CHAP. 26.

An Act further to amend the Post Office Act.

[Assented to 29th June, 1897.]

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

Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:

1. Subsection one of section nine of The Post Office Act, R.S.C., c. 35, chapter thirty-five of the Revised Statutes, is hereby amended s. 9 amended. by adding thereto the following paragraph

by Postmaster

"(r.) make regulations for security being given by any Regulations person or body corporate to Her Majesty for the due perfor- Post mance of his duties in any matter relative to the Post Office of Canada by any officer, employee, clerk or servant employed by or under the Postmaster General, or by any one employed in the Canada Post Office, or by any one performing, whether with or without authority, any business of the l'ost Office of Canada; and also for the establishment and maintenance of a fund, to be derived from moneys received from officers, employees, clerks and servants employed by or under the Postmaster General, wherewith to make good to the Crown any loss by reason of any officer, employee, clerk or servant employed by or under the Postmaster General, or of any one performing any business of the post office, failing to duly discharge his duties in any matter relating to the Post Office of Canada."

2. Hereafter railway mail clerks will not be required to pass the promotion examination provided for by section thirtynine of The Civil Service Act.

3. The said Act is hereby further amended by adding Sections thereto the following sections:

added.

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"119. The Governor in Council may establish a branch of Establishthe Post Office Department to be called the Railway Mail ment of railService Branch, to be composed of a controller, with head- vice branch. quarters at Ottawa, superintendents at points to be determined by the Postmaster General, and such other employees as

Controller and other employees.

Qualification

are from time to time necessary for the proper conduct of the business of the branch.

"120. The Governor in Council may appoint to such branch an officer to be called 'the Controller of the Railway Mail Service of Canada' together with such superintendents, railway mail clerks, transfer agents and other employees as are deemed necessary; and such controller, superintendents, railway mail clerks, transfer agents and other employees may be appointed from among persons in the Civil Service; and, in such event, such appointments shall not, within the meaning of The Civil Service Superannuation Act or any other Act, be regarded as new appointments, but shall be regarded as mere transfers from one branch of the Civil Service to another.

"121. No person shall be eligible to be appointed Controller of controller. of the Railway Mail Service unless he has been for at least ten years employed in the Canada Post Office.

New appoint

ments.

Duties of controller.

Salary.

Controller's

"122. New appointments to the said branch shall be made as provided for by The Civil Service Act and the amendments thereof.

"123. The duties of the controller, under the direction of the Head of the Department, shall be :

"(a.) to have control over the superintendents, railway mail clerks, transfer agents and other employees in such branch in the discharge of the duties from time to time assigned to them by the controller, and to deal with all breaches or neglect of duty, with power to suspend such persons for such breaches or neglect of duty or other sufficient cause, during the pleasure of the Postmaster General;

"(b.) to issue mail schedules and distribution lists;

"(c.) to deal with all matters pertaining to the internal economy of postal cars;

"(d.) to deal with all delayed or mis-sent mails or mail matter;

"(e.) to regulate the receipt and despatch of mails between post offices and railways, and to perform such other duties as are from time to time assigned to him by the Head of the department.

"124. The salary of the controller shall be determined by the Governor in Council, and shall not exceed two thousand five hundred dollars per annum.

"125. The controller, and those employed in his office at office to be in Ottawa, shall form part of the first or inside departmental division of the Civil Service.

inside service.

Salary of superintendent.

Qualification

of superintendent.

"126. The salary of a superintendent shall be determined by the Governor in Council, and shall not exceed one thousand five hundred dollars per annum.

"127. Except in British Columbia, no person shall be eligible to be appointed such superintendent unless he has served at least ten years as a railway mail clerk.

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"128. The scale of salaries of clerks and other employees Salaries in in the offices of the superintendents shall be the same as for erintendents. clerks in the city post offices.

“129. A railway mail clerk shall be appointed on proba- Railway mail tion for at least six months, at a salary of three hundred dollars clerk to be six per annum, together with the allowance for mileage.

probation,

examination.

"130. Except as regards those now in the service and over And subject sixty years of age, every railway mail clerk shall be subject at to a case least once in each year, to a case examination under the directions of the controller.

salaries.

"131. Increases and reductions in the salaries of the super- Increases and intendents, railway mail clerks, transfer agents and other reductions of employees in the railway mail service branch, may be made by the Governor in Council on the recommendation of the Postmaster General on the report of the controller; and in the case of railway mail clerks, the report shall be accompanied by a statement of the clerk's last case examination, general efficiency and length of service."

OTTAWA Printed by SAMUEL EDWARD DAWSON, Law Printer to the Queen's most Excellent Majesty.

CHAP. 27.

An Act to amend the Companies Act.

[Assented to 29th June, 1897.]

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

Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as

follows:

tions of

1. Section 37 of The Companies Act is hereby amended by R.S.C., c. 119, striking out the following words at the end thereof, "but s. 37 amended. Exception the limitation made by this section shall not apply to commer- from restriccial paper discounted by the company";-and by substituting borrowing therefor the following words :-"Provided always that the powers. limitations and restrictions on the borrowing powers of the company contained in this section shall not apply to or include moneys borrowed by the company on bills of exchange or promissory notes drawn, made, accepted, or endorsed by the company."

2. This Act shall be read as part of The Companies Act, Application of and the provisions hereof shall apply and extend to all exist. amendment. ing companies to which the provisions of The Companies Act

are applicable.

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