Power of Parliament as to future legislation. 5. Any Act hereafter passed, for the purpose of controlling railway companies incorporated by or subject to Parliament as to the issuing of stock or bonds, and as to rates or tolls and the regulation thereof, and as to running powers over or other rights in connection with the railway of any company by any other company, and the exercise of powers conferred upon railway companies, shall apply to the Company from the time such Act goes into effect; but this section shall not be construed to imply that such Act would not apply to the Company without the enactment of this section. OTTAWA: Printed by SAMUEL EDWARD DAWSON, Law Printer to the Queen's most Excellent Majesty. CHAP. 65. An Act respecting the Trans-Canadian Railway Company, and to change the name of the Company to the Trans-Canada Railway Company. W [Assented to 29th June, 1897.] WHEREAS the Trans-Canadian Railway Company incor- Preamble. porated by chapter sixty-eight of the statutes of 1895, has, 1895, c. 68. by its petition, prayed that the Act incorporating the said Company may be amended as hereinafter set forth, and it is expedient to grant the prayer of the said petition: Therefore Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows: 1. The name of the Trans-Canadian Railway Company, Name hereinafter called "the Company," is hereby changed from changed. "The Trans-Canadian Railway Company to "The TransCanada Railway Company;" but such change in name shall not in any way impair, alter or affect the rights or liabilities of the Existing Company, nor in any wise affect any suit or proceeding now rights and pending or judgment existing either by, or in favour of, or affected. against the Company, which, notwithstanding such change in the name of the Company, may be prosecuted or continued, completed and enforced as if this Act had not been passed. liabilities not struct branch line. 2. The Company may, in addition to the powers contained Power to conin its Act of incorporation, construct a branch from a point near where the proposed main line of the Company will cross the St. Maurice River in the province of Quebec, thence southerly to the village of Montcalm in the parish of St. Liguori, and thence in a direct line to the city of Montreal; but the construction of such branch shall not be commenced until after two hundred miles of its main line beginning at the city of Quebec have been constructed and put into operation. struction and 3. Notwithstanding anything contained in The Railway Time extendAct, the construction of the said railway shall be commenced ed for conand fifteen per cent on the amount of the capital stock of the completion of 131 railway. VOL. II-91 Company Power of Parliament as to future legislation. Company expended thereon within four years and completed within ten years from the passing of this Act, otherwise the powers granted to the Company shall cease and be null and void as respects so much of the railway as then remains uncompleted. 4. Any Act hereafter passed for the purpose of controlling railway companies incorporated by or subject to Parliament as to the issuing of stock or bonds, and as to rates or tolls and the regulation thereof, and as to running powers over or other rights in connection with the railway of any company by any other company, and the exercise of powers conferred upon railway companies, shall apply to the Company from the time such Act goes into effect; but this section shall not be construed to imply that such Act would not apply to the Company without the enactment of this section. OTTAWA: Printed by SAMUEL EDWARD DAWSON, Law Printer to the Queen's most Excellent Majesty. CHAP. 66. An Act to incorporate the Columbia River Bridge Company. [Assented to 29th June, 1897.] WHEREAS a petition has been presented praying for the Preamble. incorporation of a company to construct a bridge across the Columbia River, and for other purposes, as hereinafter set forth, and it is expedient to grant the prayer of the said petition: Therefore Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows: 1. F. August Heinze, of Trail, in the province of British IncorporaColumbia, Chester Glass, of Spokane, in the state of Washing- tion. ton, F. E. Ward, F. P. Gutelius and Carlos Warfield, all of Trail, aforesaid, together with such persons as become shareholders in the company hereby incorporated, are hereby constituted a body corporate under the name of "The Columbia Corporate River Bridge Company," hereinafter called "the Company.' " name. 2. The Railway Act, in so far as applicable, shall apply to 1888, c. 29. the Company and its undertakings. bridge. 3. The Company may construct, maintain and use a bridge Power to with the necessary approaches thereto, across the Columbia construct a River, in the province of British Columbia, at a point at or near the town of Robson, in the said province, for railway purposes and for the passage of pedestrians and vehicles, cars or carriages propelled or drawn by electrical, horse or other power, and may lay tracks on the said bridge and approaches for the passage of railway and other cars, and may charge toll for the passage of cars, vehicles and pedestrians over the said bridge. 4. The rate of tolls to be charged for the passage of foot Tolls. passengers, cars, carriages and other vehicles, shall, before being imposed, first be submitted to, and approved of, and Plans to be Governor in Council. may be from time to time amended or modified by the Governor in Council, but the Company may, at any time, reduce the same, and a notice showing the tolls to be charged shall at all times be posted up in a conspicuous place on the said bridge. 5. The Company shall not commence the construction of approved by the said bridge until it has first submitted to the Governor in Council plans of such bridge, and of all intended works thereunto appertaining, nor until such plans and the site of such bridge have been approved by the Governor in Council, and such conditions as he thinks fit for the public good to impose touching the said bridge and works have been complied with, nor shall such plans be altered, or any deviation therefrom be allowed, except by permission of the Governor in Council, and upon such conditions as he shall impose. Union with other companies, To build bridge, To sell or 6. The Company may, with the approval of two-thirds of the votes of the shareholders at a special general meeting duly called for the purpose of considering the same, at which meeting shareholders representing at least two-thirds in value of the stock are present, or represented by proxy, and after obtaining the sanction of the Governor in Council in the manner provided in section two hundred and thirty-nine of The Railway Act: (a.) unite with any other company incorporated under the laws of Canada or the province of British Columbia, or with any body corporate in building said bridge and approaches, and in maintaining, working, managing and using the same, and may enter into any agreement with such company or corporation, respecting the construction, maintenance, management and use thereof; (b.) enter into an agreement with any such company for the lease bridge. selling or leasing of said bridge and its approaches to such company in whole or in part, or any rights or powers acquired by it, and also the franchises, surveys, plans, works, plant, machinery and other property to it belonging, or for an amalgamation with such company. Equal rights of passage to all railways. Disputes to be 7. As soon as the said bridge is completed and ready for traffic, all railways in Canada now constructed or hereafter to be constructed shall have and be entitled to the same and equal rights and privileges in the passage of the said bridge, so that no discrimination or preference in the passage of the said bridge and approaches, or in traffic rates of transportation shall be made in favour of or against any such railway whose business or cars pass over the said bridge. 8. In case of any disagreement as to the rights of any railway whose trains cross or business passes over the said bridge, or as to traffic rates to be charged in respect thereof, the same |