Department of Inland Revenue. 2. He may appoint such assistant weighers, subject to confirmation by the Department of Inland Revenue, as may be required, for whose official acts he shall be responsible as if done by himself. 3. On every car load he is required to weigh he may collect a fee of twenty-five cents. 4. He shall be subject to the same penalties in respect of incorrect weighing as are imposed upon inspectors of grain under the Inspection Act. 5. Before entering upon his duties as official weigher he shall give such bonds for the proper performance of his duties and that of his assistants as may be required by the Department of Inland Revenue. 6. He shall, before entering upon his duties, take, before a notary or justice of the peace, the following oath, viz. : I, , solemnly swear that I will faithfully, truly and honestly, to the best of my skill and understanding, execute the office and perform the duties of official weigher and that I will not, directly or indirectly or by means of any other person or persons on my behalf, receive any fee, reward or gratuity whatever (except such as are allowed me by law) by reason of any function of my office as official weigher. 7. For each weighing he shall issue a certificate in the following form— or such other form as may from time to time be prescribed by the Department of Inland Revenue : By Order in Council of the 31st of December, 1895, in virtue of the provisions of section 307 of the Inland Revenue Act chapter 34 of the Revised Statutes, Granby, in the province of Quebec, was made a port of entry at which raw leaf tobacco may be imported into Canada. Vide Canada Gazette, vol. XXIX., p. 1288. Department of Inland Revenue. By Order in Council of the 7th of January, 1896, in virtue of the provisions of the Weights and Measures Act chapter 104 of the Revised Statutes, the Order in Council of the 2nd December, 1895, amending section 19 of the regulations respecting weights and measures established by the Order in Council of the 9th January, 1889, being chapter 42 of the Consolidated Orders in Council of Canada, was cancelled; inasmuch as an error of one point of decimal was made therein in the grain weights, and the following corrected regulations were established in lieu thereof: The form of all measures of capacity must be cylindrical or conical; when of the latter form they shall not be verified unless they are capable of containing, when filled to the narrowest parts of the neck, the respective weights of distilled water as set forth below : to be weighed in air against brass weights at a temperature of 62° F. and with the barometer at 30°. Vide Canada Gazette, vol. XXIX., p. 2370. By Order in Council of the 21st of February, 1896, in virtue of the provisions of the second section of the General Inspection Act and of the Acts in amendment thereof, the Order in Council dated the 12th of April, 1886, establishing the county of Hochelaga a division for the purposes of carrying out the provisions of the said Act in connection with the inspection of leather and raw hides, was cancelled, and the said county of Hochelaga, in the province of Quebec, was added to the city of Montreal for the purpose of the inspection of leather and hides under the said Act. Vide Canada Gazette, vol. XXIX., p. 1650. By Order in Council of the 14th of March, 1896, in virtue of the provisions of section 307 of the Inland Revenue Act, chapter 34 of the Revised Statutes, the town of Kaslo, in the county of Yale and province of British Columbia, was declared to be a port of entry for the importation of raw leaf tobacco. Vide Canada Gazette, vol. XXIX., p. 1777. By Order in Council of the 14th of March, 1896, in virtue of the provisions of section 307 of the Inland Revenue Act, chapter 34 of the Revised Statutes, the town of Nelson, in the county of Yale and province of British Columbia, was declared to be a port of entry for the importation of raw leaf tobacco. Vide Canada Gazette, vol. XXIX., p. 1777. Department of Inland Revenue. By Order in Council of the 19th of March, 1896, in virtue of the provisions of the Act, chapter 97 of the Revised Statutes, intituled "An Act respecting Ferries" and the Act 51 Victoria, chapter 23 amending the same, the following regulations were made for the governance of a ferry across the Ottawa River between Montebello, in the parish of Notre-Dame of Bonsecours, in the county of Ottawa and province of Quebec, and McGovern's Point, in the township of Alfred, in the county of Prescott and province of Ontario : REGULATIONS. 1. Limits. The limits of the ferry shall extend to a distance of one mile. above and three miles below Montebello wharf, in the parish of Notre-Dame de Bonsecours, in the county of Ottawa, in the province of Quebec, and to a similar distance above and below McGovern's Point, in the township of Alfred, in the county of Prescott, in the province of Ontario. 2. Landing Stages.-Suitable landing stages or wharfs serviceable at all states of the water in the river must be constructed and maintained on both sides of the river, subject to the approval of the Department of Inland Revenue. 3. Ferry Boat.-On the opening of navigation the lessee shall provide and maintain a vessel propelled by horse-power, which shall not be less than fifty feet in length, suitable for the conveyance of passengers, horses, cattle, and all ordinary vehicles with safety and reasonable despatch. Scows propelled by oars may also be used for the ferriage of passengers, all of which shall be subject to the approval of the Department of Inland Revenue, and the lessee shall be required to produce a certificate of fitness, safety and sufficiency from the proper authority for said horse scows. 4. Number of Trips.-During the season of navigation, the ferry boat shall commence running daily (Sundays excepted) at 6 o'clock a.m., and shall continue to cross thereafter as may be found necessary for the convenience of the public, the number of such crossings to be determined from time to time by the Department of Inland Revenue. Until otherwise determined the lessee shall provide convenient and sufficient means of signalling and shall cross from side to side whenever signalled to do so. 5. Tariff of charges.-From Montebello to McGovern's Point. For a two-horse cart or conveyance with driver, each $0.40 For a two-horse cart or conveyance with driver, go 050 For a one-horse cart or conveyance with driver, each way.......... 0 20 For a one-horse cart or conveyance with driver, go and return same day... 0 30 For one horse, each way.. 0 10 For each head of horned cattle, each way. 0 05 For each sheep or swine, each way... 0.05 For each passenger, each way... 0 10 For every hundred pounds of freight.... 0 01 Department of Inland Revenue. From Montebello to St. Thomas d'Alfred. For a two-horse cart or conveyance with driver, each way..... For a one-horse cart or conveyance with driver, each For one horse, each way. For each head of horned cattle, each way.. For each sheep or swine, each way..... For each passenger, each way........... For every hundred pounds of freight.. $0.40 0 25 0 10 0 10 005 0 10 0 05 6. The ferry boat shall be placed on the route fully completed and equipped and the landing stages shall be fully constructed on or before the 1st day of May, 1896. 7. The lease will be granted for a period of five years from the 1st day of May, 1896. 8. The lessee will be required to give two sureties, satisfactory to the Department of Inland Revenue, who shall be held jointly and severally in the sum of $200 for the full compliance by the lessee with the terms of the lease. 9. The right is reserved to the Department of Inland Revenue of rejecting the ferry boat or landing stages or either of them, should any of them be deemed unsuitable for the service or unsafe to the public or inadequate to meet the public wants. The right is also reserved to the Governor in Council to modify the maximum tariff should it be found expedient in the public interest to do so; and the Governor in Council may declare the lease forfeited and void whenever it shall be satisfactorily shown that the lessee fails to comply with the conditions thereof. 10. The lessee of the ferry shall at all times during the continuance of the lease carry over and across the ferry without fee, toll or reward, militiamen, soldiers or sailors when provided with proper passports or under the charge of their proper officer or officers, and it shall be lawful for the said lessee to commute the rate of passenger fees. 11. A notice of the rates of fares and tolls to be charged for ferriage shall be put in a conspicuous place near the ferry landing on both sides of the river, and also on board the ferry boat employed. Vide Canada Gazette, vol. XXIX., p. 1778. By Order in Council of the 19th of March, 1896, in virtue of the provisions of the Act, chapter 97 of the Revised Statutes, intituled "An Act respecting Ferries" and the Act 51 Victoria, chapter 23, amending the same, the following regulations were made for the governance of the ferry across the Ottawa River, between Buckingham, in the province of Quebec, and Cumberland, in the province of Ontario: REGULATIONS. 1. Limits.-The limits of the ferry shall extend to a distance of one mile above and one mile below Buckingham Wharf, in the county of Ottawa, in Department of Inland Revenue. the province of Quebec, and to a similar distance above and below Cumberland Wharf, in the county of Russell, in the province of Ontario. 2. Landing Stages. Suitable landing stages or wharfs, serviceable at all states of the water in the river, must be constructed and maintained by the lessee on both sides, subject to the approval of the Controller of Inland Revenue. 3. Ferry Boat.-On the opening of navigation the lessee shall provide and maintain a vessel propelled by steam, suitable for the conveyance of passengers, horses, cattle and all ordinary vehicles with safety and reasonable despatch, such vessel to be not less than 70 feet in length, and 20 feet beam, and shall be subject to the approval of the Department of Inland Revenue, and the lessee will obtain therefor and produce when required a certificate from the Dominion Board of Steamboat Inspectors. 4. Number of Trips.-During the season of navigation, the ferry boat shall commence running daily (Sundays excepted) at 6 o'clock a.m., and shall continue to cross thereafter as often as may be found necessary for the convenience of the public, the number of such crossings to be determined from me to time by the Department of Inland Revenue. Until otherwise determined, the lessee shall provide convenient and sufficient means of signalling and shall cross from side to side, whenever signalled to do so. 5. Tariff of Charges. For two-horse cart or conveyance and driver, each way... $0 30 For one-horse cart or conveyance and driver, each For each additional head of horned cattle, the pro perty of the same party.... 0 10 For each head of sheep or swine.... 0 15 For each additional head of swine or sheep, the pro- 0905 For each passenger with baggage not exceeding 50 0 10 For each package of merchandise or goods (other 0205 Lots of freight weighing over 100 lbs. and under 005 Lots of freight over 1,000 lbs. (per hundred)... 0 03 6. The ferry boat shall be placed on the route fully completed and equipped, and the landing stages shall be fully constructed on or before the 1st day of May, 1896. 7. The lease will be granted for a period of five years from the 1st day of May, 1896. |