.b 3

“fit

T

‘ V "deq‘u‘e

. children; Widow N Walls; Charles Gallant ‘ .JEPersons who have received Rdief infCIothmg.

‘ oor Hogse——Widow M‘Arty; Widow ‘Widow Sullivan; Purcell; Ellen Farrel; Mary Duffy; _ 7 .Gunrmins, near Bellevuc, Widow M‘Leod;

Doyle’s Idiots; Samuel Jackson, and child; Mary Wall; Doull’s r‘h drbn5,«Stnitli’s children; Widow Mitchell; Charlotte Paran;

James lelm‘dfGovernou’s Island; Widow M‘Gu—igan, Charlotte

M‘Kennie'kfirand River; James Dalton, Covehead; Wyat,Betleque

The ' .Mil’het’son; Widow

I Periousgwh‘o ..-.r , ’ ,_ , _ Maurice'Cnrran,

Inmates on be P

have received lmural Relief in Money, ,‘Pmtisiom or Wood.

, Bustico; old Squaw.

Road; Mary Cougblan; Widow Lewis,

it’s?

a

Revenue

‘and pro ress

‘ 1.031;}. LEGISLATURE.

W

HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY.

' Wenxcsmv, March 23.

reported.

The ill to amend the Act relating to Sherifi's was recei-

ved from the Council, with several amendments. amendments were, that the whole ofthe Bill should be struck out, except the clause regulating the fees of those Officers

In certain case 'The’ amendments were subsequently

dish "ed to by theiHou'se.

e Hon. Mr. Pope, fg'om the committee appointed to in-

quire flow the expediency of amending the Act for esta-

blinking the re

Boundary Lines ofCountics and Townships,

Mu) the House a Bill, as prepared by the Com-

o

minim.

House in Committee—

in this [glen

our! Notes, 'on 818 First day of May next, as required by lui Act, there will remain the sum of £5,300 is. (ifitl. ofthe laid Moneys, which might, itt part, be made available in pay-

' mentof Warrants now afloat, and bearing interest, and would i tend to sustain the public credit of this Colony, as well as efi‘ect slavihg to the Government of Interest now payable Resolved, therefore, That it be recom- mended rogue House to order a Bill to be brought in to an- ‘is , rize the Treasurer of this Island to call in Warrants to ' e auto an of £4000, and to discharge the same ‘out of the oqeydhow in hand, and being part of the Land Assess- ment; and that provision be made in the said Bill for the repayment ofthe said £4000 out ofthe General Revenue of this, slaud, ,as well,as out of the unappropriated Moneys

.. on said Warrants:

Mr. Pope submitted the following Resolution :—

Whereas there is now in the Treasury of this Island the sum of£63,90 1s.6&d., collected under the Act ofthe 7th will. 4th, , . 31, for levying an Assessment on all Lands and whereas, after cancelling £1000 of’I‘rea-

hereafter to be paid under the operation ofthe said Act.

On the House resuming, the Resolution was carried with-

out a divisio lying in a Bi

The House then went into Committee, to consider the

suggestions

n, and a committee appointed to prepare and ll in accordance therewith.

of the Council for a Joint Address of both

Houses to Her Majesty, praying that the privilege ofa free Warehousing Port might be conferred upon Charlottetown. ’ The proposition was uegatived—Yeas, Messrs. Thomson,

Palmer,,Maclean, Longwortli, 4.—Nays, 15.

T MomMr. P

i the

THURSDAY, M:rch 24th.

Secon reading on Saturday.

sometime was spent in Committee on the Boundary Act amendment Btll. Sotne routine business was gone through,

when the House adjourned over Good Friday.

The Bill to authorize the Treasurer to pay of Warrants to the amount of £4000, out ofmoneys now lying in the Trea- our}, was, read a second time, and committed. On ‘the House resuming, ~some amendments were reported, yvhich to, and the Bill passed to be engrossed,_yvitliout

were agreed op sitioii. r. Rae I

the Journn s.

SATURDAY, March 2f.

aid before the House a comparttt

The House proceeded to take into consideration the sug‘

geations ofi'ercd by the Legislative Council in Conference on the Academy Bill ; and thereupon, The Hon. Mr. Pope moved, thgt the House do come to a

Resolution, as followeth ;

Resolved, That this House will not agree to the sugges- tions ofthe Council for increasing the Salary ofthe Head Master ofthe Academy to the sum proposed byvthe Council; but that a fttrther Conference be requested with the Coun- cil on the said Bill; and that the Managers on the part ofthis

7 House be instructed to state to the Council that tlte House will have no objections so far to reconsider the Bill as to

«it—

allow the Head Master of the Academy the sum of£180, the

under Master £100

« andfor providing Philosophical Apparatus for the use ofthe

Pupils-

. Mr. Rae moved, in amendment to the proposed Resolu- tion, that after the word “Resolved,” all be struck out, and

the followin

' demy warning. eo'ntiri , reneoiin

substituted—~—“ That the sum of Two hundred

, . ,, fiend EiltyP unds for the Salary ofthe Teachers ofthe Aca- i V as more than tbe‘fircutnstattces ofthe Colony would V yvas agreed to as the only means ofavoitling the f‘tha old grant of £300, and that any interle- , , , a par; oftbe- Council to raise that, whether by , gtnally appropriated by a former House (£3000); and as the

~ I {adieu River- Mary.,Ryan- Malcolm Nichol- Sony'Bedeque Roadjsflercule’s "‘Prieze {Gatherine Warren, Be. ;Thomas Delany, pear Cavendish; Widow Sullivan; Duull’s M‘Gutgan; Mary Coughlan; Samuel Jackson;

' the present Post route.

: Bill was read a second time, committed,

The

ope, by leave, introduced a Bill authorising reasttrer to pay of Warrants to the amount of £4000, out of the moneys now lying in the Treasury, collected under the Land Assessment Act, and appropriated towards the erection ofa new Colonial Building—the same to be made ood, when minted, out of the general Revenuen—

tie statement of the measurement of that portion of this Island included between Cape North and West Point, as shown by the frag- ments ofa Map in the Surveyor General’s Office, and by a Map in the possession of Captain Bayfield, R. N. as also, those deduced from Capt. Bayfield’s own survey—furnished l

Capt. Bayfield at the desire ofa Committee of the House

Assembl .-—The document was ordered to be entered in

s , as already provided, and the remaining £20 laced at the disposal of the Trustees ofthe ln~ solution, or the purpose ofkeeping the Building in repair,

:Mr. Palmer introduced to, Apprentices. ' Mr. Palmer- also i farms to cause all Ox-ej'ed Daisies thereon to be mO‘Ve down and destroyed; a ‘ ' ‘ Mr. Longwortli introduced a Bill explanatory ofthe rtghtb of Electors for Towns and Royalties. . I Mr. Thomson introduced a Bill to prevent the taking and carrying away of Boats, Flats or Canoes, without the con— sent ofthe owners, and to repeal the former Act. A mo- tion, that the Bill be read a second time on Wednesday: was carried—Yeas, 12; Nays, 7. 7 .

On motion of Mr. D. Macdonald, a Message to HIS'EX' cellency was agreed to, requesting that he would cause a Post Office to be established halfway between Morel and St. Margaret’s—a measure which will be attended with no additional expense ; the proposed new Post Ofice being on

a~BilI tojameu’d the Act relaii

titroduced a Bill to compel occupants 'of

t The Hon. Mr. Pope moved, that this House do now rt’i- solve itselfinto a Committee of the whole House, to {50981- derthe Resolution ofthe House ofthe 8th inst., appropriating a sum of tnoney for the purchase of One hundred shares in the Prince Edward Island Steam Navigation Company-

The House divided on the question.

Yeas—Hon. Mr. Pope, Hon. J. S. Macdonald, Messrs- ‘Thomson, Longworth, Beck, Hudson, Yeo, D. Macdonald, Clark, Dalziel, Montgomery, Forbes, Macneill, German, Mac- farlune—15.

N rays—Messrs. W. Dingwell, Fraser, Macintosh—3.

So it was carried in the affirmative.

Attd then the House resolved itself into the said Com- mittee. ,

On the House resuming, the Chairman (Mr. Hudson) re- ported, that the Committee had come to a Resolution; which Resolution was again read at the Clerk’s Table, and is as followcth:

RESOLVED, That it is the opinion ofthis Committee, that it be recommended to the House, when in Committee 0t Supply, to vote a sum sufficient to purchase One hundred and fifty shares in the Prince Edward Island Steam Boat Company, subject to the proviso annexed to the Resolution oftbis House, of the 8th March, inst. '

Mr. Rue moved, that it is inuxpetlicnt for the Legislature to advance any money for taking and holding Shares of the projected Steam Boat Company, and that, therefore, the Re- solution be disagreed to.

The House divided on. the motion ofam

Yeas—~Mcssrs. Rae, Fraser—2. a

Nays—Ilon. Mr. Pope, Ilon. J. S. Mucdonald, Messrs. Longworth, Palmer, Macneill, \V.’Dingwel|, Maclean, Dal- ziel, Beck, Macfarlane, Montgomery, Thomson, Forbes, Hudson, Yeo, Gortnau, Clark, D. Macdonald—IS.

So it passed in the negative. v I , in findment to ti?-

3,. endment:

Mr. D. Macdonaltl then moved said Resolution, that the words “and fifty” be stru out.

The House divided on the motion of amendment.

Yeas—Messrs. D. Macdonald, Rae, W. Ditigwell, Macin- tosh, Fraser, Gortnan—S.

Nays—Messrs. Thomson, Dnlziel, Longworth, Macneill, Clark, Yco, Forbes, Pope, J. S. Mactlonald, Hudson, Beck, Montgomery, Macfarlane, Palmer, Madcap—15.

So it passed in the negative.

The question being then put on the said Resolution, it was agreed to’ by the House.

TUESDAY, March 29. ‘ Mr. You, from the Committee appointed to prepare the draught of an Address to the Lieutenant Governor, relative to the nllevrcd misapplication of some [Road money on Lot

following draught ot'an Address, as prepared by the Com- mittee :— C - To His Excellency Sir Humtx Venn IIUNTLEY, Knight, Lieu- tenant Governar, gm. &*c. (5'0. May it please your Excellency;

The House of Assembly, having had under their conside- ration the conduct ot the Road Commissioner of District Number Two, in reference to the expenditure ofTen Po of the Public Moneys by that ofliccr, without any autho‘ “y tbr so doing, alleged to have been given by him as com-

. "Point appears to h

d laud requisite ibr giving to

16, by the Road Commissioner oftbat District, reported the ‘

_fi/M

North Cape to the. West y laid down in said on-l e quantity ot

ofthe Island, the length from the: ave been correct h th

rod that tnore t an ‘ ‘ Ian, : Townships One, Two, Thtee, Six and Seven, appears li'om Mr. AllllelsCllls e found still existing; and that the so 6 be original lot lines ofLots Two, I hrge, as provided for by this Bill, must e, unified in ascertaining the boun- above enume- tbis day SIX

ginal survey and p

Four, Five, measurement to b reason for altering t Four, Five and Ntlne, than an error has men can ' dury lines ofthe Lots bounding the Lots last rated; therefore, that this bill be passed months. . . After a long discusston, got rid of by another am‘en had been taken thereon. _ .— er * Another amendment was proposed and negatived aft which the Bill passed, Without a dtVtSton. Several other Bills were forwarded a s

the House adjourned.

the amendment was ultimately dment, after several (llVlSlOl’lS ,

rage—after which

March 30th.

“WEDNESDAY , 1 Meters was read

The Bill for the appointment of Con

the third time and passed. . The House i’esolved itselfinto a Committee ofthe whole,

to take into consideration the Census Returns (VNIr, Hudson in the Chair). On the House resuming, the Chairman. ted ported the following Resoltttton; which being again tea

at the Clerk’s Table, was agreed to by the House:—_-

Resolved, That it be an instruction to the Committee ap- pointed to sttperintend the printing ofthe Census Returns, to make out :1 statement of thel duration of Leases in every

wnshi ) and the Rent )ayab e per acre.

T(Mr. Palfner reported the draught of a Bill to amend the Fire Engine Act, as prepared by a Committee. Read the first time, and ordered for a second reading to-_morrow.

Mr. Lougwortli, from the Committee apportitetl to exa- mine into and report on the efficiency of the vessel licensed to run as a Packet between Bedeqtte and Shediac, as well as on the probable expense of employing vessels as mail packets between this Island and Pictou, presented to the‘ House the following Report 2—- _ _

Your Committee have respectfully to report, that from the examination of witnesses, and from all the informa- ‘tion your Committee can obtain respecting the state of the Shedioc and Bodeque Packet, 'it appears that Islie is an old Vessel, and during the past summer was in a very leaky and unscuwortlty state, and quite unfit for the service she was engaged in; your Committee would therefore recommendtlie House to address the Ltent. Governor, requestin, hat he would be pleased to cause a Survey to be hold on this vessel, on the opening of the Navigation, and ifnot then found tube thoroughly and efficiently repaired, and properly equtpped In Rig- ging and Sails, to capcel the Licence granted by this Government to Anthony Simpson, to run her as a Packet. I

On the probable expense ofrunning sailing Vessels between this Islagd and Pictou, as Mail Packets, your Committee are of opinion, from the best information they could procure on the subject, that two good vessels, of a snfiicient burthen, to ply at least once a week be- tween Charlottetown and Pictou, with the Mail, cOuld be obtained for about .5622 per month each ; and your Committee would recommend the House to authorize the Government to engage two such vessels for this ser: vice, so lo .33 they might be required.

RESOLVED, That an Address be presented to HisExcelv lency the Lieut. Governor in accordance with the First para- graph of the said Report. .

Ordered, That the second paragraph of the said he referred to the Committee of Supply. 7

III the Treasurer’s Account of the proceeds ofthe sales .of Crown Lands, laid before the House yesterday, appears on item, namely, “Paid orders of His Excellency Sir Charles - A. Fitzroy, per Lord John Russell’s Despatch of 23d No- vember, 1839, £275.” This called for furtheginformation ; in compliance with which, the an. Mr. Pofi, this day, by; command of His Excellency, laid before the House. alcopy ,

:Report‘

pensattotl to a persoii named Power, for permission to alter

in which alteration the said Commissioner appears to have been personally interested, (but which said alteration does not appear to have been attended with any benefit to the public,) beg to submit, for your Excellency’s consideration, the result of their investigations on the subject.

The House went into Committee on the consideration of the Address.

Mr, Fraser ed,’ that the following words be struck out, “alleged to have been given by him as compensation ;” which was negatived, upon a diViSIOH- ,

Mr. Fraser then moved, that the .f'UHOWlllg wm‘dS 1’9 Stl'uCk out ofthe Address—“ but which said alteration (1003 not appear to have been attended with any benefit to the pub- lic.” This tnotion was also .negntivcd.

01'. the House resuming, the Chairman reported, that the Committee had gone through the Address, without making any amendment thereto.

A motion, for agreeing to the Address, was carried, on the following division:

Yeas—Hon. J. S. Macdonald, Messrs. Dalziel, Le Lacheur, Clark, D. Macdonald, Montgomery, Macintosh, Gorman, Hudson, W. Dingwell, Beck, Longworth, Yen-13.

Nays—Messrs. Fraser, Rae, Macfarlauc, Maclean, Mac- neill, Thomson—6. -

The Bill to authorize the appointment of Commissioners to superintend the erection of a Colonial Building in Char- lottetown, ant] to repeal certain parts of an Act therein mentioned, was, according to order, read a second time.

A motion being made, that the said Bill be now commit- ted to a Committee ofthe whole House;

Mr. Rae, by way ofamendment, moved to resolve——

That the erection ofa fire proof building for the preser- vation of the Public Records was long since recommended, and was universally approved of, but that such building could have been erected for a much less sum than was ori-

fi'e‘e Confluence or otherwise, is contrary to the established ‘ Pres?!" Bl”: if P3559“; i¥an irrevocable PledgeP“ the Part rule of the lmp‘erial'Parlt‘ament, and contrary to the practice t 0“this House. not only ibl'_ the £5000 Voted by a former orthis House—a motion to that effect cannot be put; and i House, but for £5000 iu afittion thereto; that therefore the

House cauno

Teachers? The; House

,..

Yeas—Messrs. Ra

t agree to _auy increase to the Salary ,of the

_dividéd on the motion o'fameudment : e, Macintosh, Fraser—3. Nays, 13.

So it passed in the negative.

Mr.:Palmer. then moved, in amendment to the proposed Resolution, that the following words he added thereto— ‘ And-further, that the said managers be instructed to state,

. thatthisflouse will sofar modify the said Bill as to increase the number ~0f Trustees to Thirteen, as suggested by the

Council.” , " ‘ 1;.Thefiouse.

d

ivided on the motion-of amendment:

Joann. Nays—Messrs. D. Ma‘cdonald, Macintosh, Rae

So it. was carried in the affirmative.

It was resol

ved that no new matter, on which a Bill can

befounded, be introduced after Monday next.

Mr. Rae. moved, that an Address be

‘—-'

MONDAY, March 28. . resented to the

Lieutenant Governor, prayingthat His Excellency will be

leased to obtain a copy of the Capt. Bayfiéld by the Adtniralt

he House

Mr. Speake

Map of the Island given to

divided on the question: Yeas, 9. ‘ Nays, 9. rvgave his casting vote against the motion.

Mr. Pope introduced a Bill to authorize the appointment

of C ,4} .1 ssio p0 .,

ners to superintend the erection of the pro-

1 Building in Charlottetown—Second reading

V it introduced a Bill to authorize the appoint- ; eters at such out-ports as may require the 1i

thntitbean instruction to the Committee, to state that the lHOUSe do go into Commlltee 0" said Bl“ this day Six

mont , 7., I ., Th '. {page dfiided on the motion ofamendmcnt: Yeaséhfi'fiRae, Mr. Fraser—2.

Beck, Le Lacheur, Macneill, Dalziel, Clark, Thomson, Gor- man, Yeo, Montgomery, Longworth, W. Dingwell, Hudson, D. Macdonald, Macintosh, Macfarla —17.

So it was carried in the afiirmati \

Arid then the House resfied itself into the said Com- mittee. Upon the House resuming, the Chairman reported, that the Committee had one throggh the Bill, and made amendments thereto. , , e’umatdments were agreed to by the House, and the Bi ‘Wasrierdere‘d to he engrossed.

The Hon. Mr. Pope introduced a Bill for the appointment of Commissioners for the management of the shares to be held by, Government in the Prince Edward Island Steam Boat Company. Second reading omWednesday.

The Hon. Mr. Pope, by command of His Excellency, laid before the House a copy of the Grant of a part of Queen’s Square, Charlottetown, as a site for an Episcopal Church, with other documents connected therewith, received in com- pliance with a Message of this House of the 18rh February.

The Bill to authorize the Treasurer to pay off Treasury Warrants to the amount of £4000 out of moneys now lying in the Treaspry, derived from the Land Assessment Fund, was read the third time, passed, atgi ordered to be sent to the Council for concurrencei _

Thé Bill to further amend‘ the 'Act for ascertaining and establishing the Bo ndary Lines of Counties and Townships, was read the thit’ _ ‘ “‘ > 1- The Hon. Mr. Pope-'moved, that the Bill do now pass. ‘W In amendment, Mr. Rae moved, _yhat by the measurement Captain Bayfield, compared withéthat of the original Plan

:-

[of

a part of the Road from St. Eleanor’s to Ellis River Ferry, ,

Nays—Hon... Mr. Pope, lion. J. S. Macdonald, Messrs. '

ofthe Despatch alluded to, by which it appears that Sir . Charles A. Fitz Roy, in consideration ofthe smallness of his Isolary as Liettt. Governor of'this Island, craved to be re-; llteved from the expense of his oflicial tours through the: Island—and Lord John Russell, in reply, authorized him to ' draw, at the rate of£100 Currency per annum, out ofthe fund derived from the sale ofthe Crown lands, for that pur- pose. Some of the members ‘signified their intention of (ialling the attention of the House to the subject at an early ( ay.

Taunsnxv, March 31.

The Bill to authorize the appointment of Commissioners to manage certain shares or Property in the PrE, Island Steamboat Company, on behalf of the Govarntnent of this Colony, was, according to order, read a third time.

A motion being made, that the Bill do pass:

The House divided :——Ycas, 18. Nays, Messrs. Rae and Macintosh 2. V

A message was received from the Legislative Council, acquainting the House that their Honors had passed the Bill in further amendment of the several Acts relating to the recovery omeall Debts, &.c. with several amendments. One of the amendments goes to strike out the clause extend- ing the jurisdiction of the Small Debt Commissioners to, sums not exceeding Ten Pounds. ,