BILL No. 7 of 1949.

An Act to amend the Acts and Ordinances constituting the Charter of The City of Calgary. (Assented to '1949.)

WHEREAS The City of Calgary has prayed for certain amendments to Ordinance No. 33 of 1893 of the North­ Weat Territories and amendments made thereto from time to time constituting the Charter of The City of Calgary; And

whereas it is expedient to grant the prayer of the said Petitioner; Therefore His Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Provin~e of Alberta, en­ acts as follows,- Ordinance No. 33 of 1893 of the North-West Territories and amendments thereto from time to time now constituting the Charter of The City of Calgary is hereby further amended as follows,- 1. By striking out subsection 4 of

Section 38 of the said Ordinance and

Section 16 of

Chapter 40 of the Statutes of Alberta, 1914, and substituting for the said subsection the following: "38-

(4) The land, buildings, equipment and furnishings of and belonging to any Public or Separate School." 2. By striking out the figures "1948" in

Section 42 of the said Ordinance as added by

Section 3 of

Chapter 75 of the Statutes of Alberta, 1947, and substituting therefor the figures "1949". 3. By adding to

Section 117 as subsection 38a the fol­ lowing: "38a. Every license issued to the owner or keeper of an Exhibition Theatre, Music Hall, Moving Picture Show, Publi.c Hall, Swimming Pool, place of amusement or recrea­ tion, eating place and hotel shall be subject to the condition that no discrimination on account of race, creed or color shall be shown against any member of the public who seeks ad­ mission to the premises in respect of which the license is issued, and every such license shall bear a written or printed endorsement to the foregoing effect." 4. By striking out the last clause of

Section 172a of the said Charter and inserting in its pla~e as 172b the follo:Wing:

2 "172b. That the Mayor of the City shall have full power and authority to declare by proclamation that any one day of the year or any two half-days shall be civic holidays, and the Council may of its own motion also declare another one day or two half-days as civic holidays." 5. By adding immediately after

section 308 thereof the following section: "308a.-

(1) The City of Calgary is hereby empowered to formulate a Hospitalization Scheme, compulsory on all rate­ payers and non-ratepayers of the City, whereby ratepayers shall be entitled to hospital care and services in any approved Hospital in the City at the rate of One Dollar ($1.00) per day and extras, in a General Ward, and that non-ratepayers shall be charged the said One Dollar ($1.00) per day and extras, in a General Ward, and pay also to the City a monthly or semi-annual fee estimated to be an amount that shall cover the balance of the cost of hospitalization of all non­ ratepayers who may require it in the City, and shall include the right to require all employers to deduct the same from the pay of any employee subject to the scheme and pay it over to the City.

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(2) The terms of this scheme shall be such as may be decided upon by the City Council which shall have power to formulate rules and ·regulations governing its operation and to do all things necessary to carry out and enforce the same. "

(3) This scheme shall, before being put into operation, be subject to a two-thirds vote of the electors of the City which vote shall include all persons above the age of eighteen years, resident in Calgary for at least three months prior to the date of the holding of the Election and who are self­ supporting. " ( 4) Any deficit in the amount required to make up the c:ost of the hospitalization of the ratepayers and also of the hospitalization of the non-ratepayers shall be a charge on the mill rate and payable in the same way as other taxes are paid. "

(5) All approved hospitals in the City, if they have ac­ commodation available, shall receive any such ratepayer or non-ratepayer as a patient if he or she is in need of hospital care." 6. By adding to the said Charter a new

Section as No. 347 as follows: "347.-

(1) That in any- case where it is deemed necessary by the Medical Health Officer who shall certify accordingly, the Coun.cil may authorize such Medical Health Officer, or other person deputized by him, to make application to a Judge of the Supreme or District Court for an order to re­ move to a Hospital or Home for the Aged and Infirm or other institution approved by the Court, any resident of the City who by reason of age or mental or physical infirmity is incapable of taking care of himself or herself. "

(2) The Judge may by such Order provide for the tem­ porary disposition and care of the infirm person's property and effects." ·

3 '1. By adding to the said Charter a new

Section as No. 348 as follows: "348.

The City of Calgary is hereby empowered to ex­ empt by By-law from general taxes the property of the Calgary Branch of the Canadian Red Cross Society, being: The East half of Lot Twelve (12), All of Lots Thirteen (13) to Twenty-eight (28), inclusive, and the East half of Lot Twenty-nine (29), and the West sixteen and five tenths (16.5) feet of Lot "A", all in Block Ninety-one (91), according to a Plan or part of the City of Calgary of record in the Land Titles Office for the South Alberta Land Registration District as Plan A1, and also that part of Lot "B" in Block Ninety-one (91) according to said Plan A1. for the year 1948." 8.

This Act shall come into force on the day upon which it is assented to.

No.7 FffiST SESSION ELEVENTH LEGISLATURE 13 GEORGE VI 1949 BILL

An Act to amend the Acts and Ordin­ ances constituting the Charter of The City of Calgary. Received and read the First time .............................. ......... . Second time .................................. . Third time .. ............ ........................ . MRS. WILKINSON . • Title: 1949 (11th, 1st) Bill 7,

An Act to amend the Acts and Ordinances constituting the Charter of The City of Calgary