Bill No. 30 of 1943. A BILL TO AMEND THE WATER, GAS, ELECTRIC AND TELEPHONE COMPANIES ACT. NOTE.

Section of the above Act as it now stands prohibits the construction of mains and pipes for the supply of gas, water or electricity within six feet of existing mains, pipes, etc., except with the consent of the company maintaining them, and payment of compensation to be agreed upon, but does not prohibit the construction of sewers in the same way. The amendment extends the provisions of the

section to apply to sewers and is int€nded as a safety measure, par­ ticularly where gas mains are constructed in the same street. The consent of the Board of Public Utility Com­ missioners is substituted for the consent of the company or municipality, and the Board is given authority to fix the compensation where it is not agreed upon. W. S. GRAY, Acting Legislative Counsel. (This note does not form any part of the Bill but is offered in explanation of its provisions.) BILL No. 30 of 1943.

An Act to amend The Water, Gas, Electric and Telephone Companies A,ct. (Assented to ,1943.) HIS MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1. The Water, Gas, Electric and Telephone Companies Act, being

chapter of the Revised Statutes of Alberta, 1942, is hereby amended as to

section thereof by striking out the same and by substituting therefor the following: "8.

When any company or municipality has laid down or erected mains, pipes, wires or conductors for the supply of gas, water or electricity or a telephone system through any of the streets, squares or public places of any municipality, no person, persons or bodies politic or corporate shall, with­ out the consent of the Board of Public Utility Commis­ sioners first had and obtained, nor otherwise than on pay­ ment to the company or municipality of such compensation as may be agreed upon, or, where necessary, fixed by the said Board, lay down or erect any main, pipe, wire or con­ ductor for the supply of gas, water, electricity or sewerage or a telephone system within six feet of the mains, pipes, wires or conductors of the company or muni.cipality: "Provided that if it be impracticable to cut trenches for such other mains, pipes or sewers at a distance of six feet or more, then they shall be cut at as nearly six feet from the mains, pipes, wires or conductors of the company or municipality as the circumstan,ces of the case will admit." 2.

This Act shall come into force on the day upon which it is assented to. No. 30. THIRD SESSION NINTH LEGISLATURE GEORGE VI BILL

An Act to amend The Water, Gas, Electric and Telephone Com­ panies Act. Recei ved and read the First time ........................................ . Second time ..................................... . Third time ...... . HON. MR. FALLOW. EDMONTON: A. Shnitka, King's Printer Title: 1943 (9th, 3rd) Bill 30,

An Act to amend The Water, Gas, Electric and Telephone Companies Act