A. Qui montre la valeur de l'Or de la Grande Bretagne, Portugal et Amérique, lorsque pesé en gros. Preamble. CA P. IX. AN ACT to provide a temporary Goal for the District of Montreal. (14th April, 1808.) WH Claufe in A& 45. 6 Geo. III. Cap. 10 recited. HEREAS in and by an A&t made and paffed in the forty fifth year of His Ma jefly's reign, intituled," An Act to provide for the erecting of a Common Gaol, "in each of the Districts of Quebec and Montreal, refpectively, and the means for defraying the expences thereof." It is amongst other things enacted, that the Commiffioners to be appointed by virtue of the faid Act, or any two of them, in each of the faid Districts refpe&ively, fhall caufe to be erected and finifhed, one strong and fubftantial Common Gaol, on the Lots of Ground in the faid Cities of Quebec and Montreal, refpectively, belonging to His Majesty, and intended to be appropriated by His Majefty for that purpose. And Whereas the faid new Common Gaol for the Diftrict of Montreal, is about to be erected upon the Scite of the prefent Gaol, for the faid Diftrict of Montreal, and it is therefore necessary to provide a temporary Gaol for the faid District of Montreal. Be it therefore enacted by the King's Moft Excellent Majefty, by and with the advice and confent of the Legiflative Council and Affembly of the Province of Lower Canada, constituted and affembled by vir tue of, and under the authority of an A&t paffed in the Parliament of Great Britain, intituled: "An Act to repeal certain parts of an A&t paffed in the fourteenth year of his Majefty's reign," intituled, " An Act for making more effectual pro "vifion for the Government of the Province of Quebec in North America, and to make further provifion for the Government of the faid Province." And it is hereby enac ted by the authority of the fame, that it fhall and may be lawful, to and for the Sheriff of the faid Diftri&t of Montreal, to remove the Prifoners in the faid prefent Gaol being, to fuch place or places, House or Houses, Building or Buildings, with in the faid Diftrict of Montreal, as the Governor, Lieutenant Governor or Person adminiftering the Government of this Province for the time being, by warrant under his Hand and Seal at Arms, fhall appoint for the reception and confinement of Pri foners, until the said new Common Gaol fhall be erected and finished; and that such (Such place to be Place or Places, Houfe or Houfes, Building or Buildings, to appointed, shall be and Sheriff of Montreal impowered to remove the Prithe prefent Gaol foners confined in to fuch place as the Governor may appoint, deemed the Com. a New Common Gaol be erected, 86 66 be deemedand held to be the Common Gaol of, and for the faid District of Montreal, until the faid new Common Gaol fhall be erected and finished, and the Prisoners to which Gaol there in cuftody, be thereunto removed, under the directions for that purpote given,, in and by the above in part recited A&t. when finished, Prifoners fhall be removed and con fined. Governor im powered to deFray the expence out of any Monies raifed under Act 45. Geo. III. cap. 19. in the bands be II. And be it further enacted by the authority aforefaid, that it shall and may lawful to and for the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, or Perfon adminiftering the Government of this Province for the time being, to defray the expence to be inCurred, under and by virtue of this Act, out of any Monies arifing from the rates and duties imposed and payable under and by virtue of the faid Act, intituled, An |