the Pembina mountains, and locating and building a railway station at said town of Morris on the place already selected for that purpose, and giving an agreement to said town of Morris to erect no other station on said branch line within the distance from said station ordinarily left between railway stations within a period of ten years and to apply said money towards the expenses of building such branch line and station. And whereas said company have, as agreed, constructed and are operating said line of railway and have erected and built a railway station on the place selected, as aforesaid, and are ready to give said agreement on receipt of the bonus to be granted. And whereas, under the provisions of the "Manitoba Town Corporations Act," the said town of Morris may contract its loans by the issue of debentures, and it is desirable to issue debentures for fifty-four thousand dollars ($54,000) for the purpose of said bonus, payable within twenty years with interest payable half yearly, as hereinafter mentioned. And whereas, the whole of the ratable property of the town of Morris, irrespective of any future increase thereof is valued at six hundred and seventy thousand dollars according to the assessment of the year one thousand eight hundred and eightythree, and there is no existing debt, and it will require the sum of three thousand seven hundred and eighty dollars ($3,780) to be raised annually for paying the interest, as hereinafter stated, on such debentures, and on the basis of said assessment it will require the annual special rate of five and two-third mills on the dollar over and above the other rates to pay such interest. And whereas, it is desirable that an annual sinking fund should be commenced from the first day of May, A. D., one thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight for the purpose of paying the said debentures when they fall due, and it will require two thousand seven hundred dollars ($2,700) to be raised annually for that purpose by a special rate and on the basis of said assessment five and one-third mills on the dollar, will have to be levied annually as that special rate for creating the said sinking fund over and above all other rates. Therefore the municipal council of the town of Morris enacts as follows: 1. That it shall be lawful for the municipal council of the town of Morris to borrow upon the credit of said town the sum of fifty-four thousand dollars ($54,000,) for the purpose of said bonus, and the said council of the town of Morris shall issue debentures for the sum of fifty-four thousand dol lars ($54,000,) as provided by statute in that behalf, cach of which said debentures shall be in the denomination of one thousand dollars ($1,000,) and shall be sealed with the corporate seal of the town of Morris, and signed by the mayor and countersigned by the secretary-treasurer of the said town of Morris. 2. That the said debentures shall be payable to bearer at the branch of the Bank of Montreal, in the city of Winnipeg, or such bank not having a branch there then, at the Winnipeg branch of the Merchants' Bank of Canada, and shall bear date the second day of May, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three, and shall become due and payable on the first day of May, in the year of Our Lord one thousand nine hundred and three. The said debentures shall bear interest from the second day of May, One thousand eight hundred and eighty-three, at the rate of seven per cent. per annum, payable half-yearly on the first days of the months of November and May in each year, but the first, second and third payments of interest shall become due on the first day of November, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four, and such debentures shall have for such interest coupons payable to bearer attached, signed by the mayor and countersigned by the secretary-treasurer, and payable at the places fixed for the payment of said debentures. 3. That for the purpose of paying the interest on said debentures, an equal special rate of five and two-thirds mills in the dollar on the whole of the ratable property in the town of Morris, according to the said assessment roll of the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three, shall be rated, levied and collected in each year during the currency of said debentures. And for the purpose of creating an equal yearly sinking fund, in and from the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight, for redeeming and paying said debentures, an equal special rate of four and one-third mills in the dollar on the whole of the ratable property in the said town of Morris, according to the said assessment roll, shall be rated, levied and collected during and after the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight and during the currency of said debentures, such rates shall be over and additional to all other rates and assessment, whatsoever. 4. That the said debentures shall be issued forthwith after the ratification of this by-law according to the provisions of the "Manitoba Town Corporation Act," and shall be disposed of, and, in consideration of said works, the amount of fifty-four thousand dollars ($54,000), the bonus proceeds of such debentures, shall be forthwith paid by the said municipal council of the town of Morris to the Canadian Pacific Railway, upon such company giving to the said town of Morris the agreement in the recital mentioned. 5. This by-law shall come into force and take effect immediately on the final passing and ratification thereof. Done and passed in council at the town of Morris this sixth day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three. An Act to amend 45 Vic., cap. 35, entitled "An Act to Incorporate the City of Brandon." [Assented to 7th July, 1883.] Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Manitoba, enacts as follows: 1. Sub-section four of section two of the said Act is hereby Ward No. 2. repealed, and the following substituted in lieu thereof: WARD No. 2 shall be composed of all those portions of sections fourteen, twenty-three and twenty-six, in said township number ten, lying to the east of Ninth Street. 2. Sub-section five of section two of the said Act is hereby Ward No. 3. repealed and the following substituted in lieu thereof: WARD No. 3 shall be composed of all those portions of sections fourteen, twenty-three and twenty-six in said township number ten lying to the west of Ninth Street. Vic., cap. 35 3. Section five of the said Act is hereby amended by strik- Sec. 5 of 45 ing out the word "to," in the third line, and substituting amended. therefor the word "of," and also by striking out the word "five," in the fifth line, and substituting therefor the word "one"; and also by inserting between the word "is," at the end of the sixth line, and the word "in," at the beginning of Sub.-sec. 5 of s. 8 repealed and new tuted. the seventh line, the words "based for real property in the city held in their own right or." 4. Sub-section five of section eight of the said Act is hereby repealed, and the following substituted in lieu thereof: clause substi- "The Returning Officer shall, unless otherwise provided by law, give at least four days' previous notice of the election, together with the names of the candidates duly nominated, by posting said notice in at least four public places in each ward." Sub-sec. 12 of sec. 8 amend ed. Sec. 13 amended. Sub-sec. 3 of sec. 13 amended. Sub-sec. added to sec. 16. Sub-secs added to sub-sec. 18 of sec, 101. 5. Sub-section twelve of section eight of the said Act is hereby amended by adding the words "or tenant" after the word "householder," in the sixth and tenth lines thereof. 6. Section thirteen of the said Act is hereby amended by striking out the word "noon," in the second and fifth lines thereof and substituting in lieu thereof the words "eight o'clock in the evening." 7. Sub-section three of section thirteen of the said Act is hereby amended by striking out the words "exclusive of the Mayor," in the third line thereof. 8. The following sub-section shall be added to section sixteen of the said Act: (2.) The council may, by by-law, require the payment of taxes to be made in the office of the chamberlain by a day to be named in such by-law, and in default may in said by-law impose an additional per centage charge on any unpaid tax, which shall be added to such unpaid tax and collected by the collector as if the same had been originally imposed and formed part of such unpaid tax, but such per centage shall not exceed ten per cent. on such unpaid tax 9. The following sub-sections shall be added to sub-section 18 of section 101: (a) The granting of aid by way of bonus for the promotion of manufactures within the limits of the city by granting such sum or sums of money to such person, or body corporate, and in respect of such branch of industry as the council may determine upon, and to pay such sum either in one sum or in annual or other periodical payments, with or without interest, and subject to such terms, conditions and restrictions as the said council may deem expedient, and may take security therefor. (b.) No such by-law shall be passed until the assent of the electors has been obtained in conformity with the provisions of this Act, in respect of by-laws, for creating debt, ed. 10. Sub-section four of section twenty of the said Act is Sub-sec. 4 of hereby amended by striking out the word "November" in the sec. 20 amendsecond line and substituting therefor the word "February," and by striking out the words "for the following year," in the third line, also by striking out the word "February" in the fourth and fifth lines and substituting therefor the word "May." ed. 11. Section twenty-three of the said Act is hereby amended Sec. 23 amendby inserting the word "no" in the fourth line between the words "where" and "sales." sec. 27 amend 12. Sub-section six of section twenty-seven of the said Act Sub-sec. 6 of is hereby amended by striking out the words "residing in the ed. said city" in the first line thereof. 13. Section seventy-five of the said Act is hereby amended Sec. 75 amendby adding the following sub-section : "(2.) Any person shall be entitled to vote on any by-law requiring the assent of the electors who is a male ratepayer, and at the time of the tender of his vote is of the full age of twenty-one years and a natural born or naturalized subject of Her Majesty, and who has neither directly nor indirectly received, nor is in expectation of receiving, any reward or gift for the vote which he tenders, and is at the time of such tender a freeholder either at law or in equity in his own right, or in the right of his wife, of real property within the city of sufficient value to entitle him to vote at a municipal election and is rated on the last revised assessment roll as such freeholder, and is named or purported to be named in the voters' list of electors. ed by adding a sub-sec. amended and ed. 14. Section one hundred and eight of the said Act is here- Sec. 108 by amended by striking out the words "transient traders" in sub-sec. addthe second line, and the words "householders or" in the third line and by inserting after the words "men's houses" in the fifth line the words " on foot or with any animal bearing or drawing any goods, wares or merchandise for sale," and by adding the following sub-section : (2.) "For licensing, regulating and governing transient traders and other persons who occupy premises in the city for temporary periods, and whose names have not been duly entered on the assessment roll in respect of income or personal property for the then current year. amended. 15. Section one hundred and thirty of the said Act is here- Sec. 130 by amended by striking out the words "for any period within his discretion in the third line thereof, and inserting in lieu thereof the words "until the next meeting of the council," and |