Bill 103 (Legislature 8, Session 8)

L8 S8 8080

Alberta — Bills

BILL No. 103 of

An Act to Amend The Hotelkeepers Act, 1937. (Assented to , 1939) 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 liThe Hotelkeepers Act Amendment Act 1939 11 • 2. The Hotelkeepers Act, being

chapter of the Statutes of Alberta 1937, is hereby amended by inserting therein immediately after

section the following new section: "4a.

(1) In case any dispute arises between any keeper of a hotel, boarding house or lodging house and any lodger or guest with respect to the amount claimed from such lodger or guest by such keeper for board or lodging or both, the lodger or guest may pay into the office of the Clerk of the District Court for the District in which such keeper carries on business as such keeper the amount of the claim together with a further sum by way of security for costs equal to ten per centum of the amount of the claim or the sum of ten dollars whichever sum is the greater, and shall thereupon serve notice in writing upon such keeper or his manager or clerk that he has paid such amount into court.

(2) In case such keeper within thirty days of the receipt of the said notice commences an action against the lodger or guest for the recovery of the amount of his claim, the sum so paid into court shall not be paid out until such action is disposed of and then in such manner as the Judge may order.

(3) In case such action is not commenced within the said period, the Clerk of the Court shall payout the sum so paid into court to the lodger or guest who paid it into court or to any person authorized by the lodger or guest in writing to receive such payment.

(4) As and from the service of the notice of payment into court, all of the rights of such keeper with respect to the trunks and other property of such lodger or guest shall cease and determine. 1I 3. This Act shall come into force on the day upon which it is assented to. i'J o. 10.3 EIGHTH SESSION EIGHTH LEGISLATURE GEORGE VI . 1939 Bli'L

An Act to Amend The Hotelkeepers Act, 1937. ===----.=.==--====--~==========- Rece ived, and re lad the First time ••••••••••••••• Second time Third time ••••••••••••••• MR. HASLAM EDMONTON: A. Shnitka, King's Printer Title: 1939 (8th, 8th) Bill 103,

An Act to Amend The Hotelkeepers Act, 1937

Document details

Collection	Alberta — Bills
Citation	L8 S8 8080
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	L8 S8 8080
Language	en
Format	json
Source	PROVINCIAL
Identifier	936e9dc2d7195b0cdcce0e6acabd7a23b8cda373

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