1890. CONSTITUTION (AMENDMENT). CHAP. 7. CHAPTER 7. An Act to amend the " Constitution Act. " [96th April, 1890.] ER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legis­ H lative Assembly of the Province of British Columbia, enacts as follows:— 1. Section 20 of the "Constitution Act" is hereby amended by Amends sec. 20. striking out the words " twenty-seven" in the first line of the said section, and inserting in lieu thereof the words "thirty-three," and by striking out the word ' thirteen" in the third line of the said section, and inserting in lieu thereof the word "eighteen." 2. Schedule A, annexed to or referred to in the said " Constitution Repeals Schedule A. Act," is hereby repealed, and in lieu thereof the Schedule A annexed New Schedule A. to this Act, and hereinafter contained, shall be read. 3. Notwithstanding anything in the " Constitution Act," or in any After dissolution of ls amendment thereto contained, whenever a dissolution of the Legisla- b^ Electoral Dis- tive Assembly shall be proclaimed, and from and after such dissolution tricts as constituted i Vn i £v- • • J.1 T. • i , by Schedule to this the several Electoral Districts in the Province, as constituted by Act entitled to be Schedule A to this Act, shall be entitled to be represented in the said ^^^STk Legislative Assembly by the number of members severally provided said Schedule. for in the said Schedule A, and such members shall be severally chosen according and subject to the laws for the time being in force relating to members of the said Assembly, and for greater certainty as to the boundaries of the Electoral Districts created or constituted by the said Schedule, reference shall be had to two certain maps or plans of the Mainland of British Columbia and Vancouver Island, respectively, together with the several islands and dependencies thereof, respectively, now deposited in the Land Office at Victoria, and signed by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly and the Provincial Secretary, as and being the boundaries of the Electoral Districts comprehended within the " Constitution Act," and amendments thereto. 4. Section 23 of the "Constitution Act" is hereby amended by Amends sec. 23. adding thereto, as sub-section (2), the following:— 29 CHAP. 7. CONSTITUTION (AMENDMENT). 53 VICT. Lieutenant-Governor "(2.) It shall not be necessary for the Lieutenant-Governor in need not name day . , 1 T • -i J • A II T I • i . i to which Legislative proroguing the Legislative Assembly to name any day to which the Assembly is pro- same js prorogued, nor to issue a formal proclamation for a meeting of clamation for meet- the Legislature, unless it is intended that the meeting shall be for ing unless for dis- •,. , , » , . „ patch of business. dispatch of business Short title. 5. This Act may be cited as the " Constitution Amendment Act, 1890." SCHEDULE A. WESTMINSTER ELECTORAL DISTRICT Westminster All that tract of land bounded on the south by the southern boundary District. of the Province (the 49th parallel of north latitude) to a point about sixty-five miles east from the shore of the Gulf of Georgia, said point being the south-eastern corner of Westminster Electoral District, and the south-western corner of Yale Electoral District; on the east, by a line (being also the western boundary of Yale Electoral District) run­ ning north from the said south-eastern corner, crossing Fraser River about eight miles above the mouth of Harrison River, to a distance of about forty-five miles, and thence north-west by north about fifty miles, at an average distance of about ten miles east from the general course of the Douglas Portage, to the north-eastern corner of said District, which is also the north-western corner of Yale Electoral District; on the north by a line (being also the southern boundary, in part, of the Lillooet Electoral District, and, west of Jervis Inlet, the southern boundary of the Coast District) running west from said last named corner, crossing Lillooet Lake at a point about equi-distant from either end, and touching the extreme northern point of Jervis Inlet (which is the south-western corner of Lillooet Electoral District, and the south-eastern corner of the Coast District), about one hundred miles, to the shore of Desolation Sound; and on the west by the Gulf of Georgia, all the Islands in the said Gulf, south of Desolation Sound, which are dependencies of the former Colony of British Columbia, being included in this district; and also all that tract of land bounded on the east by the 124th meridian of west longitude, which is also the western boundary of Cariboo and Lillooet Electoral Districts ; on the south by that portion of the northern boundary of Westminster Electoral District which lies west of the said 124th meridian; on the north by the 54th parallel of north latitude; and on the west by the Pacific Ocean, and the Channel dividing Vancouver Island from the Mainland of British Columbia, and including all the Islands to the northward of Desolation Sound, which were dependencies of the former Colony of British Columbia, excepting Queen Charlotte Islands, and other than and except those portions of the said District next hereinafter defined as "New Westminster City Electoral District" 30 1890. CONSTITUTION (AMENDMENT). CHAP. 7. and "Vancouver City Electoral District," respectively, shall constitute one Electoral District, to be designated " Westminster Electoral Dis­ trict," and return three members. NEW WESTMINSTER CITY ELECTORAL DISTRICT. That tract of land comprised within the municipal limits of the City Ne-w Westminster ,. ™ vtT , • T ,. -i , i • City -District. or JN ew W estmmster, as denned below, viz.:— Commencing at a point on the right bank of the North Arm of the Fraser River, and in the centre of the street which is the south-west boundary of suburban block nine (9), as shown on the map of the suburban lots of New Westminster City, British Columbia; thence north-westerly along the centre of the street which forms the westerly boundary of suburban blocks nine (9) and twelve (12) to the centre of the street which forms the northerly boundary of suburban lot twelve (12); thence in a north-easterly direction along the centre of the street which forms the northerly boundary of suburban blocks twelve (12), fourteen (14), and four (4), and its production to its intersection with the Brunette River; thence in a southerly direction following the right bank of the Brunette River to a point where the prolongation in a northerly direction of the easterly boundary of suburban lot 7, block 8, would intersect the said right bank of the Brunette River; thence in a southerly direction along the said prolongation and the easterly bound­ ary of said lot 7, block 8, to the right bank of the Fraser River; thence southerly along a prolongation of said easterly boundary of said lot 7, block 8, to a point being 350 feet below high water mark; thence follow­ ing a line parallel to the shore line of said right bank of Fraser River, and being 350 feet below high water mark, to a point 350 feet below high water mark, and on the production southerly of the centre of the street forming the westerly boundary of suburban lots nine (9) and twelve (12); thence in a north-westerly direction to place of begin­ ning. Also, all that other piece or tract of land which may be described as follows :—Beginning at a point at which the west line of lot 4, group 2, New Westminster District, produced northwardly, intersects the southern boundary of the City of New Westminster, and thence southwardly along the said west line of lot 4, produced, and the said west line of lot 4, thirty-three chains, more or less, to a point on the said west line of lot 4, distant three chains from the southern shore of the Fraser River; thence eastwardly and at right angles to the said west line of lot 4 thirty chains, more or less, to a point on the east line of lot 2, group 2 ; thence northwardly along the said east line of lot 2 to the southern shore of the Fraser River; thence westwardly along the said shore line of the Fraser River to a post on the west line of said lot 2; thence northwardly along the west line of the said lot 2 and the west line of the said lot 2 produced, thirty-three chains, more or less, to intersection of the southern boundary of the City of New Westminster; thence westwardly along the southern boundary of the si CHAP. 7. CONSTITUTION (AMENDMENT). 53 VICT. City of New Westminster to the place of beginning. Also, that portion of the easterly end of Lulu Island known and described as a Govern­ ment Reserve; also, an island in the North Arm of the Fraser River, lying between Lulu Island and the City of New Westminster, known and described as Poplar Island, shall constitute one Electoral District, to be designated " New Westminster City Electoral District," and return one member. VANCOUVER CITY ELECTORAL DISTRICT. Vancouver City That tract of land comprised within the Municipal limits of the 1S ric ' City of Vancouver as defined below, viz.:— Commencing at low water mark on the south shore of Burrard Inlet at a point where the easterly boundary of Lot number 184, in New West­ minster District, produced northerly would intersect said low water mark; thence southerly along said produced boundary and along said easterly boundary of said Lot, and also along the easterly boundary of Lot 264A, in said New Westminster District, to a point where it would be intersected by the southerly boundary of said Lot 264Ajproduced easterly ; thence westerly along said produced line