(131) Title XXXV, section 10, is amended by inserting after the word "poles" in line one thereof the word "wires." (132) Title XXXV, section 11, is amended by striking out the word "town" in line five thereof and substituting therefor the word "city."

(133) Title XXXV, section 11, subsection 2, is amended by inserting after the word "water" in line three thereof the words "or gas.

(134) Title XXXV, section 12, is amended by inserting after the word "sewers" in line one thereof the words "from the street line."

(135) Title XXXV, section 13, is hereby amended by inserting after the word "water" in line two thereof the words "and gas" and by inserting after the word "all" in line seven thereof the words "or any of."

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(136) Title XXXV, section 18, is hereby amended by inserting after the word "with" in line 6 thereof the words 'gas or with" and by striking out the word "the" in line seven thereof and by substituting therefor the words "any gas or" and by inserting after the word "of" in line eleven thereof the words "gas or" and by striking out the word "the" in line twelve thereof and substituting therefor the words "any gas or.

(137) Title XXXV, section 18, subsection 2, is amended by striking out the word "and" where it first occurs in line four thereof and substituting therefor the word "or" and by inserting after the word "supply" in line eight thereof the words "of gas and" and by inserting after the word "the" in line ten thereof the words "gas and."

(138) Title XXXV, section 1, subsection 1, is amended by adding at the end thereof the words "and shall have power to acquire any patent or other rights for the manufacture or production of any artificial light, heat or power.

(139) Title XXXV, section 32, is amended by inserting after the word "city" in line six thereof the words "or being employed as an official of the city" and by adding at the end of the said section the words "or by reasons of being indebted to the city on any contract to pay therefor."

(140) Title XXXV, section 38, is hereby amended by inserting after the word "and" in line eight thereof the words "subject to section 31 of this title.

(141) Title XXXV, section 48, is amended by inserting after the word "shall" in the first line thereof the words "subject to section 32 of this title."

(142) Title XXXVII, is amended by adding thereto the following section:

"2. All the by-laws heretofore finally passed by the council of the municipality of the City of Medicine Hat during the year 1912 and which have been submitted to a

vote of the burgesses of the said city and which have received the assent of two-thirds of the burgesses voting thereon are and each of them is, together with the several terms of the agreement referred to in said by-laws, hereby declared legal, valid and binding on the said City of Medicine Hat notwithstanding any want of jurisdiction or power on the part of the said City of Medicine Hat or the council thereof to pass said by-laws or any of them and notwithstanding any informalities, irregularities or defects herein either in substance or in form and each and all of the debentures and the coupons thereto attached, issued or to be issued under said by-laws or either or any of them, are hereby declared legal and valid and the said City of Medicine Hat shall be bound to pay each and all of said debentures and coupons as therein respectively stated, and all assessments made or to be made for the payment of any and all of the said debentures are confirmed and declared to be legal, valid and binding and the said City of Medicine Hat is hereby authorized and empowered to do all necessary acts for the full and proper carrying out of the said by-laws or any one or more of them.

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Ordinance

amended

1913

CHAPTER 29.

An Act respecting the Town of Red Deer.

(Assented to March 25, 1913.)

WHEREAS a petition has been presented by the Town of Red Deer praying for certain amendments to chapter 42, of the Ordinances of the North-West Territories, 1901, and the amendments thereto, and it is expedient to grant the prayer of the said petition;

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

1. Section 1 of chapter 42 of the Ordinances of the North1901, section 1, West Territories, 1901, an Ordinance to incorporate the Town of Red Deer, is hereby amended by striking out the word "town" in the last line thereof and substituting therefor the word "city," and from and after the coming into force of this Act the Town of Red Deer shall be a city.

Section 1, chapter 39,

repealed

Additions to City at instance of petitioners

2. Section 1 of chapter 39 of the Statutes of Alberta, 1906, 1906, Alberta is hereby repealed and the following is substituted therefor: "1. Whenever a majority of owners resident upon any land adjacent to the City of Red Deer desire annexation thereto and present a petition to the council to that effect, the Lieutenant Governor in Council with the consent of the council of the City of Red Deer may by proclamation annex the said territory to and make it part of the city; the said annexation shall take effect on such date and on such terms and conditions (notwithstanding anything in this or any other Act contained to the contrary) as the Leiutenant Governor in Council may by proclamation provide.

Additions to City at instance of the Council

"2. The Lieutenant Governor in Council may upon the petition of the council of the City of Red Deer include within the city any territory adjacent thereto which from the proximity of streets or buildings, or the probable future exigencies of the City of Red Deer it may deem desirable to include therein or to annex thereto; the said annexation shall take effect on such date and on such terms and conditions (notwithstanding anything in this or any other act contained to the contrary) as the Lieutenant Governor in Council may by proclamation provide.

1913

CHAPTER 30.

An Act to Ratify a Certain Agreement Made by the Town of

Wainwright.

(Assented to March 25, 1913.)

WHEREAS the Town of Wainwright in the Province of Alberta, have by their petition prayed that a by-law 35 of the Town of Wainwright, the certain agreement dated the 3rd day of April, A.D., 1912, made by the Town of Wainwright of the one part and Charles E. Bird of the City of Minneapolis in the State of Minnesota of the other part, in which agreement it was provided that the said Charles E. Bird should erect a flour and grist mill at the Town of Wainwright upon the conditions set forth in the said agreement and for the purpose of erecting the said mill should receive certain assistance from the Town of Wainwright, be validated and confirmed;

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

1. That the said by-law of the Town of Wainwright and the said agreement dated April 3, 1912, made between the Town of Wainwright and Charles E. Bird, are hereby validated, ratified and confirmed.

1913

CHAPTER 31.

An Act to Incorporate the Village of Gull Lake.

(Assented to March 25, 1913.)

WHEREAS Frank H. Holmes, William Wiese, George Thomson, E. C. Emery, Hon. Charles A. Stuart and others, have, by their petition, prayed that they be incorporated under The Village Ordinance as a village municipality under the name of "The Village of Gull Lake," and that municipal powers be granted to "The Village of Gull Lake, and it is expedient to grant the prayer of the said petition;

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

1. From and after the passing of this Act, the owners of lands in the subdivision set forth in section numbered two (2) hereof, and their successors, shall be, and are hereby declared to be a body corporate within the meaning of The Village Act, under the name of "The Village of Gull Lake."

2. The said Village of Gull Lake shall consist of the following land, namely:

Plan of Gull Lake, number thirty-three (33), filed by William Wiese; plan of addition to Gull Lake Summer Resort, number 2352 S, filed by William Wiese; Aspern Townsite, plan seventy-seven (77), filed by Annie L. Mobley; Eureka Resort, plan number 1900 R, filed by Messrs. Trimble, Scott & Garland; together with the road allowances or streets between and adjoining the said lands, excepting the road allowance which passes through the north-west quarter of section twenty-three (23) and the north-east quarter of section twenty-two (22), in township forty (40), in range twenty-eight (28), west of the fourth meridian; and together with the Beach of Gull Lake adjoining the said lands, so far as the same has been patented by the Crown.

3. The Village Act and all amendments thereto, or hereafter made, or any Act in substitution thereof, shall in so far as the same are applicable, be incorporated herewith, and form part of this Act.