An Act in Aid of the Municipality of The Corporation of the City of Port Coquitlam.

[Assented to 11th December, 1925.]

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HEREAS unusual circumstances have arisen by reason of Preamble. which the municipality of The Corporation of the City of Port Coquitlam has become temporarily embarrassed financially, and the Municipal Council has applied to the Government for aid by way of a loan of moneys urgently needed to enable the municipality to meet extraordinary liabilities now pressing:

And whereas it is expedient in the interest of the ratepayers of the said municipality that aid should be granted:

Therefore, His Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of British Columbia, enacts as follows:

1. This Act may be cited as the "City of Port Coquitlam Aid Act, Short title. 1925."

$20,000 to

2. The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may advance by way of Power to loan loan to The Corporation of the City of Port Coquitlam a sum not municipality. to exceed twenty thousand dollars.

repayment.

3. The moneys loaned pursuant to this Act shall bear interest at Interest and the rate of five per centum per annum, payable half-yearly, and shall be repayable not later than ten years from the date of the loan.

pality to pass loan assent of electors.

4. The Council of the said municipality may pass a by-law provid- Power of municiing for the issue of debentures of the municipality as security for by-law without the moneys so loaned, and it shall not be necessary to obtain the assent of the electors of the municipality to such by-law.

5. Subject to section 3, the Lieutenant-Governor in Council may Agreement as to enter into an agreement with the Council of the said municipality tions of loan.

terms and condi

Appropriation.

as to the terms and conditions upon which the moneys shall be advanced, and the terms and conditions under which they shall be repaid; and all covenants entered into by the Council in such agreement shall be binding upon the municipality.

6. The moneys advanced pursuant to this Act shall be paid from the Consolidated Revenue Fund; and all moneys repaid and all payments of interest shall be paid into the Consolidated Revenue Fund.

VICTORIA, B.C.:

Printed by CHARLES F. BANFIELD, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty. 1925.

R.S.B.C. 1924, c. 197.

[Assented to 19th December, 1925.]

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

1. This Act may be cited as the "Pound District Act Amendment Short title. Act, 1925."

2. Section 20 of the "Pound District Act," being chapter 197 Amends s. 20. of the "Revised Statutes of British Columbia, 1924," is amended

by striking out subsection (2), and substituting therefor the following:

"(2.) In case the owner is not known, or the owner so notified does not, within three days after the mailing or delivery of the notice, appear at the pound and release the animal so impounded by the payment of the lawful fees and charges, the pound-keeper shall cause to be published a notice of sale in Form E in the Schedule by posting the same in three conspicuous public places in the pound district, and, if considered advisable by the pound-keeper, by publication in one or more issues of a newspaper published in the Province and circulating in the district or in the immediate vicinity (as near as may be found practical) of the district; and such notice shall be so posted at least six days before the day of sale named therein."

3. Section 22 of said chapter 197 is repealed, and the following is Re-enacts s. 22.

substituted therefor:

"22. Where any impounded animal has not been previously released from the pound, the animal shall be sold at public auction on the day of sale named in the notice published pursuant to section 20; and at the sale the pound-keeper shall be the auctioneer, and the sale shall be held at the pound and shall commence at the hour

Amends s. 26.

Amends Sch.

of two o'clock in the afternoon, and the pound-keeper shall neither in person nor by his agent purchase any animal at the sale or have any interest of any kind in any animal so purchased."

4. Section 26 of said chapter 197 is amended by inserting after the word "sold," in the second line of subsection (1), the words "the pound-keeper may sell it at private sale."

5. The Schedule to said chapter 197 is amended by striking out Form D, and substituting therefor the following:

To [name of owner]:

FORM D.
(Section 20 (1).)

Take notice that, pursuant to the provisions of the "Pound District Act," [description of animal impounded] was impounded in the pound kept by the undersigned at

, on

the

day

And further take notice that unless, within three days after the date of this notice, you appear at the pound and release the animal so impounded by the payment of the lawful fees and charges, the same will be advertised and sold at public auction as provided in the said Act.

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

1925.

An Act to facilitate the Reciprocal Enforcement of
Judgments and Awards.

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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:

Short Title.

1. This Act may be cited as the "Reciprocal Enforcement of short title. Judgments Act."

Interpretation.

2. (1.) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires:-
"Judgment" means any judgment or order given or made by a
Court in any civil proceedings, whether before or after the
passing of this Act, whereby any sum of money is made
payable, and includes an award in proceedings on an arbi-
tration if the award has, in pursuance of the law in force
in the Province or Territory where it was made, become
enforceable in the same manner as a judgment given by
a Court therein :

"Judgment creditor" means the person by whom the judgment
was obtained, and includes the executors, administrators,
successors, and assigns of that person:

"Judgment debtor" means the person against whom the judg

ment was given, and includes any person against whom the judgment is enforceable in the place where it was given: "Original Court" in relation to any judgment means the Court by which the judgment was given:

"Registering Court" in relation to any judgment means the

Court in which the judgment is registered under this Act.

Expressions

interpreted.

(2.) Subject to Rules of Court, any of the powers conferred by Powers exercisable this Act on any Court may be exercised by a Judge of the Court.

by Judge.