Bill 54 (Legislature 2, Session 3)

L2 S3 10759

Alberta — Bills

BILL No. 54 of 1911.

An Act to Confirm By-law No. 335 of the City of Eumonton anu a Certain Agreement entereu into between the Cor poration of the City of EJmonton and the Grand Trunk Pacific Development Company, Limited. (Assented tu 1911.) W HEREAti a petition has been presented by the corporation of the City of Edmonton praying for

an Act to validate and confirm By-law No. 335 of the City of Edmonton and a eertain agreement entered into between the corporation of the City of Eumonton and the Grand Trunk Pacific Development Company, Limiteu, anu it is expedient to grant the prayer of the said petition; Therefore His Majesty, by and with the advice and consPnt of the Legislatiw Assembly of the Province of Alberta, <·naetl' aH follows: 1. By-law No. ;335 of the City of Edmonton sd out in

schedule A hereto is hereby validated and confirmed in all respects as fully as if the provision of the said by-law and the agreement made a part thereof had been enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the province and the City of Edmonton is hereby declared to have had jurisdiction, power and authority to pass the said by-law and to enter into the said agreement thereto an~exed a11d to close all highways, streets, lanes and parts then•of agrc<>d therein to be closed and to transfer the sanH• and all and any parts thereof to the Grand Trunk Pacific Devclop .lllent Company, Limited, and otherwise to do all things set out in the said by-law and agreenwnt. 2.

The said By-law No. 3;35 ·~nd tlw agreement thereto. annexed, ass<>nted to by the burgesses and finally passed by tlw council of the City of Edmonton is hereby declared legal, valid and binding on the City of Edmonton and 011 the Grand Trunk Pacific Developim•nt Company, Limited, notwithstanding any informalities, irn•gularities or defects thNein or in th(• proceedings prior to the final passing thereof either in substaneP or form. 3. This Act shall come into force upon the day upon which it is assented to.

SCHEDULE A. BY-LAw No. 335. A By-law to grant partial exemption from taxatio11 and certain other privileges to the Grand Trunk Pacifie Development Company, Limitetl. 'Whereas the Municipal Council of the City of Edmonton, after considNation of an application by the Grand Trunk Pacific Development Company, Limited, deem it expedient to grant it certain partial exemption from taxation and other

2 privileges as set out in the agreement hereto annexed and called

Schedule A, and on behalf of the corporation enter into an agreement with the said company in the words and figures set out in said "Schedule A.''

Now therefore the municipal council of the City of Edmonton, duly assembled, enacts as follows: 1. That the said COlilpany observing and performing all conditions and matters by it to be observed and performed in the manner set forth in said "Schedule A" it shall have and enjoy the following rights and privileges:

(1) From and after the date of the final passing of this by-law the lands mentioned in said "Schedule A" (including streets and lanes) and buildings thereon and the company in respect thereof, shall for a period of twenty years thereafter be extmpt from all municipal taxes of every kind whatsoever (except local improvement assessments or taxes, business assessment or taxes and license fees) over and above such taxes as woultllw payable in rt>spt•et of an assessment of $.50,000.00 on said land:; and buildings thereon.

(2) The corporation shall supply to the company at cost all water that may be required by it for the purposes of the hotel to be erected on saiJ lands, for a period of twenty years from the final passing of this by-law, including all water that may be requiwd for and during construction. 2. llpon tlw final passing of this by-law the mayor and secretary-tremmrer are hereby authori wd and empowered to execute on behalf of the corporation of the City of Edmonton an agreement with said company in thc terms of said "Schedule A." 3. This by-law shall take effect on the final passing thereof. 4.

The votes of the burgcsscs for and against this by-la\\' l-ihall be taken at the places hereinafter mentioncJ in the city on Monday, the 24th day of April, 1911, between the hour:-; of 9 a.m. and .5 p.m., aiHl for such purpose the City of Edmonton is subdivided into polling subdiviHions as followH: No. 1, all that part of thP city lying WPst of Ninth :-:ltn·et; No. 2, all that part of the city lying between First and Ninth ::-ltreets, and Hiver Lot 4; No.;{, all that part of the city lying east of First street and south of Clark Street, except Hiver Lot 4; Ko. 4, all that part of tht' city lying Past of First Stn~ct and north of Clark Strcet. 5.

For the purpose of taking such votes the following officers arc appoiuted and placPs named for the polling of the votes, namely: Returning officer, Charles E. McManus; deputy retum ing officer, Janws Quinlan. Polling su bclivision No. 1: Polling place, 1128 .JaspN A wnuP west; deputy returning officer, William C. Marshall. Polling subdivision No. 2: Polling place, north-cast corner of .Jasper AvenuP and Fifth Street; deputy rcturning officer, Edmund Chamb~rlain. PoUing subdivision No. ~{: Polling place, City Hall, Fraser Avenue; dqmty returning officer, vVilliam D. McPhail.

Polling subdivision No. 4: Polling place, 12.')2 h.inistino Avenue; deputy returning officer, William Nixon. li. The Council Chamber at the hour of 11 a.m. on Thursday, the 20th day of April, 1911, is hen·by fixed as the place where and the time when the mayor will be present to makP all such proper appointments as he may be rcquestcd to make of persons to attend at the polling places and at the final summing up of the votes by the secretary-treasurer on behalf of the ~ersons interested in promoting or opposing the passing of this by-law.

;~ 7. The Council Chamber, at the hour of 11 a.m. on Tm·sday, the 25th day of April, 1911, is hereby fixed as the place and the time where and when the secretary-treasurer will sum up the number of votes given for and against this by-law. Passed provisionally in council this 31st day of March, 1911. (Sgd.) G. S. AuMSTHONG, l'rfayor. (8gd.) F. 1\l. C. CuossKILL, Secretary-Treas1I rer. Finally passed m council this 27th day of April, 1911. (Sgc\.) G. S. AnMSTHONG, Jvfayor. (Sgc\.) F. l\1. C.

CnossKILL, .Secretary-Treasurer. (Corporate Seal of Edmonton.) This agreement made this. . . . . . . . . . ... day of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 1 Ull, between the corporation of the City of Edmonton (hereinafter called "The Corporation") of the first part, and the Grand Trunk Pacific Development Company, Limited, (hereinafter called ''The Company") of the second part;

Whereas the company contemplates the erection of a fin.;t elass modern hotel in the City of Edmonton on eertain lands on Mel Jougall Avenue, >vhieh may be morP particularly des eribPd as eomprising Lots 1 to 27, both inelusive, in Hiver Lot 8, iu Block X, accordiug to Plan E 3, with the street and lanes included then• in; And whPI"eas the corporation, for the purpose of insuring the early construction of sueh hotel, have agreed to assist the company as hereinafter set forth.

Now therefore this agreement witnesseth that the partit>s lwreto, for themselves, thPir successors and assigns, mutually covenant and agree with the otlwr as follows: 1. The corporation will stop up, close ancl transfer to the company all that part of David Street lying east of the eastem bountlary of l\le Dougall A venue up to the eastNJI limit of the lane lying to the eaRt of Lot 17 in the said Block :X, and the production southerly of the eastern limit of said Lot 17, together with the following lanes: (

I) The lane to the west of Lot :Z7 in said Block X and the continuation thereof lying to the west of Lot 10 in said Blm·k :X :

(2) Lane lying between Lots 8 and !I; and (;

J) Lane lying south of Lot U, the southerly limit of the lane firstly above mmtioned and south of Lot 10. 2. ThP corporation will supply to the company at cost all water that may be required by it for the purposes of said hotel for a period of twPnty years from the date of the final passing of this by-law, including all water that may bP rpquin·d for and during construction. :3.

The corporation will exempt said company and said lands, including said street and lanes and all buildings thereon, for a period of twenty yean; from the <late of. the final pa,;~:<ing of a by-law ratifying this agreemPnt, from all municipal taXI'S of ('\·cry kind whatsoever (other than those in this clause ex cepted) over and abow such taxes as would be payable in n•spect of an assessment of $50,000,000 on said lands and buildings thureon, the intention being that the company shall pay taxes for gmwral municipal purposes on a fixed assessment of $50,000.00 for thP said period of twenty ~Tars. Proviclc•d

4 always that this exemption shall not include local improvement assessments or taxes, business assessment or taxes and license fees. 4.

The company will transfer to the corporation a strip of land of a uniform width of twenty feet extending from the easterly boundary of McDougall A venue to the easterly boundary of Lot 17, saiJ strip of lanJ lying immediately south of the lane, running parallel with ancl at a distance of one hunJred and fifty feet perpendicularly south of Jasper Avenue so as to convert the saicl lane int,o a street forty feet wide, and will whenever required by the corporation sign a local improvement petition for paving such street; and will also transfer to the corporation the easterly nine feet of said Lot 17. 5.

The company will erect upon said lands including street and lanes or some portion thereof, a first-class modern hotel at a cost of at least $400,000 and will commence the erection of such hotel immediately after the plans therefor have been prepared and dming the present year, completing the same within two years from the date of the final passing of said referred bv-law. 'In wit leSS where,of the parties nave executed these presents.

No. 54 THIRD SESSION SECOND LEGISLATURE 2 GEORGE V 1911 BILL

An Act to Confirm By-law No. 335 of the City of Edmonton .and a certain Agreement entered into between the Corporation of the City of Edmonton and the Grand Trunk Pacific Develop ment Company, Limited. Received and read the First time ................. . Second time . . . . . . . . . ...... . Third time a • • • • • • • • ••••••• JoHN A. McDouGALL EDMONTON: JAMES E. RICHARDS, Government Printer .\.D. 1911 Title: 1911 (2nd, 3rd) Bill 54,

An Act to Confirm By-law No. 335 of the City of Edmonton and a Certain Agreement entered into between the Corporation of the City of Edmonton and the Grand Trunk Pacific Development Company, Limited

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Collection	Alberta — Bills
Citation	L2 S3 10759
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	L2 S3 10759
Language	en
Format	json
Source	PROVINCIAL
Identifier	9bb651cb7a290c9c8de7be2a643eb84c2f026e1d

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