Bill 25 (Legislature 6, Session 2)

L6 S2 9108

Alberta — Bills

BILL No. 25 of 1928.

An Act to amend The Municipal District Act. (Assented to ,1928.) HIS MAJE!ST~, by and with the advice. and consent of the Le~lslabve Assembly of the ProvInce of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1. This Act may be cited as "The Municipal District Act Amendment Act, 1928." 2. The Municipal District Act, being

chapter of the Statutes of Alberta, 1926, is amended as to

section 2, by striking out of paragraph (

g) thereof the words "or used by some person for traBe or business purposes other than farm purposes," and inserting in lieu thereof the words "and any parcel of land occupied by a building and its ap purtenances used for purposes other than farming pur poses." 3.

Section of the said Act is amended by striking out the words "a copy of this section," and inserting in lieu thereof the words "a copy of this

section and the following nine sections." 4.

Section of the said Act is amended by adding thereto the following: "or of taxes payable in respect of grazing leases or grazing permits."

Section 169a is added to the said Act immediately after

section 169, as follows: -> , . "169a. The council may with the approval of the Min ister pass any by-law which a village council could pass under the provisions of The Village Act, 1927, with respect to public order and morality and the safety of persons and property: ' "Provided, however, that any by-law so passed shall only have force in a hamlet in which there are more than ten buildings used in whole or part as dwelling places." 6.

Section of the said Act is amended as to para graph (

b) thereof, by striking out the words "if the name of such wife, husband, son, daughter, father or mother is placed upon the voters' list prior to the first day of De cember in accordance with the preceding provisions of this Act," and substituting therefor the words "whether such name is placed upon the said list prior to the tenth day of December, or is placed thereon upon polling day in con formity with the provisions of

Part Vr." 2 7.

Section of the said Act is amended by adding as subsection (2) thereof the following: "

(2) At every such meeting the reeve and secretary treasurer shall be present and have with them the minute book of the municipal district and shall give such informa tion as they may be able, with respect to any municipal matter concerning which they may be questioned." 8.

Section of the said Act is amended as to subsection (1) thereof. by adding thereto the following proviso: "Provided, however, that in every such year parcels within a hamlet, the value of the buildings and improve ments upon which has not been included in the assessment thereof in the previous year, shall be re-assessed in accord ance with the provisions of this Act." 9.

Section of the said Act is amended by adding thereto, as subsection (5) thereof, the following: "

(5) In any year any person may make a similar com plaint with respect to the assessment of land in any hamlet on the ground that the buildings and improvements thereon have been destroyed or their value has been lessened from some cause other than fair wear and tear." 10.

Section of the said Act is amended by adding thereto the following proviso: "Provided that the secretary-treasurer may have any grain, seized by the municipal district, hauled to the nearest elevator or to any other convenient and suitable place of storage and may dispose of the grain at the current market price." 11. Form I of the said Act is amended by adding after the word "November" the words "and during the first nine days of December." 12.

Form; U of the said Act is amended by adding there to the following: 1 "Or "You do swear (or solemnly affirm) that upon the ninth day of December last you were entitled to be placed upon the municipal voters' list of the Municipal District of ......................

No ............ but failed to make application to be placed thereon; and that you still possess the qualification which would then have entitled you to be placed upon the said list, and that you are twenty-one years of age, are the wife of (or, as the case may be, the husband, son, daughter, father or mother of) ....... '.' ... , and that you reside upon the land of the said ............... within the said municipal district (or, as the, case ma.y be, you assist the said .................. in the business in respect of which he is taxable).

"S~~~~.~~. ~~.7~.~:: ~i \ ...................... . .................. ,19 ... 13. This Act shall come into force on ............... . No. 25. SECOND SESSION SIXTH LEGISLATURE GEORGE V BILL

An Act to amend The Municipal District Act. Received and read the First time .................... . Second time. . . . . . . .. . ....... . Third time ................... . HON. MR. REID. EDMONTON: W. D. McLEAN, ACTING KING'S PRINTER A.D. 1928 Title: 1928 (6th, 2nd) Bill 25,

An Act to amend The Municipal District Act

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Collection	Alberta — Bills
Citation	L6 S2 9108
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	L6 S2 9108
Language	en
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