Statutes of the Province of Ontario

Portada
Queen's Printer, 1870
Prefixed to the first vol. is "An act for the union of Canada, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick ... 29th March, 1867" with special t.p.: Anno regni Victoriæ, Britanniarum reginæ, tricesimo et tricesimo-primo. At a Parliament begun and holden at Westminster ... Toronto, 1868. 45 page.
 

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Página 39 - ... shall have transferred to and vested in him all rights of suit, and be subject to the same liabilities in respect of such goods as if the contract contained in the bill of lading had been made with himself.
Página 38 - TTTHfiKEAS by the custom of merchants a Bill of Lading of ' * goods being transferable by endorsement, the property in the goods may thereby pass to the endorsee, but, nevertheless, all rights in respect of the contract contained in the Bill of Lading continue in the original shipper or owner, and it is expedient that such rights should pass with the property...
Página 32 - ... but that every person so offered may and shall be admitted to give evidence on oath or solemn affirmation in those cases wherein affirmation is by law receivable, notwithstanding that such person may or shall have an interest in the matter in question, or in the event of the trial of any issue, matter, question, or injury, or of the suit, action, or proceeding in which he is offered as a witness, and notwithstanding that such person offered as a witness may have been previously convicted of any...
Página 39 - Every bill of lading in the hands of a consignee or endorsee for valuable consideration representing goods to have been shipped on board a vessel shall be conclusive evidence of such shipment as against the master or other person signing the same, notwithstanding that such goods or some part thereof may not have been so shipped...
Página 151 - ... in the books of the Company, shall be a valid and binding discharge to the Company for any dividend or money payable in respect of such...
Página 31 - ... civil cases, should be laid before the persons who are appointed to decide upon them, and that such persons should exercise their judgment on the credit of the witnesses adduced and on the truth of their testimony...
Página 173 - Corporation and shall have the control, management and government thereof, and shall also have power to make rules and regulations not contrary to law or the provisions of this Act for the government and management of the said Corporation and the affairs and property thereof...
Página 176 - ... requisite for its immediate accommodation in relation to the convenient transacting of its business, and such as shall have been bona fide mortgaged to it by way of security, or conveyed to it in satisfaction of debts previously contracted in the course of its dealings, or purchased at sales upon judgments which shall have been obtained for such debts.
Página 77 - Company may become parties to promissory notes and bills of exchange for j sums not less than one hundred dollars, and any such promissory note made or endorsed by the president or vice-president of the Company, and countersigned by the secretary and treasurer...
Página 158 - That in case it should at any time happen, that an election of officers should not be made on any day, when pursuant to this act it ought to have been made, the said corporation shall not for that cause be deemed to be dissolved, but it shall and may be lawful on any other day...

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