CHAPTER 83. An Act to Amend the Law Relating to the City of Halifax. (Passed the 7th day of May, A. D., 1925) Be it enacted by the Governor, Council, and Assembly, as follows: 1. In this Act the expression "City" means the Interpretatior. City of Halifax, the expression "Council" means the City Council of that city, and any committee or official herein mentioned by name means the committee or official of that name of the said council or city; the expression "City Charter" means the Halifax City Charter of 1907, or the Halifax City Charter of 1914 and any amendments thereto according to the sections of those charters respectively as now in force under and by virtue of Chapter 80 of the Acts of 1919, and sections referred to by numbers without any reference are the sections of the said charters, or any amendments thereto, now in force under the said Chapter 80 of the Acts of 1919, and this Act shall relate exclusively to the City of Halifax. s. 96 amended. 2. Section 96 of the Halifax City Charter, 1907, Charter, 1907, is amended by striking out the words "first Thursday in the second line and substituting therefor the words "second Thursday." Crown pro 3. No exemption from taxation conferred by the Taxation of Halifax City Charter or under the authority thereof cupants of shall apply to any person occupying for a commercial perty. or industrial purpose any building or land, the property of His Majesty, as represented by either the Government of Canada or the Province of Nova Scotia, and every person so occupying any such land shall be rated and taxed in like manner as if he were the actual owner of such land and shall be liable to the rates and taxes assessed and rated in respect thereto. ed. 4. Section 369 as amended by Section 23 of Chap- S. 396 amendter 86 of the Acts of 1920, is amended by striking out the word "calculations" in the third line thereof and substituting therefor the word "valuations." amended. 1924, c. 61, s. 2 5. (1) (1) Section 2 of Chapter 61 of the Act of 1924 is amended by striking out the word "time" in the second line thereof and substituting therefor the word "lien"; S. 880, Subsection (3) amended. 1923, c. 69, s. 35 substituted. Local Im Fund. (2) The said section is further amended by striking out the figures "1926" in the sixth line thereof and substituting therefor the figures and words "1927 and the lien for rates and taxes for the civic year 192223 shall not expire until the 31st day of May, 1928". 6. Sub-section (3) of Section 330 is hereby repealed. 7. Section 35 of Chapter 69 of the Acts of 1923 is repealed and the following section substituted therefor: 35. (1) All amounts, including interest, paid provement Re-by owners of abutting properties as their proportion of the cost of laying permanent pavement, permanent sidewalks, and curbs and gutters, in respect of which proportions moneys have been borrowed in accordance with the schedule to Chap. 68 of the Acts of 1923, shall be paid into and constitute a separate "Local Improvement Redemption Fund" out of which from time to time shall be paid, first, to the trustees of the sinking fund the annual requirements for sinking fund as provided in the City Charter, and, secondly, the interest on any sums so borrowed. 850 substituted (2) If, at any time, there is not sufficient funds to the credit of such "Local Improvement Redemption Fund" to meet the annual sinking fund and interest requirements on such borrowings, the city may borrow from any bank or fund available the necessary sum to meet such payments which, together with interest, shall be included in the estimates of the next succeeding civic year. Sections 844- 8. Sections 844 to 850, both included, and all enactments in amendment or substitution therefor, are hereby repealed and the following two sections are substituted therefor: Board, con 844. The council shall each year, along with the City Health other committees appoint in the same manner as the stitution of. other committees a committee of seven for the purpose of caring for the health of the city, to be known as "The City Health Board." Six of such committee shall be members of the Council and the seventh a qualified medical practitioner of not less than five' years standing, not necessarily a member of the Council, and the Council may pay the medical practitioner so appointed such sum as it deems fit and the amount thereof shall be included in the yearly estimates, and the receipt of such payment shall not disqualify him from being a member of the Council. Board, appoint 845. The Council may appoint such officials to dis- Officials of charge the work of the Board at such salaries as the ment of. council de ermines. tuted. 9. Sub-sections (1) and (2) of Section 870, as amen- S. 870 substided by Section 21 of Chapter 60 of the Acts of 1918, are hereby repealed and the following sub-sections substituted therefor: expenditures of. (1) The Health Board shall each year prepare an Health Board, estimate of the amount which it will require for the purposes of public health for the ensuing civic year, and submit the same to the Council, and the Council may adopt or alter the same in whole or in part, in the same manner as the estimates of any other department of the city, and the amount approved by the Council shall be placed in the yearly estimates and expended by the Health Board. (2) If any expenditure in addition to the amount so appropriated is required by reason of the outbreak or threatened outbreak of any epidemic disease in the city, the Board may, for that purpose, expend an amount not exceeding five thousand dollars in addition to the amount so appropriated, and the Council may on the request of the Board grant such further reasonable amount as it deems fit, and any amounts so expended may be borrowed by the city and repaid as directed in the next succeeding sub-section. For the purpose of dealing with any request of the Board under this section a meeting of the Council may be Board to adjust arrears of taxes etc. City officiais, bonds of. S. 15 amended. summoned forthwith and two days notice thereof shall not be required. 10. (1) There shall be constituted a Board composed of the Collector, the Auditor and a person to be appointed by the Chief Justice of the province, to deal with the ai rears of rates, taxes, and betterment charges outstanding and due or appearing to be due to the city previous to the first day of May, 1924, and in dispute. Such Board shall have power to adjust such dispute and to find and fix the amount due the city; to extend the time for payment of amounts found due, or to make any other proper or necessary arrangement in respect of such matters and to take in the name of the city any mortgage of real or personal property or other security, and any such adjustment, finding, fixing, extension of arrangement shall be legal and binding on the city. (2) The said Board may examine any witness and may, if it deems fit, require evidence to be given under oath, such oath to be administered by any member of the Board. (3) Such Board shall continue for one year only from the passing of this Act. 11. All sections of the City Charter and Acts amending same relating to the security to be turnished by officials, are thereby repealed and the followng section is substituted therefor: Every officer or official of the city who handles moneys of the city shall furnish a bond of some recognized guarantee company approved by the Council for such an amount as is required by Council. The premiums upon any such bond shall be paid by the city and for such purpose may be borrowed from any bank or fund available and the amounts thereof, including interest, shall be included in the next succeeding annual esti mates. 12. Section 15 as amended by Section 2A of Chapter 60 of the Acts of 1924 is further amended by adding the words "or her" after the word "his" whereever the same occurs. 13. Section 51 of Chapter 60 of the Acts of 1924 is S. 51, C hereby repealed. 60, Acts 1924, repealed. son, payment 14. The city may pay to the representatives of John ThompJohn Thompson the instalment of superannuation to. allowance which would have been payable to him on 1st of February, 1925, notwithstanding that he died previous to that date. widow, P. O. 15. The payment to the widow of police officer Payment to Fulton, deceased, of his salary up to and including the Fulton ratified. 31st of October, 1924, is hereby ratified. stalment pay 16. Upon any payment by instalments, whether Interest on inof rates or taxes or any betterment charge, the interest ments." due in respect to the whole amount payable shall be due and payable on each instalment, and payment of the same may be demanded and enforced. substituted. 17. Sub-section (1) of Section 973, as enacted by s. 978, (1) Section 52 of Chapter 60 of the Acts of 1924, is hereby repealed and the following sub-section substituted therefor: etc., apportion (1) Any person beginning, after the rate for the Business tax ensuing civic year has been struck, to occupy any ment of. premises for any purpose in respect to which he would be liable to business tax, or to a tax under Section 20 of Chapter 77 of the Acts of 1921, or to occupy any premises for residential purposes, may be assessed and rated for the tax in respect to such occupation, such tax to be proportionate to the period of the civic year then unexpired, and such tax may be collected as part of the rates and taxes for the civic year then current. If the person so beginning to occupy has been previously assessed in respect to other premises, such previous assessment and the tax in respect thereto may be cancelled and the tax for the subsequent occupation substituted therefor in whole or in part. amended. 18. Sub-section (2) of Section 973 as enacted by S. 973 (2) Section 52 of Chapter 60 of the Acts of 1924 is amended by striking out the figures "15th" in the fourth line thereof and substituting therefor the figures "1st." |