John W. Jack son, of Portage empowered to la Prairie. receive moneys in redemption of lands, and grant deeds for unre sold in 1884 by C. J. D. B. Now, therefore, Her Majesty by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba, enacts as follows: 1. In the case of lands situate within the limits of the town of Portage la Prairie sold for taxes by the Secretary-Treasurer of the Central Judicial District Board during the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four, John Washington Jackson, of the town of Portage la Prairie, Clerk of the Municipality of Portage la Prairie, shall have and exercise all deemed lands the powers conferred by the Municipal Act of Manitoba, 1886, upon Municipalities and their officers as to receiving moneys in redemption of such lands and also as to giving deeds to purchasers for such lands not redeemed within the time hereinafter provided, and such deeds so given shall be valid to the same extent as if the same had been executed and given by the Mayor and Treasurer of the said town of Portage la Prairie, under the seal of the municipality under section number six hundred and ninety-one of said Municipal Act. Owners of land so sold to have 30 days to redeem after 2. The owners of said lands so sold for taxes shall have thirty days after the coming into force of this Act within which this act comes to redeem said lands. in force. Form of Deed to be granted by J. W. Jackson. Disposition of moneys received by J. W. Jackson. Fee to be paid on granting Deed. 3. The deed to be granted by the said John Washington Jackson, may be in the following form: To all to whom these presents shall come: I, John Washington Jackson, under and by virtue of the Statute of the Whereas, by virtue of the Municipal Act then in force, the Secretary- day of , of in the County of That certain parcel or tract of land and premises hereinafter mentioned, at or A.D. day of Now, know ye that I, the said John Washington Jackson, being specially authorized by an Act of the Legislature of Manitoba, in pursuance of such sale and for the consideration aforesaid, hereby grant and convey unto the said his heirs and assigns, all that certain parcel or tract of land and premises situate, lying and being in the said Town of Portage la Prairie, and being composed of 4. All moneys received by the said John Washington Jackson on account of such redemption shall be paid to the purchasers of such lands so sold as they may be entitled and the surplus (if any) shall be paid over to the Municipal Commissioner and shall be applied by the said Municipal Commissioner in reduction of the debt due by the said Town of Portage la Prairie to the late Central Judicial District Board. 5. The said John Washington Jackson shall be entitled to collect from such purchasers for said deeds and retain for his own use the sum of one dollar for each deed in duplicate executed by him under this Act, and he shall, if requested by the purchaser, include in each deed all the lands bought by such purchaser at such sale and not redeemed. 6. The Municipal Commissioner shall hand over to the said John Washington Jackson all books and documents in his possession relative to such sale for taxes, and said John Washington Jackson shall return said books and documents to the Municipal Commissioner after the purposes of this Act shall have been fulfilled, provided the said Municipal Commissioner may require, if he think necessary, security for the return of such books and documents. 7. This Act shall come into force on the day that it is When act to assented to. come in f rce CAP. VI. An Act to amend "The Railway Aid Act, 1885." [Assented to, 1st June, 1887.[ ER MAJESTY by and with the advice and consent of HE the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba, enacts as follows: 1. "The Railway Aid Act, 1885," is hereby amended by Railway Aid adding thereto the following sections: Act, 1885. amended. Interest on Bonds of any railway com pany to extent mile of con of $8,000 per structed line may be guar anteed by the (1.) Subject to the conditions hereinafter contained, the Lieutenant-Governor-in-Council may by Order-in-Council guarantee, in the name of the Province, interest on the bonds of any railway company at the rate of five per centum per annum for twenty-five years, for the sum of eight thousand dollars for every mile of its line constructed and completed as hereinafter mentioned by such company in the Province after the passing of this Act, but the total amount of principal money on which such guarantee of interest shall be given. shall not exceed $550,000, and the guarantee of the Province Limitation. to be given shall be evidenced on such bonds by the great seal of the Province and the signature of the Provincial Treas Province. urer to said bonds and the coupons thereto attached; and Mode of guarthe bonds issued by any railway company and so guaranteed antee. shall be valid and binding on the company issuing same, and shall be binding on the Province for the amount of interest so guaranteed. (2) Such guarantee shall be given to the Railway Company To what comfirst after the passing of this Act, making a deposit to the tee to be given. pany guaran When deposit mentioned in previous subsec. to be returned. Deposit mentioned in previous subsec. may be forfeited to the Province in certain cases. credit of the Government of Manitoba in a chartered Bank doing business in Winnipeg, of the sum of $35,000, and satisfying the Lieutenant-Governor-in-Council of their ability to proceed with the immediate construction of their line and to have the same completed before the first day of November, 1887. (3) Upon the construction of such line within said time or within the time for which an extension may be granted, as hereinafter provided, the said sum with interest thereon at five per centum per annum from the time of its deposit, shall be returned to the Company. (4). In the event of the company not complying with the terms of this Act and in the event of the railway not being proceeded with and constructed within the time limited by this Act therefor or within the times to which the same may be extended by the Lieutenant-Governor-in-Council as in this Act provided, the money deposited as aforesaid shall be forfeited to the Provincial Treasurer and the same shall thereupon become and form part of the Consolidated Revenue Fund of the Province: provided, however, that if from the act of save forfeiture God or the Queen's enemies or legal difficulty said line shall not be completed within the times limited the said sum o deposited and interest at five per cent. as aforesaid shall be repaid to the company. Proviso to Standard of construction. Application of net earnings and profits. Amalgama- C.P.R. Co. and prohibited or (5). Such railway line so aided shall be of the standard of the Canadian Pacific Railway. (6). The net earnings and profits of the company so aided over and above working expenses and what shall be sufficient to pay the interest on the company's bonds not so guaranteed shall be first applied in payment of the interest so guaranteed, It shall not be lawful for any company so aided directly or indirectly, or any of its shareholders directly or indirectly to amalgamate with the Canadian Pacific Railway Company or the Manitoba Southwestern Colonization Railway Company, or to make or enter into any agreement, conveyance, lease, transfer of stock, or other instrument, contract, act or thing with either or both of said last mentioned companies, or any of the shareholders of either of them, or any other person or persons or corporation, whereby in any manner the Canadian Pacific Railway Company or the Manitoba Southwestern Colonization Railway Company or any of the shareholders of either of them, or any person, or persons, or corporation in their interest shall, directly or indirectly, obtain entire or partial control of the whole or part of the undertaking, or of the railway, or of its management, or of its freight rates, and every such agreement, conveyance, lease, transfer of stock, or other instrument, contract, act or thing shall be wholly void; but this section shall not prevent said company so aided from entering into any contract with either of said other companies for the carriage and transportation of material or plant for the building of said line. be commenced (7.) The said railway line shall be commenced on or before When line to the first day of July next. (8.) In the event of the railway so aided not being fully constructed within the time limited therefor the LieutenantGovernor in Council may from time to time, for good cause shown in the interests of the Province, extend to a period not beyond the first day of July, 1888, the time for the construction thereof. (9.) The railway company so aided shall have all the powers contained in the "Railway Act of Manitoba," and be subject to the provisions thereof except as herein expressed. (10.) After the opening of the Railway or any part thereof to the public and within fifteen days after the opening of each session of the Legislature an account shall be annually transmitted to the Provincial Secretary containing a detailed and particular account attested upon oath of the president of the company, or in his absence, of the vice-president, of the moneys received and expended by the company so aided and a classified statement of the passengers and goods transported by them with an attested copy of the last annual statement. (11.) No tolls on such railway shall be levied or taken until approved of by the Lieutenant-Governor-in-Council nor until after two weekly publications in the "Manitoba Gazette" of the by-law establishing such tolls and of the order-in-council approving thereof; and every by-law fixing and regulating tolls shall be subject to revision by the Lieutenant-Governorin-Council from time to time after approval thereof as aforesaid, and after an order-in-council reducing the tolls fixed and regulated by any by-law has been twice published in the 'Manitoba Gazette" the tolls mentioned in such order in council shall be substituted for those mentioned in the by-law so long as the order-in-council remains unrevoked. (12.) The company so aided shall enter into such contracts giving running powers to other companies over their said line as may be directed and approved by the Lieutenant-Governorin-Council. (13.) The bonds of the company so guaranteed shall be deposited before the first day of July, 1887, in the Imperial Bank of Canada, at its branch office at Winnipeg, and upon the construction and completion of each ten continuous miles of such road bonds to the amount of $80,000, so guaranteed, shall be delivered to the company, and bonds so guaranteed shall, after the completion of sixty miles of said line, be delivered to the company at said rate per mile for any length Time for construction may for good tended. cause be ex No bonds shall issue in excess of $16,000 per mile. Railway Com missioner of ex-officio a director of railway aided under this Act. of line less than ten miles; but before such delivery shall be ⚫ made from time to time such company shall furnish such information as may satisfy the Lieutenant-Governor of the actual construction and completion of such ten miles. (14.) No bonds shall issue in excess of sixteen thousand dollars per mile of the line constructed or under contract for construction. (15.) The Railway Commissioner of this Province or such Province to be other person as the Lieutenant-Governor may appoint shall be ex-officio a Director of the Railway assisted under the provisions of this Act, and he shall have furnished him a copy of the monthly returns furnished by the different station agents of the Company, and he shall have the right to examine all the books and other documents of the Company at any time and attend all board meetings of said Company in as full and ample a manner as that accorded to any other director. The return so furnished shall be placed on file in the office of the Railway Commissioner. Exemption from taxation. Lieut.-Gov.-inCouncil may make necessary regulations as to giving guarantee. When Act to come into force. (16.) The road bed, ties, rails, station houses, workshops and lands, and the personal property of the company aided by such guarantee shall be exempt from all Provincial and municipal taxation whatsoever during the currency of such guar antee. (17.) The Lieutenant-Governor-in-Council may, subject to the provisions of this Act, make all necessary regulations with reference to the manner in which such guarantee shall be given, or any other matter or proceeding under this Act. (18.) This Act shall come into force on being assented to. CAP. VII. Manitoba Act amended. An Act to amend "The Manitoba Insane Asylum Act." H [Assented to 1st June, 1887.] ER MAJESTY by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba enacts as follows: 1. Sections 16, 20, 38, 39, 40, 42 and 62 of "The Manitoba Insane Asylum Insane Asylum Act" are hereby amended by striking out the words" Attorney-General" wherever they occur therein and substituting therefor the words "Minister of Agriculture, Statistics and Health." When this Act to come into force. 2. This Act shall come into force on the first day of July, 1887. |