In 1832 The City Was Incorporated (1 William IV., Chap.
52,), Its
first Mayor, elected in 1833, was a barrister of note, Elzear Bedard,
Esq., subsequently Mr. Justice Elzear J.S.C. The amended Act of
Incorporation of the City of Quebec, the 29th Vic., cap.
57, sanctioned on
the 18th September, 1865, thus defines the limits of the city, the number
and limits of the wards: - "The City of Quebec, for all municipal purposes,
comprises the whole extent of land within the limits assigned to the said
city by a certain proclamation of His Excellency Sir Alured Clarke,
bearing date the 7th May, 1792, and in addition all land extending to low
water mark of the River St. Lawrence, in front of the said city, including
the shore of the River St Charles, opposite the city, as limited by high
water mark on the north side of the said river, from, the prolongation of
the west line of St. Ours street to the west line of the farm of the Nuns
of the Hotel Dieu; thence running southwards along the said line, about
550 feet, to the southern extremity of a pier erected on the said farm, at
low water mark; thence running due east, about 800 feet, to the
intersection of the line limiting the beach grants of the Seigniory of
Notre Dame des Anges, at low water; and finally, thence along the said
beach line, running north 40 degrees east, to the intersection of the
prolongation of the line of the Commissioners for the Harbour of Quebec,
and thence following the said Commissioners' line to the westerly line of
the city.
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