CHAP. 23.

An Act to amend the Act respecting the incorporation of Boards of Trade.

[Assented to 23rd July, 1894.]

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

1. Paragraph (a) of section one of chapter one hundred and R.S.C., c. 130, thirty of the Revised Statutes is hereby repealed and the s. 1 amended. following substituted therefor:

trict."

"(a.) The expression 'district' means the city, county, Interpretatown, village or judicial district within and for which a board tion of "disof trade is established under this Act; and with regard to the North-west Territories, means and includes also any electoral district, as constituted for elections to the Legislative Assembly for the North-west Territories, within and for which a board of trade is established."

section to be

2. The said Act shall be read and construed and shall have Construction the same operation and effect as if the said repeal and sub- of preceding stitution had taken effect on the twenty-second day of May, retroactive. one thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight.

3. Section five of the said Act is hereby amended by adding Section 5 thereto the following subsections:

amended.

"2. Upon application by the corporation under its corporate Change of seal, and signed by its president and secretary, the name of name. any such corporation may be changed provided the Governor in Council is satisfied that such change is not desired for any improper purpose and is not otherwise objectionable."

"3. Any such change of name shall be conclusively estab- Notice and lished by the insertion in the Canada Gazette by the evidence. Secretary of State of a notice of such change."

not affected.

4. No rights or liabilities of the corporation shall be Rights and affected by a change of its name under the provisions of this obligations section, and all actions commenced by or against the corporation prior to such change may be proceeded with by or against it under its former name."

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inost Excellent Majesty.

CHAP. 24.

An Act to make further provision respecting Grants of Land to members of the Militia Force on active service in the North-west.

[Assented to 23rd July, 1894.]

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

Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as

follows:

1886, c. 29.

1893, c. 3.

1. Notwithstanding any limits of time prescribed in chapter Grants of seventy-three of the Statutes of 1885, or in chapter twenty- land authoriz nine of the Statutes of 1886, or in chapter thirteen of the 1885, c. 73. Statutes of 1891, or in chapter six of the Statutes of 1892, or 1891. c. 13. in chapter three of the Statutes of 1893, the Governor in 1892, c. 6. Council may grant a free homestead or scrip, as therein provided, to any person who is entitled thereto under the said Acts, or any of them, but has not already been granted such homestead or scrip: Provided that such person complies Limitation of within two years after the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-four, with the conditions required, by the said Acts or any of them, to be complied with on or before the first day of August, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six Provided also, that the provisions of the said Acts Previous Acts shall, so far as applicable, apply to grants of land or scrip under to apply. the authority of this Act.

time.

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CHAP. 25.

An Act respecting the Seigniory of Sault Saint Louis.

[Assented to 23rd July, 1894.]

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

follows:

rents.

1. The Governor in Council may, on such conditions as he Payment of deems expedient, and with the consent of the Iroquois Indians arrears of of Caughnawaga, accept from the censitaires of the seigniory of Sault Saint Louis seventy-five per cent of the arrears of rents due by the said censitaires on the eleventh day of November, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two, as payment in full of the said arrears.

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