thence in a westerly direction along the northern side line of said Daniel Cronan's land, one hundred and forty feet, to the point of commencement on said Tower Road.

Fenwick Street 1.ot.

All that lot, piece or parcel of land, situate on the south side of Fenwick Street, in the City and County of Halifax, the said lot being more particularly described as follows:

Beginning at a point on the south line of Fenwick Street, distant eighty-three feet, more or less, from the intersection of the said south line of Fenwick Street with the west line of Queen Street, the said point being the north-west corner of property now or formerly belonging to Rupert Wright; thence southerly by the west line of the said Wright property forty-two feet, more or less, or until it meets the north line of property now or formerly belonging to Miss J. Hannan; thence westerly by the said north boundary of the said Hannan property thirty feet, more or less, or until it meets the western boundary of the said Hannan property; thence southerly by the said western boundary of the said Hannan property for a distance of fifty-eight feet, more or less; thence westerly for a distance of eighty feet, more or less, or until it meets the eastern boundary of property formerly belonging to A. J. Smith; thence northerly by the said southern boundary of the said Smith property one hundred feet, more or less, or until it meets the south line of Fenwick Street; thence easterly by the said south line of Fenwick Street for a distance of one hundred and ten feet, more or less, to the place of beginning, the above described lot being the property on the south side of Fenwick Street, expropriated by the City of Halifax in A. D., 1900, and being as shown on plan entitled "Plan showing land registered for the widening of Fenwick Street," filed in the City Engineer's Office, at Halifax, on the 2nd day of March, 1900, as plan Number 1232.

Henry Street Lot.

All that certain lot, piece or parcel of land situate and fronting on the westerly side of a reserved street running through from Coburg Road to Jubilee Road, in the City of Halifax, in the Province of Nova Scotia, and being a continuation of Henry Street, said lot hereby conveyed being portion of a lot numbered fifteen (15) in Block "A" on the plan of part of the estate of Sarah A. Bliss, late of Halifax aforesaid, widow, deceased, which said plan was prepared on the seventeenth day of September in the year of our Lord, 1892, and also at further sales, and a copy of which said plan is on file in the office of the Registrar of Deeds at Halifax aforesaid, said portion of said lot hereby conveyed being bounded and described as follows, that is to say:

Beginning at the point on the westerly side line of said reserved Street where the northerly side line of lot numbered fourteen, in said Block "A," heretofore conveyed by Elizabeth Ann Odell to one Wm. H. Pickings meets the same; thence northerly along said side line of said reserved street 42 feet; thence at right angles westerly parallel to said line of said Pickings lot, 49 feet more or less, to the stone wall forming the westerly boundary line of the estate of said Sarah A. Bliss as shown on said plan; thence southerly following the line of said stone wall to the northerly side line of said lot No. 14A; thence easterly along said last mentioned side line 49 feet, more or less, to the place of beginning.

City authorized

to borrow money in schedule.

Sums borrowed to form part of Halifax City consolidated fund.

CHAPTER 70.

An Act to enable the City of Halifax to Borrow Money,

(Passed the 13th day of May, A. D., 1913).

Section.

Section.

1. City authorized to borrow
money in schedule.

2. Sums borrowed to form part of Halifax City consolidated fund.

Be it enacted by the Governor, Council, and Assembly, as follows:

1. The City of Halifax is hereby authorized to borrow the sums set out in the schedule hereto for the purposes specified for each amount respectively, and no other.

2. The sums to be borrowed shall be in addition to the amount to be borrowed by the Halifax City Consolidated Fund Act, 1905, and amendments thereto, and shall form part of that fund, and shall be secured by stock or debentures to be issued in conformity with the provisions of that Act, at a rate of interest not exceeding five per cent. per annum, and the dates on which the same shall be made payable shall be determined by the Council.

SCHEDULE.

To defray cost of widening Cunard Street, in addition to the amount authorized by Chapter 81 of 1912, not exceeding.

$ 7,250.00

For additional extension and improvements of the water system, to be expended from time to time and in such amounts as the Council directs, not exceeding . . . . ... 50,000.00

To defray the cost of additional permanent pavements, to be borrowed in such amounts and from time to time as the Council determines and to be expended under the provisions of the Charter in respect to paving, not exceeding in the whole...

For the construction of a new market building, in addition to the amount already authorized to be borrowed for that purpose, not exceeding...

50,000.00

60,000.00

CHAPTER 71.

An Act Respecting Certain Lands and Property Rights near Point Pleasant Park, in the City of Halifax.

(Passed the 13th day of May, A. D., 1913).

Section. 1. Damages or compensations for expropriation, to whom and how payable.

WHEREAS, the Government of the Dominion of Preamble. Canada has expropriated for Railway or Terminal purposes, certain lands near Point Pleasant Park and east of Young Avenue, in the City of Halifax, part of the Miller Fields, so called, including certain lands or strips of land, marked or set off as streets, and colored red on the plan annexed to a deed made by John Miller and others to the City of Halifax, dated November 25th, 1880, recorded in the office of the Registrar of Deeds for the County of Halifax, in Book 245, pages 60, 61 and 62, a copy of which said plan is filed or recorded in the office of the City Engineer of the City of Halifax, and whereas said City has never opened up, made or graded said streets or strips of land east of Young Avenue;

And Whereas, the purpose of said deed has so far as respects certain of said streets or strips of land east of Young Avenue, or portions thereof, been wholly frustrated and defeated by said expropriation, and certain damage or compensation has or will become payable in respect to said expropriation;

And whereas, on division or allotment of said Miller Fields, under order of the Supreme Court, allotment or division of said Miller Fields, east of said Young Avenue, was made to certain persons;

Be it therefore enacted by the Governor, Council, and Assembly, as follows:

compensation

and how pay

1. The damages or compensation due or payable, Damages or or that may become due or payable on account of for expropriasaid or any future expropriation, in respect to said tion, to whom land or strips of land so marked or set off as streets, and able. colored red as aforesaid, or in respect to any part or portions thereof, after payment to the City of Halifax

of any sums it has expended in opening up or grading any of said streets, so expropriated east of Young Avenue, shall be payable to and enure to the benefit of the persons entitled to said land east of Young Avenue, at the time of the making said deed to the City of Halifax, or their heirs, representatives or assigns, but only according to said allotment or division of lands east of Young Avenue, the proportion in which they shall take or participate therein, to be decided by the Judge of County Court for District Number One, who is hereby empowered to fix such proportion on such evidence or affidavit or otherwise as he may consider expedient; provided, however, that nothing in this Act shall be construed as affecting in any manner any right that any holder of any lot or lots under said allotment may have, subject to said expropriation, to use any of said streets.

CHAPTER 72.

An Act to enable the City of Sydney to Borrow

borrow.

4. Interest.

Be it enacted by the Governor, Council, and Assembly, as follows:

Authority to 1. The City of Sydney is hereby empowered, notwithstanding the provisions of section 223 of Chapter 174 of the Acts of 1903, to borrow on the credit of the city, $340,500, for the following purposes, that is to say:

(a) $40,000 for water service;

(b) $100,000 for street purposes;

(c) $7,500 for bridge on Wentworth Creek;

(d) $72,000 for the purchase of site and erection of hospital;

(e) $106,000 for extension of reservoir;

(f) $15,000 for the purpose of retiring water works debentures issued in 1893.

2. Such sums shall be borrowed on debentures Debentures. to be issued in the form in accordance with the schedule to this Act, in sums of one hundred dollars each, or any multiple thereof, from time to time, or at one time, and in such manner as may be determined by resolution of the City Council, bearing interest at such rate, not exceeding five per centum per annum, and repayable at such time, not exceeding thirty years, as the Council shall determine, which debentures shall be issued by the Mayor, under the seal of the City, and signed by the Mayor and City Clerk. And to each of such debentures shall be attached coupons or warrants for the payment of the interest, which coupons shall be signed by the Mayor and the City Clerk of the City of Sydney, or their names may be impressed on said coupons by machinery or stamps provided for that purpose, by and with the authority of the City Council of the said City.

3. Such debentures shall be sold for such sums as may be obtained therefor, and shall be a charge on all the property, real and personal, of the City and its inhabitants, and the proceeds of such debentures shall be placed to the credit of the City, and shall be used only for the purposes mentioned in this Act.

Debentures to form a lien.

4. The City Council shall annually add to the Interest. amount to be assessed and levied on the real and personal property in the City for general expenses, a sufficient sum to pay the annual interest on such deben

tures.

5. The City Council shall annually add to the Sinking Fund. general assessment to be levied on the ratepayers of the said City, subject to assessment, such sums as may by resolution be determined by the City Council, for the purpose of providing a sinking fund for such