Section 1
SECTION 1. Provincial boards of regular or special provinces within the boundaries of which there are lands suitable for cultivation and appropriation under the homestead provisions are hereby authorized to create and organize agricultural colonies in accordance with the provisions of this Act. For this purpose, the provincial boards shall, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources, issue such regulations as may be necessary for the organization, government, and administration of the colonies, and may furnish to the colonists, as an advance, work cattle or implements and extend to them such economic or other assistance as may be necessary during the first three years. The colonists shall pay the price of the work cattle and implements and any other indebtedness contracted by them at once or in installments, as the provincial board may prescribe in its regulations.