Bill 7 (Legislature 3, Session 4)

L3 S4 9826

Alberta — Bills

BILL No.7 of 1916.

An Act to validate and confirm a certain By-Inw and Agreement of the City of Edmonton, in the Province of Alberta, granting a Franchise to The Northern Alberta Natural Gas Development Company, Limited, for supplying gas to the said city and inhll~bitants thereof, and to authorize the said company to construct certain gas pipe lines and works in the Province of Alberta. (Assented to , 1916.)

WHEREAS The Northern Alberta Natural Gas Develop- ment Compnny, Limited, own, hold or control lnrge gas wells in the vicinity of Viking and Pelican, in the Province of Alberta, and large gns fields surrounding the said wells; and

Whereas the said company own, hold and control n franchise granted by the City of Edmonton for the supplying of natural gas to the said city and inhabitants thereof granted under by-law number 662 of the snid city and agreement executed thereunder; and

Whereas the said company is desirous, on proper terms, of supplying natural gas to the said city and the inhabitants thereof, and to other cities, towns and villages and the inhabitants thereof, and to other consumers of natural gas residing or carrying on business in the Province of Alberta outside of any city or town, and for that purpose desires to construct gas pipe lines connecting the said gas wells of the company or any other gas wells which the company may acquire, with the said cities and towns and consumers; and

Whereas the said by-law and agreement executed there under t granting a franchise from the said city to the said . company, have been submitted to a vote of the burgesses of the said city, and have received the approval of over two-thirds of the burgesses voting thereon; and

Whereas a petition haR been presented praying for

an Act to validate and confirm the above mentioned by-law and the agreement executed thereunder by the said city; and to grant to the said company the right, power and privilege to lay down, maintain and operate its gas pipe lines along, over and across all road allowances lying outside of any city or town within the Province of Alberta, and over and across all or any lands now or at any time hereafter vested in His Majesty in the right of the province, and to acquire across private lands within the Province of Alberta a right of way for the said gas pipe lines; and it is expedient to grant the prayer of the said petition;

Now therefore, His Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1. In this Act where the following words occur they shall be construed in the manner hereinafter mentioned unless a contrary intention appears:

2 1. "Land" or "lands" shall include any rea.l estate messuages, lands, tenements and hereditaments of any tenure; 2. "Minister" shall mean the Mi:n.ister of Public Works of the Province of Alberta for the time being; 3. "Highways" shall mean any public road, street, lane, or other public way or communication; 4. "Company" shall mean " The Northern Alberta Natural Gas Development Company, Limited;" 5. "Board" shall meap. the Board of Publ~c Utility Commissioners of the Provinpe of Mberta for the time being. . - 2.

The said by-law and the said agreement executed by or on behalf of the said city granting a fra,nchise as aforesaid, and all the rights, powers, liberties and privileges, exclusive and otherwise, granted by, and all the terms, provisoes and conditions contained in, the said by-law and agreement, are hereby declared to be in full force, virtue and effect and to be legal, valid and binding upon the corporation of the said city, notwithstanding any informalities, irregularities or defects therein either in substance or form, or any informalities, irregularities or defects in the passing thereof, and notwithstanding that the said corporation may not have had the power to pass the said by-law or to enter into the said agreement, or to grant the said rights, powers, liberties and privileges, exclusive and otherwise, or any of them. 3.

With the consent of the Minister and subject to such regulations and speci:£ic directions as may from time to time be made or given by the Minister, the said company, its successors and assigl1;S and it and they are hereby authorized and empowered, outside ~he boundaries of flny city or town, to put dqwn, take up, relay, connect, d~sconnect, repair, maintain and operate its gas pipe lines along, over and across all highways, roads, road allowances, bridges, waters, water courses, streams and public places of every and any desyrip tion whatsoever and over all or a,ny other lands within the Province of Alberta now or at any time hereafter vested in His Majesty in the right of the province and to do all other matters and things incidental thereto. 4.

Th~ company, its successors and assigns, and it and they are hereby authorized and empowered to take and acquire private lands within the Province of Alberta for the purpose of a right of way for its pipe line or lines, and generally for the purposes of its undertaking with the powers and on the terms and conditions and in the manner following: 1.

The company shall prepare a map or maps of its main pipe line or lines connecting its said gas wells with the City of Edmonton and of the branches thereof connecting the said main pipe line or lines with other cities or towns (but excepting all other distributing lines) showing the general location of the proposed pipe line, the termini and the principal towns and places through which the said pipe line or lines are to pass, giving the names thereof and the railways and navigable streams (if any) to be crossed by the pipe line, and shall give such further or other information as the Minister may require.

(2) Such map ,shall be submitted to the board p.nd prepared upon a I'cale of not lesR than six miles to the inch or l1;pon such other appropriate scale as the board may determin~J and I3hall be accompanied by an application requ~sting the board's app,roval of the general location as shown on the said map ...

(3) Before approving ,such map and lpcationthe board may ma,ke such changes and alterations therein as it may deem expedient and upon being satistied therewith shall signify its approval upon the map and when 150 a'pp~oved the map and applipation. shall be filed in the pflice of the board and no change or alteration from tne general location of the line of the pipe line or lines of the company p.s approved ,by the board shall be allowed unless such change or alteration hafl been first approved by ,the board.

The boa.rd in approving any su~h map and location ma,y approve the -whole or any, portion thereof and when it approves only a portion thereof, it shall signify its approval upon the map accordin,gly.

(4) Upon compliance with the preceding provisions of this

section the company shall make a plan and book of reference of the pipe line or lines of the company; the plan shall show the right of way with lengths of sections in miles, the names of the tepninal points, the property lines, owners' names, the areas and length a:p,dl width of lands proposed to be taken in figures (every change of width being given) and the beari,ngs, also all open drains, watercourses, highways and railways proposed to be crossed or affected; the book of reference shall describe the portion of land proposed to be taken in each quarter

section to be traversed giving numbers of the quarter sections and the area, length and width of the portion thereof proposed to be taken, the names of owners and occupiers so far as they can be ascertained; the board may require any additional information for the proper understanding of the plan.

(5) The plap. and book of reference may be of a

section or ,sections of the pipe line or lines of the company.

(6) Such plan and book of reference shall be submitted to the board, who if satisfied therewith may sanction the same and by such sanction shall be deemed to have approved merely the location of the pipe line or lines of the company as shown in such plan, and book of reference, but not to have r~lieved the company from otherwise complying with this Act.

(7) Before sanctioning any plan or book of reference of a

section of the pipe line or lines of the company the board may require the company to submit the plan and book of reference of the whole or any portion of the remainder of the pipe line or lines of the company or such further or other information as the board m~y deem e:x;pedient.

(8) The plan and book of reference when so sanctioned shall be deposited in the office of tbe board, and each plan Ehall be numbered consecutively in order of deposit; and the company shall also deposit copies thereof or of such parts thereof as relate to each land registra,tion district through which the pipe line or lines of the company is to pass duly certified as copies by the board In the office of the registrar for such land registration districts respec tively.

(9) The pipe line or lines of the company may be made, carried or placed acros~ or upon the lands of any person on the located line although the name of such person has not been entered in the book of reference through error or any other cause or u,lthough ::lomc other pcrson is erroneously mentioned as the owner of or entitled to convey or as interested in ,such lapds. '

(10) Where any omisflion, mis-statement or error is made in any plan or book of reference so registered the company may apply to the board for a certificate to correct the same; the board may in its discretion require notice to be given to parties interested and if it appears to the board that such omission, mis-statement or error arose from mistake may' grant a certificate setting forth the nature of the omission, mis-statement or error and the correction allowed, and upon deposit of such certificate with the board and of copies thereof certified as such by the board with the registrar of the land registrn,tion district or districts respectively in which such lands are situated the plan or book of reference shall be taken to be corrected in accordance therewith and the company m3~y thereupon subject to this Act construct the pipe line or lines of the company in a,ccordap.ce with such correction.

(11) Every registrar shall receive and pre:serve in his office all plans, books of reference, certified copies thereof and other documents required by this Act to be deposited with him and shall indorse thereon the day, hour and minute when the same were so deposited; and all persons may resort to the same and may make extracts therefrom and copies thereof if occasion requires paying the registrar therefor at the rate of ten cents for each hundred words so copied or extracted and fifty cents for each copy made of ap.y plan; the registrar shall at the request of any person certify copies of any such plan, book of reference or document so deposited in his office or of such portions thereof as may be required on being paid therefor at the rate of ten cents for each hundred words copied and such additional sum for any copy of plan furnished by him as is reasonable and customary in like cases together with fifty cents for each certificate given by him.

(12) Such certificate of the registrar shall set forth that the plan or document a copy of which or any portion of which is certified by him is deposited in his office and state the time when it was so deposited and that he has carefully compared the copy certified with the document on file and that the snme is a true copy of such original; and such certified copy shall in all court." be evidence that such original document was so deposited at tpe time stated and certified and shall be prima faci,e proof of the original so deposit~d and that the same was signed, certified, attested or otherwise executed by the persons by whom and in the manner in which the same purports to be signed, certified, attested or executed as shown or appearing by such certified copy and in the case of a plan that such plan il3 prepared according to a scale and in manner and forlU sanctioned by the board.

(13) A plan of the completed pipe line or lines of the company or of as much thereof as is completed and in operation and of the land taken or obtained for the use thereof shall within six months after completion of the undertaking or within such extended or renewed period as the board at any time directs be made and filed with

5 the board and plans of the parts thereof located in the different land registration districts pr~pared 011 such a scale and in such manner and form and signed or authenti cated in such manner as may from time to time be designated by the board shall be filed in the offices of the land registration districts in which such parts are respectively situated; and every company which neglects or fails to file such plans with the board or to file such plans in such registry offices as hereinbefore provided shall be liable to a penalty of two hundred dollars and a like penalty for each and every month during wh,ich such failure or neglect continues.

(14) All plans required by law to be deposited by the company as hereinbefore provided shall be drawn on such scale with such detail upon such materials and of such character as the board may either by general regulation or in any case require or sanction and shall be certified and signed by the president or vice-president or general manager and also by the chief engineer of the company; and any book of reference required to be so deposited shall be prepared to the satisfaction of the board, and unless and until such plan and book of reference are so made satisfactory to the board it may refuse to sanction the same or to allow the same to be deposited with it withip. the meaning of this Act.

(15) In addition to such plans and books of reference the company shall with all reasonable expedition prepare and deposit with the board a~y other or further plans or books of reference of any portion of the pipe line or lines of the company or of any works thereof which the board may froID' time to time order or require. ,

(16) If any deviation, change or alteration is required by the company to be made in the pipe line or lines of the company or any portion thereof as already constructed or as merely located and sanctioned as aforesaid a plan and book of reference of the portion of such pipe line or lines of the company proposed to be changed showing the deviation, change or alteration proposed to be made shall in like manner as provided in

section 73 hereof be submitted for the approval of and may be sanctioned by the board; and the same when so ,sanctioned shall be deposited and !fealt with as provided in

section 74 hereof and the company may thereupon make such deviation, change or alteration and ;:tIl the provisions of this Act shall apply to the portion of such hne of pipe line or lines of the company so at any time changed or proposed to be changed as to the origin;:tl line.

(17) The board may either by general regulation or in any particular case exempt the company from submitting the plan and book of reference as in this seetion provided where such deviation, change or alteration is made or to be made for the purpose of lessening a curve, reducing a gradient or otherwise benefiting the pipe line or lines of the company or for any other purpose of public advantage as may seem to the board expedient providing such deviation, change or alteration does not exceed three hundred feet from the centre line of the pipe line or lines of the company located or constructed in accordance with the plans and books of reference deposited with the board under this Act.

(18) The company shall not commence the construction of the pipe line or lines of the company or any portion or

section thereof until the provisions of sections 73 and 74 of this Act are fully complied with and shall not make any change, alteration or deviation in the pipe line or lines of the company or any portion thereof until the provisions of the last preceding

section are fully complied with.

(19) The provisions of this

section shall be deemed to be in substitution for clause 23 of the OrdinancE: respecting Water, Gas, Electric and Telephone Companies, being

chapter 21 of the Ordinances of the North-West Territories for the year 1901. LANDS AND THEIR VALUATION. 5. The lands which may be taken without the consent of the owner thereof for the right-of-way shall not exceed fifty feet in breadth. 6.

Whenever the company requires at any place on the line of its pipe line or lines of the company, more ample space to secure the efficient construction, maintenance or operation of the pipe line or lines of the company, or its undertaking, than it then possesses or can take without the consent of the owners thereof, the company may cause a map or plan and book of reference to be made of the additional lands required at such place for the purposes aforesaid. 7.

The company may transmit the map or plan and the book of reference to the board with an application on behalf of the company supported by affidavit referring to such map or plan and book of reference and stating that certain lands shown therein are necessary for such purposes and that no other land suitable for such purposes can be acquired at such place on reasonable terms and with lless injury to private rights and requesting the board to authorize the taking thereof for such purposes under this Act. 8.

At least ten days' notice of such application shall be given to the owner or possessor of such property; and the correctness of the map or plan and book of reference and the truth of the allegations in such applicl:ttion shall be certified by the president or one of the directors of the company or by its general manager and by its engineer and such m~p or plan and book of reference and statement shall be made and transmitted to the board in duplicate. 9.

The board shall inquire into the correctness of the map or plan and book of reference and the truth of the allegations of such application and if it is satisfied thereof shall grant a certificate to that eff~ct and declaring it to be necessary in the public interest that the land shown on such map or plan and book of ref\'lrence or any leBs quantity should be acquired by the company; and such certificate shall be annexed to one of the duplicates of the said map or plan and book of referenc~ and statemEOlnt and thfl other duplicate shall remain in the office of the board.

7 10. A copy of the duplicate of such map or plan and book of reference and statement and of such certificate shall be deposited {n each of the land titles offices of the land registration districts respectively in which the lands lie. 11.

Upon the granti,ng of such certificate and by virtue thereof the company may without the consent of the owners take the land shown on such map or plan and book of reference as required for such purpose; and the eompany and all persons who could not otherwise convey the same to the company shall have with respect to any such land all the powers granted by this Act to eompanies and persons who could not otherwis~ ~onvey the same with respect to lands which may be taken without the consent of the owners thereof; and all the provisions of law at any time applicable to the taking of land by the company and its valuation and the compel1sation therefor shall apply to the lands mentioned in such certificate. 12.

The company either for the purpose of constructing or repairing its pipe line or lines of the company or for the PUrpose of yarrying out the requirements of the Minister or the board or in .the exercise of the powers conferred upon it by this Act and its memorandum of association and certificate of incorporation, may enter upon any land which is not more than two hundred yards distant from the centre of the located line of the pipe line or lines of the company and may occupy the said land as long as necessary for the purposes aforesaid; and all the provisions of law at any time applicable to the taking of land by the company and its valuation and the compensation therefor shall apply to the case of any land so required; but before entering upon any land for the purposes aforesaid the company shall in case the consent of the owner is not obtained pay into the office of the clerk of the court for the judicial district in which the lands are situated such sum with interest thereon for six months as is after two clear days' notice to the owner of the land or to the per130n empowered to convey the 'same or interested therein fixed by a judge. 13.

All ~enants for life, guardians, executors, adminis trators and trustees and all persons whomsoever not only for and on behalf of themselves, their heirs and successors but also for and on behalf of those whom they represent whether infants, is~ue unborn, lunatics, idiots, femes couvert or pthe'rpei-sons seizedi possessed of or interested in any lands may contract for, sell, transfer and convey such lands unto the company all or any part thereof.

(2) When such persons have no right in law to sell or convey the rights of property of the said land they may obtain from a judge after due notice to the persons interested the right to sell the said land; and the said judge shall give such orders as are necessary to secure the investment of the purchase money in such Ii manner as he deems necessary in accordance with the law of the province to sec.ure the interests of the owner of the said land. 14. Any contract, agreement, sale, conveyance and assurance so made hereunder shall be valid and e£fectual in law to ail intents and purposes whatsoever and shall vest in the company receiving the same the fee simple

8 in the lands in :mch deed thereof de::;eribed free nnd di::; charged from all trusts, restrictions and limitations wlmt soever; and the person so conveying is hereby indemnified for what he does by virtue of or' in pursuance of this Act. 15. The company shall not be responsible for the dis position of any purehfLRc money fot· lamiH taken hy it, for its purposes if paid to the owner of the land or into court for his benefit. 16.

Any contract or agreement made by any person authorized by this Act to convey lands either before the deposit of the plan and book of reference or before the setting out and ascertaining of the lands required for the railway shall be binding at the price agreed upon for the same lands if they are afterwards so set out and ascertained within one year from the date of contract or agreement and although such land has in the meantime become the property of a third person; and possession of the land may be taken and the agreement and price may be dealt with as if such price had been fixed by an award of arbitrators as hereinafter provided and the agreement shall be in the place of an award. 17.

All persons who cannot in common course of law sell or alienate any lands so set out and ascertained shall agree upon a fixed annual rent as an equivalent and not upon a principal sum to be paid for the lands and if the amount of the rent is not fixed by agreement it shall be fixed and all proceedings ,shall be regulated in the manner herein prescribed. 18.

Such annual rent and every other annual rent agreed upon or ascertained and to be paid for the purchase of any lands or for any part of the purcha~e money of any land~ which the vendor agrees to leave unpaid shall be chargeable as part of the working expenditure of the company upon the deed creating such charge and liability being duly registered in the land registry offiee of the proper registration district. 19.

After the expiration of ten days from the deposit of the plan and book of reference in the office of the registrar of land titles and after notice thereof has been given in at least one newspaper if there is any published in each of the land regir;tration districts through which the pipe line or lines of the company is intended to pass application may be made to the owners of lands or persons empowered to convey lands or interested in lands which may suffer damage from the taking of materials or the exercise of any of the powers granted for the company, and thereupon agreements and contracts may be made with such persons touching the said lands or the compensl1tion to be paid for the same or for the damages or as to the mode in which such compensation shall be ascertained as seems expedient to both parties; and in ease of disagreement b~tween them or any of them all questions which arise between them shall be settled as hereinafter provided.

9 20. The deposit of a plan and book of reference and the notice of such deposit shall be deemed a general notice to all parties of the lands' which will be required for the pipe line or lines of the company.

(2) The date of such agreement or the service of such notice or the order of the judge mentioned in

section 105 shall be the time with reference to which any compensation or damages are to be ascertained. 21. The notice served upon the party shall contain (

a) A description of the lands to be taken or of the powers intended to be exercised with regard to any lands and describing the lands; (

b) A declaration of readiness to pay some certain sum or rent as the case may be as compensation for such land~ or for such damages; (

c) The name of a person to be appointed as the arbitrator of the company if their offer be not accepted. 22. Such notice shaJI be accompanied by the certificate of a Dominion land surveyor or an Alberta surveyor or an engineer who is a disinterested person, which certificate shall state- (

a) That the land if the notice relates to the taking of land shown on the said plan is required for the pipe line or lines of the company or i8 within the limit of deviation allowed by this Act; (

b) That he knows the land or the amount of damage likely to arise from the exercise of the powers; and (

c) That the sum so offered is in his opinion a fair compensation for the land and damages aforesaid.

(2) Where no land is taken and the company denies the owner's right to compensation a surveyor's certificate is unnece'ssary.

(3) The notice need not be under the corporate seal of the company.

(4) It is not desirable that the company's arbitrator should be one of their own officers. 23 . .If the opposite party is absent from the land regis tration district in which the lands lie or is unknown an application for service by advertisement may be made to a judge. 24.

The application for service by advertisement shall be accompanied by such certificate as aforesaid and by an affidavit of some officer of the company that the opposite party is so absent or that after diligent inquiry the person on whom the notice ought to be served cannot be ascertained; and the judge shall order a notice as aforesaid but 'without' such certificate to be inserted three times in the course of one month in a newspaper published In the judicial district in which the land is situated. 25.

If within ten days after the service of such notice or within one month after the first publication thereof the opposite party does not give notice to the eompany

10 that he accepts the sum offered by it or notify it of the name of a person whom he appoints as arbitrator, the judge shall on the application of the company appoint a competent and disinterested person to be sole arbitrator for determining the compensation to be paid as aforesaid; if the opposite party within the time aforesaid notifies the company the name of his arbitrator then the two arbitrators shall jointly appoint a third or if they cannot agree upon a third then the judge shall upon tre application of the party or of the company (previous notice of at least five clear days having been given to the other party) appoint a third arbitrator. 26.

The arbitrators or the sole arbitrator as the case may be shall be sworn before a justice of the peace faithfully and impartially to perform the duties of their or his office; and shall proceed to ascertain such compensation in such way as they or he or a maj ority of them deem best; and the award of such arbitrator or of any two of them or of the sole arbitrator shall be final and conclusivlB except as hereinafter provided; but no such award shall be made nor any official act be done by such majority except at a meeting held at a time and place of which the other arbitrator has had at least two clear days' notice or to which some meeting at which the third arbitrator was present had been adjourned. 27.

The arbitrators or arbitrator m deciding on such value or compensation shall take into consideration the increased value beyond the increased value common to all lands in the locality that will be given to any lands through or over which the pipe line or lines of the company will pass by reason of the passage of the pipe line or lines of the company through or over the same or by reason of the construction of the pipe line or lines of the company and shall set off such increased value that will attach to the said lands or grounds against the inconvenience, loss or damage that might be suffered or sustained by reason of the company taking possession of or using the said lands as aforesaid. 28.

If by an award of arbitrators made under this Act the sum awarded exceeds the sum offered by the company the co~ts of the arbitration shall be borne by the company; but if otherwise they shall be borne by the opposite party and be deducted from th~ compensation and in either case the amount of such costs if not agreed upon may be taxed by the judge. 29. The arbitratOIs or a majority of them or the sole arbitrator shall examine on oath or solemn affirmation the parties or slJ.ch witnesses as appear before them or him.

(2) Such arbitrators or arbitrator shall have and may exercise 'with respect to such arbitration the following powers: (

a) Enter upon and inspect any place, building or works being the property or under the control of any company the entry or inspection of which appears to them or him requisite; (

b) Inspect any works, structure or property of the company;

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c) Require the production of all hooks, papers, pinns, specifications, drawings and documents relating to the matter before them or him; Cd) Administer oaths, affirmations or declarations; (

e) And shall have the like power in summoning witnesses and enforcing" their attendance ap.d compelling them to give evidence and produce bookR, papcrR and things which they are required to produce as is vested in any court in civil cases; any person summoned to attend before such arbitrators or arbitrator shall be entitled to receive the like fees and allowances for so doing as if summoned to attend before the court and no person shall be excused from attending or testifying or from producing books, papers and documents on the ground or for the reason that the testimony or evidence documentary or otherwise required of him may tend to criminate or subject him to any proceeding or penalty; but no evidence so given nor any document so produced shall be used or receivable against such person in any criminal proceeding thereafter instituted against him other than a prosecution fiQr perjury in giving such evidence.

(3) The arbitrators shall take down in writing the evidence brought before them unless either party requires that it be taken by means of stenography in which case a stenographer shall' be named by the arbitrators unless the parties agree upon one and shall be sworn before the arbitrators or before anyone of them before entering upon his duties; and the expense of such stenographer if not determined by agreement between the parties shall be taxed by the court or judge and shall in any case form part of the cost~ of the arbitration; and after making their award the arbitrators shall forthwith deliver or transmit by registered letter at the request of either "party in writing the depositions together with the exhibits referred to therein and all papers connected with the reference except the award to the clerk of the court to be filed with the record of the said court. 30.

A majority of the arbitrators at the first meeting after their appointment or the sole arbitrator shall fix a . day on or before which the award shall be made. (2) ;No award shall be invalidated by reason of any want of form or other technical objection if the require ments of this Act have been substantially complied with and if the award states clearly the sum awarded and the lands or other property, right or privilege for whi~h such sum is to be the compensation; and the person to whom the sum is to be paid need not be named in the award. 31.

If any arbitrator appointed by the judge dies before the award has been made or is disqualified or refuses or fails to act within a reasonable time the judge upon appli cation of eith~r party of which application six days' notice shall be given to the opposite party and upon being satisfied by affidavit or otherwise of such death, disqualification refusal or failure shall appoi,nt another arbitrator in the place of such arbitrator: Provided that in the case of any arbitrator named by one of the parties and appointed by the judge so dying or not acting such party may upon such application name the arbitrato"r who shall be appointed by the judge in the

12 place of the arbitrator so deceased or not acting; but no recommencement or repetition of the previous proceedings shall be required in any case. 32.

Where the notice given improperly describes the land or niaterials intended to be taken or where the company decides not to take the land or materials men tioned in the notice it may abandon the notice and all proceedings thereunder but shall be liable to the person notified for all damages or costs incurred by him in consequence of such notice and abandonment, such costs to be taxed in the same manner as costs after an award; and the company may give to the same or any other person notice for other land or materials or for land or materials otherwise described notwithstanding the abandonment of the former notice. 33.

The person offered or appointed as valu:;ttor or as sole arbitrator shall not be disqualified because he is professionally employed by either party or has previously expressed an opinion as to the amount of compensation or because he is related or of kin to any .shareholder of the company if he is not himself personally interested in the amount of the compensation; and no cause of disqualification shall be urged against any arbitrator appointed by the judge after his appointment but the objection shall be made before the appointment and its validity or invalidity shall be summarily determined by the judge. 34.

Whenever the award exceeds six hundred dollars any party to the arbitration may within one month after receiving a written notice from anyone of the arbitrators or the sole arbitrator as the case may be of the making of the award appeal therefrom upon any question of law or fact to the court and upon the hearing of the appeal the court shall if the same is a question of fact, decide the same upon the evidence taken before the arbitrators as in a case of original jurisdiction.

(2) Upon such appeal the practice amI proceedings shall be as nearly as may be the same as upon an appeal from the decision of an inferior court to the said court subject to any general rules or orders from time t,o time made by the ~ai(llast mentiontld court in respect to such appeals; which orders may amongst other things provide that any such appeal may be heard ami determined by a single judg~.- .

(3) The right of appeal hereby given shall not affect the existing law or practice in the province as to setting aside awards. 35.

Upon payment of legal tender of the compensation or annual rent ·so awarded or agreed upon to the person entitled to receive the same or upon payment into court of the amount of such compensation in the manner herein after mentioned the award or agreement shall vest in the ~ompany the power forthwith to take possession of the lands or to exercise the right or to do the thing for which such compensation or annual rent has been awarded or agreed upon; and if any resistance or forcible opposition is made by any person to its so doing the judge shall on proof to his satisfaction of such award or ailleement issue

13 his warrant to the sheriff of the judicial district or to a bailiff as he deems most suitable to put down such resist ance or opposition and to put the company in possession; and the sheriff or bailiff shall take with him sufficient assistance for such purpose and shall put down such r~sistance or oppol3ition and put the company in possesf!ion. 36.

Such warrant shall also be granted by the judge without such award or agreement on .affidavit to his satisfaction that the immediate possesElion of the lands or of the power to do the thing mentioned in the notice is necessary to carryon some p~rt of the pipe line or lines of the company with which the company is rea~y forth with to proceed. 37. The -judge shall not grant any warrant under the next preceding

section unless ten days' previous notice of the time and place when and where the application for l3uch warrant is to be made has been served upon the owner of the land or the person empowered to convey the land or interested in the land sought to be taken or which may suffer damage from the taking of materials sought to be taken or the exercise of the powers sought to be exercised or the doing of the thing sought to be done by the company; and unless the company gives security to hils satisfaction by payment into court of a sum in his estimation sufficient to cover the probable compensation and costs of the arbitration and not less than fifty per cent. above the amount mentioned in the notice served under

section 101 of this Act. 38. The costs of any such application to and of any such hearing before the judge shall be borne by the company unless the compensation awarded is not more than the company had offered to pay; and no part of such money so paid into court or of any interest thereon shall be repaid or paid to such company or paid to such owner or party without an order from the judge which he may make in accordance with the terms of the award. 39.

The compensation for any Jands which may be taken without the consent of the owner shall stand in the stead of such lands and any claim to or encumbrance upon the said lands or any portion thereof shall as against the company be converted into a claim to the compensation or to lik~ proportion thereof; and the company shall be responsible accordingly whenever it has paid such com pensation or any part thereof to a person not entitled to receive the same saving always its rec:ourse against such person. 40.

If the company has reason to fear any claim, mortgage, hypotheque or encumbqmce or if any person to whom the compensation or annual rent or any part th,ereof is payable refuses to execute the proper ponyeyances ,~d guarantee or if the person entitled to claim the same cannot be found or is Ull¥nown to the pompany or if for /lny other reason the company d~ems it advisable t~ company may pay such compensation into pourt with the i11terest thereon for six months and may deliver to the clerk of such court an authentic copy of the conveyanCe or of the award or agreement if there is no conveyance; and:s~ch conveyance

14 or award or agreement shall thereafter be deemed to be the title of the compi1ny to the land therein mentioned.

(2) A notipe of such payment i1nd deliv~ry in such form a~,d for such time as tile court appointR Rhall be inRerted three times within a }:llonth in a newspaper if there is any published in the judicial district in which the lands are situated which notice shall state that the title of the company (that is, the conveyance, agreem~nt or award) is under this A~t and shall call upon all persons claiming an interest in or entitled to the lands or any part thereof to file their ~laim!3 to the compensation or any part thereof.

(3) All such claims filed shall be received and adjudicated upon by the court and the adjudication thereon shall forever bar all claims to the land or any part thereof including any dower, mortgage, hypptheque or encumbrance upon the same and the court shall make such order for the distribution, payment or investment of the compensation and for the security of the rights of all person:;; interested as to right and justice and to law appertains. '

(4) The costs of the proceedings in whole or in

part including the proper allowances to witnesses shall be paid by the ~ompany or by any other person ~s the eourt ordera and if the order for distribution, payment or jnvestment is obtained in less than six months from the payment of the compensation into court the court shall direct a proportionate part of the interest to be returned to tpe company and if from any error, fault or neg;lect of the company it is not obtained until after six months have expired the court shall order the company to pay into court as part of the compensation the interest for such period further as is right. . 41.

Subject to such regulations and specific directions as may from time to time be made or given in that behalf by the Minister of Railways and Telephones, the company, its successors and assigns, and it and they are hereby authorized and empowered to construct, maintain and operate, for the sole purposes of the company, a telephone line along, over and across any and all road allowances, highways and public places so as to follow as closely as possible any and all pipe lines owned or operated by the company, and over and across any and all lands acquired by the company, for the purposes of its undertaking. 42.

The Minister may at his discretion request the company to submit a plan and profile of the pipe line or lines of the company which may be constructed along or across an existing highway, or which may be constructed across an existing railway, and such plan and profile shall show that portion of the highway or railway affected. 43. Nothing in this Act shall be taken to impair, abridge, take away or affect in any way the jurisdiction and powers of the Board of Public Utility Commissioners.

15 BY-LAW NO. 662 OF 'THE CITY OF EDMONTON. A By-law to authorize the execution of a certain agreement between the City of Edmonton and The Northern Alberta Natural Gas Development Company, Limited, and to grant said company the rights and privileges therein set forth.

Whereas the council of the City of Edmoh~on pursuant to The Edmonton Charler referred to the burgesses of the city the question of whether it should pass a by-law author izing the execution by the city of the agreement, a copy of which is hereto annexed; And

whereas at the voting thereon on the 8th day of November, 1915, 7,098 votes were cast in the aJfirmative and 2,436 votes in the negative as appears by 1Ghe report of the returning officer received by said council on the 9th day of November, 1915; Therefore the Municipal Council of the City of Edmonton, duly assembled, enacts as follows: 1. The mayor and clerk of the City of Edmonton are hereby authorized and empowered for and on behalf of the city to affix to said agreement (a copy of which is hereto annexed) the corporate seal of the said city in their presence. 2.

The City of Edmonton hereby grants to the said The Northern Alberta Natural Gas Development Company, Limited, the special franchise,' rights and privileges pur ported to be granted by said agreement, subject to all the covenants, provisoes, conditions, restrictions, penalties and other terms fully set forth therein. Done and passed in council, this 16th day of November, 1915. { SEAL I OF THE CITY OF EDMONTON W. T. HENRY, Mayor. CHAS. ED. K. Cox, Clerk. Memorandum of Agreement made and entered this ..... . day of November, 1915.

Between: The City of Edmonton, in the Province of Alberta (hereinafter called "the city"), of the First Part, and The Northern Alberta Natural Gas Development Com pany, Limited (hereinafter called "the company"), of the Second Part.

Whereas the city is desirous of obtaining a supply of natural gas for the city and inhabitants thereof;

16 And

whereas it is agreed between the city and the company for the company to supply natural ~~as to the city and inhabitants thereof on the terms and conditions fufuw~: ,

Now therefore this agreement witnesseth: That the parties hereto mutually covenant and agree each with the other as follows: 1.

T~e city h~reby grants to the cO~I?any, its succ~s~orsC~~e~rt~nts and aSSIgns, su h.led to tho tormR, C011(1I tlonR find prOVISIOns f"y pipes hereinafter contained" the full power, right and liberty to put down, take up, relay, connect, disconnect, repair, maintain and operate its gas pipe lines along, through or under the streets, squares, highways, lanes, alleys, grounds, bridges, parks, thoroughfares and other public places within the limits of the city, as the same may be from time to time extended as may be necessa,ry or con- venient for the purpose of supplying and 'conducting natural For supplying gas to the consumers thereof, and the company is to that natural gaS end author,ized to enter upon any and all the said places and to break at their own expense the surface and to make the necessary excavation thereon when and where the same may be required for the aforesaid purpose, and to do all other things reasonably necessary or convenient for the supplying of natural gas to the inhabitants or corporations of the city, and laying down, taking up, repairing, maintaining and operating its main gas pipe lines as aforesaid, doing as little damage as may be in the execution of the powers hereby granted, and causing as little obstruction as possible during the progress of the work, and at all other times, ami restorin~\ the streets, Company shall squares, highways, lanes, alleys, grounds, thoroughfares, ~~s~~~~:~reet parks and other public places within the limits of the condditl'!n't . . . 11 h . d' . d . . an mam am Clty III a' cases to t elr proper con ItlOn an mamtam for two year. same in such condition for a period of two years, ordinary wear and tear excepted, and if the company shall fail to commence the said work within forty-eight hours after written notice to that effect from the engineer or such officer as may be appointed by the council of the city for that purpose, as to the particular places to be repaired, or shall fail to proceed therewith with all convenient speed. the said work may be done by the city and the company shall be liable for the cost thereof plus ten per cent. for overhead charges, and the company shall at all times, if required, while any street or pavement shall be broken up, cause a light sufficient for the warning of all persons using such highway or other public place to be set up and maintained every night during which same' shall be broken up and a proper guard during the day to the satisfaction of the city engineer or such other officer as may be appointed by the council of the city for that purpose.

The company shall pay the city for all damages to the works of the city and for all changes or alterations in the works of the city caused or necessitated by the works of the company. 2.

A plan showing the proposed location of the said Plan.of h II mains and pipes as aforesaid shall be first submitted to h"ec:~~::'j~t:c. and approved of by the engineer or such officer as may to engmeer be appointed by the council of the city for that purpose, and the said engineer or other officer shall have the right to direct the location of the said pipe lines in the said streets, alleys and other public places within the city, and the said pipe lines shall be located in the lanes and alleys rather than in the streets and main thoroughfares

17 when reasonably possible; and the company shall give notice in writing to the city engineer, or other officer appointed as aforesaid, of its intention to open or break up the same not less than three clear days before the beginning of the work, except in cases of emergeney arising from defects in or breaking of the pipes or other works, when immediatt;l notice shall' suffice.

In the event of any change by accident or otherwise in the level of any highways of the city constructing any works necessitating any alteration in the location of the company's pipe lines, the company shall make such alterations at its own cost. 3. The gas to be supplied hereunder shall not be brought Ga! .hRll f .. h P' f Alb h • h not. be brought rom any POInt In t e rOVInce 0 erta sout ' t e from !outh of City of Red Deer. Red Deer 4.

This agreement is intended to operate as a (HBent Franchi •• by th~ city to the exercise by the company of the powers, rights, liberties and franchises herein contained according to the terms hereof, and also to the exercise within the City of Edmonton of the powers which may be exercised by a company under and by virtue of the Ordinance respecting Water, Gas, Electric and Telephone Companies, being

chapter 21 of 1901, or by any other Ordinance or StllLtute and amendments thereto. 5.

The maximum net price to be charged for natural Prioes to gas supplied by the company to consumers in the eity be charRed during the exclusive term of the franchise hereby granted, shall be twenty-five (25) cents per thousand cubic feet: Provided that if the amount consumed in anyone month in anyone building shall exceed one hundred and fifty thousand (150,000) cubic. feet the maximum net price for all natural gas in excess of one hundred and fifty thousand (150,000) cubic feet as aforesaid shall be twenty two (22c) cents per thousand cubic feet, and if the amount so consumed exceeds 1,000,000 cubic feet the maximum nct price for all natural p.;aR in excess of that amount shall be ] 9c per thousand cubic feet, and if the amount so con sumed exceeds 1,500,000 cubic feet the maximum price for all natural gas in excess of 1,500,000 shall be 17c per thoumnd cubic feet, and if the amount so consumed is in excess of 2,000,000 cubic feet the maximum pric~ to be charged for "all natural gas in excess of the said amount shall be 15c per thousand cubic feet; Provided further that the maximum price for aU natural gas used in the city for power or manufacturing purposes shall be fifteen (15c) cents per thousand cubic feet; Provided further that on all bills not paid within twenty (20) days after the rendering of same the maximum price may be increased one and a half cents per thousand cubic feet.

There shall be no discrimination among consumers of the same class using similar quantities and the price of gas for manufacturing purposes shall at all times be uniform, and no rebates shall be allowed to any consumers. 6. The company shall not sell natural gas to any con- Company sumers thereof at rates less than is charged by it for ~~: !~~:.:! similar service within the city, except within a radius prIce of five miles of any gas well of the company provided such well is not situated within a radius of forty (40) miles of the city. 7.

If the company shall at any time not have a sufficienUfs'lEp•1y t supply of natural gas to supply all the requirements therefor dn~~e8~I:nc~n_ for light, heat and power within the said city, the company~~~f:;e~o!'ave

18 shall give preference to the requirements of consumers for domestic purposes and to the demands of consumers within the city in preference to all other consumers. 8.

The company shall supply as much natural gas M Supply gAS may be required within the limits aforesaid at the property 1·;':.~~:.r'~~!r of line when the places or buildings to be supplied with company natural gas are situated on land lying along the line of any main line of the company and the cost of the necessary connections from the main to the property line shall be borne by the company, and the company shall furnish !~~~~sr..ee free of charge to the consumers a gas meter to accurately of charge measure all natural gas consumed, and the property line shall be the place of delivery of all natural gas supplied Exse!lse in the city and all expense and risk in utilizing and using ~~n.~:::'~:o such gas after delivery at the property line shall be borne ii;!de property by the consumer. 9.

The natural gas to be distributed under this agreement ?:~;rye.l~ith and s,!pplied in general shall apply with the requirements~~'l(J::'eI..,:nta preSCrIbed by The Gas I nspectwn Act of Canada and the spec/ion Act regulations made thereunder. 10. The company will make such reasonable extensionsS,':.liPa~ke as may from time to time be required by the council; exte~::ion as ·d d I h d· h bl reqwred prOVl e a ways t at any Ispute as to t e reasona eness of any such requirements shall be decided by The Board of Public Utility Commissioners of Alberta. 11.

The company shall be liable for and shall indemnifycom\lI\DY . the city against any damages arising out of the construction ~~:I~i~:~:::'DlfY and operation of their works, owing to the negligence damages of the company, its servants and employees, and the city shall be liable for all damage to the plant of the company caused by the negligence of the city, its workmen" employees or licensees. 12.

The city shall have the right at the expiry of twenty City has right (20) years from the date hereof and at the expiry of each ~~ ~~;ir:~i~n successive term of five (5) years thereafter on giving::,,~Ot6::::iter six months' previous notice in writing to the company, every 5 years to take over and purchase from the company all its assets. works and plant within the city and such of its assets, works, plant, gas wells and gas leases outside of the city as are used by the company in supplying natural gas to the city and inhabitants thereof at the actual value thereof as a going concern plus ten per cent. not to include any value for franchise or value based on earnings or goodwill and making the city due allowances for deterior- ation, wear and tear and all other proper allowances, such actual value to be ascertained by arbitration under the arbitration laws at the time in force in the Province of Alberta, the award of the arbitrator or arbitrators to be made within six months of the giving of the said notice, subject. to any extension necessitated by any failure of the arbitration board to make its report within the required six months, and the city shall pay the same within six mont.hs from the date of the award; provided however that the right hereby granted to the city shall not be assignable and that the city shall not be at liberty to take possession of or to receive transfers of the said property until the payment of the amount awarded and upon payment of the said purchase price all rights hereunder shaU absolutely cease and determine.

In case no notice in writing is given as aforesaid or in case the city fails to proceed with said arbitration or in case the amount of said award is not paid by the city

19 within six months from the date of the award, the right of the city as herein provided to take over the said works and plant shall thereupon cease and determine for a period of five years, and all powers, rightR, liberties and franchises hereby granted, and all the provisions of this agreement shall continue for a further period of five years except in so far as they are exclusive, amI at the expiry of each term of five years the right to purchase, and in the aliternative the right of renewal to t.he company, Rhall' ag;ain m'iRe and be exercif.;able in thc JImllIlC/' nrol'eHnitl, nnd HO Oil from time to time at the expiry of each successive period of five years. 13.

Nothing herein contained shall be taken or read~g:~~ab: as relieving the company from the obligation to observe obligation the terms and provisions of any and all by-laws of the city passed by the city council thereof, in the bona fide exercise of its legislative authority, but not inconsistent herewith. And nothing herein contained shall be construed t.nt..~:"b)e as relieving the company from the payment of any rates, taxes or assessments which may be lawfully imposed. 14.

In view of the large expenditure being incurred by the company in providing a supply of naturn,l gas for the city and constructing pipe lines, distributinl~ system and other works for supplying natural gas to the city and the inhabitants thereof, the city hereby further covenants and agrees with the company that the franchise, and all the rights, powers, privileges and liberties hereby granted, shall be exclusive for the supplying of natural gas for domestic and heating purposes for a period of F h' twenty (20) years from the execution hereof but shall e:cl~~i~~efor not be exclusive for the supplying of natural gas for 20 years manufacturing or power purpORes, and that during the said period the city will not itself use, or permit any other person, firm or corporation to usc, or consent to any other person, firm or corporation using the streets, squares, highways, lanes, alleys, grounds, parks, bridges, thorough- fares and other public places hereinbefore mentioned, or any of them, for the purpose of laying gas pipes along, through or under the same, except for supplying artificial gas for manufacturing or power purposes only; provided, however, that if the company shall fail to supply natural rIf,c)Ottnpany) • • • a, 0 sUPP y gas m the CIty to the extent of seventy-five per cent. of 75 per cent. the requirements therefor of the domestic consumers in the city using natural gas for domestic purposes, not to include manufacturing or power purposes, for a period !~n:~~ee of three months except the three months next following the company's beginning to supply natural gas, for any cause save and except accident, or other cause beyond the control of the company, other than lack of supply, E~cIusive the privileges hereby granted shall cease and determine a~~~~;:'~~~d in so far as they are exclusive; and if the city has not prior to the time when the company is again able to supply natural gas to the extent of the requirements herefor, entered into any contract, agreement or arrangement inconsistent herewith, th'e said exclusive privilege as , respects natural gas as hereby granted shall be revived !~:~:i~~ive in full force and effect.

The franchise hereby granted ~a~~f~c~~red shall not be exclusive as alrainst manufactured g'as or as gas for natural . ~, . gas or power agamst natural gas for manufacturing or power purposes. 15. The company agrees to observe the same working w:m observe d· .. d I h ra,r wage con ltIons m regal' to emp oyees of t e company as are

schedule established from time to time by the city as a fair wage

schedule for similar service employment and ill case of any kind of employment not coming under such fair wage

schedule then the rates of wages and the hours per day shall be determined by the fair wage officer of the Depart ment of Labour. 16.

The company proposes to apply to the Legislature To ~'inrrm by of the Province of Alherta at its next SCf'sion for an ,egIs a ure enactment by the Legislature which will ratify and confirm the granting Of the powers, rights, privilel~es, liberties and franchise hereby granted, and the city agrees to aRsist and support such application, it being understood that the expenses of such application and of all other expenses in connection with the securing of the said legislation will be borne by the company. 17.

The coml?any within sixty days after the counciIXr~m::,:noe has been authOrIzed by the vote of- the burgesses to enter Ol?eh~tlO.ns into this agreement, the passing of the by-law authorizing d~~sm sIxty the execution thereof and the same has been executed on behalf of the city, will commence drilling operations and will continuously carryon such drilling operations until wells have been completed capable of supplying an average of twenty million cubic feet per da.y of twenty- four hours to consumers in the city, and immediately upon the completion of gas wells as aforesaid, or sooner at the option of the company, it will commence the con- Commence struction of a pipe line from the said wells to the city construction and will construct a distribution system within the city for supplying natural gas to the inhabitants thereof and will fully complete the said system within twelve months from the commencement thereof, and should the company prior to the commencement of the construction of the said pipe line or distributing system fail to continuously carryon drilling operations for a period of three months for any cause save and except strikes not caused through fault of the company, delays in obtaining material, acts of God, or the King's enemies or other cause or circum- stances beyond the control of the company, the franchise hereby granted shall become null and void and all rights and· claims of the parties hereto cease and terminate and the company shall pay to the city all its costs, charges and expenses incurred in connection herewith and shduld the company fail to complete the said pipe line and dis tributing system within the said period of twelve months after the commencement of the construction thereof for any cause save and except strikes not caused through fault of the eompallY, delays in obtaining material, acts of God, or the King's enemies or other cause or circum- stances beyond the control of the company, it shall pay the city the sum of $100.00 per day for each and every day after the expiration of twelve months after the company commences the construction of the said main pipe line from the wells of the company to the city until the said pipe line and distributing system shall be fully completed, payable at the end of each and every month.

The company will have so far completed its pipe line Company d d· ·b . b d d I· shall deliver an lstn utmg system as to e rea y to elver gas to gas within consumers in the city within two years from the final two years execution hereof on behalf of the city If it fails to do Penalty 5100 . per day SO the sum of one hundred dollars ($100.00) a day shall be payable to the city as liquidated damages for such additional time not exceeding six months as such failure continues, and if such failure continues for more than

21 two years and six months from such final execution thereof unless such time has been extended by the council of the city, all the exclusive rights and privileges hereby granted to the company may at t,he option of the city CC:tfle and determine: Provided that: before the .tim~ fOl: the cormnenceme~t f,;)~~~~'YI"r of the constructlOll of the saId pIpe hne the company wIll ri~ht 01 way apply for, and the city will support at the cost of the company its applications and use its beRt efforts to obtain from the LegiHlature of the Province of Alberta for the company the right to construct its said pipe line along road allowances and the power to expropriate a right of way for the flaid pipe line across private property, and any delay occasioned by failure to obtain such rights shall not be included in the perioqs of limitation above mentioned, but such period of delay shall not extend beyond the next seRsion of the Legislature at vvhich such application can be made. 18.

In consideration of the exclusive privilecre granted C()lllpall~' ~, to PltV ('ltv hereunder to the company, the company. agrees to pay five per cent. h . f d I h· f h· 01 gff).' t e CIty, rom year to year, an as ong as t IS rane ISCreceipts remains exclusive, five per centum of the gross receipts of the company from the sale of natural gas within the city for all purposes, provided that in view of the great expense to be incurred by the company for the first year following the commencement of the actual supply of gas within the city, the percentage payable by the company to the city shall be one per centum of the said gross receipts, and the percentage payable to the city Rhall be increafled each year thereafter by one-half of one per centum until the percentage payable to the city shall amount to five per centum of the said gross receipts of the company, and the percentage payable to the city shall continue thereafter five per centum of the said grosR receipts so long as the franchise hereby granted Rhall remain exclusive.

And for the purpose of recouping the city such sums as it has expended in and about the exploration of natural gas the company shall pay to the city the sum of fifteen thousand dollars, to become due and payable one year from the execution hereof. This agreement shall be binding upon and enure to the henefit of the RueeCHHO)"H and assigllH of (':teh of the parties hereto.

In witness whereof the parties hereto haye hereunto a.ffixed their corporate seals under the hands of the proper officers in that behalf. The corporate seal of the City of Edmonton was affixed this 16th day of November, 1915, in the presence of (Sgd.) W. T. HENRY, Mayor. (Sgd.) CHAS. ED. K. Cox, [SEAL] Clerk. The corporate seal of The Northern Albertn Natural Gas Development Company, Limited~ was affixed this 16th day of November, 1915, in the presence of W. H. McLAWS, V ice-President. H. H. HYNDMAN, Secretary. [SEAL]

No.7. 6 GEOlWllj V 1 ~ 1 6 BILL

An Act. to validat.e and confirm :a certain by-law and agreement of the City of Edmonton, in the Province of Alberta, granting a franchise to The Northern Alberta N at.ural Gas Development Com pany, Limited, for supplying g2,S to the said city and inhabitants thereof, and to authorize the said company to construct certain gas pipe lines and works in the Province of Alberta. Reech'ed and read the First time ....... . Second time. . . . . . . . . . .. " Third time ................ . EDMONTON: J. W. JEJ'JI'JIlRY, GOVERNMENT PRINTER. A.D. 1916 Title: 1916 (3rd, 4th) Bill 7,

An Act to validate and confirm a certain By-law and Agreement of the City of Edmonton, in the Province of Alberta, granting a Franchise to The Northern Alberta Natural Gas Development Company, Limited, for supplying gas to the said city and inhabitants thereof, and to authorize the said company to construct certain gas pipe lines and works in the Province of Alberta

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