Bill 99 (Legislature 8, Session 3)

L8 S3 8347

Alberta — Bills

BILL NO'. 99 Df 1937.

An Act to enable the TDwn of Laeombe and the Municipal District of CrDwn No. 399 to' emer into an Agree ment for the provision of Hospirtal Facililties. (Assented to ,1937.) HIS MAJESTY, by and with the advice and CDnsent of the Legislative Assembly of the PrDvince Df Alberta, enacts as follDws: 1. This Act may be cited as "The Lacombe and Municipal District of Crown Community Hospital Act." 2.-

(1) With the approval of the Minister of Health the Town of LacDmbe and the Munici!pal Di,strict of Crown No. 399 are each hereby authorized and empowered to enter into an agreement for the provision of hospital facilities for the town and the municipal district, providing for,- (

a) the appointment of a hospital board consisting of five members of whom twO' members shall be mem bers of and appointed by the cO'uncil Df the town by a resDlutiDn of the cDuncil,thereof, and three members shall be members of and appDinted by the council Df the munioipal distriet by a resolution Df the cDuncil thereof; the members of the bDard to hDld office un til their successors are appDinted, O'r in the event of death or resignation of any member of the board his suceessor shall be appointed in the same manner as 'hi'S predecessDr was appointed; the first members of the bDard to .p,e appointed immediately after the ex ecutiDn of the agreement and thereafter in the month of March in each succeeding year; (

b) the transfer to the said board by the tDwn of Lac Dmbe of the Lacombe General Hospital, the site there of and its equipmem and supplies; (

c) the payment by the tDwn to' the said board of the mDney requisite to' erect, cDmplete and equip the hDS pital according to' plans and specifications to be ap proved by the town and ,the muni,cipal district, which money is estimated to be the sum Df $30,000.00 or thereabouts; (

d) the furnishing by the tDwn of a free site for the hos pital within theiown to be approved by the board, and the provision by the town at its own expense of sewer cDnnection with the hospital to the street line of the site, sidewalk approach to the corner of the

2 site on which the hospital is built, necessary street lights and such necessary hydrants as may be re quired for fire protection purposes; (

e) f'Or the issue by the town of debentures for the sum of $30,000.00 bearing ,illiterest at 6 % per annum re payable in fifteen equal aggregate annual instalments of principal and interest amounting to $3,088.86, for the purpose of providing ,the necessary fund for the erection, completion and equipment of the hospital; (

I) upon the town selling the said debenture issue of $::10,000.00 or obtaining the said sum by any other means, the contribution by the municipal district towards the cost of the erection, completion and equilpment of the said hospital, the sum of $20,000.00 and interest, payable in f,ifteen equal annual instal ments of blended principal and interest amounting to $2,059.24, provided, however, that such imerest shall be ait ,the same rate as is actually paid by the town in respect of the said sum borrowed by the town, the first of such instalments to be paid at the expiration of one year from the date of the bonds, debentures or other se'curity given by the town as security for the s'aid loan, and thereaf1ter on the same day in each succeeding year until the said sum of $20,000.00 with interest .as aforesaid is fully paid; (

g) the erection, completion and equipment of the hos pitaland i,ts subsequent operaitions by the s'aid board.

(2) Such agreement shall become effective upon the town selling or otherwise disposing of the said debenture issue of $30,000.00, and upon the board of the Lacombe General Hos pital transferring all its buildings, equipment and other as sets to the board, and upon the town doing all things neces sary to transfer to .and vest in the board the site of the pro posed new hosipi,tal, and thereafter the boaro shall hold the hospital and all p~operty whiats'oever acquired in conne~: tion therewith or in~idental thereto as the property of the board and upon and subject to the terms of the agreement. 3.

The board appointed pursuant to the said agreement shall be a body corporaite with the name, "The Lacombe and Distr'ict Community Hospital Board," and shall have the management and control of the affairs of the hospital and the necessary powers ,to perform and carry out all the acts and things which are assigned by the agreement to the board, and without derogating from the generality of the forego[ng shall have the following powers: (

a) to apply all moneys furnished by the town and the munioipal diistriCJt, or ffither of them, for the purpose of erecting, completing and equipping the said hos pital or any additions, alterations or extensions thereto in accordance with the said plans and specifi cations and any directions which may be g,iven jointly by ,the councils of the town and the municipal district;

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b) to manage and control the affairs and business of the hospital; (c) (d) (e) (I) (g) (

h) to engage ,any necessary officials and servaoos, and to pres~ribe their remuneration and duties and to terminaIte any such engagements; to apply all moneys received by the board on account of the operation of the hospital for the purposes of the hoopirbal; to keep proper books of account; to require that any member of ,the board and any employee of the board who has the handling of any rru:>neys entrusted to or received by the board shall furnish a bood of a company licensed to conduct the business of bonding in .the Province in a sum not less than $5,000.00; to submit all books of accounts, V'Ouchers, srbatements and documents relating to the affairs a;nd business of the hospital to the inspection of any aud~ltor or auditors a.ppointed at any time by the town and the municipal district jointly or by either of them; to submit silaitements as to the financjal transactions of the board and current receipts; disbursements, 3iSSeitS and liabilities to the town and municipal dis trict annually in the moDIth of March in each year by the town and the municipal di.strict jointly or by either of them. 4.

The resideDIt sick of the town and the municipal dis trict respectively shall have the right to admislsion to and treatment in the hospital in priority to any other persons. 5. The amount of the hospital charges shall be such as may be from time to time fixed by the board and a;pproved by the town and the municipal district respectively. 6. The ,town and the municipal district shall ea~h be responsible for the p,ayment to the board of all hospital charges payable in respect of their res.pective residents whioh are not paid by such residents. 7.

The deficits incurred by ,the board in the operation of the hospital shall be annually appornoned between and paid by the parties hereto as foHows; so much of the def~dt as is aJttributable to the hospitalization of persons who are not residents of the town or the municipal district on the bas,is of one-<third thelreof to the town and two-thirds thereof to the municipal district, and the ,remainder of the deficit shall be appoI'ltioned between the town and the municipal district in the proportion which the ltotal number of hospital days of patients who Q!re resident'S of the town during the year bears to the ,total number of hos·pirbal days of patients who are resideIllbs of the municipal dilstriot.

4 8. All future expenditure a±iter the completion Qf the hospirtal incurred in cQnnection with the said hQsplital and all unfQrseen l'Osses Qr expenditures incurred in connection therewi,th shall be apPQrtioned between the tQwn and the municipal disltrict in the propQrtion Qf the municipal district as shown by the DQminion census last taken prior to' such loss Qr expenditure. 9.

The agreement erutered inltQ pursuarut to' this Act shall corutinue in full force and effect sO' lQng as any sum payable by the municipal districlt pursuant to' ,suGh agreement, 'Or any sum whiich the municipal district becomes liable to pay Qn accQunt Qf any capirbal expenditure in respeci of ,the hospi,tal, remains owing and unpaid; and upon all such indebtedness Qf the municipal district being paid and SaJtisfied, either party may terminate the said agreemem by deltivering to the other, twelve mQnths' notli'ce jn wr,iting of its intention to terminate ,the s'3Jid agreemerut, and UPQn the e~iration Qf such notice, the S'aid agreement shall cease and the affairs Qf :the hQspital shall be w'Ound up and the surplus, if any, ,ghall belong to' the tQwn and munJicipal district in the p1'O PQl'Itions of Qne-third to' the town and two-thirds to the municipal districlt.

In the inte'rval between ,the time the full amourut 'Owing by the municipal district as afores:ai.d has been paid and the terminatlion 'Of the agreement as herein prQvided, the town shall be deemed to be the owner Qf an urrdivtided one~third interest in the property vested in the board by the said agreement and the munioipal district shall be deemed to' be the 'Owner Qf an undivided two-thirds in terest in the said property. ~O.-(

l) In the event of the Municipal District Qf Crown No. 399 making .provision for the h08pitalization Qf the resi dents of that part of the area 'Of the Municipal District which liies to' the SQuth off the Blindman River, by entering into an agreement for that purpQse with the Red Deer Mun icipal Hospital, sO' long as such agreement remains in force,- (

a) all sums which are required to' be raised by the Mun icipal District in respect of the expenditures in con nection with any agreement entered intO' pursuant to this Act, shall be levied against all the property which is I.iable to assessment and taxation for the general purpQses 'Of the Municipal District and is situate in SO' much Qf the area of the Municipal District as is not situate to' the SQuth of the Blindman River; (

b) all sums required to' be raised by the Municipal Dis trict in respect 'Of expenditures in cQnnection with the said agreement with the Red Deer Municipal HQs pital, shall be levied against all the property which is liable to' assessment and taX'atiQn fQr the general purposes of the Municipal District and is situate in sO' much of the area Qf the Municipal District as is to' the South Qf the Blindman River.

(2) Any such tax shall be raised and levied as if the same were a tax levied pursuant to the provisions of The Municipal District Act and all the provisions of that Act re lating to the imposition, levy and collection of the tax shall mutatis mutandis apply to the tax levied in pursuance with this section; and such tax shall be collected along with and form part of the general taxes 'Of the Municipal District levied against the property in respect 'Of which such tax is payable. 11.

The town 'Of Lacombe and the Municipal District of Crown No. 399 are e'ach hereby empowered to do all acts and things which are necess,ary for the pUI"pose of carrying out any agreement entered into pursuant to this Act or are incidental thereto. 12. This Act shall come into force upon a date to be fix ed by Proclamation of the Lieutenant Governor in CO'Uncil.

No. 99. THIRD SESSION EIGHTH LEGISLATURE 1 GEORGE VI 1937 BILL

An Act to enable the Town of Lacombe and the Munioipal Dis tricrt: of Cvown No. 399 to enterr into an Agreement for the pro vision of Hospital Flacilities. Received and read the First time ....................................... . Second time ................................... .. Third time ....................................... . HON. DR. CROSS. EDMONTON: A. Shnitka, King's Printer 193'7 Title: 1937 (8th, 3rd) Bill 99,

An Act to enable the Town of Lacombe and the Municipal District of Crown No. 399 to enter into an Agreement for the provision of Hospital Facilities

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Collection	Alberta — Bills
Citation	L8 S3 8347
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	L8 S3 8347
Language	en
Format	json
Source	PROVINCIAL
Identifier	774077e74c66a2359361c4853d238772f432a59b

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