.~250 ,000 set apart "Ye a:r" raeaninr:- of I\[lt fl at ·which bount"IJ to be paid BILL No • 1906 .An .act req)ectinc; the -:;_:ncouragen1ent of the :·;ugar Beet Intlustry. ( Ascen ted to lli s .Majesty by and. with the acl vice and. consent o :r the Legislative Assembly of the Province of .Alberta enacts as follows:- 1.

The sum of :~250 ,000 ~2 hereby set apnrt q.--, :....· .. ~) 8 190 6. ::..~r)scial funcl, to be paid out of the Q eRs eli9:~at Q Q, Hevcnue of the Province. for the :pur pose of en co uragine; thn growth of sugar beets, and thEl establishment of factories within the Province for tho mmmfacture of refined sugar therefrom. 2. In this .1\.ct the vrord "year" shall mean the tvvel ve month:J from June 30th to July 1st of the succ oeding yea:r. 0.

In case nn~r person or comp~.ny shr .. ll estaulich anct erect in any 1i[o_rt of this Province suita.ble buildings and inst s.l the ne cessai"'J :plant for the manufacture of refined. sugar f·nm ~ugar beets grown within this P:ro vince, l3Uch peroo n or c ompan~r Lilall subject

1.711 en fu. nd not to the provisions of this Act, be entitled. to be :rwid ou.t of the sui d fund, for sugar DO :pr<iduced, of firet class marketable quBlity, at the rete of one .... hillf cent per pound, :for the product of the first and second year'c operD.tionc of sueh fR.ctor.r, aml at tile rate cf one y_uarter cent per pound for the product of the third, fourth and fifth years 1.1nrl. nothing for aey year thereafter. 4.

Hot more than ~~50,000 shill.1 be pt.:>.id out o:f the said sufficient fund in any one :,Tear end. in case the toku Emounts claimed to :pay a.ll bounty as earned in any one year under the provision:'l of ea rne ll Notice to be filed by claimants o:i:' bounty Coni! iti ons on which bounty to be p~.i :1.

section 3 sh3ll exceed ~50,000, the said sum of ~50,000 shall be divic1ed among the applicants in proportion to the mno1mts of their Tespective claims under this Act. 5..

C:ver;;r person or c ompnny intenrlinc to cl,.,lim J?G.rtici:p~:~.tion in the said fund shall file notice of cuch clci.rn with ihe Treasurer of the rrovince on or bei:ore September lst of the year in which clr'.im is to be made,and the sa.id .. person or conwanyshall furnish to the Trearm.rer of the?rovince such proof of the Jorrectness of the production and tra..""'lsa.ctions of hL; or their factory as nwy at any time pr frmn tinp, to time be required. 6. Chdms under this Act shall be payeble oiJLly under 9nJ. subject to and on proof of com:padiiD.ce with the followinG conditions .- (

a) T~uJt 1u-r·in;.,. the first year of the operntionn

Decidin{:>' disvutes as ""to grade of beets of such factory, the fUll sum of at least 04 Der ton shall have be en paid for all boets rlel i vered at the factory, under con tract irr eBpe ct ive of the ':l.uanti ty of saccharine me_ttf-JT contained in such b.=Jets. (b)'rhat durins the operations of the secoz1d, third., fourth and fifth years of such fnotory, the said. person or company shall haVE! pDid all b t d . to con"tiract for . ee s grown accor lng and. :1el i vered at the facto J:Y at the rete of 33 1/3 cents per ton for every one p(~r cent of sugar vrhich such beets contain. ( c)AJ..l form::; of contract for the growing and deliv·- ery of beat:::; used or to be usecl by an;>r perr.on or company clairnln.c:- aid under this .~ct must be submitted to the Mini;3to r of .i.gricu.lture ~mc1 approved. by him. 7 ·• In the event of an;;r dis11ute between any such person or compa.ny, and any contractor for the :J'lll):Ply of sugar bEwts as to the li u.:1..ntity o:f saccharine matter which said beets contain, referenoe shnll be made to such person :1s mn;;~ be nominated fo:r that purpose by the Lieutenant­ Governor-in-Council whose rflJ ort sh~JJ.l be final..

Title: 1906 (1st, 1st) Bill 74,

An Act respecting the Encouragement of the Sugar Beet Industry