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Les diagrammes suivants illustrent la m^thode. 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 ;;-' (.■\ ' -^ -*')• ■ m -c>oo- — ACrr OF INCOBIPBATION ** AND MkOtm in ^iii^.-^; '■lira: •' ygf:CFvv 3ccssSft:==Ss ■>-v» %~ ''■ ''-r. >'.*."•'"' — fuW' jr= BCrr rapST^ Albert Railway (bmpanf. -ooo- ACT OF INCOBiilRATION «i^' AND iH j Jli.ot0 in ^nsf^^cliiieiiit oC ckitcl lii acldyiilon • !. ' tll:ex*etcir* - WITH Other Acts relai?jng therbto. ;i; AND ALSO THE BI^^I^WS OF TipB COBtPJJIiy, ABOPTUD JULY 22ini»'^973. *• MM«it(f H. T.lH*^^l^liKinSBm§tdl0nf Office 1873. -#**' ■Se»«W-lMMWWl«« I ;. >f - rif • ALBERT RAILWAY COMPANY. InLCOi*i>oi'at€» A IJsiO'Jr. Capital jStock, _ - - - $600,000, WITH POWER TO INCREASE TO $1,000,000. IIV SHARKS OF ^.'50 EACH. DIRECTORS: Hon. JOHN LEWIS, GEORGE CALHOUN, Esq., JAMES BLIGHT, Esq., GAIUS TURNER, " ELISHA PECK, Jr., " ABRAM BRAY, « E. P. CLARK, OFFICERS: Hon. JOHN LEWIS, President. THOMAS McHENRY, Esq., Secretary. M. B. PALMER, Esq., Treasurer. ALEX. MITCHELL, Esq., C. E., Engineer. CONTRACTORS : Messrs. MACDONALD, COOKE & Co. Construction comxnenced. OotoT^er 8th., 1872. MONCTON, N. B. printed by H. T. STEVENS, MONCTON PRINTING OFFICE. 1873. An Act i An Act An Act An Act 1 An Act 1 An Act 1 An Act i An Act 1 An Act An Act An Act An Act An Act An Act ; An Act Bye-Lai IR ^! ^^^^^^B ' 1 ii ■ ~¥, ^K i CONTENTS. PAGE An Act m Aid ot the Construction of Eailways, 27 Vic, C.ip. 3, 1864, - - 5 An Act in addition tlicvto, 28 Vic, Cap. 12, 1805, 8 An Act to Incorporate the Albert Kailway Company, 27 Vic, Cap. 58, 186'4, - 12 An Act relating: to the St. Andrews and Quebec Eailroad, 13 Vic, Cap. 1, 18£0, - 17 An Act to Amend the Act to Incorporate the Albert Eaihvay Compsiny, £9 Vic, Cap. 8, 1866, 19 An Act to Amend an Act to Incorporate the Albert Railway Company, 30 Vic, Cap. 81, 1867, 20 An Act in addition to and in Amendment of an Act in aid of the Construction ol Railways, 30 Vic, Cap. 13, 1867, 21 An Act to Extend the Time for Building the Albert Railway, 31 Vic, Cap. 57, 1868, 22 An Act in Addition to an Act to Incorporate the Albert Railway Company, 32 Vic, Cap. 57, 1869, 22 An Act to revive and continue an Act to Incorporate the Albert Railway Com- pany, .33 Vic, Cap. 44, 1870. 23 An Act to exempt property of Railway Companies from Taxation, 33 Vic, Cap. 46, 1870, 24 An Act to facilitate the construction of the Albert Railway, 34 Vic, Cap. 53, 1871, 25 An Act relating to the Albert Railway Company, 35 Vic, Cap. 67, 1872, - - 28 An Act further to amend the several Acts relating to the Albert Railway Com- pany, 36 Vic, Cap. 34, 1873, r.'^^ An Act to aid in the construction of certain Railways in this Province, 36 Vic, Cap. 40, 1873, 30 Bye-Laws of the Albert Railway Companj% passed 22nd July, 1873, - - - 36 ¥ AN ACT IN AID OF THE RAILWAYS, ^7 Vic CONSTRUCTION . Cap. 3, 18(J4. OF Section. 1. Lines towards construction of which Provincial aid to be (jiven. 2. Governor in Council to determine class and character of Lines, &e. 3. Amount of aid to be given. 4. Conditions on which aid to be civen. 8. Appointment of Engineer on behalf ot Province. Section. 9. Crown Lands may be given for use of Road. 10. Government to have first mortgage on Road ; when mortgage shall cease. 11. Company to carry Soldiers, Militia, &c. at any and all times when re- quired. Fares for soldierR,&c. Lug- gage allowed. Freight of Militaiy stores. Passed llth April, 1864. Whereas it is deemed advisable to aid the construction of Railways in this Province ; Be it enacted by the Lieutenant Governor, Legislative Council, and Assembly, as follows: — 1. That Provincial aid, in the manner hereinafter provided, shall be given towards the construction and completion of the following Lines of Railway, that is to say : — A Main Line from the City of Saint John to the State of Maine, running as near as may be by the Douglas Valley ; and a Line from some point on the European and North American Railway towards the Boundary of Nova Scotia ; also an extension of the European and North American Railway to Miramichi : also a Branch to connect the Main Line with the City of Frederic- ton : another Branch from the Town of Woodstock to connect with the present Saint Andrew's Line : another Branch from the Town of Saint Stephen to connect with the said Saint Andrew's Line : and another Branch to connect the European and North American Railway witli Hillsborough, in the County of Albert, at such point therein as may be deemed most desirable. 2. The several Lines of Railway and Branches and Extensions to be constructed under the provisions of this Act, shall be made i III! I 47 6 on such grades nnd with siicli granges ar.rl curvatures, and of such cLiss and diameter rcspectivt'ly, as the (rovernor in Council shall determine; and the routes and locations of the said lines and the said several ])raiiclies and extensions, sliallalsoin all cases \ni 8u])ject to tlie approval of the Governor in Council. 3. The aid to })e y^ranted to tlie said liines of h'ailway and tlie said Brandies and Extensions in the first Section of' this Act specified, shall })e at the rate of «1(),000 per mile, to he paid as hereinafter provided. 4. If any Company or Body Corporate now or hereafter to he organized, possessing sufficient capital, sliall offer to construct tlie first before mentioned Lines of Railways, and the .said Branches and Extensions, or any of them, and shall give sucli assurance or guarantee of their ability as the Governor in Council may deem necessary, the Governor in Council is hereby empow- ered and authorized to consent and agree to the building of the said Tines, and the said Branches and Extensions, or any of them, by such Company or Body Co'-porate, such agreement to l)e in the name of the (;)ueen, and subject to such securities, clauses and conditions for protecting tlie' public interest and for securing the due completion of such Line or Lines of liailways as the Governor in Council may deem necessary ; and so soon as it shall be satisfactorily proved to the Governor in Council that any such Company or Body (,'orporate shall liave huna^fide expen- ded tlie Slim of .-^S 100,000 in actual work on the Road undertaken to be built 1 )y tliem, it shall be lawful for the Governor in Council to pay to such Company or Body Corporate tlie sum of «25,000, being a portion of the said aid, and so in like manner from time to time pro rata, until the whole of the said Road undertaken by the said Company or Body Corporate sliall be fully completed and in ei^cient operation, witli all necessary station houses, and with substantial and sufficient locomotives and other rolling stock for the accommodation of passengers and transportation of merchandize, when the balance of the said aid of * 10,000 per mile, and no more, shall be paid to such Company or Body Corporate. 8. The Governor in Council is hereby authorized from time to time, to appoint during pleasure a fit and proper person as Engi- neer on behalf of this Province, whose duty it shall be to watch over the interests of this Province in the construction of the several Lines of Railway hereinbefore specified, and the said Branches and Extensions. 9. When any of the Linos of Rail .y in this Act mentioned, or tlie said Branches or Kxteusions, shall pass tli rough Crown Lands, the Governor in Council shall grant, for the purposes of such Roads, necessary Crown f-.ands lor tracks, sidings, and sta- tions. It). Tliat for the purpose of securing the due and efficient completion of all or any of the said Lines of i^ailway, or Branches iuid Extensions in the first Section of this Act mentioned, any moneys advanced or paid to any (Vjinpanv or Body Corporate under the provisions of this Act, shall attach and stand, and are hereby declared to be a primary mortgage or first charge in favor of the (^ueen, for tlu' ])enetit of this Province, n])on such liine or Lines of Railways, and tlu; Brandies and Extensions undertaken to be bidlt by such Company or Body Corporate, and upon the stations, station houses, rolling stock, and property of ever^ description, and lohall attach immediately upon tbe advance or payment of any portion of the said aid, upon all property owned by such Company or Body Coiporate; and in order to fix and ascertain the amounts from time to time advanced or paid to such Company or Body Corporate, the President and Treasurer of the same shall deliver to the Provincial Treasurer a certificate under their hands, stating the amount so received; which certi- ficate shall be sufficient evidence of such primary mortgage or first charge imder this Act; provided always, that or) the com- pletion of the Koad according to the terms of the agreement, such mortgage or first chaige shall cease and determine. IL Every such Company or Body Corporate as aforesaid, shall be bound to provide such conveyance for the Officers and Soldiers of Her Majesty's P^'orces, Ordnance Corps, Marines, Militia, or Police Forces, at such time or times, ''whether the same shall be the usual hours of starting Trains or not,) as shall be required or appointed by any Officer didy authorized by the Governor for that purpose, and with the whole resoin-ces of such Company or Body Corporate, at fares not exceeding two cents per mile for each officer, soldier, marine, or private of such Forces respect- ively, and also for each wife, widow, or child above twelve years of age, of a soldier, entitled by Act of Parliament or other com- petent authority to be sent to their destination at the public expense; children vmder three years of age so entitled to be taken free of charge; and children of three years of age and upwards, but under twelve years, so entitled, being taken at half price of a 1 8 an adult; provided that every officer conveyed shall be entitled to take with him one hundred weight of personal luggage with- out extra charge; and every soldier, marine, private, wife, or widow, shall be entitled to take with liiui or her half a hundred weight of personal luggage without extra charge; all the excess ot the above weights of personal luggage being paid for at the rate ot not more than eighty cents per one lumdred weight p-r hundrecl miles; and all public baggage, stores, arms, amunitions, and other necessary things, except gunpowder and other com- bustible matters, shall })e conveyed at cliarges not exceedin^r four cents per ton per mile, tlie assistance of the military or others being given m loading and unloading such goods. ^i^c- ACT IN- ADr>iTio:sr to the act in" aid of THE CONSTRXJCTIOIS- OF RAIL^S^AYS. 38 Vic. Cap. 12, 18G5. Section 1 When Company formed, may enter upon Lands to nialce surveys, imty, command ng said Sheriff to summon a jury of hve dis- interested freeholders or occupiers of land in the said Conntv at a certain time and place to be nai ..d in such Warrant, o which due notice shall be given to the owner or occupier of the land whid, jury shall be sworn by any Justice of the pLe for the Co™- Ind in'cw X"'' FrP"n'' I'l"" "* ^"* """t^^Plated fiailroad; tanroved I.nd« ''"'I '.'"V'if ' ^'"'^ *'"""&'' ™- '^''tend upon any survey to cut down or remove any trees or other obstructions «n the damages occasioned by such cutting down o "emoval shall be ascertained and assessed l>y such jury Witt, ^Uh""^ Company or body corporate is hereby invested «th all the powers, privileges and immunities which are or may *aul recited Act, aud for that purpose they shall have the ri^h? to purchase, take aiid hold so LI of the\nd or real staVe^rf puvate persons or Corporations as may be necessary for fh- loci- feilwav t'lf ""'f'*," r"™r™' operation of Uie said lines of Statil?^' ^. , *^ branches or extensions thereof, and the Stations connected therewith; and they shall also have the right m A 10 by their engineers, a^^ents, servants, and workmen, to enter upon any such hind with horses, cattle, carts, and other carriages, to take, remove, and use for the cou^^truction and repair or the said lines of Eailway, or any of the brandies or extensions thereoi', any earth, gravel, stone, timber, treeSr, buslies, or otlier material, on or from the land so taken; and they sliall liaxe the right of ingress and egress into, upon, and from the adjoining lands, for the purpose of making any necessary repairs to any such liail- road, wlienever t1\e same may be necessary; provided, however, that the lands so to l)e taken for any of tlie said lines of Kail- way sliall not exceed six rods in widtli, except wlien greater width is necessary for excavation or embankment, and the quan- tity of land taken at each Station, except at tlio termini or I junction of tlie Railways, shall not exceed hve acres; and where the said lines of Railway, or any of the branches or extensions j thereof, sliall pass through any woodland or forest, the said Com- pany or body coi-porate shall liave the right to cut down and remove any trees standing thereon to tlie distance of four rodsi on either side of the s;iid Kailroad, which might be liable to ob- struct or injure the same; and provided also, that in all sucli cases the said (,'ompany or body corjiorate shall, before entering! upon or taking possession of any such land, pay for the said land and materials so to be taken, used, or appropriated, ( in case the owners thereof demand it) such price as tliey and the owner or I respective owners thereof may agree upon; and in case the saidj parties cannot agree, then the said Company or body corporate , shall pay such damages as shall be ascertained and determined! in the manner directed in and by the first Section of this Act.] together with the cost of assessment; provided nevertheless, that the jury in assessing such damage shall take into consideration the benefit (if any) to the owner of such land by the construction of such Kailwa}', in diminution of the damages, and the land so taken l>y the said (J'ompany or liody corporate shall be held ad lands taken and appropriated for highways. 3. If any such Company or body corporate shall take any lands of any liody corporate, guardians, committees, executors, ad-j ministrators, or other Trustees, held for and on behalf of those; whom they represent, whethei' Corporations, infants, idiots, luna- tics, married women, or persons deceased, who are or shall he| interested in the said lands, the respective contracts, agreements, and sales of such Corporations, guardians, Committees, execu- A. 11 tors, administrators, or trustees, sliall l)e valid and effectual to all intents and purposes, and their respective receipt* shall be sufftcient discliarges tlierefor; and it shallbe lawful for them . -', fex-v,....axi., ouuii tuim.ig-es 10 De ascerta and determined as provided hy the first Section of this Act. 4. Any such Company or body corporate may alter the course ot any river, stream, or water course, and may make or construct m, upon across under or over any land, streets, roads, valleys, riveTs, streams lakes, or other waters, sucli temporary or perma- nent inclined planes, embankments, c.ittings, ae^ueducts, bridges, roads conduits, drams, piers, arclies, or oth(>r works, as they may think proper, and may raise or sink tlie level of any such rners, streams of water, roads, streets, or ways, in order to carry them over or nnder, on the hnel of, or by the side of any of the said lines of Railway, or the brandies or extensions thereof, as they may think proper; provided, however, that the said Company or body corporate shall preNiously pay to the owner or owners of the land to be entered upon, taken or affected by any act to be done under the powers contained in this Section, such damages as may be agreed upon; and in ease the said parties sliould not agree, then the said Company or body corporate shall pay such dnmageMogether with the costs of assessing the same, as shall t.e ascertained and determined upon in tlie manner directed in land l>y the hrst .Section of tliis Act. ] 5. Any such Company or body corporate sliall erect and gnamtam legal and sufficient fencf^s on each side of the land taken t>y tnem for any of the said lines of Railway, or the ])ranches or extensions thereof, wliere the same shall pass through enclosed )r improved lands; and for neglect to erect and maintain such ences; they shall be liable to be indicted in any Court havinir competent jurisdiction, and to be fined in such sum as shall be wtjudged necessary to erect or repair the said fences, and such fine shall be expended in the erection or repair of such fence puifler the direction of a person appointed by such (^ourt for that purpose; provided however, tliat such fences shall not be required iml IV"''''''^'"-^'/"''^ landing places of passengers and freight, ,.4.1 jg^^gg .^g fences are not elsewher< l"ei|uired. [ally fi. In all cases where a jury shall be suinnioned under any of m 12 the provisions of this Act, the said Jury shall be allowed the sum of two dollars each for their services respectively for each time they sliall be so summoned ; the Justices shall be allowed the sum of fifty cents for the Warrant ; and the Slieriff the sum of four dollars for summoning- tlie jm-y and attending them at the enquiry ; and the whole of the sum necessary to bear such expenses shall he paid into the hands of the said Justices, by the party applying for such Warrant, previous to the issuing thereof. ^^ISr ^CT TO IJ^CORFORATK THE jVLBERT rail- AVj3lY CO]MPA.:srY, 127 Vic. Cap. 58, 180<1-. Section. 1. Company incorporated. ' Capital. First meotinfj, how called. I'owcr of Corporation. President, &c., investod with all the powers of Corporation. Rates of fares, by whom estahlished. Company to erect & maintain fences. Annual meetinp:, when and wliere held. 9. Shares to be personal estate ; shares when transferable. 2. •A. 4. 5. 6. 7. Section. 10. General powers of Directors. 11. Joint stock and property alono liable. 12. Company may enter upon lands for purposes of road. 13. Lands reserved for Naval or Military purposes exempt, unless con.sent of Her Majesty oDtained. 14. Company to commence road within two years. Passed Ufh April, 1864. Be it enacted by the Lieutenant Governor, Legislative Council, and Assembly, as follows : — 1. That William Henry Steeves, Edward B. Chandler, A. E. ^I'Clelan, .mes Steadman, John Lewis, E. K. Burpee, Peter Duft'y, John Byers, Cornelius T. Tompkins, J. Gardner White,! John Wallace, William Todd, David Wark, George Calhoun, Amos Edwin Botsford, and Wallace W. Turnbidl, their associates, successors, and assigns, are hereby made and constituted a body politic and corporate, by the name of the " Albert Eailway Com- pany ;" and by that name sliall have all the general powers and privileges made incident to a Corporation by Act of Assembly in this ProN'ince, and may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, and shall liaxe and enjoy all proper remedies by law and ecpiity, to secure and protect them in the exercise and use of the right s and privileges and in the performance of tb.e duties liereinafter enjoined, and to prevent all in\asion thereof in exercising and 13 performing the same ; and the Corporation, so soon as the sum of ten thousand dollars of the capital stock shall he actually paid to the Treasurer of the Company, are hereby authorized and empowered to locate and construct, and finally complete, alter and keep in repair a Eailroad, with one or more sets of rails or tracts, with all suitable bridges, tunnels, viaducts, turnouts, culverts, drains, and all other necessary appendages, from the present line of the European and North American Kailway to the Parish of Hillsborough, in the County of Albert, to a point or place therein as may be deemed most desirable and advantageous to the general interests of the said Company, by such route as by survey or otherwise may herealter be found most expedient, whenever the Corporation may deem it advisable so to do, and to make such branches thereof as they shall deem proper ; and the said Company shall ])e and are hereby invested with all the powers, privileges and immunities which are or may be necessary to carry into etiect the purposes and objects of this Act ; and for this purpose the said Corporation shall have the right to purchase or take and hold so much of the land and other real estate of private persons or Corporations as may be necessary for the loca- tion, construction antj convenient operation of said Eailroad, and branches thereof, and stations connected therewith ; and they sliall also have the right to take, remove, and use, for the con- struction and repair of said Eailroad and appurtenan-^es, any earth, gravel, stone, timber, or other materials, on or from the land so taken ; provided liowever, that said land so taken for the route of said Eailway shall not exceed six rods in width, except when greater width is necessary for excavation and embankment ; and provided also, that in all cases said Corporation shall pay for said lands, estate and materials so taken and used, such price as tliey and the owner or respective owners thereof may mutually agree upon ; and in case said parties shall not otherwise agree, the said Corporation shall pay such damages as shall be ascer- tained and determined in the same manner and under the same conditions and limitations as are provided by the second Section of an Act made and passed in the tliirteenth year of the Eeign of Her present Majesty, intituled An Act relating to the Saint Andrews and Quebec Railroad, and also lo. the recovery of the same ; and the land so taken by said Corporation shall be held as lands taken and appropriated for highways ; and all applicr.- tions for damages shall be made within three years from the time of taking such land and other property, and not after. 14 li k f 2. The capital stock of the said Corporation shall consist of tliree hundred thous-ind dollars, to be divided into six thousand shares of fifty dollars eacli, with power to increase to five hundred thousand dollars, witli additional shares of fifty dollars eacli ; and tlie immediate jj^overnment and direction of the affairs of the said Corporation shall be vested in five Directors, wlio shall be chosen by the meml)ers of the said Corporation in the manner herein- after provided, and shall hold tlieir offices until others are chosen in their stead, a majority of wliom shall form a quorum for the transacting of ])usiness , and they shall elect one of their num])er to 1)0 President of the Board, who shall also be President of the Corporation ; and the said Directors shall have authority to choose a Secretary, who shall be sworn to the faithful discharge of his duties, and a Treasurer who shall be sworn and also gi\e bonds to the Corporation, witli sureties to the satisfaction of tlie Directors, for the faitliful discharge of his trust. 3. Any three pei"sous named in the first Section of this Act, are hereby authorized to call tlie first meeting of the said Cor- poration, giving notice in one or more new^spapers published in the said Coimty of Albert, or if no such paper is there published, then in the Royal Gazette, of the time and place and purpose of such meeting, at least fourteen days before the time mentioned in such notice. 4. The said ( 'orporation shall have power to make, ordain and estal)lish all necessary bye laws and regulations consistent with the laws in force in this Pro\ince, for their own government, and the due and orderly conducting of affairs, and the management of tlieir property. 5. The President, Directors and Company for the time being, are hereby authorized and empowered, by themselves or their agents, to exercise all the powers herein granted to the Corpora- tion, for the pm-pose of locating and completing such Kailroad and branches, and for the transportation of persons, goods and property of all descriptions, and all such power and authority for the management of the (Corporation, as may be necessary and proper to carry into effect the objects of this Act ; to purchase or hold within or without the Province, lands, materials, engines, cars, and other necessary things, in the name of the Corporation, for the use of the said road, and for the transportation of persons, goods and property of all descriptions ; and to make such con- nection with other Kailroad Companies within or without tlie ordain and 15 Province, either by leasing their road to other Coi'poration or Corporations on such terms and for such length of time as may he agreed upon, or by consolidating the stock of their road with that of other Railroad (Jompanics oi- (.'ompauy upon such terms ;is may be agreed upon ; to make, execute and delixcr good and sufficient mortgage deed or deeds of tlieir road and all its l)ranches, to such private persons or Corporations witliin or without this Pro\dnce as they may think tlie interest of tlie stockholders in their Company re([uires ; and to make such equal assessments from time to tim(3 on all the shares in said Corporation, as they may deem necessary and expedient in the execution and progress of the work, and direct the same to be paid to the Treasurer of the Corporation, and tlie Treasurer shall give notice of all such assessments ; and in case any su})scriber or stockholder shall neglect to pay any assessment on Ids share or shares, for the space of thirty days after such notice is given as sliall be pre- scribed by the bye laws of said Corporation, the Directors may order the Treasurer to sell such share or shares at public auction, after giving such notice as may be prescribed as aforesaid, to the highest bidden-, and the same shall he transferred to the purcha- ser ; and such delin<|uent su])scriber or stockholder shall be held accountable to the Corporation for the balance, if his share or shares shall sell foi- less than thc^ assessment due thei-eon, with interest and cost of sale, and shall be entitled to the overplus, if his share or shares shall sell for more than his assessment due, with interest and cost of sale ; provided that no shareholder in said Company shall be in any manner whatever liable for any debt or demand due by said Company, beyond the amount of his, her or their shares in the capital stock of said Company not paid up ; and no assessment shall })e laid upon any shares in said Company for ;i greater amount tlian fifty dollars per share on the whole. 6. A toll is hereby granted and established for tlie sole benefit of said Coi'poration, upon all passengers and property of all des- criptions which may be ccmveyed or transferred by them upon said road, at such rate as may be agreed upon and established from time to time by the Directors of said Corporation. 7. The said Railroad Corporation shall erect and maintain su])staiitial, legal and sufiicient fences on each side of the land taken by them for their Kailroad, where the same passes through enclosed or improved land, or lands that may hereafter be im- 16 k 1 1 11 ii proved ; and for neglect or failure to erect and maintain such fences, said Corporation shall be lial)le to be indicted in any Court having competent jurisdiction, and he fined in such sum as shall be adjudged necessary to repair tlie same ; and such fines shall be collected and paid as other fines are by law collected and paid, and shall be expended for tlie ereccion or repair of such fence under the direction of an agent appointed by the Court imposing sucli fine ; provided however, that said fences may be dispensed with at the receiving and landing places of passengers and freight, and at such otlier places as fences are not elsewhere usually recjuired. 8. The annual meeting of the said Corporation shall be holden on the first Thursday in June, or such other day as shall be deter- mined by the bye laws, at such time and place as tlie Directors for the time being shall appoint, at which meeting the Directors shall be chosen by ])allot, eacli proprietor by himself or by proxy being entitled to as many votes as he holds shares ; and the Directors are hereby authorized to call special meetings of the stockholders wlienever they shall deem it expedient and proper, giving such notice as the Corporation by their bye laws shall direct. 9. The said shares ot the Corporation shall be deemed personal estate, and transferable as such, and every such share shall entitle the holder thereof to a proportionate part of the profits and divi- dends of the said Company, after the making, completing and maintaining the said Railway, and otlier incidental expenses ; but no shareholder shall l)e entitled to transfer any share after any call shall have been made in respect thereof, until he or she shall have p-ici all calls for the time being due on every share held by him or her. 10. The Directors of the Company may, from time to time, subject and charge in such manner as they think fit, the said Railroad, and the future lands, goods and other property and effects, tolls, income and profits whatsoever of the said Company, or sucli parts thereof as the Directors may think fit; and may also in like manner grant and assure the whole or any part of any guarantee of interest, grant of money or lands, or other benefit, profit or advantage already or to be hereafter granted, conceded or allowed to Railroad Companies in this Province by an Act of Assembly : and every deed executed by the Directors of the Com- pany, sliaU be under the common seal of the Company, which 17 the Directors are hereby authorized to affix to every such deed, and under the respective hands and seals of any three or more of the Directors of the said Company ; and every deed so executed shall have as full effect, and be as binding- and conclusive on the ('ompany and the Directors of the Company, as if the terras and provisions of such deed were, by this Act of Assemf)ly, expressly enacted and made binding and conclusive accordingly. 11. The joint stock and property of the said Company shall alone be responsible for the debts and engagements of the same. 12. The said Company, by their agents, servants, and work- men, shall and may enter upon any lands of private persons for the piu'poses of making a survey of the line or route of the con- templated Raih'oad, and to cut down or remove when necessary to the making of such survey, any trees or other obstacles on such lands ; compensation for such cutting and removing" to be made to such owners of private lands, by the same proceedigns and in the same manner as is provided in the first Section of this Act. 13. Nothing in this Act contained shall authorize the said Company or their contractors to enter upon any lands reserved for Naval or Military purposes, witliout the consent of Her Majesty. 14. The said Company to entitle themselves to the privileges, henetits and advantages to them granted in this Act, shall hoiut tide commence to build said Railway within two years from the passing of this Act ; failing wherein, then this Act, and every matter and thing therein contained, shall cease and determine, and be utterly null and void ; and if the said Railway, having heen commenced, shall not be made and completed within the period of five years from the passing of this Act, so as to be used for the conveyance and carriage of passengers, goods and chattels thereon, then this Act, and every matter and thing therein con- tained, shall cease, and be utterly nidi and void. ^1^ ACT RELAT'IN'& TO THTG SAI^STT AN^DREW^S J^NID QUKBEC RAILROAD, 13 "V^ic. Cap. 1. Passed 2Gfh April, 1850. Extract from Section 11. " Provided always that in all cases the said Company shall pay for such Land or Estate so taken and used ''in case the owners thereof demand it,) such price as the said Coi ny and the 18 owner or tlie respective owners tliereof may mutually agree on] and m case the said parties shall not agree, then it shall })e lawJ tul tor the said (.^>mpany to apply to two of Her Majesty's Justi- ces o{ the Peac- in the County wlierein the said Lands may l)e, situate tor a Warrant, which Warrant shall })e in the form set forth in tlie Schedule A to tliis \ct annexed and sliall he directed! to the High Slieriff, his l)ej)Uty or any Constable within the said County, commanding such Higli Sheriff; Deputy or Constable tol smnnion a Jury of Five disinterested Freeholders or OccupierJ ot Land m tlie said County, who shall he sworn to examine the site of the said Railroad: and in case tlie Railroad shall pasd through or extend upon iuiy improved Lands or shall occasion the removal of any l)uildings or fences, then and in all such cases the damages shall })e ascertained and assessed by such Jury;| pro\ided, nexertheless, that said Jury in assessing the said dam- ages are authorized and empowered and shall take into consider-, ation the enliancement in ^■alue of the Land by the passage of the Railroad, in regard to the increased facilities of access to tlie ditierent stations and termini of the said l^ailroad, in diminution of the damages ; and in all cases where the Jury shall assess dainages to be paid to the owner oi- owners of any Land over which the said Eailroad may be laid out, the Justices who issued the Warrant shall lay the said assessments before the next annual meeting of the said Company, who are hei-el)y recpiired to pay the amount set forth in the said assessment into the hands of the person for whom such damages may have been assessed within twenty-one days next after such annual meeting of the said Com- pany, together with the costs and charges of assessing such dam- ages, which shall be agreeable to a Scale in Schedule B of this Act ; and in default of such payment it shall and may be lawful for the said Justices or either of them, (iii case of the death or absence of the other) at the instance of the said party or parties to whom such damages are payable by Warrant under the hands and seals of the said Justices or of one of tliem (in the case afore- said,) to levy the same with costs by distress and sale of the goods and chatties of the said Company." T o SCHEDULE A. Form of Warrant to summon a Jury. the SherifF, Deputy Sheriflf, or any Constable of the County of You are hereby commanded to summon a Jury of Five disin- 19 Lerested Froehoklers of your County, on the day of kt of the clock in the noon, and tlien and there assess Hio damages, (if any) wliich A. B. alleges lie lias sustained by hason of the works and operations of the Saint Andrew's and biielx^c Kailroad Company through and upon his lands. G-iven under our hands and seals the day of 18 . SCHEDULE B. ^Cide of Fees in proceedings before Justices upon assesslnc; damafjes under the aforegoing Act : To the Justices. £ s. d. 'arrant to summon Jury, 026 [^m- every Subpoena, 6 For every copy thereof, 003 Kvery adjournment made at the instance of tlie party, 10 Trial and Judgment, ; 02 6 wearing each Witness and Constable, 3 f wearing Jury, 10 jExecution or Distress Warrant, 016 To the Sheritr or Constable. f^ummoning Jury, 5 Utending on Jury, 10 ror all other services, the same as fixed by Law in Civil cases ' before Justices of the Peace. To Witnesses. . Utendance and travel, the same as in Civil cases before Justices of the Peace. To Jurors, feach Juror sworn on Inquiry, , ... 020 lN ^CT to J^lVLJr,j^T) THIt; ACT TO II^^CORPORATIG THE AT^JiERT RAIIL.A\rAY COMIFt^NY, 29 Vic. Cap. 8, 1866. ^ECTlON. 1. Time oxtendod. 2, Annual meeting', wlien held. Section. 3. Construction of Aet. Passed I6tk April, 1866. Whereas it is found desirable to amend the Act made and --'■nfTt— iaaj 20 passed in the twenty-seventh year of Her present Majesty's Keign, intituled An Act to incorporate the Albert lialluwi Compami ; — Be it tlierefore enacted })y the Lieutenant Governor, Legisla- tive Council, and Assembly, as follows : 1. That the time fixed in and by the fourteenth Sention oti the said recited Act, for the bona fide commencement to build the said Railway, be extended ior a further period of two years from the time of the passing of this Act, and that the time fixed for the completion of the said Kailway shall also be extended for| the period of five years from the time of the passing of this Act. 2. That the annual meeting of the said Corporation shall be held on the first Thursday in June, as provided for in the eighth Section of the said Act, notwitlistanding any alterations of the time for holding such annual meeting, which heretofore have been made by any bye law of said Company ; and that the ad- journment of the meeting of the said Corporation, made on its organization, shall be deemed to be made to the first Thursday in June next at the place mentioned in the bye law. 3. The provisions of this Act shall not be construed to prevent any other Company or body corporate from undertaking the construction of the paid line of Eailway, and from receiving all the benefits and having all the privileges provided by law in aid of the construction of Hallways. A.lSr ACT TO AlVEElSrr) an act to I]>^C0R3?0RAT£| THE ALBERT liAILA\^AY C0M:FANY, 30 Vic. Cap. 13, 1867. COMPANY AUTHOUIZEU TO INCREASE CAPITAL AND EXTEND RAILWAY. Passed 17 th June, 1867. Whereas by an Act made and passed in the twenty-seventli year of her present Majesty's Keign, Chapter 58, intituled An Acf\ to incorporate the Alh'-rt Raihvay Company, the said Company are empowered, in accoicUrioe with the provisions of said Act.! to locate and construe:', uj-: f ..ally complete, alter, and keep iii| repair, a Ivailroad froa. the present line of ^he European a North American Eailway in the Parish of Hillsborough, in t 21 Counfv of Alhert t(» a point or platv tlim-in n. nu.v bo dwnml niosUh.sinil.lo and advaiita-oons to the ^^..,.,M-al inti-n-sts of tbc js;,i(l ( ornpanv: And whereas the interests of tlie said ('ompanv |.s well as the said ronnty of Albert and the Province at larffe,' |n'.|uire that the said Railway he extended to the Ray of Fundv -a- t'» navio-uhle waters cotntrijinieatin- therewith ; anil it is d,si'r- able and exiu'dient to faeilitate such extension, and <'nlar hmwers ot the said ('oni[)any accordin^lv;— "^ He it therefore enacted hy the Governor, r.ei>ishitix-e Council :.nd Asseml,ly,-That the said Albert Railway rompanv be and tluy are herel)y empowered to extend their capital to such amount lis they may doe,,, necessary or expedient, not exceeding in the ii-^nvKat(. one liu'llion dollars ; and tliat so soon as the said Corn- Ipauy shall have completed and put in operation the Railway Icontemplated by their Act of Incorporation, they shall be and a/e iierel)y anthorized and empowered to extend the said Railway by euch ioute,as by surxey or otiierwise may hereafter })e found fnost expedient, to sucli point or points on Shepody Bay or Kixer J.r the acijacent naviga})le waters, or to such other point or points in said ( ounty of Albert, as may be deemed most desirable and Itdvantageous to the general interests of the said Company, and to make such branches thereof as they shall deem p,-opei- ; and he said Company, as regards the said extension and branches, fehall he and are hereby inNcstod with all the powers, rights pri- lieges and immunities which are or may be necessary to carry Into etfect the purposes and objects of this Act, and all the powers, privileges, rights or conditions conferred cr intended to Je conferred on or extended to the said Company by their said hct ot incorporation, and subject to all the provisions thereof V ACT lis- AUmTlOlSr to ^TSTD II^ AxMEISTDMEIVT v>-b AI^ A.CX I]Sr AID OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF RAIT. WAYS, :iO Vic. Cap. 13. .Skc'tion. 2. To what Road aid to be given. l^assed 17 th June, 1867. J!1ki "^"""^r^l? ^'^ ^^"^ Governor, Legislative Council, and syembly, as follows : — ►n of Section 1, Cliapter 3, of an Act made EfTIOX. |l. Repeals part of sec, 1, cap. 3, 27 Vie. 22 and passed in the twenty-sexenth year of tlie Keign of Her pre- sent Majesty, intituled A ti A cf in aid of the cmstriiction oj Raikuags, which pro^•ide3 aid for a Brancli Line of Railway to connect the European and North American Railway with Hills- borough, in the County of Albert, at such point therein as may he deemed most desirable, is hereby repealed. 2. The Provincial aid, in tlie manner provided by the said recite(K\ct, shall be givtm towards the construction and comple- tion of a Branch Line to connect the European and North Ameri- can Railway with Hillsljorough or Hopewell in the County of Albeic, at sucli point in either of such Parishes as may be deemed most desirable or advantageous in the interests of the (^ompany undertaking to construct the same. a:n^ ^cx to extk^33 thk time for the liXJIIL,r>IlSrG!- OE TIIKl A.3L.iJEE,T R^VIL^W^A^Y, 31 A^ic, Cap. ST. Passed 2^rd March, 1868. \Vheii1'1A.s it is found desirable to amend the Act made and passed in the twenty-seventli year of Her present Majesty^ Reign, intituled An Act to incorporate the Albert Raikmij Company, and also an Act passed in the twenty-ninth year ot Her present Majesty's R(>ign, intituled An Act to aiiumd the Acl^ to incorporate the Albert Railway (Joinpany ; — Be it therefore enacted by the Lieutenant Governor, Legisla- tive Council, and Assembly,— That the time hxed in and by the fourteenth Section of the said first recited Act, for the bona fide \ commencement to build the said Railway, be extended for a fur- ther period of two yeais from the time of the passing of this Act. and th.at the time fixed for the completion of the said Railwav shall also be extended for the period of five years from the tinu' of the passing of this Act, notwithstanding anything contained in the said last recited Act. AN ACT IN AID33ITION TO A.N ACT TO IISTCOK- COTvlPAN^', 3a Vic, Cap, .57. Section. 1. Company may issue Dobontuies; pr OVISO. Skction. 2. Di'bentuie to be first cbarge. rem as mav 23 Pdssfld 29fh April, 1869. Be it enacted ])y the Lieutenant Governor, Legislative Coun- cil, and Assembly, as follows ;— 1. That in addition to the powers heretofore conferred on the Albert Kjiilway Company in and by an Act made and passed in the twenty-seventli year of the Keign of Her present Majesty, intituled An Act to iiworporate the Albert Raihray Company, it sliall and may be lawi::l for the said Company fi'om time to I time to issue Debentures or Certificates of Debt, bearing interest, with coupons, nt six per centum per annum, in such number and I ill such denominations as they may see fit, such Debentures to b(^ number(Hl consecutively, beginning at munber one, and pay- labk^ in twenty years; provided always nevertheless, that the aggregate amount of such Debentures so to be issued by authority (»f this Act shall in no case exceed the sum of sixty thous: nd (dollars. 2. The Debentures to be issued under authority of this Act Isliall constitute a first charge on the property of the said Albert I Railway Company, and whenever issued, a schedule thereof shall [he forthwith filed by the President of the said Company in the loffice of the Registrar of Deeds and Wills in and for the County jnf Albert, and shall thereupon constitute an incumbrance aftect- ling the lands of the said Albert Kailway Company. irsl cliar^t!. ^n. A-ot to revive aiici contimio an A.ct inade and paf«sed. in llie twenly-seventli 3^ear ol'IIer IVIajesty's Keign, inti- 1 tiled " J^ix -A.ct to incoi-porate the -A^llDert Rail-way Company," 33 Vic. Cap. 4-i. HHTIOK, 1. Act 27 Vic. caj). 5H, continued. :.'. Raihvav to be commenced witliin two Skction. ;i, Xot to interfere with fornipr Acts. Years. Passed Ifh April, 1870. Be it enacted by the Lieutenant Governor, Legislative Coun- il, and Assembly, as follows : — 1. That an Act made and passed in the twenty-seventh year [f Her Majesty's Reign, ])eing C •liapter fifty-eight, intituled " An id to incorporate tlie Albert L'ailway Company," and all Acts in I 24 amendment thereof and in ;Mition thereto, be and the same arc hereby revi\ed, re-enacted, and continued. 2. The said Company, to entitk' themselves to the privilege's benefits and advantages to tliem granted in and ])y the said Acts. and in this Act, shall hoiuijide commence to Iniild the said Kail- way within two years from the passing of this Act ; failing wliere- in,\he said Act's and every matter and tiling therein contained | shall cease, determine, and lie utterly null and void : and if tlie said Railway, having been commenced, shall not be made and completed within the period of five years from the passing of this Act, so as to be used for the conveyance and carriage ot passengers, goods and chattels thereon, then the said Acts, and every matter and thing therein contained, shall cease and k- utterly nidi and \ oid. 3. Nothing in this Act contained shall interfere with anv other Acts passed during this present Session relating to the said Kailway Company. ivi! AN ACT TO EXEMPT M'HE PROPERTY OF RAIT, j WAY COMPANIES FROM TAXATION. 33 Vie. Cap. 4(J. Section. I Skctiox. 1 Real i'statci'Xi'mi>1(.'tl; wluMU'Xcni]!- L'. To -xtL-nd to otlu-r ].roi)CTty. tion A\i\\\ eeaso. I :'.. I'rotits not t'Xi'in])tc(l. Passed Ilk Ai>ri!, 1870. Be it enacted by the Lieutenant Governor, Legislative Coun- cil, and Assemblv, as follows : — 1. That all the real and personal proi)erty belonging to tliH Eva-opean and North American L*ailway Company for extension from Saint John westward, shall W- exempt from taxation in aiivj or eitlier of the Counties through which the said Kailway passes, so long as the same shall lie held and possessed by the said Euroi)ean and North American Kailway Company for extensiuul from Saint John westward. 2. Tliat the exemption ]trovided by this Act shall extend t. the roadway, rolling stock, station houses, and grounds aiid| other property used in the running of trains of all Kailway Com-" panics in this Province. led l)v this Act shall not extend t( ac 3. The exemption provit . • • i tual i)rotirs derived from the running of any Kailway, after deducting expenses. the saim* uiv ?re with aiiv 25 AN ACT TO FACII.T/rATK THK CON8'J'RI^C"lT< >N Ol' THK AI.BEK i' RAILWAY, ;J4 Vit-. ( ap. Skctios. 1. Sessions may Ixtrrow money. 2, Subsidy per mile, amount of; how ))iii(l. ;!. Sessions may issue Debenturem. 4. Debentures, torm of. whi'n jiayablt'. ."i. Moneys loaned, to wliom ))ii> able. (). Assessnii'Uts, how and by wiiom or- dered. Section. 7. Moneys assessed, how a]>])lied. .^. When Act conies into operation, 9. SheriH to preside at meetinf.>-. 10. Qualitieation of voters at nieetinjr. 11. If vote is in affirmative, dutv ebentures issued under the provisions of tliis Act, and a further sum, not exceed- ing four thousand dollars, as will pay sucli and so much of the principal sum borrowed as the said General Sessions may deem expedient, })esides the charges for assessing and collecting, for the purpose of discharging the principal and interest of the loans contracted by virtue of this Act, until the same shall be paid off; the said several sums to be levied, assessed, collected and paid in such proportions and iu like manner as any County rates for ])ublic charges, only that the tax upon the poll of each inhabitant shall be not less than fi\e shillings, and when collected shall be holdeu by the County Treasurer for the payment of the said interest, or interest and principal, (as the case may be) exclu- sively for the purposes of this Act. 7. The moneys so assesssed shall from time to time ])e applied V 27 in payment of the said DebontAires, and the interest due thereon ; and the said County Treasurer shall, wlien and so often as he may Ite directed by the said General Sessions so to do, give one calen- dar month's pid^lic notice by advertisement in the Royal Gazette of this Province, calling in such and so many of the said De- lientures, whether due or not, as the said General Sessions may he prepared to pay ott", specifying the number of such Deben- tures in such advertisement, and tlie same by and under such order as aforesaid shall pay off accordingly, and from and after the expiration of sucli notice the interest on said Debentures shall cease. 8. Provided always, that this Act shall not come into opera- tion, or be in force, until it shall be determined by a majority of the rate-payers in the said Parishes of Hillsborough, Hope- well, and Harvey, that they desire that the said Act may be in force, which said determination sliall be arrived at in the man- ner following, that is to say: — Whenever not less than one hundred of the rate-payers on property lying within the Parishes of Hillsborough, Hopewell, and Harvey, shall apply in writing to the High Sheriff of the County for the calling of a public meeting of the rate-payers on real or personal estate within the Slid Parishes, in order that tliey may decide as to the propriety of granting aid by subsidy to any Railway Comi)any undertaking to construct the Albert Railway, the Sheriff' shall pi'oceed to call such meeting at the ('ourt House in said County, by gi\ing at least two weeks notice in some newspaper publishcid in the County, or adjoining County, and by ])osting up printed handbills of the time, place and object of such meeting. 9. The Sheriff' of the said County of Albert shall preside at such meeting, and appoint a Clerk, who shall be duly sworn by a Justice of the Peace for the said County faithfully to discharge the duties required by this Act. 10. The Clerk after having read this Act to the meeting, shall proceed to take the names of the persons wishing to vote at such meeting in a book provided for tlie purpose, entering op- posite each name "yea" or "nay" in the different columns: ])rovided, however, that no person shall l)e allowed to vote at such meeting whose name (lo«>s not appear on the last assessment loll for t])c Paris]] in which he then resided, or in which his said property is situated in one of the said Parishes ; and for the ])m-poses of this Act, the said Sheriff" is autliorized and re(pdred 28 to procure certitied copies of the last assessment roll for each of said Parishes, in order that he may decide who are entitled to vote at such meeting. 11. The said Sheriff shall open the said meeting at eight of tlie clock in the forenoon, and continue the siune until four of the clock in the afternoon, when he shall declare the said meet- in"- closed, and proceed with the said Clerk to count tlie votes o-iven at such meeting in the different columns, and if he finds ii niajority of all the votes so given to be in the affirmative, and tliat the persons voting "yea" represent more than one-half of the valuation of all the* property of the rate-payers pr(>sent and voting at such meeting, he shall duly announce the same and transmit a certificate thereof to His Excellency the Lieuten- ant Cxovernor, who shall thereupon publisli in the Koyal Ga- zette a notice that tlie foregoing Law is and from thenceforth shall l)e in full force and effect. 12. The facilities and aid contemplated in the foregoing Sec- tions, shall not ]w made available or given to any Company, unless the said Railway is located to run from some point on tlu- European and North American Railway, in the County of West- morlana, to connect with some shipping port or place of Ship- ment on the Sliepody Bay shore in one of the Parishes of Hopewell or Harvey, in the County of Albert. ^N .:^CT KEI.A'nXGr TO THE AI^BERT RAU-^^^AY CO:MrANY, 35 Vic. Cap. OT. Section. 1. Acts continiu'd. Section. 2. Work to bp commcncptl within six months, antl completed within five years. Passed Uth April, 1872. Be it (Hiacted by the Lieutenant Grovernor, Legislative Coun- cil, and Assembly, as follows: — 1. That an Act made and passed in the twenty-seventh year of Her Majesty's Reign, ])eing Chapter fifty-eight, intituled An Act to incorporate the Albert Railway Company, and all Acts in amendment thereof and in addition thereto, be and the same are liereby revived, re-enacted, and continued. 2. The said Company, to entitle themselves to tlie privileges, benefits and advantages "to them granted in and by the said Acts \\ ' ' fW# 29 uikI in this Act, shall bona fide commence to build the said Kail- way within six months from the passing of this Act, failing wherein, the said Acts, and every matter and thing therein con- tained, shall cease, determine, and be utterly null and void ; and if the said Railway having been commenced shall «ot be made and completed within the period of live years from the passing of this Act, so as to be us!>d for the conveyance and carriage of passengers, goods and chattels thereon, then the said Acts, and every matter and thing therein contained, shall cease and be utterly null and void. ^XlJJ^w^XY A:iSr A-CT FUIiTIIER TO AlVITOriD THE SEVERAL ACTS RELiATIK^Gf TO THE ALIiERT KAIL- IVA-Y COIVIPAlsrY, 3G Vic. Cap. 3-4-, 1873. Sectiok. 1. jNuthoiity to constFact Railway. 2. Number of Directors increased. Section. 3. Proceedings of former meetings valid. Passed Uth April, 1873. Whereas it is deemed advisable in the interests of the public, that tlie Albert Eailway Company should be empowered forth- with to construct their lines of Kailway contemplated by their Act of incorporation, as well as the extension thereof, to such point or points in the Parish of Hopewell, on Shepody Bay or Kiver, or the adjacent navigable waters, as may be deemed most desirable and advantageous to the general interests of the said (.'ompany ; — Be it therefore enacted by the Lieutenant Governor, Legisla- tive Council, and Assembly, as follows : — 1. Notwithstanding any thing contained in any Act relating to tlie said Company, the Albert Eailway Company are hereby authorized and em|)owei'ed forthwith to construct tliat part of the line of Railway, or lines of Railway, and branches thereto, which tliey are authorized and empowered to construct ])y the several Acts relating to the. said Company as is included in the line I which they are authorized to build by their Act of Incorporation, passed in the twenty-seventh year of Her Majesty's Reign, and in any extension thereof, to such point or points in the Parisli of Hopewell, on Shepody Bay or River, or the adjacent navigable 14 30 waters, as may l)e deemed most advantageous to the general in- terests of the said Company; and it will not ])e necessary for tin- Company to complete and put in operation the Railway contem- plated in the said Act of Incorporation before they extend th\ said Railway, either by survey or otherwise, to tlie point or points mentioned in this Act, in the Parish of Hopewell; but the Ime of Railway which they are authorized to hnM by the said Act ot Incorporation, and tlie extension thereof, mentioned in this Act. shall be considered one line, anil the Company can and tliey ai'. hereby authorized at any time to commence operations on any part of the said line, whether it may be the line mentioned in the said Act of Incorporation, or the extension thereof, mentunied in this Act, and proceed with the construction over the wliole' line, or any part thereof; and the said Company, with respect tc the said line, shall be and are hcn-eby invested with all tlie powers, rights, privileges and immunities which are or may he necessary to^'carry into effect the purposes and objects of this Act, and al the powers, privileges, rights or conditions conferred or extended to the said Company by their said Act of Incorporation, or any Act in amendment thereof, snbject to the provisions ot this Act. 2. From and after the next annual meeting of the said Cor- poration, the number of Directors of the said Corporation shall be seven instead of five, as now by law provided, who shall be elected in the same way as Directors were heretotore elected, andj be clothed with the same powers as Directors of the said Corpora- tion were heretofore clotlied with. 3. All meetings, elections, votes, proceedings and bye huv< heretofore held, taken, passed, made or done by the said Coin-I pany, or the Directors thereof, shall be held and taken to M regularly and legally held, taken, passed, made or done. A.-N ^CT TO ^ir> IlSr THE CON-STRXJCTIO^ OF CERTAIN RAIL^W^YS IN THIS PROVINCE, 3G Vic. Cap. 40, ISTS. Section. 1. Authority to borrow money: .amount to be borrowed. 2. When Sessions shall pay Company five thousand dollars. 3. Sessions may issue debentures ; de- bentures negotiable. 4. Time debentures shall run, Section. 5. Moneys loaned, to whom paid, tj. AsHossini-nt authorized. 7. Assessment, how applied. 8. When Act shall come in force. 9. Public meeting, when, how, and b)J whom called. r, ft 31 I Skction. 10. I'aiish moetinpH. when and at what time lu'ld ; fnoviso. 11. Prcsidintj olliccrs, &c., liow aj)- iKiintcd. 12. Stifriti" to provido copies of As«i'ss- IlKMlt Holl. i;i. Trcsidiiiir oflic'ors' duty; proviso. 14. Wlion niet'ting tshall closf. Skction. 15. When Proclamation shall he made that I/aw is in forci". 16. Facilities and aid not availahlc im- loss, &c. 17. Instead of money, Sessions may give dehentnres. IS. Act repealed. 19. Aot to inturfere with Act 34 Vic. cap. .')2. Passed Uth April, 1873. ^VHE]lEAS it is desirable to grant prnver to certain proporty- I holders in certain Parishes in the County of Al])ert to aid m the construction of tlie Al])ert Railway, by the issue of debentures or certificates of debt, with power to levy assessments upon such 1 Parishes for the paymimt of the same, with interest; — Be it therefore enacted by the Lieutenant Governor, Legisla- jtive Council, and Assembly, as toUows : — 1. The General Sessions of the Peace for the County of Albert are hereby authorized and empowered to ])orrow such sum or Isiims of money, in loai-s of not less tlian one hundred dollars eacli, not exceeding thirty thousand dollars in the whole, to be appropriated and applied according to the provisions of this Act. 2. When and so soon as it shall be certified to the said Gene- ral Sessions, by the Government Engineer, or a competent Engi- iKHn- approved of by the said Sessions, that five miles of the said Al])ert Railway :.xe graded and ready for laying down and receiv- ing the rails, the said General Sessions shall pay to the said Albert Po^'--'^-' ''-^pany, or sucli Company as shall build the said Albe:.. , the sum of five tliousand dollars, and the Uke sum of n- . nd dollars on the receipt of a similar cer- tificate of each ^...... -ssive five miles being so graded and ready for laying down and receivivo- the rails, until twenty miles of the said All)eit Kailwav are gnuled as aforesaid; and when it shall be certified, as before, to the said General Sessions, by such Engineer as aforesaid, that the remaining portion of the said line of railway is completed and ixi good thorough working order, with tlie necessary stations, station houses, rolling stock, whaiTes, and conveniences for shipping facilities, the said General Sessions I shall pay to the said Albert Railway Company, or such Company las shall build the said Alliert Railway, the balance of the said jsmn of thirty tliousand dollars. 3. It shall and may be lawful for the said General Sessions to 32 issue debentures, with coupons, at a rate of six per centum per annum, paya])lo semi-annually to tlio holder thereof, in sucli form and at such place; or places as the said General Sessions may deem expedient, whicli debentures and coupons sliall be respectively negotial)le in the same manner as promissory notes payable to the hohier or bearer thereof. 4. The debentures shall be sealed with the common seal of tlu- 'said Greneral Sessions, and be signed by tlie (Chairman of tli, said Sessions, and countersigned l)y the Clerk of the Peace of the saul County of Albert, and shall he consecutively numbered according to the times at which tlie same shall be issued, and shall be made payable in not less than five years and not exceeding thirty years from the respective dates of issue, at such place or places as such Sessions may deem expedient. 5. All moneys loaned to the General Sessions of the Peace for the Covmty of Al})ert, under the provisions of this Act, shall he paid by the lenders thereof to the Treasurer of the County of Albert, and by him i)aid to the said Albert Kailway Company, or such Company as shall build the said Alliert Kailway, by order of the said General Sessions, the said County Treasurer holding and paying the same exclusively for the purposes of this Act. G. The said General Sessions are hereby authorized, empow- ered and directed exery year to order, assess and levy a rate on the whole of tlie inhabitants of the Parishes of Coverdale, Hills- borough, Hopewell, Harvey, and Alma, in the said County of Albert, liable to l)e rated and assessed for any rate or assessment within the said County, of a sum sufficient to pay the interest on the debentures issued" imder the provisions of tlus Act, and a further sum not exceeding two thousand dollars, as will pay sucli and so much of the principal sum l)orrowed as the said General Sessions may deem expedient, besides the charges for assessing and collecting, for tlie purpose of discharging the principal and interest of the loans contracted by Airtue of this Act, until the same shall be paid off; the said several sums to be levied, assessed, collected and paid in such proportion and in like man- ner as any County rates for public charges, only that the tax upon the poll of each inhabitant shall be not less than half a dollar, and when collected shall be holden by the County Treasurer foi" the payment of the said interest, or interest and principal as th(> case may be, exclusix ely for the purposes of this Act. 33 7. The monev!^ so assosaod sliall from tiin«> to time 1h' a])pli('(l liii jKiymcnt of the said deln'ritm-es, and tlu? interest due thereon, laud the said County Treasurer shall, when and so oftini as lie liaay l)e directed by the said Greneral Sessions so to do, give one [calendar month's public notice l»y advertisement in the Koyid {(iazette of this Province, calling' in such and so many of the said Idebentures, whether due or not, as the said General Sessions may Ibe pn^pared to pay oti", specifying the numl)er of such (leb(>ntures [in such advertisement, and thci same by and under sucli order as laforesiud shall i)a,y off accordingly ; and from and after the ex- Ipiration of s\tch notice the interest on such debentures shall Icease. 8. Pro^•ided always, that this Act shall not come into opera- tion or be in force until it shall be determined by a majority of tlie ratepayers in the said Parishes of Coverdale, Hillsborough, llopewell, 'Harvey, and Alma, thiit they desire that the said Act Iniay be in force, which said determination shall be arrived at in [the manner hereinafter mentioned. 9. Whenever not less than one hundred of the ratepayers on property lying within the said Parishes of Coverdale, Jiillsbo- rough, Hopewell, Harvey, and Alma, shall apply in writing to the High Sheriff of the said County for the calling of public nieetings of the ratepayers on real or personal estate within the [said Parishes, in order that th(>y may decide as to the propriety [of granting aid for the construction of the said Pailway under Ithe provisions of this Act, the said Sheriff shall proceed to call [siich meetings by giNing at least two weeks' notice in some news- paper published" in the said County or adjoining County, of the time, places and objects of such meetings, and by posting up printed hand))ills of the time, places and objects aforesaid m thre(^ of the most public places in each of the said Parishes. 10. The meeting for the Parish of Hopewell shall be held at the Court House in the said County ; and the meetings for the Parislies of Coverdale, Hillsborough, Harvey, and Alma, respec- Itively, shall be held in each Parish at or near the place now by [law appointed as the polling place in the said Parish for the [election of Members to serve in the House of Assembly ; provi- Ided that only one meeting b.' held in and for each Parish, and that such meetings shall be h(dd simultaneoushsand such meet- ings shall be opened at eight o'clock in the forenoon and be [continued until four o'clock in the afternoon of the same day. J ■ 1 'f, 34 11. The SlioiifT', or somo person to l)e dopiitizcd by him, sliall preside at the nioetiiijr hold at tlie ( -ourt House in and for tlic Pavisli of I!op(>\vell; and the said Slieriff ^dlall by deputation ur precept ap[j(>int a fit person to preside at each of tlie other Parislies, and each such iierson shidl preside at the meetin'. proceed to take tlie names of the persons wishing to vote at such meeting in a book provided for the purpose, entering opposite each name "yea" or "nay" in the different columns; provided however, that no person shall be allowed to vote at such meeting whose name does not appear in tlie copy of the Assessment h'oll furnished to the officer presiding: If the name of any Joint Stock Company or Corporation, or theii- President as represent- 1 ing such Corporation, appear on any such Assessment List, the President, or any Director authorized by such Joint Stock Com- pany or Corporation, and no other person, may vote in respect I thereof under this Act; and if tlie name of any co-partnership firm appear on s\ich list, each member of such firm may vote in I respect thereof; provided that any such President or Director voting as representing the Corporation, shall also have a right to vote individually if he be a duly ciualified ratepayer. 14. At the hour of four o'clock the officer presiding shall de- clare the meeting closed, and proceed with the clerk to count the votes given at such meeting in the different columns and state the result publicly, and shall enter in the book a certificate of the total 'yeas' and 'nays' respectively voted, which certificate shall be signed by such officer presiding and clerk, and forthwith transmit such book and certificate under seal to the said Sherift. 35 15. Iftho Slioriff finds, upon all such ]>ooks and certificates havint? been returned, that a majority (jf all the votes so given is in tli<' affirmative, and that the persons voting "yea" repre- U-nt more than one-halt' of the vabiation of all the property of the ratepayers, as represented hy the assessment list, present and voting iit such me(!ting,he shall transmit a certiticatfi thereof to his mTs Excellency the Lieutenant Governor, who shall thereupon publish in the Koyal Oazette a notice that the foregoing law is I uud from thenceforth shall be in full force and effect. 1(). The facilities and aid contemplated in the foregoing sec- [tions shall not be made available or given to any Company, unless the said railway is located to run from some point on the Euro- pean and North American Railway, in the County of \Vestnu-)r- Ihuid, to connect with some place of shipment on Shepody Bay or KiN-er, or .adjacent na\'igable waters in one of the Parishes of Hopewell or Harvey, in the said County of Mbert. 17. In lieu of borrowing the money as aforesaid, the Sessions I may hand over the debentures to be issued under the auchority I of t Ins Act to the (Company, or to any person named by them, imd such debentures shall be taken by the said Company or other I pei'son at par. 18. An Act made and passed in the thirty-fourth year of Her Maiesty's Reign, Chapter fifty-four, intituled An Act to further facilitate the construction of the Albert Railway, be and the same is hereby repealed. 19. Nothing in this Act contained shall in any way interfere j with an Act made and passed in the thirty-fourth year of the same Keign, Chapter fifty-three, intitvded An Act to facilitate the construction of the Albert Raihvay. 36 :o^^Xi:-T^_A.>\^^. Passed 22ml July, 1873. The Stockliolders of the Altjert Railway Company in piirsu-l ance of the powers in them vested, do hereby alter and ameiiii| the Bye- Laws of the Company as follows — that is to say: GEXERAL MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS. I. — No person shall be entitled to take any part in the pro! eee