Bill 12 (Legislature 1, Session 1)

L1 S1 10440

Alberta — Bills

Short title. Organisation. Duties. 1~ Act Respecting the Department of the Provi.ncial Secretary. His Majesty by and wit:h the advice and consent of the Leeislative Assembly of the Pro vince of Alberta ei!~ts as follows

SHORT TITLE 1. This Act mav be cited as 'The Provincial "' Secretary's Act "• ORGANISATION AND FUNCTIONS OF DEPARTIJlENT. 2. ~here shall be a department of the public service of the Provine e to be called thj3 depart- ment of the Provincial Secretary over which the member of the Executive c~ouncil apr>oint1ad by the Lieut ena:--:t Governor under the seal of the Province to discharge the f1mctions of the Provincial Secretary for the time being shall preside. 3. The powers, duties and functions of the Provincial Secretary a2e as follows (

a) He has all the pOYlers, duties anc1 functions whit1h are assigned by law or custortJ. to Pro vine ial Secretaries and Regist:rars of the differ Provinces of the Dominion of Canada in...---sci- far as they or any of them ma2 be applicable to the Provine e.; (b)He is the keeper of the seal of the Province; and shall issue all letters patent, commiss ions and other docum:mts nnder the r.ai' seal an0 countersign the same w5.th the excn,rJtion of thoBe which shall be countersigned by the To be Registrar. Officers and Clerks. -2- hv the Clerk of the Executive Council i ann .. all i · un~er the seal shall run in corn.n s Sl ons u His Ma~l esty' s natne; (

c) He is the keeper of all registers and archivE~s of the Pro-v·ince. 4.

The Provincial Seoj et~ary shall be the Registrar of the Provine e ; and as such shall res-ister all instruments ()f summons, commissions, letters, pat ant, writs, e.nd other jlnst ru.ments and docnrnent s issued 1mner the seal of the Province; and his sienatur e shall be proof of the fact that sueh registers, archives, instn1ments of. summons , commissions, letters pater1t, writs and other instruments and 0 ocument s e':ist and e.re lawfully in his possession; and any copy ( siened by him) of 9ll.Y Clocument shall be equivalent to the original instr~nt itself in any court in the :lo.~"ta Wee'ti ~exritle!'£.ea QiP ei' tli& Province; and eve~ doc~ant.or ~ory o~ a doctunent purrortine to hear his Sit~nature shall 'be deemed so to do until proof of the contrary. 5.

The Lieutenant Govemor Elay at an:r time appoint such other office:rs, clerks and servants as are r E}quhli t e for the proper conctuct of the business of the departrwnt, all of whom shall hold office fluxing pleasure. Fees. FE":~. 6.

The Lieutenant Governor in Conncil mey from time to time tm.ke a tnriff of fees which shall he paid for the issuing and reg ist Aring of cotnrniss ions. leti ers patent, licenses and other instrnnents and documents and for the delivery of certified copies thereof or of certified extracts from ~- -3- from the registers ancl archives in the ProvJncial Secretary 1 s Deaprtment as hereinbefore mentioned; and the said 1rovincial Searetary shall acconnt .1;/6 the .....,1 nvj n cial Treasnr er for all man eys re eel ved in virtue · of such tariff , or of any of the OrdinanL:OI3 of the North '11est Territories or of any Act in force in the Province in woh manner as mey be prescribed by law or by the Lieutenant Governor in Council as the case maw be. 7.

All enactlnents ancl provisions of ls.w inconsistent with or repugnant to this Act are hereb~T repealed. . .. ;! 1;, ·~ <'I· ~:~: ·- Title: 1906 (1st, 1st) Bill 12,

An Act Respecting the Department of the Provincial Secretary

Document details

Collection	Alberta — Bills
Citation	L1 S1 10440
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	L1 S1 10440
Language	en
Format	json
Source	PROVINCIAL
Identifier	1f62b9462529e46a065a33d49e446ac2dc99d927

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