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(1a) The Minister may make regulations directing the castration of any or every stallion unlawfully running at large in the extra-municipal area, and giving such other directions as may be necessary or convenient in regard thereto, and in giving or obeying such directions neither the Minister nor any person to whom any such direction is given shall be liable for any injury or damages caused by obedience thereto.

(2) No person shall have any claim for damages in respect of any of his live stock sold or otherwise dealt with under the above mentioned regulations.

(3) The Minister shall only give his consent to a round-up upon the request of at least ten persons, resident of the district, and upon such consent being given such ten persons shall be jointly and severally responsible for the conduct of the round-up, in accordance with the rules and regulations made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council under the provisions of this section.

(4) Any person contravening any of the rules or regulations made under the provisions of this section shall upon summary conviction be liable to a penalty of not less than twenty-five dollars, nor more than one hundred dollars. [1921, c. 50, s. 36; 1922, c. 69, s. 35; 1923, c. 10, s. 23; 1924. c. 3, s. 46.]

125a. Notwithstanding anything contained in the previous section, the Minister may at any time conduct a roundup of live stock upon public grazing lands, and may make all provisions which he deems necessary for the carrying out of that purpose and for doing any of the things for which rules and regulations may be made under the previous section. [1924, c. 3, s. 46.]

126. This Act shall apply only to the extra-municipal [1923, c. 10, s. 24.]

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LOCAL AND PRIVATE ACTS

1924

CHAPTER 41.

An Act respecting the Union of certain Churches.

(Assented to April 12, 1924.)

WHEREAS The Presbyterian Church in Canada, The Preamble

Methodist Church and The Congregational Churches of Canada have by their petition represented that they have agreed to unite and form one body or denomination of Christians under the name of "The United Church of Canada," in accordance with the terms and provisions of a Basis of Union agreed upon by them, and that they have petitioned the Parliament of Canada for an Act to incorporate the Church to be formed by the said Union under the name "The United Church of Canada";

And whereas the petitioners have prayed that an Act be passed by the Legislature of this Province to enact as hereinafter set forth with regard to the property, rights and powers hereinafter mentioned;

And whereas it is expedient to grant the prayer of the said petition;

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 United Church of Short title Canada Act."

2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, Definitions the expression,

churches

(a) "The negotiating churches" means the churches The mentioned in the preamble, and shall include also negotiating every congregation heretofore in connection or in communion with any of the negotiating churches which, prior to the coming into force of this section, has joined with any one or more congregation or congregations of any of the other negotiating churches for the purposes of worship, and every congregation affiliated with any of the negotiating churches, whether it hold its property separately from or as a part of any of the negotiating churches, and every congregation having any representation in or connection with the general council of local union. churches;

The Basis of Union

Congregation

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Congregational Churches

(b) "The Basis of Union" means the Basis of Union
mentioned in the preamble and to be set forth in
schedule A to the Act of the Parliament of Canada
by which The United Church of Canada shall be
incorporated;
(c) "Congregation" means any local church, charge,
circuit, congregation, preaching station or other local
unit for purposes of worship in connection or in
communion with any of the negotiating churches
or of The United Church of Canada;

(d) "College" means any college, school or other educa-
tional institution, incorporated or unincorporated,
under the government or control of, or in connection
with, any of the negotiating churches, or established
or maintained in whole or in part by any of them,
and shall include the colleges and institutions set
out in schedule B to this Act;

(e) "The Presbyterian Church in Canada" shall include the Board of Trustees of The Presbyterian Church in Canada, The Church and Manse Board of The Presbyterian Church in Canada, The Board for the Management of the Temporalities Fund of The Presbyterian Church of Canada, The Managers of the Ministers, Widows and Orphans' Fund of the Synod of The Presbyterian Church of Canada in connection with The Church of Scotland and all Presbyterian congregations separately incorporated under any Statute of the Dominion of Canada, or of this Province and all congregations heretofore and now connected or in communion with The Presbyterian Church in Canada however organized;

(f) "The Methodist Church" shall include the body corporate known as The Methodist Church and all bodies corporate established or created by The Methodist Church or any conference thereof under the provisions of any Statute of the Parliament of Canada or the Legislature of this Province;

(g) "The Congregational Churches" shall include the Congregational Union of Canada, The Canada Congregational Missionary Society, The Canada Congregational Foreign Missionary Society, The Congregational Provident Fund Society, The Congregational Church Extension Society of Western Canada, and all congregations of the Congregational denomination which are represented by the Congregational Union of Canada for the purposes of this legislation, whether the same are separately incorporated under any statute of the Dominion of Canada or of any Province thereof, or have been organized under the

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