taken including the costs of said arbitration and shall also make due and proper allowance to the claimant for any claim made for rent. The said board shall conduct the arbitration and make the award in accordance with the provisions of The Arbitration Act of the Province of Saskatchewan. The award of the said board shall be final and binding upon the parties and all those claiming through or under them to all intents and purposes and shall be subject to no appeal: Provided that the board may, instead of awarding any sum for compensation for land taken or affected as aforesaid order that the city shall purchase the land so taken or affected and fix the purchase price thereof which price so fixed shall be subject to no appeal; and in such case it shall be the duty of the city forthwith to purchase the said land at the said price. 4. The said master of titles is hereby directed to forthwith forward all the plans of the said special survey to the registrar of land titles for the Saskatoon land registration district who shall immediately upon receipt of same cause them to be registered in the office of the said land registration district. 1915 CHAPTER 49 An Act to validate and confirm Bylaw No. 621 of the City of Saskatoon. W [Assented to June 24, 1915.] HEREAS a petition has been presented by the city of Saskatoon praying that bylaw No. 621 of the said city authorising an issue of debentures of the said city to the amount of seventy thousand dollars for the construction of house sewer and water connections in the city of Saskatoon be validated and confirmed; and Whereas the said bylaw was duly passed by the council of the said city on the third day of March, 1913; and Whereas, prior to its final reading by the said council, the said bylaw was adopted by the duly qualified burgesses of the said city at a poll held on the first day of March, A.D. 1913, there being a majority of votes in favour of the bylaw, namely, 507 for the bylaw and 88 against the bylaw; and Whereas the said bylaw provides that during the currency of the debentures there shall be raised annually by a special general rate upon all the rateable property of the said city a sum sufficient to pay the annual interest on the debentures and a sum by way of sinking fund sufficient, with the accumulated interest thereon, to meet the principal of the debentures at maturity; and Whereas no provision is made in the said bylaw for assessing and charging the cost of making the said house sewer and water connections against the properties affected and for collecting the amounts thus assessed; and Whereas doubts have arisen as to the validity of the said bylaw and of the annual levies made thereunder and it is expedient to remove such doubts by validating and confirming the said bylaw; and Whereas the said city has by its petition prayed that an Act be passed for the purpose aforesaid; and Whereas it is expedient to grant the prayer of the said petition: Therefore his Majesty by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan enacts as follows: 1. Bylaw No. 621 of the city of Saskatoon entitled "A bylaw to raise by way of loan on debentures the sum of seventy thousand dollars ($70,000) for house sewer and water connections in the City of Saskatoon" is hereby declared to be valid and binding and to have been valid and binding upon the said city and upon the ratepayers thereof and upon all persons and properties whom the said bylaw purports to affect as and from the date of the final passing of the said bylaw, anything in any Act or law to the contrary notwithstanding. 2. The said city may impose the rates provided for in the said bylaw and the said city is hereby declared to be and to have been since the final passing of the said bylaw authorised and empowered to do all necessary and proper acts for the full and effectual carrying out of the objects of the said bylaw, and the debentures issued or to be issued thereunder are hereby declared to be legal, valid and binding on the said city and on the ratepayers thereof. 3. Notwithstanding anything contained in the said bylaw the said city is hereby authorised and empowered to assess and charge the cost of making any house sewer and water connections, the cost of which is provided for by the said bylaw, against the properties affected and to collect the amounts thus assessed in the same manner as municipal rates and taxes are by law recoverable. 1915 CHAPTER 50 An Act to validate and confirm Bylaw No. 627 of the City of Saskatoon, and to authorise the borrowing of $15,000 for the erection of a Children's Home. W [Assented to June 24, 1915.] HEREAS a petition has been presented by the city of Saskatoon praying that bylaw No. 627 of the said city authorising an issue of debentures of the said city to the amount of twelve thousand dollars for the purchase of land to be used as the site for a building for the Children's Aid Society of the city of Saskatoon and for other purposes; and Whereas the said bylaw was duly passed by the council of the said city on the third day of March, 1913; and Whereas prior to its final reading by the said council, the said bylaw was adopted by the duly qualified burgesses of the said city at a poll held on the first day of March, A.D. 1913, there being a majority of votes in favour of the bylaw, namely, 463 for the bylaw and 53 against the bylaw; and Whereas doubts have arisen as to the legislative authority of the said city to pass the said bylaw and it is expedient to remove such doubts by validating and confirming the said bylaw; and Whereas the said city is desirous of raising an additional loan by an issue of debentures not to exceed the sum of fifteen thousand dollars for the purpose of erecting a children's home on the said site; and Whereas the said city has by its petition prayed that an Act be passed for the purpose of validating and confirming the said bylaw and to authorise the raising of an additional loan for the purpose aforesaid; and Whereas it is expedient to grant the prayer of the said petition: Therefore his Majesty by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan enacts as follows: 1. Bylaw No. 627 of the city of Saskatoon entitled "A bylaw to raise by way of loan on debentures the sum of twelve thousand dollars ($12,000) for the purchase of land to be used as the site for a building for the Children's Aid Society and for other purposes" is hereby declared to be valid and binding upon the said city and upon the ratepayers thereof and upon all persons and properties whom the said bylaw purports to affect as and from the date of the final passing of the said bylaw, anything in any Act or law to the contrary notwithstanding. 2. The said city may impose the rates provided in the said bylaw and the said city is hereby declared to be and to have been since the final passing of the said bylaw authorised and empowered to do all necessary and proper acts for the full and effectual carrying out of the objects of the said bylaw and the debentures issued or to be issued thereunder are hereby declared to be legal, valid and binding on the said city and on the ratepayers thereof. 3. Notwithstanding anything in any Act or law to the contrary, the said city is hereby authorised and empowered. to pass a bylaw for raising by way of loan on debenture a sum not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars to provide for the cost of erecting a children's home on the site provided therefor by the said bylaw No. 627, such bylaw to receive the assent of two-thirds of the burgesses of the said city voting thereon. |