office. "happen from Popish Recufants;" and alfo to receive from him and the oath of his fubfcription to the oaths and declaration; and likewife to administer unto him an oath for the due execution and performance of the office of a juftice of the peace of the faid district of Quebec in our faid province in the ufual form. And of what you shall do herein you are to make return forthwith into the office of the Register of our High Court of Chancery of our faid province, together with this our writ. Witness our trufty and well-beloved the Honourable Guy day of NUMBER XIX. A DRAUGHT of a Form of the OATH of OFFICE of a JUSTICE of the PEACE of the District of QUEBEC, in the Province of QUEBEC; made by the Order of Governour CARLETON. juftice to all: YOU fhall fwear that, as a juftice of the peace for the diftrict modo qu of Quebec in the province of Quebec, you will do equal perfons. right to the poor and to the rich in all articles in the King's commiflion to you directed, according to your cunning, wit, and. power, and according to the laws and cuftoms of that part of the kingdom of Great Britain which is called England, and to the ftatutes of England and of Great Britain, and to the ordinances of this province of Quebec, thereof made. And that you shall not be of counsel in any Quarrel hanging before you. And that you will hold your feffions after the form of the ftatutes and ordinances To hold of the faid province thereof made.. Seffions. ciaments. And the iffues, fines, and amerciaments that fhall happen to be Fines and amermade, and all forfeitures which fhall fall before you, you shall caufe to be entered, without any concealment or embezzling, and truly fend them to the receiver general of his Majesty's revenue in this province. You fhall not let for gift or other caufe, but well and truly you shall do your office of a juftice of the peace. in that behalf. And you shall take nothing for doing your faid office of a Fees... juftice of the peace, but of the King and the fees accustomed and cofts limited by statute or ordinance of this province.. And you shall not direct, or caufe to be directed, any warrant, Warrants, by you to be made, to the parties; but you fhall direct them to the bailiffs of the diftrict, or other the King's officers or minifters,, or. other indifferent perfons, to do execution thereof. So help you GOD.. NUMBER XX. An ORDER of the KING in Council, difallowing and repealing an Ordinance of the Commander in Chief and Council of the Province of QUEBEC, paffed on the 17th of July 1766, concerning LICENCES to retail SPIRITUOUS LIQUORS. AT T the COURT at St. JAMES's, the 26th day of June 1767, PRESENT The KING's moft Excellent MAJESTY, Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Prefident, Duke of Grafton, Duke of Queensberry, Lord Steward, Earl of Ashburnham, Earl of Harcourt, Earl of Shelburne, Viscount Barrington, Viscount Clare, Viscount Villiers, Lord Sandys, James Stuart Mackenzie, Efq; Sir Edward Hawke. WHEREAS the governour of his Majefty's province of Quebec, with the advice of the council of the faid province, is authorized and impowered (until the fituation and circumstances of our faid province will admit of calling general affemblies) to make fuch rules and regulations as shall appear to be necessary for the peace, order, and good government of the faid province, taking care that nothing be paffed, or done, that shall any ways tend to affect affect the life, limb, or liberty of the fubject*, or to the impofing any duties or taxes; which rules and regulations are directed to be transmitted to his Majesty for his approbation or difallowance: And whereas in pursuance of the faid powers the following ordinance was paffed in the faid province on the 17th of July 1766, and transmitted, intitled as follows, viz. "An Ordinance for granting Licences for retailing Rum and "other Spirituous Liquors, and for fuppreffing unlicensed "Houfes;" which ordinance, together with a reprefentation from the lords commiffioners for trade and plantations thereupon, having been referred to the confideration of a committee of the lords of his Majefty's most honourable privy council for plantation-affairs, the faid lords of the committee did this day report to his Majefty that. the faid ordinance ought to be repealed: His Majesty is thereupon pleased, with the advice of his privy council, to declare his difallowance of the faid ordinance. And, pursuant to his Majesty's royal pleasure thereupon expreffed, the said ordinance is hereby repealed, declared void and of none effect. Whereof the governour, or commander in chief, of his Majefty's. province of Quebec for the time being, and all others whom it may concern, are to take notice, and govern themselves accordingly. * This very great reftriction of the legislative power delegated by his Majefty to the governour and council of the province is generally thought to be very inconvenient. Few ordinances can be made that tend neither to affect the life, limb, or liberty of the fubject, or to the impofing duties or taxes.See above, pages 26, 27. NUMBER NUMBER XXI. An ORDER of the KING in Council, confirming the BOUNDARY LINE between the Provinces of New York and Quebec, fixed by Sir Henry Moore, the Governour of New York, and Brigadier-General Carleton, Lieutenant-Governour of Quebec, at a Meeting held for that Purpose; and regulating the Claims made by his Majesty's new Canadian Subjects to Lands fituated on the South Side of that Line. Α AT the COURT at St. JAMES's, the 12th day of Auguft 1768, PRESENT, The KING's moft Excellent MAJESTY, Duke of Grafton,, Viscount Falmouth, Viscount Barrington, Lord North, James Stuart Mc Kenzie, Efq; Sir Edward Hawke. WHEREAS there was this day read at the board a report from the right honourable the lords of the committee of council for plantation-affairs, dated the ninth of this inftant, upon confidering a report made by the lords commiffioners for trade and plantations, upon an extract of a letter from Sir Henry Moore, governour of New-York, to the Earl of Shelburne, dated the 16th of January laft, relative to the settling the boundary-line between that province and Quebec; by which report it appears, that |