Bill 44 (Legislature 9, Session 4)

L9 S4 7649

Alberta — Bills

Bill No. 44 of 1944. A BILL FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A DEPART MENT OF PUBLIC WELARE AND TO PRESCRIBE ITS POWERS AND DUTIES. NOTE. This Bill creates a new Department whose functions are set out in

section 6. Authority is given for the appointment of a Minister, Deputy Minister and other officials. It is provided that the Department shall submit to the Lieutenant Governor in Council an annual report on the work of the Department which will be laid before the Assembly within fifteen days of the commencement of each session. The various Acts to be administered by the Department are to be fixed by Order of the Lieutenant Governor in Council. W. S. GRAY, Acting Legislative Counsel. (This note does not form any part of the Bill but is offered in explanation of its provisions.)

BILL NO'. 44 Df 1944.

An Act fDr the Establishment Df a Department Df Public Welfare and to' Pres,cribe its PO'wers and Duties. (Assented to , 1944.) HIS MAJESTY, by and with the advice and CDnsent Df the Legislative Assembly Df the PrDvince Df Alberta, enacts as< fDllows:

SHORT TITLE. 1. This Act may be cited as "The Department of Public Welfare Act."

INTERPRETATION. 2. In this Act, unless the cO'ntext otherwise requires, (a) "Department" means the Department O'f Public Welfare; (b) "Minister" means the Minister O'f Public Welfare. ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTIONS OF DEPARTMENT. 3. There shall be a Department Df the public service O'f the PrO'vince to' be called the Department of Public Welfare, O'ver which the member O'f the Executive CO'uncil appDinted by the Lieutenant GO'vernO'r in CDun,cil under the seal O'f the PrO'vince to' discharge the functiO'ns O'f the Minister O'f Public Welfare shall preside. 4.

Subject to' the prO'visions of The Public Service Effi ciency Act, the Lieutenant GO'vernO'r in CO'uncil may appO'int a Deputy Minister and such O'ther Dfficers, clerks and ser vants as are requisite fO'r the cO'nduct of the busines1s of the Department, and may prescribe their respective duties and remuneratiO'n. 5. The Department shall administer such Acts and regu latiO'ns made thereunder as may be prDvided therein or as may frDm time to' time be designated by the Lieutenant GO'V ernO'r in CO'uncil. 6. The Department may,- (

a) institute inquiry intO' and cO'llect infO'rmatiDn and statistics relating to' all matters O'f public welfare;

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b) disseminate information in such manner and form as may be found best adapted to promote public welfare; (

c) secure the observance and execution of the pro visions of all Acts and regulations dealing with matters of public welfare; (

d) take or direct such matters as may seem suitable for the promotion of public welfare; _(

e) inllestigate, inspect and report to the Lieutenant Governor in Council upon all act.ivities" agencies, organizations, associations or institutions having for their object the social welfare or care of men, women and children in the Province, and which are not under the control of any other Department of the public service of the Province. 7. The Department shall submit to the Lieutenant Gov ernor in Council an annual report upon the affairs and work of the Department as he may require, and such report shall be laid before the Assembly within fifteen days after the commencement of the next session. 8.

The Lieutenant Governor in Coun,cil may upon the recommendation of the Minister, appoint any officer of the Department as an inspector for the purposes of any Act administered by the Department, where provision is not made in such Act for the appointment of an inspector, and an inspector so appointed shall have such powers and per form :such duties as may from time to time be prescribed by the Lieutenant Governor in Council. 9. This Act shall come into force on the day upon which it is assented to.

No.-44: FOURTH SESSION NINTH LEGISLATURE 8 GEORGE VI 1944 BILL

An Act for the Establishment of a Department of Public Welfare and to Pres,cribe its Powers and Duties. Recei ved and read the First time ' .. Second time .................................... . Third time HON. DR. CROSS. EDMONTON: A Shnitka, King's Prlnter 1944 Title: 1944 (9th, 4th) Bill 44,

An Act for the Establishment of a Department of Public Welfare and to Prescribe its Powers and Duties

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Collection	Alberta — Bills
Citation	L9 S4 7649
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