S. 15 of 38 rt pealed. S. 19 of 38 V. c. 79, amended, S. 28 of said so that there shall not be more than three hundred electors in each polling district. 4. Section 15 of the act 38 Vict., chap. 79 is repealed. 5. Section 19 of the act 38 Vict, chap. 79, is amended by adding to the end thereof, the following words: "and shall have the right to appoint and shall appoint as many deputies to represent him as there may be polling districts." 6. Section 28 of the said act 38 Vict., chap. 79, is act, repealed repealed, and the following substituted therefor and replaced. Refusal to act "28. In case any person elected alderman, shall refuse as alderman, to act as such, or if his election, after having been contested, shall be declared null, or if he resign his office, the Council of the said city shall appoint a day for a new election, and public notice thereof shall be given according to section 3 of this act, and the electors of the said city shall proceed to the election of a person to replace such alderman, within one month after such refusal or resignation shall have been made public, or after such election shall have been annulled; and the proceedings in such elections, shall be the same as in annual elections." S. 37 of sa'd 7. Section 37 of the act 38 Vict., chap. 79, is amended act, amended. by striking out the words: "first class," in the thirty first line, and by substituting therefor the following words of the class immediately below the sum of one hundred dollars." S. 44, amended. S. 119, amended. S. 165, amended. S. 218, amended. 8. Section 44 of the act 38 Vict., chap. 79, is amended by striking out the words: "next preceding section,' in the second line thereof, and replacing them by the words "four preceding sections." 9. Section 119 of the act 38 Vict, chap. 79 of the said act, is amended by striking out, in the sixth and seventh lines, the words: "and by notices in nearest published journal in French and in English" 10 Section 165 of the act 38 Vict., chap. 79, is amended by striking out, in the twentieth and twenty first lines, the words: "which costs shall not include any attorney's fees." 11. Section 218 of the act 38 Vict., chap. 79, is amended by adding, at the end of the said section, the following words: "in all cases which shall be instituted before the Recorder's Court, respecting civil matters, the costs of attorneys or solicitors, shall be the same as those payable in the circuit court for the same amount." abolish 12. The council of the said city of Hull shall have Right to the right to make a by-law to abolish the Recorder's Recorder's Court of the city of Hull, which by-law shall only have Court. force and effect when confirmed by the lieutenant governor in council, and promulgated by proclamation; and from and after the day fixed by the proclamation, the said court shall be abolished and cease to exist, and sections from 156 to 228 inclusively, and sections 234 and 236 of the act 38 Vict., chap 79, shall be repealed. The records, registers, documents and archives of the Tran mission said court, if it be abolished, shall be transmitted without of records. delay, to the office of the clerk of the circuit court for the district of Ottawa, and shall form part of the archives of the latter court; and all proceedings pending, and all judgments not executed in such Recorder's Court, when so abolished, may be continued and executed before or by such circuit court, as if they had been commenced before or had been rendered by it; but prescription and all delays incidental to procedure in every case pending before the said Recorder's Court, when it may be abolished, shall be suspended and shall cease to run from the day fixed for the abolition of the court, until the juridical day next ensuing after that in which the record. shall have been deposited in the office of the said circuit court. 13. The north half of lot number seven in the fourth Certain porrange of the township of Hull shall, from and after the tions of township of passing of this act, cease to form part of the said city of Hull, Hull, and shall thereupon form part of the municipality detached. of the south part of the township of Hull, for municipal and other purposes; and section two of the act 38 Vict., chap, 79, is amended in the sense and to the effect aforesaid; provided always that the above lands shall be duly liable for the payment of the debts which are now recoverable and contracted by the corporation of the said city for public purposes, and shall contribute to the payment of such debts, in the proportion of their actual value as determined by the valuation roll now in force. Preamble. 8. 2 of 36 V. e. 60, amend d. 8. 2 of said section, amended. 8.3 of said ction, repealed and replaced. Limits of Notre Dame ward. CAP. LVII. An act to amend the act 36 Vict., chap. 60, intituled: "An act to consolidate and amend the act to incorporate the Town of Levis and the divers acts amending the same." W [Assented to 31st October, 1879.] HEREAS the corporation of the town of Levis has by petition, prayed that its act of incorporation as consolidated by the act passed by the legislature of Quebec, in the thirty-sixth year of Her Majesty's Reign, chapter sixty, intituled: "An act to consolidate and amend the act to incorporate the town of Levis and the divers acts amending the same," be amended, and whereas it is expedient to grant the prayer of the said petition; Therefore, Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislature of Quebec, enacts as follows: 1. Section 2 of the act 36 Vict., chap 60, is amended by striking out the words: "thence, towards the north, along the said line, to the public road; thence, along the south side of the said public road," in the eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth lines of the said section, and by substituting therefor the following: "thence, along the said line, towards the north, to the center of the public road, and thence, along the center of said public road;" and also by striking out in the sixty-fourth and sixty-fifth lines thereof, the following words: “to the south-west line of the property of Georges Couture," and by substituting therefor, the following words: "to the hill called Davidson's hill, and thence, following the west and north sides of the said hill, to a point opposite the south-west line of the property of Georges Couture." The second paragraph of the said section is amended by striking out in the fifth and sixth lines thereof, the following words: "to the summit of the cape, and following the summit of the cape towards the north east," and by substituting therefor, the following words: "to the north side of Davidson's hill, and following the north and west sides of the said hill, to the summit of the cape, and thence, along the said summit of the cape towards the north east." The third paragraph of the same section is repealed and the following substituted therefor: The third ward called Notre Dame Ward, shall be comprised within the following limits, that is to say: commencing from the summit of the cape to the south west line of the land of widow Olivier Duclos, to a distance of six arpents above the public road, thence, in a straight line, to the southern boundary of the property of F. Fortier, Esquire, and thence, in a straight line, to the north east line of the property of Julien Chabot, Esquire, thence, along the said line, towards the north, to the north line of the public road, and thence, along the north side of the said road, to the south west line of the property of Thomas Fraser, and thence, towards the north, along the said line of the summit of the cape, and thence, towards the south west, along the said summit of the cape, to the said south west line of the property of the said widow Olivier Duclos, and the said ward shall be represented by three councillors." 2 Section 6 of the said act is amended by striking S. 6 of said out the word 'ward," in the sixth line, and inserting act, amended, in the place thereof, the word: "town ;" and by adding after the word; "dollars," in the seventh line thereof, the following words: "according to the valuation roll in force." amended. 3. Section 8 is amended by adding thereto, after the S. 8, word "builders," in the seventh line, the words: "nor inn keepers and hotel keepers, shall." S. 12, 4. Section 12 of the said act is amended by striking amended. out therefrom, all the words after the word: "due," in the thirteenth line thereof. 5. Section 17 is amended by adding thereto the follow- $ 17, ing sub-section : 66 If within one hour from the opening of the poll, there be not more than one candidate nominated for the same seat, the officer presiding at such election shall establish such fact, and declare such sole candidate elected. He will give a certificate to that effect, to the secretary, and shall also give the notice mentioned in section twenty five." amended. Elections. 6. Section 72 of the said act is amended by substitut- S. 72, ing the word "eight," for the word: "fifteen," in the amended. eighth line thereof. amended. 7. Section 92 is amended by adding thereto the fol- S. 92, lowing words: "and shall bear interest at six per cent from the said date." 8. Section 93 is amended by adding thereto the fol- S. 93, lowing sub-section: amended. Exemption from taxes. 8. 141, amended. 8. 112, repealed. Side walks Framble. 40 V. c. 49, repealed. orporation, Continued. "The Council may, by resolution, exempt from municipal taxes, in whole or in part, for a period not exceeding twenty years, any industry, business, manufacture or factory to be established within the limits of the said town, and the land and building used for carrying on the said industry, business, manufacture or factory. No exemption shall extend to works to be done, or the apportionment for the works on water-courses, line ditches, fences, front roads or streets in connection with property in the municipality." 9. Section 141 of the said act is amended by adding after the word "leave," in the third line, the words: 66 or shall cause to be left." 10. Section 112 is struck out thereof, and the following substituted therefor: "112. To regulate and establish by what persons, when and in what manner, of what width and description, and where side-walks shall be laid down or repaired in the streets of the said town, and, in default of such persons making and laying down or repairing the said sidewalks, within fifteen days after notice to that effect, to regulate and establish when and how the same shall be laid down and placed or repaired, and how the cost of the work and material employed, shall be recovered from the parties in default." CAP. LVIII. An act to consolidate and amend the act incorporating the town of St. Henri, [Assented to 31st October, 1879.] WHEREAS it is expedient to consolidate and amend the act of this province, 40 Vict, chap. 49, intituled: "An act to incorporate the town of St. Henri; " Therefore, Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislature of Quebec, enacts as follows: 1. The act of this province 40 Vict., chap. 49, intituled: "An act to incorporate the town of St. Henri," is repealed and replaced by the present act. CORPORATION. 2. The inhabitants of the town of St. Henri and their successors, inhabitants of the same, shall continue to be |