Board authorized to pay compensation.

CHAPTER 12.

An Act to Provide for the Payment of Compensation
under the Workmen's Compensation Act
to the Widow and Children of the
Late Alexander Z. McDonald,
of Port Hood, Inverness
County.

(Passed the 17th day of April, A. D., 1923).

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

1. The Workmen's Compensation Board is hereby required to pay compensation to the widow and children under the age of sixteen years of the late Alexander Z. McDonald, formerly of Port Hood, in the County of Inverness, who lost his life while descending an old unused mining shaft for the purpose of rescuing his son, to the same extent as if said accident arose out of and in the course of the employment of said Alexander Z. McDonald in an industry within the scope of Part 1 of The Workmen's Compensation Act.

CHAPTER 13.

An Act to Provide a Retiring Allowance to

Alexander H. MacKay.

(Passed the 23rd day of April, A. D., 1923).

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

'allowance.

1. There shall be paid to Alexander H. MacKay, Retiring LL.D., an official of the Government of Nova Scotia for over thirty-two years, on his retirement from the public service, the sum of twenty-five hundred dollars per year during the period of his natural life, such amount to be payable out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund of the Province of Nova Scotia.

CHAPTER 14.

An Act Respecting a Retiring Allowance to
Enos Churchill.

(Passed the 23rd day of April, A. D., 1923).

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

1. There shall be paid to Enos Churchill, an official Retiring of the Government of Nova Scotia, upon his retire- allowance. ment from the employment of the Government, the sum of one thousand dollars per year during the period of his natural life, such amount to be payable out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund of the Province of Nova Scotia.

8. 8. 3, Sec. 29 (c) amended.

CHAPTER 15.

An Act to Amend Chap. 8, Acts of 1922, being An Act
to amend Chap. 2 of the Revised Statutes of
Nova Scotia, 1900, "Of the Constitutional
Powers and Privileges of the Houses."

(Passed the 17th day of April, A. D., 1923).

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

1. Sub-section 3 of Section 29 (c) of the Act hereby amended, being Chapter 8 of the Acts of 1922, is amended by striking out the word "Legislation" in the third line of said Sub-section 3 and substituting therefor the word "resolution."

Section added.

CHAPTER 16.

An Act to Amend Chapter 33, Revised Statutes 1900, "Of Stipendiary Magistrates,"

as Amended.

(Passed the 6th day of April, A. D., 1923).

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

1. Chapter 33 of the Revised Statutes 1900, as amended, is amended by adding thereto the following section;

Jurisdiction 16. (1) Notwithstanding anything in this or pointed City or any other Act, enactment, City Charter or law, and diary Magis- except as in this section provided, no Stipendiary or Additional Magistrate or Justice of the Peace, whether appointed Magistrate. before or after the enactment of this section, other than the Stipendiary Magistrate, a Deputy Stipendiary Magistrate or an Additional Stipendiary Magistrate for the City or for the Incorporated Town in which a criminal or penal cause or matter arises,

shall have or exercise any jurisdiction in that cause
or matter; provided that nothing in this section shall Proviso.
in respect of such cause or matter prevent any Stip-
endiary Magistrate or Justice of the Peace from taking
an information or issuing a summons or warrant or
authorizing the execution of a warrant returnable
before the Stipendiary Magistrate, a Deputy Stipend-
iary Magistrate, or an Additional Stipendiary Magis-
trate for the City or the Incorporated Town in which
such cause or matter atose.

CHAPTER 17.

An Act Respecting Provincial Constables.

(Passed the 23rd day of April, A. D., 1923).

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

to Ch. 41, R. S.

1. Chapter 41 of the Revised Statutes of Nova Section added Scotia, 1900, as amended by Chapter 7 of the Acts N. S. 1900, as of 1919, is amended by adding thereto the following amended by section:

1919.

4a. Every Provincial constable so appointed shall Additional have power to serve and execute all processes issued red in civil by Justices of the Peace and Stipendiary Magistrates matters. in civil matters, and to execute all warrants for Municipal rates to him delivered to be served or executed and to perform all acts and duties now incumbent on constables in civil proceedings or matters in the County in which he resides.

Sec. 3, as enacted by Sec. 2, Ch. 17, 1920

CHAPTER 18.

An Act to Amend Chapter 49, Revised Statutes,
1900, entitled, "Of the Inspector of Humane
and Penal Institutions."

(Passed the 23rd day of April, A. D., 1923).

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

1. Section 3 of Chapter 49, Revised Statutes, entitled "Of the Inspector of Humane and Penal Feed; sub-Institutions," as that section is enacted by Section

stituted.

2 of Chapter 17 of the Acts of 1920, is repealed and the following substituted therefor:

(3) The Governor-in-Council may make regulations for and with respect to the visiting and inspecting by the Inspector or any person thereunto authorized by the Inspector of all such Institutions as are in the next preceding section mentioned or any other Institutions.