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IS 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 "Jurors Act Amendment Act, Short title. 1909."

2. Section 23 of chapter 107 of the Revised Statutes, 1897, being Amends s. 23. the "Jurors Act," is hereby amended by striking out the words " and transferred from the proper roll," in the fourth line thereof.

of sec. 48.

3. Sub-section (2) of section 48 of said chapter 107, as enacted Amends sub-sec. (2) by section 11 of chapter 27 of the Statutes of 1908, is hereby amended by inserting after the word "jury" in the second line of said subsection, the words "or should any of said persons fail to attend at the time they are summoned."

48 further amended.

4. Said sub-section (2) of section 48 is hereby amended by strik- Sub-sec. (2) of sec. ing out the words "before the trial of a cause," in the eighth line thereof.

of sec. 59.

5. Sub-section (6) of section 59 of said chapter 107, as enacted by Amends sub-sec. (6) section 3 of chapter 22 of the Statutes of 1907, is hereby amended by striking out the words "before the trial of a cause," in the thirteenth and fourteenth lines of said sub-section (6).

VICTORIA, B. C.:

Printed by RICHARD WOLFENDEN, I.S.O., V.D., Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty.

1909.

IS 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 "Land Act Amendment Act, Short title. 1909."

of s. 34.

of survey.

2. Sub-section (8) of section 34 of the "Land Act," being chapter Re-enacts s.-8. (8) 30 of the Statutes of 1908, is hereby repealed, and the following section is substituted therefor:"(8.) If the Chief Commissioner, after considering the report of Notice of acceptance the said surveyor, and any further information which he may have procured, shall decide that such sale is in the public interest, a notice of the acceptance of the survey of said land shall be published in the British Columbia Gazette for a period of sixty days, giving the official description of the land and also the name of the purchaser for whom the land was surveyed, during which period

any other parties having claims to such land must file a statement Adverse claims. of their claim thereto with the Surveyor-General, and unless two or more parties are claimants to the said land, the applicant for purchase shall be notified to complete the sale and advised of the price Notice to complete to be paid for said land as above provided. The balance of the purchase money shall be paid forthwith after the expiration of the notice of acceptance of survey."

purchase.

3. Sub-section (9) of said section 34 is hereby amended by Amends s.-s. (9) of adding thereto the following:

s. 34.

purchased.

"Nor shall any parcel of land acquired under this section have a Area that may be greater length or breadth than eighty chains, nor shall any boundary

Re-enacts s.-s. (10) of s. 34.

Payment.

Re-enacts s.-s. (4) of s. 57.

Fee for renewal of special timber licence.

Amends s. 59.

Quarrying leases may be issued in respect of lands held under special timber licence or timber lease.

Re-enacts s. 60.

Hand logger's licence.

line thereof be less than twenty chains in length, except in cases where such length cannot be obtained."

4. Sub-section (10) of said section 34 is hereby repealed, and the following is substituted therefor:

"(10.) Unless sufficient cause to the satisfaction of the Chief Commissioner be shown, the survey of all land sought to be acquired under the provisions of this section must be completed within six months from the date of notification to the applicant that the land is open to sale, and payment for such land shall be made in accordance with the provisions of sub-section (8) of this section, in default of which all claim of the applicant to the land applied for shall cease and determine, and the lands shall thenceforth be open to pre-emption or purchase by any other person, and all moneys paid by the applicant in respect of such application shall be forfeited to the Crown."

5. Sub-section (4) of section 57 of said chapter 30 is hereby repealed, and the following is substituted therefor :

"(4.) The fee for such renewal of special timber licence shall be paid before the expiration of such licence: Provided, however, that if it shall appear that the holder of any such licence has failed or neglected to pay the renewal fee before the expiration of the licence, he shall, upon payment of such fee and an additional sum of twentyfive dollars within three months after such expiration, be entitled to a renewal of the licence: Provided, also, that the holder of any special timber licence who has failed or neglected to pay the renewal fee for any licence which expired on or since the first day of November, 1907, shall have the privilege of obtaining a renewal of such licence, provided the land covered thereby is still vacant Crown land, upon payment of such fees as would have been payable had such licence been kept in good standing, and an additional sum of fifty dollars for each licence, if application for the same be made within sixty days from the passing of this Act."

6. Section 59 of said chapter 30 is hereby amended by adding thereto the following:

"Notwithstanding anything in this Act contained, it shall be lawful for the Lieutenant-Governor in Council to grant leases for quarrying purposes of any lands held under special timber licence or timber lease, or any part thereof, upon such terms and conditions as may be deemed advisable."

7. Section 60 of said chapter 30 is hereby repealed, and the following section is substituted therefor:

"60. (1.) In addition to the special licences authorised by section. 54 of this Act, and notwithstanding the reserve placed upon timber