BILL No. 27 of 1923.

An Act respecting Private Grazing Associations. (Assented to , 1923.) HIH lVIAJEBTY, 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 Private Grazing Associations Act, 1923." 2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,­ (a) "Minister" shall mean the Minister of Agriculture; (b) "Stock" shall include any horse, mare, gelding, colt or filly, ass or mule, or any bull, cow, ox, heifer, steer or calf. 3.

Any ten fanners in any district may by petition verified by the statutory declaration of a witness request the Minister to incorporate them as a Private Grazing, Association. 4. Upon receipt of any such petition the Minister may declare the petitioners and such other persons as may be subsequently admitted into the association to be a Private Grazing Association. 5. Every such declaration shall be published in The Alberta Gazette. 6.

As soon as possible after the publication of the said declaration, the members of the association shall be summon­ ed by such one of them as the Minister may direct, to a meeting for the purpose of electing the officers of the associa­ tion. 7. At such meeting a president and three other directors shall be elected, and a secretary-treasurer shall be appointed by the directors. s. At any time after such meeting the association may accept a lease of any land from the Crown or any COl'por­ ation or perSOllS at such rental and upon such other terms and conditions as may be agreed upon. 9.

The aBBoeiation flha,ll havc a POflBCflflOI'Y lien upon all stock grazing upon the said land for all unpaid fees. 10. The direct orB of the association shall makc by-Iawfl providing for- (

n) thc fuLUI"c govcmmcnt of the associatioll; (

b) the fees chargeable to members of the aflflociation grazing stock upon thc land leased by the m:socin­ tion; (

c) an aflsociatioll brand, with which all fltock gl'azin~; upon the said land shall be branded; (

d) the number of stock to be pasturcd upon the said land by any member by reference to the number of acres occupied by him in the neighboUl"hood of the said land; (

e) the realization of unpaid fees by the sale of the stock in respect of which fees remain unpaid and the application of any surplus moneys that may be derived therefrom; and may make such by-laws as are necessary 01' convenient regarding admission of members, meetings, elections of officerfl and all other matters concerned with the adminis­ tration of the affairs of the association. 11. All by-laws made by the association shall be sub­ mitted to the Minister for his approval aud upon receiving such approval shall be as binding as if enacted by this Act. 12.

This Act shall come into force on the day upon which it is assented to. No. 27. rrH IRD SESSION FIFTH TJEGlSI.JArpURE l;~ U EOHG}1j V 192~ BILL .\n ,\ct respecting Private Grazing Associations. H ccei \"(ld :md read the First time. . . . . . . . .. . .. ~c(,ollll time .. Third time ................. . Ho:\. :'III{. HOADLEY. ED~IONTON: J. 'v .. h:FFERV t KINO'S PRINTER A.D. 1923 Title: 1923 (5th, 3rd) Bill 27,

An Act respecting Private Grazing Associations