IV. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Statute Labour to be done. Labour herein directed, is not to extend beyond the quota of Statute Labour, as now regulated by law, but is to be a part thereof. (See 48th Geo. III. c 12 & 50th c 1.) Preamble. CHA P. XI. An Act to prevent the ACTS of the LEGISLATURE from TAKING EFFECT from a time WH [ 9th July, 1801. ] HEREAS every Act of the Legislature of this Province in which the commencement thereof is not directed to be from a specific time, doth commence from the first day of the session in which such Act is passed: And whereas the same is liable to produce great and manifest injustice: For remedy thereof, Be it 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 Upper 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, intituled, " 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 government of the said Province," and by the authority of the same, That the Secretary of this Province shall indorse on every Act of the Legislature of this Province which shall pass during the present, and every future Session thereof, immediately after the title of such Act, the day, month and year, when the same shall have passed and receiv ed the Royal Assent, and such indorsement shall be taken to be a part of such Act, and to be the date of its commencement, where no other commencement shall be therein provided. Preamble. An Act for granting to His Majesty a certain SUM of MONEY, out of the Provincial Fund, to defray the payment of the SALARIES of the Officers of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly, (including the Commissioners to Lower Canada) and to defray the CON TINGENT EXPENCES thereof; and further to appropriate the SUPPLIES and provide for the payment of the same hereafter. MOST GRACIOUS SOVEREIGN, [ 9th July, 1802. ] E Your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal Subjects the Commons of Your Canada in Parliament assembled, to defray the payment of W Upper the Salaries of the Officers of the Legislative Council and House of Assem bly bly, and for defraying the contingent expences thereof, as well as to defray the payment of the Commissioners to Lower Canada, have resolved to give and grant unto Your Majesty, out of the rates and duties already raised, levied and collected, and hereafter to be raised, levied or collected, the sum hereafter mentioned, and do most humbly beseech Your Majesty, that it may be enacted, and Be it 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 Upper 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, intituled, 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 Government of the said Province," and by the authority of the same, That from and out of the rates and duties already raised, levied and collected, or hereafter to be raised, levied and collected, to and for the purposes of paying the Salaries of the Officers of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly, and for defraying the contingent expences thereof, and to and for the uses of this Province, there be granted to His Majesty, the sum of Two Thousand Two Hundred and Fifty-five Pounds Five Shillings, to be issued out of the Provincial Fund in the Receiver General's hands to the uses hereafter expressed, and defray the following expences, that is to say, For Services rendered previous to the present Session of Parliament £1105 5s. For the Services of the present Session, as follows: The Clerk of the Legislative Council, one hundred and twenty-five pounds. Appropriation of Provincial Funds, (See 56th Geo. III. The Master in Chancery attending the Legislative Council, fifty pounds. 27) The Door Keeper of the Legislative Council, twenty pounds. The Speaker of the House of Assembly, two hundred pounds. The Clerk of the House of Assembly, one hundred and twenty-five pounds. The Serjeant at Arihs, fifty pounds. The Chaplain of the House of Assembly, fifty pounds. The Door Keeper of the House of Assembly, twenty pounds. The Copying Clerks, a sum not exceeding fifty pounds. For Printing the Acts and Journals of the present Session, a sum not exceeding three hundred pounds. For Furniture for the House of Assembly, and other contingent expences, pursuant to an Address, sixty pounds. Two thousand two hundred and fifty five pounds five shillings. II. And be it further enacted, That there be granted annually to His Majesty, out of the rates and duties aforesaid, to be issued out of the Provinciai Treasury from such Monies as may from time to time come into the Receiver General's hands, the sum of One thousand and ninety pounds, to and for the uses hereafter expressed, and to defray the following expences, that is to say, seven hundred and forty pounds for the payment of the Salaries of the Officers of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly, as recited Future application. in the detail for the service of the present Session, and three hundred and (a) See 44th Geo. II. fifty pounds for the payment of Copying Clerks, and the printing of the Laws and Journals. (a) c5, 1. Mode of payment. III. And be it further enacted, That the Monies hereby granted to His Majesty, shall be paid by the Receiver General, in discharge of such Warrant or Warrants as shall, for the purposes herein set forth, be from time to time issued by His Excellency the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, or Person administering the Government of this Province for the time being, and not otherwise; and the said Receiver General shall account to His Majesty for the same, through the Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury for the 13-48th c 6-56th c 22 time being, in such manner and form as His Majesty shall direct. See 33d Geo. III. c 27. 1 OF UPPER-CANADA, PASSED IN THE THIRD SESSION OF THE THIRD PROVINCIAL PARLIAMENT, MET AT YORK, ON THE TWENTY-FIFTH DAY OF MAY, AND PROROGUED ON THE SEVENTII OF THE REIGN OF GEORGE IIL PETER HUNTER, ESQUIRE, LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR. ANNO DOMINI 1802. CHA P. I. An Act the better to ascertain and secure the TITLES to LANDS in this Province. [ Expired, 7th July, 1804. ] CHA P. II. An Act to provide for the ADMINISTRATION of JUSTICE in the DISTRICT of NEWCASTLE. [7th July, 1802.] Preamble. (See 38th Geo. III. W intituled, the other Districts to be held in this District. intituled, "An Act for the better division of this Province," passed in the second Session of the second Parliament thereof, (to which the Royal Assent was promulgated by Proclamation bearing date the first day of January, in the fortieth year of His Majesty's Reign) are declared to be a seperate District of this Province, to be called the District of Newcastle; And whereas it is expédient that the said District of Newcastle should possess and enjoy all and every jurisdiction, privilege and advantage now possessed and enjoyed by the other Districts of this Province, 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 Upper 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, intituled, '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 Government of the said Province," and by the authority of the same, That Courts of Oyer and Terminer, Assize, Nisi Prius, Gaol Delivery and of the Peace, Courts of General and Quarter Sessions of the Peace, Courts, &c. held in District Court, Surrogate Court, Court of Requests, and every Court and Jurisdiction whatsoever held, or to be held, possessed and enjoyed in and by the other Districts of this Province, shall from henceforth, with the like powers and authorities, be held, possessed and enjoyed in, and by the said District of Newcastle; and that all and every jurisdiction, regulation, rule, privilege, exemption, matter or thing, which hath or have been enacted, provided and declared, or shall be hereafter enacted, provided and declared by any Act or Acts of the Parliament of this Province, made or to be made, touching and concerning the said other Districts, shall be, and are hereby extended to that District, unless otherwise provided for and declared by this Act; and that Courts of Oyer and Terminer, Assize, Nisi Prius and Gaol Delivery, shall first be held, (unless under special Commission) in and for the said District of Newcastle, during the Circuit of the Judges of His Majesty's Court of King's Bench through this Province, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and three, Provided nevertheless, that if any cause of action hath arisen, or shall arise, and any action thereupon hath been or shall be commenced, or any indictable offence hath been. or shall be committed within the said District of Newcastle, which said action or indictable offence by due course of law might have been brought to issue and trial, if the said District of Newcastle had not been erected and constituted, at the next Assizes to be holden in and for the Home District, it shall and may be lawful as heretofore, then and there to try the said actions and indictments, any thing herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding. Courts of Oyer and Terminer, &c. post, on ed till 1803. Proviso. Gaol & Court-house to be erected. c 5. 11. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That a Gaol and (a) See 45th Geo. III. Court House for the District of Newcastle, shall be erected and built in some fit and convenient place within the town of Newcastle, (a) in such manner, and under the same rules, regulations and directions, as in that respect are made and provided in and by a certain Act passed in the thirty-second year of His Majesty's Reign, intituled "An Act for building a Gaol and Court House in every District throughout this Province, and for altering the names of the said Districts," and that all and every the clauses, provisions, rules, regula |