CHAPTER 94.

Chapter 80, Acts

Chapter, how cited.

An Act to amend Chapter 80 of the Acts of 1893, entitled, "The County of Cumberland Sewers Act.'

(Passed the 4th day of April, A. D., 1901).

SECTION.

1. Chapter 80, Acts of 1893, amended.

SECTION.

2. Chapter, how cited.

Be it enacted by the Governor, Council, and Assembly,

as follows:

1. Chapter 80 of the Acts of 1893, an Act entitled, "The County of Cumberland Sewers Act," is amended as follows-1. The words "open or covered as a majority in interest may direct," in the thirteenth line of the twentyninth section of said chapter, are struck out.

2. The said chapter may be cited as "The Cumberland Sewers Act."

CHAPTER 95.

An Act to authorize the Municipality of Cumberland to borrow money to build a Jail, and to pay for the build- · ing erected on the County Farm in the year 1900.

Municipality of Cumberland authorized to borrow money.

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

1.

The municipality of the county of Cumberland is hereby empowered to borrow money upon the credit and funds of the municipality a sum of money not to exceed fifteen thousand dollars for the purpose of building a county jail in Amherst and equipping the same, and paying for the building erected on the asylum property at Pugwash in A. D., 1900, and the equipment for the said building.

how to be repaid.

2. Such money to be borrowed as aforesaid shall be Money borrowed, repaid within thirty years, and shall be secured by debentures of the form in schedule "A" to this Act, or to the like effect, for such sums, and payable at such times and within such periods, as the council of said municipality shall. determine, such debentures to be sealed with the corporate seal of said municipality, and to be signed by the warden and clerk, and to bear interest at a rate not to exceed six per centum per annum, such interest to be paid yearly.

sessment and

of debentures and interest.

3. The money borrowed under this Act and the interest Provision for as thereon shall be a charge on the property and funds of, and levy in payment shall be paid by the said municipality, and the council of the said municipality shall make provision by assessment and levy thereof for paying the amount of said debentures and of the interest thereon, as the same shall respectively become payable, and for the expense of collecting and disbursing the same, and in default of such provision being made a judge of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia shall have power to amerce said municipality for the amount of any debentures or interest that may be overdue and unpaid.

how to be

4. The money borrowed under this Act shall be paid Money borrowed, into the hands of the treasurer of the said municipality, expended. and shall be by him paid out, as the council of the said municipality may determine, for the purposes mentioned in the first section of this Act, and for no other purpose.

5. This Act shall come into force by proclamation of Act, when to the Governor-in-Council.

come into force.

sinking fund.

6. (1) In order to provide a sinking fund for the pay- Provision for ment of the debentures authorized to be issued under this Act, the municipal council shall annually include in the estimates of the sums required for the purposes of the said municipality such sums as may by resolution be determined by the municipal council, not, however, to be less than one per cent. of the amount borrowed under the provisions of this Act, and such sum shall be rated and collected in the same manner and with the same remedies as other rates and taxes in said municipality are rated and collected.

(2) Such sums, when collected, shall be deposited in some chartered bank in the province of Nova Scotia to the credit of an account to be called "The Cumberland county jail, 1901, sinking fund account," on deposit, bearing interest, and such sums shall be used for payment of the

debentures issued under the provisions of this Act, and for no other purpose.

(3) Any member of the said municipal council who shall move, second, put or support by his vote any motion, resolution or proposal under or in pursuance of which any portion or the whole of the moneys borrowed under the provisions of this Act, or directed by this Act to be held as a sinking fund, shall be diverted to any other object, shall forfeit his seat in the council, and shall be liable to a penalty of four hundred dollars, to be collected at the instance of any ratepayer who may sue therefor, and onehalf of said penalty shall be for the benefit of the person so prosecuting, and the other half shall be paid into the treasury of the said municipality.

SCHEDULE A.

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MUNICIPALITY OF CUMBERLAND.

Under the authority of the Legislature of Nova Scotia, 1901.

The municipality of Cumberland, in the province of Nova Scotia, will pay the bearer hereof, at the office of the treasurer of said municipality in Amherst, the sum of . . dollars, in.... ..years, from the date hereof, and interest for the same at a rate of........ per cent. per annum, payable yearly.

Dated at Amherst, this...... day of......, A. D., 1901.

[SEAL.]

Warden.

Clerk.

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

authorized to pay

1. The town council of the town of Amherst is hereby Town council empowered to pay out of the current revenue of the said cost of vaccinatown, for the present year, the entire cost of vaccinating tion. the inhabitants of the said town, which general vaccination was done since the month of December last, under an order of the said council, the said council in and by the said order undertaking that the town should bear the said cost, provided always that the said council should not spend inore than one thousand dollars in the payment of such

cost.

empow.

ered to add to

ment.

2. The council shall add to the general assessment of Council the said town for the current year,. (1901) such sum as the general assess council may by resolution determine, for the payment of the said cost of the said vaccination, provided that said sum shall not exceed the said sum of one thousand dollars, and such sum shall be rated upon the property of the ratepayers of the said town liable to taxation, and shall be rated, levied and collected in the same manner and with the same remedies as ordinary rates and taxes.

CHAPTER 97.

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An Act to enable the Town of Amherst to Borrow Money in aid of its Fire Department.

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

Town council authorized to borrow.

Town council empowered to issue debentures.

Town council shall annually

add to assessment.

Provision for

payment of debentures.

Meeting of

ratepayers de. clared unneces

sary.

1. The town council of the town of Amherst is hereby authorized to borrow upon the credit of the town a sum of money not exceeding eleven hundred and fifty dollars in the whole to defray the expenditure heretofore incurred, or to be incurred in the future, in purchasing a hook and ladder waggon and a hose cart for the better equipment of the fire service of the said town.

2. For the purpose of effecting such loan the said town council is empowered to make and issue from time to time,. as the council deems expedient, the town's debentures in the form in the schedule to this Act, bearing interest at such rate as the town council shall determine, not exceeding however five per centum per annum, payable half-yearly, and redeemable in ten equal annual payments, beginning with the year 1902. Such debentures shall be issued for such sums as the council by resolution determines, and shall be signed by the mayor and clerk of the town, and sealed with the corporate seal of the town.

3. The town council shall annually add to the amount to be rated and levied on the town of Amherst a sum sufficient to pay the annual interest upon the said deben-tures, including any deficiency from any previous year, and shall collect such sum in the same manner and with thesame remedies as other annual rates and taxes.

4. The town council shall also, in each year in which any debenture or debentures become payable, add to the amount to be rated and levied upon the town of Amherst a sum sufficient to pay off such debenture or debentures as provided in section 2, and to pay the expenses of collectingand disbursing the same, and such sum shall be rated upon the property within the town of Amherst liable to taxation,. and shall be collected in the same manner and with the same remedies as other rates and taxes.

5. Inasmuch as the ratepayers of the said town have in the manner by law provided already authorized the town to apply to the legislature for leave to borrow said moneys and to issue the town's debentures therefor under the provisions of this Act, it shall not be necessary to convene any additional meeting of the said ratepayers, eitherunder the provisions of the Towns' Incorporation Act or under this Act, as a condition precedent to the issuing of the said debentures or the doing of any matter or thing by this Act authorized.