Bill 16 (Legislature 12, Session 3)

L12 S3 6461

Alberta — Bills

Bill No. 16 of 1955 A BILL OF CONSgNT RESPECTING THE ADOPTION OF THE ALBERTA-BRITISH COLUMBIA BOUND ARY AS SURVEYED BY THE ALBERTA-BRITISH COLUMBIA BOUNDARY COMMISSION BETWEEN 1950 AND 1953 NOTE This Bill enacts consent by the Legislature of Alberta to the boundary line between this Province and the Province of British Columbia as surveyed, and laid down by the Alberta British Columbia Boundary Commission in the years 1950 to 1953. This Bill comes into force upon assent. J. W. RYAN, Acting Legislative Counsel. (This note does not form any part of the Bill but is offered in explana.tion of its provisions.)

BILL No. 16 of 1955

An Act of Consent respecting the adoption of the Alberta British Columbia Boundary as Surveyed by the Alberta British Columbia Boundary Commission Between 1950 and 1953 ( Assented to ,1955) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of AI'berta, en~ts as follows:

Whereas The Imperial Act 29 and 30 Victoria,

chapter 67, defines the boundary between the Provinces of Alberta and British Columbia as a line extending "from the Boundary of the United States northwards by the Rocky Mountains and the One Hundred and Twentieth Meridian of West Longitude" to the sixtieth parallel of north latitude; and

Whereas by The British Columbia-Alberta Boundary Act, being

chapter 6 of the Statutes of Alberta, 1931, the Legislature of the Province of Alberta consented to the establishment of the boundary line between this Province and the Province of British Columbia as surveyed, marked and laid down according to the said Act; and

Whereas the said consent dealt only with that

section of the British Columbia-Alberta boundary between the Inter national Boundary on the forty-ninth parallel of north latitude, northerly to a point on the one hundred and twentieth meridian of west longitude in or about latitude '~orth fiftY,:"seven degrees. twenty-six minutes and forty and twenty-five one hundredths seconds, as the said

section was completed in or about the year 1924, and

Whereas in order to continue and complete the northerly extension of this boundary, the Alberta-British Columbia Boundary Commission was revived and duly authorized as as a, Commission on the 14th day of February, 1950., by the appointment of B. W. Waugh, Surveyor General of Domin ion Lands as Chairman up to the 24th day of September, 1953, and R. Thistlethwaite, Surveyor General of Dominion Lands as Chairman after the 24th day of September, 1953, J. H. Holloway, Director of Surveys of the Province of Alberta, and N. C.

Stewart, Surveyor General and Director of Surveys and Mapping of the Province of British Columbia up to the 19th day of May, 1952, and G. S. Andrews, Surveyor General and Director of Surveys and Mapping of the Province of British Columbia after the 19th day of May, 1952, and

Whereas the said Boundary Commission between 1950 and 1953 has caused the survey of the said northerly ex tension of this boundary to be completed from the point on the one hundred and twentieth meridian as previously de scribed in this

preamble to the terminus on the sixtieth parallel of north latitude as determined by the said Boundary Commission, and to be permanently monumented upon the ground and to be duly shown upon twelve map sheets entitled "Boundary between Alberta and British Columbia", numbered 55 to 66, and signed by the Commis sioners which said maps have been printed and copies there of deposited in the office of the Director of Surveys of this Province, and

Whereas it is expedient that the said line so surveyed, monumented and shown should be established to the ex tent aforesaid as the remaining

section of the boundary line between this Province and the Province of British Columbia, and ·

Whereas by

section 3 of The British North America Act, 1871, it was enacted that the Parliament of the Dominion of Canada may from time to time with the consent of the · Legislature of any Province of the Dominion increase, diminish or otherwise alter the limits of that Province upon such terms and conditions a s may be agreed upon by the said Legislature and may, with the like consent, make pro vision respecting the effect and operation of any such in crease or diminution or alteration of territory in relation · to any Province affected thereby; Therefore, Her 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 Alberta-British

Short title Columbia Bounda.ry Act, 19.55", 2. In case the Legislature of the Province of British Consent Columbia also consents thereto with respect to that Prov- ince, the Legislature of the Province of Alberta hereby consents that the Parliament of the Government of Canada do declare the line so surveyed, monumented, and shown in the manner referred to in the

preamble to the extent thereof, to be the boundary line between this Province and the Province of British Columbia, whether or not the same increases, diminishes, or otherwise alters the territory of this Province. . A ' t f th d h' h 't' Coming into 3. ThIS ct comes In 0 orce on e ay upon w IC 1 IS force assented to.

THIRD SESSION TWELFTH LEGISLATURE 4 ELIZABETH II 1955 BILL

An Act of Consent respecting the Adoption of the Alberta-British Columbia Boundary as Surveyed by the Alberta-British Columbia Boundary Commission between 1950 and 1953 Received and read the First time ......................................... . Second time ....................................... . Third time ........ . RON. MR. CASEY Title: 1955 (12th, 3rd) Bill 16,

An Act of Consent respecting the Adoption of the Alberta-British Columbia Boundary as Surveyed by the Alberta-British Columbia Boundary Commission Between 1950 and 1953

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