Bill 30 (Legislature 12, Session 1)

L12 S1 6698

Alberta — Bills

Bill No. 30 of 1953 A BILL TO AMEND THE ACT TO VALIDATE AND CONFIRM AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOV ERNMENT OF THE PROVINCE OF ALBERTA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE DOMINION OF CAN ADA PROVIDING FOR THE CONSERVATION OF THE FORESTS ON THE EAST SLOPE OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS AND THE PROTECTION OF THE WATERSHEDS AND THE RIVERS THEREIN NOTE This Bill amends

chapter 20 of the Statutes of Alberta, 1948, which approved, ratified and confirmed an agreement between the Government of Canada and the Government of the Province under which The Eastern Rockies Forest Con servation Board is constituted. This Bill would approve, ratify and confirm an amend ing agreement between the two Governments providing for further and greater expenditures of money on the work of The Eastern Rockies Forest Conservation Board and pro viding for a change in the representation of each Govern ment on the Board in 1955.

According to the original agree ment two members of the three-man Board are appointed and paid by the Government of Canada and one by the Government of Alberta. When the amending agreement goes into effect two' members will be appointed and paid by the Province and one by Oanada. This Bill comes into force upon assent. J. W.RYAN, Acting Legislative Counsel. (This note does not form any part of the Bill but is offered in ezplanation of its provisions.)

BILL No. 30 of 1953

An Act to amend the Act to Validate and Confirm an Agree ment Between the Government of the Province of Alberta and the Government of the Dominion of Canada Provid ing for the Conservation of the Forests on the East Slope of the Rocky Mountains and the Protection of the Water sheds and the Rivers Therein. ( Assented to ,1959) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1.

An agreement dated the 17th day of June, 1952, and ~atificatiOn made between the Government of Canada, represented there- Agreement in by the Honourable Robert Henry Winters, Minister of Resources and Development, of the first part, and the Gov- ernment of the Province of Alberta, represented therein by the Honourable Nathan Eldon Tanner, Minister of Lands and Forests, of the second part and set forth in the

Schedule to this Act is hereby approved, ratified and confirmed. 2. This Act comes into force on the day upon which it is Coming into assented to. force of Act

SCHEDULE MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT made this 17th day of June, 1952. BETWEEN AND The Government of Canada, represented herein by the Honourable Robert Henry Winters, Minister of Resources and Development OF THE FIRST PART The Government of the Province of Alberta, repre sented herein by the Honourable Nathan Eldon Tanner, Minister of Lands and Forests OF THE SECOND PART The Government of Canada and the Government of the Province of Alberta agree as follows:

Schedule

2 1. Subsection one of

section four of the Agreement entered into hetween the Government of Canada and the Province of Alberta on the nineteenth day of June, 1947, and approved and confirmed by

chapter fifty-nine of the statutes of Canada, 1947, and by

chapter twenty of the statutes of Alberta, 1948, is amended by striking out the expression "six years" wherever it occurs therein and substituting therefore the expression "s·even years". 2. Notwithstanding anything in the said Agreement, (

a) as of the first day of April, 1952, and thereafter, (

i) the Board shall formulate annual programmes providing for an expenditure of not more than four hundred and fifty thousand dollars, and not less than two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, for the purposes specified in subsection two of

section four of the said Agreement; and (ii) the total cost of the maintenance and other cur rent expenditures required by the programme formulated by the Board for each year, includ the expenditures of the Board, shall be paid by the Government of the Province of Alberta and the Government of Canada shall not make any contribution in respect of such expenditures; and (

b) on and after the first day of April, 1955, (

i) two of the members of the Board shall be ap pointed by the Lieutenant Governor of Alberta in Council and one member shall be appointed by the Governor General in Council; the Lieutenant Governor of Alberta in Council shall appoint one of the members of the Board to be Chairman; (ii) an alternate member to act in the place and stead of the member appointed by the Governor General in Council may be appointed by the Governor General in Council and the alternate members to act in the place and stead of the members appointed by the Lieutenant Governor of Alberta in Council may be appointed by the Lieutenant Governor of Alberta in Council; (iii) the remuneration and expenses of the member and alternate member appointed by the Gover nor General in Council, shall be· paid by the Government of Canada and the remuneration and expenses of the members and alternate members appointed by the Lieutenant Governor of Alberta in Council, shall be paid by the Gov ernment of the Province of Alberta; and (iv) the remuneration to be paid to all officers and ~mployees engaged by the Board shall be sub Ject to the approval of the Lieutenant Governor of Alberta in Council.

3 This Agreement is made subject to its being approved by the Parliament of Canada and the Legislature of the Prov ince of Alberta. Signed on behalf of the Government of Canada by the Honourable Robert Henry Winters, Minister of Resources Robert H. Winters and Development, in the Presence of Robbins L. Elliott. Signed on behalf of the Government of the Province of Alberta by the Honour- able Nathan Eldon Tanner, Minister of N. E. Tanner Lands and Forests of the said Province, in the presence of Mary C. Livingstone.

No. 30 FIRST SESSION lWELFTH LEGISLATURE 2 ELIZABETH II 1953 BILL

An Act to amend the Act to Validate and Confirm an Agreement Be tween the Government of the Province of Alberta and the Gov ernment of the Dominion of Canada Providing for the Conservation of the Forests on the East Slope of the Rocky Mountains and the Protec tion of the Watersheds and the Rivers Therein Received and read the First time .. Second time . Third time ... HON. MR. CASEY Title: 1953 (12th, 1st) Bill 30,

An Act to amend the Act to Validate and Confirm an Agreement Between the Government of the Province of Alberta and the Government of the Dominion of Canada Providing for the Conservation of the Forests on the East Slope of the Rocky Mountains and the Protection of the Watersheds and the Rivers therein

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Collection	Alberta — Bills
Citation	L12 S1 6698
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Volume / chapter	L12 S1 6698
Language	en
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