Bill 84 (Legislature 2, Session 4)

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Alberta — Bills

BILL No. 84 of 1Hi3.

An Act lo Provide for the I uitiation pr Approval of Legislation by the Electo~·s .. (Assented I tu 1Hl3). HIS Mi\.JESTY, by and with the I advice and eousenL of the Legislative Asf:embly of Lhe rrcjvince of Albert-a, enaet~ n:-; follows: 1. This Act mny be 1·ite.d n., "The Ipircct Lc_qi8lution A d." Title. 2. Jn this 1\ct, unle,:~ the ormtdl otherwii'c roqnirc>', tho 11~'t'"'"Pn'· • o1 lOll. cxprCSfHOll- 1. "Electoral Divio-ion" menus HllYI cled.oral division in tho province entitled to return a memlJer o~· members to the Legislative Assembly; 2.

"Ele.ctor~" means all persons wli:"? names ap}!ear on tho list of electors wlueh "'ould be used at the tune of holdmg of the votL' at a general clce.tion of mcml>er,: o seryc, in the Legislative AR~etubly were ;:;uch clediu11 being th 11 held. 3. The Legi"lnturc, with refcrenec ttl any Ad, may Jccla.rc that L,•g·iHiaturel . 1 11 · f 'l l · · 1 ! f } ] ma \ del a,. JL.s w IIO~· euu1c ~ntu m:t·P unh t 10 ~tnet.Jet 1 ( ay n. ler t 10 c o~e c<ni1ing i 11 i, of the seil.~lUll durlllg wlm·h the same s pnf':-:ed. ~or~laf.~~ 4.

Any number of elr·etnrs being 1 ot lc:-s than Len per centum nererenumj1 in unrnber of the total votes polled at the general provincial petltlun. election then last heVrl, may arldre"-'l · petition to the Lieutenant Goven1or-in-Cuuneil (p1·ovidcd that lhe ~aid petition must be signer] by a nun1hur of elcdors in each 111](1 every doctoral division in the pPovinee equal in tmmber in ach electoral division to at least 5 per centum of tl1c vutc:-~ poll c1 in f.aid electoral division at the election then liL~t held for tile p 1rpo~c of ele-cting a member of the Legrslative 1\~sembly), praying that any Act or any part of parts of the ~aid i\et, the operation of \\·hieh i:s deferred under the provisions of

section 3 hereof he refer ·cd to a vote of the elcdor~. Such petition shall be in form "A" in he !:lcheJule hereto or Lo the like efTect al1!d t<lwll be presented to the elcrk of the Exccuti\·,. Council before the ninetieth <1ay afte · the close of the session of the Jj(~gislnturc at which ~;aid Aet was w~~etl. 5. When any such petition i~ prclentcil unrler tho provisions Operation of

section 4 hereof the opcrat.ion of the 1\ct therein referred t.o ~fa)f'e·~t !JO shall be and is hereby further rlefmTe 1 until a vote of the electorA 'lays. is takeu thereon aiHl the result of s 1eh vote finally determined as hereinafter provided. 6. Any number of electors being ot less than 10 per centum Tniti::<tlve • b. f l l ll l l • . 1 petJbon. tn num er o t 1e tota votes po e< at t. w genera prov1ncw election then last held may prc;:;cnt o the Legislative Assembly, at any bime before the expiration of the time for the presenting of petitions to the Legio;lativc Assern Jly, a petition in i.he Fnrn1 "13" in the

schedule hereto or to th like cl-Icet. praying that. a proposed Act, a copy of whieh ehall l <·company the said petition, be enactml by the Legislatnre: Provided that the ~aid petition tliJ~t be signed by a numbet· of electors in each and cYery eledo al division in the Province equal in number in each eleetoral div'sion to at least .5 per centum of the votes polled in said electoral ivision at the election then last held for the purpose of eleding member of the Legislative• Assembly:

2 Provided however that 110 ~uch propii"cd Act shall be considererl by the LcgislaLive t\ssemuly which Jl'oYidcs for any grant or dwrge upon the puLiie revctme or w 1ieh is not certine<l to by the Attomey Geuerul as lwi1!g in his or inimt within the legislative j unisdidion of the Legislature of Alber a. 7.

E\'ory pnlpll."L'd ,\e( jli'L'~en!ed lt the Legi:-lntive As~em~ly l'roposecl under the p~·o,·ision:- o~ scdion () hm:eo aud whieh c~mpbes With ;(u\;R~~1 tiallf all the reclllll'Clllellts of tl1e ~md H)el!Ot shall, uules . .; tt IS ouactml altere<! .bY l · ] · J · 1 · · 1 · tl t 1 t J,eglslahve ( lll111Jg ( 10 O:ll'SSIOU at IV lll' I J( IS fll'l':'Cll 0( \YI lOll amenf !llell Ol' Assembly \\'ith only stwh amcndmentH us ;-:hall \Jc certified to Ly tho tlpcakor ~~'b';.!; 1 t~d m; uot couAitutiug a ~ttb~tuntial all ·atiou therein, or as not to elector,;. changing llw mea11ing, i1tknl or Plfett thereof, be sulnnillocl lo a yote of the eleeiol'.S a~ lwl'L'iiJHftor pro\ idee!. 8.

The Lieutc"JHtlll (3rn·em0l'"ill-Coul (•il slwll after eaeh ~e~.~ioll Lieutenant of the Legislature i~:;sue n. writ for the taking of a vote upon nll f~oi:~~~r Acts or propo,;ed Act,; ur part or part~ uf ~lilY Act, if anv, upon writ to l . l I . 1 ' , . . f tl. . \ t tn.ke vol~. w nc 1 a vole may JO rct!llll'el Ullt.er '11y ]H'OVJii!Oil o liS 1 e ; such writ shall issue 11ot earlier tlmn t uce mouths and not bter than te11 months a:f•ter the eluse of tl1e sarid session, and the date Jixcd therein for the taki11g of the V· t.e shall be not less than twenty-three days and not more .than l venty-seven days after the tla.te of tho writ, aud the said writ sh~ ll lJe returned upon such date as shall IJe stated therein. 9. 'l'he wri l shall be wrhlres.'Oed aud fJnvarded by mail by the Writ <td clcrk of the Executive Coll!!eil to the r tuming oflicer appointed ~reetii':'~tn~' by the Lieu!.onun[. (;o,·ertwr-in-CouJH'ril f •r eaeh electoral division. orricer or •· each .B~.

I). 10. \Vltore a \'Ole under tho provi«i liS of this Act is providecl orricers [o be hold upon the Sl~llle day H:< .the ,PO Ji ng in lt general eJect~ Oil u;!)~~~~~~\ 11 of members to serve lll tho Leg1slallve Assembly, the. retnrmn)!; election oHieerf', deputy relu l'llling otlieers, poll derk:; and other ollicials r~r;~gf"lll appointed for the purpo::c,; of the said general election shall act c;rt,n:in in the same capacity for t.Jw pnrpo~os of the vote; taken under thi,; c.Jses.

Act, all(l the ,;ame ballot boxes and po ling booth:< shall be usorl f,or the purpo~es of the suicl vok as arc u. ctl for the sai,d election: Provided howe\·or that in every .~ueh c t::'e the ballot-; for the saicl vote shall Lo of a. colour different fr011 tho Lallots of the Ptti<l eleetion. 1~. 'l'he el.edz of the I~xecnlivo Coutll'il shall forthwith upol! Pul.Jlicn.tion lhe issue of sm~h writ publish in The Alberta. Gazette a noticB ~~li~~t o 1 ~ 1111 of th~ same aml a copy of the ,\('( or par ='• of Acts upon which the writ. vote IS to be taken. 1~.

The dcrk of the Exeentive Coulwil r-lwll forthwith a.fter Notice of I · f 1 · 1 ' · · the vote to L lC 1-:-'iue o ' t 1e sa.I< wnt erruse to be pnb Jshod 111 every newspaper !>e publislw<l pubhsl~ed_in ilw provinee a notice of the taking of tho vote giving ; 1~_;~ 1 ~apers a descriptiOn of the Ad or Acts or parts hereof or of the propo,:cd in Provine<·. 1\ct or Acts to be voted upon. 13.

For tho purposc~s of the laking of the said vote all thP The provisions of The J1lbe'l'ta Election Act ·especting the election of~~~.;~~~' members of the Le~isln.tiYe Assemb}.'_', i1 elndin_g the qualification ~~1;1\~o of vote1·>' t=:ha 11 RUh.Ject to the pDOVISJOns of t.lns Act amd: of anv · regulation~ that may he mack lrv the Licnknnnt Oovcrnor-iti Council pursuant hei;cto apply rnutati.~ m 11fantlis to tho eo11dnd of such proceedings. · .14. 'l'he vot.j Ill!; shal.l h b~, ballot nnu.j caeh voter Rhall indieatl' ;;~1\~ 1 ">" lns vote Ly ma.rkmg It on the ballot m <1('0ordnn!'e with (.he directions given therein: .

Prpvided that when more than ont Act or propo~ed Aet 1.' bemg voted upon, a scpn.rnle \Jnllot ~hlnll be prcpmwl for eneh :-;aid Art or proposed 1\et.

3 15. The ballot ~:>hall be c<howu in s4edule "B" hereto, with ~:>uch ii;ai~~he~';, 1 ~ variations as are nece?">Uy. "B". 16. 'l'he ballots shall Lc lJl'Cparedj:y the Government PPintcr ~h~~~t~e and shall Lc fonvartletl to the returnin oiiicers in sufficient number P .• repared iy for each electoral di vi~iou IJV the elm k of the Executive Council Y.~inet~~-~nen together with such form::l~ llot[ces and liustructions as the Lieutenant Uoveruor-in-Couucil may I rescribe. 17.

Every retumi ng ofhe.or :ohal_l in respect _of each Ad . or ;;~~~~ii~~ proposed Act to be vote([ upon by wnlng under h1s hand, appomt agents. from among the appli·caub fm sul'h > Jpoiutment or on behalf of persons applying to have ·o~teb appoin. ·ments made, Lwo agents to attend at eaeh polling station and to a :t as scrutineers at the final summing up of the Yote;; on !Jehalf of those desirous of obtaining au allimativc ati,.;wcr to the qu.c'=ltiou 111d two ageut;; to so attend ou behalf of tho"e de.-;irous of obtainin a negatiye answer, but 110 such agents ::;lHtll be entitled to ally re lllllcrati.ou from the publie treasury. . . .

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(2) Before any per~on so appomte enters upon Jus dut.Ie.~ as sh~u makd agent, he shall make all'cl subsr1ribe efore the returning otlicer decla.mtion.l or any deputy returning otlicer, a de ·lnrat.ion to the effect that he is iuterested in and de.~irous of btaining an affirmative or negative ancwcr, as [.be ease may •, to the question, which deelaraliou mav be in the form "C" in he cclwdule to this Act. (3) .Every per.-:on so appointed, Le 'ore l>eing admitted to Llw ~~d~~:halll pollin.(!; station, or to th,~ Jiual ~ummilll up uf the votes, as the case appoint may Ire, shall pror1uce to the deputy r ·turning oilieer his written ment. appui n [.m ent. ( 4) lu CW'•e llo pcn-<o11 ltas J,een appc in led as aforesaid to attend ~'r ~~~~~~·e at any polling station, or at the final ~ nnuing- up of the vote,..;, or elector• ' in the absence of any person ~o appoint 'd, ·~mi electors not exceed- may act. ing Lwo in the same interec;t, may upr n making and subscribing a declaration lo the above eJiect before he deputy returning olliccr or the returning oflic:er, as the ca~e 1 ay be, be aJdmitted to the polling station or to the liual summiug p of the vot~, ns agents on l>eha.lf of that i ntcrest.

(5) Wheuever it is provided in 1'11~11lberta Election !let that IPb'erta anything may or ~hall be done in w pre.-;ence of or by the Elec 1 tiodn Ae~ · ]' · ] • · • apJJ Ie . ~and1dnte or 1.1s agent, sue 1 prov.Jsion . hall, as :1pphed to pr?cecd- wgs uuder tlus Aet, be taken to refer o agents appointed m the manner aforesaid. 18.

At the clo::c of the poll the dept t.v. returning officer, in the ;,'0\I.cl~':.~u~~·l presence of sueh agents as attend, ~hall with reference to each Act Returning t f \ t t tl l. ]] t ] · · tJ · th 1 OITicer sha.l or par o a~J i c 1 coun · ·le Ja o ~' p a •mg . 1em In . ree parce s, count namely: afhrmatlve ballots, negative b llots and rejected ballots; ballots. shall give t.o one agent representing t w nfrirmative and to one agent rcprescn ting the negative a stittc 11ent showing the number of.·afrirmative and negative vote~ re~pe ·lively and: the number of l'C.Jected ballots; shall seal the thl'ee par els and forthwith forward or deliver to the returning offieer the three parcels and also all unused ballot papers and.a statement of be re:;u]t of the poll. 19.

A bal!.ot shall be reject.ed in eadJ of the following cases: Definition ( ) If ., · t th t' t d 1. } • • • l ,.. - of rejected a . 1v 1~ no ~u · en 1ca e uy. f. 1e untia s o.r the depmy b'!IIotR rctummg off1cer, unle.•s tlte em 1 deputv has 1nadvertenllv omitt.ed to initial the same· " · (

b) If it is not marked with a ~rost; (

c) If i.~ .has more Uwn one cro s; or any other mark in addJtJOn to a croi'.S by whid1 h thinks it was intende.r] to be identified. ·

4 20. Each retuming olliccr after lie has received _from eac·h U&\~~~ins1wjl deputy returning of!Jcer a statement bowing tile vohng on the endorse un ballots taken from the lmllol box open d by llim, shall i~dorse on ~~t~o\~ 8 ;';.lt the :vrit n s.t.utm.ucut ccrtify~ng i t1 rclat 0~1 .t.t~ the votes given at the ~~~in~£i ~:' 1 PolLmcr places lll or for In~ elcdurnl lJVIO''lOII lll)Oll each Act or Clerk <?f o f_ljxecuttve proposed Act voted upon: counciL (

a) The numbcr.of vote~ in the a~irnw.tiYc; (b) 'i'lie uumher of vntPs in the 1 ega live; and (

c) The uumLer of ballot~ rcjcele 1; . aud shall within teu days after the h ltling of tlJC vole traumnL the writ as indorsPd tog;elhcr with all , alml pan·els .of ballots and unused ballot pnpcr,; to tlw derk of the Exe<'ntiveCouncil. ~1. The elerk of the Executive Con 1eil ~hall prepare from the g::~~u~l~·e returns indorsed 011 the writ ;.:o retm·t eel to him. ~t statement of council l I f . , J (J' , f tl , b f t .

Himll mal<~l t 1e Il\llll JPl' o WJ[es 111 t ll' a Il'mnl•l\'C o 10 nnm oro vo es lll and publisl~ the nev;ative, and of the II UllliC'l' of lJa] o(:-< rc•jcelcd, and ;.:hall sign ~~a~e~~znt t.he sttttemct.tt a!Hl shall publish a < opy of the sumo iu 'l'he · Alberta Gazette within thirty days a lor the taking of .the vote and the statement Ao Jmldi.-Lt':l ~lndl .]; l' Indn;:;i,·e evidence of the result of ihe vote, unlel's a .ocrutiny. or recount is dcmandetl. 22.

Any doctor may IYithin ten ln)'A from the da.te of the ~?~~~~~d mn~· publication in the (~azet.te of tho ;.:nid . tntcmcnt by the said clcrl~ "''eou!'t or 1 . ' t f J 1 f t} S ' C t f scrutmy, o J!.tnn an ·appcnntmen . rmn an~· tH g o 1e upreme our or a recount or ecrnt.iny or both of the \\hole. vote in the provinec; provided he, within said ten days, dep :<it with the said clerk the sum of $ , to he applieil in p yment of the expense.~ of such recount or S<·rnliny or both. ln <·t ~e no regulations nrc tnnde lllHkr i-4edioii ~.) as lo "'dt rccoHut >r >'lTut.iny the said jtHh.!:e ;;hall gi,·c all 11cecs~ary directions and ·hall conduct sni,J sernt.in~· m· recount ·OI' both nntl ~l1all certify tl1e rp~ult to the said rlerk and such eertifieaLc ~hall he ecmclm:ivr, cwi1l tH·e ns to the rresnlt. 23.

In the ea~e of c\·ery Aet or par thereof votccl upon unclPr l:ruclama- 1 . . f . ..: ] f I I . l 1 • ] j}' t' twn hv lle Jll'H\'l~JOIIS 0 :o:et•.hon ol Jel'eO mH C.Cl'll C( lll t J€. H 11'!11a ·IVC, I~!Plltei•ant- [.Jte Lieutenant ( :ovcrnnr-in-Council ml y provide by proelamutiou t.rwenwr. the date from and after whi<·h the sai 1\et or part t.hcreof shall nomn into foi'oD; and any stH'lJ Ad m· 1nrt thereof decided in the negative shall Jiol eo me in t·o force a 1d shall lw repealed and removed from Uw ~<lntntc.~ of the pm 'ince at the next cmning :<osf"ion of the J ,egi~lalure. 24.

In the Pa~e of evcrv propo•.ecl \ C't voted upon nnder the A" tu a . . f t' ~ 1 " f' l I · l l · I fi' · I pJ·opo•e<l I provJslous o ~ee 1011 i 10reo nne 1 eel Ct 111 t 1e. a 1rrrwbve, tIC Aet, If vote ;;nitl propoFed 1\et shall he enneted hy the Legi.,laturc at its next , 1 ,1r;;.~~ati,·e, ;,;oss~on withonL ame1.1dment, ~ave =-nd mr~eJH~mcnts as may .he ~~~',7/rl~\~~: certified to hy the Speaker as not owtttuhng a. snbstrmbnl 1r negntin·, nltcrat.ion t!Jerein, or as not changing t1 e meaning, effect or intent '1',~ti~y:;}, 110 }011 thereof, and nolwith"tarrding tlw pro i:<ions of

section ::1 hereof a ye"-•·s. Fhall come into force upon receiving· tlJC royal a~scnt nn(l in the oacoe of evrry sueh propMed A'et tlcridc11 i1 the ne£!;atiYe, no petition praying for the enadmcnt of the :-ame H'IJ])OFod i\d or one which is certifie<l to by the Speaker aH being c h:4antially similar thereto shall be preFented to the Legislative AF~ mbly for a period of three years after Uw laking of I he $aid vote. 25.

The l.icutenant Co\'l'rnor-in-Cot ll<'ilHtHY make regulation.• Lieutenant- . · 1 · ] h' \ f' l · . · f' , Uovernor not. lllCOlli'l" ent Wlt 1 t JH i et or t 10 proper earrymg out o tl~ ma)· n\ak~ provisions :UHl pnrtirnlar)y for l'e<,>;n]ati 1g the Jll'OP,COl1l'e prior to. rcgulatwn~. at, and after tlH• ~aiel voting, ·tiro wlwr iFing of tho taking of the said vote, the publication and tli~scmina ion of literature pcrta.iniug L.o the matters voteld upon and ~twh othe matters a:; mav l)e deemed nclvii'able; and thE' procedure n~ to a re otmt or f'rrttti';Jy. 26. 1'l1e Liru[.l'11H1lt.

C:owmor-in-Cobneil shall procln.im the .1h'1"'t'i-""'-j dnte of the coming into forec of ll1i.~ 1\ctj 111 " m" "''~''·

5 FORMA. Writ For a Referet1dum. Pmvince of Alb fj!·ta. George the Fifth, by the Grace of G d, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and T reland, and of th British Dominion beyond the Seas, King, Defender of the Faith, '.tc.

To ........................ of ....................... . in the Province .of Albertn, and t.o allot ers whom it may concern: Greeting: We command yon that you cause tl c Act or Aets or parts of Acts or the propm<flcl A et or Ads ( t'Ol ies of which are attached hereto) to he submitted a.ccovding to I w to the electors qualified to vote for the election of a member o the Legislat~ve Assembl.v for the electoral diviRion of .............. , 1\ nd we appoint the following dates for the purposes of the s icl i<U lnniS-"ion: 1.

For taking the votes of the electors ......... the ........ . clay of ............ , 19 ......... . 2. For the return of the writ on r befol'e . . . . . . . . . the .......... day of .............. 1 ........ . In testimony whereof, WP have c.au. ed these our letters to he made patent, and the Great Seal of ou said Province of Alberta to be hereunder affixed. Witness our trusty and well-heloved1 .................... . Lieutenant-Gover~10r (o~r a.dministr. at

r) of our Province of Alberta, at onr C1t-y of Edmonton, the ......... day of. . . . . . . in the year of our reign, and in tlw yea of our Lord 19. . . . ... (By Order) ........................ . Oled; .o t11'e Bxccntive Conncif. FORM 13. The Province of A l~)(;rfa. 'rhe DireeL Legi;,latidn Act. Submission of a proposed Act (or n Act or part of an A et a.s the case may be) entitled (here inser title) to electors.

Direction of voters: The voter ,;hall i dicate his vote as follow~: If he approves -of the proposed Act or of the Act, or· part of said Act, as the ca8e may be) he shall wke a cross in the square opposite the word "Yes". If he c1oes nol approve of the propo, ed Act ( o1· of the Act Oi' part of Act, as the case may be) he shall Jake a cro"'" in the square opposite the word "No". BALLO'r.

Question: Do you approve nf Lhe ~ropo.oed Act (or do yon approve of the Act or part of the Act, < the case may be), ( he1·e .~.-;t m:,t the title of the proposed Act or t ze title of the Act or part of smd Act, all the case rnay he). D D YES. NO.

6 FORNI d. In the JJ "tte1· of '1' he Direqt Leqi.~lation Act. I, .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . . i' . . . , do solemnly declare that I mn intere::;te11 in nnd desirou of ohta.ining an affirmative (m· a nes>;ative, w< the co"r; fn(I!J be) n::;wet· to the question stated i11 the ballot paper. Solemnly declared at 1 .............. this 1 day of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jr 1!) . . . . . . Before me .. iie.tu·;.;/,;1;0 'rjjj'fl:e;·l~: ijep·n·tj/ R~turni;,_rj O'jj·i~~r (as the c118C may be).

Xo. 84 FOURTH SESSION SECOND LEGISLATURE ;3 GEORGE V 1918 BILL

An Act to provide for the Initiation or A ppro\·al of Legislation by the Electors. Received and 1 ead the First time ...•..... Second time ..... . Third titne .... HoN. CHAS. STEWART EDMONTON: J. W. jEFFERY, Gover~ment Printer A.D. 191~ Title: 1913 (2nd, 4th) Bill 84,

An Act to Provide for the Initiation or Approval of Legislation by the Electors

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