CHAPTER 43. An Act to declare certain Lands, now vested in or that may hereafter be acquired by Her Majesty or the Government of Manitoba, Provincial Lands and for other purposes. HE [Assented to June 1st, 1900.] ER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Manitoba, enacts as follows: property to be 1. All real property of whatsoever nature or kind, and Certain real wheresoever situate, and all the estate therein, heretofore treated as vested in or that may be hereafter acquired by Her Majesty lands. or the Government of Manitoba, with respect to (a) Half Breed mortgages and investments; (b) Under a certain agreement made and entered into between Her Majesty the Queen, of the first part, and The Manitoba and North-Western Railway Company, of the second part, and The Saskatchewan and Western Railway Company, of the third part, bearing date the 9th day of May, A.D. 1899; (c) Under the provisions of sub-section (4) of section 1, of Chapter 43, of 61 Victoria, being "An Act respecting Aid to Railways," shall be treated as and deemed to be Provincial Lands. Provincial with under cial Lands 2. All such real property aforesaid shall be subject to the And dealt like administration, and to be dealt with and disposed of in "The Provinthe same manner, as other lands of the Province are required Act." to be administered, dealt with and disposed of under "The Provincial Lands Act" and amending Acts. sales. 3. The proceeds realized from the disposition of such lands Proceeds of shall from time to time be placed to the credit and form part of the Consolidated Revenue Fund of the Province. 4. This Act shall come into force on the day it is assented to. Meaning of term "school and towns. CHAPTER 44. An Act to amend "The Public Schools Act." HE [Assented to July 5th, 1900.] ER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Manitoba, enacts as follows: 1. Section 2 of Chapter 127 of the Revised Statutes of Manitoba, being "The Public Schools Act," as amended by section 1 of Chapter 35 of 55 Victoria, and by section 1 of Chapter 23 of 59 Victoria, and by section 2 of Chapter 31 of 62 and 63 Victoria, is hereby further amended by adding after sub-section (g) thereof the following: (h) The expressions "school house" and "school houses house" incities mean and include such house or houses, building or buildings as may be required or used for the imparting of instruction or for offices or other public school purposes, but this provision shall only apply to school districts in cities and towns. to. 2. This Act shall come into force on the day it is assented CHAPTER 45. An Act to amend "The Queen's Bench Suitors' HER [Assented to July 5th, 1900.] ER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Manitoba, enacts as follows: s. 12, amended. 1. Section 12 of Chapter 129 of the Revised Statutes of R.S.M., c. 129, Manitoba is hereby amend by adding thereto the following sub-section : (2) And if in any case any application has not been made by or on behalf of any such infant, or his or her legal representative or representatives, it shall be lawful for the Provincial Treasurer to pay, out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund of the Province, the amount to which such person may be entitled into the Court of Queen's Bench, to be held there for the benefit of such person or his or her legal representative or representatives. moneys to be "The Suitors' 2. It shall be lawful for the Provincial Treasurer, out of Certain the Consolidated Revenue Fund of the Province, to recoup to recouped to "The Suitors' Fund Account" in the Court of Queen's Bench Fund any sums of money formerly belonging to the General Funds Account." of the Court of Queen's Bench which have been invested in mortgages that cannot be collected, together with interest thereon, and any sums of money which have been improperly or inadvertently paid out therefrom, together with interest thereon. 3. This Act shall come into force on the day it is assented to. Preamble. Proceedings to procure titles sold for taxes. CHAPTER 46. An Act respecting the Town of Rapid City. W [Assented to June 1st, 1900.] THEREAS the Town of Rapid City was in the year A.D. 1883, under the provisions of "The Manitoba Town Corporations Act," contained in Chapter 10 of the Consolidated Statutes of Manitoba, as amended, incorporated as a town corporation; AND WHEREAS the Town of Rapid City at the times following, that is to say, on the twenty-sixth day of December, A.D. 1887, and on the twenty-third day of February, A.D. 1892, held certain sales of lands in arrear for taxes to the said town, at which the said town became the purchasers of a certain portion of said lands; AND WHEREAS on the twelfth day of November, A.D. 1897, the Rural Municipality of Saskatchewan held a tax sale of lands in arrear for taxes due to the School District of Rapid City, at which said School District became the purchasers of a certain portion of said lands; and whereas the said School District have assigned the lands so purchased by them at the said sale to the Town of Rapid City; AND WHEREAS the time for redemption of these lands has expired, and it is deemed advisable that suitable provision be made for vesting the same in the said Town of Rapid City, THEREFORE Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Manitoba, enacts as follows: 1. On or before the first day of May, A.D. 1901, the Secrefor certain lots tary-Treasurer of the said Town of Rapid City shall forward in Rapid City to the District Registrar of the Land Titles District of Portage la Prairie a certified list, under the corporate seal of the said town, of all the lands purchased by the said Town of Rapid City at two certain tax sales, held by or on behalf of the said town on the twenty-sixth day of December, A.D. 1887, and on the twenty-third day of February, A.D. 1892, respectively, remaining unredeemed, and of the amount necessary to redeem each parcel thereof; also a certified list, under the seal of the Rapid City School District, of all the lands purchased by the said School District at a certain sale held by tha Rural Municipality of Saskatchewan on behalf of the said School District, on the twelfth day of November, A.D. 1897, and assigned by the said School district to the Town of Rapid City, remaining unredeemed, and of the amount necessary to redeem each parcel thereof. Upon receipt of such lists the District Registrar aforesaid shall advertise the lands therein contained, showing the amount necessary to be paid to redeem each parcel, for one month, or in four successive issues of a newspaper published in or nearest to the said Town of Rapid City, and in at least four successive issues of The Manitoba Gazette, together with a statement or allegation that an application has been made by the said Town of Rapid City for a certificate of title to the lands mentioned in such list, and that a certificate of title therefor will issue to the said town after the expiration of the time of publication herein before provided, unless in the meantime redemption shall be made. After the expiration of the time herein before provided the said District Registrar shall, without exercising or requiring the exercise of any further or other formalities, and notwithstanding any provision or provisions of "The Real Property Act," "The Assessment Act," or any amendments thereto, issue to the said Town of Rapid City a certificate of title for the lands remaining unredeemed on the lists aforesaid. All costs and expenses attending the carrying out of the provisions of this section shall be borne and paid by the said town of Rapid City and shall, so far as the issuing of the certificate of title is concerned, be in the discretion of the District Registrar. complete. 2. The council of the said Town of Rapid City shall with Sale of lots all despatch, after procuring a certificate of title for the said when titles lands, as in the preceding section mentioned, sell and dispose of the same to the best possible advantage, and devote the proceeds thereof to and towards the satisfaction of the general indebtedness of the said town. to. 3. Chapter 34 of 62 and 63 Victoria is hereby repealed. 4. This Act shall come into force on the day it is assented Repeal. |