An Act for granting to His Majesty certain sums of Money for defraying certain expenses of the Public Service for the financial year ending the Thirty-first day of December 1905
Chamber
Alberta
Stage
Introduced
This bill authorized spending of public money to cover Alberta government expenses for the 1905 fiscal year.
Key Changes
- Authorized the provincial government to spend specific sums of public money
- Covered government operating expenses for the fiscal year ending December 31, 1905
- Provided legal authority for spending during Alberta's first months as a province
- Followed standard parliamentary supply bill procedure requiring legislative approval before spending
Gotchas
- This bill covered a fiscal year (ending December 31, 1905) that predates the legislative session in which it was passed (1906), meaning it was retroactively authorizing spending already incurred during Alberta's first months as a province.
- The full text of the bill is not available online, so specific spending amounts and line items cannot be verified.
- Alberta became a province on September 1, 1905, so this bill covers only a partial year of provincial expenditures.
Who's Affected
- Alberta provincial government departments and public services
- Alberta taxpayers whose money was being appropriated
- Public servants employed by the new provincial government
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Gotchas
- This bill covered a fiscal year (ending December 31, 1905) that predates the legislative session in which it was passed (1906), meaning it was retroactively authorizing spending already incurred during Alberta's first months as a province.
- The full text of the bill is not available online, so specific spending amounts and line items cannot be verified.
- Alberta became a province on September 1, 1905, so this bill covers only a partial year of provincial expenditures.
Summary
This is a supply bill (also called an appropriations bill) from Alberta's very first legislative session in 1906. It granted the provincial government permission to spend certain amounts of money to cover the costs of running public services for the financial year that ended December 31, 1905. This covered the period just after Alberta became a province on September 1, 1905. Supply bills like this one are a standard part of parliamentary tradition. Before the government can spend public money, it must receive formal approval from the legislature. This bill provided that legal authorization for the transitional period when Alberta was first establishing itself as a province. Because the full text of the bill is not available online, the specific dollar amounts and the exact services being funded cannot be confirmed from the available record.
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