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 HARBOUR COMMISSIONERS 
 
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 Passed, 
 
 26th January, 1875. 
 
 Sanctioned, 
 
 lOth April. 1873. 
 
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 J r.. HOLLA ND, Ehq. 
 EDWARD MIJKPHY, Ksv 
 HKNRY BULMER, Esq. 
 VICTOR HUDON, Esq. 
 
 (Bommi88icjnet;8 : 
 ANDREW ROBERTSON, Esq., Chmrman. 
 
 HUfiH McLENNAN, Esq. 
 CHAS. H. OOULD, E,sq. 
 HON. J. L. BEAUDRY, (Mayor.) 
 ANDREW ALLAN, Esq. 
 
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 H. D. WHITNEY, Secretary. 
 
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 Montreal : 
 RE-PRINTED BY ORDER OF THE HARBOUR COMMISSIONERS. 
 
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 HARBOUR COMMISSIONERS. 
 
 OF MONTREAL. 
 
 Duly made and passed at a Meetituj of the .^aid Harbour 
 Commissioners, duly called and held at their Board Boom, 
 in Montreal, in the Province of Quebec, on the 26th day 
 of January, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-Jive. 
 
 Present ; 
 
 Mr. THOMAS CRAMP, Actituj Chairman. 
 
 Mr. JOHN PEATT. 
 
 Mr. peter DONOVAN. 
 
 Mr. ADOLPHE ROY. 
 
 Mr. W. W. OGILVIE. 
 
 Mr. ANDREW ALLAN. 
 
 WHEREAS under and by virtue of the provisions of the 
 Act of the Parliament of Canada, passed in the thirty- 
 sixth year of Her Majesty's reign, intituled, " An Act 
 " respecting the Trinity House and Harbor Commissioners 
 " of Montreal," the powers of the said Trmity House and 
 of the said Harbour Commissioners were consolidated and 
 vested in the said Harbour Commissioners, and by the said 
 Act and other Acts certain other powers and authority have 
 
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been f^ranted to the said Harbour Commissioners, which 
 have rendered it necessaiy that the existing By-Laws of the 
 Harbour (Jommissioners and Trinity House should bo re- 
 pealed, and that new By-Laws should be enacted by the said 
 Harbour Commissioners for rej^ulating the exercise of their 
 powers and duty in conformity with the said Acts, and with 
 the increased jurisdiction thereby conferred u[)on them ; 
 
 THEREFORE, the said Harbour T'ommissioners have 
 enacted, made and passed, and do hereby enact, make and 
 pass the following By-Laws, for the regulation of the various 
 matters lying within their jurisdiction, under and by virtue 
 of the said Acts, namely : — 
 
 BYLAWS. 
 
 The By-Laws of the Harbour Commissioners of Montreal 
 heretofore passed and in force, and the By-Laws, Orders, 
 Rules and Regulations of the Trinity House of Montreal, 
 heretofore passed and in force, are, and each of them is, 
 hereby repealed. 
 
 Election of 
 Presidenf. 
 
 Meetings of the 
 ConimiBsioners. 
 
 PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMISSIONERS. 
 
 Article 1. — A President shall be elected by the Commis- 
 sioners from among themselves, animally, on the first Monday 
 in September, or at the earliest convenient period thereafter, 
 and shall hold office till the first Monday in the then ensuing 
 September, or till the election of his successor. 
 
 Article 2. — Ordinary Meetings of the Com-nissioners 
 shall be held on Wednesday in each week, and Monthly 
 Meetings shall be held on the first Thursday of each month, 
 at such hour respectively as may be fixed for such meetings 
 by resolution, at which meetings any business within the 
 jurisdiction of the Commissioners may be dea'*^ with and dis- 
 posed of ; and such Monthly Meetings shall be open to the 
 public. . L 
 
Article 8. — Special Meetings of the Oornmissioners may special 
 be called by the President, or by any three of the Coramis- ^*'*""*''' 
 sioners ; and a notice of every such Special Meeting shall 
 be sent by the Secretary to each Commissioner, specifying 
 the object for which such Special Meeting is called. And 
 no other business shall be transacted at any Special Meeting 
 other than that which is specified in the notice so sent, or 
 such business as is incidental or accessory thereto. 
 
 Article 4. — At any Ordinary or Monthly Meeting, or atstandin* 
 any Special Meeting called for the purpose, the Commis-may'bl"^*" 
 sioners may appoint Standing Committees, composed of Com'""""'"'®'^" 
 missioners, in such numbers and for such purposes as may be 
 determined by the resolution appointing such Standing Com- 
 mittees. And such Standing Committees shall have the 
 right to deal with all matters within the limits of the purpose 
 for which they are so appointed respectively, to the extent to 
 which they shall be authorized so to do by such resolution ; 
 provided always that they shall not finally determine or do 
 any matter or thing which by law falls solely within the juris- 
 diction of the Commissioners. And such Standing Com- 
 mittees shall report their deliberations and decisions to the 
 Commissioners at the next meeting thereof competent to re- 
 ceive such report ; and the Commissioners shalj always have 
 power to reject or reverse any decision or determination of 
 any Standing Committee, unless such decision or determina- 
 tion shall fall within the powers confided to them, and within 
 their jurisdiction, and shall have been carried out before 
 being reported to the Commissioners. And the meetings of 
 all Committees shall be open to all Commissioners. 
 
 ArticJe 0. — Special Committees may be appointed at any 
 
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 meeting oi the Commissioners, to act m such manner as they Committees, 
 may be instructed to do with reference to any matter with 
 which the Commissioners are competent to deal at such 
 meeting. .... 
 
Order of 
 businesi. 
 
 Whonhall 
 preside at 
 meetings. 
 
 Article 6, — The order of business at all meetings of the 
 Conamissioners shall be as follows, namely : 
 
 1st. The readini^, and correction or approval, of the minutes 
 of the last preceding meeting. 
 
 2nd. The reception and consideration of the Reports of 
 Committees. 
 
 3rd, The reception and consideration of the Report of the 
 Officers of the Harbour and Port of Montreal respec- 
 tively. 
 
 4th. The consideration of any business which has been 
 adjourned from a preceding meeting 
 
 5th. The consideration of new business. 
 
 Article 7. — The President shall preside at all meetings 
 of the Commissioners, and shall have authority to maintain 
 order and regularity ; but, in his absence, one of the Com- 
 missioners shall be chosen by vote to perform his duties, and, 
 during such absence, shall have all the powers hereby con- 
 ferred upon the President. 
 
 Signing of 
 Debentures, 
 
 Article 8. — All Debentures to be issued by the Commis- 
 3r ofhe?*^'^^'' ^'0"^''^ ^^^'' ^^ signed by any three of them ; all cheques 
 documents. ghall be signed by one Commissioner at least, and all deeds 
 and other documents whatsoever shall be executed by the 
 President. And no debentures, checpies, deeds or other 
 documents, shall be binding on the Corporation unless sif^ned 
 and executed in conformity with this By-Law, and then only 
 provided they are countersigned or endoised by the Secretary. 
 
 Corporation to Article 9. — The Corporation shall have no dealings of any 
 with members, kind with any of its members ; nor shall any member thereof 
 or any officer or other [erson employed by, or in the service 
 of the said Harbour Commissioners, be concerned, directly 
 or indirectly, in any contract that may hereafter be entered 
 into appertaining to any works carried on by the Commiaj- 
 
sioners ; but all such transactions shall hereafter be con- 
 ducted by and through the Secretary, with the approval of 
 the Board. 
 
 ARRIVAL OF VESSELS. 
 
 Article 10. — The master or person in charge of every VoweiH to 
 vessel arriving in the harbour, shall, without delay <and be- vvharfitmers 
 fore he shall break bulk, make and deliver at the Wharf- 
 inger's Office a true and correct report in writing, signed 
 and certified by him, of the arrival of such vessel, of her 
 cargo, of the value thereof, of her tonnage, and of her draft 
 of water ; such rejtort also to contain a description of the rig 
 of such vessel, the name of such vessel, and of her master or 
 captain, the place from whence and the date when such 
 vessel sailed, the name of the consignee thereof and of the 
 pilot thereof ; the number of men employed therein, the 
 number of passengers carried thereby, and the name of the 
 steamer (if any) which towed such vessel into harbour ; and 
 shall pay all dues in respect of such vessel and of her cargo, 
 to the Wharfinger ; and shall also then pay all arrears of 
 dues, and all penalties then due to the said Corporation in 
 respect of such vessel, or of her cargo on any previous 
 voyage thereof 
 
 Article 1 1 . — The Harbour Master shall, according to his HarbourMaster 
 discretion, assign to each vessel arriving in the said harbour, vetieis'and .' 
 the berth it shall occupy, giving precedence, however, when "'*'*" ''®'"^''^- 
 practicable, to a vessel with cargo over a vessel in ballast, or 
 taking in cargo ; and shall have power to change such berth 
 from time to time as he may see fit ; and such assignment of 
 a berth may be made by a verbal notice to the master or 
 person in charge of such vessel, and either on each trip of 
 such vessel, or for the whole business season. And no vessel 
 shall take up or occupy any berth in the said harbour, unless 
 such berth shall have been assigned to her by the Harbour 
 Master. 
 
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 AnchdrHKe or 
 berth* lor 
 ve«sols with 
 siukneBK on 
 board. 
 
 Coiouriitobe Article VI. — The colours of every vessel iirrivin;; in the 
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 reim^te'i aii.i ^^^^^ harhour shiiU he kept \\y\\\\i, until the report mentioned 
 
 berthuii. j,^ j^),(, fore<;oing By-Laws shall have heen made and delivered, 
 
 as therein j>rovided, and until the Ilarhour Master shall have 
 
 allotted a herth to such vessel. 
 
 Article V^. — Durino; the prevalance of any epidemic, or 
 when there shall he cause to apprehend the spread of any in- 
 fectious or conta;i;ious disease, the Harhour Master shall have 
 power to designate and set apart some certain anchorage, 
 wharf, or place, for every steamer or other vessel arriving in 
 the said harbour having on hoard more than twenty pas- 
 sengers ; where such steamer or vessel shall remain initil 
 such sanitary j)recautions shall have heen used as shall be 
 appointed in that hehalt by a resolution of the Harbour Com- 
 missioners ; and upon the delivery of a verbal notice of the 
 appointment of such anchorage, wharf, or place — with a copy 
 of such resolution — to the master or person in charge of such 
 steamer or vessel, either before, or immediately upon its 
 arrival in the said harbour, such steamer or vessel shall forth- 
 with proceed to such anchorage, wharf, or place, and there 
 remain until the terms of such res')lutii)n shall have been fully 
 complied with. 
 
 Water (taut?e, Article 14. — Every vessel entering the said harbour shall 
 
 name and , i i • i i i 
 
 tonnaKe to be have a water gauge marked conspicuously and accurately on 
 
 Bhown on every , , , ■ i , "i 
 
 vessel. her stem and stern ; and her name painted on the stern, bow 
 
 or quarter, so as to be easily discerned from the wharf ; and 
 the tonnage of each river craft entering the said harbour shall 
 be cut into the face of the foreside of the beam forming the 
 after part of the main hatch, in figures of not less than four 
 inches in length, in such a manner as to be visible from the 
 deck. 
 
 Conditions 
 relating to 
 gunpowder. 
 
 Article 15. — No vessel having more than twenty-five 
 pounds weight of gunpowder on board, shall sail through the 
 said harbour, unless such gunpowder be under deck, or care- 
 fully and completely covered with oil cloth, tarpaulin or 
 
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 other suitable covering ; and no swch vessel shall eome to 
 anchor, or renuiin in the saiil harbour higher up the St. Law- 
 rence than the part of sjiid harl)our where the wharf known 
 as (iilJK'rt's Wharf formerly stood ; and it shall be in the 
 power of the Harbour Commissioners, by a resolution, to be 
 p.assed for that purpose, to prevent such vessel coming to 
 anchor or remainin<!; hi;^her up than any other point below 
 such wharf,— which |>oint shall be (lesit;nated in such reso- 
 lution. 
 
 Article \U. -No steam vessel, while within the said Speed ot stem 
 harbour above the Victoria |)ier, .shall move at a rate exceed- ^*'"'* " 
 ing half hei- usual speed. 
 
 ArtiaU'M. — No vessel shall anchor within the limits ot No vestal t.. 
 the said harbour in such a place or position as to prevent a (.bstrupt**^ 
 free and unobstructed passag*' for all other vessels to and '"'"^***''' 
 from the said harbour, and to and from the Lachine Canal, 
 or any wharf in the said harboui . 
 
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 VESSELS LYING IN THE HARBOUR. 
 
 Article 18. — All vessels in the said harbour shall be under ^n vessels in 
 the control of the Harbour Master, so far as regards their .SbjS'irtht'''' 
 position, mooring, fastening, removal and the extent of ac- M^ste^'s order.« 
 commodation masters or persons in charge thereof may 
 recjuire from each other ; and no person on board or in charge 
 -' y any vessel in the said harbour shall disregard or disobey 
 the orders of the Harbour Master in such respects, and in 
 the event of such refusal or disregard of the orders of the 
 Harbour Master to remove any vessel, it shall be lawful for 
 such Harbour Master to cast off or cut away the hawsers or 
 other fastening of such vessel, or to cut away any ring or 
 post to which such hawsers or other fastening may be at- 
 tached ; and in such event, in addition to the penalty herein- 
 after provided for, the master of such vessel shall be bound 
 to pa>' to the said Harbour Commissioners the damage (if 
 
 
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 any) caused to the wharf or wharves by the euttiug away of 
 stich rin^ or post. 
 
 Ktermuy ^''ticle 19. — In the event of the resistance of any person 
 
 ve^orSing '■*^' P^'*^''"^^ "» *>0''^»"*l of i^"y vessel to the orders of the Harbour 
 hif. authority. Master to remove the same, under the powers conferred 
 upon him by the last preceding section — whether such re- 
 sistance be active or passive — it shall be lawful for the 
 Elarbour Master to take possession of such vessel, and to re- 
 move the s{;me ; and he shall have the power of employing; a 
 sufficient number of men for that purpose at the expense of 
 the master, owner, or person in charge of such vessel, to aid 
 him in enforcing such removal ; and shall have the right to 
 moor, anchor, or make fast siich vessel at such other place 
 as he shall see fit. 
 
 Kaft?, cribs Article 20. — No raft, crib, raft-bottom, or floating timber, 
 
 Ac, under shall bp or remain attached or secured to any wharf, or to 
 
 exiireiis control »' ' 
 
 Master*""'^ any part of the beach in said harl)our, without the express 
 permission of the Harbour Master ; and irrespective of the 
 penalty hereinafter provided for, the Harbour Master shall 
 have the power, without any notice to any person whomso- 
 ever, to cut adrift any raft, crib, raft-bottom, or timber, which 
 shall be so attached or secured without his permission ; and 
 such raft, crib, raft-bottom, or timber so cut adrift shall 
 thereafter continue to be and remain at the proper risk of 
 the owners thereof respectively. Ana no raft, crib, raft- 
 bottom or timber, shall, under any circumstances whatever, 
 occupy a berth in the said harbour above the Victoria Pier, 
 or be anchored in the stream within the limits of the said 
 harbour. 
 
 fastaned. 
 
 Hawsers and Article 21.— No hawser or rope shall be run or fastened 
 must'be"" ^^ across any part of the harbour, excepting for the express 
 purpose of hauling a vessel in or out immediately, or for the 
 purpose of hauling a vessel off the ground, in which cases 
 the hawser or rope shall be slackened in order to give a free 
 
 
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 and uninterrupted passage to any other vessel that may 
 re(|uire to pass. 
 
 Article 2'2. — Vessels lyin<i; at any wharf, or within a pier, 
 within the limits of the harhour, shall not have an anehor out^ 
 except for the purpose of immediately haulin«:; in or out. 
 
 Artidf 2.^. — The shon^ fastenings o| every vessel within 
 the harbour shall he attaeiied to the rin^s plaeed on the 
 outer ed^es of the wharves, or to moorintf posts, and shalj 
 not in any manner cross or traverse the said wharves, or he 
 attached to any lamp post or to any matter or thinjj; on the 
 wharves other than those specially provided for that purpose. 
 
 Article 24. — All vessels lyini:; at the wharves within the 
 harbour shall have their yards topped up, their booms and 
 outrigirers rigged in, their jihbooms and Hying jibbooms 
 rigged in as far as practical)le, their studding-sail-boom-irons 
 takea otf" their sprit-sail-yards laid fore and aft, and their 
 anchors .secuied, so as to avoid doing damage to other 
 vessels. 
 
 Article 25. — No master or other person in charge of, or 
 on board of any vessel within the said harbour, to which any 
 other vessel shall be made fast by any rope, hawser or chain, 
 shall cut or cast oft" such rope, hawser or chain, or cause or 
 permit the same to be cut or cast ott', without giving ample 
 and distinct notice of the intention so to do to the master or 
 person in charge of the vessel bo made fast. 
 
 Article 26. — Every steam vessel at any of the wharves in 
 the said harbour, or at any landing j>lace within the limits 
 of the same, shall provide a good and sufficient gangway 
 from such steam vessel to such wharf or landing place, with 
 ridge ropes on both sides, supported by wooden or i\-on stan- 
 cheons, not less than three feet high, for the use of persona 
 going and coming fn)m on board such steam vessel ; and on 
 dark nights a light provided by such vessel shall be placed 
 on every such vessel neai' such gangway,. so tliat such gang- 
 
 Ves.sel.s not to 
 liHvc an anchor 
 out, unless to 
 hiinl out or in. 
 
 Fii.stoninK.s of 
 vessels, how 
 siune inu.st be 
 madu fu.st. 
 
 Voflsels at the 
 wha vos to 
 avoid lioinR 
 damage to 
 each other. 
 
 Fii.'iteninKS of 
 veasols not to 
 bu cast off 
 without notice. 
 
 Steamers to 
 have gangways, 
 and lig; ^ at 
 night on 
 gangways- 
 
 
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 way may be seen clearly from the wharf and from on hoard 
 such vessel. 
 
 Passiige allow AvticJc 21 . — When two or more vessels are lying at the 
 
 ed over decks i r i • i /• .t r i '• i i 
 
 ot vessels lyini? same whart, One outside ot another, a tree and imincumbered 
 [lassage over the decks of those nearest the wharf shall be 
 allowed to those lying outside of them, as well for loading or 
 unloading such outside vessel or vessels, as for the purpose 
 of ordinary communication with the above shore, provided 
 such outside vessels have gangways of their own, extending 
 to the wharf over the decks of the vessels nearest thereto. 
 
 Steiuners to Article 28. — All steam vessels, except those using coal for 
 
 on.their ' generating steam, shall, while within the limits of the said 
 
 harbour, have wire caps fitted over their chimneys so as to 
 
 prevent sparks issuing therefrom, the interstices of which 
 
 caps shall not be more than one-quarter of an inch square. 
 
 Article 29. — Any vessel aground within the said harbour 
 shall show three bright white lights over that side or end of 
 such vessel nearest which other vessels must approach in 
 passing her. 
 
 Watch to be 
 kept on board 
 vessels in 
 harbour. 
 
 Article 30. — There shall be a watch, consisting of one or 
 more grown persons, kept and maintained from sunset to 
 sunrise on board of every vessel lying in said harbour, and 
 such watch shall instantly give the alarm in the event of any 
 danger, accident, disturbance, or fire on board of such vessels, 
 or on board of any other vessel in the said harbour, as soon 
 as perceived ; and shall, at all hours and times during the 
 said period, respond to the call, hail or enquiry of any officer 
 of the Harbour Commissioners, or of any of the officers or 
 men of the Water Police. And in the absence of other suf- 
 ficient evidence of the violation of this By-law, if no answer 
 be made by the watch on any vessel to such call, hail or 
 enquiry, after three audible repetitions of the same, such 
 vessel and the master or person in charge thereof shall be 
 conclusively held to liave violated this By-law. , . , 
 
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 Ariide 81. — Every vessel lyin;; in the said harbour shall Precaution* 
 he supplied during the whole period between sunset and sun- 
 rise with not less than six buckets filled with water, which 
 shall be placed and shall stand during the whole of the said 
 period at some convenient place upon the deck of such vessel, 
 ready for instant use in case of fire. 
 
 Article 82. — The master or person in charge of any vessel Hatchways of 
 lying alongside of any of the wharves, or adjoining to any covemi with 
 other vessel, shall cause her hatchways to be securely and frmtinR.^. 
 completely covered with hatches or gratings, immediately 
 after the work of loading or unloading, as the case may be, 
 shall have been finished for the day, and shall cause the same 
 to remain so covered until the time when the work shall 
 recommence in the morning. 
 
 Article 83. — There shall be no fire or light of any kind Regulations tor 
 used between sunset and sunrise on board of any vessel loaded hay or Rtraw. 
 with hay or straw while 'vithin the said harbour, and no 
 steamer shall carry as freight any hay or straw whatsoever, 
 unless the same be pressed into bundles, which shall weigh 
 not less than seven and a-half pounds weight per cubic foot ; 
 and such bundles shall be kept completely and constantly 
 covered with tarpaulin or oil-cloth. 
 
 Article 34. — No fires shall be used, or suffered to remain Fires on board 
 alight, on board of any vessel in the said harbour, except in and where to 
 
 , . n • 1 1 r. L • 1 1 be kept. 
 
 close cambooses of iron or other metal, or of brick or stone, 
 when made on deck, or in stoves of similar materials wfien 
 under deck ; and, when made on deck such fires shall not be 
 lighted before sunrise, and shall be extinguished at sunset ; 
 provided always, that fires necessary for generating steam 
 may at any time be made on board of any steam vessel, 
 with a competent person as a watch on board. 
 
 Article 35. — No lights shall be allowed after the hour of ^ , ^^^ ^^ 
 ten of the clock, p.m., on board of any vessel lying in the ^^j,^°,Y''^jj 
 said harbour, except only in the cabin thereof, and then only "^"'^ '"''^ 
 jinder the constant supervision of some person in attendancq ; 
 
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 but this By-law shall not be held to applj to vessels arriving 
 or departing nr loading or unloading after the said honr. 
 
 VESSELS LOADING AND UNLOADING. 
 
 Coals to be 
 landed only 
 where 
 
 permitted by 
 Harbour 
 Master. 
 
 Article 86. — Vessels arriving in the harbour with cargo 
 shall be allowed for unloading as follows ; — 
 
 One working day for fifty tons of cargo, or levss than fifty 
 tons. Two working days for over fifty tons of cargo and not 
 exceeding one hmidred tons. Three working days for over 
 one hundred tons \i\) to two hundred tons ; and one working 
 day additional for every additional one hundred tons or under, 
 exceeding two hundred tons. 
 
 And for loading : — 
 
 One working day for fifty tons, or under. 
 
 Two working days for over fifty tons, and under one 
 hundred tons. 
 
 One working day additional for every additional hundred 
 tons or under exceeding fifty tons : provided always that 
 vessels that shall be discharged or loaded in a shorter time, 
 or that shall have ceased discharging or loading from any 
 cause, shall not be entitled to retain their berths, should the 
 Harbour Master see fit to order them to remove ; and pro- 
 vided also that on application to that effect the Harbour 
 Master shall have the power, if he sees fit, to extend such 
 time for a further period to be named by him. 
 
 Artide 87. — No coals shall be discharged from any vessel 
 except upon such. wharf as shall ))e indicated for that purpose 
 by the Harbour Master ; and when discharged such coals 
 shall be immediately romoved and taken away from such 
 wharf by the owner or consignee thereof as fast as they shall 
 be landed thereon ; and no appointment of a berth, or j)er- 
 mission to land the cargo of any vessel at any wharf, shall 
 entitle the owner or person in charge of such vessel to land 
 
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 coals opposite such berth or upon such wharf, unless permis- 
 sion shall also have been granted by the Harbour Master to 
 land also thereon as hereinbefore provided. 
 
 Article 38. — Vessels loading or unloading, whether on the Vesseifi 
 wharves or into lighters, or into any other kind of vessels, rrovide good 
 shall have a good tight stage or spout, in order to prevent any 
 portion of their cargo from falling into the water. 
 
 Artide 89. — Rafts or cribs loaded with boards, planks, fire- Unloading of 
 wood, or other lumber, shall not be permitted to remain in the and'oHbil.'^**** 
 berths assigned to them, unless the unloading of the cargo 
 thereof be commenced immediately and diligently and con- 
 tinuously proceeded with, and, when unloading firewood along- 
 side of any wharf, at the rate of not less than twenty-five 
 cords per day. 
 
 MISCELLANEOUS. 
 
 Article 40. — Boards, planks, oars, staves, firewood, and all 
 lumber whatsoever, and all ballast, rubbish, refuse matter, 
 cinders, or ashes, or other things not forming part of the cargo 
 of any vessel, landed on any wharf in the said harbour, or on 
 the beach thereof, shall be conveyed away as fast as landed, 
 by the master or person in charge of the vessel from on board 
 of which such substances shall have been landed ; and a like 
 penalty to that hereinafter provided for the breach of the fore- 
 going portion of this By-law, shall be incurred for every pe- 
 riod of twenty-four hours during which such effects, or lumber, 
 ballast, rubbish, refuse matter, cinders, ashes, or other sub- 
 stances, shall continue to remain on such wharf or beach, as 
 the case may be, after being landed thereon. 
 
 Article 41. — No goods or cargo of any kind (other than 
 of those kinds mentioned in the last foregoing By-law), land- 
 ed from any vessel, and no goods or cargo, and no ballast, 
 placed upon any wharf in said harbour, or upon the beach 
 thereof, to be shipped on board of any vessel, shall be allowed 
 to remain upon such wharf or beach for a longer period than 
 
 All articles not 
 formlnK part 
 of a cargo, and 
 hoards, planke. 
 firewood, 
 ballatit, occ to 
 be conveyed 
 away as soon 
 as landed. 
 
 Time allowed 
 for goods to 
 remain on the 
 wharves. 
 
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 16 
 
 ■'I ' 
 
 I ' 
 
 Vessels' Water 
 casks under 
 orders of the 
 Harbour 
 Master. 
 
 How goods 
 must be placed 
 on the wharves. 
 
 Time allowed 
 for cattle on 
 the wharves. 
 
 Harbour 
 Master may 
 remove articles 
 remaining on 
 the wharves in 
 contravention 
 oftheBy-Linvs. 
 
 twenty-four hours after being landed or placed there ; and. a 
 like penalty to that hereinafter provided for the breach of the 
 foregoing portion of this By-law shall be incuri'ed for every 
 period of twenty four hours during which such good;!, cargo 
 or ballast shall continue to remain upon such wharf or beach, 
 as the case may be, after the expiration of the period ")f 
 twenty-four hours hereinbefore allowed for their removal ; 
 provided always that tiie water casks belonging to any vessel 
 may be placed upon the wharf at such place, and for such 
 time as may be fixed by the Harbour Master, but at the ex- 
 piration of such time shall be held to be within the provisions 
 of the last foregoing By-law. 
 
 Arilcle 42. — No goods shall be so placed on any wharf in 
 said harbour, or on the beach thereof, as to obstruct the 
 thoroughfare thereon, under the penalty hereinal'ter provided 
 for the breach of any By-law, and if so j)laced shall be re- 
 moved forthwith by the owner or person in charge thereof, 
 upon the orders of the Harbour Master to that eifect, under 
 a further like penalty. And no goods whatever sliall be 
 placed upon any wharf, nearer to tlie edge thereof than eight 
 feet therefrom ; and no cattle or live animals shall be allowed 
 to remain on any wharf or beach for a longer period than three 
 hours, and then only under the control and management of 
 competent drivers and persons in charge thereof 
 
 Article 48. — In the event of the breach of either of the last 
 three foregoing By-laws, or any part of either of them, it shall 
 be lawful for the Harbour Master to remove, or cause to be 
 removed, any boards, planks, oars, staves, firewood, lumber, 
 ballast, rubbish, cinders, ashes, or refuse matter, or other 
 thing, not forming part of the cargo of any vessel, or 
 any goods or cargo which shall remain on the wharf or on the 
 beach of said harbour longer than it or they are permitted to 
 do by the said last three foregoing By-laws, or by any of them ; 
 and such removal shall be so made at the cost and charges 
 of the owner or consignee of such effects, or of the master or 
 person in charge of the vessel from which they shall have been 
 
landed, at the option of the Harbour Commissioners; and 
 such costs and cliarges and any further or other reasonable 
 costs and cliar;^es, in respect thereof, and of the custody and 
 safe keej)ii)g thereof, and all jtenalties incurred in respect 
 thereof shall be a lien ujion siu.'h eff'ecls, which shall not be 
 delivered up by the Harbour Connnissioners to any person 
 whomsoever, until all such costs, charges and penalties be 
 paid. And notwithstanding such removal, such effects shall 
 continue to be at the risk of the owners thereof, and if the 
 costs and charges thereon, and all [jenalties due in respect 
 thereof be not paid, and such effects taken away by the 
 ownert! thereof,or their representatives, within tiiirty days after 
 such removal, such effects may be sold by j)ublic auction for 
 the benefit of whom it may concern, and the Harbour Com- 
 missioners shall only be accountable in res[)ect of such effects 
 for the nett proceeds of such sale, less all such costs, charges 
 and penalties. 
 
 Article 44. — No person whomsoever shall boil or heat tar, jjoUiug of 
 
 ■ . 1 . ,• • .1 ,1 pitch, tar, 
 
 pitch, turpentme, rosni or grease, or cause tlie same to oe grease, &o. 
 boiled or heated, tor grading or bieaming vessels, or for any 
 other purpose, in any vessel, or on any part of the wharves, 
 beaches or jetties in the said harbour, except in such places 
 as the Harbour Master may point out; and in every case, a 
 proi)er person shall bo placed in charge of the pot or kettle in 
 which the same may be l»oiling or heating, provided with a 
 shovel, and a sufficient cover, for instantly extitiguishing any 
 tire arising from the ignition of such tar, pitch, turpentine, 
 rosin or gi-ease, and for extinguishing completely the original 
 (ire, when the pur[)Ose ior which it was kindled shall be accom- 
 plished ; and no vessel shall be graded or breamed within the 
 limits of the said harbour without the permission of the Har- 
 bour Master, 
 
 Article 45. — No person shall make or dress any masts oi\vu cur .enters' 
 spars, or do any carpenter's work on any of the wharves, "^^^[^ "" **"« 
 beaches or jetties in the said harbour, except with the express jy^ 
 
 
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 irves 
 without 
 .erinission. 
 
 I 
 
1^; ?'s 
 
 
 \o xihytnilOt' 
 whMtfViT to lie 
 tlirciwn iiitii llif 
 fViitiT, aiici 
 w.ilU not til l)(' 
 (litifmiired. 
 
 N(i nibi^li 
 whatever to lie 
 tiliiecil nil tlic 
 whiirves nr 
 roiids 'ir bfacli, 
 but iiiny hv 
 filaccd, b,\ 
 periiii.s.-iiiii, nu 
 the ice. 
 
 Lighthouses, 
 buoys, or other 
 marks not to bu 
 intcrfereil with. 
 
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 licruiission (if the IIiu')oar Master previously obtained, and at 
 sucli place as he shall 'lavf designated tor the pm ^ ofse. 
 
 Artlc/i Id. — No halhut. couls. ashes, cindei's, hay or straw, 
 oi- matter or tliini: whatsoever, shall he thrown from any vessel 
 whatsoever, hy wliicli the i avi^ation may he imjieded or in- 
 jured ; or hy any per.son whomsoever, into the water in the 
 said harhoiir. or into any navit^ahle water within the limits of 
 the Pilotage district of Al-^ntreal : or at or near any wharf or 
 landing pla<U', And no jilacards or hills sh;dl he stncrk on 
 any of the walls »vithin the haihour limits, or any disfitiurc- 
 ment whatsoever caused thereto. 
 
 Article 47. — No person or persons shall 'place, pile or de- 
 ])osit any stones, dirt, rnhhish. snow, ice, or other matter or 
 thinii; whatsoever, upon the revetment wall, or upon any uf 
 the wharves or jetties in the said harhoiu', or upon any part of 
 the beach thereof, or ujton the road^ or o|i( spaces therein, 
 or upon the ice thereon in winter, except in ihe latter case in 
 such place as may he desii:;nated for that purpose by the Har- 
 bour Master or Harbour Engineer ; and for every twenty- 
 four hi>nrs during which the same shall remain iipon such 
 wharf, jetty, beach, road, open si)aee, or ice, a fuuher pen- 
 alty shall be incur I'od by such per.son or persons to the same 
 amount as to that which he or they are subject for a breach 
 ot the first portion of this By-law. 
 
 Ardcli' 4H. — If any floating li<fht, li;j;ht-house, buoy, bea- 
 con, or other mark, j)laced or to be placed in an part of the 
 said harbour, or within its limits, or within the limits of the 
 Pilotajfe District of Montreal, or any dredge lying or in 
 operation in the llarliour or Pilotage District of Montreal, 
 shall be removed, carried away, destroyed, or injured by any 
 vessel, raft, or vehicle, or by any person whomsoever, the 
 same shall be replaced or repaired, as the case may be, by the 
 master, owner, consignee or person in charge of such vessel, 
 raft or vehicle, or by such person or persons, forthwith and 
 within forty-eight hours from such removal, destruction, or 
 
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 injury, failiii;;; wliicli, such umstor, t»wiior, fonsi^ut'c, jhtsou 
 in cliiir;:;!'. nr |»crson slial! XMir the |>cii!ilty licrciiiarter fixed 
 i'i>v the lii'cucli m1' iiiiv i»t' these I'y-hiws. au"! a like furthiT jxmi- 
 alty fur cvciv twenty-four hours duiinj^ which lie shall he in 
 default to confonu himself tn the provisions hcroof, and shall 
 also he hound to pay to the said llarltour Coniniissionci's the 
 expense of such replacement or reparation as shall he neces- 
 sary in the premises. 
 
 Ai'/lc/f WK — No peisou shall erect or place anv shed, X" inoveHbir 
 
 . , *' ,. liuililiiiifs to 1(0 
 
 siiantv, huat-house, or moveahle or nther huildnii:; of anv kmd <'iiete(i without 
 
 or nature whatsoever, in or u|ium any place within the hound. 
 
 aries of the ,sai<l harhour, without the express permission in 
 
 wi'itin^f of the llarl>our Master heinii; first ohtained, under 
 
 such rules and rcstriclioiis as the Commissioners may appoint; 
 
 and if any such huilding he so erected or placed within such 
 
 hdundaries without such permission, it shall he lawful for the 
 
 Harhour Master to remove such huilding at the expense of 
 
 the person or persons who erected the same, who shall he 
 
 liahle for such expense in aildition to the ))enalty imposed 
 
 uf)on him or them for the infringment of this Jiy-law, and to 
 
 act in res|)ect of the materials so removed in the manner and 
 
 suhject to all the conditions and provisions estahlished hy 
 
 Article No. 80 (jf the Jiy-laws of the said Connuissioners. 
 
 ArticU' .")0. — No jierson or persons shall cut ice, or make KeKuintiims for 
 
 1 1 • .1 • 1 1 ^1 , cutting icu and 
 
 any holes m the ice, or make any road ttiei'con, or occupy the lunkinsiMiKis 
 
 on i^c* 
 
 same in anv manner, within the limits of the s;iid harhour, e.x-PmiHity for 
 
 i ^ 11 1 1 • 1 11 t 11 1 1 injuring inckotK 
 
 ccpt at such place or places thereni as shall he allotted and "r other luaiks'. 
 designated ))y the Harhour Master or the Harhour Engineer, 
 for those purposes respectively : and no person or persons 
 shall jionvey away, destroy, injure, or deface any pickets or 
 other marks placed on the ice for the purpose of indicating 
 the limits within which such road or roads may he made, or 
 ice cut, or within which any ruhhish, snow, or ice may he de- 
 posited ; or shall destroy, injure, deface, or carry away any 
 pickets or other marks placed on the ice hy the Harhour En- 
 gineer in the performance of his duty. 
 
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 Lot luit.v ho 
 Ic'iiscrt for 
 
 Article ol. — Tlii' \Vliarfiii;^er or other officer of the Trust 
 luuiTici'nVc.iii.r ''''''•''" *'''■ ii'i^''*"''^V of the ('oiiniii.ssioiiors, shiiU liuvt; power, 
 articicf^. ,„, i„.},;,ic (,f the siiitl llarhour Coniini.ssioiiers, ami iiiKli^r tlieir 
 
 directions, t<> allot, let, or leano any space or portion of any 
 of the wharves, piers or vacant ^^ronnd in the said harhour, 
 lor the piHn;^ thereon of Hie wood or other lunil)er, or of other 
 articles subject t<» such rate ot eliar;:;es, and for such time or 
 times as mav from time to time lie fixed h, the ilarhoui ('om- 
 missioners ; and such allotment or lettini: shall he evidenced 
 only hy written permit, siuinei' hy the Whartin;j;er, and if such 
 wood or other articles he allowed to riMiiain on such lot or lots 
 for twelve hours after the expiration of the time <len(jted in 
 such jicrmit, without a renewal of the same at the WharHn^er's 
 office, such wood or other articles shall he liahle to be re- 
 moved hy the Harbour Master in the manner provided by 
 Article No. l-'i of these liy-laws. and without any notice bein^ 
 ;!;iven, either verbally or in writing, by the Harbour Master 
 to th(^ piii'ty ownin;! or representing^ the same. 
 
 Encrouchineiit Ariiffi' ')"2. — No person or persons, without the consent of 
 
 upon any . . . 
 
 prnpertywitiiin the said Comnussiouers, shall encroach, enter upon, take 
 
 the Hiirl)iiui- . ' 
 
 ''"o\*"ib'Mi" possession of, or use any part or portion of the Harbour or 
 Port of Montreal, or of any part or portion of the immoveable 
 property, lands or beach, the control and manaj^ement whereof 
 fire vested in the Harbour Connnissioners of Montreal, in and 
 by the several Statutes incorporating the said (Jonnnissioners 
 and relating to the Harbour and Port of Montreal. And if, 
 at any time, any person or [)erBons be found encroachin<^ 
 upon or in possession of any part or portion of the said har- 
 bour, land, beach, or premises, the said (,/onnnissioners shall 
 have a right to give a notice in writing to such person 
 or persons, under the hand of the ISecretary of the said 
 Commission, notifying and re(|uiring him or them to desist 
 from such encroachment, and to leave such portion of said 
 harbour, land, beach, or premises, within such period, not less 
 than forty-eight hours thereafter, as shall be fixed in such no- 
 tice. And any person or persons who shall so encroach, enter 
 
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 upon, take fxtsscsaion of, or use any piirt <m' (M)rtion of such 
 liarliour, land, Itcacli, or lUTuiisoH, \vitlio\it tin* consent of the 
 ^'ai(l Cinunissionoi's, sliall, ami oaoliof such person or persons 
 shall incur a penalty not exceedin;^ Ft>rty Dollars currency 
 for every such violation of this IJy-law, and a lurther like pen- 
 alty not exceediuL' Kortv Dollars c\irrcncv for everv perifxl 
 of twenty-foui' hours durin;:; which such encroachment, en- 
 trance upon, jtossession, <>r use shall continue or he persisted 
 in. And any jterson or persons so found <'ncroachin^ upon, 
 or in posession of any j)art or portion of such harhour, port, 
 land. Iteach, or |»ieuiises, who shidl persist in so encroaching 
 upon, or in retainin;:; j»osscssion of the same, after the expira- 
 tion of the delay within which such person or persons is or 
 are ropiirod hy such notice to desist from such encroachment 
 and to relinipiish and abandon such possession of such part 
 or |)ortion of such harhour. )»ort. land, heach, or jiremises, 
 shall, and each of them shall incur a penalty not exceeding; 
 Forty Dollars currency for every period of twenty-four hours 
 durinj.^ which such encroachment or ])ossession shall continue 
 after the expiration of such ilelay. 
 
 Article 5-5. — In every case where any person is actin<^ un- 
 der a permission in writin;^ from any officer in the said har- 
 hour, or from any otlicial authorized hy the liy-laws of the 
 said iiarhour, to ^rant such permission, such person, u|)on the 
 first demand of the Wharfmiijer or of the Harhour Master, (»r 
 of any other official employed ahout the said harhour hy the 
 said Commissioners, shall exhihit to the Wharfinger, Harhour 
 Master, or other official making such demand the writing con- 
 taining such permission. 
 
 DEPARTURE OF VESSELS. 
 
 Article fA. — No vessel shall leave the harbour until the ^^,.,^1, ^^^^ 
 master or person in charge thereof shall have made and de- par«o'iniriTay '' 
 livered at the Wharfinger's Office a full and correct report 'i|!|i*v^i,',g''the 
 in writing, signed and certified by hira, of her outward cargo, ""^ '""^' 
 with the description thereof in detail, and its value, and also 
 
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2^: 
 
 of her (lrini<i;lit of water ; and until all dues on sucli vessel and 
 oil her car^o, and all jtenaltio.s UKMirrod therehy, or by the 
 master or pei'son in char;;!' thereof, and all costs and ehar^es 
 with which such vessel or the master or jierson in charj^e 
 thereof shall he chargeable towards the Harbour Commis- 
 sioners, shall have been fully paid. 
 
 GUNPOWDER. 
 
 (Junpi'W'lor, 
 where to bo 
 liiiulfit iir 
 gliippcil. 
 
 Artia/r of), — No o;\nij)()wdei' shall bi' landed or shipped in 
 the said haibour above the part of said harbour where the 
 wharf formerly stood which was known as (Jilbert's Wharf 
 And it shall be in the power of the llarl)0ur Commissioners, 
 by a resolution to be passed for that purpose, to prevent any 
 gunpowder from being landed or shipj)ed higher up than any 
 other point below such wharf, which point shall be designated 
 in such resolution. 
 
 GunpowdLT, in Art}ch' o(». — No guuitowder shall be landed untd there 
 
 wliitt iiiHiiiier it 1 ,• -11 1 • 1 • 
 
 uuiy lie iiiniicd. be ou tlie whart a suitable vehicle m readiness there to convey 
 it away ; and in such case no greater ([uantity shall be landed 
 than shall be sufficient to load such vehicle once, until such 
 quantity so landed shall be taken away in such vehicle. 
 
 whHt''mImn'"erU, Article 57.— No gunpowder shall be brought to or placed 
 may be shipped ^^p^j^ ^^^ whai'f for shipment, until the vessel in which it is 
 to be shipped shall be ready to receive it immediately on board ; 
 and only one cart load thereof shall be brought to such wharf 
 at one time, and no second cart load shall be brought to such 
 wharf, or placed thereon, until the last previous cart load shall 
 have been placed on board of such vessel. 
 
 (hinpowder 
 conveyed in 
 open boats. 
 
 Article 58. — No gunpoAvder shall be conveyed to or from 
 any vessel in an open boat, unless it be completely covered 
 with tarpaulin or other suitable covering ; and no person on 
 board of such boat shall smoke, nor shall any fire be used 
 therein for any purpose whatever. 
 
2;i 
 
 VKIIICLKS. 
 
 Arflrlr '»!». — No person shall drive a horsooi horses on any .M„vein..nt ..r 
 of the wharves, or any of the ramps leading; to the wharves JhiTlnVo'S' 
 at a ((uiokor tnotion than a walk ; and all carts, trueks, an(lnrTmiTw\i)dI'' 
 other vehieles ;ioi»i^ to or from any vessel in the harhour shall ' '"* "'^' """"*• 
 take the ranifi nearest to siieh vessel. 
 
 Artic/r ((0. — No omnihiis, eali. caleehe, triiek, eart, or Nd vohidcto 
 vehiele whatsoever, shall he permitted to stand (in any \vharfwhMrr'.Ii'|!inr. 
 
 ^. • • ii • 1 1 1 • 1 , * Mild IK) ilri\'er to 
 
 01 pier m the said liaroour ni such a manner as to ohstrnet the iiri|)(.rtiinpiiny 
 
 ill' 1 . ,. . ^ I'er.son. 
 
 passai;;c to and tro npon such whart or [iier, — or to or from 
 any vessel arriving or lyin;^ at, or departin;^ from such wharf 
 or pier ; nor shall any driver of any such vehicle, or any 
 other person, ohstriict, importune, or annoy any passon<]fer or 
 person, landinj:; from or emltarkin;:; on hoard of any vessel in 
 said harhr>ur. 
 
 Arfi'-lr <»1. — hiVorv person in ohar,!j;e of a horse or horses. Drivers of 
 
 <■ I'll 1 1 1 1 .1 . . vehicles shall 
 
 or ot any vehicle drawn by a horse or horses, shall remain he-roir.iin iiesido 
 Side sucli horse or liorses, except when loadin;' or dischar'fin'f i"it''<«iie(ifnr, 
 
 1 1 • 1 1111 1 . 1 ;- •-> (,|. unless 
 
 such vehicle, and shall nut then leave them so far as they ';i"'i'">f '" 
 shall he heyond his control; and no cahman or driver of any '"•^*> vehicle, 
 ornnihus i>r other vehicle on any wharf or pier in said harhour 
 shall leave sueli vehicle on any pretence whatsoever, initil he 
 shall have heen called and his veiiide enua<ied. 
 
 Article «1'J. — No railway car, carria^'e, truck, or locomo-N.,rniiway cir, 
 tive en(];ine shall he permitted to stand on any wharf or pier, onwh'irt™'^''' 
 or any railway track laid helow the revetment wall in the tinirwith^ut '" 
 said harhour, excejtt while such car, carria;fe, or truck jg '^^"""*'""'- 
 heinf]f loaded, or such locomotive engine is in use or heinif 
 attached to cars, trucks or carria^^es then being loaded, or is 
 immediately about to he so put in use. And in the event of any 
 empty railway car, carriage or truck, or any locomotive 
 engine being left standing or not in use, or not immediately 
 about to be used as aforesaid, upon any wharf or pier, <.>r 
 
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 upon such railway track, except for the purpose of ])eing im- 
 mediately thereafter loaded and taken away, the Harbour 
 Master, or other officer duly authorized in that behalf, may 
 o;ive notice to the person in char(i;e of such car, carriafj^e, 
 truck, or locomotive en-iiine, or to the Railway Company 
 owninfT or possessing such car, carriage, truck or locomfttive 
 engine, to remove the same, either out of the harbour limits, 
 or to such place within them as said Harbour Master or officer 
 shall order. And if within one hour thereafter such car, 
 carriaiie, truck or locomotive engine be not removed io ac- 
 cordance with such notice or order, the Harbour Master or 
 other proper officer shall cause the same to be removed at the 
 expense of such Railway Company, — the whole without preju- 
 dice to the ))enalty incurred by the breach of any one of these 
 By-Laws. And in addition to such penalty, a further 
 penalty of like amount shall be incurred if such car, carriage, 
 truck or locomotive engine is allowed to remain at or near 
 the place where the same •■ -i standing — when such notice 
 or order of removal was given — for every twenty-foiu* hours 
 during which the same shall so remain. 
 
 REGULATIONS RESPECTING PILOTS. 
 
 LICENSINCJ OF PILOTS. 
 
 Article 68. — The Standing Committee on Pilots, Beacons 
 and Buoys shall summon to their assistance two or more duly 
 qualified and licensed pilots as assessors, together with some 
 nautical man, and such Standing Committee, aided by such 
 assessors, shall bo the Board of Examiners for the examina- 
 tion of persons desiring to be apprenticed as j)ilots, and sub- 
 seciuently applying for license as pilots ; but the pilots so 
 summoned as assessors shall not have any vote on such board. 
 
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 Article 64. — Every person, who on the firstday of January, 
 one thousand eight hundred and seventy-four, was serving 
 an apprenticeship to be a pilot, shall receive his license as a 
 pilot at the time and on the conditions mentioned in the 
 ;}2nd section of the Pilotage Act, 1878, in conformity with 
 the provisions of the said Act, providing such [)erson sh.all 
 pass an examination respecting the qualifications rcijuired of 
 him under the Law, By-Law, Rule or Regulation in force at 
 the time he commenced his apprenticeship, — such examina- 
 tion to be so passed by the Board of Examiners for pilots 
 created under these By-Laws. 
 
 Article ♦);"). — No person shall be recognized as an appren- 
 tice within the meaning of the Pilotage Act or of these 
 By-Laws, unless he shall have been previously licensed as 
 such ap))rentice in the manner hereinafter provided. 
 
 Article OG — Persons desirous of obtaining a license to be 
 apprenticed for the purpose of becoming pilots, may make 
 application to the Board of Examiners for such license, and 
 if any such person be a minor, his application must be 
 sanctioned by his tutor or lawful guardian. 
 
 Article 61. — Upon such api)lication the Board of Exam- 
 iners shall examine such applicant, and shall satisfy them- 
 selves before granting him such license that he is able to read 
 and write either in English or French, and that his character 
 for sobriety and honesty is good : and such applicant must 
 not be imder the age of sixteen years, nor above the age of 
 thirty years. 
 
 Article 68. — An apprentice so licensed must serve for five 
 years under indenture with some licensed pilot or pilots, and 
 shall serve for the said period during the season of naviga- 
 tion on board of vessels trading between Montreal and Quebec, 
 or between Montreal and ports in the River St. Lawrence 
 below Quebec, making at least sixteen double voyages be- 
 tween Quebec and Montreal in each season ; and during the 
 winter seasons shall make at least three Ocean voyages. 
 
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 Article 61). — After having duly served his apprenticeship 
 in the manner hereinbefore provided, such apprentice may 
 apply to ho licensed as a pilot, and thereupon he shall be 
 examined by the Board of Examiners herein appointed, both 
 as to his qualification in respect of his skill as a piiot, and 
 also as to his character for diligence, sobriety and honesty. 
 And if upon such examination the Board ot Examiners shall 
 find him competent and qualified to act as a pilot, they shall 
 report accordingly to the Harbour Commissioners, and a 
 license to act as a pilot shall be duly issued to him in the 
 form prescribed by the Pilotage Act, 1873. 
 
 Article 70. — After the expiration of five years from the 
 passage of these By-Laws no application will be received 
 from any person whomsoever to be licensed as a pilot unless 
 he shall have been licensed as an apprentice under the pro- 
 visions of these By-Laws, and shall have in all r aspects con- 
 formed himself to the requirements hereof. And persons 
 who have commenced to learn the business of a pilot since 
 the said 1st day of January, 1874, shall immediately send in 
 their applications for license as apj)rentices, and may receive 
 such license in the discretion of the said Board of Examiners 
 as to the retrospective eft'ect thereof to the 1st Jarmary last. 
 
 Article 71. — A record shall be kept of applications for 
 licenses as apprentices or pilots, together with the examina- 
 tion of such apprentices or pilots, which may be taken by a 
 short-hand writer if the Board of Examiners deem fit. And 
 a record shall also be made and retained of the name in full, 
 and the age of every applicant to be licensed as an appren- 
 tice or as a pilot, and ol all the other matters reipiired to be 
 reported to the Governor-in-Council under the Pilotage 
 Act, 1873. 
 
 The fee payable for each license to an apprentice shall be 
 five dollars, and for each license to a pilot ten dollars. 
 
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 DISCIPLINE OF PILOTS. 
 
 Article 72. — No pilot shall disobey any summons of the 
 Harbour Commissioners of Montreal, through their Secretary 
 or their Superintendent of Pilots ; nor shall any pilot in 
 attendance uj)on the said Harbour Commissioners absent him- 
 self until regularly discharged. 
 
 Article 73. — Every pilot being in Montreal, and not 
 engaged to pilot any vessel thence, shall, when thereunto 
 required by the Harbour Commissioners of Montreal, through 
 their Secretary or the Superintendent of Pilots, repair on 
 board and take charge of any vessel requiring a pilot, and 
 continue in charge thereof according to the tenor of the re- 
 quisition so made to him. 
 
 Article 74. — Every pilot shall, when thereunto required 
 by the Harbour (Commissioners of Montreal, through their 
 Secretary or their Superintendent of Pilots, repair on board 
 and take charge of any vessel of any denomination in Her 
 Majesty's service, and continue in such charge according to 
 the tenor of such requisition. 
 
 Article 75. — When any pilot .shall have gone on board, or 
 shall have agreed with the owner or master of any vessel not 
 in Her Majesty's service, or with any agent on behalf of such 
 vessel, as a pilot, he shall perform his part of '^e agreement 
 according to the tenor thereof, subject, nevertheless, to such 
 orders as he may receive from the Harbour Commissioners of 
 Montreal, through their Secretary or Sujjerintendent of 
 Pilots. 
 
 Article 76. — Any jtilot, when engaged to pilot any ve.ssel 
 from the Harliour of Montreal to Quebec, or to any inter- 
 mediate place, shall give notice thereof, personally, or in 
 writing, to the Harbour Commissionei'S ot Montreal through 
 their Secretary or Superintendent of Pilots, before his de- 
 parture, and a like notice on his arrival at Montreal, after 
 having piloted any vessel bound upwards. 
 
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 Article 77. — Every pilot who shall have taken charge of 
 any vessel from Montreal to Quebec, shall remain on board 
 such vessel until such vessel shall have been safelv moored, 
 to the satisfaction of the master or j)erson in charge. 
 
 Article 78. — Every pilot in charge of any vessel piloted 
 into the Harbour of Montreal shall bo boiind to remain on 
 board such vessel until such vessel shall have been secured 
 in a discharging berth, and keej) colours flying until so 
 berthed to or alongside of any wharf, unless sooner discharged 
 by the mastei-, owner, or )»erson in charge. 
 
 Pilots to repori Article 79, — Every pilot who shall observe any alteration 
 
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 channeb"&e' ''^ ^^^^^ banks or channels, or thiit any buoys, beacons or 
 floating lights have been driven away or are out of place, or 
 broken down, or that any of the lights in lighthouses are not 
 properly lighted, shall forthwith give notice thereof, either 
 personally or in writing, to the Harbour Commissioners of 
 Montreal, through their Secretary or Superintendent of 
 Pilots. 
 
 Article 80. — No pilot shall demand or receive any higher 
 or greater sum for the pilotage of any vessel than is by law 
 allowed. 
 
 Article 81. — No pilot, or aj)j)rentice to a pilot, shall aid 
 or assist any seaman or apprentice legally bound to any 
 master of any vessel, to secrete himself, or shall facilitate in 
 any way the desertion of any seaman or apprentice legally 
 bound. 
 
 Article 82. — If any pilot shall be desirous of temporarily 
 ceasing to act as a pilot, he shall make application to the 
 Standing Committee on Pilots, Beacons and Buoys, for per- 
 mission so to do, and such permission may be granted by the 
 Committee if they see fit. 
 
 Pilot to behave Article 88. — Every pilot shall behave himself civilly, and 
 well and be Q\ia\\ be strictly temperate and sober whilst in the exercise of 
 the duties of his office, and shall use his utmost care and 
 
 No pilot to 
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 diligence for the safe conduct of every ship or vessel, whether 
 in tow of a steam vessel or not, while under his charge, and 
 shall use his utmost care to prevent her from doing damage 
 to others. 
 
 Article 84. — Every pilot who shall be on board of any piiot to report 
 vessel from which shall be thrown into the navigable waters thrown into 
 within the jurisdiction of the Pilotage District of Montreal, wa.\w. " 
 any ballast or other 'thing whatsover, shall report the same 
 to the Harbour Comuiissioners, through their Secretary, or 
 Superintendent of Pilots, immediately upon his arrival in the 
 Harbour of Montreal, and any other pilot who shall have seen 
 the oifence committed, or who shall have knowledge thereof, 
 shall report the same as herein ordered. 
 
 Article 8.5. — Wheneve." any accident shall occur to or be pii^t^ t^ ^.^^^^^ 
 caused by any vessel whilst in the charge of a pilot within '^^''^'f'*"'''^^- 
 the Pilotage District of Montreal, such pilot shall forthwith, 
 after he shall cease to be in the actual charge of such vessel, 
 repair to the office of the Harbour Commissioners at Mon- 
 treal, and there personally report himself and the accident 
 that has occurred, with all particulars thereof, to the Secre- 
 tary of the said Commissioners, 
 
 Article 86. — The Harbour (Jommissioners shall have the narbour 
 power to appoint a person to be Pilotage Superintendent for S^appofnt?"'''' 
 the Port of Montreal, whose duty it shall be to attend to the 'ofTifdt"!""''^"* 
 carrying out of these By-Laws in all respects, and to super- 
 vise the conduct of pilots and apprentices licensed under this 
 Act, or holding any license under any Act of the Parliament 
 of Canada or of the Province of Canada ; and to report any 
 derelictions of duty on the part of such apprentices or pilots 
 to the Standing Committee on Pilots, Beacons and Buoys. 
 And such Pilotage Superhitendent shall also perform such 
 other duties and functions as shall be imposed upon him by 
 the Harbour Commissioners or by the said Standing Com- 
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 Article 87. — When any ared^ing vessel beloni^ing to the 
 Harbour Commissioners is employed in the ehannel opposite 
 the Harbour of Montreal, pilots having vessels in charge 
 shall not leave the harbour without first giving notice of such 
 being their intention to the Harbour Commissioners, through 
 their J^ecrotary or Harbour Master. 
 
 RETHIEMENT AND REMOVAL OF IMLOTS. 
 
 Article HH. — When a licensed pilo^ shall have attained the 
 age of H.T years, he shall cease to have the right to act as 
 pilot under his license until after he shall have coiujilied with 
 the provisions of the 'MMh section of the Pilotage Act, by 
 producing and delivering up his license to the llai'bour Com- 
 missioners. Hut if, upon examination l)y the Board of 
 Examiners, he shall be found to be competent to perform his 
 duties, a license shall be granted to him for one year, and 
 thereafter from year to year so long as he shall continue so 
 competent. The whole in conformity with the said -'^Hth 
 section of the said Act. 
 
 Article {^It. — If at any time complaint be made to the 
 Harbour Commissioners that any licensed pilot has become 
 incapacitated by mental or bodily infirmity, or by habits of 
 drunkenness, to perform his duty as such pilot effectively, 
 such pilot shall be notified of such complaint, and thereafter 
 — at a time and place to be fixed for the purpose by the 
 Standing Committee on Pilots, Beacons and Buoys — eiujuiry 
 shall be made under oath into the truth of the said complaint, 
 on which enquiry the accused pilot shall have the right to 
 a''.duce evidence on his behalf, in conformity with the rules 
 to be laid down for the purpose by the said ('ommittee. And 
 thereupon the said Conunittee shall make a report to the 
 Harbour Commissioners upon the said complaint, stating 
 whether the same has been proved to their satisfaction or not, 
 and making such special report in the premises as they shall 
 think proper. And thereupon — after notice to such pilot, 
 
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 who shall be lioanl in person in his own defence before the 
 said Harbour Commissioners, if he desires it — the said 
 Harbour Commissioners shall pronounce such judgment md 
 order in the premises as they shall deem expedient and 
 justified by the facts. And by such order the accused party 
 may be alto<i;ether deprived of his license, or may be sus- 
 [^ended from actin;^ as slich pilot under such license for such 
 time as the Harbour Connnissioners shall decide. 
 
 Article 90. — If any dis[)ute arises between any master or 
 person in charge of any ship and any pilot respecting pilotage, 
 and either party shall nmke complaint to the Harbour Com- 
 missioners ill respect of such dispute, the same shall be 
 referred to tlie Standing Committee on Pilots, Beacons and 
 Buoys, who shall decide upon such dispute, after hearing the 
 parties and their witnesses, and examining all such evidence 
 as may be laid before them on the subjoct ; and the order or 
 award to be made l)y the said Standing Committee upon such 
 dis[)ute shall be final and binding on all the parties thereto ; 
 and if any person concerned in such dispute shall refuse or 
 neglect to obey the order or judgment rendered thereon by 
 the said Standing Committee, he shall be held to be guilty of 
 a breach of these By-Laws, and shall be subject to the penalty 
 for such breach hereinafter provided. 
 
 Article 91. — Upon any breach or dereliction of duty on 
 the part of any pilot, it shall be competent for the Harbour 
 Commissioners to suspend such pilot, and temporarily or 
 permanently to withdraw his license as pilot, either in addi- 
 tion to imposing upon him any pecuniary penalty hereinafter 
 provided for, or without such pecuniary penalty, and after- 
 wards to remove such susj)ension. or restore such license to 
 such pilot when they shall deem it proper so to do. And any 
 pilot so suspended or removed from the position of pilot 
 shall forthwith deliver over to the Harbour Commissioners his 
 license as such. 
 
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 Arti'jle 92.— In order not to obstruct the light in the 
 Upper Light-House at Repentigny, no vessel shall be 
 anchored or moored opposite the 'village of Repentigny, 
 between the said lights and the yellow house known as 
 Lachapelle's. 
 
 Article 98. — No vessel or raft, while under weigh or 
 drifting down, shall trail her anchor. 
 
 Article 94. — No person shall encumber navigable water 
 within the limits of the Pilotage District of Montreal or any 
 of the harbours, creeks, inlets and beaches, within the said 
 limits, or shall in any way obstruct the navigation thereof 
 with stones, filth, rubbish, timber, logs, spars, rafts or cribs, 
 wrecks of steamers or other vessels, and a further like penalty 
 to that which is hereinafter imposed for a breach of this 
 By-Law shall be incurred by any person guilty of such 
 breach, if he shall not remove or cause to be removed any 
 such incumberances or obstruction within ten days after being 
 re(iuired so to do by the officer appointed for such purpose 
 by the Harbour Commissioners, and a further like penalty 
 for every si-bsecjuent day during which such incumbrances or 
 obstructions shall not be removed. 
 
 Article 95. — All rafts descending the river, whether in 
 tow of a steamer or otherwise, shall, when op[)Osite to Lslc- 
 aux-Raisins, leave the ship channel and follow the straight 
 channel marked by two beacons on Isle-a-la- Pierre, keeping 
 the said beacons in a line, and passing to the south of buoys 
 placed to mark the channel for rafts, and the penalty incurred 
 for an infringement of this By-Law shall be so incurred as 
 well by the owner, master or person in charge of the steamer 
 towing the raft, as by the owner, master or person in charge 
 of such raft so infringing this By-Law. 
 
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 Article 90, — All rafts navigiitiu^ the waters within the 
 limits of the jurisdioiioii of the Pilota;^e District of Montreal, 
 shall have the name of the owner or owners thereof legibly 
 jtaintetl in letters not less than ei;j;hteen inches long on both 
 sides of a board not less than live feet in height, to be atiixed 
 to the rahane or other permanent place on the raft, so as to 
 be easily descernible. • 
 
 Article 97. — All vafts descending the river, whether in 
 tow of a steamer or otherwise, shall keep to the northward 
 of Isle-de-Laurier, or Laurettc Island, and Isle Bellegarde, 
 and the i)enTilty incurred by an infiingement of this By-Law 
 shall be so incurred as well by the master, owner or person 
 in charge of the steamer towing the raft so infringing this 
 By-Law as by the master, owner or person in charge of such 
 raft. 
 
 Article t>8. — No vessel, raft or craft shall be allowed to 
 pass over, or strike against, or touch, or in any way inter- 
 fere with any buoy or mark placed for the purpose (}f navi- 
 gation within the lin;its of the jurisdiction of the Pilotage 
 District of Montreal, and a like penalty to that which is in- 
 curred by the master or person in charge of such vessel, raft 
 or craft, for any infringement of this By-Law, shall also be 
 incurred by the master or [)erson in charge of any vess(^l 
 towing the same. 
 
 Article 99. — All steam vessels navigating the waters steamer? to 
 
 within the limits of the jurisdiction of the Pilotage District thoir chimneys. 
 
 of Montreal, (those \ising coal for generating steam excepted) 
 
 shall have a wire cap or caps to their chiuuiey or chimneys, 
 
 (the interstices of which .shall not be more than one ([uarter 
 
 of an inch square), to be fitted over the chimney or chimneys, 
 
 so as to prevent sparks issuing therefrom while lying at any 
 
 wharf, or when api)roaclung or leaving the shore, or when 
 
 towing any vessel or vessels at any place within the limits of 
 
 the said jurisdiction. 
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 ArticJp 100. — Every steam vessel, whilst navigating 
 within the limits of the jurisdiction of the Pilotage District of 
 Montreal, (hiring thick fogs, shall reduce the rate of speed to 
 not exceeding half speed. 
 
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 Article 101. — No pilot, master, or person in charge of 
 any vessel or raft, shall anchor or moor such vessel or raft 
 either in the St. Lawrence, Richelieu, Yamaska, or Channel 
 du Moine, or any part of the Harbour of Sorel, so as to pre- 
 vent a free and uninterrupted passage for all other vessels or 
 rafts, or a free and safe access to or egress from the said 
 harbour, or to and from any wharf at which any vessel is 
 accustomed to take her berth. 
 
 Article 102. — No raft shall be anchored or moored lower 
 down in the Harbour of Sorel than one hundred feet above 
 the grist mill, and every such raft shall be moored or 
 anchored on the west side of the river, so as not to extend 
 further out in the stream than one hundred and fifty feet 
 from the beach, under the penalty hereinafter provided for 
 the breach of these By-Laws, and a further like penalty for 
 every succeeding twenty-four hours such raft shall have re- 
 mained so anchored or moored. 
 
 Article 108. — Every wreck or wrecksof steamers or other 
 vessels now incumbering the beaches of the Harbour of Sorel, 
 of the Rivers Richelieu and Yamaska, and of the channel 
 called the Channel du Moine, and the Dord, or obstructing 
 the navigation of the said rivers, channels or harbours, shall 
 be removed immediately after the passing of these Regula- 
 
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 tions, under the penalty hereinafter provided for the breacli 
 of these By-Laws, and a further like penalty of ten pounds 
 for every suhse<|uont jieriod of ton (hiys during which such 
 wreck or wrecks shall not have hcen removed. 
 
 Arfiele 104. — No raft shall he anchored or moored in the 
 Rivers Richelieu and Yamaska su as to incommode or obstruct 
 the free navigation. 
 
 Article 10"). — All steam vessels <lepartin^ from 'the 
 Harbour of Sorel at night stern foremost, shall carry a dis- 
 tinguishing red light at the head of the flag-staff at the stern, 
 and shall continue to carry such light until clear of the 
 entrance of the said harbour. 
 
 Art.iele 106. — No steam or other vessel in the Harbour of 
 Sorel, from sunset to sunrise, shall lie at an outside berth, 
 ao that two steam or other vessels shall not be abreast at any 
 wharf excepting whilst tr;uiship|»ing freight, to the risk, in-' 
 convenience and detention of the Mail and other steamers 
 entering or leaving the said harbour. 
 
 Article 107. — The master or person in charge of every 
 steamei- towing any vessel or vessels, barge or barges, bateau 
 or bateaux, or other desci-iption of craft in the River 
 Richelieu, whenever such steamer calls or stops at the Port 
 of Sorel, for any cause whatever, shall be bound to leave the 
 vessel or vessels, barge or barges, bateau or bateaux, or 
 other description of craft in tow of such steamer, either in 
 the River St. Lawrence or in that part of the Richelieu which 
 is above the Ferry at the foot of George Street of the said 
 town of Sorel ; the whole in such wise as in no way to obstruct 
 the navigation of either of the said rivers or the wharves on 
 the said River Richelieu opposite the said town of Sorel, or 
 any of them. 
 
 Article 108. — All rafts towed up the Richelieu River, 
 shall be kept to the starboard or right hand side of the river, 
 80 as to give a free passage at all times to all other vessels or 
 rafts requiring to pass up or down the river. 
 
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 Article 109. — The master or person in charge of every 
 vessel, ship, steamer, l)arge, bateau, or otner river eraft, 
 arrivin-^ in the harbour of Sorel lor winter (juarters, siiall, 
 without delay, report his airival to the otiicer or |)erson in the 
 em))loy of the Harbour Oommissioners of Montreal, who shall 
 have auth(»ritv for the said Harbour Connnissioners in that 
 b(!half aecording to his discretion, and in conformity ^vith the 
 following rules and regulations, to assign to such vessel, ship, 
 steamer, barge, bateau or other river craft, the l)erth it shall 
 occu[)y for the winter season, and such assignment of a berth 
 may be made by a verbal notice to the master or person in 
 charge ; and no ship, steamer, vessel, barge, bateau or other 
 river cralt, shall take up or occujjy any l)erth in the said 
 harbour, unless such berth shall have lieen assigned to her 
 by such officer. 
 
 ArticXi' 110. — No steamer or vessel shall anchor or be 
 'moored for winter (piarters nearer a wharf at Sorel than at 
 the distance of ten feet therefrom ; and if such steamer or 
 vessel be anchored or moored at a less distance from the 
 wharf than ten feet, the master or person in charge thereof 
 shall remove the same within one hour after being recjuired 
 so to do by the officer or j)erson authorized to act in that 
 behalf by the said Harbour Commissioners, under the penalty 
 hereinafter provided for a breach of these Hy-Laws, and 
 under a further like penalty for every twenty-four hours 
 during which such ateanjer or vessel shall not be removed iu 
 confonijity herewith. 
 
 Article 111. — Not more than two vessels or steamers shall 
 be abreast for winter ((uarters at any of the wharves of the 
 said Harbour of Sorel, and the outside vessel or steamer 
 shall be moored or fastened at a distance of at least ten feet 
 from the inner one, and the master, owner, or person in charge 
 thereof, shall remove the same within one hour after being 
 re([uired so to do by the officer or person authorized to act in 
 that behalf by the said Harbo\ir Commissioners, under the 
 penalty hereinafter provided for a breach of these By-Laws, 
 
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 and luider fi further like penalty lor every twenty-four hours 
 (luring which sucli steamer or vessel shall not he removed in 
 conformity herewith. 
 
 Arft'c/r \\2. — N(» vessel or steamt i' shall he anehru'ed or 
 moored at any of the wharves ol" Sorel for winter quarters 
 nearer anothei' vessel or steamci- lonnit\idinally than •'>0 feet 
 therefrom, ami the master, pilot, or person in charge, oi- the 
 ownei' or a^^ent of sueli vessel, shall removt' the same, ii" 
 anchored or moored at a less distanei; than 30 feet longi- 
 tudinally, within one hour after hein<i; reipiired so to '.o hy 
 the officer or person authorized to act in that hehalf l»y the 
 said Harbour Commissioners, under the penalty hereinafter 
 ]trovided for a hroacli of these By-Laws, and under a furthei* 
 like penalty for every twenty-four hours during which such 
 steamer or vessel shall not he removed in conformity here- 
 with. 
 
 Article 11^). — No schooners, har^es, bateaux, or other 
 small river craft, shall be placed, anchored or moored for 
 winter ((uarters in the Iluilioui- of Sorel, between the space 
 comprised without the entrance to the said harbour and the 
 point opposite the building known as the tSteam Mill. And 
 if so placed, anchored or moored, the master, pilot, or person 
 in charge, or the owner or agent of such vessel, shall remove 
 the same within t.)ne hour after being required so to do by the 
 officer or person authorized to act in that behalf by the said 
 Harbour Commissioners, under the penalty hereinafter pro- 
 vided for a breach of these By-Laws, and under a further like 
 penalty for every twenty-four hours during which such steamer 
 or vessel shall not be removed in conformity herewith. 
 
 Article 114. — No vessel or crib shall anchor or moor in 
 the River Yamaska within six (6) arpents from the head of 
 the island called " Isle de Mouches " to the entrance of the 
 passage called the l)or^, nor within the said passage or 
 channel called the Dor^, from its said entrance to the head 
 of the island called Isle Beauchemin, \inder the penalty here- 
 
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 inaftei- provided for a breach of these By-Laws, and under 
 a furtlier like penalty foi- each subsecjuent twenty-four hours 
 during which such vessel or crib shall be anchored or moored 
 in the said places in contravention of this section. 
 
 Artidr Hi"). — All vessels and cribs whenever they shall 
 be obliged to cast anchor or moor in the passage or channel 
 called the Dor^, above the head of hie Beauchon'm, shall 
 anchor or moor on the north side of the channel, as near to 
 the shore as possible and in one serial line ; and during the 
 time they arc there anchored or moored, shall have their 
 yards topped or braced up fore and aft, the booms rigged in 
 as far as possible, under the ])ennlty hereinafter provided for 
 a breach of these By-Laws, and under a fiu'ther like penalty 
 for each subse(|uent twenty-four hours during which such 
 vessels or cribs shall be anchored or moored in said place in 
 contravention of this section. 
 
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 Article 1 IG. — No person or persons shall, by act, word or 
 deed, interfere with, obstruct or impede the Harbour Master, 
 or any person or persons acting under his orders or super- 
 vision, or any oflficer, person or persons appointed by or acting 
 under the orders of the Harbour Commissioners, while m the 
 execution of his or their duties respectively; or shn ' aid, 
 abet, encourage, prompt or order any other person oi" ptr- 
 sons so to do. 
 
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 FINES AND PENALTIES. 
 
 Article 117.— Every person, in whatsoever capacity lie 
 may he acting, who shall violate oi- infringe any of the By- 
 Laws of the tJoi-poration of the Ilarhour Commissioners oi' 
 Montreal, or any part or portion of any of them, shall he 
 subject to a penalty of Forty Dollars currency. 
 
 Artich' lis.— Rvery jn'rson, in whatsoever capacity he 
 may be acting, who shall fail or neglect to obey any one of 
 the liy-Laws of the (Jorjioration of the Harbour Commis- 
 sioners of iMontreal, or any portion of any one of them, shall 
 be subject to a penalty ol" Forty Dollars currency. 
 
 Artieh- 1 1 9.-— The master, pilot, owner, or person in charge 
 of any vessel which shall violate or infringe, or fail or neglect 
 to obey any one of the By Laws ol' the Corporation of the 
 Harbour Commissioners of Montreal, or any part or portion 
 of any one of them ; and the master, pilot, owner or person 
 in charge of any vessel, in the conduct and management of 
 which any one of the said By-Laws, or any part of any one of 
 them, shall be violated, infringed or disobeyed, shall be 
 subject to a penalty of Forty Dollars currency. 
 
 Article 120.- \n the event of the contravention or ne-dect 
 to obey any of the By-Laws of the Corporation of the Hai^our 
 Commissioners of Montreal, having reference to the landing 
 or shipping of gunpowder, the landing or shipping, as the 
 case may be, of each keg or package of gunpowder shall be 
 a separate ott'ence, and shall give rise to a separate penalty 
 of Forty Dollars against the offending party. 
 
 Article li>l._The owner of any cargo, lumber or effects, 
 or of any matter or thing whatever, landed fi-om any vessel' 
 in respect of which cargo, lumber or effects, matter or thing, 
 there shall be any violation or infringement of, or disobedience 
 to any one of the By-Laws of the Corporation of the Harbour 
 

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 Commissioners of Montreal, or of any part of any one of them, 
 shall be subject to a [lenalty of F'orty Dollars currency. 
 
 Article 122. — The owner or person in charge of any 
 goods, lumber or other effects, deposited for shipment on any 
 whart, or elsewhere in the said har})our, in re.-^pect of which 
 goods, lumber oi- effects there shall be any violation or in- 
 fringement of, or disobedience to any one of the By-Laws of 
 the Corporation of the Harbour ( 'onnnissioners of Montreal, 
 or of or to any part of any one of them, shall be subject to a 
 penalty of Forty Dollars currency. 
 
 Article 12^1 — If any person be convicted by any Magis- 
 trate or Magistrates, Justice or Justices of the Peace, of any 
 of the said offences, such Magistrate or Magistrates, Justice 
 or Justices of the Peace, who shall render such judgment of 
 conviction, may reduce the amouiit of the penalty to Twenty 
 Dollars currency in all cases where the offence committed 
 has no reference to a sea-going vessel, or to a cargo carried 
 or to be carried in a sea-going vessel, or is not committed by 
 the master or pei-son in charge of a sea-going vessel. 
 
 Article 124. — Any person who shall be convicted of in- 
 fringing any of the said By-Laws, or any of the provisions of 
 the Statutes now in force providing for the management and 
 improvement of the Harbour <if Montreal and the deepening 
 of the ship channel between the said harbour and the port of 
 Quebec ; and who shall be condemned to the payment of any 
 pecuniary penalty for such infringement, and who shall make 
 default in the payment of such |)euniary penalty and of the 
 costs of such conviction, may be imprisoned for a period of 
 thirty days, unless the amount of such penalty and costs be 
 sooner paid. 
 
 Article 125. — In so far as the foregoing penalties are im- 
 posed for the breach of any By-Law made by the said Com- 
 missioners as the pilotage authority for the Pilotage District 
 of Montreal, the said sum of Forty Dollars shall be the 
 maximum penalty, with power to the tribunal trying any 
 
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 person for o breach of such By-Law, to reduce the amount of 
 such penalty to any sum which shall to such tribunal appeal- 
 just and expedient. 
 
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 INTERPRETATION. 
 
 Article 12(5. — The word " vessel" when made use of in 
 the foregoini; regulations, is to be understood as compre- 
 hondinj^ and meaning rafts and every other description of 
 floating vessels. The words " working days " are to be 
 understood as comprehending and meaning days on which 
 work can legally be j)erformed. The word '• owner " shall 
 comprehend and mean every part owner or owners. The 
 words '• Ilarbom- Master " shall comprehend and mean the 
 Deputy Harbour Master, Also, the word " goods " shall be 
 understood as comprehending lumber, firewood, ballast and 
 merchandise of any description, together with all kinds of 
 live stock ; and when more persons than one are herein- 
 before made subject to any penalty in the disjunctive, the 
 said Corporation shall have the option of proceeding for such 
 penalty against such one of such persons as the said Corpo- 
 ration may see fit. 
 
 Article 127. — The foregoing By-Laws shall not come into 
 force until after the first Monday in January next, from and 
 after which day, if then approved by the Governoi--in- 
 Council, or if not, then from and after the date of such 
 approval, they shall have full force and effect amounting to 
 their terms. 
 

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 I certify that the foregoing By-Laws of the Harbour Com- 
 missioners of Montreal, adopted at a meeting held on the 
 20th January last, were submitted to and approved by His 
 Excellency the Governor-General in Council, on the 10th day 
 of April instant. 
 
 W. A. HIMSWORTH, 
 
 Ch7'k Privy Council. 
 
 
 No Coal Oil, Kerosene, Naptha, Benzole, Petroleum, or 
 any other substance of an intiatnmable or dangerous nature, 
 shall be discharged or shipped in any part of the Harbour 
 except in such places as shall be indicated by the Harbour 
 Master, or other Harbour Officer in his absence ; and when 
 discharged or shipped, the same shall be removed and taken 
 away from such places by the owner or consignee thereof, as 
 fast as landed. 
 
 H. H. WHITNEY, 
 
 Secretary. 
 
 A. M. RUDOLF, 
 
 Harbour Master. 
 
 HaKBOUR Cu^MlSSIUNGRS' UFFICK, i 
 
 Montreal, 2l8t June, 1876. S 
 
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 BY- LAWS 
 
 OF THK 
 
 hahbour commissioners of Montreal, 
 
 Duly made anil pusned at a Meeting of the said Harbour CommiHxionera. duly 
 
 called and held at their Board Room, in Montreal, in the Province 
 
 of Quebec, on the Twenty-fourth day of April, One 
 
 Thoumnd Eight Hundred and Seventy- Eight. 
 
 Present 
 
 THOMAS CRAMP, Esy., Chairman. 
 PETER DONOVAN, Esy., 
 ADOLPHE ROY, Esy., 
 
 HUGH McLENNAN, Esy., 
 CHAS. H. GOULD, Esy., 
 ANDREW ALLAN, Esy. 
 
 Whereas, it has become necessary for the better discipHne 
 of the Pilots, and for the greater safety of Navigation 
 between Montreal and Quebec, to make additional 
 Regulations : Therefore, it is resolved that the fol- 
 lowing be added to the By-Laws of the Commissioners 
 already in force, viz : — 
 
 Art. 128. — The Harbour Commissioners of Montreal may 
 establish an Office in Quebec, and place in charge thereof a 
 person to manage such business as may, under their Regu- 
 
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 lations, be transacted there, and to execute any instructions 
 that may ho ^^iven liirn by the said Hai'hoiir Commissioners. 
 
 
 
 
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 Art, 129. — The Officer which may he ap])ointed, in ac- 
 cordance with the foregoing; Article, to represent the Harbour 
 Commissioners in Quebec, shall prepare a Register of Pilots, 
 and designate them in their turn for service in rotation 
 throughout the season, and shall secure to each Pilot his 
 regular turn, save and except those cases to which refei-ence 
 is made in the two next succeeding Articles. 
 
 Art. 180. — Pilots may be permitted to take special service 
 with the regular lines of •steamships, but in case they have 
 not been employed in this way during the interval between 
 their turn on the Register, they have the right take any 
 other vessel refjuiring their services. 
 
 Art. 181. — If objection be made to any Pilot by the 
 Master or Agent of any vessel, the Pilot so objected to shall 
 stand aside ^?*o tcm.^hnt not otherwise loose his turn, and the 
 Officer at Ouebec shall be satisfied that the selected Pilot 
 has not, directly, or indirectly, used any influence to secure 
 himself a preference ; and in the case of a Pilot thus taken 
 out of his turn, his next turn shall only be allowed after those 
 who preceded him before his last voyage. 
 
 Art. 182. — If two Pilots or more enter the Office the 
 same day and the same hour, the right of precedence between 
 the Pilots shall be determined according to the order exist- 
 ing in the Register Book of the preceding voyage. 
 
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 Art. 138. — All Pilots in charge of up-coming steamships, 
 sailing vessels, or craft of any kind, on such occasion, before 
 meeting downward-bound vessels at sharp turns, narrow 
 passages, or where the navigation is intricate, are required 
 to stop, and if necessary come to a position of safety below 
 
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 the point of danger, and there 
 clear. These directions apply 
 
 St. Mary's Current, 
 Point-aux-Trembles, 
 Varennes, 
 Cape St. Michael, 
 In Lake St. Peter : 
 Light Ship No. 1, 
 Light Ship No. 2, 
 Black and White Buoy, 
 Light Ship No. 3, 
 
 remain until the channel is 
 to the following points : — 
 
 Port St. Francis, 
 Three Rivers, 
 
 The Church at Cape Made- 
 leine, 
 Champlains Pouillier, 
 Cape Levrard, 
 Cape Charles, 
 Cap-a-la-Roche, 
 La Barre-a-Rodier. 
 
 Privy Council Chamber, 
 
 (Ottawa, 80th April, 1878. 
 I hereby certify that the foregoing series of By-Laws 
 were this day approved by His Excellency the Governor- 
 (jeneral in Council. 
 
 W. A. HLMSWORTIi, 
 
 (Jlerk Privy Couucil. 
 
tarifj^ of pilotage 
 
 BRTWEBN THK 
 
 HARBOURS OF QUEBEC AND MONTREAL 
 
 AND HKTWEEN THK 
 
 SEVERAL PLACES THEREIN ^[ENTIONE]), 
 
 Duly madr and passed by tho Harbour Commmioners of Montreal on the 
 I Mb February, 1877, and approved by His Excellency the Governor- 
 General in Council on the hth March. 1877. 
 
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 From the Harbour of Quebec to Portneuf and the 
 opposite side of the River St. Lawrence, or heloir Port- 
 neuf and above the Harbour of Quebec .— 
 For the pilotage of any ve.sfsel in low. or propelled 
 by steam (exeept ats hereinafter mentioned), for 
 
 each foot of draught of water — Upward^t () 5o 
 
 Downwardfs j^q 
 
 For the pilotage of any seagoing vessel propelled by 
 
 steam, for each foot of draugh t of water— Upwai-ds 62h 
 
 Downwards D (^2! 
 
 For the pilotage of any vessel under sail, for each 
 
 foot of d raught of water— Up wai-ds j 05 
 
 Downwards q YO 
 
 From the Harbour of Quebec to Three Rivers and the 
 
 opposite side of the River St. Laiorence, or any place 
 
 above Portneuf and below Three Rivers:— 
 
 For the pilotage of any vessel in tow, or propelled 
 
 by eteam (except as hereinafter mentioned), for 
 
 each foot of draught of water— Upwards 1 50 
 
 Downwards j ^q 
 
1 75 
 
 1 75 
 
 2 60 
 
 1 no 
 
 4t 
 
 P'or the pilotaii^e of anj- seagoing vossel, propelled by 
 
 steam, for each foot ofdraught of water— (Upwards. 
 
 Downards 
 
 For the pilotage of any vessel utider sitil, tor each 
 
 foot of draught of water — Upwards 
 
 J)own wards 
 
 From Ihe Harbour of Qurher to Snrel and the opposite 
 aide of the River St. Lawrence, or any plaee above Three 
 Rivers and belom Sorel : — 
 
 For the pilotage of any vessel in tow or propelled 
 by Hteam (except as hereinafter mentioned), for 
 
 each foot of draught of water — Upwards 
 
 Downwards 
 
 For the pilotage of any seagoing vessel propelled by 
 
 steam, for each foot of draught of watei- — Upwards 
 
 Downwards 
 
 For the pilotage of any vessel under sail, for each 
 
 foot of draught of water— Upwards 
 
 Downwai'ds 
 
 From the Barbour of Quebec to the Harbour of 
 Montreal, or to any place above Sorel and below the 
 Harbour of Montreal .— 
 
 For the pilotage of any vessel in tow, or propelled 
 by steam (except as hereinafter mentioned), for 
 
 each foot of draught of water — Upwards 2 00 
 
 Downwards 2 00 
 
 Fo)' the pilotage of any seagoing vessel propelled by 
 steam, for each foot of draught of water — Upwards 2 50 
 
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 Downwards. 
 
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 For the [tilotage of any vessel under sail, foi- each 
 
 foot of draught of water— Upwards 4 20 
 
 Downwards 2 80 
 
 From the Harbour of Montreal to Sorel, or to any 
 place above Sorel and below Hochelaga, and from 
 
 
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 aga, to tho Harboni' of Monti-eui, tor each foot of 
 draught of watorfbr each such pilotage — upwards 1 00 
 
 r>o\vn wards 1 oo 
 
 For (he removal of any vcshbI from one wharf to 
 another, within the limits of the Harbour ; oi- f i'om 
 any of the wharves into the Lachine Canal ; or out 
 of the said Canal to any oi" the wharves in (he jf 
 Harbour ; or from the foo( of the eui-reiit; or from 
 Longueuil into the Harbour ; or from the Harbour 
 to the foot of the current, or to Ijongueuil : for 
 each such service 5 00 
 
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 Ass'f Secrefari/. 
 
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