seal the three parcels and forthwith forward or deliver to the returning officer the three parcels and also all unused ballot papers and a statement of the result of the poll. 19. A ballot shall be rejected in each of the following Definition cases: (a) If it is not authenticated by the initials of the deputy returning officer, unless the said deputy has inadvertently omitted to initial the same; (b) If it is not marked with a cross; (c) If it has more than one cross; or any other mark in addition to a cross by which he thinks it was intended to be identified. of rejected ballots Officer shall writ result of 20. Each returning officer after he has received from each Returning deputy returning officer a statement showing the voting on endorse on the ballots taken from the ballot box opened by him, shall poll in his indorse on the writ a statement certifying in relation to the transmit to votes given at the polling places in or for his electoral division Executive upon each Act or proposed Act voted upon: (a) The number of votes in the affirmative; and shall within ten days after the holding of the vote trans- E.D. and Clerk of Council Executive make 21. The clerk of the Executive Council shall prepare from Clerk of the returns indorsed on the writ so returned to him, a state- Council shall met of the number of votes in the affirmative, of the number and publish of votes in the negative, and of the number of ballots rejected statement and shall sign the statement and shall publish a copy of the same in The Alberta Gazette within thirty days after the taking of the vote and the statement so published shall be conclusive evidence of the result of the vote, unless a scrutiny or recount is demanded. may demand scrutiny 22. Any elector may within ten days from the date of the Elector publication in the Gazette of the said statement by the said recount or clerk obtain an appointment from any judge of the Supreme Court for a recount or scrutiny or both of the whole vote in the province; provided he, within said ten days, deposit with the said clerk the sum of $ , to be applied in payment of the expenses of such recount or scrutiny or both. In case no regulations are made under section 25 as to such recount or scrutiny the said judge shall give all necessary directions and shall conduct said scrutiny or recount or both and shall certify the result to the said clerk and such certificate shall be conclusive evidence as to the result. Proclamation by Lieutenant Governor As to a proposed Act, if vote is in affirmative, Legislature shall pass; If negative, no further petition for three years LieutenantGovernor may make regulations 23. In the case of every Act or part thereof voted upon under the provisions of section 5 hereof and decided in the affirmative, the Lieutenant Governor in Council may provide by proclamation the date from and after which the said Act or part thereof shall come into force; and any such Act or part thereof decided in the negative shall not come into force and shall be repealed and removed from the statutes of the province at the next ensuing session of the Legislature. 24. In the case of every proposed Act voted upon under the provisions of section 7 hereof and decided in the affirmative, the said proposed Act shall be enacted by the Legislature at its next session without amendment, save such amendments as may be certified to by the Speaker as not constituting a substantial alteration therein, or as not changing the meaning, effect or intent thereof, and notwithstanding the provisions of section 3 hereof shall come into force upon receiving the royal assent and in the case of every such proposed Act decided in the negative, no petition praying for the enactment of the same proposed Act or one which is certified to by the Speaker as being substantially similar thereto shall be presented to the Legislative Assembly for a period of three years after the taking of the said vote. 25. The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations not inconsistent with this Act for the proper carrying out of its provisions and particularly for regulating the procedure prior to, at, and after the said voting, the advertising of the taking of the said vote, the publication and dissemination of literature pertaining to the matters voted upon and such other matters as may be deemed advisable; and the procedure as to a recount or scrutiny. FORM A. WRIT FOR A REFERENDUM. Province of Alberta. George the Fifth, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, King, Defender of the Faith, etc. To .of in the Province of Alberta, and to all others whom it may concern: Greeting: We command you that you cause the Act or Acts or parts of Acts or the proposed Act or Acts (copies of which are attached hereto) to be submitted according to law to the electors qualified to vote for the election of a member of the Legislative Assembly for the electoral division of And we appoint the following dates for the purposes of the said submission: 1. For taking the votes of the electors.... day of . 19 the.. the In testimony whereof, we have caused these our letters to be made patent, and the Great Seal of our said Province of Alberta to be hereunder affixed. Witness our trusty and well-beloved.. Lieutenant Governor (or administrator) of our Province of Alberta, at our City of Edmonton, the.. ..day of. in the year of our reign, and in the year of our Lord 19.. (By Order) Clerk of the Executive Council. FORM B. The Province of Alberta. THE DIRECT LEGISLATION ACT. Submission of a proposed Act (or an Act or part of an Act as the case may be) entitled (here insert title) to electors. Direction of voters: The voter shall indicate his vote as follows: If he approves of the proposed Act (or of the Act, or part of said Act, as the case may be) he shall make a cross in the square opposite the word "Yes". If he does not approve of the proposed Act (or of the Act or part of Act, as the case may be) he shall make a cross in the square opposite the word "No. BALLOT. Question: Do you approve of the proposed Act (or do you approve of the Act or part of the Act, as the case may be), (here set out the title of the proposed Act or the title of the Act or part of said Act, as the case may be). YES ΝΟ FORM C. I, In the Matter of The Direct Legislation Act. do solemnly declare that I am interested in and desirous of obtaining an affirmative (or a negative, as the case may be) answer to the question stated in the pallot paper. Solemnly declared at Returning Officer or Deputy Returning Officer (as the case may be). HIS 1913 CHAPTER 4. An Act respecting Mines. (Assented to March 25, 1913.) IS MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Alberta, enacts as follows: SHORT TITLE. 1. This Act may be cited as "The Mines Act." APPLICATION. Short title 2. This Act shall apply to mines of coal, stratified ironstone, shale, clay and other minerals. Application Dispute to 3. If any question arises (other than in legal proceedings) application as to whether a mine is a mine to which this Act applies, the determined question shall be referred to the Minister, whose decision thereon shall be final. by Minister INTERPRETATIONS. 4. In this act and in any regulations made thereunder, Interpretation unless the context otherwise requires― (a) "Mine" means a mine to which this Act applies, and Mine (b) "Shaft" means a vertical opening through the strata Shaft |