Bill 10 (Legislature 11, Session 1)

L11 S1 7132

Alberta — Bills

BILL No. 10 of 1949.

An Act to amend the Act constituting The Drumheller Charter. (Assented to , 19-'+9.)

WHEREAS The City of Drumheller has prayed for certain 'amendments to

Chapter 64 of the Statutes of Alberta, 1930, and Amendments thereto; And

whereas it is expedient to grant the prayer of the said petition; Therefore His Majesty, by and with the advice and con sent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Alberta enacts as follows:

Chapter 64 of the Statutes of Alberta, 19,30, and Amend ments therE}to are hereby amended as follows: 1.

Part II,

section 58, by adding the words "or employee" after the word "officer" in the first line thereof. 2.

Part IV,

section 23 (3) by striking out the word "six" and substituting therefor the words "five thirty". 3.

Part IV,

section 24 (

c) by striking out the said sub

section and substituting therefor the following: "(c)

(1) To pass by-laws, assented to by a majority of the burgesses voting thereon from time to time, to provide for the establishment and maintenance of a superannuation and benefit fund for the benefit of the officers, officials and employees of the City and their families, and for providing pensions, gratuities or retiring allowances to any such officers, offi,cials or employees and for aiding and assisting by annual grant of money or otherwise the said funds. "

(2) Also to pass by-laws assented toby a majority of the burgesses voting thereon from time to time for contributing or paying the full amount or any portion of any premium or premiums in respect of any benefit, accident, sickness or life insurance policy or policies or scheme of group insurance for the purpose of insuring all or any employees of the City against sickness, 'accident or death, as the case may be". 4.

Part IV, by adding the following section: "66-

(1) The Council of the City of Drumheller may by by-law, assented to by a majority of the burgesses voting thereon from time to time, acquire by purchase, for and on

2 behalf of the City and for any purposes whatsoever such lands as the Council shall deem it expedient to acquire and may by such by-law .contract debts for such purpose. "

(2) Any land or lands so acquired may be held, im proved, used, leased, sold or otherwise disposed of witho~t the matter being referred to the burgesses, as the CouncIl shall from time to time see fit. "

(3) The proceeds of the sale of any lands so acquired may be used for acquiring other lands or invested in the same manner as sinking funds, or be used for or loaned to any of the City's public utilities, upon such terms as the Council may deem proper. "( 4) All income derived from said lands, or from the investment of the proceeds arising from the sale thereof, may be appropriated by the Council as if it were money raised by general rate for general municipal purposes". 5.

Part IX,

section 15 (a) (ii) by striking out the said clause (ii). 6.

Part XI, by adding the following subsection at the end of

section 2: "2.-

(2) All the lands of a Railway Company shall be assessed and taxed in the same manner as provided in The Assess1nent Act or any Act passed in amendment or sub stitution thereof". 7.

Part XIII,

section 3, by striking out the words "of the full age of twenty-one years" which occur in the fifth line thereof, and substituting therefor the words "who has attained the age required, if otherwise duly qualified, to en title such person to have his or her name placed on the list of voters under The Alberta Election Act, or any Act passed in amendment or substitution thereof and earns a salary, wage or remuneration of not less than $60.00 a month" and by adding the word "poll" after the word "annual" in the seventh line thereof, and by striking out the word "six" where the same occurs in line eight thereof, and substituting therefor the word "ten", and by adding after the word "Roll" in the fourteenth line thereof the words "and shall be included in the list of persons entitled to vote at an election of a Trustee of the said School District and that notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in

Part XVII,

section 3". 8.

Part XIII,

section 6, by striking out the words "one by-law or several by-laws" and substituting therefor the words "one resolution or several resolutions". 9. ~art XIII,

section .34, by striking out the words "by advertIsement posted up In at least three public places in the City near to the distrained property" and by substituting therefor the words "by a notice to be published in two issues of a newspaper printed and published in the City".

3 . 10. Par:t XV, sect~on 3 (c), by striking out all the words In the saId subsectIon following the words "successive weeks;". 11.

Part XV,

section 3 (d), by striking out the words "and posted". 12.

Part XVII,

section 1, by striking out the word "N 0- vember" where the same occurs therein and substituting therefor the word "October". 13.

Part XVIII,

section 3 (j), by striking out the words "posted in at least six conspicuous places within the City and". . 14.

Part XIX,

section 1, by striking out the words "Mon day in December" and substituting therefor the words "Wed nesday in November". 15.

Part XIX,

section 3, by striking out the words "Mon day in December post up in five conspicuous places within the City" where the same occur in the second and third lines thereof and by substituting therefore the following words "Wednesday in November cause to be published in one issue of a newspaper printed and published in the City" and by striking out the word "December" where the same occurs in line 9 thereof and substituting therefor the word "November" . 10.

Part XIX,

section 8, by striking out the words "to be posted up in at least three conspicuous places within the City" where the same occur in lines three and four thereof, substituting therefor the following "to be published in one issue of a newspaper printed and published in the City". 17.

Part XIX,

section 10, by striking out the words "forthwith posted up in three conspicuous places in the City" where the same occur therein and substituting there for the following words "cause to be published in one issue of a newspaper printed and published in the City". 18.

Part XIX,

section 25, by striking out the words "posted in three conspicuous pla~es within ~~e C~ty" and substituting therefor the follOWIng words publIshed at least four clear days previous to the said second day of N 0- vember in one issue of a newspaper printed and published in the City". 19.

Part XXIII,

section 2, by striking out this section. 20. This A,ct shall come into force on the day upon which it is assented to.

No. 10 FIRST SESSION ELEVENTH LEGISLATURE 13 GEORGE VI 1949 BILL

An Act to amend the Act constituting The Drumheller Charter. Received and read the First time ....................................... . Second time ..................................... . Third time ....................................... . MR. TAYLOR. Title: 1949 (11th, 1st) Bill 10,

An Act to amend the Act constituting The Drumheller Charter

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