Bill 56 (Legislature 4, Session 1)

L4 S1 9745

Alberta — Bills

BILL No. 56 of 1918.

An Act to provide for the Appointment of Commissioners for the Prom()tion of Uniformity of LegiRlation in Canada. (Assented to , 1918.) WHEREAS to facilitate the carrying on of business in Canada it is desirable that there should be uniformity of Provincial Legislation on subjects relating thereto; Therefore His Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1.

The Lieutenant Governor in Council shall from time Af~intment to time appoint three suitable members of the Bar of the ~om':i:i~~en Province of Alberta who with their successors are con- stituted a Board of Commissioners for the Promotion of Uniformity of Legislation in Canada, and who shall hold office for a term of three years from the date of appoint- ment or until their successors shall be respectively appointed.

Any vacancies in said board caused by resignation, death, Vacancies in removal from the province or otherwise shall be filled for board the remainder of the said term by the Lieutenant Governor in Council appointing others havinp; the qualifications aforesaid. 2.

It shall be the duty of the board to examine the Duty of board following subjects: Incorporation of companies; insurance; assignments for the benefit of creditors and the dis- charge of debtors; frauds on creditors; extra-provincial judgments and their enforcement; partnership; sales and transfer; mortgage and pledge of property, real and personal; the execution and probate of wills; and other subjects upon which uniformity is desirable; to meet annually in con- ference with the commissioners appointed for t.he same purpose by any other province and with the Canadian Bar Association where expedient, concerning the matters above mentioned and concerning the drafting of uniform laws to be submitted for approval and adoption by the Legislatures of the several provinces, and to join with said other commissioners, and where expedient with said association, in such measures as may be deemed most expedient to advance the purposes hereinbefore men- tioned. 3.

The said board of commissioners shall keep a record Record ?f . . d k h transactIon. of all Its transactIOns an sha rna -e a report t ereon to he kept with recommendations to the Lieutenant Governor in Council for submission to the Legislature at each session thereof. 4.

No member of the board shall receive any compen- No sation for his services but the board shall be paid out of ~:n:;~.!on the consolidated revenue fund upon certificate of the board approved by t.he Lieutenant Governor in Council, Expense. to the amount of the t.ra.yelling and other personal expenses be paid necessarily incurred by the members of the board in the discharge of their official duties.

There shall also be annually pa.id out of said consolidated revenue fund upon the recommendation of the said board, approved by the Lieutenant Governor in Council, the expense of printing and clerical assistance incurred by the board in its work, and a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500.00) to meet together with appropriations from other provinces for a similar purpose the province's share of expenses of the work carried on by said National Conference of Provincial Commissioners. 5. This Act shall come into force upon the proclamation of the Lieutenant Governor in Council. No. 56.

FrHST SESSION FOURTH LEGISLATURE GEORGE V BILL

An Act to provide for the Appoint ment of Commissioners for the Promotion of Uniformity of Legis lation in Canada. Received and read the First time. Second time ...... _ ... . Third time ....... _ ........ . HON. MR. CROSS. EDMONTON: J. W. J ... ~". KDfe'8 I'IInrnD A.D. 11118 Title: 1918 (4th, 1st) Bill 56,

An Act to provide for the Appointment of Commissioners for the Promotion of Uniformity of Legislation in Canada

Document details

Collection	Alberta — Bills
Citation	L4 S1 9745
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	L4 S1 9745
Language	en
Format	json
Source	PROVINCIAL
Identifier	1112fa4d43d077195139fd8b1111a55939b3b4cf

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