Short title Organisation Duties CHAPTER 6. An Ordinance Respecting the Department of the HE Lieutenant Governor by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Territories enacts as follows: SHORT TITLE. 1. This Ordinance may be cited as "The Attorney General's Ordinance." No. 14 of 1897, s. 1. ORGANISATION AND FUNCTIONS OF DEPARTMENT. 2. There shall be a department of the civil service of the Territories to be called the department of the Attorney General over which the member of the Executive Council appointed by the Lieutenant Governor under the seal of the Territories to discharge the functions of the Attorney General for the time being shall preside; and the said Attorney General shall ex officio be Her Majesty's Attorney General in and for the Territories. No. 14 of 1897, s. 2. 3. The duties of the Attorney General shall be as follows: (b) He shall see that the administration of public affairs is (e) He shall have the superintendence of all matters con- (e) He shall be entrusted with the powers and charged (f) He shall advise the heads of the several departments of the Government upon all matters of law connected with such departments respectively; (g) He shall be charged with the settlement of all instru- (h) He shall have the regulation and conduct of all litiga- (i) He shall be charged generally with such duties as may clerks 4. The Lieutenant Governor in Council may appoint such Officers and other officers, clerks and servants as are required for the proper conduct of the business of the department, all of whom shall hold office during pleasure. No. 14 of 1897, s. 4. FORMER ACTS LEGALISED. former acts 5. All acts heretofore done or appointments made in con- Validity of formity with or to the effect of any of the provisions herein are declared to have been and to be legal and valid. No. 14 of 1897, s. 5. CHAPTER 7. An Ordinance Respecting the Department of the THE HE Lieutenant Governor by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Territories enacts as follows: SHORT TITLE. Short title Organisation Duties To be 1. This Ordinance may be cited as The Territorial Secretary's Ordinance." No. 15 of 1897, s. 1. ORGANISATION AND FUNCTIONS OF DEPARTMENT. 2. There shall be a department of the public service of the Territories to be called the department of the Territorial Secretary over which the member of the Executive Council appointed by the Lieutenant Governor under the seal of the Territories to discharge the functions of the Territorial Secretary for the time being shall preside. No. 15 of 1897, s. 2. 3. The powers, duties and functions of the Territorial Secretary are as follows: (a) He has all the powers, duties and functions which are assigned by law or custom to Provincial Secretaries and Registrars of the different Provinces of the Dominion of Canada in so far as they or any of them may be applicable to the Territories; (b) He is the keeper of the seal of the Territories; and shall issue all letters patent, commissions and other documents under the said seal and countersign the same with the exception of those which shall be countersigned by the clerk of the Executive Council; and all commissions under the seal shall run in Her Majesty's name; (c) He is the keeper of all registers and archives of the Territories. No. 15 of 1897, s. 3. 4. The Territorial Secretary shall be the Registrar of the Territories; and as such shall register all instruments of summons, commissions, letters patent, writs and other instruments and documents issued under the seal of the Territories; and his signature shall be proof of the fact that such registers, archives, instruments of summons, commissions, letters patent, writs and other instruments and documents exist and are lawfully in his possession; and any copy (signed by him) of any document shall be equivalent to the original instrument itself in any court in the Territories; and every document or copy of a docu ment purporting to bear his signature shall be deemed so to do until proof of the contrary. No. 15 of 1897, s. 4. clerks 5. The Lieutenant Governor may at any time appoint such Officers and other officers, clerks and servants as are requisite for the proper conduct of the business of the department, all of whom shall hold office during pleasure. No. 15 of 1897, s. 5. FEES. 6. The Lieutenant Governor in Council may from time to Fees time make a tariff of fees which shall be paid for the issuing and registering of commissions, letters patent, licenses and other instruments and documents and for the delivery of certified copies thereof or of certified extracts from the registers and archives in the Territorial Secretary's department as herein before mentioned; and the said Territorial Secretary shall account to the Territorial Treasurer for all moneys received in virtue of such tariff or of any Ordinance in force in the Territories in such manner as may be prescribed by law or by the Lieutenant Governor in Council as the case may be. No. 15 of 1897, s. 6. Short title CHAPTER 8. An Ordinance Respecting the Department of Agriculture. THE HE Lieutenant Governor by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Territories enacts as follows: SHORT TITLE. 1. This Ordinance may be cited as "The Agriculture Department Ordinance." No. 18 of 1897, s, 1. ORGANISATION, OFFICERS AND FUNCTIONS OF DEPARTMENT. Organisation 2. There shall be a department of the public service of the Territories to be called the department of Agriculture, over which the member of the Executive Council appointed by the Lieutenant Governor under the seal of the Territories to disCommissioner charge the functions of the Commissioner of Agriculture for the time being shall preside. No. 18 of 1897, s. 2. of Agriculture Province of department Officers and clerks Duties of department Annual Persons required to furnish 3. All that part of the administration of the government of the Territories which relates to agriculture, statistics and the public health (including hospitals) shall be under the control of the department. No. 18 of 1897, s. 3. 4. The Lieutenant Governor may at any time appoint such other officers, clerks or servants as may be required to carry on the business of the department all of whom shall hold office during pleasure. No. 18 of 1897, s. 4. 5. It shall be the duty of the department to institute inquiries and collect facts and statistics relating to agricultural, manufacturing or other interests of the Territories; and to adopt measures for circulating and disseminating the same in such manner and form as may be found best adapted to promote the progress of the Territories; and to see to the observance and execution of the provisions contained in all Ordinances relating to agriculture, statistics and public health. No. 18 of 1897, s. 5. 6. A report of the work of the department shall be prepared yearly and laid on the table of the Legislative Assembly within fifteen days after the cominencement of the next ensuing session thereof; and it shall be the duty of the department from time to time to issue such reports, circulars and other publications as the minister may deem advisable. No. 18 of 1897, s. 6. 7. All officers of all agricultural societies, municipal councils, villages, local improvement districts, school boards, public in |