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TLE AE A ER ORIEN AIEEE LI = ee ov ae ecuititignences of such refusal; proceedings | sidered by some as having an ae in a the T , iddiliidrin Wiens: { 410 Oe a ee ae : ’ : Rial t; he won he large sums of money expended and demanded by} 1 District No. J. lhave been instituted against them, which are still pending, | erection on King’s Square, but he had not; fer

that the Square be kept clear, However, the subscription list accompanying the petition was very large ; it would salve nearly £1,000; and he understood that the expense of con- structing cellarage—necessary if the building was put up on Queen’s Square—would not be required on King’s: I+ was, however, for the House to decide the site. If it was intend- ed to ornament Queen’s Square, it should be kept clear. He thought it were better to purchase a site, and not encumber

the Commissioner of the East Point District, to keap the} Roads and Bridges in repair, show a want of economy, if not} u wisapplication of the public mouey, and it is dificult to| ; x find out from the report where grants of money are most re-} To alter the north end of the W ood Island Road

quired, and although the above appropriation exceeds the | to the west side of Lemin’s farm, provided ts

grant, it is fee short of the Commissioner's report, and, | right of way be given free, and Lenin a therefore, should be applied with frugality, according to the, reasonable assistance in making the Road, £9 ecale of appropriation. Shore Road from Aitkin’s to St. Andrew’s Point, 10

s Numbers 59 and 61, and Montague | aid now this ait ys they must take the compensation they ridg | previously refused. 4h * Hoa, Mr. Lorp.—According to the hon. member (Mr. | Longworth), a defective law ean never be remedied. | Hn. Con. Szeretany said a short clause would obviate () the objections. The word ** proceedings ” ip the Bill was () Q/iftended to apply to action taken previously to an appeal’ to 0 @ law, and consequently did not embrace legal proceedings,

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. cy 7. ' , . . . £184 16 1] | The pazties refused compensation under the present law, and

Matthew Young, for additional work on Brudenel Wharf,

‘To pay Duncan Stewart a balance of contract for building a Block on Brudenel River,

For Bridge below Sergeant’s Mill, provided a right of way is paid to the parties owning the lund

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|If the Bill were adopted in its present shape, it would be; were laid out, they were not so scantily méasured but that! grant of a reasonable sum.

Q optional with the Government to abandon the present pro- ezedings and throw upon him, as Commissioner, what he 0 considered a duty they themselves should perform. He re- commended a short clause to prevent retrospective effect. The ‘other parts of the Bill he considered necessary, for, in his

there wes enough for roads included. There should be no /hesitation in taking from the proprietors what was required for roads, and giving the tenant the proportionate reduction | from his rent.

| The Bill was agreed to with amendments.

Hie would prefer the purchase of asite to the occupation of any of the Squares, but be would not be justified in supporting a grant of such amount. ‘The market house ought not to be built on any but Hills- borough Square. Some years ago, he had been anxious that a wharf should be erected at the foot of Prinee Street. Had

on south side, by Mr. Sergeant, 5 14 4 own district, he had beev informed that parties had openly, A memorial of the Royal Agricultural Society, recom-| that been done, it would have been a great convenience. Also the umexpended grant of 1853, viz: £8 2s, | set the law at defiance, mending 2 taxon dogs running at large in Charlottetown| The Hon. Mr. Patmer moved that the petition of the Gd., appropriated for said Bridge, and if any Hon. Mr. Loxeworra considered that, however defective and Royalty, was referred to Hon. Mr. Palmer, Hon. Mr, | churchwardens and vestry of St. Paul’s Church, in Charlotte- balance of these two last sums remain, sucl. the present law might be, the House should not, in endeavor- | Longworth, and Mr. Haviland, as a committee to report by | town, praying that the Act 3 Wil. 4, cap. 20, be altered, so balance to be expended on Road south side of ling to remedy it, violate the principles of justice, which | Bill or otherwise. . as to allow the power of assessment on pews for the purpose the Mill. | would be the case if they enacted an expost-facto law. The) On the consideration of the petition from the inbabitants of of defraying the ministers’s salary, and to change the period For the new line of Road, already explained, | House should not remedy the present law at the expense, and | the eastern section of Charlottetown, that the propesed new | of holding the annual public meeting to Easter, instead of between Finlay’s and Montague Bridge, 6 6 Q/ to theinjury, of those who had acted under the Jaw as it was. | market house may be erected on King’s Syuare—Houn. Col, | Whitsuntide, as at present, be referred to a special commit- ~ It might be that the parties alluded to had acted wrongly, Secretary stated that it might be as well to defer the matter | tee to report by Bill or otherwise. £65 13 4) but if so, it would be unjust for the House to pass a law in till the Town was incorporated, but if country snedibiats | The Hon. Cot. Sscrerary had no objection to that por

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thought their constituents would be benefitted, they would ‘give asum towards the market house. He might be con-

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meeting, but he was opposed to giving

| Wharf Peter's Shore, 4 : ie. issi » has |the Squares. - True, Queen’s was convenient, and people had ‘* 2 es . anré case on Lot 67: The commissioner has q , ) : Disrricr No. 6. | Road from Aitkin’s, tawards Murray Harbor, and 91611 alts by mine his report; in that and similar {become accustomed to it as the market place, and a little in- ; Comprising Townships Numbers 55 and 56, North of | _t0 St Andrew s Point, Road . 0 0| caan ini Abs eae apply. - convenience might be ——ae at a the change, Grand River, and Grand River Bridge. lw ae 8 Bay Wy bert end Fane, 710 ©6| ‘The Hon. Sryeacer.—The Bill takes. away the right of|If King’s "All ¢ —o it wou - ed vl up equally ay , : re tee toad, : * ie, owns some reser aces, Road fiom Red House to Geand River Wharf, £27 0 9 1 Mim Hoa 6 0 | appeal. . Queen’s. 2 * places, "s Road 8 0 PI Mr. Lorp thought the site on Queen’s Se, “from Needham’s to Birch Hill, 8 0 G6 Doust ph me 4 0 ©| Hon. Mr. Patmen did not see that the additional clause Hon. r. Lorp thoug - 0 lech § Square was “from Dingwell’s Mill to Grand River Bridge,10 6 0 > Mary’s Road, t 2 5 4) was required, Lf the Bifl were drawn on the principles on | decided: by the commmasstes ast oo He had no }ersonal in- oak a Sarees wnd f sarge, oa Mink River Read to Sturgeon Bridge, - : 0 | which i ane :tion should be based, this discussion would | terest in any particular situation. It would not affeet his oO f wre ‘7 1, Be P /whicn i OIS}i si : , - , 7 : Juve 2 tee Geand Bite Mill. Head of Gfand Wood Island Row’, e me 4 { Ce ee ila ie right to pass a, Bill| business to the amount of forty shillings a year, Lut it would Road from Gran iver Mills to Head o n . a ae i BE oe ee 0 OQ have been unnec y { Z , : : L ' . Rg vind irom { am? pe}} 3 Mills 20 Douse $8 i190 d, ov Ey . . . me at ake 2 rreat difference with tose who bad to b; o } . River, 12° 0 01%, 1 from Crinpbeli's Mills to County Line 8° for cases of future compensation, but when compensation id 8 Tow hs fal Th id} ing their . *y D: . Load from UGrinppeit’s wiilis t ul ne, < ies! Ye . *TOs og, . . To build a T Block to Grand River Wharf, and tS Ge Pi a William Voumsend Jenn Kearnes has been alyeady awarded, a measure of this nature is not | produce to ities , lo re wee cy Would have to pay repair same, 40 0 o9/*° ae - : a uM v's Bay Wharf, 7-10. Ql necessary, and should not apply. In the eases in which | perhaps two shillings a load for cartage from the wharf to . ; . - : re work on the St. Mary’s Bay Y) bar i ) | Reces ._— ™ Pal AE a ge ig , ee a : ; ; te _ ; Souris Road from Dingwell’s Mills to East Line | Bri ax aot Beor’s Mill es eo "403 0 O/legal proceedings have been instituted, it is better that} King’s Square As to the liberality of the subscriptioas, the Lot 56, — eee ‘some little expense should be incurred than that the| subscribers knew that the market house on King’s Square Groshaut Settlement Road, G6 0 OI £18f£ 16 11 | great fundamental principles of law should be violated, | would — oes their properties far more than the Road from Enman’s to Mathewsen’s Big Hill, 10 0 0| ne oe ovriations to pe t@ Ceprive individuals of their legal rights. If the) amounts subscribed, it were not so, he did not believe #rom Lauchlin Matheson’s to Samuel Nicholson’s, 5 0 | Any unexpe ersanlt sete ol oe okay . | parties alluded to have done wrong, let them suffer ; it is | they would have given a penny. He denied that King’s Bridge over Grand River, near Turner's New | expended as previously stated, and Moutague Bridge dues as ‘right that they should; but the House should not deprive; Square was in the centre of the Town. He wonld rather see House, 15 Q 6) formerly. ‘them of an appeal to the law in force at the time they took / the market house off the Squares altogether. But there was Road leading from Turner’s, through Baltic to St. Disrricr No. 10 l the responsibility of their conduct under the law of the day,! another question,.and one of some importance : Where was Peter’s, Ss te eepistne Poscailttie Main Ge ue oth and to no other law should they now be made amenable. the money to come from # The inhabitants should be a From Nieholson’s Cross Road to Turner's Saw Mill, 7 0 <0) | ee £OWRSR ‘PB 4 fie . ; . The Sprak ER moved a declaratory clause aguenst restro- pealed to on the subject of a site. He had no doubt = ¥rom Macleod’s Ferry towards Strong Macdonald’s, 4 @ | Towards a new Bridge across the Murray Riv er, spection. Carried. House would give a sum for the general accommodation and: From Cross Roads at Church, through Lot 55, to at Burnt Point, besides unexpended a ete 9 0} On tho clause providing that the tenant receive a redut- | advantage. ~ As to the expense of the collarage on Queen’s Cahill’s, 7 0 0} for three past years, South River Bridge, oo 0 0 ‘tion in his rent proportionate to the value of the land taken | Square, let hon. members consider that cellarage would From Grand River, between Jolinson’s and Me- ) South River Bridge, a yo 0 9 | fora public road—Hon. Col. Treasurer explained that under | afford room for three stores worth, probably, £50 a year: Cormack’s, 3.0 0} Wharf cat Mink maver ~e Basi = Q g/| the Tenant Compensation Bill, the tenant received compen-|cach. He deprecated the removal of the market to King’s «School House, Lot 55, to Angus Martin’s, 3 0 | Miak River Road, and Rox to the Basin, 8 0 | sation ouly for improvements, not for land which might be | Square, as ruinous to the value of property in the vicinity of Little River Road, in rear of Joseph Dingwell’s, 3 6 11 | Graham's Hill ae rece 1 Ri 10 0 0 ‘taken for roads, and for which land he was liable to pay | the present market. : Central Line Road, from George Acorn’s to Neil | Old Whart north a? te = ba a 29 @ @ rent. He mentioned an instance ofa tenant who offered the| Mr. Havitanp said the removal would not injure his busi- Morrison's, "so @ Towards new " yen iy <a ae y pout e ak a lind for a road, if the proprietor would reduce the rent pro | ness. He would not sanction a market house on any of the Towards opening Road from Grand River Mills to (To David Maelood, in full, for a a | The proprietor refused to make any, reduction. He|Squares. Better to purchase a site. Bnt he agreed that > d - ‘ i . } ‘oss Murray River Head. 1853 Ss 6. gy rata. ‘I pro} . y { : i : . ort. Poplar Point, provided right of way be given . Re d a 1 ae Mille ae S “8 meationed this merely as one instance which had come under | Mr. Lord’s question-— ‘where is the money to come from ?” uP» J . 2 0.0] Peter's ss o tt Sain eC oe oe 5 OQ his own knowledge. Doubtless, there were many similar in-|——was very important. As representing the inhabitants of Towards rs Perryman at Grand River moe from se Rs x fee wai Mil! z to Little " stances. Aud he thought it would be a very great hardship | Georgetown, he would not consent to grant the whole Terry, provided a license be taken from Go- | New tine of Houd frou Murray Muls to Lit "10 0 Q/|to take from a man, for the public benefit, the land for{amount. The House should not allow the Squares to he , ; wwe nas : ‘ . . . so : . ° i 4 mee aad 7 area in, toeges Nt Bera 410 @ Ww in Of Road’ fom Mick Wises Bead to the which he was paying rent, and still leave him liable to the} filled up 8 ne did, 8 oe - in a few years o Allan Steel, for repairing two sma ridges on . New line of tf om Mink 102 * detainees i rer i ’ they would deeply regret it. e thought that an Act ; the Grand River Road, in 1853, p 5 ai Gasperaux Load, at Graham’s, (16 11) Oe . never Pigs 2 proprictors, by the original | be Lasatanal aan the tama the eee ’ w AT. o-¢ aii ce versie velar eneins eeene ewan eee revere of . : 0“ To Ronald McDonald, for repairing the outer Block : £184 1G 1] | grants, were bound to give up land which might be required Hon. Mr. Parmer agreed with Mr. Haviland, that the m of Grand River Bridge, in 1853, mo 8 : , |for roads, and it is but just that the tenant should be pro- | Squares should not’ be encumbered, but no Act was neces- th For the building of a Scow for “irand River Ferry, The several unexpended sums in this District, for 1852, Abd tise paying rent for land taken for publie roads. he| sary; an Act would be necessary to authorise the occupa- x shgpld the enmne he required, S$ 0 0) °53 and *4, amounting to £92, to be applied towards byild- production of a certificate from the commissioner should en- tion, and he hoped such Act would never be sanctioned. If . fe a ———— ling the new Bridge at Burnt Point. title the tenant to the benefit of a proportionate reduction. it were, members would incur the reproach of posterity for m te i gd £209 6 11 Disreict No. 11 Mr. Coorzr.—The proprictors shguld either have made| their short-sighted policy. The best plan, in his opinion, YP ao District No. 7. ‘ ; a peep gather tye Ra ithe roads themselves or bave left land for them. In Town- | would.be to authorise Government to make enquiries for an J a Comprising Townships Numbers 55, South of Grand | Comprising Georgetown, Common aud Royalty, Reserved | in 55 there was no difficulty; there the roads had been |tligible site. He believed the Fanning garden might be “ ¥ ‘ . _: ITands and Township Number 53, between the Car-| aid out; but every session the House is applied to for new} purchased for a reasonable sum, and he could see no objec- . : River, 53, North of Grand River, and 54. ss ‘laid out; but every : oe ; n a ; | digan, and Brudenel Rivers. roads to he opened tion to that. Its situation was in every way convenient. Bh ; . er " — ' . ° ss 9 . . | ee The Road leading from the Head of Cardigan | Ferry Wharf, in Royalty, south side of Cardigan Hon. Mr. Wicnrman.—In cases where the proprietors He was decidedly opposed to taking any of the Squares for a ; sa River towards St. Peter's Bay, as far as the | ‘River, £10 0 O hold extensive tracts of land, it is their duty to give roads. site for the market house. If, however, he had to act on a T 7 line of Lot 53, . . £7 10 O Now Wharf south side Cardigan River, near divi- - |The original grants contain a reservation for public high-| comparison on evils, he would prefer the lower or Uills- . 7 To = Road and Bridges leading from Grand | sion line of Royalty and Township 53, 36 0 0! ways, and the proprietors would only be consulting their own borough Square. He hoped, however, that House weld not ‘| - ay viver Bridge to the Head of Cardigan River, 60 0 0) Tocomplete Wharf norih side Brudenel River, 8610 0 interests by reserving roads, as those roads would materially | sanction the building on any of the Squares, ei h Par Road leading from Launching Place to the Head | Main Post Road from Georg t wn to e s ern bound- enhance the value of their properties: He saw, however, a} - Hon. Mr. Wicurman would never consent to vote public ae = i cal | 30 ; | ary of Lot No. 53, 20 3 8) difficulty as to the practical _—s 7 the a os im-} money for the purchase of a site. The most thst should be n Fe Uidam Dridge tO be breastworked, 7 ©! Georgetown Koad form Royalty to Western hound- stance, if a proprietor were not disposed to allow the redue-| grated by the House was a vote in aid of the buildi ct . . . é 6 S wr ' m : ee ° ° 5 ; , ng. He +) “4 Bridge on the Head of Mill Pond, Seal River, 3 0 ary of Lot 53. 8 0 0} tion of the rent, although arbitrators may be appointed to value | thought that there was sufficient room where the ee a a Road leading from Peter Morrison's to Grand i Northern Royalty Road, from Burnt Point to the land, and may appraise it sufficient!y high, still there was/ market house stands. He was opposed to removing it te ’ _, River Bridge,- . : 15 0 0Q| Alley’s Mills, 9 © O/no power to compel the proprietor to make the deduction. | King’s Square. The subseriptious, no doubt, amounted to a , Ps G at on Big Brook, leading from - Middle Royalty Road passing Hessian’s, 210 0 Ip one ease, he had asked the proprietor if he would be will- large sum, but the petitioners had subseribed merely to bene- Itepai a Re a and B tis these Coral Wharf 7 0 | Road leading between Burke's and Aitken’s Lois ing to allow for roads ; that — — that a would. | fir themselves.. At present he considered it premature to * : apes ee ridges trom Vardigan <— to Cross Roads, R 4 0 0; That was an individual case; others might not; and a rule | select a site; that had better be deferred until the Town ‘ to Grand River, F 2 0 0) Southern Royalty Road past Dr. Kaye's towards of general application should be made, so that no man should | should be incorporated ; then get the opinion of the municipal : Road leading from Launching Road to McLellan’s J. McDonald's Lots, ; 410 0 be at the arbitrary caprice of his landlord, authorities. ; ; 4 > « Sa Z . . \ 3 Th ee 1 tala 6 0 0} Road from Main Post Road to Joha Macaulay’s 3 Hon. Mr. Mooxny.—If such be the ease, the House are) Mr. Larmp,—The country was interested in the matter f Wh ° =e ockS to Uarnching Place 4 ov Western line of Royalty, 1 10 but wasting time in useless talk. There is no use legislating | equally with the Town. He approved of Queen's Square, as 4 - —? ; 440 0) Morrigon’s Cros Road, from Cardigan to Brudengl, 1.10 0 on tue subject unless we can compel the proprietors to yield. more roads led irom that than any other, and the site was . Por building 2 small Wharfat Grand River Beach, 2 h} lay’s shore 110 0 ) f re. J leant 1" : f ‘5 _ ve oe eee! Clon ig a9 a . ae See —_" 2 ( 9) lenants now have to pay rent for land already taken from a — ec Session. The when had at oon fe i , 7 | Norton’s Cross toad towards Fair E lay, ° ‘them for roads, and in the original grants, the proprietors | ward with their subscriptions to benefit the public, but they ) * £201 10 OlF urnt Point Road to Roderick McDonald’s 2. 9 | “10M! {VF Foads, Fe | pranelrgpmittss ging I" ee. 2 7rom Burnt Point Road to Roderick MeDonald’s 2 iid is for r d for the | wanted to‘have a market at their own doors, te enhance th * r 5 : were bound to reserve lands for roads, if required for the a ' ; to enhance the t é District No. 8, Road from Bradenel R ver oe en Road i i public benefit. Why should a man be compelled to pay | value of their properties, S oa Comprising Townships Numbers 53, South of Brudenel and mawes to Carcigen = oa a vas < O rent for land used and travelled on by every one? It is| Hon. Mr. Moonry had always seen the market in the = a: River, 52 51 and 63 To Peter Macphee and James Hemphill ler Fepalls | easy to ascertain the quantity of land taken for a road, ang | centre of atown. He kad no idea of’ his constituents hay- \ fi 1 ~, a ms t m as Dy i a . we : : * ’ z To repair Bridge at 18 Mile Brook £18 0 6 ing a Bridge, ‘ : 10 01 the proptietor should be compelled to contribute to the public | ing to pay for carting their produce to Town. There was ~ » si i thas. Main "Pose heat Sek bs os rai 8 Repairing Wharf at Georgetown, 3s 9 6 requirements by a reduction of the rent on land which was | land enough without purchasing a site. As to the doctrine = b q the helendailt ‘of - ith D; y Line , ile 6 Balance due W m, Sanderson, Lsq., for money ex- : -|to be used for the benefit of the public generally, of the member fer Charlottetown (Mr, Palmer), that the land ‘ : ; wr we wees ne pended on Roads during the past year, 9 3 8 ; ' could not be used asa public market, he would ask why a ti Bs * « Road from Finlay’s to Montague Bridge, 14 0 0 - fon. Mr. Lonp would support the clause. He had often ablic wesket. could ask be ball ua Gaal ee y oa B « « Baldwin’s Road, so a £184 16 11 thought the clause upon the statute book a hardship upon ae uot vote from the public fands ther the the p ’ 1 = 4 5 « « Two Bridges on Baldwin’s Road 810 0 tenants, inasmuch as it compelled them to suffer roads to be as : s ss lee diet ee Eronawe bp “4 “« « Pisquid Road, 8 0 O;F | opened through their land, for which they would have to pay 4 as oe Cae cuit tan ve handed © “* . New Road from Finlay’s to Pisquid Colonial Legislature rent. In consequence of the opening of such roads, the ten- his eae a ie aan saeoe aie ‘ 7 to a Road, 2 £ a : : ants have to incur great expense in fencing, ete., and if there | nilt BNE o s0usc theLiseiyes ba Y “Road from Alléy’s ta Georgetown Road, 2 0 0 a is no provision for reduction from the rent, there should be. : : PCa al a . at : ( To reduce the Hills on Poole’s Road, 2 0 0 SUMMARY OF PROCEEDINGS. It is not only the duty, but the interest of the proprietors, | 4 - ms mie Sac nadie en the propr — of keeping 1 | To straighten Sparrow’s Road, 510 0 i March 20 that proper lines of road through their lands should be laid | ae Ge coe a b the. Iebel eatin eens i aaa n To repair Road from Montague Bridge to Sparrow's ° CESDAY, March 2U. | out. He mentioned one instance in which unsuccessful ef: | a e hon. 0 arlotietown t} s 6 ‘ : i. : ; a i a (Hon. Mr. Palmer), that if either of the Sc . Road, : i 3 3 0) House in committee on the Act relating to the opening of | forts pad been made for two successive years to open a road os eer vias wn Eitbaecnak as cud Maiudenne ” i 3} To bridge the stream on the Cofnty Line Road, | Highways, {through Lord Selkirk’s property. The reason that it had not | PFOF , €" sh € selected, us tl i i from Douse’s Road to Head of Montague, 8 0 0) a i Wieurman explained the object of the Bill ‘been done was, that his Lordship’s agent, the hon. member | being Maier than the ~ - the water. As to the peti- e' itoad south side of Montague, : 110 0 | which was the provision of a-summary method of settling } for Beliast, had refused the right of way unless the commis- | setitions Sis pablie Unmpoveninne ativan ved . | Union Road, and to bridge the Brudenel River on ‘the amount of compensation for land taken for a public high- | sioner would pay £6 or £7. “4 iin a, ieeve intaeenel ahaa saiethe vb iedividien! Teenie fc : said Road, ; 6 0 Oly, y, by arbitration ; and if the occupier of land refused to} Hon. Mr. Patmen.—L{ the original grants reserved to the | pestetelh te cei | Wha exiehiidetbad . u Road from Neil Shaw’s to Montague Bridge, Zt © 0] aioe the read to be opened, after tender of the appraised yalue | Crown Jand for roads, such reservation meant only roads ne- wars ” Td " ‘ j ‘ set eal Suhseri was very large ; Ww oad from Duncan Stewart's to Neil Shaw’s, 110 0 of the land, he was liable to a fine of ten pounds, jeessary for the public, It could not be construed to mean | : veg . 7 er on the principle that because _ u | Road from McLean’s Mill, Head of Montague, to | Hon. Mr. Lonawonti objected to the Bill as being frgmed roads to any extent, without end or limitation. He con-| oer Solan " B oon a ——- - pote oi h County Line, 2 0 0 . hie te Seeded. afce : ave sidered that the House had no right to take the land for|§® amorded. cing desirous that the trees in Miss ai = : soas to have a retrospective effect, he would have no ob- sidered that the House had no rigit to take the dhe jf rere : i New Road from Pisquid towards Morrel River, by ‘jection to the Bill if it had merely a prospective application, | which the tenant had agreed to pay rent to the landlord. | Fanning’s garden should not be destroyed, as he understood t Roderick Macdonald’s 600 J : cs Sal ai iss tl . a. alltel, ales galeiatiaatidindin <; -gads they could be transplanted to Queen’s Square with safety, he oe ae ae i | Hon. Mr. Wicnrmay.—A Bill on the subject had been We cannot interfere with their arrangements. Some roa S| had apglied te’ Mi. precast tor tae ee th New? line of Road from Neil Shaw's to Jamos lintrodueed in the late short Session, the objection to which! are laid out, not because the public require them, but only | ° i we Ta ee aad ntl - Jon = pee 0 a Robertson’s, 3 0 Twas that i was retrospective, The present measare was for the benefit of a few individuals. Lt is all very well for |° : Se ee the ar h a te. many kinly - h Union Road to Montague, 2 0 0 not, in his opinion, retrospective. hon. members to confine their sympathies to the cascs ef ten- Ce a on ae = pasa ee ; ao Brother's Road, if right of way be given, 3 0 0) The Hon. Spraxer did not consider the principle of the ‘ants, but it should be borne in mind that proprietors have to| WoT? Gee! ed on for the new market house, it wo os lume al pa re : ee ae Bi RE gla a kta ceo, eT : ay | bered up with building materials, and after the building was pymyre Bill objectionable, but having carefully read it, was of pay a heavy land tax, and are required and compelled to pay | leted. af. the: San: honid ‘th m #118 “8 7 opinion that it was susceptible of a retrospective application. | that tax on the very land used ag a road by the public. In) a " . a .— ‘i ~ h ’ aia contemplated, th SPECIAL GRANTS. | He could see nothing in the Bill to prevent such construction. | some insfances the land has been seized and sold for the tax. | ahi . J 7 _— we - ! hea et people would be h To pay balance of contract on south side of |The law, as it at present stood, required some alteration, If the jury estimate the present loss to the tenant, what more | ae | i Pei ; oe &e. In no other 4 Brudenel River Wharf, £20 0 0} Under the present system, there is no summary mode of jis réquired? But if the compensation is to be estimated on the er i he ™ mrs ° aa immediate proximity to the : Balance of contract due on Bridge Head of Mon- compelling aman to allow a highway to be opeved across | basis of the perpetual loss of the land, and the amount as-| ell st ing. Z wf o ee the increase of the Town c tague, 4 0 © his land. The Supreme Court at preseat is the only tribunal |sessed on that principle, the tenant might be the gainer at my . yr = = Ih had coe —— = ee 7 ili 2 i sort ca ad-in cases of cbstruction. This | the expense of the proprietor, oe ad better go to supply, and it can To pay balance of contract to William McIntyre, 1 2 0 to which resort can be bad “in canes of obstr b Se taal Ce ee Be i sa desire to discussed there. “ou « John Walsh, repairs of Road, 117 0 Bill may apply to a caso in the-district in which he is Com-| Mr. McInrosu did not think that there was a desire to’ : : t} Po “« a “Patrick Casey, do. do. 1 11 0 missioner. Obstructions toa road were raised in 1853, and open more roads than were necessary. Itis absolutely ne-| Hon. Con. TReAsuRER.—There were no constituents in the : a 4 “James Robertson, balance of contract ‘now in 1855, a Bill is introduced, applicable to that_ease, in _cessary that roads should be opened to enable settlers to have | Island less interested in this question than those he repre- on South Wharf, Brudenel River, 12 9 Oj,which proceedings had been taken under the existing law. access to their farmis; and whea the different Townships | sented, bat notwithstanding that, he would not o the

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