searching for

Power of XXXVI. And be it enacted, that it shall and may be lawful, to and for counterfeit any Justice of the Peace, on complaint made before him, upon the oath of Bills, Plates, one credible person, that there is just cause to suspect, that any one or

Tools, &c.

Rights not specially affec

more person or persons is or are or hath, or have been concerned in making
or counterfeiting any such false Bills of Exchange, promissory notes underta-
kings or orders as aforesaid, by warrant under the hand of such Justice, to
cause the dwelling house, room, workshop, or outhouse, or other building, yard,
garden, or other place, belonging to such suspected person or persons, or where any
such
person or persons shall be suspected of carrying on any such making or coun-
terfeiting, to be searched, and if any such false bills of exchange, promissory notes,
undertakings or orders, or any such plates, rolling presses, or other tools, instru-
ments or materials, shall be found in the custody or possession of any person or
persons whomsoever, not having the same by some lawful authority, it shall
and may be lawful to and for any person or persons whomsoever discovering
the same, to seize, and he or they are hereby authorized and required to
seize such false or counterfeit Bills of Exchange, promissory notes, undertakings
or orders, and such plates, rolling presses, or other tools, instruments or ma-
terials, and to carry the same forthwith before a Justice of the Peace of the
County or District, (or if more convenient of the adjoining County or Dis-
trict,) in which the same shall be seized, who shall cause the same to be
secured and produced in evidence against any person or persons who shall
or may be prosecuted, for any of the offences aforesaid, in some Court of
Justice proper for the determination thereof, and the same after being so
produced in evidence, shall by order of the Court be defaced or destroyed,
or otherwise disposed of as such Court shall direct.

XXXVII. And be it enacted, that nothing in this Act contained shall in ted to be saved. any manner derogate from, or affect, or be construed to derogate from or affect, the rights of Her Majesty, Her Heirs, and Successors, or of any person or persons, or of any body or bodies, politic or corporate, except in so far as the same may be specially derogated from or affected by the provisions of this Act.

Public Act.

Duration of

this Act.

XXXVIII. And be it enacted, that this Act shall be held, and taken to be a Public Act, and shall be judicially taken notice of and have the effect of a Public Act, without being specially pleaded.

XXXIX. And be it enacted, that this Act shall be and remain in force until the first day of June, which will be in the Year of Our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, and from that time until the end of the then next Session of the Parliament of this Province, and no longer.

SCHEDULE.

Witness my (or our) hand (or hands) at the said Bank, this day of in the year one thousand eight hundred and

(Signatures)

I (or we) do hereby accept the foregoing assignment of

shares in the Stock of the Commercial Bank of the Midland District, assigned to

me (or us) as above mentioned, at the Bank, this one thousand eight hundred and

day of

(Signatures.)

SCHEDULE.

SCHEDULE B.

REFERRED TO IN THE TWENTY-NINTH SECTION OF THE FOREGOING ACT.

RETURN of the Average Amount of Liabilities and Assets of the Commercial Bank of the Midland District, during the period from 1st

CAP. XXVII.

An Act to extend the Charter of the Bank of Upper Canada, and to increase the Capital Stock thereof.

[12th October, 1842.]

Preamble.

Names of

WHEREAS the President and Directors of the Bank of Upper Canada, have by their petition prayed that the duration and powers of the said Bank of Upper Canada, as a Corporation, be extended, and that the Capital Stock thereof be increased from Two hundred thousand pounds, to Five hundred thousand pounds, current money of this Province, and that the Act of the Parliament of the Province of Upper Canada, incorporating the said Company may be amended: and whereas it is expedient to grant the prayer of their petition; 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 William Proudfoot, Thomas Helliwell, James G. Chewett, William Gam- Stockholders. ble, Samuel P. Jarvis, Jesse Ketchum, Christopher Widmer, The Honorable John Simcoe Macaulay, Francis Boyd, Angus Bethune, John S. Baldwin, William Cayley, Walter O'Hara, Thomas W. Magrath and Charles Berczy all of the City of Toronto, in this Province, and such other persons as now are Shareholders of the Capital Stock of the Corporation, created and constituted by the Act of Incorporation of the said Bank, and their respective Heirs, Executors, Administrators and Assigns, shall continue to be and shall be a Body Corporate and Politic, in fact and in name, by and under the name, style and title of "The Bank of Upper Canada," and as such, shall during the continuance of this Act have all, each, and every the rights, powers and authorities in and by the said Act of the Legislature of the Province of Upper Canada, incorporating the same, conferred upon or vested in the said Corporation, and subject to the provisions, enactments, limitations and restrictions in the said Act of Incorporation contained: Provided always that so much of the said Act of Incorporation and the several Acts of the Parliament of Upper Canada amending the same, as may be inconsistent with or repugnant to the provisions of this Act, shall be and is hereby repealed and made wholly void; and the said Corporation shall, during the continuance of

N

Incorporation continued.

Corporate

Name.

Proviso; parts of the former poration inconsistent with this

Act of Incor

Act repealed.

Powers.

Corporate this Act, have succession and a common seal, with power to break, renew, change and alter the same at pleasure; and shall be capable of sueing and being sued, and of pleading and being impleaded, in all Courts of Law and Equity, and other places, in all manner of actions, causes and matters whatsoever; and for the convenient management of their business, but for no other purpose, shall and may purchase, acquire and hold real or immovable estates and property, not exceeding the yearly value of two thousand pounds, current money of this Province, and may sell, alienate and dispose of the same, and purchase, acquire and hold others in their stead, not exceeding in the whole the yearly value aforesaid.

May hold

real property

to a certain

value.

The Capital

Corporation in-
creased by
£300,000.

II. And be it enacted, that it shall be lawful for the Stockholders of Stock of the the said Bank of Upper Canada, to raise and contribute among themselves, or by the admission of new subscribers, a further sum of Three hundred thousand pounds, in addition to the present Capital Stock of the said Bank of Upper Canada, which said additional sum of Three hundred thousand pounds, currency, shall be divided into Twenty four thousand shares of twelve pounds ten shillings each, and every person subscribing for or taking any share or shares, in the said additional Capital Stock of Three hundred thousand pounds, shall have the same rights and be subject to the same rules and liabilities, as the original subscribers and shareholders of the said Bank of Upper Canada.

Books of Sub

opened.

new Stock.

III. And be it enacted, that the Books of subscription for the Capital scription to be Stock, authorized to be added to the Capital Stock of the said Corporation, shall be opened by such persons, at such times and places, and under such regulations, as to the Directors of the said Corporation shall seem meet, and the shares of Capital Stock thereupon subscribed for, shall be paid in and Instalments of by such instalments and at such times and places, as the said Directors. shall appoint; and Executors, Administrators and Curators, paying instalments upon the shares of deceased shareholders, shall be and they are hereby respectively indemnified for paying the same; Provided always, that no share or shares shall be held to be lawfully subscribed for unless a sum equal to ten pounds per centum, on the amount subscribed for, be actually paid at the time of subscribing: Provided also that all the said Capital Stock shall be paid in full within five years from and after the passing of this Act.

Proviso.

Penalty on per

IV. And be it enacted, that if any Shareholder or Shareholders, shall resous neglect fuse or neglect to pay any or either of the instalments upon his, her or their shares ing to pay Instalments duly of the said Capital Stock, at the time or times required by public notice as aforesaid, such Shareholder or Shareholders, shall incur a forfeiture to the use of

called for.

the