CHAP. 2. An Act to provide for the payment of an additional temporary grant to the Province of Manitoba. [Assented to 15th May, 1879.] WHEREAS, from the circumstances stated in the minute Preamble. of the Governor in Council, bearing date the eighteenth April, one thousand eight hundred and seventynine, laid before Parliament during the present Session, it appears that it is expedient that Canada should make to the Province of Manitoba an additional temporary annual grant sufficient to raise the yearly revenue of the Province, derivable from Canada, to one hundred and five thousand six hundred and fifty-three dollars and four cents: Therefore Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows: . Manitoba shall receive from Canada, in addition to the Additional subsidy now payable under the Act in that behalf, and in temporary subsidy to addition to the sum payable under the authority of the first Manitoba. section of the Act, chapter three, thirty-ninth Victoria, a further annual grant of fifteen thousand six hundred and fifty-three dollars and four cents, being the sum required to raise the revenue of the Province derivable from Canada to the amount aforesaid; the said additional grant to be pay- How payable, able by half-yearly instalments, and to commence and be and for how long. reckoned from the first day of July, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine, and to continue until the end of the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty-one. The sums payable under this Act shall be a charge Out of Con. upon and payable out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund of Rev. Fund. Canada. CHAP. Preamble. Salary of additional Judge, N.B. Salary of any future Judge in Equity of Supreme Court, N.S. Act 36 V., c. 31, s. 6, amended. CHAP. 3. An Act to provide for the salary of one additional Judge WH [Assented to 15th May, 1879.] HEREAS, by an Act passed by the Legislature of the Province of New Brunswick in the year 1879, intituled "An Act relating to the Supreme Court," provision is made for the appointment of a Judge in Equity of the Supreme Court of New Brunswick, in addition to the number of judges now authorized to be appointed to that court, and it is expedient to make provision for the salary of such additional Judge: Therefore Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows: 1. The salary of such additional Judge of the Supreme Court of New Brunswick shall be four thousand dollars per annum, and shall be payable out of any moneys forming part of the Consolidated Revenue Fund of Canada. 2. After the present Judge in Equity of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia ceases to hold such office, the salary of the Judge in Equity of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia shall be four thousand dollars per annum; and the Act thirty-sixth Victoria (1873), chapter thirty-one, section six, is hereby amended accordingly. Preamble. CHAP. 4. An Act respecting the salaries of the County Court [Assented to 15th May, 1879.] WHEREAS, in the Provinces of Ontario, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, the salary of each County Court Judge (except those of the County of York, in Ontario, the County of St. John, in New Brunswick, and the County of Halifax, in Nova Scotia) is two thousand dollars per annum for the first three years of service, and two thousand four hundred dollars per annum thereafter, the salary of each of the Judges of the said Counties of York, St. John and Halifax being two thousand four hundred dollars per annum from from the time of appointment; and whereas the salaries of the County Court Judges in Prince Edward Island, as provided by the Act thirty-seven Victoria (1874), chapter four, section two, are to be not less than one thousand dollars and not more than two thousand dollars per annum each, as may be fixed by the Governor in Council; and whereas it is expedient to provide that the salaries of the County Court Judges in Prince Edward Island be placed on the same scale as those of the said other County Court Judges: Therefore Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows: 1. The salaries of each of the three County Court Judges Salaries of in Prince Edward Island shall be two thousand dollars per ones in County annum for the first three years of service as such judge, and P.E.I. fixed. after the period of three years' service as such judge the And after salary of such judges shall be two thousand four hundred three years' dollars per annum. service. ing three 2. Such of the present County Court Judges of Prince As to present Edward Island as have already served three years or more Judges havas such judge, shall be entitled to two thousand four hun- years' service dred dollars per annum, commencing from the first day of or more. May, A.D. 1879. CHAP. 5. An Act for granting an annual subsidy towards the construction and maintenance of Telegraphic Communication to and upon Anticosti and the Magdalen Islands. T [Assented to 15th May, 1879.] the end that better provision may be made for the Preamble. safety of life and property in vessels navigating the River and Gulf of St. Lawrence, Her Majesty by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows: 1. A sum not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars in any $15,000 yearly one year, may be paid annually, from and after the first day granted. of July, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine, out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund of Canada, as a subsidy towards the construction and maintenance of lines of submarine and land lines of electric telegraph to and upon Anticosti and the Magdalen Islands, under arrangements to be made by the Governor in Council; and the due applica- Account to tion of such sum shall be accounted for in the manner by the be rendered. law provided. CHAP CHAP. 6. Preamble. 39 V., c. 10. Section 3, amended. Petitioner An Act to amend "An Act to provide for more effectual inquiry into the existence of Corrupt practices at Elections of Members of the House of Commons." [Assented to 15th May, 1879.] WHEREAS it is expedient to amend the Act intituled “An Act to provide for more effectual enquiry into the existence of Corrupt Practices at Elections of Members of the House of Commons," by requiring security to be given to meet the expenses of the enquiry in certain cases as hereinafter provided: Therefore Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows : 1. The person or persons presenting a petition to the House of Commons under the provisions of the third section of the Act hereby amended, shall deposit with the Accountant must deposit of the House the sum of one thousand dollars, and such $1,000 with the Account. petition shall not be received by the House of Commons unless such deposit shall have first been made; and to the said petition on its presentation there shall be attached a certificate, given under the hand of the said Accountant, certifying that the said deposit of one thousand dollars has been duly made. ant. Application of the money if the petitioner fails. Money to be returned to him if he succeeds. 2. Whenever, by the report of the Commissioner or Commissioners appointed to investigate and inquire into the matters set forth in such petition, it appears that the petition was not well founded, and that corrupt practices had not extensively prevailed within the electoral district referred to in the petition, at the election referred to therein, then the said sum of one thousand dollars or so much thereof as is required for the purpose, shall be applied to pay the expenses of the enquiry, and the balance remaining after paying such expenses shall be paid to the person or persons making such deposit. 3. Whenever by the report of the Commissioner or Commissioners appointed to investigate and inquire into the matters set forth in such petition, it appears that the petition was well founded and that corrupt practices had extensively prevailed within the electoral district referred to in the petition, at the election referred to therein, then the said sum of one thousand dollars shall be paid back to the person or persons depositing the same. CHAP. |