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     aw; puts on a penalty of £50, on the exportation of 
     
     altpetre; adds fresh matter to the lights and anchor- 
     
     ge law; legislates on ejectment for non-payment of 
     
     cut; defines city boundaries, and thejurisdiction of 
     
     he Mayor’s and Police Courts; transfers to one of 
     
     er Majesty’s principal Secretaries of State the pow- 
     
     rs and estates vested in the principal officers of 
     
     rdnance; incorporates the trustees of St. David’s 
     
     Church, Georgetown; increases the number ofmem- 
     
     bers of Assembly, and facilitates the performances 
     
     of Justices ofthe Peace. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The revenue Act for 1857 is followed by an Act 
     
     or raising moneys to be applied to the purchase of 
     
     ands; an alteration in the grog law; a new appoint- 
     
     ment in the Post Office; the ferries; naturalization 
     
     of Lawrence Warren; better securing the liberty of 
     
     the subject; giving reliefto sheriffs; preventing roam— 
     
     ing horses, swine,and geese in Georgetown; granting 
     
     a yearly sum to the New York, Newfoundland and 
     
     London Telegraph Company; entitling Henry 
     
     Bessemer, ofthe City of London, to obtain in the 
     
     City of Charlottetown, certain letters patent; con- 
     
     itinuing the Free Education law; incorporating the 
     
     .Free Church congregation of Charlottetown; also 
     
     the Bible Christian Church; explaining the purchase 
     
     ‘oflands Act; and providing, as usual, with liberality 
     
     for the service of the year. 
     
    
   
   
    
     In 1858 the Legislative topics ranged in the fol- 
     
     lowing order: Revenue; Grand and Petit Jurors; 
     
     Constables and Fence Viewers; interest on Trea- 
     
     sury Warrants; Central Academy; public service 
     
     notices; accidents by fire at Summerside; bonds and 
     
     other securities to the Crown; subjecting the militia 
     
     to the mutiny Act and Articles of War; Summerside 
     
     Swine; Cape Race Light House; Fishery reserves; 
     
     Judges’ interests; Seduction; and appropriations. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The year 1859 opens, as usual, with the revenue 
     
     Act, which is followed by an Act of appropriation of 
     
     moneys for the service of the year; the criminal 
     
    
   
   
    
     jurisdiction of the Police Court in Charlottetown is 
     
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