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ADDITIONS AND AMENDMENTS TO THB lT«!i&WS OF THB HARBOUR COMMISSIONERS OF MONTREAL n Article 63.— There shall be a Watch consisting of one ^*'ch to^^be^ iwp^on or more grown persons, kept and maintained from sunset to ^our. sunrise on board of every vessel lying in the said Harbour ; and such watch shall instantly give the alarm in the event of any danger, accident, disturbance, or fire on board of such vessels, or on board of any other vessel in the said Harbour, as soon as perceived ; and shall at all hours and times during the said period, respond to the call, hail or en- quiry of any officer of the Harbour Commissioners, or of any of the officers or men of the water police. — And in the absence of other sufficient evidence of the violation of this By-law if no answer be made by the watch on any vessei to such call, hail or enquiry after three audible repetitions of the same, such vessel and the master cr person in charge there- of shall be conclusively held to have violated this by-law. Article 64.— Every vessel lying in the said Harbour PrecauuoM agaiut shall be supplied during the whole period between sunset and sunrise with not less than s'x buckets filled with water, which shall be placed and shall stand during the whole of the said period at some convenient place upon the deck of Buch veisel, ready for instant use in case of fire. Regulations for vessels carrylug bay or straw. Encroach mont upon any property within the Harbour jurisUiu- tlon problbitod. Artlde 65. — There shall be no fire or light of any kind used between sunset and sunrise on board of any vessel loaded with hay cr straw while within the said Harbour, and no steamer shall carry as freight, any hay or straw whatsoever, unless the same be pressed into bundles, which shall weigh not less than seven and a half pounds weight per cubic foot ; and such bundles shall be kept completely and constantly covered with tarpaulin or oil cloth. Article 66. — No person or persons, without the consent of the said Commissioners, shall encroach, enter upon, take possession of, or use any pari; or portion of the Harbour of Montreal, or of any part or portion of the immoveable pro- perty, lands or beach, the control and management whereof are vested in the Harbour Commissioners of Montreal, in and by the several Statutes of *his Province incorporating the said Commissioners and relating to the Harbour of Montreal ; namely, the tract of land, beach, and premises described and known as follows, to wit, " commencing at the mouth of the Little River St. Pierre ; thence, down- wards, 'Mowing the course of the Bank of the River St. Lawrence, and including the beach of the said River a? far back as high water-mark, and the ground above high water- niark reserved for a public road or path, down to the lower extremity of the lower basin of the Lachine Canal; thence downwards, following the North-west side of the water course running parallel with and adjoining the revetment wall in the street or highway running along the whole line of the wharves^ nov known as Commissioners Street, to a point where the said wall joins the Government Works at the Commissariat Store and the Government wharf ; thence downwards, following the course of the bank of the River St. Lawrence, and including the beach of the said River as far back as high water-mark, and any ground above high water-mark reserved for a public road or path, as far as Ruisseau Migeon." And if at any time, any person or per- V a r sons bo found encroaching upon or in possession of uny part or portion of the said Harbour, land, boach, or premises, the said Commissioners shall have the right to give a notice in writing to such person or persons, under the hand of ihe Secretary of the said Commission, notifying and recjuir- ing him or them to desist from such encroachment, and to leave such portion of said Harbour, land, beach, or prem- ises, within such period, not less than forty-eight hours thereafter, as shall be fixed in such notice. And any per- son or persons who shall so encroach, enter upon, take pos- sessson of, or use any part or portion of such Harbour, land, beach, or premises, without the consent of the said Commissioners, shall, and each of such person or persons shall incur a penalty of Forty Dollars currency for every such violation of this By-law ; and a further like penalty of forty dollars currency for every period of twenty-four hours during which such encroachment, entrance upon, pos- sesssion, or use, shall continue or be persisted in. And any person or persons so found encroaching upon, or in posses- sion of any part or portion of such Harbour, land, beach, or premises, who shall persist in so encroaching upon, or in retaining possession of the same, after the expiration of the delay within which such person or persons is or are requir- ed by such notice to desist from such encroacnment, and to relinquish and abandon such possession of such part or po.tion of such Harbour, land, beach or premises, shall, and each of them shall incur a penalty of Forty dollars cur- rency for every period of twenty-four hours during which such encroachment or possession shall continue after the expiration of such delay. Article 67. -No person shall erect or place ^r^y shei,l\^°l^^^l^^^^;'2^, shanty, boat-house, or moveable or other building' of any authority, kind or nature whaiboer-^r, in or upon any place within the boundaries of the said Harbour, without the express per- mission in writing of the Harbour Blaster being first ob- tained ; and if any such building be 6C> erected or placed within such boundaries without such pcnnisclon, it shall be lawful for the Harbour Master to remove such building at the expense of the person or persons who erected the sume, who shall be liable for such expense in addition to the pen- alty imposed upon him or them for the infringement of chis By-law; and to act in respect ofthe materials so removed, in the manner and subject to all the conditions and provisions* established by Article numl)er thirty-three of the By-law» of the said Commissioners. RiilM to be observed by pprsons in oliargo of bordPS cr vehicles. Article 68. — No driver or person in charge of any horse or horses, or of any vehicle drawn by any horse or horses shall allow oUch horse, horses, tr vehicle to stand in the watercourse or gutter running along the side of Commis- sioners Street or of Common Street, parallel with and ad- joining the revetment wall, nor upon any wharf, ramp or pier in the said Harbour ; except for the accommodation of persons going on board of or landing from vessels in the said Harbour, and then only undor the restrictions con- tained in Articles 50, 51, and 52 of the By-laws of the said Harbour ; nor shall any such driver or person in charge, leed his horse or horses, or cause or suffer his horse or hor- ses to be fed within the liiaits of the said Harbour. power to dispense with certain wharf dues at diRcretiou of the Com- inUatoDerB. Article 69. — The landing rates, and «tbipping or out- ward rates on goods landed, shipped or deposited in the said Harbour, or transhipped therein, sha'l be the same, namely : shall be the several and respective rates and dues mention- ed in the several Schedules appended to the Act passed in the 18th year of Her Majesty's Rtign, and chaptered 143, entitulod " An Act to provide for the management and im- provement of the Harbour of Montreal, and the deepening of the Ship Channel between the said Harbour and the Port of Quebec, and to repeal the Act now in force for the raid purposes." But upon proof being made to the eatis Vt:- faction of the aaid Commissione , that the outward or in- ward bound cargo of any vessel cannot be taken to or from such vessel without being conveyed in a barge or lighter, it shall be lawful for the said Commissioners in their disove- uion to dispense with the payment either of the landing or of the shipping rate upon such goods, as the case may be ; in such manner that such goods or cargo shall cnly be li- able for the payment of one rate. Article 70.— The Wharfinger shall have power, on be- i/,t« may b« leased for half of the said Harbour Commissioners, and under their S'rK"'''^"'"'"'' directions, to allot, let, or lease any space or portion of any of the wharves, piers, or vacant ground, in the said Har- bour for the piling thereon of Firewood or othei- Lumber, or of other articles or eflFects, subject to suoh rate > *" chargas and for such time or times, a? may from time to time be fixed by the Harbour Commissioners ; and such allotment or letting phall be evidenced only by a written permit, Jgned by the Wharfinger ; and if such Wood or other articles be allowed to remain on such lot or lots after the expiration of the time denoted in such psrruit, without a renewal of the same at the Wharfinger's office, such wood or other ar- ticles shall be liable to be removed by the Harbour Master, in the manner provided by Article No. 33 of these By- laws, and without any notice being given, either verbally or in writing, by the Harbour Master, to the party owning or representing the same. Article 71.— No person shall pile any Firewood or cause !?estrictions aa to tb« or suffer any Firewood to be piled within the limits of the '""°* "^ *'®'''^- said Harbour, to a height exceeding four feet of French measure, without permission in writing from the Wharfinger ; nor to any height exceeding the height mentioned in such permission ; either upon any tpace or portion of ground allotted or leased upder the last preceding Article (No. 70) of these By-laws, or elsewhere ; and if any Firewood shall be piled to a grecater lieiglit tban the paid height, the person or persons piUng the same or causing the same to be so piled, shall be severally liable to a penalty of Twenty Dol- lars currency, for which penalty the whole of the Firewood in the pile so raised beyond the aforesaid limits, shall be liable, as well as any other assets or property of the con- victed person ; and the Harbour Master shall have the right, without any notice whatsoever to the owner therof or to any other person whomsoever, to remove the excess in height of such Firewood at the expense of the owner thereof; and to act in respect thereof in the manner, and subject to all the conditions and provisions established by Article number thirty-three of the By-laws of the said Commissioners. All permits to be ex- h!bUcd on demand of any Harbour Offlcer. All vessels to report at the Wharlinger'sofflco. Article 72. — In every case where any person is acting under a permission in writing from any Officer of the said Harbour, or from any Official authorized by the By-laws of the said Harbour to grant such permission ; such person upon the first demand of the Wharfinger, or of the Har- bour Master, or of any other Official employed about the said Harbour by the said Commissioners, shall exhibit to the Wharfinger, Harbour Master or other Official making such demand, the writing containing such permission. Article 73. — In addition to the details which by the 7th Article of the By-laws of the said Coinmissioners, the mas- ter or person in charge of every vessel arriving in the Har- bour, is bound to insert in the report by him required to be made under the said By-law. cvcrv such master or person in charge of any such vessel shall also insert in such report a description of the rig cf such vessel, the name of such vessel, and of her master or captain, the place from whence and the date when such vessel sailed, the name of the con- signee thereof, and of the pilot thereof; the number of men employed therein, the number of passengers carried thereby, and the name of the steamer (if any) which towed such vessel into harbour. Article 74. — All vessels lyinpr at the wharves within the vessels to avoid dam- , aging other vessels. Harbour, shall have their yards topped up, their booms and outriggers rigged in, their jibbooms and flying jibbooms rigged in as far as practicable, their studding sail boom irons taken off, their sprit sail yards laid fore and aft, and their anchors secured so as to avoid doing damage to other vessels. Article 75. — No coals shall be discharged from any vessel Coais to be landed only except upon such wharf as shall be indicated for that pur- Harbourmaster. ^ pose by the Harbour Master, and when discharged, such coals shall be immediately removed and taken away from such wharf by the owner or consignee thereof as fast as they shall be landed thereon. And no appointment of a berth, or permission to land the cargo of any vessel at any wharf, shall entitle the owner or person in charge of such vessel to land coals opposite such berth or upon such wharf, unless permission shall also have been granted by the Har- bour Master to land also thereon as hereinbefore provided. Article 76. — Every person, in whatsoever capacity he Fines and Penalties, may be acting, who shall violate or infringe any of the By- laws of the Corporation of the Harbour Commissioners of Montrer', or any part or portion of any one of them, shall be subject to a penalty of Forty Dollars currency. Article 77. — Every person, in whatsoever capacity heFinesandPeuaities. may be acting, who shall fail or neglect to obey any one of the By-laws of the Corporation of the Harbour Commis- sioners of Montreal, or any portion of any one of them, shall be subject to a penalty of Forty Dollars currency. Article 78. — The Master or person in charge of any Fines and Peuaities. vessel which shall violate or infringe, or fail or neglect to 8 Fines and Penalltes. Flues and Penalties. obey any one of the By-laws of the Corporation of the Har- bour Commissioners of Montreal, or any part or portion of any one of them ; and the Master or person in charge of any vessel, in the conduct and management of which any one of the said By-laws, or any part of any one of them, shall be violated, infringed or disobeyed, shall be subject to a penalty of Forty Dollars currency. Article 79. — In the event of tho contravention or neglect to obey any of the By-laws of the Corporation of the Har- bour Commissioners of Montreal, having reference to the landing or shipping of gunpowder, the landing or shipping, as the case may be, of each keg or package of gunpowder, shall be a separate offence, and shall give rise to a separate penalty of Forty Dollars against the offending party. Artide 80. — The owner of any cargo, lumber or effects or of any matter or thing whatever, landed from any vessel, in respect of which cargo, lumber or effects, matter or thing, there shall be any violation or infringement of, or diso- bedience to any one of the By-laws of the Corporation of the Harbour Commissioners of Montreal, or of any part of any one of them ; shall be subject to a penalty of Forty Dollars currency. Article 81. — The owner or person in charge of any goods, lumber or other effects, deposited for shipment on any wharf, or elsewhere in the said Harbour ; in respect of which goods, lumber or effects, there shall be any viola- tion or infringement of, or disobedience to, any one of the By-laws of the Corporation of the Karbour Commissioners of Montreal, or of or +o any part of any one of them, shall be subject to a penalty of Forty Dollars. Penaitvmaybereduc- Article 82.~If any person be convicted by any Magis- ed to Twenty Dollars, tf^te or Magistrates, Justice or Justices of the peace of any excepting on sea-going » ' m- • t • ' vessels and. tiieir car- gf the Said offciices, such Magistrate or Magistrates, Justice goes. Fines and Penalties. or Justices of the Peace, who shall render such judgment of conviction, may reduce^ the amount of the penalty to Twenty Dollars currency, in all cases where the offence committed has no reference to a sea-going vessel, or to'car- go carried or to be carried in a sea-going vessel, or is not committed by the Master or uerson in charge of a sea-soinc vessel. Article 03.--The By-laws numbered 21, 46, 54, 55, 5G, 57, 58 and 59, forming pan of the By-laws made and passed by the said Harbour Commissioners of Montreal, on the 2 1st day of April, 1859 ; and all such portions of By-laws numbers 39 and 40, and of any other of the said By-laws as are inconsistent with the foregoing By-laws, are hereby revoked and repealed. I hereby certify, that the foregoing Amendments to the By-Laws of the Harbour Commissioners of Montreal, numbered from 63 to 83 inclusive, are true copies of said Amendments, duly made and passed at a Meeting of the said Corporation, held at Montreal, on the 11th day of July, 1861, and sanctioned aTid confirmed by His Excellency Sir Edmund Walker Head, Governor General of British North America, &c., &c., &c., on the 12th day of September, 1861, and published in " The Canada Gazette, published by authority," on the 28th day of Septombor, 1S61. In Witness Whereof, I have signed this Certificate, and ap- pended the Seal of the said Corporation hereto, this 30th day of September, 1861. m 51. s. m ALEX. CLERK, To the Harbour Commissioners of Montreal.