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Lea diagrammea suivanta illuatrant la mAthode. 1 2 3 32X 1 2 3 4 S 6 To the Honorable the Leii'islntive Assembf^ of the Province of Canada in Parliament assemblerf] The Potitioii oftho Municipal Council of the County ofWelland in Council assembled, Humbly SnEWprrH - That we renew our Petition of 18G5 on a subject which we believe of vital importance to the I)rosperity of Canada, namely, an Act restrictinj? the rate of Interest to Six per C^ent. ; and we lament that the Bill on said subject before you at your last Session (for want of time) did not become the l^avv of our country : And a«j^ain we repeat that Whereas the privilege '^ranted to Companies and other parties, viz., the riirht to loan Money at any rate of Interest that may l)e agreed upon has been the cause of the ruin of numerous families in Canada : And Wheri'iis parties have been known to charge from Eight to even Twelve per Cent, on good Security : And Whereas Capital that would otherwise be invested so as to make Banks more efficient — enabling them to give a more liberal accommodation to the Public and a greater impetus to trade, is now used in taking the advantage cf the necessity of thousands, and charge so large an amount of Interest as to entail poverty and ruin on some of the best men in our country : And Whereas while it is admitted a high rate of Interest may bring money into the country it is equally true it takes more than a proportioned amount out of the country by way of Interest : And it must be also admitted that few will invest their iloating Capital in Real Estate or improvements in Agricultural or Mechanical operations while they can secure so Iprge an amount of Interest, the effect of which is Mechanics and others of our inhabitan+s have to seek employment in the neighboring Iiepu))lic: Therefore your Petitioners again humbly pray that your Honorable Body will pass an Act restricting the rate of Interest tc Six per Cent., and that a direct or indirect violation of the same be punished by forfeiture of the money loaned or used in purchase, or imprisonment : And your Petitioners will, as in duty bound, ever pray. Passed in Council this 24th day of Janvuiry, 1867. jr" '. p i "f ' (Signed,) D. D'E\ euaudo, Clerk. ^DMtVp^ Of- ' ''■ (Signed,; EDWARD LEE, Warden. No.^