BILL No. 61 of 1923.

An Act to amend The Mothers Allowance Act. (Assented to , 1923.) 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 Mothers Allowance Act Amendment Act, 1923." 2. The Mothers Allowance Act, being

chapter of the Revised Statutes of Alberta, 1922, is amended by striking out the words" city or town" wherever they occur therein and substituting therefor the word "municipality." 3.

Section of the said Act is amended by striking out paragraph (

b) thereof, and substituting therefor the following: " (b) 'Municipality' shall mean any city, town, village, municipal district or improvement district;" 4.

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

(2) In the e\'cnt of any council not appointing an inspector under the provisions of this Act, the clerk, secre­ tary or secretary-,treasurer, as the caile may be, shall be an im;pector under the provisions of this Act. "

(3) All appointments of inspectors under the pro­ visions of this Act shall be forthwith notified to the Super­ intendent by the clerk, secretary or secretary-treasurer, as the case may be." 5. -Section of the said Act is amended- (

a) by striking out the words "an asylum for the insane under The Insanity Act" where they OCCUl therein, and substituting therefor the words "a hospital under the provisions of The Mental Diseases Act" ; (

b) by adding after the words "of which she is a resident" where they occur therein the words "or in the case of an improvement district, to the Superintendent." 2 6;

Section of the said Act is amended by adding as subsection (3) thereof the following: "

(3) Whenever the Superintendent makes a recom­ mendation otherwise than after a report by an inspector, he shall forthwith send by mail to the clerk, secretary or secretary-treasurer of the municipality concerned, or in the case of the resident of an improvement district, to the Deputy Minister of Municipal Affairs, a notice of the recommendation so made, setting forth the dat.e and sub­ stance thereof." 7.

Section of the said Act is amerided- (

a) by striking out the words "every three months" where they occur therein, and substituting there­ for the word "monthly"; (

b) by striking out the words" preceding three months" where they occur therein; and substituting there­ for the words" preceding month" ; (

c) by inserting after the words" Provincial Treasurer" where they occur for the first time therein, the words "by the council of the said municipality"; (

d) by adding as subsection (2) thereof the following: "

(2) The amount charged against an improve­ ment district under the provisions of this

section shall be reimbursed to the Provincial Treasurer by the Minister of Public Works out of the district fund of such improvement dist!ict." S.

Section of the said Act is hereby repealed. 9.

Section of the said Act is amended by striking out subsection (3) thereof. No: 61. THIRD SESSION FIFTH LEGISLATURE GEORGE V BILL

An Act to amend The Mother:;;, Allowance Act. Received and read the First time ................... . Second time ................. . Third time .................. . HON. MR. BROWNLEE. EDMONTON: PRINTED BY J. w. JEFFERY, KINO'S PRINTER Title: 1923 (5th, 3rd) Bill 61,

An Act to amend The Mothers Allowance Act