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MUNICIPAL LAW. HI
Where the High Court, or a Judge thereof, has reaKOii to fear any
o'.i'iuis or encunibrauces, or tlie person to whom the conipenaation is pay-
able refuses or cannot bo found to execute the proper conv(!yance, the
corpoiation may pay sucli compensation into tiie office of tlie Accountant
of the Supreme Court of Judicature for Ontario with interest at (J per
cent, per annum for six nionths, and deliver to .sucli accountant a copy of
the agreement, conveyance or award, which shall be deemed a sufficient
title to the corporation of the land in question. (See 11. S. O., 1897, Chap.
22;}, Section 44(5).
I18-I. Tender of Compensation. If the Council, when claims lor
eompen.sation or diimages are made against them, tender the amount tliey
ileenj to be proper and the claimant I'cfuse to accept, and as a result of the
arbitration an award not greater than the amount so tendered, the costs for
the aibitration shall, unless othei'wi.se ordered by the arbitrator, be against
the claimant.
IW.V Claims Under $I,000- In cities or towns wIkm-c the Council
and the claimant cannot agree and the amount claiuicd does not exceed
.'if I, ()()(), shall bo determined by the Judge of ('ounty Court sitting as sole
arbitrator; or, at the option of either party, sucl^ other party as sole arbi-
trator as the Judg(! on ajiplication of either party may appoint. In sutth
{;asc the other J)arty must have seven day.s' notice of audi application.
liHti. Seven Days' Notice. Kitlier party is entitl(>(l to seven clear
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days' notice (exelnsivi; of the; day of .service of the notice) of the wish of 1 «;'
the other party to havi> an arbitration. !'.'
llH'i- Appointment of Arbitrators must be in writing, signed by
the appointer.s.
In c;is(^ of a coiporation the appointment must be inider seal and
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autln'iitieated in similar manner to r, by-law. fi.
Arbitrators on behalf of a municipal coi'|)oration shall b<> aj)pointed by
the Council, or i)y the head of the Council, if so authorized by a l)y-law.
liHH. Either Party Ma> Appoint any arbitrator and give notice, in
writing, to the other party, calling upon. him to appoint another. In case
of a corporation it must be given to the head thereof.
'Pile two thus appointed shall, within seven days after the appointment
of the last one, ajipoint, in writing, a third arbitrator.
liHii Neglecting to Appoint In ca.se of municipalities, if for
twenty-one days after iiceiving such notice to appoint the l)arty, neglects
to appoint an a)'l)itrator ; or if for st>ven days after the second arbitrator
has been appointed the two neglect to appoint a third; then, i\: ca.si; it is
lietween townsliips, or a t<jwnshi|) and a town or village, the County Judge
may appoint an arbitrator for the party in default. If between other
iMuni('i])alities, tlu^n tlu; Lieutenant-Oovernor in (^ouncil will make the
appointment.
;W0 More than two Municipalities being interested, each one will
appoint an arbitrator, and if there is an equality the arbitrators thus