3. The said the Corporation of the City of Port Moody is author- Port Moody accept. ized to accept conveyance, grant of, acquire and hold the said lands, plant, equipment, and personal property and assets of the said Port Moody Steel Works, Limited, without the necessity of any by-law being passed by the Council of the said Corporation to authorize transfer of the said real and personal property to the said Corporation, and the provisions of the "Municipal Act" with reference to the acquiring the lands and property shall not apply.

4. The said Corporation of the City of Port Moody shall be the Port Moody own absolute owner of said land, plant, machinery, and equipment and plant, etc. other property and assets of the said Port Moody Steel Works, Limited, and shall not be accountable or in any way liable to the said Company or its assigns or any creditor of the said Company, and on production of release from Port Moody Steel Works, Limited, and conveyance from said Montreal Trust Company the Registrar of Titles at New Westminster shall issue in the name of the Corporation of the City of Port Moody certificate of indefeasible title to said lands free from encumbrance.

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5. The Corporation of the City of Port Moody is authorized by Operate, lease, or resolution of the Council, and subject to the approval of the Inspector of Municipalities, to enter into any contract with any person or company to operate said plant, and to sell, lease, or dispose of the whole or any portion of the said land, plant, machinery, equipment, property, and assets of the said Company so transferred to the said Corporation.

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6. The proceeds of the operation, lease, or sale of the said plant Proceeds to redeem or any part thereof shall be deposited in a separate account in a chartered bank and shall be applied towards the upkeep of the said plant, insurance, watchmen, repairs, and other expenses incident to the ownership of the said plant, and the surplus shall be applied towards the redemption and retiring of the debentures for the sum of one hundred thousand dollars authorized by this Act, and as such debentures are redeemed, retired, and got in from the proceeds of the operation, lease, or sale of the assets of the said Port Moody Steel Works, Limited, such debentures shall be cancelled and defaced. Any surplus after payment of the said debentures shall be transferred to current revenue of the said Corporation and applied as the Council of the said Corporation may by resolution determine.

7. Where the provisions of the "Municipal Act" conflict with the Conflict. provisions of this Act the provisions of this Act shall prevail.

This Act may be cited for all purposes as "Port Moody Act, Short title. 1925."

VICTORIA. B.C.:

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

1925.

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HEREAS a petition has been presented by the City of Vancou Preamble. ver praying that the "Vancouver Incorporation Act, 1921," be amended:

And whereas it is deemed expedient to grant the prayer of the said petition:

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 "Vancouver Incorporation Act Short title. Amendment Act, 1925."

2. Section 173 of the "Vancouver Incorporation Act," being Amends s. 173. chapter 55 of the Statutes of British Columbia, 1921 (Second Session), is amended by striking out all the words after the word

"affected" in the tenth line thereof.

3. Section 175 of said chapter 55 is amended by inserting after Amends s. 175. the word "city," in the sixth line, the words "or out of capital funds raised by the issue of debentures upon the general credit of the city at large for the purpose of creating a general fund to provide the city's share of the cost of local improvements and works either before or after the initiation, commencement, or completion thereof." The provisions of this section shall be deemed to apply to any by-law initiated or passed by the Council for any such purposes subsequent to the first day of November, 1925.

4. Section 186 of said chapter 55 is amended by striking out the Amends s. 186. words "ten days" in the tenth line; and by inserting after the word

"publication," in the eleventh line, the following words: "for at least once in each week for two weeks."

Enacts s. 342.

Enacts s. 343.

5. Said chapter 55 is amended by adding thereto the following sections:

"342. The costs, fees, and expenses of and incident to the holding of any inquest upon any dead body found within the limits of the city shall be borne and defrayed by the city: Provided that this section shall not be deemed to impose any liability upon the city in respect of the death of any person not being a resident of the city resulting from an accident occurring outside the limits of the city.

"343. Every unclaimed human body found dead within the limits of the city shall be buried at the expense of the city, but the city may recover the amount of the expense from the estate of the deceased."

VICTORIA. B.C.:

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

An Act to ratify and confirm an Agreement between the Corporation of the City of Victoria and The Esquimalt Water Works Company, providing for the Expropriation of the Undertaking of the Water Works Company.

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[Assented to 19th December, 1925.]

HEREAS the Municipal Corporation of the City of Victoria Preamble. and The Esquimalt Water Works Company have joined in a petition praying for the enactment of legislation empowering the Corporation of the City of Victoria to carry out and complete an expropriation of the undertaking of The Esquimalt Water Works Company on terms providing for payment of instalments over a term of years, subject to the creation during such term of years of a Sinking Fund to pay off the purchase price, and also for the enactment of legislation vesting in the said Corporation all the franchises and corporate rights, powers, and privileges of the said Company, subject only to due payment of the agreed purchase price therefor:

And whereas it is expedient to grant the prayer of the said petition:

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 Esquimalt Water Works Short title. Company Winding-up Act, 1925."

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2. The following Notice of Expropriation is hereby validated and validation of declared to have been and to be lawfully and validly given and delivered as the act of the Corporation of the City of Victoria and its Water Commissioner, and to have full force and effect according