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 NORTH 8H0R£ RAILWAY: 
 
 ITS LEGAI. AND FINANCIAL BASIS. 
 
 WITH MAPS SHOWIJNG ITS LOCATION AND CONNECTIONS. 
 
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 The St. ]!liiiiriee liailwaT : 
 The Canada Central Uaiilwa^.^ 
 
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 OF TiriO IMUSANIZATIOX OF TirKSE TMrOItTANT KVTKUI'IMSKS, A\D 
 
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 Ai»l'J£NUi;i) ALL Tllli 
 
 STATL'TKS & OIIDKIIS IN COIWCIL 
 
 KKLATINO TO Till-: ST. MAUKIUIi: ANP NOUTIf SlIOUE RAILWAYS, 
 INCLUUINO TlllilU UIIAUTKKS AND THE 
 
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 OP EMINENT LEGAL COUNSEL. 
 
 QUEBEC: 
 
 FROM LEGER BROUSSEAU's STEAM I'llIXTING ESTABLISHMENT. 
 
 1870. 
 
TftE 
 
 IVORTH 8HORE RAILWAY 
 
 AND 
 
 t. Paurict S;aijiption aiib fmxb Compiti]. 
 
 Quebec. 
 
 
 
 > DIRECTORS. 
 
 ■J. D. Bkousskau, 
 Hon. JosKiMi CArciKiN, 
 Thomas McGrekw, 
 J. B. Kkn.s'jd, 
 William iliioDES, 
 Willis Rltssell, 
 
 G. PL SlMARD, 
 
 Iloii. J. J. C. ABBcvrt, 
 Louis Beadjuen, 
 Hon. John Hamilton, 
 
 Hon, J. J. Ross, 
 
 William Mc Doug all, 
 
 Ex-Offi,cio Directors. * 
 
 P. Gaknrau, Mavor of Quehcc. 
 
 J. M. DKf^iLETS, ALavor of Throe Rivers. 
 
 Joseph Desaulnikks, Warden of St. Maurice County. 
 
 President. 
 Mon. Joseph Cacchon. 
 
 Vice-President. 
 Hon. J. J. C. Abbott. 
 
 Montreal 
 
 Ste. Anne. 
 three Rivers. 
 
 * Note. — Tho ex-officio Directors arc 'not detailed, there befngr,at the time of 
 mal\ing up this list, (Sept. 1, ISTO) only tlivce; namely, 
 
 The flavor of Quebec, as representing the City on account of its subscription 
 of $1,200,000, 
 
 'the Mayor of Tiiree Rivers, as representing that City on account of its 
 subscription of $50,000 ; and 
 
 Th.' Warden of the County of St. Maurice, as representing that County upon 
 its subscriiition of $200,000. 
 
 Only when the subscriptions from all the Municipalities interested in the 
 roa/i, shall have been made, can thi? list of Directors be completed. 
 
 When other Municipalities subsiribe Htock, their chief magistrates will be 
 atided to the list of ex-ojficio Directors. 
 
 The subscription of Quebec is $1,200,000; that of Three Rivers $50,000; 
 and thftt of St. Maurice Country, $20o,000 
 
TPIE 
 
 i\'orth Shore sind St. Maurice 
 KalluavN. 
 
 Ill 1853, the Canadian Parluiment incorporated 
 ccrtnin |)roprietors and others as the JSorth S'lore 
 Rniluuiji Coiii/)ant/, with an anthori/^'d Share C'apital 
 of 84,000.000, liaviti«i power to acquire and to alienate 
 property, to contract, to mortfifaiije,and to issue deben- 
 tures, and with other powers necessary for all the 
 purposes contemplated by their Act of Incorporatioa. 
 — (IG Vict. Chap. 100.) 
 
 The object of this Company was the construction 
 of a railway between the cities of Montreal and 
 Quebec. In 1<S54, this Act was amended in technical 
 particulars, not at all atfecting the questions here 
 considered. — (18 Vict. Chap. 34.) 
 
 At a subsequent period, Avhile negotiations were 
 pending- to obtain cnpital for the above enterprise, 
 another company was formed with a Share Capital 
 of $S00,000 to build a railway from the City of 
 Three Rivers to the Grand Piles, a distance of 30 
 to 40 miles, along the bank of the Kiver St. Mau- 
 rice ; Avhich river and its tributaries drain the exten- 
 sive and valuable pine and mineral producing region 
 known as the St. Maurice Valley, having an area of 
 20,000 square miles. 
 
 The City of Three Rivers is situated on the north 
 shore of the St. Lawrence, at the mouth of the St. 
 Maurice River, about equidistant from Quebec and 
 Montreal ; and, besides beiiig the seat of milling ope- 
 rations connected with the lumbering trade of the 
 St. Maurice Valley, and their outlet, it has had for 
 many years in operation, establishments for smelting 
 
4 The North Shore Railway. 
 
 and working tlie valuable deposits of magnetic 
 and other iron or( s, found in alrno-st inexhaustible 
 quantity in its vicinity and along the St. Maurice, 
 and Avhich yield IVoni 60 to 80 per centum of pure 
 iron. 
 
 To develop these rich resources in timber and 
 minerals, and to facilitate intercourse Avith, and settle- 
 ment of the interior, this latter company was incor- 
 porated in 1857 as the !St. JMnurirc llailwny and Steam 
 J\avi^ation Conipaiiy. — (20 Vict. Chap. 149.) 
 
 Impressed with the extreme importance and value 
 of this latter enterprise, the Canadian Parliament, by 
 the 1 4lli section of the Act of Incorporation, endowed 
 the St. Mmnice Rdihany njid St('a77i Naxri^ itwn (Umi- 
 pany with a free grant of 1,500,000 acres of public land, 
 to be selected in alternate blocks often miles in front 
 by twenty miles in depth in the valley of the St. 
 Maurice River, in the neighborhood of the river and 
 line of railway ; with power to alienate, mortgage its 
 interest in, and otherwise dispose of the same, for the 
 construction of the said railway between Three 
 Rivers and the Grand Piles, and the putting of one 
 or more steamboats on the portion of the St. Maurice 
 River navigable for such vessels. 
 
 By the 15th section of the same statute, power was 
 given to the afoiesaid North Shore Railway Company, 
 within the limit of twelve months from the date of 
 the passing of said statute, to amalgamate with the 
 St. Maurice Raihoay and Steam Navigation Company ; 
 and, by merging their respective charters, for the two 
 companies to form but one body corporate under the 
 style and designation of the North Shore and St. 
 Maurice Railway and Navigation Company. 
 
 Within the time prescribed, the amalgamation Avas 
 legally effected ; and the united companies have since 
 that time formed one sole corporation, with a Share 
 Capital of $4,800,000, having all the rights and privi- 
 leges conferred by the several statutes prior to, 
 pending, and subsequent to the said amalgamation. 
 
The North Share Railway. 5 
 
 In 1858, on the Petition of the Directors of the 
 anialjjaniatecl Company, the natno was ^•hani^ed by 
 another statute, and the future cor|)orate name iixed as 
 the North ^Shore Kailimy and St. Mauricr Navigation and 
 Land Cniirfjani/. This act contains a clause conser- 
 vatory of all pvocerding^s had before such change, 
 and a reiteration of the «^rant of the 1,500,000, acres of 
 land, without, however, any change in their destina- 
 tion. These lands, according to the terms of this 
 Act, arc to he selected in alternate blocks, in such 
 manner as the Governor in Council may direct, 
 within the water-shed of the Kiver St. Maurice. — 
 (22 Vict. Chap. 56.) 
 
 On the 30th day of October 1858, on a communi- 
 cation from the Vice-President of ihe c )nsoliuated 
 Company, that the Company be permitted to select 
 all lands, where they please in the St. jMaurice, an 
 Order in Council was passed, authorizing the Com- 
 missioner of Crown Lands to survey and lay out the 
 hinds lying in the water-shed of the St. Maurice, 
 in order that this request might be granted, and 
 directing that the Company be notified accordingly ; 
 and on the 6th of January, 1859, on the statement ol the 
 Commissioner of Crown Lands that " it is desirable 
 that the Company should be enabled to ascertain, as 
 quickly as possible, the blocks of land to which they 
 may eventually entitle themselves, as much of the 
 success of the project may depend thereon," an 
 Order in Council was passed, that, so soon as the con- 
 templated Survey should be completed, the Governor 
 in Council should fix the point in the tract surveyed, 
 from which the selection of the alternate blocks of 
 land should commence, " and that the Company be 
 then permitted to select therefrom, such alternate 
 blocks ; and that the same, as so selected, be held as 
 set apart for the Company, to become their property 
 in compliance with the conditions in the Act, 20 
 Victoria, Cap. 149." It does not appear, however, 
 that the proposed survey was made, though the right 
 of the Company to make their selection cannot be 
 impaired ; and the tenor of the Orders in Council and 
 the letter of the Commissioner of Crown Lauds to the 
 
6 The North Shore Railway. 
 
 Secreliiry of the Company, sliow that tho latter were 
 to bo jx'rmittt'd to take theiri in the best portion ol 
 the St. Maurice Valley. 
 
 On the nineteenth day of September, 1860, the 
 Company contracted wilh the Honorable Joseph 
 Edoiiard Tiircoite, now deceased, liis heirs and 
 assiijns, to build the said St. Maurice Kailway from 
 the City of Three Kivers to the Grand Piles, nnd to 
 put a steamboat on the navi<]^able portion of the St. 
 Maurice liiver, for the g^ross sum of i/*2S8,000 sler- 
 liuuf, with an atldition of six per eenlum, on tliat sum 
 for expenses ; stipujatiujii-that the riujhtof th-i Company 
 to pledgee their interest in the af()resaid 1,500,000 
 acres of public land should be transferred and placed 
 at his disposal in such quantities and at such 
 periods, fVom mouth to month, as would be justified 
 by the pro<j:ress of construction of the said railway; 
 and that hypothecary debentures, based upon the 
 security of the said lands and railway, should issue 
 from month to month to the said contractor, equal 
 to the progress returns of work constructed. 
 
 By a statute of the Parliament of Canada, passed 
 in 1861, the time for completing the railway, and all 
 the powers, rights privileges and responsibilities of 
 the North Shore linilwuy and St. Maurice Navigation 
 and Land Company were extended from the month of 
 June, 1862, to the 30th of October, 1866.— (24 Vict. 
 Chnp. 85.) 
 
 In addition to the powers conferred on the Compa- 
 ny, by previous statutes. Section 2 of this Act autho- 
 rises the Directors to issue all such scrip and share 
 certificates and all such bonds, debentures, mortgages 
 and other securities as they may think necessary 
 towards raising the required capital : and section 
 3 further empowers the Company to raise any sum, 
 not exceeding one half of its capital, by way of loan 
 upon their Bonds or Debentures, in addition to their 
 authorized share capital ; — thus giving a borrowing 
 power of $2,400,000 ; and also provides that all 
 such Bonds, Debentures, or other securities of 
 the Company, may be made payable to bearer, and, 
 
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 when so mado, shall bo a.ssi«^niible at law by delivery, 
 and recoverable by the holders or owners thereof! 
 
 In consequence of further delays to which the 
 work was subjected, and the sid)sequcnl death of Mr. 
 Turcotte, the Parliament of Canada, in 186G, further 
 ext(UKied thetinie lor buildiiiii: and eomplotinji^thc said 
 railway to tlie first day of January 1872, continuing 
 to tlie Xorlh /Shore Jtmhrnij and iSl. Mtturicr Nitviij;<ili(,)i 
 and Jjiuid Cotnpnny the grant of 1,500,000 acres of 
 public land, with all their other rights, privileges 
 and corporate powers: the list act in relation to this 
 su'^ject. This statute, rc-alhrming .vf;yrTrr//c/y the Act 
 20 V^ic. Ch. 119, which incorj)orated the " *S/. Mmiricr, 
 Unikiuty and Navii>atlnn Company " and providing 
 that the act should remain in force, until 1872, 
 forcibly indicates the persistence of the Legislature 
 in its intentions, as ex|)ressed in the Chapter 149. 
 — (29-30 Vtct. Chap. 9 .) 
 
 By notarial deeds duly passed and executed in 
 18(37 and subsequent years, between th^ heirs of Mr. 
 Turcott.', and the peseut contractor, the latter was 
 duly and legally substituted in the place and stead of 
 the heirs and assigns of the previous coarractoi, 
 wiih all the powers, rights, privileges and respoii- 
 sibilities conferied by the afi)resaid contract; rjid he 
 now stands in his relations towards the Company 
 and the Government of Canada, legally and for all 
 the purposes of the said contract, in the position 
 previously occupied by Mr. Turcotte. 
 
 It is proper to state that the attitude of the j)resent 
 Ministry of the Province of Quebec, towards this 
 enterprise, as herein described, is one of unfriend- 
 liness ; the Land Grant being considered excessive, 
 and an intention admitted of resisting the ful- 
 fillment of the law. But as no lawyer, e'ven in the 
 interest of the Government, has disputed the validity 
 of the law, a refusal to execute it would be a plain 
 Act of repudiation which it is not possible that any 
 ministry will attemot ; and hence it becomes evident 
 that their hostility must necessarily be limited to an 
 effort to prevent the building of the road by casting 
 a cloud over its credit. But this passive hostility can 
 
8 The North Shore Railiraji. 
 
 in no way ellert tlie legal riglits already acqiiinMl ; 
 and ill order to sliow tin; tlrrn <unndatioii on vvliicli 
 tliese rest, all the arts liereiii rt-ferred to, are appended, 
 together with such opinions (roni Counsel occupying 
 the highest position in the Trovinee, as incontestably 
 show that the conlirinalioa ol" the (irant, and u 
 conveyance of the lands, must inevitably follow the 
 building of the Si. Maurice Itinlivny, as provided in 
 Chapter 119 of 20 Victoria. 
 
 Caiiaila Central Railway. 
 
 In the year 1856, an act was passed by the Canadian 
 Parliament, autliorizing the constraelion of a railway 
 from L;iko Huron to Quebec, and granting '1,000,000 
 acres of the Public Domain to the various links 
 composing the line, of which the North Shore Rai/waif 
 was one of the mosil important.— (19-20 VicL Chnp, 
 112.) 
 
 This act proving inadequate for the enterprise it 
 was intended to promote, it was superseded in 1861 
 by another Act creating the Canada Cen'ml Railway 
 CoDipdnii, and continuing the grant, thougli changing 
 the relative proportions of land to be given to the 
 different roads ; the Share of the i\"oWA Shore Railwai/, 
 undi'r this new act, being 3-lOths of the whole, or 
 1,200,000 acres. An important provision a as also 
 inserted, which gives to each Company the right to 
 claim a relative poition of the land assigned to it, on 
 the completion of every twenty miles ; thus freeing 
 it from any dangers of forfeiture such as usually per- 
 tain to similar grants. — (24 Vict. Chap. 80.) 
 
 Two other Acts were subspquently passed, solely 
 af{(>cting the Cannda dntrnl Railway Company, and in 
 no way concerning tiie North Shore Railway. — (29 
 Vict. Chap. 80, f/A/t/ 29-30 Vict. Chap. 94.) 
 
 It will thus be seen that the North Sho'-e Railway 
 is endowed Avith 1,200,000 acres of land, or to a 
 pro])ortional part of that amount for so much of its 
 
The Norlh Shore lln'dwmj. 9 
 
 liiif ns it pliall construct prior to Jan. 1, 1S72, indn- 
 jKMidctit ofall other iMilorj)iis('s. If built in couiicctiou 
 witli t'lo St. Man ice Ji((ilii'<n/, tlio endowiut'Ut lor iIk; 
 wlioli* becomes "J, 700,000 iicres. Tiie entire leu^rtli 
 ot the two roads is about 180 miles, or 1.0,000 acres 
 per mile. Surveys, m:id(! at an early pt'riod iu the 
 l)istory ot these ro (is, show a liivorable route lor their 
 construction, and establish the fact that the i>iant ol 
 lands furnishes an ample basis lor the linancial .•>(!(;u- 
 rity of the work. 'I'he country traversed is the finest 
 and most populous in the Province of (Quebec, and 
 irives every assurance (jI an abundant passenger and 
 freight trallic. in addition to the local business, ihe 
 main line of the road will Ibrm au important part of 
 the C'lituuln Central Scheme, destined to coimect the 
 city of Quebec by the shortest route, with the 
 (Jeorgian Bay and the Upper Lakes, and, eventually 
 with ihe Pacilic coast by the w ly of the American 
 North' rn Pacilic Iiaihrat/, which is now being built, 
 and the proposed Canadian Farijic Ihiihray^ thci cons- 
 truction of which, in the immediate future, is far more 
 probable than were any of the present Pacific Kail- 
 ways, ten years ago. 
 
 As a due regard for truth, compelled an allusion to 
 the unfriendly attitude of the local Government, 
 towaids the St. Maurice Railw(Uj^ the same candor 
 refjuires a statement of the lac that the m-mbers of 
 the Government profess a sincere friend.>hip fi)r the 
 Norlh /Shore and St. Maurice RaUways as combined 
 In fiict, an otlicial letter written by the lion. Mr 
 Chauveau, the Premier, under date of January 26, 
 1870, gives as a reason for the attitude of his 
 Government that they " are of opinion that the grant 
 of land to ^vhich the Company might be entitled, in 
 virtue of the Act 20 Victoria, Chap. 149, was espe- 
 cially set apart for the construction, as well of the 
 Railway now in contemplation, " (the St. Mauricr. 
 liailway) " as of a Kail way between Quebec and 
 JMontreal, on the North Shore of the St. Lawrence. " 
 The additional allegation made, that the latter Kail- 
 " way scheme is now^ abandoned, " is quite gratuitous 
 and erroneous, and cannot in any degree weaken 
 the force of his admission that the Land Grant is a 
 
10 The North Sliore Railirat/. 
 
 valid one for the purpose dtvscrihod. Tliorc Sfvmis 
 now every prolml»ility, tluit tlie Coriipniiy and the 
 citizens of th»' Province are alive to the «;reat impor- 
 tance i)t iho Xorlh Shore /iJ'//////Vi//, and of prompt action 
 to secure tlio aid oth^ed by llie Cana(haii Govern- 
 ment, while yet that offer fixist.^ in full le^al force. 
 
 Of lln> value of these lands, it is not nccesssary to 
 speak, as connnori liune has long since placed them 
 atuonj? the most desirable pro{>crties on the continent. 
 With iheiraccpiisitioM by a pnctical Com()any, bent 
 on the development of their wealth, will be com- 
 menced a series of industrial improvements most 
 profitable to the promoters and beneficial to the 
 country at large. 
 
LEGAL OPINIO?^ S, 
 
 I\oi't]i Nliore and ^»t* Ulaiirice 
 Uailway^. 
 
 Quebec, ICtli March, 1870. 
 
 . In the year 1853, by an Act of the ParHamont of 
 Canada, 16th Victoria, cap. 100, a C'onipany under 
 the name of the ISorlh Shore liailway Corfipnny, was 
 incorporated for the coristructioii of a Railway from 
 the City of Quebec to the City of Montreal, upon 
 the North Side of the Kiver St. Lawrence. 
 
 In 1857, by the Act ':iOth Victoria, cap. 119, another 
 Company was incorporated, under the name of the 
 ^»7. Maurice Radwny and Stcom Navi^alion (.'om/icviif^ 
 for t lie construction of a liailvvay from some point 
 adjoining the track of the North Shore Uailway 
 Com/jany, at or near TJiree Rivers, to the Grand I'iies 
 on the river St. Maurice, where the Steam Navigation 
 ot that River commences, and with the rif^ht to run one 
 or more Steamers on the navigable waters of the b"t. 
 JNIaurice and of carrying j)assengers and goods for 
 hire. The object is stated in the Preamble, to be " to 
 advance the colonization of the Valley oi the St. 
 Maurice and to render available the ungranted i.inds 
 of tiie Crown adjacent to the River St. Mauiice." 
 
 By Section 14th of the last mentioned Act, an 
 appropriation is made in favor of this Railway, 
 
12 The North Shore Railway. 
 
 (sometimes cnlled the Piles Railway,) of 1,500,000 
 acres of the ungranleil lands of the Crown. 
 
 !)>- the 1.5th Section of the same Act, a faculty or 
 j)ower is "granted to the Dipcciors of the North Shore 
 UitHway Co7nj)(i/iy, to amalgamate that Company 
 Avilh the Si. Maurice Rnilwinj and Steam NaviiintiDH 
 Com/u/////, within one year from the passing of that 
 Act. 
 
 This amalii^amation was duly effected and has 
 heen recofjni.sed by several Acts of Parliament, par- 
 ticularly that of 1858, 22 Victoria, cap. 5(), by which 
 the name of the united Companies was changed 
 to the North Shore Railway and St. Maurice Navi- 
 fiation and Land Company. This Act establishes the 
 fact of amalgation beyond a doubt. 
 
 The most important question which arises is — 
 What will entitle the Company to the Grant of land 
 a[)propriated ? 
 
 Referring to the 11th clause, the only one regula- 
 ting the appropriation, we find the grant made in 
 these terms : 
 
 " Be it enacted that one million five hundred 
 thousand acres of the ungranted lands of the Crown, 
 in the lUMghbourhood of the said River St. Maurice, 
 as close to the said Railway as may be, shall be and 
 are hereby set aside for the purposes of this Act, &c.;" — 
 that is to say, for the construction of a Railway from a 
 point at or near Three Rivers, to the Grand Piles. 
 
 The only conditions attached to the completion 
 of the Grant by the issuing of the Patent, are contained 
 in the same clause, and are : 
 
 1. The actual completion of the said Railway 
 with Stations, rolling Stock and other appurtenances 
 sufficient for the proper working thereof) according 
 to the Report of some skilled engineer, and the 
 approval of such Report by the Governor in Council ; 
 
 2. Satisfactory evidence that the Company is 
 proprietor of one or more Steamers, suited for the 
 Navigation of the St. Maurice, on the said river; and 
 
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 3. TVo Company giving a bond to the satisfiic- 
 tion of the Inspector Geiienil, to run such steamer 
 and keep open the said Railway. Whenever tlKv-c 
 conditions are complied witlj, the law declares 
 that there ^hall be granted to the said Company 
 by the Governor in Council, the 1,5)9,000 acres, 
 ^c. *' And the said 'grant shall be a Tree grant, 
 and the Company shall have fidl power to alienate 
 till! lands so granted and to deal with the same in 
 such manner as they may think pro[)er; "and " the 
 Directors may, snbject to the aforesaid conditions, 
 j)ledge the Company's interest in such lands as secu- 
 rity for any sum necessary to construct the said 
 Kailway and works, or to build or purchase the said 
 Steamer or b^teamers." 
 
 It is nec»'s?nry to notice a Proviso in clause 15 of 
 the same Act, which, after arranging for the amalga- 
 mation of the two Companies, provides " that the pro- 
 ceeds of the said Crown Lands, if sold, or the rents 
 issues and profits thereof, if retained, shall be applied 
 to the construction of the Railways of the said amal- 
 gamated Companies and to no other purpose whatso- 
 ever, until the whole Railway line of the said amalga- 
 mated Company shall be completed." It is clear that 
 this Proviso, which is merely indicative of the appli- 
 t ation of the money proceeds of the lands, does not 
 change the condition precedent to the Grant, which is 
 regulated only by clause 14, and is solely and entirely 
 the construction of the Piles road as contemplated. 
 
 This is the more clear, as the North Sliore Bwlway 
 is provided, not only with a large Stock Capital, but 
 with an independent Grant of 1,200,000 acres of land, 
 as a link of the Cduada Ctnlral Railway. 
 
 In September, 1860, the North Shore and St. I\Tninice 
 Rnilwny and Nnvinalinn and Land Company contracted 
 with the Hon. J. K. Turcotte, his heirs and assi;r?is, 
 for the building of the Piles Road in the terms of the 
 20 \ ic. ch. 149 ; and on his death, the contract fell to 
 his widow, who, as his universal Legatee, is included 
 in the term " heir ". 
 
 There can therefore be no doubt, that the Grant is 
 conditioned on the building of the Piles Railway 
 
11 The Canada Central Railway Companif. 
 
 alone ; tluit ihc proceeds may bo appropriated by the 
 Directors to the construetiori of the two ronds, (and 
 have heeii so aj)propriatcd to the extent of Mr. 
 Tiircotte's contract); tJiat the iiiterofst in tlie lands may 
 be pledged to raise money lor the purpose ofconstruc- 
 timr the road ; and t!iat Mrs. Turcotte or assi'^'ns have 
 all the boiu'feial in1<*re!st in the contract. The build- 
 ing of the Piles Railway must, however, take prece- 
 dence, inasmuch as, until that way is completed, 
 the Grant cannot be obtained ; nor can the interest ill 
 the lands be made available save on that condition. 
 
 (Signed), John B. Paukin, Q. C. 
 C. G. Holt, Q. C. 
 
 Having carefully considered the provisions of the 
 several Statutes referred to, I fully concur in the 
 foregoing opinions. 
 
 Montreal, 22nd March 1870. 
 
 Edward Carter, Q. C. 
 
 I concur in the above opinion of Messrs. Parkin, 
 Holt and Carter. 
 
 Montreal, 20th August 1870. 
 
 F. P. POMMINVILLE, 
 
 Q. C. 
 
 Caiisidti Centra! Railway 
 €oiii|iaEoiy« 
 
 Quebec, lOtli June, 1S70. 
 
 By the Act of the Parliament of Canada, 19-20 
 Victoria, ch. 112, passed in the year 1856, the Presi- 
 dents, Directors and Stockholders of the " North Shore 
 Kailway Company " and other Companies, were 
 const itu ted a body corporate by the name of the 
 " Lake Huron Ottawa and Quebec Junction Kailway 
 
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 Company " to construct a main line of RailAvay from. 
 Lake Huron 1o tlie Ottawa and thence to Quehec, in 
 the most direct line. The Capital of the Company 
 was divided into 1,000 parts, of which AW >vere 
 ashij^ned to tlio " North Shore Kailway, " the capital 
 stock bein<>- J,6500, stg. per mile, with power of 
 increase, to be held by the Companies, upon whom 
 also and not upon the individuiil stockhold'.'rs the 
 calls were to be made. This ctmstitutioii and these 
 provisions are important as showin<^- that, from the 
 connneucement of the enterprise, the individuality 
 and autonomy of each company was contemplated 
 and preserved. This is placed l)eyond a doubt by 
 the clause 21, which provides thar the se\'(-ral com- 
 panies may, if they deem it advisable, unite togetlier 
 as one company. 
 
 The construction of the Kailway, under the last 
 cited Act, having- been attended with difficulty — in 
 fiict nover undertaken— the 21 Victoria, chap. 80 was 
 passed to extend and atnend that Act and to chaufj^e 
 the name of the Company; and by this last Act, which 
 must bo regarded as the true Charter of the Railway, 
 certain persons were incorporated under thn name of 
 tlie " Canada Central Railway Company. " By clause 
 2, some clauses of the former Act, and all inconsistent 
 provision.-^, were repealed, and the 24 Vic. substituted 
 to the 19-20, with this important proviso, that the 
 " North Shore Nailway " and other companies shall 
 thereafter he entitled to all the benefits, rights, and 
 privileges granted by the first Act, except us altered 
 (and it v.ill be seen that an iiuportant alteration has 
 been made as to the land -^rant) and that the " North 
 Shore Railway " mentioned in tlie Act 2i Vic. is to 
 mean the " North Shore luiilway and St. Maurice 
 Navigation and Land Company. " 
 
 Ry the lO-'iO Vic. 4,000,000 acres of trie nn^rant- 
 ed lands of the Crown in the neighborhood of the 
 line of the Railway fi'o^n Ottawa to Lake Huron, were 
 set apart lor the Company, to be granted in a mode 
 which was changed by the subsequent Act. 
 
 That change, and the manner and conditions of the 
 appropriations, are to be found in the 21 Vic, by 
 
18 The North Shore Railtvay Company. 
 
 aid of the North Shore Railway ; and this appropria- 
 tion remains in lorccj until January, 1872. 
 
 I also find that, oy successive Acts, an appro- 
 priation of 1,500,000 acre.^ of land has been made in 
 favor of the North Shore and l^ilrs Railways, and that 
 this, also, remains in force until January, 1872. 
 
 The two appropriations are, in my opinion, in full 
 force; and if the enterprise be completed according 
 to the terms of existing Statutes, I can see no ground 
 for refusal on the purt of the (jlovernnient, to set apart 
 land in conformity with the Statutes making the 
 appropriations. 
 
 J. J. C. Abbott. 
 
tnmt 
 
APPENDIX. 
 
 *l<'*l**l|M|*l||M|l«l|M|*l||llM*ll*lt' 
 
 Statutes, — Orders in Coiiiicil, iVe. 
 
 CHAP. 100—16 VicToniA. 
 
 An Act to authorize th(! formation of a Company to 
 construct a Kailroad on tlie North Shore of tlio 
 Kivor Saint Lawrence, from tlie City ol(|ueljec to 
 the City of iMontreai, or to some convenient point 
 on any Railway leiulin^ from Montreal to the 
 Western Cities of this Province. 
 
 [Asimttrl to 22n(l April, 1853 ] 
 
 WIIKREAS tlic constrnntion of a, Riiilwiiy cniinei-tini^ tliel^rr'^n^bli'. 
 oxtrcinitios «tl' tlio Province must i!;r(.'Htl\' (•kikIiicc to 
 promote tlic wcltan; and int(!ro.-t.s of its inluihitiiiits, and it is 
 tlii'rcl'oi'L' desiraldt' tliat a Jvailway should be constructcil to 
 connect the City of Quebec in as direct a line as ]»ossihk^ with 
 tlw; liailway projected to run westward from the C'ify of 
 Montreal, and tlius to connect the latter hy a direct and 
 advanta<>;eous line with the intended liailway from (Quebec to 
 the eastern- limits of the I*rovince ; And whereas su(;h a line, 
 passing thrpufjli a mo.st pojtuldus and itn|)ortant eection of 
 the Country, ma}' be found on the North Shore of the liiver 
 Saint Lawrence : Pe it therefore enncted by tlie Queen's Most 
 Excellent Majesty, by and with the ild^'ice and c<jnsent of the 
 Legislative Council and of the Legislative Assembly of the 
 Province of Canada, constituted and assembled by virtue of 
 and under the authority of an Act passed in the Parliament of 
 tlie United Ivingdom of Great Britain and h'eland,and intituhfl, 
 A71 Act to re-tinite the Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada, 
 and for the Government of Catnida^ and if is hereby, enac'ed 
 by tlie authority of the sanu;, That tlu; Mayor and Couiu;illors Corporation 
 of the City of Quebec may cane books to be opened at any "^*^"''"'' 
 tune atter the pas,smg or this Act, to receive the subscrijitions ]{,,;,)j^ „,• 
 of such persons, corpoiations or other parties, as may besuhsc iii)tion 
 desirous to take shares in tlu; Stock of a C<mij)any for con *'^' ''^' "J""i<J, 
 structlng the Railway referred tu in the Preambuie to tins Act, *'" 
 and may keep sucli books open at the ottice of the said Corpora- 
 tion for such time as may be nec(!ssary : And at any time after ^^"''"''' * 
 One Hundred and Twenty -five Thousand Pounds of the said ^i,,,,ti„fr f,„. 
 Stock shall have been subscribed for, by not less than thirty tlic Kicction 
 distinct ])artie8, the said Corporation may by a notice to Ik; "*j"'''''';*"|;s 
 published at least three times in the English and Ei'^nch oi;}j j'„^^Ji'j;''' 
 
 criliiMl. 
 
ii Cnp. KiO. Sf. l.fiirrnuy JVorf/i S/ion' A'ailivay. IT. Vht. 
 
 l:mi.Mi:i;;cH in pou c tliicc nr iiiiiiv> i)t' tin; jnildic ii('\\Y|)ui»i'r8 
 Jililili.'-liril ill !lic.-;iii| Ci'y of (^lu-ln'f, fiill a ^'ciicriil iiU'ctiii;^ 
 ot'iiif >iilit^ci iliiT.-. to lie JK-Ul iit such ]iliict' ill liu' mid Citv as 
 hIuiII lie a|»])oiiit((I liv flii' naid iiotici-, and tliut at mdi iiu'ct'ii^ 
 tlic Mav' r ot" tlic -aid city, or ill liis al>sciic(' any one of tiio 
 Mi-niitci's of llu! City ('(Miiicil, may pn side, and the City Cltrlv 
 hliall act as Scurrctary ; and at t-ncn iiicctiiii^ tlic nnijority (»f tliu 
 hnliscril)ci-s prc.-ciit tlicriat iiiiiy elect from an on^'' tiic |>dVons 
 liaviii;; cacli suKscrihcd for tSlocix of tlu; iiitciidcil Coiii|iaiiy l(» 
 till.' nnioiiiit otOiic Hundred Pounds or npwanls, nine immsoiih 
 I'lovisr. : if to be tlie tirst I )irectors of till! intended Coin[iany : I'lttN ide(l 
 tl." M;''''i»: always, tliat if, at tiie lirst iiicetiii'' so called, nine liirect..rs 
 
 Mholllli full lo , i 1 . 1 1 . I ,■ • I'^.l .1 »• 
 
 bu lii'lti .\ic. ''''"''''' ""^ '"-' '•'i'<'t*'d as aioresaid, tlieii another nieetiii;^ ""i.y 
 Itu culled, in the manner aforesaid, l»y the Mayor tiiid (Joiiii- 
 cill' rs of the said Ci'y, j;""ivint; a noti(!e thereof in the nia'iiier 
 jU'escM-ihed with re^-ard to the lirst meetini; ; an I >ii)fiit/i.9 
 quoth'H iinlil a meeting be etleetively lielil and nine Directors 
 elected thereat. 
 
 On ififain II. And be It enacted, lliut SO soon as !nay b(! after the 
 
 ll!'i'ir''t'nu' t'l<'f'fi"ti "t'nirectors as aforesaid, the sai<l City Council shall 
 ,|jj'(|f^,l',""J'j"„. Ci'l'tify to the Secretary of this Province for the inlormation of 
 rro\iii<iiil the (iovernor, niid tinder their (yorjiorate Seal, that such 
 S.(n 1:11V, Ik' election of Directors has been had in confoi-mity to this Act, 
 Hliiill Kiya j^,j,j the naiie 8 of the Directors so elected, and shall transmit 
 
 (Cltlllc lite , • 1 . ..I 1 • • 1 1 • 
 
 wliiili shall b» the said Secn.'tarv a copy ot the suliscrijition liook iitoresaid, 
 
 (i|Hiiitc tlie Hhewiiiij; the number and jianies of the sub-cribers, and tho 
 
 iiiroil».nitiou j,j.t,m| i„)^t,i ji,i,, jiiiionnt of their resi>ective siibscrii>tioii.s, and 
 
 puny iiikIit' '^" utlidavit or solemn ailirination of the said City (Jlerk, that 
 
 ttiis Act. the said copy is a f.iithfnl and correct transcript from tho 
 
 ori^ri'ifil books in the possession of the City Council ; and it 
 
 shall aj>])(iar by the docmmeiits aforesaid that an amount not 
 
 less than One Hundred ami Tw nty-live Thousand I'oniuls of 
 
 tho said Stock has actuiiliy been t^uliscrilied for hona fi(h\ and if 
 
 the said (Jouncil shall, -with tlm documents aforesaid, transmit 
 
 alec to the paid Secretary the certificate of the CashiiT of soino 
 
 chartered P>ank in this Prnvin(;e, of the deposit therein of a 
 
 sum equal to ten per cent upon the amount of subscrii.>tiiin8, 
 
 with authority to the sa'd Secretary tocontrol the withdrawal 
 
 of the said dejiosit for such time as the said Secretary may 
 
 tliink proper, not longer than six months after the Kailway 
 
 shall have been actually commenced and proceeded with, then 
 
 the said Secretary is liereby re([uired forthwith to deliver to 
 
 the Mayor and Councillors of the City of <,)uebec, a certiticato 
 
 tliat all the requirements of this section have been complied 
 
 with ; And npon and after the granting of tlie said certilicate, 
 
 the subscritiers to the Stock of the intended Comjiany, and 
 
 such persons and ])arties as shall thereafter become subscribers 
 
 to the same, their several and respective heirs, executors, 
 
 administrators, curators and assigns, i)io])rietors of Stock in 
 
 Tiumrand the said undertaking, shall be, by virtue of this Act, <ne Body 
 
 l)(>woig. t'orponite and Tolitic, by the name of " The North Shore 
 
1853. i>i. Lauirencc yaith !Sh<irc liailuhiy. Giii». lUU. iii 
 
 Ttuilwav Ct»iii|'iiiiy,"' and tlif Drt'ctidri ulcit'utl as at'«>re.siii<l 
 
 hliall !)<■ tlic lii>t I)iivr; (ii'ts ot' tilt* sai<l (.'tiiiipaiiv, ami llu! rai<l 
 
 Company ^llall Ix; tlirroaldf, lt_v viitno dt'tliis Ait, aiillioriztMl 
 
 aii<l fMi)ii)\vi;i('il Ity tliciii>t'lvc^, thc'r <lo|'iitiir>. aijt'li's, (iHii'ciri, 
 
 workiiKii and sorvaiitti, t(» make and complitc a liailway to 
 
 lie cuIUmI »> 'I'lif Xortli Shore Uailw;iy," iVoiii any point within 
 
 tlu' limits of thi' saitl ('ity of (^ui-hi'i- to any jM»int within th(? 
 
 City ot' MoihicmI, ( r to carry such liailway ity a line in tin* 
 
 roar of thi' City last inmH'd to any point in tin- Counlry of [,iiic. .,f 
 
 Montreal beyond or to the westward of the .'•aid ('ity, an<l ""''^^">- 
 
 there, if they deem it expedient, to ('((nnect It with an}' 
 
 liailway to he con-trneted fiom the >aid City to or towards 
 
 tliu City of Kinj^ston or to or towards tliu Town of llytown : 
 
 J'rovided always, that a eopy of tin- eertiliente ;;;ranfed as I'mvisn : 
 
 afoi'es id hy tin- Secretary of this Province, rhall hy ihe said *'"l''''^ "•'i''- 
 
 (Jompany ho pnhlislied in thn Ctni(n/<i G<is>Ue witiiin twenty ''•'.'"/ '*■*"!' '" 
 
 (lays atier it shall have been i;"rante<l jjy tlu; said Seei'efary ;,,.,. ijij, .,](,; 
 
 hut such cei'tili(;ate shall remain in the onatody of thi' Mayor I'o ividcmo. 
 
 and Councillors of the City of (^ueliee, and any eopy therei^t", 
 
 cortiiie<l hy tin; Clerk nf the said City as correct, and hi'arin<^ 
 
 the Seal of the Corporatinn, shall he evidence of s ich ct rf ilicutu 
 
 and ol" the facts therein alleged, and of the incorporation (»f 
 
 the saiil Company by virtue of this Act; an<l the orii^inal 
 
 hooks of sidtserip'ion i-hall be delivi;red up by the said Alayor 
 
 and Councillors of the City of (Quebec to the Directors of the 
 
 eaid Comi)any, to be by them kept optn for further aubgcrij)- 
 
 tioiis (if necessary) as hereinafter mentioned. 
 
 III. Providtd always, and be it enacted, That the said Rail- rn.vis..: (*.,r- 
 wav shall not be brou-rht within the limits of the City «.f ''"'"."""^ 'l'' 
 C^neliec, or ot th-) Ci y ut .Montreal, wiiiiout tlie permission of \i,,„t|.,.|ii i,„iy 
 the Corporation of such City, e.xitressed by a My-law, and byi'^iiinic tin- 
 any siicli I'y law itrovision may be made as to how far the ',''^'!,' * *'"' 
 liailway may be brou^'ht within ihe limits of the City, and ,,.'j,i,l,| ■,li,, 
 how till' within the same lo(;omotive eiij^-ines shall be allowed wild ('iiioM. 
 to run, and i^enerally as tt) the mo !e in which the Railway 
 
 shall be located and constructed or worked wilhin such City 
 80 as to fjjnard tiie inhabitants ihcreot', and their property, from 
 iniurv I'rmn the location or einstruction thereof of the mode of 
 Wijrkiiii,' or usin;; the s;imi', and any such IJy-law shad Ijind 
 the Company and tlie Corporation, but tlidl not be afterwards 
 repealed or altered ^vithout the consent of the Comj>any. 
 
 IV. And be it enacted. That the sineral clauses of "TheC-rtnin 
 liaihvay (Jlauses Consolidation Act," parsed duriii<,' *'"-' 'J'"t;'v ','*^ l,^ 
 Session held in the fourteenth and lifteeiith years of Her -Mil- Jn, ,',n„,'n,ig,'i ' 
 jcsly's Reign, with resj>ect to the lirst, second, third and f(auth witli tlii.s Act. 
 clauses thereof, and al?o the several c'auses of tlie said A(;t 
 
 ■with respect to the " Interpretation, " Incorporation, " 
 " Rort'crs,'" " Pla' s and Surveys,'' " Lands and their valua- 
 tion," " Iliirliways and Bridges," " Fences," " Toll.s," "Ge- 
 neral Meetings,'' " Directors, their Election and Duties," 
 
W Cup. 10(t. JSt. Lawntice North Shore Jinilway. 1<! Vkt. 
 
 " SliiiicHiitul their Tniiisl'cr," ^[iinrfi|iaIiticH," " Sliart'lmlilirs," 
 " Actii'iis ttir indciiiiiif y, iiidI tines ami peiiiilticH, and their 
 
 1>n»se(Miti<tM." " Wuikiii;; ut' tiie Ilalwav," and "(Jeiieiul 
 ^rovJHiotis," shall he iiKtorporati'd witli thin Aet ; and tho 
 L'Xpressiuii " this Act," when useil therein, sliall 1)0 uiiduretoud 
 to inclmh- the flaiifeca so incorporated with it. 
 
 nimRo. V. And he it ( nacted, 'I'liat the ;.'uai,'c of the saiil Rjiihvay 
 
 ehall not he hroader <»r narrower than live tcct six inched. 
 
 Dincfors to VI. And to the end tliat the said ('owipany inny }>c enaith <1 
 tiiiiH(' iJiMikH to carry (in S(j nselul an iiiidertakinir — I'c it einutted, Tiiat it 
 
 III MlllHI lip- 1 II • 1 I 1 !■ I *• ..1 • 1 /I 1 .1 • 
 
 tj,„i(„,.,,„;ni„ sliall and nuiy i»c lawhil tor the saal Company and their siie- 
 oiHiiifiic- ce.ss(»rs, to raise atul contiihnte aiiu»n^ tliuinselves, in siieli 
 ciNxiiiy. proportions as to them shall seeni meet and convenient, a com- 
 
 petent Hum of money for the iiiaKini^ and completiii;^ the said 
 Ilaihvay, an<l all such other works, niattei"s and conveniences 
 ns may he f iiind nc<'essary for niakintr, etfectiriir, preserving, 
 imjiroviii;^-, coinpletiiii;. mainlainin;,^ and n>inj;; the said Rail- 
 way and other works ; and if the wholcSlock Ijo nyt suhscrihed 
 before their ehtrtion, the Directors of the said ('onipany shall 
 cause the iJcioks of Siihscriptioii t>pened as aforesaid, to remain 
 oi)eii ut soino place in the City of t^iiehec, and other Hooks to 
 he opt" ed e'sewhere, within or witleait tliis Pi'ovince, at snch 
 ] daces as they may appoint, for receiving; the ^ii;natu res of per ons 
 williiiii^ to hec'iiiu! suhscrihers to thesaid iinderfahiii;^, until tho 
 whole Stock shall have heen sithscrihed for ; and I'or this piir- 
 ])ose they shall he held antl hound to ;;ive piihlic noti(x' in tho 
 C'tindilii G<t2i'W\ and such other newspaper or new-^pajiers as 
 they or a majority of them shall think ju'oper, of the time and 
 places at which such Dooks will he opened and ready for 
 receivin<r siiriiatiircs as aforesaid, a'ul of the persons by tlienj 
 authorized to receive such suhsciiptions ; and every person, 
 cor[)or,itii>n, community cr party, wIk; shall write or authorize 
 any |iers(ui ti; write his or her signature, or cor])orate or eollec- 
 tive name, in such Hook or in any Hook of Suhscription 
 0]iened Ity the Mavor and (^ouucil'o'S of the City (tf (Juehec, 
 as a Suhseriher to the said undei'takin<j;, shall thereby hecoiiu> 
 a Alemher of tho said Company, and shall have the same riyhts 
 and liMhilities as sucli as areherehy coid'erredon the ]\[emhcrs 
 of the said Company, nor shall it he necessary tluit the Suh- 
 scription of any Corporation to the Stock be under its common 
 rioviso: p.r-seal: l^rovided always, that any person, corporation or ])arty, 
 SOILS will. ^^.],^j before the iia t-iiiij of this A( t has or ehall have ^wh cribed 
 for sii.iirs in OJ' autliorized any per.-on to suhscribe his or her name, or tho 
 tlif Uiiiluay corporate name of such Cnrpoi'ation, for any amount of Stock in 
 vlicii lirojrc- {i„y Stock Book of tlic tlicu 1 u tcudcd Companv to construct a 
 ly tolH-'iial li'i'l^^'"y <^'i tho North Shore of the River Saint Lawrence, ho- 
 bll- as sul)- tween the City of Quebec and the City of Montreal, or such 
 Hcrilicrs under other phicc in the rear theieof as might bo found ])racticahle, 
 this Act. j^ 1,^. ^j^ii^^j u -|-]^, jj^^,.{i, gi,^^,.^. Rairoad," subject to tho pro- 
 visions of the Railway Clauses Consolidatiou Act, and of a 
 
IS.'H. Sf. Liiwrence Morth Shot'e /iaihmy. Cup. 100. v 
 
 S|tcciiil Act to bo ohtaint'd l>y tlif Compniiv trom tlic I,c;;islii. 
 tnri' i>t' tlii> I'mviiicc, sliiill lie (Icciiuil to Inivn siilt'crihcd fur 
 u liki- iiiiiiiiiiit III' Stock ot' till' (.'oiii|»!itiy litivliv iiiroriiurafitl, 
 and sliidl litiv «• idl tlu' i'ii;lit>' and lie ^■ullj^<■t to all tlii.* liiiliilitird 
 Midcli iImv woidd lia\(' oi- l)i' lialiir to if tlifV had ^idtscriiifd 
 tor a liki' amount of Stock nndir tin- |irovi?ion:< of tlii.s iVct. 
 
 VII. And licit ('nnctid, Tliat the hmn po to Ito raised or c.iiiituist.xk: 
 Kidi>erilc(| .-hall cnnHtitiitc the capital sNick (»f the Hid.) Com "ihI its a|i|.ii. 
 
 jiany. and >hall not exceed in the w hoh' thei-um of Six Hundred '"* • 
 
 rh«ni(iaiid rounds curroiuiy, and the money t-o to he raised is 
 
 herel' directed and a|i|)(iinted to he laid ont and a|i|ilie(h in 
 the liift |»hice. for and towards ihe payment ot' all di-hur>e- 
 inents for makin<; the surveys, plans and eothnates incident to 
 the said Uailway, and all the rtst, roidne and remainder of 
 hnch money, for ami towards making', completim; an*! main- 
 taining the said Railway, and other the purposes of thiii Act, 
 and to no other Ubo, intent or juirpose whatever. 
 
 VIII. And he it enactfd. That the said sum of Six Hundred A">""'>t of 
 ThoUr.and rounds shall ho divided and distin^ui>hed into ninety- '""'' *''""'''• 
 bix thousand eipial parts or sharesof Six I'ounds Fivi' Shillinj^s 
 
 current V each, and that such shares shall he deemed persomd '",'"' 1"'''"/- 
 estate, and shall he t' ansti'rred as sueli ; and that tlie said 
 n'nt'ty six tliouoand shares shall he and are hereby vi'.sted in 
 the saiil several suhscriiieis, aiul their several respective heirp, 
 executors, curatorH, administrators and assi<,'ns, to their and j,;^,,,,,!,,,^ 
 every of their projier use ami hehoof, projiortio' ally to the Xr. piniiiK ef 
 sum they an<i each of Ihem t-hall several y .-Mhpcrihe and pay "'"'i'''' '"- 
 thereunto ; ami all and every the hodii-s ])olitic, corporate or' '"""""'• 
 collejiiate, or communities, and all ami eveiy peison or ]ier- 
 Hons, their >everal and respec'ive rucces-orp, exeeutoi's, cura- 
 tors, admiinstrators and issiM-ns, who shall severally suhscrihe 
 itnd pay the sum of Six I'oiinds Five > hilliniis, or >-uch sum or 
 bums as shall he denniud'd in lieu thii'cof, toward> carryiui^ 
 on and completiiiif the sai.. intended Uailway, shall he entitled 
 to and receive, after the s lid Uailway shall lie completed, the Itij-'lits of 
 entire and net distribution of the prolits and advanta^^es that •'''^'""■'■'"''''*'"'- 
 shall and may ari^u and aeciue by virtue of the sum an<l sums 
 of money to be raised, ri'covered or received by the authority of 
 this Act, in proportion to the number of shares so hi'ld ; and 
 every body po'itic, corporate or colleji;iate, or comiuiinity, 
 person or persons, havini? such property of one ninety six 
 thousandth part or share in the said undertaking, and so in 
 ])roportion as at'oresaid, shall bear and ])ay an adetjuate and 
 ]iro]iortional sum of money towards carrying on the said under- 
 taking in miumer by this Act directed and a])i)ointed. 
 
 IX. And be it enacted, That in case the said sum of Six increase of 
 llundreil Thousand Pounds, hereiidiefore autliorized to he<^^'"I''|'i' *^*."' k 
 raided, shall be found insutlicicnt for the pnrjioses of this Act, ^"'"'"''''^ '"'■• 
 then and in such case it shall be lawful for the said Comijany 
 
vi Cap. 100. St. Lcnorence North Shore Railway. 10 Vict. 
 
 to raise and C'litribiito a-nong tlieinselvos. by Siibseriptioii in 
 books to bo opi'Hcd by tho Diructors tor tliiit |)iirpo.sL', and in 
 sutth sharcrf and ])roportious as t(j tliuin shall sucni incut, or by 
 tlie ^idlnis^ion of new subscril)L'rs, a further or other sum of 
 money for (toniiletin;^; tlic paid intended Uailwav, and its 
 branches and otluM- works or conveniences incidcntai or relative 
 tliereto, n(jt exceedinii' the sum of Four Hundred Tiiousand 
 Pounds c'liri'en'^y aforesaid ; and every sub.-eribor towards 
 raising' such tV.itlier or other sum of money, shall bo a Share- 
 hoh;er in the i-aid undertaking', and have a like vote by 
 liimself, or herselt, or his or lier proxy, in respect of every 
 share in the said additioind sum so to be raised, and shall also 
 be !ia])le to such oblio-ations, and stand interested in all the 
 ])roiits and powtM's of ihe said undertakinir, in pro])ortion to 
 the sum he. she or they shall or may snbs(;ribe thereto, as 
 g'enerally and extensively as if such other (>r I'urther sum had 
 been original'y raised as ]>art of the said lirst sum of Six 
 Hundred Thousand Pounds : any thinij: herein contained to 
 the contrary notwithstandiii^jf. 
 
 Votes in 1)10- -^- -'^"tl 1hi it enacted, That the numl)er of votc^i to Mdiich 
 
 portion to each Sharehohh'r in tho said \mdertakin^ slndl be entitled on 
 
 S)iaros. cvi'ry occasion when, in conformity to the i)rovisions of this 
 
 Act, the votes of the members of the said Com})any are to bo 
 
 ji,''ven, shall be e<jual to the number of t-liares held by him : 
 
 Proviso. Pi'ovided always, that no one (Shareholder as aforesaid shall 
 
 have more llian live lunuh'ed votes. 
 
 AnnimlGrnc- XI. And be it eiuictcd, That in the niontli of June in each 
 
 ral JU'iting. y^>.,,._ ^^ Annual Gonoi-al Meetisiiijof the said Shareholders shall 
 
 be held to (•hoo>e Directois in the room of those whose ollico 
 
 nuiy ar that time become vacant, and generally to transact the 
 
 business of tho Company ;but if at any time it shall ai)pear to 
 
 Special Mcot-any eleven nr nmre of such Shareholders, holding togetlu'r two 
 
 iMKs iiow thousand shares at least, that for more cilectually i)uttin<; this 
 
 culled, iScc. \ t • J. ■• o • 1 i.' i' oi 1 11 
 
 ' Act into executu)!!, a Sjiecnil meeting ot Sliareliolders is 
 
 necessary to be held, it shall lie lawful tor such eleven or more 
 of them to cause fifteen days' notice, at least, to be given thereof 
 in the Ciuiada Gazutte,, and in any other news])a})er in each of 
 the Cities of Quebec and iMontreal, or in sucli manner as the 
 Shareholders shall by a By-law ]iassed at any GeiuM-al Meeting, 
 direct or a])[)oint, s[)''eifying in such notice the time and place, 
 and the reason and intention of such Siiecial Afeetings res- 
 ])ectively ; and the Shareholders are hereby authorized to meet 
 pursuant to such notice, and proceed to^the execution of the 
 powers by this Act given them, with respect to the matters so 
 s|)eciHed only ; and all such acts of the Shareliolders, or tho 
 majciri'y of them, at such S[)ecial Meetings assemlded, such 
 majority not having either as princi|>als or i)roxies less than 
 two thousand shares, shall be as valid to all intents and 
 purposes as if the same were done at General Meetings : 
 Proviso : for Provided always, that it shall and may be lawful for the said 
 
1853. 8t. Lawrey^ce Not th Shore liailwiiij. Cap. 100. vii 
 
 81iiiiTli(.l(ler> at mc\\ Special .Mcetinp;?, in case (if tlic di'atli, '•>'i"K ^"'in- 
 
 alist'iicc resiii'iiatioii or removal (»t anv pL'rson naiiu'd a '.V''' ".' '" 
 ' 1 ,,• . .1 • 1 / ( • ''"' ^ 'It'll. 
 
 Diiecfor to iiiana^iO tho ailairs i»t the said Loni])any iti inaiiiiiT 
 
 at'ol•L■^aid. to olioojc and a]>]H>iiit anotlii'r or others, in the room 
 
 or stead (tfth so Dirctors ulio may die or he ahseiit. I't.'-ii^ii 
 
 or l)e removed as aforesaid ; any tldng in this Act to the 
 
 coiitrai V notwiliistandin"-. 
 
 ■f!?" 
 
 XIT. And 1)0 it enaete<l, That tlicninnhcr of T)iro(!tors of tlu- NiiiMbtr and 
 
 said Coniuany shall he nint', and at the said Animal Meeting'*."'''''''"*''': 
 ,1 ,. .1 ' • 1 • i\' , in )i 1" • J. i • ' tin Hunt oi 
 
 tlu'co ot tlic said nmc J )ireetois i-iiall aimiially retii-e m rotation. Dji^.^tors 
 the retirement of the said first elected nine Direetor.s heiiii^ 
 decided hy 'l)allot,hHt tlu' Directors then or at any snbsecjuent 
 time retiriiiii; shall he eli<:;ihle for re-election : Provided always. I'roviso. 
 that no such retirement shall ha\e effect except the Sjmre- 
 liohlers at such General Meetinii,- ]>rueeed to fill np the 
 vacancies thus occiirrini'' in the direction. 
 
 XIII. And 1)0 it enacted, That any MeotinL' of the ^aid ^^^^^J'^ 
 Directors, at which not less llian flvi' Directors shall he jiteseiit, 
 shall ho competent to use and exercise all and any of the 
 powers lierohy vested in the eaid Directors of the said Com- 
 pany. 
 
 Xl\^ And he it enacted, That the Stock Qualification rfQiialiUcation 
 Sliareholders to be Directors of the sai<l Com p;.ny, shall he'" ^'"■"'■^"'■"• 
 twentv shares of Six Pounds Five Shilliiii:;s cuirencv cacli, of 
 the Capital Stock. 
 
 XV. And he it enacted, Tliat every such Annual (Tcneral ApiMiintuKut 
 Meeting shall have jtower to appoint not exceeding thivt;"'^ '^"''""'"*'' 
 Auditors, to audit all accounts ((f money laid out and disbursed 
 
 on account of the said undertaking, by tholVeasiirer. Reci'iver 
 and Ileceivers, and otlier oflicer and ofli(,'ers to he by the said 
 Directors appointed, or l)y any other person or jiersoiis what- 
 soever, emjiloyed by or concerned for or under them, in and 
 about the said underiaking, and for that purpo-e shall have 
 power to adjourn themselves over from time to time, and from 
 jilace to ])lace, as shall be thought convenient by them. 
 
 XVI. And be it enacted, That no call of jiioney from the Culls limited. 
 Shareliolders shall exceed the sum of Twelve Shillingo and Six 
 
 Pence per share of Six Pounds Five Shillings. 
 
 XVII. And be it enacted, That in all actiors or suits at law, Eviilciioc in 
 by or against tlic Comj)any, instituted in Lower Canada,""''.''''-^'"' 
 recourse shall be had to the llules of F^vidence laid down bv r^'!,'',"l' !,";',. 
 tlie laws ot Fngiand, as recognized hy tlie Courts m I-owerL. c. 
 Canada in commercial cases, and no Shareholder shall bo 
 
 deeiiK d an iiiconi])etent witness, either for or against the 
 Coni])any, unle s he be incompetent otherwise than as a 
 Shareholder. 
 
viil Cap. 100. Si. Lawrence Nortk Shore Railway. 10 Vict. 
 
 As to Writs of XVin. Atid hv it oiijictcMl, Tlnit it'tiiiy Writ o^ Saisie- Arret 
 oXrior/Vj(7»^*'' Httacliiiieiit shiiU bu servt-d upon the .said Compiuiy, it sliall 
 et Articles, ,\c. l>o lawt'id fof tliu Secretary or Treasurer in any such case to 
 sirvid (.11 the ai)pear in obedience to tlic said Writ, to make tlie Dechiration 
 Couipany. j,j ^.^.j^ ^.,^^^^^ i^y j .^^^. j-eijuii-L.tl according to tlie exigency of 
 
 each case, wliich said Dechiration, or the Declaration of tlie 
 President, shall be taken and received in oil Courts of Justice 
 in ]jO\ver Canada, as the Declaration of the Company ; and in 
 causes where interrogatories stir fails et articles ov strment 
 (fecisoire, may have been or may hereafter he served u])on the 
 Company, the Directors shall have the ])Ower by a Vote or 
 Tlesolution entered among the minuter of the i)roceedi:ig8 of 
 any meeting, to authorize the President or Treasurer to appear 
 in atiy cause to answer such interrogatories ; and the answers 
 of the President or Treasurer, so authorized, shall be held and 
 taken to be the answers of the Company to all intents and 
 purjjoses, as if all the formalities, by law required, had been 
 complied with ; and the ])rodiU'tion of a co])y of such liesolu- 
 tion, certified by the Secretary, with tlie said answers, shall bs 
 Bufticient evidence of such authorization. 
 
 Com puny may XIX. And lie it enacted, That it shall and may be lawful 
 take lands f,)j. (^],^, Company to take and approjtriate for tlie use of their 
 ♦1,'^ '«t ' 1 .?... Kailwav, but not to alii'nat", so much of the beach or land 
 
 me i5[. j^aw- I'll /III- yx L' t<i I 
 
 rone.' or covered With the waters ot the Kivers Ottaw.i, St. Ciiarles, or 
 Ottawa, &c. St. Lawrence, or of any other river, stream or canal, or of theif 
 respective beds, as may be found necessary for the making and 
 completing, or more conveniently using the same, and thereon 
 to erect such wharves, quays, inclined planes, cranes and other 
 Proviso: as to "woiks as to the Company sliall seem meet : Provided always. 
 Bridal's over that it shall uot be lawful for the said Company to cause any 
 naviKabic obstruction in or t(j impede the free navigation of the liivers 
 ' * Saint Charles, Saint Lawrence or Ottawa, or of any other riv(M', 
 ptreain or cana! to or across which their Railway shall be 
 carried : and if the said Uailway shall be carried across any 
 navigable river or canal, the eaid Company shall leave '^iich 
 openings between the piers of their bridge or viaduct over the 
 same, and sliall construct such drawd)ridge or swing bridge 
 over the channel ot the river or canal, and shall be subject to 
 such regulations with regard to the opening of such draw- 
 bridge or swing-bridge for the passage of vessels and i-afte, as 
 the Governor in Council shall direct and make from time to 
 time; nor shall it be lawful for the said Company to con- 
 struct any wharf, bridge, i)ier, or other work upon the ])ublit! 
 beach or bed of any navigable river, stream or canal, or upon 
 the hind covered with the waters thereof, until they shall have 
 submitted the ])lan of such work to the Governor in Council, 
 nor until the same shall have been approved by him in Council, 
 as aforesaid. 
 
 Governor in XX. And be is enacted, That by any regulations to be made 
 Council may j^^ ^\^q Governor in Council touchingany such drawn-bridge or 
 
1853. ibi. Lawrence North Shore liaiJiorty. Cup. 100. ix 
 
 swii)g-l)ri(li;'e .is af m^^aid, ]>oiialti(s not oxcrodini2:Ton Poimds. ''"P'.^*-' l""- 
 iii any ca^o, may I)c.' iinpnseil t'nr tl oc uUravciilioii tlieivuf, and "'' " '""■ 
 such penalties shall he recover.djlc ii-oin the said Coniiiany of 
 from aiij of their otlieers or servants hy wlioiu tlie rei^iilatioi.'s 
 shall have heen contravened. 
 
 XXI. And he it enacted, That the said Company shall haveCini.a.i.o.if.y 
 power to hecoine iiarties to Proniis^orv Notes and Ihlls ut' ""''".' ''^,/* 
 Jlixchanife tor sums not less than Iwcnty liveiounds, juid any ,,,,t(.-s, &. ' 
 euch Promissory Note made or eu'lorsed, and any such Uill 
 iA' E\chan£{t' drawn, ac^ca'ptcd or endorsed hy the President, or 
 Vice ['resident of tiu; Company, and countersigned hy the 
 Secretary and Treasurer, and under t'le authority of a nuijority 
 of a y«f>/'w/rt of the Directors, is and shall he hiutHni;' up((n 
 the Cumjiany ; and cvnYy such Promissory Note or Pill of 
 Exchange made, drawn, accepted or endorsed hy the Presi- 
 dent or Vice President of the said Com[)any, and counter- 
 sii^'ued hy the Secre'ary and Treasurer as sneii, either heforo 
 or after the })assin<;' of this Act, shall he presumed to have heen 
 pro])erly nuido, d)'awn, accepted or endorsed, as the c ise may 
 ho, for the Conij)any, until i he contr.iry he sh 'Wn ; and in no 
 case shall it he necessary to Inive the seal I'f the Compjniy 
 aifixe 1 to any such Pill of Exchanj^e or Promissory Note, nor 
 shall the President, Vice-President, or the k^ecretary and Trea- 
 surer of the Company so making, drawing, acceptiiej;, or 
 endorsing any such Promissory Noie or .P)i[l of Exchange, hcp,.,,^. ., 
 therehy suhjeeted individually to an \' liahilily whatever : Pro- 
 vided always, that nothing in this claue shall he con:?trued to 
 authorize the said Compfiny to issue any Note payahle to 
 hearer, or any Promissory Note intended to he circulated iis 
 money, or as the Notes of a Bank. 
 
 XXTT. And he it enacted, That if at any time the AfHyor aiul Co.po.iiti.'.s 
 Councillors of the City of (.}uehec, or the Coi-porat'on of the"':iy ^ 'mI 
 City of Montreal, or the Gentlemen Ecclesiastics of the Sen u "'""*'•' •"* ^*'" 
 nary ot C^ii^^'i^^'c, or any otlnr Corporate ooily, civil or ecclesia-^- w^li us miI'- 
 tic:d, or any Municupalify in lliis Province, shall he desirous of «'•■''•<■ "oc 
 suhscrihing for shanks of the Capital Sto^dc of the said Company''^'" '• '■^■*'- 
 or of otherwise promoting tlie sj)eedy complelion of the said 
 Tiailway, hy loans of money or securities for money at interest 
 or d coNsiUdiioji dere ite, it shall he lawl'ul for them res[)ecti- 
 vely so to do in like manii' r, and wirh the same liglits suid 
 privileges in respect thereof as ])rivate indivitluals may do under 
 or in virtue of this Act, anv thing in anv Ordinance ur A'-t or 
 Instrument ot Incorporatiun of any such Ixjdy, oi in any Law 
 or usage to the contrary notwitlistaiidi'g : Provided always, r ..v-o. 
 that should tlui said Company recpiire to purcliase fi(un the 
 Ecclesiastics of the Seminary of St. Snlpice of Montro il, anv 
 hind either on the Lachine Canal, liiver St. Lawieucc, or in 
 any other i)lace, tor the [)urposes of the Railway, it shall he 
 lawfid fir the said Eec'esiasties to sell and c(uivey the same to 
 the Comi)any, without advertising and ofleritig the said lands 
 
X Cap. 100. St. Lawrence North Shore Raihony. 16 Vict. 
 
 at public; sale, or witliont any other formality of sale than is 
 })rovi(Je(l by this Act. 
 
 onjm'i'ri'm.t ^^I^f- J'j'ovided always, and be it enacted, Tliat inasniucli 
 to I'cK'iii'icct '^'^ '1'^ ^^''.y^'" "'"^1 Councillors of the City of Quebec have 
 t<» tlic jiiovi- ah'eady obtained the consent of a Majority of the (jualified 
 fiions t.t |.iirii-t.ii,(,tors (.f the Municipaliry, that 'the said Mayor and 
 5^g"y,,!j''^'^ j"jj Councillors should subscribe for sliares to an amount not 
 V.'f. 51. exceedin<i; One Ilundix'd Thousand Pounds in the Capital 
 Stock of any Coni]);!ny to be incorjiorated for the jjurpose of 
 nuiking the Railway authorized by this Act, therefore the 
 paragraph or division of the eiijjhteenth section i)^ The Jidil- 
 way Clauses Consolidation Act, marked " Thirdly," shall not 
 apply to any i ubscription by the said Corporation to the Capital 
 Stock of the Company hereby incori)orated, or to any loan or 
 guarantee to or in favor of thd said Comi)any by the said Cor- 
 poration, provided the Amount so sul)scri bed for, loaned or 
 guaranteed, doe- not exceed the sum of One Hundred Thousand 
 l^ounds aforesaid ; and the said Cor]>oration may, either before 
 or after the incorporation of the said Company, and Avithout 
 any previous forimdity or ])rocceding, subscribe for shares in 
 the Capital Stock of the said Company to an amount not 
 exceeding the sum aforesaid, or may, to the amount aforesaid, 
 lend to or guarantee the payment of any sum of money bor- 
 rowed ]jy the Company from any Corporation or ])erson, or 
 indo. sc or guarantei; the jiayment of any debenture to be issued 
 by the Company for money by them borrowed, and shall 
 have jiower to assess and levy from time to time upon the 
 whole rateable pro])erty in the s;ud City, a sufficient sum to 
 enable them to discharge the debt or engagement so contracted, 
 and for like purpose to issue debentures payable at such times 
 and for such sums respectively, not less than Five Pounds cur- 
 rency, and bearing or not bearing interest, as tlic said Corpo- 
 „ . ,, ration mav think meet : Provided alwavs, that nothing in 
 iioiiitioii of ^"'^ ^^^ siiall be construed to i)revent the said Corporation or 
 Qii(l)i'c lu.iy the ]\Iayor and Councillors of the City of Quebec, from 
 siilis.iilii' for subscribing for any further or additional a.nount of the Stock 
 fiirtlicr sum. <,[' the said Company, if they see tit so to do, comj. lying with 
 the provisions of the Railway Clauses Conso'idation Act in 
 that behalf, as far as regards such further or additional amount 
 of Stock. 
 
 rrocccriinps XXIV. And 1)0 it cnactcd, Tliat if at any time any Sheriff or 
 \\"it of'Fx('- T)f^ilifl' f'hall receive a Writ of Execution, commanding him to 
 ciitiona^'aiiistlevy any sum of money due by any Municipality for the 
 a Miiniciiiiiii- principal or interest of any Bond or Debenture issued under 
 ty for arrears the autlioritv of tlus Act, the Plaintiff nuiy i-equire, and the 
 
 of interest or ^ , , •' , ... i •.. i. i l • i 
 
 nrin.iiial on Court whence such execution issues may order it to l)e levie<l 
 any of its i)e- by rate ; and if such order be made, the Sheriff or Railiff ^hall 
 bentures. caiisc a copy of siicli Writ to be served u}>on the Secretary- 
 Treasurer of such Municip: lity, and if the money therein 
 mentioned, with all the lawful hiterest and costs, which the 
 
1853. 6V. LaiorencG North Shore RaiUoay. Cap. lOi). xi 
 
 said Slicrif}' or IjiiilifF is coiniueiitlL'd to k'vy, be not jniid 
 Avitliin one month tVoiii the time C)t' such service, the said Sheriti' 
 or I'uilitr sliull himself calculate wliat rate in tlie pound, upon 
 tlie assessed value of all the rateable property lyiu«^ or situate 
 Avithiu the limits of the said Municii)a'ity, will, in his opinion, 
 after making fair allowance for the exjicnses, loss'.'s and defi- 
 ciencies in the collection of su(rh rate, be required to i)roilucc 
 the debt, interest and cost which he is commanded to levy, 
 and a sum ot ten j)er centum in addition ; and the snid Sheriff 
 or I'ai'ili'may conmiand tlie Council of the saiil Mnni('i|iality, 
 and all otlicers whom it may concern, to cause the said rate to 
 be levied and collected, and the proceeds to be paid over to him; 
 and it shall be the duty of the Secretary-Treasurer, and the 
 Asse-sors, Collectors, and all oiiier otlicers of the said Munici- 
 pality, to produce to tlie said Sherift or Bailiif, on his demand, 
 all assessment ])ooks, pa})ers and docmnents, haviufj^ referenco 
 to the assessment of the pi'operty in the said Municipality, and 
 to give him such infornuxtiou a-* he may re(piire in order to lix 
 the said rate : and all such officers of the said M^niicipality 
 slniU be bound to obey the said Slierill or Jjaililf, as well in 
 i'OS])ect ot such information as in the levying and col'ectionof 
 such s])ecial rate, and for neglecting or refusing such obedience, 
 shall be liable by impi'isonment {contralnte par corps) to be 
 decreed against them by the Couit in which the judgment has 
 been I'enderel and ought to be levied ; and the sa'd Sheriff or J''>"ris of the 
 Bai'iff shall, for the iiuriiose of imposing, levying and collect-^'"'''"?'""**'''" 
 mg tlie said special rate, have all tlie jjowers ot the said Alum- ,.,,,, „i,.^^^,jYuti' 
 ci])al Council and of its ofiieers, and may proceed to the sale 
 of lands and immoveable ])roperty in the same manner, and 
 take such otlu-r nroceediiigs and recourses asthiiv could do for 
 the nonpayment of any rate or assessment; and the said 
 Sheriff or J3aililf shall pay to the I'laiiitilf his debt, interest and 
 costs out of the amount levied, and if there be any sur|)liis, it 
 shall be paid back to tlieSecretary-Treasurer of thesaid Muni- 
 cipality, but if there be a deficiency, a new rate shall be 
 imposed and a levy made ; and no rate so imposed, nor any 
 levy or collection by such Sherilfor Biiliif, shall be liable to 
 be opposed for inequality or injustice, but any party injured 
 may petilion the Council of said Municipality for redress out 
 of their other funds, 
 
 XXV. And be ii enacted. That it shall l)e lawful for the Tlic f}ovcrn- 
 Governor in Council, at any time after the expiration of twenty- '"''"* ">">' 
 one years, from and after the first dav of Janiiarv next, after thei'"''''^ <rrtiiiu 
 
 J "^ I'll •!• • " 1 • 1 ' 1 • .tiiue assuiiu! 
 
 day on wiucli the certuicate mentioned m the second section ottiu^ itaiiwav 
 this Act, shall be delivered by the Secretary of this I'rovince, >\ti'. iiinl on 
 to the Mayor and Councillors' of the City of Quebec, to pur-'*^'"^**'-''""!*'- 
 cliase the said Railway, with all its liereditaments, stock and 
 appurtenances, in the name and on l)ehalf of ller Majesty, 
 upon giving to the said Company three months' notice in 
 writing of his intention, and upon payment of a sum equal to 
 twenty years purchase of the annual profits divisible upon the 
 
I'lovihO. 
 
 xii Cup. lOU. «SV. Ltnonncc jS\>rth Shore liailway. 10 Vitr 
 
 sul),~cril)e(l jind paid up Stock oT tlie suid Iliiilwiiy, csliiniit(;d 
 oil ilie avt-'i'iigu of tlic Hcveii tliL'U next prt'ccdiiif^ ycai> i'x)- 
 A'idi'd tliat tlic aveian'o rate ot' prolitrf for the said .sfVfU yoars, 
 sludl not. 1k' less than thr I'ate of tin I'ound.s in tlic Iliiiulrud, 
 and il t^hail 1)U hr.\ lid foi' the Company, if ihcy sliall hu of 
 tho opinion that the i^^aid rate of twenty years puielia?;o of the 
 6uid averai>;e ])rotits, is an inadeipnite late of ])nrc]iaso 
 of the 8aid IJailway. rcftut'nce heini;' had to tlie itvospeffivc 
 ])rotits tlirreof, to reipiln; that it shall be lel't to arljltiai Ion in 
 case of dirt'ereiice, to detcrndne what (if any) addiiioinal 
 amount (»f ])iuo]iiisu money >li;dl ho paid to the said Company ; 
 l*r<>videil al^o, thai siu-h option of [nirchasc shall not he c;.e'.- 
 cised, exce[)t with the consent of the Company, whih; any 
 Order in Council, reducing the Tol's fixed an'' ret^u'.atcd by 
 a;iy l>y-la\\' of the said Cumpany shall be in force. 
 
 ToMpniiyto XXVI. And be it enacted, Tiiat from and after the coni- 
 
 vVui'n'w<''i)-'''*^'''*^'^'''''-^^''^ '''' ''"^ ]>(Jriod of seven years, next pre('ctlini>' the 
 cf ti) such ii,s- pi-'i'iud at wliich the eaid option of purchase will become 
 8Uiii(>..on. available, full and true accounts j-ludl be kept by theDirectoi's 
 of the said Company, of all sums of money leceived anil j^aid 
 on account of the said liailway ; aiid tlie said Company, shall 
 once in every half year during the said ])eiiod of seven years, 
 cause a ha f yearly account in abstract to be prei)ared, shewing', 
 ihe total receii»t and exjienditureoii account of tlie said liailway, 
 for the half year eiidiiii;' on the Thirtieth day of June, and on 
 tlie Thi'-ty first day of l)eceiu!)er re.-]H.'ctively, under disliiict 
 heads of receipt and ex[)enditure, with a sialement of the 
 bahmce of such account duly audited and certilied, under the 
 hands of two or moi'e of the Directors of the said Com|'any, 
 TIkv si. nil ii'Ud shall send a cop^y of such account to the Inspector (ieiieral, 
 tiaii.sinii on or belbre the last days of August and February respectively ; 
 tup'r,, (), such j^,,(^[ it shall be lawful for the Governor in Council, if and when 
 til,. r,|si„.ctor''^ Hiail think nt, to ajipoint any jiroper jjerson or persons to 
 Uciuml. inspect the acciums and books of the said Couipauy, during 
 the said pei'iod of eeveu years ; and it shall be lawfull for any 
 ];)ersoii so authorized, at all reasonable times, u])on pnoduciug 
 his authority, to examine the books, accounts, vouchers and 
 other documeiiis of the Company, at the principal Ollice or 
 place of Business o':' the Company, and to take copies or ex- 
 tracts therefrom. 
 
 D.lK-it.i I'sto XX V 11. And bo it enacted, Tiiat any Delieui ure in tlie form 
 ^"?,;'*',\''-''"'"of the Scheduie A'to this Act, issued by the said Comi)aiiv, 
 
 O' I'lO »>C'R'- "^ It' 
 
 c 'It! to tui.s shall be valid aid eti'ectual to ail intents and purposes accord- 
 Aoi, ing to th.e tenor thereof and sl\all bind the Company, and any 
 
 Miinicipial Corpcn-atioii which tliall guarantee the same and if 
 Hvpnthcc iia-such Debenture shall j)urport to give a mortgage or hypothec 
 tlcvsiuh Di- ^jj (]|^ liailwav and i.ronertv of the said Compain, such mort- 
 
 bcn tlucs. , ; 11,/ 'i. 1 11 11 1 ,■■ ,1 1 ^ 
 
 gage or hy[K>lhec .nIuiII be valid and shall rank from the date 
 of such Debenture if the same be registered within one month 
 from such date, and no such Debenture need be passed before 
 
1S53, Si. Lawrence JVori/i Shore liaihoaf/. Cap. 100 xiii 
 
 a Xotary or N*>tarii'.s in ordci- to i^'ivc valiili'v to siu-li inortij;ai;c 
 or livj/oilu'c, \v liicli sliall iiicludu the h'oii Uails and other paits 
 ol* the track ot" tliu liailway, and all i)rid,ii;r.s, huiidiii^s, coii.s- 
 ti'iictioiis an<i tlxturcs upon tlie lim-ut'tiie ila Iway or tiiat |»ait 
 tlit-reot' to wlilc-li tlic inorti;!ii;'u or iivpotlu'c .-Iiall by the tcini.s 
 ol'.such Dehentiire extend, nor t^liall any more Ibrina! or i)arti- 
 cular def^cription of the properly flum that _<i;i\en in the said 
 Form he re(pii-ite ; and any such IJehenture shall he re,:;i.sieied 
 as lu'reinaller mentioned on pi oof ot' the si^naluie thereto and 
 of the coinmoii >vi\\ of the Cumjiany, oy the oath of any oiio 
 credible wit ne>s before tlu' lieiiisi'ar : And lor facilitatin;^- the !:• J,'I^».•)lt:• i 
 registration ol' the said Dehentnns, He it enaeled, That tht; '" ''i'-'''^ • 
 re^ir-tration lheie(»f. in tliu Iteiiistry Olliee of the Cotinly of 
 Qu(.'])ee, shall be sullieiciit and shall have the sann; elleet as if 
 tliey AVerc registered in every County throu^'h whieli the said 
 liailwiiy sliall pass or in wliieli the proi): rty mor<^a^'id or l'y}>o- 
 tlieeated shall lie, and the said Company mny furiii.-h the lu'^Is- 
 tiar of thesaid County of Qaebtje, with a Jxtok or Injoks contain- 
 ing copies of t'lie Form aforesaid, one copy on each i)a<^e, with 
 6ueh blanks as may be convenient for the several case^, and tlio 
 registry of any Debentiu'e by cojiyiiii;' the same at leng'h in a!'y 
 of the said 15(joks (witlnut copying;' tlie interest t'od^^r^?;*') aad 
 ap|)en<lini:; the certiiicate of Ue<i'istiy thereto, shall l»e a 
 Bullicient registry of such Debenture, and a eorre>|)ondi!i^' 
 ceitilieateof reiiislration shall be iiiveii by the lie^'istrar on,, ,, , 
 the oi'lii'ina! Debenture: and if any I'ei^Is'eri'd J )ebi'nture U;. ;,,.,. n-cs. 
 Biiall be broug'ht to the said ]iegi.-tr<ir, \\'th the woi'd " caneel- 
 jed " Avritli'ii aeros-; its face over the si^'initui-eof 'he President 
 or Secretary of thesaid Compaiiv, then on 'he oaiii of (.)ne 
 creJible witness before the lie:::isirar, that such siuiiatui'e and 
 the wo)'d " cancelled " were written in his [>resence by the 
 I'resident or Secretary of the said Comiiany, tlie llej:;istrar 
 eliall nudce an entry of the cancellation of such Debenture in 
 the margin of the pji^'e oil which the same is n gi^te'red, and 
 the caiici'l'ed Delienture shall renniin of record in his oilice : Foes, 
 and the fee of the ]ieu'istrar for regis eiing any Debenture 
 tdiall hv Two Shi!ing>, and for entering the cancellation ol'any 
 Debenture One Shilling, and no more. 
 
 XXVin. And be it declared and enacted, That the Act A. t tr, V. c 
 passed in the present session, intituled, Tin Act to ,7/ij)oWi-r ant/'-''-'', "''j' ■'^- * 
 liailway Company whoin: li a iliO(Ay forms pari of the Main Trunk i^,','',*; j!), , 'j", ^•',',. 
 Line of Jiadwny througJiout thin Province, to unite with a?;//t,'oiuViny anu 
 otlnr such Company or to jjurchase the proixrty and liyhla^^y ••'•i' way. 
 of an 1/ suek Company, and to repeal, certain Acts, therein 
 iiicntionid inr<irp(/ratiny liailway Companies, and the Act of 
 this session amending the same, shall ajiply to the said jS'orth 
 Shore lialhvay Company and their liailway. 
 
 XXIX. And be it enacted, Thar this Act shall he a Public ^'"^1'" ^-^'t- 
 Act ; and that in citing this Act in any other Act, or in any ^j,^.. , ,,. 
 p'eading or judicial proceding, or in any contract or other 
 
xiv Cap. 100. St. Lawrence Horih Shore liailvmg. 10 Vict. 
 
 (locuincnt or iiistniincnt wliiitsocvcr, it sliiilllx'sullicientto uao 
 tlic fxprcftjiun " The Xorth Shore lluilway Act." 
 
 SCHEDULE A. 
 
 I'tHm OF UKRENTUKK 
 
 NORTH SIIOTIE RAILWAY, 
 
 No. & Steiliiij^ or Currency. 
 
 This Dehctiture wittit'ssetli tliat tlie Nortli Sliore Railway 
 Coiuj)any, under the authority of tlieir Act of Incorpoi'ation, 
 liave borrowed and received from the sum of 
 
 sterling {or currency) as a loan, to bear interest 
 at the rate of l)er centnni per annum, from the date 
 
 lieroof, the said interest payable half ycai'Iy on the 
 day of and the day of 
 
 in each year, at to the said or the 
 
 hearer of the ])roper interest coupon herennto attached : and th-it 
 tlie said Conii)any promise and bind themselves to pay the 
 principal sum so borrowed as aforesaid to the said 
 or the bearer hereof at on the di)y of 
 
 one thousand eight hundred and 
 
 If the Dehcnture is to carry a mortgage or hypothec say : 
 
 And for ihe due ])aymcnt of the said pritici}>al sum and inte- 
 rest, the said Company, under the authority of their said Act of 
 Incorporation, hereby mortgage and hy])othecate " the whole 
 of the Railway called the Mortli Shore Railway from its termi- 
 nus at Quebec to its terminus at Montreal, bothlerniini inclu- 
 Bive, and all the appurtenances thereof," or as the case may be. 
 
 In witness whereof, I the Tresident of the 
 
 said company, have lu'reunto set my liand and atHxed the 
 coujmou seal of the said Company, at the City of Quebec, on 
 the day of one thousand eight hundred 
 
 and 
 
 A. 13. 
 
 President. [l, r.] 
 
 C. D. 
 
 Secretary. 
 
 Jf the Dehmtiire he guaranteed hy any Municipal Corpo- 
 ration, say : " Guaranteed by {naine of Corporation). 
 
 J, ii. 
 
 Mayor, [l. s.] 
 Registered in the Registry" Office of the County of Quebec, 
 on the day of one tliousand eight 
 
 luuulred , on page of Book 
 
 E. F. 
 
 Registrar. 
 
IS Vict.— 1854. North Shore liaUway {Quehcc.) Cap. XT 
 
 CHAP. 31.— 18 Victoria. 
 
 An Act to ninciul the Act of Incorporation of the 
 Nortli isliore l^ailway Company. 
 
 [Assented to ISth December, 1854.] 
 
 "VirirEUEAS thouri^nnal suLscHption bck ef tlic Xnrtli '''■'■'^"''•'^■• 
 
 TT iSliurc liiiilwiiy Cdiiipaiiy, kept in (•(•iit'unuity with the 
 Act sixteenth Victoria, chapter one hundred, in('orj)oratin^ I ho 
 Coiiii)ai)_v above ineiitii)ned, was det^tniyed by Fii'i; on the 
 tliirtietli day of Dcceiidier, one thousand ei^ht hiindri'd and 
 fifty-three, and it is expedient to provide a remedy for the 
 inconveinences wlucli ini<j:ht ari^-e from such (U'strnetion ; And 
 Avhen as it is necessary to amend the Act above referred to: 
 I'e it tlierefore enacti'd by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty 
 by and witli the advice ami consent of the Lei^ishitive (Jouncil 
 an<l of the Legislative Asseiidjly of the I'l'ovince of Canada, 
 constituted and assembled by virtue of and under the autho- 
 rity of an Act ])assed in the Parhamcnt of the United ivini>dorn 
 of Great liritain and Ireland, and intituled, Ait Art (o reunite 
 the I'mvinces of Upper and Loioer Canada^ iind for the 
 Govei'mnent of Canada, and it is hereby enacted by the autho- 
 rity of the same, as follows : 
 
 I. AVithin the period of one month from and after tin.' parsing 
 of this Act, the Secretary of the Province shall affix the seal ■^""i"'*'"' 
 of the Province to and shall deliver to the North Shore Haihvav '")'>: "',""', 
 Comiiauy, the copy ot tlie said Stock or Sul)Scription J»ook, .niition ixxik 
 and the documents accom]»anyin<; the same, transnutted to to i.c iruulo 
 
 "' ' " ' "■ " '■ ■ • ... . , ...11 i: ,^J 
 
 said Secretarv of the Province, as being that transmitted tol"'iP"'^''« 't 
 him by the Clerk of the Citv of Quebec; and the said copvr'"^".':'' "'^'•^* 
 shall tlienceiorth be consulered to all intents and purposes as &c. 
 the orii);inal, and shall have the same fore and eifect ; and the 
 signature of any person, whose name shall be found to be 
 inscriljcd in the said copy as a subscriber or sharehohler, shall be 
 considered as haviiigbeen inscribed in the original book by tlie 
 said subscriber or s'sireholder, and in case of denial on thejjart 
 ofsuch subscriber or shareholder, it shall be sufficient in order 
 to prove the said signature or the number of shares subscribed 
 for by the faid subscriber or shareliolder, that the person or 
 persons whose name or names shall a])pear u])on the said cojw 
 as that or those of the witness or witnesses to the said signa- 
 ture, do declare under oath that the said subscriber or shire- 
 lio'der did place his signature or mark (as the case may be) in 
 the said original subscription book, or did subs(;ribe for the 
 said shares ; any law or usage to the contrary notwithstanding. 
 
xvi Cup. 3k North Shore liulbtmy (^Quebec.) IH Vic i.— 1S51. 
 
 ('oni|iMiiy II, It sliiill lu? liiuTiil '"ortlic PiiM (J(imi)aiiv ulioii tln-y sli;ill 
 
 III I ' 
 
 '11'^ . I)c ilifiH'iiiito iiiitli'iri/ccid at u sitcc ;il iii' utiiii; nf tliu rfliiU'fliol- 
 
 Slllllrs III (IT- , , . II 1 ,. 1 111 
 
 tain ..ih.r (U'l's, f(» he jiruviuii>ly cuImmI lorlluit i»iir|)(>nt', provMk'd alwavri, 
 iiii.lriiiikiiii,'. tliiit iit such iiH'ctiii;^ tliri'i' luiirtli* ot' siicli sliiU'-liaMcrs 
 ]»i\'sciit niiHt iis-oiit, to piircliiisc, taki', jiosscss ami sii!>s;Tii)ij 
 Ibi" s!ian.'H in any otlirr Railway (tr Strain to'-ry ('Hiii|)any 
 ncross tlio riviT St. I-awrencu, ut any imint hi'twci'ii C^uclxtcj 
 and Montreal iuelnsivc, \\\nm tlicv shall doctn it advanlaircons 
 to the intere.-ts ol' the said North Shore Iladway (JoMi|»aiiy, 
 VM;iii.rnii and the J)iri!eior3 of fhii said Conipiinv iiiav authorize one or 
 iiioi'c! person,-; to vott; ni respect ot the shares, at any .Meeting; 
 ol" such Kui'way or Steani-t'ei'ry (Jonipany as al'nresaid, in 
 ^\hi(•h till' sa'd jSorth Shore I!;iil\vay Company shall have so 
 taken shares. 
 
 h.f li bdiin s. 
 
 SlvIuL''^ Jll. lliennnil)er oftlie 1)1 vetors of tho Company >Iiall he 
 tiih Iv \ Avho shall from and after the tit'te nth day of the month 
 ol' .June next, he elected aninially at the i^-e'ieral nieetiui;' of 
 the stttekliolders, in the nninner and foi'm piovided in and i>y 
 the luiilio ty CLau.scH CunsoLulaUaa Act. 
 
 rip.t inicc- w_ 71^. T)ii'C(!tors nniy employ as paid Directors one or 
 ^'^ "*■ more of their numher. 
 
 fal I'i'm'Io' ^'' '''"*"" '^'"^ ''"''"' thoiiassiniirof this Act. no private hliare- 
 
 tl, ,,„,._ liolder shall he entitled to vote at any of the El ctions recpiired 
 
 or authori/ed hy the said Act, unless he shad have paid all 
 
 insialmenls called in aiul due at the da'e of the said meeting's. 
 
 r on? ()"-.! - yi. 'Ihe payment af snc^h instalments slirdl he authenticated 
 '"'""•'• '■■■ "'■l)y tlie certificate of the trea urei' ol'ihe said Company. 
 
 Pi ties u\ Y n. Any suhscriher who ^liall ne:^lect or refuse to ])ay one 
 
 If '. .'' Nui to. <"' ""^1"^ t)l" the instalments called in hy the said Com[)any, 
 shall be required so to do by notiricatiou in writiiiij^, under the 
 si;4nature of tlie Treasii er of ilio sahl Company, and the said 
 iiot'tication shall he lei't at the residence for the tinu' hein^' of 
 the said Shareholder, or at the domicile which he shall have 
 „,,' „. elecled at the time of siihscrlhinL!; : I'roof of service of such 
 
 ]!otitication shall hem;' le by the oath of the person serving.' iho 
 same. 
 
 riiiiiio Act. VIII. This Act shall be a Public Act. 
 
20 Vict. St. Maurice Rail may — Incnrporalim. Cap. IV,). xvii 
 
 CHAP. 1-19.— '20 ViCToniA. 
 
 An Act to iiicorporalo the St. Muurico J^iilway niid 
 Navigation Company. 
 
 \Assentul to Wth Juur, 1857.] 
 
 WIIKIiEAS cortaiii |»c-rt*oMs liavi' |ii'titioii(Ml tli;it an Ac-t i.,.,,.i„j1,k., 
 may bu passed luitluiri/.iiii; tlu'coiititnictioii of a Kailway 
 from soiiit' point ailjoinini; tin; Track of tliu Nortii Shore Hail- 
 Avav ('oMtpany at or iicarTIiietj-liiv ers, liL'riiiif't'r to ht- sclccrt'tl, 
 to the (Jrand IMIesoii the Uivei' St. Muurice where tlic Stt'am 
 Jsav'iiratioii of that liiver comnuMiccs, with powrr to run oiieor 
 more Steamei's on the navij^ahli; wa'ei's of tiuit Itiver ah(»ve the 
 said Cirand I'ilos, and the ri;,'iit <if carryinj^ ])assen<;or8 and 
 j^oods for hire ; And whereas a Kailway so eoiistrncti'd on the 
 said eonditions wonhl advance the eohuii/ation of the Valley 
 of the St. Maurice, and render avaihd)le the nnijfraiited I-an^H 
 of the Crown adjacent to the Kiver St. Mam-ice : Therefore, 
 Her Majest_y, hy and with the advie(! and consi-nt of the 
 Leijislativc Council and Aesembly of Canada, enacts aa 
 follows : 
 
 OIll'UlllV l!l- 
 
 I. Joseph Morrin, Andrew Stuart. Enjrenc Cliinic, Joseph ,.^_ 
 llamel, Jean Baptiste lic^nand, Charles AUeyn ami Olivicir (orjioniud. 
 Kohitaillo, The ilonorable Joseph (Jaiichon, Francois l.van- 
 turel, Fran5ois l'>aby, (leori^e Jlonore Simard, Georije O'kill 
 Stuart, Napoleon Casault, Jean El e Thibau(i can, all of Quebec 
 Ks([uires, and Joseph Edouard Turcotte, AntoiiH; Polettc 
 niul Aime Des Islets, of Three-Uivers, Es |uii'es, Sir (ieorije, 
 Simpson, of Montreal, Kniirht, Jactjues (Jlivier IJureau. of tlie 
 County of Kapierville, Esipiii't', and Louis Leon Eesieur 
 De-itiulniers, of the County of St. Maurice, E>quii'e, to^vther 
 with such other person or persons, Corporations and Munlci- 
 l)alities as shall under the provisions of this Aet, become 
 Shareholdors in the Com])anv herebv incorporated, shall be^, 
 
 1 1 1 1 • 1 i^. . "i 1*11. . Cort)0'(iti' 
 
 and are liercby ordained, c instituted a id declared to be a nam^ ainl 
 body corjiorate and politic by and under the name of the St. i>f'w<'vs. 
 Maurice Kailway and Steam Xavii^^'ation Company. 
 
 JI. The several clauses ui' the IJailway Clauses Consolida Ct rtaiu <\nn- 
 tion Act, with resi)ect to the first, s cond, third and fourth ^f*^ o' '•^' }'^ 
 clauses thereof, and also the several clauses of the said last^"*"' ^''i'"' 
 mentioned Act With respetjt to "■ Interpret ition, " Incorpo- «i(ii this Art 
 ration," " Powers," Plans and Surveys," " Lands and their 
 valuation," " lli^n'hways rind J}rid,i;-es," '• Fences," " Tolls," 
 " General Meetings," '' Directors their election and duties," 
 " Shares and their transfer," ''• Municipalities," '' Sharehol- 
 ders," " Actions for indemnity and tines and juMialties aMil 
 their prosecution," " Woikinu; of the Jlailway," and '' (ieiieral 
 Provisions," shall be incorporated with this Act, iuid slia'l 
 accordingly apply to the said Company and the said Uailway, 
 except only in so far as they may be inconsistent witii 
 the express enactinent« hereof ; and the expression " this 
 
xvlii Cjii). 14'J. *SV. Maurice liiiUway — Incorporation. 20 Vitrr. 
 
 Pruvlwo. 
 
 Act,'' when iisud h(!rein, kIiuU bo untU.'r>t()ticl to incliitlti tlio 
 jd'ovisiaiiH ot' tlic fiiiilwivy (Jliiuscs Coiis(*liilatii»ii Act which 
 iirti iiicuri»(»niti'il with thi» Act us utorcsaid. 
 
 I.iiit' «.( linii- jji 'I'lio Coinuany hon!l)V incori)(»ratcMl and thiir Sorvarita 
 
 ,.,l • and A;^fciitH Hhall liavo till! i>(twcr to lay out iind coiistnicl a 
 
 Jini'way liutwi'cn .such point connecting vith tiio line of the 
 
 Haiil Railway Company leading iVoni (^uchuc t<» Minitrcal, in 
 
 the Town ot" Three- lii vers, or on the Kat-t hank of the 
 
 St. IMaiirico, a.s they Hhall seh'ct, and tlie place callcil the 
 
 (irand I'iles or when,"ver heyond tiiat place the navigation of 
 
 the lliver St, Maiiiici! comnienccs, witii lull powtrri to pasa 
 
 over imy portiim of the ( ountry between the points :d'ore.>aid 
 
 and to (rarry the isaid luiilway tlii'oUi;-h the (Vown LainU 
 
 Towir to 11111 iyinij; between tlie name. The saiil Coniuaiiy t^hall ali^o liave 
 
 Mi'iiiiiriH i..r I',, II i,(,\v-er and authority to build purchase, hold, keel) and 
 
 lii'iKlit mid ' . •' ,, • 1 !>• i^'* ^f • 1 
 
 piisHciigiiH. '■"" ^"^' *^"" iiiore steamer.- on die ^anl Kiver ot. JMaunce aliovu 
 
 the said (Jrand I'iles on the iiiivi;4ai)le waters thiuxud", and 
 hhall be t nf ithul to charj^ h, fares and frei,i;'ht for ]>assen;^ers and 
 goods cai'ried on hoard tlie same; Provided always that the 
 Jiailwaya to be constructed under this Act shall liavc it.s 
 terminus in the Towti of Three- Rivers : and in case the i-aid 
 liailways shall he built on the east side of the River St. Mau- 
 rice, such Railways may be exti'iided to the ci»niliience of the 
 River St. Lawrence anil St. Maurice, on the l)ank of tlie latter 
 river. 
 
 lY. The Ca])ital of tlio Company hereby incorpnr,,tcd shall 
 be tw(» liK ".red thnuaand pounds currency (witli j)ower to in- 
 crease the bame in the manner provided by the Railway Clau- 
 ses Consolidation Act,) which said capital nhall bo raised in 
 thirty-two thousnnd shares of six pounds live sliillings each, 
 and every such shai'c shall entitle the propi'ietor on every 
 occasion when the votes of the shoreholders are to bu given, to 
 one vote for every such share. 
 
 V, From aud after the jiUFsing of this Act, the said Joseph 
 Morrin, A)idrew Stuart, Eufjcne Chinic, Josepli llamel, Jean 
 J>aptiste llenaud, Olivier Robitaille, The Honorable J( 'ph 
 Cauclion, Fraiu^ois Evanture', Francois Baby, Georgo llonoro 
 Siiiiird, Gcoi'ge O'kiil istuart, iS^apoleon Casault, Joan Elie 
 Thibeaudc^au, Sir George Simpson, Knight, Jacques Olivier 
 J]ure:iu, Lou's Leon Le»i(!ur Desaulniers, John McDougall, 
 Charles Alleyn, Joseph Edouard Turcotte and Antoine A. 
 Polette, and George Baily Ilouliston, shall be Provit-ional 
 Directors of the s;dd Company for carrying into ellect the 
 object and purposes of this Act. 
 
 Form of con- VI. Deeds and conveyances under this Act for the lands to 
 
 veyiiiics to ijQ conveyed to the said Company for the ])urposes of this 
 
 *'"'^'' "^'' Act, shall and niay, as far as the title to the said lands or 
 
 circumstances of the parties making said conveyance will 
 
 Capital. 
 
 Increase. 
 Sliari'K. 
 
 Votes. 
 
 Provisional 
 
 Directors 
 
 numud. 
 
1H.")7. St. Maurice /i'li'l in/ii/— /nmrpomtlon. C.\\t. 149. xix 
 
 iiiliiiit, lie m;ulr ill tin' tnriii ^ivcn in tliu Sclicilulc to tliis Act 
 
 iiiiiikfd A, lUid 111 llcj^isirais nw lnTcliy ivi|iiin!(l to ri';;itt- lli'^'intiutitm. 
 
 ti'i" ill tlii'ir r»'y;irttiy hookn hiu-Ii (KhmIs mm the |>pMliicfiou 
 
 tlieroof iuul proot ot' uvcfiitioii, wirliout any tiu-iiiori.-il, mid to 
 
 III iiiit(! t'Vi ry siK'li I'litiy (»n the deed, and tlu; saiil ('o iipany 
 
 eli;ill i»!iy till! UL'>;istnir tlu'ivlor t\v» bliiliiii^'s and eix penuo, ^''''■''• 
 
 iind ti'i iimru. 
 
 Vir. It eliall an<l may lie lawt'iil for the Provisional Diri'c Vii.unri.n 
 tui's tor tho ti:ii(' Ixfin^; ot'tiic said ('oinitiinv, or a niajority oi"''.'"""- l'""vi- 
 tlii'iii, t(» sii|i|)ly tlm j)lacc! or placc'i ol any *''''""' iniinln'r,,,,,, |„,^^.^,_ 
 troiii tinio to tim • dyiiii]^ or drclininif to act as tiich l'ro\ isio- piio.!. 
 Tial Director or Directors, out ot' theseveral siihsciiiiers tor 
 stock in their said liailway to the anioiint ol' one hiindiecl and 
 twonty-Kvo pounds ciirreiKry e ich diiiinj; the period of thuir 
 continnaiKH! in otHe.; ; and such I'rovir-ional Directors, except TowirM of 
 iiB liereinal'ter provided, .^hall he and tlu^y are herehy invested j'''"^i'<i"'"kl 
 with all tho powers, rinhts, priviley-en and indonuiitica, and " '" ' 
 they shall he and a'e herehy male siihject iinio the like 
 restrictions, as the elective Directors of tin; t^aid Company, 
 iipi>n their beiii^ (;lected by tho Stockolders of tho saitl 
 Company as hereinafter provided, would under the provisions 
 of th(! Railway Clauses C<iiisolidation Act and of this Act 
 become invested with or 8id;ject unto respectively. 
 
 Vlll. When and so soon as shares to nn amount ecjuivaleiit ''i'"' U'fu'nil 
 
 to fifty thousand i>ounds currency in the; capital stock *'f,"|'i!,'!!'','" '',•' 
 
 the said Company shall be taken, ami ten poiiii(ls ]»er centum i,j,.,,,.i,„.„ 
 
 thereon hhall have beiMi'paid into t^ome one of the (Jhart<'iH"d 
 
 J»aiiks uf this I'ruviiice, it ■■'hall a;id may behiwfiil tor the Pro- 
 
 vi?ional .Directors of the said Conii>any for the tinrj bi-in^' to 
 
 call a meet n^-, at the ('ity of (Quebec, of tin- subscribers for 
 
 stock there'll, and who have paid tc'ii per centum thereon as 
 
 aforesaid far the purpose of electiii<^ Directors of the said Com- 
 
 ])any : Provided always, that if the said Provisional Dii'ectors Proviso : in 
 
 shall ne_i;'lect or omit to call such lueetin;;', then the same may':""' "'"'"''<- 
 
 be called bv anv of the holders of shares in said Com|)anv ^'"V '" "!. 
 1 , ,. • •, , 1 . .1 I- • «uch mooting, 
 
 lloldIU^• anion:;' t hem not less than an anioint iMjuivalen' to live 
 
 thousand ])ounds currency ; and of any meetiii^to called by 
 
 the Provisional JJirectors, or by the sharehohlers as aforesaid, 
 
 public notici! for one miuith shall be <:;iven in at least two 
 
 news-papers, one ))ublisheil in English and one in French, at 
 
 Quebec, and in the Enu'lish and l'"reii(!h hum'ua^es in <ine or 
 
 two news-papers published in the Town of I'liree Ilivers, 
 
 immediately precedini; the time of siudi meetino; ; and Fjction of 
 
 at such i^eiieral meetinu' the shareholders assemliled, with such Dinctors. 
 
 proxies as shall be jireseiit, shall choose nine persons to be 
 
 Directors ot the said Company beini^ each a ]>roprietor of 
 
 shares therein to an amount not less than one hundred and 
 
 twenty-iive pounds currency, and shall also ])roceed to pass 
 
 such rules and rei^ulations and bydaws as shall seem to them 
 
 lit, provided they be not inconsistent with this Act, 
 
XX Cn]). 149. -67. Maxirice liaihoay — Incot poration . 20 Vict. 
 
 Tcimof oftice IX. The Diivcrtors so {vppoiiifcd or tlioso ap]K)inted in tlieir 
 
 etouil (at u iiicetiiii^ to \w Ciillcd for tluit ])ur}>osc; uiidtT tlie c-ii- 
 
 ditidiis i toi'L^aid) in ease of vacancy, shall remain in (jIUcl' for 
 
 OMc year, or until such time a< bhall he a]i])ointc(l by any l)y- 
 
 hiw (if the Conijiany, not excceditiji: the said term of a year ; 
 
 Aninml p'ni'-and the ^liarehohhT.s .--hall yearly in like iiianner at such time 
 
 rill moctiiigs and I laee as sliall be provided for by the l)y laws, meet and 
 
 elect Dii'i'ctors in the rodiii of those whose ]ieriud of olhce shall 
 
 have expired, and i;-enerally to transact the Ijusiness of 'he Com- 
 
 Spetial K'ue-pany ; but if at any time it should apj)car to any ten or more 
 
 ml lucttings. of such sliareholders lH)Idin«:' together one thousand shares at 
 
 least, that a 8}>ecial (-ienei'al Meeting of tlie Shareholders is 
 
 necessary lo be held, it shall be lawful tor such ton or more of 
 
 them to cause littcen days' notice at lest to bo i^ivcn thoreot", 
 
 in such newspapers as are here'nbefi>re provided, s])eci- 
 
 fyhij^ in such notice the time and i)laee, aiul the reason 
 
 Powers of and iutcution of sucli Special Meeting respectively and the 
 
 Kjiccial K'lii-glijuvholders are hereby authorized to meet p<.'rsuant to such 
 
 "^^'^^ '"^'"'notice and proceed to the execution of the i)owers by this Act 
 
 g-iven to them with respect to the matter so specified oidy ; and 
 
 all such acts of the shareholders or the majority of them at such 
 
 sj)eci!d meetings assembled, (Such majorit}' not having either 
 
 as principal or proxies less than five hundred shares) shall be 
 
 as valid to all intents and purposes as if the same were done 
 
 at xVnni'.al Meetiuirs. 
 
 a- 
 
 Directors to X. Ic shall and may be lawful for the Directors of the said 
 '■'^'^"!'''*'''i'*:^*'Com]iany for the time being, to inake, execute and deliver all 
 ^^c , '"'"^^gij^.]) j^^.,.ip j^^il j^],m.^.g (,(>,,(^i|j, j^j-^jj,^ ji„j j,][ ^\x^.\x bonds deben- 
 tures, mortgages, or other securities, as to the said Directors 
 for the time being shall from lime to time seem most expe- 
 dient for raising the ricces^ary cajutal for the time being autho- 
 rized to be raised by the said Company, or for raising any part 
 thereoT. 
 
 Bonds, &c'., XI. All bonds, debentures and other securities to be exe- 
 
 may bu P'l.v- cnted bv the said Railway Company may be payabh? to bearer, 
 able to bearer. . i,' i , , i i " ^ ' '\i •' ^-r- ,. i ., 
 
 and all sucii bonds, del)entures or other securities of the said 
 Company, and all dividends and interest warrants there. m 
 res])ectively, which shall juirport to be payable to bearer, shall 
 be assignable at law by delivery, and may be sued on and enfor- 
 ced by the respective bearers and owners thereof for the time 
 beini"' in their own names. 
 
 'ft 
 
 Qiioriim of XII. Any meetings of the Directors of the said Company, at 
 irectors. -wliic-h not less than five of such Directors shall be present, 
 shall be competent to exercise and use all and every o^ the 
 powers hereby vested in the said Directors. 
 
 Calls. XIII. Calls nuiy be made by the Directors of the said com- 
 
 Provisoiimit-P^'O' ^^^1' ^^1"-' ti^^"-' ^'"-'i'lft • Pi'ovidcd that no call to be made 
 ing calls. Upon the subscribers lor stock in the said Railway Company, 
 
1S57. St. Maurice Raihoay — / corporation. Cap. 149 xxi 
 
 shall ('xcoed the sum often ]ionnclt' per coiitnm ujxm the amount 
 sul)-<'i'ihe<l tnr hy the res}H'ctive sharelnhlcrs in the said Com- 
 ]iiin_v, and that tlie amount of any siu-h calls in any one year 
 ehall nut exceed iifty ])0'iiids per centum uiuin the Stock so 
 6ul)sciil)Ld ; I'l'ovidcd als^o, that upon theoccasion ot anv pci"- 
 gon or CorjKtration i)eeoinini^ a buhseiiher for Stock in thi' .saiil 
 Conip:'nv, it ^>hall ami may he lawful for the Provisional and l''"viso : tm 
 others D'ir. ctors of the said Comi)any for the time heiu'^to d,.. l"!--'»t,t<'l'« 
 nianu and receive to and tor the use ot the said l.oinpany tlie.sriiliiiig &c, 
 sum of ten ])ounda ])er centnui upon the; amount so hy such 
 pe!'s<jn or Corporation resiiecitivcly sulisci'ihed, iind the amount 
 of such cal'.s lis shall have aliedy heen made ]iayahle in res- 
 pect of the stock then already suhscrihed, at the time of such 
 j)erson or cori)oration respectively suhscrihing for stock. 
 
 XIY. And in order to aid and encourage the said IJailway oh'' million 
 aiid the navigation of the St. Maurice, P>o it enacted, that one'""' '^ ''."" ^ 
 
 Ml* J.' -i 1 1 j.\ 1 I'll .111 ..aires ot wiisto 
 
 million live hundred thousand acres ot tlie ungranted lainis ot i.,,,,]^ ,,, i„, 
 the Crown in the neiirhhoiirhood of said River St. ^Iiiurice as-iiiiitrdtotlio 
 
 close to the said Kailway as may be, shall be and are hereby ^'"'!'l"»"y<"i 
 set aside for tlie purposes of this Act, and -whenever the '""ii'd ' |'|.'|j||,'^'jj'^. 
 Railway shall he iU'tually completed in a good and perma- Kui^vay uiul 
 nent manner witli Stations, rolling Stock and other ajipur- niiiiiinj; thu 
 tenances suthcleiit for flu; ])roj)er working thereof, then upon ''''■'•■'""^■''•''• 
 thi; reptu't of some skilled engineer whom the Governor sliall 
 ap[)oint for that purpo.se, and the approval of such report by 
 tluiGovei'iior in Councii,and U])on satisfactory evideiute that the 
 said Company is proprietor of one or more steamers suitetl for 
 the navigation of the St. Maurice, on the said river, and on the 
 Coni]iany giving a bond To the satisfaction of the Insjiector 
 General to run such steamer and to ke']i open the said Railway, 
 there shall be granted to the said Company, by the Governor 
 in Council, one million five hundred thousand acresof nngran- 
 ted lands of the Crown lying as near as may be to the said 
 liailway, and the said navigable waters of the St. Maurice; 
 and siich grant shall be a free grant, and the Comi)any shall 
 liave full power to alienate the lands so granted, and to deal 
 wiih the same in such manner as they may think ]>roper ; 
 Trovided, always, that such grant shall be of tracts of ten miles I'loviso : 
 front by tweifty in deptii, alternating with other ♦^'•fn.-ts(;,'';|'|^^*'^'iJ'';^"f 
 to be resei ved for Public Lands ; and the Directors of the said „at'iii^^ with" 
 Company ma_y, subject to the aforesaid conditions, pledge its liind.s r, s( rv- 
 in'erest in such lands as security for any sum necessary t(j"'''- 
 construct the said Railway and works, or to build or purchase 
 the said steamer or steamers. 
 
 XV. Tlie said North Shore Railway Company shall have company 
 the I'ight of amalgamating with the sa'd St. Maurice Rail- imi) unite 
 way and Steam Navio-ation Com]»any, as one Com])aiiy, v'"',"'*', 
 within one year tr-m the })assing hereot ; and as tar as the]';iiiwiiy 
 same shall be necessary to such union and to all ])roceed- Comimny. 
 ings previous or subsequent thereto, the provisions of the Acts 
 
xxii Cap. 141). St. Maurice R dlwny — Incorporatkn. 20 Vict. 
 
 ]iat<sc'd in tlio sixtccntli verii- of llcr ^rajc-sty's Roiii^ni, and 
 
 Aftp IGV ff. cliaplxTcd, resjicctivcly, tliii'ty nine and suv(,'nty-,si\, sliall apjily 
 
 3'Jiiiul7o, to -i^ fully .(^ t,» tlio Railways and Jiaihvay Coniiianics lliereiii 
 
 ^''^' mcntioniMl : Provided always, that whenever the Directors of 
 
 the iS'drth Sliore liailway CunipaTiy shall (within one year from 
 
 the pai^sinsj^ of th's Act) have decided to amalgamate that (Jom- 
 
 jiany with the Saint Maurice llaihvay and Navigation Coin- 
 
 ]iany, juul two thirds of the votes of the shareholders of the said 
 
 jS'orlh Shore Jii ilway Conqtany i)resei)t,in person or hy ])rnx!es, 
 
 at a o'eiieral meetini'- called expressly for that ])iu'pose in the 
 
 manner ])rovi(le(l by the eii^litli Section < f this Act^ shall have 
 
 ratilied the above decision of the saiil Directors, then the said 
 
 tAVo Oompaines shall by virtue of such ratiiicaticju be ipso facto 
 
 amai^'aniated, without any action or assent on the jiart of the 
 
 St. Maurice Jiaihvay and Steam Xavi^'ation Comi>any, and 
 
 shall b('c,om(! one and the same Cor|)otation and Company, 
 
 nnder the title of the Noith Shore and St. Manrice Railway 
 
 and Naviiratioii Com]iany, and the Directors and I'rovisional 
 
 Directors (if any) of the two Com[>aniesso am:dn'ainated, shall 
 
 be the Diiectors of the Company formed out of the said 
 
 amal_<ramated Com]ianies, until the tlum next election of 
 
 Directors which shall be made on the day ap]iointed for the 
 
 then next general meeting of the Xorth Sliore llaihvay 
 
 Company for the election of Directors, according;' to the provi- 
 
 Proviso • ill sioiis of the Act incorjjorating that Company : Provided 
 
 casi^ (if niiial- further, that (in case of such alimiyamation beiiiir decided 
 
 ^oiiaasioii, u])on) befoi'e such amaliraniation shall be iinalb' etfected, any 
 
 Kii.ui' loKi.'i-s j^lim-eholders in the Companv hereby incorporated who nuiy 
 
 WIlO (ll) nut, . 1 ^ " I ■' 1 II J. T ^^ 
 
 jijipiovc till'- rerufC to consent to such aimil^'amatioii, sliall tirst be repaid 
 rcdf limy re- all moneys by them paid "W th.eir Stcck, with interest, and 
 *^^''^'' sluill thereupon cease to hold any Stock or interest therein ; 
 
 And the ])roceeds of the said Crown hands if sold, (»r the rents, 
 issues and profits thereof, ii^' retained, shall be ai»i)lied to the 
 construction of the Railways of the said amal^-amated Com- 
 pany and to no other ]Mirpot:e whatsoever, imtil the whole 
 Jvailway line of the said amalifamated (Jompany shall be 
 completed. 
 
 Company XVi. And whcrc IS it may be necessary for the said Coni- 
 
 iiiuv a((|iiiro p;uiv to possess n'ravel ])its and lands contaiiun<i' (leiiosits of 
 
 land (itl tluii'' •' 1 ^ 11 1 1 i' .. i- 1 ^1 i. 
 
 Ljn,> ,,t' ];;ii].ii;i'avel, as well as lands tor stations and otlier purposes at 
 
 wayii.iVravLl convenient places along the line of Ilailway for constructing 
 
 ])its for lial- and keei)ing in repair and for carrying on the business of 
 
 uist, jcc. ^|j^ ^,^jj j».^ii^\-.jy^ jijij ^s such gravel [lits and deposits cannot 
 
 at all times be procured without buying the w' ile lot of land 
 
 whereon such de])osits may be found, — It is therefore enacted, 
 
 that it shall be lawful for the said Com|)any and they are 
 
 liereby authorised, from time to time to puri_hase, have, hold, 
 
 take, receive, nse and enjoy, along the line ol' the said Railway 
 
 or s.])arated therefrom, and if separated therefrom, then with 
 
 the neces!;ary right of way tlU'reto, any lands, tenements and 
 
 hei'editanien'ts which it shall pleaee Iler Majesty or any per- 
 
1857. St. Maurice liaihoay — Incorporation. Cap. 149. xxiii 
 
 son or person^!, or bodies politic, to give, grant, sell oi convoy 
 
 unto, and to tlie usit of or in any trust for tlie said Company, •■ 
 
 their successors and assigns, and it shall and may be hiwt'ull 
 
 for the said Company to cstabl' h stations or workshops on 
 
 any of sucli lots or blocks of land, and from time to time by 
 
 deed of l)arirain and sale or otherwise to grant, bai'gain, sell or 
 
 convey any portions of such lands not necessary Xo be retained 
 
 for giavel i)its, sidings, bi-anches, wood-yards, station grounds 
 
 orwoikshops, or for effectually re])airing. n\ninta'ning and 
 
 using to the greatest advantage, the said Railway and other 
 
 works connected therewith. 
 
 XVir. The said Railway i^hall be co;miien('ed within twoCoininmrc- 
 years and completed within live years aftt r the itnssing of this""'"', '"'.'^ , 
 Act, and nnlcss commenced and coinplcted within tlie said ,^.,„.i^^ 
 several ])eriods, all rights to the said grands of land shall 
 cease, and it shall in either of such cases be lawful to pass an 
 Act incorporating aiiotlu-r Comj^aiiy to construct tlie sa'd 
 liailway from Three- Rivers to tiie navigable waters of the 
 liiver St. Maurice as aforesaid. 
 
 XVIII. The Interpretati.ni Act shall apply to this Act, ainU'i'l'l't: Act. 
 this Act shall be deemed a Puljlic Act. 
 
 SCHEDULE A. 
 
 Know all men by these presents that I, {insert 
 
 the name of the wife also, if sho is to release lur dower, or for 
 any otJur reasoJi, to join in the coiiveyancc) do hereby in consl- 
 deratit>n of paid to me, (or, as the case may 
 
 he) by the St. Maurice Eailway, and Steam Navigation Com- 
 pany, the receipt whereof is hcrel)y acknowledged, grant, bar- 
 gain, sell, convey, and confirm unto the said St. Maurice Itaib 
 way and Steam Navigation Company, their successors and 
 ass ngs, for ever, all that certain parcel or tract of land situate 
 {describe the land) the same having been selected and laid out 
 by the said Company for the purpose of their llaihvay ; to have 
 and to ' a\ the raid land and premises tfigether with ever) thing 
 appei.aining thereto, to the sa'd St. Maurice Jiailway and 
 Steam Navigation Company, their successors and assingns for 
 ever, {if there be doiver to /m' released, add) audi, {name the 
 wife) hereby release my dower in the ^jremises. 
 
 Witness my hand (or our hands) and seal {or Seals) this 
 day of , one thousand eight hundred 
 
 and 
 
 A. r>. (L. p.) 
 C. D. (u s.) 
 Signed, sealed and delivered 
 in the i)resence oi' 
 O.K. 
 
xxiv Ciii>. 6i). N. Shore Ihdhoay, Name Changed. 22 Vicr. 
 
 CHAP. 56.-22 Victoria. 
 
 An Act to chanjfc the nanu* of the North Shore Rail- 
 way and St. Maurice Navigation Company, 
 
 I'rciiiiilih 
 
 {^Assented to 'iUh July, I808.J 
 
 ^T7"nEREAS Avitli the view of'ficilitii'in<>j tlie oi)orations 
 tT and tlie 8alo of the btook of tlio A'orlh Sliorc Kailway 
 and St. Maurice Xaviij,'ati(jn Company, in acconlancc with 
 the Petition of the Directors of the aniali;'ainated Coinjiany 
 formed hy virtue of the Act liereafter m-iitioiuMl, it is 
 de^irahle tiiat the iianio of the Paid auiali;'amated Company 
 shuuM he chaiiijed : Therefore, Ilcr Majesty, l)y and witli tlie 
 a'ivici; and consent of tlie JA'i;'ishitive Council and Assembly 
 of Cainida, enacts as follows : 
 
 Namoofrom- 1. From and after the pa-sini>: of this Act, the Xortli Shore 
 rlmnr'd'^ Pailwav and St. Maurice jSaviiration Company shuU he 
 named and known as the iVo/th Shore Rnihoay and St. Man- 
 rice Navigation and Land Company., and the said last nauje 
 shall hereafter 1)0 the only name which the siud Company 
 shall have, and shall ri'j)Iace ils present name, any tiling- in 
 the Act ])asscd in the twentieth year of Her ]V[ajesty''s reign, 
 chaj)fere(l one hundred and forty nine, to the contrary iiot- 
 Hrnv tlio free withstand int;' ; And the free irrant of a million and a half 
 Kraiitoflaml .^.p^s of land provided hy the said Act, shall he ^rninted to the 
 ,!.'.„,■', L'!"i' said Comi)anv, in such alternate blocks within the water-shed 
 made. or the St. JMaurice, as the (.lovernor m Council nuiy 
 
 ^ ^^^ direct : Provided always, that nothini,^ contained in this Act 
 
 not t()'invaH-''^"i'^ prevent any Py law, (d)liu'ation or otiier document what- 
 (liitiMitiv i)i\)-so(!ver, made, ])assed or executed before the ])fissiii^ of this 
 (■('.(liii-s liy ^Y^.^^ QY t],y pi-()cee<lings with reference to any Pydaw be^un 
 or 111 n ^p^•(.• |j,.|-^)j.^ j^,j(| concluded subseouently to the passing- of this Act, 
 
 to said Coin- , , . • ,■ i- i -\r i Tm dm i 
 
 pany iiiulrr ni relation to or m tavoi' oi the JNortii SlKjr.- liaihvay and 
 
 foniur iiainc. St. Maurice Xaviojation Company, from havino- as full and 
 
 complete effect as though the name of the North Shore Hailway 
 
 and St. Maurice Navigation and Land Company were inserted 
 
 therein. 
 
 Dayofaniinal 2. And whereas it is expedient to fix the day upon whi(di 
 Dint'tilrs' ^'"^ Election of the twelve Directors of the said amalgamated 
 Company shall take place, Pe it therefore enacted, that from 
 and after tlie ])assing of this Act, the said Election of such 
 twelve Directors of the said amalgamated Company, shall 
 take ]>lace annually on the twenty-eigth day of June, or should 
 that day be a Suiulay or legal holiday, ou the following day 
 not being a Sunday or holiday. 
 
 I'liiiiit Alt. 3. This x^ct shall be deenud a Public Act. 
 
1861. Canada Central Railway Co. Cap. 80. xxv 
 
 CAP. 80.— 24 Victoria. 
 
 An Act (*) to incorporate tlic Canada Central Kail- 
 way Company, anil to ameiui the Act, intituled : . 
 An Act to j)roviJc for and encoiirn<re lh»: construction of 
 a Railway from Luke Huron to Quebec. 
 
 [Assented to ISlh May, 1861.] 
 
 WTTEliEAS it lins heon fouiul that the ooiiistnicfion of tlio J>,.^.^„ll,le, 
 Railway aiitliorizud by the Act ))as.sed in the niiieteentii 
 ami twentieth years (if Iter Majestx "h liiMgn, intitiih'cl : •' A/t ly-jo v. cap. 
 A ci to provide for and encourage the conatr action of n Railw ly 1 1 -'. 
 from Lal'e Huron to Qnehec., has l)een attended with ditricnlty 
 in cunseqnence (,'f the want of a cun(;entrafe<l intert'st thei'ein ; 
 And whereas it is expedient to extend and amend the said Act 
 and ti) eliann'e tlie name of the Compiinv : aiul whereas eei'tain 
 persons have, by their petit i(,)n, re[»]'esented tliat tiie vast eonn- 
 try extendin<^ throng-h tlie interior of tliis I'rovinee is wdadly 
 witliout railway eoiiinninieation, and wonld he <;reat]y l)ene- 
 lited if o[)ened up thereby ; and wliereas the said persons liave, 
 in their said ju'tition, ])rayed to be incorporated for llie said 
 j)Ui'poses, and for tlie [lurposes of tht; said recited Act, nnder 
 tlie nameof tlie Canada Central Railway Com[>any : Therefoi'c, 
 ller Majesty, by and with the advice andcotisent of the Legis- 
 lative Council and Assembly of Canada, enacts as follows : 
 
 1. Nicholas Sparks, John Sn])ple. Alexander Mcintosh, J;^™!^^^!^^?;^'"- 
 Christopher Armstrong, William (JWIeara, P. Pearson Ilairis, ""'*"''"' 
 Thomas Langrell, Peter A. Kglison, William Jiio. Wills, J. R. 
 Mongenais, Joseph llinton, Robert Ci'aig, dames l)ryke, James 
 Goodwin, Francis Clemow, James Leamy, John Porgie, James 
 
 Skead, Alexander Scott, J. M. Curriei-, John W. Lonx, Richard 
 
 W. Scott, and William PriMlei'iek Powel, Es(piires, ^\•ith all 
 
 such other persons, Corporations and Municipalities as shall 
 
 hecoiueShareholdert! in the Company herein- constituted, shall 
 
 he, and they are herehv ordaineil, constituted and declared a,, , 
 
 hody Cor[)orate and Politic, by the name ot the '' Canada ji,ime. 
 
 Central Railway Company." 
 
 2. The first, seccnd, third and eleventh sections of the said ^J'"*^|'^^^^P;^''« 
 Act cited in the Preamble of this Act, in so far as they are*,\2 npciiicd^-' 
 inconsistent with the jirovisions of this Act, and so much otiunl the luw ' 
 any other section theieofor of any other Act, as is inconsistent *^'"""l'''"y 
 
 (*) This Act is iiitrndiucd to slmw tlic relatinus of tlic Xvrth Shore Fnihiai/ 
 til till' Cuniida Cenlral Railu-dii, aii'l tlic cniiititioiis on wliicli the tuiiucr is 
 cutitlcil to receive the Laud Uraiit of l,20O/)OO acres herein apiiropriated in 
 its aid. 
 
 The Act of 19-20 Victoria nientione<l in tlie Prcainhli', is entire]}' siijierse- 
 ded by this Act, and its provisions hftvu no force in this connection. 
 
xxvi Cap. 80, Canada Central Railway Co. 2-i Yict. 
 
 Hiibstitut.'d -with this Act are hereby rcpcalef], and the said Canada 
 
 tor tii(is<; Central Kailway Coinnany is hereby declared to b(; in tlio 
 
 it jila(;e and stead ot tlit; (y(jini)anies tlierem named ; except 
 
 as regards the IJrockville and Ottawa Railway Company, 
 
 Exceptions.' tlio Carillon and(irenvillc Railway Company, and the Xorth 
 
 Shore Railway Comjiaiiy therein named, which !a^i^ mentioned 
 
 Companies, to^'etlier with the Canada Central Railway ('om- 
 
 pany. shall liereat'ter be entitled to all the benelits, franchises 
 
 and pi'ivilcii^es priuitcd by the above cited Act, except in so tar 
 
 as they are by this Act altei'ed, and all the remaining clanses 
 
 and i)rovisio!isof the said recited Act, not inconsistent witli this 
 
 rioviso fis t()^\(,j^ shall be the ?amc as if incorporated herewith ; providtd, 
 
 Ihtowu'liai'l-'*^^^''''}''^' ^^''•'^ ''^ conformity witli tlu; A(!t twenty-third Vi(^toria, 
 
 way. chapter one hnndred and eight, whenever the JVIontreal and 
 
 Bytowu RHilway Company i-; mentioned in the said Act, the' 
 
 provisions referring thereto sliall be lield to apply to tlie Carril- 
 
 lon and Grenville Railway Company; p)rovided also, that the 
 
 Troviso as to-^'^''*^'' ^^liore Railway Company, mentioned in this Act, means 
 
 Nortii Shore tlieNortli Shore Railway an(l St. Maurice Navigation and 
 
 Railway. Land Company. 
 
 rrovisions of 3^ All the provisions of the Railway Act shnll be incorpo- 
 to'tiPi'iv^ * rated Avith this Act, save in so far as "they maybe iuconsisttMit 
 with any express enactment herein contained. 
 
 Line of Rail- 4-. Tlio Company may lay ont, construct and finisli a double 
 way defined, or single track of Railway from sncli j-oint on Lake Huron as 
 may be found best adapted for the purpose to the City of Otta- 
 wa by way of Pend)roke and Arni>rior, and from the City of 
 Troviso. Ottawa to the City of Montreal ; Provided, always, that with- 
 out the consent of tlie Directors of the said Canada Central 
 Railway Company, the Carillon and Crenville Railway Com- 
 ])any shall not luive jv^wer to construct the section of the said 
 Railway between ILiwkesbury and Ottawa until the expiration 
 of tliree years from the ])assing of this Act, nor afterwards if 
 tlu! Canada Central Railway Comi)any shall have commenccdj 
 and shall proceed with the construction thereof. 
 
 The Company 5_ Tj^^ Comijany hereby incorix)ratcd, the said North Shore 
 
 and eertam t) m f^ i.i r^" mi i /i 01 d m r^ 
 
 others may Rf^^iway Coinpiauy, the Card on and Crrenvule Rauway Coin- 
 amalgamate. p:T.ny) ^y X\\^t nauie or inider the corporate name of the 
 Ottawa Valley Railway Company, or any two of them, lying 
 contiguous to each other, may, if they deem it advisable, unite 
 together as one Com[»any ; and such union may be made by a 
 deed of agreement betwcicti the Compsmies so amalgiunating, 
 fiist approved of by resolutions ]>assed respectively at meetings 
 of the Stockholders of such Companies specially called for the 
 Decdofamal-pxirpose ; And such deed nhall specity the name to be used 
 gama ion. ^^ ^j^^ corporate name of siu;h anuilgamated Company, which 
 shall be the name of one of the Companies so amalgamathing, 
 and shiill be valid and binding upon all persons and parties 
 concerned ; — and upon such amalgamation, the new Company 
 
1861. Canada Central Raiboay Co. Ciij). 80. xxvii 
 
 thereby formed .sliall t'urthwitli cause tlie fact of such amalifain- N«w numc, 
 utidii Hiid the ciii-purate Uiiine tlicrchv assumed to he advertized "m;''\':"1 
 Ill llic Caiiuita (jnuuttc ; and tiiereiipoii tlie m-w bDinpaiiv shall 
 liave all the rights, powers, claims and ])riviie<^es, and sliall be 
 .subjeet to all the duties and ohli^atiuiis eunl'ened u))()n or hehl 
 by the C(jm])aiiiesso amal^'amatiiii;'or to which such Companies 
 were subjected by their Acts of ineurporatioii. 
 
 G. And for the better adjustment of the ])ro])()itions cf the Division of 
 
 said several (Jompaiues in the lands a]>proi)riated and set apart""" '•'•"'I'* "!'- 
 • 1 I'll • 1 !• i- ii •! 1 ^^1 \ i. 'i. I • ii iiroruiiitril iiy 
 
 ill aiu oi the said hue or l>,auway by tlie Act cited in the pre- j, ,_'.,„ yj,. . 
 amble of this Act, it is hereby enacted that they shall be re:;'n- w:, uiuoii),' 
 lated as follows, to wit : setiinii; a])art in aid of the said Nortii f^'-vi nil Com- 
 8hore Railway Company three tenths thereof, and divichnj;-'"''""''^" 
 the remainder thereof into as many ])arts as there are miles in 
 distaiiee between Montreal and the extreme Xcnih Western 
 terminus, which could be reached by the main line of any 
 of the live Com])aiiies mentioned in the second sub-section 
 of the third section of the said Act, under their respective Acts 
 of incorporation, namely, the V^illa_:;e of Pembroke, and ai)j)ro- 
 ])riatin<; one such part thereof t(j each and every mile of 
 such distance in aid of the construction thereof ; Provided, i'roviso. 
 always, tliat the ])ower8 of the said Xortli Shore Jiailway 
 Company, the Brockville and Ottawa Kailway Company, and 
 of the Carillon andGivnville Railway Company, in respect of the 
 j)ortions of the said line of Railway which tlujy are empowered 
 to construct by their respective Acts ofincorporation and by the 
 Acts in amendement there(»f, shall not be abiid^xd by the pro- 
 visions hereof exee])t in so far as they are abridi;'ed by thej)ro- 
 viso in the fourth clause of this Act ; and provided, also, that I'loviso. 
 in the coiiii)utatiun of the said distance the line of Raiway eon- 
 temi)lated by the Act cited in the i)reaiiible to this Act, shall 
 be followed as nearly as may be in conformity with the third 
 clause thereof, but without refen.'ncc to the })arts therein esta- 
 blished ; cxcei)t that the distance between Yaudieuil and 
 llawkesbury shall also be computed as part of the said distance, 
 and that no portion of the Grand 'i'miik luiilway, of which any 
 of the said Companies shall a vail themselves to reach Muiitreai, 
 shall be held to form a portion of the distance for which said 
 Company sliall be entitled to aid under this Act ; Provided, I'lovi.so. 
 always, tlrd if, within live years from the ]jassiii<f hereof, the 
 Brockville and Ottawa llailway CNjinpany shall jn'oceed with 
 and corapk'te the construction of the portion olthe sdd liail- 
 Avay lyinfi; between Arnprior and Pembroke, they shall be 
 entitled to all the privileges in res])ect of the said appropria- 
 tion, to which the said Canada Central Railway Company 
 M'oiild l)e entiled under the ])rovisions of this Act on con- 
 structing the said portion of the said liailway ; and provided, I'loviso. 
 also, that in the event of the Canada Central liailway Com- 
 pany failing to construct the said ])ortion of the said Ri/rway, 
 between the City of Ottawa and Vaudreuil or any jnirt thereof, 
 vitliin live years from tlie j)assing hereof, the Vaudreuil Itail 
 
xsviii Cap. SO Cctnada Ceydral Ro.ilvmy Co. 21- Vrcr. 
 
 way Corn{)aii_v, iindur its Act of incorporation, wliicli sliull 
 continue to be in j'nrco, shall have the rii?ht to cimstnict tho 
 same, and thcrcii])oii shall have all the privilci^'t-rf liercbv con- 
 fciTcd !i|)(ni tlu! Canada Criitral liaihvaj Company in re^'peet 
 oflliot-aid portion thereof. 
 
 Fomi an.l n- /j. Deeds aiul (^mveyanocs, nwder this Act, for the lands to 
 J)c.(ls under be conveyed to the said Coni|)any tor tiieiturposes ot this Act, 
 tliiH Act. sIihII an<' may, as tar as tlu' title to the said lands or the cir- 
 cnnistanees of the parties makinij such conveyance will admit, 
 be made in tlie foi-m ,:L;ivcn in the Schedule annexed to this Act, 
 marked A ; and all ri'iiisti'ars are herelty re(iuired to reijister 
 such Deeds in their Ke<;-istry Books on the ])rodu(!tioii thereof 
 nnd i»roof of execution, without any memorial, and to minuto 
 every such entry on the DccmI ; the said Com|)aiiy are to pay 
 the lie,t;istrar for so duin«^ the sum of two shillings and six 
 pence and no more. 
 
 tons iimiiL'cl' S' J<*l"i W. Loux. Kobcrt Craig, James Skead, Richard "\V. 
 Scott, Jleni'Y W. McCann, -Fohn JVrcKay, dolm Supple, Joseph 
 llinton, AVil iam Frederick Powell, Coll. McDonall, Jolm 
 Forgie, Pi'ter A. Eglison, AVilliam F. Lewis, William Dean 
 and d. B. Mongenais, are herc^by constituted and appointed the 
 lirst Directors of the Com])any, and, nntil otliers shall be named 
 as hereinafter provided, tluill constitute the P>oard of Directors 
 
 Their powers, of tlie Company, with ])ower to till vacancies occuring thereon, 
 and to associate with themselves thereon not more than tliree 
 other persons, who, on l)eing so named, shall become and bo 
 Directors of the Company equally with themselves, to open 
 Stock Pooks, to make a call upon the shares subscribed therein, 
 to call a meeting of the Subscribers thereto, for the election of 
 otliers Directors as liereinafter provided, and with all such other 
 powers as under the liailway Act, are vested in snch Board. 
 
 First K'^fral 9. So soon fis one tenth of the capital stock shall have been 
 
 ul*?*'!'^n'^- •''^ibscribed, and not less than five per cent of the anujunt 
 
 iuid'li!"tion ^iibscribed shall have been paid in and deposited in some 
 
 of iJirettors. Cliaitcred Bank to the credit of the Coni])any, it shall bo 
 
 lawful for the said Directors, or a majority of them, by public 
 
 notice, to be given at least thirty days previous in the 
 
 Canada GnzeMi\ and in one or more news])apf'rs published 
 
 in the Cities of Montreal and Ottawa, to call a first General 
 
 Meeting of the Shareholders, at such time and place as 
 
 they shall think proper ; and, at such Meeting, and at every 
 
 Annual General Meeting of the Company thereafter, there 
 
 shall be elected not less than seven nor more than ten Directors, 
 
 to serve nntil the next Annnal General Meeting, and nntil their 
 
 successors are ap])ointed, and at every snch Meeting, each 
 
 Munhhiiil Municipal or other Corporation, holding Stock to the amount 
 
 Corporntidu of twenty thousand dollars or more, and not being in arrear for 
 
 holding stoik any call thereon, nniy either take part in such election as an 
 
 ordinary Shareholder, or may abstain from so doing ; and each 
 
ISCl. Canada Central naUvmy Co. Cap. 80. xxi'x 
 
 snch Corporntioii, as .sliall so abstain, may. citlior tlicn or at 
 any titno tlit'roiit't(.'i', hy I'.y-Iiiw in that Itt-lia!.. name onecitlici* 
 DiiTctor, wlio ii('('<l not liinisclf ln' a SliarclioUliT, to serve fur 
 tile iil<e term — tliC! tliirty toui'tii ami h''venty-eii;ht]i sections ut" 
 tlie liaihvay Aet being in thia belialf liereby BUpuiscded. 
 
 10. Tlie Directors may require, pliould they de'iii it desira- '''" i""' " "t 
 ble, all |>arties eiibscribin;^ for stock in the said Company to J."^-^j^';'[^.jj'''''' 
 ])ay a (U'lmsit of not more than ten per ('(nt thereon ; the 
 
 amount of sneh deposit shall be (leci<led by tlu' i>oard of 
 Directors, and fntnro calls lor instalments shall at no one time Instulnunts. 
 exceed live per cent, nor shall more than one call be made 
 ■within thirty days. 
 
 11. No ])(>rs(.n shall be (pialified to be elected sncli Director '"'"'■'l !''"'•'"" 
 by the Shai'eholilei-s, unless he be a shareholder holdint^at^ 
 
 least ten shares of stock in the Company, and has pai<l all 
 calls thereon. 
 
 12. The Annual General Meetin_i,'8 of the Company shall be Anmi.il puc 
 held thereafter on the first Wednesday in the month of June'"' ""■'■I'"""- 
 yearly, or on such other day as shall be appointed by any By- 
 law of the Comiiaiiy, and, at such place and h(»ur iis hy snch 
 
 By-law shall be appointed ; and pid)lie notice thereof shall be 
 ijiven at least thirty days, previously, in the Canada (rczdte 
 and in one or more newspapers published in the Cities of Mont- 
 real and Ottawa. 
 
 13. Every proprietor of shares in the said Company shall be*'"" ^'^*'' ^^"^ 
 entitled on every occasion when the votes of the members of^"' ' ^ *'"*'• 
 the said Canada Central llaihvay Company arc given, to one 
 
 vote for every share held by him. 
 
 14. At all meet"n<i:s of the Company, the Stock held by "^'"*''f |'f 
 Mmucipal and other Cori)orations mav be reiire.-cnted bv such ;, '''""'1';. ., 
 pei'son as they snail have rcsi)ectively ap])iiinte(l m that l)eliait 
 
 by By-law, and such ])erson .-hall, at such meeting, be ^'"titled p,.yxj^,3 
 ecpnilly with other Shareholder.-^, to vote by proxy ; and no 
 Shareholders shall be entitled to voteon any imv'ter whatever shaiihoidcis 
 lanless all calls due on the stock held by such Shareholder shall in arrears nut 
 have been j<aid up at least one week before the day apiiointed "^^ "^'"'^'-'• 
 for snch meeting. 
 
 15. From and after the firrt General meeting of the Com- DiroctoM. 
 pany, the Directors so chosen as al'oiesaiti by the Shareholdt rs 
 
 as aforesaid, and the Directors representing Corjiorations as 
 aforesaid shall form the I'oard of Directors of the Company ; 
 and if any vacancy shall occur by death, resignation or othei- vacande.s, 
 wise, among the ])irectors of the former class, a majority of the ij'^ to bu 
 reniiiining members of the Board nuiy elect any (|Uiilitied Shari'- ' 
 holder to till the same ; and if any vacancy shall occur among 
 the Directors of the latter class, theCor]ioration interested may, 
 by By law, name another person to fill the same. 
 
 tilled. 
 
XXX 
 
 QiioniiD. 
 
 Cnp. 80. 
 
 Cunada Central Hallway Co. 
 
 24 Vif T. 
 
 10. Five meiiibeiB cf tliu Hourd of Dircotoiv oftlioCoin- 
 ])iiiiy sli;ill 1)0 .'I, qitoruiii tliuroot l'"'!' the truii.siu'titiii ofliusiiH'.ss ; 
 uixl thu liniii'd muy eiiiiiloy uiiu or luoie ol' their miiuljDr ad jxiiil 
 Director ur JJirectora. 
 
 Klul'ivs' ''"'' ^''- '''"' (''M''<=i' ^^'"-'^ <'*''^'« Coinpiviiv hliiill he tho Ruii of 
 Beven iiiilliijiis ol'(h»Uiirri, to he (UvuIimI into Huventy thoiisiitul 
 
 'I' ..I...* ... shiirus of oiK! hiimh'L'd tlollarrt ciKih, uiid bluill ho ruibod hv tho 
 lo wliut pur- , , . , ' , ,,, 111". 
 
 poNc to l)c mi- 1'<'''^'»"'' and Lori>orjitioiiri who may oi'conio bharolKilditrsi m 
 lilicd. hiudi !Stu('l< ; and the nioiioy 8(» raised (shall hi- a|)|)lied, in tho 
 
 lirtit |)lac'(> to tlio jiaynient and di?(diarg(; of all fees, oxpensotj 
 and di^hnl•s{•nu•nts lor ])roeurini^ tho pnssa^jjo of thin Act, 
 and l"or nlal<in^• the Surveys, I'lans and Kstinuito.s eonnoctod 
 with tho works herehy aiithoriztid ; and all the remainder of 
 8ueh n)oney shali ])eu|)]ilied to tho makinir, nniintaininj; and 
 workinjj^ thereof, and the other pnrpusos of this Aet, ami to no 
 other pnrposo whatever ; and nntil such preliminarv oxjtenses 
 rrdiminiuy ^\^.^\\ \^^. ,,.^^[^\ ,,„( ,,f fl,^3 ^.^\^\ Capital Stock, ihe Mnn'ieipalitv of 
 
 ' any Loniity, J own, lown-shiji, rarisli or \ ulai^e, on the lino 
 
 of such works, may i)ay out of the .i,'eneral funds of such ^[uni- 
 cipidity its fair proportion of such jireliminary expenses, which 
 shall thi;roai'ter ho refunded to such Miinieipaliiy from the 
 CJapital Stock of tho Company, or bo allowed to it in payment 
 of Stock. 
 
 Dinctois to •^^* ^^ ^^"^^' '•'"'^ '"'^y ^^ lawful for tho Directors of tho said 
 isHuo cirtiii- Company, for tho time boin<j^, to nudce, execute and deliver all 
 c'litt'H, bonds, such Scrip aiul share certificates, and all such Honds, J^chen- 
 ture-, Mortjj^ao-os or other Securities, as to the said Directors tor 
 the time heino; shall, from time to time, seem most expedient 
 for raisino' the necessary capital for the time being authorized 
 to bo raised by the said Company, or for raisiufj^ any part 
 thereof. 
 
 &c 
 
 CoMipiiny 
 iiiiiy niisi) 
 JiiDiicy by 
 loiin. 
 
 • 19. The Coinjiany may raise, by way of loan u])nn their 
 Bonds or Debentures, in addition to their authorized Share 
 Ca])ital, any sum not excecdinij; one half of their cai>ital, and 
 such iJondsof Debentures may be for such amount respectively 
 as the said Company may deem exjx'dient, and all I'onds and 
 debenture to be executed by tho said Comjiany, miy be pay- 
 Dfbonturi's '^^^^"^ to bearer ; and all such IJonds, Debenture-, or other 
 &c. Secui'ities of the said Company, and all dividends and interest 
 
 wan-ants thereon respectively, which shall pur])ort to be pay- 
 able to bearer, shall be assi^nable at law by delivery, and may 
 be sued on and enforc(;d by the respective bearers and owners 
 thereof, for tho time being, in their own names. 
 
 ruymuut of 20. It shall be lawful for the Board of Directors, out of the 
 intoicKt until Cajutal of the ('ompany, to ])rovido and pay such sura as may, 
 t le works iUf^.j.^^ii^ tiuu! to time, with the earnings of the Company avail- 
 
 I'ompleiL'd. 1 1 . !■ • 1 1 , 1. • • 1 r 
 
 able tor dividend, be sutncient to pay interest upon tiie J^oan 
 ajid Stock and Share Capital of the Company, until the com- 
 
1801. Canada Central Railway/ Co. Caj). 80. xxxi 
 
 ]»lcti<)n oftlif! an tin iriziitl works ot'tlio mulortakitiij dftlio Ooiii- 
 
 l>any ; I'rnvidc I, alw .vrt, that siicli im yiiiciits shall not contimnj I'iovIho. 
 
 to hi' iiuuli! iipoM thi) Stock ami Sliari! (' ipital, oxci'pt out of 
 
 the caniiiii^rt ot' tilt' C'oini)anv, after t hi.! 111. st day of May, one ' 
 
 thonsaiul t'i;::ht IiuikIi'ciI aiul sixty-six. 
 
 21. Tho Coinpaiiv, for any of tlioir Stations or Dopotn, at,. . . . 
 any p'ace wlu-ro sikmi Station or Di'pot may i)o reviuircd foriimd i<> i.c 
 any of tlu'ir woi'ks hurchy authorizcil, niiiy take land to tho tiilon fm 
 cNtcnt of twenty acrci^. without tho coiiricnt of tlui i>i-o|ii iotur '''"I"'''* 
 tluMTdf, hilt suhjcet otherwise to tho provisions of the Jtailway 
 
 Act in that helnilf. 
 
 22. The (Company may enter Into any anrreoinent with the Aurifcmcnts 
 said North Shore Railway (Company, llie (trand Trntdc liail- ",''.'' """■^' 
 way Company, or any otJier liailway C'oiiipany, whose line ot\|,'|,\"!|;^jj,,j,_ 
 operations may, in any wise, conneet with the lino of route of 
 
 the Company, tor the leasini^ of their Railway or any part 
 thereof, to such other Company, or for tho lea-iui^ or hiriiii^ 
 out to such other Company, of any Locomotives, Cars, Cai- 
 riaLjes, Tenders, or other nioveahle proj)erty of the Company, 
 citlier altot^cthcr, for any time or times, occ-asion or oeea>ions 
 or for the leasini^ from such other Company, of any Railway or 
 ]>art thereof, or for the leasiiii^ or hirinii,' from such i>ther Coin- 
 ])any, of any Locomotives, Cars, Cari'iai^-es, Tenders or other 
 moveable property, either altoi^ether, or for any time or times, 
 C'CMsion or occasions, or tor tho usiui^ of the whole or any part 
 of the liailway, or mf>vca!)le ]>ro]ierty of the Company, or of 
 the Kailway or moveable property of such other Company, in 
 common by the two Campanies, or <i-enerally nniy make any 
 agreement or ap^reements witli su. h other Company tonchinr^ 
 the use by one or other, or both of sueh Companies, of the 
 llailway or moveable property of cither or both, or of any part 
 thereof, or touchlni; any servi(!e to bo rendered by the one 
 Com])any to the other, and tlu; compensation therefor; lint no 
 such ai'iecmcnt as aforesaid shall be valid or bindin'' for more ^'™^'''*'^- 
 than one year from the date thei-eot", unless in the course of 
 such year, it be ratified by the Sliuroholders of the Company, 
 dul}- assembled at a general meeting thereof. 
 
 23. The Directors of the Coin])any may, subject to the rules companv 
 and regulations, from time to time, of the P>oard, appoint an may irnvV.-i 
 Agent in tho City of London, in England, with jiowcr to pay ^^""'"t '» 
 dividends, to open and keep books of transfer for tlu^ ^''^•'•^^'^t'corfai'auow-' 
 the Company, and for tlie issue of Scrip and Stock Certiticates, ci-.s. 
 
 and thereupon shares may be transferred fnjm the Canada 
 
 Office to the London OtKcc in the names of the transferees, inTransf.r of 
 
 the same maiiDor as shares may be transferred in tho former*"}""'''^ *^''""i 
 
 oi^XQG^ a.\\([ vice versa ; and shares originally taken and « 'b-Qj"|^,^jI"j^j*|*j 
 
 scribed lor in Great Britain may be entered ujion the books at i.jcc vers!). 
 
 tho London OtHcc, and Scrip Certiticates be is-u"d for them, 
 
 and the Agent or other officer shall transmit an accurate list 
 
 an 
 
xxxii Cii]). ^0. Canada Ventral lialbtmy Co. LM Vkt. 
 
 of all such triiiisl'iTH aiid Scri[) C»!rtificivtc8 80 issued, to tlio 
 Sf'cnitarv or utiirr otlicrr of tiie {'inii]iiuiy in this I'ldviiicu, 
 whosluill tlHjrciiiioii iiiiikf the ri'nuisito ctitrio i it'S|K'(ttiiii; such 
 tniiist'cr niKJ Scrip CcrtiticatiM in the Uci-ister kept iu tho 
 Province, aiid thereupon the same hhall he hiudiii;^ on tho 
 Company as to all the ri^'hts and piivih';^'erf of StocklioMerrf, 
 as thoiij^h tho Scrip Ocrtitieatcs iiad heoii issued hy tho 
 Secretary of the Cunipuny in this Province. 
 
 \yiiin a Hcc- 2i. It shall not ho neco-«ary, previous to tho Railway 
 ti(in 1)1 tin; r\ • i • • i ^ . i • .i ■ i i i 
 
 lliiilwiiv iH Vyonipaniea liavui;;' a ri;^iit to a shari; m tho said land appro- 
 
 t<.iniil("t((l,a ])riation in virtue of this Act, or any one or more of them, 
 
 jimiMirtiuiiiitr i„.i|,^ entitled to have their respective pro|'ortion3 of tho 
 
 ',?','"'',''''"''' J^iiid lands, that any other Railway or portion of Railway 
 
 Ik' liilids iiiMV 11,1,,'' , / 1 • 1 1 ^ 
 
 1)1' Kiiiiit'"! to^-nouiu 1)0 made oy any other Company ; t)nt, on the contrary, 
 the (.'oiiiimiiy, so soon as any portion (jfanyof the said Jiailways, not less 
 **>• than twenty miles iu len^^th, t^hall he actually completed in a 
 
 ^ood and peruMueiit manner with stations, ro'liuijj stock and 
 other ap[»urti'nances, sutlicient for the projier working; of such 
 portion of such liailway, then and thereafter, from time to 
 time, \ip(tn tho completion of similar portions thereof or of any 
 otli'M- of tho said Railwa,y8, upon tho report of tho Inspec'or of 
 Railways for the time boin;:;, the Company which shall have coii- 
 Btructcd tho same shall be entitled to a correspond iui;- pro[)or- 
 tion of such ^rant of lauds as they would be entitled to under 
 tho said Act nineteenth and twentieth Victoi ia,(^ha]>tor one hun- 
 dred and twelve, as amended by this Act, in the event of eacdi 
 ot the Companies forming the Luke Jluron and (Quebec Rail- 
 Avay Company, cotnplyin;^ with tho conditions precedent to 
 Bueh i^i'ant provi<led for by tho Act incor])oratiiif>- tho mid last 
 mentioned Company ; and if no ungranted lands of the Crown 
 front on the said Railway, then such ^'rant of lands may be 
 made from the vacant lands of the Crown lying within tho 
 Avatershed of tho Ottawa lliver. 
 
 Dcltcntnrea 25. Any debentures issued by the said Comj)anios, or any 
 to bi- II pfcno- one or moro of thorn, shall form a y;eneral mort<xa<rc and 
 
 til ^ c^ -^ 
 
 rai (■imrKi- "» ]iyp,,f]ie(iue up(jn all the kndd hereafter to be "'ranted to the 
 
 tile IiUkIs of ,;' r 1 1. , i i i '^ , , i • , 
 
 tlioCompiiiiy. Company so issum<^ euch debentures, provided the eaid 
 lands be referred to in such debentures in t,^i'neral terms as 
 Provision beiuf; thereby chargcMl or mortji;aged ; but the payment to 
 wiicn such tho Treasurer of tho Company, or to any other person 
 lands aiv sold ji|,p,j|„ti,,i f,,). ti,Q piu'ijosc as lierciuatler iirovided, by anv hona 
 
 fvin I tlu' tun*- i' * 1 ■^ 'J *. 
 
 chasu moucv J^^^^ purchaser of any of tho said lands, of the purchase money 
 paid. " tliereof, and the acquittance by such Treasurer, or other pei'son 
 
 so ap[)ointed on behalf of the liolders of such Debentures of 
 such purchase money, shaU operate as a discharge of such 
 mortgage, in respect of tlie lands so paid for ; and until other 
 provision be made nnder the power conferred by this Act for 
 the reception of such moneys, the Treasurer of such Company 
 is hereby authorized to receive such purchase money for and 
 on behalf of the liolders of such debentures, and shall keoii all 
 
18G1. Canad'i Central liiiilwny Co. Cup. 80. xxxiii 
 
 moTU'Vs so iv(!('ivcd KOi'arnto i;ii»l apart from tlio ordiimrv riiiuJb 
 ol till! Coiii|)aiiy ; jiml shall lie liaijlo lor such iiioiu-vs, aw a 
 special (Icpo.-itarv thcnsol', until llicv are iiivcstuil an herciuat'ter 
 iiifiitioiml ; mill till! moneys -so riccivid hy^ucli Treasurer shall 
 be iiivestcil, tVoiii time to time, in (iovcriimeiit securities, or in 
 thu bto(fk of some solvent iiimI welle.-tiihli-heil Chartere'l IJaiiic 
 in Canaihi, in the t'ormation of a fun 1 for the payment of 
 the inturerit on such (jeheiitured as it becomes diie,an<i for their 
 redemptioti at maturity. 
 
 2»5. If it should be deemed more hi-nefieiid to the said Com -|.||^, ^^^^^^^^ 
 ])anies. or any one or moreof tiiem, to allot the said lands su tu miiy lu' ul lot- 
 be j;raiited, or any portiuu thereof, to the stoel<hoIders therein, •;'' •'> tin- 
 in proportit^n to the nmount of stock taken iiy each stock- T.''" '''"''''''''* 
 holder, su'li ('Hm]iMny may do so, iiist rci^ulatinic l»y a l>y law ,,„„.,, i„.|,,.|i. 
 the mode in which such allotment shall he male and evideiu ed; < i.il. 
 and the shares in favor of which any allotment or appropriation 
 of lands may be unide, shall be called •' J.aud Shares." 
 
 27. The holders of the debentures of any of the S!U(I ^:[';_'^'j';,'''^y^ 
 Companies, having mort^ai;'e or hypcttheque on said lands, „m„,,j^,,,„,„l 
 or if the said lands be allotted amoni; the shareholders, ilis|Misc of tho 
 or any class of the phareholders thei-eof, th'ii the holders'"'''' ''""'•"*• 
 of land shares, shill have the riifht to elect from ainoni^ 
 themselves throe trustt es, which eleetion shall be made by 
 su'^h hcdders of debentures or of land shares as the case may 
 bo, at a ineetin<5 of such holders called for the pupose, in the 
 same manner as is ])rovided by the Act iiico]'p(»ratinii; such 
 Comj)any for special meetings of the shareholders thei-eof; and 
 inay he in.'ide by a majority in amount of such holders pre- 
 sent at snch meetini;-, cither in jicrson or by jn-oxy ; And 
 such Trustees shall have the sole and entire contri>l, manag-e-'^'"'"' 1'u»'-ts. 
 ment, disposition and direction of the huid rei>rcscnted by 
 the holders of the debentures or land shares, or in which 
 such shareholders have any interest; and lor and on behalf of 
 such shareholders, may mortg-afje or sell and dispose ot such 
 lands and collect and receive the i)roceeds thereof, as they may 
 see tit, and for that ])urpose may appoint an ai;ent or agents 
 and have an otliee or olhees either in Canada or elsewhere, and 
 on realizing the proceeds of the said lands or any of them, may 
 divide the procee<ls among such holders or invest the same for 
 the benelit of such holders, and ortherwisc manage anil admi- 
 nister such lands in such nuumer as may be prescribed by such 
 holders, by resolution or by-law passed at a meeting thereof, 
 called and held in the manner hereiid)eforo provided for the 
 election of such Trustees ; and such Trustees shall also have 
 the power, either in person of by proxy, to vote as Directors 
 at meetings of the Directors of such Companv ; Provided, pioviso. 
 always, that the proceeds, after payment of expenses (d' 
 management, to be audited and approved by the Directors 
 of the Company, of the sale of any such lands, if hyi)othcca- 
 ted as security for any debentures, on being received by the 
 
xxxiv Cap. 80. Canada Central Railway Co. 24 Viot. 1861. 
 
 said Trustees or their a^cnt in thatbolialf, ^\\\\j>rotanto^ ex- 
 rroviso. tini^Miish siicli (lebeiiturcs ; and provided, also, tliat if such lands 
 
 L(; allotted in favor of land shares, such Trustees shall not liave 
 any control over such lands until such land shares he paid up ; 
 and until tliat time, such lands shall bo mana^s^ed by the 
 Directors of the Company, for the benefit of such land shares. 
 
 Public Act. 28. This Act shall bo a Public Act. 
 
 SCHEDULE A. 
 
 Know all men by these presents, that I {or wc, as the case 
 may le) A. D. of in consideration 
 
 of paid to me {or us as the case may he) by 
 
 the recei))t whereof is hereby acknow- 
 ledged, do hereby grant, bargain, sell, convey, and confirm 
 unto the said Company, their successors and assigns for ever 
 all that tract or parcel {or those tracts or parcels, as the case may 
 Ic) of land situate {here describe the lands) the same having 
 been selected and laid out by the said Com])an_y for the pur- 
 poses of their Railway : To have and to hold the "said lands and 
 premises, with all a})purtenanccs, thereto, to the said 
 their successors and assigns for ever {here add clause for release 
 of Doioer if any). 
 
 "Witness my hand and seal {or our hands and seals, as the 
 case may le) this day of in the year of 
 
 Our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and 
 
 Signed, sealed and delivered in presence of 
 
 [XoTE.— The Striutcs 29 V'ictoria, Chap. 80. and 29-30 Vic- 
 toria, C-ap. 9-t, relate to details regarding the Canada Cen- 
 tral Ilailioay^ but have no bearing ou the North 8horQ or St. 
 Maurice liailways.'] 
 
18G1. North Shore Railvmy. Cap. 85. xxxv 
 
 CHAP. 85—24 Victoria. 
 
 An Act to extend the period fixed for tlie completion 
 of the works of tlio North Shore Kaiiway and tSt. 
 JNIaurice Navigation and Land Company. 
 
 {^Asserdcil to ISth May 1S61.] 
 
 XV/'irEREAS tlic Directors of tlic N'orthSlioro Riiilway and I'lramiiio 
 
 tT 8t. Maurice iS'aviicatii)ii and Lund Company liave, liy 
 their petition, jiraycd that tlie ])ei'iod lixed for the c.onstriU'tion 
 of their works may he extended for tlic reasons set forth in the 
 said petition, and it is ex]>edient to acei'de to their prayer: 
 Tlierefore, Jh^r Majesty, Ijy and M'itli the advice and consent of 
 the Legishitive Council and Assenddy of Canada, enacts as 
 follows : 
 
 1. The North Shore llailwav and St. j\[anrico Navt";ation Period for 
 and Land Company may continue the construction of their'!"' *^"'."i''''- 
 Kailway and other works after the month of -June, one tliousand ,',",',', p.',,, ^''^ 
 ei<;"ht hundred and sixty-two, but such lioad and woi'ks must wDik.s cxtun- 
 be completed by the thirtieth day of October, one thousand *l'ii. 
 
 eit?ht hundred and sixty-six ; and the said Con)])aiiy shall, 
 durinj;- and after the month of dune, one thousand i'ii;'hthuiulred 
 and sixty-two, continue to enjoy all the powers, rii-'hts and pri- 
 vileu'es i;Taiited to and enjoyed by them, in virtue ot the Acts 
 respecting the said Company, any linntation or provisi(.»n in 
 any such Act to the contrary notwithstaiuling. 
 
 2, It shall and may be lawful for the Directors of the said iMivctoismay 
 Company, for the time being, to make, execute and deliver all 'r^'"' ^^'"}^^' 
 such scri]) and share certificates, and all such Bonds, Debeu ^^ for mis- 
 tures, Mortgages or other Securities, as to the said I)irectorsill,^' c:n)ital. 
 for tlie time being shall, from time to time, seem m(»st exjic- 
 
 dient for raising the necessary capital for the time being 
 authoi'ized to be raised by the said Company, <jr f(.»r laising 
 any part thereof. 
 
 I ay 
 
 I 
 
 nt 
 
 3. The Company may rnise, by way of loan upon tlndr^'!"'!';'^".^''"' 
 Ijonds or Debentures, in addition to their authorized Share |||,^|",,.'.j,i"i,i', 
 Ca])ital, any sum not exceeding one half of their capital, anduflmir tlieir 
 such Bonds oi' Debentures nuiy be for such amount respectively <i'l'ii''l- 
 as the said Company may deem expedient, and all Bonds and 
 Debentures, to be executed by tlie said Company, may be pay- 
 able to bearer ; and all such Bonds, Delientures, or other 
 Securities of the said Com])any. and all dividends and interest 
 Avariants Ihcreou respectively, which shall purport to be jiay- 
 
 able to bearer, shall be assignable at law by de'ivery,aud may 
 be sued on and enforced by the respective bearers and owners 
 thereof, for the time being, in their own names. 
 
 4. It shall be lawful fo>* the I'oard of Directors, out of the ri^iitpanvmny 
 cai>ilal of the Company, to provide and pay such sum as may,'"'- i"''"'^' 
 
xxxvi Cap, 95 North SJwre, c&c, Raihoay. 29-30 Vict. 
 
 on fapita] from time to time, Avith the ean»iii<rs of tliu Company available 
 iiiiti t K! fur dividend, be sutKcieiit to i)ay interest upon the Loan and 
 (■(.iiiiiicti (I. t^toek and Miar^' Cajiital ot tlie (Jonipany, until tlieeonipletioii 
 
 of tlu; authorised works of tlie unch-rtakinij of the Company ; 
 Proviso. Provided, always, that such jiayments sliall not continue to Ijc 
 
 made upon tlie Stock and bhari; (Capital, except out of the 
 
 carniiii^ri of tlie Company, after the tliirteenth day of October, 
 
 one thousand eiaht luuMhed and sixty-six. 
 
 Pir.'ctdrHTniiy 5. Tlie Directors ol the Company may, pubject to tlie rules 
 "',!'"'!"/",'! and rci^idations, from time to time, of the Ijoard, ap]K)iiit an 
 Klaiul witli Ai!;eiit 111 the City ot boudon, m JLti^hind, witli power t > jjay 
 ccrtiiia dividends, to o])eii and keep l)noks of transfer for the shares of 
 
 powers. j-in; Company, and ibr the issue of Scrip and Stock Certiiicates ; 
 
 and thereupon shares may be transferred from the (Janada 
 OUice to the London Otlice in the names of the traii>t\'rrees, in 
 tJie same manner as shares may lie transferred in the former 
 olHce, and ?;?ce w?'s4/ and shares originally taken and sub- 
 S(!i'ibed for in Great Britain may be entered upon the books 
 at the Loiid< 111 OtHce, and Scrip Certiiicates be issued for them ; 
 and the A_i?ent or other otKcer shall transmit an accurate list of 
 all such transfers and Scrip ('ertiticates so issued, to the Secre- 
 tary or other oliicer of the Comjiany in this Province, who 
 shall thereupon make the reipiisite entries respectinijj such 
 transi'er and Scr'p Certificates, in the llej^'istcr ke])t in the 
 Piovince, and thereupon the same sliall be bindiui^ on the 
 Com]) uiy as to all tlu; ri<;lits and pri\ileges of Stockluilders, as 
 thoui^'h the Scri|) Certificates had l)een issued by the Secretary 
 of the Company in this Province. 
 
 rul)lic Act. 6_ rj^^i^i^ ^Yct shall be deemed a PnbUc Act. 
 
 CHAP. 9.5—29-30 Victoria. 
 
 An Act to extenid the period for the completion of the 
 works of the Nortli Shore Railway and St. Maurice 
 Navigation and Laud Company. 
 
 [Assented to \hth August, 1SG6.] 
 
 "\\7'I^^1'^^T^T*^'^^S> ill view of the jErrcat importance of the under- 
 * T takiuiz:, it is ex[)edient to extend the |>eriod durini!; which 
 the North Shore Railway an 1 St. JMaurice Kavii::ation and 
 Land Ccanpany may complete their works, and the said Com- 
 pany have, by their petition, to the Legislature ])rayed ibr such 
 extension : Therefore, Her ]\raie.sty, by and with the advice 
 and consent of the Leo-islative Council and Assembly of 
 Canada, enacts as follows : 
 
 Timpfor 1^ Yov and notwithstandiiip; anything to the contrary in the 
 
 tli"'i{i'iil!vav ^'^^^ twenty-fourth Victoria, cha])ter (.'ighty-iive. or in any other 
 und worlds 'of Act, or law, the eaid North Shore liailway and St. Maurice 
 
 l'rcaiiil}Io. 
 
29-30 YicT. North Shore, d;c., Eaihoay. Co. Cap. 95. xxxvii 
 
 Navi'ijation and Land Company mav continue the construction*'"' Company 
 ofthvir Kiiilway and otlicr works fit'ter tho tliirtieth dav of''''"'""';'''' , 
 
 , . , •' , 1 • 1 1 1 i" , iiii'l Acts eon- 
 
 ()ctol)or m tlic! jncscnt year, one thousand eii,dit hundred and timiil. 
 sixty-six, by which day they were bound tu eotni)h'te tlieni 
 under the siid Act ; Init the Jtailway and works of '.lie said 
 Company sliall be conii)lete(l on or beiort' the lirst (hiy of 
 January, in the year of Our Lord one thousand ei;j,ht hu!i- 
 (b'ed and seventy-two ; and the said Act, and all the Acts 
 relatini>' to the nald dnnpany, or to vhe North Shore linUu-ay 
 Company, or to the St. Maurice JiaUway and Navigation 
 Coni])any, shall be and remain in force until the day last 
 mentioned, as if the said day had been fixed by the Act last cited 
 as thiit on or before which the said works should be completed. 
 
 2. This Act shall be deemed a Public Act. ruLiic Act. 
 
 «<I|«*||M <li«lkl'«i«*li*ll*l||llf'*li*ll «|«I|<*«.'*II*^* 
 
 ORDER IN COUNCIL, No. 11817. 
 
 EXTRACT &c., &c. 
 
 Oct. 30th, 185S. 
 
 On a communication dated 21st inst. from A. Stuart, Esquire, Forsurv.von 
 Vice President of the Korth Blu're Jiailioad and St. ]\laurieetln> St. Mau- 
 Xavigation and Land Company, requestino- that permission liii' rts|.d 
 be g-ranted to the Company whenever they l)ecome entitled to *'"' '^'"'^",' 
 the Grant of the million and a half acres of land uiuler the J^t 'j'i,,„',.j\.^. 
 Act, to select where they please the said (piantity of land in the NaviKntiDn & 
 St. Maurice: " i-'"'l Comp. 
 
 The Comndssioner of Crown Lands, rcjiorts that it is 
 desirable and will be convenient that he should be authorized 
 so to survey and lay out the; lands lying on the watt'r shed of 
 the River St. Alaurice, as will enable ihe North Shore liailway 
 and St. JMauricc Navigation iind Land Company to n.'ccivo 
 thereout alternate blocks, in confornnty with the provisions of 
 tile Acts rehiring thereto. 
 
 The Committee rcenmmend that the authority l)e given as 
 requested, and that the Railway Company be itrformed thcicof. 
 
 Certified, 
 
 (Siirncd) Vi^M. II. Lki:, 
 
 C. E. C. 
 
VI 
 
 Laud Com 
 imny 
 
 xxxvili Order in Council 
 
 315 Order in Qouncd^ 
 
 EXTRACT, &c., &o., 
 
 January (jth, 1859. 
 
 On selection Oil tlie re])(irt of tlic IlnnoraMe the Coininissioncr of Crown 
 of '"'"' I'.v <l"' Lfiiuls, siiliiuittiuii-uii a])i)li(;atioufrom Andrew Stuart, Esciiiiro, 
 R. It. & (St. Vice 1 resident ot the ISortli bliorr Kanroal and St. JVlaui'iee 
 Miiuiice Nil- ]S[avi<;'ati(»n and J^aiid Coiniiany that an Order in Conneil ])o 
 !^w'i'*f'".n J»artsed declaring tliat tlie Coin])any should have tlie right to 
 select the lands within the water shed of the St. Maurice, to 
 M'liieh they will be entitled on the construction of the 
 liailroad : 
 
 Tlie Coinmis.sioncr states that it is desirable the Com- 
 pany should beenalded to ascertain, as quickly as jwssiblo, the 
 blocks of lands to which they may eventually entitle themselves, 
 as much of the success of the project may depend thereon, 
 and it will of course be more encouraging to those who are 
 inclined to aid the undertaking, to know that lands in fixed 
 locations, have been set apart for the Company. 
 
 The Committee reconnnend that, as soon as the survey 
 authorized by Order in C(juncil of the J^Oth October last, shall 
 have been complete. Your Excellency in Council shall fix the 
 point in the tract surveyed from which the selection of the 
 alternate blocks (if land for the Company shall Cdnimence and 
 be made, and that the Company be then permitted to select 
 therefrom such alternate blocks, and that the same, as so 
 selected, be held as set apart for the Comiiany, toliecome their 
 ])roj)erty in compliance with the conditions in the Act 20th 
 Vic. Chap. li'J. 
 
 Certified, 
 
 (Signed) Wm. II. Lkk, 
 
 C. E. C. 
 
 Letter from the Commissioner of Crown Lands to the iSecretary 
 of the N. S. 12. i& St. M. N. cO L. Co.^ 
 
 iCopij') jCitowN L.\Ni)s OrFicr, 
 
 ^ ' '''' \ Toronto, 81st March, 1859. 
 
 Sir : 
 
 In n^ference to the proposed survey of the lands on the 
 waT'T shed of the Uiver St. Maurice, authorized by Orcb'r in 
 Council dated ^lUth October last, to enable the North Shore 
 
Letter from the Commissioner of Croicn iMnds. xxxix 
 
 Railway and St. ^Muuriec! Xavi<,'ation uud Land Company to 
 recL'ive thereout alternate Bloekrf in eontbrmity with the 
 |ir(ivi^i(tns of tluj acta relatiiiif thereto, I have the hunor to 
 trant>niit yon herewith aceonipaiiyiu";', three dillerent jJi'ojrets 
 of survey under the letters A, B ^ 0, prep^'.rcdin this Depait- 
 ment before earryin^ the survey of the bloeks into effect. 
 
 The project A divides the water phed of the St. Maurice into 
 l)locks or tracts averaging 10 miles in bicath by 20 miles in 
 depth; project 1) into blocks of 10 miles Sfjuare and ])roject 
 C into blocks of 20 miles square more or les-s, according,' as the 
 winding course ef the lliver St. Maurice will ])ernut a frontay-o 
 of the blocks respectively situate on tlie op[)0£ite banks of that 
 liiver. 
 
 The tract of country comprised within the proposed survey 
 of three millions of acres in blocks for selection thereout by 
 the Company of alternate blocks to the extent of one million 
 and a half of acres, I beii' leave to observe, covers all that i>art 
 of the water shed of St. Maurice which as far as has been ascer- 
 tained from exploration, appears to be generally or more or 
 less fit for settlement ; while it will be an injunction upon the 
 surveyors to be employed on the survey, to suggest in the 
 course of their field operations such partial deviations from 
 either of the project as will obtain more favorable locations of 
 the blocks in such localities wherein tho project may cover 
 lauds wholly unfit for cultivation. 
 
 After you shall have examined these projects of survey, 
 would you be so good as to return them to this Department, 
 subjoiniitg any observations or renuirks which you may think 
 fit to otter on the part of the Company, which 1 take leave to 
 btate will receive every consideration. 
 
 I have the honor to be, 
 
 Sir, 
 
 Your obdt., scrvt. 
 
 (Signed) P. M. Yaxkocghnet, 
 
 Commissioner.