Bill 24 (Legislature 8, Session 8)

L8 S8 8000

Alberta — Bills

Bill No. 24 of 1939. A BILL TO AMEND THE HORNED CATTLE PURCHASES ACT. NOTE.

This Bill amends The Horned Cattle Purchases Act in the following particulars: The definition of a dealer is extended to all persons who engage in the business of dealing in cattle. (Section 2.) The money received under this Act on account of pur chases of horned cattle is made available for the payment of the expenses incurred in the administration of the Act, as well as for the improvement of live stock in the Prov ince. (Seetion 3.) A new provision is made prohibiting the shipment out of the Province of cattle with horns at any shipping point at which a live stock inspector is stationed or the service of such an inspector is available other than in a railway car billed through the Edmonton or Calgary stockyards, until such cattle have been inspected and the amounts pay able under the Act in respect thereof have been paid. (Section 4.) A new provision is made empowering the Minister, with the approval of the Lieutenant Governor in Council to make regulations as to the procedure and to prescribe forms. (Section 5.) R.

ANDREW SMITH, Legislative Counsel. (This note does not form any part of the Bill and is offered merely as a partial explanation of some of its provisions.)

BILL No. 24 of 1939.

An Act to Amend The Horned Cattle Purchases Act. (Assented to , 1939.) HIS MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1.. This Act may be e,ited as "The Horned Cattle Pur chases Act Amendment Act, 1939." 2. The Horned Cattle Purchases Act, being

chapter 44 of the Statutes of Alberta, 1938, is hereby amended as to

section 2 by striking out the words "licensed as a cattle dealer pursuant to The Alberta Live Stock and Live Stock Products Act" where the same occur in paragraph (

b) and by substituting therefor the words "who engages in the business of dealing in cattle". 3. The said Act is further amended as to

section 3 by adding at the end of subsedion (2) the words "and any expenditures incurred by him in the administration of this Act at any time since the thirty-first day of March, 1938". 4. The said Act is further amended by inserting therein immediately after

section 3 the following new section: "3a.-

(1) No person shall ship any cattle with horns out of the Province unless and until he has sent to the Minister a sum equal to one dollar for each head of such cattle.

(2) No dealer shall, at any shipping point in the Prov ince at which there is a stock inspector appointed pursuant to The Stock Inspection Act or at which the services of such an inspector are available place any cattle with horns in any railway car for shipment out of the Province other than a railway car whieh is billed through the stock yards either at Edmonton or Calgary, unless and until such stock has been inspected by the stock inspector and payment has been made to the inspector on behalf of the Minister, the sum payable in respect of such cattle pursuant to

section 3." 5. The said Act is further amended by inserting therein immediately after

section 4 the following new section: "4a. With the approval of the Lieutenant Governor in Council the Minister may from time to time make regula tions as to the procedure to be followed and the forms to

2 be used in relation to any matter or thing the doing of which is authorized or required by this Act and any regula tions so made shall have the same force and effect as if the same had been enacted by this Act." 6. This Act shall come into force on the day upon which it is assented to. .

No. 24. EIGHTH SESSION EIGHTH LEGISLATURE 3 GEORGE VI 1939 BILL

An Act to Amend The Horned Cattle Purchases Act. Received and read the First time ...................................... .. Second time .................................... .. Third time ...................................... .. HON. MR. MULLEN. EDMONTON: A. Shnitka, King's Printer 1939 Title: 1939 (8th, 8th) Bill 24,

An Act to Amend The Horned Cattle Purchases Act

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