CHAP. IOI. An Act respecting the London and St. Clair Railway Company. [Assented to 22nd March, 1907.] WHEREAS the London and St. Clair Railway Company Preamble. has by its petition prayed that it be enacted as hereinafter set forth, and it is expedient to grant the prayer of the said 1905, c. 118. petition: Therefore His Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows: extended. 1. The London and St. Clair Railway Company may com- Time for mence the construction of the railway authorized by section 8 construction of chapter 118 of the statutes of 1905, and expend fifteen per cent on the amount of its capital stock thereon, within two years after the passing of this Act, and may complete the said railway and put it in operation within five years after the passing of this Act; and if the said railway is not so commenced and such expenditure is not so made, or if the said railway is not completed and put in operation, within the said periods respectively, the powers of construction conferred upon the said Company by Parliament shall cease and be null and void as respects so much of the said railway as then remains uncompleted. OTTAWA: Printed by SAMUEL EDWARD DAWSON, Law Printer to the King's most Excellent Majesty. CHAP. 102. An Act for the relief of Victor Harold Lyon. [Assented to 27th April, 1907.] HEREAS Victor Harold Lyon, of the city of Ottawa, in the Preamble. province of Ontario, dentist, has by his petition alleged, in effect, that on the twenty-fifth day of February, A.D. 1892, at the said city, he was lawfully married to Elizabeth Blanche Laurie, then of the said city, a spinster; that his legal domicile was then and is now in Canada; that at the said city, at various times in the year A.D. 1904, she committed adultery with one George R. Christie; that she is now residing at the town of Aberdeen, in the state of South Dakota, one of the United States of America; that he has not connived at nor condoned the said adultery; that there has been no collusion, directly or indirectly, between him and her in the proceedings for divorce; and whereas by his petition he has prayed for the passing of an Act dissolving his said marriage, authorizing him to marry again, and affording him such other relief as is deemed meet; and whereas the said allegations have been proved, and it is expedient that the prayer of his petition be granted: Therefore His Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows: 1. The said marriage between Victor Harold Lyon and Marriage Elizabeth Blanche Laurie, his wife, is hereby dissolved, and dissolved. shall be henceforth null and void to all intents and purposes whatsoever. 2. The said Victor Harold Lyon may at any time hereafter Right to marry any woman whom he might lawfully marry if the said marry again. marriage with the said Elizabeth Blanche Laurie had not been solemnized. OTTAWA: Printed by SAMUEL EDWARD DAWSON, Law Printer to the King's most Excellent Majesty. |