subject to appeal to the Municipal Commissioner in the same manner, as an account of any such hospital for treatment. 9 Ed. 7, c. 7, s. 1.

declared

to remove

$1.50 per day

22. Should a patient in a public ward of a hospital be if patient declared by the hospital board to be incurable or unsuitable incurable, for hospital treatment, the municipality of which he was a municipality resident shall remove him when requested to do so, and, in him or pay case of failure to do so after three weeks' written notice by afterwards. registered mail from the hospital, shall be liable for and shall pay to the hospital at the rate of one dollar and fifty cents a day thereafter as long as such patient remains in a public ward of such hospital. 9 Ed. 7, c. 7, s. 1.

paying hos

remedy over

his estate.

23. Upon payment by a municipality of an account of Municipality a hospital for treatment or burial of a public ward patient, pital to have as hereinbefore mentioned, the patient or his executors or against administrators shall immediately become liable for and shall patient or pay to such municipality the amount of the account so paid, and in addition to the remedy hereinafter provided the said debt may be collected and sued for by such municipality as in an ordinary action for debt, and neither the patient nor his estate shall be allowed to claim any exemption under tions allowed any statute of Manitoba as against any such claim. 9 Ed. 7, such claim. c. 7, s. 1.

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24. A municipality may, after the payment by it to hospital of any account with respect to the treatment of a public ward patient, proceed in a summary manner to collect the amount so paid, and in all such cases the proceedings shall be as follows: A notice, signed by the clerk of the municipality on its behalf, shall be served upon the person for whom or on whose behalf the municipality has made such payment, requiring such person to pay the amount of the same to the municipality (stating the amount) within thirty days from the service of such notice. If the amount be not paid within such time, any justice of the peace, on complaint being made before him on oath by the clerk of the municipality that such person has neglected to pay the amount (stating the amount) after due notice as aforesaid, shall summon such person to appear before him to answer the complaint, and shall thereupon hear and determine the complaint, and upon conviction may order the person complained. against to pay to the municipality the amount of said claim together with costs of prosecution forthwith, or at such time or times and in such amounts as he shall determine, and in default of payment shall order the collection of the same by distress and sale of the goods and chattels of the person

No exemp

as against

Collection by

municipality

from patients by summary

proceedings

before a J.P.

Additional remedy of

to recover

levying it

as taxes.

convicted. A copy of the said order may be served upon the employer of the person convicted, and when so served shall have the effect of attaching all moneys that may be due and owing, or accruing due and owing, by the employer to the person convicted, for salary, wages or otherwise, to the same extent as a garnishee order under "The County Courts Act," and such moneys shall be paid over by the employer to the clerk of the municipality in or towards satisfaction of the claim of the municipality upon the order of such justice. and when so paid shall, to the extent of the amount paid, discharge the employer from any further liability in the premises or to the person on whose behalf the said amount shall have been paid. The provisions of this clause shall not apply to female employees. 10 Ed. 7, c. 12, s. 5.

25. Any municipality, upon receipt of a certificate from municipality the Municipal Commissioner that any patient, his executors money paid by or administrators, or his estate, is or are indebted to such municipality for moneys paid by it for treatment or burial expenses of such patient (which said certificate may be issued by the Municipal Commissioner at any time after ten days from receipt of notice from the hospital, of the amount of the account against such patient and proof by the municpality of the fact that the account has been paid by it), may cause the amount so paid to be entered in the collector's roll of the municipality against any land therein owned by any such patient, or by his executors or administrators, or by the patient's husband or by the father of the patient, if the patient is living with him, and thereafter the amount so entered shall be deemed to be taxes due and duly levied and in arrear under the provisions of "The Assessment Act." 9 Ed. 7, c. 7, s. 1; 2 Geo. 5, c. 9, s. 4.

Agreement between

and hospital

26. It shall be lawful for any municipality and any hosmunicipality pital, by agreement between themselves, to provide that the to commute municipality may pay a fixed annual amount to such hospital in lieu of any liability under sections 17 to 21 of this Act to such hospital, and any such agreement shall operate to relieve the municipality from any liability under the said sections to such hospital. 9 Ed. 7, c. 7, s. 1.

liability by payment of fixed annual amount.

Payment by
Provincial
Treasurer
of hospital
accounts of

patients not

residents

of any muni

cipality.

27. In the case of a patient, treated and cared for by any hospital, who is not, in the judgment of the Municipal Commissioner, a resident of any municipality within the meaning of this Act, the account of the hospital for such treatment and care, or so much thereof as has not been collected by the hospital, may be paid by the Provincial Treasurer, on the certificate of the Municipal Commissioner, and

the Municipal Commissioner shall make a levy each year, for all such amounts so paid prior to such levy, upon all the municipalities in the judicial district in which such hospital is situated, to recoup such payments, and such levy shall be made at the same time and in the same manner and shall have the same effect, and shall be on the same basis of equalized assessments, as other levies made under "The Municipal Commissioner's Act." 10 Ed. 7, c. 12, s. 6.

Liability of

who collect
medical

employees.

28. If any payment by the Municipal Commissioner, pur- employers suant to the provisions of the preceding section, or by any municipality under any other of the provisions of this Act, fees from is in respect of any patient who, immediately prior to his admission to a hospital, was an employee of any person or persons, firm, corporation, railway or other company, whose practice or custom is to charge or deduct from the salary or wages of their employees a fee for medical attendance with respect to such employees in the event of their illness or physical disability, and such patient, at the time of his admission to such hospital, came within the class of employees above set forth, the amount so paid shall on demand be immediately repaid by such employer or employers to the Municipal Commissioner or to the municipality having paid the same in the first instance, and, if not so repaid, the Municipal Commissioner or municipality, as the case may be, may sue for and recover the same from such employer or employers as a liquidated claim or demand in any court of competent jurisdiction, or may summarily distrain for the same in the manner rent is distrained for under "The Distress Act." 1 Geo. 5, c. 5, s. 2.

apply to all

the City of

29. The provisions of sections 17 to 28 of this Act shall Act to apply to all hospitals established and maintained by the City hospitals in of Winnipeg in the same manner and to the same extent in all winnipeg. respects as if such hospitals were hospitals within the meaning of the word "hospital" as defined by section 2 of this Act. 2 Geo. 5, c. 9, s. 6.

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CHAPTER 29.

An Act respecting "The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Manitoba.”

Title.

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IS MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consen: of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba, enacts as

follows:

1. This Act may be cited as "The Chartered Accountants' Act." 3 Geo. 5, c. 1, s. 1.

Incorporation 2. The association known by the name of "The Chartered Accountants' Association of Manitoba" is hereby continued under the name of "The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Manitoba," and shall be deemed to be a body corporate and politic under such name, and by that name shall have perpetual succession, and may sue and be sued in any court, and have and use a common seal, and be capable of making and receiving all deeds, conveyances, transfers, assignments and contracts necessary to carry out effectually the provisions of this Act and promote the objects and designs of the said institute, and the said corporation (hereinafter called the institute) shall, subject to the provisions of this section, be capable by its corporate name of taking, purchasing, holding, selling, mortgaging and disposing of any and all goods, chattels, lands, tenements and hereditaments, and any real and personal property whatsoever, and any interest therein, which may from time to time be necessary or convenient for the purposes of the institute, but the institute shall not engage in trade or deal in lands or any interest therein, but may apply moneys derived from fees, voluntary contributions or donations from members or others, towards the maintenance and objects of the institute in such manner as the said institute shall from time to time by by-law direct:

Real estate.

Investments.

Provided always that the said institute shall only have power to acquire and hold such real estate so far as the same shall be necessary for the purpose of the said institute within Manitoba;

Provided also that it shall be lawful for the said institute to invest the funds of the said institute in such investments as trustees are authorized to invest in under "The Manitoba Trustee Act." 3 Geo. 5, c. 1, s. 2.

members.

3. Every person appearing as a member of the Chartered First Accountants' Association of Manitoba on the list of members thereof, as of the fifteenth day of February, 1913, shall be a member of the said the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Manitoba. 3 Geo. 5, c. 1, s. 3.

powers.

4. The objects and powers of the institute shall be to Objects and promote and increase, by all lawful means, the knowledge, skill and proficiency of its members in all things relating to the profession of a public accountant, and to that end to establish classes, lectures and examinations, and prescribe such tests of competency, fitness and moral character as may be thought expedient to qualify for admission to membership, and to grant diplomas to such members enabling them to use the distinguishing letters "C.A." (chartered accountant) as a certificate of such membership. 3 Geo. 5, c. 1, s. 4.

5. The head office of the institute shall be in the City Head office. of Winnipeg, in the Province of Manitoba, at the office of the secretary for the time being, until such time as the institute shall provide a permanent office. 3 Geo. 5, c. 1, s. 5.

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membership.

6. The institute by by-law may make one or more classes General of membership and may prescribe the qualifications for and the rights of each of such classes.

(2) The institute may also grant the designation of Fellows. "F.C.A." (signifying "Fellow of the Chartered Accountants") to such members who are over the age of thirty years and have been continuously in practice for a period of at least five years, under such conditions as the institute may by by-law provide. 3 Geo. 5, c. 1, s. 6.

7. The affairs and business of the institute shall be managed by a council consisting of not less than six and not more than twenty-one members, and the council may by by-law provide that a part of such council be elected for a term not exceeding two years. 3 Geo. 5, c. 1, s. 7.

Governing council.

meeting.

8. An annual meeting shall be held for the election of Annual members of the council of the institute, and for such other business as may be brought before such meeting, at such time and place, and under such regulations and after such notices as by the by-laws of the institute shall be determined, and, in default of such election being held at the proper time, the existing council shall continue to act until their successors shall be duly appointed.