Quarantine of imported bees Order for removal of bees Report of existence of foul brood General penalty Inspectors Rules and regulations Coming into force shall be held in quarantine until further order, or in lieu thereof, or in addition thereto, that the bees shall be treated in the manner directed in the said writing. 7. All bees imported into Alberta in hives or in combs, and all bees amongst which a contagious or infectious disease exists, are hereby declared to be in quarantine upon the premises of their owner, who shall within three days of the receipt of the bees, 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 the appliances used in connection therewith to be removed from his premises until an inspector has given him permission so to do. 8. The inspector may order the removal of bees from box or immovable frame hives to movable frame hives, and in the event of such removal not being effected may order the destruction of the bees and the first mentioned hives. 9. Every person who reasonably suspects the existence of foul brood in his own apiary or elsewhere shall immediately report his suspicions and the reasons therefor to the Department. 10. Any person contravening or neglecting to carry out or offering any hindrance to the carrying out of the provisions of this Act, or any regulation or order made thereunder, shall be liable, upon summary conviction, to a fine of not less than twenty dollars, nor more than one hundred dollars, with costs, and in default of payment to imprisonment for a period of not less than ten nor more than thirty days. 11. The Lieutenant Governor in Council may (a) appoint such inspectors as he may deem necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act, and prescribe their duties; (b) make such rules and regulations as may be necessary for effecting the purposes of this Act. 12. This Act shall come into force on the day upon which it is assented to. 1924 CHAPTER 22. An Act to amend The Game Act. (Assented to April 12, 1924.) 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 Game Act Amendment Act, 1924." 2. Section 5 of The Game Act, being chapter 70 of the Section 5 Revised Statutes of Alberta, 1922, is amended (a) as to subsection (1) thereof— (i) by striking out in paragraph (d) thereof the (b) As to subsection (3) thereof by striking out the amended 3. Section 6 of the said Act is amended by adding as sub- Section 6 section (2) thereof the following: amended agreement Province "(2) Notwithstanding anything contained herein, the Fixing close Lieutenant Governor in Council may from time to time and season by by proclamation fix a close season other than that contained with another in this section, during which any fur-bearing animal or animals specified therein may not be hunted, trapped, taken, shot at, wounded or killed, if such close season has been agreed upon with the Government of any other Province of Canada: "Provided that no such proclamation shall take effect until it has been published in The Alberta Gazette." Section 17a amended Saving clause for farmers Section 21 amended Section 41 amended License for dealers License for travelling dealers Fur buyer's license Return of license Section 42 amended 4. Section 17a of the said Act is amended by striking out the proviso thereto, and substituting therefor the following: "Provided that the provisions of this section shall not apply to any bona fide farmer, or member of his family while actually residing with him upon his farm." 5. Section 21 of the said Act is amended as to subsection (1) thereof by striking out the words "two dollars and fifty cents" where they occur therein, and substituting therefor the words "one dollar." 6. Section 41 of the said Act is amended by striking out subsections (4), (5) and (6) thereof. 7. Section 41a is added to the said Act as follows: "41a. (1) Every person, firm or corporation who deals in pelts of fur-producing animals at a specified place of business shall be required to secure a license to so deal thereat and within a radius of one mile thereof and shall pay if non-resident, a fee of one hundred dollars therefor; if a resident of a city, a fee of twenty-five dollars therefor; and if resident outside a city, a fee of ten dollars therefor. "(2) Every person who travels to traffic in the pelts of fur-producing animals, whether such person be a servant, member, director, officer or agent of a person, firm or corporation holding a license under the provisions of subsection (1) hereof or not, shall be required to secure a travelling fur dealer's license entitling him so to travel, and if resident, shall pay a fee of twenty-five dollars therefor, and if nonresident, shall pay a fee of one hundred dollars therefor: "Provided, however, that the Game Commissioner may, on receipt of a fee of fifteen dollars, issue a travelling furdealer's license to any person licensed under the provisions of subsection (1) hereof, and to any person whom he believes to be the bona fide manager of any such firm or corporation. "(3) Every non-resident wholesale buyer, who purchases direct from licensed dealers, shall be required to secure a fur buyer's license entitling him so to do, and shall pay a fee of five dollars therefor, but such license shall only be good for ten days. "(4) Every person travelling for another shall, when he ceases so to do, return his license to the person, firm or corporation who or which has paid for the same, and the latter shall forthwith return the same to the Game Commissioner, who may re-issue it to any other employee nominated by the said person, firm or corporation." 8. Section 42 of the said Act is amended as to subsection (1) thereof by striking out the words "the next preceding section" and substituting therefor the words "section 41 hereof." amended 9. Section 43 of the said Act is amended by striking out Section 43 the words "the next preceding section" where they occur therein, and substituting therefor the words "sections 41 and 41a hereof." amended 10. Section 47 of the said Act is amended by striking out Section 47 the word and figures "section 41" where they occur therein, and substituting therefor the words and figures "sections 41 and 41a." 11. This Act shall come into force on the thirtieth day Coming into of June, 1924. force |