posts of the same type as the special posts above described as marking the boundary from the point marked by the monument bearing the inscriptions, on the southeast side, "No. 220 ONTARIO", and on the northwest side, “No. 220 MANITOBA", to the most eastern point of Island Lake, and said portion of the boundary being also marked at intervals of from five miles to twenty-five miles in length by concrete monuments bearing brass plates on which are the following inscriptions: on the southeast side, the number of the monument and the word "ONTARIO", and on the northwest side, the number of the monument and the word "MANITOBA"; and as said boundary is shown on three plans of the Ontario-Manitoba Boundary, namely (1) from monument No. 220 on the twelfth Base Line to monument No. 295 at east end of Island Lake; (2) from monument No. 295 at east end of Island Lake to monument No. 356; and (3) from monument No. 356 to monument No. 457A at Hudson Bay; duly approved by the three Commissioners appointed in 1931 on the 26th day of January 1953, and of record in the Department of Mines and Technical Surveys at Ottawa. Preamble. THE ALBERTA-BRITISH COLUMBIA BOUNDARY ACT, 1955 3-4 ELIZABETH II, CHAPTER 24 An Act respecting the Boundary between the Provinces of [Assented to 28th June, 1955.] WHEREAS the Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom known as The British Columbia Act, 1866, defines the eastern boundary of the Province of British Columbia as a line extending "from the Boundary of the United States Northwards by the Rocky Mountains and the one hundred and twentieth Meridian of West Longitude", and the Act of the Parliament of Canada. known as the Alberta Act, chapter 3 of the Statutes of 1905, defines the western boundary of the Province of Alberta as being the eastern boundary of the Province of British Columbia; AND WHEREAS by the Act of the Parliament of Canada known as The Alberta-British Columbia Boundary Act, 1932, the boundary line between the Provinces of Alberta and British Columbia from the boundary of the United States to a point on the one hundred and twentieth meridian of west longitude in or about latitude north fifty-seven degrees, twenty-six minutes and forty and twenty-five one hundredths seconds was declared to be the boundary line surveyed, marked and laid down in the manner referred to in the preamble of that Act; AND WHEREAS the northerly extension of the boundary line between the Provinces of Alberta and British Columbia from the point hereinbefore described to the sixtieth parallel of north latitude has been surveyed and marked on the ground by commissioners appointed for the purpose in accordance with the description of the eastern boundary of British Columbia defined in The British Columbia Act, 1866, which boundary line as so surveyed is shown upon twelve map-sheets signed by the commissioners and of record in the Department of Mines and Surveys at Ottawa; AND WHEREAS the legislatures of the Provinces of Alberta and British Columbia having consented thereto, it is desirable that the boundary line so surveyed and marked on the ground be declared the boundary line between the Provinces of Alberta and British Columbia from the point hereinbefore described to the sixtieth parallel of north latitude; NOW THEREFORE, Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows: 1. This Act may be cited as the Alberta-British Columbia Short title. Boundary Act, 1955. declared. 2. The boundary line surveyed and marked on the ground Boundary by commissioners appointed in 1950, 1952 and 1953 to delimit the boundary between the Provinces of Alberta and British Columbia and shown on twelve map-sheets entitled "Boundary between Alberta and British Columbia", numbered 55 to 66, signed by the commissioners and of record in the Department of Mines and Technical Surveys at Ottawa is hereby declared to be the boundary line between the Provinces of Alberta and British Columbia from a point on the one hundred and twentieth meridian of west longitude in or about latitude north fifty-seven degrees, twenty-six minutes and forty and twenty-five one hundredths seconds to the sixtieth degree of north latitude, and in so far as the boundary line so described increases, diminishes or otherwise alters the limits of those Provinces, their limits are increased, diminished or otherwise altered accordingly. 3. This Act shall come into force on a day to be fixed by Coming proclamation of the Governor in Council.(1) into force. (1) This Act came into force on the 1st April, 1956. Canada Gazette, NATURAL RESOURCES The Alberta Natural Resources Act, 1930, c. 3...... The Alberta Natural Resources Act, No. 2, 1931, c. 15...... PAGE 361 369 The Alberta Natural Resources Transfer (Amendment) Act, 1941, c. 22 371 374 The Alberta Natural Resources Transfer (Amendment) Act, 1951 (1st 383 The Railway Belt and Peace River Block Act, 1930 (1st Sess.), c. 37.. 385 392 The Manitoba Natural Resources Transfer (Amendment) Act, 1948 (1947-48), c. 60.... 402 The Manitoba Natural Resources Transfer (Amendment) Act, 1951 (1st Sess.), c. 53... 405 The Saskatchewan Natural Resources Act, 1930, c. 41...... 408 The Saskatchewan Natural Resources Act, No. 2, 1931, c. 51........ The Saskatchewan Natural Resources Act, No. 3, 1947, c. 45....................... 415 417 420 422 The Refunds (Natural Resources) Act, 1932, c. 35.... 424 The Natural Resources Transfer (Amendment) Act, 1938, c. 36...... The Natural Resources Transfer (School Lands) Amendment Act, 1960-61, c. 62.. 425 432 THE ALBERTA NATURAL RESOURCES ACT 20-21 GEORGE V, CHAPTER 3 An Act respecting the transfer of the Natural Resources of Alberta [Assented to 30th May, 1930.] HIS MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows: 1. This Act may be cited as The Alberta Natural Resources Short title. Act. 2. The agreement set out in the schedule hereto is hereby Agreement confirmed. approved, subject to the proviso that, in addition to the rights accruing hereunder to the province of Alberta, the said province Proviso. shall be entitled to such further rights, if any, with respect to the subject matter of the said agreement as are required to be vested in the said province in order that it may enjoy rights equal to those which may be conferred upon or reserved to the province of Saskatchewan under any agreement upon a like subject matter hereafter approved and confirmed in the same manner as the said agreement. BETWEEN SCHEDULE MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT Made this fourteenth day of December, 1929, THE GOVERNMENT OF THE DOMINION OF CANADA, represented herein AND Of the first part, THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PROVINCE OF ALBERTA, represented herein by WHEREAS by section twenty-one of The Alberta Act, being chapter three of four and five Edward the Seventh, it was provided that "All Crown lands, mines and minerals and royalties incident thereto, and the interest of the Crown in the waters within the province under The Northwest Irrigation Act, 1898, shall continue to be vested in the Crown and administered by the Government of Canada for the purposes of Canada, subject to the provisions of any Act of the Parliament of Canada with respect to road allowances and roads or trails in force immediately before the coming into force of this Act, which shall apply to the said province with the substitution therein of the said province for the North-west Territories"; |