Section 1.-What Revenue Officers not permitted to trade, &c.

Be it enacted, &c.-1. From and after the passing of this Act, neither the Treasurer of the Province, nor any of his Deputies, nor any person or persons concerned in the collection of any Impost Duties made payable by any Act or Acts of Assembly, shall own any vessel or vessels, or any share or shares in any vessel or vessels, trading to and from any Port or Ports in this Province, or shall trade or deal, directly or indirectly, in any article or articles made dutiable by any such Act or Acts, under the penalty of fifty pounds, to be recovered by bill, plaint, or information, in the Supreme Court of this Province, and of being forthwith dismissed from his or their office and offices.

6th VICTORIA-CHAPTER 2.

An Act to amend an Act intituled An Act to provide for the payment of Interest on Warrants which are not paid at the Treasury on demand.

Section. I.-When Interest to be paid on Warrants.

Passed 29th March 1843.

WHEREAS doubts have arisen whether under the provisions of an Act made and passed in the fourth year of the Reign of His late Majesty King William the Fourth, intituled An Act to provide for the payment of Interest on Warrants which are not paid at the Treasury on demand, it is lawful for the Treasurer of the Province to pay any Interest due on Warrants, payment of which has been demanded, unless the Warrant itself shall be paid at the same time;—

Be it therefore enacted, &c.-1. It shall and may be lawful for the Treasurer to pay to the holder or holders of Warrant or Warrants, all sums of money which may be due upon such Warrants for Interest upon the same, although the principal of such Warrants cannot be paid for want of funds in the Treasury; and also the Interest to become due upon all Warrants, semi-annually, on the first day of June and the first day of December in every year, until such Warrants are paid.

2d VICTORIA-CHAPTER 44.

An Act to provide for the prompt payment of all demands upon the Provincial Treasury.

WHEREAS it is deemed advisable to empower the Treasurer for the time being of this Province, to enter into agreement with one of the Banks or Banking Companies, or any Branch thereof, now established in the City of Saint John, for advancing to him the said Treasurer, upon the credit of the Province, such sum or sums of moncy as may be required from time to time for the public service;

Be it therefore enacted, &c.-1. It shall and may be lawful for the said Treasurer for the time being, and he is hereby authorized and required to receive Tenders from any such Bank, Banking Company, or Branch thereof, in the said City of Saint John, as may be willing to advance such sum or sums of money as aforesaid; and it shall be the duty of the said Treasurer, within thirty days after the passing of this Act, to give public notice by advertisement in at least two of the Newspapers published in the said City, that such Tenders will be received by him at any time or times on or before the first day of June next.

2. It shall be the duty of the said Treasurer forthwith after the said first day of June next, to submit such Tenders as shall have been received by him, to His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor or Commander in Chief for the time being, who shall and may, by and with the advice and consent of Her Majesty's Excutive Council, signify to the said Treasurer his approval of such Tender as may be deemed most beneficial for the public interest; and the said Treasurer shall thereupon forthwith accept the said tender and enter into the agreement accordingly, and such agreement shall contain such stipulations for carrying into effect the object thereof, according to the true intent and meaning of this Act, as the said Lieutenant Governor or Commander in Chief for the time being, with the advice and consent of the said Executive Council, shall direct, and

shall be expressed to be made with the Queen's Majesty, Her Heirs and Successors.

3. As soon as any such agreement shall be entered into for the purposes aforesaid, it shall be the duty of the said Treasurer to deposit with the said Bank, or Banking Company, or Branch thereof, so contracting, all the public moneys which from time to time shall come into his possession or control; and the said Bank, Banking Company, or Branch thereof, shall not at any time be in advance to the said Treasurer in a sum exceeding thirty thousand pounds.

4. No contract or agreement as aforesaid shall be entered into by which a higher or greater rate of interest than five per centum per annum shall be agreed to be paid or allowed for any sum or sums of money to be advanced to the said Treasurer under the provisions of this Act.

5. The said Treasurer for the time being shall not be charged or chargeable for any failure or default in performance on the part of the said Bank, Banking Company, or Branch thereof, of any agreement or contract so to be entered into, nor for any loss or damage that may arise from any act, matter, or thing, lawfully done or suffered by him under the provisions and according to the true intent and meaning of this Act; provided always, that for any thing done or suffered by him, not authorized by this Act, the said Treasurer shall be liable to all intents and purposes in the same manner as if this Act had not been made.

6. This Act shall continue and be in force until the first day of June which will be in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty one.

12th VICTORIA-CHAPTER 20.

An Act further to continue an Act to provide for the prompt payment of all demands upon the Provincial Treasury.

Section 1.-Continuance of Act.

Passed 27th March 1849. WHEREAS in and by virtue of the provisions of an Act made and passed in the second year of the Reign of Her present Majesty, intituled An Act to provide for the prompt

payment of all demands upon the Provincial Treasury, a certain agreement was made and entered into by and between the Treasurer of the Province and the Bank of New Brunswick, for the purposes of the said Act, which has been continued to the present time: And whereas the aforesaid Act will expire on the first day of April which will be in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty, and it is considered advisable to continue the provisions thereof under certain conditions ;

Be it therefore enacted, &c.-1. An Act made and passed in the second year of Her Majesty's Reign, intituled An Act to provide for the prompt payment of all demands upon the Provincial Treasury, be and the same is hereby continued for the further term of five years from the first day of April which will be in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty; and that the Treasurer of the Province be and he is hereby authorized and empowered to continue the agreement at present existing with the said Bank of New Brunswick, during the continuation of this Act; provided always, that no greater rate of interest than five and one half per centum be hereafter paid on the said agreement.

15th VICTORIA-CHAPTER 45.

An Act to reduce the Fees on Militia Commissions. Section 1.-Fees on Commissions, how reduced.

Passed 26th April 1850.

WHEREAS it is deemed advisable to reduce the Fees now payable on Militia Commissions ;

Be it therefore enacted, &c.-1. From and after the passing of this Act, there shall be charged and paid the following and no other Fees for Commissions to Officers of the Militia, in lieu of the Fees now authorized to be paid under and by virtue of any Ordinance heretofore made and passed in this Province, namely:-Field Officers, twenty shillings; Captains, ten shillings; Subalterns, five shillings.

6th WILLIAM 4th-CHAPTER 14.

An Act to provide for Reporting and Publishing the Decisions of the Supreme Court.

Section.

1. Decisions, by whom to be reported. 2. Copyright, to whom secured.

Section.

3. What amount to receive from Treasury. 4. Limitation.

Passed 8th March 1836.

WHEREAS it is an object of great importance to obtain correct Reports of the Decisions of the Supreme Court in cases heard and determined in the said Court;

Be it therefore enacted, &c.-1. His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor or Commander in Chief of this Province for the time being, by and with the advice of His Majesty's Executive Council, is hereby authorized to appoint some suitable person learned in the law, to be a Reporter of the opinions, decisions, and judgments which may from time to time be given, made, and pronounced by the Supreme Court of Judicature in this Province, or the Judges thereof, in, upon, or respecting causes pending, or that may hereafter be pending therein; and it shall be the duty of such Reporter, by his personal attendance, or by any other means in his power, to obtain true and authentic reports of such opinions, decisions, and judgments; and such Reporter shall publish not less than two hundred copies of the same in Pamphlets after each Term of the said Court.

2. The sole liberty of printing and reprinting, and publishing such Reports, shall be and the same is hereby vested in and secured to the author and compiler thereof, his heirs and assigns; and if any person shall print, reprint, or publish any such Reports, without the consent of the author and compiler or proprietor thereof, he shall be liable to an action on the case, at the suit of such proprietor, in which action such proprietor shall recover double the damages he may have sustained by any such infringement of the copyright hereby secured to him.

3. In addition to any profits that may arise from the publication and sale of such Reports, such Reporter shall receive annually from the Province Treasury the sum of fifty pounds, to be paid by Warrant of His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor or Commander in Chief for the time being, on the certificate of the Chief Justice of the said Court that such Re