Bill No. 48 of 1939. A BILL TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE FOR EXPECT­ ANT MOTHERS WHO ARE IN POOR FINANCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES. NOTE. This Bill empowers the Lieutenant Governor in Council on the recommendation of the Minister of Health to provide for grants of not more than fifteen dollars to expectant mothers who are in need of assistance. It also provides for the appointment of additional district nurses in areas where existing nursing facilities are in­ adequate. Expenditures under this Bill are to be made out of moneys appropriated by the Legislature for the purpose. R.

ANDREW SMITH, Legislative Counsel. (This note does not form any part of the Bill and is offered merely as a pa'riial explanation of some of its provisions.) BILL No. 48 of 1939.

An Act to Provide Assistance for Expectant Mothers Who Are in Poor FinanciliJ Circumstances. (Assented to , 1939.) 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 Maternal Welfare Act." 2. Upon the recommendation of the Minister of Health, the Lieutenant Governor in Council may by order make regulations,- (

a) providing for the making of a grant of not more than fifteen dollars to any expectant mother who is in poor finan,cial circumstances, whether in receipt of relief or not, for the purpose of providing such mother with necessities and the purpose of provid­ ing special foods or drugs necessary for the infant during the first year of its life or for any such purpose; (

b) prescribing the conditions or circumstances under which such grants may be made; (

c) as to the persons by whom and the manner in which any such grants shall be made. 3. With the approval of the Lieutenant Governor in Council, the Minister may appoint one or more district nurses for any area or areas in which the existing nursing facilities are inadequate and prescribe the terms of their engagement, their remuneration and their duties. 4. All expenditures made pursuant to this Act or any regulations made in pursuance thereof, shall be defrayed out of such sums as may be from time to time appropriated by the Legislature for that purpose. 5. This Act shall come into force on the day upon which it is assented to. EIGHTH SESSION EIGHTH LEGISLATURE GEORGE VI BILL

An Act to Provide Assistance for Expectant Mothers Who Are in Poor Financial Circum­ stances. Received and read the First time ....................................... . Second time ..................................... . Third time ....................................... . HON. DR. CROSS. EDMONTON: A. Shnitka, King's Printer Title: 1939 (8th, 8th) Bill 48,

An Act to Provide Assistance for Expectant Mothers Who Are in Poor Financial Circumstances