Bill No. 55 of 1944. A BILL TO AMEND TH.E INDUSTRIAL WAGES SECURITY ACT. NOTE. This Bill amends The Industrial Wages S(;curity Act, chap­ ter 281, R.S.A., 1942. The amendment to the definition of "mine" is to include in the mining industry work done prior to the actual getting of coal in preparing land for the mining. The change in the definition of "employer" is to extend it so that a person engaged in the industry will be required to lodge security for the wages of employees of contractors who may be doing work for the owner of the industry by means of a contract. W. S.

GRAY, Acting Legislative Counsel. (This note does not form any part of the Bill but is offered in explanation of its provisions.) BILL No. 55 of 1944.

An Act to amend The Industri.al Wages Security Act. (Assented to , 1944.) HIS MAJESTY, by and with the ad-vice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1. The Industrial Wages Security Act, being

chapter of the Revised Statutes of Alberta, 1942, is hereby amended as to

section 2,- (

a) by striking out paragraph (

b) thereof, and by substi­ tuting therefor the following: " (b) 'Employer' means any person who is engaged in or proposes to engage in any designated industry and who employs or proposes to employ any workmen in such industry for wages; and any person who is engaged in or proposes to engage in a designated industry, and who procures any work to be done in that industry by means of a contract, shall for the purposes of this Act be deemed to be the employer of the workmen employed by the contractor or any sub-contractor ;" ; (

b) by striking out the words "at which coal is being gotten for sale" where the same occur in paragraph (

d) thereof, and by substituting therefor the words "at which coal is being gotten for sale or at which land is being prepared for the getting of coal." 2. This Act shall come into force on the day upon which it is assented to. FOURTH SESSION NINTH LEGISLATURE GEORGE VI BILL

An Act to amend The Industrial Wages Security Act. Received and read the First time .. Second time Third time .. HON. MR. MANNING. EDMONTON: A Shnitka, King's Printer Title: 1944 (9th, 4th) Bill 55,

An Act to amend The Industrial Wages Security Act