STATUTES,, PROCLAMATIONS,, RULES, ORDERS, ETC. 1021 



Gut of Canso, or navigating to or from the Harbours contiguous to 

 the entrance into the said Gut, and it has become necessary to provide 

 funds to support and maintain the said Building, and the Light kept 

 therein : 



I. Be it enacted, by the Lieutenant- Governor, Council and Assem- 

 bly, That it shall and may be lawful, for the Governor, Lieutenant- 

 Governor, or Commander in Chief, for the time being, to appoint and 

 establish so many fit and proper persons as may hereafter be thought 

 necessary, at any or all of the Harbours, Creeks and Places, within 

 the Gulf of St. Lawrence, in the said Gut of Canso, in the Island of 

 Cape-Breton, and in the Harbours, Creeks, and Rivers, contiguous to 

 the entrance of the said Gut, with full powers to collect, and receive, 

 the Duties by this Act imposed for the support of the said Light- 

 House. 



II. And be it further enacted, That the same Light-Duties which 

 are now paid by vessels entering the Harbour of Halifax, shall here- 

 after be paid by all Ships and Vessels, of every Country, kind and 

 descriptions, which shall enter, arrd come to anchor, in any Port or 

 place, on the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, in this Province ; in the Gut of 

 Canso; Saint Andrew's Passage; the Harbour of Little Canso; 

 Saint Peters, in the island of Cape-Breton; Arichat, or any of the 

 Harbours of the Island of Madame : Provided always, That no Light- 

 Duty for the said Light-House shall be required or paid by any Ship 

 or Vessel entering into any of the said Harbours or Places, and 

 anchoring therein as aforesaid, which shall have paid any Light- 

 Duty upon the said voyage for any other Light-House within the 

 Province. 



III. And be it further enacted, That all the Provisions, Clauses and 

 Regulations, mentioned and contained in an Act, passed in the 

 thirty-third year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the 

 Second, entitled, An Act for regulating and maintaining a Light- 

 House on Sambro Island; in an Act, passed in the thirty-third year 

 of the same King's reign, entitled, An Act in addition to, and amend- 

 ment of, the first before-recited Act, for regulating and maintaining 

 a Light-House on Sambro Island; in an Act, passed in the fifty-fifth 

 year of the reign of His late Majesty King George the Third, in addi- 

 tion to, and amendment of, the said first recited Act; in an Act, 

 passed in the fifty-sixth year of the same King's Reign, entitled, An 

 Act to authorize the appointing of Commissioners for Light-Houses ; 

 and also in an Act, passed in the fifty-ninth year of the same King's 

 reign, entitled, An Act to revive, continue and amend, an Act to pro- 

 vide for the support of a Light-House at the South End of Coffin's 

 Island, at the Eastern side of the entrance of Liverpool Harbour: 

 and all and every other clause or provision, which regulates the Light- 

 Houses of the Province, and provides for collecting the Light-duties, 

 and compelling the payment thereof ; and regulating the expenditure 

 of the monies so collected, the powers of the Collectors, and the allow- 

 ance for collecting, and all other matters and things relative thereto, 

 are hereby extended to the said Light-House at Cranberry Island, 

 and are, and shall be made, applicable to enforce and compel the 

 payment of the Duties hereby imposed for the support of the said 

 Light-House on Cranberry Island. 



IV. And be it further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful 

 for any of the said collectors, appointed by virtue of this Act, to call 



