Bill 26 (Legislature 6, Session 2)

L6 S2 9109

Alberta — Bills

B!LL No. 26 of 1928.

An Act to Amend The Village Act, 192.7. (Assented to ,1928.) HIS MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Alberta, enacts as follows: " 1.. This Act may be cited as "The Village Act, 1927, Amendment Act, 1928." 2. ,The Village Act, 1927, being

chapter of the Statutes of Alberta, 192.7, is amended by adding as

section 14a, im mediately after

section thereof, the following: "1.4a.-

(1) The Minister may form into a summer vil lage any summer resort, either of his own motion or upon receipt of a petition. . ' . "

(2) The petition shall fulfill the requirements set out in

section 9, except that it must be signed by ten persons who, if the summer resort were erected into'a village"would be upon the assessment roll thereof. "(3) 'When any summer resort is erected into a summer village, all the provisions of this Act shall apply to such summer village, except that- "(

a) only those persons who are on the assessment roll or who are entitled to be placed thereon, shall be placed upon the voters' list; ". "(

b) nomination day shall be the first SaturdaJi in July and the election of councillors shall take place on the second Saturday in July; " (

c) the councillors shall assume office on the third Sat urday' of July at .7.30 p.m., and shall continue in office until their successors are elected; " (

d) three councillors shall be elected annually; ".(

e) the appointment of an auditor shall be made before, the first day of July in each year; "(

f) no summer village may issue debentures; "(

g) in order to qualify.as an elector or councillor, no person shall be required to be a resident of the sum mer village. "( 4) The council of any summer village shall have power to pass a by-law regulating the type and s'ea-worthiness of boats to be used on stretches of water within or adjacent to the boundaries of the village, and to license the owners thereof, and to regulate bathing and the disposal of refuse or other matter along the shores of any such stretch of water." 2 3.

Section of the said Act is amended- (

a) as to subsection (1) thereof, by striking out the words "and upon receipt of an authorization by the Board of Public Utility Commissioners, founded upon a petition signed by a majority of the resident electors, similar to that required by this Act, to authorise the issue of debentures by the village"; (

b) by adding as subsection (la) thereof, immediately after subsection (1), the following: "(la) Before entering into the contract, the council shall pass a by-law authorising the same, which by-law shall in all respects be subject to the pro visions of

Part X, insofar as the same are applicable thereto." 4.

Section of the said Act is amended as to subsection (2) thereof, by adding thereto the following: "a,nd imme diately upon its completion, a copy thereof shall be posted up.in the office of the secretary-treasurer." , 5.

Section of the said Act is amended by adding thereto, as subsection (2a) thereof, the following: "(2a) Buildings though not affixed to land so as to be come part thereof, shall be considered as land for the pur poses of assessment, and shall be as,sessed at. the same rate as i;mprovements affixed to land." , 6.' This Act shall come ,into force on ......... , ..•..... No. 26. SECOND SESSION SIXTH LEGISLATURE GEORGE V BILL

An Act to Amend The Village Act, 1927, Received and I'ead the - First time"", ",',',,'" ,.," Second time. , , , , , . , , , , ... , .... Third time ...... ,',.,",.,.". HON, MR. REID. EDMONTON: W. D. McLEAN, ACTING KING'S PRINTER A.D. 1928 Title: 1928 (6th, 2nd) Bill 26,

An Act to Amend The Village Act, 1927

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Collection	Alberta — Bills
Citation	L6 S2 9109
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	L6 S2 9109
Language	en
Format	json
Source	PROVINCIAL
Identifier	077cd90091e60cd533ec79fa178e60ca7e5738f5

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