BILL NO'. 3 O'f 1943.

An Act to' amend the ActscO'nstituting The EdmO'ntO'n Charter. (Assented to , 19-'+3,) W HERAS a petitiO'n ha:s been pres,ented by the CO'uncil O'f The City of EdmO'ntO'n fO'r an amendment to the A,cts cO'nstituting The Edmonton Charter;

Whereas it is reasO'nable that the prayer O'f the said peti­ tion shall be granted. NO'W TherefO're His Majesty, by and with the cO'nsent O'f the Legislative Assembly O'f the PrO'vince O'f Alberta, enacts as fO'llO'ws: The Edmonton Charter, being

chapter 23 O'f the Statutes .of Alberta, 1913 (1st SessiO'n), as amended frO'm time to' time, is hereby further 'amended as fO'llO'ws: 1.. As to' sectiO'n 221 thereO'f, by adding theretO' the fO'l­ lO'wing subsecti.ons, namely: "

(21) In lieu .of payment by the City of premiums O'n policies O'f fire, public liability O'r O'ther insurance, the CO'un­ cil is hereby empO'wered by annual levy O'r otherwise, except by capital bO'rrO'wing, to' create a fund nO't exceeding in the aggregate the sum O'f $500,000.00, to' be used fO'r the prO'­ tectiO'n O'f the City from 100ss by fire O'r O'ther ~ause.

All moneys apprO'priated to' the said fund fr.om time to' time shall be paid to' The Sinking Fund Trustees O'f the .CityfO'r investment purpO'ses until such time as the -said mO'ney is required fO'r the said purpO'ses, and CO'uncil shall have nO' PO'wer to' divert the mO'neys' in said fund to any purpO'se .other than that for which the said fund was created. "

(22) The Council is hereby authorized and empO'wered to' enter intO' any agreement with the GO'vernment O'f the DO'miniO'n O'f Canada or .of the PrO'vince .of Alberta O'r with any agency O'f either O'f said GO'vernments, with reg'ard to' the constructiO'n O'f hO'uses to' relieve the hO'using shO'rtage due to' war c.onditiO'ns, UPO'n such terms and 'cO'nditiO'ns as the said GO'vernments or said agencies may lawfully make, and to' dO' all O'ther 'a'cts O'r things ne,cessary fO'r O'r incidental to' the carrying intO' effect of any such agreement, with PO'wer in CO'uncil in any such agreement to' O'bligate the City to' guarantee payment O'f hO'use rentals and to' fix special assessments O'n hO'useS' which may be erected by either O'f said Governments O'r ,any agency thereO'f and the lands UPO'n which such hO'uses are erected."

2 2. As to

section 315 thereof, by adding to su1?section (11) of said

section the following additional paragraph, namely: "(

f) The said Trustees shall be entitled to receive in trust to invest and accumulate at such lawful rates of interest as may be obtained therefor or may be agreed upon between the City and the Trustees, all moneys paid to them by the City to cover the co~t of unspecified municipal works or delayed pubhc improvements as provided in

section 353 hereof or as a fund to protect the City against loss by fire or other ,cause as provided in

section 221 (21) hereof." 3. As to

section 353 thereof, by adding immediately after the words "ac-cording to the last revised assessment roll thereof", where the same occur therein, the following proviso, namely: "Provided that the Council may in each year during the continuance of the present war and one year thereafter,_ including the year 1943, by levy or otherwise, create and accumulate a fund to cover the cost of unspecified municipal works or delayed public improvements within the City, including the construction, maintenance and repair of build­ ings and also including new housing, bridges or highways, said works and improvements to be undertaken after the conclusion of the present war; provided, however, that in no event shall Council by the inclusion in the annual levy of amounts destined for said fund exceed in any year the total mill rate imposed for the year 1942, and provided further that the amounts so provided by levy or otherwise from time to time may be paid to the Sinking Fund Trustees of The City of Edmonton for investment until such time as the said fund may be required for the said purposes, and provided also that any portion of said fund may either be­ fore or after the conclusion of the war be appropriated by Council for any Municipal Housing Scheme that Council may adopt." 4.

As to

section 520a thereof, by adding at the end there­ of the words "or such board or organization, as the case may be". 5. By adding thereto the following section: "520b.

If in any case money deposited with the City by any person as a guarantee deposit for the payment of ac­ counts of the City with respect to water, light, telephone or other utilities remains unclaimed for a period of five years after the account of the person so depositing the same has been discontinued, the amount of such deposit shall be trans­ ferred to the General Revenue Account of the City; pro­ vided, however, that the City shall remain liable to repay the amount of the deposit to the person lawfully entitled thereto for a period of ten years next following the discon-

3 tinuance of the account but after the said ten-year period the said deposit shall become the absolute property of the City free from any claim in respect thereof." 6. As to

section 4 of

chapter 66 of the Statutes of Alberta, 1942, by changing the number" (19)", where' the same oc­ curs therein, to "(20)". 7. As.to

section 9 of

chapter 66 of the Statutes of Alberta, 1942, by changing the number "( 5) ", where the same oc­ curs therein, to "( 6) ". 8. This Act shall come into force on the day on which it is assented to.

THIRD SESSION NINTH LEGISLATURE 7 GEORGE VI 1943 BILL

An Act to amend the Acts constitut­ ing The Edmonton Charter. Received and read the First time Second time ..................................... . Third time ...... . MR. JAMES. EDMONTON: A. Shnltka, King's Printer 1943 Title: 1943 (9th, 3rd) Bill 3,

An Act to amend the Acts constituting The Edmonton Charter