No. 46 2nd Session, 14th Legislature, Alberta 9 Elizabeth II BILL 46 A Bill to amend The Eastern Irrigation District Act HON. MR. HALMRAST Prlnted by L. S. WALL, Printer to the Queen's Moat Excellent Majeaty, lDdmontoD, Alberta, 1961

Explanatory Note I.

Section 6 of the Act sets up the procedure whereby the five elected members hold office for two year terms. Under the present procedure two members are elected one year and three members the next. To prevent a majority of the members being appointed in anyone year a three year term is established with not more than two trustees being elected in anyone year. The changes in procedure in the 1961 and 1962 elections are required to bring about this desired result. There are presently no provisions in the Act to deal with the situation where a vacancy occurs.

Section 6 presently reads: "6.

(1) The Board shall continue to consist of five members each of whom shall hold office for a term of two years.

(2) Two or tl].ree members of the Board, as the case may be, shall retire in each year.

(3) Subject to the other provisions of this section, all the provisions of The Irrigation Districts Act relating to the annual election of trustees shan apply mutatis mutandis to the annual elections held pursuant to this secUon.

(4) At the first meeting of the Board held after the annual election of trustees, a member of the Board shall be elected as the chairman thereof to act for the current year.".

BILL No. 46 of 1961

An Act to amend The Eastern Irrigation District Act (Assented to , 1961) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1. The Eastern Irrigation District Act, being

chapter 101 of the Revised Statutes of Alberta, 1942, is hereby amended by striking out

section 6 and by substituting the following: 6.

(1) The Board shall consist of five members.

(2) In the 1961 annual election the two members elected to the Board shall hold office for a term of three years.

(3) In the 1962 annual election the member elected to the Board who received the least number of votes shall hold office for a term of one year and the other two mem­ bers elected to the Board shall hold office for a term of three years.

(4) At every annual election held after the 1962 election a sufficient number of members shall be elected to fill the vacancies that have occurred on the Board through the effluxion of time and they shall be elected for three year terms.

(5) Where a vacancy occurs otherwise than by an effluxion of time the vacancy shall be filled by appointment by the Board and a member so appointed holds office until the date of the next regular annual election, when a member shall be elected to fill the vacancy for the remainder of the unexpired term.

(6) At the first meeting of the Board held after the annual election of trustees, the Board shall elect one of its members as the chairman thereof for the current year.

(7) Subject to the other provisions of this section, the provisions of The Irrigation Districts Act relating to the annual election of trustees apply mutatis mutandis to the annual elections held pursuant to this section. 2. This Act comes into force on the day upon which it is assented to.

No. 46 SECOND SESSION FOURTEENTH LEGISLA lURE 9 ELIZABETH II 1961 BILL

An Act to amend The Eastern Irrigation District Act Received and read the First time ......................................... . Second time ....................................... . Third time ............... . HON. MR. HALMRAST Title: 1961 (14th, 2nd) Bill 46,

An Act to amend The Eastern Irrigation District Act