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ms aovznnmrur or PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND

T t . CONGRATULATES

. hp THE CITY OF OHARLOTTETOWN

ON THE OCCASION OF ITS

100TH ANNIVERAR

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. . . . , .. & 5 .l There was no fanfare when our Legisln- v I K I .i e J . JQ ” , Q5, tivc Assembly met in the year 1855-no 4 p v- i. s W - p ' T

military parade or salute of guns to mark the occasion. The permanent Garrison Force , had been withdrawn the previous year. ,St. TH! George's Battery was in process of being 711;; dismantled, and it was not until the follow- M int; year, 1856, that a volunteer Infantry Corps was formed and a guard of honour could be supplied for the Lieutenant Gov- ernnr. . It was a drab session outwardly, with black frock coats predominating, and an air of funereal calm that belied the im- portance of the events that were shortly to transpire within the legislative halls.

For "the 1855 session was important in many respects. It passed bills authorizing Free Trade with the United States and the holding of s Province-wide Census. It in- corporated the Bank of Prince Edward II- land and the Mechaniu' Institute, establish-

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ed a Normal School, amended the pl'0Coofl- lngs in controverted elections. and secured compensation to tenant: for improvements to wilderness laud. What it of chief inter- est today, however, was the agreeinont reached at the .1855 session that ”ior the better protection, care and management of the local interests of the inhabitants of the Town of (lharlottotown. and for its Munici- pal Government and improvement, it is us- pedient that the said Town be incorporated."

Thus read the preamble to the ptatulu authorizing the first municipal administra- tion of the Island n'hi('h was formed on Kna- ust 17. I835, when civic clections ucrr hciri under the City of Charlottetown incorpora- tion Act of that year.

On this centennial annivcrsaigx u' in- corpomtion, the Gov:-rnmcut of Pruu-w Id- uard island exicnds its warincsl ron:r;m.. lalions to the Mayor and City (hunt-ii of Cliarlottclown. and to all its citi7.cns. upv I century of civic achim'cn1ent and upon CW bright prospects for further piogicss and dcvclopmcnt in this. the fair ('apiia! oi our Province and Cradle of Coiilmicmimii.

Provincial Building In Charlottetown Which House; The Confederation Chamber

to ALL muons - A GDRIJIAL WELCOME to nun rnovmc: e All nuovm: sun C All!) MAY vou" nnunu AGAIN soon .

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' HON. A. W. MATHESON.

. . i V . h - . Premier, Prince Edward Island