(j) From a point of junction on the frontier with the Boston, Concord and Montreal Railway to ten miles from Hall's Stream; (k) From Marieville to St. Paul d'Abbottsford; 7. Three thousand dollars per mile for a road starting from a point between the stations of l'Assomption and l'Epiphanie to l'Assomption; Provided, always, that the minimum of such valuation for Proviso as to each of such conceded lands shall be one dollar per acre. minimum 7. This act shall come into force on the day of its sanction. Act in force. 46 VICTORIA, CHAPTER 85. (QUEBEC.) An act to amend the law respecting subsidies in money to certain railways. [Assented to 30th March, 1883.] HE ER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the amended. 1. Subsection 1 of section 3 of the act 40 Victoria, chapter 3, 40 Vic., c. 3, is amended by striking out, in the second line thereof, the 8.3, § 1. words: "fifty six," and replacing them by the words: “fiftyeight." 47 VICTORIA, CHAPTER 70. (QUEBEC.) An act respecting railway subsidies and the guarantee of interest by the Province of Quebec. [Assented to 10th June, 1884.] ER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the NOTE-This chapter is affected by the act 49-50 V., c. 77, which is printed below. companies 1. Any railway company which is entitled to a subsidy from Railway this Province may, in addition to the conversion of subsidy into may deposit a guarantee by the Province of the interest upon its bonds under sums of the act 39 Victoria, chapter 3, section 1, and to the return of money with the subsidy paid to it and its conversion also into a guarantee so as to secure under the act 40 Victoria, chapter 3, section 8, deposit with the Government Government of this Province any further sum of money for the their bonds. Government guarantee on Rate of interest to be allowed by purpose of procuring an additional guarantee of interest by the Government, and upon such deposit the Government may grant such guarantee for such term of years and for such amount per mile of the bonds or debentures issued by the company as such additional deposit, together with the subsidy above mentioned will warrant. 2. The interest to be allowed by the Government, as wel. the deposits made under this act as upon the amounts of upon Government. any subsidy, whenever converted into a guarantee under the acts mentioned in the preceding section, shall in no case exceed the rate allowed by the banks on the amounts deposited with them by the Government to cover such subsidy. Advance to Lake St. John sidies granted to company. How deben- when interest whom to be Sum appropriated to 3. Out of any moneys appropriated by the Legislature o this Province to the Quebec and Lake St. John Railway Company, the Lieutenant-Governor in Council may make such advances, from time to time, as he may deem proper, not, however, exceeding fifty per cent over the grant made per mile to the said company for a distance not exceeding thirty miles from Lake Cimon northwardly, in such manner and with such security and under such conditions as the Lieutenant-Governor in Council may deem proper, so as to secure the completion of the said railway at as early a period as possible. In case of the guarantee of interest by the Province given upon any debentures issued by any company, the same shall not be handed over to the company any faster than the subsidy would be payable under the acts in force. All costs incurred in signing such debentures and taking care of the same and payment of rates of exchange shall be paid by the company to the Government on the certificate of the Provincial Treasurer. 4. This act shall come into force on the day of its sanction】 49-50 VICTORIA, CHAPTER 2. (QUEBEC.) An act appropriating, to the payment of the consolidated debt of the Province, the grant made by the Government of the Dominion of Canada to the Government of the Province of Quebec, under the Federal Act 47 Victoria, chapter 8. [Assented to 21st June, 1886.] HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the 1. The sum of two million, three hundred and ninety-four thousand dollars, granted by the Government of the Dominion of Canada to the Government of the Province of Quebec, in payment of consideration of its having constructed the railway from Quebec consolidated to Ottawa, known as the Quebec, Montreal, Ottawa and Occi- vince. dental Railway, shall be appropriated to the payment of the consolidated debt of the Province, whenever the Dominion when to be Parliament shall authorize the capitalized sum to be paid. so appro 2. Such sum shall be paid into the funds created for the redemption of the loan effected under the provisions of the act 37 Victoria, chapter 2, and shall be applied to the payment of so much of the loan made in virtue of that act, and shall form part of the sinking fund created for the redemption of that loan. priated. Sum to be paid into certain fund. 3. The interest arising from such sum shall be applied to the Application payment of the interest upon the loan above mentioned. of interest thereon. such sum to be otherwise 4. The Provincial Treasurer is prohibited from employing, No part of even temporarily, any part of the said sum, or of the interest to be derived therefrom, for any other purpose than that above employed. enacted. rendered to 5. An account shall be rendered to Her Majesty of the regular Account to be investment and employment of the said sum, as well of the Her Majesty. interest thereon. 6. This act shall come into force on the day of its sanction. Coming into force. 49-50 VICTORIA, CHAPTER 76. (QUEBEC.) An act better to aid the construction of railways. [Assented to 21st June, 1886.] HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the NOTE-This chapter is affected by the act 51-52 V., c. 91, which is printed below. verted into a 1. It shall be lawful for the Lieutenant-Governor in Council Land subsidy to convert, in whole or in part, any subsidy in land, to which may be conany company may be entitled in virtue of the act 45 Victoria, money subchapter 23, or of any act passed during the present session of sidy. the Legislature, into a money subsidy, by paying a sum not exceeding thirty-five cents per acre at the time the said subsidy becomes due, and another sum not exceeding thirty-five cents per acre when the lands allotted to the said company shall have been sold and paid for, pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Department of Crown Lands, and subject to such condi tions, to secure the construction of the road to which the said subsidy shall apply, as the Lieutenant-Governor in Council Proviso as to may think proper to establish, provided that the companies declaration of entitled to any land subsidy shall declare their option, within the delay of two years after the passing of this act, in favor of the said conversion of the said subsidy, by a resolution of their board of directors duly communicated to the Government through the Commissioner of Agriculture and Public Works. option by companies. Act not to 2. In the event of any of the said railway companies neglectapply to com- ing to exercise the option conferred upon it, in the manner and panies not de- within the delay prescribed in this act, then and in such case, the provisions of this act shall in no respect apply to such railway company. claring option within certain time. Reversion of land to Crown sion. 3. From the date of the said declaration of option by any domain after company, and the adoption of the order in council mentioned such conver- in section one of this act, any land which may have been destined for any such company and for which the conversion has been authorized, shall revert and be reunited to the Crown domain as fully and effectually as if no grant in land had ever been made. Conditions of subsidy: As to payment. Inspection. Further conditions. Subsidies tain condi tions as to running 4. The subsidy in land granted by the said act 45 Victoria, chapter 23, or any subsidy in money or part in part in money and part in land, which may be substituted therefor by this act, will be payable to the company entitled thereto in the following manner: 1. No such subsidy shall become due or payable for any part of the road less than ten continuous and uninterrupted miles completed. 2. The company interested shall give notice to the Commissioner of Agriculture and Public Works of the fact that such portion of its road is ready for inspection by the Government engineer, and request such inspection and report. 3. Such company shall further comply with all provisions of law touching such inspection and report and the cost thereof. 5. The subsidies granted in virtue of the said act 45 Victoria, subject to cer- chapter 23, as well as of this act or of any other act passed during this session, shall be subject to such conditions, for securing such running powers or traffic arrangements and other rights, as will afford all reasonable facilities and equal mileage rates to all railways connecting with those so subsidized, as the Lieutenant-Governor in Council may determine. powers, &c. Railway com 6. Every railway company to which a subsidy is granted in pany accept virtue of this act, of any other act passed during this session, or of ing subsidy to come under the act 45 Victoria, chapter 23, and which accepts the same, provisions of shall be thereby deemed to submit itself to the provisions of 13-44 V., c.43. the Quebec Consolidated Railway Act, 1880, and thereupon the AID TO CERTAIN RAILWAY COMPANIES. Lieutenant-Covernor in Council, the railway committee, and the Commissioner of Agriculture and Public Works shall have. and exercise over such railway the control and authority which may be exercised by them or either of them, pursuant to the provisions of the said Quebec Consolidated Railway Act, 1880. 339 7. This act shall come into force on the day of its sanction. Coming into force. 49-50 VICTORIA, CHAPTER 77. (QUEBEC.) An act to make further provision respecting subsidies to railways. [Assented to 21st June, 1886.] ER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the NOTE-This chapter is affected by the act 51-52 V., c. 91, which is printed below. 1. Section 3 of the act 47 Victoria, chapter 70, is amended 47 V., c. 70, by substituting the word "forty" for the word "thirty" in the s.3, amended. seventh line thereof. 2. Section 2 of the act 45 Victoria, chapter 23, shall be re- 45 V., c. 23, placed by the following: s. 2, replaced. lands left "2. The choice of the land so to be given as subsidy shall be Choice of left entirely to the Lieutenant-Governor in Council, who shall, with Liesteas much as possible, fix the same along each line, or in the nant-Govervicinity thereof, respectively, in alternate blocks, of not more nor. than two miles square or four miles in superficies, at the time and in the manner hereinafter mentioned. No company shall however be entitled to any subsidy unless Provisions to the following provisions shall be complied with: 1. Within two years next after the passing of this act, the companies incorporated for the purpose of constructing the roads mentioned in section 1 of this act shall furnish to the Lieutenant-Governor in Council proof of the resources at their command for the construction of their respective roads, and, upon such proof, shall apply for the subsidy hereby granted; and at the expiration of the said two years, if such proof has not been made to the satisfaction of the Lieutenant-Governor in Council, such subsidy shall be null and void, and cease to be authorized by law. 2. At the expiration of the said last two years, and within a delay of four years from the said date, it shall be lawful for the Lieutenant-Governor in Council, at the request of any such company, to determine, upon the report of the Commissioner of be complied with to ob tain subsidy. |