Songhees Indian Reserve Act (S.C. 1911, c. 24)

Article 1 of the present Act confirms the enclosed Agreement between the Government of the Dominion of Canada and the Government of the Province of British Columbia on the sale of the Songhees Indian Reserve. The Agreement lays down provisions relating to transfer and payment procedures. The present Act establishes that notwithstanding anything in the Indian Act, the whole of the amount payable to each head of an Indian family under the terms of the said Agreement may be paid in the manner therein provided.