HIS CHAPTER 19. An Act to amend The Noxious Weeds Act. (Assented to April 2, 1927.) IS 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 Noxious Weeds Act Short title Amendment Act, 1927." amended 2. The Noxious Weeds Act, being chapter 63 of the Re- Section 2 vised Statutes of Alberta, 1922, is amended as to section 2 thereof, by striking out paragraph (e), and substituting therefor the following: Class B "(e) 'Class A noxious weeds' shall include perennial sow Class A and thistle (Sonchus arvensis, L.), 'Class B noxious noxious weeds weeds' shall include Canada thistle (Cnicus arvensis), blue lettuce (Lactuca pulchella, D.C.), tumbling mustard (Sisymbrium altissimum), hare's ear mustard (Conringia orientalis), common wild mustard (Brassica sinapistrum), ball mustard (Neslia paniculata), Tansy mustard (Sisymbrium incisum), wormseed mustard (Erysimum Cheiranthoides), false flax (Camelina sativa), shepherd's purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris), red root (amarantus retroflexus), stink weed (Thlaspi arvense), Russian thistle (Salsola kali v. Tragus), ragweed (Ambrosia trifida), wild oats (Avena fatua and Avena Strigosa), Russian pigweed (Axyres amarantoides), blue bur (Echinospermum lappula), tumble weed (Amarantus albus), purple cockle, cockle bur (Xanthium strumarium, L.), common barberry (Berberis vulgaris) and toad flax (linaria vulgaris, Hill)." 3. Section 5 of the said Act is amended Section 5 amended (a) by adding as subsection (1a), immediately after subsection (1), the following: "(1a) Any inspector finding Class A noxious weeds upon D Class A any land shall direct any owner of such land to proceed noxious weeds forthwith to destroy the same and in the event of the said owner failing to comply with any such direction or of his failing to complete the destruction of the said weeds within Destruction Section 6 amended Section 7 amended Section 8 amended Section 9 amended Section 11 amended Section 12 amended Maximum sum for destruction a reasonable time from the giving of any such direction, the inspector shall at once proceed to cause the same to be destroyed by any means which he may deem advisable: "Provided that no inspectors appointed under the provisions of this Act or of any other Act shall give any order for the destruction of any or of all of a crop, until in the case of inspectors appointed under the provisions of The Noxious Weeds Act he has notified the field crop commissioner and obtained his consent, or in the case of an inspector appointed by the council of a municipal district, he has obtained the consent of the reeve or secretary-treasurer of the said municipal district." (b) as to subsection (2) thereof, by inserting after the word "finding," the word "Class B." 4. Section 6 of the said Act is amended by inserting after the word "finding," the words "Class B." 5. Section 7 of the said Act is amended by inserting after the word "finding," the words "Class B." 6. Section 8 of the said Act is amended by inserting after the word "finding," the words "Class B." 7. Section 9 of the said Act is amended by inserting after the word "finding," the words "Class B." 8. Section 11 of the said Act is amended by inserting after the word "case," the words "Class B.” 9. Section 12 of the said Act is amended (a) as to subsection (1) thereof, by inserting after the "Provided that no sum in excess of one hundred and sixty dollars shall be charged in any one year against any one noxious weeds quarter section of land for the destruction of Class B noxious weeds." of Class B New section 16 Duty of thresher re machinery New section 17 10. Section 16 of the said Act is hereby struck out and the following substituted therefor: "16. Every thresher shall thoroughly clean his machine, both inside and out, and all his wagons and racks immediately after threshing, and before removing the machine or any part thereof to another farm." 11. Section 17 of the said Act is hereby struck out and the following substituted therefor: "17.-(1) Every thresher shall clean the grain threshed by him, and when delivered to the owner it shall contain not noxious weed threshed more than one hundred weed seeds of noxious weeds other Percentage of than wild oats, to every thousand of grain, and all screen- seeds in ings containing seeds of noxious weeds shall either be de- grain stroyed by the owner within five days after the grain is permitted threshed or be stored in a granary or other tightly sealed building, or be removed in accordance with the provisions of subsection (2). screenings "(2) If it is desired to move the screenings from one part Removal of of the farm to another, it shall be sufficient to remove the same in wheat-tight or flax-tight wagon boxes, but if the screenings are to be removed from the farm, then they must be removed in closely woven and securely tied sacks." force of Act 12. This Act shall come into force on the day upon which Coming into it is assented to. CHAPTER 20. An Act to amend The Bee Diseases Act, 1924. (Assented to April 2, 1927.) 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 Bee Diseases Act, 1924, Short title Amendment Act, 1927." section 3 2. The Bee Diseases Act, 1924, being chapter 21 of the New Statutes of Alberta, 1924, is amended by striking out section 3 thereof, and substituting therefor the following: "3. Every keeper of bees within the Province shall regis- Registration ter with the Minister in such form as may be prescribed fee by him, and shall pay at the time of such registration, a registration fee of one dollar." 3. Section 7 of the said Act is hereby struck out, and the New following substituted therefor: section 7 of imported used bee "7. All bees and used bee equipment, imported into Al- Quarantining berta, and all bees amongst which contagious or infectious bees and disease exists, are hereby declared to be in quarantine upon equipment the premises of their owner, who shall, within three days of the receipt of the imported bees or equipment, or of the occurrence of the disease, as the case may be, notify the Department; and shall not permit any of such bees, or their honey, or their hives, or equipment or any of the appliances used in connection with such bees, to be removed from his premises until the Department or an inspector has given him permission." 4. Section 7a is added to the said Act, immediately after Section 7a section 7, as follows: added "7a. No person shall remove bees, combs or used bee Removal of equipment a distance of more than one mile, until he has bees, etc. received authority from an inspector so to do." 5. This Act shall come into force on the day upon which Coming into it is assented to. force of Act |