in invention of Jean vince of Lower-Canada, upon or according to the faid inventions or either of them, Baptifte Bedard without his con without the consent of the faid Jean Baptifle Bedard firft had and obtained in that fent, behalf in writing, unless in fuch Bridge or Bridges fo to be built without fuch confent, there fhall be found to exist some new principle not contained or appearing in the faid models, or in the (pecifications to this Act annexed or either of them, fuch perfon or persons, bodies politic or corporate fo contravening fhall, for every such con. travention, pay as an indemnification to the faid Jean Baptifc Bedard, his heirs, executors, curators or adminiftrators, the fum of Two Hundred Pounds current money of this Province of Lower-Canada, which shall be recovered by an action on the cafe founded on this A&t to be brought in any of his Majefty's Courts of Kings Bench, within the Districts of Quebec, Montreal or Three Rivers refpectively, or any other Court having competent jurifdiction; and fuch Bridge or Bridges fhall and may be seized and taken in execution and fold for the fatisfaction and payment of any judgment which, for the cause aforesaid, fhall or may be given in favor of the faid Jean Baptifte Bedard, his heirs, executors, curators, or adminiftrators, as part of the goods and chattels of the perfon or perfons against whom fuch judgment fhall be fo recovered, but fubje&t nevertheless to any preference or priority which any o ther creditor or creditors of the perfon or perfons against whom judgment fhall be fo obtained by the faid Jean Baptifte Bedard, and fubje&t alfo to all fuch rights as any other person or perfons may, by law, be intitled to, as against the faid Jean Baptifte Bedard, his heirs, exccutors, curators or adminiftrators upon fuch Bridge or Bridges or the proceeds thereof, and the faid right of the faid Jean Baptifte Bedard to take fuch Bridge or Bridges in execution shall be over and above any other legal recourc which he the faid Jean Baptifte Bedard, his heirs, executors, curators or administrators may legally have against the other property of any perion or perfons fo offending for the payment of the fame, or against the body or bodies of fuch perfon or perfons. Provided always, that to entitle the faid Jean Baptifte Bedard to the exclufive bene fits and advantages fecured to him by the prefent Act, it fhall be the duty of the faid Jean Baptifte Bedard to caufe the annexed fpecification to be publifhed at full length in English and in French in the Quebec Gazette for and during the space of three months next after the paffing of this Act, together with an advertitement giving public notice that each and every perfon infringing upon the exclufive privilege to granted to him for the fpace of fourteen years, from and after the palling of this Act, in cafe the faid Jean Baptifle Bedard fhall to long live, will thereby become liable in the fum of Two Hundred Pounds, current money of this Province, as an, indemni fication to the faid Jean Baptifte Bedard, his heirs and fucceffors, curators or adminiftrators for every fuch infringement. Jean Baptifle Bew dard to caufe the Specification tobe inferted in the Quebec Gazette, V. And be it further enacted by the authority aforefaid, that if, after the paffing of this Act, and during the exiftence thereof, it fhall appear that any Bridge or Bridges has or have been heretofore built, or any plan or plans fhall have been publifhed which has or have difciofed or made known the mode, manner or art of build de la Province du Bas-Canada d'après ou fuivant les dites inventions ou l'une d'i- V. Et qu'il foit de plus ftatué par l'autorité fufdite, que fi, après la paffation de cet Acte ou pendant l'existence d'icelui, il paroit qu'aucun pont ou poats a ou ont été auparavant conftruits, cu qu'aucun plan on plans ont été publics qui a ou ont Q q découvert and to give public notice, of his ex. clufive privilege. this Statute fhall Cafes in which be abfolutely null and void. ing Bridges according to or upon the principles of the faid inventions or models fo depofited with the faid Secretary of this Province, or if the faid models fhall be found to be an improvement only upon the principles of any fuch Bridge or Bridges fo heretofore built, or of any fuch plan or plans fo heretofore published, then and in any such case this prefent Statute, and every claufe, matter and thing therein contained, fhall ceafe and determine and become abfolutely null and void, any thing herein before contained to the contrary hereof in any wife notwithstanding. Specification. Specification of the models referred to in an Act of the Provincial Parliament granting to Jean Baptifte Bedard the excl five night of building Bridges according to the faid models depofited in the office of the Secretary of this Province. Model No. 1. Model No. 2. The model No. 1. is formed by three arches, each of which is composed of three fegments of a circle and of fix or a greater or lefs number of arches, compofed of two fegments of a circle, each arch formed of three fegments of a circle is tied by the means of Radii or Spokes into which are inferted, by tennons of two or three inches, the pieces of timber that form the fegments of circles, and alfo by other pieces of wood in form of cross braces, each end whereof is alfo let in by tennons of two or three inches into the Radii or Spokes.-Each arch formed of two fegments of circles is bound in the fame manner. One arch composed of three fegments of circles is to be placed at each fide of the bridge and the other in the middle, and the arches compofed of two fegments of circles are to occupy the intermediate fpa. ces; all these arches are bound together by diagonal and horizontal ties. The floor is laid upon the middle fegment of those arches that have three fegments, and upon the upper segment of those arches that have only two fegments, fo that the upper fegments of the arches that have three fegments will ferve as fenders or garde.corps. The model No. 2. is formed of three arches, each of which is compofed of two fegments of circles bound and fubtended by a ftretcher, and of four or a greater or lefs number of arches formed by one fegment of a circle bound and fubtended by ftretchers. Each arch composed of two fegments of circles is tied by the means of Radii or Spokes of different lengths, into which is let, by tennons of two or three inches, the pieces of timber which form the fegments and bound together by means of other pieces in the form of cross braces, each end whereof is alfo let in by tennons of two or three inches, into the parts of the Radii or Spokes between the two fegments and by the means of the ftretcher which is tied by iron collars at the abutt ments of the arch, and at the lower end of the Radii or Spokes the pieces of timber which form each stretcher are bound together at their ends by means of teeth bound and consolidated by iron collars. Each arch compofed of one segment of a circle and of one ftretcher is tied in the manner as aforefaid, except the crofs braces. One découvert ou fait connoitre le mode, la manière ou l'art de conftruire des ponts conformément aux ou fur les principes des dits inventions ou modèles ainfi dépofés dans l'office du Sécrétaire de cette Province, ou fi les dits modèles font trouvés être feulement une amélioration aux principes de tous tels pont ou ponts qui auront été ainfi conftruits auparavant, ou d'aucun tel plan ou plans qui auront été ainfi publiés auparavant, alors et dans tout cas femblable ce préfent ftatut, et chaque clause, matière et chofe y contenues cefferont et deviendront abfolument nulles et fans effet, nonobftant aucune chose contenue dans ce préfent Acte en aucune manière à ce contraire. Spécification des modèles mentionnés dans l'Acte qui donne à Jean Baptifte Bedard le privilege exclufif de bâtir des Ponts fuivant les dits modèles dépofés au Secrétariat de la Province. Le modèle No. 1. eft formé de trois ceintres, dont chacun eft compofé de trois arcs et de fix ou d'un plus grand ou moindre nombre de cintres compofés de deux arcs, chaque cintre formé de trois arcs eft lié par le moyen des parties de rayons dans lesquelles entrent, en tenons de deux ou trois pouces, les pieces de bois dont font formés les arcs, et par le moyen d'autres pieces de bois jointes en forme de croix de Saint André dont les extrémités entrent auffi en tenons de deux ou trois pouces dans les parties de rayons, chaque cintre formé de deux arcs eft lié de la même manière. Il doit être placé un cintre compolé de trois arcs à chaque côté du pont, et l'autre dans le milieu, et les cintres compofés de deux arcs occupent les efpaces intermédiaires; tous ces cintres font liés entr'eux par des liernes diagonales et horizontales. Le pavé eft appuyé fur l'arc du milieu des cintres à trois arcs, et fur l'arc fupérieur des cintres à deux arcs, enforte que les arcs fupérieurs des cintres à trois arcs fervent de garde-corps. Le modèle N°. 2. eft formé de trois cintres dont chacun eft compofé de deux arcs fous tendus par une corde et de quatre ou d'un plus grand ou moindre nombre de cintres, formé d'un arc fous-tendu par une corde. Chaque cintre compolé de deux arcs, eft lié par le moyen de parties inégales de rayons dans lesquelles entrent, en tenons de deux ou trois pouces, les pieces de bois dont font formés les arcs, par le moyen d'autres pieces de bois jointes en forme de croix de Saint André, dont les extrémités entrent auffi en tenons de deux ou trois pouces dans les parties de rayons entre les deux ares, et par le moyen de la corde que eft liée par des liens de fer aux extrémités des cintres, et aux extrémités inférieures des parties de rayons. Les pieces de bois dont eft formée chaque corde font hées entr'elles à leurs extrémi tés par le moyen de dents ou dépaulements liés et confolidés par des liens de fer. Chaque cintre compofé d'un feul arc et d'une corde eft lié de la même manière Qq2 ci deffus, Spécification. Modèle No. 18 Modèle No, s. One of the arches compofed of two fegments of circles must be placed at each fide of the bridge, and the other in the middle, the other arches are fixed in the intermediate spaces. All thote arches are bound together by diagonal or inclined ties. The floor is laid on the lower fegment of the arches formed of two fegments and on the fegments of the other arches, fo that the upper fegments of the arches compofed of two fegments will ferve as fenders or garde corps. ८ Preamble. Cap. 5. CA P. XVI. AN ACT to provide Returning Officers for the Election of Knights, Citizens and Burgeffes to ferve in the House of Affembly, and to regulate Elections to be held for that purpose. WHE (16th. April, 1807.) HEREAS an A&t was paffed in the fortieth year of His Majefty's Reign, intituled, "An Act to provide Returning Officers for Knights, Citizens and "Burgeffes to ferve in Affembly, and regulating Elections to be held for that purpose;" A&t 43d Geo. III and another Act was paffed in the forty third year of His Majefty's Reign, intituled, "An Act to continue, for a limited time, and amend an A&t paffed in the fortieth year of «His Majefty's Reign, intituled, " An Act to provide Returning Officers for Knights, "Citizens and Burgeffes to ferve in Affembly, and regulating Elections to be held for "that purpose;" which faid Acts will both expire at the end of the present Seffion of the Provincial Parliament; and Whereas it is expedient and neceffary to make further and more ample provifion refpecting Returning Officers, and for regulating the Elections of Knights, Citizens and Burgeffes to serve in Affembly: Be it therefore enacted by the King's moft Excellent Majefty, by and with the advice and confent of the Legislative Council and Affembly of the Province of Lower-Canada, confti. tuted and affembled by virtue of and under the authority of an Act paffed in the Parliament of Great Britain, intituled, "An Act to repeal certain parts of an A& "paffed in the fourteenth year of his Majefty's reign, intituled, " An Act for "making more effectual provihon for the Government of the Province of Quebec in North "America;" And to make further provifion for the Government of the laid Province;" And it is hereby enacted by the authority of the fame, that the Governor, Lieute nant Governor or Perfon adminiftering the Government of the Province for the time being, fhall have power and authority to name and appoint, whenever it shall be neceffary, fit and proper perfons to act and officiate as Returning Officers in the ref pective Counties, Cities and Boroughs in this Province. Governor empow ered to appoint Returning Offi |