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     ties and transfers thereof, and ,whie‘h said mes- , 
     
    
   
   
    
     suages, lands, tenements, buildings, real or 
     
     personal/ estate, shall be and remain vested in 
     
     the sai f corporation, to be used and disposed of, 
     
     however, for the benefit of said congregation 
     
     according to the’discretion ofsaid corporate body. 
     
    

    
     V. It shall and may be lawful for the said 
     
     corporate body for the time being, and? they are 
     
     hereby authorized and empowered to grant, 
     
     sell, lease, exchange, mortgage, convey or dis- 
     
     pose of, to such person or persons as they shall 
     
     think proper, and for such prices, sums, rents 
     
     or terms as shall be agreed ripen, the whole or 
     
     any part of the, said lands or premises now held 
     
     0: hereafter to be conveyed to or held by. the 
     
     said corporate body, and to such extent and 
     
     ,‘prqportion as they shallthin‘k proper,,and every 
     
     .Ideed or conveyance thereof executed by the 
     
     said trustees in their name of office, under their 
     
     common seal, shall be valid in law, to convey 
     
     for years or otherwise,all such estate, title and 
     
     interest as the corporation» of the said Baptist 
     
     Church have, or may hereafter have, in the 
     
     same. . 
     
    

    
     VI. It shall .not be lawful for the said corpora- 
     
     tion to hold real estate for the use of the said. 
     
     congregation which shall exceed in value and 
     
     yield at any time more than a clear net yearly 
     
     income of two hundred pounds currency of this. 
     
     Island. ' ' 
     
    

    
     VII. This Act shall be deemed, a public Act, 
     
     and shall be judicially taken notice of as such 
     
     by all Judges, Justices oft-he Peace and minis- 
     
     ters of justice, and other persons whomsoever, 
     
     without being specialty pleaded. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     An Act in further addition to and amendment 
     
     of the Act to Incorporate the town of Char- 
     
    
   
   
    
     ' lotteto‘Wn. , 
     
     ‘ [Passed April 24,-1868.] 
     
    
   
   
    
     IIEREAS the. Streets, Squares and Side- ’ 
     
    
   
   
    
     walks of the City‘require—in order to 
     
     put them in a proper and efficient state of re- 
     
     pair—that a considerable outlay of money should 
     
     be appropriated for that purpose: and whereas, 
     
     for the accomplishment of these necessary and 
     
     desirable objects, the present revenue of :the 
     
     city is altogether inadequate. For remedy 
     
     where-of : Be it enacted. by the Lieutenant 
     
     Governor, Council and Assembly, as follows: 
     
     I. 'lhe City Council of theCity of Charlotte- 
     
     town, may, by a By-law duly, enacted and as- 
     
     sented to,levy an assessment upon the real, 
     
     freehold or leasehold estate in the, said city, 
     
     which assessment shall not excee’dthree-pence 
     
     in the pound upon the rentalyof such real, tree- 
     
    
   
   
    
     two 
     
     porter, beer, or other liquors in which alcohol 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     ROYAL GAZETTE. 
     
    
   
   
    
     hold or leasehotd"estate, according to the valua- 
     
     tion of the same in the Books of the Assessors, 
     
     which said Assessment shall be in addition to 
     
     and over and above. the sum of; one shilling in 
     
     the pound upon the rental as now levied upon 
     
     and paid by the occupants of real estatein the 
     
     said city, and said'~‘assessments shall be duly 
     
     paid by the respective proprietors or occupants 
     
     after: due notice thereof; subject, however, to 
     
     be appealed from in the way and manner pre- 
     
     scribed in the Act of Incorporation, and the 
     
     By-laws of the said city. Provided always, 
     
     nevertheless, and it‘is hereby expressly enacted, 
     
     that the amount tobe raised under the assess- 
     
     ment authorised to be imposed by this Act, 
     
     shall be applied to maeadamizing the streets 
     
     and roads and constructin sidewalks in the 
     
     streets and roads in the city. a 
     
    

    
     II. The City Council may, by a by—law, or 
     
     bylaws, duly passed andrapprev'ed of, fix the 
     
     amount of license duty to be paid by shep- 
     
     keepers or retailers, tavernrkeepers, hotel and 
     
     boarding and lodging-house keepers, proprie- 
     
     tors of public saloons, or other places of enter- 
     
     tainment within the city, for the sale of spirit- 
     
     uous or distilled liquors in .less quantities than 
     
     gallons, as well as for the sale of ale, 
     
    
   
   
    
     forms any‘part of the ingredients, and in such 
     
     by-law, or by-laws, to prescribe the mode of ap- 
     
     plying for such licenses, and the rules and re- 
     
     gulations under' which the places so licensed. 
     
     are to be kept, and prese‘ribe‘penalti'es for the 
     
     infraction of such rules and regulations, and the 
     
     mode of. recovering such penalties. 
     
    

    
     III. The City Council shall have power to 
     
     inflict penaltiesnot; exceeding ten pounds, for 
     
     the sale of liquors, as aforesaid, by perSons not 
     
     licensed. ‘ 
     
    

    
     IV. The different Acts of the Legislature of 
     
     this Island regulating the sale by‘license of 
     
     spirituOus liquors, are—so far as the City of 
     
     Charlottetowd is affected by them—hereby re- 
     
     pealed from the time when such by—law or by- 
     
     laws shall have been passed, assented to and 
     
     published. ‘ 
     
    

    
     An Act to. incorporate the Minister and Trus- 
     
     tees of the Baptist, Church Of North River,» 
     
    
   
   
    
     Lot 32. 
     
     ‘ [Passed April 2‘4, 1868.] 
     
     WHEREAS it is desirable, for the efficient 
     
     '” management of the temporal affairs of 
     
     the Baptist Congregation of North River, Lot 
     
     thirty-two, that its minister and trustees be 
     
     an incorporate body. Be it therefore enacted,