Acquire lands

To operate light plants, etc.

To sell light and power

and carry on all or any of the businesses that are usually, or may be conveniently, carried on by natural gas, oil, and other natural or manufactured fuel product companies;

(c) Supply, distribute, and deal in gas, oil, and other natural or manufactured fuel products for lighting, heating, motive power or any other purpose whatsoever;

(d) Acquire, construct, erect, lay down, drill, maintain,
enlarge, alter, work and use all such lands, buildings,
erections, derricks, easements, gas and other
works, wells, reservoirs, machinery, plant, stock,
pipes, pipe lines, lamps, motors, fittings, meters,
apparatus, equipment, material and things, and
to supply all such materials, products and things
as may be necessary, incident or convenient in
connection with the acquisition, production, use,
storage, regulation, measurement, supply, piping
and distribution, purchase and sale of and other
dealing in all or any of the products of the com-
pany;

(e) To carry on at such cities, towns, villages, place
or places in the Province of Alberta, as the company
may from time to time determine the business
of any electric light company, heat, power, natural
gas or gas company in any or all of its branches
and in particular to acquire, construct, lay down,
establish, fix, carry out and maintain all power
houses, buildings, erections, works, generating
stations, sub-stations, cable, wires, lines, poles,
accumulators, lamps, apparatus, machinery, equip-
ment, and things necessary or convenient for the
purposes thereof, and to acquire, generate, accumu-
late, distribute, supply and deal in electricity and
natural gas or gas for light, heat, power or any other
purposes whatsoever, and to light cities, towns,
villages, or other municipalities, streets, houses,
buildings and places, both public and private;
(f) To carry on the business of electricians, mechanical
engineers and manufacturers and workers and
dealers in electricity, natural gas and other fuel
products, motive power, heat and light, and any
business in which the application of electricity,
gas or any power, like or otherwise, is or may be
convenient, useful or ornamemtal and to manu-
facture, sell and lease to other corporations, and
to public and private consumers of light, heat or
power, all goods, wares, merchandise, property
and substances now used in the production thereof
or incidental thereto, or that hereafter may be
invented, discovered or become known therein,

and to manufacture, contract for and furnish
light, heat and power to other corporations,
persons and firms, public and private; provided
always that the foregoing powers shall be subject
to all provincial, municipal and local laws and
regulations affecting the same;

(g) To enter into any contract, agreement, and arrange-Arrangements
ments with any federal, territorial, provincial, authorities
municipal, civic or local authorities, or with any
railway company that may seem conducive to
the company's objects or any of them and to
obtain from any such authority or company
property, franchises, rights, privileges or con-
cessions which the company may think is desirable
to obtain, and to carry out, adopt, exercise and
comply with such contracts, agreements, and
arrangements, franchises, rights, privileges and
concessions;

Employ

(h) Upon the issue of shares, bonds, debentures or brokers
other securities of the company, to employ brokers,
commission agents and underwriters;

in other

(i) To accept stock or shares in or the bonds, mort- Accept shares
gages, debentures, or other securities of any other companies
company in payment or part payment for any
services rendered or for any sale made to or debt.
owing from any such company.

4. It is further provided that the company shall not carry on or construct any of its works authorized by this Act, along or across any highway, street, lane or other public place in any city or town unless the company shall have first obtained the consent of the municipal council thereof, by an agreement entered into between the company and the said municipality and ratified by by-law of the said council, if required by the Statute or Ordinances under which the same derives its corporate powers:

Provided that the company shall not be entitled to use any of the public streets, roads, or highways or public places within the limits of the City of Calgary, unless it has obtained the consent of the council of the City of Calgary to an agreement entered into between the company and the said city, ratified by by-law approved of by a two-thirds vote of the ratepayers.

directors

5. The persons mentioned by name in the first section Provisional of this Act are hereby constituted provisional directors of the said company.

6. The capital stock shall be two million dollars ($2,000,- Capital stock 000.00), divided into 20,000 shares of $100.00 each, and

Annual general meeting

Directors to be elected

To borrow

and mortgage, etc.

Company may enter into agreement with other companies

Power to

construct

telephone lines

may be called up by the directors from time to time, as they deem necessary, but no one call shall exceed ten per cent. (10%) on the shares subscribed.

7. The annual general meeting of the shareholders shall be held on the last day of January in each year, or on the succeeding day, in the event of that date falling on a holiday.

8. At such meeting, the subscribers for the capital stock assembled, who have paid all calls due on their shares, shall choose seven (7) persons to be directors of the company, one or more of whom may be paid directors of the com

pany.

9. The company may borrow or raise or secure the payment of money in such manner as the company shall think fit, and in particular by the issue of debentures or debenture stock, perpetual or otherwise, charged upon all or any of the company's property (both present and future), (including its uncalled capital), and may purchase, redeem or pay off any such securities.

10. The company may. enter into an agreement with another company for conveying or leasing to such company, or companies, in whole or in part any of the works of the company, hereby incorporated, or any rights or powers acquired under this Act or for an amalgamation with such company or companies, on such terms and conditions as are agreed upon, and subject to such restrictions as to the directors seem fit; provided that such agreement has been first sanctioned by two-thirds votes at a special general meeting of the shareholders, duly called for the purpose of considering the same, at which meeting the shareholders representing at least two-thirds in value of the stock are present in person, or represented by proxy.

11. The company shall also have power for the purpose telegraph and of its undertaking to construct and operate an electric telegraph line or lines, and a telephone line or lines, along and in all of its said works.

1913

CHAPTER 44.

An Act to Incorporate the Taber Transit Company.

(Assented to March 25, 1913.)

WHEREAS a petition has been presented praying for the 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 His Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Alberta, enacts as follows:

1. John F. Kramer, commission agent; Charles G. Gordon, real estate broker; Reginald C. Baker, real estate broker; all of the City of Calgary, in the Province of Alberta; Edward S. Kramer, of the City of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, one of the United States of America, financial broker; Clay D. Holder, telegraph operator, of Dunmore, in the province of Alberta; Joesph Schiesel, hotel proprietor, of Canmore, in the Province of Alberta; William E. Bullock, mine operator; Frank Barton, financial agent, both of the town of Taber, in the Province of Alberta; and Van Orsdall Eastland, civil engineer, of the City of Calgary, aforesaid, together with such other persons as become shareholders in the company hereby incorporated, are hereby constituted a body corporate under the name of "The Taber Transit Company," hereinafter called "the company.'

2. The head office of the company shall be at the Town of Taber in the Province of Alberta, or at such other place within the said province as the directors may from time to time determine.

3. The several clauses of The Railway Act of Alberta shall be and the same are hereby incorporated with and shall be deemed to be a part of this Act and shall apply to the said company and to the railway to be constructed by them, excepting so far as the same may be inconsistent with the express enactments hereof or be inapplicable to

a railway of the nature hereby authorized, and the expression "this Act" when used herein shall be understood to include the clauses of The Railway Act as aforesaid.

4. The company may lay out, construct and operate by electricity, steam or any other motive power a railway of the gauge of four (4) feet eight and one-half (82) inches from a point at or near section thirty-one (31) in township nine (9) in range sixteen (16) west of the fourth meridian close to the Town of Taber, running in a north-westerly direction to a point in section twelve (12) in township ten (10) in range seventeen (17); thence to run in several directions, namely: First, in a westerly and south-westerly direction to a point in or near section thirty-three (33) in township nine (9) in range seventeen (17). Second, in an easterly direction to a point in or near section seven (7) in township ten (10) in range seventeen (17). Another line starting at same point in or near section thirty-one (31) in township nine (9) in range sixteen (16); thence north and north-easterly to a point in section eight (8) in township ten (10) in range sixteen (16); thence in a northerly direction through township ten (10) in range (16); thence north and north-easterly through township eleven (11) in range sixteen (16) to a point in section three (3) in township twelve (12) in range sixteen (16); thence southeasterly crossing the Belly River at a point in or near section two (2) in township twelve (12) in range sixteen (16); thence in a northerly direction through township twelve (12) in range sixteen (16); thence north-easterly to a point in or near section twelve (12) in township thirteen (13) in range sixteen (16) on the Suffield Branch of the Canadian Pacific Railway, crossing the said railway at this point; thence north-westerly through township thirteen (13) in range sixteen (16), township fourteen (14) in range sixteen (16), township fourteen (14) in range seventeen (17) to a point in or near section thirty-one (31) in township fifteen (15) in range seventeen (17); thence north-easterly through township sixteen (16) in range seventeen (17) to a point in or near section twelve (12) in township seventeen (17) in range seventeen (17), near the Town of Bow City.

5. The persons mentioned by name in the first section of this Act are hereby constituted the provisional directors of the company.

6. The capital stock of the said company shall be five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000.00) which may be called up by the directors from time to time as they may deem it necessary but no one call shall exceed ten per centum on the share or shares subscribed.