Preamble, Act 20 V. c. 63, Shubael Park's case stated. Courts of Law CAP. CXLIII. An Act to authorize the Court of Chancery, and the [Assented to 16th August, 1858.] WHEREAS by an Act of the Legislature of Canada, passed in the twentieth year of Her Majesty's Reign, intituled, An Act to amend the law for the admission of Attorneys, it is amongst other things enacted, that from and after the passing of the said Act, no person shall act as an Attorney or Solicitor in Her Majesty's Court of Chancery, or Courts of Queen's Bench or Common Pleas, or in any County Court in Upper Canada, without complying with certain conditions and restrictions thereinafter mentioned; And whereas it appears by the petition of Shubael Park, of the City of Hamilton, in the County of Wentworth, and Province of Canada, Gentleman, that the petitioner has been duly called and admitted to the practice of the law, as Barrister, in Upper Canada, and has duly taken the oath of allegiance in accordance therewith; And whereas it also appears that he was duly articled for one year as an attorney's clerk to Walter Graham, in the Town of Simcoe, in the County of Norfolk, then a practising Attorney and Solicitor, respectively, for the Courts of Law and Equity in and for Upper Canada; that the petitioner's articles were at the end of the said year duly assigned to George Sylvester Tiffany, of the City of Hamilton, in the County of Wentworth, then, another Attorney as aforesaid; and that the said petitioner was, in accordance therewith, duly articled to the said George Sylvester Tiffany for the further term of two years; that the said articles, at the expiration of the said two years, were duly assigned to Samuel Black Freeman, another Attorney as aforesaid, of the said City of Hamilton; that the petitioner was duly articled to the said Samuel Black Freeman for the further term of over two years, making the whole term of the petitioner's service under articles over five years; that the said Walter Graham and George Sylvester Tiffany are both since deceased, and that the said articles and transfers have since been lost; And whereas the said petitioner is desirous of practising as an Attorney and Solicitor, respectively, in the said Courts of Law and Equity in Upper Canada, and it is expedient to relieve him from the disability of the said Act: Therefore, Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Assembly of Canada, enacts as follows: 1. It shall and may be lawful for the Courts of Queen's and Equity in Bench and Common Pleas in Upper Canada, in their discretion, and tion admit S. and after the usual examination, to admit the said Shubael U. C. may in Park, without production of certificates, attendance during the their discresittings of either of the Courts during term time, production, Park to pracfiling or enrollment of articles or further servitude or oath of tise as an Atallegiance, to practise as an Attorney of the said Courts; torney, &c. and it shall also be lawful for the Court of Chancery in Upper Canada aforesaid, in its discretion, and after the usual examination, to admit the said Shubael Park to practise as a Solicitor in the said Court of Chancery, without production of certificates, attendance during the sittings of either of the Courts during term time, production, filing or enrollment of articles or further oath of allegiance or servitude as aforesaid, any law or usage to the contrary notwithstanding. 2. This Act shall be deemed a Public Act. Public Act. TORONTO :-Printed by S.. DERBISHIRE & G. DESBARATS, 1858.-22 VICTORIE. FIRST SESSION, SIXTH PARLIAMENT. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 1. An Act to amend the Naturalization Laws of this Province, 2. An Act to make better provision for the punishment of frauds committed by Trustees, Bankers and other persons in- 3. An Act to amend the law relating to Emigrants, 4. An Act further to amend the Railway Clauses Consolidation 4 10 12 42 43 44 9. An Act to amend the Act passed in the twentieth year of Her Majesty's Reign, intituled, " An Act to extend the right An 10. An Act to amend an Act passed last Session, intituled, Act to amend the Common Law Procedure Act, 1856, and 11. An Act to amend the Act, intituled, "An Act to enlarge the Representation of the people of this Province in Parlia- ment," in so far as it relates to the Township of Armagh, 12. An Act to confer additional powers on the Trinity House of 13. An Act to incorporate the Village of Renfrew, in the County 14. An Act to annex certain new Townships to the Counties of Victoria and Peterborough and the North Riding of the 15. An Act to legalize certain By-laws and Debentures of the Town Council of Cobourg, and to amend the Act vesting the Cobourg Harbour in the Municipal Corporation of the Town of Cobourg, and for other purposes, 16. An Act to alter and amend the Acts relating to the Niagara 53 17. An Act to amend the Act of Incorporation of the College of 18. An Act to authorize the community of the Sisters of Charity of the General Hospital of Montreal, known as the Grey Nuns, to sell or alienate their fiefs and seigniories, and other property therein mentioned, - 19. An Act to incorporate the Montreal Mountain Boulevard 20. An Act to make valid a certain conveyance of Land to the PAGES. 22. An Act to incorporate the St. James' Club of Montreal, 23. An Act to authorize Henry Ruttan to surrender certain grants of Letters Patent, and to take a substitutional grant, 24. An Act to amend the Law regulating the Inspection of Flour Fish and Oil in Upper and Lower Canada, - 26. An Act to provide for the Inspection of Sole Leather, 27. An Act to amend and extend the Act of 1857, for diminishing the expense and delay in the Administration of Criminal 28. An Act to diminish the Expenses for Witnesses, and to facili- tate the enforcing of forfeited recognizances, in Criminal 29. An Act to legalize certain proceedings taken by Agricultural 30. An Act to amend the Act passed in the eighteenth year of Her Majesty's Reign, chapter one hundred and fifty-nine, intituled, "An Act to amend and consolidate the provi- sions contained in the Ordinances to incorporate the City and Town of Quebec, and to vest more ample powers in the Corporation of the said City and Town," 31. An Act to extend the Powers of the Trinity House of Quebec, 32. An Act to provide for the improvement and management of 33. An Act to confirm a Resolution or By-law of the Corporation of Montreal, and to empower the Harbour Commissioners of Montreal to erect a Gallery across Capital Street in Mont- ib. 35. An Act to make better provision for the registration of Deeds, in the Counties of Charlevoix and Saguenay, 36. An Act to divide the Township of Hemmingford, in the County of Huntingdon, into two separate Municipalities, 37, An Act to authorize the Municipality of the Parish of Ste. |