(AMENDMENT). of the limits of the municipality as extended shall be published by the Municipal Council in the Gazette. "(2.) Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Act, no proceedings or notice in addition to those prescribed by subsection (1) shall be necessary to give effect to an extension of limits under this section." VICTORIA, B.C.: Printed by CHARLES F. BANFIELD, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty. An Act to amend the "Village Municipalities Act." R.S.B.C. 1924, H [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. 183. 1. This Act may be cited as the "Village Municipalities Act Short title. Amendment Act, 1925." 2. Section 2 of the "Village Municipalities Act," being chapter Amends s. 2. 183 of the "Revised Statutes of British Columbia, 1924," is amended by striking out the words "in which the number of persons then resident does not exceed one thousand, and" in the third, fourth, and fifth lines thereof. 3. (1.) The Schedule to said chapter 183 is amended by adding Amends Sch. after clause (35) of section 19 the following as clause (35a) : "(35a.) For regulating traffic within the municipality." (2.) Said Schedule is further amended by adding to section 19 the following as clause (85) : "(85.) For purchasing, constructing, operating, and maintain ing, either within or without the municipality, works for VICTORIA, B.C.: Printed by CHARLES F. BANFIELD, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty. 1925. An Act to provide for the Granting of certain Public H1 [Assented to 19th December, 1925.] IS MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the enacts as follows: 1. This Act may be cited as the "Pacific Great Eastern Railway Short title. Aid Act, 1925." Vancouver and Prince George. 2. In aid of the construction of the Pacific Great Eastern Railway Land grant in aid of from the City of Vancouver to a point on the Canadian National railway between Railway at or near the City of Prince George, it shall be lawful for the Lieutenant-Governor in Council to grant to the Pacific Great Eastern Railway Company public lands not to exceed an extent of twenty thousand acres in respect of each mile of the main line of its railway now completed and in respect of each mile of the remainder of the main line between the termini mentioned in this section as and when constructed. All lands to be granted under the provisions of this section shall be selected within the Land Recording Districts of Clinton and Quesnel, and from public lands of the Province within the areas approximately described in Schedule A. Prince George and railway between Pouce Coupe. 3. In aid of the construction of the Pacific Great Eastern Railway Land grant in aid of from a point on the Canadian National Railway at or near Prince George, the said point being the northern termini of the railway mentioned in section 2, to the eastern boundary of the Province at or near the village of Pouce Coupe, it shall be lawful for the Lieutenant-Governor in Council to grant to the Pacific Great Eastern Railway Company public lands not to exceed an extent of twenty thousand acres in respect of each mile of its main line of railway LAND GRANT. Exemption of public lands subject to alienation. Provisions applicable to grants. between the termini mentioned in this section. For the purpose of determining the time when the Pacific Great Eastern Railway Company shall become entitled to the land subsidy authorized under this section, the line of railway may be divided into sections of not less than twenty miles each, and the Pacific Great Eastern Railway Company shall be deemed to have earned the subsidy in respect of each section as from the time when that section shall have been completed and ready for operation. All lands to be granted under the provisions of this section shall be selected, subject to the approval of the Lieutenant-Governor in Council, from public lands of the Province within the area approximately described in Schedule B. 4. "Public lands" within the meaning of sections 2 and 4 shall not include lands which are held under pre-emption record or agreement to purchase, or under any Statute, or in any other manner which may obligate the Crown to convey title thereto, but may, subject to the approval of the Lieutenant-Governor in Council, include lands held under lease, licence, or permit from the Crown, subject to the condition that all rights of the holders of leases, licences, or permits, including all rights of renewal, shall be fully protected and preserved. 5. Every grant of public lands made under this Act shall be subject to the following exceptions, reservations, and provisions:— (a.) All exceptions and reservations contained in grants from the Crown made in Form No. 11 in the Schedule to the "Land Act": (b.) All waters within the area of any grant shall be subject (c.) Where timber lands, within the meaning of section 44 of |