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59. Nothing in this section shall exclude the application to any Ordinance of any rule of construction applicable thereto and not inconsistent with this section. N. W. T. c. 1, s 8.

CUSTODY OF ORDINANCES.

Ordinances to be of record

9. All Ordinances heretofore passed, now passed and hereafter to be passed shall be and continue to remain of record in the custody of the Territorial Secretary. N. W. T. c. 1, s. 9.

Authentication of copies

Certified copies

Certificate

CERTIFIED COPIES OF ORDINANCES.

10. The Territorial Secretary shall affix the seal of the Territory to certified copies of all Ordinances intended for transmission to the Secretary of State or required to be produced before courts of justice and in any other case which the Commissioner directs; and such copies so certified shall be held to be duplicate originals and also to be evidence (as if printed by lawful authority) of such Ordinances and of their contents N. W. T. c. 1, s. 10.

11. The Territorial Secretary shall furnish a certified copy of any Ordinance to any person applying for the same upon receiving from such person such fee (not exceeding ten cents for every hundred words) as the Commissioner from time to time directs. N. W. T. c. 1, s. 11.

12. The Territorial Secretary shall insert at the foot of every such copy so copy so required to be certified a written certificate duly signed and authenticated by him to the effect that Disallowance it is a true copy; and, in case of any Ordinance disallowed after it came into force, "but disallowed by the Governor General in Council, which disallowance took effect on the day of "N. W. T. c. 1,

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s. 12.

CONSTRUCTION OF THIS ORDINANCE.

Interpre

13. The provisions of this Ordinance shall apply to the tation hereof construction thereof and to the words and expressions used therein. N. W. T. c. 1, s. 14.

TITLE II.

LEGISLATURE AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT.

CHAPTER 2.

An Ordinance respecting the Council of the Yukon

Territory.

COUNCIL.

1. The elected members of the Yukon Council shall be Yukon counelected to represent the electoral districts set forth in Sche- cil. dule 1 appended to this Ordinance. No. 28 of 1902, s. 1.

VACATING OF SEATS.

2. Any elected member of the Yukon Council may Resignation vacate his seat therein in the manner herein provided:

of members.

(1) He may openly in his place in Council declare his In House. wish to vacate his seat as a Member; and in such case the Territorial Secretary shall record the same in the journals and the seat of such Member shall forthwith be vacated; or,

(2) He may deliver to the Commissioner of the Yukon To commisTerritory a statement in writing under his hand, attested sioner. by two witnesses, declaring his resignation of such seat; upon receipt whereof by the Commissioner (whether during a session of the Council or not) the seat of such Member shall become vacant. No. 28 of 1902, s. 2.

gnation.

3. Upon any vacancy in the representation of any elec- Vacancy other toral district created by death or in any way other than by than by resi resignation, any two members of the Council may give notice of the vacancy to the Commissioner. No. 28 of 1902, s. 3.

4. The Commissioner upon receiving notice of the resig- Issue of writ nation or death of any Member of the Council shall fix the to fill vacancy.

Resignation

not allowed

date for the election of a Member to fill such vacancy, appoint a returning officer and direct the Territorial Secretary to issue a writ under his hand and the seal of the Territory to such Returning Officer requiring him to hold such election. No. 28 of 1902, s. 4.

5. No Member elected to the Council shall be permitted to resign under the provisions of this Ordinance so long as tion petition. any proceedings are pending under any of the provisions of the Ordinance respecting elections nor until he has been finally declared elected. No. 28 of 1902, s. 5.

Resignation

not to affect proceedings.

6. The resignation of a Member shall in no way affect the conduct or result of any proceedings taken under the provisions of any Ordinance of the Territory respecting controverted elections. No 28 of 1902, s. 6.

Member's indemnity.

How paid.

Travelling expenses.

Council may

INDEMNITY TO MEMBERS.

7. The Commissioner shall pay to each elected Member an allowance of one thousand two hundred dollars for each year of service after election.

Provided always, that a deduction at the rate of twentyfive dollars per day shall be made from such allowance for every day on which a representative does not attend a sitting of the Council, if the Council sits on such a day, or of a committee of such Council, if such committee sits on such day and he is a member of such committee. No. 28 of 1902, s. 7

8. Such allowance may be paid from time to time as the representative becomes entitled to the same to the extent of fifty dollars for each day's attendance as aforesaid, but the remainder shall not be paid until the close of the year in respect of which the same is payable, when the final payment shall be made. No. 28 of 1902, s. 8.

9. There shall also be allowed to each member of the said Council his actual travelling expenses from his place of residence in attending sittings of the Council and of any such committee as aforesaid and returning to such residence. No. 28, of 1902, s. 9.

10. The Council may by resolution waive any deduction waive deduc for non-attendance of any representative. No. 28 of 1902, s. 10.

tion.

Attendance of witnesses.

EXAMINATION OF WITNESSES.

11. The Council may at all times command and compel the attendance before the Council or before any committee

thereof of such persons, papers and things as the Council or committee may deem necessary for any of its proceedings or deliberations. No. 28 of 1902, s. 11.

pœna.

12. Whenever the Council requires the attendance of Clerk's warany person before the said Council or before a committee rant or subthereof, the Clerk may issue his warrant directed to the person named in the order of the Council requiring the attendance of such persons before the Council or a committee thereof and the production of such papers and things as may be ordered. No. 28 of 1902, s. 12.

OATH TO WITNESSES.

13. Any standing or select committee of the Council may Examination require the facts, matters and things relating to the subject on oath. of inquiry to be verified or otherwise ascertained by the oral examination of witnesses and may examine such witnesses upon oath, and for that purpose the chairman or any other member of the committee may administer to any witness an oath or affirmation in the form A in the Schedule to this Ordinance. No. 28 of 1902, s. 13.

SCHEDULE I.

1. The Electoral District of Dawson shall consist of all Dawson. that portion of the Yukon Territory commencing at the point of intersection of the eastern limit of the Yukon Territory with the watershed dividing the Peel River and tributaries from the Stewart River and its tributaries; thence westerly along said watershed to the head of the Klondike River; thence southerly and westerly along the centre of the main channel of the Klondike River to its intersection with the main channel of the Yukon River; thence up stream along the centre of the main channel of the Yukon River to its intersection with the main channel of the White River; thence up stream along the centre of the main channel of the White River to its intersection with Meridian 141 degrees west; thence north along said meridian to the northern limit of the Territory; thence easterly and southerly along the northern and eastern limits of the Territory to the point of commencement, and such Electoral District shall return two members.

2. The Electoral District of Klondike shall consist of all Klondike. that portion of the Yukon Territory lying to the east of the main channel of the Yukon River and to the north of the watershed dividing the Pelly River and its tributaries from the Yukon River and its tributaries north of the Pelly River and not included in Electoral District No. 1 herein before

White Horse.

described, and such electoral district shall return two members.

3. The Electoral District of White Horse shall consist of all those portions of the Yukon Territory not included in Electoral Districts Nos. 1 and 2 hereinbefore described, and such electoral district shall return one member.

SCHEDULE II.

Form A.

The evidence you shall give upon this examination shall be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. So help you, God.

Form B.

You do solemnly, sincerely and truthfully affirm that the evidence you shall give on this examination shall be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. No. 28 of 1902.

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