Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Act

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• 1Short title

  This Act may be cited as the Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Act.

• 2Definition of "Minister"

  In this Act, Minister means such member of the Queen’s Privy Council for Canada as is designated by the Governor in Council as the Minister for the purposes of this Act.

• 3Advisory committees
• 3(1)

  The Governor in Council may establish one or more advisory committees to be known as Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Committees, the members of which hold office during pleasure.

• 3(2)Chairman

  One of the members of each advisory committee shall be appointed chairman thereof by the Minister.

• 4Duties of committees

  The advisory committees established pursuant to subsection 3(1) shall consider and advise the Minister as to the best methods to be adopted to secure the rehabilitation of the drought and soil drifting areas in the Provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, and to develop and promote within those areas systems of farm practice, tree culture, water supply, land utilization and land settlement that will afford greater economic security, and to make such representations thereon to the Minister as the advisory committees may deem expedient.

• 5Payments of actual expenses

  No member of an advisory committee shall receive any payment or emolument for his services, but he shall be repaid all actual reasonable travel or other expenses in connection with the work of the advisory committee.

• 6Employees
• 6(1)

  All engineers, clerks and stenographers required for the carrying out of this Act shall be appointed in accordance with the provisions of the Public Service Employment Act.

• 6(2)Director, Associate Director and certain other employees

  The Minister may appoint a Director of Rehabilitation, an Associate Director of Rehabilitation and all other officers and employees required for the carrying out of this Act, except those mentioned in subsection (1), but the salaries and expenses of all persons appointed by the Minister under this subsection shall be fixed by the Governor in Council.

• 7Regulations

  The Governor in Council may make such regulations as may be necessary or expedient for the effectual execution and working of this Act and the attainment of the intention and objects thereof.

• 8Appropriations

  For the purposes of this Act, the Governor in Council may from time to time authorize the expenditure of sums not exceeding the amount appropriated by Parliament in each year for those purposes.

• 9Powers of Minister
• 9(1)

  The Minister may

• 9(1)(a)

  subject to section 4, undertake the development, construction, promotion, operation and maintenance of any project or scheme under or by virtue of this Act, or enter into agreements with any province, municipality or person with respect thereto; and

• 9(1)(b)

  pay all necessary administrative expenses incurred under this Act and all necessary travel and living expenses incurred by officials or employees in the performance of their duties.

• 9(2)Limitation

  No single project or scheme under subsection (1) involving an expenditure in excess of fifteen thousand dollars in any fiscal year shall be undertaken without the consent of the Treasury Board.

• 10Annual report

  The Minister shall annually lay before Parliament a report of all proceedings under this Act for the preceding fiscal year.