Bill No. 18 of 1937. A BILL TO AMEND THE RURAL MUTUAL TELEPHONE COMPANIES ACT. NOTE. The amendment made by this Bill requires every share­ holder in a Rural Mutual Telephone Company to become a subscriber for its telephone service; and provides that if the shareholder does not become a subscriber within six months of his becoming the registered owner of the share his right to attend meetings of the Company and to vote thereat shall be suspended untn such time as he becomes a subscriber. R. ANDREW SMITH, Legislative Cou.nsel. (This note does not form any part of the Bill and is offered merely as a partial explanation of some of its provisions.) BILL No. 18 of 1937.

An Act to amend The Rural Mutual Telephone Companies Act. (Assented to , 1937.) HIS MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1.. This Act may be cited as "The Rural Mutual Telephone Companies Act Amendment Act, 1937." 2. The Rural Mutual Telephone Companies Act, being

chapter of the Statutes of Alberta, 1935, is hereby amended as to

section by striking out the same and by substituting therefor the following: "9.-

(1) Every person who is the owner of a share in the company shall become a subscriber for the telephone service of the company within six months of his becoming a registered owner of the said share. "

(2) In case the owner of a share in the company does not become a subscriber for the telephone service of the company within six months of his becoming the registered owner of such share, the right of the shareholder to attend any meetings of the company or to vote thereat and the right to receive notice of any meetings of the company, as well as the right to hold any office in the company, shall be suspended until such time as he becomes such a subscriber; but notwithstanding such suspension the shareholder shall continue to be liable for the payment of all moneys payable on account of calls in respect of any shares of the company of which he is the owner, but shall not be liable for the pay­ ment of any levy in respect of the telephone service of the company.

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(3) Nothing in this

section shall deprive a person who is the registered owner of any share of the company wno is not a subscriber, to the telephone service thereof or his right to sell or transfer such share, but upon the registration of any such transfer the transferee shall be bound by the pro­ visions of this section. "

(4) The Company may furnish telephone service to persons who are not shareholders of the company." 3. This Act shall come into force on the day upon which it is assented to. THIRD SESSION EIGHTH LEGISLATURE GEORGE VI BILL

An Act to amend The Rural Mutual Telephone Companies Act. Recei ved and read the First time ...................................... .. Second time .................................... . Third time ....................................... . HON. MR. FALLOW. EDMONTON: A. Shnitka, King's Printer Title: 1937 (8th, 3rd) Bill 18,

An Act to amend The Rural Mutual Telephone Companies Act