A Practical Guide for Tourists, Miners, and Investors, and All Persons Interested in the Development of the Gold Fields of Nova Scotia |
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Page 168 - Gazette, shall have the force of law until repealed by the legislature ; provided such rules and regulations shall not be repug'nant to the laws of the Province, or the provisions of this chapter ; and such rules and regulations may in like manner be altered, modified, or cancelled, as circumstances shall require.
Page 144 - ... both to maintaining the value of such mines and providing for and protecting the safety of the persons employed therein ; and the Inspector of Mines shall, from time to time, report in accordance with the facts to the Government. 6. The Chief Commissioner of Mines and his Deputies, and the Inspector of Mines, shall hold office during pleasure, and shall give bonds for the faithful discharge of their duties in such suras as may be fixed by the Governor in Council.
Page 148 - ... but no order shall be made until it shall be shown that notice has been given, sufficient in the judgment of the court or judge to protect the rights of all persons who may be or may claim to be interested.
Page 163 - If the proprietor of private lands entered under such license shall seek damages, the proceedings for ascertaining the amount of such damages, and making payment of the same, shall be the same as provided for by this chapter in the case of Prospecting Licenses for Gold.
Page 83 - The minerals associated with the quartz in this vein, especially the cuprite and mispickel, are found most abundantly upon the foot-wall side, or underside of the quartz itself. The smaller accompanying vein before alluded to appears to be but a repetition of the larger one in all its essential characteristics, and is believed by the scientific examiners to be fully as well charged with gold.
Page 166 - Such returns shall be sworn to by the agent or manager and by one or more credible persons principally employed in or about the working and management of such mine, before the Commissioner or a justice of the peace.
Page 164 - All the provisions herein contained relative to settlement by agreement, or arbitration, with the owner of the soil, where the same is private land, for damages done to his land, and to payment therefor as set forth in section...
Page 151 - ... in any one district, or under any one lease, the whole of the areas held by him in such district or under such lease shall not necessarily become forfeited therefor, but only a part of such demised premises, proportioned to the number of days' labor which such lessee has failed to perform, shall become forfeited ; and such lessee shall make selection of that part of the demised premises which he will retain. To avail himself of the provisions of this section, a lessee must make known his selection...
Page 81 - Scotia consist of some ten or twelve districts of quite limited area in themselves, but lying scattered along the southeastern coast of the province. The whole of this coast, from Cape Sable on the west to Cape Canso on the east, a distance of about two hundred and fifty miles, is bordered by a fringe of hard, slaty rocks, slate and sandstone in irregular alternations, sometimes argillaceous and occasionally granitic. These rocks are always, when stratified, found standing in a high angle, sometimes...
Page 148 - The payment of such damages by the party liable therefor to the persons designated by the award as entitled thereto, or, if the award shall not designate the persons entitled, to such persons as in the absence of any dispute shall be ostensibly entitled thereto, shall exonerate the party making payment ; but any persons subsequently claiming to have been entitled to the damages so paid may prosecute their claims by action for money had and received against the persons to whom the payment shall have...