Page images
PDF
EPUB

CHAP. 114.

An Act respecting the Ottawa and Hull Fire

WHERE

Relief Fund.

[Assented to 7th July, 1900.]

HEREAS it has been represented that on the twenty- Preamble. sixth day of April last a great conflagration took place beginning in the city of Hull, province of Quebec, and extending into the city of Ottawa, and also several smaller fires in and about the said cities, causing a great loss of property and much distress in and about the said cities; that as the result of steps taken to obtain and distribute relief to the sufferers by the said fires the persons hereinafter named were appointed an Executive Committee to receive contributions and distribute relief; that a large amount of supplies and money has been contributed from different parts of the world; that the said supplies have been for the most part distributed, but that only a small portion of the money has been expended; that as questions have been raised and doubts expressed as to the powers, responsibilities and discretion of the said committee with respect to the said relief fund, the said committee desires. to be constituted a corporation with the powers necessary or proper to enable them to carry out the objects in view and to protect them in so doing; and whereas the work of distribution has to be done with respect to persons in the provinces of Ontario and Quebec, and the work of the said corporation will have to be done in each of the said provinces, and the creation of the said corporation is therefore a proper subject of legislation by the Parliament of Canada: Therefore Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:

tion.

1. George H. Perley, John C. Browne, John Sweetland, Incorpora Fred. Cook, H. K. Egan, Dennis Murphy, William Hutchison, M.P., N. A. Belcourt, M.P., C. Berkeley Powell, M.L.A., Alexander Lumsden, M.L. A., His Worship Mayor Payment, Alderman Enright, Alderman James Davidson, Alderman Foster and Alderman Champagne, all of the city of Ottawa, L. N. Champagne, M.P., C. B Major, M.L.A., His Worship

Corporate

name.

Property to

vest.

Withdrawal of money from bank.

How money and supplies

buted.

Mayor Barrette and Alderman Helmer, of the city of Hull, now constituting the said Executive Committee, are incorporated under the name of "The Ottawa and Hull Fire Relief Fund," hereinafter called "the Corporation," with all powers incident to a corporation which are necessary for the carrying out of the objects of this Act.

2. There shall vest in the Corporation the following property, that is to say :

(a.) All unexpended moneys and undistributed goods contributed from any source and in any manner for the relief of the sufferers by the said fires to or through the said Executive Committee, and including, among others, the goods and other supplies now on haud or under the control of the said Executive Committee, and all moneys now at the credit of the Ottawa and Hull Fire Relief Fund in the Bank of Ottawa or in any other bank, or now in the possession or control otherwise of the said Executive Committee or of any other person, committee, association, society, or incorporated or unincorporated body for the relief through the said committee of the said sufferers;

(b.) All moneys, goods or other supplies or contributions that may at any time after the passing of this Act be contributed to be expended or distributed by or through the said committee or the Corporation;

(c.) All the books, papers and documents of the said committee relating to the said fire relief.

2. The cheques of the Corporation shall be signed by its chairman or vice-chairman and by its administrator and treasurer, and payment thereof to the extent of the amount thereof shall be a sufficient discharge to any bank in which any moneys are at the time or after the passing of this Act deposited as aforesaid in the name of "The Ottawa and Hull Fire Relief Fund," and the receipt of the administrator and treasurer of the Corporation shall be a sufficient discharge for any other moneys or for any supplies with which the Corporation may become vested as aforesaid or otherwise.

3. The Corporation shall take all the said moneys and to be distri supplies and, subject to the provisions of section 14 of this Act, pay, apply or distribute them to the best of its judgment to sufferers, or for the benefit of sufferers by the said fires, in such manner among such sufferers, and in such amounts, as in the absolute and uncontrolled discretion of the Corporation seems proper or advisable, and the Corporation shall take such means as it thinks necessary or advisable to ascertain who the sufferers have been by the said fires, and in what way or to what extent they should be given relief by the Corporation.

Audit of accounts.

4. When the distribution of the said supplies and money has been substantially completed, the Corporation shall have an audit made of its accounts by some competent auditor,

whose appointment shall be approved of by the Governor in Council, and it shall publish the report of the said auditor, with such further statement as it thinks proper, in some one or more newspapers published in the cities of Ottawa and Hull for one Report to be or more issues thereof, as it deems proper, and may also pub- published. lish the said report and statement in such other way as it thinks advisable.

5. Except as provided for by the next preceding section, Corporation and except as to any fraudulent act or fraudulent omission of liable except the Corporation, the Corporation shall not, nor shall any of its for fraud. members, be liable or in any way answerable for any of the acts, errors or omissions of the Corporation or of any of its officers, members, employees or agents, whether such acts, errors or omissions have taken place before or after the passing of this Act, with respect to the receipt, expenditure or distribution of the said moneys or supplies, or of any portion thereof, or in any other respect in carrying out the objects of this Act.

6. There shall be a chairman, a vice-chairman and an Officers of officer to be called the administrator and treasurer of the Cor- Corporation. poration, and such other officers and employees as the Corporation thinks proper.

2. The said George H. Perley shall be the first chairman; First officers. the said John Sweetland, the first vice-chairman; and the said John C. Browne, the first administrator and treasurer of the Corporation.

cies filled.

7. In the event of the death or resignation from office of any How vacan of the said officers, the Corporation shall appoint a successor from among the members of the Corporation, and such successor shall have the same powers and duties as if he had been named as such officer in this Act.

8. The head office of the Corporation shall be in the city of Head office. Ottawa.

of Corpora

9. The first meeting of the Corporation shall be held in the First meeting city of Ottawa within ten days after the passing of this Act, tion. and shall be called by the chairman or vice-chairman by notice mailed postage prepaid to each member of the Corporation at least twenty-four hours before the time fixed for the Notice. meeting, and the notice shall state the hour and place of meeting.

10. At the said first meeting five members shall be a Quorum. quorum, and the chairman, or in his absence the vice-chairman, shall preside. In the event of neither the chairman nor vice-chairman being present, the meeting may elect any other member of the Corporation present to preside.

2. At such first meeting any business whatever may be done. Business.

[blocks in formation]

Limit of time for receiving

11. In the event of the death or resignation of any member of the Corporation, the Corporation may elect a successor from the city of Ottawa or the city of Hull, as the case may be, to take the place of such person so dying or resigning, and such person so elected shall, from the time of such election, be a member of the Corporation as if he had been named in this Act.

12. The Corporation shall deposit all moneys received by it in a chartered bank in the city of Ottawa, and shall keep such books of account and further record of its proceedings as it thinks necessary.

13. Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Corporation may make by-laws, rules or regulations as to the holding of its meetings, the appointment and duties of its officers and employees, the election of members to fill vacancies, the quorum at meetings, the internal government of the Corporation in other respects, and the carrying out of the objects of this Act.

14. The Corporation may, out of the moneys to be dealt with as aforesaid, pay all the employees of the Corporation or of the said Executive Committee, and all such other expenses as it thinks necessary or proper to incur, or which it considers have been properly incurred by the said Executive Committee or on its behalf, in connection with the carrying out of the objects of this Act or of the work of the said Executive Committee.

15. The Corporation may, by advertisement in one or more contributions newspapers, as it thinks proper, limit a date after which it will and claims. not receive any contributions, or limit a date after which it will not receive any claims for assistance.

[ocr errors]

When
Corporation to

16. When the report and statement referred to in section 4 be dissolved. of this Act have been published as therein provided, and the whole of the moneys to be dealt with by the Corporation have been paid out and expended, the corporate powers of the Corporation shall be deemed to have ceased and the Corporation to be dissolved.

R.S.C., c. 118

17. The Companies Clauses Act shall not apply to the not to apply. Corporation.

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

CHAP. 115.

An Act respecting the Quebec Bridge Company.

[Assented to 14th June, 1900.]

WHEREAS the Quebec Bridge Company has, by its peti- Preamble. tion, prayed that it be enacted as hereinafter set forth,

and it is expedient to grant the prayer of the said petition: Therefore Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent 1887. c. 98: of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as 1897, c. 69. follows::

1891, c. 107;

s. 6 amended.

1. Section 5 and all the words from the beginning of the 1897, c. 69, s. fourth line to the word "uncompleted" inclusive in the tenth 5 repealed and line of section 6 of chapter 69 of the statutes of 1897 are repealed.

2. Section 14 of chapter 98 of the statutes of 1887 is 1887, c. 98, amended by adding thereto the following subsection :

s. 14 amended.

with other

"2. The Company may enter into arrangements with any Arrangements electric, telegraph, telephone, street railway or tramway com- companies. pany for the laying, placing or operating of electric wires and appliances connected therewith on the said bridge and the railways connecting therewith, and may also enter into arrangements with any electric street railway or tramway company for the passage of its cars on the said bridge and railways, and may also operate the said railways, and the cars passing over the said bridge, by electricity or otherwise."

construction

3. The bridge and the railways connecting therewith, Time for authorized by chapter 98 of the statutes of 1887, incorporating of bridge the Quebec Bridge Company, shall be completed within five extended. years after the passing of this Act, otherwise the powers of construction conferred upon the said Company by Parliament shall cease and be null and void as respects so much of the said bridge and railways as then remains uncompleted.

« PreviousContinue »