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Legislative Assembly","@language":"en"}],"DateAvailable":[{"@value":"2014-12-10","@language":"en"}],"DateIssued":[{"@value":"[1899]","@language":"en"}],"DigitalResourceOriginalRecord":[{"@value":"https:\/\/open.library.ubc.ca\/collections\/bcsessional\/items\/1.0383370\/source.json","@language":"en"}],"FileFormat":[{"@value":"application\/pdf","@language":"en"}],"FullText":[{"@value":" 62 Vict. Correspondence\u2014Sumas Dyking Commissioners. 1341\nRETURN\nTo an Order of the House for copies of all correspondence and documents that passed\nbetween the Government and the late Sumas Dyking Commissioners, in reference\nto the liabilities incurred by said Commissioners.\nF. CARTER-COTTON,\nTreasury, Minister of Finance.\nFebruary Wth, 1899.\nNo. 1.\nCommissioners to Minister of Finance.\nMarch 9th, 1895.\nSir,\u2014I am instructed by Mr. D. McGillivray, Chairman of Sumas Dyking Commissioners,\nto forward you a certified statement showing the present liabilities of the Sumas Reclamation\nScheme, and also to ask you to forward by express to the Bank of Montreal, New Westminster,\nthe bonds at as early a date as convenient, as the Commissioners have made arrangements to\nmeet at New Westminster on Friday next, the 15th, to complete the bonds, and do not wish\nto be disappointed. I may also state that in reference to section 14 of the General Act,\nrequiring notice of Court of Revision to be published in Government Gazette, has been complied\nwith, as we have several copies of Gazette containing copies. Please inform Mr. Smith,\nGovernment Auditor, of the same. I have, &c,\n(Signed)        Geo. Chadsey,\nClerk, Sumas Dyking Commissioners.\nSumas, B. C, March 9th, 1895.\nSumas Dyking District Reclamation Works.\nAn approximate statement  of total liabilities incurred by the Sumas Dyking Commissioners in preliminary steps towards reclamation to date:\u2014\nOverdraft account at Bank Montreal, N. W., and interest     $ 7,469 40\nPrinting and advertising  493 30\nBalance due to Messrs. Keefer & Smith, Civil Engineers, and others .... 5,046 50\nB. C. Gazette  19 00\nCash advanced by D. McGillivray to pay bills  537 00\nJ. L. Chadsey and others for labour and supplies, Chilliwhack River .... 186 00\nTotal legal expenses, Corbould, McColl and Robertson  2,660 00\nAmount due four Commissioners for time actually employed, and expenses\nfor two years  3,150 00\nAmount due G. W. Chadsey, Clerk, for two years' service while actually\nemployed  375 00\n$19,936 20\nCash in Bank Montreal, balance in hand         796 00\nTotal debt $19,140 20\n(Signed)        G. W. Chadsey,\nClerk, Sumas Dyking Commissioners.\n(Signed)        D. McGillivray,\nChairman, Sumas Dyking Commissioners.\n 1342 Correspondenle\u2014Sumas Dyking Commissioners. 1898\nNo. 2.\nAuditor-General to Clerk of Commissioners.\nMarch 14th, 1895.\nSir,\u2014I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 9th instant to\nthe Honourable the Minister of Finance, enclosing statement of expenditure by the Sumas\nDyking Commissioners, amounting to $19,140.20, and I am instructed to inform you that the\nstatement is not in the form required by the Government. In the first place you commence\nwith the item of \"$7,469.40, overdraft at Bank of Montreal.\" The Government wishes to\nknow what payments have been actually made against this sum. There is another item of\n\"$3,150.00 due Commissioners for time actually employed and expenses for two years.\" This\nrequires to be explained. The expenses should be shown separately from the amount they\nclaim for their services, as this sum represents about $5.00 per day each for every working\nday in the whole time for two years, a charge that is, in my opinion, not quite allowable under\nthe Act. Under the circumstances of the statement not being satisfactory, there must\nnecessarily be a delay in executing the bonds.\nYou will be good enough to make out a full and complete statement of the items actually\npaid, and then show a full and complete statement of the amounts actually due and unpaid.\nApproximate statements are not quite sufficient to warrant the issuance of the amount of\nbonds asked for by the Commissioners.\nNo. 3.\nCommissioners to Auditor-General.\nSumas, B. C, March 20th, 1895.\nJ. McB. Smith, Esq.,\nAuditor-General :\nSir,\u2014Enclosed please find statement showing the amounts that have been paid, also\nstatement showing indebtedness against the Sumas Dyking Scheme. All those bills due and\nunpaid have not been passed by the Board, and when they come before the Board of Commissioners there may be some small alterations. There are four Commissioners which make the\nexpenses more than the total expenses sum up\u2014more than the Commissioners estimated.\nI have, <fcc.,\n(Signed)       G. W. Chadsey,\nClerk for the Commissioners.\nStatement showing Liabilities against Sumas Dyking Scheme which are unpaid.\n1898.\nMch. 19th.\u2014Balance due Keefer & Smith  $ 3,572 05\nH.A.Robertson  160 00\nT. W. Groves  500 00\nCorbould & McColl  2,500 00\nVictoria Colonist,               for advertising  41 50\nSeattle Post-Intelligencer,             n               58 65\nNew Westminster News,              n  185 00\nB. C. Gazette,                                 n               19 00\nC. A. Stoess  454 00\nG. W. Chadsey (Clerk), balance of salary.  285 00\nPeter Summerfield, for surveying  398 68\nBalance due D. McGillivray, as salary  1,000 90\n\u201e        Wm. S. Maher,          \u201e         950 00\nCarried forward  10,124 78\n 62 Vict.\nCorrespondence\u2014Sumas Dyking Commissioners.\n1343\n1898.\nMch. 1898,\nBrought forward $10,124 78\n-Balance due J. L. Atkinson, as salary      1,045 00\nii Asa Ackerman, n         150 00\nProgress Publishing Company, for advertising  12 50\nJ. L. Chadsey and others, for labour and supplies,  Chilliwhack River         186 00\nWorld Publishing Company, for advertising  48 00\nTo amount due D. McGillivray, as per Statement A           534 75\nTo amount as per Statement B, loan account at Bank (B). .    7,054 50\nBalance of interest due the Bank         516 40\nTotal $19,671 93\nCertified correct.\n(Signed)        G. W. Chadsey,\nClerk for S. D. C.\nB.\nSumas, B. C, March 18th, 1895.\nSumas Dyking District Reclamation   Works.\nStatement showing  total liabilities incurred by the Sumas Dyking Commissioners\npreliminary steps towards reclamation to date that have been paid:\u2014\n1893.\nDec.    4th.\u2014A. H. Burns, for tents for survey camp $ 118\nMarvin & Tilton, goods for survey        13\nDec.\nDec.\nDec\n11th.\n20th,\nW. S. Maher, cash paid for sundries  7\nM. DesBrisay,            goods for survey camp ....     44\nD. McGillivray,               \u201e                         ,,        123\nMunroe & McDonald,     ,.                         \u201e         75\nCampbell & Anderson,    n                           n         77\nC. A. Stoess, estimate for dyke    150\nJ. Johnston & Co., goods for survey  20\nD. Fraser, moving camp  9\nD. W. Miller, goods for survey  132\n-Corbould & McColl, printing  40\nJ. Johnston & Co., stationery for surveyors  3\n-C. H. Chadsey, 18J days on survey  27\n27th,\nDec. 30th,\nRichard Toop,   18^    \u201e              n         27\nRobert Toop,     18|    n              ..  27\nJ. Wilson,          19      \u201e              \u201e         28\nR. Proudfit,         8      ,.              ii         12\nR. Dunn,               4       n                n          6\nT. Bird,             22      \u201e             \u201e         33\nW. H. Cawley,   9      \u201e              \u201e         13\n-H. B. Smith, work in connection with survey   62\nT. W. Groves, work on survey  108\nH. P. Renwick,             n              46\nW. Harris,                     \u201e               23\nB. F. Bradford, milk supplied surveyors  6\n-C. A. Stoess, surveying in November  125\nR. C. Lowry, work on survey  86\n00\n00\n10\n74\n50\n20\n70\n00\n75\n00\n62\n00\n00\n75\n75\n75\n50\n00\n00\n00\n50\n15\n70\n45\n75\n25\n15\n00\nCarried forward    1,449 31\n 1344\nCorrespondence\u2014Sumas Dyking Commissioners.\n1898\n1893.\nDec. 30th.-\n1894.\nJan.     5th.\n-J. Baiss,\nF. Adamson,\nJ. WTlson,\nM. Fadden,\nH. Kennedy,\nW. El wood,\nH. Barker,\nMa Sing, Cook, Camp No\nBrought forward\t\nwork on survey in November\n1,449 31\n(2;\nJan.\n24th,\n-Rob. Toop, work on survey\t\nG. W. Chadsey, postage, &c   \t\nRichard Toop, work on survey\t\nD. McGillivray, supplies for S. Camp ....\nJ. Wilson (Smith's Camp), work on survey\nCash advanced by J. L. Atkinson to pay H. B. Smith's men\nto assist in surveying, etc\t\nC. H. Chadsey, work on survey (Dec, 1893) ..\nF. Bird, m i,\nM. Huff, moving camp  \t\nW. Chadsey,      n \t\nA. J. Street,      n\t\nS. A. Cawley & Co., goods supplied survey. . . .\nR. Proudfit, work on survey in Dec, 1893 ....\nR. Dunn, n n ....\nG. Lewis, ii ii ....\nW. Groves, work as leveller, n ....\nH. P. Renwick, survey party\t\n-J. Munroe, goods for survey camp\t\nD. W. Miller, \u201e \t\nJ. L. Atkinson, for moving camp and supplies.\nH. P. Renwick, travelling expenses to Victoria\nW. H. Groves, u n\nH. B. Smith, n n\nG. A. Keefer, n n\nKeefer & Smith, on salary\t\nYork efe Pilling, meat supplied Stoess' camp . ..\nO. Bowman, n n ...\nM. DesBrisay, camp supplies     \t\nWintemute Bros., furniture for Stoess' camp . .\nW. Fadden, moving camp\t\nMunroe & McDonald, camp supplies\t\nC. A. Stoess, salary for Dec, 1893\t\nR. C. Lowry,\nJ. Baiss,\nF. Adamson,\nJ. Wilson,\nM. Fadden,\nH. Kennedy,\nW. Elwood,\nFeb.\nMa Sing, cook,\nA. Boley, milk\t\nP. Summerfield, on salary\t\nJohn Deane, n\t\n5th.\u2014W. S. Maher, cash paid for supplies\t\nD. McGillivray, supplies for Stoess' camp\n29\n50\n22\n00\n29\n50\n23\n50\n29\n50\n21\n25\n5\n00\n19\n70\n29\n80\n5\n00\n31\n75\n36\n22\n33\n00\n36\n55\n32\n25\n40\n75\n6\n00\n13\n00\n4\n00\n9\n20\n30\n00\n35\n25\n28\n50\n124\n00\n45\n00\n6\n00\n59\n99\n28\n00\n10\n75\n11\n50\n18\n50\n16\n40\n700\n00\n51\n12\n6\n40\n8\n95\n3\n50\n7\n00\n91\n05\n132\n70\n104\n00\n31\n00\n31\n75\n35\n40\n32\n50\n35\n50\n35\n50\n25\n00\n5\n50\n50\n00\n50\n00\n3\n45\n54\n34\nCarried forward ,   3,815 33\n 62 Vict.\nCorrespondence\u2014Sumas Dyking Commissioners.\n1345\n1894.\nFeb.    5th\nMch.\nBrought forward $3,815 33\nM. Hall, for wood  9 00\nii             York & Pilling, meat supplied  29  20\nFeb. 19th.\u2014J. L. Atkinson, on salary as Commissioner  100 00\nW. S. Maher,             \u201e                        ,,             100 00\nn            Asa Ackerman,          n                        n             50 00\nii             D. McGillivray,        .>                        ..             100 00\nii Corbould & McColl, to pay for Private Bill and printing in\nconnection with Bill  300 00\nMch.   7th.\u2014P. Summeriield, part of salary for surveying   ,  100 00\nJohn Deane,                            \"    \u25a0\u25a0                        89 00\nH. Kennedy, work on survey  30 00\nM. Fadden,                h              and teaming  57 25\nJ. C. Wilson,             ,i                 30 75\nCampbell & Nevard, meat supplied camp ...     104 00\nD. Lyall & Co., stationery account  60 80\n12th.\u2014Johnston & Co., stationery supplied Keefer & Smith  16 25\nT. N. Hibben,                   ,,                             \u201e               8 45\nRobert Toop, on survey  37 50\nRichard Toop,          n          37 50\nJohn Wilson,           \u201e         37 50\nC. H. Chadsey,        n  37 50\nT. Bird,                     ,i          37 50\nR. Proudfit,              ,i         37 50\nR. Dunn,                  \u201e          37 50\nG. Lewis,                  ii  36 50\nJ. Sampson, order from G. Lewis  10 00\n0. A. Stoess, for surveying ,  155 50\nR. C. Lowry,            \u201e             110 00\nF. Adamson, work on survey  34 60\nJ. Baiss,                    ii                 30 00\nW. Elwood,               ii                 30 00\nMa Sing (cook),        n                 19 35\nD. McGregor, for milk    4 70\nT. W. Groves, work on survey      124 00\n-T. H. Irwin, for wood supplied survey . ,  11  00\nCorbould & McColl, to pay for printing debentures  40 00\nD. McGillivray, on salary  100 00\nJ. L. Atkinson,          n         90 00\nW. S. Maher,             \u201e          90 00\nA. Ackerman,            n  90 00\nG. W. Chadsey, part salary as clerk  90 00\nKeefer & Smith  200 00\nChilliwhack Progress printing account  144 50\nTo amount of interest paid on loan at Bank  381  82\nTotal amount of liabilities paid to date $7,054 50\nApril 2nd,\n1895.\nJan. 26 th\nFebruary.\nMch. 15th.\n 1346 Correspondence\u2014Sumas Dyking Commissioners. 1898\nC.\nJ. L. Atkinson, Commissioner.    Actual Time Engaged and Travelling Expenses on\nSumas Reclamation Works.\nDuring 1893.\u2014To  154 days at $5 per day    $ 770 00\n1894 & 1895.\u2014To travelling expenses to and from Victoria and  New\nWestminster        250 15\nii   travelling   expenses  to  and   from New Westminster,\nHot Springs, and Vancouver         125 35\nii   telegrams  3 00\nii   team work  13 00\nii   other disbursements  73 65\n1,235 15\nLess received in payment        190 00\n$1,045 15\nD.\nD. McGillivray, Commissioner.    Actual Time Engaged and Travelling Expenses, &c, <fec\nTo 157 days and 9 half days; total 161 \\ days at $5 per day  $ 807 50\ntravelling expenses to and from Victoria for two years  326  75\nii                          ii             New Westminster for two years .... 109  15\npaying telegrams    3 45\ncash paid J. Johnston & Co. for stationery  11  50\nii         Progress Printing & Publishing Co  19 25\npostage paid  9 30\nregistration fees, &c. . . . ,  4 00\n1,290 90\nLess received in payment        290 00\n$1,000 90\nA.\nSumas Reclamation Works.\nAmount paid by D. McGillivray on account of works, still unpaid and due to him.\n1894.\nMay 13th.\u2014F. W. Groves  $ 124 75\nPeter Summerfield  100 00\nn            Keefer & Smith  200 00\nJune   9th.\u2014Peter Summerfield  75 00\nii             Interest on the same to date. ,  35 00\n$ 534 75\n 62 Vict. Correspondence\u2014Sumas Dyking Commissioners. 1347\nNo. 4.\nDeputy Provincial Secretary to Commissioners.\nProvincial Secretary's Department,\nVictoria, B. O, 26th March, 1895.\nRe Sumas Dyke.\nReferring to section 7 of the \"Drainage, Dyking and Irrigation Amendment Act, 1895,\"\nwhich enacts inter alia, that section 55 of the original Act shall be so construed as to authorise\nthe Lieutenant-Governor in Council to give a guarantee, under the provisions of the said section,\nfor the interest upon any sum, not to exceed eighteen thousand dollars, which may have been\nincurred by the Commissioners in the preliminary steps towards reclamation works upon Sumas\nPrairie, I am to acquaint you of the passage of an Order in Council authorising that certain\nguarantees, including the aforesaid, be given, and in accordance with the terms of the said\nOrder, to forward, herewith, a certified copy of the same for the information of the Commissioners of the Sumas Dyking District.\nNo. 5.\nInspector of Dykes to Minister of Finance.\nJune 10th, 1898.\nSir,\u2014I have the honour to bring to your notice the liabilities incurred by the late Commissioners of Sumas, exceeding the sum guaranteed by the Government. A list of these\nliabilities is in the hands of the Auditor-General, and from this you will see that while a large\nportion is for remuneration granted by the Commissioners to themselves, of which I think no\nnotice need be taken, still a certain amount is due to people who have either advanced money\nor have given the equivalent in work, etc., and it would be a great hardship for these men to\nlose what is due them.\nI admit that the Commissioners are responsible for having contracted debts beyond the\namount of the Government guarantee, but if they are thus responsible they should have power\nto assess. This they cannot do, being removed from office, and I would therefore ask you to\nconsider whether I may not be permitted to pass these latter liabilities under section 19 of\nthis year's Act. I have, &c,\n(Signed)       Fred'k J. L. Tytler, C. E.\nInspector of Dykes.\nNo. 6.\nAuditor-General to Inspector of Dykes.\nJune 20th, 1898.\nDear Sir,\u2014The Minister of Finance has had under his consideration the list of liabilities\nof the Sumas Dyking Commissioners, as follows:\u2014\nPeter Summerfield $ 319 68\nColonist Printing Co  41 50\nNews-Advertiser  41 50\nSeattle Post-Intelligencer ,  56 55\nChilliwhack Progress   12 30\nVancouver World  45 00\nB. C. Gazette  16 50\nA. H. Jones :  49 40\nJ. D. Curry  16 00\nJ. L. Chadsey  150 00\nG. W. Chadsey  285 00\nD. McGillivray  402 72\n$1,436 15\n 1348 Correspondence\u2014Sumas Dyking Commissioners. 1898\nAnd requests that you obtain a bill showing dates and details from each of the parties, in\norder to better judge of the merits of the various claims, and to ascertain whether they are\nproper charges as against the lands of the district, and whether the payment of these may be\nentertained by the Government.\nOn examination of the list of outstanding claims which was handed in to the Government by the Commissioners in 1895, amounting to $19,671, which included $3,145 then due\nto the Commissioners, upon which the issue of the $18,000 of debentures was made on the\nunderstanding that the Commissioners were first to pay all outstanding liabilities; secondly,\nto pay, in so far as the balance would go, the sum claimed by themselves as Commissioners\nfor services, &c To this arrangement, and for the due performance of it, they gave a bond of\n$10,000 to the Government, dated 20th April, 1895.\nI find on comparing that list with the list herein referred to, it contained the same items\nas those which I have marked with a \" \". Why the Commissioners did not at the time settle\nthese claims I am at a loss to know, as after deducting their own individual claims of $3,145\nfrom the total list of liabilities, $19,671, there would remain to be settled $16,526, and they\nhad the whole of the net proceeds of the $18,000 in bonds to do so.\nIt would appear from this calculation that the Commissioners did not comply with the\nconditions of the bond they entered into with the Government, otherwise all claims, except a\nportion of the sums due to themselves, would have been liquidated; instead of which there are\nvarious creditors still unpaid, amounting to $1,436.15, besides claims from the Commissioners\nfor services as follows:\u2014\nD. McGillivray $1,118 85\nW. S. Maher       627 80\nAsa Ackerman       145 00\nJ. L. Atkinson    1,057 45\n$2,949 10\nThe latter sum ($2,949.10) is merely mentioned as a reference to the claim, but it is not\nat all under consideration as coming within the question of a right to payment; nor do I wish\nit to be understood that in making an application to you to endeavour to obtain statements from\neach of the other claimants that the Government assumes the responsibility of the payment,\nas, in my opinion, the whole matter requires investigation; and in the event of absolving the\nCommissioners from any neglect or fault in liquidating these claims, the consent of the land\nowners within the Dyking District should first be obtained before incurring this extra liability,\nwhich would be charged to the cost of the Dyking Scheme, and for which the land would be\nassessable.\nYou will be good enough to attend to the matter of obtaining the various accounts at\nyour earliest convenience.\nCommissioners to Inspector of Dykes.\n[Forwarded by Inspector to Minister of Finance, August 1st, 1898.]\nLetter and Statement A.\nChilliwhack, B. C, August 1st, 1898.\nF. J. L. Tytler, Esq.,\nSuperintendent of Dykes.\nDear Sir,\u2014Herewith please find enclosed a list of the outstanding liabilities against\nSumas Dyking Scheme. As soon as I received instructions from you to procure certificates\nthat the Bills are correct, I immediately wrote to the several parties, and up to the present\ntime I have not heard from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer nor J. D. Curry. I shall write again\nto them. I also asked the Chilliwhack Progress to certify to the correctness of their account,\nand it was left with Mr. Ashwell, one of the Company, to do so, but he has neglected it.\nI have, &c,\n(Signed)        G. W. Chadsey,\nClerk for Sumas Dyking Commissioners.\n 62 Vict.\nCorrespondence\u2014Sumas Dyking Commissioners.\n1349\nI, G. W. Chadsey, Clerk for Sumas Dyking Commissioners, certify that the following\naccounts have all been passed as correct by the Sumas Dyking Commissioners, and that they\nare all due and unpaid.\nDated at Chilliwhack, B. C, this 28th day of July, 1898.\n(Signed)        G. W. Chadsey,\nClerk of Sumas Dyking Commissioners.\nStatement showing outstanding liabilities against Sumas Dyking Scheme on\nJuly 28th, 1898.\nPeter Summerfield, to surveying $ 319 68\nVictoria Colonist,                       printing  41 50\nNew Westminster News,                 n         41  50\nSeattle Post Intelligencer,              n        ,  56 55\nWorld Printing and Pub. Co.,       \u201e  45 00\nChilliwhack Progress,                      n         12 30\nB. C. Gazette,   '                             n         6 50\nA. H. Jones, Estate,                       n         49 40\nJ. D. Curry, order on Commissioners, given by J. L. Atkinson  16 00\nJ. L. Chadsey and others, sent by Commissioners to head of Chilliwhack\nRiver, to find out if a portion of river could be diverted  150 00\nMay 13th, 1894.\u2014D. McGillivray, money advanced out of his own funds\nto pay pressing claims against scheme   $499 75\nInterest @ 8 % from May 13th, 1894, to October 13th, 1895  ....     56 60\nInterest on $556.35 from Oct. 13th, 1895, to Dec. 13th, 1897 ...     96 00\nDec. 13th, 1897.-\n652 35\n-By cash    250 00\nBalance D. McGillivray's account as Commissioner\nW. S. Maher, \u201e\nii       J. L.  Atkinson, n h\nAsa Ackerman, n n\nii       G. W. Chadsey, Clerk for Commissioners.\n- 402\n35\n1,118\n85\n627\n80\n1,057\n45\n145\n00\n285\n00\n1,374 88\nCopy of Commissioners' Bond.\nKnow all men by these presents that we, John Luther Atkinson, Donald McGillivray,\nWilliam Maher, and Asa Ackerman, are jointly and severally held and firmly bound to the\nHonourable John Herbert Turner, Minister of Finance for the Province of British Columbia,\nand his successors in office, in the sum of $10,000, for which payment well and truly to be\nmade we bind ourselves and each of us, our executors and administrators, and each of them,\nfirmly by these presents.\nSealed with our seals and dated this 26th day of April, A.D. 1895.\nWhereas the above bounden John Luther Atkinson, Donald McGillivray, William Maher\nand Asa Ackerman, are Commissioners under the \" Drainage, Dyking and Irrigation Act,\n1894,\" for certain works at Sumas, B. O, and have issued bonds to the amount of $18,000,\nwhich said bonds have been endorsed with a guarantee of interest by the Minister of Finance\nand have been handed back to the above bounden Commissioners, on condition that the\nproceeds thereof be applied as is hereinafter mentioned.\nNow, therefore, the condition of the above written obligation is such that if the said\nJohn Luther Atkinson, Donald McGillivray, William Maher and Asa Ackerman shall duly\n 1350\nCorrespondence\u2014Sumas Dyking Commissioners.\n1898\napply the proceeds of the said bonds to the face value of $18,000, firstly, in payment of all\noutstanding claims against the Commissioners, as shown by an account furnished the Minister\nof Finance and referred to in an Order in Council dated the 20th day of April, 1895, or as\nsatisfactorily adjusted, and, secondly, in payment of the amounts therein shown to be due the\nindividual Commissioners as remuneration, then this obligation shall be void, otherwise to be\nand remain in full force and effect.\nSigned, sealed and delivered in the presence of\nII. H. Gemmell.\nAs to the signature of J. L. Atkinson,\nH. H. Gemmell.\nAs to the signature of D. McGillivray,\nJ. L. Atkinson.\nAs to the signature of Wm. Maher,\nJ. L. Atkinson.\nAs to the signature of Asa Ackerman,\nJ. L. Atkinson.\nJ. L. Atkinson. (Seal)\nDonald McGillivray. (Seal)\nWilliam Maher. (Seal)\nAsa Ackerman. (Seal)\nVICTORIA, B.C.:\nPrinted by Richard W'olfenden, Printer to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty.\n","@language":"en"}],"Genre":[{"@value":"Legislative proceedings","@language":"en"}],"Identifier":[{"@value":"J110.L5 S7","@language":"en"},{"@value":"1899_57_1341_1350","@language":"en"}],"IsShownAt":[{"@value":"10.14288\/1.0383370","@language":"en"}],"Language":[{"@value":"English","@language":"en"}],"Provider":[{"@value":"Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library","@language":"en"}],"Publisher":[{"@value":"Victoria, BC : Government Printer","@language":"en"}],"Rights":[{"@value":"Images provided for research and reference use only. For permission to publish, copy or otherwise distribute these images please contact the Legislative Library of British Columbia","@language":"en"}],"SortDate":[{"@value":"1899-12-31 AD","@language":"en"},{"@value":"1899-12-31 AD","@language":"en"}],"Source":[{"@value":"Original Format: Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. Library. Sessional Papers of the Province of British Columbia","@language":"en"}],"Title":[{"@value":"RETURN To an Order of the House for copies of all correspondence and documents that passed between the Government and the late Sumas Dyking Commissioners, in reference to the liabilities incurred by said Commissioners.","@language":"en"}],"Type":[{"@value":"Text","@language":"en"}],"Translation":[{"@value":"","@language":"en"}],"@id":"doi:10.14288\/1.0383370"}