1922. 1. SASKATCHEWAN Protection of Children Chapter 15.-1. This Act may be cited as The Bureau of Child Protection Act, 2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, the expression: "Minister means the member of the Executive Council to whom is assigned the administration of this Act. 3. (1) There shall be a permanent bureau under the minister to be called the Bureau of Child Protection, and the Lieutenant-Governor in Council may appoint thereto a chief officer, to be called the Commissioner of Child Protection, and such other officers, clerks and employees as may be necessary for the proper conduct of the bureau. (2) The persons so appointed shall, under the direction of the minister, carry out the provisions of this Act and perform such other duties as may be assigned to them by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council. 4. The salaries of the commissioner and all other officials and the expenses of the bureau may be paid out of such moneys as may from time to time be appropriated by the legislature for that purpose. 5. The bureau shall, under the minister, adminster the following Acts and such other Acts as may be from time to time assigned by the Executive Council to the administration of the bureau: (a) The Children's Protection Act; (b) The Juvenile Courts Act; and 6. Wherever in any Act of the Dominion or of Saskatchewan reference is made to the Superintendent of Neglected and Dependent Children, the Commissioner of Child Protection shall be and be deemed to be for the purposes of that Act the Superintendent of Neglected and Dependent Children, and he shall possess all the powers and perform all the duties of such superintendent. 7. This Act shall come into force on the first day of May, 1922. Assented to January 24, 1922. Attachment of Debts Chapter 25.-1. Section 16 [dealing with costs in garnishee proceedings] of The Attachment of Debts Act [which provides in section 18 for the exemption from garnishment of debts of a sum of $75 or less due to a workman, etc., in respect to wages or salary], is repealed and the following substituted therefor: "16. The costs of any application for an attachment of debts and of any proceedings arising from or incidental to such application shall be in the discretion of the court or a judge, and, as regards the costs of the judgment creditor, shall, unless otherwise directed, be retained out of moneys recovered by him under the garnishee order and in priority to the amount of the judgment debt." Assented to January 24, 1922. Early Closing of Shops Chapter 36.-7. (1) Subsection (7) of section 207 [of The City Act, Revised Statutes of 1920, chapter 86, which provides in subsection (1) that a municipal council may order the early closing of any class of shops after 6 p.m.] is amended by inserting after the word "retail" in the third line the words "or public auction " [subsection (7) as amended reads: "Shop' means any building or portion of a building, booth, stall, or place where goods are exposed for sale by retail or public auction, and barbers' shops; but not where the only trade or business carried on is that of a tobacconist, newsagent, hotel, inn, victualling house or refreshment house "]. (2) Subsection (1) shall apply retrospectively in favour of by-laws passed heretofore at any time in conformity with the subsection as now amended. Assented to February 9, 1922. [Chapter 37. 6 amends The Town Act by inserting a provision similar to that made in the City Act.] Fire Prevention and Protection Chapter 38 [amending The Village Act, R. S. 1920, chap. 881.-6. (12) The said section 147 [defining the powers and duties of Councils] is further amended by adding thereto the following paragraph: "43. Subject to the provisions of The Factories Act, compelling the owners and occupants of buildings more than two storeys in height, except private dwellings, to provide proper fire escapes therefor in such places and of such pattern and mode of construction as may be deemed proper; and prohibiting the occupation of any such building unless or until such fire escapes are provided." Assented to February 9, 1922. [Chapter 39, amending the Rural Municipalities Act, R.S. 1920, chap, 89, section 9, subsection 37, makes a provision similar to the foregoing, in regard to rural districts.] Employers to furnish Assessors with information as to Employees. Chapter 38 [amending The Village Act, R. S., 1920, chap. 88]. 10. Section 233 is repealed and the following substituted therefor: 233. It shall be the duty of every person employing any other person in his trade, manufacture, business or calling to give to the assessor on demand information concerning the names, places of residence and remuneration of all persons employed by him whose wages, salary or remuneration exceed $2,000 per annum in the case of married persons and widows and widowers with children, or $1,000 per annum in the case of all other persons." [The figure $2,000 in the above subsection is substituted for $1,500.] Assented to February 9, 1922. School Attendance for Children Chapter 48.-1. The School Attendance Act is amended in the manner hereinafter set forth. 2. Subsection (1) of section 3 [which provided that "every parent, guardian or other person having charge of a child over seven and under 14 years of age, shall send such child to the school of the district in which he resides for the whole period during which the school is in operation each year "] is amended by substituting the word "fifteen " for the word "fourteen" in the second line. 3. Subsection (1) of section 6 [which provided that no child under 14 years who has not a valid excuse under this Act shall be employed by any person during school hours while school is in session, etc.] is amended by substituting the word "fifteen " for the word "fourteen " in the first line. 7. Subsection (1) of section 21 [providing penalties for parents of children under 14 years who fail to attend school] is amended by substituting the word "fifteen for the word "fourteen " in the third line. [The following sections and subsections are also amended by substituting the word "fifteen" for "fourteen" as the age limit for compulsory school attendance: section 16 (1); section 18 (1); section 19; section 22; section 25.] 10. This Act shall come into force on the first day of July, 1922. Assented to February 9, 1922. Licensing of Hawkers, Pedlers, etc. Chapter 60.-1. Section 2 of The Hawkers and Pedlers Act is repealed and the following substituted therefor: "2. (1) In this Act, and subject to the provisions of subsectioin (2), unless the context otherwise requires, the expression: "1. 'Hawker' or 'pedler' means a person who: 66 (a) goes from house to house selling or offering for sale goods, wares or merchandise; or (b) carries and exposes for sale goods, wares or merchandise; or (c) carries and exposes samples or patterns of goods, wares or merchandise or specimens of work done, cuts or blue prints for purposes of sale by such samples, patterns, specimens, cuts or blue prints, and upon the understanding that such goods, wares or merchandise will afterwards be delivered in the province to any person who is not a wholesale or retail dealer therein; or "(d) sells goods, wares or merchandise upon the streets; notwithstanding that the sale includes an agreement regarding the erection, construction or installation of, or other work to be performed in connection with, such or similar goods, wares or merchandise, or an agreement to use artistic or mechanical skill in the production of the goods, wares or merchandise to be delivered. "(2) The provisions of subsection (1) shall not apply to: "(a) any person selling newspapers, magazines, books, farm implements, lumber and coal, lightning rods, pianos, organs, automobiles, tombstones or nursery stock; "(b) any farmer selling products of his own farm; "(c) any person selling fish of his own catching; "(d) the bona fide servant or employee of any such person or farmer having written authority to sell; or (e) any merchant who, in the municipality in which he has a recognized place of business and who pays a business, tax or a tax on his stock in trade in the municipality, sells or offers for sale goods, wares or merchandise which he ordinarily deals in." 2. (1) Subsection (1) of section 5 of the said Act is repealed and the following substituted therefor: "(1) For every hawker's or pedler's license there shall be paid to the Provincial Secretary the sum of one hundred dollars except where a license is issued after the 30th day of September, in which case the fee therefor shall be fifty dollars, and every license shall expire on the thirty-first day of December in each year." "(2) Subsection (2) of the said section [providing for transfer of license from one person to another within two months of issue] is amended by striking out the word "two" in the third line and substituting "six." Assented to January 24, 1922. [Chapters 36, 37, 38 and 39 amend respectively The City Act, The Town Act, The Village Act and The Rural Municipality Act, redefining 'hawkers' or 'pedlers' as in the foregoing Act.] Assented to February 9, 1922. Inspection and Regulation of Factories Chapter 68.-1. Schedule B of The Factories Act is amended by striking out the first five lines and the first word in the sixth line of the second paragraph of Form A, and the first five lines of the first paragraph of Form B, and substituting the following: "Under The Factories Act the expression "child" means a male person under the age of fourteen years or a female person under the age of fifteen years; "youth means a male person of the age of fourteen years and under the age of sixteen years; young girl" means a female person of the age of fifteen years and under the age of eighteen years." [In the original Act the definition of "child" was "a person under the age of fourteen years;" the definition of a "young girl 66 was a female person of the age of fourteen years and under the age of eighteen years." The definition of "youth" remains unchanged.] Assented to January 24, 1922. Inspection and Regulation of Boilers Chapter 69.-1. Section 2 of The Steam Boilers Act is amended by adding thereto the following subsection: "(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in paragraph 1 of the preceding subsection the Provincial Chief Inspector of Steam Boilers may, from time to time, give written notice to the owner or user of any boiler of less capacity than two horsepower, that such of the provisions of this Act as are specified in the notice shall thereafter apply to such boiler, and thereupon such provisions shall so apply until withdrawn by subsequent notice in writing." Assented to February 9, 1922. Minimum Wage Chapter 72.-1. Clause (b) of subsection (1) of section 4 of The Minimum Wage Act [defining the scope of the board's authority] is repealed and the following substituted therefor: "(b) to establish standards of minimum wages, of hours of employment and, subject to the provisions of The Factories Act and of The Public Health Act, of sanitary conditions and requirements for such employees, to determine what number or proportion of the employees in a shop or factory may be apprentices and for the purposes of this section to make all necessary orders." [The words "and of The Public Health Act" in the foregoing subsection, are new.] Assented to January 24, 1922. Mothers' Allowances Chapter 73.-1. This Act may be cited as The Mothers' Allowances Act, 1922. 2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, the expression: 66 1. Minister means the member of the Executive Council to whom for the time being the administration of this Act is assigned; 2. " Superintendent" means the Superintendent of Neglected and Dependent Children appointed under The Children's Protection Act. 3. (1) Subject to the provisions of this Act and of any regulations made thereunder, monthly payments, not to exceed in the whole the amount voted for that purpose by the legislature, may be paid to provide support or partial support for the dependent children, under sixteen years of age, of any woman who by reason of poverty is unable to take proper care of her child or children, and who: (a) is a widow or the wife of an inmate of a gaol or penitentiary, of an institution for incurables or for the feeble minded or insane in Canada, or of a man who is permanently incapacitated by incurable disease or insanity from contributing sufficiently to the support of his family; or (b) being unmarried or a widow, has resident with her one or more such children who are orphans, and is the grandmother, sister, aunt, or other suitable person acting as the foster mother of such children, and has not adequate means to care properly for them without the assistance of an allowance under this Act. (2) Allowances shall be paid under subsection (1) only where it is shown to the satisfaction of the Lieutenant-Governor in Council that the grantee: (a) is resident in Canada and was so resident for at least two years prior to the time of making application for an allowance; (b) is resident in Saskatchewan at the time of the application, and was so resident for at least one year immediately prior thereto; (c) continues to reside in Saskatchewan with the dependent child or children while in receipt of an allowance; (d) is a fit and proper person to have care and custody of such child or children. 4. It shall be the duty of the superintendent: (a) to inquire into the merits of all applications for allowances and to advise the minister as to the expediency of granting, continuing, altering or withdrawing the same; and (b) to carry out the provisions of this Act and the regulations under the direction of the minister. 5. When legislation has been passed in another province for reciprocal action with regard to beneficiaries under this Act the superintendent may recommend to the Lieutenant Governor in Council the grant of an allowance to any person who: (a) has been in receipt of an allowance in such other province and moves into Saskatchewan; or (b) has resided in such other province and in Saskatchewan for periods which together equal the term of residence required by this Act in the case of a resident of Saskatchewan; and the Lieutenant-Governor in Council may consider such recommendation and direct the payment of an allowance accordingly. 6. The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may make regulations for the administration of this Act, the control of all expenditures to be made thereunder, and the appointment of necessary officials. 7. The Mother's Pensions Act is hereby repealed. 8. This Act shall come into force on the first day of May, 1922. Assented to February 3, 1922. Thresher Employees' Liens Chapter 82.-1. The Thresher Employees' Act is amended in the manner hereinafter set forth. 2. Subsection (1) of section 3 [which reads as follows: "Any employee who works for wages on or about any threshing machine shall to the extent of his wages have a claim against the earnings of his employer in the hands of a third person for whom such threshing has been done by his employer and in the course of which such employee was engaged; and such claim shall have priority over all assignments, attachments or garnishments of such earnings whensoever made and over every claim or right of every kind and description whatsoever "] is amended by striking out the words" and in the course of which such employee was engaged" in the fifth and sixth lines. 3. Section 6 [respecting liability of third person] is repealed and the following substituted therefor: "6. In case a claim under this Act has within the said twenty days has been served upon him such third person shall hold in his possession such sum of money until the expiration of thirty days from the completion of such threshing or for such further time as is provided by this Act: "Provided that such third person shall, on default so to hold in his possession such sum of money, be to the extent thereof liable for the wages due to every employee in respect of such threshing." Assented to February 9, 1922. |