The statutes of the province of Upper Canada [1792-1831]; together with such British statutes, ordinances of Quebec, and proclamations, as relate to the said province.

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Date:
1831
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Credit: The statutes of the province of Upper Canada [1792-1831]; together with such British statutes, ordinances of Quebec, and proclamations, as relate to the said province. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Cattle henceforth not to run at large, but un- der certain regulations. Which regulations Bhall be made in the respective town meet- ings annually. [а] See 44th Geo. Ill, c 4, s 1. [б] As to swine in cer- tain towns,see 4th Geo. Ill, c 10. Cattle trespassing to be empounded until the damages done and the pound-keeper’s fees be paid. Which fees shall be regulated in quarter sessions. (Amended by 2d Geo. IV, c II.) 32d Geo. III,c8. Preamble. [a] See 48th Geo. Ill, c 15, s 3. A gaol and court house to be erected in the town of Cornwall, in the Eastern district. Funds for erecting the said gaol and court house. The application and distribution of such funds to be cognizable in quarter sessions. The sheriff to nominate the gaoler, &c. his Majesty’s reign, entitled, ‘An act for making more effectual provision for the go- vernment of the province of Quebec, in North America, and to make further provision for the government of the said province,’ ” and by the authority of the same, That from and after the passing of this act, it shall not be lawful for any person or persons to permit any horned cattle, horse, sheep, or swine, to run at large, otherwise than under the regu- lations and restrictions hereinafter provided. II. And be it further enacted, That henceforth it shall and may be lawful for the inhabitant householders, or the greater part of them, in every district within this province, in their annual town meetings lawfully assembled, to ascertain and determine in what manner and at what periods, horned cattle, horses, sheep, [a] and swine, [6] or any of them, shall be allowed to run at large, within their respective divisions, or to resolve that the same, or any part thereof, shall be restrained from so doing. III. And be it further enacted, That if any horned cattle, horse, sheep, or swine, the found running at large in any town, township, reputed township, or place, contrary to the regulations of the town meeting thereof, it shall and may be lawful for any of the pound- keepers thereof, and on receiving notice, he is hereby required to empound such horned cat- tle, horse, sheep, or swine, so trespassing, and to detain the same, until the person or persons who may have sustained any damage by the trespass of the same, shall have received from the owner or owners of such horned cattle, horse, sheep, or swine, reasonable com- pensation, and until the fees of such pound-keeper shall have been satisfied, which fees his Majesty’s justices of the peace in their general quarter sessions assembled, or the greater part of them, are hereby authorized and required to regulate and ascertain, in and for their respective districts; any thing in any act or ordinance of the late province of Quebec, or in any act of the legislature of this province to the contrary of the provisions of this act, in any wise notwithstanding. Chapter IX. An act to repeal cei’tain parts of an act passed in the second session of the legislature of this province, entitled, “ An act to regulate the laying out, amending, and keeping in repair, the public highways and roads within this province,” and to make further provisions respecting the same. [Repeals for a time part of 33d Geo. Ill, Ch. 4; which is repealed in toto by 60th Geo. Ill, Ch. 1.) Chapter X. An act to amend certain parts of an act passed in the thirty-second year of his Majesty's reign, entitled, “ An act for building a gaol and court house in every district throughout this province, and for altering the names of the said districts.” [Passed July 9, 1794.] Whereas it is necessary for the ease of the inhabitants of the Eastern district, that two gaols and court houses should be built therein; be it therefore enacted by the King’s most excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the legislative council and assembly of the province of Upper Canada, constituted and assembled by virtue of and under the authority of an act passed in the parliament of Great Britain, entitled, “ An act to repeal certain parts of an act passed in the fourteenth year of his Majesty’s reign, entitled, ‘ An act for making more effectual provision for the government of the province of Quebec, in North America, and to make further provision for the government of the said province,’ ” and by the authority of the same, That in addition to the above mentioned act, which authorizes and directs that a gaol and court house for the Eastern district shall be built in manner therein mentioned, in the town of New Johnstown, [a] in the township of Edwardsburgh, it shall and maybe lawful for the inhabitants of the Eastern district, to erect and build, or cause to be erected and built in the town of Cornwall, a gaol and court house, after the manner and under the rules, regulations, and conditions, appointed and prescribed, by the above mentioned act, passed in the thirty-second year of his Ma- jesty’s reign as aforesaid. III. j [Temporary.] IV. And be it further enacted, That the sheriff of the said district shall have the same power and authority to nominate and appoint such person as he shall judge most
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