who is hereby authorized and directed to administer the same, the oath of allegiance to Her Majesty, Her Heirs and Successors; and such oath as taken and subscribed shall be transmitted by such judge to the Secretary of State of Canada, to be kept by him amongst the records of his Office.

OTTAWA :

PRINTED BY BROWN CHAMTERLIN, LAW PRINTER TO THE

EXCELLENT MAJESTY.

QUEEN'S MOST

1872.-35 VICTORIÆ.

FIFTH SESSION, FIRST PARLIAMENT

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

CAPS.

1. An Act to amend the Act respecting the Statutes of Canada..

2. An Act relating to the Treaty of Washington, 1871.........

3. An Act for granting to Her Majesty certain sums of money required

for defraying certain expenses of the Public Service, for the

financial years ending respectively, the 30th June, 1872, and the

30th June, 1873, and for other purposes relating to the Public

Service

4. An Act to indemnify the Members of the Executive Government and

others, for the unavoidable expenditure of Public Money, without

Parliamentary grant, occasioned by the sending of an expedi-

tionary force to Manitoba, in 1871.......

5. An Act to amend the Act 34 Victoria, chapter 3, respecting the Loan

for paying a certain sum to the Hudson's Bay Company...........

PAGES.

6. An Act respecting the Public Debt and the raising of Loans author-

ized by Parliament...

27

7. An Act to amend the Act regulating the issue of Dominion Notes...

8. An Act to amend the Act relating to Banks and Banking....

30

30

9. An Act to amend the chapters six and seven of the Statutes of 1871,

relating to Savings Banks......

34

35

35

10. An Act relating to Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes.........

11. An Act to repeal the duties of Customs on Tea and Coffee.........

12. An Act to amend an Act of the present Session, and to enable the

Governor in Council to impose a duty on Tea and Coffee imported

from the United States, in the case therein mentioned........

13. An Act to re-adjust the Representation in the House of Commons...

14. An Act to amend the Interim Parliamentary Elections Act, 1871.....

36

37

41

CAPS.

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15. An Act to compel Members of the Local Legislature in any Province

where dual representation is not allowed, to resign their Seats

before becoming Candiates for Seats in the Dominion Parliament. 44

16. An Act to provide for the Revisal of Voters' Lists for Elections to

the House of Commons, in a certain Revisal District of the

County of Victoria, Nova Scotia......

17. An Act to divide certain Polling Districts in the County of Inverness,

in the Province of Nova Scotia, and to provide for Voters' Lists

therefor....

18. An Act to amend the Act respecting the Civil Service of Canada....

19. An Act further to amend "An Act respecting the security to be given

by Officers of Canada ”...............

20. An Act further to amend the Act 31 Victoria, Chapter 33

21. An Act to amend the Act 32 & 33 Victoria, Chapter 8......

22. An Act to make provision for the continuation and extension of the

Geological Survey of Canada, and for the maintenance of the

Geological Museum.....

23. An Act respecting the Public Lands of the Dominion.........

45

46

47

47

51

54

55

56

24. An Act to remove doubts under the Act respecting the Public Works

of Canada....

92

28. An Act to amend the Immigration Act of 1869..

114

29. An Act to provide for the incorporation of Immigration Aid Societies. 120

30. An Act respecting Trade Unions

124

31. An Act to amend the Criminal Law relating to Violence, Threats and

Molestation...

132

32. An Act to amend the Law relating to the fraudulent marking of

Merchandise..

135

33. An Act for the avoidance of doubts respecting Larceny of Stamps... 145

34. An Act to correct a clerical error in the Act respecting malicious

injuries to property........

146

35. An Act to amend the Law relating to Advertisements respecting

Stolen Goods...

146

36. An Act to amend the Act, Chapter 47 of the Consolidated Statutes
for Upper Canada intituled "An Act respecting Rivers and

CAPS.

37. An Act to extend the Canadian Tariff of duties of Customs and

Excise, and certain Acts relating to Customs and the Revenue,

to the Province of British Columbia.......

38. An Act to extend certain Laws relating to matters connected with

Navigation, to the Province of British Columbia....

39. An Act respecting the Shipping of Seamen in Nova Scotia.......................

40. An Act for imposing Tonnage Dues and Wharfage Rates, to meet the

cost of improving the navigation of the St. Lawrence between

Montreal and Quebec.....

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147

153

154

160

41. An Act to extend the Acts 32, 33 Vict., Cap. 40, and 33 Vict., Cap.

20, to the Port of Collingwood............

160

42. An Act to provide for the appointment of a Harbour Master for the

Port of Halifax........

161

163

164

43. An Act respecting the appointment and powers of Commissioners of

Pilots for the Coasts and Harbours of the County of Charlotte...

44. An Act to incorporate "The Saint John Board of Trade".

45. An Act to incorporate the Toronto Corn Exchange Association........ 170

46. An Act to incorporate the St. Catherines (Ontario) Board of Trade... 177

47. An Act to incorporate the Board of Trade of the town of Chatham. 184

48. An Act to incorporate the Board of Trade of the town of Lévis...... 191

49. An Act to incorporate the Sorel Board of Trade.........

50. An Act to incorporate "The Exchange Bank of Canada"

...... 196

203

51. An Act to incorporate the "Banque Ville-Marie "

204

52. An Act to incorporate the St. Lawrence Bank..

206

53. An Act to incorporate the Bank of Hamilton............

208

54. An Act to incorporate the Halifax Banking Company......

209

55, An Act to incorporate the Bank of Acadia....

211

56. An Act to incorporate the Bank of Saint John.......

212

57. An Act relating to the Central Bank of New Brunswick........

214

58. An Act to incorporate the Maritime Bank of the Dominion of

Canada........

215

59. An Act to incorporate the Superior Bank of Canada...............

217

60. An Act to incorporate the Bank of Manitoba..............

219

220

61. An Act respecting the Toronto Savings Bank................

62. An Act to legalize a certain Agreement entered into between the

Grand Trunk Railway Company of Canada and the Corporation

of the Town of Galt, and for other purposes therein mentioned.. 222