GENERAL. 37. The Lieutenant Governor in Council shall have power to make all provisions not inconsistent with this Act which may be required for the better carrying out of the purposes of the Act. BY-LAWS. make by-laws 38. The company may from time to time make such by- Power to laws not contrary to law or inconsistent with this Act for the administration, management and control of the property and business of the company and for the conduct in all particulars of the affairs of the company as are considered necessary or expedient for carrying out the provisions of this Act according to the true intent and meaning thereof. borrow money 39. The company shall have power to borrow money by Power to debenture or otherwise for the purpose of carrying out the objects of its incorporation and to hypothecate, pledge and mortgage its real and personal property and to sign bills, notes, contracts and other evidences of or securities for money borrowed or to be borrowed by the company for the purposes aforesaid. (2) The board of directors may exercise these powers when duly authorized thereto by by-laws of the company. SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING. 40. Any three "Locals" may by resolution, passed by a Special majority in each case of the shareholders supporting any general meeting local elevator who actually attend and vote at any meeting called for that purpose by their respective boards of management, request the President to call a general meeting of all shareholders to discuss the affairs of the company and it shall be the duty of the president forthwith to call such general meeting at Calgary or some other convenient place, and of the time and place of such meeting all shareholders shall be notified by registered mail at least 20 days in advance of such meeting. meeting 41. The shareholders attending any such special general Powers of meeting may apoint any shareholder as chairman of such special genera! meeting and any shareholder as secretary and may discuss any phase of the company's work and may pass such resolutions as they choose in connection with company affairs and may transmit such resolutions or any of them to all "locals" for their consideration. Short title Interpretation Excavation Inspector Municipality Appointment of inspectors Inspector may order compliance with provisions of Act Work to cease until orders obeyed 1913 CHAPTER 14. An Act for the Protection of Persons Employed in the (Assented to March 25, 1913.) 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 Building Trades Protection Act. 2. In this Act (a) "Building" shall include any structure roofed in (c) "Inspector" shall mean an inspector appointed (d) "Municipality" means and includes any incorporated municipality, whether a city, town, village or rural municipality. 3. Every municipality shall appoint an inspector or inspectors to enforce this Act within the limits of the municipality. (2) The Lieutenant Governor in Council may appoint an inspector or inspectors to enforce this Act in territory outside of municipalities. 4. Where any inspector appointed under this Act finds that any provision of this Act is being violated in the case of any building or excavation he may give such orders in writing as may, in his opinion, be required to secure due compliance with such provision, and upon any such order being made and until the same is carried out the work upon that part of the building or excavation in which the default occurs shall be suspended. disobedience (2) Every person to whom the order of the inspector Penalty for is directed who disobeys or knowingly permits any person to order under his direction and control to disobey any such order or to carry on work in violation of subsection (1) hereof before the order is complied with shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to payment of a penalty not exceeding $50 for every day upon which such default occurs. 5. In the erection, alteration, repair, improvement or demolition of any building, no scaffolding, hoists, stays, ladders, flooring or other mechanical and temporary contrivances shall be used which are unsafe, unsuitable or improper, or which are not so constructed, protected, placed and operated as to afford reasonable safety from accident to persons employed or engaged upon the building or excavation. Unsafe apparatus not to be used with regard 6. The following regulations shall be complied with in Regulations the erection, alteration, repair, improvement or demolition to floors of of every building: (1) The floors of all scaffolding suspended from overhead shall be at least two and one-half feet wide and the floors of all standing scaffolding shall be at least four feet wide; all such scaffolding shall, unless the same is dispensed with by written authority of the inspector, have a railing or guard not less than three nor more than four feet from the flooring on the outside of the scaffolding for the protection of persons working thereon. scaffolds Swing (2) Where scaffolding or staging is "swung" or suspended scolds from an overhead support it shall be so secured as to prevent its swaying to and fro. (3) Where poles are used in scaffolding the polls shall Poles be securely lashed at every point of contact, and where square timber is used in scaffolding, the same shall be securely spiked or bolted at every point of contact. lumber (4) No lumber or timber shall be hoisted in a single Hoisting sling. for hoists (5) Where hoists are used for raising materials for use Openings in buildings, the shafts or openings shall be protected at each floor by a barrier not less than three feet nor more than four feet from the level of the floor, and the barrier shall be placed not less than two feet from the edge of the shaft or opening in which the hoist is operated; provided that upon the level or floor in actual use by such hoist such barrier shall not be placed across the openings used for entrance or exits to or from such hoists. (6) All ladders shall extend at least four feet above Ladders any scaffold, staging or floor. Flooring to be completed to certain extent as building progresses Underflooring to be completed to certain extent as building progresses Floors to be planked over Iron floor beams to be planked over on which strucutral work is 7. Where the plans and specifications require the floors to be arched between the beams thereof, or where the floors or filling in between the floors are of fire proof material the flooring or filling in shall be completed as the building or excavation progresses to not less than within three stories below that on which the iron work is being erected. (2) Where the plans and specifications do not require filling in between the beams of floors with fireproof material or brick work, the contractor for the carpenter work, in the course of construction, shall lay the under flooring of the building on each storey as the building or excavation progresses to not less than within two storeys below the one to which the building has been erected. (3) Where double floors are not to be used, such contractor shall keep planked over, with planks properly secured, the floor two storeys below where the work is being performed. (4) If the floor beams are of iron or steel, the contractor for the iron or steel work of a building or excavation in course of construction, or the owner of such a building or excavation shall thoroughly plank over the entire tier being erected of iron or steel beams on which the structural iron or steel work is being erected, except such spaces as may be reasonably required for the proper construction of such iron or steel work and for the raising or lowering of materials to be used in the construction of such building and such spaces as may be designated by the plans and specifications for stairways and elevator shafts. Regulations as to skeleton frame buildings Each floor to be planked as the framework reaches floor above Double planking under derricks 8. In the case of what are known as skeleton steel frame buildings, compliance with the following regulations shall be sufficient, and it shall not be necessary to comply with the requirements of section 7: (1) As soon as the steel frame of a building is erected to the first column splice above the first floor level, a flooring of two-inch planking shall be laid over floor beams on the floor immediately below the first column splice, making a temporary floor over that part of the area of the building or excavation inside columns at that level, except in places where it is necessary to have openings for the passage of material for building above that point. When erection has reached a point level with the next column splice the planking used as a temporary floor at first column splice shall be removed and placed as before at second splice, and so on to the top of the building. (2) A double flooring of two inch planking shall be laid down immediately under any derrick for a sufficient space about the derrick to protect workmen on the floors below that on which the derrick is working and to hold with safety the materials hoisted by the derrick. staging to (3) Riveters' staging shall be so constructed as to secure Riveters' the reasonable safety of the riveters and a temporary floor be safe and must be provided on the girders and floor beams immediately Hoor below the portion of the floor upon which the riveters are working, sufficient for the protection of workmen engaged below that floor. temporary provided Steel work (4) The steel work may be carried on in advance of the may be done construction of permanent floors. in advance in cities and 9. In cities and towns the following regulations shall Regulations be complied with in erecting, altering or repairing any towing no building, provided such city or town has not by by-law by-laws made regulations applicable to itself regarding such matters: passage to over (1) When the work is located on the line of any street Covered or within three feet of the inside line of the sidewalk of be erected any street, before any of the work above the sidewalk sidewalk or footway is commenced, there shall be erected over the sidewalk for footway of the street a covered passageway or independent structure not less than eight feet high at the lowest side above the level of the sidewalk or footway and of sufficient strength to protect the public using the sidewalk or footway. be erected line of (2) If a building or excavation is to be erected or made Barrier to within seven feet of the inside line of the sidewalk on any on inside street, a strongly constructed close-boarded fence or barri- sidewalk cade, not less than six feet high, shall be erected along the inside line of such sidewalk. not to be and roofs of (3) No person shall place any stone, brick, lumber or Drains, etc., any building material, fence, barricade or temporary obstructed sidewalk so as to obstruct the free passage of water in the covered drains, gutters or water courses; and the roofs of all covered kept clear ways shall be kept clear of any material whatever. ways to be to be (4) All sewers, ditches, drains or any other excavation All excavations of whatever nature shall be properly shored up, so as to shored up prevent the caving in of the ground, after a depth of four feet has been excavated from the ground level. Act to be by-laws 10. The provisions of this Act shall be read and applied supplementary as supplementary to the by-laws of every municipality to municipal in this province, where any such exist, but where no by-law has been passed dealing with the matters covered by this Act then the provisions herein shall apply. application 11. Sections 6, 7 and 8 of this Act shall not apply to Limit of any building not more than two storeys in height or to certain any excavation less than four feet deep, nor to any farm sections building or excavation, nor to any work being done upon a building or excavation by the owner or occupant thereof in person. |