Excerpt from Act of Incorporation and by-Laws of the Quebec Board of Trade Whereas the Honorable William Walker, the Honorable George Pemberton, James Dean, Henry W. Welch and others, hereinafter named, merchants, resident and carrying on trade in the city of Quebec, have by their petition to the Legislature represented, that they have associated themselves together for some time past for the purpose of promoting such measures as they might upon due consideration deem calculated to advance and render prosperous the lawful trade and commerce of this Province, and of the said City of Quebec more especially, and have further represented that having already experienced the good effects of their said association, and being convinced that the advantages arising from'lit would be greatly extended and increased if they and their associates and successors were incor porated, and if certain powers were conferred on them, they pray the Legislature so to incorporate them and grant them such powers and whereas it is expedient to grant the prayer of their said petition -be it therefore enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislatix're Council and of the Legislative Assembly of the Pro vince of Canada, constituted and assembled by virtue of and under the authority of an Act passed in the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and intitled An Act to're-unite the Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada and for the Government of Canada, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, that the said Honorable William Walker. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.