CHAPTER 55. Section 7, repealed: substituted. Salaries, how apportioned An Act to Amend Chapter 6, Acts of 1919, entitled, "An Act Respecting the Development of Electrical Energy from Water Power and other sources.' (Passed the 23rd day of April, A. D., 1923) Be it enacted by the Governor, Council, and Assembly, as follows:- 1. Section 7 of Chapter 6 of the Acts of 1919 is. hereby repealed, and the following section substituted therefor: 7. The Chairman and members of the Commission and chargeable. shall be paid such annual salaries or other remuneration as the Governor-in-Council may determine, and such salaries or other remuneration shall be apportioned by the Commission among and shall be chargeable to the various works and undertakings carried on by the Commission, but any portion of such salaries or other remuneration which is not properly chargeable to such works and undertakings shall be chargeable and payable out of such moneys as may be appropriated for that purpose by the Legislature. Section 8, sub section 3, amended. Section 15, as amended by 3, 2. Section 8, Sub-section 3 of the Act, is amended by inserting the words "or other corporations and persons" between the word "Municipalities" and the word "may" in the 14th line of said sub-section. 3. Section 15 of said Act, as amended by Section 3 Section 3. Ch. of Chapter 76 of the Acts of 1920, is amended by 76, 1920; sub-adding the following sub-section between Sub-sections 14 and 15: section added. Actions for compensatior. 14. (a) No action for compensation in respect of land taken, used or injuriously affected in the exercise of the powers conferred by this Act, shall be commenced by any person unless the claim and the particulars thereof have been filed with the Commission in the case of land taken or used within twelve months after notice to the owner or owners or the legal representatives of said owner or owners of said land to be given in the manner prescribed by the expropriation Act of Nova Scotia, and after the filing of the plan and description. amended. 4. Section 16 of said Act is amended by striking Section 16, out the words as provided "in the said Expropriation Act, and that Act shall apply to the exercise of the powers mentioned in this section" in the 12th, 13th, 14th and 15th lines of said section, and substituting therefor the words "which, if not mutually agreed upon, shall be determined only in the manner hereinbefore provided." 5. The following section is added between Sec- Section added. tions 16 and 17 of the Act: may enter up 16. (a) The Commission may by its engineers, Commission superintendents, agents, workmen or servants, enter on lands, etc into and upon any land to whomsoever belonging, and survey and take levels of the same and make such borings and such investigations and sink such trial or test pits as it deems necessary for any of the purposes of the Commission, but subject always to the payment of compensation, which, if not mutually agreed upon, shall be determined only in the manner hereinbefore provided. 6. Section 26, Sub-section 1, is repealed, and the Sub-section 1, following substituted therefor: Section 26, repealed; substituted. sinking fund 26. (1) All sums received by the Commission Investment of from Municipalities and others on the sinking fund and interest. account, hereinafter mentioned, and all interest accruing thereon, shall, (a) be invested by the Commission in securities approved by the Governor-in-Council, or (b) be invested in such securities by a Trust Company to be selected and employed by the Commission as its agent, the employment of such Trust Company to be on such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon between the Commission and such Trust Company; and such securities shall be delivered by the Commission or such Trust Company to the Provincial Treasurer as security for repayment of advances made by the Province to the Commission. pealed; sub stituted. CHAPTER 56. An Act to Amend the Expropriation Act, (Passed the 23rd day of April, A. D., 1923). Be it enacted by the Governor, Council, and Assembly, as follows: Section 4, re- 1. Section 4 of Chapter 19 of the Acts of 1919 is repealed, and the following section substituted therefor: Minister may take and ex 4. (1) The Minister may, for and in the name of propriate land. His Majesty, purchase or acquire, and, subject as hereinafter mentioned, may, without the consent of the owner thereof, enter upon, take and expropriate, any land which he may deem necessary for (a) any purpose relative to the use, construction, maintenance or repair of public work or for obtaining better access thereto; or (b) the purpose of encouraging farm settlements within the Province; or (c) the purpose of encouraging the development of any industry within the Province; or (d) for any other public purpose of Nova Scotia, whether or not of the kind hereinbefore mentioned. (2) For the purposes set out in Clauses (b) and (c) of the preceding section, the Minister shall expropriate only uncultivated and unimproved lands, the owner of which is unknown and as to which no merchantable title is registered in any known person. Sub-section (1) 2. Sub-section (1) of Section 7 of said Act is pealed; sub- repealed, and the following section substituted there Section 7, re stituted. employ land for: Minister may 7. (1) The Minister may employ a provincial surveyor or land surveyor or engineer to make any survey or establish any boundary and furnish the plans and engineer. descriptions of any property acquired or to be acquired by His Majesty for any of the purposes authorized by this Act. 3. Said Chapter 19 is further amended by insert- Section added. ing immediately after Section 29 thereof the following section: may be granted 30. (A) Any lands acquired under this Act Lands acquired for the purposes of settlement or the development sold, etc. of industry may be granted, sold, leased or otherwise disposed of by the Governor-in-Council upon such terms and subject to such conditions as he may determine. CHAPTER 57. An Act to Amend Chapter 186, Acts of 1920, entitled, "An Act Respecting the Engineering Be it enacted by the Governor, Council, and Assembly, as follows: 1. Clause (i) of Section 7 is repealed, and the clause! (i), following substituted: (i) any person working as an assistant under the direct control and supervision of a professional engineer, and not having any responsibility for the design of the work or any responsibility other than that of carrying out the design and instructions of his chief shall not be deemed to be practising as a Professional Engineer, but any person who although employed as such assistant is responsible to any extent for the design of the work, or for the technical details of the carrying out of the work, shall be deemed to be so practising. Section 7, repealed; substituted. Clause (d), Section 9, re 2. Clause (d) of Section 9 is repealed, and the pealed; sub- following substituted: stituted. Conditions nec (d) hereafter only four Councillors shall be elected each year. The four Councillors elected at each Annual Election hereafter shall act for two years. Any vacancy occurring among the Councillors appointed by the Governor-in-Council shall be filled by the Governor-in-Council, and any other vacancy in the Council occurring between annual elections shall be filled by the Council. 3. On and after January 1st, 1930, no one shall essary for regis- be registered as a Professional Engineer who has not been practising or preparing to practice engineering prior to January 1st, 1924, unless such person can fulfil the following conditions, viz: (a) is a graduate from a Technical College or University recognized jointly by the Governorin-Council and the Council of the Association of Professional Engineers and has had two years' practical experience in engineering work; (b) has a B. A. or B. Sc. degree from some College or University recognized jointly by the Governor-in-Council and the Council of the Association of, Professional Engineers, and has had three years' practical experience in engineering work. |