4. This Agreement is subject to the approval and ratifi- Schedule. Agreement. cation of the Legislature. In witness whereof, His Excellency the Governor in CAP. XXVII. An Act for the Confirmation of an Agreement between the [PASSED MARCH 22ND, 1910.] Preamble. Enacting clause. Confirmation of Agreement between the SECTION 1.-Confirmation of Agreement between the Government WHERE and the D. I. & S. Co., Ltd. 'HEREAS the Government has entered into an Agreement with the Dominion Iron and Steel Company, Limited, for certain purposes, and it is desirable to approve and ratify the same. Be it therefore enacted by the Governor, the Legislative Council and the House of Assembly, in Legislative Session convened, as follows: 1. The Agreement made between His Excellency Sir Ralph Champneys Williams, K.C.M.G., Governor of the Island and Government and its Dependencies, of the one part, and the Dominion Iron the D. I. & S. Co., Ltd. and Steel Company, Limited, of the other part, dated the fifteenth day of February, nineteen hundred and ten, and forming the Schedule to this Act, is hereby approved and ratified, and all and singular the several clauses, provisions and conditions thereof are hereby declared to be valid and binding upon the parties thereto and each of them respectively, and all and singular the several acts, matters and things therein provided to be done or performed on the part of the said parties are hereby declared to be proper and lawful. SCHEDULE. THIS AGREEMENT, made at St. John's, in the Island of New- Schedule. Agreement. foundland, this fifteenth day of February, COLONY. Governor. D. MORISON, SEAL OF THE A. D. 1910, between His Excellency Sir RALPH CHAMPNEYS WILLIAMS, K. C. M. G., Governor of the Island of Newfoundland RALPH WILLIAMS, and its Dependencies, in Council, hereinafter called "the Government," of the one part, and the Dominion Iron and Steel Company, Limited, its successors and assigns being owners and occupiers of lands and iron ore deposits at Bell Island, hereinafter called "the Comany," of the other part, A. G. Witnesseth that the said parties hereby mutually agree as follows: 1. The Company agrees to pay to the Government seven and one-half cents per ton upon every ton of iron ore of twenty-two hundred and forty pounds each, exported by the Company from Bell Island between the first day of January, A.D. 1910, and the thirty-first day of December, A.D. 1919. 2. Payment shall be made by the Company to the SubCollector or other officer of Customs at Bell Island, quarterly, on the fifteenth day of January, April, July and October, in each year, upon and in respect of all ore shipped during the three months ending on the last days of the months preceding the respective dates above mentioned. 3. During the period fixed by section 1 of this Agreement no other or further charge or tax shall be levied or imposed upon or in respect of said ore, and no increase shall be made in the price of coal purchased from the Company, or from any company controlled by or merged in or with the Company, for sale or consumption in Newfoundland, unless a similar increase is made for similar markets, Schedule. 8. This Agreement is subject to the approval and ratification of the Legislature. In witness whereof, His Excellency the Governor in Council has caused the Great Seal of the Island of Newfoundland to be set hereunto, and has signed these presents, and the Company has caused its Common Seal to be affixed hereunto and these presents to be signed by its President and Secretary thereunto duly authorized. CAP. XXVIII. An Act to amend Chapter 3, of 61 Victoria, entitled "An Act respecting the Department of Marine and Fisheries." SECTION 1. Deputy Minister may be appointed. BE [PASSED 22ND MARCH, 1910.] SECTION 2. Respecting Fisheries Board. E it enacted by the Governor, the Legislative Council Enacting clause. and the House of Assembly, in Legislative Session convened, as follows: may be appointed. 1. Section 2 of the Act 61 Victoria, cap. 3, entitled "An Deputy Minister Act respecting the Department of Marine and Fisheries," is hereby repealed and the following is substituted therefor :— (2) The Governor in Council may appoint an officer who shall be called the Deputy Minister of Marine and Fisheries, who shall be the Deputy Head of the Department of Marine and Fisheries; and the Governor in Council may also appoint such other officers as are necessary for the proper conduct of the business of the said Department, all of whom shall hold office during pleasure. 2. Section 7 of the said Act is hereby repealed and the Respecting following is substituted therefor : (7) The Fisheries Board shall consist of fifteen members, Fisheries Board. |