Bill 30 (Legislature 1, Session 2)

L1 S2 10398

Alberta — Bills

1907. Chanter. .. .

An Act to confirm a certain lly-Law of the Town of Fort Saskatchewan and a certain a!reement betw~en the said Town and one Ormond Hi~man. (Assented to 1907)

Whereas a certain By-Law of the Town of F()rt 1 Saskatchevmn, numbered 47, was duly passed by the Council of the Town of Fo~t Saskatchewan on the 14th day of May A.

D.· 1906 and under and by virtue of the said by-law an aereement was duly entered into and executed on the same dat1e between the said Town of Fort Saskatchewan and one Ormond Hi~man whereby the s~id Town of Fort Saskatchewan ~ranted to the said Ormond Hi:man his executors, administr- a tors and a.:;siens an exclusive franchise for a· period of fifteen years from the date of the said a:reement to instal and orerate an electric li:htin:: plant in the said Town, as a:1pears by the said by-Law and ae;reement set forth in the schedules hereto; And

whereas the :ran~ln! or ~ne said exclusive franchise for the said period of fifteen years was not within the comretnnce of the said'Council; And

whereas the said council desires to have fue said by-law an~ the said· a::reement confirmed and validated, and it is expedient to do so. Therefore His Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lezislative A:c:sembly of the Province of Alberta, enacts as follows:

1. By-Law No. 47 of the ~12own of Fort Gas}catchewan passed on the 14th day of May A. D. 1906 and entitled "By-Law to authorize the makint of a contract for Electric Li~:ht and Power. 11 a tr\le copy whereof ap.t:1ea.r~·} as

Schedule A. hereto, is hereby confirmed and validated in all respects as of the date of the passin~ thereof. The a:reoment entered into ~etween the Town of Fort Saskatchewan and the said Orr11ond lli~man on the 14th. day· of l"la.y, A. D. 1906, a. true cor~' whereof alY[lC:ars n::>

schedule B. hereto, is hereb~r v~.lidated and conf'irmP.d in ' all res~ects as of the date thereof.

Schedule A. By-Law No. 4:\3. By-Law to authorize the roakin~ of a contract for Electric li:ht nnd Power.

Whereas one Ormond Hi!man tLe youn~er has made certain pro~posals for the installatio~ of an elgctric li~htin~ ~lant in and for the Town of Fort Saskatchewan and it j_s deemed expedient to accept the said rroposals and to enter into an a:reement with the said Ormond Hi~man the younzer.

Now, therefore, the Council of the ~own of Fort Saskatchewan enactn as follovrs:- 1. That the mayor and the Secretary-Treasurer of the sai1l Town be <'l.nd they are hereby anthorized to execute on behalf of the said Town, on the same bein! executed hy the said Or1t1ond Hi;::1uan, a certain a~-:reement whereof a tJ'HC conv is hereunto annexed. .L v P::1ssed in Co11nc i 1 ancl ;:i ven under the Cor~'orate • Seal ancl the hand:3 of the l1iayor and the Secretar:_r-Treasurer of ~he Town of Fort Saskatchewan this 14th day of hlay A. D. 1906. L. S. (sd) Wm. Ford Lan:;vrorthy, Mayor. (sd) H. E. Daniel, Sec ... Trcas.

Schedule B. This a~reement made in dn:1J.icate the f'ourteent1l dn:r of May j_n the year of our Lord one tholl:Jand nine hundred and six. Between the Town of Fort Saskatchewan in the Province of Alhe2ta, hereinafter ca1.lect "The ~ownl," of the fir;3t part. Anrl Or~:1.ond H ir,ma·n the yonn;;er,. prcscntJ.~r of i~l1c ::;ai<'l Town of Fort Saskatchewan, inectrician, of the second ::_1art.

Witnesseth that in consi~eration of the covenants, provisos and conditions hereinafter set forth and contain~ to he :rerfor1ned, ohse-r-ved and kept on the ::_1art of the said :1art~r of the sBcond :part, :Che Town hereb~r ~:rants to ·tJH~ said }art:r of the ,3eccmd part htts exec11-t.ors ad~rJtnj_strni~ ors and assizns an excbtsive franchise for a ~eciod of fi rteen ~re: r0 from and after the date of this a;::rei~uent to instCl.l an<l O_:lera'Le an eloctric li!~htin: l'la'l')t in .,. tlw said Tow'! for the ;111r:,ose0 Jf su;:l1lyin~ elec tJ'iC J.i~ht and '[lOWer tJo the :1a id :cown and to -,:ri va te co nsmn.ers therein suhjocL to the covenants ~rovisos and conditions hereinafter set forth an£1 contained, to~ether with such reas,onahle use as may be necessary for the purposes aforcs~ d of thE? stroets of th0 said Town sn~1joc •. to the dirocU.ons of tho Council as to loca l~ion of -.:ol<?s and wires ..

And the said Town hert}b~r covenants promises and azroes to and ,Hith the ~~arty of the second :rart his exE!Clltors afhlinistrator.:-; and. ~Js:Ji;:ns to a~1~1ly for, at LhC! next s0s:1ion of the Le~isJ.ati ve As.sembly of the Province of AJberta, and. to u::>e an. reasonah1e H?. fl.ns i~0 ohtain and to :1ay the exrenses of ohtainin~ an~ le:islation,

:HJbJ_j_c or IJrivate, which may be necessar~r to ratify, confirr!l and J.e.;:alize this a;;reement. Ancl the said :·~arty of the second. 1ar I, j_n consj_cleration of the said exclusive franchise for hil!lself hi.s exocutors administrators and assj_~ns herei)y covenants, IJrOnlises and a;:reos to and with the :-.;aid Tow~ t n r·tanner and forl·l l. The said party of the sAconcl part shall, iml'!Cd ta tol ~· upon the execu tior of t1l is a:;:reemcn t, co!'tmence i~o in:Jt:=tl.l and sho1:1. on or ,;-,oforo the fir::>t da~r of :Je~Yle1·:ber A.

D. 1906 coa~lete the installatior:. or a good, modern el0ctric li:;:htin::: ·01ant of a sufficient ca~1acit:~ consnmers thGre in vrho shall require and cleman:l elGC tr ic administrators or assi~ns and who shall be able, roady The saicl Town shall have the rizht, at l;ho ex pi ra U. em of ten years from the date of this CJ._,:rr '! r: 'l~. or at any time thereafter, u~cn ~ivin~ to the said ~arLy of the sec0ncl )art, his executors, administrators or assi:n:: tweJ. v.; i'1onths ~·rev ious notice in wr i ti n2; of i t1:: intent ion so to do 1 to ~1urchase the said electric lir;h tin: pJ.ant and all. a~1.1lj_ances used therewith at a :1rice Oi' Slll't tu he ac;r•::ed u:1on het·,vccn the ~artie::;~ereto or 5.~ -bhe ev0nt of tit.; :.mid IJarties failin:; tc. a:;ree u;_1on the said rrice or sum tr.e same shall be fixed and determined by the award of three arbitrators, one of whom shall be chosen hy the Town, ~ne by the party of the s0cond part and the tLird shaD. he chosen b~r the other v~m and. j_!Jtr'led- iately u::~on the said purchn.se the said fr:1ncJ-, j_se sha].J ahsoJ.utely

cease and (tetcrmtne. 3. exE=~r.ntors admtnistrRtors or 0.ssi,ens shall not at any tJjl!lC ask, tlet!mnd or receive any ;:rcn.t.er r;o.tes forth<? :1n:1~1l:f or c<.nctric li;:ht to consumers tium tbe follovi n;:, that is to sn.y:- For each sixteen candle-power incanrlcsccnt -. lj~ ~ht for bust ness rurposes, where the li ~ht is burned all one dollar and ten cents ner month • •. For each sixteen candle-power incandescent li: 1 t for bu!'Jtne::;s. pnr:roses, where the lir,ht is burned u:1 to the hour of 18.30 o'clock P. M. only, except Saturdays n.ncl days I'recndin!: holida~rs when tltG hour shalJ. be 11 P.

M. ninety-fi vo cents ~~er rnonth. For each sixteen candle-~ower incandescent ni~ht, sixty cents I'er month. For each arc li!ht for husi ness nur··lOS"' s when - ~ ~ - - burned r1.ll nieht tht:! same rate ~s is hereinafter fixed for street lithts and for shorter times at the same pro =-'ortion. On all the ar)ove rates or such lower ra J~es a~> ma~r b~ fix0cl h~r tlce ::_Htrty of the second part there shalJ. be a cash di:;count of t0n ;.""~er cent. on all lj.e;htin~ accmmt s which arc ·.l<lid 01'1 or before tl1E f_i_fteentlt cla~" of tltc m0Pth followinz: the one in which the li!::ht j_s used. 4.

The Ilart~r of the second :._lart shall ur to the first day of Jul~r A. D. 1907 or. all installations of 1'/rf:Y/f- twenty -fiv~ or more li~hts, and after that date on all installations of five or ruore li~hts, if so de~red the consnmer, furnish li:ht on the !iteter system at a r~te not exceedin~ sixteen cents ~er one thous~·d Watt hours with the above-mentioned c~sh discount of ten per

cent. The meters so installed shall be and rePt<lii.n p; .. ¢ thE~ :::roperty of the yJ.rty of the second :::art and 1te sltal.J have the ri~ht to char!?;E> each consumer with rent of hi::-> meter at a rate not exceedinEtwenty-five cents ~cr montl• for residences and forty cents rer month for business Dl~ces. Town such number of li~hts as it may from t ilii!B to l,ime require for. street li~hting at rates not !reater l~han til:' foJlowin;::, th<~t. is t.o say:- For each fifty candle-power incandescent ll~ht two dollars and fifty cents, net. per month.

For each 2000 nominal candle-power a~c ~i~ht ten dollars Der Bonth net. The said street liehts shall be run on the mo~m1ir.ht scLcdnle, p11~1lished in the official o:r::an of th,e canadj_an Electrical Association, and at till other t:i.Eter; "Lhn,n those specified by satd sciteduJ.e tlte . , ~H1.lll each ni!ht. 6.

The said ~arty of the second rart ~tall irrmecliately upon the execution of this ae;reet:tent (t.~r/J do:1osi t with the Secretary-Treasurer of the Town a certified cheque payable to tlLG order of the Town for one thousan cl dollars which shall be absolutely forfeited to the Town should tho part~r Qf' the second ~~art fail to 5.nstaJ. an!l :-)ut in operation the said electric lightinz plant accordinz to the terms of this a:reement on or before the first day of 3eptember A.

D. 1906 but if the said :larty of the second part shall so instal and put in operation the s~id plant on or before the said date accordine to the terms of this a~reet'lent or shall zi vo to the sa:id '.~own

sa tis factory security for the ~.>ald sur'.1 of ~:·1000 .oo Uu; said certifie~ cheque shall be returned to him. 7. Should the said ::_-~art:r of the second :;:art fnjl to inst~l and ~ut in operation the said plant accordinf to the terms of this agreement on or heforc the said first forfeiture hereinbefore mentioned, absolutely l:orfeit and. lose all henef:i_ t of this aEreernent and of tle fr:1.nchises and covenants therein contained. 8.

For the purposes of th~ two neKt precedin~ paragra:;:hs of this a~reement the said party of the seco~ '•art shall he held. to be excused from non '"'lerformance of ~ ~ this a~rceu.1en L e1nd relieved from the forfeitures therei!'l r_wntinned b;,r reason of a ~cneral railway strj_ke or frV..rff.Vft other :J:i_rrlilar cause beyond the control of the nrdd IJarty of the second ~~Art ma'r\j_n:: ~3'.:ch perfor:annce inpossi ble.

In witness whereof the said Town has herPtmto affixed its Cor:::orate Seal and set the hands of its Mayor and secretar~r-Trcasurer ancl the said rarty of the second part has hereunto set his hand and seal. Ji~ned Sealed ~nd Delivered in tho presence of L.S. (sd) Wm. Ford Lan~worthy, (scl) Linyor (sd) Ho E. naniel, Sec • -Tre as. (sd) Ormond Hi!:I!k'I.TI, Jr.

BILL

An Act to confil~ll'l a Certain By-Law of the Town of Ft_. Saskatchewan and a certaj n' At~re-ement. be tween the said town and one, Ormond Higman. Received a·n·cr·rend Ji'irst time ......... , .... . Second time •.•..•....••• Third time ..••.. , ..••.... XXXXYXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Mr. Walker. Title: 1907 (1st, 2nd) Bill 30,

An Act to confirm a certain By-Law of the Town of Fort Saskatchewan and a certain agreement between the said Town and one Ormond Higman

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Collection	Alberta — Bills
Citation	L1 S2 10398
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	L1 S2 10398
Language	en
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Source	PROVINCIAL
Identifier	c051379a936f81309e0645be33e0f302ce09a35f

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