An Act relating to the town of Dartmouth, 1916 c58

(Passed the 17th day of May, A. D. 1916).

Section.
Preamble.
1. Property vested in Company.
2. Assessment limited.
3. Section 9, Chapter 52, Acts 1915, amended.
4. Board authorized to spend $300.00 for medical aid.
5. Hawker’s license.
6. License to sell from vessel.
7. Conflicting legislation repealed
8. Chapter 56, Acts 1902, amended.
9. Section 14, Chapter 56, Acts 1902, Amended.
10. Section 5 of said Chapter 56 amended.
11. Section 2, Chapter 58, Acts 1911, amended.

Preamble.
Whereas, Compagnie Francaise des Cables Telegraphiques of the City of Paris, in France, has purchased lands at Turtle Grove, lying between Windmill Road on the east and the Harbor of Halifax on the west, property of Charles Williston on the south and property of Halifax Breweries, Limited, on the north, and being about 493 feet on Windmill Road, including the 40 foot right of way hereinafter referred to, and about 522 feet on the Harbor front, including said forty foot right of way;

And Whereas, Compagnie Francaise des Cables Telegraphiques has agreed to convey to the Town of Dartmouth a strip of land, fifty feet in width, running along the southern side of said property, for the purpose of a street and for a public dock, in exchange for the absolute ownership of the forty foot right of way running through the above mentioned property from Windmill Road to and under the waters of Halifax Harbor, and in exchange for a limitation of the assessment on the said property to an amount not exceeding twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) for the period of ten years, such assessment to exclude, however, any buildings which shall be occupied by any tenant of said company and any lands which may be hereafter acquired by said company;

Be it enacted by the Governor, Council, and Assembly, as follows :—

Property vested in company.
1. The absolute ownership in fee in that strip of land, forty feet wide, extending from Windmill Road to and under the waters of Halifax Harbor, running through the property above described and which was reserved by the late Samuel Albro as an intended street, is absolutely vested in Compagnie Francaise des Cables Telegraphiques, free and discharged from any right of way over or upon the same whatsoever, and a strip of land, fifty feet wide, extending from Windmill Road to and under the waters of Halifax Harbor, and lying along the southern boundary of the above described lands, is hereby vested in the Town of Dartmouth for the purpose of a street and public dock.

Assessment Limited.
2. The entire property belonging to Compagnie Francaise des Cables Telegraphiques lying between the northern boundary of the new street of fifty feet in width and extending to the southern boundary of the property of Halifax Breweries, Limited, and extending from the windmill Road to and under the waters of Halifax Harbor, and all buildings, erections and improvements which shall be placed thereon, exclusive of buildings occupied by any tenant or official of the Company, shall not be assessed by the Town of Dartmouth for a period of ten years at a greater amount than the sum of twenty thousand dollars ($20,000), but this shall not apply to any lands which may hereafter be purchased by said Company.

Section 9, Chapter 52, Acts 1915, amended.
3. Section 9 of Chapter 52, Acts of 1915, is hereby amended by adding at the end of the second line of said section the words ‘‘and having a right of dower therein.”

Board authorized to spend $300.00 for medical aid
4. The Board of School Commissioners for the Town of Dartmouth is hereby empowered to expend $300.00 annually the sum of three hundred dollars for the purpose of procuring medical attendance and inspection of the public schools. The amount so authorized to be expended shall be assessed for, collected and paid in the manner prescribed by Chapter 52, Revised Statutes, 1900, ‘Of Public Instruction.”

Hawker’s license
5. (1) No person shall carry on business within the Town of Dartmouth as a hawker, peddler, petty chapman or other petty tradesman, or by going about from place to place on foot, or with any animal bearing or drawing any goods for sale, without having first taken out a license therefor.

(2) Nothing in this section shall apply to:—

(a) Any person bringing into the Town, milk, vegetables, fruit or other products of his own farm or garden, or forest, for sale, or selling or offering to sell the same within the Town;

(b) Any fisherman bringing into the Town, fish, caught by himself, for sale, or selling or offering to sell the same, or

(c) Any person assessed in respect to personal property in a sum not less than one thousand dollars, if the fee for the license required by law exceeds ten dollars; and in a sum not less than six hundred dollars if the fee for the license required by law does not exceed ten dollars.

(3) In any prosecution instituted under this section the burden of proving an exemption under the clause marked (a) shall be on the person accused.

License to sell from vessel.
6. (1) No person shall sell, or offer to sell, from any vessel, any farm produce or other cargo, or part of a cargo, without having first taken out a license authorizing such sale.

(2) The fee payable for any such license shall be fifteen dollars for every vessel not exceeding twenty-five tons measurement, and a further sum of five dollars for every additional twenty-five tons, or a fraction thereof.

(3) Every such license shall expire on the disposal of the cargo in respect to which it was issued.

(4) Every person who sells any such cargo without having first taken out a license authorizing the same, shall, for every such offence, be liable to a penalty not exceeding one hundred dollars.

(5) . Nothing in this section shall apply to the consignee of any cargo of such farm produce, provided such consignee is a ratepayer in the Town assessed in respect to real property used for the purpose of his business, of the value of not less than one thousand dollars, or is the bona fide yearly tenant of real property so used, assessed for not less than that amount.

Conflicting legislation repealed
7. Any legislation heretofore enacted which conflicts with sections 4 and 5 of this Chapter is hereby repealed.

Chapter 56, Acts 1902, amended.
8. Chapter 56, Acts of 1902, is amended by adding after Section 118, the following sub-section:

(a) The Board shall have power annually to appoint a deputy chairman.

Section 14, Chapter 56, Acts 1902, amended.
9. Section 14 of Chapter 56, Acts of 1902, is amended by striking out the word ‘‘two”’ at the end of the fourth line and substituting the word ‘‘four,”’ and striking out all the words after the word “‘rated”’ in the fifth line.

Section 5 of said chapter 56 amended.
10. Section 5 of said Chapter 56 is amended by adding thereto the following sub-section:

(e) Ratepayers who are assessed on real estate shall not be liable for a poll tax.

Section 2, Chapter 58, Acts 1911, amended.
11. Section 2 of Chapter 58 of the Acts of 1911 is amended by striking out the words “two-thirds” from the second line thereof and inserting the words “one-half”.

“An Act relating to the town of Dartmouth”, 1916 c58