Bill 82 (Legislature 4, Session 4)

L4 S4 10121

Alberta — Bills

BILL No. 82 of 1921.

An Act to amend The Live Stock Encouragement Act. (Assented to ,, 1921.) HIS MAJESTY, by and with the advice and c:onsent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Alberta, enacts as follows: i'l''~ 1. The Live Stock Encouragement Act, being ehapter 9 of(the Statutes of Alberta, 1917, is amended by adding thereto the following as

section 6b: "6b. The Department shall have a charge upon all the real and personal property within the province of every purchaser, as security for the payment of all sums of money due or to become due under any promissory note whensoever given by the association of which he is a member. "

(2) When the said purchaser permanently leaves the province or when the payment of the money due or to become due under the said note, or of any part thereof, otherwise seems in the opinion of the Minister to be likely to be wilfully evaded by such purchaser, the Minister m.ay enter upon or take possession of any such property and if any resistance is offered to his so doing, the sheriff shall, upon the direction of the Minister, put the latter in possession thereof. "

(3) The Minister upon so entering or taking possession shall immediately send notiee thereof by registered mail to the purchaser a·~ his last known address, and in the case of land shall place upon it a notice to the effect that he has entered thereon under the provisions of this Act. "

(4) Upon the expiry of fourteen days after entering upon or taking possession of any such property the Minister may sell the same as if he were the owner thereof and may make, in the name of the owner, such assurances, transfers or conveyances as may be necessary to vest the same in the person buying such property, and shall hold the proceeds of the sale to discharge the liability of the said purchaser, upon the maturity of the note hereinbefore mentioned. "

(5) Where the proceeds of the sale are more than sufficient to discharge the liability of the said purchaser the surplus shall be held in trust for him for a period of one year, upon the expiration of

2 which period, if such surplus is not claimed by the purchaser, it shall be paid into th~e general revenue fund." 2. The said Act is further amended by addin1g thereto the following as sections 7 c and 7 d respectively: "7c. Every member of an association shall give the secretary thereof the necessary assistance in branding animals or venting brands on animals belonging to such member of the association. "7d. Every association shall purchase branding irons for the purpose of branding animals and venting brands thereon, which branding irons shall be kept in the custody of the secr~etary." a.

Section 9 of the said Act is amended- (

a) By repealing the first paragraph thereof and substituting the following in lieu thereof: "9. All the live stock so purchased, and the offspring of any stock purchased as aforesaid, shall become and be the property of the Government of Alberta until the note or notes guaranteed by the Treasurer and any renewal or renewals thereof are fuVy paid and discharged." (

b) By repealing the first proviso thereto and sub stituting the following in lieu thereof: "Provided, however, that with the consent of the commissioner, any purchaser may· sell any male offspring over two years of age, but he shall remit the money received therefor to the commissioner who may apply the whole or any part thereof in satisfaction of interest due upon, or in reduction of, the principal of the note given by the association of which such purchaser is a member, and may also, if the amount still owing by such purchaser is small or the future payment thereof is in the · opinion of the commissioner otherwise sufficiently insured, give back the whole or any part of such money to such purchaser." (

c) By striking out the second proviso thereto and substituting therefor the following: "Provided, however, that the commissioner or an inspector may,· while on a tour of inspection, permit a purchaser to substitute anothE:~r animal or other animals for any animal or animals pur chased under the provisions of this Aet or for any of the offspring of any animal so purchased, and every such substituted animal shall be subject to all the provisions of this Act as if it were part. of the original purchase of the purchaser:

3 ''And provided further that the commissioner or the inspector permitting such substitution shall forthwith brand the animals so substituted and vent the brand on the animals for which substitution was made." (

d) By adding the words ''or any'' after the word ''all'' where the same occurs in the third line of the third proviso thereto.

Section 13 of the said Act is amended by adding after the words "In case any such note is not paid at ma1~urity" where they occur therein the words ''or in case default is made in payment of interest as the same falls due from time to time."

No. 82. FOURTH SESSION FOURTH LEGISLATURE 11 GEORGE V 1921 BILL

An Act to amend The Live Stonk Encouragement Act. Received and read the First time ................... . Second time . . ............... . Third time .................. . HoN. MR. MARSHALL. EDMONTON: J. W. J~e:rn:aT, Kma'a ParxTaa. A.D. 1821 Title: 1921 (4th, 4th) Bill 82, Act to amend The Live Stock Encouragement Act

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Citation	L4 S4 10121
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