ordinary 29. Every society shall file with the Registrar in dupli- Filing extracate, every extraordinary resolution passed for any purpose resolution mentioned in this Act, and he shall register one copy and return the other, certified as having been filed. cation of 30. Every notice, return or resolution required to be Authentifiled with the Registrar shall be authenticated by a director, returns, etc. secretary or other authorized officer of the society. copy of 31. Every society shall furnish to a member, at his re- Furnishing quest, and on payment of a sum not exceeding fifty cents, by-laws a copy of its application and by-laws. BRANCH SOCIETIES. societies 32.-(1) A society may establish and maintain one or Branch more branch societies, which shall have such powers, not exceeding the powers of the society, as the society may from time to time confer. Registrar (2) Whenever a society establishes a branch society, it Notice to shall forthwith send to the Registrar a notice setting forth the date on which the branch society was authorized, its title, locality and powers, and such other information as the Registrar may require, and shall likewise notify the Registrar when any such branch ceases to exist. DISSOLUTION. 33. The incorporation of a society may at any time be Dissolution revoked by the Lieutenant Governor in Council, and the society declared to be dissolved and the certificate of incorporation cancelled, upon such conditions and subject to such provisions as may be deemed proper. certificate of 34. A society may, by extraordinary resolution, surrender Surrender of its certificate of incorporation, and the Registrar may, after incorporation being satisfied that sufficient notice of the society's intention has been given and that no debts or liabilities of the society are outstanding, accept the surrender of the certificate and cancel it, and fix a date from which the society shall be dissolved. of certain Companies 35. The provisions of The Companies Act relating to the Application removal from the register of companies defunct or in de- provisions of fault shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to a society which has Act failed for any period of two years to send or file any return, notice or document required to be made or filed or sent to the Registrar pursuant to this Act, or the regulations made thereunder or where the Registrar has reasonable cause to believe that a society is not in operation. 36. The provisions of The Companies Act relating to the winding up of companies shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to a society under this Act. General penalty PENALTIES. 37. Any society which contravenes any of the provisions of this Act or any of the regulations made hereunder, shall be liable on summary conviction to a penalty not exceeding one hundred dollars. Change of name. Method GENERAL. 38. Every society may change its name and contract in of contracting the same way as if it were registered under the provisions of The Companies Act. Rules and Repeal Coming into force 39. The Lieutenant Governor may from time to time make rules and regulations for carrying out the purposes of this Act, and fix the fees payable to the Registrar for services under the provisions of this Act, alter or add to the forms in the schedules to this Act, prescribe what returns shall be made by societies and the form of such returns. 40. The Benevolent Societies Act, being chapter 159 of the Revised Statutes of Alberta, 1922, and The Mechanics' and Literary Institutes Act, being chapter 163 of the Revised Statutes of Alberta, 1922 are hereby repealed. 41. This Act shall come into force on the day upon which it is assented to. SCHEDULE A. The Societies Act, 1924. (Section 7.) APPLICATION. We, the undersigned, hereby declare that we desire to form a society under The Societies Act, 1924, and that(1) The name of the society is. (2) The object of the society is.. (3) The operations of the society are to be chiefly carried on in..... Dated.. .day of. 19.... (Full names, addresses and occupations of applicants). Witness:. (Full name, address and occupation). SCHEDULE B. The Societies Act, 1924. (Section 7.) (1) Terms of admission of members and their rights and obligations. (2) Conditions of withdrawal of members and manner (if any) in which a member may be expelled. (3) Mode and time of calling general and special meetings of the society and number constituting a quorum at any such meeting, and rights of voting. (4) Appointment and removal of directors and other officers and their duties, powers and remuneration. (5) Exercise of borrowing powers. (6) Audit of accounts. (7) Custody and use of the seal of the society. (8) Manner of making, altering and rescinding by-laws. (9) Preparation and custody of minutes of proceedings of meetings of the society and of the directors, and other books and records of the society. (10) Time and place (if any) at which the books and records of the society may be inspected by members. (11) The nature of insurance to be effected (if any). 1924 CHAPTER 12. An Act to Regulate the Rights and Priorities of (Assented to April 12, 1924). WHEREAS, by section 52 of The Bankruptcy Act of the Dominion of Canada, it is provided that when a receiving order or assignment is made against or by any lessee under that Act, the same consequences shall ensue as to the rights and priorities of his landlord as would have ensued under the laws of the Province in which the demised premises were situated if the lessee at the time of such receiving order or assignment had been a person entitled to make and had made an abandonment or voluntary assignment of his property for the benefit of his creditors pursuant to the laws of the Province, and it was further provided in the said section that nothing in the said Act should be deemed to suspend, limit or affect the legislative authority of any Province to enact any law for or regulating the rights and priorities of landlords consequent upon any such abandonment or voluntary assignment; and it was further provided by the said section that nothing in the said Act should be deemed to interfere or conflict with the operation of any such Provincial law heretofore or hereafter enacted in so far as it provides for or regulates the rights and priorities of landlords in such an event; And whereas, there is at present no law of the Province providing for voluntary assignment of property for the benefit of creditors generally; And whereas, it is advisable that provision should be made for such assignment and for regulating the rights and priorities of landlords upon such assignment being made; 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 Landlord's Rights Short title (Bankruptcy) Act, 1924." 2. Any lessee against or by whom a receiving order or Imputed assignment is made under The Bankruptcy Act shall be assignment |