CHAP. 21. An Act to amend the Winding-Up Act. [Assented to 15th April, 1915.] HIS R.S., c. 144; 1907, c. 51; IS Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts 1908, cc. 10; as follows: 74, 75; 1. Section 101 of the Winding-Up Act, chapter 144 of Permission the Revised Statutes of Canada, 1906, is amended by for appeals. striking out the words "by leave of a judge of the Court appeal therefrom" in the last line thereof, and by substituting therefor the following: "by leave of a judge of the court, or by leave of the court or a judge of the court to which the appeal lies, appeal therefrom." OTTAWA: Printed by JOSEPH DE LABROQUERIE TACHÉ, Law Printer CHAP. 22. An Act to amend the Yukon Placer Mining Act. [Assented to 15th April, 1915.] IS Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the R.S. c. 64; follows: 1. Section 42 of the Yukon Placer Mining Act, chapter 64 of the Revised Statutes, 1906, as amended by section 18 of chapter 77 of the statutes of 1908, is amended by adding thereto the following subsection: "3. Every person enlisted or accepted for active service, Rights of whether with the British or Allied forces, in the defence holders of of the Empire during the present war, who(a) is on such active service; or (b) having been on such active service, has by reason of any wound, illness or other disability incurred therein, been invalided or discharged otherwise than by sentence of court martial; and (c) in either case, is the holder of mining rights acquired under the provisions of this Act; shall be permitted to hold such rights free from the risk of cancellation owing to failure to comply with any of the requirements of the Act under which the rights were acquired, until six months after the final termination of the war and the final declaration of peace, in so far as the British Empire is concerned." mining claims on active service preserved. OTTAWA: Printed by JOSEPH DE LABROQUERIE TACHÉ, Law Printer CHAP. 23. An Act for granting to His Majesty aid for Military and Naval Defence. [Assented to 15th April, 1915.] HEREAS a state of war exists between His Majesty and 1914, (2nd. the German Emperor, the Emperor of Austria, King session) c. 1. of Hungary, and the Sultan of Turkey; and whereas it is necessary that measures be taken for the common defence and security, and to this end it is expedient that aid as hereinafter provided be rendered to His Majesty: Therefore His Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows: 1. This Act may be cited as The War Appropriation Act, Short title. 1915. be made. 2. From and out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund Payment of one hundred there may be paid and applied beyond the ordinary grants million of Parliament a sum not exceeding one hundred million dollars may dollars towards defraying any expenses that may be incurred by or under the authority of the Governor in Council during the year ending the thirty-first day of March, 1916, for— (a) the defence and security of Canada; (b) the conduct of naval and military operations in or (c) promoting the continuance of trade, industry, and Purposes. |