ponent suspects that unless the said I. K. give bail for his appearance, or to answer the damages sustained by deponent in respect of said child, he, the said I. K., will endeavor to evade service of final execution, in case the same shall be awarded against him.

Form of recognizance for appearance, &c.

day of

[occupation,] and P. Q., of

County

County, [occupation,] do

jointly and severally undertake, that if I. K., the above named
defendant, shall not appear at the hearing of this cause, on
the
or shall not render himself to
the custody of the constable or bailiff who arrested him, or to
whom a writ of execution against the said I. K. shall be
awarded in this suit, within three days after demand made
for his person at his last or most usual place of abode, then
that we will pay the amount of judgment and costs awarded
against him in this suit; and we hereby consent and agree
that in case we, or one of us, shall not pay such amount of
judgment and costs, in the event aforesaid, that then execu-
tion shall and may issue against our goods and chattels, or
against our persons, for the amount of such judgment and
costs, at any time after the expiration of six days from the
day of the service of a written demand severally served upon
us, or left at our last or most usual places of abode respectively,
and requiring payment of such amount.

Executed.

CAP. XVI.

An Act for appropriating certain moneys therein mentioned for the service of the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight.

[Passed April 1, 1858.]

ANNO VICESIMO SECUNDO

VICTORIE REGINE.

At the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Island of PRINCE EDWARD, begun and holden at CHARLOTTETOWN, the twelfth day of April, Anno Domini 1859, in the twentysecond year of the reign of our Sovereign Lady VICTORIA, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Queen, Defender of the Faith:

Being the first session of the twenty-first General Assembly convened in the said Island.

1859.

Sir D. DALY, Lt. Governor.

CHAS. YOUNG,

President of
L. Council.

D.MONTGOMERY Speaker of H. of Assembly.

САР. І.

An Act for raising a revenue.

Expired.

[Passed April 29th, 1859.]

CAP. II.

An Act for appropriating certain moneys therein mentioned, Executed. for the service of the year of our Lord one thousand eight

hundred and fifty-nine.

[Passed May 19, 1859.]

CAP. III.

An Act to extend the criminal jurisdiction of the Police
Court, in the City of Charlottetown.

[Passed May 19, 1859.]

This Act remains in force, but has been printed in the volume of private and local Acts, pursuant to Act 24 Vie., cap. 3.

Aliens may

hold and con-
vey
real estate
in this Island.

No title to be invalid on account of alien

CAP. IV.

An Act to enable aliens to hold real estate.

[Passed May 19, 1859.]

E it enacted by the Lieutenant Governor, Council and
Assembly, as follows:-

I. Aliens may take, hold, convey, and transmit real estate in this Island: provided always, that no alien, nor any person in trust for him, shall take or hold more than two hundred acres of land within this Island.

II. No title to real estate shall be invalid on account of the age of former alienage of any former owner or holder thereof.

owner.

III. Nothing in this Act shall have the effect of confirming or rendering valid the title or claim of any alien now invalid or incapable of being enforced on account of alienage.

IV. This Act shall not go into operation, nor be of any force or effect until Her Majesty's assent thereto shall be known, and notification thereof published in the Royal Gaz ette newspaper of this Island.

*This Act received the royal assent on the 29th day of July, 1859, and notification thereof was published in the Royal Gazette newspaper of this Island, on the 6th day of September, 1859.

CAP. V.

11 Vic., c. 16. An Act to continue the Act authorizing the appointment of coal meters, except in so far as relates to Charlottetown.

[Passed May 19, 1859.]

WHEREAS the Act of the eleventh year of Her present

Majesty's reign, chapter sixteen, intituled "An Act to consolidate and amend the laws now in force, authorizing the appointment of coal meters, and to repeal a certain Act therein mentioned," will shortly expire, and it is deemed expedient to continue the same, except in so far as relates to Charlottetown:

I. Be it therefore enacted, by the Lieutenant Governor, Continues 11 ouncil and Assembly, that the said herein before recited Act, Vic., c. 16, for xcept so much of the said Act as relates to Charlottetown, ten years. nd regulates the mode of measuring coal therein, shall be, nd the same is hereby continued for the space of ten years rom the passing hereof, and from thence to the end of the men next session of the General Assembly, and no longer.

CAP. VI.

An Act to incorporate the trustees of the Baptist Church at
Bedeque.

[Passed May 19, 1859.]

This Act has been printed in the volume of private and local Acts, pursuant

o Act 24 Vic. c. 3.

CAP. VII.

An Act to amend the Act for the protection of the herring Repealed by

and alewives' fisheries in this Island.

24 Vic., c. 7.

[Passed May 19, 1859.]

CAP. VIII.

An Act for regulating the size and quality of fish barrels and tierces, and the weight of fish made up therein, and for the appointment of fish inspectors; also, to regulate the inspection of pickled fish for sale within this Island, and to repeal a certain Act therein mentioned.

[Passed May 19, 1859.]

12 Vic., c. 15.

BE it enacted, by the Lieutenant Governor, Council and Assembly, that from and after the passing.of this Act, an Act passed in the twelfth year of the reign of Her present Repeals Act of Majesty, intituled "An Act to repeal an Act passed in the seventh year of the reign of Her present Majesty, intituled An Act for regulating the size and quality of fish barrels and tierces, and the weight of fish made up therein, and for the appointment of fish inspectors; also, to regulate the inspection of pickled fish,' and to make other provisions in lieu thereof," be, and the same is hereby repealed; and whereas it is desirable that there should be an uniformity in the size and quality of barrels, half barrels and tierces in which pickled fish shall be packed for home consumption, and that the weight of fish the same shall contain should be regulated:

Barrels, half barrels, &c.,

containing pic portation, &c., how to be made.

kled fish for ex

Weight of imported pickled

fish to be con

tained in tierce barrel, &c.

Penalty on perported pickled fish in barrels, &c., of less weight.

sons selling im

Lt. Governor

to appoint fish inspectors.

Be it therefore enacted, that all barrels, half barrels and tierces in which pickled fish for home consumption shall be packed for sale, shall be made of sound, well seasoned timber, free from sap, and constructed of staves of the thickness of not less than half an inch in the thinnest part, if made of hardwood, or three fourths of an inch if made of softwood, with heading well seasoned and planed, and free from sap; the barrels, half barrels and tierces to be well hooped, having at least three hoops on each chime, and three on each bilge; the barrel staves to be twenty-eight inches in length, and the heads to be seventeen inches between the chimes, and to contain not less than twenty-eight gallons; the half barrels to contain not less than fifteen gallons, and the tierce to contain not less than forty-five gallons; and all such barrels shall have the bung stave made of hardwood.

II. Every tierce of imported pickled fish shall contain not less than three hundred pounds of fish; every barrel of such fish shall contain not less than two hundred pounds; and every half barrel of such fish shall contain not less than one hundred pounds.

III. Any person or persons who shall sell, or cause to be soid, any imported pickled fish in barrels, half barrels, or tierces, having therein a less weight than is prescribed by this Act, shall, for each and every barrel, half barrel, or tierce so sold, forfeit and pay a fine of seven shillings and six pence; the same to be recovered and applied in manner and to the purposes hereinafter in this Act directed and declared.

IV. And whereas frauds and impositions to a serious extent are frequently perpetrated upon individuals by the importing and vending, within this Island, pickled fish of an inferior and unwholesome quality: Be it therefore enacted, that from and after the passing of this Act, it shall and may be lawful to and for the Lieutenant Governor, or other Administrator of the Government for the time being, to appoint in each of the different towns, ports, harbors, and settlements in this Island, or in such one or more thereof as he shall think fit and proper, an inspector or inspectors, who shall be duly sworn in the form prescribed in the schedule to this Act annexed, marked (A), to the faithful discharge of the duties enjoined by this Act, before any Justice of the Peace residing within or near the district for which such inspector or inspectors shall be appointed, whose duty it shall be, within their several districts, to inspect all barrels, half barrels, and tierces, as to their being of the size and quality prescribed in this Act, and also to inspect and weigh all salted or pickled fish imported into this Island in any barrel, half barrel, or tierce, for sale and consumption therein; and the same, in all cases wherein the fish so made up shall be found good and mer