tions. said Railway by sections, the first section to commence at the struct Railcity of Toronto and terminate at Uxbridge, or some point in the way by sectownship of Reach, to be hereafter determined by a resolution of the board of directors of the company, the second section to commence at such point as may be so selected as the terminus of the said first section, and to terminate at some point on the Portage Road, or Victoria Road north-east of the Portage Road, in the township of Eldon, to be selected by the Directors of the said Company, and the third section to commence at the termination of the said second section and terminate at Coboconk. uses to be ex 3 That the bonuses granted, or hereafter to be granted, Certain bontowards the construction of the said Railway by the Townships pended on first of Scarboro, Markham, Uxbridge, Whitchurch, Scott and Reach, section. shall be wholly expended on the said first section. pended on direct. 4. That the bonuses granted, or hereafter to be granted, by Certain bonany municipality to the north or north-east of the terminus of uses to be exthe said first section, shall be expended on such section of the road, as munisaid road as the Council of the municipality granting such cipalities shall bonus shall determine, such determination to be communicated to the Trustees in writing, under the seal of the municipality, at the time of the delivery of the debentures for such bonus to the Trustees. 5. That the fifth clause of the said Act thirty-two Victoria, Amendment chapter eighty-three, shall be amended by adding after the of 32 Vic, ch. 83, s. 5. word "Brock" therein, the words "or in the Township of Reach." to construct main line via 6. That in the event of the municipal authorities of the town- Power given ships of Brock, Eldon, Bexley, Laxton, Digby, Longford, and Somerville not handing over to the Trustees the debentures Lindsay and to be issued under the several by-laws as voted on by the people Fenelon Falls. in the said several Townships, before the first day of February next, under the terms of the said Acts, then the said company shall have power to construct a line of railway from the terminus of the said first section northwards via Lindsay to Lake Nipissing, or to any intermediate point that may hereafter be determined on by the said Company and the LieutenantGovernor in Council. 7. That the sum of twenty thousand dollars, part of the $20,000 of bonus granted by the city of Toronto, may be expended on the bonus granted by City of Toroad between the station grounds in the city of Toronto, and a rento, may be point on the Grand Trunk Railway in the township of expended beScarboro, where the said Toronto and Nipissing Road will join and Scarboro. that of the Grand Trunk Railway. tween Toronto 8. That a further sum of fifty thousand dollars, part of the $50,000 of bonus granted said bonus granted by the City of Toronto, shall be expended by City of on the construction and equipment of the road between said Toronto shall point be expended between line of point on the line of the Grand Trunk Railway in Scarboro, and Grand Trunk the terminus of the said first section. in Scarboro and end of first $30,000 of To- Proviso. on Proviso in case debentures in ed over. 9. That the sum of thirty thousand dollars, part of the said bonus so granted by the City of Toronto, may be expended on said road between the end of the said first section and the town of Lindsay; Provided that in the event of the Municipalities interested in the line to Lindsay and the town of Lindsay not granting aid by bonuses to said railway to an amount sufficient to induce the said company to construct the said line to Lindsay, then the said company may expend the said sum of thirty thousand dollars towards the construction of their main line of railway. 10. That in the event of the said municipal authorities of 8. 6 not hand of the said Townships of Brock, Eldon, Bexley, Laxton, Digby, Longford and Somerville not handing over to the Trustees the debentures as mentioned in the sixth clause of this Act, then the whole of the residue of the bonus so granted by the said City of Toronto, may be expended on the said road between the City of Toronto and the Town of Lindsay. Proviso in case 8. 6 are handed over. 11. That in the event of the Municipal Authorities of the debentures in, said Townships of Brock, Eldon, Bexley, Laxton, Digby, Longford and Somerville handing over said debentures as mentioned in said sixth section of this Act, then the residue of said bonus so voted by the city of Toronto towards the construction of the said road, being the sum of fifty thousand dollars, shall be expended on the construction and equipment of the said road between the terminus of said first section and the Portage or Victoria road in Eldon. Completion of railway. tion. 12. That the time for the completion of the said railway shall be extended for a period of two years after the passing of this Act. Petition by 13. In case a majority of the persons rated on the last asmajority of freeholders for sessment roll as freeholders in any portion of a municipality, do onus or dona- petition the Council of such Municipality, the said petition to define the metes and bounds of the section of the municipality within which the property of the petitioners is situated, and expressing the desire of the said petitioners to aid in the construction of the said Railway, by granting a bonus or donation to the said Company for this purpose, and stating the amount which they so desire to give and grant, and to be assessed thereBy-law to be for, the Council of such municipality shall pass a By-law: Provided the said By-law shall be approved of as in sections two hundred and twenty-six, two hundred and twenty-seven and two hundred and twenty-eight of the Municipal Act of eighteen hundred and sixty-six, chapter fifty-one, by the majority of qualified municipal electors in the portion of a municipality petitioning as aforesaid: passed. (1.) For raising the amount so petitioned for by the freeholders Amount raised in such portion of the municipality, by the issue of debentures of by debentures. the municipality, payable within twenty years, and for the payment to the said Company of the amount of said bonus or donation at the time and on the terms specified in said petition. sinking fund. (2.) For assessing and levying upon all the ratable property Assessment for lying within the section defined by said petition, an annual repayment and special rate sufficient to include a sinking fund for the repayment of debentures with the interest thereon, which municipal Councils are hereby authorized to execute and issue in such cases respectively. CAP. XLIII. An Act respecting the Fair Ground of the County of Oxford. [Assented to 24th December, 1869.] THEREAS by letters patent, dated the third day of Sep- Preamble. tember, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-five, certain parcels of land being lots numbers eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen and fifteen, on the east side of Light street, and lots numbers eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen and fifteen, on the west side of Graham street, in the town of Woodstock, in the county of Oxford, in the Province of Ontario, were granted to the council of the district of Brock, their successors and assigns forever, to have and to hold to the said council, their successors and assigns forever, in trust for the use of the inhabitants of the said district, now the county of Oxford, as a site and place for holding free fairs according to law, and for the convenient holding of such fairs, and making and permitting all erections thereon for the said purpose and for no other use or purpose whatever; and whereas, the municipal council of the said county of Oxford, have by petition prayed that an Act might be passed giving them the additional powers in respect to the said land hereinafter contained, and it is expedient to grant the prayer of the said petition; Therefore Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, enacts as follows: 1. It shall and may be lawful for the said municipal Council may council of the county of Oxford, from time to time, to pass by-pass by-laws, laws for the following purposes and the same from time to time to repeal or vary either wholly or in part; (1.) For permitting any agricultural or horticultural socie- to permit certies, any fruit growers' associations, and societies for the exhib- tain societies, etc., to use the ition ground, to permit the militia to use the ground. to charge fees for user, to empower societies, etc., ition or sale of stock, produce, manufactures, works of art or science, any meetings for the giving of lectures or instructions on agricultural or horticultural subjects or for the furtherance of education, art or science, any club or gathering of persons for engaging in the game of cricket, base-ball or other useful and lawful game, and all other persons or bodies corporate associated for the purpose of giving any useful and lawful exhibition, to hold their exhibitions, lectures, games and assemblages on the said land, at such times and under such conditions as the said council may from time to time appoint; (2.) For permitting the militia of the county to use the same free of charge, for the purpose of exercise or drill, at all convenient times, and so as not to interfere with the use of the said land for the other purposes in the said letters patent and herein mentioned; (3.) For charging and collecting from the said societies, associations, exhibitors, clubs, lecturers, persons or bodies corporate a reasonable fee for the use of such grounds, the same to be fixed by the said council; (4.) For enabling such societies, associations, exhibitors, clubs, to charge fees lecturers, persons or bodies corporate to charge and collect from for admission, each person during the time the said lands are being used for the purpose aforesaid, an admission fee to be fixed by the said Council not to exceed twenty cents for each day; to prohibit the user, to enable societies to (5.) For enabling the said council to prohibit the using of the said grounds for the purpose aforesaid, or for any purpose whatever, until the fee for the use of the same shall have been first paid to the said council, and to use all lawful means to remove from the said land all persons using the said grounds contrary to the said letters patent, or this Act, or any by-laws, lawfully to be made hereunder; (6.) For enabling the societies, associations, clubs, lecturers prohibit entry, persons and bodies corporate aforesaid, to prohibit and prevent any person entering or remaining on the said grounds during the time the said land shall be used for the purposes aforesaid, without having first paid the fee therefor, and to use all lawful means to remove such persons therefrom; to prohibit certain per (7.) For prohibiting and prosecuting all kinds of gambling, formances, &c., theatrical, circus or mountebank performances, exhibitions or shows, and the sale or use of spirituous, fermented or intoxicating liquors, on the said ground, and to limit the number of or exclude altogether persons on horseback or in waggons or carriages during the holding of such meeting; as to expenditure. (8.) For expending the moneys to be received by the said council for the use of the said grounds in fencing, improving, ornamenting and preserving the same. of. 2. By-laws so to be made by the said council, in addition to By-laws, effect any effect they may have by virtue of this Act, and the provisions thereof, shall be as valid and effectual as if such provision had been originally contained in the said letters patent. 3. The moneys so to be received by the said council for the Moneys reuse of the said grounds, shall be expended by them in fencing, user how to be ceived for improving, ornamenting and preserving the same. applied. fered with. 4. Nothing herein contained shall prevent the inhabitants of Certain rights the said county from entering upon or remaining on the said not to be intergrounds, or from using the same as a place of public resort or pleasure grounds, or prevent the same lands from being used at all convenient times, for free fairs for the sale of cattle, farming stock and implements, according to the terms of the said letters patent, free of charge. CAP. XLIV. An Act to amend the Act incorporating the President, Directors, and Company of the Port Credit Harbor. [Assented to 24th December, 1869.] HEREAS by an Act passed by the late Parliament Preamble. of Upper Canada, in the fourth year of the reign of his late Majesty King William the Fourth, chaptered thirty-two, the president, directors, and company of the Port Credit Harbor were incorporated, and they have petitioned for certain amendments to the said Act, and it is expedient to amend the same; Therefore Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, enacts as follows: increased. 1. The capital stock of the said company shall be increased Capital stock to the sum of one hundred thousand dollars, and shall be held in two thousand shares of fifty dollars each. stock. 2. The present shareholders of the company shall have the Taking up of option of taking up the said increased shares for the period of increased six months after the passing of this Act on payment by them of five per cent. on their subscription for such increased shares, and all, or any of such increased shares not so taken up, shall thereafter be open to subscription by the public, provided always that five per cent. shall always be payable before such subscription, without which no subscription shall be valid. 3. It shall be lawful for the said company, from time to Powers to bor |