missioners of the Peace in the District of Niagara, in their Court of General Quarter Sessions assembled, and they are hereby authorized and empowered to fix upon and establish some convenient place in the Town of Niagara as a Market, where Butcher's Meat, Butter, Eggs, Poultry, Fish, and Vegetables shall be exposed to sale, and to appoint such days and hours for that purpose, and to make such other orders and regulations relative thereto as they shall deem expedient.

au

not exceeding 20s. for

II. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Commis- Commissioners sioners shall be, and they are hereby authorized and empowered to im- thorized to impose fines pose such fines, not exceeding twenty shillings, for any offence committed any offence. against such rules and regulations, as to them in their discretion shall seem requisite and proper.

All such regulations

III. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all such orders, rules and regulations, shall be published by causing a copy of them to be to be published. affixed in the most public place in every Township in the said District, and at the doors of the Church and Court House of the said Town of Niagara, and that such orders, rules and regulations shall not be in force, until three weeks after such publication.

trangress, he shall for every transgression for feit the sum in the re

If any person shail

gulation specified.

IV. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if aforesaid, That if any per son shall transgress the orders and regulations so made by the said Commissioners, such person shall for every such transgression, forfeit the sum which in every such order, rule and regulation shall be specified, to be recovered by information, before any one Commissioner of the Peace, upon the oath of one credible witness, and to be levied by warrant under the hand and seal of such Commissioner, upon the goods and chattels of such offender; and that the one moiety of the sum so levied, shall go to the Informer, the other moiety shall be paid into the hands of His Majes- former, the other moiety's Receiver General, to and for the use of His Majesty, His Heirs and to be paid to the Successors, for the public uses of this Province, and towards the support of the public uses of this the Government thereof, to be accounted for to His Majesty, through the Province. Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury for the time being, in such manner and form as it shall please His Majesty to direct.

V. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Magistrates in Quarter Sessions assembled for the said District, or the major part of them, in the month of July, in the present year, may raise by assessment, from the persons rated upon any assessment for property in the said Town of Niagara, a sum not exceeding one hundred pounds, for the purpose of erecting a Market House in the said Town of Niagara, exclusive of the sum such person may be rated for in and upon any other assessment of this Province; and in order to carry the said assessment into effect, it shall be the duty of the Clerk of the Peace for the said District, to select from the general assessments of the said District, a list or assessment of the ratable property, that each and every person owns or possesses in the said Town of Niagara, ready to be laid before the Magistrates in Quarter Sessions assembled for the said District, in the month of July.

One moiety of the sum to go to the in

Receiver General for

Magistrates in Ses

sions may raise by nsceeding Co, for the purpose of erecting a

sessment a sum not ez

Market-house,

*

Clerk of the Peace

in the assessment to

persons holding town

VI. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Clerk of names of the Peace, shall in the list or assessment so to be made out as aforesaid, insert the name or names of each and every person or persons holding Town lots, in the said Town of Niagara, as far as it may be in his power to ascertain the same.

lots in the town of Niagara.

Each town-lot shall in the list to be made

out be rated at the sum of fifty pounds currency

See 59 Geo. III. 2d Sex}

sion.

VII. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That to enable the Magistrates in Sessions, to raise the sum of one hundred pounds aforesaid with equity, each and every town lot in the Town of Niagara, shall in the list to be made out by the Clerk of the Peace as aforesaid, be rated at the sum of fifty pounds, Province Currency.

58 Geo. III. c 17.

Preamble.

An Act to repeal part of, and anaend an Act, passed in the fifty-sixth year of His Majesty's Reign, entitled, "An Act to repeal part of, and to alter and amend the Laws now in force, for GRANTIFG PENSIONS to PERSONS disabled in the SERVICE, and the WIDOWS and CHILDREN of Persons who have been killed in the Service," and to extend the Provisions of the same.

WHE

[Passed 7th April, 1817.]

THEREAS, it is expedient to repeal part of, and amend an Act, pass ed in the fifty-sixth year of His Majesty's Reign, entitled, "An Act to repeal part of, and to alter and amend the Laws now in force, for granting Pensions to persons disabled in the Service, and the Widows and Children of persons who may have been killed in the Service," and to extend the provisions of the same; Be it enacted by the King's Most Excel lent 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 66th Geo. 3d. repealed the second clause of the said recited Act be, and the same is hereby repealed.

Second clause of the

When any Militia

officer or private Militin man, acting as pro

vincial artillery driver, or in

in the coloured

II. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That when any Militia Officer, Non-commissioned Officer or Private Militia-man, or Militia-Officer, Non-commissioned Officer or Private Militia-man, acting as Provincial Artillery Driver, or in the Coloured Corps, or employed with the the Indians, shall have Indians, or Teamster, shall be or may have been in any engagement with been in any engage the enemy, or by any accident or casualty which shall occur or may or by any accident occurred, while in performing any duty on actual service, wounded or diswhile performing any abled, so as to be rendered incapable of hard labor, such wounded or dis

corps,or employed with

ment with the enemy,

have

abled

abled Militia Officer, Non-commissioned Officer or Private Militia-man, or Militia Officer, Non-commissioned Officer or Private Militia-man, acting as Provincial Artillery Driver, or in the Coloured Corps, or employed with the Indians, or Teamster, shall receive during such incapacity, an annuity of twenty pounds.

III. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That when any Militia Officer, Non-commissioned Officer or Private Militia-man, or Militia Officer, Non-commissioned Officer or Private Militia-man, acting as Provincial Artillery Driver, or in the Coloured Corps, or employed with the Indians, or Teamster, shall die or may have died, before he shall have fully recovered from the incapacity occasioned by his being so wounded or disabled, and shall leave or may have left a Wife or Child or Children, in that case the Widow, Child or Children of such person, shall be entitled to receive the said annuity, in like manner, and under the like limitations and restrictions as the Widows and Children of persons killed in the service, are hereby allowed to receive the same. Provided always, That nothing herein contained shall extend, or be construed to extend, to allow any person receiving a Pension, in any of His Majesty's Colonies in America, to be inserted in any Pension-list in this Province. And provided also, That if any person or persons, shall or may have lost, or who shall or may lose an eye, while on, or performing any Militia Duty on actual service, he or they shall be entitled to claim and receive such Pension or Pensions as aforesaid, without producing any certificate of a Surgeon, that he or they are incapable of hard labour. And Provided also, That the certificate of the Commanding Officer, or Senior Officer of the Regiment or Battalion, to which such person shall or may have belonged, or shall or may belong, at the time of losing such eye as aforesaid, shall state, that such person or persons hath lost his eye in performing such Militia Duty as aforesaid.

IV. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in all cases of mental derangement or imbecility, by which any person or persons entitled to such Pension or Pensions as aforesaid, may be incapacitated from taking any of the affidavits required by the above recited Act, an affidavit of the Guardian or Guardians, Trustee or Trustees, stating the fact, and that such person or persons, is, or are truly entitled under the provisions of the above recited Act, to such Pension as aforesaid, if accompanied by the other formalities required, by the before recited Act, be sufficient authority to the Agent to pay such Pension as aforesaid.

V. And whereas, many persons entitled to Pensions, may have died without having received the whole, or any part of the Pension or Pensions, to which they may have been respectively entitled; Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Executors or Administrators of such persons respective ly as aforesaid, shall be entitled to claim the amount of such Pension or Pensions due at the time of the death of such person or persons as aforesaid, and the said Agent is hereby authorised to pay the same.

CHAP.

CHAP. VI.

An Act to make good certain MONIES issued and advanced by His Excellency the Lieutenant
Governor, in pursuance of several Addresses during the last Session.

Preamble.

33 Geo. III. c 2.

So much of an Act passed in the 33d Geo. the inhabitants assembling on the first Monday in March, for choosing Parish officers, is

3d, Ch. 2, as relates to

hereby repealed.

From and after the

passing of this Act, the Township to assemble on the first Monday in

inhabitants of every

January, in every snbsequent year.

CHA P. VII.

An Act to repeal part of, and alter and amend an Act passed in the thirty-third year of His Ma jesty's Reign, entitled "An Act to provide for the nomination and appointment of PARISH and TOWN OFFICERS within this Province.”

WH

[Passed 7th April, 1817.]

HEREAS it is expedient to alter the time for holding Town Meetings, in the different Townships throughout 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, entitled "An Act to repeal certain parts of an Act passed in the fourteenth year of His Majesty's Reign, entitled '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 after the passing of this Act, so much of an Act passed in the thirty-third year of His Majesty's Reign, entitled "An Act to provide for the nomination and appointment of Parish and Town Officers within this Province" as relates to the inhabitants householders assembling on the first Monday in March, for the purpose of choosing and nominating the Parish and Town Officers, be and the same is hereby repealed.

II. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That from and af ter the passing of this Act, it shall and may be lawful for the inhabitants householders of each and every Township, reputed Township or Place, to assemble on the first Monday in the month of January in every subsequent year, for the purpose of choosing and nominating Parish and Town Officers, agreeable to the said Act passed in the thirty-third year of His Majesty's Reign, entitled "An Act to provide for the nomination and appointment of Parish and Town Officers within this Province." except so much of the said Act as is hereby repealed.

CHAP.

CHAP. VIII.

An Act further to continue an Act passed in the forty-sixth year of His Majesty's Reign, entitled, An Act to make provision for CERTAIN SHERIFFS in this Province," and also to extend the provisions of the said Act.

[Passed 7th April, 1817.]

MOST GRACIOUS SOVEREIGN.

W Reign, entitled,

Preamble.

46 Geo. III. c 1.

THEREAS, an Act passed in the fifty-fourth year of His Majesty's entitled, "An Act to continue an Act passed in the fortysixth year of His Majesty's Reign, entitled, An Act to make provision for certain Sheriffs in this Province,' will shortly expire; And whereas, it is expedient that the said Act passed in the forty-sixth year of His Majesty's Reign, should be further continued, and the provisions thereof extended; May it please 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 Govern- continued. ment of the said Province," and by the authority of the same, That the said Act of the forty-sixth year of His Majesty's Reign, and every part thereof shall be and the same is hereby continued.

II. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, 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 uses of this Province, there shall be granted annually to His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, the sum of one hundred pounds currency, out of the Provincial Treasury, from such inonies now remaining or which may hereafter come into the Receiver-General's hands unappropriated, which said sum of one hundred pounds shall be appropriated and applied for the payment of salaries, to the persons hereafter mentioned, in manner following, that is to say; to the Sheriffs of the District of Gore and Ottawa for the time being, the sum of fifty pounds respectively.

III. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, 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 aforesaid be from time to time issued, by the Governor, Lieutenant Governor or Person administering the Government, and the said Receiver-General shall account to His Majesty for the same, through the Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury for the time being, in such manner and form as His Majesty shall direct.

46th Geo. 3d, Ch.1,

£100 currency, granted annually to be ap-.

propriated and applied for the payment of salaries to the sheriffs of the Districts of Gore respectively,

To be paid in dis

charge of such warrants Governor.

as shall be issued by the

To be accounted for through the Commis

sioners of His Majesty's Treasury.