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TITLES OF THE ACTS.

Cap. I. An Act for raising a Revenue,

Cap. II. An Act relating to the Treaty of Washington,
Cap. III. An Act for appropriating certain Moneys therein
mentioned, for the service of the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-two,

Cap. IV. An Act to incorporate the Saint Lawrence Marine
Insurance Company, of Prince Edward Island,

Cap. V. An Act to further amend the Act intituled "An Act
to incorporate the Union Bank of Prince Edward Island,”
Cap. VI. An Act for the incorporation of the Charlottetown
Cemetery Company,

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Cap. VII. An Act to regulatie the time of opening and closing Public Offices in Charlottetown,

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Cap. VIII. An Act to revive and continue an Act relative to accidents by Fire, and for the improvement of property in Georgetown, and for the removal of nuisances from the streets and squares thereof,

Cap. IX. An Act to explain and amend an Act passed in the reign of His late Majesty King William the Fourth, intituled "An Act to regulate the Registry of Deeds and Instruments relating to the title to Land, and to repeal the laws heretofore passed for that purpose,"

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Cap. X. The Tenants' Compensation Act, 1872,

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Cap. XI. An Act to enable the City of Charlottetown to levy an Assessment upon Horses and Carriages,

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Cap. XII. An Act to amend the Act to establish a Decimal
System of Currency on this Island,

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Cap. XIII. An Act to alter and amend the Act to authorize the construction of a Railroad through Prince Edward Island,

Cap. XIV. An Act relating to the Office of the Prothonotary of the Supreme Court, of Prince Edward Island,

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Cap XV. An Act to incorporate the Presbyterian Printing
and Publishing Company, of Prince Edward Island,
Cap. XVI. An Act to define the Law with regard to Seaweed
and Kelp on the Sea Coast or outside shores of this
Island,

Cap. XVII. An Act to prohibit interment in the Protestant
Burial Ground, in the Fifth Ward of the City of Charlotte-
town,

Cap. XVIII. An Act to incorporate the New Glasgow Lime
Company,

Cap. XIX. An Act to amend an Act to provide for the ap-
pointment of a Board for the general supervision of the
Public Works and Highways in this Island,

Cap. XX. An Act to amend an Act relating to the Inland
Fisheries, and to repeal certain Acts therein mentioned,
Cap. XXI An Act to amend the Act incorporating the Char-
lottetown Young Men's Christian Association,

Cap. XXII. An Act for the regulation and construction of
Side-walks in the city of Charlottetown,

Cap. XXIII. An Act in further amendment of the Act inti-
tuled "An Act to incorporate sundry persons by the
name of the President, Directors and Company of the
Bank of Prince Edward Island,"

Cap. XXIV. An Act to alter and amend the Act passed in the Thirty-first year of Her present Majesty's reign, intituled "An Act in further addition to, and amendment of the Act to Incorporate the Town of Charlottetown," Cap. XXV. An Act for vesting in the city of Charlottetown the Land and Premises therein mentioned,

Cap. XXVI. An Act to enable the City of Charlottetown to construct Water Works, for the purpose of supplying the said City with Water,

Cap. XXVII. An Act to incorporate St. John's Lodge, No. 397, R. E. of Free and Accepted Masons, in Charlottetown, in Prince Edward Island,

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Cap. XXVIII. An Act relating to Subscriptions to Public and other Works,

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Cap. XXIX. An Act to revive and continue certain Acts therein mentioned,

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Cap. XXX. An Act relating to Life Assurance,

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ANNO TRICESIMO QUINTO

VICTORIA REGINE.

William Cleaver Francis

Lt. Governor.

At the General Assembly of Her Majesty's Island of
Prince Edward, begun and holden at Charlottetown Robinson,
on the twenty-third day of April, Anno Domini 1872,
in the thirty-fifth year of the reign of our Sovereign D. Montgo-
Lady Victoria, by the Grace of God, of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Queen, De-
fender of the Faith:

mery, President of Leg. Council.

Being the the first Session of the twenty-fifth General J. Wightman
Assembly convened in the said Island.

Speaker.

CAP. I.

An Act for raising a Revenue.

[Passed 30th April, 1872.]

HEREAS it is deemed expedient to fur- Preamble. ther continue and amend the herein

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after recited Act. Be it therefore enacted by
the Lieutenant Governor, Council and Assem-
bly, as follows:-

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I. The Act made and passed in the thirty- 34 Vic. cap.1, fourth year of the reign of Her Majesty, in- continued tituled "An Act for raising a Revenue,' and amended, and except such clauses and parts thereof as are hereby repealed, shall be and the same is hereby continued, with certain amendments hereinafter mentioned, from the passing here. of and until the first day of May in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-three.

II. From and after the passing of this Act, Duties imand until the said first day of May in the year ing to table.

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