IS MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the

enacts as follows:

1. This Act may be cited as the "Coroners Act Amendment Act, Short title. 1913."

2. The Second Schedule to the "Coroners Act," being chapter 49 Amends Schedule. of the "Revised Statutes of British Columbia, 1911," is hereby repealed, and the following is substituted therefor :

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SECOND SCHEDULE.

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For every inquiry by a Coroner, when inquest deemed unneces-
sary
$5 00
For every inquest held by a Coroner, including precept to sum-
mon jury, empanelling jury, summons to witness, informa-
tion on examination of witness, taking every recognizance,
inquisition, and return, and every warrant and commitment,
$10 for each day necessarily spent in going to, attending
at, and returning from the inquest, but no additional fee
shall be allowed if the inquest is held at the same time and
place over more than one dead body.

For travelling expenses, the actual sum paid, as shown by
receipts to be attached to vouchers, if so required, for accom-
modation and meals and for railway or stage fare or for
reasonable livery charges.

For stenographer, if employed by Coroner, for transcript of
evidence, 10 cents per folio of 100 words and such allowance
for attendance as may be proper in each case.

VICTORIA, B.C.:

Printed by WILLIAM H. CULLIN, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty.

1913.

[1st March, 1913.]

IS MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the
Legislative Assembly of the Province of British Columbia,

enacts as follows:

R.S.B.C. 1911, c. 51.

1. This Act may be cited as the "Court of Appeal Act Amend- Short title. ment Act, 1913."

2. Section 2 of the "Court of Appeal Act," being chapter 51 of the Amends s. 2. "Revised Statutes of British Columbia, 1911," is hereby amended

by substituting the word "four" for the word "three" in the fifth

line thereof.

3. Section 14 of said chapter 51 is hereby amended by striking Amends s. 14. out all the words in the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth lines

thereof, and substituting the following in lieu thereof:

"All appeals shall be heard in the city in which the same are

entered for hearing."

4. Section 25 of said chapter 51 is hereby repealed (provided that Re-enacts s. 25. such repeal shall not be construed as in anywise affecting any order heretofore made by the Court or a Judge thereof under the authority of said section), and the following is enacted in lieu thereof :— "25. The Court or any Judge thereof shall have power to enlarge Enlarging or abridging time. or abridge the time within which notice of any appeal should be given according to this Act, or to enlarge or abridge the time appointed by this Act or by the Rules of the Supreme Court, or which may be fixed by any order enlarging time, for doing any act or taking any proceeding, upon such terms (if any) as the justice of the case may require; and any such enlargement may be ordered although the application for the same is not made until after the expiration of the time appointed or allowed."

Amends s. 28.

Costs.

Re-enacts s. 29.

Security for costs.

Additional Judge.

5. The first two lines of section 28 of said chapter 51 are hereby struck out, and the following is substituted therefor:

"28. Unless the Court of Appeal shall for good cause otherwise order, the costs of and incident to appeals to the Court of Appeal shall follow the event, except-"

6. Section 29 of said chapter 51 is hereby repealed, and the following is substituted therefor :

"29. The appellant shall deposit with the Registrar of the Court appealed from, as security for the costs to be occasioned by any appeal, such sum, not exceeding two hundred dollars, as may be fixed by a Judge of the Court appealed from."

7. Section 2 of this Act shall come into effect upon Proclamation.

VICTORIA, B.C.:

Printed by WILLIAM H. CULLIN, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty.
1913.

R.S.B.C. 1911, c. 53.

[1st March, 1913.]

H"

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 "County Courts Act Amendment Short title. Act, 1913."

2. Subsection (3) of section 6 of the "County Courts Act," being Junior Judges. chapter 53 of the "Revised Statutes of British Columbia, 1911," is hereby amended by striking out the words " and the other Judge of the same Court shall be styled the Junior Judge' thereof," and substituting the following: "and the other Judge or Judges of the same Court shall be styled the Junior Judge' or 'Junior Judges' thereof."

3. Said chapter 53 is hereby further amended by inserting after section 15 the following as sections 15A and 15в:

oaths.

"15A. The Registrar and deputy and all other officers and clerks Power to administer actually employed in the office of the Registrar, whether appointed by an Order in Council or not, shall have power to administer oaths to witnesses, jurors, and other persons in connection with trials.

"15B. In examinations for discovery, the oath may be administered by the Registrar, Deputy Registrar, or Examiner, or by such of the officers or clerks in the office of the Registrar as have been duly authorized by Order in Council."

word" Kootenay."

4. The word "Kootenay" at the end of subsection (h) of section 3 Interpretation of of said chapter 53 means, and shall be construed as having always meant, "East Kootenay."

5. Section 120 of said chapter 53 is hereby repealed.

Repeals s. 120, c. 53.