said parcels or tracts of land may be better known as park lot number four, agreeable to the plan and survey thereof made by John O'Meara, Deputy Provincial Land Surveyor, which said park lot number four may be better known and described as follows, that is to say: commencing at the south-west angle of park lot number four on the western limit of lot number sixty-nine in the front or ninth concession of the said Township of Sarnia, at the distance of eleven chains and seventy-five links, northerly from the south-west angle of lot number twenty-three in the seventh concession of said Township of Sarnia, thence northerly on the said western limit of lot number sixty-nine, four chains and fiftyeight links, be the same more or less, to the north-west angle of said park lot number four, thence south eighty-nine degrees east, and parallel with the limit between the sixth and seventh concessions, twenty-two chains and fifty-four links, be the same more or less, to the western limit of the Maxwell road, thence south-westerly along the western limit of the said Maxwell road, five chains, be the same more or less, to the south-east angle of said park lot number four, thence north eighty-nine degrees west, and always parallel with the division line between the sixth and seventh concessions, twenty chains and fifty-four links, be the same more or less, to the place of beginning. Also those certain other parcels of land in the township and county aforesaid, being composed of parts of lots numbers sixty-nine, sixty-eight and sixty-seven, in the ninth or front concession on Lake Huron in the said Township of Sarnia, and part of lot number twenty-three in the seventh concession of the said Township of Sarnia, all of which parts of said lots are known as park lot number five, according to a plan and survey made by Alexander Vidal, Deputy Provincial Land Surveyor, on the 30th day of March, 1847, and may be described as follows: commencing on the western limit of the road leading to Maxwell at a post planted between said park lot and park lot number four, thence north eighty-eight degrees, seven minutes west, twenty-two chains and fifty-four links, more or less, to the eastern boundary of the military reservation, thence northerly along the western limit of lot number sixty-nine, four chains fiftyeight links, more or less, to a post planted at the north-west corner of the said park lot, thence south eighty-eight degrees seven minutes east, twenty-four chains fifty-four links, more or less, along the division line between said park lot and park lot number six, to the western limit of the Maxwell road, thence southerly along the western limit of said road five chains, more or less, to the place of beginning. Excepting from the lands above described, all those certain village lots in the Village of Huron heretofore sold, and described according to a plan of survey of said village made by George Robinson, Provincial Land Surveyor, dated the twenty-sixth August, one thousand eight hundred and seventy seventy-one, and recorded in the Registry Office for the said County of Lambton, which said lots may be known and described as follows, that is to say: Lots numbers 1 to 13, both inclusive, in Block A. Also, excepting the station grounds and right of way of the Grand Trunk Railway Company of Canada, and now in the occupation of said Company, containing forty-one (41) acres, be the same more or less. OTTAWA: Printed by BROWN CHAMBERLIN, Law Printer to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty. CHAP. Preamble. Branch line authorized. 50-51 VICTORIA. CHAP. 58. An Act respecting the Ontario Pacific Railway Company. [Assented to 23rd June, 1887.] WHEREAS the Ontario Pacific Railway Company has, by its petition, prayed that the Acts relating to the said Company may be amended as hereinafter set forth; and whereas it is expedient to grant the prayer of the said petition: Therefore Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows: 1. The Company may construct a spur or branch line, from some point on its line at or near the village of Manotick, on Long Island, in the Rideau River, in the county of Carleton, into and through the city of Ottawa. 45 V., c 78, s. 2. Section thirty-three of the Act forty-fifth Victoria, 33 amendei. Time for construction extended. chapter seventy-eight, is hereby amended by inserting after the words "North-Western Railway Company," in the twelfth line, the words "the Ottawa, Waddington and New York Railway and Bridge Company, the Brockville, Westport and Sault Ste. Marie Railway Company, the Gananoque, Perth and James' Bay Railway Company, the Canada Atlantic Railway Company and the Ottawa and Gatineau Valley Railway Company;" and all the said Companies or any of them may amalgamate with the Ontario Pacific Railway Company, upon the terms and conditions set forth in the said thirty-third section of the above mentioned Act; and any amalgamation hereby authorized or authorized by the said thirty-third section of the said Act forty-fifth Victoria, chapter seventy-eight, shall be subject to the previous sanction of the Governor in Council. 3. The times limited for the commencement and completion of the said railway are hereby extended for two and four years respectively from the passing of this Act. OTTAWA Printed by BROWN CHAMBERLIN, Law Printer to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty. CHAP. 50 51 VICTORIA. CHAP. 59. An Act respecting the Guelph Junction Railway [Assented to 23rd June, 1887.] WHEREAS the Guelph Junction Railway Company, Preambe. hereinafter called the Company, have, by their petition, represented that they are desirous of extending their railway, and have prayed for authority so to do; and it is expedient to grant the prayer of their petition: Therefore Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows: line. 1. The Company may extend their line of railway from Extension of its present terminus, in the city of Guelph, to a point on Lake Huron, at or near the town of Goderich, or to such convenient point on any railway constructed or to be constructed to the said town as shall enable convenient access to be obtained thereto. 2. The said extension shall be commenced within two Limitation of years and completed within four years from the passing of time. this Act. 3. This Act shall be construed together with the Act Construction incorporating the Company and any Act amending the of Act. same. OTTAWA: Printed by BROWN CHAMBERLIN, Law Printer to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty. CHAP. Preamble. Declaratory. Branch line may be built. 50-51 VICTORIA. CHAP. 60. An Act respecting the St. Catharines and Niagara Central Railway Company. [Assented to 23rd June, 1887.] WHEREAS the St. Catharines and Niagara Central Rail way Company have, by their petition, represented that they desire their railway to be declared a work for the general advantage of Canada, and also to have power to build a branch line from a point on their main line between Hamilton and Toronto, between the town of Oakville and Port Credit to a point on the Credit Valley Railway at or near the village of Cooksville, and have prayed for the passing of an Act granting such powers; and it is expedient to grant the prayer of the said petition: Therefore Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows: 1. The St. Catharines and Niagara Central Railway is hereby declared to be a work for the general advantage of Canada. 2. The St. Catharines and Niagara Central Railway Company may,if they deem it expedient, build a branch line from a point on their line between Hamilton and Toronto, between Oakville and Port Credit to a point on the Credit Valley Railway at or near Cooksville. OTTAWA Printed by BROWN CHAMBERLIN, Law Printer to the Queen's Most CHAP. |