Bill No. 41 of 1941. A BILL TO AMEND THE DEPARTMENT OF LANDS AND MINES ACT. NOTE. This Bill amends The Department of Lands and Mines Act.

Section is amended so as to make it clear that the scope of the activities of the Advisory Board extends to all of the natural resources in the Province and is not restricted to the natural resources administered by the Province. The new

section 9a provides a means for making photo­ static records of the departmental files so that the files themselves can be destroyed and thus release valuable space now being taken up by the accumulation of the files themselves. W. S. GRAY, Acting Legislative Counsel. (This note does not form any part of the Bill but is offered in explanation of its provisions.) BILL No. 41 of 1941.

An Act to Amend The Department of Lands and Mines Act. (Assented to , 1941.) 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 cited as "The Department of Lands and Mines Act Amendment Act, 1941." 2. The Department of Lands and Mines Act, being

chapter of the Statutes of Alberta, 1931, is hereby amended as to se,ction 9,- (

a) by striking out subsection (1) thereof and by substituting therefor the following: "9.-

(1) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may appoint not more than three persons as an Advisory Board, and may nominate the chairman thereof and determine their remuneration." (

b) by striking out the words "the natural resources of the Province," where the same occur in subsection (3) thereof, and by substituting therefore the words "the natural resources situate in the Province." 3. The said Act is further amended by adding immedi­ ately after

section the following new section: "9a.-

(1) When, upon the written authority of the Minister or Deputy Minister, photographs have been taken of any papers, books, files, documents or plans of record in the Department that relate to transactions that have been con,cluded for a period of more than one year, and the film of such photograph has been duly certified under the signature of an officer of the Department duly nominated for such purpose by the Minister, such papers, books, files, documents and plans may be destroyed forthwith under the direction and supervision of such officer. "

(2) A print from any such photographic film, duly certified under the signature of the said officer, or failing whom, the signature of any other officer of the Department duly nominated for the purpose, shall, in all legal proceed­ ings, be received in evidence for all purposes for which the original would have been received." 4. This Act shall come into force on the day upon which it is assented to. FIRST SESSION NINTH LEGISLATURE GEORGE VI BILL

An Act to amend The Department of Lands and Mines Act. Received and read the First Second Third time HON. MR. TANNER. EDMONTON: A- Shnltka, King's Printer 19 Title: 1941 (9th, 1st) Bill 41,

An Act to amend The Department of Lands and Mines Act