to certify to all whom it may concern, that under and by virtue of the said Act, the said A. B. hath obtained all the rights and capacities of a Natural-born British Subject, to have, hold, possess and enjoy the same upon, from, and after the of day (the day of filing the Certificate of Residence), in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and ; and this Certificate thereof is hereby granted to the said A. B., according to the form of the said law. Given under my Hand and the Seal of the said Court, this , in the year of our Lord, one thousand day of eight hundred and Clerk of the Peace, (or Clerk of the Recorder's Court, or Clerk of the Circuit Court, or Clerk of the Supreme Court, as the case may be.) 7. A copy of such Certificate of Naturalization may, at Copy of certithe option of the party, be registered in the Registry Office of ficate may be any County or District or Registration Division within registered. Canada, and a certified copy of such Registry shall be sufficient evidence of such Naturalization in all Courts and places whatsoever. lized under 8. Any Alien entitled, at the time of the passing of this Act, Aliens entitled to be naturalized under the provisions of any of the Acts men- to be naturationed in the twelfth and fourteenth sections of this Act, may former Acts take the oaths or affirmations of Residence and of Allegiance, may take and obtain Certificates as aforesaid, in the same manner as oaths and obAliens entitled to be naturalized under the provisions of the cates under third section of this Act, and with the same effect, to all in- this Act. tents and purposes: tain certifi turalization 2. Notwithstanding anything in this Act, all Aliens now As to aliens resident within the Province of Nova Scotia, and entitled to be entitled to nanaturalized by virtue of the thirty-fourth Chapter of the Revised under Cap. 34, Statutes of Nova Scotia, shall hereafter, on fulfilling the require- of Rev. Stat. ments of the said last mentioned Chapter, be entitled to all the privileges by this Act conferred on persons naturalized under this Act. N. S. 9. The Clerk of the Peace or Clerk of the Recorder's Fees to be Court, or Clerk of the Circuit Court, or Clerk of the Supreme taken under Court, shall, for reading and filing the Certificate of Resi- this Act. dence, and preparing and issuing the Certificate of Naturalization under the Seal of the Court, be entitled to receive from such person the sum of twenty-five cents, and no more ;And the Registrar shall, for recording the said last mentioned Certificate, be entitled to receive from such person, the sum of fifty cents, and a further sum of twenty-five cents for every search and certified copy of the same, and no more. Privileges of under this Act to be subject to provisions of the Imperial Act, 10, 10. The privileges of Naturalization imparted by this Act naturalization to the several classes of persons herein mentioned, are imparted to such persons respectively on the terms and conditions herein set forth, and are to be by such persons exercised and enjoyed, according to the true intent and meaning of an Act passed in the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in the Session held in the tenth and eleventh years of Her Majesty's Reign, and intituled: An Act for the Naturalization of Aliens. 11, V, c. 83. Act of U. C. 54 G. 3, c. 9, not affected. This Act not to affect 4 & 5 V. c. 7, or sec tions 1, 2 or 3 of 12 V. c. 197, or any rights der the same. acquired un Penalty on 11. Nothing in this Act contained shall repeal or in any manner affect the Act of the Legislature of Upper Canada, passed in the fifty-fourth year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Third, intituled: An Act to declare certain persons therein described Aliens, and to vest their estates in His Majesty, or any proceedings had under the said Act. 12. Nor shall any thing in this Act contained repeal or in any manner affect the Act passed in the session held in the fourth and fifth years of Her Majesty's reign, chapter seven, intituled: An Act to secure to and confer upon certain inhabitants of this Province, the civil and political rights of Natural-born British Subjects, or the first, second or third section of the Act passed in the twelfth year of Her Majesty's reign, chapter one hundred and ninety-seven, intituled: An Act to repeal a certain Act therein mentioned, and to make better provision for the Naturalization of Aliens, or impair or affect the naturalization of any person naturalized under the said Acts, or either of them, or any rights acquired by such person or by any other party by virtue of such naturalization, all which shall remain valid and be possessed and enjoyed by such person or party respectively. PENALTY FOR FALSE SWEARING. 13. Any person wilfully swearing falsely, or making any persons swear- false affirmation under this Act, shall be deemed guilty of ing or affirming falsely. wilful and corrupt perjury, and shall, on conviction, in addition to any other punishment authorized by Law, forfeit all the privileges or advantages which he or she would otherwise, by making such oath or affirmation, have been entitled to under this Act, but the rights of others in respect to estates derived from or held under him or her, shall not thereby be prejudiced, excepting always such others as shall have been cognizant of the perjury at the time the title by which they claim to hold under him or her was created. Con. Stat. Can. c. 8, except sec. 9: chapter 34 of R. S. N. S. exceptsections 1, 2 and 3: acts of N. B. 14. The following Acts are hereby repealed, that is to say: The Act respecting the Naturalization of Aliens, forming the eighth chapter of the Consolidated Statutes of Canada, save and except the ninth section thereof, the thirty-fourth chapter of the Revised Statutes of Nova Scotia, third series, Of the privileges and Naturalization of Aliens, save and except the first, second repealed. second and third sections thereof; the Act of the Legislature 24 V. c. 54, of New Brunswick, passed in the twenty-fourth year of Her and 28 V. c. 5, Majesty's reign, chapter fifty-four, intituled: An Act relating to the Naturalization of Aliens; and the Act of the same Legislature passed in the twenty-eighth year of Her Majesty's reign, chapter five, intituled: An Act to amend the Act relating to the Naturalization of Aliens; but nothing in this section contained Saving the shall impair or affect the naturalization of any person naturarights of perlized under the said Acts, or either of them, or any rights lized under acquired by such person, or by any other party, by virtue of the same. such naturalization, all which shall remain valid, and be possessed and enjoyed by such person or party respectively. CAP. LXVII. An Act respecting the Geological Survey of Canada. [Assented to 22nd May, 1868.] sons natura HER House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows: years for Geo 1. Out of any unappropriated moneys forming part of the Appropriation Consolidated Revenue Fund of Canada, the sum of thirty thou- of $30,000 sand dollars shall be annually applied for the term of five years yearly for 5 from the first day of July, one thousand eight hundred and logical Sursixty-seven, to defray the expenses of the Geological Survey of vey. Canada, during the said term; which sum shall be paid at such times and in such manner as the Governor in Council may direct, subject to the provisions hereinafter made; and any balance remaining unexpended out of the sum appropriated for any one year, may be applied and expended in the next or any subsequent year, in addition to the sum appropriated for such next or subsequent year. rized. 2. The Governor may employ a suitable number of compe- Employment tent persons to make, continue and complete the Geological of competent Survey of Canada, and to furnish a full and scientific description persons authoof its rocks, sails and minerals, which shall be accompanied Nature of with proper maps, diagrams and drawings and a collection of survey. specimens to illustrate the same, and may direct the publication of such maps and drawings as he may deem necessary for that purpose, and the deposit thereof in the Geological Museum, Museum. as a collection for the whole Dominion of Canada, and which shall be open at all reasonable hours to the public, and shall Distribution be furnished with such books and instruments as may be of reports, necessary for the illustration of the science and the prosecution of the Survey, and may from time to time order the distribution of the publications relative to the Survey and of duplicate specimens, to scientific institutions in Canada and other countries. specimens, &c. Permanent tude and lon gitude and level. 3. For the purpose of obtaining an accurate basis from marks of lati- which the geological and topographical features of the country may be ascertained, and for the purpose of connecting together local and partial Surveys, the Director of the Geological Survey shall cause permanent marks in some public buildings, or other marks of a durable description, to be made at several convenient stations in Canada, and shall fix accurately the latitude and longitude and the relative levels thereof as points of reference. Certain Railway Companies to fur nish copies of plans, &c. Yearly report by Director. Accounts. Preamble. Short title. 4. All Railway and Canal Companies over which the Parliament of Canada has jurisdiction, shall, if incorporated after the passing of this Act, furnish to the Geological Survey, without charge, certified copies of all plans and sections of their Surveys; and all such Companies theretofore incorporated shall furnish such plans and sections upon the demand of the Director of the Geological Survey and at the cost of the same. 5. The Director of the Geological Survey shall make and transmit yearly to the Governor, on or before the first day of May, a report shewing generally the progress made in the Survey. 6. An Account of the moneys expended under the authority of this Act, shall be laid yearly before the House of Commons, during the first fifteen days of each session of Parliament. CAP. LXVIII. An Act respecting Railways. [Assented to 22nd May, 1868.] HER Commons of Canada, enacts as ER Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Application of the several parts of this Act. follows: 1. In citing this Act, it shall be sufficient to use the expression "The Railway Act, 1868." 1. APPLICATION OF ACT. 2. The provisions of this Act from section five to section twenty-two, both inclusive, being Part First of this Act, shall apply to The Intercolonial Railway to be constructed under the authority of the Act of the Parliament of Canada, passed during the present Session, and intituled: An Act respecting the construction of the Intercolonial Railway, so far as they are applicable to the undertaking and in so far as they are not inconsistent with or contrary to the provisions of the said Act respecting it : 2. The said sections shall also apply to every Railway here- The same. after to be constructed under the authority of any Act passed by the Parliament of Canada, and shall, so far as they are applicable to the undertaking, and unless they are expressly varied or excepted by the Special Act, be incorporated with the Special Act, form part thereof, and be construed therewith as forming one Act. excepted from 3. For the purpose of excepting from incorporation with the How any secSpecial Act any of the sections forming Part First of this Act, tion may be it shall be sufficient in the Special Act to enact, that the sec- incorporation tions of this Act proposed to be excepted referring to them by with any Spethe words forming the headings of such sections respectively shall not be incorporated with such Act, and the Special Act shall thereupon be construed accordingly. cial Acts. 4. The remaining provisions of this Act, being Part Second, To what Railshall apply to the Intercolonial Railway, in so far as they are ways the other provisions of not varied by, or inconsistent with the Special Act respecting this Act shall it, to all Railways now in course of construction by the Govern- apply. ment of Canada, and the property of the Dominion of Canada, in so far as they are not inconsistent with any Special Act respecting them, and to all Railways which may be hereafter constructed under the authority of any Special Act passed by the Parliament of Canada, and to all Companies hereafter incorporated for their construction and working. PART FIRST. INTERPRETATION. 5. 1. The expression "The Special Act," used in this Act, Interpretashall be construed to mean any Act authorizing the construc- tion of words "The Special tion of a Railway, with which this Act is incorporated : Act." 2. The word "prescribed," used in this Act in reference to "Prescribed.” any matter herein stated, shall be construed to refer to such matter, as the same is prescribed or provided for in the Special Act; and the sentence in which such word occurs shall be construed as if, instead of the word "prescribed," the expression "prescribed for that purpose in the Special Act" had been used; 3. The expression "the lands" shall mean the lands which "The Lands.” by the Special Act are authorized to be taken or used for the purpose thereof; 4. The expression "the undertaking" shall mean the Rail- «The underway and works, of whatever description, by the Special Act taking." authorized to be executed; 5. The following words and expressions, both in this and In this and the the Special Act, shall have the meanings hereby assigned to Special Act. them, |