engagements of the said Corporation; and no creditor, or person or persons having any demands against the said Corporation, for or on account of any dealings with the said Corporation, shall have recourse against the separate property of any shareholder on account thereof, except in case of deficiency, or where the joint stock of the said Corporation shall fall short of or not be equal to the payment of any debts due or demand against the same; then and in such case the goods and chattels, lands and tenements of each shareholder, shall and may be levied upon and seized respectively, to satisfy such debt or demand, to the extent of double the amount of the share, or shares, or interest of such shareholder in the joint stock of the said Corporation, but no more; and such double amount, or so much as may be necessary to satisfy such debt, due, or demand, shall and may be levied and seized by process of execution in the same suit in which such debt, due, or demand may be recovered against said Corporation.

11. The stock subscription list shall be left at some public place in the Town of Fredericton, notice of which shall be given in two or more of the Newspapers published in the said Town; and no individual, either by himself or his agent, shall be allowed to subscribe for more than fifty shares until after the expiration of two months from the date of such notice, at the expiration of which time, should the stock in the said Corporation be not all taken up, then any person may be allowed to take any number of shares he may see fit, until the said stock is all taken up.

12. The said Company shall have power to levy and collect assessments upon the shares from time to time of such sums of money as may be deemed necessary for carrying on the business of the said Company; and whenever any assessment may be made by the said Company, it shall be the duty of the Treasurer to give notice thereof in one or more of the Newspapers published in Fredericton, requiring payment of the same within thirty days; and if any stockholder shall neglect or refuse to pay to the Treasurer the amount of such assessment upon his shares at the time prescribed, it shall be the duty of the Treasurer to advertise all such delinquent shares for sale at public auction, giving at least thirty days notice of the time and place of such sale; and all shares upon which

the assessment is not then paid, with interest from the time such assessment became due, shall be sold to the highest bidder, and after retaining the amount of assessment, and interest due on each share, and the expense of advertising and selling, the residue (if any) shall be paid over to the former owner, and a new certificate or certificates of the shares so sold shall be made out and delivered to the purchaser; provided always, that no assessment shall be made except by a vote of the stockholders, and a majority of all the shares.

13. All meetings of the said Company shall be called by public notice thereof in one or more Newspapers published as aforesaid, ten days at least before the time of such meeting; and all special meetings may be called by the Secretary, under the authority of the Directors, or by shareholders representing not less than one hundred shares of stock, upon giving the like notice.

14. It shall and may be lawful for the said Company, at a proper and convenient depth under each and every of the streets and roads leading into and through the said Town and its vicinity, to lay down, set, and place such and so many pipes, leaders, and other apparatus for the said gas, as they shall find to be necessary for conveying the same to any or every building or lamp post in the said Town or its vicinity; and from time to time, as often as the said Company shall think proper to lay down such pipes, leaders, and other apparatus, or if occasion require, to alter, amend, or repair the same, it shall also be lawful for the said Company to break up and open any part whatsoever of the said roads and streets, or of the covering, pavement, or sidewalks thereof, and the same to keep open and uncovered during the time necessary for such purposes; provided always, that the said Company shall and do, at their own proper costs and charges, and to the satisfaction of the Commissioners of Streets and Highways for the Town and Parish of Fredericton for the time being, and without unnecessary delay, repair and amend the said roads, streets, coverings, pavements, or sidewalks, in every part where they shall be so broken up and opened as aforesaid, to the condition in which they were before breaking up or opening

the same.

15. If the said Company shall not repair the said streets,

roads, covering, pavement, or sidewalks, or any of them so broken up, to the satisfaction of the said Commissioners of Highways for the time being, or a majority of them, it shall be lawful for the said Commissioners to cause the same to be repaired, and to sue for and recover the expense incurred therein from the said Company in the Supreme Court of this Province.

16. From and after the passing of this Act, the said Company, or any person or persons who may in any way be employed by them, shall not throw, drain, or cause, suffer, or permit any person or persons to throw or drain into any part of the River Saint John, any refuse of coal tar, or other noxious substance that may arise from the said Gas Works, under the penalty of five pounds for each and every offence.

17. Provided always, that unless one thousand five hundred pounds of the said capital stock shall be actually paid in for the purposes of the said Corporation, and a certificate of such payment signed and verified on oath by the said Directors, or a majority of them, which oath any Justice of the Peace is hereby authorized to administer, shall be filed in the Office of the Secretary of the Province before the expiration of two years after the passing of this Act, the operation of this Act shall cease, and the existence of the said Corporation shall be terminated at the expiration of the said two years.

18. The Justices of the Peace in and for the County of York, at any General or Special Session, shall have power to regulate, restrict, and control the acts and doings of the said Company which may in any manner affect the health, safety, or comfort of the inhabitants of the said Town, and to make such regulations relative thereto from time to time as the circumstances of the case may require, and to enjoin obedience to the same by such penalties as they may deem necessary, not exceeding the sum of twenty pounds for any one offence.

19. The said Company do and shall in every street or road through which the said pipes shall be laid, make and provide proper leaders and apparatus for supplying with gas any public lamps which may hereafter be set up in the several streets, and shall provide such apparatus, and at such distances from each other, as the said Justices in General Sessions shall from time to time direct; provided that such Justices shall pay

any additional expense that may be incurred by the said Company by the making of such leaders and apparatus for supplying gas.

15th VICTORIA-CHAPTER 26.

An Act to amend the Act to incorporate the Fredericton Gas Light Company.

Section 1.-Annual meeting.

Passed 18th February 1852.

WHEREAS the time prescribed by the fourth Section of an Act made and passed in the thirteenth year of the Reign of Her present Majesty Queen Victoria, intituled An Act to incorporate the Fredericton Gas Light Company, for holding the annual meeting of the said Corporation, has been found inconvenient, and it is deemed advisable to amend the said Act in that respect;

Be it therefore enacted, &c.-1. So much of the fourth Section of the said recited Act to incorporate the Fredericton Gas Light Company as provides for the holding of the annual meeting, be and the same is hereby repealed, and in lieu thereof, the annual general meeting of the said Corporation shall be holden at such time as the stockholders of the said Corporation shall by bye law from time to time prescribe, any thing in the said Act to the contrary notwithstanding.

16th VICTORIA-CHAPTER 55.

An Act to alter and amend an Act intituled An Act to incorporate the Saint John Gas Light Company.

Section.

1. Capital, how extended. 2. General annual meeting.

Section.

3. Existing officers, how long to remain. Passed 3rd May 1853.

WHEREAS in and by the second Section of an Act made and passed in the eighth year of the Reign of Her present Majesty Queen Victoria, intituled An Act to incorporate the Saint John Gas Light Company, it is provided that the said Corporation shall have leave to extend the capital stock of the said Corporation to the sum of thirty thousand pounds of current money of New Brunswick: And whereas the said stock has been so

extended, and the said sum of thirty thousand pounds has been found inadequate to enable the said Corporation to extend their works so as fully to carry out the intention of the Legislature: And whereas it is provided by the fourth Section of the said Act of Incorporation that a general meeting of the stockholders of the said Corporation shall be held at the City of Saint John on the first Monday in May in each and every year, for the purpose of choosing nine Directors, and such other officers as may be necessary for the management of the affairs of the said Corporation: And whereas the said first Monday in May has been found to be an inconvenient time for holding such general meeting, and it is deemed advisable that such meeting should be held at a later period of the year: And whereas at a general meeting of the stockholders of the said Corporation held at the City of Saint John aforesaid on the first Monday in May last, nine Directors and such other officers as were necessary for the management of the affairs of the said Corporation were duly elected and chosen ;

Be it therefore enacted, &c.-1. The said Saint John Gas Light Company shall have leave to extend the capital stock of the said Corporation to the sum of forty thousand pounds of current money of New Brunswick, and to assess such increase upon the original number of shares; and the said Corporation shall, to such extent, have power to levy and collect assessments upon the shares from time to time, of such sums of money as may be deemed necessary for extending the works or carrying on the business of the said Company; and the same shall and may be called in, levied, and collected in all respects in the manner pointed out in and by the eleventh Section of the said recited Act.

2. From and after the passing of this Act, the general meeting of the stockholders of the said Corporation for the election of officers, as provided by the fourth Section of the said Act, shall be held on the second Tuesday in June in each and every year, in lieu of the said first Monday in May.

3. The said nine Directors and other officers necessary for the management of the affairs of the said Corporation, so chosen and elected on the first day of May last, shall continue in office until the second Tuesday in June next, or until others are chosen in their place and stead, any thing in the said Act contained to the contrary thereof notwithstanding.