the case of persons who are members of a partnership engaged in any of the professions, callings, or occupations mentioned in this section."

29. Said chapter 179 is amended by inserting the following as Enacts s. 380A. section 380A :

"380A. (1.) If any Police Magistrate or Deputy Police Magistrate in and for a municipality becomes afflicted with some permanent infirmity disabling him from the due execution of his office, and resigns his office, or if any such Police Magistrate or Deputy Police Magistrate, not having attained the age of seventy-five years, resigns his office after having continued therein for a period of at least twenty-five years, the Council may by resolution grant to him an annuity equal to two-thirds of the annual salary of which he was in receipt at the time of his resignation, to commence immediately after his resignation and to continue thenceforward during his natural life.

"(2.) Every Police Magistrate or Deputy Police Magistrate in and for a municipality who has attained the age of seventy-five years shall be compulsorily retired; and to any such Police Magistrate or Deputy Police Magistrate who is so retired, who has continued in office for a period of twenty years or upwards, the Council may by resolution grant an annuity equal to the annual salary of which he was in receipt at the time of his retirement, to commence immediately after his retirement and to continue thenceforward during his natural life."

30. Section 394 of said chapter 179 is amended by striking out Amends s. 394. the words "the rate of fifty cents a day" in the first and second lines of subsection (1), and substituting therefor the words "such rate as may be fixed from time to time by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council."

31. Said chapter 179 is amended by inserting the following as Enacts s. 454A. section 454A:—

"454A. Where a building is erected or used or land is used in contravention of a by-law passed under the authority of this Act, in addition to any other remedy provided in this Act, and to any penalty imposed by the by-law, such contravention may be restrained by action at the instance of the corporation."

32. Section 465 of said chapter 179 is repealed.

Repeals s. 465.

VICTORIA, B.C.:

Printed by CHARLES F. BANFIELD, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty.

1925.

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[Assented to 19th December, 1925.]

IS MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of British Columbia, enacts as follows:

R.S.B.C. 1924,

c. 181.

1. This Act may be cited as the "Municipalities Aid Act Amend- short title. ment Act, 1925."

2. Section 3 of the "Municipalities Aid Act," being chapter 181 Amends s. 3. of the "Revised Statutes of British Columbia, 1924," is amended by adding thereto the words " after deducting from such aggregate the expenses incurred in the enforcement and collection of such taxes."

VICTORIA, B.C.:

Printed by CHARLES F. BANFIELD, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty.

1925.

An Act to amend the "Municipalities Incorporation R.S.B.C. 1924,

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Act."

[Assented to 19th December, 1925.]

IS MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of British Columbia, enacts as follows:

c. 182.

1. This Act may be cited as the "Municipalities Incorporation short title. Act Amendment Act, 1925."

2. The "Municipalities Incorporation Act," being chapter 182 of Enacts s. 13A. the "Revised Statutes of British Columbia, 1924," is amended by

inserting the following as section 13A:

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municipal limits

13A. (1.) Where the limits of any city, township, or district Extension of municipality extend to any water, whether navigable or not, the to include foreshore. Municipal Council may by by-law, subject to the approval of the Lieutenant-Governor in Council, extend the limits of the municipality to include the adjoining foreshore and any area below lowwater mark which is deemed necessary or advisable, or in case of a river, stream, or lake, to include the foreshore or the foreshore and lands covered by water to the middle of the river, stream, or lake, or any part of such foreshore and lands. No application for the approval of the by-law shall be entertained by the LieutenantGovernor in Council until after public notice of intended application for such approval has been given by the Municipal Council by advertisement published in at least three consecutive issues of a newspaper (if any) published, or if none, then in a newspaper circulating, in the municipality. A notice of the extension of the limits of the municipality, and of the date of the approval of the by-law by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council, and setting out a full description