southerly to the site of the old bridge now existing, and provided that within five years from the coming into force Proviso. of this act, the adjoining municipalities or any one of them shall not have reconstructed the said old bridge, then from and after the expiry of the said period of five years the exclusive privileges, by this section granted to the said company, shall extend to a distance of one mile south of the said company's bridge. And if any person shall construct a bridge or shall ferry, Compensation for hire, across the said river, within the limits aforesaid, he :* shall pay to the said company for each person, animal or structing other article that he shall have conveyed for hire, across the said”* river, three times the amount of tolls imposed by this act. But mothing contained in this section shall prevent the Proviso as to adjoining municipalities from reconstructing the old :* bridge, in the delay and as provided in the proviso above rebuilding mentioned. bridge. And any person guilty of a contravention of this section Penalty for. shall also ł. liable to a penalty of ten dollars for each and ...* * every such contravention. 3. The height of the arches of the bridge, constructed. “ by the said company, shall be not less, at any time, than six * feet above high water, and the interval between the centre line of abutments and piers shall be not less than one hundred and fifty feet, so as to provide for the free passage of rafts and vessels, and no drawbridge shall be required. 4. The said company shall have the right to erect a company may toll-gate or bar and exact, for passing over the said bridge, **** tolls, not to exceed the following rates, viz: For every person on foot....................... $0 01 Rate of tells. Oxen ------. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 08 cattle .............. -- ------------------------------ 0 02 Provided always that the said tariff shall have no effect Approval by until it shall have been approved by the Lieutenant." Governor in Council. And any person, passing forcibly through the said toll-Penalty *. gate or over or upon the said bridge, without paying the jo toll exigible, or otherwise evading the payment of the said o's tolls, or driving horses, oxen or cattle over the same faster than a walk, shall incur a penalty for each offence, not exceeding ten dollars. Exemptions Provided always that no toll shall be charged to or col** lected from children, students and teachers going to and from school, persons going to and from divine service on Christmas, New Year's Day and Sunday, between the hours of eight a.-m., and nine p-m., with their teams, ministers of the gospel at all times, teams drawing fire . and their accessories, and on the day of an agricultural show at Richmond, the live stock and products for exhibition and the persons in charge thereof. Increase of 5. The said corporation shall have the right to increase * their capital to such amount, as may be authorized by the shareholders, at a special meeting called for that purpose. ... not exceeding fifty thousand dollars. The municipal cor:..." porations of the village of Richmond, of the village of elbourne, of the townships of Melbourne and Brompton Gore, and of the township of Cleveland are hereby severally authorized, by a by-law of their respective councils, to subscribe and take stock in the said company, to the extent of three thousand dollars each, and to appropriate Money to be monies for the payment thereof, and the said councils may o: * respectively levy any monies required therefor, or effect - loans or issue debentures to pay for the said stock, subject to the provisions of the municipal code ; and at all meetings of the company the said municipal corporations, while shareholders, shall be represented by their respective mayors. Composition of 6. The board of directors of the said company shall *** consist of nine members, including the mayors of the said municipal council, who shall be ex-officio directors as long as the said municipal corporations continue to be shareQualification holders. No person shall be eligible as a director, unless ** he holds absolutely in his own right at least twenty shares, of paid up stock, save the mayors, who shall require no qualification. Payment of 7. The capital stock of the said company, if the same o: shall be increased, shall be called in and be payable at such - time and place and upon such notice, and in such manner as shall be fixed by a by-law of the said company. Right to bor. 8. The said company shall have the right to borrow ** any sum or sums, as shall be authorized by the shareholders, at a special meeting duly called for that purpose, and to hypothecate their said bridge and other real property, or to pledge the revenues and tolls thereof, as security for the repayment of any such loans. The instrument or deed Registration by which any such loan shall be effected, shall be registered of title. in the registry office for the county of Richmond ; and in any suit for the recovery of such sums or any portion thereof, it shall not be necessary for the creditor to allege or prove such authorization, or such meeting or any act preliminary to the effecting of the said loan*; and every loan, effected by the said company, shall be held to be good and valid, unless proceedings to set the same aside shall be taken, at the instance of a shareholder or ordinary creditor of the said company, within three months from the date when the same shall have been registered as aforesaid. 9. The said company shall have all the powers of ex- Power of oxpropriation conferred upon railway companies ander the propriation. railway act of this Province-and the like procedure shall apply, in respect of all such property as the said company shall require for the approaches to their said bridge from the main highways in the village of Richmond and in the village of Melbourne, to widen, straighten, or improve such approaches. The said company shall have the right to exercise Extension of the said powers, as well in respect of the roads, Puch P streets and property of either of the said municipalities as in respect of the property of private individuals: but they shall not have the right to close any street or road now used without providing adequate means of access to the river. Ter. 10. At any time, after the expiration of ten years from Power of corthe completion of the bridge herein mentioned, either the tiine corpo municipality of Melbourne or Richmond or by union of quire bridge. any adjoining municipalities, may purchase the bridge by valuation in the usual way by arbitrators, one appointed on petition to a judge of the Superior Court, and one by the united municipalities and one by the bridge company. 11. Should the said bridge at any time become impas- Provision if sable or unsafe for travel, the Superior Court, sitting in the bridge become uno dangerous. district of St Francis, after having ascertained such fact on information or complaint brought by the Attorney General, may order the said company to repair or rebuild the said bridge within a delay to be fixed by the said court; and if the said bridge be not repaired or rebuilt within the said delay, then the said court may declare the said bridge to be confiscated to Her Majesty, and from the date of such judgment of confiscation the said bridge shall become the property of the Province of Quebec. Recovery of penalties. 12. The penalties, imposed by this act, shall be recovered, with costs, before any district magistrate or justice of the peace, in and for the district of St. Francis, on prosecution brought by the Company within three months from the date when the offence was committed, and shall belong to the said company. In default of payment of the fine and costs, within fifteen days from the rendering of the judgment, the person condemned may be imprisoned for o time not joins thirty days, unless the fine and costs be sooner pal TABLE OF CONTENTS, 1. An Act granting to Her Majesty the moneys requited for the expenses of the Government, for the financial years ending on the 30th June, 1882, and on the 30th June, 2. An Act respecting the Executive Council.......... 4 - - - - - - - - - - - -- 3. An act relating to the Speaker of the Legislative Council... 4, An Act to facilitate the intervention of the Crown in civil cases, in which the constitutionality of Federal or Provin- cial Acts is in question............................................... 5. An Act to amend The Quebec Interpretation Act (31 Victo- ria, chapter 7.)................................... ................... - 6. An Act to remove certain disabilities arising from infringe- ments of “The Quebec Election Act. ".......................... 7. An Act to abolish the property qualification of members of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec...... . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 8. An Act to further amend the act 41 Victoria, chapter 5, 9. An Act to amend the Quebec License Law of 1878, (41 Victoria, chapter 8)................................................... 10. An Act to amend the Acts respecting the sale and manage- ment of public lands................................................ |