LAW BRANCH 



Responsibilities of Law Branch 



COUNSELLING: 



Advising upon the legal position of the Department in all matters affecting 

 the Department. Interpretation of Statutes and regulations. 



PREPARATION OF 



Legislation, regulations, recommendations to Council, agreements, leases, 

 licences, pleadings, office consolidations of statutes and regulations administered by 

 the Department and briefs and memoranda on special subjects. 



RECORDING OF CROWN LAND TRANSACTIONS AND PREPARATION OF 

 TITLE DOCUMENTS: 



Maintenance of records of Crown land including sales, leases, licences, can- 

 cellations, foreitures, etc., thereof and advising the public and others on such 

 records; preparation and engrossing of title documents disposing of Crown land, 

 including letters patent, leases and licences of occupation; compilation of statistics 

 and incidental correspondence. 



OTHER LEGAL SERVICES: 



Including settlement of claims and disputes, collection of bad accounts, con- 

 ducting litigation, title searching and conveyancing. 



LEGISLATION 



At the Session of the Legislature, which convened on the 27th day of Novem- 

 ber, 1962, and prorogued on the 26th day of April, 1963, The Killarney Recre- 

 ational Reserve Act, 1962-63, The Kinsmen's Club of Kenora Act, 1962-63, Tht 

 National Radio Observatory Act, 1962-63 and The Ontario Harbours Agreement 

 Act, 1962-63, were enacted and amendments were made to The Conservation 

 Authorities Act, The Game and Fish Act, 1961-62, The Grand River Conservation 

 Act, 1938, The Lakes and Rivers Improvement Act, The Parks Assistance Act, 

 The Provincial Parks Act and The Public Lands Act. 



THE KILLARNEY RECREATIONAL RESERVE ACT, 1962-63 



This Act established as the Killarney Recreational Reserve a tract of land in 

 the districts of Algoma, Manitoulin, Nipissing, Parry Sound and Sudbury, described 

 in a schedule to the Act. The Act provides that the Minister shall formulate a 

 land-use plan for the development of the public lands in the Reserve that have a 

 potential for recreational use and that the Minister may take such measures as he 

 deems proper for the implementation of the land-use plan or any part of such plan. 

 Regulations may be made respecting the care, preservation, improvement and 

 control and management of the Reserve. 



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