"5. A consolidated school district shall be deemed to be a district for the purposes of this Ordinance."

21. Section 4: By striking out all the words occurring after the word "apply" appearing in the second line thereof and substituting therefor the following: "only to rural districts or portions thereof not situated within the limits of a rural municipality."

22. Section 12: By striking out the word "ten" where the same appears in the fifth line thereof and substituting therefor the word "twelve."

23. By adding after section 24 thereof the following: "24a. In case any rural or consolidated school district is included within the limits of a rural municipality it shall be the duty of the council of such municipality, through its proper officers, to levy and collect such taxes with respect to such school district as may be requisitioned for by a resolution of the trustees of the district, and the council shall forthwith levy and collect such taxes in the same manner as the municipal taxes and pay the proceeds thereof to the treasurer of such school district:

"Provided, however, that the council of the municipality shall, from time to time, advance the amounts required for the purposes of the district, such amounts not to exceed the amount requisitioned for by the board.

"(2) If any rural or consolidated school district is situated partly in two or more rural municipalities the board of trustees of such school district shall prepare a detailed estimate of the probable amount of the expenditure for the year, and shall, upon receipt from the secretary of each such municipality of a statement of the assessed value of that portion of the school district lying within such municipality allocate the amount of such estimated expenditure in proportion to the assessed value of the portions of the district lying within the respective municipalities and shall, before the first day of August in each year, forward a requisition to the council of each municipality for the amount so allocated to such municipality.

"(3) If any rural or consolidated school district is situated partly within the boundaries of one or more rural municipalities and partly outside the boundaries of any municipality the board of trustees of such school district shall prepare a detailed estimate of the probable amount of the expenditure for the year and shall, upon the completion of the assessment of that portion of the district outside the boundaries of any municipality and the receipt from the secretary of each municipality within which a portion of the district is situated of a statement of the

assessed value of that portion of the school district lying within such municipality, allocate the amount of such estimated expenditure in proportion to the assessed value of the portions of the district lying within the respective municipalities and that portion lying outside the boundaries of any municipality, and shall, before the first day of August in each year, forward a requisition to the council of each municipality for the amount so allocated to such municipality.

"(4) The board of trustees of such rural or consolidated school district shall strike a rate and levy the taxes upon the lands in that portion of the district not included within the boundaries of any municipality; such taxes shall be imposed upon such property as would be liable to assessment and taxation if such portion of the school district were within the boundaries of a rural municipality, and all the provisions of The Rural Municipality Act in regard to the levying of assessment, the imposing of taxes, including the provisions in regard to appeals and to forfeiture for nonpayment of taxes, shall apply to such assessment and collection of taxes in such portion of any rural or consolidated school district excepting with regard to appeal from assessment on any lands in such district lying outside the boundaries of any municipality, in which case appeals shall lie to the school board of such district with the right of further appeal to the judge of the district court provided for in The Rural Municipality Act.

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"(5) In the event of any portion of a consolidated school district being within the limits of any village, town or city municipality the board of such consolidated school district shall allocate the amount of taxes to be raised on the protion of the district lying within the boundaries of each municipality in the same manner as provided herein with respect to rural municipalities."

24. Section 89 as amended by chapter 21, 1903 (1): By striking out all the words occurring after the word "year" in the fifth line of subsection (1) thereof.

By striking out the words "The Municipal Ordinance" occurring in the fourth line of subsection (2) thereof and substituting the words "The Town Act."

By adding thereto the following subsection:

"(5) In the case of a town school district the rate of taxation on unsubdivided farm lands situated outside of the limits of the town municipality shall not exceed six mills on the dollar."

25. By adding after section 93 as amended by chapter 6, 1910 (2) the following:

"93a. On the hearing of any appeal brought before a judge with respect to assessment in a village or a town district if it is made to appear to the judge that land situated in any village or town school district but outside the limits of the village or town municipality has been assessed at a higher relative value than land within such village or town municipality, he may order that a percentage of reduction be made in the assessed value of all lands so situated outside the limits of such municipality so that justice may be done in the school district as between the ratepayers within and those without the limits of the village or town municipality.

"(2) The judge shall have further power upon the hearing of any such appeal if he is of the opinion that the assessment is so inequitable that substantial justice cannot be done by adjusting the assessment in such cases as are then on appeal before him or by means of the exercise of the powers conferred by this section, he may order that the assessment be quashed and that a new assessment be made."

26. Section 95: By repealing the same and substituting therefor the following:

"95. The Minister of Education may by order, notice of which shall be published in the official gazette, declare that the assessment and collection of taxes in any rural school district, no part of which is included within a municipality, shall be based on land values only, the land to be assessed at its actual cash value as it would be appraised in payment of a just debt from a solvent debtor, exclusive of the value of any buildings erected thereon or of any other increase in value caused by any other expenditure of labour or capital thereon:

"Provided, however, that the Minister of Education may also by order, notice of which shall be published in the official gazette, declare that any district, the status of which has been changed as provided for in this section shall be deemed to be a rural district, and thereafter all provision of this Ordinance relating to rural districts shall apply thereto."

The School Grants Ordinance, being chapter 31 of the Ordinances of 1901 with amendments, is amended as follows:

27. Section 3: By adding after clause 3 thereof the following proviso:

"Provided, however, that the department may in lieu of such sum or any portion thereof supply to such district

for its school library or libraries books of equal value selected from the list authorized by the department for library purposes.

28. By adding after section 3 the following:

"3a. In aid of each consolidated school district there shall be paid out of any legislative appropriation made for that purpose:

"(a) The total amount of the grant which, in the estimation of the Minister, would have been earned by each of the school districts united into the consolidated school district had each of such districts been conducting school for the number of days that the consolidated school had been kept open, and had been engaging at least one teacher holding a first-class certificate under the regulations of the department.

"(b) Eighty cents per day for each conveyance employed by the district to convey pupils to and from the school house in the said district; provided, however, that the style of conveyance and the route travelled shall, in each case, be approved by the Minister."

1913

CHAPTER 20.

An Act respecting the Guarantee of Certain Securities of the Canadian Northern Western Railway Company.

(Assented to March 25, 1913.)

WHEREAS by chapter 19 of the Statutes of Alberta passed in the years 1911-12, entitled "An Act to authorize the Guarantee of Certain Securities of the Canadian Northern Western Railway Company" (hereinafter called the "said Act") provision was made for the guaranteeing by the Province of Alberta of securities in respect among others, of certain lines which the Canadian Northern Western Railway Company (hereinafter called the "Company") was authorized to construct and for the securing of the guarantee securities by means of certain mortgages or deeds of trust;

And whereas the rate of interest on the said securities authorized to be guaranteed by the said Act was to be at the rate of four (4) per cent. per annum;

And whereas it is expedient to increase the rate of interest on the said securities from four (4) per cent. per annum to four and one-half (412) per cent. per annum;

Therefore His Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Alberta, enacts as follows:

1. The rate of interest of the securities authorized to be guaranteed by the province under the provisions of the said Act shall be four and one-half (412) per cent. per annum instead of four (4) per cent. per annum, and the said Act is amended by substituting the words "four and one-half per cent. per annum" for the words "four per cent. per annum" in the second section of the said Act; and the Lieutenant Governor in Council is hereby authorized to provide for and do all such things or otherwise as may be considered advisable for putting into effect the change of interest herein provided for.

2. All the provisions of the said Act not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act shall apply to the guarantee of the securities therein authorized, and save as by this Act amended the said Act shall be and is hereby confirmed.