66 PROVINCE OF MANITOBA. "The Chief Justice of the court of Queen's Bench, $4,000 Judges in per annum." "Two Paisne Judges of the said court, each, $3,200 per annum." Manitoba British Colum 5. And whereas it is expedient to make provision for the The schedule Judges of the Province of British Columbia:-Therefore, next amended as to after that part of the said Schedule which respects the Province bia. of Manitoba as aforesaid, the following shall be added as part of the said Schedule: " "PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA. The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.........$5,820 per annum. Salaries. One Puisné Judge..... 4,850 So long as the present Incumbents remain in office. "One other Puisné Judge 3,200 One Stipendiary Magistrate for Victoria.... 2,250 "One Stipendiary Magistrate for New Westmin One Stipendiary Magistrate for Nanaimo and 66 Comox دو 2,250 "So long as each of the present Stipendiary Magistrates, respec tively, retains the office of County Judge." And in that part of the said Schedule which respects Pensions, Pensions. the following shall be inserted immediately before the words, "To each so long as he does not accept any office under Government of equal or greater value." "To Captain Hankin, late Colonial Secretary..... 2,595 55 در heretofore 6. This Act shall be read and construed as one Act with the How this Act Act cited in the Preamble, all the enactments and provisions strued. whereof shall apply to the salaries and pensions granted by this Act; and any sums paid before the passing of this Act for salaries Payments at the rates hereby authorized, to the Judges herein mentioned in made conthe Provinces of Quebec, Nova Scotia and Manitoba, from the date firmed. of their appointment respectively, or for salaries and pensions at the rates hereby authorized, to the Judges, functionaries and persons herein mentioned in the Province of British Columbia, from the date of their appointment respectively, or from that of the admission of the said Province into the Dominion, (which ever last happened), shall be held to have been lawfully paid. CAP. CAP. XXI. Preamble. Part of section 1 of the said An Act to amend the Act 32 & 33 Victoria, Chapter 8. HE [Assented to 14th June, 1872] ER Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the 1. So much of the first section of the Act passed in the session Act repealed. held in the thirty-second and thirty-third years of Her Majesty's reign chaptered eight, and intituled: "An Act to amend the Act, thirty-first Victoria Chapter thirty-three, and to make further provision with respect to the salaries and travelling allowances of the Judges," as provides for payment of any circuit or travelling allow ances to Judges of the Superior Court for the Province of Quebec, attending any other court, is hereby repealed, and the following provisions shall be substituted for it, and shall be held to have been so substituted, as part of the first section of the said Act, from the first day of January, 1871: New provision substituted. Travelling "To each of the Judges of the Superior Court, attending, as such, any Court held at any place other than that at which he is allowances to directed to reside, for each day he is absent from his said place of residence, six dollars: Judges of Allowances in British Provided that any Judge of the Superior Court, required to attend, as such, the Court of Queen's Bench, Appeal Side or Criminal Side, elsewhere than at his said place of residence, during the whole of the term, shall receive the same allowance as a Judge of the Court of Queen's Bench performing the like duty; but this provision shall not apply to a Judge of the Superior Court attending the Court of Queen's Bench, Appeal Side or Criminal Side, for a part only of a term, or for the purpose of disposing of cases already heard, and in the two last mentioned cases the allowance shall be six dollars for each day's absence from his place of residence, except that three day's absence at least shall always be allowed for." 2. To each of the Judges of the Supreme Court in the Province of Manitoba and British Columbia respectively, there shall be paid such travelling allowances as the Governor in Council may from time to time determine. CAP. CAP. XXII. An Act to make provision for the continuation and extension of the Geological Survey of Canada, and for the maintenance of the Geological Museum. W [Assented to 14th June, 1872.] HEREAS the period for which an appropriation is made by Preamble. the Act passed in the thirty-first year of Her Majesty's Reign, Chapter sixty-seven, for the Geological Survey of Canada, will expire on the thirtieth day of June, in the present year, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-two, and it is expedient to make such appropriation for a further period, with such increase in amount as the extension of the Dominion requires: Therefore, Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows: for 5 years, Survey. 1. Out of any unappropriated moneys forming part of the Con- 845,000 approsolidated Revenue Fund of Canada, the sum of forty-five thousand printed yearly dollars shall be annually applied for the term of five years, from from 1st July, the first day of July, one thousand eight hundred and seventy- 1872, for the two, to defray the expenses of the Geological Survey of Canada, during the said term, which sum shall be paid at such times, in such manner, to such persons, and for such purposes relating to the said Geological Survey, as the Governor in Council may from time to time direct, subject to the provisions of the Act respecting the security to be given by officers of Canada, (thirty-first Victoria, chapter thirty-seven) which shall continue to apply to the said Geological Survey, as heretofore, and any balance remaining unex- Act 31 V. c. 37 pended out of the sum appropriated for any one year, may be applied to apply. Unexpended and expended in the next or any subsequent year, in addition to balance in any the sum appropriated for such next or subsequent year. year. persons to 2. The Governor may employ a suitable number of competent Governor to persons to make, continue and complete the Geological Survey of appoint proper Canada, and to furnish a full and scientific description of its rocks, make the soils and minerals, which shall be accompanied with proper maps, Survey, &c. diagrams and drawings, and a collection of specimens to illustrate the same, and may direct the publication of such maps and drawings as he may deem necessary for that purpose, and the deposit thereof in the Geological Museum, as a collection for the whole Dominion of Canada; and the said Museum shall be open at all Publication of reasonable hours to the public, and shall be furnished with such Maps; and books and instruments as may be necessary for scientific reference Museum. and for the prosecution of the Survey, and the Governor may, from time to time, cause the enlargement of the Museum, and the distribution of the publications relative to the Survey, and of duplicate specimens, to Scientific Institutions in Canada and other countries. Geological Certain latitudes, longitudes, and levels to be determined and marked. Salaries and pay. Proviso. Annual Repeal. 3. For the purpose of obtaining an accurate basis from which the Geographical and Topographical features of the country may be ascertained, and for the purpose of connecting together local and partial Surveys, the Director of the Geological Survey shall cause permanent marks in some public buildings, or other marks of a durable description, to be made and maintained at several convenient stations in Canada, and shall fix accurately the latitude and longitude, and the relative levels thereof, as points of reference. 4. The Governor in Council may, from time to time, fix the salaries and pay of the Director and other officers and persons employed in or about the said Geological Survey: Provided that such salaries shall be subject to the approval of Parliament. 5. The Director of the Geological Survey shall make and transmit yearly to the Governor, on or before the first day of May, a report, shewing generally the progress made in the Survey. 6. So much of the Act cited in the preamble, as is in any way inconsistent with this Act, is hereby repealed. CAP, XXIII. Preamble. An Act respecting the Public Lands of the Dominion. WH HEREAS it is expedient with a view to the proper and effi- : PRELIMINARY-INTERPRETATION. 1. This Act shall apply exclusively to the Lands included in Manitoba and the North-West Territories, which lands shall be styled and known as Dominion Lands; and this Act shall be known and may be cited as the "Dominion Lands Act," and the following terms and expressions therein shall be held to have the meaning hereinafter assigned them, unless such meaning be repugnant to the subject or inconsistent with the context; that is to say: 1. The term Secretary of State, means the Secretary of State of Canada. 2. The term Surveyor-General means the said officer, or in his absence the chief clerk performing his duties for the time being. 3. The term Agent or Officer means any person or Officer, employed in connection with the administration and management, sale or settlement of Dominion lands; and the term Local Agent means the Agent for Dominion lands employed as aforesaid, with respect to the lands in question; and the terin Land Office means the office of any such Agent. Agent," "Officer." 4. The term Deputy Surveyor means a Surveyor duly authorized “Deputy Surveyor." under the provisions of this Act to survey Dominion lands. Timber 5. The terin Crown Timber Agent means the local officer ap-Crown pointed to collect dues and to perform such other duties as may Agent." be assigned to such officer, in respect to the timber on Dominion lands. 66 6. The termn Island, as used in connection with timber, mcans an Iland." isolated grove or clump of timber in Prairie. 7. The term Belt, as used in connection with timber, means a “Belt." strip of timber along the shore of a lake, river or water course. 8. The term Clause means a section of this Act distinguished "Clause." by a separate number, and the term Sub-Clause, means a sub- "Sub-Clause." division of any clause distinguished by a separate number in smaller type. 9. The term Canada Gazette means the official Gazette of the Canada Gazette." Government, published at Ottawa. DOMINION LANDS OFFICE. 2. The Department of the Secretary of State of Canada, shall Administrabe charged with the administration and management of the tion and Dominion lands. management of Dominion Lands. 1. Such administration and management shall be effected through a Branch of the said Department, to be known and Office. designated as "The Dominion Lands Office." 2. Copies of any records, documents, plans, books, or papers, Copies of belonging to or deposited in the said office, attested under the Documents. signature of the Secretary of State or of the Surveyor General, shall be competent evidence in all cases in which the original records, documents, books, plans, or papers, could be evidence. not to pur 3. No person employed in or under the Dominion Lands Office Employees shall purchase any of such lands, except under authority of an chase. Order in Council. SYSTEM OF SURVEY. 3. Subject always to the provisions hereinafter made with System of respect to special cases,― Survey. 1. The Dominion lands shall be laid off in quadrilateral Town- Townships to ships, containing thirty-six sections of one mile square in each, contain thirty(except in the case of those sections rendered irregular by the miles, excluconvergence or divergence of meridians as hereinafter mentioned) sive of road together allowances, |