CONTENTS. PAGE. Municipal Corporations' Act, 12 Vic., cap 81; as amended by the Acts 13 and 14 Vic., cap. 64; 14 and 15 Vic., cap. 109; and 16 Vic., cap. 181----1 to 168 Division of Counties' Act, 12 Vic., cap. 78, as amended by Acts 13 and 14 Vic,, cap. 64; 14 and 15 Vic., cap. 109; and 16 Vic., cap. 181... 169 to 187 Territorial Divisions Alterations' Act, 14 and 15 Vic., cap. 5.187 to 201 Essex, Kent, and Lambton Municipal Act, 12 Vic., cap. 79--- ....202 to 205 Joint Stock Companies' Act, 16 Vic., cap. 190. Harbour and Dock Companies' Act, 16 Vic., cap. 124. Municipal Stock in Railroads' Act, 14 and 15 Vic., cap. 51. Railways' Protection Act, 16 Vic., cap. 169----- Roads transferred to Municipalities, list of ----- Allowances for Roads' Act, 9 Vic., cap. 8.. Highways' Act, 50 Geo. 3, cap. 1... Assessment Acts' Repealing Act, 13 and 14 Vic., cap. 66.... By-laws for Recovery of Taxes' Legalization Act, 16 Vic., cap. 183------356 to 362 Public Buildings' Act, 13 and 14 Vic., cap. 68. 66 Explanatory Act, 14 and 15 Vic., cap. 120............ 66 MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS, UPPER CANADA. ACT 12 VIC., CAP. 81. An Act to provide, by one general law, for the erection of Municipal Corporations, and the establishment of Regulations of Police, in and for the several Counties, Cities, Towns, Townships and Villages in Upper Canada, as amended by Acts 13 and 14 Vic., cap. 64; 14 and 15 Vic., cap. 109; and 16 Vic., cap. 181. WHEREAS it will be of great public benefit and advantage that Preambie. provision should be made, by one general law, for the erection of Municipal Corporations and the establishment of Regulations of Police in and for the several Counties, Cities, Towns, Townships and Villages in Upper Canada: And whereas, with a view to this object, certain Acts of the Parliament of this Province, and certain others of the Parliament of the late Province of Upper Canada, have, by an Act 12th Vic., Cap. 50 passed during this present Session of Parliament been repealed: Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada, constituted and assembled by virtue of and under the authority of an Act passed in the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and intituled, An Act to re-unite the Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada, and for the Government of Canada, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That this Act shall commence and have force Commencement and effect upon, from and after the first day of January, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and fifty, and not before; excepting always such of its provisions as may require that any thing Exception as to be done preparatory to the first elections to be held under it, which ceedings. provisions shall be in force immediately upon, from, and after the passing thereof. of this Act. preparatory pro [Whereas in the engrossment of the Act passed in the last Session 13th and 14th Vic. of Parliament, chaptered eighty-one, and intituled, An Act to provide, cap. 64, sec. 1. by one general law, for the erection of Municipal Corporations and Preamble. the establishment of Regulations of Police, in and for the several 12 Vict. c. 81. Counties, Cities, Towns, Townships and Villages in Upper Canada, N.B.-The amended portions of the Act are printed in close type, and on the margin will be found the Act, Chapter, and Section of each. |