Bill 43 (Legislature 7, Session 3)

L7 S3 8713

Alberta — Bills

Bill No. 43 of 1933. A BILL RESPECTING UNEMPLOYMENT RELIEF. NOTE. This Bill empowers the Lieutenant Governor in Council to co-operate with the Government of Canada and with cities, towns, villages, municipal districts and improvement districts in instituting and carrying out unemployment relief measures; to contribute towards the cost of relief measures undertaken by any municipality; and either alone or in conjunction with the Government of Canada and muni cipalities, or any of them, to institute and carry out relief measures.

The Bill is to expire on the thirty-first day of March, 1934, and authorizes the making of any expenditures for the relief measures authorized by the Bill incurred at any time since the sixth day of April, 1932. R. ANDREW SMITH, Legislative Counsel. (This note does not form any part of the Bill .and is offered merely as a partial explanation of some of its provisions.) BILL No. 43 of 1933.

An Act respecting Unemployment Relief. (Assented to , 1933.) 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 Unemployment Relief Act, 1933." 21. The Lieutenant Governor in Council is hereby em powered from time to time- (

a) to eiIter into any agreement with the Government of Canada which that Government is authorized to make by any Statute of Canada respecting relief measures within the Province upon such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon; (

b) to enter into agreements with cities, towns, villages, municipal districts and improvement districts as to the institution and carrying out of measures for the relief of persons therein who are in necessitous circumstances by reason of unemployment or other circumstances attributable to prevailing economic conditions; (

c) to contribute to any city, town, village, municipal district or improvement district such proportion of the costs of any measures undertaken by them or any of them with the approval of the Lieutenant Governor in Council for the relief of any such needy persons as aforesaid; (

d) either alone, or in conjunction with the Govern ment of Canada and cities, towns, villages, munici pal districts and improvement districts, or any of them, to institute and carry out such measures for the relief of any such needy persons as aforesaid as may from time to time be deemed requisite and necessary. 3.

Notwithstanding any provisions of any other Act to the contrary, every city, town, village, municipal district and improvement district is hereby empowered to enter into any agreement with the Province which the Government of the Province is authorized to enter into by this Act, and to do all acts and things necessary for or ,incidental to the 2 carrying into effect of any such agreement as aforesaid, and to defray the costs thereof as a part of its ordinary expendi tures. 4.

Any municipality which has entered into any agree ment which it is empowered to enter into by this Act may, pending the payment of any money payable or to become payable under the agreement, by by-law borrow sums not exceeding the amount of the sum or sums so payable or to become payable: Provided that any sums so borrowed shall be repayable immediately upon the payment of the sums payable under the agreement. 5.

The Lieutenant Governor in Council may from time to time authorize the Provincial Treasurer to advance and pay any sum which may become payable by the Province by reason of or on account of any agreement entered into by the Province, or any other Act or thing whatsoever done by the Lieutenant Governor in Council under the authority of this Act without any further or other appropriation than is provided by this Act. 6.

The Lieutenant Governor in Council shall cause a return to be prepared of all agreements entered into, and all acts or things whatsoever done by the Lieutenant Gov ernor in Council pursuant to this Act and all moneys ex pended by authority of this Act during each fiscal year, and shall cause the return for the immediately preceding fiscal year to be reported to the Legislature at each Session thereof within fifteen days of the commencement of that Session. 7.

This Act shall expire on the thirty-first day of March, 1934, and any obligation or liability incurred or created under the authority of this Act prior to the thirty-first day of March, 1934, may be paid and discharged out of the General Revenue Fund notwithstanding the expiration of this Act on the said date. 8. 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 from and after the sixth day of April, 1932. No. 43. THIRD SESSION SEVENTH LEGISLATURE 23 GEORGE V 1933 BILL

An Act respecting Unemployment Relief. Received and read the First time ............................................................. . Second time ........................................................ . Third time ............ . ........................................ . RON. MR .. MCPHERSON EDMONTON: w. D. McLEAN, K'C'lG'S PRINTER 1933 Title: 1933 (7th, 3rd) Bill 43,

An Act respecting Unemployment Relief

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Collection	Alberta — Bills
Citation	L7 S3 8713
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	L7 S3 8713
Language	en
Format	json
Source	PROVINCIAL
Identifier	cb3698734edbe99d72a9ec523871f8decd54804e

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