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THE HONORABLE SIR KARCISSE FGRTUNAT BELLEAU, KNIGHT,

L I E TJ T E N A N T - 0 0 V E K N 0 E .

QUEBEC: PE IN IE D BY CHARLES FRA NfOIS LANGLOIS, F in n t e e to H er M ost E x c e l l e n t M a je s t y t h e Q u e e n .

ANNO DOMINI, 1 8 7 1 .

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

1. An Act for granting to Her Majesty certain sums of money required for defraying certain expenses of the Civil Gov­ ernment for the financial year ending on the thirtieth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-three, and for other purposes connected with the Public Service. 8 2. An Act to amend the Quebec License Act...... 11 3. An Act respecting Marriage Licenses...... IS 4. An Act to fix the time at which the Statutes of this Province shall come into force...... 15 5. An Act respecting Judicial and other Deposits...... 15 6. An Act respecting the amendment of certain articles of the Code of Civil Procedure, the appointment of an additional Judge of the Superior Court at Montreal, and the adminis­ tration of justice in other respects...... 19 7. An Act to limit the application of Articles 298 and 299 of the Civil Code, and of the Fifth Title of the third part of the Code of Civil Procedure...... 26 8. An Act to amend certain articles of the Municipal Code of the Province of Quebec...... 27 9. An Act further to amend the law respecting District Magis­ trates in this Province...... 80

1 0 . An Act to amend the Act of this Province, thirty-second Vic­ toria, Chapter twenty-two, respecting Jurors and Juries... 32

1 1 . An Act to continue for a limited time the se veral Acts therein mentioned...... 32 IS. An Act further to amend the law respecting Education in this Province...... 33 IS. An Act to empower the Managers of Industrial and Keform- atory Schools, and of certain Charitable Institutions, to ap­ prentice or place out children under their charge...... 36

1 4 . An Act to provide for the Sale of certain Properties in the City of Montreal, and for the construction of buildings for the Jacques-Cartier and Laval Normal Schools...... 38 1 5 6 Table of Contents.

Cap. PAGE. 1*1. An Act to amend the law respecting the Civil Erection of Parishes, with the view to facilitate the making of the Cadastres...... 38 16. An Act to amend the law respecting Cadastral Plans and books of reference...... 39

17. An Act to amend the Act thirty-fourth Victoria, Chapter eight, respecting the Registers of Ohril Status in a certain part of the District of Saguenay...... 40

18. An Act to amend the law respecting mutual assurance asso­ ciations of Fabriques, in so far as regards the dioceses of Montreal and St. Hyacinthe...... 41

1 9 . An Act to vest in the Synod of the Diocese of Montreal power to sub-divide Parishes constituted for Ecclesiastical pur­ poses, under Royal Letters-Patent...... 42 29. An Act to authorize the County Council of Kicolet to erect the Parish of Ste. Marie de Blandford into a Parish Muni­ cipality...... 43 31. Ail Act to divide the County of Chicoutimi into two Regis­ tration Divisions, and to separate it from the County of Saguenay for the purposes of Agricultural Societies...... 44 22. An Act to amend the Act of this Province, thirty-second Victoria, Chapter tifty-two, respecting aid to certain Colo­ nization Railways...... 45 23. An Act to provide for the granting of certain lands in aid of the St. Francis and Megantic International Railway Com­ pany, and of the Quebec and Grosford Railway Company.. 46 24. An Act to amend the Charter of the Quebec and Gosford Railway Company...... 50 25. An Act to amend the Act relating to the Missisquoi Junction Railway Company...... 53 28. An Act to incorporate the “ Ottawa and Gatineau Valley Railroad Company ”...... 54 27. An Act to incorporate the Point Levis and Indian Cove Junction Railway Company...... 61 28. An Act to incorporate the 'Waterloo and Magog Railway Company...... 66 29. An Act to incorporate the Montreal, Chambly and Sorel Railway Company...... 71 Table of Contents.

3 0 . An Act further to amend the Charter of the Richelieu, Drummond and Arthabaska Counties’ Railway Company.. 76 3 1 . An Act to incorporate the Philipsburg, Farnham and Yamas- ka Railway Company...... 77 3 3 . An Act to amend the Acts relating to the Corporation of the City of Montreal, and for other purposes...... 83 3 3 . An Act to amend the provisions of the Act thirty-third Vic­ toria, chapter forty-six, and the thirty-first Victoria, chapter thirty-three, relating to the incorporation of the City of Quebec...... 92 3 4 . An Act to establish exceptional and special arrangements in the Parish of St. Hyacinthe-le-Confesseur, for the construc­ tion of a Parish Church, to become the Cathedral of the Bishop of St. Hyacinth...... 93 33. An Act to amend the Act 29th Victoria, chapter 61, intituled: “ An Act to incorporate the Village of Berthier as a Town.” 99 3 6 . An Act to incorporate the Montreal Credit Company...... 118 3 7 . An Act to amend the Act incorporating the Montreal City Passenger Railway Company, of Montreal...... 123 3 8 . Act to incorporate the Dominion Homestead Building Society. 124 3© . An Act to correct certain errors in the Euglish version of chapter 46, of the -34th Victoria, concerning the “ Society de Passage du Pont Neuf de St. Hyacinthe ”...... 130 4© . An Act to enable the Corporation of the Town of to make good a certain contribution made in aid of the sufferers by the Chicago Fire...... 131 4 1 . An Act to incorporate the College of Sorel...... 131 4 3 . An Act to incorporate “ The French Canadian Institute,” of Montreal...... 133 4 3 . An Act to incorporate “ The Trafalgar Institute,” for the Education and training of the middle and higher ranks of females...... 135 4 4 . An Act to amend Act 32 Victoria, chapter 72, concerning the enlargement of the Cemetery of Notre-Dame-des-Neiges, and also Act 33 Victoria, chapter 52, intituled : An Act to amend Act 32 Victoria, chapter 72, concerning the Ceme­ tery of Notre-Dame-des-Neiges, and for other general pur­ poses...... 187 158 Table of Contents

Cap. PAGE. 4 3 . An Act to amend “ An Act to afford relief to a certain Keli- gious Congregation, at Montreal, denominated Presby­ terians, and for other purposes”...... 144

4 6 . An Act to incorporate “ Les Missionaires de Notre-Dame, S. J.” 145

4 7 . An Act to incorporate “ L ’CEuvre du Patronage de Quebec!'... 146 4 8 . An Act to amend the Act 22 Victoria, chapter 125, intituled: An Act to incorporate the Ladies’ Protestant Home of Que­ bec...... 149 4 9 . An Act further to amend the Act incorporating the “ Saint Patrick’s Hall Association, of Montreal”...... 149 5 0 . An Act to incorporate “ La Societe Bienvcillante des Cordon- niers de Quibec”...... 150 51. An Act to authorize the Bar of Lower Canada, Province of Quebec, to admit George Gregory Smith, as an attorney and advocate...... 152 52. An Act to authorize the Provincial Board of Notaries to ad­ mit, after examination, IV i Hi am Fahey, to practise as a Notary...... 153