Bill 76 (Legislature 10, Session 1)

L10 S1 7601

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Bill No. 76 of 1945. A BILL RESPECTING THE LACOMBE AND DISTRICT COMMUNITY HOSPITAL. NOTE. The purpose of this Bill is fully set out in the

preamble to the Bill. W. S. GRAY, Legislative Counsel. (This note does not for-m any part of the Bill but is offe1'ed h~ explanation of its provisions.)

BILL No. 76 of 1945.

An Act Respecting the Laconlbe and District Community Hospital. (Assented to , 1945.)

WHEREAS by an agreement made between the Town of Lacombe and the Municipal District of Crown No. 399, dated ,the 23rd day of April, 1937, provision was made for the establishment and operation of a hospital to be known as "The Lacombe and District Community Hospital" ; and

Whereas the said agreement was validated and confirmed by

chapter 10 of the Statutes of Alberta, 1937 (Second Ses sion) , in the

Schedule of which Act the said agreement is set out; and

Whereas under the terms of the said agreement certain obligations were assumed by the Municipal District of Crown and certain privileges were granted to the said Municipal District, said obligations including an annual pay ment to the Town of Lacombe of $2,059.24 for a period of fifteen years; and

Whereas by an order of the Minister of Municipal Affairs dat€d the 22nd day of December, 1943, the area comprising the Munic,ipal District of Crown No. 399 was included in the enlarged new Municipal District of Lacombe, No. 398, and the assets and liabilities of the Municipal District of Crown No. 399 became assets and liabilities of the Municipal Dis.trict of Lacombe, No. 398; and

Whereas the area comprised in the former Municipal Disltrict of Crown is only a sll1all portion of the Municipal District of Lacombe No. 398, and it is undesirable and was not contemplated that the ratepayers of the Municipal Dish'ict of Lacombe as a whole should be liable for the payment of the obligations hereinbefore referred to:

Now therefore, His Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1. The agreement dated the 23rd day of April, A.D. 1937, between ,the Town of Lacombe and the Municipal District of Crown No. 399 as validated and confirmed by

chapter 10 of the Statutes of Alberta, 1937 (Second Session), shall be amended by substituting for the words "the Municipal District of Crown" or "the municipal district", wherever the same occur therein, the words "the Municipal District of Lacombe No. 398", and the said agreement shall as

2 amended be binding upon the Town of Lacombe and the Municipal District of Lacombe No. 398 in the same manner as if it had been executed by the Municipal District of Lacombe N,o. 398. 2.

Notwithstanding the prOVISIons of se,ction 1, any liability imposed upon or benefit received by the Municipal District of Lacombe No. 398 with respect to its residents under the terms of the said agreement as hereby amended shall be deemed to be with respect only to residents of the following described area of the Municipal District of Lacombe No. 398: All those portions of townships 38, 39, 40 and 41, Ranges 25, 26, 27 and 28, West of the Fourth Meridian lying nor,th of the Blindman and Red Deer Rivers, being a portion of the former Municipal District of Crown No. 399, and where reference is made in the said agreement to residents or population of the municipal district it shall be deemed to refer to the residents or population of the said area above described. 3.

Notwithstanding the provisions of The Municipal District Act or of the said agreement, the Municipal District of Lacombe No. 398 shall raise the annual sum required to be paid to the Town of Lacombe under the said agree ment and any other indebtedness arising out of the said agreement by the levy of a special rate upon the assessable property situate within the area described in

section 2, which levy the council of the said dis,trict is hereby authorized to make. 4. This Act shall come into force on the day upon which it is assented to, and upon so coming into force shall be deemed to have been in force at all times on and after the first day of January, 1944.

No. 76. FIRST SESSION TENTH LEGISLATURE 9 GEORGE VI 1945 BILL

An Act R,especting the Lacombe and District Community Hospital. Received and read the First time ......................................... . Second time .................................... . Third time ...... . HON. DR. CROSS. EDMONTON: A. Shnitka, King's Printer 1945 Title: 1945 (10th, 1st) Bill 76,

An Act Respecting the Lacombe and District Community Hospital

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Collection	Alberta — Bills
Citation	L10 S1 7601
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Volume / chapter	L10 S1 7601
Language	en
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