Seal; may sue and be suea; property. prima facie evidence of the right of the person named therein to act as such representative member. Provided that no person mentioned in clauses (c) (d) (e) (f) or (g) of Section two hereof shall be entitled to act as a member of the Association until a membership fee of twenty-five dollars shall have been paid to the Association. 6. The Association shall have perpetual succesmay acquire sion and a common seal, and shall be capable of suing and being sued in all Courts of Justice, and of acquiring and holding any description of property, real or personal. Election of Directors. Secretary and By-laws, Rules and Regulations. Annual Exhibi tion to be held. 7. The Association shall, at its first and at every annual meeting thereafter to be held at such time as is determined by the by-laws, elect by ballot one of its members to be President of the Association. 8. The affairs of the Association shall be managed by a Board of ten directors to be elected at the first and each annual meeting thereafter by a plurality of the votes of the members of the Association present at such meeting. The President of the Association shall ex-officio be a member of such Board of Directors. The directors shall continue in office for one year or until others shall be chosen to fill their places as may be provided by the by-laws of the Association. 9. The directors shall appoint a Secretary and a Treasurer and shall by by-law determine the compensation and tenure of such office of Secretary and Treasurer respectively. Such Secretary and Treasurer shall not be required to be members of the Association: 10. The directors shall have full power to make all by-laws, rules and regulations not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act or the laws of the Province for the management of the Association. No such by-law shall come into effect until it has been approved by the Governor-in-Council. 11. (1) Except as in this section otherwise provided the Association shall hold an annual agricultural and industrial exhibition in the City of Halifax. pensed with on (2) The holding of such exhibition may in any May be disyear be dispensed with if, in the opinion of the Assoc-approval. iation, approved by the Governor-in-Council, the holding of the same in such year is undesirable. lands and erect 12. The Association may purchase such lands in May purchase the City of Halifax as are required for the purpose of buildings, etc. provincial exhibitions and may erect buildings thereon and may lease the same from time to time for any purpose when such lands and buildings are not required for the purpose of such Association. dispose of pro 13. The Association may sell and dispose of any May sell and personal property which it has acquired, but it shall perty. not have power to convey any land acquired under the authority of this Act. grants. 14. The Association may receive grants from any May receive Government, Municipality, City, Town, Corporation or person to be applied to the purposes of the Association. grant aid or upon terms. 15. The Council of any City, Town or Muni- Councils may cipality may grant land in aid of the said Association, make loans or may make loans or grant money in aid of the Association and may effect such loan or grant such aid upon such terms as may be agreed upon between such Council and the Association, and any such Council and the said Association may make and enter into any agreement for the representation of such City, Town or Municipality in the Association by the appointment of representatives as members thereof, and all representatives so appointed pursuant to any such agreement shall become members of the Association, and every such Council may pass by-laws for all and every of the purposes aforesaid and in furtherance of the objects contemplated by this Act, as occasion may require. sonal property 16. All real or personal property heretofore vested Real and perin or held by The Provincial Exhibition Commission vested. under the provisions of "The Provincial Exhibition Act, 1900," shall be vested in and held by the Association hereby constituted, without the necessity for any conveyance or transfer thereof. May borrow money. May issue bonds or debentures. cured by mort trust. 17. (1) The Association is hereby authorized to borrow from time to time on the credit of the Association such sums of money as may be required, for the purchase and improvement of land, and for the erection, alteration and repairs of suitable buildings thereon for exhibition purposes. (2) For the purpose of effecting any loans under the authority of this Act, the Association is empowered to make and issue, from time to time, its bonds or debentures upon such terms and conditions and bearing such rate of interest and redeemable within such period as the Association determines. Such bonds or debentures shall be under the seal of the Association and executed by its proper officers. Issue to be se- (3) Any bonds or debentures issued under the gage or deed of authority of this section shall be secured by mortgage or deed of trust covering all or any portion of the property of the Association, such mortgage of deed of trust to contain such terms as the Association determines. Borrowing Re solution to be Governor-in- (4) No resolution of the Association providing approved by for the borrowing of any sums, or for the issue of any bonds, or debentures, shall be valid or effectual unless and until it shall have been approved by the Governor-in-Council. Province and City of Halifax (5) The Province of Nova Scotia and the City may guarantee of Halifax are hereby empowered to guarantee the repayment of any bonds or debentures authorized to be issued under this Act. bonds. Admission fees; prizes, lease of stalls, etc. 18. The Association may charge such admission medals, etc.; fees as may be deemed proper to receive for exhibiting everything contemplated by this Act and may charge such entrance fees and award, give and pay to exhibitors such prizes, medals and honorary distinctions as may be deemed proper, and let or lease stalls, stands, rooms and places in any of its buildings or structures or in any part of its grounds or property, upon such terms and conditions and for such purposes as the Board of Directors may deem best for interests of the Asociation. directors. 19. The following persons, that is to say, the Pre-Provisional mier of the Province and the Mayor of the City of Halifax, shall be provisional directors of the said Association to organize the said Association, and shall hold office as such until the election of directors at the first annual meeting as hereinafter provided. etc., to be noti representa 20. (1) Forthwith after the passing of this Act Corporations, the said provisional directors shall notify in writing fied to appoint the several corporations, organizations, and associat- tives, etc. ions specially mentioned in Section 2 of this Act, requesting them to name and appoint representatives to the said Association pursuant to the provisions of this Act, and such notice shall contain a statement of the time and place of holding the first meeting of the members of the Association for the election of directors and such other business as may be required to be done at such meeting. tive to pro cate. (2) At said meeting each member of the As- Representasociation being a representative shall produce to the duce certifisaid provisional directors a certificate in the manner above provided of his due and proper appointment, and shall pay the membership fee above mentioned, and the said provisional directors shall thereupon place on the table a list of all duly qualified members of the Association, and only the persons whose names appear on such list shall be eligible as directors or entitled to be present or vote at such meeting. 21. This Act shall come into force and take effect Act in force by proclamation. on, from and after a day to be declared in a proclamation by the Governor-in-Council, and on, from and after such day "The Provincial Exhibition Act" Revised Statutes, 1900, shall be and be deemed to be repealed. CHAPTER 7. Title. An Act Respecting Inside Electrical Installations. (Passed the 23rd day of April, A. D., 1923). Be it enacted by the Governor, Council, and Assembly, as follows: 1. This Act may be cited as "The Inside Electrical Installation Act." Interpretation. 2. In this Act and in any regulations made or approved thereunder, unless the context otherwise requires, the expression Public Utility. Consumer. Electrical Installation. Board may make_Rules tions. (a) “Public Utility" means and includes any corporation, commission, company, person, association of persons, whatsoever, their lessees, trustees, liquidators or receivers, that own or hereafter own or may own, operate, manage or control or may be incorporated for the purpose of owning, operating, managing or controlling any plant or equipment for the production, transmission, delivery or furnishing of heat, light or power either directly or indirectly to or for the public; (b) "Consumer" means any corporation, commission, company, person, association of persons, whatsoever, their lessees, trustees, liquidators or receivers utilizing electrical power or energy directly for heat, light or power purposes; (c) "Electrical Installation" means the wires, machinery, apparatus, appliances, devices, material and equipment used in or on a building by a consumer for the receipt, distribution and use of electrical power or energy. 3. The Fire Prevention Board may make, suband Regula- ject to the approval of the Governor-in-Council, rules and regulations concerning electrical installations with a view to the prevention of fire and injury to persons and property, and from time to time the said Board, subject to the approval of the Governor-in |