Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - November 29, 1951, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press thursday november 29. 1951. Pm fat urged to assist c7 surface right9 Farmers the provincial government wed Ite Day afternoon Xmas asked to As Sist Farmers owning Only surface rights on their land in overcoming advantages enjoyed by those hold ing both surface and Mineral rights. By a Large majority delegates attending the 4sth annual Conven Tion of the Union of Manitoba municipalities in session at the civic auditorium urged the government to enact legislation to provide for 1. A Means of taxing the of of Mineral rights. 3. A Way possible that the owners of surface rights who do rot own Mineral rights May receive at least three per cent of the value of minerals produced. On their property. Mover of Resolution was Reeve Felix Fitzpatrick of River Side municipality. His Seconder was councillor c. Alexander of Wood Worth. At a Pont or. Fitzpatrick said. Kim Glo fax most economical enamel any government corporation com Pany or individual can withhold Mineral rights on Sale of land. He can hold the set rights indefinitely without paying taxes or Royalty he can lease them for one Dollar per acre per year and 14 any min eral is found he can collect the value of the Mineral. Such a landowner with both surface and Mineral rights on property an unfair advantage Over the Farmer with Only surface rights it was stated. Under present Law there is nothing that the owner of Only surface can do to overcome that advantage. Or. Alexander said the target owning both surface and Mineral rights pays no More taxes than neighbor who owns Only surface rights. In Tatj Oil country of Manitoba Many holding Only surface rights Are having their Fields Cut up their fences destroyed and their land ruined so far As pasture is concerned. Such Farmers should receive and compensation from the gov h eminent or. Alexander declared. I the Oil companies he said were i hard to Deal with and in Many cases the Farmer did not receive enough Money to Coyer the. Loss damage clone to property. Numerous other resolutions were passed during the a Vernoon As the convention concluded the second Day of its three Day meet. Front the municipality of Turtle Mountain cume a Resol ution urging an amendment to the workmen s compensation act so that municipal Council lors would be entitled to Bene fits of the act if they were injured while enit ared in the performance of their duties in their municipalities. With slight amendment by May or h. L. Henderson Portage la Prairie a Resolution from the town Selkirk stressing the necessity for providing some form of immediate financial relict for the municipalities from the province Reeve Oswald Mckay of Whitehead municipality Centre was elected president of the Union of municipalities wednesday afternoon pictured at left bar ctr of Winchester municipality and at right Clifford a. Mccrac vice , of West Bourne municipality. Vas carried by a Large majority. Another amendment by mayor Henderson that the whole question if voting at municipal elections including straight voting and Vot no on Money bylaws be i Efer to the provincial municipal committee was also passed. Two addresses were heard by the convention wednesday afternoon. Chris Fisher chairman of the Community planning association a Manitoba division urged Manitoba owns and villages to make a study Community planning. I or p h. Mcnulty chairman of he trans Canada medical service old of the work being done by the Manitoba medical services. 3 Days Only Brand new 1951 classic Complete with attachments Whitehead Reeve named umm head Reeve Oswald Mckay of White head municipality was elected president of the Union Manitoba municipalities at the 4sth annual convention wednesday at the civic auditorium. He succeeds Reeve w. E. Clarke of Argyle re tiring president. Vice president is Clifford a. Mccrae of Westbourne Munici Pality who was elected on the fifth Ballet Over five other candidates for that office. Russell Barrett Winchester municipality will remain As Secretary treasurer. The executive committee was selected earlier in the year by the various judicial districts. Two vacancies will be Fil led at the present convention. It was the tightest election for vice president in the history of the organization old timers declared. Balloting started shortly after 2 o clock and it was nearly 5 . Before or. Mccrae Vas finally declared elected. Bylaws of the Union state that when More than two candidates Are in the Field successive ballots shall be taken until one candidate has received a majority of the votes cast on a ballot. After each ballot the name of the candidate receiving the lowest number of votes on n ballot is dropped from the succeeding of allot. Other candidates seeking the were Reeve Arthur Beaubien. Of Montcalm Reeve j. H. Cathcart of Charleswood Reeve Harvey c. Odell of Wallace councillor Timothy Webster Sig Lunes and Reeve Felix Fitzpat Rick of Riverside. While the ballots were being counted mayor h. L. Henderson of Portage a Prairie led the convention in Community singing thai Shook the rafters the civic auditorium. Council to meet in Northwest Dor via Ottawa nov. 29 up the Northwest territories Council recently expanded will hold its first meeting in the territories dec. 11 at Yellowknife the resources department announced wednesday. Previously the coi Cicil met in Ottawa and was composed of six members appointed by the Federal government. Under legislation passed by parliament this year the Council now consists eight Mem Bers including three elected from the Northwest territories. The Council now will meet twice year once in the territories and once in Ottawa. 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