Bill 3 (Legislature 7, Session 3)

L7 S3 8673

Alberta — Bills

BILL No. 3 of Au Act to amend The Lethbridge City Charter. (Assented to , 1933.)

WHEREAS the City of Lethbridge has prayed for certain amendments to The Lethbridge City Charter, being

chapter 75, of the Statutes of Alberta, 1928, and amend ments thereto; and

Whereas it is expedient to grant the prayer of the said petitioner; Therefore, His Majesty, by and with the advice and con sent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Alberta, enacts as follows : 1. Title IV, of The Lethbridge City ChiLrter is amended by adding after the words "in writing" where they appear in subsection ( a1) , of

section 3, of said Title, the words "signed by the ow.ner or the tenant." 2. By adding at the end of subsection (a2) of said

section 3, of Title IV, the words "so far as the registration of ten ants is concerned." 3. Title XXIV is amended by striking out

section 12, and substituting the following as

section 12: "12. The term 'motor vehicle' shall have the same mean ing as the term has in The Vehicles and H'i'ghway Tmffic Act , being

chapter of the Statutes of Alberta, 1924. " (

a) The Council may license all motor vehicles used for hire in the City of Lethbridge and whether used for carrying goods, chattels or material, or for car rying passengers, and whether operated wholly within the City of Lethbridge or from within the City to a point or points outside the City or from a point or points outside the City into the City. " (

b) The Council may classify all s.uch motor vehicles according to their tonnage, width of tire, the pur pose for which they are used or upon any other prin ciple whatsoever which it shall deem advisable, and may fix or grade the license fees therefor according to any classification or may make a uniform license for all motor vehicles doing the same kind of bus iness . 2 "(

c) These powers shall be continuing powers and shall not be deemed to be revoked or suspended by any Act of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Alberta unless the Act expressly revokes or sus pends such powers." 4. Title XXIV is further amended by striking out

section thereof and substituting the following as

section 18. "18. The Council may by by-law license motor vehicles as defined under The Vehicles and Highway Traffic Act, being

chapter of the Statutes of Alberta, 1924, and amendments thereto, and notwithstanding anything con tained in

section of that Act." 5.-

(1) The Council, without the assent of the burgesses, may issue and sell special debentures, bills or other securi ties in such form, payable at such place or places either within or without Canada, at such rate of interest and for such period not exceeding ten years from the issue of the same, and with such provisions for redemption as the Coun cil may by by-law provide, to such maximum aggregate amount as may from time to time be required to repay or recoup the revenue of the City for such amounts as shall have been or shall hereafter be expended by the City during the years 1932, 1933 and 1934, for direct relief or unem ployment relief.

(2) A recital in any by-law of the amount so spent or ex pended for direct relief or unemployment.relief shall be con clusive evidence of the fact. ( 3) All loans made hereunder are hereby declared to be temporary loans only and shall form no part of the general debt of the City within the meaning of the sections of The Lethbridge C.ity Charter limiting the borrowing powers of the City: Provided that the amount so borrowed shall not exceed in the aggregate more than Thirty Thousand Dollars ($30,000.00) for any one of said years. 6. This Act shall come into force on the day upon which it is assented to. --- e No.3 THIRD SESSION SEVENTH LEGISLATURE GEORGE V BILL

An Act to amend The Lethbridge City Charter. Received and read the First time .............................................................. . Second time ·················-······ ............................. . Third time ............................... . MR. SMEATON. EDMONTON: W. D. MCLF.AN, Kno;c's PRINTER e Title: 1933 (7th, 3rd) Bill 3,

An Act to amend The Lethbridge City Charter

Document details

Collection	Alberta — Bills
Citation	L7 S3 8673
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	L7 S3 8673
Language	en
Format	json
Source	PROVINCIAL
Identifier	dacb7412808347563337d5973c274117f2e44093

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