Bill 47 (Legislature 6, Session 2)

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Alberta — Bills

BILL No. 47 of 1928.

An Act to amend The Municipal Hospitals Act. (Assented to ,1928.) 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 Municipal Hospitals Act Amendment Act, 1928." 2. The Municipal Hospitals Act, being

chapter 116. of the Revised Statutes of Alberta, 1922, is amended as to

section 3 thereof, by striking out of the proviso to subsection (2) thereof the word "majority" and substituting therefor t the words "two-thirds."

Section 4 of the said Act is amended as to subsection (1) thereof, by adding after the words "any hospital dis trict" where they occur in the first proviso thereto, the words "whether established or not" and whether the scheme thereof has been approved or .not."

Section 4a is added to the said Act immediately after

section 4 thereQf, as '::ollows: ' "4a. If at any time a plebiscite is taken as to the additipn of any lands to a hospital district or of the detachment of any lands from a hospital district, and it appears as a result of such plebiscite that at least two-thirds of the voters who have voted on the question in any municipal di~trict, town ship or other area have voted in favour of the addition or detachment, as the case may be, the Minister may include such area in the district or detach it therefrom, as the case may be." ·5.

Section 16 of the said Act is amended by adding there -to as subsections (2) and (3) thereof, the following: "

(2) Every scheme shall make provision for extending hospital services at the minimum rate, to male persons who have worked for and resided with farmers resident in the hospital district, liable to hospital taxation, for a stated period during the six months immediately preceding the receipt of hospital treatment. The scheme shall not require that such work and residence shall be for a period greater than three months.

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(3) In the case of any scheme prepared between April 16th, 1919, and March 28th, 1922, the Board shall, with the approval of the Minister, have power at any time, and with out any further or other authority, to add to its scheme a provision fOl~ the building, purchase or renting of suitable buildings, for a sub-hospital and the equipment of the same for hospital purposes."

Section 17 of the said Act is amended by striking out subsection (1) thereof, and substituting therefor the fol lowing: "17.-

(1) No person taxable in any city, tOWIl, village or hamlet shall receive during any year hospital services at a minimum rate unless prior to a date in such year to be fixed by the Board he pays a sum of money to the Board which, together with the amount paid by him as hospital taxes for the preceding year, such city, town, village or hamlet having been then included in a hospital district, or which would have been so paid if such city, town, village or hamlet had been so included, equals the sum tlxed as an annual payment with regard to persons other than hospital supporters by an agreement entered into with individuals under

section 16 and subsection (3) of

section 28 of this Act, or if there is no scheme or no annual payment fixed therein, the, sum of six dollars: "Provided that the provisions of this

section shall not apply to persons who receive treatment under the terms of an agreement made under The H oS]J'itals A ct."

Section 22 of the said Act is struck out and the fol lowing substituted therefor: "22.-

(1) After the expiration of the said period of fourteen days or forthwith upon such re-al'Portionment, or confirmation, or substitution of situation, whichever shall last happen, the Minister may approve the scheme, but un less he approve~ the scheme no further proceeuings shall be taken. "

(2) After app~oval the Minister shall fix a date for iak ing a poll for the purpose of obtaining a ratification or rejection of the said scheme, and shall appoint a returning officer who shall divide the hospital district into polling divi sions and name a polling place in each division and appoint the time and place, when and where the returning officer shall sum up the votes given for and against the scheme. "

(3) The date fixed for the poll shall be within one month from the date of the approval aforesaid, unless the Minister otherwise directs. "( 4) The persons entitled to vote at a poll to ratify or reject a hospital scheme shall be- "(

n) all persons whose names appear upon the district list her~inafter provided for;

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b) all persons who on the day of the poll subscribe the declaration set out in form D in the

schedule to this Act. "(!5) The ballot shall be in the following form: ARE YOU IN FAVOUR OF THE HOSPITAL SCHEME7 YES I ! NO "

(6) If the voter is in favour of the hospital scheme he shall make the mark X in the upper right hand blank space which appears opposite the word 'Yes.' "

(7) If the voter is against the scheme, he shall make the mark X in the lower ri'ght hand blank space which ap pears opposite the word 'No',"

Section 26 of the said Act is struck out and the follow ing substituted therefor: "26.-

(1) If at least two-thirds of the voters voting on the question vote in favour of the scheme, it shall be thereby ratified and if less than two-thirds of such voters vote in favour of the scheme,'it shall be rejected. "

(2) If a majority of the voters voting thereon, vote in favour of the scheme, the Board may at any time, re-submit 'the original scheme, or submit an amended scheme with the approval of the Minister, for the purpose of obtaining the ratification or rejection of the said original or substituted scheme. . "

(3) The returning officer shall, at a time and place to, be named by him, sum up the number of votes cast for or against the hospital scheme, and shall then and there declare the result, and shall forthwith certify to the Minister, the total number of voters voting and the number of voters voting for and against the scheme, respectivel~ in each polling division. ' "( 4) If a majority of the voters'voting, vote in favour of the scheme, the Board may, pending the re-submission of the scheme, borrow, from a bank or any person, a suffi cient sum of money to defray the expenses lawfully incurred by it in complying with the provisions of this Act. i.

(5) In the event of a second poll for the purpose of obtaining a ratification or rejection of the original or amended scheme not being taken within twelve months from the first submission of the original scheme, and also in the event of the scheme being rejected at any such poll, the scheme shall be deemed to have been rejected, and the dis trict to have been disestablished, and the Board shall pro ceed uuder the provisions of

section 31 of this Act."

Section 26a is added to the said Act immediately after

section 26, as follows: "2Ga.-

(1) At any time prior to the submission of an amended scheme, the Minister may of his own motion, de tach any territory from the area set out in the original scheme. "

(2) This

section shall have effect as from April 2nd, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven."

Section 40 of the said Act is amended by adding thereto the following proviso: "Provided, however, that the Board may at any time, with the approval of the Minister, make alterations, improve ments or additions to its hospital buildings, lands or equip ment and in particular may provide a nurses' home, if it has in hand sufficient money to pay for any such alteration, improvement, addition or' home, and may without submit ting a plebiscite, issue debentures for the amount of such expenditure, but shall not sell any such debentures until it has received the permission of the Minister."

Section 52 of the said Act is amended as to subsec M tion (4) thereof, by adding thereto the following: "or may at any time, direct each contributing council to appoint the proper number of members ,allocated to it under the pro visions of this Act, and in the event of so directing, shall himself appoint the members of the Board allocated to any improvement district or part thereof, and the Board so con stituted shall hold office in lieu of,the administrator until a new Board can be elected under the provisions of this Act."

No. 47. SECOND SESSION SIXTH LEGISLATURE 18 GEORGE V 1928 BILL

An Act to amend The Municipal Hospitals Act. Received and read the First time ........... . Second time .................. . Third time ............... , ... . HON. MR. HOADLEY. EDMONTON: W. D. McLEAN, ACTING KING'S PRINTSII A.D. 1928 Title: 1928 (6th, 2nd) Bill 47,

An Act to amend The Municipal Hospitals Act

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