An Act for granting to His Majesty certain sums of Money required for defraying certain expenses of the Public Service for the financial year ending the Thirty-first day of December 1906, and for a portion of 1907
Chamber
Alberta
Stage
Introduced
This bill authorized spending of public money to cover Alberta government expenses for 1906 and part of 1907.
Key Changes
- Authorized the Alberta provincial government to spend public funds for the financial year ending December 31, 1906
- Extended spending authorization to cover a portion of the 1907 fiscal year
- Provided legal authority for the government to pay for public services and administration
- Established one of the first formal provincial budgets for the newly created Province of Alberta
Gotchas
- The full text of this bill is not available online, so the specific amounts and line items authorized for spending cannot be confirmed from the available record.
- This bill covers an unusual period spanning parts of two fiscal years (1906 and a portion of 1907), which may reflect the transitional nature of Alberta's early provincial administration.
- Alberta had only become a province in September 1905, making this one of the earliest provincial appropriations bills in Alberta's history.
- A companion bill (Bill 82) covered the prior financial year ending December 31, 1905, suggesting the legislature was catching up on authorizing spending from the province's first year of existence.
Who's Affected
- Alberta provincial government departments and public servants
- Alberta taxpayers whose money was being appropriated
- Recipients of government services funded by the bill
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Gotchas
- The full text of this bill is not available online, so the specific amounts and line items authorized for spending cannot be confirmed from the available record.
- This bill covers an unusual period spanning parts of two fiscal years (1906 and a portion of 1907), which may reflect the transitional nature of Alberta's early provincial administration.
- Alberta had only become a province in September 1905, making this one of the earliest provincial appropriations bills in Alberta's history.
- A companion bill (Bill 82) covered the prior financial year ending December 31, 1905, suggesting the legislature was catching up on authorizing spending from the province's first year of existence.
Summary
This is a supply bill (also called an appropriations bill) from Alberta's very first legislative session in 1906. It gave the provincial government legal permission to spend public funds to cover the costs of running government services for the financial year ending December 31, 1906, and for a portion of 1907. Supply bills like this one are a standard and essential part of parliamentary government. Before the government can spend money from the public treasury, it must receive approval from the legislature. This bill was that formal approval for Alberta's early provincial government operations. This bill was introduced by Premier Alexander Rutherford, who also served as Provincial Treasurer at the time. It was one of the first pieces of legislation passed by the newly formed Province of Alberta, which had only become a province in 1905.
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