55-56 VICTORIA. CHAP. 30. An Act respecting the Alberta Railway and Coal Company. [Assented to 9th July, 1892.] THEREAS the Alberta Railway and Coal Company has by Preamble. its petition prayed for the passing of an Act to confer certain additional powers on the Company as 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: railway. 1. Notwithstanding anything contained in section one of Further exchapter eighty-nine of the Statutes of 1890, the Alberta Rail- tension of way and Coal Company, hereinafter called the Company, may extend the railway thereby authorized to and through the Crow's Nest Pass, and thence to some point at or near Hope, in the province of British Columbia, where a connection may be conveniently made with the Canadian Pacific Railway; provided that, until the Company commences, and unless after commencement it continues without interruption, the work of construction on the portion of its railway on a route through the Crow's Nest Pass and thence westward, any other company having parliamentary authority to locate and construct a railway upon or across that route may proceed to do so as freely as if this Act had not been passed; and if any dispute on this subject arises between the Company and any other company it shall be settled by the Railway Committee of the Privy Council; and the plans and profiles showing the location of the extension hereby authorized shall, before construction thereof is proceeded with, be submitted to and approved of by the Governor in Council. 2. The Company may excavate, construct, maintain and Powers of operate irrigation ditches or canals, in that portion of the dis- Company. trict of Alberta lying south of the fiftieth parallel of latitude where it passes through the said district, with all necessary cross or branch ditches or canals, acquire by purchase or other Water-works. Power to erect dams, mills, &c. Water-power. Approval of Governor in Council. Railway Act to apply. Meaning of "railway." Time for construction. wise 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 the tariff of such rates and 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. 3. The consent of the municipal council having been first obtained, the Company may break up, dig and trench on so 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. 4. The Company may construct, maintain and erect dams, and all necessary appurtenances thereto, at such points in such rivers as is found necessary for the purposes of the Company, and may in connection with its works erect, maintain and operate such machinery as is necessary for the purposes of its works. 5. The Company may supply water for irrigation purposes or furnish water-power to any municipality, corporation or individual. 6. No work for the construction or operation of the ditches or canals, or for the construction from time to time of cross or branch ditches, shall be commenced or proceeded 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. 7. The Railway Act shall apply to the provisions of this Act as to the power thereunder to take lands for the said works, except in so far as The Railway Act is inconsistent with the provisions hereof or is for any other reason inapplicable hereto; and the irrigation works authorized by this Act shall be subject to the provisions of any general Act passed during the present session of Parliament respecting irrigation. 2. Wherever in The Railway Act the expression "railway" occurs it shall in so far as it applies to the provisions of this Act, mean the canals or ditches or branch canals or cross ditches authorized by the provisions of this Act to be constructed. 8. The irrigation works authorized by this Act shall be commenced within three years, and the ditches or canals completed within six years from the passing of this Act, otherwise the rights and privileges herein conferred shall cease and determine. 2. The extension authorized by section one of this Act shall be commenced within three years and completed within seven years from the passing of this Act; and if the said extension is not commenced and completed as herein provided, then the powers granted for the construction thereof shall cease and be null and void as respects so much thereof as then remains uncompleted. OTTAWA Printed by SAMUEL EDWARD DAWSON, Law Printer to the Queen's most Excellent Majesty. Preamble. Extension of time. Failure to complete. 55-56 VICTORIA. CHAP. 31. An Act respecting the Belleville and Lake Nipissing [Assented to 12th April, 1892.] WHEREAS the Belleville and Lake Nipissing Railway Company have, by their petition, prayed for an Act to amend, as hereinafter set forth, the Acts relating to the said Company, 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. Notwithstanding anything contained in the Acts relating to the Belleville and Lake Nipissing Railway Company or in any other Act, the times limited for the commencement and completion of the railway of the Company are hereby respectively extended for two years and five years from the passing of this Act; and if the said railway is not commenced and completed as herein provided, then the powers relative to such construction shall cease and be null and void as respects so much of the undertaking as then remains uncompleted. OTTAWA Printed by SAMUEL EDWARD DAWSON, Law Printer to the Queen's most Excellent Majesty. 55-56 VICTORIA. CHAP. 32. An Act to incorporate the Buckingham and Lièvre [Assented to 9th July, 1892.] EREAS a petition has been presented praying for the Preamble. incorporation of a company to construct and operate a railway as 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. Knud Sando, of London, England, Joseph James Gor- Incorporamully, and Robert Victor Sinclair, of the city of Ottawa, John tion. Cassie Hatton, and Francis McLennan, of the city of Montreal, together with such persons as become shareholders in the Company hereby incorporated, are hereby constituted a body corporate, under the name of "The Buckingham and Lièvre River Corporate Railway Company," hereinafter called "the Company." name. 2. The head office of the Company shall be in the city of Head office. Montreal, or at such place in Canada as a majority of the shareholders at any annual or general meeting determine. ed. 3. The Company may lay out, construct and operate a rail- Line of railway, of the gauge of four feet eight and one-half inches, from way describa point at or near the village of Buckingham, in the county of Ottawa, in the province of Quebec, along or near the River Lièvre upon either side to its source; also from a point at or near the village of Buckingham to the Ottawa River; and the undertaking of the Company is hereby declared to be a work for the general advantage of Canada. 4. The persons mentioned by name in the first section of this Provisional Act are hereby constituted provisional directors of the Com- directors. pany. 5. The capital stock of the Company shall be one million Capital stock. dollars, and may be called up by the directors from time to |