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     this 
     
     (Signed) 
     
    
   
   
    
     day of 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     An Act further to amend and explain the 
     
     Land Purchase Bill. 
     
     [Passed 24th April, 1868 ] 
     
    

    
     IlEREAS it is deemed advisable to further 
     
    

    
     amend and to explain the provisions of 
     
     the Act of the General Assembly of Prince 
     
     Edward Island, passed in the Sixteenth year 
     
     of the reign of ller Majesty Queen Vic- 
     
     toria, entitled “An Act for the purchase of 
     
     lands on behalf of the Government of Prince 
     
     Edward Island, and to regulate the sale and 
     
     management thereof, and for other purposes 
     
     therein mentioned,” and hereinafter in this 
     
     Act, called the Land Purchase Bill, so far as 
     
     the same relates to estates which have or may 
     
     hereafter prove self-sustaining, purchased by 
     
     the Government under its provisions. Be it 
     
     therefore enacted by the Lieutenant Governor, 
     
     Cauncil and assembly, as follows : 
     
    
   
   
    
     I. If at any time it shall appear, from the 
     
     receipts and books of account kept in the office 
     
     of the. Commissioner of Public Lands or other— 
     
     wise, that any estate, already or hereafter to 
     
     be purchased by the Government, under the 
     
     Land Purchase Act, has proved self-sustaining, 
     
     it shall be the duty of that officer, at once, in 
     
     writing, to give notice thereof to llis Excel- 
     
     lency the Lieutenant Governor in Council, who 
     
     shall thereupon, by such persons and means, 
     
     and in such way as shall appear most proper 
     
    
   
   
    
     and efficient, cause a full, careful and thorough' 
     
     investigation to be made into the matter, and‘ 
     
     and estimate of thei 
     
     position of the estate to be drawn up, and if it‘ 
     
    
   
   
    
     an accurate statement 
     
     shall then clearly appear that the estate in 
     
     question has proved self sustaining, the Lieu- 
     
     tenant Governor, with the advice of the Ex- 
     
     ecutive Council, shall issue an order to the 
     
     Commissioner of Public Lands requiring him 
     
     not to exact any further payments from those 
     
     Tenants or occupants of the estate who have 
     
     paid up their full proportion or share of the 
     
     sum required to make the same self—sustaining ; 
     
     but the said Commissioner of Public Lands shall, 
     
     nevertheless, still continue and proceed to 
     
     collect and require payment from those tenants 
     
     or occupantswho shall not have paid up their full 
     
     share or proportion, until they shall have paid 
     
     the same, or been otherwise, on account of any 
     
     peculiar circumstances, discharged therefrom 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     by order of the Lieutenant Governor in Coun— 
     
     cil. No such order by the Lieutenant Governor 
     
     in Council to the Commissioner ofl’ublic Lands 
     
     shall be issued until on investigation it shall 
     
     be clearly ascertained that there has actually 
     
     been received by the Government, from the 
     
     tenants or occupants of the estate, an amount 
     
     in money equal to the sum required to make 
     
     the estate self-sustaining, after giving reason- 
     
     able credit to it for the value of unsoll lands, 
     
     as hereinbefore provided for. 
     
    
   
   
    
     II. The investigation respecting any Estate 
     
     in order to ascertain whether it has proved 
     
     selfsustaining, authorized by the first section 
     
     of this Act, may be ordered by the Lieutenant 
     
     Governor in Council, on the petition of any 
     
     tenants or occupants of the Estate heretofore 
     
     or hereafter, to be presented or sent in, in the 
     
     absence of any notice of the Commissioner of 
     
     Public Lands, or otherwise, if it shall appear 
     
     just and reasonable. 
     
    
   
   
    
     III. In making such investigation and 
     
     statement, account and estimate of the position 
     
     of the Estate, all losses to the Government for 
     
     Land Tax or otherwise, and all other losses, 
     
     costs, charges and expenses connected with the 
     
     Estate and the working thereof, or which can 
     
     be fairly chirgeable against it, as well as the 
     
     amount of its purchase money and interest 
     
     thereon, shall be taken into consideration, and 
     
     a reasonable credit and allowance shall also be 
     
     given to it and the tenants and occupants 
     
     thereof, for any wilderness or other Lands con- 
     
     Ineeted with or belonging to it, remaining on 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     drand unsold, and the Lieutenant Governor and 
     
     Council may, if in their discretion they shall 
     
     think it necessary, obtain information as to the 
     
     reasonable value of the wilderness and unsold 
     
     ,Lands, by causing the same to be Valued, and 
     
     a Report thereof, in writing, on oath, to be 
     
     made by the Commissioner of Public Lands, in 
     
     conjunction with two other fit and proper per- 
     
     sons, to be appointed for the purpose by the 
     
     Lieutenant Governor in Council, and after re- 
     
     ceipt of such Report, or without any such 
     
     Report, if it shall not be deemed necessary to 
     
     require one to be made, the Lieutenant Gover- 
     
     nor in Council shall make such order as shall 
     
     appear just and proper in the premises, and 
     
     declare the amount of the credit and allowance 
     
     to be given to the Estate on account of such 
     
     unsold Lands, which shall be final. and Conclu- 
     
     sive on the point, and binding on all parties in- 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     ,terested.