ACTS -OF THE LEGISLATURE -OF THE- PROVINCE OF MANITOBA, PASSED IN THE SESSION HELD IN THE FIFTY-NINTH YEAR OF THE REIGN OF HER -BEING THE- First Session of the Ninth Legislature, BEGUN AND HOLDEN AT WINNIPEG, ON THE SIXTH DAY OF THE HONORABLE JAMES COLEBROOKE PATTERSON, LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR. VOL. 1.--PUBLIC ACTS. WINNIPEG, MAN. DAVID PHILIP, QUEEN'S PRINTER. - A. D. 1896. The Stovel Co., Printers. H 59 VICTORIA. CHAPTER 1. An Act to amend "The Bills of Sale Act.". [Assented to 19th March, 1896.] ER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Manitoba, enacts as follows: 1. Section 4 of Chapter 10 of the Revised Statutes of R. s. M. c. 10 of Manitoba, as enacted by Section 2 of Chapter 1 of 57 s. 4 amended. Victoria, is hereby amended by adding after the word "debt" at the end of sub-section (1) of said Section 4, the following" Provided, however, that no such further or Certain mortsubstituted security shall be valid after the thirty-first day ing crops not of December, A.D. 1897." gages on growto be renewed beyond31st Dec. 1897. 2. This Act shall come into force on the day it is as- Commencesented to. ment of Act. CHAPTER 2. An Act respecting the Profession of Civil Engineers. [Assented to 19th March, 1896.] Whereas, it is deemed expedient for the better protec- Preamble. tion of the public interests and for the general advancement of Mechanical Science, and more particularly for promoting the acquisition of that species of knowledge which has special reference to the profession of a Civil Engineer, and to encourage investigation in connection with all branches of knowledge connected with the profession, and in order to enable persons requiring profes Short title. Incorporation Society of Civil Members. Council. How composed. First meeting of Council. First general meeting. sional aid in any work, to which such knowledge of Civil Engineering is applicable or necessary, to distinguish between qualified and unqualified Civil Engineers ; Therefore, H ER Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Manitoba, enacts as follows: 1. This Act may be cited as "The Manitoba Civil Engineers Act." 2. The Civil Engineers of Canada, heretofore incorporated by an Act of the Parliament of Canada, being Chapter 124 of the Acts passed at the Session held in the 50th and 51st years of Her Majesty's reign, under the name and style of "The Canadian Society of Civil Engineers," shall be a body corporate by the name aforesaid, having perpetual succession and a common seal, with power to acquire, hold and dispose of real and personal property for the purposes of its constitution, and to sue and to be sued in the manner usual with such corporations. 3. All persons who, on the day this Act comes into force, are members of the said existing Canadian Society of Civil Engineers, and all persons who shall hereafter be admitted as members of the Society hereby incorporated, and who shall be registered under the provisions of this Act, shall be members of the said Society. 4. There shall be a Council of Management of the said Society, to be appointed in the manner provided for in this Act, and hereinafter referred to as "the Council." 5. The Council shall be composed of twenty-one persons, who shall, in the first instance, and as a Provisional Council, consist of the present Council of the existing Canadian Society of Civil Engineers, if British subjects and residing within the Dominion of Canada. 6. The members of the said Provisional Council shall meet in the City of Winnipeg for the purpose of organization, within two months after the passing of this Act, at such time and place as may be set forth in a notice in the Manitoba Gazette, and at such meeting any five members of the Council shall form a quorum. 7. A general meeting of the members of the Society shall be called by the Provisional Council, on or before the First day of February next after the passing of this Act, for the election of a permanent Council. The time and place for such meeting shall be determined by the Provisional Council, and at least two weeks' notice in writing shall be given by the Secretary to each member of the Society, and such meeting and any subsequent meeting of the Society may be held without this Province, but in the Dominion of Canada, as the Council may from time to time determine. Council. 8. All members of the permanent Council shall be Permanent elected by ballot, each member having one vote, and the member or members obtaining the greatest number of votes shall be declared elected. 9. The members of the Council so elected shall hold Terms of office. office for the following terms respectively: The seven names who have received the greatest number of votes shall hold office for the term of three years, the next seven names for the term of two years, and the third and last seven names for the term of one year. 10. No person shall be eligible for election to the Coun- Qualifications. cil, or qualified to fill any vacancy therein, or to vote for any member thereof at the first election, unless at such time he shall be a duly qualified member of the said existing Canadian Society of Civil Engineers; and no person shall be eligible for election to the Council, or qualified to fill any vacancy therein, or to vote for any member thereof at any subsequent election unless duly qualified under the provisions of this Act and the By-laws of the Society. 11. In the case of the death or resignation of any mem- vacancy. bers of the Council, the other members of the Council shall have power to fill all vacancies so caused until the time of the holding of the next annual meeting. 12. Meetings of the Society and Council shall be held Meetings. at such times and places as may be fixed by by-law of the Society, and at all meetings of the Society or Council the President or Chairman for the time being shall have a casting vote. 13. The Council shall have full power to enact by- Power to enact laws for: (a.) The qualification, election and registration of members of the Society. By-laws, etc. |