Bill 71 (Legislature 2, Session 4)

L2 S4 10676

Alberta — Bills

BlLL No. 7:). of 1913.

An Act to Amend ~he W etaskiwin Charter. (i(ssented to 1913.) W HEREAS a pe.tition has ~been presented by the City of Wetaskiwin praying for certain amendments to the W etas lei win Charter, and it is expedi nt to grant the prayer of tho said petition; An.d whereas The L11tmieipt-.i1'dinance and amendments thereto is in so far as applicable, dee ed to be incorporatW with and to form part of the said W etaski in Charter; Therefore His 1\Iajesty, by ' d with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of t e Province of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1. The Municipal Ordinanc~ being

chapter of the Consoli dated Ordinances of the North- N'"est 'l'erritories is amended as far as the City of \v etaskiwin is o ncerned in the following particu lars, name:ly: (

a) Section is amend~ by striking out the words, "has been resident in the municipality in the then current year, prior .to the 1st ay of July and who" in the first., st-cond 1and third lin thereof. ( [;)

Section is amend d by adding thereto a new sub

section as follows: "7U. For 6riving tle council power to make grants for public purposes; the total amount so expended in any onla year not to xceed one-half of ·One mill on the dollar of the total a se."sment; provided that no such grant shall be made xcept on a two-thirds vote of the whole council." (

c) Seotion 127, subserltio 1s 1, 2 and 4, are hlereby repealed and the following su tituted therefor: "1. Land shall be sessed at its fair actual value. In estima.ting its value gard ~ha.ll bla ha:d to its situaJtion and 1the purpose for hich it is used and, if sold by the present owner, it cou d and would probably be used in the next sucC!ceding t -velve months.

In ca~o the value .of which any specified land has been assessed appear to be mo:r0 or less than its true value the •amount of the a'>'Sessment shall nevel'thieless noi be varied ou app n unless the rliffel"cnce be gross, if ibe v~due at which it is a~se'!sed bears a fair and just proportion to the va ue at which the lands in the immediate vicinity o the land are . assessed, but the council may from tin e to time set apart de!rtain portions of the city to be kn wn as improvement districts and land therein, (nvt bo .a fide, held in oonnection with a sLore, wai'tlhouse, or welling), shall in addition to any other assessment whi might be made against it herein be subjeot to a supc -assessment bearing such propor tion to the value at w ich such land"'would otherwise be assessed not exoaedin fifty per centum of such assessed value, as the council ay decide, and such ~SUper-assess ment shall be added o the assessment of such land and taxes shall be collecte thereon accordingly.

"2.

The mode of. ssessing business shall be a.s fol lows: The council sh l fix a rate l?er square foot of the floor space (irrespect ve of partitJ.ons, 10levators, stair ways or Dther obstr tions) of each building or part thereof used for busi ess purposes and shall as far as they deem practicable classify the various businesses and may fix a different r te for each and in so doing may phlce a wholesale bu iness in a class distinct from a retail business of oth rwise .the same class and may classify each buildin or part thereof accc>rding to the class of business carri d on therein and may fix a differ ant rate for different asses'of business carried on under the same roof1and for torehouses and "1arehouses or othei like appurtenant buil ing than that fixed for the prin cipal building and m· y fix a different .rate for different fiats of buildings.

Su .h mte shall not exceed $5 . 00 per square foot except in .he case of banks, loan companies or oth'qr financial in~ itutions in which case such rate shall not ex~eed $10. 0 per square foot; provided that it shall be optional •·ith the council whether it shall adopt the method of ru sessing business as herein provided for the· year o whether it shall adhere to the former mode of ass ing stocks us proviJed in subsec tion of

section f "The Municipal Ordinance. "4. 'l'he occupant f any building liable to taxation under the pre0eding ubsection shall be liable for the bnsine..'ls tax aforesaid though he may also be the owner of the premises and I" .ble as suoh QWner to taxation on the land." And the said seo1. on is amended by addring thereto a new subsecti n as follows: ''6. In assossing b ildings the assessor shall assess same at. 1:10 per centu of their value in the year 1914; at per centum of t eir value in the year 1915, and at por centum of th ·r value in the year and thereafter." (

d) Section is amend d by striking out the words "but any such distraint sh l1 be made on or before the 30th day of Deeot')Illber in e h year" at the end of said section. (

e) Section is amend d by striking out th€! words "and also per centum on t e whole amount then due" in the sixt.h and seventh li 1es thereof, and by substituting therefor the followin namely: "and also a penalty of nine per centum per nnum to be computed at ilie rate of three-quarters of e per cent. per month for ~each month or portion of month in arrears." (

f) Section is repeal . (

g) Section is amend by striking out the words "being a man, unmarried woman or w dow" in the first and second lines thereof; also by adding the wo ds ''or she" after th'€! word "he" in the seventh liue thereof a d also by adding the words "or h1&" after the word "his" in th eighth line thereof; and also by striking out the words "or w ose wife is a freeholder of real property within such rnunicipal'ty" in the eighbh and ninth lines thel"~of. 2.

Section of 'Phe W eta.~~iwin Charter being chaJ?ter 41, Alberta, 1906, is amended by ~dding thereto thtA followmg sub· sections, namely: "For the purposes of this sec~on any bank or other corporation asse&':lad on the last revised as ~ment roll as the freeholder or lessee of real property which i held or leased by an individual would entitle him to vote shall e •entitled to one vote only which may be given by the ehief resi ent officer of such corporation." No. 71 FOURTH SESSION SECOND LEG~LATURE GEORGE V BILL

An Act·to amend the Wetaskiwin Charter. Received and read the First time ...•................. Second time ...••.....•....•.•. Third titlle . .................. .. MR. OLIN EDMONTON: J. W. ]EP'FER.V, Government Printer A.D. 1913 Title: 1913 (2nd, 4th) Bill 71,

An Act to amend the Wetaskiwin Charter

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Collection	Alberta — Bills
Citation	L2 S4 10676
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