Each township of a district elects its own officers; at meetings held annually, on the first Monday in January, and called by the township clerk, after he has obtained a warrant from two or more justices of the peace. All freeholders above twenty-one years of age are entitled to a vote, and choose the undermentioned officers, viz.--one assessor and a collector, with pound-keepers and path-masters, or overseers of highways, three town-wardens, and from three to eighteen fence-viewers, whose duty it is to regulate fences. These town-officers are liable to penalty for refusing to serve, but cannot be elected oftener than once in three years: they have cognizance of all matters relating to cattle, height and nature of enclosures, and nuisances. Their duties are regulated by the district council's by-laws. Each district has an inspector of licenses, deputy clerk of the crown, judge and clerk of District Court, a judge and a registrar of the Surrogate Court, and one or two registrars for deeds, with coroners, according to the extent, at all the principal towns or villages. In each district is also a sheriff, a clerk of the peace, a treasurer, and, in some of the district towns, a board of police, with president, clerk, treasurer, and street-surveyor. The officers of the incorporated cities or towns are similar to those at home. Justice is administered by the courts of Queen's Bench, Quarter-Sessions, District Courts, and the Town Court, with Division Courts. The terms of the Court of Queen's Bench are four; and in Western Canada, at these times, the judges sit at Toronto to hear counsel on law questions. Easter term commences on the first Monday in February, and ends on the Saturday of the following week. Trinity term, second Monday in June, and ends Saturday of the following week. Michaelmas term, first Monday in August, until Saturday of the following week. Hilary, first Monday in November, until Saturday, as before. The Quarter Sessions are held throughout the province on the 7th of January, 1st of April, 1st of July, and 18th of November. The District Courts are held at the same time as the Quarter Sessions. This court has jurisdiction in all matters of contract from 40s. to L15; and, when the amount is liquidated or ascertained, either by the act of the parties, or the nature of the transaction, to L40. Thus a promissory note under L40 can be sued in this court before the district judge, who is usually a barrister: and an open or unsettled account under L15, but none above that amount; also, all matters of wrong, or, as the lawyers please to call it, _tort_, respecting personal chattels, when title to land is not brought in question, and the damages are under L15. The judge of the District Court, by a late Act, presides also at Quarter Session. The ordinary costs of a suit before him are from L5 to L10; and in the Queen's Bench, before a _real_ judge, from L10 to L30.