CHAPTER 44. An Act to Amend Chapter 4, Acts of 1917, entitled, "An Act Respecting Bridges," and Acts in Amendment thereof. (Passed the 6th day of April, A. D., 1923). Be it enacted, by the Governor, Council, and Assembly, as follows:- 1. Section 8 of Chapter 4, Acts of 1917, is repealed, Section 8, reand the following substituted: No bridge shall be brought under the provisions of this Act, if in the opinion of the Provincial Engineer the total cost, if built of wood would be not more than $300.00 or, if built of permanent materials would be not more than $1000. pealed; subtituted. 2. Chapter 4, Acts of 1917 is amended by the Section added. addition of the following section: 16. Clause C of Section 5 of Sub-section 1 of Section 6 of this Act shall not apply to a bridge which in the opinion of the Provincial Engineer would cost less than $2000.00 if built of permanent material, or less than $700.00 if built of wood. CHAPTER 45. Sub-section 2, Section 2, amended. Section 2, amended. An Act to Amend Chapter 8, Acts of 1917, entitled, "An Act in Respect to the Victoria General Hospital." (Passed the 23rd day of April, A. D., 1923). Be it enacted by the Governor, Council, and Assembly, as follows: 1. Sub-section 2 of Section 2 of Chapter 8 of the Acts of 1917, entitled, "An Act in respect to the Victoria General Hospital," is amended by striking out all the words between the word "shall" in the second line of said sub-section, and the word "notify" in the fourth line of said sub-section. Sub-section 4, 2. Sub-section 4 of said Section 2 is amended by striking out all the words between the indefinite article "a" and the word "letter" in the seventh line of said sub-section, and by striking out all the words between the word "therefor" in the sixteenth line of said sub-section, and the word "and" in the eighteenth line of said sub-section. Sec. 8, as en acted by Ch. pealed; sub 48, 1920, restituted. 3. Section 8 of said Chapter 8 as that section is enacted by Chapter 48 of the Acts of 1920 is repealed, and the following substituted therefor:- 8. Upon payment by any Municipality of an account or claim of said hospital for the maintenance, care, and nursing of a public ward patient as hereinbefore mentioned, the patient, his executors or administrators, the father, grandfather, mother, grandmother, children and grandchildren of such patient, if in the judgment of the Council of the said Municipality they are possessed of sufficient means, and the Municipality within which, if any, such patient has a settlement, shall immediately become jointly and severally liable for and shall pay to the first mentioned Municipality the amount of the account or claim so paid, and the said amount may be collected by the said first mentioned Municipality as an ordinary debt by action or suit in any Court of competent juris diction; the said action or suit shall be instituted by the Clerk of said first mentioned Municipality in the name of that Municipality. 4. Section 10 of said Chapter 8 is amended by Section 10; adding thereto the following sub-section: (3) The rates or charges that shall be paid in respect of patients in private wards may from time to time be fixed by the Board of Commissioners and the amount due for such rates or charges in respect of any patient shall be debt due the said Board by the person who contracted such debt. The Board may enforce payment of the amount of such debt by action or suit brought in the name of the said Board against such person in any Court of competent jurisdiction. sub-section added. CHAPTER 46. An Act to Amend Chapter 3, Acts of 1918, "The (Passed the 23rd day of April, A. D., 1923). Be it enacted by the Governor, Council, and Assembly, as follows: 1. Section 134 of Chapter 3 of the Acts of 1918 is Clause added amended by inserting after Clause (41) of said section to Section 134. the following section: (41a) Making regulations for preventing persons under fifteen years of age from walking or being on any road or street of the said Municipality after nine o'clock at night. 2. Section 17 of Chapter 3 of the Acts of 1918 is Sub-section amended by adding thereto the following sub-section: tion 17. 4. The Council may designate a place at which the poll shall be taken in a City or Town in any case where a Polling District is contiguous to a City or Town, if in the opinion of the Council such place may be more convenient for the taking of a poll. added to Sec CHAPTER 47. Section 4, amended. Act not applicable where An Act to Amend Chapter 4, Acts of 1918, "The (Passed the 23rd day of April, A. D., 1923). Be it enacted by the Governor, Council, and Assembly, as follows: 1. Section 4 of Chapter 4 of the Acts of 1918 is amended by striking out the words "exceed one thousand persons" in the second and third line of said section, and substituting therefor the words "exceed one thousand five hundred persons.' 2. This Act shall not apply to any Town, the inproceeding al- habitants of which have at any time within one year or corporation prior to the coming into force of this Act instituted pending. proceedings for the incorporation of such Town under ready instituted "The Towns' Incorporation Act," by presenting a requisition to the Sheriff for the County in which such Town is situate, asking him to take steps for taking a poll to determine whether the inhabitants of such Town shall become incorporated under the said Act, and where in respect to such Town incorporation is at the passing of this Act still pending. Clause (q), CHAPTER 48. An Act to Amend Chapter 5, Acts of 1918, (Passed the 23rd day of April, A. D., 1923). Be it enacted by the Governor, Council, and Assembly, as follows: 1. Section 4 of said Chapter as amended is amendpealed; sub- ed by striking out Clause (q) of said section, and Section 4, re stituted. substituting the following therefor: (q) income to the extent of one thousand dollars in the case of unmarried persons, widows or widowers without dependent children, and to the extent of two thousand dollars in the case of all other persons, including unmarried persons who are maintaining households. 2. Section 82 of said Chapter 5 is amended by Sub-section adding thereto the following sub-section: (9) For the purpose of this section, poll taxes shall be held to be Municipal rates. added to Section 82. CHAPTER 49. An Act to Amend Chapter 5, Acts of 1918, "The (Passed the 23rd day of April, A. D., 1923). Be it enacted by the Governor, Council, and Assembly, as follows: 1. Chapter 5 of the Acts of 1918 is amended by Section added. inserting the following section immediately after Section 6: 6a. Notwithstanding any provision in any Act of the Legislature of Nova Scotia, no person who has paid a poll tax for any year in any City, Town or Municipality shall be liable to pay a poll tax for the same year in any other City, Town or Municipality. |