the said city, and heard and decided in a summary manner, in conformity with the law regulating the said court, and enforced by the payment of the said tax or duty, or by the payment of the said fine and costs; and the said fine, tax or duty shall belong to, and form part of the general fund of the said corporation.

amount of

11. The corporation of the city of Quebec is hereby New debenauthorized to issue debentures under the signature of the tures to the mayor and of the treasurer of the said city, and under the $51,000. seal of the corporation, to an amount of fifty-one thousand dollars for the purpose of raising a like sum to be applied in the following manner, to wit: twenty thousand dollars to be expended in enlarging Jacques-Cartier market, the expenditure of which twenty thousand dollars, cannot be authorized, except by a vote of two-thirds of the whole council, and twenty-five thousand dollars to defray the expenses of laying a new pipe for the water works of the city on a bridge to be erected on the river St. Charles, and six thousand dollars to purchase for the city a steam fire engine and fire extinguishers; the said debentures redeemable within a period not exceeding twenty years from the date thereof, and bearing interest at a rate not exceeding seven per cent per annum, payable semi-annually, the payment of the said debentures and interest thereon to be secured by a sinking fund of two per cent, to be taken from and out of the annual revenues and funds of the city, which said sum of money the city treasu rer shall keep apart from all other moneys for the ends aforesaid, and the said treasurer shall invest the sums thus set apart for such sinking fund in public securities, in stock or bonds of the Dominion of Canada, or of the province of Quebec, and not otherwise.

57, 29 Vict.,

12. The twelfth sub-section of the thirty-sixth section Sub-sec. 12, of the act twenty-ninth Victoria, chapter fifty-seven, is here- sec. 36, cap. by amended, by substituting the word "fifty" instead of amended. the word "forty," in the third line of the said sub-section, (English version).

act.

13. The foregoing provisions shall be considered as for- Interpretation ming one and the same act with the act twenty-nine Victo- of the present ria, chapter fifty-seven, as well as with the act twenty-nine and thirty Victoria, chapter fifty-seven, amending the said act, and the other acts that may be amended by the present act, and any provisions of the said acts inconsistent with the present act are hereby repealed.

14. It is further enacted that all the taxes, assessments Declaration or licenses thus imposed by the amendments made in this

act to the acts of the incorporation of the city, shall be levied and collected only on the kind of business and other occupations mentioned in the second section of the by-law of the twenty-seventh April, 1866, and the owners of the real estate will not be responsible for the said taxes due by their tenants.

Preamble.

CAP. LI.

An Act to revise and consolidate the Charter of the City of Montreal and the several Acts amending the same.

[Assented to 28th January, 1874.]

WHEREAS it is expedient to revise and consolidate the

provisions of the act of the legislature of the heretofore province of Canada, made and passed in the fourteenth and fifteenth year of Her Majesty's reign, and intituled :— An act to amend and consolidate the provisions of the ordinance to incorporate the city and town of Montreal, and of a certain ordinance and certain acts amending the same, and to vest certain other powers in the corporation of the said city of Montreal, and of the several acts amending the same, and to vest certain other powers in the corporation of the city of Montreal, hereby constituted; Therefore, Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislature of Quebec, enacts as follows:

Inhabitants incorporated.

Name and general powers.

CORPORATION.

1. The inhabitants of the said city of Montreal, and their successors, inhabitants of the same, shall be a body corporate in fact and in name, by and under the name and title of The city of Montreal, and as such shall have perpetual succession, and a common seal, with power to break, renew, change and alter the same at pleasure; and shall be capable of suing and being sued, and of impleading and being impleaded, in all courts of law and equity, and other places, in all manner of actions, causes and matters whatsoever, and of accepting, taking, purchasing and holding goods and chattels, lands and tenements, real and personal, movable, and immovable estate, and of granting, selling, alienating, assigning, dismissing, and conveying the same, and of entering into and becoming a party to contracts, and for granting and accepting any bills, bonds, judgments or other instruments or securities, for the payment or securing of the payment of any money borrowed or lent, or the perfor mance of any other duty, matter or thing whatsoever.

CITY BOUNDARIES.

limit estab

2. The tract of land which, in and by a certain proclama- Corporate tion of His Excellency Alured Clarke, esquire, lieutenant- ished. governor of the heretofore province of Lower Canada, issued under the great seal of the said last mentioned province, and bearing date the seventh day of May, in the year of Our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-two, was and is described as being comprehended within the city and town of Montreal, and which is therein declared, should be thenceforward called by that name, shall, as provided by the said act, constitute and be, and be called, the city of Montreal.

wards.

3. 1. For the purposes of this act, the said city of Mon- Division into treal shall be divided, into nine wards, called respectively, east ward, centre ward, west ward, Saint Ann's ward, Saint Antoine ward, Saint Lawrence ward, Saint Louis ward, Saint James ward, and Saint Mary's ward, which said wards shall be bounded and limited as follows, that is to say:

2. The East Ward-on the south-east, by that part of the East ward. River Saint Lawrence opposite to, and extending from Lacroix street to the extremity of St. Gabriel street; on the south-west, by the middle of Saint Gabriel street, to Craig street; on the north-west, by the middle of Craig street, from Saint Gabriel street aforesaid, to St. Hubert street; on the north-east, by the centre of St. Hubert street to the centre of Perthuis street, and extending to the north-east by the middle thereof, to the centre of Lacroix street; thence by the middle of Lacroix street aforesaid, to the river, or point of departure ;

8. The Centre Ward-on the south-east, by that part of Centre ward. the river Saint Lawrence opposite to, and extending from the middle of St. Gabriel street to the middle of the extre mity of Callières street; on the south-west, by the middle of the said Callières street, and crossing the interval between the said Callières street and Saint François-Xavier street, by the middle of Saint François-Xavier street to Craig street; on the north-west, by the middle of Craig street to Saint Gabriel street; and lastly, on the north-east, by the middle of the said Saint Gabriel street to the river, or point of departure;

4. The West Ward-on the south-east, by that part of the West ward. river Saint Lawrence opposite to, and extending from the middle of the extremity of Callières street to the middle of the extremity of McGill street; on the south-west, by a line passing through the centre of McGill street and through Victoria square, to Craig street; on the north-west, by the middle of Craig street as far as Saint François-Xavier

St Ann's ward.

St. Antoine ward.

St. Lawrence ward.

St. Louis ward.

street; and lastly, on the north-east, by the middle of Saint François-Xavier street and Callières street, to the river, or point of departure;

5. The Saint Ann's Ward.--on the north-east, by the centre of McGill street, commencing at the River Saint Lawrence; thence north, along the centre of McGill street, to its junction with the centre of Saint Joseph street; thence along the centre of Saint Joseph street to the City boundary; thence along the said boundary line in a south-easterly direction, to the River Saint Lawrence, and thence to the place of beginning;

6. The Saint Antoine Ward-on the north-east, by the centre of McGill street, and through Victoria square to Craig street; thence north, through the centre of Craig street, to Alexander street; thence through the centre of Alexander street to the centre of Saint Catherine street; thence, the north-west side of the centre of Saint Catherine street to City Councillors' street; thence, the south-west side of City Councillors' street to Sherbrooke street; thence, the north-west side of the centre of Sherbrooke street to Durocher street; thence, the south-west side of the centre of Durocher street, and the extension of the same to the city boundary line; thence, along the same line so far as it may extend towards the south-west; thence, along the said line, in a south-east direction, to the centre of Saint Joseph street; thence to the north-west of the centre of Saint Joseph street, till intersecting the centre of McGill street, the point of commencement;

7. The Saint Lawrence Ward-on the north-west side of the centre of Craig street, commencing at Saint Lawrence street, and continuing to Alexander street; thence, the north-east side of the centre of Alexander street, to Saint Catherine street; thence, the north-west side of the centre of Saint Catherine street to City Councillors' street; thence the north-east side of the centre of City Councillors' street, to Sherbrooke street; thence, the south-east side of the centre of Sherbrooke street, to Durocher street; thence the northeast side of the centre of Durocher street, to the city boundary line; thence along the said line, towards the northeast, until the same joins the centre of Saint Lawrence street; thence, the south-west side of the centre of Saint Lawrence street, to Craig street, the place of beginning;

8. The Saint Louis Ward-commencing at the centre of Craig and Saint Denis streets, continuing south-west along the centre of Craig street, until it arrives at the middle of Saint Lawrence street; thence, the north-east side of the centre of Saint Lawrence street, to the city boundary line; thence, along the said line, towards the north-east, until intersecting the centre of Saint Denis street; thence, the

south-west of the centre of Saint Denis street, to the middle of Craig street, the point of commencement;

9. The Saint James Ward-The north-east side of the St. James ward. centre of Lacroix street, commencing at the river Saint Lawrence and continuing to Perthuis street; thence, the north-west side of the centre of Perthuis street aforesaid, to the centre of St. Hubert street; thence, along the centre of St. Hubert street, to the centre of Craig street; from thence, the north-west side of the centre of Craig street, to Saint Denis street; from thence, the north-east side of the centre of Saint Denis street, to the city boundary; thence, along the city boundary line towards the north-east until it intersects the continuation of the centre of Visitation street; thence, continuing the said line of the centre of Visitation street, in a south-east direction, until the same shall reach Saint Mary street; and thence, from the centre of Barclay street, to the river Saint Lawrence; and thence along the said river to the place of beginning;

10. The Saint Mary's Ward-the north-east side of the St. Mary's centre of Barclay street, commencing at the river Saint ward. Lawrence, to Saint Mary street; and thence, continuing from the centre of Visitation street, to the city boundary line; thence, along the said line, towards the north-east, so far as the same may be found to extend; thence, continuing the said line in a south-easterly direction until the same shall reach the river Saint Lawrence; and thence, along the said river, to the place of commencement.

may be ex

4. 1. It shall be lawful for the council of the said city, by City limits the concurrent vote of three-fourths of its members, to make tended by by-laws to extend the limits of the said city, by annexing by-law. thereto, for all municipal purposes, any adjoining munici pality or part of municipality, provided that no such by-law shall have the effect of creating new wards, or changing the limits of the existing wards of the said city, and that every such by-law shall, before the third reading and final passing thereof, receive the sanction and approval of the majority of the electors in such municipality, in the manner following, that is to say:

2. Every such by-law shall be accompanied by a plan By-law to be showing the area and boundaries of the municipality or by a plan. accompanied part of municipality to be annexed, and shall contain and enumerate the conditions upon which the proposed annexation shall take place, and shall define and prescribe the porportion in which such municipality, or part of municipality shall contribute to, and share in the revenue of the said city;

3. Such by-law shall be made known to the electors in the By-law to be said city and in the said municipality by publishing the same before passing. published once a week for one month in two English and two French