of boys and girls respectively under which they shall be required to be in their homes at the hour appointed.

"(2) A child found in a public place after the time appointed may be warned to go home by any constable or peace officer, and if after such warning the child is found loitering in a public place such child may be taken by the constable or officer to its home or to a children's shelter.

"(3) Any parent may be summoned for permitting his child to habitually violate such by-law and may be fined for the first offence $1, without costs, and for the second offence $2, and for a third or any subsequent offence $5.

"207b. (1) The council may pass by-laws for regulating and controlling and licensing children engaged as

"(a) express or dispatch messengers;

"(b) vendors of newspapers and smallwares;

"(c) bootblacks.

"(2) No license fee imposed hereunder shall exceed the sum of 50 cents per annum, and no child engaged in two or more of the said occupations shall be compelled to take out more than one license, nor pay more than one license fee.

"(3) No such license shall be granted to a female child of any age nor to a male child under the age of 12 years, nor to a male child of the age of 12 years but under the age of fourteen years, unless in the latter case such child presents written authority from his parent or guardian authorizing him to make application for a license for the purpose of engaging in any of the above named occupations.

"(4) No licensee under this section shall be permitted to engage in any occupation for which he is licensed within the limits of the municipality after the hour of eight o'clock in the evening in the months of December, January and February, or after the hour of nine o'clock in the evening throughout the rest of the year, or during school hours."

Assented to March 25, 1924.

Chapter 14.-1. The Town Act is amended in the manner hereinafter set forth.

8. The following headings and sections are inserted after section 196: [These are identical with those inserted in the City Act, chapter 13, ante.]

Assented to March 25, 1924.

Chapter 25-1. Until adequate provision has been made for the education, care and maintenance within Saskatchewan of blind and deaf children, the Minister in charge of the Bureau of Child Protection may make an agreement with the Government of any other province, or with any society, association or corporation owning or controlling institutions therein suitable for the purpose, upon such terms and conditions as may be approved by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council, for such Government, society, association or corporation to receive, educate, care for and maintain such children or any class of such children in any of its asylums, schools or other institutions; and any agreement entered into may be made for a number of years or may provide that it shall continue until terminated by mutual consent or otherwise.

Assented to March 25, 1924.

Farmers' Co-operation

Chapter 26.-This Act may be cited as the Agricultural Co-operative Associations Act, 1924. [Amendments relate to procedure for incorporation, the powers of an association, capital and shares, apportionment of profit, dissolution, etc.]

Assented to March 25, 1924.

Licensing of Auctioneers

Chapter 35.-1. The Auctioneers' Act (Revised Statutes, chapter 146) is amended in the manner hereinafter set forth.

2. The following sections are inserted after section 6 [which provides a penalty up to $100 for persons selling by auction without proper license]:

"6a. Nothing in this Act shall be deemed to authorize the holder of a provincial license to sell in any city or town without having first obtained a license from the municipality; and the council of a city or town may grant, refuse or revoke an auctioneer's license under sections 208 to 213, inclusive, of the City Act or the corresponding sections of the Town Act, notwithstanding that the applicant or holder is licensed under this Act.

"6b. (1) The Provincial Secretary may at any time suspend or revoke a license on account of the misconduct of the holder or on account of an infraction by him of the provisions of this Act.

"(2) In case a license is revoked the Provincial Secretary may refuse to issue to the offender a further license, either in the same or in any subsequent year."

Assented to March 25, 1924.

Landlord and Tenant

Chapter 37.-1. The Landlord and Tenant Act is amended in the manner hereinafter set forth.

2. The following section is inserted after section 25:

"25a. The following goods and chattels shall not be liable to seizure by a distress by a landlord for rent, namely:

"(a) the beds, bedding and bedsteads (including perambulators or cradles) in ordinary use by the debtor and his family;

"(b) the necessary and ordinary wearing apparel of the debtor and his family; "(c) one cooking stove with pipes and furnishings, one other heating stove with pipes, two towels, one washbasin, one kitchen table, one tea kettle, one teapot, one saucepan, one frying pan, and for each member of the family the following, namely: one chair, one cup and saucer, one plate, one knife, one fork and one

spoon;

"(d) all necessary fuel, meat, fish, flour and vegetables for the ordinary consumption of the debtor and his family for thirty days;

"(e) the tools or agricultural implements used by the debtor in the practice of his trade or occupation, to the value of $300;

"(f) one axe, one saw."

Assented to March 25, 1924.

Licensing of Chauffeurs

Chapter 42.-1. This Act may be cited as the Vehicles Act, 1924.

c. 182, s. 1.

R.S.S. 1920,

2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, the expression:1. "Chauffeur " means a person operating or driving a motor vehicle for hire or an employee hired or engaged for the purpose of operating a motor vehicle. [Unchanged.]

Chauffeurs

12. Every person who desires to operate a motor vehicle as a chauffeur shall obtain from the Provincial Secretary a chauffeur's license, first satisfying the Provincial Secretary or some person appointed for the purpose, that he is a fit and proper person and well skilled and capable of operating a motor vehicle. R.S.S. 1920, c. 182, s. 15. [Section number changed.]

13. No chauffeur's license shall be granted to any person under the age of 18 years: Provided that upon proving to the satisfaction of the Provincial Secretary or some person appointed for the purpose by special examination test that he is skilled and capable, any applicant under the age of 18 years but over the age of 16 years may be granted a chauffeur's license. R.S.S. 1920, c. 182, s. 16. [Section number changed.]

14. (1) The Provincial Secretary shall issue with every license to a chauffeur, a numbered metal badge, which shall be worn pinned upon the cap or clothing in a conspicuous place at all times while the holder is operating a motor vehicle upon the public highway. (2) If any person other than the licensee to whom a badge was issued shall wear the same while driving a motor vehicle, the license with which the badge was issued may be cancelled. [The words "by the Provincial Secretary" are omitted at end of subsection.] (3) If a licensee drives a motor vehicle without displaying his badge, or displays any badge other than that issued with his license, his license may be cancelled. [The words "by the Provincial Secretary" are omitted at end of subsection.]

[The former subsection (4) is omitted.]

(4) A nonresident chauffeur driving a visiting motor vehicle shall be exempt from registration, provided he wears the badge assigned to him in the province or country of his residence. [Number of subsection changed.]

[The former subsection (6) is omitted.]

(5) If any chauffeur loses the badge issued to him or if such badge is destroyed, he shall forthwith apply to the Provincial Secretary for a new badge, returning his license and accompanying his application with an affidavit that the original badge has been lost or destroyed. He shall thereupon and upon payment of the prescribed fee receive a new badge and the license duly altered shall be returned to him. R.S.S. 1920, c. 182, s. 17, amended. [Number of subsection is changed.]

Assented to March 25, 1924.

Employment Agencies

Chapter 43.-1. The Employment Agencies Act is amended in the manner hereinafter set forth.

2. Section 4 [which provides that "the provisions of this Act shall not apply to persons whose agency is confined to supplying positions in connection with educational institutions"] is amended by inserting the word "foregoing" before the word "provisions" in the first line.

3. The following section is added to the Act:

"5. No person or firm acting as or operating an employment agency shall, after the first day of July, 1924, use the word 'Saskatchewan' as part of the name of such agency." Assented to March 25, 1924.

Child Welfare

Chapter 44.-The Children's Protection Act is amended in the manner hereinafter set forth:

[The amendments provide that no parent may surrender a child to a children's aid society without having first obtained the consent in writing of the Superintendent of Neglected and Dependent Children. The sections of the original act relating to the time after which children must not be in a public place and to the licensing of children in street trades, are repealed and are incorporated in the City Act and the Town Act as shown above in chapters 13 and 14. The transfer of any child to the care and custody of any person other than its parents is forbidden without the consent of the superintendent.] Assented to March 25, 1924.

Employment of Labour-Masters and Servants

Chapter 47-1. Section 6 of the Masters and Servants Act is repealed and the following substituted therefor:

"6. Such proceedings may be taken

"(a) before a justice of the peace residing within the municipality in which the master or employer resides; or

or

"(b) if the master or employer resides in a rural municipality or local improvement district, before a justice of the peace residing either in such municipality or district or in a city, town or village situated within the outer boundaries thereof [the words "provided in either case there is a justice so residing are omitted]; "(c) if the master or employer resides in a rural municipality or local improvement district and there is no justice of the peace residing as required by clause (b), then before a justice residing in a municipality adjoining such rural municipality or district [formerly "before any justice of the peace in the judicial district within which the master or employer resides "]:

"Provided that notwithstanding anything hereinbefore in this section contained such proceedings may in any case be taken before the justice of the peace whose place of residence is nearest the residence of the master or employer." [The section re-drafted throughout.]

Assented to March 25, 1924.

Mechanics' Liens

Chapter 48.-1. The Mechanics' Lien Act is amended in the manner hereinafter set

forth.

2. Section 8 [which provides that where property covered by lien is destroyed by fire the insurance due thereon "shall" be subject to claims for liens, etc.] is amended by inserting after the word "shall" in the fifth line the words "after satisfying the claims, if any, of mortgagees or chargees under prior registered instruments."

3. Subsection (3) of section 11 is repealed and the following substituted therefor:"(3) Payment of the percentage required to be retained under subsection (1) may be validly made so as to discharge all liens or charges under this Act in respect thereof after the expiration of the said period of thirty days mentioned in subsection (1), unless in the meantime a claim of lien has been registered or an action has been commenced under this Act to enforce any lien or charge as provided by sections 23 and 24." [The last clause formerly read: "unless in the meantime proceedings have been commenced under this Act to enforce any lien or charge against such percentage as provided by sections 23 and 24."]

4. Section 23 [respecting the duration of lien] is amended by striking out the words "in this and section 22," where they occur in the fourth and fifth lines of the proviso [contains the condition that failure to register claim within the times mentioned in sections 22 and 23 shall not defeat iien except in certain cases. Section 11 relates to percentage deducted and retained for certain period] and substituting the words "in this section and in sections 11 and 22."

5. Section 32 [providing for the serving of notices to lien-holders] is amended by adding thereto the following subsection:

"(2) Such party [i.e., setting an action down for trial] shall also, at least ten days before the opening of the sitting of the court, serve notice of trial (form G) upon the owner. Such service may be personal, or may be made by mailing the notice in a registered envelope, addressed to the owner at his last-known place of abode, postage prepaid, or in such other manner as the judge may direct."

6. (1) Form G in the schedule is amended by inserting after the third paragraph the following:

"The following liens have been registered against the said lands, as appears by the records of the Land Titles Office: [form omitted.]

(2) Form G [fixing the form of notice of trial] is further amended by adding thereto the following notice:

"To the above named owner, Defendant:

"This notice of trial has been or will be served upon each claimant mentioned above. Such claimants will be at liberty to appear at the trial and then and there prove their claims, and, upon the property being sold under the provisions of the Mechanics' Lien Act, each will be entitled to share in the proceeds of sale for such amount as may have been allowed him on the trial. Should the proceeds of sale prove insufficient to satisfy all the claims, the claimants will be entitled to recover judgment for their respective shares of the deficiency."

7. This Act shall come into force on the first day of July, 1924.

Assented to March 25, 1924.

ALBERTA

Minimum Wages for Women

Chapter 3-1. This Act may be cited as the Statute Law Amendment Act, 1924.

13. The Minimum Wage Act, being chapter 181 of the Revised Statutes of Alberta, 1922, is amended

(a) As to section 10 thereof [which provides that the Board may fix periods of employment for different classes of employees, and in so doing "shall determine the time or times to be allowed for meals "]

(i) by striking out the words "shall determine the time or times" where they occur in subsection (1) thereof, and substituting therefor the words " may determine the time or times";

(ii) by adding as subsection (3) thereof the following:

"(3) Where, by reason of the season of the year or otherwise, it seems advisable, the board may temporarily increase the working hours for any class of employees and determine the rate at which such overtime shall be remunerated, and may temporarily increase the number of apprentices which may be employed in any trade or occupation.'

(b) As to section 11 thereof [which provides that "the Board may at any time authorize any person", etc.] by striking out subsection (1), and substituting therefor the following:

11. (1) The minister may appoint inspectors or authorize any person to enter upon any premises whereon any employee is employed and to question any employee apart from her employer with the object of ascertaining whether any order made under this Act is being carried out."

(c) As to section 12 thereof [fixing the penalty to be imposed on an employer for disobeying an order of the Board] by striking out the words "not exceeding five hundred dollars and not less than twenty-five dollars" where they occur in subsection (1) thereof, and substituting therefor the words "not exceeding five hundred dollars and costs and not less than twenty-five dollars and costs."

(d) By adding section 12a thereto as follows:

"12a. Every employer who disobeys any order made by the board, other than an order establishing a minimum wage, or hinders or prevents the entry of an inspector or other person authorized to enter upon premises under the provisions of this Act, or contravenes any regulation made under the provisions of this Act, shall, upon summary conviction, be liable

"(a) for a first offence, to a penalty of not less than twenty dollars nor more than one hundred dollars and costs;

"(b) for a second offence, to a penalty of not less than seventy-five dollars nor more than two hundred and fifty dollars and costs;

"(c) for a third offence, to a penalty of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars and costs, with or without imprisonment for a period not exceeding one month."

(e) By adding section 14a thereto as follows:

"14a. Every employer shall, upon request, give to any apprentice who has been employed by him and has left his employment, a written statement of the time of such employment." Assented to April 12, 1924.

Protection of Electrical Workers

Chapter 3-1. This Act may be cited as the Statute Law Amendment Act, 1924.

17. The Electrical Protection Act, being chapter 192 of the Revised Statutes of Alberta, 1922, is amended as to section 6 thereof [which reads: "All electrical plant in existence on or established after April 17, 1919, shall be subject to the regulations of the Board hereinbefore referred to; provided however that all electrical plant in existence upon the said date shall be exempted from such regulations until March 1, 1924," etc.] by adding at the end of the first proviso the words "or until such later date as may, with respect to any plant and under special circumstances, be prescribed from time to time by the board" [i.e., the Workmen's Compensation Board],

Assented to April 12, 1924.

Co-operative Associations

Chapter 3-1. This Act may be cited as the Statute Law Amendment Act, 1924. 34. The Co-operative Associations Act, being chapter 160 of the Revised Statutes of Alberta, 1922, is amended by adding to section 3, subsection (8), thereto as follows:"(8) From and after the first day of May, 1924, no association which has for its object the marketing of agricultural products through co-operation shall be incorporated under this Act."

Assented to April 12, 1924.