Section 48 amended Section 148 amended New section 153 Section 155 amended Section 156 amended 7. Section 48 of the said Act is amended by striking out the words "(as imposed by the following section)" where they occur therein. 8. Section 143 of the said Act is amended by striking out subsection (1) thereof and substituting therefor the following: "143.-(1) In the event of any rates remaining unpaid after the thirty-first day of December of the year for which the same are levied, there shall be added thereto by way of penalty, a sum equal to two and one-half per centum of the amount of rates remaining unpaid; and in the event of any rates or any part thereof remaining unpaid after the last day of March next following, there shall be added thereto by way of penalty an additional sum equal to two and onehalf per centum of the rates which at that date remain unpaid; and in the event of any rates or any part thereof remaining unpaid after the last day of June next following, there shall be added thereto by way of penalty an additional sum equal to five per centum of the rates which at that date remain unpaid; and in each succeeding year, there shall be added, at the same times, penalties computed in the same manner." 9. Section 153 of the said Act is hereby struck out and the following substituted therefor: "153. Such notice may be in the form set out in form H of the schedule hereto or in such other form as may be approved of by the Minister." 10. Section 155 of the said Act is amended by adding thereto as subsection (5) the following: "(5) Section 54 of The Land Titles Act is hereby declared not to have at any time applied to any copy of any such adjudication." 11. Section 156 of the said Act is amended- and the land shall be subject to the same mortgages, charges and encumbrances to which it was subject prior to the confirmation of the said return"; and (b) by adding thereto as subsection (5) the following: "(5) No treasurer or other person offering lands for sale under the provisions of this Act shall be required to obtain an auctioneer's license for the purpose of the sale." 12. Section 159 of the said Act is hereby struck out. 13. Section 177 is added to the said Act as follows: "177. When any act or thing under the provisions of this Act directed to be done within a limited time is not so done or is improperly or ineffectually done then anything actually done prior to such omission or improper or ineffectual act shall not be thereby vitiated, but shall remain in full effect and the council either prior or subsequently to such omission or improper or ineffectual act may extend the time for completing or perfecting any such act or thing, which, when completed or perfected, shall have the same effect as if done strictly in accordance with the provisions of this 'Act." Section 159 struck out New section 177 added 14. The schedule to the said Act is amended by adding Schedule thereto form G as follows: "FORM G. "(Section 28a). "Notice is hereby given that a meeting of the water users of... ..Irrigation District will be held at (description of place) on the. (here fill in the day in January on which it is intended to hold the meeting) day of January, A.D. 19... at....... o'clock.... ..for the purpose of receiving the auditor's report of the finances of the district up to the preceding 31st day of December, and for the purpose of receiving the reports of the manager, secretary-treasurer, and trustees of the district. "Take notice further, that nominations for. places on the board of trustees of the district will be received by the secretary at the said meeting and for one week thereafter. The nominations must be in the form prescribed by The Irrigation Districts Act, and forms may be obtained from the secretary at the said meeting. (If more than one vacancy is to be filled, set forth here particulars of each, and direct that nominations must be received separately for each vacancy.) "Dated at.. ..this.... 19.... ..day of amended by adding form G "Secretary." Schedule amended by adding form H 14. The schedule to the said Act is further amended by adding thereto form H as follows: "FORM H. "(Section 153.) Coming into force of Act "In the matter of the Court of Confirmation of the irrigation rates enforcement return of the..... Irrigation District. "Take notice that His Honour Judge. judge of the District Court of the District of... .on ...noon, or so soon thereafter as the application can be heard, confirm the irrigation rates enforcement return of the..... ... Irrigation District. "And further take notice that you appear to be interested ..of Section.... west of the. in.... Township...... Range. .Meridian, in the Province of Alberta, and that the irrigation rates outstanding against the said lands are as follows: Current $. . . . . . . Arrears $.... "And that in default of payment of the said arrears of rates before the said.... ...day of.... . . . . . . . . 19. . ., the said lands will be included in the rates enforcement return; and that unless all arrears of rates and costs and expenses lawfully incurred are paid before that day, the lands will become the property of the board of trustees of the said district under the provisions of The Irrigation Districts Act." 15. This Act shall come into force on the day upon which it is assented to. CHAPTER 68. An Act to amend The Drainage Districts Act, 1921. (Assented to April 8, 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 Drainage Districts Act, Short title 1921, Amendment Act, 1926." amended 2. The Drainage Districts Act, 1921, being chapter 46 of Section 19 the Revised Statutes of Alberta, 1922, is amended as to section 19 thereof by striking out the words "and fifteen cents for every mile necessarily travelled so to attend or while so employed" and substituting therefor the words "and necessary travelling expenses according to a scale determined by the Minister." 3. Section 24 of the said Act is amended (a) by inserting after the words "is not made or done" the words "or is improperly or ineffectually made or done;" and (b) by inserting after the words "as if it had been done" the words "or had been properly or effectually done." Section 24 amended amended 4. Section 28a of the said Act is amended as to subsection Section 28a (1) thereof (a) by striking out the words "in the following form" and substituting therefor the words "which may be in form F of the schedule hereto or in such other form as may be approved of by the Minister"; and (b) by striking out the form of notice contained therein. amended 5. Section 31 of the said Act is amended as to subsection Section 31 (1) by inserting at the beginning thereof the words "Subject to the other provisions of this Act." 6. Section 65a is added to the said Act as follows: "65a. When any act or thing under the provisions of this Act directed to be done within a limited time is not so done or is improperly or ineffectually done, then anything actually done prior to such omission or improper or ineffectual act New section 65a added Section 155b amended New section 155/ Section 1550 amended shall not be thereby vitiated but shall remain in full effect, and the council, either prior or subsequently to such omission, or improper or ineffectual act, may extend the time for completing or perfecting any such act or thing, which when completed or perfected shall have the same effect as if done strictly in accordance with the provisions of this Act." 7. Section 155b of the said Act is amended by striking out subsection (1) thereof and by inserting in lieu thereof the following: "155b.-(1) In the event of any rates remaining unpaid after the thirty-first day of December of the year for which the same are levied, there shall be added thereto by way of penalty a sum equal to two and one-half per centum of the amount of rates remaining unpaid, and in the event of any rates or any part thereof remaining unpaid after the last day of March next following, there shall be added thereto by way of penalty an additional sum equal to two and onehalf per centum of the rates which at that date remain unpaid, and in the event of any rates or any part thereof remaining unpaid after the last day of June next following, there shall be added thereto by way of penalty an additional sum equal to five per centum of the rates which at that date remain unpaid, and in each succeeding year there shall be added, at the same times, penalties computed in the same manner.” 8. Section 155l of the said Act is hereby struck out and the following substituted therefor: "155. Such notice may be in the form set out in form G of the schedule hereto or in such other form as may be approved of by the Minister." 9. Section 1550 of the said Act is amended- |