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2. Trust funds for investment, guaranteed.

3. Estates, trusts and agencies under administration by the company.

TOTAL..

INVESTMENTS ON TRUST ACCOUNT.

1. First mortgages, upon improved freehold property in Alberta.

2. Government securities, direct or guaranteed, held as trustee

(a) of Canada..

(b) of the Provinces of Canada.

(c) of the United Kingdom.

(d) of the United States.

3. Government securities, as above, amount loaned against...

4. Municipal bonds and debentures, held in

trust..

5. Municipal bonds and debentures, amount
loaned against.

6. School district bonds and debentures.
7. School district bonds and debentures,
amount loaned against..

8. Drainage district debentures.

9. Drainage district debentures, amount loaned against...

$.

$.

$.

10. Rural telephone debentures..

11. Rural telephone debentures, amount loaned against...

12. Other securities authorized by terms of trust (Classification of such securities in separate schedule.)

13. Investments other than foregoing..

(Classification of such investments in separ-
ate schedule.)

HOLDINGS AS TRUSTEE UNINVESTED.

14. Cash in hand..

15. Cash in banks, including interest-bearing deposits..

(Specify banks with deposit in each.)

16. Uninvested and unrealized trust or agency
assets...

(At the like valuation as same items are in-
Icluded in 3 of "Liabilities to the Public"
foregoing.)

TOTAL..

MISCELLANEOUS STATEMENT.

1. Real Estate acquired in protecting company's own, as distinguished from trust, investments

2. Earliest date at which any portion of same has been acquired...

3. Amount of interest due company in its trustee capacity overdue more than six months..

4. Average rate of interest earned

(a) upon

the company's own, as distinguish

ed from trust, investments.

(b) upon trustee investments

(i) in mortgages.....

(ii) in government securities.

(iii) in municipal and school securities..

(iv) in all other classes of investment.

$

We declare that the foregoing statement and the separate schedules therein referred to and hereunto attached and signed by us are made up from the books of the company and that to the best of our knowledge and belief they are correct and show truly and clearly the financial position of the company and the condition of the company's affairs. (Place). this. . . . . . . . day of... 19.... A.B..

President (or Vice-President, as the case may be)

Manager (or Secretary, as the case may be.)

C.D.,

[1918, c. 29, s. 4.]

CHAPTER 168.

An Act respecting Water, Gas, Electric and
Telephone Companies.

HIS

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

Short Title.

1. This Act may be cited as "The Water, Gas, Electric Short title and Telephone Companies Act."

General Provisions.

2. (1) The provisions of this Act shall apply to every Application company organized, incorporated or licensed under any Ordinance of the North-West Territories or under any Act of the Province of Alberta for all or any of the purposes hereinafter set forth.

(2) "Gas" in this Act shall be construed to include Interpretation natural gas. [1901, c. 21, s. 1; 1911-12, c. 4, s. 6(1).]

of "gas"

precedent

3.-(1) No company shall be entitled to the benefit Conditions of this Act until it has obtained the consent to the exercise to exercise of powers by of the powers hereby given of the municipal corporation company of the city or town within which such powers are to be exercised by such company.

(2) Such consent shall be by by-law and to be on such terms and conditions as the by-law may provide.

(3) Where the purposes of the company require the exercise of any of the said powers in any area without the limits of any city or town the consent of the Minister of Public Works to the exercise of such powers within such area shall also be first had and obtained. [1901, c. 21, s. 2.]

companies

4. The company may sell and dispose of meters and gas, Powers of water, electric or telephone fittings of every description for the use of any private or public building or for any establishment, company or corporation whatsoever as well as coke, coal tar and all and every the products of its works, refuse or residuum arising or to be obtained from the materials used or necessary for the manufacture of gas or electricity; and every company may let out to hire meters and gas, water, electric or telephone fittings of every kind and description at such rate and rents as may be agreed upon between the consumers or tenants and the company. [1901, c. 21, s. 3.]

Disposal of surplus power

Condition precedent

to erection of wires

Laying mains and wires in streets

Company's rights regarding mains and pipes

5. Any electric light company may enter into any contract with any person or persons or body corporate or politic for the use of or may lease to him, them or it any power, engines, wheels or machines run by water, steam, gas or in any other manner erected by such company for the purpose of running or operating electric light plant to the end and intent that such machinery and power may be utilized and employed during the hours when the same is not required for the purpose of furnishing electric light. [1901, c. 21, s. 4.]

6. No company shall erect wires for the transmission of electricity for any purpose until it has filed with the Minister of Railways and Telephones plans showing the location of such wires, their height above the ground and such other information as the Minister may from time to time require, nor until such plans have been approved by the Minister. [1911-12, c. 4, s. 6(2).]

7. Subject to the terms of the consent hereinbefore referred to the company may break up, dig and trench and use so much and so many of any streets, squares, highways, lanes and public places as are necessary for laying the mains and pipes to conduct the gas or water or for placing the wires and connections to conduct the electricity from the works of the company to the consumers or users thereof or make connection with a telephone system, doing no unnecessary damage in the premises and taking care as far as may be to preserve a free and uninterrupted passage through the said streets, squares, highways, lanes and public places while the works are in progress. [1901, c. 21, s. 5; 1911-12, c. 4, s. 6(3).]

8. When any company has laid down or erected mains, pipes, wires or conductors for the supply of gas, water, electricity or a telephone system through any of the streets, squares, or public places of any municipality no other person, persons, or bodies politic or corporate shall without the consent of the company first had and obtained, nor otherwise than on payment to the company of such compensation as may be agreed upon, lay down or erect any main, pipe, wire or conductor for the supply of gas, water, electricity or a telephone system within six feet of the company's mains, pipes, wires or conductors:

Provided that if it be impracticable to cut trenches for such other mains or pipes at a greater distance then they shall be cut at as nearly six feet from the company's mains, pipes, wires or conductors as the circumstances of the case will admit. [1901, c. 21, s. 6.]

parts of

having

owners or

9. When there are buildings within the municipality Supplying the different parts whereof belong to different proprietors buildings or are in possession of different tenants or lessees the com- different pany may carry pipes, wires or conductors to any part tenants of any building so situate passing over the property of one or more proprietors or in the possession of one or more tenants to convey the gas, water or electricity or connect. the telephone system to the property of or in the possession of another. [1901, c. 21, s. 7.]

passages, etc.

10. The company may also break up and uplift all Breaking up passages common to neighbouring proprietors or tenants and dig or cut trenches therein for the purpose of laying down pipes, wires or conductors or taking up or repairing the same, doing as little damage as may be in the execution of the powers granted by this Act. [1901, c. 21, s. 8.]

11. The company shall make satisfaction to the owners Compensation or proprietors of any building or other property or to the municipality or Minister of Public Works as the case may be for all damages caused in or by the execution of all or any of the said powers. [1901, c. 21, s. 9.]

of compensa

taking private

12. No company shall be entitled by virtue of this Act Ascertainment to take possession or make use of private property or to tion, when do any work thereon until the amount to be paid for or property in respect of such property is ascertained by arbitration or otherwise and is paid or tendered to the parties entitled thereto or is paid into Court for their benefit.

[1901, c. 21, s. 10.]

works

13. The company shall locate and construct its gas or Location of water works or electric or telephone system and all apparatus and appurtenances thereto belonging or appertaining or therewith connected and wheresoever situated so as not to endanger the public health or safety. [1901, c. 21, s. 11.]

of powers of

14. Nothing contained in this Act shall authorize Limitations any company or any person acting under its authority to company take, use or injure for the purposes of the company any house or other building or any land used or set apart as a garden, orchard, yard, park, paddock, plantation, planted walk or avenue to a house or nursery ground for trees, or to convey from the premises of any person any water already appropriated and necessary for his domestic uses, without the consent in writing of the owner or owners thereof first had and obtained. [1901, c. 21, s. 12.]

of other

15. Nothing in this Act shall authorize any company Privileges to interfere with or infringe upon any exclusive privilege companies granted to any other company. [1901, c. 21, s. 13.]

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