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V -V V .f^^ I {.'i fe ^ '■*«ra«i!«3SIWK««S^:, ii THE ACT. ifik- ^-v.^ iUy§'.Htiii(: ' nvf r !^tr\m «• .«»vr;fti »■ AN ACT to makefurther and mord eff'tctual proj^isipn fox tht Prer vention of AocidenU by. ^^^^^ i^ the several Police Totem of this 'Province. .♦ /-'- [Passed 30th January, 1826.1 WHEREAS, the meaiw provided by liftw Air the preventioniiuid extiagsiehiiii^ of accidental Fires, have hitbei^ proved iosuflloient, from the want of a jcompcnBation being- aulliori- sed for the services of pensons who may be^ em- ploy ed as Fii'epmen : 3e it therefore Enadedy.by the King^s Most E«xce4eiiik Majesty, by andr^th the advice and consentdf tbe Iiegislative Goun* cil and Assembly of the Province^ of Upper Cana- da, constituted and assembled by virtue ^O^ end 4, under the authority of an Aet paaeed 'ill the> Par- liament of Great Britalarliitituled> f< Att Acl^ to I repeal certain pai^ of an^ Aet-j pauMOd kt tbe Ibur- teenth year ofHii Majesty's Reigti^iatitttted/^ An Act for making mere eflRfictual provislen for^-the ' Government of thi^PlPOvinceof Quebecf ia Neirth America, and to make further provision Ib^^^he Government of the^Sttid Province," * and^by^'the ^^^plitborityof theeaaie. Tliateo aooo av op^ or (4) more CoOnpimy or ConipanicA shall be formed in any Town where a Police is or may be estab- lished by Law, of Persons voluntarily enrolling^ •^tfaems^^ves as f iretip^q, bein^ir |nhi|l^itants orthe saldl^qwn, under the pfpvision^ pf i\\e Laws liere^otbre tirade for. that purpose, it shall and may he lawful t6r the Justices of the Peace, in fihy^Histric^ in which S^ch Tow9 Vd^y b^ situa- ted, in General Quarter Sessiqns assenvbled, or thie majority of them, being satisfied of the efiloi<* rency of such, pei;s9f s^ ^^ aci^i^pijLpg, Iheir eiiroU ^ibeiit,' to ^iriedt the Clerk of the Peace 4br such tfir CoBti^fin^ ^-otoliiE^^ o^ the iMSfnc^ w^ch cerUAcalie. vhaJIt exempt the> Indifiid- < MlMipfid^^^^ period of his en- t)i^fiii|pl:andJiisc0Jiiini|iiiioeiii actual duly ^aaanch 'C<^^ MlUlia dutjf in tima.dl* police, *ii|wseri^iDgr«8. M jMrjriiMUt or. Ccmnlftbley and iisbln al?. ot||Sfi|^^ offices; any. law, ,t> Her^9lmriMj»lmi^ff^ and *f . f^/ui:(A^.ffia<<«rf. by , im^^0i»fl^s»^ i«^ and; fb^ any n f^llffHP^iJ^^pS^^^P^ or HKn^jarjty of them, ,|it j^tty^l^ral or^dJl^urned^@e$isi^^ a v|>li0i|| tii^ th^ni mada .of n^flaal of duty by apyv in- di$idP#it#f fuph.FIra r>oi^ t0:e^miiia into afid for aoy . .sacli cauaci^. and ^ also in of QpiiWctll^a O^$fnyimi^¥lu0k^*^\m9^' f (5) pAtiy for a breach ofany oftha rales legally made for the regrulottdn of the »ttfil^, to strike oflT the name of any such inUlvldual from the list ofsuch Company, and from thenceforward, the certificate wKlch tnay have been gtanud io mitih individual as aforesaid, shall have no eiKectJn exempting him from any duty or service, in ^e preceding clause of thiA Acf ifienftdli'ed. Provided dlwaySf neverthdess, that it shaH iHs tn the tlfecfeti^ 6f the Justices of th« P^e« foi^iftily^IIRM^Mdf HiisPro- irjifoey or the majority^^ 49C Hietll,^ ilt General Quar- • iB^t Sessions assembled; ftt eonieiit i6 the foriha- ^^f'lHoii, as afbH»»ald, of any Flir« Cbm|)bny under itie provisions 6t^ this Act for any l*blice Town within^ their Bistriot). or lo^ firfbr th« same until ' tti^elPcumstaAces^nny soeh^owfi^itiay^ ill their opihioni render it" expedient, and that ^^f itlay ' also, in their disc^riRtion, froiiHime to time discpn- -..f^jDoue or reiiew aiiyrtfii(«hi.*um|ijany or Com|ianies. ---/'. .- ^si. ^ -M ?;un' |>«*^«*«')iff4 iWi :i»»V' K:j.y.\ - i. :ir* I its ft ' '\i .'tHii lBii\V^t^ t. CAifPBfeiiii,— LiEUTENAjirr, ^OHN ^. CRCkiks,— Treasurer. jrOHN ROOBRS,— Secr^tart. i.<^/i«;fo/idef^Tbd't Ibi* the cliscipline and n^^ uI^Mon of this Qompfmy, a Captain, fJeutenaut, Ti*ea8Ufer..andj^ecr(8t9ry, be appointedj b^Ji^l- Ibf, to be;jn office for iwo Years from the above date*. 'i V«*? •'ifVi,'')!;, ^: J?<^dA7^— >irhW th^ Compariy meet on the first Monday iii: every Month, at the hour of five, o'clock, from the fi^rat of Aprils to the i^rstofQc- tohf^o|^rs, under.|ip^Uypr five shilling^. | ^ torder of the Comp^fVMai a line of pne^shoJii^ r be iinpQsed fojr fiiydowKJi^ of orders /Eit,,pmH^e - meetings,^d Pyc ^lapj^ whea,9fti>ub^i<^4my 5 with the Enfl^pev . ^ 10. i2««o/fy^i%ft^^^^ nui]9i]bMf]^l>f, ap- . pointed i«