Bill 48 (Legislature 6, Session 1)

L6 S1 9217

Alberta — Bills

.BILL No. 48 of 1927.

An Act for the Payment of Wolf Bounty. (Assented to ,1927.) HIS MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Alberta, enacts as follows: SHORT TI'l'LE. ~. This Act may be cited as "The Wolf Bounty Act."

INTERPRETATION. 2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires (u,) "Minister" shall mean the Minister of Agriculture; (b) "Prairie wolf" shall mean a wolf of the species known also as the coyote or brush wolf; ( c) "Timber wolf" shall mean a wolf of the species known also as the grey or black wolf; (d) "Wolf pup" shall mean any prairie or timber wolf up to the first day of July of the year of its birth. 3.-

(1) The Minister may direct the payment out of the general revenue fund, of the following sums by ''lay of pounty, that is to say on the pelt of- (

n) any male timber wolf other than a wolf pup, ten dollars; (

b) any female timber wolf other than a wolf pup, twenty dollars; (

c) any wolf pup, two dollars; (cl) any prairie wolf killed between the thirtieth day of April and the first day of September in any year, two dollars.

(2) Upon the payment of bounty on the pelt of any prai rie wolf or wolf pup, such pelt shall become the property of the Government of Alberta. 4. The Minister may appoint inspectors to examine pelts and perform such other duties as may be imposed upon them by this Act or by any rule or regulation made hereunder. 2 5. Every inspector may administer any oath or affirma tion required by any rule or regulation made ,hereunder, and shall administer such oath or affirmation free of charge. 6.

The Minister may make, with the approval of the Lieutenant Governor in Council, rules and regulations re specting the payment of bounty and the remuneration of inspectors and generally for carrying into effect the pro visions of this Act; and may from time to time alter or rep8al, with the like approval, any such rules or regulations. 7.

The Lieutenant Governor in Council may direct the discontinuance of the payment of Dounties in the event of any appropriation voted by the Legislative Assembly for that purpose becoming exhausted, and the renewal of such payment, upon a further or other appropriation being voted therefor; and may in any other case where it is deemed advisable, direct such discontinuance and renewal. 8. Any person making a claim for bounty under this Act in respect of the pelt of a wolf killed elsewhere than in the Province of Alberta, shall be liable on

summary conviction to a penalty not exceeding one hundred dollars and costs for each such pelt. 9. This Act shall come into force upon the day it IS assented to. No. 48. FIRST SESSION SIXTH LEGISLATURE GEORGE V BII--,L

An Act for the Payment of Wolf Bounty Received and read the First time ................... . Second time .................. . Third time ................... . HON. MR. HOADLEY. lmMONTON: W. D. McLEAN, ACTING KING'S Pnr:''fTEn "-D_ 1!t27 Title: 1927 (6th, 1st) Bill 48,

An Act for the Payment of Wolf Bounty

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Collection	Alberta — Bills
Citation	L6 S1 9217
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	L6 S1 9217
Language	en
Format	json
Source	PROVINCIAL
Identifier	7b5571bfd370c8a581a83e03bf4badf603b20f65

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