Preamble. Incorporation. Corporate name. Head office. Provisional directors. Capital stock. Annual meeting. Powers. 55-56 VICTORIA. CHAP. 66. An Act to incorporate the High River and Sheep Creek [Assented to 9th July, 1892.] WHEREAS the persons whose names are hereinafter mentioned have by their petition, prayed to be incorporated, with such other persons as shall be associated with them, as a Company, under the name of "The High River and Sheep Creek Irrigation and Water-power Company," with certain powers hereinafter mentioned, and it is expedient to grant the prayer of the said petition: Therefore Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows :— 1. John Lineham, Dewdney; James Gerald Fitzgerald, Calgary; William Roper Hull, Calgary; Richard G. Robinson, Elbow Park, Calgary; and Robert Hamilton, Dewdney, all of the provisional district of Alberta, together with such other persons as become shareholders in the Company hereby incorporated, are hereby created a body corporate under the name of "The High River and Sheep Creek Irrigation and Waterpower Company," hereinafter called "the Company." 2. The head office of the Company shall be in the town of Calgary. 3. The persons mentioned by name in the first section of this Act are hereby constituted provisional directors of the Company. 4. The capital stock of the Company shall be two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, divided into shares of one hundred dollars each. 5. The annual general meeting of the shareholders shall be held on the second Monday in January in each year. 6. The Company may, within the district of Alberta, in the North-west Territories, for the purposes of irrigation of land or supply of water-power, excavate, construct, maintain and operate an irrigation ditch or canal from some point on High River, west of the Macleod trail, to some point at or near the junction of the Little Bow and Belly Rivers; also, an irrigation ditch or canal from some point at or near the source of Little Bow River, to some point on Belly River near the mouth of Little Bow River; also, an irrigation ditch or canal from some point on Sheep Creek, west of Macleod trail, to some point on High River, or to some point on Belly River, and all necessary cross or branch ditches or canals; acquire by purchase or otherwise the necessary land; and collect such rates or charges for water supplied for irrigation or other purposes as are from time to time fixed by by-law of the Company; and Approval of the tariff of such rates or charges shall be submitted to and approved of by the Governor in Council before any such rates or charges are exacted or recovered, and such tariff may be revised and altered from time to time by the Governor in Council. tariff. break up 7. The consent of the municipal council having first been Right to obtained, the Company may break up, dig and trench on so streets, &c. much and so many of the streets, roads, sidewalks, pavements, squares, highways, lanes and public places of any municipality, as are necessary for the laying of mains and pipes to conduct the water from the works of the Company to the consumers thereof. 8. The Company may construct, maintain and erect dams, Construction and all necessary appurtenances thereto, at such points in the of dams, &c. said rivers and creek as may be found necessary for the purpose of the Company; and may, in connection with their Mills. works, erect, maintain and operate mills or manufactories of any description, operated by water. 9. The Company may supply water for irrigation purposes Water-power. or furnish water-power to any municipality, corporation or individual. Governor in 10. No work for the construction or operation of either Plans to be ditches or canals, or for the construction from time to time submitted to of cross or branch ditches, shall be commenced or proceed- Council. ed with until the plans and the site of the said works have been approved of by the Governor in Council and such conditions as he thinks fit to impose for the public good have been complied with; nor shall any such plan be altered or deviations therefrom be allowed, except by permission of the Governor in Council and upon such conditions as he imposes. Act to apply. 11. The Railway Act, so far as applicable and when not The Railway inconsistent with this Act, shall apply to the Company hereby incorporated and to the undertaking of the Company. "Company" defined. "Railway" defined. (a.) Wherever, in The Railway Act, the expression "company" occurs, it shall mean the Company hereby incorporated. (b.) Wherever, in The Railway Act, the expression "railway" occurs, it shall mean the canal or ditch or branch canal or cross ditch authorized by this Act to be constructed. OTTAWA: Printed by SAMUEL EDWARD DAWSON, Law Printer to the Queen's most Excellent Majesty. 55-56 VICTORIA. CHAP. 67. An Act respecting the Bell Telephone Company of Canada. [Assented to 9th July, 1892.] W HEREAS the Bell Telephone Company of Canada have, Preamble. by their petition, represented that they are desirous of increasing their capital stock, and it is expedient to grant the prayer of the said petition: Therefore Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows: 1. The capital stock of the Bell Telephone Company of Increase of Canada may be increased to an amount not exceeding five capital stock. million dollars, including the present authorized stock; and such increase may be effected in the manner provided by, and shall be subject to the provisions contained in, section five of chapter sixty-seven of the Statutes of 1880. 2. Notwithstanding the provisions of the Act incorporating Issue of bonds the Company and of the Acts amending the same, the power of limited. the Company to issue bonds or debentures from time to time. shall be limited to a sum not exceeding in the whole five hundred thousand dollars. 3. The existing rates shall not be increased without the Increase of consent of the Governor in Council. rates. OTTAWA: Printed by SAMUEL EDWARD DAWSON, Law Printer to the Queen's most Excellent Majesty. Preamble. Additional powers. An Act respecting the Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company of Canada. WE [Assented to 10th May, 1892.] HEREAS the Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company of Canada has, by its petition, prayed that an Act be passed conferring on it the powers hereinafter set forth, and it is expedient to grant the prayer of the said petition: Therefore Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows: 1. Subject to the provisions of The Insurance Act, the Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company of Canada, in addition to the powers granted to it by the Acts relating to the Company, may transact and carry on the business of insurance and reinsurance against loss or damage arising from breakage of, or injury to, any part of elevators, or hoists, or other machinery used for, or in connection with, passenger or other traffic in any warehouse, dwelling, office, or other building, and whether such elevator or hoist is operated by steam, hydraulic, electric, or other appliance of power,-against loss or damage arising from injury to machinery used for the production of electricity as a motive power, or illuminating agent,—against loss or damage arising from the breakage of, or injury to, steam engines or parts thereof, or other machinery used for the production of power,-against loss or damage arising from the breakage of, or injury to, shafting, hangers, pulleys, belts or ropes, or other appliances used for the transmission of power,and against loss of human life, or injury to person, from the explosion of steam boilers, or from the breakage of, or injury to, any of the classes of machinery enumerated in this Act; provided however, that the amount of insurance in respect of loss of life or injury to person upon any single risk shall not exceed two thousand dollars. 2. Before the Company is entitled to exercise the enlarged powers given by this Act, its subscribed capital shall be increased to at least two hundred thousand dollars, and the amount deposited by it with the Minister of Finance and Receiver General shall be increased to at least sixty thousand dollars. OTTAWA Printed by SAMUEL EDWARD DAWSON, Law Printer to the Queen's most Excellent Majesty. |