Bill 10 (Legislature 10, Session 1)

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Bill No. 10 of 1945. A BILL TO PROVIDE FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A HOSPITAL DISTRICT IN LOCAL IMPROVE MENT DISTRICT No. 466. NOTE. This Act inc.orporates the above Hospital District. The Act generally is based 'On The Municipal Hospitals Act with changes made necessary by the nature of the district and the small number of ratepaye~s in the district. The hospital district is defined in s'e'ction 3 and is divided into four wards by ,section 5. The Board is to consist of five members (sectiDn 4 (4».

The Minister is to appoint a provisional board of five members, one to repres'ent contract holders residing in each ward and one representing rate payers throughout the whole hoS'pital district. Oontract holders, as defined in

section 2, will provide 'a SDurce of revenue similar to that of ratepayers in an 'Ordinary muni cipal hDspital district. They will be required to enter into agreements with the Board to pay annually a sum for the hospitalization of themselves and families and to secure the contracts by 'Orders of their employers. The ratepayers will 'contribute their share als'O to the revenue of the district through levy .of a rate by the improvement district. The provisional board shall prepare a scheme along the same general lineR ,as under The Municipal Hospitals Act (Section 9 of the Bill).

Sections 12 and 14 prescribe how the scheme is to be advertised and as to methods of choosing a site for the hospital. By

section 16 the Minister, if he approves the scheme, shall fix a date for polling to ratify or reject the scheme.

Section 17 provides fDr voters' lists .of contract holders and ratepayers.

Section 18 deals with the no.tice o.f the poll to be given by the returning o.fficer. Sectio.n 19 sets out who. are entitled to vote on the scheme and the m,ethod ,of voting. Sectio.n 22 pr,escribes ho.W the site is determined if v'Oted upo.n and by what vote the scheme is, ratified. If the required two-thirds majority does no.t Vo.te for. th~ scheme, it may be re-submitted to a second poll WIthIn twelve months.

ii Provisi'On is made for the payment 'Of expenses if the s'cheme is not ratified and for variations in the scheme and alte~ations in the area of the district after ratification (sections 25 tQ 27) . Sections 27 et seq deal with the election of the Board. This Board consists 'Of five members, four members elected by wards tQ represent the contract holders, and 'One member elected at large to represent the ratepayers. These elections are to take place at meetings held when and whe:r:e the Minister directs (section 2:8).

QualificatiQns for candIdates tQ represent contract holders and ratepayers respectively are found in s,ection 29. Secti'Ons 30 and 31 provide as to the methQd of nomina ti'On. The qualifications of voters are set out in sectiQn 32 and provisions as to the ,conduct of the poll in sections 33 to 35. Sections 37 and 38 deal with the first meetings of the Board ,and the tenure of the office of members.

Section 40 deals with the vacating and filling of the office of memhers of the Board.

Section 41 deals with the conduct of the Board's business, appointment of officers, their duties, ,etc.

Section 42 deals with the appointment and duties of the auditor. Miscellaneous powers of the Board are contained in sec tions 44 to

Section 48 provides for meetings of the contract holders and ratepayers on request of twenty per cent of them.

Section 49 enables the Minister to investigate the affairs of the hospital. The provisions for temporary loans in sections 50 to 52 follow closely the provisions, of The Municipal Hospitals Act. S'O also do the provisions as to debentures for capital expenditures set out in sections 53 to

Section 59 deals with the first and subsequent estimates of the Board which are required to be submitted to the Board of Public Utility Commissioners each year, who may confirm them or vary them, and confirm them as varied. The Board of Public Utility Oommissionerls may also vary the proposed distribution of the ,estimate as between the contra'ct holder and ratepayers.

Section 60 provides that if a minimum tax is fixed for ratepayers they shall 'Only be liable for the difference be tween it and the total of taxes paid 'On all parcels of land in the district . . Se~tiQn 61 provides fo~ a r,equisition tQ the imprQvement dIstrIct for Its proportIOn of the estimate and for the improvement district levying the amQunt on the assessable

iii property in the hospital district. The other provisions of this

section follow The Municipal Hospitals Act.

Section 64 provides that regul'ations made by the Lieu tenant Governor in Council under The Munic~pal Hospitals Act shall apply to the Coal Branch Hospital District and provisions similar to those in The Municipal Hosp'itals Act are made for the dismissal of the Board for cause 'and the appointment of an official administrator. w. S. GRAY, Legislative, Counsel. (This note does not form any part of the Bill but is offered in explanation of its provisions.)

BILL No. 10 of 1945.

An Act to Provide f'Or the Establishment of a Hospital District in Local Improvement District N'O. 466. (Assented to , 1945.) HIS MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legi1slative Assembly of the Province of Alberta, enacts a'S f'Oll'Ows :

SHORT TITLE. 1. This Act may be cited as "The Coal Branch Hospital District Act."

INTERPRETATION. 2.

In this Act, unless the context 'Otherwise requires, (a) "Board" means the hospital board created under the provisions of this Act, and until the election of the board, means provisiDnal bDard; (b) "Contract holder" means any person resident in the district who holds a cDntract with the B'Oard fDr the purpose of securing hospitalization for himself and family; (c) "Department" means the Department of Public Health; (d) "District" or "Hospital district" means the hospital district as originally established by this Act or sub sequently altered by addition- or detachment; (e) "Hospital tax" means the tax imposed by the authDr ity of this Act or any part of such tax; (f) "Minister" means the Minister of Health; (g) "Ratepayer" means any pers'On liable to pay im provement district taxes in respect of property situate within the district Dr 'On property 'On gov ernment leased lands.

ESTABLISHING THE DISTRICT. 3. There is hereby established a hospital district to' be kn'Own as "The Coal Branch Hospital District", the area of which shall consist of the following described lands: Township 44 to' T'Ownship 49, Range 19, W. 5th M.; Township 44 t'O Township 49, Range 20, W. 5th M.; Township 44 to Township 49, Range 21, W. 5th M.; Township 44 t() T()wnship 49, Range 22, W. 5th M. j

2 Township 46 to Township 49, Range 23, W. 5th M.; Township 46 to T.ownship 49, Range 24, W. 5th M.; Excepting therefrom Sections 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26 and 27 in Township 47, Range 24, W. 5thM. 4.-

(1) The Board hereinafter provided for shall be a body :corporate under the name and style of "The Board of the Coal Branch Hospital District" which Board shall as soon 'as practicable adopt a corpo~ate seal.

(2) The Minister may from time to time .on petition of the Board change the corporate name .of the Board, in which case noti'ce of the change Ishall be published in The Alberta Gazette.

(3) The seal adopted by the Board before the change of name shall be its seal until another is adopted, and any change of name shall not affect any .obligation or right of the Board existing at the tim~ of the change.

(4) The Board shall consist 'of five members to be . appointed and elected as· hereinafter provided. 5. The area of the district shall be divided into wards as foll.ows,: Ward 1, c.omprising as follows.: Townships 48 and 49, Range 19, W. 5th M. Townships 48 and 49, Range 20, W. 5th M. Townships 48 and 49, Range 21, W. 5th M. Ward 2, as follows: Townships 44, 45, 46 and 47, Range 19, W. 5th M. Townships 44, 45, 46 and 47, Range 20, W. 5th M. Townships 44,45,46 and 47, Range 21, W. 5th M. Ward 3, as follows.: Townships 48 and 49, Range 22, W. 5th M. T.ownships 48 and 49, Range 23, W. 5th M.

Townships 48 and 49, Range 24, W. 5th M. Ward 4, as follows: Townships 46 and 47, Range 22, W. 5th M. Townships 46 and 47, Range 23, W. 5th M. Townships 46 and 47, Range 24, W. 5th M. Ex:cepting therefrom Secti.ons 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26 and 27 in Township 47, Range 24, W. 5th M. PROVISIONAL BOARD. G~ As soon as practicable after the coming into force .of this Act, the Minister shall a'ppoint a provisional board con sisting of five members, four of whom shall represent the residents of each ward respectively, and the fifth of whom shall represenrt the ratepayers throughout the district.

3 7. When the members of the provisional board have been appointed, such member as shall be appointed by the Min ister to do so shall summon a meeting of the board for such time and place as the minister may direct. 8.-

(1) The provisional board shall at its first meeting elect a chairman and a vice-chairman from among its num ber, and in the case of a vacancy occurring shall fill the vacancy.

(2) The provisional hoard may employ an acting sec retary-treasurer and such other officers as may seem fit to it, and shall define the duties and fix the 'remuneration of such officers and shall require such security from such officers as the Minister may direct.

(3) The provisional board may pay each of its members for each meeting an allowance of twenty cents per mile from his home to the place of meeting, and also an all'Owance not exceeding four dollars each per day for the time necessarily occupied in attending meetings of the board: Provided always that such allowances shall not be paid to any member f'Or more than twelve meetings in anyone year. PREPARATION OF SCHEME. 9.-

(1) The provisional board shall as soon as possible prepare a scheme which shall contain,- (a) (

i) a plan for the acquisition by purchase or other wise, of a site, and the erection upon the site of a hospital (with operating room) sufficient for the needs of the district, or f'Or the pur chase or rental of any building 'Or buildings and the conversion of the same by alteration, addition or otherwise howsoever, into a similar hospital, and the complete and suitable equip ment 'Of any such hospital; or (ii) the terms of an agreement to be entered into with any other board, or with the governing body of any hospital within or without the Province for the purpose of providing suitable h'Ospital services for the residents of the district; (

b) a ~ta~m~nt of the propos·ed site of the hospital whIch It IS proposed to maintain or of the location of the hospital with which an agreement is proposed to be made; (

c) an estimate of the capital expenditure upon the pro posed hospital and equipment and the plan for bor rowing the same by the issue of debentures or 'Other wise, and, in the .case of debentures, the term of years, rate of interest and other particulars relating thereo; (

d) a plan f'Or the repayment of such capital expenditure by instalments;

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e) an estimate O'f the prO'bable annual revenue and the prO'bable annual expenditure incident to' the carry ing O'n O'f the hO'spital; (

f) a plan fO'r the divisiO'n O'f the prOPO'Sed capItal and maintenance expenditure as between imprO'vement district number 466 represented by the Minister O'f Municipal Affairs and the 0O'ntract hO'lders residing in the distri,ct; (g). the

schedule of fees, if any, to be charged fO'r hos pital services; (

h) a 'prO'visiO'n fO'r a hO'spital supPO'rter's per diem fee chargeable to'cO'ntract hO'lders, and to' ratepayers assessed in respect O'f prO'perty within the district, and to' the wives, dependent families and dO'mestic female help O'f such cO'ntract holders and ratepayers whO' are resident with them; (

i) a provisiO'n fO'r the cO'ntracts to' be made by cO'ntract hO'lders with the board including the annual amO'unt payable to' entitle a cO'ntract holder to' a hospital 'SupPO'rter's per diem fee and the method and time of payment O'f such amO'unt; (

j) a prO'visiO'n fO'r a minimum tax which shall be levied UPO'n all ratepayers within the hO'spital district to' entitle the ratepayers and the wives, dependent families and dO'mestic female help O'f such ratepayers whO' are resident with them to' hO'spital supPO'rters' benefits; (

k) a variable cO'ntra,ct per diem fee chargeable to' any Qther -class or -classes O'f persO'ns described in the scheme whether resident in the district O'r nO't, UPO'n the payment O'f such yearly sum as may be pre scribed by the scheme with respect to' the -class O'r each such -class, as the case may be ; (

l) such O'ther matters as are incidental to' the carrying Qut of O'r are O'f a like nature with thO'se aforesaid.

(2) Any scheme may prescribe a date befO're which the amO'unt fixed by the contract with the cQntract hO'lder O'r the minimum tax and the arrears, if any, as the case may be, shall be paid in O'rder to' entitle a cO'ntract hO'lder or a rate payer in any year to' the benefits ,cO'nferred UPO'n a hospital supporter by this Act.

(3) Every scheme may prO'vide fO'r affO'rding hO'spital accommodatiO'n to' any number O'f persO'ns whether definitely ascertained or nO't, for the fees and UPO'n the mO'netary and O'ther cO'nditiO'ns which may be agreed UPO'n.

(4) Notwithstanding the prO'visiO'ns of any scheme, the bO'ard may enter intO' any agreement permitted by The Hospitals Act.

(5) The board shall, with the apprO'val O'f the Minister, hav-e PO'wer to include in the scheme a prO'visiO'n fO'r the building,purchase or rental of suitable buildings, f?r a sub hospital and the equipment of the same fO'r hO'spItal pur PO'ses.

(6) Any corporation which is a ratepayer may ~rom time to time by writing delivered to the board nomIn~te one person who is an officer Dr employee of the corp~ratIOn and is resident in the district, and the person so nomInated shall be deemed to be a ratepayer of the district until he ceases to be a resident thereof or until the corporation nominates in the manner aforesaid another perSDn in his stead, whichever event first happens.

(7) Any scheme may make provision for non-residents of the district hecoming entitled to hospitalization at speci fied hospital fees by the payment.of an annual amount to the board at such time or times as may be specified by the board. 10.-

(1) Any scheme may provide for the payment of such portion of the salary and expenses of .one or m.ore public health nurses as may be determined by Order in Council, but such portion shall not exceed fifty per cent of the salary and expenses.

(2) Every public health nurse, a portion of whose salary is provided for in the scheme, shall be appointed by the' Minister, and shall carry out school inspection, child welfare, and other work .of a like nature under the direction and contr.ol of the Minister.

(3) The salary and expenses .of all public health nurses appointed under the provisions .of this se'ction shall be paid initially and in full by the Department and the proportion thereof determined to' be payable by the board under the Order in Council hereinbefore mentioned, shall he repaid by the board to the Department at such time and in such manner as the latter may direct. 11.

During the preparation of any scheme the Minister shall be consulted from time to time, and shall advise the provisional board on all subjects in connection therewith, and his indorsement of the architecture and construction of any hospital building and equipment and appliances required in connection therewith shall be necessary. PROCEEDINGS FOR RATIFICATION OR REJECTION OF HOSPITAL SCHEME. 12.-

(1) The scheme shall be advertised by posters and hand bills posted up and distributed throughQut the district in the manner prescribed by the board.

(2) Within fourteen days of the last posting up any twenty-five of the contract hO'lders and ratepayers of the hospital district may appeal in writing to' the Board .of Public Utility Commissioners with regard to the situation chosen by the prQvisional board for the site of the hospital.

(3) The Board of Public Utility Commissioners shall after hearing in public the cO'mplaints of the contract holder~ and ratepayers, ~orth~ithconfirm the provisions .of the scheme, as to the SItuatIOn, or shall substitute a new situation

6 therefor, or shall name two or more alternative sites and direct the provisional board to take a vote as provided by the following section. 13.-

(1) The provisional board may, in lieu of inserting in the scheme the location of the hospital, take a vote for the purpose of deciding between two or more sites and shall advertise its intention of so doing together with the hospital s'cheme.

(2) The vote shall be taken at the same time as the poll to ratify or reject the scheme is held and the persons entitled to vote shall be the same in both cases, and the vote in all respects shall, so far as possible, be subject to the same rules as the conduct of the poll. 14.

Instead of fixing the location of the hospital in the scheme or making provisions therein for taking a vote, the provis-ional board may insert in the scheme a provision that upon the scheme being ratified, the Board of Public Utility Commissioners 'shall fix upon a suitable situation, and there upon the Board shall have power to determine the proper situation for the hospital and their determination shall have the same effect as if it was included in the scheme. 15.

After the expiration of the period of fourteen days or upon such re-apportionment, or confirmation, or substitu tion of a new ,situation or direction to take a vote, whichever shall last happen, the Minister may approve the scheme, but unless he approves the scheme no further proceedings shall be taken. 16.-

(1) After approval, the Minister shall fix a date for taking a poll for the purpose of obtaining a ratification or rejection of the scheme, and shall appoint a returning officer who shall divide the hospital district into polling divisions and name a polling place in each divi-s,ion, and appoint a deputy returning officer for each division and appoint the time and place when and where the returning officer shall sum up the votes given for and against the scheme.

(2) The date fixed for the poll shall be within one month from the date of the approval aforesaid unless the Minister otherwise directs.' 17.-

(1) The Minister of Municipal Affairs shall forward to the returning officer at least five days before the day fixed for taking the poll a list of the ratepayers of the included area.

(2) The secretary-treasurer of the board shall furnish the returning officer at least five days before the day fixed for taking the poll, a list of all persons who have entered into contracts with the board providing for the payment of an annual sum to the board for public ward. hospitalization. which sum has then already been paid or has been secured

7 by an order on the employer of each such person requiring the amount to be retained from the salary or wages of the contract holder.

(3) The two lists referred to in subsections (1) and ~2) shall together be the district voters' list and the returnIng officer shall therefrom prepare a separate list for each polling division. 18.-

(1) The returning officer shall give notice of the date of the poll and the situation of the various polling places in such papers circulating in the hospital district as the Minister shall direct, and shall also post up notices to the like effect in such places as the Minister shall direct.

(2) The advertisements and notices shall be in a form approved by the Minister, and shall be made or posted up at least fourteen clear days before the date of the poll. 19.-

(1) The persons entitled to vote at a poll to ratify or reject a hospital scheme shall be,- (

a) all persons whose names appear upon the district list here,inbefore provided for; (

b) all persons who on the day of the poll subs'cribe to either of the declarations set out in Form A in the Schedule.

(2) The ballot shall be in the following form: Are You in Favour of the Hospital Scheme? Yes No

(3) If the voter is in favour of the hospital scheme he shall make the mark X in the upper right hand blank space which appears opposite the word "Yes". ( 4) If the voter is against the scheme, he shall make the mark X in the lower right hand blank space which appears opposite the word "No."

(5) A corporation may vote by an agent authorized in writing so to do, and not otherwise entitled to vote.

(6) No person shall vote in more than one polling division, and any person so voting shall be guilty of an offence and liable upon

summary conviction toa penalty not exceeding one hundred dollars and costs, and not less than ten dollars and costs. 20. The poll shall be taken in each polling division of the district and shall be conducted in accordance with directions given by the Minister. 21. The returning officer shall, at the appointed time and place, sum up the number of votes cast f'Or 'Or against the

8 hospital 'Scheme, and ,shall then and there declare the result, and shall forthwith certify to the Minister, the total number of ,:oters voting and the number of voters voting for and agaInst the scheme respectively, in each polling division, and the total number of voters voting for each site. RATIFICATION, RE-SUBMISSION, REJECTION. 22.-

(1) In the event of a vote being taken as to the site, the one receiving the largest number of votes shall be the site of the hospital in the event of the 8'cheme being ratified.

(2) If at least two-thirds of the voters voting on the ques tion vote in favour of the schem,e, it shall be thereby ratified, and if less than two-thirds of the voters vote in favour of the scheme it shall be rejected.

(3) A certificate of the returning offker to the effect that at least two-thirds of the voters voting on the question have voted in favour of the scheme, shall be conclusive evidence that the 'Scheme has been ratified and that all the provisions of this Act as to matters precedent to the ratification have been complied with.

(4) Ifa majority which is less than two-thirds of those voting vote in favour of the scheme, the provisional board may, pending the re-submisslion of the scheme, borrow from a bank or any person, a sufficient sum of money to defray the expenses lawfully incurred by it in complying with the provi sions of this Act.

(5) If a majority less than two-thirds of the voters voting thereon, vote in favour of the 'Scheme, the provisional board may at any time re-submit the original~heme, or with the approval of the Minister, submit a scheme, amended in any particulars or particular, for the purpose of obtaining the ratification or rejection of the original or amended scheme.

(6) In the event of a second poll for the purpose of obtain ing a. ratification or rejection of the original or amended scheme, not being taken within twelve months from the first submission of the original'scheme, and also in the event of the scheme being rejected at the s'econd poll, the scheme shall be deemed to have been rejected, and the district to have been disestablished, and the provisional board shall proceed under the prov,isions of

section 24 of this A,ct. 23. At any time prior to the submission of an amended scheme, the Minister may of his own motion, detach any territory from the hospital district, PROCEEDINGS AFTER DISSALLOW ANCE OR REJECTION OF SCHEME. 24. The provisional board shall uP?~ rejection ot the scheme or disallowance thereof by the MInIster, ascertaIn the amount of expenditure connected with the petition for the establishment of the hospital district, and the appointment of

9 the provisional board, and the poll of voters~ if any, ,and of all expenses incidental thereto, or necessarIly or p~operly incurred by the provisional board, and shall apportIOn the same between improvement district number 466 represented by the Minister of Municipal Affairs and the coptract holders in the proportion in which it was propose~ I~ the scheme that expenditure should be borne by t~e saId Improvement district and the contract holders respectIvely. VARIATION OF SCHEME AFTER RATIFICATION. 25.

Any scheme ratified under the provisions of this ~ct may be subsequently varied in any way by the b~ard, WIth the approval of the Minister, either by subtractIon there from, addition thereto, or alteration thereof. 26.

With the approval of the Minister, the board may, notwithstanding any provision of any scheme for the acquisi tiQn of a hospital, defer from time to time the acquisition of any such hospital and may enter into agreements with any other board or any .other hospital for the provision of hospital facilities for the residents .of the municipal hospital district, and every agreement so made shall be valid and binding upon the parties thereto. ALTERATION OF AREA OF DISTRICT. 27.-

(1) At any time after the 'ratification of the scheme, the board, with the approval of the Minister, may by order add to the district any adjoining area if sixty-five per cent of the persons residing in the area of the age of twenty-one years petition the Minister for the addition of the area t.o the district, and in any such order the board may direct that the added area shall be included in one or more already existing wards or that it shall constitute .one or more additional wards, and in such case each such additional ward shall be entitled to be represented by a member on the board wh.o shall be elected at the next annual electi.on of members .of the b.oard, and the Ministe'r shall give all neces sary directi.ons, as t.o -the election of the additi.onal member .or members and as t.o their terms of .office. (2).

Any order made pursuant to subsecti.on (1) shall be effectIve fr.om the date UP.on which it is published in The Alberta Gazette.

(3) Where any change is made in the area .of a district, under the provisi.ons .of this section, the Board of Public Ut!lity CQmmissi.oners shall have all such P.ower as to the adJustm~nt of assets and liabilities and as to the adjustment .of. t!lxatIon for th~ current year as is p.os'sessed by the MInIster .of EducatIOn when any area is added to or taken from any school district.

(4) Upon any addition being made to a district, the board may, ~or the purpose of providing additional hospital acc.ommodatIOn and equipment, issue debentures in addition

10 to the debentures it was authorized to issue immediately before the additiDn wa's made, to an amount which bears the same prDportion to the amDunt of the debentures it was authorized to issue immediately before the addition as the area 'Of the addition bears to. the area Df the district immedi ately before the making of the additiDn. ELECTION OF BOARD. 28.-

(1) After the ratification of the scheme an election of members 'Of the board to. represent the contract holders shall be held at meetings in each ward of all residents of the ward who are contract holders. under the provisiDns of this Act, ea,ch of which meetings, shall be held at such time and place and in such manner as the Minister may direct.

(2) At a time and place to be fixed by the Minister, the ratepayers of the district shall meet for the purpose of elect ing a member of the bDard, and the election shall be con ducted in the manner prescdbed by the Minister. 29.-

(1) Subject to subsection (3), the persons eligible for election as members of the board to represent the con tract holders shall be pers'Ons who are contract holders under the provisions of this Act, or the husband 'Or wife of a con tract holder residing in the ward for which the election is being held.

(2) Subject to subsection (3), the persons eligible for election as members of the board to represent ratepayers shall be persons who are ratepayers in the district and resident in the district, or any agent of a ratepayer which is a corporation who is approved by the corporation as a candidate, and who resides in the district.

(3) Doctors practising in the district shall be ineligible for nomination and electiDn as, members of the board.

(4) If any meeting directed by the Minister pursuant to subsection (1) or subsection (2) is not held or if any meet ing is held as directed but no person is elected to represent a ward or the district, as the case may be, on the board, the Minister may direct a second meeting to be held in the manner provided by subsection (1) or subsecti'On (2), as the case may be, for the said purpose, or he may declare that the said ward or the district, as the case may be, shall not be represented on the board until an election is held pursuant to the provisions of this section, and all proceed ings of the board during ,the vacancy or va.cancies shall be as valid and binding as if the vacancy or vacancies did not exist; provided that if the va,cancy occurs in the representa tion of the ratepayers of the district, the Minister may fill the vacancy by appointing an eligible person as a member of the board until the next election of members.

11 NOMINATION. 30. Every nomination for a member of the l?oard shall be in writing in the form following, and shall be sIgned by at least two ,contract holders residing in the ward (or two rate payers residing in the district, as the case may be) : NOMINATION PAPER. We, the undersigned contra,ct holders resident in ward ...............

" ................... of the Coal Branch Hospital District (or ratepayers resident in the Coal Bran.ch Hospital District, as the case may be) hereby nominate (na~'~~' '~~~id~~~~';' ~~d' '~'~~~p~ti~~' ~j' th~ . p~~~~;;; '~~~i~dted) as a candidate at the election about to be held for a member of the board of the said district. Dated at....................... . ............... the .......................... day of ......... " ....... " ........................ , 19 .... . (Signatures of contract holders or ratepayers. ) 31.

Every such nomination shall also have attached thereto a written statement signed by the person nominated to the effect that he or she is eligible for election and that he or she will accept office if elected, and the statement shall be in the following form : CANDIDATE'S ACCEPTANCE. I, the said ................................................................ nominated in the foregoing nomination, hereby state that I am eligible for election, and that I will accept the office if elected. (Name of Candidate.) Signed in the presence of (Name of Witness.) PERSONS ENTITLED TO VOTE. 3.2.-

(1) The persons entitled to vote for a member of the board to represent the contract holder's in a ward shall be all contract holders residing in the ward together with all persons who on the day of the poll subs'cribe to either of the declarations set out in Form A of the Schedule.

(2) The persons entitled to vote for a member of the boar~ to. represent the ratepayers shall be all ratepayers in the dIstrIct who on the day of the poll subscribe to either of the declarations set out in Form A of the Schedule.

(3) At least five days, before the day fixed for the election, the Minister of Municipal Affairs shall furnish the returning officer appointed by the board with a list of rate payers '0f the area included in the district, and the secretary treasurer of the board shall furnish the returning officer with a list '0f all contract holders residing in the district. CONDUCT OF POLL. 33.

The ballot paper for the election of members of the board shall contain the names of the candidates duly nom inated arranged alphabeti,cally in the order of their sur names, and shall be in the following form : MEMBERS OF MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL BOARD. ANDREWS, HARRY BLACK, WILLIAM DAVIES, EDWARD 34. A corporation may vote by an agent, subject to the same ,conditions as are prescribed by The Improvement Districts Act. 35. No person shall vote in more than one ward and any person S'0 voting shall be guilty '0f an offence and liable on

summary conviction to a penalty not exceeding one hundred dollars and costs and not less than ten dollars and costs. 36. The provisions of The Controverted Municipal Elec tions Act shall apply to all elections of members of a hospital board. FIRST MEETING OF BOARD. 37. When all members] of the board representing the contract holders and ratepayers have been elected they shall ]constitute the hospital board of the district and shall hold their first meeting not later than the fifteenth day of March, 1946, at such time and place as the member '0f the board appointed so to do by the Mjnister may direct.

TENURE OF OFFICE. 38. The members of the provisional b'0ard appointed under the provisions of

section 6 shall hold office until the first meeting of the elected board. 39.-

(1) At the first '0r some subsequent meeting of the members of the board. elected, the names '0f the members written on slips '0f paper shall be placed in a box or other convenient re:ceptacle, and the ,chairman shall draw from the

13 receptacle one-half of the slips, or where the members of the board are an uneven number, slips amounting to one-half of the next higher number, and the members of the board whose names appear upon the slips so drawn shall hold office for two years and the other members of the board shall hold office for one year.

(2) The place of any member of th~ l;>oard wh~se per!od of office expires pursuant to the prOVISIOns of thIS

sectIon shall be filled from time to time in the same manner as the first members of the board are ele'cted. VACATING SEAT ON BOARD. 40.-

(1) If after the election of any person as a member of the board he is convicted of an indictable offence or becomes bankrupt, or if without being authorized by a reso lution of the board so to do he absents, himself from the meetings of the board for three conse,cutive months, or ceases to be a resident of the hospital district, his seat on the board shall forthwith become vacant.

(2) Upon the seat upon the board becoming vacant for any cause whatsoever, other than the effluxion of time, the vacancy shall be filled by an election being held at a time and place fixed by the board and conducted in the same manner as a first ele.ction. 41.-

(1) At the first meeting of the board and after wards at the first meeting in each year, the members of the board shall elect a chairman and vice-chairman from among their number and in case of a vacancy occurring, shall fill the vacancy.

(2) The board may employ a secretary-treasurer, super intendent, matron and such other officers as may seem fit to it, and shall define the duties and fix the remuneration of the same.

(3) The appointment of any such officer shall be subject to the ,approval of the Minister, who shall forthwith be advised by letter, and the Minister may confirm the appoint ment or disallow it, and if the appointment is disallowed the board shall, at its regular m,eeting or (if there be no regular meeting within one month after receipt by the secretary treasurer of the disallowance) at a special meeting called for that purpose, and held within the said period of one month, appoint another person as such officer, subject to the Minister's approval as aforesaid. (4) ~he ~il}iste.r sh~ll.have power to remove or suspend any offIcer If In hIS opInIon such removal or ,suspension is warranted.

(5) The secretary-treasurer of the district shall within one month after entering upon his duties furnish to the distri~t security by a bond or policy of guarantee of a cor porab?n empow.ered to grant bonds, or policies for the IntegrIty and faIthful accounting of public officers or ser-

14 vants or persons occupying positions of trust; and such sec~r~ty shall be .renewed at the. beginning of ea,ch year, and addItIonal securIty shall be gIven when required by the Minister or the board.

(6) If the members of the board fail to take such security or renew the same, they shall be jointly and severaly liable for any default of the secretary-treasurer to the extent of the ~ums for which the bond should be taken: Provioed that when a majority of the board refuses or neglects to take the security on the demand 'Of any member, the demand being duly recorded in the minutes, each member making the demand shall be relieved from all personal liability in case of the default of the officer.

(7) The bond shall be in' a form and for an amount approved by the Minister.

(8) In lieu of the provisions of subsectiDns (5) and (6) of this section, the Minister may 'Obtain a bond or policy covering any number of s~cretary-treasurers and in such case each district shall immediately forward to the Minister its proper proporti'On of the fee paid by the Minister for the bond or policy.

(9) The secretary-treasurer shall keep and make use 'Of such books of record and account as the Minister shall from time to time require him to keep and use, including the debenture register, and shall also prepare a monthly state ment showing the financial standing of the district and the cash receipts and payments and cash on hand as at the end of the pr~eding month, and shall submit every such state ment to the board at the next meeting thereof, and shall send monthly a copy of the statement to the Minister.

(10) The board shall cause the superintendent, or if there be no superintendent, the matron of the hospital, to furnish the secretary-treasurer not later than the tenth day of each month with a report as to the conduct, operation and affairs of the hospital during the preceding month, which report shall set out such matters and such particulars as may be from time to time prescribed by the Minister; the secretary treasurer shall immediately upon the receipt of any such report transmit a copy thereof to the Minister and shall submit to the board all reports so made at the next meeting thereof held after the receipt by him there'Of.

(11) The secretary-treasurer shall attend all meetings of the board and shall truly record. in a book without note or comment all resolutions, decisions and other proceedings of the board; and (if required by any member present) shall record the name and vote of every member voting on any matter submitted; and shall safely keep all the books, dDCU ments, and records of the board, and the originals (or duly certified copies) of all the by-laws thereof.

(12) The secretary-treasurer shall collect, receive and safely keep all moneys belonging or accruing due to the board from whatever source, and shall payout the same

15 only to such persons and in such manner as he is directed by resolution or by-law of the board.

(13) The secretary-treasurer shall daily, or as often as the board may direct, deposit in the name of the board in some chartered bank or other similar institution designated by res'Olutio.n of the board, all moneys received by him; and he shall jointly with the chairman o.f the board sign all necessary cheques.

(14) The board shall hold at least six meetings during the year at such times and at such places as may be fixed from time to time by resolution of the board.

(15) A majority of the members of the board shall form a quorum for the transaction of business and the board shall have power to. make and adopt rules regulating the transac tio.n o.f business, and may provide therein for the apP'Oint ment of committees to. whom it may delegate any of its powers and authorities for the purpose of carrying out the work entrusted to them.

(16) After ratificatio.n of the scheme, the board may pay each of its members for each meeting an allowance of twenty cents per mile from his home to the place of meeting and also an allowance not exceeding four dollars each per day for the time necessarily occupied in attending meetings of the boa:rd, or the ,convention of the Hospital Association: Pro.vided always that no allowance shall be paid to any member in respect of any meetings in excess 'Of twelve in any one year unless the meetings are held with the approval of the Minister. 42.-

(1) The board shall at its first meeting after the establishment of the district and at its first meeting in every subsequent year, or within two months thereafter, appoint an auditor.

(2) An incorpo.rated 'company or a partnership may be appointed as auditor.

(3) No one shall be apP'Ointed auditor who then or during the preceding year, is or was,- (

a) a member of the board; or (

b) secretary-treasurer of the board; or (

c) interested directly or indirectly in any contract made by the hospital district; 'Or (

d) employed by the district in any capacity except that of auditor. .

(4) Any auditor becoming, (

a) a member of the board; or (

b) secretary-treasurer of the board; 'or (

c) interested directly or indirectly in any contract made by the district; or (

d) emplo~ed by the di.strict ~n any capacity except that of audItor,-shall ImmedIately vacate his office.

(5) The appointment of an auditor shall be subject to the approval of ,the Minister who. shall forthwith be advised thereof by letter and the Minister may confirm the appoint- ment or disallow it. .

(6) In the event of disallowance the board shall at its regular meeting (or if there be no regular me'eting within one month after the receipt by the secretary-treasurer of notice of the disallowance, then at a special meeting called for that purpose and held within the period o.f one month) appoint another person, -company or firm as auditor, subject to the Minister's approval as aforesaid.

(7) The auditor shall audit and report upon all books and accounts affecting the district or relating in any way to the business and affairs of the district, and after the examina tion of every account, voucher, receipt or paid debenture, -shall stamp or write thereon in indelible letters the word "Audited" and initial the same, and he shall verify the cash balance as shown by the secretary-treasurer's books by counting the cash, and in no case shall he certify to the correctness of the books until he has checked up the deposits entered in the cash bo.ok with the deposits shown in the bank book, and shall comply with regulations made pursuant to this Act.

(8) The auditor shall in every cas'e write a special report respecting all expenditure made contrary to law, by-law or resolution, if there is such expenditure, and shall deliver the report to. the ,chairman of the board who shall lay the same before the board at its next regular meeting.

(9) Not later than the thirty-first day of January in each year the auditor -shall prepare a financial statement in such form as the Minister may direct or the. regulations made pursuant to. this Act may prescribe.

(10) The statement shall show the total amount of debentures autho.rized to be issued, the debentures actually issued, those actually sold, or otherwise, and their disposal, those remaining on hand, and the amount of debentures redeemed and o.utstanding, respectively.

(11) The auditor shall make the statement and report in duplicate and shall forward one copy thereof to. the Minister and deliver the other to the secretary-treasurer of the district. 43.-

(1) Every member of the board and every officer of the district shall, before entering upon the duties of his office make and subscribe the Official Oath prescribed by , . The Oaths of Ojjwe Act.

(2) The 'p~rson 1l!-akin~ the -oat~ ~h~ll, before. entering upon the dutIes of hIS offIce, depOSIt It 'In the offIce of the secretary-treasurer.

17 MISCELLANEOUS POWERS OF BOARD. 44.-

(1) Subject to the p~ovisions of this A~t, and t? any regulations made by the Lleute~a;nt Gover~or In CouncIl under the provisions of The Munw'tpal Hospdals Act, ~he board shall do all things that may be necessary for carryIng out any hospital scheme, and may make such rules and regulations for the maintenance and management of any hospital as it may deem fit.

(2) In addition to the usual staff it shall be lawful for the board to employ one or m'ore district nurses, whose course of studies and qualifications shall be determined by regula tion under the next preceding subsection.

(3) The board may, with the approval of the Minister, enter into any agreement to ,provide for the payment of any portion of the salary and expenses of one or more nurses to provide nursing service outside the hospital, but within the district. 45. The board may make such provision as may be neces sary in order to receive the recognition of the University of Alberta of its hospital and the training given therein as suitable for the training of nurses under the provisions of The Registered Nurses Act. 46.

The board may make an agreement with the Govern ment of the Province as to the cost and methods of specially training any number of nurses so as to better fit them to become superintendent of the district hospital, and as to what proportion of such cost the Province will pay. 47.-

(1) Upon it being made to appear to the Minister by a resolution passed by the board that it is desired to disestablish the district, the Minister, upon being satisfied that it is in the public interest to disestablish the district, may give notice in The Alberta Gazette and to the board and to the Minister of Municipal Affairs that it is proposed to disestablish the district from and after a date to be specified in the notice which shall not be less than six months after the publication of the notice in The Alberta Gazette.

(2) In case it is made to appear to the Minister within two months after the publication of the notice in The Alberta Gazette by a resolution pas'sed by the board or by representa tio~s. made by the Minister of Municipal Affairs or by petItIons of contract holders or ratepayers of the district, or in any other way that it is desirable so to do the Minister may by order direct a vote of the contract holders and rate payers of the district upon the question as to whether or not the district should be disestablished, and the vote shall be taken according to the provisions of this Act for the taking of a vote for the ratification or rejection of the hospital scheme, and all such provisions shall, mutatis mutandis, apply thereto.

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(3) If a vote has been taken and the proposal for the dIs~st~blishment .of the district has been approved by a maJorIty of t.h~ contract holder·s and ratepayers voting thereat, the MInIster may proceed to the disestablishment of the district . .

(4) In case it has not been made to appear to the Minister wIthIn two months after the publication of the notice .of disestablishment in The Alberta Gazette that it is desirable to take a vote, the Minister may proceed to the disestablish ment .of the district.

(5) The Minister may, in any case in which he is empow ered by this Act S.o to dD, make an order disestablishing the district as and from the date set out in the notice of disestab lishment or any later date which may be fixed by him and may by that order or by a separate order appoint one or more person~ to wind up and liquidate the affairs of the district; every such orde'r shall be' published in The Alberta Gazette and shall take effect on publication; and frDm and after the date fixed fDr the disestablishment of the district it shall continue to exist solely for the purpose of the winding up of its affairs, and all the pDwers conferred upon the board of the district shall thereupon be transferred to and vested in the person or persons appointed to wind up its affairs to the extent that it may be necessary for that purpose.

(6) The Minister may from time to tim·e give such direc tions as he may deem proper as tD the winding up of the affairs .of the disestablished district.

(7) In case the assets of the district are insufficient to meet its liabilities, the deficiency shall be borne by improve merit district number 466 represented by the Minister of Municipal Affairs and the contract holders in the same prD portion as they would have been liable for the annual costs and maintenance .of the hospital if the district had not been disestablished; in case after the payment of the, liabilities .of the district a surplus remains, the same shall be distributed between impr.ovement district number 466 represented by the Minister of Munciipal Affairs and the contract holders in the same pr.oPortion as is hereinbefore referred to.

(8) In case it is desired to disestablish the district in case it has an outstanding debenture indebtedness, the Minister shall not proceed to .order the taking. of a v?te under this

section or to make any order for the dIsestablIshment of the district unless and until the Board of Public Utility Com missioner-s has certified that due provision has been made fDr the .prDtection of the holders of debentures thereof and has given all necessary .. ~irections. to secur~ the effe,ctive carrying out of the prOVISIons .of thIS subsectIon. MEETING OF CONTRACT HOLDERS AND RATEPAYERS. 48.-

(1) Upon receiving> .prior to the first '?ay of May in any year, a request in WrItIng, from twenty-fIve per cent

19 of the contract holders and ratepayers of the district, the board shall summon a meeting of the contract holders and ratepayers of the district.

(2) The board shall, fourteen days before the date of the meeting, insert in a newspaper -cir,culating in the district, a notice of the time and place of the meeting.

(3) The chairman and the secretary-treasurer of the district, or if the absence of either is necessary, some other person or persons authorized thereunto by the board, shall be present at the meeting, and shall bring with them all records pertaining to the maintenance and operation of. the hospital, and submit the same to inspection by the meetIng, and shall give such information touching the affairs of the district as is within their power. INVESTIGATION BY MINISTER. 49.

The board and all officers thereof shall give all such information as may be in their power to give to the Minister, upon any matter, when requested so to do, and shall submit all their books or records and accounts and all other papers and documents to audit or investigation by him or any person duly appointed by him, whenev'er required so to do. FINANCIAL PROVISIONS. Temporary Loans. 50.-

(1) The board of the district may after ratification of the scheme and from time to time authorize by resolution its chairman and secretary-treasurer to borrow such sums as the board deems necessary, to meet the expenditures of the district, until such time as the sum,s of money requisi tioned for and the amounts due from contract holders are received as herein provided, and the amount so borrowed may be secured by the promissory note or notes of the chair man and the secretary-treasurer given on behalf of the board.' .

(2) The sums borrowed under the provisions of this

section and remaining unpaid to the lender shall not exceed the aggregate total amount of the sums requisitioned for.

(3) The board may pledge, charge or hypothecate any moneys which are due and payable to the board on account of any current requisition, or arrears of requisitions, or amounts due from ·contract holders and payable to the board for the pur.pose of securing the repayment of any moneys borrowed by the board under the authority conferred by this section. 51. The board of the district may, with the consent of the Minister, bo~row such sums as the board deems necessary on the securIty of a,ccounts for hospital 's,ervices receivable by the board and may hypothecate such accounts by way of security for the repayment of any money S.o borrowed.

20 52. Where it is not proposed to make any requisition in the year in which the s:cheme is ratified the board may with the approval of the Minister, pass a by-law authorizing the secretary-treasurer and the chairman to borrow by promis :sory note or note,s from any person, bank or corporation, such sum or sums of , money as may be required until such time as the requisition is made. Debentures for Capital Expenditure~ 53.-

(1) The board of the district may borrow on the security of the district, an amount equal to the capital ex penditure set out in the scheme, and shall pass a by-law to that effect, which shall be in the form set out in Form B in the Schedule, or in any other form approved by the Min ister, and shall be under the corporate seal of the district.

(2) Upon passing sU,ch by-law the board may issue a debenture or debentures to secure the amount of the prin cipal and interest of the loan so authorized, or for any less sum, upon the terms specified by the by-law, and the debenture or debentures shall be sealed with the seal of the district, and together with the coupons thereto attached shall be signed by the chairman and the secretary-tre.asurer of the district, and the said debenture or debentures counter signed by the Minister as provided for in

section 54 shall be sufficient to bind the district, and create a charge or lien against all hospital property and all property -assessable for hospital purposes in the district.

(3) A .copy of every such by-law referred to h~rein shall be inscribed in the minute book 'containing a record of the board's proceedings.

(4) Debentures shall not ,carry interest at a greater rate than six percent per annum.

(5) Debentures may be dated at any time within twelve months from the date of the af.oresaid by-law, and the first instalm·ent of principal and interest may be made payable at any time within eighte'en months from the date of the deben ture, and the debentures shall be in the form set forth in Forms C or D in the

Schedule or to the like effect.

(6) Any form of debenture other than prescribed by this Act may be used if approved by the Minister.

(7) A debenture for the whole amount or for a less amount than that mentioned in the by-law, or a series of debentures aggregating such full amount or aggregating a less amount than is so mentioned, may be issued.

(8) Whenever a series of debentures is issued of the same denomination and at the same time, each of the series shall be distinguished by a mark or symbol different from the mark or symbol appearing on the other debentu::es of the same issue, and the same marks or symbols respectIvely shall appear on the coupons attached to the del?entures respec tively bearing a like mark or symbol.

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(1) Every debenture before being issued shall be sent for registration to the Minister, who shall cause a proper record to be kept 'Of the same.

(2) The Minister shall thereupon, if sati~fied that ~he requirements of this Act have been substantIally complIed with, register and 'countersign the debentur~, and. such countersigning by the Minister shall be conclusIve eVIdence that the district has been legally constituted and that all f'Ormalities in respect of the loan and the issue of the deben ture have been complied with, and the legality of the issue of the debenture shall be thereby conclusively established and its validity shall not be questioned in any court in the Province, but it shall be a good and indefeasible security in the hannds of any bona fide holder thereof.

(3) Without restricting the powers of the Deputy Min' ister c'Onferred upon him by The Public Service Act, or any other Act or Ordinance, the Deputy Minister of Health shall have and possess fDr the purpose of this section, all the powers hereto conferred upon the Minister. 55.

Any debenture is:sued under the provisions hereof, and coupons for the interest thereon, may be payable in gold or its equivalent of lawful money of Canada Dr of Great Britain, at any bank or banks, place or places to be named in Great Britain, the United States of America or Canada, and may 'provide for the, payment 'Of the interest either yearly or half-yearly. 5,6.

The board of the district pending the sale Qf any debenture issued as provided for herein may by resolution or by-law authorize the ,chairman and the secretary-treasurer to raise moOney by way of loan on the debenture and to hypothecate it for any such loan, provided that the proceeds Qf every such loan shall be applied for the purpose for which the debenture was issued, and should the debenture be sub sequently sold and disposed of, the proceeds shall first be applied in repayment of the IQan, but the vendor shall not be bound to see to the application 'Of the proceeds of any such loan.

ADDITIONAL DEBENTURES. 57.-

(1) If, subsequent to the ratificatiDn 'Of the scheme, any additiDnal capital exnenditure is prDposed and the Min ister consents thereto, then in case the same exceeds Qne thousand dollars in any year, the board shall take a vote in the form of a question upon such date as it may select with reference to the' same, which question shall detail specifically the an:ount and object of the proposed expenditure, and if two-thIrds of the persons actually voting vote in favour of the proposed expenditure the board may proceed to expend the same amount, and may borrow the said amount of money and issue debentures under the provisions of this Act fDr tha~ amount a~d interest thereon, but in case the prDposed capItal expendIture does not exceed 'One thousand dDllars in

22 anyone year, then the board may, without a vote, borrow such amount and issue a debenture or debentures under the provisions, of this Act, for that amount and the interest thereon.

(2) The persons entitled to vote upon any such question shall be the persons who would be entitled to vote upon a scheme if it were then being submitted. 58.-

(1) If, subsequent to the ratification of the scheme, the estimate of the capital expenditure set out in the scheme proves to be inadequate .owing tlO the increase in size or population of the district, or if after due inquiry the Board Df Public Utility Commissioners is of opinion that an addi tional expenditure Dver and above the estimate may reason ably be made, then in either case upon the Board of Public Utility Commissioners so certifying, the board may proOceed to expend any additional amDunt which the Board oOf Public Utility CDmmissioners may 'prescribe in its certificate and may, subject toO the proOvisions of The Public Utilities Act, borrow such amount and issue debentures under the provi sions oOf this Act for the sum and interest thereon.

(2) The bDard may, with the apprDval of the Minister, at any time when it has a sufficient amount in cash in its reserve fund toO pay for the same, do all Dr any oOf the acts and things following, namely; alter, improOve Dr add to its hospital buildings, lands or equipment; erect and equip a new hoOspital; erect and equip a nurses' home; and acquire any property, real oOr personal, required for the purpose oOf so doing. ASSESSMENT AND TAXATION. 59.-

(1) As soon after the ratification oOf the scheme as is directed by the Minister, the board shall prepare a state ment Df,- (

a) the amount of capital expenditure and Interest thereon, proposed toO be repaid befoOre the, end oOf the then current year; (

b) the amount of the estimated expenditure oOf the district (including such amount, if any, as may be approOved by the Board of Public Utility Commis sioners, toO provide a reserve fund for the retirement Df debentures or foOr the defrayal of any of the expenditures referred toO in

section 58), less the estimated revenue, if any, to be derived from the hospital or hospitals; (

c) the expenses incurred in connection with the estab lishment of the district and all other expenses in ,curred in cDnnection with any matter or thing directed by or authorized under this Act; (

d) the propDrtion of the estimate required to be furnished in accordance with the provisions of the scheme by improvement district number 466 repre sented by the Minister of Municipal Affairs;

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e) any data pertaining to as~essments, requisitions, acreage, mill rates, populatIOn, number of co~t~act holders and ratepayers or any other data of a sImIlar nature which may from time to time be reql,lired by the Board of Public Utility Commissioners,- and shall as soon as possible after ratification of the .scheme and not later than the fifteenth day of February In each year thereafter, submit all such estimates ~o the Board of Public Utility Commissioners who may conf.Irm the sam~ or may vary the estimate and confir!ll the estImate so .varIed, and the decision thereon of the saId Board shall be fInal.

(2) The Board of Public Utility COI?missio~ers in. c?n firming the estimate pursuant to subsectIon (1) If of opInIOn that the amount of the estimate is not equitably divided between the contract holders and improvement district number 466, represented by the Minister of Municipal Affairs, may make such division of the amount as it deems just.

(3) In each year, the board, upon r'eceiving the confirma tion of the estimate from the Board of Public Utility Com missioners, shall send to improvement district number 466, represented by the Minister of Municipal Affairs, a notice s'etting out the portion of the estin1ate required from it. 60.-

(1) Where provision is made in any scheme pre scribing the minimum tax payable by ratepayers 'assessed in respect of property within the hospital district, in case a ratepayer is assessed in respect of more than one parcel of land in the district he shall be liable to the payment of the minimum tax to the extent only that the sum of the hospital taxes payable by him in respect of all such parcels is less than the minimum tax.

For the purposes of this subsection "the ratepayer" means the registered owner of any parcel, except only where there is a subsisting agreement for the sale of the parcel, in which case the purchaser of the parcel shall be deemed to be "the ratepayer" so long as that agree ment subsists.

(2) A non-resident ratepayer who is assessed for the minimum tax shall be entitled to hospital facilities as if he were a resident ratepayer. 61.-

(1) Before the first day of March in each year the board shall send to improvement district number 466 r~presented by the Minister pf Municipal Affairs, a requisi~ bon for that part of the estImate attributed to it.

(2) All sums collected by improvement district number 466, represented b~ the Mini~ter of Municipal Affairs, on ~ccou~t of the .h?~pItal tax leVIed by it shall be applied by it In paYIng reqUIsItIons made upon it pursuant to this Act . . (3~ Upon receipt of any such requisition improvement dIStrIct number 466, represented by the Minister of Muni cipal Affairs, shall levy against the property within the

24 hospital district and collect a hospital tax at a rate sufficient to make payment of the sum requisitioned after making due allowance for uncollected or uncollectible taxes.

(4) Improvement district number 466, represented by the Minister of Municipal Affairs, shall forward to the board the sum so requisitioned in four equal quarterly payments, the first of which payments shall be made before the first day of April in each year.

(5) In the event of a board finding it impossible to comply with the provisions of this.

section owing to the district being formed too late in the year, or owing to any other sufficient reason, the board may upon the direction of the Minister send such requisition prior to any date named in such direction, and thereupon improvement district number 466, represented by the Minister of Municipal Affairs, shall make a special levy of a sum suffi.cjent to meet the requisition, and shall forward it in such number of equal instalments and at such times as may be set out in the direction.

(6) If improvement district number 466, represented by the Minister of Municipal Affairs, pays any amount payable to a hospital board on ac·count of any requisition after the date upon which it is due, it shall pay to the board interest upon that payment at the rate of seven per cent per annum for the period between the due date and the date· of payment. 62. The incidence, imposition, collection and enforcement of the hospital tax shall follow and be regulated by the provisions of The Improvement Districts Act except in so far as by this Act is otherwise provided. ,63.

The amount of the hos.pital taxes to be levied by improvement district number 466, represented by the Min ister of Municipal Affairs, shall be in addition to all rates levied for municipal purposes. 64.-

(1) The regulations made by the Lieutenant Gov ernor in Council under the authority of The Municipal Hos pitals Act shall apply to the hospital district created under the provisions of this Act.

(2) The Minister may for cause dismiss the members of the Board and appoint an official administrator in their stead.

(3) Such official administrator shall have all the powers and authorities conferred by this Act upon a hospital board; he shall perform all the duties of the board; he shall be paid such sal'ary as the Minister may determine; an.d his salary, together with his proper expenses, shall be paId out of the funds of the district.

(4) The official administrator shall act as secretary treasurer of the hospital district, and may employ such

25 assistants as he may deem advisable to assist him in the discharge of his duties, and the salari~s p~id such assistants shall be paid out of the funds of the dIstrIct.

(5) When an official administrator is a.ppointed, the Minister may at any time order that a board shall be ele~ted and such election shall be held in the same manner subJect to the direction of the Minister as an election for first members of the board. <65.

Whenever in this Act anything is directed to be done by the Minister with respect to' any matter, the Lieutenant Governor in Council may upon the recommendation of the Minister refer the matter to the Board O'f Public Utility CommissiO'ners, who thereupon shall have the same powers to act in the matter as is by this Act cO'nferred upon the Minister, or such of them as may be delegated to' the board. 66. This Act shall come into fO'rce on the day upon which it is assented to. FORMA. POLL AS TO SCHEME. (Sections 19 and 32.) The Coal Branch Hospital District.

Dated this ...................... day of ................................... , 19 ...... . The undersigned solemnly declares,- 1. That he is O'f the full age of nineteen years; 2. That he is a contract holder with the board of the Coal Branch Hos.pital District (or that he is liable to pay improve ment district taxes in respect of property in the Coal Branch Hospital District, as the case may be) ; 3.

That he has not voted before at the taking of this poll. or,- The undersigned solemnly declares that he or she is the husband or wife or father or mother or son or daughter of .....................................................

" ............ , who lives within the Coal Branch Hospital DIstrict, and who is a contract holder with the boa;rd "?f the said. district (or is liable to pay im provement dIstrIct taxes WIth respect to' property therein, as the case may be), and that he or she is of the full age of twenty-one years and lives with the said (wife husband etc., respectively), and that he has not before v~ted at th~ taking of this poll.

26 FORMB. (Section 53 (1).) BY-LAW No .................. . A By-law relating to the issue of debentures of the Coal Branch Hospital District of the Province of Alberta.

Whereas it is necessary and desirable that the sum of ........................................... dollars should be borrowed on the security of the Coal Branch Hospital District of the Province of Alberta for the purpose of (here state ·purpose for which money is required) ............................................ . repayable to the bearer in.. ...... .... . . . ..equal con- secutive annual instalments, of combined principal and interest at not more than eight per cent per annum.

Now therefore, the board of the said district enacts as follows: 1. That the board do. horro.w the said sum of ... dollars .or any less sum, pursuant to the provisions of The Coal Branch Hospital District Act, and that debentures of the said district be issued for such amount, payable to the bearer in..... ............ ........ ...... . . equal consecutive annual instalments of combined principal and interest a,t not more than eight per cent per annum, payable annually, and said debentures shall be executed by the chairman and treasurer of this board.

Done and passed this ............... day of .. 19 ........ . (Signed) . . ..... (Signed) .. Secretary. FORMe. (Section 53 (5).) PROVINCE OF ALBERTA. $ .............................. . Canadian currency. , .......... , .. Chairman. Debenture No ... Transferable. . .. , The Coal Branch Hospital District of the Province of Alberta.

The board of The Coal Branch Hospital District of the Province of Alberta promises to pay to the bearer at the ................................................. . .... .the sum of dollars of lawful money of Canada on the................ ..... . ... day of .............................. , 19 ...... , with interest at the rate of ............................ per ,cent per annum on the terms and in the amounts specified in the coupons attached hereto.

Dated this. 19 .. Countersigned this .. 19 ......... . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . Minister of Health. 27 ... dayQf ....... .. , Chairman . .......... day of ....................... . Treasurer. COUPONS. CouPQn No... Debenture No ...................... ..

The BQard of the Coal Branch HQspital District of the Province .of Alberta will pay to bearer at the.. . .. ......... .. .............. ........................... at ............................................... on the ............................ ........ . .... day of ................................ ·.··, 19 ........ , the sum of $............. ...... ...... , being the half-yearly (or annual, as the case may be) , instalment of interest at the rate of... . per cent per annum due on that day on HQspital Debenture No..... ............ .. ..................... .................................................... .

FORM D. (Section 53 (5).) Chairman. Treasurer. $ ............ Debenture No .............. . The Coal BTanch Hospital District of the Province of Alberta. The board of the Coal Branch HQspital Dis,trict .of the Province .of Alberta promises to pay toO the bearer at the ............................ at...... .. .................. the sum of.. ..dollars of lawful money of Canada in ....... .. equal consecutive annual instalments, with interest at the rate of ... ........ . ......... per cent per annum, on the terms and in the amounts specified in the CQupons attached hereto.

Dated this.. .. .... day of..... ......... .........., 19 ......... Chairman. Countersigned . '" ............................................ , 19 ........ . Minister of Health. Treasurer.

28 COUPONS. Coupon No.............. Debenture No ................ .. The Board of the Coal Branch Hospital District of the Province of Alberta will pay to the bearer at the ........ . . ......... .............. ... .......... .... . on the ....................................... . day of .......................................... , 19 ........ , the sum of .......................... . dollars, being the ....................................... .instalment of prin- cipal with the total interest at the rate of ......................... . per cent per annum due on that day on Hospital Debenture No. Chairman. Treasurer.

No. 10. FIRST SESSION TENTH LEGISLATURE 9 GEORGE VI 1945 BILL An Aet to Provide for the Establish ment of a Hospital Distriet in Local Improvement District No. 466. Received and read the Firsttime ......................................... . Second time ..................................... . Third time ......... . MR. WILLMORE. EDMONTON: A. Shnltka, King's Printer 1945 Title: 1945 (10th, 1st) Bill 10,

An Act to Provide for the Establishment of a Hospital District in Local Improvement District No. 466

Document details

Collection	Alberta — Bills
Citation	L10 S1 7533
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	L10 S1 7533
Language	en
Format	json
Source	PROVINCIAL
Identifier	2499880ef037e04837b49fab97807f2d9a866017

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