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ROYAL GAZETTE.

v’ .i and on account of the sale of the Military Bar—g iaeli ground in (.‘liarlottctown, under the said recited l Act, shall and may be applied towards the repay- initnt ofthe nionevs advanced and paid by the Gov- unmcnt of this Island, in the erection of the Bar- lflcli< and other Buildings in connection therewith, aforesaid.

CAP V.

far, Act to continue certain Acts therein mentioned. [Passed May 11, 1866.]

THEREAS the several Acts hereinafter men- ‘ tioned will shortly expire, and it is deemed expedicift to continue the same:

I. Be it therefore enacted by the Lieutenant Gover- r-oz, Council and Assembly, that the Act of the Fourteenth year of the Reign of Her present Ma- tLaty Queen Victoria, Chapter Eleven, intituled “An Act relating to Emigrants;” the Act ot the .l-Z‘ightecntli year ofthe same Reign, Chapter Fifteen, intitnled “An Act to continue and amend the Act i-eiating to Emigrantsg” and the Act of the Eigh- teenth year of the same Reign, Chapter Thirteen, )“illUlCd “ An Act to consolidate and amend the Acts new in force, relating to the Public Wliarf'ofGeorge- town, and other \‘Vharfs; and the Act of the High- teenth year of the same Reign, Chapter Seventeen, llii'llllied “An Act to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to the manner of proceeding upon controverted Elections of Members to serve in the GeneralAssembly”—shall be and the same are here— by severally continued in force for the period of’l‘en years from the time ofthe passing hereof; and from thence to the end of the then next Session of the General Assembly ofthis Island, and no longer.

CAP. VI.

An Act to compel Masters of Vessels to exhibit a Light while in Harbor in the night time.

[Passed May 11, 1866.]

HEREAS collisions and other accidents have occurred, and may occur, in consequence of Vessels, while lying at anchor, or underway, in the rzght time, in the several harbors of this Island, not exhibiting Lights whereby their position may be known and avoided by other vessels underway;

Be it therefore enacted by the Lieutenant Gov- ernor, Council, and Assembly, as follows:

I. Every Ship or Vessel, whether Steam Ship or Sailing Ship, and whether foreign or otherwise, shall, while at anchor or underway, in any harbor, roadstead, or fairway in this Island, exhibit, between sunset and sun rise, where it can best be seen, but at a. height not exceeding Twenty feet above the hull, a white light, in a globular lantern of eight inches in diameter, and so constructed as to show a ' clear, uniform, and unbroken light, visible all round the horizon, and at a distance of at least one mile.

If. If, in any case of collision,

it shall appear to the Court before which the case i

s tried, that such

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the above Rule, the owner of the Ship or Vessel by which such Rule has been infringed, shall not be en- titled to recover any recompense whatever, for any damage sustained by such Ship or Vessel, in such collision; and if any damage is sustained by any other Ship or Vessel, the owner of such Ship or Ves- sel infringing such Rule, shall make such recom- pense as shall be awarded by the Court before which the case is tried.

III. In cases of collision, where the damages claimed shall not exceed Twenty Pounds, the same may be tried and recovered, ifin the country, before any two Justices of the Peace, in the same way and manner as actions of Trespass are triable; and, if in Charlottetown, beforesthe Police Court thereof, and the amount ofthe Judgment given may be levied by distress upon the Tackle, Apparel, and Furniture ofthe Vessel against which the decision shall have been given.

CAP. VIl.

An Act for settling doubts relative to Titles acquired under the several Laws ofthis Island, for levy- ing an Assessment on Lands.

[Passed May 11, 1866.]

HEREAS divers Tracts of Lands have been V sold by the Sheriffs ofthe various Counties in this Island, under the Acts from time to time passed, and in force, for levying an Assessment on Lands in this Island, and it has been the custom ofthe Sheriff's, in advertising Lands to be sold under Executions issued on Judgments recovered against them, for arrears of Assessment, to advertize the same as so many acres of Land, on such a Township, or other- wise, in a general and indeﬁnite way, without deﬁn- ing the actual position, or metes and bounds, of the Lands in question, and doubts have arisen as to the validity of Titles, under Deeds given by Sheriffs, of Land, after sale, under Execution, where the adver— tisements have been general and indeﬁnite, as afore- said. And whereas a large area of Land is now held under such Deeds, and it is desirable that said doubts, in respect to the title, should be set at rest:

I. Be it therefore enacted by the Lieutenant Gov- ernor, Council, and Assembly, That no Deed of Lands sold by Sheriffs, in this Island, for arrears of Land Assessment, under any Act ofthe General As- sembly, now or heretofore in force, shall be held or deemed to be invalid, because the Sheriff may not have advertised the same for sale by metes and bounds, or otherwise than generally or indefinitely, as aforesaid. Provided that all other requisites of the Law, with respect to such Sales or Deeds of conveyance, or the proceedings prior to such sales, or the proof thereof, required in any case by the Law, as it now stands, shall have been complied with, or shall be given. And, Provided always, that this Act shall not extend to, or in any manner affect any suits which were commenced, or were pending, on the l7th day of April last.

II. Nothing in this Act contained shall have any force or effect, until Her Majesty’s pleasure therein shall be known, and notiﬁcation thereof be published in the Royal Gazelle newspaper, of this Island.