BILL No. 64 of 1919.

An Act to amend The Reclamation Act. (Assented to ' 1919.) HIS MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Alberta, enacts as follows: The Reclamation Act, being

chapter of the Statutes d Alberta, 1017, is hereby amended as follows:

Section 3: By inserting after the word "purchased" in the ninth line thereof the words "or where the Dominion Government itself desires to reclaim vacant Dominion land by drainage''. By inserting after the word "applicant" in the ninth line thereof the words "including the Dominion Government"; and by addirjg at the end thereof the following: "Provided that when the Dominion Government is the applicant under the provisions of this section, the land shall when reclaimed, be disposed of in the manntlr prescribed by

section of this Act."

Section 24: By repealing same and substituting there­ for the following: "24.

Lands so reclaimed by the Dominion Government shall be offered for sale at public auction within five years after the completion of the drainage works, except as hereinafter provided, upon such conditions, if any, as to residence, cultivation or utilization as may be prescribed by the Minister of the Interior and agreed to by the Minister, and upon the purchasers thereof becoming responsible for the maintenance of the works in accordance with the provif'lions of The Drainage Act and in proportion to the amounts fixed by the engineer at the time of the organization of the district; ''Provided that the Minister of the Interior may- "(

a) Transfer any lands so reclaimed to the Soldiers' Settlement Board at a valuation to be fixed by the Governor in Council; or ''(

b) Let, with the approval of the Minister, the whole or any part of the said lands upon any yearly or l~ser tenant",Y a.nd :ma}· also for a like period and -r.n ;:~~appro·~ kt 1/rly land f1l1W'Jid after it has been offered for sale at public auction; or 2 "(

c) Dispose of any fractional portion of any quarter­

section of land so reclaimed under regulations to be prescribed by him, to the owner of any other fraction of the same quarter-section. "Every such transfer, letting or other disposition shall be made subject to the aforesaid condition for the main­ tenance of the works." No. 64. SECOND SESSION FOURTH LEGISLATURE GEORGE V BILL

An Act to amend The Reclamation Act. Received and read the First time ................. . Second time ............... . Third time ................ . HoN. MR. McLEAN. EDMONTON: J. W. JD'PEBT, Kmo'• P.llCTIIa A. D. 1919 Title: 1919 (4th, 2nd) Bill 64,

An Act to amend The Reclamation Act