Collectors to pay over once in three months, or oftener if required, all monies received. required, once in every three months, and oftener, if thereto required by the Magistrates in General Quarter Sessions assembled, to pay or cause to be paid to the Treasurer of the District, all such monies as he shall have received under and by virtue of any Act of this Province, and it shall and may be lawful for the said Treasurer to give a receipt for the monies so collected and paid over to him, which receipt, shall be a good and suffi- receipt for the same. cient discharge to the said Collector for the monies so collected and paid by him to the said Treasurer. Treasurer to give Form of bond to be entered into by collec II. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the condition of the bond to be entered into by the Collector of each and every tors. Township within this Province, agreeable to the second Clause of an Act passed in the forty-eighth year of His Majesty's Reign, intituled, "An Act for the better regulation of Parish and Town Officers throughout this Province," shall be in the following form: The condition of this obligation is such that if the above bounden A. B. shall collect and levy all the Rates and Assessments of the Township or Townships of for the present year, ending on the first Monday of March next, so far as the Law may enable him so to do, and shall pay all the monies which he shall so collect and levy, to the Treasurer of the said District, once in every three months, or oftener, if thereto required by the Magistrates in General Quarter Sessions assembled, and if the said A. B. do well and truly collect and pay, by the different payments to be made, as aforesaid, the whole amount of all monies received by him on or before the first day of March (a) next ensuing his appointment as Collector, then this obligation (a) See 57 Geo. III. to be void, or else in full force. Penalty for Town Clerks neglecting to the said bond. provide and transmit How to be recover III. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if any Town Clerk shall neglect or refuse to provide such bond and transmit the same, if executed, to the Treasurer of the District, as by Law is directed, he shall, for every such neglect or refusal, upon conviction thereof before two or more of His Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the District, on the oath of one or more credible witness or witnesses, pay a sum not less than ed and applied. Five Pounds, nor more than Twenty-Five Pounds, to be levied by distress and sale of the offender's goods and chattels, under and by virtue of a warrant issued by such Justices, and when such Fines shall be recovered and received, a moiety thereof shall be paid to the informer or informers, and the other moiety paid into the hands of the Receiver General, to and for the uses of His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, for the public use of this Province, and towards the support of the Government thereof, to be accounted for to His Majesty, through the Commissioners of His Treasury for the time being, in such manner and form as it shall please His Majesty to direct. County of Prescott IV. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That nothing in this Act contained shall extend or be construed to extend to the County excepted from this Act. of Prescott in the Eastern District of this Province. (See 33 Geo. III. c3) СНАР. Preamble. 49th Geo. III. c2 CHA P. X. An Act to amend an Act passed in the forty-ninth year of His Majesty's Reign, intituled, " An Act for QUARTERING and BILLETING, on certain occasions, His Majesty's TROOPS and the MILITIA of this Province, and to repeal a part of the same." WH [Passed 13th March, 1813.] HEREAS, by the first clause of an Act passed in the forty-ninth year of His Majesty's Reign, intituled, "An Act for quartering and billetting, on certain occasions, His Majesty's Troops and the Militia of this Province," among other things it is therein enacted, that one of His Majesty's Justices of the Peace may issue his warrant to impress such horses, carriages, and oxen, as the Service may require, for the use of which the owner or owners thereof shall be entitled to receive the sum of seven shillings and six pence per day, for every cart or carriage with two horses or oxen, during such time as they shall be employed in such service, and when and so often as the owner of such team shall send a driver, he shall be allowed a further sum of two shillings and six pence per day," and whereas so much of the above recited Act as relates to the payment of the owners of horses, carriages, and oxen, is founded inapplicable to the purposes thereby intended, 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 Bri49th Geo. 3, c 2, in tain, 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 same be and is hereby repealed. part repealed. Owners of impressed carriages shall receive 12s 6d per day for each carriage, and a further sum of 28 6d per day for a driver. II. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the owner or owners of such carriages, horses, or oxen, as shall be impressed for the use of His Majesty's Service, shall be entitled to receive the sum of twelve shillings and six pence per day, for every cart or carriage with two horses or oxen, during such time as he or they shall be employed in going and returning, or shall be detained in such service, and when and so often as the owner of such team shall send a driver, he shall be allowed a further sum of two shillings and six pence per day. CHA P. XI. An Act for Granting a certain sum of MONEY to make good' certain sums of Money issued and advanced by His Majesty through his Honor the President, in pursuance of an Address of the House of Assembly, STATUTES STATUTES OF UPPER-CANADA, PASSED IN THE THIRD SESSION OF THE SIXTH PROVINCIAL MET AT YORK, ON THE FIFTEENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY, AND PROROGUED ON THE FOUR- GORDON DRUMMOND, ESQUIRE, PRESIDENT. ANNO DOMINI 1814. СНАР. І. An Act to repeal part of the Laws now in force for Raising and Training the MILITIA of this Province, and to make further and more effectual provision for the same. [Expired.] CHA P. II. An Act to provide for the issuing and circulating of GOVERNMENT BILLS in this Province. [Expired.] СНАР. £6000 granted to be appropriated, &-c. 38 Geo. IIL a 8. 6th Geo. III c 2. CHA P. III. An Act for granting to His Majesty a certain sum of Money out of the Funds applicable to the uses of this Province, to defray the expences of Amending and Repairing the PUBLIC HIGHWAYS and ROADS, and Building BRIDGES in the several Districts thereof. [Temporary.] CHA P. IV. An Act to repeal and amend part of an Act passed in the thirty-fifth year of His Majesty's [Repealed by 58th Geo. III. c 9.] CHAP. V. An Act to repeat part of an Act, and to amend and continue an Act passed in the fifty-first year of His Majesty's Reign, intituled, "An Act to repeal an Act passed in the forty-seventh year of His Majesty's Reign, intituled, An Act for granting to His Majesty Duties on Licences to HAWKERS, PEDLARS, and PETTY CHAPMEN, and other trading persons therein mentioned, and further for granting to His Majesty Duties on Licences to Hawkers, Pedlars, and Petty Chapmen, and other trading persons therein mentioned." [Expired.] CH A P. VI. An Act to empower His Majesty, for a limited time, to secure and detain such Persons as His [Expired] CHAP CHAP. VII. An Act laying an additional DUTY on STILLS within this Province [Expired.] CHAP. VIII. An Act to continue and amend an Act passed in the fifty-third year of His Majesty's Reign, in- GRAIN." [Expired 14th March, 1815.] 63d Geo. III. c-3 CHAP. IX. An Act to declare certain persons therein described ALIENS, and to vest their Estates in His Majesty. [Passed March 14th, 1814.] HEREAS, many persons inhabitants of the United States of America, claiming to be Subjects of His Majesty, and renewing their allegiance as such by oath, did solicit and receive grants of Lands from His Majesty, or became seized of Lands by inheritance or otherwise, within this Province, which persons, since the declaration of War by the said United States of America, against His Majesty and His Subjects of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, have voluntarily withdrawn themselves from their said allegiance, and the defence of the said Province: 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 all such persons as aforesaid, who, having received grants of Land, or may have become seized of Lands, within this Province, by inheritance or otherwise, as shall have voluntarily S 3 |