S. 13, Rail amended, CAP. II. An Act to amend the Quebec Railway Act, 1869. [Assented to 31st October, 1879.] ER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislature of Quebec, enacts as follows: 1. Section 13 of the said act is amended by adding way act, 1869, the following words at the end thereof: "And after the thirty days following the general annual meeting of the shareholders for the election of directors of the different companies, which will occur after the coming into force of this act, and on the date fixed by the charter of each company, it shall be the duty of the Board of Directors and of the Secretary, to call a general meeting shareholders of the Shareholders, whenever required so to do by a requisition in writing, signed by one or more Shareholders holding at least one half of the subscribed capital stock of the Company, for the transaction of such business as may be set forth in the said requisition, which business. shall be mentioned in the notice calling the meeting. General Meetings of for certain purposes. 2. Paragraph 2 of section 20 of the said act is amended § 2 of S. 20, by the addition of the words following: amended. Smoking forbidden in certain cars. 41 V., c. 3 Interpreta tion of certain words. "And in every train containing more than one second class car for the transportation of passengers, there shall be one second class car, in which smoking shall be prohibited, and when a train contains only one second class car for the transportation of passengers, a part of such car shall be divided off in which smoking shall be prohibited." CAP. III. An act to amend the Quebec Licence Law of 1878, (41 Vict., chap. 3.) H [Assented to 31st October, 1879.] ER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislature of Quebec, enacts as follows: 1. The Quebec Licence Law, 41 Vict., Chap. 3, is amended, 1. By striking out sub-section m of the first section, and by replacing it by the following: m. A retail liquor store is a store in which are sold, at one and the same time, intoxicating liquors in quan tities not less than one half pint (wine measure), or its equivalent in imperial or standard measure, to be consumed outside of the house or premises where such liquors are sold;" 2. By striking out sub-section aa of said section 1st. §aa of said s., struck out. 2. The said act is further amended by adding in sec- 811 amended. tion 11, after the word: "Montreal," in the second line of said section, the words: "and in the city of Quebec.' 3. The said act is further amended by adding after Sec 13a, section 13, the following section : added. "13a. Nevertheless, except in a case where the council Exemption of a municipality shall have passed a by-law for the pur- from formalipose of reducing the number of licences in such munici- certificate. pality, any person who, having obtained a licence as aforesaid, wishes to have it renewed at the expiration of the term for which it was granted, is exempt from the observance of the formalities of the certificate required by the sections of the said act immediately preceding, if the renewal be applied for in the same locality." 4. Sections from the 14th inclusively to the 35th ss. from 14 to also inclusively, are repealed and replaced by the follow- 35, repealed, ing provisions : 66 certificate is a. The confirmation of the certificate is granted at Where conthe Police Court in Quebec for the city of Quebec, the firmation of town of Levis and village of Lauzon, and at the Police granted. Court in Montreal for the city of Montreal, by the Judge of the Sessions, or the Police Magistrate, or the Recorder. b. The Clerk of the Peace shall for that purpose, act as Clerk, clerk to the aforesaid officers. for confirma e. Any person who intends to apply for the confirma- Application tion of a certificate, must apply verbally or in writing, to tion, the Clerk of the Peace. d. A table is prepared for that purpose, by the Clerk of Table. the Peace, and is posted up in a conspicuous place in his office and open to the public; and such table shall give the date of the inscription of each application, the name, occupation and residence of the applicant, the situation of the house to which the licence applies, and the day on which it will be taken into consideration. e. No application can be taken into consideration by Taking into the competent authority, unless it has been inscribed on the said table for at least eight days. consideration of applica tion. f. Any person may oppose the application, and, if notice Oppositions. of the opposition has been given to the Clerk of the Peace, the latter shall, three days before the taking into consideration of such application, give notice thereof to the applicant and to the opposant if there be one. |