contravention.

8. (1.) Every person who shall contravene any such regulation Penalty for as aforesaid, or shall knowingly carry out or procure or take part in the burning of any human remains except in accordance with such regulations and the provisions of this Act, or shall be guilty of an offence against this Act, shall (in addition to any liability or penalty which he may otherwise incur) be liable, on summary conviction, to a penalty not exceeding five hundred dollars, and, in default of immediate payment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding twelve months.

certificate.

(2.) Every person who shall wilfully make any false representa- Penalty for false tion, or sign or utter any false certificate, with a view to procuring the burning of any human remains, shall (in addition to any penalty or liability which he may otherwise in cur) be liable, on summary conviction, to imprisonment, with or without hard labour, for a term not exceeding fifteen months.

9. Any licensee may demand payment of any such charges or fees, Table of fees. for the burning of human remains in any crematorium in respect of which the licensee holds a licence, as may be authorized by any table of fees duly approved by the Provincial Board of Health, and such charges and fees and any expenses properly incurred in or in connection with the cremation of a deceased person shall be deemed to be part of the funeral expenses of the deceased.

10. Nothing in this Act shall interfere with the jurisdiction of Coroners. any Coroner under the "Coroners Act," and nothing in this Act shall authorize any licensee under this Act to create or permit a nuisance.

crematoria.

11. (1.) Any crematorium heretofore established shall be subject to Established the provisions of this Act and the regulations made thereunder, save as regards the approval of plans and site; and upon the granting by the Provincial Secretary of a certificate authorizing the use of any such crematorium for the purpose aforesaid, and upon payment of the said annual licence fee, the owner thereof shall be entitled to a licence, subject always to compliance with this Act and the regulations made under it.

(2.) After the thirty-first day of March, 1913, no such crematorium shall be used for the purpose of burning human remains unless the owner of such crematorium is duly licensed under this Act.

VICTORIA, B.C.:

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

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 "Distress Act Amendment Act, Short title. 1913."

2. Section 7 of the "Distress Act," being chapter 65 of the Amends s. 7. "Revised Statutes of British Columbia, 1911," is hereby amended by striking out all the words between the parentheses in the twelfth and fourteenth lines, and substituting the following therefor: "who shall be sworn before a Police or Stipendiary Magistrate, Justice of the Peace, or Commissioner for taking Affidavits, having authority and jurisdiction in the place where the oath is administered."

3. Section 21 of said chapter 65 is hereby repealed, and the Re-enacts s. 21. following is substituted therefor:

"21. (1.) No person shall be entitled to any fees, charges, or expenses for levying a distress, or for doing any act or thing in relation thereto, other than those specified in and authorized in Schedule A to this Act.

"(2.) Where the amount of rent or penalty exceeds one hundred dollars, the fees, charges, and expenses specified in Scale I. shall be allowed; and where the rent does not exceed one hundred dollars, the fees, charges, and expenses specified in Scale II. shall be allowed.

"(3.) In case of any difference as to the fees, charges, and expenses between the parties or any of them, the fees, charges, and expenses shall be taxed by the Registrar or Deputy Registrar of the County Court having jurisdiction in the district in which the distress is levied, and the Registrar may make such order as he thinks fit as to the costs of the taxation."

Re-enacts

Schedule A.

4. Schedule A to said chapter 65 is hereby repealed, and the following is substituted therefor:

SCHEDULE A.

SCALE I.-FOR DISTRESSES WHERE THE AMOUNT OF RENT OR PENALTY
EXCEEDS $100.

For levying distress

Three per cent. on any sum exceeding $100 and not exceeding $300.

Two and a half per cent. on any sum exceeding $300 and not

exceeding $1,000.

And one per cent. on any additional sum.

For man in possession, $3 per day.

For advertisements the sum actually and necessarily paid.

For commission to the auctioneer on sale by auction

Seven and a half per cent. on the sum realized, not exceeding $500.

Five per cent. on the next $1,000 or part thereof.
Four per cent. on the next $1,000 or part thereof.

And three per cent. on any sum exceeding $2,500.

Reasonable fees, charges, and expenses (subject to subsection (3) of section 21) where distress is withdrawn or where no sale takes place, and for negotiations leading to the withdrawal.

For appraisement, whether by one appraiser or more, two cents on the dollar on the value as appraised.

Travelling expenses actually and necessarily incurred in levying
distress, not exceeding twenty-five cents a mile one way.

SCALE II.-FOR DISTRESS WHERE THE AMOUNT OF RENT OR PENALTY
DOES NOT EXCEED $100.

For all expenses of advertisements (if any) the sum actually paid.

For catalogues, sale and commission, and delivery, ten per cent. on the net proceeds of the sale.

For removal at request of party whose goods are distrained, the reasonable expenses attending such removal.

VICTORIA, B.C.:

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

1913.

[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:

Short Title.

1. This Act may be cited as the "Drainage, Dyking, and Irriga- Short title. tion Act, 1913."

2. In this Act

Interpretation.

"Works" means and shall include any dykes, dams, weirs, locks, lock-gates, flood-gates, breakwaters, drains, ditches, flumes, pumps and pumping machinery, and all other buildings, operations, machinery, or construction of whatever kind or nature which may be deemed necessary or convenient for the carrying-out of any drainage, dyking, or irrigation scheme:

"District" shall mean and include every drainage, dyking, or
irrigation district already existing and constituted prior
to the passing of this Act, and all the lands constituted
a drainage and (or) dyking and (or) irrigation district
by Order in Council hereunder:

"Judge" shall mean the Judge of the County Court for the
county in which the district or any part thereof is situate:
"Engineer" shall mean and include the civil engineer for the

time being appointed by the Commissioners, and approved
by the Minister of Public Works, in writing, under his hand :
"Owner" shall mean and include the person for the time being
registered in the register of indefeasible or absolute fees
as the owner of any lands within a district:

Interpretation.