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BIRON Br POIRIER NOTARIES

IN THE YE.. .. R ONE THOUS":"ND NINE HUNDRED .• ND

THIRTY-ONE, on,this twentieth day of the month of Àugust.

Before Me EDOUARD BIRON, the undersigned,

Notary Public in and for the province of Quebee, resid-,

ing in the City of \'lestmount, and praetising in the

Ci ty of Montreal.

CAME AND APPEàRED.-1

The Honourable HONORE MERCIER, advoeate,

one of His 1!aJ es ty' s Counsel, resid ing in the City of 1

Quebee, Province of Quebee, hereinaeting in his quality'

of Miniater of Lands and Forests of said Province, and !

for and in the name of the Government of the said Pro v- i

ince duly authorized to the purposes hereof by and in

virtue of an Order-in-Council dated at Quebee, on the

thirteenth day of the month of August instant (1931)

and approved by the Lieutenant-Governor on the follow-

ing day; a copy whereof, duly certified, has remained

annexed to the original hereOf, after having been signed,

NE VARIETUR, by the parties hereto, with and in the

presence of the undersigned Notary;

Hereinafter named the "LESSOR"

Pi,RTY OF THE FIRST PART.

AND

THE SHAWINIGAN W,.TER .iliD POWER cm.:p.'\.NY,

a corporation duly constituted by the Quebec Goverrunent;-1

(fifteenth day of January eighteen hundred and n~nety­

eight, and amendments)- having its head office in the

City of Montreal, hereinacting and represente~ by JULIhN

C. SMITH, Esquire, Vice-President and JAMES WILSON,

, Esquire, secretary, both duly authorized to the purposes

hereof by, and in virtue of a resolution of the Board of'

Directors of the said corporation adopted at a meeting,

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July last, (1931), a copy whereof, duly certified bas Il' remained annexed to the original hereof, after having 1 l'

been signed, NE VARIETUR, by the parties hereto, with : 1 J

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Here1:nafter named the "LESSEE"

PARTY OF THE SECOND PART. --i Il WHICH, said parties, acting as aforesaid' I

have declared, covenanted ani agreed as follows:-

\VHEREAS under an Emphyteutic Lease,

executed before Me EDOUARD BIRON, Notary at Montreal,

the twenty-second day of June nineteen hunàred and twen~1 ty-eight, THE SHA\'lINIGàN l'TA TER il.ND POWER COMPANY was

, granted aIl the rights of the Province of,Quebec in and:

to certain water-powers on the Upper St-Illaurice River,

above La Tu~ue; and Il " 1 , "

WHEREAS THE SHAWINIGA.N W..i.TER ;;ND POWER ! 1

COMPANY under the terms of the above cited lease. i s .. ! , ,

presently developing a two hundred thousand horse- pONer 1

(200,000 H.P.) water-power site at Rapide Blanc, in i

accordance with plans, duly approveù of under the terms Il

of the l'later-Course Mt by an Order-in-Council dated

the sixteenth day of the month of April nineteen hun­

dred and thirty, and also in accordance with an Order

of the Public Service Commission dated the third day

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of the month of June nineteen hundred and thirty; and ,1 , 1

WHEREAS Clause nine (9) of the above cited! r

Emphyteutic Lease of the twenty-second day of June nine1 : 1

teen hundred ani twenty-eight re~uires that as soon as '1 seventy-five per cent (75%) of the primary power of th~ 1

first development has beep contracted for, constructi o~ \ : 1

in oonnection with the operations eball be commenced 1

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.ments cont~mplated by this concession; and

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~IHERE.il.S THE SHil.VIINIGdN ~/ATER .... ND POrlER

COMPANY and THE BRorrn CORPOR...TlON have inè.i cated a

willingness to co-operate in the early complet ion of th~ development of the power site owned by THE BRO~m CORPO­

PÀTION at La Tuque involvlng an installation of over

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one hundred and fifty thousand horse-power (150,000 H.P.)

at a capital co st of between TEN MILLION DOLURS ($10, 1

000,000.00) and T:IELVE mLLlON DOLLARS ($12,OOO,OOO.00);!

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~mEREi..S power from La TUque development

can only be dlsposed of in the same market as power fro~ ,

the power sites leased to THE SlLHIINlG..,N W,;.TER ].ND PO\'lE~

COMPANY, it ls not commercially feasible to have two

large hydro-electric undertakings in the Upper St-l':au­

rice River carried on simultaneously; and

:'IHEREAS THE SHi..WINIGAN i7ATER AND POWER ,

COMPANY is prepared to co-operate with THE BROïTN CORPO-, i

RATION to start the La Tuque development as soon as Il

seventy-five per cent (75%) of the possible output from

the Rapide Blanc development is satisfactorily disposed

of; and

\'/HEREaS THE SH.i\.;nNIGl..N ':IATER .:Jill POITER

CO~~PAl\ry is prepared as soon as seventy-five per cent

(75%) of the primary power of La TUque development has

been contracted for, as firm power, to resume the basicl

obligation of its Upper St-Maurice River agreement of i

the twenty-second day of June nineteen hundred and twenJ

ty-eight, namely: to commence each successive develop­

ment as soon as seventy-five per cent (75%) of the

primary power of the previous one has beau contracted

for as firm power (or sooner if ordered to do so by the,

Lieutenant-Governor-in-Council as a measure in the 1 i

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Il ;1 l' general public interest)until aIl of the power concentri-

Il tions feasible of development have been completed in

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1 general aeeordanee with the construction programme as

approved by the Order-in-Couneil dated the seventeenth r 1

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day of the month of January nineteen hundred and thirtYi 1

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rrHER~S it is desirable to prevent over-1:

production of power; to promote co-ordi~ted deve10p-

ment and use of the power resources of the St-Maurice

River; to assure an ear1y improvement in general con­

ditions in the whole St-Maurice Valley and to give an

impetus to bus iness in and around La 'IU.que; and

rmEREAS the substitution of la 'lUl...ue devel:'

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opment for the second deve10pment on the Upper St-Mau- i [

rice, as aforesaid, makes it expedient and desirable t011

modify Articles one and six (1 and 6) of the aforesaid I! Emphyteutic Lease of the tVlenty-second day of June ninetl

teen hundred and twenty-eight; '1

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respective1y the LESSOR and the LESSEE in the afor esaid·l'

Emphyte utic Lease execu ted before l.Ie EDOUARD BIRON, the;!

unders igned Notary on the tVienty-second day of the monthll

of June nineteen hundred and tVienty-eight, do hereby 1

enter into a supp1ementary agreement amen~ng the afore~1

said Emphyteutic Lease of the twenty-second day of 1 1

June nineteen hundred and twenty-eight, as follol'ls:- II' The parties do hereby agree that articles. 1

Il one, six ané nine (1,6 and 9) of the Emphyteutic Lease Il executed before Ile EDOU",RD BIRON, the undersigned Not- 1 1

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ary, on the twenty-seconè. day of June nineteen hundred : 1 and twenty-eight, under No 15036 of his repertory , are 1

hereby cancelled and declared void and null and are '

replaced by the following articles which shall be COI1- i ( Il

sidered as bei ng part of the aforesaid Emphyteutic LeaBej Il Il the same as if they were inserted therein; . 1

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The present Emphyteutic Lease is granted

for a term of ei gh ty- fi ve (85) years to be compu ted

from the twenty-second day of the mon th of June nine­

teen hunàred and twenty-eight. and to end on the twen-

ty-second day of the month of June in the year two

thousand and thirteen (2013);

ARTICLE 6.-

The Bonds of the Province of Quebec to

the face value of FIVE HUNDRED THOUSi,ND DOLLARS ($500.

000.00) which are on depos 1t w ith the De partment of

Lands and Forests as a guarantee for the fulfilment

the contract conditions of the Emphyteutic Lease of

of: 1

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twenty-second day of June nineteen hundred and tVienty- 1

eight sha11 be returned to the LESSEE as fo11oVls :-__ 1

i (a) Twenty-five per cent (25%) when the tirst ;

unit of the Rapide Blanc Development has been brought

into satisfactory operatlon.

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uni t of a development at La Tuque has been brought into! • 1

satisfactory operation. 1

(c) Twenty-five per cent (25%) when a second 1 1

development contemplated by the Lease of the twenty­

second day of the month of June nineteen hundred and 1

twenty-eight has been brought into satisfactory opera- .

tion.

(d) The balance l'Ihen the LESSOR is satisfied

that similar substantial progress has been made with

a third development contemplated by the saiè lease.

AlI interest on the Bonds so deposited

shall be paid to the LESSEE during the time su ch bonds 1

remain on deposit.

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i (a).-The LESSEE shaH develop one hunè.red thou-l

sand horse power (100,000 H.P.) at the Rapide Blanc

power si te by the first day of Janu.ary nineteen hu.ndredl r

and thirty-three (1933), expending at 1east FIFTEEN il MILLION DOLL~S ($15,000,000.00) in connection therewithl

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inc1u.ding transmission lines by the first day of the 'II

month of January nineteen hundred and thirty-fou.r (1934:)r.

(b).-As soon as seventy-five per cent (75%) of III

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the primary power of the Rapide Blanc development has

been contracted for as flrm power, the LESSEE sha11 , 1

cause construction operations to commence for a deve1- 1 r '1 , r opment at La 'l\l.q,u.e power site on the St-l'.laurice River

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in accordance w i th plans to be su.bml ttel! for approva1 r 1

under the 7Tater-Cou.se Act, not later than the first da~ ~ 1

1 1 of the month of January nineteen hundred and thlrty- it if,"' (1934(;

(c).-As BOon as seventy-five per cent (75%) of i

! the primary power of La Tu.q,'~e deve10pment, has been

contracted for as firm power, or so()ner if the Lleu. te- 'I~

œnt-Governor -in-Cou.ncil shou.lô. arder i t ln the generd.~ pu.blic in terest, the LESSEE shall resu.me the construc- Il'

II' tion programme approved by Order of the Lleutenant- ,

Governor-in-Council dateè. the seven teenth day of Jan- 1 ~ uary nineteen hu.ndred and thirty, by commenolng actual:\

construct 10n opera t 10ns at one of the undeveloped s 1 tes: 1 • 1

referred to there ln. i r , '1

(d). - The LISSEE shall commence ac tual construcJ ri

tlon operations at each of the remainlng undeveloped III power sites referred to ln the Order-ln-Council dated :1

the seventeenth day of the month of January nineteEll !~ hundred and thirty, in seq,uence as soon as seventY-flve'lj

per cent ~75%) of the prlmary output of the prevlous 1 l,

1 1 'one has be,en contracteè. for as firm P?wer, or sooner 1

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in the general public interest.

(e).-IThen any development or plant has been

completed and put into operation, the LESSEE shall giVej

written notice of the same to the !ESSOR.

(f).-Should the LESSEE at any time fail to

commence construction operations within twelve (12)

months from the time i t may be d irected to do so by the

Lieutenant-Governor-in-Council in the gener~l public

interest, in accordance with the provisions of (c) and 1

(d) of this Article, the Lieutenant-Governor-in-Council , 1

may cancel the LESSEE'S rights to the power sites then

undeveloped in the section of the St-Maurice River

covered by this l ease, and may di spo se or' such undevel-,

oped sites as he may deem desirable.

(g). -No thing in any agreement au tho rized by

the Order-in-Council attached to the original hereto

shall be construed as affecting the rights and or the

obligations of THE BROWN CORPORATION under:

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I PORA~ION and THE QUEBEC STRE~l!S COMMISSION, passed

, before t;;e LOUIS VERONNEAU, Notary, on the third day of

1 the month of November nineteen hundred and fifteen; or

1-- 2 , .- The sale anè. Conveyance between THE ST-

WoAURICE CONSTRUCTION COMPaNY and THE QUEBEC STRE<iHS

COMMISSION, passed before Me Cn,UtLES-EDMOND T,~SCHERE,;'U,'

Notary, on the siJcteenth day of the month of July nine ...

teen hundred and eighteen.

AlI and any other clauses contained in thJ

aforesaid Emphyteutic Lease, and which are not express~

and directly modified hereto, shall continue to have

thei r full 1'0 rce and effec t •

And, in order to avoid any mislnterpreta- 1

tion it is expreosly agreed hereto that the three ar­

ticles one, six and nine (l, fi and 9) of this present

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preted as being part of the said Emphyteutic Lease of 1 ~ . 1

the twenty-seconè day 0 l' June nineteen hunüred and

twenty-eight, in place and stead of the three articles

numbereè., one, six and nine (l, 6 and 9) of the sa id

Emphyteutic Lease.

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the drawing up 0 f the present supplemen tary agreemen t \ 1

and furnish certified copies to the Honourable Ministerlll of Lands and Forests of the Province of Q.ue be c and to : 1

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the Prov inc ial Treasluer of said Province. 1

WHEREOF ",CT:- il DONE .~ND P;.sSED in the said Ci t~/

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the number S IXTEEN THOUSAND ;.ND T,'lENTY- El GHT 0 f the Il 1

original deeds of the undersigned ~otarY'--------------~~1

ALld, after due reaèing hereof the parties,!

i , r have signed with and in the presence of the Notary.

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'1 Jil.S. VI ILSON, Secretary,--(L.S.) 1

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COPIE' DU RAPPORT d'un Comité de l'Honorable conseill

Exécutif en date du 13 aou 1931, approuvJ par le Lieu-I

tenant-Gouverneur le 14 aou 1931.

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Concernillg the Upper St-Maurice River.

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2151.- The Honorable the Minister of Lands and

Forests, in a merno dated the l3th., ~ugust, (1931),

sets forth;

That under an Emphyteutic Lease dated th~ Î

22nd., June 1928, The Shawinigan Water & Power Company 1

was granted aIl the rights of the Province of Quebec

in and to certain water-powers on the Upper st. Mau-

rice River, above La Tu~ue; and,

i'lhereas the Shawinigan Company , under

the terme of this lease, is presently developing a 1

200,000 h.p. water-power site at Rapide Blanc, in ' 1 a'ccordance \Vi th plans, duly approved of under the terms

of the :7ater-Cour3e Act by an Order-in-Council dated 1

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the l6th., April, 1930, and also in accordance with anl

Order of the Public Service Commission dated June 3rd.j 1

1930; and

Whereas Clause 9 of the said Agreement of

June 22nd., 1928, re~uires that when 75% of the primary 1 1

power of the first development has been contracted for,

construction operations shall be commenced in connec-

tion with the second development and simllarly \Vith

other developments contemplated by this conceSSion;andi

--'----- Whereas the Shawinigan Company and the i Brown Corporation have indicateè a w111ingness to co-

opeT~te in the early complet ion of the development of

the power site oV/ned by Brown Corporation at La TUque

involvi~ an installation of, over 150,000 h.p. at a

capital cost of between $10,000,000.00 and $12,000,0001

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, can only be disposed of in the sarne market as power froml

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not commercially feaeible to have two large hydro-elec-II

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1 ~ tric undertakings in the Upper St.Maurice carried on

simultaneously; and , 1

Vlhereas the Shawinigan Company 15 prepare~

to co-o,perate with the Brown Corporat ion to start the

La TUllue development as soon as 75% of the possible outr i 1

put from the Rapide Blanc deve10pment is eatisfactorily \

Id d l,JI dispose of; an ,

Whereas the Shawinigan Company ls prepare~1 as soon as 75% of the primary power of La 'l\l.llue deve1- 1 ~ opment IIha8 been contracted for, as firm power, to resum~l,

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the ba~ic obligation of its Upper St.Maurice agreement 1 of June 22nd., 1928; namely: To commence each successivel

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ernor lin-council as a measure in the general public i \ interest) until 8011 of the power concentrations feasibl~\

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of development have been completed in general accord- '1 1 : 1:

ance w~th the constructIon programme as approved by the; Il

Order-~n-council dated l7th., of January, 193{); and, il -----'-I---l'lhereas 1 t ls desirabl e to prevent over- ,1

1 : 1 produc~ioll of power, to promote co-ordinated developmen~1

and us~ of the power resources of the St.Maurice River,l,'

to assure an early improvement in general conditions in!1

the whole St.),;aurice Valley and to give an impetus to :.1 , , 1

bus iness in and around La Tuque; and; !! Whereas the substitution of La Tullue develr

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THE RE FORE the Honorable the lUnlster ia

hereby authorlzed to enter into a aupplementary agree-

ment with the Shawiniean ,

-:Tater & Power Company amending:

the Emphyteutic Lease of the 22nd., June, 1928, and 1

replacing articles l, 6 and 9 of the Emphyteutlc Lease

by the following Articles;

Article 1.- The present Emphyteutic Lease is granted

for a term of 85 years to be computed from the 22nd.,taY ,

of the month of June 1928, and to end on the 22nd.,day i of June in the year 2013;

Article 6.- The Bonda of the Province of Quebec to thel

face value of $500,000.00 V/hich are on deposit with the,

Department of Lands and Forests as a guarantee for the

fulfilment of the contract conditions of the EmPhYteutl~ ,

Lease of the 22nd., June 1928, shall be returned to the

Lessee as followa:

(a) 25% when the first unit of the Rapide!

Blanc Development haa been brought into satisfactory

operation. 1

(b) 25% when the firat unit of a develop-i

ment at La TUque has been brought into satlsfaotory opei

ration.

(c) 25% when a second development contem­

plated by the Lease of the 22nd., June 1928, has been

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brought into satisfactory operation. 1 1 (d) The balance V/hen the Lessor is satis-

Il fied that similar substantia1 progress has been made

, with a third deve10pment contemp1ated by the aaid Lease~ 1

1 lil Interest on the Bonds so depos lted 1

1 shall be pald to the Lessee durlng the tlme such bondS

1 remain on deposit.

!Article 9.- (a) The Lessee shal1 deve10p 100,000 h.p. , at the Rapide Blanc Power site by the lst., January,

1933, expendlng at least $15,000,000.00 in connectlon

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1 as firm power. the Lessee shall cause construction ope-l,

1 ration to commence for a development at La Tuque power 1 ~ ! si te on the St-Maurice River in accordance vii th plans ! '1· , , 1 to be submi tted for approval Ilnder the Water-Course Act: l,

, no t la ter than the Ist.. January. 1934; i , 1 (c) As soon as 75% of the primary power Il

, ·1 of La. Tuqlle development has been contracted for as firmi r

, '1 power. or sooner if the Lielltenant-Governor-in-Collncll 1 r

should order it in the general public interest. the 1 i , ,

! Lessee shall resume the construction programme approved' i l , [

by Order of the Lieutenant-Governor-ln-Councl1 dated the l'

17th •• January. 1930. by commenclng actual constrllcti04 1 , operat ions at one of the undeveloped si tes referred to ,',

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therein. i , (d) The Lessee shall commence actual consi/

i truotion operations at each of the remaining undevelopedl 1 1 power sites referred to in the Order-in-COllncil dated

January 17th •• 1930. in sequence as soon as 75% of the

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primary outpllt of the previous one has been contracted '1

1 for as firm power. 0 r sooner of the Lieu tenant- Governorl \

1 in- Counc 11 should order 1 t in the general public in- : l' ! J

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(e) When any development or plant las 1 r

1 been completed and put into operation. the Lessee shan Il : 1 gi ve wri tten notice of the same to the Lessor.----! r

(1') Should the lessee at any Ume fail to d 1 commence constrllct ion operations Vii thin tVielve (12) ! i

l' months from the Ume it m~ be directed to do so by the Il Lielltenant-Governor-in-Council in the general public l' q ~nterest. in accordance with the provisions of (c) and

, i Lieutena.nt-Go~~ruor-in-Collncili! (dT of this 4Xticle. the

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undeveloped in the section of the st. Mau ri ce covered by;

this Lease, and ma.y dispose of su oh l1lldeveloped si teE

as he ma.y deem desirable.

(g) Nothlng in any agreement authorized

by this Order-in-Council shall be construed as affect­

lng the rights and or the obligations of the Brown

Corporation under (a) the agreement between the said

Brown Corporation and the Quebec Streams Commission,

passed before Louis Véronneau, Notary Public, on the

~rd of November, 1915, or (b) under the Sale and Con-

veyance between the St-Maurice Construction Company

and the Quebec Streams Commission, passed before Chs.

Edmond Tasohereau,Notary Publio, on the l6th of July

1918.

CERTIFIE.

(Signé) A. MORISSET,

Greffier Conseil Executif. ______ __

Annexe~ to the original deed bearlng the

i No 16028 of the repertorJ' of Me EDOUaRD BIRON, Notary

at Montreal, after havlng been signed, NE VARIETUR, bY1 the part ies to saié. deed, w ith and in the presence 0 l'

the Notary.

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of August nineteen hundred and thirty-one __ --__

(SIGNED) HONORE MERCIER,

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JAS.. IVILSON , Secre tary. (L. S. )-­

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DIRECTORS OF THE SHAl'IINIG':"N V{ .. TER & POWER COMPANY HELD ,

AT THE OFFICE OF THE COMPl>.NY, 611 P07iER BUILDING, MONT-: 1

REAL, P.Q., on the 16th., DAY OF JULY, 19;31, at 12.00 P.M. 1

Ml' Smith exp1ained that in connection with 1

certain arrangements with the Brown Corporation regard-I

ing a joint deve10pment by The Bro'un Corporation and 1

The Shawinigan Water & 1 Power Co. of the la Tuque power:

site it would be necessary for the Shavlinigan Company

to enter into a supplementary agreement with the Prov­

incial Government modifying certain articles of the

Emphyteutic Lease of June 22nè. ,1928 under the terms

which lease the Shawinigan Company is obligateè to

continuously carry on and to complete by a certain date

the deve10pment of four of the Upper st. I.!aurice power

sites. ,,"1' ter explanation and consideration of a draft

01' the supplementary ".greement i t Vias on motion duly

made an~ seconded reso1ved that any one of the Vice-

Presidents of the Company and the Secretary or the

..i.ssistant-Secretary acting together be and are hereby

authorized to execute on behalf of this company the

supplementary Agreement w i th the l':inister of Lands and

Forests of the Province of Quebec.

Certified Copy.

(Signed) J.tI.S. WILSON, Secretary.

(L.S .)

ànnexed to the original deed bearing the

No 16028 of' the repertory of 11e EDOUARlJ BIRON, Notary

at llontreal, after having been signed, NE V;,RIETUR, by

the parties to said deed, with and in the presence of

the Notary.

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At Montreal, on this twentieth day of the! 1

month of AUgust nineteen hunèred and thirty-one. 1 .

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(SIGNED) HONORE MERCIER,

" JULIAN C. SMITH,Vice-President,

" JAS. WILSON, Secretary, (L.S.)

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BIRON Br POIRIER NOTARIES

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EXTRACT FROM MINUTES OF A MEETING OF THE DIREC- i 1

TORS OF THE SlL\.\'lINIGn.N ':l.aTER ';'Nll POWER COMPANY, HELD 1

1 JAMES ST. WEST, MONTREAL. ON VIEDNESDAY, FEBRUi>RY llth,

IN THE ASSEMBLY ROOJ.! OF THE ROYAL BANK OF CAN.iD.â., st-

1931, IMMEDIATELY iŒTER A~1NUjŒ GENERAL MEETING OF SHARE'­

HOLDERS HELD AT Il a.m.

On motion duly made and seconded the following

Officers were elected for the ensuing year.

J.E. Aldred President

Julian C.Smith,C.E. ,L.L.D. Vice-President & Alanaging Director,

Howard Murray, O.B.E. Vice-President,

IV.S. Hart Vice-l~e3ident & Treasurer,

James Wilson Secretary.

On motion duly made and seconded [{lI' H.G. Badden,

was appointed Assistant Treasurer, NlI'. J.S. Riddile

Assistant Secretary and 1"lI'., P.S. Gregory Assistant

, General Manager.

Certified a true extract.

(Signed) JAS. ','/ILSON, (L.S.+)-~---­Secretary.

Montreal, August 17,1931.

Annexed to the original deed bearing the No

16028 of the repertory of Me EDOU,mD BIRON, Notary at 1

l,;ontreal, after having been signed, NE VARIETUR, by th,

parties to said deed, with and in the presence of the

Notary.

At ~ontreal, on this twentieth day of the month! ;

of ~ugust nineteen hundred and thirty-one.

(SIGNED) ( " ) ( " )

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HONORE MERCIER, JULIAN C. SMITH, Vice-President, JAS. WILSON, Secretary, (L.S.) EDOUARll BIRON, Notaire ____ _

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SUl'PLEMYNT_tRY AGREEllENT be tween

The Honourable HONORE MERCIER Mlnlster of Lands and Foreste of the Province of ~uebec

and THE SlL'l.WINIG1.N WATER ..uro

POVlER COMPANY.

RECORD OF

OF THE· LEGAL FIRM

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