REPRINTED BILL BILL No.5 of 1927.

An Act to amend the Acts and Ordinances constituting the Charter of the City of Calgary. (As.w;nted to , 1927.)

WHEREAS the City of Calgary has prayed for certain amendments to Ordinance 33 of 1893 of the North­ West Territories and amendments thereto; and

Whereas it is expedient to grant the prayer. of the said petition; Therefore His Majesty, by and with the advice and con­ sent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Alberta, enacts as follows: Ordinance 33 of 1893, North-West Territories, and amend­ ments thereto, is hereby amended as follows: 1. By adding the following as

section 258 thereto: "Subsections 1 and 2 of

section 15 of The Tax Recovery Sub-sections Act, 1922, shall not apply to the City of Calgary, but the city ;e~ri~; ff of shall nevertheless advertise ever" such proposed sale which The Tax Rc- . "- t... ( .J 't'o,l'rry Act shall be by public auction, in a newspaper having general not to aJJl11y circulation in the City of Calgary once in each of the two . weeks immediately preceding the proposed date of sale." 2. By adding the following as

section 259 thereto: "In case the City of Calgary, after the fifteenth day of De- I,!'!cC~~~~tot cember of the veal' next following the year in which a caveat for rents or h b fil d • hR' profits after as een. e , pursuant to T e Tax ecovc1'y Act, 1922, III taking over the Land Titles Office for the South Alberta Land Registra- ~~~S~~~fr:l of tion District shall have taken over possession and control of any parcel of , . land any parcel of land or shall have receIved or collected any subsequently rents or profits in respect thereof, the amount of the rents redeemed or profits so received or collected shall notwithstanding the subsequent redemption of any such parcel of land belong ex- clusively to the said city and the owner of such parcel shall have no claim against the said city in respect of any such amount or any part thereof." 3.

By adding the following as

section 260 thereto: "Notwithstanding anything contained in The Tax Recov- Proceeds of ery Act, 1.922, or any other Act or Ordinance, the total !'ft:;rfland Proceeds of t1'e s'11e of any land after the date of its final acqu~8ition by 1 < the City to be acquisition by the city under the provisions of The Tax t~e sIl~ and Recovery Act., 1922, shall, subject to whatever claim there ~r~~~~t~ of may be for Supplementary Revenue Tax, be and shall be the Clty deemed to have been, since the date of the passing of The

2 Tax Recovery Act, J,f)22 , the sole and absolute property of the City of Calgary, and shall be applied in accordance with the terms of

section 8 of

chapter 64 of the Statutes of Alberta, 1925." 4. By adding the following as

section 261 thereto: Supplement- "The assessor shall by the 31st day of December in each '!,';~n~s:~rr and every year, compile a· supplementary assessment 1'011 shall be made in respect of buildings and' improvements begun or com­of buildings begun or pleted subsequently to the 31st day of October next preced- completed l·ng." subsequently to Oct. 31st in each year Council may capitalize certain assets created from current rev­ enues and issue de ben­ tu!'es therefor 5. By adding the following as

section 262 thereto: "The assessed owner of any building or improvement begun or completed subsequently to the 31st day of October and prior to the 31st day of December, shall be taxed for the following year on the said building or improvement so begun or completed, on a valuation for assessment purposes, as of the date of the 31st day of December." 6. By adding the following as

section 263 thereto: "The rules and regulations for the mailing of assessment notices, the mailing of tax notices, the notices of appeals to the Court of Revision and to the District Court, shall mutatili mutandis apply to the said supplementary assess­ ment." 7. By adding the following as

section 264 thereto: "The Council of the City of Calgary may, without a vote of the ratepayers, but subject to the approval of the Board of Public Utility Commissioners, pass a by-law or by-laws capitalizing the following expenditure made from current revenue, for the acquisition of the following described assets, in the sums hereinafter specified: . (

a) New Burnsland Cemetery ............ $23,857.37 (

b) Hillhurst Athletic Park ............ ," 15,000.00 Such by-law or by-laws may provide for the issue of de­ bentures on the general credit of the City of Calgary cover­ ing the whole 01' any portion of the amount of $38,857.37 so capitalized." 8. By adding the following as

section 265 thereto: "Such debentures shall be for a period of twenty years and when issued shall constitute a valid and binding obliga­ tion upon the City of Calgary and the ratepayers thereof." 9. By adding the following as

section 266 thereto: "The proceeds of the sale of the said debentures shall be applied and used in sucl). manner as the Council of the City of Calgary may in its discretion determine." 10. By adding the following as

section 267 thereto: "(

a) There shall be added to the definition of local im­ provement as contained in

section 131 of the Charter of the City of Calgary the following, that is to say:

3 " 'The covering of any street or lane with any crude oil, oil, tm' sands, calcium chloride or other road bind­ ing material of any nature whatsoever.' "( 1;) The period of advertising the intention of the Council to l)aSS a by-law or by-laws and the period for pre­ senting a petition after the publication of notice of such intention, shall in respect of a local improvement of the class referred to in subsection (

a) hereof and notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (

b) of

section 132 and

section 133 of the Charter· of the City of Calgary, be two weeks and seven days respectively." 11. By adding the following as

section 268 thereto: . "The following persons shall be entitled to have their ~:~:~~,et~a:n_ names added to the voters' list of the City of Calgary: :?:h~~ri~~~_ "(

n) AllY person who in the preceding year paid to the spect ~fl' .. voters 1st City of Calgary serVIce tax; " (

b) Any person who in the year in which the voters' list is prepared, paid to the City of Calgary his cur­ rent year's service tax on or before the 14th day of October." 12. By adding the following as

section 269 thereto: "Any person who has paid his or her service tax for Service tax payers for the current year up to and including the date of the general current y.ear " I I t' h I b ·tt d f th tobeentttied Il1UlllClpa e ec lOn, W ose name UlS een oml e rom e to vote voters' list, shaH be entitled to receive from the assessor and tax collector of the City of CaJgm'y, a certificate stating that such person has in fact paid his or her service tax for the current year. Upon presentation of such certificate to the retul'ning officer, such service tax payer shall be en- titled to cast his or her vote at the general municipal elec- tion." 13. By adding the following as

section 270 thereto: "Any person whether as transferee or as vendee under Person during , current year an agreement for sale, who has purchased property in the acquiring.

C· 0 f C lOt f h' h f d property 111 Ity 0 a gary In respec 0 w IC arrears 0 taxes an respect of t f th ' t h b °d h 11 . h which all axes or e curren year ave een Pal , sa, notwlt - taxes paid to standing the omission of his or her name from the voters' ~~t~ntitled to list, be entitled to receive from the city assessor and tax collector, a certificate stating that such person is the owner of property within the City of Calgary in respect of ·which all alTears of taxes and all current taxes have been paid and upon the production of such certificate to the returning officer, such person shall, notwithstanding his or her omis- sion from the voters' list, be entitled to cast a vote at the general municipal election." 14.

By adding the following as

section 271 thereto: "By-law No. 1781 of the City of Calgary, dated the 13th By-laws 1781. day of March, A.D. 1915, being a by-law to consolidate the !~~3di:~re d b t th ' d t b' ddt' I I' validated and e ell ures au onze 0 e Issue un er cer aIn oca Im- confirmed provement by-laws and to provide for the issue of such '

Grounds for disqualifica­ tion of cOlnmissioner Debt in respect of which bill not rendered no disq ualifica- tion ' 4 consolidated debentures to the amount of $1,208,629.42 Can­ adian Currency, the proceeds to be used for the purposes mentioned in such by-laws, and also to provide for the as- ,sessment and collection of the sums necessary to pay such debentures; "By-law No. 1783 of the City of Calgary, dated the 13th day of March, A.D. 1915, being a by-law to consolidate the debentures authorized to be issued under certain money by-laws and to provide for the issue of such consolidated debentures to the amount of $1,314,121.95 Canadian Cur­ rency or its equivalent in gold coin of the United States of America at par of exchange, the proceeds to be used for the purposes mentioned in such by-laws, and also to provide for the assessment and collection of the sums necessary to pay said debentures; "By-law No. 1937 of the City of Calgary, dated the 26th day of Novembel', A.D. 1917, being a by-law to consolidate the debts and liabilities of the said City incurred over and above the net amount received from the sale of certain de­ bentures and to authorize the issue of debentures therefor, to ·the amount of $186,306.99, and to provide for the assess­ ment and collection of the sums necessary to pay said de­ benhues; "By-law No. 1938 of the City of Calgary, dated the 26th day of November, A.D. 1917, being a by-law to consolidate debentures authorized to be issued under certain local im~ provement by-laws and to provide for the issue of such con­ solidated debentures to the amount of $156,971.32 Canadian Currency, the proceeds to be used for the purposes men­ tioned in such by-laws and also to provide for the assess­ ment and collection of the sums necessary to pay such de­ bentures- are hereby validated and confirmed and declared to be legal, valid and binding upon the City of Calgary and the rate­ payers thereof and the same shall not be open to question in any court on any ground whatever; and all debentures and coupons issued thereunder are hereby declared to be legal, valid and binding upon the City of Calgary and the ratepay­ ers thereof and the same shall not be open to question in any court on any ground whatever." 15.

By adding the following as

section 272 thereto: "N otwithstanding anything contained in Ordinance 33 of 1893 of the North-West Territories and amendments there­ to, a commissioner shall be disqualified for election on the same grounds as are applicable to the election of mayor or alderman." 16. By adding the following as

section 273 thereto: "No person shall be disqualified for election for mayor, alderman, commissioner or school trustee for the City of Calgary on account of any debt for electric" light, water or other city service in respect of which a bill has not been rendered."

5 1 1'. By adding the following as

section 274 thereto: "

(1) The Council of the City of Calgal;y may pass a Council to by-law or by-laws regulating the management of the hos- ~::~J~tewer to pita,ls belonging to the City of Calgary and without restrict- ~dti8Sitn of ing the generality of the foregoing, may in particular regu- h~~pft~sJ s~aff late by by-law the conditions under which doctors may practise in the hospitals belonging to the City of Calgary and the admission of doctors to and the suspension and dis- missal of doctors from the hospital staff. "

(2) The power to regulate referred to in the last pre­ ceding subsection shall include the power to delegate au­ thority to the medical health officer of the City of Calgary, subject always to the legislative jurisdiction of the Council of the City of Calgary." 18. This Act shall come into force on the day upon which it is assented to.

No.5. FIRST SESSION SIXTH LEGISLATURE 17 GEORGE V 1927 BILL

An Act to amend the Acts and Ordi­ nances constituting the Charter of the City of Calgary. Received and read the First time ................ '" . Second time .................. . Third time ................... . MR. WHITE. EDMONTON: Y. D. McLE.4N. ACTING KING'S PRINTER Afl. 1927 Title: 1927 (6th, 1st) Bill 5,

An Act to amend the Acts and Ordinances constituting The Charter of the City of Calgary