or animals are claimed, or if not claimed, by the justice after the sale of such animal or animals, upon proof of such expenditure having been made. "(4) The Minister shall appoint as brand readers such competent persons as may be necessary to give an accurate description of any estray animal or animals such as is called for in subsection 1 of this section, and such brand reader shall be entitled in each case to a fee of $2 and mileage, which shall be paid to him by the finder, who shall be reimbursed by the owner when the animal or animals are claimed, or, if not claimed, by the justice out of the proceeds of the sale of such animal or animals." 4. Section 5: By repealing subsection 1 and substituting therefor the following: "The owner of any such estray animal shall be entitled to recover the same from any person in whose possession it may be, upon tender of the amount of the expenses incurred up to the time of such tender from the day on which notice of the finding of such animal was mailed to him where the owner is known, or from the day the notice was mailed to the brand reader where the owner is not known." 5. Section 8, as amended by the Ordinances of 1900 and the Statutes of 1906, 1908 and 1909: By striking out the words "two months" in the first line and substituting therefor the words "sixty days"; and by striking out the word "sixty" in the third line and substituting therefor the word "twenty." (2) By repealing subsection 2 and substituting therefor the following: "(2) Before proceeding with such sale the said justice shall examine the animal and the brands thereon, if any, and the notice in The Alberta Gazette and nearest weekly newspaper provided for by section 4 hereof, and if on such examination the justice is satisfied that such notice contains an accurate and sufficient description of the animal and proof having been submitted that the same has been sent as hereinbefore provided to the recorder of brands at Medicine Hat he shall proceed to sell the same; but if not so satisfied, the justice shall direct the brand reader who gave the description to issue the proper notices as required by section 4 hereof, and neither the finder nor the brand reader shall be entitled to receive any compensation for anything done prior to the mailing to The Alberta Gazette of the last mentioned notice." (3) By adding the following words to subsection 4: "and such description shall be published in two successive issues of The Alberta Gazette." (4) By adding the following new subsections: "(5) The justice of the peace shall, immediately after such sale, instruct the brand reader to brand the animal or animals sold, with a brand to be designated by the Minister on such part of the animal or animals as the Minister shall direct. "(6) The purchaser of any animal or animals sold under this Ordinance shall retain possession of and shall not sell or dispose of or take out of the province any such animal or animals within a period of forty-five days from the date of the sale; in case such animal or animals are claimed by the owners such purchaser shall be entitled to recover the full price paid, together with keep as provided by the Ordinance and an amount equal to five per cent. on the purchase price. "(7) Where it is necessary for the justice of the peace to cause a re-advertising of an estray animal or animals through the brand reader giving an incorrect description of same, the brand reader shall pay the finder a sum equal to that which the keep of the animals so advertised would amount to for the extra period the finder has, owing to the negligence of the brand reader, to keep the same. 66 '(8) A justice shall, upon any animal being redeemed by the owner, instruct the brand reader to vent the brand placed upon such animal to be vented in the manner designated by the Minister." 6. Section 9: By inserting the words "or his agent' after the word "finder" in the second line thereof. 7. Section 10, as amended by chapter 34 of the Statutes of 1906: By striking out the last paragraph of the provisions under the heading "To the finder" and substituting therefor the following: "for the care and sustenance of any horse or head of cattle during the period from the 15th day of November to the 15th day of April, fifteen cents per day from the date of mailing the notice to the owner or to the brand reader, but not exceeding in all the sum of ten dollars." (2) By adding the following paragraphs under the heading "To the Brand Reader": "For branding each animal, $1; "For venting brand, $i." (3) By striking out the words "two and one-half" where they occur in the paragraph under the heading "To the salesmen" and substituting therefor the word "five." 8. Section 11, as amended by the Ordinances of 1900: By striking out the words "or in his band, herd or flock' at the end of clause 8. (2) By inserting after the word "finder" in clause 9 the following words: "or the brand reader." (3) By adding to the said section the following new clause: "10. Being the finder or brand reader is negligent and careless in reading or deciphering a brand or gives a wrong. description of an animal." 9. Form A in the Schedule: By striking out the words "or brand, herd or flock as the case may be" wherever they occur. (2) By striking out the words "two months" in the first line of the sixth paragraph and substituting therefor the words "twenty days." 10. Form B in the Schedule: By inserting after the words "date of sale" two new lines as follows: "Name of purchaser. 4. The Ordinance for the Protection of Sheep and other Animals from Dogs being chapter 82 of the Consolidated Ordinances of the North-West Territories of 1898, is amended as follows: Section 2: By striking out the words "the owner of such dog" in the fifth line thereof and substituting therefor the words "such person" and by striking out all the words of the section after the word "peace" in the eleventh line and substituting therefor the following, "shall order such dog to be killed within twenty-four hours and in addition thereto may in his discretion impose a fine upon such person not exceeding $20 with costs.' 5. The Stock Inspection Ordinance, being chapter 19 of the Ordinances of the North-West Territories of 1899, is amended as follows: 1. Section 2: By striking out clause 2 and substituting therefor the following: "2. The expression 'Commissioner' or 'Minister' means the Minister of Agriculture." 2. Section 3: By adding thereto the following subsections: "(2) Where the number of animals shipped to or from any point or slaughtered thereat is sufficient in the opinion of the Minister to require special inspection he shall appoint a stock inspector for such point, who, under rules and regulations passed by the Lieutenant Governor in Council, shall inspect the stock in the yard of any abattoir or slaughter house, or any place where live stock is being held for feed, rest or sale; the duties of such stock inspector are to be defined and his remuneration fixed by the Minister. '(3) Where a stock inspector appointed under the next preceding subsection finds that any animal has been unlawfully shipped or is being unlawfully held. he shall detain such animal and collect from the shipper or the person holding such animal the average price paid at the point of shipment or place where such animal is held for such stock according to class and age. "(4) The stock inspector detaining or collecting the price of any animal shall immediately forward the amount so col 7 lected to the department, together with a return, giving an accurate description of each animal so detained, any brand or brands it bears, and name and address of the shipper or person holding, the shipping station or place where held and date of such shipment or holding. '(5) Upon the receipt of the said money and return the department shall forward the money to the owner, if known, and in case the owner cannot be located a description of the animal and full particulars regarding same shall be published in two consecutive issues of The Alberta Gazette, and the money paid over, upon satisfactory proof of ownership being made to the department within twelve months from the date of the sale, otherwise such money shall form part of the general revenue fund." 3. Section 6, as amended by chapter 2 of the Statutes of 1910 (Second Session): By repealing the proviso thereto and substituting therefor the following: "Provided, however, that the provisions of this section shall not apply to the shipment of stock registered in the records maintained, or approved of, by the National Records at Ottawa, and the presentation of the pedigree certificate to the station agent shall be sufficient authority to ship such stock." 4. Section 17: By inserting after the word "Ordinar. e' in the second line the following words: "or of any rules or regulations thereunder." 6. An Ordinance to incorporate the Edmonton Public Hospital, being chapter 43 of the Consolidated Ordinances of the North-West Territories, 1900, as amended by chapter 36 of the Statutes of Alberta, 1906, and by chapter 45 of the Statutes of Alberta, 1910 (Second Session), is hereby amended as follows: "1. The corporation constituted by the said Ordinance shall hereafter be known as the 'Edmonton Hospital Association.' "2. The said corporation shall annually elect seven of its members to be the board of directors thereof; and the said board of directors shall by virtue of their office as such be the representatives of the said corporation upon any civic board or commission appointed to conduct the affairs of the hospital heretofore conducted by the corporation, either alone or in conjunction with any other hospitals or institutions. "3. The present board of directors of the said corporation or any other board of directors thereof are hereby empowered to enter into an agreement with the City of Edmonton or with the said city along with any other corporate bodies or associations to effectuate an amalgamation of the said hospital with any other hospital or hospitals, so as to place the same under one management and control; and for this purpose may transfer absolutely all the property and assets of the said corporation either to the said city or to any other corporation or association upon such conditions as to the said directors may seem meet, and any such transfer and agreement may be validly executed by the president and secretary of the said corporation under the corporate seal thereof. "4. All provisions of the said Ordinance, and Acts amending the same hereinbefore referred to, inconsistent with the provisions hereof are hereby repealed." 7. The Companies Ordinance, being chapter 20 of the Ordinances of the North-West Territories of 1901, is amended as follows: 1. By adding after section 24a the following new section: "246. Any person, partnership, organization, society, association, company or corporation, not being registered under this Ordinance or The Foreign Companies Ordinance, or duly incorporated under and by authority of any Ordinance of the North-West Territories, Act of the Province of Alberta or of the Parliament of Canada, assuming or using in Alberta a name which includes any of the words 'Loan,' 'Mortgage,' 'Trust,' 'Trusts,' 'Investment' or 'Guarantee' in combination with any of the words 'corporation,' 'Company,' 'Association' or 'Society' or in combination or connection with any similar collective term, or assuming or using in Alberta any similar name or any name or combination of names which is likely to deceive or mislead the public, and any person acting on behalf of such person, partnership, organization, society, association, company or corporation, shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to pay a penalty of $100 to be recovered before any court of competent jurisdiction. by any person suing as well on his own behalf as on behalf of His Majesty, and half of such penalty shall belong to the general revenue fund of the province and the other half to the party suing for the same, unless the suit be brought, as it may be, by the Attorney General on behalf of His Majesty only, in which case the whole of the penalty shall belong to the province for the uses aforesaid." Interpretation 2. By adding after section 97 the following new section: "97a. In this section 'contract' shall mean and include "Contract" any contract, agreement, undertaking or promise "(a) To pay to or for the contract-holder any money "(1) To sell, supply or procure any building or site "(c) To construct or procure the construction of any |