Father or

mother may dispose of custody

New section 23

On death of

father, mother

alone or jointly with another

"(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act and to any order which may be made by the court, the surviving parent of an infant may, by deed or by last will and testament, in any manner and from time to time as he or she shall think fit dispose of the custody of such infant, while he remains an infant or for any lesser time, to any person in possession or remainder.”

5. Section 23 is repealed and the following substituted therefor:

23.-(1) On the death of the father of an infant. the to be guardian mother, if surviving, shall be sole guardian until the infant attains the age of fourteen and thereafter the mother shall act either alone when no guardian has been appointed by the father or jointly with any guardian appointed by the father.

New section 24

Mother may appoint guardian by deed or will

(2) Where no guardian has been appointed by the father, or if the guardian appointed by the father is dead or refuses to act, the court of king's bench may from time to time appoint a guardian or guardians to act jointly with the mother."

6. Section 24 is repealed and the following substituted therefor:

"24. (1) The mother of an infant may, by deed or will. appoint any person or persons to be guardian or guardians of the infant, if the infant be then unmarried, and where guardians are appointed by both parents they shall act jointly.

"(2) The mother of an infant may, by deed or will, provisionally nominate some fit person or persons to act as guardian or guardians of the infant after her death jointly with the father of the infant, and the court after her death, if it be shown that the father is for any reason unfitted to be the sole guardian of his children, may confirm the appointment of such guardian or guardians, who shall thereupon be empowered to act, or may make such other order in respect of the guardianship as may be deemed just.

(3) In the event of guardians being unable to agree upon a question affecting the welfare of an infant, any of them may apply to the court for its direction, and the court may make such order as may be deemed proper."

New section 25 7. Section 25 is repealed and the following substituted

Appointment

of guardian

by court

therefor:

25. Upon the application of an infant, or of anyone on his behalf, when it is made to appear that the infant has no parent or lawful guardian or that such parent or lawful

guardian is not a fit and proper person to have the guardianship of the infant, the court may appoint a guardian or a new guardian.”

8. Section 26 is repealed and the following substituted New section 26 therefor:

guardian by

26. (1) Testamentary guardians and guardians ap- Removal of pointed by order of the court shall be removable by the court court of king's bench for the same causes for which trustees are removable.

"(2) Any such guardian may, by leave of the court. resign his office upon such terms and conditions as may be deemed just."

9. This Act shall come into force on the first day of May, Coming into

1920.

force

CHAPTER 78

An Act to amend The Minimum Wage Act, 1919.

H

[Assented to February 4, 1920.]

IS Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the
Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, enacts as

follows:

1. The Minimum Wage Act, 1919, is amended in the 1918-19, c. 84 manner hereinafter set forth.

2. Paragraph 6 of section 2 is repealed and the follow- New paragraph ing substituted therefor:

"6. 'Shop' means a building or portion of a building, booth, stall or place where goods are exposed or offered for sale by retail, and includes a mail order house, a hotel, a restaurant, a refreshment room and a place where the trade or business carried on is that of a tobacconist or newsagent, and sale by retail includes sale by auction."

6, section 2

3. Clause (b) of subsection (1) of section 4 is repealed New clause (b) and the following substituted therefor:

"(b) to establish standards of minimum wages, of

hours of employment and, subject to the
provisions of The Factories Act, of sanitary
conditions and requirements for such employees,
to determine what number or proportion of the
employees in a shop or factory may be appren-
tices, and for the purposes of this section to
make all necessary orders."

of section 4 (1)

amended

4. Section 8 is amended by inserting after the word Section 8 "addresses" in the second line the words "the working hours."

5. All orders hitherto made by the board which Retrospective conform to the provisions of section 4, as above amended, are hereby declared to be and to have been as valid and effectual as if the said section 4 had always existed in its present form.