Bill 78 (Legislature 6, Session 2)

L6 S2 9161

Alberta — Bills

BILL No. 78 of 1928.

An Act to amend The Woodmen's Lien Act. (Assented to , 1928.) HIS MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Alberta, enacts as follows: ~. This Act may be cited as "The Woodmen's Lien Act Amendment Act, 1928." 2. The Woodmen's Lien Act, being

chapter of the Revised Statutes of Alberta, 1922, is amended as to

section thereof- (0) by adding at the end of paragraph (

b) thereof, the words "and also the supply of articles of food to any person entering into a contract as set out in

section whilst engaged in the performing of such contract"; and (

b) by inserting after the word "timber" where it occurs for the second time in paragraph (

c) thereof, the word "lumber." 3.

Section of the said Act is struck out and the follow ing substituted therefor: "6.-

(1) Any person performing any labour, service, or services in connection with any logs or timber within this Province shall have a lien for the amount due to such per son foJ' such labour, service or services UpOl1-'"' " (

n) Any logs or timber in respect of which s~ch labour, service or services were rendered; " (

b) Any other logs belonging to the same owner which have been mixed with any of the logs or timber last before menti9ned; and " (

c) Any lumber made out of any of the logs or timber aforesaid so long as such lumber is at the date of the filing of a lien or the commencement of any other proceedings under this Act- "(

i) either upon the premises of the mill where the same was milled or at or near any railway siding or spur track; and "(ii) has not been loaded on cars for delivery to or been delivered to a bona fide purchaser for value without notice of the lien. 2 "

(2) The said lien shall be a first lien or charge upon the said logs, timber and lumber and shall have precedence over all other claims or liens thereon, except only claims of the Crown for dues or charges. "

(3) Any provision in any contract or agreement pur porting to deprive any person of the said lien shall be null and void and of no effect. "

(4) In this

section the ~xpression 'person' shall include clerks, timekeepers, storekeepers, cooks, blacksmiths, arti sans and all others usually employed in connection with such labor, service or services." 4. Sections 7(1), 8, 9, 10, ]3(2), 15, 18; 21, 22, 24, 26, 27 and the

schedule of the said Act are am~l1ded by striking out the words "logs and timber" where they occur therein, and substituting therefor the words "logs, timber or lum ber." 5.

Section of the said Act is amended as to subsection (1) thereof- (

a) by striking out paragraph (

a) and substituting therefor the following: "(

a) That he has good reason to believe and does believe that the logs, timber or lumber upon which he claims a lien are about to be re moved out of the Province of Alberta;" (

b) by striking out paragraph (

c) and substituting therefor the following: " (

c) That the logs, timber or lumber upon which he claims a lien are about to be disposed of or dealt with in such a way that the same can not be identified." 6. This Act shall come into force upon Proclamation by the Lieutenant Governor in Council. No. 78. SECOND SESSION SIXTH LEGISLATURE GEORGE V BILL

An Act to amend The Woodmen's Lien Act. Received and read the First time ................... . Second time .................. . Third time ................... . HON. MR. BROWNLEE. EDMONTON: w. D. McLEAN. ACTING KING'S PRINTER A.D. 1928 Title: 1928 (6th, 2nd) Bill 78,

An Act to amend The Woodmen's Lien Act

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Collection	Alberta — Bills
Citation	L6 S2 9161
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	L6 S2 9161
Language	en
Format	json
Source	PROVINCIAL
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