the Property hereunto enumerated. Two Hundred Persons, (or as the case may be) in the above named District, have £. Assessment. d. CHAP. VI. An Act to explain and amend an Act passed in the fifty-third year of His Majesty's Reign, inte tuled "An Act to provide for the maintenance of PERSONS DISABLED, and the WIDOWS and CHILDREN of such persons as may be killed in His Majesty's Service." WH [Passed 14th March, 1815.] HEREAS an Act passed in the Parliament of this Province, in the fifty-third year of His Majesty's Reign, intituled "An Act to provide for the maintenance of Persons disabled, and the Widows and Children of such Persons as may be killed in His Majesty's Service" which it is found expedient to alter and amend: 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 and by the authority of the same, That the third clause of the above recited Act be and the same is hereby repealed. II. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That every clause, matter and thing in the said recited Act, except the third clause which is hereby repealed, shall take effect from the seventeenth day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twelve. III. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all and every person or persons who may under and by virtue of the third clause of the aforesaid Act of the fifty-third year of His Majesty's Reign, have received the yearly sum of twelve pounds ten shillings, shall be entitled to receive the further sum of seven pounds ten shillings, yearly. CHAP. VII. . An Act to exonerate ISAAC SWAYZE, Esquire, from the payment of certain Monies there mentioned. [Private.] CHAP CHAP. VIII. An Act to provide for the Rebuilding and Repair of certain GAOLS and COURT-HOUSES in this Province. СНАР. An Act to amend an Act, intituled " An Act to remove doubts with respect to the authority under WH [Passed 14th March, 1815.] HEREAS the provisions of an Act of the Parliament of this Province, passed in the forty-first year of His Majesty's Reign, intituled" An Act to remove doubts with respect to the authority under which the Courts of General Quarter Sessions of the Peace and other Courts have been erected and holden, and other matters relative to the administration of Justice, done in the several Districts of this Province, and also to fix the time of holding the Courts of General Quarter Sessions of the Peace in and for the same." have not been found applicable to the present situation of this Province; and whereas it is expedient to make further and more effectual provision for the same: 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 whenever any District in this Province shall be actually invaded by the enemy, or it shall be found impracticable from any other cause to assemble the Court of General Quarter Sessions of the Peace, at the place especially designated by Law for that purpose, it shall and may be lawful for the Magistrates in a Special Session, to be convened for that purpose by the Chairman of the Quarter Sessions of such District, to issue their precept to the Sheriff, to summon the Jurors for the Court of General Quarter Sessions, to assemble in such part or place in the said District, as they may consider best adapted to the conveniency of the public, and to the furtherance of public Justice: Provided always, That the next General Quarter Sessions of the Peace held in the District of Niagara, Sess. in the district of The next General Qr. Niagara, shall be begun and holden at the Forty-Mile-Creek, in the Niagara, to be holden Township of Grimsby, at the time appointed by Law for that purpose, any at the 40 Mile Creek. Law or usage to the contrary notwithstanding. II. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That nothing in this Act shall extend, or be construed to extend, to alter or vary the places where the Courts of Justice are now holden in and for the Midland District. III. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in each and every District of this Province, in which the place for holding the Quarter Sessions of the Peace for such District shall be changed, under and by virtue of this Act, the District Court in such District, shall be held at the place so appointed for holding the said Quarter Sessions. CHAP. X. An Act to Licence Practitioners in PHYSIC and SURGERY throughout this Province. [Repealed by 59 Geo. III. c 13.] CHAP. XI. An Act granting relief to certain INSPECTORS OF DISTRICTS within this Province [Temporary.] CHA P. XII. An Act to provide for the ACCOMMODATION of the PROVINCIAL LEGISLATURE at its next Session. [Temporary.] CHAP. CHA P. XIII An Act granting to His Majesty a certain SUM of MONEY for the uses of the INCORPORATED CHA P. XIV. An Act for applying a CERTAIN SUM of MONEY therein mentioned, to make good certain £111: 7:2. An Act to provide for the erection of a MONUMENT to the Memory of the late President MOST GRACIOUS SOVEREIGN, WH [Passed 14th March, 1815.] HEREAS at the Declaration of War by the United States of America against Great Britain, the Government of this Province was administered with great uprightness and ability by the late Major General Sir Isaac Brock: and whereas by the wisdom of his councils, the energy of his character, and the vigor with which he carried all his plans into effect, the inhabitants of this Province, at a time when the country was almost destitute of regular troops, were inspired with the fullest confidence in him and in themselves, and were thereby induced most cordially to unite with Preamble. and |