CHAPTER 49. An Act to amend "The Good Roads Act, 1914." HIS [Assented to March 10th, 1916.] IS MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the 11 of "The Good 1. Paragraph (b) of section 11 of chapter 42 of 4 George v, Par. (b) of sec. being "The Good Roads Act, 1914," as enacted by section 5 Roads Act, of chapter 27 of 5 George v, is hereby amended by striking out 1914,” amended. all the words therein after the words "order-in-council" in the third line thereof. 2. Paragraph (c) of section 11 of said Act, as enacted by Par. (c) of sec tion 11 repealed section 5 of chapter 27 of 5 George v, is hereby repealed and and a new parathe following substituted therefor: graph substituted. consent of L. has been ob (c) the board shall transmit a certified copy of the said Procedure after order-in-council and the said engineer's report, accompanied G.-in-Council by copies of the maps, plans, drawings, profiles and specifica-tained. tions aforesaid, to the clerk of the municipality and intimate that the system of the roads decided upon has been approved by the Lieutenant-Governor-in-Council. Par. (d) of section 11 repealed and and a new para 3. Paragraph (d) of section 11 of said Act, as enacted by section 5 of chapter 27 of 5 George v, is hereby repealed the following substituted therefor: graph substituted. law. readings. (d) If the said decision and approval relates to works, the Passage of bycost of which is to be defrayed by the issue and sale of municipal debentures, the council of the municipality shall be and is hereby authorized and empowered to pass two successive Two successive readings of a by-law approving of the system of roads which has been decided upon as aforesaid, and for authorizing the borrowing of and the issuing of debentures for a sum or sums not exceeding the proportion of the estimated cost of the approved works which will require to be paid by the municipality, after deducting the amount of the aid to be received from the government under section 30 of this Act, and not exceeding in the aggregate six per cent. of the total then assessed value of all the taxable real property in the municipality, as appearing by the last revised assessment roll thereof, the debentures to be authorized by such by-laws to be in sums of not less than one hundred dollars each, and to be payable at such place, in or out of Manitoba, and in Canadian or sterling money or gold or other currency, as may be provided in such by-laws or by subsequent resolution of the council, and to be made payable within thirty years of the passage of such by-law. The third Third reading. reading of every such by-law shall take place after the by-law has been approved by the ratepayers as hereinafter provided. (h) and (i) of Par. (e), (), (g) 4. Paragraphs (e), (f), (g), (h) and (i) of section 11 of said sec. 11 repealed. Act, as enacted by section 5 of chapter 27 of 5 George v, are hereby repealed. Sec. 12 repealed. 5. and (5) of sec. 27 repealed. Section 12 of said Act is hereby repealed. Sub-sections (4) 6. Sub-sections (4) and (5) of section 27 of said Act, as enacted by section 7 of chapter 27 of 5 George v, are hereby repealed. Sub-section (6) of sec. 27 re 7. Sub-section (6) of section 27 of said Act, as enacted by section 7 of chapter 27 of 5 George v, is hereby repealed pealed and a new sub-section and the following substituted therefor: substituted. where moneys Not necessary to (6) Where money to cover the cost of the said roads is to submit by-law be provided out of available municipal funds or by an annual provided out of rate it shall not be necessary to submit to the ratepayers a by-law approving of a system of roads to be constructed as provided for in this Act. available funds or by annual rate. Section 20 amended. Sub-section (2) of section 30B amended. Section 30B amended. L.-G.-in 8. Section 20 of said Act is hereby amended by adding thereto the following sub-section: (e) The system of roads proposed to be constructed, describing the same in some brief and general terms. 9. Sub-section (2) of section 30B of said Act, as enacted by section 8 of chapter 27 of 5 George v, is hereby amended by striking out the words "a sum equal to one-third of the cost of said bridge or culvert" from the sixth and seventh lines thereof and substituting therefor the words "the aid hereinafter set forth." 10. Said section 30в of said Act, as enacted as aforesaid is hereby amended by adding thereto the following sub-section (5) The Lieutenant-Governor-in-Council may determine the class or classes of bridges or culverts that may be aided bridges or cul- under the provisions of this section, Council to de termine what verts may be aided. What aid shall be. Rural Munic. of East Kildonan that provisions of Act not complied with. (a) Such aid may be as follows: For bridges and culverts of a permanent character, and costing $200 or over, one-half the cost thereof; For bridges and culverts constructed of materials which cannot be considered of permanent character, and costing $500 or over, one-third the cost thereof. 11. Notwithstanding the non-compliance or observance to be aided not- of any of the provisions of "The Good Roads Act" on the part withstanding of the Rural Municipality of East Kildonan respecting the doing of certain road work upon the east main highway in the said municipality, the Good Roads Board may approve thereof and the expenditure made with respect to the same, and the Minister of Public Works may, upon such approval of said Board being received by him, authorize the payment to the said municipality of one half of the cost of the said works, that is to say, the sum of $2,077.50. 12. This Act shall come into force on the day it is assented to. CHAPTER 50. An Act respecting the Rural Municipality of Grandview. [Assented to March 10th, 1916.] WHEREAS doubts have arisen as to the legality of the Preamble. assessments made by the council of the Rural Municipality of Grandview in the years A.D. 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914 and 1915, and of the by-laws passed by the council of the said municipality in the said years striking the rates and making the levies for taxes for the said years, and respecting the power of the said municipality to enforce payment of the taxes now appearing in the books of the said municipality as being charged upon and against various persons, firms and corporations and upon and against certain lands, tenements and hereditaments, goods and chattels situate in the said municipality from year to year during the years aforesaid, or some or one of them, on account of certain provisions of "The Municipal Act" and "The Assessment Act" relating to the assessing, rating, levying and charging of said taxes, and the issuing and giving notices in respect thereto, not having been strictly complied with, and it is expedient to set such doubts at rest and to legalize, validate and confirm such assessments, by-laws, notices, levies and taxes, Therefore, His Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba, enacts as follows: ments, by-laws. galized. 1. Notwithstanding any defect or irregularity in the pro- Certain assessceedings taken in the making of such assessments or in the levies, taxes and passing of such by-laws, or in the assessing, rating, levying and notices of Rural Municipality of charging of said taxes, or in the issuing and giving of the notices Grandview lein respect thereto, or in the proceedings prior or subsequent thereto, the said assessments, by-laws, levies, taxes and notices are hereby declared to have been and to be sufficient, valid, effectual and binding as if all such proceedings had been fully and completely carried out according to all the provisions of "The Municipal Act" and "The Assessment Act," but no further or otherwise, the intention of this Act being only to cure all defects in the proceedings aforesaid, which are hereby legalized, validated and confirmed, and the validity and legality of said assessments and by-laws, notices, levies and taxes shall not be questioned in any action, suit or proceeding in any court on account of any defect or irregularity in said proceedings or on account of any provisions of "The Municipal Act" or "The Assessment Act" not having been complied with in the making of such assessments, or the passing of said by-laws, or in the assessing, rating, levying and charging of said taxes, or in the issuing and giving of the notices in respect thereto, or in the proceedings prior or subsequent thereto. 2. This Act shall come into force on the day it is assented to. CHAPTER 51. An Act to amend "The Greater Winnipeg [Assented to March 10th, 1916.] IS MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the "The Greater amended. 1. Section 38 of chapter 22 of 3 George v, being "The Section 38 of Greater Winnipeg Water District Act,' as re-enacted by Winnipeg Water section 8 of chapter 29 of 5 George v, is hereby amended by District Act" inserting the words "and hypothecate or pledge" after the word "deliver" in the tenth line thereof, and by inserting the words "and interest thereon" after the word "borrowed" in the thirteenth line thereof. 2. Section 40 of the said Act is hereby amended by insert-Section 40 ing the words "under the provisions of section 39 of this Act" ,, amended. after the word "stock" in the second line thereof; and this Act shall be construed as if that section had been originally enacted as thus amended. 3. Section 2 of chapter 48 of 4 George v is hereby repealed, Section 2 of and the said Act so amended is hereby declared to have come 1914, Manitoba, chapter 48 of into force on the twenty-first day of April, A.D. 1914. 4. This Act shall come into force on the day it is assented repealed. to. |