St. Peter’s Reserve Act

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• 1Short title

  This Act may be cited as The St. Peter’s Reserve Act.

• 2Patents confirmed

  The patents of lands included in the said St. Peter’s Reserve issued by His Majesty and the sales of such lands made on behalf of His Majesty in the said Reserve are hereby confirmed and made good,—

• 2(a)Lands held by Indians

  in cases where such lands were unsold and were held by the Indian patentees on the first day of June, 1915; and

• 2(b)Lands on which one dollar per acre has been paid

  in cases where the additional sum of one dollar for each acre of such lands included in such patent or sale, together with interest at the rate of five per centum per annum from the first day of June, 1915, until payment, has been or is paid to His Majesty; and

• 2(c)Lands where lien is given for payment of one dollar per acre

  in cases where the owner gives His Majesty a lien creating a first charge upon the lands, subject only to taxes, for the sum of one dollar for each acre of such lands included in such patent or sale, payable in five equal annual instalments with interest at the rate of five per centum per annum from the first day of June, 1915, the first of such instalments and interest to be due and payable on the first day of June, 1916, such lien to be effected by an endorsement of the lien or a caveat respecting same on the Certificate of Title issued to the owner by the District Registrar of the proper Land Titles Office: Provided that such lien may be paid in full at any time during the said five years with interest as aforesaid to the date of payment. The Certificate of the Deputy Superintendent General of Indian Affairs certifying that a lien has been paid and satisfied shall be a valid discharge…

• 3Act retroactive

  This Act shall be deemed to have come into force on the first day of June, A.D., 1915.