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1st Session, 43rd Legislature

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Bill 201

THE MANITOBA EMBLEMS AMENDMENT ACT (PROVINCIAL STONE)


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(Assented to                                         )

HIS MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba, enacts as follows:

C.C.S.M. c. E72 amended

1   The Manitoba Emblems Act is amended by this Act.

2   The following is added after subsection 5(6):

Provincial stone designated

5(7)   The stone geologically known as mottled and fossiliferous dolomitic limestone belonging to the Selkirk Member of the Ordovician Red River Formation that is quarried near Garson and Tyndall is hereby designated as the official stone of Manitoba.

Coming into force

3   This Act comes into force on the day it receives royal assent.

Explanatory Note

The Manitoba Emblems Act is amended to designate the mottled dolomitic limestone quarried near Garson and Tyndall as the official stone of Manitoba.