Coming into force of Act

the said sale, or any subsequent sale of the said land or any part thereof, are hereby declared to have been completely discharged and satisfied by the moneys paid by the said John A. Anderson as hereinbefore recited.

3. This Act shall come into force on the day upon which it is assented to.

CHAPTER 5.

An Act respecting the Investment of the Surplus
Moneys of the Canadian Wheat Board received
by the Government of Alberta, and the

use of the Income therefrom.

(Assented to April 8, 1926.)

WHEREAS as a result of the operations of the Canadian Preamble

Wheat Board certain moneys remained in the hands of the Government of Canada and the sum of One Hundred and Twelve Thousand Dollars has been paid thereout to the Government of Alberta; and

Whereas it is desired to authorize the expenditure of the income of such sum by trustees for the encouragement of co-operative marketing in Alberta, and for the general betterment of agriculture in the Province;

Now therefore, 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 Wheat Board Money Short title Trust Act."

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2. The sum of money hereinbefore referred to is hereby Vesting of vested in the board of trustees hereinafter created, which trustees board shall hereafter have and hold all the right, title and interest of His Majesty therein and thereto in trust for the purposes of this Act.

3.-(1) There is hereby created a board of trustees to Board administer such sum of money, which board shall be composed of at least three, and not more than seven, members.

(2) The Minister of Agriculture shall be one of the members of the said board and the other members shall be appointed by the Lieutenant Governor in Council, and shall hold office during pleasure.

4. The members of the board shall receive no remuneration for their services.

5. The board is further empowered to receive donations Donations of property of every kind and description and to administer

Investment of fund

Duties of board

Grants

Accounts

Annual report

Date of coming into force

the same or the proceeds of the sale thereof, subject to the provisions of this Act, and to any directions that have been given by the donor.

6. The said sum of money shall be invested by the board in a security or securities in which the Government is authorized to invest money under the provisions of The Provincial Loans Act, and any such investment may be from time to time varied or realized.

7. The duties of the board shall be

(a) to assist in the development and encouragement of co-operative marketing amongst agricultural producers in Alberta, and in the general betterment of agriculture in the Province;

(b) to investigate laws and agencies for and methods of co-operative marketing in Alberta, and elsewhere, and to report thereon, with recommendations, to the Lieutenant Governor in Council;

(c) to perform such other duties incidental or ancillary to the matters hereinbefore enumerated as the Lieutenant Governor in Council may direct.

(d) to expend such portion of the interest of the said sum which it may deem necessary for the purpose of carrying out the duties hereinbefore set out.

8. The board may make grants out of the interest of the said sum of money to provide prizes for scholarships and shall have power to make regulations as to the method and conditions of awarding the same.

9. The accounts of the board shall be audited from time to time by the Provincial Auditor.

10. The board shall make an annual report to the Legislature.

11. This Act shall come into force upon the day on which it is assented to.

CHAPTER 6.

An Act to provide for the Regulation of Oil and

Gas Wells.

(Assented to April 8, 1926.)

WHEREAS the drilling for oil and gas is a matter of Preamble

concern to all the citizens of the Province; and

Whereas much wastage in drilling and producing operations is likely to result if such operations are not controlled by regulations; and

Whereas the provision of such regulations is a matter of concern not only to the public at large, but also to the operators of oil and natural gas wells;

Now therefore, 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 Oil and Gas Wells Act." Short title

of Act

2. This Act shall apply to all oil and gas wells whether Application drilled before or after the passing of this Act.

3. The Lieutenant Governor in Council shall have power

to make regulations—

(a) forbidding the boring or undertaking to bore an oil License or gas well without the license of the Minister of Public Works;

(b) Respecting the drilling of oil or gas wells in and the Roads leasing of roads or road allowances, or parts thereof for such purposes and forbidding the drilling of any oil or gas well in any land whatsoever within a prescribed distance of the boundary of any road or road allowance;

(c) as to the location of oil and gas wells, including the Location, determination of distances between, or offsetting of offsetting wells;

(d) prescribing methods of drilling and making pro- Shut-offs vision for water shut-offs;

(e) prescribing the keeping of accurate logs by the per- Logs
sons responsible for, or engaged in the drilling of oil

and gas wells, and the way in which such logs are to
be kept;

Confinement

to original strata

Anchorage,

etc.

Tools, etc.

Preliminary precautions

Drilling through oil, etc.

Reports

Records

Tests

Correction of undesirable conditions

Rock pressure, open floor capacity

Shooting

wells

Restriction

of production

Inspection, taking over dangerous wells

Notice of

intention to begin or

abandon

drilling

(f) calculated to bring about confinement of gas and oil
encountered during drilling operations to their orig-
inal strata for such periods as may seem advisable,
and to protect such strata from infiltration;
(g) enforcing the provision of proper anchorage, cas-
ing and cementing;

(h) enforcing the use of proper tools and equipment,
and regulating the construction, alteration or use of
any works, machinery, plant or appliance in and for
the development, production, transmission, supply,
distribution, measurement or consumption of natural
gas or oil;

(i) presenting the measures to be taken before the commencement of drilling, with the object of controlling and conserving gas, oil or water likely to be met with;

(j) prohibiting the drilling through oil, gas or water without taking adequate measures to confine the production arising to its own strata for such periods as may seem advisable;

(k) prescribing what reports are to be made, the persons or authorities to whom they are to be made, their contents and form, and the times at which they are to be made;

(1) prescribing what records are to be kept, and the
manner and form in which such records are to be
kept;

(m) directing tests to be made for any purpose, and
prescribing the methods of making such tests;
(n) requiring the correction of any condition existing
subsequent to the completion of a well which is
causing or is likely to cause damage to any forma-
tion bearing oil, gas or water, or to coal measures,
or other mineral deposits, or which is dangerous to
life or property, or wasteful of oil or gas;

(o) prescribing times for taking the rock pressure and
open floor capacity;

(p) prescribing the time and method of shooting wells, and making provision for notices of intention to shoot;

(q) restricting production of gas wells to a certain percentage of the open flow capacity;

(r) providing for the inspection of oil and gas wells and the taking over of such wells as are a menace to oil, gas or water-bearing formations, or to property or life if, upon inspection they prove to be out of repair, and the repairing of such wells at the cost of the owners thereof;

(s) providing for notice of intention to begin drilling and to abandon drilling;

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