Removal of guardian hitherto appointed Administrator may mortgage or sell real estate Registration of transfer, etc., on production of certificate of attorney general or minister of public works Administrator's accounts Annual audit and report 7. In case a guardian has hitherto been appointed by the court to the estate of a lunatic detained as aforesaid, or shall hereafter have been appointed to the estate of any such lunatic before his admission to the asylum, the administrator shall be entitled, on application to a judge of the supreme court in chambers, to an order removing such guardian and vesting the estate in the administrator, upon such terms as to taking the accounts, remuneration of the guardian and costs, as may seem meet. 8. The said administrator as guardian of a lunatic shall have power and authority, without applying to or petitioning the court for a declaration of lunacy or for an order affecting the real estate of the lunatic, to mortgage or sell such real estate or any portion thereof, and to execute the necessary transfers, deeds, conveyances or agreements for sale, and to accept mortgages or securities for the purchase money or any part thereof without applying to or petitioning the court, and such deeds, transfers, conveyances, agreements or mortgages shall be registered by the registrar of the land titles office for the registration district in which the land is situated upon the production and deposit of a duly certified copy of the order in council appointing the administrator to be guardian of the lunatic's estate, and of a certificate of the attorney general or the minister of public works for the Province of Saskatchewan certifying that the personal estate and the rents, profits and income of the real estate are insufficient for the maintenance of the lunatic or his family or for the education of his children, or that it is desirable in the interests of the lunatic and his estate that the property should be sold or mortgaged. 9. The said administrator shall be liable to render an account of his management of the lunatic's estate in the same way and subject to the same responsibilities as any guardian duly appointed for a similar purpose by the court, but he shall be liable only for wilful misconduct. 10. The provincial auditor shall make an annual audit of the books, accounts and vouchers of the said administrator. (2) The provincial treasurer shall lay before the Legislature within fifteen days of the opening of the session in each year the report of the auditor upon the administrator's accounts. HIS 1914 CHAPTER 11 An Act to amend The Creditors Relief Act. [Assented to September 24, 1914.] IS Majesty by and with the advice and consent of the subsection (2), 1. The Creditors Relief Act, being chapter 63 of The Revised Section 3, Statutes of Saskatchewan 1909, is amended by inserting therein clauses (a) and immediately after section 3 the following: (b) added "(2) Where money levied is the proceeds of the sale of an Exemptions article under execution upon a judgment rendered in a suit for the price of such article, and such article would otherwise be exempt from seizure under the provisions of The Exemptions Act, being chapter 47 of The Revised Statutes of Saskatchewan 1909, such money shall not be subject to distribution under the terms of the preceding subsection, but shall be applied upon the execution under which it was levied: "(a) In case the amount levied as above mentioned is more than sufficient to pay the execution debt with costs in full, the balance in the sheriff's hands shall be paid over to the execution debtor. "(b) In case such amount is insufficient to pay the execution debt with costs in fuil, the execution creditor shall be entitled to share in any money of the execution debtor which may be in the sheriff's hands for distribution under the terms of the first subsection, to the extent of the unpaid balance." Section 184 amended Grant to Clause (b) of first subsection of section 185 amended Section 201 repealed New section 2656 Approval of investments of sinking fund by local government board Section 349 substituted Preparation of tax return 1914 CHAPTER 12 An Act to amend The City Act [Assented to September 24, 1914.] IS Majesty by and with the, advice and consent of the 1. The City Act, being chapter 84 of The Revised Statutes of Saskatchewan 1909, is hereby amended by inserting therein immediately after section 184f thereof, as enacted by section 13 of chapter 27 of the statutes of Saskatchewan 1912-13 the following subsection: "(2) The council may grant to the Canadian Patriotic Fund such sum as it may deem expedient." 2. Clause (b) of the first subsection of section 185, as amended by section 10 of chapter 42 of the statutes of 1913, is amended by inserting immediately after the word "to" where it occurs in the last line thereof the words "or exempting from taxation beyond the current year." 3. Section 201 of the said Act is hereby repealed. 4. The said Act is further amended by inserting immediately after section 265a, as enacted by section 15 of chapter 26 of the statutes of 1912, the following: "2656. Notwithstanding anything contained in sections 265 and 265a of this Act no part of the moneys at the credit of the sinking fund account shall be invested in any securities without the previous approval of the local government board to such investment." 5. Section 349 of the said Act, as enacted by section 30 of chapter 27 of the statutes of 1912-13, is repealed and the following substituted therefor: "349. Except as hereinafter provided the treasurer of every enforcement city shall previously to the first day of April in each year prepare a separate statement to be known as 'The Tax Enforcement Return,' and the treasurer shall enter in such return the following information in the columns provided for the purpose: Contents "1. The name and post office address of each person whose name appears on the last revised assessment roll of the city, and who has not paid all taxes assessed upon land due by him to the city; "2. A description of each lot or parcel of land for which each person is assessed; "3. A statement of the taxes due by each such person on each lot or parcel of land for which he is assessed, showing the years for which all such taxes were levied. "(2) The council may during the month of January in any year by resolution decide that no return shall be prepared during that year, but such resolution shall not be passed in each of two successive years." substituted 6. Section 352 of the said Act, as enacted by section 30 of Section 352 chapter 27 of the statutes of 1912-13, is repealed and the following substituted therefor: of arrears "352. The treasurer shall continue to collect arrears of Collection taxes due to the city as shown by said return, and upon receipt of taxes of any such payment he or an official appointed by him shall enter in the said return the amount paid, followed by the initials of the person making the entry and the date of payment." amended 7. Section 353 of the said Act, as enacted by section 30 of Section 353 chapter 27 of the statutes of 1912-13, is hereby amended by striking out all the words from the beginning to the word "judge" in the eighth line and substituting therefor the following: "Forthwith upon verification of the return by the auditor the treasurer or some solicitor thereunto authorised by the council shall apply to a judge in chambers and such judge may thereupon appoint a time and place for holding a court for the confirmation of the said return, notice of which shall be published in four consecutive issues of The Saskatchewan Gazette immediately preceding the date fixed for the ccurt and once each week for at least eight weeks in such newspaper published in the city as shall be named by the judge." further 8. The said section 353 is further amended by adding thereto Section 353 the following words: "The date thus fixed shall not be earlier amended than the fifteenth day of September." amended 9. Section 355 of the said Act, as enacted by section 30 of Section 355 chapter 27 of the statutes of 1912-13, is amended by adding thereto the following: (2) and (3) '(2) No greater sum than two dollars shall be charged in Subsections respect of all the lots or parcels of land assessed to and owned by added one person which are contained in one block and are contiguous. 66 '(3) The sum of two dollars above mentioned is to be charged only where the taxes are paid before the date fixed for confirmation and is not to be added to the costs fixed by the judge under the provisions of the following section." Section 356, first subsection amended Section 356, subsection (6) amended New sections 356a and 356b Any person interested may redeem before sale Or within two years of date of confirmation if land not sold Section 357 amended New section 357a Council may fix date of sale after date of confirmation Council shall fix date of sale after expiry of period of redemption 10. Section 356 of the said Act, as enacted by section 30 of chapter 27 of the statutes of 1912-13, is amended by striking out all the words in the first subsection after the word “time” in the sixteenth line and inserting in place thereof the words "within two years from the date of the adjudication as hereinafter set forth." 11. Subsection (6) of section 356 of the said Act is amended by striking out the word "ten" in the second line and substituting the words "twenty-two" and by striking out the word "eleven" in the second line and substituting the words "twenty-three." 12. The said Act is further amended by inserting after section 356 the following: "356a. Any person interested in a parcel of land included in the return may redeem the same by paying to the treasurer at any time before three o'clock in the afternoon of the day preceding the sale mentioned in the first subsection of section 357a the amount named in the return together with a redemption fee of two dollars and any taxes imposed and penalties for nonpayment added subsequently to the confirmation of same. "356b. In case a parcel of land included in the return has not been sold, the land may be redeemed on the terms of the preceding section at any time within two years of the date of confirmation of the return, exclusive of such date, by paying to the treasurer before three o'clock in the afternoon of the last day fixed for redemption the amount above named." 13. Section 357 of the said Act, as enacted by section 30 of chapter 27 of the statutes of 1912-13, is amended by striking out the words "within one year from the date of the said adjudication" in the third and fourth lines and by inserting in place thereof the words "as provided in sections 356a or 356b, as the case may be." 14. The said Act is further amended by inserting after section 357 the following: "357a. The council may fix a date within two years, but not less than six months, from the date of confirmation of the return at which it will offer for sale by public auction all unredeemed lands. "(2) The council shall fix a date after the expiration of the period of redemption, but within one year from such expiry, at which it will offer for sale by public auction all unredeemed lands, whether the same have been previously offered for sale or not. |