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 I. By Letters Patent dated the 20th day of Mny. |s01. niilfi- the 
 (^reat Seal of the late Provinee of Upper Caniula, iiu«i the hand '»C Peter 
 Hunter, Ksijuire, Lieutenant-CJovernor of the wiine l*ru\inee. His laii- 
 Majesty King (Jeorge the Third granted untt) (jraee MeQneen. ol' the 
 Township of Ed\vardsl)urgii, in the County of Grenvilie, in the District 
 of. Johnstown, in the said Provinee, Daughter of (^-apta in Tlioiniis Kiazer. 
 !ier heirs and assigns forever, All that parcel or Irael oi" iaiul situate in 
 ti»e Township i»l' Nepean, in the County of Cavkftun. in tlie District ol 
 I Johnstown, in the said Province, containing l>y admeasurement KMl 
 
 f acres, more or less, being lots lettered K and D iti the concession called 
 C, in the said Township of Nepean, together with all tlu' woods and 
 ■ waters thereon, under the reservations, limitations and conditicjus there- 
 inafter expressed, which said 400 iu!res of land were butted and bounded 
 or might be otherwise kii)Wii as follows: that is to say. Commencing 
 where a post had bi'en planted in front of the said concession, at the 
 i south-east angle of each of the said lots respetitively ; tlnMi north, 10 
 * degrees west. 20 chains; tiien south. ()() degrees west, 100 chains; then 
 south. 1(» dci'ree-i east, 2(1 chains; then north, Ctj degrees east, 100 
 I'hains to the place of beginning of each h)t: to hold the said parcel or 
 tract of land unto the said (Jrace McQueen, her heirs and assigns forever, 
 saving, nevertheless, to the Crown, all mines of gold and silver that 
 should or might thereafter be found on ai^y part of the said land, and all 
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growiiij: oil iiny part thiTeof. Tin; said iiCtt(M-s Patent nuMtinir iliat tli-- 
 Crown had caust-d an allot tinont or appropriation of '>7l acros to bi' niiulf 
 in lot It'ttfrt'd \, Virokcu (MiKv-ssion A. oftlic sauic Townsliip of Ncpcan ; 
 as l)y the sail! hi'ttiss I'atml. now ii-ailv to l»<' produced, will more fiill\ 
 
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 i' '1. By Letters i'atent dated the Idtli flay of .Inne. ISOl, under tlie 
 
 hand of the s;iid Peter Hunter, and the (lie;il Seal of tiie said late I'm- 
 vinee of lipper Canatla, His late Maj*'sty KIul;' (ieorLti' tlie Third alsf* 
 ixraiited unto the sjiid (Jraee Met^iieen, her heirs and assigns forever. :dl 
 
 10 that i)arcel or tract of land situate in the Townwhip of Nenean. in the 
 County of Carleion. in ihc District of .lolin>itown. in the said I'rovince. 
 containiui!: l»y ndnieasurenient 'JOO acres, nion- or less. liein;_^ the lots H 
 ami M lU llif hruken conces-ion I) on (he l!iver liide;iu. together with all 
 the Woods and waters theieon lying and being, under the reservations, 
 limit, itions and conditions thereinafter expressed, which said 2(10 acres 
 were butted and i>ounded, or might be otherwise known, asfol'^ws: that 
 is to say, (!onnnei!ring where a post had been planted on the west bank 
 of the liiver Kid' an, in the limit i»etweeii lots K mikI K; then south, (Hi 
 degrees w<-st. '<■> I'liains niort- m- less, to the Iront of" the broken coiices- 
 
 'iOeiont": then north, Itl degrees west. Ill chains : then iioith, (il) degrees 
 east, to llii' lii\t'r Ilideau; then soiitliwardlv ;dong the bank ol'the riser 
 against t!ie .'ireiiin to the place of beginning ; to bold the said parcel or 
 tract oi land mito the said (JiMce .Mct^ieeii. her heirs and assigns forever; 
 saving, ne\ti ilieh'ss, to the (.'rowii all mines of gold, silver, copper, tin. 
 lead, iion anti coal, and all white [lim- trees that should or might then or 
 tlnreailei- be growing on any j)art of the said land: the said Letters 
 Paleiii 1, -citing that the Crown had caused an allottmeni or apjiropriation 
 ol' 'JS; :are^. to be made in lot N. broken front comession A. in the Town- 
 ship of N.-pean, tor the maintenance of a I'rotestant clergy, as by the 
 
 10 said Letters Pattnil I'eady to be produceil, will more t'ully appear. 
 
 .1. Uolh of the before stated Letters Patent wi-re, shortly after tin- 
 day .-. i.ii which they respt!ctively bear date, duly registered as reciuired 
 by the law ot' the said late Province of Hpjier Canada, and the said Grace 
 Mct^ueen entered into possession of the land tluu'eby granted to her as 
 before stated, and save as hereafter appears continued in possession tif all 
 the said land down to the time of her death. 
 
 I. |{y an Ait td" the Provincial Parliament of the said late Provintie 
 of llpi)er Canada, (S (leo. IV., e. I), passed on the 17th day of February. 
 1S27, commonly referred to as the Ridoau Canal Act, and intituled," An 
 Act to I'onfer upon His .Majesty certain powers and authorities necessary 
 to the making, maintaining, and using the canal intended to he com- 
 pleted under His Maji'stys direction, for connecting the wtiters of Lake 
 Ontario with the Hivtu- Ottawa, and for other purposes therein men- 
 
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lidiicd," and siicli Act fu fur as it is iiiiitcrial fnr the piirpo.scH of thin pi'ti- 
 titiii to state the .siinic. al'liT rcc'itinii •• 'I'lmt His .Majesty lii»s boeii most 
 l^racioiivly plcast-d to diit'ct iiifusiiri's to In- iiimicdialcly taken iiiider the 
 siiiierintendeiiee of tlie proper iiiililaiy departiiieiit. lor const met iii^^ a 
 canal iMiitinLT tlie waters of liake ()ntari(» uitli the Kiver Ottawa, and 
 aHordin.L' a con\»'iiient Ma\ i;_'atioii for llu- transport of naval and military 
 -lores. And tluit sui'li a canal wlieii conipided will fend most essentially 
 Id tlie secnrity of tliis I'roxince, l>y facilitating^ nieasnres for its dt'leiict-s. 
 and will also j!,ri'atly promote its a;.''iicidtiM'al and coiinnercial interests. 
 
 10 am! it is tlii-refore expedient to|iro\ide hy law any necessary facilit\ 
 Inwards the ]>rose<'ntion of so desirahle a woik. '• It was therelore t herehy 
 I'uacled liy the authority of the same, that the olficer einplo\ed li\ His 
 Majesty lo superintend the said woik should have full power and au- 
 llinrit\ to explore the cuunlry Ixiui: lietwei,'!! fiake (Milaiio. or the 
 \\ .iters le,idiu;z' therelVoiu, and ihe lii\ er Ottawa, and to set out and as- 
 certain such parts of the lands lielouu:in,n' to any person in the route oi" 
 the s;iid canal as he should thiid< necessai'y and propel for niakinir the 
 said canal, locks, and all s\ich oilier works, iinprov ciiii'iits. matters and 
 coiu eiiiences, as he should think proper and necessary for inakiii'.^-, ell'ect- 
 
 li()i:)j;', preserv iiiu'. iniproN iii^'. coinpletiii'i'. and usiuu in the said iiaviLiation 
 and also, to construct, make and do all other matteis and tliiii,L;> which 
 he shall think iiei'cssarv and (oii\cni>'nt for the inakinjr. ell'ectim:. pre- 
 .scr\iii;i', iinproviujf, com|deliiii; and usin;,^ the said canal, in pursuance 
 and within the tru!' uieaiiinti' of the said Act, doiiiLi' as liilie daina.L;c as 
 may he i:i ;iie execuliim ol the seviu'al powers to him lii'rehy i:rante(l." 
 
 "i. And it u as further I'uacti'd li\ i he authority aforesaid that after 
 aii\ lands o;- Linanids should In' set out find asctitained to he necrssar\ 
 for makiiiu' and completiuii' the said canal, and its otiicr purp<tses and 
 ci)n\ I'liiciices mentioned, the superintending:' ollicer aioresaid was ein- 
 
 30 ])owcitil lo contract, compound, compromise and a'.;'ree with all persons, 
 for themselves or tlu'ir heirs and successors, and for those whom they 
 re'iicseiited, \\]h) should occupy, he possessed of or iiileri'sti'd in any 
 liiuds (ir liiMiimls which should In.' si't out or ascerl lined as aforesaid, lor 
 the ali.-olute surrender to His .Majesty, his heirs and successors, of so 
 much (if the said land as sluadd he recinired lor, or for the damaj;es which 
 lie. she or they nii^dit reasoiiai)l_\ claim in conseijiience of. the said intended 
 canal, locks ami other constrnctioiis and I'rt'ctions heiiiLi' (Mit and construct- 
 ed in and upon his. her and their ri-spt'ctive lands, and that all such con- 
 tracts, agreements and surrenders should he valid and eU'ectual in law. to 
 
 10 all intents and purposes, 
 
 ii And further it was enacted that such parts and portions of land 
 covered witli water so ascertained to be necessary to he occupied for the 
 purposes of the said «!anal ; a:id also such })arts and portions as should upon 
 
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 h,. vrsU'd in His Majosty. Ids licdrs and sii<rcss<> ». 
 
 7. The said ad then provide, ihal ii l.eion- the enuiph-tiiM. of th. 
 
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 d f.r iiiakii'v tli'if estimate, ami loi 
 
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 oiit itH ontirt' l«'ii<;tli nomu; tiiiif in Ili*> iiidiiIIi nI'Miiv, IS.'i'J. 
 
 11. H.v Act piiHMi'd (III tho !»tli diiv of IK'ct'iiilHT, ISJ;5, (7 Vic, c. 1 1 ) 
 ol'llii' l'n>viiiriiil I'arliaiiu'iil orc'aiiadii. wliii-h Act is coiiiiintiily rcl'crrcd 
 
 i to us "Till! Ordnance \'c,^tin;^ Ai't," and i.s intitwli'd. " .\ii Act for vosl- 
 iii;:; in tlic principal ollicers of llcr iMiijcslv s Ordnance the e.states and 
 properly tluTein de.><cril)ed, lor <j;rantiii}!: certain [lowi'is to tlie saiil olli- 
 cers, and lor (ttlier purposes therein nientioned," and thereby tiie lands 
 and other ri'ul projierty therein mentioned or relerred to, including the 
 
 10 said llidean Canal and tin* lands and works heloiiiiin;: thereto, were 
 vested ill the Principal Ollicers of ller .Maje><ty's Ordnance in (Jreat 
 Itritain and their sncce.ssors in the said oHirc. snliji ct to the provisions of 
 the .said "Ordnance Vesting- .Act," and in trnsf ior the .service ol'tlu' said 
 department, and it is herehy jiruviiU'd and enacted (^ee li'.)) as follows 
 (that is to say) : — 
 
 *' Provided always, and ho it enat'ted. t!iat all lands taken Iroiii 
 "private owners at IJytown nnder the anthority of the Kidean ("anal Act, 
 " lor the uses of the canal which have not l»eeii nsi'd for that pnrpo.se, lie 
 "restored to the [)arty or parties from whom the same were talicn." 
 
 20 ]'2. Your Snjipliant allei^es, thiit on or altont the 'Jtlth day of 
 
 October, 181'), the said William Mc(^ieen lun-einliclore mentioned, to 
 wit, the sun and heir at law of the said (Jrace Mct^iieen intestate, al.so 
 died intestate, leavinif your Suppliant his only loiral issue and his sole 
 heir at law, him survivinir, and tlicrclty entitled to have as owner 
 thereof all the estate and interest whatsoever of the .said (Irace Mi't^necn 
 and William Mc(^)neeii, both or either of them in and to ilu' part or \)ov. 
 tion of the .said I 10 acres of the said granted lands so set out and ascer- 
 tained for the pnrpo.ses of the said eanal, hnt not used therefor, including; 
 anv riiilit which she or he had or miulit have to a restoration and rein- 
 
 30 vestment of the said part or portion of the said 110 acres set out as afore- 
 said, which were not actually u.sed for the purpose as aforesaid. 
 
 l.'i. No payment, indemnity or compensation was ever made to the 
 said (Jrace Mc(iueen, nor to your Suppliant, nor to any person eiititU'd 
 to receive the same, in respect of the said part or portion of the 
 said 110 acres ro set out as necessary foi' the canal jjurjjo.ses as before 
 stated, but not used us mentioned for the said purposes of the said 
 canal. 
 
 14. And your Supi)liant furtln'r alleges that the real property ad- 
 Joining to the lots and parcels of land granted as nientioned to the said 
 40 ('I'liiit- McQueen l\>rmerly belonging to one Nicholas Sjiarks. A portion 
 of this was .set out and ascertained as necessary for the purpose of the 
 said canal, and v, as accordingly taken from the said Nicholas Spark.s, 
 
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 Ai't iiasscd ill llic Till vi'iir ol' 
 
 ilcr Miij«!sty's rci^ni. ii 
 
 liliil.'d ■ All Act I'oi- \ ciiim in llic pniici| 
 
 lal olli- 
 
 .•crs ol 
 
 r Ilcr Majcslv's Oidiiaiicc, tin- .'slat.'- and prop.'il \ llicn'iii d 
 
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 li.'d, lor i^iaiitiii.ii certain pi 
 
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 I's III 1 \\i- <aid iilliccis ami lor nl In-i' 
 
 oilier iiiirpos.'S lli.-r.'in m.-iili I. conlain- a pn.\ i-^o in llie wniiJH loi- 
 
 l..wiii'j: ' i'rovid.'d ahvassaii.l I..' it .■ua.'lr.j thai all lands lak.'ii iVuiii 
 
 >riv 
 
 lie ..WILTS at l»\ I..UII, niidcr 
 
 Ihr ,nilliorit\ n\' ill.' Hid. -ail Cm; 
 
 A.'t. ill!' llie uses .il' tlic canal, wlii.-ii liav.' m.l Lcii use. 
 
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 d I'ur llial piir- 
 
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 ,s.', 1..' r.'s|..red lo the part. y or part i.-s IVoiii u limii llie same smt.' taken 
 1 doiil.ls lia\f ari.seii as I.) I li<' lin.' inlcnl an. I iiie.inin- .il' lli.' sain.', an 
 
 I 
 
 •JU-- aslotli.' land lo which il isiiilcnde.l Inapp! v, and | 
 
 III IC.'CI 
 
 liiiirs at law and 
 
 i„ ...piilv, whi.'h lia\e aii.M' it mi' smli ii..nl.t>. liav l-eeii iiiieiice.l 
 
 ,Hid aiv still pemliiiL;. Ami uli.'i-'as. .Iniin- llic m.u last M'>>ion nf lli-' 
 
 the L.'jislalis e ( '..iiiicil ami I .e-i-lal i \ e 
 
 ;islalur.' a 
 
 was iiassi'ii n\' 
 
 III ol se 
 
 Ass.'iiil.lv ..i'this I'll. vim'.', t'oi' Hie |.nipose i.|c\plai - ami aiiien.li ii; 
 
 the yaid Acl as I'ar as r.'-ards tin- ericl ol I lie .-.aid piovi.-o. ai 
 liiiu- such .l..iil.ls at r.'sl. Iml the said hill 'o.-in- le-cix .'.I 
 .•;,f,,,n ol'll.T ,\la.i.'<tys pl.'asine I her i. ha^ m.l leiriM'd 
 
 assi'll 
 
 t. A ml \\ lierea^ 
 
 a~ wt 
 
 II the principal 
 
 ciliiciT.-- Ill 
 
 for I he si'jnili 
 
 111.' Iloval 
 i'|- MaiesU's 
 
 ( h'dnancf as the pii\ 
 
 ;ili' pari ic- III 
 
 terc.^li'd. a ic d.',-i riiii> 1 hat I he .h .nl.l > 
 
 .' l.rl ween I hem 
 
 ;,l Mlnr.'sai.l should he re v.'.l. ami all matter ul .lilh'icn.' 
 
 ••should he I'airlv ami ainical.l.v .etlh'.l; l'..'il 1 h.i-.'I'or.' .'iia. 
 
 le.l h\ the 
 
 () lis .Most Kx.'.'lh'lit .Maj.'.-'lv. 1... an 
 
 I \\ it h I he ad\ ii'c ami c..iisi'nl 
 
 li."^i.slative (!.tnn.'il .in 
 
 I .if ihe lic'ji'-larp 
 
 AsM'iiihh ..r th.' I' 
 
 ro- 
 
 \l nee o 
 
 r Canada, ci.nsliln 
 
 t.'.l ami a-M'iiihled h\ virtue ol'and nii.h'r I he 
 ,,,ill,.„,U olan A.'t pa..s.'d in the i'ailiaim-nl ..I' tin' l^nitd Kin,::,! 
 
 II! Ill 
 
 (iiv;il I'.rilain ami Ireland, .ind iiitilnleil an 
 
 A.'t lo re-nnile 1 he I n 
 
 \ lllic> i.l I I 
 
 Inn.T and Low.'i- <'aiia.la. and loi the ( iu\ .'rnim'nl i.r<'aiiaila 
 
 I- ji.'r.'l.s .'iia. 
 
 Inl l.\ llic aiilliorily 
 
 ihe sinie that th.' | 
 
 )ro\ ISO 
 
 r.'ci 
 
 |,.,1 III the preamhh' to ihi^ 
 
 ID ' hind a 
 
 1 r.\liivvii s.'i on I 
 
 A. -I shall h.' const I iH'd lo appl\ lo all the 
 d aMi'ilained and taken iVuiii Ni.'liolas Sparks. 
 ..III,.' .said lowii. IvMpiire, niider tin' pros .-i..n ..llln' \.'l ol' tin' i..-i.s- 
 hitnre ..f lipp.'r <'.,mada pas-.'d in 1 h.' ce'lit h > ear ..I' the r.'i'^;n o 
 (;.'..r-n' IV., iiil.iliilcd An Ad lo .'onh-r iii-on His Maj.'sly .'.'rtaiii 
 
 ■ lilt 
 
 nowiM'H am 
 
 I anlhorilie- iie.'<'ssar_\ lo 
 
 ihe iiial<in'j. iii.inl.iiniii'i ami iisint 
 
HI 
 
" tlii'i'aiKil intoiuied to he coiiiiilcti'il under Ills .M;ijcst_\ V dinrlinii. liiv 
 •■ roiiucftinu' the waters of liiikc OnliU'io witti the Kiver OUiiwii. nnd ti-r 
 ■• other i)iir|)Mses therein mentioned, oxceiit so much theriM.i' :is is actually 
 ••,.ccui>ied hy the site of the Uideau <Jaiiai as ori-iiiall.v excavated at the 
 •• Sapper's !'.rid,^e, and ol' the hasiii and 15y Wash, as they stood at the 
 .. j,;,^s1iil; oi'tli.' Onhutnce Vestin.Li- Aei. ,iiid exceptin.u- also a tract d' -Jtld 
 •■ ic,.| in l.readlh on each sideofthe said ciinal. the portion ol' the said 
 
 • ■land "o excejited having been iVeely -iranted hy the said Nicholas 
 ■•Sparks to tlie late Colonel By, of the Hoyal Kn-ineers. lor the purposes 
 
 1(1 -,,r the said canal, ami excepting also a trad of CO led round the said 
 ••l,asiu ami hy-wash. wherever the present Ordnance i.oumiai'y stones 
 
 • • ..tarnl beyond that distance IVoni the said basin oi- by-uas!i. but where 
 •• tliey stand within that distance then they >hall liound the trad so i-x- 
 -cep'ted, which is iVcidy granted by the said Nich^da. Sparks to I he -aid 
 .. pi'iu.'ipal otlicers Ibr tlu' jan^poses of the said canal. pro\i.b'd no build- 
 
 - iugs be erected thereon. And that, not withstandiu- any thing in the 
 •• Act last ciled- or in the Act of the said Le-islature pas^ed in the 'Jno 
 •• year .d'Her Majesty's reign. an<l intituled. "An Act to limit the period 
 
 - lor owners of land making clain)s Ibr damages already occasioned by the 
 lin -conslriietion of the Kideau Canal, an.l Ibr other purposes therein mm- 
 
 •• tionc.l. or any judgment, decree, verdi.'t or d.vi-ion of or in any Court 
 : •• of law (U' e(|uity, all the land to whi.di the sud proviso is applicable as 
 I -ati.resaid shall," if retained by the principal ollicers of Her Maje-t;, '. < )rd- 
 i •• nance under the provisions of this Ad. be paid \\>v bs them in li.e man- 
 ' •• „,.,• i>n.vid..d in this Act. an.l any |.arts ihercf which shall n^.; be so 
 .. ,,,,;,ined and paid f.r shall be and the same are hereby declared \n be 
 -ahsolntelv revested in the said Nicholas Sparks, or the parti. 's re>pee- 
 -tivelv to' whom the >anH- may have been c.un.'yv.l by hiui. bel.e.v th,e 
 •• l(llh"dav of Mav. isn;. to hisand tiieir own proper uses forcNcr. an<l 
 ■;n"such convevan.vs shall not then be in validated by any want of posM's- 
 ■• Mon in the said Nicholas Sparks, or a.lverse possession by the >:ml pnn- 
 -..jpal ollicers at the linu- they were re-p.'ctiv(dy made. 
 
 - iC, \nd be it .■nad.Ml. That the sai.l prin.'ipal ollicers shall, within 
 ...„.,. ,„„„u, ;,fter the passing of t his Ad . obtain a eertilicate Iron, theolh- 
 
 ■ .,,.,. ,.,,i.iinauding Her Majoty- I'orce - in I 
 
 1 1 i ! I c : 
 >l ihe 
 ,,rt oi- iiarts >hall be retained b\ 
 
 ^,1 -anti the renmindcr. if any. shall be i 
 
 lis I'rovini'e. selling Im'lh 
 .,,U,t part ..r parts .d' the land to wind. i,ie .aid proviso is applicable ,t 
 •is necessary to retain lor 1 he service ol ihe Or.lnance Departnuuit lor 
 •militarv or camil purjioses. and -ndi p. 
 
 .,„d ,.n>ain vested in the said pi.neipal ollinus ii. trust li.r ller Ma,esty , 
 
 nimediately theri'alter absolutely 
 evested in the sahl Nicholas >parks..n- the party or parties claiming 
 imder him to his and their own pi-oper u 
 contrarv notwithstanding. 
 
 •• 1 
 
 \)V ever, any law to the 
 17. That the said proviso wa^ in lact and cHed anabsol.ite indeoen- 
 
 J 
 
H;U( 
 
 I liiiviu^' lull I'lVcct ill itst'lUiiiul the s;iitl Act ('.» Vu't., cli. 
 
 ts provisions imd purview mul sd tlicri'l)^ iiitt'iidcd Iroiii its 
 
 I Dhjeclf-, a legislative settleiueiil ol' the dillieulties Ixtweeu the 
 
 1 niin.-ii.iil utlieers and the sai.l Nieln.las ^parlvs. of his laud taken \\,v 
 
 ,l,.iit etiactuiei 
 
 12) was 111 1 
 
 expresset 
 
 Cinial purposes, and without purpnrtui,;- tn repea 
 
 1 or restrict tlie lull liun 
 
 1,1 u^eui 
 
 ral elteet of the proviso as appl\ ii 
 
 :: to all 1: ..ds t. 
 
 iKi'il 
 
 iV-iiu pri- 
 
 vate owners, a 
 
 t Hvto'.vii. I'or the use of th>' -lid Canal, and uol u.cd im- 
 
 l!i.:t pur|iese. a 
 
 in the terms of the pro\ 
 
 ISO : am 
 
 I to the intent o|' t!i.' ;aid 
 
 miproinisi 
 
 \>\ enlar«iin": it to include the particular lamls claimed l.y 
 
 1(1 Nieholas Spaiks. and hrin«j;in'r them within the -eiici 
 
 al scope ol 
 
 the nro- 
 
 viso, in t 
 
 IVect nuiUin.u- a special ad.lition to the -eni ral .'naclment willnMil 
 
 repugnance 
 
 thereto, hut leaving its full op.^rative ( 
 
 iVect for all 
 
 -licli lands 
 
 r.vtnwn referred to in that enactment. 
 
 I'M 
 
 lursuance oi 
 
 Uc l;nal 
 the -aii 
 
 taken Iroiu 
 
 such lastly stated Act a con.'iderahlc [lortion ot 
 
 the saiil Nichola:- Sparks, at livtown, for the said 
 
 heeii rotorcd tn him: lait no part of the land ol 
 
 Canal has Mnce 
 
 I Crace Mc(,)uei'n so set out ;Mid la 
 
 <.''ii a' a 
 
 iore>aM 
 
 1 for Cimd I 
 
 uir- 
 
 "ilii.ite at 
 
 i:ti 
 
 Cai;:d purposes, 
 iri'-^aid has i'\' 
 
 livtown, held I'v Her Maje.ty, hut not used for .uch 
 t.) -wit.!)!) acres or ihereai)outs of the said 1 Id acres as 
 
 teen I'l'slorei 
 
 1 to the aforesaid mentioned, the said 
 
 (Irace M(!>neen. no 
 
 r to the sai'l la 
 
 t.> William Mc()ueen. nor to \oi;r <:',id 
 
 ,S ; i : 1 i i t i . ; u 1 . 
 
 A( I of the I'rovm i 
 
 ii i'ailiameni oi ( anaoa 
 
 (I'.i \ -Ji) V 
 
 I ill 
 
 "i ). iiilituled. •• An A 
 i: S.':'r-laries of state 
 ■,1. !io\v \-es;ed ;i 
 
 Ct l(U' ii. nsie 
 
 ■ 1 n ^ t 1 one o I i I 
 
 ■r Ai.'icsU 
 
 ICl. 
 
 'iiii 
 
 (le-cfiiH 
 
 v-'-ii'.:;.: ol M.'i' part ol te 
 ill !!(••■ Maie.-a V the t)n' 
 
 ih ■ p ever,- a 
 llie princip: ; ^ 
 
 insnaiiee e 
 
 a I t'-^taie 
 
 iMjieru- therein 
 
 th 
 
 iilicei-, 
 
 ol 
 
 the (.■nluaiic 
 
 an( 
 
 1 for 
 
 te-; an.l ',''.'"i" 
 
 •rtv theriMii lie-crihed 
 
 f,,r til" l! 
 
 111. e..^e :i 
 
 lu puri'ose.- ol 
 
 Viiice ; 
 )U is. ami 
 
 IIM 
 
 ! ihereli\ . afl"r reeii 
 
 n- ti 
 
 le saiil 
 
 ••Oi\'t'ai!v'e 
 
 ui'.r-t other thin 
 
 ■na.ct •(! ;is ioUow -■ : — 
 
 •JO. •■ That iminedialcl\ i".\ an 
 
 iVoin ill- passinu- oi 
 
 this ]'io- 
 
 W-siiim; Act." it 
 
 this Act. all an 
 
 'Ver\ 
 
 the laiuls and other n 
 
 ;d proiierty m tins 
 ! Schedule to this .Vet annexed, heingap 
 
 i-o\ ince c( 
 
 anrnse.l in 
 
 the lin, 
 
 ands. tenements, estates at 
 
 id heredilaiienits coni[> 
 
 visio; 
 
 ind meaninn oi 
 
 the said in \ 
 
 nir 
 
 t recited Act of tl 
 
 if the messuages. 
 within Cue jiro- 
 7th vcar of 
 
 tlie r^'lu'll o 
 
 .Vet. '.Vel'e !i\- t 
 
 f lli'r I'resiMit 
 
 Maiestv. which, prior to the [ 
 
 assiiiL: of ihi 
 
 •iiial uUicers ol 
 
 he said recited Act. or otherwise, vested m the sanl pnn- 
 ller .Majesty's Ordnance n 
 
 I their successors i 
 
 s in tiie said 
 
 .(Ii 
 
 ollice. an 
 
 1 which have heen used and occu] 
 
 lUUeil 
 
 tor til 
 
 th 
 
 M'Vice ol tm 
 
 th 
 
 ID 
 
 Ordnance Department, or for military dceiise. 
 
 duill have heen so pur 
 
 inve\ance the siinn 
 
 iM'ec 
 
 tions and huildings which now are. or 
 
 h<- erecti'd and huilt thereon, 
 
 toiiether wit 
 
 1,\ wh;!ie\-er mode ol 
 •hased or taken, and all 
 which shall or may hereafter 
 h the rights, menihers, ease- 
 
•:;o 
 
lIU'll 
 
 ts iitxl JipiHirU-iKUits to llif siiinc ivsiicilivc 
 
 1\ lu'loii'^iiur, ^*!lnU l>y 
 
 virtiu' of this Act 1)0 iiiul Iiocdmu- am 
 
 \vi\ ill Hit Miiji'sty tlu- Quci'ii fur llir luMu-llt. use iiii.l i.ui;.(.m>s ( 
 liii-r to till' rcsiii'clivi' nature and (iiialitv of the said 
 
 I rcniaiii and I'diitiniM' nhs(»hit«'l_v 
 
 if 
 
 Vt'S 
 
 this I'loviiH'*'. ai'fon 
 
 lands and other n-al i.ropcrtv, and shall hi' siihject to the pi 
 til.' Aet jiassed h.y the liCgislatni'e ol 
 
 ovisions o 
 
 this ri-ovinee 
 
 IheVL'ij^iio 
 
 flkn- IVoseiit Majesty, iiitttiil 
 
 eii. an 
 
 in tlie Itith year ol 
 Act to amend I hi' hnv lor 
 
 )rovisions 
 
 the sale and sotllenieiit of the puhlic lands, and any lurthei- i 
 
 hieh tho Lci^islatiire of this Province may IVom tim-,' lo lime eiiael in 
 
 "[\ and shall he Indd. used, eonveyed and .hall v. ill. aeconl- 
 
 to all sales. a'.:vt'e!i!ents. h'use or leases, 
 
 •■ w 
 
 ID •■ respeet tluTOO 
 
 •'iiiulv. hut suhjcH't neverlheless 
 
 a;ii'eeiiuMit or aj^roiMi 
 principal ollicersorOrdnam 
 
 leiits lor leasi", adready ei 
 
 itered inio wii !i or li\ 1 iie 
 
 e. or 
 
 !»v aii\ olher person or pei'sons ;nillior- 
 
 i'/.cd or ompoi 
 
 ,'cred 1)V the said pniiei| 
 
 M' 
 
 d ollicers to e\el'cise the ] 
 
 and authorities ol' the said in part reeiied 
 f Her I'reseiit Majesty, ol' or in r 
 
 )o\\i'rs 
 !, 
 
 rciuii <> 
 
 ilher real property. 
 
 •1\. •• I'rovid.ed ah\a\s and 
 
 esiiet 
 
 11 lurtiiei' eiiai 
 
 Act of the . ill \<'ar ol the 
 t of iiiiv .-uch la'.'ds and 
 
 ted. thai nolhiivi lieieiii 
 
 contaniei 
 
 1 shall he laki'ii to alh'.'i the ri-hls of any partie> elaimiiur any 
 
 ;i-ol 
 
 111 
 
 the lands, huildiii,-s. or olher pr.^peiiy relei 
 
 red lo in tlie next preci 
 
 a-' section, and in ihe said sei'oiK 
 
 1 Sehediile. iiiid thai all ;:ctin:is now 
 
 pendii 
 
 i;r a'''ainst the sud ", 
 
 1 nrineipal olliceis in 
 
 relation thereio may l>e 
 
 iiroi'eet 
 
 led' with to linal jmlgment. in the name of the said principal oili- 
 
 ■cers, am 
 
 1 as if the api)oi 
 
 ntinent ol thi 
 
 aid principal o 
 
 llicers had not 
 
 heeli revo 
 
 ked hy llcr MajestN. ami i 
 AttoineN-ticMieral to appear in any si 
 
 t shall he lawful for Her .Majesty 
 
 and 
 
 llie Crown and all oilier persons 
 
 ich case on hehalf ol' the Crown, 
 11 he hound hv tin- 
 
 whatsoexer slia 
 
 final iiiilii-menl of the Court in 
 
 which such SI 
 
 lit mav havi' he<'n com- 
 
 menced. 
 
 ;o 
 
 he secomi 
 
 Schedule referred to in 
 
 Schedule of iniliiarv 'properties in 
 the Provincial (lovernim'Ui, eomp 
 
 the said Act heing the 
 
 Camilla. iiro|u)sed to hi translerred to 
 
 rises ainon-st other properties the fol- 
 
 lowiii'j: : — 
 
 Sii'i \rioN- 
 
 Al'I'iJiiMMATK (>!• VNTITV 
 ol liAMi. 
 
 Dl-SCIMI'TION 111- Ulll.UINCS 
 
 IJideau and Ot- 
 tawa Canals. 
 
 uli 
 
 .Mii.rrAKv WoKKS. 
 
 ('it\ of Ottawa Barracks, 
 
 lUock Houses am 
 
 1 Ad- 
 
 iiiii 
 
 ts of the ( anal 
 
 23. Several years alter t 
 your Suppliant, to wit, m 
 
 h,. aeath of the late William McQii 
 lSll'.>-7(l caused to Uc preseii 
 
 eeii. 
 
 ted to the 
 
in 
 
 Covoi'Mor-CciuTul oir'aiiiulii in Coimcil :i Moinoiial. tlu' suli.-limci' wlieivol' 
 otilv iKH'd bo lit-'ie rt'lcn-fd to, urging upon tlic," (vmsiclenitioii ol' 1 1 is K.\- 
 ivUeni-v iuul Council tho facts ami ciiv;unistiinci>s licrciulict'orc stated, '• of 
 •• tlu' unint of the lotsot'liind to (iracc McQueen, of the construction ol 
 '•the Kidoau Cinml, and the setting tdV from the said grants of a portion 
 -,,1' 1 10 acred for the purposes of the said caiitd. whereof 20 acres only 
 "liad been used for the i)urpose, tliat tlie resichie had been retained in 
 •'tiie possession of the Ciovernment without navment, and witlioiit right 
 ••or title, that the said unused land was revertiMe to the said (irace 
 lir- McQueen, from whom it had been taken, and iim\v to lier heir at law 
 ••thereof, that it had never lieen vested in tlie Ci'owii, and that your 
 •'Suppliant was entitled as the heir at law of her lather who died intes- 
 •• tate, and was the heir at law of the said (Irace .M((>ueen, who also died 
 ■• intestate, to have the said unused laml restored to and invested in her 
 •• as the sole direct legal representative of the .-aid (iiace .Mdiueen. tin' 
 "(irantee and owner of the said land ai\<l tVom wlmm it had been taken. 
 •• and llial voiir Suppliant was the owner oTthe said (pianlity of unused 
 ••lauds. Your MiMuorialisl humbly praying for the restoration of the 
 ••said land, to wit, the said HO acres of land " Your Suppliant alleges 
 20 that althou.'-h the statements coutaine.l in the said Memorial were true. 
 
 111 
 
 ) part o 
 
 )f the sa.id 
 
 am 
 
 I I 
 
 las since 
 
 l)een restored to her, 
 
 he ri-lit of expropriation of private i>ropcily for public 
 lediiiuent, and derives fmui the ancient pre- 
 
 is of ireneral aekiiov. 
 
 ro 
 
 'intive ri'dits of Kiaineiit Dauain or compulsory i 
 
 O'.Vt'fS o 
 
 )ver the estate 
 
 which the Government reltiins t 
 
 l!u! same for pul»ru' use whenever the public uood 
 
 ll'.dlVKil 
 
 f riovernmenl. 
 lals to resiiiue 
 
 ie([uires its exercise. 
 
 Allhe same time it belongs to l 
 !' sutticienl liii! 
 
 ni'Dvements are u 
 
 he Legislature to I'letermine what im- 
 I'tance to justify the exercise of the 
 
 rl-'hl, to regulate the mode and mauiier 
 id propriate the pul)ric means of eom| 
 
 ini):'iisation am 
 
 of the expropriation and to ap- 
 l indemnity for the private 
 
 hv tl 
 
 property taken and used 
 latitm to <i;ive eti'eet to its e\ei 
 
 aiK 
 
 I therefore the -sercise i 
 
 C )vernment. Without the aid of legis- 
 
 the riulit in itself coidd havenoavail, 
 
 ontrolled and, in 
 
 rise 
 
 il' tin- compulsory powei's is ( 
 
 act. "•ranted nm 
 
 ler 
 
 islaiive I'eiiulation. as 
 
 these may prescribe, to pn 
 
 vciit alaise and o-pprcs<ion. 
 
 Cliii 
 
 amomi; tliese 
 
 th 
 
 rcLiulations is the restric- 
 
 tion inn)osed u|)on 
 
 he power to take private properl 
 
 \'. on 
 
 Iv ibr a I 
 
 )ublic 
 
 use am 
 
 I within the actua 
 
 I neivssity iv.iuired therefor, bet 
 
 aiise a 
 
 Itliouiih 
 
 the public g( 
 
 (1 may re((iiiie t 
 It 
 
 be exercise of com[.elent powers to take 
 
 )rivate property, it is nlu-ti nn-^ 
 
 to appropv 
 
 iate more than is necessary 
 
 'iO for the purpose, and lliis is a genei 
 
 al principle of all laws of suchcompi 
 
 to 
 
 .ry powers tor the public good. When competent powers are necessary 
 be ,)rotected bv legislative limits, the competent exercise ot tiie power 
 
 pi 
 
 ibr the public good is provu 
 public object is at the same time pr 
 
 led and the imlividuid abstraction for that 
 
 .tected within the legislative limits 
 
:ju 
 
u 
 
 proviik'd for the imrpusf, wliit'li Aoiild (itlioiu i,-o ho ii. jHtWin inlViiiL'o- 
 iiioiit hy the public power of the piiriiiiiiniiit riulit of the priviitc propinty 
 of tlu' iiidividiiiil citi/.i'U. Tlio oxpropiiatory powi'is iiivrn hy the Lclms- 
 liiture huiiifjj, tliercfort', in tho iiiitiiri! of a j,'niiil, uliich, like all (mivitu- 
 'lU'iil iiraiits, pas.sL'M iiotliin;j; hy implicatiuii ami only what isiu'ci-ssary I'nr 
 Uk' [nihlic woi'k, iiptm the principle that the coiiiidilsory powers may 
 devote private property to [luhlie ii.se, hut no law can jnstily its heiuii; 
 taken for any other eause than tin- indicated pni)lic use, and within the 
 actual extent of the requireinent Iherelor. The legislative imwer is 
 (I therefore a grant only of such [)roperty for a >i)i'cial puldic u:<c, and 
 within such limits as are neci-ssary for the ciuise assigned in the expro- 
 priating law. The limitation imposed hy the legislative grant upon the 
 I'mure exercise of the right of expro[)riation, is merely that no more 
 lands should he apin-onriated hevond the nccessar\ limits lor the nuhlic 
 
 pu 
 
 purpose; in I'acl. that none shoidd he autli(iri/.i'(| to he taken lieyond tlu 
 limits prohihited hy the necessity. 
 
 •Jo. The Kideau Canal Act of the 1. 
 
 aturc which authorized the 
 
 (ioverument Agents to taki; the nece>siity land- to invest them in tin. 
 iiuhlic use, is restrictive and contemi)lates tln-ir usi' for the laihliepur 
 
 '])urpose 
 
 ''It 
 
 exidusively. Having determined that a puhliv' emergency existed re- 
 • (uiring the taking of ihe lands necessary, and h;iving in the exercise of 
 the compulsory powers, and in consideration of the Statute uiulertaking 
 to make the luihlic work, iiranted the I'ijihl to cimstrucl it, and i)rovided 
 
 I 
 ilie means for iiuleuinif\ inn- the private owi 
 
 ner lor lll^ 
 
 UHls surreuc 
 
 lered 
 
 or ae 
 
 tually 
 
 used for tlu' nuhlic work, the Ia'; 
 
 .ishiiiu'e lia\e therehy ex- 
 
 hausted their power in respect of the nece.ssary lauds ap[)lied aiul used, 
 and cannot extend their grant heyond these ;iud liir other causes, and 
 therehy derogate IVom the vested ri'^hts of property of the [private 
 
 owner. 
 
 it). The expro[)riat')ry priiRM[)le above stated of the Conunon Law of 
 
 KiiLilaud with reference to the ext'i'cise under 
 
 that 
 
 aw ( 
 
 )1' the riiiht of 
 
 Kminent Domain or compulsory powers t)f (jovernmeut, prevails in the 
 I'nited States, and also in France, concurrently wilii the law of England, 
 iind in France it is held thai : — 
 
 '• L'exeeution (h's travau.v pid)li(pies exige .sjiivent la cessi^ju des \)vo- 
 •• |)rietes prives. Les proprii'taires ne peuvent se refuser a. cette cession. 
 -Celte cession foreee constitue I'expropriatiou pour cause rl'utilite pnh- 
 '• lique." 
 
 '•L'utilite puhlicpie embrasse tout ce (pu est nece.<saire maisrien ([ue 
 
 10 "ce nccessaire a I'existence des travaux ordonues dans uninteret general 
 
 " [)ar I'admini.stration ; nul ne pent etre privo de sa propriete, si ce ii'est 
 
 "»|ue lorsfpie la neoesisite puhlicpie legalement constitutee I'exige evidem- 
 
12 
 
 'iiifiit, I'lU' i»t'iit iilnrs pn-iidic toiitc.-; \vs IcifcM .-t lu'rituges nurt-f^fOiiirM 
 ' pour la con.Htnu'tioii j)iil»lii|ii.'. ct iion pus uii di'\h." 
 
 Wliirli imiv lie triin.Hliitcil ux lollown : — 
 
 •• Tlio t'Nt'ciilioii orpulilic works (dtfii n'.|iiiifs tin- (•.•ssluii ufpriN utf 
 • prtip.-rt'n's. I'ropri.'toi's ciimiDt ivl'iisc (lu- .•.■ssitiii. This niinpiilsurv 
 'ci'ssidii I'niistitutt's t'\pmpriuti(»n fnr niiiso dl" piihlif iitilitv." 
 
 I'lildic utilitv t'liihriu'fs all tliiit 
 
 is ll('Cl'SSiU'\ , Itllt llutllill'4 luit Ullllt 
 
 •• is iK'(vssni_y Inr tlu? i-xistt'iice of the piililic work urdi-rt'd liv llic Atl- 
 •• ministration in tlio |j;iMU'ral puldic int«'ri'st. No person can Ik: d.'iiiivi'd 
 ■ "••ol'liis pri»pt'rty unless public necessity, le^rallv ftuistltuted, cv idemlv 
 •'re(|iiires it ; it uiav iIumi take all lands and estates nnessarv lor llie 
 •'public Work, hut not l.'cvond the necessit\ .'■ 
 
 L*7. The l{ideau ('anal Statute (S (ledr-i' 1\'., rh. I.) above nien- 
 ticiued, was tin- lej^islative cojnpleiuent ol'tlic liulit ol' Kiuinent Domain 
 or conipids«ny powers above ret'ei'red to, nivitii: e.MMci.-e to that ri;ilil lor 
 the llxed purpose* intended, the piddic purpose of constructing^ and com- 
 pleting the said canal, on the the »uie hand bv lakiuir in surn-uder to His 
 Majesty or nj)propriatin;.' ami using lor this canal so nuiidi of the [irivaie 
 land su set out and ascertained as should be requirt'd in couseipienct'ol' the 
 
 -'• intiMided canal and works being cut and constructed in and upon the set. 
 out land, or the part then oi' '.isfd lor tli'- rmid. anil b\ providiui:' a com- 
 pensation ("or damages so caused to l;.ndss,i cut and coii-tructcd u]ion by 
 the canal, iS:e. The canal and its uoiks were the only public pui[ioses 
 indicated, and the only lands that could be or w i".'e tv\i)i'o|niated therefor 
 were those so set (»id and actually usi'd bv ;iu 1 lor the canal ; the eXCJ.5S 
 not used of the parc(d of land so so; out and ascertained of the said 
 granted lots aforesaid, was not within the legislative; grant, and not hav- 
 ing been eni]doyed for tlie inteiuled imblic jiui'pose of the caiud is no', 
 the property of the (lovernment, because the (lovernment does not 
 
 odaoqnire such lands likt; an individual, and only held them in tem- 
 porary or precarious investment, conditiimeil to become absolute propert\' 
 upon their actual use for the public cause for which they were origimdly 
 set out; and failing the cause for which they were S) set out, the inuised 
 land by the mere i\wt of non-user became freed from all sidijected tenuie 
 l>y the (lovernment, and rev'erted to tln'ir dis[)ossessed owner or her 
 present heir at law. The unused land assumed for the canal ])urposes, 
 but not used therefor, in fact set out and appropriated by the Government, 
 was inider the CamU Act vested in the (lovernment for the proposed 
 public use, depriving the owner of right and of the tJonihiiutit ulih 
 
 10 of the laiul pending its possession for puldic use as Crown property, but 
 which linally, from its non-user lapsed from its intendedcause, leaving the 
 unused lands free from (.'rown posscs'sion, and also from any legal eonversion 
 
A 
 
I 
 
 13 
 
 from its original qmility of realty as when first set out or ascertained for 
 the canal purposes. The pul)lic destination of tlie 20 acres taken and used 
 was completed by their actual use for the canal purpose, and thereby became 
 'Jrown and pulilic property with the works constructed upon them, and 
 thereibre were legally converted from realty into personality, represented 
 by the indemnity payable therefor. But neither public destination nor 
 public uso. alVected the 00 acres which were in the possession of tlie Crown 
 so as above vested, and remained unconverted from their original 
 ,,uality of realty, and like a hipsed devise of real estate, reverts by both 
 Id law and ecpiitv in full property and possession to the Heir at Law of the 
 Devisor, its proper owner. The possibility of the use of the 90 acres to 
 their destined public purpose not being accomplished, and the condition 
 therefor having lapsed, any right proceeding from their having l)een set 
 out and ascertained, or any Crown divestment or possession having iailed 
 l,y reason oftheirnon-usiM- for canal purposes, the unused HO acres, hav- 
 iu- boen taken or ac(iuired by no other titU- than tlu^ Rideau Canal Act, 
 tlie Cr.)wn's property in them lapsed, but they are withheld from 
 their owner without any right whatsoever, contrary to the primH64. 
 of the ccmnuon law above mentioned for the expropriation of private- pr.)- 
 "0 perty for puldic works, but not ..therwise, and cxpressely in opposition to 
 the proviso in the Ordnance Vesting Act above relerrcd to, the 7th \ ic, 
 .h n.ofCanada,namelv," Provided always that all lauds taken Ironi 
 "private owners at livtown under the autlu.rity of the Kideau Canal Act, 
 " which have not been used f..r that j.urpose, be restore.l to Ihe party or 
 •• parties from whom the san.e were taken."' Tbe said proviso being 
 merely in aairmance of the comnmu law, and in no way interfered with 
 by the explanatory Act (0 Vict., ch. 12) ah.ve referred to. 
 
 ^>8 Under the circumstances befin-e stated, your Suppliant is now 
 
 the only per.son interested in, and as such is entitled to have restored to 
 
 :;0 her and t,. be invested in such i-art of tbe said tracts or parcels ot land 
 
 comprised in the said two several before state.l .lee.ls of grant respectively 
 
 as albresaid, as was ibrmerly taken ibr the use of the llideau Ca.ud, but 
 
 not used for that purpose. The quantity oflaudso taken was 110 acres or 
 
 thereabouts, whereof the actual quantity ofsucb land as was actually used 
 
 for the purpose of the said Canal does not exceed 20 acres or thereabouts^ 
 
 leaving 00 acres or thereabouts unused from the purposes ot the saul 
 
 (.,,al, however, vour Suppliant has never hitherto been able to obtain 
 
 ,herest..rationot-any part of the said land, uotwithstandmg the belore 
 
 state.l memorial application for that purpose. 
 
 Your SupDliant alleges that the said 00 acres no 
 
 it so used for the 
 
 purposes o 
 
 ller Majesty therefor 
 
 Sui»pliant, as if tl 
 
 by the Act vested in 
 hv lapse have passed to and are now vested in your 
 
 ,f the .said Canal, which passed to or became 
 
 le sau 
 
 '1 
 1 ciiiial bill 
 
 1 never been made and the said Acts had 
 
;;o 
 
14 
 
 nc vov Ik'011 piiHSGcl, yet Ilor Majesty's Government in Canuck have all alung 
 ^ince the construction of the saitl canal taken and held possession of the said 
 ',10 acres, and still Imld possession thereof, iintl have taken the rents and 
 nrodts thereof, and they have also sold [)arts thereof and made convey- 
 imces thereof to purchasers thei'eof. and given possession to such pur- 
 chasers and have received the purchase money thereof ; and your Sup- 
 l)liant sulnnits that Ilev Majt'sty shoidd <leliver possession to your Suppliant 
 cfthe said land reniaining unsold, and should pa}- to your Suppliant the 
 ivnts and profits of the hauls unsold ; and as to the portions of the said lands 
 111 ■■) sold should pay the present value thereof, and your Suppliant in addi- 
 tion to the foregoing submits that she should have a reeouveyanei' of all 
 ^■l(■h lauds as have not Ijeen sold as aforesaid. 
 
 :j(). Tuder and l)y virtue of an Act of the l*arliani"iil of the United 
 Kingdoui of (Ireat r>\itain and Ireland kuo\v)i as - ili- Ihiiish X(n-tli 
 Auierlca Act, 1807," the said lauds and hereditanieiils wrie trj-nsferivd to 
 ihe Dominion of Canada, or purported to he conveye.l lo the said 
 [);,uiiui>)ii of ("aiuida. 
 
 :',1. In iuiy case Her Majesty was ;uul is a trustee fov your Suppliaul 
 .a'ail of the said lands that were not actually u.ed lov ihe purposes of tli? 
 •1'] sail! caual, and it siiould b.' so dc'l si'-'d. 
 
 :V1. Your Supi)liaui theref.uv lu.uibly prays that all sueli pai'ts ...f ihe 
 said two several iiavcds or tracts of 'aiul e ini[irised in the 
 said two several hereinbefore stated deeds of -vaMt date.! 
 respectively the llOth <lay of May aud the KUli day rX dune, 
 1801, as aforesaid, as were supposed to be lak.ai for the use of 
 the said Kideau (Janai. but not used for tlir.l purpose, may be 
 restored to, and he reve>led in your Suppliant. a< cording to 
 her right and interest to and in the sauu- ; aiidiiiat p.^s-essiou 
 thereof may be delivered to your Suppliant : and that au ae- 
 :;.() comU of the rents and profits thereof may be taken, aud,^ to- 
 
 gether with the eosls of this petition. Ik- [laid to your Sup- 
 pliant : and as to sueh portion- ibereof a^ ba ve beeu Mild.tiiat 
 the values thereof may be paid to your Siipplianl. and al-^o 
 the rents and profits Ihereoi prior to the selling thereof by 
 Her .Majestv. a.s aforesaid, and ibr tlie purpo^'s aforc.sii.l, that 
 all neee!;^ary orders and d.^iv.-s may b>- mad.- and a.rount-^ 
 taken. 
 Datc.l the 1st .la.v of February, \.\y i-^T'-b 
 
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