Bill 34 (Legislature 3, Session 3)

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Alberta — Bills

BILL No. 34 of 1915.

An Act to amend The Village Act. (Assented to ' 1915.) HIS MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1. The Village Act, being

chapter of the Statutes ot Alberta, 1913 (1st Session), is am,ende~ as follows: (

I) Section 2, subs~ction 2: By repealing same and substituting therefor the following: "(2) 'Village' means and includes any village now existing and any village municipality organized under the provisions of this Act and any summer village, and 'summer village' means a;nd i;nclu~es any village declared to be a summer village by order of the Minister."

(2) Section 7: By adding thereto the following sub section: "

(2) The Minister may by order, subject to the provisions of this Act, erect any portion of the province into a summer village the area of which i13 not more than acres not in whole or in

part included in any city, town or village and containing not less than twenty-;five separate buildi;ngs each of which has been occupied continuously for a period of at least one month during the year preceding the date of the petition hereinafter referred to for· the erection of such portion of the province into a village."

(3) Section 8: By addi~g thereto the following riew subsection: "

(2) In connection with the erectio;n .of a summer village the form of this petition shall be varied in accordance with the provisions of subsection of

section 7." ( 4)

Section 21: By adding thereto the following: "Provided, however, that in any swnmer village the term of office shall be fixed by the Minister."

(5) Section 24: By adding thereto the following: "Provided, however, that in any summer village the council will only be required to hold two meeti;ngs during the year and the date of the first meeting shall be fixed by the Minister." ·

(6) Section 37: By adding thereto the following: "Provided, however, t,hat in any summer village the nomination meeting shall be held at date and place fixed by the .Minister."

(7) Section 61 : By a.dding thereto the following new subsection: " ( 4) In any swnmer village the financial year shall commence on the first day of August of each year and close on the 31st day of July in the following year and the books of such a village shall be audited in the manner provided for by the provisions of this Act, prior to the 15th day of August in each year."

(8) Section 84: By adding thereto the following new subsection: "

(3) In any summer village the assessment roll shall be completed not later than the first day of September in each year." 2

(9) Section 96: By adding thereto the following: "Provided, however, that in any summer village the duties of the council as a court of revision shall be com pleted by the Jin;t day of November and no appeal to the council shall be heard after that date except as provided for in

section hereof."

(10) Section 99: By adding thereto the following: "Provided, however, that in any su,rnmer village the notice of appeal must be made before the lOth day of November of any year."

(11) Section 107: By adding thereto th,e following: "Provided, however, that in any summer village any addition to the roll under this

section shall be required to be made before the first day of December."

(12) Section n, HllhHeetion 2: By HtrikiJ1g out the words "or portion of land" where they occur i'1 the first and second li,les thereof and substituting therefor the words "in any plan or subdivision, or on any fraction of a quarter section."

(13) Section 134: By striking out sectiop 15,

chapter 8, Statutes of Alberta, 1914.

(14) Section 139: By adding immediately after

section thereof the following: "139a. The council may by by-law- " 1. Impose a penalty not exceeding $100.00 exclusive of costs for breach of any provision of any by-law and provide for a reasonable punishment by i,rnprisonment with or without hard labour. in the nearest common jail for any period not exceeding sixty days in case of non payment of the fine and costs inflicted for any such breach unless such fine and costs including the costs of comrnital are sooner paid. "2.

And enact that in case the conviction be for the nonpayment of any license fee payable to the village under the provisions of any by-law of the village the convicting justice may adjudge payment thereof in addition to the penalty."

(15) Section 172: By repealing same and substituting therefor the following: "1,72.

Before any by-law for the restraining of animals at large shall be finally passed by the council of .. any village the council shall cause a copy of the proposed by-law to be posted up in ·each of at least three conspicuous places in the village, one of which shall be the office of the secretary-treasurer and shall upon the completion of the posting of such copies cause to be inserted in some news paper published in the municipality or if there is no newspaper published therein in some ne~spaper circu lating therein, a notice in the form following or to the like effect: " 'Public notice is hereby given that there has been introduced in the council of the Village of. . . . . . . . . . . a by-law of which the following is a short synopsis (here insert short synopsis of by-law) and that a copy of same may be seen in each of the following places (here insert list of the places at which by-law may be seen) and further that unless within thirty days of the publication of this notice a~ le.ast ten resi~ent electors of the village petition the coun.cil to submit such by-law to a vote of the resident electors of the village the council will proceed to pass same.

" ' Secretary- Treasurer of the Village of ............... '" No. 34 rl'HIRD SESSION THIRD LEGIHLArrURE GEORGE V 1 91 BILL

An Act to amend The Village Act. Received and read the First time . . . . . ..... Second time . . . . . . . . . . . .. Third time .. : ................ . RoN. MR. GARIEPY. EDMONTON: J. W. JEFFERY, Government Printer A. D. 1915. Title: 1915 (3rd, 3rd) Bill 34,

An Act to amend The Village Act

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