Bill 11 (Legislature 3, Session 3)

L3 S3 10225

Alberta — Bills

BILL No. 11 of 1915.

An Act to amend The Lethbridge City Charter. (Assented to ' 1915.) HIS MAJE~TY_, by and with the advice. and consent of the Lcgu.;Jative AsRcmhly of the Provmce of Alberta, m1ads aH follow:-;: 'l'he Lethbridge City Charter,

chapter 22, Statutes of Alberta, 1913, and amendments thereto, is hereby amended as followH: 1. Title III,

Section 1: By adding subsection (

b) as followH: " (

b) If any person whose name appears on tlw last revit:ed assessment roll, has his name omitted through error from the voters' list, he shall be entitled to vote by procuring from the as:;;f'ssor a certificate that hiR name does so appear on the last revised assessment roll and that he is entitled to vote. Such certificate must be given to the deputy retnrnlng officer or person in charge of the poll before voting." 2. Title XXXV,

section 5: By adding after the word "assessed" where it appears in the twelfth line of said sPction the following: "Rut if the judge finds that the difference be gross and reduces tl'e assesHment but also finds that the value at which it is assessed hears a fair and just proportion to the value at which the balance of the lands in the city are assessed, the judge may upon the application of any ratC:'payer reduce the whole assess ment in proportion to the amount he has redu~<'d the m;sessment appralEd from, and he srall hav(' the power to, and sr alJ incrC:':lSe the tax rate SUfficiently SO that the amount of taxes upon the redu~cd asHessment shall be tl:e Rame as t},cy were under the original assessment and nt the original rate." a.

By changing the numeral "XXXII" in

section of the amf'ndml:'nts of The Lethbr£dr;c C1.t11 Charter of to thP numl:'ml "XXXVI", and by striking out the word "town" whPrc it appears in the second line of said ::>ection and substituting therefor the word "city". 4. By changing the numeral "XXXI" where it appears in the first line of paragraph of the amendments to The Lethbridge City Charter passed at the Sf'ssion of the LC'gislature for 1!)14 to the numeral "XXXV", and by chtnging the' wmd "two" where it appears in the said first line to tbe letter "(b)". 5. By changing tl'e words "and" where they appear in the tbird and fifth lines of

section of the amendments to The Lethbridge Oity Charter of after the word "sewers", and substituting therefor the words "or". 6.

For the purpose of removing all doubts as to the meaning of the words "all taxation" where they appear in the first line of the clauses in the agreement made between Tbe Canadian Pacifir Railway Company and the Alberta Railway and Irrigation Company and the City of Lethbridge :md dated the first day of May, 1905, and the execution of which agreement was and the said agreement was ratified and confirmed by By-law No. 203 of the City of Lethbridge and passed on the 15th day of May, 1905, the said words "all taxation" are declared to mean and to include school taxes. No. 11 'rHIRD SESSION GEORGE V 1 91 BILL

An Act to amend The Lethbridge City Charter. Received and read the First time ..... Second time ......... . Third time ....... . EDMONTON: J. "'· JEFFERY, Government Printer A.D. 1915 Title: 1915 (3rd, 3rd) Bill 11,

An Act to amend The Lethbridge City Charter

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Collection	Alberta — Bills
Citation	L3 S3 10225
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	L3 S3 10225
Language	en
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