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Les diagrammes suivants iliustrent la mdthode. 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 MICROCOPY RESOLUTION TEST CHART (ANSI and ISO TEST CHART No. 2) 1.0 I.I 1^ 1^ 2.8 IIIM m 14.0 BtUu Z5 22 ZO 1.8 !.4 ^ APPLIED IIVMGE 1653 Eost Main Street Roctiester, New York 14609 USA (716) 482 - 0300 - Phone (716) 288-5989 -Fox Tovi: PPKALS Wj PRINT Jiwinco of Princo Edward Island, •TXriD ODyCEIsTTS or TIIK UH"^ cr~ PREME COURT, WCUVKRED IN HILARY TERj;, iS7c, [PPKALS FROM AlVARDS OP THE COMMISSIONEBS • THE PROVISIONS OP APPOINTED UNDER M im nmm m, nn: WITH THE ACT PUBLISHED AS AN Apvmmx. m hu orrfer of Hie |rouincial (Souernmcnf. CHA11L0TTKT0WN,.P. E. I. PRINTED BY J, H. FLETCHER, "AROUS" OITICK. 187G. mm'^HC. : I-; r h < :. 11' h ^ t WlS'S^'* I < t l.i I 1 ■ili I ^■& '') I ' ' : f! I if ■ -I I ' ■ ..... ., . , I. ■■..■■■ .1. . • ■ ;:. ; ! I! "!'•■■' .,; .,, ■ . ! ' ' ■ i ■ '■ .'/ :. I. ' . : '■ III .. 1' ./.' . 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Counsel for the Rule thrttb^"?^' ^^-^P''"" was taken by s eighty^ne passed con J^o^te^.tritilh Nortri:reT^*lef ^^^ ^ of opinion that it comes within Sectio"? &tln^^^^^^^ <'lo-^;;i;:: The thattl ' to set ' of the 'it won ■ but tht ' would the mil I which Itieth s I in en (s, f Ii<'j^iMlii ' huleed ': iiifornif * pt'oprie 'i boundui \ a pur tic I faot doL In th with, tl I as it apj eion upc finding. ^ ii . > iflc bCCI I' '• The I itances i I Can t] award, c least vai THE SUPREME COURT JUDGMENTS UNDER ^^prcsaed tijat the ' — -^^ ^ ''•• it'iH'l..'ion!l.u . ^^'"^ '"''^^ '''^"'^' ,'^"'' ^^^"^ Purchase Act prescribes for biin. ' KoiKiod ing un estate into the Commissioners' Court is enacted in a verv s? cry >oi\>ViAhii Comf ?r^?^3:inanner by the second clause, wliich states merely that the « oi" Dio Co^ n- ^' ^o"^»^i««io»er of Public Lands, after 60 days publication of the Gov- "nr NO ci; I "n ^'°"'. ?^"«ral's '-^ssent to the Act, shall '^notify any proprietor or •'" ^'mt tonHn;* l^^Vne^?^si}mt the Government intend to purchase his or tlieir corh.;,. : '""" Township lands under this Act." ^ui r/inii tract of <'«oi'cin, Would '.T^^ Commissioners being all appointed and the day of hoi din l' '"'y IMihlishod . . *^*^'^^ ^"^* published as the Act directs, nothing more apneas >'"iiu'.s.sionurs or ^'^^essary than the above notice to enable the Commissioners to pro- 'i-'o-.sirnplo exo- '"'^'f ^ "I^^" ^^'^^^" ^"q^i^y : there are no pleadings, no recor-l no Jovvever, of ull "'^^^piV^^-'^io" "J writing under the hands of tfie parties, and the (Jun- ««t to such an P^^ssioners are loft to shape their course of adjudication by the Act the conclusion '^^^^^^- • The 2d section, it will, doubtL .3, be observed, does not requirr that the Commissioner of Public Lands in his notice should be bound to set iorth, by any certain description, the lands or local situatiou ot the estate referred to. Had the Act intended ho should do .so it would surely have prescribed such a direction in express tenna • • but the extreme, if not insuperable, difficulties which such a duty • would impose on this officer, it maybe concluded, were present m the mmd of the Legislature, and when we refer to the ample power* • which are conferred upon the Arbitrators, especially by the twen- Mu'th section of the Act to compel the production of plans, instru- ^incnls, docum9nt.s, &c., &c,, it may fairly be presumed that the JA'gi.sliiture never intcMued to impose such a task upon that ojficcr. i 'e f^egislaturo. "^^th estates wives, respeo ^e wife is the «^ith the hiitt. e of his wife, 'f the estate, 'nant for life > issues, and ^eep aloof, it transmitted '^ Assembly With a cawe ard the fee- md remairi^ irough thi^ il I. . f 111!: 'power {9 firing intp , proceed in. ^er to the. in hotkuv. sensation ) only to iiuleed, wei'c the olhcer to undertake such a duty, and from lack of ; mlormation which he could not acquire, omit some portion of the J proprietor's lands, or mistake the course of some one or more of it^ \ boundaries, such error might exclude a portion, if not the wliole uf * a j)articular estate from the scope of the Act, although in point of i fact doubtless within its operation. In the absence, then, of any record or written submission to ^tarl with, the Arbitrators can only refer to the statute itseli; and licit, as It appears to me, we find in the 28 section the matters of subiui*- Bion upon which those functionaries are to base their judgment and p finding. This section is as follows, (here the learned Judge read the section), now the language of the section is imperative, viz:- I *• The Commissioners shoU take the following facts or circinij. 1 •tances into their consideration.'' ; i Can the Commissioners, then, venture to make a final and jm* award, and at the same time totally disregard these elements, or ii least Various of them which must forcibly strike the mind of ever) ^■~->*i^^&^t^^t,^^fi^^.^K-;^ w ■ 1 J 1 j< ^■:1 m m THE LAKD PDIIOUASB ACT. ,87.. ^."""« "oiamg adverselv to ., *"" "" "oer ot acres occunlftrl^/ ^<1' , -'^7/, proprietor may own 1 oTn "'""'"'' ''^'"^»- Y"} ™.no of i;500 a year Til "'7 ^'''<' '"'» "' "« m^^mL " °!?^ "^^ part of the Tow^p a«i Vet "'"' ''f ''~<"'"' '" « mo vai'" A"''' chooses lease it out f^feirtbr? "'!•'""-' «'" «* "!y C/i-™!" y«j"-; ought not this Sshmv ttr^""? ^""^ i' '^ rental of i^nf*'^'?' valuation of these lands?- "" "'^^«'«"^' "^ •■' »Parate a„d dttfcf , Further, if there be 'i lion nn .1 ^ *^'^ ^^'«^^n- I^^ of info and 1 „U '?. L.^S"'". 'f » certain nSmI ' "'^L'^,'^»"«''>ditionr 875. I TIIK SIJ1»»KI^(K OOfJJU' JUDUMKNTH UNDKK 'in, as testing the|^' ^ '»'»^ f 'j'^t ansj -.co docH tlio uwiml glvo tht't thono in-iUrrH ^d enjoyment of fyV/>7" '\"'.V ronHui.ml? Nor tl,o fllighte.st; S..,»,,ortl | e tenants; the acr'"^'''*^''''^ '"^^'»' '''ilnilnU.I <„, a oortain niuuitity of ' ^ ■ 't jicrca occupi'od^J. ^^1'"'' '**'*" '^'* '""''''' •<^"«J t«i.v huIoh, &«., mul cJi^,! Iho nnvPr^»^ Hfii'tor the nrifo 111' Uiomm. mwl u ii .• . Crown, and how?"'';'f ^''^'^^' "1"'*''^'» ^>' t'<»«. How in the proprietor or the Su, ' Jto have operate*''; <*; »r^ 11m«, and ol' the un.onnt ll' a ^rvedinthe-onVil'"^.' *!*''^''*^^*''^' h)r,Hi.ch traetM ol* hmd V or ol • sed lands. WHtTiplions ? The award , aiiv- , . , . iiitiir lo(!aIiti(;H or , ,• .. ^ on the mibject is nerieetiv Mih.nf «.. j '■'■eelyat h»oS^'i''"'n"''' ",■■•'""*"•''"''•' •'"'<'.""■• wlwit land in nnylormornf ' "'« '"OS va C^'^!!^,'/'^- r i T' ":?""{ ^y C°">'»<=I that the Pub ic Tru • U ^ rental of £7nulf- ^^' ''"' "'J^". ?™' P'«<=« 't does not appear to be his duty '«ate and dtt& ' I '"Tf '"•'* T*^ *^« "^^''»f>' P»"«>^ to enable him to do w -•> t^" Artorats h^aee^a^udiS 4uions be not pcfon. He must convey the whole land thcv have valuprt 7„7: f tho'."'"'"'' "^"t^*".^ ^' °"S^* ''"' t° •'"^^ ^"e a«suTance and certainty that dil., """'• t#«'t he does convey was the land of that proprietorbrouS H S^ ^"cZr"" f rirtssetbl/Vl^ ''' "n''^^" com^eLted. Thf LS •u, 01 Asseinbl>, ;«ars of quit rents with respect to the estates who^ " vt" he e>.tuto nnl« "f^ned in .such Act ; but notwithstanding this, there is no t .|N >vhether the present Arbitrators, in their award, we^e-udd , ,-- " b-"|L,;i,';l'''''''l"'' "■'*». '>y.t""» Act or not. Counsel opp^dCe lockof sovo,, „i'« have agreed that section 26 of the Lnnd Purcha.so Act fully f*, would nol ""f" ""d only requires the Arbitrators merely to awa.^ the sum tl-e certainty 0*7, '^e agreed ti. as a money compensation and n"?hinc Ire re certain thevTl"'"' those matters in subsections of said section 28, are m.^clJ '^0 assured thafef.^i'^^tory .of what the Arbitrators shall or shall not coTsdcr y^ by the Ar * tnl " k"^.' ^"t ^ "^"^^y ^'^"^ ^'°'^ this, and consider tho« ' nnt7,a ^« .patters as subiects tn h« nr>.u,.o+«^ V ^^«"-"u^i lut^t. ;l """u parties Hjj, «f7"Lroifer="/^^^^^^ ^d cannot bo f^'^' S'^f')?*""" (I»P«rial) Act, 1854, an arbitration was heU 2 tribunal for Y"^ «'"'« damages had accrued by the foundering qf a riyer ,4 #< "t'"J" tl' '^"""=i«tcy ■ X>x^ m leccUrv trtr** ,'?..*""«.-whothor, uX? ^l,-"""' *''«™f°'e?' b.f «'« ». ■hat U Thould l'^".'''''^r "*■ ""J- awa/d to be "?."'''"«"««. it i.|c «ud r <• itTneoZit! nT^^f^"' '■»'• tl'«« ," no?u e'of i^"^ t*"'" '« «!"' 'J'«« » "o /letessity ansest fmn, //. . ° "° ^u^e of Jjiw i.««.,;-:„.lr:n i.i -".u. »rj«es says • «ed already, becaus ■m^^M*%^ S;)W-^*.-^| XIIK SUPJIKMK COUllT JUDOMENTS UNDKR ^muftnRiituu '^'^' 'n"^" }}^ inuitcrs arc submitted, tliough ^inthoul such comli^ iiH ihimli^'^'^^ miitters must be determined; beeauso it was plainly nut ivinif ,Lwn{'\'*¥"»t^*"^^^.^^'« l''»i'ti^'« t^»«^t some matters only should be dotcr- .•o|J ju to ouUut*t;'^ 13,t i.cyon this the oases have not gone ; and it is mX ' nroMui I ^*"'f e*-^?o»> ly/ie^/itr t/^e parties intended aU to he decided. So lierc iru tho vnir'^'-f ^^'^".^"^ ^''''^' *" ^"''^ '^'^'^^^ ''^ the submission or the contract of voiy viile parties; that is to be found in the Act of Assembly,— a com- iBlsory one, no doubt,— yet such as the Court must be governed by oitod by Coun.'^ decide wliethor it was intended by the Legislature that one or i^WiH, by Ha oniore, and how many, and which of the subjects in section 28 and w settle at wM Kub-sections were intended to be decided by the arbitrators f'v/iase the i)la Imi t nothing fiviiSr'' ^T ""^ Willouyhhy vs. Willoughly, 12 L. J.. 280, was cited consideration x- • r^ ^^^ uward, made under a private act of parliament, for e fulfilled. The arn^ortionim as been i^r' 1 ^' . ?,' '"?^^^^ distinct tracts of land, was left! in expr.':;. eofopinioa 1^'"^'^' ^^^^creifio^ o/* ^^« ^r/O/Zm/'o/v the doing of this \vii* liil \\ M WIE UNOPUHOHASB ACT. im. J9 Th:.H ji fi. Willoughby's land w,, I'^Vi, '''''"'''P"°" "^ cac L pioco nVt",'' '" ' neither he nor tl.P T(l„t ' "."^ manner, no mattp,- „r "'AJer » respective r°L„ ."'"'■ '''°"''' t''«>-«by be the mot. "««iM it boca, 'l«'t the Is ""'■ '^"."''^ i' ««'>-d either «,?v? "'"■" '" "'» lectio. ,.V ".' "'0 lessors of the PlT.;nti'• O l*' r"'' "' "'" *'■''<'• "'"^ compensation was asses^' 3al or certain fcken ib the iurisdiction of tho SI,»rffl"^ !■ P'''."'='J"'l objection and premi„|.a, looldn.irofe't^V/the i ''^.1 P-i^^^^^^^ ^"'^ "r-V"" 'i at he M^ I i„i ,1 '."„'•'''"" '" K'ving jmlfment, observed as follow cl-W.: * wj set : I he ciise o{ Ostler VH Conl-P U n r i. «■ submission concJ^" *>" amount of damages to'be given m^'lr"^ ^" '"''d '"ke-M alao 1 "'"' Pnce as also «,/,„< oMerif fl",, ""*' """''' *" 'be cotSpe,,";,! anv I ?'1' °^ "'« '""d, and how rn^.U '.• "'^ •"""'' " ^ be givSnised i in tliH case of TViJin r,c tt . al this ere t^in^ su d suit Ti.« '""Jtratioii ofuU matters in rl.rt- ^*f"'^"'^«ders agr '0 '» 'done ^it-h" Jll'e tL^ -I:? ^'tK "id t'^r *" 1 ^J -P^* aside. 14 TUB SUPREME COURT JUDGMENTS UNDER II- 'l> tlio flheriir . !"" T^'^J^ ^'*'' ^^'" ; ^"dkins vs. Homer, 8 Ad. & K wan was not necc.wi"i ' N ^ f'^?.' '''"^*^'^^ ^''''^'^ '''''' '^^''^^''''^ '^'^d, becnuso. ^ " very wide- ''• '^ ^'^^^^^^ *^» <^'^" plaintilT a certain part of tlie premiHcs mied ' discussion wr""'- P^"'? ^^'f "l*'^'''' "^""^ boinids, the aAvard .said nothing as to the 'PPort or the T^«^^;*e, tiiercby leaving the matters neither iinal nor certain. It he Land PurcS?'" ^'^?i^^'^ iri^ {^'^'^^ *'^^o'i/7r/ have heen un express decision as to rbitrators. T ''f'^\'^^^ ^^^f ''"'•^J ^^"d Patterson J. said he thought the rewi- >^n rr I *®^ ""^'"^'^ "'^^^ ^^^" '^'^^ «u* V "letes and bounds. ea Harbor Tf4r Amission concel \ • *^ ^^^^^ ^^ ^^^^^^^^ vs. Jiandall, 7 East. 81, the parties went taicen ; also i "-'^^itration under mutual bonds of submission of all actions 0^ the land irX^'^^y^^'''''^^ *^^-' ^l^Pf^ding between them; also of and concernin".' "g iii« judginS '''''^"'; «*/^'^^^^^ hop-poles and potatoes in certain lands, ixud ward, recited T^^ "'i 7nu''' ,"? '"'"^ "^^^ ^^^^ ^^"^ *" be paid annually for the 'tecompensatt, . • /*^f «;y ^it'-ators awarded on all the above matters but noney shouldl/'f ^Henborough, Ch. Justice, says : "^s it appeared the severing it ^^f^f ;;^''^« awo/Aer matter referred on which there was no arbi- ^«es ind he Jin the case of Price yb. Pophin, 10 Ad. & E. 139, an action of ^cc «wr/ ,nrt^/#renant was brought by the lessee vs. landlord, for not repairing 1 IS to be giv^ised premises The cause was referred to arbitration by \ ncc c/ama^e,;f ge's order. The defendant (the landlord) had taken away from Z ) • '• ''"i^r T'*l ^'f ""u '' '''^^'" ^'^^"'' ^^'^^^^ ^«1*«> ^«d fastenings, and ce: hjs sileiAlied theni to his own use. The award, amongst other things "^age, ho givfarded that the plaintiff should fix and set up other grates lock ' nature of #ts, and fastenings, in the place and «tcad of such as wLTremoved' -Tie of the grounds alleged for moving to set aside the award was lat the arbitrator had not stated the number, price, quality, de- bption or value of those articles ordered to be set up inew'i and this ground principally the award was set aside. 'the si^t^''fc/l;^ ™'''^'^ ^*^ ^'^^ ^f^^^' ^ ^^"g- N. C, 874 : An ^ere the samf i^^'^r^^" ^^^'^ P/'^'l'^' '^'^^ ^''^^^^ ""^^^^ I^«"J« of Arbitration : cuted mu?u i'l ^"^^ i^f •??* k^ ^ '^"i'^'^> ""*^^«^ ^"^^^ by which tlie -^rence^n» agreed to build a house, offices, and out-buildings for Fisher; ted fully anf^ ^^'"^ ^f^f ^",^^^1 the work to be defective and imperfect, both ird what wilr'f'nf' ^["^'-^^^^"^l^ ^«^ workmanship-and the Riders on their trd that elLo,- ' ""'l «°^^^^^,\"g ^^^ extra work and deductions, in regard to .nnn A "Tl^!?^^°"^ «^. r^'^ dispensed with. These matters ^ere .pecifiod '''of^xnrpS'T.^^'"''^^^^^ Arbitrators nwarded a named sum to U ta' ,ind tha f 1 .! ^'^^'f.'i^'' ^"^^ satisfaction >d compensation of and for all erv 3nMnf 1 \^-f''''' ^ift^^ewce between th.^, and so rettued to them the 1 m^ W ef ^ arbitrators. Tindall, C. J. : « Upon reading the order of refe^ 7 ieave|ice and the award, it appears the arbitrators have not done that ['iiis is not li itle to l;>nd, r of that sot i c1 r i w ch tlioyworc.iutl.orizedandic«nuip,.,l(,. i -n, "acai.m; ' me c,,ncorninR all claims, ,hK," '„.'', '^?- ^''«y were lo*,, n,,,,, work and to doduotion« t '' ^trl'"'" ^""-' «'""■«--• «- ^ ■' ''l''": award thoy have take,. So „o ice of H . "'"' °'"i«»i<>''.'<. Ota .nv„ ol puto; and it remains donk/^ who lio'ir," «'•«' »"''Ject.s ol„,l .nlni, applied n ,i;.„i „. ^, " ""ether the aum ,tw,„.,i...i ;.. ^i,..:,: i applied in cli ::; „7"ev " :"","'"• ^''" account." ° ■^"" "'"'"k or to The award v.as set aside 111 the case of J?^- 'f '"'"'"' award was .rde by^^rWn AH%^^»*?<'». « «. & S.. 27C i"/ "''"' ^to be due rronaheDofend ,6 ;;.;;'*"«,• '^ '^•"<='' ti.ey brmdif !'-"'"i they awarded that DershouM ^ ^^/'T"'"''''' ""^ ""toT h ,lX'"'"" ' expenses of preparing tke^'ooSt of ^f"''-"*"^^ ^^3, boi: T" "^"^ and lor their charge^rouK7„l„ r'^'™""'' •'"d their aw|t lias b arbitrafon, and certain cos^Xch t&''''"'=^ ?",*''« referenccf-lays fr. Sohcitors- of Plaintiffs', in reject nf"^ f''""''^'-''' *" "^^ P^W t,.|iJity bv the agreement of reference leaviL tr'""" ■"="»»» mentione|l rcnde-i awarded to .Haintiffs.-It was "J. k^ '.r,^'' ^^^B which (ft where .r rt^ ^" uncertainty in Xec ,W ^^ """ ?°"' "»»* "'<> a#ly proc, the Arbitrators, for the ob ects abot 1 '*"™ ? e^^' t" ^e pailised the: the particular su. U. be aStrdZ^Kie^f^^'^^^'*^^^ ' to and occupied bf Ih" Plabtiff U w " 'T ''"''^ ''"'"l' belo nd ascertain the value of the lint„ 1 T" ''""''''•"l *« arb traUonL -stained or to be sil Ld^by hrpiiiriT ""^ ""> ''--fc r' pany's works, r.nd the amnnnt „(• ^'""'tiff. by reason of the cK' . „ Company to the Pltin/Tff " °^ compensation to be paid bvf '"'*'• ^ the Company to him for all is'irtei,fT'";"'"'*'"" *" '^'-' P'-'W leasehold. It was held that /t wf • ^ ^'iffever nature in ' .whether the Arbitrator i„ ended Z , ?Pr'",« *" «ay certai, "1 this award, and that t e award wa '1^ """Y-" "'« '"'""' "••''■y 1"""^y known t„ the law, thc.y o^Zut ' •'■" '","''"'"' '"^"^liinery for the doci.ling of diner' P™'=?'"'.'=d '«*o''d"'S to the intention of ti.e Act, and duly e" .oss to be paifised their judgnient on the matters of fact presented to thomtheir 'thoutspecljginent is intended to be and must be deemed binding but wee :y have manifestly erred in law the section referred' does i [the bu.iemc Court of the Province to cwrcct their error In the T,ls ol l,or<^ JJenman " the clause which takes away ilio Ccrirorari '". 'I^V?r„ * »'"• e-^ercising a superintendence over the proceed- tX Th„S,T', *''•'" '''''■'^'" ^"'"^ '''»" ^^ i" P"rs»«nce of the cuted " """""' "" ""'" ™<''J"ty to see justice G- J. & S. . Iiotel, belongj arbitration J the damn son of the C be paid bv flio Arbita n to be paid r nature in say cortai JolfJ T f °' >""' ^^.'''"•''to" prove to be void in law or ,ln 7 ' -li" P"'^ .'*''"'"' "S*"' 'vould otherwise be bound is not th.' ;,--M,T l 1't'r '"*','" ""' '''■'" "^« " day.- toapply to the Su, re2 . for thecal on " '"" '"''°- "' ""^^ "' ''^ "^-^ ^'^'"' hi« oppol.oi,") tnce of it hB- I to waive f avo^otZ-^r^'^/v?' decision whih must followfrom the view- »a^e expressed, as there must havc> been a" larL'e ainountof ev- ,^oS/m , elart VL 1? T '•''•P''"'''' ." .*" J^"^'' "'"*'^- "^« ^^^ ""t permitted the (Si ''^ '^ ''''""°"' "' •'"'^8«^ '» ="P«™f P»itions, and oi '"* ''*"" '-"'"'"ASI. Aot. m. Ujr !(> 1 t^^«>rity lUnu oiiri, Jiow '<^ '"«ou 'iiioijt.oortl 'J''»u iiwiinls ill asiilu. over innoh wo irmy I>, «»HOH, I l.oM to p.stioii.s riiMiH |< I'MO two (»iiM..u r I..1, , . ||vi,siy i'« '^^ ^ ^%^ Comw,Wo«,r of Public Tn^ 1 '^"^'' r.' xr T IBuIh bo MR. Justice Petehs— These tlirp^ .„= ' , irildoniei wore at tl,- wish of Cou„„ro„ b„tr,?r'''''''™°''"et''«»^'mepoi5.«truc<] ect to .some exceptio,,,,! quest" .HanTif'. T^""'' "^ "''« cx,c, « *"patio ".gly, which are therefore to be se^i?','''" ^ »"■»« »'• one of tl J this i. »mmouto all have been disposed if t/ """^'d^^J, alter thAinivtd voke the discussion of const tTon^rir!!'* """'^ »'' ^''^ point "I'-plo. '' ce and I must say that IwnR 1^ l 'r' "^"^^ '""ghest mpol ".en, le Counsel on both sides have d f nlaver T^ "e"'!"^'" "^ four da Jin'ing of principles of law, backed by a ca m 1^ "'•"'='' ""'' k„oH-ledRitin.atin aWo reasoiiinc. hiehW „.....•::',,'' "r'"'. d'spassionate. Imf. .1.. J .!Ipir int, Y. " >"M" ess an opinion. -"' l'"'m|-V| Sencraly for long terms ofTo'ot. o-nn" «^'"'""««-^' '" '"'"I paro'l r'/"* ° "nt of about In 'ni. " -""' yours, run ivi , ,. ' ' >]"'•' pers «Uoh the Cmwn miihtr°' """"'"^d cond t.W lo?a hrTh"'^; ^ '^l'"' ,'.l>oyalsore™a|uutent "^^'f . .""''■ '''"'''''d he "«!:*" rv'-? " '.'>» ^vhioh. under vaCu^ntm?," •'•''* **"««». «PrunsTna'41 H'""" ^™..ml called the" Coi^mi^sioS C' ^"'^'' it«" autiiori^T 0'"5' ' * of proceedings instituted Tnth^fn ^™'i organized, and it i! t^^^ ' Hkory transfer o} these Wds to the cfv"'' ^"' "'""^'""g " &•« ff * =*"■ to the Government, that the present KK "" f!;i^'^.%i^?T>,; ,,v. TMK Hlil'IlKMM VOVnr JUDdMKN'W UNn!'U ^nuy I^) flOiiHi|,y|i.s(iniis iiriK*. Ah it will lu; ik . cHMury in giving ii niiiHliMittllon to i|vi,sionM WW 1)1' II {H'lial ur ui'lii rtiry mitiu'o, it will bo r, iiudiido niid I'Xiond lo nuy peiHoii ibi" tliu limt- )«i:i;i;, I'.it'iviiij; or cntillt'd lo iv(.'(mvo, llio ronlH iiiid piolilH (»!' iui\ harlotU A *'»viiHbi|) InndH cNi'i'tdinj^ 5(11) nrrcs in lliu uijgivjj;iiti!, wlioUier .smli WhIh bo leaHud or luik'iiscd, occupied or unoccuijied, cultividcd or wildenie.'-s: jwomO'd^ that nothing therein contained i^hall gthe same poiiOOns trued to eilect any proprietor, whose lands in his actual use niui Jia one case, MOC(:upation, and untenanted, do not exceed 1000 acres. The elVcci G or one of tlnuf this is not only to subject proprietors, usually bo called — to U- rt*J, ai'ter tjio^^l'^'^vt-d of their reversionary interest in their leased Ian Is and of hemselves fiotllt^ir unleased lands — but also to deprive all owners of Ian Is in fee ^ the points iiW"P^<^> ^'" matter how acquired, of all they hold over that qiianlity. liighestimporj'^^'^"' ^^**^^ providing for the appointment of the tribunal, niui tit of four daviff ^"*"^8 ^^^ ^^^ mode of procedure by its 28th sec, enacts, that in tnd knowledeW^'"^'^*''"e t^*^ amount of compensation to be paid to propriot )rs fur I but close aniP"^^^ interest or right to the lands, the Commissioners shall tar c the ch has greatliw^^*^^^^"6 ^^^^^ ^^^ circumstances into consideration, and si Ij-hcc. liifcrent point'ff-) ^^ t^^i^ 28th sec, on which many questions arise, is as'fol av*. |The number of acres possessed or occupied by any persons, who have ot attorned to or paid rent to the proprietor, and who claim to luld uch land adversely to such proprietors, and the reasonable j5r k- iliiifs and expense of the proprietor sustaining his claim agii usl briefly stated, ^' 20,000 ticroj ^" iill parcel f, nuch persons holding adversely in a Court of Law, shall each and lU ah *^*T^'f ^^ elements to be taken into consideration by the said Commisbi n- reach of ^^^^ j^ estimating the value of such proprietor's lands; (1.) i^if e grants, and 'i^ng an agita- sioned much passed, under as purchased able portion nd flm r», mditions of the original grants from the Crown ; (2.) the pcrfoinH knee or non-performanco of these conditions; (3.) the effects of sue l ion-performance, and how far the despatches from ttie Eugli^ ^ )lonial Secretaries to the different Lieutenant Governors of Ihl Island, or other action of the Crown or Government have operat^i 18 waivers of any forfeitures ; (4.) The quit rents reserved in ifctj ~^r'.y""'' Jriginai grants, ^nd how far tho payment of tho same have U\* ;d *i^? *f ^ Ji^aived or remitted by the Crown." It must bo observed tlmt li»j linir a ^^ W^^^ ^'^^"> *°^ ^^^ sub-sections, directs the Commissioners to consiJtfJ fui' ^^' Juany matters involving very nice and difficult questions of 1* the nrps ' * W^^^J mauers involving very nice uiu uiuiuuii. quesiiuiiH o» •< V seat ■vfhich, according to the opinion they form, may materially wd TUB iMNi) ruuciiASB Xor, m. ( 111" I'.vi.inili,,!, iifKivtv .1 ;, 7' , ^""'-''^'■i"" liroviduM " UV„|I cjl l.y tl,o Hai,l Co n,^„ u^ "'; o, ," 1 1 w.r'''.- '!7 "'" •■""" ""'"'« ccrtilicate oftho amount iwid intn ll.l T ''^ '" ^"i""""' Oour «h«n bei„ the form of' tLrAoirrnnt^edS^ul''!"'"^"'''' ""« qu^stioX-r^'"" °' '■'^^'^ »•'-« -«*'»- -«"- import, The wliole award is a follows-— • B. Stewart, and the Land Purchase ActrWS * °'^ ""'"' i» Seventy-six thou^Trfive^rared'LirrrW^ "'" ^ ' Signed, &c., , .jjtfj:',^ S^S olr s^?^;t:^^ w thee J tward orjudgmen should fnfnl'T'"^?'''''?' ''"''• "'"^f"«. "" The Counilfor e pLinliff Zt "'i I^T !"^ '?? determined Commissioners is conurned in ?h^' ath 1 '"."'j"'' ""'J' "f »'« after hearing the evidence adduced -hi P 1"" •"'•"'' ""I'"' " '^^''f lUe sura diie to such nronrie^r »?h;„ ^'^"''^^'onera shall award! he shall beentitlet ^^^^ ^ uS!^:^^^^ r'''l -nerely dirocior;:;;^?!^":;;^;^:" tli''^^^^^^ """ f F^' »ward a .urn of money. But it is diL I. V'""'"?'""'-'-^ '»roviNio| «'Hin^r tin, iH. Tlio 2 iiM(i. filing 'viduH " Miu lliu award, sum Hoawd ['J'umo Cour brcsaid, whii Jer im port,i len, the Co ate of Robe tiHalinn lor landn «rily laluni lor ]>u))llo piirpoMcH, l«» odd (liu valm% an allowaiir** oo ii«'('t>uut of llio hmIo Ihmiij^ roiMpMJMiM y ; V *J7lli Si'c. proliiliilH llio inaidug micli alloWiuuH?; now tlio Ihiii^' w. Ibrbiddmi to be allowed for, was a known .subject mat lor, of ihu i.Hloneo of wliicli (lioro eould be Jio doubt, (ind liiiM'olbre il is jxhi- k'cly forbidden, b\it tberc were olber Hidiject matterH, •/. c, prolmbi- ,io,s nnd expen.so of sustaining elaim against wjuattcr.s, eondilions original grants, an*l ipiit rciitH, the exi.stence ol* wbieb was un- rtnin and eould not ))e ascertained, until tbe Commissioners li;id to the erodiBi^i'^l evidence resi)ecting them, examined documents, and considered i l>«H>M madle legal questions raised by such evidenc-^ and documents. But Mediately al'Btli regard to these the p)wcr of the Act could give no positive in- action, but ueces.sarily leaves their existence, as well as the extent their depreciating, ellect on the value of the proprietor's interest, be determined by the Commissionoxs. It is a rule in the con- ruction of Statutes, that no clause, sentence, or word, shall be held pcrlluous, void, or insignificant unless it be so repugnant to other trts, that the two cannot stand together. Now the words of the Jth Sec. are, that in estimating the amount of compensation to be lid to any proprietor for his interest, the Commissioners shall take ic following facts or circumstances into their ccnaideration. What e these facts or circumstances ? The number of acres possessed f pervsons who claim to hold adversely, and the reasonable proba- lities and expense of the proprietor in sustaining his claim against le said Actjiem in a Court of Law, shall be taken into consideration, in edi- '• mat'iig the value of such proprietor's lands. Then, must they net ■ainire and determine whether any, and what, persons hold nd- m'r.s(dy, and what ([uantity each i)erson so holds, before they can ow the Cora|ecide whether any, and what deduction should be made on thai m?u° *^J"^''iccountV The section then proceeds, either as part of the same liuU '8th Sec, the lection or us a distinct sub-.sec, it is not clear which, to specify further oned in tlieiiiatters which the Commissioners.are to take into their consideni- ermined ad- j^un. (1) The conditions in the original grants. (2) The non- ereforo, the lerfdrmance of these conditions. (3) Eflect of .such non-perform- uetermined %ncv, (4) Quit rents re.served in tbe original grants, and how fur duty of the i|]u> payment of the saine have been waived by the Crown V iMuf*t lets " That ftliey not inquire and determine whether the conditions were broken, hall award 4nd the clTect of such breach, and whether any and what amount of 30 to whicli i|nit rents are due, before they can decide whether any and what ^8 Sec. are ire not directed to be taken into consideration, that they may if de- had was to -iermined one way, operate to cut down the amount ofcompensatiun, is last con- what possible meaning can be attributed to them ? It is quite triw 'ding com ih;vt the Commissioners' investigations Would result in awarding ti; us, two r. 1 ■fiiM iMn mmuHK Aot. ,m. - - "i-uxj:,. ^,5- .^ •-*">•••. .l~«..l '1 cross claim before tl,» a u"'° '""" '-eferred • the n„r' . ' ' " "* but «oiri ..I • "erected a trross «ii»» * t f^^^t-ssea to bo nifi ira tlri^",f SU"d :Srsite» 9 "p-S ''.titled to rel;;:,:'-,^""'^'-' ^''«'e tKe P^L^m"- ?"«' ' '0 U. re« vered h.rr'i"''''" "^ " -^^--tain mntf tlil'i"'", ^'""'"i [a nii)tl< (iiuliii; liiriilc li( 1(/," will tuuiid^ar jcro.st ill |)n)|)rii |(1 if llu! only fflid ol* not doc Ihow tlic ]l not dc ^Another have d( lie 45 8( k shall l bt or info rsveron t j omissior ■plication ]thin thir to avail Commii rest, it m |in in som If he it out i i f^'' Arbitrator be cdledZr\' -''^'^ ^«"^d noUm' .] J- •'*?«« cons .^ uu the Laud Clauses Con^niwi^*'?.* . ^.' ^,^' ^' N. S.. 7r^(\ fi.«..„7 l9''«e whe TIIK BlJimiaiK COMUT JUIXJMICNTS UNDKU hjwAH wh'wh t'loruioiv, inuj ^«*tl timt thoir <* I''iom Nile, other tJian tlii It will somoti 3., 399, a ea londant set u ssod to be ni ^othe Pliunipi leld good, ibi «" the suliic irk says ; ""^' ^e JPlaintiff, Viird professi 'cspecting sui nadjudicatio. le Defendant! ;t up, requii) Jo. Thus, laimed to nd the Arb vere reforre the Plainti lands sougl: Tile Coiir 'e the PlainI f^sidueofthe he decisive, ^t a partnor. ''est which a lagc from .sovoranco.— Now why, in those cases, was a decision In niatlor not montiouod, prcHuinod? IJocauHo Ihe very tenns of (uulino- iuipiictl IL IJiit in ll»e present case, there are not two iiijitclicads of demand, hut one demand ojily — ^'t/te value of the i(/," withadiiv(!li(>n toascertain tlieexishtnceofcertain racls,\vliicli, |uuiid,are to be considered in estimating the value ol'the ])roi)riutor's lorcst in it. Now, it' tlie Commissioners found these iiicts ngaiust IH'opriotor, they would hud only on* sum, it nnght he 1^70,000. Hi if they Ibuiul them in favor of the proprietor, lliey would slill 1 only o?ie sum, it may be $70,000. Then how can the bare Iflrd of only one sum raise any ju-esumptiou wliether they did, or I not decide the questions respecting these "facts or circumslanccH," [how they decided them? It seems to me clear that silence here \\ not do. Another strong reason why the manner in which the Commission- T have dealt with these facts should appear on the award, is this : e 45 sec. enacts that "no award made by the Commission- I, shall be held or deemed to he valid or void for any reason, de- tor informality, whatsoever; but the Supreme Court shall have vver on the application of either the Commissioner of Public Lands the Proprietor, to remit to the Commissioners, any award which dl have been made by them, to correct any error, or informality, omission, made in their award : provided always, that any such jplication to the Supreme Court to remit such aAvard, shall be made ithin thirty days from its publication." Now, to enable a proprie- - to avail himself of the privilege of having an award sent back to Commissioners, to rectify a mistake injuriously affecting his in- ■cst, it might be absolutely necessary to find out what their deoi- n in some of these facts really was ; but where is he to look for ? If he cannot find it on the award, what means has he of find- % it out at all ? No judgment appears to have been pronounced the Commissioners; everything is locked up in their own breusts, id they, themselves, from lack of legal knowledge, must have becij opes consillii in dealing with many of these questions. When in dition to this we find the avenues to every Court of review care- , jlly closed, and the door even to this power of sending it back to j or an estate^ ^'^^^}^^^?^^^^^^ also closed, after the expiration of thirty diiyi ^ le Duke of^^"^ publication of the award. It does seem to me if ever there wiu ^56. ih(.,,J,^V^^^ where an award should show a specific dealing with end in csrimat/^^^'"""*^^^ matter submitted, it is this— I will put a case t<^ iand ai i"'^^^^^^'^^**^ ^^'^t I mean — suppose the Commissioners find a \m^< npensation ^^ °^ ^ Township covered with squatters, there is no privitj jme from W^^ *^^® proprietor, what course of investigation must the Com- ® Was no !,!. ''1 i I TUB LAND PUnoUAMK ACT, m$, •^oupied. BO L to dec de whir ^f'""' »"'' "''» "^I't of «tHt«to of limitations «ital-„*7 "'« P~P"etor i, b,.rn«l I J "8 ...ay involve very iSit fc ,,r7' ''^«i'«'- k.-ow/ ti.o Statute onLrta'ti; )";: rrr '"t!^ t'?i fr ''""''k^i mlvcMc posBoesion, when in w he i,^ „ ? '"•"I"'"-''"'', l-r '•'■.'*.« noquotico award liim o.ilv i'.nn ""' ''"'■™'' "' 'Jl, and in J >ni«ake in law tlZ Z^uUhZ^'^T''''"' *'»'«" •"• fo « would be veryi.nporUTnsur;cfrtba'H' *'"'''""• Purely at once mformed of tbis so Thlfi •>'''* l'™P"ot'>'- »liould a. c to have it remittedrrV»: ,^11?'!''' ^^ Jo tW-s Cou;""" "" "'"^avii, w.;.i the short-hand »r;t» . — /" """""ngKiuseoffen Commissioners attached h 2, "^"^'"^"o^^foHho trial before ■»ra not qnitc sure we wore MrLf •^"'^'^ '*"' ''"' »-« «d.nitted U of Mr. Davie»' speech Xh shol'"«f T^r' ""' "'«'« i» a W about squatters was and how t^ZLf, "'T'^ ''^^^ »''« content^ Jflected the a.nount of M.rnen;.^.T' ^..' '?""'' "" <"'»toined. hm P«go 185, that the questCTbou^ ° ^}f ' *■'*'•'«=' "• He s«^ oloang, and that Stewart Tasno Tin" *''T'' ""' '«' "1'oke.t tol that the Lot is held adverX and W ."• ^ ^l' " ^e will sho SV' '"^r^Iy fictitious %:"^i,?:^J"\^«V?,"'' "'' "="••""" « I'Vhom he claims these hirw anearril . "' "'" V^rmun agaiiu n possession of the farms T,„„' f'?" "^'"^■" ''"e" able to m Mv. Stewart has .tdded the.e fi^v" '"" '"'''""^ '^"''J t" pay i„ We will submit that these form'"' r/ Tt^ V'^r'^ '"'» ^«' ' l^eld adversely by other .,artie« w' '''«'"»« be leased tliera Courteannota^llo; himlb 'Sse' J^'^'Z?'''' '''"'''""'' *''»' '' he is al;owed aiivthino' *-„^ tt *''*''"' an" we contend also fli.i tained a foothold^ th7alttceZuW t ^^ "^ °" -'""'"-» mdeed as against the Crowrhe its no titl''"' ". T'^^ ='"''"''"« flrawn from the Townshin muo h ™!! ?,:* "®! """l be has olreadvl •anous possessory intcre7o?wLT if ^^"^ f" ^^'u^ of ani-pri »w>'er. On Lot'so we will show ^h ^ T^ ^ ^PP^^d to be S' Joe. held adversely for manfv":.!''!!?,'!,''"-^'' "{"""tity of Im.d S •».'^c.iewart himself got no3seii",,r„("« '"?'"/*'? ""'"^ tbere before 111 t<) bo ijK'ivutio: Law in low tl)al iotorious ley hav( d in ev iiat peop osscssion osaossion the wo Icssion of ihc bottoi iwcnty y< lists oil tl ,8 matter ihe Court iture no now froi: four argu Irgumcnt lothing 1 (eduction lays Mr. t -*« ioiia. Lfgislatu] l//e perfoi ^rf'at man lid 100, !0 years { Iiis aeiMi) Jtiiry. N [ession ? •i'anytliir ippears to fenced, clc Inch, i. <;., !0 years, for 20 y lie can on prima fac »ioners de f he referc >ring two Till-; SUniKMK COUllT Ji;i)(JMKNT.S UNDKIl «e, not only extent or is barred by poiaesaio 2>t Jioaaesaio pc f'er knows tl "t' «U])(H)(HO , biw rolaliiii,' greater part ^••| by rciisoii t"i und in c, en but fort 9^« Surely iotor should this Court 'ion, before tl ig cause offer ;rial before t) admitted it; there is a p/ 'be contentii istained, ha\ Jt« He atiy «poken to i We willsho! t' tenants am rsons again? M able to pu 1 to pay, niK 'e his claims leased tlioni, ^re, that the 'd also thai vJiich hehaj ^ small fiuni has alreadj of any pre- d to be the Jf Innd has 'here before i show that Jsaion, that iut has not possession to bo oonfiiu'd lo laud which they have had aotuully umler id.'lvation for twenty years litis never been Hustained in any Court f Law in wliich the whole question has been brought up. We will low that those persons have held the rear of their farms by optn otorious possession, that their lines have been run out, and tiiut hey have openly exercised over the land the rights of ownership lid in every way have treated it as their own. It is not necessary liat people should have land under crop for twenty years to accpiiro iu.ssc,ssi(m of it. That is not the law. It is quite sufficient it' the ossession is open, and marked by clear boundaries, that give notice D the world. On Lot 40 we can show that the holders had a pus- jcs.sion of thai kind. Mr. Stewart might as well claim the land at jhe bottom of the sea, as the land which has been thus held for wcnty years ;" and the Attorney General in his closing speech in- ists on the breach of conditions in the original grants, quit rentrf s matters which should diminish the compensation. At page 18G he Court says, « we do not wish you to argue the qnestion of for- eiture now, if you will do so at the close, but we will be glad to now from you then what you consider to be the distinct eifeet of our argument, we would like to know whether, if we think your rgumcnt sound, you consider that we should give Mr. Stewart lOthmg for his land, or should make a deduction, and if so, what eduction.'' Mr. Brecken, in his reply to this question, page 233, ays Mr. Stewart is not in a position to take advantage of any coa- xes lona. Your Honors are sitting here under a special Act of the 'legislature, and part of ycur instmctioyis is that you shall consider lit performance or 7ion-])erformance of the original grants. \ jroat many squatters appear to have been exaiiiined ; some say they jold 100, some 50 acres ; one says he had 12 acres cleared or feiieeii years ago; some, they cannot say how much, perhaps 15 or 20. Uiis seems to have been the contention and the nature of the ia- [lury. ^ NoWj what is the law as to acquiring title by adver.se i>u.v ession ? ^ Briefly this, that a S(iuatter is not C(m.sidered in posseasion )f anything, except what he has fenced, cleared, or cultivated, or «ppears to occupy in some way as open and notorious as if he lind ^enced, cleared, or cultivated it; he is said to acquire title inch by ^jch, i, (?., it must appear that each acre claimed has been so held lur ^0 years, and if it appears that he held 5 acres in that way or 20 years, and the next 6 only for 18 or 19 ycur^ |1 li i o nrl 6 ViiV XJU\ - TT he can only hold th« first hnma facie title) will recover the other. How. did the Coiumiy iiioners decide this contention? Who can answer the question* he reference made by section 28, sub-section (e), obviously niiijll ring two classes of Squatter's claims before the Commissioners; ow I 1 li Tlili LAND I>i;U01lASK AOr, 1876. I lie first, they had a r^h by 0^^'''"' ' "'^"""^^"^^ ^^'^^ as decide conclusively as a t^;? r^'f® S"^«'^ or approximatil c^ases there could be'no quest on of'L' u' ^^^^^ respect t^ pense m ejectinir that rw!!p "^^^^^-what the proprietor'! formation as to how muoh flfo r A Y'*^°"* giving him an d.p„«e of such a conten&rwouTd be 'bad'' '^Th"'*'' ^'"^'^ ''""1 -H ' If the fact that a mattor «, L:f* J •.. ^^"^ Mussel awj brought before the Court fn a' "e^'r '''''' '"" '''""' ^eoidc^ davit, according to the nature of thf„ '^?"*'"' "" "'X P'ea or 1 deemed invalid howeverTnlvl A P^'^oedings, the aivard will] vs. P/„7;»>^,, 4 B^^f ^*' 5°?d It nmy be on itsf;;ce." So in J mattera f -^difference' ^^re referred"" h^f*?"' "^ ejectmc°nt anjl brought before tlie ArbitrL^o i?- / '',"' *''«™ '"'s a fifth Zl nward ; on this beinff si ow' Ti'^S-'f '•''"^ """''«d to no ce in tJ patter omitted was ^cZablL"f if "J^' *''*'''' ^"'""■' held tha 1? "' 'oto. In J^o., V, BoaldsM ^"1,^0^^' "•" award w-^i ton before the Arbif^^^^^tht- tife 'dof '^i ""=^« ^'"^ »^H to f 11 apiece of land to plaint ft-|.!.li <'f«l"la"t who h.id agrj wtid defendant to convey tf I 1 V""^^ '"'« *•>'*. theawar. 1 whether defendant imdl^od J' ,^ *" Pi'""""' '^"' "fitted ?o J Arbitrator should have Ited i„ . • '' "°^\ ^'itHedale says: «t1 good or bad," it is said bets do"n '';orl"'""{'r- *'*««"« A '" ' ""' ol opiniou tliatheo.X.!,1 ' *"""*• ' l""! "omodoui Meteminethequesti ,„ as utiL^'!"^^^^^^^^ in „ direct ^ liavesaid whether the title u-orr ^ " ^'""'erooment; heslinj '■'•■spect to the liability of a 1^ f "'' ?.' ""'■ '»''«" is the law wl able title.? Dart V Vp 87/7 ''«° """"<" ™»ke out a mwk J I tim""l,''""'''°'' Cockburne .says'"'^Thn; t!' m' ^' ^"P' ^ 2. B., Slil j he law or real property, the owner „f "'* ^-npH^ated state J make out such a title-^'as a 2chLf ?" "''ate is often nnabl| "' " ■'' """■"fo'-o. only reaSmbe i 1™''"""^'" *" "^""P''' TIIK HliniKMIC OiMltlT JUDUMigNT;) UNDIfiU I (ilk!, tlmt llio vimi(1()i''n liability uluniM l»u limitod to n«|m>. Int of the di'-po-Mil iviul expoiiHOH. 8i) iu equity iv purchaser motcluiin a conveyftiice of an interest to which a vendor bIiowb Idoubtful or defective title with ixn abatement in renpcct of imperfection of title extending to the whole Kntate, Dart. &. 1>. 970. And in Loyd on Compenwdion it in laid down it if a Railway Company contracts for the purchaKO ' of land, ay may claim a CO years' title. IJut if they refuBC to accept the t,7 title the veiulor can male, the latter nmy call on them to coiu- ^te or ahondon the contract. Now the Statute which deprivea a m against his will of property ho has long possessed, and at the Ine time, anthorizes deductionn from its viilue on account of real or Iicicd defects of title, which never injured, and which each year [came less likely to injure him, is certainly hardenough, and con- ary;to the principles which govern like questions regarding yolun- j-y and, compulsory sales at law and in equity, where the doctrine is, jyoudo not like the title you nqed not . accept it, but if you do cept it you must pay the full value. But we are aaked in elVect, put a ^ much harder construction on the Statute,! by holding that lose who make the deductions, may so frame their award as to Inceal from the owner the grounds on which they are made, and lusin the shape of deductions really make the owner pay thou- Inds of dollars damages, . on account o£ supposed defects which, it [ated, he might have shown to be unreal ; would not this be the ^ight of injustice V But it is a rule, that the Court must not put i pustruction on a SUitute which is unjust and absurd, if it will bear Jconstruction which is reasonable and just; here the Legislature no loubtsaw that it was leaving difficult questions of law affecting Iroperty of very great value, to a tribunal quite incompetent to lecide them ; and, therefore, provided the appeal to this Court, to lave th^ award remitted back, so that by the light reflected on the Juestion by the discussions here, it might better discern its dulir Ind correct its errors. We cannot suppose the Legislature did not [now that, when preliminary questions were raised, atjecting tU [mount to be awarded, the Commissioners were bound to deade [hem, and there is nothing to show an intention in this respect to [et aside the usual mode of proceeding in such matters by periait- ling the necessary requisite of stating how. they did decide to U dispensed with. But it is said the Act makes the Commissioiiort the solo Jndws of the value of land, and also of the amount which, Lfter a consideration of the " facts and circumstances " mentioned li the Act— (when correctly ascertained to be 66 facts ")— they will d« pet from the value, but in my Judgment it does not mai* , Uiem the absolute judges of any questions of law necessary toU. i i J" il i jf"^:^N^mo««,4.w. li^ "<•.". in/Mo aL?"?-'"."" "'""^'' fr'-". oSS '"''-' "I '-"^ roHt.,, "iJHtako or /L jL ' "'^* Court of Quiirh ,. y ' • ^^^* ^^>0''o c< -"intake ^:V''Z"rr'''' Wh«re ordiiiar;"", •'!""''"« '"" kccause the Zt ^ ?'"^'' gencmlly refuwT^ Arbitrators maksL ae Court aSrfr'^V'"^ oliosento vJuL^S^m'"' ''' *»" tl"'' « "di^^rytwar '"'^*^"'g like thS, ""Nr"'''? r "»' "-^ ' 'I'Point him withn?,t l^"^' *''« l^oafd of Tral ? ""''"'' « "»« TIIK 3UPJIKMK CiHJKT JIIIXJMKNTS UNDMIl Hmount iH toj ui' hwY roHtraj UMtako in if^ Now, tJioro fi us acts underi '» certain /'uc™ aimiH to iMiil ^'leni, exorcis ^r'«ii)g out fl trators mnket, it, but this il • dispute froliif Jst submit lol t^«c^; 3 0; B;; i'li'e not oiifl ' thorn, as in 3 defendam; >n is'pointe(j;l says; "Tht! ' let or erroiTii be founded- m^ties* own to exist in because, as neur in the lowered to ^^^y of thc^ euerul ap^ ^er of the" I, vations, J' 'fving the^ sposeddf.! odgson aa!'^ ' that the ; tbe Com, • 3 due^ or. mi?ati6ny . 'oprietpr* Governs i ind that notion will lio at^niiiHt tlie propriotor. By the Islnnd Act, lltli b., C. 3, in considrration of tlie Island Govornnient undertakinj; pay the civil list, the (piit rents were, amongst other things, Ide over by the Tniperial (Government to the (jovernment of this luul ; belbre this period there had been u correspondence with the jp(Mial (lovennnent respecting them, but there is nothing belln-e Court to show what the correspondence was; but at the end of ■section (e) of the 48 section, the last question the Commis«ion- I arc to consider is '*the quit rents reserveJ in the original grar.ts and w i'ar payment of the same have been remitted by the Crown." This II TiCgislative declaration that there is a question whether thecjuil fits are due or not ; these two facts, theretbre, are all that is before -first, that the quit rents, if due, belong to the Government of is Island ; secondly, that there is a question existing whether they Ive been waived or remitted by the Crown or not. That the quit rents Id arrears are a charge on the land there is no doubt, but although ley are only a charge on the land, yet the proprietor may be in- tectly liable; for if there be a tenant or purchaser, with whom he ^s covenanted for quiet enjoyment or against incumbrances, either jld maintain an action. against the proprietor. The tenant, if dis- lined on, or the purchaser for that, or because the land being ible to this rent, was not free from incumbrance. The case of famond vs. Hill, 1 Coyn, Kep. 180, is so very applicable to this ^int, that I have extracted it: — " This was an action of debt upon a bond, where the condition • |as, that the defendant should keep harmless the Plaintiff from all inlures, decrees, annuities, dumages, claims, and all other incuni- ances, and should perform the covenant in the indenture dated e 2nd of May, 1702, — whereby the defendant conveyed to the aintifVand his heirs a messuage and lands, called T^ittle Brushy, tlie County of Sussex, and by the same deed the ..fendant eov- hanted, tliat the plaintiff should have, use, possess, and enjoy, the ^'emises aforesaid quietly and peaceaU'/ without any Impedivitnt 'om the defendantj his hiers or assu/ns, or any other person, and at clearly acquitted and fxonfruted of and from all former ami \her grants, tf-c, rents, rent charges^ arrears of rent, statutes, tC'*., \arges and incumhrahoes whatsoever. The plaintiff' assigns for reach, that the tenements aforesaid virero charged and ehargeuble iih one annual rent, viz : a rent of lis. 6d., to be paid to the Luni t tlic Manor of W^. iii the sp.id Ciiunt*^'. of whom tlie said teuenieuti en and before were and are held under the said rent and other l^rvices. The defendant, by his rejoinder, says that the rent uf '8. 6d. aforesaid, was payable to the Ijord of that Manor as a quit (1 w ! TIJK I-AND PUROIUSB AOr, ,87fl. "i ir iiHiep, cation, and the defondai t Si- • " l'''""till' inainu wa« » dom»..ror; and tho q",es o, .yl^^n^"'' ""J >'P"n U.i» Anil It wan rcw) vcd bv tlii Ji. i n ' " "'" ^venant waa l„.„ l'a.miffupo„ l.i»,.urcK ha 7.« .'i''''n"?'^ covenanted W^l n, w 1?"'" V"V,<'' "'«'-«'-o'Vthey out? :^ '"'f- "i" '"'"'■^ -"S, "ces for rent, suit or ervfce j °"i^ "'t'"' '^''*' "oTriea J be made within 60 years InP/X'^*''"" "'■ prescnjJ^Z >t was he d that more hmth nfr'^^t ""• -^"n^ Comp E 2 the Statute of Limitation/ i/ '"°*' '''°'-' of the period fiv;,I ?«ingmshment of a quit rent tu«'"T'' "" P^^-^e a rdel /ntdt' .Sl>tc'tio,f (e),''';a\*^i'''''«' f»«t' or eircumstanoe, c« • ;,? 'frr'-"" »""'> weir d!.„Vr r'"''"^^ considered, a '„« wrjiat they considered fhn ;«* • . '"°""«^ awarded wouirl f);^ . jnydepreLtory eto, whicrSt?'"'' "'""^ '''"runredut'^d t '•quit rents"-be a^.^Pnu/ •! *!'.« P™oeedi„ga and o^Jb'!Zi» [i<'l(>iM In II ronvcl ncr.s lia erci.sud Hs of uti 3 proccc ra vire ilircct ail closure ke an ngton (r id.) Th impensat ted a cl vertanct se they itted to lew of t) -e affec eir oin'> le statu ;ose to w] been r e same, relied or Thorpi Bunhur use, whj s case, bi ^ooper vs. ere enjoj nto void. ready sta atter, an ture clain *aB entitle! The thir » descript warded, a] mmissior at as the nds ownei •rilK flUI'UliiMM COUUT JI'DOIIKNTM DNDICU ■S.l joloiM (o inHiHi on \Uv\r invnU.lily in un onliiniry huII,. Now If | i. rony.'(. in my view ol' tliis (picHtion, it in |.laiM*llmt, tlio Conmii«- hiors liuyo boon im.8.sivc hh to a juriHdlction when tlioy Hliould havo lerciHcd It actively. Then conicH the queHtion : doen the irnHMvc^ Iss of un Jiilerior tribnnal, when it Hhcnld have been active, render ^ proceedings void in the wmne way as notion on a Hiihjeet matter ira vires would have done ? Thorpe vs. Cooper, 1 Uing, 127 is Hircct authority that lit does. That was the case of an award bv closure Commissioners, where the Commissioners had omiiled to like an allotment or compensation in respect of tithes, in Wad- Ington (a Township in the parish to which the Inclosure Act ap- Id.) i he Court say "the Commissioners, not havinj; made any Impensation for the tithes of Waddington, must either have re- kted a claim which they were directed to compensate, or from in- Ivertance, have omiited to make compensation for* it. In the fi-st Me they have exceeded their , authority, in the second they have piitted todo what they were expressly required to do. In either lew ol the case their award is void, as to all svch interests as, fe aJTectedy by iheir exceeding' , ihe'ir jurisdiction . or bv eir omission, r In that case there ^ was . a clause, iJ |e statute which saved ' the rights' of all' persons except lose to whom compensation was awarded, ^ut Chi'J. says, if there W been no saying clause, the decree woiild,' on principle, have been same, and mBunhury y». Fuller, 9 Exch: 1S6, Avliere this case rchcdon by the Courji on a similav point. , The facts in Cooler }.lhorpe are said to be distinguishable in this, that the plaintiff > JJunburgvB. Fuller could not rely on the operation of the saving luse, which was so narrowly worded that it would not embrace IS case, but still the decision was notwithstanding the same. In looper vs. Thorpe, the commuted tithes in respect of other places |ere enjoyed by the plaintiff, and the award was only held pro- into void. But m the present case the omission, for the rea*jn iready stated, affects the proprietor's interest in the wholp subject latter, and also fails to provide him with a protection against ture claims on account of quit rents to which, under the Act, he hB entitled. ' , . > DESCflJPXION. , , . The third ground is that the award is uncertain, because it gives ) description of the lands in re.vpect of which comnensation is ?araeu,^ and which are to be conveyed by the public trustee to Mic )mmissioner of Public Lands. The Counsel for the plaintiff argue, ^at as the award states the compensation tp be given for all the inds owned by the proprietor on the townships named in the Cora- .--•-, J'"* '■*«'• l'U«OIU»i._^.,.., ,„,, . , ir,.:;'"v,. '•' ' " -!;r';!.r :,:'"l;:'r''-'. "■ '"'"' *' •• ^ Ihftt tlie Coiiuniasioncrs mav l,» ., ^''"'"'''«"'' with tliOA, t'tle to Lots 10 & 47 and Z Jh ° !""'«''» """ R- « Si, ti.em ortlmttheyaJ^aMeVnXTli^?^ bad „„ j.,,,.,'^;^; another way. The notice i"T^ ^^T "'i'/"'" "'«"' ' <"• 'o pull t "8 a.s tlie submission then t^. r ^^ *" y"" '""ds liable .able? Doe, an award ^S/Xi^^T^t".'"' ''''"' '''"J lie question, by shewing what lan?^ 5 r i^,"" '" "warded ui, » gument sake, the awarf may mnlv fh' '"'''" ' "'" "»^''"' ed/or his lands in all the tL T-*^ '"'' <»mpensatiou -.iras „„ Pomt we must firstsee whofh r fe-"'""'"^-,- ^" """'ide^i InY f'^^-ry »»'«''^o» reK^i ;^: "' "j« general pro i manifested. It is evident fl.nf li ° .""' '"""«"• of doscrintlJ f venotiop of intc^tiot' L ;tdm,e the"''^'''- '• ""'Cor, S3 'nformation necessary to iveiT' -^^ """"»' ^ l>o?»sessed ol ■"Hi therefore a general 1,^^. "..''"'"V''"''"' doseript on of the [ tl'e Act, must of''i™itv b 's„m ''" "",1" ""'''« '<> ^c taken "Ppeared iuCourt, then ^.e I'fr'"'-.""' *^*"=" "<« P''oi>Hol "■oners shall hav'e fu?! power In^ "'If' ?'"''' " ""« 'aid Com "■•y person who shall appeC beforrfi."""'"-''''^ '" «-'^a™ine, oT. o - as a witness and toZZ^ZtTtC^'V'' " '""''^ -'-« »' any two of them may deem ii A r ' "" P^faous whom tli mfiers submitted to tZrTZfl ^^P"'''*"* to examine upou m"!/ require to aso^-^,f, i'ZjtT"^' "'"' '^«/««<» ^S& require any such Si, b.l t' "'"7 ""■" ^^' into effect in -^•uionea m such nubpoena am mn ""-"i' document, or t i li )woreil ^ilV 1)0 11 to t'OH ' lt to < if tlion, le powo ^Ji the_y lie the 2 [11 not on to cau! \'yin(/ th to eiu Ird conce [king out Tlien when t listee '' si |tor." V \ propriet which t itely lies all ; t] the form [ting the jY., Comr It (here di In in a par land bv i In con tail ledulc is : I'orco as a t".'i VH. ii [rc(()rt', be liithad I ft of the . Itvrd to giv fill up tl Public Tru nts; luitl: Conuniss :re is no ; TIIK SUPREME vomit JUOUMKNTS UNDKB '»'4«' it u mm oil liy (|,„ .. "*'« iho proj notico ortliol iiiotor'H Tow] **i" tijo iniitj Imscs of tho i| •U'd in : T.J '•0 Wllolo JMlj '» roMpoct oi'j t wiHi thoa ■ .^- ir S. haj Jiii'iadiction; 1^ ; or to put "kIs Jiable,tl . what landsi awarded uni ^ut assuniiiij tion Mraa awl considei'ingl neral provd :>f dcscriptio] Commissdioif o^ssessed of 0" of the li <2 laken uiil ' pi'oprieforj ^ said Coma inline, on oiii •us whom till nine upoir ols which 4 nio effect, ;)roduce bofJ 'ut* or tlii] 'pos^a of A "eglect to J »' any'ijiwl paper, pf 'lay hem zes the Col t^ey shalll Istce woreil to adjudicate, in order to i lake Huch examination thereof ay bo neeesHary, without betn^' subjected to o])struetion, witb a 'to command the {WsiHtance of a Jiustice of the Peace and otliers ■r to enter an*' make such examination in cane of opposition , then, we see f .e \ot, by the 20th Sec, gives the CommisHMmer* le power (to quote the words of the Act) to ascertain all facts ^h tbey may require, in order to cany the Act into effect le the 24tli feen. clearly confers authority, which wouUl eimble I not oidy to examine tlie quality of the land, timber, &c., but to cause such surveys to be made, as might be necessary for ryiny the Act into effect. Surely those powers were given not / to enable them to value tlie land, but also to frame such an rd concerning it, as would enaMe all others who had to aid in ku.g out and giving effect to their decision, to perform their parlM I hen, when we look at the 32nd Sec., we find it provided when the sum awarded is paid into the Treasury the " Public tee'' shall "execute a conveynace of ^he Estate of such pro- nor. What Estate and what proprietor ? Why, of the Estate ^ proprietor whose lands the Commissioners have adjudicated upon which the 20th & 24th Sections gave them ample means of ac- itely describing for the Public Trustees' information. But tbis bt all ; the 32nd Sec. goes on, " which said conveyance may be pie form to this Act marked (B). When we turn to this form after Iting the payment into the Treasury, it proceeds : Grant unto p., Commissioner of Public Lands, and his successors in office all t (here describe the land particularly by meets and bounds). Tliis ii IS a part of the Act, and the direction contained in it ; to describe laud by meets and bounds, is ay binding and imperative as ifitlui'l In contained in the body of the Act. It is only where the Mule IS repugnant to the enacting part of a statute,' that it Io.^cm force as an enactment; t proprietor's plans and claimed by him, to which squatters had. the Commissioners thought they '-ad, acquired a good title by I \i I I -i s i WW LAND PUHCHASB act; ,875. .possession against thTnZ^ " ~ 5»-it them' M"cl'"'!^r.''"^-.;4 of u:^!f^>t:i^ record X dJ r '"''''/™"'P°"l'rioto b,,;~^^^^ "'-"y pej recollect'!,/ tint tL"'^' '" ''•"> '''""''er be inc,, 'i" ''r'"- "»''tt«d t, j Trustee" wiLiV''"^''^''""^^ t" ''e executed ,'' I, ^t must U; whose land i!Z ", '^''8'' P'"-t of the I» !„/^ ,"'* "P""" ' oloud thrown upon 4 t^u T-^"" "'^ ^"Wic LaX-X n ^ " money ou the aecuritv -!pv- ,'• "''"='' '°'S'it prevent 1,7 . '"'^'-' « its sale if he wisS? "r""' ''"•">. <>"'I very iikd "L ^ l^rrowinj , in order o knovi^wrT*' ^^"^'•«' ^»- -S^C 2 IT ^ "r^J"'' "' "' tli« I «l"vt it doeTZt . ".;'"""« <'"o» '"ean Uis ;„, ?' "'^l. "that I "o'lNciuencos mi ^'''^."""^''^""O'' from whS , )" H'i'l'iture } Act. Again tl,o.^,r"''! """-^ ">«derde t, '''','" ''"'"«^'0"«f conveyed the Com •"=•'""' °'" "»" Ac nroW^. ," f ?"'/ "'" ""» I iProvisiuna of tl.e nr/i T^ '"""^^ ''"d been n»rM *". ''"''^ ""^ Hion of tt.„i. A r T „""'^ Act of 1853 n,. ♦ • .P"'^o"asod under the ;» Bnii-payn [f poHHCMM ftatuio ol good tit [?15MCA C law — anc lay rem liot inak< |uattcr fade casi 20 years, [sioncr of Ithiis his the prim I have air I but very part of a I to them, fore, did Governn tec may, the Con stringen deed I'ro was giv( himself ' of title I hia defe prove w a case. Stewart 11 sU a 2^ kept hit non-suit include brought title wo acre of 1 aion, ^, law," is legal rai shew a very pr TIIK .SIH'HKMH wn ill Kober bis notice c ^ Mr. Stemi sold jwul coi> iany persoiii v« omitted tc Jt must !« t^^e "Public a»y perNOD —though ii ■will have (I ' borrowing de or injure '^ ^'» in the ^t to know [^cgishiture iseliievioufl ■itv or this the Jands beld and under the 38 th seo. r of Pub. attcr, and ' aball be ^ Mc only J of such ^ Puhli4: 'gbt, the liHi-pavnu'nt of ronl, 01' rcfiiH;)! lo (nkc himI cxcciilo llu! Umi.si', or Minlcrpiu"! therool', as urortiwiid, whou UmuW.'1*(".1 ; aiul llui (liMniiiul ifpoHsuMMJon, "Hiiviii|j; Lo tho oocupiiu* or tenant, Iho luMielit df llu- ftatuto ol" Liiiiitations, nnd also Iho ri}^hl loshowin hinisell'othcrwisi! 1 good title, documentary or otherwise. But the burthen of pruot \iisuch case to le on the occupier or tenant.^^ Now, at comuiou [aw— and but lor tliis Act every squatter has two dclenees— 1st, he hay remain quiet and make no delencc, and if the proprietor does liot make out a _/;rma facte case, he will be non-suited, nnd the squatter keeps his land; 2nd, if the proprietor make out a prima Jade case the squatter can then answer it by proving a posse,ssion of 120 years. But under this Act of 1853, the deed from the' Commis- Lioncr of Public Lands is itself made lynma^facie evidence of title, 'thus his first defence is swept away. Now, it is impossible to read jthc printed minutes of the Commissioners' proceedings to which I I have already adverted, Avithout vseeing that it is not only possible, hjiit very probable, that the Commissioners have held the whole or a : part of a great many iarms occupied by squatters, to belong absolutely to them, and have awarded no compensation .for them, and there- fore, did not, and could not, adjudicate them to be transferred to the Government. Yet if the Court hold this award valid, the Public Trus- tee may, by a stroke of his pen, convey the landsof these squatters to the Commissioners of Public Lands, and thus l)ring them under tlu- .stringent provisions of the Land Act of 1853. I have said that the deed from the Public Trustee of land for which no compensation was given would convey no title. But how could the squatter avail himself of that ? The deed to the plaintilf is prima facie evidence of title against him. The duty of proving everything to make out /iis defence is thrown on him. And how can he or any one el.^c prove what the Commissioners decided about his possession. To put a case. I recollect a few years ago, trying a ease brought by Mr. Stewart against a squatter on Lot 30. Mr. Stewart failed to estal)- lish a jjnwa facie case. I non-suited him ; the defendant therefore kept his land without being called on to prove his possession. A non-suit does not prevent a fresh action. Now let the Public Trustcv include this same squatter's name in the deed. If an ejectment were brought against him for the land twelve mouths hence, the plain tilfi .If law," is really only another way of expressing a well establislK^ legal maxim, viz : " That possession is good against all who caniws shew a better title." It is, n(» doubt, very convenient, and nmy hf very proper, tliat the Government, when it becomes possessed of iw m>kfm^>m^^si^-'^s*^^. ^^»'f*i;^il<;;plR^%: ^"« Ufii) piyHoj, ^•^K AOl\ iHU, I'd Assuming the awnr^io ^ ^^TJ'^^G aside. out to be inva fd ?i ^^'' ^" «^ «ome of thr^ r. no award slinll i,„ i ' " *"« '"ost emnlint;„ "^^ *" dciil wii whatever/' n't''"'"''^^''''''^''''- """yrea oVli"'/'''' '^«'='"«'' A but with td rT„,^ JT"''' •'^CertSr ir ' '.■• ''"'" ' ',' ^f^. it shall be' bSil"'? ^T'' "'■"•e Sm ."'.^'^n" 'T P'-«> •loubt such rest>-;,.t;„ °' ''""' •■"'d coiiclusiil ,. "''' '" »« »q"iry into'w tXr: "r'"'^'"^' - tllifaun air"^"' * Bioners on subject m.f °'^. ""'•>' ^''■'•■ision made 1 ^.P'"'''"""''' "appears bv tCl """«" "ithii, their inr J? .•''•'' "'« Commi, •"'I'oritiesslZ ilf r"'"'' "1""'- BnttCtfT""""-!/ » "0 jurisdietiof Tdlr"^'" '''"=''1'' «« a maUer 1"^' Jt? jurisc!:. , ''"es not apply and ^''""""^' " statutory proS J|";'»'Jiotioi, Bcarccly n to deprive iri to bri ^id limit (ooks wh Statute, 3me of tl [ropositio emoved, msdidi barty pro( Ibat the !: excess of kn the gr tion, and fth whi( 'rom the proceedH- " In or< clear aj Idiction. pght of c diction, d 'tbe charai the subjec swhich ha fUpon fdi mquiry. Ifrom thof personal i: matter^ 01 vioiisly, ii icnt on th affidavit, ' • jection th esuential mimes thi I prbpdrly ( ITheSupe I jection wi tpe powe) fcoijii?wf Uoiited ji iA"-:'^*i> THE SUPREMB COURT JUDGMENTS UNDER }ly necessary to observe that the eiTc this I'eine '^»'»at the claiV ^t I don't tl,^^ '"/?Ii accidents oliction of tji ^"I'd, which t! I iiave point( e to deal wit ' declares tlii or informalit, "or shall tb; , ('ther process I ""^•t to soni ' parties. ^^ d prevent k t^ie Coniinis. and whici), current of its junsf]ir> ^/»'ch it has jurisdiction '^this kind ire remains y Allly dlV r tho Privj h 5 L. Rep. ^lonial Act urisdictiou was taken tice of the sod before 3 Inferior om inter- i Inferior wide, is Supreme "Their era must ^ot, and into tho owever, not absolutely power to issue a Writ of Artio- ri to bring up the proceedings of the Inferior Court, but to control id limit its action on such Writ. There are numerous cases in tho ooks which establish that, notwithstanding the privative clause in Statute, the Court of Queen's Bench will grant a Certiorari ; but me of the authorities establish, and none are inconsistent with the roposition, that in any such case that Court will not quash the order moved, except upon the ground either oi' a manifest defect of unsdiction in the tribunal that made it, or of manifest fraud in the arty procuring it.*' And then, after saying that it did not appear hat the Supreme Court had asserted a right to exercise power in xcess of what he had laid down, but to have quashed the proceedings n the ground that the Court of Mines had acted without jurisdic- ion, and had been misled by fraud of the petitioning creditor — on th which points the Privy Council drew a different conclusion rem the Supreme Court on tlic facts stated in the affidavit. He roceeds — " In order to determine the first question, it is nece»-Hftry to hav« clear apprehension of what is meant by the term, " want of juri»- iction." There must, of course, be certain conditions on which the ight of every tribunal of limited jurisdiction, to exercise that juria- liction, depends. Bui these conditions may be founded either in the character and constitution of the tribunal, or upon the nature of the subject matter of the enquiry, or upon certain proceedings which have heen made essential, prel'minaries to the enquiry, or upon facts, or a fact to he adjudicated upon in the course of the enquiry. It is obvious that conditions of the last differ materially from those of the three other classes, objections founded on the personalincompetency of the Judge, or on the nature of the subject nitttterj or on the absence of some essential preliminary, must ob- vioiisly, in most cases, depend upon matters which, whether appor- cht on the face of the proceedings, or brought before the Court bj afcdavit, are extrinsic to' the adjjudication impeached;, But an oi- jection that the jiidge bias crroDicously found a fact in which, though caaential to the validity of his oi*def, he was competent to try, a^ wines that, having general jurisdiction over the subject matter, he prbpcJrly entered up the 'enquiry, but miscarried in tl?e courso of iU The Superior Court cannot q^uatdi an adjudiciuion upon such an ob- jection without wjsumihgithG functions of a C(>uri of Appeal, and tfie power to re4fy" ft questioii which the Judge waa compet«ut w decide. "And after eom'c^othcr observatioris he cites a pa«sftg« itat^Bunbury vi. Fitlltr?* It ia a general rule that no Court of liniited jurjfldictiori, coii give itself jurisdiction by a wrong deciaioB Hii ! :V\ ,'*! L'! ':[ !'' ;! il HCVcllUI -««.c euuui as exceedinff it sav'V;!;: *'•""" '» either parU h^ ih2' ^Commh^^oners in the pre^^nt tsJu ''^''r^^^ re&n^tie^lf '*^A I mil III :MVlior ;f (|C(M(|(.' 1 -: iiil)i(ioi) nor ii('c( ccoiling, ' |)ower ,(lo. '':i coiniiioii c(l, and ' lJi€ rest we hIiou were CO • suggestii the verd pose in 1 tion for right to I bad, as a ' tion in vhiimant Jiiiisdioti i ^vorc \vc the bad, <^intell 1] ouH decis cide belb: Court ho] above cus that the filiuiild b the .sum f Kiiid, shal of) after f lOfthe El ■Lands, &( the Sup re lMi«., ^ — t lent to ii iBttingcnt [the Court [fere in oj >!» : in TiiK Hvvnmv, I'oiiiir juikimkni.s un I>NI( > itsjiirisdic. n all paiticu. rue, is with, ^ises it may this prelim- juiry in tji^ ^sioners had the amount ^h<*y had to' ^Qni uojjsiof the n.th*tth^; •>, baa the, able5' ti a, omitted, ^nt, ijoth^ ^dbythiV imply bo-, diffe^-cuij 'roprietof 'limii^wr' it he h^\ Could h# ; ciioi'e to •relimiQ, ' It b^ckf ^ deprive y uudet / j ' W hero > u|,|„.,„s ll„a t,« InC ,i,„CV.uH !,„» lvk,;„^ iMiV ft 1 -> 40" wri ti,;;: i : . i wo »h„ul. not Ihink it „ecc„»ry to quanh h^wl ^le "^11 Vhi ,f^ «cro contout to let it stand for the unobjeotionab e m^s T ■ uggestion may, perhaps, lead' to avrnngemints and aSmentof tho verdict by consent, otherwise the rule must be absolute "Sm. pose in this ease the error had been neglecting to awl toinnen.r tion for loss of water, or something which the%lai?S.adrcle^ I to(i, .13 ag.uDst the Company on account of not exercising iurisdi^ 1-int? TZ ""^'V' """-p-'^^i^^ wasinjurii^itolit d.,miaiit ? In the present case, as in that, the Commissioners had jm.sdiofou over the main subject matters and the™ pmceedi es ro won commenced, but here the good cannot bo st'paS fZ tl.e bad becau.„ a ump sum is given for compensationf d o "" '»triiO(l I "tand. N„,v, if „c construe ,^,o,v, 1' < '"-' ;'''"'<-' '"•^^ i'>« bio I Supremo Court or a J„.Igc llS'- 'f /, 'i'"'""' '•«■""■'""«-] l.y Hie I JiKl Siec. to operate upon withnnf if- """.'-™ ^"f tl»i» part of the cclaring either iter ir^p^n oftheT'ifh'T.^ the /.eeessity „f pugnancy to each other. FV- evam.I , ^*'"""' '"^»'". ^r «. compensation is sufficient to rnv off ;' ""J""*'' "' "'« amount of ■ng to do with the proccLdi„P"-^of the r''™""?" *'■«>' '>«^« "oth- 'I'm than the amount dup ff „ ? Conimissionera, but if a leg. Equity at his i"».an"ce' won d' c f^ffeb'!? T''^'' « Co"U 'eymg, because tho mortgagee not blr'^rr? ^"."^^ f™"" con- ^by„„ „„„d ..ade b^hinrids back ""'^''"''jr'''^ "»'''« inj"'- "' paying notes into tlie Treasury 'and Vf^- \^^'^' "'"' " '"istake ^ur of Equity would restrain Ih^PubhVT;!' f^'' T^»' ^''«f« % «ll >vh,ch cases it seen.s to me til s ekl ^T,"'''" '"^S'" •«= i'-'t. iJ m a summary manner to "r! ff '""- '"""''^ empower this Coirt "oald have done. We must tl i'tr""' ''""^^'^ "Court of W^ ^"Hin tl'« Fosentl'seTnlhttmrSann^f"' "'" P°"^' ^"2 • , i'^'r '■'■"'l»>-."y restrained) 07^11^,^1^ "^^ T"''' ««'<=«« fenor Court. It is said the Court mat v^r.^'"^' "^ ""y "ther In- "'""Sb It bo void. But I ti^nfc Tl f"'' *","■' """ie the award I »rd,nary submissionsVtL a>vniH ; ", "'T' """ ''bere (even n ; ™li- it. the partyXmrb^ „,-u-»d''hl'"""'-*'i'"S mayt'do °e I C^urt to set it a.ide. Russel ol awa'rd^ ^fi?o" "^^l*" *=»» «» the "« "Itogethor void and nothlis can f^T ^ "Y*' ^^at if an award- ,«»/ usually interifere to set"! a^d^ t'^^Tfr'^' "^e Court CS' "here aim,AfU« , , ' " ""'"e. " But there « „„ ... 10 40 TIIK SUPIJKMK COURT JUDCJMRNTS UNDKR 9tt I Mio Com. ' iVoin vo\). >do? [fa 5n tlio two but it ia a •coiiMtruod il' possible «J '>y tlio authority orKquit}' on orcon- irt of the (cessity of id, for re- mount of *ve iioth- if tt less Court of 'om con- be injur- tiondon, mistake where a sput, in is Court, Equity of this exercise her In- » award Jven in )e done on the award' rtwill eption !fa the e the wilji kvouldl' I the 9 COQ- oiMlc-d that Mio order ol Sessions heii.g a miUJty, tliorefuro the Cour Avouhl i.ot .ct it aside. The Court Hay we wore in dotda whether the order wuh not harinle.sH, hut we Ihink, on furllier con- ,"v ; -/^" w.Yi.via. xjiu wiieciion oi all arrears or rent would also rcinain indefinite'y suspended, while the proprietors were en- gaged 111 law suits against the Govcrniuciit to get back their land • the compensation money remaining all the time locked up in thj ireasuiy,ot no use to any ono. To decline to exercise our jurisdiction ill such a case would, in my opinion, be contrary to all law, reason and justice. I think, therelbre, that these awards must be, set aside - irst, because they do not show how they decided the several pre- liminary matters they had to consider before ascertaining the - : -"^^X"" "" xi*, i„ii^iiii,j. lu inuati rents ; iniruiy, lor not setting out in their award, or by reference to any particular plans or documents, any certain description of the lands claimed he- lore them by the Commissioner of Public Lands under his notice to the proprietors, and adjudicated by them to be transferred to him and in not showing for, or in respect, of, what particular parcels of land the compensation, mentioned in the several awards, was respectively given. The setting aside of these awards may, 1 am well aware auise much disappointment, as well as render useless the lartre ex' pensc attendant on the proceedings. V.xxt this, to use the word.s of 'h'a ^^u^f>r '" .^^'^ ^"^'''* ^«- ^^*^ Eastern Counties, Ji. W. C, lU A. 1^.11, oGt), "is a consideration which certainly ought to induce grejit caution in assuming jurisdiction, but cannot justify us in de. dining it where the law has lodged it with the Court. We have no more right to refuse to any of the Queen's subjects the redress which we are empowered to administer, than to enforce against them such powers as the constitution has not confided to us.'' In Hodges, on R. W. 324, it is remarked that as laymen are frequently selected to k arbitrators and umpires, there cannot be any doubt that they arc entitled to avail themselves of professional assistance in conductiiii' the enquiry and preparing the award j and I must say it is very ui* .lortunatcthat in such an imporl ant matter as this the CommissioiuTB Hiiouid not have been uuthorivsed to engage such assistance, at leuit, in drawing up their awards, a nuitter with which they could scarcely be supposed to have much acciuaintance. IMrKKIAL ACT, ULTllA VIRES. The next objection is, that under the provisions of the Rritish i.n-^' i'i '' fi TUB tAKD; PURoilASB AOr, \m 41 N..Hh A„,o..iea Act. the lalanU U-gi„,U..r« had not power to";;:;: muttcTB coming witl.i,, the cbss'e, • 1,7 ?"'"-' ''"^ '" '■«'"»'"» ^ nrul civil right, in th^lSce " ° "^ '" """ "'"""" '•*- Vropmy **'■• Hodgson contends thiit tho iiownrnf .noi,- i to property, doe8 not give tlie ri"! t Ir t ?i ■ "*>' 'T' '" ™''"i»« one perBo,rf„r the pur'^: o";^'^ . „„/:'! u'l^u'^ ""^ r'"''-'^ "^ the power is restricted to the tukin'r n^^"'',> '" iHotlier; that uses only where a publ" necessK^ P''?!'"''^ f""- P^bhc existence of such putr, eceZv is aJ",'".? ''"'"'■ '">'» »!"'' '>>« right to exercise it, and thatniich L" %""" P''<"=«dent to the to the subject matters dL ''with Zt}T^:\T''1i''''^ 'X^'^' ra, on the other hand, contends tZ Z J±2t/''*^"''y."■'' in that it if desirable tSu.e L^:, " m Llhol^^ ^''^'■ into freehold. There is nota word aUt its heil '"' <»»^«'-tod ' property which had been pnrchaseS or" the S T'-":^ '",*'''''= «nd long enjoyed in the-fimcied socur tvthlfn *r '"if"? '"«"'■ would be as safe as pronertv h J \Zr.M,l, u '" *'"" 1 rovinco it. in other part, of the'^Zt i uTmW^ TW? ■'""''i'"''^ "^^^ « iLough the preamble of an ActiS ohoTLkei't"^ •''^' '■"'' il« KrasD niav hv tK» „i.„,..: i. , "" "" ""y to Its intention. witinn the prea-ribie.^ ^^^:^^^'^^:i^!l^^.'".:"^^t.uoi 4d TIIR SUPIiRMK COUllT JUDGMENTS ITNDRR cr to pa.Hn t in oiujii relation to lifter moii- , property II rehxtloii I'operty of Iier; that 3r public I that the ^t to the th regard ley Gene- e judges 't to pass ;n*cted to ofEmin- 10 of ita '0 I'ar as when a a small he land nutation to the operate 1 that a. )oIition. must in ly fays, iverted to take g laws,, ^incG it. 1 to be , ' t that, [Jntion, Jts not public . jrmling i„ tlio Act evidence of ncces.sity, the implication rather is Uin the Le.M.latnre felt it could not .a; that there was a v JJ u putting that ..ide;it; a.s contended for; the In^^erial L Ls restrictive y oa the power of the Provincial Ltigialature, then wou d be the duty of this Court, 'n the same way as it I thi dutv of Courts in the [ nited States, on similar quclstions, to dec do whe ler such a pubhc emergency existed as would just:ify Le'i l". tive mterlerence under the right of Eminent Domain. Now. to nut a strong case but one which might occur, suppose A. & B. had come .to this Island two years ago, and that A. had purchased 1000 aces oi wild laad, and B. had purchased 2000 of cultivated land- tl a oi his 2000 acres. The Act authorizes the Government to take m acres from A. and 1000 acres B. There ean-be no doubt of t s the words are too plain to admit a doubt. ' Tiic first Sec. is, " the word Proprietor shall extend to and include any person receiving or entitled to receive the rents issues nn,l profits of any township lands in thi. Island, (exceedfng 500 " e'i" the aggregate,) whether such lands are leased or unleased oSed or unoccupied cultivated or wilderness, provided that nothing Sn contained sliall be construed to affect any proprietor, whoselands n his actual use and occupation, and untenanted, do not exceed lOoS acres. And what is the Government to do with the unleased lands when It gets them ? Simply sell them to others. In every cj^^ hat I nm aware of, either English or American, the property wa3 ■Sn"n//n"" nr' '^^'^'\° "^'*^. ^y "^ ''' the coiivcMiieL 0^ be udt ol the public, or ol such considerable number of persons ns ^with resoect to some certain locality, might bo called the public and not lor the purpose of being afterwards appropriated exclusivelv to the use of one or a limited number of such public, whether such ev Kcln'r vll^'o ^'^ m^''" took place through ^ale, gift or otherwise. Ch. Kent, \ ol. 2. 340, says: It undoubtedly rests, as a general rule, in the wisdom of the Legislature to determine when public uses requia! the assumption of private property, but if they should take it for a purpose not ot a public nature, as if the Legislature should take the proper y of A and give it to B., or if they°should vacate a grant of property, or of a iranchise, under the pretext of some public use or i • flervice such cases would be gross abuses of their discretion and I ;;■'" r ■■■"■; •"'-■-■" r^-avw n^nif mm uie law Would cieariv be unconscitutional and void." It must be remembered that no amount of compensation can condone the impropriety of taking private pro- :perty when no such such public necessity exists, for the ri-ht to •take is founded: on public necessity alone, but the right to com- |i TUB LAND PUROIIAS« ACT, P';rty without his consent m?L^fP??."" individunl orhis »m '?■'■ ''"«.; by jurists as t.cWlcZl."' " Vf "«/ o.]„ity, , .ft Now, could „uy Court I.X Zr^S'''' ''"'|f'l''«"''«"«-«-i^ii .w" S'vng the Government TtlUlj'^, ''"''','« ''^■'^^^■''i'y oxi« edftr. ^■ome of its o„«ctiuen.» it ,t,v l" ■' r*? '""'='•'"' "'« rod e, 'of ''.0 va{i!,^4 :?-:„ It" • t^i.Z:^^''"'^''^^^^: ' e^ardi.!: l^multodecideonwluttitfi ds S'tr '? '■"'■''^■''' "'« ^^'rUrf ot importnig anytliing ih l! T i '"■' '"'"" '•<""«'•» of the Act Jfy hones of H,ovall..v f/?"'"' '""« ""'1 »inew hi.ti;!?/*/' «>"alruc^tio„ ehSCea'eMrM':; T'^, an those concerning 'the diUr^Ji^^T' ^^'" ""^ ■»»>« i«l>orS &; .r k'">. i«.^Teo 'r^tizir ■•• ^- *tood to annlv f^ il. "^ leiatioii to prooerfv w^»ij .V_^ , > * titno ol iniiijlit tlit'ir pi only \vl be met not coi IcdgUH 1 til CSC and the iHlund vinccs V Inture < the Bri pened t the csta b^ aboli C. 48&: abrogate them th ated in t Bat as t of, their the sam( cannot li I mils B. Stewi atates th to have Treasure tirely ro; sioner oJ children, loose an( before th veyed 1,^ a99 unle 4000 iicn WOuid uis tiff's Soli are so coi and whal tionof tli 'mt^m Ph^-i 41 TIIK S(M»1{I-;.MK COUKT JUDCIMKNTS UNDKU rCI,. Kent. '«^. exercise of his pro- ^ty, uiid ia ??-*«/ Ijiw." '^'>' private' When f the eilect ;tiire that ocfiipied 1 ell'ect of enie case, ^J'tn Hiip. ^HJi Act, n i«ict, is mikea it lij^isioners n events le, vvith- tlie Act eights of must be gnrdiiig Jurt are he Act, fig any- iko tho iiidicial 2ted by t)ecomo (^ig its many ortant' Now/ tie, on iiider- Quiiig on as t for nner same I time ofliiiposin^rNiich rcvslniliil-s on () (rti rht tl u munrc ; and also the iurthc'i iM)\ver of dein IV.Iii-.t.r (V. ..If. .. ' 1 ... * 1 »U HH(I of it aH 11)0 l)ldjlio. .r„o(l ivjM-r owncr.s of '«• l»nMH -V for puMc u.soh, h„t for public uhos only" who,, imd only Whm. »OIM0"glV„t|.lll.li,MMI101K(.l«:y, ,vl,i«l, oulil ITilHunublv be .not. .„ „,. „tl,..r way," .nxlciXMl it .,Jc«»«,ny to.)o «o, 1 Jw uW not confer that on.uipotent so.voreig,. power wluci nck.ow edges no re» tra.nt ,«t itH own di.seretion, and wlioxo acts ( nlkc these 01 « body wuh limited power) can never be "nltravii," «nd therelore, cannot be (lueftionod belbro any tribunal. But tl/in iHlund had a constitution mn,ilar to that of the other B N A 1' o" vmees when it entered the Confederncy, and the powers of its li i°. ntnre over property and civil rights were as soWreign aVtho c" of the British J'arlian.cnt itself, save only where its cmS;tmcn s L^v pened to eonllict with the Imperial Statutes, or werri-rulan t^ the established law of Englai.5, though this I'alt r^rl Se" L b^ abolished or greatly modified by the Imperial AcU 26 & 27 Vic^ C. 48 & 28 and 2!) Vic., C. 63. The B. N. A. Act of 1864, does not abroga e the..e Provincial constitution.,, but merely withdraws from Sn thc^'oiT °^-'"'''""S ^T rsr'l'"S certai^ matters enume. aream the yist section. over wh nh thi^AT t^../.«,'..»«i,^i.„,i • .. • t .. afflrl in <-u« oio* A- o — 7 --c)"*-w.t, vv,x Willi luuncxH en uraer- aredm the 91st section, over which they previously had jurisdiction. II matters not so withdrawn, the Provinces remain in But as to all the same ,^tuZ"T' -'"^ T"""? ^^^'' J"ri»diction over them in t.ie same plight as it previously existed ; and therefore, I think we cannot bold this Act to be " Ultra Vires."' STKWAIIt'S deeds to CIIILDKEN. R \f^T r^f"'!!,'" P"!"'" ."PPlioivble to the particular case of R f^ I,? 1 ; • • • "' ^""""^ *" •'"■^* "'<= "^^nl quashed, bnt onlv to have the injunction continued until legal money be paid to the Ireasurer in his case ; and secondly, thut^the Publfc ThlK b^ e lni'r?r'p".'r'^'^f°'","'""'^'".° "' ''i» ^o»vcyai,ee to the Oomn iL cnildren. ihe facts, so far as I can gather them from the verv 0030 and uncertain statements of his affiaavit, are these S vevedltr""""?^'^?'" "r ti.mmissioners fir hearing, bo con- a»a Ainleasod, to his son James P. Stewart. , Thivt he also conveyed iOOO acres on I^t 30 to his son Robert Stewart, or to his ,Zl'Ui, tiffT'^-f "'f" """"V ^"' '" "'" '"™''^" <"■ ^'^- Dnv'c% the Plain- «re ^^n WH tV?" '•" •>■« ~°veyed 7000 wve, ; but the affidaviU !n^^w • ^ '^'""Vl"'"" "soertoin what the exact quantity U, tfon oftl' r.n7 '""'' f ,"■" Tf "r-^" important, with the exoep: tion of the COO acres of Ica-scd land conveyed to James P. Stow»rt ;M'!^«%i^*^«;^.j:^i^:i,. , >, '■1; TUB LAND PUaCHASB AOl', Ifl7fl. i5 •»y opn wuH leased. I Ml can, I The notice of intention t<) purchase i„ m„ •• , ' arrcurs ol' rent) in any way interfere wTth.h ^ "' •' "" "^'""^^ "'« over hia propertv Tlio4') I, csT • f ""- P''"P'"-'tor'fl dominion ;;f i'"bIie'La'nl'^«i,„, 7,av 'Jren'ro? 1 f ' """" '''^ Commiaeirer 2nd Sec. of thia Act, no sudrmoorlt * il^.P™''"'''°'" ""'''='• ">« Bhall. l,ave been given, Xl ffinl „ ''^"""'">' ""''I'notice recovery of more than tl,e currmT v ""y "«''?» «' law for the rent dne to him." There Uno^ ""^""^'''r''»'''«'=rui„g prevents his sellinR leasL nr ^- ^"'^ J" "'^ Act whicS^ , oase come., before the clmf^""^ "'^ ''• '^''en the , J ft-ption of the renU and p^S hv'";?' ^'""^ "'' P"'" ; m the notice, or of l,is riffht to them m„/„ " .Proprietor named 1 ing the Cor..mi»aioners jS^i^"S ^^; g^ ' i; t appeared that the proprietor had 3d n?; ,"""8 "»'> *"»' ■' m trust for himself) but to actuni .,.hu <^»Yeyed portions (not ll'c ionajide owneis, "hen 7a o t ,i ™' ","'' """ ""-'^ ^"^ ^^"^ would fall within the third clHp„ P'"'H°'"' «> ^oW) the case ville in his judgment n be Si TTTT"^ ^^ ^'' J"'""" Co'- tlieir jurisdiction for an v hin^L/ -j "'?*'" ^»- W^»«.-a», an^^ those parcel., bo at an 3 Z^T"-'* m the Act would, ia' to 'aw, that ai^eemel or del c^nrraZiT^'lr'"''^'''''' "••« of ments of the Legislature arrvoW'Si^'; ''f'^^ "'^ «"»«^ rarer, givin. a preference to paSlar ,^odLT!uf" T'^' ^^ '" bulden by^the letter of the enaoS.t vioW' ti ''?' ' ''»' '°^- littnkrupt Laws, the first object and nolirip.K * ?°''">' "^ t'le make a ratable distribution of tl e bank 'o"^.f ""^'^ ^'""^^ betng to h.» creditors." So deeds framed ilaZd ff^^""^ '""'"'S^t''" ' I ^'"Jejfh-icsys. Alexander III, M J ^ r " q'""". """" ^<"<' ! cases might be cited where dooil, n„'/f ; . .'• ^' """^ numberlosi i; for this reason. Thus Mr t^hl 7?'™et» have been held void I I jlI»lieyofapurticularlLn,,8l.evt^„„;„ •/^'""''"^ "'«>' "»« ^a I the policy ofthis Act deTJed [nfts nShuf '=°''«'™1i<»'." ■ Nf pcr- named ;ase giv- tho trial ws (not >re then ho case nes Gol- an, an(J ' !, as' to rule of ■ enacfc- e by a ot for- of the e*ng to gat all ' AottJ^i jerlosa iyqidl id 00 law, i the J the f the teaw TIIK SM'UKMK COUUT Jl/DfiMDNTS UNI) Mil. "7 '"'<: IV-oIi..l.lM,-mi|.,K,Hull.(..., tliMi utany lii.io hotw !''"' I"''"'"'f^'. Ml." lonai.ls ha.l pmvh.u.d IVo.n Mr. Slowart I riciii'iii K'lii would li " '" ,":",'• "'•^•'•'•"' l"'»'»- I ll.ink l,is ,|,H'.l:. loll,,.,,, „,„„„ „„,, "g (.anyone., un.l II,. sdo lo l,i« l,mm.U, Instn .1 of conlmvcn , .. Iiopolioyol tin, Act would hccuroing It inlo oHoct. lint t li k -CCM ,s of ™d. rovo,-.s,„n to a „trans,.r wm.l.l have (o 1,„ look.. I ternhng to '^° » commendal... for t c welfare ol ll.oir children, .'hen it seems that the Legislature for some reason or o her which, though we cannot discern 4eui of course suppose to be a very sound and good one, thought it de". able that the Government should be empowered to dep ve every perso,i in this Island wl,o owned over 300 acres of land, of tile e"c« beyond that, and that it should be vested in the Givernuientt resell to whosoevor would buy it. True, by the provisiorof tk Land Purchase Act, under which the Goiernment'^-.dl it "^0.1 convey 300 acres to one person, no doubt a very wise and neee^ v precaution to prevent jobbery by officials, or in W of polU c-d friends or supporters, but evidently not i'litended to prevcn o andTo7M"":.'"« a..a holding any quantity ho pleases; ife^use i?A and 20 others on the same day purchase 300 ivcrea eiwh there i» nothing to pre^^ent A the next.da}.purchasin« fr^m re 'o«r20 «iu vii«.,ueco.,.i„g tuc- owner orO.OUO. The pilioy of the Act wa^' therefore, only to gel the land to sell, and after the siltv davs' f^ .nitiating proceedings against propeky had expired? t^elw ^ turned to its norma condition and every one had^as befort aTiirh to hold any quantity he pleased. Now, if a immber of'pe L 111 if • -m>^^0^wmik*m^{:^m^^s. TIIM Iadt I ing to the statementji 1,» h^A ^ DacKirom you larms which, accord- j cJlhe wou dl™ thm' C^n^'n'""^ ^"''r*'''^ ^"^ always expect- ■ to do so hardfnd i„rst a^Wo.? ??K-''e Legislature eve'r inteiided of 999 acres of unleS l.nS ^ """''' therefore, that the deed J. P. SS, i^vaUd and1h.°t thTpP"'-"^'' '"'¥'^' '» "» »°°. tion over the land conicvedbt it ^ir"'"*"?' '"'? '«> Jwisdia- oflcasedlandonl^t? i^uvp^Li* Wuh respect to the 000 acres.. »id. I think ie%ol5'L''Srell"/thfnfchlfJ!^r j With respect tonh':'rtL"l:dTSi *t^tust' «"/ .l!i"r^ :i ' i) ■ , ^♦i**.., »-«;«>.-■ iii TIIK .SIJPKKMK fOUUT JUr)OMKNTH UNDKU . Stewart I ^t^^^J,^ ] *''^" ^'^^^ '^"y opinion respecting them, or the or value , ot* thorn- 1 ided 500 , ct? Mr.; crnmcnt i intended ild have , iich JjvHti (le rc.huH ) be pio- ) iroporty pcsed to I ily, i. e., ; express, IR W.\ a casus I vorable, ^asion." ^ IS to hia. ['arming, on hadf bmmis-, mother ho case nj and ^tseem of land it, that n, andi accord- jxpect-. tended e deed ia son, irisdio- ' acrea. : Iready 1 land* lionerA be the / also. ) cleay actual quantity u. * . ^....uuti, cHii rui,!vni. J I was Ham tlic UoinmiSflioner of Publio ImntlH caniK.t altor uotioo rotrnot, anil tho ouho >vaH liluniod to U W UnnpanicH where it in Haid tiio notice to treat raises the relation of vendor and vendee ]lut it is a mistake to say ' that the notice to treat by llailway Companies creates the relation of vendor and ven. dee; th^anthoritiOH though somewhat conflicting do nob warrant the proposition In 1 Keadfield on Railways, 368, it is said, »'but it seems > to bo considered that rn^rc notice by a Railway Company of an in- tention to take the land, may be withdrawn, if done' before the Company have taken possession of the land, or done anythiuK in pursuance of the notice. In King vs. Wycomh li. IV. Co., Sir J Komilly, M.R., says "with respect to one messuage I am of opinion' that they were entitled to abandon the notice which they cave to uT^\, A Railway Company is entitled to abandon at any time before they actually take possession of the land comprised therein " Dart. V. & P, 195, 4 E.. It is laid down that "notice given by a Railway Company or other Public Company of their intention to exercise a power of compulsorily taking' land- constitutes a contract binding on the ' Company to the extent of fixing what land is to be taken, and cannot 'be', withdrawn by the Company without the consent of the owner for the sale of bis land. But the mere service of the notice does not constitute a con- tract hy Ike land owner for the sale of his land -, nor ia time strictly speaking, any contract between the parties until they havi' come to some definite arrangement as to terms, or until the value of the land has been ascertained by arbitrators or by a jury " In Hciynes vs. Hayn^s, 30 L. J. 570, where all the cases were considered by \ C. Kmdersley, he says,~It was contended that the notice to treat formed a contract, and having attached the name of a contract to it, It was a short and easy step to the concluHion that there was a conversion. It was justly said that if A. and B. entered into a con- tract for the sale and purchase of land, the Court of Chancery would grant specific performance of it regarding the subject of the contract, as the property of the purchaser, and the vendor as a trustee for him and only entitled to the purchase money ; in other words, thai there was a conversion. The question, therefore, is, how far tho plaintifis, the residuary legatees, are justified in that contention, and thatlis the only question in which they have any concern. Whatii the effect then of the notice as to"^ the land ? Has the laud owneri after having done no Act, entered into a contract for the ' sale of his land ? What is a contract ? ' According , to , Sir , Wiiliaw Blackstone, a contract is an agreement on aufHcient consideration, to do or not a particular act; and therefore, according to this deiinitioo, li « III TOR r;ANi)^U.t;ft()|iit,j^;(AOr;:'i87to: 10 -iM I ■minicitoJ to ll,« oilier mrtv who 1 ' ^''"'"I'y '!'« will h com- tical i..iucl,,lo, but one XyZtS^ZJ^rl' "o'" "'«"«- ' 111 piirtioiilar ; tlmt is a nroimsition IhZ' 'ii .'''"* "'^ K'igUnd to bo willing; lic might bo compel^ to 1 !'♦•"''''""'. """P®' '»™ but ttB long „« 1.0 i„ ,mwillinn,L will ^„m„; *.!"«' °S"'"'' «•'' ^'"r' thia:-A coitipany, being i^viBtedbv^rT •'?"'"""■ ' '-f" W"y ' take the laiidi of otber"f Be7ve rholo L ,6'" "'"''* *'"' P"*^''*"^ and call «pon him to statrwhat hi wl ,~* "?°" " '""<' "«'"«', as corapenUon, and so farls The^^om^^'i' '? ""'' '''"" ''« claims it to the land owner rndaZm!„»^fTPr^ l/ad a will they notified i tracted ? No one can say Xt h?s wHl t ""1 '"^"*' ' •"" ''« •un- read his thoughts i but if VD,r«al„f ^'^' ^'^"^ °° one could: willing. .Helas AitlCnSdCwm^ IS, tterefore, a total absence oftothreauStesfi'V" ^"P'"'^' *''«'«' hisi part; / How can it be said th^thll \*" '°™ » contract on obliged, and. therefo^ <^mTelled 'to seirhT'^'i't' He might be reason and law to say that re has<^„tr^,i'i'' i '""^^ut it is against contract must^e im/lied, it mus rtXs^o'f f'^i,' '" ""'' "'l' '^ of hisown. But it never was hcir^l t^of* • ,. ""^ seme conduct could be. raised, from the ZS or lT'"P'''^*'>"°f """'I"'"' ,, owner's agent. > Havinrre^rrd ,1,1 * i''^'" P"'^> n"' the land- contract, rf is impossiwf toCd w'a •*'''l '''"'!"''' "»»"'« "^ » f j stilntes a contract as to the land owt^t T^. ' "SJ-''^* ^ *™«' <»■'• I vent the land owner from seluSrK°''°" ^''Amited J pre- 'foat..In JB»„,„„,v„.i/«!rrZvT^^^^^ the notice to- cited by.Kodford^MTthrtCntl^^^ N' S.,^ «/fer notice to treat aid before nroce^Z^*'"?.*" P°'»«'»?''° of land . ; to notice so as to makel,rm 1 pirtv - tTt^"' '"^ ^^''^ «"«"«d^ \1i it is said Commissioners an£L ..l^ "^"^ ' ?°. ■compensations,: behalf 0/ the ExecutivrGoverS?i»lf . .'■'' *..P.""'«^'=' *° do, on^ o( thepubIic,.areBot HaW^!f„the^''^?i""^ « Pany are held to be in consideration nT,? fT '^ ' " P"*"^ ""n.^ In i?.^. vs., CommUslZ:ofwZf^}]f^'''^f 6':?"¥ to them.' — v.« uuuii me provisions of the Act fh«f A^Jf • ,7*' , *"*"'>: gave SSi^iorrs*!:'^-^^^^^^ .0 .how that th. unaerSgVWeS^^^e^ttid I AO Tiii« Miii'itiffMii) viwwv .nmmmiH unijicu ecoHflaril^' II Ih com- bflbot; ; a theore-' ' cdi' Tho npol him liis Will; ' Vo apply I power to [1 owner, e claims notified ; n ngreei i 1 hie icon- tie could be un- r; there ^ tract on ' light be against that a Jonduct jonduct ' e land- re of a at con- r. G. pro- tico to' N:S.,i Mand< ititled' itibns,^ do, on lenefit' com- them.' iants,' 'gav6' ild'be' liring' laiids ntof •^.M. I a..lu, Unvum my,,^' W UtiH m^ro a lUilwav ciise or other iK>t CO having been given that the landn vveiv ixMiuii-ed and a en in the relation ol vendor and purchaser ; but a pdvatL^onipanv to whom an Act is granted for their profit, dilfeL matt'r y iom Commissioners appointed under a public Act to do on behalf of mblic -' fr fT""T ''''^^^V^^^^S' '''' '^^' benefit ^- the fL' T,^^'^ ^' }}' '''y' '- ^^ '' ^l"^t« ««^tl^^d that a i otic(/ y the Kaihvay Company to. taico land does not by itJl' c'reat^ a contrae and that it does not alter the character of the nro party until some further Act has been done which has nofctnfon place m the present case. Prom the authors it appeL^^.^^^^ r^tice to take does not constitute the relation of vendor Z vendee But at the same time, some of the consequences flowing from that relation, do How from . notice to treat. The parSrlaZlhJ' come fixed ;nether party can get rid of the obrgatn~th^^^^^^^^^ ?i? H '' r*^"' ^ ^r"" "P- ^"* *^ ^^^t description of cases do ir^v'"^'' 'f^l Are they decided on staUes havTng the same provisior... a- i intended toaccomplish ends similar to thoe intended to be accomplished by the statute we are c^sideS Instead of that being the case, the object of the sUtu?erin wSch those cases arose are as dissimilar from' this as it is poPsfble to be Both m the railway case.and in that against the Commissioners o^ woods and forests, the particular land described in the Se?o treat was taken to he specifically applied to a particular use viz to ?avedTr? '' ' P'^'^' """"'T* ^^^^^ ^°^k wo^uld b^defeS;^; d ! laycd If the owner were allowed to transfer the land, and therefore (not because the relation of vendor and purchaser cxistedr but because as observed by the V. C. jn Metrollw! CcTko^^^ &so' Trf ^ITf^-^^'^'^/^l ''^f^^ wasVestJLf? m doing so. Here, there is no particular piece of land mentioned in tehrrr/ ""'^^f^' ^^T"^- ^"^^ '''^' k"«^« what par^icul^ land the Government were to get or claimed, and the reducinc the quantity by sales to settlers, would not defeat or delay any PuWic Za^d '«n. '^' '! ^ ^"^' already shown, the sales /ere Ych a« would not contravene the object and policy of the Act then " Cessante raiione Uais cpAai in.a 7.iS.» :ii .u. ?.n_?! ZZ h V* 'PPl7 ^^J f"«"°* g^^ern tfiis case'.'; Andlf lie Glover?- r. w .ir ''^ the 3fefiu»«.^«j^,.M,„^ "■»"• ~«»*^.„.,»«. «oM, bill ^0,1 will havo also hm lo pay for ; tliuy work tlio (Joveii triitlus, tlii« statuto 19 one entirely "huI generis," m,d it must thor 1 iLn «n,n"''"'"''.'T. "','-' rPP."«'"°" "'•e«»«™l principle, "on t,n rrmW ;'"•'* •""■''"'"'■.'"e to compare it with what it has 1 reaemblance to, is, m ^..y opinon, much more iitely to leaj to erro he"r.^atL, "."r """T '^"f '"'"'"■ " t''» ""'i'^ i" this casolat! the relation of vendor and piircliasor the property would ho Z verted. And in case of the proprietor's death 'li.e day Z'ZoZ ho property would go, not to his hoirs, but to his personal re re e t J tiyes. Could the Act intend that? 'And if it'did not then ti only acts which tend to defeat the objects or policy of the Act tl, the proprietor is restrained from doing It is slid that thoueh a In let" yf^ittHu ---''!'''"'"!^""1"'^'«"-" - "ot'fthrn' 7 n,„'„r '"'« ''"''lo^er that qjiantity the Act not only operates on the excess but hat he loses all. The words of. the 1st See ar™ "proprietor shal be construed to include and e.vtend to any , e rl reccmngor enti led to receive rents of lands exceeding Yoo^^.^ i^,^, .h^^""?^""- y^°"' '"■■•«'y ifl ™y yoo sliall not hold over SOO Mrcs, the plain and necessary implication is that you may hold oOO • But what IS the antecedent of the words 500 acref? " It is the land, exceeding, »... lands in excess of that 500 acres, fiitputit another way, • proprietor " shall mean every person receivin' renU sfeZt'''"'-.'''"^ ^*"^ '"'"'' l'^ '^' "SS'-^Sate. ^Now what l^.^ds S ifZ^t f *\ '*" ""?•? "?V^^!;e *•''= ''"* "'" '""ds which he ho d. tfnnthfTf-f *''"''"" y "f ^""^ '^'"''' ''•"«•> ^y "^oe^^vry implic. hat is oT wlT "•'^^ ffT; '•"'"• '""y ••°'''- A'"' t'"-""'t follow., nf tU A „? y • r^rf '" ''"* ''"^'' *'"" the compulsory clause of the Act were intended to operate. But there is a well know* rule of construction that, " where the hvngua^ admi , twoconsb-uctions, according to one of which the entcmen wool I £ unj US!, absurd or mischievous, and «<3«,.diug to the her T won be reasonable and just, it u obvious that the" latter mutLadopW as that which the Legislature intended." Now out this cas," Suppose that 20 men, intending to emigrate toXis IsLd hJ^™ here last year and contemplating the future settlemen of tihS families around them, and informed of the eoraparativelv sm» quantity of unoccuuied land in fl,;. T„i..„.» „,.j .r jf™ ! ,'^ "W quantity, had prudently se"cured"alaiir,ra;t ttaiT ^^Mrl spectivcly require while their families were growing up wdTat ten of them had purchased 500 acres ea^ih, and the XVn 525 wre each, what wonldbe the effect of the construction con?endVdT to VVI..V. IICI cs hcUl I HlTl'S ( coil 111 Cllloils quest i( People is ;i ]xi to the said bj so, we canon reasons slruetii by roa( of the as if th the re] and in conslru tion it havo J)! gin('^j — that jjo is an ell the Avoi rqjoji ill sLructio] taken a.'' lo make sary to i (which enough words e: i.ssucs an above 5( Lcgishiti struct ion GOO and the owni takes up( one rule •ViINK't' '.4i«^v c;.^>v JO riiK .si;i'i{|.;.\n.; foiiiti' .h/ikisiknth iindku Ontravciio t ill Imvo hiHHii i tho (lovcni ?ra»ti3cl. Till 1 it mu£*t there le.sorconstru& hat it huH lead to oiTpi \h (jiiHu croat(M vould lio con y ul'icr notice, lal, loprcseuta- lot, then it , : the Act tliut though a man lot within the y operates on Ist Sec. are; to any poison ing GOO iw.vp hold over 5Q0 lay hold oOi) t is the lands But put it in iceiving rents lat lands ? \;Jt lich he holds uiry implica- len it folio \ys, jlsory clauses well knovyn '■ aduiits ;of int would be lier it WQi)ld it hts adopted this case :— id, had come int of .th^ir lively small ' ■• _ • it aecieasijig jy would re- and that ten jn 525 acres itend^id f^r! VVI.y. uIm-m iIm-v „n.iv..,| wj,!, iIh.j,. ln,„ilU,M, M.r 1() will, ,1... r.'„ question avoso on the eonstniHi,,,, ,>r i ' ' ' ' ' *'^''"''" " l'o.,i,l,..s Act „r 18(17 the Cm tw,.,, i, •''-'l!";';'-''','^"'"" "'' ti.e h a passage i„ t),e udl. noi.t of M Tn i'^"f/ 1 '^"'"''- J'"' ^l'^''" I. i'i«-v.ui. I umnot see that anv vioU^nro will !». -\ . by roadinir the wonl^inP cj m u i -^ yuitutc win no uone and in Perry vs. S« ^r, 2 M & W « pT'l"'"'" "•^"P-J'io,,;" construcliou contended X' wfs^onldered ^i" -"iT ^^ ""■• the «.o,d,s „..e .nnnilest and .i. r ^)r. L' j" ""r';^ T''' upon Ihe words of the Acl m this ™«. l^w tlw. '"^"^f''- '/'«•':/»«, sUuetion, and romi it a^t 1 ' ; T,',, ' *'"-', P»n;o»e of it« con- t:.ken a. ,a,t of the sad 1 t Ss'' ' , j'' JZvt'/ *-'/'"'''"' '""' 1" ..."Ice U,e defcMMlant a >v,„nf; d e " ' N ow ) „ f fl' '' ** "" ""' nary to avoid att.-ilmti,,,, »,.,.i, ".. ..i.' ...., f""^. '>"■', 'lit were nw.u>. issues and pro(i£ of 11^0 txeess of af v f t '''''^; 77" '■«"'^' above 500 Les i„ the l~t:l^\l o vfri^ht'T ? ''• "^''•V","' Legislature nn.st draw a li..flnewherrwdl'tui,M. "'"''''''' struction draw a slinn, lm» »„ i.v".i •:. , ""' "?e»not this con- COO and the excess; instead oftire"abs;7di;; ^^Xu-in'tboTwee: tie owner and any land at all; and, therefore, unless his S.r takes upon itself to do what the Statute has not done viz to nX one rule for the owner of 525 aeres and adifferent ru ^for ih^ow nt i '4*.:.'%- ■■:*£•' 'i'llK LAND I'UnoiUSM AU i\ Id/fi. S.1 or(io,o()() \v.\ to retuiM ODD 'icroH. Mr. Stnwnrt HCI'OMorjoilflod , in luy jii.l-iin,„|, Is ,.lo,nl in* imloaHod land wl I DOMINION NOTKS. t'Htillod h' in those .fotesi tl^lcCn^e 1 tlTIv''" ''"''' ''H*^ '»*'"« 'J'''^''^"™ mistake, and thi. is oneoflfr^oLda on wT "'''"'•"'''* '* '^"'"^ granted. Ue 30 Sec. enacts "that fltt?,,^ 1 •'',"" '"J^'n^'ion was the publication of the awS H . A" *i^..".^P'™H9"»f30 days from l^- ^^''^^^f^iiyo rn W met such awnvil ahnll l.r. X ^ '^'^ suti or See.: that the Treasurer shaS^v !.*!'" "T*" '^'"^ ^Ist liver a notice t„ the I'rothonotarv th ,7?^' '"*='' l"'y'»«"<, de- paid in, and that notic- i "to be i^ f "?'"•' ""'?""' "^""'^^'l '""been "I certify ,l,at the s.nu 7:^^, .t" [!:" ^f «''"'<' (D-) which is, the account opened in the above ma tr »i •^L""'"?. *° ''''« ""''lit of paid to such'party or parens Zti^'j V^"^ '•''"I amount will be , rule in the above ^natteVoderanfd>t^-?'°« Court shall, by I- provides : that when the sum is so p^d in the Pubit^P 'Y ^?"? ^'■''■ fore conveyance, give 14 davs' notice of h s int^^ ' 7'"^ '''»"' ^• was contended that tJie Act" re(i«ir,^,„ * '"'^ntion to convey. It c-xpiration of ,,i.xty days is 21 V'^ """ T^^^ *^ ^ P^id at the whole proccedinssinT'thVZnd'7'in"ci-'' '^^' I'^ ^'"^ '=™'- t^e the case; but at present it is unSs.rvt""! *" /'"•"'' *'"» " ""t money is paid in,' new notices can hf „-f, £.*° '"S"','^'' "•. When the "" " "'oy "ever Had been siiven • .m.l w.„ 7 ™'"> """ just money has been paid in. Cftlm An! .I"'^?"^' «'<''•<» y«t no end or „ixty day!. in,p„ ,uive 1 it atust^?? "'"''" l'<'y'"«»t »t'th. n would bo most unjust to allow tbVr' " "'"'•>' l"-»»'l>"y, and delay in paying i„ the money keen tbf ""'-'"■'' ^'^ "" ""'"finite of it, while fit the same t"mf it denriL* 'u*- P'»l?«f !"'• o"t of the use of rent. The Act itself mO arrears Stewart, hold very Iar.» ..... '^.^L."' '."J"?'"^ *» "'ose who, like Mr , --o-r»...u. me «>(o,ouumustrenrewnf *!.„.., 1 V •'.,;•' "'"""1 a ,■• r'-^'S^*K«Jir-a''*i«.>.-,j A4 'I'lM.; .'HirUICMM i'Oimr .MI|UJMl>iNTM JIN Dimi ly iMjtiiicd i»0 j)IoaHOH. itXM'tificate t the Gov- niou notes Tronsiirer t it was a ction was da^ys from e amount te suit or The 31st merit, de- I has been wliich is, credit of t will be hall, by 2ad Sec. Jhall, be- vey. It 1 at the rror the s is not lien the hjection uid just i>'et, no t at the 'ly, and definite the use arrears ke Mr. it pro- )tice of ncome lado, a 1. No mrt of 'OS his sale^ "'VP"r.<' imifil, havo Ikmmi eoiiNldiiniMo. Mul ill II <>(' WiHul niid u{ |.|m.l, w<« uro nrli„,M„„KM. ,I„ i,,j,„u,|io„ ix.wrr kIvom by Ih. V>m;I cxei'oi.sc the Kauii' ix.wor w KiniUv wonl.l .1.. :.. i:l • ' . '^ I'an ,.n. -r.tr;e*xr ''-■ '''''-' -^ -- *» havocs' With regard to Miss Sullivan, I am satisfied that th^ O.n'f Pn. . FUTURE AWARDS. a v^-n^'!"'^''r'*'"'^ f^'\'' ^ ^'''^'' ""'"^'^''* (»r awards not yet made, 1 will therefoi;e, before closing brieily state some particulars wli ch 1 think the awards, to be valid, must contain. I think theTsh^U ^^^^ a distinct finding that the breach of conditions in the originaK^ were waived or that they were not; and if not, whether^ny S": tic 1 (I don t say that it need state how much] ,was made on that al'^''"h^r.''r" T^'^V',^^] '""-^'i ^^ ^"^^ r«»t«- I think it should also, by reference to Schedule or otherwise, show the names of each quantity and particular parcel he has so acquired i by bounds. I think It should also show the names and quantity held bv sauatterf. who have he d for less than 20 years, and Uethe^r Ly thi^gTffi ni«^Y.n "oT'i r"' ^■"""•."^•^••*-'-« ^'- i-iieir ttccomit. There shouiu also be a Schedule ihowing the amount of arrears due from each tenant and how mudrof these arn-ars has been allowed to the pru- ^ prietor m each case. I think this last necessary. There are two ^ hues in the 20th Sec. which T think have been ^ry nSo^rlc^T ' \! 1 I. >.^ ^ ^«il»o to I '!/ may require to I'viii ill (,nlor to „.,.. ;;7o.Kl what tl.uy thoniHcI ^<> hII tliat luiH U, I H> in laotH wliioli itt (i K'vo Aill oHwt to th ';f »n^ .^,rr' Tho moH,; •<»ii' IKM-loiMll ; |( IIH ^UOH I'lir l>ointfl 1» ,i; -t what ,i;.vi,;;; L -, ' T:'':i;;r„.:!';r, ,''^ "^•'-■« i-. -;•" reBpect of arrears „rroi, I r W„S,"i t'lo l»„d and Imw much in acaBc., and the san.c t L „,av ll^ .^^^^^^^^^^^ ""d. rears me due to a deceased ioStoT'uu 1 '11 ""'"'" '"'"'-■»' ^'"-•'•« «■•' not hjs personal representative' wo wo dfl I ? P''^'-'"' I''"!*'"*'"- ": award void in such a case, be^u J tt ^" ""'".I"-' I'-''' t" J'old the, -* Uso that the a>urt i„„'r":4%tr^-- M not may assist in preyS^.^theJ vet to '!.?''''"/''? *''' ^"P*""" »!>"? rocks on whicK their pr-'eJetl^farifftV^^^^^^^^ ^ *"' es.e„t^l%:X^tfdit;™? rrar^d'tb ''''•'•^^^''' "'"'"'-- things which circumstanco, m„!, , ' ^^^""^ ""'3' be many other that%be Commissi :?: S ^do a^d'fi.T""'"^' ,''•"' ^''« ^'"^^ wrry the Act into effectAtcJuZt . ^ ■"''"■'>' 1''"'8 ' '-■<=«'««"7 «> draughtsman to avoi tU' UtiJj; o^-^^^C^I il ^i]? Mh. Justice IlEHRrrv in • ■ ' occasion, I shaU follot ^7. ^"""8 my decision unon th, . '. aIludmg'o„Jyt\h;'t t tta^rtoCrf ^ *«^h^f Jus^^"^]; award in respect of which is ?„"!!,,!! "'^''f '"''' °f R- B. Stewart'^il!" r? P?'^? ""'>'' which, although ta^r i'^.f f * '"'^<') ''''""ch in vo) vea. tate of Charlotte Antonia Suli van and fh n " T ""'"^ casosof the «! PouBon by Fane, may not reqSrt^'b^dS'''"^^.^''"''^™^^:: ." Tm^; ?oiX^os Jo? V>"''' '^"tef'S 'IPsi '" "" vey *'li^^s^^> l}) Jat tho PiiM.-n 01^ con- 'S^^^?^l^ fH' • hi; niii'im;,mk coiiin' .n]iMJMi.;NT.s IINDKII ftft ' VCqnii'o to .y 1 H"«*H I'lir il to lUH on, 1 to do, Hce it III Maiming. cunoH in to t)w mm\x of JW much in ion in Biich . where arr roprietor is; to Jiol(i the, •s ha^ not I think it Toceedings conducting 5 that they ing on the c. cike me as any other 3 direction ■QdaniXYy to nuble any lecessary. * prcseni ustice, in 'art /fli-ft. . ■' \-'"-^ nivolvee« oftheew- ^rabazon^ tn, in ar-' 'Stewart om con- in I II .iM Mulin. ..ivoMMn(h.rtl,e .'{lM Hortion <,f '^Tho 1 I-. M<'\vurl, liiinl ihjin h,.|,„,u,.,| („ JM,., «k;| CMvninMniMT.snr ll.c ni.so us delnlh.d "WHiL, ov niun» tl o convey iii.s ,.hIu(<. Mtid riil,li(. 'rnisliv hiid >iin iindcr tiir n Hevcrul adldiivilH lihMl il I'id.li(^ Liinds ns hel on 11 i'if,dil, (o convuv lo the ( 10 g %' h) the iHtate, under the proviHionH ") qnoMii,,,,. (2nd) Hoaiuse the moi oninuH.sioiior ol' < r the «y paid hy the Gov ern' '•;'H«nry to (he credit of thin eHtale, und {•r Act merit info iJie Coluiiiul 'J.. !n^oMh'»»iHl Treasurer would seen, to have arisen IVom 1 s Imv g ;'tim aefe el To?'"' ' sliHJ in acoord'jn/^#. wiM. *i • • i « '-auHiiirea eacli lown- vvheicast^^^^^^^ original grai.ts to contain 20,000 acre. accordancoAv ^fC «U ^ "" « «ietail, can also he .settled h. vit« /n,VN T T ^^^"^ nseertainahle on reference to the aJlidi. to bi r 'f h^''? »" •" ?-"^ ■^^"""'J "'^""•'y referred to, bad b„ii ..ouee lo purciiase when eervcd binds the proprietor's landrTnH nn' I:d?a;ro'^^s^:S^f"'''^?^°'•'''"•"^^^ do.J:^te^ ca.r>ed out, or imghtat any time be defeated by the acts of the p^: ) m TlUa r.ANI) 1»U»0IIA8M AOr. lH7fl. limit i> .-• y.iwnu WNiHin UK) lUOtUIOdiiiir i;;""»«"K' M«o invoHtigatioM |,y •t'"*'!', tlio nowoi'M ill* n.wM.»..i. (iillO to Jiuotlmr, tl y illiutintioii •t.i.u n.. an "">, PUMK (ho III iiijj "iioiy to ilUi,, tl. .„,. U .^,H mv V l"'7'J'»K ii>.y in». ti.e ti<.von„,.„„t, timt tluH ,oS w„« P ^ '"'^'""^ "" ''"'"'"' "' fi'»t, ill the Nlm, >v,ty .r/n Xk ,, '"'"'"'*-', "" *>'» P-M-Helor, "WO bo.n hold (o bo bin i„ , o„ S ; ?"""'*"'l"'l ""»""•• "oticc been re,|uiml, .„,d Iiave bo"^ autl orl^ ; T'T, "'T" '"'"^^ '"'^o otber C«i„imn OS, under the ff^olT^ * ^ '"' '"'"'" ''•>' Railway or acquire thL, Many of theff statute ^l'"! .''"'^"^'-■'•ing. them to ment that the lands re<,uiredl«l 1,! f ~"''"" "" «''P><3».'. enact. »ale, the land which they Xd tud ^i?,'? 'J!''^ '=°'"P">'«''-y proceedings for the purpose but the n! 5 llfT *:^° ""^^^ ""^ incident i^ the ea^e^o !Zieth^ll^cTo{1u^^ft\''l'''^''^'y out. that the land indicated in tl?„ w- , \ A''' '° •>« cafieS and notafterwards be disMsed of bv fl »1 ,"" ••" ''"'<' ''<»"'<' "^^ i*. the Courts have held th Ke servtt H^ T""""' ^" »°™« <^«o Company and the proprietor in thlnLw-' T""V °"'=« P'""^' the in others the doetriU?,":':rbe„„'Sl Z'T T^^T'"^'. appears tome, it has been held that wi!mi,„ i ' ''"'■.'" ""• "" '» and purchaser' is establisLd „r , „t vJt sHli^ ''V'°!'''»'' "^ ^»"''"' bound in the hands of the pi'opr'etir u^Hl M '?'''"« "^d and have been secured. A distinS, 1^^ „t? '". "''J''"'^' °'" "'« Act Counsel i„r Mr. Stewtt b "w "n/c^sf S^'l R ^' ""^'' ''^ ^ Company was concerned, and where a Puhli. A,r *''""'>' "•■ ""'«' because i t was argued tb, 1 1 m 7 W^? . ° ^""='"' ^'^ concerned ; to the proprieto^^'Sd not Lu^^^^^ '•?""=; "'""' ^'^'" » """co oorapelledi go on a^l^tpTt ^rilro?^ l'",'' 'r"' 7'= ■n the notice, and could not plead iu cxcu„nT?„- '''.'"1/eferrod to therefore, the position of vend™- „l,i i «ehciency.m funds; and to exist, but tlm rpubUroffil h jr'''T'' '",'8''' ^«» be held funds under his »nC 7«^ iT'twr. « ^'^ » limited, amount of only$800,000)mirhtdravbiok a, dr^f?,» .''''' "T"^ '" ^"^ chase, and thV'horef*;;. The V^J^tlZ JLT-JS'I^'J'" P"" oHhf pl^edJn^sl^nd't l^^'t' ^1' "''^"""""'"--^-'^ lum. rnsupport^ofb^ththesS^nf?^ '^e money awarded to of cases and autho^it^^^ we e cilcdToon l^fl,"^^^^^ " ^'P "»"">"' P-oceed to review those wMcV^ero ^f t^tSadil'l S iH TiJK svvRKm counv JviHimsT^ vsimi MH (Iio h'tic rn(5l,iciil con. IHwltion of luu! no vital Jii'K any mu- on bolijiir of Proiu-ictor; "iiar notices Hi lamln Jmvo / Railway or ring, them to :press enact- ice, but they compulsory modes and J a necessary be carried bound by it, 1 some cases e places the 1 purchaser, n all, as it n of vendor e fixed and of the Act lade by the y or other concerned ; ni ft notice , but were referred to unds; and U be held amount of d ho had the pur- 'iii tO DO Jonolusion mrded to B number kvill now ling deci- only m a quali/ied sense occup ed tlio ^1 "'T' """f ""= l«'''i« clmsor, with only «ome of the ineirtn ?./? 1 ""^ '"""^'>'- """' P"r. cldont Wn^r wanting that it 1^1 . wch a position ; one i„. dunry devisee of the pei-so. nl^ Z 1 "' f|»«»tion, «„d tlie resi- real estate into nerso a tv ^^ ,*" •""'"'^''"'t'' -^o-version of t u rosidnary legatee the cSC^nffrt."-' ■ ''T'f' '=»'•'"« '» ti^= belonged to th. devi.see of the rea L - '•? *"'""'' ^"^ """ '"- free of all action on the part of tl^'i T^ ""'*"• "^""elusion would »r^A : •. , , : '1'"" V'^*^^ 01 tile Inrul nw«ft.. i i ""lu, pu,y>o.',, and «o,„e of tie e^^^i '" '' r'??, ""^"' '""^ )<"■ ««'"»■« eontraet, also follow from Z ZZ' /" "'"'/'K '^'■"■" "" ""'""l lamharcfixtcl, neither Ztvclnn^,,^fn''''^i,. ^'"^ V'^rlicular Uilce and the ollwr lo aivcuifhX.rf V'" "*%«<»'"'. '''^ me to on the part of the. landj^^'.er " In tit i""'' °^^'",' " '' " ""'"■•"«' Itmlway Co. vs. Woodhm^se U I T rh'"° "* «>" ilfe«r<>poZ;<«a treat had been served u o «,e I,,ui ' ^'"T^'-y 297, a notice lo cd to sell it but had boe"n^^ent ff™rs7i:r'"'r'"''^ ''"'''"P^ obtained on behalf of the Company and W V,'^ ''>'."" "'J"n<^tio" arguuig for a dissolution of tZ^"^' "f ^»°'1''"''«« » Counsel, in the case of //ay„,s ys. //a, J, to iT"?', "'**''' «* »» ^'"/""on the Judge, V. 6. StewantrS'viW :fj' ^ ''*^" J""' """''"d. h" authority, ^«y„<,, vs. l^wS'L'' //'?"'• ""'''-" ^ «"nk the Vice-Chancellor Kin.lersley in tl 1 A* ?""i ''•^ '''« 'i"^'"'""- n.ukes use of some expresions to ?lw ,?• 'f 'f '*-''' '"' »'"'""Sh ho does not constitute a eSc in thi^ff 'f *''"'* """'='= '»♦«»' specijicd in tlie notice ; accorS to < I .1 •"■ '" ?*"* ""P "'« '««* thisca.se) is contravening the T4 of riT'l"'" defendant (iu Vice-chancellor says, get rid of^L? „, r ''' l'^'"' ^^ """""t, «» tl.c «onm 0/ Her Majesty's WoTds IJ^r ^"f «»,«»• '*« Commtj- *as,howcver,cited to show that irtt'''%^^ ^- -f' «• ^", with only limited funds arhisdsmsal T* "w" f"^''^ Omrl notice to treat and other subseouein!!' •■« ""8'". a^er service of want of funds, and it was^t^d thLget^^r ^ ^^p^^ '■ i I iiiil 'niK'UND ruuuilASB ACT, I«75. Hont one WHH ii.tcndt.d to UA tho <5<»iiI(I nut in any cuHL' exist, or iniy ol pOHltion or vendor and l>in'clia.s( 'o-e, 11.C obligari,,,, on tl e owner of t ... "i""'''",'"' '""' """- "'"o^ could not bo l,eM to exist ]t,» n '■'' "^"°'" '" ''« P"i'ili notice ,-„««„„<./. as hi! prMisrlJZI'"^ ^^ ?'""" '"' "'« promble thereby, but thefe SVlZttT/"'"'^/,'' "'"' «»'"'■ the statute and not from the o-ivi !^ p .i"^^?"" ""-' parsing of places the land at the opTio. of^ he P„ * '"• "°"''"- T''" "'afuo once aflected thereby, aK,o m„ L r™''''''"''"'''' »''" «"« i" at , No material addition to besl ! ' " "»P''"voment taken away. , missioners openinErtreAvfl ""'''';<'"'='<-'■'' ""'^s f™'" the Oom I their option^ S ffitLeXP""''''" "'''"" '"'"^ ^ 1"'-^ "' «rgt:„riltX'\lf,f- -^ °"i- authorities, cited at tl. upon Mr. Stewart a„ cMiffnliou Za S„,w ««'^'«'.<'f the notice , hza estate to the Commis-.imeTyplr^r'"','"^'''* *"» '<> S^^e up I s; statuie.'::nrdSii rr^sxir^vn?-^-^^^^^^ * objects. But, then again, it is "tLd fh ^ '^"'^^^"f^^^ its declare* Bjons and their reasof m d Ijer a snoc .'r''' w"*^ "',' ""='«' «»««!- cJ-ed tobelongto, or he r.i^^:^S^l;^ ^to^-« do- Vnd ( what and I (locla hold the .t( Jarati cap. 1 Land Legi^ law Purch havin Purch conclu under also d( convei allowli .&00 ae Cjinnot a prop] niH ox| Into 1V< «cc til a would and as fiat ion f it appei branch to pcrac , acres in Govern! .small h( HO doin^ djously t|ie obje S^tey*^. *!^fef.; ;«»■*>>>» SUV >.. fo TtIR SVPRKMR C(>,i„T 'JlU)OMKNTd VN .Kit •"«t '"» l-ie piiroha.sed, ^viir be found tlio lattur prill- ic OflioLT with >'npli.lin^^ tho lone ,so the ob- listed. Judge ;a8o of a Hail- « insu/ru-ieur,, required and »id the partita C^-'Ouipauy I»:i,l b )i v^o giv,.ii ^vlioni ail Alt ominiaxiouera eoutivo Gov- 'iJ tlio prin- rising in cojb •11 to the case re not bound ound by the It huH been won of the •i find unim t) pasaiing of riie Htatuto title ia at ukcn away. I" the Com. so phiced at dared p,)licy an,! olycctH of the Land PurcluLso Act, to tl looxiuntof cited at the f the notice ' io give up e could not t. „ J. 1 • « « iiiiL ui flUili versivo of ta declared thoHe deci- to bo do- of tho de« »nd unloased laml ? tL , „licv ,7, !„?, """ "'« P"""" of leasehold ' ""«" J'-''^- Land Purchase Act, IgOsTset V i "' ^ '"'"*"'>' '«-' "'"•'d The fogiJature at the time in passin; '' "\c '\7- 7** ''".''"^o'" "'« law of the land , and whiclfS ' re e^J to in^r*""'"^ ^'^ ""•' Purchase Act, J875 ; and the lanH tlT ? ? "'" Pfuseiit Laud having to be held under the proviL, ^^•"'^''••''^"• *'''' '•''"". Purchase Act, 1853," may werbe X .„ • J*""? •"• "T'"' ^und conclusion as to the (.biccts int7,,f- ~f' dered m arriving at a «ndej.c„n»ideratio„. CCiXX'se Act''" 1"' ^!"= ^■^' »-' also declares that one of its object^ is '.in '„m' IV "" l"-'"""l'le, convert tlicir leasehold tenures Co fr» . n ""."f "" '"""""•J' '« «llov.;„g Ml, S,„wa,t, I |,e ZiKT of .^ f,f.r , *"'""='• Would the .000 acres of rent wivm^l.,n,l- '"""'''' ''"■fe''''' estate, to main Cimnots..e tha it wodd wIm " »«'^.»''""ee with tlmt'policy? a proprietor invidioiX toT2 e oiu '!! .^"'^'''"'V''"' '' ^'^'l'"'' r.ls expected to bo derived „,^b ''"'' ''™1' >''* f'0>'« the bene- '■"to '•'■'ehohls, «.uurt /or K 1 ' •,X'.7''"'"'' "^ "'^■"- '''■"^l'"'''* see that it would. On the c ntr^r II '"V"' '".'"""» '' ' «"' lo would be to recognise pZa2TM^:^.'57 "\ ^"f " '■«.*rvutiun ;, and a, it is to be supposed /"t b! • " * "'«"='» "<■ ""-> statute, sationfor thewI.ole,'tCc can be m^r/"'"''T™ """«''"• """'l-'-n- it appears to ,„e, for puHi.rihe c m.^ '",• '"■'" "' "" '"«"' S'""''J». branch of the Act. IMiedecla atioT W r'A^"!''""'''''' ^""o" '''" to persons receiving the renS Tmv. »^- ,^ "*;"=' '''"' '"" ''""='«'"1 ,ncrc3 in the aggregate wa 7 ,u T vf" • '*' '""?* "^' exceeding 000 ln„v, ,..,.„„... ,S°„ ?••.*'"""' !" l^'ew, inserted nierelv .„ ,„.„,,i .i," .sm^allhoWersi'rdTncS^^adioir"'''™^ «o doing, butby no mean to rive a rW.f^'";'"'' "'"^ '°'» "^ «'»""' dioisly to sele/t out and retain a fewl^ I^T P~P"«tO" invi- tfe object. Of the Act. i^'^^^^X^'^^^T^i^^ Kf!f-,^^;^X. CO (except brW^sl^n and tiH Hl.r'l'' ?f "''"/?' ««''««&»<"<&.* Land PurcWo A? ]875 »Ul •« '"^ *", .'"<"»'''• Tlio present i..nd., „„dX tt'c^ujre'dTCt" a:^f : that it would c^ndu^- to tS Sap^X IrthH,!^''^' l«3.deol»rea ?£™:Et;^jrtir^-F^ to me, wouUi rwel answ^S^ \. ?,'!,'''''•'!? ""1 P^^'oy- '' »??««'» •J'l^rcJdiSiS^^^^^^^^^ conatruction uporS^oin^rtoLTd tW t^f '^P?' •^"^."*«^ declaring it in express terms T„f.,S. . " ^-eS'slature, without atcad and family rSenlVh"/ w?V'J "■ '"'"' '■™'" '»» >«>">«■ appear to SeXe nlt^ tW m'' I '""'' ^'V"* "»« Government tho rii'sMi<.nr;r,., «r ^1''"" »nwasnotm legal tender moiicv. At and receive its rprHfinf*? i? ^^^* f^ vecexvo the sum awarded, melurrthe tZ^^^^'. !:1T„".'».'J».» .^it'"" to demand pay! a mortL'a^'or or iiwiinih^^^lZl' J^'^u^V '""'^ Vf'' ^'"^ otuerparty as meat; 'in-d ah^nirtr^rsln^elp 'inrthe'fn' *° ''"=""1 '"'•. W* evor,that.n,partyVoS;.S;-JJ.\re:;«^^^^^^ 03 TIIK N(FI»UKMF: OOIJJIT JlJOCmifiNTS. rnostodd at untenanted I conaistoi^t 10 proaont itc(l lejiBcd ect to the J, declares wildefncsa le for setf it appear^ ictor him- llcst sense farm and any other 5, without his horae- vernment to retain i amounts 3 invalid rt of his notice of ved upon Treasury ought to 5 already the urgu- icy. At > opinion the Gov- n such a t he had matter •oprictor itlcd, to warded, nd pay- )arty as h« pay- gal teu- bad not •t, how« 3 Court will.if Jk; o\ocl,hi ciitiMo.l to (ItMuaud aii<] I licro/oiv, ns to hoiii payiimiit ill K^gal lond oexl.(Mit,thi.s point iiuiy only after all inoiiuy, involve a matter or time, as to when legal money win i.avo CbicfJuaticeandMr.JuBti^Pcto ^ """• <=°"«""'"g with th,, Tiiw r.AND pi/nciiAsis Aur, im, b3 h r.AND l>irjiCllA8K ACT, 1875 Administrator of theGorernrnenfof' r^"'.' ^^^l :bll he construed lo iXdeand ev /^ " '''•«P"«t'«" ;'^-- the ,i,„e being, receiving'" .."ti^d ^ '"'J'.'"-"''"", "...h.™., n .H .ssues pr profits of any Tow^ , a^u'-'^ir'? ^' '•»»•'• a>ul (exceeding five hunilrod acres i ' ,I ^^ '" """ ^^^ !"« or their own right, or as T^Zl "r„""',."*''S'"!;P'«) ">■ r AJ>.m,istrator lor n'ny other r'"I'„^,?"''''»' J^«"'t"r . "IT"''" ;° "gi" of orWether wkh hl^l.C' ^'l'' "'•••."' • 'el. l.>d: r a^d'or e T'" '"•' -''"' -^-1 tl, a er •I'll.. Ooi nlonor 01 Jjandu t( I'ropriot Intoiitlor rliBs? hit What U •uffieicut Ucotlon t< prlclor. V, Amount to liald to Pri rrlctor— hoT Mcertdinjd., Cuvcrnmoiit 1'. K. I. to I point a Co nii«iiIon«ir. In ctso of \ c«ncjr to an point n kuccc «or. •lovtriKir tlfi •rul tt Hpjjuli "^ 5fiSv::s: OoiJ rolnaloner. "»g herein si^-^:^v|iSif'' •Jl un nil'. i,.\Ni» iMUuiiiAsr; aot. !«76. >«'i''S,vrd „„>. (.|,.M,.,.,„| 1,0;.""' '""'■""»"■''■ 'I" /'and* to null ■™;Kri " '■:>' "Y? •"«.'• "'« l'"Wie, ,on of the Gove, m r" ■- ;?,'r,;«r.! "»?'=" 1 1.. tl.ia Act i„ the Canada feX , " v .r"'''' " pno.o.- or ,,,.o,„.ietor.s that the Oovm; m^nM'l^'."'"- wh« I, u, b. .^"I- Evcy such notification mnv h» s«r„»j .,» afiri,"f^. pnotor either l,y delivorinR tl e °ame fo h[n. , ^" ,1 '"■"• ■n his absence IVom this tZd to Ti t Personally, or ton.ov, or in any c« I.v , ,• ., ' ''"'"'" "gent or at- )^netor\ia.,H,.r^,e Seno^^r Vt'oL"-'"?.,''' ,™'"' P™' ^Khliesscd to hi,„ at liU h «t I,., , '" P"*'-Iottctown, weeks in-'tho ioy„i feerte of tl k P^ •''' '="""«"«ive posting of „„e,, n'^tieeS „°i..ura(S^ror,I,'e ?'" "" aforesaid slia 1 be deemed and bil n„ , "'""" "••• "Otico as if the same Ind h, . '^,-'" ^ood and vaUd ) proprietor or his knojll'lg^::' '"-™"""^ """"'' "" »-'' iSr ^;..- Prieror Twi~n.d ar"Ts<;^,,ten1- "^i ""^ ^0""='' P™" point « Com. ernor General s iiss(Mif f/» fi,: a }.'"^*^'^^\^^^ot the Gov- mi»«ioin.r. . '^/'^"-'•" » "ssent to tijiH Act 111 the dinK^in ry n government ol tin's I sl.i«.i r .1 ' '"^'' "" '^^"«wi of tlie czii 01 uiis island, lor tiie purposes of this Act. Id CMC of va- ^^' I" CaSO of tllC dcatll. nen-loof rnfiic^l «« • 'S.'IZ.> «ct,of the Cotnmissione; o°appoh 'erbv th ant Governor in Council, he shalfanndnt . ^^""•■"• . miccessors as often as may bo '^^ . «>iccossor or II.,.. , ,„„ ■ y/^' T''e Governor Genera! of the Dominion nff'„n„ i •"L'A W."'"' '" ^"">";il xliall, within sivtu ,1 :r,.° ","""' °! ;;"n»da ^SS,- of h,H assent as aibresaid, nominiie and'appornt^/heT.""'! Commissioner for the purposes of this Act ''""'"' VIII. In case of the death, neglect, refusal or incap. TIIK LAND PUIIOIIASK ACr, 1875. 06 sioiicr shull not bo deemed to h^ „ n • ' C"»'"''»- the terms of this Act »ntil I „ , ^"?™'*><>"e.- undei i.oti<.e tn fl,. n. l:^-"'. """^ ''i «•">" Iiave first point tMr.l inilanloiii'r. ProvI«o. -tice ,o the amm^s^iorr "of kS'l,3: J''t FT nppoiutincnt. i^ano.s of 8Ucli Ins u. ^t !:; trcimitt; ::tt "'"?"!' ."i- "'^'-''^ -- - I'rietor, „, aforesaid r; sue ^rooK "'' ^^ ""^ P™- r.,£z:" successor or successor^ as K. s^'f ""^ "''""'"' " " the''';tife:'»^^^^^^^^^^ «!-ty days after , o«^ • i. i-i IJit-bt-riDea m tlie third SOr'Mnn #W+K: a j. Supreme Court appoint a Commis«if.Ti^,. «„ u ,, ^*^"®*^ <^i this Act, to appoint "f the dea^rSeetVefutr ** '■"' '""■'" *''"''y day r-fe any Commissiinei Vpoin^^^^^^^ *° act of ar/o.'i said, appoint hissuSZ n,p7 ""'n P'^IPf'ctor, as nfore- applicatiou .ha be Se'bv the r '" '•"^"' °''«»<=h'^a.ses Lands to the Supre m &>urf „r T^™'?"''''''"*'' °'" ''"^ic .0 non.i„a.e a ^o}..:^^l:\Sf7::^^^ . XII. No precedence shnll be cl-iimorl Uxr r^ sioner over the othor^ nP H,! i ^ °"® Comini.s-Nonrec«donoo !.,.,,« 1 . otners ol them, merely jorniwn K« »« l** *»« '""'"«< iuive heen ai)iioiiiloj»l I'l. n«... -i '"U.ionor ovc» or the Lieutenant Govprnnr ,•„ V V, "f^^" ^'^ Council, ti.« ou.or,/" Commissioners so annoS "^Council, but the three one of them si all S 1'/^ "^""'"'^'^^ '^''^^ '^'^^ ^I^ich them under teprrisit;^^^^^^^ ''^^^^'''^^* *«-'"'- case the said Com?nTs ione' i^^^^^^^ * t F'"^^'^^^ *^«^^ '^^ ap-idingcoin^s~it"sl;:,:";:^ cl \kL \^^ ? presiding CoTn^^S^^ hT's ch^llw ,'" "^^ """" ■oner shall be tl.e eonnnissLt; thl'sCf f,'.!'.?. F"""'""" F-'-ioa Dy iiie Uovornor General in Counci! """' "'''"" "'" snail, Within thirty davs «fVp,. ♦!.« ' "'.'^"7 two of them, «/*•"»•"«> unj, ^ aa>s atter the appointment of the said ""*' (id Nulioo e llhj{of Co •ioiicm. Oommiaiioi of Public Li to be cUiini io all procc Hiipniiii' (!t) loitji|>(iiiii t(u •lino fir liint t'ro|irl«|or. H(i|irrmo Cov lOnppuJnl (cuil JlBIl U.l litVM, Ooriiiiiiii«loiiiiinil«(iloiiif, »er to i.s- ler oil "*"•"•'>• lis V VaoBncy of ,. llilrd Comini* u iilooor— how a ir filled. Supreme Oour« t, fo appoint ' third CoMmig- S jlonor In osso J, Proprietor re 11 ruio« to do 10. ■ No preeedoriva *« be flftliiied by Olio Coil) iiilMloimr over (lie otlior«. PraildJDK Coniinl««laner — how ap- polnlpu. Provli,©. ^mm|«,ton«, ' be notlfled. tltinl (/(m.niiHsidiKM', notify tlic Coiinni..MiotH.|' of P„l,li.. Nmul.s in \vnlii»n(,C.s„d, i|,oi,. appoii.tnioiU. XIV. The mid ConmiiHHioiiCMH, or any two of tlioin ttcC'..;/:: :''^^' ' iil>(>.i tl.o petition or the ConuniHHionei. of l»uhl J ';:V";1-'^' i;"'''!«'» '^ '"'ttoe in the /i yal (Uzdte i.ow.spa.Jr ol Ills I n.viiKM. of a (hiy and place in Ohiii-lottetown when unci whereat they will hear and eonaider the ni .ttor.s re- eiTed to theinnndertheprovision.sorthi.sAet, relatin.' to Ihe lands ol the proprietor who.se (JonuniHsitMier MhuM have heen aiipomted, and in aneli notiee hIuiII HpeeilV the nan.eol the proprietor tu' proprietorH w hone huuls the Commissiouens are empowered to' vaino, and sneh notiee shall be published for three con.secntive weeks in the Moyal Gazette newspaper of this Island. XV. All proceedings under this Act shall be entitled »'a."^, thename of the then Commissioner of Public Lands .•^aiUlrdS ;^'l»o in his official capacity as such Commissioner of Public •nga. Lands shall be and be considered the claimant or applicant and shall bo subject to process of contempt and t hall i)e personally liable for the performance of all duties imi^o^ed upon him under the provisions of this Act and for the costs ot all proceedings in as full and ample a manner in all re- spects as though he were a Plaintiff* in the Supreme Court or a Complainant in the Court of Chancery in any suit in either of .said Courts. "^ ^ XVL In ca.se any proprietor shall be a lunatic, a inr- tt;:;r.,Vr '*;;' "* l!"7'!!';' '""»'^ <>>• ^^ minor, or lalK>rin- under any i«r.-''« ;^^^'f ^* \*^^f ''; .V ^;;'«1 i'as no guardian, an appHcation .shall he made by the C .mmi.ssioner of Pul.lie jlLh to the Su- prenietourt lor the appointment of a guardian for siiH. lunatic, per.son of unsound mind or a minor, or .such other person. H....0 court point^a^;uI!S/'lw^^ '^' ''''^ ^'^^'"-^ ''"'^y '^'^ o^poini'r* r ;r'''i'V' 7."''^ *"^ "'''^ i" «» matters required to be per- lormed by him under the provisions of this Act, and imy proprietor or party in anywise interested in the mattiM- then pending, may be represented by Counsel before the tonimi.ssioners. - Uoii) •■ : rx <0 Hpnoiiil n Mbllultor. : II :mM: Tl^i.LAND PUUUIIASK AOr, im. V) ' OtAM I J if XIX. Kilhcr party Hluill iuivo power lo Imhuc SnhpouiuiSrtuu^ and »Siil)paMias dncen te.cura to witncasi s to p;ivt! ovitlcucc bcl'oro the CoininiwHlouorH, which SubpuiuiH Hhall ho i.sMiicd iVoin the Prothonotary r r)(nce iipon payiiiontof the hhuhI » fci!8. XX. Tho.Haid CoiuiniHsioni'rH nhall havi; lidl power and oai.>i» ^»*J..^«„ authority to examine, on oatli, amy person who nhall ap-louVmsi??!)''^ pour holore them, either aH a party interested (jr as a"'"*' witness, and to Hiimnion belbre them {\\\ pernonH whcsa they or any two of them mry deem it expedient U) ex- amine upon the mattern Bubmitted to the'?' ron^id .ration, and the facts which they may require l asjerts'si, in order to carry \Am Act into ell'ect, and \a rtijuire any (such person to bring with him and produce belnre them any book, paper, plan, ri\strun)eut5 docuiuent or thing mention- d in Buch SubjJttina, and r^ ^ ^ -sary lor the purposes of this Act; and if any person & sul pa^naed shall refuse or to ompe! pr»i neglect to appear before the?n. cv apotjaring, shall refuse tObSVc' answer any lawful questio?! pL?. tj \\ui\ or to produce any such book, ptiper, plan, hiBtiameiitj, document, or thing, whatsoever, which may be in his {Xissession or under his cyntrc'1, and which lie shall have been required by such Subpoeija to bring wiu» himor to produce, such persons Bh&ll, tor ^very such neglect or refusal, incur a penalty of not less tbaniive dollars^, or more than fifty dollars, pay- able to Her Arajesty, to be recovered with costs in the names of the CounnissionerH, w of any or either of them, [^•/{Jf '«' '« upon bill, information or plaint, before the Supreme Court, and in default of payment, shall be imprisoned for a period not exceeding three months, in addition to any punish- ment for contempt wiiich the Supreme Court may inllict. XXI. The Commissioners when appointed as aforesaid oaniit>i««ion•/ MlJoDrn AUer hrarli! •TiJance, ** swarJ core lienaktiuQ. Mcounl K>t aa] *ti(/j comptil- MlkllTn In b« {"lnjii lato COB. Coinmldiiloiu.ri wmpormailon •to IVoprletuM. ■ ■^i ntjr -Im t1 m CoiiiniliiiiiiMtriii •""y CRloinl tlllli III I'liijicl •tor bi'lvrn nil ♦•"rliiif oil till,,,. 0«nvitiU,.). ir-rn *• vlllo^ o 1 Commlidoiu-ra *"•/ *.. !MlJM.Ii«,t,M-„ (mle,- 1.. ,,il „!,,;, " ';"'l'"»'«n"l to -".>■ l,c ,.oco.*„ry lout bl ,,"'"•','•"','"? ^''''™'''' "'^ •lioivor (o „„v ,>i;st,o.|ln„ ' "ulyccled i„ ,.„a,„.et ntion i„ ca»e of 0|,p„.iitt'. "'^ ""''^" ""«'' '^•^"""•' • ti>«y n,ay ...om .,ect;L;T„":";:d[« ™ '"'"* '" "'"" "» «"m d,ie to mich pro, ri Z Z\u "'" "'"'" "'''""I tl.e tf. which he »hal bre,,t tied t """P'--"»t,io« or pric,. No Mlln(tr.'«i|(;f. to iio Ilia,),, „„ ••couill of title "ciiij couiniil. t'kfii into con. *li]»i«tloi| liy Ooinmldnloiifrt n««iloii •to iVoprleJuM. la...'la the Co,f,Sors„ d U.,':'ri- ,?' V"'" '" ^'-^ eircu,„,t.,.oc. into thol,"Smbn :" '"""'"'"« ''"''■^ " ^Su?o^rt:h-:rir:tnh':;Thiv''^ -""'' - estates; the rents reserved bv so, ? '^f''''' "" ••"«^'' ret and the yeitrsover which th^,! J ^'1' "'" ''"^'"■'< "'' able probability o?theTr being rKld'! ' ""' *'"= """" I' TIIR '•^NO IMlltOllA.SK M.l\ ,H;rt (F • ••■'^i''%:;;;l>;;;:;;rr',;;;:;:;.: ^'•■".....; OM «uia period of six ycuia. ' "'" l"'''l'"<'t'"- I"!' tli,, pnetor, ,,„.l wj.o claim to l,old™cl, TiT'"/''"' '? "'«>••<>- proprietor, and the reaMnablo nrolLh-|-?''''"™f ^ '» ""«'' of the proprietor «u,tai„i„ " w, ewf ■"^''"'' "^'P""'"'^ holding ,Mlver.ely i„ a "ourt of W !^^f,""' ?"'='' P"™"" c emeut., to betaLiutoconaideS. bft^'-rn^ »" '«' siouers ,n estimating the value ofv.^L ^ ""'.'^"* Commis- (1) the coaditi..„»"r he?ri"!n„^ *''' P^Pn^t^s la„d.s, (2) the perfornianee or nonlt^"'^'' '™™ ""^ "O'vn far the despaMie.s Irom the V„r'^ /",''"'''"'='' ""d lioMr • to the dideriut L ieHtenant r ^'"'' ^'''"'»' Secretaries other aetion of 1 e Crow, or rT"°" "'" """ W»"d, or ?« waivers of any IbrfeuTr. f nT"""?' "^^ "^''•'""^ m theoriginal gmnts, a, d ho^ f^\ ,? ''"" ''"^ '«««"ed ''-e been waived or' re.niS ^ t cC:"""''""*""" puhjished by deliver n,. „ ! .',''*"'' ^I^" '«'"«' «l'«ll be "'-.to hiH «Se«t,S r;S:,iSi''r'^f Vl "^e proprieto'!*^?.-^?- licSfof^^rutvlJJ.tVovr'^''''^'''^^^^^ pub- Colonial Treasury Iho sum ,oZ!T?.* '''"» P«r i"to the o„„.„... .. m'saioaers or any two oHbem ? ?i'^ ''>',.*''« «'id Com-sW'~" P-edi„« in w4h -l^i'^d^hlJi^rv^ttta^f " """■ XXXr. The Colonf.i Ti.,. ..... ' ""ci. jmyinent, deii;;,^'^''^''',*;"'^'"''''''''''-"'^""^ ^upreme Court a cerlidcate of (l?„ ^«'"'<"">lary of the 2'"" » i-r.. Treasury, as aforesaid whiel , .T"""' ?'''''">'<' theK^Wi""' iorrn of this Act, unnex'cJmtCdT "'"'" '"' '" "'« ""'"'' -r^^^'i; 70 TIIK LAND I'ltltCHASK ALT. 187ft. 1(1;^ 1 I'ulllo Tnmlra 1 to la •ppolutca Ult,S I Iho I Dio 1 [>r; h(j " ny •0- \ ch Oonvnyanco from tahUe cs Tniitccto «c«l IS LandR in Oom- 1 (ul«tloncr of >e ■ I'ubllo Land* a ■ 1 U> bo bold (lud 8- ■ dUno«td 01 VDdfr provi- Mtoim or ICth ' I 1 1 Vlf., Cup. IS. Award ofOaa. miitlonor*— ovaromant is ly araouDt of rard io|e '. Tniuury. 'ApnoiBlroanl of I'ufilio TruKloo to be iindor V^Aitral. t'orty entiUiM ortion such sums in su.Ji shares and proportiojis as such parties shall be entitled to receive. . XXXVII. When the full sum for aiiy lands shall have i I ■■ - 1 1 THE LANO PUROIIASK AOP, 1873 n' ' ii '' ■I 'I III ni. Ij i'rovlao. boon paid into lite Tiea.sury and llio coiivcyanct i'\ecut('tP'""»''y»"- by the Public Trustco lotl.e go.nnii.s.sionor<;n'u),li. L^mi'^ ■^^^"^ ^^■ the Governuient Hhall ),o absolutely exonomted Worn ,,11 =^0^"^' liability to any peraou orpcrHOUH Whomsoever wlio inav-'"'"""'"^ claim any o.stato ho conveyed n.s afoiosaid or any interest therein except us is mentitmed in the "^t^t flcctbn. XXXVIII The party obtairiiv ,« » irom the Su" i-^y otMinu,, prenic Court for any money to \.hicii i.o shall be entitled '-rr.o^U for Ins estate so vested in tj,'^ Commissioner of Public Tr'^pteL: Lands, or any interest therein, shall be indemnified in his costs incurred m making such application: Provided al- ways, that no party shall receive or Ix; eiitir ■ .,, .„,y costs who has made an unsuccessful application to Vhe court for an order for tho money so paid into the Treasury *' us aioresucl but ftuch p.u-ty shall pay to and reimburse the party u-ho has reeel^ed such order, such costs as he fiha I have been put to by reasoij of such unsuccessful app Ilea turn. XX XIX. V/hen any >state shall bo vested in the Com- mrssionei- of Public Lanus under the provisions of this Act, .^^e-n^fran, wliu'h shall, previous thereto, have been vested in tho '';'"•''" p" name i)r nanicH of any trustee or trustees, t1; • Court shall ''"Ti" **" order the pnrebase money of such estate to be invested hi '"" * the name or names of such tn-stee or trustees upon trust to pay tlie interest arishig from such investment i i the same manner and to the same parties as the rents, issues ami i)ro(i(s of Mu> .saul land were i)av(djlr previously to the flale thereof. ' Xi.. Itshall bo the iluty of the said Court to n. Jio Hueh ord.»r as lo (bo investment and pi; .leiif of tin uireha.'- itiouey and the interest arising therefrom, as miiv nieet ""'"*'!"' ^'^ the circu instances of each case, so that widow^^ entliled to "' •""'''''•"^' dower, infants, judgPieiit creditors, mortgagees, nl all''""""^ persons entitled to any estate or interest in the said lands ''-*"oTty . or the rents arising or to arise therefrom, or the .vreuva"*^ \ thereol, may receive either the interest of *m an' ] pur- chase money when invested, as aforesaid, or i nhase money or shares thereof, a^: shall represent tli ( ... te or interest in said 1 r.ds, or the rents arising therefrom, or the arrears thereof, previous t/j the Yestin?' of the Haur-i- the Commissioner of Public Lands, as aforesaid! "^ XLI. In every ease when such lands have Ijeen vested . m trustees, the purchase money shall be paid to such trus- * 18 •'"III |iiiii till* I V'»'y !•■ I.I Ilia Uiiili. I Wlmii Hiipri'n ilMKl iiiiiy ii|> 1><»I«|( 'IriMtft. Hiipri'iBu Vuu\ niiy dUintk* l'rutloi>«. Rrmutiorutlon or CununUkion l«ra. KtannaratloD \*t Tnnt«e. t'siirt inav ro- InUkwaJto "^ lommti»ion«r«. C t I ■i O S a \Whtn nppUe. •lion ton H •h'kll be in ,.■ •mnil«t.'oner»| , lUv.-; pov, r to Cl V b. rc be fii 'oappraL '• Cvrtiorarl Iroihrrnro 1M. Cl n\\ mi Ct ^m^-'i' '.-l^v.-. ^^-.-"^^ii^-**;^ TV- itihi • ^Nl. IMiimiuiW .\l'|', |n,rt, f»il (<'nnvnyaiia« '*"'^' fr..in l'ubli« ^'•^» uiicr4io()ovi>rn- ill iiiuiit from »U liiim* on iha 'l'""; '",''"''' I'"' ' • 'i|iuM 11 „. (,.„,,|,i ,,H II,,,,, I, , , '■ I'll- IllllllMl Mir. «||,.|, l|„,.„,, ""MM lin III,,,. ||,,|,| :,:;■'„■;;:•;;•.,( !.M„t ,.i,„ii i,,,,,. ,,,,., 1" ' , "■'"""' ' ■'^"(••v,,,,. '" wl,„.|. ,.|,.. ,„.,„||„„„ „L.y Hlu.1,: „'',''' " '•' point T.„V, •";.> ""'^" * '*' J '•I'-^'J'US HO JIMOO iiU'd hv I. I ".'^'^ ''"«-. Hu dismissed. ■'^'-'''' "' ^''^- ^'unIcoh XLIIT. Tlio Haid OoniiniMsionorH «lmli bo naid l.v n Govor.uno.t of this IVuvii.cc ibr their k- vicis , nd m- ^' ,or^..„„„u..o. .very dn.v s.,cl. CummissionerH «h ruct, .dl/ k '''^' '"^ ", duties imposed npo.i thom by s A. . i "'"^'"^'"'^ once in p.iriu.mce thereot n.^ ch tL ^ ^^'y/'^itT- inunovation as the LieuttC Jo n/o"^; consider them entitled to. Council shall o&'Sr{_'fc?S::'" Council 3h„ll dccu 1.1^6^11 led t*»r ?.?""'■•""•"' 1 J-r "' ^9 8ta.,-e»oi;o„eh case, whiol, .uj t Z J' ^'\^'' '"'"•"- I] I*Mly obtnloioil , •iQonntof ' }(( nwiirJ to he '. (xilil bU mtlM , IC 'ur api>|iou(lon,| is 1- ly 10 ^', 10 e il t'rov[«mo Uourtj I II* lu invent ' fan'^t of pur- I « 1 ■<« money ^ to tuvot ib« cuo of I* . ! > o»tjio«, fc. «tu..esofeach ca ^ w ^hlaUl^ ^I.m''^, ^V'^"""■ mcn: of this Province. '>«PH.dby the Govern- . Xi. . No uvard made by the sairl rn,r.,v,-„ • &^:r„.- »"y two -f tlu™, shall be ifeld 0° ZitZhT^"","', "' iu«w»rjto void f(! v ro.iu»» .1 c 4. ■ :. "*-'''"eu tc be inva id or ..«,..,.„.„ vmU', J"'- "•.d"ecto,.„,fbn„ulity whatsoever, bu cithe. the Co. Itio^e of ft,Cr'' "!' "'" I'''''""'"'"' <"' I . to .-emit to the (>,.." Wo"! Jr,'. ^^ ,? ':^, ^f'-. feVf.-"t: •^oo." >n"lo by them to correct any w". or inf r V'''"'-' "uch .[.plication ,. a,.^" [^T^Z^r^'r^' fo»iiii«.'oner.i , " •• . '^"^' -'"'""u^aioiiers siju je made with:,, fi ■ rar ;j.' da_y««fter the publication tiR roof a.,"C«r;d 1^ . •'Ward or the proceedin'^s beforp«i,nh A>,„. • • ^, ^'*^" moy..d or taLn int^:r't p.i :^i^rb'*:;r(S>rUt CW,or«n, or .,ny other pr^ce'... but ith\ e^Xtioa I 0«rt!or«rt 'oiherpro :| II ^> -I ^ '••iH \.\mi IMIIi(l||,\HK Acr, win, ol.uoh ,«,.,„,. be given i„ the ^a/ ffa.Xno;;:^;;" «w fn/|juiui, u nine ana plane to hour Hio m.iff£^.. , - r 1 'Mtingto pr^ to them m,dcr the thirteenth h^cS o th "' crwhi';''''"'' '^S^' quested by any proprietor who »haU ve p, „ ? Ijr "'' O nm.»s,oner so to do, or who shall .lelay or u "ede l lZ \"^> '" '"'y ^^y- «™'' t!»">n,l»/o.u'r P*l " ALIX. Attei- tlie CommisMioner of Public r.,n,1« .1 11 ive iriven not no h. ..«., .• ., ^"ouc j.iukIh shall unnn.. * ^"V-y "^ "loie than thecnrrentveftriii.fi u..k f''^» ""i «'"|- «eq lien t accrujn;' rents due t(i hJih r..... ''•'*"" '"'« sub-ico»mof»,h»n cupier npon hi? landn and^ /J^ brought Unstan^telutby V^sir^^ "''^"" j^— .^.... tenant may plead this Aoli^/i ^^-^/^^V proprietor, auch recovered ibr rent by anV sue 1^^^^^ ."^' ^^ ^« ' tenant on this JslanJ oxi^pt he^ XrJ^t' T"'' ""'^ and subsequent accruing rentfJ 1 "'fl''L>'"'" ! »*«"t 74 ||fhr<1>ili< A Kcrm of nodr from Trritmirt k»rroi)ion3iur Ulll .-IIUDlltit •wnrdi'tl Im* bi'Oii |ial Wupr»na« 0' utd ^K may «i,,,o|ni 1 iMt- oa«. a ■ I*«n«lttf OD . CoinmrMlonar "t HubM« I LiMndsfor n«*> l««tliir to pro- , cMtl un.lvr iht*| IirofUioiia of tbU Act. After Com ml«-t ilcner of I'ub- la r<«nd* ■hall lavafffvuu lollct to I'ro- irlctor, ho •>'ll Hot Clot- >ut iiiuru ihitn urraiii y^ar nd oubiiequcni BcruliiK rtiitu »»'Ac». Wfhnliilrt A (A) Kcrm of nolirr l>««iii [lalil lulu Ui-Kiury Doiiiiiiioii of ('.'iiiiulu, I'roviiM'o ul" VvUwv hMvviml ImIuihI, In Ihc iiialUTortlKj iipplioiliuii of X. Y., llio Commirt. HioiiiM- (»r I'lihlic IwiiiiU Ibr tlio punrliuHcof tliu onhitc of A !J.,niHl-<'riM' I.aiKl I'mclmHo A<'l, IST.V I ct liiiy lliat the mm of has ImtMi pIuecMl to toivo^ho'S; IJ'^' creditor the ace.jimt opuntMl in the above mailer itVrdrha. ^^^''^'l' '^i''^' anionnL will In; ])ai(l to .such party or partie.s "« t'"' .Snpienur (.'onrt Khali, by rule in thu iibovu inalter order and direct. • ' I>!