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W •»'. |t«a|liUMM.VU>: 1,'a'lS ABHAUAM LAGlJ'J.rX, E»o. in ili« Clmir. t«t That aef« Siti!< rextua tu hi'\<*, ttiut In tU« bunion (tt lliu IVuTluctdl IMrllam^nt, niMmblcd on the !Mth nf tiloveiuber iMt For the (etl of |Mti^tiniaM|, U)e tiuto of'fte l*mvine£ nonld have been improToJ, and tiio evlli whkh weigh on iti inha- I btlaoii roBMJlo), ur put in aeoarM to'tw remvr^ed, untt i(ji ftmii, welfurn and good goreniKent pro'iioted. hm.,^t,.-.4ltt§ttKlktMtijUltUkllki^§JnKti^SU^iS^^*^^ "^ ^ ^"^ 0MnrCHtbv*iIlency (he Otrmanr in Chief to approve, j according lo parliamrntnry uaag;*, tKeSpcakcfflTfiS?TlB^HW?nf!''!'T?1fi«*ft»ii"«W!PI ■•• iiiiial nj^BBn^aad hy tb« p«id«nMUi»u^ of the sad NovemblT proroguini; ihu l>i'o>indal I*artlaniciit. M. That il is eiptdlent, under the foregoing circumstancca, to lubmit b)r hnmble portion lu Hii M^jeity and l'\« tvro Honaei oflto PariiMMirt«rtlw 4 MwMflitto «bleh1» inhabitavtaarecxpoeou, in the hope lliat in the etcrciM of ihn Rojnl i'lPmgati'.e, and t'lie justin- ^*'^ /Vlt,^^^<.'i H. />'A*»t'/ <" t'' ^ ^^*«< ^ /'^'^ "^ )i ' Tth. That under the present cirrumslances of tl>« Province, no fates or new duties for the public uses thereof can, equitably, be impoaed, and no dependence can be placed on any fimrts for aiding in the diffusion of edtiratlon and facilitating the exertions of individual ihduitry and enterptlM, other thta such funds as may be derived from the existing public revenue of the Province. 8th. That more than one hiiil oi° the gross aioount of the sai.I public revenue kas been applied for several years past to the pay- laent of tb« salaries, ^molDiMaU, wd axpcaua ot' the officers of the Civil Oovemmwit of the Pi jvince, exclnsir* of the usual special approprtaiioaa. ._ . _ ^' fijf . 0th. That the said salaries, eqiatumcntJ, and npeiuca, have ucen greatfy Increased WtOHSfh Hie concnrre ut e or roaseat^f Am Legislature for many years past, antfare in several instances paid lo absentees and persons who have rendered no service therefore to this Province \ and in other instance*, the suiil salaries, oinoluments, and expenses are excessive, compared with the services rendered, and with the incomes derived frjm raalc*tal<<, and the usual recompense obtained by individuals of talent, character, and industry, equal to (huse of (he persons who bold the said salaries and emoluments. ^ -?•«.<'' ^^••'■■»**y' lOt'j. That besides the unneceatary and excessive salaries, emolnments, and expenses, fees increasing In a heavy and grievous amount, are paid by (he subject to dWers ufBcers of (Government, whereby individuals are bnrthem-d, the protection of Ihe Law and (he benellt of government arc less^nM^ and the resources of the country for il* necessary wants diminished.. ■■^** llth. That a m^jotily of pcr*4bs, chiefly ilepemlent, fur the support of themselves and their families, on the salaries and'\ ^^ y emulunifnis of public ufllcen liuld daring pleasure, have been placed In the F.xccutive and Legislative Cmncils of this Province, ) J^ •■ -^t-*^ several o.' whom have a direct individual interest in maintaining ami incr"nslng Ihe said excessire salaries, fees, emoluments, and ) ^k^ ,,. £^ f expenses, and perpetuating other abuses profllable (o persons In nflirc. ' f '^ IVth. That a majiirily ii- ihe *ai«i^-^ . ^t* MU. »S»-''S^X. ".j>a»

v< • 'l|Aj(^i'» < ^ For alTonllng a l«|sl recourse to the snl^ect having claliBS against the Prorincbl Goremment/: ."';"' ' J J M For regulating certain fee* and offlcesi ;« ■ ""s i.' -'.';ii;^jj For enabling the Inhabitants of the Towns to have a voice in the management «rf their local contenii.. Hid atK#ii( on the expe^lhire of moneys levied upon tkem by asse^tsment. , k /* For facilitating tl« Admlnlitratton of Justice throughout the Province, for qualifying and regulating the fnrmatioil W of Juri a, aad introducing Jury trial* in the ronntry parts, and dimii:i*hlag the expenae* occksioned by the V distance of r^iiors (Voni the present seats of Jostice. ^ / Fdr providing a aew and (uSIcient Gaol for the District of Montreal. ^ f For qualifying parsons lo Mrve h> die office of Jnsiioe of the Peace. ^j^ I ^., it 'FAr oontlau'ns tlw Acts roguiattng the Mllitis o( lb* Proriree. ^ £ «/ For iDcraasing ani >pportll upon these and other niMMHj Billf seat up by tke Assembly to the Legislative OoujWil, by a m«\)ority of the nnld Co ocll formed of Executive Cnnnclllors, Judfies. and Officers koldiog Iheir Commisfions darhig ]^. aaare, mnst.w held lo br tbc act of Ihe Executive Oevero«ient of Ihe Province, and, as such, u^v« trt ftfl eiH^l at the ^"ffi^ly/fefcltf JiSSSl"'"'"* »* **? I^w i^Wlshcd iu this Proviaco. fj \'- -\ .J ■ * mil. Tliiit lorgi" »iliii» »r iiiiii,i>y. Ill llu- prmecils of llio Piililic U-veiiui- levied in litis Province, liiire brr.ii tppliiMl lijr warrsiit of (Ik- Kxccutive (jovciiimt'nt, year alVi year, uillioiit any upprupriatiun by tlie LegisliUive Uoily llicrein, (while tli4 neccasary a)>pri>prial-uns wire rrjecteil iu the taiil Legialative Council,) Tor the payment of ulleged i-xpcnii-s ol' the Civil (iovrrnmcnt, nnil olhor exprnaea, for which nu services war* rendered to the Province, or for new and increased pnlarirs and allowiinres never recognized br the Legislature. ISIh. That large sunia cit' inonuy, of the proceeds of the Public Revenue raised within tliis Province', in the hands of the late Rccoivrr-tjcnprnl, and oMicr depoaitaries of public moneya, tben and still under the control and superintendenco of the Provincial Executive, have been di»si|mtcd ; and other oflicera appointed in their atead, without any adeqORle securities being takff:i for the future, thereby occnsioiiing and expusing the public to grievOJl losses, wasting or endangering the resources of the Province, and subjecting ita i:ihabilnnla to uniietcssary burthens. lOlh. Tliat various other sums of money, appropriated by the Lrgialature, have been advanced to divers persons appointed by tl:e Executive, initny of whom have not accounted for such advances in due time, have insutnciently accounted, or out accounted in any shape whatsoever, as appears by the atatement laid before the Assembly, on addreas, in the session of 1836, and that persons, then in default un the aniil statcmept, have been appointed to other situations of honour, trust, and profit. 17th. That the College . id Kevcnuca of the Estatid of the late Order of Jesuits in this Province, originally erecteecutive, (o obtain from His Majesty's Government in England, and the Par- liament of the United Kingdom, various alterations in the Constitution of the Uoverninent of this Province, as established by an Act of the Dritish Parliament, prejudicial tn the rights and interests of this Province, without their knowledge, and at a time when the said inhabitants were prevented by the aaid majority of Executive Councillors, Judges, and other Officers in (he Legislative Council, from having an authorised .\gent in England to attend to th.'ir interests and enable them to be heard by the Oovpmment of (he Mother Country. 20lh. That the revival or continuation by the act of the Pailiament of the United Kingdom (4 Geo. IV. chap.0), of tempuraty duties imposed by Provinciei act>' were so obtained, as will ns the acta affecting the tenurea of Land in this Province, the whole prejudicial to the dearest rights and essential interests of the iuhabitants of this Province, and without the koowledge or consent of the persons chiefly affected by the said acts. 21st. That tlie aforementioned » f Appiicatiunof monies levied thi« Province, without appropriations by the Legislature thereof, /'' ' • '2, The said advances of money to persons who have not sufficiently accounted for the same, 2< ■\ The s,iid dissipation of public money, and appointment of persons to be intrusted with public monies witboat fall security given, 4i,~«'v,_-./ . Vi-/**-*^- ^ tv. -"- >1^„ -,► -./ .-»«-..-/«,,/> 'J J_i \ / ft The diversiiin of the revenu's of the Katnles of tbc late order ii^thc Jesuits from pnriiosu of Sdacathw of th«v V^ ^ Youth of this Province, .',«^ - /x*' ~t . . ^>* — ^ X'iJ--' ^/^i^JJ^. i^Z.^^^^^r^^J^^ ^^ { Tli#l*e)icrutmn ^f till; luiiiililuns uf ilie graots of the waste landx of tlie Grown, and tha aforesaid slliiwjili ua tbe^"^ y -^ part of the officers of the Executive Government to obtain allerntions in England of the Established Coaiti- \ .i^^^^^*- , tution and Laws of the Province, without the knowledr o of the inhabitants generally, and without their baviog \ ^'''^'^ had an opportunity of bctns heard, /t««««-«- /"*»- / j^ •^. rt'<' ^/!wt<_ V '**"»^ Are grievances danucroHs to the peace, welfare, and good Oovcmment of this Province. ^»- * 22d. That the prayer of the Petition to Hia Majesty be : that he would take the premises into his most gracious consideration ; and so exercise his Royal Prerogative, that his subjecU in this Province be relieve i] from the said abuses and grievances and that . , justice be done therein ; that the inhabitants of this Province be aecuted in the full enjoyment of the Constitution of Oorerament, as /.< taC^, C~'- '/<%..^,tablishcd by the act passed in the Sl.st year of the Reign of his late Royal Father of revered memory ,/ 23d. That the prayer to both houses of Parliament be that they would take the promises into consideraiion, cause inquiry tn ba made and tlie pctitioncra to the heard, that justice may be done thereon, and the subject in this Province be secured in the fall cqjoy- ment of the Conatitutiun of (iovcrumcnl, as esLiblished by the Act of the Parliament of Great Kritain, passed in the (1st year of the reign uf his laic Majesty, without any alteration thereof whatsoever. 24th. Tliat a Committee of 33 Electors duly qualified by Iavi to vole for members of th>> assembly of this Province be appoialmi to draft and prepare petitions on the foregoing r> siilutiuna, with full power to take all the necessary steps for submitting '.hem for th« k ^^«/^«^ signature of the Electors generally, for causing the said petitions to be laid at the foot of the Throne and presented to the Lords aad Commons, and also to give effect to and support the same by evidence. ^ 9?uIL. ^nt-ib^ 2Hh. That this meeting will contribute and assist in procuring Totuntary subscriptions to cover the necessary exfeBdilnre for vi^ l^^ .'^the aforesaid purposes. . V . 2Dth. That Messrs. .\mabl.) firrthclot, Krarcois Blanchot, J. L. Borgia, J. R. E. Bacquet, Robert Blackiston, Miohel Borne, , *^*>^.»*^ J.Bigaoutte, Michel Clouel, John Cannon, Joseph Dorion, Elienne Defoy,John Ouval, John Fraaer, H. O. Forsyth, Pierre Fanchar, '^'M/«M«y Josefih Gagni?, A. R. Hamel, H. S.Jluot, ijouia liagueux, Josepl^ Legar^, pAre, Louis Iiguan, fils, Jaeqaea SatMond, Bl. C. La- goeux, Jean Langevin, Ignace Legtr^, J. L Marelt, Ixiuis M«*«a^ Joachim Mondore, John Neflson, Vallieres de St. Rial, Pierre V. I JlU-^i' ' f^ 2-7 Pelieticr, Joseph Roy, Au^t Gauthicr, and Louis I'ortier, do compose the said Committee, and that nine form a qucimm ; notice* ia writing of the time and place; of i,.eeting being previously left at the domicile of each of the said Committee. 27th. That the said Committee have power to add to their number, and be empowered to aid in forwardiof similar petitions from any other pariK of Ibis diatrict, in cases where application may be made to them to that effect, and where coBtribations may have been made to tlie funds of the said Committee, in aid of the aforementioned expenditure. 38th. That Joseph Roy, Esquire, be treasurer of the said Committee, and be held to accoant to the ■aid'Committro, and a meeting of Electors publicly railed, and that ail payments mad« by bim be Touched by orders of the said Committer, attestad by the signature of the Secretary. .. ,y.j L^i.:'"- f: LOUIS A. LAOUEUX, Pratidwil, H. S. IIUOT, Secretary. -IU&_ • *-' ««■.*» At a Meeting of the Committee, Friday, 14th December, 1827. The following officers wrra appointed :— J. R. Vallieses de St. Rial, Ebqaire, President, .'I Heury OEoacE FcasYTH, Esquire, I vi,. p„.ij.„.. Looia Abbah.m Laoueux, Esquire; J •^'" Pf"''«'"'»»> Klessrs. U. S. Hi'ot and J. B. E. BAOMiit, Secrrtaria*. H. 8.f WOT. ^Vi •*»-•