of this Act, and to build, erect and set up, in or upon such lands, such and so many station-houses and observatories, watch-houses and other works, ways, roads and conveniences, as and where the said Company shall think requisite and convenient for the purposes of the said Telegraph; And also from time to time to alter, repair, divert, enlarge and extend the same, and to construct, erect and keep in repair any bridges, arches and other works upon or across any non-navigable rivers or brooks for the making, using, maintaining and repairing the said intended Telegraph; And to construct, erect, make and do all other matters and things which they shall think convenient and necessary for the making, effecting, intending, preserving, improving, completing, and easy using of the said intended Telegraph and other works, in pursuance of and according to the true intent and meaning of this Act, and Compensation whensoever and wheresoever the said Telegraph shall pass through done. any wood, the trees and underwood may be cut down for the space of fifty feet on each side of the said Telegraph upon which such trees and underwood may be-they, the said Company, doing as little damage as may be, in the execution of the several powers to them hereby granted, and making satisfaction, wherever required so to do, to the owners or proprietors of or the persons interested in the lands, tenements, or hereditaments, water, water-courses, brooks or rivers, respectively, which shall be taken, used, removed or prejudiced, or woods in which trees or underwood shall be cut down, or for all damages to be by them sustained in or by the execution of all or any of the powers of this Act; Provided Proviso: as to always that the said Company shall not cut down or mutilate any shade trees, tree planted or left standing for shade or ornament or any fruit tree, unless it be necessary so to do for the erection, use, or safety of any of its lines. for damages &c. Roads, &c. 24. The said Company shall have full power and authority to Power to set set up posts for supporting the wires of the said Telegraph in and Up posts on upon any public road, street or highway, and to make the necessary excavations in the same for placing such posts or poles, or for carrying the said wires under the surface; and such posts, and wires and other apparatus therewith connected shall be the property of the said Company, as shall also all such posts or poles or apparatus as shall be set up or carried under the surface of the ground by the said Company for the purposes aforesaid, although the lands on which the same are set up or carried under the surface be not the property of the said Company. bound to trans 25. It shall be the duty of the Company (subject to the provi- Company sion in the next following section) to transmit all dispatches in the mit despatches order in which they are received, under a penalty of not less than in regular twenty nor exceeding one hundred dollars, to be recovered with order. costs of suit by the person or persons whose despatch is postponed out of its order; and the said Company shall have full power to charge for the transmission of such despatches, and to receive, collect and recover such rates of payment as shall be from time to time fixed by the By-laws of the Company. Proviso as to 26. Provided that any message in relation to the administration of Justice, the arrest of criminals, the discovery or prevenMessages, &c. tion of crime, and Government Messages or despatches shall always be transmitted in preference to any other message or despatch, if required by any person connected with the administration of Justice or any person thereunto authorized by the Secretary of State of Canada. Penalty on Operators tents of despatches. 27. Any operator of the said Telegraph Line, or person emcivulging con- ployed by the said Telegraph Company, divulging the contents of a private despatch, shall be deemed guilty of a measdemeanor, and on conviction shall be liable to a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, or to imprisonment not exceeding three months, or both, in the discretion of the Court before which the conviction shall be had. Punishment of persons injuring the works. Commence ment and com pletion of works. Preamble. Incorporation. 28. Any person who shall wilfully or maliciously injure, molest or destroy any of the said lines, posts, piers or abutments, or the material or property belonging thereto, or in any way obstruct the working of the said line of Telegraph, shall on conviction thereof, be deemed guilty of misdemeanor, and be liable to be punished in the manner by law provided for such offences. 29. The works of the Company shall be commenced within three years, and completed from Quebec to Labrador or to the castern end of the Island of Anticosti, within six years from the passing of this Act, otherwise this Act shall be null and void. CAP. LXIV. An Act to amend the Charter, and increase the Capital [Assented to 22nd June, 1869.] HEREAS the North Shore Transportation Company have prayed for a special Act of Incorporation, and that the capital stock of the Company may be increased, and that authority may be granted to the said Company to extend their business throughout the Dominion of Canada and to other British American, Atlantic and West Indian ports, and for other powers, and it is expedient to grant their prayer: Therefore, Her Majesty by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows: 1. The shareholders of the North Shore Transportation Company uame and gen- incorporated by Letters Patent under and by virtue of: An Act eral powers. to authorize the granting of Charters of Incorporation to Manufacturing, Mining and other Companies, together with such other persons as shall be and become stockholders in the said Company. and and their and each of their respective heirs, executors, administrators, curators and assigns, shall continue to be a body politic and corporate by the name of the "North Shore Transportation Company" with all and every the incidents and privileges to such Corporation belonging; provided always, that nothing herein con- Proviso. tained shall be construed to make the said Company a new corporation or in any way whatever to affect any right or liability of the said Company, or any action, suit or proceeding pending at the time of the passing of this Act. ation. 2. It shall be lawful for the Company to construct, acquire, Business of charter, navigate and maintain steam vessels and sailing vessels for the Corporthe carrying and conveyance of goods and passengers, or other traffic, between the ports of the Dominion of Canada, and the ports on the lakes connected with and on the rivers falling into the river St. Lawrence, and between ports in the Dominion of Canada. and ports in the Islands of Newfoundland and Prince Edward Island, and in the United States of America and in the West Indies, and any or all of them and vice versa, and also steam or other vessels for all business and other purposes connected therewith, and the profitable prosecution thereof, with power to sell, charter or dispose of the said vessels, or any of them, or grant or consent to bottomry or other bonds on the same or any part thereof, when and as they may deem expedient; and to make contracts and agreements with any person or corporation whatsoever, for the purposes aforesaid, or otherwise, for the benefit of the Company. 3. The said Company is hereby authorized to increase its capi- Power to intal stock to the sum of two hundred thousand dollars, in shares, crease capital. of fifty dollars each, which increase shall be made by a majority of the shareholders who shall be represented either in person or by proxy at any general or special meeting of the Company called for the purpose; and may be so made at once or from time to time as may be expedient, and stock books for such additional stock may be opened as shall be ordered by the directors. capital. 4. The directors of the said Company may call in such increase Calling in of the capital stock, in such sums as they may see fit, provided additional no larger sum than twenty per cent of the amount subscribed shall be payable at one time and that at least one month shall elapse between each payment. their election 5. The business and affairs of the said Company shall be con- Directors, ducted and managed and its powers exercised by a board of seven and qualificadirectors to be annually elected by the shareholders, and who shall tion." be severally shareholders to an amount of one thousand dollars of the said stock and who shall be elected at the annual general meetings of the said Company by the shareholders then present in person or by proxy. Power to make by-laws. For what purposes. Not to be con 6. It shall be lawful for the Company at any annual meeting or special general meeting convened for the purpose, and in addition to the powers conferred upon it by the said letters patent to make by-laws, rules and regulations, and the same to amend, alter, repeal, and re-enact as shall be deemed needful and proper; in respect to the following matters: 1. The set-off of all debts due to the said Company from the shareholders against such shares or stock and dividends of payment to which they may be entitled ; 2. The formation and maintenance of a sinking or reserve fund; 3. The making and entering into deeds, bills, notes, agreements, contracts, charter parties and other documents, and engagements to bind the Company, whether by the directors or their agents, as may be deemed expedient; 4. The borrowing or advancing money for promoting the purposes and interests of the Company, and the securities to be given by or to the said Company for the same, provided that the amount to be so borrowed shall not at any one time exceed one third of the amount of the paid up capital of the Company; 5. The keeping of minutes of the proceedings and the accounts of the said Company, and making the same conclusive and binding on the shareholders and rectifying any errors which may be therein; 6. The auditing of the accounts and the appointment of auditors. 7. Provided that the said by-laws, rules and regulations are not trary to law. contrary to the present Act nor the laws of this Dominion, and that the existing by-laws of the Company shall continue in force and effect until altered or repealed by the shareholders. Defect of any Director. 8. All acts participated in by any person acting as director shall, qualification of notwithstanding there may have been some defect in the appointment or qualification of such person, be as valid as if such person had been duly appointed and was qualified to be a director; provided such defect or disqualification has not previously been brought before the directors at a meeting thereof. Directors and Agents of the Company acting out of 9. The directors of the said Company may act as directors in this Dominion or elsewhere, and shall and may appoint one or more agents in this Dominion or elsewhere, and for such time and the Dominion. on such terms as to them shall seem expedient, and the directors may by any by-law to be made for such purpose, empower and authorize any such agent or agents to do and perform any act or thing, or to exercise any powers which the directors themselves or any of them, may lawfully do, perform and exercise, except the power of making by-laws; and all things done by any such agent by by virtue of the powers in him vested by such by-law, shall be valid and effectual to all intents and purposes as if done by such directors themselves, anything in this Act to the contrary notwithstanding. stook. 10. The directors shall have power if they think fit to receive Vessels may and take into the stock of the Company any steam or other vessels be taken as owned or built by any other party or parties, assigning shares of the said Company in payment or part payment thereof; provided that the assent of a majority of the stockholders of the Company, at a general meeting to be called for that purpose, shall be procured before any proceedings under this clause shall be valid. behalf of the 11. Every contract, engagement or bargain by the Company, or How contracts, by any one or more of the directors on behalf of the Company, or notes, &c., on by any agent or agents of the Company, and every promissory Company may note made or endorsed, and every bill of exchange drawn, accepted be executed. or endorsed by such director or directors on behalf of the Company, or by any such agent or agents under the powers to be delegated to and conferred on them respectively in accordance with the said by-laws, shall be binding upon the said Company; and in no case shall it be necessary to have the seal of the said Company affixed to any such contract, agreement, engagement, bargain, promissory note, or bill of exchange; provided always, that nothing in this Proviso: as to section shall be construed to authorize the said Company to issue Bank notes. any note payable to the bearer thereof, or any promissory note intended to be circulated as money or as notes of a bank. shareholders 12. The shareholders shall not as such be held liable for any Liability of claim, engagement, loss or payment, or for any injury, transaction, limited. matter or thing relating to or in connection with the said Company, or the liabilities, acts or defaults of the said Company, beyond the amount of their respective shares remaining unpaid. 13. The shares and the capital stock of the said Company shall stock to be be deemed personal estate and shall be transferable as such. CAP. LXV. An Act respecting the International Bridge Company. W [Assented to 22nd June, 1869.] porsonalty. HEREAS an Act was passed by the Legislature of Preamble. the late Province of Canada, in the twentieth year of 20 V. c. 227. Her Majesty's reign, intituled: An Act to incorporate the International Bridge Company; and whereas certain other Acts have been from time to time passed in amendment of the same; and whereas the International Bridge Company have by their petition in effect represented that they have heretofore caused surveys to be made for the location of their Bridge and entered into contracts |