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 An Aora|malgaraatingthe Port Dover and Lake Huron, 
 the Stratford, and Huron and the Georgian Bay and 
 Wellington Eailway Companies as'the Grrand Trunk, 
 Manitoulin, Georgian Bj^ an^ LaJte'Erie Kjolway 
 Company. ' " i \ 
 
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 WHEREAS the Port Dovei' and Lake Huroii Railway Prt 
 Company, the Stratford and Huron Railway Company^ 
 and the Qe'>rgian Bay and 'V^ellington -Railway Company, 
 have, by their petition, prayed for an Act amalgamating their 
 co^pftniear into one company and corporation, and for. (he grant 
 id such Oompany and corporation of the powers and privileges 
 hereinafter mentioned ; and whe^eas it is expedient to grant 
 the prayer of the sn id petition ;■ 
 
 Theretore ller Majesty, tsy^ajid with the advice and conaibnt 
 of the Legislative AssemUy of tli^Pri^vince of Ontario, enacts 
 as follows : — 
 
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 1. La the interpretation of this Act, unless the context interpreto- 
 shall require a different ipterpetratioi^ the words, " the com- *'<«>• 
 pany " shall mean the company hereby ibcorpomted ; the words 
 
 15 "the companies hereby amalgamated '\ shall mean the* Port 
 Dover and Lake Huron, the Stratford, and Huron, and thi6 
 Georgian Bay and Wellington Railway Companies, and the 
 words " cc^mpiiiiy hereby amalgamated " shall mean such one 
 of the last named railway companies as the context may point 
 
 20 out. 
 
 2. From and after the passing of this Act, the shareholders inoorpor«tioi. 
 of the companies hereby amalgamated, together with such 
 
 persons and corporations as shall, under the provisions of this 
 Act, become shareholders in the company ar^ 'declared to be a ' 
 
 25 body corporate and politic, "binder the nat^e of the Grand ^^ ^^. 
 Trunk, Manitoulin, Georgian Bay and Lake Erie Railway Com- n^^' 
 
 , pany. - ' .. •■ -1 ■■ ". \ " , - 
 
 )[ 3. All the rights, claims, property, estate an^effects of each 
 of the companies hereby amalgamated, are hereby vested in 
 30 the company, subject to the provisions of this Act. 
 
 '4. The assets of each company hereby amal)^amated, not- 
 withstanding they are vested in the company \by this Act, 
 shall continue liable to satisfy all liens atid claims^against that 
 company hereby amalgamated which was origmally liable 
 35 therefor or thereto, and shall be applied in such satisfactioh, 
 but no other assets o& the company shall be applied, nor shall 
 ~^-~. the assets of one company hereby amalgamated be iio applied 
 in satisfaction of any lien a&d claim against the other : Pro- 
 
 RighM «tc. of 
 amalgamated 
 companiea 
 vested in tli# 
 company. 
 
 Aweti of eajih 
 company > 
 liable for ei^ 
 isting claiini 
 against it. ) 
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 Locstiofi nf 
 main line. 
 
 Branch to 
 Walkerton. 
 
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 vided that al suits and proceedings to enforce any such lien 
 ' °'"j .1™ . ^ brought and tiiken against the company 
 and all actions, suits and nroceedings, by cm- against auv com- 
 pany hereby amalgamated, and pending at tfi> time of tKe 
 passing ot this^ Act, shall be continued by 5r against the com- 5 
 Piny: Provided also, that the rights of any pnrson or party 
 having any special lien, charge 6t privileged claim upon the 
 lends, buildings, tolls, or other property of any of the ■com- 
 pares hereby amalgamated, or. upon any part thereof, shall 
 not^be affected save that they shall be subject to the^jrovisions in 
 contained in this Act regarding the issue of bonds by the com- 
 pany. • J y '" 
 
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 6. The company shall be aftd is hereby authorized and em- 
 powered to maintain and complete the lines of railway already 
 constructed or in the course ot construction- by any o^the com- I*; 
 panics hereby amalgamated, with all the works, stations and 
 equipments thereof; j^nd to construct and maintain extensions of 
 such lines of railway, with all necessary sidings, works, stations 
 and equipments thereof, from the town of PalmerstoiL^to the 
 village of Wiarton and the town of Owen Sound, or either of 20 
 such pla^. and from the village of Wiarton to any point on 
 the northerly boundary of tlie township of St. Edmund; in the 
 county of Bruce ; and from some point upon or near the east- 
 erly or southeriy shore of the Great Manitoulin Island, to some ' 
 pointor points in the Great Manitoulin Island, and in any 25 ^ 
 f«t*°^ '''hu' ?"™»».lyi°g between the Great mJ^uHh 
 Island and the State of Michigan, and from the toW 
 Durham to the town of Owen Sound, or to some otherToint 
 TorS n'"' *»»« Q^^'^*" Bay. or to a junction with^ the ^ 
 noTft^V^T """Z B'-'^ce liailway; andaWnch from some 30 
 point in the line of rail way between the town of Palmeraton and 
 the village of Wiarton to the town of Walkerton ; and ou all 
 or any part or parts of the said line of railway t^ make lay 
 and maintain a single or double track. ^ ' 
 
 Lfiaugt; 
 
 Certain \ 
 :^u8es of the 
 Kailway act 
 to apply. 
 
 6. The said railway may be of any gauge: 
 
 SS 
 
 Board of 
 Director!. 
 
 7. The several clauses of theRailwav Aot nf o,.+o,- -xi. ' 
 respect to "interpretation," " inc1;^oT:^'^? ' w^t^" 
 and surveys," "lands and their valuation" "h.^W ^ j 
 . brid*res ""fences"" folia ""L„ ™*"on. „ highways and 
 direeSs " " S " « .?• % general meetings," " presiden^id 
 directors calls, "dividends." "shares and their tranlP- .in 
 "shareholders." " munieipalities taking stock^' " Wl!!!' *^ 
 notices, etc.." "working of the railway " " fctiZ f^r i.7 Z^' i 
 
 .the expreS, ,„il„,„k here"- 3 ZltZT<^''il^^ 7'.* , 
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 9. T 
 
 ^ dred an 
 
 being ai 
 
 compan 
 
 io six hun 
 
 powier t 
 RailWa] 
 of the C( 
 in the o 
 I compan: 
 
 10. 1 
 I months 
 ' meeting 
 I of electii 
 [director 
 
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 lall subs( 
 Ishall be 
 it Iqast I 
 week : 
 two wee 
 beld, ant 
 Hay and 
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 '|iany,ass( 
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ny such lien 
 le company ; 
 stAuy Corn- 
 time of tKe 
 1st the com- 5 
 ion or pat^y 
 m upon the, 
 of tlie"<Jom- , 
 lerfeof, shall 
 3^1-0 visions lo 
 by the corn- 
 ed and em- 
 i'ay already 
 of the com- 15 
 itions, and 
 :ten8iensof 
 ^8, stations, 
 itoi^to the 
 r either of 20 
 ' point on 
 ind; in the 
 r the east- ■ 
 id, to some 
 nd in any 25 - 
 lanitoulin 
 > town of 
 iher point 
 with the V 
 rom some 30 
 irston and 
 md ou all 
 nake, lay - 
 
 35 
 
 irio, with 
 i," "plans 
 i^ays and 
 deq|Mid 
 iran^," 40 
 by-laws, 
 demnity \ 
 "general 
 J to be a 
 its rail- 45 
 int with 
 lis Act," 
 > clauses 
 ct. 
 
 the first 50 
 Parker, 
 Clarke, • 
 I Robert 
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 9. The capital stock of the company shall be four hun- Cpiui of 
 dred and eighty-threp thousand two hundred and fifty dollars thecomiMuiy 
 being an amount equal to the combined capital stock of alLthe •^**'*^- 
 companies hereby ama%amated, divided into nine thousand 
 
 . SIX hundred an\l sixty-five, shar^ af fifty dollars each, with 
 power to mcreas^ the same in Aemnner provided, by the ' 
 
 Raih*ay Act of Ontario, and each holder of stock in either 
 of the companies hereby amalgamated shall be a shareholder 
 m the company to the amourft of stock he held in either of the 
 
 » companies nereby amalgamated. •' 
 
 10 The directors hereinbefore appointed shall, within' six Fimt meetitiK 
 i months from the time this Ac||i,;shall take effect, dall a general '<«• election 
 meeting of th'e shareholders of the company, for the purpose °' ^"^"'"• 
 I of electing directors of the company, and at such meeting each 
 I director hereinbefore appointed shall be eligible to be elected. 
 
 11. Notice of the time and place- of holding such first and Time»nd 
 |aU subsequent general and annual meetings of shareholders ^'t^ ""Z* 
 |8hall be given by publication, once in the Ontario Gazette. meM,^. 
 
 It Iqast two weeks previous, to th© day of meeting, and once 
 I week in a daily newspaper published in Toronto during the 
 two weeks preceding the week in which the meeting is to be , 
 leld, and the meeting shall be held at such place, and on such ' 
 
 Jay and hour, aa the directors shall from time to time appoint 
 '^d name in the notice calling the meeting. 
 
 12. At such general meeting the shareholders of the com- Election of 
 any .assembled with such proxies as may be present,shaU choose directors. 
 
 >ven persons to be the directors of the company, any four of » 
 whom shall form a quorum. 
 
 :' 13. No person shall be qualified 'to be elected as a director Qualification 
 . so tt#e33 he be a shareholder, holding at least ten shares of stock °' Directors. 
 
 f the company. 
 
 |14. Aliens as well as British' subjects, and whether resident Righu of 
 this Province or elsewhere, may be ' shareholders in the *•'•"»*• 
 apany, and all such shareholders shall be entitled to vote on 
 ir shares equally with British subjects, a^ shall also be 
 ;ible to office as director^ in the company. \ 
 
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 L'6. Conveyances of lands to the company, for the purposes Form etc. of 
 khls Act, may be in the form set out in the schedule (schedule Conveyance!. '^ 
 I hereunder written; or to the like effect, and such convey- 
 "iBs shall be registered by duplicates thereof, in sucli manper 
 j upon such proof of execution as is required under the 
 Tstry laws of Ontario, and no registrar shall be entitled to 
 land more than seventy-five cents for registering the same, 
 ading all entries and certificates thereof, and certificiiite in- ' 
 'fed on the .duplicate thereof. 
 
 V. ItshallTje lawful for any municipality or municipal- Powers of 
 , or any county municipality, or any portion of any such municipalities 
 icipality or municipalities, or county municipality, which thereof to* 
 |be interested in securing the construction of the said rail- erant aid., 
 ^or through any part of which or near which the railway or 
 is of the company shall pass or be situate, to aid and assist 
 Dmpany by loaning or guaranteeing or giving money by 
 
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 Aid from a 
 municipality 
 on petitiun. 
 
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 Jor graati4?u"K/7,'-'Pa'.ty, a, set" o*^^ ^^^ of suel. " 
 be so defined as tn -! • ** '"'*'"« anJ bouh,J« !!?'/ by-lav^g 
 
 of-a port oHS^;;; V'y Portioas of fornsSro?'''''%*"'* P^r- 
 
 of a portion of a'tT.'J^ T'^ portions of townshin^ 
 
 •Aid from a 
 portion of a 
 municipality 
 on petition. 
 
 aweasmeat'^M af!^ ^'J^na. at least, rated on *i, , 
 
 ^eeks after thp Jl • i „^"'''» municiDalif^ In* ^^'^ ^e as- qo 
 *?• Incaseaid Jo j._- /. " "ocers. 
 
 Aid from a 
 county or 
 "portion 
 thereof on 
 Petition. 
 
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 qualified vot.i,^"' "'' '"tmit-u,, M^T a ™* f**"", 
 
 deputy-reeves of such * '"'i''^ the majoritv S fi.*^' *« ^^9 case ,0 
 portion from wh.raidTri^ ?"""'«'piity^^^^^^^ *nd ' 
 
 of the county, do ' « sZh '^^'''^'^' and if th? . ''*^^>" *he said 
 
 *°d bounds of the norf ''''""*>' 'n^nicinaiL "°i"'P»% or 
 
 PoUion or portions ff'f;?»d *he metes 55 
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 'be those of such 
 
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 ' petition therefor ^' 
 >»■ the approval of * 
 portions of ^he 
 
 d always that no 
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 except after 
 adoption of 
 
 20 
 
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 «» the Municipal 
 
 the last revised 
 
 era, who may be 25 
 t't.on the coun- 
 ««'ng the desire 
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 »Utand be as- 30 
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 •"ce a by-lawr 
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 '??i°orguar- " 
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 '"ch munici- 
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 ^ote of the 45 
 
 icipality or 
 't'on of at 
 »'d. within 
 M the» case 5 
 ?eves and 
 >n the said 
 .* portion 
 'Pality or 
 the metes 55 
 ""cipality 
 
 50 
 
 fbrnring the portion of the |-^t^ju.ici^i^£ -y Ij . 
 
 asked to grant a»d. and m «' ^,^^„^^o a^d in tha construcCion 
 
 ing the desire of the ^aid Petitioners to a,am ^^^^^^^^ ^^ , „ 
 
 of the said railway, by granting » ^^J^ ^ they so desire to , . ' 
 
 5 the company, and stating the Hu.ount f'^h^^jy^.y ,^„„iei- 
 grant and bp assessed for. the council ^^^^ 
 Llity shall, within SIX weeks after the recei^^^^^ 
 
 ^troLce the requisite ^y-l-^^' ^'^J J^'^ ^Hhe portions of 
 voteoftheaualiHedvotei-softheco^^n^^ . 
 
 10 the county Uned in the sauipetit^^^^^ 
 the sai»e manner and to the same euo 
 - duced the same of their own ^^^^"""^'^.^^^^^ for by such free- 
 CD For raising the amount «« P«Jf;;^";^i„ ^J, portion of , ' 
 h.,lde.-s. or such reeves and dep^^y-^e^J^^^^^^^ '^^ ^e county 
 
 15 the municipaUty by t>%S:"« "* t, o^^^^^^^^ annual in- 
 
 municipality, payable in twenty years, or y H 
 
 stalmenta of P'i'^y ^JJ'l^ev^^^^^^^ »" ''^^'^^le property 
 
 (2) For assessing and levyin^ V ^ition, an aunual 
 
 lying within the section dedued by said peu • 
 
 J:°S1«T i»»e m .uoh c^es re.pecU.ely. 
 
 I, •„« .iM-oapni'pd to the war- Meeting of 
 
 25 30. ^Pon any 7b petit^^^^^^ 
 
 den, or other head of »'?3^ ^^'^^^J^^'^hall forthwith call a meet- .by-law. 
 ' head of any other municipahty. "« ^"*"^ ^ ^^^1^ within four 
 ?ng of the council of such ^^'^^^^P^J'^yir^duCii^^^^^ by-law, 
 
 . of a municipality, ^e aPFOVe^ ^^^^^ ^^^ .^^^e of .ate-payen.. 
 
 - ' ir viSte'StlS'SlIa. r.^ the saB b^Uw a .h.rd 
 35 time and pass the same.. ^ . - 
 
 « . A >v,;n three months after the passing of such by- And j^ue. 
 22. And ^itbin three mow ^ ^^ ^^^^^ ^, ther 
 
 law. Che sajd council »^d *h^ J*' thereof 'shall issue the de- 
 
 miures 101 ""^ ■ Wim 
 
 45 municipality. 
 
 ... itf„n:«;nftl Act so far as the same Municipal Act 
 
 34. The Vro^-^^^J^^t^A^^^^^^ ^« ^^ ^^^r wVe^ 
 are not inconsistent witn i-nis ' ..nicioaUty, or county mu-. ^nte^bv a 
 
 " n^ ''I°tW »:'e«;^tt 'HhT^eU been p-«d ^X 
 
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 ■ 35r All by-laws to be sub™i^^^^^^^ 
 
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 become due. of any 4«b«?tuf9 issued or w^^^^^^^^ 
 
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 pro vfti of the ratepayers. 
 
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 XoUce to be 40. After the bonds of the company are made and ready 
 ^l^rioG<wue^°^ delivery, according to the terms of such agreeme'tat, the 
 when new secretary of the company shall publish a notice to that effect 
 bond! rt»dy. ^ ^.jj^ Ontario Gazette, and upon publication of such notice 
 ■ \ the holders of all outstanding bonds of the Port Dover and 
 Lake Huron, and the Stratford and Huron Railway Companies, 
 ^ shall forthwith become entitled to such of the said bonds oi 
 
 the company as the said agreement shall appropriate <to themi, 
 I- and the outstanding bonds aforesaid, and all coupons for inter- 
 est thereon, shall become null and void. • 
 
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 41. The company is hereby authorised and empowered to 
 take and make the surveys and levels of the \mA through 
 which the railway of the company is to pass, together with the 
 map or plan thereof, and of its course and direction, and of the ' 
 lands intended to be passed over and taken therefor, so far as j 5 
 then ascertained, and also the book of reference for the railway, 
 and to deposit the same as required by the clause of the Rail- 
 way Act of Ontario, with respect to " plans and surveys," by 
 sections or portions less than the whole length of the said rail- 
 way authorized, of such length as the company may from time 20 
 to time see fit, so that no one of such sections or portions 
 
 ^ shall be less than five miles in length;' and uplbn such deposit, 
 
 as aforesaid, of the map or plan, and book of reference, of any • 
 ^ and each of such sections or portions of the said railway, all 
 and every of the clauses of the said Railway. Act applied to, in- 25 
 ■^ . eluded in, or incorporated #ith this Act, shall apply and extend 
 to any and each of such sections or portions of the said railway, 
 
 ' . as fully and effectually as if the surveys and levejs had been 
 
 ^ taken and made, of the binds through which tlie whole of 
 -^ the said railway is to pass, together with the map or plsm of 
 
 the whole thereof, and of its whole course and direction, and go 
 of the landti intended to be passed over and taken, and the 
 book of reference, for the whole of the said railway, had been 
 taken, made, examined, certified and deposited, according to the 
 said clauses of the said railway Act, with respect to' " plans 
 and surveys." 05 
 
 ana"idin"" *^' ^^^ ^^^ purpose of connecting any city, town, village, 
 
 manufactory or manufactories, mine or mines, or any quarry 
 
 or quarries of stone or slate, or any well or spring with the 
 
 main line of the Railway of the company, or with any branch 
 
 thereof, or with any railway worked or leased by the com- 40 
 
 Pa-ny. and for the purpose of giving increased facilities to 
 
 business, or for the purple of transporting the products of 
 
 any such manufactory, mifle, quarry, well or spring, it shall be 
 
 lawful for the company to build, make and construct and to 
 
 work and use all sidings, switches or branch lines of railway, 45 
 
 Notice^to be not to exceed in any one case six miles in length : Provided 
 
 Iranoh'^exCTede always, that the company shall not proceed to locate or build 
 
 one quarter any branch line of more than one quarter of a mile in length 
 
 o am e. under this section of this Act, until public notice shall have 
 
 , been given for six weeks in some newspaper published in 60 
 the county or counties through or in which such branch 
 line is to be made, that it is the intewlion of this Company to 
 apply to the Lieutenant-Governor in Council to sanction the 
 building of such branch line and to appropriate the necesKary 
 lands for that purpose under the compulsory powers vested in 66 
 the company by this Act or by any, other Act in it* behalf; nor 
 
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 unless the company »^^^9|^Bc>r to the first publication of such 
 notice, haVe deposited 'i<^|Ej:.egistry office of any city, county, 
 or part of a county in ;«*i<ch the line or any part thereof 
 is to be constructed the maps and plains indicating the loca- 
 
 5 tion of the line^; nor until the company shall have submitted 
 the same to, and such maps and plans shall have been ap- 
 . proved by. the Lieutenant-Governor in Council after the expi- L^ut?.'"^ *"' 
 ration of the notice, and provided further that the order of Governor. • 
 the Lieutenant-Governor in Council approving the said maps 
 
 10 and plans shall limit the time not exceeding two years from 
 the date of such order within'which the company may con- 
 struct such branch line. For any and every audi purpose the 
 company shall have and may exercise all the powers piven it 
 with respect to its main line by this Act, and the Railway p^^^^ ^^^^ . 
 
 15 Act of Ontario, and each and all provisions of the said Acts (erred by thii 
 which are applicable to such main line shall extdnd and apply ^j*" »-»"" 
 to every such siding, switcl^ or branch line of Railway. ^^ •pp'y. 
 
 43. The -company shall have power and authority to beconle Powera as to 
 parties to promissory not^s And bills of exchange for sums of not SolJ^g'J^d^ 
 
 20 less than one hundred dollars, and any such promissory note biUrrf 
 made or indorsed by the president or vice-president of the •""'°*"- 
 company, and countersigned by the secretary and' treasurer of 
 the company, and under the authority of a quorum of the 
 directors, shall be binding on the company, and every such 
 
 25 promissory note or bill of o3®ljif|nge so made shall be presumed 
 to have been made with proper authority until the contrary 
 be shewn, and In no case shall it be necessary to have the seal 
 of the company affixed to such promissory note : Provided, Restriction*, 
 however, that nothing in thid section shall be construed to 
 
 30 authorize the compatty to issue a note or bill of exchange pay- 
 able to bearer or intended to be circalated as money or as the 
 notes or bills of a bank. • 
 
 44. Whenever it shall be necessary for the purpose of pro- Company may 
 curing sufficient lands for stations or gr'avel-pits, for construct. PJjJ^^'^j 
 
 85 ing, maintaining, and using the said railway, and in case bv unds. 
 purchasing the whole of any lot or parcel of land over which 
 the railway is to run, the company can obtain the same at a 
 more reasonable price or to greater advantage than by pur- 
 chasing the railway line only, the company may purchase 
 
 40 hold, use and enjoy such lands and also the right of way 
 thereto, if .the same be separated from their railway, and sell 
 and convey the same or part thereof from time to time as they 
 may deem expedient. 
 
 46. When stone,gravel,earth,or sand is or are required forthe Power to take 
 45 construction or maintenance of said railway or any part there- "^^^^^^^^ 
 of, the company may, in case it cannot agree with the owner of omainten- 
 tho land on which the same are situate, for the purchase thereof. «"=•• 
 cause a provincial land surveyor to make a map and descrip- 
 tionof the property so required and they shall serve a copy th^- 
 50 of with their notice of arbitration as in the case of acquiring • 
 the right of way, and the notice of the arbitration, the award 
 and the tender of the compensation shall have the same effect 
 as in the case of arbitration for the right of way, and all the 
 provisions of the Railway Act of Ontario, as varied and 
 55 iijodified by the special Acts relaypg to the company, as to the 
 service of the said notice of aij^ation, compensation, deeds. 
 
 
 
 
 
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 inay sell, shall apply to Lsureiri?*^ .^^ «' who 
 
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 si^ilngsandtrackfiverarCsSK*^ '^^'^ the necessaij^ 
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 ound. whatever the disS ma7t anTa,l'?K*'"^^ ^ 
 
 the Railway Act of Ontario 3o?'*l *^,® Provisions of 15 
 
 to the company, excepttu" h Prelate to BlT^ ."^''^ '*'*""« 
 lications of notice, shall annlv^-r!! *° °''ng plans and pub- 
 to Obtain the right Twayt^tr^ ^ ""''^ """^ ^"'^"^d 
 which materials are siSed^A ^'^^t^ *° *J>« 'a-'d on 
 quired for a term of veaS cr n.? '"*'''. "«^^* °>»y be so ac- 20 
 think proper and thVp^eS fn S^d t^ ''^ T^*"-^ "»^ 
 may at alf times be exercisedTnd f^-tn • '^t.P'*^'**^'°if «««»>»«» 
 railway is coastructed 5Jr the DuJn^«« f *" respects*after the 
 taming the said railway ^ ^'^ **^ ^pairing and main- 
 
 eaiS or^ntSctf^^^^^ ^f g^vel. st.ne. '' . 
 
 way Act of Onterio shaU n;^ apjSy *'"'' '""^"'^ «^ ^^^^ ^' 
 
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 provisions of. this Act if a?S^ . *** ^^»«d under the 30 
 
 tai^of the company timZm "«?^ o^ the sha^' ! ^ 
 Port Dover and Lake - Hitron R^i Iwiv n °^ '^« *^*^^ ^^ 'he 
 Stratford and Huron Railway Co^!^^ Company and of the ' 
 bonds of the Company^f rinvZr'^.' ""'^ ?*'«'• ^^e issue of 
 holders of the complny: eiSTir ™r*'°8^ "f the share- 36 
 that purpose, published^ and notS'"^ ^"^ '° "^"^d for 
 provisions of this ActM-elatSt Lnf- '",P'««cribed by the 
 holde,3. the majority n vZe of Jh^ f "'!*'°^ "^ «b«re! 
 
 of such meeting presitft in peS>n or bl?*"' **^ ''^^ '"^"'bers 
 to enter into agreements S ani ^1^^''^^'^*"* thereto. 40 
 or companies which is or are iS. n ^'' '■'"^^*^ company 
 into such agreeihents for b"Sd h^ or^, «™P"wer.d to enter 
 and maintenance o{ the sa d rXav 1?""^ °'' «q""P™ent 
 or the use thereof-Tit anv thn^Jt- ^ °^ *"3^ Pa'-t thereof 
 by such other cantpanTor cnLL'"''' °/ ^°' *°^ Period to or 45 
 from such other comDa^,v "^ •?' '"' ^^'^ ^^^'ng or hir^J 
 use thereof, or for IheTSngZ Sfen^r ^'^^-^ - "hf , 
 
 ders. rolling stock or movMul ^ *"•>' ^ocomot ves ton- 
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 panv touching the use by „neT Ihl Jk"' *7 ""^^ "'her com- 50 
 nl ?,V*'lw*y or movabVpropertv %/ J/. ^^ ^^^^ ««™Panies 
 part thereof, or touching aSy sWce ,n L "' T "^ "^"'^ or any 
 company to the other .^ fL ! ® *° ^® rendered by the one 
 other rail way company S^^fL^nTr*'"" *''«'^f«r,Ld such 
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 stock of the railway company hereby created in like manner 
 and with the like rights ^s individuals, bqt in "so far only as 
 the powers hereby conferred, may be construed t<|-have refer- 
 ence to any act, deed, matter or thing to be donef, executed, 
 
 . 5 fulfilled or performed within the limits bf the Province of 
 Ontario; aud any such agreement shall -be valid and binding.and 
 shall be enforced by courts of I'a'w, according to the terms and 
 tenor thereof ; and any company or individual accepting or 
 executing such lease shall be and-ls empowered to exercise all 
 
 10 the rights and privileges by this Act conferred. 
 
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 igh which the said railway passes and having jurisdicti^h i»w allow 
 
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 in the premises, to pass a by-law or by-laws empowering the J^"^°jj^ 
 
 company to i^ake their road and lay their rails 'along any of on highwayi. 
 
 15 the highways within such municipality, and whether or' not 
 the satne be in the possession or under the conti'ol of any joint 
 stock company, and if such be either in the possession or under 
 the control of any joint stock company, then, with the assent 
 of such com^pany, and it shall be lawful for the company to 
 
 20 enter into and perform any such agreements as the)r may from 
 time to time deem expedient, with any municipality, corpra- 
 tioQ or pprson for the construction or for the maintenance and 
 repair of gravel or other public roads leading to the said 
 railway. ^ '^ '. " <. 
 
 25 49. It shall and may be lawful for the company fit any Power to 
 point where the railway or any branch thereof approaches JJJa'hold 
 within two miles of any navigable waters, to purchase and harbours, 
 hold as its own absolute propeity, harbours with their **"• 
 appurtenances and franchises, wharves, piers, docks, water 
 
 30 lots and lands ; and upon the said water lots and lands and 
 in and over the waters adjoining the same to build and erect 
 elevators, storehouses, warehouses and engine houses,' sheds, 
 wharves, docks, piers and other erections for the use of the 
 company and, the steam and other vessels owned, worked or 
 
 35 controlled by the company and any o|^her steam or other vessels ; 
 and to collect wharf&ge and storage charges for the use of the 
 same, and also to erect, build, repair and maintain all moles, r 
 
 piers, wharves and docks necessary and proper for the protec- 
 tion of such harbours and for the accommodation and conveni- 
 
 40 ence of vessels entering, leaving, lying, loading and unloading 
 within the same; and io dredge, deepen and enlarge such 
 harbours, and €he said harbours, wharves, piers and docks, - 
 water lots, lands elevators, storehouses, warehouses, engine 
 houses, sheds and other erections, or any thereof, or any por- 
 
 45 tions thereof in its discretion to sell, lease or convey. ' 
 
 50. It shall and may be lawful for the company to pur- ^""f'' *° 
 chase, build, complete, tit out and charter, sell and, dispose of, work voimIs 
 work and control, and keep in rejiair steam or other ve&sels, in connsction 
 from to time to time to ply on lakes, rivers and canals of this Pro- Railway. 
 
 50 vince, in connection with the said railway ; and also to make^. 
 
 arrangements and agreements with steamboat and vessel pro^ 
 
 prietors, by chartering or otherwise, to ply on the said lakes, . 
 
 rivers and canals in connection with the said railway. 
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 power con- 
 tinued. 
 
 UepealinR 
 cUuie. 
 
 L,Wh year o. th. ,eip. of «« Mai«t, «»e. Vic- 
 Eand cWto'd a%-«yen. 
 
 within seven years »f<*' ^J^^fte or-to finish and put m 
 failure of the ^^^^PXti^^ ,aUway i^^ 
 operation any part of the '\"? Jf, ["'^e time or times now or 
 o? empowered to f "^t'^"^^' ^i^e shS^not operate «8 a 
 
 , hetearter limited for «"°^ /"'SsSing «u<;h failure the 
 forfeiture of Its charter a,^dnoWithstond.^^^^^^^ ^^^^^ 
 
 locorpprate «"?tence *nd powera o^-^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^ ij 
 
 r tinue. except in «« f*^'^,^*^ "'£ib^ unfinished within the 
 
 t^J^Lia^Slirhe^tJitS for that purpose. , 
 
 , 59. All Acts relating to ^-y^^^^,^^:Sr,^rtl 
 
 15 amalgamated, i^»«/«%^,.tlc^sh^^co^^^^^^ and y>n- 
 ^ are hereby repealed and this Act shall ^ privilegeT 'and 
 
 X sidered «8 a c^.^*^* '"..Is heX amirgamatedrand an 
 
 righte of each of the ^omp^^^ ^^^^ ^^^yf^t however any 
 
 investment of the company *f eitheV of the companies hereW 
 
 hereby. 
 25 60. On. before the fi^^da^of^J^^^^^^ 
 
 tors of the Georgian B^y^^^.X shareholders of that^om 
 shall call a genera '"^^J^^ "^ jCv*?and Lake Huronan<i 
 pany and the ^'rectors of the Port lJ..ver ^ 
 
 Sf tLstratf«rd and Huron EUiH ay ^omp^^^^ ^^^ b. d- 
 qn f ivelv call a general meeting ot tne »«*•= „f consider- 
 
 '' tldt'o^thc^rresi^ctWec^^^^^^^^^^^^ and.if 
 
 ing and. if approyed, «;d2H "y in vK of such shareholders and 
 at each meeting th« ™«J°;'*'y J^ ^^ by proxy, resolves to adopt 
 bondholders P'^««««*^- '^ P!?"Veach company shall draw up 
 35 its P'-oviBions. the secretary ^L'^cl of su^ch resolution by the 
 and sign a certificate ot the passn^ ^^ ^j j by 
 
 meeting, attecting his company which s ^^^^^ provincial 
 
 the chairman of the meeti.g,and be t^^^ .^^ thfrO»torto 
 
 Secretary, who, on receipt thereo^^^^ ^^^^ been 
 
 40 Gazette a not ce that the F^v^ions^^^^ th ^^^^.^^^.^^ ^ ^ 
 complied with; '^"'i *«^'^X^^ 
 ;^i?icSntau1if^^^^^^^^^^^^ 
 
 et. The directors of jchcj^^^^^^^^^^ SteTr 
 
 45 of shareholdern. or «« »M^\^^^^^^^^^ mentioned, in the maimer 
 
 company in the f «<^«^ " V^f *1^^^^^ of shareholders 
 
 providecl by law for calhnV g^^^^ Ji?" e^ch such meeting 
 
 Sf their company; and th^notu^e^^^^^^^^^^^ . 
 
 this Act. . .... 
 
 _«. ^- onw of the companies Right of 
 ^ 6». The right of the -^.'jJ^propSdlmalgamatln is ^r/^'^' 
 hereby a-»l?7tSe;t\oSvX7eLnture«by any by-law con«™.don 
 never carried »«^o««f^f the companies hereby amalgamated, com 
 55 gi:anting aid to any oi » 
 
 Meetings of the 
 proprietors of 
 the different 
 lines amal- 
 gamated to be 
 c»Ueil for 
 ailoption of 
 Act. 
 
 Noticet" lie 
 puliliflhed ott 
 ailoption off 
 Act to bring' 
 it into effect. 
 
 Manner-«f 
 calling meet- ' 
 ings in preced- 
 ing section , 
 mentioned. 
 
 / 
 
 -V- - i i # . 
 
and comple- 
 tion within 
 certain 
 perio<)s. 
 
 K 
 
 16 
 
 authorized, or their proceeds shall not be inoBaired by reason 
 of failure to commence or complete the railfvay, or the por- 
 tion thereof, or the branches, sidii gs or switehgs, in such by- 
 law nieiitioned, within the period prescribed in sygh by-law, 
 or any agreement made thereunder for commencemen^or com- 
 pletion : Provided the company or any of the companies here- 
 by amalgamated commence the work in such by-law and agree- 
 ment mentioned within two years, atfd complete the same 
 withia three years from the passing of this Act, 
 
 SCHEDULE "A." 
 
 Know all men by these presents that I {or we) (insert the 
 name or navies of the vendors), in consideration of 
 
 dollars paid to me (or us) by the Grand Trunk, 
 Manitoulin, Georgian Bay andl Lake Erie Railway Company, 
 the receipt whereof isherebyacknowledged,dograntatidconvey, 
 and I (or we) (insert the name of any other party or ixirties), in 
 -consideration of ' paid to 
 
 me (or us) by the said Companylthe receipt whereof is hereby 
 acknowledged, do grant and release all that certain parcel (or 
 \those certain parcels, as the cas^may he) of land (describe the 
 land), the same having been selected and laid out by the said 
 Company for the purposes of its Railway, to hold with the 
 appurtenjances unto the said GrandlTrunk. Manitoulin, Georgian 
 Bay and Lake Erie Railway Company, its successors and^assigns 
 (here insert any other clauses, Conditions, and covenants 
 required), and I (or we), wife (or 
 
 my (or our) dower in the said Ian 
 hand and seal (or hands and seals), 
 
 one thousand eight hund: 
 Signed, sealed and delivered 
 in presence of 
 
 ives) of the said; . 
 
 , do hereby bar' 
 As witness my'^or ouj*^ 
 is day of ^ ,, 
 
 d and eighty 
 
 [L.S.] 
 
 l\ ' 
 
 SCHEDULE 
 
 Chief Engineer's Certificate. 
 
 The Grand Tkunk, B^anitoulin, Georgian 
 Bat and Lake Erie Railway Compa'hy's Office. 
 
 Engineering Department, A.D 
 
 one thousand eight hundred an^ 
 eighty 
 No. 
 
 Certificates to be attached to cheques drawn on the Grand 
 Trunk, Manitoulin, Georgian Bay and Lake Erie Railway and 
 Municipal trust account 
 
 I, , Chief Engineer for the Grand Trunk, 
 
 Manitoulin, Georgian Bay and Lake Erie Railway Company 
 do hereby certify that tlie sum of -dol- 
 
 lars is requireil to be expended in the construction of the 
 poi'tiou of the line extendin'^ from Mile No. to Mile No. 
 
 , and that payment should be made to the company of 
 such amount from the Grand Tiiink, Manitoulin, Georgian 
 Bay and Lake Erie Railway and Municipal Trust Account, 
 the same being in pursuance' of the terms and conditions of the 
 By-Xaw No. , of the municipality of the 
 tof 
 
iiUBaired by reason 
 lil^ay, or the ])or- 
 ritehgs, in such by- 
 bed in sHigh by-law, 
 inencement or com- 
 the companies here- 
 h by-law and agree- 
 complete the same 
 Act. 
 
 [ (or we) (iTiaert the 
 ■ation of 
 
 y the Grand Trunk, 
 Railway Company, 
 do grantatid convey , 
 party or 2}artie8), in 
 paid to 
 t whereof is hereby 
 it certain parcel (or 
 )t' land (describe the 
 laid out by the said 
 r, to hold with the 
 lanitoulin, Georgian 
 iccessors and^assigns 
 7t8, and covenants 
 : the said; . 
 
 , do hereby bar 
 witness my^ipr(ivtf\ 
 
 dajr of ^ , 
 d eighty 
 
 [L.S.] 
 
 te. 
 
 jiTOULiN, Georgian 
 's Office. 
 
 partment, 
 iight hundred 
 
 AD 
 an4 
 
 rawn on the Grand 
 le Erie Railway and 
 
 )r the Grand Trunk, 
 e Railway Company 
 -^ol- 
 construction of the 
 tfo. to Mile Mo. 
 to the company of 
 lanitoulin, Georgian 
 ipal Trust Account, 
 find conditions of the 
 he 
 

 
 
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