Bill No. 46 of 1948. A BILL TO AMEND THE CROWN CULTIVATION LEASES ACT NOTE. This Bill amends The Crown Cultivation Leases Act.

Section is struck out and a new

section substituted therefor which is exactly the same as' the present subsection (3) of se,ction of The Provincial Lands Act as enacted by the amendment. The amendment is made for the sake of uniformity. In the case of an agricultural lease of cultivated lands where there is an increased rental on account of improvements, it makes it clear that the municipality receives a percentage of the one-eighth share of the crop which is the basic land rental. W. S. GRAY, Legislative Counsel. (This note does not form any part of the Bill but is offered in explanation of its provisions.) BILL No. 46 of 1948.

An Act to amend The Crown Cultivation Leases Act. (Assented to ,1948.) HIS MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1. The Crown Cultivation Leases Act, being

chapter of the Revised Statutes of Alberta, 1942, is hereby amended as to

section by striking out the same and by substituting therefor the following: "3. The Minister of Lands and Mines is hereby authorized and empowered to pay from the money received in any year by him as the proceeds of the Department's one-eighth share of crop from any land which is held as aforesaid,- "(

a) forty per cent of the money received to the muni­ cipal district or improvement district in which the land is situate; and " (

b) forty per cent of the money received to the school district in which the land is situate or in case the school district is in a school division, to the municipal district or improvement district in which the land is situate; and in any case where the Minister, pursuant to the pro­ visions of The Provincial Lands Act has fixed as rental a share of the crop greater than one-eighth, the percentage payable to the municipal district, improvement district or s'chool district, as the case may be, shall be a percentage of one-eighth share Oof the crop, and nOot of the greater share of the crop.". 2.

This Act shall come into force on the day upon which it is assented to. FIFTH SESSION TENTH LEGISLATURE GEORGE VI BILL

An Act to amend The Crown Cultivation Leases Act. Recei ved and read the First time. Second time ..... Third time ................................... . HON. MR. TANNER. EDMONTON: A. Shnltka, King's Printer 194R Title: 1948 (10th, 5th) Bill 46,

An Act to amend The Crown Cultivation Leases Act