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ZSOMJCarSMa'S"^^""*"-
llSiiiiTiMmTr** *° "« charter of the
3 000 725 860 C
1
ANNO QUINQUAGESIMO TERTIO
VICTORIA REGIN^
CAP. LXVII.
An act to amend the charter of the city of Montreal,
[Assented to 'And April, 1890 ]
WHEREAS the corporation of the city of Montreabreambie.
has, by its petition, represented that it is desi-
rable that more ample powers be granted to it and it is
expedient to grant its prayer ; Therefore, Her Majesty,
by and with the advice and consent of the Legislature
of Quebec, enacts as follows :
1. Every candidate for the office of mayor or alder- certificate of
man siiall be obliged to deposit with the city clerk, S""*""'
along with his nomination paper, a certificate of quali- '"""'"*'"^''
fication duly sworn to.
2. The vote of the council of the said city, granting a certain vote
sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) in aid of the""""''
victims of the fire in St. Sauveur de Quebec, is ratified
and confirmed.
3. The eaid city council, as soon as subways shall c.uncii may
have been constructed, may, by by-law, compel tele- S."/ e't'c'.';'
grapn, teleplione or electric light companies to nut p"' "'"^ •"">"
1 1 .!_ • Jt"'' ground and to
unaer ground their wires which are in streets or lanes ""''""' ''°'*"'
where the said subways shall have been completed,
and cause the posts to be removed ; the whole within
the sii months which shall follow the notice to be
given by the corporation.
It may likewise pass a by-law for the purpose of M«y doAne me-
defining and prescribing the method by which elec- "dt'^tj''''
tricity shall be supplied and applied for lighting, the """""" """'
i*<E«lt»J*WH««l.«l»
-<*«iE
Mjl^''^
Adopt meaBure
for protecting
lives, etc., of
oUlzens, ajid
ooDitruct Bub-
terranean pipes
or tubes for tele-
graph wires,
etc., and lease
same to compa-
nies for remu-
neration.
Arbitration in
case companies
do not agree as
to amount.
Companies may
construct sub-
ways, etc.
Certain con-
tracts not to be
affected by tliis
section.
Power to con-
tract certain
loau for certain
purposns.
Chap. 67. Charter of the City of Montreal. 53 Vict.
intensity and strength of the currents and the insulation
of the wires.
It may, generally, adopt any measure required for
protecting the lives and property of citizens : amongst
others, construct or cause to be constructed subter-
ranean pipes or tubes in the streets and lanes of the
city to receive the telegraph, telephone and electric
wires of the different companies and other companies
of the same kind, in consideration of such annual
remuneration as the council max fix with the consent
of the said companies, or, in default of an amicable ar-
rangement, the remuneration shall be fixed by experts,
one to be named by the city, another by the said
companies, and, in case of difierence of opinion bet-
ween them, the said experts shall name the third ;
finally, if they do not agree upon such choice, the
Superior Court shall appoint such third expert
Any company may construct its own subways with
the consent of the corporation and under the direction
of the city inspector.
Nothing in .his section shall affect the contract now
existing between the city of Montreal and the Royal
Electric Light Company.
4. The corporation of the city is authorized to effect
a loan of two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000.00),
which shall be employed, either for the continuation
of St. Lawrence street from Notre-Dame street as far
as Commissioners street, or in constructing a means of
communications or tunnel from St. Paul street to Craig
street in the said city and across the Cham p-de- Mars,
with ramp along the wharves on Fullum street or
near such street.
Power to con-
tract other loan
^^^^^^^ . *• "^^^ corporation of the city is further authorized
p°ui^08er°' '" to effect a loan not exceeding the sum of one million
dollars, ($1,000,000), the proceeds of which shall be
exclusively employed in making drains and bridges in
the streets of the city, laying sidewalks and in widen-
ing, extending and paving the streets.
1
w:S&s.
■eal. 53 Vict.
dthe insulation
re required for
izens : amongst
tructed subter-
ad lanes of the
le and electric
ther companies
f such annual
ith the consent
in amicable ar-
xed by experts,
r by the said
'f opinion bet-
ue the third;
jh choice, the
expert
subways with
■ the direction
! contract now
ind the Royal
rized to effect
($200,000.00),
i continuation
! street as far
ig a means of
treet to Craig
amp-de-Mars,
um street or
3r authorized
f one million
lich shall be
id bridges in
ad in widen-
1890.
Charter of the City of Montreal. Chap. 67.
The provisions of articles 4529, 4530 and 4531 of the HS-?;;":'AV
4i)iu} 4t>oO lit 4o31
Revised Statutes of the Province of Quebec shall not{'h''etoan^'''^'°
apply to such loan nor to that authorized by the pre-
ceeding section.
8. The council of the city may promuljrate any Powers respeot-
» 1 , , , 1 , , , . inB plumbing
by-law to control and regulate the plumbing and'""i'''"''''"Ho»«-
construction of drains or soil pipes in the houses and
buildings in the said city.
7. The council shall from time to time, appoint by Appointment of
resolution, the number of bailiffs of the Recorder's oS^courV
Court which may be necessary, and may dismiss them
at any time and appoint others in their place and stead.
The bailiffs so appointed shall take the oath of office oatiiofoffloe of
before the recorder.
bailifTa.
8. Section 221 of the charter of the city ot Montreal 62 v., 0.79, a. 221
111 ., . , amended.
IS amended by striking out the words " an extent not
to exceed one third of the cost thereof," aud substi-
tuting therefor the words " and which shall not be less
than one fifth."
». Section 275 of the charter of the city of Montreal "•- ^^w,
^ amenaed.
is amended by striking out all the words after the
word "domicile," and substitutinjr therefor the fol-
lowing words : " No action for such damajres or indem- Limitation of
|~ <= suits for dama-
nity shall he and no judgment shall be rendered unless 8"'
such action has been instituted within six months
after the day the accident happened."
«
10. It is hereby declared that the expropriation Law governing
required to widen St. Lawrence street, in the city of fofSt. Lawrence
-Kir i 1 J 1 1 street widening.
Montreal, and the rights arising therefrom or which
have arisen owing to the said expropriation, have been
and shall be governed, for all purposes whatsoever, by
the act »l-52 Victoria, chapter 79, notwithstanding the
act 52 Victoria, chapter 70 and as if the latter act had
not been passed.
Sm^I
i;-;
11. This act shall come into force on the day of its coming
• sanction. ^'"■"''
into
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ANNO QIINQUAGESIMO (iLAUTU.
YICT; RLE l.!H(IL\J-.
CAP. Lxxvrii.
A.11 Act to amond the charter of the city of Montrwil (188!)).
[Asse/ited to 80//j December, 1890 ]
WHEKEAS it is expedient to extend the powers oftho Preamble
'■ityoi Montreal, iiiid lo amend the aet r)2 Victoria
chapter 79, the charier oiihe .said city ; Therefore, Htr
Majesty, by and with the advice aiid consent of the
Legislature of Quebec, enacts as follows :
1. Article 91 of th- charter of the city of Montr<>al. (52-~' v..c. ri),
V ictona. chapter 19,) is amended by addiu"- the follow^n'r^",'' '" """''"'■
words thereto : "'
" That is to say. that they will lirst make a valuation ■"^'imau.vdh,-
and distUK t roll ol the personal taxi ■. . >
, , , X .„„.,. and water rates, i"''^""''!
also lor each ward ; all such rolls shall be co? . I't d a i . d Iva u^ r"{L
d:'i)osited in the hands of the city treasurer on t r before '"''•■•'"'''"•■""''.
the^ lirst of August, in each year. i-H-i,o»iiuiere.
Two of such assessors may assess the iuimoveables and I'^'^vcrs of aa-
prepare the roll for each ward, and a single assessor may ■^' ■■"""'■
make the roll ot personal tuxes and water rates for each
ward; but such roll shall be subject to revision by a licvi.i.mof
majority of the assessors as herein prescribed. "''^■
At any time after such rolls an; made, the a.ss-s.sors>ui
shall make a supplementary roll, containing the names of'""
all persons omitted from the first rolls "or who have
become liable to the payment of an assessment tax or
other municipal dues what .soever."
2. The city of Montreal is authorized to make aud^-'^y "utho-
execute the following improvements : "'"^^^ ^ •
l<icijieii'
roll.
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l'I*»**«*tU«%-««.s«W*J»l«,., ,.
Cap 78.
Cttf/ of Montreal .
54 Vict.
Da'-'e'r..: ,, i;i'"^iJ*HNotr..-Dainostr.>i.t IVom Lacroix .stm-t to
from i.,u.r.,ix I I'P'n.'iiu A Vduu'. oil til.- north west Mdf, acrordino- fn
^rr;r: ^" h.>molo^at..a plan ol'th. ,.ity lo,- ^U. ^^C^^^^^ ^t
Iam..« wards, and .„ ac.-ordn.,,;,. with thr lorinalitios pre!
«(Tih('d by the said churl. t, ^
Thi-costulsiuh wid,iu.,0 8h.til he paid on.-hall' hv
he cny and he other hnJi' hy the propt'iet.^s of inunov.^
cbJes Mluated on each Mdeol the said portion of Notre-
liaine street to a depth otiilty ieet. on an apportionnu nt
ItM-ied and paid in aceordanee with arti.le 04;. ^,^ .x'
charter. "*^
The provisions of artieh' 24U of th,; eliart-'r shall apply
xv, . „ *" he widetnno. of Notre-Dame str.-et as aloresuid ^^
Widen Bkiiry 2 To widen Uleiivi- >..<,. 4 1 * "-■> ''"'V^'"" '
«trcctfi„m \ - ^o wm. n lit, un Street, between Craio' jiiid Sher-
sS?:^' nH! r^V" "^ aeeordmg ,o the lines ol the homologated
..urbroou ] , , ,, ^y, in ac...ordai,ee with the formalities" pre-
scribed by the said charter. ^
The cost of such wi.lenino- (.hall be paid as follows-
Jiirty-hve thousand dollars by the city and the balail" bv
the proprieors designated by the expropriation eonimis^
bioners as deriving an advantage or benefit from such
W IQClllll 1*' ,
tor's .truer ^ '^-J^l ^iden Inspector's street, from St. Stephen's church
S™^!:,^/^,, oine iZt'io f':;; """f to continu,. the same Irom St. An-
io St. .JanKs '""Y ^f "'^'t to Lagauchetiere street, according to the plan
...ee, and marked A one duplicate vvhereof is fih.d in the office- of the
Licikol the Legislative Council of this Province and
another m the office of the city surveyor in the City Hall
by observing the formaliti..s prescribed by the charter'
Ihecostoi such widrnmg shall be paid as follows: fifteen
thousand doHars by the city and the n-mainder by the pro-
prietors who shall hav.. been designated by the L.xi>ropria.
tion commissioners as deriving an advantage or benefit
irom such widening and continuation •
« Jl' nV'^'". ^'«thedral str<>et, between St Antoine and
and Osborne streets, according to the plan marked E, one
duplicate whm>ofis deposited in the office of th<. Clerk
of the Legislative Council of this Province and the other
m the office^ of the city surveyor in the City Hall, by
observing the formalities required by the charter ^
The cost of such widening shalfbe paid as follows:
fifteen thousand dollars by the city, and the balan<-e by
the proprietors designated by the expropriation commis-
sioners as deriving an advantage or benefit from such
widening. "
The council may also widen the said street, from St
Co.'-t l.y
wlioin to be
paid.
Art. S4!» to
apply.
street.
Cost by
wh<iui to be
paid.
Widen hispee-
street and
from St. An
tolne to l,n-
ffaiKbetiere
street.
Cost bow to
be paid.
Widen Catbe
dral sti'eet
between St.
Antoine and
Osborue
streets.
Copt bow to
be paid.
Same street
from St. An. . -"•" ^-" "-"._y ciiou wiuen me saitt Street, from St
rt:im;r'"i''i°"-' '*Tn*? ^^- ^.'V^^^ ^^^-^^t. and the cost of such
stre(.nr>:i ^'.^'""'IS «hal be paid as follows : fifteen thousand
be paid.
, ,, a ~~ ^.".v. „o iwnuvvo. mieen inousaiid
dollars by the city and the balance by the proprietors who
have been indicated by the commissioners as aforesaid ;
1890.
I
54 Vict.
)ix striM't to
foordincr to
ii'ic and St.
malitit's pre-
oiic-hall" |,y
oi iininoA'e-
11 of Notre-
[lortiojiim'iit
24;j ol the
nIuiII apply
isiiid ;
iiii(l Shor-
lomologatcd
lalitits pre-
a.s follows:
balance by
•11 cominis-
I'l'oni such
oil's church
om St. An-
te the plan
office of the
iviiice, and
^ City Hall,
tie charter.
)ws: lifteeu
by the pro-
' oxpropria-
or boiiefit
ntoine aud
ki'd B, one
I' the Clerk
I the other
y Hall, by
er.
IS follows :
balance by
1 conimis-
from such
, from St.
)st of such
thousand
ietors who
)resaid ;
1890.
Cil)/ of Montreal.
Cap. 78.
8
5. To widen Notre-Dame street.
to the corner of Pretonlaine street, according to the plan f'','""' '^'"'^*
from Frontenac street widen Notre
I I'l'Mllte-
marki'd C,one duplicate whereof is deposited in the office ",»e '^'•- '<>
of the Clerk of the Legislative Council of this Province street.'^" "*
and the othtir in the olfice of the caty surveyor in the
City Hall, by obs<'rving the formalities prescribed by the
charti^r.
The total cost of such widening shall be paid by thMioithy
proprietors who shall have been designated by the expro-p^l'/,""" **"
priation commissioners as deriving an advantage or
benefit therefrom ;
G. To widen the same Notre-Uame stivf>t, from Desery widen Notro
street to the eastern limits of the city, according to the pm',',',' i)'!,'^ry
homologated plan of the said city for Hochelaga ward, l)y '''•'■«M'.' '^'*''-
observing the formalities prescribed by the charter. eUy.""' " '
The total cost of such widening shall be paid by the cost by whom
proprietors designated by the <'xpropriation commissioners *" ''" ''"''*•
as deriving an advantage or benefit therefrom ;
7. To open Pantaleon street from Sherbrooke street to St opm Panta-
Jeau-Baptiste stnu't, according to the plan D, on • duplicate {•ro","si,'cN
whereof is deposited in the office of the Clerk of the iirookc street
Legislative Council of this Provinci' andihe other in ujiptigte""
the olfice of the (Uty surveyor in the City Hall, bystruut.
observing the formalities prescribed in the charter.
The total cost of such improvtnnent shall be paid by Cost by
the proprietors designated by the expropriation commis- p^jd"" *" *'*
sioners as deriving a benefit or advantage therefrom.
8. To extend Vigor Square eastwardly as lar as Cam- Extend Via;er
peau street, and westwardly as far as the south west fi!i''^'pu^^u^''"'
line of the said square, as shown on thi; plan mark'd E, street. &c.
one duplicate whereof is deposited in the office of the Clerk
of the Legislative Council of this Province aud the other
in the olficn of the city surveyor in the City Hall, by
observing the formalities prescribed iu the charter.
The cost of such improvemi>nt shall be paid as follows : Cost how to
th" share of the city shall consist of all the land known''® p*'*^'
under the nair.' .•;' the " Cattle market," estimutt^d at
thirty five thoiisund dollars ; th ^ balance shall be paid
by the proprietors designated by the expropriation com-
missioners as deriving ,. benefit or advantage from such
extensio'i ;
9. To widen St. .Tames street, from Cathedral street to the widen at.
western limits of the city, according to the homologated 'tr',!mKit^fe-
plan of the city for St. Autoine Ward, by observing the ''"'"i ^^'"'^V'.' '"
!■ |.,- -1 1 1 ii 1 western li-
tormalities prescribea by the cliarter. -nits of city.
The cost of such widening shall be paid as follows : Cost bow to
twenty-live thousand dollars by the city and the balance '^''P*''^"
by the persons owning property on St. James street, from
the west si<l(! of McXiill street to the westi'rn limits of the
city, by moans of an apportionment made according to
the charter.
r'>^''*>*>mmmmmm<mmm-
Cap. 78.
City of Montreal.
54 VrcT.
Proviso.
When pro. TVi.. ^, i-
<•.■,, linyni,, -in( piofccdino.s m expropriation shi.ll h«„r v
'•xproprlallon COlIini.-ll, ,.(1 Clirrirrl oiH .,.,,1 ' '"'"V" «"'\"' now.'vcr, bo
toLromn,,.,, lu.n tk "'*''""/' "I "IKl <oriipl<"tr(l dur lliT the vcnr
VViU'd, )V ol)st'rx'inii' +K.. r i- • ■' ■"' •^"'OlUt?
chnrt;.r.- ''"■'^':^"= ^^^^ ionaului..s proscribed by tho
Iht'co.sl oI'kucH vvidfiiimr ■^'.ill K . i p ,,
i;n.-.v..iv,. „.„„„„„, „„„,:':r,; I .'i v" ;,:l " i"" ■■
by ih.. ,„T«„„s oiviii,,^, prop,.,iv „„ thV. i,l i 1 '"""
M,M„,(ai„ „,,„,,, l„ ih.. ,.itv )i„,ik ''' '•-"■'• *'™
111.' proiJiietiirs from Mf'Hiihiin stn.i.t fn n, . ,-. t- ■.
fiba Kot co'iti-ilml,^ 1/ .u'.r J'"' ^'" '*''V limits
1 . roop,.u M.itoi, »t,.,.,.t, from U„iv,.|.» tv' Ktr „.
ob«.vi?;, ti„. f.,r,„.u'i",': pittib^Vbrr;:;.,;;;;;*' ^^
lh« total ,05t of Mi,.h improT. m..iit s h , 1 l! , , ■ i .
vviui u dua extend fet. Lawreuce stre-t so t< fn v,.., ,k
po«e»,„„ brfore the tirst of May, 18S,8, au'd the ;aymS
C!(l.
liii'Ms to l)f
k'vi(.il.
Wl<l(.ii St. All
toliip sin.pi
from Criii
('ost liow t
lie piiicl,
When pro.
t'L'tdllif.Sto 1,(1
coninieiiri'ci
Will Ml of
street.
Proviso n.s to
propriittors
from ^[(iiin-
liiiii .''Ircet
west
f>peii Mill,,!,
slrcci I'riiiii
I'liivrr^itv
f^trect to St.
J.nuiviifu
street.
(-'ost hy
wliom to be
piiid.
Wlien ])!•,).
eefdiiii..,s iju
eoiiiiiiL'ii(.|.(l
and (.Idsed,
Widen St.
Lawr(!iice
.street niid ex.
'end it so us to
rcueli wliar
vtis.
54 Vict.
howt'vcr, bt'
'iiig thv year
uIno bi' iNta-
y be jxiyablo
iiicntN i'l.r the
It'vit'd and bo
ut its loiiotJi,
lily, iiccoi'd-
" >St Anioino
bed by thi!
as follows :
the biiliiiicc
>**t. Aiitoine
to the char-
iwevcr, not
Y fet't, I'rom
i«ft, from
'•ity limits
Miinir from
•r lorty five
ivid.'d and
i propertv
str.'ct to
ihI i,lan of
wards, by
iter.
I' paid by
n coxnmis-
■oct.
vvcver, be
-ly, 1892 ;
ween the
authoriz-
s to reach.
lau murk-
fiotiof'the
■' and the
r hall, by
charter ;
ke place
n which
■ ; I'xcept
■rt'gafion
not laku
payment
18!I0.
Cih/ of Montreal.
Qix\.
<o.
of which Hhall hi' made by the ,ity only at that date the
ii8K.-Hsinent lor the iMu poses of th<- said improvement beini;
made, nevertheless, and I he part of the assessment due
by th.' Ladl.'s oi the CoimTejiatioti shell l),e(in.e exiojble
only when they shall n-eeiv. th.- ai... -.it ol their urdeni-
nity.
And lurther to open an undevoToand passa-e b 'tween Open „n
M. l^raneis and ( raiy street, with a hiyh levd road aloi'f '""''■'-'■'"""'
niesan undergnmncl passage f- ni St. Francis street to iw^eJfs; Fran-
xsotre-j^aiiie street as shown on the plan marked ( i . one du- 'I" "',"' ^''■'"-
plicate whereof IS deposited in the olli.'e „l the Cli rk of
th.. Lejrislative Coniieil of this I>rovince and the other in
the otli.e „| (lie .'ity surveyor in the ,iiy hall, by observ-
mii- the lorinahtu's prescribed by the charter
The homologated plan of the eity shall be altered and MoaULatlon
morlUied t,y the city surveyor in accordance with the said"'i'".;""'',"-"i-
plans F and G; and the said city is also auth..rixed tor'nafi/t'-l.e.
makeand enter into any affiveinent with the Canadian 1'.",';' " '.',''<'•
Ricihc Kailway ('ompany whi^^h may be necessarv Ibr'i-i." "'-
♦he purposes of the improv.-ment hereinabove seco'ndlv
mentioned. ■>
«mnnnl""r?'^'l^' the city was authon. .d to HfeC, ,c. t he A„p,i..,i„„of
amount oi two hundred thousand dolhrs, by the .,ct -,3 i"»i">>"i<'r.^3
Vhtoria, chapier 07, section 4, -shall b. applied to the''"" '^ "'' "• *■
extensiouandwKh'ninj.- of St. Lawrence street as far as
mewharve.s as aforesaid and to the construct ion of an
under-round passai-v and hia'h level road in Berrv street-
but the .siud amount rd the loan shall l)e divi.I. d b .tweeii
the said two improvements in pro-portion to the e.,st of
each respective'y. and the balance of the cost of su.'h im-
provements shall be b(,rne and pai.l uceordin"- to an an-
portumment which .hal- be made upon the inrniovcal/ki
which shall be designated by the exiuoprial ion commis-
sioners as f)enehtino. by th." said improvements, to the
exclusion, however, ol the immoveables whi<-h h :ve l)e<.i,'
assessed for the widenino. of S(. Lawrence street, betw-'en
Craig and Mierbrooke streets seeing the heavy amounts
a heady levied upon su.-h immoveables for the widonin-r
of St Lawrence street between the said two noi nts • "
]d. io widen ISotre Dame street, from Chaboilley Snn..r-. w,, ^
to the south-westeni limits of the'eitv, to a wldJi;^^?;^ ^e^i^;:!^
t^et, according to the lines shown on"the plan m.irk.-d H w"'',V,"';!'"J'"'
cno duphcat,e whereof is deposited in the oliiee olX^e^ -•"' "-t!"
in the olhce of the city surveyor in the city hall, by ob-
•^erv-ing the formalities prescribed bv the charter ^
Ihe cost of such widening shall be paid one hail bvthe r ♦ ,
CI y and the other half'by the propr,et!>rs of immo -I^U^ "^^^X be
situated on each side of the said Pm-Hoi, of NWr • n,. l""''-
street betwin^n Chaboille.Squar,- ami the said south-wesJ"
<3rn limits of the city, by an apportionment, to be levied
•6
Cap. 7d.
City of Montreal.
o4 Vict.
Anielcs 34!»
unci 'I'l", of
i'liiirtci- to
apjily to
wiilt'iiirii; of
Btreetti iiiuu
upon th;,- said imuiov,-able,s, to a d.^pth of fifty feet bv the
codun-'""'^'"" '''""'"''•'''*"'''■■"' '^y 1','llowiu^Mhe usual pro-
The provisions of artich^s 249 and 253 of th,^ charter
with respect to the widening of St. Lawrence and Notre-
Dame streets, ram M.-dill street to ChaboiUez Square,
tio„«d:,uhi. h„t Ih''^^^ **' ^V' ^•"^^^'''"'^'yt goveriied by this section,
section. ■ ^^"t the proceedinffs ior such improvement .shall not b>-
commenced before the year 18!);J.
umk'r "<! \k ill •*• "^y "ght to A-eto or to oppose, granted to the intorest-
3l^'M!;t«p.!''^^'Y T^^""''"''^*'^'^""''' I'^'^'i'l^l. of article 21:5' of
piv to above tne Charter, does not m any way apply to the improve-
.;;;_;;-- ments abov.- mentione<l and to those whi<di may hi made
nor to those under anich' 222 of the said charter
umier articlu
Compensa. ■*• Tenants affected by the procee.!in"-s in exnronri'iiion
uont,..e..,,u., which may be had for the imVrovemen^s above dTdbed
m cases m which the leases are dat<-d after the date upon
which the Road Comraitte(^ adopted the reports respect-
ing the improvements authorized by this act, shall be com-
pensat^'d only for the year for which the expropriation is
carried out.
orXa,;;:";:':, ,, ^- .^"*^" the interests of public health shall require,
jmb/^t^uh • ''^^ ^""^ '''^'''' *^*' "^onstruction of sewers or drains
it>, whK^h shall be bound to pay its share of the cost of
such sevvers or drains, in the same manner as proprietors
vnthia the limits of the city.
^'ln'iy'^.""^.^'• ''^^'\ '''^ ''\ Victoria, chapter 47, does not apply to
anli^'n^Vr'^ . Souvenir and " Pacific " streets, nor to " Woodstock "
"" • and Brandon squar-s, marked and designated on the
p an mark.-d l%oue duplicate wheivof is d-posit^'d in ifie
(>lh<-e of t^he Clerk of the Leu-islative Council of thi. Pro-
vince and the other in the office of the city surveyor in
Ai-l. M-i-Xui
eliarler re-
plaeeil.
When e\pr
jiriullons m
take plaee.
7. Article 222 of the ..barter of the city is repealed and
replaced by the following :
;' '^^. Every year after JSOO, and at any time deter-
m ned by the council by by-htw, th.- expropriation shall
akepfae(> of the immoveables or parts of immoveables
belonging to proprietors who, after the homologation of
the general plan of the city or of the plan of one of the
wards th.reoi. shall oft-r to cede and shall cede to the citv
such i.nmoveable.s and parts of immoveables comprised
between the former hues of streets and squares and ■
new lines as indicated on the said plan.
\
o4 Vict.
18!)0.
Cilu of Montrenl.
Cap. 78.
I
The proceedings in .xproi.riution shall be in aocordauco kv u„„, .«„•
witii tile lornialities prescribed by the charter. n^nyriwX.
lluvyever, sueh proprietors shall not be indemnified by \vh,.„ p,o
the city, on iiccount of sueh immoveables or parts ofi"'''"'" '" ''^
immoveables so e.'ded to the city, until the city shall hav ""''""''"'^''■
levied and received the amount of the indemnity by
means ot an api-ortionment mad.- bv the commissioters
111 the maniu'r prescribed by the charter ; and the deposit, h-, .
which the (uty trc.asurer is bound to make in such -^ Tnll^jr"
cases 111 the hin.ds of the prothonotary, shall only be so
made as the assessment levied upon the proprietors b ■iie-
hted by the improvements, is collected by the (ntv Pro- v ■
vided always that the said indemnity be paid at least w'Su" '"
wfthiii the two years after the expropriation or the cissiouHn.',''" '■"'"''°
to the city." '-•
H. In order to remove all doubts, it is hereby declared ^..li.,,. .-5^ of
that uotwithslandinjr the repeal of section 32 of the act-'Y- '• '-
2o Victoria^,Jiapter 72, by articl.. 241 of the act of this -Hm^lluicu
Province, d< VictonM. chapter 51, the said section 32 htis '"-''='"■"'•
uot ceased to be u fee and shall continue to be in force.
». The city council is authorized to grant the follow- (Vrtain bon-
ing bonuses or indemnities. iisu.s author-
L .' \.'^'f^''':''' thousand dollars, to William Pattou, formerlv ""''
chiet of the Fire Brigade ; ''
2. One thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars to
Dame Llizabeth Boyd, widow of the late cUy treasurer,
James t. ]J. Black ;
3. One thousand s(iven hundred and fifty dollars, to
Dame Elizabeth Troutbeck, widow of the late supininten-
dent ot the (uty water-works, Louis Lesage ;
4 Eight hundred dollars, to Dame Rosalie Desiirdins
widow ot the late deputy chief of police, C. P. Naan-le • '
5 Nine hundred dollars, to Dame Mary Muir, wido'w
oi the late city assessor, A. Hamilton :
6 Three hundred and iifty dollars, to Dame Josephine
JNorinandm dit Beausoleil, widow of the late superin-
tendent of tSt. Helen's Island Park. D. Soupras ;
7. Three hundred and fifty dollars, to Dame Mathilda
Kacine. widow of the late clerk of Papineau Market, C
Daunais
But the said city council is forbidden to grant any None to be
such bonuses hereafter, under any consideration. K^ranted in
future.
10. Paragraph 45 of article 140 of the charter is § 35 of art. i40
reidaced by the following : ropiacua.
"45. To regulate the width of wheel tires of waggons, wuiti, .f
drays and other vehicles carrviujj heavv loads, .and t-^ «ii«''it»fi« of
or prohibit the use of such vehicles iu 'such otreets oriT,'.TT t"'l'y
sections of streets as the council may see fit " iw, "^ '''^'''
Ciff/ v.f Montreal.
54 Vict.
be tiilu'u l]y
sluiiii;;r;ij)li'y.
Parties imiy
appear Ijv at.
toriiey, »ve
Eaeli einiiii
to he pro-
ilDiiiued
upon.
8 Cap. 78.
«^'eeth!r„:^>- " ' lu oascs of oxpi'opriatiou for th e wideninrr of streets
be iu writinic. ^ '"' .^^^^ paitics shall hav." a no-ht to produce belbre the
witnesses to (''^ ^ '^^'^•^Po^itious of the wituosses shall bo tak(>u bv
. hMio^raphy and Iranscribed if the commissioners n-lire
It or It the case is tak<-u into review
(r) Th- parties shall have a ri-ht to be represeiitc>d bv
e^wS .'':"""!"' the witnesses and to io^^K^miS
f je uitn.vvsses produc-ed by the other party.
^ubmiUed ^=^;""^''^-7^V,'^f «hall proiiou.ice upon .aeh claim
. 1 ; r 'r^, ^V'^ ^^^'"''' '"^J ^vi^i'^Ji they reject
h^'Xir ^' ' "''^''^' '^" indemnity to be puid L eL5a
I>eposUionsto^"V> a^u
J^-™ '%la^ Jttn ir'^'^rT' '^"^^ ^'"""^ to their report the
Uai. IS piodu.'ed, the depositions of the witnesses a-id 'ill
Appeal a„ou-. ' ^^ ^^^^^^ produced before them. ' ^ '^^
f/i Ihe parties may appeal to the Court oflic'view
^vl hin the eij..ht days after the homok,^atiou by the H i^I
nor Court ol the ,x-port of the commis,sioners, by a simple
uiscription (with the usual dc.po.it) ; which oourt shtll
ZT^r'''^ '''''''''' :K.cid;;upon IhT^li-its^
^ bm ji tipp''al.
Such eases shall have precedence iu the Court of Review.
Ih :^ ijf l"^;,^' ^''"•''^" ^^'*^^" ^I^P^^^'- the amount of
whiehl!!llf^^^ •''"'"'? /u^ '^''' ^■''''^' «^' t'^^' corporation
cent '^' interest thereon of the rat.' of ibur per
The city may, however, take possession of the immove-
s loners has been hom<-'Iogated.
ihlt\ :1'T '^f i'l-^^JJ^''^'^-"* with this act is repealed, and
ihis act shall not atiect p.mding cases.
oil 1(1 court
review
PreeeUeiiee of
sueli eases.
Peiiiliii"'- IV.
view, aiiioiiiit
of awiiril til
remain witii
city.
ProiKtrty may
be tulven pos.
session of.
Iticoiisi stent
acts repealed
anil jieiuliny
<"ases not at',
iei'teil.
■■-oniing into
force.
'
W
S«- This act shall come into force
sanction.
on the day of its
54 Vict.
iig of streets
tt'd that :
i before the
1 as a state-
! taken by
lers require
'seiiti'd by
ss-exiirniue
each claim
they reject
id for each
report the
es, and all
r Review,
the riupe-
7 a simple
3urt shall
merits ol
f'lleview.
imouiit of
rpo ratio Ji
four per
immove-
oomrnis-
aled, aud
V of its
ANNO QUINQUA(iE,SIMO-gUINTO ET yUIN(^>rAfiESIMO-SEXT<)
VICTORI/E REGIN.E.
C A r . X L I X
An Act to amend the charter of the city of Montreal.
[Assented to 2Ath June, 1892.]
WHEREAS it is expedient to deline and increase the Preamble.
powers conferred upon the city of Montreal by its
charter, 52 Vic.-toria, chapter 79, as amended by the acts
53 Victoria, chapter t>7, aud 54 Victoria, chapter 78 ;
Therefore, Her Majesty, by and with the advice and con-
sent of the Legislature of Quebec, enacts as follows :
I. The subscription ol Hve thousand dollars voted by the Cctain sub-
council of the city of Montreal, on the ninth March, 1891,s"|i;i'o"
in aid of the unfortunate victims of the disaster atconfimie^'^
Springhill, in the Province of Nova Scotia, is ratified and
confirmed.
2. Section 34 of the act
replaced by the following
52 Victoria, chapter 79,
IS .i2 v., c. 7l»,
8. .'M, replaced:
" 34. In preparing the voters' list, the assessors shall Division of
subdivide each ward into as many electoral districts as they ^erfo,,;,"*",;
may deem convenient, each of the said districts to contain two trkts!' " '"*"
hundred voters or thereabout, shall make a report in
duplicate of such subdivision, shall sign the same and
retain one duplicate thereof, and transmit the other to
the city clerk ; they shall make out, for each such electoral Ai,.baiieticai
district, an alphabetical list of voters, which they shall sign,"'*"' ''""'•
certifying that it is correct to the best of their knowledge
and belief, and shall deliver the same to the city clerk prior
to the first day of December ; and, at any election ^eld
under this act, each of such electoral districts shall constitute
a polling district for such election; but the board of Union of such
revisers may unite several of such districts in one poll, f;,^*;'^'=,^'j^
provided the number of qualified voters in such united event. '
districts does not exceed three hundred."
Cap. 49,
Cily of Montreal.
55-56 Vict.
mg
stoik. said council to withdraw fr^^v, ^/ T .• ^^wlul ior the
the three per cen conSdated loT^^^'"" '""^ P°^'^i«» «f
sold, by means of debentu^^^^^^^^ "^'^^ f ^^l^^^'^ ^eeu
ao.km.yi,. 52 Victoria, chapter 711 firi„!!.r . ''"?.>31 of the act
"■"""- stock at three per cent ',Jw? k ',"". "' ""'™' °n «ivic
interest vvhfch mav here i-.r,^''''"'" '7 '>'S''" ^tc of
four per cent, S t^C^.tSXX^^J^l^''^' "'
Section 12.3 of the charter is replaced by the follow
fluatfcf com3ea1"S''n Sr,r * '" '"'"^'y- «"»
otth:i=-;:rt:eSS™^^
■shall make an appropriaSon of tt/ ^!^' *^'' ^"""^'^
the city, and for suoh «!nm nc ei,„ii u • "^^^ '*>'
year for the sinking fund " ^' ''^^"""^^ ^^"'"'^ ^'^^
streets, pavin- LhLI "/ =' ■^''**'".^^"= ^'' «P«»i'^-
statement wre°r;ofshalSd^S"''°'!, ''^ ^^'^^tor- works, a
an estimate by the heads of fhe T'^'f T^ '^''''^'^'^^ '''^^^
the probable Jost oftt olsth^tSe r ^'^^ ^'^'^^
to meet unforeseen wanS^ ° ^ ' ""^^^ exclusively
I<i-,sec. 123,
icplaced.
Interim np-
riropi'iation f'oi-
cunent ex-
penses to lie
made p.nil
when.
Annual ap-
propriation
f'ore.\-penili-
ture for tisual
j'ear to be
made for :
Payment of
interest ami
(Sinking fund ;
Ord;aary
expcndltiiro ;
Cost of con-
tomplatod mi
proveruwits.
rnfore-
soen expen-
ses.
«. Section 124 of the charter is replaced by the following
Id., .sec. 121,
re))liiciHi.
-Appropriation n |>k« v< ' '-'
of such receipt. r;S&eSS'':fd'°to'','i. *"""■?
ableamonntof anv loon u lh„riJI.^ k !?■ ° ""' "''"'-
ameudtncnts; but ' .rStrtar 'ai '" P^Z^^
55-56 Vict.
may, at the
^d perpetual,
? sections 128
iwfiil Jbr the
ch portion of
lot have been
be made in
charter and
nond the by-
1 of the act
^rest on civic
igher rate of
the limit of
id act.
the follow-
lanuary, the
piiation lor
g the period
■"■y and the
'\ ided for ;
have force
Hide. And,
he council
ecessary to
providing:
bt due by
during the
)f the city ;
ts for the
>!' opening
T-worlcs, a
:ified, with
nts, giving
it on the
xclusively
1892.
Cil^ of Montreal.
Cap. 4d.
bllov
■vnig :
^e amo-int
e balance
he avail-
t or by its
emporary
Bonds " the amount of the proprietors' shares of such im- 'ssueofteni-
provenients, until such time as the special assessment levied C^Zl!ail'^'
i i^ l\\ \ L-i £-4 ^ l\^
j.iv.) miKill.-i, iiiiiu Blll^il LHUe its ll.tJ
therefor shall have been collected.
imrposes.
«. Section 90 of the said charter is replaced by the fol- r.i., .sc. 9«,
lowing: replucf.l.
" »«. Upon the completion of the assessment roll of any x^tice of
ward or wards, the assessors shall give notice of such com- louipiption of
pletion by advertisements in the newspapers specifying in i'^'n"'""""'
such notice the delay for examining such assessment l-oll,
which shall not be less than eight days from the date of the
last insertion of such advertisement, and fixing the days on
which such assessment rolls will be revised respectively.
Sucli revision shall not be made later than the twentieth wi.en r.-visio..
ot August in each year for the water-rates and personal '» Ijc made,
taxes, nor than the twentieth of September for the assess-
ment roll of immoveables.
Ill, sec 97,
replutt'd.
Hearing of
coinplnmfs
iigniiJt^t a.s-
se.ssinoat roll
iind (lufisiim
thereon.
T. Section !>T of the said charter is replaced by the fol-
lowing :
" »7. On the day lixed by such notice, the assessors
shall meet in their oflice, in the city hall, and shall hear
and examine all complaints that may be brought before
them, m oonformity with such notice, respecting any entry
in such assessment roll ; they shall make an entry of each
ot such complaints in the register, and may adjourn, from
time to time, as may be necessary to hear audi determine
such complaints ; and it shall be the duty of the assessors
to hear and examine on oath, such person and any wit-
nesses appearing before them ; and they shall consider all
evidence adduced touching such entry, and, as the case may
be, may confirm or amend it, and they shall notify the
complainant thereof, by causing a written or printed notice
to that eilect to be mailed to him through the post office.
Each of the assessors is authorized to administer the
oath or affirmation, as the case may be, to the interested
parties and their witnesses.
No complaint as to any entry in any assessment roll
shall be received after the day fixed for the examination
and revision of such roll.
The assessors shall keep a summary record of their pro-
ceedings upon all complaints made to them,
8. Section- 1 of the act 54 Victoria, chapter 78, is replaced 5^ v.. c rs,
by the following : b. l, replneed.
" 1, Section 91 of the charter of the city of Montreal, (52 52 v,, c. 7i»,
Victoria, chapter 79), is amended, by addim? the followinc'-,^'' "™'^"'*-
words thereto ; ^ s k ed.
" That is to say, that they will first make a valuation roll ""'y "''«8-
of all the immoveables for each ward, and a separate and STng' a.-
By whom
oath may he
lulministercd.
Complaints
not to he
received after
ciicli time.
Record of pro-
ceedings to be
kept.
4
Oap. 49,
City of Montreal.
55-56 VlC!T.
^e^samen, aistmct roll ofthe personal taxes and water rates also Y.r
W„ea,.on. to;;«ch ward; the roll of personal taxes an? wate rVei sha^
....o.p,etH be completed ami deposited in the hands of he trtsure
on the hrst ol Sei)tember in each venr n.wl iuJ » I
=:-l;!:i^;pr4::.^h:'Sire"h w^^ *'•' innuo^^ables and
'V'l''^'''''^''''-mavmaketI,P vnn t- ', ."^ ^"*' ot such assessors
ai.ax»-.an,i '"^V make the roil ot personal taxes and water rite^ Tor
war..,. ,,„.. each ward ; but such roll shall be subject t. revision bv a
majority o the said assessors, as herein\,re^; ibed ^
At any tune alter such roils are made the assessors shall
rso'ns' o3 Tr'"^."",'. ^""^^•"•"' the "an's o a
nhlw . T ^ ^'''"' .*^'' ^"'"^ '■«" or Who have become
imSuHM,! •*• It ^^hall be lawful for the city treasurer to make entrie<,
rl[!i;">'%tE'"^« -• --dits on the/marginofVhe sad^o
tr<.«su«^r. ^^ ^°"*' however, in any way altering or chandno- the «,«i/l
Decision of rolls ; but the decision of the assess or? Z Mo i -^
assessors mav bv the rifp r>oTn.vc. i. ^"« ^ssesfcors on the claims made
be mention..,! ""^ /^^ rate-payers, n accordance with the precedino. pro-
1892.
water rates.
I'e vision liy
njajority.
Supplement
ar_\ roll.
lie mentioned •■ ■ - i -j ■■ , -— iwvuiuuiuu \\ iin me preCCf
on rolls. A isious, may be brielly mentioned on the said rolls
52 v., c. rn. s.
92, aniendcd
School tn.ves
may be in-
eluded in
legister.
Revision of
panels by
treasurer.
Certain im-
provementa,
notwithstand-
ing 54 v., c.
78, s. 2, § 12,
to be com-
pleted by cer
tain time.
Application
of certain
loan.
Payment of
surpUis cost.
and with the same formalities; the treasurer m^y7sore^S
the panels ol such school roll in the same maniiei and fo
the same eHect as if they were in a separate booHr roU.
sec*tL^?S*^'l'^"'^'o= !¥u P^-°^''«>ons contained in sub-
section 12 of section 2 of the act 54 Victoria, chapter 78
the proceedm-s m expropriation, and the construction
■stre:?sha?rbf ' ^^^'. ^^^ an' elevatef road in B ^y
street, shall be commenced immediately after the nresent
«ioof f fet^Lambert and the opening of St. Lawrence
eic^ to^The :^uV'o? & ooV by' tS acttstct i^^
chapter 67, section 4 shall be SeXu ^oVe ^^^t
rnent hrst mentioned, and the balance shall be apSfed to
the improrement mentioned in the second place -^^hesur!
plus of the cost will be paid by the whole c?ty by means
J27 ofThf'";'-^o vT^""^.^^"«^t«d according ?o^ sSn
1^7 ol the act o2 \ictoria, chapter 79.
I
I
^^m^AmSSSSB^
55-5»3 Viof.
• rates, also lor
.'ater rates shall
t'lhe treasurer,
the assessment
moveables and
such assessors
'ator rates tor
> revision by a
ribed.
assessors shall
3 names of all
3 have become
'r other muiii-
make entries
the said rolls ;
ngiug the said
i claims made
>receding pro-
rolls.
hapter 79, is
hereof.
:luded in the
immoveables,
lay also revise
inner and to
3ok or roll.
ined in sub-
chapter 78,
construction
cad in Berry
the present
>r the widen-
St. Lawrence
finished by
ithorized to
53 Victoria,
he improve-
■ applied to
ce ; the sur-
, by means
? to section
1892/
Citt/ of Montreal.
Cap. 49.
I». When a proprietor cedes gratuitously to the city any Exeu-ption of
land for a street traversing his property, the remainder of '^'''■'"'" ''"'i'- .
the property, fronting on the new street, mav, by re.solution ■iSonK,',','.
ot the council, be exemi)ted, whollv or in part, from (ho ""■"'"'''■'^'^■
apportionment necessitated by the opening of such street ;i"'i,',',!'u
provided that the part so exempted has a depth of not "»■"■'' iTi .ir-
more than one hundred and fifty fcL., '"'" "'"'■
It. The agreemtnt entered into between the city and (Vrtnin
Horrnidas Laporte, Jean Baptiste Manin andJo.seph Octave "!<"'"'iient3
Boucher, importers and grocers, of the city of Montreal, on'"'''"''
the 13th February, 1891, and executed the same day before
Mtre Onesime Marin, notary, is hereby ratified aiid con-
firmed ; as well as the agreement come to under the same
conditions respecting a lot of land situate on Mountain
street, known as the " Boys' Home.''
Ifi. Sub-section 9 of section 2 of the act 5 4 Victoria,
chapter 78, is amended by substituting a sum equal to one
half of the cost of the expropriation as the (Uty's contri-
bution towards defraying the cost of widening St.
James street, for that of twenty-five thousand dollars,
in consequence of the damages which mt^y have been
caused to the interested parties by the delays which
have hitherto prevented the accomplishment of the
proceedings in expropriation; provided that no damages
can be claimed from the corporation by reason of the
delays incurred in the expropriation ; and the city is
authorized to resume and continue such proceedings by
and through the commissioners already appointed for
such expropriation, or M'ho may be lawfully appointed in
the cases provided for by the charter.
The first section, from the city limits to Motuitain street,
shall be completed on or before the first day of May, 1893*
and the second section, from Mountain to Cathedral' streets'
on or before first of May, 1893 ; but the cost of the improve-
ment of the second section shall not be paid for by the citv
until first of May, 1895 ; provided always that the said city
annually pays the interest upon the indemnity allowed up to
the payment thereof.
The city is empowered to take possession of the land
and buildings expropriated, immediately after the horn
legation of the award of the commissioners,
16. Notwithstanding the provisions of sub-section 13 54 V., c. 78.
of section;2 of the last mentioned act, the city is authorized '^ 2, § i;f,
to commence proceedings in expropriation for widening dt^'authoWz-
JNotre-Dame street, frora Chaboillez square to the south- e<i to oom-
western limits of the city, immediately after the present ^/pTopSa
at once.
i>\ v., c. ■'?,
s. 2, § !i,
amended
lef^pcctinir
ciU' 's I'onti-i-
luitioii to e.\.
Jicnse of
uideiiiiig St.
.(iimt's streel.
Proviso.
Continuation
of procced-
itips.
When first
section to lie
completed.
Second sec-
tion.
I'ayment of
costs on
second sec-
tion by city.
Proviso.
When city
may take" pos-
session of
land.
6
I
Cap. 40.
I'ily of Montreal.
So-fifJ
> .<:'T.
1 gtli of
siltiii^s of,
1111(1 ffCS
luiyaljle to
i'ominis:«ioii-
fi's ill cxpm-
liriatioii.
!),
52 v., (■
8. i;!(l. re-
Iiiaced.
Applictitioii
or remain-
ilcr of issue
to certain
purposes.
Power rfinnt-
ed to city to
l^iass ti3--li(\vs
tor :
Ordinary ne-
cessary work
to be done
on private
streets, &c. ;
Prohibiting
drivers from
soliciting;
Prohibiting
soliciting pas-
sengers,, itc. ;
Levying taxes
on telegraph,
telephone and
Bleotric light
poles, &c. ;
Regulating,
&c.| construe
tion of build-
ings,
session of tho Legislature of the Provinee of Quebec and to
ir»ed" ""'" '''^^''"^ iMtenuption tm.il lull/"!,!
IT. Ill view of the Ion- delay,swhirh have ocin.red in
the proceedin...s in the expropriation, to the gnvtl detriment
ot the part.e,s interested, and the dilio.onee and pro,n,.tness
required o effect unprovement.s when once ordered bv th,"
competent authorities, the commissioners in expropriation
.hall, to have a right to their tees,hereafter be bound to .sit at
least four hours a day until they have sio-ned their report
and hav.. a Iso completed the roll of apportionment ; provided
that the interested parlies are ready to proceed.
I«. Section ISO of the act .52 Victoria, chapter 79, is
replaced by the following; • , <«
" 1J««. The reraaind.'r of the is.sue, hereby authorized, .shall
e used for permanent and other work.s, L at presen pro-
Mded under existing statutes, that is to say : (1) Mater-
works, (2) drainage (3) street opening or widening. 4) street
paving and sidewalks. (5) fire and police station^ (6) public
markets, (7).permanent works to prevent inundations, (S)
hospitas for epidemic diseases, (9) levelling and finishi ,-
Fl«f r^°'7-^' £,"!« .^^-^n'le. Cedar avenue, St. Catherine
Mst, Champlam, Plessis, up the sum of seventy thousand
dollars, (10) and the establishment of incinerators.'
I». In addition to the objects for which the city council
IS already authorized to pass by-laws, power is herebv
granted it to adopt by-laws for the following purposes •
1 . To oi-der necessary work to be done in private streets
and have the expense thereof paid by ownei4 of properties
therein, when the majority of such proprietors apply for
the same ; ' 1 1 '/
2. To prohibit drivers of public vehicles from solicitiu"-
passengers outside of their stands ; i'^'nii^
3. To prohibit any person from soliciting passen<rers for
licensed carters or hotels, or from acting as lunners oi- agents
for any licensed carter within the city limits •
nlv ^''}''''y^ ^ax on each telegraph, telephone and electric
fight pole, and on the wires attached thereto, provided that
the said tax does not exceed twenty-five cents per Dole
andone per cent of the value of the wires attached the-
reto, and to collect the amount annually from the proprie-
tors thereof. Nothing m this subsection shall afllct the
rights required by the contract entered into between the
oiij of Montreal and the Royal Electric Company ■ I
Ja^lZt^J ^''\ ^«J«""i"l the materials, dimensions j
muklingo to be crcc ed on either side of streets which may
be widened or lengthened. ^
1892.-
20. '
of thcl
chapter
" To
Craig st
tho hoir
, street, ii
I Mounta
western
Thee
half by
rains) al
portioni
The ]
limits o
widenin
in the sj
street, si
Mountai
The I
lini.shed
Craig tc
first of IV
i tho west
ofSt.'Ca
; Hochela;
city, the
street, to
that part
one quar
the said i
ward, as
Lawronc
with the
But su
five feet
street.
; The CO
authorize
force tho
other roll
The CO
Xotre-Da
avenue, i
the other
Notre-lJai
square to
^^^«W^t>«>^^-.»^H
5/)-i5(5 X.CT.
jf Quebec, and to
iiiilil lullv (oiii-
[ivft ocruirocl ill
' groat doliinu'iit
and pioni])(ni'S8
!e urdcivdby thr
in exi>ropri"ation
e bound lo sit at
;'ned their report
iraent ; provided
ceed.
, chai)ter 79, is
authorized, shall
at present pro-
ly : (1) water-
lening-. (4) street
ittions, (6) public
nundations, (H)
and finishin^r
le, St. Catherine
venty thousand
a-ators."
the city couneil
wer is hereby
J purposes :
private streets,
rs of prop(>rties
stors apply for
I'rom solicitiu"-
passengers for
nners or agents
>ue and electric
provided that
ents per pole
attached the-
n the proprie-
lall affect the
between the
pany : )
Is, dimensions |
id adopted for |
ts which luay
»M-&jm^ms:-
1802;
Citi/ of Montreal.
Cap. 49.
20. The word " also, " in the fourth line of section 108 i.i., scr los
' of the English version of the said charter, is struck out. 'imomicd. '
t
? ai. Sub-.section 10 of section 2 of the act 54 Victoria, ^-i v., c. 78,
(;hai)ter 78, is repealed and replaced by the Ibllovving ; ' ';, ;|\* '"-
^ "To widen St. Antoine street throughout its length, from u'i'ien'i „f
Craig street to the western limits of the city, accordiu"- to"^' Amoin,!
, the homologated plan of the city for St. Antoine ward. Such Urai^ siZi,
I street, in luture, to be eighty feet widi' between Craig and '^"'' '"■'"'■
/ Mountain streets, and sixty feet from the latter street to the "*"" """'"'"'
western limits of the city.
^ The cost of such widening shall be paid as follows : one
5 half by the city and the other half by the proprietors (rive-
rains) along the said St. Antoine street by means of an ap-
portionment made according to the charter.
The i^roprietors, from Mountain street to the western
limits of the city, shall not contribute to the cost of the
widening from Craig street to the said Mountain street, and,
in the same manner, those, from Craig street to Mountain
street, shall not contribute to the cost of the widenino- from
Mountain street to the limits of the city. °
The proceedings in expropriation, however, shall bewii.n,,,,,-
iini.shed betore the first of May, 1895, for the section from "'"'""-^ '"
Craig to Mountain street, and shall be finished before the to ''c'^i,;;^!;:^.
Just ot May, 1896, for the section from Mountain street to
the western limits of the city.
I
!-*-^. The cost of the expropriation for the prolongation
oi St. Catherine street from Havre street to De l.,ery street
Hochelaga ward, shall be paid as follows : one half by the
city, the balance by all the proprietors {riverains) along the
street, to wit: one quarter l)y the proprietors (riverains) alono-
that part of the said prolonged street in Hochelaga ward and
one quarter by the proprietors (riverains) along that part of
the said street situated in the remaining part of Hochelao-a
ward, as well as in St. Mary's, St. James, St. Louis and St.
Liwyrence wards, by means of an assessment in accordance
with the charter.
But such assessment shall be made on a depth of seven ty-
hve feet on each immoveable situated on each side of the
street.
_ The commissioners, named for the said expropriation, are
^ authorized to make special assessment rolls to put- into
Jorce the provisions of the present section and to cancel any
other roll made for that purpose.
The cost of the expropriation made for the widenino- of
Aotre-Dame street, between Lacroix street and Papineau
avenue, shall be paid as follows : one half by the city and
the other half by the pronrietors (rinerain'^^ alnu"- -aid
Nolro-lJame street to a depth of fifty feet from balhousie
square to In-ontenac street.
(Just, of ox-
propi'iiUioii
ibi' (iroloiiifii-
tioii ot St.
Catlieriiie
street, from
Havre street
to I)e la''ry
street, liow
to be piiiJ.
Asgessraent
to lie updii
certain depth.
Commission-
ers mitliorizcj
to make
special assess-
ment rolls,
&e.
Coat for
widciiiiifj
Notre-Daiiio
street, be-
tween Lairoii
street antl
Papineau
avenne,
8
Cap. 49.
Cil}/ of Monti-enl.
.5")-")6 Vict.
Id., sec. I.'t
replaied.
oy the loJlowiiig : '
t^iKiTr''"" ,'' ■'*,/'''»''/'l^''^^ion of mayor and aldermen shall b.- held
on Ihe hrst day ot F.dmiarv every second year.
«ld:;n„:;rLv . ^^ n^^yor and aldormon are elected by the general vote
whom..|..ctc.,).of the municipal electors. ^ "i \oie
c'tril'the Hnn;;...!^' ^'^- ^f^"*" ^^^'^^'^^''y. one thousand eight
r..nowed„n huuthed aud niuety-fonr, thc^ city council of the citv ol
corta.n day. Montreal shall be renewed in loto, each ward bein.^ cali.x
upon to elect three aldermen." ^
1(1., nor. lit,
replaced.
Qiialifieatioii
of iiiavor.
Id., .Bce. 20,
replaced.
Qiialilieatjdii
of aldermen.
Id., gee. 2.),
replaced.
Causes of dis
qualiticatioii.
24. Section 19 is replaced by the following :
•' 1«». No person is capable of being nominated and elected
mayor unless he has been resident in the city for one year
mmediately preceding the election, and unless he, durhw
the SIX months precedmg the day of his nomination, 1 is
been seized and possessed of immoveable property m thr
cityofthevalue of ten thousand dollars, after pa men
or deduction of all charges imposed thereon.- ^
th^followli;^?' '' *'' "^^ ''' '' ''^^'^^'^ -^ -P^-«l by
"20. No person shall be capable of being nominated -id
elected alderman unless he has been a resident of he ci l
tor one year immediately preceding the election. ^
10 be eligible as alderman, it is necessary to have been
seized and possessed, as proprietor, during the six months
next preceding the day of his nomination, of real esTate n
the city ot the value of I ^vo thousand dolkrs, afterpayment
or deduction of all charges whatever imposed thereon."
a«. Section 25 of the said act is replaced by the following :
'nlrf f^r^Tu^T ^''^^^"" ^^« «^«« of mayororaldlr-
man IS declared bankrupt, or becomes insolvent, or applies
total thebenehtofany act for the relief of insolvent
debt.MS, or compounds with his creditors, or fakes or
enters into holy orders, or becomes a minister or teache
of any religious sect, ajudge or clerk of any court or ■
member of Her Majesty's privy council or of the executive
council of the I^wince of Quebec, or becomL accori abl'
n any way for the city revenue, or enters into the emplov ^
of the city, or is absent from the city more than twomZ hs ■
con inuously, or from the meetings of the council fo?^ more '
than two months consecutively (unless in case of illness
or with lea^-e of the council), or directly or, indirectly be-
wTh th?cif!'V^r ""r '^ '''' ^''y '^^^t-^* -• 5-em^ t
with the city for the performance of any work or duty or
aenves any interest, profit or advantage from guch contract
1892.
or agree
' has bet
practice
charter
case, sv
di.squali
alderma
:' 27. J!
■ 3.S. S
ing:
" 3».
a.s many
action ol
may be i
2«». S
ing :
•' 31.
and for
stituting
when an
one ware
the same
! he may i
I the ward
i inscribet
I that for 1
^ in the w
I vote, eitf
»0. S(
, lowing:
" 230.
shall be
nineteent
Statutes.'
»1. Se
repealed.
»2. Tl
the said i
1 ;' 227a
said act, (
' 227, both
1 sary to gi
' 1. The
tion for t]
.').')-.')6 Vict.
lied and replaced
iiien shall be held
d year.
y the geiioral vote
e thou.sand ejo-ht
icil of the I'ity ol
ivard being called
winy :
inuted and elected
city for one year
unless he, duriny
i nomination, has
3 property in the
rs, after ]>aymont
on."'
»■*•■*• ■>«»' lAtwa'-A tF^C!*'-
1892.
Cilff of Montrrnl.
Cap. 49.
9
!or agreement, to the extent of one hundred dollars, or if he
' has been declared guilty of any fraudulent or corrupt
practiees in the municipal elections, as provided in ihu
charter and its anuMidments, then, and in every such
case, such person shall thereupon immediately become
disqualified, and shall cease to hold such oliioe of mayor, or
alderman, as the rase may be. "
I -7. ^Section 27 of the said act is repealed. Id, aec.2r,
rppoiilfd.
2.H. Section 29 of the said act is replaced by the follow- '*' • ^'f" -'9.
' jng . •' replactd.
" 2!>. The council may appoint from among its members Committees,
as many committees m it may deem necessary, for the trans-
action of business, iind for the discharge of su<-h duties as
may be assigned to them by by-law."
a«. Section 31 of the said act is replaced by the follow- u, sec. 3i,
ing : Ifjiiueed.
•' »l. Persons entitled to vote, as afore jaid, shall vote in wiien- eicct-
d and replaced by 'I'ul for the particular vvard in which the property con- "'^ "'*>' ^"te.
stituliiig their qualification to vote shall be situated ; but
when any such person is qualified as owner in more than
one ward, or as the tenant or occupant in one ward, and at
the same time as owner or householder in any other ward,
j he may vote for the election of aldermen in any or all of
; the wards wherein he is qualilied so to do, and he shall be
\ inscribed in the voters' list ibi each of such wards ; provided i-rovwo.
\ that ibr the election of a mayor such person shall vote only
. \n the ward, or one of the wards, wherein he is qualified to
vote, either as owner or as tenant."
ng nominated ;;Md
ident of the city
ection.
ary to have been
g the .six months
of real estate in
irs, afterpayment
»sed thereon."
by the followiuir •
)f mayor or alder-
olvent, or applies J
lief of insolvent |
jvs, or fakes or
inister or teacher
any court, or a
of the executive
mes accountable
into the employ
than two months
;ouncil for more
case of illness, I
•, indirectly, be- i
ict or agreement |
ork or duty, or I
'm isuch contract i
5*0. Section 220 of the said act is replaced by the Ibl- '•'- s"- 220,
lowinjr: replaced.
"230. The deposits mentioned in the preceding section ''eposits to be
shall be judicial deposits within the meaning of section i''Sl! hi „
nineteenth of chapter fifth of title fourth of the Revised meaning o"
Statutes." (Articles 1192 and following.) IVo"^ '^V ?■;'•
» ' 1192 and fol-
, lowing.
31. Section 221 of the said act and its amendments are id sec 221
repealed. repealed. '
section 227 of Seo. added
after id., sec.
227.
»2. The following section is added after
the said act :
"227a. All the provisions contained in title 18 of the Title is of act,
said act, comprising the sections from section 213 to section '*'"e'"i''d
227, both inclusive, are amended in so far as may be neces-
sary to give full and entire effect to the following provisions :
1. The city shall not have recourse to forced expropria- city not to
lion for the opening of any new street, or for the prolonga- '"'^'-' fconrHe
10
to forceil t'l
Cnp. 49.
City of Mnnttcal
.')')- ')C VroT
pm|Xtionf,',r!'°" '^f f^'iy s^r.'ot already in oxistonro uiil..<«i «h„ »„„• ■*
-r »r, &<^ m nmnb.T and in vnliio r>f .k1 !! • . • " "majority
\Vlio to lie
ilei'incd a,<
ini(.'r«9ti'(i iij
»urh iin-
pruTiinipiits.
r.fivying of
I (Kit a ill ccr-
tuiii I'ligcg
.(.^.-reH.ex-suchimnrnv.. mM.V.KoTi u /• prop"etor8 intercstod in
c.,,. M.<.r(M/,, ;" ™I"0V''"i<'i't .shall have hrst ask.'d for Ih.- sanu' • mul
place in V ^'^'.^t'-«*'J«xpropriaHon shall have taken
...in certain ^'".^'^L'^n of old Street^ Whenever uch U'-J^ '"'^ '"'
or tenements The tot f t ofTh'7''^' '^y>«^'-^. ^"-r««
])aid. one hal rbv the c tv nd o. h'S' K^''u''°" '^''^ ^"
whose properties .re t^m-hJ K lu *'*• ^^' '^"^ P''opri«tors
tioiistowiiicti ,- ^uouiy snail not have recourse to i,. ....^1 n^..- •
0. straighten <io» loF the widenluir or Ntr.,io-M:«» '';-^*'« expropria-
01,1 .,tret.ta except on the dernan?! c ^*''"ffhten ng- of any old street,
Z\..:r.:r.:: interested and a The pro! uLrrh^'^^'lV ^^^^"'^^-^
haifbyX^d^atir \:irrrh"" ^''^".-^^ r^^- -«
on the entire street ^ Properties bordering
4. Neither properties belonginff to the cifv ,.nr ti,
beloncrinc to the Kurlt^ral n«,. ° ^ y- ^^^^ those
Govemmi I shall be i^i^nf™'"^' "^' ^° ^^'^ Provincial
ari.-s whe her the maioH v ^1 .r^"^""*-^*^'^" thequestion
"umber S in v-xhr-^rri{ t\« P'*'P"'^^''« interested in
improvement bi;lL''''T^'^'*'""'^^'«'-a^l« to any
neitral. ' "* '^''" I^^^P^^ies shall be considered as
'" '"'^''^"'"to malf>"" '^' '^^ ^°""«" d««i^<^«. i» the public interest
provcments *o "lake an improvement whirh sWall « J u (. ""^^est,
n.<« n8i<e.i for. for by the maioritv of f hi rT • . • "°* ^^^'^^ ^««» asked
pi'pt upon
Cfrtiiiii rtppli-
riUioii.
I'njini'iit of
coatg.
•
federal and
.'roviiiuial
Govciiiinent
property
not to lie
taken into
aopoimt.
Proviso.
Art. 221 it not
to nppJT to
certain expro-
priation.s.
Alining into
fori ■>.
•' -♦ - r
5 tho majority
8 iiifprt'Htod in
Iht^ same ; and
itago upon, or
ftroets or suoh
shall bo coii-
ncnts ;
ill havo taken
I, upon lands,
e vacant, tho
ied upon tho
by such j.ro-
L'd exproi)rj;i.
than ono half
ioiii:;r3, fi tores
tior sh,"" h(!
propii«!to)»
ments;
'd expropria-
ny old strnot,
e proprietors
for its whole
such works.
56 paid, one
iJs bordoring
, nor those
e Provincial
the question
ntorested in
ible to any
)nsidered as
lie interest,
been asked
as provided
II, it shiill
by buying-
ties, a part
out, or by
>f the city ;
ing of lew
whifh is
ropriations
y charter.
of its sane-
AMENDMENTS
TO THB
iRTER OFTHE CITY OF MONTREAL
M
67 ViotoPi^ 1884.
^ 1 -1 *" •— !^ 2:jl^1!^iss&
w
•.=^iiS^mb>,4£mmmiuMmm£
ANNO-QUINQUAGESIMO-SEPTIMO
vicTORLE mmM.
CAP. LV.
An Act to amend the charter of the city of Montreal, 1889,
and its amendments.
[Assented to Sih January, ISOl.]
WHEREAS the city of Montreal has, by its petition, preamble,
represented that it is expedient to amend its charter
and the acts amending the same, and to grant it more ample
powers, and it is expedient to grant its prayer ;
Therefore, Her Majesty, by and with the advice and con-
sent of the Legislature of Quebec, enacts as follows :
1 . The deeds or agreements entered into between the city of
Montreal and the Canadian Paciiic Railway Company on the
nineteenth of December, eighteen hundred and ninety -three,
copies whereof are annexed to this act as schedules A and B,
and all the conditions and stipulations therein contained,
are ratified and confirmed, and the contracting parties are
authorized to fulfil and carry out the conditions thereof
according to their terms and tenor ; and power is granted
to the said parties to do all things necessary to carry out the
said deeds or agreements according to the intention of the
contracting parties.
Ncthing in the said deeds or agreements shall be consider-
ed as derognting in any way from the rights already existing
in favor of the city, or the obligations of the said company
in favor of the city, which shall continue in force as if the
feaid deeds or agreements had never been executed.
The i^ower to borrow, limited to fifteen per cent of the
assessed amount, not exceeding one hundred and sixty mil-
Jion dollars, stipulated by chapter 56 of these statutes,
^intituled : " An Act to amend the charter of the city oi'
Certain agree-
ments with
Canadian Pa-
cific Railway
Company con*
firmed.
Power to car-
ry out agree-
ment.
Rights, kc,
preserved.
Interpretatiota
of limit of
power to bor-
row under
chapter i6.
2
Cap. 55.
City of Monlrenl.
57 Vict i894.
62 V , c. 79, s.
65, replaced.
Montroal, shall b.> interpreted as not iiiclndin- the special He ;=
loan of one million dollars for the improvements of th. for all
harbour of the city of Montreal, authorized by the act 5L I„a
Victoria, chapter 7l», section lao • • u
give h
2. Section 55 of the act 52 Victoria, chapter 79, {,
repla(,ed by the following : . i < . , is
Election to be •liT;,-? All «l<,i' i>
'••>. All elections fcr mayor or alderman in the said citv
bv ballot, and fhu Mtliw^i.^l.. ^r+u,> r»„.,i \?^^^l-^
by ballot.
Quebec Klee
tion Actio
apply, with
ceitnin ex-
ceptions.
4. 1
sioners
virtue
'chapte;
,:of ther
constit
-third, ^
cedure
ceedinj
ties air
to bear
cVioii I,. I f- ,, 7—' -•• '"^v"' "' iuuurman in ine saia city
shall be by ballot, and the principle of the Quebec Electioi
Act, as con tamed in articles numbered from -98 to 416 of
he Keyised .Matute.s, inclusive, together with the forms
q,f"'??o ^^'^''"";- ''•'l^ ^"''^ ^^^^*^Pt ^'-ticl^^s numbered
if fu ' ?•' ' ^"^^«^.'«" ^°- - ol' article 318, and the form
formr ?^,^'«t^''« "V'n''^" ^^^^ ''^''^ ^''^^^ *^« ^'^ the
plL^inn ^l 'if' '^''''^' T'^"^'' mutandk, apply to such
elections, and shall govern the same and all mattcis relating
thereto not expressly provided for by this act.
J^ut the council shall have power, by by-laws, duly
made, Irom time to time, to alter the details of the procedure
m he conduct ol the election, and in the taking of the
ballots, provided that in so doing they do not make pro-
Msions conflicting with the principle .♦' the said articles. («) J
llie council may also em bod v' iu such by-laws any ments.
=lents b^Le'-i-ll",!:^^^ PasseJ ofthei,
to law. 7 7.® l-egislatuie ; and, in all qu(\stio}3s arisin<r in respect of allow tl
eections under this act, the said articles amended, altered 1 ages si
01 added as aforesaid, shall be read as forming part of, and {b) T
Power of
council to
alter details
by by-law.
Proviso.
Power, by
by-law, to
embody
5. II
ed to tl
to pass
purpos(
(«) T
Interpretation
of words
shall form part of this act.
In applying the said articles to elections to be held under
this act, the words: ••returning officer," in any of such
articles, shall mean the chairman of the board ol' revisors
the words : " deputy returning ofHcer," shall mean the person
having charge of any poll." ^
Id., s. 68, re-
placed.
shall be
«. Se
amende
1. By
clause :
All
Duty of clerk
on receiving
returns.
A 11
3. Section 58 of the act 52 Victoria, chapter 79, as replaced tales an
bv lf?V^'^^ ^'' '^ V^^^^"'^' «h«Pter 49, 'is replaced »"ate of
by the following : ^ erty and
the r!h; v« * f ^^ ""^T ''^ *^' 1'°"^' *^^« «i^y ''l^^k ^^hall receive - ' 6^ I
estaW sh the tZ/^' deputy-returning officers, and shall tion or
establish the fotal nurnber ol votes registered for each can- lUisten
OmcialrepottfttLlSL'^S h 1??K ^^^T"^' '''''''' ^^-- ^i Ay d
tobemadeS,y^"^Y,™f"iffthe ballot boxes. make an official report, Llue ol
which shall become part of the municipal records ; and, afte; J; ^ted
n^ fh W?^'^ ^'V^"" ^'''^'' ^^'^^ti^'^ A<^t for recount- Jatfon s(
Dec,ar.tioncrp^a^eet th casemav'^r'T't Jf?","^ ^'1^" ^^^'« *«^- ^^^^
candidates S^t^^ ol I ^- b'"' h»-' sh'dl declare elected such can- olfer.s to
?^:rthere- for ^ach uumbeT T.'lV^' «7^^f """^^^^ '^ ^'^^es rounn
''■ theS; immediately give public notice the comr
by it : if.
i
R,,i!B*,,,
•iiii
57 Vict ; i894.
City of Montreal.
Cap. 55.
3
iicluding the special
nprovements of th<
orized by the act Si
1
ilia, chapter 70, is
man in the said city
the Quebec Election
iVom 1^98 to 416 of
er with the forms
articles numbered
! 318, and the form
ii'h sliall be in the
nc/is, apply to such
. all matters relating
is act.
by by-laws, duly
lils of the procedure
the taking of the
!y do not make pro-
the said articles,
.such by-laws any
e hereafter passed
irisingin respect of
3 amended, altered
Mining part of, and
as to be held under
in any of such
board of revisors ;
ill mean the person
He shall, as returning officer, replace the board of revisors Replaces
for all other proceedings not inconsistent with this section. re"visors!^
In all cases when the votes are equal, the city clerk shall Casting vote
give his casting vote." ' of city clerk.
4. The proceedings in expropriation had by the commis- Certain pro-
sioners appointed for the widening of St. James street, in feedings in
virtue of the acts 54 Victoria, chapter 78, and 55-56 Victoria, ratS'*^'""
chapter 48, are ratified and confirmed, including the report
of the majority of the commissioners ; and the commissioners Proceedings
constituting the said majority are authorized to act with a f ""'"''''■■^'*^<'
*third, who shall be appointed in accordance with the pro- '""'''"""''''^*
cedure indicated in the city charter, to continue the pro-
ceedings and make the roll of apportionment on the proper-
ties already designated by the said commissioners as having
to bear their share of the cost of the improvement.
a. If one or more neighboring municipalities are annex- Power of
ed to the city, it shall be lawful for the council of the city f"-'".!'' "^^^^
to pass a by-law, in the ordinary form, for the following municipam^es
purposes : ire annexed,
nv bv*lflw *
{a) Ty establish a system of differential duties or assess- To establish
ments. which shall take into account the special situation f'S''*'"'',!'! .
ot the immoveables comprised m such municipalities, and to
allow the council to determine what privileges and advan-
tages shall be allowed to the said annexed municipalities ;
(b) To regulate the manner in which such municipalities To regulate
shall be represented in the council. tmn?n "mm-
cil.
«. Section 32 of the act 55-56 Victoria, chapter 49, isss-SBV., c.49,
amended : s- •''2. amend-
ed.
pter 79, as replaced
er 49, is replaced
clerk shall receive
officers, and shall
ered for each can-
11. He shall then,
an official report,
records ; and, after
n Act for recount-
shall have taken
I elected such can-
number of votes
jive public notice
1. By adding, after paragraph 1 thereof, the following Clause added
«^a"^«- . . graph 1.
" All persons, requiring an improvement which necessi- What tobe
tales an expropriation, shall annex to their petition an esti- petluon'^for
mate of the value of their property or portion of their prop-fmprov"-*"^
erty and all claims for damages and compensation.'" ments.
2. By adding, after paragraph 5, the following : Pir. added
"6. In all cases of expropriation, whether there is a peti- NoticeTo be
tion or not, the council shall, by public notice, and by g'Ten hj
Registered letter, call upon all the parties to produce, within casw of «-"
fhirty days from the date of such notice, an estimate of the propriation
talue of the property or portion of property to be expro- contain Uc°
priated, and in general all claims for damages and compen- ' '
sat ion, so as to be in a position to enter into arrangements
and make oilers ; the city itself shall be obliged to make City to make
offers to each of the persons to be indemnified ; if the "''''^'■'•
amount so offered is exceeded by the decision or award of Payment of
the commissioners, the costs of expropriation shall be borne b^gover'^,'!
by it ; if, however, at the same time, the proprietor's demand
mryjn—~ —
Cap. 55.
City of Mnnlre il.
67 Vict
Qualification
of L'ommis-
Biont'is.
Proviso as to
certain ex-
propriations
prayed tor.
Cost tliereof.'
exceeds, by twenty-five per cent, the amount definitively
allowed him, each "party shall pay their own co.sts.
The qualilicatiou ot the expropriation commissioners is
hereby raised to ten thousand dollars.
Upon the petition ol a majority in number and value
of the proprietors on a part of a street, situated between two
cross streets and shown on the homologated plan as having
to be widened or opened, it shall be lawful lor the council
to order the expropriation of such parts of streets ; and the
cost of such wideniuir or improvement shall be paid as
follows, to wit : half by the city and half by the proprietors
whose property is situate on both sides of such portion of
street situated between the nearest cross streets, loilovving'
an apportionment which shall be prepared and completed
accordins? to the usual formalities."
Level and '' • The said council may, by by-law, establish the level
alignment of l^^^ alignment of the streets of the said city, and shall, upon
cci'tilicX* demand, deliver to each proprietor, who shall j^ay the cost
there f, a copy of such cenilicate of level ; and such level and
alignment shall be binding upon the proprietors ijiterested ;
but the city shall be responsible for the levels which it
shall have given, without prejudice to the acquired rights
of the proprietors.
It may likewise, by resolution, establish £yid locate
carters' stands or change them, upon a report of the police
committee.
Carters'
stands.
52 V., c. 79, •**• Sections 107, 117 and 118 of the act 52 Victoria,
(IS. 107, 117' chapter 79, shall be amended in so iar as they are hereby
amended for declared to apply to the special assessments or apportion-
certain pur-
poses.
meuts which have been omitted through a clerical error.
Widening of
portion of St.
Lambert
street.
Cost thereof.
When pro-
ceedings to be
commenced
and com-
pleted,
llniforms
similar to that
of police and
tire bri(;ade
not to be used,
Ac.
1>. St. Lambert street, in the said city, shall be widened
and prolonged from St. James street to Commissioners'
street, according to the plan designated under thi^ letter
" F," mentioned in the act 54 Victoria, chapter 78, section
2, paragraph 12.
The cost of the said improvement shall be defrayed by
the city.
The proceedings in expropriation shall be commenced at
once, and shall be completed with all possible diligence.
10. No person or company shall wear or cause to be
worn any costume or uniform similar to that of the city
police or the city lire brigade ; and every offender shall be
liable to the penalty enacted by section 141 of the act 52
Victoria, chapter 79.
Amendments U. The amendments to the plan, homologated on the
to plan for elerenth of Mav, 1892, of the widening of Notre-Dame
i«IWW«*#*»«<.«>»Si«i*H»
Kte*t*»s«*teasgi^dS&<ii-i1^<.''S:' '^ ■.
1854.
dity of Montreal.
Cap. 55.
street, from Fronteiiac street to Moreau street, and from wMeiunK^r«rt
Desire street to the eastern limits of Hochelai^a ward, are "u'eet.'^'coH-"'^
ratified ; and the said plans, as amended, shall be the homo- firmed,
logated plans of the said parts of Notre-Dame street, in
Hochelaffa ward.
(-.78, a.
12. Section 2 of the act 54 Victoria, chapter 78, is amend- '^^J^^^jj^,,
ed by adding thereto the following paragraphs :
' !4. To widen Guy street, from Dorchester street to ^viii.MimKof
William street, as shown njion the homologated plan of St. ^"..'pei' ' ^
Antoine and 8te. Anne wards and upon the plan thereto
annexed, upon the south-west side of the said street, fol-
lowing the formalities prescribed by the act 62 Victoria,
chapter 79, as to the method of expropriation.
The cost of such improvement shall be borne and P^id [^^"sj^^'.'''^'' 'o
as follows : half by the city and half by the bordering ^'" '"'" '
proprietors.
The proceedings in expropriation for the said street shall Jejj",^g'tu i,e
be commenced within a reasonable delay after the sanction- fommenced,
ing of this act, and shall be carried on and completed '!*''•
with all possible diligence."
13. The plan for the widening of St. Lawrence street, ||J;.'f|ifi^dj.ian
from Sherbrooke street to the north<^rn limits of the city, mrtofst.
as amended by the council on the 11th July, 1892, is '"a- gj^g",'''^'",!
tified, and shall be considered as the one and only homolo- proved!'''
gated plan of the said section of St. Lawrence street.
14. The following section is added to the said act 52 ^f,^^;';^",'^')''^
Victoria, chapter 79, after seclion 224 : &2V., c.79.'
" 234a. The city shall pay one half of the cost of the ex- |>v/»^;
opriations made in virtue of the three preceding articles." expropi
■mpnl of
ost of
ia-
tions.
15. This act shall come into force on the day of its sane- Coming into
, . •' force.
tion.
SCHEDULE A.
On this nineteenth day of the month of December, in the
year of Our Lord eighteen hundred and ninety-three,
Before me, Oncsime Marin, the uiulersigned notary public
for the Province of Quebec, in Canada, residing and practis-
ing in the city and district of Montreal, in the said Province,
Came and appeared :
The city of Montreal, a body politic and corporate,
having their office and principal place of business at the
city hall, in the East ward of the said city, hereto repre-
sented and acting by His Worf^hip the Mayor of the .said
T"
a
Cap. 55.
City of Montreal.
67 Viof.
city, the Honorable Alphonse Desjardins, Senator, residing
in the said city of Montreal ; hereinafter styled " the corpo-
ration,"
Parties hereto of the first part.
And The Canadian Pacific Railway Company, a body
politic and corporate having their oflice and principal place
of business in the said city of Montreal, hereto represented
and acting by Thomas G. Shaughnessy, of the said city of
Montreal, Esquire, the vice-president of the said company,
and by Charles Drinkwater, ol the same place, the secretary
of the said company, in their said qualities duly authorized,
for the purposes hereof, by a resolution of the executive
comraitt(>e of the board of directors of the said company,
bearing the date hereof, a copy whereof shall remain here-
unto annexed, after being signed by theundersioued notary,
ne varietur; hereinafter styled " the company,"
P&rties hereto of the second part ;
Which parties hereto of both parts have declared to the
undersigned notary as follows, to wit :
Whereas it is in the interest of the corporation that the
company should provide, construct and equip the buildings
and terminal accommodation in the eastern portion of the
city of Montreal, as hereinafter described, and it has been
agreed between the said parties that the company shall
do so on the terms and conditions hereinafter mentioned ;
Now these presents witness : that each of the parties to
these presents doth hereby for itself and its successors cov-
enant with the other and its successors and assigns as
follows, that is to say
1. The corporation covenant that they will acquire (in
so far as they have not already acquired the same), and will,
within the time hereinafter mentioned for that purpose,
convey to the company an area of land in the city of
Montreal, bounded on the North by Craig street, on the East
by Lacroix street, on the South by Notre-Dame street, and
on the West by Berri street, including the streets within
that area as shown on the plan attached hereto and form-
ing part of these presents— and also that part of Parthenais
Square (about 4000 feet), which is now in the possession of
the company by a simple permission of the corporation ;
2. The company covenant that, the corporation having
conveyed to the company the said areaof land as aforesaid,
the company will provide, construct and equip thereon,
and fronting on Craig street, a building suitable for station
purposes, and with good and sufficient accommodation lor the
passenger business of the company in that locality, at a cost
of not less (bun three hundred and fifty thousand dollars,
(f 350,000) including its appurtenances^ and will forever
maintain the same, the same to be according to plans, speci-
fications, etc., to be mutually agreed upon by the parties
1894.
City of Montreal.
Cap. 55.
and to be of stone or pressed brick or such other similar
material as may be approved, or part oi'oue and part of the
other, and to be not less than four stories high, with a front-
aj?e on Craig- street of not loss than three hundred feet in
length and a depth of not less than sixty-six feet ;
3. The company will also erect and maintain freight
sheds and other yard accommodation, substantially the
same as. or equivalent to those indicated on the plan hereto
attached and marked '• A ";
4. The company will also construct and maintain an
overhead passage at least twenty feet wide, from Notre-
Dame street to the said station on Craig street for the con-
venience of foot passengers desiring to reach it from the
level of Notre-Dame street ;
5. The corporation covenant that they will construct and
maintain a bridge for highway purposes along Notre-Dame
street, from Bcrri street to Lacroix street, as shown on the
said plan, of such a height as to make the laud below it
available for railway purposes, but the upper level of the
said bridge must not be higher than the level of Notre-Dame
street, and to give the company the right to use the land
below the said structure, as they may require for railway
purposes ;
6. The company covenant that they will convey, with
legal warranty, to the corporation, the following properties,
clear of all incumbrances, belonging to them and known
as "Bellerivo Park," " Macdonald property," "Military
Stores' property," and a lot at the corner of Berri and St.
Franpois streets, known as part of lot cadastral number
twenty-nine (29) in the East ward, and containing about
three thousand two htindred and sixty-five [3,20o) square
feet ; and also such title as they have, if any, to the follow-
ing lots of land situated at the corner of Poupart and
Mignonne streets, being the lots numbers twenty-seven,
twenty-eight, twenty-nine, thirty-four, thirty-five, thirty-six,
thirty-seven, thirty-eight, thirty-nine and forty (27, 2«, 29,
34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39 and 40) of the subdivision of the lot
number one thousand three hundred and sixty-four (1,304)
of the official plan and book of reference of St. Mary's
ward ; and the amount of the award that maj' be made for
any of these properties before they are duly conveyed to the
corporation as aforesaid, shall be due and payable to the
corporation atid not to the company ;
7. The corporation covenant that they will contribute
and pay to the company, in aid of the providing, construct-
ing and equipping the said building hy the company as
aforesaid, the sum of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars ;
8. The company covenant that they will, at all times, giv^e
to other railway comi>auies reasonable station facilities ou
the said premises and within the building to be so erected
i
dati. SS.
^ily bf MonUiiil
5t VieH.
as aforesaid, on being secured proper compensation there-
for ; and, in case the parties cannot agree as to compensa-
tion, the railway committee of the Privy Council shall fix
and determine the amount of compensation and the man-
ner of the payment thereof; and that, whenever and as soon
as the railway communication through the city shall be
made between the present Windsor station of the company
and the said new station, the company undertakes that
every through passenger train leaving Montreal shall
either start from or pass through the said new station, and
shall also start from or pass through Windsor street station :
9. The corporation is to convey the said properties as
aforesaid on or before the first day of September next, (1894)
or such other date as the parties may agree upon, and the
company is to complete the said building as aforesaid on or
before the thirtieth day of November, eighteen hundred
and ninety-six, or such other date as the parties hereto may
agree upon ;
10. All the preceding clauses of this agreement are to
come into effect and be binding on the said parties, respect-
ively, as soon as this agreement is confirmed by an Act of the
Parliament of the Province of Quebec, and the company
has been enabled by the Parliament of Quebec to convey
the properties which, under the terms of this agreement,
they are to convey to the city free of all incumbrances,
and each of the parties hereto doth hereby covenant to
join with and assist the other in procuring the necessary
legislation to carry out and give effect to the present agree-
ment.
Thus done and passed at the said city of Montreal, on
the day, month and year first above written, under the
number seventeen thousand, two hundred and thirty-seven
of the repertory of Mr. O. Marin, the undersigned notary.
And, alter due reading, the parties hereto have signed,
and Alphonse Grosselin, Esquire, Assistant Clerk oflhesaid
city, residing in the said city of Montreal, has countersign-
ed them and has affixed thereto the seal of the corporation
of the said city, the whole in the presence of the said notary
who has also signed.
(Signed), " Alph. Desjardins, Mayor."
" " A. GossELiN, Asst. City Clerk."
" " The Canadian Pacific Kail way Co'y.,
by Thos. G. Shauohnessy,
Vice-President."
•' " C. Drinkwater, Secretary."
" " O. Marin, N.P."
True copy of the original hereof remaining of record in
the office of the undersigned notary.
(Signed), 0. Marin, N. P.
\
u
i894.
//
dip of MonttenL
SCHEDULE B.
Cap. 66.
§
On this nineteenth day of the month of December, in the
year of Our Lord eighteen hundred and ninety-three,
Before me, One!^ime Marin, the undersigned notary
pubhc for the I'rovince of (Quebec, in Canada, residing and
practising in the city and district of Montreal, in the said
Province,
Came and appeared :
The city of Montreal, a body politic and corporate,
having th»"ir offii e and principal place of business at the
City Hall, in the East waid ol the said city, hereto repre-
sented and acting by His Worship the Mayor of the said
city, the Honorable Alphonse Desjardins, Senator, residing
in the said city of Montreal ; hereinafter styled " the city,"
Parties hereto of the lirst part,
And The Canadian Pacific J{ail\vay Company, a body
politic and (orporale. having their office and principal
place of business in the said city of Montreal, hereto repre-
sented and acting by Thomas G. Shaughnessy. of the said
city of Montreal, inquire, the vice-president of the said com-
pany, and by Charles J)rinkwater, of the same place, Esquire,
the secretary of the said tompany. in their said qualities
duly authorized for the purposes hereof l)y a resolution of
the executive committee of the board of directors of the
said company, bearing the date hereof, a copy whereof shall
remain hereunto annexed, after being signed by the under-
signed notary, «e varietur; hereinafter styled "the com-
pany."
Parties hereto of the second part.
Which parties hereto of both parts have declared to the
undersigned notary as follows, to wit :
That The Canadian Pacific Railway Company afore-
said is held and firmly bound to the said city of Montreal
in the sum of six hundred thousand dollars, to be paid to
the city or their attorney, successors or assigns, for which
payment, to be w^ell and truly made, the company do here-
by bind themselves and their sucC(>ssors lirmly by these
presents, sealed with their seal and signed by their vice-
president and secretary.
Whereas the city and the company have entered into a
mutual agreement dated this day, respecting the erection
by the company of a large railway station and freight faci-
lities and appurtenances in the eastern part of the city of
Montreal, and the payment by the city of certain sums of
money in aid thereof, as well as the conveyance by each
of them to the other of certain lands as therein specified ;
the whole on the terms and conditions set out in the said
agreement, which agreement is to be binding on the parties,
respectively, as soon as the requisite legislation to that effect
shall be obtained ;
10
Cap. 56.
Cily of Montreal.
57 Vld?.
Now, the condition of the above written obhgation is
Buch that, if the said requisite legislation be obtained, and
inhereaf er the company fail in the fulfilment of any ot
therobligations under L said agreement, then the above
written obligation shall be and remain in lull force and
effect, otherwise it shall be null and void.
Thus done and passed at the said city o Montreal, on
thedav month and year lirst above written tmder the
numbe^r seventeen thousand, two hundr-3cl and thirty-eight
oX repertory of Mr. O. Marin, the undersigned notary
And after due reading, the said parties, represented and
acting as aforesaid, ha "e signed, and Alphonse aosselin
Esqu^e assistant-clerk of the said city, resuling ni tht^sa d
city of Montreal, has countersigned them and has affixed
thereto the seal of the corporation of the eaid city, the
whole in the presence of the said notary, who has also
signed.
(Signed,) " Alph. Des.iardins, Mayor." ^^
^ .. " A. GossEUN, Asst. City Clea.. _
" The Canadian Taciffc Railway Co y ,
by ThOS. G. ^y UOHNESriY,
V^ice-President."
ti " C. Drinkwater, Secretary."
.. " 0. Maiun, N. p."
True copy of the original hereof remaining of record in
the office ot the undersigned notary.
(Signed), 0. Marin. N. P.
Preamble.
52V.,c.79, F.
12, replaced.
CAP. LVI.
An Act to amend the charter of the city of Montreal.
[Asacnted to Sth January, 1894.]
Al/HEKEAS numerous complaints have been made with
\V respfct to the workintr of the various articles of th^
charter of Montreal ; where^as application has been m.-'^ oy
several rate-puyers of the city to have changes me:.e m such
charter, and'^it' is expedient to grant their prayer, in the
interest of the proper administration ot the city
'Thei^?ore Her Majesty, by and with the advice and con-
Bent of the Legislature of Quebec, enacts as follows .
1. Section 12 of the act 52 Victoria, chaptef 19, is replaced
by the following :
12. The council of the city shall be composed of the
* ^. „ 11 c „„„V. i,.ov/1 • and shall ex-
Composition " 12. The council ot the city snau .le ^"-^"f^. Y, ^^
and powers of ^ ^f two aldermen for each ward and shall ex
"""" Seise alUhe powers granted to. and imposed by this act upon
the said city."
1894.
Oily of Montreal.
cap. 50.
11
2. Section IG of the said act is replaced by the followiii''' : id . a. I'l, re-
' placed.
" 10. The several wards of the city shall be each repre- Represcnta-
sented in the council by two aldermen, who shall uotjl^'*;^,;;^'^^''}';;';'^
continue in office without heing re-elected for a i)eri()d of term ot otii.o
over two years, and who shall severally be justices of the"' "''^'-'""''"•
peace for the city."
8. Section 20 of tht? said act, as replaced by the act .)5-5G M, 9. 20,
Victoria, chapter 49, section 2,'>, is asniu replaci'd by the ''''''''""■''*■
following :
"20, No i)erson sliall be callable of bein-; either noini- Qi<n'i''''at".'"i
nated or elected alderman, unless he has been a resident ofn",.,'i'„"(Ii"["^j
the city for one year immediately preceding the election, ividinneii.
To be eligible as alderman, it is necessary to have been QnulifRatioii
seized and possessed as jnoprietor, during the si.K months"'"''''^''''"*"-
next preceding the day of his nomination, of real estate in
the city of the value of t\ > thousand dollars, after pay-
ment or deduction of all oha 'S whatever imposed tiiereon;
the total value of such real eiitate shall be established by the
amount mentioned as the valuation thereof in the existing
valuation roll."
4. Paragraph 2 of section 30 of the act 52 Victoria, J^/i^- ej"' ^^ ^'
chapter 79, is replaced by the following :
" 2. Every male person, not being a guest, or lodger, in a |^,"'[,''||j|^°^'y"
hotel, boarding-house or private dwelling, and being an tiectora.
inhabitant householder in the city, whose name is entered
on the last assessment roll in force, as the tenant of a
dweUing-house or part of a dwelling-house in the ward
for which such list is made, such (twelling-house or part
thereof, if the tenancy be of a part, being of the assi^ssed
value of three hundred dollars or upwards, or of the es-
timated yearly value of thirty dollars or upwards."
5. Section 30 of the said act is amended by adding the w , s. 30,
following paragraph at the end thereof: '""'^" ^ '
4. But, to be entitled to be entered on th(! electors' list J^'ectora to bo
and to be entitled to vote, he must be a I3ritish subject.
Briiish sub-
juets.
O. Section 33 of the said act is replaced by the following : '''^'^pj'^^' '^®"
•'3». Before the first day of December in each year, the 1;^^;^,"^°;;^^^;^^*
assessors shall make, from the last assessment roll then in contuin.
force, an alphabetical list of the persons qualified to vote at
elections under this act, to be called : " The electors' list,"
wherein they shall insert the names and surnames of the
electors, their occupation and the street and number of the
property in respect of which they are qualified to vote ; and
i^
dap. 66.
VAhj of Montreil.
67 Viot.
they shall also indicate in a separate column, the nature of
the qualification of such electors, whether as owners, occu-
pants or tenants.
Who are to be It shall be the duty of the assessors, in making up the
theletvoi alphabetical list aforesaid, to strike therefrom the names
of persons who are dead, and also, in cases of property re-
puted as belonging to an estate or to several heirs, to exclude
the names of any minors."
T. Section 38 of the said act is replaced by the following :
"»». Within the first fifteen days of December in each
year, the city, alter a public notice ol eight days has
been given in at least two city newspapers, one in the
French and the other in the English language, shall, by
petition to the Superior Court or to one of the judges of the
said Court, apply for the appointment of three persons, who
shall compose the board of revisors of the city and shall be
neither aldermen nor employees of the city.
The said revisors, before entering on their duties, shall
make oath to fulfil their duties faithfully.
They shall perfoim the duties of the revisors, and shall^
receive for their services five dollars per diem for a term of
twenty days. Any term required to complete their duties
exceeding twenty days shall be gratuitous.
Two members shall form a quorum.
This section shall apply only to elections subsequent to
the 1st of February, 1894."
S. Section 53 of the said act, as amended by the act 66
Victoria, chapter 49, section 10, is replaced by the fol-
lowing :
" 5». When a poll has been granted for the election of
the mayor, the voting shall take place in all the wards, and
when a poll is granted for the election of an alderman, the
voting shall take place in the ward for which the poll has
been granted ; the voting for the election of the mayor and
aldermen shall take place on one and the same day,
that is to say : on the first day of February, at the places
and before the deputy returning officers appointed as
hereinbefore provided, "and the polls shall be opened at
nine o'clock in the morning and closed at five o'clock
in the afternoon.
It shall be the duty of the chief of police to station at
each poll, during any civic election, two constables for the
puriwse of aiding in the preservation of order and a-:resting
any person voting or attempting to vote in the name of
another. If the police force of the city is insufficient in
number for this purpose, the chief of police shall appoint
and swear in special constables, who shall be entitled to
Id., 8. .18, re-
placed.
Koard of re-
vioora how, by
whom, when
and upon
what petitioQ
appointed.
Revisors to be
sworn.
Payment, &c.,
of revisors.
Quorum.
Application of
section.
Id., 8. 53, re-
placed.
Polling.
Voting to be
on same day
for mayor and
aldermen.
When polls
to be opened
and closed.
Constables
at polls to
maintain
order.
Special con-
stables if
tjolice force in
1894.
City of Mvntrenl.
Cap. 56.
18
two dollars per diem for such services, which sum shall be sufficient mnd
paid l»y l\w city treasurer upon the order of the chief oi\^l^^p^
police. Kor neglectin .- ^^^ observe the provisions of this
eectioii, the chief of p .ice .shall be liable to a penalty of penalty on
twenty-five dollars for each poU not provided with con- chief neglect,
stables as aforesaid. Such penalty to be recovered by any '"^ ^'^'
person suing for the same." ReooTery
* thereof.
Id., B. 5(1, re-
placed.
Articles R. S.,
aa to corrupt
practlceg, to
apply.
What are
corrupt
practices.
Arrest of
persons at-
tempting to
personate or
personating
a voter, &c.
». Section 56 of the act 52 Victoria, chapter 79, is re-
placed by the following :
"Stt. Arti(;les 408 to 425. both inclusive, and 431 to
4.?5, both inclusive, of the Revised Statutes, having reference
to corrupt practices at elections, the punishment thereof,
and matters incidental thereto, shall apply to all elections
under this act.
Any act or otlence punishable under any ofthe provisions
of article 408, 410, 411, 413, 414, 415, 41»j, 417, 418, 419,
420 and 421 ofthe said Revised Statutes, shall be corrupt
practices within the meaning of this act.
Every person whc, at any election for mayor or alder-
man for the said city or for any ward thereof, shall illegally
endeavor to Aote or who shall vote for and instead of
another elector, may be arrested on view by the returning
officer or by any justice of the peace, in the said city, or by
any other i)eace officer or constable present at such election,
or on warrant issixed by any justice of the peace ; and the
person so arrested shall be taken to the police station and
kept in safe-keeping, or confined in the common gaol of the
district of Montreal, until the end or close of the election,
and until good and sufficient security be given that such
person so arrested shall appear and answer to the charge to
be preferred against him in that respect before the Record-
er's Court ; and every such person, upon conviction of the
offisnce aforesaid, shall be liable to a fine of one hundred
dollars, and in default of immediate payment, shall be liable
to an imprisonment of three months in the common gaol
for each and every such oti'ence. "
lO. Paragraph 1 of section 81 of the said act is replaced [^ '. ^^ ^^ ^ *»
by the following :
"1. An assessment on immoveable property liable to Assessments
taxation in the city net exceeding one per cent of
assessed value of such pioperty, for which assessment the
owner thereof shall be personally liable."
Penalty.
+U^ on iromoTe-
'^"^ ables.
II. The following section is added after section 121 of Section added
the said act : ^^l'' -'
" Vila. The owner of a.!) immoveable property, sold in Redemption
virtue of the provisions of title twelve of this act, shall be aLid for\axe».
14
Cap. 57.
Cil/j of Montreal.
57 Vict.
entitled
purchas
cent in addition
to redeem it in two years, by repaying to the
r the amount of the adjudication, with tea per
Section added
ntter s. 127 ,
said act. the !<aid act
Yearly report
toliepiililij-li
by treiiHiiriM
1-. The following .section is added after section 127 of
toiaMmiiii.'heu ' *-*'^ The i)ul)lication of the j^early report of the city
by treiiHuriT treasurer shall he ohligatdry hereafter ; and, in such report,
co'iuhi':'''" **^*' ^'''':^ treasurer shall indicate the items of receipts and
expenditure, and classify them in such manner as to
distinguish th(> ordinary receipts and expenditure from the
extraordinary receipts and expenditure. "
IS. The following s^'ction is added after section 139 of
the said act :
" i:$!>r/. The borrowing power of the city for the next
four years is limited to lilleen per cent on an assessed
value not exceeding the sum of one hitndred and sixty
million dollars, and, therealter, the said power shall be
limited to iifteen per cent on the assessed value of the
taxable jirojn rty ; it being understood that one million
dollars of the new borrowing power shall be used for
existing eng»agements, and the balance in annual payments
of three hundred and ninety-live thousand dollars, extending
over a period of four years to come, for the carrying out of
permanent imitrovements during that time.
All aiTthorization to mak(> any special loan which has not
yet been completed is cancelled ; and the city shall have
no power to make any further special loan.
Section'addud
after s. l.'til of
said act.
Limit of loan-
ing power of
litv.
Application
of certain
portion of
loan.
Authority for
certain loans
not ertectcd,
cancelled.
12, Amended'' *'*• Section 12 of the art 56 Victoria, chapter 49, is
amended by replacing the word " three" by the word
" two," in the fourth line.
ComiDR into
force.
I*». This act shall come into force on the day of its
sanction.
CAP. LVIl.
An Act to amend the act 54 Victoria, chapter 78, respecting
the charter of the city of Montreal.
[Assented to 8th Janunry, 1894.]
Preamble. fTTHERE AS the citizens of the city of Montreal prayed
VV the Legislature at the session of 1892, that the following
rule respecting the widening of the streets of the said
city be established in an uniform manner, to wit : that the
cost of the whole widening be defrayed one half by the
nun O il
1894.
Cily of Montreal .
Cap. 57.
15
proprietors of the street widened and the other half by
the city, and the charter of the said city was amended
accordingly ;
Whereas it is expedient to further amend the law with
refjard to other expropriations ;
Therefore, Her Majesty, by and with the advice and con-
sent ol the Legislature of Quebec, enacts as follows :
1. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the cost Payment of
ot widening each oi the iollowing streets namplv • pine '^''^'of »'den-
tZtrt' ^^^l^'"7 'w^' ^^^\'''' '^''''^^ Inspector' 'street, Krlr to
Lathedral street and LagauchetiOre street, shall be paid as '^'= """le-
loiIow.s. namely : one half by the city and one half by the
properties fronting on the lines of the said streets, assessed
to a depth not exceeding one hundred feet. For the
Iollowing streets : Ontario street, from Frontenac to eastern
limits, Beaudiy street, Pantaleon street, Ste. Catherine
street, from Desery street to the eastern limits, and Vi"-er
square, the cost shall be paid as follows : one half by the
city and one half by the proprietors interested as per existing
rolls prepared by the commissioners in each case Jixinjr the
limits. "
„.^/ T^« fourth paragraph of section 22 of the act 55-56 "-'e v., c. 49,
Victoria^ chapter 49, is replaced by the following : %ll'J ^' ■•«•
r '^T*; '''^r^ "^"^^ ^^^^^^ expropriation made for th°e widening ^^o^'t'of wi-
ot iNotre-Dame street, between Lacroix street and Tanineau i*'"'"^ "'" •=""
Avenue, shall be paid as follows : five eighths by Se cSy "o?S°^e
and the other three eighths bv the owners of property hl''''-^^ *°
bordering on the said Notre-Dame street to a depth of
htty ieet, irom Dalhousie square to Papineau Avenue."
». The commissioners named for each of the said expropri- Commission-
ations are hereby empowered to act in order to eive effect to '''"^ authorized
the present law. s »" <5"b^i lo to proceed.
tion.
4. This act shall come into force on the day of its
sane- Coming into
force.
M
i -^^
- fi I
ail
If'IfWfWlifll'
\f
*s£:xi-^
ANNO QVmiVAGESmo
OCTAVO
"VICTORIA: REGIM
CHAP. I
-i-Acl to amend the charter of tK v
''«««' and it. a„e.a„er°''°'''°""^"
'*°"*»'''*'2'" .'-»..., 1895.,
Preamble.
WHEREAS John T McB.'. ^
I2- (Grafton meth f '' "^^^-^^^nt. Alfred
^^entie^a., all three'". tiri.T^^'r^^* ^^ ^^^ '
S' 1 '*^^^«' ^-^«. by "heir ^ :l'.^*^^^ «*'*^e said
*i^at the provisions o thl laTJ T '"''' ''P'^^^nted
*o i^sts of ejectors and ll . '^^'**^^' ^^th resne..f
-de^uateand s^o:^^:;;^^^ f ^^^ ^^^":^
^« the several particulars ^. ""^ ««PPlemented
P-yed that the said^ ^ b:! "."^ ''''^' -^
Jo, as hereinafter set forth rn/u'''^'^ and added
*o g^ant their prayer ; ' '^'^ ^^^^^ ^^ - e.ped.ent
Therefore, Her Maiestv k
a^d consent of the £ L^ ^^^ -^^^ the advice
follow, : ^«.^«lature of Quebec, enacts as
chaptorj??^^ ? of section 30 of the aof ^o ir-
- "o-eX'Xrn "■""!" «""«- owner ' "•^-
as a ,.o— 3-^- y*^^o, either individr.!!),- •
th« ,/"'''' ^^^^ any other r./ ^ ^' '''■ J^^Utiy Persons ke.n.
*^« ^-t assessment rol/i^'tcfr^ir ^"*^"^ -^^^^V;.:
'^' *'' the tenant or""^"'
I
Proviaok
Proviso.
Chap. 60. Chafter of the CUy of Moniireal. 68 Vict .
occupant of any warehouse, counting ^^
office, or place of business m the .xty V^^^^
vatue than tL amounts aforesaid xespeoUvely accord-
Lg „ the a.s..»ed value thereof; and P-rfe* ^at
ir/a":. C:ou:u.i.g ox hoMi.. th. P—
to social, educational, phUanthxop.c or othe. Mmaax
obiectB, nor to employees or agents of «*" P™°^
entitled, to be qualified as electors m respect ol the
same premises."
Z, Section 31 of the said -t 52 Victona chapt^^^
79, as replaced by section 29 of the act 55-5. Victoria,
chapter 49, is replaced by the foaowmg :
w.e.e andia <' 31. Persons entitled to vote, as aforesaid shal
-'^Vr- vote in and for the particular ward in which the pro
ner electors vote in auu. iw i „„iifi„qtinn to vote shall be
^-y^-''^- perty constituting their qualification ,
!rtnated • but when any such person is qualified as
ownei iu m ilthan one ward, or as the tenant or
orcupanUrone ward, and at the same time as own
:ruseholder in any other --d he may -t^^^fo
the election of aldermen in any or al of the ™
-S^dtiS^?!!-^--^^^^^
pTvt d that, for the election of mayor, such person
shall vote once only; said vote to be cast, if the
Itor be qualified ^^^^^^ ^'^^^^J^
,,,...„., polling Plr.T^^h:^th^ toselect twtdin
''''^'''^'- '^^r.tZX.oT^^^^^ -tifying the
Tssels or revlors in writing of such selection on or
before the fifth of January of each year.
wi,pn the elector is not qualified m respea oi
OrasseB^ors When tue eieoiu 1 determine where, in
toaetermiue ^„^^,-ip,,pe the assessors shall deitrmiuc
place ot rcbiaeui-<-,
votiug.
Idem, s. 31
replaced.
Proviso.
■CSu^lM-,
1894. Charter of the CUy of Montreal. Chap. 50
their judgment, the said vote may be most conye-
niently cast.
3. Section 34 of the said act 52 Victoria, chapter 79 M^"- « 34
as replaced by section 2 of the act 55-56 Victoria, chap- """'"'■
ter 49, is replaced by the followin"- •
.bl'lf *' u^- P'fP*"^^ *^« li«t of electors, the assessors Di.uion r
.hall subdivide each ward into as many electoral -"^ ''"-
dis ricts as they may deem convenient, each of thetHer'""-
said districts to contain two hundred voters or there-
about ; make a report in duplicate of such subdivision •
^gn the same ; retain one duplicate thereof, and trans-
mit the other to the city clerk.
an^.Yltl^- "^'^^ "''*' ^"' '^'^ '""'^ ^I'^^to^^l di«t"<^t. List of .oters
an alphabetical list of voters, which they shall sign ^icT^'"'''-
certifying that it is correct to the best of their kno.":
ledge and belief, and shall deliver the same to the
city clerk prior to the first day of December
.Cl^7^^TT \'^^ ''''^'' ^^'' ^«*' «^«h of such Each district
el ctoral dis riots shall constitute a polling district r/ou""''"'^
for such election ; but the board of revisors may, for
tTctslni^'T" '"i^' ""'*^ ^^"^^^^ '' --^ d--^^»'-o^
mctsin one poll, provided the number of qualified ?"'•' ^'^•"•'''»«
hunTred.''"'' ""*'' '"*"^'^ '°^« ^«* exceed two-- ^'"
oftJs'^d'aitTiT- r'*"\" ''''^' ''''' ^«^«°- 36Sectio„..,eC
oi tne said act 52 Victoria, chapter 19 • a^er s. 36 of
,,„„ ■ said act.
davs of "^ "''I "^""^ '^^" "^'"' ^^*^^^ *^« fi^^t twenty City Cerk to
days of December, upon receiving the written off^er of .llrorcLVo-
any resident elector of any ward to hold for public ^'* °°*'^
inspection, at some specified place within such ward
a copy of the list of electors for the electoral districts'
composing the ward until the final revi^on. accom-
panied with the sum of twenty-five dollars for ex-
penses, deliver to such resident elector, at the City
J: all, a copy of the list of electors, as asked for.
5. Section 39 of the said act 52 Victoria, chapter 79 iden. . 39
IS replaced by the followino- • , P tr <y, ^^em, g.39
" 3». On or before the fourth day of Januarv Iti a ,•
every year, any elector ^ ' ^ ^ ^ APP"-tion
any ward may give uoti
ce
orrec
how made.
iSt
Chap. 60. Charter of the City of Montreal. 68 ViOT.
Oontpnt of
■aid notice,
Applicants
to appear.
Idem, s. lO
replaced.
Hoard of re-
visors to meet
Their poweis
defined.
Correction
after hearing
evidence.
Board may
further en-
quire.
in writing to the board of revisers, — which notice
shall be left at the office of the city clerk— that he will
apply to have the list of electors for such w^rds
amended, either by the addition thereto of names "df
persons omitted, or by striking therefrom the names
of persons improperly inserted, or by striking off or
addinc: letters or words importing disqualification
affixed under section 35.
Such notice shall specify the qualification of the
electors sought to be added, and the causes of disqua-
lification of those sought to be struck off ; be, at the
diligence of said applicant, on or before the fifth day
of January, served upon every elector who is sought
to be struck from the list of voters, by registered
letter through the mail to the address given on the
list, and be open to the inspection of any elector.
On the day fixed for the revision of the voters' list,
of the ward in which such applicant is qualified to
vote, he shall appear, either personally or by his agent,
or representative, before the said board, to make good
his application."
6. Section 40 of the said act 52 Victoria, chapter 79,
is replaced by the following :
" 40. The board of revisers shall meet on the fifth
day of January, at ten o'clok in the forenoon, and
after electing one of their number to preside at their
meetings, shall adjourn from day to day until all the
applications and objections made in respect of the list
of electors have been adjudicated upon ; and, after
hearing such evidence as in view of the nature of the
case shall be deemed sufficient and reasonable, all
witnesses being first duly sworn before any mem-
ber of th^ board and the parties interested, or their
representatives if present, — they shall make the
necessary additions or erasures to or from such list,
and shall further correct all misnomers and all clerical
or technical errors therein.
Should the evidence adduced upon any application
for amendment, without being conclusive, establish
in the opinion of the board a presumption that the
''«*i™M£.TEl«^j|Pp5^
il. 68 VlCT.
ria, chapter 79,
1895. Charter of the Citi/ of Montreal. CLap. 50 <
name objected to should be struck out, the board shall
make such further enquiry as they may deem neces-
sary to iully ascertain the fact in issue, and thereupon
either strike out or retain the name objected to •
Provided that noti/-,g contained in the preceding Proviso as to
section shall prevent the board from erasiuff from the '••"^^"'"f"'*-
list the name of any tenant who may appear not to ^'"'"""'
Have paid his taxes or water rates beibre the first day
of December as aforesaid, or of any person who may
appear to be dead at the time of the revision of the
list, or whose name may have been included more
than once in the list of any one ward ; provided, al-
ways, that the list shall be finally revised before the
nomination day. The list so revised and settled shall Wh.„ ,in
be signed by the chairman of the board, countersigned I'^if^e'viL^d-
by the city clerk, with his hand or by the use of a
stamp by his representative or representatives, in the
iorm C, and shall be filed of record in the office of the
city clerk, for municipal purposes and for those of the
Legislature ; and copies thereof, certified by him as
above, shall be deemed authentic for all the purposes
ot this act.
.^^'J^^ ^''^^'''^'''S sections are added after section Secti „s ad-
40 of the said act 52 Victoria, chapter 79 • deJ ^ft!r
^ ■ s. 40, id.
" 4o«. The board shall, before the said final revi- Dut, orboard
sion, insert the words: "city officer," or " citv em- *«'°"'^'°
Ployee," opposite the names of all officers or employees "''"'
in the pay of the corporation, and of all members of
the police force or fire brigade of the city.
"406. The attendance of witnesses may be secured^
by summons issued under the hand of one of the -'*=""
revisors.
Ifany person, so summoned, neglects or refuses to i„ ease of
appear at the time and place appointed by such sum- ""«'«'' «'
mons, or if appearing, refuses to be examined on oath "app"«r.
touching the said enquiry, or to obey any order to
produce papers or documents mentioned in such sum-
mons, in so far as he is able so to do, a return of the
issue and service of such summons and of such defan If
!i'y-i
'M
•"•i
To produce
papers.
Chop. 50. Charier of the City of Montreal. 68 ViCT. ,
or refufial may be made to the chairman or acting
chairman of the board of revisore, who may thereupon
compel the attendance of such person, and comper im
to answer all lawfull questions by the like means as
are used for such purposes in the ordinary courts oi
civil jurisdiction in the Province.
Every person so neglecting or refusing to appear,
or refusing to produce papers or be examined as afore-
said, shall, on conviction thereof before the Recorder's
Court, be subject to the penalties prescribed by section
141.
Ohairmau The chairman or acting chairman of the board oi
?o uke oaAs. revisors is authorized to administer the oath to such
witnesses.
Chairman to " 40c The chairman or acting chairman of the bcird
SrofS of revisors may require, at sessions of the board in the
employees. ^.^.^ jj^jj^ ^^^ assistance of the clerks and officers oi
the assessors' and treasurer's office for communication
of the assessment rolls and other records."
Section added S. The following section is added after section 46
fdem.'" '^ of the said act 52 Yictoria, chapter 79 :
Nomination " 4««. No nomination paper shall be valid or acted
''nf Jn^dt npon ^Y ^^^ *^^*y '^^^'^^ unless a sum of two hundred
pos[to"$200 dollars, in legal tender or in the bills of any chartered
bank doing business in Canada, is deposited in the
hands of the city clerk at the time the nomination
Effect of re- paper is filed with him ; and the receipt of the city
ck?k.°'"" clerk shall, in every case, be sufficient evidence of the
payment herein mentioned.
„ ae osit The sum so deposited by any candidate shall be re-
en eposi ^^^^^^ ^^ ^^.^ .^ ^^^ ^^^^^ ^^ ^is being elected or of
his obtaining a number of votes at least equal to one-
half the number of votes polled in favour of the can-
didate elected, otherwise it shall belong to the city."
». Section 51 of the said act 52 Victoria, o.hapter 79,
as amended by the act 56 Victoria, chapter 49, section
9, is replaced by the following :
" 51. The board of revisors shall make the neces-
sary arrangements for the election of mayor and alder-
returned.
Idem, 8. 51
replaced.
Revisors to
make arran-
gements for
election.
1«95. Chartef of tU City of Montreal. Chap.
50
men ; aud lor that purpose they shall meet between
the filteeuth and twentieth days of January in each
year to fix and determine the places where the polls
are to be held m the several wards wherein the eleo-
tion IS to take i)la<;e. , i
to belld'i!rth"' '"f T°"'' ''' "'''' Po"ingplaee nep.n,-re-
to beheld loi the said election-, a deputy-returnino- '"■•" "■^'««i-
officer, who shall receive a commission under the han3
ol their chairman, in the Form F, and they shall also
cause books to be prepared for each polling place in
he lorm FF, m which shall be recorded t\i Im"
ot the persons voting at such election.
The board of revisors, before completing their la- Their ap-
hours, shall appoint the deputy-returning officers for ''""'*'"«"'•
the^ensuing election and assign them to their several
tll^lfl'T^ " T "' ^'' ''''''''''' ^^V' before Citvcer.
the day fixed lor voting, after having requested the "'^'^-^»''--
deputy-returning officers to assemble^ at a specified
time and place to that end, instruct them ,J ' in the
per ormance of their duties by explanation and actua
Instruction, and shall give to each a copy ol the
pnnted instructions regarding their duties aJdeputy!
returning officers." ^ ^
of t^: l^iV^lZ^r'"'^^^^ 55aSec.o„ added
the act 5b Victoria, chapter 49, section 13 : ■
"Sab. Any deputy-returning officer who delivers D«n„t
to any person, presenting himself as an elector at ^-'^'A
poll, a ballot paper upon the back of which the I id in-f^tf^
deputy-returning officer shall not have put his initials '''"" ''''"^•
or shall have improperly placed his initials in contra^
vention of article 317 of the Revised Statutes, or upon
which the said deputy-returning officer shlll h!ve .
negligently placed any words or marks other than
such as are required by the said article 317 or re^
'aT si^llT of-ignation of a candidate, as afo -
PenJltv ' .^'' '^ ''^"^^^^y conviction, to a
penalty not exceeding tea dollars and costs for such
1
f
Art. 330 R.S
replaced.
Delay to he
•voided.
Voter requi-
red to retire.
Chap. 50. Charter of the CUy of Montreal. 58 ViOT.
offenoe, and in default of payment to imprisonment
for six days."
11. Article 330 of the 8uid Revised Statutes, as
made applicable to municipal elections in the said
city, is replaced, for the purposes thereof, by the fol-
lowing :
" Every elector shall vote without undue delay,
and shall quit the poll as soon as his ballot paper has
been put into the ballot box.
The deputy-returning officer shall compel elector
to quit the poll forthwith after the depositing of his
ballot, as aforesaid, and in default of so doing, shall
himself be liable, upon summary conviction, to a
penalty of twenty dollars."
18. Article 349 of the said Revised Statutes, as
made applicable to municipal elections in the said
city, is replaced, for the purposes thereof, by the
following :
" The depvty-returning officer, on being requested
so to do, shall deliver gratis to each candidate, or to
his agents, or, in their absence, to the electors repre-
senting him, a certificate of the number of votes given
for each candidate and of the number of rejected
ballot papers, together with a list of the names of
electors in respect of which a second ballot has been
issued under article 308."
t&"!if!^ *»• The following section is added after section 65
of the said act 52 Victoria, chapter 79 :
" «5a. If it be proved, before any court or judge,
at tht trial of any such pedtion, as aforesaid, that any
corrupt practice has been committed, by or with the
knowledge and consent of any candidate at an election,
his election, if he has been declared elected, shall be
void.
Such candidate shall, during the seven years next
after the date of such decision, be incapable of being
Art. 349 id.
replaced.
Certificate of
number of
votes.
Corrupt prac-
tice by can-
date.
Candidate
disqualified
for 7 years.
68 ViOT.
uprisonmeut
Statutes, as
in the said
, by the fol-
idue delay,
)t paper has
apel elector
itiug of his
doing, shall
iction, to a
or";™;"V95"""°'"°''''°''°™°'' ""> fi"' day <,■„,„,„„.
' " ■ ' rorco.
iJtatutes, as
in the said
jof, by the
\ requested
idate, or to
itors repre-
rotes given
of rejected
S' names of
>t has been
section 65
or judge,
d, that any
r with the
m election,
d, shall be
irears next
[e of being-
1
60 VICTORIA.
1
9 Victoria, chapter 49, is replaced o9 v., c. 49, s.
3, reiilaced.
CAP. LX.
An Act to amend the charter of the city of Montreal and
Its amendment.s
Assented to 9lh Janvanj, 1807.]
prayer ' ^nd ^vhereas it ,s expedient to grant its
seJ/'of fh'o'f ^^'\'^l^^''^y: J^y '^'id with the advice and con-
sent of the Legislature of Quebec, enacts as follows:
1. Section :) of the act
by the following :
"J«. The board of revisors shall meet on the fifth ,l.;„r ^p
January, at the hour of ten in /l^^ L • ""^^*y of When board
choosin'i^nno ^f/i. • u , mornnig, and, after "'' ^visors to
cnoosmg one^ol their members as chairman it shall Jinn,, "."^^' '*"'i J«-
from day to day until it has disno^P,! nf oil ^"^ ,'^" adjouin ties ti.ereaf-
objectioiLin co?i„ection w h tlX ofeL tot? ^'Trt"' '"'
previously sworn before one of the member, of tl^ K F
s or whose name may be entered more than one" on he
'S^fXe'lfomSlf "^^' ""' '"» "^' "-"" -
!»
Cap. 60.
City of Montreal.
60 Vw
ft^>
^ v., c. 79, s.
•II, amended.
Entry to be
ttiude by
clerk.
.^very certificate atRy^,} i "
^W, amended. '*• *t>ctloa 145 of ih.. ^ .^
Application ,% "' ^"^ Jollowmg para-
0' E3ctlon. ^ "IS Sectio)! shall l
riitoriuela-
tion.
for private **• Ally law fn fh.. . l
'■^Hfeatea'»fek»
siKSWfi"
'Montreal.
I
60 Vict. I^q-j
'i'^iuut oily „t *" i^hr'-'.'i
--^a election, LTit
ion ,n the certificates th^^
"t^ho names of the a^se?.
or extracts ■^iJ'Ses.s-
;^«tonno. the ri,o.ht to vote
'aj the letters 'i' T'n„HI
e^^UchnarnestheworS'
the";to^''^ '^'""^^' °»^' of
ces. specify the time when
'<^ revjsors or .submitTheir
nroof ' °' *? ""P^'^« ov
■ proof ;,,.j,,,,^ y- .
^ the cty clerk n, .
iaid " assist-
ed 0/ Montreal.
Cap, GO.
«. Besides the matters mentioned in section 140 of its
charter, the city is empowered to make by-laws on the fol-
lowing subjects :
1 'J^'' ^■«^."lt^t'' o»- prohibit mendicity, to regulate the circu-
lation oi bicycles and other vehicles of that kind, and to
prevent the exhibition of wounds and infirmities in the
streets and public squares of the city •
To protect morals in the streets, public squares and houses
.<^f public entertainment and amusement in the city •
Ln.i P7,'^*^"S<^h« throwij.o. iu the streets and public squares,
;and on the sidewalks, of anything whatevei- which mioh
be dangerous or injurious, as well to the public as to
horses, vehicles and bicycles ;
To have the control of public scales.
«frT.fJ" fwt!^'''' •"'' ^'^'^"P'^'iy or person shall open the
fu ."i*^*" ''"^ ""'"'^ '''''■'^^ works to be done the'-ein
without the previous consent in writing of the council of
the city, saying as respects eomnanies which exist under
previous statutes, which shall remain subject to heir
; natural interpretation. ''
.AfMitional
power to
ninke bv-liiwa
to:
ftcf,Milate
iiifnclicity,&c.
I'lotcct mor-
als ;
I'll: vent
tlirowiii;^ in-
jurious things
into struct.s,
cScc. ;
Control pub-
lic scales.
Streets, &c.,
not lie opened
up without
consent of
council. '
VHoiin, chapter 79 j,
<=l«k shall put opp„si(„
'on, the words
in ink".
' Good
ictoria, chapter 79
oi" the foil
is
owing para-
m^'iicipal lists, which
^regularities not aS
its amendments, the
'^i without any otW
iiicipal list. ^ '
istanding,itisdeclar-
iS'/i private butchers
'lf^« limited to a sura
,; P . ny light 01 privilege whatever, either annual or ^""'''i f^<^''"'^'
, ^-u^uH-al, un'iss tenders have been called lor durino- one !;r'n:le3'iu'*''
cit'^ld th^ T' ^'n ^''\ "^"-papers published in th>;-- '"
city and the city shall grant such right or privileoe to the
tenderer engaging to pay to the citf the highestfum pe^
annum lor such right or privilege. ^
v.,vv ?^h'T' ^^'.'l^y °'' ^^^^'itreal should obtain tempo- vu,ntio„«i
laiy rehel to meet its present liabilities and eno-aoenients i-^-^^^
^^hlch may mature during the course of the yt^r com:
mencnig on the 1st January, 1897, as hereinafter set forth
obS?oT:/' """ ^''^' ^" "^^"^^ °f ™''^«""8- the s. ■•
Whereas the failure to meet the same as they mature
may entail additional expense, costs and liti-.a io "upon
the city and the accumulation of interest char-el, ^
Whereas there are certain works which are 'necessary
and whuh are urgent, and which it will be necessary to
Sd '"■ '"""= ^'^* '''''' y^'^'- '^''^ - al,s?> hereinSt'r
o.n. imto^^ ol Montmil is hereby authorized to effect r, .a„ author
cans, not exceeding in the aggregate the sum of .*•'!•> 440 '''''•
!or the purpose of meeting the following present en-ur.:
^l^^^^^fndh.,ume.,^^■hich have been fncui^doverS
shrbe2;!'/1f ^^^ borrowing power; and vvhnh oa
shall be effected, from time to time, for the pavmeni of tho
imlovying Items, as the same may mature,^and noiXr-
Ito
^ Cap. 60.
^'iy of Montreal
Harbor i^o* mTX'f,'''?.^ '")' ""> "'y for
Total
SX'J" /»'l <he said ci,y of „„ , , * -''3.
KoadCommitf , """ai'l expend.
Fire Commit/plf ■•'";• ^^^M
Police cSn£!'A' '^'"'^»« ^^^^^^
^-J^i^CoUitTeUTtrii^-esC^^^^^^^^^^^^ .^ ^>0.00(
Contribution for !?,„?%'"" i^Mw™!™ p,',;:; ^"'""O
'^-'"'""..on^BritisbSierri.S.;,- '.oo
0,000
Total "^"qTTTT
>licat,-on T, ^ „ ■* ^'^'^0<>
of sums bor- -■ Jt shall in nn ,-„ i ,
fcis" TTt-iS.Xs- -? -n« st:s £
teims maturing „ot |
^y of Montreal
,Hw« by the city for
^s, for tho amount now
;"f;«;^ by city to;S
^^j^on:-aS«;;„;i
cityunder judgment
'rdun'iiyke ;;■•••••*•
^^^"^^^- C-eVy 0/ Montreal Cap. 60.
ilKr^-^'^'^'r^^^y- ^^'^^ = «»d shall b,. effected at
i'ff.'rent times, only as requirod in connootion with thp
7-> O'^IT^'^T ^"/P?^^^ «"^ '•^<'^«^ the same have been relolved
''>.(^ by a vote of the ma oritv of th« mo^K^.. "V .i.'^^''^"^'''^
'«
Ln -1 .u »^«,'«aj""ty of the members of the en ,,-«
^^^^.^%:^^}^ «hall b. valid oX:^:;:
anc
h c
mayor, the city clerk, and the city tn'asurer,
^^'i'^'fertified' by the
^ade in accordf
..«. oa.u uuiisraiions snail bb valid only when
Mhe cty controller to the effect that they aTe
T±"!!J?'^':V'^.^"': '^- object, tor /hich
signed
^S.Sod^v'i^e andThrriT'^T'''.'''^'''''^"'''^ ^^'<^oxxxM, or other"^-
^■^vvise, ana snail boar mteri'.st at
ihall be redeemable out of tht
per cen^^er annum ; and any X.:.Tj^^^:^^
20,000inji:anr"™^' tl '"^'^^ ^ave no power to place Co,.,.., not to
^^mV^^^^l\Z^^?:^l. ^', otherwise, or to borrow or expend [;'--'""
them, shall be
'On permanent works.
during
the year 1897, any sura of Isur"'"'''"^
's%if,s-'-'
-to eflectT,,/'- u ':-•»' 'hBcharliT, as ciiaoted l>v ehe art ',"
-Wch shall ;t£lTr,?^';.l"!i!«^
Proviso.
f ovisions of this aVt ?'"'>' ^"d void.
^bedistributp/:l^i^»"»l?l 5. Notw
e provisions of this section shall be ille-a
and expended |v
^^streets and drains
s, Pipe-Jaymg and
ernes Committee. ,$
spitai..,.'.7.'.
^y works.'.".".'
JenevoJentFu'nd
f ot Widows of
Association'.!.".'.".""
rota]....
%he
117.000 m
50,000
S0,000
20,000
5,000
7,000
10,000
Ition.
This act shall come ir.to force
on the day of its sane- Coming into
force.
10,000
10,000
3,000
8,000
Quebec :—Pri.vteij uy B.io
U.S.SR.U. & i>AOF,AU, PUINTEUS TO THE
Queen's Most Excellent IVIajestv.
$ 375,000
"=» "aid objects shaU b"
hall only be effected by I
.Mmimis
T^!^I^^^^PB|Si^^^^^^^?^S|^^^^P!'^^Pn
sa!ssii>'»f
feg^'
. AXNO SEXAOESIMO I'RIMO
VICTORIA eeginj:
CAP. LIII
An Act. to amend the (.•harter of the city of Montreal
[Assented to I5f h Jaiiuary, ]S'i)8]
!Tr'HER]<:AS tlie city of Montreal- has, by its petition, re- ivamMe
TT presented that it is expedient to grant it a t(;mporary
aid in order to enable it to meet its obligations and engage-
ments, and carry out certain permanent works wJiich are
urgently required in 1898 ;
Therefore, Her Majesty, by and with the advice and con-
sent of the Legislature of Quebec, enacts as follows :
1. The city of Montreal is hereby authorized to borrow City auti.or-
and use, in 1898, the balance of the borrowing powers "-^''^ '" '""'■
granted to the city by the act 60 Victoria, chapter 60, irce'iniM'^'
viz: the sum of 1187,824, lor the purposes mentioned in i>i"p<>^e^.
the said act; less #50,000 for the Market Committee and
#20,000 for the Police Committee, reducing the said sum
to be borrowed to 1117, !"24.
-*• The city of Montreal is also authorized to borrow the Certain <.tiui-
sum of $375,000 to be used to pay the obligations and to **""' "^ *'^"'>-
carry out the works hereinafter mentioned which may be uiil other''
required and approved of in virtue of this act, in 1 898, P^ip^'scs.
viz :
(1) Judgments of courts, expenses for vaccina-
tion, subsciipliuns loi' the Queen's .J ubilee, for the
^''*y of Montreal
(jf Markets;:::: '••■.■:::::; 75,,
^6) «t. Helen's r;;""; «-<
<"Mo„,.,K"o.?j^J?nf;;.; r;:;;;;;; :::;;; 5,(
21
■*^"age ^_y ^or ■'^'^croix Street
35,000
^'1 ';|.t f. i,„ *• Jt shall ,•„ „ , «^ 310,000
eWvCi:" ^- The above ,«« .•
^"nes, only a^Vr^J'.'JS^f'; they shall hT 2^*"""? "ot Jater
«^.the majoritv of f J ^"""^^ ^ave been rl i ^^ , ^'^''effoing-
■^^/*i «bligitioLl";,\'»«mbers of^e errJ'^ ^'^ ? ^'«^^
city comptrolW f ", ^"^ '''^lid onlv » i, "^^ counci ; the
\ach caseSr'^ ^^-^ ^^« "Ejects fo^l^u^'l^ "^^^e ij le!
*^« city-clerl^^'^^^edjiheyihaVr ^^^ the loan in
*>ear interest at? f "'^ 'Account, or ofK • ^^ redeem-
f«reg-oinff cond.-f!- "°* ^^ffected i,^ o" ^^^ ^^"^ Per an-
-n a^dvoS''"™^. "'^-"'■°,';L'',^-*^«Jilh the
(if Montreal
^«"; and other Jiabilf.
r pavin,. Kotre-J>a^
' ^'orks absolutely e
ci81>8
C?7»/ of Montreal
pla(;e Liniit of \,„i:
expend '■""■'"« i'"wi'
' cvccpt by cor-
'e-Iav
'"g". reservoirs,"
''1 Vrc*-"- i,ny or J/ontreaf, Cap. 53
« on . . "'i ^^^ T""'''^ *''' ^^'^ ''^y «'^^J1 Ji«ve 110 power to
* J0,O(i*ny loans, temporary or otherwise, or to ])orrow or e
on pormunent works <liirin(r fhu ^r^,^„ lunu e
inouey whatsoever, beyolIJ thetrLl^^.S,;;:;;".^: ^^ t^
fence wTtho ^ '" ,«»^i<^iP«ti"» of the revenue in accord- "
IQ-in. w7 ^ '^^'^'''' provided, always, that the city
'^^' Wl."''''' ^'T *''";! '^ ^'"'''' the presently outstanding
bonds, representn.g the proprietors' shares iu street im-
.otlhTr" '' ""^'' '^"'" ^^"^" ^' ^«t bj^ t'^« oolle c io X "f
fi.OO^f "<; special assessments made therefor
2 50;lpr!;e;Sn!^"tl^" Ihi^r* ''"^r"'^ ^'^'^^ ^' interpreted as i,,.,,.-.,,.
— ' he limi/ oP !t% ^ *'"' ""''•'"'= permanent loans up
tne limit ot its borrowing powers.
np to ti"" "fiu't.
«375,00()
buildin
w«,
th& East
'^Prop'riai'io„;-- ^ I'S^'i^O
'W;'^^tiou cases
.«ha'l perhaps be
■f-acroix Street
125,000
50,000
35,000
i! 310,000 ^
■^^ io chang-e or ah^r- ^ '
''»S purposes, so fW *^'
*^«-idobiectrstlU:
nelT^y be effected by
he entire couacfj ;\t
^ "hen certified by the
/hey a,, ^ 7 the
for which the loa^i in
tr^^.'liM*^«'"''^Wr
^rer sha 1 be redeem^
otherwise, and shall
lem i'?rK^^'*h the J
lem, shall be iiloc^.i I
8.
tion.
This act shall come into force
on the day of its sane- Coining inm
force.