“ Power to close books at regular intervals Be it enacted, that it shall be lawful for the Company, from time to time hereafter, to appoint a period for the closing of their books, up to which time all accounts shall be taken in respect of moneys payable by the Company and closed, and from which period all future periodical payments shall be computed, a rateable proportion of any payment for any broken period being added or deducted as the case may require. ”

“ An Act to legalize and confirm an agreement made between the Grand Trunk Railway Company of Canada and the Buffalo and Lake Huron Railway Company," an agreement, dated the seventh day of July, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, made between the said Companies, and scheduled to the said Act, was confirmed, subject to the acceptance thereof by meetings of the shareholders of the respective Companies, which have been since held, and which have duly accepted the same ”

“ Section 12 of the Canadian Copyright Act provides a reservation for Crown rights or privileges. Lack of modern case law on the subject makes it unclear whether perpetual prerogative rights over these documents still apply, or whether these rights have lapsed. ”