TITLE IX.

THE CROWN LANDS OF THE PROVINCE.

Validity of
letters patent
and grants
of land under
Great Seal of
Nova Scotia.

Boundary line of grants in Charlotte County.

CHAPTER 29.

RESPECTING NOVA SCOTIA GRANTS.

1. All letters patent, and grants of lands, tenements, and hereditaments, lying and being within this Province, made and passed under the Great Seal of the Province of Nova Scotia, prior to the third day of January, A.D. 1786, which, or a copy of which, duly attested and authenticated, by and under the hand of the registrar of the Province of Nova Scotia, or exemplified under the Great Seal of the said Province of Nova Scotia, were, prior to the third day of January, A.D. 1786, entered and registered in the office of the Secretary and Registrar of the records of this Province, shall be valid and effectual for the uses and purposes therein mentioned; and all such letters patent and grants not so entered and registered as aforesaid, shall be null and void and of no effect in law. C. S. c. 23, s. 1.

2. In any of the said letters patent or grants of lands in the County of Charlotte, the course of the boundary line shall be ascertained by reference to the true meridian, as represented on the plans thereto annexed. C. S. c. 23, s. 2.

CHAPTER 30.

RESPECTING THE CROWN TIMBER LANDS.

1. This Chapter may be cited as The Crown Lands Act. Short title.

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GENERAL PROVISIONS.

2. In this Chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: Interpretation.

(a) "Minister" means the Minister of Lands and Mines.

(b) "Crown Lands" means the Crown timber lands of the Province.

(c) "Lumber" or "Timber" means and includes trees, logs, bark, timber, pulpwood, and wood of every and any description. C. S., c. 29, s. 1. am.

3. The Minister shall have charge of the carrying out Minister to of this Chapter. new. have charge.

4. The Governor in Council may pass such orders in Orders in Council as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this Council. Chapter, or to meet cases which may arise and for which no provision is made hereby. new.

SURVEYS AND CLASSIFICATION.

5. The Governor in Council may, from time to time, Surveys of cause the Crown Lands, or any part thereof, to be surveyed Crown lands. or examined and a full report thereof shall be placed and kept on file in the office of the Minister. C. S. c. 27, s. 1. am.

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6. The Governor in Council may, from time to time, Setting apart set apart certain areas of Crown Land to be held as timber of Crown lands lands and no grant of any tract or lot of land within any areas. area so set apart shall be issued unless such tract or lot of land is opened for settlement under the provisions of the next following section. C. S. c. 27, s. 2. am.

Opening up timber areas for settlement.

7. Upon the report of the Minister that any lands included in such area so set apart are suitable for settlement, and recommending that the same be opened up to settlement, the Governor in Council may, from time to time, declare that the same shall be opened up for settlement, on and after a date to be named in the order in Council. When any lands are so opened up for settlement, they shall be dealt with as provided by sections 57 to 65. C. S. c. 27, s. 3. am.

Sections 1 to 5 of Chapter 11 of Acts 1913 unrepealed.

Licenses.

Conditions of the pulp and paper license.

TIMBER LICENSES.

8. Sections 1 to 5 inclusive of Chapter 11 of the Acts of 1913, intituled "An Act Respecting the Crown Timber Lands of the Province," as amended, are unrepealed, and for convenience of reference are printed herein as sections 9 to 12 inclusive.

9. The Governor in Council is hereby authorized to issue licenses upon the first day of August next of two kinds, namely:

(a)

A license, to be known as "The Pulp and Paper License," which shall contain as part of its conditions, the following provisions and requirements: at least fifty per cent of the lumber cut yearly upon the said Crown Lands under such license, shall be manufactured into pulp and paper or other manufactures of pulp, within the Province of New Brunswick; that the licensee agrees, upon taking out the license, that he shall acquire or erect and operate a pulp mill, within three years of the date of taking out of such license, and that he shall acquire or erect and operate a paper mill or other mill which manufactures goods into which pulp largely enters as raw material, within five years from the same date, and that both the pulp and paper mill or other mill as aforesaid, shall be of sufficient capacity to manufacture the quantity of timber above mentioned, and further, that the operation of such pulp and paper mill or other mill as aforesaid, shall be continuous from year to year; such licenses to be renewable for a period of thirty years, and shall be subject to an extension, for a period of twenty years from the

termination of the thirty year period, upon the con-
dition hereinafter provided; the renewal from year
to year for the thirty year period, and the yearly
renewals during the extended period of twenty
years, to be subject to a satisfactory compliance on
the part of the licensee, with such rules and regula-
tions, as may be made from time to time, by the
Governor in Council in dealing with the Crown
Lands of the Province.

(b) A license to be known as "The Saw Mill License": Conditions of
the saw mill
A condition of this license to be that it shall be
license.
renewed from year to year for a period of twenty
years, from the first of August, 1913, and at the
expiration of that period, may be extended for
a further period of ten years; such renewals, both
as regards the twenty year period, and the ex-
tended period of ten years being conditional on
the satisfactory carrying out of the rules and
regulations made in connection with the Crown
Land areas. 1913, c. 11, s. 1.

10. The above mentioned licenses may be issued, and When licenses to issue. shall, on the first day of August next, be available to the present licensees, should they desire to surrender and cancel their existing licenses; the licensee is hereby required to notify the Minister, prior to July 15th, next, of his intention to take out the new license or to continue under the existing license. 1913, c. 11, s. 2.

11. The Governor in Council shall, prior to the first Bonus paid by of July, 1913, determine the amount of the bonus to be licensees. paid by the licensees per square mile, for the privilege of cutting the timber upon the lands now held by them, for a period of thirty years in the case of the pulp and paper license, and for a period of twenty years in the case of the saw mill license. The bonus determined upon by the Governor in Council in this section, shall, in the case of the pulp and paper license, be payable, one third prior to August first, 1913, one third prior to August first, 1923, and one third prior to August first, 1933. In the case of the saw mill license, the bonus fixed and determined upon, shall be paid one half prior to August 1st, 1913,

Stumpage rates.

Regulations.

Scope of
Section.

and one half prior to August 1st, 1923. The Governor in Council shall, at the expiration of the twenty and thirty year periods, respectively, fix and determine what bonus shall be paid for the privilege of cutting for the further period of ten years in the case of the saw mill license, and for the period of twenty years in the case of the pulp and paper license. The bonus, in all cases, shall be in lieu of the lands not being offered at public sale. At any time during the currency of a pulp and paper license, the holder may surrender it, and shall be entitled to receive a saw mill license in lieu thereof and at any time during the currency of a saw mill license, the holder, if he shall have acquired or erected, and is prepared to operate a paper mill or other mill which manufactures goods into which pulp largely enters as raw material, may be granted a pulp and paper license in lieu thereof. In either of such cases, the Governor in Council may re-adjust the bonus paid or adjust the bonus to be paid as to him shall seem right. 1913, c. 11. s. 3.

12. (1) The Governor in Council shall, from time to time, fix and determine the rates of stumpage to be paid upon the various kinds of lumber cut from the Crown Lands by the licensees, and shall determine the mileage to be paid annually by the licensee, and shall make such other rules and regulations in regard to the cutting and removing of lumber from the Crown Lands areas, as may to him seem just, wise and prudent.

(2) The regulations above mentioned shall contain the provision that if any licensee shall, at least twelve years before the expiration of the twenty and thirty year periods hereinbefore mentioned, notify the Minister of his or their intention to set aside and not operate on certain portions of their area, but to allow the same to reproduce for the period of twelve years, and it appears to the Minister that no cutting on such area has taken place during such period, the said licensee shall have the privilege of cutting upon such lands for the further period of ten years without the payment of any bonus, but subject to such mileage and stumpage rates as may be imposed. 1913, c. 11, ss. 4, 5.

13. (1) This section shall be deemed to be in addition to the provisions of sections 9 to 12 inclusive and not in amendment of or in substitution for such provisions.