Bill 15 (Legislature 4, Session 2)

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Alberta — Bills

REPRINTED. BILL No. 15 of 1919.

An Act Granting Assistance to Widowed Mothers Support ing Children. (Assented to ' 1919.) 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 Allo·wance Act." 2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires (a) "Municipality" means any city, town, village or municipal district; (b) "Council" means the council of any municipality; (c) "Superintendent" means the Superintendent of Neglected and Dependent Children appointed under The Children's Protection Ac~ of Alberta. 3.

There shall be in every city or town in the province one or more inspectors whose remuneration shall be fixed and paid by the council, and whm:e duty it shall be to receive applications for aEf.istance under this Act, to enquire into any case brought to his or their attention, and generally to do and perform such matters and things as may be required by this Act or by any regulations passed hereunder. 4.

Any woman who is a widow (or the wife of a person committed to a hospital for the insane under The Insanity Act, and actually an inmate thereof) and who, having in her custody a child or children under the age of fifteen years, is unable, by reason of poverty, to take proper care of such child or children, may by herself or through any other person on her behalf, apply to an inspector of the city or town of which she is a resident for assistance under this Act. 5.

The inspector shall thereupon make a full and com plete enquiry into the facts of the case, and shall forth with report thereon to the superintendent, who, if satis fied that the case is a proper one for assistance under this

2 Act, shall recommend to the Attorney General the payment to such woman of such sum or sums in weekly instalments as to the said superintendent may seem fit and necessary.

(2) The superintendent, when satisfied upon enquiry that any woman in any city or town is entitled to and requires assistance under this Act, may make a recommenda tion under this

section whether or not an application has been m~de by or on behalf of such woman to an inspector. 6. When any recommendation as aforesaid is approved by the Attorney General. the woman mentioned therein may be paid out of the moneys appropriated by the Legis lature for that purpose the sum or sums specified in the said recommendation. 7.

Upon any subsequent recommendation for the termina tion, deerm:~,:;;e or ir•crense of any rwyuwr:ts ma.dc under this Act being approvml by the Attorney Gciwral snch p~tymcnts shall be discontinued, decrem;ed cr iM'H'.n.sed i11 accorda,nce with r:mch subsequent recomnwndntim<, vnd EO as to any further recommendntion of the ;-mporinJendent. 8.

The .Attorney (3mtcral ;:hall h; c2ch nml every mGnth, forward or cause to be forwarded to the treasurer of each such city or town, a statement of all moneys expended under this Act during the next preceding calendar month in respect of any woman or women residing in such city or town; and the said city or town shall thereupon become liable to the province for an amount equal to one-half of the moneys so expended, and the said amount shall be paid to the Provincial Treasurer within ten days after such statement is so forwarded, failing which the Provincial Treasurer may sue for and recover ·the same as a debt by action in his name against the said city or town as defendant. 9.

In munieipalities other than eit.ies or towns, the superintendent may make or cause to be made enquiry as to the necessity of rendering assistance under this Act to any woman who is a resident of such municipality, and who, if she were a resident of a city or town, would be entitled to apply for assistance under

section 4 hereof; and may thereupon in any fit and proper case make the like recommendation to the Attorney General as in the ease of cities or towns, in which caEe the superintendent shall forthwith forward to the secretary of such municipality, by mail prepaid, a notice of the recommendation so made setting forth the date and substance thereof.

(2) Recommendations made under this

section shall be dealt with in the same manner as recommendations made in

3 respect of a woman residing in a city or town, and the council of the municipality of which such woman is a resi dent shall be liable to the province for an amount equal to one-half of the sums expended by the Provincial Treasurer in respect of such woman as shown by the statement for warded monthly to the treasurer of such municipality, and the said amount shall be paid to the Provincial Treasurer within three months after the forwarding of such statement, failing which the Provincial Treasurer may recover the same in like manner as in the case of a city or town. 10.

Notwithstanding anything in any Act or Ordinance contained all moneys required to be paid by any council under the provisions of this Act may be paid either out of the general tax fund of the municipality or out of a fund established by the levy of a special rate over and above the general rate of taxation of the municipality, and the council is hereby authorized to levy such special rate in each and every year, and the provisions of any such Act or Ordinance limiting the rates to be levied by such council shall not apply to any special rate levied under this section: Provided, however, that the council may from time to time by by-law authorize its mayor (or reeve) and treasurer to raise by way of temporary loan such sum or sums as may be deemed necessary to meet all expenditures under this Act for the then current year, such loans to be made payable not later than the 31st day of December of the year following that in which such loan is made.

H. it Hhall be the duty of cYery iHspector to . umke proper investigations as to all women within the territory over which he is appointed, receiving assistance under this Act, and upon any such woman ceasing to be a resident of the municipality or otherwise ceasing to be entitled to sueh as:-;ist.ance, the sa,id inspector shall forthwith report the facts of the case to the superintendent.

(2) The liability of any city or town in respect of pay ments made by the Provincial Treasurer to any such woman shall not be affected by the fact of her having ceased to be entitled to assistance under this Act, if such fact has not been reported as aforesaid to the superintendent; Provided, however, that in case any moneys so paid are subsequently reimbursed to the Provincial Treasurer, the council shall be entitled to reimbursement from the Provincial Treasurer of the amounts paid by it in respect of the payments 'so made.

(3) In municipalities, other than cities and towns, it shall be the duty of the council to report to the superin tendent in the case of any woman so ceasing to reside therein, or to be entitled to assistance under this Act,

4 failing which the said municipality shall be and remain liable in respect of. payments made to such woman, subject to a right to reimbursement as aforesaid. 12. For the purposes of this Act, a woman shall be deemed a resident of the municipality when she lives therein, and has habitually lived therein for a period of one year last past, and in case of dispute as to whether or not a woman is a resident of a particula.r municipality, the superintendent shall decide, and his decision shall be final.

(2) A woman, having been a resident of any municipality, shall not be deemed to have ceased to be a resident thereof during such time as she shall remain or be in the province unless. and until she shall have become a resident of some other municipality under the provisions of the first sub

section of this section. 13. ~rhe council of any city or town may appoint any person or persons or any association to assist, inform and advise any inspector appointed under this Act in the carrying out of his duties thereunder. H. The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make such rules and regulations not inconsistent with the pro visions of this Act as may be deemed necessary for the proper carrying out thereof.

Ko. 15. SECOND SESSION FOURTH JjEGISLATURE 9 GEORGE V 1919 BILL

An Act Granting Assistance to Widowed :Mothers Sup porting Children. Received and read the First time ................. . Second time ............... . Third time ................ . EDMONTON: J. W. JUTDT, KINo's PJmnoml A. D. 19111. Title: 1919 (4th, 2nd) Bill 15,

An Act Granting Assistance to Widowed Mothers Supporting Children

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Citation	L4 S2 10157
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