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CHAPTER 12.

[20th April, 1891.]

ER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of British Columbia, enacts as follows:

1. Section 2 is hereby repealed, and the following section and subsection substituted therefor :

"2. In municipalities it shall be unlawful to remove the remains of any dead person from any cemetery or place where such dead person may have been interred, or to exhume the bodies or remains of any dead person without the permission in writing of the Municipal Council, or by the direction of the Coroner:

"(1.) In districts which are not municipalities, where a local board of health is not established, the permission in writing of the Provincial Secretary, Coroner, or of a Government Agent for the district, shall be effective in place of the permission of a local board of health."

2. This Act may be cited as the "Grave-yard Act Amendment Act,

1891."

VICTORIA, B. C.:

Printed by RICHARD WOLFENDEN, Printer to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty.

An Act to authorize the creation and issue of Inscribed
Stock, and for other purposes.

[20th April, 1891.]

WHEREAS, by an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, passed in the 40th and 41st years of Her Majesty's reign, Chapter 59, provision was made for the inscription and transfer of stock forming part of the public debt of any Colony:

And whereas it is expedient to authorize the creation and issue of Inscribed Stock thereunder, and the making of agreements in respect thereto, and for other matters in connection therewith:

Therefore, Her 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 "Inscribed Stock Act, 1891."

Short title.

Governor to borrow money.

2. Whenever, by any Act now or hereafter in force, power is given Power for the Lieut.to the Lieutenant-Governor in Council to borrow or raise, by the sale of debentures or otherwise, any sum or sums of money, it shall be lawful for the Lieutenant-Governor in Council, unless there be some provision to the contrary in such Act, to borrow or raise the whole or any portion of such sum or sums, either in the mode prescribed by the Act authorizing the loan, or in the form of Inscribed or Registered Stock (hereinafter termed "Stock"), or partly in one way and partly

in another.

3. All such Stock shall be styled "British Columbia Stock," and, "B. C. Stock." subject to the provisions of this Act, shall be issued in such amounts, in such manner, at such times, bear interest at such rate, and shall be redeemable at par at such times, and on such conditions, and shall be subject to such terms and conditions, as the Lieutenant-Governor in Council, before exercising the aforesaid power, shall from time to time determine and appoint.

Form of application.

in writing to act as assessors. If the applicant has obtained the consent of the other party to the persons named being appointed, he shall file such consent with his application:

(4.) Where the application for the appointment of assessors has been made by one party to an action only, he shall, five clear days at least before the day for holding the Court at which the action is to be tried, serve a copy of the application, so filed, upon the other party, who may then either file an application for assessors, or file objections to one or more of the persons proposed:

(5.) An application for the appointment of assessors may be in the form following, or to the like effect, namely:

In the (describing the Court).

"The Employers' Liability Act, 1891."
BETWEEN

Plaintiff,
Defendant.

The plaintiff (or defendant) applies to have an assessor (or assessors) appointed to assist the Court in ascertaining the amount of compensation to be awarded to the plaintiff, should the judgment be in his favour, and he submits the names of the following persons, who have expressed their willingness in writing to act as assessors should they be appointed.

(Here set out the names, addresses and occupations of the persons above referred to.)

(If the other party consents to the appointment add the following):— The defendant (or plaintiff) consents to the appointment of any of the persons above named to act as assessors in this action, as appears by his consent thereto filed herewith.

The above named plaintiff, (or as the case may be.)

(6.) Where separate applications are filed by the parties, no objection to the persons proposed shall be made by either party, but the Court or Judge may appoint from the persons named in each application one or more assessor or assessors, provided that the same number of assessors be appointed from the names given in such applications respectively:

(7.) In any such action brought in a County Court the applications for the appointment of assessors, together with any objections made to the persons proposed, shall be forwarded by the Registrar of the Court to the Judge:

(8.) Where application for the appointment of assessors is granted, the Court or Judge shall appoint such of the persons proposed for assessors as by the Court or Judge may be deemed fit, subject to the provisions contained in this Act: