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Les diagrammes suivants illustrent la mdthode. 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 n In tl PROi •) ORDINANCES i OP THE irORTH-WEST TEHHITOHIES PASSED BY THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL, In the Session begun and holden at Battlefoi^l on the twenty-sixth day of May, and closed on the eleventh day of June, 1881, PROCLAMATION B TOGETHER WITH i RELATING TO ELECTORAL DISTRICTS AND ELECTIONS. THE HONORABLE DAVID LAIRD, LlEUTENANT-G-OVERNOR. ') BATTLEFORD: PRINTED BY P. G, LAURIE, rrint.er to the Government of the North-West Territories. 1882. liSi^- No. N( o. N No. No. jA x>9. ,\^ b A No. No. No. N( Nc (X")lSrTEN'1'y- ORDINANCES OF 1881. No 1 \n <)r.linaiir«rftp«cting Short Forint of indfttimrer ^°^ reRpectin^ Security to be girfn by Pt)b- UcOfliceri. ^^ I - lo extend and amend the Registratioa or Titles Ordinance. ^ 4 .. reiptctmg the Office of Sheri IK ^o?, .. reipecting Mortgage! i,nd Salei of FeT- Konal Property. j^o 6 •• respecting Treipasimg and Stray Ani- mals. Vo 7 '* reapecting Marriages. S^- i' .. to incorporate the Bishop of the Ohtirch ^ of England. Diocaia of Saikaichewan- j^, (^. '' r«tpecting the SaU of Medicmea aad Drugs. Wo K. •' to amend tha Ordinance fappectinf FeuecB. No. 10 of 1818. Wo li •' for the Protection of Sheep. ■ ^^ . . j;^^; 12". respecting driving off Horses and i attic. No. V\. " respecting Bulls. %-6^'^'^ CANADA. NORTH-WEST TERlllTORTES. m). I of IS 81. An Oniinance respecting Short Forms of Indentures. [Passed 10th June, 1881.] Be it ona^' I by the Lieutenant-Grovernor of the Novth-West Territories, in Council, as follows : 1. Whenever the words following occur in this Meaning of Ordinance, or in the Schedules thereto, they shall woros. be construed in the manner hereinafter mentioned, unless there is something- in the subject or context repuunant to such construction : (1) " Lands" shall extend to all freehold tenements and hereditaments, whether corporeal or incorporeal, or any undivided part or share therein, respectively ; and (2) " Party" shall mean and include any body pol- itic or corporate or collegiate, as well as an individual. 2. When a deed of conveyance, or a deed of mort- where^ords o-ao-e, or a deed of lease, respectively, made according to one of scho- n !r> I , 1 . , 1 hedules respectively, and distin- guished ]:>y any number therein, such deed shall be taken to have the same effect, and be construed as if it containc^d the form of words in column two under the . same schedule and distinguished by the same number as is annexed to the form of words used in the deed, as I /.m^ 2 No. loflSSl. Short Forms of Indentures. hut it shall not ho necessary in any such deed to insert any such numher. Deeds fai.in. 3. Any dccd or part of a deed which f\iils^ to take lrn:rcl^^.r^' efFec-t hy virtue of this Ordinance shall »^^'V«^^^eless be K'rrmasetlectualto bind the parties thereto as ar ^^ ^hc a";ir ordi- j.^iyy of law and equity will permit, as it this Urdi '.naius ^'' nance had not been made. i,eodBto.u. 4. Every such deed, unless an exception be s^e- Se^Jl^tc. cially made therein, ^^all be held aiid coii^ rued to n - '-' 1^0 re. ^^ g ,ji ho,,,es, outhouses, edilices, barns, stables, yaids, :;i7rU\'i:L.3', orchards, commons, trees, woods, underwoods, mounds lences, hedges, ditc-hes, ways, wa ers, wa^jr- rourses, li-hts, liberties, privileges, easements prohts, .ommoliti^s, ;moluments, hereditanients, and appur- teZces whatsoever, to the lands .th-e.n comi^-isxjd belono-ini?, or in any wise appertaining oi with tlic same demised, held, used, occupied or ^^^^^f^^^^^^ or known as part or parcel thereof ; and li the same VrZl to convey an estate in fee, also the reversion or ^rsions, remainder and remainders, yearly and other rent issues and profits of the same lands and o every part ;id parcel thereof, and all the estate, rig^it, t^ interest, inheritani^e, use, trust, property, profit, posses- sion claim and demand whatever, both at law and m emSty, of the grantor, in, to, out of, or ;^Pon tlie same lands! and eve?y part and parcel thereof, with their and every of their appurtenances. 5 Parties who use any of the forms in the first column of the schedules may substitute lor the words "covenantor" or " covenantee," " releasor ' or ' releasee, " ™tor" or " grantee," " lessor" or " lessee ' any name or'narnes or "the party of the first" or "second" or 'thTrdpart,"asthe%as;may be; and in every such case corresponding substitutions shall be taken to be made hi the corresponding forms in the second column. 6 Such parties may substitute the feminine gen- der for the masculine, or the plural numbei- lor the s^m- ;iular, in any of the forms in the first column of he schedules, and corresponding changes shall be take to be made in the corresponding forms m the second column. . „ 7 Su(3h parties may introduce into or annex to any ^:'fSTuSa.of the forms iii the first column any express exceptions from, or other express qualifications thereoi respective- ly, or may extend them, or remove therefrom any fim- Substltutlons etc. Gendei- and number. take 88 be s tho Ordi- Short Forms of Indentures. No. 1 of 1881. B itaiions, and the like exceptions or qualifications, or ex- tension, or removal ol" limitations, shall be taken to be made iVom or added in the corresponding forms in the .second column. 8. Such parties may add the name or other desig- a****'"""" nation of any person or persons, or class or classes of persons, or any other words, at the end of the forms of tthe first column, so as thereby to extend the words thereof to the acts of any additional jierson or persons, or class or classes of persons, or of all persons whoni-^ soever, and in every such case the covenants, or such of them as may be employed in such deed, shall be taken to extend to the acts of the person or persons so named. •J. In the case of a deed of demise or lease, there Express ex- may be introduced into any of the forms in the fir«t exp.eH8^q»ai- column under the third schedule any express excep- ["^'y^l^;^"" tioiis from, or express qualifications thereof, respective- ly, and the like exceptions or qualifications shall be taken to bt> made from or in the corresponding- forms in the sei-ond column ; where the premises demised are of freehold tenure, the covenants under the said third schedule one (1) to eight (8) shall be taken to be made with, and the proviso ?une (9) to apply to, the heirs and assigns of the lessor ; and where the premises demised shall be leasehold tenure, the covenants and proviso shall be taken to be made with and to apply to the les- sor, his executors, administrators and assigns. FIRST SCHEDULE. Deed of Conveyance. This Indenture, made the day of conveyance. in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and , " in pursuance of The Ordinance respecting Short Forms of Indentures," between (here insert the names of the parties and re- citals, if any) witnesseth, that in consideration of (if there be recitals) the premises, and of dollars (if no recitals omit the word " premises" and say >' Qf dollars") of lawful money of Canada, now paid by the said party of the part (as the fact is) to the said party of the first part (the re- ceipt whereof is hereby by him or them acknowledged) he (or they) the said party of the first part doth (or do) ^^ .No. 1 of 1 'PA^ . Shnrf Forms of ludndiire^. prnnt niito tho naid party ol" tlu^ part, his (or her or their) ht'h-s and assi^•llH, I'or over, all and singular tho land8 following, that is to say : [l)(»Hrri))o th«» lands.] [Hero insort the covenants and other provisions eti'., ott'., if any.) In witness whereof tho said parties have hereto set their hands and seals. Siu-ned, sealed and delivered ) in presence ol \ COLU.MN ONK. COLUMN TWO. ^ _,, . , I. .\n(l tlu) said covemiiitor doth lu'ieb.N 1. The said «'0}'enan-,,,,,,,„^,^^.j^ ,„^,,^,„.„^^.,^,.^„ • • ' — • ^ lor iiiiiiseii, iiiMiifiin, lAo iitors and adialn- tor covenants with the Istrator^, covonaut, i)roinl.>iO and au'ico with and to tlio said covonantcc, hlH liolrs aud asNlj,'iiH, in inaniii'V I'oljowing, that Is to sa.v : said covenantee C( vcnan with \ tee thi such t of the be ref 2. That he has the rii^'ht to convey the said lands to the said cove- nantee, notwithstand- ing any a<'t of the said covenantor. •J. That Cor and not\vlthstandiii« any act, deed, matter or thin},', by tlus said covenan- tor done, executed, eonnnlttel lan.l and said kuids. premises hereby conveyed or intended so to be, with their and every of their appurte- nances, and to have, receive and take tho rents, ,ssnes .'.nd prolits thereof, and of ev(!ry part thereof, to and lor his aud their use and hcnent without any let, suli,1rou- 1)le, dental, eviction, interruption, claim or (lemaiidwhaisoeverof, from orbyhim the said covenantor or his heirs, or any person clahniii^' or to claim by, from, under, or In trust for him, thorn, or any of them. 4. And that free and clear, and freely 4. Free from all en-,,,„i absolutely accjuitted, exonerated, and CUm])ranceS. forever di.seharsod, or otherwise, by tlio said covenantor or his heirs, well and sutticient- ly saved, kept harmless and indemnified, of, from and against any and every former and other Hilt, grant, bargain, s.ale, jointure, (lower, use, trust, entail, will, statute, re- • •O'inixn.ncp, iinliriiKMit, execution, extent. 6. ven wit' tee due enu and ma< exp ven Short Forms of Imkntures. No. 1 of 1881. COLITMN ONE. COLUMN TWO. rent, annuity, (orfolturo, re-entry, und any and every otlior oHtate, title, chargo, trouble and t'licunibrnneo whatsoever aiude, exe- cuted, occUHlonud ^f,f to "nrum- suff'^'-ed any act, deed, matter or thing done no act to .ncum ^^,,^^,^,p,,,r whereby or by means whereof ber the said lanas. ^,,p „.,i,] lands, tenements, hereditaments and promises hereby conveyed or mentioned or intended so to be, or any part or parcel 10. And that Short Forms of Indentures. No. 1 of 1881. 11 COLUMN ONE. ments and ntloned or irtenances, ader, or in ,gor, shall t all times Qd charges id assigns, r cause or jd and exe- and other ds, devices, he law, for rfectly and ig the said s and pre- !, unto the signs, as by assigns, or e law, shall )ly devised, aerson who :ecute such ir the mak- travel from •tgagor and s prevented ident, frona ereafter, at : charges in his heirs or ; in any ac- ty or other aslon shall ny deed, In- written for I support of of the said IS, of. In, to, nents, here- conveyed or and at the s, shall and 9 or procure ito the said is, true and tracts of the writings ra- id shall and )les and ab- npared with 3 said raort- rtgagor hath o,donc,com- r knowingly ,er or thing jans whereof e rod! laments or mentioned irt or parcel 11. And that the said mortgagor will insure the buildings on the said lands to the amount of not less than dollars. COLUMN TWO. thereof, are, is, or shall or may be In any wise impeached, charged, affected or en- cumbered in title, estate, or otherwise how- soever. 11. And also that the said mortgagor, or his heirs, shall and will forthwith insure, unless already insured, and during the con- tinuance of this security keep Insured against loss or damage by Hre In suc^ pro- portions upon each building as may be re- quired by the said mortgagee, his heirs or assigns, the buildings erected on the said lands, tenements, hereditaments and pre- mises hereby conveyed or mentioned or Intended so to be, in the sum of dollars of lawful money of Canada, at least, In some insurance office to be approved of by the said mortgagee, his heirs or assigns, and pay all premiums and sums of money necessary for such purpose as the same shall become due, and will on demand assign, transfer and deliver over unto the said mortgagee, his heirs, executors, administra- tors or assigns, the policy or policies of in- surance, receipt or receipts thereto apper- taining, and if the said mortgagee, his heirs or assigns, shall pay any premiums or sums of money for Insurance of the said prem'.ses or any part thereof, the amount of such payments shall be added to the debt hereby secured, and shall bear interest at the same rate from the time of such payments, and shall be payable at the time appointed for the then next ensuing payment of Interest on the said debt. 12. And the said mortgagor doth release to the said mortgagee all his claims upon the said lands subject to the said proviso. 12. And the said mortgagor by these pre- sents doth release, remise, and for ever quit claim unto the said mortgagee, his heirs and assigns, all and all manner of right, title, interest, claim and demand whatso- ever, both at law and in equity, of, unto and out of the said lands, tenements, heredita- ments and premises hereby conveyed or mentioned or Intended so to be, and every part and parcel thereof, so as that neither the said mortgagor, his heirs, executors, administrators or assigns shall or may at any time hereafter have, claim, pretend to, challenge or demand the said lands, tene- ments, hereditaments and premises, or any part thereof, in any manner howsoever, subject always to the said above proviso, but the said mortgagee, his heirs and as- signs, and the said lands, tenements, here- ditaments and premises, subject as afore- said, shall from henceforth for ever here- after be exonerated and discharged of and from all claims and demands whatsoever, which the said nioitsagor, h\~ heirs or as- signs, might or could have upon the said mortgagee, his heirs or assigns, In respect n No. 1 of 1881 . Short Forms of Indentures. COLUMN ONK. 13. Provided that the said mortgagee on default of payment for . months may on notice enter on and lease or sell the said lands. COLUMN TWO. of the said lands. tenemontH.herecHtamcnts and premises, er upon the said lands, tene- ments, hereditaments and premises. 13. Provided always, and It Is hereby de- clared and agreed by and between the par- ties to these presents, that If the said mortgagor, his heirs, executors or adminis- trators shall make default In any pajment of the said money or Interest, or any part of either of the same, according to the true Intent find meaning of thos.-i presents and of the proviso in that behalf hereinbefore contained, and calendar months shall have thereafter elapsed without such payment being made, (of which default, as also of the continuance of the said princi- pal money and interest, or some part there- of, on this security, the production of these presents shall be conclusive evidence). It shall and may be lawful to and for the said mortgagee, his heirs or assigns, after giving written notice to the said mortgagor, his heirs or assigns, of his Intention In that ^ behalf, either personally or at his or their * usual or last place of residence within the North-West Territories not lesB than previous, without any farther consent or concurrence of the said mort- gagor, his heirs or assigns, to enter iHto possession of the said lands, tenements, hereditaments and premises hereby con- veyed or mentioned or intended so to be, and to receive and take the rents, issues and profits thereof, and whether in or out of possession of the same to make any lease or leases thereof or of any part there- of, as he shall think fit, and also to sell and absolutely dispose of the said lands, tenements, hereditaments and premises hereby conveyed or mentioned or Intend- ed so to be, or any part or parts thereof, -with the appurtenances, by public auction or private contract, or partly by public auction and partly by private contract, as to him shall seem meet, and to conv.ey and assure the same when so sold unto the purchaser or purchasers thereof, his heirs and assigns, or as be, she, or they shall di- rect and appoint, and to execute and do all such assurances, acts, matters and things as may be found necessary for the purposes aforesaid; and the said mortgagee shall not be responsible for any loss which may arise by reason of any such leasing or sale as aforesaid, unless the same shall happen by reason of his wilful neglect or default; and it is hereby further agreed between tlio parties to these presents, tliat until such sale or sales shall be made as aforesaid, tlio said mortgagee, his heirs, executors, administrators or assigns shall and will stand and bo possessed of and interested In the rents and profits of the said lands, tene- Short Forms of Indentures. No. 1 of 1881. 13 COLUMN ONE. COIiUMN TWO. ments, hereditaments and premises, In eas« he shall take possession of the same on any default as aforesaid, and after such sale or Kales shall stand and be possessed of and interested In the moneys to arise and be produced by such sale or sales, or which shall be received by the mortgagee, his heirs or assigns, by reason of any Insur- ance upon ihe said premises or any part thereof, upon trust in the first place to pay and satisfy the costs and cnarges of prepar- ine for and making sLles, leases and con- veyances OS aforesaid, and all other cost, and charges, damages and expenses, which t^e said mortgagee, his heirs or executors, ndmlnlstrators or assigns shall bear, sus- tain or be put to for taxes, rents. Insurances and repairs, and all other costs and charges ihich may be Incurred in and about the Tx cutlon of any of the trusts »" him he- by reposed, and in the ne^t place to pay and satisfy the principal sum of money and interest hereby secured or mentioned or intended so to be, or so much thereof as rhanremalndue and unsatisfied up to and inclusive of the day whereon the said prin- cipal sum shall be paid and satisfied ; and after full payment and satisfaction of all such sums of money and Interest as afore- said upon this further trust that the said mS'tgagee, his heirs, executors, adminis ra- r s or L^igns. do and shall P^^ ^^^^ -jj,-' If any, to the said mortgagor, his executors, administrators or assigns, or as he shall di- rect and appoint, and shall also In such event, at the request, costs and charges In the law of the said mortgagor, his heirs or assigns, convey and assure unto the said mortgagor, his heirs or aslgns, or to such person or persons as he shall direct and ap- point, all such parts of the said lands, tene- ments, hereditaments and premises as shall remain unsold for the purposes aforesaid, freed and absolutely discharged of and from all estate, lien, charge and e"^"";^*';";^.^^ whatsoever by the said mortgagee, his heirs or assigns, in the meantiine, so as no per- .on who shall be required to make or exe- cute any such assurances shall be compelled ?or the making thereof to go and travel from his usual place of abode ; Prov^ed always, and It Is hereby further declared anT agreed by and between the parties to these presents that, notwithstanding the power of sale and other the powers and p^vlsions contained in these Presents the Ld mortgagee, his heirs or aBsignss^ sha, have and be entitled to his right of fo'e^io L" of the equity of redemption of he sa d mortgagor, his heirs and assigns, in the said r/df ?en;ments, hereditaments and pre- mises as fully and eff-ectually as uc luigh. haJc ;xerclsed and enj.yed the same in case m 14 No. 1 of 1881. Sliort Forms of Indentures. COLUMN ONE. COLUMN TWO t}ie power of sale and tho other provisoes and trusts incident thereto bad not been heroin contained. 14. Povided mortgagor may dis train for arrears of in terest. iu- 14. And It Is fu'ther covenanted, declared and agreed by and between the parties to these presents, that If tho said mortgagor, his heirs, executors or adralalstrators, shall make default In payment of any part of the Bdid Interest, at any of the days or times hereinbefore limited for tiio payment there- of. It shall and may bo lawful for the said mortgagee, his heirs or assigns, to distrain therefor upon the said lands, tenements, liereditaments and premises, or any part thereof, and by distress warrant to recover by way of rent reserved, as in the case of a demise of the said lands, tenements, here- ditaments and promises, so much of such Interest as shall from time to time bo or re- main In arrear and unpaid, together with all costs, charges and expenses attending such levy or distress, ac in like cases of dis- tress for rent. 15. Provided that in default of the payment of the interest hereby secured, the principal hereby secured shall become payable 15, Provided always, and it Is hereby fur- ther expressly declared and agreed by and between the parties to these presents, that If any default all at any time happen to be made of or In the payment of the Interest money hereby secured or mentioned or In- tended so to be, or any part thereof, then and in such case the principal money here- by secured or mentioned, or Intended so to be, and every part thereof, shall forthwith become due and payable in like manner, and with the like consequences and defect! to all Intents and purposes whatsoever as if the time herein mentioned for payment of such principal money had fully come and expired, but that in such case ihe said mortgagor, his heirs or assigns, shall, on payment of all arrears under these presents, with lawful costs and charges in that be- half, at any time before any Judgment in tho premises recovered at law, or within such time as by the practice of equity relief therein could be obtained, be relieved from the consequences ofnon-payment of so much of the money secured by these presents, or mentioned or intended so to be, as may not then have become payable by reason of lapse of tlmg. Ifi Provided that 18. And provided also, and it is hereby fur- •T J C ^^■ P ^^^^ expressly declared and agreed by and until delault OI pay- between the parties to these presents, that ment the mortgagor untU default shall happen to be made of or <.U»11 liotro miiof r»ns. '° payment of the suld sum of money here- shall have quiet pos- ^^^ ^^^^^^^ ^^ ^^^^^^^^^ ^^ intended so to be, or the interest thereof, or any part of Short Forms oj Indentures. No. 1 of 1881. 16 COLUMN ONE. COLUMN TWO. Brtcoirin nf +>iA co i /I either Of the Hamo, or the doing, Observing, session OI me f*^!^ performing, fumillng or keeping some one lands. or more of the provisions, agreements or stipulations herein set forth, contrary to the true Intent and meaning of these pre- sents. It shall and may be lawful to and for the said mortgagor, his heirs and assigns, peaceably and quietly to have, hold, ufce, occupy, possess and enjoy the said lands, tenements, hereditaments and premises hereby conveyed or mentioned or Intended so to be, with their and every of their appurtenances, and take and receive ;the rents, issues and profits thereof to his own use and benefit, without let, suit, hindrance, Interruption, or denial of or by the said mortgagee, his heirs, executors, admlnls- tratorj or assigns, or of or by any other per- son or persons whomsoever lawfully claim- ing, or who shall or may lawfully claim by, from, under, or In trust for him, her, them, or any or either of them. 1^ A-n^ +>io aaiA A 17. And the said A. B., wife of the said H. Ana ine saia a. mortgagor, for and In consideration of the B., wife of the said sum of dollars of lawful money mortfaffOT hereby bars of Canada, to her in hand paid by the said V. f Vovin +>.i -„: J mortgagee at or before the sealing or de- ner aOWer in IDG SaiU jj^^^y of those presents, the receipt whereof lands. Is hereby acknowledged by these presents, doth grant and release unto the said mort- gagee, his heirs and assigns, all her dower and right and title wnlch. In the event of her surviving her said husband, she might or would have to dower In, to, or out of the lands and premises hereby conveyed or in- tended so to be. THIRD SCHEDULE. Deed of Lease. This Indenture, made the day Lea.se. of in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and " in pursuance of The Ordinance respecting Short Forms of Indentures," between of the first part, and of the second part, [any recitals re- quired may be here inserted] witnesseth that in consid- eration of the premises [if any recitals ; if not, omit " of the premises and"] of the rents, covenants and agree- ments hereinafter reserved .and eontaiiied on the part of the said party of the second part, herein called the lessee (his or their) executors, administrators and assigns, 16 No. 1 of 1881. Short Form>^ of Indentures. to be paid, kept, observed and performed, he [^r f^j) the said party of the first part, hereinafter called the lessor by these presents do [or doth] demise and lease nno the^aid lessee, his [or their] executors adminis- trator and assigns, all that mess;u.ige or tenement knds and premises situate, or all that parcel or tract of land situate, lying and being.[here in.sert a descrip- tion of the premises with suihcient certainty). To have and to hold the said demised premises to the lessee, his^executoi., administrators .i«n.i^ and during the term 01 ^^^^^ from the ^ ^ ^"JY ^^ nnd from thousand eiffht hundred and a^^a iroiu theSorth next ensuing and fully to be con.plete and ended. Yielding and paying therefor yearly and every vear during the said term hereby granted, unto the laTd lessor his [or their] heirs, executors administrators saia icsboi 111 I ^^ ^g payable :rtKliowTngTays and times, that is to say, (on etc., ete 1 the Ct of such payments to become du.. and be made on the ^^ »f next. [Here insert any provisces, conditions and cove- nants required.] Ill witness whereof, etc., etc. Signed, sealed and delivered in presence of COLUMN ONE COLUMN TWO. , 1 The said lessee doth hereby for hlm- 1. The said lessee ^^j^-j^jg j^gi^g^jxecutors and adminlslm- OOVenantS with the tors', covenant with the said lessor that ho, A 1 oo^v +r» -novrpnt the said lessee, his executors, admlnistra- said lessoi to pay rent. J^^^"^^^ ^^^,g^^^ ^u,^ ^^^rmg the said term pay unto the said lessor the rent hereby re- served, in manner hereinbefore mentioned, without any deduction whatsoever. ^ A J i. ,. +OVC.O 2 And also will pay all taxes, rates, du- 2. And to pay taxes. ^^^^ and assessments whatsoever, whether municipal, parliamentary, or otherwise, now charged or hereafter to be charged upon the said demised promises, or upon the said lessor on account thereof. 3. And to repair. 3. And also will, duriuK the said term, well and sufficiently repair, maintain, amend and keep the said demised pre- mises, with the appurtenances, in good and substantial repair, and all nxtures and Short Forms of Indentmen. No. 1 of 1881. It r they) ed the (1 lease Iminis- eineiit, r tract Lescrip- lisos to gns, lor [iiputcd 0110 id from ,etc and i every into the Lstrators payable [on etc., > and be lid cove- COLUMN ONE. by for him- adminislra- isorthat he, atlmlnistra- lio said term it hereby re- ! mentioned, aver. »s, rates, du- sker, whether otherwise, be charged ises, or upon ;reof. 5 said term, •, maintain, lemised pre- ces, in good 1 nxtures and S COLUMN TWO thluKS thereto belonging, or which at any time during the iftid term shull bo erected and made, when, where, and io often ai need shall be. 4 And to keep up * AndaUowlll, from time to time dur- Ing the said teriB, keep up the fences and ieiices. wallsof or belonging to the said premlBCS, and make anew any parti thereof that may require to be new made, in a good and ■ubstantlal manner, and at proper season* of the year. c K-^A ««f fn mf 5 And also will not at any time during Ana nOI lO t-w^^^gj^m j^rm, hew, fell, cut down or de- down timber. gtroy, or cause or knowingly permitor suffer to be hewed, felled, cut down or destroyed, without the consent in writing of the les- sor, any timber or timber trees, except for necessary repairs. 6. And that the said lessor may enter and view state of repair, and that the said lessee will repair according to notice. 7. And will not as- 6. And it is hereby agreed that It shall be lawful for the lessor and his agents at all reasonable times during the said term to enter the said demised premises to examine the condition thereof, and further that all want of reparation that upon such view shall be found, and for the amendment of which notice in writing shall be left at the premises, the said lessee, his executors, ad- ministrators and assigns, will, within three calendar months next after such notice, well and sufficiently repair and make good accordingly- 7. And also that the lessee shall not nor I. j^iiv* Y. ^-- "-- — will, during the said terra, assign, transfer sign or sublet without or set over, or otherwise by any act or deed, lonvp procure the said premises, or any of them, leave. _ ^^ ^^ assigned, transferred, set over or sub- let unto any persen or persons whomsoever, without the consent in writing of the les- sor, his heirs or assigns, first had and ob- tained. A J ii, v V. "ll ^- And further, the lessee will, at tha ex- 8. And that ne 'Wlll pj^^^^jgn o^ other sooner aeterminatlon of leave premises in good the said term, peaceably surrender and yield . up unto the said lessor, the said premises repair. hereby demised, with the appurtenances, together with all buildings, erections and fixtures thereon, in good and substantial repair and condition, reasonable wear and tear and damage by fire only excepted. 9, Provided always, and it is hereby ex- 9. Proviso for re-en- pressly agreed, that if the rent hereby re- trvbv the said lessor on served, or any part thereof, shall be unpaid \.i.j yj^l vj for thirty days after any one of the days on non-payment OI rent or ^-^^^^^ ^he same ought to have been paid, non-performance of CO- although no formal demand shall have vPTiants been made thereof, or in case of the vciiaii . breach Of non-performance of any of the covenants or agreements herein contained on the part of the lessee, his executors, ad- ministrators or assigns, then and in either 18 No. 1 of 1881. Short Forms of Indentures. COLUMN ONE. OOLIIMN TWO. or Buoh canes, 11 Hhall bo Inwriil for the leu- nor at any tlino thoroaftor, Into and upon thefiatcldemlMecl prcmlHes orimy part there- of In tlie namo of the whole, to ro-entor and the tamo to have UKUIn, re-posNOHS and i-n- Joy aa of hlH or tholr former cHtato, any- thing heroin contained t* the contrary not- wlthstandlnK. 10 The Baid lessor ^'^- ^'"^ ^^^ loHHor doth liemby for hlm- -fU 1 ■*''^' *''^ helrH, exocutors, adrnlnlKlrators covenants Wltn lessee ^^j^j aj,gigaH, covenant with th« k'HHCo, hU for quiet enjoyment. executors, adralnlstratorH and asilgns, that he and they paying the rent hereby re- Borved, and periormlnK the povei.antH here- inbefore on hU and their part contained, Hhall and may peaceably posseim and enjoy the said demised premises for the term hereby granted, without any Interruption or disturbance from the lessor, his heirs, executors, administrators and assigns; or any other person or persons lawfully claim- ing by, from, or under him, them or any of them. Security bi/ Public Officers. No. 2 of 1881. 19 J^o. 2 of 1^81, An Ordinance respecting Security to he ^iven by Fahlic Officers. [I'AKSED 10th June, 1881.] Be it enacted by the Lioutenant-GovernoT of the l^orth-West Tevritoru'H, m Council, as follows : 1 Whenever a Sheriff, Registrar, Clerk of any Public offl-^^^ Court," Bailiff, or any other public^ olhcer is required to security ^of crive security for the performance of his duties, or other compauiei. security of a like nature, and whether such security enures for the benefit of the crown or of any person in- iured by the default or misconduct of such oflicer, tlie Lieutenant-Governor in Council may, by Order m Covncil direct that the bond or policy of guarantee of any incorporated or joint stock company empowered to o-raiit guarantees, bonds, covenants, or pohcies for the fnteo-rity and faithful accounting of public officers, or oth "r like purposes, and named by 3uch Order in Coun- cil may be accepted as such security, upon such terms as 'may be determined by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council ; and the provisions of law with reference to the leo-al effect of such securities when given oy indi- viduals to the filing thereof, and to the mode of pro- ceedilig thereon, shSll apply to the security given by every such company. 2 The interim receipt of such company maybeinteHm acreoted in lipu of the formal security, but the formal ."olvity shall oe completed within four months from the date of such receipt. 3 Every covenant hereafter entered into for or inee-rity^o' behalf of any public officer, in ^^'"'Z'^^^l ^"g^^^^ statute or ordinance requiring security from any sucf^, decrown. ofhcJr, or in pursuance of the preceding sections, shall e ure for the benefit of Her Majesty ; and Her Majesty may bring and maintain an action thereon m r^'^" vi?^ Tv damages suffered by Her Majesty or by the public onlccount of any misconduct neglect or deMt of the officer in either instance, with the like effect as any \n 1 20 No. 2 of 1881. Securitij hij Public Officers. private person suffering damages as aforesaid might, and may also sue in any other mode by which Her Ma- jesty may sue upon a covenant. Limitation as 4. Where auy persou, company or corporation is to liability of , P ^Yie performance by any pablic othcer, or by K^er^-ry y^^^^^^^ to any civil ofhce, employment or commission who is obliged to give security as the Lieutenant-Governor in Council may require, or to any office or employment of publu^trust, whether the suretvship is for the benefit of the Crown or enures for the benefit of any person injured by the deiault or mis- conduct of such officer or other person, and any action or suit is brought upon the bond, covenant policy, or recognizance of suretyship, no damages shall be reco- vered in the said action or suit against such surety ex- cept as to matters and causes of action which have arisen within six years next before the commencement of the said action or suit. 5 Wherever by any statute or ordinance any per- son appointed to any public office, or authorized to per- form any official duties, is required to give or enter into any bond or other secur.'ty for the performance of his duties, such person shall cause every sucli bond or se- curity to be proved, as to the due execution thereof, by an affidavit of the attesting witness written or attached thereto : such affidavit to be made beiore a justice ot the peace, and to be in the following form : Affidavit of execution of surety bond or other ■ecurlty. NORTH-WEST TERRITORIES. |I, G. H., of ui '^^ make ; oatli and say, tliat I am the person whose name Is subscribed to the annexed bond as the attesting witness (or one of The attesting witnesses) to the execution thereof, and the «'en«t"'« ^ J^<^ subscribed thereto as such attesting witness is of my proper hand wilting thati was present and did se« the said bond duly signed and executed by thf several parties thereto (or by A. B. and C D. , two of the partl.s exe- cuting the same, or a« the case may be;) and that I ItLOW the saia Q.H. ol Sworn before mo at la this day ing th Registration of litles. No. 3 of 1881. 21 might, HerMa- ation is sr, or by iloyment iirity as re, or to ther the lures for t or mis- ly action lolicy, or be reco- Lirety ex- ich have jiicement any per- ad to per- 3nter into .ce of his nd or se- lereof, by • attached justice of do make person whose ess (or one of lature set and (landwiitlng ; executed by ! partus exe- ftld Q.H. day J^o. 3 of 1881, An Ordinance to Extend and Amend the Registration of Titles Ordinance. [Passed 10th June, 1881.] Whereas it is expedient to extend and amend Or- dinance No. 9 of 1879, intituled " An Ordinance respect- ino- the Registration of Deeds and other Instruments refating to lands in the North- West Territories," Be it therefore enacted by the Lieutenant-Governor of the North- West Territories, in Council, as follows : 1 The said Ordinance may be cited as " The Regis- sbori Title, tration of Titles Ordinance, 1879." and this Ordinance as "The Registration of Titles Ordinance, 1881, and both may be together cited as " The Registration of Titles Ordinances, 1879 and 1881." 2 Subiecttothe provisions of "An Ordinance re- f«<=^'|^»ty;'/o, specting securitv to be given bv public officers," every Deeds. Registrar of Deeds now or hereafter to be appointed, when required so to do by the Lieutenant-aovernor shall execute and enter into a joint and several covenant in duplicate, with two sufficient sureties to be approved by the Lieutenant-Governor, for such amounts as may be fixed by Order in Council ; such covenant to be m the following form : Know all men bv these presents, that we, A . B. , Registrar for ando. D.,of andE. F.,of do hereby jointly and severnlly, for ourselves and each of oar heirs, executors and administrators, covenant and promise that the ^f J ^ B as m,gls. t,.„,, for shall well, truly and faithfully perform the duties and obligations of his office as such Registrar, and th«^t n.ithor he nor his deputy Shall negligently or wilfully '"»^«'^"'^"'^^„i^j"^.«''^° Jl'. .aid office to the damage of any person or P«'-««"f,^l>°™;;°7;; under tht 10.. It is hereby declared that no greater sum shal be rec^^jred under his eovennnt agains, the --ral partie.^hereto than the followjn.. that^is^to Ihe src" B.V^Tl:^; "• " "^ ^^'"^donars respectively. In witness whereof wo have hereto set our hands and seals this day of -8 Signed, sealed and delivered in) the presence of f '%«■■ 0-9 No. 3 of 1881. Reghtratioyi of Titles. Filing of CO- 3. One of such duplicate covenants shall be fortli- venants. ^.^^^ transmitted to the Clerk of the Council, to be by him filed in the office of the Lieutenant-Grovemor, and the other duplicate shall be placed on file in the office of the Registrar giving the same, where it may be ex- amined, free of charge," by any person who has paid registraiiuii f^es. New cove- nants and sureties. Powers, etc., of Registrar extended to District Registrars. 4. Every Registrar may at any time be required by the Lieutenant-Grovernor in Council to execute new covenants in the form and to the effi^ct hereinbefore provided, or to furnish other sureties, as may be deemed expedient, or both. 5. The several powers, rights and duties vested in and imposed upon the Registrar by the said Ordinance are hereby extended to the District Registrars now or hereafter to be appointed ; and this section shall be deemed to have been in force on and from the first day of March, A.D. 1881. Section 8 of 6. Sectiou eight of the said Ordinance is hereby of Smlnd- amended by repealing sub-section (1) thereof and sub- ^'^' stituting therefor the following : " (1) The G-eneral Registrar, any District Regis- " trar, a Stipendiary Magistrate, a Justice of the Peace, " or a Notarv Public of the North-West Territories." New Forms D and F. *7. Forms D and F at the end of the said Ordinance are hereby repealed and the following substituted therefor : FORM D. {Beferred to in Sections 17 d- 18 of '* 2'he Registration of Titles Ordinance, 1879.") I certify that, the within Instrument is duly entered and registered in tUo I eglstry office for North-West Territories, In Boolt at o'clock on tlie day of AD. 18 Number Registrar for FORM F. {Referred to in Section 21 o/ " The Registration of Titles Ordinance, 1879. ") To the General Registrar for the North-West Territories {or to the District Registrar for as the ease may. be.) j^ of do certify j^l^ftt lias satisfied all money due on or to grow due on {or has satisfied the sum of dollar* men- tinno;! in) a certain inort!rn.£re made by of to which mortgage bears date the day of A.D. IS , and was registered in the registry office for the on day of A-D. IS , at minute.'? past Registration of Jitles, No. 3 of 1881. 28 o'clock of the noon, In Book as No. [here mention the day and date of registration of each assignment thereof and the names of the parties, or mention that such mortgage has noi been aislgued, as the fact may be], and that I am the person entitled by law to receive the money; and that such mortgage [m- such sum of money as aforesaid, or such part of the lands as Is herein particularly described, that Is to say ] is therefore discharged. Witness my hand this [One wiinesa] day of A.D18 A. B. which 24 No. 4 of 1881. Office of Sherif. JVo. A of 1881. An Ordinance respecting the Office of Sheriff. Security by Sneriff. [Passed 10th June, 1881.] Be it enacted by the Lieutenant-aovernor of the North- West Territories, in Council, as follows : 1. Subject to the provisions of " An Ordinance re- specting security io be given by Public Officers," the Sheriff now or hereafter to be appointed in and for the North- West Territories, when required so to do by the Lieutenant-Governor, shall execute and enter into a joint and several covenant in duplicate, with two or more sureties approved by the Lieutenant-Governor, in such form as may be prescribed, and for such amounts respectively as may from time to time be fixed by Or- der of the Lieutenant-Governor in Council in that be- half. covenants to 2. One of the duplicate covenants and any affida- be filed. ^,|^ attached to the same shall be forwarded by the hhe- riif to the Clerk of the Council, to be by him filed in +,lie office of the Lieutenant-Governor, and the other duplicate covenant, with any affidavit attached thereto, shall be forwarded to the clerk of the court of civil iurisdiction nearest to the office of the said Sheriff, to be by the said clerk filed in his office ; and every per- son shall be entitled to inspection at proper office hours, and to a copy oi any such bond or bonds or other secu- rity at the office of such clerk of court, upon payment of twenty-five cents for every inspection, and one dollar for every copy. Limitation of 3 j^i case nnv new security be required at any iui^'eu'er''^ time bv the Lieutenant-Governor in Council, the former sureties shall oulv be liable for or on account of defaults^ or misfeasances suffered or committed by the Sheriff^ previous to the perfecting of the new security, and not as to any subsequent default or misfeasance. Office of Sheriff. No. 4 of 1881. 26 4 The sureties of the Sheriff shall be liable to in- 8u;e^%«JX. demnify the party or parties to any legal proceeding toje«ai ^^ro- against any omission or any default of the Shenft or on..s.o^^^^^^^^ a?iv deputies or bailiffs appointed by him, m not pay-,„isconduct. ino- over moneys received by him or them, and against any damage sustained by any such party or parties^^ in consequence of the Sheriff's or any of his deputies or bailiffs' wilful or neglectful fi«V«?^^^^i^V'^ ff""?. anv office; and the Sheriff shall be joint defendant m any action to be brought upon such covenant. 5 If any bailiff or constable entrusted ^^i^\^^fSf3" execution of any writ, warrant, process, mesne or final ^aiii««. et ,. wilfully misconduct himself m the execution of the same, or wilfully makes any false retuni to such writ warrant or process, unless by the consent of the party m whose favor the process issued, or for not paying over moneys received by him, he shall answer in damages to any party aggrieved by such misconduct, false re- turn or non-payment of moneys as aforesaid. ■1 p Bonds void as When the Sheriff dies, is removed from or re- to sureties sio-ns his office, and within the space of eighteen months ^gh'-;f^\fter after such death removal or resignation, no misbehavior death.^ po- appears to have been committed by such Sheriff m .the nation or^ ^^ execution of his office, then at the end of the said eigh- nj^isbehavior teen months the bond or bonds or other security so en- hkve been le^edTXo shall become void and of no effect as to siich co-mitted. sureties, to all intents and purposes whatsoever; but such Sheriff, his heirs, executors and administrators or curators respectively, shall not be exonerated if misfea- sance, malfeasance or nonfeasance in oihce be afterwards discovered and established, except that the sureties of every such Sheriff' shall remain bound and liable by vir- tue of and to the amount mentioned in the bond or bonds or security for all moneys levied by such Sheriff, until the expiration of one year after the datj3 of any iudo-ment by which such Sheriff", his heirs, or legal rep- resentatives is or are required to pay over the said moneys to the person or persons entitled to receive the same. 7 No Sheriff, Deputy Sheriff, bailiff" or constable 8ho..fl^.^^^^^ shall, directly or indirectly, purchase any goods or chat- from^purcha- tels, lands or tenements, by him exposed to sale undei execution. 8 The Sheriff 8hall keep in his office, open to theBoous of of- inspection of any person free of charge, the following books, namely : S6 No. 4 of 1881. Office of Sheriff. (1) Execution books, for goods and lands respec- tively, in which shall be entered a memorandum of every writ of execution, or writ in the nature of a writ of execution, the court out of which the same issued, the names of the parties thereto, the attorney by whom issued, the date of return, and the nature of the return made thereto, or what was done thereunder or there- with ; and (2) A cash book, in which shall be entered all cash received or paid away by the Sheriff in his official ca- pacity, or in connection with his office, for any service whatever — for fees, poundage, service of process and papers, attendance at courts, moneys levied under exe- cution, or under writs in the nature of writs of 'ivC^u- tion, or otherwise, the date of the receipt or payment, the cause, matter or service in which or on account of which the same was received or paid away. Coat of books 9. It shall be the duty of the Sheriff to supply him- provided or. ^^^^ ^rj^j^ ^-j^q books in the next preceding section men- tioned and an account of the cost thereof shall bt warded to the Lieutenant-Grovernor for payment. for- Books^^etc^ 10. All books, accounts, records, papers, writs, war- Government rants, process, moneys and other matters and things in West Torri- the possession or under the control of the Sheriff" by tories. virtue of or appertaining to, his office as Sheriff, shall be the property of the Government of the North- West Ter- ritories, and the same and every of them shall, imme- diately upon the resignation, removal from office or deiBth of any such Sheriff, be by the party in whose possppsion or control they may come or happen to be, handed over to and taken possession of by the successor in office of such Sheriff, or such person as the Lieu- tenant-Grovernor may appoint to receive the same. 11. No person except the successor in office of the the etc No person sheriff's^suc- Sheriff SO resigning, being removed or dying, or offlceVo^oks!^ person so to be appointed by the Lieutenant-G-overnor as aforesaid, shall take, have or hold any such books, accounts, records, papers, writs, warrants, process, moneys, or other matters or things ; and any person having or holding any of the matters aforesaid shall forthwith on demand deliver over the same and every of them to the said succeeding Sheriff or to the person so to be appointed as aforesaid ; and upon any such person neglecting or refusing so to do, on convictioii thereof before a Stipendiary Magistrate, he shall be li- able to pay a penalty not exceeding one hundred dollars. Office of Sheriff. No.4ofl8«l. HJ I respec- idum of •f a writ ! issued, y whom e return )r there- l all cash Eicial ca- V service cess and der exe- )f '*-^0"U- jayment, count of ply him- on men- l bo I'or- nt. rits, war- hings in herilt" by :" shall be ^est Ter- il, imme- office or n whose m to be, successor ;he Lieu- ime. je of the V, or the G-overnor ;h books, process, y person aid shall md every he person any such ouviction all be li- ?d dollars. 12. The Sheriff, after resigning office, or removal E^p-s^eriffor from office, or his heirs, executors or administrators, twesto^bave shall or may, at any and at all time or times thereafter booki of of- have the right and be at liberty to have access to, search and examine into any or all accounts, books, papers, warrants and process of whatever kind, and all other matters or things which were formerly in possession of him the said Sheriff before his resignation or removal, and which at the time of making or requiring to make such search or examination are in the possession or con- trol of the succeeding Sheriff, free of all costs, charges and expenses. 13 In case of the death, resignation or removal of ^;f//»°°! the Sheriff after he has made a sale of lands but before H^f^fl^t he has made a deed of conveyance of the same to the she^ff^pro- purchaser, such deed of conveyance shall be made to the purchaser by the Sheriff who is in office acting as Sheriff as aforesaid at the time when the deed of con- veyance is made. I 28 No. 5 of 1881. Chattel Mortgages. ^0. 6 of 1881. An Ordinance respecting Mortgai^es and Sales of Personal Fropertij. creditors, etc., unless registered. [Passed IOth June, 1881.] Be it onacted by the Lieutenant-Governor of the North-West Territories, in Council, as follows : Mortgages of 1. Every mortcrage, or conveyance intended to ope- atfendwi""^ rate as a mortgage "^ot goods and chattels, made in the (7f possession North- Wcst Territories, which is not accompanied by Khi^ij^bo^void jj^jj immediate delivery and an actual and continued change of possession of the things mortgaged, or a true copy thereof, shall, within fifteen days from the execu- tion thereof, be reg:'.-...ed as hereinafter provided, to- gether with the affidavit of a witness thereto of the due execution of such mortgage or conveyance or of the due execution of the mortgage or conveyance of which the copy filed purports to be a copy, and also with the affi- davit of the mortgagee, or one of several mortgagees, or of the agent of the mortgagee or mortgagees, stating that the mortgagor therein named is justly and truly indebted to the mortgagee in the sum mentioned in the mortgage, that it was executed in good faith and for the express purpose of securing the payment of money justly due or accruing due, and not for the purpose of protecting the goods and chattels mentioned therein against the creditors of the mortgagor or of preventing the creditors of such mortgagor from obtaining payment of any claim against him ; and every such mortgage or conveyance shall operate or take eftect upon, from and after the day and time of the execution thereof. Mortgages of 2. In casc of an agreement in writing for future demntfy St"; advances for the purpose of enabling the borrower te^'red.'^ '*^^'''" to enter into and carry on business with such advances, and in case of a mortgage of goods and chattels for se- curing the morlgagcc repayment of .such advances, or in case of a mortgage of goods and chattels for securing the mortgagee against the endorsement of any bills or Chattel Mortgages. No. 5 of 1881. 29 promissory notes or any other ""^""y.^y ^'^ Secnt'ed For the mortgagor and '» "--^ ^J^SJ "t X r amount of liability intended to be cT«^t^a ■md n case such mortgage is »<=«rP'"''«7n thereof lid b? witness thereto as of the due «='e?^t'»'' *°Xin J^ that the affidavit of the mortgagee or his -|^»^«^ *ed the mortgage truly sets ^^'tl^Jf^ftX states the into between the parties thereto and traiy extent of the liability intended to ^e created bj agreement and covered by ™* ™?j'S*ge. »"" S mortgage is eiecuted in good faith and *« *f « «^. p"ess purposi of securing the mortgagee repaymen of Ms advances or against the payment of «»« "°i and for ^l^TJtheTri,::;: Hold' SSied therein against ^-'^S'^j''?'^ ^^^be rSS and such conveyance and ^*f„*^i*r„^*'^t from the ''^ ''TTttreKh:fwl^ *e%&K executing tl^.e^^.^^'^^^^^^f.^^^ ^f the bargainor and as faith. . S„eh T-istration Bhall only have effect in the Eff.ct^of^^^, regi.tra?^dI^?sion wherein such registration has pe«u made. 80 No. Aol'lBRl. CliqUel Mort frames. Unless lOKiti- o. Ill caso siich mortna^'o or (onvoyanco and adlda- gt^go oim'oii- vits arc not roginti'i-od as hereinbolbro i)rovided, the vey.uHo voiii. jj^^^|.j,..^j^.^, ^^j. (.ouvoyance shall Ix^ absolutely null and void us ag'ainst creditors ol' the mortgai^'or, . and au'ainst subsequent purchasers or mortgag'ees in ^ood faith for valuable consideration. Property to be wo 11 des- cribed. G. All the instruments mentioned in this Ordi- nance, whether for the mortg-ag-e or sale of goods and (.'battels, shall contain such suflicient and full descrip- tion thereof that the same may l)e readily and easily known and distinguished. How registra- T The instruments mentioned in the preceding iimde"'"' sections shall be registered in the office of the Clerk of the District Court for the division in which the proper- ty is at the time of the execution of the "instrument, • who for such purposes shall be a liegistration Clerk ; and if in any part of the Territories there shall be no District Court Clerk, then in the office of such Kegistra- tion Clerk as the Lieutenant-Governor shall appoint for such division of any Judicial distri(;t constituted by him for that purpose ; and a copy thereof certified by such Clerk may be registered in the office of any other Clerk ■ of a District Court ; and such Clerks shall lile all such instruments, presented to them respectively for that purpose, and shall endorse thereon the time of receiving the same in their respective offices, and the same shall be kept there for the inspection of all persons interested therein, or intending or desiring to acc|uire any interest in all or any portion of the property covered thereby. Duty of Clerk. 8. Every such Clerk shall iiuiiiber cach instrument or copy filed in his office, and shall enter in alphabetical order in a book to be provided by him the names of all the parties to such instrument, with the number en- dorsed thereon opposite to each name ; and such entry shall be repeated ali)habetically under the name of every party thereto. chat*tl1smuKt 9. Every mortgage or copy thereof filed in pursu- iy rentnved^'" ^^^^^ °^ ^'^^^ {)rdinance shall cease to be valid as against the creditors of the persons making the same, and against subsequent purchasers or mortgagees in good faith for valuable consideration, after the expiration of one year from the filing thereof, unless within thirty ■ ^ ' days next preceding the expiration of the said term of one year a statement exhibiting the interest of the mort- gagee in the property claimed by virtue thereof, and a Chattel Mortgages. No r, of 1881. SI (1 adlda- led, the lull and au'ainst faith for i« Ordi- ods and descrip- d easily •eceding- Clerk of proper- ;rnment, I Clerk ; II be no ie<^'istra- point for L by him by such or Clerk all such for that eceiving ne shall iterested ' interest lereby. trument labetical les of all nber en- ch entry of every n pursu- i against me, and in good ration of in thirty [ term of he mort- f, and a 10 Such statement and affidavit shall be in the fol- I^A^^^ lowing form, or to the like eiibct : ot renevrai. STATEMENT exhlbliin. the interes., of G. DMn^the property montlon- c(l in a chattel mortgago dated the y^^^^^^ ^^^ part, and C. D.. nuule b..t ween A. B.. of ^^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^^^ ^, of the Clerk "^ judk-ialUi.strict,BWl«louKo. [as the of Jliy of ' rd%"ra;n:mn?duo for principal and Interest thereon, and of all pay- ments nuido on account thereof. •lated the '^"'^ °^ following payments, ana no oiuei, "»»« mortgage : ^ 18 .-Jau. l.-Cash received * sum of • [Here give the computation.] CD. North-West Territories. \ To wit. ' ^f the -rtgagoenan^dlnt^ehatteln.^^^ i„ the foregoing [or '^""-^j;^^„;^^.^,,.ee named In the °^ ♦ .,,.« montloned in the foregoing [or an- °s; :rs:r'r e„.e ... .o. »...» -a, and say : i.,„ r«v nniipxedl statement is true. 1 That the foregoing [oi annexeuj purpose. Sworn before mo at °u the North-west Territories, this day of 1" 32 No. 5 of 1 881 . Chattel Mortgages. by or through any mortgagee, or any next of kin, execu- tor or administrator of any such assignee ; but if the affidavit is made by any assignee, next of kin, executor or administrator of any such assignee, the assignment, or the several assignments through which such assignee claims shall be filed in the office in which the mortgage is originally filed, at or before the time of such refiling by such assignee, next of kin, executor or administrator of such assignee. Copy of In- 12. A copy of such original instrument, or of a copy tifled'bycie^rk thereof, 80 filed as aforesaid, including any statement den^eofre"- i^ade in pursuance of this Ordinance, certified by the mlSg.*°** ^^^^^ ^^ whose office the same has been filed, shall be received in evidence in all courts, but only of the fact that BUch instrument or copy and statement, were re- ceived and filed according to the endorsement of the citik thereon, and of no other fact ; and in all cases the original endorsement by the said clerk, made in pursu- ai^>.c of this Ordinance upon any such instrument or. copy, shall be received in evidence only of the fact stat- ed in such endorsement. ceruflcateof 18. "Where any mortgage of goods and chattels is mongalesf registered under the provisions of this Ordinance, such mortgage may be discharged by the filing in the office in which the same is registered of a certificate signed by the mortgagee, his executors or administrators, in the form given to the schedule hereto, or to the like effect. Entering certificate of Uiycharge. 14. The officer with whom the chattel mortgage is filed, upon receiving such certificate, duly proved by the affidavit of a subscribing witness, shall, at each place where the number of such mortgage has been entered with the name of any of the parties thereto, in the book kept under section eight of this Ordinance, or wherever otherwise in the said book the said mortgage has been entered, write the words, " Discharged by certificate number (stating the number of the certificate)"; and to the said entry such officer shall affix his name, and he shall also endorse the fact of such discharge upon the instrument discharged, and shall affix his name to such endorsement. IpTttvtTT r\f mongages*"' assigned, such assignment may, upon proof by the affidavit of a subscribing witness, be numbered and entered in the alphabetical chattel mortgage book, Chattel Mortgages. No. 6 of 1881 in the same manner as a chattel mortgage, and the pro- <'(»e(lin«iH authorized by the two next preceding sections of this Ordinance may and shall bo had upon a certifi- cate ol' the asHignee, proved in manner aforesaid. 16, For services undtr this Ordinance each clerk Feoi. aforesaid shall be entitled to receive the following ft»e8: (1) For filing each instrument and affidavit, and for entering the same in a book as aforesaid, fifty cents; (2) For liling assignment of each instrument and for making all proper endorsements in connection therewith, fifty cents ; (3) For filing certificate of discharge of each instru- ment and for making all proper entries and endorse- ments connected therewith, fifty cents ; (4) For searching for each paper, ten cents ; and (5) For copies of any document, with certificate prepared, filed under this Ordinance, twenty-five cents for every hundred words. It. All affidavits and affirmations required by this Ordinance shall be taken and administered by any justice of the peace or notary public in or out of the Territories, or Registration Clerk, and the sum of twen- ty-five cents shdll be paid for every oath thus adminis- tered. 88 SCHEDULE. Vide Section Thirteen. Daachargo of mortKage. FORM OF DISCHARGE OF MORTGAGE. To the 1, A. B.,»f do certify that has satisfied all money due on, or to grow due «n, a certain chattel mort- gage made by to which mortgage bears date the day of A.J). 18 , and was registered [or in the case the mortgage has been re- newed under sections nine and ten, was renewed] In the office of 'he on the A.D. 18 AH number fhere mention the day and date of registration of each assignment ihereof, and the names of the parties, or mention that such mortgage has not been assigned, as the fact may be] ; and that I am the person entitled by law to receive the money; and that such mortgage Is therefore discharged. Witness my hand this day of A.D. 18 A. B. Wltaess, staling residence and occupation. 84 No. 6 of 1881. Stray Animals. Jfo, G of 1881. Interpreta- tion. An Ordinance respecting Trespassing and Stray Animals. [Passed 10th June, 1881.] Be it enacted by the Lieutenant-aovemor of the North-West Territories, in Council, as follows : 1 In the construction of this Ordinance, (i) The word "animal" shall mean any horse, mule jack, sheep, goat, neat cattle, swine, or geese ; 2 The word "trespasser" shall mean any anirnal which breaks into any ground enclosed by a lawlul ^^^^(3) The word "estray" shall mean any stallion of the ao-e of one year or upwards, any swine or geese running at large! and any bull one year old orupwards runninS at lar|e between the first day of February and the first day of June : provided always that the Lieute- nant Governor on an application signed by ten farmers of any po^nd district constituted as hereinafter provid- ed o? of any other part of the Territories, may order that anv bull of such age running at large m such ptnd district, or any oth?r part of the "r- ^ scribed in such order, at any season named m such or der shall be accounted an estray, or not an estray ; and it shall be lawful for the Lieutenant-aoyernor on a like application in any ensuing year to rescind such order. Tf shall be lawful for the Lieutenant-G-overnor »rj?"\„ eo^titut by ordoTany part of the North-West Ter- ■""""■ Jitories into a pound district and to appoint therefor a pound-keeper. 3 It shall be lawful for the owner or occupier of anv land surrounded by a lawful fence or his agent, to capture any trespasser upon such land and drive and deliver the same to the pound-keeper of the pound dis- trict in which the trespass was committed ; and the sa\d pound-kesper shall impound such trespasser, and shall be responsible for the feed and safe-keepmg there- Impounding trespassers. Sitray Animals. No. 6 of 1881. 35 and [881.] of the T horse, ese ; ■ animal L lawful illion of yc geese upwards lary and e Liente- i farmers r provid- ,ay order in such ;ories de- such or- ray ; and on a like ich order. Governor Vest Ter- therefor a ccupier of 1 agent, to drive and )ound dis- ; and the )asser, and )ing there- of so long as he is legally bound to hold the same ; and he shall be empowered to collect ^the amount of the damages caused by, and all charges for the keep and other incidental expenses connected with such trespasser, before delivering up the same to the owner ; and it shall be the duty of the captor to leave with the pound-keep- er a statement in writing of his claim for damages done by such trespasser, and his reasonable charges incurred in driving the trespasser to and delivering the same to the pound-keeper. 4. It shall be lawful for any resident in the North- j^l^im^Xd^ West Territories to capture any estray found within ^^• any pound district, or within ten miles of any pound district, and drive and deliver the same to the pound- keeper of such district ; and the said estray shall be dealt with in every way as a trespasser under this Or- dinance. 5. In every case where damage shall be done to Damages to the enclosed lands of any person by any of the animals trespas'serB. hereinbefore mentioned breaking the fences enclosing the same, such animal shall be considered and treated as a trespasser within the meaning of this Ordinance, if that part of the fence broken by such animal were lawful, al- though other parts of the enclosing fence may not be law- ful ; and any animal hereinbefore mentioned breaking through a division fence which its owner is bound to repair and keep up shall be considered and treated as a trespasser within the meaning of this Ordinance, al- though the said fence shall not be a lawful fence. 6. The owner or occupant of any land, or the per- owners uabie son in charge of any animal, shall be liable for any damages caused by such animal under his charge as though such animal were his own property : and the owner of any animal not permitted to run at large by law shall be liable for any damages done by such am- , mal, although the fence enclosing the premises was not a lawful fence. 7. The person capturing any animal shall, at the Depo^it^of time of delivering the same to the pound-keeper, de^- and^secudt^^^ posit poundage fees, if sr-h are demanded, and with ed with the statement of his demand, as hereinbefore provided, ^r. give to the pound-keeper, with a surety, if required by the pound-keeper, his written agreement in the words, or to the following effect : " I {or we) do herebv agree that I (or we) will pay *; to the owner of the {describing the animal) by me, A. 36 No. 6 of 1881. Stray Animals. Pound-keep- er's duties. ProoeedSt how applied. " B this (lay impounded, all costs to which the said " owner may be put in case the distress by me the said " A B proves to be illegal, or in case the claim lor " damages by me, the said A. B., fails to be estab- " lished." 8 The owner of any animal impounded shall at any time be entitled to his animal on demand made therefor without payment of any poundage lees, on giving satisfactory security to the pound-keeper lor all costs, damages and poundage fees that may be estab- lished against him. 9. On the pound-keeper impounding an animal it shall be his duty- ID If the owner be known, to immediately notify him of such impounding, and if such owner refuse within three days after such notification to pay all law- ful damages and other charges, and take away his animal, by posting notices in three of the most public animal, to advertise for at least ten days the sale ol such places in the pound iV ^tiict, and upon the day named m such notice for su.^x sale, to sell such animal by pub- lic auction ; (2) If the owner be not known, to cause to be post- ed forthwith in three of the most public places m the pound district, and if reasonably practicable to be in- serted in the nearest newspaper published m the ierri- tories (in both English and French if apparently neces- sary), a notice giving as near as possible all the marKs, natural and artific'nl, color, and probable age of such animal ; and after the expir-tion from the date ot such notice of — ia) Twentv days, , If the animal be a horse, mule jack, or one of the neat cattle species and over two years old, and (6) Six days, , •, , a- j If the animal be of the last mentioned Vinds under two years old, or of any ether kind of any age— if no owner be found, the pound-keeper shall advertise and sell the animal in the same manner as herein pro- vided when the owner is known. 10. The pound-keeper shall apply the proceeds of anv such sale as follows : (1) To the payment of his own prope- -^-^rges ; Btray Animals. No. 6 of 1881. m (2) Tothe payment of the captor's reasonable charg s and damages; . . ,, .n (3) The balance to the owner of the animal sold, it known, and if not known, after ihe same has remained ill his hands for three months unclaimed, to the Lieu- tenant-Governor, to become, if still unclaimed for one year thereafter, a part of the revenue of the Territories. 11 The pound-keeper shall neither directly nor Pound-keep- _ indirectly become the purchaser at any sale conductedcha«eatsaie. under his direction. 12. The persons mentioned in this Ordinance shall Fee». be entitled to receive the following amounts : (1) The owner or occupier of the land injured by a trespasser, or the captor of an estray, for driv- ing and delivering the same to the pound- keeper — His reasonable expenses ; (2) The pound-keeper— For every stallion or bull, fifty cents ; for every other horse, mule or jack, or head ot cattle or swine, twenty-five cents ; for every sheep, goat or goose, each ten cents--for each day the same shall be impounded, for their FoT m)Ufying owner of animal impounded, fifty cents ; . , ^ lor posting notices, if owner not known, one dollar ; and the actual cost of newspaper advertisements when incurred ; For posting notices of sale, one dollar ; And for each mile necessarily travelled m the performance of his duties, ten cents ; ^ ^ Aiid two and one-half per cent, commission upon the amount realized on the sale, lor selling animal and applying proceeds ac- cordin- to the provisions of this Ordinance. r owners 13 The owner of any animal captured or impound- how ...... od under the provisions of this Ordinance shall be en-^-f.-f^--, titled to re^^^^^^^ the same from any person in whose aninjau-- ossession such animal may be, upon tender of all damages committed and the charges incurred up to the time of the tender. , Penalty on ^ . »,--„„,! vppn-- "-i^iHv nf fl,nv nesrlect of duty pound-keep- impostdt,^;; l^Sa b\^ th& oVli-ee shall be liable to^.BAVaut,. a pSty of not more than one hundred dollars, upon 38 No. 6 of 1881. Stray Animals. the complaint only of the party who suffers by such neglect. Rescue. Disputes. ! -^' 16 If any person shall rescue any trespasser or estray from the person lawfully taking the same to the pound, he shall be liable to a penalty of not more than t ,7enty dollars ; and if any person shall make a breach ofau/pound, or shall unduly set at large any animal impounded, he shall be liable to a penalty of not more than forty dollars. 16 In case of dispute between any of the parties mentioned in this Ordinance, or of any complaint be- ino- made that any penalty has been incurred, the same may be brought before a justice of the peace and dis- posed of by him in a summary manner. All other 1*7- Nothing herein contained shall be construed to rights o/ac- iinDair the right of action under any statute, ordinance, tion reserved. ^^F^^ commou law, for damages occasioned by tres- passers within the meaning of this Ordinance. Returns of 18. Every pound-keeper shall forward to the Lieu- LVTo^'La: tenant-Governor, on the thirty-first day of December m Governor. Q^ch year, a return in such form as he may direct, snow- ing all cattle impounded during the year, and the amount of damages and other charges paid, and all sales made by him, and the surplus, if any, on each sale, and how such surplus was disposed of. '. / Marriages. :^^o. tofl881. 89 JVo. 7 of 1881. An Ordinance respecting Marriages. [Passed 10th June, 1881.] Bo it enacted by the Lieutenant-G-overnor of the North- West Territories, in Council, as follows : 1. The ministers and clergymen of every church who^ir. ay and religious denomination, duly ordained and appoint- marriages. ed according to the rites and ceremonies of the churches and denominations to which they respectively belong, and resident in Canada, and having ecclesiastical over- si""ht of any congregation or part of a congregation in the North- West Territories, by virtue of such ordina- tion and appointment, and according to the rites and usages of their own respective churches or denomina- tions, and Commissioners appointed for that purpose by the Lieutenaiit-aovernor, may solemnize marriage between any two persons not under a legal disqualifi- cation to contract marriage. 2. No Marriage Commissioner shall solemnize mar- when^ami riage unless the parties to the intended marriage pro-soiemnued. duce to him the license required by section three of this Ordinance; and no minister or clergyman shall solemnize marriage unless a license is produced as aforesaid ; or unless the intention of the two persons, by publication of banns, to intermarry, has been pro- claimed at least once openly on a Sunday in some piib- lic religious assembly ; or unless he has satisfied him- self that there is no legal impediment to the proposed marriao-e • in which latter case such minister or clergy- man shall insert in the certificate of marrriage herein- after required words to the following effect : " And I further certify that previous to solemniz- " ing such marriage I fully satisfied myself that there " wSs no legal impediiuent to the said partie,-? iiitermar- " rying." 40 Licenses. No. 1 of 1881. Marriages. By Lieut. - Governor. 3 Martia-e licenses shall be in the Form A at iW end of thif Ordinance, and shall be supplied from the office of the Lientenant-Oovernor to such persons as he r^a^ from time to time appoint to issue the same to applicants for such licenses. 4 Every license under the hand and ^^a-l of the Ti.utenait-aoYernor shall be and remain valid, not- w Astan^^^^^^ Lieutenant-aovernor who signs the Tme has ceWd to hold office before the time of its issue. i^uertosign 5. Every issuer of marriage licenses shall sign each license as the same is issued by him. 6 Before a license is granted by any issuer, one of the parses to the intended carnage shall personaHy make an affidavit before him to the effect of the iorm " B" at the end of this Ordinance. n Incase the issuer has know' dge or reason to S'aTb^e^r ' ^ J;/^ h?t an^^ the statements m the affida^^t of ,u,e. --^JP-^i^^^it^^^^ a ^,,nage license are -t correct O^e S issuer shall ^equije further evidence t^^^^^^^ faction before issuing the license ; and a ^^W^f ^^^ ^\f^ affidavits and evidence shall be placed on hlc m his office. Affidavit be- fore Issuer. issuer. What con- sent and wlien neces- sary. Returns of licenses. 8. The father, if living, of any person ^^^er tweii- tv-one vears of age (not being a widower or widow), o. fthe fitter is dead then the mother of the minor, or il the mothe' is dead, then the lawfully appointed guar- dian or the acknowledged guardian who may have broLht up or for three years immediately preceding Sw^dmarriagesupUtedor prot^^^^^^^^^^^ shall have authority to give consent to such marriage. q Everv issuer of marriage licenses shall, on the first days of .January and July in each year, make a re- turn to the Lieutenant-Governor of all licenses issued Iv h m dUng the preceding six months with the ■nlmes of the parties to whom issued, and shall accom- pany such retSrn with the original affidavit taken m eaJh instance ; and whenever called upon, return to Te Lieutenan -Cxovernor all unissued licenses, the pro- perty of which shall remain vested in Her Majesty. 10 All marriages shall be solemnized in the pre- sence of two or more credible witnesses besides the 41 Marriages. No. t of 1881. 41 minister, clergyman or marriage commissioner perform- ^^o^^^gg'^.^y. ill"- the ceremony ; and every person solemnizing a mar- ria°n-e shall keep duplicate certificates of the same m the Fo?m "C" at the end of this Ordinance, one of which duplicates he shall retain, and the other he sliall, on or before the first day of January or July, whichever shall first thereafter occur, transmit to the marriage registrar. He shall also, on roquest of either of the parties to any marriage, give him or her a copy of such certificate 11 The Clerk of the Council shall, on application, ^,^^0!* '"^' supply' printed forms for complying with the provi- sions of the next preceding section. 12 The General Eegistrar of Deeds in and for the R«|}«t^o^£t°' North- West Territories, or such other person as the n.|rHage^. Lieutenant-Governor may from time to time appoint, • shall be marriage registrar^ except where any registra tion district for deeds has been erected and a registrar appointed therefor, then the registrar of deeds appointed, therefor, or such other person as the Lieutenant-Go. er- nor may from time to time appoint shall for such dis- trict be marriage registrar, each of whom shall keep and file riiis office dl veturns of marriages made to Wm under the provisions of this Ordinance , He shal •ilso record the same in a book specially kept lor that Durpose and for performing such services the registrar shall be 'ent tied ti receive iVom and out of the general revenue of the Territories the sum of fifty cents ior each record He shall also, on application of any party, lur- nTsh a copy of the record of any certificate of naarriage ii his office on receiving fifty cents : which said copy, cerUfied by such register, shall be received as prima ;«jrevidence of the^marriage named therein by all par- ties administering justice in th^ Territories. 13 There shall be payable to ^xexj issuer of mar-a-. riao-e licenses on the issue of each license by him the Tm of three dollars, of which such issuer shal be enti- ced to rSi one ddlar as his fee ; the remainder he shall pay over to the Lieutenant-Governor to lorm part of the revenue of the Territories, with each return made by such issuer. 14 Any person unlawfully issuing a marriage li- Penalties, oense supZd from the office of the Lieutenant-Gover- "^,^^^n.roim^vn^^^\ic^^^^^^ granting a license wifWmVf first havino- obtained the affidavit requireu uy St Srdinate,^^^^^^^ pe-on solemnizing a marriage 42 No. 7on881. Marriages. Limitation of liability. Ordinance of 1878 repealed contrary to the provisions of this Ordinance, shall, on conviction before a Stipendiary Magistrate, for every such contravention, forfeit and pay a line not exceeding one hundred dollars. 15. No minister, clergyman or marriage commis- sioner who solemnizes a marriage in conformity with the provisions of section two of this Ordinance, shall be subject to any a(;tion or liability for damages or other- wise, by reason of there having been any legal impedi- ment to the marriage, unless at the time when he per- formed the ceremony he was aware of the impedi- ment. 16. Ordinance number nine of 1878, intituled " An ■ Ordinance respecting Marriages," is hereby repealed; but such repeal shall not, up to the first day of January, 1882, affect the right conferred by the oaid Ordinance upon justices of the peace to solemnize marriage, nor shall such repeal affect any license heretofore supplied from the office of the Lieutenant-Governor, appointment made, duty accrued, right acquired, or penalty incurred under the said Ordinance. Forms. Torms referred to in the foregoing Ordinance. FORM A. I Vide Birtiov Three.) Lieutenant-Governor, CANADA. ) North-West Territories, j [L.S.] S These are to certify that A. B., of and C. D. , of being minded, as it is said, to enter into the c«»tract of marriage, and being desirous of having the same duly solemnized, the said A.B. (or C. L>.) has made oath that he {or she) believes that there is no affinity, con. sanguinity, or any other lawful cause or legal impediment to bar or hin- der the solemnization of the said marriage. And these are therefore to certify that the requirements in this re- spect of the Ordinance respecting Marriages have been complied with. Issued at i'l the North-Wcst Territories, this day of A.D. 18 lustier of Licenses. FORM B, ( Vide Section Six . ) "i Bachelor {nr V.'idnmer} ) Spinster (or Widow) make oath and say as follows : I, A.B. or C. D., all, on GA'ery eeding ommis- ,y with jhall be other- mpedi- he per- impedi- ?d " An ied; but anuary, iinance kge, nor applied intment iicurred Marriageii. No. 7 of 1881. 48 S Spinster (or WMow) 1. I an.l C. D (or A. B.) of | •B^chelor^ar Widows) are doBlroua of entering Into the contract of marriage, and of having our marriage duly solemnized at 2. According to the best of my knowled, > and belief there Is no iffln- ity, consanguinity, or any othor lawful cau, 3 or legal Impediment to bar or hinder the soleranlzat! i of the said marriage. 3. I am of the age ol years, and the said C. D. {or A. B.) i.s of the ago of years. 4. [In case one of the ixtrties is under the age of txventyone years, add] j; p of is the person whose consent to said mar- riage is required by law, and the said E. F. has formally consented to the said marriage. [Or if both 2Mrties are tinder age] E. F., of and G. H., of „, - are the persons whcTse consent to the said marriage is required by law, and the said E. F. and G. H. have formally consented to the said marriage. [Or if in the case of one of the minors there is no person whose consent is re- quired by latv, add according to the facts.] The father, of the said C D. (or A. B.) Is dead, and the mother of the said C D. (or A. B.) is dead, and the said C. D. (or A. B.) having no lawful- ly appointed or acknowledged guardian, there Is no person who has au- thority to give consent to the said marriage. [In case both the parties are minors, and the^-r is no person xohose consent is required by latv, add a similar statement concerning the other party, according to thefacts.] (Signed) Sworn before me at North-West Territories, this day ol A.D. 18 (Signed) in the I Or A. B. C. D. ce. Issuer of Licenses. t-Oovertior. ■riage, and (\.B. (or C. Unity, con. bar or hin- in this rc- ;d with. tories, this dcenses. 'A FORM C. ( Vide Section Ten.) CANADA.-N0RTH-WE8T TERRITORIES. .\ges Residence. Birthplace, If known. By License, Banns, or otherwise Names of Witnesses. I hereby certify that the above named parties were married by me this day in the pro.ence of the above-named witnes.ses. wp th« ""'if'^l'^ned, witnessed ) Bated at mia' Yhe unloirby marriage of the > Ternloi lea, th.s IS (Minister, Clergyman or Mar- riage Commissioner. ) 44 Bishop of Saskatchewan. No. 8 of 1881. JVo. 8 of ISSl. An Ordinance to Incorporate the Bishop of the Church of England, Diocese of Sas- katchewan. Preamble. Church of England Bishop ol Saskatche- wan Incorpo- rated. Title, "The HI shop of Saskatche- wan." power to hold land, etc., for fCcleslHstical and educa- tional pur- poses. [Passed 10th June, 1881.] "Whereas the Right Keverend John McLean, Master of Arts, Doctor of Divinity, and Doctor of Civil Law, Bishop of the Church of England in the Diocese of Sas- katchewan, which is comprised within the North-West Territories, and certain of the clergy and laity of the said Church in the said Diocese, have by petition to the Lieutenant-Governor of the said Territories in Council, requested to be incorporated and authorized to acquire and possess real estate in the said Territories for educa- tional and religious purposes ; and whereas, such re- quest is for the advantage of tixe members and adherents of the said Church, and appears in itself just and rc^ason- able. Be it therefore enacted by the Lieutenant-Governor of the North-West Territories, in Council, as follows: 1. The Eight Keverend John McLean. Bishop of the Church of England in the Diocese of Saskatchewan, and each of his successors as Bishop of the said Diocese, shall be and is by this Ordinance, declared and esta- blished a corporate body, in fact and in name, under the style, title or name of " The Bishop of Saskatchewan," and under such style, title or name shall have the right of succession in perpetuity and a corporate seal, and may from time to time, by ajid with the advice of two members of his clergy, modify, renew or otherwise change at pleasure such corporate seal, and may, under the title or name aforesaid, from time to time, and dur- ing all time, have, hold, purchase or acquire, by gift or purchase, and possess and enjoy for the uses particular- ly and generally of charities, for ecclesiastical purposes, and for the purposes of education in the Diocese afore- said, any lands, tenements, hereditary property, rents, annuities, and all other property whatsoever, movable Bishop of Snsfentchetmn. No. 8ofl88t. 45 or immovable in the said Torritories ; the said land not oxcoodinjj^ in the whole six thousand arres. 2. The said corporation under the name aforesaid, fjlj^^^/^p^" is empowered by and with the consent hereinal'ter men- tioned, irom time to time to sell, exchange, alienate, mort- g-ap:o, let, lease or otherwise dispose of any part of such real estate, and under the name aforesaid, may sue or be sued in all courts of law and equity, now or at any time hereafter having jurisdiction in the said Territories, in the same way and with the same rights and advan- tages as all other corporations or persons whatsoever. 8. It shall be lawful for every person to whom or Persons 1 1 1 i L i ^•L i. holding landB in whose name lands, tenements or hereditary property in trust may. are now or hereafter may devolve, in trust or otherwise corporation, for the said Church of England in the Diocese of Sas- katchewan, to cede, sell or transfer from time to time, by deed, all or any of the said lands, tenements or here- ditaments, to the said corporation by this Ordinance created, the same to be held under and for the purposes provided by this Ordinance. 4. No sale, lease or transfer of all or any part of the saios lands, tenements or other hereditary property acquired etc. or possessed by the said corporation, shall at any time be made or executed except by deed under the seal of the said corporation, attested by the signature of the Bishop of the said Diocese and two members of the clergy of the said Diocese, chosen and nominated by the said Bishop, consenting thereto ; such choice, nomina- tion and consent appearing on the face of eA'^ery such deed. 5. This Ordinance shall be a Public Ordinance. , etc., to deed, gift or 46 No. of 1 88 1 . Sale of Meflirines and Drugs. JYo. of 1S81. An Onlinance respectim^ the Sale of Medi- cines and Drugs. Mccllclncfi In certiiiii parts oiN.-W.T. not lo be ra- lailcil except by iJcrsons licensed. Penalty for violation of Orcll nance. [Passed 10th June, 1881.] Be it oiiacted by the Lieuteiiant-Governor of the North-West Territories, in Council, as follows : 1. In such parts of the Territories as the Lieuten- ant-G-overnor shall by proclamation set apart for that purpose, no person whatsoever other than those hold- ing a diploma from any Medical Faculty of Great Bri- tain, Ireland or Canada, shall sell medicines by retail within such parts of the North-West Territories so set apart wHhout license lirst had and obtained from the Lieutenant-Governor, which license may be granted upon certiiicate of snch examiner or examiners as he may appoint to enquire into the knowledge of such person in pharmacy, that such applicant is a fit person to receive such license; but nothing in this Ordinance shall be construed to prohibit retailers and others from selling epsom salts, castor oil, or drugs and medicines lor which a patent has to be obtained. 2. Any person contravening the provisions of this Ordinance shall, upon conviction before a justice ofthe peace in a summary w^ay, be liable to a penalty not ex- ceeding one hundred dollars. Reaped 1 4fj: Fences. No. 10 of 1881. 41 J\fo. 70 of 1881, An Ordinance. to amend an Ordinance re- specting Fences. CP No. 10 of I«7H amend- ed. [rAssED IOtii June, 1881.] In amendment of Ordinaiu-e number ten of 1878, ^.^J]'"'' "'•'"• intituled " An Ordinance respecting- Fences," Be it enacted by the Lieu^'nant-Governor of the North-We.st Territories, in Council, as follows : Section one of the said Ordinance is repealed and fepo'aTcd""^ the following- substituted therefor : 1. An)^ substantial fence four feet nine inches high, i-awnu fenc shall be a lawful fence if it consists — (1) Of rails, the lower one not more than one foot from the ground, the others not more than six inches apart, except the top one, which may be eight inches from the next lower rail ; (2) Of upright posts or boards not more than six inches apart ; (3) Of barbed wire and a substantial top rail, the wires to be not less than three in number, or more than fourteen inches apart ; (4) Of common wire and a substantial top rail, the wires to be not less than four in number, or more than one foot apart ; (5) Of any river bank or other natural boundary sufficient to keep domestic animals out of any enclosed land. 48 No. 11 of 1881. Protection of Sheep. J^o. 11 of 1881. An Ordmance for the Protection of Sheep. [Passed 10th June, 1881.] Be it enacted by the Lieutenant-Governor of the North- West Territories, in Council, as follows : DoKs worry- 1- It shall be lawful for any person to kill any dog^ ing sheep ^j^ tho act of pursuiug, worrying or destroying sheep ^r^^yed. ^' or lauibs elsewhere than on the enclosed land occupied by the owner of such dog. Penalty -on 2. On Complaint made on oath before any justice ?vor'ryinL''"^ofthe pcace for the Territories, that any person owns etc., sheep. ^^ j^^g jj^ ^^jg possession a dog which has within three months previous worried, injured or destroyed any sheep or lamb outside the enclosed land occupied by the owner of such dog, such justice of the peace may issue his summons, directed to such person, stating shortly the matter of such complaint, and requiring such person to appear before him at a cortain time and place therein stated, to answer to such complaint ; and upon conviction, on the evidence of one credible wit- ness other than the complainant, of having such dog in his possession, the justice of the peace may make an order for the killing of such dog within three days, and in default thereof may in his discretion impose a line upon such person not exceeding twenty dollars, with costs, to be levied by distress on the goods and chattels of such person. Conviction no bar to civil aciion. 3. Proof ol pre- -^. No conviction under this Ordinance shall be a bar to any action by the owner or possessor as afore- said of any sheep for the recovery of damages for the injury done to such sheep, in respect of which such conviction is had. 4. It shall not be necessary for the plaintiff in any Prool Ol pre- *• — o • • i i i l \. vious kno^^;^ action oi damages for injury done by a dog to sheep, prop^eniity ^ ^ to prove that the defendant was aware of the propen- not necessary sity of the dog to pursue and injure sheep, nor shall Protection of SJieep. No. 11 of 1881. 4-9 the liability of the owner or possessor as aforesaid of any dog, in damage for any injury done by such to any sheep, depend upon his previous knowledge of the pro- pensity of such dog to injure sheep. 6. All fines recovered under this Ordinance shall be fd^ho^v du-' remitted to the Lieutenant-Governor, to be by him ap- p"^®'^ "^^ plied to the repair of roads and bridges in the district in which the defendant resides. m 50 No, 12 of 1881. Driving off Horses, etc. J^o. 12 of 1881. An Ordinance respecting driving off Horses and Cattle. sent of owner liable to penalty. [Passed 10th June, 1881.] Be it enacted by the Lieutenant-aovernor of the North- West Territories, in Council, as follows : PersonB using L Any person who shall take, ride or drive off any Ee"Tc.?' i,o,.ge or mule belonging to another without the owner s ?vUhourcon- consent, or who when bringing his own animal from '" "'""'"the prairie shall take or drive off the horse or mule of anv other person grazing with his own, or who shall either wilfully or negligently cause or allow hors^es, mules or cattle of other parties to be driven with his herd more than five miles from their grazing places, shall upon (-nviction before a justice of the peace be liable to a fine of not more than one hundred dollars and costs of prosecution, and in default of payment to be imprisoned for a term not exceeding three months. civil action 2. Nothing in this Ordinance shall prevent the jridcmion to owner of any such animal suing before any court ot penalty. ^-.^^-j j^^tice for damages in addition to any penalty im- posed under this Ordinance. Bulls. No. 13 of 1881. 61 JVo, 13 of 1881. Horses 1881.] 3r of the ^''e off any e owner's mal from mule of vho shall w horses, with his ig- places, peace be ;d dollars i,yment to 3 months. event the I court of enalty im- An Ordinance respecting Bulls. [Passed 10th June, 1881.] Be it enacted by the Lieutenant-Governor of the North-West Territories, in Council, as follows : 1 This Ordinance shall come into force and take ordinance *« effect only in such portion or portions of the North- pan^.^ofxe^- West Territories, and on and from such time or times, by prociama- as the Lieutenaiit-aovernor may designate and fix by proclamation. 2. No bull of one year old or upward shall be per- f^^|[«„«Slnd mitted to run at large between the first day of Febru- -^p^-^^^not ary and the first day of June in any year. '/eb'«i*'^LT'° June 1. 8. Any person who finds a bull unlawfully per- bui^s uniaw-^ mitted to run at large may capture and confine t^^^ay be cap- same and as scon thereafter as conveniently practicable ^»Xed shall' notify the owner thereof, if known to such cap- tor • and if such owner do not withm a reasonable time after receiving such notice take away such bull and pay the captor thereof five dollars for his trouble and twenty-five cents per day for the keep of the t^aid bull every day it has been in his custody, such owner shall be liable, on prosecution in a summary way betore a justice of the peace, to a fine not exceeding twenty Ponauy on dollars, together with the costs ol prosecution, fe.- tor cal>turing, and the cost of keeping the bull as aiore- said- whi(^h said fee and the cost of keeping the bull as aforesaid shall be paid over, on collection, to the per- son who captured him ; and in default ot payment of such fine, fee and costs, the justice ol the peace may o-rant his warrant to levy the same by distress and sale of the goods and chattels of the owner of such bull. 4. When the owner of any bull so captured and captor^e^^^"^ confined is unknown to the captor, the said capior snaii ..ui known. apply to a justice of the peace, who shall cause a notice 52 Bulls. No. 13 of 1881. to be posted up in three public places in the neighbor- hood, and likewise cause an advertisement to be pub- lished in the Official GTaaette or some newspaper in the Territories, if such there be, describing such bull and to whom application therefor may be made, for at least three months ; and if within that period the owner of the said bull be found, then he shall receive delivery thereof on the conditions set forth in the next preced- ing section, and paying the expenses incurred for ad- vertising ; but if at the end of three months no owner be found for such bull, then the said justice, or in his absence any other justice of the peace, may, after ten days' notice, cause the said bull to be sold, and out of the proceeds of such sale, pay five dollars and the cost of keeping the bull to the captor thereof, and after de- fraying all other expenses, pay over the balance to the Lieutenant-Governor of the said Territories, to be dealt with as he, in Council, shall deem proper. no^'Sfappiy 5. This Ordinance shall cease to apply to any por- tHcts?" *^°^ ^^ *^^ Territories erected into a pound district, under the " Ordinance respecting Trespassing and Stray Animals." PROCLAMATIONS RELATING TO ELECTORAL DISTRICTS AND ELECTIONS IK THE yoRTH-WEST TERRITORIES. THE HONORABLE DAVID liAlRD, LlEUTENANT-GrOVERNOR. HATTLEFOUn : I'KINTED by' p. G. LAURIE, Printor f o f Vir (Sovcrnmcnt of ihe North-West Territories. QUALIFICATION OF VOTERS and of Candidates at Elec- tions of Members to sit in the Couninl of the North-West Territories. Sections Seventeen and J!]i<>hte(Mi of 48rd Victoria. Chapter 25, known as "The North- We.st Territories Act, 1880," reads as Follows: 17. The persons qualified to vote at such election shall be the bond fide mah' residents and householders of adult ag-c, not being- aliens or unenfranchised Indians, within the electoral district, and shall respectively have resided in such electoral district for at least twelve months immediately precedinj? the issue of the said writ. 18. Any person entitled to vote may be elected. <^. Vent pter h< as 1 be not oral oral the GOVERNMENT HOUSE, BATTLEFORD. Monday, ^th day of August, 18Y8. Yrhereas by sub-section four of section one of Ordi- nanc- No. 4 of 1878, intituled "An Ordinance respecting the Administration of Civil Justice" it is in effect enacted that the Lieutenant-G-overnor may divide any of the Judicial Districts defined in the said section into one or more Divisions, His Honor has been pleased to order, and it is hereby ordered, that the Bow River District be divided into two Divisions as follows : All that portion of the said Bow River District west of the one hundred and eleventh Meridian of West Longitude shall be a Division of such District under the name of " Division No. 1"; All that portion of the said Bow River District east of the one hundred and eleventh Meridian of West Longitude shall be a Division of such District under the name of " Division No. 2." Approved. DAVID LAIRD, Lieut.-Grovernor. Battleforil: Printert by P. O. Laurie, Printer to the (Government of the Nort.h-W''s(, Territories. CANA DA. NORTH-W EST TBRRITOR lES. \ A PKOCLAMATION By the Honorable DAVID LAIRD, Lieutenani-Cxover- iior oi" the North-West Territories. To all to whom these Presents shall come, or whom the same may concern, Greetin(1 : Whereas by the fifteenth section of the Act of the Parliament of Canada passed in the forty-third year^ of Her Majesty's reij,m, known as " The North-West Ter- ritories Act, 1880," it is amongst other things in effect enacted : That when and so soon as the Lieutenant-Gover- nor is satisfied that any portion of the North-West Ter- ritories, not exceeding an area of one thousand square miles, contains a populaftion of not less than one thou- sand inhabitants of adult age, exclusive of aliens or un- enfranchised Indians, the Lieutenant-aovernor shall by Proclamation erect such portion into an Electoral Dis- trict by a name and with boundaries to be respectively declared in the Proclamation ; And whereas I am satisfied that the several por- tions of the North-West Territories hereinafter designa- ted, each not exceeding an area of one thousand square miles, respectively contain a population of not less than one thousand inhabitants of adult age exclusive of aliens or unenfranchised Indians ; Now know you, that under and by virtue of the _• , -J *„r^.-," anr' -'-i"^'torth Wts ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^._^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^,^^_ Ta^'taw ;• o^r'l".' Station in each of -^^ PoHi". dlvlHio.« a. -halt after the nonUnation be nan.ed by n,e in an Elect.on Notice : Of which all persons .in- hereby required to take notice and govern themieivcH accordingly. GiTen under my hand Ht thi« (Signature) day of IS . A. B . KetiirnlnK-Orflc«r. G If from unforeseen delays, accident, or other- wise, the Proclamation cannot be posted ui. so as to leave the required tinio betwi>en the posting up ^m(.\ the nomination day appointed by the Lieutenani-Oo- vernor or in case of the death oi any candidate attei Respecting' Elections. 11 \!i the time fixed for receivini? nominations has elapsed before the close of the polls, the Keturninj? Officer may forthwith fix another day for the nomination of candi- dates, such day bein^ not later than is necessary to al- low eight days between tho postinii- up of the Procla- mation and the day named therein for the nomination ; and in every snch case the Returning Officer shall, with his return, make to the Clerk of the Council a spe- cial report of the causes which may have occasioned the postponement of the election. NOMINATIONS AND WITHDRAWALS. *7. At any time after the date of the Proclamation, and before two of the clock in the afternoon of nomi- nation day, HilJ four or more electors may nominate a candidate by a^ffirming to and signing before a justice of the peace', or before the Returning Officer, and caus- ing to be tiled with the Returning Officer a nomination paper in the following form : We the umJersigued aftirm that we arc duly qualified as electors of the Electoral Dl«tru-t of to vote at the election now about to be held of a member to represent the said Rlectoral District in the Coun- cil of the North-west Territories, and that as such we hereby nominate (hero insert tho name, residence, occupation or description of the person nominated sufficiently to establish his identity) as a candidate at the said election ; and we further affirm that the said (naming the candidate) la duly qualined to be nomin.atod as a candidate at the said election, and thai lie has consented (or in case of his absence from tlie district, we fully be- lieve ho will consent) to this nomination. [SiKnatures or marks of electors, with resi- dence and occupation of each.] Affirmed and signed before me ) at this > day of IS \ (Signature) A.B., J. P. or Returning Officer. 8. The Returning Officer, on receiving any nomi- nation paper fulfilling the essential conditions nerem- ])efore s]iecificd, shall endorse thereon the date and ttie hour at which it was rect^ved by him ; and it anv paper purporting to be a nomination paper be Placed in his hands which he regards as informal, he shall immediatelv return it to the person delivering the same, and stale to' him the informality. 9 Any candidate nominated may withdraw at any time after his nomination and before the closing of the poll on polling day, by filing with the RetTirn- inir Officer a declaration in writing to that efiect, signed bv himself in the presence of the Return- 12 Respecting' Elections. ing Officer or of a justice of the peace ; and any votes cast lb? the candidate 'who shall have so withdrawn shall he null and void. 10. If, at the expiration of the time fixed for the nomination, only one «'andidate has been nominated, or if then or before the closing of the poll, by the with- drawal of any other person or persons nominated, only one candidate remains in nomination, the Returninsj,- Oflicer shall forthwith make his return to the Clerk oi' the Council that such candidate has been elected, _ of which return he shall send without delay a certified coi)y to the person elected ; and such return shall be m the following- form: I liorcby certify that tlio member elected for tlio p:ieetoral Disirid ut In pursuance of the annexed writ Is (as in the nomination paper), no other -■■indidato having been nomlnatei! (or tlio. oliicr candidate or candidates having witlidrawn, as the case may ^"*>- (Signatuie) A. B., Returning Ofticer- 11. The Returning- Oflicer shall accompany his re- turn to the Clerk of Council with a report of his pro- ceedings. 12. If at the close of the time fixed for receiving- nominations, there remain more than one candidate in nomination, the Eeturuing Oflicer shall grant a poll for taking the votes of the electors. I.MMEDIA.TELY AFTER THE NOMINATION. 1;]. As soon as the time for receiving nominations has elapsed, or at any time thereafter, the Eeturning Olficer, if required, shall deliver gratis to every candi- date or to the person who died the nomination papin- on his behalf, a certified list of the candidates nomi- nated. 14. The Returning Oflicer shall subdivide^ the Elec- toral District into as many polling divisions, not ex- ceeding six, as he mav deem necessary for the conye- nienceof the electors:" he shall number or otherwise designate them, and ]ix upon a suitable polling sniiion in (>ac]i such division. to. Whenever a poll has been granted, it shall bf held on iho. s.'uno dav of the week as the nomination, in the second week th«M'.'after, and shall ho opened at the hour of nine of the clock in the fonnioon and kept Respecting Elections. 18 open mtil five o'clock in the afternoon of the said day, and tne votes at the several polling stations shall be •riven betwet^n the said hours of that day, and by open voting. 16. Immediately after having granted a poll, the Eeturning OiRcer shall cause to be posted up at all places where the Proclamation for the election was posted up, an election notice in the following form : ELECTION NOTICE. Electoral District of ^^ ^^^ . Public Notice is hereby given to the electors of the Electoral District aforesaid, that a Poll has been granted for the Election now pending lor the .vaid District, and that such Poll will be open on (licre insert day of the week) the clay of 18 , from the hour mg the o^^^J^l-^^^^^^^^^ residence of each voter, as required m the iorm sup- plied to him by the Returning Oflicer. 19. Each Enumerator shall complete date at his place of residence, and sign the copies ot the Voters llsfor lLs, as aforesaid, lour da^^ before polling day two of the siid copies for each polling division he shall frr^hwith post UP in two of the most public places wfthrsuch polling division, and the other he shall retain for revision. 20. Should any Enumerator, at any time after post- ing up anv Voters' List and betore polling day, be lul y satisfied from representations made to h^by^^crefi- ble person, that the name of any qualified voter has beeif oSut^d from the Voters' List of the polling divi- sion to which such voter belong., he may add such name to the copv of the List in his possession be ow SLown signature; sh. aid the Enumerator, m like manner be fully satisfied that there is on the List the name of any peLn who is not qu 'ified as a voter in S polUng division, he may draw » ;asing lin.^ through Teh name'and write his own i-^-^ opposi e h^^^^^^ in the column for "remarks" ; and should the Lnurae rator find the occupation or residence of any voter to be inaccurately stated in the List, he ma>^ make the ne- cessary alteration and aifix his initials thereto. 21 Every Enumerator, having revised and correct- ed such retained copv of ea<'h Voters' List compiled by Mm if he deem suc^h correction -^<^^-^^y;.-^^::^''^ in the last preceding section, shall write at the tool ot such copv and close' to tne last name thereon on the day immldiately preceding polling day, a certificate m the following form : I crtlfy that the above i,.con«ctLl«tofth. Voter, in Polling Dirl.lon Vo (or othf r designation) of the Electoral Division of »» ferl-ed (or if no correction .e ma.le. an finally approred) by m. thl« '•"y^^ (Blgnat.ur**) A, R , Knurosrator Respecting Elections. 15 22 Every such Voters' List so certified by the Enu- xnerator he shall deliver forthwith, or before eight o'clock in the morning of polling day, to the Deputy Returning Officer for the polling d^^^^,«^«iJ^^fXlet^^^^^ in • and such List as receired by such Deputy Ketum- g Ofer, shall be the Voters" List for B^ch pollmg division, subject to be further corrected on polling day as hereinafter provided. 23 It shall be the dutv of the Eeturning Officer tocause to be posted up with the Election Notice, a handbill in the following lorm : INFORMAXIOX TO ELECTORS. The following i. th. CiuaUflc-a.l..n of .lectors as prescribed by tbe Par- Uament of Canada : [Hero insert Qualification. J before that Offlner the loUowlne Oath : [Hero Insert Oath No. I] Each Elector can only vote at one polling station, and for one candl- ^"■^^' > . . „ t,. ,.«nm-fi his vote. Shall, In his turn, while the Any Elector wUhagU, -^-f^/i^^3'„,offlcer. give his full name poll is open, CO up *'V,iinT«tftte for which candidate he votes, and :rerch\t£Lirdir^^^^^^^^^ "'yv^^rZ^'anThavln, voted ought to «o away quietly from th. polling station. i^ignature) A. B., Returning Officer. Dated ' The other for the electors while voting. DEPUTY KETUIININO OFFICERS. or, The Returning Officer shall, under his hand, • ; ! itmitv Eeturning Officer for each polling appoint one ^^^-P^^^/.^X Electoral District ; but if the division ^^o'i^iprised m lu Lfoc ora^^ the capacity of Returning Officer ^^^ ^.^^^ '"^^^^ di^^sion he Depni^y li^-^^"^;!^.f. ^^ [^ for such divi- may dispense ^^ th ;^l>lYi antics of 1).M>ntv Return- siou, ami hiinsoli perfoiia ni* -MTK s H , , intr Officer thcrcm 16 Respecting Elections. 26. The Returning Officer shall furnish each De- pnty Returning Officer with a Toll Book, three copies of this Proclamation, and fire copies of the " Information for Electors." 21 Any person producing to the Deputy Return- in"- Officer, at anv time, a written authority from a can- didate to represent him as an agent or a PoU clerk at a polling station, shall be recogni/ed as such by the De- puty Returning Officer, and if no such agent or poll clerk be nominated by the (candidate, tw^o electors, at the request of such electors, may be recognized as the ao-ents of such candidate. 28. In addition to the Deputy Returning Officer and his I'oll CUerk, and each candidate and his ageni or in such candidate's absence his two agents and poll clerk and no others, shall be permitted to remain m the room or place, or that part thereof, where the votes are recorded. 29. It shall be the duty of the Deputy Returning Officer— . . -n n rn 1 (1) To appoint in writing a Toll tJerk ; (2) To post up on polling day before 9 a.m. at least three of the handbills containing " Information for Electors" in conspicuous plao°«^yf'°t^'-"*7"J' T,nrhav. vou accepted any promise made to you, directly or Indirectly. °o nduce Jouto^o^eat thfs election, and that you have -t before voted Lt thi election, el.her at this or any other polling station. So help you Ood. 31 The Deputy Returning Officer shall, while the poll is open, if required by any elector whose name is not on the Voters' List, administer to such elector Oath No. 1 ; and such oath having been taken the Deputy Returning Oftcer shall at once cause such elector s name to be added to the Voters' List, with the word sworn written tkereafter. 32 Every person whose name is on the Voters* List, unless sworn as in the last preceding section pro- vided, before beingpermitted to vote, if required by any candidate, agent or elector, shall take Oath No. 1 , and f be refuse ^to take the same his name shall be erased from the Voters' List, and the words "refused to be sworn." written thereafter. 33 Every voter shall be entitled to vote whose name is on the Voters' List after the said List has been coJrc'cted as provided in the next two Preceding sec- tions but if any such voter, when required by the De- ! utv Returning Officer, or bv any candidate, agent or TwLfrZse To take Oath No. 2, he shall not be per- mUted to vote, and if his name has been entered m ^ne 113 Respectins: Electiom. Poll Book, it shall bo erased, and tho words "n^fusedto take Oath No. 2" written thereafter. 34. Whenever the Dt'puty lleturninn- Ofccer may not understand the Innt^ua^n. of an (d.M-tor ciaimma- to vote, he has power to swear an interpretta', to be the means of communicatinii; between hini and su.h ek^'tor with reference to all matters required to emible such elector to vote. 85 Any Deputy Returnini-- Officer, candidate, agent, or poll clerk, who belongs to a pollJni? division other than the one in which he is performing such duty, shall be permitted to vote at the pollini? station where, he is actually enn'auvd in such dutv, providing- he produce a crtiiicate from the Enuniin-ator of the iiollmg division to whiih he belongs, that he is a qualifu'd voter in sucti polling division ; which ccrtilicate it shall be the duty of such Enumerator to give gratis to any qualified elector who has been named for any such duty outside ot Ins own polling division. 'MS 111 case any vote be recorded as V)ro\'idedin the next preceding s.^ction, in a dilierent polling division to that in which the voter resides, the particular o&ce which the voter is Filling at the station at which he voted shall be entered opposite his name m the poll book in the column for "remarks." POLL CLEEKf^. 37 If the Deputy Returninsx Oiicer be unable or in any wise fail to perform his duties, the Poll Clerk shall act in his place and appoint another Poll Clerk. 88. The Poll Clerk shall write in the Poll Book the full name, and the occupation and residence of each voter, and sliall opposite tkereto mark the hgure 1 in the column for the (Candidate in wdiose favor the vote ot such voter is given ; and immediately the vote is re- corded he shall writ*^ - voted" after the elector's name in the Voters' List. ;i9. The Poll Clerk shall make such additions, al- terations, and erasures in the Voters' List,, and such en- tries in the Poll Book as the Deputy Keturnmg Othcer may direct him to make, or as may be required by aiiv provision herein. Respecting Elections. 19 CLOSE OF THE POLL. 40. At five o'clock on polliiiu- day the Deputy Re- tuniinn- Oftcer shall declare the Poll closed, and imme- diately thereafter he and the Poll Clerk, in the presence •of the candidates or their ajLjents. shall sum up the votes jj^iven each ci)ndidat(>, and shall enter in the Poll Book, immediately below the last name recorded, and sii^n, a certihcate in the followintr form : We, the u«il»rBlgnod Deputy Ueliirnlng Officer and Poll Clerk for the polll«gdlvi«i«n (Bumlier or other designation) of th» Electorfcl Dlstrlc* of •olrmtily declare thut to tk* bent of our knowledge and l)oll«f this (or th») Poll ftooW for the Ball polling division contains a true and exact r«cord of the votei polled mi th» polling «tatl»n thereof; thAt \f« hftT»faitlifnlly (-•untftd the vot.'s jiTon lor each candidate, and that the namber recordrl for (liere inseri name «»f one cuBdldate) was (and so on for i-ach of tli« candidates.) In wUnert whwreof wo hereto set our hanis thl» (Hlfnatnre) A. B.. Deputy Eeturnlng Otlcer. C I)., Poll Clark. 41. A duplicate copy of the ibregoiiis? certificate shall be made out and signed in the same manner, on a separate sheet of paper, which duplicate shall be kept by the Deputy Returnini? Ofiicer, after he has forwarded th(5 Poll Book and Voters' List to the Returning Officer ; and if by any .means the Poll Book should be lost or destroyed, he shall deliver the said duplicate certificate ■ 1o the Returning Oflficer. 42 Every Poll Clerk on being requested so to do by any candidate or his agent, shall deliver free of charge to such candidate or agent a copy of the certificate made by the Deputy Returning Ofiicer and himself at the close of the Poll. FINAL SUMMING UP OF VOTES. 43. The Returning Officer, at the place, day and hour appointed bf his Election Notice, and after having received all the Poll Books, shall proceed to open them in the presence of the Election Clerk, the candidates or their representatives, if present, or of at least two elec- tors, and to add tosxether the number of votes given for each candidate from the Poll Books of the several poll- ing divisions returned bv the Deputy Returning Offi- cers ; but if all the Poll Books be not receired on the day named in the Elciiion Notice, he may adjourn the final summing up of votes until every Poll Book, or m its absence, the duplicate certificate of the Deputy He- turning Oifieer end Poll Clerk, has been received. 20 Vif^^liPriny^- Kl^<-h''ii><. xningtpottheVotes,be found to havo, a majonty of tS shall-bo thon declared elected, 4'! When on the final addition of votes by the Sli g"v« such ad.li.inn.l or .-.sting vr,t.v 46 TIh! T{«1..t„mi>.' OHm-ct, aftor such ver,Hcati.m 47 The RHurr.iuL' Officer shall forward to t-ach of the relpSive -ndidttes a copy of his return to the Clerk of the(Nuincil. 4« The Tteturriin- Officer shall accompany his re- proceeding. nKh.an.g t h. n n W .Ko« ._^. ^^^^ cSalf the roll Book, and Voters' Li.ts of the several polling diviBions. OENBRi-L PROVISIONS. 49. It Bhall bo the duty of the Clerk of tl^ Co.vn-l for the same, as may be .Ptf''""!^ i y Governor; also -J-ff^f ^T^y^ ZumZior, three proclamation to allow two i" •'"^*^'^ . , .-> r>^, ?o each Deputy Returning Officer, and s,x to the Ke turning Officer. speak the Frencli xanguag^. ^^u.n i ^^^ tices shall be isiu^d in the English ana rreu guageJi Re»r)ecting BUdioM. 21 Ki Th0 RptUTuine Oficer shall not delay proceed- in^ wk itlS^^ may discover inpc witu an uecu , prescribed under this Tro- • frf^ np;son signing a nomination paper received by him "from aLTother cause, unless he ascertam that ?h^ ;.oU aHnv polling station has been so obstructed Council. t\£ nhTrcui^oV^fofhe foregoing pro- visions. (lf which all persons whom these presents may concemlr^etr^by^^quired to take notice and govern themselves accordingly. Given under my hand and the seal of the North-West Territories at Go- vernment House, Battleford, m the said Territories, this fifth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-one, and in the forty-fourth year of Her Majesty's Reign. DAVID LAIRD, [l-s.] Z^:;:^!^-^ by p. G. La«.l., PrluUr to the Government of the ® No VtlJwest Territoriei. GOVERNMENT HOUSE, BATTLEFOKJ). 28rnTun.' 1881. Whereas by sub-sectiou foiir ol' sec' on one of Ordi- nance No. 4 of 1878, intituled "An Ordmun. l especting the Administration of Civil Justice" it is in r li. ct enm^ied that the Lieutenant-Crovernor may ai^' "h my of the Judicial Districts defined in the said >.^;iion into one or more Divisions, His Honor has boon pleased to order, and it is hereby ordered, that the Saskatchewan District be divided into three Divisions as follows : All that portion of the said Saskatchewan District comprised between the one hundred and seventh and the one hundred and eleventh Meridians of West Lont^'i- tude shall be a Division of such District under the name of " Division No. 1"; All that portion of the said Saskatchewan District east of Division No. 1 shall be a Division of such Dis- trict under the name of "Division No. 2 ;" And all that portion of the said Saskatchewan Dis- trict west of said Division No. 1 shall be a Division of said District under the name of " Division No. 3." Approved. DAVID LAIRD, Lieut.-Govemor. B»ttlef»rd: Printed by P. U. Laurio, Printer to the Government of the North-West Terrltorto*.