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"" , """rllllllllll!ll'l"""' . "", a} 'Nllllllllllllll8ll,lF! Pe", P'rc'/ 'l!l1lll,!ill,l.llili'; E "WA a. . t t ' WW ' . Text f Hydro Bill . N ullif in C y g ontracts Trl', wording of the Hydro bill. ', (a) Between the said Commis- introduced by Premier Hepburn sion and Gatineau Power Cont- in the legislature yesterday. iol- pony. live contracts bearing date - Imes. . the l9th day of May. 1926. and An act to declare the law with one contract, bearing date the 27th tweet to the Hydro-Electric Power day of July. 1926. set, out in Commission at Ontario and with Schedule A, hereto. aspect» to certain invalid con- (b) Between the said Commis- tmeta. . sion and Gatincau Power Com- Whereas t. h 0 Hydro-Electric patty. two contracts bearing date Power Commission of Ontario mm the 28th day or December. 1927, ttgeated I body corporate without set out, in Schedule B. hereto. "PM! to serve the interests ot the let Between the said Commis- more?" 'd 'o',nte'l'eirog/,'dithtf,' in??? sion and Beauharnois Light. Heat auc " or as n c - and Power Com any. one contract p.tities and the people ot the said bearing date le,' 29th day ot No- Pgttetttee might require: vember- 1929. set out in Schedule . And whereas it never was the C. Mirna 'd",gtu't 3;: 'f/ffl',',,',' ttt On- ttit Be:wcen the said Commis- ottttttission d d Cha - Falls Powe Com- ' should have authority to impose . on f"; 'l/et,. Ot r ll 1 ttnantial and other obligations patty. ef? tiOWn as ttawa a - T icy Power Company. one contract, without consent upon the said d . h 15 a municipal corporations, power- . ated t, c th day of February. and taxpayers ot the Prog. 1930. and one contract dated the tnee: ' 'r"e1,",l,1 day of Febriigry. Jeh kréown . . . j spee'dveCv as r qo cwer on- And ahereas in the year 1926 and tract" and the "Operating Con.. attttettttently the .Htrdro-9ectrit tract" set out in Schedule D Pom Commission of Ontario and i hereto . . . Ms ttertaineorportrtions hereinafter more 7 u . . . t, WWW reierred to did. with- . to) Betwern the'srud Commis- out the consent ot the said municio , Sigma" Jamcs Wharf" Gummy panties. or the ratepayers thereof. i £01131th t'i2g1?e'it/'i' ttif m3 contrary to the rights of the said 1'" "Y o 3"" c'r. . tttt " . one contract dated the 14th day of attuttetpalitica under existing con- Janina-y 1931 cm ut in Schedule tracts with the said Commission. E 'iiii'd .. C r S,',',','?,',','.",',,',,",,')',':,'?,',?,': Commis- ' 2. No action or other proceeding . ttard to the rhall be brnuallt ttt:ui.t.aincti . - ,... ... a .. .6dhei. orplo m'm of the British lilorth credrd with against the said Com- America Act. purport P, obligate 2t tttirsitln hundtd upon any contract , w Commission by divers fttrfet8 i by this act d"clarc:i to be void and totrurehaae over long periods of ttme I unenforceable. or arising out, of the . large quantities ot power generated performance or non-performance of without the Province of Ontario re- 3 any of the terms of the said con- .ardless of whether or not the said ttntl. power was desired or could be used I 3. The said Commission may. t by the "id municipalities; from time to time, pay for such Amt Whereas the said Commission power as it dtems advisable. and has made payments ot large sums i may. with the approval of the of money under the said alleged , Lieutenant-Governor~in-Council.en- ' contracts and has illegally charged , ter into contracts therefor. and may the cost at the same against certain a distribute the cost thereof and all municipal corporations. and has I prrper charges incidental thereto as thereby iso increased the cost of i determined by it among such mu- ' math) threaten industry within 3 nicipalities and in such proportions the Province and to cause unem- l as it may deem equitable. and all moment; i distribution as to such costs and And whereas it is desirable to de- i charges tor power heretofore pur- Clare the law; I chased are validated and confirmed. Nov thereiore his Majesty by and 4. The powers by this act con- . with the advice and consent of the terred on the said Commission. shall - . "the Assembly ot the Province be supplementary to the powers con- of Ontario enacts as follows: terred on the said Commission by t. The said contracts. as herein- , any other statute. after set forth. are hereby declared 5. This act may be cited as ."The to be and always to have been Hydro-Electric Power Commission like". void and unenforceable as l Act.1935." against the Mrttrxralleetrie Power , 6. This act shall come into force Commission at Ontario. such con- i on the day on which it receives the tract: being as follows: Royal assent. ( . ,r.-_ - .. _----.----- .__ ,_. ,._______,_ WW _ q " ' Nixon h Greeted q With 44 Red Roses - l . 1%"ng red roses were perched on Han. rry C. Nixon's desk in the Ontario Legislature yesterday. Government and Opposition wish- ed him well on the celebration of his forty-fourth birthday and the , Provincial Secretary replied by re- ferring to the care he had taken in i selecting the date (April 1). ',' . The flowers. suggested Wilfrid 'j. . Beitthintrton, might Be placed on ice and when Premier Hepburn met the I irate bode he could "say it with flowers."