Section 4 amended.

Section 10

amended.

Section 24 amended.

Section 29 amended.

Application for site.

Section 34 amended.

Section 34 amended.

If no room, or elevator closed.

Section 34 amended. Holder not liable for storage charges.

4. Paragraph (a) of section 4 of the said Act is repealed, and the following is substituted therefor :

"(a.) To require all track buyers and owners and operators of elevators, warehouses and mills, and all grain commission merchants, to take out an annual license;"

2. Paragraph (b) of the said section 4 is amended by adding the words "and track buyers" at the end of the said paragraph; and

3. Paragraph (e) of the said section 4 is amended by inserting the words "or track buyers," between the word "merchant" and the word "and" in the sixth line of the said paragraph.

5. Section 10 of the said Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following words "and stating if the car is leaking or in bad order."

6. Section 24 of the said Act is amended by striking out the words "on each Tuesday morning" and substituting therefor the words "as directed by the commissioner," and by inserting the word "weekly" between the words "a" and 66 statement" in the second line thereof.

7. The following subsection is added to section 29 of the said Act:

"2. Any person, firm, or corporation, desirous of erecting a public country elevator shall make application to the railway company for a site; and, in case of dispute, such dispute shall be referred to the commissioner."

8. Subsection 1 of section 34 of the said Act is amended by inserting between the words "shall" and " keep" in the

second line thereof the words "receive the first six standard grades of wheat established and described in The General Inspection Act, as amended by subsequent Acts and shall."

9. The said subsection 1 of section 34 is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following words :-"Nothing in this section shall be construed to require the receipt of any kind of grain into an elevator in which there is not sufficient room to accommodate or store it properly, or in cases where such elevator is necessarily closed."

10. Subsection 2 of the said section 34 is amended by striking out the word "immediately" in the fifth line; by striking out the words "provided that in any case where at least seven days prior to the expiry of any storage period for which storage charges are lawfully payable, or have accrued, and the holder of the receipt has in writing required his grain to be shipped out, he, the said holder, shall not, for any cause, be thereafter liable for storage charges for any time after such storage period," in the thirteenth and following lines; and by

substituting the word "shipped" for the word "delivered" in the nineteenth line of the said subsection.

11. The said section 34 is further amended by inserting the Section 34 following subsection immediately after subsection 2 :

amended.

to elevator or

"2a. Provided, however, that any person having grain Ordering cars stored or binned in not less than car lots in any public country warehouse. elevator or warehouse, whether in general or special bin, may order a car or cars to be placed at such elevator or warehouse, for the shipment of such stored grain, and may have the said car or cars loaded at such elevator or warehouse after he has surrendered to the operator thereof the storage receipt or receipts thereof, properly endorsed, and has paid, or tendered payment of, all lawful charges as hereinbefore provided; and it shall not be subject to any further charges for storage after demand for such delivery is made and cars are furnished by the railway company. The grain represented by such receipt Time limit shall be shipped within twenty-four hours after such demand for shipment. has been made and cars have been furnished. Provided that Proviso. this subsection shall not be held to limit or curtail the right of any applicant, whether he has or has not grain stored or binned as above stated."

12. Section 35 of the said Act is amended by striking out Section 35 the word "possible" where it first occurs in the sixth and amended. seventh lines thereof, and substituting therefor the word "known;" and by striking out the words "one month" in the twenty-eighth line thereof, and substituting therefor the words "ten days."

13. Subsection 1 of section 39 is repealed, and the following Section 39 is substituted therefor:

amended.

"39. Any person operating a country elevator or warehouse, Statement under this Act shall at all times when requested by the com- handled. missioner furnish in writing to the said commissioner a statement as full as possible of all grain received and stored in, or delivered or shipped from, such elevator or warehouse, during any period required by the commissioner; such statement shall specify the kind, grade and amount of all grain received or stored, and of all grain delivered or shipped during such period; and such statement and report shall be made upon blanks and forms furnished and prescribed by the commissioner."

amended.

house.

14. The following is enacted as subsection 1 of section 41 Section 41 of the said Act:"41. On a written application to the commissioner by any Erection of person residing within forty miles of his nearest shipping point flat warehe may give permission to such person to erect, under the provisions of the Act, a flat warehouse, covered with metal, with power to enlarge it should necessity require it, at such shipping point. Such flat warehouse shall be erected on the railway

Section 41 amended.

Erection to be commenced within sixty days.

New s. 42.

Loading

company's premises, after getting location of a siding, and the railway company shall be compelled to give such location with siding on its premises in some place of convenient access, to be approved of by the commissioner, at a rental not greater than that charged to standard elevators. If, in the judgment of the commissioner, more than one of these warehouses are required at a station, one or more additional warehouses may be authorized by him, and in that case all the provisions of this section shall apply to the construction of such warehouses."

15. The following subsection is added to the said section 41:

"8. Any person, firm, or corporation, who under the provisions of this Act has secured from the railway company a site at any shipping point on which to erect an elevator or flat warehouse, shall, after such site has been staked out by the railway company, commence the erection of such elevator or flat warehouse within sixty days, and complete it with all reasonable expedition, otherwise the application therefor may be cancelled by the railway company."

16. The following section is enacted as section 42 of the said Act:

"42. On a written application to the commissioner by ten platforms. farmers resident within twenty miles of their nearest shipping point, and on the approval of the application, the railway company shall, within the time hereinafter mentioned, erect and maintain at such point a loading platform as hereinafter described, suitable for the purpose of loading grain from vehicles direct into cars.

Location and dimensions.

Free of charge. Company to

construct

within thirty days.

Period for applications.

"2. Each loading platform shall be erected within the limit of the station yard, or upon a siding where there is no station, at a siding which the railway company shall provide on its premises in some place convenient of access, to be approved by the commissioner, and shall be at least eighteen feet wide and fifty-four feet long, and of such height as the commissioner prescribes; but no loading platform shall be required to be erected at crossing sidings reserved for crossing purposes only.

"3. All persons desiring to use such loading platform for the shipment of grain shall be entitled to do so free of charge. "4. The railway company shall construct such loading platform within thirty days after the application is made to such company by the commissioner, unless prevented by strikes or other unforeseen causes, and shall be liable to a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars for each day's delay beyond that time. The period in each year within which the commissioner may receive such applications shall be between the fifteenth of April and the fifteenth of October, provided that the company shall not be compelled to build any such loading platforms between the first day of November and the first day of May following.

"5. The commissioner may at any time between the fifteenth Enlarging of platforms. day of April and the fifteenth day of October order the railway company to enlarge any platform at any station or siding under the provisions of this Act, or order the company to erect additional platforms at such station or siding, if, in his judgment, the loading platform or platforms at such station or siding is or are insufficient to accommodate the public, and the railway company shall enlarge such platforms or erect such additional platforms at such station or siding, as directed by Effect of the commissioner, within thirty days after the receipt of a er's order. commissioner's order therefor.

commission

company.

"6. The railway company shall, upon application, furnish Furnishing cars to applicants for the purpose of being loaded at such cars by loading platforms. When more cars are furnished at any point than can be accommodated at such platform, the surplus cars shall be placed by the railway company at such applicants' disposal at a convenient place or places, on a siding other than at the platform; provided that shippers shall at all times have the option of loading on the siding instead of over the platform, if they so desire; and at any point where there is no Cars where platform, cars shall be furnished to applicants by the railway no platform company at convenient places on a siding for the purpose of being loaded direct from vehicles."

exists.

17. Section 43 of the said Act is amended by adding thereto Section 43 the following subsections :

amended.

Statement of commission

"2. Whenever any grain commission merchant sells all or a portion of any grain consigned to him to be sold on commission, merchant. he shall on demand, within twenty-four hours thereafter, report the quantity sold of the consignment, and render a true statement to the consignor, showing what portion of the consignment has been sold, and the price received therefor, and the date when each sale was made, with copies of vouchers for all charges and expenses paid or incurred.

consignor to

"3. Whenever any consignor who has consigned grain to Complaint in any commission merchant, after demand therefor, receives no remittance therefor, or report of the sale thereof, or if in any commissioncase after report is made he is dissatisfied with the report or er. sale thereof, he may make a complaint in writing, verified by affidavit or statutory declaration, to the commissioner, who shall, upon receipt thereof, investigate the sale complained of, and may compel the commission merchant to produce his books and records and other memoranda of such sale and give all information in his possession regarding the report or sale so complained of, including the names of persons to whom the grain is sold or disposed of. Immediately after the investiga- Commissiontion the commissioner shall render to the complainant a er's report of written report of the investigation, which report shall be prima facie evidence in all courts of the matter therein contained.

investigation.

to deal on

"4. Any person, firm or corporation, desiring to carry on the Application business of such grain commission merchants in the Manitoba for license Grain Inspection District, shall make application in writing to commission.

Bonds.

License fee.

Additional bonds.

Statements exclusively

for commissioner.

New s. 47.

How moneys shall be dealt with.

Section 50 amended.

New s. 57.

Penalties.

the commissioner for a license to sell grain on commission, stating the locality where he intends to carry on such business, and the probable amount of business he will do monthly. On receiving such application the commissioner shall fix the amount of bond to be given; and upon the execution of a bond to His Majesty, to the satisfaction of the commissioner, and upon payment of the license fee of two dollars, the commissioner shall issue a license to the applicant to carry on the business of grain commission merchant, until the expiration of the current license year: Provided that if the amount of business done exceeds that provided for in the bond, the commissioner may at any time require such additional bond as he deems necessary.

"5. Provided that all statements made under the provisions of this Act shall be for the exclusive information of the commissioner, and no other person shall be permitted to see or examine the said statements unless they are required for use in court, and in such case the commissioner shall produce all statements and documents referring to the case."

18. The following section is enacted as section 47 of the said Act::

"47. From and after the first day of July, 1902, all moneys collected under the provisions of this Act, and all inspection fees upon grain inspection within the Manitoba district, as provided for under paragraph 20 of the schedule to chapter 25 of the statutes of 1899, shall, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Act or in the said chapter 25 or the schedule thereto, be paid by the chief grain inspector of the Manitoba district into the consolidated revenue fund of Canada, and accounts shall be kept by the said chief inspector in such manner and in such detail as is from time to time determined by the Minister of Trade and Commerce."

19. Section 50 of the said Act is amended by adding the words "and the commissioner" at the end of that section.

20. The following section is enacted as section 57 of the said Act:

"57. Any person, firm or corporation guilty of an infraction of, or failing to comply with any provisions of, this Act, for which a penalty is not in this Act provided, or of any rule or regulation made pursuant to this Act, shall, upon summary conviction, in addition to any other punishment prescribed by law, be liable to a penalty of not less than ten dollars, nor more than one thousand dollars, and, in default of payment, to imprisonment for not less than one month nor more than one year."