CHAPTER 76 An Act respecting Security by Guarantee Short title SHORT TITLE. 1. This Act may be cited as "The Guarantee Companies Securities Act." 1909, c. 19, s. 1. Interpretation "Guarantee company" Bonds of guarantee company may be taken by officer and others Person required to INTERPRETATION. 2. In this Act unless the context otherwise requires the expression: 1. "Guarantee company" means an incorporated company empowered to grant guarantees, bonds, policies or contracts for the integrity and fidelity of employed persons or in respect of any legal proceedings or for other like purposes approved by the Lieutenant Governor in Council. 1909, c. 19, s. 2. 3. Where any judge, functionary, officer or person is entitled or required to take security by bonds with sureties he may in lieu thereof take the bond, policy or guarantee contract of a guarantee company of the like nature and effect. 1909, c. 19, s. 3. 4. Where any person is required to give security by bond give security with sureties he may in lieu thereof furnish the bond, policy or guarantee contract of a guarantee company of the like nature and effect. 1909, c. 19, s. 4. may give bond of guarantee company Justification not required Bond of company may be substituted for other bonds 5. The guarantee company shall not be bound or required to justify. 1909, c. 19, s. 5. 6. The bond, policy or guarantee contract of a guarantee company may be taken instead of or in substitution for any existing security if the judge, functionary, officer or person mentioned in section 3 hereof sees fit and so directs and when taken the existing security shall be delivered up to be cancelled. 1909, c. 19, s. 6. receipt in 7. The interim receipt of a guarantee company may be Interim accepted in lieu of a bond, policy or guarantee contract but lieu of bond the latter shall be furnished within one month. 1909, c. 19, s. 7. Council 8. Notice of every order in council approving of a guar-Orders in antee company shall immediately after the making thereof be approving of published in The Saskatchewan Gazette. 1909, c. 19, s. 8. guarantee company Application Consent of municipality or of minister of required CHAPTER 77 An Act respecting Water, Gas, Electric and Telephone Companies. 1. The provisions of this Act shall apply to every company organised, incorporated or licensed under any Act of Saskat chewan for all or any of the purposes hereinafter set forth. 1901, c. 21, s. 1. 2. No company shall be entitled to the benefit of this Act until it has obtained the consent of the municipal corporation public works of the city or town within which the powers hereby given are to be exercised by such company; such consent to be by bylaw and to be on such terms and conditions as the bylaw may provide or 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. Powers of companies Disposal of surplus power Laying mains and wires in streets 3. The company may sell and dispose of meters and gas, 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 their 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. 4. Any electric light company may lease to or enter into any contract with any person or persons or body corporate or politic for the use of 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 an electric light plant to the end and intent that such machinery and power may be utilised and employed during the hours when or so far as the same is not required for the purpose of furnishing electric light. 1901, c. 21, s. 4. 5. Subject to the terms of the consent referred to in section 2 hereof the company may break up, dig and trench and use so much and so many of the streets, squares, highways, lanes and public places of the municipality for supplying which with gas or water or electricity or a telephone system or either of them the company has been incorporated 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 the 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. rights pipes 6. When any company has laid down or erected mains, Company's pipes, wires or conductors for the supply of gas, water, elec- regarding tricity or a telephone system through any of the streets, squares mains and or public places of any municipality no other person or persons, 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 telephone system within six feet of the company's mains, pipes, wires or conductors or if it be impracticable to cut trenches for such other mains or pipes at a greater distance then as nearly six feet as the circumstances of the case will admit. 1901, c. 21, s. 6. parts of having 7. When there are buildings within the municipality the supplying different parts whereof belong to different proprietors or are buildings in possession of different tenants or lessees the company may different carry pipes, wires or conductors to any part of any building owners or 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. tenants etc. 8. The company may also break up and uplift all passages Breaking up common to neighbouring proprietors or tenants and dig or cut passages, 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. 9. The company shall make satisfaction to the owners or compensaproprietors of any building or other property or to the muni- tion cipality 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. Company not to take private property till compensation ascertained Location of works Limitations of powers of company Privileges of other companies Individual rights Exemption from distress and seizure Company to supply 10. No company shall be entitled by virtue of this Act to take possession or make use of private property or to do any work thereon until the amount to be paid for or 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. 11. The company shall locate and construct its gas or waterworks 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. 12. Nothing contained in this Act shall authorise any company or any person acting under its authority to take, use or injure for the purpose 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. 13. Nothing in this Act shall authorise any company to interfere with or infringe upon any exclusive privilege granted to any other company. 1901, c. 21, s. 13. 14. Nothing in this Act contained shall prevent any person from constructing any works for the supply of gas, water or electricity or for a telephone system to or on his own premises. 1901, c. 21, s. 14. 15. Neither the service nor the connecting pipes, wires or conductors of the company nor any meters, lustres, lamps, pipes, gas or water or electric or telephone fittings nor any other property of any kind whatsoever of the company shall be subject to or liable for rent or liable to be seized or attached in any way by the possessor or owner of the premises wherein the same may be or be in any way whatsoever liable to any person for the debt of any person to and for whose use or the use of whose house or building the same may be supplied by the company notwithstanding the actual or apparent possession thereof by such person. 1901, c. 21, s. 15. 16. When a company has constructed works for supplying buildings in any municipality or municipalities with gas, water, electricity or telephones and the company is able so to do it shall be the duty of the company to supply all buildings situate upon land line of supply on request |