Annual report of the Department of Public Health, Province of Alberta.

  • Alberta. Department of Public Health.
Date:
[1952]
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Credit: Annual report of the Department of Public Health, Province of Alberta. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    property and that the balance of a requisition shall be raised out of the general revenue of the contributing unit which in effect means that the rentals received from leased land will go into general revenue and therefore will be available for use in paying the part of the requisition which is not secured by the tax levy on assessed property. Section 76 is struck out as it is obsolete. Section 80 is amended to correct a cross reference. This Act came into force on April 10th, 1952, except as otherwise provided. Nursing Service Act Amendment Act (Chapter 54). This Act amends The Nursing Service Act, being chapter 45 of the Statutes of Alberta, 1950. Section 8a is added to the Act. It provides that a municipal nurse and the municipality appointing her shall not be liable for an act of a preventative or emergent treatment nature done in good faith by the nurse in performing the duties required of her under the Act or the regulations. This Act came into force on April 10th, 1952. Public Health Act Amendment Act (Chapter 68). This Act amends The Public Health Act, being chapter 183 of the Revised Statutes of Alberta, 1942. Section 7, subsection (1) is amended by the addition of a new clause. The Provincial Board of Health, subject to the approval of the Lieutenant Governor in Council, may make and issue orders, rules and regulations in respect of the purification and treatment of public water supplies and the addition of a chemical to public water supplies. The effect of the new clause is to give the Board authority to regulate and issue orders with respect to the addition of a chemical to a public water supply. This Act came into force on April 10th, 1952. Solemnization of Marriage Act Amendment Act (Chapter 87). This Act amends The Solemnization of Marriage Act, being chapter 303 of the Revised Statutes of Alberta, 1942. Section 14a is amended by adding at the beginning of subsection (1) the words “Notwithstanding section 6, subsections (2), (3) and (4) ”. Section 14a provides that where either of the parties to an intended marriage has obtained a decree of divorce or a declaration of nullity of marriage they must wait thirty days before a new marriage license can be issued. Section 6, subsections (2), (3) and (4) provide for special cases where the license issuer and the Registrar-General or his deputy may issue a license immediately without waiting for any period prescribed by the Act. The effect of the amendment is to make it clear that subsections (2), (3) and (4) of section 6 do not apply in that a marriage license cannot be issued to a person within thirty days of the entry of his decree of divorce or nullity. This Act came into force on April 10th, 1952.