Bill 37 (Legislature 6, Session 4)

L6 S4 8948

Alberta — Bills

BILL No. 37 of 1930.

An Act to establish a Research Council in Alberta. (Assented to ,1930). HIS MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Ass'embly of the Province of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1. This Act may be cited as "The Research Council Act." 2.

The Scientific and Industrial Research Council of Alberta (Order in Council 30/21) shall be reconstituted and established as a corporation to be known as the Research Council of Alberta (hereinafter called "the Council"). 3.- ( 1) The Council shall consist of not more than ten members, designated from time to time by the Lieutenant Governor in Council, and shall include two members of the Executive Council of Alberta, the President of the Univer sity of Alberta, and members at large.

(2) The ordinary members of the Council shall hold office for a period of one year, but shall be eligible for reappoint ment. 4.-

(1) There shall be a chairman of the Council who shall be a member of the Executive Council of Alberta.

(2) The President of the University of Alberta, shall act as Director of Research for the Council. 5. The Council shall have charge of all matters affecting scientific and industrial research in Alberta which may be assigned to it by the Lieutenant Governor in Council, and shall also have the duties of advising the Executive Council of Alberta on questions of scientific and technological meth ods affecting the expansion of the industries, or the utiliza tion of the natural resources of Alberta. 6.

The Council is hereby constituted a body corporate cap able of suing and being sued, and having the power to ac quire money, securities, real estate or property by gift, grant, bequest, donation or otherwise, and of holding lands, tenements, hereditaments, goods, chattels and any other property, movable or immovable, for the purpose of, and subject to, this Act.

2 7. The Council shall meet at least twice a year in the City of Edmonton on such days as may be fixed by the Council, and may also meet at such other times and places as the Council may deem necessary. 8. No member of the Council :shall receive any payment or emolument for his services, but each member shall re ceive such payments for travelling and other expenses in connection with the work of the Council as may be approved by the Lieutenant Governor in Council. . 9..

The Council may acquire by purchase or lease, or may enter upon, take and use without the consent of the owner thereof, any land and buildings which may be deemed suit able for the purposes' of the Council and may erect buildings, acquire and instal machinery and. equipment, and purchase all such instruments, materials and appliances and other matters and things as may be dee~ed necessary: Provided that such lands andl buildings so purchased, leased or taken, and the plants and other buildings to be erected by the Council shall be first approved by the Lieu-. tenant Governor in Council. 10.

Whenever the Council exercises the power to enter upon, take, or use lands without the consent of the owner thereof, The Public Works Act shall apply mutatis mutandis and the procedure shall be, as nearly as may be, that pro vided in Th'e Public Works Act, where land is taken for the use of the Province. 11. The real and personal property, business and income of the Council shall not be subject to assessment or taxation for municipal or provincial purposes. . 1~.

Without thereby limiting the general powers of the Council conferred upon or vested in it by this Act, it is' hereby declared that the Council may execute the following powers, namely: (

a) To make by-laws for the conduct of its business; (

b) To control and direct thc~ work of the Council!; (

c) To undertake in such way as may be deemed advis able to promote- (

i) the utilization of the natural resources of Al berta; (ii) researches with the object of improving the technical processes and methods used in the industries of Alberta and of discovering pro cesses and methods wh~ch may promote the ex pansion of existing or the development of new industries; (iii) researches with the view of utilizing the waste products of said industries·;

3 (iv) the investigation at the request of any of the industries of Alberta of the materials which are or may be used in, or of the products of, the industries making such a request; (

v) researches the objects of which are the better ment, welfare and progress of the urban or rural life in the Province; (

d) To have charge of, and direction or supervision over, the researches' which may be undertaken, under conditions to be determined in each case, by or for single industrial firms, or by such organiza tions or persons, as may desire to avail themselves of the facilities offered for this purpose; (

e) To expend such sums of money as may be annually appropriated by the Legislative Assembly for the work of the Council, or which shall have been re ceived by the Council through bequest, donation or otherwise; (

f) Subject to the approval of the Lieutenant Governor in Council, to appoint such scientific, technical and other officers, and to fix the tenure of such appoint ments, to prescribe the several duties of such offi cers, and to fix their remuneration; (

g) To publish, from time to time, such scientific and technical information as the Council may deem nec essary. 13. The Director of Research shall be the chief executive officer of the Council and shall have supervision and direc tion of the work of the Council and of the officers, technical and otherwise, appointed for the purposes of carrying on the work of the Council. He shall also submit to the Council nominations for any technical or other officers required by the Council. 14.-

(1) All dis'coveries, inventions and improvements in processes, apparatus or machines, made by a member or any number of members of the technical staff of the Coun cil, shall at the discretion of the Council be vested in the Council, and shall be made available to the public under such conditions and payment of fees or royalties o~ otherwise as the Council may determine, subject to the approval of the Lieutenant Governor in Council.

(2) The Council, with the approval of the Lieutenant Governor in Council, may pay to its technical officers, and to others working under its auspices, who have made valu able discoveries, inventions or improvements in processes, apparatus and machines such bonuses or royalties as in its opinion may be warranted. 15. All the re~eipts and expenditures of the Council shall be subject to exaimination and audit by the Provincial Audi tor.

4 1.6. The Director of Research shall report annually to the Council upon the progress and efficiency of the work of the Council, and as to its requirements, and shall make such recommendations therein as he may deem necessary. 1.7.-

(1) The Council shall, after the conclusion of the calendar year, make a report to the Premier of the Prov ince on the work of the Council during the preceding year.

(2) This report of the Council Shall be laid before the Legislative Assembly within fifteen days after the com mencement of the next session of the Legislative Assembly.

No. 37. FOURTH SESSION SIXTH LEGISLATURE 20 GEORGE V 1930 BILL

An Act to establish a Research Council in Alberta. Received and read the First time ................... . Second time .................. . Third time ............... , ... . RON. MR. BAKER EDMONTON: W. D. McLEAN, KING'S PRINTER A.D. 1930 Title: 1930 (6th, 4th) Bill 37,

An Act to establish a Research Council in Alberta

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Citation	L6 S4 8948
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