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

Westmorland County

To the Justices of the Peace for the County of Westmorland, the sum of forty pounds to encourage the running of a Packet, sufficient for the conveyance of Passengers &c. between Shediac, in the said County, and Bedeque, in Prince Edward Island; thirty pounds of which are to be paid to the person running the same, upon it being certified to the said Justices that the said Packet has been running between the said places at least once a fortnight during four months, and the remaining sum of ten pounds, to be paid the said person, in case it being certified as aforesaid, that the said Packet has been running once in each week during the above period.

To His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor or Commander in Chief, a sum not exceeding forty pounds to provide for running the division of the County Line between the Counties of Kent and Westmorland.

To the Justices of the Peace for the County of Westmorland, the sum of one hundred pounds in aid of individual subscription towards building a Public Wharf in Hillsborough, in that County.

To the Justices of the Peace for the County of Westmorland, the sum of two hundred pounds in aid of individual subscription, in erecting a Breakwater in Enrage Bay, near the Light House at that place, in the parish of Harvey, in the County of Westmorland, the same to be taken from the Light House Fund.

To the Magistrates of the County of Westmorland, the sum of twenty pounds to be applied towards the maintenance of the Ferry between Dorchester and Hopewell.

To His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor or Commander in Chief, the sum of two hundred and ten pounds to enable the Commissioners to pay the balance due on the contract for the public wharf at Shediac, as soon as the same is completed.

To His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor or Commander in Chief, the sum of two hundred pounds, to encourage the running of a covered Stage Coach from Dorchester to Miramichi; such sum to be paid to the person or persons who shall run the said Stage Coach for the space of one year, at least once a week, to be certified by the Commissioners to be appointed by His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor for that purpose.

To His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor or Commander in Chief, the sum of thirty pounds to purchase a small tract of Land, to be deeded in trust to the Magistrates of the County of Westmorland for the use of the Micmac Indians.

To His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor or Commander in Chief, the sum of seven hundred and seventy five pounds to enable the Supervisor to pay the sum due to the Contractor for building a Bridge over the Shediac River

To the Justices of the Peace for the County of Westmorland, the sum of forty pounds, to be paid to such person as may make it appear to the satisfaction of the said Justices that a good and sufficient Vessel has been employed as a Packet to run from Bay Verte to Cape Traverse and Charlotte Town, in Prince Edward Island, and has been kept running at least once a fortnight during the season.

To the Lieutenant Governor or Commander in Chief, the sum of twenty pounds, to aid the Inhabitants of the County of Westmorland to employ a Courier to carry the Mails from Cape Tormentine to the Great Road of communication through that County.

To His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor or Commander in Chief, the sum of thirty pounds, in aid of a Public Conveyance from the Bend of the Peticodiac to Shediac.

To the Trustees of Schools in the parish of Coverdale in the County of Westmorland, the sum of eight pounds six shillings and eight pence for John Orr, deceased, who taught a School in that Parish five months, ending sixteenth December one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine.

To Deborah Foster, the sum of twenty pounds for teaching a School in the parish of Harvey, County of Westmorland, for one year ending the thirtieth October one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine.

To Thomas Wood, a licenced Teacher, the sum of fifteen pounds, for teaching a School in the Parish of Botsford, in the County of Westmorland, for nine months, commencing the nineteenth November, one thousand eight hundred and thirty five.

To His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor or Commander in Chief, the sum of one hundred pounds, to complete the Drain for preventing the inundation of the old Road across the Tantamar Marsh.

To the Magistrates of the County of Westmorland, the sum of thirty pounds, to erect a Ferry Wharf upon the public landing at Calhoun's, in Hopewell.