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Home My WebLink About1957-12-16 Annual General Meeting (Annual General) MinutesR~~ t , ~ . ~, L• , Y County of Newell No. 4 Fourth Annual Meeting February 16th. 1957. The Fourth Annual Meeting of the County of Newell Nom 4 was held in the Elkts Hall in Brooks, Alberta, at 11:00 p,m, on Saturday, February 16th, 1957. . . ~At 1:00 p,m. the Returning Officer, Mr. K. Lintott, opened the meeting and due to the small number of ratepayers present, adjourned the opening for ore hour. ~ x • • • Eight members of the County Council were present at the meeting, together with the Returning Officer, Mr. Lintott; Secretary Treasurer, H. C. Scammell; and School Superintendent, 0. P, Larson, ... :~pprox, 100 ratepayers attended. . . At 2:00 p,m. the Returning Officer called the meeting to order and requested nominations for chairman of the meeting, . . Mr, Frank Read nominated by S. C, Peterson. • • a • • ,,.~rRS~~ Q° to ~r~p~'t~D ~ t 2 P . _,ed Amp°nta There being no other nominations Mr. Read was elected to the chairs . . Moved by Mr, Wolf and Mr. Brown that the suggested agenda for the meeting be accepted, -' Carried+ . . Moved by Mr. Villadsen and Mr, Colbens that H. C. Scammell be appointed as secretary of the meeting Carried. . . Nlpved by Mr. Johnson and Imo, .Alberts, that the minutes of the Third annual Meeting, February 18th, 156, be adopted as read. Carried, . , Moved by Mr. ~lolf and Mr, Brown, that the Auditorrs Financial Statement for the year 1956 be accepted. Carried, . • . . Mr. George Philpott was asked to comment briefly on the Agricultural Service Board report and a number of questions were asked. . . . Moved by Mr. Villadsen and Mr. Nielson that the report of the agricultural Service Board be accepted, Carried. . . Mr, O, P. Larson was asked to report briefly on the School Report and a number of questions were asked. t • • O • ~W V, eVTPWEf LiD. it ~j b - 2 - Koved by Mrr Kimura and Mr. Hhjash that the school report be accepted. Carried. r s • • . Phe Secretary read a resolution handed in by Mr. Villadsen, copy of which is attached to and becomes part of the minutes of this meeting: re suggested changes in the Game Act. . . Moved. by Mrr Villadsen and Mr. Wolf, that the resolution re changes to Section ~, Sub Sec. 4 of the Game bct as read be passed. Carried. . . The Secretary read a resolution from the Farmerst Union of Alberta, copy of which is attached to and becomes part of the minutes of this meeting: re the Municipal Collection of F. U. A. Dues. . . • Moved by Mr. Kimura and Mr. Villadsen that the resolution re the Collection of F. U. A. Dues by the Municipalities be passed Carried, . . At 3:00 p.m. the chairman announced that the meeting would recess for 15 minutes to allow for the depositing of nomination papers for Councillors in the divisions as stated by the Returning Officer, . . aC. • The meeting resumed at 3:15 p.~., notice being given that nominations were open until 4:00 p,m. . . Moved by Mr. Wolf and Mrr Christiansen, that the County undertake to spray all County road allowances without extra cost to the ratepayer„ Motion Lost. . . . . Information was requested with regard to hail suppression and Mr. 'Sam @L7.berts gave information on progress being made, which indicated that no action would be taken in the County for the year 1957. . . Nbved by Mr. Wolf and Mr. Brown, that the meeting adjourn. Carried. ..,... The meeting adjourned at 3:45 p.m. . . ~At 4:QO p„m, the Returning Officer made the announcement of the results of the nominations for Councillors as follows: Division 2 K. Waraksa, Tilley. B. Norden, Tilley Division 4 W. Lokier, Scandia. R. Graham, Rainier Division 7 Jacob J. Bergen, Rosemary. R. Eastman, Rosemary Division g Ben E. Plumer, Duchess. . . tat-r--sn••~•~ The Returning Officer announced that Ben E. Plumer had been elected by acclamation to Division g, and that elections would be held in Divisions 2, 4 and 7 on Saturday, March 16, 1657p unless any of the candidates withdrew their nominations within the !+8 hours allowed for this purpose. __~,~-----~~ ,, .r;~o • • • • • Z n 0 ~`, ~ ^,r000 f~ta,ltS ~~ C G C% _~~----~ CH g ~__. _-- _ - 2 - Moved by Mr. Kimura and Mr. H'hjash that the school report be acce. Carries • • • • M The Secretary read a resolution handed in by Mr. Villadsen, copy < which is attached to and becomes part of the minutes of this meet. re suggested changes in the Game .Act. . . Moved by Mr. Villadsen and Mr. Wolf, that the resolution re changF to Section g, Sub Sec. 4 of the Game l~,et as read be passed. Carries . . The Secretary read a resolution from the Farmerst Union of Alberts copy of which is attached to and becomes part of the minutes of tl meeting: re the Municipal Collection of F. U. A. Dues. . . Moved by Mr. Kimura and Mr. Villadsen that the resolution re the Collection of F~ U. A.-Dues by the Municipalities be passed. Carries . . .,At 3:00 p.m. the chairman announced that the meeting would recess for 15 minutes to allow for the depositing of nomination papers for Councillors in the divisions as stated by the Returning Office . . aC~ The meeting resumed at 3:15 p.~., notice being given that nominati were open until 4:00 p.m. . . Moved by Mr. Wolf and Imo. Christiansen, that the County undertake spray all County road allowances without extra cost to the ratepay Motion Lost . . Information was requested with regard to hail suppression and Mr. Sam filberts gave information on progress being made, which indicat that no action would be taken in the County for the year 1957. . . Moved by Imo. Wolf and Mr. Brown, that the meeting adjourn. Carried. The meeting adjourned at 3:45•p.m. . . At 4:Q0 p.m, the Returning Officer made the announcement of the results of the nominations for Councillors as follows: Division 2 K. Waraksa, Tilley. B. Norden, Tit= Division 4 W. Lokier, Scandia. R. Graham, Rait Division 7 Jacob J. Bergen, Rosemary. R. Eastman, Division g Ben E. Plumer, Duchess. . . The Returning Officer announced that Ben E„ Plumer had been electe6 by acclamation to Division 8, and that elections would be held in Divisions 2, 4 and 7 on Saturday, March 16, 1~57~ unless any of the candidates withdrew their nominations within the L,,g hours allowed for this purpose. -._---- •~i2SC^1 { i E. D . • « • • ~ 'G„ . l prrounta; CH t.% __ ~ 1RJ1fiC[PAL 6fJPPLISi LSD. Section 8, Sub-section (4) The Game Act Amendment 15~56:- "Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions any person may enterupon occupied or other lands for the pur- pose of pursuing wounded game. Vi~iEREAS Sub-section (4~~ Section 8 of The Game Act Amendment 1856 allows any person to enter upon occupied or other lands for the pug^pose of pursuing wounded game AND ti'V~iEREAS this sub-section has been abused by upland game l~~unt,ers in making use of its provisions to enter upon occupied land on the pretext of pursuing wounded game AND V~HEREAS land posted "No Shooting" or "Pdo Hunting" may be entered upon under the provisions of this sub-section, thus ~ivi_r2g no rights of privacy to any landowner THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that this annual meeting of ratepayers of the County Of RTewell No. 4 urge the Provincial Government to cancel that portion of this sub-section of The Garne Act pertaining to game birds. 1 - i_ .l FA?'~aiiw'~.S' .UNION OF ALBERTA 9931 - 106 Street, Edmonton, Alberta. U~:.~t:ar~J ~ 195 7 P~iTNICIPAL COLLECTION OF F.U.A. DUES WHEREAS the Farmers' Union of Alberta has as its objective the welfare of rural people, and WHEREAS they have requested an amendment to the ivTunicipal Act to permit the collection of their membership dues along with taxes, and WHEREAS such a system of collection would be entirely voluntary with each ratepayer signing a requisition form requesting his dues to be collected in this manner bef ore such collection could be made, and further- more that each ratepayer could revolve such a requisition at any time, and WHEREAS the Farmers' Union of Alberta has agreed to recompense ,he municipalities for the extra work that would be involved on a basis sat- isfactory to both parties, WHEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that this meeting go on record as ;supporting the proposed amendment to the Municipal Act and instruct our councillors to make this action known to the Department of i+Qunicipal Affairs. .y