CHAP. 77.

An Act respecting the Red Deer Valley Railway and
Coal Company.

WH

[Assented to 18th July, 1900.]

1894, c. 90;

WHEREAS the Red Deer Valley Railway and Coal Com- Preamble. pany, hereinafter called "the Company," has by its 1889, c. 52; petition prayed that it be enacted as hereinafter set forth, and 1891, c. 76; it is expedient to grant the prayer of the said petition: 1897, c. 60; Therefore Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of 1899, c. 86. the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:

time for

1. If the construction of the Company's railway is not Extension of begun and fifteen per cent of the capital stock is not expended construction. on such construction by the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and one; or—

s. 1 amended,

If fifty continuous miles of the railway, measuring from the 1899, c. 86, point of commencement at or near the city of Calgary, are and new not constructed by the first day of January, one thousand nine conditions imposed. hundred and two; or

If the railway is not finished and put in operation by the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and three,—

Then the powers granted by The Railway Act and by the special Acts relating to the Company shall cease and be null and void with respect to so much of the railway as then remains uncompleted.

2. Section 2 of chapter 60 of the statutes of 1897, and 1897, c. 60, s. 2 and 1899, chapter 86 of the statutes of 1899, are hereby repealed. c. 86 repealed.

3. After the Company has constructed its railway from Extension of Calgary to a point on the Red Deer River in township 32, authorized. railway range 21, west of the fourth principal meridian, it shall have power to extend its line from the said point in a north-easterly direction to the River Saskatchewan at a point between Fort Pitt and Battleford.

4. If the construction of such extension is not commenced Limitation within two years after the completion of the railway to the

of time for construction

As to coming into force of this Act.

said point on the Red Deer River, or if such extension is not finished and put into operation in seven years from such completion, then the powers with respect to such extension hereby granted shall cease and be null and void with respect to so much of such extension as then remains uncompleted.

5. This Act shall not come into force unless the Company, before the first day of October, one thousand nine hundred, Deposit to be deposits with the Minister of Finance and Receiver General fifty thousand dollars in cash.

made.

Notice.

Date of

coming into force.

Return of deposit.

On certificate

of 25 miles.

2. If such deposit is so made the Minister of Finance and Receiver General shall publish notice thereof in The Canada Gazette, and upon such publication this Act shall be deemed to have come into force on the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred.

3. The Minister of Finance and Receiver General shall repay such deposit to the Company,—

(a.) if the chief engineer of the Department of Railways and as to building Canals has certified that, to his satisfaction, twenty-five continuous miles of the railway, measuring from the point of commencement at or near the city of Calgary, have been built and the track has been laid thereon; or

Or if the
Company's

(b.) if by the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred powers lapse and one, the construction of the railway has not been begun before work is and fifteen per cent of the capital stock has not been expended

begun.

thereon.

OTTAWA: Printed by SAMUEL EDWARD DAWSON, Law Printer to the Queen's

most Excellent Majesty.

CHAP. 78.

An Act respecting the Restigouche and Western
Railway Company.

[Assented to 14th June, 1900.]

WHEREAS the Restigouche and Western Railway Com- Preamble. pany has, by its petition, represented that it was incorporated by chapter 82 of the statutes of the province of New Brunswick, of 1897, and has prayed that it be enacted as here- N. B., 1897, inafter set forth, and it is expedient to grant the prayer of c. 82. the said petition: Therefore Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, declares and enacts as follows:

1. The Restigouche and Western Railway Company, here- Power to inafter called "the Company," may construct, maintain and build a bridge. use a bridge for railway purposes across the Saint John River from the western terminus of the railway which, by its said Act of incorporation it is authorized to construct on the eastern side of the said river between Grand Falls in the county of Victoria and Edmundston in the county of Madawaska, in the province of New Brunswick, to a point on the opposite side of the said river, and may lay tracks on the said bridge for the passage of locomotive engines and railway trains, with all the necessary approaches, tracks, machinery and appliances required to enable the Company to use the said bridge; and may purchase, acquire and hold such real estate, including land for sidings and other such like accommodation required for the convenient working of the traffic to, from and over the said bridge, as may be necessary therefor.

2. Should the site selected for the proposed bridge be such Authorization that the western terminus thereof will be in the state of Maine, States. by United one of the United States, the Company shall not commence the actual erection of the said bridge until an Act of the Congress of the United States, or an Act of the legislature of the state of Maine, has been passed authorizing or approving the bridging of the said river as aforesaid, nor until the Executive of the United States has consented to and approved such

Agreement with United States company.

Declaratory.

Bond issue.

bridging, but the Company may, in the meantime, acquire the lands, submit its plans to the Governor in Council, and do all other things authorized by this Act, except the commencement of the actual construction of the bridge.

3. The Company may, after obtaining the sanction of the Governor in Council in the manner provided in The Railway Act, unite with any other company incorporated under the laws of the state of Maine or of the United States, in building the bridge and its approaches, and in working, managing, maintaining and using the same, and may enter into any agreement with such company respecting the construction, maintenance, management and use of the said bridge and its approaches.

4. The said bridge is hereby declared to be a work for the general advantage of Canada.

5. In addition to the powers already possessed by the Company, it may, in respect of the said bridge and for the purpose of its construction, issue bonds, debentures or other securities to an amount not exceeding two hundred and fifty thousand dollars.

OTTAWA: Printed by SAMUEL EDWARD DAWSON, Law Printer to the Queen's most Excellent Majesty.