The Gananoque Lands Act, 1961-62 



This new Act provided for the disposition of a small parcel of land in the 

 Town of Gananoque to the adjacent owners who have encroached thereon and 

 to the Corporation of the Town of Gananoque. 



The Provincial Land Tax Act, 1961-62 



The Provincial Land Tax Act was completely rewritten for the purpose of 

 bringing the Act in line with modern procedures and to adopt, where practicable, 

 principles of The Assessment Act. 



The Conservation Authorities Amendment Act, 1961-62 



Clause d of section 1 of the Act was repealed and clause g of the said 

 section was re-enacted to provide that "Minister" was defined as the member of 

 the Executive Council designated by the Lieutenant Governor in Council to 

 administer the Act. 



Subsection 7 of section 4 of the Act was repealed. 



Section 9 of the Act was re-enacted to provide for the situation where 

 municipal status or boundaries are changed by annexation or amalgamation. 



Subsection 2 of section 10 of the Act was amended to apply to all 

 municipalities. 



Complementary to an amendment to section 42, subsection 1 of section 

 12 of the Act was amended to provide that where the Minister makes a grant 

 to a conservation authority the Lieutenant Governor in Council may appoint the 

 chairman of the authority. 



Subsection 1 of section 13 was amended by striking out "chief officer" in 

 the first line. 



Subsection 2 of section 14 was repealed. 



Clause c of section 17 was re-enacted to provide that land could only be 

 sold, leased or otherwise disposed of with the approval of the Lieutenant Governor 

 in Council. 



Clause d of subsection 1 of section 20 was enlarged to permit regulations 

 regulating or prohibiting the construction of buildings or structures or the dump- 

 ing of fill in or on a pond or swamp or below the high-water mark of a lake, 

 river or stream. 



Clause b and subclause i of clause c of section 21, subsection 1 of section 22, 

 subsections 1 and 4 of section 24, subsection 1 of section 34, subsection 3 of 

 section 37 and subsection 6 of section 38 were amended by striking out the 

 references to "chief officer". In addition, subsection 3 of section 37 was amended 

 by adding a person appointed by the Minister to the committee mentioned in 

 the subsection and subsection 6 of section 38 was amended to provide that by- 

 laws of municipalities mentioned in the subsection required the approval of the 

 Minister. 



Section 4 1 a was added to the Act to require auditing of accounts of authorities 

 by a person licensed under The Public Accountancy Act. 



Section 42 of the Act was re-enacted to provide that the Minister might 

 make grants to an authority provided that such grants in any one year for any one 

 purpose shall not exceed $10,000. 



The Crown Timber Amendment Act, 1961-62 



Section 14 of The Crown Timber Act was amended by adding thereto sub- 

 section la which provided that for the purpose of subsection 1 of section 14 

 of the Act, chips produced as a by-product of the manufacture of lumber shall 

 be deemed to be manufactured into lumber. 



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