BILL No. 22 of 1926.

An Act to amend The Lethbridge Northern Colonization Act. (Assented to ,1926.) HIS MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1. This Act may be cited as "The Lethbridge Northern Colonization Act Arnend1nent Act, 1926." 2. The Lethbridge N o1'thern Colonization Act, being

chapter 49 of the Statutes of Alberta, 1925, is amended as to

section 4 by striking out paragraph (

a) thereof and sub­ stituting: therefor the following: "(

a) the applicant has complied with regulations made by the manager with the approval of the Lieutenant Governor in Council with regard to th~ payment of taxes or rates due in respect of such parcel or par­ cels; and."

Section 6 of the said Act is hereby struck out and the following substituted therefor: "6.-

(1) No irrigation rates which accrue due in respect of any parcel in any year of the period in which such parcel remains registered as a home place or part thereof, need be paid during such period by the person otherwise chargeable therewith, but such rates shall be paid by the Provincial Treasurer in accordance with the provisions of

section 22 of this Act. "

(2) In lieu of irrigation rates, the payments set out in

Schedule A appended to this Act, shall be made, and shall be collected and enforced under the provisions of The Irriga­ tion District.~ Act, and shall, for those purposes, be irri­ gation rates and be remitted forthwith after collection to the Provincial Treasurer. "( 3) The said

schedule may be at any time, and from time to time, varied in any or all of its terms by the Lieuten­ ant Governor in Council, but no such variation shall affect any rights which have accrued to any person at the time of such variation."

Section 9 of the said Act is amended by striking out subsections (2) and (3) thereof, and substituting therefor the following:

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(2) In the event of failure to establish the same, the manager shall have power to remove such land from his register and thereupon such land shall cease to be a home place within the meaning of this Act. "

(3) Immediately after any such removal the manager shall in writing notify the Board of Trustees, who shall im­ mediately thereafter remove the notation with respect to such home place from the assessment roll, and shall refund to the Provincial Treasurer all the rates paid by him with respect to such land whilst it was a home place and shall credit the person who would have been responsible for the rates but for their payment by the Provincial Treasurer, with all payments made as or in lieu of rates under the pro­ visions of this Act, and shall thereafter treat the parcel or parcels of land lately constituting the home place, as if no rates had been paid in respect thereto by the Provincial Treasurer."

Section 15 of the said Act is hereby struck out and the following substituted therefor: "15. All lands which, after becoming the property of the district under the provisions of The Irrigation Districts Act, or this Act, have been offerea for sale and have not been sold, and all other lands which are from time to time owned by the Board of Trustees, shall be transferred by such Board of Trustees to the manager as trustee for His Majesty as aforesaid, excepting always all lands which are required in connection with the operation of the district, and lands subject to first mortgages within the meaning of The Irri­ gation Districts Act."

Section 22 of the said Act is amended by striking out ~ubsection (1) thereof and substituting therefor the follow­ mg: "

(1) The Provincial Treasurer shall without any further or other appropriation payout of the general revenue any sum or sums required to discharge the irrigation rates im­ posed upon home places under the provisions of The lrriga,. tion Districts Act, or required to discharge the irrigation rates and arrears of rates due upon lands vested in the manager under the provisions of this Act."

Section 28a is added to the said Act as follows: "28([. This Act shall be read together with The Irriga­ tion Districts Act, but if and whenever there is any dis­ crepancy between the provisions of the two Acts, the pro­ visions of this Act shall prevail."

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Schedule A appended to the said Act is hereby struck out and the following substituted therefor: "SCHEDULE A. "(Section 6.) "PAYMENTS PER IRRIGABLE ACRE. "For Resident Water-users. Payments in lieu of Water Service Charge Payments in lieu of Water Right Payment 1924. . .. . . ... .. ... ... . . 0 1925 ................... A payment equal to the water service charge imposed under the pro­ visions of The Irriga­ tion Districts Act. 1926. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . " 1927 ............... I." " 1928. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. " 1929................... " 1930...................

" 1931. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . " 1932................... " 1933 .................. . " 1934-1938 inclusive ..... . " 1939-1972 inclusive ..... . " "For Incoming Water-users. o o o $2 $2 $2 $3 $3 $3 $3 $4 $5 Payments in lieu of Water Service Charge Payments in lieu of Water Right Payment For the first year in which registration is made. . . . 0 0 2nd year ............... A payment equal to the 0 water service charge imposed under the pro­ visions of The 11'1"iga­ tion Districts Act. 3rd year. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ." 0 4tll year. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

" $2 5th year ... : . . . . . . . . . . . . " $2 6th year. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . " $2 7th ~year. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . " $3 8th year. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . " $3 9th year. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . " $3 10th year. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . " $3 11th to 15th year Inclusive " $4 16th to 49th year inclusive " $5 "Any resident water-user who has prior to being regis­ tered in respect of a home place paid any portion of the irrigation rates for 1924 shall be entitled to be credited with such payment in satisfaction pro tanto of the payments re­ quired by this schedule." 9.

This Act shall come into force on ................. .

No. 22. SIXTH SESSION FIFTH LEGISLATURE 16 GEORGE V 1926 BILL

An Act to amend The Lethbridge Northern Colonization Act. Received and read the First time .................... . Second time .................. . Third time ................... . HON. MR. SMITH. EDMONTON: Y. D. McI..EAN. ACTING KING'S PRINTER £1J-.1926. Title: 1926 (5th, 6th) Bill 22,

An Act to amend The Lethbridge Northern Colonization Act