The Sun.
London, England, 1822-06-24 00:00:00

MONDAY, .UNE 24, 1822.

PARLIAMEIVARY PAPER.

THE (NADAS.
A BILL to make more Effeial Provision for the GOVERN-
MENT of the PROVIDES of LOWER and UPPER
CANADA, to regulate.he TRADE thereof, and for
other Purposes relating theto.
Whereas, in the present siation of the Provinces of Lower
and Upper Canada, as we with relation to Great Britain as
to each other, a joint Legisture for both the said Provinces
would be more likely to praote their general security and pro-
sperity than a separate Ldslature for each of the said Pro-
vinces as at present by la established : Be it therefore en-
acted, by the King's Most xcellent Majesty, by and with the
advice and consent of the cords Spirit al and Temporal, and
Commons in this present ?arliamentlassembled and by the
authority of the same, theso much' of an Act asseel in the
thirty-first year of the reif of his Majesty King George
the Third, intituled' " An .et to repeal certain parts of an Act
passed in the 14th year of& Majesty's reign,. intituled • An
Act for making more effectal provision for the Government of
the Province of Quebec in North America, and to make fur-
ther provision for the Goernment of-the said Proyince,' as
provides for the composing nd constituting within each-of the
said Provinces • respectivel, a Legislative Council and As-
sernbly, and for the•passinpf Laws by the Lkislative Coun-
cil and Assembly of each frovince, shall be, and the same is
hereby repealed, except in s% far as the same or any of the pro-
visions thereof may, by this present Act, be continued or ap-
plied to the purposes of the jont Legislature, to be constituted
in manner hereinafter mentiortd. Provided also, that so much
of an Art passed in the fourteenth year of the reign of his said
late Majesty, intituled "An Act for making more effectual
provision for the Governmen• of the Province of Quebec in
North America," as is repealel by the said Act passed in the
31st year aforesaid, shall be deemed and taken to be, and shall
remain repealed. • And be it further enacted, That from and
after the there shall be within the' said

two. Provinces, and for the same jointly one Legislative
Council, and one Assenbly, to be composed and consti-
tuted- in manner hereimfter described, and which shall be
called the
-Legislative (buncil and Assenlbly of the Canadas ;
and that-, within the said provinces, or either of them,
hip
.1111Ajesty, his heirs, or successors, shall have power,
;hiring th'e continuaice of this Act, by and With the advice
and consent of the said Legislative Council and Assembly of
the Canadas, to make laws for the peace, welfare, and good
government of the said provinces. or either of them, such laWs
not being repugnant to this Act, nor to such parts of the said
Act, passed in the 31st year aforesaid, as are not hereby re-
pealed ; and that all such laws being passed, by the said Le-
gislative Council and Assembly, and assented to by his Ma-
jesty, his heirs, or successors L-re-assented to in his Majestys
name by the Governor-in-Chief in and over the said provinces
of Lower and Upper Canada, or in case of the death or absence
of such Governor-in-Chief, by the Lieutenant-Governor of the
Province of Upper Canada for the time being, or in case of the
death or absence of such Lieutenant-Governor, then by the
Lieutenant-Governor of Lower Canada for the time being, or
in case there shall be no Lieutenant-Governor at such time
resident in the province of Lower Canada, then by the person
administering thereof foi the time being, shall be, and the
same are hereby declared to be'by virtue of and under the au-
thority of this Act, valid and binding to all intents and pur-
poses whatever within the said two Provinces. And be it fur-
ther enacted, That present Members of the Legislative Coun-
cils of-bower and Upper Canada shall, by virtue of this Act, and
without any new or other Commission for that purpose, consti-
tute fogether the Legislative Council of the Canadas which said
Members shall take precedeqce in the joint Legislative Coun-
cil according .to the date of the instruments by which they were
Originally summoned to the Legislative Councils of the two
Provinces respectively. And that'it shall also be lawful for
his Majesty, .his heirs or successors, from time to time, by an
instrument under his or their sign manual, to authorize and di-
rect thi said Governor-in-Chief, or in Case Of his death or ab-
sence, such other person, and in order respectively,- as is here-
inbefore directed, to summon to the said Legislative Council by
an instrument under -a seal to be transmitted by his Ma-
'esty to the Governor-in-Chief, or under, any other seal
which the said Governor-in-Chief shall be by his Map'
jesty directed to use for the purposes of this Act, and
which shall be called the Great Seal of the Canadas, And
shall be applied only to the purposes directed by this Act, such
other person or persons as his Majesty, his heirs, or successors,
shall think fit : and that every person who shall be so sum-
moned to the said Legislative Council shall thereby become a
Member,thereof. And be it further enacted, That persons only
shall be summoned to the said Legislative Council as by the
said above-Mentioned Act passed in the thirty-first year afore-
said, are, directed to be summoned to the Legislative Council
of said two Provinces respectively, and that every Member
of the said Legislative Council shall hold his seat for the same
term, and with the same rights, titles, honour, ranks, digni-
ties, privileges, and'immunities, and subject to the same pro-
visions, conditions, restrictions, limitations, and forfeitures,'
and to the same mode of proceeding for hearing and determin-
ing by the said Legislative Council all questions which shall
arise touching the same, as are in the said Act, passed in the
thirty-first year aforesaid, mentioned and contained with re-
spect to the Members thereby directed to be summoned to the
Legislative Council of the two Provinces respectively—And
be it further enacted, That the Governor-in-Chief; or in case of
his death or absence such other person, and in such order re-
spectively as is herein-before directed, shall have power and
authority, from time to time, bran instrument under the Great
Seal of the Canadas' to. constitute, appoint, and remove the
Speaker of , the said Legislative Council.—And be it further
enacted, That the Members at present composing the Assem-
blies of the said two Provinces shall, together with such new
Members as shall or may be returned for either of the said
Provinces respectively, in manner hereinafter-mentioned, form
and constitute the Assembly of the Canadas, and shall be and
continue until the unless sooner dissolved ;
and that in case of a dissolution of the said Assembly, or
of vacancies occurring therein, Members shall be resumed
from the same counties and places, and in the same man-
ner and in, the same numbers except as hereinafter other-
wise proVided, as now by law they are returned within the
two Provinces respectively : And whereas an Act was
passed by the Provincial Legislature of Upper Canada in
the sixtieth year of the reign of his said late Majesty, intituled
" An Act for increasing the representation of the Commons of
this Province in the House of Assembly." Be it therefore fur-
ther enacted, :hat the said Act and all the provisions therein
contained, except a hereinafter, othcrivise provided, shall re-
main in full force and effect, and shall be applied to the repre-
sentation-of the said Province of Upper Canada in the joint
Assembly, in like manner as the same were applicable to the
representation thereof in the Assembly of the said Province of
Upper Canada before this Act was passed.—And be it further
enacted, that it shall and may be lawful for the Governor,
Lieutenant-Governor, or person administering the Government
of the said Provinces of Lower Canada for the time being,
from time to time as he shall judge expedient, from and out
of that part of the said Province of Lower Canada which has
been erected into townships since the numbers of Representa-
tives for the said Provinces settled by Proclamation, to form
and erect new counties, by instrument or instruments under
the Great Seal of the said Province, each such new county to
consist of not less than six townships, and that when and so
often as any such new county shall be formed and erected as
aforesaid, the Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, or person admi-
nistering the Government of the said Province of Lower Ca-
nada, shall issue a writ for the election of one Member to
serve for the same in the Assembly ; and that whensoever the
said Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, or person administer-
ing the Government as aforesaid shall deem it expedient, that
any such new county or any county heretofore erected within
the said Province of Lower Canada, and at present represented
by only one Member, shall be represented by two Members ;
he shall in like manner issue writs for that purpose. Provided'
always,. that no subdivision of any counties now erected, or to
be hereafter erected within either of the said Provinces, except
as hereinbefore provided, Nith,respect to the said townships,
shall extend or be construed to extend to increase the numbers of
RepresentativeS for such counties. Provided also, that the num-
ber of Represientatives for each County shall not exceed
And be it further enacted, that no Act by which the number
of representatives of either province shall be altered, shall here-
after be passed by his Majesty, by and with the advice and
consent of the said Legislative Council and Assembly, unless
the same shall have been,passed by at least of the
numbers present at the question for the second and third read-
ing of the same, in the said Legislative Council and Assembly
respectively; and be it further enacted, That all and oyery the
provisions and regulations, respecting the appointment and no-
mination duties, privileges, and liabilities of, returning officers :
for either of the said provinces respectively, and respecting the

eligibility, qualifications, and disability of persons to sit as
Members in the said Assembly, or to vote on the election of
such Members, and respecting any oath to be•caken by candi-
dates or voters at such elections, and respecting all other pro-
ceedings atsuch election, and respecting the times and places
of holding such elections as are contained in the said abOve-
mentioned Act, passed in the thirty-first year aforesaid, except
in so far as the said provisions and regulations are hereby in
any wise altered, shall remain and continue in force in both of
the said Provinces, and that all and every the provisions and
regUlations respecting the objects above enumerated, or any of
them which are contained in any Act or Acts of the 'Provincial
Legislatures, which are now in force in either of the said Pro-
vinces respectively, shall remain and continue hi force within
such Province, except as the same are hereby in any. ways al-
tered, until otherwise provided for by the joint Legislature.—
And be it further enacted, That when and so often as herein-
after it may be necessary to summon and call together a new
Assembly for the said two Provinces, it shall and may be law-
ful for the said Governor in Chief, or in case of his death or
absence, then for such other person and in such order respec-
tively as is hereinbefore directed, by an, instrument wider the
said Great Seal of the Canadas, to summon and call together
the said Assembly, as hereinafter expressed and provided.—
And be it further enacted, That writs for the election of Mem-
bers to serve in the said Assembly shall be issued by the Go-
vernor, Lieutenant Governor, or person administering the Go-
vernment of the Province, within. which such Members shall
be chosen respectively in the same manner, and directed to the
same officers, and returnable within the same period as in and
by the said Act made and passed in the,thirty-first year afore-
said is directed and provided.—And be it furter enacted, That
on the first general election af 'Members for the said Assembly,
which shall take place from and after the and on
all subsequent electionsi whether general or for particular
places in cases of vacancy, which shall be holden in either of
the said Provinces, no person shall be capable of being.elected,
who shall not be legally possessed to his own use and benefit
of lands and tenements, within one or other of the said Pro-
vinces, of the value of ' sterling,
over and above all rents, charges, and incumbrances, which
may affect the same, such lands and . tenements being by him
held in freehold, in fief, or in roture, and that every candidate
at such, election, before he shall be capable of being elected,
shall, if required by any other candidate, or by the returning
oeffffieccetr:....
, take an oath in_ the following terms or to the following

" I, A. 8., do swear, that I am-legally and bona fide pos-
" sensed, to my own use and benefit, glands and tenements of
" the Province of Canada of the value of
" over and above all rents, charges, and incumbrances, which
" may affect the same, and that the said lands and tenements
" are by me held in freehold, in fief, or in roture, (as the case
" may be) and that I haVe not obtained the sane fraudulently
" for the purpose of enabling me to be returned Member to the
" Assembly of the Canadas; and also that I am otherwise
" qualified, according to the provisions of liaw, to be elected
and-rettaned to serve as a Member thereof."

Provided always, That nothing in this Act contained shall
' be construed to affect any Act-now in force, in either of the said
Provinces respectively relatingto the qualification (other than
as respects property) of any candidate or voter at Elections.
And be it further enacted, That if any person shall-knowingly
• a6d wilfully take a false oath respecting his qualification, either
• as candidate or voter at any Election as aforesaid, and shall
• thereof he lawfully convicted, such person shall be liable to the
pains and penalties by law inflicted on persons guilty of
in the ,Province in which- such false oath shall have been
• taken.—And be it further enacted, That - whenever hereafter
any question shall arise, 'touching the validity of the Election
• or return of'any person in'. either Province, to serve,in the
• Assembly, such question shall be tried in the joint Assembly
according to the mode of 'proceeding new established by Law
in that Province, in which the disputed' Election or, return shall
have been made, Until a uniform course of -proceeding 5441 be
duly established for both Provincese—And be it further enacted,
That it shall and may be lawful for the said Governor-in-Chief,
or in case of his death or absence, -then for such: other person,
and in such order respectively as hereinbefore•directed, if at
any time he shall deem it expedient, to summon and authorize
by an instrument under his hand and seal .
Members of the Executive Council of each Province to sit in
every Assembly with 'power of debating therein, and with all
other powers, privileges, and immunities of the ill,einheri
thereof, except that of voting. • And be it further enacted,
That the said Legislative Council and Assembly shall
be called together for the first time at some -period, not
later than the - , and once afterwards,
in every calendar months, and 'that the said Go-
vernor-in-Chief, or in case of his death or absence, such other.person, and in such order respectively as is hereinbefore direct.,
ed, shall and may convene the first and -every other Session of
the said Legislative Council and 'Assembly, ;at such, places
within either Province, and at such times under the restrictions
aforesaid, as he shall judge most conducive to the general con-
venience, giving due and sufficient notice thereof, and shall
have power to prorogue the same from time to time, and to dis-•
solve the same by Proclamation or otherwise, •whenever he shall
deem it necssary or expedient.—And be it further enacted; that
every Assembly hereafter to be summoned or chosen, , shall
continue for years, from the day of the return of the
writs for choosing, the same, .and do longer, subject neverthe-
less to be sooner prorogued or dissolved by the said Governor-
in-Chief, or in case of his deatheor absence, of such other per-
son, and in such order respectively .as is hereinbefore directed.
And be it further enacted, erhat all quesiions which shalt arise
in the said Legislative Council or Assembly, except in the cases
herein otherwise provided, shall be decided by the neejority of
voices of such Members as shall be present; and that in all
cases where the voices shall be equal, the Speaker of such
Council er Assembly shall have a casting voice.—Provided al-
ways and be it further enacted, that no Member either of the
Legislative Council or Assembly 'shall be permitted to sit.or
tote therein, -until he shall have taken and subscribed the oath
prescribed for that purpose by the said Act, passed in the 31st
yesr aforesaid, before a person duly. authorised to administer
the same, as in and by the said Act is directed.—And be itriir-
tlier enacted, that any Bill which shall be passed by -the Legis-
lative Council and Assembly, shall be assented for his Ma-
jesty's assent to the said Governor-in-Chief, On in case of his
death or absence, to such other person and in such order re-
spectively as is hereinbefore directed, ivho shall, according to
his discretion, declare or williold his Majesty's assent to such
Bill, or receive Well Bill-for the signification of his Majesty's
pleasure thereo'n, subject always to the same provisions and re-
gulations with respect to Bills which may either be assented to
or from which his Majesty's 'assent may be witholden, or which
may be reserved as aforesaid, as the case may be, ,as in-
and by the said Act, passed in the thirty-first year
aforesaid, as contained- and enacted with regard to such
Bills respectively.—And' be it further enacted, That all
laws, statutes, or ordinances, which are in force at the time of
passing of this Act within the said Provinces, or either of them,
or in any part thereof respectively, shall remain and continue
to be of the same force, authority, and effect, in each of.elie said
provinces respectively, as if this Act had not been made, except
in as far as the same are repealed or varied by this Act, or in
so far as the same shall* may be hereafter, by virtue of and'
under the authority a this Act, repealed or varied by his Ma-
jesty, his heirs or successors, by and with the advice and con-
sent of the same Legislative Council and Assembly.—And be it-
further enacted, That all rights, privileges, immunities, and
advantages, which are at present legally exercised and,enjoyed
by the Members of the Assemblies of Lower and Upper Ca-
nada respectively, shall continue to be exercised and enjoyed
by them as Members of the. said Assemblies of the Canadas in
as full and ample a manner as heretofore : Provided always,
that no privilege of the said Legislative Council, or of the said
Assembly, shall extend, or be construed to extend, to autho-
rise the' imprisonment of any of. his Majesty's subjects, not
being Members of the said-Legislative Council, or of the said
Assembly, or officers or servants of the said BodieS resnet7-
tively, Until an Act be passed declaatory of the rights and-pri-
vileges of the said Bodies in this• respect.--e And. be it further
enacted, That from and after the , all written pro-
ceedings, of what nature so ever, of the said Legislative Coun-
cil and Assembly, or either of them, "shal? be An the English
language, and none other ; and that at the end of the space
of years, from and after the all debates in
the said Legislative Council, or in the said Assembly, shall be
carried on in the English language; and none other.—And
whereas by the said Act of the' Imperial Parliament of Great '
Britain, made and passed in the fourteenth year aforesaid, in-
tituled " An Act for making more effectual provision for the
Government of the Province of Quebec, in North America,"
it was"; amongst other things, declared, that his Majesty's sub-
jecteeprofessing the religion of the Church of Rome,-of and in
the said Province of Quebec, might have, hold, and enjoy the
free exercise of the said religion, subject-to the King's supre-
macy, as in the said Act mentioned and that the Clergy of

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Ithe said Church might hold, receive, and enjoy their accus.
torned dues and rights with respect to such persons only as
should profess the said religion.—Be• it . therefore further
enacted and declared, That nothing in this Act contained,
nor, any Act to be passed by the said joint legislation,
nor any resolution or other proceeding of the said Legislature,
Council, or Assembly, shill in any wise affect, or be construed
to affect, the free exercise of the religion of the Church of Rome
by his Majesty's subjects, professing the same within either of
the said Provinces, but the same may continue to be exercised,
and the Clergy of the said Church, and the several curates, of
each respective parish of the ,said Province of Lima Canada,
now performing the clerical duties thereof, or who shall here-
after, with the approbation and consent of his Majesty, ex-
pressed in writing by the Governor; or Lieutenant Governor,
or person administering the Government of the Said Province
of Lower Canada for the time being, be thereto duly collated,
appointed, or inducted, may continue to bold, receive, and
enjoy their accustomed dues and rights, in as fell and ample
manner, to all intents and, purposes, as heretofore, and as .is
provided and declared by the said last-mentioned Act.—And
be it further enacted. That all the provisions, regulationa, and
restrictions, made and imposed in and by the said Act, passed
,lx the thirty-first year aforesaid, with respect to any Act or
A C t,S‘te on ta 'fling any.provisions -of' the Mature therein particu-
larly mentioned and specified, shall and the same are hereby
declared to extend and apply to each and every Act which
shall be passed by the said Legislative Council and Assembly,
and which shall contain any provision of the nature, in and by
the said last mentioned Act, set forth and specified.—And be
it further enacted, That all and every the accounts, returns,
papers, and documents, which by any Act now in term in
either Province, are directed to be laid before the Legislature
thereof respectively shall, under the penalties therein provided,
be in like manner transmitted and laid before the Legislature
of the Canadas during the continuance of such Acts.—And be
it further enacted,.That the officers and other persons receiving
salaries or allowances, in respect Of service rendered by them in
the Legislatures of their respective Provinces, shall continue to
receive such salaries and allowances as heretofore, until other-
wise provided for by any Act which shall be passed by his Ma-
jesty, his heirs, or successors, with the advice and consent of the
Legislative Council and Assembly of the Canadas. Andwhereas
doubts have been entertained, whether the tenures of lands within
the said Provinces of Upper and Lower-Canada, holden in fief,
seignency, can legally be charged ' • and whereas, it may ma-
terially tend to th improvement of such lands, and to the ge-
neral advantage of the said Provinces, that such tenures may
henceforth be changed in manner hereinafter mentioned. Be it
therefore further enacted and declared, that if any person or
persons holding any lands in the said Provinces of Lower and.
Upper Canada, or either of them in fief and seignency, and
having legal power and authority to •alienate the same, shall at
any time, from and after the , surrender the same
into the hands of his Majesty, his heirs, or successors, and
shall by petition to his Majesty, or. to the Governor or Lieu-
tenant-Governor, or person administering the Government of
the Province, in which, the lands sq, holden shall be situated,
set forth, that he, she, or they is or are desirous of hold-
ing .the same in free and common soccage, such Governor,
Lieutenant-Governor, or person administering the Go-
vernment of such Province as aforesaid, in pursuance
of the instruction of his Majesty's Secretary of State, or
by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Coun-
cil of such Province, shall cause a fresh grant to be made
to such person or persons of such. lands, to be holden in free
and common soccage, in like manner as lands arc now holden
in free and common soccage in that part of Great Britain called
England, subject nevertheless, if it shall be deemed advisable or
expedient, to require' tire same to payment to his Majesty, by
such grantee or grantees, of such sum or sums of money as and
for a commutation for the fines and other dues Which would have
been payable to his Majesty under the original tenures, such con-
ditions, restrictions, and limitations in lieu therbof, as to his Ma-
jesty, or to the said Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, or person
administering the Government as aforesaid, as the case may be,
shall seem just and reasonable.—Provided always, that on any
such fresh grant being made as aforesaid, no allotment or appro-
priation of lands for the support and maintenance of a Protes-
tant Clergy ehall be necessary, but every stich fresh grant shall
bevalid and effectual without any specification of lands for the
'purpose aforesaid, any Law on contrary thereof in anywise not-
withstanding.—And be it further enamel, that it shall and may
be lawful for his Majesty, his heirs and successors, to commute
with any person holding lands at " teas et acates," in any
censive or fief of his Majesty within. either .of the said Pro-
vinces, and such person
.may obtain a release, from his Majesty
.of allieudal.rights„ arising by reason of such tenure, and re-
ceive a grannfrom his Majesty, his heirs, or successors, in:free
-and-common. soccage, upon payment to his Majesty of such
;SUM of money as his Majesty, his heirs, or successorsamay
deem to.be just and reasonable, by reason of' the • lease and
grant aforesaid; stadall such sums of money as shall be paid
upon any: commutations made by virtue of this Act, shall be
applied towards.the adraimitratipn of justice, and the support
of the civil Government of the said Prevince. And whereas it
• is expedient to make further regulation respectingthe trade of
the said Provinces of Canada, be it enacted, that' from and
after the . it shall
be lawful to • import by land or inland navigation in any
American or British vessel or vessels, boat or boats, car-
riage or . carriages, this goods, wares, and commodities, the
growth, produce, or manufacture of the United States of
America enumerated in the Schedule or Table annexed to this
'Act marked (A), from any port or place in the United States
of America, into any port oaplace of entry at which a Custom-
' house now is'or hercafter.may be lawfully established in either.
of the provinces of Upper Canada and Lower Canada : Provid-
, ed always nevertheless, that it shall and may be lawful for the
GoVemor, Lieutenant-Governor, or person administering the
Government of either of the said Provinces respectively, by
and with the. advice and consent of the Executive thereof for
the time being, from time to time, to diminish or increase by.
Prociannttion die number of, ports or places which are or here-
after may be appointed in suca Province for the entry of goods,
wares, and commodities, from the United States or America :
And be it further enacted, that it shall be lawful to export in
any British or American vessel or vessels, boat or boats, carriage
or carriages, from any of the ports or places of entry now, or
hereafter to be established in the said Province, to any port or
place in the United Stater of America, any article of the
growth, produce, or manufacture of any of his Majesty's do-
minions, or any other article legally imported into the said
Province: Provided always, that nothing herein contained
shall be construed to permit or allow the exportation
of any arms or naval'stores, unless a licence shall have been
obtained for that purpose from his Majesty's Secretary of State,'
and in case any such articles shall .be shipped or water borne
for the purpose of being exported contrary to this Act, the same
shall be forfeited, and shall and maybe seized and prosecuted
as hereinafter directed : and be it further enacted, That no-
thing in this Act contained shall be construed to interfere with
or repeal as respects the inland navigation of the said Provinces
contained in a certain Act of Parliament of Great Britain pass-
ed in the seventh and eighth-year of Ring William, intituled
" An Act for preventing fraud and regulating abuses in the plan-
tation trade," except in so Tar as the same are altered or repeal-
ed by this Act : and-be it further enacted, Tnat all penalties
and forfeitures incurred in either of the said provinces under
this Act, (except where it is otherwise provided), shall and
may be sued for and prosecuted in any Court,' having ecmpe-
petent jurisdiction within such province respectively ; and the
same shall and may be recovered, divided, and accounted for
in the same manner, and from and by the same rulea and regu-
lations, and in all respects as 'other penalties and forfeitures for
offences against the laws relating to the customs and trade of the
said provinces respectively, shall or may by any Act or A cts of the
Legislatures of such Provinces, be sued for, prosecuted, received,
divided; and accounted for, within the same respectively.—Aral
be it further enacted, That all and every,the duties payable with-
in either of the Provinces of LoWer or Upper Canada, on goods
imported into the said Provinces respectively, under any Acts
of either Province, which were in force at the termination of the
last session of the Legislature in \lnd for 'euch Province re-
spectively, shall continue to be levied until the . % un-
less the same or any part thereof shall be' sooner repealed by
any Act to be passed by his Majesty, his heirs or successors,
with the advice and consent of the Legislative Councils, and
assemblies for the Canadas, provided always, nevertheless, that
nothing herein contained shall be taken or construed to extend
to limit the existence or continuance of any'- duty or duties
which by and under any law now in force would otherwise con-
tinue, and be payable after the said but that the said
duties and-the Acts imposing the-same, shall continue and re-
main as if this Ace had not-been passed ; provided also that no-
thing herein contained shall be taken to authorize the exectztionof
any duty upon articles imported before the commencement of this
Act which they were not subject to at the time of their irnpUrta-
tion. And be it furtherenacted,That the GoVernor, Lieutenant-
Governor, or person Administering the Governreent of each of