6. Section 18: By striking out the word "Each" in the first line thereof and substituting therefor the word "The."

7. Section 19: By striking out from the first and second lines thereof the words "District Boards or to the Provincial Board" and by substituting therefor the words "Board of Examiners."

8. Section 26: By striking out the word "and" where it appears in the seventh line thereof.

9. Section 27: By inserting before the word" certificate" where it appears in the third line thereof the words first, second or third class "; also by striking out the word "and" where it appears in the last line thereof.

10. Section 28: By striking out the first subsection thereof, also by changing the number of the following subsection to (1) and by striking out the word "however in the first line thereof.

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11. Section 29: By striking out the word "ten where it appears in the fourth line thereof and substituting the word "seven."

12. Section 34: By striking out the first subsection thereof, and by changing the number of the following subsection to (1).

13. Section 42: By repealing the first subsection thereof and by substituting therefor the following subsection:

"42. The owner, agent or manager of every mine shall on or before the fifteenth day of each month send or cause to be sent to the Minister correct returns showing the quantity of coal or other material wrought or mined in such mine for the preceding calendar month, together with such other information as the Minister may demand." 14. Section 43: By repealing the same and substituting therefor the following section:

"43. When any mine is abandoned, the owner of same shall send or cause to be sent to the Minister within fifteen days thereafter, correct returns showing the quantity of coal or other material wrought or mined in such mine from the last day of the preceding quarter to the date of abandonment together with such other information as the Minister may demand.

(2) Said returns shall be in such forms as are from time to time prescribed by the Minister who shall on application furnish forms for the purpose of such returns.' 15. Section 45: By repealing the same and by substituting therefor the following section:

"45. A weekly record of the amount of ventilation passing in each district or split in every mine required to be under the control of a manager, shall be sent monthly to the District Inspector on or before the twelfth day of each month for the preceding calendar month."

16. Section 46: By substituting the words "one month" for the words "two months where the same occur in the ninth and tenth lines thereof.

17. Section 49: By striking out the words "for the district specified in such appointment" where they appear in subsection (2) thereof.

18. Section 56: By adding thereto the following subsection:

"(8) No coroner shall act either as physician to any mine or in any other capacity in connection therewith."

19. Section 64: By inserting in subsection (2) thereof after the word "been " in the sixth line the word "so."

20. Section 66: By inserting after the word "water" in the third line thereof the words "or gas."

21. Section 67: By striking out the words "one hundred and" in the third line thereof.

22. By inserting therein after section 127 thereof the following new section:"127a. All books, returns, notices, reports, forms and copies thereof required to be kept, posted or forwarded in accordance with this Act shall be in a form approved of by the Minister."

23. Section 128: By inserting therein after the word "Act" where the same occurs in subsection (1) and (2) thereof the words "or of the regulations, rules or orders made thereunder."

24. Section 129: By inserting therein after the word "Act wherever it occurs therein the words "or of any regulations, rules or orders made thereunder."

25. Section 131: By repealing the same and substituting therefor the following section:

131. Where any prosecution is instituted for violation of any of the provisions of this Act by or with the consent in writing of the Minister, the provisions of part XV of chapter 146 of the Statutes of Canada (The Criminal Code) in reference to summary convictions shall be applicable.

(2) In case any prosecution is instituted for violation of any of the provisions of this Act without the consent in writing of the Minister, such proceedings shall be brought summarily before a judge of the District Court of the judicial district in which such violation was committed sitting and acting as a justice of the peace under the

provisions of part XV of chapter 146 of the Statutes of Canada (The Criminal Code), which provisions shall apply mutatis mutandis to such proceedings."

26. Section 133: By repealing the same and substituting therefor the following section:

"133. Where any prosecution is instituted for violation of any of the provisions of this Act, the person instituting such prosecution shall within fifteen days after the hearing of the case report the result thereof to the Minister."

27. Section 138: By repealing the same and substituting therefor the following

section:

"138. The Lientenant-Governor in Council may from to time

(a) Grant leases to any person covering the rights for mining coal under road allowances;

(b) Make arrangements for the installation and operation of mine rescue stations and cars;

"(c) Determine what is sufficient accommodation as provided for in section 87 of this Act;

"and make regulations in regard thereto and for the provision of emergency hospitals by the owner, agent or manager of any mine and make such further or additional regulations, rules or orders as may be deemed necessary and proper in the interests of safety;

"(d) Make and prescribe such forms and regulations as may be deemed necessary for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act." Assented to April 13, 1918.

Liability of Employers for Taxes of Employees.

[Chapter 39, section 2, amends the School Assessment Ordinance. Subsection (3) adds the following new section:-]

35a. Subject to the approval of the Minister, any school board may by resolution fix a minimum tax to be paid by any person assessed upon the assessment roll, at the sum of four dollars ($4) and may require that every male resident of the district of the full age of twenty-one years who has resided therein for a period of one month or over, and has not been assessed on the assessment roll, shall pay an annual tax of $4 for school purposes to be collected at any time after the first day of January in each and every year, and such school tax shall be payable by such resident, whether he has resided in the district before the date of the completion of the last revised assessment roll or not; but in the case of the collection of such tax, the name of such resident so paying, shall be added to the assessment roll.

(2) Any person liable to pay such tax shall pay the same to the secretary-treasurer of the district, or to such person as is appointed by the board to collect the same within three days after the demand thereof, but in case of neglect or refusal to pay levy may be made by distress and sale of goods and chattels of the person in default as provided in this Ordinance.

(3) It shall be the duty of any employer or employers to furnish from month to month, upon request, to the secretary of the district, the names of all persons in his or their employ, and the secretary by notice in writing, may require such employer or employers to pay to the district the tax due and payable by any of his or their employees, which tax shall be paid by the employer or employers within one month after notice by the secretary as aforesaid, and may be deducted by the employer or employers from the wages or salary of the employee whether said tax has been previously demanded from such employee or not as hereinbefore provided; provided, however, that where the employee has paid a tax under the provisions of this section to a school district, he shall not be liable to a similar tax in another district for the same calendar year."

Assented to April 13, 1918.

Employment of Children-School Attendance.

Chapter 39.-4. The School Attendance Act is amended as follows:-

(1) Section 5, clause (c): By repealing the same and substituting therefor the following:

(c) There is no public or separate school which the child has the right to attend within two and one-half miles measured from the nearest point of the quarter section or lesser parcel of land upon which the child resides by the nearest highway from such child's residence if he is under ten years of age or within three and one-half miles if he is over that age or in the case of a consolidated school district or other district providing conveyance where the regular route travelled

by any conveyance is more than one mile in direct line from the nearest boundary of the quarter section upon which such child resides:

Provided, however, that in computing distances for the purpose of this Act the Dominion Lands Survey shall be accepted as final and conclusive and all sections of land shall be deemed to be one mile square and no more and the width of road allowances shall be excluded from the computation.

(2) Section 5, clause (e): By striking out this clause and substituting therefor the following:

(e) The child has passed the Grade VIII examination prescribed by the Department of Education or has completed a course which gives him an equivalent standing and the district in which the child resides does not provide instruction in its school or schools for pupils above Grade VIII as classified by the regulations of the Department of Education

(3) Section 5, clause (f): By striking out the word "fourteen" in said clause and substituting therefor the word "fifteen."

(4) Section 6: By inserting after the word "magistrate" in line two and line six of subsection (2) thereof the words Commissioner of the Juvenile Court.” Assented to April 13, 1918.

Liability of Employers for Taxes of Employees.

[Chapter 46 amends The Town Act, 1917, chapter 24. Section 10 adds the following new section:-]

270b. Subject to the approval of the Minister of Education, the council may by resolution fix a minimum tax to be paid by any person assessed upon the assessment roll at the sum of $4 and may require that every male resident of the district, of the full age of twenty-one years, who has resided therein for a period of one month or over, and has not been assessed on the assessment roll, shall pay an annual tax of $4 for school purposes, to be collected at any time after the first day of January in each year, and such school tax shall be payable by such resident whether he has resided in the district before the date of the completion of the last revised assessment roll or not; but in the case of the collection of such tax the name of such resident so paying shall be added to the assessment roll.

(2) Any person liable to pay such tax shall pay the same to the secretary-treasurer of the town, or to such person as is appointed by the council to collect the same within three days after the demand thereof, but in case of neglect or refusal to pay levy may be made by distress and sale of goods and chattels of the person in default as provided in this Act.

(3) It shall be the duty of any employer or employers to furnish from month to month, upon request to the secretary-treasurer of the town, the names of all persons in his or their employ, and the secretary-treasurer by notice in writing may require such employer or employers to pay to the town the tax due and payable by any of his or their employees, which tax shall be paid by the employer or employers within one month after notice by the secretary-treasurer as aforesaid, and may be deducted by the employer or employers from the wages or salary of the employee whether said tax has been previously demanded from such employee or not as hereinbefore provided; provided, however, that where the employee has paid a similar tax under the provisions of the School Ordinance to a school district, he shall not be liable to a tax hereunder in a town for the same calendar year.

Assented to April 13, 1918.

BRITISH COLUMBIA.

Inspection and Regulation of Factories.

Chapter 28.-1. This Act may be cited as the Factories Act Amendment Act, 1918. 2. Section 23 of chapter 81 of the Revised Statutes of British Columbia, 1911, being the Factories Act, is hereby amended by adding thereto the following as subsection (2):

'(2) In printing offices where there are three or more type-setting machines (linotypes, intertypes, monotypes, monolines, and the like), the melting pots of all typesetting, type-casting, and similar machines and apparatus, such as linotype machines, monotype casters, stereotype melting pots, and the like, shall be piped in a proper and efficient manner, so as to effectually carry off the noxious fumes and gases arising during their operation; and all melting pots of stereotyping and type-casting devices shall be properly provided with hoods extending over the melting pots and connected with the aforesaid piping in such manner as to carry off the fumes from the molten metal as well as the burned gas fumes: Provided that exhaust fans, blowers, or other suitable devices shall be installed in composing and other rooms where any of the above machines may be in operation for the purpose of further aiding in the discharge of all deleterious matter therefrom. But, notwithstanding anything herein contained, any system of ventilation may be installed and used that includes mechanical exhaust fans, blowers, or other suitable and efficient devices that in the opinion of the Inspector of Factories are efficient and satisfactory."

3. The composing and stereotype rooms of any printing and publishing establishment shall not be situated in the basement of any building unless it can be shown to the satisfaction of the Inspector of Factories that the air-spaces are sufficient and the ceiling or roof is of such height that an effective system of ventilation can be installed and operated.

4. This Act shall come into force and operation on the first day of January, 1919. Assented to, April 23, 1918.

Eight Hour Day for Smelter Workmen.

Chapter 40.-1. This Act may be cited as the Labour Regulation Act Amendment Act, 1918.

2. Section 2 of the Labour Regulation Act, being chapter 124 of the Revised Statutes of British Columbia, 1911, is hereby repealed, and the following is substituted therefor:"2. No person shall be employed at, in, or about any coke-oven, smelter, concentrator, or mineral-separation plant for a longer period than eight hours in any twentyfour hours, except that on days when shifts change a person may be employed for. whatever longer period may be necessary to make the change: Provided that nothing in this section contained shall apply to persons employed in the office, boarding-house, or bunk-house of any smelter, concentrator, or mineral separation plant: And provided further that nothing in this section contained shall apply where any person has been employed or detained for a longer period than eight hours in any twenty-four hours owing to the occurrence of an accident in or about the coke-oven, smelter, concentrator, or mineral-separation plant, or in endeavouring to save or protect human life, or owing to such accident to save property."

3. This Act shall come into operation on the thirty-first day of March, 1919. Assented to April 23, 1918.

Inspection and Regulation of Coal Mines-Eight Hour Day.

Chapter 54.-1. This Act may be cited as the Coal-mines Regulation Act Amend ment Act, 1918.

2. Section 19 of the Coal-mines Regulation Act, being chapter 160 of the Revised Statutes of British Columbia, 1911, is hereby amended by inserting immediately after the third paragraph of said section the following paragraph:

"No person shall be employed above ground at or about a mine for a longer period than eight hours in any one calendar day of twenty-four hours: Provided that nothing in this paragraph contained shall apply to persons employed in the office, boardinghouse, or bunk-house of any mine: And provided also that nothing in this paragraph contained shall apply where any person has been employed or detained for a longer period than eight hours in any twenty-four hours owing to the occurrence of an accident in, at, or about the mine, or in endeavouring to save or protect human life, or owing to such accident to save property."

3. This Act shall come into operation on the thirty-first day of March, 1919. Assented to April 23, 1918.

Inspection and Regulation of Metalliferous Mines-Eight Hour Day.

Chapter 55.-1. This Act may be cited as the Metalliferous Mines Inspection Act Amendment Act, 1918.

2. Section 6 of the Metalliferous Mines Inspection Act, being chapter 164 of the Revised Statutes of British Columbia, 1911, is hereby amended by inserting after the word "him," in the second line of said section, the words "in writing"; and by adding to said section the following subsection:

"2. The Inspector shall forthwith post in some conspicuous place about each mine examined by him a copy of his report prepared under this section in respect of that mine."

3. Section 31 of said chapter 164 is hereby amended by striking out Rule (14) of said section, together with the words "Employment Underground" immediately preceding said rule, and substituting therefor the following:-

"Hours of Employment.

"(14.) No person shall be employed underground in any metalliferous mine for a longer period than eight hours in any twenty-four hours; and in computing the said period of eight hours the same shall be reckoned from the time the person enters the mine until he reaches the surface. No person shall be employed above ground at or about a metalliferous mine for a longer period than eight hours in any twenty-four hours: Provided that nothing in this rule contained shall apply to persons in the office, boarding-house, or bunk-house of any mine: And provided also that nothing in this rule contained shall apply where any person has been employed or detained for a longer period than eight hours in any twenty-four hours owing to the occurrence of an accident in or about the mine, or in endeavouring to save or protect human life, or owing to such accident to save property."

4. Section 31 of said chapter 164 is hereby further amended by striking out all the words in the last two lines of clause (21) of said section, and substituting therefor the words "in every shaft, whether vertical or inclined, such ladder shall have substantial platforms at intervals of not more than twenty feet."

5. Said section 31 is hereby further amended by inserting therein, immediately after clause (29) thereof, the following:

Chapter 56.-1. This Act may be cited as the Minimum Wage Act.

2. In this Act the following expressions shall have the following meanings respectively:

The term "employer" shall include every person, firm, or corporation, agent, manager, representative, contractor, sub-contractor, or principal, or other persons having control or direction of any employee in any trade, business, occupation, or calling, or responsible directly or indirectly for the wages of another:

The term "employee" shall include every female person who is in receipt of or entitled to any compensation for labour or services performed for any employer: The terms "wage" and "wages" shall include any compensation for labour or services, measured by time, piece, or otherwise:

The term "minimum wage" shall mean the amount of wages fixed by the Board: The term "Board" shall mean the Minimun Wage Board constituted under the provisions of this Act.

3. For the purposes of administering and carrying out the provisions of this Act, there shall be in the Department of Labour of this Province a Board, to be called the "Minimum Wage Board," which shall consist of three members, one of whom shall be the Deputy Minister of Labour, who shall be Chairman of the Board, and the other members shall be appointed by and hold office during the pleasure of the LieutenantGovernor in Council. One member of the Board shall be a woman. of the Board shall constitute a quorum.

Two members

4. No member of the Board shall receive any salary as such. The Board may employ a secretary and such expert clerical and other assistants as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act, who shall hold office during the pleasure of the