Bill 56 (Legislature 4, Session 2)

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Alberta — Bills

BILL No. 56 of 1919.

An Act to amend The Village Act. (Assented to ' 1919.) HIS MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Alberta, enacts as follows: The Village Act, being

chapter 57 of the Statutes of Alberta, 1913, is hereby amended as follows:

Section 19: By striking out all the words in the said

section after the word "subjects" in the third line thereof.

Section 31: By adding thereto the following sub section: "

(2) Where any elector has filed an affidavit showing that a member of the council has forfeited his seat at the council or his right thereto or has become disqualified or otherwise, and has paid into court the sum of $25.00 as security for costs to abide the event of the application, it shall be lawful for the judge of the District Court of the judicial district within which the village iR wholly or partly situated to grant a summons calling upon such per son to show cause why he should not be ousted from the office; and where upon the return of the summons it shall appear to the judge upon affidavit or oral evidence that such member of the council has forfeited his seat at the council or his right thereto, or has become disqualified to hold his seat or his seat has become vacant by disquali fication or otherwise, the judge may adjudge such person to be ousted of the same, and such person shall be ousted of the same accordingly, or the judge may discharge the summons and in either case with or without costs."

Section 33: By striking out the said

section and sub stituting therefor the following: "33. The Minister may at any time dismiss any member or members of the council, and may appoint another person or persons in the place and stead of the person or persons so dismissed, and every such person so appointed shall have all the powers and authorities conferred by this Act on elected members of the council, and shall be paid such

2 salary out of the funds of the village as the Minister ma,y determine. The Minister mav dismisR the whole council and may· appoint an official administrator who shall ha:ve and exercise all the rights nnd powers conferred upon nn ofli'cial administrator by this Act. "(

a) The official administrator appointed under this

section shall hold office dming tl~e ple:.1.sure of the Minister and ma,y be removed at any time, and where the official administrator appointed under tbe rrovisions of the said clause dies · after assnming ofl1cc, or is unable throur:h sickness OJ' any other cause to discl1nrge the duties of the office, or does not disclwrv;c ::mch Glities, the Minister mn,~r appoint some other person as offwial ndministrator who shall have the like pov.rers and r"utl"·orities and be charged with the like duties and responsibilities as his predecessor in office. ''(

b) The official administrator is hereby clothed with full power and authority to perform tl:e duties of secretary treasurer, assessor and collector of taxes, and it shaH be J,is duty to perform the duties of each a:ncl every of said officials, or to appoint one or more persons, n.s secret::~,ry-trea.surer, assessor and collector; and he shall have the right and authority to employ such assistants as l~e may deem advis able to assist him in the discharge of any snc11 dut.icR. and their sala.ries shall be paid out of the funds of the village. "(

c) Where an official administrator has been appointed, the Minister may at any time appoint a returning officer to hold an election to elect a new cmmcil and give any necessa.ry or proper directions as to such election or the consequences thereto that may be rendered necessary by the circumstances of the case, including directions a.s to the periods of office of the· elected persons, and all matters of analogous nature or otherwise ancillary to such election and its consequences, nothwithstanding; that any such direction may appear to be in conflict with this Act; otherwise such election shaH be held in the manner n.s nearly aR may he n.R other elections under this Act, and the election of a new council shall ipso facto act as a dismissal of the official administrator."

Section 54: By adding thereto the following: ''Such bond shall be in the form approved by the Minister, through whom the same shall be obtained from the guarantee corporation, and the requisite premium shall be paid by the secretary-treasurer to the Minister."

Section 61, subsection 2: By striking out the word "abstract" where it appears in such subsection, and sub stituting therefor the word "statement".

Section 63, clause 29: By adding thereto the following: " (

b) Licensing porters, water dealers, milk dealers, carriers or common carriers, draymen, hackmen, ominbus drivers, and all persons performing work with horses or mules within the village for hire, and regulating same, and fixing a

schedule of fees to be charged for same."

Section 63: By inserting after clause 38 the following: "38a. Requiring all buildings used as garages to have concrete floors or to be at least 100 feet distant from any other building."

Section 83a: By striking out the words "for a period not exceeding four years from the thirty-first day of December, 1915" where they occur in the first and second lines thereof.

Section 83a: By inserting immediately after this

section the following: "83b. The council may by by-law passed at a regular meeting of the council held prior to the first day of May in any year at which two-thirds of the members of the whole council vote in favor of such by-law provide for the imposition of a tax, to be known as a personal property tax upon all personal property except that exempt from taxation by the provisions of this section, a.nd where such a tn,x is levied the form of the assessment roll herein provided sha.U be varied accordingly, and all the provisions of this Act in regard to assessment notices, appeal from assessment and enforcement of payment of taxes shall mutatis mutandis apply. "

(2) The following personal property shall be exempt from taxation: " 1. All personal property belonging to the village. "2. The books of every public library. "3. Household effects (except in hotels and restaurants) of every kind, books and wearing apparel in use."

Section 85: By inserting after the word "land" in the first line thereof the words "or personal property".

Section 113: By repealing same and substituting therefor the following: "113. If the taxes payable on any lot in any subdivision or plan, or on any fraction of a quarter

section for the purposes of the village, are less than 50 cents, the amount payable to the village on any such lot in any subdivision or plan, or on any fraction of a quarter

section for such purposes shall be 50 cents."

Section 120: By adding thereto the following: "

(2) Where a penalty of five per cent. is added under the provisions of this section, it shall be five per cent. of the arrears of taxes and of the penalties, if any, already added."

Section 131, subsection 1: By striking out the words "every issue of The Alberta Gazette for two months" where they occur in the fifth and sixth lines thereof, and substituting therefor the words "in four regular con secutive issues of The Alberta Gazette," and by adding thereto the following: "

(3) Where heretofore a notice of the time and place of such sittings has been published in four regular consecutive issues of The Alberta Gazette, such puhlication is hPrehy declared to be for two months."

Section 132: By inserting the word "at .. 0 • 0 0 •• " after the word "court" in the fifth line of the form of notice set forth therein. 0

Section 134, subsection 4: By striking out the word "copy" where it occurs in the first line thereof, and sub stituting therefore the word "notice"; arid inserting after the word "adjudication" in the first line thereof the words "as set forth in subsection 5 hereof."

Section 173, clause (b): By repealing this clause and substituting therefor the following: "(

b) To the poundkeeper for the care and sustenance of each animal for each period of twenty-four hours after the impounding thereof (any lesser period elapsing before such animal's removal from the pound being deemed a full period of twenty-four hours)- " For each stallion or jack 0 0 • 0 0 0 •••• 0 •• $1.00 "For each bull. 0 • 0 • 0 ••• 0 0 0 • 0. 0. • • • • • • 75 "For each other animal. 0 • 0 0 ••• 0 • 0 • 0 • • • 50"

No. 56. SECOND SESSION FOURTH LEGISLATURE 9 GEORGE V 1919 BILL

An Act to amend The Village Act. Received and read the First time ................. . Second time ............... . Third time ................ . HoN. MR. MAcKAY. ED MOTON: J. W. JunRT, KINo's Patl<TIIa A. D. 1919 Title: 1919 (4th, 2nd) Bill 56,

An Act to amend The Village Act

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Citation	L4 S2 10198
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