power conferred upon him by this Act or any regulation 29. Where no other or different provision is made General penalty herein, every person guilty of violating any of the pro- or violation of Act visions of this Act, or the regulations or orders made hereunder shall be liable to a penalty of not more than fifty dollars and costs, and in default of payment thereof to a term of imprisonment not exceeding three months with or without hard labour. [1910(2), c. 17, s. 29; 1911-12, c. 4, s. 39(4); 1921, c. 21, s. 9.] penalties 30. The penalties imposed by this Act shall be recover- Recovery of able on summary conviction before a justice of the peace or a police magistrate. [1910(2), c. 17, s. 30.] 31. The provisions of Part XV of The Criminal Code shall apply to all prosecutions under this Act. [1910(2), c. 17, s. 31.] Short title HIS CHAPTER 59. An Act respecting Public Health Nurses. IS MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Alberta, enacts as follows: Short Title. 1. This Act may be cited as "The Public Health Nurses Act." [1919, c. 7, s. 1.] Interpretation. Interpretation Association Minister Provision for acquisition of membership Register of nurses 2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- Membership. 3.-(1) Any person may become a member of the Public Service Nurses' Association upon complying with the rules or regulations as to membership thereof formulated by the association and approved of by the Minister. [1919, c. 7, s. 3.] (2) Any member of the Alberta Association of Graduate Nurses shall by registering and subscribing as in the next following section provided become a member of the association. Public Service Nurses' Register. 4. The Minister shall keep in his office a register, known as the Public Service Nurses' Register, in which each member of the Alberta Association of Graduate Nurses may record her name and address and may subscribe to the following written undertaking: "I agree that so long as I remain an active member of the nursing profession, I shall at all times, when possible, in case the Provincial Board of Health declares that any disease in any part of the Province has become epidemic or pandemic, obey the call of the Minister, or such health official or officials as may be properly authorized to issue such call, and I shall practise my profession while the said disease remains epidemic or pandemic, whenever and wherever I may be directed by the Minister or any such official." [1919, c. 7, s. 4.] Management. of council 5. The affairs of the association shall be managed by Establishment a council (herein referred to as "the council"), consisting of seven members, all of whom shall be members of the association, and shall hold office for two years or until their successors are elected. [1919, c. 7, s. 6.] Election of Council. elections 6. Elections shall be conducted by the registrar and shall Times of be held every second year at such place, on such date, and in such manner as the council by by-law or regulation, not inconsistent with this Act, may determine. [1919, c. 7, s. 8.] election 7. Each member of the association in good standing Eligibility for resident in the Province of Alberta, shall be eligible for election to the council. [1919, c. 7, s. 9.] to voting 8. (1) Every member of the association in good stand- Provision as ing shall be entitled to vote at any election for members of the council, and may vote for not more nor less than seven persons. (2) In the event of any elector placing more or less than seven names on her voting paper, it shall not be counted. [1919, c. 7, s. 10.] 9. At least two weeks prior to the holding of the election Issue of list of the registrar shall make out a list of the names and addresses qualified to of the members of the association who are entitled to vote vote at such election, and transmit a copy of such list by post to each member whose name appears thereon. [1919, c. 7, s. 11.] of errors in 10. In case any member complains to the registrar, at Rectification least one week before the election, of the improper omission list or insertion of any name from or on the list, it shall be the duty of the registrar forthwith to examine into the complaint, and rectify the error, if any. [1919, c. 7, s. 12.] of qualification 11. No person whose name does not appear on the Determination list or amended list shall be entitled to be elected or to by list vote at such elections. [1919, c. 7, s. 13.] 12. At all elections retiring members of the council Re-election shall be eligible for re-election. [1919, c. 7, s. 14.] fees, etc., 13. No person shall be entitled to vote or to be elected Payment of unless all fees and other moneys owing by her to the associa- before voting tion are paid before the day of election. [1919, c. 7, s. 15.] Method of voting and 14. Each voter shall vote by ballot in form A in the form of ballot schedule to this Act, or a form to the like effect, and may mail the same in a sealed envelope, marked "Ballot' postage prepaid, to the registrar, or may deliver the same to the registrar before the hour prescribed by the council for opening the voting papers. [1919, c. 7, s. 16.] Counting and recording votes Casting vote Notification to elected members Filling vacancies Retention of voting papers Settlement of election questions Wrongful use of ballot paper 15. All voting papers received by the registrar prior to the hour prescribed for opening the voting papers shall at the prescribed hour and place be opened by the registrar, in the presence of such persons entitled to vote, as may attend, and the registrar shall then scrutinize and count the votes, and keep a record thereof. [1919, c. 7, s. 17.] 16. In case of an equality of votes between two or more persons, the registrar shall have the casting vote. [1919, c. 7, s. 18.] 17. (1) The registrar shall forthwith after the election notify the seven members receiving the highest number of votes of their election, and they shall constitute the council for the next ensuing two years, or until their successors are appointed. (2) Any vacancy occurring in the council between elections shall be filled by the council from the members of the association, and any person so filling a vacancy shall hold office until the next subsequent election. [1919, c. 7, s. 19.] 18. The voting papers relating to any election shall be retained by the secretary with all other papers relating to the election until all questions arising out of the election have been decided. [1919, c. 7, s. 20.] 19.-(1) In the event of any dispute as to the election of all or any of the persons declared by the registrar to have been elected to the council, the same may be decided in a summary way by a judge of the Supreme Court upon application made by any member of the association within ten days from the date of the election. (2) The judge shall, in and about such application, have the powers of a Judge in Chambers upon the hearing of a summons in an action pending in such Court. (3) The decision of the judge shall be final, and the costs of the application shall be in his discretion. [1919, c. 7, s. 21.] 20. No person shall sign the name of any other person upon any voting paper, under this Act, or alter or add to or falsify or fill up any blank in any voting paper signed by another person. [1919, c. 7, s. 22.] of acting 21. In the event of there being no registrar (for the Appointment time being) of the association, at the time at which any registrar election under this Act is to be held, or in the event of such registrar being unable from illness or other unavoidable cause to act at such election, then and in such case the president for the time being of the association shall appoint under her hand, some other person to act as registrar, and such person so appointed shall perform all the duties of such registrar as prescribed by this Act. [1919, c. 7, s. 23.] to make 22. The council shall make by-laws and regulations, Duty of council not inconsistent with this Act, to promote the interests by-laws, etc. of the association, and may amend the same from time to time as in their judgment seems wise. [1919, c. 7, s. 24.] Officers of Association. of officers of 23. Each council shall at its first meeting, from among Appointment its members appoint a president, first vice-president, second council vice-president, secretary, treasurer and registrar: Provided, however, that any appointee may hold the position of the three last mentioned officers or any two of them. [1919, c. 7, s. 25.] absence of 24. In the absence of the president the first vice- Procedure in president, or in her absence the second vice-president, president, etc. shall act instead of the president. [1919, c. 7, s. 27.] 25. The council shall cause to be kept by the registrar Keeping a book or register to be known as "The Register of the register Public Service Nurses' Association" (hereinafter called "the register") in which shall be entered the name of every member of the association. [1919, c. 7, s. 28.] 26. A majority of the council shall constitute a quorum quorum for the transaction of business. [1919, c. 7, s. 29.] Funds of Association. to fees, etc. 27. All fees, dues and subscriptions payable under the Provision as provisions of this Act shall be the property of the association and shall be paid to the treasurer. [1919, c. 7, s. 30.] withdrawal 28. The funds of the association shall be deposited by Deposit and the treasurer to the credit of the association in a chartered bank, and shall be withdrawn only by cheque signed by the treasurer and countersigned by the president, or in her absence, one of the vice-presidents. [1919, c. 7, s. 31.] disbursements 29. The funds of the association shall be disbursed and Control of appropriated under the direction of the council. [1919, c. 7, s. 32.] |