Bill 97 (Legislature 6, Session 1)

L6 S1 9266

Alberta — Bills

BILL No. 97 of 1927.

An Act respecting the Tilley East Area. (Assented to , 1927.) W I-IEREA$, a commission appointed under the provisions of The Public Inquiries Act has inquired into all con ditions presently prevailing in the following district, namely: that part of the Province of Alberta lying' to the south of the Red Deer River, to the east of the line between range and range 11, west of the 4th P.M., to the west of the easterly boundary of the Province and to the north of the South Saskatchewan RiYer, and has made its report, and has therein made certain recommendations; and Whereas, it is expedient that the Lieutenant Governor in Council should, for the better carrying out of such recom mendations, be entrusted with the following powers: Now therefore, His Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1.

The Lieutenant Governor in Council shall have power, notwithstanding the provisions of any other Act- (

a) to appoint persons to act with persons appointed by the Dominion of Canada, upon a board to be entrusted with the administration of the said dis trict ; (

b) to change from time to time, either by way of in clusion or exclusion, the area of the said district; (

c) to close up road allowances; (

d) to deal with any of the public lands within the dis trict, or any interest therein, in such manner as may seem to ·be for the benefit of the residents of the said district; (

e) to lease public lands within the district at such rentals, including taxes, as may seem advisable; (

f) to arrange for the exchange of lands with any per son or corporation, whether any such lands be within the district or not; (

g) to set aside any area within the said district, for community grazing; (

h) to receive the money to be derived from such leases and to expend such part thereof as seems advisable for the development of the area, including the inves tigation of the means of water supply and the pro curing of the same; 2 (

i) to arrange that the total debenture indebtedness of school districts within the said district, or such por tion thereof as may be agreed upon with the deben ture hOolders, should be paid out of the revenue de rived from the leases granted under the provisions of this Act; (

j) upon the dissolution of any municipal district within the area to exercise all the duties and rights im posed or conferred by law upon the council thereof immediately prior to such dissolution, including the duty and right to continue all tax enforcement pro ceedings and all other proceedings to recover money due tOo the said district; (

k) to delegate any of the powers comprised in para graphs (

e) to (.

i) inclusive to the said board or to the Land Department of the Dominion of Canada, 01' to such other agent as may seem advisable; and (

l) generally to do all'such matters and things and make such regulations as may be necessary or con venient for effecting the purpose and intent of this Act. 2. This Act shall come into force on ................. . No. 97. FIRST SESSION SIXTH LEGISLATURE GEORGE V BILL

An Act respecting the Tilley East Area. Received and read the First time ................... . Second time .................. . Third time ................... . RON. MR. BROWNLEE. EDMONTON: W. D. McLEAN, ACTING KING'S PRlNTr A.D. 1927 Title: 1927 (6th, 1st) Bill 97,

An Act respecting the Tilley East Area

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Collection	Alberta — Bills
Citation	L6 S1 9266
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	L6 S1 9266
Language	en
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