may remit the fee required by subsection (5). R.S.S. 1920, c. 87, s. 540; 1923, c. 29, s. 16. REPEAL. Repeal 575. The following enactments are hereby repealed: The Revised Statutes of Saskatchewan, 1920, c. 87; 11 George V, 1920, c. 35; 12 George V, 1921-22, c. 37; 13 George V, 1923, c. 29; 14 George V, 1924, c. 14; 15 George V, 1924-25, c. 22; 16 George V, 1925-26, c. 19. Coming into force COMING INTO FORCE. 576. This Act shall come into force on the first day of May, 1927. 1927 CHAPTER 25 An Act to amend The Village Act. [Assented to March 3, 1927.] HIS Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, enacts as follows: 1. The Village Act is amended in the manner herein- Rev. Stat. after set forth. c. 88 amended 2. Paragraph 7 of section 2 is amended by inserting Section 2 after the word "calling" in the fifth line the words "or the value of board and lodging." amended 3. Subsection (3) of section 144, as enacted by chapter Section 144 36 of the statutes of 1920, is repealed and the following substituted therefor: "(3) Upon completion of the annual audit, the auditor shall issue a certificate in such form as the minister shall prescribe. 4. (1) The first subsection of section 147 is amended Section 147 by inserting therein the following paragraph: amended "2a. Preventing and controlling the construction of Privies privy vaults and providing for keeping the same in a proper state of cleanliness." (2) The said subsection is further amended by inserting therein after paragraph 13a, as enacted by chapter 38 of the statutes of 1921-22, the following: "13b. Preventing and controlling throughout the vil- Billboards lage or in any specified part thereof, the erection and use of billboards, signboards or other advertising devices of any kind, whether the notices be printed or otherwise displayed; requiring a license from the council or a village official designated for the purpose as a condition of erecting or continuing the use of any signboard, billboard or other advertising device, and authorising the removal and destruction of signboards or billboards or other advertising devices erected or maintained without such license; Section 183a amended "13c. Regulating and licensing billposters and preventing the pulling down and defacing of signboards and billboards or printed or other notices lawfully affixed, and preventing the defacing of private or other property by printed or other notices." (3) Paragraph 24 of the said subsection, as enacted by chapter 38 of the statutes of 1921-22, is amended by striking out clause (b) and substituting therefor the following: "(b) regulating the quality and strength of wood, brick, stone, hollow tile, cement and concrete, and the size and strength of columns, piers, studding, beams, joists, girders, floors, rafters, roofs and their supports in all buildings." (4) Clause (c) of the said paragraph 24 is amended by adding thereto the following: "or placed, in such defined. areas as may be designated in the bylaw.' (5) Paragraph 25 of the said subsection, as enacted by chapter 38 of the statutes of 1921-22, is amended by inserting before the word "material" in the last line of clause (b) the words "or slow burning." (6) Clause (e) of the said paragraph 25 is amended by adding thereto the following: "and providing compensation for loss or damage sustained by reason of said pulling down or demolishing: "Provided that in all cases where a building is pulled down or demolished by the order of any one acting under the authority of the council, the council shall compensate the owner for the amount of insurance to which the owner would have been entitled had the building been burned." (7) The said paragraph 25 is further amended by adding thereto the following clauses: "(g) regulating the storage of inflammable liquids in and about buildings; "(h) providing protection from fire by the purchase, maintenance and operation of engines and equipment. (8) Paragraph 26 of the said subsection is amended by inserting at the beginning of the first line the words: "Subject to the provisions of any Act or regulations thereunder." 5.-(1) Section 183a, as enacted by chapter 23 of the statutes of 1924-25, is amended by adding to subsection (2) thereof the following: 'save that a caveat for the protection of the charge given by the said subsection (2) may be filed by the municipality immediately upon the patient being accepted at a sanatorium." (2) The said section 183a is further amended by adding thereto the following subsection: "(3) The council shall make an annual grant of ten cents per head of the population, as shown by the last Dominion census, to The Saskatchewan Anti-tuberculosis League, to be forwarded to the treasurer of the league not later than the thirty-first day of December in each year. On receipt of the amount of the grant the treasurer shall place it in a special trust account, to be expended for the care and treatment of indigent patients from any municipality which has entered into an agreement under subsection (1)." amended 6. Subsection (1) of section 184, as amended by sec- Section 184 tion 9 of chapter 15 of the statutes of 1924, is further amended by changing "$30" to "$50" in the last line. 7. The following is inserted after section 206: New section 206a "206a. For the purposes of sections 207 to 226 the "Electors" expression "electors" means only electors who are such in respect of freehold property." 8. (1) Paragraph 12 of section 229 is repealed and the Section 229 following substituted therefor: "12. The income of every married person, every widow or widower with children under eighteen years of age, and every unmarried person who is the sole support of a dependent parent or parents or of a dependent brother or sister up to $3,000, to which shall be added $500 for each child under eighteen years of age who is dependent upon the taxpayer for support, and $500 for each dependent parent residing with a taxpayer who is a married person in the village, the income of every other person up to $1,000, and in all cases, in addition to any other exemption, the amount of any pension paid to a member or ex-member of His Majesty's military or naval forces or of any pension paid to a member of the forces of His Majesty's allies in the late war who is a British subject or to a dependent of any such member or ex-member: "Provided that where a husband and wife have separate incomes, the foregoing provisions shall apply to the husband's income only, but the wife's income shall also be exempt to the extent of $1,000 if husband and wife are living together, or to the extent of $3,000 if they are living apart." (2) The amendment made by subsection (1) shall not apply to the assessment and taxation for the year 1927, but such assessment and taxation shall be governed by the law as it previously stood. amended 9. This Act shall come into force on the first day of Coming inte May, 1927. force Rev. Stat. c. 89. Section 2 amended "Last revised assessment roll" "Resident ratepayer" Section 47 amended HIS 1927 CHAPTER 26 n Act to amend The Rural Municipality Act. [Assented to March 3, 1927.] IS Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, enacts as follows: 1. The Rural Municipality Act is amended in the manner hereinafter set forth. 2. (1) Paragraph 12 of section 2 is repealed and the following substituted therefor: "12. 'Last revised assessment roll' means the assessment roll of the municipality as finally revised by the court of revision, or, in case there have been any appeals to the Saskatchewan Assessment Commission, as finally revised by the commission;". (2) The following is inserted after paragraph 22 of the said section 2: "22a. 'Resident ratepayer' means a person who is assessed upon the last revised assessment roll, is not exempt from taxation, and is resident within the municipality." 3. Subsection (1) of section 47 is repealed and the following substituted therefor: "(1) Every council may pass a resolution for paying the members, in addition to the remuneration mentioned in section 46, a sum not exceeding $5 per diem for the reeve and $4 per diem for a councillor for every day necessarily occupied and ten cents per mile for every mile necessarily travelled by them respectively in inspecting roads, bridges or public works in and for the municipality, or in performing work or services upon or in connection with such inspection, or in inspecting work done under The Noxious Weeds Act, but no allowance shall be made for more than fifteen days in any one year." |