Bill 54 (Legislature 4, Session 2)

L4 S2 10196

Alberta — Bills

BILL No. 54 of 1919. An. Act to amend The Improvement District Act. (A ssen ted to ' 1919.) HIS MAJESTY, by auJ with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the "Province of Alberta, enacts as follows: 'l'hc Improvement D·istrict Acl, ueing

chapter of the Statutes of Alberta, 1918, is hereby amended as follows: 1. By adding to

section the following subsection: "

(2) On, from and after January 1st, 1920, all taxes levied under this Act shall be levied at the rate of three mills in the dollar of the af::!sessed value of all assessable land, and the incidence, method of assessment, collection and enforcement of the taxes so levied shall follow and be regulated by the provisions of 'Phe Wild Lands Tax Act, including therein all provisions as to penalties, liens, distress and forfeiture proceedings in so far as the provisions of the said Act pertain to lands outside of the boundaries of municipal districts; provided, however, that the provisions of this

section as to a minimum tax and the taxation of leased lands shall still apply."

Section 5: By striking out the words "or after the organization of a district" where they occur in the second line thereof, and substituting therefor the following words: "but not later than July 1st."

Section 11: By striking out the words "on the first day of January of the year following that" where they occur in the first and second lincH thereof, and substituting therefor the words "after the fifteenth day of December of the year"; and by striking out the words "first day of January" where they occur in the seventh and eighth lines thereof, and substituting therefor the words "six teenth day of December"; and 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." 2 4.

Section subsection 1 : By repealing same and substituting therefor the following: "

(1) On application of the Attorney General of the province or some advocate authorized by him to the judge of the District Court of the judicial district within which such improvement district is wholly or paTtly situated, or if such district is equally situate within more than two judicial districts to the judge of the District Court of any such judicial district, such judge may appoint a time and place for holding of a court of confirmation of the reLurn mentioned in the preceding section, notice of which shall be published in four consecutive issues of the Official Gazette, and once a week for, at least, eight weeks in a local paper published in the vicinity of the lands entered on such return to be named by the Minister." ·

Section 18: By striking out the words "for over two years" where they occur in the ninth line thereof. No. 54. SECOND SESSION FOURTH LEGISLATURE GEORGE V BILL

An Act to amend The Improvement District Act. Received and read the First time ................. . Second time ............... . Third time ................ . HoN. MR. MAcKAY. EDMONTON: J. W. JJ:rn:BT, KnrG'a PBIMTaa A. D.!919 Title: 1919 (4th, 2nd) Bill 54,

An Act to amend The Improvement District Act

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Collection	Alberta — Bills
Citation	L4 S2 10196
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	L4 S2 10196
Language	en
Format	json
Source	PROVINCIAL
Identifier	23177a1f538704122dac6c664ae979d2ce1176b4

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