Bill 10 (Legislature 4, Session 3)

L4 S3 9642

Alberta — Bills

Registra....; tion of oandldatHo 'T/l thin. 2)1- hours after nomina tion. ,Power to amend By. la.w 1900 respeot ing oon duot of oivio e- :leotlons It 510 of rents col leoted on taxes 'to be BILL NO. _____ _ AN AOT TO AMEND THE AOTS AND ORDINANOES CON STI TUTING THE OHARTER OF TIlE 01 fry OF OALGARY.

WHEREAS the City of Ca,lga.ry ha.s prayed for oerta.in amendments to Or:l1na.noe 33 of lS93 of The Borth West Terr1- tories and. the Amendmenta thereto; AND

WHEREAS 1t 1s deemed expedlent to grant the pra.yer of tlle sa.1d. ;pet i tion; THEREFORE His Majesty, by and with the a.dvioe and consent of the Legis lative Ae.aembly of the Provinoe of Alberta., nrAOTS AS FOLLOWS :- Ordinanoe 33 of. 1993, North west Territories a.nd Amendments thereto. is hereby amended as follOws :- (l) • By add.ing ~t the ond of Seotion 7 thereof the follow- ing :- (2) • "If more than the roquired. num'ber tor any pe1.r tio'lllar offioe be nCIl'n1nat9d, any percon eo nom inato~i rna.y s.t any time within 'l"xenty-four hours from the olose of th'{~ nomina.tion period with - dr::TW hi3 name as a oan(l1d~;te for the off1ce for ~i'hioh he was ~';o nomina teu, by filing wi ththeRe turning Offioer a. rl")~.1~na.tion in \Vr1 tlng oonsented to by the p,~l'sons who s.lgn*d his rlo.l'{;1natlon, pro videlj, howevel' ~ if) t~.Ct ex one 0:1' rnor~ oa.ndidates baV'e s(} reAignad, the oontinuing as,nd1date or oan dida.tes are l"er;Luir6'1 to f111 the va.oanoy or vacan CL.:16 for whioh tlvJY were nominated, t.he Returning Officer shall thereupon f'or)jllwi'tll (leolare the sald continuing oa.ndidate or oandida-tell elected to the offloa, al'1J. no further res1gnations illay be reoe1ve~,. and no eleotion to fill the saId office need be : heLl." By adding after Sub-sectlon 13 of Seotion 9 there- of as amended by Seotlon 2, Chap. 51.

Sta·tutas of AlbertG:J 1918, the following :<k ft And th.e Cou mil ma.y by the bylaY1 or by any other bylaw or byla.ws, amend the Sohedules at ta.ohed to the sa1:i Bylaw No. 1900 so a.s to pro vide for thf,i amended form of ballot,and a.ny in'" f01.'mat10n the Council may doom advisable to be given to the eleotors relating to the oonduot of eleotione and the method ot voting thereat.- Seo'tion 57 of tbe sa.id Ordinanoe, as enaoted by SeQ- tion 6 of Chap. 51, Statutes of Alberta) 1918, by adding at the end thereof the follow1ng Sub-seotlon :- flThe Clty shall have the right to deduot Five per oent of all rente oolleoted by the Ci·ty here-

deduoted by Oity. Lioenses no longer to be set off against busin'3ss ta.x. Prooedure enabling the Coun oil to fix the 01013- ing hours for ba.r ber shops by a.mend ing Byla.-\I'1 1919 gov ern in 11; same. Local 1m ... provement Districts. under as remuneration to the Oity for oolleot1ng same, a.nd. to oover any expenses to whicb the 01 ty may be put with respect thereto." . (~). By repealing Clause 6 of Sub-sec~lon (

b) of

Section 25 as ena.oted by

Section !~ o·f Ohap_ 26, sta.tutes of' Alberta, 1915, a.nd a.s Elmended by Seotion } of

Chapter }2 of 1916. (5) .By ad,ti1ng to Seotion 10 of Oha·r. 51, Statutes of Alberta, 1919 .. the following SUb-seotions (

e) an<.t (f) :- "(e). Notwithstanding a.nything oonte.ined in The Ea.r1y Closing Act. being Cha.p_ 23 of the Statutes of Alberta. 1911-12 or in any amendment thereto, or in the said

Section 19 of Chap. 1~ of thE) Statutes of Alberta t 1917,01' in any other Aot or Ordinanoe. the Oounoil of the City of Cal gary may, in its disoretion, upon reoe1pt of a PS,t1t1on or Pet! tiona eigned by a.t lea.st Seventy five per oent. of the employing ba.rbara ~ld Seventy ... five par oent of the employed or apprentioe barbers in the City, a.menfj. the sa.id byla.w 60 ao to fix a.nd determine in the said amend1.ng byls:N th~ olos ing bour 01" honra for the several days Of the week for barber ohopa within the Oity of Calgafy as pra.yed for in tht'3 saiei.

Petition or Peti-hiona, and upon the said amend.inc bylaw being duly passed, the sta.1d olosing hour or hours for barber shope therein fixed and detr;u.~minedJ shall be the olosing hour or bours for barber shope within the City of Calga~y, and all the provisions of the sa.id byla.w 1915 ll\4hall apply thereto as if the aaid. olosing hour ox hours had been originally inoluded am'( formed a. part 'of the sa.ld Bylaw No. 19113.· ~(f).

The signatures to the said·Petition or Petitiona, praying for suoh propos~ amendment, shall be verified by the Statutory Deolafatlon of an a.ttesting witnass or witnesses to 'the sa.id 8ig naturas, and. if the CounOl1 is satisfied that tIle said Petition or Petit10ns have been duly signed by the sa.id re'1ulrf)d number of pet1tioners, the doolsion of the Counail tha.t the said Petition or Petitions are properly an~ suffioiently signed, shall be final ~nd oonclusive.- (6). Seotion 117.

Sub-Seotion 40, by adding after the word ta,n1mal' a.nd bafore the '",orel 'bearing' in the fourth line tbere of, the worda 'or conveyance'. (7). Sub-Seotion (

b) of Seotion 132, by adiing at the end. thereof the following :- "Provided that the Council may, if in it, opinion any proposed 100al improvement is of special benefit to any area or distr10t w1thin the oity, pass a resolution defining the said area or distriot to be benefited by suoh 10- oal improvement and. setting out the estima.ted cost thereof and thl') proposed ba.sis or method

Ba.sis of ~6seS9ment . for looal improve ments. widening meaning of looa.l improve ment a.s sessment. The Boa.rd of Revi sion to' hea.r ,A a:I5P~a.l s from asaeaa ments for 10 ... cal ir!lpl'ove ments.

L1S1..lt .Gov. in Oounoil ma.y make arrl'olngemente for Regiatl'ft,r of L .T.O. to furnish names an:l addressee of persons having a.n interest in (3) or ansessment of the severa.l la.nds in the area or distriot to. meet· the sa,id estima.ted ¢01lt, and ma.y a.uthorize, in the sa.id reaolution t th~ notioe required under this Sub-seotion, to be published. and. the said notioe shalljl in Mdl tion to all other re~u1rementa, a.oouratsly des ... c.rlbe the a.rea. or di;~triot proposed to be a~ ... seaaed for the improvement, a.nd the proposed basis or method of a.eseaS!",1ent of tlu, several landa situated therein, with the est1mat;3dcoat or' the improvement, a.nd unless a. majority of the property owners of the area or distriot eo defined, pet1 tion the C01..\ncil within Thirty days from the date of the last publlo~tlon of the a~ld notiol3, aga,ingt th,e- proposed improvement, the Om;moil nUl-V pg,$.~ a bylllw a:tF3 prQviJ.ed for unlier Seotlcm 134-, and ah~l,ll s/)t out therein the basiS or method of assessment of the severa.l lamia wi th in th(l sa.1'::l looal imprOVement a.rea-or district to ptly for the ttaid impro~ament when conlplated and the tota.l (Jost a.eoertn.ined, in add.1tion to all other requ:trememtri of' tb<3 said Seotion, unless inoon~ lstent llerE)td th." (g).

Scot ion 11}2 by 5d(j ing n,t the end thereof the fol10w- in;; ~- (10) • no1' in a.ooordanoe 'fli th the aeseeuJod va.lue of tIle lands lying wi thin a. looa.l improvement a1'e9. 01' dJ.striot: or partly in Ont3 or mora of the said. ways." Seot:1.on 1!.~3 by &.dding at the en.J th~reof :- ttAnd shp.ll alsO mean and inolude a. ra.te 60 charged on tho several lands lying within a looal improvement area or dlfttriot in aa (lordl\noe with the baL-"lia or method of a.saaBe nH:ant 9'3t out in the byla.., authorizing the ea.1(\ loca.l improvement." .

Seotion 13S by atr1klng o'ut in the fou:rth l1ne thereof the following worde: .... la Court of Re'fislon.oompoeed of the City Oounoil' and substituting therefor thai'ollowing : "" "The Court of Revision a.uthor1z~d to hea.r (11). and determine appea,le a.ga.inat assessments made by the C1ty." By a.dd i.ng the following Seotion 22.0 tlte+,ato :- "220 it Notw1 that:rl.ndtng anytl11ng oonta.1nod in any Aott Ord1nanoe or regulation made there under a.nd. in ol'cl€tr to aB!iat the 0ity of Oalga.ry to obtain the namee and a.ddresses of all persons shown on the reoords at the Land Titles Office 8.S having a.ny 1nterest 1n any ot the la.nds pur ohased by the City ot Oalgary at its sale of lands tor a.rTea.re of taxes held dur1ng tlH3 yea.r 1919; the Lieutenant Governor in Oounoil may au thorize and instruot the Registrar of the Land Titles for the South Alberta Land Reg1stration

lands aold to Oity at Tax Sa.le. No tax sale to reoovc:t 1919 taxes in arrear. olv10 election da.y a sohool holiday. (12) • (13) • (tJ. ) Distriot to furnish to the Treasurer of the City of Oalgary the Baid information on suoh terms and. oondl tiona as the Lieutenant Gov ernor in Oounoil may deem proper. ft By Et.d(lingl;he foll('wing Seotion 221 th\~reto t- tt 221.

Whereas under the Aot pa.ssed by the Leg1e1 a t;ure of the Prov1nce of Alberta., being

Chapter 20 of the Statutes of Albert~, 1919, entltuled a.n Aot to Provide for the Recovery of Taxes) it is neoessary tha.t lanJ.s on whioh taxes for 1919 are in &1"ro8.1', be inolud.ed in the Ta.x Sale required to be hel(\ by the Oity of Calga·J:Y thi11'~m.ndor during the year 1920;" If AND WImPJt:AS no Tax 81,10 VlI!ll.(J hel.;;l by th·e City of Oalgary fl'om the yea.r 1912 until the yea.): 1919 an(i A.t ths said last Tax Sale held in th(j yoa.l' 1919" only lands in respeot of whioh ta·}t:.ea W!31"6 in arrear to the enli of 1916 wafs 1noludedjll 11 AND

WHEREAS there are oonsld'.3ral>la sumS of taxel;) in a-rrea,t' on lands fOl' th~:' yefti.r 1917 and 1919;" ItAl'W WH.&9.EAS $ represontation has be~n made hy the Counnil of the Oity of Oa.lga.ry that it 1s in the beat interests of th9 Oity of C~l gary tllat no sale of lands to reOover taxe~ for 1919 be held in 1920 as required under tho sald AClt; 'fuEHtFOnE IT IS HEREBY ENACTED) that tlle Oouncil of the Oity of Oalgary may, in ita dia oration, by re301ution, authorize and instruot the proper offloia.ls of the Oity in tha.t behalf, thA.t no s·!.}-le of lands to reoover arreara of ta.xes a.ssessed for the year 1919 nead be bald, anj therollpon no lan;"is ()n whioh taxes fOl" the Y'38.r 1919 only !H'€l in arrear lleed be includ9(i in the tax· sale of Itlnfla for the yaar 1920 under the sa.id.

Aot,but n.ll other lands on whioh taxea al"e in a.rrenr a11ftll be inoluded for the pUl'liOee of reoo'V'erlng a.ll unpn.lcl taxes thereon. fl1C.olusive of tuxes for the yell.I' 1919 _" By adding the following Seotion 222 thereto :- "222.

For th$ purpose of ena.bling the Oounoll of of the Oity of Ca.lga.ry to re .... establish and to te group the Polling Sub-divisions of the 01ty ana to use the schools looa.ted 1Y1th1n tl16 Oity as Polling Booths, it is hereby enaoted that the Counoil of the C1ty of Oa.lgary sha.ll ha.ve full power and authol'lty to pass a. bylaw deola.r1ng the d.a.te of the olvle eleotlone of the sfl.id C1ty a sohool holiday, and the said bylaw shallbe ae effeotive to oreate the said day a sohool holi- day aH 1f the· 9al(1 day were apeoifloa.llr mention ... ed &8 a sohool holiday in The Sahool Oru1nanoe of the Provinoe of Alberta. a.nd while tIltl said byla.w oontinues 1n effeot, the sa1d day shall be ~ school holiday and during the sald period, any sohqOl ho~ee or school building looa.ted within th.e Oity of Calgary, owned or oontrolled. by the publ10 or the Separa.te 61Jhoo1 Boa.rd oj;' the City, mt;1,1 be used by the Returning Offioer of ·the Oity of Ca,lgB.ry for all the purposes of a.

Polling Booth. Title: 1920 (4th, 3rd) Bill 10,

An Act to amend the Acts and Ordinances constituting the Charter of the City of Calgary

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Citation	L4 S3 9642
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