Bill 50 (Legislature 6, Session 2)

L6 S2 9133

Alberta — Bills

BILL. No; 50 of. ,1928. An 'Act toarrl'end The IrrigatiQn' Districts Act: (Asserit'ed to 1928.) HIS MAJ~STy, . by, and.w~th tl;te advic~, alld,~?r\sent9f the L~g~slabve, Assembly .of the PrQVlllCe of Alberta, enacts asf.oll.ows: . • ' , I 1. This Act may be cit~d as "The 'Irrigq,(i,9n,Pistricts A~t Amendment Act, 1928."" , 2~ The Irrigation.D'i~tr.ict~ Act, b,eing. ~hap.ter 114 .of· the .Revised$tatutes of Alper,ta; 1922, isamehded 'as'tQ secti.on 11 .. ther~(rf: . . . (a) ,by str.iking . .out the words, "ano. shall cafi'y .o·~t the irrigati.on WQrk .of the distri~t in ~,(jc.or:dan,ce \yith the. plans "which: have been filed w:ith the Minister under, the prQ,/,isi.ons .of

section ,36 .of; this' A~t',' apd inserting in lieu, tJ'tereQf. the wo:r;dS, :~and s11a11 carry .out such irrigatiQI).. wQrk as'may, be frQm, .tim~ JQ time necessary"; and : (b) . by. adding as) subsecti.on, ; (,2), . ther,eof: the. followi~g: "

(2) Any lands purchased from tl,le, G:rown~nder . the provisions .of this

section shall ·form. part Q~ ~he' distrtct, as fr.om the date '.of. any '.order .of the Minister .,cenfirming, tl1e purchase.'.'· 3. SectiQn 23 .of the said, Act is! amended~ by; .striking . .out subsectiQns (2), (3.), and (5), thereQf· :and ,substituting the fQllQwing: ..

"( 5) ,Notwithstanding anythinKc.ontained. in·. this sec ti.on, lands which have·bec.ome vested in the.boar~.owiI).g t.o l1Qn-payment .of· rates levied· thereon, .lands owned by the b.oard and .occupied ·f.or reserv.oir purp.oses and agricul tural lands which have been acquired by ,the board .on,ac c.ount .of seepage damage shall c.ontinue t.o be, assessed f.or and liable t.o the payment .of municipal and sch.o.ol taxes." 4.

Secti.on 35 .of the said Act is amended as t.o subsecti.on (1) there.of, by striking .out the w.ords "f.orthwith after the f.ormati.on .of an irrigati.on district" and substituting there f.or the w.ords "fr.om time t.o time." 2

Section 45a is added to the said Act immediately after

section thereof, as follows: "45a. Where it is desired w construct additional works in any district either to render more effective service to the lands of the district or to provide drainage or to serve additional lands included in the district under the provisions of this Act, the board shall have the same powers and shall observe the same procedure in raising money for such con struction as are provided with respect to the construction of the original works." ,

Section 46 ~f the said Act is amended k to subsection (1) thereof by adding after the word "Act," where it first occurs, the words "either for the construction of the works to serve the district as originally formed or to serve land afterwards included." 7.

Section of the said Act is amended by striking out subsection (3) thereof and substituting .the following: "

(3) The secretary may at any time correct the assess ment roll by altering the names of the owner, purchaser or occupant appearing on the same in connection with any parcel of land or by altering the description of any parcel of land, and he shall whenever any lands are included in or excluded from the district add to or delete from the assess ment roll the required information with respect to the par cels of land so included or excluded."

Section 175a is added to the said Act immediately after

section thereof, as follows: "175a.

Whenever the drift of soil from any land, either within or without the district, has lodged in any of the ditches of the district, the board may recover the cost of cleaning the said ditch by action against the occupier, or if there is no occupier, the owner of the land, or by distraint as if it were a landlord distraining for rent due by such occupier or owner in re&pect of the said land, and whenever in the opinion of the board there is a great probability of any ditch being injured by the drift of soil thereinto from any such land, the board may enter upon such land and take all proper steps thereon to prevent, stop or minimize the said drifting, and may recover the cost thereof in either of the ways aforesaid." . 9.

This Act shall come into force on ................. . No. 50. SECOND SESSION SIXTH LEGISLATURE GEORGE V BILL

An Act to amend The Irrigation Districts Act. Received and read the First time ................... . Second time ....•.............. Third time ................... . RON. MR. SMITH. EDMONTON: W. D. McLBAN, ACTING KING'S PRINTER A.D. 1928 Title: 1928 (6th, 2nd) Bill 50,

An Act to amend The Irrigation Districts Act

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Collection	Alberta — Bills
Citation	L6 S2 9133
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Volume / chapter	L6 S2 9133
Language	en
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Source	PROVINCIAL
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