s^. w IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) 1.0 I.I ■^ iiii B2.2 1*0 12.0 lU ■ 1.8 iiiiiii m U4 < 6" ^ *T Hiotographic Sdences Corporalion 13 WIST MAM STMH VlflBSTEI,N.V. t4SM (716) •7-' 503 *1 CIHM/ICMH Series. CIHM/ICMH Collection de microfiches. Canadian Institute for Historical Microrsproductions / Institut Canadian da microraproductions historii. jas Tachnical and Bibliographic Notaa/Notas tacHniquaa at Mbliographiquaa Tha Inatituta haa attamptad to obtain tha baat original copy availabia for filming. Faaturaa of thia copy which may Im bibliographically uniqua, which may altar any of tha imagaa in tha raproduction, or which may aignificantly changa tha uaual mathod of filming, ara chackad balow. 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Laa details da cat axamplaira qui sont iiaut-Atra uniquaa du point da vua bibliographiqua, qui pauvant modif iar una imaga raproduita, ou qui fMuvant axigar una modification dans la mithoda normala da f ilmaga aont indiquAa ci-daaaoua. 1 t |~~| Colourad pagaa/ D Pagaa da coulaur Pagaa damagad/ Pagas andommagias Pagas rastorad and/oi Pagaa rastaurAas at/ou palliculias Pagas discoiourad. stainad or f oxat Pagas dicolorias. tachatias ou piquias Pagas datachad/ Pagas ditachies Showthroughy Transparanca Quality of prir Qualiti inigala da I'imprsssion Includas supplamantary matarii Comprand du material supplimantaira Only adition availabia/ Saula Mition disponibia 1 f c f r~n Pagaa damagad/ I — I Pagas rastorad and/or laminatad/ r~T\ Pagas discoiourad. stainad or f oxad/ I I Pagas datachad/ r~^ Showthrough/ I I Quality of print varias/ |~n Includas supplamantary matarial/ I — I Only adition availabia/ t s f s d a b ri n n Pagas wholly or partially obscurad by arrata slips, tissuas, ate, hava baan rafilmad to ansura tha baat possibia imaga/ Las pagas totalamant ou partiallamant obscurcias par un fauiilat d'arrata, una pelura, ate. ont it6 filmias A nouveau da fa^on A obtanir la maillaura imaga possibia. This itam is filmad at tha raduction ratio chackad balow/ Ca document ast film* au taux da reduction indiqui ci-daaaoua. 10X 14X 18X 22X 2BX 30X / 12X 16X 20X a4X 28X 32X Th« copy filmad h«r« has b—n r«produe«d thanks to tha ganarosity off: SMnirary of QiMlMe Library L'axamplaira film* f ut roproduit grica i la g4n4roslt4 da: S4miiMirt d* QuAImc BiMioth4qut Tha Imagas appaaring hara w tha bast quality possibia considaring tha condition and lagibility of tha original copy and in itaaping with tha filming contract spaclflcatlons. Original copias In printad papar covars ara filmad baglnning with tha front covar and anding on tha last paga with a printad or illustratad impraa- sion, or tha back covar whan appropriata. All othar original copias ara filmad baglnning on tha first paga ith a printad or illustratad impras- sion. and anding on tha last paga with a printad or illustratad imprassion. Tha last racordad frama on aach microficha shall contain tha symbol — ^ (moaning "CON- TINUED"), or tha symbol V (moaning "END"), whichavar applias. Las imagas suivantaa ont iti raproduitas avac la plus grand soin. compta tanu da la condition at da la nattatA da I'axamplaira filmA, at •n conformit* avac las conditions du contrat da fllmaga. Las axamplairas originaux dont la couvartura •n papiar ast imprimis son: filmte •n commandant par la pramiar plat at an tarminant soit par la darnlAra paga qui compcrta una amprainta d'imprassion ou dlllustration. soit par la sacond plat, salon la cas. Toua las autras axamplairas originaux sont fllmte an commandant par la pramiAra paga qui comporta una amprainta d'impraasion ou d'illustration at an tarminant par la darnlAra paga qui comporta una talla amprainta. Un daa symbolas suivants apparaltra sur la darnlAra imaga da chaqua microficha. salon la cas: la symbols — »> signifia "A SUIVRE". la symbols V signifia "FIN". Maps, platas. charts, ate. may ba filmad at diffarant raduction ratios. Thosa too larga to ba antiraly includad in ona axposurs ara filmad baglnning in tha uppar lafft hand cornar. lafft to right and top to bottom, as many fframas as raquirad. Tha following diagrams illustrata tha mathod: Las cartas, planchas. tablaaux. ate, pauvant Atra filmte i daa taux da reduction diff Grants. Lorsqua la document ast trop grand pour Atra raproduit an un saul clichA. il ast film6 A partir da I'angla supirisur gaucha. da gaucha A droita, at da haut an bas. an pranant la nombra d'imagas nAcassa^ra. Las diagrammas suivants illustrant la mAthoda. 1 2 3 »x 1 2 3 4 5 6 \.*y An Act to amend and continue for a limited time a certain Act passed in the First year of the Keign of His late Majesty, intituled, " An Act for the Incorporation of certain persons therein-mentioned, under the name of the '• Quebec Bank." [31st March, 1831.] WHEREAS certain Merchants and others, persons being Inhabitants of the Cities of Quebec and Montreal, as well as certain Stockholders in the Quebec Bank, have by their humble Petition in this behalf, prayed that a certain Act passed in the first year of His late Majesty's Reign, intituled, " An Act for " the incorporation of certain persons therein-mentioned, under the name of the " Quebec Bank," be further continued for a limited time, and certain amend- ments made therein, and it is expedient to grant the prayer of the said Petition : Be it therefore enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Assembly of the Province of Lower Canada, constituted and assembled by virtue of and under the authority of an Act, passed in the Parliament of Great Britain, intituled, *' An Act to repeal " certain parts of an Act passed in the fourteenth year of His Majesty's Reign, in- " tituled, " An Act for making more effectual provision for the Government of the " Province of Quebec in North America," and to make further provision for the Go- " vemment of the said Province ;" and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, that the said Act passed in the first year of His late Majesty's Reign, inti- tuled, " An Act for the Incorporation of certain persons therein-mentioned, under " the name of the Quebec Bank," as amended hereby shall remain in force, and the Corporation thereby created under the name of the " Quebec Bank," shall con- tinue and have succession until the expiration of this Act. II. And whereas the Capital Stock of the said Bank is by the Act, hereby amend- ed and continued, limited to the sum of seventy-five thousand pounds, currency, which said sum has been found insuflicient for the convenience and accommodation of the public, wherefore it is expedient to permit the augmentation thereof ; Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that in addition to the said sunTof * seventy-five thousand pounds mentioned in the said Actj it shall be lawful for the Corporation thereby erected ;o increase the Capital Stock of the said Bank, by a fiirther sum not exceeding one hundred and fifty thousand pounds, currency, di- vided into six thousand shares, of twenty-five pounds each to be paid by the holders of such shares respectively, by instalments of not less than ten per centum on the amount held by each of them, at such time or times and place as the Directors of the said Bank shall apppoint, after notice of not less than thirty days in this behalf, to be previously given in one or more of the Public Newspapers printed and pub- lished in the said City of Quebec^ Provided always, that the whole of the addi- tional amount of Capital Stock which the said Bank is hereby empowered to raise and which shall be raised under the authority of this Act, shall be paid up by the persons who shall subscribe for the same, or any part thereof, within five years from the date of the passing of this Act, and all executors, curators and adminis- trators who shall pay up the instalments thereon, due by the estate or succession, which they respectively represent, in obedience to any call made for that purpose, in the manner aforesaid, shall be hereby respectively indemnified. III. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that the several persons who shall hold any share or any number of shares, of the additional Capital Stock, which the said Bank is hereby empowered to raise, shall only have a vote or votes at any general meeting of the said Corporation according to the number of such shares on which the full amount of twenty-five pounds currency, in specie, shall have been paid in by them respectively ; nor shall any person be elected or act as one of the Directors of the said Bank, until he shall have paid in the full amount of twenty such Shares, that is to say, a sum not less than five hundred pounds currency, and shall be otherwise qualified to be so elected, and to act under the provisions of the Act hereby continued and amended. <^m 2 rV And be it further enacted bv the authority aforesaid, that it shall be lawful for the Directors of the said Quebec 'Bank to submit sucli by-laws, ordinances and reeulations as they shall hereafter make as such Directors, to a general meeting ol the Stockholders of the said Bank called for that purpose, or to the General Annual Meeting of the said Stockholders, as they shall deem it expedient, and such by-laws, ordinances and regulations so submitted shall, if they are ap- proved at such meeting, and are not repugnant to the Laws of this Province, have force and effect and be binding on all the members of the said Corporation :— Provided always that six weeks public notice shall have been previously given, of the intention of the Directors to submit such by-Laws, ordinances, and regula- tions for revision. V. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that in the event of any temporary absence of the President of the said Bank, whether occasioned by sickness or otherwise, the Directors of the said Bank may by a vote duly recorded in the Register of their proceedings, devolve upon the Vice-President, ot the said Bank during the continuance of such temporary absence, all the duties of the said President. VI. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that it shall not be necessary that nine of the Directors of the said Bank, in office at the period of each annual election, be re-elected for the next succeeding twelve montlis. Provideu always that seven of the directors of the said Bank in office at the period of such annual election, shall be re-elected for the next succeeding year, and that it shall not be obligatory to re-elect the President and Vice-President of the said Bank. VII. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid that in the event of the unavoidable absence of the President and Vice-President, at any Board of the said Directors held for the transaction of business, the said Directors, when assembled, shall appoint one of themselves to supply the place of the said President or Vice- President, and the directors so appointed shall vote as a director at the Board, and if there be an equal division on any question shall have a casting vote. VIII. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that any number of the Stockholders in the said Bank, not less than twenty, who together shall be Proprie- tors of two hundred and fifty shares of the Capital Stock of the said Bank, shall have power at any time by themselves or their proxies to call a general meeting of the Stockholders in the said Bank, for purposes relating to the affairs of the said Corporation, giving at least six weeks notice thereof in at least one of the News- papers published in the City of Quebec, and specifying in such notice the object of such meeting and the time und pkice thereof. IX. And whereas it is expedient, that a more explicit statement than that requir- ed by the thirteenth section of the said Act passed in the First year of His late Ma- jesty's Reign, should from time to time be laid before the Legislature of this Pro- vince : — Be it therefore further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that instead of the statement required by the said Section of the said Act, it shall be lawful for the Grovemor, Lieutenant Governor or Person administering the Government, or for either of the other Branches of the Provincial Legislature, from time to time to require from tlie. President, Vice President and Directors of the said Bank, a state- men^ of the affairs of the said Corporation containing, on the one part, the amount of Capital Stock paid in, the amount of their notes in circulation, the nett profits in hand, the Balances due to other Banks, and the Cash deposited in the said Que- bec Bank distinguishing deposits bearing Interest, if any there be, and on the other part the amount of Current Coins and gold and silver Bullion in the Vaults of the said Bank, the value of the Buildings and other real Estate belonging to the said Corporation, the notes of other Banks held by the said Corporation, the Balances due to them from other Banks, and the amount of all debts owing to the said Cor> r d f 1 d B)ration including and p irticularizing the amount so owing on Bills of Exchange, iscounted Notes, Mortgages, and other securities, thus exhibiting on thu one hand the debts due by tbe said Corporation, and en the other (lund the rcs(nirces thereof, and that the said Statement shall also contain the rate and amount of their last dividend declared by tie said Corporation, the amount of tlie profits, reserved at the time of declaring ^uch dividend, the amount of debts due to the said Cor- poration and secured by the pledge of the Stock thereof belonging to the persons from whom such debts are due, and the amount of debts over due and not paid, with an Estimate of the loss which may probably be incurred from the non-payment of such debts, and a list of the names of all persons who shall at the commencement of every quarter of the year, during the time for which such statement shall be re- quired and made, have been share holders in the said Bank, specifying the number of Shares held by each and cvet-y such person at the commencement of each quar- ter, and also the amount of paper discounted for or monies loaned to the Directors, or for which they may be in any way security to the ^aid Bank, which statement the said President, Vice President and Directors of the said Corporation shall be bound to furnish under oath when so required as aforesaid. Provided always that nothing herwn contained, shall compel or authorize the said President, Vice Presi- dent and Directors to ])articuhirize in any such statement the private account of any i)erson with the said Corporation. X. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that the total amount of the Notes of the said Corporation being for a less sum than one pound five shil- lings, currency each, which shall be issued and in circulation at any one time shall not exceed one fifth of the amount of the Capital of the said Corporation then paid in. Provided always, that no Note under the nominal value of five shillings, cur- rency, shall be issued or put into circulation by the said Corporation, and that the issue and circulation of all denominations of Notes for a less sum than five dollars each, may be suppressed or further limited by any Act or Acts of the Provincial Legislature, without its being considered as an infringement of the privileges granted by this Act. XI. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that if the total amount ofall the Notes of the said Corporation then issued and in circulation shall, at any one time exceed the amount fixed and determined by the Act hereby continued and amended, the said Act, and the present Act shall cease and determine from the time such excessive issue shall have taken place, and in such case the President, Vice- President, and each and every of the Directors of the saidBank, who shall know that such excessive issue have taken place or has been authorized, and shall not within forty-eight hours after he shall have acquired such knowleege, give public notice thereof in one of the Newspapers printed and published in the City of Quebec, shall be personally and jointly and severally responsible for all debts and for all claims and demands of any nature whatsoever due by or affecting the said Corporation. XII. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that this Act shall be deemed and taken to be a public Act, and as such shall be judicially taken not. ce of by all Judges, Justices of the Peace, and other persons whatsoevei* without being specially pleaded. XIII. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that this Act 4^all be in force until the first day of May, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six, and no longer. .., ,-,,■! ;,i