Bill No. 16 of 1944. A BILL RESPECTING THE DESTRUCTION OF CERTAIN REGISTERED DOCUMENTS. NOTE. The Act proposed by this Bill provides for the destruction of Bills of Sale, Chattel Mortgages, etc., which have been on file for a period of twenty years in the offices of the registration elerks of the various judicial districts. More space is needed in many of the ,court houses and it is felt that the destruction of these old documents would provide the necessary space. Provision is made for excepting from any order of destruction documents which have been kept in force by renewal. W. S.

GRAY, Acting Legislative Counsell (This note does not form any part of the Bill but is offered in explanation of its provisions.) BILL No. 16 of 1944.

An Act respecting the Destruction of Certain Registered Documents. (Assented to , 1944.)

WHEREAS there is a great congestion of documents registered in the offices of the registration clerks of the Province over a period of many years; And

whereas it has become essential that more space should be made available for future registrations; And

whereas it is deemed desirable that this space should be made available by the destruction of certain documents on the files:

Now therefore 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 Registered Documents Destruction Act." 2. In this Act "registered document" means a bill of sale, chattel mortgage, lien agreement, assignment of book debts, and any other document relating. to personal chattels regis­ tered in the office of a registration clerk, established for the purposes of The Bias of Sale Act. 3.

The Lieutenant Governor in Council may from time to time when it appears desirable so to do, order or direct that the registration clerk of any registration district destroy all registered documents on file in his office which ha ve been on file for a period of twenty years prior to the making of the order, together with any renewal statements or assignments of or relating to the documents.

Provided, however, that there shall be excepted from any such order or direction any registered documents which are still in full force and effect by reason of them having been duly renewed from time to time in accordance with the provisions of the relevant Statutes, together with the re­ newal statements and assignments relating thereto. 4. This Act shall come into force on the day upon which it is assented to. FOURTH SESSION NINTH LEGISLATURE GEORGE VI BILL A Bill respecting the Destruction of Certain Registered Documents. Recei ved and read the First time ........................................ .

Second time ..................................... . Third time ....................................... . HON. MR. MAYNARD. EDMONTON: A Shnitka, King's Printer Title: 1944 (9th, 4th) Bill 16,

An Act respecting the Destruction of Certain Registered Documents