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The objeAe have been pointed out by a thorough in?eftigatioo into the various modes of eonduAing the public buHnefs ; which was entered into in confequence of a prefentmeat made by the Qrand Jnry to the Court of Quarter Seffions In the December Tcrip. of 1819 The Coari having appointed fix difTereot invcfligating coromitteci of the MagiOratea to meet the various objeAs con- templated by the Grand Jury, their feveral reports combined, clearly prove the oecefity of fonpe reform | but as it would now become an invidious aa well 91 a ufelcfs Uik, to point out the frtmailing trr§ri of the prelent prac- tice, which are but too evident to adnut of a doubt, the gentlemen who have uodertaicen the tasii of sketching out the man$ uf mfr$vmintt have left it ta the Public to eopipare the one with the other. It will be percetvtd by a perufal of the following (heets, that the Charter has but two leading objefts ;— to eftablilh regularity in Bufinefs | •—and to define and extend the powers of the Magiftrates and Grand Jury (ading at a Common Council) to.the fame limits as (and not a (tep be- yond) the powers granted to all Corporations, within the King's Dominions. The only novelty introduced, is that of preferving a gradual change of the ruling Members of the Corporation, without incurring the unpkafant duty of the eleAing fyftem. This is done by the appointment of ten Ma- giftrates to aa i% Trullees,— two of whom will go out and two others come in annually— and— the appointment of the Grand Jury of »heexfting year, (or if it is preferred that of the laft year, or a draft from the. whole lilt until It is gone through,) to adl «& a Common Council. Bt thefe means the whole of the leading members of the community (likely to take an aAive part in the affairs of the Town) will, in turn, par- take of the duties of a refpeflable office ; and become intimate, and there- by, feel intercfted in its aflTairs.— Tiie various articles of confumption aodof commerce will be beiter infpefled than they are at prefcot;— the revenues will be regularly attended to, and every deilrable improvement < in pof- feliion of other Gmilar comroiuiitieain His Majefty's Domioiooa wjll/ia time, 00 doubt, be adopted. THEprovifioosofthe Charter have been feleAed and drawn up with the upoft care to avoid objeaions, by an attentive reference to the London, ^iladelphia, New-York and NewBrunfirick Charters, and the Eaft- ^ompanyN By-Laws ;— and the whole is arranged and worded agreeably cq the moft approved forms, in or^3M»»H-^ !■• Pfcaroble n. Boyndarief IH;|ojvnI„corpsrated V:TriiUas named " vit *?"^ J"ro'«J)amed Till OtljerOftcerA . ' X. AQuotufm^-howroany XVI c„„, of s.(H„„. ™*""T'^ " , a v! •■' 3 . 4bid. ibid. '^ ibid! ^ ;- s ■t, 7 • ' ■ t ibid. , .. M ibid. ■ »5 three qucrie, „;j| mjimprofement.^ «nd a/Tented to by 1 to apply toHii ' It at expcrieoce ft loceptable to or tnotlier term *EAMBLE— L WHEREAS, our To«rn of HALIFAX. In oUr Province of Nova-Scotia, in North-America il become extenf.ve and populon,, and it would ereTrcon iTthl • '"r?!^'"^'' '^'y ""^ 8ood orderTthe fame' «»; -fT" "S"'""" police Vere eftabliflied than now ex.ft.; .fthe revenues were vetted in one eerlaint™r If other munidp,! regulations were adopted and ^o& «e:„:S''"' —uratelx defirVndt^J 8oundaries._n,. tt. KNOW ye, therefore, that we. of n..r fi.^- i certain Icnowledge, and mere m^L V **"'' Sw«, [andfucceffors,doBiveB"M"°r* f "'* °""'""' all times tocome the'Jmn.r • 'i"* 'PP'*'"' ">« » kues and SL' S ^Kro^r^'^f k name of the SnKf"'^SLTffi„ "j^rx^^ the and c.,„,„ i „ .helhorrof B a B fon "k7 'T bndge at .he m.in road near M'AiZZ., ' '^'°"' •''* N-Hh. Weil. Arm Z^~ i ^."^B" ""^ *«»>«<* of the Bedford B!fo„7;S.^-r^^^^^^ ••"ching to me ""* Pemnfula, and extending and INCORPORATEl>.^rir. numiiifnHui"^ '.f"^' '" *• ^' and iit like numier and ftirm as other people of the fiirf Pw,-- ...plenoerf anfwer and be anrweVuX'S^S defended, by any lawfef ways«,d «ea„s whatfo^! SEAL, '# 'atid of the reft line drawn from afon, below the ^crn, and thence thehead of the 9 of the faid he Narrows and -fo as to inclofc extending And »n» by, and i Peninfula.— . : the fame unto . forever^, ^9, cJoj war, ne« to come, iftilsi, shaU be, ►dy corporate ^ops/ratet and k name thty 'cy be, and o plead and lefend and be other p^ces complaint^, ?t% of what and tit like \ Ph)vinre, ead and be fend and^l^ bcver. SEAL. fEAL.->IV. And the raid Truftee Magiftrates and Grand Jury of ic town of Halifax, and their fucccffors in office, Ihall bd may for ever hereafter have one common feal, to fcrvc for the fcaling of all and fingular their afiVirs and bufiner. fes, touching and conccrnmg the faid Corporation. And k (hall and may be lawful for the faid Truttee Ma^iflrates ind Grand Jury, and their faccea;)rs in oflice, as they flull fee caufe^^to break, alter, change, and new make, their faid common ieal, when and as often a& to them u OuU ^kem convenient. TRUSTEES NAMED -V. . And we do hereby for us, and on behalf of our heirs fftnd fucccffors, aaig;n, name, orUai", and coaaitute being Maginratcs of our faid County of Halifax, in our faid Province of Nova. 5cotia. and refi leaf vithin the Pe- ninfuU aforefaid, tobe the Truftee Migiftratcs of our laid Incorporated Town of Halifax j and that the laid ti Aallremam and continue in office, until other fie perfon« 4hall be appointed, as is herein after directed, in their '(OOlll* GRAND JURORS NAMED— VI. And wc do hereby name, ordain, and conttitute, being Grandjurorsofonr faid County of Halifax for the prefent r miifaxj to be the Grand Jurors hereby meant and intenH ed by w, as the incorporated Grand furors aforefer^ ?J^. COMMON COUNCIL—VII. And further we do ordain and conftitute that tl.„r. J«S'for'':he"' V""'"^ "^ '^""^ •" '^-' » G-d juror, for the exifting year, being refident in the laid council for the raid town of Halifax. Thev ftalllike wife chcofe their own Foren,an for the purpofe, herein fet" forth : and they fhall have, poffeli. and hold°U .he ri.ht power, and privileges granted or intended to be So' OTHER OFFICERS—Vni: Ai?d further, we dp ordain and f onflitute «o be the Chairman. an4 ' ,. ^i.L??"/''^''"'"!*""^"'* '^W Trflftee M,giftratesi Ihttll^r r",'"'"8 '"» "•« d«i« of th fr offices enlfr 1''""*""""°"'' ''*''"« o»r Governor. Lieu tenant-Governpr, pr Commander in Chief of our faid .Wlv"ofVr" ""'^'^'y""y "> e'^ecute theoflices ref^' ttvely of Chan-man and Deputy Chairman of the Trullee a™fi!r, r^'-*"' ^"^ ^'"'" °^ H""^"- And Je do i appoint and ordain j* the Recorder of o^r faifi Town of Kalifax ; '"" to be the Chamberlain thereof; to be the Town Clerk thereof j and to be the Sheriff thercof.-^And the «on Ian rrenti or PeninAiIa of eantand intend, aforcfaid, and to all be appointed, t their room. tute, thatthofe fervc as Grand enc in the faid the Common rhey ihall like, pofcs herein fet d all the rights, be granted to loundil'Men by p to e M^giftrates ; F their offices, >vernor, Lieu- f of our faid offices refpee* of the Truftee And we do i to be of; thereof} and bercof.-^And the ^e faid Truftee Magiftrates, Grand Jutors, aainj; ai Common Council- Men, Recorder, Chamberlain, Towu )lerk and Sheriff, fliall fcvcrally before entering on their tfpcaive offices, take a folemn oath before the (aid Chair- an or Deputy Chairman, well and faithfully to execute ieir rcfpcAive offices of Truftee Magiftrates, Grand Ju. Drs, Recorder, Chamberlain, Town Clerk and Sheriff of ^e faid Town of Halifax j and tL.reupon they fliall fe, trallybe qualified to ferve their rcfpeaivc offices until le lail Tuefday of January next. THE TRUST PERPETUATED.— IX. I And we do for us, our heirs and fucd-ffors, appoint ^nd #dain, that on thelaft Tuefday of the month of January ^xt enfuing the date hereof, the faid Truftee Magiftrates ftall affembic together with ^hc Clerk of the Peace for the Aid County of Halifax ; and the names of the faid Ten lagiflrates, fhall be written each fepar^tely on a different Icce of paper, which papers ihall be of equal Jize, and lall be rolled up ali alike, and be put into a box ; and the lerk of the Peace (hall draw out all the faid papers indif- Tcntly one after the other, and (hall fet down in a book Ipbe provided for thatpurpofe, the name of each Truftee, ipeunderthpotber, as they fliall be feverally drawn out fl the faid box : and the fame fliall commence and form a «prpetual rptation lift, whereby the faid Magiftrates (hall icceffively go out of office as herein after mentioned, i hat to fay, on thelaft Tuefday of January in the then fuc. 'cchng year, the two Truftee Magiftrates, whofe names i^ll have been, firft drawn as aforefaid, (kail go out of l%:c, and their names (hall be croffed out of the lift in the Md book J and tWQ other of the. Magiftrates in o^r Com- iniffion IS tolffion of the Peace for the County of Halflay.Tcfidin^ wuhmthc^faidPcninfula of Halifax, andwiUmg to accept Aefaidoffice of TVuftee Magiftrates, (hall 4iacc th Jfe who g > out of office, and their names ihall be placed at the bottom of the faid lift.-. And in like manner annually on' thehftTuefdayofJinuary,thctwa Truftee Magiftrates whofc names (hall ftand at the head of the faid lift, ihall ro out of office, and their names be croffed out ot the faid lift »nd two other Magiftrates, qualiHed as aforclaJd. ihall enter upon the faid Truft, and their names be placed at the foot of the Uft;and in cafe of any Tacancy by death. removal or otherwifc, before the end of any year, fuch va. cancy (hail be filled up in like manner out of the Magif. trates afofcfaid ; and the name of the per fon caufinir the vacancy bcmg crafed from the faid lift, that of the MaRtf. trate fupplyingfuch vacancy (hall be inferted at the end ol the hft-.And^ in fupplyi«g the annual or occafional va. cancy aforcfaid, the Magiftrates in ourCommiffion of tb Peace for the County of HaUfi«, qualified as aforefaid, and liot haymg (crycd intheiaid Truil, (hall be called on ir the order they ftand in the faid CommiOion. untU all who au^ willing (halt have (erved in the feid truft, then thofc Who have been longeft out of office, ftallbe (cvcmlly calld on firft to fill up annual or occafional vacancies. And we de further ordain and appoint, that on the faid laft TueWat of January ne)^t,andon every laft Tuefday of tanuan thereafter, and alfo in cafe of occafional vacancies, th! Truftee Magiftrates &aU eleftand choofi; one of their om liumber to be Ouir^an, and another to he Deputy Chart taan, and prefent them to our Oovemor, Lieutenanti t^^vernor. or Commander in Chief, to be fworn int ^ mce as aforcfaid..^nd in like mtaier on the faki la Taeida^ »fHalffii»,Tefidlng IwiHing to accept fliall replace thofc ill be placed at the anner annually on Tiftce Magiftrates tefaldllft^ihaHgo ut ot the faid lift, s aforefiud, Oiail » be placed at the aancy by death, my year, fuch va. >ut of thcMagif. ^fon caufing the that of the Magtf. rted at the end o! or occaiional va* ommiffion oftht as aforefaidy and| 1 be ^lledon io! ran, until all who ruft, then theft w fevcraUy calld' icies. And we do faid laft TucClay May of January il vacancres, the '^ 3neof thetr om € Deputy Charr nor, Lieut<;naTit be (Worn intS| OQ the laid l4 TucCiai^ fuefday of January annually, and on all occafioiisof va- mcy, the TniOcc Magiftrates for the time being (ball lominatf afid appoint the Towa Clerk, Rccbrdcr and 'hamberlain. Provided nevcrihele/s, that the faid three o^ ices (hall never be filled by the (ame perfon ; nor the of- ice of Recorder be filled by any perfon who is not a Bar- rifterofour Supreme Court for our fatd Province, and i^ualiy refideht in our faid Town of Halifax ; and pro. vided that the faid Chamberlain ftall before entering uptm the faid office give good and fufitcient fecurity to, and to the fatisfaaion cf, the faid Truftce Magiftrates, for the 'iir^M difcharge of the truft repofed iii hipi. And we 3t) appoint and ordain, that the Sheriff of our did County jf Halifax for the time bcirig,fliaU be the ShcriflFof our faid Town of Halifax forever. A QUORUM-HOW MANY— X And we do hereby further ordejr snd ordain, that aU lueftioni, which (hall arifc touching the fubjed mattir of :he truft, before the faid Truftec Magiftrates in Council, MP before the faid Grand Jurors in Common Council, af- fembledand appointed by thcfe prefcnts, ffiall be ddtcr- mined by the votes of a majority of Membcri pre- ^fent, theChairmauor Deputy Chairman, or Foreman ,^f P^^^^'y g»v>ng tlic cafting vote in each of the feveral lAffembhes ; and aU votes fo given,, and which may by Ithefe prefcnts or otherwife by Law be binding, fliall be of ful force and ttkck i provided, however, that no vote ^U be valid or of any efied in the Council oi Truftce Magiftrates, unlefs a quorum of feven Members of the Truftee Magiftrates bcadually prcfent at the time^of giv. mg their votes ; orfliali be valid or ofanyeffcain the Common . RECEIPT OF MONIES._Xr. i jrder, d.recl and appoint, that the faid ten Truflee MaL' flra.es, aaing i,> the behalf of our faid Town o HaS Ja and n,ay have the fole power to receive al 3 Sx ofi ■"''"'! ''"'°' ""'"8.0 th« said Town Ji or t:» J ""."' *'^"'y P=™" °r|»«on, whomsoever or from. by. or through, or in consequence of. anv S tenements, waters, water- courfes. Mocks, dips rentl „ other property whatfoever, or' from. VThrouTh or fa eonfequerce of any ,ates, Jicenfes, ferries marLi wharves, fines, taxes, dues or duties, or other ciTim, ^ profit, whatfoever. or wh.ch.Way.foev;r ariS^^^^ and d.fpofe of agreeably to law. In cafis wher^ t'he ffl or are th reby ordered and diredled , and in cafes wWr the fame >, not fo ordered and direSed by Law, then Tu placed into one Common Fund, to be by them the 4^ Trufie, Magittrates laid out and pud. for ^he pTrpofa f^ whtch they the faid Truftee MagtiUates ftall IpffZ AtrfilT OF ACCOUNTS.-Xli. ,f>:.tu u"^ ^"^^ f""" *"" « '^'='«d meeting, to be held m the month or January in every year* audit tl« lam and other Accountants under the truft aforelaid, du. rins ilefs fifteen oi tin It; andunlefs ih 'd in a book to bt -xr. :eflbrs, c/o ordain, ten Truftee Magi. rowh of Halifax, eceivc all monies, th^ said Town of rsons whomsoever, rate of, any lands, . flips, rents, or by, through or i^j berries, markets, Irtgthe preceding year ; who are hereby ordered anddl- taed to (ubmit a fair debtor and creditor account of the ^me, together with the proper Vouchers to the confider- Mion of the faid Grand Jurors oh the faid laft Tuefday la January, who having eiamined the fame ihall make a iport thereof to the Truttec Magiftrates ; in vhich report ^ey fliall acquit the faid accountants or require further •oofs and elucidations nf their faid accounts and doings ; id the faid acquittal (hall be to all intent* and purposes a implete Quietus and difchargc of all accounts fo by the lid Grand Jury acquitted ; and in teftimony thereof the oreman of the faid Grand Jury ihall fign the fame in omman Council, with the confcnt of a majority of [embers of the fame, then prefent* ^ ^ . , . ^^ TRUSTEES TO HOLD LANDS. &e -XlII. r other claims or | ^ ,v . arifing to the (aid J ^"^ '""''^*' '^ ^^^ "«» our heirs, and (ucceffi»rs, give, ant, ratify and confirm to the faid Truftee Magiftrates, our town of Halifax, and to their fucccflbrs in office, •rever. full, fpecial and free liberty, licenfe* power and Jithority, to take, receive, have, hold and eijoy. to hem and their fucceffors forever in fee fimpic, any mef- ^«gC8, lands, tenements, hereditaments, rents and other iffcffions, and real eftate, within and without the faid wn and peninfula of Halifax, as well of and from us, ir heirs, and fucceflbrs, as of and from all and every Ither perfon and perfons whomfoever ; fo as the mcffuagcs, mds, tenements, hereditaments, rents and other pi ffcffi- .ns, and real eftate, which the faid Truftee Ma,?iftratei iail and may have in their poflbffion and feifin.at any one :ime,excecdnotin thewhole the cicaryearly rent or Va uc of ...vPounds per aanum, lawful money of our (kid P« ov».cc, ^ beyood >ut, pay, expend »^herc the fame i< nd in cafes where Law, then to be >y them the 4id the piirpofcs for (hall appoint and It. •s, order aftd d?. he (aid meetings y year^ audit the the Chamber- ft aforefaid, du* ring f beyond and above aB charges and »pr'«„, without a. hindrance oi us, ur heirs cr /ucr^fli.r,, ,,r ,hc lufti. ( Elch«„ors. Shcr,ff„ Crr.ners, Bailifi.' J „tL^"! Mu.>nersof„s, cur heirs or fucceffors ; and thi, wi,h . a.y other letters patent, hberty. Ilcenfe .„ pover fro* «.. our he.r,, or fuccefforf, the Statutes of M. .D oruny other Aa, Uw cr Swtute, or any o.h« 3 thing or matter whatfoever, to the contra, v .here^^ any w.fe »o.w.,httanding ; and the fame n,eff„ ..g«.";; tenements, hereditaments, rents and other po0:fli^,r) affign. and o.fpofe at their own will and pleafure : and o «*e, fealandaccompHfl., an,- deed or deeS^Ktea leafes, evidences or writings, for or concerning , he a« or any pai t thereof. 6 »"» "■», BYE LAWS._XIV. ,nr^l^,"'* f 'If"'"'' 'f "'• **' '■«'" *»«• '■«=e«fc" g«nl appoin andordam, that the faidTruflee Magiflra.« i Councl ailembled in one Chamber, and the lid oW Juror, ,„ one other Chamber, once in every year. th«i to fay, beginmng on the laft Tuefday in January T.^ fion fhall have full power and authority to maki ordX conftttuteand eftaW.lh. fuch and fb many law,. ordS ce. regulafon. and conftitu.ions. (provided th^ f^ SV T^T^ •" "•" Law,and.Co„fii.u,io, o^^o« ^med Kvogdom of Great Britain and Ireland, or of tf." our Provmce of Nova Scotia) a. fhall be necefliry or col ven«.nt for the good government and welfarfof wrlS ^ow„ of Halifax , and the fame to enforce, putinufe^i execution, by the proper Officer, , and ^tSeir pk2 II fame to revoke, alter, and make anew, ai occafion y require. Prd^vid^d nevertheie/s^ that no law, ordi- ice, regulation or conftimtion fo made, ordained, or Iftitutfd, fliall be of any efeft or force, until ratified lour Governor, Licutenant-Governc^r, oi Commander Chiff of our faid Province for the time being, under Mwndand feal, and until the fame be recorded in the Ice of the Chamberlain of the faid Town, an J publiflied Sne or more of the uewfpapcrs of the faid Town of Hv COMMON COUNCIL-lHOW ASSEMBLED-XV. kndwedo further grant and ordain, that it (hall and he lawful for the Chairman or Deputy Chairm ai of ifiid Tfuft for the time being, by and with the confent px or more of the Truaee Magiftrates, to fummon a tial Common Co^ncil as often there (hall be occafion j the purpofe of dcHberating on and recommending nal matters ; which fliall be noticed in the notices if led accordingly ; provUed^ that no affembly or meeting III be deemed a fpecial Comiiitm CouncU, urilefs the ^airman or the Deputy Chairman, and at lead fix other Jftee Magiftrates, and thirteen of the Grand Jurors be client, ** COURT OF SESSIONS— XVI. ^ Lnd we do hereby for us, our heirs, and fucceflbrs, ap. mt and ordain, that the faid Chairman and Truftec igiftrates, together with the Recorder of our faid )wn, (the Chairman, or in his abfcnce. the (enior Ma- Iftratc then prefent prefiding) fliall four times in every ^, that IS to fay, on the fecond Tucfdays of February, lay, Auguft, and November, and during four days then immediately f 13 Immedfalcly fuccecding, hold a Court ofScnions to kj called the Trufiee Curt ; and fhall hare cognizance thcra ^f all matters arifing within the faid town and peninfula d Hahfax which can or may be decided or determined b, law at the Quarter Seffions of the Peace, with.)ut the io tervcntion of a jury -, and ihall fuperincend and enforc within t je faid town and peninfula, the execution oH and angular the laws of this our Province, as well toud wg and concering the Trade. Commerce andManufac turcs of the Province, as aifo touching and concernim perfons of every defcription, appointrding ' Law, and to levy the fame, an I lo award procefs, take cognliances for keeping the peace, for being qf good thayioiir, and for appearances or other wife, or coqimit to lifon asoccifion (hall lawfully require, withvmt being .ountable to us, our heirs anl fucccffjrs, for any fines amercements to be impofed for the faid offences, or jy of them, except fuch as a e or flidl be by Law male jyable into the Treafury of this our Province for offa.ices "aintt our Crown and I);gnity ; and generally to do all ch matters and things within our faid Tov^n of Halifa:^, [any Court of General yuarterSeflions of the Peace, yer and Perminer and Goal Dciiv«:ry of and for any k)uncy within this our Province, may or can dp withiq fy fuch County. LAWS WHICH CONCERN THE POOR AND THE HlGrfWAYS.-XVII. And further we for us, our heirs and fucceffirs, do ^rcby grant, order, and dir#a, that from and after the' Itc hereof, the faid Truftee Magiftratcs fliall have full ^wer and s^uthority of themfelves, to execute, or by any legated truft from them to any other perfjn or numb;r _ other perfons, to caufe to be executed the laws of our M Province now in force for direding the managing of tid the concerns of the Poor of the faid Town~ And alfo le laws of our faid Province now in force, which have cen enadcd from time to time for the purpofe of making, Jcnduig, repairing and improving the Highways and Streets iwrr ttrtats df Acfafd tdi^h and peninfiilji of HaUfat, in a^ full and ample manntr to all intents and ptirpf>fcs, as the prefcntf Commifltoncrs of the Poor, and the prefent CoAimiflSun. f rs of Highways and Streets of Halifax by law now ha^ ROTATION LAW.—XVIII. Ahd We do hereby further ordet and direft, that theMj |;Sftiate^ within our Commiffion of the Peace for the Couu. , ty ot Halifax, refident in our laid Town of Halifax, and noi laually Membeis of the Council oftruftee Magirtratcs fofl our faid Town.fljali and may, with Of Without the aid ol Ihefaidlruftee Magiftrates^ as the laid Magiftrates, iil and out of the laid truft, from time to time, byj majority of them affembled in Special Scffion may * grw, |!>ut In execution and adminiftee the Aft o! ©f our General Aflfembly, pafled in the thirty-fecond yeai Of our reign, ufually termed the Roiatio^i Law, and at Other laws in amendment thereof; without any aid, C(t\ operation, affiftance or rotation of or from the other Mi. giftrates within our commiffion of the Peace, adting for thi time being, in the office of Truftce Magiftrates, and likj wife that the faid Magiftrates, not a^ually in the fail truft, may be on the Grand,. Jury for all the purpofcs this our Charter. CHARTER TO BE FAVORABLY CONStRUED.-XlX. And we do for us, our heirs, and fiicceflbrs, order mn iMre& that this our Charter (hall in all Courts of Law ani I(i|uity*and elfewhere, be conftrued and taken moft favc| iblyfor the Inhabitants of our faid toWn of Halifax ;• ind that thfe fame (hail be In force during year ft^om the date hereof, alsd that it be the& renewedi a JtaUED.-XlX. »5 I, attended, or rcfcindcd at our plcaftrc, or the will and [icafurs of our heirs and fuccelTors. IF RESCINDED, THE LANDS. fccTO BE RE-XN. VESTED.— XX. ivfi-in. And laf'ly, in cafe thcfc prefcnts fliould at any time be. j^mc lefcinded and revoked, and tic truft hereby vetted M and di'termine, the faid eftate, eftates, right*. privU gei, and intcrefts fliall thrrce foiward be veiled in fuch ^rfon cr perfons, willing to accept the fame as (hall be ^n:ed and appointed by us, our Governor. Lieutenant- jvernor, or Commander in Chief of our faid Province • the time being, for the ufe, benefit and intcrctt of ihe ubicants of our faid Town of Halifax, IT it proposed that a General Meeting JhcuJ J take plaet