said hill seventy-five feet wide in that locality, together with any houses or other buildings erected on the said strip of land. 6. A strip of land seventy-five feet in width by the whole length of the "Marchmont Property," now the "Merici Convent." on the west side of the Plains of Abraham-which was formerly distinguished as lot number two hundred and twenty-seven (227) upon the cadastral plan for the said Parish of St. Colomba de Sillery but which is now subdivided into numerous lots,the said strip of land to be taken as close as may be found to be practicable to the brow of the cliff (Cime du Cap)—and also the whole of the irregular tract of land which will lie between the said strip of land when laid out and the said brow of the hill or Cime du Cap. 7. A tract of land comprising several lots of land with houses and other buildings erected thereon in the neighbourhood of "Wolfe's Monument," to the east of the Plains of Abraham, which is bounded as follows:-In front towards the north by St. Louis street or La Grande Allée, in rear towards the south by Monument street (on which street Wolfe's Monument is erected), on one side towards the east by lot number one hundred and fifty-three and on the other side towards the west by the Plains of Abraham, with the streets intersecting or adjoining same, namely: Wolfe street and Monument street,-the said tract of land comprising the lots numbers one hundred and fifty-two, one hundred and fifty-four, one hundred and fifty-five, one hundred and fifty-six, one hundred and sixty-one, one hundred and sixty-one A, one hundred and sixty-one B, one hundred and sixty-two, one hundred and sixty-three, one hundred and sixtythree A, one hundred and sixty-three B, and one hundred and sixty-four (152, 154, 155, 156, 161, 161A, 161B, 162, 163, 163A, 163B, and 164), on the cadastral plan for the Banlieue Parish of Notre Dame de Quebec. 8. A piece of land forming the southerly part of lot number four thousand four hundred and forty-one (4441) on the cadastral plan for Montcalm Ward of the city of Quebec, containing from five thousand to eight thousand feet in superficies, and a piece of land forming the southerly and south westerly part of lot number four thousand four hundred and forty-two (4442) on the said cadastral plan, containing from twelve thousand to fifteen thousand feet in superficies (said properties belonging to The Ladies Protestant Home of Quebec and the Heirs Lampson respectively). 9. The lot of land originally bearing the number four thousand four hundred and forty (4440) on the cadastral plan for Montcalm Ward of the city of Quebec, which is now subdivided into numerous lots, belonging to The Seminary of Quebec and commonly called "The Seminary Farm," with the house and other buildings thereon erected. 10. A small piece of land forming the south-east corner of the property of The Church of England Female Orphan Asylum (which adjoins the said Seminary Farm). (Sgd.) E G. MEREDITH, Notary Public. QUEBEC, July 15th, 1908. OTTAWA: Printed by SAMUEL EDWARD DAWSON, Law Printer to the King's most Excellent Majesty. CHAP. 59. An Act respecting the Quebec Bridge and Railway Company. [Assented to 20th July, 1908.] HEREAS the Quebec Bridge and Railway Company had, Preamble. under the legislative authority of the Parliament of Canada, undertaken, and had partially completed the construction of a railway bridge, with approaches, across the River St. Lawrence, near the city of Quebec, when a portion of the superstructure of the said bridge fell; and whereas His Majesty, pursuant to the provisions of an agreement between His Majesty and the Quebec Bridge and Railway Company, entered into prior to the fall of the superstructure, and set out in the schedule to chapter 54 of the statutes of 1903, and pursuant to the said 1903, c. 54. chapter 54, has, with the consent of Parliament, the right to take over the whole undertaking, assets, property and franchises of the said Quebec Bridge and Railway Company: Therefore His Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows: take over 1. The Governor in Council may, pursuant to the provisions Authority to of the said agreement and to the provisions of the said chapter the work. 54, exercise the right to take over the whole undertaking, assets, property and franchises of the said Quebec Bridge and Railway Company. 2. The Minister of Railways and Canals may employ engineers Construction of bridge. and cause plans and specifications to be prepared for the reconstruction and completion of the said bridge and undertaking, or for the construction of a bridge to serve the same purpose as was intended to be served by the bridge undertaken and partially completed by the said Company, on the same site, or on such other site, at or near the city of Quebec, as is recommended by such engineers or a majority of them and ap proved of by the Governor in Council, and the Minister shall apply to such work any moneys appropriated therefor by Parliament, including the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars appropriated therefor in the present session of Parliament. OTTAWA: Printed by SAMUEL EDWARD DAWSON, Law Printer to the King's most Excellent Majesty. CHAP. 60. An Act to amend chapter 38 of the statutes of 1907 in amendment of the Railway Act. [Assented to 20th July, 1908.] HIS Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows: 1. Section 7 of chapter 38 of the statutes of 1907, intituled 1907, c. 38 An Act to amend the Railway Act, is repealed. s. 7 repealed OTTAWA: Printed by SAMUEL EDWARD DAWSON, Law Printer to the King's most Excellent Majesty. |