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CHAP. 88.

An Act respecting the American Bank Note Company

(Foreign.)

[Assented to 29th June, 1897.]

WHEREAS the American Bank Note Company has, by its Preamble. petition, represented that it is incorporated under the general laws of the state of New York, one of the United States, and that it is desirous of establishing offices and works at the city of Ottawa, Ontario, for the purposes hereinafter mentioned; and to have the powers hereinafter mentioned, and has prayed for the passing of an Act for the purposes aforesaid, 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 American Bank Note Company, hereinafter called Incorpora"the Company," is hereby invested with, and shall be entitled tion. to all the powers, privileges and rights, as a corporation, necessary for the purpose of carrying on, in the city of Ottawa, Ontario, and elsewhere in Canada, a general engraving, printing and lithographic business in all its departments, and of manufacturing such machinery as is required for its own use, Power to hold and also of acquiring and holding such real and personal property as is from time to time required for the convenient and Proviso. proper carrying on of its business: Provided that when any such property is no longer required for the said purposes, the Company shall forthwith sell and dispose thereof.

real estate.

2. The service of any process or notice upon the chief officer Service of or manager of the Company in Canada, at any office where it process on Company. carries on business in Canada, or upon the person then in charge of such office, shall be good service and shall bind the Company.

Company's books to be evidence.

3. All books of the Company kept by the officer specially charged with that duty shall be prima facie evidence of all facts purporting to be therein stated, in any suit or proceeding against the Company or against any shareholder.

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

CHAP. 89.

An Act to incorporate the British Yukon Mining,
Trading and Transportation Company.

[Assented to 29th June, 1897.]

WHEREAS a petition has been presented praying for the Preamble. incorporation of a company for the purposes and with the powers 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. His Highness Francis, Duke of Teck, G. C. B., Henry Incorpora Coppinger Beeton, Adolph Drucker, Charles Herbert tion. Wilkinson, George William Mitchell, Richard Biddulph Martin, Captain Duncan Vernon Pirie, Harry Samuel Samuel, Major Philip Hugh Dalbiac, The Honourable Hubert Valentine Duncombe, Harry Hanenel Marks, Ernest Flower, Major Edward Pryce Jones, William Tudor Howell, Thomas Richardson, Henry Charles Richards, The Hon. Sir Charles William Freemantle, George Ashby Pritt, Henry John Hadrill, Gilbert William Don, Charles Granville Kekewich, Frank Bailey Passmore, Alexander Charles Boyd, James Livesey, Colonel Edward Mayne Alexander, William Thompson, Henry Farncombe Billinghurst, John Henry Escolme, John Geale Dickson, Walter Townsend, Frederick Hugh Mackenzie Corbet, Robert Newton Crane, Richard Byron Johnson, Samuel Arthur Chappell, Edward Lucas, William Heape Bailey, James Greenless, Captain Barklie, Cairns McCalmont, Henry Hodgson Holford, George James Suckling, Richard Eve and Frank Anthony Laboucher, together with such persons as become shareholders in the company hereby incorporated, are hereby constituted a body corporate, under the name of "The British Yukon Mining, Trading and Trans- Corporate portation Company" hereinafter called "the Company."

name.

2. The head office of the Company shall be in the city of Head office. London, England, or in such other place in Great Britain, or in Canada, as the directors from time to time determine by by-law.

Business of
Company.
Mining.

Construction

of works.

Electric power.

Carriers.

3. The Company may—

(a.) purchase or otherwise acquire and work mines, mineral and mining rights in British Columbia and the North-west Territories, and may crush, smelt, reduce and amalgamate ore to render marketable the produce, and may develop such mines, and may crush, smelt, reduce and amalgamate the ores and products of any mines, whether belonging to the Company or not:

(b.) construct, or aid in, and subscribe towards the construction, maintenance and improvement of roads, tramways, docks, piers, wharfs, viaducts, aqueducts, flumes, ditches, quartz mills, ore-houses and other buildings and works which are necessary or convenient for the purposes of the Company:

(c.) erect, use and manage works, machinery and plant for the generation, transmission and distribution of electric power and energy:

(d.) carry on in the province of British Columbia, and in the North-west Territories, the business of carriers, forwarders and transportation agents, and all other business incident thereto or connected therewith, and also the business of wharShip owners. fingers, shippers and vessel-owners; and may for all or any of the said purposes, purchase, hold, lease or otherwise acquire timber, lands, buildings, docks, works, boats, vessels, vehicles, goods, wares or merchandise and other property, real and personal, movable and immovable; and improve, extend, manage, develop, lease, mortgage, exchange, sell, dispose of, or Storekeepers. turn to account the same; and may establish shops or stores on the said lands; and may purchase and vend general merchandise, clothing, provisions, stores, machinery and supplies, and may deal in mineral products, ores, mines and precious metals, and generally may do all such other things as are incidental or conducive to the attainment of the above objects: (e.) acquire by lease, purchase or otherwise, any rights in letters patent, franchises or patent rights for the purposes of the works and undertakings hereby authorized, and again dispose of such rights.

Patent rights.

Line of railway described.

2. The powers granted by paragraph (b) of this section shall be exercised only with the previous consent of, and subject to the regulation of, any municipality affected thereby.

4. The Company may lay out, construct, and operate a railway of the gauge of four feet eight and one-half inches, or of such other gauge as may be adopted by the Company, from a point in British Columbia, or in the North-west Territories near the north-western or western boundary of British Columbia, between the one hundred and thirty-fourth and one hundred and thirty-sixth degrees of longitude west of Greenwich, near the head of the Lynn Canal, or at some point in a north-easterly direction from the head of the Lynn Canal; thence across the White Pass, and thence northerly and westerly by the most feasible route to Selkirk.

Powers of

Vessels,

5. The Company may, for the purpose of its business,- Company. (a.) construct, acquire, charter, equip, navigate and keep in repair steamers and other vessels upon or across the Lewes River, the Tes-lin-too or Hootalinka River, Teslin Lake, the Pelly River, the Yukon River, Tahkeena River, the White River, the Stewart River, the Big and Little Salmon Rivers and upon the other lakes and streams forming part thereof or tributary thereto, or connecting therewith, and upon other inland waters of the North-west Territories connecting with, or adjacent to the proposed line of railway, and carry on generally the business of transportation in connection with the said railway and vessels, and may from time to time sell and dispose of such vessels:

(b.). construct, acquire, lease and sell wharfs, docks, elevators, Docks and warehouses and other works for facilitating transportation of storehouses, passengers or freight upon or across the said railway and the said rivers, lakes and streams:

(c.) acquire and utilize water and steam power for the Electricity, purpose of compressing air or generating electricity for lighting, heating and motor purposes in connection with the railways, vessels and works of the Company, and may also sell or otherwise dispose of surplus electricity or other power generated by the Company's works and not required for operating its railway or other works:

(d.) subject to such regulations as are imposed by the Gov- Water supply. ernor in Council, construct, purchase, lease or otherwise acquire and hold lands, buildings and other erections for the purpose of supplying water for the use of its works, railways and branches.

telephone

lines.

6. The Company may construct and operate lines of tele- Telegraph and graph and telephone in connection with and along the line of its railway and branches, and may construct, equip, acquire and operate telegraph and telephone lines beyond the said railway to any point in the North-west Territories north of the northern boundary of British Columbia, and may lay submarine lines for telegraph and telephone connections between such points, and may undertake the trausmission of messages for the public by all of such lines or any portion thereof.

when extra

7. If the Company requires land for wharfs, docks, and Proceedings elevators and cannot agree for the purchase thereof with land required. the owner of such land, it may cause a map or plan and book of reference to be made of such land and all the provisions of sections one hundred and seven to one hundred and eleven, 1888, c. 29. both inclusive, of The Railway Act shall apply to the subject matter of this section and to the obtaining of such land and determining the compensation therefor.

8. The Company may receive, either by grant from any Power to government, or from any person or municipal corporation, as receive grants

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