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· 0 N '.f H I S D A Y I the twelfth of the

rnonth of Deoember, in the Ye~r of OUr Lord

One. Thousand nine hurxir~ arii twf!'nty tw,

before ~a, CHAf!.1ES DEk1f\GR4:f.E t the. ~der-

aigned. Notary Publio for the Province of

Quebec, residina and pr~otiaing.at the City

of Quebsct in the aaid Province.

ç A 11 ~ arxl A r p E A R . ~ D 1-

• TIIE lIONQURABIE HQHQfill ~BCI~R,or the 01 ty

of Montroal, herein acting in his quali ty of M,._n1stor oî'

Landa and Foresta of the Province of Quebeo and for an:i

in the name of the Government of the Province of Quebeo1

cluly autborized to the purpoaes hereof by and in virtue

of an Ortler in Council dated a.t Quebeo the eaventp. da.y

of JJecember, One thoueand nina hundred and twenty two -

(1922) and approved by the Lieutenant-Governor on the

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· nineth da.y of ~aoombar One thouaand nino hundred and

twenty two (1922) 1 a oopy whereor duly oertified has

remo.ined annexed to the original hereor duly signed for

identifioation by the Po.rties hereto arrl the underaigned

Notary.

eAilll ol !Hm rm~I rw. hereinarter named n IHE 91WiIÇH", and

' A?fll!1 1.,J, ~O ?>f I orsan1z00 W)'.J.er the Dominion Companies Aot, and having

yttv O ~O~I • its prinoipal office and place or busineas at the City

I) l ~ t ~· of 1-Pntrenl aIXl hurato repros·mted by H1 1.i§l;!IS BRQl:{N 1 •

1::, 1 ~; of the City of New York, lawyer1 duly authorbed to the

"/ purpoaeà' hereof by ap,èl .. in virtue of a Resolution of the

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the Doa1~c1 of P:trectortj of the said C:::mpuny pa.aaed at a

è.111.y convanad Meot:!.ng thereof holtl :.it the City or Quebeo

on tho thirtieth duy or November 1st (1922), a oartified

copy whoreof duly signed for identification by the Par•

ties heroto and the undersigned Notar:r, has remained •

annexed to the original hereof1

f 1AîI p; THEJ :SECOND P:Vll, hereinaftc.-1r named " l}jE GB:4J~TEi ,.. ,

liJjlQH SaJD PARTIES, aoting na nforasaid, have

declared, covennntod and agreed as followa l

The said Part: of the l'irst Part deolares to have

crnnted and convayed, o.nd doth hereby grant and convey

unto the eaid Party or the Second Part, ite. succesooro

nnd âsaignn, acoepting hereof, the following, on the -

terme and con<li tiouo hereinafte1· sta.ted, namely a

P Es CR 1 PT .I 9 N

"±, Till} IµC.iHT. subj oct to Feùero.l Governrn.1~nt appro•

n val, if any be required, to raiaa and mo.1ntain the level

n or Ln.ka St. John by the c?nstruotion, operation and· main ..

n tenanoe· of one or toore duma abutting in part on Ile Ma•

" liBI1e aa may be buil t ami raieed .from time to time in

n euch a wny tha.t the level of the wter of aa.ld lake may

n be ma.intained at a maximum height or aeventeen and one -

11 half (l?t) feat above the zero murk of the ga.uge at the ·

rr wharf at RobervalJ whioh zero mark is or shall be re•

n terretl ta· a. penno.nent benoh··xnark established at a· con•

n venient spot to the satisfaction or the Minister or

11 Lande and ForestaJ and by moans or such dums to store

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" Btnra unt~r :i.n r.nd w1thdraw wEJ.ter froni Lo.ke St. John

" as ma.y b0 dasiredJ provi.d e d that the grantoe may not,

" wi thout thr3 ppprovnl of the Lieutennnt•Oovernor-in-

" Council, build oaid damB to an elevation in oxceoa of

"seven nnd ono•half ('N.r) feet above aaid zero mark•

11 prior· :to t,he and o.r the twenty four ( 24) oaleniar -

" mont~s noxt follo\lin~ the completion or the building

11 of saiù dw113 -t.o an elevation of sevon and one • half •

" (7-l) reet ubove sniû :.isoro uw:.t·k 11 0 -

11 21. J:)1E 1119IiI to conat:ruct, operute nn:i mainto.in

" such other dom or da1nfJ at or near the. outlet of the

n lake in thu Ll'I1TIE " PI§CHAffim " as mu.y be neceaae.:ry or

11 deuirable ta tho exeroise und onjoymont of the righte

u set forth in ·po.x·a.graph One {l) above, proviùl~d, however,

" th.l."\t proper works on aaid dumf5 shrù.1 leave always a

n minimum f101,1 of Three hundr,}d ami fifty cubio 1\Jet

it per saoon<l (350 c.r.s.) in anic.l Little Discharge in

11 order to provide for the domeat:lo nee<is and welfure

11 of the public living on the slopeB an.! wu.terahed of saitl

11 ~1aid Little DisohargeJ und providod1 further, that

"the Govommont reuerveo the right to bave tha Little

" Dia charge flus~iod conveniontly E:J. t periodioal intorvala

" if th1.s ahould be founi neoesaary by the Provincial

u Hygiene Service; provided also tha.t all ola.ima for da­

n rongea ae a. result of the exerciae or this right as it

n affecta holders of Gavernment rights already aold·•

n .shull be borne b1J the Grantee, the Governement to be

n kept free of a.11 clo.ima in thia respect. 110•

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" 3.FOll THE CONSIDBRl\'l'ION atatod belon the Grantor

"rcmounces e.11 clttima for do.1?1ngoa reaulting froTP, auch

"impounding, inoluding dnmage from t.he flood111g of Go­

"vernment Jonds, partly or wholly., beaohes or ialnnds,

"~'4n te·r power a or other rights tha t ma.v belong to the

"Crown, miv:tnr(-and e:xceptir,fl, however, damages .to pri•

"w1'te property or t,o Government improvm;ientm, build inga,

11 pub1ic roa<fa, ,1hioh ahnlJ be payable by the Granteo,

"it.s aucceonors and aaGigne 11 •

"4. · .. ~iLAtJD number OHE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY -TllREE

fi (173) of the IaJund~ of tl~e Grand Diaoharge, ae known

"on tbe Officiul Cad11atre and Book of Referenr.e for the

"Townohip of Doliale, County of Lake St.John, contnining

''nbout tno hundred and thirty-three (23J) acres a.nd -

0 commonly known as Ile Maligne, at the prioe of Five

11 dollnra ( $5.00) pcr ncre, pnyment in :full of which ~

"price ia hereby ncknowledgod ".

C O N S I D E R A T I O N

5. Tlll!: CUifüIDBRA.TIOH for tho propertiee, rights and

pr:tvilegea r.1.forcsnid und their full enjoyment ahall be

aa followa 1

(.n) The cnah conaiderationà horein atatad as having.

boen pn.id iw,··ording to clause four ( 4) hereof;

(b) The GrB11tee hereby waivee as respecta lands -

grunted by the Crann by Letters Patent that, did not re!.~

i·erve the right of flooding hereinafter mo1:1tioneà, and

·nhich lands snid c;rE1ntec as a.ssiffI1'"' or Oya~el Company

hud· n rir:.ht to flood under tno oertnin grimts frorn the­

Crown to sa.id 1nst namod r.ompo.ny dated respeotively Au ..

gust fourth and f:trth, nineteon hundred and three -

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three ( August 4 & 51 1903) e.lJ clo.iros for dnmn.gea againet

the Crown and .alJ. right to nood sa.id lnnd.s by virtue of .

snid Lettera Patent to the Oyamel C ompanYJ

(c) Tho Grrmtee hereb7 covonunta an~ agrees within

five years aubsequent te the date hereof to develcp at

Ile MaJ ir,ne, nt_ lea.st, two hundrud thouennd horBe paner

(200,000 H. P. ) 'ta be aece rtnined by the copncity of the

turbinoa instal1 ed, ~ith extension of snid delay of five

years correspondirr.; to time J est t.hrough fortui tous -

eventa ( cnn .fortuitr,) or fo:-co majeu:o, or securing fe­

dernl upprovii l, if a.ny be requirod. -

( d) The Gruntee hereby covenants and a.green to pay -

to the C :rovm, ho rein repre·sonted by tho Provino ial ( io-

ve rnment 1 at the rate hereinc.ftcr stated for eaoh horoo

power per nnnum rronerntttd nt snid dovelopment at or near

Ile Maligne in excess of t,vo hundred thouaund ( ;mo. 000)

herse power per nnnum.-

The term 11 HORSE POWER P:b~R ANNUM " ahalJ mean SIX

'rJl:)USt\;:n, FIVg HUl1DIUW AND 'l'HIHrrY-FOlJR Mm NINETY-SIX

Oi-lt-HUHDl:~DTliS (6,534.96) KILO\'i'Al'T HOURS.- Said rate

for t, he fifty ·eyear period beginning at the date hereof

a~alJ be fifty ~) cent a per horae pD'ller per annurn and

for each auccceding twenty-onc (n) year period 1t shall

be the nmount ngreed for any suoh period nnd if the Par ..

tie a ommot Uffl'8e for any such period the rnto for tbat

period shalJ bo tho a.mount fixed by euch Government ..

agency a.a rnuy bo nuthorized by the Government so to do.

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6.The Grantee, for itaelf, its !Ucceseors nnd

ansir1ia horeby undertake s to pay as a minimum for hors(?

pont!r horounc3er the sum of HFTELN TBOUSA.ViD OOLLAI1S

($15,000.00) por ya,ir for and nith ronpect te ench yea.r

occurrinB after five (;) yenra from the date hereof.-

7. Pnyments hereunder shnll be made te the Department ·

of Lands and Fore8.ts, in gold coin of the p:resent at1-m­

·aard of weight tlnd finenoea at the City or Guebec for

euch quu.rter as acon a.rter tl':e end or such quarter as the

o.mount cnn be properly au<ftited and ascertnined and for

this purpcse t:·e grantee, i ta sncceariora and assigna,

shall instnll and ma.intnin at their own oxpe~nes at suid

developrnant occurnte matera oorreotly mco.sud.ng nnd· re­

cording the horeo poner p;enerA.tod, suoh matera to be

opon to the ronsono.blo inspection and teot of nny per~on

nppo 1 nteci anr:1 authorizod f<)r thia purpose by tho lt!in:lster

of Lands and Forest;.-

8.Thc mothcd of ca.lculRtinr the power production -

nha1 l be baaed on t}rn lileutrio horoe poTier gei1ernted at

aaid devclop~'lent na measured nt the outeoing mcters at

the ~tation.-In ctrnè any d1.ffioulty should arise in th.\a

regard the nmtt.er wiD bo roferrod to the t).uobec Publio

Serv1.cc Cot~rninsion for arbi tration and tr.B partie a hereto

agreo to abide toits decision.-

9 .The Gr:· nteu sha.11 submi t ta the Grant or a quarterl.y

etatemcnt of i ta operations, ohow11~g the amount of onergy

produced and how ut:ll~zed, the whole certifiod under oath

by a. que.lified offiaar.• If requested, any persan appoin­

ted by the tUnJ.etor of Lnnds und Foroata m.ay have aoceas

to the Books and records of the Gra.ntee for, nuditing pur-

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purposes :in connectiim wi th . suoh statements.•

CON ·DIT IONS

10. The Grantee· further agreea to comrnenoe work prompt­

ly on said Ile Maligne developnent and agreee that if it

ahould fail to commence 1w0rk thereon vithin two months

from the dQto hereor, the Lieutenant•Governor-1n•Co~noi1

will have the right to dema.nd as penalty and damages the

aum of F'IITY '11HOUSAND DOUARS ($50,000.00) and in default

or pa.yment thereof by the· Granteo 'within a reaeonable

time after written aema.nd, the Lieuten~nt-Oovernor-in•

Council shall have the right to anm.ù tre tettera Patent

for Ile Mnligne or the oontraot resulting hereunder

without reimburaement -of the paymenta made at the date

of suoh f.l.Ilnulment.•

11. Should the Grun tee wi thin the fi ve ( 5) year period

stuted in article Five•c (5•o) above not perform the

covenant and agreement set forth therein anù expend as

much as EIUWr MILLIONS OOLLARS ·($8,0001000.00) in arrl

about the doing of the· same ( un1ess prevented from ao

doing by forthi toua eventa ( cas fortuits) or foroe ma•

jeure, or aecuring federal Govermnent approval, if any

be required, in vhioh case thore ~ill be a correaponding

extension of the delay ) the aaid Grantee ohall pay up:m

the wri tten demand of the Miniater of. Lands and Forests

na penalty .. and damages over and a.bove the fifteen thou•

so.nd dollars ($151000.00) herein mentioned the eeveral

auras here1.naftar nwned for eaoh term of twelve (12) mohtha

after ;-ï~id peri od, until eaid ooveno.nt o.rxi a.groement

shall have ·been perforrned.1 namoly 1

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For the :F'IRST TWELVE {12) MONTHS. afte:· such period

the eum of FifTEEN 'l'HOUSAND OOLLARS ($151000.00) i

For the SECO~m 'rWELVE (12) ~ONTHS arter auch period

the JUm of TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($201 000.00) t

For the THIRD TWELVE (12) MONTHS after such period

the sum of T~IBN'lï FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($25,000.00) :

For Thfl ~UURl'H 'fi-mLVE (12) NONTHS a.ftor such pariod .

the su:m of THim'Y THOUSAND DOLLARS ($30,000 .• 00) i

For thG ·F1FTH TWELVE (12) HOHTHS art'lr auoh period

the sum of ,rHIRTY EIVE '11IOUSAlID OOLL.A.RS ($35,000.00) a

For each T~m1VB (12) MONTHS thercafter the sutn of

'.mIR1'Y .F'IVE 'IHOUSAND DOLLARS ($351000.00) un.til aaid oove•

nant nnd agreement shull have been parfon:nedJ and in do­

fuul t of ~uch po.ymcnts being mo.ùe \1:1.thin a roaaonable

tir.m aftcr such Jemani the Lieutenant•Governorin-Council

shall have ·the right to annul the Lettere Patent for Ile

Maligne or the con tract re oul ting hareunder wi. thou t

rairuqursement of the payment:! made at the date of suoh

annulment ...

12. The Grantee zhall submit, in ccJnformity wi th the

Provincial Laws, copies of a.11 plans, inoluding eleva•

tiom,1 pro filec, seçtions or o ther like drawinga , ol1owing

and dascribing tho projocteci development, da.ms, power­

housea, wha.r\·en, piera and all othe;ir buildi1,gis wht1tooever,

and nlso .for the info ma tion und oonvenienoe of the De•

partment rrom t~e to t:llne, a.il detuile and dosoriptions

of moùi.f'ications and improvementa thereof, and in oach

u.rxl evory ca.se gi vina full purtioulara wi th regard to tho

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The capucity of tho machinery and ita notual or potssible

produo tior:. :-- Moroover, the Gran tee shnll supply arxi

:furnish the Grantor with copies of all datait may bave

or tha.t 1.t -will obtain 1n the future conoerning the

flo'w and levels of the riverJ but nothine herein con•

tained ahull be oonstrued to p~event the \lOrk done

within the naxt aixty duys from being a oompliance •

with clause ten (10) of the present agreement.-

13. Tha Orantes shnll notify tha Gra.ntor in writing

whan said worka are completed. nnd put in. opern tion, •

14. The ri~ht.a granted hereby sh1.l.ll in no wy inter•

· <tero with those of third: parties or wi th Federal and Pro•

vinoial Lawa (8. Geo. V Cp, 68 eto.) oonoerning navigation,

mines, fisheriee ani driving of log1.-

15o The Grantee shall keep and maints.in 1n good •

world.ng order nl1 atructures, works and plant e:reoted

for the development a.nd utilization of the said water

power a1rl shall attend to ail necesaa.ry repaire in order

to secure thair nonnal and satiafaotory working.-

16. As soon aa practfoable the Provinc1a.l Governrnent

will issue and deliver Lettero Patent gra.nting the •

aforesa.id righta, ptivilegea and propertiea as a.bave

set .forth.•

17v The Qrnntee ehall pay tha oost or the present

agreement and of t,ro certified copies for the Miniater

of La.r.ds n.nd Forest.•

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TH Y.~ at the

aaid City of Q11ebec, on the day, montb and year

firat nbova wrltten under the numher five thouaand

four hundred und ninety of the minutes of the un•

deraigned Notary nnd signed by the said Pa.rtiea

.ra.th and in the presenoe of the said Notary after

due rea.d:lng hereof a.acording to 1'1w,•

( olgnod) rt HONORE MERCIEn "

" MINlSTER OF CnO\;'N LANDS AND FOR~ '.STS "

" ÇUEBEC DEVELOPME.HT COMPANY " LIMI'rED n

rt by " H. L. BROWN n

11 CHARLES DELAGRAVE N.P. tt

;~ ·.fHUE COI'Y of the o:t•igine.1 rcmo:ining of record

in my office.-

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COPY OF A HtPOHT of a Committee of the Honorublo the

Executiv~ r.ouncil dated tr.e 7th tecembor,192:·1, approved

by the Lieutennnt Governor on tho 9th December,1922.-

------------------------CONCBIDlING the Grf\nd Dische.rge of Loke Saint John. -

NO. 2478

-----~-~~-~~--~----~---~~~---------THE HO!!ORADLE the Miniator of Lands and Forostt,, in

a. report dated the 7th Dècomber, (1922), eats forth1

r1llEREt\S the Queboo Developrnent Company I Limi ted, a

corporc1.tion organizcd under the Dominion Companiea aot,

dedros forthwith to prooeed to a water power develop•

ment to be looated ut or near Ile Maligne situa.te in the .

Grnnd D:i..achargo of Lake St.John by the conatruction of

one or more ·da.ms.at or near the aaid ialandJ flnd

1'i1iE1IBAS i t ia t.rntima.ted that the ooet of conatruction

of auoh devo1opment work 1 with· auoh other works as may

be tbe conaequenne thareor, nill be npproximE1tely - ·

twelve m:ll}ions doÙnra., ($1::,ooo,oào.) .and that there

will be spent under existing agreements resul ting from

sa.id devoJoprnent, from firteen to oighteen million -

dollars, ($15.(X)O.OOO. to $18.000.000.00) by a oustomer

of oaid oor:ipnny, in building and equipping plants and

linea to tnke povrer from ~uch development, v.nd

r:lŒRE~S 1 t ie in the public interest that subatan­

tiol nid be given to promoto industr:tea tliat nill be

the result theroofJ

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NOïf 'füEH..:.·.;F,:)Iili the HonorHble. the Uiniater recom­

mends thnt he be nuthorized to rrrnnt to said Quebeo

.Devclopment Co'1pnny, i ts suc ces sors and assigna, the

following upon the t~r!"ns o.nd co.ndlti("'lne heroinarter

set forth, ncmely i

l.Tbe rightrs, subject to Fcderal Government npprovaJ,

if any bE1 required, to raise nnd maintain the 1ovel of

Lake St.J'ohn by the ocmitruction, operation and mainte­

nanc!a of one or more dams abutting in part on Ile Mali­

gne an Mny be built and raieed from time to tima in auch

a way tha~ the leval of the water of aaid J.nke may be

mninhined at a maximum heir,ht of eevEmteen and one -

half, (171) feet a.bave t· e zero mark of the gauge at

the wharf nt Robervnl, which zero mo.rk ie or ahs.11 be

referred to a permnnent hanch Mnrk establiehed at a -

cmweni~nt spot to the entisfnction of the Minister of

Lands nnd Foresta; and by mec.no or such durnA to store

water in u.nd withdro.,v wate1· from· L'ake St.John as may .be

dea-1.red. Provided that the Company mHy net,, without the

npprovnl of the Lieutennnt Governor in Council, build

aaid dams ta an elev~tion in c~cesa of aoven nnd one -

half, ( ?t) feet nbovo aaid zero mnrk prier to the end of

the twenty four ( ;:4) oalenda:n months next folJ owing the

compJ.etion of the buildlng of sa.id dnmR to an eJevation

of oeven and one-half, (?t) feet nbove eaid zero mark.

2.The right ta conatruct, oper11te nnd mainte.in auch

other dnm or da.ms at or nenr the outlet of the lnke in

the Little Disclrn.rge as ria.y be necosaary or dea:trnble to

tho exerciae nnd enUoyr.iont of +,he rip;h~s set forth in·

para~raph one, (1) above, providod, howevor, th~t pro~er

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proper_ uorl:n on cm.id doms ul1al l J.eavo nlwaye a minimum

fJ arr of throo hundred nnd f:tfty cubio feet pt~r second

(J50 c.f.s.) in aaid Little Diachar~ in order te provide

for tbo domostio needa and wulft\re of tlJo public living

on the slopes nnd wo.ter·shed of snid Little D5.echarge; and

provi<led fnrther that the Governmont reaervea the rieht

to have the Little Diachnrge fluahed conveniently nt -

. periodicuJ. lntervals 1.f thi a 3houJ.ô be found neoe s~e.ry

by tl~e Provir1c ial Bygiono Ser,ice, provided nl so thnt

all claimB for do~ngea as a reault of the exercieo of thia

rir.;ht aei. 1 t· nf.for~ts. holdora of Government rights aJ ready

eold ahnl 1 bt) borna by the Ccmpm:ry, the Govarnment to be

kept froc of n11 cJaim 1n this reapect.-

3.For the conaiderution atatod below the Govornment

renounco s e.Jl claim~, for dn.ma.ges re anl ting from riuch im•

pounding, including da:r.1ngo from tl:e f.J.ooding of Govern­

ment J.ands, pnrtly or wholly, beaches or iaJunda, water­

p0\1ers or other rip.:hts that ma.y bolor,g to the Crmm, .ao.­

ving nnd exceptinc, honcver, dr.ma.ees ta privo.te property

or tb Govarnmtmt ir1provomentn, buildings, public rèaci s,

Tihich shall bo pu.ynble by the Coripnny, ito ancoersors and

nasifÇîa.··

4.To·iasue Letters Patent for Is1and number One hun­

dred and aevnnty threo (173) of tr~e IaJ.anda of tho Grand

Discharre, as knmm on the Officia] Gmlo.etre and Book of

Referonce for the J.ownship of De1iele, Co~ty of Lake

St.John, ccntnininR about ~wo himdred and thirty three, -

(233) acres and com~only knonn ns IJ.e Mo.ligne at the price

of f_ive dcJ:1ars 1 (05.00) per acre, payment in full of

which is hereby ncknov,ledged;-

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5.The or.nsidoratirn for the properties, :rights and

priviJ.ages afnreonld and their fnll en,~oyrnent shnll be as

followa 1

(a) 'rhe cash oon~iderntion herein eta.ted aa baving

be.~n pnidJ

(b) A vmivor b~r said Quebcc Development Company as res•

pecta 1ands eranted by the Crown by Lattera Patent thnt

did not reserve the right or noodage hereine.fter men­

tioned, cmc1 1:1hich Jnnds soJ.d r.om~~any ae asaignea of

Oynrnol Com)1imy hnd n right to nood under tno ·9ertain

gru.nta f?."om t:ie Cronn .to _said last nnmed oompa.ny dat~d

re~3pec'tivüly .Au@1.at, fourth and. fift1··, nineteEm hundred

and three, (AUff.U3t 4 & 5,1903) of nll claims for dnmagea

a.ga:lnet the C ronn und of a11 rip;ht to fJ ood snid land a

by virtuo ~r sn:ld Leitters Pnte11t to the Oya.r.1el CompanyJ

(o) The oovennnt and agreement on the part of sa.id

QuebHc Do"V'Glopment Company wi thin f:tve yen.ra subsequent · !.,o

the date of the grunt to be made hereunder ta develop

nt Ile !!aligne nt leaa't two hundred thourmnd horse power

· (200.000 H.P) with oxtension of ea:ld delay of five years

oorrespondin'[~ ta timc.~ lost through fortui toua events ( a.as for­

tuits) or :orce maJeure, or securiPg Federal approval, if

any be required;

(d) The covenant nnd agreenent on the part of eaid

Quebeo Devoloprnent, r.ompa.ny to pay to the Crann herein

reP.reaented by the Provin~ial Govarnment at the rate

hereinafter stntod for each l,orao power par annum genera.­

ted at the aa1.d development e.t or. near Ile Maligne. in

exceaa of tV10 hundrod· tht:uaa.nd ( 200.000) horse power per

annum.- The term n.horse po11tlr 11 per nnnum ", shall mea.n

six thousund, five hundred and thi'rty four and ninety -

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n~naty :5ix 1.me-hundreJ tha ( 6. 5.34. 96) kilowatt hours,

3u:k1 rate l'or the fii'ty (50) you.r period beginning at

the date of the grant to be made herel.lllder aha.11 be

fifty (50) oeuta per horse powor pe;r annum and for eaoh

sucaeed.i.ng twenty one (21) year period it eha.11 be the

waount agrec::d fo'.1· any tJuch period and .if the Parties

oanno·t ae-ree for w.1y suoh perio<.l the rate for tha t pe­

rlod shull be wnount fixad ùy such Govarnement agenoy

.us may bG authori:ood by the Governeruen-t ao to tlo.

60 Su:Ld corn!:,ai)Y, i ta suoo~aaora H.lld u.isaigne, shall •

undortake ·t,Q puy · na. a lilinimum .for horse powr hereunder

the aum of firteen tboueand dollars ($1;.ooo.oo) par yenr

for u..tld wi th :respect to euch year ooaurring ·a.fter fi ve

yeu.rt;; f:r1:>m the date of the grant to be made hereunder,•

7. I)ay1D.ents hereunder ahtt.ll be mt.1.de to the Department

of Lands a;ld Foresta in gold coin of the preaent .ataooard

of w·eigh·t and f1neneas at tho City of Que bec for each

quarter na soon arter the end or suoh quarter aa the

0.II'CHU'lt Can be properly . auùi ted HOO. UBOOrtnined and for

t:iia pu11J0 se aaiû company, i ta auocesaora and aaaigns

~hall im1ta.J. and .maintain at tbeir own expenae .at isaid

devalopment aocurate m~tero aorreotly moaisuring and re•

oording the hor;1e PJWer generuted, suoh meters to be

·.,pon to t.lie rea.donab;le inapeotion and test of nny persan

ap:poi11 ted. and au thorizoct for thia purpose by the Minister

or Lania und. Foresta.•

8. 'l'he Company will further agree to ooxnmenc e wrk

p;-omtly on said Ile Maligne developrnent and e.'groe that

if it should rail to commence vork thereon within two

montha from the date of the grant to be made hereunder~ the

Lieutonunt•Gove1111or-in•Co~o1l will hava the right to

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fo dem.f1-'1.d ns 1:>ena.1 t.y and do..TTtages t.ha sum of fifty thou ..

snnd cJ.oD.r:i.ra ($50.000.) and in dofs lt of p11}70.ent thereof

b~ +,he Compnny wfth:tn a re.9.ocmnble timo after wri tten

der.:nnd, tho IJ.eutenan1~ Oovemor in Council shall have

tht~ right to mmul th<? Lette:ro Pntent, for Ile Maligne or

the Contrn.c·t reaulting hereur.rler wi thout reirnburscment

of tho po.;·r.1ant.~ macla n.t the dnto of suoh nnnulrnent.•

9. · ShouJ .. d the con~puny \.li thi:11 the five (5) year period

atated :tn. nrt1.olo Sc above not por:fom tho oovenant nnd

ar-reemont act. forth therein 1.tnd expend a.s much no eicht

mHlions dollars ($8.000.000.) in nnd about the doing

of' the snne, (ur.üona proven't,ed .from sa doin.~ b;r fortui•

toua event,a " oaa fortuits 11 or force mnjeure, or securing

Federn.1 GC>vernerœnt approva.1, if any be required, in whiah

co.oa th<:1:ro will l)o u correspond ing extension of the de•

. lo.~" ) , t.hn ,1.,~.id cm!1plmy ehl·Ùl pny u.pon tiho w.~. ttcn de•

mr..nd of the Ministor of Landn and For,.rnta 11s pcno.l ty

arrl dnmo{??S over n.nd abi,ve the ~15 .000.00 horoin raan­

tionoo, the r~ov~ra.l sums here:tna.ftar nnnetl for e~ch tenn

of tuelve (12) montho, n.ftor snin period 1 until snid ·

covenanti nrd 1?.r:remnent shnll have bacm perfol1necl, n~ely1

For the. first twelve (12) montha arter ~uch period

the euro o:: f.ifteen toouaand dollars, ($15.000,00) J

For tha second twelve (12) montha after Buch period

the :=mm ot Twenty thouannd dollar.a (~20.000.) J

For the thi rd twelvA (12) rnanthe after ouch period

the sum of twenty five thouaaoo dollara ($250000.00)J

For the fourth tw~lve (12) montbs a~er auch period

the aum o:C thirty thoueand dollars ($.301000.00)J

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Fer· the fi.:fth t\!(Ù ve (12) months al.ter such poriod

the ~1,n of !hirty fivo thousa.ntl dolla.rs (~.:35,000.00) J

For os.ch twelve (12) r:iontha thoreafter the awn of

Thirty f'iv~ thousnn,J dollars (f,35,000,00) until aaid

covonnnt o.nd agreem~nt shull havo boen parfonuedJ ruxl

in dofnult of auch paYJ.1onts being mo.de wi thin a reaeona•

bln tir.i~ nftt1r rrnch dmnnml, tho L..1..r:m:tenant Governor in

Counoil ahnll ho.va the richt to unm.ù the Lattera Pa..­

tont for I.lo Mnlieno. or tho oontra.ot resul tinG hereunde~ • . 1

without re1lnburaGmont of the paymenta mwie at the cbte ·

of such nnnulment.-

10. The method of. oa.lcula1jing the power production

ahall be ~aa 1::d on the eleotrio horad powor genera ted at

oaid devolopment aa meaaured a. t the out going rae tera a t

th~ etation,• In oaso an.y difficulty ahould ari3e in

-th:f .. a regard tho ma tter will be referred to the Quebeo

Public service Cormnission for nrbitrution and the parties

hereto ngree to abid.e toits deciaion.•

ll. Aa aoon as praotioable the neceaso.ry contrncts

shall ba entered into and the Provinoial Govarnement will

!ssuo nn1 deliver Lettars Patent granting the aforeaaid

righta, privileGOB ani properties as ~ve ·oet forth.~

12. Suoh articles of rorm "E" (Hydraulio Service )

that upply, mutatis mutandia, may be anbo/died in the

contrHot.•

CER'l'IFIED,

" A. · MOIUSSET. "

Blerk Exeoutive Council

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'fHIS . IS the · O·rder in CoW1cil referred to in

a certain Deod of Grnnt ai'icl hgreement executed "before

C,Delagrave Notary Publio at Queœc on the twelfth day

or DocembtJr One thounand nine hundred and twenty two

No.5490·0.e hin minutes and·which haa reme.ined annexed

to the orl~~inal thereor .-

( BiR:1ed) tHOHORE MERCIER n

. 11H,L. BROWN "

11CJIAHLES DELAGitAVl~ U.P. H

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: .XTHACT r:~om minutoa of Special Meetinp: of Board of Di­

roctora o:~ Quebec Development Company, Limited, held per­

sunnt te ~uiiver s:lr,necl by all of the Directora, a.t the

Ch~teau Frontenao, (~ebeo, P.Q~ at five o'olock in the af­

ternoon or Thursduy, November 30, 1922.-

110n ·notion,duly ma.de and seconded, the follow:lng

reso1utio1 ,ms unnnimously paased 1

lŒSOLv~·#ni Tha.t H. Lewis B~own, Esquire, a lawyer of

Nen Ycrk, City, U.S.A. be and he is hereby authorized for

and on behalf of anè in the narno of thiA Company to enter

into such contracta and ugreerients rd. th, end accept auch

saler,, r:;rnnts nnù convcyancea from., the Provinco of Quebec

and/ or its authorized Miniatera as he, the said Brown., . '

may doem to be to the best interost of t. his company., of

and ·with rcr:;pect to the ri,:;ht to store water in and to

w :t thdru:w wa. ter from Lake St.John, the r1.ght to di vert

the waters of the Little Diacharge, the islund in tho

GrHnd Dincharge commonly knO'ffn ne Ilo MnJ.ir;ne, the bed

und wnto1~ powers of the Saguenay River from Chute a Garon

to the mouth of the Shipahaw River and/ o! tha bed and

water powern of the Shipshaw R 1ver from the mouth of sa.id

river up to the river whore the suMo ie ciroa:H!d by pro­

Jongntion of tbo d 1 viaion linc between Rangen A and One

(l), her3by conferrirg 1'ul1 poffor and full discretion

upon the sHid Brown for each anct ev~ry of the purposea

a.foresai:l 1 includ:tng the rein n.uthori ty, to the said Bro\,n

to make on beho.lf of th:!.s r,ompony ::such covemanta I under­

tak ngs nnd agreerrienta as he mny deem proper na a pHrt.

of the terms and conditions of nny such contracta, op:ree•

ments, saJao, grn.nts ar1d / or conveynncea".- .

I, W.c. PAlUŒH, do hereby certify thnt I am Seoreta:ry

of (:uebt: c Dovelopmont Company, Limi-ted, a corpor.~~tion · or-

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organizad undE:)r tl:e Dominion Comprmief; l\ct, a.ne~ thr1t

tb0 for1:1go:.n~ ia · a füJ.1 1 true und complote extrr10t from

the minutcr1 cf a· duly convenod special nmeting of tl1e

Bourd of D~.rBctora of said Company held, purauant to

naiver aig1wll by u11 of the Diroctors, at the Chnteau

Fr(')ntcnnc, 1n the City of Quebec, &.t five o'clock in

the nftornoon of Thurzduy, N<..wampr.·r JO, 1922, nnd thn t

v:t se.id meoting u qnoxnm of tho D1.rectora of sai.d com­

pnny \'/afJ p:~ese1!t. -

GIVBN nndor my lm d and tho seul of the company

thio 2ml d:1.y or December, 19~~2. -

( sl f.7,11ed) " W.c. PAHKER h

Subacri.b~1d nnd oworn to befora

me this 2n:l da.y of Decornber 1922,

(signed) 11 ROBERT A. ~JORIUSS 11

Notary Public No. 111 In nnd for Nen York County N,Y. Hcgletcr•s Certificnte No.3090 My commission expires March 30,1923 Cer-tlficate fled Nassau Ccunty.

· TH.1.8 1S. the Re~olution referi·ed to in n certain

Deed or GJ·!rnt nnd Agreement exocuted bof ore C .Dela. rave

No:bary Pub lie ut l:ua bec, on thé twelfth dny cf Decemb~ r

One thmnrnnd ni.ne hundrod and, twenty two No.5490 of b:lo

minutes o.r.~,axod te the originnl thereof ....

( 1 d) n iu:.HOIΠMERCIER " a: .. gr.e

11 ll.L. BROWN"

" CHARLES DELAGllA\ΠN .P. "

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HUMBER: 5490.-

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OF

BETWEEN

THE HGJmR/J:3I.E EOHŒ.E :MlillCIER

AND

QUEBEr: · DEV1!:LOP.1EWI' GOMP ANY, Ll:.-TI'ED.

copy,

CHARI.ES DELÂGRAVE,

Notary Public,

Quebec.-

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