Bill 52 (Legislature 7, Session 4)

L7 S4 8640

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Bill No. 52 of 1934 A BILL TO AMEND THE IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS ACT, 1927. NOTE.

Section 2 of this Bill makes amendments consequential from the change from a quinquennial to a triennial assess ment.

Section 3 provides for the assessment of improvements owned by a person other than the owner of the land separ ately from the site of the improvements.

Section 4 permits complaints against assessments to be dealt with at any time after the making of the complaint. Section. 5 empowers the Minister to acquire by gift on behalf of an improvement district land from the Dominion or from the Soldier Settlement Board.

Section 6 provides discounts for early payment of current taxes. R. ANDREW SMITH, Legislative Counsel. (This note does not form any pa1't of the Bill and is offered merely as a par'tial explanation of some of its provisions.)

BILL No. 52 of 1934.

An Act to amend The Improvement Districts Act, 1927. (Assented to , 193".) HIS MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1. This Act may be cited as "The Improvenwnt Districts A.ct, 1927, Amendment Act, 1934." 2. The Improvement Districts Act, 1927, being

chapter 53 of the Statutes of Alberta, 1927, is hereby amended by striking out the word "quinquennial," where the s.ame occurs therein, and by substituting therefor the word "triennial." 3. The said Act is further amended by inserting therein, immediately after

section Sa thereof, the following new sec tion: "8b.-

(1) In case there are upon any land any buildings, structures or erections, whether affixed to the land or not, which are the property of some person other than the owner of the land, the owner of any such buildings, structures or erections shall be liable to assessment and taxation 'in re spect thereof as if the same were land, and all such build ings, structures and erections shall be assessed at their fair actual value separately from the land forming the site there of and shall be deemed to be land for the purposes of

section 40 of this Act. "

(2) The name of the owner of any property assessed pursuant to this

section shall be placed upon the assessment roll." 4. The said Act is further amended as to

section 27 thereof by striking out the words "within one month after the receipt of the notice," where the same occur therein. 5. The said Act is further amended by inserting therein, immediately after

section 58 thereof, the following new section: "58a.-

(1) The Minister may on behalf of an improve ment district acquire by gift from the Dominion of Canada or from the Soldier Settlement Board or from any other person any lands situate within the boundaries of that im provement district which are at the time of transfer free from encumbrances.

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(2) Any lands so acquired may be disposed of in such manner and at such times as the Minister may from time to time decide." 6. The said Act is further amended by inserting therein, immediately after

section 36 thereof, the following new section: "36a. The Minister may by order provide that a discount of more than five per centum but not exceeding ten per centum shall be allowed on all payments made before the first day of June on taxes which became due and payable in the year in which the payment is made, and that a dis count of more than five per centum but not exceeding seven per centum shall be allowed on all payments made after the thirty-first day of May and before the first day of September on taxes which became due and payable in the year in which the payment is made." 7. This Act shall come into force on the day upon which it is assented to.

No. 52. FOURTH SESSION SEVENTH LEGISLATURE 24 GEORGE V 1934 BILL

An Act to amend The Improvement Districts Act, 1927. Recei ved and read the First time .............................................................. . Second ~!Ille ............................. . Third ~llI1e ... RON. MR. REID EDMONTON: w. D. McLEAN, KING'S PRINTER 1934 Title: 1934 (7th, 4th) Bill 52,

An Act to amend The Improvement Districts Act, 1927

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