Bill 60 (Legislature 2, Session 4)

L2 S4 10665

Alberta — Bills

BlLL No. 6Q of 1913.

An Act respecting ~chools of Agricultur~. (A s~enled to 1913.) HIS MA.JESTY, by and "tith the consent of the Legis lative Assembly of th1 Province of Alberta, enacts as follows:

SHORT TITLE. 1. This Act may be 'cite4 as '"The Agricultural 8chools Shortltitle Act." INTERP~ET ATION. 2. In this Act unless th context otherwise requires- Int.or~retntion l. The expression "Sch ol" means a school for the purpose of teaching practic and scientific farming, house- hold economy, domestic sc ence and such other subjects as the Board may prescrib ; 2. The expression "Min· ter" means the Minister of Agriculture; 3. The expression "Boar~" means the Board of Agri cultural Education. ESTABLISHMENT ~ND ORGANIZATION. 3.

A school may be esta~lished in connection with each Estal!tishing of the demonstration farms, ~1ow owned or herafter acquired •cho~• by the province. 4. The Lieutenant Gove~nor in Council shall appoint Teacl1in~ the teaching staff for each school and shall fix the salary staff of the respective members f the staff. ,1). The Department of P blic Works shall erect, furnish and equip the necessary bu ldings for the schools. 6.

Except as herein oth .rwise provided the Minister shall have charge of the overnment, condu'Ct, manage ment, and control of the schools and of the property, revenues, business and aff rs thereof. THEI BOARD. 7. There shall be and is hereby constituted a Board of Boa~ to Agricultural Education to e composed of nine members:'~:j~:e%berA to be appointed by the L' utenant Governor in Council; and of the first appointed members of the board, three shall be appointed to hold office for two years, three for four years, and the remaini g three for six years, and each of them until his success r is appointed.

All members of the Board subsequently appointed, except as provided for in

section 13 shall hold ffice for six years.

2 8. No person shall be eligible !for appointment as a ~isquali member of the board unless he is ~ British subject and a catwn• resident of this province. 9. One of the members of the b~ard shall be appointed Chairman bv the Lieutenant Governor in Cbuncil to be chairman thereof. 10. The boanl may appoint on~!of its members to be !t~i~;:_tmcn~ vice-chairman, and in the absence or illness of the chair- chairman man, or of there being a vacancy i the office of chairman, the vice-chairman shall act for a have all the powers of the chairman.

(2) In the absence or illness of~e chairman and vice chairman, the board may appoint one of its members to act as chairman for the time bei , and the member so appointed shall act for and have all the powers of the chairman.

(3) All aets which lawfully might have been done by the chairman, when done by the vice-c airman or by a chair man appointed for the time bein shall be conclusively ueemed to have been lawfully done, c nd it shall not be neces sary to prove that any of the causes entioned in subsection 1 for the vice-chairman acting or hat any of the causes mentioned in subsection 2 for the pointmcnt of a chair nmn for the time being in fact exist d. lr l l "j h • "d .l b h b d Quorum 11.. ness am untt ot erwtse jprovt· eu y t e oar four member~ thereof shall be necr:~sary to constitute a quorum. 12.

Notwithstanding any vacanc in the board, as longsix m>~nb~ro as there are at. least six members ther of it shall be competent ~~~or~;xerc••~ for the board to exercise all or. any of its powers. l:J. If a member of the board, fter his appointment, ceases to be a resident of the provinc , or otherwise becomes incapable of acting as a mem.her f the board, he shall ipso facto vacate his office, and a de laration of the exist ence of such vacancy entered upo the minutes of the board and confirmation of such decl ation by the Lieuten ant Gon~mor in Council shall be con usivc evidence thereof.

I l f • h b d d b FH!in" 1 1!, II t le case 0 a vacancy lll t e oar Cause y va•·ano·ie" resignation or otherwise which shall mppen before the term of office for which a member has een appointed has ex- pired, the vacancy shall be ftlled b r the appointment by the Lieutenant Governor in Couuci of a successor to the wember who has died, or resigned, r otherwise ceased to he a member, who shall hold office f r the remainder of the latter's term of office. 15.

The board, subject to the ap~oval of the :Minister, I?.~~~~l' .,r shall prepare the scheme of practi al and scientific work to be done by students attending ach and every school, shall prc:3cribe the courses of stu , appoint examiners, and shall in addition be an advisory b ard to aid the Minio,ter in all agricultural euucational work GENERAL. 16. The Minister with the assist*ce of the board shallitegul.,t.ion• make all necessary regulations for e organization, class ifieation, government and conduct f said Bchools.

17. The cost of erecting nd furnishing suitable build- Co•tr'l· ings, and of establishing, rna t.aining and conducting said ~~4 ··~•.ng schools shall be paid out o the general revenues of the mamta mg province and such funds as my be available for agricul- tural education. 18. Every student attendi g the full course prescribed by the board and satisfactoril complying with the require ments of the practical cours as well as successfully pass ing the required ":'ritten ex .minations shall be entitled to a diploma.

No. 60 FOURTH SESSION SECOND LEGIRLATURE 3 GEORGE V 1913 BILL

An Act respecting ''Schools of ·· Agriculture." Received and read the First time ................... . Second time ................. . Third time .................. . RoN. DuNCAN l\1.ARSRALL EDMONTON: J. W. J ..... RY, Government Prillter 1 9 1 3 Title: 1913 (2nd, 4th) Bill 60,

An Act respecting Schools of Agriculture

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Collection	Alberta — Bills
Citation	L2 S4 10665
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	L2 S4 10665
Language	en
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Source	PROVINCIAL
Identifier	673063be616b17f125a603cccc3092ce2d5b7167

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