Bill 61 (Legislature 2, Session 4)

L2 S4 10666

Alberta — Bills

BIILL No. 61lof 1913 Chapter---, au Act t•o Incotporate the VHlage of Gull Lake. (AJssented .to 1913.)

WHEREAS Frank H. Holm~, William Wiese George Thom- son, E. C. Emery, Hon. C aries A. Stuart a~d others, have, b:y: their pe~ition, prayed that hey be incorporated under The V1.llage Ocrd~nance as a village __ unicipa.Lity, under the. name of "The Village of Gull Lake", and thQt municipal powers be grunted to "The Village of Gull Lake", and it is expedient to grant the prayer of the sa.id petition ; Therefore His Majesty, by ar~d with the consent and advice of the Legislative AssemLly of th~ Province of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1.

From and after the passiit of this Act, the owners of lands in the s'!bdivisio11s 1-iet forth in c.tion numbered two (2) hereof, and theu successors, shall Le, , nd are hereby doolared to be, a l>ody corporate wibhiu the mean ng of The Village Act, under the name of '"l'he Villf!ge of Gull I ake". 2. The saiu Viu.age of Gull Jl-a.ke shall consist of the following land, namely: Plan of Gull Lake, number ~irty-three (33), filed by William Wiese; plan of andition to Gu I Lake Summer Resort, number 2352 S, filed by William \Yie~ , Aspern Townsite, plan seventy ~even (77), filed by Annie L.

Mobley; Eureka Resort, plan number 1900 R, filed hy Me'-"'IS. Trimble, Scott & Garlranu, to gether with the road allowanc · between, .and the Beach of Gull Lake, adjoining the sa:id lands. 3. 1'he Village Act and all tmendments thereto, or hereafter mad€, or any Aet in suh;tituti n thereof, shaH in so far a.~ the same are applicable, be iucUIJ>O uted herewith, and form part of this Act. 4. "Year" means a. .(J<lriod qf twelve montJ1s beginning with the first day of August m each rear. 5.

Every male person of tl1lage of twenty-one years, who is the owner or occupant of ratabl land within the village, who has paid a.U taxes due the village ir respect of such land, who is not under any disabilities hereina er specified, and who is a duly qualified elector of the village, all be qualified to be elected and aot as a member of the eouncdl f the village. 6.

A mooting of the electot of the village shall be held in e:wh year for the nomination o . candidates for the office.,of couH mllors, on the second Saturday m July, at 8 p.m., provided that if such day is a holiday, the n mination shall take place on the next subsequent day not being holiday. 7. 'l'he secretary-treasurer s]all report to the department the names 1and ruddr€189CS of the con illors elected for the current year, together with the name of the hairman of the oouncil, not l:ater than tJhe fifteenth day of Augu following. 8 .

Every council shall meetffi.t su~h t~mes as are appoli.nted by resolution, and shall meet at le · ~ twice m evocy year, wd every meeting shall be open to the pu he.

2 9. The llsbessment provided for lin The Village Act to be made of all property in the village, shalll be completed not later than ti1e first of Deeember in each year. 10.

All persons paying taxes m or before the first day of July of the year in which such taxes wer levied, may be allowed a reduc tion of ten ( 10) per eentum on the 'arne; from ,the first day of July until the thirty-first ·day of July, taxes shall be payable at par; on the first day of August followi g, as a penalty, an additional 13Um, amounting to ten (10) per centum of such taxes shall be a.dded thereto; on the first day f August in each year there after, as a penalty, an ·additional ~ m, amounting to ten (10) per centum of all arrears of taxes shal be added thereto. 11.

The books of every villa e shall be audited as soon as possible ,after the first day of A gm,t and not later than the fifteenth day -of Auguat following, in eaoh and every year by an official auditor appointed under t e provisions of any Act or by a competent person to be named f r the purpose by the .MinisLer. The auditor shall make a full r port of his examination, and audit of all such books, acooun records, lists, vouchers, and moneys, transmit one copy ther f to the Minister and hand a. second c.opy to the council. 1~.

The secretary-treasurer f"lh~a 1 not later than the first mail after the 9th day of August in e h year, render the Minister a return in writing of those matte required by The Villa,qe Act to he included .in such return. 13. 'l'he secretary-treasurer i-thtlll in the first fifteen days of August in elillh year make to t.he Minister the return of unpairl taxes required by The Village Act 14.

The said munieipalit.y is I ereby empowered to pay Lhe costs in oonncction with its incorp ration. 15. 'l'he nomination for counc llors for the first council shall be held on the 12th day ·Of July, 1913, and the first election of councillors shall be held on the 1 th day of July, 1913, and the first returning officer shall be app · nted by the Minister.

No. 61 FOUR'rH SESSION SECOND LEG~LATURE 3 GEORGE V 1913 BILL

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An Act to Incorporate the Village of Gull Lake. Received and read the First time .................... . Second time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , .. Third time .................. . MR. PUFFER EDMONTON: J. W. ]RFFRR.Y, Government Printer A.D. 1913

2 9. A geneml meeting of the club s!all be held within twelve~~~~~~ months from the date of the passing of 1lhis Act and in each · calendar year thereafter and that at the first of such general meetings the management of the club shall be vested in fl. com- mittee of fifteen members or such othe number aB the club may from time to time determine and sh ll be elected annually at such general meetings. 10.

A majority of the shareholdersf the club may from time By-laws. to time make and repeal or amend all such by-laws and regula- tions for Lhe carrying on of the affairs f the club as they may see fit and any such by-Laws or regulation not inconsistent with the law or this ad shall be binding upo the club and upon itB members. Title: 1913 (2nd, 4th) Bill 61,

An Act to Incorporate the Village of Gull Lake

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Collection	Alberta — Bills
Citation	L2 S4 10666
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