Accounts of overseer.

28. The overseer shall provide a book, in which he must keep a record of all property belonging to the district.

29. The overseer shall, on or before the first day of September in each year, make up an account in writing on forms to be prescribed and provided by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council, containing the information required by the sub-sections to this section. He shall allow any residents who wish to inspect the said account to do so, and to make a copy or extracts thereof on any day, except Sundays or statutory holidays, from the said first day of September till the fourteenth day of the same month, between the hours of ten o'clock in the morning and four o'clock in the afternoon. He shall then send the said account, not later than the first mail day after the fourteenth day of September, to the Lieutenant-Governor in Council:

(1) The names of all persons assessed in his district, describing the land owned or occupied by such person if such assessment was made under sub-section (2) of section 14.

(2) The names of all persons who have actually worked on district work, with the number of days they have worked;

(3) The names of all those who have been fined, and the sums in which they have been fined, together with the names of the convicting justices of the peace and the various amounts collected;

(4) The names of all those who have commuted with the amounts so paid, together with a statement of any other revenue the district may have obtained during the year, and the manner in which the monies arising from the fines and commutations have been expended ;

(5) The names of all persons and residents, who have not done, or commuted for, statute labour, and upon whose land the said tax is due and remains unpaid, which account shall be verified as correct by the oath of the overseer.

registrar of

30. A list of taxes unpaid by non-residents, to- Notice to gether with the proper description of each lot or parcel unpaid taxes. of land, whose owner is either non-resident or unknown, and upon which taxes were not collected, verified by the statutory declaration of the overseer, shall be sent on or before the first day of April in each year to the registrar of the land titles registration district in which the statute labour district is located.

how to be

31. The amount of taxes returned by the overseer Unpaid taxes, as unpaid may be collected from the defaulters, after collected. such taxes have remained unpaid for not less than two years, by an action at law in the name of the overseer.

hand over

office.

32. At the expiration of the term of any overseer, Overseer to or on the position becoming vacant from death, resig- property on nation, removal from the district, or otherwise, the vacancy of rolls, district monies, and other property of such district, held by him in virtue of his position as overseer, shall be handed over by him, or his personal representatives, to his successor, and a receipt for the same shall be inscribed in the book referred to in section 28.

neglect by

33. Any overseer who refuses or neglects to dis- Penalty for charge his duties, after having first accepted the office, overseer. or who may have been appointed to office by the Lieutenant Governor in Council under the provisions of sub-section 2 of section 6 of this Ordinance, or who neglects or refuses to render a true and correct account as required by this Ordinance, or who refuses or neglects to pay any balance of public money, which then may be due from him, shall for each and every offence incur a penalty not exceeding $100, to be recovered, together with the balance of the monies remaining in his hands, at the suit of the LieutenantGovernor in Council before any court of competent jurisdiction.

neglect by

34. Any person, liable to perform work or any duty Penalty for under the provisions of this Ordinance, who wilfully assessed neglects or refuses to perform the same when and person. where directed by the overseer, shall be guilty of an offence against this Ordinance, and be liable, on sum

Overseers

x officio fire guardians.

Noxious weeds.

Ordinance No. 20 repealed.

mary conviction before a justice of the peace, to a penalty not exceeding fifty dollars, with costs of prosecution, and in default of payment to be imprisoned, with or without hard labour, for any time not exceed ing three months. Such fine when recovered shall be paid to the overseer for the use of the district.

35. All overseers shall be officio fire guardians under the provisions of The Prairie Fire Ordinance 1893, and amendments thereto, and shall be inspectors under the provisions of the Ordinance respecting Weed Districts 1896.

36. The members of the North-West mounted police force shall not be subject to the provisions of sub-section (1) of section 14 of this Ordinance.

37. This Ordinance may be cited as The Statute Labour Ordinance 1896.

38. Ordinance No. 20 of 1895 is hereby repealed.

We, the undersigned, severally declare, each for himself, that he is a resident and occupant of lands in the above-named District, and votes upon the land set opposite his name hereto, and that he votes for the person set opposite his name hereto :

NAME.

Land Voted Upon. Person Voted For.

Returning Officer.

FORM B.

[Vide Section 9.]

Statute Labour and Fire District.

I, A.B., Returning Officer for Statute Labour District in Tp. Rg. W

, hereby solemnly declare that the record of votes annexed, signed by me, is a true record of votes cast upon the

18 when

day

of was duly elected Overseer for the above district, and I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and knowing it to be of the same force and effect as if made under oath, and by virtue of The Canada Evidence Act 1893.

Section 16 part-2 amended.

Section 20 part 2 amended.

Section 47

part 2 amended.

Section 1

part 3 amended.

Section 16 part 3 amended.

Curfew Bell.

NO. 27 OF 1896.

AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND "THE MUNICI-
PAL ORDINANCE."

[Assented to October 30, 1896.]

The Lieutenant-Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Territories, enacts as follows:

1. Section No. 16 of part 2 of said Ordinance is hereby amended by striking out the word December” where it occurs in the second line thereof and substituting the word " November."

2. Section 20 of part 2 is hereby amended by striking out the word "January" where it occurs in the sixth line thereof and substituting the word "December," and by striking out the words "the required number of" and substituting the following: candidates for the offices of mayor, reeve or”.

3. Section 47 of part 2 is hereby amended by striking out the word "December" where it occurs at the end of the third line thereof and substituting the word "November."

4. Section 1 of part 3 is hereby amended by striking out the words "third Monday in January in each year" and substituting the following: "first Monday in January in each year, except when such Monday is a public holiday, in which case the meeting shall take place on the next subsequent day not a public holiday."

5. Section 16 of part 3 is hereby amended by adding the following sub-clause :

(67) On presentation of a duly certified petition representing one-half of the resident ratepayers of any municipality or portion of a municipality, the council