SCHEDULE B.

THIS INDENTURE, made this twenty-sixth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twelve,

Between,

THE CORPORATION OF THE DISTRICT OF COQUITLAM (hereinafter called "the District Corporation ") of the first part;

and

DENNIS E. WELCHER and JOHN H. SMALL, both of Coquitlam, in the County of Westminster, in the Province of British Columbia, on behalf of themselves and all others the inhabitants of the area (hereinafter referred to as "the city area ") proposed to be incorporated as the "City of Port Coquitlam" (hereinafter called "the City"), of the other part.

Whereas a petition has been presented to the Legislature of the Province of British Columbia by the inhabitants and land-owners of that portion of the Municipality of Coquitlam described in the said petition to incorporate the inhabitants of the said tract of land as a city, under the name of the "City of Port Coquitlam," by a special Act of incorporation, and to separate the said tract of land from the said District Corporation:

And whereas, on the thirteenth day of December, 1912, a committee representing the inhabitants of the proposed city area met with a committee of the Council of the District Corporation and a committee representing the inhabitants of the remaining portion of the District Municipality, and it was jointly agreed to enter into this Agreement:

Now, this Indenture witnesseth that, for the consideration herein expressed and in pursuance of the said Agreement, the said District Corporation doth hereby agree to grant and convey to the City the following properties and assets, namely:

(1.) All that portion of District Lot Two hundred and eighty-nine (289). Group One (1), New Westminster District, and known as Block "K," and so marked on the key plan of the said district lot registered in the Land Registry Office at New Westminster, in the Province of British Columbia, and containing 2.128 acres, together with the buildings thereon:

(2.) That portion of District Lot Three hundred and seventy-nine (379), Group One (1), New Westminster District, measuring sixty-six feet in width by one hundred and thirty-two feet in depth, on which the Municipal Hall of the Municipality of Coquitlam now stands, together with the buildings on the said land and the fixtures contained therein:

(3.) One and one-quarter acres of land at the north-east corner of Wilson and School Roads, in the said municipality, and being a portion of Block “M” of District Lot Two hundred and eighty-nine (289), Group One (1), New Westminster District, and known as the School Lot, together with the buildings thereon:

(4.) Lot Five (5), in the subdivision of Block "T," in the subdivision of District Lot One hundred and seventy-four (174), Group One (1), New Westminster District, according to the registered map or plan of said subdivision deposited in the Land Registry Office at New Westminster aforesaid:

(5.) All rights, benefits, and advantages of every nature and kind in respect of the water record applied for upon Silver Creek, in the Municipality of Coquitlam:

(6.) All parcels of land that may be acquired by the District Municipality for school purposes within the said area before the date of the issue of letters patent incorporating the said City:

(7.) All the road machinery and other implements and the horses at present owned by the Municipality of Coquitlam, and the office furniture and supplies in the Municipal Hall, together with the fire hose, reels, and other equipment of the fire brigade:

(8.) All other personal property and public works and improvements belonging to the District Corporation located within the city area:

(9.) All rights, benefits, and advantages of every nature and kind in the South-west Quarter of the North-east Quarter of Section Twelve (12) of Township Thirty-nine (39) west of the Coast meridian, and known as the Park:

(10.) All maps, plans, books, contracts, deeds, documents of every description relating solely or chiefly to real estate and other property, rights, and improvements within the city area:

(11.) All arrears of taxes and assessments due on the first day of January, 1913, in respect of lands within the city area, and all rights and privileges in connection therewith.

The District Municipality covenants to convey to the City by good and sufficient deeds in fee-simple the real estate described or mentioned herein. so soon as letters patent incorporating the City have been issued, and to execute the conveyances necessary to assure the said real estate to the City. The District Municipality agrees to account for and pay over to the City all taxes and licences collected by the District Municipality after the first day of January, 1913, within the city area, and to account for and pay over to the City the share of the City in all other moneys received on behalf of the District Municipality as at present constituted, and it is agreed that the share of the City in such moneys shall be five-eighths thereof.

It is further agreed between the District Corporation and the City that the expense of carrying on the business of the District Corporation between the first day of January, 1913, and the date of the issue of letters patent incorporating the City shall be borne by the District Corporation and the City in the proportion of three to five, respectively.

In respect of the general debenture debt of the District Corporation, amounting to two hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars, the City shall undertake and be responsible for the payment of one hundred and forty thousand six hundred and twenty-five dollars thereof, and the District Corporation shall undertake and be responsible for the balance, and each of the said parties shall at all times hereafter indemnify the other from and against the liability so undertaken by it; and both parties shall comply with all the provisions of any by-law of the present Municipality of Coquitlam creating a debt or authorizing the issue of debentures so far as the said by-law provides for the creation of a sinking fund and the payment of interest on such debt, and to levy and collect upon and from the rateable property of the respective municipalities an amount of the said sinking fund and interest in proportion to the amount of the debt assumed by each of them respectively; and the City shall pay to the District Municipality the amount so levied by it on or before the first day of January in each year, and all amounts so paid for sinking funds, together with all amounts heretofore paid into any sinking funds created by the present Municipality of Coquitlam, shall be held and invested by the District Municipality for the purpose for which such sinking fund was created; and in estimating the liability of each party hereunder the amount of the sinking funds at present shall be divided in the same proportion as the said debenture indebtedness.

The City covenants to pay to the District Municipality, within three months after the date of letters patent incorporating the City, the following sums :--(1.) As payment for three-eighths interest of the District Municipality

in the personal property and chattels transferred to the City, a sum equal to three-eighths of the cost price of such personal property and

chattels as ascertained by the Municipal Auditor, less an allowance of twenty per cent. of the whole cost price of the rock-crusher, and ten per cent. of the whole cost price of the other implements for depreciation:

(2.) As payment for the three-eighths interest of the District Municipality in the real estate agreed to be conveyed, the sum of seventeen hundred and fifty dollars:

(3.) The cost already incurred in applying for the water record on Silver Creek, and whatever costs may be hereafter incurred therefor. The City agrees to supply the inhabitants of the municipality adjacent to the main water-pipes between the City and Silver Creek, in case a water system is installed by the City, with water at the same rates as charged to the inhabitants of the City, and the District Corporation agree to allow the City to use the roads and highways of the District Corporation for the purpose of installing, repairing, and maintaining the necessary pipes for a water system.

The District Corporation agrees with the City that the City shall have access to all books, maps, plans, deeds, by-laws, and documents of the Municipality of Coquitlam, at all reasonable hours, together with the right to take copies of or extracts from them; and the District Municipality shall have a similar right with respect to any such maps, plans, deeds, by-laws, and documents in the possession of the City.

In the event of any dispute arising in connection with this Agreement, the same shall be referred to arbitration under the provisions of the Act respecting arbitration and references.

In witness whereof the parties hereto have hereunto set their hands and affixed their seals the day and the year first above written.

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

An Act to validate certain By-laws passed by the
Council of the Corporation of the District of
North Cowichan.

[21st February, 1913.]

W

HEREAS the Council of the Corporation of the District of Preamble. North Cowichan, on the seventh day of March, 1912, passed a by-law known as the "Roads and Streets Improvement By-law, 1912," being a by-law of the said Corporation to authorize the issue of debentures of the said Corporation to the amount of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for the purpose of opening up and improving streets and roads in the said corporation municipality, which by-law received the assent of the electors on the tenth day of April, 1912, and was finally passed by the Council on the eighteenth day of April, 1912:

And whereas the said Council, on the twentieth day of June, 1912, passed a by-law known as the "Roads and Streets Improvement By-law, 1912, Sinking Fund By-law," being a by-law of the said Corporation to provide funds for the payment of interest and sinking fund under the said "Roads and Streets Improvement By-law, 1912," and which said "Roads and Streets Improvement By-law, 1912, Sinking Fund By-law" finally passed the Council on the fourth day of July, 1912:

And whereas by the provisions of section 124 of chapter 170 of the "Revised Statutes of the Province of British Columbia, 1911," it is enacted, inter alia, that no by-law shall be valid unless it shall name a date in the financial year in which it passes on which it shall take effect:

And whereas the first above-recited by-law, when finally passed by the said Council, contained no mention of such a date on which it should take effect: