No. 149 1st Session, 15th Legislature, Allberta 12 Elizabeth II BILL 149 A Bill to authorize and permit the Town of 8mQky Lake to enter into certain Agreements with The British American Oil Company Limited HON. MR. HOOKE Printed by L. S. WALL, Printer to the Queen'. Moat ExceBent MajeBt7, Edmonton, Albert&, 1964

Explanatory Not. This Bill will validate certain agreements entered into by the Town of Smoky Lake and The British American Oil Company Liinited for the s'ale of a well to the Town and the leasing of a stand-by well to the Town.

BILL No. 149 of 1964

An Act to authorize and permit the Town of Smoky Lake to enter into certain Agreements with The British American Oil Company Limited (Assented to , 1964.) HER MAJ~ST~, by and with the advice. and consent of the LegIslatIve Assembly of the ProvInce of Alberta, enacts as follow's: 1. This Act may be cited as "The Town of Smoky Lake Gas Utility Act." 2. Notwithstanding any provision of The Town and Village Act, or of The Local Authorities Board Act, or of The Public Utilities Board Act, or of The Oil and Gas Conservation Act affecting or relating to the purchase or lease of natural gas wells or ,the purchase or lease of natural gas rights by a town, the Town of Smoky Lake (

a) is hereby authorized and permitted and shall be deemed to have had the capacity to enter into that certain agreement dated the 1st day of March, 19,64, between The British American Oil Company Lim­ i ted, and the Town of Smoky Lake for the pur­ chase by the Town of the well Edwand No. 1 and the natural gas rights in the Blairmore formation underlying

Section 26, Township 60, Range 16, West of the Fourth Meridian, and (

b) is hereby authorized and permitted to and has capacity to enter into an agreement with The British American Oil Company Limited for the leasing by the Town of the well Edwand No.2 and the natural gas rights in the Blairmore forma­ tion underlying

Section 25, Township 60, Range 16, we'st of the Fourth Meridian. 3. Notwithstanding any provision of the Acts mentioned in se:ction 2, the approval of the proprietary electors is not required regarding the agreements mentioned in sec­ tion 2, nor to the issuance of any debentures required, (

a) to carry out the provisions of those agreements, and (

b) to cover the cost of drilling a stand ... by well into the Blairmore formation underlying

Section 26, Town­ ship 60, Range 16, West of the Fourth Meridian. 4. This Act comes into force on the day upon which it is assented to.

No. 149 FIR8T SESSION FIFTEENTH LEGISLATURE 12 ELIZABET'H II 1964 BILL

An Act to authorize and permit the Town of Smoky Lake to enter into certain Agreements with The Brit­ ish American Oil Company Limited Received and read the First time .................. . Second time Third time HON. MR. HOOKE Title: 1964 (15th, 1st) Bill 149,

An Act to authorize and permit the Town of Smoky Lake to enter into certain Agreements with The British American Oil Company Limited