ACTS of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of

ACTS of the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Province of

NEW BRUNSWICK,

Passed in the Year 1840.

Fredericton: Printed by John Simson, Printer To The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, MDCCCXL

CAP. LIX

An Act to appropriate a part of the Public Revenue for the Services therein mentioned.

Passed 31st of March, 1840

Carleton County

To His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor or Commander in Chief, the sum of one hundred pounds, to pay a Sub-Collector and Deputy Treasurer at Woodstock, in the County of Carleton, the duties of both offices to be performed by one officer, this to be in addition to the allowance made to Deputy Treasurers by law.

To H.G. Diblee, Sub-Collector at Woodstock, the sum of fifty pounds, being in full for consideration of past services, agreeably to the prayer of his petition.

To George W. Cleary, Captain in the Carleton Militia, the sum of four pounds eighteen shillings and ten pence, being for return of duties paid on Musical Instruments imported from the United States for the use of a Band.

To His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor or Commander in Chief, the sum of one hundred pounds, to be paid to James R. Tupper, for keeping up a conveyance between Woodstock and the grand Falls.

To Barnet Rogers, a licenced Ferryman, the sum of twenty pounds, to remunerate him for the transportation of Couriers conveying Her Majesty's Mails across the River Saint John, near Woodstock in the County of Carleton.

To David Kilpatrick, the sum of ten pounds for teaching a School in the Parish of Woodstock for six months, ending twentieth January, one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine.

To Hugh McLean, the sum of ten pounds for teaching a School at Richmond, in the Parish of Woodstock, for six months, ending twenty sixth December, one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine.

To James Killen, the sum of twenty pounds for teaching a School in Woodstock, in the County of Carleton, for one year ending first January one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine.

To His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor or Commander in Chief, the sum of thirty pounds, to enable His Excellency to remunerate a Ferryman at the Aristook for his services in facilitating the passage of Mails across the said River during the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine.

To His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor or Commander in Chief, the sum of one hundred and nine pounds seven shillings and five pence, to pay George Wightman the balance due him for exploring a line of Road between Woodstock and Oak Bay.

To His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor or Commander in Chief, the sum of three hundred pounds, towards providing materials for building a Bridge across the Aristook.

To John Street, the Provincial Settler between Aristook and Grand Falls, the sum of twelve pounds ten shillings to enable him to pay for one hundred acres of Land on which he resides.

To His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor or Commander in Chief, not exceeding the following sums, for the use of the Agricultural Societies in the respective Counties:

Restigouche, one hundred pounds;

Westmorland, one hundred pounds;

Saint John, one hundred pounds;

Queens, one hundred pounds;

York, one hundred pounds;

Gloucester, one hundred pounds;

Kent, one hundred pounds;

King's, one hundred pounds;

Charlotte, one hundred pounds;

Sunbury, one hundred pounds;

Carleton, one hundred pounds;

Which sums, or aliquot portions thereof,. shall be paid to the order of the President of the respective Agricultural Societies, when it shall be certified to His Excellency that the Inhabitants of the several Counties have subscribed and paid a sum equal to one half the sums above mentioned, or to the said aliquot portions, which sums so paid shall be accounted for to the Legislature: Provided always, That in such Counties wherein District Agricultural Societies be formed, embracing one or more Parishes only, it shall and may be lawful for His Excellency to apportion the amounts so to be granted for the County among the said Agricultural Societies.

To His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor or Commander in Chief, the sum of one hundred pounds, to improve the towing paths from the Tobique to the Grand Falls on the River Saint John.

To His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor or Commander in Chief, a sum not exceeding two hundred and thirteen pounds, the same to be distributed among the Non-Commissioned Officers and Privates of four Militia Companies on permanent duty in Carleton County last year, under command of Captains Cunliffe, Ketchum, McLauchlan and Giberson, in lieu of coats allowed other Militiamen on permanent duty in other parts of the province at the same time.

To His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor in Chief, the sum of twenty five pounds, towards remunerating Missionaries stationed at Madawaska for the purpose of giving attendance on the Tobique and other Indians, established in the neighbourhood of that Settlement.