Bill 26 (Legislature 3, Session 2)

L3 S2 9898

Alberta — Bills

BILL No. 26 of 1914.

An Act for the Relief of Bishop Pinkham College. (Assented to 1914.) WHEREAS Bishop Pinkham College was incorporated on the 25th day of October, 1913, by

an Act of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Alberta, being

Chapter of the Statutes of the Province of Alberta (flecond Session), H)13; and Whereas the Synod of the Diocese of Calgary has repre sented by petition that the said corporation prior to. its incorporation had been granted four (4) acres of land near to the City of CaJp;ary as. a site on which to erect the buildings necessary for the purposes of conducting a. theological college and a school £01' the education of boys; and .

"Vhereas the said corporation has erected buildings, made improvements and expended certain moneys. in furnishing and equiping the same and that the said cor poration is still in occupation of the said land and build ings and has therein and thereon continuously carried on and is still carrying on the work of education in the elemen tary and higher branches of knowledge as provided for in the said Act of incorporation; and has further repre sented that since the acquisition of the said land, the limits of the City of Calgary have been extended so as to include the said land and buildings; and has further represented that the said institution and the education carried on in cOllnection therewith is and has been wholly undenomi national as pro"dded for by the said Act of incorporation, and that the same is for the general benefit of the province; and has further prayed that in order to prevent the im pairing of the usefulness of the said institution the said corporation should be exempt from taxation; 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: 1.

That the land, buildings, equipment and furnishings of and belonging to the Bishop Pinkham College, so long as the same are actually used and occupied by the said college, but not if otherwise occupied, shall be exempt from taxation, except for local improvements as the term is defined in paragraph No. 131 of

Section of

Chapter of the Statutes of the Province of Alberta, 1906. 2. That authority is hereby given to the City of Calgary to remit and exonerate the Bishop Pinkham College from payment of any and all general taxes from which it would have been exempt under the preceding clause for the year 1914. Xo.26 SECOXD SESSION THIRD IjJjX+ISLATURE GEOIWE V BILL

An Act for the Relief of Bishop Pinkham College. Received and read the First time ................. . Second time ............... . Third time ........ '" ..... . ::'IIR. WALKER. EDMONTON: J. W JEFFERY, Government Printer A.D. 1914 Title: 1914 (3rd, 2nd) Bill 26,

An Act for the Relief of Bishop Pinkham College

Document details

Collection	Alberta — Bills
Citation	L3 S2 9898
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	L3 S2 9898
Language	en
Format	json
Source	PROVINCIAL
Identifier	58b36f166981c797f23ac115e15c7c78c2df2c8e

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