Bill 3 (Legislature 8, Session 3)

L8 S3 8247

Alberta — Bills

BILL No.3 of 1937.

An Act to amend The Wetaskiwin City Charter. (Assented to ,1937.)

WHEREAS a Petition has been presented by the City of Wetaskiwin for the amendment of The Wetaskiwin Charter; and

Whereas it is expedient to grant the prayer of the said Petition; Therefore His Majesty, by and with the consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Alberta, enacts as follows:- The Wetaskiwin Charter, being

chapter of the Statutes of Alberta, 1930, is hereby amended as follows:- 1.

Section is hereby amended by striking out para graph (

b) thereof and substituting the following para graphs:- " (

b) All persons, both male and female, being British sub jects by birth or naturalization, of the full age of twenty-one years, who have, for six (6) months immediately preceding the first day of June in the year for whi,ch the list is being prepared, continu ously resided, or had their fixed and permanent residence in that part of the Wetaskiwin School Dis trict which is outside of the limits of the City of Wetaskiwin; "(

c) All persons, both male and female, of the age of twenty-one years, who are assessed for taxes in the Wetaskiwin School District, and who reside in that part of the School District of Wetaskiwin, and the wives and husbands, respectively, being of the age of twenty-one years, of such persons: "Provided that every such Person, Bank, Incorpor ated Company, and Corporation, before being en rolled and as a condition of enrolment on the list of Electors, has been duly registered as an Elector in terms of the provisions hereinafter enacted; and Provided also that where real property is owned by two (2) or more persons, and is assessed in their j oint names, each of them shall be deemed to be assessed within the meaning of the section."

Section 157-(1) is amended by striking out the words "The Town Act" where they occur therein, and sub· stituting the words "The Town and Village Act". 2 3. By adding after

section 159, the following

section 159a: "159a. The Mayor may proclaim any day as a Civic Holi day within the City." 4.

Section is amended by striking out the words "or improvement", where they occur therein, and substituting therefor the following "improvement or operation". 5.

Section is amended by striking out the proviso at the end thereof, and by adding the following subsection: "

(2) In case a Business Tax is payable in respect of any trade or business, and a License Fee or Fees is or are pay able by the same person in respect of that trade or business, if the Business Tax is the larger the same shall be abated by the amount of the License Fee or Fees, and if the License Fee or Fees is or are the larger, the same shall be abated by the amount of the Business Tax." 6. By inserting immediately after

section 164, the follow ing section: "164a. Where a Tax Notification, pursuant to

section of The Tax Recovery Act, 1929, has heretofore, or shall hereafter be filed, the City shall be entitled to protect, by action or otherwise, any lands mentioned in the said Notifi cation, from spoilation or waste, until it receives a Certificate of Title thereto pursuant to the said Act, and may expend such moneys as may be reasonably necessary to keep any buildings thereon in tenantable repair, and may expend moneys for Fire Insurance upon any buildings upon such land, such expenses to be deducted from any rentals received, or added to the taxes thereon, but the net revenue shall, in the event of such land being redeemed, be a credit to the owner on account of the moneys required to redeem." 7.

By inserting immediately after

section 194, the follow ing new section: "194a. The Council may in its discretion, by by-law, ex empt from taxation lands not exceeding ten (10) acres in extent, and the buildings thereon, in any case where the land and buildings thereon are exclusively used by the OVV"Ilers thereof for educational purposes on a non-profit making basis, and any land and buildings so declared to be exempt from taxation shall continue to be so exempt so long as the same are exclusively used by the owners thereof for educa tional purposes and on a non-profit making basis." 8.

Section is amended by striking out the words "in terest at nine per centum per ·annum, to be computed at the rate of three-quarters of one per cent per month or portion of a month", where they occur therein, and substituting the words following,- "interest at a rate per annum as may be fixed by bY-law of the Council from time to time." 9. This Act shall .come into force on the day upon which it is assented to. THIRD SESSION EIGHTH LEGISLATURE GEORGE VI BILL

An Act to amend The Wetaskiwin City Charter. Received and read the First time ....................................... . Second time ..................................... . Third time ...................................... .. MR. WINGBLADE. EDMONTON: A. Shnitka. Klng's Printer Title: 1937 (8th, 3rd) Bill 3,

An Act to amend The Wetaskiwin City Charter

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Collection	Alberta — Bills
Citation	L8 S3 8247
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	L8 S3 8247
Language	en
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Identifier	1287895a16651cade09b95bbc2f06a1fbb9bc508

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