meridian, for a period of twelve months from this date, with a view to my obtaining entry therefor as a homestead as soon as I attain the age of eighteen years. I am in permanent residence on the section of section number in township quarter , range of the meridian, now held under entry (or, as the case may be), owned and occupied by , my I am a British subject. [Place and date.] FORM H. [Signature.] AFFIDAVIT BY RELATIVE IN SUPPORT OF AN APPLICATION FOR RESERVATION OF A HOMESTEAD ON BEHALF OF A MINOR. number in township range of meridian, in respect of which application is made by to have reserved under the provisions of subsection 3 of section 9 of The Dominion Lands Act, is agricultural land and open to homestead entry; that there is no person residing on the said land; that there are no improvements thereon; that the said application is made for the sole use and benefit of the said with a view to his obtaining entry for the said land as soon as he attains the age of eighteen years; that the said who is my has his permanent residence with me on the quarter-section of section , in township number the meridian, for which I hold entry (or, as the case may be, own and occupy); that the said attained the full age of eighteen years on the ance with the provisions of subsection 3 of section 9 of The Dominion Lands Act, applied in the form G, supported by affidavit in the form H, as therein provided, for the reservation of quarter-section of section number of the in township , range meridian, with a view to his obtaining entry therefor as soon as he attains the full age of eighteen years. I hereby certify that the said application has been allowed and that the said land is hereby reserved for a period of twelve months from this date for the purpose aforesaid, and subject to the conditions mentioned in paragraphs a, b and c, of the provisions above mentioned. Dominion Lands Office at day of 19 Local Agent. OTTAWA: Printed by SAMUEL EDWARD DAWSON, Law Printer to the King's most Excellent Majesty. CHAP. 21. An Act respecting the Surveys of the Public Lands of the Dominion and the Surveyors entitled to make such surveys. [Assented to 17th March, 1908.] HIS Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:- SHORT TITLE. 1. This Act may be cited as The Dominion Lands Surveys Short title. Act. INTERPRETATION. 2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— (a) "Minister" means the Minister of the Interior; (b) "Surveyor General" means the officer of the Department of the Interior who bears that designation, and has, subject to the direction of the Minister, the management of surveys of Dominion lands, or the chief clerk performing his duties for the time being; (c) "Board" means the Board of Examiners for Dominion Land Surveyors; (d) "Dominion land surveyor" means a surveyor authorized to survey Dominion lands under the provisions of this Act; (e) "Dominion lands" means any lands to which The Dominion Lands Act applies; (f) "monument" means a post, stake, peg, mound, pit or trench, or anything used to mark a boundary corner. APPLICATION OF ACT. Interpreta tion. 3. This Act applies to the public lands of the Dominion to Application. which The Dominion Lands Act applies. Cases unprovided for, etc. Orders and regulations must be published. POWERS OF THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL. 4. The Governor in Council may (a) make such orders as are deemed necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act, according to their true intent, or to meet any cases which arise, and for which no provision is made in this Act; and further make and declare any regulations which are considered necessary to give the provisions in this section full effect; (b) impose penalties not exceeding two hundred dollars, or not exceeding three months' imprisonment, for violation of any regulations under this Act; (c) provide that any statement or return required to be made by such regulations shall be verified on oath. 5. Every order or regulation made by the Governor in Council by virtue of the provisions of this Act shall, unless herein otherwise specially provided, have force and effect only after it has been published for four successive weeks in The Canada Gazette; and all such orders or regulations shall be laid Parliament. before both Houses of Parliament within the first fifteen days of the session next after the date thereof. And laid before Fees. Administration. Qualified to survey. Board of examiners. Dates of examinations. 6. The Governor in Council may establish a tariff of fees to be charged by the Minister for all copies of maps, township plans, field notes and other records; and all fees received under such tariff shall form part of the revenue from Dominion lands. ADMINISTRATION. 7. The Minister shall have the administration, direction and control of the surveys of Dominion lands. SURVEYORS. 8. No person shall act as surveyor of any lands to which this Act applies unless he has become qualified to do so under the provisions hereinafter set forth or was, before the fourteenth day of April, 1872, duly qualified by certificate, diploma or commission, to survey Crown lands in some one of the provinces of Canada. 9. There shall be a Board of Examiners for the examination of candidates for admission as articled pupils, for commissions as Dominion land surveyors or for certificates as Dominion topographical surveyors, which shall consist of the Surveyor General and two Dominion topographical surveyors appointed from time to time by the Governor in Council. 2. The Board shall meet annually for such examination on the second Monday in the month of February, and the Minister may require the Board to meet and to hold examinations at such other times and places as are necessary. 3. Notice of such annual and other meetings shall be given Notice of in The Canada Gazette. meetings. office. 10. Every member of the Board shall take an oath of office, Oath of in the form A in the schedule to this Act, which may be administered by a judge of any court in Canada. 11. The Minister shall, from time to time, appoint a fit and Secretary. proper person to be secretary of the Board who shall keep a record of its proceedings. tions. 12. The Minister may cause examinations of candidates for Examinaadmission as articled pupils or for commissions as Dominion land surveyors to be held at such times and places as he directs, by one of the members of the Board or by a special examiner who is a Dominion land surveyor, and is appointed thereto by the Governor in Council. 2. Notice of any such examinations shall be given for four Notice of. consecutive weeks in The Canada Gazette. 3. Such examinations shall be subject to any rules and Rules for. regulations made by the Board in that behalf, and shall have no effect unless they are conducted in accordance with such rules and regulations, and are subsequently approved by the Board. Board 13. The Governor in Council may appoint one or more Filling Dominion topographical surveyors for the purpose of filling vacancies on the place of any member or members of the Board who may, pro tem. through illness or other cause, be unable to attend any meeting of the Board. 14. Every person who desires to be examined by the Board Secretary to shall notify the secretary in writing at least one month pre-candidate for be notified by vious to the meeting of the Board at which the examination is examination. to take place, and shall, with such notice, transmit the fee hereinafter prescribed. for admission 15. No person shall be admitted as an articled pupil with Examination any Dominion land surveyor unless he has previously passed as articled an examination before the Board, or before one of the members pupil. thereof, or before a special examiner as hereinbefore provided, as to his knowledge of arithmetic, algebra including quadratic equations, plane geometry, plane trigonometry, spherical trigonometry as far as the solution of triangles, the mensuration of superficies, and the use of logarithms, and in penmanship and orthography, and has obtained from the Board a certificate of having passed such examination. |