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 .;- ;;::r:-::.,:' ACT' 
 
 ■ FOR TAKING THE 
 
 €E]¥SIJS OF THE OHABITAl^TS 
 
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 or 
 
 LOWER CANADA, 
 
 AND FOR OBTAINING CERTAIN STATISTICAL 
 
 INFORMATION THEREIN MENTIONED. 
 
 CAP, XXIV. 7 VICTORliE, 1843. 
 
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 PRINTED BY 8. DERBISHIRE St G. DESBARATS, 
 Printer to Uie Gtuetn'a Mo«t Excellent Majesty. 
 
 1843. 
 
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 CAP. XXIV. 
 
 An Act far taking the Census of the Ifihabitants 
 of Lower Canada, and for obtaining ccrtaio 
 statistical inlbrmatiou therein mentioned. 
 
 [9/^ Ikccmber, 1 943.1 
 
 i>xean6te. XTTTHEREAS tfie Census of ihe Inhabitants of 
 
 jy/ Lower Canada, for the year one thousand eight 
 
 hundred and forty-two, as required by an Act of this 
 
 CLm 4a Legislature, passed in the fourth and fifth years of Her 
 Majesty's Reign, intituled, Jin Act to repeal certain imrls 
 of an Act therein mentioned, and to provide for taking a 
 periodical Census of the Inhabitants of this Province, and 
 for obtaining th^. other statistical irj formation therein 
 mentioned, hath not been duly taken, ilor the other 
 statistical information thereby also, required, duly 
 obtained ; and whereas it is of the greatest importance 
 that such Census should be taken, and such statistical 
 information obtained as early as possible ; Be it there- 
 fore enacted, by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, 
 by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative 
 Council and of the Legislative Assembly of the Province 
 of Canada, constituted and assembled by virtue of and 
 under the authority of an Act passed in the Parliament 
 of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 
 intituled, An Act to re-unite the Provinces of Upper and 
 Lower Canada, and for the Gorernment of Canada, and 
 it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, that 
 from and after the passing of this Act, it shall be lawful 
 for the Governor of this Province, with the consent and 
 
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1843 
 
 7" VicTORiJE, Cap. 24. 
 
 odvice of the Executive Council thereof, to nominate 
 end appoint one or more competent per.sons, residing 
 within each of the Counties of Lower Canada, to be 
 Commissioners for the execution of this Act. 
 
 II. And be it enacted, that the Commissioners so ^'j"^ f*'J^»^'l« 
 appointed, and each of them, shall be furnished without thwATro'i.., 
 delay, by the Provincial Secretary for Lower Canada, [SJ^^^li^" 
 «vith a sufficient number of Copies of this Act, and of 
 
 <he Schedule A., thereunto annexed, and shall before the 
 firit day of the month of May next, in thtt year one 
 thousand eight hundred and forty-four, make or cause 
 to be made an exact Census of the population of the 
 Counties in Lower Canada, or Places therein, for which 
 they shall be respectively appointed, and shall obtain 
 the information requisite to fill up correctly the several 
 columns in their returns, which shall be made in the Returns to w. 
 form of the Schedule A., hereunto annexed, and sworn S^th"^ "'"^''' 
 to before one of Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace for 
 the District, City or Town corporate in which such 
 Census shall be taken in the form annexed to the above 
 mentioned Schedule A., by the said Commissioners, 
 respectively, or the persons employed by them for the 
 said service, as hereinafter provided. 
 
 III. And be it enacted, that it shall be lawful for each Assutams to 
 and every Commissioner so appointed, lor the purposes ersmavix; ap. 
 of this Act, to require the assistance of and to employ p""*^- 
 any professional man, Officer of Militia, Church Warden, 
 
 or any other competent person whatsoever, within the 
 County or place for which such Commissioner shall 
 have been appointed, and it shall be lawful for such 
 Commissioner and the persons by hi^ employed for 
 that purpose, to visit every house within such County 
 or place, and to require of all persons, (those in actual 
 service in Her Majesty's Army or Navy alone excepted) 
 such information as may be necessary for filling up ac- 
 curately the several columns in his Returns, according 
 to the said Schedule. 
 
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7* VictoHtJB, Cif. 24. 
 
 1843. 
 
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 ^^^STuJ*"'^ IV. And be it enacted, that any person being abor^ 
 infomttioa the age of twenty-one years, who doall refuse to gife to 
 ^^* any such CommisSioBer or to any {Person employed for 
 
 the purposes of this Act by sach ComniissioBer, the as* 
 sistance so required, or the information so demanded by 
 them or by any of then, or shall wilfully give false Infor- 
 mation to such Comlttis^idner, or to stich person con- 
 cerning the same, shall loir every Sochoffente forfeit and 
 ay a penalty of two poubds ten ibillings, currency^ to 
 e sued for and recovered in a saMmiry manner, on 
 the oath of al least one ciredibl^ witness other than the 
 informer before any one 6f the Heiirest Justices of the 
 Peace, and to be levied by distress and sale oi the of- 
 fenders' goods, under a Warrant signed by the Justice 
 before irhom me offender shall have been convieted ; 
 and one half of the said penalty shall belong to Her 
 Majesty, Her Heirs and Successors, and the other hilf 
 to toe perscm who shiJl have saed iiM* the same. 
 
 Retofw to be V. And be it enacted, that eVeiy person so appointed 
 Sltot'SiAta ^y ^^^^ OoilMniiwioners, respectively, shalh within fifty 
 nfty dajik days next ensuhig the date of his appomtknent, iliake 
 hii^ return certifi^ under oath as aforesaid, in the form 
 of the said Schedule A., for the place for which he^ shall 
 ha?e been appointed to act, to the Commissioners by 
 whom he ^aH hare been so appointed* 
 
 CopiM of n- VI. And be it enacted, that the said Secretary shall, 
 Sted^b £i^itb the shortest delay possible after the reception by 
 lundii of eer. the Ex^ctitiye Goyeniinefit of the Return so ordered to 
 taiapenoM j^jjjaaeby l^is Act, tmnsmft certified copies of the 
 Rettirh fbi eich County to he deposited 'with evUrir 
 Sector or Cdilkle or Minister, and With the Muaieipai 
 CleHi of each Parfsh, i^ictra-Vttrobhial Place, or Town- 
 ship ^mn|»riSed Within the limit* of such County, or if 
 there be no siich Rl^r, Ourste <>r Minister ot Mitntei- 
 pal Cteric, ^n with Ihefietiidr Mill^a OAcer therein, 
 tobe by hinij theDa k^d their ittccei^nr in oiBc», tiuh 
 
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1843. 
 
 7'* VicTORiiE, Cap. 24. 
 
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 pcctively, kept for the use and inspection of all persons 
 concerned. 
 
 VII. And be it enacted, that oil or before the fi"*st Jf„2tcd b* 
 day of June next, the said Commissioners shall trans- tommiUon-^ 
 mit under their signature and in triplicate, and in the J[^j;'''^'J5od. 
 form of the said Schedule, the returns to be made by '"^ 
 them under this Act, to the (Governor of this Province, 
 
 and one copy of every such Return shall be laid before 
 each of the Branches of the Legislature within fifteen 
 days after the opening of the then next Session, and the 
 remaining copy shall be deposited in the Archives of 
 this Province. 
 
 VIII. And be it enacted, that the said Commissioners CommiB«on- 
 shall, respectively, on the receipt of their Returns as p2j'°* *** ^ 
 aforesaid, receive out of any unappropriated monies in 
 
 the hands of the Receiver General, by warrant under 
 the hand of the Governor, as a remuneration for their 
 respective services, the following sums, that is to say : 
 for every inhabited house mentioned in the return, and 
 situate in the Cities of Quebec and Montreal, or in the 
 Towns of Three Rivers and Sherbrooke, or in any 
 Village containing upwards of thirtv houses, five pence 
 currency ; for every such house in the Country Parishes 
 or Townships, ten pence currency ; and the said Com- Asgistanta 
 
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 missioners shall pay out of the monies so received to *^ 
 
 any person who shall have assisted personally in making 
 the Returns for any Parish, extra-Parochial Place or 
 Township, Ward or division of a City or Town, one 
 third of the sum so received for every house mentioned 
 in such return, and to any person w^ho shall, unassisted 
 by any Commissioner, have made and certified the re- 
 turns of any Parish, extra-Parochial Place, or Town- 
 ship, Ward or division of a Town or City, two-thirds 
 of the sum so received for every inhabited house men- 
 tioned in such return : Provided always, that any such 
 person employed by any Commissioner, for the purposes 
 
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 7" VicTORiJE, Cap. i4. 
 
 1843- 
 
 Prnalty for 
 faixe ItiHurrm 
 aiitl nC|»li- 
 gejice, 
 
 Notico lo be 
 givcfk. 
 
 of this Act, shall have been furnished by such Com* 
 niissioncr, with n copy of this Act, and of tlie Schedules 
 A. and 13. hereunto annexed, and with a certificate in 
 the form of the Schedule C. hereunto annexed, dis- 
 tincily describing the limits of the place for which he 
 is to make such return, unassisted by such Commis* 
 sioner. - ,? , 
 
 IX. And be it enacted, that any Commissioner ap- 
 pointed under this Act, or any person employed by such 
 Commissioner for the purposes of this Act, who shall 
 be convicted uponlndictment before any Court of Q,uar* 
 ter Sessions of having wilfully neglected to make any 
 Return by this Act required, or of having made negli*- 
 gently or wilfully a false Return, shall be liable to pay 
 a fine to Her Majesty, Her Heirs and Successors, not 
 exceeding twenty-five pounds, currency, and shall for- 
 feit any remuneration to which he might otherwise 
 have been entitled under this Act, and shall be further 
 liable to imprisonment in the Common Gaol or Pri»on 
 of the District in which the said Census ought to have 
 been taken, or in which the same shall be so falsely 
 taken, for a space of time not exceeding three Calendar 
 months ; and if the person incurring such penalty be a 
 Commissioner appointed under this Act, it shall then 
 be lawful for the Governor of this Province to appoint 
 another Commissioner in his stead and place, and such 
 other Commissioner shall forthwith proceed to make a 
 true Return, according to the provisions of this Act. 
 
 X. And be it enacted, that the Commissioners ap- 
 pointed under this Act, shall, fifteen days at least before 
 they proceed to take the Census and to procure the 
 statistical information hereby required, canse a notice 
 in the form of the Schedule B. hereunto annexed, in the 
 English and French languages, to be publicly read im* 
 mediately after Divine Service in the foren(H)n, on two 
 successive Sundays, at the Church door of the Parish 
 
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iai3. 
 
 T" Victoria, Cap. 24. 
 
 or other plncc in wliicli sucli Census is to be taken, and 
 to be posted tliereon during tl»c said time, and in case 
 there whall be no Church ilierein, llien tlic said Com- 
 inissioners shall posi such written notice at the must 
 public place in such I'arish or other place. 
 
 XI. And be it enacted, that the due application of the A""""*'^'*- 
 monies heieby appiopria'.ed shall be accounted for to ' ^ 
 Her Majesty, Her H^urs and Successors, through the 
 Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury for 
 the time being,in such manner and form ai Her Majesty, . 
 Her Heirs and Successors shall direct ; and thai an 
 account of the expenditure of the said monies shall bo 
 laid before the Provincial Legislature, within the first 
 fifteen davs of the then next Session thereof. 
 
 XIL And be it enacted, that the words " Governor inurprrtAtion 
 cf this Province " vvherever they occur in the foregoing '^''^'"*' 
 enactments, are to be understood as meaning and com- 
 prehending the Governor, or the person authorized to 
 execute the Commission of Governor within this 
 Province, for the time being ; and that the words 
 ** Lower Canada," wherever they occur in the said 
 enactments, are to be understood as meaning and com- 
 prehending that part of this Province of Canada which 
 formerly constituted the Province of Lower Canada.* 
 
 I, A. B., do swear that the above Return is true and 
 correct to the best of my knowledge and belief, that I 
 have not wilfully made any false Statement therein, and 
 that I have used my best diligence and endeavour to 
 obtain true information on all matters to which it relates. 
 —So HELPME God. •. •-«, , . • ;. >\ : , 
 
 (Signature) A. B. Commissioner or Assistant Com- 
 missioner for the of 
 
 Sworn before me, one of Her Majesty's Justices of 
 the Peace, for the of 
 
 at 
 
 this ' day of ' 1# 
 
 (Signature) C. D., J. P. 
 t For Schedule A., see accompanying form. 
 
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 7o VictoRut, Cap. 9^, 
 SCHEDULE (B.) 
 
 FORM OF NOTICE. 
 
 1#43. 
 
 Public Notice is hereby gi?eo, that the undersigned, 
 duly authorized to that effect, under an Act passed by 
 the Provincial Legislature, in the seventh year of Her 
 Majesty's Reign, intituled, (insert the TUk of thit Jet) 
 will, on the day of 
 
 proceed to take the Census of the population of the * 
 {inaert the name <^ the place ufithm vmch the party 
 gvoing notice » axUhoriged to act) and to require within . 
 the said place the information necessary to enable him 
 (or them) to fill up the Schedules hereunto annexed, 
 according to the provisions and requirements of the 
 said Act, and all persons are hereby required to govern 
 themselves accordingly, under the penalties by the said 
 Act imposed. 
 
 Dated at this da^ of 
 
 (Signature.) 
 
 SCHEDULE ^(C.) 
 
 Fonfn of Certificate to be given by the Commissioners, 
 to the persons by them employed to make the return 
 of any particular place within the Counties for which 
 such Commissioners shall have teen real|>ectively ap- 
 pointed. 
 
 Itnow all men whom it may concern, that I, {or Wi) 
 have appointed {inaeH name^ quality and place qf reei' 
 dence) , being Militia Officer or Church-warden or pro- 
 fessional ^n {as the case nwy he) within the limits ^Wf 
 cribed, to make the Return for the {de>tcribe thepiace, its [, 
 limits and boundaries,) conformably to the provisions of ' 
 an Act passed in the seventh year of Her Majesty's 
 Reign, intituled, {insert the lUk of this Aa) of which ^ 
 Act and the Schedules thereunto annexed, I {or we) 
 have furnished him with copies for the information and > 
 guidance of all whom the same ilnay concern. 
 Dated at this day of 184 . 
 
 [Signature of the Commissioner.] .v