BILL No. 63 OF 1925. A BILL TO AMEND THE DAIRYMEN'S ACT. NOTE. This Bill provides for the stationing of graders, testers and weighers in creameries, etc., and collection. of assess:" ments for their payment. WALTER S. SCOTT, Legislative Counsel. (This note does not form any paJ't of the Bill and is offered merely as a. pa1,tial explanation of some of its provisions,) BILL No. 63 of 1925.

An Act to amend The Dairymen's Act. (Assented to ,1.925.) H IS 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 Dctil'ymen's Act Amend­ ment Act, 1925." 2. The Dcd1'yrnen's Act, being

chapter of the Revised Statutes of Alberta, 1922, is amended as to

section by adding as subsections (2), (3), (4), (5) and (6) the fol­ lowing: "

(2) The Minister may appoint and define the duties of Provincial dairy produce graders, testers and weighers. "

(3) Every such grader, tester or weigher shall have the right when directed by the Dairy Commissioner to enter into any creamery, cheese factory or dairy and there con­ tinue for such time as they may be directed for the purposes of grading, testing or weighing dairy produce in accordance with the regulations from time to time made by the Min­ ister.

"( 4) The Minister may assess every owner of any such creamery, cheese factory or'dairy with a reasonable propor- • tion of the total cost of the services of such graders, testers and weighers, and shall at his uncontrolled discretion fix and determine the said proportion, the times when the same is payable and the method in which it is to be paid. "

(5) All such assessments shall be a debt due from the respective owners to the Crown and when received by the Minister shall be deposited to the credit of the Provincial Treasurer in a chartered bank to defray the expenses of the services as above outlined. " (6) 'Dairy' in this sectio,n shall mean any place to which is brought the milk or cream from the herds of five or more persons for the purpose of being manufactured into ice cream or for re-sale, and 'dairy produce' shall mean butter, cheese, milk and cream. 3.

Section of the said Act is amended by striking out all the words after "dairy produce." 4. This Act shall come into force on the ............ day of .......................... 19 .. . No. 63. FIFTH SESSION FIFTH LEGISLATURE GEORGE V BILL

An Act to amend The Dairymen's Act. Received and read the First time .................... . Second time .................. . Third time ................... . HON. MR. HOADLEY. EDMONTON: J. W. JeFFEUY. KlKG'S PmNTEIt A.D. 1925 Title: 1925 (5th, 5th) Bill 63,

An Act to amend The Dairymen's Act