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Flagstaff County fonds
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37.84 m of textual records. -- 1 map.
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Located within the boundary of Township 43, Range 5, West of the 4th Meridian (43-5-W4), Flagstaff County includes the following urban municipalities: the Town of Daysland, the Town of Hardisty, the Town of Killam, the Town of Sedgewick, the Village of Alliance, the Village of Forestburg, the Village of Galahad, the Village of Heisler, the Village of Lougheed, and the Village of Strome. In 1883, the Northwest Territorial Council passed the <i>Municipal Ordinance</i>, allowing for the establishment of local government. In response to this ordinance, many townships -- typically comprised of 36 sections of land --, organized to form herd districts (1883), fire districts (1886), and statute labor districts (1887). In 1897, all three ordinances amalgamated with the passing of the <i>Local Improvement Ordinance</i>. Local Improvement Districts maintained public works such as road building, management of fires, noxious fumes, and animals. A 1903 amendment of the <i>Local Improvement Ordinance</i> allowed Local Improvement Districts to include between 3 and 6 townships. In 1912, with the Passing of the <i>Rural Municipality Act</i>, the Province of Alberta created the Department of Municipal Affairs. The Act allowed 9 townships to apply for incorporation as a rural municipality as long as the land contained 1 person/square mile. Under this provision some Local Improvement Districts organized as municipalities while others chose to continue as Local Improvement Districts. In 1918, the Government of Alberta required the organization of all Local Improvement Districts into Municipalities with the <i>Municipal Districts Act</i>. The municipal history of Flagstaff began in 1912 when Local Improvement District No. 424 formed. In 1918, Local Improvement District No. 424 became the Municipal District of Kinsella No. 424. In 1912 the Municipal District of Wheatland No. 395 formed. In 1912 the Municipal District of Stirling No. 425 formed. In 1912, the Municipal District of Flagstaff No. 394 formed. In 1914, the Municipal District of Flagstaff No. 394 broke into two sections. One section of the Municipal District of Flagstaff No. 394 became the Municipal District of Asquith No. 394. The remaining area of the Municipal District of Flagstaff No. 394 became the Municipal District of Flagstaff No. 364. In 1944, the Municipal Districts of Flagstaff No. 364, Asquith No. 394, Wheatland No. 395, Kinsella No. 424, and Sterling No. 425 merged to form the Municipal District of Killam No. 390. In 1944, the Municipal District of Killam No. 390 became the Municipal District of Flagstaff No. 390. In 1945, the Municipal District of Flagstaff No. 390 became the Municipal District of Flagstaff No. 62. In 1968, the Municipal District of Flagstaff No. 62 and the Killam School Division No. 22 merged to form the County of Flagstaff No. 29. In 1998, the County of Flagstaff No. 29 became Flagstaff County. School districts comprised some of the first forms of organized local government in Alberta. Many school districts organized before a local improvement district or municipal district formed in the area, and as a result, school districts, in some cases, passed outside the jurisdiction of local improvement districts and municipal districts until the passing of the County Act in 1950. School districts organized after residents of the desired area petitioned the government approval to build a school. Under the supervision of the Northwest Territorial Council prior to 1905, and the Government of Alberta, following 1905, school districts operated almost analogously from municipal government with a school board governing the hiring of teachers and the overall management of the school district. School districts also sustained themselves through grants from the provincial government as well as with the aid of taxes from ratepayers residing in the land boundaries of the school districts. Some Municipalities collected taxes on behalf of the school districts, while some school districts chose to collect taxes from their rate payers directly. In addition, school district boundaries often encroached on the boundaries of several Local Improvement Districts, leading to confusion regarding the destination of some rate payers' tax money. School Districts typically measured four miles by four miles, and served between 16-20 sections.
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The fonds consists of cash book receipts, minute books, cash book expenditure, cash book disbursements, assessment and tax rolls, by-laws, hail insurance ledger, seed grain advances register, rural tax enforcement return, tax sales land recovery ledger for the following former local authorities of Flagstaff County:;Local Improvement District No. 424, the Municipal District of Kinsella No. 424, the Municipal District of Wheatland No. 395, the Municipal District of Sterling No. 524, the Municipal District of Flagstaff No. 394, the Municipal District of Asquith No. 394, the Municipal District of Killam No. 390, Municipal District of Sterling No. 425 dating from the 1910's to 1950's. In addition, the fonds contains a map illustrating the land boundaries of Flagstaff County dating from 1970. The fonds also includes minute books, registers of the following school districts Forestburg Consolidated #45, Hastings Coulee Consolidated #64 dating from 1908 - 1973. Alliance # 3376: 15-40-13-W4, 1916 - ?;Amity # 1959: SW 4-45-14-W4, 1909 - ?;Argyle # 1657: 29-40-12-W4, 1907 - 1947;Arnold # 2174: SE 31-41-10-W4, 1910 - ?;Asquith # 1599: NW 32-42-13-W4, 1907 - ?;Bachelor # 1845: NW 11-44-14-W4, 1908 - 1941;Bateman # 1552: SW 3-46-16-W4, 1906 - ?;Battle Bend # 1765: NE 11-40-11-W4, 1908 - 1947;Bedford # 1836: NW 11-41-13-W4, 1908 - 1947;Beehive # 3580: NE 11-42-11-W4, 1917 - ?;Bellshill # 1904: NW 34-41-11-W4, 1908 - ?;Caledonia # 1845: SW 36-43-12-W4, 1912 - 1941;Cambridge # 2116: SE 28-24-11-W4, 1910 - ?;Chirbury # 4581: NE 26-45-17-W4, 1932 - 1950;Choice # 3126: SE 6-41-9-W4, 1914 - ?;Crickledale # 3421: SW 4-43-10-W4, 1916 - ?;Crocus Hill # 3547: NE 26-46-15-W4, 1917 - ?;Daysland # 1539: 9-45-16-W4, 1906 - 1918;Dry Crossing # 3448: 22-40-10-W4, 1917 - ?;East Lynn # 977: SW 2-44-17-W4, 1904 - 1954;Fairgrove # 1648: NE 17-43-12-W4, 1907 - ?;Fertle #838 (Firtle): SE 15-45-17-W4, 1903 - 1946;Flagstaff # 3505: NE 9-41-12W4, 1917 - 1947;Fullview # 3476: NE 20-43-9-W4, 1917 - ?;Galahad # 62 # 3554: 10-41-14-W4, 1917 - ?;Glen Bank # 2387: 13-43-17-W4, 1911 - ?;Goose Creek # 2782: SE 24-42-12-W4, 1912 - ?;Green Valley # 1727: SW 7-43-12-W4, 1907 - 1945;Greeneck # 1418: ?;Gretna # 1701: SE 2-43-12-W4, 1907 - 1954;Grove # 1735: SE 15-43-16-W4, 1904 - 1947;Groveland # 1650: NE 11-44-11-W4, 1907 - 1947;Hardisty # 1659: 6-43-9-W4, 1907 - ?;Harrisview # 1588: NW 36-42-15-W4, 1906 - 1951;Hauser # 1580: SW 30-43-14-W4, 1906 - 1951;Heisler # 3710: 2-43-16-W4, 1918 - ?;Hill Park # 1876: NE 7-45-11-W4, 1908 - 1948;Killam # 1578: 19-44-13-W4, 1906 - ?;Kinsella # 3190: SW 27-46-11-W4, 1914 - ?;Lakefield # 2938: 33-45-15-W4, 1909 - ?;Lawnhill # 3891: NE 26-42-13-W4, 1919 - 1944;Leith # 1565: SW 8-45-15-W4, 1906 - 1952;Leopoldville # 2004: SW5-4-11-W4, 1909 - 1944;Lorraine # 3745: 13-39-12-W4, 1918 - 1947;Lougheed # 1792: 33-43-11-W4, 1908 - ?;Merna # 1628: SE 1-42-13-W4, 1907 - 1954;Metropolitan # 1737: NE-24-45-10-W4, 1907 - ?;Montrose # 913: SE 27-44-17-W4, 1903 - ?;Norway # 1864: NW 19-40-11-W4, 1908 - 1944;Norwood # 4191: SW 6-41-14-W4, 1924- 1924;Owre # 1229: NW 27-44-16-W4, 1905 - ?;Park # 1572: SE 30-44-11-W4, 1906 - ?;Park Hill # 2173: SE 15-43-11-W4, 1910 - ?;Pleastington # 1872: SW 12-42-14-W4, 1908 - 1946;Poplar Dale # 1628 (Merna): 1-42-13-W4, 1907 - ?;Poplar Park # 3003: NE 11-45-13-W4, 1913 - ?;Prairie Park # 1582: SE 17-43-13-W4, 1906 - 1948;Pryor # 1538: NW 17-44-15-W4, 1906 - 1941;Quarrel # 1504: NE 21-46-16-W4, 1906 - 1954;Rosevale # 578: 18-44-14-W4, 1905 - 1941;Round Head Creek # 1880: SE 5-43-15-W4, 1908 - 1955;Scandia #2913: SW 23-46-16-W4, 1913 - 1951;Science Hill # 3643: 31-41-10-W4, 1918 - ?;Seaforth # 2441: 13-41-14-W4, 1911 - ?;Sedgewick # 1567: SE 8-44-12-W4, 1906 - ?;Selby # 1545: SW 6-45-13-W4, 1906 - 1943;South Bend # 2209: 29-38-12-W4, 1910 - 1947;South Hardisty # 3620: _ - 24-10-W4, 1918 - ?;St. Leo # 808: 4-44-16-W4, 1903 - 1952;St. Peters # 4346: 5-58-9-W4, 1910 - ?;Sterling # 3483: SE 3-44-15-W4, 1917 - 1947;Stearns # 965: NE 20-43-15-W4, 1904 - 1955;Strome # 1978: 26-44-15-W4, 1909 - ?;Strong # 1788: 27-41-10-W4, 1908 - ?;Sunlight # 1592(Wardville): 16-45-12-W4, 1906 - ?;Sunrise # 2079: SE 35-45-14-W4, 1909 - ?;Treaty Hill # 4956: NE 7-41-11-W4, 1921 - 1943;Valley # 4056: SW 2-45-11-W4, 1908 - ?;Velva #1844: 20-24-10-W4, 1908 - ?;Wanda # 4319: 31-41-16-W4, 1927 - 1951;Wavy Lake # 1370: 27-45-14-W4, 1905 - ?;Westview # 3512: 36-45-15-W4, 1917 - ?;Wheatland # 1636: SW 34-44-12-W4, 1907 - ?;Willow # 1583: SW 28-46-15-W4, 1906 - 1957;Willow Hollow # 1579: SE 26-43-14-W4, 1906 - 1940;Woodham # 3746: 33-45-13-W4, 1918 - 1948;Woodrow # 3766: SE 4-40-15-W4, 1919 - 1947;Wyoming # 1769: NE 20-42-12-W4, 1908 - 1954
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In 1970, 1974, 1977, and 1978, Flagstaff County donated material to the Provincial Archives of Alberta. In 1970, the Provincial Archives of Alberta purchased a map from Flagstaff County. On April 29, 2009, the Sedgewick Historical Society deposited the materials comprising PR2009.0541 at the Provincial Archives of Alberta.
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For more material on school districts in Alberta, please see other school district, school division, and county fonds descriptions at the Provincial Archives of Alberta.
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Information for the administrative history/biographical sketch sourced from:;Municipal Profiles, <a href="http://www.municipalaffairs.gov.ab.ca/cfml/profiles/index.cfm" target="_blank">www.municipalaffairs.gov.ab.ca/cfml/profiles/index.cfm</a> (accessed Oct. 17, 2007). Eric J. Hanson, <i>Local Government in Alberta</i>, Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1956. Bert Wolfe, <i>Understanding Western Canada's Land Survey System</i>, Saskatchewan UP, 1978. William Peter Baergen, <i>Pioneering with a Piece of Chalk: The One-Room Country Schools of Alberta 1885-1982</i>,Toronto: 2005;Land described according to the Alberta Township System (ATS).<br><br>Record No. The fonds includes the following accessions: PR1970.0111, PR1974.0406, PR1977.0068, PR1978.0267, PR2009.0541<br><br>
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