CHAP. 23.

An Act to amend the Railway Act.

[Assented to 18th July, 1900.]

[ER Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:

tramways.

1. The Railway Act, chapter 29 of the statutes of 1888, is 1888, c. 29, amended by inserting, after section 6, the following section:section added. "6A. Street railways and tramways, while hereby expressly As to street declared to be subject to such of the provisions of this Act railways and as are referred to in section 4, shall not by reason only of the fact of crossing or connecting with one or other of the lines of railway mentioned in section 306 be taken or considered to be works for the general advantage of Canada, nor to be subject to any other of the provisions of this Act."

electric

2. The said section 6A shall also apply to all electric rail- Application ways (as distinguished from electric street railways) passing to certain through or over the Queen Victoria Niagara Falls Park, or railways at through or over the property of the province of Ontario lying Niagara upon or along the Niagara River and known as the Chain Reserve.

2. The said Act is further amended by inserting after sec-Section added. tion 14, the following sections:—

under

"14A. Whenever proceedings for the drainage of lands have Drainage been taken by any landowner under the provisions of an Act Provincial of the legislature of any province in that behalf, and it appears Acts. to the Railway Committee that an outlet for such drainage works is required over, across or under the lands of the Company, the Railway Committee may, upon the application of the landowner or engineer in charge of the works, or of the clerk of the municipality, and on due notice to and hearing the parties, order the Company to construct and provide upon its lands all necessary means of drainage, as in such order specified, the landowner first complying with such terms, as to payment or security, if any, for payment of the whole or so much of the cost of construction and maintenance of the said drainage works, as the Railway Committee in such order provides.

upon

Inquiry and report.

Section 90

amended.

Carrying

railway across lands.

New s. 117.

What devia

allowed.

"14B. Whenever any application is made under the last preceding section or under section 14 of this Act, the Railway Committee may, if it thinks proper, direct an inquiry to be made in the locality in question by a person appointed under section 12 of this Act, and may authorize such person to hear the parties and take evidence under oath, and may also, if it thinks proper, act on his report without further hearing of the parties.

3. Paragraph (d) of subsection 1 of section 90 of the said Act is repealed, and the following is substituted therefor:(d.) make, carry or place the railway across or upon the lands of any person on the located line of the railway."

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4. Section 117 of the said Act is repealed and the following section is substituted therefor :

"117. Except in accordance with the provisions of section tion shall be 120 or 130, no deviation shall be made from the located line of railway, or from the places assigned thereto in the map or plan and book of reference sanctioned by the Minister under the provisions of section 124."

New s. 118.

As to error in name entered in book.

New sections

5. Section 118 of the said Act is repealed and the following is substituted therefor :

"118. The railway may be made, carried or placed across or upon the lands of any person on the located line, although the name of such person has not been entered in the book of reference, through error or any other cause, or although some other person is erroneously mentioned as the owner of or entitled to convey, or is interested in such lands.”

6. Sections 123, 124 and 125 of the said Act are repealed 123, 124 and and the following sections are substituted therefor:

Map or plan and book of reference.

Approval of plan, etc.

Deposit of plan, etc.

"123. The Company shall make, in sections if it so desires, a map or plan and a profile of the line of railway, showing its course and direction, levels, gradient and curvature, and also the open drains and water-courses and the public highways to be crossed or run along or over by such line of railway; and a book of reference shall also be made, giving a general description of the said lands, the names of the owners or occupiers thereof, so far as they can be ascertained, and any other information required by the Minister for the proper understanding of the map or plan and profile.

"124. Such map or plan and profile and book of reference shall be submitted for the approval of, and may be sanctioned by the Minister.

"125. The map or plan and profile, and book of reference, so sanctioned, shall be deposited in the department; and the company shall also deposit copies thereof, or of such parts thereof as relate to each district or county through which the railway is to pass, duly certified as copies by the Minister or by the deputy, in the offices of the registrars of deeds for such districts or counties respectively."

7. Section 129 of the said Act is repealed, and the following New & 129. is substituted therefor :

to omissions.

"129. The certificate shall state the particulars of any such Certificates as omission, and the manner thereof, and shall be deposited with the registrars of deeds of the districts or counties, respectively, in which such lands are situate, and shall be kept by them together with the other documents to which it relates; and thereupon such map or plan, or book of reference, shall be deemed to be corrected according to such certificate."

8. Sections 130 and 131 of the said Act are repealed and New sections the following sections are substituted therefor :

130 and 131.

railway.

"130. If any alterations are desired in the location of the Alterations line of railway as sanctioned as aforesaid, a map or plan in location of and profile of the section of railway proposed to be altered, prepared on the same scale as the original map or plan and profile, and a book of reference, shall be submitted for the approval of, and may be sanctioned by, the Railway Committee; and the same, when so sanctioned, shall be deposited in the department, and copies thereof, or of extracts therefrom, certified by the Minister or deputy, shall, so far as they relate to the several districts or counties affected by such alterations, be deposited with the registrars of deeds of such districts and counties.

commenced.

"131. The company shall not commence the construction When only of the railway until the provisions of sections 124 and 125 are work may be fully complied with; nor shall work be commenced on any alteration of the located line (other than as provided for in section 120) until the provisions of section 130 are fully complied with."

9. Section 217 of the said Act is repealed and the following New s. 217. section is substituted therefor :

Sanction of

"217. All such by-laws, rules and regulations shall be submitted to the Governor in Council for approval. The Governor by-laws. in Council may sanction them, or any of them, or any part thereof, and may from time to time rescind the sanction of any such by-law, rule or regulation, or of any part thereof. Except when so sanctioned, no by-law, rule or regulation shall have any force or effect.

Committee

2. The Railway Committee may, from time to time, ap- Assistance point competent persons to advise or assist the Committee in to Railway the revision of any of such by-laws, rules or regulations, or any in preparing other matter coming before the Committee; and any person so appointed may be paid out of the unappropriated funds in the hands of the Minister of Finance and Receiver General."

rules.

10. The location of each station to be erected on any railway, Erection of the construction of which is authorized by any Act of the Par- stations. liament of Canada passed subsequent to the first day of June, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine, shall be subject to the approval of the Railway Committee of the Privy Coun

cil before the company proceeds to erect such station; and the company shall erect and maintain a station as so located, with such usual and ordinary facilities as are ordered, unless and except in so far as the Railway Committee from time to

time otherwise orders.

11. In the case of a railway not subject to the legislative authority of the Parliament of Canada, but subsidized hereafter in money or in land under the authority of an Act of that Parliament, the payment and acceptance of such subsidy shall be taken to be subject to the covenant or condition (whether expressed or not in any agreement relating to such subsidy) that the company for the time being owning or operating such railway shall, when thereto directed by order of the Railway Committee, confirmed by the Governor in Council, erect, maintain and operate a station, with such accommodation or facilities in connection therewith as are defined by the committee, at such point or points on the railway as are designated in such order.

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

CHAP. 24.

An Act to aid in the prevention and settlement of trade disputes, and to provide for the publication of statistical industrial information.

[Assented to 18th July, 1900.]

HER Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the

Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as

follows:

1. This Act may be cited as The Conciliation Act, 1900.

Short title.

2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, the "Minister" expression "Minister" means the member of Her Majesty's defined. Privy Council for Canada to whom, for the time being, the Governor in Council may assign the carrying out of the provisions of this Act.

boards.

3. Any board established either before or after the passing Registration of this Act, which is constituted for the purpose of settling of conciliation disputes between employers and workmen by conciliation or arbitration, or any association or body authorized by an agreement in writing made between employers and workmen to deal with such disputes (in this Act referred to as a conciliation board) may apply to the Minister for registration under this Act.

2. The application must be accompanied by copies of the Application constitution, by-laws and regulations of the conciliation board, therefor. with such other information as the Minister may reasonably require.

3. The Minister shall keep a register of conciliation boards, Register of and enter therein with respect to each registered board its boards. name and principal office, and such other particulars as he thinks expedient; and any registered conciliation board shall be entitled to have its name removed from the register on sending to the Minister a written application to that effect.

boards.

4. Every registered conciliation board shall furnish such Returns by returns, reports of its proceedings, and other documents as the Minister may reasonably require.