the said Justices, do adjudge the said A. B., for the said offence, to forfeit and pay the sum of and also the sum of for costs, and order that the said sums shall be paid by the said A. B., on or day of before the Given under and in default thereof, hand and seal the day and year first above mentioned. CAP. XXII. An Act to enable Abraham Gesner to obtain letters patent for the invention of a new and improved mode of manufacturing illuminating gas. CAP. XXIII. An Act to provide for removing the Post office of Charlottetown into the old Court house therein, and for other purposes therein mentioned. BE Expired. Part of old Court house to General Post be fitted for E it enacted, by the Lieutenant Governor, Council and Assembly, That when and so soon as an Act passed during the present session of the General Assembly of this Island, intituled "An Act to provide for the transfer of the manage- office. ment of the inland posts within Prince Edward Island," shall go into operation, it shall and may be lawful for the Lieutenant Governor in Council to cause that part of the old Court house in Charlottetown, formerly used and occupied as a chamber for the Legislative Council of this Island, to be properly fitted up and put in order and repair, for the use of the General Post office in Charlottetown, instead of the office at present occupied for such purpose, and to cause the said Ge- office to be reneral Post office in Charlottetown, after the completion of moved into such such repairs, to be removed into and opened, and the business building. thereof carried on in such part of the old Court house. Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9, having reference to the establishment of a Flour and Meal Market, in Charlottetown, and other local matters, are repealed by a law of the City Council of said City, passed under the powers vested in said Corporation by the 18th Vic. c. 34, sec. 37. CAP. XXIV. General Post 19. An Act authorizing the Colonial Secretary of this Island to See 18 Vic. c. appoint a deputy. B E it enacted, by the Lieutenant Governor, Council and Colonial Secre- appointed, or hereafter to be appointed, shall and may, and tary may ap- he is hereby authorized from time to time, to nominate and point a deputy. appoint a fit and proper person to act as his clerk or deputy, who shall be, and he is hereby authorized, in the absence of the Colonial Secretary, to perform the duties of the said Colonial Secretary, as prescribed in and by the several Acts of this Island, now or hereafter to be in force, or which otherwise by law he is required or authorized to do, as such Colonial Secretary as aforesaid. Deputy to be appointed by commission. See 18 Vic. c. 19. Treasurer may puty. II. And be it enacted, That such deputy so to be nominated and appointed as aforesaid, shall be appointed by commission, under the hand and seal of the Colonial Secretary for the time being, which shall be duly registered in the office of Registrar of deeds of this Island; and the said deputy shall be sworn faithfully to perform the duties of his said office, before he shall act therein, and the oath shall be recorded with his commission; and every such Colonial Secretary shall, and he is hereby declared to be responsible and liable for all and every neglect of duty, defalcation and improper conduct on the part of any such clerk or deputy appointed by him, in discharge of his duty as aforesaid. CAP. XXV. An Act authorizing the Treasurer of this Island to appoint a deputy. BE E it enacted, by the Lieutenant Governor, Council and Assembly, That the Treasurer of this Island, now appointed or hereafter to be appointed, shall and may, and he is hereby appoint a de- authorized, from time to time, to nominate and appoint any fit and proper person to act as his clerk or deputy, who shall be, and he is hereby authorized, in the absence of the treasurer, to perform the duties of the said treasurer, as prescribed in and by the several Acts of this Island, now or hereafter to be in force, or which otherwise by law he is required or authorized to do, as such treasurer as aforesaid. Deputy to be appointed by commission. II. And be it enacted, That such deputy, so to be nominated and appointed as aforesaid, shall be appointed by commission, under the hand and seal of the treasurer for the time being, which shall be duly registered in the office of the Registrar of deeds of this Island, and the said deputy shall be sworn faithfully to perform the duties of his said office, before he shall act therein, and the oath shall be recorded with his commission; and every such treasurer and his sureties shall be and he and they are hereby declared to be responsible and liable for all and every neglect of duty, defalcation, or improper conduct, on the part of any such clerk or deputy appointed by him, in the discharge of his duty as aforesaid. CAP. XXVI. An Act to reduce the salary of the collector of impost and Amended by excise, for the district of Charlottetown. WHEREAS it is deemed expedient to reduce the amount 18 Vic., c. 16. of the salary paid to the collector of impost and excise for the district of Charlottetown: Be it therefore enacted, by Repeals the Lieutenant Governor, Council and Assembly, That the 2 W. 4, c. 23. Act passed in the second year of the reign of His late Majesty King William the Fourth, intituled "An Act to regulate the salary of the collector of impost and excise for the district of Charlottetown," be, and the same is hereby repealed. * lottetown. II. And be it enacted, That there shall be allowed and Salary of colpaid to the person now in occupation of, or in future to be ap- lector of impointed to the office of collector of impost and excise, for the post for Chardistrict of Charlottetown, the sum of two hundred pounds currency per annum, as and for the salary of that officer, and for discharging the duties thereof, the same to be in lieu of all fees, percentages, emoluments and allowances whatsoever, and to commence and be computed from and after the passing of this Act. CAP. XXVII. An Act to restrain bulls from running at large in the common Expired. and royalty of Charlottetown. CAP. XXVIII. 24 Vic. c. 25. An Act relative to accidents by fire, and for the improvement Continued by of property in Georgetown, and for the removal of nuisances from the streets and square thereof. This Act remains in force, but has been printed in the volume of private and local Acts, pursuant to directions of Act 24 Vic. c. 3. CAP. XXIX. Repealed by An Act to relieve members of the Legislature from the liability to pay a penalty in case of refusing to accept the office 18 Vic. c. 7. of High Sheriff. By the 18 Vic., c. 16, the office of controller of customs and navigation laws, &c., is incorporated with that of collector of impost and excise, and an additional sum of £100 is thereby granted to the person holding those offices. CAP. XXX, An Act to alter the appropriation of a certain sum of money raised by the present land assessment Act. HEREAS the annual salary of five hundred pounds pay able to His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor of this Island, under and by virtue of an Act made and passed in the eleventh year of the reign of Her present Majesty, intituled "An Act for levying further an assessment on all lands in this Colony, and for the encouragement of education," has not been required to be paid since the thirty-first day of March, in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine, in consequence of Her Majesty's Imperial Government having granted and paid to the Lieutenant Governor a salary in lieu thereof, and it is therefore necessary that the appropriation thereof should be altered: Be it therefore enacted, by the Lieutenant Governor, Council and Assembly, That from and after the passing of this Act, and during the continuance of the Act above recited, the said annual sum of five hundred pounds of the moneys thereby raised and appropriated to the payment of the said salary, shall, instead thereof, be paid into the treasury of this Island, and be appropriated and applied to the general uses and purposes of Her Majesty's Government thereof, in such manner as the Legislature of this Island shall hereafter direct. See 3 W. 4, c. 10. 14 Vic., c. 3. CAP. XXXI. An Act relating to the office of Registrar of deeds and keeper of plans. WHEREAS the office of Registrar of deeds, by an Act of the General Assembly of this Island, passed in the present session thereof, intituled "An Act to commute the Crown revenues of Prince Edward Island, and to provide for the civil list thereof, as well as for certain compensations therein mentioned," has again been separated from the office of Colonial Secretary and clerk of the Executive Council: and whereas it is also expedient, as it is deemed to be no longer necessary for the Surveyor general to attend daily at the Colonial Building, that the plans now kept by the Surveyor general, and deposited in his office, should hereafter be placed in the charge of and kept in the office of Registrar of deeds, so that they may be daily accessible to persons desiring to inspect the same; and that it should be enacted that all references made in statutes or documents to plans kept or to be lodged in the Surveyor general's office, should be held, after the passing of this Act, to refer to the plans to be hereafter lodged or kept in the office of the Registrar of deeds: Be it therefore enacted, by the Lieutenant Governor, Council and Assembly, That immediately after the passing of this Act, it shall be the duty of the Surveyor general of this Island, to hand over to, and place in the office of the Registrar of deeds, in the Colonial Building, in Charlottetown, all the public plans, surveys and documents relating thereto, which now are, or hereafter may be, lodged or kept in the Surveyor general's office; and it shall be the duty of the said Registrar to take charge of the same, and keep them in safe custody. II. And be it enacted, That the books of registry, and the indexes thereto, and also all plans, surveys and other documents hereinbefore mentioned to be deposited in the office of the Registrar of deeds, shall be open to the public to make searches therein or therefor, within office hours, on payment of the fees hereinafter enacted to be paid for each search, and all searches shall be made under the superintendence of the Registrar; and no person making a search shall be allowed to make use of a pen or ink in making notes or extracts of such search, but shall use a pencil for that purpose, and one search shall be considered to be a search for and the inspection of all deeds or documents connected with the title of one particular piece of land, or as to incumbrances existing against one particular person; and if a copy of any deed or document be required, the same shall be made by the Registrar, or his deputy, and given by him to the party ordering it, on payment of the lawful fees therefor. eral, &c. III. And be it enacted, That if a copy of any plan so to be Copies of plans deposited in the office of the Registrar of deeds shall be re- to be made by quired by any person, such person must employ either the Surveyor genSurveyor general, or in his absence or refusal, the deputy Surveyor general, to extract the same; who, together with the Registrar or his deputy, may, when the same is correctly extracted, grant a certificate of its being a true copy of such plan. IV. And be it enacted, That all references made in any statutes of this Island, or in any state documents or papers, or public or private documents, or deeds, papers or writings, of any kind or description, to plans, surveys or descriptions, kept or deposited in the office of Her Majesty's Surveyor general of this Island, shall be held, after the passing of this Act, to refer to the same as deposited or kept in the office of the Registrar of deeds, under the provisions of this Act; and wherever any statute, or public or private document, under which any proceedings may now be pending or unfinished, or may hereafter be commenced, and which may require plans and particulars of any surveys or tracts of land to be lodged References to plans, &c., kept in Surveyor held to refer to the same, as deposited in office. general's office, Registrar's |