be the Mayor ib. 
 
 3. Term of office of new Councillor ib. 
 
 Appointment of certain Officers. 
 
 XXXII. Certain other Officers to be appointed 70 
 
 Valuators ; their qualification and oath of office ib. 
 
 Road Officers, Fence Viewers, Pound-keepers ib. 
 
 Anntxatimi of parts of Parishes and Townships and of extra-parochial places. 
 
 XXXIII. Extra-parochial places ... ib. 
 
 Parishes in townships ib. 
 
 2. Parishes, &c., partly in one County and partly in another. . . 16. 
 
 3. Every township to be a Municipality t6. 
 
 4. Exception as to a township having less than 300 souls, which 
 
 •hall be annexed to another Municipality 73 
 
 5. Parishes including town, village or townships ib. 
 
 Exception if it has less than 300 souls ib. 
 
 6. Annexation of extra-parochial places, &c., how effected — 
 
 [Form K.] (6. 
 
 7. Separation when such place contains more than 300 souls . . . ib, 
 
 8. Enumeration to be made in certain cases » ib. 
 
 9. Costs of enumeration how pkid tfc. 
 
 If . Each parish or township now electing Councillors to be a 
 
 Municipality until second Election 74 
 
 11. Certain parishes and parts of townships or pariahen to be 
 
 Municipalities, &c ib. 
 
 Erection of 7'ovms and Villages. 
 
 XXXIV. Erection of town and village, how effected t6. 
 
 1. Petition by forty electors— [Form R.] ib. 
 
 Reference to County Superintendent ... t6. 
 
 2. His report— [Form S.l 76 
 
 3. If tha number of houses b« too few '..... ib. 
 
Skmmaire, 
 
 ■IGT. 
 
 jonr ne suffit pas pour inscrire toutm les voix 65 
 •era close s'il s'iooule une heure sans qu'il *oit 
 donn6 de voix l 
 
 EntrSe en charge-fFormuIe E.]. . . . -J* 
 
 2. Avis au pr6fet ou rSgMtrateur-tB'ormulo Fl' ' " ^ 
 
 Remjse des livres de poll, eto . -, 
 
 XXIX. Nomination de coaseillers par JeB;uve;neWB'iVn'e;e".;*p;; 
 
 2. Dur^e de la charge." . ..... .'.*.".".' !** 
 
 3. Le lieu, etc., de la premiere session Veur'seroninJlifi*; .*.';;; Jft.' 
 
 5r««on* rf« Consrife locaux- Election ou Nomwalion du Malre. 
 
 XaX. Fremiere assemblie, etc 
 
 2. Quotum " " ^' 
 
 8. Nomination du secr6taire et du maire ^^ 
 
 4. Conseiller qui sera maire. s'il „W pas nomm; demaiVe la 
 
 premierjourde la session 
 
 Si tous les conseillers ont £t6 nommSs par le yoVvernenV " " * ffc 
 
 5. Avis de I'^lecion du maire au pr.,let, k-S^Zr^r. t 
 
 Vacances. 
 
 XXXI. Vaoances dans le conseil ; comment elles seront remplies. ib 
 
 2. Cas ou le maire a orfie la vacance ?' 
 
 3. Dar6e de la charge du nouveau conseiller. ".'.'.".'..*"].".!.".".'.' Sj' 
 
 Nomination d'Offiders. 
 
 XXXII. Nomination d'autres officiers 
 
 Estimateurs "_ y 
 
 Qualification !*• 
 
 Inspecteurs, sous^voyers, etc !^* 
 
 10. 
 
 Annexion de Parties de Paroisses et de Township., et de Places extra- 
 
 paroissiales. 
 
 XXXIII. Places extra-paioissiales 
 
 Paroisses dans les townships . 9' 
 
 2. Paroi8.e,, etc., situees en ■part'i;'ianrun comt^'eVen'parUe '^' 
 
 dans un autre IJ^uie 
 
 3. Tout township sera uiie municipality If ' 
 
 4. Townships ayant moins de 30O fimes „ 
 
 '■ s^s^T'~ '";:""' "''^^'^^''^^'"""^'•s ib. 
 
 6. AnHCxion des place.s extra-paroissiales, .....'. '?* 
 
 Comment elle aura lieu— [Formule K 1 -f ' 
 
 '• 'fS^L'r.'"^'^'''" "'^'-P-^-'-'e-'Uiendrapiu; 
 
 8. Une Enumeration ".les habitants pourra " ^t're" fai'te"en 'cenainV '** 
 
 9. Depenses de l'6numeration.'." '*• 
 
 ih Cerl.Jne«parais9ea formeron. d«« mmicipaVufeVsfepa;^;;;;.; ^ 
 
 xiu 
 
./ 
 
 xlv 
 
 UN 
 
 ; 'i ' 
 "it ^ 
 
 [I 
 
 Summartf. 
 
 ttOT. PAOM. 
 
 4. If the number be auffioient, limits to be assigned ib. 
 
 6. Deposit of report, &c •• ■ »&• 
 
 6. Homologation of amendment of report by County Council— 
 
 [Form T.] ^• 
 
 7. Presumed homologation if no amendment ib. 
 
 8. If amendment be made **• 
 
 9. Copy to Provincial Secretary ib. 
 
 10. Governor in Council may approve, reject or amend ib. 
 
 11. Proclamation, if approved, with or without amendments .... 78 
 
 12. Effect ol Proclamation, and when it shall take effect i6. 
 
 13. Publication of Proclamation ib. 
 
 14. Council of the parish, &c., may still be held in town or village ib. 
 
 15. Towns and villages being now Municipalities, to contmue 
 such, and elect Councillors ib. 
 
 Contested Elections. 
 
 XXXV. Circuit Court to decide them ■''• 80 
 
 2. Who may contest ^* 
 
 3. To be brought before Court by petition ib- 
 
 4. Service of copy of petition ib- 
 
 Time within which petition must be presented ib. 
 
 5. Abduction of evidence and hearing— Trial may be continued 
 
 in vacation, and judgment given {b. 
 
 6. What may be ordered and regulated by judgment to. 
 
 Service of judgment on Warden 82 
 
 7. IrreguIarii.io3 in Election, how to be considered ib- 
 
 8. Proceedings if the Election be declared void ib- 
 
 New Election— [Form A 2.] ib- 
 
 9. Election of Mayor or Warden may be contested ib. 
 
 10. If Election of Mayor or Warden be declared void ib. 
 
 Appointments by the Governor. 
 
 XXXVI. Governor to be informed by Chief Officers or Registrar of 
 
 failure to elect or appoint any Councillor or Officer, and to ap- 
 point to the vacant office ib. 
 
 2. How information may be given if Chief Officer or Registrar 
 
 fail to give it 84 
 
 Moneys, Debts and Property of Municipalitks hereby abolished. 
 
 XXXVII. Moneys to be paid over to Treasurer of new County Council 
 
 and how applied ib. 
 
 Recourse of any other County saved ib. 
 
 2. Recovery of such money if not paid over ib. 
 
 3. Assessments, &o., due when this Act comes into force ib. 
 
 4. Transfer of property of old Municipalities to those under this 
 
 Act 86 
 
 Recourse of other Municipalities saved ib. 
 
 5. Debts, contracts, &c , of Municipalities ceasing under this Act, 
 
 by what Municipality to be paid orenforced ib. 
 
 Recourse against other Municipalities saved ib. 
 
 Rates to be levied for discharging such debts ib. 
 
 . ^, Fopulat'on, iiow deterrfiiuBu , , , , ,,..., ,... ib. 
 
Sommain, 
 
 8XCT. 
 
 PA0K8. 
 
 Erection de Villes el de Villages. 
 
 XXXIV. Erection en municipalite d'une viJle ou viUace . va 
 
 1. Requite k cet effet-[Formule R.] ■/ 
 
 Renvoi au surintendant de comte \,\ *•?* 
 
 2. Rapport du surintendant— [Formule S.]. .... ...".'.". 77 
 
 3. Cas ou le nombro des maisons sera trop petit .». 
 
 4. Ou il sera fiuffiflnnt ^* **• 
 
 ib. 
 
 ib. 
 
 ib. 
 
 Ou il sera, euffieant, 
 
 Designation des limites 
 
 6. Depot du rapport, etc 
 
 ^* "°™°j''|^*'°"«^"''«PP''rt avec"ou"8;nsamendements-[For' 
 
 7. Homologation presumee s'Hn'apas d'aniemi;raent;'.:::::" ' !a. 
 H. ij'il y a des amendements 
 
 9. Copie sera transmise au secretaire-provincial 
 
 10. Le gouverneur en conseil pourra l'approuver,"r;j;t'eV ou 
 
 amender 
 
 H. Proclamation dans le cas d'amendement.. ...'.*.".'..*.*." 
 
 12. Effet de la proclamation 
 
 13. Publication 
 
 ib. 
 
 ib. 
 ib. 
 
 ^** ^viUrf '''^ ^"°'''^' ^^*'*' P*»'"* «'^ff«^"Ja««"ja'vilie 
 
 ou 
 
 15. Touto villa, bourgou village actuellemenr^rigVenmunVci- 
 pahte, continuera comme telle 
 
 ib. 
 79 
 ib. 
 ib. 
 
 ib. 
 
 ib. 
 
 Elections contestm. 
 
 XXXV. La cour de circuit les decidera 
 
 Qui pourra les contester '.... ■} 
 
 La contestation aura lieu par requete, etc 
 
 '^Il'^p'rT'''' ^"'"^"'^'^ serasignifie""aux'co;;eilleVs 
 dont I'election sera contestee, etc 
 
 Temps de la reception de telle requete liniiU 
 
 Preuve et audition des moyens de contestation 
 
 3. 
 4. 
 
 ib. 
 ib. 
 
 La cour 
 Tacance 
 
 pourra etre continuee et jugement rendu durant ia 
 
 ib. 
 ib. 
 ib. 
 
 6. Jugement de la cour sur la confestation.' .".'.' .".'."."." ' " " j? 
 
 Signification du jugement 
 
 ib. 
 
 Defauts de forme ^^ 
 
 16. 
 
 aree nulle {^ 
 
 8. Maniere de proceder si I'election est did ' " '*' 
 
 ' uio A 2.1 
 
 'nn prefet pourra 6tre contestee. . . ib, 
 
 Nouvelie election— [Formuio A 2.1 .,' 
 
 10 p''*°> 7,!,'*'"" "'^''^^ «» *^'"" Pi-^fet pourra ^t"re"contVstee" " " fb 
 10. Cas ou l'61ect.on du maire ou prefet sera declares nuS. ! ." ] t 
 
 Nominations par le Gouverneur 
 
 XXXVL Le gouverneur sera inlorme par le principal officier ou le 
 
 ^ll^Sri::;^:"^"'-"'^ — ^^"-nomm!: 
 
 vv vv.r ^'"''''' ^'"'^ '' ^'''"^ ** J^i^nicipaHtes abclies. 
 XXXVIL Denjer^s Ws^eatre ,es m^^^^ 
 
 Sanf le j-eoQurs de tout autre eonitV, 
 
 85 
 
 •*•*•*#«• 
 
 ib. 
 ib. 
 
 Xf 
 
■^afi)iff)/gimKkmiMifii>'*''^'i 
 
 '\ 
 
 Xfl Summary. 
 
 Delivery of Papers, fc. 
 
 XXXVIII. Papers to be delivered to County Secretary-Treasurer 8i 
 
 2. Action to compel such delivery 88 
 
 Enforcing judgment in Buch action ,< jj. 
 
 Jtoadf, Bridge$and other Public Works— Clatiifieation and genertUjirovitivM 
 
 applicable to them, 
 
 XXXIX. Ro&ilt, tui; to be classified as— 
 
 1. Provincial works _^ ^, 
 
 2. County vrorks '* " fj^ 
 
 3. Local works " ^* 
 
 XL. Roads classified " ,'j] 
 
 Front roads ' .-a* 
 
 8. By-roads or routes 9q 
 
 2. Roads between two concessions jft. 
 
 4. Front road of any lot ift. 
 
 XLI. Width of front roads ib. 
 
 2. Of by-ioads ,jl 
 
 3. Different width made by Order, By-law, &o ib. 
 
 4. Ditches in ordinary cases jj, 
 
 5. may be dispensed with (ft. 
 
 6. Water courses conveying water from roads through lands of 
 
 any person ^^ 
 
 7. Water course allowed to be made ; compensation 92 
 
 8. Certain ways declared roads under this Act ib, 
 
 0. Roads used as such for a certain time ib, 
 
 10. Ground occupied by road, in whom vested ib. 
 
 11. Punishment for certain offences touching roads ib. 
 
 Ferries. 
 
 XLII. Where both sides are in one locality ^f, 
 
 2- same County but not in same locality . . 94 
 
 3. Money arising from ferries, to whom to belong jft. 
 
 4. Waters between two Counties ib. 
 
 6. Exclusive privileges saved ib. 
 
 6. Penalty for acting without license ib. 
 
 Fords over Rivera. 
 XLIII. To be kept even at bottom ib. 
 
 ^Vinter Roads. 
 
 XLIV. Fences to be taken down at certain seasons jj. 
 
 Exception ; villages, hedges, &c ,-^' 
 
 2. Site of road og 
 
 3. Through what property to be carried , ^^ 
 
 4. By whom to be kept up ,^' 
 
 5. Jurisdiction on rivers, &c,, between two Municipalities ih. 
 
 6. By what Municipalities to be kept up ^ 
 
 7. Joint expenses in certain cj^ses ,•!* 
 
 8. Roads across the St. Lawrence ^t* 
 
 When the iFoad leads k> a city, &C. .!!.. jt 
 
\ 
 
 Sommaire. 
 
 MCT. , 
 
 4. Translation des proDrifitfis Aaa InlLV **• 
 
 Sauf le recours de tout autre comt6 . . ?7 
 
 Ifes^taxe, pourrom 6tre ™po,6e» pour' i; pa'iement de telie.' *** 
 
 6. Population comment" d6tenninie ' ' ?' 
 
 tb. 
 
 Livraison des Papiers, etc. 
 
 2. Droit d;act.on pour oe 16s faire remettre. ' " ' " ** 
 i!-x6cHt.on du jugement sur cette action.'. . '. '. " " ■.". ". ".;;;; jf 
 
 Chenins, Fonts et avtres cuv^-ages publics- Classification et Dispositiol ' 
 eeneralea guiles cmcement. "^Positions 
 
 XXXIX. Chemins-Leur classification 
 
 1. Ouvrages provinciaux [. , , *• 
 
 2. Ouvrages de oomte .,\ **• 
 
 3. Ouvrages locaux **• 
 
 XL. Autres cheroins ib. 
 
 1. Chemins de front ' '*• 
 
 2. Routes ib. 
 
 3. Chemins entre deux rangs....... .' ®^ 
 
 4. Chemins de front d'une terre.. '*• 
 
 ALL Largeur du chemin de front ' ** 
 
 2. Largeur des routes ."/' *• 
 
 3. lis pourront 4tre plus larges! !*• 
 
 4. Fosses dans les cas ordinaires". *' 
 
 5. moins larges en certains cas. *' 
 
 8. Certains ieminsd.cirr.t3rlSurar:^^^^ f 
 
 9. Prescription par rapport aux chemins.. . . ' '.?' 
 
 "-jSret:""''..'."^"''^"'"^ appartiendradiamuni.': ''' 
 
 11. Penaliti pour certains delitsi^atifs aux di^lns" ::::::::: l\ 
 
 Traverses, 
 
 nil. Traverses iorsque lesdeux rives sontdans la meme municipality 
 
 8. , ^°«a'e ih. 
 
 lemfimecomtfi, mais 
 non dans la meme 
 
 3. D.m.„ p,„,„„, ,„ ,„„„„ , .„ ;;^3';:^v • ■ • • r 
 
 4. Traverses entre deux comt^s.. i P-nie.aront ,6. 
 
 fi. Rfiserve des privileges exdusifs !.'.'."". '** 
 
 fl. Amflndii nnntro u. .. •_. ,. ■. ib, 
 
 ^ai -" '■" '>RTw»w« »»n« licence. . . .i 
 
 8 ' «t^ Wi 
 
 XTli 
 
 %, 
 
lY/l 
 
 Xtill Summary. 
 
 Municipalities on the North Shore of the St. Lawrence haying 
 
 roadi leading to the Island of Moiilreal 108 
 
 0. Double track may be ordered 93 
 
 10. BaiJjo* how placed, and of what kind jj, 
 
 £f/ vhom Roads are to be madtt and maintnivtd in the absenre of any Byku 
 or Procie- Verbal regulating the making and maintenance Iheiecf. 
 
 XLV, J3y wiiom roads shall bo made, &c fj, 
 
 J. Front roadH ,'.'.'." ib 
 
 If mote than one within a certain distance ib. 
 
 %. Fords and public bridges y^^ 
 
 3. Uy-ro<ids * ^ 
 
 4. To mills, ferries, &c jqq 
 
 6. Front roads on Crown Land* ^-^ 
 
 6. Work on by-roads and public bridge?, how to be done *. ib. 
 
 Tender and contract '"" ^ 
 
 7. Streets in town?, &« ' _ ,1* 
 
 8. Exemption claimed by whom lo be proved .-^ 
 
 Exitting Procis-Verhaux ond Dij-laut contiuutd uutil rejmlcd, 
 
 XLTI. Existing Prods- Viibaux maintained {j 
 
 2. Existing apportionments " ' ,'^' 
 
 3. But maybe aitertfd ..'.." ib 
 
 4. Obligation to perform work in another County [ ,'^ 
 
 No such order to be made hereafter except in certain cases onlyj 102 
 C. Repartitions calculated on breadth of lots only, to be valid , ' ib. 
 
 New Procfis-Verbaux. 
 
 XLVn. Applications to County Superintendent (or a road ib 
 
 2. Notice by County Superintendent of his visit ' ' . ^' 
 
 3. Keport of Superintendent ; and Proces- Verbal if required ib 
 
 4. What the Proces-Verbal shall determine | jjj 
 
 5. How the share of money, materials or work to be furnished by 
 
 the several parties shall be determined J04 
 
 6. Portion of road to be made by each ^ y to be defined, when 
 
 practicable •. 
 
 Relief may be granted to persons whose share ol work would 
 otherwise be exception ^-l 
 
 7. General rules to be observed ,-t' 
 
 XLVIIL Certain things may be ordered by P/oces- reria/— 
 
 1. Materials and construction of bridges :t. 
 
 2. Fences, hand-rails, &c jQg 
 
 3. Paving, &c., roads through swumps j-^ 
 
 4. Form and materials of road .-l' 
 
 5. Clearing timber from alongside of road j-j. 
 
 6. Generally as to mode of construction ,>t 
 
 XLIX. Deposit oi Proces-Vahal for revision. ,-j 
 
 What Council shall revise it ' •. ' 
 
 2. Notice of time and place of revision— [Form AA.] jj 
 
 3. Notice to Delegates when the Procis- Vei bal concerns inhabi- 
 
 tants of more than one County, and publication in locality. . 108 
 
 4. Delegates to attend, &c , « 
 
 6. Quorum for such rovision, .,,....,,., [[ ^ 
 
 i 
 
PAOEI. 
 
 'nee having 
 
 108 
 
 98 
 
 ib. 
 
 eofamj Bykv 
 ce Ihererf. 
 
 ib. 
 
 16. 
 
 16. 
 
 ib. 
 
 ib. 
 
 100 
 
 ib. 
 
 »ne ib. 
 
 ib. 
 
 ib. 
 
 t*. 
 
 repealed, 
 
 ib. 
 
 ib. 
 
 ib, 
 
 ib. 
 
 safieeonly, 102 
 
 valid , . . 1*6. 
 
 Sommat'n. 
 
 •KCT. 
 
 Ottia daru let Hiifiirtt. '^•"• 
 
 XLIII. Lea g.,6„eroat tenu. libre. de tout embarrus '. ^9 
 
 Chemins (PlUver. 
 
 '""Vrs'sr.tr^""'""-"--' <^ 
 
 fi. ChemioHd'hivereur Ja gl«ce, ;;o.".V;; J* 
 
 1. Chernin entre d«i,x mu'nicip^lJii;; *' 
 
 O. Uieniins traversant lo .s,. u^y^^^ *• 
 
 Cas oa le chernin conduit d uno villa '*' 
 
 chemuis comluigant 4 In ..;.* j nr . '-''*"'^^n» ayant des 
 
 XLV. Entretien dee chemins, etc 
 
 1. Chemins de front ib. 
 
 2. Gu68et pontanubiics »'*• 
 
 3. Routes ib. 
 
 4.RoutesAu„mouIine;ponV8"do',;6a'g;:. ,?: 
 
 6. Chemins de front de la couronno '"* 
 
 Execution de tela tiavHux . . .'. '*• 
 
 7. Rues des vilJes et villages '*• 
 
 8. Exemption des travaux d la cha;g;du ;6;iam;nt: %' 
 
 P^oc^s.V.buu.et m,l..ent. en .^^.„. con«n.. ;.,,„,, ,^„,,,^„ ' 
 
 aLVI. Les proces-verbaux evistan* r„„4 . """wn. 
 o I J. i. ^. .'"""* existant resteront en viffueur ■,. 
 
 -«• Lea r6partitionH 'fcueur ,j 
 
 3. lis pourront 6tre changds '^' 
 
 Nouveaux Proces- Verbau v 
 2. Avis du eurintendaut aux interests '** 
 
 4. Contenu du proces-verbal '*« 
 
 5. K^p.,,W„nd,..rava„,, n,a,,;i.„V .;„-,■-;•-; -^- .-6. 
 
 xix 
 
1 j 
 
 II 
 
 iri 
 
 ■ ^ k^ 
 
 XX , Summary. 
 
 •WT. riMf. 
 
 6. Clerk of the Ddegates no 
 
 He ihall keep a minute of proceedings tft. 
 
 7. Parlies to bo heard tfc. 
 
 8. Profii-FJprfca/ may be homologated with or without amend- 
 
 ments ^. 
 
 When to be in foroe ift, 
 
 9. To be deemed homologated after remaining a certain time 
 
 without amendment or homologation 1 10 
 
 10. Or if the Delegates fdil to meet or adjourn tine die ib. 
 
 11. A copy to be delivered for each County interested f ft, 
 
 12. Procea-Verbaux to be in duplicate {ft. 
 
 How deposited of record i6. 
 
 13. They may be repealed, &c., by others ib. 
 
 Councila may raise money for making Roads and Bridget by Aisestment. 
 
 L. Money may be raised by assessment for roads and bridges ib. 
 
 LI. Council of Local Municipality may order that roads, &c., be made 
 not by the parties but by assessment and statute labour: effect of 
 
 By-law containing such order ib. 
 
 Further effect— 113 
 
 2. Increase of statute labour ib. 
 
 3. Municipality bound to maintain roads, &o., thereafter ib. 
 
 4. Municipality liable for damages arising from non-repair ib. 
 
 5. Local Council may regulate manner of applying money and 
 
 labour ib, 
 
 6. Roads may be divided into convenient portions as regards 
 
 statute labour 114 
 
 7. By-law containing such order may be repealed ib. 
 
 Effect of such repeal ib. 
 
 Compensation far Lands taken for Roads and other Public Works, 
 
 LII. Compensation to be made ib. 
 
 '2. Mode of estimating amount of compensation ib. 
 
 No prir d'o/fectton allowed i6. 
 
 3. No compensation for first front road ; unless, &c ib. 
 
 4. Valuators to ascertain compensation after notice to parties 
 
 interested 116 
 
 5. Two Valuators may act tfc. 
 
 Provision if any of them be disqualified ih. 
 
 6. As to objection to Valuators ib* 
 
 7. Certificate to be granted after hearing parties ib. 
 
 How recorded : to be final ib. 
 
 8. What descriptioti shall suffice in such certificate ib. 
 
 9. Land vested in Municipality on payment of compensation, if 
 
 any ib. 
 
 0; Registration not required jft, 
 
 10. Compensation to be paid clear of all deduction 1 18 
 
 Proceedings if it be claimed by more than one party ib, 
 
 11. New roadg not to be made through certain property without 
 
 consent .,., ^^ 
 
riMi. 
 
 110 
 
 ift. 
 
 ib. 
 
 mend- 
 
 ib. 
 
 ib. 
 
 I time 
 
 no 
 
 ib. 
 
 ib. 
 
 t*. 
 
 i6. 
 
 ib. 
 
 • 
 
 ib. 
 
 made 
 ect of 
 
 ib. 
 
 113 
 
 ib. 
 
 ib. 
 
 ib. 
 
 f and 
 
 ib. 
 
 gards 
 
 114 
 
 ib. 
 
 ib. 
 
 SomtMire. 
 
 •KT. 
 
 Xt vin ?*?'•' «*'»*'»1«« A wivre '*«»«.. 
 
 X1.VIII. Ordrea par procisverbal. '03 
 
 i■&tprf.,ns1J•^"-•••'•■•••^•^ I 
 
 f- £?'■'"'•'« Jong deschemin..... ' »*• 
 
 XLIXdJ!^!; **"*"* da construction ". 'J' 
 
 2 Avi. d" P-^^-^^bal pour rivi.ion. . . ;; ^f' 
 
 4. Le. d616gL erstelf ;.? """ *" """-iP'^"t6a locales. 100 
 
 fl- Quorum pour la r6vision' . '*• 
 
 0. Seoritaire des d^ligufis. . . . . . ' ' *• 
 
 7. Lea parties seront entendueV. **• 
 
 ■Wpotdu record <6. 
 
 13. Ila pourront «tre annul^V par d'autree **' 
 
 EffetB subsAquents ib. 
 
 2. Augmentation du m'ontanVdes corvVes ",^ 
 
 a. La municipalit6 sera tenua k l'«nt.«»- "i ,' »*• 
 
 vais 6fat des ohemins. . . . '"™»Kes resultant du mau- 
 
 B. Application du travail eV do Parpen/ V*"c,il , '"''• 
 
 local "i uo I argent r^glee par le conseil 
 
 6. Lea chemins pourront «tr« .iiv!.i.UI i '*• 
 
 c,«p«^t«,^ ,„ ,,„„.„ ■^; ;;; - - -;; ■ — •;_- ^-■'. 
 
 rii r. publics. *»" 
 
 "• Compensation iK,ur les terrain, expropries 
 
 2. Manidre d'ivaluer la compensation **• 
 
 Aucunpritd'affectionneseraacoorf*.; t 
 
 lL:Tr""°" ^- '« P-- ehemindefronVr. ^' 
 
 Caa oa un fimluateur aerait diaquaii'fidV. ".*.'.". ".".*.'.'.' "." " 1* 
 
 xxi 
 
t 
 
 XXii &vmmary. 
 
 •MT. VAOII. , 
 
 PowtTM and duties of Road Offutra, ifc. 
 
 LIU. C«rUin worki to be raaintained and repaired under County 
 
 Superintendent 130 
 
 2. Power to enter on landa to make aurveya, March for material*, 
 
 Ac— [Form BB.] ib. 
 
 Comp'^niation for acliia! (luniajjo only ib. 
 
 3. Oversoeia may take materiala of unoccupied lands ib. 
 
 Compenvation ; and how wet ofl and paid 130 
 
 Proviso if damages exceeti X5 ib, 
 
 Liy. County Superintendent to viMit and examine roada twioa a year ; 
 
 take notes, prosecute officers in default, &o , . . ib. 
 
 JJ. To make a report on the roada in tach Municipality, and 
 
 transmit it to Secretary-Treasurer Ut. 
 
 3. And a general report to the Warden 123 
 
 4. Notice ol visit to be given— [Form CC] ib. 
 
 5. Inspectors to accompany Superintendent in their divisions, &o. ib. 
 LV. examine roads in their divisions ib. 
 
 2. keep notes, &c ib. 
 
 3. give notice of visits — [Form DD.] ib. 
 
 4. Overseers to accompuny them 124 
 
 5. Inspectors to report to Superintendent ib. 
 
 Obslruclion of Public Itoad^. 
 
 LVI. Inspectors to cause obstrnctions to be removed t6. 
 
 2. What shall be deemed an obstruction ib. 
 
 3. Penalty for causing obstruction lb. 
 
 4. Justice of the Pence may oider removal of obstruction ib, 
 
 6. Encroachments defended, to be tried by action 126 
 
 6. Where such action shall be broua;ht it. 
 
 Enforcing execution of judgment ib. 
 
 Writ of possession ib. 
 
 7. Costa in such action ib. 
 
 Road Works. 
 
 LVII. Duties of Inspectors of roads as to work to be done thereon, &o., ib. 
 
 Statement in writing to bo furn'shed to Overseers ib. 
 
 Engaging other labour '. ib, 
 
 2. Duties of Overseers of roads as to work to be done thereon, 
 
 &o.— [Form Y.] 123 
 
 Tools to be brought by persons bound to work ib. 
 
 Horses or oxen 'th. 
 
 Overseer to superintend auii certify performance of work .... ill. 
 
 Penalty ib. 
 
 Prosecuting offenders ib. 
 
 LVIII. Penally on persons not obeying order of Overseers as to labou' 
 
 on road ib. 
 
 2. Notice not required to compel any person to keep his front 
 
 rond in repair, &c 130 
 
 . r',;ni,.l iy fot net repairing ib. 
 
 3. ?>j.\ ',>.' B! tr whom payable, and how applied ib. 
 
 •' M»J" l>o paid before suit tfr 
 
Somtnaire. 
 tacr. 
 
 6. La paiente ne sera pas un mo(if de ricHsalion, ere . . '^"{J' 
 
 7. Octroi (lucertjficat apres que le. partienauront Hi entendueV. ib'. 
 
 8. D6si«nation del terrains daiit le oertjfioat ... Z 
 
 9. La muincipalit* locale doviendra propri6taire de« terrtini des * 
 
 cnemins apros la compensation pBy6e a 
 
 10. La compensaiion .era p,iy6o sarm deduction ii^ 
 
 Ca- ou elle sera r*clam6o par plu.lcur. pernonnei! '.'. \ '. '."" ib 
 U. Consentement n6co.8aire pour ouvrir dea chemins A travirt 
 
 certaina terrains ,, 
 
 •* to. 
 
 Pouvoiia tt Divoirt dc$ Officien de Voirie, etc. 
 
 LIU. Certains ouvrages seront ontretenus et r6par6a aous la direction 
 du Hurintcndant « foui on 
 
 2. pouvoir .I'entrer sur lea ton';." p;;;^^;;'^;;';;!;;*;; 'ei;;; •*• 
 
 cliec Uud mutSnaux, eto— [Formule BU.]. ... yi, 
 
 Compenaaiion pour lea dommagea i6el8 ,-^* 
 
 8. LcH aous-voyera pourroi.t prendre lea raat6riaux 'afece.siii'rM 
 
 ■ur lea torroa nioccnpeea .^l 
 
 Compensation; comment olle sera pay6e... ..".! 121 
 
 I rv T ^T''° ''"^"^ '^* *""• ""J*?' dummages exciderontXS '. tA 
 
 LIV. Le aunntendant do con.to visi.era ot examinera lea chemina deux" ' 
 foja par anafee ; prendra note de leur 6tat ; pourauivra le. 
 
 offloiera on d6faut, etc -k 
 
 2. II fera On rapport aur lea chemln. "de" chaqu'e municip'«li"!6' * * 
 
 et le tranamettra uu secrfitaire-tr^aorier de la muniolpalitfi . ! ib. 
 
 3. Et un rapport g6n6rul au pr6fet JJ 
 
 4. Aviadela visito-LFoimulo CC] ,•/ 
 
 6. L«a inspccteura accompagneront la aurintendant 'dans iVura ' 
 
 . y diviaiona reapcctivea, etc ,-j. 
 
 . cxaniineront los chemina de leura diriaiona..' ib 
 
 ^' _ feront des notes .-l 
 
 8. Avii de la visito anx aous-voyers-CFormule DD.]'.. . ... .*. .' ib. 
 
 4. Lea Bous-voj era accomjJayinBroiit lea in.^pedoura .'.',' " * 1.15 
 
 6. Lea inipecleura furom rapport au Buriuta.idaat ib. 
 
 Nuisances dam Us Chtmins public$. 
 
 LVI, Le3 inspecteurs feront enlever les ombarraa et nuisances dans les 
 chemms 
 
 2. Definiiion d'un cmbarras .".'.*,'.'.'.'.*.'," " •/,' 
 
 3. P6n«lilea contre cei.s qui causeront des'embaVras ou nuiVanwa." ]b. 
 
 4. Les jMge« de paix deuidcront des plaintes pour emburraa.. . . ib 
 
 o. l:.mpieialious ; poursuites y /elatives 137 
 
 0. Cour ou ces poursujtea seront iatentees .. .'6 
 
 Execution du jiigcment ','.... •/,' 
 
 7. Depena dans cea poursuites ."...!!."['" vfi* 
 
 Tiavaux dcs Chemim. 
 
 LVIl. Devoirs dcs inapcoteura dea chemins rolatiroment aux travaux 
 
 qui y seront flits, etc ...... n, 
 
 Des 6tal8 par ecrit leur eeront fturnis " " sk 
 
 Maifl-d'oDuvfo eajploy6o ..!.*."!!!!!.!.!!!] li 
 
 Ejm. 
 
XaIv Smmcry. • 
 
 0. Inspectors and Overseers liable for damages occasioned by 
 
 their neglect joq 
 
 LIX. County Superintendent may have pieces cf road made a« modols| ih. 
 LX. Overceer may cause unperfoimed work to be done, and recover the 
 costs from the proper party, wih SO per cent, additional ib. 
 
 2. Or the Inspector may cause it to be done by the Municipality 
 
 which shall recover the expenses and 20 per cent, additional, 132 
 
 3. Proof of tha necessary facts in the foregoing cases \ ib 
 
 4. The 80 per cent, to be ir lieu of penalty {{,' 
 
 LXI. Occupant oi lanU liable for road charges, and one yea- airears 
 
 thereof. ., 
 
 2- Liaoil'ty for Jai..age8 for non -performance of work ib 
 
 LXII. Overseer to report arrears, and Inspector to sue for the same. 134 
 
 LXIII. Mile posts and guide pusts msy be set up ; expenses how paid. ib. 
 
 2. Inspectors may be require.1 to procure snow plough, rollers 
 
 and scrapers ; how the same shall be used ib. 
 
 3. How the cost shall be paid. County Superintendent may 
 
 employ a Surveyor, Engineer or Draughtsman, &c . ib 
 
 4. Footpaths may be directed or allowed, and also the planting 
 
 thereof with trees jag 
 
 •i! 
 
 Execution of County Worlcs. 
 
 LXIV. Proceedings where tha work is to be done by the job or contract ib. 
 
 Public competition ■». 
 
 2. Advertioement for tenders " ' :i,' 
 
 3. Woik to be adjudged to the most favorable bidder ei vine 
 
 security h 
 
 4. In whose name contract shall ^e made ib' 
 
 Enforcing contract -l' 
 
 5. Good security to be given by Contractor ., 133 
 
 6. Inspectors to superintend performance of contract when 
 
 required .. 
 
 7. County Superintendent to make an apportionment of the cost, ib. 
 
 Valuators and P^aluation. 
 
 LXV. Valuation of property to be made by the Valuators ib. 
 
 Or a majority of them; and how ib* 
 
 Proviso ; as to lota being partly in one Municipality and partly 
 in another. jl 
 
 2. They may require assistance of the Secretary-Treasurer of 
 
 Municipality, or employ a Clerk 140 
 
 3. Valuation-Roll to be made— [Form EE.] . . j^, 
 
 4. Railway Companies to transmit annual statements of value of 
 
 their real property jjj 
 
 LXVI. Governor to appoint Valuators, if Valuation-Roll be not made 
 
 within a certain time J42 
 
 2. They shall proceed as the first Valuators ought to have done! ib. 
 
 3. Such Valuation to be made at the cost of the Valuators in 
 
 default .. 
 
 Taxing such cost ,1,* 
 
Sommaire. 
 
 MCT. 
 
 Poursuites '''• 
 
 LVIII. Amendes centre ce«x quVn'ob^iVsent pas'au ^o.nmandement' ^' 
 
 du»ou8-voyer,pourle8travauxde8chex„ins.... ^ 
 ^fji^J'^ "« ^^-^ "^^^^^^^^^^^^ pour entretenir le chemin de 
 
 Amende ^31 
 
 3. PaiementetempJoidel'aniende .^" 
 
 4. Elle pourra «tre pay6e avant ia pouvsuiie ". ,' 
 
 5. Le8 inspecteurs et sous-voyers seront responsable; des dom-' 
 
 mages cau8es par leur negligence.... ., 
 
 LIX Le 8unntendant de comte po.ura faire faire des ciiemins-m^deles' fb 
 LX. Le Bous-voyer pourra faire faire le.s travaux non ac«if :! **' 
 
 z::z::tsr' " ^'^"'^"^^'^ ^^p-^^^-- -'^^"' 
 
 avec ^u pour cent en sus ... 
 
 2. OuPinspecteur pourra les faire ^aheiar^Vmuuicipalite'iui 
 
 recouv-eralesfraisfaits, et I'addition ^ ^ ^i 
 
 3. Preuve -i faire dans les cas ci-dessus. t 
 
 LXr rt ^° ^T ''f' '""■"' ''^"^'^ ^'«» d'amendeV.V.;: ■ 7 
 
 LXI.L'occupmd'un lot tenuaux charges des chemins.... f, 
 
 2. Chacun sera responsable des dommages resultant d^ "son del 
 
 LXIII. Des homes milliaires et poteaux indicaleurs'pourront" eUe nk' ^^^ 
 ces : comment les depenses seront payees ^ , 
 
 2. Les inspecteurs pourront fitre requis de se procurV.'des' heroes 
 
 ^_neage, rouleaux et des ratissoires ; m'aniere de s'en ser- 
 
 Comment seront payees les depenses *?" 
 
 3. Le surintendant de comte pourra emplo^eVna'arpenteu;" 
 
 ingdmeurouun topographs etc .. arpenteur, 
 
 4. Des contre-all6es pourront «tre ord.nn'e'e^'^u'pea'^'i^; ■,•.•:: 
 
 des arbres plantes pcrmises , et 
 
 137 
 
 T YMr ,, Execution des Travaux de Comte. 
 
 ""wp' Lr'r.'.'T.'.*-. °°"^" ^•"»"' *"• f»"' " 
 
 Adjudication publique *''• 
 
 2. Avis public pour demanderdes'soumissions'..;. ?' 
 
 3. Adjudication des travaux aux conditions les plus }a;;;ables" " t 
 
 Poursuites en execution de marchVs *' 
 
 5. L'adjudicalaire donnera caution. ^^^ 
 
 6. Lea inspecteurs veilleront d I'execution" des marches -J" 
 
 pour les tra'v^ur "P"""'°" ''^^ contributions 
 
 x6. 
 
 XXV 
 
XXVi Summary. 
 
 FAOCS. 
 
 4. Recovery of iuoh costs X42 
 
 LXVIII. Owners of assessed property to pay assessmenta in proportion 
 
 to its value ib, 
 
 2. Assessments to be a special and preferable charge on the 
 
 property, not requiting registration ib. 
 
 LXVIII. Council may revise and amend the Valuation-Roll 144 
 
 2. How such amendments may be made ib. 
 
 3. Notice to be given before revision— [Form FF.] ib. 
 
 4. To be "pen to inspection. ; ib. 
 
 6. Parties to be heard ib. 
 
 6. Valuation-Roll not amended within a certain period, to be 
 
 binding jb. 
 
 7. Copy to be delivered o Warden ib. 
 
 LXIX. Valuation-Roll to remain in force five years, and until a new 
 
 one is homologated ib. 
 
 Aisessment of Business of Merchants and other persons, and the Incomes of 
 
 Professional Men. 
 
 LXX. Value of business of certain parties to be enterad on Roll 146 
 
 How calculated ib. 
 
 2. The same of practice of professional men, and office holders, ib. 
 
 Statute Labour. 
 
 LXXI. Owners of assessed property to be liable to statute labour ib. 
 
 And in what proportion ib. 
 
 2. Persons not otherwise liable lb. 
 
 3. Exemption ib. 
 
 4. How and where such labour shall be performed, and under 
 
 whose orders ib. 
 
 5. Commutation for statute labour 143 
 
 When to be paid ib. 
 
 Properties and Persona exempted from Assessment. 
 
 LXXII. Public Projjgity, or property used for public purposes ib. 
 
 2, Indigent persons ij). 
 
 CMcctionof Assessments— Duties of Secretary-Treasurer and other Officers 
 
 in relation thereto. 
 
 LXXIIl. As?eBsmonts to be payable either by owner or occupant ib. 
 
 2. Recourse of occupant paying against owner ib, 
 
 3. He shall be subrogated to Municipality 150 
 
 4. As to assessments imposed in labour ib. 
 
 LXXlV. Secretary-Treasurer to be Collectors in their localilie&of assess- 
 ments and penalties ib, 
 
 2. Inspectors may be sued for accounts, &c jb. 
 
 Judgment in such cases ib. 
 
 Interest to be recovered at 12 per cent ib. 
 
 Evidence ij] 
 
Sommaire. 
 
 IXCT. 
 
 EstimattuTS et Evaluation. won. 
 
 LXV. Lea estimateurs feront revaluation des piopri6t6s. ... 139 
 
 La majorite des estimateurs pourra a^ir. " ' ,•/. 
 
 Manieredalafaire.... ./ 
 
 Proviso ; .".".'.'".'..■■.■.■* ..' 
 
 Quant aux lots situos partie dans "une"munic'ipalit6,' partie 
 dans line autre 141 
 
 2. lis pouvront requerir les services du secretaire du conseiV. "ou 
 
 employer un 6crivain -v 
 
 3. Role des Evaluations— [Formule EE.]*.! Jb' 
 
 ^ 4. Les compagnies de chemins de fer transmettront unitaVde 
 
 ^^^^""^ '^^ '®"'"* proprietes immobilieres jb 
 
 LXVL Legouverneur nomraera des estimateurs si le lole n'est 'pas 
 
 termine dans un certain d6!ai 243 
 
 2. lis feront revaluation com me les premiers estimateurs aul 
 
 raient da lafaire •. 
 
 3. Cette evaluation sera faite aux frais des estimateurs en d6- 
 
 faut .. 
 
 Taxe de ces frais ""*.' ^.?' 
 
 4. Action pour recouvrer ces frais ju* 
 
 LXVn. Les proprietaires de biens-fonds cotises" paieront'a raiaon'de * 
 
 leur valeur ., 
 
 2. Les cotisations seront vine crEance privil6gie"eVu*r" lefonds'sans 
 
 n^ceseite de l'enr6gistreraent / _ jl 
 
 LXVIII. Le conseil pourra rfeviseret araender le r6Ie d'evaluatfon.".".'.' 145 
 
 2. Maniere de faire les amendements ." * jb 
 
 Lc role d'evaluation amend6esera en vigueur, etc!.". '.",'" " ' ib 
 
 3. Avis sera donn6 de la revision— [Formule FF ] ib' 
 
 4. Communication du r61e d'evaluation i tout int^ressS.' .'".'."""■ ib' 
 
 5. Les parties seront entendues " • u* 
 
 6. Tout role d'6valuationnon amende dans"un"certain'd6iai" Vera ' ' 
 
 en vigueur ., 
 
 7. Copie sera remise au pr6fet -v* 
 
 LXIX. Le rftle d'evaluation restera en vigueur pendant deux ans] "etc"..' ib! 
 
 Cotisation des Ajffairesdes Marchands et attires, ct du Revem des Gena de 
 
 Prpfission. 
 
 LXX. La valeur du commerce ou du ra6tier d'un contribuable sera 
 
 entree dans le idle ..- 
 
 2. II eii sera de m^me pour la pratique'des" liommjs "d'eprofe's*. 
 nun tt fonctionnaircs civils. . -u 
 
 10. 
 
 Corvees, 
 
 LXXI. Les proprietaires de biens-fonds cotises seront tenns a des cor- 
 vees 
 
 Hans quelle prnportion /^ •.* 
 
 2. Corvee de capitation "* *..' 
 
 3. Exemptions -...........,! .".'.'.' 'b 
 
 4. Comment et oii ces corvees seront faites ; et soils les ord'rej 
 
 dequi .j^ 
 
 5. Commutation des corvees ,.n 
 
 Quand payable k 
 
 xxvii 
 
 I 
 
r 
 
 % 
 
 XXVlli tiwnmary, 
 
 •ECT. 
 
 PAMO. 
 
 3. Becrefary-Treasurer to make general ColleoUon-RolI-f Form 
 
 CO.] jgjj 
 
 Contents : it shall nhew the amount payable by each person . ib. 
 
 Proviso : as to year when new Valuation is made 15« 
 
 4, Special Collection-Roll in certain cases ib. 
 
 6. He shall forthwith collect the assessments due : and in what 
 
 manner— [Form Z.] ju 
 
 Notice ^.^^^'''"'""!;!.";;. Sb 
 
 6. Taxes to be levied by distress if not paid in 30 days : and of 
 
 what goods-CForm HH.] ' jb. 
 
 No claim to property allowed to prevent sale jb* 
 
 7. Surplus of proceeds under distress to be returned to owner . . ibi 
 
 As to claim to the same by contending parties Jh 
 
 8. Notice of sale-[Form IL] Jb 
 
 9. When sums are to be raised for County purposes, Council to 
 
 nx the sum to be raised in each locality— [Form JJ.l jb 
 
 To be guided by Collection-Rolls— [Form KK.] . 15^ 
 
 10. Return of doings on Collection-RoUs to Secretary-Treasurer 
 
 of County ; paying over moneys to him jb 
 
 Certain particulars to be shewn in such return . jb' 
 
 H. &ecretaiy. Treasurer of County to prepare list of lands on ' 
 
 which taxes, Sic., are not paid-[Form LL.] . Jb 
 
 Notice to be published, containing certain particulars " ' ib" 
 
 Further notice of sale :^" 
 
 12. Sale: unless the taxes are paid, with costs and penalty.'.'." " 166 
 Return to Secretary-Treasurer of County. jb 
 
 13. No^e to specify place and time of sale, description of land," 
 
 14. One notice may include all lots . L* 
 
 15. Secretary-Treasurer of locality may employ Assistants." ." . ." ." ib.' 
 
 Sales of Property. 
 
 LXXV. .Sales to be by public auction v 
 
 No duty, &c !''• 
 
 2. In sales of real property, so much only tobe sold as will 'pay '"*' 
 
 taxes and costs -k 
 
 What part shall be sold first . ....... ??" 
 
 3. If the purchaser fail to pay, another sale to be had in Sdays' 158 
 
 4. Certihcate to purchaser " -h 
 
 5. Owner may redeem within the year, payin^price and 20 per ' ' 
 
 cent, more * .. 
 
 6. If the land be not redeemed, "deed of sale "to be "given "to "pur- ' ' 
 
 chaser : its effect .. 
 
 As to lands sold before issue of Patent for them . . .... . . ..., ib.' 
 
 Penalties. 
 
 LXXVI. Penalty on persons elected or appointed to office and 
 
 accepting 
 
 not 
 
 160 
 
 2. Gu Valuators failing to perform certain duties . . .... . .... . . ib. 
 
160 
 ib. 
 
 Sommaire. 
 
 (lOT. 
 
 ITYin r. ,■ Officieradcetegard. 
 
 ;«?. ' ^'^"^'" *°" Parleproprietaire Boit par Poccu- 
 
 4. Cotisation en travaux ^^^ 
 
 comptet. .^^^^^^ '''« Poursuivispourleurs 
 
 Jugement *''• 
 
 Im6rlt reeouvrable d 12 pour cent ^^' 
 
 "^SS^r^^ '^'^ " ^^le'g^n.;al-;iep;^i-- '^• 
 
 Indiquant ]e montant payable par chaque personne Jb 
 
 S;.r. ...!!"'' °" ""* "°"^«"« evaluation V«; 
 
 4. Role special dans certains cas. ^^' 
 
 Tfo^uJIT'.'"'.'' P"««P^'°"5'-'«"-"-'<'on;;ib„ables- 
 
 6. ^;j««»eromprtjVvVe;"pa;sai;ie8ieilVs';;;o'^^^^^^^ '^' 
 
 en30jours— [FormuleHH.].. "'"i^ayees 
 
 7. Surqu biens '^• 
 
 Le8urplu8duproduitdelaVemeseVa;emi;'aupropr;etai;e' IJ* 
 
 8. Avis de la vente-[Formule II.] . proprietaire. ,b. 
 
 'mule KkI^" '' '''' '^^ Perceptlon-t'Fo^m^Vii.jllF;;: '''• 
 
 11. Le «ecr6taire-Vr6s^;ie;d;;8;e;a u^e'Vmte'd^ ^^* 
 
 leequelles des taxes seront dues .^ 
 
 Publication d'avis-[F<,rmule LL 1 'r 
 
 Avis de vente. . . ib. 
 
 d. la proprilt?, etc ! . . '"'' '' '°""'^* ^^ ^^«'e"^»'°" 
 
 14 Un seul avis pourra comprendre piusiVuVs'lo'te t 
 
 15 Le Becretaire-tr^sorier pourra employer des assistant";:;;:; ib 
 
 ,vvv ., ^'ente des Proprietes. 
 
 i'AAV. Vente a I'encan public 
 
 Exemption de droits j'^- 
 
 2. Vente au monfant des taxes et frais '^' 
 
 J>rtie qui sera vendue la premiere." !r 
 
 ^I^;:;;-;^^P;«« |-i;i-rs a d^fauidepai^m;;. •pa;rac: "• 
 
 4. Certifioat a I'acqu^reur, ^^^ 
 
 payant it fnx et 80 pour cent en eus. ... , .^ 
 
 xxix 
 
M! 
 
 XXX Summary. 
 
 •ICT. y^gjj 
 
 3. On Members of any Council, JutticeB of the Peace, &c., failing 
 
 to perform any duty jgQ 
 
 4. On unqnalified persons volinjj [^\ jj, 
 
 5. On Inepeciors of roa'Js failing to perform any duty. . '. .. . . ," [ . ib! 
 
 6. On Overseers of roaiis failing to perform any duty ib! 
 
 7. On persons Iiiiidering the execution of this Act .'.'.*.".'.' 162 
 
 8. On persons wilfully tearing down notices, &c jb, 
 
 liecoeery of Penalties, 7 axes, fye. 
 
 LXXVII. Taxes and jjenalljcs may be recovered before a Justice of 
 
 tlio Peace •. 
 
 All due by one person may be included in ono suit ib," 
 
 2. Coels and execution ju' 
 
 8. Secretary-Treasurer ol' Local Municipality to be Clerk ol'suoli 
 
 Justice jjj 
 
 4, Ri^ht of Justice issuing summons to sit in preference to 
 o'hers il,^ 
 
 6. Delay between service and summons ib. 
 
 6. Evidence..; jg^ 
 
 ^- ^^'^f ' .y.^^.'.^^^'Z'.'.'.'.'. ib. 
 
 8. Limitation of suit for penalties jb 
 
 Application of penalties jj,.' 
 
 Oaths. 
 
 LXXVIII. By whom to be administered Jb. 
 
 2. Person administering it to give certificate of its having been 
 t^l^en ib. 
 
 Language of pvblicalion. 
 
 LXXIX. Governor in Council may allow publication in one languaffo 
 
 only in certain cases ' jj. 
 
 Publication of such order jj,.' 
 
 Forms. 
 
 LXXX. Forms in Schedule to be sufficient. Jb. 
 
 Interpretation of forms and proceedings under this Act 166 
 
 Merely for real objections not to prevail 'if the substance be 
 not affected ib 
 
 Schedule of Forms. 
 
 A.— Notice of Public Meeting for the election of Local Councillors .... Jb. 
 
 A 2.— Notice of Public Meeting for the election of Councillors, in place 
 
 of those whose elect ioji has been declared null and void . . 168 
 
 B.— Certificate of the publication of a Public Notice, to be annexed to 
 
 or endorsed on the Original Notice ]63 
 
 C.—Special Notice to the person appointed to preside at a Public 
 Meeting for the general election of Local Municipal Coun- 
 cillors ^ I7P 
 
 D.— Certificate to be annexed to or endorsed nn arery Rnecisl .iVs'Jss. . !?3 
 
Sommaire. 
 
 iter. PAOM. 
 
 Deduction pout lei dftpcns j59 
 
 «. Si la teire n'est pas r6m6r6o, litre sera pass6 k racquVreur. . . ib. 
 Son eflet .. 
 
 Terres vendues avant I'fimission Je lettres paVe'n'tes les oc-' 
 
 *"y»«»t ib. 
 
 /'inaWdi. 
 LXXVI. Amende centre ceux qui lefuseront d'agir apres avoir £16 
 
 nommfes ou 6Ius jqj 
 
 2. Amende centre les eslimateurs qui refuseront da remplir 
 
 certaines functions •. 
 
 3. Centre les membres d'un confeil, les juges de pair, etc.! '. '. '. il. 
 
 4. Contte les personnes qui voteront sans gira qiialifiees ib.' 
 
 5. Inspecteurs des chemins n^gligents [[] n,] 
 
 C. Sous-voyers n^j^ligents jl' 
 
 7. Centre ceux qui molesteront les ofliciers municipaux, etc. . . ." 1B3 
 
 8. Ou qui d^chireront les avis, etc 15^ 
 
 Recouvremrnl clea Pena'itis, tons, etc. 
 LXXVII. Les taxes pourront 6tre recou vrfies devant on juge de paix, etc. ib. 
 Les cotieations et les pfcnalit^s pourront 6tte recouvrdes en 
 m^rne temps jjj 
 
 2. D6penB et execution du jugement {],_ 
 
 3. Lesecrfetaire delamunicipaJite sera le greffier du juge de 
 
 P^''' ib. 
 
 4. Le juge de paix signant I'assignation siegera de preference. . ib. 
 
 5. Intervalle entre la significiition et le rapport ib. 
 
 6. Preuve j^* 
 
 7. Depends Igg 
 
 8. Limitation des poursuites pour amendes ib. 
 
 Application des amendes jjj 
 
 Sermenta. 
 
 LXXVIIL Prestation des serments jj, 
 
 2. Certificat de prestation de sermont jb, 
 
 Langue dans laquelle se feront les publications. 
 LXXIX. Le gouvemeur pourra permettre que lea publications voulues 
 
 par cet acta se faseent dans une langue seulement lb. 
 
 Av" '.'. ih. 
 
 Formdes. 
 
 LXXX. Formes dans la oedule suffiront .'u 
 
 Interpretalion des formes et precedes en vertu r"e cet acte. . . 167 
 
 Aucune objection de forme ne sera admise jb, 
 
 Modeles de Formvles. 
 A. — Avis d'une assemblee publique pour i'felection de couseillera 
 
 locaux j{j_ 
 
 A2.— Avis d'une assemblee publique pour I'election de conseillers, en 
 
 remplacement de ceux dont I'election a 6t§ declarfee nulle. 169 
 B.— Certificat de la publication d'un avis public qui doit ^tre endoss6 
 
 Bur I'avis original jj,, 
 
 C— aAviii fiD^ninl nni dnvra pim Annnh an tvrbmXAori* At^ 1)~s.._,i.ic„ 
 
 pnbliqiie t«oti« ponr VkXniWtm gtniw)* de conneillws Jocanjs 17 J 
 
 xzxl 
 
xxxii 
 
 « 
 
 Summary. 
 
 SECT. 
 
 E.-Special Notice to Municipal Councillor informing him of his elec-"'* 
 
 V V' .• V" ''n'' "^ '^® ^"y °^ '^^ '^"t session : SK 
 
 F.-.Not.ce from President of Election to Warden or Registrar; when an 
 
 4-lection has taken place. ,-a 
 
 G—Appointment of a Deputy County Superintendent .■.■.■.■■■■• m 
 
 H._Wot,ce of appomtment of a Deputy County Superintendent'. '.■ ' " ib. 
 I.— County Council By-law !° 
 
 ABy-iaw '■.;;;.;.; '!;• 
 
 J — Local Council By-law. T 
 
 A By-law '....... 
 
 If .-Publication of a resolution of a Municipal Counci'l ^ 
 
 ' ,;„ ''I'® '"5 ^P''^'^' ^e«t^"g o''a Municipal Council. . . jk' 
 
 M.-Nol.ce for an adjourned Meeting of a Municipal Councilto'be ' 
 
 N.-Oath of Office"" ^*""^°" ^^'^"' *' "'« '™« of adjournment. ... 182 
 0.-Sec,elary-Treasurer'8 surety bond, when given under private seal." 184 
 
 n ~M r appointment of a Municipal Officer 186 
 
 ti.— Notification of election or appointment of Mayor ih 
 
 It.— Petition for erection of Village. . . j^' 
 
 S._Public Notice to be given by the County Superintendent" in relation 
 
 to the erection of a Town or Village jj, 
 
 T.-Public Notice to be given by a County Council before the homolo'. 
 gation of a County Superintendent's report in relation to the 
 
 erection of a Town or Villase iqq 
 
 U.-Oath to be administered to SpeciafConstables . . .....^.'..'. jb 
 
 v.— Warrant of commitment on view. . i,* 
 
 W.-Distress Warrant in virtue of any" By-law made under Serfiou ' ' 
 A.A.11I, par. I jgg 
 
 X.-Special Notice to be «iven to any person appointed by the Go- 
 vernor General, and to the Secretary-Treasurer of the 
 Municipaliiy in which such person has been appointed. . . 194 
 v.— Notice to perform statute labour... jg^ 
 
 /.-Secretary-Treasurer's notice for the payment of Assessmeni," .' ".■.:; 198 
 AA.-Pubhc Notice of the examination of any Proces-Verbal. ... 200 
 
 BB.-Special Notice of County Superintendent, &c., of his intention 
 rr P u, r'^"" °" °''°»Pie'l ^^nd for the purpose of Survey. . . ib 
 
 CC.-Pubhc Notice of County Superintendent's intention to examine 
 
 Koads in Local Municipality. u 
 
 DD.-Special Notice of the intention of Inspector' of Roads to Visit an ' ' 
 Overseer's Section gna 
 
 EE.-VaIuai^ion-Roll of the Municipality of theiPaHshiTownshipV&c') 
 
 of (name of Municipality.) om 
 
 rp'~^"n '' ^°'''^ °^'^^ ^''^'«'°" °f ^ vaiuation-Roii;; ::::;; ^ 
 
 GG.-Col]ect.on-Ro]l of the Municipality of the (Parish, Township;&c:,i 
 
 of (name of Municipality.) fy yf 
 
 HH.-Distress Warrant for Assessments due. om 
 
 II.-Notice of the day and place of Sale of Goods and Chattels se^^ed 
 
 lor taxes 
 
 JJ.-Certificate of a Secretary-treasurer" of "coun'ty" Council of' Amount 
 
 required from a local Municipality ju 
 
 KK.-Statement of value of Assessable Property. s 
 
 LL -Statement of Lands to be sold for Taxes, and Notic"e of Sale: f .' .' .' 214 
 MM,— Forn» of Debenture., , gj: 
 
Sommaire. 
 
 IKCT. 
 
 D.-Certifioat qui devra 6tre annex6 A ou endos86 sur tout avis spficia? na 
 E.-Av«sp cm dona6dunco„«eiller xnunicipal I'informant de 1 
 
 election et du jour de la premiere session jk 
 
 '-*™ ':r.tr::'ir" - -'"" - "■ -^^-^^-^ "■ 
 
 G.-Nomination d'un d6put6 surintendant de conitl ill* 
 
 H.-AV1S de la nomination d'un d6put6 surintendant deoomt6 ih 
 
 I.-Reglement d'un conseil de comt6. . . . ' 
 
 J.— R6glement d'un conseil local ^^' 
 
 f'SS'^" ^'""V,l«°'"^'°" pa836e p;; un conseil municipai Ill 
 
 L.-AV1 d'une assembl6e sp6ciale d'un conseil municipa" ^ i^ 
 
 M.-AV1S qui devra ^tre donn6 aux membres absents d'un conseil mu: 
 ;Z:u i;:r .'^"™"^ a-uneassembl^e du ZoZil 
 
 N.— Serment d'office. 183 
 
 a-Cautionnementch,secr;tai;e:Ws;;ieVlorsqu'iiesi^^ 
 
 Q -Avk Tm ^r ^' "°™'r'°"'l'"n"officie;' municipal'. IS 
 
 T.-Av„publi«,md«v,. «„ tons j,„ lo ;„„,eiiiVo„„;,6a™ui„-.- 
 
 CC-A™ p„bl,c de Pinte-ta d„ .„ri„,e4m de ool° dtViltele, 
 nn A . °''™"'"'™»'"Uoioipalil61oe»le... "evuiterlee 
 
 ll!i'!'?''"'™''»''™P«=«"'teVhemin;deVi;ite; 
 
 section de sous-voyer »'siier 
 
 EE.-R61e ^6valuation de la municipaliVe'dV k'fp;™!;;;; to;„Vhi;- ^"^ 
 
 FP 4 • ^*t-?.'^«("°'»de la municipality.) .. ' ^^n. 
 
 FP.-Avis pubhc de la revision d'un r«le d'evaluation..':: " oJ? 
 
 cotiaations. "'^°^ ®^ ^"*ts saisis pour 
 
 MM.-F^i:TdfCi'^°" ""="""'' "-"'feiavea;^;::; sis 
 
 3 217 
 
 xxxiU 
 
M 
 
 Ml 
 
 PR 
 
LOWER CANADA 
 
 MUNICIPAL & ROAD ACT 
 
 OJc' 
 
 . 18 5 5. 
 
 ACTE 
 
 DES 
 
 MMICIPALITES et des CHEMINS 
 
 DV 
 
 BAS-CANADA DE 1855. 
 
 L.'^y^.">^/^>-_'^.- . -vy-.,/^-\.'^>^ 
 
 18 VICTORIA, CAP. c. 
 
 PRINTED BY STEWART DERBISHIRE^AND GEORGE DESBARATS 
 Law Printer to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty. ' 
 
 1855. 
 
\ 
 
 ANNO DECIMO-OCTAVO 
 
 VICTORTif] REGIN^. 
 
 c A r . c . 
 
 Lower Canada Municipal and Road Act of 1865. 
 
 [ A asenUd to ^mii May, 1866.] 
 
 Preambl*. *T¥THEREAS it is necessary to reform the Municipal and 
 ▼ ▼ Road system of Lower Canada, and to establish therein 
 County, Parish, Township, Town and Village Municipalities: 
 Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent 
 Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative 
 Council and of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of 
 Canada, constituted and assembled by virtue of and under the 
 authority of an Act passed in the Parliament of the United 
 Kingdorii of Great Britain and Ireland, and intituled, An Act 
 to re-unite the Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada, and for 
 the Government of Camula, and it is hereby enacted as 
 follows : 
 
 Comineiicc- !• That this Act shall come into force on the first day of July, 
 iTientoi'Act. one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, and not beiore. 
 
 Extcntof Act. n. This Act shall apply to Lower Canada only. 
 
 Act nottoitp- in. This Act shall not apply to Roads or Bridges under the 
 ply to ceriain control of the Commissioners of Public Worlds, unless and until 
 ceded to'wu* ^^'^ Same shall be relinquished to the Municipal Authorities ; 
 iiicii«ljtif 8 ; nor to Roads in possession of any individual proprietor or Com- 
 pany under any Act or By-law : 
 
 But shall a;>- 2. But whenever any Road or Bridge theretofore under the 
 cmio^" ""•^'^ control of the Commissioners of Public Works, or of any Trustees 
 or other like authority, or of any incorporated Company or in- 
 dividual proprietor, shall cease to be under such control, such 
 Road or Bridge shall thereupon be vested in the local Munici- 
 pality or Municipalities in which it lies, as a public road, and 
 shall be maintained and dealt with under the provisions of this 
 Act. 
 
 Act not iq ex- IV. The provisions of this Act shall not extend to that portion 
 PMtli'o#ce" of the parish of Montreal which forms the city of Montreal as 
 tain parishes incorporated by law ; nor to those portions of the parishes of 
 included in Quebec and St. Rocb respectively which form the city of Quebec 
 cjtjworiowns. * '^ oa 
 
ANNO DKCIMOOCTAVO 
 
 VICTORIA REGINiE. 
 
 C A P . c . 
 
 "^'de t^sf "l"^"^^''"'^ '' ^'' C^^-'-i^^ du Bas Canada 
 
 ATTFVniT ,-, [Sandiomd h 30 Mai, 1855.1 
 
 municipalites et dc la voirie dn Bas C nada e d-.ir' ^'''''''^^'^ 
 dans cetteparfie do la province dea mun'cin.lS^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 
 paroisse, do township, So villo et do ^i a^^o'^ qu^il.oit Znn ^^ 
 quence statu6 par la Tres ExfPllpnt^ Mo; V- V i „ . " ^^^^^- 
 
 .tarns par la dile anlorite coramo iuh, 1^!?^ "^ "'" 
 
 II. Cet acta m s'appliquom qu'au Bas Canada sculeraent. 
 
 ou autre autorite semWabfe ™, hI "^ "'! ™ '''' 'J""''"'' 
 
 d. particuliers ceSXe' ,on, ce3oT"^T™"'°'"» ™ 
 
 IV. Les dispositions, du m-e^ipnf -info ,in »■♦ i 
 .Montreal, Idle qu'incoiporfc nnr h Ini S i '".<!"6 de .•6„„d„ ,,„ 
 
 hctte de H.etec, telle qa-ineorpok-e par laToi fni TSe Sr.fS£! 
 
 pajiie 
 
 Entr6e en vi- 
 Kueur de 
 I'aete. 
 
 Eteiidue de 
 I'acfe. 
 
 Cet acte ne 
 
 s'appliquera 
 pas a certaina 
 ouvrage*, 4 
 moins qu'ils 
 lie soient cA- 
 di5s mix mu- 
 nicipalit^s ; 
 
 II s'y appli- 
 quera anssitdt 
 npies cette 
 cession. 
 
Cap. 100. 
 
 Municipal and Mood Act L. C. 
 
 18 Vict. 
 
 11 
 
 as incorporated by law ; nor to that portion of the parish of 
 St. Hyacinthe the Confessor which forms the town of St. Hya- 
 cinthe as incorporated by law : 
 
 Munidpalifies 2. So that the Municipality of the parish of Montreal shall 
 
 Quebec"Mon- co"™P'i^6 ''"'y ^^at portion of the said parish which is without 
 
 treai and St. the limits of the said city of Montreal ; the Municipality of 
 
 Hyacinthe de- the parish of Quebec shall comprise only that portion of the said 
 
 fined. parish which is without the limits of the said city of Quebec ; 
 
 the Municipality of the parish of St. Roch shall comprise only 
 
 that portion of the said parish which is without the limits of the 
 
 said city of Quebec ; and the part of the parish of St. 
 
 Hyacinthe the Confessor which is without the limits of the 
 
 said town of St. Hyacinthe, shall for the purpose of this Act 
 
 be deemed to be an • extra parochial place, and shall be 
 
 annexed to the adjoining parish of Notre-Dame de St. Hyacinthe; 
 
 Act to extend 3. The provisions of this Act shall extend to the Municipality 
 
 Thre *Riv" ^^ ^^® ^°^" ^^ Three Rivers, as it now is, as if the said Muni- 
 
 whieh shall ' cipality had been erected into a Town Municipality according 
 
 have the now to the formalities prescribed by this Act in such cafee ; and from 
 
 *he town by ^^^ ^^^^' ^^^ commencement of this Act the said Municipality 
 
 13 & 14 V. shall be, to all intents and purposes, considered as a new Town 
 
 c. 104. Municipality created by this Act, and all the powers, functions 
 
 and duties vested in, or imposed upon, the Municipal Council 
 
 of the town by the Act passed in the Session of the Parliament 
 
 of this Province, which was held in the thirteenth and fourteenth 
 
 years of Her Majesty's Reign, chaptered one hundred and four, 
 
 and intituled. An Act to transfer to the Municipal Council of the 
 
 Municipcdity of the Town of Three Rivers the administration of 
 
 the Common of the said Town, and for other purposes, aie hereby 
 
 vested in the said Municipality ; 
 
 Munieinality 
 of paristi ul 
 Three- RiTers 
 deiued. 
 
 4. So that the Municipality of the parish of Three Rivers 
 shall comprisedpniy that portion of the said parish which is 
 without the limits of the said town of Three Rivers ; and for 
 the purposes of tliis Act, the parish of Three Rivers shall be 
 understood to comprise all that tract of country now being 
 within the ministration of the Ecclesiastical Authorities 
 (desserte) of the parish of Three Rivers, including the several 
 concessions upon the St. Lawrence and in the rear of such 
 concessions, up to the tract comprised within the ministration 
 (desserte) of the parish ot Pointe-du-Lac, and as iar as the fief St. 
 Etienne ; 
 
 let to wxtend 5. The provisions of this Act shall also extend to the Munici- 
 sh'^h *°k" "^ Polity of the Town of Sherbrooke, as it now is, as if the same 
 Th * "^^1 1' *^ erected into a Town Municipality under this Act : and 
 
 'Ufinedl .."^,° the said Municipality of the Town of Sherbrooke and the Town- 
 ships of Ascot and Orford shall be, for the purposes of this Act, 
 included within the County of Complon ; 
 
5 
 
 Definition def 
 municipaliifii 
 des paroisses 
 (le Quebec, 
 Montrdal et 
 St. Hyacintfa«. 
 
 136U. Actes des Municipalit4a et Chemins—S. C. Cap. 100. 
 
 partiede la paroisse de St. Hyacinthe le Confesseur, qui forme 
 1ft ville de St. Hyacinthe, telle qu'incorpor6e par la loi 7 
 
 n.^;n^^ """'a *^"'' 'f Municipalite de la paroisse de Montreal 
 ne comprendra que la partie de la dite pariisso qui est en dehow 
 
 n^Jn'ry^^n'^^'*'"^*^^" ^"'^^'^«'' J^ municipali"6 de la 
 paroisse de Quebec ne comprendra que la partie de la dit« 
 paroisse qui est en dehors des limites de la dite cit6 de Quebec 
 a municipahte de la paroisse de St. Roch ne comprendra que 
 Ir^S 1' O ' f P^'^'T ^'^^ ''' ^" ^«h°^« des limites d?k 
 
 viUe de St. Hyacmthe, sera, pour les fins de cet acte, consid6r^«e 
 comme place extra paroissiale, et sera annex6e i' la paroisse 
 voisine de Notre Danie de St. Hyacinthe ; paroisse 
 
 3. Les dispositions de cet acte s'etendront a la muiiiciDalit6 r . . ,^ 
 
 tt"5"^''^n-^''''''-'^. ^^"^ ^^'-^^^tant actuenrent^teKiyi'' 
 
 • ™eme que SI la dite municipalite avail ete erig6e en munil ^"'edesTroii. 
 cipalit6 de ville d'apr^s les formalites prescrites en pLu cas ^'''''^• 
 par le pr6sent acte ; et a compter de ll mise en force de cet 
 SL municipalit6 sera, a toutes fins quelconques, con- 
 
 s ider6e comme nouvelle municipality de ville creee par ce acte 
 et a la dite municipalite seront devolus tous les pouvoirs attri' 
 
 Kf vMI d^^°^^^,^«"f^^6« o^ i"^POs6« au conseiLmiic palde 
 la dite vil e, par I'acte passe dans la session du parlement de 
 cette province, tenue dans les treizifeme et quator&me ann^es 
 durdpedeSaMajeste, chapitre cent-quatre, ' intimle S „ ^ , , , 
 
 desTrots-Rivtires Padmmistration de la commune de la meme 
 ville, et pour d>autresohjets; 
 
 4. De sorte que la Municipalite de la oaroisse dp* Tmio. «. • .. 
 Rivieres ne comprendra que fa partie de la'diir^Lfss: ql^es" J^'la^Se 
 en dehors des limites de la dite ville des Trois-RJ-i^res • pf desTrois- 
 pour les fins du present acte, la paroisse des Trois-Ri-^res sera ^'''*'''' 
 <3ens6e comprendre tout le territoire actuellement compris dans 
 la desserte des autorites ecclesiastiques de la paroisse des Troi^- 
 Kivieres, y compris les diverses concessions sur le fleuve St 
 Laurent et en arri^re de ces concessions, jusqu'au territoire^ 
 compris dans la desserte de la paroisse de la Pointe-du-Lac 
 et jusqu'au fief St. Etienne; <* roinie au i.ac, 
 
 5. Les dispositions du present acte s'etendront aussi A la mu- Cet acto sM- 
 nicipalit6 de la ville de Sherbrooke, telle qu'elle est actuellemen" 'ia a ,a '" 
 comme SI elle ertt 6te erigee en une municipalite de ville en J'"",'''' ^'•'^'- 
 vertu du present acte : et la dite municipalite de la ville de 
 bherbrooke et les townships d'Ascof ot d'Orford seront, pour ^''"i'^'"',^ I* 
 lea fins du present acte, compris dans le comte de Compton ; """""^'''•^• 
 
 6. 
 
'11 ill r 
 
 ill •111! 
 
 fiii 
 
 § 
 
 Cap, 100. 
 
 Municipal and Road Act L. C. 
 
 18 Vict. 
 
 How this A(!t 
 shall apply to 
 ble. Anne cico 
 Moiits and 
 Cap Chat, 
 12 V. c. 126. 
 
 6. The provisions of this Act shall also extend to the settle- 
 ments of Sie. Anne dcs Monts, except in so far as the same may 
 be repugnant to the provisions of the Act passed in the 
 twelfth year of Her Majesty's Reign, intituled, An Act detach- 
 ing the Settlements of Ste. Anne des Monts and Cap Chat from 
 the Municipality of Gasps, and to erect the same into a separate 
 Municipalilji, which Act shall remain in force, except that the 
 Municipality of Ste. Anne des Monts and the Municipal 
 Council thereof shall possess all the powers conferred 
 not only on Parish and Township Corporations and Councils, 
 but also on County Corporations and Councils by this Act ; 
 and that the Act passed in the Session held in the tenth and 
 eleventh years of Her Majesty's Reign, intituled. An Act to 
 make belter provision for the establishment of Municipal authorities 
 in Lower Canada, and all other Acts amending the same, shall 
 be repealed, and shall cease to have any force and effect in 
 respect o the said Municipality of Ste. Anne des Monts- 
 Provided always, that the said Municipality of Ste. Anne des 
 Monts shall, for the purposes of this Act, form no part of the 
 County of Gaspe ; 
 
 How this Ac-t 7. The provisions of (his Act shall also apply to the Magdalen 
 Se M^iJiS ^'^^"i^' 'Y'\i^'\' ^^' <!^« Pui-Poscs of this Acf, shall form a sepa- 
 IslamU." rate Municipality under the name of tiie Municipality of the 
 Magdalen Islands, and the Municipal Council thereof shall be 
 composed of live members, and shall be presided over by a 
 Mayor, as if the said Islands formed only one Parish or Town- 
 ship ; but the said Council shall possess all the powers con- 
 ierred by this Act i\oi only un Paris!) and Township Corpora- 
 lions and CoundiJs, but also on Couniy Corporations and 
 Councils: Provided always, that the said Municipality of the 
 Magdalen Islands shall not, for the purposes of this Act, form 
 part of the Couniy of Gaspe. 
 
 Art lO&ll 
 V. c. 7 repeal- 
 ed as to Ste. 
 Anne, &c. 
 
 Proviso. 
 
 Proviso. 
 
 Acts and 
 dinances re. 
 pealed : 
 L. C. 38 G. 
 c. 9. 
 
 L. C. 3a G. 
 c 5. 
 
 L. C. 48 G, 
 «. 25. 
 
 " u , • ^^^\ ' ^'-'^ Legislature of Lower Canada, passed in 
 the thiriy-Sixth year of the Reign of King George the Third 
 
 3 and intituled, yl /J Act for making, repairing and altering the 
 IligMva//,! ani Bridges within this Province, and for other pur- 
 poses, and the Act of the said Legislature, passed' in the thirtv- 
 
 3, ninth year of the same Reign, and intituled, ^«^d (o amend an 
 Act passed i,i the Ihirbj-sixtk ycr:,r of His present Majesty's 
 Reign, 'intituled, An Act. for making, repairing and altering the 
 Highways and Eridgps loitJiin this 'Province, and for other pur- 
 
 3, poses, and the Act of the said Legislature, passed in the forty- 
 eighth year of the said Reign, and intituled. An Act viore 
 effectually to provide for the making, altering and repairing the 
 Highways and Bridges within the Inferior District of Gasp6 
 
 '~ i- ™ y — -"a -'— .'^';,.M»/M,_f,o u«u jjiiu^tsiviiuinimsfro- 
 
 vtnce, and for other purposes,' as regards the Inferior District 
 and the Act of the said Legislature,' passed in the third year of 
 
 the 
 
1855. ActedeaMunicipaliUsetChemuis^B.C. Cap. 100. m 
 
 ki;!l^*^ dispositions du present acte s'6tendront aussi aux 6ta. ,, 
 bhssements de Ste. Anne-des-Monts, excepte en ceo^^S^nu^A*'''''^' 
 Sf H '°"i ^"^/ilP°f ions de I'acte' passfdans la do^uzilme SlLeTenu 
 annee du r^gne de Sa Majeste, intitul6 : Acte pour diZTles ^* ^^ A-"'- 
 
 ejsfpar^e lequel acte demeurem en force, excepte que la mu- 
 n c.pahte de Ste. Anne-des-Monts et 1^ consei! munfcbal 
 
 !i«?f: • ^^t^' "o»-seulement aux corporations et aux conseils 
 de paroisse et de township, mais encore aux corporatbns et 
 auxconsedsde comte ; et que Paete passe dans la Son te„ue 
 dans les dixieme et onzieme annees du rfegne de SaMajeste iX 
 '^^^•Afpourfatredemeilleuresdispositiompmcr^^^^^^ ,0* „ 
 
 d^auoni^smunmpales dans le Bos-Canada, et tout amr^sS *-' 7?.*4i 
 qui Pamendent^seront abroges, et cesseront d'etre ervi^euret T"' f '"'• 
 
 destts ne S '' "^"^ ^^ '^'"' municipalite de Ste. Anne- Provi.„. 
 7. 
 
 composerrde c n7memb7es et TeT pr^TdTr' ''""'• " ^'^''~^"'' 
 cornL si les dites Vs ne fo^a^em X^ s^u^parrs^o"' ''^^''""'• 
 qu'un seul township; mais le dit conseil possederaTus les 
 pouvoirs conferes par le present acte, non-seulement aux cor- 
 porations et aux conseils de paroisse et de township maTs 
 aussi aux corporations et conseils de comte ; pourvu^uj^rs . 
 que a due mumcipalite des Isles de la Magdeleine ne Sera '^"""• 
 point partie du mmte de Gasp6, pour les fits du present Tcte 
 
 y.,. .„«.., c.j,uur uamres ejjets, et I'acte de ladite legislature 
 passe dans latrente-neuvj&me annee du m6me r^gne, intitul6 ' ^' <=• »• 
 Acte qm amende vn acte pass6 dans la trente-sixUnw ann4edu u n o„o 
 r^gm de Sa prisente Majesty, intm4, Acte pour MrTrLZ I cl' ""''' 
 et changer les chemins et pants dans cehe province, etpourdZZ 
 tres effets et I'acte de la dite legislature passedlnsTa 
 quaran e-humeme annee du m^me rigne, intitule AcU aui B c 4« o 
 ponrvoit plus efficacement a faire, chmger «^ ^/,int '£ 3^" « S "' 
 chemins et pants dam le district infirieur de Gasp4 et ali 
 (^oge la partie dhm acte passd dans la trente-sixi^e anlTe 
 du rigne deSa Majesty, intituU : ^ Acte pmr faire, rtparer 
 et changer les chemins et ponts dam cette province etpZr 
 dautreseffets\ qm a rapport au dit district infirieur] et iCcte 
 de la dite legislature, pass6 dans la troisi^me ann6e du r^^Z 
 «««oiueorg« Viuaire, intitulS : Actt qui explique et Hend'ies ^ C- ^ Gf^ 
 
 ditpositiona '*' "' ^*" «• 
 
^u 
 
 m 
 
 m 
 
 I 
 
 i.i\ 
 
 £. C. 3 G. 
 «kl9!. 
 
 t.C. 
 c7. 
 
 2V. 
 
 Cap. 100. Municipal and Road Act L. C. 18 Vict. 
 
 , the Reign of King George the Fourth, and intituled, An Act to 
 explain and extend the provisions of an Act passed in the thirtij- 
 sixtk year of the Reign of His late Majesty, intituled, ' An Act 
 Jar making, repairing and aUering the Highways and Bridges 
 within this Province, and for other purposes,' in so far as res- 
 pects the tovmships, and the Ordinance of the Legislature of 
 Lower Canada, passed in the second year of Her Majesty's 
 Kejgn, and jntitule<]. An Ordimnce to amend the Act passed in 
 the thirty-sixth year of the Reign of King George the Third. 
 Chapter Nine, commonly called the Roail ^ Act, and the 4ct of 
 the Legislature of the Province of Canada, passed in the Ses- 
 sion thereof held in the tenth and eleventh years of Her Majes- 
 ty s Reign, intituled, An Act to make better provision for the 
 establishment of Municipal Authorities in Lower Canada, and an 
 Act ol the Legislature of the said Province of Canada, passed 
 m the session thereof, held in the. thirteenth and fourteenth 
 years of Her Majesty's Reign, intituled. An Act to amend the 
 Muniapal Law of Lower Canada, and another Act passed bv 
 the Legislature of the said Province of Canada, in the Session 
 thereof, held m the fourteenth and fifteenth years of Her Majes- 
 ty s Reign, intituled, An Act furtlier to amend the Municipal 
 Laws of Lower Canada, and so much of another Act passed by 
 ihe Legislature of the said Province of Canada, in the sixteenth 
 year ol Her Majesty's Reign, and intituled, An Act to remove 
 doubts with respect to the proper Courts of Review for Appeals 
 from By-laics of the Municipal Councils, and to amend the Muni- 
 cipal Laws of Lower Canada, as relates to the opening or changinff 
 ot Iront roads, shall be and are hereby repealed, except in so fa? 
 as any of the said Acts or the said Ordinance may relate to the 
 City of Quebec, or the City of Montreal, or to any road or street 
 inerem, and except in so far as relates to any Proch-Verbal or 
 Urder lawtuily made and in force immediately before the com- 
 mencement ol this Act, which shall remain in force, as afore- 
 said, until It be otherwise lawfully ordered under this Act, and 
 except as to any penalty or forfeiture incurred or any assess- 
 ment due under them, or any of them, before the commence- 
 ment ol this Act, which may be recovered as if this Act had 
 not been passed : Provided always, that the Acts and Or- 
 dinances or parts of Acts and Ordinances, repealed by the said 
 Acts or Ordinance, shall remain repealed : And that each 
 i;arisl! lownship, or place which, immediately before the 
 time when this Act shall come into force and eOect, shall be a 
 Municipality ior the purposes of the Act passed by the 
 Legislature of the said Province of Canada, in the ninth year 
 ,. ^ct ''^ "^^ Majesty's Reign, intituled, An Ad to repeal certain 
 
 nv^fW"^ ZTrf / '"> ''''''^'^'''''- ^'"^^ ^0 make better provision 
 n V. c. .0. Jor Ecmentary Inst ruction in Lowry Canada, and of another 
 Act ol the said last mentioned Legislature, passed in the 
 
 amend Il%1 ^J"V ^""^Tr" '^^''fe'"' '"''^"'^d' ^^ ^^'^ '^ 
 amend the School Law of Lower Canada, shall, notwith- 
 standing any thing in this Act, continue to be a Municipality 
 uithm the meaning ol the said last mentioned Act--, and for all 
 
 the 
 
 Cautdu. 
 10 All 
 e.7. 
 
 13 k 14 V. 
 c. 34. 
 
 14 & 15 V. 
 C 98. 
 
 IGV. c. 211, 
 
 ilxceptions. 
 
 Proviso : re- 
 pealed Acts, 
 iiCf tu remain 
 repealed : and 
 certain pa- 
 rishes and 
 townships to 
 remain Muni- 
 cipaiiiies /or 
 Ike purposes 
 he Act 
 
 tke pu 
 of the 
 
I86S. Me det MmicipaliU) et Chemins—B. C. Cap. 100. 
 
 «wenrfer la lot municipals du Bas CaZJa!f\T!^ '' ^'^'P^^ 
 
 r^«mo« auxquelles dmvent e^tre inter,vZ/L '^ { f'^^^^o^rs de 
 
 Bus Canada, qui fe rap W'tf Tl Wrt^^^^^^^^ 
 
 des chemins de front, seront et sont nnr h> ^ ^hangement 
 
 except6 les parties de^e^als ou de h dt S^w''"'"' "^''^S^^^' 
 
 rapportentaJa cite de QuIbecTu a la dt/d^ ^T-^ 
 
 toute rue ou chemin en ieelles et ertn.A Montreal, oua 
 
 proc^s-verbal ou ordre SmeT£r<"^ 
 
 diatement avant la mi.e en L^^l n esem actri;;'" ""n ^" 
 
 =e^^^Su=r::-S?^^^ 
 op6rat on du present nonrrnnf ^tl 7*"^ ^^ "^^^^ en 
 
 ab«,ges par 1.. di,/acr„u oALlSeru^^J," C''' 
 
 oute chose A ce eon.raire dans la ^Sn " ' "" 5,^°'^'™' 
 "■c,pah,e ,.,„„ i.i„,e„,i„n des ae.eLn dernier'lien menHo„rs' 
 
 et 
 
 9 
 
 B.C. 2 Vice. 
 
 Canada 10 &. 
 11 V. c. 7. 
 
 Canada 13 & 
 •4 V. c. 34. 
 
 Canada 13 & 
 HV.c. 98. 
 
 16 Vict. cap. 
 211. 
 
 se Exceptions. 
 
 Proviso: cer« 
 taines |)a- 
 'ioisses reste- 
 ront niunici. 
 paJites jiour 
 les tins de 
 I'actc 9 V, c. 
 27 et 12 V. c 
 60. 
 
1 
 
 
 niM 
 
 M 
 
 m 
 
 giliil 
 '11,,. 
 
 10 
 
 Cap. 100. Municipal and Road Act L. C. 18 Vict. 
 
 Part of section the purposes thereof. And so much of the twenty-fourth 
 
 pirts"on4 &' S^'^^io'i of the Act passed in the Session held in the fourteenth 
 
 15 V. c. 109, and fifteenth years of Her Majesty's Reign, intituled, An Act 
 
 inconsistent to make better provision for granting Licenses to Keepers of 
 
 ^^^l^^l^l^''^' 'i'<^'>'f^^>is atid Dealers in Spirituous Liquors in Lower Canada, 
 
 and for the more effectual repression of Intemperance, and any 
 
 and all portions of the said Act which are inconsistent with 
 
 the provisions of this Act, is and are hereby repealed. 
 
 VI. In citing this Act in other Acts of Parliament, or in any 
 Instrument, Document or Proceeding, it shall be sufficient to 
 use the expression "The Lower Canada Municioal and Road 
 Act, 1855 " ; and in any process for i " ' ig the ren- idies or 
 penalties given or imposed by this shall be sufficient, 
 
 without specifying more particularly ti . :.ause of c-mplaint or 
 offense, to refer by number, according to the copies of the Act 
 printed by the Queen's Printer, to the section or sections under 
 which the proceeding is taken. 
 
 Interpretation VII. The Interpretation Act shall apply to this Act ; and for the 
 clause. purposes of this Act, the following terms, whenever they occur, 
 
 shall respectively have the following significations, that is to 
 
 Short title of 
 this Act and 
 mode of re- 
 ferring to it 
 or any section 
 of it. 
 
 say : 
 
 Parish. The term " Parish, " shall not only signify any territory 
 
 erected into a Parish either by civil or ecclesiastical authority, 
 but shall apply, in like manner, to any part of a Parish incor- 
 porated under this Act, and shall also signify and include any 
 extra parochial place or part of a Parish or part of a Township 
 annexed to a Parish unde|.this Act, and the Parish to which 
 such extra parochial place or part of a Parish is or shall be 
 annexed conjointly, and shall also signify and include a Town- 
 
 '' ship annexed to a Parish under this Act. and the Parish to 
 
 which such Township is annexed conjointly, unless the context 
 be inconsistent with such interpretation ; 
 
 Township. And the term "Township" shall not only signify any 
 
 Territory erected into a Township, but shall apply in like 
 manner to any part of a Township incorporated under this 
 Act, and shall also signify and include any part of a Town- 
 ship or Parish annexed to a ToM'nship under this Act, and the 
 Township to which such part of a Township or Parish 
 is or shall be annexed conjointly, and shall also apply 
 to two Townships annexed to each other for the purposes 
 of this Act conjointly, unless the context be inconsistent 
 with such interpretation ; 
 
 Municipality. '-The term " Municipality, " shall signify any territory incor* 
 porated under this Act ; 
 
 County Muni- ^^^ term "County Municipality," shall signify a County 
 cipality. incorporated under this Act ; 
 
 The 
 
1851. Acte des MunidpaliUs et Chemins^B. C. Cap. 100. 
 
 et k toutes fins quelconques, et les dispositions de ]a vin^t 
 
 m?' ?r'°" ^' .^'"^'^ P^^*^ ''^"^ fa session tenueians 
 les qualorzi^me et quinzifeme annees du r^c^ie de Sa MaiS 
 
 iiitituI6 : Acte pour mieux r4gulariser /c Se JwtS ' 
 hcences anx aubejistes et tr%,uanls deT,trstrZ\Z 
 Ic Bas Canada, et pour riprimer plus eMmier^t Vinle^^ 
 ranee et toutes autres dispositions du ditfcrqTson nZ. 
 paUbles avecle present acte, sont par le present ZgTes 
 
 VI. En citant cet acte dans d'autres actes du oarlement on 
 dans tout instrument, document ou procedui^ TsS dl 
 
 p6nalites imposees par le nreseS nrtl 1 ^ ^"fliction des 
 plus particulLeme,^ la cK" L'pllitetuTK ^t 
 mentionner la clause ou 'es clauses en vertu desquelesA.lt 
 procedure sem adoptee d'apr^s les num6ros par lesqueTs llli^ 
 mTurVet^Se'^'^^ ''' ^^^^^^ '^ ^'^^ i-p'ri^nr^lttS 
 
 VIZ. L'acte d'interpretation s'appliquera au present aci^ • 
 et pour les Ims du present acte les Itermes suivanfs Dartout or.' 
 ils^se trouvent, signifieront respeetivement ce qu" suCS" 
 
 11 
 
 Partied8la24 
 section tie la 
 14 & 15 V. c. 
 100, abrog«e. 
 
 Titre abrfgj 
 du pifisent 
 acte — et ma« 
 niSre d'y r<< 
 ffirer ou d'en 
 ••iter leg sec 
 tioR$. 
 
 Clause inter- 
 prdtative. 
 
 Paroifse. 
 
 •oissiale, ou toute partie d'une paroisse, ou toute nartie dt^' 
 township annexee a une paroisse en ver u du pr" 'em "cl et 
 la paroisse a laquelle telle place extra-paroissial? ouTelle oartS 
 d'une paroisse est ou sera annexee coniointernpnt « • ^-l 
 aussi et comprendra un townshfp aXeS'Tm; VT'^""" 
 vertu du present acte et la paroisse a laanrlpMi. P^'^^l^.^^ ^^ 
 annexee ^conjoinlement, aE que fflxte ni T'"^'^ ''' 
 ceptible de telle interpretation • ^ ""^ '°'* P^' «"^^- 
 
 maniere /toute partie d'uTtownship Xt^o ." e^ ilnnZ 
 present acte, et signifiera aussi et comprendrV toute parufd'n 
 township ou paroisse a mexee A un town^hin Pn xSf* ti ° 
 acte, et le township auquel telle parUe dSowL^n n, '^'•''' 
 
 Municipalitfi. 
 
 Le 
 
 iMunicipaliia 
 de Qomii. 
 
';r 
 
 
 i "! 
 •I, 
 
 1^1 
 
 !!■ 
 
 . 
 
 12 
 
 Local Muni- 
 cipality. 
 
 County Coun- 
 cil. 
 
 Cap. 100. Municipal and Road Act L. C. 18 Vict. 
 
 The term " Local Municipality, " shall signify any temtory 
 incorporated under this Act, except a County, and shall apply 
 equally to Parish, Township, Town and Village Municipalities ; 
 
 The term "County Council," shall signify the Municipal 
 Council of a County, incorporated under this Act ; 
 
 Local Council. The term "Local Council," shall -signify the Municipal 
 Council of a Local Municipality ; 
 
 Chief Officer. The term " Chief Officer " shall apply equally to the Warden 
 of a County and to the Mayor of a Local Municipality ; 
 
 County Coun- 
 cillor. 
 
 Loral Coun- 
 cillor. 
 
 County Super- 
 intenclent. 
 
 Owner. 
 
 The term " County Councillor " shall signify a member of a 
 County Council ; 
 
 The term " Local Councillor" shall signify a Member of a 
 Local Council ; 
 
 The term " County Superintendent " shall signify the Su- 
 perintendent of Roads and Bridges in a County ; 
 
 The term "Owner" shall apply not only to an individual 
 proprietor but also to several co-proprietors and to any Corpora- 
 tion or Association of persons in whom the right of ownership 
 in any real or personal property mentioned in this Act is 
 vested ; 
 
 The term "Road," shall signify a Public Highway, and 
 shall include all Bridges upon it, and all ditches, fords and 
 other works and things therewith connected, unless it be other- 
 wise expressed or the context be inconsistent with such inter- 
 pretation ; 
 
 PuLlia Bridge. The term " Public Bridge, " shall signify any bridge of more 
 than eight feet in span ; 
 
 Road. 
 
 Lot. 
 
 Public Notice, 
 
 Special No* 
 tice. 
 
 The term " Lot," shall apply not only to a lot of land in any 
 Range or Concession in its entirety, but shall also signify any 
 sub-division of such lot, and any parcel of land owned or occu- 
 pied by any one person or by several persons conjointly, and 
 shall also include all buildings and other improvements thereon, 
 unless the contrary be expressed or the context be inconsistent 
 with such interpretation ; 
 
 The term " Public Notice, " shall signify a notice given, 
 or to be given, to the Inhabitants of the whole, or of any part 
 or parts of any Municipality or of several Municipalities ; 
 
 The term " Special Notice," shall signify a notice given or to 
 be given to any Member or Officer of any Municipal Council 
 or to any other person under this Act, or in pursuance of any 
 
 By-law 
 
J« 
 
 member of a 
 
 Member of a 
 
 1866. Actc de» Municipalitis et Chemins—B. C. Cap. 100. 
 
 Le terme " Municipalit6 locale " signifiera tout territoire 
 incorporfi en vertu c > cet acte, sauf un comt§, et s'applinuera 
 6galement aux mumcipallt^s de paroisst, de township, de ville 
 et de village ; 
 
 Le terme " Conseilde comte" signifiera le conseil muni- 
 cipal d'un oomt6, incorpor^ en vertu de cet actej 
 
 Le lerme « Conseil local" signifiera le conseil municipal Conseil local 
 d'une municipalite locale ; ' ""'• 
 
 Municipalit6 
 locale. 
 
 Conseil de 
 comtfi. 
 
 Le terme " Officier principal" s'appliquera 6galement au 
 prfefet d'un comte et au maire d'une municipalite locale ; ■ 
 
 Le terme " Conseiller de comte" signifiera un membre d'un 
 conseil de comt6 ; 
 
 Le terme " Conseiller local" signifiera un membre d'un con- 
 seil local ; 
 
 Le terme " Surintendant de comte" signifiera le surinten- 
 dant des cliemins et ponls dans un comte; 
 
 Le terme " Proprietaire" s'appliquera non-seulement a un 
 proprietaire individuel mais aussi a plusieurs co-proprietaires, 
 eta toute corporation ou association de personnes ayant la 
 propriele de quelque bien meuble ou immeuble mentionne dans 
 cet acte ; 
 
 Le terme " Chemin" signifiera un chemin public, et com- 
 prendra les ponts, fosses, giies et autres choses s'y rattachant 
 ou en dependant, a moins que le contraire ne soit exprime, 
 ou que le texte ne soit pas susceptible de telle interpr6tation ; 
 
 Le terme " Pont public" signifiera tout pont ayant plus de 
 huit pieds d'arche ; 
 
 Le mot " Lot " s'appliquera non-seulement a tout lot de terre 
 dans un rang ou concession, en son entier, mais signifiera aussi 
 toute subdivision de tel lot et tout terrain tenu en propriete ou 
 occup6 par une seule et mdme personne ou par plusieurs per- 
 sonnes conjointement, et il inclura aussi toutes les batisses et 
 autres ameliorations qui s'y trouveront, a moins que le con- 
 traire ne soit exprime ou que le texte ne soit pas susceptible dc 
 telle interpretation ; 
 
 Officier priii- 
 cipal. 
 
 Conseiller de 
 comte. 
 
 Conseiller 
 local. 
 
 Surintendant 
 de comte. 
 
 I'roprictaire. 
 
 Chemin. 
 
 I'ont Public. 
 Lot. 
 
 Le terme " Avis public" signifiera un avis donne ou a etre 
 donne aux habitants de toute une municipalite ou d'une ou de 
 plusieurs parties d'une municipalite, ou de plusieurs munici- 
 palites ; 
 
 Avis Public. 
 
 Le terme " Avis special" signifiera un avis donne ou a etre Avis .n«ciai 
 donnfe a uh membre ou officier d'un conseil municipal, ou a 
 une autre personne en vertu de cet acte, ou conform^ment a 
 
 quelque 
 
14 
 
 H'uttkU 
 
 County. 
 16 V. c. 132. 
 18 V. c. 76. 
 
 ■i 
 
 Cap. 100. Municipal and Road Act L. C. 18 Vict. 
 
 By-law passed by any such Council, for the purposes of informing 
 nim of any appointment or appointments or of any other fact 
 or lacts, or of requiring him personally to attend, or be present 
 at any particular place, or for any other object ; 
 
 The terrn " District," shall signify a Judicial District as now 
 established by Law ; 
 
 And the term " County » shall signify each and every 
 County as defined and described in and by "The Parlia- 
 mentary Representation Act of 1853 " as amended by " The 
 Farliamentary Representation amendment Act of 1855," except 
 that lor the purposes of this Act, the Island of Orleans, in the 
 County of Montmoienci, .shall form a separate Municipal 
 County, by the name of the Municipal County of the Island of 
 Orleans ; and all that part of the said County which lies to the 
 North ol the River St. Lawrence, shall also form a separate 
 Municipal County, by the name of the Municipal County of 
 
 yill. Every Public Notice shall be given in the 
 following, that is to say : 
 
 manner 
 
 KcNotti f The person required to give such Notice shall cause the same 
 'hSlblSvrn! ^i;^„^''^T" 7 n" the English and French languages, and after 
 signing It, shall publish it by causing a true copy thereof 
 certified by him, to be posted up on the front door of at 
 fFormB.] ^^^f TV /i''^' or chapel, or other place of public worship 
 and, whether there be or not any place of public worship, at 
 some other place of public resort in the Local Municipality, or 
 in each of the Local Municipalities, to the inhabitants of which 
 such Notice IS addressed. If such Notice be given within the 
 limits of a Parish, the person required to give the same 
 shall cause it to be read at the door of every such church 
 or chapel, at the issue of divine service in the forenoon, on the 
 Jundaynext followingtheday on which the same was published 
 a PubH. '?/"!' ?^ P^^'"^ ^ copy thereof, as aforesaid ; and if such Notice be 
 jPubhcAleet.for the purpose of announcing a Public Meeting, or the fu- 
 ture adoption of any proceeding under this Act, the person 
 required to give it shall specify therein the day, hour and 
 place at which such Public Meeting is to be held, and the pur- 
 pose or purposes for which it is convened, or the day, hour and 
 gace at which such proceeding is to be had ; and every such 
 Notice shall be published by posting a copy thereof, as afore- 
 
 !!;il'p M-'^^'t^"''^''" ''^^''^ ^^y^ ^^'^^''^ the day appointed for 
 such Public Meeting or proceeding. 
 
 IX. Every Special Notice shall be given in the manner fol- 
 lowing, that is to say : 
 
 Mpdeinwhich The person required to giv such Notice shall cause it to be 
 
 special notices drawn ^n ,> th« '"W—ir.r-cV.f «» - ^v. * ^"au wuse il lO DC 
 
 f a4i. .. ,. ^., in in-_ mn^tiage oi tuc person to whom U is addressed, 
 
 '4 
 
18 Vict. I '^"' ^'*' ^" ^^^^<^Palit4s et Chmim-^B.C. Cap. 100. 
 
 ?o"mrtellf n";^,"n P*';^ P" 'r' *'' ^°"««'^ dans le but d'in-' 
 oHe tou amre fron 3°f ''•"' nomination ou nominations, 
 sonnel ement n^^ enjoindre de comparaltre per- 
 
 sonneuement ou d'etre present, on pour quelque autre objet • 
 
 net as now 
 
 14 
 
 ..ire df 1853," T:^,j^ iln'Z's:'^!:^.^;^::^- •"- ■«• ' 
 
 Ja representation parlementHin. Vlo m^^?'' amendement de 
 
 les fiL du presentST^rJ^^^ r d^'J, f^cS rM^/ " '' " ''' 
 
 ditcomte qui^e troLte ti^ut"":/ n^ d^^^ ^^lllVst^^i ^^^^^ 
 iormera aussi „n comic municipal H^>par6 "o s le nom dn 
 comt6 municipal de Montmorency. ^"^ ^^ 
 
 VIII. Tout avis 
 c'est-a-dire : 
 
 public 8cm doniiu dc la maniero suivante, 
 
 peileou autre place destince au culte public, et. Si au'? J 
 
 ait ou nonune place de culie public, a qielqu'aut e endroh J ^'^--"'eB.J 
 
 quente dans la municipalite locale, ou dans ohn^nL T 
 
 cipalit6s locales, aux habitants de quelts e?tvi s:rf^^^^^^^^^ 
 
 Si tel avis est donne dans le.s limitcrrW • '^''• 
 
 l^rsonne qui devra le donner le S Hre°'^ ^0^' J' 
 
 chaque tel e 6glise ou chapelle, a' 1 'issue duservie chv n dn 
 
 matin, le dimanche qui suivra ie jour on tel av s anrn / ' 
 
 public, en en affichant une copie comme liSt If f f f "'^" 
 
 a pour but d'annoncer une asscmbK^ nnh nne 'n? 1. f ' ^''" ^' ■^' '"^^^ 
 
 JUure de quelque mesuie en vertu de cef Se!"; per^olT^ S" -e^"" 
 
 devra donner tel av s, v sDecifief. Ip inn,. 11 P*^^''''""" qui amniblee 
 
 telle assemblee publiqfieSa '^tle^ I^e '^frri! 'f j^'" ,f' '"'^'^'"^" 
 
 assemblee, ou le jour,* PHfeure et le ien o . '1 Jll "' "^"/""^ 
 
 ^tre adoptee ; et tiit t'el avis "era rend publi^^^n raffi^f"^: 
 
 une cooie coninie «5u*;dit in ,T^r.;«- "v.P"°"^ ^" t-n amchant 
 
 jou, d^igne "pr Sie «rrpS"':;^rp:7",' '"^ 
 
 de telle mesure. iJuuijquc ou poui 1 adoption 
 
 IX. Tout avis special b?ra donne de 
 c'est-a-diie : 
 
 m manierc suivante. 
 
 laniroe e'it la lanmp 3l^i ^ i =''''^^"'> adresse, si telle •l™"" l«. "is 
 
 dans 
 
■h 
 
 I 
 
 16 
 
 Cap. 100. 
 
 Municipal and Road Act L, C. 
 
 18 Vict. 
 
 ■hall be given, jf such language be the English or the French language, or if 
 it bo any other language, then, in either the English or the 
 Frer.ch language, and filter having signed it, nhall nerve it on 
 the person to whom it is addressed, by causing a true copy 
 thereof to he delivered to him personally, or left with some 
 grown perf<on at hin domicile ; and in every such Special 
 Notice the person required to giv(! the same shall mention dis- 
 tinctly the met intended to be conuniinieated to the person to 
 whom it is addressed, the time and place at which he is re- 
 quired to attend or be present, or such other object as such 
 Notice is given lor ; 
 
 Certificate oi 2. The person required to give any notice, whether it be a 
 lerii'M''"" " Public or a special notice, shall cause a Certificate or Certifi- 
 cates of the publication or service of such notice to be an- 
 [Form D.] nexed to or endorsed upon the original notice, stating distinctly 
 the manner in which, and the time or timers, and place or 
 places at which the same was so published or served ; 
 
 Attestation 
 such certifi 
 rate. 
 
 of 3. The truth of the facts stated in every such Certificate shall 
 be attested under oath by the person making the same. And the 
 person required to give such notice shall deliver the original 
 notice with sneh Certificate or Certificates to the Secretary- 
 Treasurer of the Council to the affairs of which it relates, and 
 the Secretary-Treasurer shall file the same amongst the records 
 of such Council. 
 
 GENERAL ORGANIZATION. 
 
 Inhabitants of 
 
 X. And be it enacted. That the inhabitants of every County 
 
 name of "The 
 {liere insert the 
 
 each County shall be a Corporation or body politic under the name of " The 
 incorporated. Corporation of the County ot " '''""" ■•"*"""^' '*- 
 
 name of the County 
 
 And those of 2. The inhabitants of every Parish and Township shall be a 
 each parish or Corporation, or body politic, under the name of " The Corpo- 
 ration of the Parish {or Township or Townships, or- of the 
 part of the Parish or Township, as the case 
 may be) of " (here insert the name of the Parish or 
 
 Township :) * 
 
 township. 
 
 And those of 
 certain towns 
 and villages. 
 
 3. The inhabitants of every Town and Village, being a body 
 corporate at the time of the commencement of this Act, or 
 being declared such by this Act, or for the incorporation of 
 which the formalities hereinafter prescribed shall have been 
 observed, shall be a Corporation or body politic under the name 
 of the Corporation of the Town (or Village, as the case may be) 
 of here insert the mime of the Town or Village). 
 
 
m6. 
 
 It 
 
 Actt dc9 mnMpaktf, ct Chmiw^B. C. Cnp. 100. 
 
 »peciai y .1 .!nrri)iinim <li»lni.'> „i lo f,,], ,.,,1 ,),.,,,, ,i,„. " '' 
 
 oTK ™ " 'rr"" '■' '"""""'■ "■' "-»-4at;,v e,.,np; 
 
 CI Id llui oil ellf devm ((.nipHriillni r.u Hk iiiv««„i, „„,',„ 
 aulre objM pour leq.iel tel avi. «.„ d,u.n,. • 
 
 conseil. ' f"*^ »""■"" '•^^*' archives du dil 
 
 ORGANISATION (ifiN^RALE. 
 
 " Lacorporationlconuec^ """"^Sr^S^'! i^c^r'^ 
 
 comt«5; 
 3. l^tJs Jiubitauls (kM-lm,i„c purois.s,. r( ,lc ^•|,:u..v^i,.v.-n l." 
 fornieront un. (.orporafi,,,, n,,' .orps poJitLme^lrH'l ?.":''' ^'' '''''=''''•."« 
 " La corporal on do Ja uaroiss.. ^r../,l„ . i ■ ""'^" ^<'' l'^^""** e( 
 
 ships, J do la ,nrt d. I ^"r"^*"PO" ^l«.-s lown- '"^"^hi,,. 
 
 on du louJ/np) ; . ^"""''' ''' '' ^'"»» ''« ^« V>«'«'*^' 
 
 3. Les habitants do chanuo villcot vHioo-, • . 
 
 ;le la ,nise en force dc c^ef^cL'^t mo ^^0^^^^^ ^'•^--♦'•-« 
 
 telle par o present aoto on n,.i,. P;.. '^'^P'^*'^""" »" declares villcset villa. 
 
 formalitesr^apro" pros .^fto^v^ n^^^^ ^"^•1""'« ^«« '"• 
 
 coloration ox/ ooi^!: ^illSo "us f ^^ IS^^^^ 
 
 rc.~ ec. /e ««m de. la villc ou du village.) ^'"''- 
 
 j)ispovSmoi\s 
 
:i!i3 
 
 Coipoiation 
 to act b)' a 
 Council. 
 
 18 Cap 100. Municipal and Road Act L. e. 18 Vict. 
 
 PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO MUNICIPAL COUNCILS 
 
 GENERALLY. 
 
 CORPOKATE POWER AND NAME. 
 
 G«neralcorpo- XI. Every such Corporation shall liavc perpetual succession • 
 va.e power., may have a common seal ; may sue incl be sued under its 
 corporate name in all Courts of Justice ; may acquire by pur- 
 chase, donation, devise or otherwise, any real or personal 
 
 fa? nSwir'" P''?P''!:^y' ^"^ "^^y ''«'^ «»• ^njoy, or alienate the same ; may 
 iaipo^,er*. enter mto all contracts necessary to or connected with the 
 exercise of its functions, power and authority ; and shall have 
 an other collective rights and powers necessary for the per- 
 lormance of the duties imposed upon, and for the exercise of 
 the authority vested in it : 
 
 2. Every such Corporation shall be represented by a Council 
 o be composed as hereinafter provided with special reference' 
 to County Councils and Local Councils respectively ; and all 
 the powers, authorities, duties and obligations of every such 
 Corporation shall be exercised and performed by such Council 
 and Its Omcers ; 
 
 u Ti ^^^, Council of a County Municipality shall be called 
 1 he Municipal Council ol the County of ^Uhcrp 
 
 insert the name of the County) ; ^ 
 
 4. The Council of a local Municipality shall be called " The 
 Municipal Council of the Parish {or Township or Townships 
 or of the nan of the Parish or Township, or Town or 
 Village, as the case inay be) of »^ (f^"' 
 
 insert thename of the Parish, Toumship, Towner Village); 
 
 5 Every County Council shall be composed of the Mayors 
 ot the several Local Municipalities of such County in which 
 Mayors have been elected or appointed ; 
 
 6. Every Locnl Council shall be composed of seven Council- 
 vided '''" ^PP*"'"*^^ "* ^^^ manner hereinafter pro- 
 
 Names of 
 Councils of 
 Counties, 
 
 Of parishes, 
 townships, 
 towns or 
 villages. 
 
 Composition 
 of County 
 Councils. 
 
 Of Loral 
 Councils. 
 
 fill 
 
 Councillors '^- ^" Councillor shall in any case receive or be entitled to 
 
 not to be paid any wages, allowance, profit or emolument whatevr for his 
 
 office'ir subordinate oftce under any Municipal Council, or become 
 Council. surety lor the performance of the duties of any such Officer ; 
 
 Oath of office ^' Each Member of a Council shall, imm'^diatelv after his 
 lo betaken by election or appointment, take an oath well and faithfullv to 
 Councillors. Derforni the diuif.« nf h!« ^<f;^„ Jdutiuuiy lo 
 
 [ForniN.] 
 
 perform the duties of his oltice. 
 
 
18 Vict. 
 COUNCILS 
 
 succession ; 
 id under its 
 aire by pur- 
 iir personal 
 !ame ; may 
 1 with the 
 I shall have 
 for the per- 
 ?xercise of 
 
 ' a Council, 
 1 reference 
 y ; and all 
 !very such 
 ch Council 
 
 be called 
 " (here 
 
 tiled " The 
 'ownships, 
 Town or 
 " (here 
 lUige) ; 
 
 le Mayors, 
 in which 
 
 1 Council- 
 lafter pro- 
 
 ntitled to 
 •ir, for his 
 ■ hold" any 
 • become 
 ffieer; 
 
 after his 
 Ihfully to 
 
 !SSiQNIi 
 
 1865. 
 
 Aotc des Muntctpaims ei Chemtns~B. C. Cap. 100. 
 
 19 
 
 DISPOSITIONS APPLICABLES AUX CONSEILS 
 MUNICIPAUX GflN^RALEMENT. 
 POUVOIRS COLLECTIFS ET NOM. 
 
 pou,iaI^^\f jc'earrmmim^ no.f '"^^^"'^" Perp6tueile; Po,.vo.s,.. 
 suivie dans toutes les coT^r ' P°"'^''^'PO"'-«»ivre et 6tre pour- -raux A 
 
 pourraacqueriravol et Zstder''t;^f '""' '^ T"" ^«"^«^'"^ ' '^"^'""'""• 
 ou autrement, des tmes K'wt/;. ^^' ^^'^^*' donation, legs 
 
 bles soit immeubles enl^i7etTs''«T'''^^ ^'^""^'.^"^^ "^^«- 
 contrats et marches nSa res ^u rp ntT^^'^Sr^"^ ^^''^ ^«"« 
 droits et pouvoirs d^nTf^^v •? ^^^^'^^ ^ l*exercice de ses 
 aura tons ks au[res Zk Pt n '"' ^"^ n' ^^^"butions ; et elle 
 saires pour^ Wmr^jTsemenrrT ^«"««^^(« ^.^i «eront neces- 
 et le pLn exer^rtlS^I S^^^Se :' ^°"^ ""P°^^^' 
 
 erSef ^ 'r^""'' -^de?i:sKcTu: tsS' --„r 
 
 et tons les droits et pouvoirs de toute telle coroSln i '''*'" "" •^°"^''"- 
 
 «« /e wowi du comte) ■ [mscrez spils <ie oomid 
 
 ' ' <le patoisse. 
 
 ^^•:i^^r;!^sn!!:f^t:!-^p<^<'" ^e co„- x.„„.,,. ■ 
 
 ships, ou de la nartie r^^ ll i • ^"^^"^^ip om des town- villesetvil, 
 maircs auront etC^lns ou nomm^s; l««l"olles des *;,7'?'I-Je 
 
 droit a un salaire, traiternt nrnfiT"""" ''T '^^^^^^'' °» a^o^r Nul ronseiil«r 
 
 pour ses services' ^^mmr" i 'ZL^IITTZ''' '^"'^T'^"^' ^^^^- 
 pourra occuper d'emploi subordonni s on^ - ^""««^"er ne litd", ^..T ' 
 
 ni de veriir caution pour 1 Womnl ,"t , ^ """"l'^^^ municipal, Pourra occu^ 
 a tel emploi • ^ a«comph«sc«ment des devoirs attaches ""^ tr'P'"' 
 
 1 ' sous tel con- 
 
 sell. 
 
 li'udict', 
 
 *" sessions""™""* 
 
20 
 
 6ft{>. 100. 
 
 Mvnwipttl and Road Act L, C 
 
 J8 V|«!T. 
 
 Monthly S«. 
 sions of Local 
 Councils. 
 
 SESSIONS OP MUNICIPAL COUNCILS. 
 
 sttcSy u^,"u ^^i"*'™^ Q"«»"t«fi/ Session of each County Council 
 Councils. ' ?5*" ^ "eld on the second Wednesday in each of the months of 
 March, June, September and December, at the place which 
 shall be determined upon by the Council, except the first Ge- 
 neral Session, the time and place of holding which shall be 
 appointed in the manner hereinafter provided: 
 
 2. A General Monthly Session of each Local Council shall 
 be held on the first Monday in each month, at the place 
 which shall be determined upon by the Council, except the 
 first General Session, the time and place of holding which 
 shall be appointed in the manner hereinafter provided ; 
 
 Holidays. 3. But if any of the days .so fixed be tlic Queeji's Birthday 
 
 or a Holiday {F^tc d^Ohlitration), such General Session shall 
 commence and be held on the day next following; 
 
 Special Se»- 4. Special Sessions of any 'Council may al.so be convened 
 
 C-rncil'*"^ ^y *'**' ^'"*'*" O'^^^*''*' "»■ a"y ^^^'" ^Jf^"il'fv.s of such Council, 
 alter special notice, given to all the other Members, by the 
 Hour of Meet- person or persons requiring such Session. And every Session 
 '"g- whether General or Special, shall commence at the hour of 
 
 rt. , . ^*'" "^ ^^*' ^^renoon, nnles* otherwise cictcrmincd bv Bv-law 
 fFormL.] notice or adjournment ; ^ ^ * 
 
 Who shall 
 preside at 
 Meetings. 
 
 5. 
 
 The duel OHicer of tht> Council, or in his absence such 
 one of the Councillors as shall be chosen by a majority of votes 
 of the Councillors present, or, upon an eqiial division of votes 
 the Senior in age of such Councillors, shall preside ; ' 
 
 Sided"*^""' ^^\ '""^^ <^i«P»ted questions shall be decided by a majority 
 oi the votes ol the Members present, not including the Chair- 
 man ; and when the votes are equally divided, the Chairman 
 shall give the casting vote ; 
 
 Open doors. 7. The Sessions shall be held with o))en door>^ ; 
 
 mcir"' , ^- ^""''^'y <-'«"nt;iJ. ^nd iiny two of its Members when 
 
 there is not a quorum present, may adjourn any General or 
 Special Session to a subsequent dfiy, but no such adjournment 
 shall be mad(} until after the expiration of one hour from the 
 failure of the quorum ; 
 
 Further limi- 
 tation as to 
 adjournments. 
 
 [Form M.) 
 
 Notice of 
 9djavu-|ii|teBt, 
 
 9. And no adjournment of the Session of a County Council 
 shall be made to any time less than seven clear days subsequent 
 to the day on which such adjournment is made ; and no 
 adjournment of the Session of a Local Council shall be made 
 to any time less than two clear days subsequent to such day 
 unless^ m either case a quorum of ihe Council were 
 present w|ien suvh adjournment wps nt^de • a«d special notice 
 
IMS. Ai:le i«, Munietfulm, tl Chemim-H. C. Cap. 100. 
 SESSIONS DES CONSEILS MUNiCIPACX. 
 
 aa temp, e, au ho„ determines do la man^^re Sap'rS ^o"ort ! ""'■ 
 
 3. Mais si quelqu',,,, ,Ics jours ainsi fixe« rfl Ip im„ ^.. i 
 naissanco do la reino ou uno fite d'obliStinn !lii •'"'""■ ■"'""i- 
 S6n§rale oommcncera ct aura lieu lo j^'Sm; """"' 
 
 «,^-o"Xutr;art£rt!nl7„1' PT""*"" ™'"' ^--^^- 
 de tpl nnneoJi ' ' ^ • ^5 JP^' «« pai* deux membrcs •^•a>e» dos 
 
 meiHaSa'^^^Urofir' "''""" * "•"» ^s au.,.: "-i"- 
 se<Minn 1?t -k. P^'sonno ou Ics personnos requeram telle 
 
 seillers presents, ou e^ci d'uLTlT .• •' """"^ ^"^ con- assan^i.ees. 
 et en cas do n^L^f - i / "*^ r"*" ^^ompns Je president, «'^«=*^" '«, 
 
 Les sessions scront puhliques ; 
 
 Sessions pu- 
 bliques. 
 
 £Sfi;wSqSf- ^f.-^ pzji -'»""»'• 
 
 wtrictions 
 . am aux 
 ajouinements. 
 
 "ormiile M.) 
 
S(!cretary- 
 Ti'easurc'i-. 
 
 22 Cap. 100. Municipal and Road Act L. C. 18 Vict* 
 
 of every Hueli adjonrnment shall be given by llic Clerk to all 
 the Members of the Council who were not present at the time 
 it was made, if there was not a quorum present at that time; 
 
 SumtSs" , *^- ?" '^."""'='^ '''^" ^"^ dissolved by the fact of any Session 
 sTe Cou°S: t'^^'^^f ""t having taken place ; 
 
 Chief 0/Iicer 11. Every Ciiief Officer of a Municipal Council shall be ex 
 a jJsticeT'" ^^f}^ ^ J"«^!ce of the Peace within the limits of the Munici- 
 the Peace. pality wherein he has been elected or appointed, so long as he 
 shall continue to act as such Chief Officer. 
 
 APPOINTMENT OF OFFICERS, 
 
 THEIR DUTIES, &C. 
 
 XIII. Every Council shall at its first General Session, or at 
 a Special Session which shall be held within fifteen days from 
 the first day of such first General Session, appoint an Officer who 
 shall be called the "Secretary-Treasurer" of the "Municipal 
 Council of the County {or Parish or Township or Townships, 
 or of the part of the Parish or Township or Town, or Village 
 , as the case may be,) of » acre insert 
 
 the name of the Municipalitjj) ; 
 
 iP^Jitl T^*" , ^- V^^ Secretary-Treasurer ol every Council shall be the 
 cretary.i.ea- Custodier of all the Books, Registers, Valuation Rolls, Collection 
 Rolls, Reports, Proces-vcrbuux, Plans, Maps, Records, Docu- 
 ments and Papers kept or filed in the Oflice of the Council. 
 He shall attend all Sessions, and shall enter in a Register 
 to be kept for that purpose all the proceedings of the Council ; 
 and he shall allow persons interested therein to inspect the' 
 fiThv hfn!';^ f "'"^ '^^ "*" reasonable hours. And every copy or extract of or 
 be auihenlic S<^"™ any such Book, Register, Valuation Roll, Collection Roll, 
 Report, Frock-verbal, Plan, Map, Record, Document or Paper, 
 certified by such Secretary-Treasurer shall be deemed 
 authentic ; 
 
 Secretary- 
 Treasurer to 
 give security. 
 
 Every person appointed Secretary-Treasurer to a Council, 
 
 shall, before 
 mentioned 
 
 acting 
 
 us such, give the security hereinafter 
 
 S/shJifb; ^- "^ f^""" furnish two stnelies, whose names shall be 
 given. approved by a resolution of the Council, before they shall be 
 
 Two sureties admitted as such ; all such sureties shall be jointly and severally 
 required. bound together with the Secretary-Treasurer, and their obliga- 
 tion shall extend to the payment of all sums of money for which 
 the Secretary-Treasurer may at any time be accountable to the 
 Corporation, including principal, interest and costs, as well 
 as all penalties and damages to which he shall become liable 
 in the exercise of his office : 
 
ma. 
 
 Acle des MunicipaliUs et Chcmim-^B. C. Cap. 100. 
 
 10. Le defaut do la reunion des momlirPQ -^ in »«.„c- j, 
 conseil n'aura pas IWet ^0^,^:1:"^:^,:^^^^^^^ i^ t'.' 
 
 23 
 
 11. Tout officier principal d'un conseil municioal seri ^^. ''"sSer.^ 
 officwjuge do paix dans l.s limito. de la Znic palit6 ou H ^'"''. ''«'<"- 
 aura ete 6iu ou nomme tant tiu'il continn*.r« Vpo • ^ m.micipaisera 
 
 officier principal. ^ < ontinuera d'agir comma tel " o^^fo j.p. 
 
 NOMINATION DES OFFICIERS, LEURS DEVOIRS, btc. 
 
 XIII. Cba.que conseil, a sa premiere session ffenerilp n,, ^ 
 una session sp6cialo tenue dans las auin7P fnn«.?.^? • ' . Secr.5ta.re et 
 premier jour'^de telle sessfoT gSL nSa^r un'X" ^' '^""""• 
 qui sera designe sous le'nom df "secrlJaircTeSr" du «^^^^^^ 
 
 ;.fnT"''''P''\ ''I' """^^^ (^^' ^^ ^-'^ Paroisse ou du township 0/ 
 ownships au do la partie de la paroisse m du townshTo o^ Z * 
 a ville ou du village, 5^/0^ le cL) de township, w de 
 
 (tns^rez id le nam de la mnnicipaim) : 
 
 2. Le secretaire-lresorier de chaque conseil aura la aarde de n • , 
 tons les hvres, registres, roles d'e valuation et de perception ran «^cSr.'" 
 ports proces-verbaux, plans, cartes, records, doLmentTe\ n^ E£' 
 piers deposes et conserves dans le bureau du conseih'l assistera 
 a toutes les seances, et inscrira tons ies actes et d61 btriw 
 du conseil dansun registre tenu pour cet objet : et il peStm ^ 
 toutes les parsonnes interessees dV avoir acces A tmn^hlf 
 rajsonnab e. Et toute copie ou cxti^it de tcmt tel li ^^^^^^^ ^ 
 rdle d'evaluation ou do perceotion rannnrt «r^„A L ■* , » ^^* <=°P 
 
 ..r.e, .cord, d„cun,e„.Pou7a''S SSiPpTrtrSfi' '"'-; 
 tresoner, sera censee authentique ; ^ secretaire- ^^^^^.^^ 
 
 sera o^Hglravrt" W c^ ,^'- ---^ ^^ -^^-'e. 
 
 ment ci-fprL requi. ; ^ '°"''"' ''^' ^^ ^"^"'"'^ ^^ ^^^^ionne. ^res^ier^doa- 
 
 4. Ella donnera deux cautions, dont les noms devront ^tre ., 
 approuves par une resolution du Jonseil avant nl l7^ ♦• ^""'""^^ *'« 
 nement soit re^u. T. >utes cos camions' iron ^n birmZ" ^oT '''" 
 
 obllT'''"''?^"^"^^^^ ^""'^ ^^ «ecr6taire-tresorSr? eHeu 
 obligation s'etendra au paiement de toutes les sommes de de 
 
 oTmnt hf ^' ^'' secretaire-tresorier pourra 6tre en TuTun ^emp; 
 comptable envers la corporation tant en principal, iSts X 
 fmis, ainsi que des penalites et des d^ammage's "S aum 
 encourus dans I'exercice de sa charge ; ^ 
 
 copies 
 
 lees par 
 ront au- 
 lentiques. 
 
 6. 
 
; I 
 
 Reeiatratioii 
 of Bond. 
 
 Chief Officer 
 to have it 
 resjistered. 
 
 Duties of 
 Secretary-' 
 Treasurer i 
 receipts and 
 payments. 
 
 24 Cap. 100. 3Irmicipal and Hood Act L. C. 18 Vic*. 
 
 fu°rZh5pT u ?• ^^Ir'y '1'''^ '^^""> '"^y b^ gi^^«» by '^ B««d executed 
 
 deposit 01 "^^o"^^ ^otaries, or before a ^otarv and two wiliicsses, and 
 
 Bond, &c. accepted by the Chief Officer of the Council, or by Bond under 
 
 private signature in duplicate ; the Seomtarj-Treasurcr shall 
 
 deliver a duplicate of such Bond, if executed under private 
 
 [Form O.] signature, or a copy thereof if executed before Notaries or before 
 
 a Notary and two witnesses, to the Chief Officer who shall be 
 
 the Custodier thereof; and another copy, or the other duplicate 
 
 shall be filed by such Secretary-Treasurer among the records of 
 
 the Council ; 
 
 « 
 
 6. Every such Security-Bond, when duly registered in the 
 Registry Office for the County or Registration Division in which 
 the Secretary-Treasurer resides, shall carry with it a hypolhec 
 {hypotheque) only on such immoveable property as shall have 
 been therein designated. And it shall be the duty of the Chief 
 Officer of the Council to cause it to be enregistered imme- 
 diately on receipt thereof ; 
 
 7. The Secretary-Treasurer of every Council shall receive 
 all moneys due or payable to the Municipality, and he shall 
 pay out of such moneys ail drafts or orders drawn upon him 
 by any person thereunto authorized by this Act for the 
 payment of any sum to be expended or due by the Munici- 
 pality whenever thereunto authorized by the Council • but no 
 such draft or order shall be lawfully paid by the said 
 Secretary-Treasurer, unless the same shall shew sufficiently 
 the use to be made of the sum mentioned in such draft or 
 order, or the nature of the debt to be paid thereby ; 
 
 Accounts andj g. The Secretaiy-Treasurer shall keep in due form Books of 
 Account, in which he shall respectively enter each item of 
 receipt and expenditure, according to dates, mentioning at the 
 same time the names of the persons who have paid any 
 moneys into his hands, or to whom he has made any payment 
 respectively ; and he shall keep all Vouchers for expenditure ; 
 
 9. The Secretary-Treasurer shall render to the Council, every 
 six months, that is to say, on the thirtieth day of June and on the 
 thirty-first day of December in each year, or oftener if required 
 by such Counpil, a detailed account of his receipt and expen- 
 diture attested by him under oath ; 
 
 10. The Secretarj'-Treasurer's Books ofAccount and Vouchers 
 shall be open for inspection at all reasonable hours, to the 
 Council, and to each of the Members thereof, to the Municipal 
 Officers by them appointed, and also to all persons liable to 
 assessment in the Municipality ; 
 
 Rendering 
 accounts. 
 
 AfCounts t» 
 lie npen to 
 Membsrs o( 
 Council. 
 
 Mode of com- 
 pelling Trea- 
 surer to render 
 
 , *,V,'^^^^?,^7^<a'"y-Treasurer, or any other persou wiio 
 shall have filled the said office, may be sued by the Chief 
 Officer of the Council or by th« County Superintendent in 
 
 the 
 
18 Vkjt. 
 
 i executed 
 Jsses, and 
 ond under 
 urcr shall 
 Icr private 
 9 or before 
 3 shall be 
 duplicate, 
 records ol" 
 
 1865. 
 
 Arte den MuniclpalUds et Chcmim-B. C. Cap. 100, 
 
 Uevam'tt^il,::;^;:^*^^^;;;-;^-!;;^ ^t.e fait par acte k„.„, ^ 
 
 de remettro i I'oi der Li uc ,.n nn T'^m " f'^oretaire-tresorier D«p6t de 
 tionnement s'il , st f« /I ^ • "" 'l*'''^^*' <le tel acte de can- ''."«=««''« cau- 
 
 temoins,pou?6[^l';tMdan"sotr"' "" "^^""'^ ^'^ ^^"-^ 
 
 soil de lairo Luoi s.„.r c aZ dt "^''''' J'""^'''^' ^^^ '^«^^- 
 mcnt apres qui'l aum^iVr.^u ^^'"^'"""«»"'^n' immediate- 
 
 aco pour le paioriLr ,1 1 „' ' Zn,;! ;:. "',"""'"•■ F" - • 
 
 devant 6tre emnlovpo n»^ l. soiimu' (It; deniers due, ou 
 
 ns. a oe fa^r^^^^ .^^^^ ""ZSV^,, '^^P"''' ^^ -tc!! 
 
 ;iat ne pourra etro valableme^n acquh r, ar 1 1^" ""' "''"- ^''^*"- ^* 
 tresoner, a moins ciu'il n'ind!nnr> ! ^ •> * secretaire- paiements. 
 
 I'emploi qui devra el^ faVSf Intant'du d^''^ ^^^^^"»^ 
 dat, ou la nature de la dette oue T H?. ^ '"■'^'■'' °" "^^n- 
 destine a anquitter ; ^ ^ "^'^ "^'^''^ «" mandat sera 
 
 o«l- de date elmqu ^1^^ d^^'e?;:^!'" r^*^^'^'^"^"'' P^^ '^^ " 
 en outre mention du noin TJtellZ '-'P""'"' ^^" ^^'«^"t 
 deniers onfre ses nni , ' ''.^'^''"""^« 4"' auront verse des 
 
 paiement,resp ciuS-e ir^ ^^' ^"' <l"«Jq"« 
 
 io.s pieces' iuslificativ^^de's^ d^l^tf ^'"' "'" '^"'^'^" ^'^"'^-^ 
 
 ;;;uen,e gourde decembi. rS.al^" ti:i:'± ^^^"'-^- SSK" 
 X il en est requis par fel conseil uii r-nn i ' ^^ ^ ■'* '^""^ent, rier. 
 a..e.te sous seZn,, de sa r:^j;nr s^d'^.!^ '"^ '"' 
 
 jn^k^^t t:S::f" ^^t'^'-'^-sorier, et les pieces , 
 
 du jour, ouvert: rf'in:?^.^:^ du ::n::,!'^"'^ ^^r""^^ T'^— ' 
 f'es xnenibres et des officjors ni l inl ' ''' '^'' ^■'''^^'"» de '^ '''nspectiou 
 
 ^'^' tout eontrihuabl. de Ja mSjS ; "^^"'"^^ P^" ^"^ q- ^^5*^' 
 
 II. 
 
26 
 
 Cap. 100. Munidpat mid Utoad Act t. G. 18 VicH. 
 
 accounu and llie name of the Municipality before any Court of competent 
 pay, &c. jurisdiction, to compel him to render an account ; and in any 
 such action he may be condemned to pay damages for having 
 failed to render such account ; and if he render an account, 
 he shall be condemned to pay such balance as he shall acknow- 
 ledge or declare to have in his hands, together with such other 
 sums as he ought to have debited himself with, or as theiCourt 
 shall think he ought to be held accountable for ; and evety 
 judgment pronounced in any such suit, shall include interest 
 at twelve per cent on the amount thereof, by way of damages, 
 together with costs of suit ; 
 
 .Tuclgmer.t. 
 Interest. 
 
 CoiUrainlepar 
 corps, to en- 
 force judg- 
 ment. 
 
 12. And eveiy such judgment shall carry conlrainte par carps 
 against the said Secretary-Treasurer, according to the laws 
 in force in such cases in Lower Canada, if such contratnte be 
 demanded in the action to compel the rendering of the said 
 account : 
 
 Council inay 13. Every Council shall have power and authority to appoint 
 omoorl"' "'* ^^^^ other Officers as may be necessary for carrying into effect 
 
 the provisions of this Act or of any By-laws or Regulations of 
 
 such Council ; 
 
 mmteysf&c^, M Every Municipal OlFicpr, whether elected or appointed 
 by an oiricer f hall, within eight days from the day on whicli he shall cease 
 lo his sueces. to hold such oiHce, deliver to his successor in office, if then 
 elected or appointed, or if not, within eight days after the elec- 
 tion or appointment of such successor, all moneys, keys, books, 
 papers and insignia belonging to such office ; 
 
 sor. 
 
 His represeii" 
 tative to deli- 
 vti' the same 
 ill case of liis' 
 <ieath, &c. 
 
 15. If any such officer die or absent himself from Lower Ca- 
 nada, without having delivered up all such moneys, keys, 
 books, papers and insignia, it shall be the duty of his heirs or 
 other legal representatives to deliver the same to his successor 
 in office within one month from his death, or from his depar- 
 ture from Lower Canada ; 
 
 It 
 
 ^vcovlT'ihe^^ 16. And in every such case the successor in office of every 
 
 same it not such officer shall, besides all other legal remedies, have a right 
 
 delivered. of action before any Circuit Court, either by saine revendica- 
 
 tion or otherwise, to recover from such officer or from his legal 
 
 representatives, or any other person in possession of the same, 
 
 all such moneys, keys, books or insignia, together with costs 
 
 and damages for the benefit of the "Municipality, and every 
 
 judgment rendered in every such action may be enforced 
 
 ^'^"y^"'"'*'''"'' by conlrainte par corps against the person condemned, accord- 
 
 ■ ing to the laws in lorce, in such cases in Lower Canada, if by 
 
 the Ju.^laration such contrainte is demanded. 
 
 Mode of 
 appointing 
 
 XIV. Every appointment of an Officer by a Municipal Council 
 shall be made by a resolution of such Council, and the 
 
 Secretary-Treasurer 
 
18 Vict 
 
 competent 
 nd in any 
 for having 
 a account, 
 1 acknovv- 
 such other 
 theiCourt 
 and every 
 Ic interest 
 damages, 
 
 ! par carps 
 the laws 
 
 .trainte be 
 the said 
 
 to appoint 
 into effect 
 ilations of 
 
 appointed 
 lull cease 
 J, if then 
 • the elee- 
 i^a, books, 
 
 1855. 
 
 II. 
 
 Cap. 100. 
 
 Ade lies Municipalit^a et Chemins^B. C. 
 
 municipality lJ,,„r,erp™tt''r™i,''" """? "'' '= « ^rr 
 payer dcs ilommaBes-inlirfil „„.' " P™™«lre condamnS 4 ' ' 
 
 «ommedonlilseS,a^'"P'; '" ^""damnS A payer telle 
 
 c. en outre .elle^am'rsoirdrraurS'' "'r"'""' 
 rccette, on dont le trihnnni J. • ",?"'^^" ^^ ^e charger en 
 
 comptJble ; eHoute con rl •'"^'^ ^^' ^^ ''^^' 
 
 mr^mto,poTo^Tn,^r^^^^^^ ^"r toute telle 
 
 tantd'icele, erformrd ^S?^ •''^P^^ '•' mon- 
 
 ies d6pens de la pSite ; ^^""^"^'^^•"^-""erets, ensemble avec 
 
 J^i?'dL:^r-is-::^';r^^ 
 
 13. Tout conseil anra le nouvoir et I'mii^-:.'' i 
 tds autres officievs qui pou ronr^tre n^^ " " '''' """^•^^'•^""s Uconseil 
 effet ies dispositions du mSpnt Inf "' *^^"'^^"'^'« l"'""" mettre a pourra nom- 
 
 ment passed telconseflT ' "" ^""^ "'-^'^ «» ^^'glo- Xi2S"" 
 
 14. Tout officier municipal, soit mi'il aif .'..' /I 
 Imera dans Ies huit jours qui's ^v oi ' Ion 0.^1"^ """'^"l^' «-'-'<- 
 xercer sa charge, a son suceesseur 7i I , it ''. 1 . '^''^'*''^ ** ^- ''"''"''' *'•^•' 
 ou dans un delai de huitinmi ^ V m' ^^?''' ^''"^ "» iiomme, P^"-"" "fficier 
 detolsuccesse;"?o;^denC^Tit^ ::r -"'^ -niination ^ — 
 appartenant a telle charge ; ' ' ^""P'^'^ ^' 'nsigne« 
 
 avo^l^lt^SS^'S't^"^'^ '"'^^^ ^--'^' -- Les. . 
 sera du devoir de ses S ^rs ou'a ut^::' '''^''"'" '' '"^'^^"^•^' ^^ ^''"'S - ' 
 cle Ies livrer k son succe.ieu -Tn ''T''\^^nlants legitimes ••'"" officier 
 
 son depart du Ba^ cS""^ ''"' "" ""^ '' ^'^ ^ecel on de S^X 
 
 etc. 
 
 16. Et en tout tel cas le sucmt^spm. ,u .^ . »i /v . 
 
 outre tout autre recoursl4mr so rdroifdWi f '"'^^ ^"^^' Les„oce.seur 
 courde circuit pour recouvn r3t ..? .^''^'^ devant foute pourra ies 
 autrement de font ^^S • ^ P"*" '''^'^'^ levendicaiion ou •«'^""^'-«:r s'ils 
 
 touteTut per n^ qti'S^urrenffr^'^"^^ ^'^^^--' " ''«^'^-«" ' 
 deniers, cle£, livres o\ ins%nrave^"S'e7Tnn' ''''' ''^' 
 laveur de la municioalitii Vt 7. dommages en 
 
 telle action pou^ ?tre e^ec^^ n *'"^"'^""^ dans'toute 
 
 contre la perso^nne c!^ndamn6e ^uta^HosT'''"'^ ^'''' ^°^P« 
 le Bas Canada chaque fois onn^oll! f -'' ''" ^'^"^"^ ^^n^ 
 par la declaration ^ "' contramte sera demandee 
 
 ,^^P:;;!^l^:j;^omc^^^ par un conseil mnnici- M.„.. de 
 Pr ^ ic^oiut.on adoptee par tel conseil, et le '"""'"" 'es 
 
 secretaire-tresorier "*"""'• ' 
 
n 
 
 Cap. ICO. 
 
 Municipal and Koofl Act L. C. 
 
 18 Vict. 
 
 Secretary-Treasurer shall withoui delay give »|)ecial notice 
 thereof to the person appointnH : 
 
 Officers. 
 Notice. 
 [Form P.] 
 
 Term of office. 2. Every OHicer 8o appointed, except Seeretary-Treaiiurern, 
 and County Superintendents, shell remain in office for a perio<l 
 of two years from the date of his appoijUment, and no longer, 
 unless re-appointed ; 
 
 Officer may 
 be removed, 
 on certain 
 conditions. 
 
 All Municipal 
 Councils may 
 make By- 
 laws concern- 
 ing;— 
 
 [FormsI&.T.] 
 Order, &c , at 
 Sessions. 
 
 3. Kvery such Council may remove any Ollicer appointed 
 by it, and may also remove any Officer appointed by the Gover- 
 nor and not being a Member of such Council, provided that 
 another person be appointed in his stead by the samj; resolu- 
 tion proposing to remove such Officer, but not otherwise. 
 
 POWERS COMMON TO ALf. MUNICIIW COUNCILS. 
 
 XV, Every Council shall have power and authority to make 
 and from time fo time amend or re))eal a By-law or By-laws 
 for all or any of the .following purposes, that is to say : 
 
 i. For the maintenance of order and decorum during the 
 Sessions thereof, and for compelling Ihe members to attend 
 such Sessions and to perform their duties ; 
 
 Acquiring and ^- For the purchase and acquirement of moveable or im- 
 disposingof moveable property for the use of the Municipalil, .'id for 
 proper y. jj^g ^^^^ ^^^j disposal of the same when no longer require- ; 
 
 Constructing 3. For the construction, acquirement, leasing, or repairing 
 buMiiff^'*' ' "* ^."y building required by the Municipality, either for the 
 
 sessions of the Council or for oth^r Municipal purposes within 
 
 the scope of its functions ; 
 
 Construction, 
 Ac, —of 
 fencp'!,ditclie>' 
 &c. 
 
 4. For the erection, construction, widening, altering or re- 
 pairing of such fences, ditches, drains or watercourses as the 
 interests of the inhabitants shall require to be so erected, con- 
 structed, widened, altered or repaired, at the expence of the 
 Municipality ; 
 
 Regulating 
 ferries. 
 
 5. For regulating any ferry under its control,— for fixing the 
 tolls to be charged for crossing the snme, — for authorizing any 
 officer to grant a license to keep such ferry, and for fixing the 
 sunri to be paid for such license, and the other conditions on 
 which such licence shall be gi-anied, and for imposing penalties 
 on any fei-ryman or other person contravening such By-laws ; 
 LimiiaiioD as but no such license shall be gmuted for more than one year, 
 ■ ' and it shall not be lawful by any such By-law to make the 
 foils payable by any of the inhabitants of any Local Munici- 
 pality, or of any part of a Local Municipality on any Feriy, 
 less than those payable by other persons, or to give any nndiie 
 advantage to any such inhabitants with respect to such tolls 
 
 Licenses for 
 terries. 
 
 to period of 
 licenses, & 
 
mill. Adc *. MmMpaliUs el Chmtm^B. C. 
 
 Cnp. 100. 
 
 20 
 
 personne ainsi nornnin 
 
 lit nvjs trormiiU P ] 
 
 exetciw pendauf VeHO-wv rl . jL„ ^«<;"mft', resteronten charso. 
 
 «a nominatiT e* naT n „f I . "^' '*,^""^P'«' do la date de 
 nomine de nmive^u ! ^•^"«''""P^' « "'"in« q"'il ne «oit 
 
 3. Tout 
 
 ■ieri, 
 riiits 
 
 -^ par ><.C'^:p\!:rzt;'^:i^zX'''^^' no™. ,„„,„„„„ 
 
 n'6tant pas niombm de tel ,v,nIoii T ^ ' ' gouvcrneur, .les officie 
 
 I. Pour Ic »naiiiti(rii d,, bonordn. »■) ,1,. l,. k: 
 ^«s srwsions, ,M ,H„„- .-oiKmn I • 1 '" l>'enNi'a..(T pendant 
 
 re.uplir leur; devoi.s; '"'-"ibrf . a y a.siU et a 
 
 iJ. Ponr I'ac(iuisjii()n ct l'-if.h.,i ,l. i- . 
 
 Les ronseil* 
 
 feront dns 
 re?leinenl8 
 • onocrnaiit — 
 
 ( rorniiilts lit 
 
 I'l- tmn ordie 
 <leN sessions, 
 flc. 
 
 l-'.ncquisition 
 t't 1,1 \'ente de 
 bieris. 
 
 pour Je.s .so..ions du conseil, s„it pZ d W^^ ^'■■-"'."' **"' 
 tlan-s 1..S Jinutes de ses atfrilmlio,?" ^'"' >""nicipaJe, 
 
 <l'edifices, etc. 
 
 5. Pour retrler tontt; traverse dui s.. trnnv/.. 
 iixer los taux payables pour y tn vers..r ,1^^'" '"" ''T'^^'^ ^' ^^^^emem 
 octroyer Ii,.,,.,oe pour ^Mdr^d le n m..:^? eVT" """'^'^^'^^ ''- mtverr 
 <!"i s,.ra payable pour telle lieen -e as'?,. V ^'^•'** ^"^ ^«mme 
 t;o"« auxcpiellosSdIe lieence sem^"^^^e *;;; ""'''" ^'""^■- 
 'C8penalUesc.,nnvtonitniver.|ermi mS' ' ^ ^'""'' ""P"«^r 
 
 y6e pour plus d'uu .^u et 1 "era tilS^l^ ""„^^':^ -^- «-trHio„ .. 
 uucpQ tel vt^.«lemeni, do. habit, n^ d v,K '"''3^>' .^'oxjger par !» dur^e dr. 
 _ , .. _ . 1!. oiin nts d tine {riuiuojpa lite locale ou ^"'^"*^*' «»<"' 
 
no 
 
 Cnp. 100. 
 
 Mitnicipnl and Rnad Ad L. C 
 
 18 Vict. 
 
 Acquiring 
 roaild (ir 
 )iri(JK;e8 from 
 (jovurtiiiieiit. 
 
 RiiiKin^ and 
 Ifcvyiiiit mo- 
 ney by rutu* 
 equally ini- 
 
 [lUtl'll. 
 
 fi. For tlir ar(|iiirctn(>iit from tliP Government, gratnitounly 
 or lor eonsidenlioii, of any pnblio road or ptihlic bridge made 
 or ere(;fed at tli(> «"X|)eMC(> of the Province, or of llie late Pro- 
 vince of liower Canada, within the limits of the Munieipality, 
 or of sueii portion of any sneh road or l)ridge an may be within, 
 or partly within and partly beyond the Haid limitH, together 
 with the lands and dependencies required for thi; use or 
 management of the satne ; 
 
 7. For raining and levying such Hum« of money as may be 
 necessary for any purpose within the scope of the* functions of 
 HUch Council ; such sums to Ik; raised by rates ecpially assessed 
 upon all the persons liable thereto in proportion to the value of 
 their assessable property ; •, 
 
 Anting' 111 on- 8. For raising and hivvmg moneys Jn aid of the construction, 
 atructioii ()( . . '^ . ,.* " ,, ,-, ,. ^ ,, .. . . ,. ' 
 
 loads, heiip. tuaiqttmance or repair ol luy Koad leading to the Municipality, 
 
 liiiiiijf ilio Mil- or of any Bridge or other public work beyond the limits of tht; 
 
 lijcipality, llio' ]y|,.-:..:. ••i:«.- ' — i 1— ^i-- :-i._u;...... .i __r ._ .l 
 
 not in 1). 
 
 opi 
 
 granting of such aid ; 
 
 r ol any nridge or oilier public work beyond the limits ol tht; 
 funicipality, whereby the inhabitants thereof may, m the 
 pinion of tiie Council, be .•iutliciently benefitted to warrant the 
 
 Borrowing 
 money, and 
 issuing liunds 
 or Delientures, 
 ike. for 
 
 Assisting in 
 construction 
 vt' Railways. 
 
 Managiiip; 
 Sinking Fund. 
 Proviso. 
 
 Tof.il annount 
 Jirniled. 
 
 [Form M M.J 
 
 Rate for in- 
 terest and 
 Sinkinsr Fund. 
 
 By-laws not f o 
 be repealed, 
 
 9. For borrowing any snm of money (the principal and inte- 
 rest of which may be payable either in this Province or 
 elsewhere, and either in the currency of this Province or of the 
 country where the same may be payable,) necessary foranyof the 
 })urposes within the scope of the functions of the Council, or for 
 giving assistance to the construction of iiny railroad under the 
 provisions of the eighteenth section of the " Railway Clauses 
 Consolidation Act," or for taking stock in, or lending money to, 
 any incorporated llailvvay Road or Britlge Company in whose 
 Railway Road or Bridge tlu; inhabitants of the Municipality 
 shall, in the opinion of tiie Council thereof, be sufficiently 
 interested to warrant them in taking such stock or lending such 
 moiK^y for the advancement of such work ; or for issuing Deben- 
 tures or Bonds for any of the purposes mentioned in this section, 
 every such Debenture or Bond being issued for a sum not less 
 Ihan twenty-live pounds currency of this Province and being 
 ))ayable in not less than liv(! and not more than thirty years ; or 
 for the management of any Sinking Fund provided by any such 
 By-law ; but no liy-law made under the provisions of this section 
 shall have any force or eltect unless it be made for a sum noi 
 exceeding twenty per cent on the aggregate valuation of the 
 l)roperty thereby aflected according to the Valuation-Rolls then 
 existing, nor unless it impose a yearly rate sufficient, according 
 to such Valuation-Rolls, to pay the interest on the sum to be 
 borrowed, and two per cent, oyer as a Sinking Fund ; nor 
 unless it shall have been approved in the manner hereinafter 
 provided. 
 
 No such By-law shall be repealed or altered until the whole 
 sum boiTowed and the interest thereon shall be paid oft', except 
 
 by 
 
warrant tlio 
 
 Fund ; nor 
 r hereinafter 
 
 1M6. Arte des Municipalita ct Chemim^B. C. Cap. 100. 3| 
 
 roux , ayal. CM par (I'amres i)(.rN„rmt.M ,,„ur I'usage de la traverw, 
 V 'n«ntu,„m.,., „i d,. .l..nn -r a.u-nn avantago indu A ancu s teh 
 lial)itanl« ii I'£.g,ird do fcli, pc-agt-s ; 'nicuns a is 
 
 nr vin.o ^''r""'".''" I""'^ I'"''!"- Tail aux depen. d„ laWoS^nHH 
 provin( c ,,n do la ci-.lcvant province du Ba« Canada, dans le« '"""* ''" »^""'- 
 li"ute. de lanumieipalile, ou de toute partie de tH e , • min n """-'"""• 
 Ijonf. qn, «e trouvera dans les dite« liu ite.s, on partie d- ns es 
 . .ten ImufeM et partie l.or.. des <lite.s li.nites/avec' leVte ains e 
 dependances a son u«age, on ne(.e«Maires h m regie ; 
 
 7. Pour prelever tontes somine.s d(^ deniers neeessaire^ oour r 
 
 consed , ouie« le les somines devant etro n-parli,..s eiralen..Mit 
 
 ^ 8. Four prelever et pereevoirdes sonimcs d'argent pour aider 
 a la eonstruet.on, entretien ou reparation d'un ehem n eondni- 
 sant^lamunicpaite, ou d'un pont ou autre ouvrage pnblk- 
 en dehors des .mites de la nnrnieipalite dont les hah tans 
 dans 'opinion du conseil, retireront aLez d'avantac^e pm r L: 
 tifier le du conseil d'accorder telle aide ; " ^ •" 
 
 9. Pour I'empruiit des fonds (dont le principal et I'inferAt 
 pourront 6tre payables soit dans cette proven ".;' o h a lie " fe^ 
 en monnaie eourante soit de cetle province soit du pays o les 
 dits fonds seront payables,) necessiires pour auenneM^s fins 
 du ressort du conseil, ou pour aider a la construction dc' tout 
 IZ'l 1'i:;;"/ ''T '^" Ji^To^itions de la dix-huit",n - 
 •on de \Acte des clamcs comolidees des dmnim de for ou 
 pour prendre des actions dans toute couipagnie nVornor^ 
 de ehemin de fer, de chemin ou de i:ont oi^ our ^r ,le 
 1 argent a te le compagrde incorporee de chendn de?fe. e 
 chemin ou de pont, dans la construction desquels les nbi 
 Xelln \'^-^^-^]^ -">"t, dans l'o,,inion du cote 
 
 nnJv "^'^^ "''^'''"" "" ^« l"-6t^T It's dits fonds 
 
 pour Pavancement de ees travaux ; o„ pour I'ein ssion do 
 dd.ent.ues ou bons pour aucune des fins iLntionSdans H 
 presente section, toute telle debenture ou bon IZ Cui^s "ou 
 
 pour une somme n'excedant pas vingt pZr cent nrl '*'''/'''' 
 
 I'oiir aidorilia 
 ••nriiitructinn 
 •I'lin chemin 
 en dehors de 
 la muiiicijia- 
 lit*5, dont W 
 hahitants 
 poiiiiont tirer 
 avaii(age. 
 
 ii'pmprinit de 
 •Ifniers) et 
 l'<Siriission de 
 Imns el d6ben- 
 tures, etc. 
 
 Aiile iioiir la 
 coiistiiiciion 
 He chiinins de 
 U:\: 
 
 [I'^of mules 
 
 Adminisfia- 
 du fonds d'a- 
 mortissement. 
 
82 
 
 Cap. 100. Municipal ami Road Act L. C. 18 Vict. 
 
 ewept.&c, by somt! other By-law approved by the Gt)vernor iii Council, the 
 repeal or altfration of which shall bo HVibjecf to the like condi- 
 
 fion^i. 
 
 rn 
 
 Money t>or-" 
 rowed by a 
 County *or 
 Kailway pur- 
 poses asaloie- 
 said, to be 
 paid by Luc.il 
 Municipalities 
 witiiia it. 
 By-lavr must 
 be approved 
 under .16 V. 
 c. 22, and 
 18 V. c. 13. 
 
 Depositing 
 monev. 
 
 VVIien(;vcr any fsueh Rv-Ihw is passed by a Counly Coun- 
 cil, the principal and interest of the l.oan shall be "payable 
 by all the Local Municipalities in tlu! County, and the Secre- 
 tary-Treasurer of the Counly Council shall in each year appor- 
 tion the auiount to be paid by (^ach accord inu; to the assessment 
 rolls then in force in such Local Municipalities respectively ; 
 and every such JJy-law shall be approved in the manner pro- 
 vided by the Act passed in the sixteenth year of Her Majesty's 
 Reign, intituled, An Art to establish a Consolidated Muni- 
 cipal Loan Fund for Upper Canada, as auiended by the Act 
 passed in the eighteenth y(;ar of Her Majesty's Reign, inti- 
 tuled, An Act U) extend \md amend the Act to establish a 
 Consolidated Municipal Loan Fund for Upper Canada by 
 applying the same to Lo/rcr Canada, and for other purposes; 
 and all the provisions of the said Actts shall apply to every 
 such By-law except in so far as they mny be inconsistent with 
 any of the provisions eotitHinc-d in this section. 
 
 10. For depositing the funds of the iSlunicipality or investing 
 the same at interest, in any chartered Hank or public security 
 of the Province ; 
 
 III 
 
 Paying da- 1 1. For indemnifying persons who shall have lost buildings 
 
 bTRfotSr ^^ ^^^^^ property destroyed either w holly or in part by rioters 
 within the Municipality ; 
 
 Paying Off.- 12. For the r<>muneralion of their Ollicers, in addition to any 
 "'"'*• fees, penalties or per centagc which thev may be entitled to 
 
 under the authority of this Act or of any other ; 
 
 SScertlnd ^^' f^'^'^^'i'i'"^' ^'•♦-' ^^'i^''^^ <'l"'iH t''*^ Oiiiccrs appointed by the 
 entovciw/ pet- Council or by the (4ov(!rnor, and imposing penalties upon 
 forniancc the said Ollicers for neglect of duty in cases in which such 
 duties have not been siifliciently defined, or such penalties have 
 not been determined by law ; but no such fine or penalty shall 
 in any ease excecid the sum of five pounds euiTeney for any 
 one ort'enc(^ ; 
 
 thcreol'. 
 
 Taking se- 
 cnrity from 
 Officers, Con- 
 tractors, &c. 
 
 14. Fo>- recjuiring suliieienl security whenever the sami; 
 shall not have been specially regulated by law, from all per- 
 sons accountable for the moneys of the Municipality, and from 
 all Contractors with the Council or its Officers, in such 
 manner, tuid to stich nmount as the Council shtvll think proper 
 to determine ; 
 
 ImpoBingand 15. For imposing and collecting, by seizure and sale (.i'the 
 
 Sm '^ ^*"" ^'""^^ and chattels of the oftender, any reasonable penftUy 
 
 «ot exi'eeding in anv case five pounds euvrenov in'i <"">• 
 
 pounds 
 
 pijposjotj' 
 
mi, 
 
 Acic dcs Mmicipaim et Chmiru^B, C. Cap. 100. 
 
 88 
 
 qu 11 n ait ete approuve de la mani^re ci-apr^s prescrite ti.s8^,„P„f 
 
 sera sujet anx mfirnes condilions!^ ^"^ ''" ^^'"S^^' 
 
 . sen S:^i!^: rpliSSS^f 1*^ ^t^^^™-^ P- un con. 
 
 secret^re-tresorier du cS? e Irn.? ' J""' '\^«'"te, et Je 
 le montant a payer par^^^^^^^^^ repartira, chaque annee, 
 
 d'apresles r61eVde ^^^^^l^l^Z::^!:^^:::::}!' 
 
 dispositions de.s dits acles ^'apSer^t TtdT.;. 'T^^ ^'' 
 «xcept6 ence ou'elles nnnvrnnf ^ • j!- "^*^ reglement, 
 
 fond, public, det praviS ? " '''""•"'' '""'"•P"'*'' '"' d»"' "" SS* 
 
 Les deniers 
 pr^leves ponr 
 aider les che- 
 miiis de frr 
 datisuiicomtw, 
 seront paya- 
 bles par toutes 
 les miinicifia- 
 lit^s dans 
 iceliii. 
 
 Approbation 
 de tel regle- 
 ment, 16 V. c. 
 22, et 18 V. c. 
 13. 
 
 inteidt. 
 
 , ' «Sitiouticrs. 
 
 12. Four Ja retribution de ses oHieier^ ^n ... i i 
 raires, penaJites on commissions miMI«.n / •*^*'^ ''"""■ R«'"buiion de 
 
 13. Pour delinir Urs. devoirs 
 par le eoiiseii, on noinmes 
 
 de tons le8 otliciers noinmes Definition de. 
 pai i(! gouverneur, el inmnsPi- .\ (hvoirs des 
 
 gouverneur, el imposer ji 
 
 . . ' .. _ levir ■ °"'''''"* *•■ 
 
 J)as fix6es par la loi'- m.is'^r t'"'";"'^" V'' .n.KM.des n,> seront HrHl^^!' 
 Ule etmeme , rtln ' '"'""" ^'^' '"''^ '""'^ P^^^nne '' '-- 
 
 €es officier. des i.en r ' ' gouverneur, el imposei 
 
 <ievo^ dims i^^r ^ r^;^'"^;;^;;rT;r^'=^^ ^ '^ 
 
 Das fixees nnv h. u; . , .. P^ "''1 "e.s on amei.des n(> .sen 
 
 14. 
 
 Pourexiger, dims l.>« ,.;,s noM -i-%.i..u>, ■ ■ >■ 
 
 loi, oanfion de unit comptahlededm.i'r.l i ''?'' ^'*'^. P'"" '''^ (^^"'"i"" Jn'ts 
 » < twjripianie de deniers dns a la municipalite '«' cas non 
 
 ? 
 
 et 
 
.t 
 
 i;:( 
 
 ' i 
 
 < V n' 
 
 -liliii 
 
 34 
 
 Cap. 100. 
 
 Municipal and Road Act L. C. 
 
 18 Vio». 
 
 Imposini? im- imposing reasonable punishment by imprisonment, not exceeding 
 prisonment. ^j^j^jy ^j^y^^ j^j. ^{^^ 1^^^^^,^ ^^f ^^^^y ^^ jj^^ By-laws or Regula- 
 tions of the Council ; 
 
 S^ee»\tuonl *^" ^^^ making such other local Regulations, not contrary to 
 Law, as the good of the inhabitantsi of the Municipality may 
 require. 
 
 PUBLICATION OF BY-LAWS. 
 
 Publication by XVI. Every Municipal Council shall publish all By-Laws 
 copiMVF.y- ^^^^ ^y them, by causing a copy thereof written in tlie Eng- 
 !ows. lish and French languages, and certified by the Secretary- 
 
 Treasurer of the Council, to be posted up, within fifteen 
 days from the date thereof, on the front door cf at least one 
 Church or Chapel, or other place of Public Wo.':ship, and whe- 
 ther there be or not any place of Public Worship, at some 
 other place of public resort, in each. of the Parishes, Town- 
 ships or parts of Parishes or Townships, Towns and Villages, 
 the inhabitants, or any portion of the inhabitants of which, may 
 . be interested in such By-Laws, In Parishes the Council shafl 
 also cause all By-laws to be published, by causing them to be 
 read at the door of the Church of the Parish to which they relate, 
 immediately after Divine Service in the forenoon, on each of 
 ^nAhymser- the two Sundays next after the passing of such By-laws. And 
 papers. *^*" ^very such Council may also cause all or any of such By-Laws 
 to be published in any Newspaper printed in the district, or in 
 any adjoining district. 
 
 PEHSONS DISaUALIFIED OR EXEMPT FROM ACCEPTING 
 OFFICE AS MEMflliRS OR OFFICERS OF MUxNICiPAt 
 COUNCILS. 
 
 Persons dir* 
 qualified «s 
 lVlemb»'r&. 
 
 Proviso as to 
 C Hilraetora 
 V ith the 
 
 XVII. No person being in holy orders, or a Minister of any reli- 
 gious denomination, nor any Member of the Executive Coun- 
 cil, nor any Judge, or SheriflTor Clerk of any Court of Justice, 
 (except Clerks of Commissioners' Courts for the trial of small 
 causes, any one of whom may, with his own consent, be 
 appointed Secretary - Treasurer,) nor any Officer of H ;r 
 Majesty's Army or Navy on full pay, shall be elected or 
 appointed as a Municipal Councillor, nor appointed to any 
 oifice under any Municipal Council, and no person receiving 
 any pecuniary allowance from the Municipality for his services, 
 nor any person having directly or indirectly, by himself or his 
 partner, any contract, or any share or interest in any contract, 
 with or on behalf of the Municipality, shall be qualified to be 
 elected or appointed or to act as, a Councillor of such Local 
 Municipality : Provided always*, firstly, that no person shall be 
 disqualified from acting as Municipal Councillor, by reason of 
 his being a proprietor or shareholder in any incorporated Com- 
 pany, which shall or may have any contract or agreement with 
 
 nrr^ iif>-^\ ■•rwWtJv'i *«-f i35«-*TT»»*"" i i^'*^ i'««t «•«■-« «4 t^ >>j-s ^v %•««»«» j[ j 
 
1866. Acte des MunicipaUUs et Chemim^B. .*1. Cap. loO. 
 !L^^1/°"ffl Partie qui contractera avec le conseil, ou avec ses 
 
 16. Pour imposer et percevoir, au moven de la saisip ^t 
 poser des chatiments rakonnaWes par "n eZris^EmJm 
 
 PUBLICATION DES RfcGLEMENTS 
 faits n«rSn1'^"^ """"'r' municipal publiera tons les reilements 
 
 PERSONNES JNCUPABLKS OU EXEMPTED I.'ACCFPTFP . IX 
 CHARGES DE A EMBKFs on njiipi.'if V^i.c. . , '^''' '-'••^ 
 ML'NICIFAUX. »'0H.1CIERS lJEi< CO.NVSKILS 
 
 fcres <lu conseil ""eoulil "=''8'"","? .'l"fl..om|„,. ; 1.,, „„.,„. 
 
 la dfehiSteV^erj^': ;:'!,; f :»'"'•» ''- >••""""-"«•» p„u. 
 
 ^ 
 
 lo 
 
 ir6vu» par In 
 
 Imposition et 
 perccplion 
 fl'amendes et 
 autres p6na- 
 lit6, etc. 
 
 Autres r6gle- 
 menls locaux. 
 
 Publication 
 denreglerneiit* 
 en lea faisniit 
 JifTu-her. 
 
 Et par inifer- 
 'ion dan* Ii»« 
 joiirnanx. 
 
 fjiiaiifiies 
 pour etre 
 ii)( iiibros. 
 
 PM^ur ,. ,«,, ,i„.«,i, ,,,„ p,„^„,j„„i,^ ,.„ „,,j;„u;:;i;':; 
 
 
86 
 
 Cap. 100. 
 
 Municipal and Road Act L, C. 
 
 18 ViflT. 
 
 What ahaii be that the word *' contract" in tliis section shall not extend to any 
 *'' Contract" lease, sale or purchase of any lands, tenements or heredita- 
 wction. "' ments, or to any contract for such lease, sale or purchase, or for 
 the loan of mone'', or to any agreement for the loan of money 
 only, but any Municipal Councillor having any interest in any 
 such matter, as in this second proviso mentioned, shall uot vote 
 at any meeting of the Municipal Council, or of any Committee 
 thereof, of which he is such Councillor as aforesaid, upon any 
 question arising upon the matter in which he is so interested as 
 aforesaid : 
 
 Persons ex- 2. No Member of the Provincial Legislature, no person hold- 
 cmpted fiom ing any civil appointment under the Imperial or Provincial 
 by^hefr owf' Government, or under either House of the liCgislature, no Prac- 
 coiisent. tising Physician, Surgeon or Apothecary, no School Master ac- 
 
 tually engaged in teaching, no Branch Pilot, no Miller, being 
 the only one employed in a mill, no person over sixty years of 
 age, shall be bound to accept the office of Municipal Coun- 
 cillor or any ollic« under any Municipal Council ; and every 
 person being at the time of the commencement of this Act, or 
 having been within the two yt!ars next preceding, a Member 
 of a Municipal Council, oi an Officer under any MUch Council, 
 and any person who shall have paid a penalty for refusal or 
 neglect to accept of any such office, shall be exempt from 
 serving in Ihe same office during the two years next after 
 such service or payment ; 
 
 Appointment" 3. If any person discjnalified, or cxenipl, Hud daiming 
 in plare of" cxem[>tion from serving as such Councillor be elected, it shall 
 elected arid ^^ '^^ '^^^^^V of the Warden or Registrar, immedialely on his be- 
 disqualified 01 Coming aware of the faci, to notify thr; same, t'lrough the Pro- 
 claiming vincial Secretary, to the Goveirnor, who shall appoint without 
 e emp jon. j^ij^y another Councillor in the stead of such person so elected ; 
 
 COUNTY COUNCILS. 
 SPKCIAt- I'o\vi;rs. 
 
 County Couii' 
 cils to have 
 certain pow- 
 ers under 12 
 V. c. .')6. 
 
 XVIII. All the powers vested by llie Act of the Legislature of 
 Canada p.-issed in the twelfth year of Her Majesty's Reign, 
 (^hfiptered fifty-six, and intituled, An Act to authorize the 
 formation of Joint Stock Coiupanu's in Loiver Canuila, for the 
 constructior/ of Macadamized Roads, and (f Hridtxes and ot/ier 
 9 works of like nature, in the Municipality and Municipal 
 
 Councils therein mentioned, shall Im' transferred to and vested 
 in the County Conncils created by this Act. 
 
 They may XIX. Every County Council sliiill also have power and 
 
 jTiake By- authority to make, and from time to lime amend or repeal, a 
 laws concern- ^, , "^ .. , , n i *u r ii • .u ^ 
 
 ing— By-law or By-laws lor fiU or any ol the foUowmg purposes, that 
 
 (Form I.J is'to^ay: 
 
 ' 'i 
 
 \y 
 
1660. 
 
 AcH d« Muniiipalim ct Chmim^B, C. Cap. 100. 
 
 87 
 
 achatou pour r&prunt ciw'^? •■'"' ^^"' ^"^ ^""' ^«"t« »" 
 I'empruiu d'argersSe n i? K ' """ '' ""'^ '^""vention pour 
 ayant un inSlusun; t^li^^fl-^^ eonsciller municipal 
 -ce second provLo no vZall! "' ^'[^ ."^"^"^'^nne dans 
 cipal ou d'Sn co,^i,Td'?ce ui donl ir'^''"?'f''' '^^ '^?^^" ™""i- 
 
 -sdit sur ton,. T-sS^ 'u ^ i ? ^ :^r'"^^^^^^ 
 
 laquelle ,1 .cm ainsi int6rcs8c conin'e Si.' "' 
 
 . la charge de cons.-ilLr nn.nicipa , / 'a„' cune aiK"'' ^^ ^"— 
 
 piatiquamsJesmaUcrd'^coi Lr Tf".' "' «Pothicaires . 
 les pilotes 1 ceneies n>.n meun.W tt'' '''""^^' ««i« > 
 
 plove dans nn niouli l/ ' '^"'*'"^ '' ^^'"^ ^^' «eul em- 
 
 en force du pres "n^te on ,n '"""^^'P^^ ^o^^ de la mise 
 
 rempli queJqu'une des cCir '- '«^« i^^r^onnes qui auront 
 ou paye^a p'enalite enl"^:^ Jr%Xs"d: 1 W^^^^ ^^"^«^' 
 exemptcs de rcmplir le. meiLs cha is pend^n? T' '5'°'^' 
 annees qu, suivront lel service ou paiornent f '"^ 
 
 rcmplir lacharJde con.ei w" .' l"' P""*^^""'^ '^-^«"»Pt^ de 
 .era'du devoir S?, t-eief m " ^IS^^ ^""'^ ^I'^^'^P^^"' " 
 
 ,n autre ccS..i,Ier en r^rS^^Tt;-:::::::]--^ 
 CONSEILS DE C O M T f 
 
 l4I"re'^d"r'ilaT"J"nsTa"dof'"' '"*^^^^ ^^^ P- >« 
 Sa Majeste,chapirci„auante sK^u'^^^^ 7'^ ^'" ^'^'^"^ ^^« 
 
 pour la constructionist ,^.^'^i^""'^ Bas Canada 
 
 mentionnes, seront \^II^T^^Fa^T\ ''''"'^''' '""nicipaux y 
 cr66s par cat ac"e. ''^"'*''''' "* ^"^^^'"'^ «"x oonseils de comti 
 
 Nomination a 
 la pla<e d'uu 
 coiiseil dis- 
 ((ualifie ou ri^. 
 ciainatit I'ex- 
 emjition. 
 
 Iics conseils de 
 comt« auront 
 certains pou- 
 voirs sous 
 IVtc 12 V. 
 c. 56, 
 
 1. 
 
 lis pourront 
 <aire des rfi. 
 glements pour 
 les objetg sui- 
 vaiits'; 
 
 [Pormule j.j 
 
t\' 
 
 !il 
 
 i' 
 
 
 -i 
 
 i i 
 
 88 
 
 Cap. 100. 
 
 Muniripnl rtud Rond Ad L. C. 
 
 \% Vic*. 
 
 Place of Mil- 
 tills;. 
 
 Provi 
 
 1( th« first 
 Meeting; be 
 liold at a |ilai-P 
 where a Coun- 
 ty Council 
 now meets. 
 
 Constiucfioii, 
 &c , of a Court 
 House anil 
 (iaol. 
 
 Maintcuance 
 ot'an Ollicelur 
 registration of 
 Ddeds, Stc. 
 
 1. [•'or appointiiija: llic place at wliioli all Sessions of ^hc 
 County (,'onneil nftfi- the first Session shall hr. held; and every 
 pluon .so appointed shall tlu>rfaft(M- hr the County Town {chef 
 lieu (III (mute) ; Provided always that if the fiv.st session of snch 
 Council ^liall have been iudd at a place which at the time of 
 the passinf^ of this Aef, was the p/acr. of holdin<j; the meeting of 
 the Mvnidpal Coiinnl o{ n County or Division of a County, 
 the concnrrenee of two thirds of the members for the tittie being 
 of such Council, shall be necessary for the making of a By-law 
 appointing any other places for holding the subsequent sessions 
 of such Council ; 
 
 2. F'or the acquirement or construction and maintenance of a 
 Court House and Gaol, in such place as may be hereafter law- 
 luUy appointed for that purpo.se, and for providing means in aid 
 of the acquirement, construction or maintenance of any such 
 l)iiildings ; 
 
 3. For the acquirement or construction and maintenance of 
 an Oflice for the Registration of Deeds, either apart from or 
 forming part of any Court House situate within the County, 
 and for the construction and maintenance therein of a Fire- 
 proof Vauil iui the preservation of such Deeds ; and for providing 
 means lor the acquirement or construction and maintenance ot 
 such Olfice, and also for the transcription of any Deeds which 
 it may be deeme>; c xpedient to transfer and depos't in auch 
 OfHce, for the convenience of the inhabitants of the County ; 
 
 4. For placing toll-bars, and for levying tolls on persons, 
 anin. als and vehicles passing over any roads or bridges within 
 the limits of the County ; Provided that it shall not be lawful, 
 by any such By-law, to make the Tolls payable by any of the 
 inhabitants- of any Local Municipality or of any part of a Local 
 Municipality, less than those payable by other persons for the 
 use of the road or bridge therein mentioned, or to give any 
 imdue advantage to any such itihabitants with respect to such 
 tolls ; 
 
 3. Foi- determining thu periods of the year during which 
 fire may l^e applied to logs, bush and other wood for the pur- 
 pose of clearing land within the limits of the County, and for 
 compelling, persons so applying fire to adopt such precautions 
 as may be deemed requisite to prevent such fire from extend- 
 ing to .adjoining forests, crops and other property ; 
 
 Regulating 6. For regulating the fees to be naid for the services rendered 
 
 sif Lrb^en"'^ by the Coimty Superintendent, oV by the Secretary-Treasurer, 
 d«^"orc"erk. ^i''\<^'' i" i^iii'^i''g Reports or Proccs-Vcrbaux, or in furnishing 
 copies of documents at the request of any person or number 
 of persons, v.'hene\er the County Council, or any local 
 Council within the County, deem it just that such lees should 
 not be made u charge upon any Municipality in the tjoanty, 
 but should be paid Iw the person or persons requinug such 
 services : 
 
 Turnpikes. 
 
 Litiiitation. 
 
 Tolls tu be 
 equal on all. 
 
 Fire in llu' 
 woods, J«c. 
 
1865. AcU de» MunicipaliUa et Cheinim^B. C, Cap. 100. 39 
 
 1. Poui: fixer le lieu ou se tiendront toutes sessions du con- r j,„ ^ 
 Mil de corat6 aprfes la premiere session ; et chaque place ainsi tiendiont'le. 
 nxee sera ensuile le chef-lieu du comte ; pourvu toujours que si «<-'s»'on» do 
 lajprerniere session du dit conseilaete tenue dans I'endroit '""""*" 
 qui 6tait a P6poque de la passation du present acte ie lieu des """"'• 
 assemblees du conseil municipal d'un comte ou division de 
 comte, le concours des deux tiers des membres alors en 
 charge du dit conseil sera necessaire h la passation d'un r^gle- 
 ment pour fixer uu autre lieu pour tenir les sessions subse- 
 quentes du dit conseil ; 
 
 2. Pour I'acquisition ou la construction et I'entretien d'une r 
 
 cour de justice et d'une prison au lieu qui sera l^galement fixe &«?.?"" 
 pour cette fan, et pour pourvoir aux moyens de subvenir k •^'"" r-^iais de 
 1 acquisition, construction ou entretien de tous tels edifices • ^""'"*^'*'""' 
 
 3. Pour i'acquisilion ou la construction et I'entretien d'un Maintien d-un 
 bureau pour I'enregisfrement des actes, soit separe ou formant bureau rtVnre 
 partie d une cdhr de justice situee dans le comte, et pour v S'*i«inent. 
 construire et entretenir une voute a I'epreuve du feu pour la 
 conservation des aclea, et pour pourvoir aux moyens de subve- 
 nir a 1 acquisition ou construction et ^ I'entretien de tel bureau 
 
 et d la transcription de tous actes qu'il sera trouve expedient 
 de transferer et de deposer dans tel bureau pour la commoditu 
 des habitants du dit comte ; 
 
 ,^'^^'^'''^^^''^^^^^}'^^'^^tQs depfeageet pour prelever des chemin 4 bar. 
 droits de passage surles personnes, animaux et voitures passant ridfeT! (Jiric. 
 sur tout chemin ou pont dans les limites du comte, pourvu ''°"*' 
 toujours qu'il ne sera pas loisible d'exiger par aucun tel r6gle- 
 mentdeshabitansd'unemunicipalite locale, ou d'aucune par- 
 tie d une municipalite locale, des peages moindres que ceux 
 payables par d'autres personnes pour le service du chemin ou 
 pont y mentionne,ni de donnera aucuns tels habitants Quelque 
 avantage indu k I'egard de tels peages ; ^ "i 
 
 5. Pour fixer les epoques <le I'annee duratit lesquelles le feu Fixer les^pv 
 pourra etre mis aux troucs d'arbres, brossailles et autres bois I"''* f-" '« feu 
 aux fins de defricher les teiies dans les limites du comte et '"''''"* ^."'^ 
 pour obliger les personnes mettant ainsi le feu a adopter 'les ■Z)^''Z'!" 
 precautions qui pourront 6tre consid«rees necessaires pour 
 emp6cher que le fen ne s'elende aux for^ts, grains et autres 
 proprietes adjacentes ; 
 
 6. Pour reglev les honoraires qui seront payables pour R^.ier les 
 les services rendus par le sarintendant du comte; ou par jo ho,roraire. du 
 secretaire-tresorier, soit en faisant des rapports ou proc^s-ver- ^""'"''"'Js"''- 
 baux, soit en fournissant copies de documents a la requi- 
 sition d une ou de plusieurs personnes, toutes les fois que le 
 conseil du comte ou tout conseil local dans le comte jucrem 
 equitable que tels honoraires ne soient pas payes par Ime 
 municipahte du comte, et soient au conlraire payes par U per- 
 somie ou par les personnes requerant tels services ; 
 
 7. 
 
40 
 
 Cap. 100. Municipal and Mood Aef L. C. 18 Vic». 
 
 !!lffl 
 
 M 
 
 Reguliitinii 
 iiaherias. 
 
 7. For regulating tisheiies (lairied on, either upon the sea- 
 whore or upon Hny wafers adjacent to, or passing through the 
 County. 
 
 SESSIONS OF COUNTY COUNCII,, KI.KCTION OH AFPOINTMKNT 
 
 OF WARDEN. &( . 
 
 Fi-.t Session. XX. The first general session of (nery CouiUy Council 
 Hhall be held at the time and place to be iixed lor that 
 purpose by the Registrar, who shall give notice thereof to each 
 Member of the Council, and every subsequ'int session shall be 
 held at the place appointed for that purpose by the County 
 Council, as provided in the next preceding section : 
 
 Quorum of ^' Fiy© Members of the County Council in every County 
 County Coui). comprising seven or more Local Municipalities, and three 
 «»!»■ members of such Council in every County comprising any 
 
 number of Local Municipalities less than seven, shall form a 
 
 qucyrum ; 
 
 Who thull 3. The Registrar, or in his absence, such one of the Members 
 
 AJeetini" *' °^ ^^^ Council present, as shall be chosen for that purpose by a 
 
 majority of votes, or if the votes be equally divided, the senior 
 
 in age of the Members present shall preside at the first general 
 
 session ; 
 
 4. The Members of the County Council shall, at tire said 
 first session, choose from amongst themselves some fit and 
 proper person, to be the Warden of the County ; and if there 
 be an equal number of votes, the person presiding at the said 
 session, whether such ' 
 
 Eleetiou 
 Warden. 
 
 of 
 
 Warden to 
 preside when 
 clioieD. 
 
 Governor 
 to appoint 
 Waiden if 
 none be etent' 
 ed. 
 
 Term o( office 
 of Wardf;n ; 
 
 Kemoval of 
 Warden by 
 Council. 
 
 His place bow 
 to be filled. 
 
 person be a Member of the Council or 
 the Registrar, shall give the casting vote ; and the Registrar 
 shall cease to have the right to preside, so soon as the Warden 
 so chosen shall have taken the oath of office ; 
 
 5. If no election of a Warden take place in the manner above 
 prescribed, at the said first session of the Council, then the 
 Governor, upon the fact being notified to him by the Registrar, 
 shall appoint without delay one of the Members ^f the' 
 Council to be Warden of the Couuti' ; 
 
 C. The Warden so elected or appointed sliall hold his office 
 until the next general election of Councillors, and thereafter 
 until another person shall be appoi'V d in his stead; unless 
 such Warden, if elected by the (bounty Council, be removed 
 before that time by a vote of two thirds of the Members of the 
 Council, or unless such Warden, if appointed by the Governor, 
 be removed by the Governor. If the Warden be removed by a 
 two third vote of the County Council, the said Council shall 
 appoint another at the same session, otherwise the Goverrjor 
 shall appoint one, on being notified of the fact by the Registrar 
 or by the Secretary-Treasurer of the County Council. If the 
 Warden be removed by the Governor, another shall be ap- 
 pointed by the Governor. 
 
 APPOINTMENT 
 
PPOINTMKNT 
 
 7 
 mer 
 comte. 
 
 Ie» 
 
 3INTMENT 
 
 1865. Aete de» MuniotpalitiB et Chmim^B, C, Cap. 100, 41 
 
 ite. ^ Daignenr, on qm traversent le p«cl,e.. 
 
 smiONS DES CONSE,LS DE COMTK, EI.KCTION OU NOMI- 
 NATION nu PHCKKT, „„. ™ 
 
 pour 6tre le prefet du comtn -M. . :i 1 ^ • ^'^ ^® ^ "" ^ ^ux prfifei. 
 
 fa personne qui presidem la clir. t^i "" ''''"'^" ^'^"'" ^'^'^ ^«^-^' 
 
 du conseil ou le^^' sl7aVur Hn„n 1' ''"^''^ '"^'^ "" '"«mbr,' 
 
 et le r6gislra"eur eeCrfd W^^^^ 'f vo.x preponderante; i^opr^fe. p.. 
 
 soit d^piace avafu ce Ups-A paVu^ votne'^deuvT!!'/" «-''"«^- ^" 
 iTicrnbres du conseil, on a moins que lei nref. s'il o t - ' ^^^ '''''''• 
 par le gouverneur, „e soit destiu^e pa ^^^^, "^?"f 
 
 prefet est d6place par un vote de deux tior^duc^)^^^^^^^^^^ ' "^ 
 
 le conseil en nommera un autre dans ITmllT-^ ''''"'^^' 
 ment le gouverneur en nominlr, .f.? 1 "^^"^^/^^^'on, autre- 
 notifie p^r le r^istratem o UeTecr^l^^^^^^^^ ^^-^^^V"^ ""^«^'^' 
 comte/ Si lep?6fetest de"tiurpa T^^^^^ 
 
 neur en nommera un autr*. gomcrneur, !e gouver- Son rempiace- 
 
 ment. 
 
 NOMINATION 
 
•1 
 
 42 
 
 Cap. 100. 
 
 Mttnidpat find Road Act L. C. 
 
 18 Vict. 
 
 Hi 
 
 APPOINTMENT OF COUNTY SUFKRINTENDENT. 
 
 To be appoint. XXI. In addition to the Officers which all Municipal ConnciN 
 cd by County are required or authorized to appoint under this Act, ijvery 
 Council. County Council shall, at its first General Session after eac!i 
 General Election of Councillors, or at a Special Session, 
 which shall be held within fifteen days from the first day of 
 such first General Session, appoint a Superintend<;nt of Reads 
 and Bridges for the ( onnty. ; 
 
 Must renide ill 2. Every Co..:y SupfjYnitondent shall, whilc he holds office 
 N*t?°h"id" *** such, reside within the County for which he is appointed 
 any o°ther ^"^ ^^^^^ ^^ disqualified to accept any other office under any 
 office Municipal Council ; 
 
 May appoint 
 Deputiei. 
 
 3.' Every County Superintendent may, under a Resolution of 
 the Council, appoint one t more 1 Jt ^ u; i ,, for the payment of 
 whose services, when appointed, provision shall be made by 
 the County Council. But the County Superintendent shall be 
 responsible for all the acts and omissions of every Deputy su 
 appointed ; 
 
 4. Every appointment of a Deputy by ilje County Superin- 
 tendent shall be made by a letter under his hand, addressed to 
 the person so appointed. And the Superintendent shall, with- 
 out delay, give special notice of every such appointment, not 
 only to the person appointed but also to the Secretary-Trea- 
 
 Noiice thereof, aurer of the Council of the Municipality for which such De- 
 
 [Form H.] puty has been appointed ; 
 
 Reiponaihi- 
 lity for his 
 &cti. 
 
 Appointment 
 of Deputy. 
 
 [Form G.] 
 
 5. In the absence of the County Superintendent and of Ms 
 Deputies, the Secretary-Treasurer of the County Council shall 
 act for him in Jo every thing which the County Superintendent ou^ht to do 
 under the provisions of this Act ; 
 
 Seci Ptary- 
 Treasurer to 
 
 certain ieaiies. 
 
 To keep u 
 Itepertory. 
 
 And deliver 
 copies of do- 
 cuments. 
 
 Copies to lie 
 evidence, &«'. 
 
 6. The County Superintendent shall keep a Repertory in 
 which he shall refer in a summary manner, and as near as may 
 be in the order of their dates, to all Registers, Reports, Prods- 
 Verbaux, Valuation Rolls, Collection Rolls, Judgments, Reso- 
 lutions, Maps, Plans, Returns, Notices, Letters and Papers 
 whatsoever which may come into his possession in the exercise 
 of his functions ; 
 
 7. He shall deliver to any person who shall ajiply for the 
 .same, a copy of any document which shall be in his possession 
 or custody, or of record in his office as such County Superin- 
 tendent, upon ])aymeiit of 8ucli l'ei;s as shall be fixed by the 
 County Council ; and every such copy certified by him a« 
 coiTect shall be prima facie evidence of the contents tliereol"; 
 and he shall allow all such documents to be inspected at 
 reasonable hours by all (xtrsons interested therein ; 
 
 Special duties 8. And the County Superintendent shall perform all such 
 
 may be as- other duties as are specially imposed upon him by this Act. 
 signed to mm. r ^ r r j miTVTV 
 
ISM. A'lt i<; MuiMfaliU. ,t ch,mi«.-». C. Cap. 100. .jj 
 
 NOMINATION m SUIIIMENDANT I.K COMTt;. 
 
 .^e™"ir;!!L -t^r,!;';;: *V';:;,:;^^^^^^^ r'" '^- r-- 
 
 pourra 
 (lotniner des 
 
 du comi(- 'sera re.spr7,rsabTf. 'tie Z'cT' ' ?*^'' '^ «unntendant 
 ainsi nommee: Kt le Stendnnt ^ adressee a la personne 
 
 lion/mles do PoScM'SurmlnrTn ''•*''"•''' '*'" '''''™ta»- 
 «lal.s, avis, lettivs o ml F ^ ■''''"''''""■""™"'. ™il«s, plans, 
 
 «,.;,«e.«[o;'ji;r/v'r;;rdrirCi:i;;:r™"' ™"™ 
 
 « iJ pennellra IVxamon d" oik JS l"<i"'e <!■,, a,„i,„ir,., 
 «i«„able a .„„,e. iXM'.nK.^m^i.'Jllr;""""' " '"'"" "-'■"■ 
 8. El le 
 
 l>f>iliidre da 
 nommer «es 
 deputes. 
 
 [Formule G.J 
 
 Avis pj^ala- 
 ble. 
 
 [Formule H. ) 
 
 Le spcr^taire 
 le remplacera 
 en certains 
 ca.s. 
 
 un 
 
 >»urintendaut du comte rernplira 
 
 Jill <innt <»^A^.:„l • f"i" 
 
 devoirs quUurson73^.inV'' ''""'•^'' '■^''"P'i»'a tons les autre*. »«"'d«voi.j 
 qui lux sont sp6cialemem imposes par wet acte. 'P^««"» . 
 
 pOUriuitl iui 
 
44 Cap. 100. • Municipal and Road Act L, C, 
 
 COUNTY DELEGATES. 
 
 18 Vict. 
 
 There shall In XXII. In every County then? Hhall be three Dt-lRgutds to re- 
 thr«. I)«U- present the interests of the County iit every Meetine of Dele- 
 
 KMtM for -»"'• ' •' • ^ 
 
 County. 
 
 KMtM for each gj^j^j^ |,f.|fj ^^J^^l^.^• {[,,. provisioiis of Uiiij Aot, and toexerei.Me and 
 
 perform, in eonjunction witli Delegates sent from another, or 
 Severn I other (bounties, as tiie faH(( may h«', the powers, au- 
 thority find duties hereinailtr mentioned : 
 
 Warden lo be 
 one — otiicr 
 two how ap- 
 pointed. 
 
 2. The Warden sliail be ex. offirio one of the naid Delegates; 
 tlie two other Deii^gates siiall l)e such ..two Meinbers of the 
 County ('ouneii as shall be ajmointed for that purpose at th«f 
 Hrst session held after the General Kleetion of local Councillors, 
 or at a Special Session held within fifteen days from the first 
 Termofomce. i^ay of such General Session ; and tht) said Delegates shall hold 
 their office as such durint» their tenure of otliee as County Coun- 
 cillors, and no lonj^er ; 
 
 Vacancies 
 hour filled up, 
 
 a. And whenever any one of .*ncli Delegates dies, or is ab- 
 sent or incapacitated to attend to his duties from sickness or any 
 other cause, the County Council shall appoint another Delegate 
 or other Delegates in the stead of the Delegate or Delegates 
 deceased, absent or incapacitated. 
 
 LOCAL COUNCILS. 
 POWERS CO.MMON TO ALL LOCAL COUNCILS. 
 
 iMUnia^'n'mkp ^^l"- '*''*' pow«'rs and authority of each Local Council (in 
 By-laws con-' addition to the powers hereinbefore conlerred upon all Muni- 
 rerning— cipal Councils) shall extend to the following objects : 
 
 Openiii);, 
 ii:aking and 
 repaiiing 
 roads, bridge-^, 
 
 Proviso : rale 
 i.ot to be 
 levied lor cer- 
 tain purposes 
 ur on certain 
 [lersons. 
 
 \. To the opening, constructing, making, levelling, pitching, 
 raising, planting, improving, preserving and maintaining of 
 any new or existing highway, road, street, side-walk, crossing, 
 alley, lane, bridge, lord or other communication within the 
 Municipality ; th<! stopping up, pulling down, widening, alter- 
 ing, changing, divertingor cleaning of any such highway, road, 
 street, side-walk, crossing, alley, lane, bridge, ford or other 
 public communication within sucii Municipality, in conformity 
 with the provisions of this Act relative to all such mailers ; 
 the taking possession of any land or real property required for 
 any such purposes, and the making provision for the indemnity 
 to be paid to the owners of such land or real property ; but it 
 shall not be lawful for any Town or Village Council to levy any 
 assessments from persons not residing or holding assessable 
 property within the limits ol such Town or Village, or to require 
 from any such persons the performance of any labor, towards 
 the construction or maintenance of Public Roads beyond the 
 limits of such Town or Village, any prods-verbal^ rules or By- 
 laws to the contrary notwithstanding ; 
 
e, lord or other 
 
 1855. Acte dea Munitipalit4» et Chemim^B. C. Ctp. 100. 45 
 
 DiLfiGUfiS DE COMTfi. 
 XXII. DanB chaquc comie il y aura troi« mv.ftxxftn pour rr- t . ,. 
 
 auront 6t6 choiH « a eef ctti'i A h. r,r..r„:> < "mit, f|ui (]«5|6bu< 
 
 I tietiion i/fn«!rult! tics consm ..i-w ..,.0..^ .... «. _ '. «„«,.»». 
 
 «>u a nn<» !-cMsion '"""•"a''<'n 
 
 I election g.-m.'ral.. dcs cmseiilrrH Uxmiu, ,>u a unr .,.„sinn '""""«» 
 
 3. Et dan^ louN IcM ,aM do ,lm.s ,,,. d'abs^-nce dc .iuHciu'un ^ 
 des djis delegues, ou dc son incaoarilo 1 r,.mnl ir 1 ^ 1 ' •^'""•"« '^* 
 
 CONSKILS LOCACX. 
 fOUVOm-S CO.MMUNS A TOUS t.ES CO.NSKir.S LOCU'X. 
 
 '•'ijjieinents 
 
 ,'randche,nn. .MM./ .I'rr '':''''''' "' ''""•etu'n de tout p^hk, e.o. 
 
 .uif a rc,£,wtl cKMoutes telles inatievfs • \u\.r\.. \ 
 
 
 rovisii : cer- 
 
 es. 
 
46 
 
 Cap. 100. MunicipU and Road Act L. C 
 
 18 Vict. 
 
 2* To lhe opening, enclosing and maintaining, at the expense 
 
 aJomiiis: pub. ^f ^ijg Municipality, snch squares, parks or public places, as 
 
 ^c sniiaicb, ^^^^y j^^^ conducive 1o the health or- convenience of the inlia- 
 
 bitants ; io ornamenting the same by planting trees therein or 
 
 otherwise, and causing trees to be planted along any sidewalk 
 
 orfoothpatfi, at the expense of tl)e Municipality; 
 
 Opening ami 
 
 ado 
 
 lie 
 
 Pretention of 
 abuse preju- 
 dicial to agri- 
 culture ; 
 Pounds, &c- 
 
 Aniinals run- 
 ning at laige. 
 
 Damages by 
 ani.nals. 
 
 Fees to pound 
 keepers. 
 
 3. To the pre -ention or removal of abus^es prejudicial to agri- 
 culture and not specially provided for by law ; the establishment 
 of Public Pounds for the safe keeping of animals and poul- 
 try, found astray or doing damage on the public roads or bridges, 
 or on the lands of others than the owners of such animals or 
 poultry ; the determination of the periods of the year when such 
 animals and poultry either may be allowed to run or should 
 be prevented from running at large ; the fees to be taken by 
 the Keepers of such Pounds; the damages payable by, the 
 owners of such impounded animaly or poultry, the manner in 
 which such animals or poultiy shall be sold, in the event of their 
 not being claimed Vvdihin a reasonable time, or in case the 
 damages, penalties and expenses shall not have beeii paid 
 according to law, or to any By-laws made for the said purpose ; 
 
 Pi'# and pre* 
 cijiice^. 
 
 4. To the making of Regulations as to pits, precipices and 
 deep waters, or other places dangerous to travellers; 
 
 Doga, and tax .5. To the imposition of a tax on the owners or harbourers of 
 on dogs. ^j^gg . jjjg making of regulations, whenever the public peace 
 
 and safety may require it, to keep dogs tied up and to prohibit 
 them being at large, and for killing all dogs found at large con- 
 trary to such regulations ; 
 
 Segulaling 
 persons retail- 
 ing liquors, or 
 kfieping places 
 of publio en- 
 tertainnncnt ; 
 or (irohibitii)i; 
 ealeofliquo:s. 
 
 froviso, 
 
 6. To the regulating and governing of all Shopkeepers and 
 Storekeepers and others selling wine, brand} or other spirituous 
 liquors, t le or beer, by retail, in places other than houses of 
 public entertt'inraent, and the determining under what restric- 
 tions and in what manner any such person shall take out a 
 license from the Revenue Inspector of the District wilhin which 
 he resides, before it siiall be lawful ibr him to sell any wine, 
 brandy or other spirituous liquors, ale or beer, as aforesaid, 
 within such Municipality, and for fixing the ^jum which shall 
 be payalile for each such license, and the time during which it 
 shall be in force, or for limiting the number of p(!rsons to whom 
 and the houses or places for which such licenses shall be granted 
 within the Municipality, or tlie preventing absolutely of the sale 
 of wine or brandy, or other spirituous liquors, ale or beer, or 
 any of them, by retail, within the Municipality, and the inak-' 
 ing of such further eiiaetmejits as may bi; deemed necessary for 
 giving (uU efl'ect to any such By-law, and for imposing penal- 
 ties for the contravention thereof: Provided always, that the 
 sellijjg of any vvin^, brandy or other spirituous liquors, pile or 
 ja^er, i(j tjie original pacjijiges i» wbicu the saipe wpre vetjeived 
 
1855. 
 
 Acte des Municipalif4$ et Chemim^B. C. Cap. 100. 
 
 Pour emre- 
 cher les abus 
 prdjiidieiables 
 il'agriLulture. 
 
 Fouriiore,elc. 
 
 Honoraires 
 aux gardiena 
 'jVnclos pu- 
 blics. 
 
 K valuation de» 
 f'ommages 
 caus6s paries 
 animaux. 
 
 Wvoyageiire; ' "^^ P'*"''^ daijgeieusce pour pnicipi^.! 
 
 liqueurs spiritueu«es, de J'aiJo ou'de li h^i ''l'^ ou d autres 
 lieux que Sans des InalJj^^ d'ontti n Sic '"' ? f "^^'^•^ 
 nersousquelles restric)inn«,.t,Vr.;. I ^"v ' ^ ^'^^termi- 
 
 trict dans loquel ellos reside om'^-w^^ ' T"*'''" ^""'^ ^« ^'*- 
 ment veadrJ dans t^t nS^h" c?u 'vh? S"",""' ^T^" 
 ou d'autres liqueur, spirit "euerde-,' ' ''f^-^^-^'^ 
 comme susdit • •» fivl .c ' •""' "" '^^ '^ biere, 
 
 47 
 
 Gouvcrne- 
 ment des per- 
 soiiiies detail- 
 laiit des li- 
 <jueurs spiri- 
 tueufes. 
 
 Ou defense d» 
 vendie telles 
 liqueyi^, 
 
48 
 
 Proviso as to 
 price of li- 
 cense, tcT.. 
 
 Cap. 100. 
 
 Municipnl and Road Ad L. C. 
 
 18 Vict. 
 
 from the importer or manufactnrer, and not containing respec- 
 tively less than five gallons or one dozen bottles, shall not be 
 held to be a selling by retail within the meaning of this Act : 
 Provided, however, thai no Municipal Council shall have power 
 to fix any sum below that now payable for any such license ; 
 and any licf-nse granted by any Revenue Ins|)ector to any per- 
 son to sell by.n'tail spirituous liquors, ale or beer, in any place 
 within any Local Municipality after the Corporation of such 
 Municipality shall have enacted a By-law either regulating the 
 mode of the granting of such license or absolutely prohibiting 
 such license, otherwise than in conformity with the By-law of 
 such Local Council, shall be null and void in law ; 
 
 Carters. 
 
 7. To the licensing of carters and common carriers ; 
 
 Public exhilii- 
 tions. 
 
 8. To the regulation of tlie nianner in v/hich any theatrical 
 performance or other public exhibition shall be held, and the 
 imposition of a tax or duty not exceeding five pounds currency 
 ni)oa every such performance or exhibition, which tax or duty, 
 
 Levying fines. ]f not paid on demand, may be levied out of the goods and 
 c'lattels, of all or any of the persons connected with such per- 
 formance or exhibition, under a Warrant of distress signed by 
 
 [Form W.J '^'^ Mayor of the Municipality ; and to the prohibition of any 
 such performance or exhibition tending to endanger public 
 safety or morality ; 
 
 Map.?, plans H. To the m;iking or pnxau-ing of maps, plans or surveys of the 
 ani surveys oi municipality, whenever the Council may deem it expedient to 
 a Municipal- ,„a|^j. j,,. ppotMire the same ; but no such map or plan shall be 
 procured, at the expence of the miuiicipality, unless it be drawn 
 by a Provincial Surveyor upon a scale of at least four inches' to 
 the mile ; 
 
 tify^ 
 
 Dividing the 
 Municipality 
 I'or road piu- 
 poNes. 
 
 10. To the dividing of the Municipality into Inspectors' divi- 
 sions, and subdividing any such division into Overseers' 
 sections. 
 
 SFKCIAL I'OWHUS OF TOWN AND VILLAliE COUNCULS. 
 
 Town and vil- XXIV. In addition to the powers and authority hereinbefore 
 lage Councils conferred upon all local Councils, the Municipal Council of 
 maymake By- every town and village Muni(apalily shall have power and 
 jaws^concern- j^u^},o,.^y ,„ n^^ke By-laws (or all ^r any of th^ following 
 
 purposes, that |i? tp say 
 
 I 
 
1853. 
 
 Ade des MunidpaUtis et Chemins^B. C. Cap. 100. 
 
 49 
 
 liqueurs spiritueises, deTail oTdP L h-^'^^r^'T^'^^^^^^ P'"^'"- 
 nants originaux dans Ip J,! u ^^ ^'^''^ ^^"« ^^^ conte- 
 
 de cinq gallon*, on „nir^-^' ^ "^ conte.mnt pas moms 
 
 5e fixer aucune";m'rnraurru" d^^^^^^^^ ^-i.: ,,„, 
 
 payable pour uno telle licenrp ^7 ♦ est mamtenant de U licence, 
 
 qui que cesoit par m, rnecteufn.r ^''""'' accordee a 
 d6tail des liqueurs soh-i S!? ^ n m''''"" Pour vemlre en 
 nn endroit quetomue^ans uhp ^n ^■^^'^r^,^'^ '^ ^^^'« da"« 
 la corporation de ce«e mZZl^^ ""'^^^''^ '?^''^''^' ^P^^« ^i»« 
 soit pour regler le Zl cSn^rJ^ ^ "'^ reglement 
 
 crnp^cher aSmnem ««??» t belles licences, sSit pour 
 licences, auti^e " au'en .L f T f''°>'^^ *^« semblables 
 seil local, serT;uil?l^L7:{;^tTloi" ^^^^''--^ ^« ^el con- 
 
 7. A donner des licences aux charretiers et rouliers ru ■ ' 
 
 Charretiers. 
 
 m exhibition, laauelle ^v- . i' " ^"1"'' "iP'Menlation 
 
 personne attachee a trWIo , m. J "^eubJes et effets de toute 
 
 Mandat de SaLi^sf^ ,vl7l ' ^^ ' T r ^'^'"bition, «ur un 
 
 la prohibition de toTteS: J ^ ' '^ ^^ munieipuiite ; et a [Formule W.] 
 
 a mettre en dangr]a\rMl rrhr'''''°r ^''"^^''^^^«" ^^^"^«"t 
 aiifeer la siiiete publique ou la moralite ; 
 
 sections de Sous-Vover^ *^ arrondjsseinent en "'""'cipaiit6 
 
 »w_ytrs. en arrondisst;- 
 
 meiits d'ins- 
 pecteurs, etc. 
 
 POUVOIKS SPiSciAUX DES CONSl-^ILS DE 
 
 VILLAGE. 
 
 VILLE ET DE 
 
 "1 IPS nhlAta cm- 
 
 Les rouseils 
 , <ie ville et viN 
 iOS lage ponrront 
 'aire des r, 
 
 vants, savojr 
 
 h 
 
50 Cap. 100. Municipal and Road Act L. C. 18 Vict. 
 
 Markets. 1. For establishing markets or market places ; for abolishing 
 
 any market, or market place, existing at the date of the com- 
 mencement of this Act, or which shall thereafter exist, within 
 any such Municipality, or for appropriating the whole or any 
 
 Proviso, part of the site of any market or market place for any other 
 
 public use whatsoever ; reserving nevertheless to any person 
 aggrieved by any act of the said Council respecting any 
 such market or market place, any recourse which any such 
 person may lawfully have against any such Municipality for 
 any damage suffered by any such person by reason of such 
 act ; 
 
 Appointment, 2. For regulating and defining the duties and powers of the 
 &c., ofClerks Cle.rks of the markets within the Municipality, and of all 
 oEmalket"^ Other Officers employed on the said markets ; and for leasing 
 Offrce"s,stans, stalls and stands for the sale, and offering for sale, of every 
 duties, sale oi description of articles or goods whatsoever upon the said 
 t"iS"&r "larkets; and for imposing duties or taxes on all persons 
 ' " vending upon such markets any provisions, vegetables, but- 
 cher's meat, grain, fowls, hay, straw, coal, salt, cord-wocd, 
 shingles, or any thing else whatsoever ; for prohibiting the sale, 
 or exposure for sale, by any person not resident within the 
 municipality, of any such provision or other things elsewhere 
 than upon such markets and in sixch other places as may be 
 appointed for that purpose by any such By-law ; and for regu- 
 lating the conduct of all persons vending or purchasing upon 
 the said markets ; 
 
 Duties on 
 vehicles in 
 which articles 
 are brought to 
 market. 
 
 Weighing anil 
 ineasiiringcer- 
 tain articles. 
 
 3. For imposing duties upon waggons, carts, sleighs, boats, 
 canoes and vehicles of all descriptions, in which articles shall 
 be exposed for sale upon any such market, or in any street, or 
 upon any beach, within the Municipality, and for regulating the 
 manner in which such vehicles shall be placed when used for 
 any such purposes ; 
 
 4. For regulating the weighing or measuring of cord-wood, 
 lumber, shingles, coal, salt, hay, straw and grain, brought within 
 the Municipality for sale ; for regulating and determining 
 whether any other articles purchased or sold within the Miini- 
 cipalily shall be weighed or measured, or both ; and for appoint- 
 ing persons to weigh and measure any or all such things, and 
 for fixing and determining the remuneration to be paid to such 
 Officers and the duties lo l)e perfonried by iheni ; 
 
 .•>. For regulating, fixing tuul determining the weight of 
 bread sold or oflered for sale within the Municipality, and 
 Marking for compelling bakers to mark with the initials of their 
 baker's name!?, respective names the bread made by them; and for confisca- 
 ting Bread of insufficient weight or unwholesome (luality. 
 
 Fees. 
 
 WeigVit of 
 bread. 
 
 &c. 
 
 Commutation 
 of statute lii- 
 
 t). For increasing the pers«»nal coiinnutation lo be paid in 
 cpieli year by each person subject lo perform statute labour 
 
1855. 
 
 Acte des Mmicipalites el Chemim—B. C. 
 
 Cap. 100. 
 
 51 
 
 1. Pour etablir des marches nn r,i„„ j 
 faveur de toute%Kne I S nTn,! f^"' '^'^T *""*^^°>« «" P— 
 
 employ*, ,„ ,el, maSret^i',' t'™f ''","'''' "'"'''»'' r"'*'"' 
 aillres places poui la venlp of Iw '™'"'<^'' •^'ao^ et toutes ^f marehh, 
 
 e.pee/d'„bje,s^,dedeS, e l^nCrdLrte'n "' T^ '•"•'-""- 
 ou places de marche et nnnr j"^^ T ^ ^^^ "its marches visions. 
 
 exigiblcs de toutrpekoLnendamT ^T ,^'"''* °" ^^^«« 
 provisions, legumes viande. W? if ,!" • ^'^^^ marches, des 
 foin, paill'e, cliarbon ^el boi^ H^"k'«'' ^'^'^"' ^'«^^'"«^ 
 autre chose VelconquV^Aour'n^^ bavdeaux, ou 
 
 r^sidantes da\s la rnici^aT 6 7 ven'ret::^^^^^^^^^^ ""'^ 
 des provisions ou autrea chosP« «ni ^^'"' ^" ^^nte 
 
 ches ou autres places destX!. '' ^^"^ '"^' '^^^ ^ar- 
 
 reglement, et pour rLle? 1 T-' ''f ^''J^* P^^ t«"t tel 
 
 vendantoAacheCts^Ti^^JLmlrs;'^ '"^^"^ P^^^^^- 
 
 cipalUe,^etprLtl?r^rma"rje"drt ts'^^^^^^ '""T '^ ^^Sr 
 placees pour cet objet ; ^ ^^^^^ voitures seronl 
 
 ^^deXlttllrJlfon^Vf^^^^^ ^'^ tons bois de p 
 
 et WinapportrdrCuntfpS' -1' fji'^Pain: s^^^^ ^ 
 
 regler et determiner si re seraTi ' P'-'^^y ♦^tre vendus ; pour t«'"s articles. 
 
 d'apres ces deux modes, que serontnJJI'f"'"*' ^" ^" P^'^^' "« 
 autres articles dans la muSkinaS '? *^' ""'' ''""^"« ^^''tains 
 
 «set peseursde tou "teKi;et:,VSbreT?t'^^"" ^-'"-^^^ 
 ies emoluments qui seront paves any rHt V •''*'*^'™"^' 
 devoirs qu'ils rempliront ; ^^ ^ '^''^ officiers, ot les 
 
 ti. Pour 61ever le mmitnnt /U i 
 
 WaWo clmque ,mi. Z o, L. 4J™""""" «" mom ......... 
 
 R\l( 
 
m 
 
 i 
 
 'I 
 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 i 
 
 1 
 
 52 Cap. 100. Municipal and Road Ad L. C. 18 Vict. 
 
 on the roads and streets within the Municipality, to an amount 
 not exceeding five shillings currency for each person ; and for 
 obliging every such person to pay the amount of such per- 
 sonal commutation so determined upon, without allowing any 
 such person to offer his personal labour in lieu of such com- 
 mutation, and for exempting from the payment of such commu- 
 tation persons or any class of persons whom the Council shall 
 deem it expedient to exempt by reason of their want of means ; 
 
 Assessing (oi 7. For assessing the proprietors of real'property for such sums 
 
 makinjr as may at any time be necessary to defray the expenses of 
 
 Bewflrs. making or repairing any common sewer under any public 
 
 street or road within the Municipality, and immediately in 
 
 front of such property, and for regulating the manner in which 
 
 such assessments shall be collected and paid ; 
 
 Fencing real 
 property. 
 
 RptnoTiii^' evi- 
 croachmentB 
 un stcuats, &c. 
 
 8. For obliging the proprietors of real property situate within 
 the Hmitsofthe Municipality to fence in and enclose such 
 reel property i 
 
 9, For directing and requiring, at any time, the removal of 
 any door-stept,, stairs, porches, railing or other projections into, 
 or obstructiofis i;>, any public street or road within the 
 Municipality, by and at the expense of the proprietors of the 
 real oronr^ny in or connected with which such projection or 
 obstruction shall be found ; 
 
 Altering level 
 of side paths, 
 
 Proviso. 
 
 10. For establishing or altoring'the^Jevel of the foot-paths or 
 side-walks in any street or road v.'ithin the Municipality in 
 such manner as the Council shall deem conducive to the con- 
 venience, safety and interest of the^ inhabitants ; Provided 
 always, that the Council may make compensation, out of the 
 
 in°ce?faiu^^'°" ftmds of the Municipality, to any person whose property shall 
 eases. be injuriously affected by any such alteration of the level of 
 
 any foot-path in front thereof; 
 
 11. For pulling down and removing, so often as shall be 
 (le'cayfdbuiid deemed necessary, all old walls, chininies or buildings in a 
 jugs. state of dilapidation or decay ; and for fixing at what time, 
 
 by what means, and at whose expense^ the same shall be so 
 pulled down and removed ; 
 
 Preventing 
 accidents oy 
 fire, and ar- 
 
 raiitsemeutsfor 
 
 extiagiiishing 
 
 fires, 
 
 12. For preventing accidents from fires and for regulatin 
 the conduct of persons present at any fire within the Munici- 
 pality, and (among other By-laws for the same purpose) for 
 regulating the mode of placing stoves, or stove-pipes, flues, fur- 
 naces or ovens, or the mode of keeping aslies ; for obliging pro- 
 prietors or occupiers of houses to provide themselves with proper 
 fi^;e-l»uckets, and to have ladders from the ground to the roofs of 
 
 thei? 
 
1855. 
 
 58 
 
 Acte des MmicipaliUi et Chmim^B. C. Cap. 100 
 
 t^on hA . ' "^,",^ '^^P''"^''^ <^« ^a construction ou renar^ f^""" Po- 
 
 tion de tout egout public, sous une rue publique ou /ram^'^^ 
 
 ^^T.'Jr}^ municipality, et immediatemem en fronTdes 
 
 9. Pour ordonner et requerir en tout temps, lVnl6vement rl^ 
 lous perrons, marches d'esealier, porches balustmdelZnnt i ^"'^^''^'nent 
 constructions proietant an rlpimv^ »n^K f' "^'"^^^^^^^s "" auires des conatruc- 
 on nn ^^^r.A lu ■ J f^'^oiSj oo. obstruautuuc me publiaue ''ons proierant 
 ou un grand chemmdans la municipalite, et ce, aux Liidp! ""Jorueletc 
 
 f«T.f '"?,^''.^^'T^°"^^ °" «« trouv^ront iu aU^ls se 
 rattaeherom leg ditg obstacles ou obstructions ; ^'^'^''^^^ ^^ 
 
 SitirS"^^ j"^if> p™p°^ atiTdl? cr^pCiL o'ri! §-i^sr 
 
 r. u'JV'^'^'^f' ^'""^''^^ ^^^ habitants; pourvu touiouJ^ . 
 que le dit conseil pourra, si.r les fonds de ia rmnSlit? "• 
 
 iartoTtl'^r' P"^""/ '^""^ ^^ P^°P"^'^^' -'- endoSfe 
 d'celie ; '^^"^'"''"^ ^" niveau d'untrottoir surla devam?;' 
 
 nfini P.°"'*,'^^^«re, demolir et enlever chaque fois qu'il sera n^ , . 
 
 ou en rume.s, qui peu^^ent menacer la sArete publique • et nour 1"' '"'^b,™ 
 determiner en quel lemps et par quel procede les di'ts vfeu:r '" '"'""■ 
 murs, cheminees et batiments seront abattus, dcmolfs et en le 
 v6s, et par qui en seront fails les frais ; 
 
 12. Pour prevenir les accidents par le feu et n'frlpr 1« 
 
 conduite de toutespersonnesprese.ites a axllm^e inoJ^S! ^'"f^^'^" '-■^ 
 la municinalitA . «r ^^„- / picsc.jies a queique mcendie dans arcdenis mr 
 
 aSdrecebft'wL? ' (^"^'^ autres r^glements proprcs a '' "^endie,'':[ 
 aiieinare ce but,) regler la mani^re de p acer les oofiles on 1p« '•''"^ ''^»- «f- 
 
 
 avoir 
 d«s 
 
Ill 
 
 {4 tap 100. Municipal and Road Act L. C. 18 Vict. 
 
 their houses, and from such roofs fo the tops of the chimnieB ; for 
 preventing any person from entering any stable, barn, shed or 
 out-house with a light not/mclosed in a lantern, or from entering 
 any such building with a lighted cigar or pipe, orlrom carrying 
 into the same any fire not properly secured ; for preventing any 
 person from lighting orjhaving any^fire in any wooden shed or 
 out-house or other wooaen building, unless such lire be placed 
 in a chimney or in a stove of iron or metal, or from carrying fire 
 in or through any street'or public place, garden or yard, unless 
 such fire be confined in some metal vessel ; and for compelling 
 the proprietors or occupants of bams, lofts or other buildings 
 containing combustible or inflammable materials to keep the 
 doors thereof closed when not necessarily required to be 
 open; 
 
 Obliging cer- 13. For preventing any baker, potter, blacksmith, brewer, ma- 
 
 taiii tra'^«* J° nufacturer of pot ashes or pearl ashes, or other manufacturer or 
 
 nacesTnacer- person, from building, making or having any oven or furnace, 
 
 tain manner, unless such oven or furnace communicate with, and open into, 
 
 a chimney of stone or brick, which shall rise at least three feet 
 
 higher than the top of the house or building in or in connexion 
 
 with which such oven or furnace shall be placed ; 
 
 Keeping and |4, For providing that gunpowder be safely kept in boxes of 
 Mwderf """ copper, tin or lead ; for regulating the quantity which may be 
 kept in each hpuse or building not being a powder magazine, 
 and for prohibiting the sale thereof after sun-set ; 
 
 15. For preventing the erection of furnaces for making 
 lirne"and*char. charcoal, and for regulating the manner in which quick lime 
 coal. 
 
 Di»charging 
 Pireworks. 
 
 Purchasing 
 
 lire-engines, 
 
 &c. 
 
 Preventing 
 thetts, &c., 
 
 may be kejit or deposited ; 
 
 16. For preventmg persons from throwing up Fire Works, 
 firing off Crackers (;?e^ar(fo), discharging Fire Arms, or light- 
 ing Fire in the open air, in any of the streets, or roads, or in 
 the neighborhood of any buildings, groves, liedges or fences 
 within llie Municipality ; 
 
 17. For defraying, out of the funds of the Municipality, all 
 such expenses as the Council may deem it just to incur, for the 
 purchase of engines, or any other kind of apparatus, or any 
 article whatsoever that may be necessary for the prevention of 
 accidents by fire, and for facilitating the means of arresting the 
 progress of fires ; 
 
 18. For preventing thefts and depredations at fires, and for 
 punishing any person who shall resist, oppose or ill-treat any 
 Member or Officer of the Council wiiile in the execution of the 
 duty assigned to him, or in the exercise of any power or 
 authority with which he may be invested in virtue of any 
 By-law made under the authority of this section ; 
 
 19. 
 
for makififf 
 
 atua, or any 
 
 1855. Acle des Mmicipalitis et Chemins^B. C. Cap. 100. 
 
 des 6chelle« de la ferrf nnv ♦«j«^ ^ i 
 
 .0.U aux somme,, J:^:^^^^; X'Z^ST,::^ 
 
 13. Pour empficher les bou|ane'cr<« nnfior^ " .„ 
 seurs, fabricanl« de potasse oi SlaC ou .S '' ^r^'" ^bliger cer- 
 turiers ou personnes, de eonstrn^rnn ' • l^^ manufac- tains'artisanta 
 
 neau amoiL nn'il ni «? '^onstruire ou avoir un four oU four- Aconstnme 
 neau d rnoins qu il ne communique a unc chemintic ^n ni*.rr„ '«"'« '""r- 
 ou en bnque et n'ouvre dans la dite rlnmin^^T *",? P^T^ "-aux d'une 
 minee devra s'elever a trois nipdrnn • ' ^'^''^"'' che- certaino ma- 
 
 Vive sera gard«e ou dlfoZ T ^ "'^"'^ '.";r' "»« 
 
 feuei. plein air, ou dans une rue ou chemh. '„n ,l. ="" '""^'.''li o„p«,„j,." 
 .age d'un Mifice, l^age „„„,6,°o dtriai^^^lt™-''" 
 
 « rour'';™str';;:^r:o:;;: ^l^^^^^t^zir^r'"'^^, ^*«. .« 
 
 55 
 
56 
 
 Cap. 1(K). 
 
 Municipal and Roatf Act L. C. 
 
 18 Vict. 
 
 Compeniatiiig 19. For defraying out of the nindsofthe Municipality any 
 per»ons expense which may be incurred by the Council for aseiBtinij 
 
 wounded or ' i j • t_ ,, "'•i i i n i • i 
 
 p*r/bfmin^ any person employed by such Conned, who shall have received 
 wrvioe* at any wotjnd ar contricted any sickness or disease while attend- 
 
 fami'liei ol" ^^^ *' *^"y ^"'' *'"' ^"^^ assisting or for providing for the wants of 
 jiewons killed, the family of any person who shall lose his life at any fire while 
 so employed ; and for granting rewards in money, medals or 
 otherwise, to persons who shall have performed any meritorious 
 action at any fire, or in saving persons i'rom drowning or from 
 other serious accidents : 
 
 mi 
 
 W 11 1 
 
 Authorizing 
 the destruc- 
 tion of houses 
 to stop fires, 
 kc. 
 
 Con^penia- 
 ti|in. 
 
 Regulatins 
 masters, ser- 
 vuuts, &c. 
 
 Gambling. 
 
 Preserving 
 
 20. For investing the Members of the Council and such 
 Officers as shall be designated in such By-laws, with the power 
 to cause to be blown up, pulled down, or otherwise destroyed, 
 any building or fen(!e which any such Member, or any such 
 Officer, shall deem it necessary to direct to be pulled down or 
 destroyed for the purpose of arresting the progress of any fire, 
 and for providing and paying an indemnity, when justly due, 
 to the owners of any building or fence so blown up, pulled 
 down or destroyed, or to any person sustaining any damage or 
 injury from any such acts ; 
 
 21. For regidfiting the condutit of apprentices, servants, la- 
 bourers and hired persons, and for the conduct of masters and 
 mistresses towards their said apprentices, servants, labourers or 
 hired pe .,ons irfthe Municipality ; 
 
 22. For preventing gambling and the keeping of gambling 
 houses in the Municipality ; 
 
 23. For 
 
 establishing 
 
 a Board or Boards of Health in the 
 
 j-ieser»iiig —•" a • - " "* *««-«,.... .•• w.i^ 
 
 pyblic he«lth. Municipality, and for appointing the Members of such Board 
 or Boards, and for securing the inhabitants of the Municipality 
 from contagious and pestilential diseases, or for diminishing 
 the danger i-esulting from the existence of such diseases ; 
 
 Compelling 24. For compelling the proprietors or occtipants of houses to 
 cleanliness in clean all stables, outhouses, privies and yards connected there- 
 yard*, &c. -^vith, at such times and in such manner as the Council may 
 deem expedient ; 
 
 pjeventing 25 For preventing the throwing, into any public street or 
 
 the deposit o( road, of any sweepings, filth, dirt, rubbish or ordure, and f( 
 fi^it^hinsteeets, enforcing the removal thereof; also for preventing and remc - 
 
 ing all encroachments and nuisances in or upon any street or 
 
 ro! d ; 
 
 26. For authorizing such Officers as shall be appointed by 
 the Council for that purpose, to visit and examine at suitable 
 times and hours to be fixed in and by such By-laws, as well 
 the inside as the outside of all houses, buildings and real pro- 
 perty of any description in the Municipality, for the purpose 
 of ascertaining whether the By-laws, to be made as afor«said, 
 
 have 
 
 Autliorizii'.g 
 Officers to^ 
 inspect pro- 
 perty, to see 
 that By-laws 
 are complied 
 with. 
 
lie street or 
 
 1855. Acte dea Municipalit6n et Chemim-^B. C. Cap. 100. r-y 
 
 19. Ponr payer A in6me les fond i. do la municipality tout« 
 d6pense qui aera encourcio par le fonspil nnn, T • V AwUfaQce 
 
 personno employee par lu mU m,n r^f. ' ? 'IT^*-*' ^"^'' ?!« ''"~°"" 
 .-.ntro^.' I-""J'«^^ I'rtr ui (jm aura rccu quelque b epoure ou blcmgoiam 
 
 ciontracte quelque maJadie a un inoend e ; ou pour spr>our\r .m '"^'""''"' «»' • 
 pourvoir aux besoms de la laniille dP, tv.r«»n^J ''f ^"""r ou „„ ,u^ f^. 
 Tui, qui p6riront dans quelqu' cendL'^^^^ A^^^^ ?*' millc.de ceux 
 
 recompeLs en argent^,:S::^aut ^ t^^X^^^^ '^"'''""'^*"" 
 qui auront fait quelque aetion m6ritoire dans un LcfSe on 
 
 ^0. 1 our rrvetir les membres du dit consoil oi ]...«:• 
 qui seront designee dans t.ttelrXlempm^in • ^"^^'V^ Pou'oirJe 
 
 sauter, demolir ou abnt.r. »., i ^? "^ ^"^ pouvoir de faire faire sauter 
 dit^ mprnhro a- • ^""« bfltiments ou clotures que les d^« '"•i'on* 
 
 ditsmembres ou oflieiers jugeront necessaire de fiire s«„/,^r P''""^''"!'" 
 
 aux propn6taires de tout tel batiment ou cl6tul «,sfo?fi" 
 
 ri;^?"!.™"--- « ■•'•sard d::r,^pv;'„;L rs ? .,t= 
 
 maf 
 
 engages et journaliers 
 
 i Cotuluite dM 
 
 apprentis, domestiques, ptemis et do- 
 
 mestiques, 
 etc. 
 
 Maisou dojeu, 
 
 etc. 
 
 22. Pour empficlier de jouer {gambling), vX de tenir des mai 
 sons ou places de jeu dans la municipality ; 
 
 23. Pour 6tablir un bureau ou des bureaux de sant(i dan« k 
 municipality, et en nommer les membres Pf nn„, "^ns la Bureaux d« 
 
 habitants de a municipaliti' des ZL lo'n f •' ^'''''''^'^ ^^' •""'"--*«"»" 
 t;ior,i!,.ii^„ " "/"'."^^P"*'"^ "*5s maladies contagieuses et nes- pubiique. 
 tilentielles, ou dimmuer le danger provenant de cos maladS ; 
 
 Jt :^;;s;:;s^tuS;'^r^3Srs^ '- "^^: r~' 
 
 d6pendemdetdlesmaiso„s,ate'li:^^^^^^^^^^ 
 
 que le conseil le jugera convenable ; mameie 
 
 rlpfK.i!''"' ^"^P^J'her de jeler dans les rues ou places publiques f , ■ 
 des balayures, ordures ou salotesnnplr>r.n«.,«o \ ^ puouques F.nicvoni«nt 
 ner I'enl^vpmnnt • wI^a '^^'^^*'*' q^^lconques, et pour en ordon- ^es ordures 
 Pmhnr" r ? " ' "^^""^que pour empScher, et enlever *ou3 ''''"' ''^'' '"•=»' 
 embarras et nmsanee dans les raesou places publinuesotnm^r "'" 
 les faire cesser et disparaltre ; »qi'i-s, ei pour 
 
 26 Pourautoriser tels ofRciers qui seront nomm,^« no, i 
 conseil pour eet objet, a visiter et examiner aux temrrh^eures d''"^"^^^'°" 
 '°"''"ueiv'vt^"-^ "r fi^^^P^rtels r6glementTl'lSu otvi 
 
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 have been duly observed, and <or obliging all proprietors, pos- 
 sessors or occupants of such houses, buildings or real property, 
 to admit such officers and persons into and upon the same at 
 the times and hours, and for tlie purposes afosesaid ; 
 
 violentdrlving ^'^' ^*^' preventing persons Irom passing along the public 
 or riding. Streets or roads in any vehicle or on horseback at any faster 
 pace than an ordinary trot ; 
 
 Ki"Lus^ r..^®- ^"""^ providing within the Municipality if there be no 
 
 in default of ' P^strict Gaol therein, a lock-up-house or other place for the safe 
 
 Gaol keepmg of persons sentenced to any term of imprisonment not 
 
 exceeding thirty days under any of ihe provisions of this Act, 
 
 or of the ordinance mentioned in the next following paragraph. 
 
 CLAUSES OF QUEBEC AND MONTREAL POLICE ORDINANCE. 
 RELATING TO DISORDERLY PERSONS EXTENDED TO TOWN 
 AND VILLAGE MUNICIPALITIES. 
 
 ) l\ 
 
 Certain sec> 
 tion of Ord. of 
 L. C. 2 V. c. 
 2, as amended 
 by7V. C.21, 
 and 9 V. c. 23. 
 
 To what place 
 offenders may 
 be Gommittcd. 
 
 Qualification 
 of voters at 
 
 XXV. And be it enacted, That the eighth, ninth, tenth and 
 eleventh clauses of th^ Ordinance of the Legislature of Lower 
 Canada, passed in the second year of the Reign of Her Majesty, 
 intituled. An Ordinance for establishing an efficient system of 
 Police in the Cities of Quebec and Montreal, as amended by an 
 Act passed in the seventh year of Her Majesty's Reign, inti- 
 tuled. An Act to alter and amend certain provisions of the Ordi- 
 nance of the Governor and Council of Lower Canada of the 
 second year of Her Majestfs Reign, intituled, An Ordinance for 
 establishing an efficient system of Police in the Cities of Quebec 
 and Montreal, and by an Act passed in the ninth year of Her 
 Majesty's Reign, intituled. An Act to amend the Acts amending 
 certain provisions of the Ordinance far establishing an efficient 
 system of Police in the Cities of Quebec and Montreal, shall extend 
 to and have force of law in every Town and Village Municipality 
 hereafter erected or existing under the provisions of this Act ; 
 and that in every case where under any of the provisions con- 
 tained in the said clauses of the said Ordinance so as afore- 
 said amended a Justice of the Peace may commit any person 
 brought before him, in either of the cities mentioned in the said 
 Ordinance, to the Common Gaol or House of Correction, it shall 
 he lawful for any Justice of the Peace to commit any person 
 brought before him in any such Municipality to imprisonment 
 for any term not exceeding thirty days, either in the Common 
 Gaol of the District, or in any lock-up-house or other place pro- 
 vided by the Municipal Council for that purpose. 
 
 PERSONS QUALIFIED TO VOTE FOR MEMBERS OF LOCAL 
 
 COUNCILS. 
 
 XXVL No person shall be entitled to vote at any election of 
 Members of any Local Council, unless he be of the male sex 
 
 of 
 
59 
 
 1855. ActedcsMunicipalitesetClvemim-B.a Cap 100 
 ordinaire • *^ pubUques, plus vite qu« le irot d'«lier tron 
 
 ' vite en voitiire 
 
 ou d cheval. 
 
 condarnn6es a pas plus de trente jours de prison en ierhwln! '"'"'^ ''« ?"'<»' - 
 
 feciy dam la miles de Quebec et de Montreal, i^ ZZ,l^ " ""'S"- 
 annee du regne de Sa Maiestg fntU^T^ 4, ^ neuvieme 
 
 terme qui n'excMera pas trente iours «Ht J^«^ i ^ 
 commune du district nutans toutexnaisoTouau.ri' r^^l" 
 detention 6tabli par le eonseil munieira Ipom cetrL torn: 
 personne amenee devant lui dans une lies d^ites munidpalit^l^ 
 
 PERSONNES QUALIFI^ES A VOTER A L'^LFPTmw nr-o 
 MEMBRES DES CONSERS LOCAUX ^ ^^^ ^^^^ 
 XXVI. Aucune personne n'aura droit de vnf^i- .^ lui «• 
 des memb., d-un'oon^il local , It ^u^L^LtX «Sr 
 
 sexe 
 
"I 
 
 60 
 
 Municipal 
 Elections : 
 to property. 
 
 ai 
 
 Residence. 
 
 Not being in 
 arre^r for 
 taxes. 
 
 Meeting ol' 
 qualified elcc< 
 tors every se- 
 cond year. 
 
 Notice of 
 Meeting, and 
 by whom 
 given in first 
 instance : 
 
 IForm A.] 
 
 And after- 
 wards. 
 
 Who may be 
 elected. 
 
 dtp. 100. Municipal and Road Act L. C. 18 .Vict. 
 
 of the full age of twenty-one, and a natural bom or naturalized 
 subject of Her Majesty, nor unless at the time of giving his 
 vote at such election, he be possessed as proprietor, either in his 
 own right or in the right of his wife, and for his own proper use 
 and benefit, or for the use and benefit of his wife, of a real estate 
 in the Local Municipality in which the election is held, mjie/j in 
 cermve, in francaleu^ or in free and common soccage, of the 
 yearly value of at least forty shillings currency, or shall hold, 
 as a tenant or lessee, in such Local Municipality, an estate of 
 the yearly value of at least five pounds currency, or shall be 
 otherwise liable to assessment under this Act ; nor unless, 
 in either case, he shall have resided in such Local Municipality 
 during at least the year next preceding the day of the opening 
 of such election ; nor at any election after the first, unless he 
 shall have paid all rates or local taxes due by him at any time 
 before the election, whether the same were imposed for Muni- 
 cipal or Educational purposes. 
 
 ELECTION OF COUNCILLORS. 
 
 XXVIL A public meetir.g of the inhabitants qualified to vote 
 shall be held in each Local Municipality, in the month ol 
 July, in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, 
 in the month of January, one thousand eight hundred and 
 fifty-eight; and in the month of January in every second year 
 thereafter, for the general election of Local Councillors. Public 
 notice of the meeting to be held in each Local Municipality 
 for such General Election in the month of July, one thousand 
 eight hundred and fifty-five, shall be given by the Registrar 
 of Deeds for the County, or if part of the County be in one Re- 
 gistration Division and part in another, then by the Registrar 
 lor the Registration Division in which the greater part of the 
 County lies, or if there be in the County two or more Regis- 
 tration Districts or Divisions, then by the Registrar of the first 
 Registration District or Division, or the Registration District 
 or Division Number one in the County, or, in his default, 
 by his Deputy Registrar, and the term " Registrar " in any ol' 
 the following provisions shall include the Deputy Registrar. 
 Public notice of every such subsequent meeting shall be given 
 by the Warden of the County, or in his ab;?ence or default by 
 the Registrar ; and the said Councillois shall be chosen from 
 among the inhabitants of the Local Municipality, or if the 
 same be a Parish, or Township Municipality from among the 
 inhabitants of any Town or Village Municipality, within ihe 
 limits of such Parish or Township, whether they be or be 
 not qualified to vote at such election ; but no person shall be so 
 elected unless at the time of such election he be possessed as 
 proprietor, either in his own right or in the right of his wife, of 
 a real estate held in fief in cfnsive in franc aleu, or in free and 
 common soccage, in the Municipality of the value of one hun- 
 dred and fifty jpounds currency : 
 
1855. 
 
 Actt des MuniaipaliUs et Chemins^B. C. Cap. 100. 
 
 61 
 
 RCsidencr. 
 
 payer lt» coti- 
 
 sexe masculin, ag6e de vingt-et-un ans accomplis, suiet de Sa ^. ^ 
 
 donuera sa voix a teJle election, elle ne poss^de, pour son out,.t a la 
 propre profit ou pour J'usage et profit de sa^femme en qialh6 ?-Fi'tJ! 
 de propri6taire, soit en son propre nom soit au Aom de sa 
 femme, dans la municipa!it6 locilc ou se fera Ja dhniection 
 un bien-fonds tenu en fief, ou en censive, ou en franc-alleu ou 
 en franc et commun soccage, de la valeur' annuelle d'au nJoins 
 quarante chehns coumnt, ou bien a moins qu'elle ne tTenne 
 
 ilnTenZn' 7 t ^T'^ ^"'^^ ^"^ ^'^^^ munlcipali^ local"' 
 nn b]en.fonds de la valeur annuelle d'au moins cina iom'V 
 ou quelle ne soit autroment sujettc a £lre cT«6e e\ vertu 
 de cet aetc, ni a moins encore que, dans I'un ou I'lufre 
 «a ci.dessus,cette personne n'ait rCside dans la dite munic^ 
 paht6 locale durant au moins I'ann^c qui aura imSiSent 
 pr6c6d6 le jour de Pouvenure de la dite 61ectionTf qu'f S 
 election subsfiquente a la premiere, elle n'ait pay6 touiescot^sa — ' 
 ions ou taxes locales par elle dueL a une 6poque Srieure A S." 
 I'election, soit qu'elles aient 6t6 imposees pSnr des fins r^ini! 
 cipalcs ou pour des fins d'6ducation. 
 
 ELECTIONS DES CONSEiLLERS. 
 XXVII Une assemblee publique des habitants qualifies a * v, 
 
 f„w ?««♦ • ^^^^^^^^^P ^"caux dans le niois de juillet mil '!'""'''*» f'-'s 
 huit cent cmquanlo-cmq, dans le mois de Janvier rnil huiV*'' ''""^ «"^- 
 cent cinquante-lniit, et dans le mois de Janvier tous es dZx nn« 
 ensmvants. Avis public del'as.embl6e qui devraXtete^^ 
 cbaque mumcipalite locale pour telle ^V-c- K.^SraL dan.T ^'''I'l ''"• 
 
 regisirateur clu comt6, ou si partie ducomte se trouve dans nnp ^^ "™ 
 
 division d'erregislrement, et partie dans une autr^ aW nar '°""'- 
 
 le r6giRtrateur pour la division d'enregislrementrn^lioL^? 
 
 5era situee la plus grande partie duX^^Z^^^^^ ^'°"""'' ^'^ 
 
 pusieurs districts ou divisions d'enregistrement dais le comS 
 
 alors par le reg.strateur du premier district ou Til nreSl' ' 
 
 d vision d'enregistrement, ou du district ou delaSic^ 
 
 d'enregistrement num^ro un dans le c.omt6, ou a son d6fau Tar 
 
 i'on deput6-r6gistrateur, (et le terme " Iledstratenr » Ino ^i 
 
 dispositions suivantcs' ^omprendra t^t-t6-r^gistmtet^^ 
 
 Avis pubhc dechuque assemblee subsequente\.erVdonnrS^^ . ■ u 
 
 S: etle^Sire-ll""'^''""^?""'^^ 
 
 de town^ship, parmi lels habitlnl"SrS^^^^^^^^ "'^'''^^• 
 
 oude village dans les limited de tellf. n«v,v ";.?.1.l„. . ''"^ 
 
 raumcjpahle de la valeur do cent cinquante louis ; 
 
62 
 
 Cap. 100. 
 
 Municipal and Road Act L. C. 
 
 18 Vict. 
 
 I 'H 
 
 Appointment 2. The Registraj or the Warden, as the case may be, shall 
 JJesifie aTsuch ^PP«'"^ ^ ^^ ^nd proper person to preside at each of such 
 Meetings. meetings, and shall give to such person special notice of his 
 [Form C.J appointment, and of the time and place at which the first session 
 
 of the Councillors, elected at the meeting to be presided over 
 
 by him, shall be held ; 
 
 Who shall 3. If on the day appointed for the general election of Local 
 
 prw'de in de. Councillors, the person named by the Registrar or Warden to 
 p*ereon so ap- preside at the meeting, be absent therefrom, then the senior 
 pointed. Justice of the Peace there present, or in the absence of a Justice 
 
 of the Peace, any person chosen from amongst themselves by 
 a majority of the persons constituting such meeting, shall pre- 
 side thereat, and perform, in so far as regards the said election 
 and the proceedings consequent thereupon, the same duties as 
 are required to be performed by the person appointed by the 
 Registrar or Warden as aforesaid ; 
 
 Person pre- '*• ^^ person shall be disqualified for election as a Council- 
 siding not dis- lor because he presides at the Election ; 
 
 qualiticd. 
 
 Powers of per- '^- The person presiding shall, during the election, be a con- 
 son presiding servator of the peace, and shall be invested with th« same 
 fh'^ n»!.!r/^'"^ powers for the preservation of the peace and the apprehension, 
 imprisonment, holdmg to bail, trying or convicting violators of 
 the law, as are vested in the Justices of the Peace, whether he 
 do or do not possess the legal property qualification of a Justice 
 of the Peace ; 
 
 6. In order to maintain the peace and preserve order at 
 
 Such person 
 
 preserve 
 
 [FonnU.] 
 
 [Form v.] 
 
 may command every such election, the person presiding thereat may command 
 assistance, the assistance of all Justices of the Peace, Constables and 
 cklcons'tab'lcs o^hcr persons residing in t ha County, and may also swear in 
 &c. ' ' as many Special Constables as he shall deem necessary ; he 
 may also commit to the charge and custody of any Constable 
 or other person, on view, for any period not exceeding forty- 
 eight hours, any person whom he shall find breaking the peace 
 or disturbing public order at any such election, or he may, by 
 a Warrant under his hand, commit the oflender to the common 
 gaol of the district in which the Municipality is situate, or to < 
 any Lock-up-House or other place established for the safe 
 keeping of prisoners in any Municipality within the County, 
 for any period not exceeding ten days ; 
 
 Pooll Book to 7. If there be more than seven Candidates at any election, the 
 be kept ii person presiding shall take down, or cause to be taken down, 
 seven camli- ^''*' ^'"^^==^ "^ ^''^^ electors present, in a Poll Book kept for that 
 dates. purpose, and shall declare such seven Candidates as have the 
 
 largest number of votes in their favor, to be duly elected Coun- 
 Castin,!? vote, cillors ; and if an equal number of votes be polled for any two 
 
 ..f ,K„ /-i„„,i:.i„..... ^|jg person presiding shall be en- 
 
 or more of the Candidates, 
 
 If th«re be no tilled to votc, but in such case only ; and he shall give his cast 
 
 seven lanll - ^"f* ^^^^ '" ^'^^"'' ^^ ^^^'^ Candidate or Candidates as he shall 
 lliink fit; au^ lit; shaU be cm^tje(4 lu give sugji casting vote, 
 
 tlutt'i-, 
 
1855, 
 
 Acte des Municipaims et Chemim^B. C. Cap. 100. 
 
 en 
 
 2. Le r6gistrateur ou le prefet, selon ]e cas, nommera nne v • 
 
 assembJee et donnera a telle personne avis special de sanotni- ^^ ««"« 
 nation, et du temps etdu lieu o» sera tenue la premiere session '"''*''"^'^^- 
 des conseillers elus a I'assemblee presidee par lui ; [Formule C] 
 
 3. Si au jour fixe pour I'election generale des conspillrr., In d 
 
 caux la personne nommee par le rftistrateurou Spr'fe pot ^^^T 
 presider I'assemblee, est absente, alors le plus ancien iuge de '"*/""' '^" ^'^^ 
 paix present, ou en I'absence d'un juge de paix, una pirfonne ""^'"^ '"'""»«• 
 choisie par la majorite des personnes formant telle assemble 
 presidera et rempl.ra en ce qui concerne la dite Election et Ls 
 actes qui s'y rattachent tous les m#mes devoirs qui sont imposts 
 a la personne nomm6e par le registrateur ou par le prefet ; 
 
 4 Nulle personne ne sera rcndiie ineligible comme consciller 
 par le fait qu'ellc presidera telle election ; "nseiuer 
 
 5. La personne qui presidera sera pendant I'election, un con- 
 servateur de la paix, et jouira des luemes pouvoirs que esjuges 
 de paix pour le mamtien d'icelle, et pour I'arrestatL, I'mS 
 sonnement, le eauf.onnement, ou le procf^s et la eonv etioTde 
 quiconque enfreindra la loi et troublera le bon ordre, et ce lors 
 m6me que la dite personne presidant ainsi n'aura pas la quali! 
 fication terntoriale d'un juge de paix, telle que voSlue pa^la 
 
 6. A I'eflbt de maintenir la paix et le bon ordre k toute telle n 
 rt?wiT t'f''^'^ personne qui la presidera de requ ! ^Z^ 
 nil assistance de Ions juges de paix, constables et autres per- <«"«^«' ««««'• 
 sonnes residant dans le comte, et aussi d'assermenter umLtL "'^"^" •'^ 
 constables speciaux qu'elle le ugera n/cessaY" "t ^^^^^^^^^ T"^"' 
 aussi, a vue, eommettre A la garde de lout constable ou^au re rF , n , 
 personne, pendant une p6riode n'excedant pas quarante^huTt ^ """'' ""'^ 
 heures, quiconqnc enfreindra la paix ou troublera le bon ordre 
 a oute telle election ; ou ellc pourra, par un 6crit de sa main' 
 fai e emprisonner le delinquant dans la prison commun™ du 
 district, dans lequcl sera situee la municipalite ou dans toute f*^"™"'*' ^"^ 
 inaison ou autre lieu de detention etabli pour la garde des pri- 
 «onniersdans toute municipalite dans le comte "pendant une 
 |)eriode de temps n'excedant pasdix jours • ' 
 
 Le prutiilent 
 sera ^ligibles 
 comme con- 
 seillflr. 
 
 Le president 
 sera un con- 
 servateur do 
 la paix— ses 
 pouvoirs. 
 
 declarera duement elus coiiseillers,' le,s sept candiSs nui ai 
 rontobtenu le plus grand nombre des voix, et e , crd'T^LlI A 
 de yoixdonneesadeuxouplus des dits andidats le frif 
 dent aura droit de voter, inais dans ce cas seSent ^etU v • - 
 donnera amsi la voix preponderante en favcurTe ce u ou de Sn^ "" 
 eux des candidats qu'il jugcra a propos de choisir, laquelle 
 ^o.x preponderante 11 auva droit rledonner, soit qu'il ahfou 
 
 ii'ait 
 
fid 
 
 Poll may be 
 f:ontinue<t to 
 ci'cofld day if 
 all votes not 
 I>oIled oil first 
 
 64 Cap. 100. Municipal and Road Act L. C. 18 Vict. 
 
 whether he be otherwise qualified to vote or not; and whenever 
 the election is not opposed by more than three persons qualified 
 to vote thereat, the person presiding shall declare the Candi- 
 dates duly elected : 
 
 8. If the votes of all the electors present have not been polled 
 by the hour of five in the afternoon of the first day of the said 
 meeting, the person presiding shall adjourn the proceedings 
 thereof to the hour often in the forenoon of the following day, 
 when he shall continue to take down the votes ; and he shall 
 close the election at the iiour of five in the afternoon of the said 
 HCcond day (whether any more votes remain to bo polled or 
 not) and shall then declare duly elected Councillors such of 
 the Candidates as shall be entitled to be so declared elected ; 
 
 9. If at any time after the votes have commenced to be 
 polled, eirher on the first or on the second day of the said elec- 
 tion, one hour elapse without any vote being polled, it shall be 
 the duty of the person presiding, alter the expiration of the said 
 hour, to close the said election and declare duly elected as 
 Councillors such Candidates as shall be entitled to be so de- 
 clared elected : Provided that no person shall have been within 
 the last hour prevented from approaching the poll by violence, 
 of which notice shall have been given to the person presiding ; 
 
 10. Every person tendering his vote shall, before voting, if 
 required by the person presiding, or by any one of the Candi- 
 dates at the said election, or by any person representing any 
 such Candidate, or by any inhabitant qualified to vote'at the 
 said election, tnke the following oath before the person pre- 
 siding : 
 
 " I swear {or afiirm) that I am entitled lo take part in the 
 " proceedings oi this meeting, that I am twenty-one years of 
 " age, that I am duly qualified to vote at this election, that 1 
 '■'■ have paid all local rates or taxes due by me, and that I have 
 " not already voted at this election. So help me God." 
 
 Notice to bf XXVIII. The person presiding at any such election sball,within 
 
 ailorVdectcd" ^^^ ^^^^^ ^^■•"" *'*'' ^^°^*^ "^ ^^^ election, give special notice of 
 his election to each of the CounuiUors so elected, and of the 
 j)lace, day and hour determined upon by the Registrar or 
 H'arden, and at which such Councillor will be required to 
 aftend, for tJie holding of the first session of the Council after 
 such election. The Councillors so elected shall enter upon 
 the duties of their o/fice, as such, respectively on the day of their 
 election, and remain in office until the day of the next general 
 election, and thereafter until their successors are elected or 
 appointed : 
 
 To be closed 
 if no vote be 
 offered for an 
 hour ; 
 
 I'rovideil ppr- 
 Kons have not 
 been prevent- 
 ed from vot- 
 ing, bj viol- 
 ence. 
 
 Voter may b-; 
 required to 
 take an onth. 
 
 Oatb. 
 
 Fiitry into 
 ofiice. 
 
 [Form E.] 
 
 Notice to 
 Warden or 
 Registrar. 
 
 2. The person presiding at every such meeting shall, within 
 eight days after the day appointed for such meeting by a letter 
 under his hand, inform the Warden, or, if there be no such officer, 
 
person pre- 
 
 IW5. ActedesMunia-paimsetChemins-^B.C. Cap. 100. 
 
 le president ajournera jL rI?Mh' ' • '^" ' •? °"* P^« 6*6 prises, 
 dix heur.,sdul„a™nd^, our su va'm'r' ''! " ^'^f ^^^^'"^^^^ ^ 
 enregistrer Jes voix et /l Trf tl ' t"'^^' J''"'" ^^ continuera 4 
 
 heurlsdusoirdud'it slond ou^ f v ''' •''^'^'^^•"" « ^»"^ 
 <les "oix a donner) et Hp nr« i '' ' ^'S^-'^ ^ '^'^ ^^^or^, ou non 
 
 ^-. les ein, can^^^rato^- ^^^^^^^^^ f — sei,-' 
 
 t^menl'd^s vrVohtnr^' '^ commencement de J'enregis- 
 
 election, il swCit'V;r Ss^ i^ T"' J""^ ^^' ^^ d^"'^ 
 voix, il seradu devoir . lu nresirn,^ I j^o't enregisfre ancune 
 dite heure expiree, de c ore a ^ ^.f ' '' '^"" T'^'^blee, la 
 duement 61u8 consdllers comm, ! ^ f ^^""' f ^ '^"^ Proolamer 
 ie droit de I'^tre ; pourvu Tu^nS^^^^ "' ''"^'*^'^''^ ''"' ^'""•'" 
 niereheuren'ait 6t6emn^V.E p P^^"""*' pnidant la dor- 
 H de laquclle"! ^^T^^^^ ^|" P^'l' P- violence, 
 dora ; "'"■ '^vis a i.i j)orf<onne (jiii presi- 
 
 si le president de ^Z'semhlG^ '^ ' 'T'' '" '""■'"^^"^ ^'"^ant, 
 ^•lection, on son reprSeSn? ''"'1 eandidats a la dif J 
 
 voteraladiteeleeS^SiJ^^^^^^^^^ ''«bi,ants cjualiiies a 
 
 ^'"^^^^J^'^tZJ^.I '"'^ deprend^parta 
 "«uis duement qualifif vZpr F f "^m^'-^'""" ^^'^^ ^"e je 
 " tontes cotisatioSs ou lax;VEp "f^ *^^'^'^''""' '!"« J'^i paye 
 " vot. , cette .lection : ^l;;:!^^r Sli ^l^i^^ ^^^ 
 
 nerachacun des cinq C.oillers Lj " r ^f '^^^^'^"". de don-' 
 
 «on 61ection ainsi que du lion Hn '^^'"'' /''''' '^P*^^^'''^' de 
 
 Parle registrateur ^ou le prefeT^m ' T,'^' ^'''""^^' ^^^^'^ 
 
 t«nn d'etre present pour l^Z^^ -'"^ 'r'"'^''' '^'^-'^ 
 
 devra avoir lieu ap4.1eur elect of %:'"'" ',\' ^^^^'^^^^^ 1"^ 
 entrei-ont respectivemcnt en h";.. «""««dlers ainsi elus 
 
 ni^medeleur^electioretii: eseSir"'" /^^^^' ^^^ ^^"^ 
 t vement jusqu'au jour de la Droch«ino 'i f' '"^^'^^^'^^ i««pec- 
 
 65 
 
 La votafion 
 
 j>oiirra dtre 
 
 cotitiniide 
 
 pendant deux 
 joufb, si uii 
 jour ne siiffit 
 pas pour ins- 
 crire toutes 
 les voix. 
 
 La vofafjtn 
 sera close s'il 
 s'^coule una 
 heure sans 
 •ju'il soit 
 oonne devoir. 
 
 Serment sera 
 pr6t6 par le 
 voteur, s'il en 
 est requis. 
 
 Formule du 
 serment. 
 
 Avis de Fin 
 f^lection sera 
 il'inne a 
 chaque con- 
 seillor 6lu, 
 
 Entree en 
 charjj'e. 
 
 [Formula E.) 
 
 
GC 
 
 Cap. 100. Municipal and Road Ad L. C. 18 Vict. 
 
 tForm F.] 
 
 DeliveriiiR oj 
 Poll Books, 
 ttc. 
 
 AppointrriPiit 
 of Councillors 
 'iy the (ji)- 
 vernor iflhey 
 aranutcluott'd. 
 
 the Registrar, of the; result of such meeting, and (if an election 
 took place,) of the names, occupation and residence of each of 
 the CouncillorB elected thereat ; and shall deliver up the Poll 
 Book kept at such election, and certified by him, to the War- 
 den or Registrar. And the Warden or Registrar, as the case 
 may be, shall deliver to the Secretary -Treasurer of the County 
 Council, without delny, if there be any such Officer, and, if not, 
 immediately after his appointment, all 8uch letters and Poll 
 Books, together with a Certificate or Certificates of the public 
 notice of all such meetings held in ihe County having been 
 duly given. 
 
 XXIX. If any such meeting do not take place at the time 
 appoinied in the public notice, or if it take place and no elec- 
 tion of -Councillors be made, or less than five Councillors be 
 elected thereat, the Registrar or Warden, so soon as the fact 
 comes to his knowledge, shall notify the same to the Provincial 
 Secretary, for the information of the Governor, who, if no 
 election has taken place at such meeting, shall select and 
 appoint seven Councillors duly qualified as aforesaid, and who, 
 u any number less than five Councillors have been elected at 
 such meeting, shal' appoint a sufficient number of Councillors 
 to complete the required number; and the Councillor or 
 Councillors so appointed, shall have the same powers, perform 
 Jie same duties, and be subject to the same penalties as if they 
 biid been elected; 
 
 2. The Councillors so appointed shall enter upon the duties 
 of their office as such, respectively, on the day on which 
 special notice of their appointment is given to them by the 
 Registrar or Warden, and remain in office until the day of the 
 next general election, and thereafter until th'iir successors are 
 elected or appointed ; 
 
 riaceandtiuie 3. The Registrar or Wardiiii, in giving such special notice, 
 
 of first Seisi.iii shall also notify the Councillors so appointed of the place, day 
 
 totJienif'''*^'' ^"^ ^'""'* ^^ which the first session of the Council after such 
 
 appointment is to be held ; and tlu; said day shall be some day 
 
 between the first and second Sundays after such notice. 
 
 SKSSrONS OF LOCAL COUNCILS, ELECTION OU APPOINTMENT 
 
 OF MAYOR, &c. 
 
 Their poweif. 
 
 Kntry into 
 office. 
 
 Term of offn't'. 
 
 First Meet- 
 ing, &c. 
 
 Quorum. 
 
 XXX. The seven Councillors elected or appoinied in the 
 manner by this Act prescribed, shall meet at the place, on the 
 day, and at the Lour determined upon by Ihc Registrar or 
 Warden for holding the first session of the Council after their 
 election, or appointment: and at all other subsequent sessions of 
 the Council : 
 
 2. Four Members of the (/ouncil shall form a quorum ; 
 
 Appointmei.t 3. On the first day of every such first session of the Council, 
 of Secretary- the Councillors then present, after having appointed a Secretary- 
 Treasurer and Treasurer, shall elect one of their number to be the Mayor of 
 
 Mayor. •' jjjg 
 
1855. 
 
 ?POINTMEJST 
 
 Acte des MunicipaliUs et CkeminsS. C. Cap. 100 
 
 67 
 
 .] 
 
 public da ■„„.„ .elles as»e„br;nuS'!,a';,tc:,m."r "^ 
 
 I'infomiat on du jronvernpnr „„; ^" ''^^^'^V^"*. provmcjal pour 
 tion a telle a Jmb S d.o^; n 'pI n "' ""'' ^^" '^""""'' ^''«'^- 
 
 conseillers a telle assfmhl/l . "'' "^"'"« <^^ ^«Pt 
 
 pour complete hf ol r Iv ,«^ "" ""T^^^ ?^«-"^ 
 
 les mfimes devoirs ft « rAni 1 "^"'<^'' pouvoir.s it remplirnnt voir.. '^ 
 .'il.s avaient JHils : '"""' '""""^ ""^ ""''"^'^ P'>^'«lit^- q"« 
 
 special Jle lour notr,i„:S^;:^J ^^ g^^^ ^ ^nS^' V'T ''"''"' 
 
 3. Le reglstraWr oil le prefet, en donmnf t,.l .„ :« ' • . 
 notihera en mfime temps le. conse tiers Snn - ^''T''^' ^« "«"' -»-■ 
 
 ponspil nni ,!«„»., • uLiKiiti u prciriuiro session du *«s'''on le"r 
 
 conseilqui devra suivre cette nomination ; e! ce ioni rJpv™ *'''°"^"»»'fi° 
 6tre nn .,our entre le premier et le seonnrl Airv *-'' '""^ *?^v^«i 
 vront la dite nomination! "'' chmanches qni s„i. 
 
 SESSIONS DES CONSEILS LOCAUX-EI F^Tr^^' r.rr 
 NOMINATION DU MaYre ^^^ ^ '^^^' ^^^ 
 
 a. Qnati* meinbres du conseil formeront un ^or,,m ; 
 
 la 
 
 idi. 
 
 Qitormi 
 

 it i 
 
 68 
 
 Who shall be 
 Mayoi if no 
 rli-ction is 
 made on hist 
 tijy ofScsnon. 
 
 Cap. 100. Municipal and Road Act L.C- 18 Vict. 
 
 the Local Municipality ; and every such officer shall be de- 
 signated as " The Mayor of the Parish (or Townihip or 
 Townships, nr of the part of the Parish or 
 
 Township, or Town m- Village, as the ca-te may be) of '" 
 
 [here insert the name of the Local Municipalitf/) ; 
 
 4. If no election of a Mayor take place as aforesaid on the 
 first day of the daid (Session of the Council, then the person 
 who was elected Councillor by the greatest number of votes, 
 or the senior in age of any two of such Councillors who may 
 have been elected by an e<|ual number of votes (such immber 
 being greater than the number n-cordcd in favor of any other 
 of Mich Councillors,) shall be the Mayor; and if any one or 
 more of such Councillors have been elected, and the others 
 nppointcid by the Governor, that one of the jwrsons so elected 
 by the greatest number of votes shall be the Mayor; and if all 
 the said Councillors have been appointed by the (iovemor, 
 then Ihf Councillor first named in the letter making their ap- 
 pointment known, shall be the Mayor ; 
 
 5. The Secretary-Treasurer of the Local Council shall, im- 
 mediately after the Ele(;tion or appointment of the Mayor, 
 sigiiiiy such Kledioii or appoinlment to the Warden of the 
 County or to tin; Registrar, if there be no Warden at the time 
 of such Election or appointment. 
 
 VACANCIES. 
 
 XXXI. Whenever any Councillor dies, or has been absent 
 from the Local Municipality, or has been incapable to act as 
 such through infirmity, illness or otherwise, for three calendar 
 juonths, the remaining Councillors, shall at the next Meeting 
 of the Council after such decease or after the expiration of the 
 said tliree months choose from among the inhabitants of 
 the ^Municipality another Councillor in the stead of the Coun- 
 cillor so deceased, absent or incapa imitated : Provided always, 
 that nol withstanding the decease, absence or incapacity to act 
 of any such Councillors the remaining Councillors shall con- 
 tinue; to exercise the same powers and periorm the same 
 duties as they would have been required to exercise or per- 
 form, if the decease, absence or incapacity to act of such 
 Councillor, had not oi'curred : 
 
 2. If the Councillor in whose stead another has been elected 
 as aforesaid, be the Mayor, then fhe Members of the Council 
 shall, on the first day of 1 he first session of the Council nexti 
 i\{li<v the electiim of his successor to the office ol Councillor, 
 elect another Mayor in the imuiner above prescribed ; 
 
 Twni ol o*"!' « 'A- Every Councillor so elected or appointed in the stead of 
 ojnowCoun- another, sliall T^Mflf^i" ^^i ^^'^^^ tor the remainder of the period 
 ?Ml."r-: for which his pretjtjo^ssor had btje^ elected or appointed, and 
 
 K all III)- 
 < Viiincilbri 
 are appointed 
 by the (in. 
 vernor. 
 
 Notice of eteo" 
 tion l^i|,'lli^In|l 
 to Muyori he 
 
 [Form Q.] 
 
 Vnraiici«8 in 
 the Council, 
 how lilleU up. 
 
 J'roviso : 
 
 Vacancy not 
 to afTect acts 
 of others. 
 
 If the person 
 pccasioninK; 
 the vacancy 
 be the Mayor. 
 
 no longer. 
 
 APPOINTMENT 
 
>«5. Act. ,,n MuninvaliU, « a,„,;„_B. c. C„p. ,«,, 
 Ju municipalh*'' locale • et fm.f f«i rr • 
 
 pus grand uorubre do voix' . ^1?? nl f -'T''''''"'' I''''- '^' 
 
 pour aucun autre do" ts con L Lr.f"'"^ '^"': ^'''''" '"""'^'^^'re 
 plusieurs des dits oonsojron'!^ {.];;;-"-- \ "t - un ou 
 
 plus grand nombre t e v i x e a 2'rV'"'.'- '^ ^'\ •''"^' '"'^ '<" 
 
 n()mm6 le premier dans la let n.^?." ? ' "'*""" '*' t'"nsei||,.r 
 ".ttioM, sera ma ire / '""^ connaftre telle „omi- 
 
 G9 
 
 C"iiiiel||«-r qui 
 ncrii nmirp, 
 »'<' n'est \>M 
 •'omni«5 de 
 inaire lo pr.s 
 inier jour lie 
 'a sission. 
 
 Si toiiji Ie» 
 <f»ii»eillefs ont 
 elu iioninn^a 
 par li> j;ouver< 
 neur. 
 
 J. Le secr6taire-tr6soWer du conseil InonI • -c 
 
 [Foriiiule Q.J 
 
 VACANCES. 
 
 tel, soit par iXm it^.' Zl^ i '"" '"^^P^^i'^' d'agir eomme 
 
 n.Jisdec'aleodl"r:t\utttLs:nieT.'"^ ^^:^'^"^ '-- 
 du conBeil qui aura lieu amV. tnf l- ' ' ' ''^ P«^"»^>-e session 
 
 de la dite p^riode de t 2 mo.? 1 ""' "" ''^'^''^ I'expiration 
 -P^oesseur aval. e,. ^fu » C^t.^Tas ff 'loS SS'L,- 
 
 I '^ 'a seiller. 
 
 NOMINATION 
 
 Vitcances dans 
 1«? oonseil ; 
 comment elles 
 spront rem- 
 plics. . 
 
 Proviso. 
 
 Les vacancps 
 n'nffc'cteiont 
 pas lesi actes 
 lies autres 
 fonseillers. 
 
 Crts oil le 
 maire a cr£e 
 la vacance. ' 
 
i^\ 
 
 .liSi 
 
 I tM 
 
 ' ttu 
 
 II! 
 m 
 
 Cap. 100. Municipal and Road Act L. C. 18 "icx 
 
 APPOINTMENT OF CERTAIN OFFICERS. 
 
 XXXII. In addition to the Ofllcers which every Municipal 
 Council is hereinbefore required to appoint, every Loct.1 
 Council, at its first General Session, or at a Special Session 
 to be held within fifteen days from the first day of such General 
 Session, shall also appoint : 
 
 Three "^''aluators ; each of whom shall be possessed of a pro- 
 perty qualification equal to that required of Municipal Council- 
 lors by this Act : The appointment of any person not so qualified 
 shall be null and void, and each Valuator : 'lall immediately 
 after his e.ppointment take an oath Vveil and faithfully to fuifil 
 the duties of his office ; 
 
 Road Officers, And a;? many Inspectors and Overseers of roads and bridges, 
 
 Fence View- ingjjectors of fences and ditches and Pound JCeerers as such 
 era, Pound* t, *^ .1 i n i i- ^ 
 
 Keepers. Council shall deem expedient. 
 
 ANNEXATION OF PARTS OF PARISHES AND TOWN- 
 SHIPS AND OF EXTRA PAROCHIAL PLACES. 
 
 70 
 
 Certain ofhpr 
 Officers to be 
 ajr<poiuted. 
 
 Valuators : 
 their qualifi- 
 cetiiiii and 
 oath of ofiiee. 
 
 Extra-pPTo- 
 chial placci. 
 
 Parishes iu 
 townships. 
 
 XXXIII. For the purposes of this Act, subject to the ex- 
 ceptions hereinaft(!r mentioned, the following territorial ar- 
 rangements shall be made : Every extra-parochial place 
 shall be annexed to one of the adjoining parishes in 
 such county ; and suf*h extra-parochial place shall thenceforth, 
 for all the purposes of this Act, form pav* of the said parish ; 
 every j)arish shall of itself form a separate Municipality, 
 unless such parish be comprised and included in a tract of land 
 erected into a township, in which case it shall not of it?clf 
 form a separate Municipality, but shall form a part of the 
 , Municipality of such township : 
 
 Parishes &c. ^- Whenever a parish, or a township is ii'tuated partly in 
 partly it;'." e ' one County and partly in another, each part snail be annexed 
 Couniy anil to some adjoiul.iy parish or township in the County within 
 which it lies, unless there be, at least three hundred souls 
 therein, in which case the said part of such parish or township 
 shall of ilself form a Municipality, under the name of "The 
 Corporation of the " North," "South," " East " or" West" 
 part {(I.S Ike. '"use may be) of the Parish or Township of " 
 
 {here insert the name of the parish or township) ; 
 
 partly in an- 
 other. 
 
 Every town- 
 ship to be a 
 Aiunicipatily. 
 
 Exception. 
 
 3. Every territoiy erected into a township beyond the limits 
 of lands comprised and included in fiefs and seigniories, and 
 wholly situate in one and the same county, (whether such 
 township be or be not wholly or in part erected into a parish) 
 shall, except in the cases hereinafter provided for, form a Muni- 
 cipality under the name of the " Corporation of the township of 
 " {insert here the name oj the township) ; 
 
 ,^«l* 
 
18 "ICT 
 
 Municipal 
 very Loct.1 
 ;ial Session 
 ach General 
 
 cd of a pro- 
 pal Council- 
 : so qualified 
 mmediately 
 ally to fulfil 
 
 md bridges, 
 :^ers as such 
 
 ^D TOWN- 
 ACES. 
 
 to the ex- 
 irritorial ar- 
 ohial [)lace 
 parishes in 
 thenceforth, 
 ^aid parish : 
 tunicipality, 
 tract of land 
 not of it?clf 
 
 part of the 
 
 ed partly in 
 b& annexed 
 (unty within 
 ndred soub 
 or township 
 me of " The 
 
 or 
 
 " West" 
 
 id the limits 
 [niories, and 
 .whether such 
 ilo a parish) 
 brm a Muni- 
 township of 
 
 ciers. 
 
 1855. Acte dcs Municipals et Chemms-^li. C. Cap. 100. 71 
 
 NOMINATION D'OPFICIERS. 
 
 XXXil. Outre les ofliclers que chaque conseil municipal Nomiuatio.. 
 est ci-de.ssus requis de nommer, chaque conseil local, a sa pre- d'autres offi- 
 mi6re session generale, oua une session speciale qui se tiendra 
 dans les quinze jours qui suivront le premier jour de telle 
 session genfirale, nommera de plus : 
 
 Trois estimateurs possedant chacun une qualification foncit^'re Estimateiira. 
 6gale en valeur a celle requise des ,conseillers niunicipaux ; la 
 Domination da toute personne qui ne sera pas ainsi qualifiee Q"ali'icat'''ns. 
 sera nulle et de nul (iffet ; et chaque estirnateur aussitdt apr^s 
 sa comination pretera le serment d- remplir bien et fij-lemeni 
 les devoirs de sa nharsfe ; 
 
 Et lenombre d'inspecfeurs et sous-voyers de chemina et Inspecteum, 
 ponts, d inspecteurs de cours d'eau, fosses et cldtures, et de ^ou^i-.oytrs, 
 gardiens d'enclos publics, que le conseil jugera convenable, ''^'' 
 
 ANNEXION DE PARTIES DE PAROISSES ET DE 
 TOWNSHIPS ET DE PLACES EXTRA-PAROISSIALES. 
 
 XXXIII. Pour les fins de cet acte, sujets aux exceptions ci- „, 
 apr^s mentionnees, Ins aiTangemems territoriaux qui suivent pSSr 
 seront etablis : chaque place extra-paroissiale sera annex6e a 
 1 une des paroisses voisines dans le comte, et de ce moment 
 telle place extra-paroissiale, pour routes les fins de cet acte 
 fera partie de la dite paroisse ; Chaque paroisso formera par » 
 elle-mdme une muni-^ipalite, a moins qu'elle ne soit enclatee [//"owndS 
 dans un territojre 6rige en township, auquel cas elle ne formera 
 pas par elle-m6me une municipalite, mais fera partie de la mu- 
 nicipalite du dit township : 
 
 2. Toutes les fois qu'une paroisse ou un township se trouvera p • 
 partie dans un comt6 et partie dans un autre comte, chaque Sea Jl". 
 partie sera annexee a I'une des paroisses ou des townships '^ ^-n- 
 voisins dans le comt6 ou elle sera situ6e, a moins qu'il n'y ait """{^^ ? 
 dans cette partie au moins trois cents ames, amiuel cas la dite '" '"' 
 partie de paroisse ou township formera par ejie-menie une 
 municipalite, sous le nom de " corporation de la partie nord " 
 .«sud," "est" ou "ouest," (selon le cas) de la parois.s.; 
 ou du township de " {ins^rez id fe nom de la 
 
 parotsse ou du township) ; 
 
 S. Tout territoire erige en township, en dehors des terres Xownshin. 
 eiiclavees dans les fiefs et seigneuries, et situ6 en e.itier dans '"""""'"• 
 un seul et mi^me comt6, (que ce township soit ou non, en tout 
 ou en partie, 6rige en paroisse,) sauf le cas auquel il est 
 pourvu, formera une municipalit6 sous le nom de " corpo- • 
 ration du township de » {ins4rez ici Ic nomdu 
 
 township) ; 
 
 Uun^ un 
 comt6 ct e!i 
 
 ana un 
 autre. 
 
 4. 
 
n 
 
 Cap. 100. 
 
 Municipal and Road Act L. C. 
 
 18 Vict. 
 
 Excejftion as 
 to a township 
 having less 
 than 300 souls, 
 which shaH be 
 annexed to an- 
 other Muni- 
 cipality. 
 
 4. When the population of a township does not amount to 
 three hundred souls, such township shall not of itself form a 
 Municipality, but shall in such case be annexed to some 
 adjoining parish or township in the same county, and thence- 
 forth it shall be and form part of the township, or parish to 
 which it shall be thus annexed ; 
 
 Parishes in- 5. When a parish wholly situated in one and th? same county 
 viila*<'e^or'^"' ^^^^^ include any town, village or township, no Councillors 
 townships. shall be elected in that part which shall be beyond thi. limits of 
 such town, village or township, but such part of such 
 Parish shall be annexed to some adjoining Parish or Town- 
 Exception if it ship, except when there is in such part a populatit.n of, 
 has less than at least .three Inmdred souls, in which case, the said' part 
 of the said parish sh 11 form by itself a Municipality, under 
 the name of "The Corporation of the "North" "South," " East" 
 or " West " " Part of the parish of " {here insert the 
 
 name of the parish) ; 
 
 Annexation 
 of extra-puro- 
 chial places, 
 &c., how ef- 
 fected. 
 
 [Form K.] 
 
 6. Every sucji annexation of an extra parochial place^or of a 
 parish or township, or part of a Parish or Township, to another 
 JParish or Township, shall be made by a vesolution of the 
 County Council ; and the Secretary-Treasurer of tne Council 
 shall, immediately after the passing of every such Resolution, 
 give public notice of such annexation, not only by publishing 
 a copy of such Resolution in the manner provided by this 
 Act, with respect to public ncVioes generally but also by 
 causing the same to be inserted in the English and FrencJfi 
 languages in at least one newspaper published in the District 
 or in an adjoining District, if there be no newspaper published 
 in the District where such annexation has taken place ; 
 
 Separation 7. But whenever it shall appear by a general census, or by 
 
 when such a Special enumeration of the inhabitants, that the locality so 
 
 more tlian'soo annexed contains a population exceeding three hundred souls, 
 
 souls. the County Council shall by another Resolution declare 
 
 that the R*.solution under which such locality was so annexed, 
 
 shall be revoked from the first day of January then next ; and 
 
 from and after the day so appointed for the revocation of the 
 
 former Resolution, the locality therein mentioned shall cease 
 
 to be so annexed, and shall thenceforward form a separate 
 
 ''-^.unicipality ; 
 
 Enumeration 8. And the County Countul may at any time, and shall, 
 to be made in whenever required by any two or more persons resident in any 
 locality so annexed, cause a special enumeration of the inhabi- 
 tants thereof to be 
 
 made by the 
 some other Municipal Officer ; . 
 
 County Superintendent or by 
 
 Costs of tnu- 9. But if it appear from such enumeration that the locality so 
 paW?^°"' ^"^ annexed does not contain a population of three hundred souls, 
 
 ihe 
 
78 
 
 1855. Acte des Muntcipaim et Chemins~B. C. Cap. 100. 
 
 f lui »c irouvera en dehors de telle vi I If. ir;iir.„^ villages et 
 
 township, maiscette partie sera annexTe Tl W i' ^^ *"" town°ships, etc 
 ou a Pun des townshins vniJjnt , ^^*^f' 'V ""^ des paroisses 
 
 qu'il n'y ait darSite demi6.tTartL ^" '""^^*^,' '^ "^""'« '^-^P'-- ' 
 
 moins trols cents ames 1^" ca TeUe"^ 
 
 paroisse en question formpra nnr ^n^ I ^^^^^' ^^ ^^ 
 
 sous le tiom de " eoro^S^^ e le-mgrne une munieipalite, 
 
 " est » ou " out " deTaTlTss e'd^ ^""" " "^^^l V >'''> 
 /e mm de la paroisse) ; P^''"'^*' "*" " (?m6-^c «V* 
 
 conseil dOnnera immldiitPm.n? ' ? » «f ^retaire-tresorier du 
 resolution, av's pTlL doT,^ ^P""^' I adoption de toute telle ^--e„t elie 
 publiant une copifde Lt^fir"!,^^^^' non-seulement en ''"^'^ "^"- 
 
 publK dans le dis.ric, ^kl^A^nUo^: :uSr "^ 
 
 local t6 ainsi annexee cnnt ;^n7 speciale des habitants que la '"rsque Ja 
 
 cation delnpremtere ti^mltltiivf-"" ''"" P™' 'a''™- 
 una munieipalite dislinele ; "^ ''" '^^"'^-'"''■n' 
 
 .«t'=iU''fr;j!i e" :eTLzz 2 '""' •"""•»• " *™. "" «.-*..• 
 
 ;„:j . ,1^ * . " f'^'a rtqujs par deux npi-uonnr... — .,i.. t nn -i„= v.,.i,: 
 
 toutes les fois qu'il en sera ren„k n? ? ^""' '''"^P^"' ^^ ^'^^r^. 
 
 residant dans Lelo^J^S'^rSZt'l^'^^^^ - Pl"« litu^i" 
 
 residant dans une lopami • "^"'^ P^' '^''"-^ P^'sonnes ou plus »•»" 'l- i 
 sement spSTsttl/^a^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ - -e^ S^^^ 
 
 eomte, ou par quelqu'autre officier muHcIpal _^^urmtendant du certains cas. 
 
 9. Mais _. 
 ainsi annex6e 
 
 s'il apparalt par tel recensement que la Inoulu^ ^ 
 
 o.„Knt pai, unr population de trois cents i'^Sratlon. 
 
 ames, 
 
t 
 
 iW 
 
 PI 
 
 1 ' 
 
 
 74 
 
 Cap. 100. 
 
 Pr«ceding 
 paragrapbB 
 not to apply to 
 first Election ; 
 but each pa- 
 rish or town- 
 ship now 
 electing Coun- 
 cillors to be a 
 Municipality 
 until second 
 Election. 
 
 Certain pa- 
 rishes anil 
 parts of town- 
 ships or pa- 
 rishes to be 
 Municipali- 
 ties, &c. 
 
 Municipal and Road Ad L. C. 
 
 18 Vict. 
 
 Erection of 
 town and vil- 
 lage, how 
 effected. 
 
 Petition by 
 forty electors. 
 
 [Form R.l 
 
 Reference to 
 County Su- 
 perintendent. 
 
 the persons requiring such enumeration shall reimburse to the 
 Council the costs thereof, for the payment of which costs the 
 County Council shall require security from such persons before 
 causing the enumeration to be made ; 
 
 10; None of the provisions contained in the preceding 
 paragraphs of this Section shall apply to the lirst General 
 Election of Councillors ; but every parish, township, or 
 part or parts of a parish or township, the inhabitants 
 whereof are now entitled to elect two members of the 
 County Council, shall, for the purposes of the said election, 
 be considered as a Local Municipality, and shall elect seven 
 Councillors, to compose the Local Council of such parish or 
 township ; and notwithstanding any cliange which may be 
 subsequently made in the limits of such parish or township, 
 the Councillors so elected shall continue to act as such until 
 the second general election of Councillors ; 
 
 11. And notwithstanding any of the foregoing provisions the 
 following places, that is to say : the parishes of St. Amcet, Ste. 
 Julienne de Rmndon and St. Alphonae de Liguori, in the 
 District of Montreal, the parishes of St. Norbert d^Arthabaaka 
 and St. Christophe d'Arthabaska^ in the District of Three-Rivers, 
 all that portion of the Township of Shipton, in the District of 
 St. Francis, comprising the first eight ranges thereof, to be 
 designated hereafter as the Township of Shipton, and all the 
 remaining ranges of the same Township to be designated here- 
 after as the Township of Cleveland, and the place known as 
 Mont CarmeU and forming part of the parish of La Riviere 
 Quelle^ in the District of Kamouraska, shall each form a 
 separate municipality ; all that part of Upton which comprises 
 the eighth, ninth, tenth, eleventh, twelftli and thirteenth ranges 
 of Upton shall, for the purposes of this Act, be annexed to and 
 form part of the Parish of St. Hugues, and all the ranges of the 
 said Towns hiplwhich now constitute the Parish of St. Ephretn 
 d'Upton, shall form a separate Municipality. 
 
 ERECTION OF TOWNS AND VILLAGES. 
 
 XXXIV. The erection of any tract of land into a town or 
 village Municipality, shall take place in the manner herein- 
 after provided, that is to say : 
 
 1 . Whenever a Petition is presented to any County Council by 
 forty or more inhabitants qualified to vote at the election of 
 Local Councillors, praying for the erection into a Town or Vil- 
 lage Municipality of any tract of land lying within the limits 
 of the Local Municipality in which the petitioners reside, and 
 clearly defined in such Petition, the County Council shall refer 
 such Petition to the County Superintendent, with an order to 
 visit the said tract of land and to report on the said Petition ; 
 
 3. 
 
75 
 
 niuiiicipalites 
 Stipaieea. 
 
 1865. Aete des Mmicipaims et Chenuns—B. C. Cap. 100. 
 
 araes, les frais de tel recensement seront rembourses nar l.-s 
 personnes qui Pauronl requis, ot pour le remboursement de teh 
 Irais le consed dii c<)mt6 exigera uu cautionnernonl dr teller 
 personnes avant de faire faire tel recensement ; 
 
 10. Aucune des dispositions contenues dans les precedents Lor, dispo.,'- 
 paragraphes de cette clause -ne s'appliquera a la premiere "°"M'r'5'e- 
 election gen6rale des eonseillers ; mais toute paroisse, town- tV''" "'f''^' 
 ship ou partie ou parties d'une paroisse ou to!vnship dontTs &vSiC 
 habitants sont maintenant autoris6s a elire deux inernbres du ^'°^''^"- 
 conseil de comte, sera, pour les fins de la dite election, consi- 
 
 d6re comme etant une municipalite locale, etelira seijt conseil 
 lers qui composeront le conseil municipal de toute paroisse 
 ou township ; et nonobstant tout changement qui pourra subs6- 
 quemment 6tre fait dans les limites de telle paroisse ou town- 
 ship, es eonseillers ainsi 61u9 continueront d'agir comme tels 
 jusqu a la deuxi^me 61ection gen6rale de eonseillers ; 
 
 11. Et nonobstant les dispositions qui precedent, les places Cevtaines 
 suivantes, savoir : les paroisses de St. Anicet, Ste. Julienne P-ohs"^•or. 
 deKawdon et ht. Alphonse de Liguori, dans le district de '""""t''*'^ 
 Montreal, les paroisses de St. Norberl d'Arthabaska of St 
 Chnstophe d'Arthabaska, dans/ le district des Trois-IiiviAres" 
 toute cette partie du township de Shipton, dans le district d.' 
 St. tran^ois, comprenant les huit premiers rangs d'icelui a 
 6tre designee a I'avenir sous le nom de township de Shinton 
 et tous les raftgs restants du mdme township a 6tre designe k 
 I'avenir sous le nom de township de Cleveland, et la nlace 
 connue sous le nom de Mont Carmel, et Ibrmant partie de la 
 paroisse de la Rivi^re Quelle, dans le district do Kamouraska 
 
 — — ,--.*•...-.»,, V,. tici.^iciuu raiiga u-upion, sera, pour les 
 fins du present acte, annext^e a la paroisse de St. Hueues et 
 en iormera partie, et tous les rangs du dit township qui consti- 
 tuent maintenant la paroisse de St. Ephrem d'Upton iorrrieroni 
 une municipahte distincte. * 
 
 ERECTION DE VILLES ET DE VILLAGES. 
 
 de^ni^'I' i't'nf '"*" d'unterritoire quelconque en municipality Erection en 
 de ville ou de village, aura lieu dela maniere ci-apres etablie "'""icipahte 
 
 SaVOir: ^ '^' d'une ville on 
 
 villago. 
 
 1. Sur presentation au conseil d'un comte, d'une renuefe 
 signee par quarante habitants, ou plus, qualifies a voter a I'elec ^,''1"'''*" ^ "' 
 tion de eonseillers locaux, deinc ndant I'erection en une mmZX ff '" 
 palit^ de ville ou de village d'u . .r-itoire quelconque " i.Si^^J 5;™""' ""^ 
 a municipahte locale dans k,;u .le les requerants 'rSi^em "! ^^^'2,a 
 clairement indique dans la dite requ6le, le conseil du comte '"« '="'"'^- 
 transmettra la dite requite au surintendant du comt.' a"^c 
 ordre de faire la visite du dit frritoire, et de faire rapport snr 
 
 2. 
 
76 
 
 Gap. 100. 
 
 Municipal and Road Act L. C. 
 
 18 Vica'. 
 
 His report. <j. The County Superintendent shall give public notice of the 
 
 day and hour at which he shall visit such tract of land and 
 
 [i-orm b.] commence his examination thereof, and shall hear all parties ; 
 
 if ho*usM be" ^' '^ ^^^^^ ^^ ""* ^^ *^^^^ '''^^y inhabited houses erected upon 
 
 too few. ^o™^ part of such tract, within a space not exceeding thirty 
 
 superficial arpents, the County Superintendent shall report the 
 
 fact to the County Council, whose duty it will be in such case 
 
 to reiect the Petition ; 
 
 And if the 
 number be 
 sutiicieiit. 
 
 Limita to be 
 assigned. 
 
 4. But if the said number of inhabited houses be erected on 
 such tract within the said space of thirty superficial arpents, 
 the County Superintendent shall define in his Report and 
 describe in a Plan accompanying the same, the limits which, in 
 his opinion, should be assigned to the said tract of land when 
 erected into a separate Municipality ; and if the limits so defined 
 and described by the County Superintendent are difterent from 
 the limits mentioned in the said Petition, the County Superin- 
 tendent shall specify in his Report the motives of such 
 deviation ; ' 
 
 5. Alter having made and signed such Report, the County 
 Superintendent shall deposit a copy thereof and of the plan 
 accompanying the same in the office of the County Council; 
 
 otTmendmellt ^' '^^^^ ^®"^^y Council may homologate every such Re- 
 of report by" P^^\ with or without amendment, alter having caused 
 County Coun. public notice to be given to the inhabitants of the Local 
 «''• Municipality from which it is proposed to detach such tract of 
 
 land of the day and hour at which they shall proceed to the 
 examination thereof, and after having heard the County 
 Superintendent and the parties interested, (if required to do so), 
 upon the merits thereof ; 
 
 Deposit ofre- 
 l>ort, &o., 
 
 {Form T.] 
 
 Presumed ho- 7. If after the lapse of two months from the day of the deposit 
 
 To^amend"'*^ of a copy thereof in the office of the County Council, no 
 
 ment™*" " amendments have been made to the said Report, it shall be 
 
 considered as having been homologated by the County Council ; 
 
 If amendment 8. But if before the expiration of that time the said Report 
 
 be made. be amended by the County Council, the County Superintendent 
 
 shall enter upon the original or on a paper annexed thereto 
 
 all such amendments as the County Council may have made 
 
 upon or annexed to the copy thereof ; 
 
 Copy lo Pro- 9. In either case the County Superintendent shall after the 
 
 vincial Socre- expiration of the said period of two months transmit to the 
 
 '^' Provincial Secretary a true copy of the said Report and 
 
 of any amendments which may have? been made thereto, and 
 
 of all plans and other documents connected therewith ; 
 
 Governor in ^^- '* shall thereupon be lawful for the Governor of this Pro- 
 Council may vince by an Order in Council, to approve or reject the said 
 
 Report, 
 
1866. Acte des MunicipcdiUs et Chemins^B. C. Cap. 100. 77 
 
 2. Le surintendant du comt6 donnera avis public du ioui- et n 
 
 de'STeSe^H/H ^°— -^ - 7-te ?t fera ISen fSdtt. 
 
 de tel temtoire, et il donnera audience k toutes les parties int6. 
 
 ressees qui se presenteront pour fetre entendues ; fFormule S.) 
 
 3. S'il n'y a pas au moins soixaute maisons habitues, bAties c«.o.-. i- 
 
 r,?rnr ^^'T ^"d^^t^^ritoire, dans un espace n'exc6dam no^breL 
 pas irente aroents en siinf>rfir>io la d»:»« i„i* j._ , ,- mai.»r.<, ..... 
 
 rapport _„ „„ _.„^^ 
 
 de ce dernier de rejeter la requite ; 
 
 maitons sera 
 
 pas trente arpents en superficie, le surintendant du comt6 fera '"''"'"'« ' 
 du fait au conseil du comte, auquel cas il sera du devoir '"'' •""* 
 
 jnalion 
 litnites. 
 
 4. Mais si des maisons hahitees au nombre susdit se trouvent 
 b&fies sur le dit temtoire dans le dit espace de trente arDen?s °i'' '"'» 
 en superficie, le surintendant donnera dZ son rapport la S "'"""'• 
 gnation Claire et precise (accompagnee d'un plan figuratif des 
 l.eux), des unites que, dans son opinion, il conviendrait d'assT ^1*^ 
 gner au dit icrritoire une fois erige en une munic nalTtA 
 cistmctc; et si les lirniles ainsi d6signces par le TrSdam 
 
 tXl ""• 1'^'r"^^ ''' -lles^nenti'onnees dans a dite 
 requdte le snriniendant du comte specifiera dans son rapport 
 les motifs de telle deviation ; fij'pon 
 
 5. Apresavoir fait et .«igne tel rapport, le surintendant dn « 
 
 comte en dcposera une copie, ainsi'^u'une cop c du nfan qu" Sfrf efc" "^■ 
 I'accompagnera, dans le bureau du conseil du comte ; ^ 
 
 6. Le conseil du comte pourra homologuer tout tel raooort H,.mnt , 
 Hvec ou sansamendement apresavoir fait d'^onner aux hablnL ^^^"^' 
 de la niunicipalite locale de laquelle tel territoire devra fiVre "^^ ? ^'"^ 
 de ache, avis pub he du jour et de I'heure auxquels il procedera •""^'"'""'«"*^- 
 a I'examen d'jeelm, et apres avoir entendu'sur les mSfFormuleTi 
 du dit rapport le surintendant du comte et les parties Ses' 
 
 sees, s'll en est rcquis ; ^ mieres- 
 
 7. Si apres rintervalle de deux mois du depot d'une cooie u , 
 
 niitMTa; 'Z"^ '" r^f '' ^^"^^^' ^"-» ame"ndemTt vrCLTl^ 
 na ete lait au dit rapport, il sera considere comme avant "'" P" ««'«• 
 ete homologue par le conseil du comte ; ^ mendements. 
 
 «. Mais si le dit rapport est amende par le conseil du comte s-ii , 
 
 c'i^fsirSS 'n ''' ''""P^' '^ -""^-dant du comtTins' ai:^.. 
 ciira surl original, ou sur un papier y annexe, tons les amende, 
 ments que le conseil du comte aura faits sur'la copTe dSi 
 ou y aura annexes ; ^ Jt^Liui, 
 
 9. Dans I'un et I'autre cas, a I'expiration du dit intervalle de n 
 rowS u : •;- f "d-^ du com^e transmettra aulStail! SaT.ra., 
 
 ndvaurontTt.W^h *"'' '*" ^^^^-^PP^'t et des amendements -"^tairepro, 
 Jy Schant ! ' '""'' ''"' '''' P'^"' '^ ^'''''' documents '""=""• 
 
 10. II seraalorsloisibloau gouvemeur de la nrovjn^^ ra^in T *.,.,. 
 oidre en conseil, d'appro^ver ou de rejeter le ditrapporUirenSS e^'SYr"^ 
 
78 
 
 Cap. 100. 
 
 Municipal and Road Act L. C. 
 
 18 Vict. 
 
 apiiidvo, reject Report, whether the same be amended or not by. the said 
 or amend. Municipal Conncil, or to modify or amend the same in such 
 manner as shall be dee-med expedient ; 
 
 ProBlamation, n. if^ by the said Order in Council, the said Report be 
 with'o" wi.lj. approved, with or without amendments, then it shall be lawful 
 out amend- for the Govemor to issue a Proclamation under his band and 
 merits. <^,,{i)^ declaring the name to be given and defining the limits 
 
 to be ascribed to such tract of land as a separate Municipality ; 
 
 Effert of I'lo- ^2' From and after the first day of the month ot January 
 ciiiin^ition.nnJ next after the expiration of the two months immediately fol- 
 t^i'%'">(r-c't '" ^<^^'i"i? ^he date of the said Proclamation, every such tract of 
 land the limits whereof shall have been so denned, shall be 
 considered as detached from the Local Municipality whereof it 
 shall have theretofore formed part, and its inhabitants shall be 
 n corporation or body politic, to all intents and purposes 
 whatsoever, by the name of " The Corporation of the Town 
 or Village of («,v the case may he) " {licre 
 
 insert the nnmc of the Toion or Village) ; 
 
 'A} 
 
 Piibliiaiion of 13. The 8aid ProcJiunation shall be published in the Canada 
 I'rorlaination. C'azcllc, and at least two copies of such Proclamation duly cer- 
 tified by the Provincial Secretary, shall be by him sent to 
 the County Superintendent, whose duty it shall be to give public 
 notice thereof; 
 
 Conn'.'.il of ill.,' 
 pariijli, SiC, 
 may 8!ill bi* 
 held ill tonn 
 or vill;i::i'. 
 
 14. The Municipal Council of any Parish or Township 
 Municipality may hold their Sessions, in any Tov/n or village 
 within the limits of such Parish or Township after the erection 
 of such Town or Village into a separate Municipality, as well 
 
 as before ; 
 
 Towns am 
 viliiges 
 D-nv Mun 
 
 uiul eleci 
 
 Counf'illors. 
 
 15. But the inhabitants of ev>..y Town, Borough or Village, 
 ""."S now erected into a separate Municipality shall, notwitlistand- 
 J',;iH!it's"'to ^"t? ^'i^ preceding provisions of this section, at the first general 
 iv>,itii)iie such., election of Councillors, elect seven Councillors to compose the 
 Local Gouix-il of such Municipality, which shall continue to 
 exist as a separate I\Iunicipality within its present limits until 
 the same shall be changed under the foregoing provisions ; and 
 iJie Councillors so elected shall continue to act as such until 
 t!io second general election, whether in the meantime the 
 liinilii of the Municipality be or be not changed : Provided al- 
 ways, that upon a Petition presented by at least two thirds of 
 the assessable inhabitants of any Town, Borough or Village, 
 now being or hereafter to be erected into a separate Munici- 
 pality, the Governor may issue a Proclamation uniting such 
 Town, Borough or Village to some adjoining Local Munici- 
 pality, if satisfied that such union will promote the interests of 
 such Town, Borough or Village. 
 
 CONTESTED 
 
 Pl-OVio" 
 
 ; "or 
 
 union V 
 
 v.h 
 
 anoiiicr 
 
 i'iiirii- 
 
 oipality 
 
 if lie-'' 
 
 ccssarv. 
 
 
1853. 
 
 Acte des MunidpalUis et Chemins—B. C. Cap. 100. 
 
 79 
 
 ou non par le dit conseil municipal, ou d'y faire tels amende- 
 
 ments ou modification, qu'i) .er? jug6 a pro,^s d'y fair?; " p^oTelX. 
 
 11. bi par le dit ordre en Conseil, le dit rapport est approuvfi ''"• 
 
 IZZT^!" "T ^"^^"^«'f "ts, iUera aJs^ loislbleTgOu: Proclamation 
 
 r^f£,X H^"!'"'',""" proclamation 8ous son seing et sceau? a 'If' '« f" 
 assignees a tout tel ferritojre comme municipalit6 distincte ; 
 
 12. A compter du premier jour dumoisde Janvier qui suivra r-* . . 
 les deux inois qui auront immediatement suivi la da?e de cette nrS atS. 
 proclamation, tout tel territoire dont leslimites ariront 6?6 afnsl ^"'^'"""""• 
 fixee*?, sera cense elre detacl,6 de la municipalit6 locale dJ^ 
 
 il faisait auparavant partie, «t ses habitants formeront unc cTr 
 poration on corps po itique a toutes fins quelconques, "ousTo 
 nom do ». corporation de la ville, ou du vilfage \selon )r. 
 tas) dt ittisdrez la le nom dc la ville ou du villas-c) ■ 
 
 13. Cette proclamation sera publice dans le Canada v uv . 
 Gaze to, et deux copies au n.oins de la di'e proclamation pS '"'''^''"""■ 
 lui duement certifiees serort envoyees parte secretaire pro 
 
 v.nc.al an surmtendant du comte, et il sera du devoir de"e 
 dernier d'en donner avis public ; . 
 
 14. Le conseil municipal d'une municipalite de paroisse ou Le conseil ,i. 
 de township pourratenir ses sessionsdanstouteviUe^ou village paroi«rett 
 aans les limitcs dc la dite paroisse on to-vnship aussibien aprSa »?"""» «%'er 
 
 dlSe ;'''"" ''' ''^^' "^"' °" ""'^S^ ^" municlprnti ^viK'^ 
 
 15. Mais les habitants de foute villi 
 
 ^iSTcl!'"^ ^'^ telle nmnicipalite, laquelle -cc;min;;^;^l Sff 
 cxister comme municipality distincte dans ses presentes Umites '^''"^'"e ^el. 
 jusquaccque telles limites aient ete chang6cs en vertu des 
 dispositions precedcDtes ; et les conseillers ainsi elus conlinuc- 
 lont a agir comme tels jusqu'a la seconde election genemle 
 (jue les hmites de la municipalite aicnt etc ou non changees 
 dans 1 interval e ; pourvu toujonrs que sur une petition presen- p..„,: 
 toe par au moins deux tiers des habitants imposables d'aucune ''°' 
 vil 0, bourg ou village cpii est maintenant ou qui sera par la 
 suite erigo en une municipalite distincte, le gouverneur pourra 
 emettre une proclamation unissant telle ville, bourff ou village 
 a que que municipalite locale adjoignantc, s'il est dcmontre fi 
 sa satislaclion que telle union avancera les intCrfits de telle 
 viJle, bourg ou village. 
 
 u 
 
 PtECTIOJfS 
 
80 
 
 Cap. 100, Municipal and Road Act L. C. 
 
 CONTESTED ELECTIONS. 
 
 18 Vict. 
 
 1 s 
 
 Circuit Court XXXV. If the election of all, dr of ^ne or more, of the Coun- 
 lo decide them, cillors of any Local Municipality be contested, such contesta- 
 tion shall be decided by the Circuit Court sitting ih the Circuit 
 within the limits of which the place of election is situate : 
 
 Who may con- 2. Every such election may be so contested by one or more 
 *^'''- of the Candidates or at least ten of rhe inhabitants qualified to 
 
 vote at such election ; 
 
 To be brought 3. The said contestation shall be brought before the Court, 
 before Court by a petition signed by the petitioner or petitioners, or by an 
 bjrpetitioii. Attorney duly autht)rized, setting forth in a clear manner the 
 grounds of such contestations ; 
 
 Sprvicn of 
 I'opy of pet 
 tion. 
 
 4. A true copy of the potition^with a notice stating the day 
 on which the said petition will be presented to tlie Court, shafl 
 be first duly served upon the Councillor or Councillors whose 
 election is contested, at least eight days before the day 
 on which the said petition shall be presented to the Court ; and 
 a return of the service shall be drawn up and signed in due 
 form upon the original of the said petition by the person who 
 shall have made such service ; but no such petition shall be 
 which petition received after the term next following the election thereby con- 
 sented." '"^^' tested, unless such election took place within the fifteen days 
 next preceding the first day of such term, in which case any 
 such petition may be presented on the first day of the second 
 term, but not later ; nor shall any such petition be received 
 unless security for costs be given by the petitioners ; 
 
 Time within 
 
 Adduction of 
 evidence nnd 
 hearing. 
 
 5. If the Court be of opinion that the grounds set forth in the 
 petition are sufficient in law to void the election, it shall order 
 proof to be adduced, and the parties interested to be heard on 
 the nearest day which it shall deem expedient ; and shall pro- 
 ceed in a summary manner to hear and try the said contesta- 
 tion ; the evidence may be taken down in writing or given 
 Trial may be "I'f^l'y J" wholc or in part, as the Court shall order ; and if the 
 continued in trial of such contestation be not concluded at the close of the 
 vacation, and UiTm of the Court during which it began, the Judge shall con- 
 "" tiiiue the same in vacation, and shall adjourn from day to day 
 until he shall have pronounced his final judgment upon the 
 merits of the same ; and every such judgment so pronounced 
 and all proceedings had in any such case in vacation, shall 
 have the same effect as if the same had been pronounced or 
 had in term ; 
 
 judgment 
 given, 
 
 What may be 
 ordered and 
 regulated by 
 judgment, 
 
 6. The Court may on such contestation confirm the Election, 
 or declare the same to be null and void, or to declare another 
 person to have been duly elected, and may in either case 
 award costs to or against either party, which costs shall be 
 taxed w4 Te^CQvered in the sarao manner, md Ifky the same 
 
1856. Acte des Mnnteipalitds et Chcnuns—B. C. Cap. 100. 
 ELECTIONS CONTESTf]ES. 
 
 81 
 
 lounced or 
 
 XXX\ . Si 1 »;l(!cU(m de tons ks ron.seillors on d'lm on de u c„ur de 
 nlusieursdesconseillers d'niK! inunicipalitf. locale est contestre, cirrnit Ic8d6. 
 la decision tie cctte conteslaflon appuiliendra a la conrtle eir- *=''''"*• 
 mat si6geant dans le eironit dan« Ie8 liniitcs .limnel nera Nitni'- 
 le lien de I'eleotion : 
 
 2. Tonic telle election pourra etie ainsi conteslee par I'nn on . 
 pinsieurs des candidatH, ou par an n.oins dix des habitants .'^Sr'^ ''^'' 
 qualifies a voter a la dite election ; 
 
 3. Cette conteHlation sera porlee .V la c(.nr, par requtMe siPnee },„ ,^,.^^,^ . 
 par le reqnerantou ies reqnerants,ou parnnproctn-eurdnement tio« aura lie'u 
 autorise, articulant d'nne maniere claire leslaits et les inovens '''"' '«■']"*'«. 
 sur lesquels eelte contestation isera appuyu; ; *''^' 
 
 4. Une vraie copie dt? la lequcle, avec avisindicpiant le jour 
 de sa presentation a la dite cour, sera prealabl(!ment diienient 
 sjgmfiee au conseiller ou aux conseilleis dont Peleetion sera 
 ainsi eontest6e, an nioins liuit jours avunl le jour de la 
 presentation de la dile vequfiK; a la dite cour ; et nn rapport de 
 cijtte signihcation sera fait et signe en bonne et due forme sur 
 1 original de la dite requite par la personnequi aura fait la dite 
 signilication ; mais aueune telle j)etition ne sera rer;ue apr(^s 
 letcrme qui suivra immediatcment I'election contestee par 
 icelle, a moms que telle election n'ait en lieu dans les (luinzv 
 jours qui auront precede iiimiediaternent le premier jour de 
 tel terme, auquel cas toute telle petition pourra etre pr6sentec 
 le premier jour du second terme, mais pas plus tard,; et aueune 
 telle p6tition ne sera re9ue, a moins que les pC-titionnaires ne 
 donnent caution pour les frais; 
 
 5. Si la cour est d'opinion que les faits et moyens articules 
 dans la requ6te sont sulfisants en loi pour laire prononcer la 
 nulht6 de la dite 6Iection, elle en ordonnera la preuve, ainsi 
 que J audition des parties int6ressees, au jour le plus prochain 
 qui lui paraltra le plus convenable ; la cour procedera d'une 
 maniere sommaire a entendre et juger la dite contestation • et la 
 preuve pourra etre prise verbalement ou par ecrit, en cntier ou 
 en parUe, amsi que la cqwr I'ordonnera ; et si I'instruction de 
 telle contestation n'est pas termini^e a la cloture du terme de la 
 cour durant lequel elle aura commence, le juge la continuera 
 durant la vacance et ajournera d'un jour a I'aulre jusqu'a ce 
 qu il ait prononce un jugement definitif sur le merite de la dite 
 contestation ; et tout tel jugement qui aura cte ainsi rendu et 
 toutes prot;edures qui auront eu lieu dans toute telle cause en 
 vacance, auront le meme elTet que si le tout avail eu lieu 
 durant un terme ; 
 
 6. La cour aura droit, sur telle contestation, de confirmev on T-,-P-n=nt i 
 
 oeoiam- nujie ia aiie 6|eotion, ou de d^lum qu'une autre iacowsuVi; 
 
 Avis do la 
 co^MHtle la 
 reijiuVe aeia 
 si,';riiriiSe aux 
 coiiseillers 
 dont l'«S|pctinn 
 scrn coiitesliie, 
 etc. 
 
 Temps de la 
 
 recop.ion lie 
 telle requdte 
 limi!^. 
 
 Preuve el 
 audition des 
 moyens de 
 contestation. 
 
 La cour pourra 
 eiie c'oiiiiiiuee 
 et jugement 
 rendu durant 
 la vncance. 
 
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 82 
 
 Cap. 100. 
 
 Municipal and Road Act L. C 
 
 18 Vict. 
 
 Evidence of 
 judgmenl on 
 VVanlen. 
 
 Irregular! lic» 
 in K led ion, 
 liow to be 
 considered. 
 
 l^roceedings if 
 the Election 
 bo declared 
 void. 
 
 New Election.- cill 
 [Form A 2.] 
 
 njeanH, aH co»ts nre fHxed and recovered in uctions of the first 
 eliiPH brought in such Circuit Court; and the Court may order 
 its jiulgment to b(> served upon the Warden, or if th<;re be no 
 such Olficer upon the Registrar of the County, by Huch person 
 UH it shall appoint for that pvxrpo.se, at the expense of the party 
 condemned to payment of costs as aforesaid ; 
 
 7. if any defect or irregularity in the formalities prescribed 
 for the Election be set forth in any sueli petition, as a ground 
 of contestation, the (Jourl may admit or rejfjct the objection, 
 according as such defect or irregularity may or may not have 
 materially aflftMited the Election ; 
 
 8. If such Election be declared void, lh(^ Warden, or if there 
 be no such Officer, the Registrar, as soon as he hath cognizance 
 thereof, shall call a meeting of the inhabitants of the Local 
 Municipality, and shall proceed to the Election of another Coun 
 eillor or Councillors in the stead of the Councillor or Coun- 
 cillors whosf^ P^lecfion slinll have been so declared null and 
 void, and the same formalities shall be observed at such Elec- 
 tion as are recpiired to be observed at every General Election 
 of Councillors ; 
 
 Election of 
 iVlaynr or 
 Warden mny 
 1)0 contestf (1. 
 
 Proviso, 
 
 f). The Election of the Mayor of any Local Municipality or 
 of the Warden of any County, niay also be objected to and con- 
 tested, and such contestation may be proceeded upon and de- 
 cided in the same manner, and by the same means, as the con- 
 testation of the Election of a Councillor or Councillors ; but 
 no such Election of a Mayor or Warden shall be so objected to 
 or contested by any other than a Member of the Council who 
 shall have elected him ; 
 
 If Election of 10- ^^ by the judgment of the Court the Election of a Mayor 
 Mayor be de- or of a Warden be declared null and void, then it shall be the 
 clared void, ^j^y ^^ ^jjg Council to proceed to the Election of a person to 
 
 serve in his stead as such Mayoror Warden, within one month 
 
 from the date of such judgment. 
 
 APPOINTMENTS BY THE GO' 'RXOF, 
 
 Governor to 
 bp iniormed 
 by Chief Offi. 
 ct;rs or Regis- 
 trar of failure 
 to elect or 
 appoint any 
 Council!. !• or 
 Officer, a»K\ 
 1o appcin'. ic 
 the vacEiii 
 olBce. 
 
 XXX VI. Whenever a calendar month has r jupst : after the 
 time when any Chief Officer of a Munlcipai Council, or any 
 Municipal Councillor or Councillors should have been elected 
 either by the inhabitants of a Municipality, or by a Municipal 
 Council, or when tmy Officer should have b(;eii appointed by 
 any Municipal Council, under any of tiic provisions of this Act, 
 V, liich precede this section, the Chief Oilicer of such I\lunicipal 
 •■%)uncji, or in his abscncf;, or upon his default, the Registrar 
 '.•' hic County, shall, by letter luider his hand, addressed to the 
 i-rovincial Secretary, inform the Governor of the fact, and the 
 Governor shall thereupon appoint such Councillor or Officer ; 
 and every Hucii appointment shall be miuie known by a letter 
 
 under 
 
88 
 
 1855. Acie de„ Municfpalit^s Pt Ch^tmins—Ji. r. Cap. 100. 
 iMTsonnc uel.; duiurnl elur, ... dans I'm, o„ PautrPCHH .le onn 
 
 H. Si W\\v. el,.oti(,n .,sl .leclarro nullr, |r ,„vji.t ou s'il „V « 
 
 mun.cpal.le locale ., pro.c.d.ra a rcl.clion <1^ "van "•^^'-^-i. 
 
 . <• nonveanx .•onse.Ilc.r.s .n rc..npla.on..-nf <[.. .H i do . v 
 
 dont IVlcclion aura etr aiiisi d^clanV null 1 -^'""^^'l"- 
 
 v.n., autan. que possii.l,, ,., lon^dU^ .^c^, \:u,:;::r '-'-'• 
 pour nm flection gcneraic de cousoillus ; ' (FT'-'ule A 
 
 !>. LV'l.'ctlon dn main. ,!'„„<. niunicipuliu. local., on du 
 p«-f.'l d'un cnnfe pourra aussi ctrc alia, ncr .m con c. . -s V-'"'"""" 
 .ollc contestation iustrui... .m .leeidco d./l^i n.,^n ' mn Vr^ c ' nJ P^ ""^ 
 par Ics memes vou.s .pi., k contestation d^inc elccti. n de con »-'- ^'- 
 sedlers ; ma.s aucuue ,c||c ,-.|,.<,ion .Ic inaire o . . . .re ^^ '■'"""""'• 
 
 #roceder A I'election .|'„ne nerionno >*'""'^'''' "^^ '''''' ''"'"^«''* 
 
 N0IVIIx\AT10NS PAJl LE (iDlJVKHNEUlt. 
 XXXV'I. Toutes les UVx^ on'il v<. «..v.. / i- ' 
 
 tOUt*l 
 
 J^egonveriiPur 
 sera informfe 
 j)ar it' |)iin- 
 fipul odioier 
 ou lo pielet 
 qii'uii conseil- 
 Icr ou officier 
 ii'a pas 6te 
 t'luoiinotntne, 
 ♦'t i' n'njplira 
 la Viifance. 
 
 Comment se 
 feroiittelles 
 iioniinations. 
 
84 
 
 Appointment J 
 liow mai'.e. 
 
 [Fonri X.] 
 
 Cap. 100. 
 
 Municipal and Road Act L. C. 
 
 18 Vjcff. 
 
 under the hand of llie Proviii'ual Se(;retary addressed to such 
 Chief Officer or Registrar, wlio upon receipt thereof shall give 
 special notice of such appointment to the person so appointed, 
 and also to the Secretary Treasurer of the Council of the 
 IMunicipality for which such person is appointed : 
 
 How infonna- 2. After the expiration of forty-five clear days from the time 
 ior maybB ^yi^en such Electio:! or appointment should hava taken place 
 ^nik'i Officer undnr any of the provisions of this AC^ which precede this 
 ■,,■ liegiitrar -sc^'.ion, the Chief Olliccr of the Council (ii there be any such 
 fail to give it. Qii'^^.gj.-, ,.,j^ t)^,, |ij.gjj,tvar shall be held to bo in default of 
 
 givin£? such information if neither of them has in the interval 
 
 addre'ssod and transniiltcd to the Provincial vSecretary the letter 
 /^pnointment required by the last paragraph ; And in .uch cai^ ^''^^7^' 
 ty Goveinoi. nor shall make such appointment upon bemg inlormed ol the 
 
 vacancy required to be filled up by any two persons qualified 
 
 to vote in the Municipality. 
 
 ;i .1 ■•; 
 
 jiew Couniy 
 Couiicil ami 
 liow appliei). 
 
 Recourse of 
 nny other 
 
 MONEYS, UEIITS AND PHOPEHTY OF MUNICIPALITIES HEIIEBT 
 
 ABOLISHED. 
 
 XXXVll. All moneys \rliich at the lime this Act shall come 
 S7veI"to^*' into force, shall be or ought 'o be in the hands of the Secretary- 
 Treasurer of Treasurer of any ]Munic= 'lality, and wluL-h shall belong to any 
 such Municipality which will then cease to oxi^^I, sliall be paid 
 into the hands of the Secretary-Treasurer of the County in 
 which the pla^e where tiic sittings of the Council of such 
 Municipality were lield is situate, and shall be at the dis- 
 posal of the Council of the i^aid County, to bo applied lust to 
 the discharge of the debts and expenses of the Municipality 
 so ceasinj? to exist, and afterwards to the discharge of those 
 County saved, which the said County Council may have itself contracted, sav- 
 ing the recourse of any other County of whicli any part may 
 have been within the Municipality so ceasing to exist, for a 
 share of such moneys proportionate to the population of such 
 part as comparGd with tha. of the whok Municipality so ceasing 
 to exist : 
 
 2. The County Council shall have a right of action, for the 
 S money if recovery and payment of all sueh moneys as aforesaid ; and 
 not paid ov«r. the said moneys shall be afterwards employed or paid by the 
 Secretary-Treasurer according to the order which he may re- 
 ceive from the said County Council, in pursuance of the provi- 
 sions aforesaid ; 
 
 As=essmenti5, ^J- All ussessuieuls or rates of any kind whatsoever, which 
 
 Kc., (iuewheii at th.p timo this Act shall come into force, shall be due to any 
 
 this Act j^^^^jIj Municipality ceasing to exist, shall belong respectively 
 
 fo^c^! """ and shall be paid to the Local Municipality witiiin the limhs 
 
 of which they shall have been imposed, in the same manner 
 
 as if the said assessments or rates had been imposed in the said 
 
 Local Municipality by and in virtu? of this Act ; 
 
lass. Acte des MunidpaUtes el Chemim^B. C. Cap. 100. •« 
 
 toute telle nomination par une lettro sous son seing adressee ii ,„ , ^ 
 tel officier principal ou registrateur, qui, sur reception d'icelle ^^""""'* ^'^ 
 donnera ayis special de telle nomination a la irersonne aiiisi 
 nommee, amsi qu'au secretaire-tresorier du conseil de la muni- . 
 cipahte pour laquelle telle persohnc sera nommee : 
 
 2. Apres I'expiration de quarante-cinq jours francs, dujour 
 auquel telle election ou nomination auraitdd avoir lieu en vertu 
 de quelqu une des dispositions de cet acte qui prgc^dent cette 
 section I officier principal du conseil (s'il y a teloffieicr) et le 
 registrateur seront consideres en defaut, si Pun ou I'autre n'a 
 dans 1 mtervalle adresse et tranemis au secretaire provincial la 
 et re requise par le paragraphe precedent. Et dans tel cas, 
 telle nomination sera faite par le gouverneur sur information 
 de la vacance qui devra 6trc remplie, recue par lui de deux 
 personnes qualifiees a voter dans la municipalite. 
 
 Information 
 spra doiin£e 
 par deux vo- 
 teurs Si I'ofn- 
 cinr principal 
 oil le prefet 
 font dct'aut. 
 
 Nomination 
 par Is gouver- 
 neur. 
 
 ) HEIIEBT 
 
 'f SO ceasing 
 
 DENIERS, DETTES ET BIENS DES MUNICIPALIT^S 
 
 ABOLIES. 
 
 XXXVII. Tons les denicrs qui, lovsque cet acte entrera en n . 
 
 tresorif.r d une municipalite quelconque, etqui appartiendront a """^"s ^u tro- 
 toute municipality cessant alors d'exister comme telle, seront '""" *"" "?"' 
 vers6s par qui de dtoit entre les mains du secretaireiresorier dTcZr" 
 du comte dans lequel sera situee la place ou se tenaient les 
 seances du conseil de telle municipalite, et seront a la dispo- 
 sitiondu conseil municipal du dit comte, pour 6tre employ^, 
 dabord, a acquitter les dettes et depenses de la municipa' 
 ht6 eessant a.nsi d'exister, puis, celles que le dit conseil du 
 corite pourra lui-m6me avoir contractces : sauf le recours de .. „ 
 
 cipahte cessant ainsi d'exister pour une part de tels dcniers '^^""'t'^- 
 proportionnee a la population de telle partie comparee a coUp 
 de Ja municipalite entieie eessant ainsi d'exister : 
 
 2. Le conseil du comte uuva droit d'aclion pom- laire verser Droit d'aciiov 
 entre ses mams tons les (loniers .nsdits, le.squels deniers seront ","..'00.'°' 
 ensuite employes ou payes par lo socretaire-frrsorier scion ' '" ''" *^'^ 
 
 1 ordre qu^ en recevra du dit conseil du comte en confbrmite lu^^oi'^f 
 des dispositions susdites ; • 
 
 3. Toutes les eoliaations, de quelque nature que ce soit (ini r^i..,- 
 .seront dues, au moment de cet acte, 'a toute tel/e miuSipalh" ^:t^l. 
 tessant d exister appartiendront respectivement iusou'a duo "'"'"«■"• ''"■' '^ 
 concurrence, et seront payees a la municipalit'e locale dans .tuVdupre. 
 les hmifes de laquelle elles so trouveront avoir ele imposes. serJe.' 
 de meme que si les dites eotisations avaient ele imiiosecs dans 
 
 la dite municipalite locale en vertu du present ac*-^; ; 
 
 lOU 
 
 4. 
 
HiiillilMllilMP 
 
 ? II 
 
 i!" 
 
 t ,.!' 
 
 I \ 
 
 g5 Cap. 100. MunicipnJ and Road Aet L, C, 18 Vict. 
 
 •i^iansferor 4. From and diter the day when this Act shall come into 
 
 j)ioperty o\. ffjjpc all the property, moveable as well as immoveable, which 
 litts^^o" oiSsJ ^hall'tlK'n belong to any County Municipality ceasing to exi?t, 
 sliall belong to the County Municipality created by and m 
 virtue of this Act within which the place where the sittings of 
 the Council of the Municipality ceasing lo exist were held is 
 situate, in the same manner as if the said property had been 
 acquired by the said last County Municipality ; saving the; 
 rec Hirse of any other County of which any part may have 
 been within the Municipality so ceasing to exist for a share of 
 the value of such property proportionate lo the population of 
 such part as compared with that of the whole Municipality so 
 
 under this 
 Act. 
 
 Recourse of 
 ollicimuniri- 
 palities saved, 
 
 ceasing to exist : 
 
 Debts, fon- 
 tr.icts &f. ol' 
 municipalities 
 (•easing under 
 this Act, by 
 wliat munici- 
 pality lo be 
 paid or en- 
 forced. 
 
 Recourse 
 iigainst other 
 Municipalities 
 saved. 
 
 Rntes to be 
 It^vieil for dis- 
 charging such 
 debts. 
 
 ropulation 
 how deter- 
 mined. 
 
 Papers rela- 
 tive to Road 
 laws to be de- 
 livered, and to 
 whom. 
 
 5. The debts, contracts and agreements of any Municipality 
 which shall cease to exist by virtue of the coming into force of 
 this Act, shall thereafter be the debts, contracts and agreements 
 of and shall be recoverable or enforceable by or from the 
 County in which the place where the sittings of the Council 
 of the' Municipality so ceasing to exist were held is situate, 
 in the same manner as if the said debts had been contracted by 
 and the said contracts and agreements had been entered into 
 by the latter Municipality, saving the recourse of such County 
 t() recover from any other County within the limits of which any 
 part of th(^ Municipality ceasing to exist was situate, a share of 
 any simi paid in discharge of any such del^, proportionate to the 
 population of such part of such Municipality as compared with 
 the whole ])opulation thereof ; and it shall be lawful for any 
 County Council t<} cause a rate or rates to be levied on the 
 assessable properties in any locality within such County form- 
 ing a separate Municipality, or part of a Municipality, or parts 
 of several Municipalities, for the payment of any debt or debts 
 contracted or work or works done for the advantage of any such 
 locality by any County or Parish Municipality heretofore exist- 
 ing, or upon the whole County if such debt or debts was or 
 were contracted or such work or works lor the benelit of the 
 whole County ; and every such rate may be levied for the satis- 
 faction of any equitable claim, whether such debts were con- 
 tracted or such works performed according to the formalities 
 required by law or not ; 
 
 0'. The population referred to in this section shall be that 
 established by the now last census. 
 
 DELIVERY OF PAPERS, &c. 
 
 XXXVIII. Every person who shall have held the office of 
 Grand Voyer, or any Municipal Oilicer under any Act or 
 law relating lo the Municipal or Road system, and the 
 heirs, testamentary executors or curators of any such officer 
 who may be dead or absent from Lower Canada, shall deliver' 
 to the Secretary-Treasurer of the Municipal Council of the 
 
 County 
 
 , liii 
 
1865. Ade des Mimicipatit4s et Chemituf—B. C. Cap. 100. 
 
 4. Tous les biens, meubles ou immeubles<, appartenanf, au 
 moment de la mise en force de cet acte, a toute municipalite 
 decomte ccysant d'exister, appartiendront d^s cette epoque 
 a la muniopalitu de romfe, croee en verUi de cet acte, dans 
 laquelle sera sitiie le lien des seances duconseil de la munici- 
 palite eessant d'exister, de meme que s'ils avaicnt ete acquis 
 par la dite demiere municipalite de comle creee par le present 
 acte ; sauf le recours de tout autre comte dont une partie pourra 
 avoir ete dans la municipalite eessant ainsi d'exister pour une 
 part de la valeur de telle propriete proportionnee a la popu- 
 lation de telle partie comparee a celle de toute la municipalite 
 eessant ainai d'exister ; 
 
 5. Les dettes, contrats el conventions de toute municipalite 
 qui cessera d'exister en vertu de la mise en operation du present 
 acte deviendront des lors les dettes, contrats et conventions du 
 comte ou sera situe le lieu des seances du conseil de la muni- 
 cipalitg qui cessera ainsi d'exister, et seront reeouvrables et 
 pourrout 6tre mis en force par, pour ou contre le dit comte de la 
 mdme mani^re que si les dites dettes avaient ete contractees, 
 et les dits contrats et conventions passes, dans et par la dite 
 derni6re municipalite, sauf le recours de tel comte pour recou- 
 vrer de tout autre comte dans les limites duquel etait situ6e 
 quelque partie de la municipalite eessant d'exister une part de 
 toute somme payee a I'acquit de telles dettes en proportion de 
 la population de telle partie de telle locaiite comparee a la 
 totahte de la population d'icelle ; et il sera loisible a tout conseil 
 de comte de faire preleverune taxeou des taxes sur les proprieles 
 imposables de toute locaiite dans tel comte formant une munici- 
 palite distincte, ou partie d'une municipalite, ou parties de 
 diverses municipalites, pour le paiement de toute dette ou 
 dettes contractees ou ouvrage ou ouvrages pour I'avanlao^e 
 d'aucune telle municipalite par toute municipalite de conitc 
 ou de paroisse cxistant ci-devant ou sur le comte en entier 
 si telle dette ou dettes ont 6te contractees ou tels ouvrage ou 
 ouvrages fails pour I'avantage de tout le comte, et toute° taxe 
 de cette nature pourra Ctre prelevee pour le paiement de toute 
 demande raisonnable, soit que les dites dettes aient ete con- 
 tractees, ou que les dits ouvrages aient ete faits d'apres les 
 lormalites voulues par la loi ou non ; 
 
 87 
 
 Translation 
 des propri^tds 
 des anciennes 
 municipalites 
 aux municipa- 
 lites crSees 
 par le present 
 acte. 
 
 Sauf lereconrs 
 de tout autre 
 comt6. 
 
 Qui dsviendra 
 responsablft 
 dos dettes, con- 
 trats etc, des 
 municipalites 
 eessant d'exis- 
 ter. 
 
 Dos taxes 
 pouiiont 6tre 
 imposees pour 
 le paiement de 
 telles dettes. 
 
 6. La population a laqiaelle il est fait allusion dans la pre- 
 
 sente section sera celle etablie par le recensement alors der- comment"de. 
 
 ^'^''' teriniu6e. 
 
 LIVRAISON DES PAPIERS. ETC. 
 
 XXXVIII. Toute personne qui aura occupe la charge de-Les paniers 
 grand-voyer ou toute autre cliarge municipale en vertu de reiatifs aux 
 tout acte, ou loi ayant trait au svstfeme municipal ou a la '°'^ ''"* •=^*'- 
 
 voirie 
 
 et les heritiers, executeurs" testamentaires ou le cura- ddlivrTs 
 
 niins seront 
 au 
 
 »„. J , . . 1 rr- . ' . "-^ «-uia- ueiivres au 
 
 teur de tout tel olfacier qui sera mort ou absent du Bas-Canada, secretaire du 
 
 livreront '"'"'^^' *'^- 
 
88 
 
 Cap. 100. Municipal and Road Act L. C. 
 
 18 Vict. 
 
 Action to 
 compel such I 
 delivery. 
 
 Enforcing 
 judgment in 
 such Action, 
 
 County to which they relate, within fifteen days after the time 
 when this Act shall come into force, or il such Secretary- 
 Treasurer be not then appointed, within eight days of his ap- 
 pointment, all books, registers, proccs-verbaux, assessment 
 rolls, resolutions, copies of judgment, maps, plans, returns 
 and other documents and papers in his or their possession, or 
 under his or their control, relating to such office, to remain 
 depoir'.jted and of record in the office of the Coimcil and in the 
 custody of the Secretary-Treasurer : 
 
 2. The Secretary-Treasurer of each Coimty Council shall have 
 a right to take possession of all and every such books, papers 
 and other things wherever he may find the same, in the event of 
 their not being delivered to him by the proper officer or person 
 withinthe delay hereinbefore allowed, and shall also have a right 
 of action to recover the same with damages, as indemnity to the 
 County Council and costs, before any Circuit Court, by saisie 
 revemlication or otherwise from such officer or from his heirs, 
 executors or curators, or from any other person liaving posses- 
 sion thereof. And judgment in every such action by which 
 delivery or the payment of damages or both shall be ordered, 
 may be enforc(;d by contrainte par corps against the person con- 
 demned, according to the laws in force in such cases in Lower 
 Canada, if by the declaration such contrainte is demanded. 
 
 ROADS, BRIDGES AND OTHER PUBLIC WORKS. 
 
 CLASSIFICATION AND GENERA!. PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO THKM. 
 
 noad<! &.' to ^XXIX. Roads, Bridges and other Public Works shall, for 
 b« daUitie'fi ihe purposes of tiiis Act, be divided into three classes : 
 
 ProYincial 
 woriis. 
 
 1. Provincial Works comprising all Roads, Bridges and 
 Other Public Works made and held by the Provincial Govern- 
 ment ; 
 
 Countywoiks 2. Counly Works comjmsing all Roads, Bridges and other 
 Public Works made or maintained at the expense of a County 
 or of several Counties, qg of the Inhabitants or any nimnber of 
 the Inhabitants of more than one Local Municipality in a 
 Counly ; and 
 
 Local works. 
 
 Koads clasai- 
 iifd. 
 
 Front road?. 
 
 3. Local Works comprising all Roads, Bridges and other 
 Public Works made or maintained at the expence of any one 
 Local Municipality, or of llie Inhabitants of any portion thereof. 
 
 XL. Roads arefiiitlieruislinguished as Front Roads andBy- 
 ■Roads : 
 
 Front Roads are those whose general course is across 
 the lots in any Range or Concession, and which ao not lead 
 from one Range or Concession to another in front or in rear 
 thereof ; 
 
 2. 
 
Id5d. 
 
 Acte des Municipams el Chemins—B. C. Cap, lOO. g^ 
 
 livreront au secr^taire-tr^sorier du coiiseil du comte, auquel ils 
 se rapporteront, dans quinze jours de Pepoque ou c2t acte 
 nomr;;A'^'''^\'"•' "" ''1"^ socretaire-tresoVier n'esl pas aS 
 norame, dans hmt jours de sa nomination, tousles Ivres re- 
 rifit'/'^'t""''*^""^' f ^^^ ^« cotisation,' resolutions'copLs 
 nnn oSTn ". ' '"*"'' 1^^^"^' ''^PP^^'^^ «* ^"^res documents et 
 n hX. ' "J' P°«^l«'«n se rapportant a telle charge, pour 
 
 2. Le secretaire-tresorier de chaque conseil de comte aura le Droit d-a^tm,, 
 droit de prendre possesion de tons tels livres, papiers et aites Poufse £"" 
 HvXt£fTffi°- """' «e trouveront, si elles ne lui sont pa; '»- «-«- 
 Inl> Pf 1 ^ffi-^^er ou personne tenue de le faire sous le dLi 
 susdit, et aura aussi droit d'action devant toute cour de circui 
 par saisie-revendication ou autrement, pour les recouvrer avec 
 les depens et dommages en forme d'indemnite en faveur du 
 conseil du comte, de tout tel officier ou de ses heritiers exLu" 
 teurs testamentaires ou curatenr, ou de toute aut^l personne 
 en possession d'lcelles. Et tout jugement dans toute telle irtinn p . . , 
 
 ootT^t^iTT "" '°""?^»"'^' «nsembi:ry;aSS^S:Srs2? 
 pourra6tre exficut6 par conlrainte par corps contre la personne «««^"i°n- 
 
 Baf?r«':f 'T"' ^7^'' ^" TiS"^"reS pareil «as^dans le 
 Bas^Canada, chaque fois que telle contrainte sera demandee 
 par la declaration. "i^mduuec 
 
 CHEMINS, FONTS ET AUTRES OUVRAGES PUBLICS. 
 CLASSIFICATION ET DISPOSITIONS GfiNJilULES QUI LES CON- 
 
 .«??.^'^" f ^^ chemins, ponts et autres ouvrages publics ru • 
 seront pour les fins de cet acte, divis6s en trois classes : L^Z^II^^ia- 
 
 1. Les ouvrages provinciaux comprenant tons les chemins T'""" r, 
 ponts et autres ouvrages publics faiti et possedes par lo goul Si^S"^™' 
 vemement provincial ; ^ » vmciaux. 
 
 2. Les ouvrages de comte comprenant tous les eheinin« n 
 poms et autres ouvrages publics faiths ou entreteiiu Lx d S -'-^ "" 
 d'un ou do plusieurs comtes, ou des habitants, ou d'un ncKe 
 
 et^auterr3;V'''^n-''"^^^^^^^ tous les chemins, ponts Ouvrages lo- 
 
 e autres ouvrages publics, laits ou entretonus anx linens '=''"^- 
 d;une seule mumcipalito locale, ou des habitants d'uuo pS 
 
 de front'<;rrot:r;" """^ ^" "^^" '^^^^■"^'^^•^ «« ^hemin. Ajtres eh. 
 1. Les chemins de front sont ceux dont la direction o-6„t'.rale rh , 
 
 ZZl^^""V^'' ^"'^ ^'"" '^"^ «" concession, efqUne ^^-!"" 
 derrlSe ; ^'' '''"^' ""^ ^°"«*^««i«" " "» ""♦>« Levant ou 
 
90 
 
 Cap. 100. 
 
 Munictjial mul Road Ad L. C. 
 
 18 Vict. 
 
 By-roads or 2. By-roads {routes) arr those avIioso general course is 
 Rouio. lengthwise of the lots in any Range or Concession, or whicii 
 
 lead from one Rahgo or Concession to another in front or rear 
 thereof, or to a Banal Mill, or to a Britlge or Ferry not on the 
 line of a front road ; and all other roads not being front roads ; 
 but any Council may, by Resolution, declare any other road lo 
 be a By-Road ; 
 
 Roads bet; 3. A front road passing between two Ranges or Concessions 
 
 msbns!"*^"" is the front road of both, unless one of them only has another 
 
 front road, in which case it is the front road of the Range or 
 
 Concession not having another front road< but any Council may, 
 
 by Resolution, declare any other road to be a front road ; 
 
 Front road of 4. That part of the front road of any Range or Concession, 
 any lot. which is upon, or in front of, any Lot, is the Front Road of sucb 
 
 Lot. 
 
 f|,i 
 
 Width of front XLI. No front road hereafter to be opened shall be less than 
 roads. thirty-six feet French measure, in width : ' 
 
 Of By-roads. ~- No By-road and no road leading to a Banal Mill hereafter 
 to be opened, shall be less than twenty-six feet French mea- 
 sure, in width ; 
 
 Different ^- Nothing herein contained shall be construed to prevent 
 
 widthinadeby any road from being made wider than is above provided, if it 
 
 order, By- bg so ordered by Prods- Verbal, or Bv-law ; 
 law, &c. •' ) .' » 
 
 Ditches in or- 
 dinary cases. 
 
 May be dis- 
 pensed with. 
 
 Water courses 
 •'onveying 
 water from 
 roads through 
 lands of any 
 person. 
 
 4. Except where it shall be otherwise provided by some 
 Proces- Verbal or By-law, there shall be on each side of every 
 road a ditch three feet in width, properly constructed and having,' 
 sufficient fall in the direction of its length, to carry off" the water ; 
 and there shall be small drains across the road at all places 
 where the same may be necessary for the free passage of the 
 water from one ditch to the other ; thes(> ditches and drains 
 shall be held to be part of the road ; 
 
 5. Ditches may be dispensed with or may be made of less 
 width than is above provided, if the nature of the ground render 
 it advisable, and if it be so ordered by any Proven-Verbal or 
 By-laws ; 
 
 6. If, in order to convey the water from off any road, it be 
 deemed necessary to make any water course upon or through 
 the lands of any person, such necessity shall be declared by the 
 Proces-Verbal or By-law which shall regulate the making and 
 maintaining such water course as part of the work belonging 
 to the Road : and if any Proems- Verbal or By-law touching any 
 ?;uch water* course, be in force at the commencement of this 
 Act, it shall remain in force until annulled or altered by a 
 Prods- Verbal or By-law under this Act ; 
 
18 Vict. I 1855. Aiic des Muniripalites et ChauinS^B. C. Cap. 
 
 KM). 
 
 91 
 
 al course is 
 ;i, or whicii 
 
 iVont or rear 
 ry not on the 
 
 iVont roads ; 
 other road lo 
 
 Concessions 
 ' has another 
 the Range or 
 !}ouni:il may, 
 road ; 
 
 Concession, 
 Road of such 
 
 be less than 
 
 lill hereafter 
 French mea- 
 
 sd to prevent 
 rovided, if it 
 
 Jed by some 
 side of every 
 1 and having,' 
 iff" the water; 
 at all places 
 ssage of the 
 and drains 
 
 made of less 
 •ound render 
 ria- Verbal or 
 
 r road, it be 
 1 or through 
 ilared by the 
 making and 
 ■k belonging 
 ouching any 
 iment of this 
 altered by a 
 
 i. Les routes sont les chemins dont la direction generale est „ , 
 snr la btjgueur des lots d'un rang ou concession, on n„i con- """""'• 
 duisent d'nn rang ou concession a un autre devant ou derriere 
 oua im moulm on a nn pont ou a une traverse qui ne se 
 trouve pas sur la l.gne <ruu chemin d.' front, ainsi c,ue lous le, 
 autres chemms (,ui ne sont pas ,ies (.hemins de front, mais 
 tout conseil pourra par resolution declarer ,,ue tout autre che- 
 nun sera une route ; 
 
 3. Un chemin de^ front qui passe entrc deux rangs ou Cheminsonire 
 ^ concessions est le chemin de front des deux, A inom.\nC ^^^^^S 
 seul de ces rangs ou concessions n'ait un autre chemin de ront 
 auquel cas U est le chemin de front du rang ou concession qu 
 n'a pas d'autre chemin de front, mais tout conseil pourra a 
 resolution declarer tout autre chemin, chemin de front ; 
 
 setouv/rivom 'S""'!",^^ ^'-""^ ^'"" ^ang ou concession qui Cl.e.nins de 
 se trouve en Iront d'lm h)t ou sur un lot est lo chemin de front '^'°"t ^l''<n« 
 (le ce lot. tfrre. 
 
 XLI. Nul chemin do front <|ui sora ouvert a I'avenir n'aura 
 mojns de treute-six pieds de lurg.Mir, mcsure franf;aiso : 
 
 f Nulle route ou chemin conduisant a un moulin banal 
 qmsera ouvert a I'avenir .I'aura moins de vingt-six pieds de 
 largeur, mesure tran^aise ; ft. i u. »« 
 
 .3 Nulle disposition contenue dans le present acte n'aura 
 lefletd'emp6cher qu'.in chemin ne soit fait plus large ou'il 
 n'est present ci-dessus, s'il est ainsi ordonne par proc^s-vetbal 
 ou par reglenient ; r t luui 
 
 4. Sauf ies cas ou il en sera autrement ordonne par duelque 
 proc^s-vorbal ou yeglement, il y aura de ..haquo C^te detout 
 chemm un fosse de trois pieds de largeur, contenablement fail 
 f"t ayant dans la direction de sa longu(>ur une pente sufiisante 
 pour 1 ecoulemem des eaux ; et il sera fait des rigoles traversani 
 le chemm aux endroits ou elles seront necessaiils pour que Ies 
 oaux puissent s'ecoulerlibrementd'un losse a I'autre ; cesfossos 
 et rigoles seront censes faire partie du chemin ; 
 
 5. II pourra n'etre pas fait de fosses, ou ilspourronl T'tn. laits 
 d'une largeur moindre qu'il n'est prescrit ci-dessus, si la natu e 
 au terrain le permet, et s'il en est ains; ordoun6 pa, p oS.- 
 verbalouparreglements; )«i,,i,k,s 
 
 6. Si pour faire 6couler Ies eaux d'un chemin il est iucr.'. 
 necessaire de creuser un cours d'eau sur ou a travers los terror 
 de quelqu un, cetle necessite seraaffirinee par j)roces-verbal ou 
 par le reglenient qui reglera la construction ot I'entretion de ce 
 cours deaucomme faisant partie des travaux appartenantau 
 chemin ; ot si quelque proces-verbal ou reglemen/ relatiTa u 
 xemblable cours d'eau est en vigueur Jorsque cet acte enlrem 
 en operation, il restera en vigueur jusqu'a ce qu'il soit annule 
 oumodifie par un proccXs-verbal dresse ou par un reg™nt 
 passe en vertu de cet acte ; ^ 
 
 7. 
 
 I.:trgeur ilu 
 <'li('iriiii (le 
 I'roiil. 
 
 Lurgeur des 
 roil ies. 
 
 lis pouiront 
 etre plus 
 liirye. 
 
 Fosses dans 
 Ies ras ofdi- 
 iiairt's. 
 
 Fosses inoiiis 
 large en t-t'i'- 
 tairis Cas. 
 
 Cours d'tau 
 li travers Ies 
 terres pour 
 I'e^out (Ies 
 chcniius. 
 
d2 
 
 Cap. loo. Municipal and Road Ad t. C \S Vict. 
 
 Water course 7. Every person upon whose lands such water course shall 
 aliowpd to be have been directed to be made, shall bo bound to allow the 
 pensation!'"' s^f^e, and to allow free access thereto for the purpose of making 
 and maintaining it ; being first compensated (if he has not be- 
 fore received compensation) in the manner hereinafter pro- 
 vided ; • 
 
 Certain ways 
 declared roads 
 under thisAct. 
 
 8. Every road declared a Public Highway by any Prods- 
 Verbaly By-law or Order of any Grand Voyer, Warden, Cum- 
 missioner or Municipal Council, legally made, and in force 
 when this Act shall commence, sliall be held to be a Road 
 within the meaning of this Act, until it be otherwise ordered 
 by competent authority ; 
 
 Roads (tsed us p' ^^^ ^"X ^"''^^ ^^^^ *^P^" ^'^ ^"^ "^^^ ^^ ^"^'^ ^Y *''^ public, 
 such for a without contestation of their right, during a period of ten years 
 certain time, or upwards, shall be held to have been legally declared a Public 
 
 Highway by some competent authority as aforesaid, and to be a 
 
 Road within the meaning of this Act ; 
 
 Ground occu- 
 pied by road 
 in whom vest 
 ed. 
 
 And if the 
 road be t!is- 
 continued. 
 
 10. The ground occupied by any road shall bo vested in the 
 Local Municipality in which it lies, and such road may be dis- 
 continued, or its position in any part may be altered by ProcCs- 
 Verbalj but shall not otherv.'ise be alienated ; and whenever a 
 road is discontinued, if the land on each side belong to the 
 same person, the said ground shall plena jure become the pro- 
 perty of such person,— or if the land on each side belong to 
 two different owners, then half the breadth of the road shall 
 become the prop.rty of each of them, unless one of them shall 
 have furnished land for a road in the place of that so discon- 
 tinued, in which case the whole shall become his property ; 
 
 Punishment 
 for ceitain 
 
 11. It shall not be lawful for any person to drive at any 
 offenc- « o -h ^^'^^ faster than a walk over any bridge exceeding twenty 
 ing roads?"'' ^^^^ ^^ length, unless such bridge be w'holly of brick or stone,— 
 or to cut, deface or injure any part of any bridge, rail or post, or 
 any mile stone or mile post, or any inscription thereon, or any 
 work or thing forming part of or serving to the use of any road, 
 or any trees lawfully planted on any side-walk, or in any way to 
 obstruct or render inconvenient or dangerous tiie use of any 
 road ; and for every such offeneo the oflbnder sliall incur a 
 jienalty not exceeding twenty shillings, nor less than five shil- 
 lings currency. 
 
 FERRIES. 
 
 Where both XLII. Ferries in cases where both sides of the river or water 
 sides are in to be crossed lie within the same local Municipality, shall be 
 one locality, under the control of the Municipal Council thereof : 
 
98 
 
 1855. Ade des Municipalitcs el Chmim~B. C. Cap. 100. 
 
 7. Touto personne sur la terrc dc laquelle il aura 6te ordonnC' 
 de creuser ,v. cours d'eau, sora obligee de le souffrir, et sera 
 tenuodc pcrmeltrc d'y avoir acci^s dans lo but de le fairc ou 
 entretenir ; aprcis avoir rc^u unc compensation pr6alable (si 
 clle n en a ])aH n.-Qu pr^cedcmmont), ainsi qu'il est preserit ci- 
 
 8. Tout cheinin declare grand ciiemin public par un proces- 
 verbal, reglemcnt ou ordrc d'un grand-voyer, prefet, cLmi.. 
 .aire, ou conseil niununpal, legalement dressC- ct en vigueur 
 au moment ou cet acte entrera cu operation, sera oonsidfiro 
 cotnme cheuun smvant Pe«prit de eet acte, jusqu'u ce nu'il en 
 soit aufrcment ordouae par l'autorit6 eompel'onle ; 
 
 9. Et lout chemin ouverl el Irequenle eomme tel par io „ . , 
 public, sans contestation de son droit, pendant I'espace de LT^^foTt" 
 
 Servitude pour 
 ics cours 
 il'eau pour 
 l'6gout des 
 chcmins. 
 
 Certains ohe- 
 mins d6claris 
 grands chn 
 mins suivaiil 
 cct acto. 
 
 partient u la memo personnc, le terrain du chemin deviendra h ^ , 
 
 chaquc cOle tippartient a deux proprietaires s6par6s, alors la "''»"• 
 monie de la largeur du chemin deviendra la propri6t6 de 
 chacuji d'cux, a moms que I'un d'eux n'ait fourSi Ic terrain • 
 pour un chemin a la place du chemin ainsi aboli, et dans ce 
 cas la totahtu du terrain deviendra sa proprietC* ; 
 
 11. line sera permis a pcrsonne de conduire une voilure p^.„v,x 
 pjusrapidement qu'au pas^ur un pont ayant pl"s de vlnS TSillte 
 pieds de longueur, a moins que ce pont ne soit entitire. 'C'""'^- ""* 
 ment construit en pierre ou en briquc ; ni de couper, mutiler °^' 
 oud6teriorer aueune partie d'un pont, perche ni poteau, ni 
 aucune borne miUiaire ou poteau milliaire ou inscription sur 
 icelle, ou aucun ouvrage ou objet faisant partie d'un chemin 
 oucn dependant, ni aucun arbre legalement plante sur une 
 contre-allec, ni d'obsiruer de quelque maniere que ce soit un 
 chemin ou en rendre I'usage incommode ou dangereux : et pour 
 chaquc semblable contravention, celui qui i'aura commise paiera 
 une amende qui u'excedcra pas vingt ehclins, ct qui ne sera 
 pas moindro que cmq ehelms eourant. 
 
 TRAVERSES. 
 
 -tiS^"' n ''^ ^^r""'^^^^ ^"""^l''^ J^S deux rives de la riviere ou Traverses 
 etendue d'eau a traverser sont situees dans la m6me miinicT '""^^e'e^ 
 
 Swe:' ' ''''"' '""' ^' '""^''^' ^'^ ^°"^^^» mvnicipaliTntZsU 
 
 meme mwnici. 
 9 polity iQctiJ^f. 
 
A' < 
 
 A 
 
 94 Cap. 100. Municipal and Road Act L. C. 18 Vict. 
 
 In the sanio 2. Ferries, in cases where bofli sides of the river or water 
 nuull^he"' '" '"' ^-•■"^^•-'^l ^'<^ within the same county, but not within the 
 Kiime locnliiy. «fimo local numieipality, shall be under the control of tiie 
 Conntv Council ; 
 
 Money arisjng 
 fronn ferries, 
 to vvl»rri to 
 belling'. 
 
 Waters bet- 
 ween Iwii 
 Countie>, 
 
 ;). The moneys arising from any license for a ferry shall, if 
 the ferry be tinder the control of a local municipality, belong 
 (o such iimnieipalily, i\nii if it he under the control of the 
 County (Joiincil, they shall belong one moiety to each of the 
 local municipalities between which the ferry lies; and such 
 moneys shall be appli<xl to road purposes ; 
 
 4. Ferries, in cases where both sides of the river or water to 
 be crossed shall not lie within the saim; county, shall contitme 
 to be regulated and governed as they now arc ; 
 
 Exclusive pri- 5. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to enable any 
 vileires saved. ]VInnicij)al Council to authorize any person to keep a ferry 
 within the limits for which an exclusive privilege has been 
 granted by law to the proprietor of any toll-bridge ; 
 
 renalty for G. Any person acting as a ferryman at any such ferry under 
 
 "ic'e"''''"'"' ^''«' ^"'V"* "!" ""^ Municipal CouiKMl without a. license from 
 such Council or beyond the limits assigned to hifti by such 
 license, shall incur a penalty of twenty shillings currency for 
 each person or thing so ferried over l)y him. 
 
 FORDS OVKR HIVKHS. 
 
 To be kept 
 even at Ijot- 
 torn. 
 
 XLIII. Fords over Rivers .shall be kept free from loose stones, 
 and impediments, anti the bottom kept as smooth and even as 
 practicable, and such fords shall be properly marked out witlj 
 poles or baliscs. 
 
 certain sea 
 son?. 
 
 WINTER ROADS. 
 
 Fences to br XLIV'. From the first day of December, in each year, 
 taken down at until tlic first day of April, in the next following year, all 
 fences by the sides of Roads and all line ftuices, or fences 
 making an angle with a road, to the distance of at least twenty- 
 five feet from it, shall be taken down to within twenty-four 
 inches from the ground, leaving only the upright posts or 
 pickets standing above that height, except only within the 
 limits of Villages, and in places wliere the fences stand at 
 least twenty-five feet Irom the side of the Highway, or when 
 
 Eyceplion ; 
 Villages, hed 
 ges, &c. 
 
 m consequence of hedges, or fences not renioveable without 
 great expense having been erected, the County Superintendent 
 shall permit them to remain, on such conditions as lie may 
 
 think 
 
 |)ropi>r 
 
Acte des Municipal's et Chmins~^B. C. Cap. 100. 
 
 Ifi55, 
 
 95 
 
 'ins In 
 nioiiiemunici- 
 |<alit£. 
 
 objels <fe, ehemir; '-"'•""*'• '" ''» """m applique, anv 
 
 deux i-h^rrS ^a^'luutf d^nr [f "„f ' ""''" '""' '"'•^"'"••• 
 
 in privilt.g,. oxolU an r^ 6 act„ J tar h r '"'°' '"'''if"'" ° " 
 d'lra pout Vln p,v,3„ ; ""JiKle par la lo, au propri6laiie 
 
 ob.e„„c du cli, <.„„;,.U ou''a,;:I i""Cr'' ^'™ , «-"- -Si'LL- 
 ifllc liM'ucf, cncourra nnc omrntle dp vinm „hL .prescntps dans li„„„, 
 
 nUES »ANS LES RlVlKKES. 
 
 niveau aufunt c ue k '^S' ^ tl '" ''''' '■'"^" ""^ ^^ ^e 
 
 Les gii^s se* 
 ront tenus 
 libres de totjt 
 embarras, 
 
 XLIV. Depui.s J 
 
 CffEMINS D'mVER. 
 ♦• premier jour de deeembre 
 
 de chaque Les clotures 
 seront abat- 
 tues dans 
 certaiiies sai- 
 sons. 
 
 annee usqu'au preniier iou d'av-r I T ,, "^•"" "^"^"^ 
 •ontos le« clotures Je lone. £s JuX .1. • ""''^ ^-uivante, 
 Hotures de Wane ou *. , iLf e'»^'"Jn^, et toutes Jes 
 
 •i-ni. in..,u^";dU;:. ''t'' wXi :r.ri^"^'^ ^^^^ ^^ 
 
 «..fenu'n. da,,.. 1... li,,',/, .^ ti C^^^f ;,'r,'"7" ''''=.''?'^ 
 iloturos sont eloicme..* ,1-. • i, /"'^fef N ti dcuis Je.s lieux ou ies 
 "» "ioin«, ou d K's 1 :,'';X'^ ;'" '^''-7'"/'- vingt-cinqpieds 
 
 <l"'il ,i..gera ..XeuabllT/'" '^^^"^ •^«'*^"' ^'^'^out «ux condition. 
 
 2. 
 
 Exception. 
 
I, 
 
 
 
 96 
 
 Cap. 1(K). 
 
 Municipal and Road Act L. C. 
 
 18 Vict. 
 
 Site oi rond. j), ^Vintcr roads upon the snow shall b(! made in such places, 
 as flu' InH|)i.«(itorH shall from time to time determine ; 
 
 TiuouKii whnt •'• They may i)e eiirried upon or ihroiigli any Held or in- 
 
 l»roi)erty to bf closed f^njurxl, exee[)t such as may i)e used as orehard.s, 
 
 .arriod. gardens or yard-s, or as maybe it wed with quick hedges or 
 
 with fences whieii cannot v.ithout great difficulty or expense 
 
 be removed or repiuced, through whieh they shall not be carried 
 
 witiiout the consent of the occupant ; 
 
 By whom to 
 bf kei)t ii|i. 
 
 .Turisdirtion 
 oil rivciif, Ac. 
 b''tween two 
 Muiiicijiiili' 
 tics. 
 
 By what Mu 
 nicipalilins to 
 lie kept up. 
 
 who 
 
 4. They shall l)(r kept in order by the persons wlio art 
 bound to keep the same roads (or the roads for which they 
 arc substituted) in repair in summer, including the Muni- 
 cipality Arhen so bound ; 
 
 •loint expense 
 ill certain 
 caees. 
 
 Koads across 
 the St. Law- 
 rence. 
 
 Proviso. 
 
 When ihe 
 roail leads to 
 a ( i y, &c. 
 Proviso : as to 
 Alunicipality 
 on the Nortii 
 Shore ol the 
 St. Ijawrenoe 
 liaving roads 
 leading to the 
 ^>Iand of 
 
 Montreal, 
 
 5. For the purpose of making and maintaining Winter Roads 
 on the frozen surface of rivers, lakf^s and other waters flowing 
 or lying between two or more Municipalities, the powers, duties 
 and authority ol the Councils of the several Municipalities lying 
 on cacli shore an.1 of their Ofliccrs respectively, shall extend be- 
 yond the ordinary limit>! of such Municipalities, as fur as the 
 centre of every such River, Lake or other Water ; 
 
 G. Every such Road shall be maintained by the Local Muni- 
 cipality tiu-ough whosje limits as defined by this Section, it 
 passes, unless it htis been substituted for a summer Road, in 
 wiiich case, if parties other than the Municipality were bound 
 to keep the summer Road in repair, the same parties shall 
 maintain the winter Road ; 
 
 7, Every such Road leading from one LocaWMunicipality to 
 another (such Local Municipalities not being situate or fronting 
 on the River St. Lawrence) shall be traced out and maintained 
 at the joint expense of both Municipalities, and under the joint 
 direction of the Inspector.^ of both Municipalities ; 
 
 8. Every such Road across the St. Lawrence shall be traced 
 out and maintained at the joint expence of the two County 
 Municipalities immediately connected ^y such Road, and 
 under the joint direction of the County Superintendents of both 
 Counties ; Provided always, that whtm either end of such road 
 across the St. Lawrence shall terminate at an Incorporated City 
 or Tov/n, or within two miles of the limits thereof, such City 
 or Town Municipality shall bear one half, and the County Mu- 
 nicipality on the opposite side shall bear the other half of the 
 expense of the making and maintenance of such road ; And 
 provided also, that the County Municipalities on the North Shore 
 of the St Lawrence having roads leading to the Island of Mon- 
 treal, with the exception of the Corporation of the City of Mon- 
 tealjShall be exemptfrom contributiiig"'towardsthe tracingout or 
 maintaining of any such Road leading to the Island of Montreal ; 
 but all such Roads, except those terminating at, or within two 
 miles from, the City of Montreal, shall be traced out and main- 
 tained by the Cownty MwnicipaUties respceiively on the South 
 
 i! I 
 
18 Vict. I 1866. Actedes MunicipaliUx et Chemins-^B. C. Cap. 100. 
 
 I such places, 
 ine ; 
 
 field or in- 
 
 Hs orclmrdrt, 
 
 ck hedges or 
 
 ty or expense 
 
 not bo rarried 
 
 oris who art 
 )r which they 
 ig the Mum- 
 
 Winter Roads 
 atcrs flowing 
 owera, duties 
 ipiilities lying 
 ill cxfencl be- 
 an I'ur as the 
 
 ( Local Muni- 
 8 Section, it 
 rncr Road, in 
 \f were bound 
 parties shall 
 
 unicipality to 
 itc or fronting 
 ,d maintained 
 ndcr the joint 
 > 
 
 hall be traced 
 two County 
 \\ Road, and 
 ideuts of botli 
 I of such road 
 rporated City 
 of, such Cily 
 County Mu- 
 ^r half of tho 
 rIj road ; And 
 e North Shore 
 sland of Mon- 
 City of Men- 
 tracing out or 
 i of Montreal ; 
 ov within two 
 out and main* 
 OJJ the Souih 
 
 97 
 
 8. Les chemins d'hivrr scront traces dans tela lieux quo Icr r^. 
 mspecteurs fixcront do temps a autre ; Si Tact. ' 
 
 S. lis pourront 6trc traces sur ou A travers tout champ ou Chemin. d'hi- 
 enclos, suut les vergers, jardins ou cours, ou autres terrains ^" '"f !«• ler- 
 clos de haies vivea ou clbtures rjui ne peuvent 6tre nbattues ou ^"""^ «"«'«•. 
 replactes sans beaucoup do diHicultts ou de grandes depense^ *"'" 
 et a travers lesquels Ie» chemins nc scront pas tracC's sans le' ^^"P»'«>n«- 
 conscntement de I'occupant ; 
 
 4. lis seront entretenus par les personnes qui sont oblig(5es Entr«t,>„ h.. 
 d'entretenir pendant I'ctc los mfimcs chemins (ou ceux auxqueis ^\^mln» " 
 jls eont substituC's) y compris la municipalitu lorsqu'elle v est *''"'^"- 
 lenue ; . ' 
 
 6. Afifi de faire et cnlretenir lea chemins d'hiver sur la surface ru .,u- 
 
 gelee des rivieres, lacs cf anfrcs eaux courant el situces rntre ve, .Tia 
 deux ou plusieurs municipalites, les pouvuins, devoirs et autorite ({'"".etc. 
 des conseilsdcsditlerentes numicipaiites situees surchaquo rive 
 ct de leurs officiera ^(!spectif^^ s'etendiont aii-tlela des limites 
 ordinaires de ces munieipalites jusqu'au centre de ohaque telle 
 riviere, lac ou autre nappe d'eau ; 
 
 6. loutlelchemmseraentretenuparlaniunicipalite locale Par 
 dans les limites de laquelle, lell;!s que di'finies p;ir cette stelion um 
 il passera, a moms qu'il n'ait ete Mubstitne a un chemin d'ei6 et 
 dans ce cas, si des personnes autres que la munieipalile etaient 
 oblig6es d'entretenir le chemin d'ete, les m<imes parties cntre- 
 tiendront le chemin d'hiver ; 
 
 qui entre* 
 
 7. Tout tel chemin conduiwant d'une municipalite locale a 
 line autre, (ees municipalites locales n'etaiit pas situees ou 
 n'ayant pas leurs fronts sur Je lleuve Saint Lament,) sera trace 
 et entretenu aiix frais comrnuns des deux municipaiiles, etsous 
 la direction combinee des iiispecteurs des deux iiiuait;ipaliles ; 
 
 H. Tout tel chemin lrav(Msant le Saint Lauretil sera trace et 
 entretenu aux frait* er.muiuns (k-w deux iniinieipalites de eomte 
 immediatemenl reliees par ce clierniu et sous la direction eoni- 
 bin6e des siirintiuidants de eomte des deux eomtes : pourvu tou- 
 jours, que dans le cas oii I'mi on I'ainre bout de tout tel chemin 
 sur le Saint Laureiil se leiiuinera a uuv, cite ou vilJe irieorporee 
 ou dans un rayon de deux milles de.s lijuites d'it ellf, telle muni- 
 eipalit6 de cite ou ville, pourvoini. a uiie moitie, et la munici- 
 palite do eomte sur I'aiilre rive a uiie autre luolfie tWs depenses 
 de I'ouverliu-e et,do I'entretieu du rlii chemin ; El puurvu aus'^i 
 (|ue lesmunicipaliles<le eomte surlarive uorddu Saint Laurent 
 Jiyant des eheniins eouduisuiitl a TJIe de MonUe;.l,a I'excepiion 
 de la corporation de la e ire de Montreal, seroni exempies de 
 eontribuer aux IVaia* du trace ou de I'eutretien de tout tel chemin 
 tORduietuit i\ rile de Munirt'al ; maia xom tola chemins. exoent6 
 
 Chemin entrs 
 dent rnunici- 
 palitfii. 
 
 Chfniins tra- 
 vertaiit le 
 Si. Laurent. 
 
 Proviso. 
 Cas oii It! chp- 
 iiiiru-niuluit il 
 uiit' villf. 
 
 I'liiviso: leu 
 iiiuiiicipalitds 
 sur la rive 
 111)1(1 du St. 
 l^iHiirtint ayant 
 dts rhemiiis 
 cunJiiisant «, 
 la c'wi de 
 
 !»V 
 
 
i; ' i 
 
 " ' •ill 
 
 98 
 
 Cap. iOO. Municipal and Road Act L. C. 
 
 18 Vict. 
 
 Double track 
 may be order- 
 ed. 
 
 Shore of the said River from which they lead ; and the winter 
 roads leading to the Island of Montreal from the County of 
 L'Assomption, shall be traced out and maintained by that 
 County ; 
 
 9. The County Superintendent may, under a Resolution of 
 any Council, order that any winter road may be made double, 
 having a row of halises in the middle, and a track on one side 
 thereof for vehicles going in one direction, and on the other for 
 those going in the opposite direction ; and the said Superin- 
 tendent may, from time to time, make such otlier general or 
 special orders concerning the mode of keeping the said Roads 
 as he may deem expedient, and such orders shall be binding 
 on the Road Officer acting under him and on all parties con- 
 cerned ; 
 
 ^laced* a?idoi ^^' ^^^ Winter Roads shall be marked by balises of spruce, 
 
 what kind'. ° cedar, henilock, pine or ol her wood, of at least eight feet in 
 
 length, which shall be fixed at a distance of not more than 
 
 thirty-six feet one from the other, on each side of the road, if the 
 
 road be single, and in the middle of the road, if it be double ; 
 
 BY WHOM ROADS ARE TO BE MADE AND MAINTAINED IN 
 THE ABSENCE OF ANY ]JY-LAW Oil PROCES-VHRBAL 
 REGULATING THE MAKING AND MAINTENANCE THEREOF. 
 
 roads shall be XLV. If there be no valid Proces- Verbal, By-law, or Order, 
 made, &e. providing otherwise, then — 
 
 Front roads. j_ ^he Front Road of each Lot is to be made and kept in 
 repair by the owner or occupant thereof; and if there be two 
 or rnore oAvners or occupants, then by them jointly and severally, 
 saving their recourse against each other ; but the owner or occu- 
 . pant of any Lot shall not be bound to make or repair more than 
 one Front Road on the breadth of such Lot, unless such Lot be 
 more than thirty arpents in depth ; and if there be more than 
 one front road on any Lot not exceeding that depth, and it be 
 not regulated as aforesaid which of them shall be made and 
 maintained by the owner or occupant thereof, then the Inspector 
 of Roads for the division shall, on the application of such 
 owner or occupant, declare which of such Front Roads shall be 
 made and maintained by him, and the other or others shall be 
 made and maintained as a By-Road ; 
 
 nu?b''-d ^' Kut every Ford and every Public Bridge shall be made 
 
 p jc n ges ,^j^j maintained by all the owners or occupants of Lots in the 
 
 Parish or Township, on the Front Road upon which they are 
 
 situate ; 
 
 B} roads. ^- By-roads shall be made and mainlained by the owners or 
 
 occupants of the Lots in the Concession lo whi(rh they lead 
 from a front or older Concession, in pro()ortion lo the Irontago 
 of the lot? so occupied by them^' ; 
 
 If more than 
 one within a 
 certain dis- 
 tance. 
 
Les cheoiiiis 
 tl'hiver potir- 
 ront dtre faits 
 doublec 
 
 III seront 
 
 1855. AoU des Municipaims at Ckmina^B. C. Cap. 100. 
 
 de deux milles de la dite cit6, seront trac6s etentretenus par les 
 municipaljtes de comte, respeclivement, de la rive; sud du dit 
 fleuve d'oii lis condnisent ; et les chernins d'hiver conduisant a 
 ] Isle de Montreal, da comle de I'Assomptioii, seront traces et 
 fjatretenus par ce ijomte ; 
 
 9. Le surintondanldeconit»''pourra,en vertud'une resolution 
 de tout c'onseil, ordoiiner qu'un ohemin d'hiver soit trac§ 
 double, avec un rang de halises au milieu, et une voie d'un c6t6 
 pour le;? voitures allanl dans une direction, et une voie do 
 I autre «Me pour les voitures allant dans la direction oppo.s6e ; 
 et ic dit surintendant poui-ra aussi au besoin donner les 
 autres directions generales el specialesqu'il jijgera ccnvenables 
 concernant la innniere d'entretenir les dits chernins et les 
 directions seront imperatives pour TofKcier des (ihemins qui 
 agira sous ses ordres ct pourtoules les parties interessees ; 
 
 10. Tons les ciiemins d'hiver ^<eronf n)arq«es de balises 
 faites d'epjnette, de cedre, de prnche, de pin on d'autres bois, 
 de huit piedsde longueur au mollis, et placeesa une distance 
 de pas plus de trenfe-six pieds Tunc de Tautre de chaque c6te 
 du chemin s'll n'est batlu qu'.T une voie, et au milieu du che- 
 min s'il est double. 
 
 P^R QUI SKRO^T ENTRETENUS LES CHKMINS EN L'ABSP-Nrr 
 DE TOUT R|:GLEMENT OU PROC£:ivERBAl, rIgSnT 
 LA CONSTRUCTION ET L'ENTRi:rjKN mCKlJX. "'""'^'^'^^ 
 
 XLV. S'il n'existe aucun proces-verbal, reglemenl ou ordre 
 valable prescrivant le contraire, alors — 
 
 1. Le chemin de front de chaque lot sera fait ef entretenu par 
 le proprietaire ou I'occupant du dit lot ; s'il y a deux ou plu- 
 sieurs proprietaires ou occupants, ils le devr'ont taue conioin- 
 tement et solidairemenl, sauf leur recour.* I'lm contre I'nutre ; 
 mais le proprietaire ou I'occupant d'nn lotne sera pas teuu de' 
 faire ou entretenir plus d'nn chemin de frf)n( siir la largeur 
 de ce lot, a moins que tel lot n'ait pins de tnnie arpents de'pro- 
 fondeur; s'il se trouve plus d'lm chemin do front sur tui lot 
 n'excudaiit pas cettc profondeur, ets'il n'ji pas etc regie comme 
 susdit lequel de ces <;hemins de front devraetre fait e\ entretenu 
 par le proprietaire ou roccupanl de ce. lot, I'inspectenr des 
 chernins de la division, sur la re(iuisiti<m de re proprietaire ou 
 occupant, declarera lequel de ces chernins de front devra etre 
 fait et <!ntretenu par lui, et I'autre ou les autres seront faits et 
 rntretenus connne routes ; 
 
 2. Mais les gueset lesponls publics (.eronl fails el entretenus Gudietrorti' 
 par tons les propnetnirej ou occupants de lots dans la paroisse publics. 
 
 ou township, sur 1(^ chemin de front oil ces gues et ponis seront 
 situes ; 
 
 3. Les routes seroni faites et entretenues paries proprietaires 
 
 pu occupants de lots dans hi concession a laquelle elles condui- ^''"*«'<'' 
 sent d'une concession en front ou plus aneientie, a proporliqji 
 i}\\ fruiit dcp lots 4in>i o;:i'U|iCis puf pus; ; • 
 
 99 
 
 Kntretien <l«t 
 cheaiinB, &c. 
 
 Chemins de 
 front. 
 
 7 
 
 i^ 
 
100 
 
 Cap. 100. 
 
 Municipal and Road Act L- C. 
 
 18 Vict. 
 
 « s 
 
 ?ie "& *' '*'* ■*' ^^°^P* ^^^^ every By-road leading to a Mill, Ferry 
 lies, c. ^y Toll-Bridge, shall be made and maintained by the occupant 
 of such Mill, Ferry or Toll-Bridge ; 
 
 c-°w T^*a" ^' ^'■°"* roads on ungranted Lands of the Crown shall be 
 ant s. j^gjjg j^jjj maintained as By-Roads ; 
 
 Work on By- 
 ruiids and pu- 
 blic bridges, 
 how to be 
 done. 
 
 Tender and 
 contiact. 
 
 Street! is 
 townc, &c> 
 
 Exemption 
 cluinitKl hy] 
 whom to be 
 proved. 
 
 6. The work necessary for keeping in repair By-iuads and 
 Roads to be made as such, and Public Bridges, shall not be 
 done by the labour of the parties bound to maintain the same, 
 but by contribution in money ; and the Inspector of Roads for 
 the Division shall, after public notice, give out sach work in 
 the month of October for the ensuing winter, and in the month 
 
 of March for the 
 
 ensumcr 
 
 summer, to the lov/est bidder. 
 
 who shall give satisfactory security for the proper peiforraance 
 of the work ; and the sum required to pay for such work shall 
 bo paid by the persons liable therefor, in the proportions above 
 mentioned, when not liable for the whole amount of the 
 expenses ; 
 
 7. Streets in Towns and Villages shall be deemed roads, 
 and made and maintained accordingly, unless the Municipal 
 uuthorities thereol shall provide for their being made and main- 
 tained in some other way ; 
 
 8. The burden of proving that any road is not subject to the 
 foregoing provisions, shall always be upon the party claiming 
 exemption from them. 
 
 EXl VOTING PIIOCES-VERBAUX AND BY-LAWS CONTINUED 
 UJ^JTIL UEPEAl.ExV. 
 
 Exi&ting /Vo. XL VI. liLvtxy Proces-Verbal^ By-law or Order touching any 
 maiuuUijed* ^^^^ "^" bridge in force at the commencement of this Act, sliall 
 
 remain in full force until it be repealed or altered by competent 
 
 authority : 
 
 Also eiictijif 
 
 Bpportion- 
 tnentt. 
 
 But ffiay b« 
 altered. 
 
 2. Any apportionment of any work among the persons jointly 
 bound to perform the- same, legally made and in lorce at the 
 commencement of this Act, shall remain in fovco until the time 
 lor which it was made shall expire, or until altered under this 
 Act ; 
 
 3. Every t-uch Prods- Verbal^ By-law or Order as aforesaid, 
 may be annulled, repealed or altered by a Proces- Verbal or 
 By-law made imder the authority of this Act ; 
 
 ABtoobliga- ,^ No Pwctvv- Kp/'/ya/ or By-law shall discharge any inhabi- 
 
 worUirnn^-"" ^'^'^^ "^ ^"y Connty from "iheir obligation to pevl'orm work in 
 
 piher Comity, another Couiiiy, unless it be a Proces- VcrLd or By-law of the 
 
 County in vvlnch the work is to be performed. But hereafter 
 
 ftv QVvfier vi oueupaut of a lot in one County ^ho-ll be iiiadQ liable 
 
 \<i 
 
Acte des Blunidpalites et Chemim—B. C. Cap. ICO. 
 
 101 
 
 4. Excepts que les routes conduisant d un mouUn cu » 
 
 nuro'To'Sr ^"^""I^P^^^^' «^^°"^ fai^s^?en"ete".trV- 
 nues par i occupant du moulin, ou de la traverse ou du pont P""»« <!<» 
 ae peage ; r p^age. 
 
 cnLnn! ''''^"''f,^^ f^-°nt, sur les terres non conc6dees de la 
 couronne, sevont faits et entretenus comme routes ; 
 
 6. Les travaux ni-cespaires pour entretenir les routes et les 
 chetnins qui doivent 6tre faits comme routes et les ponts pu! 
 bhcs, ne seront pas lait. par la main-d'ceuvre des partieMenLs 
 de les entrete.ur, mais par des contributions en argent elW 
 pecteur des chemins de la division devra, apr?f avi^ pubh^^ 
 dormer dans le mois d'octobre les travaux d faire pSnt 
 
 mrsu[;aT^r^'r-^^"T.'^ ^^^^^ ceuxafaire&t 
 1 et6 suivant, au rabais a celui qui donnera des garanties 
 
 saire pour solder ces travaux sera payee paries personnes 
 qui y seront tenues dans les proportions fixees ci-dessus quand 
 elles ne seront pas tenues de les solder en entier • 
 
 Chetnins dt 
 front de It 
 couronne. 
 
 Les routes ef • 
 p-ints publicB 
 seront fails 
 par cotisation 
 en argent. 
 
 Kxicution da 
 tela tiavaox. 
 
 des 
 
 les et 
 
 7. Les rues des vj lies ct des villages seront considerees Rues 
 comme etant des chemins, ct seront failes et reparees en con! -il" e. 
 sequence, a rnojns que les autorites municipales de ces viUes "'"'*«'• 
 et vil ages n en reglent I'ouverture et i'entretien de quet 
 que autre maniere ; ^^ 
 
 8. La preuve ^ faire pour etablir qu'un chemin n'est nas n 
 
 a pL«ie oul?'?!'""' precedentes,lera toujoursd la cha?ge SS^ . 
 ae la partie qui reclamera I'exemplion. ® Ki charge du 
 
 radatnaat, 
 
 XLVL Tout proc&s-verbal, r^glement ou ordre relatif A un r 
 ?atr" cTntC' '" r;g-"r^°-q--t acte eSremen tpT-ESls. 
 ration contmuera a 6tre en vigueur iusqu'a ce au'il eoit '''■'""'«'•"'" 
 r6voqui3 ou raodifie par I'autorite comp6tente : ^u vigueur. 
 
 2. Toute repartition de travaux enire les personnes ouiv *• • . 
 sont tenues conjointement, legalement faite et ervigleu^ rlruSi" 
 lorsque cet acte entrera en op:^ration, continuera \ 6tfe "n ^ 
 vigueur ju.qu'dce qu'elle soil modifiee en vertu de cet acte 
 
 ou jusqu a I'expiration du temps pourlequel elle aura 6te faite ; 
 
 3. Tout tel proci^s-verbal, rfeglement ou ordre comme 8u«!fJit t, 
 pourra etre annule, rn-oque ou'' modifiS par un proT^verba S^^^^^^ 
 ou par un reglement fait en vertu de cet acte ; ^ ' 6're changes. 
 
 4. Nul proc^s-verbal ou r&glement ne decharma aucun^,,. . 
 habitant d'un comte de Pohliaatmn ^« r^.-^^ j„„ ." .r"^, ^"°"" Obligation da 
 
 autre comte,dmolnsquecene%"oirun^procyv;;S^(r^^^^^^^^ 
 
 du 
 
J 02 
 
 Cap. 100. 
 
 Municipal and Road Act L. C. 
 
 18 Vict. 
 
 Noiuch oitler to woik ill fPspect o( 8ucli lot in another County except on some 
 !>')fL'J''f»,.!M.Tn road of fonnmon interest to two or more Counties, on which by 
 certain ciUM ii Pfuccj-VerbiU homologated in tlie manner provided by this 
 ""'y- Act ioi such cHises, he may be bound Kj work, or unless such 
 
 road be the Front Road oi' his lot ; 
 
 M^^l'ted"* ^" ^° repartition or apportionment of labor made under any 
 br««dth of lot* Proces- Verbal or By-law, shall be set aside or declared void 
 , to b* solely by reason of its having been made or calculated 
 
 oid^. 
 valid. 
 
 upon 
 the superficial contents or the breadth of the lots to which it 
 relates, although the law may have required it to have been 
 made according to the value of such lots ; but every such ap- 
 portionment shall be considered legal, and shall have full force 
 and effect until it be set aside or altered by some Pruces- Verbal 
 or By-law homologated or passed under this Act. 
 
 NEW PROCES- VEHBAUX. 
 
 XLVIl. Whenever a representation is made to the County 
 
 Count? Sujel" Superintendent, either by a Resolution of the County Council, 
 
 inwndent by or of any Local Council, or by a petition addressed to him 
 
 P«tition. by not less than five persons interested in the matter and 
 
 qualified to vote for the Election of Local Councillors within 
 
 such County, to the effect that provision should be made for 
 
 the opening, constructing, altering, widening or maintaining 
 
 of any Road, or for any other publiv; work within such County, 
 
 or partly within and partly beyond the limits thereof, it shall 
 
 He shall visit be the duty of such County Superintendent to visit the place 
 
 iht' spot. Qj. places wh(!re such work is to be done : 
 
 Kotice by 
 County Supej- 
 iiitendent of 
 his viiit. 
 
 2. Before proceeding to make such visii, the County Super- 
 intendent shall give public notice to the inhabitants interested 
 in such public work, of the day, hour and place at which he 
 shall meet such inhabitants, or such of them as may attend to 
 be heard for or against the performance of such work, or with 
 the view of communicating to him any information relating 
 thereto ; 
 
 3. After having made such visit and heard such of the said 
 inhabitants as may have required to be heard in lelation to 
 such work, the County Superintendent, if he considers that the 
 work in tpiestion should not be done, shall make a report 
 thereon, stating the ground of his opinion ; but if lie be of 
 opinion that the work should be performed, he shall draw up a 
 Proces- rierfta/ or report, shewing the nature of the work, the 
 manner in which, the means by which, and the persons by 
 whom, it is to be <lone ; 
 
 4. Every such Prods-Verbal shall determine — the position 
 ^r^^Lvsrbid and description of the road, bridge or thing to which it relates,— 
 shall deter- the work to be done and (it' requisite) the time within wliich it 
 
 Report of Sa- 
 peilnteudent ; 
 and Prods- 
 Verb&l if 
 rei^uiied. 
 
 luine. 
 
 IS 
 
1865. Acte des MunicipaliUa et Chemins^B. C. Cap. 100. 
 
 du comte ou le.s travaux doivent 6tre fails ; mais dorenavant nul „„ , 
 propriStaire ou occupant d'uu lot dans un eomte ne pourra a « ' 
 raison de ce lot Otve assujetti k des tmvaux dans un autre 
 cornte, a moms que cc nc soil sur un cliemin d'un interfit 
 communa deux ou plusieurs comtes, auquel il pourra 6tre 
 tenu de travailler en vertu d'un proces-verbal homologue de la 
 rnani^re en tels cas prescrite par cet acte, ou a moins que ce 
 chermn ne soit le chemin do front de son lot ; 
 
 103 
 
 Aucuiie repar- 
 tition ne pour- 
 ra Stre mise 
 de coto par la 
 raison qu'elle 
 aura 6te basdo 
 sur la superfi- 
 cie ou la lar- 
 geur des lot«. 
 
 5. Aucune repartition de travaux faite en vertu d'un proofs- 
 verbal ou reglement ne sera mise de e6t6 ou declaree nulle 
 seulement pour la raison qu'elle aura ete faite ou basee sur 
 r6tendue en superficie ou la largeur des lots auxquels elle se 
 rapportera, quoique laloi puisse avoir exige qu'elle fOt faite sui- 
 vant la valeur de tels lots ; mais toute telle repartition sera con- 
 sid6r6e legale et aura pleine force et elfet jusqu'a ce qu'elle ait 
 6te mise de c6te ou modifiee par quelque proc6s-verbal ou 
 reglement homologue ou passe en vertu du present acte. 
 
 NOUVEAUX PROCES-VERBAUX. 
 
 XLVIJ. Toutes les fois qu'il sera represente au surintendant Representa. 
 du comte, soit pur une resolution du coiiseil du cornte ou d'un ''"" ^" *"""" 
 conseil local, soit par une requete a lui adressee par pas moins comtTr.lati 
 de cmq personnes iiiteressees et qualifiees k voter a I'election vement Jx 
 des conseillers locaux dans le comte, qu'il devrait 6tre fait des <='^emins. 
 dispositions pour I'ouverture, la construction, le changement 
 i'elargissement ou I'entretien d'un chemin, ou pour tout ouvrage' 
 public dans les limites de tel comte, ou partie dans et partie hora 
 les limites d'icelui, il sera du devoir de tel surintendant de 
 comte de visiter le lieu ou les lieux ou tel ouvrage devra 6tre 
 fait : 
 
 2. Avant de proceder a telle visite, le surintendant du comte avw .!., ,„r 
 donnera avis public aux habitants interesses dans tel ouvrage intc'^dent "w 
 public, du jour, de I'heure et du lieu ou il rencontrera les dits i'it«''ess6s. . 
 habitants ou ceux d'entr'eux qui y assisteront pour 6tre enten- 
 
 dus soit en faveur soit centre I'execution de tel ouvrage ou 
 dans le but de lui donncr des renseignements a cet e^ard •' 
 
 3. Apres avoir fait la dile visite et donne audience aux r 
 habitants qui auroat demande A 6tre entendus touehant les dits Ks-VeJbal 
 ouvrages, si le aurmlendant du comte considere que tel ouvrage '•" s""nten. 
 ne doit pas 6tre fait, il fera un rapport specjfiant les motifs de '!?"'• '''' ^'' 
 son opinion ; mais s'il est d'avis que tel ouvrage doit 6tre fait, IWaJe'doit 
 11 dressera un proces-verbal, ou rapport, faisant connattre la *'" f""- 
 nature de I'ouvrage, le maniere dont il devra 6tre fait les 
 
 moyens par lesquels et les personnes par qui il devra 6tre fait ; 
 
 4. Tout tel proces-verbal determinera la situation et la desi- 
 gnation du chemin, pont ou autre ouvrage auquel il se ran- J°pl"" 
 porte, les travaux a faire, et (s'il est necessaire) le delai dans Verbal"*' 
 
 'eouel 
 
ill 
 
 104 
 
 Cap. 100. 
 
 Munict'pal and Road Act L. C. 
 
 18 Vict. 
 
 is to be completed, — the lands by the owners or occupants of 
 which it is to be done, and if the owners or occupants 
 of any of such lands are more interested than the owners 
 or occupants of others of them, then the proportion of 
 the work to be done by each, — distinguishing also what 
 part of the contributions shall be in money and what part 
 in work or materials, and to what officers, and where any such 
 contribution in money must be paid or the materials delivered, 
 (and in the last case ,) when they are to be paid or delivered, 
 and under the superintendence of what Officers the work or 
 any portion thereof is to be tlone, — ard all other particulars 
 necessary for indicatin • "" ''.nd clearly what is to be done, 
 by whom, when and in . i nner ; 
 
 How the share 
 «f money, ma- 
 terials or 
 work to be 
 turnished by 
 the severul 
 imrties shall 
 
 5. In fixing the share of work, materials or money to be contri- 
 buted by the owners or occupants of the several lots in any local 
 division, regard shall be had to the value of such lots, and the 
 buildings and improvements thereon, and not to their mere 
 extent, such value being taken from the Valuation Roll, if any 
 U determined, be in force when the Pruces- Verbal is made, or if there be none, 
 then according to the estimate of the County Superintendent ; 
 but the share so fixed shall not be afiected by any subsequent 
 valuation, unless the Proems- Verbal be altered ; 
 
 Portion of 
 road to be 
 made by each 
 party to be 
 defiiied, when 
 practicable. 
 
 Relief may be 
 granted to per- 
 sons whose 
 share of work 
 would other- 
 wise be ex- 
 ception. 
 
 General rules 
 to be observ- 
 ed. 
 
 Certain things 
 may be order- 
 ed by Piocii' 
 Verbal .- 
 
 Materials and 
 constructiou 
 ot bridges 
 
 6. When the nature of the work shall allow it, the portion of 
 the road which is to be made by the owner or occupant of each 
 lot respectively, shall be defined and described in the Proces- 
 Verbal, that it may be afterwards marked -^nt on the ground, by 
 the proper Road Officer ; and whenever it shall appear to the 
 County Superintendent that by reason of the nature of the 
 ground over which the front road of any lot passes, or by reason 
 of the oblique direction in which it passes in crossing the 
 breadth thereof, or from other circumstances, the quantity of work 
 to be done by the owner or occupant of such lot would exceed by 
 more than one half the average quantity of work on the front 
 roads of other lots of like value in the same Concession, he 
 may by any such Proces-Verbal relieve the owner or occupant 
 of such lot from making or maintaining a certain described por- 
 tion of such front road, and order that the same be made by joint 
 labour and contribution, as in the case of a By-road or Public 
 Bridge ; 
 
 7. In every new Prods-Verbal, the general rules hereinbefore 
 established with regard to cases where there is no Prods- Verbal, 
 shall be followed. 
 
 XLVIII. it may be ordered by any such Proces- Verbal — 
 
 1. That any public Bridge be constructed of stone or brick, 
 or other material, or partly of one and partly of another, and of 
 
 cprtain 
 
1856. Acte des MmidpaliUt tt Chemim^B. C. Cap. lOd. 
 
 lequel iU devront dfre accomplis ; les terres par les DroDrie- 
 taires ou occupants desquelles ils devront 6t^ ex/cutT e 
 
 sent plus mteresses que les proprietaires on occupants dWs 
 terres, il d6termmera alors la part de travaux ix fai?e par chaciS 
 
 ittrerarTent r "' T"^ ^'^P^'^^'^" ^« '^ contribution ^^ 
 toumie en argent et quelle autre proportion en journees de cor- 
 vee ou matenaux, el k quels officiers et oh la contributS^a en 
 argent sera payee, ou les materiaux livr6s, (et dans ce dernier 
 ZlT7^ ^1« devront ^tre payes ou livres It sous la surLTen 
 dance de quels oftciers les travaux ou toute partied'ceux 
 devront 6tre executes, et toutes les autres paricuSs nles 
 
 lots qui setrouvent dan^ L^Sion^^Te'^^^^^^^^^^^ 
 
 cettevaleuretantconstateeparle"^;^^^^^^^ 
 
 envigueurlorsque le procds-verbal sera fait, e s'iln'vena 
 
 m 
 
 Ul 
 
 tre 
 
 6. Lorsque la nature des travaux 1p n^.r^mott^o i .• . 
 
 chemin qui devra .tre faite pari:;';opHSr^^^ ^ 
 
 chaque lot respectivement, sera d.finie et d6signTe Tns t 
 proc^s-verbal, afin qu'elle puisse 6tre ensuite born6e sur t 
 terraan par I'officier de voirie qu'il appartiendra Pt i 
 ois qu'il apparaitra au surintendant dS^eomt^ pu'A^^^^^^^^^ 
 k nature du terrain travers6 parle ehemin de frontTuT lot 
 
 le proprietaire ou I'occupan't de ce°of de fafre ou ttV^^' ■ ' 
 one partie du Jit chemin'de front, et ordonne ,u:\e,re oartS 
 du dit cbemm par lui designee a^et effet, soitTite na? t^"^ 
 vaux et contributions en commun comme dTns le cIL dW 
 route ou d'unpont public ; " ""^ 
 
 blies pour les' r^TtlTnW T^T' ^'' {^^^'^ '^'''^^ ^ta. R.g.es g.„.. 
 vies. ou il n y a pas de proc^s-verbal seront sui- "^'' * *"ivre. 
 
 I^^signatioQ 
 de la part do 
 chemin que 
 chacun devra 
 faire. 
 
 Le surinten- 
 dant pourra 
 en ceitaines 
 cireonstances 
 d^charger lo 
 propri6taire 
 ou occupant 
 d'un lot de 
 partie de tra- 
 vaux. 
 
 XLVIII. II pourra 6tre ordonne par tout tel procds-verbal : 
 
 1. 
 
 Ordrei par 
 
106 
 
 Cap. 100. 
 
 Municipal and Road Act L. C, 
 
 18 Vict. 
 
 certain dimensions, and according to plans and specifications 
 attached to the Proces- Verbal therein referred to, and which may 
 be amended by the proper Council or by a Board of Delegates 
 as fonning part thereof : 
 
 nils, &'o. ^- That proper fences, hand-rails, and other like defences, be 
 
 placed at the side of any road where it passes near or borders 
 upon any precipice, ravine or dangerous place ; 
 
 
 3. That any part of a road through a swamp, or wet ground, 
 roads through be made with fascines of brushwood, or paved with square 
 •wtmps. timber, describing the mode of construction ; 
 
 ithr 
 
 Form and nia' 
 teriajs of road< 
 
 4. That any road be or be not raised in the middle, and that 
 any specified kinds of materials shall or shall not be used in 
 making or repairing it ; 
 
 5. That the timber where the road passes through uncleared 
 
 ^mbe'r'froin '^"^3, be cut down for the space of twenty feet on each side of it, 
 
 alongside oi except such trees as form part of a maple grove destined for 
 
 road. the manufacture of sugar, or as may be reserved for ornament 
 
 to the property ; 
 
 Geuerally as 
 to mode of 
 construction. 
 
 6. And generally, the mode of constructing and repairing 
 the road and the work may be ordained by any such Proces- 
 Verbal^ due regard being had to the situation of the road, tht; 
 travel over it, the more or less advanced state of the settlements 
 to and from which it leads, and the circumstances of the parties 
 by whom it is to be made and maintained. 
 
 Deposit of 
 Prodi-Verbal 
 t'ox revision. 
 
 XLIX. The County Superintendent shall, within eight days 
 from the day appointed for visiting the place where the work 
 is to be done as aforesaid, deposit his Proces-Verbal in the 
 office of the Council of the Local Municipality, the Inhabitants 
 or any portion of the Inhabitants of which such work may 
 concern, if the inhabitants of no more than one Local 
 Municipality are interested therein, or, in the office of the 
 County Council, if the Inhabitants of more than one Local Mu- 
 nicipality in such County are interested therein ; and it shall 
 What council ^e ti,e Juty of the Council in whose office such Prods- Verbal 
 I a revise it. .^ deposited to examine and revise the same : 
 
 Notice of time 
 and place of 
 revision. 
 
 [Form A A.] 
 
 2. But every such Council, before proceeding to any such 
 examination or revision, shall cause public notice to be given, 
 through their Secretary-Treasurer, to the Inhabitants of the Mu- 
 nicipality or Municipalities interested in the work to which 
 such Prods- Verbal relates, of the day, hour and place at which 
 the Council shall proceed to the examination or revision of such 
 Pracis- Verbal : 
 
 3. 
 
1865. Arte das Municipalitli et Chemins^B. C. Cap. 100. iQf 
 
 1. Qu'ur, pont public soit construit en pierre ou en brioue \f.»* • 
 ou autres materiaux, ou partio en piene !i partie en Sue,' SS'* 
 oit autres rnatermux, et do dimensions donnl^es et suivantdes '^^ !«""•• 
 plans et devis annexes au proc^s-verbal y mentionnfe, et qui 
 pourront t^tre rnodilies pur le conseilqu'il appartiendra, ou par 
 un bureau de ddleguGs cornme en laisant partie ; 
 
 .nL^Z t' '''^Tl' 8"''^r'««'' ^^ autres defenses semblables Ciamre.,t 
 soient pJac6s sur les bords de tout chemin, aux endroits ofi il g^de-fou., 
 traversera ou longera des precipices, ravins ou autres places *^'- 
 dangereuses ; ^ 
 
 ii. Que toute partie d'un chemin qui traverse des marais on ru ■ . 
 savanes son construite avee fascines ou soit pontee avec des S"'* t"., 
 pieces de bois <:'quames, en decrivant le mode de construction • ^" '*» «va. 
 
 ' lies. 
 
 4. Que tout elu;min soit ou ne soit pas plus elev6 au milieu „ 
 quW bords, et que des materiaux d'une espdce quelconque SZux 1* 
 sment ou ne soient pas employes pour le coiistruire ou enL- SinV" 
 
 5 Lorsque le chemin traversera des terres en bois debout Eclmrcis I. 
 que les arbres so.ent abattus de chaque cdt^jusqu'a la distance lousiZt 
 de vingt pieds a moms que tels arbres ne lassent partie d'une "*'"'• 
 
 tiik- 
 
 ^rabliere destinee a I'aire du sucre ou 
 pour I'embpllissement de la propriete ; 
 
 d'un bocage conserve 
 
 6. Et tout tel proces-verbal pourra regler ffen6ralement 1^ », . 
 
 sTLlrr "^°" ^H^ ''r^'^^" .^^ ^^'-iS^^^t !«:":";«: k-l.^'*' 
 
 sy rapportant, eu egard a la situation du chemin a la circu- *'»"• 
 lation, a 1 etat plus ou moins avanc6 des etablissements aux- 
 quels il conduira, et a la condition des personnes par qui il 
 devra 6tre fait et entretenu, ^ ^ ^ 
 
 (111 pro- 
 erbal 
 evisioB. 
 
 XLIX. Dans les liuit jours qui suivront le jour fixe oour la ntr.^, 
 visite du heu ou les travaux devront^tre faits cLme suE e ?/.K; 
 surintendant du comte deposera son proces-verbal dans le P°"' '^ 
 bureau du conseil de la municipalite locale dont les habi 
 tants, ou partie des habitants, seront interesses dans les dits 
 travaux, s'll n'y a que les habitants d'une saule municipalit6 
 locae qui ysoienHnteresses,ou dans le bureau du conseil du 
 comte, SI les habitants de plus d'une municipalite locale dans 
 el comte y sont interesses ; et il sera du devoir du conseil dans Par am .era 
 le bureau duquel tel proces-verbal aura ete depose d'examiner faitet;/" 
 et reviser le djt proces-verbal : vauuner ^.^^ 
 
 sion. 
 
 2 Mais tout tel conseil, avantde proceder a tel examen ou avi a , 
 STh'Mo'" "r ?•;'■ l'-;'f'-tnise Se son secr^aire Sier^ el^^u'Kf 
 dvis public aux habitants de la municipalite ou desmunicioalites ^'"«»"- 
 int6ressee» dans les travaux auxquels tel proces-verbal aura rap- 
 port, du jour, de I'heure et du Heuo^ le conseil nrocedera ^ fFormule A 
 1 examen ou revision du dit procds-verbal ; • '^ 
 
 3. 
 
 mdl 
 

 I 
 
 mu 
 
 
 168 
 
 Cap. 100. 
 
 Municipal and Mood Act L. C. 18 Vict. 
 
 Notice to De< 
 Icgatei when 
 the P. V. con- 
 cerns inhabi- 
 tants of more 
 than one 
 County. 
 
 And publica- 
 tion in locality. 
 
 Delefrate* to 
 atteud, &c. 
 
 3. And whenever the work to which any rmch Prods- Verbal 
 relates concerns, or is to be made, or maintained by, the Inha- 
 bitants of more than one County, the County Superintendent 
 shal , within thirty days after the day appointed for such visit, 
 give special notice to the Delegates appointed under this Act 
 in each of the Counties interested in such works, of the day, 
 hour and place at which they shall meet, to examine and revise 
 such Prods- Verbal ; and he shall also give Public Notice of 
 8uch intended meeting to the Inhabitants of the several Local 
 Municipalities interested in such work ; 
 
 4. It shall be the duty af the Delegates so notified and of the 
 County Superintendent by whom such notice is'given to attend 
 at the time and place so appointed ; and the said Delegates, 
 when assembled, shall form, and be designated as the Board 
 of Delegates from the several Counties interested in the work 
 to which such Proems- Verbal relates : 
 
 Quorum for 
 such revision 
 
 5. Any number above the one half of the Delegates so noti- 
 fied to attend any such meeting of Delegates, shall form o 
 Casting vote, quorum ; and whenever the Delegates present at any such 
 meeting are equally divided in opinion upon any question sub- 
 mitted to them, the County Superintendent by whom such 
 meeting was convened shall give a casting vote ; but shall not 
 otherwise have a right to vote at any such .meeting ; 
 
 Who shall act 6. The Secretary-Treasurer of the County Council of the 
 JDefeSs County in which the County Superintendent whose Prods- 
 Verbal is submitted to such Board of Delegates holds office, 
 shall act as the Clerk of such Delegates during their meeting; 
 He shall keep and it shall be the duty of such Secretary-Treasurer io make a 
 a minute of minute of their proceedings and to deposit the same in the oiiico 
 proceedings, ^f ^^ie Council of which he is Secretary-Treasurer, to form part 
 of the Records thereof; 
 
 Fartiei to 
 heard. 
 
 be 
 
 Prods Verbal 
 may be homo- 
 logated wilh 
 or without 
 amendments ; 
 When to be in 
 force. 
 
 7. Every such Local Council, County Council or Board of 
 Delegates, before deciding upon the merits of any Procei- Verbal 
 80 submitted for their examination or revision, shall hear the 
 persons interested in the work to which such Prods-Verbal 
 relates, and the County Superintendent of every County inte- 
 rested therein, or any of such persons who may be in attendance 
 at the time and place appointed for such examination and re- 
 vision, and may require so to be heard ; 
 
 8. Every such Council or Board of Delegates may homolo- 
 gate without alteration, or with such amendments as they may 
 deem just and expedient, any Prods- Verbal so submitted to 
 their examination or revision ; and every such Prods- Verbal 
 shall remain in force as so homologated or amended from the 
 day of th« da "^ of such horpologation or amendment; 
 
 9. 
 
1855. 
 
 109 
 
 Avji anx di- 
 \6!iu6» lorgqut 
 le procdi.-ver» 
 bal roncern* 
 les hnhiiaiiti 
 rfe plusiour* 
 comttfs. 
 
 Avis mix mu. 
 
 nicjpulit^s lo. 
 caJes. 
 
 Aete des Mnnicipalitis et Chmins^B. C. Cap. 100. 
 
 bal\Satp^°ot^^^^^^^ tel proc^,.ver- 
 
 ou devront 6tre faits ou cntrl en,^, n " ' "^l ^l^' ^'"" ^^"'t^, 
 d'un comt6, le surintendantT S ksTrent' t'^''T -^^ PJ"^ 
 pour telle vieite, donnera avis sp6c?a a^^^ ffi "^.^ J°"' ^'^^ 
 envertu ds cet acte dansVhnonnT ^"^ ,^^'6gu6s nommfia 
 les dlts travaux, du jou, de Snrf.^rr ' int^ress^s dans 
 bleront, pour examine ' e7 6v LJr ! I'^n^'S °" "k' f'^^^^'^'"- 
 donnera de plus avis public de tell -c'^k./'"''^'^^^ ' ^^ ^' 
 habitants des diver.<es mu Linn f/i ,^''^,'"bl6e projet6e aux 
 tels travaux ; m«'»cipalil6s locales int6ress6es dans 
 
 comt68int6ress6sdan8k4travaiiT nnf ? ^^"i^" "^^^ ^^^^^^ 
 aura rapport ; "'^^"'^ anxqucls lel proc^s-verbal 
 
 6. Tout nombre uu-dessus de la ■♦•& 
 ainsl convoques a telle assembl6e des d^lA^A r d6l6gu68 Quorum pour 
 Qttorum. Et chaque ibis ou'entre jp^ 'I^^Ja ^"^^^°™ un'«'6v„,on. 
 a8seinbl6eil y aura dhiZnZnU% • ^''^ presents 6 une 
 qui leur sera slumiterZLef^tf ?'''''''' ^""^ une question 
 u6 telle assernbleraurVla voTx o^^^^^^^^^ ^"^«"^^ *^°»^"- 
 
 amre cas 11 ne pourra voter " 'l£lSS ^ ' '""' ^" '^"^"" 
 
 ^nt^«^:;:;^rdo^^^ ^^ ..... .. 
 
 du devoir de tel .ee 6t^r" t^e'sorie de' f.n '"'f ^^' ' •'' " ^'^ 
 leurs d61ib6rafions, lesquel esT rLvI^ '^ ''*''. "^"'^f^^ ^« 
 eoBseil dont 11 ser^ h^^ecrll^^^^^ dans le bureau du 
 
 deses archives; , '^'•'^^''^-^'*^^°"^'- P"'" former partie 
 
 soumis a son examen ou rSon H P'""''««-^erbal ainsi seronfep.e". 
 personnes interessSerdans le' trav^n l ""''^ '^"^^^"^^ «"X '»-''• 
 bal aura rapport, au siu ntenc^^nl d. .r""''"^'' ''^ proc6s-ver- 
 int6re.se, ou'^J^toute te l" plrsonne nr/in?"' """^'^ ^"^ ^ ^^^'^ 
 rah pour tel examen et S 1-^ -^^""^ ^""'P^ ^' ^i^u 
 eiitendue ; revision, qm demandera a fitre 
 
 8. Tout tel conseil on bureau de d^le^n/.^ . 
 loguer tout proces-verbal ainsi soumis I sfn I*^"""'^ homo- H„,„ologation 
 ^lon, sans changement ou avce lels am^tl ^'"^" ''^ "^^i" "^^ P^°<^«- 
 justes et ronvpn .hl.>. ot * . amendements qu'il iuffGra "^•''^' '»'«ou 
 
 ' vigueur, 
 
 

 ir^ 
 
 no 
 
 To b« deemed 
 hnmologated 
 •fter I'Ainiiii* 
 ing a rnriaiii 
 time without 
 imeiidiiiont or 
 homologattoii. 
 
 Or if the De- 
 legiitef lail tu 
 >ne«t or ad- 
 journ line die. 
 
 Cap. 100, Municipal and Road Act L, C. 18 Vic» 
 
 9. And if any mch Prods- Verbal remain drposited in the 
 office of any Council for a period of tliiny duy* without 
 having been homologated or amended, every such / roc«>.v. 
 Tfr/w/ flhall be considered an having be<-n duly homologated 
 and shall remain in force front the day of the dale ot Huch 
 deposit ; 
 
 10 And if th(! delegates whow duty it may be t.) examine 
 or revine any sucli ProciK- Vrrhul fail to meet at the lime 
 appointed for such meeting, or having met clone such meeting, 
 eltWr formally or by adjourning dnc di>' w'thout liavu.|| 
 amended or homologate.) the same, such Prnccs-VrrbnlshM 
 be deposited by the County Superintendent who has made the 
 same in the ollice of the County Council ol the County ,n 
 which he holds oflice, and the said /Ws-Vrr/^fl/ shall be 
 considered as having been duly homologat.Ml and shall remain 
 in force from the day of the dale ol such deposit ; 
 
 ll/lt shall be the duty of the County Superinlenrlenl, who 
 shall have the custody of every Prnces-Verhal homologated as 
 aforesaid and concerning more than one County, to deliver a 
 copy thereof duly certified by him, to the County Superin- 
 tendent of evtyy other County interested therein ; 
 
 12 Every Procds- Verbal made under the authority of this 
 Act shall be in duplicate. One duplicate shall be deposited ot 
 record in the oflice of the County Council of the County in 
 which the County Superintendent who has made such Prf.c^.t 
 FerAa/ holds office, if the work to which smh P races- V^M 
 relates be a County work, or in the office^ ol tlie Council oi the 
 Local Municipality which it concerns, if it be a Local work, 
 and the other duplicate shall be deposited of record in thp 
 Office of the County Superintendent who shall make upon or 
 annex to the last mentioned duplicate, a true copy or copies 
 of all amendments made to such Proces-lcrhaf by any comiTr- 
 tenl authority ; 
 
 13 Any P races- Verbal made under this Act, may be re- 
 pealed, altered, amended or explained at any time by another 
 subsequently made in like manner. 
 
 COUNCILS MAY RAISE MONEY FOR MAKING ROADS 
 AND BRIDGES, BY ASSESSMENT. 
 
 Atonev mav L. Provided always, That the Council of any Municipality 
 JSJl^y may raise by Assessment any sum of money for making or 
 assessment for maintaining the Roads and Bridges therein, or any ol them, 
 Ta" V"^ and mav applv the sum so raised to that purpose in such 
 '""*"• mann^as the/shall think proper, notwithstanding any thms 
 
 to the contrary in any Praces-Vcrbal contained. 
 
 ^ ., , LI. The Council of any Local Municipality may, by any 
 ^TJit- «v.i.w to come into force on the first day uf January next r1^« 
 
 A copy to tie 
 riejivered lor 
 each County 
 interatted. 
 
 Procis- VtT- 
 haux to be in 
 duplicate. 
 
 How deposit- 
 ed ot record. 
 
 They may be 
 repealed, &c.| 
 by others. 
 
1855. 
 
 popitpd in the 
 
 duy« without 
 
 Ntu'li Proch- 
 
 homologated, 
 
 (iutc ot such 
 
 be to pxamine 
 !t ill the time 
 such meeting, 
 ithont having 
 [!»- Virbul stiall 
 ) has made the 
 the County in 
 Verbal Hhall be 
 111 shall remain 
 t; 
 
 iiilendoni, who 
 lomologated as 
 ity, to deliver a 
 Duiity Superiii- 
 
 uthority of this 
 
 be deposited ot 
 
 the County in 
 
 ,de such Prock 
 
 1 Proces- Verbal 
 
 ' Council of the 
 
 a Local work, 
 
 record in the 
 
 make upon or 
 
 copy or copies 
 
 by any conipr- 
 
 ct, may be re- 
 time Vjy aiiOther 
 
 iKING ROADS 
 
 :nt. 
 
 ly MunicipaHty 
 r for making or 
 or any of them, 
 urpose in such 
 nding any tliinsj 
 
 ty may, by any 
 muarv oext ftftw 
 
 Acte des Mmicipaima ct Chmim^B. C. Cap. 100. ill 
 
 II Sfrn renstf 
 linmolocuA 
 loi»qii'iT nera 
 rr»t6 iin cer- 
 tilin lemiis 
 nnn« t>Ut 
 aiiieniK, etc. 
 
 I-p tl(5pot dn 
 )ir(K'i^h.v«»rl)ul 
 en ••frtniiis 
 rns «quivoii< 
 lira u un»! ho. 
 moloi;,iiion. 
 
 9. Et SI sembluble prcK-^s-verbal demeure d6po86 dans Ic 
 bureau dim conseil pen.lant un espace do trente jours Hans 
 avoir et6 homologue ou amende, tout to! proccNs-verbal mtu 
 considC'rC. avoir otC. d.hncnt !u,molugu6 It demeurera en 
 vigueur A partir du jour de la date de tel depAt ; 
 
 10. Siaujourfixe h-H df-legues ,,ui <levront examiner ou 
 rfeviser tout tel proce.s-vcrhal, ne N'asHemblent pa^ ou si telle 
 a8?embl6c ayant |,eu, elle .e lermine. ,-oit formeileiuent noit par 
 Hjournemenl sine dir sans que tel pro.es-verbal soil amende ou 
 liomologuC', te proees-verbal sera df'posf; par le surintendant 
 (In coint6 qui 1 a.jra fait dans le bureau du <;onseiI de comt6du 
 comt6 dans le,iucl d exercera sa charge, et le dit proc^s-verbal 
 sera consid6r6 comme ayant Oib. dOuient homologu6, et de- 
 rneurera en vigueur A compter du jour de la date de tel depot ; 
 
 11. II sria du devoir du surintendant du comte qui aura la rr 
 Sl'nt T ^\?'^'-'''^^-'^ li;>mologue, comme susdit, et cont tHerbal 
 cemant plus d'un comtc, d'en icmettre une copie duement '*"^" 'l^^'ivr** 
 certiMe par lui au surintendant de chacun des autrcs comt^-s i"'"':;'""i<>« 
 qui y seront Interesses ; ' ' "''-' comtfi. 
 
 12. Tout pioccs-vcrbal fait en vertu dc cet acte sera en du- t„,„ n ^ 
 pheata; un double d'icelui sera depose de record dans le SaK' 
 bureau du consed dc comto du comt6 dans lequel le surinten- «■" ''"P""" 
 dant qui a fait lei proces-verbal exercera sa charge, «<i le? tra- 
 
 vaux auxquels tel proces-verbal a rapport est un ouvrage do 
 
 cornt6, ou dans le bureau du conseil ,le la municipalite locale 
 
 qui y sera interess6e si c'est un ouvrage local, et I'autre double n^ipdt d,. r.- 
 
 sera depose de record dans le bureau du surintendant du comte ''"^^ 
 
 qui transcrira snr Ic doubh rnentionne en dernier lieu ou v 
 
 t^lTA ""^^ T''"" uT"" "" ^^P'''-' - '^'"^ '^^ amendements 
 tails a tel proem's- verba I par toute autorite competente ; 
 
 13. Tout proces-verbal fait en vertu de ret :\rio nnnrro ,. 
 6.rc annul., chanp-, amende o„ e.^i.tc .„ ,™, = L'^^S'. 
 
 par un auire proces-verbal subsequent fait dc la mime ma- ■""''""""•■ 
 mere. 
 
 ^^'^r,^2}i^^^^^ POURRONT PRELEVER DES DENIFRS PAR 
 
 L. Pourvu toujours que le conseil de toute municipalite Coti^.in„ 
 
 Ze r^rfP",'°*r'*°" ""^ «ommed'argentpour%on-ro.!rir. 
 straire et entretenir les chemins et ponts de telle municipalite """"^ «' «"• 
 ouquelques-uns de ces chemins ou ponts, et il pourra aoDliauer K"*"-'' '"f 
 
 S-vTrbar ^ '''' ''''"^'^"■*' contenue dans aucun 
 
 LI. Le conseil de toute municipalite locale pourra, par un r u 
 r^glement qui entrera en vigueur le premier jour du mois de pourtTZ 
 
 Janvier 
 
Munidpal and Road Act. L. C. 18 Vict. 
 
 the expiration of three months, from the time of its passing, enact 
 that the roads in such Local Municipality, or which the inha- 
 bitants of such Local Municipality, or any of them, are bound 
 to make and maintain, shall thereafter be made and maintained 
 solely by moneys to be raised for that purpose by Assessment 
 and by Statute Labour ; and from the time such By-law shall 
 take effect, and while it shall be in force, so much of any Proc^- 
 Verbal as determined by the owners or occupants of what lands 
 in such Local Municipality any road shall be made or maintain- 
 ed, shall cease to have effect, nor shdl the owner or occupant 
 of any land therein mentioned be bound to make or maintain the 
 front road of such land ; but that part of any Proces- Verbal which 
 describes the work to be done and its namre and quality shall 
 remain in full force, and be binding on the Municipality ; nor 
 shall any power of the County Superintendent or of any Road 
 Officer, or any provision of this Act be affected by such By-law, 
 except, only as by this Section expressly provided. 
 
 During the tim^ such By-law shall be in force — 
 
 2. The amount of statute labour to which any party would 
 I"a"»S^tabour. Otherwise be liable, shall be doubled by virtue of this Act, and 
 may, in the discretion of the Council, be further increased ; 
 
 Municipality 
 bound to main- 
 tain roads, &c,, 
 thereafter. 
 
 Duty of Coun- 
 ty Superin- 
 tendent, 
 
 Municipality 
 liable for 
 damages aris- 
 ing from non- 
 repair. 
 
 3. The Municipality shall be bound to make and maintain 
 all roads and bridges within the same, and also those beyond 
 the limits thereof, which without such By-law, any of the owners 
 or occupants of lands within the Municipality would have been 
 bound to make or maintain, and generally to perform all road 
 work for which any such owner or occupant would otherwise 
 have been liable ; and it shall be the duty of the County Su- 
 perintendent, and of the Road Officers, to see that the roads are 
 made and maintained by the Municipality in the manner 
 required by law and by the Proces- Verbal regulating the same 
 respectively, and to require the Municipality so to make and 
 maintain them, and to prosecute the Municipality for any 
 default so to do ; 
 
 4. The Municipality shall be liable for ail damages arising 
 to any party from the non-perfonnf^-nce of any obligation 
 imposed on it by this section ; and sh .il be liable to the same 
 penalty for neglect or refusal to perform such obligation, or to 
 comply with any of the requirements of this Act, as any private 
 person would be in the like case ; 
 
 Local Council &• Any Local Council may make such By laws and Regu- 
 may regulate lations as may be deemed necessary, (not being inconsistent 
 manner of ^^j^j, jj^y provision of this Act) for defining the manner in 
 
 which the money raised for road purposes, and statute labour. 
 
 shali be expended and applied for the purpusc of Risking ana 
 
 ijiftim^iniog tits yoft4» wwoh m \9 \t9 m^9 wr4 maimftip4 
 
 applying mO' 
 ney and la- 
 
faits et entre- 
 tenus par coti- 
 sations ou cor- 
 vces suivont 
 reglement des 
 conseils des 
 municipalit6s 
 locales. 
 
 1856. Acte des Municipalit^s et Chemins—B. C. Cap. 100. IJg 
 
 Janvier qui suivra ['expiration de trois mois apres sa passation, 
 ordonner que les chemins de telle municipalite locale ou 
 ceux que les habitants d'icelle ou quelques-uns d'enlre eux 
 sont obliges de faire et entretenir, soient, par la suite, faits et 
 entretenus uniquement au moyen des deniers qui seront pre- 
 lev6s pour cet objet par cotisation et au moyen de corvees ; 
 et du jour ou ce reglement entrera en vigiJeur, et tant qu'il le 
 sera, toute partie des proces-verbaux qui determinera paries pro- 
 pri6taires ou occupants de quelles terres dans telle municipalite 
 locale un chemin devra 6tre fait ou entretenu, cessera d'avoir 
 effel, et nul proprietaire ou occupant de terre y mentionne ne 
 sera tenude faire ou entretenir le chemin de front de telle terre ; 
 mais la partie du proces-verbal qui designera lestravauxa faire 
 et la nature et qualite des ouvrages restera en pleine vigueur et 
 sera obligatoire pour la municipalite ; et nul pouvoir du 
 surintendant du comte ou des oificiers de voirie, et nuUe 
 disposition de cet acte ne seront afiectes par tel reglement, 
 sauf senl«ment en autant qu'il est prescrit expressement par 
 cette section. 
 
 Pendant le temps que ce reglement sera en vigueur — 
 
 2. Le montant des corvees auxquelles une personne serait Augmentation 
 autrement tenue, sera double en vertu de cet acte, et il pourra d<i montant 
 etre encore augmsnte a la discretion du conseil ; '"" '"""^"' 
 
 Kffets si'bs^- 
 quents. 
 
 des corvees. 
 
 3. La municipalite sera tenue de faire et entretenir tons les che- 
 mins et ponts situesenicelle,etceux en dehors de ses limites que, 
 sans ce reglement, les proprietaires ou occupants de terres situees 
 dans la municipalite auraient ete obliges de faire ou entretenir, 
 et generalement de faire tous les travaux des chemins auxquels 
 tout tel proprietaire ou occupant exit ete autrement tenu ; et il 
 sera du devoir du surintendant du comle et des oiliciers de 
 voirie de veiller a ce que les chemins soient faits et entretenus 
 par la municipalite de la maniere requise par la loi et par le 
 proces-verbal qui les regie respectivement, et de requerir la 
 municipalite de les faire et entretenir, et de poursuivre la 
 municipalite si elle y fail defaut ; 
 
 4. La municipalite sera responsable de tous les dommages 
 resultant de la non-execution de toute obligation a elle impo.'.ee 
 par cette section ; et pile sera sujette a la meme amende pouv 
 refus ou negligence de remplir eeMe obligation ou de se con- 
 former aux prescriptions de cet acte (jue le serait un particulier 
 jclans le meme cas ; 
 
 La municipa- 
 litd sera tenue 
 A rentretieu 
 des chemins, 
 etc. 
 
 Devoir du 
 surintendant 
 Uu comte. 
 
 La municipa- 
 lite sera res- 
 ponsal le des 
 dommages 
 r<Jsult(iiit du 
 maavais etat 
 des chemins. 
 
 6. Tout conseil local pourra faire les reglements qu'il jugera Apj.licatiou 
 necessaires (pourvu qu'ils ne soient pas iiieompatibles avec ''" V'"-"'' *"' 
 les dispositions ih- cet acte) pom- defmir la maoiere dont les rlies'pafle 
 corvees seront appliquees, et dont les sommes d'argent prelevees fo'i'ieil local- 
 pour les chemins seront depensees et tJipliqueesA la construe- 
 vm\ vi wntftitien tlosi chemins qui doivent 0tro taita et entretenusi 
 8 pftif 
 
{ t 
 
 114 
 
 Cap. 100, 
 
 Municipal and Road Ad L. C. 18 Vict. 
 
 Roads may be 
 divided into 
 convfiiiient 
 jiorMons «.« re- 
 (tai'ds statute 
 labour. 
 
 By-law con- 
 taiuinf; such 
 order iiiiiy bo 
 n^pealcd ; 
 
 Elfeot of such 
 it'iifal. 
 
 by the Local Municipality, and may enter into all contracts 
 which they may think necessary toucliing any work to be done 
 to or upon the same ; 
 
 6. While any such By-law shall be in force, the County Su- 
 perintendent or such of the Inspectors of Ivoads as shall be 
 thereunto authorized by him, may divide the roads in any Mu- 
 nicipality, or which the Inhabitants of any Municipality are 
 bound to make and maintain, into convenient portions, and 
 may assign the amount of statute labour lo be performed on 
 every such portion, and the persons liable lo such labour and 
 by whom it is to be performed ; 
 
 7. Any such By-law may be repealed by another to come 
 into force on the Hrst day of January next after the expiration 
 of three months from its pa'ssing, and piissed by a majority of 
 two Ihiids of the Members of the Council ; and thenceforth all 
 the provisions of any Proces- Verba/, By-law or Order, or of this 
 Act, which were suspended while the repealed By-law was in 
 force, shall again revive and have effect. 
 
 COMPENSATION FOR LANDS TAKEN FOR ROADS 
 AND OTHER PUBLIC WORKS. 
 
 Compensation 
 to be made. 
 
 Exeeption. 
 
 LII. Whenever any land is to be taken for a road, or 
 bridge or for the site of any building required for Municipal 
 purposes or for any other public work, the owner thereof shall 
 receive fair compensation for the same from the parlies who by 
 llie Proves- Vcrhal or by law shall be bound lo pay the same, or 
 from tlie Municij);dity if such work has been or is to be per-, 
 formed at the expense of the Municipality, unless it be decided 
 that such owner is not entitled to compensation : 
 
 Modeofcsii- 2. In estimating the compensation, or deciding wlietlier the 
 
 iiiailiij;uinount owner of the land taken for a road is entitled to iuiy, the advaii- 
 
 ou-..!iip.!ii!;a- |.,gj,j^ which he may derive from the road, or froni the change 
 
 in the position ihereof, or from his receiving any land no 
 
 longer to be used as a road, as well as his liiil)ility to furnish 
 
 land for road purjwses or his exemption iherefiom (as ihe 
 
 case may be,) sliall always be taken into consiileration, and if 
 
 tiiey be equal lo the damage sustained t)y the taking oflhe new 
 
 land, then he shall be entitled to no com})ensation, nor shall 
 
 he be entitled lo any prix iPqf erf ion. or damage arising from his 
 
 No prix </'«/- supposed allection for the land so taken ; bat in no ease shall 
 
 jedwn, jjy 1^^^ called upon to pay compensation ; 
 
 No compeiifa- 
 tion for iirtt 
 front 1 oad : 
 unless, &c. 
 
 3. No compensation shall be allowed for the land itself taken 
 for the first frcmt road made upon if, nor for any rotid, unless 
 the quantity so taken shall exc(!ed the allowance for roads, 
 made in the original grant or concession of such land from the 
 Crown ; 
 
 4. 
 
laOS. Acte dea MunicipalU^a ei Chemint^B. C. Cap. 100. 
 
 park municipalit6 locale, et il pourm faire tous les contrats 
 qu U crojra necessaires lelativement aux travaux a faire sur ces 
 cnemins ; 
 
 115 
 
 6. Tant que ces reglements seront en vigueur, Ic surinten- r , . 
 dant du comte ou ceux des inspecteurs des chemlns qu'jl anto- porro.Tis\"e 
 nsera a cet. eliet, pourroni divider los chemins de la municipallte ^^\^ 
 ou les chemins que les habitants dc; la municipalite seronf obliges P"'« P""' •« 
 de faire et entretenir en parts d'etendue eonienable, et designer "' "• 
 lescorvees qm devrout etre accomplies sur chaque part, ainsi 
 
 que les personnes tenuesa telles corvees, et par quichaque part 
 devra etre faite ou entretenue ; i i i i <• 
 
 7. Tout reglenient somblable pourra efre abroge par un autre Tout r6.i. 
 reglement qui entrera en vigaeur le premier foufde janv er - *t Sia- 
 qui suiyra un delai de trois niois apres sa passation, et qui ^^ T"» 
 aura ete passe par une majorite des deux tiers des niembres du '"*='" '' 
 coiiseil; etdeslors toutes les dispositions d'un proces-verbal Ffl-n. , v 
 reglement ou ordre quelconque, ou de eet acte, qizi avaien 6t6 S£n " 
 suspendues pendant q.ie le reglement abroge etiit en vigaeur 
 reprendront force et ellet. vj^ucar, 
 
 COMPENSATION POUR LES TERRAINS PHIS POUR LFS 
 CHEMINS ET AUTRES OUVRAGES PUBLICS 
 
 LII. Chaque fois que du terrain sera pris pour un chemin r 
 ou pour unpont,ou pour le site d'un eLee^n'cessaire nou^ p3^^^^^^ 
 des objets municipaux, ou pour tout autre ouvracre public le ''''"" "^^P^"- 
 propnetaire recevra une compensation equitable des person'nes •""^'' 
 tenues par le proee s-verbal, ou par la loi, a la payer, ou de la 
 rnunicipalite SI tel ouvrage a ete ou doit etre fait aux frais de 
 
 n'a dmIJT *'' ^ '""'"' ^"'^ • "^^ '"'^^ '^^'^^^'^' •!«« ^« Proprietaire Exception, 
 n a droit a aucune compensation : 
 
 2.' En evaluant celte (Compensation ou en dccidant si le pro- ^. -. .„ 
 prielaire du terrain pns pour uu chemin vi M.v.lt ),..„ '"; P'" Mamdied'e- 
 que tel proprietaire !,u terrain poun'r;".^;; t'^^:r oS ^i^- 
 chang.ment de trace ou a reception par lui de termin" ne 
 servant plus commo place de chemin, aussi bien que I'obligalion 
 0.1 il se trouve dc lournirdn terrain pour des c .<.,nin. ou s n 
 exeinptum d. celle obligation, snivanl le cas, scr<,n ""ft^c^ 
 HKlcration, et s'.ls sunt r<|nivalents aux <l.)n.n,agesV;nis?s ■ u' 
 1 occupatton du nouvean terrain, alors il n'aura droit a aucune 
 < orapensatiou ; et ,1 n'aura droit a ancun prix d^ifibctio ( "^ ' 
 des dommages resultant d,. .a predilection supno.ce noi^ .pr^"""^ 
 le .e,;rauia.nsipris; mais il ne pomra dans auTn Jas^S4 -f S^o?,,".! 
 appele a payer une compensation ; 
 
116 ^"P' *^* Municipal and Road Act L. C. 18 Vict, 
 
 \t 
 
 Valuators to 4. The Valuators of the Local Municipality in which the 
 ascertain com- land is situate, or any two of them, shall ascertain the com- 
 P^'j'^^«J'°^"*^«/pensation (if any) to be paid, after public notice having been 
 tiesinteie^ted. previously given of the day and hour when they will attend 
 upon the ground to hear the parties and estimate the compensa- 
 tion, which time shall be appointed by the County Superin- 
 tendent : 
 
 Two Valua- 
 tors may act. 
 
 Provision if 
 any of them 
 be (lisquait- 
 fied.' 
 
 5. Any two of the Valuators may act in the absence of the 
 third ; and if any one or more of them be absent at the time 
 appointed as aforesaid, or be disqualified by direct interest or 
 by relationship to the party whose land is taken, or othei-wise, 
 or shall refuse or be unable to act, tlien the County Superin- 
 tendent shall appoint another person or other persons to act in 
 his or their stead, and may for like cause and in like manner 
 appoint a person to act instead of any person so appointed ; 
 
 ^. 6. It shall not be an objection to any such Valuator or person 
 
 tion"o**v'a[ua- acting as aforesaid, that lie be related to some one or more of the 
 tors. parties by whom the compensation is payable, and every ob- 
 
 jection to the competence of any such Valuator or person, shall 
 be made before the delivery of the Certificate hereinafter men- 
 tioned, otherwise it shall not avail ; 
 
 7. The Valuators or persons actiufj in their stead, or any two 
 of them, after examining the land and hearing the parties 
 attending as aforesaid, shall, by one or more Certificates under 
 their hands, ascertain whether any compensation, and if any, 
 then what compensation shall be paid for the land taken 
 and shall transmit such Certificates to the County Superinten- 
 iau>v icuuiu. *^^"^ ^^^ ^'^^^^ ^^^ them among the records of his ofiice, and 
 edTto'be final, deliver certified copies thereof to the Secretary-Treasurer of the 
 Local Municipality ; and the award made by any such Certifi- 
 cate shall be final and conclusive ; 
 
 Certificate to 
 be giaiited 
 after hearing 
 parties. 
 
 How record-l' 
 
 Whatdesrrip- 8. It shall sutfice in any su(Ui Certificate to mention the lot 
 tion shall suf- of which the land forms part, referring to iho Proves- Verbal 
 or By-law under which it is to be taken, and to state what 
 compensation, if any, is to be paid for it : but any lot may be 
 described as being supposed to belong to, or as being in the 
 possession of any person ; 
 
 fice in such 
 certiiicate. 
 
 Land rested 
 in Municipa- 
 lity on pay- 
 ment of com- 
 pensation, if 
 any. 
 
 RegiRtration 
 pot required,' 
 
 9. On delivery of any such Certificate to the County Super- 
 intendent, if no compensation be awarded thereby, or on the 
 payment of the compensation, if any, into the hands of the 
 Secretary-Treasurer of the Local Muiiici{)ality in wliich the 
 land is situate for the benefit of the person entitled thereto, tlie 
 land in question shall be vested in such Loetil Municipality as 
 part of the roads thereof, if taken for u road or bridge ; )r in 
 the Municipality by whom the work is to be performed as 
 uat\ of its property, if taken for any other purposu ; and the 
 
1865. Acte des Municipalit^s et Chemins—B. C. Cap. 100. ^7 
 
 4. Les estimateurs de la municipalite locale ou sera situ6 le j ^ 
 terrain, ou deux d'entre eux 
 
 -^es estima- 
 , constatcront la compensation qui teurs consta- 
 devra 6tre payee (s'il y a lieu), apr^s avoir donne au prealable '«fO"' }'' <•<""• 
 avis public du jour et de I'heure 011 ils se rendront sur les ^p,?aWs. 
 lieux pour entendre les parties et e valuer la compensation; et 
 ce jour sera fixe par Ic surintendant du comte ; 
 
 5. Deux dei 
 
 agir en I'abseiice 
 
 du 
 
 pstimateurs pourront m^h ,.h * «u.,o*i».i= «" n u a \ 
 troisieme ; et si I'un, ou jjlus d'un d'entre eux sont absents teuw suffiront. 
 au temps fixe comme susdit, ou sont rendus inhabiles a raison 
 d'inter^t ou de parente avcc la personne dontle terrain auraet6 Cas oCi un 
 pris, on autrement, ou s'ils reluscntd'agiroune peuvent le fairc, fvaluateur 
 alors le surintendant du comte nommera d'autres personnes ff/l'^'"^'^'*"^" 
 pour les remplacer, el il pourra pour les mgmes causes et de la 
 m^me maniere nommer une autre personne pour agir a la place 
 de toule [)ersonne ainsi nommee ; 
 
 6. Nul estimateur ou personne agissant eomrne susdit ne 
 
 pourra etre recuse a raison de sa parente avec I'une ou plusieurs so^ralTm "^ 
 des personnes par qui la compensation devra6tre payee, et toute motif de 1 ecu- 
 objection a la competence du dit estimateur ou de la dite '"'^'°"' *'<^- 
 personne devra etre faite avant I'octroi du certificat ci-apres 
 mentionne, autrement elle ne sera d'aucune valeur ; 
 
 7. Les estimateurs ou les personnes agissant a leur place, ou Octroi du rer- 
 deux d'entre eux, apres avoir examine le terrain et entendu les tifi^at apres 
 parties presentes, devront constater par un ou plusieurs certifi- ^urontTr/S' 
 cats sign«'s d'eux, si une compensation et quelle compensation tendues. 
 devra 6tre payee ])our le terrain qui aura ete pris ; et ils iransmet- 
 
 tront tons tels certificats au surintendant du comte qui les 
 deposera dans les archives de son bureau et en delivrera des 
 copies certifiees au secretaire-tresorier de la municipalite 
 locale ; et les sentences rendues par tous tels certificats seront 
 definitives ; 
 
 8. II suftira de nientionner dans ces certificats les lots dont Designation 
 le terrain fera partie, en mentionnant le proces-verbal en Jes terrain? 
 vertu duquel il doit etre pris, et indiquant si une eompensa- g""^''"'^"'' 
 tion et quelle compensation doit etre payee pour ce terrain ; mais ''*' 
 
 tout lot pourra eire designe comme etant suppose appartenir a 
 une personne ou comme etant en sa possession ; 
 
 9. Sur la remise de ce certificat au surintendant du comte, fife bc'ale'S^" 
 s'il n'est accorde aucune compensation ou sur le paiement de viL-ku pro".' 
 la compensation, si elle est accordee, entre les mains du seerc- pi'etaire des 
 taire-tresorier de la municipalite locale ou tel terrain sera ^u""'"^ ''^^ 
 situe pour valojr aux parties qui y out droit, le terrain en la coaipensa- 
 question deviendra la propriele de telle municipalite locale ''"" payee. 
 comme faisant partie des chemins publics d'icelle, si le dit 
 
 terrain «>st pris pour un cliemin ou un pont, et s'il est pris pour 
 queique autre objel, aiors le lunaiu eu question deviendra la 
 propriete de la municipalite par qui les travaux devront Hre 
 
 fails, 
 
118 Clap* 100. Mmicipal and Road Aot L, C, 18 Viw, 
 
 said certiticate and the Secretary-Treasurer's receipt for the 
 compensation (if any) shall be a suilicient title thereto, and 
 shall not require registration to preserve it ; 
 
 to be paid 
 clear of all 
 deduction. 
 
 Compensation iQ. The compensation shall be paid by the Secn^tary-Trea- 
 u 1 g^j^pj,^ I'j.j.p ^f jjjj deduction, 1o the person entitled to receive the 
 same, at the expiration of three months from the time of ils 
 being paid to such Secretary-Treasurer, ant! Ilie person in 
 possession of the land as proprietor thereof at the time it was 
 taken, shall be held to be entitled to receive the compensation 
 from the Secretary-Treasurer, saving tlie recourse of any other 
 
 „ ,. ■, person to recover the same from the person si!) receiving it ; but 
 Proceedings if f ^ . , . , . , , i .1 i . i- 1 • 
 
 it be claimed if Willi ui the said three months there be contending claims, 
 
 by more than the Secretary-Treasurer shall keep the money in his hands, 
 
 one party. subject to the decision of the proper Court ; 
 
 Newroadsnot 11. Nothing contained in this Act shall extend to the giving 
 *f ""ir"*^^ authority to mark out any new road, or turn or widen an old 
 tai'npiope'i'ty one, in such manner as that the same shall pass through any 
 without con- garden, orchard or farm yard, enclosed with a wall, board 
 eent. j,p standing j)icl;et-fence or hedge, or to demolish or injure any 
 
 house, barn, mill or other building whatsoever, to prejudice 
 any canal or mill dam, or to turn the course of the w^ater 
 Exception. thereof, without the consent of the proprietor of the same. 
 
 POWERS AND DUTIES OF ROAD OFFICERS, &c. 
 
 irks 
 
 LIII. All Municipal Works, of which a County Superintend- 
 ent's Proces-Verbal shall have been homologated as aforesaid^ 
 roMiredunder ^^^^^ ^^ executed, maintained and repaired under the direction 
 County Super- of the said County Superintendent or of the Road Inspector, or 
 other Municipal Officers in the manner prescribed by this Act : 
 
 Certain works 
 1(1 be main- 
 taincd and 
 
 intendent. 
 
 Power to enter 
 on lands to 
 make surveys, 
 search for 
 materials, &c. 
 
 [Form B 13.] 
 
 Compensation 
 for actual da- 
 mage only. 
 
 Overseers 
 may take ma- 
 terials of un- 
 occupied 
 lands. 
 
 2. It shall be lawful for any County Superintendent, Insoec- 
 tor of Roads, or Overseer of Roads, or any Surveyor or pcr»cn 
 accompanying him, or authorized in writing by him, to (BDter, 
 in the day time, and after special notice given to the occupant, 
 if such land be occnpied, upon the lands of any person, whether 
 occupied or unoccupied, inclosed or uninclosed, lorthe purpose 
 of making any survey for any road, and also to enter upon any 
 unoccupied land for the purjjose of searching for timber, stone 
 or other materials for making or repairing any road, or any 
 bridge or work therewith connected, doing no wilful and 
 unnecessary damage, and making compensation only for actual 
 damage done ; 
 
 3. It shall be lawful for the Overseer of Roads superintending 
 the making or repairing of any road or bridge or work therewith 
 connected, to enter in the day time upon any unoccupied land 
 to he distance of one arpent of such road, bridge or work, and 
 
 to 
 
18 Vim, 
 
 ipt for the 
 ereto, and 
 
 ^tary-Trea- 
 'eceive the 
 time of its 
 person in 
 nie it was 
 npensatioii 
 I any other 
 ing it ; but 
 riif claims, 
 lijs hands, 
 
 the giving 
 len an old 
 rough any 
 vail, board 
 
 injure any 
 1 prejudice 
 f the water 
 same. 
 
 RS, &c. 
 
 jperintend- 
 3 aforesaid^ 
 le direction 
 ispector, or 
 y this Act : 
 
 nit, InsDCc- 
 or person 
 n, to eater, 
 i occupant, 
 in, whether 
 he purpose 
 r upon any 
 riber, .stone 
 jad, or any 
 wilful and 
 y for actual 
 
 irintending 
 
 k therewith 
 
 lupiea land 
 
 work, and 
 
 to 
 
 1865. Acte des MunkiftaliUa el Chmina-^B. C. Cap. 100. uj) 
 
 faits, et le dit certificat et le rcQu du secr6taire-tresorier pour la 
 compensation (s'i! en a ete accorde) lui sera un titre sullisant, et 
 elle n'aura pas besoin de Ic faire enregistrer pour le conserver; 
 
 10. La compensation sera payee par le secr6taire-tresorier, ^^ comnensa- 
 sans aucune deduction, a la partie qui aura le droit de la tion sem 
 recevoir, a I'expiration de trois mois apr(i.s qu'elle aura ete r'.'y"^' ?■"'« 
 payee au dit secrctaire-tresoricr, et la personne qui se trouvait "''^'"'-■'""'• 
 en })ossession du terrain commc proprietaire avi moment ou il 
 
 aura etc pris, sera censec avoir le droit de recevoir la eompen- ' 
 
 sation des mains du secretaire-fresorier, sauf Ic recours de 
 
 toute autre parlie jjour en recouvrer le montant de cello qui 
 
 I'aura re(j.ue ; mais si dans le dit delai de trois mois il se Cas ou ellc 
 
 present(> des rc(;Ianiatioiis eontradictoires, le secretaire-tresorier s''ra reclam^c 
 
 conservera I'argcnt (nitre ses mains poiu- attendre la decision HlV^ln^'f"" 
 
 ac la cour <iu'j1 a])parliendra ; 
 
 11. Rien de contenu dans cet acte no s'etcndra a donner le r> . 
 pouvou' de tracer un chemni neui, ou de detourner ou elargir neccssaiie 
 un aneien cheniin de maniere u passer a travers un jardin, i"*'"' o"viir 
 verger ou basse-cour entonre d'nne muraille, ou d'une cl5- ',,'.f>*'!f T«"^ * 
 ture en planche ou en pi<|ueis dehout, ou d'une haie vive, ou tains terrains. 
 a demolir ou endommager une maison, grange, moulin ou 
 
 autre bfitiment quelconque, ou a nuire a un canal ou chaussee 
 de moulin, ou a eia detourner le cours d'eau, sans le consente- 
 ment du proprietaire. 
 
 POUVOIRS ET DEVOIRS DES OFFICfERS DE 
 VOIRIE, ETC. 
 
 LIll. L'execution, I'entretien et les reparations c}es travaux Ceiiains on- 
 municipau.K dont un proces-verbal aura ete homologue comme v i ages sei oat 
 susdit, se feront sous la direction du dit surintendant de comte, •"."f'^i.'"""s et 
 
 1 ,,. ' , II' A ' cr • • ■ 1 "■p^i'*'* SOILS 
 
 de rmspecteur des chemins ou aulres oniciers municipaux, de la (liieciioiuiu 
 la maniere prescrile par cet acte : " surintendant. 
 
 2. 11 sera loisible a tout surintendant de comte, inspecteur 
 de chemins ou sous-voyer, ainsi qu'a lout arpenteur et aux per- 
 sonnes qui I'actcompagneront ou qui y seront de lui autorisees 
 par ecrit, d'enlrer durant le jour, et apres avis special donne ii 
 I'oceupant, si le terrain est occupe, sm- les ierres de toute per- 
 sonne o(;ciqiees ou inocH'upt'es, fermees ou non lermees de 
 cl6tures, juuir y faire lout rcleve relatif a unchcnnin quelconque, 
 et aussi d'entrer sur toute lerre non ocicnpee dans ie but d'y 
 faire des recherches pour du hois, de la pierre ou d'autres ma- 
 teriaux pour faire ou (>nlretenir un chemin, ou pont ou ouvrage 
 en dependant, sans causer volontairement et inutilement aucun 
 dommage, et en payant une compensalion seulement pour les 
 dommages reels ; 
 
 Pouvoir d'en- 
 trer sur les 
 teires jour 
 I'aire des I'ele- 
 ves, cluTclier 
 dcsniateriauir, 
 etc. 
 
 [Formule B 
 B.I 
 
 Compensation 
 pour les dom- 
 mages r6eU. 
 
 3. II sera loisible u tout sous-voyer des chemins surveillant Les sons 
 la eonstruetion 
 ouvrage en 
 
 terre 
 
 on ou la reparation d'un chemin, ou pont ou autre ^'^y"- V°"' 
 dependant, d'entrer pendant le jour sur toute ie» liat^rili 
 
 fa 
 
 e 
 niateriaux 
 
120 
 
 Hi !'''•' 
 
 )'> . i 
 
 Compensation; 
 and now set 
 off or paid. 
 
 Proviso. 
 If damages 
 exceed £5. 
 
 County Super' 
 intendent to 
 visite and ex- 
 amine roads 
 twice a 
 year ; lake 
 noies, prose- 
 cute Otficers 
 in default, &c, 
 
 To make a 
 report on the 
 roads in each 
 Municipality, 
 and transmit 
 the same to 
 ;he Secretaiy- 
 IVfasurer 
 iherei>f. to be 
 ]m(\ I'eforethe 
 Council. 
 
 Cap. 100. Municipal and Road Act. L. €. 18 Vict. 
 
 to take from off the same any, stone, gravel, earth or ma- 
 terials requisite lor making or repairing the same, but such 
 Overseer shall, as soon thcreal'ter as may be, declare on oath 
 before some Justice c»l' the Peace, what he believes to be the 
 damage done to such land by the taking of such materials, and 
 the Overseer shall deliver such allidavit to the Inspector ol 
 Roads for his division ; and the amount so sworn to shall be set 
 oH' agaiu'^t any road contribution, statute labour, or penalty due 
 in respect of such land, or by the owner thereof, or if such 
 amount exceed the sum si> due, the balance shall be paid to 
 such owner by the Inspector, out of any moneys in his hands 
 fox- the purpose of defraying the cost of making or repairing 
 such road, bridge or work, and if he have not sufficient, the 
 money shall be raised by assessment as other moneys required 
 for such purpose : Provided, that if the amount of such damages 
 exceed Five Pounds currency, the same shall be; assessed by 
 the Valuators of the Municipality or any two of them, in like 
 manner as the value of ground taken fdr a road or other 
 public work, and their award, or the award of any two of such 
 persons as may be appointed in their stead, as hereinbefore 
 provided, shall be final, 
 
 LIV. It shall be the duty of each Counly Superintendent 
 between the first and twentieth days of each of the months of 
 January and June to visit eacli Inspector's division in his 
 County, and to pass over and examine the main road therein 
 and such of the other front roads and by-roads to which his 
 attention may have been called by any report or representation 
 to him made, and to examine and make notes of the stale in 
 which he shall find every such road and the works thereon 
 or therewith connected, and to call upon each of the Inspectors 
 of Roads to accompany him in his visit to the division under 
 the superintendence of such Inspector, and to give him such 
 orders and instructions as may be necessary to ensure the 
 faithful performance of his duties under this Act, to inspect the 
 notes kept by each Inspector as aforesaid, to note any case 
 in which he shall find any Road Officer or other person to have 
 neglected any duty imposed on him by this Act, and to pro- 
 secute such Officer or person for such neglect : 
 
 2. It shall be the duty of each County Superintendent between 
 the tenth and twenty-seventh days of each of the months of Janu- 
 ary and June in each year, to transmit to the Secretary-Treasurer 
 of each of the local Municipalities in the County, tor the purpose 
 ofbeing laid before the Municipal Council thereof at its then 
 next session, a report on the state of the roads in the Munici- 
 pality, and of all other roads towards the making or maintain- 
 ing of which the inhabitants of the Municipality or any of them 
 are bound to contribute, shewing how far the law has been 
 carried into effect with regard to the said roads, and where and 
 how (if there be any such case) it has been neglected or dis- 
 obeyed, and containing such other information and such 
 
 suggestions 
 
18 Vict. ■ 1855. Act« des Municipalim et Chemins^B. C. Cap. 100. 121 
 
 arth or ma- 
 le, but such 
 jlare on oath 
 s to be thfi 
 aterials, and 
 
 Inspector ol 
 shall be set 
 
 penalty duo 
 
 or if such 
 ,11 be paid to 
 n his hands 
 
 or repairing 
 ifFicient, the 
 eys required 
 ach damages 
 
 assessed by 
 them, in like 
 lad or other 
 
 two of sucli 
 hereinbefore 
 
 perintendent 
 le months of 
 ision in his 
 road therein 
 to which his 
 jpresentation 
 the stale in 
 'orks thereon 
 le Inspectors 
 irision under 
 ive him such 
 ► ensure the 
 o inspect the 
 ite any case 
 !rson to have 
 and to pro- 
 
 ient between 
 nths of Janu- 
 ry-Treasurer 
 r the purpose 
 
 at its then 
 . the Munici- 
 or maintain- 
 • any of thera 
 aw has been 
 d where and 
 icted or dis- 
 n and such 
 
 suggestions 
 
 terre non occup6e jusqu'a la distance d'un arpent du dit 
 chemin, pont ou ouvrage, et d'y prendre les pierres, gra- 
 viers, terre on aulren materiaux necessaires pour le con- 
 struire ou rejjarer, mais le dit sons-voyer devra, aussit6t aprtis 
 quo faire se pourra, declf -er sous serment devant un juge de 
 paix i\ combien il croira (jue se monto le dommage cause a 
 cette terre par I'enl^vemcnt de ces materiaux, et le sous-voyer 
 remettra cet adidayil u I'inspecteur des chemins de sa division, 
 et le montant ainsi etabli sous serment sera porte en deduction 
 de tons travaux de chemins, contributions, corveesou amendes 
 dus pour cette terre ou par le j)roprietaire d'icelle ; et si ce 
 montant exc^de la somme ainsi due, la balance sera payee an 
 dit proprietaire par I'inspectenv u.m6me les deniers entre ses 
 mains pour payer le coAt de la construction ou reparation du 
 dit chemin, pont on ouvrage, et s'il n'en a pas suffisamment, 
 cette somrne sera f)relevee par colisation ainsi que les autres 
 sommss necessaires pour cet objet : pourvu que si le montant 
 de ces dommages exc^de cinq louis ils seront lvalues par 
 les estimatours de la municipalite ou deux d'entre eux, de 
 la mfirnc maniere que la valeur du terrain pris pour un chemin, 
 ou autre ouvrage public, et leur sentence ou la sentence de 
 deux porsonnes nomrnees a leur place, tel que ci-dessus pres- 
 crite, sera definitive. 
 
 Liy. II sera du devoir de tout surintendant de comte, entre le 
 premier et le vingtieme jour de chacun des mois de Janvier 
 et juin de visiter cliaque division d'inspecteur de son comte, et 
 de parcourir et d'en examiner le grand chemin et ceux des 
 autres chemins de front et routes auxquels son attention aura 
 et6 appelee par tout rapport ou representation a lui faite, et de 
 faire I'examen et prendre note de I'etat dans lequel il trouvera 
 chaque chemin, et les ouvrages en dependant, et de sommer 
 chacun des inspecteurs des chemins de I'accompagner dans sa 
 visite a leurs divisions respectives, et de lui donner les ordres 
 et les instructions qui seront necessaires pour assurer I'accom- 
 plissement fidele de ses devoirs conformement a cet acte, 
 d'examiner les notes tenues par chaque inspecteur comme 
 susdit, de prendre note de chaque cas ou il trouvera qu'un offi- 
 cier de yoirie ou autre personne aura neglige quelqu'un des 
 devoirs a lui imposes par cet acte, et de poursuivre tout tel 
 officier pour telle negligence : 
 
 nicetMirei sur 
 les terrei iu> 
 occupdes, 
 
 Compensation; 
 comment elle 
 sera payde. 
 
 Proviso. 
 
 Cas ou les 
 dommages ex- 
 ctfderont £i. 
 
 Le surinten- 
 d.nt de comt6 
 visitera et ex- 
 aminera les 
 chemins deux 
 foisparannde; 
 prendra note 
 de leur etat ; 
 poursuivra les 
 ofTiciers en 
 defaut, etc. 
 
 2. II sera du devoir de chaque surintendant de comte entre le 
 dixieme et le vingt-septieme jour de chacun des mois de Janvier 
 et de juin de chaque annee, de transmettre au secretaire-tresorier 
 de chaeune des municipalites locales du comte, pour 6tre soumis 
 ail conseil municipal a sa prochaine session, un rapport sur 
 I'etat des chemins de la municipalite et de tons autres chemins 
 a la construction ou a I'entretien desquels les habitants de la 
 municipylite ou quelques-uns d'entre eux seront obliges de con- 
 tribuer, indiquant jusqu'a quel point la loi aura 6t6 ex6cut6e 
 reiativement a ces chemins, et ou et comment (le cas 6cheant) 
 
 elle 
 
 II fera un rap- 
 port sur les 
 chemins de 
 chaque muni, 
 cipaliti, et le 
 tiaiismettra au 
 secr6taire- 
 (rdsorier de la 
 municipality, 
 pour 6tre mis 
 devant le con- 
 seil. 
 
122 
 
 And a penoral 
 report to the 
 AVaiiloii ol' tlie 
 Coiiiily : (or 
 the (Juuiicil. 
 
 Oftp. 100. Municipal and Road Ad L. C. 18 Vict. 
 
 suffgestiona touching the said roads as ho may deem expedient ; 
 and the said Secretary-Treasurer shall lay such report be tore 
 the Council at its then next session ; 
 
 3 The County Superintendent shall also between the tenth 
 and thirtieth days of August in each year, trMnj.init to tic 
 Warden of the County, for the purpose . beinj? laid bcto.e tlie 
 County Council at its then next session, a general report on 
 the state of the roads in the Coiuity, and ot all other Hoails 
 towards the making or maiiUainiiig of which the inhal)ilants ol 
 the County, or any of them, are bound to contribute, (•oiilainiiij,' 
 - similar information and suggestions as to the said roads as liu 
 is hereinbefore reciiiiird to give and make m the reports to oe 
 laid before the local Municipal Councils; and tlu^ said Warden 
 shall lay such report before the County Conned at its tlicn next 
 session ; 
 
 N.tice of visit 4. The County Superintendent shall give public notice of the 
 to brgiven. time when he intends to make his examination of the roads m 
 [FormCC] any Local Municipality ; 
 
 Inspectors to 5. And it shall bc the duty of each Inspector of roads-to 
 
 accompany accompany the County Superintendent during his visit to any 
 
 deTlntei'r roads in the division of such Inspectors,-to give him all pmper 
 
 diiiaionB, &c. information on the subject of the roads under the charge ol such 
 
 Inspector,— to exhibit to the County Superintendent the notes 
 
 kept by him of his own official visits to the said roads,— and to 
 
 note and obey the instructions and orders he may receive Irom 
 
 such Superintendent. 
 
 LV It shall be the duty of each Inspector of Roads, at least 
 SSuis once in every month, to pass over ^^^^^^^j}^ ^::2,;;::^^J^^ 
 
 in tlieir divi- 
 sions ; and 
 cult upon 
 Overseers to 
 accompany 
 them. 
 
 ISSKl'*! 
 
 OlH-e III evilly iiiwiiiii, iw |..*^-.^ _ •^' . 1 
 
 division or over which he has any authority or superintendence 
 and to make notes of the state in which he shall hnd each road 
 or any work thereon, or therewith connected, tind to call 
 upon the several Overseers of Hoads in his division to accom- 
 pany him in the inspection of the roads in their respective 
 sections, and to give to each of them such orders and inslructioiw 
 as may be necessary to ensure the faithlul execution ot this Act, 
 to note any case in which he shall find any Overseer or other 
 To prosecute pcrsou to have neglected to perform any duty imposed on lum 
 offenders. j^y jj^j^ ^f.^^ ^^nj to prosecutc any such officer or person ior sucii 
 
 neglect : 
 
 . . 2 The notes so made by the Inspector on such visit shall be 
 
 Sriot:r signeJby S and kept (oUhe inspection of the County Super 
 *"^- intendent at his next visit ; 
 
 To .ive notice 3. Each Inspector of Roads shall give special notice in 
 I'S writing to every Overseer of Roads in his division of the time 
 
 [Form D D.] when he intends to visit the section oi such Overseer; 
 
18 Vict. I t85». Avla dea Mtmicipalii^s et Chmina^B, C. Cup. 100. 
 
 m expedient ; 
 report before 
 
 L'cn the tenth 
 nsmit to the 
 lid bofoie tlie 
 ral report on 
 I other Hoiuis 
 iiihiil)ilants of 
 l(«, coiilainini,' 
 d roads as liu 
 ' reports to be 
 I said Warden 
 t its then next 
 
 c notiee of the 
 if the roads in 
 
 of roads — to 
 lis visit to any 
 iiim all proper 
 diargc of such 
 dent the notes 
 roads, — and to 
 y receive from 
 
 l^oads, at least 
 'ery road in his 
 perintendenee, 
 find each road 
 , and to call 
 sion to accom- 
 leir respeclive 
 nd in'^lructions 
 ion of this Act, 
 erseer or other 
 iposed on him 
 person for such 
 
 h visit shall be 
 County Super 
 
 jcial notiee in 
 ion of the time 
 ;rseer ; 
 
 4. 
 
 123 
 
 elle aura 6t6 n^'glig^e ou n'aura pas 6t6 ob»erv6e, et contenant 
 tous ies autrcs renseignements et suggestions quMl croira con- 
 venable de donner relativ(Mnent A cos chemins ; et le dit aecrc- 
 lairc-tresorier soumettra co rapport au conscil k sa prochaine 
 
 session ; 
 
 3. Le surintondant du comto devra aussi entre le dixi^me Et m.rapiwt 
 (>t 1(! trcntieine jour d'aoill de chuque annee, transrnettro uu ifi^n^ral an 
 prefet du eonUt'', pour t^tre sounds au conseil dn cornte a sa f/f'l' ','"',!'"" 
 prochaine si-ssion, un rai)port sj;eneral snr Petal de.s chemins du 
 oorntr et de tons autres chemins a la eoiistruction ou ii I'entre- 
 tien dcsijuels Ies hubifanls du eomie ou <iueliiiies-uns d'entro eux 
 seront obliges de contribucr, contcnanl l(\s mcmes renseigne- 
 ments i\ I'cf^ard des dits chemins que ccux qu'il est ci-dessus 
 requis de donner et de prcsent(!r dans Ies rapports qui doivent 
 6tre sounds aux conseils muuicipaux locaux ; et le dit prefet 
 gounicttra ce rapport au conseil de comte a sa prochaine ses- 
 sion ; 
 
 t6 ; pour le 
 
 Avis de la 
 visito. 
 
 [Formiile C 
 C] 
 
 Les inspec- 
 teurs aicoin- 
 pagneront le 
 surinteudant 
 dans leu rs divi- 
 sions respec- 
 livcs, etc. 
 
 4, Le surinlendant du comte donnera avis public du temps 
 ou il se proposera de fairc la visile des chenuns dans chaque 
 municipalite locale ; 
 
 5. Et chaque inspecteur des chemins sera tenu d'accompa- 
 gner le surintendant du comte dans sa visite des chemins de sa 
 division alin de lui donner tous les renseignements necessaires 
 sur les chemins dontil sera charge, d'exhiber au surintendant 
 (le comte les notes tenues par lui de ses visites officielles des 
 dits chemins, et de noter et suivre les instructions etlesordres 
 qu'il pourra recevoir de tel surintendant. 
 
 LV. ChacjUf! inspecteur des i hemins devra au moins une L'inspecteur 
 Ibis dans chaque mois parcourir ct inspecter chacun des che- examinera les 
 niins de sa division ou de ceux sur lesciuels il devra exercer son J'^*""""* /'^ 
 
 , ..r .., 1 . -1 1., , . . leurs divisions 
 
 aulorite ou sa surved lance,— prendre note de I'etat dans lequel il et se lera ac- 
 trouvera chaque ch(!niin, el tout ouvrage (jui en fera partie ou '"mF'aKr 
 qui en dependra,—sommer les divers sous-voyers de sa division ''"[i''! " 
 cle raccorapagnc'r dans sa tournee sur les chemms do leurs sec- 
 tions resjwctives, — donner a chacun d'eux les ordres et les ins- 
 tructions necessaires pour I'execution fidele de cot acte,— pren- 
 dre des notes de chaque cas oh il trouvera qu'un sous-voyer ou 
 autre pe'rsonnc aura neglige de remplir (piehpi'un des devoirs 
 imposes par cct acte, et poursuivre tout tel olHcicrou personne 
 pour telle negligence : 
 
 2. Les notes ainsi dressees par l'inspecteur lors de sa visite Les inspec- 
 seront signees de lui, ct consorvees j)our I'inspectiou du surin- teurs feiont 
 tendant du comte a sa prochaine visite ; *^** ""'^-^• 
 
 Avis (le la 
 
 3. Chaque inspecteur des chemins devra donner avis special ^'*'**' "'"^ 
 par ecrit a chaque sous-voyer do sa division du temps oij il se rp„*.''°rD 
 proposera de visiter la section dc Icl sous-voyer ; i).]"'™" * 
 
 ijner 
 I sous- 
 
 4. 
 
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 124 
 
 Overseer* fo 
 
 accompany 
 
 them. 
 
 Cap. 100. Municipal and Road Art L. C. 18 Vict. 
 
 4. It shall be the duty of each Overseer of Roads to accom- 
 pany the Inspector during his visit to the roads in the section 
 of such Overseer, to give him all proper information on the 
 subject of the roads un(l*M' the ehar<,'e of such Overseer, and 
 to note and obey his instmctions and orders ; 
 
 IiipBctore to 5. It Hhall be the duty of each Inspector of Roads, within 
 
 leport to Sii- 111,, first Jen days of every month to make u Report in writing 
 
 perintendent. ^^^ ^j^^^ County Superintendent containing the substance of tho 
 
 notes he shall have made, and all the iniorniation he shall have 
 
 obtained during the prc'-eding month on the subject of Roads 
 
 and other worka within his division. 
 
 OBSTRUCTION OF PUBLIC ROADS. 
 
 Inspectors to LVI. It shall be the duty of the Inspectors of Roads to cause 
 
 cause obstnic- all obstructions or nuisances to be removed from of! the roads 
 
 tioni tober.;- ^jjjjgj. ^^^^■^J superintendence respectively, and to report all 
 
 "'"^* ■ encroachments thereupon to the County Superintendent, to the 
 
 end that he may compel their removal, if the person making any 
 
 such encroachment shall not, on being thereunto required by 
 
 the Inspector, desist from such encroachment : 
 
 What shall be 2. It shall be deemed an obstruction to leave or place any 
 deemed an ob- thing upon the road or in any ditch, or water course therewith 
 •tniction. connected, or to make any trench or opening in the road, or to 
 do any other act, whereby, in either case, the free j)as9age of 
 vehicles, or foot passengers over any part of the road, may be 
 obstructed, impeded or rendered inconvenient, or the free pas- 
 sage of the water prevented, unless the act be done in the 
 course of some duly authorized work upon the road, or by the 
 command or with the permission of some Road Officer, under 
 the authority of some By-law of the proper Municipal Council ; 
 
 3. Every person who shall make, cause, or create any such 
 obstruction or nuisance shall thereby incur a penalty of not more 
 than Fifty nor less than Ten Shillings currency, and an additional 
 penalty of not more than Ten Shillings currency for every day 
 during which the same shall continue, with all costs including the 
 expense of removing such obstruction or nuisance, and such pen- 
 alty shall be recoverable by a suit or proceeding separate from 
 the action hereinafter mentioned for recovering the land en- 
 croached upon, and may be sued for after such action is deter- 
 mined ; 
 
 Justice of the 4. Any Justice of the Peace resident in the County may hear 
 
 Peace may and determine any complaint of such obstruction or nuisance, 
 
 order removal ^^^ ^^.^^j. ^^^ removal thereof at the expense of the offender, 
 
 ° "• by such person as he shall by his warrant authorize to remove 
 
 the same, and may lax the costs of such removal and cause the 
 
 same to be levied with the penalty and costs of prosecution and 
 
 by the same process ; ^ 
 
 Penalry for 
 causing ob- 
 struction. 
 
)ver8cer, a«(| 
 
 1355. Acte des Municipalit4a et Chemim—B. C. Cap. 100. J25 
 
 4. II Korn flu devoir (1«? chaqno sons-voyRr d'acrompagnrr j^o* tnu*. 
 I'inspecU'ur (liiTiH f<a visits <!(>» chcmins de la section dt; tel voyewae'cotn. 
 sous-voycr, de hi' donner tons les renncignement9 ronve- poffKroni let 
 nablfh Hur Icsohernins dont il ncra charge, ct do pn'ndrenote '"''r'"c<«"«->. 
 de ses inslnictions cfordrcy, t'td(« lessuivre; 
 
 5. II Hcra du devoir de fha(|np inspecteur des chemins dans Le» in»pee. 
 Ie8 premiers dix jours de chaque tnois, de faire un rapport <«"" f«roiit 
 par ecrit au surintendant du comt^, contenant la substance "^"IVY' »" 
 des notes qu'il aura faites et des renseignements qu'il aura *""" 
 obtrnus dans le cours du niois precedent, au sujet des chemins 
 
 et autres travaux de sa division. 
 
 NUISANCES DAN.S LES CHEMINS PUBLICS. 
 
 LVI. H sera du devoir des inspeoteurs des chemins de faire 
 eulever tons les cmbarras ct nuisances qui se trouveront dans 
 les chemiiiH places sous Iciir surveillance respectivement, et de 
 faire rapport au suriufeudaiit du cointe de tons empietcmens 
 sur iceux, afin qu'il puisse eontraindre ceuxqui auront empiete 
 a rentrer dans leurs limited s'ils ne se sont pas desist6s apr^sen 
 avoir etu rcquis par rinsj)ccteur : 
 
 2. Sera repute avoir cause nn embarras (juiconque aura 
 place ou laisse quclque objet (jue ce soit dans un ehemhi ou 
 dans uu fosse ou cours d'eau en dependant, ou aura fait ou 
 nocasionne une tranchee ou ouvertnre dans le chemin, ou aura 
 commis tout autre acte dont I'eflet pourra 6tre d'obstruer, enip6- 
 cherou rendre incommode le passage des voitures ou des 
 pietons sur une partie quelconque du chemin, ou d'emp6cher 
 recoulement des eaux, a moins que cet acte ne soit fait dans le 
 cours de I'execution de quelque ouvrage reguli^rement autorisc 
 m le chemin, ou par I'ordre ou avec la permission de quelque 
 officier de voirie sous I'autorite d'un reglement du eonseil mu- 
 nicipal qu'il appartiendra ; 
 
 3. Quiconque causera un embarras ou nuisance comme sus- 
 , dit sera |)assiblc d'une amende de pas plus de cinquante ni de 
 [ moins de dix chelins eourant, et d'une amende additionnelle de 
 
 pas plus de dix chelins eourant, pour chaquo jour pendant lequel 
 ildurera, avec les depens, y compris tous les frais neccssaircs 
 pour faire disparaitre cet embarras ou nuisance, et cette amende 
 pourra etre prelevee i)ar une poursuite ou procedure distincte 
 de Paction mentionnee ci-aprcs pour recouvrcr le terrain sur 
 lequel il aiira ete empiete, et pourra ^tre intentce apres que 
 cette derni^re action aura ete decidee ; 
 
 4. Tout juge de paix residant dans le comte pourra entendre 
 I et decider toute plainte relative a tel embarras ou nuisance, et 
 
 ordonner de le faire disparaitre aux frais du delinquant, par 
 toute personne qu'il autorisera par son mandat a ce faire, et il 
 pourra taxer les frais de I'enlevement de I'embarras ou nui- 
 sance, et les faire prelever, ensemble avec I'amende et les frais 
 de la pouMWJte, et par le m6me acte de procedure ; 
 
 ' ft, 
 
 Les inspec* 
 tfurs feront 
 enleVcT les 
 embarras et 
 nuisances dam 
 les chemins. 
 
 Ddfinition de 
 I'embarras. 
 
 PtJnalitcs 
 contre ceux 
 qui causeront 
 lies embarras 
 cu nuisances. 
 
 Les juijes de 
 paix ddcide- 
 ront des 
 plaintes pouy 
 embarras. 
 
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 126 
 
 Cap, 100, Municipal and Road Act L. C. 18 Vict, 
 
 EnforciHg 
 execution of 
 judgment. 
 
 Writ of Pos- 
 session. 
 
 Costs in such 
 action. 
 
 Eneroach- 6. If anyroad be oncroached upon and the encroachment be 
 
 merits defend- denied, it shall be the duty of the County Superintendent to 
 by aSji.^"*"' ca"sc an action to be brought in the name of the Local Muni- 
 cipality, against the person so encroacliing, for the recovery 
 of the land taken from tlie road ; " 
 
 Whe suih ^' Such' action shall be brought in the Circuit Court in the 
 ac'tioi?shaU be Circuit wherein such Local Municipality or any i)art thereof 
 bronglit. shall lie, which shall have, stud is hereby expressly invested 
 
 with, jurisdiction in ail such cases, and with power, if the en- 
 croachment be proved, to adjudge that, the land taken by such 
 encroachment be restored to the Municipality ; and if such judg- 
 ment be not complied with within lifteen days after service of 
 a copy thereof on the defendant, tlien any Judge of the said 
 Court may, in term or out of term, on the application of the 
 Municipality, direct a Writ of Possession 1o any Bailitt', com- 
 manding him to remove therefrom all buildings or fences which 
 may be erected thereon and give possession of such land to the 
 said Municipality, which sucli UaiUfl, taking with him sutfi- 
 cient assistance, shall accordingly do ; 
 
 7. The costs in every such action shall be those allowed in 
 actions of the first class in the said Court, and the costs on the 
 Writ of Possession and proceedings theretipon shall be taxed by 
 a Judge of the said Court at such sum as in his discretion he 
 may think right, until they be regulated by a Tarifl'of the Court, 
 under which the Clerk of the Court shall thereafter tax such 
 costs. 
 
 ROAD WORKS. 
 
 LVFL It shall be the duty of (he Inspectors of lloads, sub- 
 ject to the provisions of this Act and to the orders and instruc- 
 tions of the Cotmty Superintendent, by whom ihey siiall be fur- 
 nished with the necessary copies of, or e x (ra els from, /■'rym- 
 VcrbauXy Valuation-rolls, Collection-rolls and oilier documents, 
 to direct the Overseers of lloads in their respective divisions, as 
 to the time when, and the manner in wliich, all road work is to 
 be done, — 1o furnish them with statements in writing setting 
 forth the names of all pi rsons subject to statute labour, lh(! share 
 of joint labour and materials lo be furnished by each person, or in 
 respect of each lot of land in their sections rcsixM-tively, and 
 informing them upon what worii or works the same is to be ein- 
 ))loyed, and in what ])roportions, — to receive all sums paid 
 for commutation of statute or joint labour, and to notify such 
 commutation to the proper Overseer, — lo instruct him to engage 
 other labour in the place ol that so comuuited and to psiy 
 for such labour out of such commutation money, on the 
 certificate of the Overseer that the same has been duly per- 
 formed : 
 
 Dutiei of Ins- 
 jiectors of 
 load.i as to 
 work to lie 
 done thereon, 
 
 Siatcment in 
 writirii; to be 
 fninisliei! to 
 Overseers. 
 
 Engasing 
 other labour. 
 
 if 
 
 «- 
 
 l> 
 
18 Vict. I 1855. Acte des Municipalites ct Chemins—B. C. Cap. 100. 
 
 roachment be 
 rintendent to 
 Local Muni- 
 llie recovery 
 
 : Court in the 
 y i)art thereof 
 <sly iiivested 
 /etj if the en- 
 Ken by such 
 I ifsucji judg- 
 er service of 
 e of the said 
 ciUion of the 
 Bailitt", corn- 
 fences which 
 h hxnd to the 
 ith him sutfi- 
 
 e allowed in 
 ". costs on the 
 1 be taxed by 
 discretion he 
 "of the Court, 
 fter tax such 
 
 Roads, sub- 
 i and instruo- 
 f siiall be i'nr- 
 frorn, Proch- 
 r docninenls, 
 • divisions, as 
 id work is to 
 •itin.^ setting 
 onr, th(! share 
 1 person, or in 
 iM'tively, and 
 (^ is to be em- 
 1 sums paid 
 ) notify such 
 liin to engage 
 1 and to pay 
 iiey, on the 
 en duly pcr- 
 
 _,es depens de tonte telle action seront les mernes que Dopcns dans 
 
 des actions de premiere classe dans la dite cour, (H les "^ •"""'^"'f^^, 
 „ \i — 1 1 ^ . ■ , , 1 - . , , ' 
 
 127 
 
 6. Si un chemin est obstru6 ct si I'cmpieteme'it est nie, il Empiciations- 
 sera du devoir du snrintendant de comte de faire intenter unc iwuisuitesy ' 
 action aunom de la municipalite locale contre la personne (pii "^'"''"es. 
 aura ainsi empiete, pour rentrer en possession du terrain enleve 
 au cliemiu ; 
 
 6. Cello action sera intentee devant la cour de circuit, dans Cmrou cps 
 le circuit oi'i sera situee la municipalite locale ou toute P"i'":iiiips -c- 
 partie d'icelle, hupielle cour de circuit aura et elle est par '"'" ""'■"'^''■'* 
 le present acte speciah-ment inveslie de la juridiction de toutes 
 telles causes, avec pouvoir, si I'empielement est prouvee d\id- 
 jugerque Ic terrain sur lequel il auru ete empiete soit restitue a 
 la municipalite ; et s'il nVst pas obtempere a ce jugement dans 
 le delai de quinze jours apres qu'il aura ete signi'fie au iXitien- 
 denr, lout juge de la dile cour pourra, durant le terme ou pendant 
 la vacance, sur la requisition de la numicipalite, adresser un Exemiion du 
 ordre de possession a touf hnissier de la cour, lui commandant jugement. 
 (I'enlever tous les batimens et clotures qui s'y trouveront et de 
 donner possession du U;rrain a la uumicipalile : operation que 
 I'huissier aecomplira avec des aides en nombre sulfisant ; 
 
 7. Lc 
 
 ceux d( _ ^ ^^ 
 
 liais de I'ordre d ^jossession ct des i)rocedures subsequentes 
 seront taxes par un juge de la dile cour a la somme qu'il trouvera 
 juste a sa discretion, jusqu'a ce qu'ils soient regies par un tarif 
 de la cour, conformc'ment auquel le grelfier de ia cour taxera 
 ensuite ces depens. 
 
 TRAVAUX Df:S CHEMINS. 
 
 LVII. II sera du devoir des inspecteurs de chemins, sujel 
 aux dispositions de eel acle et aux ordres el instructions du 
 snrintendant du comte qui leur fournira les copies ou extrails 
 necessaires des proces-verbaux, roles d'evaluation, roles de 
 |)ercei)tion, et autres documents, de donner des ordres aux sous- 
 voyers de leurs divisions respeetives, relaliveinenl a repocjue 
 (111 (levront se laire lous les travaux des chemins ; et a la nianiere 
 (ie les fair(>— de leur f(mrnir des etats par ecrit montranl les noms 
 tie tonics les persoimes snjettes aux corvees, les parts des tra- 
 v.inx coinmuns et des niateriaux qui devront etre lournis par 
 Hiaqne personne, ou ;\ raison de chaque h)t de leurs sections 
 ri'spcclives, et de leur laire eonnaitre sur (piel ouvrage ou quels 
 (in rages ils devront el re employes, et dans quelles proportions — 
 lie recevoir loutes les sommes payees })our les connnutalions dc; 
 coi'vees ou des travaux en commun — et de nolifier ces commu- 
 liitionsau sous-voyer qu'll appartiendra — de lui doimer instnic- 
 lion d'employer lanuiiii-d'cruvre d'autres personues a la place 
 (l(; celle qui aura ete eomnmee — et de payer, pour cette main- 
 (l'(Euvre avec I'argent de la commutation, sur le certificat du 
 soiis-voyer declarant que les travaux on.*; ete regulierement 
 luits ; 
 
 8. 
 
 Devoirs des 
 in spec It'll IS 
 dos chemins 
 rekitivenient 
 aux tiaviuix: 
 qui y seiniit 
 Ihits, e(c. 
 
 Des el;i(.s \y,\x 
 cciit Inir 
 scioiil foiiriiis. 
 
 Miiiii-d'ii 11- 
 vre eiiipiovfee. 
 
f 
 
 Ir^ 
 
 'I 
 
 128 
 
 Cap. 100. 
 
 Municipal and Road Act L. C, 
 
 18 Vict. 
 
 Duties of 
 Overseers of 
 roads as to 
 work to be 
 (lone thereon, 
 &c. 
 
 [Form Y.] 
 
 Tools to be 
 brought by 
 persons bound 
 to work. 
 
 Horses or 
 oxen. 
 
 Overseer to 
 superintend 
 and certify 
 performance 
 of work. 
 
 Penalty. 
 
 Prosecuting 
 offenders. 
 
 2. It shall be the duty of each Overseer of Roads, pursuant to 
 the provisions of this Act, the orders of the County Superin- 
 tendent and directions of the inspectors of Roads, to give 
 notice to the inhabitants of his section, respectively, of the time 
 and place where and when any statute labour or joint labour is 
 to be performed or materials to be furnished, and the amount 
 of labour, quantity and description of materials to be then and 
 there furnished by each, which notice may be given verbally to 
 each of such inhabitants in person or left in writing at his 
 residence,— and shall specify the tools and implements (being 
 those ordinarily used by farmers) which each person is required 
 to bring with him ; and if the nature of the work requires it, the 
 Overseer may command any person having the same and being 
 bound to furnish at least three days' labour, and not having 
 commuted the same, to bring with him or to send with a man 
 to work them, a horse or horses, an ox or oxen, with proper 
 harness and a cart, waggon or plough ; and every day's labour 
 of a horse or ox, with such harness and vehicle or plough as 
 aforesaid shall be credited to the person furnishing the same as 
 one day's work, — to superintend and direct the performance of 
 statute labour and joint labour on the roads, and to give certifi- 
 cates of the due performance thereof, — to appoint the hour of 
 commencing and leaving off, and the time to be taken for rest 
 or meals, the day's work being ten clear hours of labour on the 
 spot where the work is to be done, — to dismiss any man who 
 shall not attend during the hours appointed for labour, or who 
 shall be idle or refuse to obey the orders of the Overseer, or not 
 work faithfully, or hinder others from working ; and any man 
 8o dismissed shall, for the offence occasioning his dismissal, 
 incur a penalty of ten shillings currency, — to prosecute for alt 
 such penalties as last aforesaid, and for all penalties incuirud for 
 disobedience to his orders, — to report to the Inspector of iloads 
 for his division, the number of days' work performed and the, 
 quantity of materials furnislied under his superintendence, with 
 the names of the parties performing or furnishing the same, and 
 the names of those who have been fined. 
 
 Penally on 
 persons not 
 obeying order 
 of Overseers 
 as to labour 
 on roadi 
 
 LVIII. Every person liable to perform labour 
 
 and not 
 
 having 
 
 commuted the same, who 
 
 jeuig 
 
 on the road? 
 so required 
 
 as aforesaid by any Overseer to attend nnd perform the same, 
 shall refuse or neglect so to attend, shall, for cacli day on which 
 he shall so refuse or neglect, incur a penalty of ten shillings cur- 
 rency, and he shall incur one half of pi^ch penalty if he was re- 
 quired to bring with him any tool or implement, and shall appe..v 
 without the same ; and if he was rcqiiired to bring with him 
 any plough, horse, ox, waggon, cart or other vehicle and harness, 
 the penalty shall be doubled, theit is, he shall incur a penalty ol" 
 twenty shillings currency, if he shall wholly fail to attend, and 
 of ten shillings currency, if he shall attend without such horse, 
 or waggon, cart, vehicle or harness : 
 
 if 
 
1855. Acte des Municipalitis et Chcnins-'B. C. Cap. 100. 
 
 2. II sera du devoir de chaque sous-voycr des chemins, coii- 
 formement aux dispositions de eet acte, aux ordres du surin- 
 tendant du comte, et aux directions des inspecteurs de che- 
 mins, de notifier aux habitants de sa section, respectivement, 
 le temps ct le lieu oii des Iravaux do corvee ou en commun 
 devront etre accomplis et les materianx iournis, ct la quantite 
 de la main-d'oeuvre, la quantite ct la description des mate- 
 riaux qui devront la et alors i^tre fournis par cliacun ; et cet 
 avis pourra etre donne verbalcraent u chacun des habitants en 
 personne ou etre laisse par ecril a sa residence — et il y sera 
 fait mention des outils et instruments du genre de ceux gene- 
 ralement en usage parmi les cultivaieurs (jue chaque personne 
 devra apporter avec die, et si la nature tie I'ouvrage I'exige, 
 le sous-voyer pourra commander a toute personne qui les pos- 
 sedera et qui sera obligee de fournir au moiiis trois journees 
 de travail, et qui n'aura pas commue, d'amcner avec elle ou 
 d'envoyer avec un homrne charge de les (toiiduire, un cheval 
 ou des chevaux, un bceuf ou des boeufs, avec le harnais con- 
 venable et une charrette, chariot ou charrue ; et chaque jour- 
 nee de travail d'un cheval ou d'un bosuf avec harnais et voi- 
 ture comma susdit sera porlee au compte de la personne qui 
 I'aura fournie comme une journee de travail, — et il sera aussi 
 du devoir de tout tel sous-voyer de snrveiller et diriger I'ac- 
 complissement des corvees et du travail en commun sur les 
 chemins, et d'en delivrer des certificats, — de fixer I'heure on le 
 travail devra commencer et celle ou il devra finir, ainsi que le 
 temps a prendre pouv les repas et pour se reposer, les journees 
 de travail devant se composer de dix heures enticres de 
 travail sur les lieux oil I'ouvrage devra se faire, — de conged: ir 
 celui qui n'assistera pas pendant les heures fixees pour le 
 travail, ou qui sera oisif ou refusera d'obeir aux ordres du 
 sous-voyer, ou qui ne travaillera pas ou empeehera les autres 
 (le travailler, et tout homtno ainsi congedie |)aiera pour la 
 faute qui I'aura fait rcnvoyer, uuc amende de dix chelins 
 courant, — d'intenter des poursuites pour les amendes en dernier 
 lieu mentionnees, et pour toutes les amendes meritecs pour 
 desobeissarice a ses ordres — de faire rapport a I'inspecteur des 
 chemins de sa division, du nombre de journees de travail 
 accomplies et de la quantite des materiaux fournis sous sa sur- 
 intendance, avec les noms des personnes qui les auront accom- 
 plies ou fournis, et les noms de celles qui auront ete condamnees 
 a I'amende. 
 
 129 
 
 Devoirs des 
 Kous-voyers 
 relativement 
 aux travaux 
 <]ui y seront 
 i'aits, etc. 
 
 [Forinule Y.J 
 
 Les personnes 
 ol)ligees aux 
 corvees de- 
 vront apporter 
 leurs outils, 
 etc. 
 
 Les sous- 
 voyers devront 
 surveiller les 
 travaux, &c. 
 
 Amendes. 
 
 Poursuites. 
 
 LVIil. Toute personne tenue a ties travaux snr les chemins Amendes 
 et n'ayant pas commue pour ces travaux, qui, apres avoir etc contre ceux 
 requise comme susdit par un sous-voyer tie se rentlre sur les *i"' "'"''^'s- 
 lieux et de les accomplir, refusera ou negligera de le iairo, sera commande"-' 
 passible, pour cliatiuo jour pendant tju'elle refusera ou negligera "^^"^ ''" so"s- 
 d'obeir, d'une amende de dix chelins courant, et elle enctmrra l"^?,.,' ?!.'"'^ 
 
 moitie de cette amende si elle a ete requise d'apporter des chemins. 
 Quelque outi! ou instrument, et si elle se presente sang I'avois"; 
 et si elle a ete requise d'amener avec elle une charrue, ou un 
 9 cheval, 
 
[^' 
 
 ( 
 
 I! J I 
 
 11' n 
 
 ll, 
 
 1 ' 
 
 i <]\' 
 
 180 
 
 Cap. 100. 
 
 Municipal and Road Act L. C. 
 
 18 Vict. 
 
 2. No notice shall be required to compel any person to make 
 or repair any front road which ought to be made or repaired by 
 ^'— ..lone, but if it be not made or repaired in the manner 
 
 him 
 
 Notice not 
 
 required to 
 
 compel any 
 
 T^prson to K£60 ' ■ 
 
 his front road required by the Proces- Verbal regulating it and by this Act, 
 
 in repair, &c. 
 
 Penalty for 
 not repairing. 
 
 Penalties to 
 whom paya- 
 ble, and how 
 applied. 
 
 May be paid 
 before suit. 
 
 J.nspecfnrs asul 
 Overseers 
 liable lor da- 
 mages occa- 
 sioned by their 
 neglect. 
 
 such person shall incur a penally of five shillings currency ; 
 and if he neglect to make or repair such road for a period of 
 twenty-four hours after having been notified to make or repair 
 the same, he shall incur a penalty of not more than twenty nor 
 less than five shillings currency, foreagh day on which it shall 
 remain unmade or out of repair ; 
 
 3, Every such penally shall be paid to the Inspector for the 
 division, and applied to the same purpose for which the labour 
 for the due periormance of which it was incurred would have 
 been applicable ; and the payment of the penally shall be set 
 off in favor of tlie offender against the road labour for which he 
 is liable, at the rate of one day's labovr for each five shillings 
 of the penally paid ; 
 
 4. The penalty may be paid to the Inspector before any suit 
 for it is commenced, and in that case it shall be payable without 
 costs ; 
 
 • ^ 
 
 6. Every Inspsetorof roads, and every Overseer of roads shall 
 be liable for all damages occasioned by the nonperformance of 
 any work which ought to have been pertbrmed within his 
 division or section, unless lie can shew that he has used all 
 legal means in his power by notice, prosecution and otherwise 
 to compel ine performance of such work ; saving always the 
 recourse of the Inspector against the Overseer, and of both 
 against the person who was bound to perform such work. 
 
 
 County Super- LIX. The (^oiuity Superintendent may from time to time 
 intendent may pf^ugg portions of roads to be made by the persons liable to 
 ia\e pieces p^giij^e labour, to serve as models for the remainder of such 
 roads or for roads in their neighbouihood : and in superintend- 
 ing the making of Roads the Road Officers and others shall 
 govern themselves by such models, as far as the foundation 
 and position of such Roads and other circumstances will permit. 
 
 road made as 
 iiiodclg 
 
 Overseer may 
 cause uiiper- 
 ioimed work 
 to be done, and 
 recover the 
 costs from the 
 proper party, 
 with 20 per 
 cent addi- 
 tional. 
 
 LX. Whenever any road v.'ork which ouglit to be done or any 
 materials which ought to be furnished upon, orfor, any front road, 
 by-road or bridge, in respect of any lot or by any person, shall 
 remain unperformed or unfurnished after the owner or occupant 
 of such lot or such person shall have been required as aforesaid 
 to perform or furnish the same, it shall be lawful for tne Over- 
 seer of roads to cause f;uch work to be done or such materials to 
 be iurnished by some other person, and to recover the value of 
 such w^ork or materia h-. from sue!', owner or occupant or p':ir«Qn in 
 default, with twenty per cent in addition thereto and costs oi suit, 
 
 as 
 
1855. Actc des Munidpulitis et Chemins — B. C. Cap. 100. 
 
 181 
 
 Nul avis tie 
 sera nSces- 
 saire pour en- 
 tretenir lo 
 chemin de 
 fiont. 
 
 Piiiement et 
 emploi de 
 I'amende. 
 
 cheval, bcpuf, chariot, charrette, voiture ou hamais, elle paiera 
 une amende de vingt chelins courant, si elle manque enti^rement 
 de se presenter, et de dix chelins courant, si elle se presente 
 sans le cheval, boeuf, chariot, charrette, on autre voiture ou 
 hamais comme susdit : 
 
 2. Nul avis'ne sera n6cessaire pour obliger une personne k 
 faire ou entretenir un chemin de front auquel elle sera seule 
 tenue ; mais si ce chemin de front n'est pas fait ou entretenu 
 de la mani^re requise par le procfes-verbal qui le reglera et par 
 cet acte, cette personne sera passible d'une amende de cinq 
 chelins courant, et si elle n6glige de I'aire ou d'enlretenir le dit 
 chemin pendant I'espace de vingt-quatre heures aprtis qu'ellc 
 aura 6t6 notifi^e^de le faire ou entretenir, elle sera passible d'une 
 p6nalite qui ne sera pas plus de vingt, ni moins de cinq chelins Amende, 
 pour chaque jour pendant lequel il restera sans etre fait ou 
 entretenu ; 
 
 3. Toute amende semblable sera payee a I'inspeoteur de la 
 division, etjappliquec au m^me objet auquel le travail pour la 
 non-execution duquel I'amende aura 6t,e imposee aurait dft etre 
 applique ; et la somme payee ;\ titre d'amende sera portee au 
 conipte du dfelinquant en deduction des travaux des chemins 
 auxquels il sera oblige au taux d'une journce de travail pour 
 chaque cinq chelins de I'amende payee ; 
 
 4. L'amende pourra t^tro })ayee a I'inspecleur avant qu'au- 
 cune poursuite pour la rccouvrer n'ait cte cotnmencec, et dans 
 CO cas elle sera payee sans d6pen« ; 
 
 5. Tout inspecteur des chemins et tout sous-voyer sera res- 
 ponsable de tous les dommages resultant du non-accompiisse- 
 ment des travaux qui auraient dA t-hv. accomplis dans sa divi- 
 sion ou section respectivement, a moins qu'il ne puis.se prouver 
 qii'il a employe tous les moyens en son poiivoir, par avis, pour- 
 suite ou autrement, pour contraindre a I'aceomplJssement de 
 ces travaux, sauf dans tous les cas le recour.s dt) I'inspectour 
 centre le sous-voyer, et le reeouvs de ces deux oliiciers centre la 
 
 personne tenut; il accomplir cos travaux. 
 
 t 
 LIX. Le surintendant du oomte pourra de temps A autre or- 
 (lonner que certaines parts de eiiemin.s soiout tViites par k-s pcr- 
 sounes tenues aux corvees, pour servir de modeie jjour le resto 
 de ces cluMnins ,^n pour les chemins du voidna.'^e ; et les ofii- 
 ciers de voirie et autrcs, sous ia yurveillant-e desqucls soiont 
 les chemins, seront gouvernes par ces modeles en autant que le 
 pcrmettront le fonds ^et la position des diverses parties des dils 
 r|iemins et les autres ciiconstances. 
 
 LX. Chaque fois que des travaux qui auraient drt 6trc faits 
 ou que dee matC-riaux qui auraietit d\\ etre fournis sur ou pour un 
 chemin de front, route ou pout, a raison d'un lot ou par une 
 personne quelconquc, n'auroru pas cte falls ou [ouinis, aprbs que 
 le proprietaire ou I'occupant du dit lot ou la dite personne aura 
 9* 6ie 
 
 Elle pourra 
 6lre payde 
 avanl la pour- 
 suile. 
 
 Les inspec- 
 ti'urs cl 80US- 
 voysrs Beront 
 respomables 
 ilos i!omm«ge» 
 caiisi^s par 
 leui- ufigli- 
 gtucc. 
 
 l.e Ruriiiteii- 
 tluiit de comtfi 
 pourra faire 
 I'uire des che- 
 mins irmdoles. 
 
 Le sous-voyer 
 piiiina faire 
 fdiie les tia- 
 vuux non ac- 
 complis el le- 
 couvrer les 
 
 II 
 
182 
 
 Cap. 100. 
 
 Munieipal and Road Act L. C. 
 
 18 Vict. 
 
 Or the Inspec- 
 tor may cause 
 it to be (tone 
 hy the Muni- 
 cipality which 
 shall recover 
 the expenses 
 nnd 20 per cent 
 additional. 
 
 as a debt due to such Overseer, and in any way in which debts 
 of like amount arc recoverable, or such amount may be levied, 
 as arrears of taxes due to the Municipality, in the manner herein- 
 after provided, and paid to sucli Overseer by the Secretary- 
 Treasurer : 
 
 2. Or, the Overseer of roads may report to the Inspector of 
 roads of his division that any such work remains unperformed 
 or any such materials unfurnished, and that the person who 
 ought to perform or furnish the same has boon by him required 
 so to do, or that such person has no residence in the division ; and 
 on such report the Inspector may, if he thinks proper, authorize 
 such overseer to cause the work to be done or the materials to 
 be furnished by some person or persons to be employed by him for 
 that purpose, and the sum expended shall be recoverable by the 
 Municipality from the person in del'uult with twenty per cent in 
 addition thereto, as a penalty for such tlefault and costs ; and 
 the sum actually expended shall be paid by the Secrctary-Trea- 
 ! nrer of the Municipality to tlie order of the Inspector, out of 
 any moneys in his hands applicable to road purposes, or to the 
 general purposes of the Municipality ; 
 
 3. The affidavit of the Overseer sworn before a Justice of the 
 Peace that the formalities of the la\y were complied with, and 
 that the work was done or the materials furnished, that the sum 
 charged is the true value thereol", and that the defendant is the 
 person liable for the same by law, and the certificate of the 
 Inspector that to the best of his knowledge and belief the facts 
 stated in such affidavit are true, shall he prima facie evidence 
 of such facts, and if not controverted, shall be sufficient to 
 maintain the claim and demand of the Municipality or of such 
 Overseer ; 
 
 The 20 per 4. In either of the eases last above mentioned, the person in 
 
 cert to be in default shall not be liable to a ))enalty, but ihe twenty per cent 
 lieu of penal. ^}qq^,^ mentioned shall stand in stead tlieieof. 
 
 Occupant of LXI. The actual occupant of any lot shall always be liable for 
 
 land liable lor the Work or contribution assigned to such lot, and for one year's 
 
 amiVn'Tyear' arrears thereof, saving his n-course (if any) against any 
 
 arrears thereof, previous occupant, or against the owner of the lot, or any other 
 
 party ; and if any lot be divided after the making of the Froces- 
 
 Verbal, or there be from any oilier cause more than one 
 
 occupant thereof, they shall be jointly and severally liable, 
 
 saving to each his recourse against the others ; 
 
 Liability for 3- Al! persons shall be liable for all d;i.i>iiigcs arising from 
 damages for the non-performancc of work they are boUiia to perform, and if 
 non-perform- ^jjy per-jons are jointly and severally bound, they shall be jointly 
 an9e ol wor > ^^^^j gg^^r.^ily liable. 
 
 What shall be 
 proof of the 
 necessary facts 
 in the fore- 
 goipj. cases, 
 
 txii, 
 
 i\ 
 
1855. Acte des Municipalit4s et Chemins — B. C. Cap. 100^ 
 
 133 
 
 6te requise comme siisdil de les acGomplir ou fournir, le sous- d^penses en 
 voyer des chemins pourra faire faire ces travaux ou fournir ces r6giiltaiit de la 
 mat6riaux par quelque autre personne, et recouvrer devant KP"? "* '"on 
 toute cour de juridiction oompetente du proprietaire ou de I'oc- pom"cenTeu 
 cupant ou personne en defaut la valeur de tels travaux ou su«. 
 mat§riaux, avec vingt pour cent en sus de cette valeur et les 
 depens du proces comme nne dctte a lui due ; ou ce montant 
 pourra 6tre preleve comme arrerages de taxes dues a la muni- 
 cipalite de la mani^re ci-apr^s prescrite, ct paye au sous-voyer 
 par le secretaire-tresorior : 
 
 2. Ou le sous-voyer pourra faire rapport a I'inpecteur des n d- 
 chemms de sa division que des travaux n'ont pas ete accom- teur pourra les 
 plis, ou que des materiaux n'ont pas ete fournis, et que la per- fa're f";"'? par 
 Sonne qui aurait dii les accomplir ou les fournir a ete requise |? '""".'•^'P"- _ 
 par lui de le faire, ou que cetle personne ne reside pas dans la vreia les iVaia 
 division ; et sur ce rapport I'inspecteur pourra, s'il le juge con- ^i^'^"' etl'uddi- 
 vonable, autoriser le sous-voyer a faire accomplir les travaux '""'' 
 
 ou fournir les materiaux jwrune autre personne qu'il emploiera 
 pour cet objet, et la somme depensee pourra ^tre recouvrtu* 
 par la municipalite de la jiersonne en defaut avec vingt pour 
 cent en sus a litre d'amonde pour le defaut et les depens ; <!t la 
 somme depensee sera jiayee par le secretaire-tresorier de la 
 municipalite a I'ordre de I'inspecteur, ii m6me les deniers 
 entre ses mains applicablos aux lins des chemins, ou aux fins 
 generales de la municipalite ; 
 
 3. L'aflidavit du sous-voyer assermente Levant un juge de p^euve A f lire 
 paix constatant que les formalites de la loi ont ete suivies et que dans les cas 
 les travaux ont ete aceomplis ou les materiaux fournis, que K. "'''essus. 
 somme demandee en est la valeur vcrital)le, et que le defen- 
 
 deur est la personne qui est tenuc de la payer suivant la loi, 
 et le certifieat donne j)ar I'inspecteur qu'au meilleur de sa 
 connaissance et croyance les faits exposes dans l'aflidavit sont 
 conformes a la verite, scn'ont une preuve primd fade de ces 
 faits, et s'ils ne sont pas refutes, lis suffiront pour maintenir la 
 reclamation et la demande de la municipalite ou du sous-voyer ; 
 
 4. Dans les cas en dernier lieu inentionnes, la personne en r « o^ 
 
 1 / !• , • , . \ 1 • I • . ^^ '•^ pour 
 
 ueiaut ne sera sujetic a aucune amende, raais le vmgt pour cent cent en sus 
 en sus ci-dessus mentionne tiendra lieu d'amende. tiendra lieu 
 
 d'anieride. 
 
 LXI. L'occupant actucl d'un lot s(!ra toujours tenu'aux tra- L'orcupant 
 
 vaux ou a. la contribution 
 
 assignee 
 
 a ce lot, et a une annee d'un lut sera 
 
 d'arrerages d'iceux, sauf son rceours (si aucun il a) centre *?""„*"'', 
 l'occupant precedent, ou eontre le proprietaire du lot ou toute cllcmiiw. ^^ 
 autre personne ; et si un lot est divise apres la confection du 
 proces-verbal, ou s'il se trouve pour une cause ou pour une 
 autre plus d'un occupant du meme lot, ils seront tons tenus 
 conjointernent et solidaircment, sauf leur recours I'un eontre 
 I 'autre : 
 
 2. Chaque personne sera rcsponsable des dommages resul- Chacun spnt 
 tant de la non-exeeulion des travaux qu'elle sera tenue de faire, lespjnsabie 
 
 ct 
 
I!IW I !' 
 
 i : 
 
 1 IHi 
 
 1 M 
 
 fPH 
 
 m.'-" M 
 
 134 
 
 Cap. 100. 
 
 Municipal and Road Act L. C. 
 
 18 ViuT. 
 
 Overseer to LXII. Each Overseer shall from lime to time report to the 
 "'d l' Teclor I'^sp'^clor of his division, the arrears of labour and materials 
 to Bue for the remaining unperformed and undelivered in his section, and of 
 •aiue. penaltie" remaining unpaid, specifying the lands in respect of 
 
 which the same are due, the owners or occupants of such lands, 
 if known, and the value in money of such materials delivered 
 at the place where they ought to have been delivered by the per- 
 sons in default. And it shall be the duty of the Inspector to 
 sue for and recover the same from the persons liable if they 
 have any goods or chattels whereupon the same can be levied. 
 
 Mile posts and LXIII. The County Superintendent may cause mile-posts 
 guide posts or mi!e-stonos to be set up on the main road in his County, 
 ex^mseshavf' shewing thu distance from the principal Towns to which such 
 paid. roads lead, and may cause Guide-Posts to be set up at the 
 
 intersections of roads ; and the expenses incurred for those 
 purposes shall be paid by the Secretaiy-Treasurer of the Local 
 Municipalities respectively, in which such mile-stones or mile- 
 posts, or guide-posts shall be set up, on the order of the County 
 Superintendent, nnd out of any moneys in the hands of the 
 Secretary-Treasurer applicable to road purposes or to the general 
 purposes of the Municipality : 
 
 Iri»|!€ctorB 
 may be re- 
 quired to pro- 
 cure snow 
 plough, rollers 
 and scrapers ; 
 how the same 
 sliall be used. 
 
 2. The County Supe/intendent may, under the authority 
 of a Resolutiou passed by the Council, direct any Inspector of 
 Roads to procure a snow plough, a roller and an iron or steel shod 
 scraper, or either, to be used on the roads in his division, and 
 to be carefully kept by such Inspector, and by him handed 
 over to his successor in office for the like purposes ; and when 
 the same are so procured, the Inspector shall command each 
 Overseer of Roads in his division, to use and work such snow 
 plough, roller or scraper at the expence of the Municipality, and 
 shall command eveiy such Overseer to require the persons bound 
 to perform road work in his section to use and work such snow 
 plough, roller or scraper (when necessary) as par' of the work they 
 are so bound to perform : and the cost of such snow ploughs, 
 rollers and scrapers, and of using and working the same, when 
 so used and worked at the expence of the Municipality, and of 
 all necessary repairs thereto, shall be paid by the Secretary- 
 Treasurer of liie Municipality on the order of the County 
 Superintendent, as pro. uled in the next preceding paragraph ; 
 
 How the er.st 3. The County Superintendent may, under the authority of 
 elmll be^paid. gnv Council, employ a sworn Surveyor, Engineer or Draughls- 
 )^°endLTumv m^in, whenever he shall deem it necessary for the due execution 
 employ a Siu'- of any of the powers vested in him bythisv\ct, and charge 
 veyor, Eugi- tjig gnm paid lo such Surveyor for his services, as part of the 
 Drau<'htEman, t'xpenses lav/fullv incurred by him in executing such power : 
 Jnc, " ' and to any Procis- Verbal, or other act of the County Superin- 
 
 tendent, plans or drawings luay bf^ annexed and referred to 
 as part thereof, when he shall deem it necessary for the proper 
 understanding of such Proces- Verbal or act ; 
 
 4. 
 
1665. Acte dea Municipalit4a et Ckemins — B. C. Cap. 100. 
 
 135 
 
 et si plusieurs personnes sonl tenues conjointement et solidai d«g,iommagei 
 rement, elles seront responsables conjointement et solidaire- resultant dc 
 ment. '°^ d^taut. 
 
 LXn. Chaque sous-voyer devra, de temps a autre, faire rap- 
 port k I'inspecteur de sa division des arrerages de trxvaux el des 
 mat6riaux qui n'auront pas ete accomplis ou fournis dans sa 
 section, et des amendes qui n'auront pas ete pay6es, indiquant 
 les terres a raison dcsquelles ils seront dus, les proprietaires ou 
 occupants de ces terres s'ils sont connus, et la valeur en argent 
 de ces mat6riaux rcndus sur les lieux ou ils auraient drt 6tre 
 livres par la personne en defaut, et il sera du devoir de 
 I'inspecteur de poursuivre les personnes obligees et recouvrcr le 
 montant si elles ont des cft'ets mobiliers sur lesquels il puisse 
 fttre oreleve. 
 
 Le sous-voyer 
 fera rapport 
 des arriragea, 
 ct I'itwpecteur 
 fera les pour- 
 suites y rela- 
 tives. 
 
 LXIII. Lo snrintendant da conite pourra faire placer des Des homes 
 p6teaux ou bornes miUiaires sur le grand chemin de son comtO miiiwiret. ei 
 pour indiquer la distance des vi lies principales oi'i ees chemins ^ateurs* lour- 
 conduisent, et faire placer aussi des p6teaux indicateurs aux roni 6tre pla- 
 interseclions des chemins ; les depenses necessaires pour ces <^<^8= comment 
 objets seront payees par les seoretaires-lresoriers des municipa- ioront'payTes. 
 Iit68 locales ou ces pdteaux ou bornes milliaires ou pdteaux 
 indicateurs seront places, sur I'ordre du surintendant du cotnte, 
 et h m6me les deniera entre les mains du secretaire-tresorier 
 applicables aux chemins ou aux objets genferaux de la munici- 
 pality : 
 
 2. Le surintendant du cointe pourra, en vertu de I'autorito 
 d'une resolution passee par le conseil, ordonner a tout inspec- 
 teur des chemins de se procurer une herse a neige, un rouleau et 
 une raiissoire garnie de ler ou d'aeier, ou I'un et I'autre de ces 
 instruments, pour fitre employes sur les chemins de sa division 
 et 6tre soigneusement conserves par cet inspecteur, et 6tre par 
 lui transmis a son successeur en charge pour les memes objets ; 
 et lorsqu'il se les aura procures, Pinsspecteur pourra ordonner i\ 
 chaque sous-voyer des chemins de sa division de metlre en usage 
 et faire fonctionner la dite herse uneige,rouleauou raiissoire, aux 
 depens de la numicipalite, et il ordonnera a tout tel sous-voyer 
 d'obliger les personnes tenues aux travaux des chemins dans sa 
 section a mettre en usai>e el faire fonctionner la dile herse a neige, 
 rouleau ou ratissoiic (quand besoiu sera) oomme ])arlie des 
 travaux qu'elles devront accomplir, ct lo prix de ces horses a 
 neige, rouleaux et ratissoires, et les depenses encourues pour 
 s'en servir comme susdit, si ees depenses doivent etrc payees 
 par la municipalite, ainsi que lesfrais de toutes les reparations 
 qui y seront necessaires, seront payees par le secretaire-tresorier 
 de la municipalite sur I'ordre du surintendant du comte de la 
 manitire preserite dans le paragraphe precedent ; 
 
 Les iiispec- 
 leurs pourront 
 ctre requis dc 
 se procurer 
 des herses tl 
 neige, roi- 
 leaux et des 
 ratissoirea ; 
 miinitJre ds 
 s'en sejvir. 
 
 Cdinuient 
 seront puydes 
 leu dfipeiises. 
 
 3. Le surintendant du comte pourra avec I'autorisatinn de Lo suriuteu- 
 tout conseil employer un arpenteur jure, un iugenieur ou un t***"' <Je comt6 
 
 topographe, 
 
|ilariliiigthvre 
 of witli trfuK. 
 
 186 ^"P' '^^*^' Mimicipnlntul Road AdL.C, 18 Vict. 
 
 Footpnihs 4 Tlic County Suporintpndent may in his Proch- Verbal 
 
 eror'albwed] direct or iillow a footpath to be made iti any place where in his 
 Ld'ulso'tho judgment it shall be necessary or allowable, and where any 
 ■ ' ■ such loofpath shall be made, tlit; Road Inspector may permit 
 trees to be planted thereon by the owners ol" the adjoining 
 lands on such r-onditions as he may think proper, subject 
 always tu m .lii''. 'ion he may receive in this b(>haU' IVom the 
 ('ounly Superiur( ndent. 
 
 EXECUTIOxV OF COUNTY VVORKS. 
 
 LXIV. When the work to be performed is the construction 
 or partial recon unction of a Itrulge or the opening or wide- 
 ning of a road, eonccMuing the inhabitants, or any number 
 of the inhabitants of mon- tlinn one County Municipality, 
 or of on(! or more Local Munici))alilies in two or more 
 County Municipalities, if the said won; is to be undertaken 
 by thejob, by agreement or contract, for a pric(^ in money or 
 partly for money, and partly by means of materials and days' 
 labour, to be coiitributed by the assessable inhabitants, it shall 
 be the duty of the County Superintendent who shall have 
 drawn uj) th(^ Proves- Vrrba I of such wtn-k, to submit such work 
 to public i'ompetition : 
 
 Proceedings 
 where the 
 work is lo be 
 (tone by tiie 
 job or con- 
 tract. 
 
 Public coin- 
 petition. 
 
 Adveriiseinont 2. For the purpose of obtaining tenders, the said County Su- 
 for tenders. perinteudenl shall give public notice, specifying clearly the 
 work to be so given out, and the day on or until which tenders 
 for the performance thereof will be received by him ; and the 
 .said County Superintendent may, in cases in which he shall 
 deem it expedient so to do, insert sui^i notice in one or more 
 newspa])ers published in the said County or the District in 
 which it is situated, or if there is no newspaper published 
 therein, in an adjoining County or District ; 
 
 Work to be 
 adjudged to 
 the most fa- 
 vorable bidder 
 giving secu- 
 rity. 
 
 In whose name 
 the contract 
 shall be made. 
 
 Enforcing tlie 
 contract! 
 
 3. The contract for the said work shall be adjudged to the 
 person who shall tender for the lowest price and on the most 
 favorable terms, provided he fulfil the (nniditions and give the 
 security required lor the execution thereof ; 
 
 4. Every contract or agreement relative to any .such work 
 shall be entered into, or considered as having been entered into 
 with the said County Superintendent, in his name and capacity ; 
 it may be accepted by the said County Superintendent or iu 
 his name by tiie Mayor, or by any Road Inspector of a Local 
 Municipality interested in the said work, being thereunto 
 specially authorized by the Coimty Superintendent ; and every 
 such contract or agreement shall be binding on each Munici- 
 pality interested ; and every such Municipality may sue in its 
 <nv!'. na»iie to enforce the performance! thereof in any Court of 
 competent juiisdiction, in case the said County Superintendent 
 
 fail 
 
186a. Actt, den MunidpalUda H Chemins-^B. C. Cap. 100. jo-y 
 
 lopographp, cliaque fois qn'il lo jngcra ngoessaire, pour Tar- 
 comphssenient n''gulior dos fonctions dont ii est invesli par cet 
 uctf, et purler ia somnio payee a telle personnc pour scs ser- 
 vices au cornpt' des depenscs legalement iaites par lui dans 
 rexcrfice dc s,;s fonctioiis ; ct des plans et de.ssins pour- 
 ront 6\ra annexes a tout proces-verbai on autre acte du surinten- 
 dant de eornt6, ot <>tre mentioiuies comine en faisant partie, 
 lors(iuc eet ofHcier le jugora necessaire pour faciliter I'interprc- 
 tation de ce proces-verbai on acte ; 
 
 4. Le suriiitendant du eornte pourra par son proees-verbal 
 ordonner ou periTi(>ttrp que des conlre-alleessoient faitesdans tout 
 endtuit ou il jugera necessaire ou convenable qu'il en soit fait 
 et partout ou ces contre-allees scront etablies, I'inspecteur des 
 chemmH pourra permettre qiw. des arbres y soient plantes par 
 les proj)rietaJres des terres adjacentes aux conditions qu'il jugera 
 eonvenable, en se conformant toutefois aux directions qu'il 
 pourra reeevolr a cet egarddu surlntendant du comte. 
 
 EXKClJTrON DES Tl^AVAUX DE COMTfe. 
 
 LXIV. Lorsqu'U s'agiru de la construction en entier, ou de 
 la reconstruction en partie d'un poiil, on de I'ouverture ou de 
 I'elargissement d'un cheinin concernaut les habitants ou un 
 nombre quelconque des habitants de plus d'une municipalite 
 de eomte, ou d'une (ai de i)lus d'une inunicipalite locale dan.'. 
 deux ou plus de deux comtes, si ces travaux doivent Otre faits 
 a I'entreprise, par inarche ou contrat, en entier a prix d'argent 
 ou partie a prix d'argent et partie au nioyen de contributions 
 (le materiaux ou de journees de travail de la part des habitants 
 imposables, il sera du devoir du surinleiidant de eomte cpii 
 aura lait le susdit proees-verbal des dits travaux, d'en Jaire ou 
 I'aire faire I'adjudiealiou par vole de rabais : 
 
 2. Dans le but d'oblenir des soumissions, le dit surintendant 
 dc eomte donnera avis public specifiant succinctement les 
 travaux ainsi adonner a I'entreprise, el annouQant que jusqu'a 
 un certain jour qui sera iixe dans le dit avis, il recevra des 
 soumissions pour I'entreprise' des dils Iravaux ; et le dit .sur- 
 intendant de eomte jwurra aussi, s'il le juge a propos, publier 
 le dit avis dans un on plusieurs papiers-iiouvelles publics dans 
 le eomte ou dans le district dans lequel il est situe, et s'il n'y a 
 pas de j)a|)ier-nonvelles public dans le dit eomte ou district, 
 alors dans un co- itc ou district voisin ; 
 
 3. L'entreprise des dils Iravaux sera adjugee a eelui des 
 sounaissionnaircs ([ui, tout en satisfaisant d'ailleurs aux con- 
 ditions et aux gararilies e.xigees pour assurer I'execution des 
 dits travfuix, aura demande le moindre j)rix et propose les 
 conditions les plus Ihvorables ; 
 
 4. Tout marclic ou conlrat relatif a la dite entrepri.sc sera 
 fait ou cense avoir cte fail avec lesu.sdit surintendant de eomte 
 Pn son nom et en sa cpialite ; il nourra etre ac.cente nar lo dit 
 surintendant de coinle, ou, en son nom, par le maire ou tout 
 
 inspecleur 
 
 pourr* em- 
 ployer nil ar- 
 pentour, ingtf< 
 nieur ou tin 
 tupogrtiplie, 
 etc. 
 
 Oct (ontre- 
 aliees poiir- 
 ront atre 
 ordonn^eij uii 
 periiii}!»v; et 
 des arbrex 
 plai t('-s. 
 
 Maniere Je 
 plncfidtT liir»- 
 que des ou- 
 vrngesde^ront 
 6tre faits & 
 I'eiitrepiisp. 
 
 Adjiidiratioii 
 piibliqiie. 
 
 Avis public 
 pour deniaii- 
 der des sou- 
 iriisiiionR. 
 
 Adjudication 
 des travaux 
 aux co)iditiuiis 
 les plus favo- 
 rables. 
 
 Lps marches 
 seroiit passes 
 au nom dii 
 surintendant 
 
 IW 
 
 i f 1 
 
.1 .;i 
 
 
 188 Cap. 100. Municijml and Hood Ad L. C. 18 Vict. 
 
 fail so to do in his nami' und quality aforosaid within a 
 reasonable timo ; but no such Municipalily shall be authorized 
 to bring any such uclion until thr expiration of fifteen days' 
 notice given by the Council thereof to the County Superintendent 
 requiring him to bring such action ; 
 
 Good Mcuriiy J. The person with whom any such contract for work is made 
 to be giv«n by shall furnish good and sufficient security to the satislaction ol 
 Contrtctor. ^^^ ^^^y County Superintendent fur the performance of the said 
 
 work, and the payment of all damages, costs and interest in 
 
 the event o( his not fultillinq his contract ; 
 
 , , , 6. The said County Superintendent may require any In- 
 
 lupcrS" specfor of roads in the Local Municipality in which the said 
 
 performance .^rork is to be executed to superintend the performance thereol ; 
 
 ^VerrcmiLd and every such Inspector shall obey all such orders for that 
 
 ^ purpose, as he shall receive verbally or wi writing from such 
 
 C(mnty Superintendent ; and for every refusal or neglect so to 
 
 do, »;vei-y such Inspector shall incur a penalty ol two poimds 
 
 currency ; 
 
 County Super- 7. The said County Superintendent shall make an apportion- 
 
 intendent to rncut among the difl'erent Local Municipalities interested, by 
 
 make an np- ^^ instrument under his hand, of the contributions required lor 
 
 fhaTosr"' the performance of the said work, establishing the proportion 
 
 of the said contribution to be borne by each Local Municipality, 
 
 or by such of the inhabitants thereof as are bound to bear the 
 
 same, either in money, materials or days' labour ; and he shall 
 
 serve a certified copy thereof on the County Superintendent ot 
 
 every other County interested; and he shall also deposit a copy 
 
 thereof in the office of the Municipal Council of each Local 
 
 Municipality interested. 
 
 VALUATORS AND VALUATION. 
 
 LXV. The Valuators shall make the valuation of all llie real 
 and other assessable property in tlie Local Municipality for 
 which they have been appointed within two months alter the 
 date of their appointment, including in the said valuation the 
 value of the houses and other l)uil(lings erected on such 
 property; a majority of the said Vuluutors may make or com- 
 plete the said valuation notwithstanding the absence ol the other 
 Valuator ; and such valuation may be made either at one time 
 or at several times, the proceedings had at each meeting being 
 signed or attested by the Valuators who shall have asssisted 
 thereat: Provided, that when any lot occupied by a tenant or 
 lessee '^hall be situated partly within the limits ol any City 
 Corporation and partly within any Village or Parish Munici- 
 pality the capital of the rent received by virtue ot the said lease 
 shall" be deemed to be the value of the said lot during the ex- 
 i<;tence ol the said lease, and the amount of the assessment shaU 
 be paid to such City Corporation and Village or Parian 
 ^ Municipality 
 
 Valuation of 
 property to be 
 made by the 
 Valuators ; 
 
 Or a majority 
 of thern ; and 
 how. 
 
 Proviso : as to 
 lots being 
 partly in one 
 Municipality 
 and partly in 
 another. 
 
1855. Ade dta MunuHituUlia et Chemitf—B. C. Cap. 100. 139 
 
 inBpccteur de chemins dans tonte mimicipalil^. locale concer- je comt< ^. 
 
 n6e dans Ics d.ts travnux, spt'cialement autorific parle dit sur- quaff 
 
 mtptidant de comt6 ; vt tout to! contrat ou jnarch6 sera oblii?a- 
 
 totre pour chaquc municipality ooncern*'-e ; ct chaquo telle Puur.uite. e,. 
 
 municipalito pourra, en son propre nom, en poursuivre I'exfe- ««cutioii d« 
 
 cution dans toute cour de juridiction compctcnlc, i df-faut '"*''^**' 
 
 par le dit sunnte.idant du comte de Ic fairc lui-mfime en scs 
 
 nom et quajite suadilg, dan.i un delai rai^onnable, mais aucune 
 
 telle municipalite n'aura !.• pouvoir d'iiitenter telle action avant 
 
 J expiraliou do quinze jours d'avis domie par \v oonseil d'icellc 
 
 au sunnt.Midant du comti- lui oMJoiminut d'intcntcr telU' 
 
 action ; 
 
 .'i. L'adjTuIicatairc de I'ontroprise devra fournir a la satisfac- 
 tion du dit surintcndant du con.to, bonne ( , sufKsanie caution 
 pour 1 execution deladilo cuuepris.', ct ic paiement de tous 
 dommages, intcrfils ct iVais en cas d'inexccution ; 
 
 G. Le dit suriiitcndant du comfc aura le droit d'enioindrc a 
 tout inspecfcur de clicmiiis ci<- la muuicipalitc locale ou -c 
 leront lea dits travaux, d'cn .urveillcr I'cxecution ; et tout td 
 mspectcur so ra oblige d'ob^-ir aux ordres qu'il recevradu «*urin- 
 tendant du comte a cet cgard, soit verbalemenf, soit par ccrit • 
 et tout tel mspectcur encourra, pour chaque rcfua ou negligence 
 de ce fairc unc pcnalite de deux louis ; 
 
 7. II sera du devoir du dit surintendant de comte de fairc, 
 entre les divcrses municipal ites locales conccrnees, par actc' 
 sous sa proj)re signature, -la repartition des contributions 
 requises pour I'exccution des dits travaux, en 6tablisant la 
 quote-part, .soit en argent, suit en materiaux ou en journees de 
 travail, (jue chaque telle inunicipalite locale ou les habitants 
 dicelle qui pourront y etre obliges, devront supporter de ces 
 contributions, et il ren-ttva une copie certiti.-e de telle rf'par- 
 tition au surintendant de chaque autre comte intferesse, et 11 ea 
 deposera aussi une copie au bureau du conseil municipal de 
 chaque municipalite locale interessee. 
 
 i-'ailjudica- 
 taire doniieru 
 caution. 
 
 Let iiiappc- 
 tpurs vpilje- 
 rotitil I'exA- 
 ciitiun (les 
 marches. 
 
 Lcsiiiinfen- 
 dunt de cornf* 
 fera lu reparti- 
 tion des con- 
 trilxitionspour 
 les truvaux. 
 
 KSTIMATEUKS ET EVALUATION. 
 
 LXV. Dans les deux mois qui suivront le jour de leur 
 nommation les estimateuis seront tenus do fairc revaluation 
 de tous les biens-londs situes dans la inunicipalite locale pour 
 laquclle lis auront etc nommes, ainsi que des autres biens 
 imposablcs ; dans laquelle evaluation .'.era comprise la valeur 
 des maisons ot autres batirncnts erigcs sur les dits biens-fonds • 
 la majorite des dits csliniatcurs aura le droit .-t le pouvoir dc 
 laire la dite evaluation, meiv.e en I'absencc dc I'autre csti- 
 mateur ; et la dite evaluation pouira etre faitc dans uno ou 
 plusieurs vacations, chaque vacation etant signee ou attestee 
 par les estimateurs qui y auront C^te employes : pourvu que 
 loi-squ un lot occupc par un tcnancier ou un locataire sera situ6 
 partze dan.s les hmites de la corporation d'une cite et partfe 
 dixtiB la munieipalite d*un village ou d'une paroisse, le capital 
 
 Les estima- 
 tpur* feiont 
 revaluation 
 despiopriflds. 
 
 La majority 
 des estinia- 
 t'airs pouria 
 agir. 
 
 Manidre de la 
 laire. 
 
 Proviso. 
 
140 
 
 Cap. 100. Municipal and Boad Act L. C. 18 Vict. 
 
 Municipality in proportion to the extent of ground lying in their 
 respective limits, notwithstanding any of the provisions of this 
 Act to the contrary : 
 
 They may 
 require assist- 
 ance of the 
 Secretary- 
 Treasurer, of 
 Municipality, 
 or employ a 
 Clerk. 
 
 Valuatioii- 
 Roll to be 
 mide ; 
 
 [FormEE.] 
 
 And recoided. 
 
 What it shall 
 contain. 
 
 Its effect and 
 due, 
 
 Subject to 
 amendment. 
 
 Railway Com- 
 panies to trans- 
 mit annual 
 statements of 
 value ol their 
 real property 
 to Secrstary- 
 Treasurer of 
 Municipality : 
 amount at 
 which they 
 are to be 
 assessed. 
 
 contrary : 
 
 2 In making the said valuation, the Valuators may require 
 the services of the Secretary-Treasurer of the Council, or employ 
 any cLrk whom they may think proper to appomt ; and every 
 clerk so employed shall be entitled to receive ior his services, 
 on the certificate of two of the Valuators, a sum not exceeding 
 five shillings currency for every day during which he shall have 
 been necessarily employed, and such remuneration shall be paid 
 out of the general fund of the Local Municipality ; • 
 
 3. A Valuation-Roll, setting forth such valuation, shall be 
 drawn up and signed by the said Valuators, or by such ol thc.a 
 as shall have assisted in making the valuation, and shall be by 
 them delivered to the Mayor of the Municipality within eight 
 days from the making thereof, and every such Valuation-Roll 
 shall remain of record in the ofiice of the Council of such Muni- 
 cipality. The Valuators shall specify in the \aluation-Roll, 
 not only the names and designation of all owners or occupants 
 of real or other aasessablc property, but also the names and 
 designation of all persons not being owners or occupants ot real 
 property who are liable to statute labor under the provisions ot 
 this Act ; and the said valuation shall, so soon as the; Valuation- 
 Roll is delivered to the Mayor, be binding on all parties con- 
 cerned, and be considered as the. basis of any apportionment, 
 as^^essment or collection which may from time to time be made, 
 of any sum" or sums to be levied, or of the quantity and kind oi 
 materials to be furnished, or of the number of days' work to be 
 performed in the Municipality, under this Act ; subject however 
 to such amendments as may be made thereto in the manner 
 hereinafter provided ; 
 
 4 Every Railway Company shall annually transmit to the 
 Secretary-Treasurer of every local Municipality In which any 
 part of the road or other real property of such Company is 
 situate, a statement describing the value of all the real pro- 
 perty of the Company other than the roadway, and also the 
 actual value of the land occupied by the road in such local 
 Municipality, according to the average va ne ol land in t le 
 locality and the Secretary-Treasurer shall communicate the 
 same to the Valuators; and the said Valuators shall enter the 
 same in their Valuation-Roll ; and the said Secretary-Treasu- 
 rer shall immediately after the deposit of the said Valuation- 
 Roll deliver at or transmit by post to any station or othce ol the 
 Company, a notice of the total amount at which the Valuators 
 have assessed the real property of the Company in their Muni- 
 cipality, distinguishing the value of the land occupied by the 
 road, and the value of all other real property of the Company 
 within the Municipality. 
 
 LXVI. 
 
1855. ActedesMunmpaliUsetChmins—B.C. Cap. 100. 141 
 
 de la rente regu en vertu du dit bail sera cense 6tre la valeur ouimi.,,. u*. 
 dii dit lot pendant la dnr6e du dit bail, et le montant de la coti- situ6s pariie 
 pation sera paye a la dile corporation d'une cite, et a la muni- ''^ns "ne 
 cipalite de village ou de paroissc, proportionnellement a I'eten- rrUe'clani'^' 
 due de terrain qui sera comprise dans leurs limites respectives, 'me aim.. 
 nonobstant toutcs dispositions a ce contraires contcnues dans le 
 present acte : 
 
 2. Dans la confection de la dite evaluation, les estiinateurs lu pouiront 
 auront le droit de requerir les services du secretaire-tresorier 'equ^rir les 
 ou d'employer tout autre ecrivain qu'ils jugeront convenable '""-f ? ''". 
 de choisir ; et tout ecrivain ainsi employe aura droit de recevoir comeirou 
 du tresorier de la municipalite, sur le certificat de deux des "npioyer nn 
 estimateurs, une sornme qui n'excedera pas cinq chelins cou- *""'^"'- 
 rant pour cliaque jour de vacation necessaire, et tous tela 
 emoluments seront payesa meine Ic fonds general de la muni- 
 cipalise locale ; 
 
 3. Les dits estimateurs, ou ceux d'cntre eux qui auront fait 
 les evaluations, dresseront, signeront ou attesteront un role qui 
 fera voir les evaluations i)ar eux faites, lequclsera transmis au 
 maire de la municipalite dans les huit jours de sa confection 
 et restera de record dans le burt^au du conseil de telle munici- 
 palite. Dans lout tel role d'evaluation les estimateurs specifie- 
 ront non-seulement les noms et la designation de tous les pro- 
 prietaires ou occupants de bicns-fonds imposablps, mais aussi 
 les noms et la designation dc tous ceux qui n'etant pas propri- 
 etaires ou occupants de biens-fonds seront tenus a des corvees 
 en vertu des dispositions de cet acte, et les dites evaluations 
 seront du jour que le rdle aura ete transmis au maire, obliga- 
 toires pour toutes les parties int6ressees, et serviront de base a 
 toute repartition, cotisation ou perception qui pourra etre faite, 
 de temps a autre, do la i.omme ou des sommes a prelever, ou 
 de la quantite et espece de materiaux, ou du nombre de jour- 
 neesde travail a fournir, dans la municipalite, en vertu dc cet 
 acte, sauf neanmoins lout amendement qui pourra etre fait au 
 (lit rdle de la inaniere ci-apres etablie ; 
 
 4. Chaque compagnie de chemin de for transmettra an- 
 nuellement au secretaire-tresorier de chaque municipalite l^^TTX. 
 locale danslaquelle sera situee aucune partie du chemin ou mins <le fer 
 autre propriete immobiliere de telle compagnie un etat desi- transmetiront 
 gnant la valeur de toute la propriete immobiliere de la com- valeur dfleurs 
 pagnie autre que le chemin de fer, et aussi la valeur reelle du propHei^s 
 terrain occupe par le chemin dans telle municipalite locale 'mmobiiidres, 
 estimee d'apres la valeur moyenne du terrain dans la localite' 
 et le secretaire-tresorier cotnmuniquera le dit etat aux estima' 
 teurs, et ceux-ci I'inscriront dans leur rdle d'evaluation ; et le 
 (lit secretaire-tresorier immediatement apr^s le dep6t du dit rdle 
 d'evaluation delivrera ou transmettra par la poste a toute sta- 
 tion ou bureau de la compagnie, un avis d" montnnt tntnl 
 auquei les estimateurs auront cotis6 la propriete immobiliere de 
 
 la 
 
 Hole ilts Eva- 
 luations. 
 
 [Formule E 
 E.] 
 
 Ddpot (I'icflui 
 dans le bureau 
 du conseil. 
 
 Son contenu. 
 
 ^on eflet et 
 
 UBBfre. ; 
 
 II pourra fefre 
 amende. 
 
m 
 
 not mode 
 within a cer- 
 tain time. 
 
 142 Cap. 100. Municipal and Road Act L. C. 18 Vict. 
 
 Governor to LXVI. If the Valuators appointed by the Council have not 
 appoint Valua. n^ade the said valuation, and transmitted the Valuation-Koll 
 tors, it Valua. ^^ ^.^^ within two months from the date of thor appoint- 
 tion-Rollbe ^ .^ J^^^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^^ ^^^ Secretarv-Treasurer of the 
 
 Local Council to inform the Governor, by letter addressed to 
 the Provincial Secretarjs of the failure of the said Valuators 
 in that respect, and the Governor shall thereupon appoint thvee 
 other Valuators : 
 
 Thev shall '^' The Valuators so appointed by the Governor shall make 
 
 proceed as the the Said valuation in the same manner as the Valuators who 
 first Vuiuatoiii ^^g^t to have made the same in the first place, and shall exer- 
 ought to have ^.^B ^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^^ authority, perform the same duties, 
 
 and be subject to the same penalties in the event of any failure 
 
 or neglect on their part ; 
 
 ,3 The valuation which the three last mentioned Valuators or 
 the majority of them shall make as aforesaid, shall be made at 
 the expense of the former Valuators who should have made the 
 same ; an allowance at the rate of fifteen shillings currency shall 
 ficcordingly be made to each of the said three last Valuators, 
 for each and every day during which he shall be emp oyed m 
 making the said valuation ; the amount of the said allowance 
 shall be determined and taxed by the Mayor, whose Certificate 
 to thateflect, stating the amount of the said allowance, shall be 
 deemed an authentic document ; 
 
 4 Each Valuator so appointed by the Governor, shall have a 
 richt of action in any Court of competent jurisdiction agamstthe 
 Valuators who shall have failed to make the Valuation and 
 transmit the Valuation- Roll, as aforesaid, jointly and severally, 
 for the recovery of the amount of tlie said allowance so deter- 
 mined and taxed as aforesaid. 
 
 LXVH The owners of assessable property mentioned or des- 
 cribed in the Valuation-Roll shall respectively pay such sum or 
 luniish such quantity and kind of materials, or such number of 
 davs' work as they shall be from time to time required to pay 
 in proportion to the assessed value of such properly, lor their 
 share of any apporiionment or assessment authorized by this 
 Act : 
 
 Such Valua- 
 tion to be 
 made at the 
 cost ot the 
 V.i'uators in 
 default. 
 
 Tavirg such 
 cost. 
 
 Recover}' of 
 such cugt«. 
 
 Owners of 
 assessed pro- 
 perty to pay 
 assessments in 
 pio|)oition to 
 itt value. 
 
 '> And whenever any such sum of money, quantity or kind 
 
 t^'or'Secial of materials, or number of days' labour shall be so apportioned 
 
 and preferable ^y assessed, the said sum of money, or the price ot the said 
 
 charge on the ^g^jais or the value of the said number of days' labour, shall 
 
 {•;qTSr"e°' from the day of their being so apportioned or assessed, be a 
 
 gistratioii. special charge on the real property so assessed which shall not 
 
 require to be registered in any Registry (Mce established tor 
 
 the registering of privileges and hypothecs, and shall have, 
 
 nevertheless, a preference over all other charges, excepting 
 
 debts due to theCrowu. 
 
 JjA V u 
 
3, excepting 
 
 1866. ActedesMunicipalit4setChemtm-'B.C. Cap. 100. UQ 
 
 ia compagnie dans leur municipalite, distinguant la valeur du 
 terrain occup6 par le cliemin et la valeur de toute autre pro- 
 priety immobihtire de la compagnie dans la municipalite. 
 
 LXVI. Si, dans les deux raois qui suivront le jour de leur t 
 
 SaSTn^'n/'^'^'^'T'"^'' mentiounes n'ont pas fait la dite iLToZ'er. 
 evaluation ou n'en ont pas transmis le role au maire, alors il sera ^es estima- 
 du devoir du secretaire-trOsorier du conseil local d'informer le *?"" ^^ '*^'* 
 
 (les dits estimateurs a cet egard, et sur ce, le gouverneur nom- "'•«'" ''«'«• 
 rnera trois autres estimateurs : > 6 "* 
 
 rlAi!;^l!f-^'"''^^T"'"°'"^^-r ^^''^ gouvemeur seront tenus 
 de faire la dite evaluation de la m6me maniere que Jes estima- 
 teurs qui devaient la faire en premier lieu auraient da la faire 
 et auront a cet egard tons les memes droits et pouvoirs a exercer 
 et tou OS les m6mes obligations a remplir, et ce, sous les nS 
 penahtes en cas de defaut ou de negligence de' leur part • 
 
 3. La dite evaluation a faire pur ces trois derniers estima- 
 teurs, ou la rnajorite d'enlre eux comrne susdit, sera faite aux 
 depens des dits estimateurs qui auraient dil la faire en premier 
 hen comme snsdit ; il sera en consequence alloue a chacun des 
 dits trois estimateurs, urie ix-muneration a raison de quince 
 
 irrnrrAt'.r' '"'''"? ' '" '."""^^l^^ ^c laquelle remuneration 
 «^ra arr6te e taxe par Je maire, dont le certificat a cette fin, 
 mer.tionnant le montant de la dite remuneration, sera rerard6 
 comme aull)enl:quc ; ' ''•rtjcfocirue 
 
 4. Tom :<stimateuv nomine par le gouverneur aura, contre 
 les dits estimateurs qui auront neglige de faire revaluation et 
 d'en ti;an,smettre le r61e comme susdit; et ce, eonjoinfemen e 
 sohdairement, droit d'aetion devant toute eour de juridS on 
 competente pour le recouvrement du montant de sa dite remu- 
 neration, arrOte et taxe comme susdit. 
 
 [jXVII. Les proprietaires des biens-fonds mentionncs on 
 indiques dans le role d'evaluatio.i seront obliges de paver ou 
 om-nir respectivement, a rai«on de la valeur ainsi constaiee de 
 lelbbiens-fonds, telle somme de deniers, ou telle quamit6 et 
 cspt^ces de matv^ruuix, on te! nombre de journGes de travail 
 qui, eii proportion de itette valeur, leur sera de temps a autre' 
 iraposee en paiement, comme 6taiit leur part d'une repartition 
 ou cotisation autorisCe par cet acte : * 
 
 Us feront To- 
 valuation 
 comme les 
 premiers esti- 
 mateurs au- 
 raient (la la 
 J'aiif, 
 
 CeUe evalua- 
 tion se- a faite 
 aux fiais drs 
 estimflteuis en 
 dtfaut. 
 
 Taxes de cet 
 fiais. 
 
 Action pour 
 recouvrer cei 
 frais. 
 
 Les propri^- 
 laiiesdebicus- 
 fonds cotise* 
 paieroiit u 
 raison do leur 
 valeur. 
 
 . , ' . . . -^ JV..-..AV.X.C ut ucivaii, uorisuiuera du 
 
 jourde son imposition sur le bien-fonds, a raison duquel telle 
 imposition aura ete ainsi faite, une cli^rge ou creance privHe- 
 
 Sm!' FTT ^""I'' ''"*''' ''^''''^'' °" '^'■^''^"ce quelconque, excepte 
 loute dette due a la couronne. et sans quR nnnr ]..Ju,v,,Jl 
 
 ia conservation du dit privilege, jl soit n'eceVsair^ d'effecm'^r 
 
 aucuu 
 
 Lescolisations 
 seront une 
 rrfiaiice privi- 
 U'^\6c tur le 
 i'oiids, sans 
 n^ictssil^ de 
 I'cnreKistrg- 
 mrut. 
 
144 Cap. 100. Municipal and Road Act L. C. 18 Vict. 
 
 Council may 
 revise and 
 amend tho 
 Valunlion- 
 lloll. 
 
 LXVIII. The Council of the Local Municipality in respect o{ 
 which such Valuation-Roll was made, may at any time withm 
 thirty days next after tho day on whidi it was delivered to t^he 
 Mayor, amend the valuation therein made in the cases herem- 
 after mentioned, and in the manner hcreinaiter provided : 
 
 How ««ch 2. If the Council be of opinion that the valuation of any real 
 
 amendineiiis property has been made under its .rue value so as to prejudice 
 may be made. Ih^'o^^Jiers of other property, or above its value so as to preju- 
 dice the owner thereof, then it shall be lawful for the said 
 Council to amend the said Valuation-Roll by fixing such sum 
 as they shall think just and reasonable, as the value ot sucii 
 V . v,h.r,nf property ; all such amendments shall be entered upon the said 
 Entrj thereof. P ^g^^^f^^^.j^^^n ^^ ^^ ^ annexed thereto ; the date thereof 
 
 shall be mentioned and they shall be certified by the Secretary- 
 Treasurer of the Council, and every such Valuation-Rol 
 so amended, shall continue to be binding to all intents and 
 purposes, but only as amended, and as such, only from the 
 date of the Certificate of the said amendments ; 
 
 To 1)6 binding 
 as amended. 
 
 Notice to be 
 given belore 
 revision. 
 
 [Form FF.] 
 
 3. Before any Council proceeds to the examination 
 sion of any such Valuation-Roll, the Secretary-1 reas 
 
 or revi- 
 sion ui any sucli vaiuauon-ivon, m^ ^....o,c.v^frt2asurer of 
 such Council shall give public notice, to the inhabitants of the 
 Local Municipality, of the day on which the Council will com- 
 mence such examination or revision ; 
 
 To be open to 4. The Secretary-Treasurer shall at airreasonablc hours of 
 in^pectio'n the day, allow any person interested to take communication of 
 the aforesaid copy of the Valuation Roll ; 
 
 5. It shall be the duty of the Council, in proceeding as afore- 
 said to the examination or revision of the said Valuation-Koil, 
 to hear the parties interested therein, as well as the \ aluators 
 who have made tlie valuation it required so to do ; 
 
 6 If the said period of thirty days during which the said Va- 
 luation-Roll may be so amended, be allowed to elapse without 
 
 • the Council amending the same, then the said Valuation-Roll 
 shall remain in force as originally made by the Valuators ; 
 
 7 It shall be the duty of the Mayor to cause a true copy of 
 such Valuation-Roll with such amendments as may have been 
 made thereto by the Council, to be delivered to the Warden ol 
 the County on or before the seventh day next after the expira- 
 tion of the said thirty days. 
 
 T XIX Everv such Valuation-Roll shall remain in force 
 SrSmaia dudng fiVe years next after the date of the appointment ol the 
 in force five Valuators who have made the same, and lurther after the expi- 
 ?;i anelfonT ration of the said two years until the day on which a new Va- 
 Is homoL' luation-Roll shall have been duly homologated. 
 
 grtled. 
 
 Parties to l)e 
 heard. 
 
 Valuation- 
 Roll not 
 amended with- 
 in a certain 
 period, to be 
 bindinff. 
 
 (3opy to bo 
 delivered to 
 Warden. 
 
 ASSESSMENT 
 
1866. Acte des MunidpaUtis et Chemins—B. C. Cap. 100. 
 
 145 
 
 aucun enregistrement quelconque dans aucun bureau d'enre- 
 gistrement etabli pour la conservation des privileges et 
 hypothfeques. 
 
 LXVin. Le conseil de la municipalite locale pour laquelle Ls conseil 
 tel r6le d'evaluatiou aura 6le fait pourra, en tout temps durant pourra reviser 
 les trente jours qui suivront sa transmission au maire, amender i6le"d*6vaiua- 
 la dite evaluation dans les cas et de la manidre ci-apres men- tioii. 
 tionn6s : 
 
 2. Si le conseil est d'opinion que revaluation d'un ou de Mnnwre de 
 plusieurs biens-fonds a 6t6 faite au-dessousde leur vraie valeur, fairs ics amen- 
 de manifere a porter prejudice aux proprietaives d'autres biens- *'"®°^^ 
 fonds, ou au-dessus dc leur vraie valeur, de maniere k porter 
 prejudice a ceux qui en sont proprietaires,, alors le conseil aura 
 
 le droit d'amender le dit r6le d'evaluation, en fixaut lui-mSme, 
 
 a tel chifTre qu'il croira juste et raisonnable, la valeur de tels 
 
 biens-fonds ; tons tels amenddments seront transcrits sur le dit Entree 
 
 r6le d'evaluation ou sur un papier y annexe ; il y sera fait '*'"^^"'^- 
 
 mention de la date d'iceux, et ils seront certilies par le secretaire- Le )6le 
 
 tr§sorier du conseil, et tout tel r61e d'evaluation ainsi amende '^'•'""•""'if" 
 , • ^ . . c • . . , , ameiictee sera 
 
 demeurera en vigueur a loutes fins et intentions tel qu'amende en vigneur, 
 
 seulement, et ce, depuis la date du certificat des dits amende- etc. 
 
 menls seulement ; 
 
 3. Avant i'examen ou revision du role d'evaluation par le Avis sera don- 
 conseil, le secr6taire-tresorier de tel conseil donnera aux habi- "."^ "^^ '* f^'^'*" 
 tants de ia municipalito locale avis public du jour oil le conseil ^p"' ^ 
 commencera I'examen ou la revisiop du dit rdle d'evaluation ; f.]*""" * 
 
 4. II sera du devoir du sccrctaive-tresorier ck; donner a toute Communica- 
 personne interessee, a toute heure raisonnable du jour, com- '^','^" i^" '?•« 
 raunication de la susdite copie du dit rdle d'twaluation ; d'evaluation A 
 
 5. n sera du devoir du conseil, en proctidant ainsi a I'examen 
 ou a la revision du dit role d'evaluation, d'entendre les parties 
 int6ressees, ainsi que les eslimateurs qui auront fait ia dite 
 evaluation, s'il en est requis ; 
 
 6. Si les trente joui-s, durant lesqucls le dit proems-verbal 
 d'evaluation pourra 6tre ainsi amende, s'ecoulem. sans que le 
 conseil I'amende, alors le dit role d'evaluation restera en 
 irigueur tel qu'originairement fait par les estiraateurs ; 
 
 7. 11 sera du devoir du maire de remettre au prefet du corate 
 une vraie copie du dit rtile d'evaluation avcc lels aniendernents 
 qui pourront avoir ete faits par le conseil, Ic ou avant le 
 septieme jour qui f^uivi-y ijxpiration des dits trente joujh. 
 
 tout int6resse. 
 
 Lp3 parties 
 seront enten- 
 dues. 
 
 Tont r6lo d'6. 
 valuation non 
 amtnde dans 
 un certain d6- 
 lai scia en vi- 
 gURur. 
 
 Copin sera 
 remise au 
 pr6tet. 
 
 LXIX. Tout tel rV.c d'evaluation restera en vigueur pendant Le idle d'6va- 
 les cinq annees qui suivront le jour de la nomination des luatij-n restera 
 
 SSESSMENT 
 
 estimateurs qui I'auront fait, el encore, apres les dites deux pend'fuUeux 
 ann^es, jusqu'au jour ou le rdle d'une autre evaluation aura ans, etc. ^ ^ 
 
 hxk duemcnt homologuc 
 10 
 

 m 
 
 III 
 
 Hhki 
 
 ^Bi 
 
 
 
 Wm 
 
 1 
 
 
 m 
 
 m 
 
 
 S 
 
 Pi 
 
 wBlJjB- h^\ '1 
 
 
 
 
 
 ■ 
 
 146 *^*P' *^^* Municipal and Road Ad L. C. 18 Vict. 
 
 ASSESSMENT OF BUSINESS OF MERCHANTS AND OTHER 
 PERSONS, AND THE INCOMES OF PROFESSIONAL MEN. 
 
 Value of busi- I.XX. Every merchant, manufacluror, trader and master 
 nesB of certain jjjyflpe J /,;„Qf^,.g ouvmr,) carrying on his trade, business or 
 e"S*on calling in a Local Municipality, whether resident therein or 
 not, whether he does or does not possess therein any real pro- 
 perty, shall, by reason of such trade, business or calling, be 
 liable for all the purposes of this Act, to assessment ; the value 
 of his business shall be estimated by the Valuators of the Mu- 
 nicipality as a distinct property, according to the average 
 annual profits thereof, based upon the proceeds of the next two 
 preceding years : ^ 
 
 The same of 2. Every judge or other civil functionary and every advocate, 
 
 j.ractice oi notary, physician, surgeon, civil engineer, or surveyor, residing 
 
 professiom.1 j^^ ^ ^^^.^^ Municipality, and performing the duties of his 
 
 E holders, oifice or pnictising his profession therein, shall be liable to 
 
 assessment in like manner ; the value of such oilice or practice 
 
 shall also be < stimated by the Valuators, for the same purposes 
 
 and in the same manner, as a distinct property. 
 
 Roll 
 
 How calcul 
 atetl. 
 
 Owners of 
 assesscii pro- 
 perty to bo 
 liable to Sia- 
 lute labour. 
 
 STATUTK LAHOUR. 
 
 LXXI. In addition to the road work and other contributions 
 to which the occupant of any lot of land or other property may 
 be otherwise liable, hr shall, in jiroportion lo the value at 
 which such property shall be assessed, be liable yearly to a 
 certain number of days' statute labour on the roads, that is to 
 say : if such property be assessed — 
 
 And in what At not over one hundred pounds, to one day's labour, and to 
 proportion. Q„g additiont;! day's Jlabour for every one hundred pounds of 
 
 additional valuf!, reckoning any fraction of a hundred pounds 
 
 as a hundred pounds ; 
 
 2. And every male inhabitant between the age of eighteen 
 and sixty years, and not otherwise liable to statute labour, shall 
 be liable to one day's labour ; 
 
 3. But no oflicer on full pay, nor any soldier on actual ser- 
 vice shall be liable to statute labour, except in respect of some 
 land owned or occupied by him otherwise than for Her Majes- 
 ty's service ; 
 
 Persons not 
 otherwise -J^ 
 liable. 
 
 Exemption. 
 
 How and 4. Labour performed under this Section, shall be performed 
 
 where such gf §uch places as the County Superiatendent shall from time to 
 
 labour shall ^.^^ appoint by order in writing,— or in default of such order, 
 
 TuiStx at such places in the division as the Inspector shall appoint by 
 
 whose oiders. order in writing,— or in default of such order, then at sucii places 
 
 in the division as tlie overseer shall think proper,— in aid of such 
 
 persons as shall in the opinion of such County Superintendent, 
 
 f ■ ■ inspectPf 
 
1866. Acte des Municipalit4a et Chemins—B. C. Cap. 100. 
 
 COTISATION DES AFFAIRES DES MARCHANDS ET AUTRES, 
 ET DU REVENU DES GENS DE PROFESSION. 
 
 147 
 
 LXX. Tout marchand, fabriquaut, commcr9ant et maltre i^ valeur lUi 
 ouvrier, faisant commerce on exer^ant son metier dans una commerce ou 
 municipality locale, soit qu'il y rfiside ou non, ou qu'il y ''" metier d'un 
 poss^de ou non quelque bien-fonds, sera, si raison de son dit seiVentr^e 
 commerce ou metier, considere comme contribuable pour toutes Jaiis le rdle. 
 les fins de cet acte ; la valeur de son dit commerce ou m6tier sera 
 estimee par les estimateurs de la municipalite comme 6tant 
 une propriet6 distincte, d'apres les profits annuels en prove- 
 nant, en moyenne, bases sur le produit des* deux ann6es pr6- 
 cedentes : 
 
 2. Tout juge ou tout autre fonctionnaire civil, et tout avocat, 
 notaire, medecin, chirurgien, ingenieur civil ou arpenteur, ine*me*pour la 
 residant dans une municipalit6 locale et y remplissant les devoirs pratique des 
 de sa charge ou y exer(5ant sa profession, sera de la m6me *»o'nf^-«.* ^e 
 mani^re sujet aux contributions ; la valeur de cet office ou pro- JbnctfonnairM 
 fession sera 6galement estimee par les estimateurs pour les civjis. 
 m^mes fins et de la mfime maniere comme etant une propriete 
 distincte. 
 
 ! 
 
 ads, that is to 
 
 CORVEES. 
 
 LXXr. En BUS des travaux des chemins et des autres contri- j^^^ ^ •.. 
 butions auxquels I'occupant d'un lot de terre ou autre propriete tair^erJe Wens- 
 quelconque pourra 6tre oblige, il sera tenu annuellement en pro- (°^^^ cotisfis 
 portion de la valeur a laquelle telle propriete aura ete estimee, des°corv6e»."' 
 a un certain nombre de journees de corvee sur les chemins, 
 savoir : si telle propriete est evaluee — 
 
 A cent louis au plus, a une journee de corvee, et a une jour- j. .. 
 
 nee additionnelle pourchaque cent louis de valeur additionnelle j,rorK)r'uo«,*' 
 en comptant toute fraction de cent louis, comme cent louis ; 
 
 ' 2. Et tout habitant du sexe masculin kge de dix-huit ans au Corv^e de ca- 
 moins, et de soixante ans au plus, et non autre;).ent oblige aux piwtion. 
 f'orvees, sera sujet a une journee de corvee ; 
 
 3. Mais nul officier en pleinc paio et nnl soldat en service Exemptions 
 actif ne sera tenu aux corvees, exct'|)te par les t.erres a lui ap- 
 partenant ou occupees par lui autrement (jue pour le service 
 
 de Sa Majest6 ; 
 
 4. Les Iravaux cxiges par cello, section seront accornplis aux rommentet 
 pndroits qui seront de temps a autre ilxds par ecrit par le surin- "" <'esrorvees 
 tendant du con^te, et a delaut (Pordre de Jni, aux cndroits de la et"sous'"'j«s' 
 division que I'inspectcur fixera par ecrit, ou a defaut de tel onlres He qm. 
 ordre, aux endroits de la section que le sous-voyer jugera con- 
 venable, en aide aux personnes qui, de I'avis du surintendant de 
 
 comte, inspecteur on sous-voyer, auront plus que leur part de 
 travaux a faire pour ouvrir et entrefenir le chemin de front sur 
 
 10 * km* 
 
148 
 
 
 Commutation 
 for statute 
 labour. 
 
 When to be 
 paid. 
 
 Public pro 
 perty, or 
 perty use 
 public pur 
 poses 
 
 Indig«>iit per- 
 sons. 
 
 Assessments 
 to be payable 
 either by 
 owner or cc- 
 cupant. 
 
 Recourse of 
 
 occupant pay- 
 ing at^ainst 
 owner. 
 
 Cap. 100. Municipal and Road Act L. C. 18 Viw, 
 
 Inspector or Overseer, have more than their proportionate share 
 of work to perform in making and maintaining the front road 
 on their lots, by reason of some difficulty arising out of the 
 nature of the ground or other circumstances of such front road, 
 or at such other places as in his discretion he shall think 
 proper, or as may be determined by any Prods- Verbal^ By- 
 law or Order ; 
 
 5. The commutation money for statute or joint labour shall 
 be four shillings currency for each day, and any person may 
 commute his statute labour at that rate instead of performing 
 the same ; but the commutation money shall be paid before the 
 time at which the person commuting shall have been notified 
 by the overseer to perform such labour, otherwise the penalty 
 shall be payable instead of t!ie commutation money, if the 
 labour be not performed according to the notice. 
 
 PROPERTIES AND PERSONS EXEMPTED FROM ASSESSMENT. 
 
 ,ro LXXII. All public buildings intended for the use of the Civil 
 
 •pro- Government, for military purposes, for the purposes of educa- 
 
 "^ ^"^ tion or religious worship, all pareonage houses, burying 
 
 '"* ground^-, charitable institutions, and hospitals duly incorporated 
 
 and the lands upon which such buildings are erected, shall 
 
 be exempt from all assessments or rates imposable under 
 
 this Act : 
 
 2 All persons who,bv reason oftheir poverty or the scantiness 
 of their means, shall, in any ye^r, by a By-law of the Muni- 
 cipality in which they i-eside, be declared exempt trom the 
 payment of the said assessments or rates imposed during and 
 for the said year, shall be thereby exempted from the payment 
 thereof. 
 
 roitection of asskssmentfl.— dut[es cf secretary- 
 Treasurer .'^nd other officers in relation th-.reto. 
 
 LXXIII. All assessments imposed under this Act shall be 
 due and payable not only bv the owner of the property upon 
 which they shall be imposed, but alao by the possessor or occu- 
 pant of the said property as owner, and by the tenant or lessee 
 of such property, but the payment in full of any such assessment 
 by any such person shall discharge all others concerned : 
 
 2. In the event of the payment or contribution of any assess- 
 ment by the tenant or lessee of any such property, he shall have 
 a right'of p.nsonal action aguinst the owner of the property 
 assessed, or the lessor, hohlcr or occupier of the same as owner, 
 as aforesaid, for the recovery, with interest and costs ot the 
 amount of such assessment, or of the price or value thereol, 
 paid or contributed by him ; 
 
ASSESSMENT. 
 
 1865. Acte dt$ Munidpalitis et Chmim^B, C. Gap. 100. yft 
 
 lenrslots, k raisonde difficult6s provenantde la natare du terrain, 
 ou d'autres circonstances de cea chemiiis de front, ou aux 
 autres endroits qu'il jugera convenable, ou qui seront lixfis soit 
 par quelque proc^s-verbal, soit par quelque r^gle ou rfeglement; 
 
 6. Le prix de commutation pour les corv^es ou les travaux Commutotion 
 en commun serade quatre chelins courant pour chaque journOe des corv^M, 
 de corv6e, et il sera loisible ^chacun de commuer ses corvfies a 
 ce taux au lieu de les faire : mais cette commutation devra q^^^^^ p^^^. 
 6tre pay6e avant que la peraonne qui commue n'ait et6 noiifi6e bio. 
 par le sous-voyer de faire ces travaux, autrement elle devra 
 payer la p6nalit6 au lieu de la commutation, si les travaux ne 
 sont pas accomplis suivant I'avis. 
 
 PROPRIfiTliS ET PERS0NNE3 EXEMPTES DE COTISATIONS. 
 
 LXXII. Seront exempts de toutes cotisations ou autres con- ^es \no\nl6. 
 tributions imposables en vertu de cet acte, les edifices destinC'S tit publiques 
 & i'uaage du gouvemement civil ou .a des fins militaires, k °"/"s pubHw 
 l'6ducation ou au culte religieux, les presbyt^res, cimeti^res, exe;„pt4o,rtes 
 et les institutions charitablesetleshdpitauxdflment incorporfes, cotiiations. 
 ainsi que les terrains sur lesquelsces 6difices seront construits : 
 
 2. En seront aussi exemptes comme susdit, toutes les per- Les terrei eu 
 sonnes qui, a raison de leur pauvrot6, ou de la paucit6 de leurs ^"^'^''J/^",^,, 
 moyens, auront ete dans une annee quelconque, declarees, par certaiia cas. 
 un r^glement de la municipalite dans laquelle elles r§sideront, 
 exemptes de payer ou fournir les dites cotisations ou contribu- 
 tions imposees durant et pour la dite annee, 
 
 PERCEPTION DES COTISATIONS, DEVOIRS DES SECRfiTAlRES- 
 TRESORIERS ET AU IRES OFFICIERS A CET fiGARD. 
 
 LXXIII. Les cotisations impos6es en vertu de cet acte seront Cotisations 
 dues, payables et foumies non-seulement par le proprietaire du g>7g^'7„J°ia. 
 bien-fonds a raison duquel elles seront imposees, mais encore ^^^^^ ,on p^, 
 par le possesseur ou I'occupant du dit bien-fonds k titre de pro- Toccupant. 
 pri6taire, et encore par le fermier ou le locataire de tel bien- 
 fonds, mais le parfait paiement de toute telle cotisation par 
 une des dites pcrsonnes- dechargera toute autre personne qui 
 pourrait y 6tre tenue : 
 
 2, Au cas de paiement ou de service des dites cotisations, Recours de 
 par le fermier ou le locataire de tel bien-fonds, tel fermier ou ^'^JayKnue 
 locataire aura droit d'action personnelle contre le proprietaire iepropri«Staiw. 
 du dit bien-fonds cotis6 ou le possesseur ou occupant d'icelui 
 a titre de proprietaire, comme susdit, pour le recouvrement des 
 dites cotisations, ou du prix et valeur d'icelles, par lui payees 
 ou foumies comme susdit, et ce, tant en capital qu'int6r6ts et 
 frais : 
 
lifl 
 
 'lllfl !• 
 
 150 Cap. 100. Municipal and Hood Act L.C, \% \vn. 
 
 HH»hHilbe 3. In such cane, such tenant Bhall bo fully subrogated 
 
 MunSliiy. ^^^""^ "^"y formality wlmlHoever, iti the rights and privileges 
 
 ol the Municipality upon the pro|H'rly in question ; 
 
 Attoa»ws«- 4. It 18 novertheleas hereby doelurecl that wlien the said 
 eTin laK" ^^sessmonts shall be imposed in labour, no more thun one 
 years's arrears tlu;reof nliall be recoverable. 
 
 LXXIV. The Secretary-Treasurer of the Local Council shall 
 be the Collector of all the assessments imposed within the 
 limits of each Local Municipality and of all penalties imposed 
 under this Act, except in any case in which the said assess- 
 ments or penalties are required to be collected by any other 
 officer or in any other manner : 
 
 Secretary- 
 Treaaur«r to 
 be Collectors 
 in their locali- 
 ties ofassesn- 
 nients, and 
 pennlties. 
 
 Inspectors 
 may be sued 
 ii>r accounts, 
 Ike. 
 
 Judgment in 
 siicn cases. 
 
 Interest to be 
 recovered at 
 12 per cent . 
 
 Evidence. 
 
 Secretary- 
 Treasurer to 
 make genoral 
 Collection- 
 Roll. 
 
 [Form C C] 
 
 Contents. 
 It shall shew 
 the amount 
 payable by 
 each person. 
 
 Pro' iso : as to 
 r jar when a 
 
 2. Lvery such Secretary-Treasurer, as assessment Collector 
 may be sued by the Mayor, in the name of tlie Local Munici- 
 pality, or by the Countv Superintendent in the name of the 
 County Municipality, before any Court of competent jurisdic- 
 tion, to compel him to render an account of the assessments 
 levied by him ; and the said Secretary-Treasurer shall in every 
 such suit be condemned to pay to the Municipality interested 
 the amount of the assessments in money, and the price and 
 value of the assessments in materials and day's labour then due 
 unless he shew to the satisfaction of the Court, proof of sufficient 
 udigence having been used by him for recovering the said as- 
 sessments ; and if he render an account of such assessments, he 
 shall be condemned to pay such sum as he shall acknowledge 
 or as shall be declared to be in his hands, and such further 
 sums as he ought to have received, or as the Court shall think 
 he ought to be held accountable for, for want of proof of suffi- 
 cient diligence on his part for the recovery thereof; every judg- 
 ment pronounced in every such action shall include interest at 
 twelve per cent on the amount thereof, by way of damages, 
 together with costs of suit ; and in every such action a certified 
 copy of the Collection-Roll of the division, shall to all intents 
 and purposes be prim d facie evidence against the said Se- 
 cretary-Treasurer ; 
 
 3. The Secretary-Treasurer of every Local Council shall 
 on or before the fifteenth day of May in each year make out 
 the general Collection-Roll for the Municipality, and tst 
 down therein the name of each person assessed, whjse name 
 appears on the Valuation- Roll, the value of the real property 
 of each such person, as specified in such Valuation-Roll, and 
 the amount of personal property for which such person is assess- 
 able ; and he shall also calculate and set down the various assess- 
 ments, payable by such person under any By-law or otherwise, 
 and the total amount with which each person is chargeable ; 
 Provided however, that in any year when a new Valuation- 
 Roll IS to be made, and such Roll is not finally revised and ho- 
 mologated at least fifteen days before the said fifteenth day of 
 
 May, 
 
1855. Acte da MuniiipalitH et Chmir^^B, C. Cap. 100. 
 
 nx 
 
 use name 
 
 3. Dans ce cas, td fermier ou locataire sera de plein droit, ; ,brotfi * b 
 et sans aucune formalite quelconque, substitufe aux droits et uiunicTp«lit*. 
 privileges de la municipalit6 sur le bien-fondsen question ; 
 
 4. II est neanmoiHs declar6 que les dites cotisations, lors- CoUiatii^i eu 
 qu'eile.s seront imposeesen journ^es de travail, ne pourront pas iravaui. 
 s'arrArager uu-dela d'une annee. 
 
 LXXIV. Le secr6taire-tr6sorier du conaeil local sera le per- Le secritaire- 
 cepteur de toutes les cotisations impos^es dans les limites de j^*^»j^J |^fa 
 chaque municipalitfe locale, etde toutes p6nalit6s impos6es en d°es'coti»atioH«. 
 vertu du prfisent acte, except6 neunmoins dans les cas ou la 
 perception des dit cotisatioiis ou penalites appartiendrait u 
 quelqu'autre officicr, ou devrait se faire autrement : 
 
 2. Tout tel secretairo-tresorier, conune percepteur des cotisa- 
 tions, pouvra elre poursuivi en reddition de comple des dites 
 cotisations par le'niaire, au nom de la municipalite locale, ou 
 par le surinlendant du comli-, au nom de la municipalite du 
 comt6, devant tout tribunal coini)etent ; ot sur telle poursuite le 
 dit secr6taire-treaorier pourra Olre condamne a payor a la mu- 
 nicipalite intfiressee, le monlant des cotisations en deniers, 
 et le prix et valeur des cotisations en materiaux et journees 
 de travail alors dues dans tel aiTondissement, a moin^i 
 qu'il ne fasse, a la satisiaction du tribunal, preuve de diligence 
 suffisante de sa purl oour efiectuer le recouvrement des dites 
 cotisations ; et s'il rend eompte, il sera condamne a payer telle 
 somme dont il sera reeonnu ou aura el6 declare reliquataire, 
 et en outre telles autres soinmes dont il aurait dft se charger en 
 recette, ou dont le tribunal croira qu'il ent juste de le tenir 
 comptable, faute de preuve de diligence suffisante de sa part 
 pour en faire le recouvrement ; toute condamnation prononc6e 
 sur une telle poursuite portera intferOl a raison de douze par 
 cent sur le montant d'icelle, en forme de dommages-interfets, 
 ensemble avec les depens de la dite action ; et sur cliaque 
 telle poursuite, une copie du rdle de perception de la division, 
 certifi6e vraie, I'era preuve primd facie contre le dit secr6taire- 
 tr6sorier a toutes fins quelconques ; 
 
 3. Le secretaire-tresorier de chaque conseil local fera,^ le 
 ou avant le quinze mai de chaque annee, le rdle general 
 des perceptions, et transcrira les noms de chaque personne 
 cotisee dont le nom se trouvera sur le rdle d'evaluation, 
 Ja valeur des biens-fonds de chaque telle personne tel que spe- 
 cific au dit r6le d'evaluation, et le montant des biens mobi- 
 liers pour lesquels telle personne sera imposable ; et il 
 calculera de m6me et transcrira les diverses cotisations payables 
 par telle personne soit en vertu d'un r^glement, soit autrernent, 
 et le montant total dont chaque telle personne sera redevable : 
 pourvu toujours. que dans chaque annee ou un nouveau r61e 
 d'6vp.luation devra se faire, et ou tel r6le n'aura pas 6t6 fina- 
 lement r6vis6 et honiologu6 au moins quinze jours avant le dit 
 
 quinze 
 
 Les secr'^lai- 
 res-tr<sofiei« 
 piiiirroiit 6lru 
 poursuivis 
 pour lfur» 
 cumpt«>s. 
 
 Jiigpiiient. 
 
 Int6r6t recou- 
 vrable & 12 
 pour cent. 
 
 Lc secretaire* 
 trdsorier fera 
 un role g6- 
 n^ral ile per- 
 ception. 
 [Formule Cr 
 G] 
 
 Indiqiiant le 
 montant paya* 
 ble par chaque 
 personne. 
 
 Proviso: quant 
 & l'aun6e oil 
 uno nouvelle 
 Evaluation est 
 faite. 
 
IMAGE EVALUATION 
 TEST TARGET (MT-3) 
 
 1.0 
 
 ■^ 1^ mil 2.2 
 
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 1.1 IV^B 
 
 12.0 
 
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 33 WEST MAIN STREET 
 
 WEBSTER, N.Y 14580 
 
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152 
 
 Cap. 101), 
 
 Municipal and Road Ad L, C. 
 
 18 Vict. 
 
 [ ?p 
 
 Um^e "'^'*'" ^*y' *^® ^«^ay ^°^ completing the general CoUection-RoU shall 
 be extended to a period of fifteen days next after the date of 
 such final revision or homologation ; 
 
 Special Co|. 4. And whenever any special rate is imposed in the same 
 Ir^rtok "' y®^^ ^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ fifteenth day of May, he shall make out a 
 caMB. ' special i;ollection-Roll in the manner prescribed by the next 
 
 preceding section ; 
 
 Htriutll forth- 
 with collect 
 the a(see>- 
 
 nents due : 
 and ill what 
 manner. 
 [Form Z.] 
 Notice^ 
 
 Taxes to be 
 levied by di*. 
 tress if not 
 paid in 30 
 days : and of 
 what goods, 
 
 [Form H H.] 
 
 No claim to 
 property al- 
 lowed to pre- 
 vent sale. 
 
 Surplus of pro- 
 ceeds under 
 distress to bt 
 returned to 
 owner. 
 
 As to claim to 
 tha same by 
 contending 
 parties. 
 
 5. And upon completing his Collection-Roll, he shall pro- 
 ceed to collect the assessments therein mentioned, and for that 
 purpose shall leave at the usual place of residence or domicile 
 of each person assessed, a statemeiit in detail of the various 
 sums and the total amount of assessments due by such person, 
 and shall at the same time in and by a notice annexed to such 
 statement demand payment of the assessments therein men- 
 tioned; 
 
 6. If any person neglect to pay the amount of assessments 
 imposed upon him, for the space of thirty days after such demand 
 made as aforesaid, the Secretary-Treasurer shall levy the same 
 with costs, by seizure and sale by Warrant under the hand of 
 the Mayor of the Municipality of the goods and chattels of 
 the person who ought to pay the same, or of any goods or 
 chattels in his possession, wherever the same may be found 
 within the local Municipality ; and no claim oi property, or 
 privilege thereon or thereto shall be available to prevent the 
 sale thereof for the payment of the assessments and costs out 
 of tlie proceeds thereof; 
 
 7. If the goods and chattels seized be sold for more than the 
 whole amount of assessments levied for, and the costs attending 
 the seizure and sale, the surplus shall be returned to the person in 
 whose possession such goods and chattels were when the seizure 
 was made ; but if any claim for such surplus shall be previously 
 made by any other person, by reason of any alleged right of pro- 
 perty or privilege upon such surplus, and such claim be admitted 
 by the person for whose assessments the seizure was made, such 
 surplus shall be paid to such claimant ; and if such claim be 
 contested, the surplus money shall be retained by the Secretary- 
 Treasurer, until the respective rights of the parties be determined 
 by a competent tribunal ; 
 
 Notice of sale. 8. The Secretary-Treasurer shall give public notice of the 
 day and place of the sale, and the name of the person whose 
 [ForiD 1 1.] goods and chattels are to be sold ; 
 
 When sums 
 are to be 
 raised for 
 County por^ 
 pOses, Coun- 
 cil to fix the 
 
 9. In every case in which any sum is to be levied for 
 County purposes, the County Council shall, by By-law, direct 
 what portions of such sum shall be levied in each Local 
 Municipality ; and it shall be the duty of the Secretary-Trea- 
 surer of the County Council, before the'first day of May in each 
 
 and 
 
1865. Acte det MtmidpdliUs et Chemins-'B. C. Cap. lOO* 
 
 quinze mai, le d61ai pour completer le rdle g6n6ral des percep- 
 tions s'6tendra ^ la quinzaine qui suivra la date de telle revision 
 finale ou homologation ; 
 
 153 
 
 4. Et chaque fois qu'une taxe 8p6ciale sera imposfie dans la Taxes «p6- 
 m^me ann6e apr^s de dit quinze mai, il fera un rdle special de dale* daus 
 perception de la maniere prescrite dans le paragraphe qui c«ruini cm. 
 pr§c6de imm6diatement le pr6sent paragraphe ; 
 
 6. Et en faisant son role de perception, il procfedera Tyijni^jg jg 
 k faire la perception des cotisations y mentionn6es, et procfider d la 
 pour cet objet il remettra au lieu de la residence ordinaire ou perception; 
 domicile de chaque personne cotisee, un ^tat detaille des^jbuablw.'**"' 
 diverses sommes et du montant total des cotisations dues pa:- telle 
 personne, et au m6me temps et par un avis annex6 a tel etat il [Formule Z ] 
 iera demande du paiement dos cotisations y mentionn6es ; 
 
 6. Si quelqu'un neglige de payer le montant des cotisations qui Les taxes »e. 
 lui sont impos6es, pendant I'espace de trente jours apres que '°^^ piilevfie* 
 telle demande lui aura ele faite comme susdit, le secr6taire- ines'ne wnt 
 tresorier prel^\era les ditea cotisations avec depens par saisie payees eu 30 
 et vente, en vertu d'un warrant sous le seing du niaire de la J°""- 
 municipalite, des meubles et effets de la personne tenue de 
 
 les payer, ou de tons meubles et eft'ets en sa possession, [Formule II 
 en tout lieu ou ils pourront se trouver dans les limites de la H.] 
 municipalite locale ; et aucune demande fondee sur un droit 
 de propriete ou de privilege sur iceux ne pourra en emp6cher 
 la vente ni le paiement des cotisations et des depens a m6me 
 le produit de telle vente ; 
 
 7. Si les meubles et effets saisis sont vendus pour une gu^ „ugj, 
 aomme au-dessus du montant des cotisations pr61ev6es et des bieiis. 
 frais resultant de la saisie et de la vente, le surplus sera remis a la 
 personne en possession des dits meubles et efTets lors de la 
 
 saisie d'iceux ; mais si au pr6alable quelque autre personne re- 
 clame tel surplus, en alleguant un droit de propriet6 ou de pri- 
 vilege dans ou sur icelui, et si la personne sur qui telle saisie 
 aura 6t6 faite admet la justice de telle reclamation, le dit surplus 
 sera paye a tel reclamant ; et si telle reclamation est con- produitT'la" 
 testee, le surplus des deniers sera retenu par le secretaire- vente wra 
 tresorier jusqu'a ce que les droits respectifs des parties aient '^*'?}'*?"P"- 
 6te determines par un tribunal competent ; pnetaire. 
 
 8. Le secretaire-tresorier donnera avis public du jour et du Avis de la 
 lieu de la vente ainsi que du nom de la personne dont les ^^"**' 
 meubles et effets devront ^tre vendus ; 
 
 [Formule IL] 
 
 9. Chaque fois qu'une somme de deniers devra 6tn; pi6- Ilseragnid6 
 levee pour des objets qui concerneront le comte, le conseil du P" '* '^?'* '^* 
 comte fixera par un r^glement les parts de la dite somme qui l'®'^*^®'^^'""* 
 devront 6tre pr61evees dans chaque municipalite locale ; et il 
 sera du devoir du secr6taire-tr6sorier du conseil du comte, avant 
 
 le 
 
154 
 
 Cap. 100. 
 
 Municipal and Road Acl L. C. 
 
 18 Vict. 
 
 sum to be and every year, to certify to the Secretary- Treasurer of each 
 
 raised in each Local Municipality the total amount which shall have been so 
 
 r'p*' ^j J 1 directed to be levied therein in the then current year for County 
 
 T "be d d P'^^'poses ; and for the guidance of such County Council, the 
 
 by Cjifection- Secretary-Trcasurer of every Local Municipality therein, shall, 
 
 Rolls. immediately after the final revision of the Valuation-Roll for 
 
 the same, transmit to the Secretary-Treasurier of the County 
 
 Council, a statement of the aggregate yearly value of all real 
 
 property and of all assessable personal property appearing on 
 
 [Form K K.] such Rolls as finally revised ; 
 
 Return of 
 doings on Col. 
 lection-Rol's 
 to Secretary- 
 Treasurer of 
 County; pay- 
 ing over mo- 
 neys to him. 
 
 Certain parti- 
 culars to be 
 shewn in such 
 return. 
 
 10. On or before the fifteenth day of November in each year, 
 the Secretary-Treasurer of each Local Municipality, shall pre- 
 pare a statement of all the assessments remaining due on the 
 Collection-Rolls for the twelve preceding months, and of all 
 the arrears due to the Municipality, with the particulars 
 thereof including the amount of, or balance due, on all judg- 
 ments pronounced against any of the inhabitants, or owners of 
 land, and other persons within the Muuicipality for contribu- 
 tions or penalties due or incurred under^his Act, and in such 
 statement he shall shew opposite to each separate debt, the rea- 
 sons why he could not collect the same, by inserting the words 
 " non resident''' or " no personal property to seize," as the case 
 may be, and a designation of the lots or parcels of land in respect 
 of which such assessments or other debts are due, and he shall 
 transmit a copy of such statement, duly certified, to the Secre- 
 tary-Treasurer of the County ; 
 
 Secretary- 
 Treasurer of 
 County to pre- 
 pare list of 
 lands on which 
 tuxes, &c., are 
 not paid. 
 
 [Form L L.] 
 
 Notice to be 
 published,con- 
 taining certain 
 particulars. 
 
 Further no- 
 tice of tale. 
 
 U. And on, or before, the first day of December in 
 each year, the JSecretary-Treasurer of the County Council 
 shall prepare a list of all lands in the County Munici- 
 pality upon which any assessments or other dues shall remain 
 unpaid, stating opposite the lots or parcels of land respec- 
 tively, the amounts due, and shall cause to be inserted at 
 least three times during the said month of December, in the 
 Canada Gazette, and in at least one newspaper published 
 within the district, or in the adjoining district, if there be 
 none published therein, a notice in the English and French 
 languages containing a list of all lots or parcels of land respect- 
 ively, on which any such assessments or other dues remain un- 
 paid, shewingopposite, or after, the number or description thereof, 
 the amount to be raised for the discharge of such assessments 
 or other dues, including all costs and expenses, and announcing 
 that all such lots or parcels of land shall be sold on the first 
 Monday of the month of February then next ensuing, at the 
 place where the last session of the Local Council was held, for 
 the payment of such assessments and other dues ; and he 
 shall also give public notice of every such sale in the manner 
 provided by this Act ; 
 
 U. 
 
18 Vict. ■ 18fi6. Actt des Munieipaima tt Chmins—B. C, Cap. JOO. 155 
 
 surer of each 
 have been so 
 ir for County 
 Council, the 
 herein, shall, 
 tion-KoU for 
 [ the County 
 ue of all real 
 tppearing on 
 
 in each year, 
 ity, shall pre- 
 due on the 
 s, and of all 
 } particulars 
 on all judg- 
 or owners of 
 for contribu- 
 , and in such 
 jebt, the rea- 
 tig the words 
 " as the case 
 nd in respect 
 and he shall 
 to the Secre- 
 
 December in 
 mty Council 
 nty Munici- 
 shall remain 
 land respec- 
 
 inserted at 
 mber, in the 
 er published 
 
 if there be 
 
 and French 
 land respect- 
 8 remain un- 
 ption thereof, 
 
 assessments 
 ; announcing 
 
 on the first 
 suing, at the 
 vas held, for 
 les ; and he 
 I the manner 
 
 12. 
 
 le premier jour de mai de chaque ann6e, de remettre au secr6. 
 taire-tr^sorier de chaque numicipalite locale un certifieat du 
 montant total qu'il aura ete ainsi ordonne de faire pr61ever 
 dans icelle, pour tels objets de comt6 pendant I'ann^e courante ; [Formul- J J 1 
 et pour la direct ion du dit conseil de comte, le secr6taire.tre- 
 sorier de chaque municipalite locale dans le dit comt6, imme- 
 diatement apr^s la revision finale du rftle d't'waluation d'icolle 
 transmettra au secretaire-lr6sorier du conseil du comte un etat rp i r- 
 de la valeur annuelle totale de tous les immeubles et tons les Jf.j'"""'^ '^ 
 meubles imposables portes aux dils r61es tels que finalement 
 r6vis6s ; 
 
 10. Le ou avant le quinzi«^me jour de novembre de chaque Certains ^tats 
 annee, ie secretaire-tresorier de chaque municipalit6 locale seront prSpa- 
 preparera un etat de toutes les cotisations qui seront dues sur ''*' *°"* '** 
 les r61ea de perception pour les douze mois precedents, et des JecVtaire.'' 
 arrerages dus a la municipalite avec les particularit6s y rela- trfisorier. 
 tives, y compris le montant ou la balance due sur tous juge- 
 ments obtenus centre tous habitants, proprietaires de terres ou 
 autres personnes dans les limites de la municipalite, soit pour 
 contributions, soit pour p^nalites dues ou encouruesen vertu du 
 pr6sent acte, et dans tel etat il mentionnera, vis-a-vis chaqute 
 dette, les raisons pour lesquelles il n'aura pu la prelever, en inse- 
 rant les mots " non-residant," ou "point de propriety mobi'a'.e 
 a saisir," selon le cas, et une designation des lots ou terrains 
 au sujet desquels telles cotisations ou autres dettes seront 
 dues, et il transmettra au secretaire-tresorier du comte une 
 copie de tel etat duement certifiee ; 
 
 1 1. Et le ou avant le premier jour de dt-cembre de chaque 
 annee, le secretaire-tresorier du conseil de comte pr6parera 
 une liste de tons les fonds de la municipalite de comte sur 
 lesquels des cotisations ou autres redevances resteront dues, 
 pla9ant en regard des lots ou lopins de terre respectivement 
 es montants dus, et il fera inserer au mains trois fois durant 
 ie dit mois de decembre dans le Canada Gazette^ et dans au 
 moms un papier-nouvelles public dans le district ou dans un 
 district voisin, s'il ne s'en public pas dans le dit district, un 
 avis dans les langues anglaise et frangaise, contenant une 
 liste de tous les lots ou lopins de terre respectivement sur les- 
 quels toutes telles cotisations ou redevances resteront dues, 
 montrant en regard ou apr^s le num6ro ou la designation d'i- 
 ceux, le montant a 6tre pr^leve pour la decharge de telles taxes 
 ou autres redevances, y compris tous les frais et d6penses, el 
 annon9ant que tous tels lots ou lopins de teiTc seront vendus 
 le premier lundi du mois de f6vrier ensuivant, au lieu oil aura 
 ete tenue la derni^re session du conseil local, pour le paie- 
 ment des dites cotisations et autres redevances, et il donnera 
 de plus avis public de chaque telle vente de la mani^re prescrite 
 par cet acte ; 
 
 12. 
 
 Le secretaire- 
 tresorier dres- 
 sera une liste 
 des terres et 
 sur lesquelles 
 des taxes se- 
 ront dues. 
 
 Publiratiim 
 d'avis. 
 
 [Formule 
 L.] 
 
 Avis de vente, 
 
 iA^ 
 
156 
 
 !1 
 
 Iri 
 
 • '•»! { 
 
 ,. ! i 
 
 Sale: unlets 
 the taxes are 
 paid, with 
 costs and 
 penalty. 
 
 Return to 
 Secretary- 
 Treasurer of 
 Gwnty. 
 
 Cap. 100. Municipal and Road Act L, C. 18 Viot. 
 
 12. Every such sale may take place either before or after suit 
 for the recovery of the payment of the said assessments ; but it 
 shall not take place if, at any time before the two days next 
 preceding such sale, the person liable pay to the Secretary-Trea- 
 surer of the Local Council the full amount due by him for such 
 assessments, as well as for any contributions or penalties im- 
 posed upon him, together with his just proportion of the costs 
 and expenses incurred for effecting the said sale, which said 
 share shall be fixed by the Secretary-Treasurer of the Local 
 Council, whose duty it shall be to inform the Secretary-Trea- 
 surer of the County Council of every payment so made after the 
 transmission to the latter of the statement hereinbefore men- 
 tioned ; 
 
 Notice to ipe- 13. Every such notice shall specify the place, day and hour 
 time^of sale"** at which such sale shall commence ; each lot or parcel of land, 
 descriptfon^of if the same be situated in a township, shall be designated 
 land, &c. therein by its range and number, and it it be within the limits 
 of a fief or seigniory by its metes and boundaries ; 
 
 One notice 14. All the lots thus for sale in the municipality may be 
 
 Sriota'^'"''* included in the same statement and in the same notice. 
 
 Secretary- l^- Every Secretary-Treasurer of a Local Council may, under 
 
 Treasurer of the authority of such Council, and at the expense of the Muni- 
 locality may cipality, employ one or more persons to assist him as Collector 
 wnpioy Assis- ^^ agseggments and of 'other debts due to the Municipality, 
 
 but he shall be responsible for the acts and omissions of all 
 
 persons so employed. 
 
 SALES OF PROPERTY. 
 
 Sales to be by LXXV, All lands, goods and chattels to be sold under the 
 public auction, authority, of this Act for the payment of taxes or other dues, 
 
 shall be offered to public competition ; but such lands, goods 
 No duty, &c. jjy chattels so publicly sold, shall be exempt from auction duty, 
 
 and shall not be required to be sold by a licensed auctioneer : 
 
 In Sales of 
 real property, 
 so much only 
 to be sold as 
 will pay taxes 
 tmd cos's. 
 
 What part 
 shall be sold 
 first. 
 
 2. At the place, day and hotir appointed for the sale of lands, 
 the Secretary-Treasurer of the County Council shall make known 
 the amount of the sum to be raised as aforesaid upon each such 
 property, to which amount he shall add the just proportion of the 
 costs and expenses to be bonie by each such property ; the person 
 who shall then and there offer to pay to such Secretary-Treasurer 
 the amount of the said sum thus to be raised, together with costs 
 and expenses for the smallest part, quantity or portion of the said 
 property, shall be considered the purchaser, and such said part, 
 quantity or portion of the said property shall be adjudged to 
 him by the Secretary-Treasurer, who shall sell such portion of 
 the property as shall appear to him best for the interest of 
 the proprietor thereof ; 
 
 3. 
 
1855. Acte des Mmicipcditis et Chmim—B. C. Cap. 100. -^m 
 
 12. Toute telle vente pourra avoir lieu soit avant soit aprfes venie k 
 une poursuite pour le recouvrement des elites cotisations ; mais moins'que lei 
 elle n aura pas lieu si en aucun temps avant les deux jours "'*""^*°'*"t 
 qui prec^deront cctte vente la personne endettee paie au seure- §^£*' "'""'■ 
 taire-tr6sorier du conseil local le montant entier par ellc due 
 
 pour telles cotisations ou pour des contributions ou penalitfis 
 centre elle imposees, ensemble avcc sa juste proportion des 
 frais et depenses enoonnis pour effcctuer telle vente, et la dite 
 proportion sera d6termin6e par le secretaire-tr^sorier du con- 
 seil local dont le devoir sera d'informer le secr6taire-tresorier 
 du conseil de comte de tout paiement ainsi fait apr5s avoir 
 transmis a ce dernier I'^tat ci-dessus mentionne ; 
 
 13. Touttel avis specifiera le lieu, le jour et I'heure auxquels L'avis indi. 
 telle vente commencera ; si le lot ou lopin de verre est situe 5"era le lieu 
 dans un township, il sera designe dans le dit avis oar son rang L'neTla di 
 etson num6ro, ct s'il est dans les lirnites? d'un lief ou d'une signation de 1. 
 seignenrie, par ses tenants ct aboutissants ; itroprieto, etc. 
 
 14. TouiL les lots ainsi annonc6s pour fttre vendu? dans la 
 municipalite pourront 6tre compris dans le meme 6tat et le 
 m6me avis ; 
 
 Un seul avii 
 ptmrra com- 
 prendre plu- 
 sieurs lots. 
 
 Le secrfitaire- 
 tr^sorier pour^ 
 ru employer 
 des nssistautg. 
 
 15. Chaque secretaire-tresorier d'un conseil local pourra, 
 avec I'autorisation de ce conseil, et aux depens de la munici- 
 palit6, employer une ou plusieurs personnes pour I'aider comme 
 percepteur des cotisations et autres dettes dues a la municipa- 
 lit6 ; mais il sera responsable des actes et omissions de toutes 
 personnes ainsi employees. 
 
 VENTES DES PROPRIETES. 
 
 LXXV. Tous les fonds, meubles ou efFets a vendre en vertu vente a I'en- 
 des despositions de cet acle pour le paiement des taxes ou can public ' 
 autres redevances, seront o/Ierts a Penchere publique ; mais Exemntion d« 
 tels fonds, meubles ou effets ainsi vendus publiquement seront droit., 
 exempts des droits d'encan, et il ne sera pas n^cessaire qu'ils 
 soient vendus par un encanteur licencie : 
 
 2. Aux lieu, jour ct heure fixes pour la vente des fonds, le Venteaumen. 
 secretaire-tresoner du conseil de comte fera connaltre le mon- tant des taxes 
 tant de la sommc a pre lever comme susdit, sur chaque tel ^^^r*"*- 
 bien-fonds, auquel montant il ajoutera la juste quote-part que 
 tel bien-fonds dovra supporter des frais et d6pens ; la personne 
 qui la ct alors offrira de payer a tel secretaire-tresorier le mon- 
 tant de la dife somme ainsi a prelever, avec les dits frais et 
 depens, pour la muindrc quantite ou partie du dit bien-fonds, 
 en sera considerec I'acquereur, et telle dite quantit6 ou partie 
 lui sera adjugee par le secr6taire-tresorier qui vendra telle par- Partie onis^r. 
 tie du dii bien-fonds qu'il lui paraltra le plus convenable de vendue la pr™ 
 vendre dans I'inter^t du propri6taiie d'icelui ; wihre. 
 
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1.'1i 
 
 158 
 
 Cap. 100. Municipal and Road Act L. C. 16 Vict. 
 
 chaser fail to 
 
 Ai 
 
 3. If any purchaser fail to pay on the day of sale the 
 amount of tlie said purchase, the Secretary-Treasurer shall 
 sinle' i?"be had adjourn the sale to any day not more than eight days distant, 
 ill 8 days. by giving all persons present, notice of such adjourned sale, in 
 an audible and intelligible voice, in both the English and 
 French languages ; and on the day of such adjourned sale the 
 Secretary-Treasurer shall again put up the said property for 
 sale, and shall sell the same or any portion thereof, unless the 
 first purchaser shall in the meantime have paid the full amount 
 of assessments and charges due thereon : 
 
 Certificate to 4. On payment by the purchaser of the said amount of pur- 
 
 purchaser.- chase, the Secretary-Treasurer shall give a certificate under his 
 
 signature to such purchaser, specifying the particulars of such 
 
 sale, and the said purchaser may forthwith enter upon and 
 
 lake possession of such lot or parcel of land ; 
 
 Owner may 5. If within twelve calendar months from the time of such 
 redeem within gajf.^ the original proprietor of the lot, or any one on his behalf, 
 ing price amf' P^^y to the Secretary-Treasurer the amount levied, together with 
 20 per cent twenty per cent in addition to the same, then he shall be en- 
 "'°^^' titled to recover possession of the lot or parcel of land so sold, 
 
 and the Secretary -Treasurer shall on demand pay to the pur- 
 chaser thereof, his heirs, assigns or representatives, the amount 
 so received by him, after deducting therefrom two and a half 
 per cent as his own fees ; and the right acquired by such 
 purchaser in such laijd shall thenceforth wholly cease and 
 determine ; 
 
 Iftht land be 
 not redeenned, 
 deed of sale to 
 be given to 
 purchaser : its 
 effect. 
 
 As to laiidc 
 sold before 
 issue of Patent 
 for them. 
 
 6. II at the expiration of twelve calendar months from the 
 time of such adjudication, the land so adjudged be not redeemed 
 as aforesaid, then the Secretary-Treasurer, on demand by the 
 purchaser, his heirs, assigns or representatives, and upon pay- 
 ment of the arrears of any other assessments which may, in the 
 meantime, have become due thereon, shall execute a deed of 
 sale in due form of law, conveying, in the name of the County 
 Municipality, the property so adjudged to such purchaser, his 
 heirs, assigns or legal representatives; and such deed of sale shall 
 be a legal conveyance of the said land, and !?hall not only tans- 
 fer to the purchaser all rights of property which the original 
 holder had therein, but shall also purge ancf disencum- 
 ber such Land from all privileges and hypothecs due thereon. 
 But whenever any lot of Land situate in any Township shall 
 be so sold before the issuing of Letters Patent from the Crown 
 granting the same, such sale shall in no wiseaflcct the rights of 
 Iler Majesty in such land, but shall solely have the eflect of 
 transferring to the purchaser such rights of pre-emption or other 
 claims, as the holder of such Land or any other person had 
 acquired in respect of the same. 
 
 PIuVALTiES. 
 
1856. Acte dea MunicipaliUs et Chemins^B. C. Cap. 100. . jKo 
 
 3. Si I'adjudicataire, le jour de la vente, ne paie pas le v„„v.ii. 
 montantdesa due acquisition, le secr^taire-tr^sorier ajoiimera vente ajr6, 
 la venle a un autre jour, qui ne sera pas eloigne de plus de »""'Mo"r» a 
 huitaine, en donnant A toutes les personnes prfisentes avis de Snt'itr 
 
 'ajournement de la dite vente, A haute et intelligible voix, en «iu6rel.r. 
 langues anglaise et fran9ai8e, et au jour de la vente ainsi 
 ajournee, le secretaire-tresorier pourra de nouveau offrir le dit 
 bien-fonds en veiue, et Ic vendrc, ainsi que toute autre partic 
 d'icelui, a rnoins que dans I'intervalle le premier acqu6reur 
 n'ait paye le inontant de toutes les cotisations et cliarges 
 dues sur icelui ; 
 
 4. Sur paicmcnt, par I'adjudicataire, du inontant de sa dite Certificat A 
 acquisition, le secretaire-tresorier lui donnera un certificat sous •'a<:qu6reur. 
 sa signature, constatantjles particularites de la dite vente, et Ic 
 
 dit adjudicataire sera de suite saisi du lot ou lopin de tcrre' ainsi 
 adjuge, et pourra en prendre possession ; 
 
 5. Si dans le eours dc douzc inois de calendrier, a compter 
 du jour de la dite vente, le proprietaire primitif du dit bien- 
 fonds, ou quelqu'un en son nom, paie au secretaire-tresorier le 
 montant preleve, avec vingt pour cent en sus, alors il aura le 
 droit de reprendre po!<session dc la dite portion de lerre ainsi 
 vendue, et le secretaire-tresorier paiera sur demande a I'adju- 
 dicataire d'icellc, ses heritiers, repr^sentants ou ayants cause 
 le montant ainsi re^u par lui, deduisant deux et demi par cent 
 pour ses honoraires, et le droit acquis par le dit adjudicataire 
 dans tel bien-funds cessera d'exister des ce moment et de- 
 viendra nul ; ' 
 
 Le proprie- 
 taire pourra 
 rein6rer dnns 
 Ic eours de 
 I'aniice en 
 payant le prix 
 et 20 pour 
 cent en sus. 
 
 Di'.duction 
 pour les d6* 
 pens. 
 
 6. Si a I'expiration de douze mois de calendrier a compter du 
 jourde la dite adjudication, le bien-fonds ainsi adjuge n'esl pas 
 rachete comme susdit, alors le secretaire-tresorier devra, sur 
 la demande de I'adjudicataire, ses hoirs, representants ou 
 ayants cause, et surpreuvede paiement des arr6rages de toutes 
 les autres cotisations qui seront devenues exigibles dans I'in- 
 tervalle, passer un contrat de vente en bonne forme transportant 
 au nom de la municipalite de comte la propriet6 ainsi adjugee 
 au dit adjudicataire, ses hoirs ou ayants cause ; et ce contrat 
 de vente sera un";titre translatif du dit bien-fonds, et transferera 
 a I'adjudicataire non-seulement tons les droits du proprietaire 
 primitif, mais il aura encore I'efTet de purger te! bien fonds de 
 tous privileges et liypotheques (juelconques dont il pourra etfe 
 greve. Mais chaque fois qu'un lot de terre sifue dans un 
 township sera ainsi vcndu uvant I'tnuission de lettres pa- 
 lentes de la couronnc octioyant Ic dit lot, telle vente n'af- 
 fectera en uucune maniere ks droits de Sa Majeste sur la 
 (lite terre, mais aura seulement I'eflet de transferer a I'adjudi- 
 cataire tels droits de preemption ou autres droits que le posses- 
 seur d'icelui ou toute autre personne pQurra avoir acquis a I'e- 
 gard du dit lot. 
 
 Si la terre 
 n'est pas r<S- 
 merfie, litre 
 Fera pass^ d 
 I'acqu^reur. 
 
 Son effet. 
 
 Terres ven- 
 dues avant 
 I'^tnission de 
 lettres paten- 
 tes les octro- 
 yant. 
 
 PIuVALTIES, 
 
 Vt^hhVYt^ 
 
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 160 ^*P' '^' Municipal and Road Act L. C. 
 
 PENALTIES. 
 
 18 Vict. 
 
 On Vakmlors 
 / failing to per 
 form certain 
 duties. 
 
 LXXVI. Every person who being elected or. appointed to 
 Penalty on ^^^ ^jf j^g Offices mentioned in the following List, shall refuse 
 edTaVpoS- or neglect to accept of such Office, or to perform the duties of 
 edtoofficeand guch Office during any portion of the period for which he was 
 not accepting. ^^ elected or appointed, shall incur the penalty mentioned in 
 
 such List opjiositc the name or designation of such Office, that 
 
 is to say : 
 
 The Office of Warden of a County, ten pounds currency ; 
 The Office of Mayor of a Local Municipality, seven pounds ten 
 
 shillings currency ; 
 The Office of Councillor of any Municipal Council, five pounds 
 
 currency ; 
 2. Whenever the Valuators of a Local Municipality neglect 
 to make the valuation which they are required, to make under 
 this Act, or neglect to draw up, sign and deliver the Valuation- 
 Roll containing such valuation to the Secretary-Treasurer of 
 the Local Council, within two months from the date of their 
 appointment, every such Valuator shall incur a penalty of ten 
 shillings currency, for each day which shall elapse between the 
 expiration of tlie'said period of two months, and the day upon 
 which such Valuators' Roll sliall be so delivered, or upon 
 which their Successors in Office shall be appointed ; 
 
 On Members 3. Every Member of any Municipal Council, every Officer 
 cKsSes of appointed by such Council, every Justice of the Peace, and 
 the Peace, &c. every other person who shall refuse or neglect to do any act, 
 failing to per- qj perform any duty required of, or imposed upon, him by this 
 formanyduty. y^^t, shall incur a penalty not exceeding five pounds and not 
 less than one pound currency ; 
 
 Onunqualifieil 4. Every person who shall vote at any Election of Municipal 
 
 perionsvoting. Councillors without having at Ihe time of giving his vote 
 
 at such election, the qualifications by law required to entitle 
 
 him to vote at such election, shall thereby incur a penalty of 
 
 five pounds currency ; 
 
 On Inspectors 6. Every Inspector of roada who shall refuse or neglect to 
 
 of reads fail- perform any duty assigned to him by this Act, or to obey any 
 
 inVZv '""" lawful order of the County Superintendent, shall for each day 
 
 on which such ofTence shall be committed or shall continue, 
 
 incur a penalty of one pound currency, unless some other and 
 
 heavier penalty be by law imposed on him for such ofTence ; 
 
 6. Every Overseer of roads who shall refuse or neglect to per- 
 oi ruau» la.i- fQjj^ any duty assigned to him by this Act, or to obey any law- 
 inVdity^""" ful order of the County Superintendent, or of the Inspector of 
 Roads for his division, shall for each day on which such offence 
 shall be committed or .'^hall continue, incur a panalty of one 
 
 pounds 
 
 On Overseers 
 of roads fail- 
 
161 
 
 cil, five pounds 
 
 1865. Acte des Municipalitta et Chemins-^B. C. Cap. 100 
 
 Pl^NALlTf.S. 
 
 LXXVI. Toute pcrsonno qui etant elue on nommi^e k quel- Amende 
 qu'une des clmrges mentionnees dans la liste Buivanfe, refusera c"""* mux 
 ou nC'gligera d'accepter telle charge on d'en reinplir lea devoirs %'' r^'^'ront 
 durant toute partie du temps pour lequel elle aura 6tfe ainsi avoT/ «t« 
 elue ou nomniee, encourra la penalit6 jnentioim6e dans la ""mmii ou 
 dite liste en regard du noin ou de la dtsignation dc telle charge, *'"*' 
 savoir: 
 
 La charge de prefct d'un conif6, dix louis ; 
 
 * 
 La charge de rnaired'unc muuicipalite locale, sept louis dir 
 rhfclins courant ; 
 
 La charge de conHeiller d'nn conseil municipal, cinq louis; 
 
 2. Chaque fois (pie les cstimateurs d'unc numicipalit6 locale Amende con- 
 nfegligeront de faire revaluation qu'ils neroiit recpiis de faire en tre les wtimn- 
 vertu de cet acte, ou negligeront de dresser, signer ct remettre ♦«"'* 1"' ref»- 
 le rfile d'evaluation contenanl telle evaluation an secr6taire-tre ^^\\Tcn^mT* 
 sprier du conseil local dans d(!ux mois de la date de leur noniina- •'"nctions. 
 tion, chaque lei estimateur encourra une penality de dix chelins 
 
 courant pour chaque jour (|ui s'ccoulera entrc Tcxpiralion de la 
 dite p6riode de deux mois et Ic jour oil tel r6le d'evaluation sera 
 ainsi reniis, ou auquel Icurs successeurs en ollice seront noni- 
 ni6s ; 
 
 3. Tout rnembre d'un conseil municipal, tout ollicier nomme r„„,„ i. 
 par tcl conseil, tout juge de paix ou toute autre personne, qui membres d'un 
 refusera ou n6gligcra de I'uirc toutft chose, ou de remplir tout f"'>spil' le» 
 devoir requis de lui ou qui lui est impose par eel acte, encourra {"f.'^* ^* ''*'*' 
 une p6nalite n'excedanl pas cinq louis et dc pas inoins d'un 
 
 louis ; 
 
 4. 1'oute personne qui voter a a une election dc conscillers Contre le» 
 municipaux sans avoir lors de son vote a telle election, les personnesqui 
 qualites requises par la loi pour lui donner droit de voter a ^■°'* ■°"^*""* 
 telle election, encourra par le fait une penalile de cinq louis ; ^t""* I"*''''*"' 
 
 inspecteur des chemins qui refusera ou negligera de 
 ut devoir a lui assign6 par cet acte, ou d'obeir a tout leSmii 
 
 'S 
 
 lins 
 
 5. Tout 
 
 remplir tout . „_„ r_. „_. ^ v.^^^.. .. ...... . 
 
 ordre licite du surintendant du comtc, encourra pour chaque ndgligents 
 jour qixe telle contravention sera coinmise ou continuera d'exis- 
 ter une penalite d'un louis, a moins qu'une penalite plus 
 
 forte et autre que ccUe-ci ne soil imposoe par la loi pour telle 
 offense ; 
 
 6. Tout soue-voyer qui refusera ou negligera de remplir tout 
 
 ^levoir qui lui est assigne par cet acte, ou d'obeir a tout ordre Si'S"' 
 Jicite du surintendant du cOmte ou de I'inspecteur des chemins 
 de sa division, encourra pour chatjuc jour que telle contraven- 
 tion sera commise, ou (lontinueru d'exister, une penalite d'un 
 louis, a moins qu'une penalite plus forte ct autre que celle-ci 
 ne soil imposee par la loi pour telle ofiense ; 
 
i 
 
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 UM.L, . 
 
 162 
 
 Cap. 100. 
 
 Milnfdpn/ and Hond Act L. C 
 
 18 Vict 
 
 On p«r8oiis 
 hindering Ihe 
 execution of 
 this Art. 
 
 On jierRons 
 wilfully tear- 
 in? down no- 
 tices, kc. 
 
 lbr« a Justice 
 of the Peace 
 
 fiound ciim-niy, nnleMs sonn* ollu^r tind Iiciivrt prrmlly be by 
 iiw impost'd on him for niich oH'cmum.' ; 
 
 * 
 
 7. Every p«'r8on wlio shall liinder or jmivent or nttetnpt to 
 hin<h?ror prevent any Miinieipal Officer in the exereise ol' any 
 of tlie powers or in the [Mirformance of any of the duties con- 
 ferit'd or iiiiposed upon liiin by this Art, shall incur a penalty 
 of five poundrt eurrency ior every such ollenee, 6vcr and above 
 any duniages which he may be liable to pay ; 
 
 8. Every person who shtul wilfully tear down, injure or deface 
 any advertisement, notice, or other <loeument, recpiired by 
 this Act to be posted up at any public plactf for the informa- 
 tion of persons interested, shall incur a penaUy of two pounds 
 currency for every such oil'ence. 
 
 RECOVERY OF PENALTIES, TAXES, &c. 
 
 Taxes and pe- LXXVII. All rates or assessments cither in money, mate- 
 
 naltiesmav be rials or labour, and all penalties imposed by this Act or by 
 
 f^fr."*'*.:*! any By-law made by competent authority in virtue of this Act 
 
 (except in cases where special provision to the contrary may be 
 
 made,) shall be recoverable before any one of the Justices of 
 
 the Peace in the Local Municipality where the person sued 
 
 resides, other than" the Chief Officer of such Municipality, 
 
 . and if there be no Justice of Ihe Peact; in such Local 
 
 Municipality, then before any one of the Justices of the Peace in 
 
 Ail due by one HH adjacent Local Municipality ; and all the rates, assessments 
 
 jierson may be or taxes payable, and all the fines and jjenaltles incurred by any 
 
 one'suU. "* ^^^ person may be included in the same suit : 
 
 Costs andcxc 2. Every judgment rendered in any such suit shall be so 
 cution. rendered with costs, and execution may issue thereon at the 
 
 expiration of eight days from the date of such judgment ; 
 
 Secretary- 3. The Secretary-Treasurer of the Local Municipality in 
 
 ^"'■«*!"f^'f ^f. which such suit is brought, shall be rx o(/icio in every such suit, 
 paS toX"' ^l«i"k to the Justice of the Peace, and it shall be his duty to 
 Clerk of such keep in a faithful and correct manner, a si-parate Register in 
 Justice. which he shall enter the judgments of the Justices of the Peace 
 
 in all such suits ; and the summons and every other proceeding 
 relating to such suit shall reinain of record in his office ; 
 
 Right of Ju». 4. On the day of the return of the summons, and at every 
 tice issuing other Stage of the proceedings thereon, the Justice of the Peace 
 sit in prefer- ^^^ shall have signed the summons shall have the right to sit 
 ence toothers, in the case, in preference to, and to the exclusion, of any other 
 Justice of the Peace present ; 
 
 Delaybetween 6. There shall be an interval of at least three clear days 
 "T'^t. "'"^ between the day of the service of the snmmonsi and the day of 
 
 0, 
 
 the return thereof 
 
IWa. Arfe dpx Mnnicipniitii rt Chfmins—B. C. Cap. 100. ]0O 
 
 7. T(.nf«' pcr^ounc; (|iii inolc.st«m on i'iii|)i^clifra on <|iii umu-. r . 
 
 m (ic nioLslrr o„ cmpOchcr tout nihcirr nnu.i.ipal ,lu,' s I'nxor- Jin n'lX- 
 cjce «r <|uol(pi im (Ics poiivoiis on dans racconipJi.MHcnicnt (Ib """ '"'"'"■'• 
 qnrl.p. iin dcs .Icvohs a lui ronf.'>n«s (.11 iiimoscf. par cet acte "':"' T""" 
 .•n.-ourm nnc prnalito do ciii,, louis pour clianiu. irlle om-UNc ' ' 
 vti Hm dos-^loiinnascsdont cllc scm passible ; 
 
 8. Tonte pcrsonnr (|iii a drssein di-cliiivia, rndoinniaL't-ra on ^ „ ,. 
 rihivvra un avcrt.5s,.nwn(, avis 0,1 aulrn .lo.un.rnt <p«'il -^t ^S£^ 
 ordoniH, par ( rt actr d'adirluT a un cndroii public pour Pin- <>c' 
 Jormalion dcs |H!rsonne8 intoressees, rnootuia une pcnalite de 
 
 deux louis pour cliaque tcllr o/rense. ' 
 
 , KKCOUVKKMENT J)ES PliNALITKS, TAXES, ETC. 
 
 LXXVII. Toutps taxes oncotiitationssoit en argent, en inale- 
 ruiux oil en corvees, et toutes penalites iuiposees par cef acte 
 ou par tout regleinent fait par autorite eonipetente en verlu de 
 eel aete, (exceplc dans les eas ou il jxmrra cMre Jait des disposi- 
 tions speeiales a ce eonlraires) sc-ront reeouvrables devant tout 
 jugc de j)aix dans la inunieipalite loeale ou residera la peisonne 
 poursnivie, autre <pie Pollicier prineipal de telle inunieipalite 
 ou devant un juge de paix dans une inunieipalite loealJ 
 voisine, HI dans telle inunieipalite loeale 11 n'y a pas de juge 
 de paix, et dans la ni6nie poursuil(! pourront etre comprises 
 toutes les taxes ou cotisatioiis dues ainsi que toutes les pcnalites 
 el amcndes encourues |)ar la 11161110 peisonne : 
 
 2. Tout jugemenl rendu dans telle pouisuite sera ainsi rendu „, 
 avec d^pens et sera executable a I'explration de hull jours de eSion'd,. 
 
 la date d icelui ; juRement. 
 
 3. Dans toiite telle poursuite le secr^taire-tresoricr de la niu" t 
 - cipalit6 locale dans laquelle telle poursuite aura etc intentee, ^C^SZ 
 yera a titre d'olhce greirior dii juge de paix ; et il sera de son P«'''6 sera le 
 devoir de tenir d'une maniere fidele et corrode un regi«tre seoare ^'^'^7 ''" 
 dans lequel il entrera les jugements prononces par les ju^res de ^"^^ '""'' 
 paix dans toutes poursuites semblables ; et l'assignation%insi 
 que toute autre procedure dans telle poursuite, demeureront de 
 record dans son bureau ; 
 
 4. Au jour du iapp(.ri do I'assignation, et a tout autre etat des Le iu«e ,ie 
 procedures sur icelle, le juge de paix (jui aura signe I'assigna- P'* signant 
 tion aura le droit de sieger dans toutes telles causes de nrefe- ''.".'"'s"at'<"' 
 rence a, et a I'exclusion de, tout autre juge de paix present ; Si''" ^'^' 
 
 5. 11 y aura un intervalh; d'au nioins trois jours francs entre intervalie 
 le jour de la signification de I'ordie et le jour du rapport d'ice- *"'^® '" «'«"'- 
 
 lui ; ^ ^ tieation et le 
 
 rajiport. 
 
 6. Toute telle poursuite sera deeidee sur Ic sci-ment d'un Pieuve. 
 ttonseiUer jmmicipal ou du surintendant du eomte, ou d'un 
 
 Lp« (axM 
 rounont itre 
 ip(oiivr6e» (le- 
 vant Mil juce 
 'In paix, etc. 
 
 Li'scolitiatiopx 
 etlesp^nalii^s 
 poiirrniit bite 
 itieoiivrefg en 
 mdme temps. 
 
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 Evidence. 
 
 Cap . iOO. Municipal and Road Act L. C. 
 
 18 Vict. 
 
 Costs. 
 
 Limitation of 
 
 6. Every such suit shall be decided upon the oath of any 
 Municipal Councillor, or of the County Superintendent, or of any 
 inspector or other Municipal Officer, or of any other credible 
 witness ; 
 
 7. Evnry person condemned in every such suif shall be 
 liable to pay the saiii-J costs to which he would have been 
 condemned in a case brought for the recovery of an equal 
 amr nut of money before a Court of civil jurisdiction ; 
 
 _.. 8. Every suit brought for the recovery of penalties un'^er 
 
 j"JJ ^*"^ J"*"^*" this Act shall be commenced within six months of the date 
 on which such penalty shall have been incurred ; end all 
 wna'ir*""'* "' pt'nal'-it's paid cither before or after such suit as aforesaid shall 
 belong, one half to the Municipality with reference to which, or 
 to the infraction of the By-huvs of which, such suit isbroughi, 
 and the ether half to the prosecutor, unless such suit is insti- 
 tuted by the order of any Municipal Council or by any of its 
 Officers, in which case the whole of the penalty shall belong to 
 such Municipality. 
 
 OATHS. 
 
 LXXVUI. Any Oath recjuiredby th's Act may be made before 
 any Warden or Mayor, or Justice of the Peace : 
 
 By whom to 
 be adminis- 
 tered. 
 
 Person udmi- 2. Any person before whom any oath may be made under 
 nisiering it to this Act, is empowered and required to administer suca Oath, 
 oHts having** without payment, \vlienever called upon to do so ; and to de- 
 been taken, liver to the person taking the same a certificate thereof, and the 
 • person taking such Oath, shall without delay, deliver such cer- 
 tificate to the Secretary-Treasurer of the Council in relation 
 to the aHair of which such Oath was made. 
 
 Governor in 
 Council may 
 allow publica- 
 tion in one 
 hngjiags only 
 in certain 
 cjses. 
 
 Publication oj 
 auch order. 
 
 LANGUAGE OF PUBLICATION. 
 
 LXXIX. The Governor General may, by Order in Council, 
 declare that the publication to be made'under this Act of any 
 Notice, By-law or Resolulio.i shall be made in one language 
 only, in any Municipal "'y the Council whereof shall have 
 .shewn that such publication may be so made without detriment 
 to any of the inhabitants thereof. The Provincial Secretary 
 shall cause a copy of every such Order in Council to be inserted 
 in " The Canada Gazette'," and from the date of such insertion 
 the publication of all such Notices, By-laws and Resolutions 
 ma}, be legally made in the Municipality referred to in such 
 Order in Council, in that language only which shall be thereby 
 j>rescribed. 
 
 FORMS. 
 
 diS'^i*"?^'* J-^-^^-- Th'-' forms given in the Schedule to this Act shal' 
 •uthcienti" suffic" for the purposes for which they are given ; t)ut atiy other 
 
 form 
 
aUbr 
 
 be made before 
 
 *?66. Acte des Mmicipaliiis fi Chemins-'B. C. Cap. 100. . l(J5 
 
 Inspectcur ou de tout aiitre ofE3ier municipal, ou de tout autn* 
 temoin digne de foi ; 
 
 V, Dans toute telle poursuite, la personne condamnee sera D^pens 
 tenue de payer les memos frais qu'elle aurait ete condamn6e ' • 
 
 a payer dans une cause port^e pour ie recouviement d'une 
 pareille somme d'argent devant une cour de juridiction civile ; 
 
 8. Toute poursuite pour Ic recouvrement de penalites en Limitation des 
 vertu de cet acte, sera commeueee dans les six mois du jour poursuites 
 ou telle penalite nnra tne encounie ; et toutes penalites P°"'^ amendes. 
 payees soit avant soit apres telle poursuite comme susdit, Applictim 
 appartiendront la raoitie a >a municipalhe a I'egard de ''•"* "">«"»'«*• 
 laquelle, ou pour I'infraetion d'un reglement de laquclle, telle 
 poursuite aura ete intentee, et I'aulre moitie^au poursuivant, u 
 moins que telle poursuite n'ait ete intentee par I'ordre d'un 
 conseil municipal ou par I'un de ses officiers, auquel cas la 
 totalite de la penalile appartiendra a tellf; municipalite. 
 
 vSy.RMENTS. 
 
 LXXVIII. Tout sermentrequi spar cet acte sera prfite devant n ^ .. , 
 unpr6fet,unmaireouun.iugedepaix: . s/Sr 
 
 2. Toute personne devant laquelle un scrmentpeuu ^trepr^te Certificatde 
 au.vtermesde cet acte, est autorisee et requist- d'administrer Pfe'^i^tion de 
 tel scrment sans honoraire. toutes les fois qu'elle en sera requise ""'"''"*• 
 et de remettro a la personne pr6tart tel serment un eertificat de' 
 tel serment prete, et la personne pr^tant lei serment remettra 
 iminfidiatement tel eertificat au secretaire-trtsorier du conseil 
 a I'^gard des aftaires duquel tel serment sera pr6te. 
 
 LANGUE DANS LAQUEf.LE .SE FERONT LES PUBLICATIONS. 
 
 LXXIX. Le gouvcrneur general pourra, par un ordre en con- 
 seil, declarer (]ue la publication a faire en vertu du present 
 acte dff tout avis, reglement ou resolution, sera faite dans une 
 langue seulement, dans toute municipalite dont le conseil aura 
 fait voir qu'iuie telle publication pourra se faire de cette mani^re 
 sans prejudice pour les habitants d'icelle ; le secretaire pro- 
 vincial fera ijiserer tme cople de tel ordre en conseil dans le 
 Canada Gazette, et a compter de cette insertion la publication 
 de tons tel ft avis, reglemeats et resolutions pourra 6tre legale- 
 ment faite dans la municipalite mentionnee duns le dit ordre 
 en conteil dans la langi;c sonle ^[u'il prescrira. 
 
 FOIIMULES. 
 
 LXXX. Les modeles donnes dans la cedule annexee a cet r > „, , j. 
 acte sufTiront pour les objets pour lesquels ils sent donnes ; Se ""«• 
 mais toute autre formule exprimant les m6mes choses suffira , "»• 
 
 6galement ,o 
 
 Legoiivenieur 
 pourra permet- 
 tre quo les pu- 
 blications vou- 
 liies par eet 
 acte se fassent 
 dans vine Ian- 
 gue seuli"- 
 nient. 
 
 Avis. 
 
 
 I 
 
 i, I 
 
 i'C 
 
166 
 
 Cap. 100. 
 
 Municipal and Road Act L. C. 
 
 18 Vict. 
 
 Interpretation 
 nf /(irms and 
 proceedings 
 under this 
 Art. 
 
 Merely for 
 real objections 
 not to prevail 
 if llie sub- 
 stance be not 
 affected. 
 
 form to the like effect shall be sufficient ; and any form shall be 
 sufficient for such purposes or any other under this Act, if 
 according to the ordinary construction of the laiiguage, the 
 purport and intent thereof can be bond fide understood from the 
 words used ; and no unnecessary or irrelevant allegations or 
 expressions^ in any such form, shr'll affect the validity thereof, 
 if by passing them over as mere surplusage the remainder ca."> 
 be made to bear the sense required ; the rules of construction 
 embodied in the Interpretation Act, and in this Act, shall apply 
 as well fb the forms here given and to any other such form as 
 aforesaid, as to the allegations, statements, orders or directions 
 therein contained ; and no objections of mere form or founded 
 on the omission of any formality shall be allowed to prevail in 
 aoy action, suit or proceeding unuer this Act, unless substantial 
 injustice would be done by not allowing such objection. 
 
 SCHEDULE OF FORMS. 
 
 (A.) 
 
 NOTICE OF PUBMC MEETING FOR THE ELECTION OF 
 LOCAL COUNCILLORS. 
 
 Sect, xxvii 
 part. 1. 
 
 To the Municipal Electors of the (Township, Parish, &c., here 
 insert name of Municipality.) 
 
 Public Notice is hereby given that a Public Meeting of the 
 Inhabitants of the Local Municipality of the (Parish, Town- 
 ship, &c., //ere insert ttame of Municipality) i[ua.\i^ed to vote 
 for Municipal Councillors, will be held at (^here 
 
 describe the Place, Public Roam, House, (jf'c.,) in the said 
 Municipality, on day, ihe 
 
 day of instant, at of the clock in the 
 
 noon, for the purpose of then and there electing 
 seven Councillors for the said Municipality, pursuant to the pro- 
 visions of " The Lower Canada Municipal and Road Act, 
 1855." 
 
 Dated at this 
 
 thousand eight hundred and 
 
 day of 
 
 A. B. 
 
 one 
 
 Registrar, Deputy Registrar {or Warden) 
 of the County of , or of the 
 
 Registration Division Number 
 of tile County of , a$ the case 
 
 may be.) 
 
 (A 2.) 
 
18 Vict. 
 
 y form shall be 
 it this Act, if 
 
 laiiguage, the 
 'Stood from the 
 
 allegations or 
 alidity thereof, 
 remainder ca."> 
 )f construction 
 LCt, shall apply 
 
 such form as 
 rs or directions 
 rm or founded 
 id to prevail in 
 ess substantial 
 jeclion. 
 
 1865. Acte dea Municipal^ et Chemim-S, C. Cap. 100. iQf 
 
 6galement ; et toute formule quelconque sera suffisante pour ces 
 
 objets ou tout autre objet suivant cet acte, si, conformement A 
 
 1 interpretation ordinaire, sa signification et intention peuvent 
 
 etjre comprises bond fide d'apr^s les termes employes, et aucune 
 
 allegation ou expression inutile ou impropre introduite dans 
 
 cette lormule n'en aflectera la validite, si en les laissant de 
 
 c6te comme do surcroit le reste peut 6tre compris suivant le 
 
 sensvoulu; les regies d'interpretation renferm^es dans I'acte 
 
 d interpretation et dans le present acte seront applicables tant 
 
 aux formules ci-jointes et a toute autre formule comme susdit, 
 
 qu aux allegations, declarations, ordres et directions que cet 
 
 aete contient ; et aucune objection de simple forme ou fondee 
 
 se.ulemcnt sur I'omission de certaines formes ne sera admise 
 
 dans une action, proems ou procedure suivant cet acte, a moins 
 
 que quelque injustice reellc ne dflt resulter du refus d'ad- 
 
 mettre cette objection. 
 
 Interpretation 
 de8 formes et 
 proc6des en 
 vertu de cet 
 acte. 
 
 Aucune objfc 
 tion de forme 
 ne ser* ai- 
 mise. 
 
 MODE LES JE FORMULES.. 
 
 TION OF 
 
 rish, &c., here 
 
 [eeting of the 
 
 I'arish, Town- 
 
 ilified to vote 
 
 {here 
 
 in the said 
 
 e clock in the 
 there electing 
 nt to the pro- 
 d Road Act, 
 
 , one 
 
 8. 
 
 (or Warden) 
 , or of the 
 nber 
 
 , as the case 
 
 (A 2.) 
 
 (A.) 
 
 AVIS d'uNE ASSEMBLISe PITBLIQUE POUR I.'6 LECTION DE CON 
 SEILI.ERS LOCAUX. 
 
 Aux 61ecteurs municipaux (de la paroisse, du township etc 
 tci inserez le nom de la municipaim.) 
 
 Avis public est par les presentes donne, qu'une assemblfe ^., , ,. 
 publique des habitants do la municipalite locale (de la paroisse Sr I, 
 du township, etc.,) de {^id inserez le nom) qui ont droit de voter' 
 a 1 election de conseillers municipaux se tiendra en la ' 
 
 {id donnez la place, salle imblique, matson, etc.) dans la diie 
 municipalite di, le jouv de 
 
 ceder, h\ et alors, a I'eleotion de sept conseillers pour la elite 
 mumcipalite, selon les dispositions del"' Acte des munici- 
 palites et des chemins du Bas Canada de 1855 " 
 
 Date a 
 mil huit cent 
 
 ce 
 
 jour de 
 
 A. B. 
 
 Registrateur, Depute Registrateur {ou pr6fet 
 du comte de , oti de la 
 
 division d'eniegistrement num6ro 
 ducomtfrde . selon 
 
 le COS.) 
 
 (A2.) 
 
168 Cap. 100. Municipal and Road Act. L:C. 
 
 (AS.) • 
 
 18 Vtcf. 
 
 Sect. XXXV 
 par. 8. 
 
 NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEKTING FOR THE ELECTION OF COUNCIL- 
 LORS, IN PLACE OF THOSE WHOSE ELECTION HAS BEEN 
 DECLARED NULL AND VOID. 
 
 To the Municipal Electors of the (Township, Parish, &c., here 
 insert name of Municipality.) 
 
 Public Notice is hereby given that a Public Meeting of the 
 Inhabitants of the Local Municipality of the (Parish, Town- 
 ship, &c., hp'e insert name of Municipality) qualified to vote 
 for Municipal Councillors, will be held at {here 
 
 describe the PlacCy Public Room, House, ^c.,) in the said 
 Municipality, on day, the 
 
 day of instant, (<w next) at of the clock in the 
 
 noon, lor the purpose of then and there electing 
 Councillor for the said Municipality, in stead of (A. B. 
 and C. D. as the case may be) whose election has been declared 
 null and void, pursuant to the provisions of " The Lower 
 Canada Municipal and Road Act, 1855." 
 
 Dated at" this 
 
 thousand eight hundred and 
 
 day of 
 
 one 
 
 ^ A. B. 
 
 Registrar, Deputy Registrar {or Warden) 
 of the County of , or of the 
 
 Registration Division Number 
 of the County of , as the 
 
 case may be.) 
 
 ( B. ) 
 
 Sect. viii. 
 
 CERTIFICATE OP THE PUBLICATION OF A PUBLIC NOTICE, TO BE 
 ANNEXED TO OR ENDORSED ON THE ORIQINAL NOTICE. 
 
 I, A. B., residing at the (Township, Parish or place, here 
 insert residence,) being duly sworn on the Holy Evangelists, 
 do hereby certify and return that I did publish the within 
 Original Notice, by posting a true copy thereof on the front 
 door of {here describe the Churches or Chapels 
 
 on the door of which and the other public place where the notice was 
 so posted) on day, the day of instant, 
 
 {or last) between the hours of in the noon 
 
 and in the noon, {if it be within a 
 
 Seigniory or Fief add) and by reading the same at the door of 
 the said Church, at the close of Divine Service in the forenoon, 
 on the day of last {or 
 
 the instant,) being the Sunday next following the 
 
 day 
 
1865. Aeie des[Mmicipaima ct Chemim—B. C, Cap. 100; 
 
 (A2.) 
 
 AV18 D»UN1E ASSEMBI.6E PUBLIQUE POUR l'^LECTION DE CON- 
 
 SEILLERS, EN REMPLACEMENT DE CEUX DONT l'6lEC- 
 
 TION A #.t£ DficLAR^E NULLE. 
 
 irish, &c., heie I ^^^ 61ectcurs municipaux (de la paroisse, du township, etc. 
 I tct insures le mm de la munidpaliU.) 
 
 Avis public est par les presentes donu6 qu'une assemblee 
 pubhquedes habitants de la municipalitUocale (de la paroisse, ^t^J 
 du township, etc.,) c ins6rez le ncm de la mumdp^iti) qu ' ' ' 
 ont droit de voter a I'^lection de conseiUers municipaux, se 
 
 .!! ff^i , J- (i'^idonnez la place, saUepubligue'mai. 
 
 »<m,e?<c.)dansladitemunicipalite dij le (our 
 
 ■A- a ^ ^o^f^^Uoti prochain) k heures de 1' 
 
 midi, afin de proc6der, la et alors, a I'e lection de conseillers 
 
 dontl'61ec,onaetedeclaree nulle, .elon les dispositions di 
 1855 " ^^^"^"'^"^'Pal'l'^s et des chemins du Bas Canada de 
 
 109 
 
 XXXV 
 
 Date a 
 mil huit cent 
 
 ce 
 
 jour de 
 
 A. B. 
 
 Registrateur, Deput6 R^gistrateur (ou pr6f«t) 
 du comt6 de , ^J^jg j^ 
 
 division d'enregistrement num6ro 
 ducomtede ^^;^„ 
 
 It cas.) 
 
 L NOTICE. 
 
 (B.) 
 
 CERTIFICAT BE I.A PUBLICATION o'UN AVIS PUBLIC QUI DOIT fiTRE 
 ENDOSsfi SUH l'aVIS ORIGINAL. 
 
 Je, A. B residant (en la paroisse, township, etc., ici ins^rez s„.t 
 la r4mlem:e) 6tant dAment asserment6 sur les Saints EvanffileV 
 certifie par les presentesque j'ai publie I'avis original ci^essus' 
 en en attichaiit une copio conecte sur la porte principale de ' 
 
 {icid^crivezles eglises ou chapellessur lu porte desquelles et 
 Vaulre endroit public on let avis a et4 qfficM) di le 
 
 Jo""" <1 couvant (owdernie. , . ntre ' 
 
 heures de I' midi et henres de 1' 
 
 midi, [si c'est dans im fief on une seigneurie, ajoute'> ) et en 
 le lisant a la porte de la dite eglise a Tissue du service 
 divin du matin dans I'avant-midi, !o jo„j. ^^ 
 
 courant, {ou dernier) etant le dimanche suivant 
 
 imm^diatement 
 
 viii. 
 
Sect, xxvii 
 par. 2. 
 
 & hm 
 
 B. C. 
 
 170 C^p. 100. Municipal and Moad Act. L. C. 18 Yicr. 
 
 day on which the same was published by posting a copy 
 thereof as aforesaid.) 
 
 Dated at this day of 
 
 one thousand eight hundred and 
 
 Sworn before the undersigned, Warden of 
 the Municipal Council of the County of 
 {here insert name of County), or Mayor 
 of the Municipal Council of the 
 (Parish, &c., here insert name of} 
 Municipality,) or one of Her Majesty's 
 Justices of the Peace for the District 
 of {here insert name of District, as the 
 case may be). 
 
 C. D. 
 
 (C.) 
 
 SPECIAL NOTICE TO THE PERSON APPOINTED TO PRESIDE AT A 
 PUBLIC MEETING FOR THE GENERAL ELECTION OV LOCAL 
 MUNICIPAL COUNCILLORS. 
 
 Office of the Municipal Council of the County of 
 
 {or Registry Office of the County of ' , as the 
 
 case may be). 
 
 {Place.) {Date.) 185 . 
 Sir, 
 
 Hereby take notice, that pursuant to the provisions of 
 "The Lower Canada Municipal and Road Act, 1855," in that 
 behalf made, I have this day appointed you to preside at a 
 Public Meeting of the Inhabitants of the Local Municipality of 
 the (Parish, Township, &c,, here insert name of Municipality,) 
 to be held at in the said Municipality, on 
 
 day, the day of instant, at of 
 
 the clock in the noon, for the election of Municipal 
 
 Councillors for the same ; And that I do hereby fix {here describe 
 the house and ptace^) as the place at which, smd day, 
 
 the day of (instant or next,) as the 
 
 day and hour on and at which the first Session of the Council 
 of the said Municipality of shall be held. 
 
 And I do hereby requii'e you to make known the said place 
 and time of such Session, to each of the persons who shall be 
 elected Councillors as aforesaid. 
 
 D. E. 
 
 Warden (or Registrars Deputy Registrar) 
 of the County of , or of the 
 
 Registration Division Number 
 of the County of , aa the 
 
 case may be.) 
 
 (DO 
 
1865. Acte des Municipalitit et Chmina^B, C. . Cap. 100 
 
 171 
 
 Date k» 
 
 mil huh cent 
 
 ce 
 
 jour (1 
 
 B. C. 
 
 Assermentu par-devant ]e soussigne, pre- 1 
 let du conseil municipal du comt6 
 de {la mserez le nom du comU), ou 
 majrt; du conseil municipal (de la 
 paroisse, etc., tci ins4rez le nom de la 
 mumnpalite), m un des juges de paix 
 pour le district de {ins^rez lenomdu 
 district, selont ecus). 
 
 CD.' 
 
 (C.) 
 
 AVIS Sp£ciAr. QUI DEVRA feTRK nONN^ au PH^SIMNT DE 
 
 Bureau du conseil municipal du comte de ♦ 
 
 {ou bureau du registrateur du comt6 de 
 
 suivant le ms). 
 
 {Lieu.) {Date.) 185 
 
 Monsieur, 
 
 Avis vous est par les presentes donn6 que suivant Jes disno 
 
 Canada de 18^?,^ ''' ---^^^ et lies che^L du "fi^a.' Sf. 
 v^anaua ue loud,' le vous ai rp ionr n,,.v,^/. a i f • ■, *-"*•!'"'•' 
 
 d'une assemblfe' p^blWue d^ hSTT ," 'ZntlpXI 
 locale (de la paroisse on <lu townsliio eii- .„■ ...17 y*^ 
 
 municipality jj le • , ^^ "^^* 
 
 courant a heures de 1' midi i.J?^v>'\ .• * , 
 
 conseilloi. municipaux pour icelle ; cT p^r^^eT prteTes t 
 fixe, {ici decrivez le leu et la maison,) comme etant le liJu 
 p^aluVer'^ ^r?;^'^^ -ssion du coLilde la fL^^l 
 prochain,) commo'^tant le jour et I'heure ou auraHeuT dhe 
 premiere session. Et je vous requiers de faire iS le ,1^ 
 heu et le temps ou se tiendra telle^ession iThacune es D^ 
 sonnesqui seront clues conseillers comme susdit. ^ 
 
 D E 
 
 Prefet (rm registrateur ou depute-r6gistrateur du 
 corn e de ou de la division d'enregist^ 
 
 mentnumero du comte de sflonle 
 
 CuS.) ' 
 
 (D.) 
 
 xkvii 
 
172 ^<^P' 1^< . Municipal and Road Act I. C, 
 
 (D.) 
 
 18 Vict. 
 
 CBBTIFICATK TO BC ANNEXED TO OR ENDORSED ON EVERT 
 
 SPECIAI. NOTICE. * 
 
 Sect, ix par. 2. I, A. B., residing at the (Parish, Township or Place, here 
 insert residence)^ being duly sworn on the Holy Evangelists, 
 do hereby certify and return, that on day, the 
 
 day of , in the year of 
 
 Our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and , 
 
 at the hour of of the clock in the noon, in the 
 
 (Parish, Township or Place), in the County of , I did 
 
 serve the within Original Special Notice on the person (s) 
 therein named to be notified, at his {or each of their, 
 as the case may be) domicile (s), by leaving a true Copy thereof 
 with {here mention the manner in which the service is made, either 
 adding the said personally, or, a reasonable 
 
 person of his family, and then and there exhibiting to him {or 
 her) the said Original Special Notice. . , 
 
 Dated at , this day of , 
 
 one thousand eight hundred and 
 
 Sworn before the undersigned. Warden of 
 the Municipal CouncU of the County of 
 {here insert name of County,) or Mayor 
 of the Municipal Council of the 
 (Parish, &c., here insert name of } ■ E. F. 
 
 Municipality,) or one of Her Majesty's 
 Justices of the Peace for the District 
 of {here insert name of District, as the 
 case may be). ^ 
 
 F. G. 
 
 (E.) 
 
 iP£CIAL NOTICE TO MUNICIPAL COUNCILLOR INFORMING HIM Of 
 HIS ELECTION AND OF THE DAY OF THE FIRST SESSION. 
 
 {Place.) {Date.) 
 
 185 
 
 Sect, xxviii 
 
 par. 
 
 1. 
 
 Sir, 
 
 I hereby notify you that at a public Meeting of the Electors 
 of the Municipality of {here insert name of Municipality,) con- 
 vened and held in conformity to the provisions of " The Lower 
 Canada Municipal and Road Act, 1855," at the said (Parish, 
 &c.,) on the day of (instant or last 
 
 past,) you were then and there duly elected a Municipal 
 Councillor for the said Municipality of {here insert name of 
 Municipality,) and you are hereby required to attend the first 
 
 Session 
 
aiting to him {or 
 
 1865. Acte des Municipalit^s etChemins—B. C. Cap. 100. 173 
 
 (D.) 
 
 CERTiriCAT QUI DBVRA trut ANNKXrf- A OU CND08t« 8UR TOUT 
 
 AVIS SPECIAL. 
 
 Je, A. B., rfisidanl (en la paroisse, township, etc., ici insf.rez S«ct. ixpar. 2. 
 la ristdcnce), fetant danient asserincnto sur les saints fevangiies 
 certifie par les prfeseiites que (\\ \c » 
 
 j""'^/'': , <Jans I'annee de Notre Seigneur 
 
 rnil huit cent ^ }, heufes de 
 
 midi, (en Ja paroissc, dans le township, etc), dans 
 le comte de , j'ai signifie I'original dc I'avis 
 
 sp6cial ci-joint a personne (s) y mentionn6e , k son (ou 
 a ]eurs, scion h cas,) domicile (s), en y laissant une copie 
 correcte d'lcelui {id ddcrivez la manierc dont telle sitrnification a 
 mfaite., ajoutant soil au dit persdnnellement, 
 
 ou a une personne raisonnable de sa famille), et en lui montrant 
 la et alors le dit original de I'avis special. 
 
 Dat6 a 
 huit cent 
 
 ce 
 
 jour d 
 
 mil 
 
 Assermente par-devant le soussign6, pre- 
 fct du conseil municipal du comt6 
 de {id ins4rez le mm du comU,) oil 
 raaire du conseil municipal (de la pa- 
 roisse, etc., id inserr.z le nom de la 
 munidpaliU^) ou un des juges de paix 
 pour le district de {id inserez le nom du 
 distrid, selan lecas.) 
 
 F. G. 
 
 E. F. 
 
 (E.) 
 
 ATIS SPECIAL DONNlfe A UN CONSEILLER MUNICIPAL L'iNrOHMANT 
 DE »ON ^LECTION ET DU JOUR DE LA PHEMlfeRE SESSION. 
 
 {Lieu.) 
 
 {Date.) 186 
 
 Monsieur, 
 
 Tenez-vous pour infonue par la presentc qu'a une asseniblee Sccf x,viii 
 pubhque des e ecleurs de la municipality d {id inserez le nam v». I. 
 de lamumcipahte,) convoquee et tenue en vertudes dispositions 
 A «rx ,?'^ des MunicipalitcH et des Chemins du Bas^Canada 
 de 1865," dans la dito (paroisse, etc.,) le jour de 
 
 (courant on dernier), vous avez ete dAment 61u conseiUer 
 municipal pour la dite municipalite d {im^rez le nt^m de ic 
 mmcipahfe), et vous t'tes pai; ces presentes fequis -''assister a' 
 
 la 
 
 > 
 
174 
 
 Cap. 100. 
 
 Mnnicip at andRoad Act L, C. 
 
 18 Vict. 
 
 5ecf. xxviii 
 par. 2. 
 
 Sennion of the said Couneil which will be lield at [here, describe 
 place of first Meeting,) on day, the 
 
 day of (instant or next,) al the hour of 
 
 of the clock in the noon. 
 
 To H. I. 
 • Municipal Councillor. 
 
 G. n. 
 
 President of the Election, 
 
 (F. ) 
 
 NOTICE FROM PRESIDENT OF ELECTION TO WARDEN OH REGI«< 
 TRAR, WHEN AN ELECTION HAS TAKEN PLACE. 
 
 {Place.) (Date.) 185 
 
 Sir, 
 
 I hereby inform you that at the public Meeting of tiie Inha- 
 bitants of the Municipality of the (Parish, Township, &c.,) of 
 {here insert name of Municipality,) held at ' on 
 
 day, llie day of (instant 
 
 or last past) : 
 
 Name. 
 
 Residence. 
 
 OCCUPATI'ON. 
 
 A. B. 
 C. D. 
 E. F. 
 G. H. 
 J. K. 
 
 Quebec, 
 do. 
 do. 
 do. 
 do. 
 
 Carpenter, 
 
 do. 
 
 do. 
 
 do. 
 
 . do. 
 
 . were elected Councillors for^the said Municipality, (by accla- 
 mation, they being the only candidates, if such be the case,) or 
 they having the largest number of votes, as appears by the 
 Poll Books, duly certified by me and herewith transmitted. 
 
 I. J. 
 
 President of Election. 
 
 To J. K., Esquire, 
 
 Warden or Registrar 
 of the County of 
 
 m 
 
1S«A. 
 
 AcU des Munidpalit4s tt Ckemitts—B. C. Cap. 100. yvK 
 
 , iRpremi^re session du (lit conseil qui se lieiidraa (id dicrivez 
 le Iteu de la prcmt&e asscmbtde,) di, le jour de 
 
 couranl (ou prochain), a heures de 
 
 1 tmdi. 
 
 A H. I., 
 
 Conseiller municipal. 
 
 G. II. 
 
 Prfieident. de I'^Iection. 
 
 (F.) 
 
 AVI9 DU PRESIDENT DK l'^LECWION AC PH^rKT OU AU H^GH. 
 TFATEUH qUAND UNE ^LECTION A EU DiEU. 
 
 Monsiieur, 
 
 (Lieu.) {Date.) 185 
 
 Je vous informe par la presente, qu'a une asscmblee publi- « . . . 
 qvie des habitanis de la nmnicipalite de la (paroisse, town- Sr I"'" 
 ship, etc.,) de iins6rez le mm del .mmicipainl\ 
 
 -T'lf • N "^''^^ ^''""'^^ courant 
 
 {ou dernier) : ^ v^wuiaui 
 
 CUPATION. 
 
 NOM. 
 
 RESIDENCE. 
 
 A. B. 
 C. D. 
 E. F. 
 G. H. 
 J. K. 
 
 Quebec, 
 do. 
 do. 
 do. 
 do. 
 
 OCCUPATION. 
 
 Charpentler, 
 do. 
 do. 
 do. 
 do. 
 
 ont ete diiment eUi-s conseillers pour la dite municipalite fnar 
 acelarnation, etant les seuls candidate, si c^est le cas.fmlZ^R 
 
 prSe. ^'"" '"'''' ^^ "^"^ J' ^°"' transmets avec la 
 
 I.J. 
 President de l'61ection. 
 
 A J. K., ecuyer, 
 
 Pr6fet ou Regislraleur 
 du comte de 
 
 M 
 
 I 
 
 rill 
 
 IS . 
 
 \i 
 
 (G.) 
 
i76 
 
 Cap. 100. 
 
 Municipal and Road Act L. C. 
 
 18 Vict. 
 
 fi«cl. xii 
 par. 4. 
 
 par. 4. 
 
 Seetf. XV & 
 xix. 
 
 (G.) 
 
 ArPOIITTMENT OF A DKPUTT COIJNTT 8UPKRINTENDKNT. 
 
 {yame of place.) {Date.) Ifl5 . 
 Sir, 
 
 I hereby nominate, constitute and appoint you to be a {or 
 one of the) Deputy County Superintendent (n) for the County 
 of , pursuant to the provisions of " The Lower 
 
 Canada Municipal and Road Act, 1855." 
 
 K. i.. 
 County Superintendent for the 
 County of 
 To L. M. 
 
 {Address.) 
 
 (H.) 
 
 NOTICE or APPOINTMENT OF A DKPnTV COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT. 
 
 {Name of p/are.) {Date.) 185 . 
 Sir, 
 
 Hereby take notit^, that pursuant to the provisions of*' The 
 Lower Canada Municipal and Road Act, 1855," and under the 
 authority of a Resolution of the Municipal Council of the 
 County , in that behalf made, 1 have this day 
 
 nominated, constituted and appointed A. B. of (residence), 
 (profession or calling,) to be a {or one of tiie) Deputy County 
 Superintendent (s) for the County of 
 
 ^ ' M.N. 
 
 County Superintendent of the 
 County of 
 To N. O. 
 
 Warden of the 
 County of . 
 
 BY-LAWS AND RESOLUTIONS. 
 
 •• , (L) 
 
 COUNTY COUNCIl^ IIY-LAW. 
 
 Corporation of the 1 
 County of \ 
 
 At a General Quarterly Session of the Municipal Council of 
 the County of {here insert the name of County) * held at , 
 
 in the :;aid (bounty, on day, the day of , 
 
 in the ■'-t^u: i>f Our Lord, one thousand eighi hundred and 
 , !•!. conformity to the provisions of" The Lower 
 Cani, ' 1 M»ii;icipal and Road Act, 1855," f at which Meeting 
 are pre;*nt, A. B., Mayor of the Corporation of the {Parish, 
 ^c.,) C. D., Mayor of the Corporation of {Parish., &c.,) E. F., 
 
 Mayor 
 
18 Vict. I 1866. Actedet MunicipaliUs et Chemins^B. C. Cap. 100 177 
 
 INTENOKNT. 
 
 Date.) Ifl5 . 
 
 lU to be a {or 
 
 for the County 
 
 )f » The Lower 
 
 K. u. 
 itendent for thf 
 
 PERINTENDENT. 
 
 [Date.) 185 . 
 
 isions of *' Thn 
 " and under the 
 Council of the 
 1 have this day 
 of (residence), 
 Deputy County 
 
 M.N. 
 intendent of the 
 ^f 
 
 ■S. 
 
 ipal Council of 
 held at , 
 
 lay of , 
 
 I: hundred and 
 )f " The Lower 
 which Meeting 
 )f the {Parish, 
 !>A, &c.,) E. F., 
 Mayor 
 
 NOMINATION d'dn vtrVTt SURINTEWDANT DK COMT*. 
 
 Monsieur, ^^'"'^ ^^'^''^ '«« • 
 
 nn ^o «,«rx*J[/* pr6«.nte je vous nomme et constitue mon (ou s^,. . 
 un denies) depute (8)surmtendantdc comte dans et pour leSlr.4. 
 «omie cte pn verlu des dispositions de 1» '< Acte 
 
 des municipalitC's et des chemins du Bas-Canada de 1855." 
 
 xxi 
 
 A L. M. 
 
 K. L. 
 
 Surintendant de comtc pour le 
 comte dc 
 
 {Adresgr.) 
 
 (H.) 
 
 AVIS I)E LA NOMINATIO.V d'uN oivUTK SUR,ntKM)ANT DE COMT^. 
 
 Monsieur, ^^'^'-^ f^^^'"') '»^ •' 
 
 1- •.• ■''' 7"^ <!"""♦• ^vis, par l.i presente, <,u'en vertu deg Sect ,,i 
 dispositions del "acte de. municipalit6s et dis chemins du P-.V 
 Bas-Canada de 1855," et en vertu d'une resolution du conseil 
 
 ;n"T/P"^?"n°'^'^''^ .. ' J''*^' ^« J^'ir, nomine el 
 
 constitue A. B de {residc^ice), {jyrofession, 4r.,) mon {ou nn 
 de mes) depute surintendant de eorrite dans ei pour le comte 
 
 de 
 
 A N. O. 
 
 Pr6fet du comte de 
 
 M. N. 
 Surintendant de (;omte pour is 
 cornte de 
 
 Rf:GLEMEi\TS ET RESOLUTIONS. 
 
 (I.) 
 
 RRULEMENT d'uN CONSEIL DE COMTE, 
 
 Corporation du } 
 romt6 de jj 
 
 A utie session generale et trimestrielle du conseil municipal 
 du comte de {m. tmdrez le nom du comtc) * tenue (en la naroisse S«t8. :tv et 
 &c.) de , dans !.■ dit comte, ' jj' j^ *'^- 
 
 ., . ., , J"'"" ^ 'J*^ J'ann6e de Notre Seigneur 
 
 mil huit cen co.iiormement aux disposi- 
 
 10ns de I'-Acte des mimicipal.tes et des chemins du Bas 
 
 t/anadatle 1 00a, ' f alaquelle session sontpresentx \ B maire 
 
 de la corrK.ration d ( parom,^ ^c.) C. D., maire de la'corpo- 
 
 ration 
 
178. Cap 100. Municipal and Road Act L. C. 18 Vict. 
 
 Mayor of the Corporation of {Parish, &c.,) the said .(three 
 Mayors, or more, as the ease may be,) forming a qtiorum. of the 
 said Council, the said A. 13. preisiding (as Warden of the said 
 Council, if such be the case,) | the said Council doth hereby 
 ordain and make the following Bylaw, to wit : 
 
 A BY-LAW. 
 
 (Here give a heading to By-law concisely indicating the 
 purport of such By-law ) 
 1. That, &c., &c. 
 
 [tikal.) A. B. 
 
 Warden {or Chairman, as the case may be.) 
 Attested, C. D., 
 
 Secretary-Treasurer of f>; ul Council. 
 
 * {If it be a Special Meeting of the Council, the following 
 head jhould be substituted) : 
 
 At a Special Session of the Municipal Council of the County 
 ,of {here insert the name of County), duly convened by Special 
 Notice given to all the Members of the said Council by (the 
 Warden of the said Council, or by A. B. and C. D., two Mem- 
 bers of the said Council, as the case may be,) and &c. 
 
 LOCAL COUNCIL BY-LAW. 
 
 Se'.ls. XV. 
 &xxiv. 
 
 Corporation of the 
 (Parish, Town 
 ship, &c.,) of 
 
 'i 
 
 At a General Monthly Session of the Municipal Council of 
 the (Parish, &c.,) {here insert the name of Mtmicipality) * held 
 in the said (Parish, &c.,) on day, the 
 
 day of in the year of Ouv Lord, one thou .and eight 
 
 hundred and , in conformity to ihe provisions of 
 
 " The Lower Canada Municipal and Road Act, 1855," f at 
 which Meeting are present A. B., C. D., E. F., &c., {here insert 
 the names of the Councillors present) Members of the said 
 Council, and forming a quorum thereof, the said A. B. presiding 
 (as Mayor, if such be the case,) \ the said Council doth hereby 
 ordain and make the following By-law, to wit : 
 
ndicating Ihe 
 
 1855. Acte deg Mum'cipaims et Chemim—B. C. Cap. lOO. 179 
 
 ration d (paroisse, ^c.) E. F., ma^re de k corporation d 
 (parotsse, ^.) lesqnels dits (trois maires, on plus, seUm le cos) 
 Jorment nn quarum du dit conseil, pr^sidfe par le dit A. B. 
 comme pr6fet du dit conseil, si tel est le cos,) | le dit conseil par 
 les prfesentes ordonne et fait le r^glement suivant : 
 
 REGLEMENT. 
 
 (let donnez un, fitre au dit reglement indtqumt d'une mamire 
 concise le sujet de tel riglement.) 
 I. Que, etc. 
 
 (Sceau.) A. B. 
 
 Prefet {ou President, selon le cas.) 
 
 Atteste. 
 
 C. D., 
 
 Secr^fuire-lresorier du dit conseil. 
 
 * {Sic'e$t a une assemblee spicialc du conseil, le litre suivant 
 aevra etre sttbsttfue :) 
 
 Aui^ session speomle du conseil municipal du comte de 
 (rn'm^rezlenomducomt^), dAment convoquee par avis spe- 
 cjal donno a tons le-i membres du dit conseil, par (le prefet du 
 dit conseil ou par A. B. et C. D, deux des membres du dh 
 eonse.J, «e/o« /e ca*,) et etc. 
 
 (J.) 
 
 HEOLEMENT u'UN CONSEIL 1.0CAL. 
 
 Corporation de la (paroisse 1 
 ou du township, etc.,) > 
 de \ 
 
 A une ^session generale et mensuelle du conseil municipals 
 de la paroisse oudu township etc.,) de (id inserez le nomde f^£' 
 la mumctpahte) * tenue (en la dite paroisse, etc.,) di le 
 
 . Jo"*" de en I'annee de Notre Seigneur mil 
 
 huit cent conformement aux dispositions de P " Acte 
 
 des Muajcipalit6s etdes Chemins du Bas-Canada. de 1855 " + 
 a laquelle assemblee sont presents A. B., C. D.' E. F etc 
 {id inserez les nam des comeillers presents) membres dudit 
 conseil et formant un quorum d'icelui, le dit A. B presidant 
 (comme maire si tel est le cos,) J le dit conseil par lespresentes 
 ordonne et fait le reglement suivant, savoir : 
 
 XV et 
 
 12 
 
 niotSMENT. 
 
 m 
 
180 
 
 i 
 
 \m 
 
 !i 
 
 4 
 
 Seet. xxxiii 
 par. 6. 
 
 Sect. lii 
 par. 4. 
 
 X)ap. 100. Municipal and Road Act L. C. 
 
 A BY-I-Atr. , 
 
 18 Vior. 
 
 {Here give a heading to By-law concisely indicating the 
 purport of such By-law.) 
 
 I. That, &c., &c. 
 
 {Scai.) 
 
 A. B. 
 
 Mayor (or Chairman, as the case may he.) 
 
 Attested, C. D., 
 
 Secretary-Treasurer of said Council. 
 
 * {If it be a Special Meeting of the Coumii, the following 
 head should be substituted) : 
 
 At a Special Session of the Municipal Council of the (Parijsh 
 &c.)of {here insert the name of Parish, &c.,) duly convened hy 
 Special Notice given to all the Members of the said Council by 
 (the Mayor of the said Council, or by A. B. and C. D., two 
 Members of the said Council, as the case may be,) and, &c. 
 
 f {If the Meeting of any Council be continued by adjournment, 
 add): 
 
 And adjourned from tlie said day to day, the 
 
 day of in the (said) year, (;/ further adjourned), 
 
 and thence unto, &c. 
 
 (K.) 
 
 ' PUBLICATION or A RESOLUTION Of A 3IUN1CIPAL COUNCIL. 
 
 {When by any part of this Act a resolution of a Municipal 
 Council is ordered to be published, the above heading of By-laics 
 may be used in the public notice as far as | after which, add, 
 It was resolved, ami for the words " are present" substitute 
 •' were present.") 
 
 ( L. ) 
 
 NOTICE FOH SPECIAL MEETING OF A MUNICIPAL COUNCIL. 
 
 Office of the Municipal Council of the (County, Parish, &c.) 
 
 (Plarf.) {Date.) 185 . 
 Sir, 
 
 Hereby take notice that a Special Session of the JMunicipal 
 Council of the (County, Parish, &c., as thr case nuuj be,) will 
 \tfi held on day, the day of 
 
 iui^tant 
 
L COUNCIL. 
 
 1865. Acie de» Mmicipalites ef. Chmins^B. C. Cap. 100. 
 
 R^OLEMENT. 
 
 I. Que, etc., etc. 
 
 (Sceau.) 
 
 A. fi. 
 Maire (oa President, selon U cas.) 
 
 Atte»t6 C. D., 
 
 SecrHmre-Ms(yn'ei' du dit comeii. 
 
 d^^.^l^^'^'^'"'' 'P'^"^^ <^-'^onsea, le litre suivant 
 
 .t;^^"^^^•^^^.''''' ^P^^»«l« <1« t-onseil municipal (de la oaroisse 
 
 conseil par (le maire du dit conseil, oti par A B et C D 
 deux dos membres du dit conseil, selln le T) et, ;.tc: ' 
 
 ujLtSr' '^*''"*''' ''''"' '"'''**'' '*"^ conttnu^epar ajmmemmt, 
 
 Et ajourn^e de ce jour h di, le jour de 
 
 a"u\iU'fitc""''' («rf-«a« «;o«m^.),^etdenouveau . 
 
 (K.) 
 
 PCBUCATION n'CNE RESOLUTION PASifcE PAH Uir CONSE.L 
 
 MUNICIPAL. 
 
 {Qmn^par guefque partie de cet actela publication dhjf,^ ^ 
 resolution d^un co^udl municipal est ordl2Tp7utfaZ^'^'^' 
 usage dans Pavts public de la fommle ci-desms d l^arddJs 
 reglements, jusgu^a ce si^ne t apr^s quoi, ajmterTZ r6 
 
 181 
 
 ( L- ) 
 
 AVIS d'uNE A89EMBl6e 9p£cIALE d'cn CONSEIL MUNICIPAL 
 
 Bureau du conseil municipal d (comt6, paroisse, etc.) Sr.\"' 
 
 Monsieur, 
 
 {Lieu.) [Date.) 186 . 
 
 Sachez qu'une session sdApirIp Hn nnnooji ~,„~:-.-_-i ^ 
 (Comt6, paroisse, etc., selon le cas) de se tiendra 
 
 di, 
 
182 
 
 .Cap. 100. Municipal and Road Aet L. C: 18 Vwt. 
 
 Sect, xii 
 pnr. 9. 
 
 instant (w next), at the hour of of the clock, in 
 
 the noon, at the usual place of meeting. 
 
 P. Q. 
 
 Warden, or Mayor, or Members of the 
 Municipal Council of the (County, 
 Parish, &c.) 
 To Q. R. 
 
 (M.) 
 
 NOTICE FOR AN ADJOt7RNED MEETING OF A MUNICIPAL COUNCIL 
 TO BE SERVED ON MEMBERS ABSENT AT THE TIME OF 
 ADJOURNMENT. 
 
 Office of the Municipal Council of the (County, Parish, &c.) 
 
 {Place.) (Date.) 185 . 
 
 Sir, 
 
 You are hereby notified, that the Session of the Municipal 
 
 Council of the (County, Parish, &c.,) stands adjourned from 
 
 day, the ^ day of instant, to 
 
 day, the day of instant 
 
 {or nextl, on which latter day the said Council will meet at the 
 
 usual place and at the hour of of the clock, in the 
 
 noon. 
 
 R. S. 
 Secretary-Treaaurer of the Municipal Council of the 
 (County, Parish, &c.) 
 ToQ. R. ' 
 
 (N.) 
 
 OATH OF OFFICE. 
 
 Sect, xi par 8. '' ^' ^'J ^^^^S '^een elected or appointed {as the case ntay 
 
 ' be) Covmcillor, Mayor, or Warden of the Municipal Council of 
 
 the (County, Perish, &c.) do sincerely and solemnly swear, that 
 
 1 will faithfully fulfil the duties of the sai^l Office, according to 
 
 the best of my judgment and ability. 
 
 Sworn before the undersigned. Warden of 
 the Municipal Council of the County 
 of (Acre insert name of Counti/)j Mayor 
 of the Municipal Council of the 
 (Parish, &c., here insert Tiame of \ S. T. 
 
 Municipality^) or one of Her Majesty's 
 Justices of the Peace of the District 
 of {here insert name of District) as the 
 case may be). . 
 
 T. U. 
 
 (0. ) 
 
1865. Ade des MunicipaliUs et Chemins-^fi. C Cap. 100. 1§3 
 
 di, le jour de coumnt, {ou prochain) k heure 
 
 de I -midi, au lieu ordinaire des stances. 
 
 P. Q. 
 
 Pr^fet, ou maire, au memhre.i du 
 
 oonseil municipal d (comte, 
 
 paroisso, etc.,) de 
 A Q, R. 
 
 ouncil of the 
 
 (M.) 
 
 AVn QUI DEVRA feXRE DONn£ AUX MEMBRES ABSENTS d'cN CON- 
 SEIL MUNICIPAL I.ORSqUE l'ajournEMENT d'uNE ASSEMBLES 
 DU DIT CONSBIL AURA EU LIEU. 
 
 Bureau du conseil municipal d (comt6, paroisse, etc.,) de Sect, xli 
 
 Monsieur, 
 
 (Lieu.) {Date.) 185 . 
 
 Avis vous est doniie par la pr6sente que la session du conseil 
 municipal d (comt6, paroisse, etc.,) est ajoum§e de di, 
 
 le jour d courant, a di, le 
 
 jour d courant {ou prochain) auquel 
 
 jour le dit conseil s'assemblera a heure de 1' 
 
 midi, au lieu ordinaire des seances. 
 
 K. S. 
 Secretaire-tresorier du conseil Municipal d 
 (comte, paroisse, etc.) 
 A Q. R, {Adresse,) 
 
 (N.) 
 
 SERMENT d'oFFICE. 
 
 Je, A. B., ayant ete dAment elu ou nomme {selon le cos) con- Sect, xi par, 
 seiller, maire, ou pr6fet du conseil municipal d (comte, pa- 
 roisse, etc.,) de , fais serment que je remplirai fid^le- 
 ment les devoirs de ma charge, et cela au meilleur de mon 
 jugement et de ma capacite. 
 
 Assermente par-devant moi le soussigne, 
 pr6fet du conseil municipal du comte 
 de {id insSrez le nom du comte,) maire 
 du conseil municipal de la paroisse, i „ _ 
 
 etc., {id insirez le nom de la munidpa- ' o. 1 . 
 
 lit^) ou un des juges de paix de Sa Ma- 
 jeste pour le district de {in ins^rez le 
 nom au district,) selon le cas). 
 
 T. IT. 
 
 (0.) 
 
 I 
 
184 
 
 S«ct. xiii 
 par. 5. 
 
 
 Cap. 100. Municipal find R/huI Act L. C- 
 
 (O.) 
 
 18 VfCT. 
 
 '».»•*■'*»., 
 
 sscretary-trbabubgr's sur£ty bond, whkn given under 
 
 private seat,. 
 Protince of ) 
 Canada. \ 
 
 Know all men by these presents, that We, A. B. {here 
 insert name of Secretary-Treasurer,) of tiie (Parish &c.) of 
 
 , in the District of , and {here insert names, residences 
 
 and occupations of two Sureties,) are jointly and severally held 
 and firmly bound to the Corporation of the (Coimty, Parish, &e. 
 as the case may be,) in the Mum of Pounds, of good and 
 
 lawful money of this Province, to be paid to and for the use of 
 the said Corporation, for which payment well and truly to be 
 made we jointly and severally {solidairement) bind ourselves 
 and our respective heirs, executors and administrators, firmly 
 by these presents, and do hereby specially hypothecate the pro- 
 perties hereinafter mentioned, to wit : the said A. B. {here insert 
 name of Secretary-Treasurer, if he has real property) a certain 
 {description of property hypothecated) and the said {here insert 
 separately the name of each surety, together with description of 
 the property hypothecated), signed in duplicate by our respective 
 hands, sealed with our respective seals, and dated at , 
 
 the day of , in the year of our Lord one 
 
 thousand eight hundred and in presence of {here 
 
 insert names of Tr?Y'fflme,v,) the subscribing Witnesses. 
 
 Whereas the said bounden {here insert the name of Secretary- 
 Treasurer elect) hath been elected {or appointed) Secretar\ - 
 Treasurer of the Municipal Council of the (County, Parish, 
 Township, &c.) and whereas in accordance with the provi- 
 sions of " The Lower Canada Municipal and Road Act, 1855," 
 the said bounden {here insert names of Sureties) have been ap- 
 proved by a Resolution of the said Council as Sureties for the 
 payment of all sums of money for which he the said {insert 
 name of Secretary-Treasurer) so elected {or appointed) Secre- 
 tary-Treasurer, may as such Secretary-Treasurer at any time be 
 accountable to the said Corjjoration, including principal, interest 
 and costs, as well as all penalties and damages to which he 
 the said {insert name of Secretary-Treasurer) as such Secretary- 
 Treasurer shall become liable in the exercise of his office. 
 
 Now the condition of the above written obligation and recog- 
 nizance is such, that if the above named {insert name of Se- 
 cretary-Treasurer) do faithfully discharge; the duties of the 
 oflice of Secretary-Treasurer as aforesaid, to which he has 
 been elected {or appointed) so as aforesaid, and do well and 
 truly account for and pay over to the said Corporation or to 
 such person or persons as under the said Act shall be autho- 
 rized to demand and receive the same, all sums of money for 
 which he the said {insert name of Secretary Treasurer) as sucii 
 
 Secretary-Treasurer 
 
bllVEN UNDER 
 
 1856. Acte drx MnnfcipaMe.s et Chemim—B. C. Cftp. 100. 
 
 (0.) 
 
 CAUTIONNKMI:nT DV .RCR)r:TAIRIC.TR6.0HI«R LORlQir',,. B,T 
 DONtlt SOUS SEING PRIvi. 
 
 Protincb DU ^ 
 Canada. J • 
 
 Sachez tous par le.s presentes que nous, A B. (ici insirez /^ « . • 
 
 #1-^ ^ ^ . *^^ ('^"^ ''"■^'■^* ^«» »«o/w», residences et occuna- 
 
 ttans des deuxcautions,)nom nous reconnaissons oonjointemeX 
 «olida.rement endettes envers la corporation d (comte oSe 
 etc., seon le cos,) en la somme de louis, monna^e Sirante 
 
 uue corpoiation. Ll par ces presentes, revgtues de nos seines Pt 
 sceaux, laites en duplicata, et datees a ee ILr 
 
 en nr' ""^ ^'^r'^"" *^'' ^^'''^'■'' Seigneur mil huit cent 
 /.^«.,) 1 sSS^L,.i,n.s, nous ^S^tS^;::^^^^ 
 ment et solid a.rement, nous, „o.s hoirs et ayantf cair uZTe' 
 parfait et entier pai..ment de la dite somme, el nous hyS^! 
 
 \:Z7TuhT^'' T^^'n^ ei-apresmentionn"LXor 
 • u ^' ^*'* "**''''^^ '^' nouidusecrUaire-tresoriw sHl ade\ 
 
 gmtion des propriet^s hppothequ^es). ' 
 
 ainsi s'obl.geant a eie nomme {m elu) secretaire-trSr du 
 conseil municipal d (cornte, paroisse, township etc )e^ 
 
 atteudu que .selon les dispositions de 1' " Act;, des muiftcip^t6^ 
 etdes chemins du Bas Canada de 1855," les ditercamirs rlw 
 ^nserez les noms des cautions,) ont 6te par une r^sSoHn /iu 
 conseil approuvees comme t'4es cautLs pour le pa eLnt d 
 toute somme de deniers dont il, le dit ftVi ISrlT/Ti 
 du secretaire-msoner,) 61u [ou nomm6 clmme Sit Zt 
 en sa qualite de tel secretaire-tresorier, itre comptable ^nCs 
 la d, e cori^oration tant en principal, int6r6ts e^ frais au'en 
 penahtes et dommages dont le dit (e«W.^ U nJdTse^.ti^e 
 
 sri^Lr ^ :^^^:^^-^^^-'^-' '^-^endr/'Si:^ 
 
 en tout te.nps les ionctions et devoL Tla di^ ch^^^^^^^ 
 creta re-tresorier, et rend compte, et paie et remet h\^%7 
 poration, ou a toute personn^e par ^e dif S an tori4 11 
 demanderet recevoir, toute somme de deniers ^r laqutl e 
 1, le dit (rnserez le nam du secrHaire-tresoSerA comme 
 tel secretaire-tresorier, sera comptable enver« la d te e^mn 
 rauon, tant en principal, interets et fiais qu'^n domma|e, " 
 
 et 
 
 185 
 
186 
 
 Cap. 100. Municipal and Road Aet L. C. 
 
 18 Vict. 
 
 Sect, xiv 
 par. 1. 
 
 Sect. XXX 
 par. 5. 
 
 Secretary-Treasurer shall be accountable to the said Corpo- 
 ration, including principal, interest and costs, as well as all 
 penalties and damages to which he the said (insert name of 
 Secretary-Treasurer) as such Secretary-Treasurer shall become 
 liable in the exercise of his office, for and during the time the 
 said {insert name of Secretarij-Treasurer) shall continue to hold 
 the said office of Secretary-Treasurer, then this obligation to be 
 void and of none eficct, otherwise to be and remain in full 
 force and virtue. 
 
 A. B., Signature of Secretary-Treasurer. (Seal.) 
 C. D., ) Signatures ol (Seal.) 
 
 E. P., J Sureties. (Seal.) 
 
 ( P H 
 
 Witnesses. (Names of Witnesses.) ) i * tj' 
 
 (P-) , 
 
 ■FECIAL NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF A MUNICIPAL OFriCEIt. 
 
 Office of the Municipal Council of the (County, Parish, &c.,) 
 of 
 
 {Place.) {Date.) 
 
 Sir, 
 
 You are hereby notified, that at a Session of the 
 
 Municipal Council of the (County, Parish, &c., as the case may 
 bCy) of held on the day of 
 
 instant (or last past), you were, by a resolution of the said 
 Council, duly appointed to the office of {here insert name of 
 office). 
 
 U. V. 
 Secretary-Treasurer of the Municipal Council of the 
 (County, Parish, &c.,) of 
 To V. W. 
 {Address.) 
 
 (Q.) 
 
 NOTIFICATION OF ELECTION OR APPOINTMENT OF MAYOR. 
 
 Office of the Municipal Council of the (Parish, Township, &c.) 
 
 {Place.) {Date.) 
 Sir, 
 
 You are hereby notified that (A. B., here insert name of 
 Councillor) was on the day of instant 
 
 (or last), duly elected (or appointed, as the case may be)y Mayor 
 of the Municipality of the said (Parish, Township, &c.) 
 
 W. X. 
 Secretary-Treasurer of the said Council. 
 To X. Y. 
 
 Registrar of the County 
 of or Secretary- 
 
 Treasurerof the Council » 
 
 of the Countv of . 
 
 ( R- ) 
 
Council of the 
 
 OF MAYOR. 
 
 was. Acte de» Mum'dpalit4» et Cfimin$^B. C. Cap. 100. jgy 
 
 et p6nalite8 qu'il pourra comme tel 8ecr6taire.tr68orier avoir 
 encourusdans I'exercice de sa charge, pour et pendant I'espace 
 de temps <iue le dit {tm^rez tenom du aecritaire-trimrier,) sem 
 investi de la dile charge de seer6taire-tr6sorier, alors ce cau- 
 tionnement sera nul, autrement il demeurera dans toute sa force 
 et vigueur. 
 
 A. B., Signature du Secretaire-Tresorier. (Sceau.) 
 C. D., ) Signatures des (Sceau.) 
 
 (Sceau.) 
 
 E. F., J Cautions 
 
 T^moins— (Noms des t^moins.) \ ^' \\ 
 
 ( J. H 
 
 (P.) 
 
 AVIS SPECIAL DE LA NOMINATION d'uN OFFICIER MUNICIPAL, 
 
 Bureau du conseil municipal de (comte, paroisse, etc.,) 
 
 Monsieur, ^^^'^"^ (^'^'^•) 
 
 Sachez par la presente qu'a une session du conseil «. \ ■ 
 
 municipal d (comt^, paroisse, etc., selon le cas,) de Si *'" 
 
 tenuele jourde courant (o« dernier) vous 
 
 avez 6t6 nomme, par une resolution du dit conseil, k la charge 
 de {insirez la charge.) ^ 
 
 U. V 
 
 Secretaire-Tresorier du conseil municipal d 
 
 \ vvuiAj ^ (eomte, paroisse, etc.) 
 
 A V. W. [Adresse.) 
 
 ( Q. ) 
 
 AVIS DE L'fiLECTION OU DE LA NOMINATION d'cn MAIR£. 
 
 Bureau du conseil municipal d (paroisse, township, etc.,) 
 
 n, ^ . (Lieu.) (Date,) 
 
 Monsieur, ^ ' 
 
 Sachez par la presente que (A. B., id ins^rez le nom du em- Sect, xxt 
 settler) ayant droi t jour de courant (ou dernier) P"' • 5. 
 
 dAment elu {ou nomme, selon le cos) maire de la municipality 
 d (paroisfKe, township, etc.,) susdit. 
 
 W. X. 
 
 i ^ „ Secr6taire-Tresorier du dit conseil. 
 
 A X. Y. 
 
 # Registtateur du comte de 
 
 ou secretaire- 
 
 tresorier du conseil du 
 
 comt6 de, etc. 
 
 (R.) 
 
 
189 Cap. 100, MwHdiMl and Houd Act L. C. 
 
 (R. ) 
 
 PETITION KOH KKRCTION OK A VILLASK. 
 
 To the Municipal Council of the County of 
 
 Itt Vici'. 
 
 Sect 
 par 
 
 ixxxh ^ The Petition of the undersigned Inhabitants of the (Parish, 
 Township, &c.,) of qualified to vote at the Election 
 
 of Local Councillors — 
 
 Respectfully sheweth : 
 
 That they are desirous that the hereinafter described tract of 
 land be erected into a separate Town {or Village) Muni- 
 cipality, under such name as may be given thei-eto by His 
 Excellency the Governor General, under the provision of 
 " The Laiver Canada Municipal and Roud Act^ 1855." 
 
 That the said tract of land lies within the limits of the 
 Municipality of the said County of and is bounded a.s 
 
 follows, to wit : {here give boundaries and description of the 
 said tract), and contains at least sixty inhabited houses within 
 the space of thirty superficial arpontsi. 
 
 Wherefore the said Petitioners, resident within the said 
 tract, pray that the Municipal Council of tho said County 
 of will order on their said Petition as in and by 
 
 the said Act prescribed. 
 
 Sect, xxxiv 
 par. 2. 
 
 (Place.) (Date.) 
 
 (Signatures.) 
 (xVo/ less than forty.) 
 
 CS.) 
 
 PUBLIC NOTICE TO BE GIVEN BY THE COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT 
 IN RELATION TO THE ERECTION OF A TOWN OR VILLAGE. 
 
 {Place.) {Date.) 
 
 Public Notice is hereby given, that in pursuance of an 
 order to me given by the Municipal Council of the County of 
 , I shall, on day, the day 
 
 of instant {or next), at the hour of of the 
 
 clock in the noon, visit the tract of land mentioned 
 
 and described in the petition of certain inhabitants of the 
 Municipality of the (Parish,^Township, &c,,) of 
 presented to the Municipal Council of the County of 
 on the of instant {or last past), prayi% 
 
 for the erection of the said tract of land into a Town {or 
 Village) Municipality ; and all parties interested who may be 
 desirous of being heard in relation to that petition are hereby 
 
 notified 
 
a as in and by 
 
 1855. ActedesMunicipaimsetChmtna^B.C, Cap. 100. jgo 
 
 ( R. ) 
 
 BBQCiTE DUMANDANT l'EHECTION MUNIClPALi: d'u» TILLAGE. 
 
 Au conseil municipal du comte de 
 
 La requite des sonssignes, habitanffi d (paroisse, township, Sect x«iv . 
 eic.,j de ayant droit de voter a T^lection de consoillerB P«r. i. 
 
 mnnicipaux locaiix, 
 
 Reprfesente respeclneusement : 
 Qu'ils de«irent que Jo lerritoire ci-de^sou!* d^^sicne soit eriir6 
 
 pourra lui donncr Son Excellence lo tiouvemeur Gen6ral, selon 
 Jes dispositions de " I'acfo des innnlcipalites et dos cheinins du 
 Bas Canada de 185.5." 
 
 q^e le dit territoire est siiue dans les llniiies de la rnunici- 
 palit6 du dit comte de et est bom6 comme suit, 
 
 sayoir : {tci donnez les Iwrnes d la lUsignation du territoire,) et 
 qu li contient au moins soixante maisons habitues dans un 
 cspace n'excedant i)as irente arpenls en superficic. 
 
 C'est pourquoi les dits lequerants qui resident sur le dit ter- 
 ntou-e, prient le conseil municipal du dit comt6 de 
 
 re u6°r''' '^'"''^ ''"'' '''^^'^^"' ''''"' ^"^ ^'^^ ^''^'' touchant leur dite 
 (lAeu,) {Date.) * 
 
 (Signatures.) 
 {Pus woins de qimranlc.) 
 
 ( S. ) 
 
 AVIS PUBLIC A DONNEH PAR LE SURINTENDANT DE COMT^ HELA- 
 TIVEMENT A l'^HECTION Ij'une VILLE OV VILLAGE. 
 
 {Lien) 
 
 {Dale) 
 
 ^d^'i!/"*'''" ''^t par los presentes donne qu'en conform it6 Sect, xxxiv 
 d un ordre que m'a adresse le conseil municipal du comt6 de P"- 2. 
 
 jevisilerai, ,li, |e ^ 
 
 (ou procham) a de p ^^^^ ,^ 
 
 temtoire mentionne et desi^'ne dans hi lequete presentee au dit 
 conseil municipal du comte <le ],. ;^„.. 
 
 ••,.., ^ourant (OM dernier,) par certains habitants de la 
 municipalite de (paroisse, township, etc.,) de 
 demandant I'erection du dit territoire en une municipalite de 
 yille (ottde village); et loutes les parties y int6ressees sont 
 mform^PR qu" ,p dontierai !a pt alors audience a tuus ceux (pi 
 
 se 
 
190 
 
 Cftp. 100. Municipal and Rhad Act L. C, 18 Vvet 
 
 Sect, xixiv 
 par. 6. 
 
 Sect, xivii 
 par. 6. 
 
 notified to present themselves then ami there before me for that 
 purpose. 
 
 Y. Z. 
 
 County Snjwrintrndenf. 
 
 (T.) 
 
 PtriLIC KOTICE TO BE GIVEN BV A COUNTY COUNCIL AlCroae 
 
 TUB HOMOLOGATION OK A COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT'S 
 
 REPORT IN RELATION TO THE ERECTION Ol' A TOWN OR 
 VILLAGE. 
 
 Office of the Municipal Council of the County ol 
 
 {Date.) 
 Public Notice is hereby given, that on day* the 
 
 day of instant, [or next) at th(; hour of 
 
 of the clock in the noon, the Municipal Council of 
 
 the County of after having heard the County Superin- 
 
 tendent and parties interested, will proceed to the examina- 
 tion of the County Superintendent's report on the petition of 
 certain Inhabitants of the Municipality of the (Parish, Town- 
 ship, &c.,) of praying for the erecilion into 
 a separate Town {or Village) Municipality of a certain tract of 
 land therein mentioned. 
 
 V, U. 
 Secretary-Treasurer of the Municipal 
 Council of the County of 
 
 (U.), 
 
 OATH TO BE ADMINISTERED TO SPECIAL CONSTABLES. 
 
 • I, A. B., do swear^that IJwili welPand truly serve our Sove- 
 reign Lady th« Queen in the office of Special Constable for the 
 of , without favor or affection, 
 
 malice, or ill will ; and that I will to the best of my power 
 cause the peace to be kept and preserved, and will prevent all 
 ofTences against the persons and properties of Her Majesty's 
 subjects ; and that while I continue to hold the said office, I 
 will to the best of my skill and knowledge discharge all the 
 duties thereof faithfully according to law : So help me God. 
 
 ( V. ) 
 
 warrant of commitmkni' osh view. 
 
 Province of Canada, 
 Municipality of the (Parish, 
 Township &c.) of 
 
 To all or any of the Constables and Peace Officers in the 
 Pistrict of and to the Keeper of the {House of 
 
 Correction^ 
 
rADLES. 
 
 Sect, xxxiv 
 rar. 6, 
 
 1886. Acte des Munieiftdms tt Chemins^B. C. Cap. 100. 
 
 reqS^"**"""* *'*"'""^ '""' P°"' ^'•'^ entenduN touchani la dife 
 
 Y. Z. 
 
 Surintcndant de conifC*. 
 
 ( T. ) 
 
 AVANT LHOMOLOOATION UU IIAPPORT DO SURINTEWDA WT DE 
 
 Bureau du conseil municipal du comte de 
 
 {Date.) 
 ^^ Avis public csl par les presenles donne quo dj " 
 
 ^ hciu"/dc P • . • "^7"''''"^ (":* Pwehaiu,) 
 
 du comfe do ^ ""'^'' ''' *'*'""^^' municipal 
 
 shiD etc \Af iiiunicipaiiie tl (paroisse, town- 
 
 II'J,*- ' demandant I'ereetion du territoire 
 
 y mentionne en une municipalit6 de ville {on village) 
 
 &ecretaire-tresorier du conseil muni- 
 cipal du comt6 de 
 
 ' (U.) 
 
 8ERMENT qUE DEVROMT PRfixER LES CONSTABLES SP^CIAUX. 
 
 sp6cialpour T '^ «^"»n«» *^'«n^m« constable par, 6, 
 
 affecUon, malice ou mauvaiso volonte ; que jeVSL^o^^n 
 possible pour faire maintenir la paix et le bo , ordre e nuelo 
 
 Crdfs'aMat r"'"^"^ ""*' ' '^ P^'--« «^ la pr^prl^S. 
 IneTJlt t^r^^'^^ conform^menta laloi; ainTqr^itu " 
 
 191 
 
 (V.) 
 
 xAIANDAT u'eMPRISONNEMENT 
 
 A VUE. 
 
 Province du Canada, 
 
 Municipality d (parois^c, 
 tojvnsliip, etc.,) do 
 
 ( 
 
 CI du garaicii uc m [niaison d« 
 correction, 
 
192 
 
 Cap. 100. Municipal and Road Act L. C. 18 Vior. 
 
 Sect, xxvii 
 par. 6. 
 
 Serf, ixiii 
 par. 8. 
 
 Correction^ Lock-up House, ^c.) at 
 District of 
 
 , in the said 
 
 Whereas A. B. {here describe the person) hath this day 
 daring the Election for the Municipal Councillors for the Mu- 
 nicipality of the (Parish, Township, &c.) of broken 
 and disturbed the public peace and tranquillity {here describe 
 the manner), in the presence and within view of the under- 
 signed duly appointed to preside and presiding at the said 
 Election ; and whereas I have adjudged the said A. B. for the 
 said oflence to be imprisoned in the (House of Correction, — 
 Lock-up House, &c.) for the time and space of days. 
 
 These are therefore to command you the said Constables or 
 Peace Officers, or any one of you, in Her JVlajesty's name, forth- 
 with to convey the said A. B. to the (House of Correction, 
 Lock-up House, &c.) at , and there deliver him 
 
 into the custody of the Keeper thereof, together with this Pre- 
 cept ; And I hereby require you, the said Keeper, to receive 
 the said A. B. into your custody in the said (House of Correc- 
 tion, Lock-up House, &c.) and there safely keep him until the 
 expiration of the said poricxl of imprisonment. 
 
 Given under my Hand and Seal, 
 this day of , one 
 
 thousand eight hundred and ,^ Z. Y. 
 
 at in the Municipality 
 
 aforesaid. 
 
 ( W. ) 
 
 DISTRESS WARRANT in virtue of any By-law made under 
 flection XXIIl, par. 7. 
 Province of > 
 Canada. ) 
 
 The Corporation of the (Parish, Township, &c., rw the case 
 may be,) lo wit : 
 
 To all or any Constables and P(!ac(' Oflicers in the District of 
 
 Whkreas in and by a certain By-law made and passed by 
 the Municipal Council ofthe (Parish, Township, &c., as the case 
 may be,) at a (General Monthly) Session of the said Council of 
 the (Parish, Township, &c., a^ the case nwif be,) held at 
 
 , on 'lay, the day of , 
 
 in the year of our Lord one thousand cigiit hundred and 
 in conformity to the provisions of an Act ol the Legislature of 
 the Province of Canada, passed in the eighteenth year of Her 
 Majesty's Reign, intituled, an A(!t {here insert title of this Act,) it 
 
 fifth paragraph of (lie twenty-tkird Section of the above Act.) 
 
 And 
 
 
, fis the case 
 
 p District of 
 
 1855. Acte des MunidpaHt6s et Chemins—B. C. Cap. 100. 
 
 correction ou de tout autre lieu de detention, selon Ic cas,) 
 ii dans le dit district : 
 
 Attendu que A. B., {id mmtionnez la personne) a, ce jour sgct % 
 pendant ['election des conscillers rnunicipaux pour la munici- iiar.'fi. 
 palitc d (paroisse, township, elc.,) dc enfreint et 
 
 trouble la paix publique en {ici ditts^ dc qudle waniire), et cela 
 • en presence et a la vue du soussigne duinent nomme pour 
 presider, et presidant la diie election ; et attendu que j'ai con- 
 damne le dit A; B., pour la dite ofleiise a 6lre emprlsonne dans 
 la {maison de corredion, etc.,) pour I'espace de jours. 
 
 A ces causes les prcsentes sont pour vous cnjoindre, a vous 
 les dits constables et officiers de paix, ou a aucun de vous, au 
 nom de Sa Majeste, de conduire imaiediatement le dit A. B., a 
 la dite {maison d<i corrcdiun, etc.,) et la de le livrer 
 
 au gardien d'icelle avec le present ordre ; et je vous ordonne a 
 vous le dit gardien de la dite {mtdson de correction, etc.,) de 
 reccvoir ie dit A. B. sous votre garde dans la dite {maison de 
 (orredion, etc.,) pour I'y detenir en surete jusqu'a I'cxpiration 
 du dit terme d'emprisonnement. 
 
 193 
 
 xxvu 
 
 z. y. 
 
 Donne sous mon seing et sceau, ce ] 
 
 jour d mil huit ! 
 
 cent a dans la f 
 
 dite municipalite. J 
 
 (W.) 
 
 MANDAT DE SAisiE, fu vxTtu d'un rcglcment fait sous la 
 XXII I section, paragraphe 7. 
 Province du ^ 
 Canada. \ 
 
 La corporation de la (paroisse, lownship, etc., selon I: cos,) Sed, xxiu 
 savoir : par, 8, 
 
 A tous los constables on autres oliicicrs de paix, ou aucun 
 d'eux, dans le district de . 
 
 Attendu (.\\\\n\ vertu d'uii certain reghnnent fait et passe par 
 le conseil municipal d (j)aroisse, to\viislii|), etc., selon le cas,) 
 i line session (gcnerale et mensuelle) du dit conseil, tenue a 
 {inscrcz le lieu,) di, le jour d 
 
 en I'annee de notre Seigneur, mil imit cent 
 conformement aux dispositions d'nn acte de la legislature de 
 la province du Canadfi, pass^ dans In dix-liuitieme annce du 
 ■regne de Sa Majeste, et intitule, acte {id inserez Ic titre de cd 
 ade,) il a ete statue {id inserez la par tic du ji'glement fait en 
 vertu dn cinquieme paragraphe de la vingt-troisieme ' section 
 dt I'ude d-dessus.) 
 
 13 . , ilt 
 
194 
 
 Cap. 100. 
 
 Municipal and Road Act L. C. 
 
 18 Vict. 
 
 And whereas certain person did lately, 
 
 to wit : on the day of (instant or now last 
 
 past,) hold {here state the nature of performance or exhibition,) and 
 whereas A. B. being (the proprietor &c., as the case may be,) {here 
 insert the connection such person niay have with the performance or 
 exhibition,) hath been required by the Secretary-Treasurer of the 
 said Municipal Council to pay into his hands for and on behalf 
 of the said Municipal Council, the sum of being 
 
 the amount of duty imposed on every such (performance or ex- 
 hibition) under and in virtue of the said Law and of the said 
 By-law ; And whereas the said A. B, hath neglected and re- 
 fused to pay unto the said Secretary-Treasurer, on his said de- 
 mand, the said sum of so as aforesaid, lawfully imposed 
 on the said (performance or exhibition). These are therefore to 
 command you forthwith to make distress of the goods and 
 chattels of ' e said A. B., and of all and every the goods and 
 chattels a{ ^tertaining to the said (perfomiance or exhibition,) 
 or of all or any of the persons connected with such (perform- 
 ance or exhibition) ; and if within the space of days 
 after the making of such distress, the said mentioned sum, 
 together with the reasonable charges of taking and keeping the 
 said distress, shall not be paid, that then you do sell the said 
 goods and chattels so by you detained, and do pay the money 
 arising from such sale unto the Secretary-Treasurer of tlie said 
 Municipal Council, that he may apply the same as by law 
 directed, and may render the overplus, if any, on demand, to 
 the said A. B., or others whom it may concern, and if no such 
 distress can be foui^d, then that you certify the same unto me, 
 to the end that such proceedings may be had therein, as 
 to Law doth appertain. 
 
 Given under my Hand and the Seal 1 
 of the said Corporation, this | 
 
 day of , in the year of our }• 
 
 Lord 
 
 at 
 
 the District aforesaid. 
 
 Y. X. 
 
 in I Mayor of the said 
 J Corporation. 
 
 (X.) 
 
 •PECIAL NOtJCE TO BE GIVEN TO ANY PERSON APPOINTED BY THE 
 GOVERNOR GENERAL, AND TO THE SECRETARY-TREASURER OF 
 
 THE Municipality in which such person has been ap- 
 pointed. 
 Sect, xxxvi Office of the Registrar or of the Municipal 
 
 par. I. Council of the County of 
 
 {Pl(iu:e.) (Date.) 
 
 Sir,— You are hereby notified tliat (you have) or (A. B. of 
 , in &c. has) been appointed by the Governor 
 General to the Office of in the Municipality of the 
 
 PavisH r\r 'VnvttnaUin Urn \ /><" l^f Ia 1._ _JJ 
 
 •!., ,., i. ^ Tt t,^ti,^, ■mK,; Oi \ij 11 t/tr UUUrCS' 
 
 and that the first (or next) 
 Seswoif 
 
 
 ted to a Councillor) add 
 
 l< ifMnllli 
 
1SS5. Acte des MunidpaliUs et Chemins—B. C. Cap. 100. 19^ 
 
 Et attendu que , certaine (s) personne (s) a (ou onl) 
 
 dernierement, savoir : le jour d ' ' ^ ' 
 
 courant {ou dernier), tenu (on donne, selon le cos,) uii (id 
 
 mentiomez la nature de V exhibition ou de la representation) • et 
 attendu que^. B. etant (le proprietaire etc., selm. le cos,) \ici 
 menttannez le rapport qtie cette personne petit avoir avec telle exhi- 
 Mton ou representation,) a ete requis par le secretaire-tresorier 
 du dit conseil municipal, <ie payer entre ses mains, pour et a 
 1 usage du dit conseil municipal, la somme de , 6tant le 
 
 montant de la taxe imposee sur chaqne (exhibition ou repre- 
 sentation,) en vertu des dits acte el reglement ; et attendu que 
 Je dit A. B. a refuse et neglige de payer au dit sccrfitaire-tr^so- 
 rier, sur sa dite demande, la dife somme de legale- 
 
 ment impos6e sur la dite (exhibition o« representation) comme 
 susdit ; en cons6quence, les presentes sont pour vous enjoindre 
 defaire immediatement la saisie des meubles et effets du 
 ditA. B., etde tons les meubles et effets servant a la dite 
 (exhibition ou representation) ou appartenant a aucune des 
 personnes ayant rapport avec telle (exhibition ou representa- 
 tion) ; et SI dans les jours qui suivront immediate- 
 ment la dite saisie, la dite somme ainsi que les Irais et d6pens 
 raisonnables de la dite saisie ne sonl pas payes, alors vous 
 ierez la vente des dits meubles et effets par vous ainsi 
 saieis, et payerez le montant provenant de la vente des 
 dits meubles et effets au secr6taire-tresorier du dit conseil 
 municipal, afin qu'il I'emploie ainsi que voulu par la loi et 
 qu il puisse rendre le surplus, s'il y en a, sur demande, au dit 
 A. B., ou autres qui y sont concernes ; et si la dite saisie ne peut 
 s effectuer, alors vous me le certifierez afin que je puisse adop- 
 ter telles procedures ulterieures que de droit a cet egard. 
 
 Donne sous mon seing et le sceau ] 
 de la dite corporation a dans le | 
 
 dit district, ce jour de en )■ 
 
 I'annee de notre Seigneur, mil huit I 
 
 cent 
 
 (X.) 
 
 V. X. 
 
 Maire de la dit» 
 corporation. 
 
 AVIS SPECIAL QUI DKVRA ETRE DONN* A LA PEBBONNE NOMm£e 
 PAR LE OOUVERNEUR G^N^RAL, A1N8I Qu'au SECR^TAIRE- 
 TH^SORIER DE LA MUNICIPALITY DANS LAQUELLE TELLE 
 PERSONNE A ET^ NOMM^E. 
 
 Monsieur, 
 
 Bureau du registrateur a// du conseil municipal 8«ct. jk^W 
 du comte de P*'- >• 
 
 (Lieu.) (Date,) 
 
 Avis vowe est donne par la pre seme que (vous avez) om (A. 
 I^'f de etc, a) 6t6 nomnje par le gouveweur general 
 
 4 ia ohSLtme da dans la irjuntaiiiMHti^ ,1 (nntr,iA 
 
 pftrpifw, towu«hlp, eie.) d« («' /Wi ttt (dmti A m con' 
 HiUiTf Qijoutn) tt \% premiinf (om pyoohftln*) MMion 4tt 
 
196 
 
 Cap. 100. 
 
 Municipal and Road Act L. C. 
 
 18 Vict. 
 
 Sect. Ivii 
 })ar. 2. 
 
 Session of the Municipal Council of the said ((;^ounty, Parish, 
 
 Township, &c.,) will be held at {here describe place) on 
 
 day, the day of instant {or next) at 
 
 the hour of of the clock of the noon. 
 
 W. U. 
 
 Registrar or Warden of 
 the County of 
 To A. B., Warden, or 
 D. H. Secretary-Treasurer of the Municipal Council of 
 
 (Y.) 
 
 NOTICE TO PERFORM STATUTE LABOUR. 
 
 Municipality of the (Parish, Township, &c., &c.,) of 
 
 (Date.) 
 To Mr. > 
 
 You are required to attend at {here insert jilace) on the {insert 
 days of month) days of (instant or next) at 
 
 ofthe clock in the noon, bringing with you an axe 
 
 and a hoe, {or a horse, ox, waggon, car or other vehicle and 
 harness,) for the purpose of performing statute labour on the 
 {here describe road, bridge, (^'C.) 
 
 K. L. 
 
 (County Supcrintendant or Inspec- 
 tor or Overseer of Roads, as the 
 case may be.) 
 
 (550 
 
1855, 
 
 Acte ties Municipalitis et Chemins—B. C. Cap. 100. 
 
 conseil municipal d dit (comte, paroisse, township, etc.) 
 sera tenue a (/«• wjcni/owwe- /e Zie?/), di, le 
 
 jour d 
 1 
 
 midi 
 
 cwurant, (om prochain,) a 
 
 heures de 
 
 197 
 
 w. u. 
 
 llegislrateur ou prefet du 
 
 A A n 'c . comte de 
 
 A A. «., prefet, 07< 
 
 D. H., secretaire-tresori-^r du conseil municipal de 
 
 AVIS DE CORVEK. 
 
 Munieipalite d (paroisse, township, etc.,) de 
 
 [Dale.) 
 
 A Mr. 
 
 Vous etes requis de vou. rentlre a {id ihscrez le lieu et Ics 
 jours du mois) de eourant {ou prochain), a heures 
 
 „'L • 1 / 1,""^^' ^^ '^''•"ipo'-ter avec vous une hache et 
 unepjoche, (om d'amener uu c'leval, bceuf, wagon, chariot, ou 
 autre voiture et harnais,) pour fairo votre corv6e sur le dit (id 
 rmnttonnez le diemin, ponl, elv.) ^ 
 
 K. L. 
 
 (Surintendant de comtc, ou inspec- 
 teur ou sous-voyer des chemins, 
 set on le ca^.) 
 
 Sect, Ivii 
 par, 2. 
 
 (Z.) 
 
198 
 
 Cap. 100. Mumcipal and Road Act L. C. 
 
 (Z.) 
 
 18 Vict. 
 
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 (AA.) 
 
 18 Vict. 
 
 Sect, xlix 
 par. 2. 
 
 PUBLIC XOTICE OF THE EXAMINATION OF ANY PROCES-VERDAL. 
 
 Ollico of llift Municipal Council of tlio (County, Parish, 
 Township, &c.^ of 
 
 (Place.) (Date.) 
 
 Public Notice is hereby given to all parties interested, that 
 pursuant to the provisions of " the Lower Canathi Municipal 
 and Road Act, 1855," on day, the 
 
 day of instant {or next,) at the hour of of the 
 
 clock in the noon, at {here describe the place) the Municipal 
 Council of the (County, Parish, Township, &c.) of will 
 
 proceed to the examination or revision of the County Superin- 
 tendent's Proces-ve.rhal relative to the {here give the nature of the 
 wurk, ^c.) 
 
 B. F. 
 
 Secretary-Treasurer of the Municipal Council of the {County^ 
 
 Src.) of 
 
 (BB.) 
 
 Special Notice of County Superintendent, &c., of his 
 intention to enter on occupied land for the purpose 
 of survey. 
 
 Sect.liiii)ar.2. Sir, — Hereby take notice that under the authority in me 
 vested by the provisions of " the Lower Canada Municipal 
 and Road Act, 1855," on day, the day of 
 
 instant {or next), I shall enter on the land occupied by 
 you situate in {here discribe land) for tlie purpose of then and 
 there making a survey for a certain Road, viz: {here describe 
 road by its direction^ tj-c.) 
 
 C. l\ 
 County Superintendent 
 {or other person, as the case may be.) 
 
 (CC.) 
 
 Public Notice of County Superintendent's ntention to 
 EXAMINE Roads in Local Municipaljty. 
 
 
 
 {Place.) {.Date.) 
 
 * 
 
 * 
 
 Sect, liv 
 par. 4. 
 
 Public Notice is hereby given that on day, llio 
 day of {January or .Ttnic, as the case 
 viay be)., I shall visit the (Parisli or Township, here insert name 
 of Local Mtmicipalily,) for the pur )ose of then and there exam- 
 ining the Roads within the said Municipality. 
 
 G. H. 
 
 County Superintendent. 
 
 (DD.) 
 
 $ 
 
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 1855. Acte dcs MunicipaliUa ct Chemins~B. C. Cap. 100. 
 
 (AA.) 
 
 AVIS I'UBLic n^ l'kxamkn d'itn phocks-verbal. 
 
 Bareau du conseil municipal du (comtu, paroisse, township, 
 etc.) de 
 
 (Lieu.) {Bate.) 
 
 201 
 
 Sect, xlix 
 
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 nez la nature de fimvragc.) 
 
 B. F. 
 
 Secrotaire-tresorier du conseil municipal d {comte, tie.) 
 de 
 
 (BB.) 
 
 AVIS SPECIAL DK T.'iNTENTIOIV DU SURINTEND ANT DE COMTE, ETC. 
 d'eNTRER SUR des TERRES; OCCUPEES VOVW Y IAIRK UN 
 
 RELEVK. 
 
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 C. F. 
 
 Surintendant de comte 
 {oil Urate autre jfcrsuune, selou le cas) 
 
 (CC.) 
 
 Avis public de l'isstention du surintendant de comte- de 
 
 VISITER LES CHEMIKS d'uNE MUNICIPALITE LOCALE. 
 
 {Lieu.) 
 
 {Date.) 
 
 Avis public est par les presemes donne, que di, le Sect. liv par. 4. 
 
 pm- d {Jnnvier ou.lv in, selon le cas,) 
 
 je visiterai I paroisse ou townshiji, {ici insCrez le nom de la 
 •municipalite locate,) afin d'examinor la et alors les chemins de 
 la dite municipaiite. 
 
 G. II. 
 
 Surintendant de comte. 
 
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208 Cap. 100. Municipal md Road Act L, C. 
 
 (DD.) 
 
 18 Vict. 
 
 IPKCIAL NOTICB OF THE INTENTION OF INHPECTOR OP ROADS TO 
 VWIT AN overseer's SECTION. 
 
 (Place.) (Date.) 
 
 8«!t.lvi»r.3' Sir, — Hereby take notice that on day next, the 
 
 day of instant {or next) I shall visjt 
 
 the roads in that portion of my division of the Municijjality of 
 the {name of Local Municipality^) embraced Avithin the section 
 
 , thereof for which you are Overseer ; and you are hereby required 
 
 to meet me at the hour of of tiie noon of that 
 
 day at {place of meeting) and to accompany me in my visit of 
 that section, conformably to the provisions* of "The Lower 
 Canada Municipal and Road Act, 1865." 
 
 E. F. 
 
 To S. T. 
 Orerseer. 
 
 Inspector of Roads. 
 
 (EE.) 
 
18 Vict. 
 
 OF ROADS TO 
 
 day next, llie 
 t) I shall visit 
 unici{)ality of 
 in the section 
 ireby required 
 noon of that 
 in my visit of 
 "The Lower 
 
 1865, Ade des MunidpaliUa et Chemim^B. C. Cap. 100. 203 
 
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 I)K VlflTER UWK SKCTION I)E SOUS-TOYEB. 
 
 {Lieu.) {Date.) 
 
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 par les presentes requis de vous trouver k heures de 
 
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 f Roads. 
 
 E. F. 
 
 Inspecteur des chemins. 
 
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 (Place.) (Date.) 
 
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 nicipality of the (Parish, Township, &c.,) of that on 
 day, the day of instant, (or next) at the 
 
 hour of of the clock in the noon, the Municipal 
 
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 F. G. 
 
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1865. Acte des Mumcipalit^s et Chemitu^B. C. Cap. 100. 207 
 
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 d'6valuation de la dite municipality. 
 
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 Secretaire-tr^Borier du dit conseil. 
 
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 Cap. 100. Municipal and Road Act L. C. 
 
 (HH.) 
 
 DISTRESS WARRANT FOR ASSESSMBNTS DUB. 
 
 18 ViOT. 
 
 Province of 
 Canada 
 
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 the Corporation of the (Parish, Township, &c., as the case 
 may be,) to wit : 
 
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 of 
 
 Whereas A. B., {name and designation of debtor,) hath been 
 required by the Secretary-Treasurer of the Municipal Council 
 of the (name of Municipality,) to pay into his hands for and on 
 behalf of the said Municipal Council, the sum of 
 being the amount due by him to the said Municipality, as 
 appears by the collection roll of the said Municipality for the 
 year 18 ; And whereas the said A. B., hath neglected and 
 refused to pay unto the said Secretary-Treasurer, within the 
 period prescribed by law, the said sum of , these 
 
 are therefor to command you forthwith to make distress of the 
 goods and chattels of the said A. B. ; and if within the space 
 of eight days after the making of such distress, the said men- 
 tioned sum, together with the reasonable charges of taking 
 and keeping the said distress, shall not be paid, that then you 
 do on such day as shall be indicated to yon by the said Secre- 
 tary-Treasurer, sell the said goods and chattels so by you 
 detained, and do pay the money arising from such sale unto 
 the Secretary-Treasurer of the said Municipal Council, that he 
 may apply the same as by law directed, and may render the 
 overplus, if any, on demand, to the said A. B., or others whom 
 it may concern, and if no such distress can be found, then that 
 you certify the same unto me, to the end that such proceedings 
 may be had therein, as to Law doth appertain. 
 
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 of the said Corporation, this, 
 day of , in the year of our > 
 
 Lord , at in 
 
 the District aforesaid. 
 
 Y. X. 
 
 Mayor oi the said 
 Corporation. 
 
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 (II.) 
 
18 Vict, 
 
 )VM, 
 
 as the case 
 
 in the District 
 
 lor,) hath been 
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 nicipality, as 
 pality for the 
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 sr, within the 
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 listress of the 
 iiin the space 
 he said mcn- 
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 le said Secre- 
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 uch sale unto 
 ouncil, that he 
 ay render the 
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 ih proceedings 
 
 Y. X. 
 
 yor of the said 
 Corporation. 
 
 (11.) 
 
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 1866. Aete des MutUdpalitis et Chemitu—B. C. Cap. 100. 
 
 (HH.) 
 
 MANDAT DH 8AIBIE POtTB R1:DETANCES DE C0TI8AT10N*. 
 
 Province du ) 
 
 Canada. ] ^ 
 
 La corporation de la (paroisse, township, etc., suivant le cag ) 
 savoir: " 
 
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 de 
 
 Attendu que A. B. {mm et designation du dmteur) a et6 Sect, ixxiv 
 reqms par le secretaire-tresorier du conseil municipal de (nam r*'- «• 
 <fe la municipal^) de payer entre ses mains pour et au profit du 
 dit conseil municipal la somme de etant le 
 
 montant da par lui a la dite municipalite, comme il appert par 
 ie r6le de perception de la dite municipalite pour I'annee 
 18 ; et attendu que le dit A. B. a neglige et refuse de 
 payer au dit secr6taire-tresorier, sous le delai voulu par la 
 loi, la dite somme de , les pr6sentes sont 
 
 en consequence pour vous ordonner de saisir sans d61ai les 
 biens et effets du dit A. B. ; et si dans I'espace de huit jours 
 apres telle saisie, la somme sus-mentionn6e, avec ensemble 
 les depens raisonnables de la dite saisie, n'est pas payee 
 alors le jour qui vous sera indique par le dit secretaire-tresorier' 
 vous vendrez les dits biens et eft'ets ainsi par vous detenus et 
 vous paierez les deniers provenant de la dite vente au secre- 
 taire-tresorier du dit conseil municipal, afin qu'il les applique 
 tei qu'ordonn6 par la loi, et qu'il rende le surplus, s'il y en a 
 sur demande, au dit A. B., ou autre qu'il concernera, et si telle 
 saisie ne pent avoir lieu faute d'effets saisissables, vous me le 
 certifierez afin qu'il soit adopte telles procedures que de droit. 
 
 Donna sous mon seing et le sceau de ' 
 la dit'j corporation, ce jour Y. X. 
 
 de , dans I'annee de Notre 
 
 Seigneur , ^ dans Maire de la dite 
 
 le district susdit. J corporation. 
 
 211 
 
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212 
 
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 Sect. \xuv 
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 Cap, 100. Municipal and Road ActL. C. 
 
 (II.) 
 
 18 Vict. 
 
 NOTICX OF THE DAT AND PLACE OF SALE OF GOODS AND 
 CHATTELS SEIZED FOR TAXES. 
 
 Public notice is hereby given that on day, the 
 
 day of instant {ur next) at the hour of of the 
 
 clock in the noon, at {here describe the place)^ the goods 
 
 and chattels of A. B. (ncwe of person) now under seizure for 
 non payment of municipal assessments {or other dves^ as the 
 case may be), will be sold by public auction at {here name place) 
 on day, the day of instant {or next.) 
 
 {Place.) 
 
 {Date.) 
 D. B. 
 
 Secretary-Treasurer of 
 the Municipal Council of the 
 
 (JJ.) 
 
 Certificate of^a secretary-treasurer of county council 
 of amount^retjuired from a local municipality. 
 
 Office of the Municipal Council of the County of 
 
 {Place.) 
 
 {Date.) 
 
 , 
 
 Sin, — I hereby certify to you that under and by virtue of a 
 By-lav passed by the Municipal Council of the County of {here 
 insert name of comity)., on the day of 
 
 instant {or last past), intituled, a By-law {insert title of By-law) 
 the sum of {insert sum) is therein directed to be levied in the 
 Municipality of the (Parish, Township, &c. insert name of local 
 Mnnicipality) for the county purposes mentioned in tlie said 
 By-law. 
 
 G. F. 
 
 Secretary-Treasurer of the Municipal Council 
 of the County ol 
 
 (KK.) 
 
 STATEMENT OF VALUE OF ASSESSAJBLE PROPERTY. 
 
 Office of the Municipal Council of the (Township, Parish, 
 &c.) of 
 
 {Place.) 
 
 {Date.) 
 
 Sir, — In conformity to the provisions of the " Lower Canada 
 Municipal and Road Act, 1865," I transmit you the following 
 statement of the value of the assessable property in the 
 
 Municipality 
 
18 Vict. 
 
 GOODS AND 
 
 day, the 
 of of the 
 
 'ace), the goods 
 ider seizure for 
 r dues, as the 
 ere name place) 
 iStant {or next.) 
 
 urer of 
 the 
 
 lUNTY COUMCIIi 
 ICIPAJLITY. 
 
 of 
 
 by virtue of a 
 !;ounfy of {here 
 
 itlti of By-law) 
 ; levied in the 
 t name of local 
 ed in the said 
 
 1. F. 
 
 icipal Council 
 ot 
 
 >PEHTY. 
 
 iship, Parish, 
 
 {Date.) 
 
 .ower Canada 
 the following 
 
 3perty in thw 
 Municipality 
 
 \ 
 
 , 
 
 1865. Acte des Munidpalitis et Chemins — B.C. Cap. 100. 218 
 
 (II.) 
 
 AVIS DU JOUR ET DU LIEU DE LA VENTE DES BIENS ET XFFETt . 
 SAISIS POUR COTI8ATIONS. 
 
 Avis public est par les prcsentes donne que di, le Sect, ixxiv 
 
 jour de courant {ou prochain) *"'' ' 
 
 k heures de midi, a {ici ddsignez le lieu) lea biens 
 
 et effets d'A. B. (nom de la personne) maintenant sous saisie 
 pour non-paiement de cotisations municipales {ou autres rede- 
 vanccs, suivant le cas) seront vendus par encan public a {id 
 nommez le lieu) di, le jour de 
 
 courant {ou prochain.) 
 
 {Lieu.) {Date.) 
 
 D. B. 
 
 Secr6taire-tresorier 
 du conseil municipal de 
 
 (.IJ.) 
 
 CERTIFJCAT d'un SECR^TAIRE-TRESORIEH DE CONSEIL DE C0MT£ 
 DU BIONTANT REQUIS d'uNE MUNICIPALIT:^ LOCALE. 
 
 Bureau du conseil municipal du comte de 
 
 {Lieu.) {Date.) 
 
 Monsieur, — Je vous eertifie par lespresentes que par et en Sect. Ixxiv 
 vertu d'un reglement passe pm le conseil municipal du comt6 P"- '^• 
 de {;id inserez le nom di- cumte) le jour de 
 
 courant {on dernier) intitule : Reglement {imerez le litre du 
 reglement) il est ordonne quo la somme de (ins4rez la somme) 
 soit prelevee dans lu municipalite de la (paroisse, township, 
 etc., inserez le nom de lu mnnicipalite locale) pour les fins de 
 comte mentionnees dans le dit reglement. 
 
 G. F. 
 Secretaire-tresorier du conseil municipal 
 dn comte de 
 
 (KK.) 
 
 ETAT DE LA VALEUR DE LA PROPRIETK IMPOSABLE. 
 
 Bureau du conseil municipal d (township, paroisse, etc.,) 
 de 
 
 {Lieu.) {Date.) 
 
 Monsieur, — Conformement aux dispositions de 1' " Acte des Sect. Ixxiv 
 municipalites; et des chemius du Bas-Canada de 1855," je vous P"- ^» 
 transmets I'etal suivant de la valeur de la proprictc imposable 
 
 dans 
 
4 Cap. 100. Municipal and Road Act L. C. 18 Vict. 
 
 Municipality of the (Township, Parish, &c.,) according to 
 the last Assessment-Roll as finally revised. ^ 
 
 Sect Xxxiv 
 par. 11. 
 
 NATURE or PROPERTY. 
 
 VALUE (or annual VALUE.) 
 
 Real Property . . . . , 
 Personal Property. , 
 
 £25,222 
 20,106 
 
 K. M. 
 
 Secretary-Treasurer of Municipal 
 
 To Z. H. ^°"""^ ""^ 
 
 Secretary-Treasurer of the Council 
 of the County of 
 
 (LL.) 
 
 STATEMENT OF LANDS TO BE SOLD FOR TAXES, AND NOTICE OF 
 
 SALE. 
 
 Office of the Municipal Council of the County of 
 I do hereby give Public Notice, that the lands hereinafter 
 mentioned will be sold by Public Auction, at the (here insert 
 name of place), on Mondiay, the ^ ^^^A 
 
 February next, at of the clock in the noon 
 
 lor the assessments and charges due to the Municipalities 
 hereinafter mentioned upon the several lots hereinafter des- 
 cribed, unless the same be paid with costs at least two days 
 before the above day. ^ 
 
 Description of Land. 
 
 a. 
 
 0) o 
 
 o 
 
 w 
 § 
 
 1 
 
 3 
 5 
 6 
 
 (50 
 
 a 
 
 O 
 
 2 
 I 
 3 
 4 
 
 7 
 
 6 
 
 8 
 
 11 
 
 Extent. 
 
 Amount Due 
 
 ON 
 
 Each Lot. 
 
 {{f in a Seigniory, give 
 Boundaries.) 
 
 100 Acres. 
 175 do. 
 200 do. 
 200 do. 
 
 £0 18 9 
 
 17 6 
 
 1 1 3 
 1 9 
 
 Secretary-Treasurer of Municipality of 
 the County of ^ 
 
 n 
 
 a 
 
 iu 
 
18 Vict. 
 ,) according to 
 
 NUAL VALUE.) 
 
 K. M. 
 r of Municipal 
 
 )f 
 
 lnd notice of 
 
 lyof 
 
 ds hereinafter 
 le (here insert 
 day of 
 noon, 
 (funicipalities 
 reinafter des- 
 ast two days 
 
 touNT Due 
 
 ON 
 
 ACH Lot. 
 
 3 18 9 
 
 ) 17 6 
 
 I 1 3 
 
 I 9 
 
 nicipality of 
 
 (MM,) 
 
 ■• jm i . mip > 
 
 mmmm 
 
 -^imim- 
 
 ' 
 
 1856. ActedesMunicipalitisetCheminS'^B.C. Cap. 100. 215 
 
 dans la municipality d (township, paroisse, etc.,) conform#. 
 ment au dernier r61e de cotisation, te l que finalement revis6. 
 
 NATURE DE LA PROPRI^Ti. VALEUR (ou VALEUR ANNUELLE.) 
 
 Biens immobiliors 
 Biens mobiliers. . , 
 
 £25,222 
 20,106 
 
 K. M. 
 
 Secretaire-tr6sorier du couseil 
 . „ „ municipal de 
 
 Secretaire-tresorier du conseil 
 du comte de 
 
 (LL.) 
 
 £tAT DES TERRES a VENDRE pour COTISATIONS, ET ATI8 DE 
 
 J LA VENTE. 
 
 Bureau du conseil municipal du comte de 
 I Je donne par les presentes avis public que les terres ci- «3. t i • 
 \ apr^s mentionnees seront vendues par encan public ^ S" Ir"" 
 {ici tns4rez le nam du lieu), lundi, le ^ io„ 
 
 de fevrier prochain, a heures de midi pour les 
 
 cotisations et charges dues a la municipalite ci-apr^s men- 
 tionnees sur les divers lots ci-apr^s designes, i moins qu'elles 
 ne soient payees, avec les liais, au moins deux jours avant le 
 jour ci-dessus. 
 
 {Si c'est dans une seigneurie, 
 donnez les limifes) 
 
 P. Q. 
 
 Seer^taire-tr^sorier de la niunieipalii6 
 du comt6 de 
 
 (MM.) 
 
216 
 
 Sect, xr, 
 par. 9. 
 
 Cap. 100. Municipal and Road Act L. C. 18 Viot. 
 
 (MM.) 
 FORM OF DEBENTURE. 
 
 Municipality of the {ns the case may be.) 
 
 No. ' & y. or Stg. 
 
 This Debenture witnesseth, that the Municipality of the 
 {name of Municipality), under the authority of a By-Law passed 
 by the Council of the said Municipality in conformity to the 
 provisions of "The Lower Canada Municipal and Road Act, 
 1855," intituled, a By-Law, &c., {insert title of By-Laiv,) have 
 received fronn {name) of {domicile, profession, or occupation,) the 
 sum of {insert sum at full length), vih a loan, to bear interest 
 from the date hereof at the rate of per centum per 
 
 annum, payable half yearly on the day of 
 
 and , at , which sum of {insert 
 
 sum at full length) the said Municipalilv, as a Municipal Cor- 
 poration, hereby binds and obliges itself to pay on the 
 day of , at , to the said , 
 
 or to the bearer hereof, and to pay the interest thereon half 
 yearly, as aforesaid, according to the conpcns or interest war- 
 rants hereto attached. 
 
 In testimony whereof I, , Mayor of the said 
 
 Municipality, being hereunto duly authorized," have signed 
 these presents, and have hereunto affixed the Common vSoal of 
 the said Municipality, at , in the County of 
 
 , on this day of , 
 
 in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and 
 
 Countersigned by 
 
 {Secretary- Treasurer. ) 
 
 {Signature of Mayor.) 
 
 [Seal.] 
 
 QUEBEC : — Printed by S. Dehbishibe & G. Desbarats, 
 
 Law Printer to the Queen's Most i^xcellent Majesty. 
 
18 ViOT. 
 
 case tnay be.) 
 
 y. or Stg. 
 
 eipality of the 
 By-Law passed 
 nfortnity to the 
 ind Road Act, 
 By-Law,) have 
 occupation,) the 
 
 bear interest 
 per centum per 
 lay of 
 
 1 sum of iimert 
 Vlunieipal Cor- 
 >n the 
 
 jit thereon half 
 »r interest war- 
 
 lyor of the said 
 , have signed 
 )mmon Seal of 
 ; the County of 
 
 Ired and . 
 
 e of Mayor.) 
 
 1856. Acte des MunicipoliUt et Cliemins. — B. C. Cap. 100. 
 
 (MM.) 
 FORMULE DE DEBENTURE. 
 
 217 
 
 No. 
 
 Municipalito d {suivant le cas.) 
 £ ct. ou stg. 
 
 [Seal.] 
 
 La presente debenture fait foi que la municipalit6 de (nom ggct. xv. 
 de la municipalite), sous I'autorite d'un r^glement passe par le par. 9, 
 consell de la dite rrunicipalit6 conform6ment aux dispositions 
 de 1' " Acte dea municipalites ct des chemins du Bas Canada de 
 1855," intitule : R^glernent, etc., {insirez le titre du r^gkment) 
 a rcQu de {nom) de {domicile, profession ou occupation) la somme 
 de {ins4rez la aomme au long') comme pr6t, devant porter 
 interfit de la date des presentes au taux de par cqnt 
 
 par annce, payable semi-annuellement le jour 
 
 de et , a , laquelle somme de 
 
 {ins6rez la somme au long) la dite municipalite, comme corpo- 
 ration municipale, se lie et s'oblige a payer le 
 jour de , a , au dit ou au 
 
 porteur des pr6sentes, et -k payer I'interfit sur icelle semi- 
 annuellement, comme susdit, suivant les coupons ou warrants 
 d'interfit annexes aux pr6sentes. 
 
 En foi de quoi, je, ,maire de la dite muni- 
 
 cipalit6, 6tant b. ce dtiment autorise, ai sign6 les presentes, et y 
 ai appo36 le sceau de la dite municipalite, k , dans 
 
 le comt6 de , ce jour de , 
 
 dans l'ann6e de notre Seigneur, mil huit cent 
 
 {Signature du maire.) 
 
 Contresign^ par 
 
 {Secr6taire'tr ^sorter.) 
 
 ife.^ [Sceau.] 
 
 Desbarats, 
 
 ijesty. 
 
 QUEBEC : — Imprim§ par S. Derbishire & G. Desbabats, 
 
 Imprimsur des Lois de Sa Trds-Excellente Majesty la Reine. 
 
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