THE

ACTS

OF THE

GENERAL ASSEMBLY

OF

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND,

FROM

THE SIXTEENTH YEAR OF THE REIGN OF HER PRESENT MAJESTY
QUEEN VICTORIA, A. D. 1853,

ΤΟ

THE TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR OF THE SAME REIGN, A. D. 1862.

1862.

1868, Oct. 1

Published under the authority of 23 Vic. cap. 10, and 24 Vic. cap. 3.

EDWARD PALMER,
JOHN LONGWORTH,
WILLIAM H. POPE,

Commissioners.

A TABLE OF ALL THE ACTS PRINTED IN THIS

VOLUME.

16th Victoria, 1853.

III. An Act to establish the salaries payable to the Attorney General, and
Solicitor General, and Clerk of the Crown and Prothonotary of
Prince Edward Island, for their public services,

VIII. An Act for further improving the administration of criminal justice,
XI. An Act relating to the appointment of Constables and Fenceviewers
for Queen's County,

XII. An Act to amend the law of evidence,

XIII. An Act to enable the Government of this Island to take possession
of lands when required to erect Lighthouses, and for other purposes
connected with lights and beacons, and to pay compensation to the
owners or occupiers thereof,

XIV. An Act relating to the mode of proceeding against lands on the
several Townships in Prince Edward Island, and the islands con-
tiguous thereto, for the recovery of arrears of land assessment,
XV. An Act relating to the packet service between Bedeque and Shediac,
XVIII. An Act for the purchase of lands on behalf of the Government of
Prince Edward Island, and to regulate the sale and management
thereof, and for other purposes therein mentioned,

17th Victoria, 1854.

VI. An Act relating to certain lease and monetary obligations entered into before the passing of the currency Act,

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VII. An Act to encourage steam communication between Charlottetown
and certain parts of the Hillsborough and Elliot rivers,
XIII. An Act relating to prisoners under sentence of imprisonment with
hard labor in Prince and King's Counties,

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XVII. An Act to amend an Act to make provision for the service of nonbailable process in certain cases,

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