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For the use of Officers connected with the Registration of Voters, and preparation and revision of Voters Lists, and all interested in jmparing for Dominion, Provincicd^ Manicijxd and School Elections. By AL£XA,\DER FORSYTH SCOTT, County Judge of Pkel. B E, .A. 3Sa: I> T O IT : TIMES STEAM PRINTING HOUSE, QVaEN ST., OPPOSITE POST OFFICE. 1885. V Entered accordhuj to Ad of FarUameut of Canada, in the Year One Tlummiid EUjht Hundred and EUjhty-fim, by Alexander Forsyth ^'co<<, in the Office of the Mimster •of Agrictdture. IjYTRODUCTIO^. ■§o^- The object of this work is to give, in as compact a form as an exact following of the words of the enactments may- allow, a Compendium of the Statute Law as it will be in force on and after the First day of January next, relatin-^ to the right to vote at the various public elections in Ontario. This involves the abstract right of voting, as defined and limited by the several statutes giving it, and the practi- cal and effectual rigiit, depending upon the voters' names being properly placed upon tlie lists of voters. The. first is fixed by the enactments respecting the Franchise, the other regulated by those respecting Voters' Lists. These are found together in the Dominion Act, whicli is here given entire. In the Ontario Statutes they are treated as distinct subjects and under distinct Acts, which have l)een so amended from time to time that some uncertainty, and a good deal of incon- venieace are experienced by many of tliose who have to carry out the law in its details. To remedy this, the amendments have here been incorporated with the older Acts, lea\ing only the new enactments in the later ones, the whole forming an equivalent to a consolidation. At the same time care has been taken, by nicans of suitable references, to prevent any misleading as to the actual place in the Statutes of any par- ticular enactment. The subject is treated of under the four heads of — Do- minion, Provincial, :Municipal and Educational Franch".e. The Ontario laws respecting Voters' Lists are under the head n. of Provincial Franchise. Forms of Oaths are given in some- cases, not for use at elections, that being beyond the scope of this work, but because they sometimes throw liglit on doubt- ful points in the Statutes. It may however be found more convenient to use them in this form than any other at Mu- nicip;il Elections. A full index is added. The ri^ht to vote at the various elections, and the means of ascertaining and confirminu*-nant to such construction the following words and expressions hlive the meanings hereinafter assigned to them, respectively : — .vl','.?r''p" ''■'*^" i^^l^tes to the ownership of real property situat- ed in the Province of Quebec, means "piv,prietor" or "usufructuarv" r!^;i ■ "? Z '" ^'V''' "-''*' ••' ^" ^^'^ r>yht of his wife, of leal property in ' franc alleu," or in free and common socca-e ; Ld when one person has the mere right of property or legal estate iA any real property in the said Province and some other pei-son has the usu- fructuary enjoyment (/r/ jo>,is„nu-e et rusufmit) of the san)e property for his own use as aforesaid, the person who has the mere ri-dit «f propert^v or legal estate therein shall not have the right of beincr re_ gistered as a voter or of voting under tliis Act in respecc of such prop- erty but in such case the person having the usufructuary eni<.ymenfc of voting in respect of such property under this Act ; " Owner " when it relates to the ownership of real property situate elsewhere in Canada than in the Province of Quebec, m Jans ^the pro pnetor either m his own right or for his own benefit, or if .uch pr^ 2. prietor be a married man it meanH the proprietor in his own right, or' in the right of his wife, of freehold estate, legal or equitable, in lands and tenements held in free and conuiron soccage of which such Dcrsun is in actual possession, or is in receipt of the rents and prolits ; " Tenant ' means as well a person who is bound to render to his landlord some porti«»n of the produce or of the revenues or profits of the property leased, in lieu of rent, as a person who pays rent in moi ey therefor ; * Occupant " me.ins a person in actual occupation of real property otherwise than as '' owner," " tenant," or " usufructiiary," in his own rijrlit, or in the case of a married man, in his own right or in the right of hi» wife, and who receives to his own use and benefit the revenues and profits thereof ; *' Person " means a male person, including an Indian, and exclud- ing a person of Mongolian or Chinese race ; " Farm " means land actually occupied by the owner thereof and not less in (juantity than twenty acres ; and " farme:' " means sucli owner thereof ; " City " means a place incorporated as a city or recognized as such, by or under any Act of the Parliament of Canada or of the Legislature of the Province in which it is situate ; excejit the cities of Hull and St. Hyacinthe, in the Province of Quebec, which, for the purposes of this Act, siiall be held to be towns ; "Town" means a place incorporated as a toAvn or recognized as such, by or under any Act of the Parliament of Canada or of the Legislature of the Province in which it is situate ; *' LicovjKirated village" means a place incori)orated as a village or recognized as such, by or under any act of the Parliament of Canada or of the Legislature of the Province in which it is situate ; " Parish " means any tract of land which is generally reputed to form a jiarisli, whether sucli tract lias or has not been wholly or in 2)art oiiginally erected into a palish by the civil or ecclesiastical auth- orities, and which now exists as a teiritorial division ; "Father" includes grandfather, stepfather and father-in-law, and *' mother " includes stepmother and mother-in-law ; " Farmer's son " means any male person not otherwise qualified to vote and being the son of an owner and actual occupant of a farm, and includes a grandson, stepson or son-in-law ; " Son of an owner of real property " in cities and t(»wns means any male person not otherwise qualified to vote and being the son of an owner and occupant of real property, and includes a grandson, step- son or son-iti-law ; tand in counties means any male person not other- wise qualified to vote and being the son of an owner and occupant of real property other than a farm, and includes a grandson, stepson or son-in-law ; 3. *' Electoral district " means any place (consisting of or comprising any city, town, county, township, parish, district or municipality, or portion thereof,) in Canada, entitled to return a member to the House of Commons of Canada ; " Election " means an electifin of a member to servo in the House of Ccmimons of Canada ; '* Voting " and " to vote " mean voting and to vote at the election of a member to serve in the House of Commons of Canada ; " List of voters " means the list of registered voters, to he prc^pared and revised under the prcn-isions of this Act in each year, for each Bub-divisiim or polling district of an electoral district, when finally re- vised, except when the first general list or an unrevised list is espe- cially mentioned or referred to ; '' Actual value " or " value " means the then present market value of any real property, if sold upon the ordinary terms of sale, in re- spect of which any person claims to be ijualitied, whether as owner, tenant, occupant or fanner's or other owners son, us determined by the revising otticer, upon the best information in his possession at the tin.e of such revision : Provided, that the assessment rctlls as finally rovised for municipal purijoses, shall ha piitna faric evidence of the value of such property ; "Real property" means a lot or portion of a lot or other portion or sub-division of real property, or a house, store, office or Imilding of any description whatst)tiver, or any pi)rtion thereof, situate upon real property, and forming pari thereof ; " Section " means a section of this Act ; " The Province " means that Prfivince of the Dominion in which the revising olHcer in the case or matter referred to, is apjtointed ; " The revising ofHcer " means any revising officer appointed for the place referred to m the context, and competent t(j do the thing re- quired ; 2. If the time limited Viy this Act for any proceeding or for tlie do- ing of any act under its provisions exjjii-es or falls upon a Sunday or daj' which is a public holiday or holiday under " Tin' Iiifirpn't....re, shall he prima facie evidence of his right tc be registered as a voter ; — or (5.) Is the Iiuna Jide occuiiant or real property within any such city or part of a city, of the actual value of three hundred dollars, or within any such town or part of a town of the actual value of two hundred dollars, whether such occupation is under a license of occu- pation or agreement to purchase from the Crown or from any other person or corporation, or exists in any (jther manner except as owner or tenant ; Provided in any case, that such person has been in posses- sion of such real property as such occupant for one year next before the first day of January, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six or in any subsequent year, and is and has been for such time in the enjoyment of the revenues and profits thereof. Act or d from irt of a iy such lars ; — or town at least or at a ental of as 8uch iary, in r-six, or e year's d : Pro- uch ien- F-yearly, ich shall al revis- reiiiafter • u l}'r<;er rs ot i.ne ;e of the a change he right and the had such [lant, for provided 3 amount jperty iu hereof is ns at two 3 right tc such city oUars, or lie of two e of occu- iny other as owner in posses- xt before and eight i has been thereof. II. :for the use of such occupant, or in the caau of a married man, for Ms uwn use or for the use of his wife : or — ((}.) Is a resiflpnt within such city or town, or part of a city or town, 4tnd derives an income from his earnings, or from some tnule, calling, office or profession, or from S4mie investment in Canada, <>f not less than three hundred dollars annually, and has so derived such income and has been such resident f«)r one year next before the said first «lay of .January, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six, or in any subsequent year ; or — (7.) Is the son of any owner of real property and not otherwise •qualified to vote, and ('f.) If his father is living, is and has been resident upon such prop- erty continu ije or more sons as may desire may be so registered nn voters ; and it the said real pri»perty is not of sutficient vabie to give the fatliei ;;Tk1 fach of several sons the n<:ht to vote in respect cf such \aliiu n-lim equally divided, then the right to be registered as a voter and to vote in respect of such real projierty shall belong only to the father or to the father and the eldest or such of the elder sons, being so resident as afoithuid. f»s the value of the real i)roi)erty when eciually divided will qualify ; — or (h.) If his father is dead, is and has been resident upon such j)rop- erty continuously with his fathev, or his mother after the death of his father (being such owner) in such city or town or part of a city or town, for one year next bofore the first day of January in the year of Our Lord one th(»usand eight hundred and eighty-six, or in •ny sub- sequent year, if the real property on which his father(or his mother after the death <»f his father) resided or resides, and in respect of which such father would be t|ualiKed to vote under this Act as owner if living, is of sutficient value if equally divided ainon<4 all of his sons as co-owners, to qualify them as voters under this Act, in which case such oiie or more sons as may desire may be so registered as voters ; and if *"he said real property is not of sutficient value to give each <>f several si^ns the right to vote in resp'^ct of such value when equally divided, then the right to be registered as a voter and to vote in respect of such real Tiroperty shall belong only to the eldest or such of the elder ster under this Act.. .i«. IN 4JiOUJ?TlBS. \ll 4. Every person shall j upon and after the first day of' January in £he yt'4r of Our, Lord, one thousand ei<.) If his father is dead, — is and has been resident continuously on the farm of his father {te, the soil which ho r ufter the I the farm disqualify sctoral dis- e), and — upon such or one year ■d one thou- ^'ear, if the which such ifflcient val- ify them as luch one or . if the said jach of such Uy divided, }])ect of such bher and the ,8 aforesaid, nil qualify ; n such |)rf»p- leath of his irst day of lundied and y.on which sided or re- fied to vote equally di- m as voters may desire not of suffi- n respect of istered as » ilong only to int as afore- ed will qual- 3 vote, such rict in which he tenders his vote, he so resident with his father (or mother after - th^. de^th of his {father) ; but ocefwuona,! ahaence of the son from the- ree^ideuce of the father or n^kother for not more in all than six months in the year, shall not disqualify such son as a voter under this Act ;. or — (9,) Is a fisherman, and is the owner pf real property and boats, nets, fishing gear and tackle within any such electoral district, which, together are of the actual value of one hundred and fifty dollars. APPLICABLE TO ALL ELECTORAL DISTEICTS. 5. The qualifications required of voters under section three, shall apply to voters in a city or town or the part of a city or town attach- ed to a county or riding of a county in any electoral district, for elec- toral purposes under this Act, and the qualificati<.»ns required of vot- ers under section four, shall apply to voters in such municipalities or places not being cities or towns or portions of cities or towns, as are ■ attached to or included for electoral purposes in cities or towns or por- tions of cities or towns. 6. Wherever two or more persons are, either as business partners, joint tenants, tenants in common, or by any other kind of jomt inter- est, the owners, tenants or occupiyits of any lot or portion of a lot or parcel of real property in any electoral district, each of such persons whose share tlierein is sufficient in value, or in the case of tenants, in amount of rent, according to the provisions of this Act, to qualify such person as a voter in respect of real property, shall be entitled to be registered on the list of voters, and to vote in respect of such shai'e as if it were held in such person's individual name, and not jointly with one or more. 7. Persons qualified ' iicler this Act as voters in respect v>f income shall only be registered as voters and vote in the polling district where they reside at the time of registration ; and persons qual- ,ified otherwise than on income shall only be registered as voters and vote in the polling district where the real property in respect of which they are qualified is situate ; but when the property is partly within one polling district and ])artly within another, although all within one electoral district, tho person qualified in respect thereof shall be en- titled to be registered and to vote in either of such polling districts for which he may desire to be registered as a voter. 8. In the case of the sons of farmers, or of owners other than farm- ers, the time spent by such sons as mariners or fishermen in the pros- ecution of their several occupations, or as students in any institutitm of learning within the Dominion of Canada, shall be considered as spent at home. 9. In the Provinces of British Columbia and Prince Etlvvard Island, besides the persons entitled to be registered as voters and to vote un- der the foregoing provisions of this Act, every person who at the time of the passing of the same ; — !>l 10. (1.) Is of the age of twenty -one years and is not by this Act or by' . any law of the Dominion of Canada disqualified or prevented from voting, and • ' ('.,.) Is a British subject by birth or naturalization and resident in the Province, and is entitled to vote in the said Provinces respective- ly oy the laws now severally existing in the same, Shall have a right to be registered as a voter and to vote-so hmg as he shall continue to be qualified to vote under the provisions of the said last mentioned laws and no longer. 10. Except the person? duly qualified and registered as voters un- der this Act, no person shall be entitled to vote at any election for the House oi Connnons of Canada after the time when the duplicates of the first list of voters, finally revised and certified as hereinafter provided, for the electoral district for which the election is to be held, shall have been forwarded to the Clerk of the crown in Chancery at Ottawa, as also hereinafter provided : — but at any election held be- fore the time aforesaid, the voters shall be those entitled to vote thereat under the laws now in force, which shall continue to apply to such election and all proceedings thereat or relating thereto. WHO SHALL NOT VOTE A.T ELECTIONS. 11. The following persons shall be discjualified and incompetent to vote at any elactioii to which this Act applies, except that the per- stnis or officers uimed in paragraph "6" of this section shall only be discjualified and incompetent to vote at elections for the electoral dis- tricts fur which they hold such offices or positions respectively : — {(i.) The Chief Justice and Judges of the Supreme Court of Cana- da, the Chief Justices and Judges of the Superior Courts in the Prov- inces of Canada, and the judges of all other courts in the said Prov- inces, whether such courts are now in existence or are hereafter erect- ed ; (/).) Revising officers, returning officers, and election clerks, and any person who at any time either during the election or before the election, is or has been employed at the same election or in reference thereto by any candidate or by any person whomsoever, as counsel, agent, attorney or clerk at any polling place at any such election, or in any other capacity whatever, and who has received or expects to receive either before, during or after the said election from any can- didate or from any person whomsoever for acting in any such capa- city as aforesaid, any sum of money, fee, office, place or employment, or any promise, pledge or security whatever for any sum of money, fee, office, place or employment ; except only that the returning offi- cer may vote in the case of equality of votes between candidates, where the addition of a vote would entitle any such candidate to be . declared elected ; •V f 11. Act or by- inted from resident in respective- 'so long as ions of the voters un- ilection for I duplicates hereinafter to be held, Chancery at L>n held ba- led to vote to apply to bo. )nipetent to lat the per- lall only be ectoral dis- vely :~ rt of Cana- n the Prov- said Prov- after erect- clerks, and before the in reference as counsel, election, or expects to nn any can- such capa- mployment, 1 of money, turning offi- candidates, iidate to be (c.) Indians ill Mknftoba, British XoltJiitibia; KeeWatm and the" North-West Territories, and any Indian dn any reserve elsewhere in Canada who is not in possession and occupation of a separate and diii-' tinct tract of land in such resferve, and' Whose improvements ort such sepatate tract are not of the value of at least one hundred arid fifty • dollars, and who is not otherwise possessed of the qualifications en- titling him to be registered on the list of voters under this Act. WHEN REVISING OFFICER MAY NOT BE A CANDIDATE. 12. No revising officer for any electoral district while he is a revis- ing officer, or for two ycnrs thereafter, shall be qualified to be a can- didate in any electoral district for which, or for any part of which, he has been such revising officer. REGISTRATION OF VOTERS. 13. The Governor General in Council may, within three months after the coming into force of this Act, and from time to time there- after, when the office is vacant, appoint a proper person to be called " the revising officer," for each or any of the electoral districts of Can- ada, who shall hold office during good beliaviour, but who shall be re- movable on address by the House of Coninions, and whose duties shall be to prepare, revise and complete, in the manner hereinafter provided, the lists of persons entitled to vote under the provisions of this Act in such electoral district, and every such officer shall, before entering upon his duties, take an oath of office before any .Judge of a Superior Court or Court of Record of the Province in whioh he is to act, in the form A contained in the Schedule to this Act, which he shall forthwith thereafter cause to be tiled with the Clerk of the Crown in Chancery at <)ttawa : and in the event of the death, resignation, removal, inability or refusal to act of any such revising officer, anoth- er may, in the same way, be apjxnnted in his stead, who shall hold office under the same tenure, and with the same duties and powers. 14. A revising officer to be appointed under this Act shall, in every Province except Quebec and British Columbia, be either a Judge or a junior judge of some county or district court in the Province in which he is to act, or a barrister of at least live years' standing at the bar of such Province ; in the Province tjf Quebec he shall be either a judge of the Superior Court for Lower Canada, or an advocate or no- tar3' of that Province of at least tive years' standing, and in the Prov- ince of British Columbia he shall be either a judge of a superior court or of a county or district court, or a barrister of at least five years' standing, or a stipendary magistrate : Provided always, that the same revising officer may be appointed for, and be required to discharge the said duties in respect of more than one electoral district, and may be appointed for a portion of any electoral district. 16. The revising officer who prepares the first list of voters for any - electoral district, or any portion thereof, under this Act, shall, as soon 19. as possible after taking the oath of office, obtain a certified copy or certified copies, as the case may be, of the last revised or final assess- ment jo\\ or rolls, if any there be, in the <»lectoral district, or part of a dif tifiot, for which he is appoined, and also a certified copy or certi- fied copies of the last revised list or lists of voters in such electoral district or part of a district, prepared and revised under the Statute*- of the Province relating to assessments and voters' lists respectively, for elections to the Provincial Legislature and, where there are no such lists, a certified copy or certified copies of the poll book or books- at the last election in each electoral district ; and he shall proceed, as speedily as possible, with the aid thereof and of such other informa- tion as he can obtiiiu, to ascertain and prepare a separate list for each, municipality within his appointment, and wherever there is not a municipality, or where the electoral district is a municipality, a sep- arate list for each township, parish, polling district or other knowi> division of the electoral district, of the persons who, acccoi'ding to the provisions of this Act, are entitled to be registered as voters, and to vote under this Act, at any election for such electoral district ; which list shall contain the names of such persons in alphabetical order and shall be in the form B contained in the schedule to this Act, indicat- ing in the proper column thereof whether such persons respectively are qualified in respect of real property, as owners, tenants, occu pants, purchasers in occupation under the Crown, or otherwise, stat- ing the numbers of the lots, portions of lots, and concessions, streets or other most available description of the real property in respect of which they are so qualified, and their post office addresses as nearly as can be as*, ertained by the said officer, or as farmers' sons or the sons of own', is of real property other than farmers, stating the num- bers of the lots, portions of lots, concessions, or stveets or other avail- able descrij)tion r)f the real property of their fathers or mothers, in respect of which they are qualified as farmers' or other owners' sons, as hereinbefore provided, or whether they are qualified in respect of income ; and as to sons of farmers or of others owners as aforesaid and voters on income, stjiting also in the said list, in the proper col- umns thereof, the residences and post office addresses of such persons ' as nearly as can be ascertained by him ; and after having so prepared the said list, the revising officer shall sign the same as such : Provid- ed, that sucli assessment rolls as aforesaid shall be taken by the revis- ing officer as prima facie evidence of value, and such voters' lists or poll books as aforesaid, as the case may be, &» prima facie evidence of qualification to vote. 16. The revising officer shall then forthwith cause to be printed a sufficient number of copies of the said lists, being not less than two hundred, and, after certifying them in the form C contained in the Schedule hereto, shall, on or before the first day of March, one thou- sand eight hundred and eighty-six, publish the said lists, by causing one copy of each list to be posted up in the office of the Clerk or other corresponding officer of each municipal, parochial or other known ter- ritorial division in the electoral district, for which the said list is pre- • I copy or i\ assess- r part of or certi- electural Statutes jectively, ■e are no or books- •oceed, as informa- b for each, is not a ty, a sep- er know» ing to the rs, and to ct ; which jrder and t^ indicat- spectively nts, occu wise, stat- us, streets respect of as nearly Jws or the the nuni- ler avail- thers, in lers' sons, respect of af oi'psaid , roper col- 1 persons prepared Provid- the revis- lists or vidence of rs printed a than two led in the one thou- V causing i or other II own ter- ist is pre- 13. I pared and to which it relates, and by mailing to the member or mem- /bers of the House of Commons and to the unsuccessful candidate at the then last election for such electoral district, tt) the sherift", warden, mayor, aldermen or councillors, clerk of the peace and treasurer, clerk, or officers corresponding thereto, under whatever official name they are known, of any county, city, town or part of a city, included in . such electoral district, and to the reeve, councillors, niay{)r, clerk, parish court commissioner and treasurer, or officers corresponding thereto as aforesaid, of each township, parish or village municipality .in such electoral district, two copies each, addressed to the post office addresses of such persons resi^ectively ; and the copy of every such list so posted up shall be open to inspection by any person, free of I charge, in the office where it is deposited, during tiie business hours of such office, until the day fixed, as hereinafter provided, for the pre- liminary revision of the said list ; and copies of the list may be pro- cured by any person on application to the revising officer, as soon as he can furnish them, on paying therefor a price proportionateJy suffi- cient to cover the pi'ice j)aid for printing the same, but not to exceed .fifty cents for a copy of the list of voters for any electoral district. In the event of there being no municipal divisions in the electonal dis- trict, a copy or copies of the said list, certified as aforesaid, shall be , posted up in one or n)ore of what tlie revisin*; officer considers the most public place or places in each township, parish, polling district or other known division of the electo/al district ; and two copies each shall be mailed to officers or persons in such electoral district corres- ponding, as nearly as may be, to those particularly mentioned in this section with respect to municipalities. 17. Two copies of that part of the list relating to such municipality or parochial or other known division as aforesaid, certified .as afore- said, shall also be mailed at the time of the puV)lication thereof as aforesaid, to each of the postmasters in the said kno\vn division , and each of the said postmaster", and every sheritt", warden, clerk of the peace and treasurer, parish court commissioner or other (tfficer to whom two coi)ies each of the said lists are to be mailed under this Act, shall forthwith after receiving them post up one of them in a consjiicucHis place in his office, where the said list shall remain until the day fixed, sis hereinafter jtrovided, for the preliminary revision thereof, and shall be open to insi)ection by any one during the office hours of the office ; and to each of the copies of the lists so made or published under this and the next preceding section, shall be append- ed a notice in the form D in the schedule to this Act. 18. Notice that the said list and the time of holding the sitting mentioned in the notice appended thereto have been published in manner aforesaid, shall also be given by the revising officer forthwith after such publicatien, by at least one insertion thereof, in the form D in the schedule to this x\ct, in one or more newspapers, if any, pub- lished within the electoral district ; and in case no newspaper is pub- lislied therein, then in one or more newspapers published in a neigh- boring electoral district or districts. 14. 10. The revising <^cer shall hold a sitting, as mentioned in the* ■aid notice, for the preliminary revision of the lists at such place in< the electoral district, or in such portion as may be within his commis<>- aion as he shall deem most convenient for that purpose, on a day not less than four weeks titer the publication of the list as aforesaid ; and^ any person desiring io add any names to the said list or desiring oth- erwise to amend ttrn same, shall, at least one week before the day fixed for such preliminary revision (and in the case of a person desir- ing to object to anj name, at any time before the day so fixed) depos— ' it with or mail to the revising officer, by reigistered letter, at his ofhce - or place of address, a notice in the form E in the schedule to this Act ;: ana in the event of any such objection being that a name already on the list should be struck olf, the person so objecting shall give no- tice in writing to the per8i>n whose name is objected to within the same time and in the like form as to the revising officer, by deliver- ing such notice to such person, or by mailing the same by registered! letter to his last known [ ost office address. 20. On the day and at the time and place appointed, the revising' officer shall publicly proceed to the preliminary revision of the lists, basing such revision on the evidence and information before him ia' support of any claims for addition to the list of voters, or of any pro- posed amendments or corrections, but not including any objection to the insertion of any name, which he shall merely note on the list op- posite the name objected to ; and he shall then and there correct the- lists, on tlui said basis, to the best of his judgment and ability, U|)on such evid( nee and information, and shall note every objection on the- said lists as aforesai The polling districts in each municipality or other correspond ing division as in the next preceding section mentioned shall be num bered, with a local designation attached to such number, in and by the order of the revising officer by which they are established, and such order shall be, forthwith after the making thereof, filed and kept by the revising officer for the purposes of this Act : Provided always, that in Prince lldward Island polling divisions may comprise parts of sev- eral townships. 23. Immediately after the sub-division of the municipality into polling districts as in sectit)ii twenty-one provided, the revisinp officer shall prepare from theSraf lisfs <'f votersaa preliminarily revised by him as aforesaid, a separate lisc I'f voter-s for each polling dii^trict, contain- ing in alphabetical order the names of all voters (|ualilied to vote in such polling district, (noting the names objected to) and in the 8am'> form as nearly as may be, as the form referred to in section fifteen, and shall sign tl?e same as such officer, and shall ajipend thereto the names of claimants whose claims have not been admitted. FINAL REVISION OF THE FIRST LISTS OF VOTERS. 24. After the completion of the preliminary revision of the lists of voters and the prepaiation of lists for polling districts, and after the signature of the latter by the revising officer, he shall, for the purpose of making the final revision thereof, cause a sufficient number of copies of each such list, with the description of the polling district to which it relates, to be printed and shall certify the same as such offi- cer, and on or before the first day of June, one thousand eight hun- dred and eighty-six, shall publish the same by causing coj)ies to be posted up in three conspicuous public places in the polling district to which it relates, and by delivering copies thereof to any persona ap- plying for the same, upon being paid according to the rates mentioned in section sixteen, but not to exceed ten cents for a copy of the list for each polling division, to each of which copies shall be appended a notice in the form G in the schedule to this Act, fixing a time and place for the final revision of each of the said lists ; and the said re- vising officer shall also deliver or transmit, by registered letter, copies of such lists as follows : To each member of the Council of every city, town, township or village in any electoral district, and to the Clerk and treasurer thereof, and to each postmaster in every such municipality or polling division, one copy of every list relating to such municipal-* ity or polling division ; to the sheriff, warden, clerk of the peace and county judge of the judicial county or district, one coj)y each of the several lists relating to such electoral district, or part of electoral dis- trict which may be within such judicial county or district ; and ten copies of each of the several lists relating to such electoral district to the member or members of the House of Commons for the said elec- torjil district or part of an electoral district, and to the unsuccessful candidate or candidates at the last election for the same. h tr 10: 26. The revising officer shall also at the same time publish the said ' notice appointing the time and place for the said final revision, in a newspaper, if any the^e be, published in the municipality or other di- vision of the electoral district to which the polling district affected by Buch list belongs, by me insertion thereof in such newspaper. 26. The day to bu fixed as aforesaid fur such final revision shall be nut less than five weeks after the publication by posting up of the said lists as aforestiid, and the place shall be in the city, town, township, parish, incorporated village or other known territurial division (and in the Province of Prince Edward Island, the existing Provincial elec- toral district) which includes the polling district, and in the electoral districts of the Province of Nova Scotia, in such places comprising not less than three polling districts as the revising ofiicer may think most convenient ; and any person desiring to object or to add to, or in any way amend or correct such list on the final revision, shall have the right to do so, if he shall have previously given the proper notice for that purpose at the preliminary revision, or upon giving the same no- tice and following the same procedure as is provided for in section nineteen as to objections or amendments on the preliminary revision ; and the notice of such objectinjis or claims from any person shall be given in the manner specititid in the said section nineteen, not less than two weeks before the day named for the final revision. 27. At the time and place named in the notice of the revising offi- cer, he shall liokl open court for the said final revision, and shall hear nnd dispose of any objection oi' complaint and any applicati^n tii add to, amend or correct the list, as in the next preceding section mentioned, of which notice shall have been given as aforesaid, hearing the parties make the same, if they aj)pear, and any evidence that may be adduced before him in sujtport of or in opposition thereto, and shiiU either affirm or amend the list accordingly, as to him seems right and proper, attesting, with his initials, any changes, additions or erasures in the list. 28. The revising otHcer shall, for the purposes of the said prelimi- nary revision of the first lists of voters and of the final revision of the first lists of voters for polling districts, as well as for the revision of any suV^sequent lists of voters in polling districts under this Act, have all the powers of any court of recf)rd in the Province, as to compelling the attendance and the examination of witnesses, the production of books and documents, and the taking of evidence under oath before him, at any court or sittin:?s held by him for any such prelimi- nary or final revision, and shall have, generally, all the powers of a court of record. 29. After the lists for the several polling districts in an electoral district have been so completed, revised and corrected, they shall be certified in the form C contained in the Schedule to this Act by the revising ofiicer, and kept by him for the purposes of this Act, and a duplicate of each, certified as aforesaid, shall be transmitted forthwith >ih. nir id:ai ^ »;w •"^mM >lk. sj ja -I Hw ... 17. , by him to the Olerk of thtf Crown in Chancery at Ottawa, who, on re- ceipt of all the said lists for any electoral district, shall, in the then next issue of the Canada Gazette, insert a notice in the form H con- tained in the schedule to this Act, on and after the publication of which notice in the Canada Gazette, the persons whose names are en- tered on the said list ka voters, shall be h«^d to be duly registered vot- ers in and for such electoral district, subject to correction or iiniend- • ment by the judgment on appeal an hereinafter mentioned : Provided however, that' in the event of any such appeal, such lists after the publication of the last mentioned notice in the Canada Gazette, shall apply to every election for such electoral district, taking place before such appeal has been disposed of, or the result thereof communicated to the revising officer ; but the ballot of any person whose name has , been included in the certified list of voters, and is the subject of an undecided appeal, shall be numbered by the deputy returning officer, and a corresponding number shall be'placed opposite his name, on the poll book ; and upon the counting of the ball«)t8, the ballots so num- bered shall be by the deputy returning officer separated from the or- dinary ballots and returned to the prr tper officer, sealed up at the same time as other ballots, to await the decision of such appeal ; — and if under such decision the name of any such person shall be struck from the list of voters, the vote given by such person shall be ascertained from his ballot, and shall be struck from the poll upon a recount ; and if any person whose name has been excluded from such certified list of voters, and whose exclusion is the subject of an undecided appeal, shall desire to vote, the deputy returning officer shall receive his bal- lot and shall number the same and the name of the voter in the poll book, and keep separate such ballots, as hereinafter provided ; and if upon such appeal, the decision of the revising officer shall be main- tained, the vote of such person may be ascertained and struck from the poll upon a recount ; — and if an appeal respecting the vote of any person placed on the poll book under the provisions hereof, be not decided within the delay fixed by the existing election law for a re- count, such delay shall be extended until six days after the decision of the appeal. 30. The revising officer and the clerk of the Crown in Chancery shall supply copies of such lists to any j)er8on or persons applying for the same and pa'yir.g therefor at the same rate as is to be payable for copies of lists furnished under section sixteen. 31. After the lists of voters have been so finally revised, or amend- ed and corrected on appeal and certified and brought into force as hereinbefore prescribed, and until other lists are, in a future year, un- der this Act as hereinafter provided, made, revised, amended and cor- rected on appeal, and certified, and brought into force in their stead, those persons only whose names are enteied upon such liss as so re- vised, amended and corrected shall be entitled to vote at any election of a member of the House of Commons, in the polling sub-divisions and electoral districts for which such lists were respectively made ; and the said lists shall be binding on any judge or other tribunal appoint- I ! 18. «d for the trial of any petition complaining of an undue election or return of a member to serve in the House of Commons. 32. The revising officer shall also furnish to the returning officer for his electoral district, or such portion thereof as is within his ap- pointment, within forty-eight hours after demand of the returning officer therefor, one copy of the list of voters then in force for each polling district iu such electoral district, with a description of such polling district as contained in the order of the revising officer consti- tuting the same, which list and copy of description shall be duly cer- tified by the revising officer. FUTURE LIHTS AND REVISION THEREOF. 33. On or as soon as possible after the first day of January in each year after the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six, the revising officer, being duly sworn as hereinbefore pro- vided, shall obtain a certified copy, or certified copies, as the cose may be, of the last revised or final assessment roll or rolls, if any there be, in the electoral district or part of an electoral district for which he is appointed, and where there are no assessment rolls, a cer- tified copy or certified copies of the last revised list or lists of voters in such electoral district ; and with such copies and such other infor- mation as he can obtain, he shall proceed to revise the lists of voters then in ioiv.e under this Act for such electoral district, entering there- upon the names of all persons not already in such lists, and who., ac- cording to the provisions of this Act, are entitled to have their names so entered, indicating in the proper columns thereof whether they are qualified in respect of real property, as owners, tenants, occupants, purchasers in occupation under the Crown or otherwise, and stating the numbers of the lots, portions of lots and concessions, streets, or other available description of real property in respect of which tliey are qualified, and their post office addresses as nearly as can be ascer- tained by the sjvid officer, — or as farmers' sons or other owners' sons as aforesaid, st;vting the nunibei' of the lots, portions of lots, conces- sions or streets or other available descriptions of the real property of their fathers or mothers in respect of which they are qualified as farm- ers' or other owners' suns as hereinbufoi'e ]»rovicied, or wliether they are qualified in respect of income ; and as to the softs of farmers, or other owners' sons as aforesaid, and voters on income, stating also in such lists in the proper column thereof the residence and post office addresses of such persons as nearly as can be ascertained by him, and noting on the said lists the names of any pei'sons who are dead or who are not, according to the provisions of this Act, entitled to be regis- tered as voters, stating the reason of such note, and making any other verbal or clerical corrections which seem necessary ; and he shall at- test all such additions, erasures or corrections, with his initials, and sign such lists as such revising officer: Provided, that such assessment rolls as aforesaid shall be prima facie evidence of value. 34. After the said lists of voters have been so preliminarily revised. ^ik I -niir ^? 19. ithe said revising officer shall publish and distribute them, and notice of the time and place tixed by him Tor the final revision thereof re- »8pectively, as nearly as mav be, in the manner and form provided for .in sectitms twenty-four and twenty-five, in respect of the final revision of the first lists of voters in polling districts under this Act. 30. The practic-' and requirements provided for in sections twenty- •six and twenty-seven, as to persons desiring to object to any name on the said firnt lists, or to add any name thereto, or otherwise to amend ithe same, shall apply to similar applications in reference to the lists 'to be prepared under the two sections next preceding. 3d- At the time and place named in the notice required under sec- tirtu thirty -four, the revising officer shall hold open court for the final vrevision of the list for each polling district, and shall proceed, with the same powers as are assigned to the revising officer by section twenty-eight, as to the enforcing of the attendance of witnesses, the taking of evidence under oath, the enforcing of the production of books and papers, the adjournment of the court, and otherwise, to hear the complaints, objections and apjilications made as hereinbefore (provided, and the evidence in reference thereto, and to decide there- upon, adding to, striking of!', or otherwise amending or correcting the lists accordingly, and attesting every addition, correction or erasure, o r other amendment in the lists, with his initials, in the manner pro- V ided in section twenty-seven in respect of the final revision of the ifi rst lists of voters in polling districts. 37. After the lists for the several polling districts in an electoral district have been so completed, revised and co»,ected. they shall be certified in the form C contained in the schedule to this Act by the revising officer, and kept by him for the purposes of this Act, and a duplicate of eacli, certified as aforesaid, shall be transniitted forthwith by him to theClerk of the Crown in Chancery at Ottawa, wh j, on re- ceipt of all the said lists for any electoral district, shall, in the then next issue of the Canada Gazette, insert a notice in the form H con- tinued in the schedule to this Act, — on and after the publication of which notice in the Canada Gazette, the persons whose names are en- tered on the said lists as voters, shall be held to be duly registered voters in and for such electoral district, subject to correction or amendment by the judgment on appeal as hereinafter mentioned : Provided, however, that in the event of any such appeal, such lists after the publication of the last mentioned notice in the Canada Ga- • zette, shall apply to every election for such electoral district, taking place before such appeal has beeti disposed of or the result thereof -communicated to the revising officer ; but the ballot of any person whose name has been included in the certified list of voters and is the •subject of an undecided appeal, shall be'.numbered by the deputy re- turning officer, and a corresponding number shall be placed opposite his name on the poll book ; and upon the Cf)unting of the ballots, the ballots so numbered shall be by the deputy returning officer sejtarated from the ordinary ballots and returned to the proper officer sealed up. 20. at the same time as other ballots to await the decision of such appeal ;: ' — and if under suoh deoiaion the name of any such person shall bf> Btruck.from the list of vciters, the vote given by such person shall be ascertained from his ballot and shall be struck from the poll upon a recount ; and if any person whose name has been excluded from such certified list of votes, and whoso exclusion is the subject of an unde- cided appeal, shall desire to vote, the deputy returning ofhcer shall receive his ballot and shall number the same and the name of the vot- er in the poll-book, and keep separate such ballots as hereinbefore provided ; and if upon such appeal the decision of the revising officer shall bo maintained, the vote of s-iich person may be ascertained and struck from the poll upon a recount ;— and if an appeal respecting the vote of any person placed on the poll book under the provisions here- . of be not decided within the delay fixed by the existing election law for a recount, such delay shall be extended until six days after the decision of the appeal, 38. The revising officer and tlie Clerk of the Crown in Chancery shall supply copies of the said lists to any person or persons applying for the same and paying therefor at the rate payable for copies of lists furnished under section sixteen. 39. After the lists of voters have been so finally revised or amend- ed and corrected on appeal, and certified and brought into force as hereinbefore prescribed and until other lists are, in a future year, as herein j)rovided, made, revised, amended and corrected on appeal and certified, and brought into force in their stead, those persons only whose names are entered upon such lists as so revised, amended and corrected, shall be entitled to vote at any election of a member ot the House of Commons, in the polling districts and electoral districts for wliich SMch lists were respectively made ; and the said lists shall be binding on any judge or other tribunal appointed for the trial of any petition complaining of an undue election or retura of a member to serve in the House of Commons. 40. The revising officer shall also furnish to the returning officer for his electoral district, within forty-eicrlit hours after demand of the returning officer therefor, one coi)y of tlie list of voters then in force for each polling district in the electoral district, with a deKCiiption of the said polling district as contained in the order of the revising officer constituting the same, and then in force, which list and copy of de- scription shall be duly certified by the revising (jfficor ; and a copy of the said list of voters for each polling district shall be furnished by the returning officer to the deputy retuniing officer for such polling district ; and such list shall be kept by the poll clerk, who shall use the same for the pur})08es of " The Lkmunion Wediotts Act, 1S74." 41. Whenever the number of voters in any polling district, as con- stituted under section twenty-one, shall increase so as to exceed two hundred, or whenever the revising oflicer then in office considers that the convenience of the voters would be promoted by a new and diflfer- -4^ >\ ZQK -"d I' -4> :ik ^l 21. ^ ent sub-division,, he shall, before j^roceeding to make the new lists of ' Vdiei^ then hex!t required uiider thu Aict, again sub-diyide any city, . town, waid, parish,. township or townsiiips, or'other municipal or c ^r- lf\ "Responding division, (or any tract of land where there is no municipal division), in which such polling district is situate, into polling districts, 'in like hianner as hereinbefore provided, so as to conform to the in- tent and meaning of this Act, and so again from time to time as like " occasion' sliall require, using on all occasions after the first division \ ^ thereof, the then last revised and corrected lists of voters for that . purpose ; and the revising officer, after making such sub-division by ] an order in the form prescribed in section twenty -one, shall publish j Kuch order by posting up in some public place in each polling district, ! . a copy thereof certified by him ; and the revising officer shall use such r amended polling districts in preparing the new lists of voters, which shall be revised and corrected as provided with respect to the polling districts first Cv^^stituted by him. -4^^ OENERAL PROVISIONS. 42. The revising officer shall, on the application of any pprson sup- porting or opposing any objection, claim or proposed amendment to a list of voters at any of the courts or sittings for preliminary or final re- vision under this Act, issue a summons in the form J in the schedule to this Act contained, to any person to attend at such court or sit- tings, and, if required, to produce any bookri or papers in the posses- sion or power of such person, and to give evidence thereat relating to any matter connected with any such revifiion , and in the event of such person not attending aft;3r being served with such summons, tlie re- vising officer may punish such person as for a contempt of a court of record : Provided however, that no such person shall be c(jmpelled to attend under any such summons unless the witness' fees allowed in the Pnjvitice of Quebec in the Superior Court, in the Province of On- tario in the Division Court, and in the other Provinces of the Domin- ion in the County or Division Court, shall have first been paid or ten- dered to such person. ■4i^ 43. The judge or revising officer shall have power at any court or 8it>^ing held under this Act by him, to amend or give leave to amend, when he sees fit, any of the proceedings taken in reference to any list of voters, to direct notice to be given toother persons, and to adjourn any court or sittings, on the hearing of any claim or objection or pro- y( V posed amendment, to a future day ; and he shall not be bound by , ** strict rules of evidence or forms of jtrocedure, but shall hear and de- w»- « termine all matters comint^ before him as such judge or revising officer in a summary manner, and so as in his judgment to do justice to all parties. 44. The parties to any application before any judge or revising of- ficer may appear by agent, solicitor or counsel ; and any elector may ' appear, in peraon or by agent, at any sitting of the revising officer in the electoral QJ;?trict in which he is such elector in supijort of or in '^opposition to aby claim, objection or application aii^ng before such revising officer ; and the revising officer may award costs to or agaiiist any party in the case, wliiuh costs shall only be for \»itnesses* fees leind the expenses of summoning such witnesses ; and the said costs tuay be levied by order of the revising officer, by dist^^BSs, as uuder.jwair- .rant on a conviction under the ** Act respecting the Sit^tSf^i^f^Ke* . of the Peace, out of iksaiongj in relation to Siimmar}^ ^(Jfn^HMilltail^iiiuL Orders." •.r>,t;.^.^t»s.»- 45. If from r.ny cause the list of voters fur any pol^il|g}44MtilMti is inot made, revis'id and corrected at the time when it ought under sec- tion forty to be sent to the returning officer at any election to be held after the first list of voters for the electoral district in which it lies has been made, revised and corrected, then the lost list of voters, re- -under this Act, in polling districts of cities, towns or villages, the revisihg officer, instead <»f holdhig a court in each polling di^^trict, may ^appoint some central place in such city, town, or village at which to hold his court of revision for the several polling districts therein, ap- jpointing, if he thinks proper, a separate day and holding a separate •court for each polling district. APPEAL. 49. In any case where the revising officer is not also a judge of :any court, any person or persons who, under the foregoing sections, ;shail have made any complaint, objection or application, in respect of the list of voters in any polling district, whether such list be the first or any subsequent list of voters, prepared under this Act for such polling district, or any person or persons with reference to whom such complaint, objection or application shall have been made, who shall be dissatisfied with the decision of the revising officer lin respect thereof, may give to the said revising officer or his clerk, on the day of such decision or within seven days thereafter, notice in writing of his intention to appeal from such decision, stating shortly in such notice the decision complained »»f,. and at least one reason for appealing against it, and shall, withinv tiie same time, cause a copy of «uch notice to be served upon the party in whose favor such decision was given, either personally or by leaving it at his residence or i)lace of business, or by mailing the same in a registered letter addressed to his last known post office address ; and the revising officer shall forth- with transmit such notice, together with a copy of his own decision, to the judge to be appealed to as hereinafter provided, and shall sign the same as revising officer, and shall deliver to such appellant or his counsel or agent, and to the lespoiulent or his counsel or agent, if re- quired, a certified copy of such decision. 50. The judge appealed to shall thereupon appoint a convenient time and place for the hearing of the appeal, which place shall be within the .iiunicipality, parish or other local territorial division with- in which the i)olUng district in wliich the aj)peal arises is situate, of which time and place due notice shall be given to the revising officer and to the parties inttn-osted, in such manner as the judge shall order. And if, at the time and place so appointed, the appellant does not appear in person or by ai^ent, or, Hi)j»oaring, withdraws his appeal, the appeal shall be dismissed ; but if the appellant appears, and neith- er the revising officer nor any other party does so, or, so appearing, does not oppose the appeal, the judge, on sufficient proof or admis- sion of service of the notice in manner .above mentioned, shall main- .tain the same, cxce^jt in the case of an api»eal by a peri. )n struck oflf 24. the list of voters or whose name the revising; officer has refused, to' place thereon, in which cases the judge shall require satisfactory, cjyi— dence of the right of the appellant to be placed on the list of vomers - before he shall maintain the appeal. But if the appeal be opposed by the revising officer or other party, if any, then appearing, or if the respondent makes default in so appearing, the judge, on being satisfi- ed of the service of such notice in manner above mentioned, shall, , either immediately or at such time as he shall then fix for the pur- pose, an! at the same place, proceed to hear and decide upon the said jippeal sunnnarily, liearing the parties and receiving such legal evi dence aa shall be adduced before him respecting the facts in dispute, but without being bound by any technical rules of proceedure ; and such decision shall be subject to no further appeal ; and if any judgment be rendered in appeal which shall require an alteration in the certified liso, sucli judgment siiall b.i forthwith notified, in such manner as the judL,'e shall order, to the revisiuij officer : Provided 'always, that any elector may appear in person or by agent at any sit- ting of the judge in appeal in the electoral district in which he is such elector, in support of or in opposition to any claira, objection or ap- plication arising before such judge. 61. For the purposes of any such appeal and ia respect thereof the judge shall have all the powers conferred upon the revising officer by section forty-two of this act, with regard to summoning witnesses, ob- taining evidence, and punishing the persons summoned before him. 52. The judge in appeal may award costs to or against any party in the case, which c().sts shall only be for witnesses' fees and the ex- penses of summoning such witnesses ; and the said costs may be levied by ordor of the ju completed, finally revised and certified and duplicates thereof forwarded to the Clerk of the Crown in Chancery at Ottawa, on or before the first day of August, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six, and the lists in future years to be revised under this Act shall lie so finally revised, certified and duplicates thereof forwarded to the said Clerk of the Crown in Chancery as aforesaid, on or before tlie first day of August in each year after the year one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six. APPLICATION OF EXISTINO ACTS — OFFENCES. 53. The Acts of the Parliament of Canad ^ in force respecting elec- tions of members to serve in the House of Cou mons, or controverted elections of such members, or corrupt practices at electitma, shall ap- ply to elections and jtroceedings thereat to which this Act is to apply, in so far as they are not inconsistent with this Act, and except always as to the qualifieatitm of voters at such elections and the lists of voters, which shall be those prescribed by this Act, and to which all the pro- visions of the said Acts which depend on such qualification shaii be construed as referring ; and all provisions of the said Acts inconsist- ■ ent with this Act are hereby repealed. 59. At any election that may be held in any electoral district be- fore the lists of voters under this Act shall have been finally revised and certified under this Act, the lists of voters for the previous year shall be used : Provided, that in the case of any election before the final revision and publication of the certificate of the first list provid- iSO «d for by this Act, the lists of voters that would have been used if this Act had not been passed shall be used at such election. 60. Section fifty-three of ''The Dominiwi ElectUyiis Act, 1874,* shall apply to the case of an elector in whose name another person has voted, provided the elector personated takes the oath in the sched- ule P to the sai J Act, mutatis mutandis. 61. Every person who in any oath or affirmation taken or made- under this Act, wilfully swears or affirms falsely sliall be deemed guilty of wilful and corrupt perjury. 62. Every officer or person who is by law the custodian of an as- sessment roll, or li-it of voters, orof any other list or document, which, under the foregoing provisions of this Act, the revising officer is re- quired to obtain a ad use for the purpose of preparing any list of voters, or of any duplicate or duly certified copy thereof, shall furnish the same, or a certified copy or copies thereof to the revising officer, as by him required ; and any such officer or person refusing or omitting to fnmish the same to the revising officer within a reasonable time, upon being paid or tendered the cost of preparing the same according to the law in force in the Province, shall, for each such refusal or omission, be held to be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punishable accord- ingly- 03. Every person appointed to any office or j)osition under thi» Act, or required hy this Act to do any matter or thing, shall, for every wilful misfeasance or wilful act of commission or omission con- trary to this Act, forfeit to any i)urson aggrieved the penal sum of five hundred dollars, or such less sum as the jury, or judge, wlien the case by the law of the Province is triable without a jury, befci'e whom any action to be brought for the recovery of the bvfore mentioned sum may be tried, shall consider just to be paid to such party ; and the same shall be recoverable by such party with full costs rf suit, by ac- tion for debt in any court of conipetent jurisdiction : Provided always, that nothing herein contained shall be construed to interfere with any other remedy, civil or criminal, against such person. 64. Every person who is an agent within the meaning of " The In- dian Act, 1880," and who, either directly or indirectly, seeks to in- duce or cftmpel any person who is an Indian or of part Indian blood and qualified to vote only in re8i)ect of property forming part of a re- serve, as defined by the said Act, to cause his name to be registered as a voter or to vote or refrain fron) vesting at any election of a mei.'j- ber of the House (tf Commons, shall be held to be guilty of a misde- meanor and, if found guilty thereof, shall be punishable by a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars or by imprisonment for any terui not exceeding six months, or by both, and shall not be entitled to hold any office or place of emolument in the appointment of the Governor, or of the Superintendent CJeneral of Indian Afl'airs, for a period of two years from the date of his conviction. -i K^'^l . •ift af 1 27 65. Any wilful offence against this Act, for which no other pun- Jshment la prorided, shall be a misdemeanor, and punishable as such. soHEiD-crXiB OF :e'c:>tiis/l&. A I {See S. 1.3. ) Oath of Office of a Revising Officer. I, . , _, . of *>^e of , in the County of *.. «.i IV . t^fOYJ^ce of , the revising oflSce- appointed under I he Electoral Franchise Act" in and for the electoral district (or part of the electoral district) of in the Province of do here- by solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will well and faithfi lly discharge the duties assigned to n.e by the said Act without favor or jartiality ; that I will place no name on the list of voters for the said electoral district (or part of the said electoral district) or any of the polling districts thereof and will strike no name off the same, unless, I shall be satistiod that the same should by law be placed on or struck off the same ; aud that I will in all respects conform to the said Act and the law to the best of mv judgment and ability. So help me God. Sworn before me, a judge of the Court of , in and for the Province of of Record, at the the Countij of aforesaid this 1S8 . C. D., , being a Court of in and Province day of ' A.D., A. B,, Revising officer for the electoral dis- strict (or part of the electoral district of ) A Judge, t&c. ■^i I o 1 i b - 00 CO I s 5 -^ 3 s M. !*- O CD »T3 3 P en a. 5-S, 95 o 2- i^ (t o 1 -. 1^^ o orc! S, a ■ 3 1 (0 O O o B O o ai ai S' Q 1 ^ 3 s; K . 8» « H;« Si o (X5 '*' *^ ^ ? 2 2 2 '^<0 -• p S-' ffl ''T S, o = p <^ P O^ <5 B O < 3 S- 3 P * "^ JO "13 OC I t B 3 A P ^ o c- t* cb g-3 irt- i-n S,^ et- ST- n> «1 s S9 ►1 o o ^ s ^ 1 ^J2. C3 h-4 05 00 rt- S*^ w'P CI- 3 a.c o y cf ^ !^^ ^s O H- 9^ 00 O 2c K4 )— •■ 0» S-' c rr «.» f s w;? •— ■ C+- 2 o 2. "^ o EL ■-s E.O »-•• "a •-« '^ S-o er -i o -a It, p 1 cf ■ ct> re* o O U !»' 29 I C. (See S8. 16, 29 and 31.) (. Revising Officer's Certificate of Lint of Voters. I, , the undersigned revising officer for the electoral dis- "trict (or part of the electoral district) of in the Province of do hereby certify that the foregoing list consisting of pages, is a true copy of the list of voters for tho local municipality {oi for the electoral district or part of the electoral district) of as originally prepared (or ijrelimiiiarily revised, an tin- cnxe matj he), or polling district number in the said electoral district Vjefore (or after) tiie final revision there- of, (aft the case may be) for the year , undtfr " The Electoral Fraufhijte Act." D ated 18S A.B., Bevitinfj Officer for the electoral district (or part of the electoral ilistrict) of SOJ^ D. (Sec S.S. 17 ami 18 J Notice b)f Rcvisiii;/ Officer of prelimifuiri/ reiiimon of First List nf Vu'eri^. The Revising OUicer for the Electoral District (or part of the electoral district) of in the Province of , appointed undtT " 7'he Electoral Franchise Act," horeby gives notice that ho has (.•uniiilotod and publiyhod in the manner directed by the s;iitriet), and that he will hold a sitting pursuant to the siid Act for the jireliniiu- ary revision of such list at in tlio of (,'oinifi/ of in the said Province, at o'clock in the on the day of 188 . Any person objecting to any name on the sjiid list may at anj'' time before the said day, and any ])erson desiring to add any name thereto, or d"siring otherwise to amwnd the same, may, on or liofore the day of 1S8 , deliver to the said revising oliioeror mail to him by registered letter at his oiHoe or place of address, a notice in writing in the form for that purpose contained in the schedule to this Act. as nearly as may be, setting forth the name or names olijected to, and the grounds of objection, or the name or names proposed to bo added to the list, with the grounds therefor, and particular.s of the t and the (jrounds therefor) at the sitting tf> l)e li^ld l.y the revising officer for the said electoral district (or part of the said elccitoral district), at oVlock in the noon, on ' the day of ,188 , at in the said electoral district. Dated 188 ^ To the Revising officer for the said | electoral district (or part of the ( said electoral district), (or to the \ person ivhose name is ohjected to, J (Name of complainant,) P. 0. Address. J f- ■I^O.!^- F. (See S. 2\.) Order of Rcrisinu Officer dioid'nxj Electoral District into Polling Districts. I' ^'he revising officer for the electoral district (or part of the electoral district) of , Province of under " The Elec- toral Franchise Jc/," do herehy order and direct that the said electoral district {or part of the sai.l electoral district), be and the same is hereby sub-divided into polling districts, described ar follows : — Number one Bounded on (here fill in as particular a description, hy concession, street or other di riding lines, as possible, of the bounds of each pollinij district.) (And so on as to others. ) Dated , 188 . A.B., JRevising officer for the electoral district (or part of the electoral district) of. ' f I I ^■ t Jl l y-M 1 81. a (See S. 24. ) Notice by Btvising Officer of Final Revision of Lists of Voters for each Poll- iiiff District. f J^r''""*^ *'^''!; ^"^ *^^ electoral district (oi part of the electoral dis- ? ^ ^ . ,. u , '" . P'^ovince of . under " The Electoral Fran- cbtse Act, hereby gives notice that he will hold a sittiDc on the day of . 1 8S at o'clock in the ; at ^ in the «f ,,«* t ' "' „• *^- «?«•-'*"/»• difltrict. for the final revision of the list of voters for polling district No. . of the said electoral district. H-f «iy*K*'""^ *°'^ ''u*'"'^ ^"'' a«^ntir.n8 to or amendment of the said Jf2 "^T.i 8'"""n<^8 theretor, and the name, addition and post office ad- clress of the person objecting to any name on the list, or claiming to add to or amend the list in any ot1,er respect, unless the same have already S!k^'^"i ri^'*''''-T^ ^* *.''*-' ' nlin.inn.y revision of the said list, must be St.. ^ *^/,'*"' T'^i'^ "^''''' ^* ' o'- ««^nt to him by regis- tered letter, addressed to him at , before the da/ of ^ T.T„-n+ ■ \<. ^" the same form as nearly as may be, as of notice of com- plaint, in the schedule to " The Electoral Franchise Act." If the objection be to the name of any person already on the list the person so objecting must, at the same time, deliver or mail by registered iotte !:! objeSr " ''^"'"' '"' '' '"^ 1-t known address, a coi^. of the Dated 188 . A. B., Fevisivfj Officer for the electoral district (or part of the electoral district) of H. irt (See Ss. 29 and 37. ) J^otice to be jmhlished in the Canada Gazette by the Clerk of the Cnmn Chancery, Notice is hereby given that I have received the lists of voters, finally revised, for all the polling districts of the electoral district of for the year , under " The Electoral Franchise Act." Dated , ISS . C. D., Clerk of the Croicn in Chancery at Ottawa, 32. J- (See S. 42.) iSuminona to Wltuess, To You are hereby required and summoned personally to attend before me, the undersigned revising olticer, on the day of , 188 , at o'clock in the at in the County of , and Province cf , and then and there to testify what you may know concerning the then to be investigated by me as such revising; ojficer, and so on from day to day, and yi.u shall bring with you the papers herein particularly described, that is to say : And herein fail not at your peril. Given under my hand at aforesaid, this under " Th>^, Ehcfuraf FrnnduKc Act." «P day of A. B. ,188 lievmnij Ojicer t\jr fhe ulectoml district (or part of the. electoral district) of i 33 PART II. PROVINCIAL FRANCHISE. — +(tn — PKKSONR ENTITLED TO VOTE AT ELECTIONS OF MEMBERS TO SERVE IN THE LBCJISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OP THE PROVINCE OF ONTARIO. + /' + \ + Extracts from *'The Election Act of Ontario," (R. S Can 10,) as amended by " T/ie Election Ainemhuent Act, ISH.i,'' (4 30. proper to be used at the election then pending, according to the pro- visions of the Voters' List Act, or of this Act, be entitled to vote at elections of members to serve in the Legislative Assembly of this- Province, that is to say : — Firstly. — Every male person entered on the revised assessment ^'oll, upon which the voters' list to be used at the election is bafled iov any city, town, incorporated village or township, ut veal proi)rrty of the value hereinafter mentioned, and being at the time of the iinal revision, and correction of said assessment roll, and also ai the time of the elec- tion, a resident of and domiciled within the electoral district for which, he claims to vote. (2.) Such person must (subject to *:he provisions hereinafter con- tained) have been rated on such ai^sessment roll as the owner, tenant or occupant of real pnjperty of the actual value of nob less than the following : — In cities and towns, two iiundred dollars ; in incorporated villagef? and townships, one hundred dollars. (3.) Where any real property is owned or occupied jointly by two or more persons, and is rated at an amount sufficient, if equally di- vided between them, to give a qualification to each, then each of them shall be deemed rated within this Act, otherwise none of theui shall. be deemed so rated. Secoialhj. — 'Every male person who is residing at the time of the election in the local municipality in which he tenders his vote and has resided therein continuously since the completion of the last revised assessment roll of the municipality, and derives an income from some trade, occupation, calling, office or profession, of not less than two hundred and fifty dollars annually, and has been assessed for such in- come in and by the assessment roll of the municipality upon which the voters' list used at the election is based. Thirdly. — Every male perron entered on the last revised assessment roll as a wjige- earner who is residing at the time of the election in the local municipality in which he tenders his vote, and has resided there- in continuously since the completion of the last revised assessment roll of the municii)ality, and who has during the twelve months next prior to being so entered, derived or e-^rned wages or income from- some trade, occupation, calling, office or profession, of not less than two hundred and fifty dollars. (2.) In estimating or ascertaining the amount of wages or income- so earned or derived by any person so entered aa a wage-earner in the assessment roll of a municipality, not being a city, town or village, the fair value of any board or lodging furnished or given to or received or had by such person as mi in lieu of wages or as part thereof, shall, be considered or included. . Fimtthly. — Every male person entered as a householder in the lasl ^^ !♦; ^y 4^ \<> ^i !♦; 37. revised assesanient roll of the local municipality in which he tenders- his vote, who is residing at the time of the election in the said muni- cipality, and has resided there continuously since the completion of ; raid last revised assessment roll. Fifthly.— Every landholder's son who is resident at the time of the ^#» election in the local municipality in which he tenders his vote, and has resided tiierein with and in the residence or dwelling of the landholder whose son he is, for twelve months next prior to the re- turn by the assessors of the assessment roll on which the voters' list used at the election is bf>°ed, and who has been duly entered and named in said assessment roll as such landholder's son. Jl . ^^•) Occasional or temporary absence from such residence or dwell- '^'^ ing for a time or times not exceedincr in the whole six months of the twelve hereinbefore mentioned, shall not operate to disentitle a land- holder's son to vote under this Act. J ^ Sixthly.— Where there is a voters' list, all Indians, or persons with, part Indian blood, who have been duly enfranchised, and all Indians or persons with part Indian blood who do not reside among Indians, though they participate m ihe annuities, interests, moneys and rents of a tribe, band or body of Indians, subject to the same qualitications in other respects, and t<» the same provisions and restrictions as t)ther persons in the electoral district ; (2.) But the Indians or persons with part Indian blood who are en- titled to vote where there is no voters' list, shall be only the follow- ing, namely : — ■mf>a \\ , *' All Indians or persons with part Indian blood, who have been jj *luly enfranchised, and all unenfranchised Indians or persons with vt part Indian blood who do not particii)ate in the annuities, interest. '^^ moneys, or rents of a tribe, band or body of Indians, and do rot re Ij side among Indians, subject to the same qualitications in other re- ,\ spects, and to the same pvovisions and restrictions as other persons in iiKfei'. .1'' I,' I the electoral district." (3.) Where there is no voters' list any person alleged by a candi- date, or the agent of a candidate, to be an Indian, or person with part Indian blood, shall, if required by such candidate or agent, or by the leturning officer, take the following oath o*- affirmation in addition to any other oath required by a voter under the law : — You qwear that you da not participate in the annuities, interests, mon- eys or rente! of any tribe, band or body of Indians, and do not reside among Indians. Or, at his option, the following :— You swear that you are not an Indian, nor a person with part Indian. blood. jl SeveiUhly.~ln auoh of the municipalities, townships and places in. ji II ' , 38. • ;the Electoral Districts of Algoma East, Algoina Wfost, East Victori^f East Peterborough, North Hastings, North Renfrew, South Renfrew, Muskoka and Parry Sound as have no assessment roll, an(^. r^ubject fyt the provisions hereinafter contained, every male persvm ^n the full age of twenty-one years, being a subject of Her Majesty by birth or naturalization, und being not otherwise disqualified, who is at the time of the election a resident of and domiciled within the Electonal Dis- trict for which he claims to vote, and is actually and butuijide owner of real estate in such electoral district of the value of two hundred dollars or upwards, or who is at the time of the election a resident householder of such place, and has been such owner or householder for the six months next j)receding the election. (2.) A person is not an owner within the meaning of the said pro- vision designated seventhly, where the land of which he claims to be owner has ne'-er been granted or patented by the Crown, and a per- son who is a p ' .'c lodger or boarder in a house is not a "resident householder " ct of such house. (3.) In any par^ < 'lie Electoral District of Algoma West, Algoma East, Muskoka or Pavry Sound, in which there is no assessment roll or voters' list, residence by an owner shall be necessary for the same period as residnnco by a householder, in order to qualify a voter. EUjhihhj. — No person shall be entitled to vote in unorganized terri- tory on property which is wholly or partly in an organized municipal- ity. 11. (An amended hij 4(! Vic, Cap. 2, Sec. 2.) Every City, Town, Ward, Township or incorporated Village, having more than two hun- dred qualified voters therein shall be divided ty well-defijied boun- diiries, such as streets, side lines, concession lines or the like, in the most convenient manner into polling sub-divisions by by-law of the municipal council having jurisdiction over the locality, and in such manner that the number of qualified electors in the several polling sub-divisions shall be as nearly equal as may be, and shall not in any one exceed two hundred. (2.) Where a municipality is divided into polling sub-divisions, the same polling sub-divisions shall be used both for the elections of mem- bers of the Legislative Assembly and for municipal elections ; and the polling sub-divisions for elections to the^Legislative Assembly and mu- nicipal elections shall herecafter be made the same in all cases, except that tho municipal council of every City, Town, or incorporated Vil- lage, may by by-law unite, for the purposes of municipal elections, any two adjoining polling sub-divisions. (3. ) Any alteration of existing polling sub-divisions, or creation of new polling sub-divisions, shall be made before the publication of the -voters' lists. (4.) For the purpose of enabling the council to make the required :«it' l ,1 «»k ^1 I. mtia i .t 39. ^-alterations, the clerk of the municipality, as Boo^ as he finds that the 'number of qualified voters in any sub-division exceeds two hundred, ..Bhall call the attention of the council to the fact. (5.) In case, through oversight or from any other cause, such alter- ations have not been made prior to the publication of the lists, the alteration in the polling sub-divisions shall be made forthwith there- after, but shall not take effect until the next voters' lists are being made out, and shall not affect the voting on or with respect to any J previous voters' lists. (6.) It shall not be necessary for a returning officer to re-divide a polling sub-division, on account of the same containing more than two hundred voters, so long as it does not contain more than three hundred ; but if it contains more than three hundred, he shall divide it into two sub-divisions. (7.) Nothing in tlila section contained shall be held to relieve the council of any municipality from the duty of making a new division of the voters into poUint; sub-divisions, or re-dividing a sub-division as often as the number of qualified voters in any polling sub-division ex- ceeds two hundred. 12. Whenever the number of qualified voters in any such polling sub-division increases so as to exceed two hundred, or whenever the municipal coundil considers that the convenience of the electors would be promoted by a new and different sub-division, such city, town, ward, tov/nship or incorporated village, shall be again in Uke manner • divided into polling sub-divisions so as to conform to the intent and meaning of this Act, and so again, from time to time, as like occasion shall require. 13. Every division mude under the two next preceding sections •shall be based ui)(m the then last revised and corrected assessment roll of the city, town, ward, township or incorporated village. 14. At any time within two months after the filing of such by-law, an appeal shall lie from any such sub-division, at the instance of any five of the electors, to the Judge of the County Court, who shall ■promptly correct such sub-division so as to conform to the true in- tent and meaning of this Act. ' 15. The said sub-divisions shall be numbered lonsecutively in and by the by-law by which they are established, and a copy of such by- Jaw, certified under the seal of the corporation to be a true and cor- rect copy, and signed by the head or clerk of the municipality, shall be forthwith, after the making theref>f, transmitted to and filed in the office of the Clerk of the Peace of the County or union of Counties within which such municipality is situate. 16. In case of failure on the part of any municipal Council to di- "^ide'any city, town or other local municipality into polling sub-divis- 40 ions proportioned to the number of electors, as hereinbefore provided',, or in case the time to appeal from the division should not have ex- pired before the receipt of the writ, the returning officer shall provide- as many polling places for polling the votes of the electors in such city, town or other local municipality as shall correspond, as nearly as- may be, with the number of polling places which would have been re- quired if the said city, town or other local municipality had been sub- divided into the proper number of polling sub-divisions. 17. In case it is necessary for any returning officer to divide any municipality )or any part thereof) into polling sub-divisions, he shall b« paid by the treasurer of the municipality a reasonable allowance therefor J 86. In case the name of any person entitled to vote is entered on. the list of voters fcr more than one polling sub-division in any elec- toral district, such person may vote at the polling place for any one of such sub-divisions in his discretion, but no person shall vote or of- fer to vote at more than one polling place in any electoral district, at any election, under a penalty of two hundred dollars. 87- (Iti' p((rt. As amended hy 46 Vic, Cap. 2, Sec. 4) The return- ing (itHcer, on the request, of any elector entitled to vote who has been appointed. r(ep' ;y returniag officer or poll clerk, or who has been named the agenl of any of the candidates at a polling place other than the one where he is entitled to vote, shall give to such elector a cer- tif cate that such elector is entitled to vote at such election at the poll- ing place where he is stationed during the polling day ; and such cer- tificate shall also state the property or other qualification in respect of which he is entitled to vote. (2.) On the production of such certificate such elector shall have the right to vote at the polling place where he is stationed during the polling day, instead of at the polling place of the polling sub-division where he would otherwise have biien entitled to vote ; and the deputy returning officer shall attach the certificate to the voters' list, but no such certificate shall entitle any such elector to vote at such polling place unless he has been actually engaged as such deputy returning otticer, poll clerk, or agent during the day of polling, or shall entitle any agent to vote who is disqualified under section five of this Act. (3. ) This section shall not apply to any municipality or territory for which there are no voters' lists or supplementary voters' lists, and no such certificate shall bo issued to any person in respect of a clainV' to be a voter in any such municipality or territory. (4.) No returning officer shall, under a penalty of four hundred* dollars, give to more than two agents of the same candidate at any one polling place, a certificate under this section ; and every such cer- tificate shall name the polling place at which the agent is to be permit- ted to vote, and the candidate for whom he is agent ; nor shall any re— mM I -•^ 41. ttuniing officer issue any certificate under this section except upon the personal or written request of the elector ; and no such certificate shall be signed by the returning officer, until the name and qualifica- tion of the person to whom it is to be granted have been inserted therein. (5.) No person who receives a certificate under this section whether as deputy returning officer, poll clerk or agent, shall thereafter either at the polling place named in the certificate, or at any other polling place, vote at the election until he has taken at the polling place where he proposes to vote, one or ()th«r of the oaths of qualification pre- scribed to be taken by voters, and any person violating the provisions of this sub-section shall be liable to a penalty of four hundred dolliirs, and every vote cast in contravention of this sub-section shall be null and void. 01. {As ladhj amended h\i JfS Vic, Cap. 2, See. 5.) The deputy re- turning officer shall receive the vote of any person whose name he finds in the proper list of voters furnished to him, provided that such person if required by any candidate, or the agent of any candidate, or by the deputy returning officer himself, takes the oath or affirmation herein- after mentioned, which such deputy returning officer is hereby em- powered to administer. (2.) Any person whose . nme is entered upon said list of voters as owner, tenant, or occupant of real estate, or as a landholder's son, or as a householder, and who is required to take such oath oraffinnariou as aforesaid, shall be at liberty to select for liiinself for that piu])()se either of the said ffnms numbered 18 and 20 in schedule A, whatever may be the description either in the voters' list or assessment roll as to the qualification or character in resjject of which he is entered upon the said lis*'- or nAl ; and where the person claims to be entitled to vote in I'espect of taxable income or as a waye-carner, the oath or affirma- tion to be taken shall bo according to form 1!> in said scliedule A, and where the person claims to be entitled to vote in respect of a siqiple- mentary voters' list m any of tlie cases mentioned in sections 7o and 77 of this Act, the oath or affirmation to be taken shall be according to form 21 in said schedule A. (3.) No other oath or affirmation shall be required of any person whose name is entered on any such list of voters as aforesaid. i 42. SOUEIDTTXiE OIF B^OIi3i/CS Referred to in R. S. 0., Cap. 10, Sec. 01, as subdituted by JfS Vict.,. Cap. 2, Sec. 0. ^+o+ Mi, B FORM 18. Oath of person voting aa owner, tenant or occupant of real estate, or as a householder. You su-ear (I) that you are the person named or purporting t be named by the name of on the list of voters now shewn to you ; (2) * That on the (3) day of one tliousand eight hundred and , you were actually, truly and in good faith possessed to your own use and benetit, as either owner, tenant or occu])ant, in your own right or in the right of your wife, of the real estate in respect of which your name is as aforesaid entered on the said list of voters, and are as such entitled to vote at this eleatiou ; That you were at the time of the final revision and correction of the as- sessment roll on which said list of voteia is based and are now actually and in good faith a resilient of and domiciled within this electoral district ; +. That you are of the full age of twenty-one years ; That you are a subject of Her Majesty either by birth or by naturali- zation ; That you have not voted before at this election, either at this or any other polling j'lace ; That you have not received anything, nor has anything been promised you either directly or iudin ctly, either to induce you to vote at this elec- tion, or for loss of time, travelling expenses, hire of team, or any other service connected therewith ; And that you have not, directly or indirectly, paid or promised any- thing to any person, either to induce him to vote, or to refrain from voting, at this election. So help you God. (1.) If the voter is a person who may by law affirm, then for "swear" substitute "solemnly affirm." (2. ) The deputy returning officer should hereupon shew the voters' list to the voter. (3.) The date to be here inserted in administering the oath is at the choice of the voter, to he either the day certified by the clerk of the mu- nicipality to be the date of the return hy the assessor of the assessment roll upon which the voters' list used at the election is based ; or the day so certitiod to be the date when by law the said roll was to be considered and taken as finally revised. , 41 ;» *, 48i FORM 19. Ordinary form of Oath of Person votive in respect of Income, or as a Wane- Earner. (As inform 18 to *). That on the (3) daj of , one thousand eight hundred and you were, and thenceforward have been continuously, and still are. a resident of this municipality ; That at the said date and for twelve months previously, you were from your trade, occupation, office, calling or proression, in receipt of an income or wages amounting to a sum not less than two hundred and fifty dollars ; (4) s » ^^^ [Then as inform IS from t to end.) ^?"i T^u® *lu*^ *? ¥ ^^""^ inserted in administering the oath is the day certihed by the clerk of the municipality to be the date of the Hnal revis- con and correction of the assessment roll upon «^hich the voters' list used at the election is based for the municipality. (4 ) If the municipality in which the voter is voting is a township, there must be added at cue end of this clause tlie words following ;_" Estimatins as part of said income or wages the fair value of any beard or lodfiing had given to, or received by me during the said twelve months as. or in lieu!' I FORM -20 Of oath for a landholder's son. (As inform IS to *.) That on the (.3) day of one thousand eight hundred and fuU\. ,./ 1 (/);^^%f you verdybolieve, actually, truly, and in good faith, possessed to hi. (.5) ohu use as owner, tenant or occupant of the property m respect of which your name is so as aforesaid entered on the said voters list, and was then actually and in good faith residing and domiciled upon said property ; ^ That you are a «on of the said A. B. ; (4) Tliat you resided within this n^unicipahty with the snd A B. for and duving the whole of the twelve mouths next before the return by the assessor of the assessment roll on which the voters hst used at this election is based, not having been absent during that period, except temporarily, and not more than six months in vote''at this election * '■*''''^^"*^ ""^ *'"^ electoral district, and are entitled to ( Then as inform 18 from t to end. ) ■^f mj"- (.3) The date to be here inserted in administering the oath lis the day 44 • certified by the clerk of the mtinicipality to be the date of the return by the assessor of the assessment roll upon which the voters' list used at the -election is based. (4) The name of the voters' father, or stepfather, or mother, or step- mother, should be inserted here. (5) If the name of the voters' mother is inserted, then for his substitute her. (6) If the voter is voting as a stepmn, or prandson, or son-in-law, then for the word mn substitute the word xtepnon, or fjrandson, or son-in-laWf as the case may be. 4, FOKM 21. Oath to he taken hi/ Voter on a suppleDwntart/ lAst of Voters, made where (i(liHt!i))i/< lutve hecii maile to a Citji, Toirn or Villaije, or a new Vilkiije has fiecn/ormnl coniponed of Territory xituated in two or more Electoral Districts. You siL'ear (1) that you are the pernon named, or purporting to be named by the name of on the supplementary list of voters now shewn to yon ; (2) That on the ('i) day of , one thousand eight hundred and . you Avere actually, truly and in good faith possessed to your own use and benefit ns ftwner, tenant or occupant, in your own right or in the ri^ht of your wife, of the real estate in respect of which your name is entered on tlia said sipplementary list of voters, and are as such en- titled to vote at this election ; That you are actually and in good faith a resident of and domiciled within this electoral district ; (Tin II an inform \8from t to f.ud. Notes (1), (2), and (.3), as in form IS. General note to all the forms. In the oath administered to a deputy returning officer, poll clerk, or agent voting upon a certificate issued under sec. S7. for " on the list of voters MOW sheu'n to yon.'" substitute '' on the list of voters for the munici- palitji of ", naming the municipality mentioned in the certificate. See 47 Vic, Cap. 4, Ss. 22, 23 and Schedules, for special provisions re- spectimj Elections in Abjoma, East Peterboroiu/h, North Hastings, North and South Renfrew, Muskoka and Parry Sound, and forms of oath to be .used. 45. THE VOTERS' LISTS JHT fJi ^ ^^ach (2.) The first of the three parts shall contain the names in ..1,>1,., betical order, of all male pei'sons of full a-^- ai u Isubiecr^^^'nf ;^ ' appearing by the assessmint roll to be i:^^;'^ t'^^j1Z:± or income requisite to entitle him to vote in the nuui dm n ^?ho ?^ (3-) The second part shall contain the names in -ilnlr.bf.fi,...! . . i of al other male persons of full age and s SrHS n orv i f""} all widows and unmarried ^w,„u^n of ul lu-a .md ^,1? • ; ' f ^ ''^ said, and appearing on the assessment ^U toCl^^al^l^^t;, the municipality at nmnicipal elections only -tnd n ir >1 for members of the Legislative Assembly ^' elections (4.) The third part shall contain the innt<>s! n. ..ir.i, 1 *■■ 1 -i of all otlier male persons of full age ad sX^t^'^^t^-f "^■^^""' mg by the assessment roll to be entit! .1 o Tote in ' ^ ^^^^^'■^'.■^'Py'/;- at elections for n.embers of the Le - ' 'UtL mb v onh-'"',''?'^''^ J at municipal elections. ASotmbly onlj , and not * . onltln'u^Tu'ch llt^ """ ^^^^""" '''^''' '''^' ^^' ^^^-^"^ "-- than T 1^;? ^^'^^^^'«;^»''\"icipality is divided into po]lin<' sub-divisions tbp (7.) If tlie qualilication of any such peraon is in respect of real prop- 4(). erty, the clork shiU, opposito the name of the iwrson, insert, in the* pmper column of the votorB* list, the number of any lot or other prop-- er description of uny parcel of real property in respect of which each person is Ho<|iialitied ; addin>; thi-reto, where the person is so qualified' in respect of more than one such lot or i)arcel, the words "and other premises ;" and in the case of the person beinj^ a landholder's son or a waf^e-earner within the meaning of 27m' Ehcfian Act and any Act amendiiit? the same, the clerk shall also, in the profter colunin of the voters' list, state that fact and the place at whit voter resides in' the municipality. (H. ) Where a ward of any municipality is divided into polling Bub"" divisions, antl it appears Ijy the assey-suient loU that any jjersou is as- sessed in each of two or more such polliny sub-divisions in the ward foi- pnijK'rty sutticient to entitle him to vote, the clerk shall enter his- name ku the list of voters in one such sul>-division only, and shall, as recjuired by the preceding sul)-8ection, insert opposite his n;une the additional words "and other jireinises ;'" and where, within theknow- ledi^^e of the clerk, such person resides in one of such jjolling sub-di- visions, his name shall be entered as aforesaid in the list of voters for that polling sub division. (0.) \\ heiever it ai)pear8 by the assessment roll that any person is assessed for property within the nuu)ici))ality suHicient to entitle him to vote, but tli;it it lies j/Jirtly within the limits of one of such sub- divisions an municipality. (11.) An assessment roll shall be understood to lie finally I'evised and corrected when it has been so revised and corrected by the Court of Revision for the munici|»ality. o,- by the Judge of the County C', Sd in written certifi- cate (Form 2) over till! name of the clerk, sLatiM,' that Siioh list is a correct list of all persons a])i)earing by the last revised assessment roll of the nuinicipality to he entitled to vote at elections for members f)f . the Legislative Assemlily, and at municipal elections in said munici- pality ; and further, calling upon all electors to examine the said list, and, if any omissions or other errors are perceived therein, to take immediate proceedings to have the said errijrs corrected according to law. 6. The sheriff shall, immediately upon the receij)t of his copies, cause one of them to be posted up in a conspicuous place in the Court House ; the Clerk of the Peace, upon receipt of his copies, shall cause one of them to be posted in a conspicuous place in his otHce ; every public or separate school head master or mistress shall in like manner post up one of his or her copies on the door of the school house ; and every postmaster shall post up one of his copies in his post office. 7. The Clerk shall also forthwith cause to be imerted in some news- 48. pape..' published, in the municipality, or in case no newspaper is pub- lished in the municipality, then in some newspaper published in the municipality next thereto, or in the county town, a notice (Form 3) signed by him. which shall state that he has delivered or transmitted the copies of said list as directed by this Act, and shall also mention the date of the first postinsf up of said list in his office. One insertion of such notice shall be sufticie.it, 8. (Sedion srihstitntedhy 4^ Vic, Cap. 3, iSec, 4-) (1.) The said list of voters shall be subject to revision by the County Judge, at the instance of any voter or peraori entitled to be a voter in tbfi municipalitv for whicli the list is made, or in the electoral district in which the municipality is situate, on the ground of the names of voters bein^ omitted from the list, or being wronsj^ly stated therein, or of names of persons being inserted on the list who are not entitled to vote ; and upon such revision the assessment roll shall not be conclusive evidence ill regard to any purticulur, whether the matter on which the rii^ht to vote depends had or had not ))eon brought before the Court of Revi- sion, or had or had not been determined by that court ; and upon such revision any person who is a wage-earner within the meaning of the JElticti^m. Act, or (^f .my Act amending the same, shall not Vie disen- titled to have his name entei'od on said list, eitlier by reason of his having omitted to make, si'^n, or deliver, any statement rf^fjuired by the provisions of Tin; Js.te.-innu'ni Art to be so made, signed or deliv- ered by him. or by reason of his name not having been entered on the assessment roll as such wage-earner ; and tlie decision of the judge under this Act, in regard to the right of any person to vote, shall be final so far as regards such jtersou. (2.) A complaint or appeal (Form 4) may be made on the ground of any pM^on wh< se name is entered on tlie list being one of those who are discjualiiiud '»r incouipetunt to vote under The EU'rtlon Act. (3.) If, V)efore the tinal revision and correction of the asHessmenfc roll, any porscjn named as a vf .'/Vie EU'.dlo)i. Art of Ontnrio. ceased to be a resident of the electoral dis- trict, the person who, at the time of such tinal revision and correction, was in possession of the said property slnill, if otlicjrwise (]ua]iti<.'d to vote, be entitled to ai)ii]y to tlie judge to be entered on the saiil list instead of the jinrson rirst named in rhis section ; and the proceedings to be taken in any such case sh.ill be the same as in cases of apjteala under this Act. (4.) Any person wi:o i.s rated, or entered, or liable to be rated, or entered ou the assfssment r<>l]. either for »'eal ])roi)ertv or income of the amount roijuisite to entitle him to votii, or as a landliolder's sun or a wage-earner, within the, meaning of The Atisensrmnt Art or of The Eli'ctlo'i Art, (U' of any Act amending the same, and who will be of the age of *'.wcnty-on;i years at any time within sixty days from tlie tinal .U lu ■f :tz L h 49. revision and correction of the assessment roll, shall be entitled to ap- ply to the judge to have his name entered upon the voters' list, or upon the assessment roll and the voters' list, as the case may require. (5.) Any such landholder's son and an}'' wage-tarner entitled to bo assessed or entered in the assessment roll of any municipality under The Asaessment Act, or any Act amending the same, shall, in all re- spects and <" r all purposes, have the riglit to apply and complain ti> the judge on the revision of the voters' lists, and to have his name en- tered and inserted in the list. 0. Any voter or person entitled to be a voter making any complaint of any error or omission in the said list shall, within thirty days after the Clerk of the raunicipaiity has posted up the said list in his ofhce, give to the Clerk or leave for htm at his residence or place of business, notice (Form 6) in writing of his crmplaint and intention to apply to the judge in respect thereof ; and if the office of Clerk is vacant by reason of death, resignation, or from any other cause, such notice may be given in like manner to the head of tlie Council of the municipali- ty ; and the proceedings thereafter by the clerk, judge, and parties re- spectively, and the respective powers and duties of the judge, clerk, and other persons, shall be the same, or as nearly as may be the same, as in the case of an appeal from the court of revision ; but no deposit shall be required to be made before any such complaint is heard or disposed of. (2.) If the notice is given to or left for the head of the council, he shall perform or cause to be performed such necessary acts as should be pertormed by the clerk if there were one. Subsection added by J^S Vic, Gap. 3, Sec. 10.) (3.) No judge shall proceed with the holding of any court for hear- ing complaints as aforesaid, unless and until notice (Form 10) of the time and place of holding said court shall by the clerk have been pub- lished at least ten days before the sittings of such court, in some news- paper published in the municipality, or if there be no suoh piper, then in some newspaper publisiied in the nearest municipality in which one is published. (The proceedings, <0c., " in the case of an appeal from the Court of Mevision, are regulated by ''''The Assessment Act," (R. S. 0., Cap. ISO.) The following extracts comprise all that are ajtplicable to Votess' Lists.) Sec. 66. (In part.) (3. ) The Clerk shall give notice to (the party eomplaining) of the time when the matter will be tried. (Form 11.) (9. ) The clerk shall prepare p notice for each person with respect to whom a complaint has been made. (Form 12.) (10.) If the person residei or has a place of buainess in the local muni* 50. cipality, the clerk shall cause the notice to be left at the person's resi' dence or place of business. (11.) If the person is not know^n, then the iiotice shall be left with some grown person on the assessed premises, if there is any such person thera resident ; or if the percou is> not resident in the rnunicipalitj', then the notice shall be addressed to such person through the post office. (12.) Every notice hereby required, whether by publication, advertise- ment, letter or otherwise, shall be completed at least six days before the sittings of the Court. Sec. 59. ( fn part ) (.3.) The judge shall notify the clerk of the day he appo' '■■■ for hearing appeals. (4.) The clerk shall thereupon give notice to all the parties appealed against in the same manner as is nn^vided under the titty sixth section of this Act ; but iu the event of failure by the clerk to have the required service in any appeal made, or to have the same made in proper time, the judge may direct service to be made for some subsequent day upon which he may sit. (5.) The clerk of the municipality shall cause a conspicuous notice to be posted up iu his office, or the place where the council of the municipal- ity lioM their sittings, containing the names of all the appellants and parties appealed against, with a brief statement of the gromd or cause of appeal, together with tlie date at which a court will be held to hear ap- peals. (Form 9. ) (6. ) The clerk of the municipality shall be the clerk of such court. (7.) Ac the court so linlden the judge shall hear the appeals, and may adjourn the iiearing from ti'iie to time, and defer judgment thereon at his pleasure. (L'unitcd h>i sec. 8 of " the VotcvH' List Finalifi/ Act.") Stc. 00 {Id I'o.rt. ) At the court to be holden bythe couni y judge, or acting judge of the ooLut, to hear the appeals hereinbefore provideii for. the per- son having charge of tlie assessment roll passed by the court of revision shall appear and pro luce such roll, and all papers and writings in his cus- tody connected with the juatter of appeal. »>('('. 01. In all prof^eedings before the county judge or acting judge of the court, under or fur tha purposes of this Act, such judge shall pa'^sess all such powers for compelling the attendance of and for the examination on oath of all parties, whether claiming, or objecting or objected to, and all other persons whatsoever, and for the production of bocks, papers, rolls and documents, and for tho enforcament of his orders, decisions and judgments, as belong to or might be exercised by him, in the divi.$ion court or in the county court, either in term time or vacation. 10. Section sHhditnted by 4^' Vic, Cap. 5, Sec. 7. (1.) Any party may obtain from the County Court a subpcena (Form 13), or from the County Judge an order, requiring the attendance ab -ir Bl. 'the cf)urt for hearing comphrints as aforesaid, at the time mentioned : in such subpwna or order, of a witness residing' or served with such .subptenaor order, irx any part of this Province; and requiring any such witness to bring with him and i)roduce at the court any papers <»r documents mentioned in the subpcena or order, and every witness served with such subpcjena or order shall obey the same, provided the allowance for his expenses, according to the scale allowed in Division Courts, is tendered to him at the time of service. (2.) Any person complaining, or any person in respect of the inser- tion or omission of whose name a complaint is made, shall, if resident within the municipality, the list of wliich is the subject of complaint, 'M^ or within the municipality in which tlie court is held, upon being served with a subpoena or order therein, obey the same without beinS tendered or paid any allowance for his expenses ; and where any such J, couipl.iint is by or in respect of a person whose name is entered in the ""r* list of voters as being, or who is alleged to be, a wage-earner ..r land- holder's son within the meaning of The AsKCsament Ad or of Thr Elec- ■ t'um Act, or of any Act amending either of said Acts, such sub- ptena or order shall be deemed to have been sulticiently served upon such person under the provisions of this section : (((.) If such subp(«na or order is served upon him personally; {h.) Where such person has a known residence or place of business within said municipality, if a copy of such subp(ena (-r order is left for hnn with some grown ))ersou at such residence or place of business ; or (c.) Where such person has no known residence or place of business within the municipality, if a copy of such subpcena or order is mailed to him through the post office, with the posttige thereon prejjaid and addressed to him at the post ottice address C()ntained in any written aflirmati(»n made by him under The Assessment Ad, or any Act amend- ing the same ; or (e mu- nicipality ; and the judge shall retain one of such certified copies of the list, and deliver (»r truusmit by post, registered, one of such certi- fied copies to the clerk of the Peace for the county or union of coun- ties within which the municipality lies, and one of such certified cop- ies to the clerk of the municipality, to be kept by him among the re- cords of his office, 12. As amended by 4'2 Vic, Cap. 3, Sec. 5. In case complaints are made as aforesaid, immediately after the list has been finally revised and corrected by the judge, tlie judge shall make or cause to be made, and shall sign, a statement (Form l(i) in triplicate setting forth the changes, if any, which he has made in the list ; and shall certify in triplicate (Form 17) a corrected copy of the list. And such state- ment in triplicate, and such corrected copies of the said list, shall, if the judge so order, and under his directions and suiJcrvisJon, be pre- pared by the clerk of the municipality, and for that purpose the judge ahall forthwith after said list has been so finally revised and correct- ed, transmit or deliver to said clerk all necessary papers and direc- tions, which said papers and directions, together with such statement in triplicate and such corrected copies, shall within, at latest, the week next after the said list has been so finally revised and cor- rected as aforesaid, be re-transmitted and delivered by said clerk to said judge, who thereupon shall immediately sign the said state- ment and certify the said corrected copies as aforesaid, but should the said statement and corrected copies not be re-transmitted and delivered by said clerk to the judge within the time above mentioned, the judge shall immediately thereafter make and sign 'the said state- ment and certify the said corrected copies of the said list. (2.) The judge shall retain one of such certified copies and oile state- ment, and shall deliver or transmit by 'post, registered, one of such certified copies and one statement to the clerk of the peace for the county or union of counties within which the municipality lies, and one of such certified copies and one statement to the clerk of the mu- cipality, to be kept by him among the records of his office. 13. It shall be the duty of the municipality within which a court is holden, to provide soir.e suitable and convenient place, properly furnished, heated and lighted, for the holding of such court, and in case such is not done, the judge may hold said court at such other place in the county as he may deem proper ; and if the same is held elsewhere than in the county court house, the proprietor or proprietor* of the building in which it is held may recover from the municipality which should have made such provision the sum of five dollars for each and every day during which such building is used for the purposea- i 0'. -f r per. 18. The judge shall have power to amend any notice or other pro- ceeding upon such terms as he may ttiink proper. 19. If any appellant or complainant entitled to appeal dies or aban- dons his appeal or complaint, or having been on the alphabetical list made and posted by the clerk as aforesaid, is afterwards found not to be entitled to be an appellant, the judge may, if he thinks jiroper. al- low any other perstm who might have been an appellant or complain- ant to intervene and prosecute such appeal or complaint, upon such terms as the judge may think just. 20. In case of errors being found in the said voters' list on the said revision thereof, whether such errors are in the omission of names, the inaccurate entry of names, or the entry of names of persons not entitled to vote, if it appears to the judge that the assessor was blame- able for any of the said errors, the judge shall order (Form 18) the assessor, either alone or jointly with any other person, to pay all costs occasioned by the same ; and in case of errors for which the clerk was to blame, the clerk, either alone or jointly with any other person, shall be charged with the costs ; and in case of errors of the court of ' i 64. ■revision, the jnunicipality shall, either alone or jointly with any per-' r.Bon, pay the costs, subject to any claim which the municipality may justly have against the guilty parties ; or the judge may order the as- sessor, clerk, or municipality in any such case, to pay the costs, if any party fails to recover the same from any «jther party named and ordered to pay the same ; and in all cases not herein provided for, the. costs shall be in the discretion of the judge. (2 ) No coats shall be allowed on any proceeding under this Act, • other or higher than would be allowed in the division court under the lowest scale of costs in actions therein. (3.) The only costs to which an appellant shall be liable shall be the witness fees, unless in a case of bad faith on hjs part. 21. The payment of any costs ordered to be paid by the judge may be enforced by an execution (Forni U)) ajjainst goods and chattels, to be issued from any County Court upon tiling therein the order of the judge, and an alhdavit shewing the amount at which such costs were taxed, and tiie non-payment thereof. 22. If any parson not assessed, or not sufficiently assessed, is found entitled t(^ vote, the municipality shall be entitled to recover taxes from him, and to enforce payment thereof by the same means and in the same manner as if he had been assessed on the roll for the amount found by the judge ; and the'' judge shall make an order (Form 20) setting forth the names of the persons so liable, and the sum for which each person should have been assessed, and the land or other property in resj>ect of which the liability exists, and each order shall be transmitted to the clerk of the municipality, and shall liave the same effect as if tlie said particulais had been inserted in the rcdl 23. The times appointed ff)r the performance, by the clerk of the municipality, of the duties required of him by this Act, shall be direct- ory only to tlie said clerk ; and the non-performance by him of any of the said duties within the times api)ointed, shall not render null, void or inoperative any of the lists in this Act mentioned. 24. In case the clerk of any municipality fails to perform any of the duties aforesaid, the clerk of the peace shall forthwith apply (Ft»rm 21) summarilj' to the County Judge or the junior .or acting judge of the County Court for the county within which such munici- pality is situate, to enforce the performance of the same. (2.) The application may also be made by any person entitled to be named as an elector on the list in respect of which the application is made. (3.) The judge shall, on such application, require (Form 22) the clerk of the municipality, and any other person he sees fit, to appear before him and produce the assessment roll and any documents relat*. ing thereto, or to the list in respect to which the application is made. ill 1 56 and t«i submit to such examination on oath as may be required of him or them, and the judge shall thereupon make such oiders and give such directions as he may deem necessary or proper for the purposes aforesaid. (4.) The clerk of the municipality shall be personally liable for and shall pay the costs of the proceedings, unless on some special grounds the judge shall see tit to order otherwise, and in such special case the costs shall be in the discretion of the judge. (5.) Such proceedings and such order of the judge shall not in any wise ex(merate or release the clerk from liability to the penalty here- inafter imposed. 25. If any clerk of a municipality omits, neglects or refuses to complete the voters' list, or to perform any of the duties hereinbefore required ;,f him for his municipality, such clerk, for each such omis- sion, neglect or refusal, shall incur a penalty of two hundred dollars. 26. If any clerk of a municipality, or clevk of the peace, or any other person, wilfully makes any altei-;ition, omission or insertion, or in any way wilfully falsifies any such cenified list or copy, or per- mits the same to be done, every such person shall incur a penalty of two thousand dollai's, 27. No person shall make, execute, accei)t or become a party to any lease, deed or other instrument, or beoonie a party to any verbal arrangement, whereby a colorable interest in any land, house or tene- ment is conferred, in order to qualify any person tcj vote at an elec- tion ; and any person violating the ])rovisions of this section, besides being liable to any other penalty prescribed in that behalf, shall in- cur a penalty of one hundred dollars, and any person who induces ^\r or attempts to induce another to commit an offence under this sec- tion, shall incur a like penalty. 28. The penalties mentioned in the three next preceding sections may be recovered with costs of suit by any person suing for the same in any court of competent jurisdiction. 29. To [jrevent the creation of false votes, where any person claims to be assessed, or claims that any other person should be assessed, as owner or occuj>ant of any parcel of land, or as possessing the income which entitles him to vote in the municipality at an election, and the assessor has reason to suspect that the person* so claiming, or for whom the claim is made, has not a just right to be so assessed, it shall be the duty of the assessor to make reasonable enquiries before assessing such person. 30. Any assesger who wilfully and improi)erly inserts any name in the assessment roll, or assesses any pesson at too high an amount, with . intent in either case to give to any person not entitled thereto an ap- .parent right of voting at any election, or who wilfully inserts any fic- 1 66 titiouB name in the asseasmont rull, or who wilfully and improperly omits any name from the assessment roll, ur assesses any person at too- low an amount, with intent in either case to deprive any person of his right to vote, shall, upon conviction thereof before a court of compet-- ent jurisdiction, be liable to a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars, and to imprisonment until the fine is paid, or to imprisonment in the common gaol of the county or city for a period not exceeding six months, or to both such tine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court. 31. The clerk of the peace and the clerk of any municipality having the custody of the list of voters of any municipality or part of any mu- nicipality or place, shall furnish a certified copy of such list, then last revised and corrected, or of any of the parts thereof, to any person who may require such copy or part, on being paid for the same by such person at the rate of four cents for every ten voters whose names are on such list or part ; the said officers may furnish printed copies, for each of which they shall be entitled to receive six cents instead of the fee aforesaid ; and the officers shall verify any alterations made there- in by writing their initials in close proximity thereto. If the altera- tions or interlineations exceed one hundred, it shall be the duty of the said officers to furnish written copies. (2.) For each copy of the voters' list or of any of the parts thereof furnished to the returning officer, according to Form 8 in Schedule A to " The Election Act,'' or according to Schedule C to *' The Municipal Act" the Clerk of the j^eace furnishing the same shall be entitled to receive the sum of six cents for every ten voters whose names are on such list Of part, as the case may be. 32. The Board of County Judges may, if requested so to do by the Lieutenant-Governor, frame rules and forms of procedure for the pur- pose of better cariying this Act into eflfect ; and such rules and forms shall, after being approved o)' by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council, have the same efi'ect and force as if they formed paii) of this Act. 33. The words Householder (H), Freeholder (F), and Tenant (T),. appearing on the assessment roll pursuant to the Assessment Act, shall, for the purposes of this Act, be held to also mean respectively, Occupant (Oc), Owner (O), or Tenant (T). and shall be so entered in* the voters' list by the clerk of the municipality. 34. In carrying into effect the provisions of this Act, the forms set' forth in the schedule hereto may be used, and the same, or forms to the like effect shall be deemed sufficient for the purposes mentioned in the said schedule. -§o§- 'li 67 I SCIIEIDTJLE OIF FCDTtlS/L& -+n+ FORM I.— (Section S.) .+^^+ +^^+" {As salMitutpd by 42 Hc^., Ca/,. 3, ,9ec. 9> FOr^/?.S' Z/-S'7', 18 . MUNICIPALITY OF SCHEDULE OF POST OFFICES : 1. North Augusta, 2. Maitlaiid, 3. Wright's Corners. 4. l'res(;ott. Polling Sub-division J.o I, comprising, &c., (^ .Smith, a voter (or "person entitled to be a voter") for the electoral district of , in which the said nuinicipality is situated com- plain (.s/«^' ///r- „ame.^ oftheptr.^oit^ln re.y.n-t to 'rhn,n rmnploiut is huulp and the uroimd ,>j com plaint toiuhi)i;i ewh person Hspcrtindi/, or .nut forth in listx m /ollon:^, rart/lii;/ urordinu a, circnn.'^lona-..), ti,at the several persons whose names ;ue set for!.h in the subjoined list No. 1 are entitbd to be voters in the said municipality, as shown in said list. l>ut are wron.duUv omitted from the Voters" List; that the several persons wliose names are mentioned in the Hrst column of the subjoineil list JS'o. 2 are wronttfullv stnted in sai.l Voters' List, as shown in said li.st No. 2 ; that the 'several persons whose names are set forth in tlie first column of the subjoined list No. .S are wrongfully inserted in tlie said Voters" List, as shesvnin said list JSo. .-! ; and that there are errors in the description of tlie property in re- spect to wlncli the names respectively are entered on tlie Voters' I'iso {or Matnui other error.'<), as shewn in the subjoined list No 4 : an.l take notice that 1 intend to apply to the judge in respect thereof, pursuant to the stat- ute in that behalf. Dated the day of 18 James Smith, Residence, Township of Beby. 60. L'lHt of Coviplaiuts mentioned in the above Notice of Complaint. List No. 1. — (Shewing Voters torongfully omitted from the Voters' List.) Names of Persrns. .lames Tupper Simon Heauclerk Angus Hlaia Grounds on which they are entitled to be on the Voters' l.iat. Tenant to John Fraser, of N half lot 1, 2ud con. Owner in fee of N W finartor, lot H. in 8th con. Assessed too low — property worth $ List No. 2. — Sheimnt/ Voters wrongly named iu the Vutem' Lint. Names of Persons Joshua To' psend John Mclk..ii S. Connell The errors in statement on Voters' List. Slionld he Jusr/ih Townsend. Should lie John McHean, the youiiger. Should he Simon O'Conncll. Ike, &c., List No. 3. — (Shewiuff pernona wromifullij iufifrted in the Voters' Lift.) Names of Persons Part I Statanioiit why wrongfully iu- of List I serto 1 iu Voters' List. Peter White John May Davi.l Walters Died l)efore final revision of I1<»11 Tenancy ex['irt'd — left country. lissossc'.l ton hii^i\, property worth under § Ac, &c. List IVo, 4. — {Slirwhuj Voforn whone Projierfi/ i^t errniifoiish/ ilencirhefl in ]'oters' Li.^t, li-c. Names of Persons Stop'u Washburn li Thomas Gordon, ^ Ronald Blue Part I Errors in respect to property or of List or otli'Twise stated. Name should be in Sub-Division No. 2. Property should bo W half lot 7, in ."Ird eon Should bi; de-ciibod >;* owner — not i];v . Farm l.—f Section 9. CLEUK's KEI'ORT in cask 01' APPEALS AND d \INTS TO THE iiaE. To Il'it^ Ui)Hi>rthe Juihie of the Countif Court oftif Cov n of : — The Clerk of the iiiuniuipality of states and rajrorts that the sev- eral persons inentioneil in column 1 of the schedule ))olo\v, and no others, have each tjiveu to him (o^ "left for him .at his residence or place of abode " a.s the fact may he) written notice complaijtiing of errors or omis- Ul. -sions in the VoterH* Listfctr the said Municipality for 18 , on the grounds mentioned in column 2 of the said schedule, and that Huch noticeH were received respectively at dates set down in column 3 of the said schedule. Dated, &c. A.B., Clerk of the said Municipality. SCI3:33IDTJX.E. I, '2. :i Name of Complain- | Errors or Omissions com- I Date when notice of Com- anta. | plained of. | plaint received by Clerk. ■ XW sev- lera. le of kiiis- FORM S~ (Section 9.) jriXlES' OKUKK APPOINTING r . Clerk of the Municipality of , iu the said County of , do hereby certify as follows : That I did, on the day of , 18 , post up, and for a period of thirty days next thereafter keep posted up, in a conspicuous ph«ce in my office at , a true and correct printed copy of the Voters' T^ist fo^r the said Municipality of for 18 , made in pursuance of " The Votern' Li-sf^s Act," with the certificate required by section live of the said 4ct endorsed thsreon. 1 {or ber endorsed, to each and all of the persons entitled to the ame under sec- tions three and four of the said Act. That I did on the day of , 18 , cause to be inserted in the newspaper called the " ," published in , the notice lequhed by section seven of the said Act. That no person gave me, nor did I receive, any written notice of com- plaint and intention to apply to the Judge, or junior or acting Judge, of the County * '.mrt of the said County of in respect to the said Voters' List within thirty days after I, the said Clerk, had posted up the said list in my office, as directed by the provisions of the said Act. And that to the best of my knowledge anul belief I have complied with the several requiretnenta of the said Act, so as to entitle me to apply for certified copies under thf3 eleventh section of the said Act ; and I do here- by, in pursuance the •dered to be paid by the said €. D. to A. 6., as and for hia coata auatained by him on the trial of a complaint against the Voters' List for the Muui- •cipality of , in the said County, for 18 , made and prosecuted ■ under the provisions of " The Toters' Lists Act/* which said costs have been taxed and allowed at the oaid sum, as appears of record ; and have that money before Our Judge of Our said Court at immediately after the execution hereof, and in what manner you shall have executed this Our writ, make appear to Our Judge aforesaid at immediately after the execution thereof, and have you there then this writ. Witness, His Honor vthe day of , Judge of Our said Court, at in the vear of our Lord 18 . A. B. , Clerk. ^^ FORM 20— (Section 22. ) ORDEK FOR ASSESSMENT OF PERSONS OMITTED FROM ROLL, &C. In the matter of assessment for the year 18 , in the Municipality of The persons mentioned in the first column of the schedules follow- lowing not being assessed, or not being sutlioiently assessed, on the assess- ment roll of trie Municipality of , for the year 18 , and having been found entitled to vote, on proceedings taken before me, , Judge of jthe County of , under " 77/' Voftis' Lists Art." In pursuance of the twenty-second section of the said Act, it is adjudged that the said parties mentioned in the first columns of the following schedules respective- ly should have been assessed for the sums mentioned in the second columns respectively opposite their respective namet^. in respect to the land or other property or i|aalificatiou mentioned in the third columns of said schedules respectively opposite the respective nan.es of said parties, and it is ordered that the said parties should be assessed accordingly. Patedthe day of , A. D., 18 . SCHEXD-CTX,!!: 1. Judge. COLUMN 1. Names of persona li- able to have been as- sessed on the Assess- «ient Roll for the Mu- nicipality of , for the Year 18 , but not assessed. COLUMN 2. Amount for which the parties should have been assessed. COLUMN 3. Property in respect to which the liability to assessment exists. 68. IX COLUMN 1. Names of persons not sufficiently assessed on the Assessment Rf)ll for the Municipality of , for the Year 18 . COLUMN 2. Amount ft.r which j the parties should | bd assessed in addi- [ tion to the amount | already on the As- I sessment Roll, I COLUMN 3. Property in respect to which the liability too assessment exists. FORM 21— (Section 24.) APPLICATION '10 JUrXJE AOAINST liELINQUENT CLEEK. Pursuant to the twenty-fourth section of " the Voters'' Lists Act," I, A. B., Clerk of the Peace for the County of . {or, '' a person entitled to be named as an elector on the Viteis' List for the Municipality of , for 18 ,") hereby inform His Honor the Judge of the County Court of the said County, that C. D., Cleik of the Municipality of , in the paid County, has failed to perform the duties required of him as such Clerk by the said Act, in this, that he the said C. D. has noc made out the alpha- betical list of voters for IS , for the said Municipality, within thirty days after the final revision and correction of the assessment roll thereof (or "has not delivered or tranfmitttd piinted copifs of the Voters' List for the said Municipality for 1« , to and and or to any of them." or, as the cane ma>/ be, HiatiiKj in brief the diUi/ not performed), ac- cording to the ttquirements of the said Act ; and I apply to you, the said Judge, to enforce the performance of the duties aforesaid, and to take suck other pri ceedings as may be necessary. Patcd at , this day of , is A. B., Clerk of the Peace. +^^+ +^^+' ■ FOBM 22.~{Sectio7i 24, Sub-sec. 3.) SUMMONS. " The Voters' Lists Act." In the matter of the Voters' List for the Municipality of in the County of , for 18 . Whereas it appears by the application of A. B., the Clerk of the Peace- for the said County {or "a person entitled to be named as an elector ott the said List "), made to me in pursuance of the said Act, that you, C.D.» \- J u ^ r A k. l 4^ , 69 the Clerk of the said Municipality, have failed to perform certain duties required of you by the said Act, in this, that you have not made out the Al- phabetical List of voters for 18 , for the said Municipality, within thirty days after the final revision and correction of the Assessment Roll there- of {^, as the. caw man he, followimj the apfillratlon) ; and whereas the said A. B. has applied to me to enforce the performance of the duties afore- said ; You, the said C, D., are therefore hereby required to be and appear he- fore mo at my chamber?, in • , on the day of .18 , at the hour of • a°d then and there have with you and produce before mo the Assessment Roll for 18 . for the said Municij)ality. and any documents in your custody, power or contiol, relating to. the Assessment Roll, or to the Voters List aforesaid, and then and there submit yourself for the ex- amination on oath as may be required of you. Herein fail not at vour penl. Dated this day of , i8 . a 4K '^^ ^' D , Clerk of the Municipality of i Judge. "^r So^- -4 ^ 70. *♦ THE VOTERS' LISTS FINALITY ACT," (4I Vic, Cap. 21) as Amended by The Voters' Lists Amendment Acts, 1879 and 1885. .+^^+. +^^+ H 4i VICTOBIA, CHAPTER XXI. An Act to give finality to Voters' Lists, and for other purposes. [Assented to 7th March, 1878.] ER Mnjesty, bj- and with the advico and consent of the Legisla- tive Assembly of the Province of Ontario, enacts as follows : 1. This Act nijiy be cited as "The Voters' Lists Finality Act." 2. In this Act, unless there is something in the context repugnant to such a construction : (1.) The word " Election," the words " To Vote," the words " Cor- rupt Practices," and the words "Earner's Son," shall respectively have the meaning given thereto by sercion two of " The Election Act of Ontario" ; (2.) The word " Voter" shall mean a person entitled to vote, br to be named in the Voters' List ; (3.) The word " List," and the words " Voters' List," shall respect- ively mean the alphabetical list referred to in section two of ''The Voters' Lists Act," or in section four of the Act 2)assed in the fortieth year of Her Majesty's reign, and chaptered twelve, as the case may be ; (4.) The word "Scrutiny" shall mean any scrutiny of the votes polled at an election within the meaning of sections seventy-two and the nine next succeeding sections of "The Controverted Elections Act of Ontario ;" and (5.) The words " Clerk of the Peace" shall mean the Clerk of the Peace for, and the words " County .Judge," shall mean the Judge of the County Court for the County or Union of Counties within which lies the Municipality for or in respect of which the Voters' List is made. 3. Every Voters' List which under this Act, or under sections elev- en or twelve of "The Voters' Lists Act," or under sections six or eight of "The Voters' Lists Act of 1876," was during the twelve months next prior to the passing hereof, or is hereafter certified by the County .Judge, shall, upon any scrutiny, be final and conclusive evidence of the right of all persons named therein to vote at any elec- tion at which such list was or could have been legally used ; except .(1.) Persons guilty of corrupt practices at or in respect of the elec- ff Jii ti ' T ill 4 71. Ttion in question on such scrutiny, or since said list was certified by tthe County Judge as'aforesaid ; (2.) Persons who at any time subsequently to said list being certifi- •ed by the County Judge us aforesaid, are or have been non-resident either within the Municipality to which said list relates, or within the electoral district for which the election is being held, and who by rea- .B4)n thereof are under the provisions of " The Election Act of Onta- /rio " incompetent and disentitled to vote. (3.) (Repealed.) (4.) Persons who, under sections four, five and six of "The Elec- tion Act of Ontario " are disqualified and incompetent to vote. {Sections 4, 5, 6 and 7, and last clause of Section 8, are of temporary ap- plication only. ) " 8. (In part.) It shall hereafter be the duty of the County Judge so to arrange and proceed, and so to fix the sittings of the Court for the hearing of complaints against or in respect of any ^'otera' List, that such complaints shall bo heard and determined, and said lists finally revised, corrected and certified under " The Voters' Lists Act," with- in two months of the last day for making such complaints. 9. To remove doubts it is hereby declared that any Farmer's Son entitled as such to be assessed or to have his name entered in the As- sessment Roll of any Municipality, shall be so assepsed and shall have his name so entered without any re([uest in that behalf, unless ho in- forms or notifies the Assessor to the contrary ; and any person entitled to be entered in such Assessment Roll ov in the Voters' List based thereon, or to vote or to be a voter in the El(!ctoral District in which said Municipality is situate, shall, in order to have the name of such Farmer's Son entered and inserted in such Assessment Roll or list of Voters, as the case may be, have for all purposes the same right to ap- ply, complain or appeal to any Court or to any Judge in that behalf, as such Farmer's Son would or can have personally, unless it is made to appear to the Court or Judge that such Farmer's Son actually dis- sents therefrom ; and the Act passed in the fortieth year of the reign of Her Majesty, chaptered nine, and entitled " An Act to give the right of voting to Farmers' Sons in certain cases," shall be read and • construed as if this section had been included therein at the time of the passing thereof. 10. Any voter, and any person entitled to be a voter, and any agent of such voter or person, shall have liberty at all reasonable times and under reasonable restrictions, to inspect and take copies of, or extracts from assessment rolls, notices, com})laints, applications, and other pa- pers and proceedings necessary or of use for the carrying out of the .provisions of "The Assessment Act," "The Voters' Lists Act," and this Act ; and the Clerk of the Municipality is to afford for the said ^purposes all rea^rjnable facilities which may be consistent with the 72. safety of the said clocumentB, and the^qual rights and interests of all persons concerned, and shall in rejj-ard to the matters aforesaid be subject to the directions and summary juiisdiction of the County Judge. 11. In order to facilitate unifoimity. of decision without the delay or expense of appeals, (1.) Any County Judge may state a case on any gener.al question arising, or likely to arise, or exi)ected to arise under "The Voters' Lists Act," or this Act, and may transmit the same to the Lieutenant (jovernor in Council, who thereupon shall immediately refer the said case to the Court of Appeal or a Judge thereof for the opinion of such Court or Judge thereupon ; or (2.) The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may refer a case on any such general question to said Court of Appeal or a Judge thereof, for a like ojiinion. (3.) Immediately upon the receipt of such case it shall be the duty of such Court or Judge to appoint a time and place for hearing argu- ments (if any be offered) upon the points and matter involved in such case, of which time and place written notice shall be given by the Clerk of said Court posting up a copy of such notice in the office of each one of the Superior Courts at Osgoude Hall, in Toronto, at least ten clear days before the time appointed as aforesaid. (4.) At the time and place fixed therefor aa aforesaid, such Court or Judge shall hear argument upon the case by such and so many of the Counsel present (if any) as such Court or Judge may deem rea- sonable, and shall thereui)on consider the said case and certify to the Lieutenant- Governor in Council the opinion of the Court or Judge thereon ; and sucli opinion shall thereupon be forthwith published in the (hdui'io Gazette, and a copy thereof sent to the Judge of each County Court. (5.) The said Court of Appeal, or a Judge thereof, may also give an opinion on any such question at the instance of any voter or voters, or person or persons entitled to be voters, if said Court or Judge sees fit ; and the proceedings with respect tliereto shall be, as nearly as njay be, the same as upon a case referred as aforesaid, but, in addi- tion, such Court or Judge may require a deposit of money to cover the costs of hearing the question argued by the Counsel, and may re- quire such notice of the proceedings, or any of them, to be given to such person or persons as the Court or Judge may direct. 12. The Clerk of the Peace, or the Clerk of the Municipality who has the custody of a Voters' List, shall furnish copies thereof to the returning officer in four days after a written application thereof has been delivered to him personally or left for him at his proper office. 13. (Amendme'iit to Election Act.) 14. Any person who wilfully and improperly inserts or procures or i 1 4 73. causes the insertion of any name in the asseHsment ri)ll,'Or aHsesses or procures or causes the assessment r)f any person at too high an amount, ■ with intent in either or any such case to give to any person not en- titled thereto, an apparent right to vote at any election ; or who wil- fully inserts, or procures or causes the insertion of any fictitious name in the assessment roll, or who wilfully and improperly omits, or pro- cures or causes the omission of any name from the assessment roll, or assesses or procures t)r causes the assessment of any person at too low an amount, with intent in either case to deprive any jjcrson of his ri^ht to vote, shall, upon convictifui thereof before a court of e^ nipe- tent jurisdiction, be liable to a Hue not exceeding two hundred dollars, anil to imprisonment until the fine is paid, or to impristinment in the common gaol of the County or City for a period not exceeding six months, or to both such fine or imprisonment, in the discretion of the Court. 15. {Ah AmeiiiJi'il tnj .},? T'/c., Cap. ■!, Si-c. il.) Where it is provided by any by-law or cntract under which the Clerk of any Mniiicipality is ajtpointed or emploj'ed, that the sum to be paid him by way of sal- ary as such Clerk is intended expressly or impliedly to include pay- ment for all duties which, as such Clerk and under '* The Voters' Lists Act," are to be performed by him, either in fche pr(>i)aration, jiublica- tion and distribution of the list of voters under said Act, ov before, upon or after the lodging with him of any complaint or appeal under said Act, t>r for any other act or work of whatever nature or kind recjuired by the said act to be done by him ; then such Clerk shall not, in respect of such duties or work, be entitled to or , allowed by the County Judge, nor shall there be taxed to him, any fee, payment, cost or charge whatsoi \er ; but when it is not intended by such by-law or contract to provide for the performance of such atsove mentioned duties and work, then such Clerk shall be entitled in respect thereof to the following, but to no oth( r fee or compensa- tion, that is to say : (1.) Two cents for the name of eaeJi person entered in the list of • complaints and in respect to whom appeal was made, (2.) Two cents for each such name entered in any necessary copy ■ of said list of complaints. (8.) Eight cents for each necessary notice to any party complaining or complained against. (4.) Three dollars for each days attendance on the sittings of the Court for the revision of the Voters' List. (5.) And to the actual and reasonable disbursements (if any) neces- •sarily incurred by him in serving the notices of complaint or appeal, •when served by himself. 16. The person acting as Constable at the sittings of the Court for 74. the revision of any Vofcers' List shall as such Constable be entitled to- the following, but no other fees or compensation, that is to say : (1.) The sum of one dollar and fifty cents for each day's attendance as such constable ; (2.) For the service of any process or notice including the service, the receipt and the return thereof and all other services connected therewith when allowed by the Judge, a sum not exceeding ten cents per mile one way for each mile actually and necessarily travelled to effect such service 17. The compensation fixed by the two preceding sections shall be paid to the said Clerk and Constable respectively by the Municipality, the list for which is the subject of investigation ; and the amount of such compensation as certified by the Judge shall be so paid by the Treasurer of the said Municipality upon the production and deposit with him of the Judge's certificate. -^■Oi5- 75. ''THE VOTERS' LISTS AMENDMENT ACT, 1879." H 43 VICTORIA, CHAPTER III. An Ad to make further provisions respectiuy Voters Lists. ER Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Loo-isla- tive Assembly of the Province of Ontario, enacts as follows : [Assented to llth March, IS7'.>.'\ ^'.'^^'f ^oL"'/^y ^^ '^"^^^ *"'' «i*^«^^ '»s " The Voters' Lists Amend- ment Act, 1870. 2. The County Judge, at any court held by him for the revision of Voters Lists, under " The Voters' Lists Act," may without any pre- vious notice of appeal or complaint in that behalf, on an application made by or on behalf of the person named in the lists, correct any mistake which shall be proved to him to have been made, in compiling any Voters List in resj.ect of the name, or place of abode, or nature of the quahhcation, or the local or other des«niption of the i)roperty of any person entered on the said list, and against or with respect to whose right to be entered on said list an appeal or complaint is either pending before or being heard by the Judije ; but in any such case evidence may be produced and given before" said Judge that such T)er- son has no quahhcation or no sufficient (pialitication in law to entitle such person to vote, and if the Judge, on the evidence before him be of opinion that such person has not such .lualiHcation, he shall expuncre and strike the name of such person from said list of voters. " 3. If on any complaint or appeal to strike out of the list the name of any person entered therein as a voter, the Judge, from any evidence produced and given before him, sliall be of opinion that such person IS entitled to be entered on said list in any character, or because of property or qualitication other than that in which such person is so already entered m said list, the said judge shall not strike the name of such person from said list, but shall make such corrections in the said list as the said evidence in his opinion may warrant with respect to the right, character and (lualitieatiou of such person to vote Ad.'^ Thise Secfinnx 4 to 7 'nidn.siiw arc in amendment of pn-rloas amendments are entered and noted in tlic projx'r plnces^. 8. Hereafter the Clerk of each Township Municipality, in making out the list of voters as recjuiriid by section two of " 'i'heVoters' Lists Act," shall, besides complying with section twelve of the Act to amend the Jurors' Act passed in the present session, insert in said list and according to the form by section nine of this Act pre vided, a schedule • containing the name, numbered consecutively, of each post office, which by the Assessment Roll appears to be, or within the knowledge or belief r)f the said Clerk is, the proper post office address of, any per- son entered in said list, and in making out said list of voters shall, ac- cording to said form and in the proper column therefor insert oppo- site the name of eacli person entered in said list the consecutive num- ber whicli according to said schedule is that of the proper post office address of sucli person, so far as such address appears by the assessment roll, or is within the knowledge or belief of the said Clerk as aforesaid ; but no appeal or complaint on the ground of any error, mistake or omission in or froni the said list in respect of any matter or thing by tliis section directed to be inserf-cd therein as aforesaid, shall be made or allowed by or under " The Voters' Lists Act," "The Voters' Lists Finality Act," or this Act. fl. SuJiditiitc!^ fiirmfor Xo. I hi Sc/u-iIk/c to llic form ,siilj.sti/i(/c'l 1.1 i/!iuii In thw Sec. '23 o/'" The ('■jiiso/idatedJurori^ Act of 1S83," (41) Vkt., Cap. "i ) ail'/ /n ax foUoirK ; 23. In order to facilitnto the selection of Jurors, the Clerk shall, in maku.g out the Voters' List, in the column contain- ing the i.jmber of the voter on the roll, or in a separate col- umn provia>;d for the purpose beside tlio same, write or mark the let- ter "J " upon the Voters' List opposite the name of every male per- son over twenty one and under sixty years of age who, by such roll appears to jiossess the proj)erty (pialitication re(iuisite to (qualify him to serve as a Juror ; and such Voters' List shall shew, at or near the end thereof, the aggregate number of names of persons ui>on such list qualiried to sorve on Juries, and in the case of cities and tcnvns the said list shall give the same information for each ward, and it slmll not be necessary for the Selectors to refer to any name on the Assess- ment Rr>ll which has not the letter "J" opposite it in the Voters' List, unless the Selectors susi)ect that some names are not properly marked, l>ut this section shall not apply to townships whore the (jualitication is ascertained under the 0th section of the Jurors' Act. -§o§- wsnam 77 THE VOTERS LISTS AMENDMENT ACT, 18,^5. JiS VICTORIA, CHAPTER HI. An Ad to further amend the Voters' Lists Act. HP,. M • . 1 , [Assented to 30th March, 1885.] Mi Majesty by and with tlie advice and consent of fh. T ■ i tjve Assen.bly of the Province of ( )ntar^";S t tu^T^'' L This Act niay be cited as The Voters' Lists A.uu,l,nent Act. 1SS5. b» u.e,l and ,.„„J ,,, i-.ovi.fjd",,;' « . .^ , ™ TiJTf 'ff Aihnidmriif Art, js;:/. ' •■'"■•^uou J or jj„i \ oters Lists asLcd ;.';?t;™"^^ ,;:,;" Lz 7?--™" -"itiod .. «„„,, t„ be wili I any r, cat in tliat b.O,-, f „ '"'"'"'"« l"S ""mo 8„ i-ntered such assossn,,„t „ f, '■ n' l' I vl iJ" S' I ",""'' '" '"' •■""■•"'I "' to bo a vnlor in (he d™t .-.Nb' T f .'"•' '™<"> tlii-r.-on, „r to voti, „r ply, c„n,„Iai„ ,„.:,; 1 ;„ny O tt ';"''''''v'V'l" "'■""■ :■'■«'" "'">'- as such lanJboM,.,' ' son or Z^^^^ ,ni,?, '*"'", '" ^'"" ''"''»"' unless it is n,alo tl« pLBing^tMs^Ac".""" '"'" '"^"^ ""'' '"^^-- «^-' f-- ™^' «fter (2.) Tho rcniaininff soctioiia and i.rovisio .s of tbi, Art =l,.,li to force and have olfect on -,„.} o. ... »i """',' ^""" ""u"'"- after Ibopassini-^berco 11 "' '''" ''•''>' "'^ •^"""■"'>' »"' ment tak^n or LctranLse, ne rtir«rItrrof 'l',',',' "■"" IV'T- .roll or a.e.™en?, r^^^^lSt'of v'^ staS S^:^'^Z^ 78 for all purposes, and as regards all matters, liabilities, duties and pro- ceedings therein provided for, be deemed to come into force and have- effect on and after said first day of July. ' Sec. 11 is of temporary application. The remaining sections are in amendment of the previous Acts, and the araeiidments are entered and', noted in their proper places. « FART III. -X(X)X- MUNICIPAL FRANCHISE. -t(i):- PERSONS ENTITLED TO VOTE AT MUKICIFAL EI,EC'TIOXS. Extracts from ''The Coii.wllilatnl Minucipal Ad, i,W.?," (40 Vic, Cap. IH), as iunoiided by " The Mnnieipul Ameiulment Act, i])erty in Municipalities which have ])assed by- laws under Section 4i>0, Sub-section 2. 82. Except in the case of a new Municipality, for which there is no !is.se.ssnient roll, ikj i)ersi)u aluill be entitled to vote at any election unless he is one of the persons named (jr ]jurp()rtin!j; to be named in the proper list of voters : and no (piestion of (lualilication sliall be raised at any election, except to ascertain whether the person tender- ing his vote is the same person as is intended to be designated in the said list of voters. 83. At the first election of a new Municipality for which there is no sepanite assessment roll, every re.sidt^'t male inhabitant, though not previously assessed, shall be entitled to vote if he possesses the other qualifications above mentioned, and has at the time of the elec- tion sutiicient proj)erty to have entitled him to vote if he had been rated for such property. 84. Where any territory is added for municij)al purposes to any city, town or village, or where a town with additional territory is erected into a city, or a x-illatre with additional territory is erected into a town, or in case a new village is ft)rmed, and an election takes place bafore Voters' Lists including the names of i)ersons entitled to vote in such territory uie made out for such new (-r enlarged city, town or village, or i)efore stich lists are certified by the Cojnty Judge, then all persons who would have been (jualified as electors in such territory if the same had remained separate from the city, town or village, or if such town or village had n•■• shewn to you («/,,,„•„, ,/,e Ihl l„ ,1,1 ,■„,„) f """"'"J' ''*'> >•' "•"■i» ■ o tiJ^i r,:'^°,i7f'"'" '° """^ °"" "«'"' "" "«''' "' y"' " "<■• "> a J'of .h^e°';„f,':g: ?t;v:Lty°™e'';ea":r'''""'' '""'''' °' «" ^'=^-'^'' voted before at thU el'ection, e.ther a'tlMr„r"a"'*;7tI^?;^';;;„^;!r in this «-ar,l, and ('/ (V **°"^ L°l* '! ;; ^^""if I»"'"W' place i..,»<, /,>„, that'jin have not ™'iei "„ ^l ;\C;;;'fTth,'^'';r "'■ That you have not directly or imlirfvtlv rppr«;,-^,i „ .or do_y„„ expect to reo.>/any, ^^iS^lS^^, 7..'3t"atTl^ ::^:eS :^^ t^^s::!l;:r-"- "--- ^'^- '-^i^s So help you Gon. 103. The oath or afliruiation to be roouired of mv n^r«o« ,i„- ■ to^J-rto as householder or tenant shall beTfollfw"" ^ToThetLe e? poX"r,:e':a:^d"';;!>,?,f Es^'l- -;„- 1^, ?-- ■;;--' -^ p-^ shewn to you {^h, .-Uh, fhr /!..( (n M. w^rr, ; • ' ' '"*^'"' "°^ you were actually, truly. .«a n, good'f^t^'X:^!^^;';::;^ <;;t::j 82. and benefit as tenant or occupant of the real estate in respect of which your name is entered on the said list ; That you are {or your wife is) a householder or tenant within this Mur nicipality ; That you have been a resident within this Municipality for one month next before this election ; That you are a natural born {or naturalized) subject, &c., {ns in sec. 102 to end of oath.) {In the caxe of a new MunkipnlHii hi irhich there has not hecn amy assens- ment roll, then imtead ofswearhitj to residence for one month iiext before the election, and refcrrin;/ to the lisf of voters, the pt'rxon offerivii to vole may be required to state in the oath the property in respect to which he clainif; to mte, and that he i.i a resident of such Municipality.) 104. The oath or affirmation to be recjuired of any person claiming to vote in respect of income shall be as follows : You swear {or solemnly affirm) that you are the person named {ot pur- porting to be named by the name of ) on the-Jist {or supplementary list) of voters now shewn to you {."hewing the lixt to voter.)' That on the day of , 18 , {the day certified by the Clerk of the J\lnn eipality a-s the date of the Jinal revisio)i and correction of the assess- ment roll upon irhlrh the voters" list lined at the ehefion is based), you weiC, and tlieuceforward have been continuously, aud still are, a resident of this Township (City, Town or Village, as the cass may be) ; That at the .said date, and for twelve months previously, you Avere in receipt of an income from your trade (office, calling or profession, as the case may be) of a sum of not le?s than 8400 ; That you are a subject of Her Majesty by birth {or naturalization, as the >-(iss '/nay be), and are of the full ago of twenty-one years ; {Jn the cane of MnnieipaHties not divided into Wards. ) — That you have not voted before at this election, either at this or any other polling place ; {lu the ease of ManieijnUilies diri/ certified b,/ the Clerk of the Mumaimhty as- the date of the return, or oftheJinafn'rUon and correc- .tton oj the as,se.mnent roll upon which the Vof^r.^' LlM used at the r/evtion la teased, as tkecase requires) A. B. {namuaj him or her) was actually, truly, r^ *»*! in good faith, possessed to his {or hei) own use and benefit as owner, as you verily believe, of the real estate in respect of which your name is so as atoresaid entered on said list of voters ; That you are a son of the said A. B. ; That you resided on the said property for twelve months next before tlie said day, not having been abseut during that period, except temporar- ily, and not more than four mouths in all ; That you are still a resident of this Municipality, and entitled to vote at this election ; That you are a subject, &c., {as in sf^c. Mii to end.) 106. Such oaths or affirmations shall be administered by the Ri turning Officer ur Deputy Rcluraiug ( )fficer, as tliu case may bo, 'ifc the request of any candidate or his authorized agent, and uoin(|uines shall be made of any voter, except with respect to the facts specified in such oaths ov affirmations. Note. — " '/Vie Municipal Amendmmt Act, 1884," (47 Vic, Cap. 32) enacts as follows :— v > i / 4. lu addition to any other oath or affirmation, which may now be miuired of any person claiming to vote at a munici])al election, the follow ing oath or affirmation may also be re(,nired of any widow or uumavned woman— claiming to vi>te : — You swear {or soleuinly affirm) that you are the person named or pur- portmg to be named in the list (o/- supplementary lij;t) of voters now she.vn to you. That you are unmarried, {i,r a widow, as the ca,-e ma>/ />.-. ) 309. Any ])erson shall bo entitled to vote on any by-law re(iairing the assent of the elecrA>rs who is a male ratepayer, and', at the time of tender of the vote, of the full wge of twenty-one years, and a n itural born o. naturalized subject of H..'r Majesty, and who has neither di- rectly or indirectly I'eceived, not- is in expectation of receiviii"- any reward or gift for tlie vote wliicli he tenders, and is at tlie tune of _ such tender a freeholder, either at law or in equity, in his owi. ri-'ht or in right of his wife, of real property within such MunieipaUty of sufhcieut value to entitle him to vote at any municipal election, ' _r ^^"'^^ ^^ '"'^^^'^ "'1 the last revised ass^.'ssment roll as such freeholder, and 13 named, or jjurported to be named, in the voters' list of electors. (2.) In case (jf a new Municipality in which there has not been any assessment roll, the ([ualitication of being named on such list and of being rated on the roll shall l)e dis{)en3ed with, but in f^w-h case such person ottering to vote shall not be entitled to vote unle.'^s lie possess- es the other qual ill cations above nientittned, and has, at the time of -p" Ntl 84. tender of his vote, sufficient property to have entitled him to vote if he had been rated for such property, and unless at such time he names such property to the Deputy Returning Officer ; and the Deputy Re- turning Officer shall note such i>roperty in the voters' list opposite the voter's name, at the request of any one entitled to vote on such by-law. 310. Any person shall be entitled to vote on any by-law requiring the assent of the electors who is a male ratepayer, and at the time of the tender of the vote is of the full ago of 21 years, and a natural born or naturalized subject of Her Majesty, and who has neither directly nor indirectly received, nor is in expectation of receiving, any reward or gift for the vote which he tenders, anr^ is resident within the Mu- nicipality for which the vote is taken for one month next before the vote, and who is or whose wife is a leaseholder of real property within such Municipality of sufKcient value to entitle him to vote at a muni- cipal election, iind wIkj is rated on the last revised assessment roll therefor, and which lease extends for the i)eriod of time within which the debt to be contracted or the money to be raised by such by-law is maile payable ; in which lease the lessee lias covenanted to pay all mu- nicipal taxes in respect of the property leased, and wliich person is named, or purported to be named, in the Voters' List. (2.) The said provisions as to the lease extending for the period of time within which the debt to be contracted or the money to be raised by such by-law is made payable, shall not apply to a by-law respecting local improvements, under section 020 of this Act. (3.) In case of a new Municipality in which there has not been any assessment roll, the ([ualitication of being named on such list and of being rated imre), within the Municipality for '.vhich this vote 18 talcen ; w'^^^* ^T/ ^*''° """^^ ''''*''^ ^^^"'■*' o" *^« by-law in this Township (or »' Ward, «« **^ y*"': flirectly or indirectly, either to induce you to vote on this by-law ' ^ *"■ ^"'' 1'^^^ ^l t'^ne- travelling expenses, hire ♦)f team, or any other service connected therewith ; And that you have not, directly or indirectly, paid or promised anvthiue to any person, either to induce him to vote or refrain from voting ; i i (Tncam of a vew Muincijxditu in vh!ch ila^re has not b<',u any a^:(iualifying any elector from voting at municipal elections wh(j has not paid all municipal taxes due by him on or before the fourteenth day of December next preceding the election. ^^ Vr ~;qi -:3%: 1 ■I.k. T'r- :!» a 87. PART IV. -tot- EDUCATIONAL FRAJiCHISE, -^o.^- rsjci PERSONS ENTITLED TO VOTE AT ELECTIONS OF PUBLIC AND SEPARATE SCHOOL TRUSTEES. n Extracts from " The. Public SchonLn Ad, lS8n, (48 Vie.) CHAPTER J,U. An Act to Consulidate and Amend the " Public School .-!« •^" [Assented to 30th March, 1885.] ER Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legisla- tive Assembly of the Province of Ontario, enacts as follows : J^rclhiiiiun-i/. 1. This Act may be cited as "The Public Schools Act, 1885." 2. (Ill pdif.) In the construction of this Act, (().) " Resident '" shall include such persons who, though not actually resident in a school sectimi or dixision, pay a scho<»l rate at least equal to thi» average school rate paid by the actual residents of such section or division. (7.) "Ratepayer" shall mean an assessed householder, owner or tenant, or any jterson entered on the assessment roll as a farmer's son, or any person assessed for income. Jlnriil J'/i/ilie Schooh. 14. Every ratejiayer of the full age of twenty-one years, who is a public school supporter within the sectiDU for which he is sncli rate- payer, shall be entitled to vote at awy election for scluiol trustee, or on any school (piestion whatsotjver, at any annual or s[)ecial moetiug in the said section. 21. In case any ol)jection is made to tiie right of any person to vote at any annual or special meeting, either for trustee or upon any school question, the chairman of the meeting or other oMiaer presidiu'^ shall require the person whose right of voting is objected to, tu make the following declaration or affirmation : (1.) I, A. B. , do declare and affirm that I am an assessed ratepayer (or faiirier's sou, on the ca.ic viai/ he) in school section . (2. ) Tn&t I am of the full age ot ^^wenty-oue years. IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) // 1.0 I.I ;^ m iiM ^ m IIIII22 S IAS IlilO 1.8 1.25 1.4 J4 ^ 6" — ► Photographic Sciences Corporation 23 t^frST MAIN STREET WEBSTER, N.Y. 14580 (716) 872-4503 '^ M-i ^ ////J (3.) Thftt Section No. 88. I am a supporter of the Public School in said Schoot^ (4.) That I have the right to 'vote at this election. Whereupon the person making such declaration shall be entitled to- vote. Tovmship Boards. &7. The election (of memher.i of a Township Public School Board) shall take place annually at the time, in the manner, and as prescribed by this Act, for the election of Trustees in towns divided into wards. Public School Boards in Cities, Towns and Incorporated Vil- lages. 100. In Cities and Towns divided into wards, and in Townships where Public School Boards exist, the Clerk of the Municipality shall furnish to the Public School Board, within three days after request in writing, the Voters' List for each ward of such Municipality, an- nexing thereto a list of the names of person '? being supporters of sep- arate schools, and also a list of the names, alphabetically arranged, of all ratepayers and persons entitled to vote in respect of income, rated upon the then last revised assessment roll, and not being already up-, on the Voters' List. 101. In Towns not divided into wards, and Villages, the Clerk of the Municii»ality shall furnish to the Public School Board, within three days attdr requ(\sfc in writing, the Voters' List for each polling sub-division in the case of such Town or Village, as provided by the last preceding section. 104. {1)1 part.) (4.) (Rcfrrriiiii to elections by ballot as provided in thii* Section.) In the list of qualified voters required by Section 100 of this Act to be delivered to the Returning Officer by the Clerk of the Municipal- ity before the opening of the poll, the Clerk shall place opposite the names of any voteis on the said list who have been returned to him as supporters of separate schools, the letters S. S. S. (signifying sup- {>orters of Separate Schools) and the Returning Officers shall not de- iver to any such a ballot paper for Public School trustees. 105. There shall be elected annually by the assessed ratepayers thereof in each City, Town, Incorporated Village, or Township in which a Township Board is established, one School Trustee for each ■ward, and in the case of Incorporated Villages not divided into wards three Trustees. 106. In case any objection is made to the right of any person to vote at any election of School Trustees, the Deputy Returning Officer shall require the person whose right of voting is objected to, to make the following oath or affirmation : — •,n 1^ >>■ rT' 0. C3J :j 'j, il A ■^■' r c.*,::i ^■-A < 5- 4 cir,- ■ o 89. 'You Bwear (or Boleinnly aflirni) that you are the person named, or pur- rporting to be named, in the list (or supplementary list) of voters now shewn to you (shewing the litt to voter) ; That you are a ratepayer ; That you are of the full age of twenty-one years ; That you are a public school supporter ; In the cane of MunicipaUties not divided into Wards. ) That you have not voted before at this election, either at this or any otlier polling place, for School Trustee ; (In the case of Municipalities divided into Wards. ) That you have not voted before at this election, either at this or auy other polling place in this ward, for f^chool Trustee ; That you have not, directly or indirectly, received any reward or gift, nor do you expect to receive any, for the v.ite which yoii tender at this ■ election ; That you have not received anything, nor has anything been promised to you, directly or indirectly, either to induce you to vote at thin eloetioii, or for loss of time, travelling expenses, hire of team, or any other service connected ivith this election ; And that you have not, directly or iudirectly, paid or promii^id anything to any person either to induce him to vote or refrain from voting at this election. So help you Gon. 273. Notwithstanding anything in this Act contained, the law and all Acts and parts < { Acts relating to or affecting Roman Catholic Soj)- arate Schools, shall for all purposes and in all respects remain, con- tinue and he as if this Act had not been passed. §o!^ H Extracts from ^^ The Separate Schools Act." REVISED STATUTES OF ONTARIO, CHAPTER 206. An Act respecting Separate Schools. ER Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the legisla- tive Assembly of the Province of Ontario, enacts as follows : 1. This Act may be cited as " The Separate Schools Act." 5. None but colored people shall vote at the election of Trustees of any separate school established for colored people, and none but the .parties petitioning for the establishment of, or sending children to, a Protestant Separate School, shall vote at the election of Trustees of .such school. The Statutes from which the following extracts are taken are repealed 90. -I I.;.:: i' by 4^ V''c., Cap. 4-f, except as '* relating to or affecting Boman Catholic- Separate Schooh " : — Extracts from 42 Vic, Cap. 34. [Passed and assented to 11th March, 1879. }i An Act respecting Public, Separate and High Schools. HER Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legisla- tive Assembly of the Province of Ontario, enacts as follows : — 2. The right of any person to vote in any Municipality at any elec- tion of Public School Trustees, or upon any school question, is ex- tended so as to comprise in addition' to the peigons now entitled by law, every person named upon " the Voters' List" of such Municipal- ity, and whether entitled to vote at municipal elections or elections- to the Legislative Assembly, when such jjerson has been assessed for, and has paid a rate imposed upon him for Public School purposes within the last twelve months, in the ward, town, village or school section in which he is proposing to vote at such election or meeting. 3. In case an objection is made to the right of any person to vote at any such election in any Municipality or upon any other subject connected with Public School purposes therein, the returning officer, chairman, or other officer presiding at the election or meeting, shall require the person whose rijjht of votiug is objected to, to make the following declaration or affirmation : " I, A, B., do declare and atJirm that I am the person named in the " certified copy of the Voters' Li«t now shewn to me, [or have been rated •' on the last revised assessment roll of this municipality as a freeholder, •' (or householder or tenant, or in rth-pcct of income, rt-v t/ie cane 7na>/ he),} " and that I am of the full age of twenty -one years, and that I have the " right to vote at this election (or meeting, as the case may be)." Whereupon the person making such declaration shall be permitted to vote. 4. in cities and towns divided into wards, and in townships where Public School Board? exist, the Clerk of the Municipality shall fur- nish to the Public School Board, within three days after request in writing, " The Voters' List " for each ward of such Municipality, an- nexing thereto a list of the names of the persons being supporters of Separate Schools, and also a list of the names, alphabetically arranged, of all freeholders, householders or tenants, and persons entitled to vote in respect of income, rated upon the then last revised Assess- ment Roll, and not being already upon " The Voters' List." 6. In towns not divided into wards and villages, the Clerk of the Municipality shall furnish to the Public School Board, within three days after request in writing, "The Voters' List" for each polling sub-division in the case of such town or village, as provided by the last preceding section. t ^■f ^-.•^ J ^•; ^:* 01. 6. (In part.) The Public School Board shall provide each pollings place with the list aforesaid. 7. (In part.) (10.) (In part.) In case of any vacancy in the office of Trustee of any Public School Board, the remaining Trustees shall forthwith take steps to hold a new election to fill the vacancy so created. • (11.) (In part.) The new election shall be conducted in the same manner and be subject to the same provisions as an annual election, 9. (In part.) All the provisions of the Public Schools Act respect- ing the election of Trustees and the annual meetings in Rural School Sections shall continue to apply to Rural School Corporations. 23. The provisions contained in the fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh sections of this Act shall also apj)ly to Separate School Corporatittns in Cities, Towns and Villages, and the Trustees thereof ; Separate School Corporation or Trustee being substituted for Public School Corporation or Trustee, Se[)arate Scbttol Supporter instead of person rated in respect of Public Schools, and Separate School Supporter for Public School Supporter where these expressions respectively occur in such provisions, and the Clerk of the Municipality shall, upon re- quest, furnish to the Separate School Trustees a list of persons being supporters of Separate Schools in each ward or school district, as shewn by the last revised assessment roll, or the notices or lists of Separate School supporters filed in his ottice. (2.) The provisions contained in section 9 of this Act shall also ap- ply to and govern the elections and annual nieetings of Separate School Corporations in Townships and Rural Sections. {Thepnmsious of '' The Pnhlic Schools Act" (R. S. 0., Cop. '^01,) referred to hi sec. 'J (above) are, so for as relates to the (pi((Hjicatio)i of p.lectors i)i rural school sections, contained in sec. r>£, ichichisas folhnrs) ; No person shall be entitled to vote in any school section for the election of Trustee, or on any school question whatsoever, unless ho has been assessed and has paid County, Township or Rural Scliool Section rates as a freeholder, householder, or tenant of such section ; and incase an objection is made to the ri^'ht of any person to vote at a school section meeting, the chairman or presiding officer at the meeting shall, at the re<]uest of any ratepayer, require the person whose right of voting isquestioned to make the following declaration : " I do declare and afiirm that 1 have been rated on tlie assessment *• roll of this School Section, as a freeholder, (householder or tenant, *' as the CMKC may /«'), and that I have paid a public school tax due b *' me in this section, imposed within thie last twelve month?, and that *' I am legally qualified to vote at this meeting." Whei'eupon the person making such declaration shall be permitted to vote on all questions proposed at such meeting ; but if any person^, refuses to make such declaration, his vote shall be rejected. ADDEJ^DUM. -§> H At a meeting of Revising Officers apppointed under the Dominion Franchise Act, held in Toronto on 9th November, 1885, the follow- ing resolutions were adopted : " That in the organized districts no name shall be added to the pre- liminary list which dftes not appear in the last revised Assessment Rolls, or last revised List of Voters, unless an application is made in writing by the person desiring to be added, or by some one on his be- half, disclosing grounds v.hicli \\o\i\di pvlma facie entitle him fo bo j»ut on the preliminary Voters' List, and the said application be filed "vith the Revising Officer." " That the Revising Officer, in receiving the application mentioned in the next preceding resolution, shall only act upon the same when it is supported by a statutory declaration, or such other evidence as may reasonably satisfy the mind of such Returning Officer." "That in Indian Reserves the Revising Officer describe the voter's property on which the votes as the part of the Indian Reserve nam- ed, occupied, and possessed by the said voter, or such better descrip- tion as he can give." " Under Sections 11) and 20, it would appear that evidence cannot be heard to support objections to strike names off the preliminary List of Voters, but, to settle all doubts on the question, it is resolved that as a matter of practice it is advisable tliat m making the prelim- inary revision of the Voters' Lists under the Franchise Act, the Re- vising Officer should not take any evidence in support of applications to strike names olf the List. But that all such investigation be de- ferred to the final I'evisitm, such a practice being calculated to save time and expense to the parties interested." It was also suggested tiiat, with a pro{)er heading to the prelimin- ary list for each Municipality, the column headed " Municipality or place where qualification is situate " may in most cases bo omitted ; and that it would greatly facilitate reference (Jn revision to add col- umns showing the polling subdivisions and assessment numbers. r ir \ ,». -(:)o(:)- ■m 1. INDEX. r Ik. IIS v». .r N()IE.v-The letters D, 1>, i\I and E, ivfrr respectively to Doniin- i<.n, Provincial, Muiucii)al uiid Educational Franchises. ABSENCE, temporary, D, (5, 8, ; P, 35. Acts, application of existinir, L>, 25, 2<). Consolidated Municipal, in parf, 78 t(. SO. Election, Ontario, in part, .'J.'J to 14. Electoral Franchise, Dominion, 1 (o 02. Public Schools, 1885, in jiart, .S7 to 8!). Respecting Public, Separate and Hisrh Schools, in part, 90, 01 Separate Schools, in i)art, 91. i > . Voters' Lists, P, 45 to U9. Amendment, 1870, P, 75, 76. ^ " 1885, P, 77, 78. Finality, P, 70 to 74. Actual value, di 6ned, D. y. Affirmation, false, to be perjury, D, 2(1 Age, voter to be of, D, 4, O'; P, 35 ; M, 33. within certain time, P, 48. Agents, disqu.iliiied in certain caaos, D, 10. Indian, influencing voters, j)enalty, D, 26, may appear for parties, D, 21. _ .of caiulidates, certificate to, P, 40. Alteration of cvrtitied lists, i)enalty, P, 55. Amendment of proceedin.c^s, P, 53, 75 ; P, 21. Appeal, from revising otficer, D, 23, 24. ' ' costs, D, 24. hearing, D, 24. notice of, D, 23. powers of .Judge in, D, 24. to whom, D, 24. where given, D, 23. to be heard, D, 23. respecting voters' lists, see " Voters' Lists "' Assessment, improper, penalty, P, 73. insufHcient, P, 54. Assessment rolls, copies to be obtained, D, 12, 18. last revised, defined, P, 35. ' may be inspected, P, 7]. pvlmn facie evidence of value, D, 12, 18. refusal to furnish copy, penalty, D, 26. to bo {)roduced at court, P, 50. when dually revised, P, 46. u. ASSESSORS, acting,' iiiipropcily, iioiialty, 1*, 05,50. may be ordeiud U> [)uy costs, 1', bo. to make en([uir;t's before assessing, P, 05. BAILIFF, Judge may appoint, D, 25 ; P, 53. Boarder, not a liouseholder, P. 34. British Cohnnbia, (lualilic.itions in, D, 0, 10. British suuject, voter to be, D, 4, (i ; P, 35 ; M, 83. By-laws, qualification of voters on, M, 83 to 81). CHINESE, not included in term " person," D, 2. Cities, qualiAcaticn of voters in, D, 3 to 6. voting for school trustees in, 88, 89. City, defined, D, 2. part of, attached to county, D, 9. Clerk, appointment and duties of, D, 26. compensation to, P, 73, 74. duties of, who to perform when ollico vacant, P, 49. election, disqualified, D, 10. may be ordered to |)ay costs, P, 53, 55. not performing duties, P, 54, 65. of Crown in Chancery, to supply copies of list, D, !7. of Peace, defined, P, 70. to supply copies of list, P, 56. to returning officer, P, 72, to proceed against clerk in default, P, 64. poll, certificate to, P, 40. proceedings against, P, 54, 55. subject to summary jurisdiction of Judge, P, 53. to be clerk of Court, P, 50. to furnish copies of list, P, 50. to returning oflicer, P, 72. to post up list of appeals, P, 50. Colorable title, parties to, penalty, P, 54. Colored separate schools, 89. Complaint, notice of, D, 30. Constables, Judge may appoint, D, 25 ; P, 53. compensation to, I', 73, 74. Costs, D, 22 ; P, 54. payment of, how enforced, D, 22 ; P, 54. Council, head of, when to perform duties of clerk, P, 49. Counsel, may appear for parties, P, 49. Counties, qualification of voters in, D, 9. County Judge, defined, P, 70. may be revising officer, D, 11. appeal to, D, 23, 24 ; P, 48 to 54.' County, part of, attached to city, I). 9. Court of Appeal, application to, P, 72. for hearing ajjpeals from voters' list, P, 60. may be adjourned, P, 50. fr-:!, 11- i1f ift >> I I r-^ 11- in. COURT for municipality to provide .-iccnmodation for, P, 32, 33. notioo oi, to bo piiblishecl, P, 50. powers of Juiltjo at, P. 50, .52, 53. DEPUTY returning officer, certifieato to, P, 40. DisqujiliticationB, D, 10, 11 ; P, 35. District, electoral, detiaed, D, 3 ; P, 35. polling, see " polling district. " Dominion Franchise Act, 1 to 32. Dwelling house, defined, P, 39. EDUCATIONAL Franchise, 87 to 91. Election, defined, D, 3 ; P, 35 : M, 79. Act applied. I), 26. clerks distiualitied, D, 10. lists to be used at, D, 25, 2(i. Electoral district, defined, D, 3 ; P, 36. FALSE affirmation or oath, perjury, D, 2(i. Farm, defined, D, 2 ; M, 79. Farmer, defined, D, 2. Farmers' Sons, defined, D, 2 ; M, 79. how may be entei'ed, P, 71. • qualification, D, 7, 8 ; M, 79. Father, defined, D, 2 ; M, 79. Father-in-law, included in term " father," D, 2. Final revision of list of voters, D, 15, 10. Fisherman, qualification, D, 9. time spent as, D, 9, Forms, see index to forms. Franchises, Dominion, 1 to 32. Educational, 87 to 91. Municipal, 78 to 85. Provincial, 33 to 78. Freeholders, defined, P, 50. qualification, M, 78, 80, 83, 84. GRANDFATHER, included in term '' father," D, 2. HOLIDAY, time for proceodintr expiring on, D, 3 Householders, defined, P, 34, 3(». (lualification, P, 30, 37 ; M, 78 to 80. INCOME voters, whore to be registered, D, 9. (lualiHcation, D, 57 ; P, .30 ; M, 79. Incorpoi'ated villages, defined, D, 2. school elections in, 88, 89. Indian agents, influencing voters, penalty, D, 2(5. reserves, description of pro[)ert3', D, 92. Indians, certain, disqualified, D, 11. included in term person, D, 2. qualification, P, 3(5, M, 79. Interpretation clauses, D, 1 to 3, P, 33 to 35, i IV. JOINT occupanta, P, 30, ownera, P, 36. owners or occupants, M, 80. tenants or occupants, not householders, P, 34 Judges, certain, may be revisii.g officers, D, 11 disqualified, D, 10, P. M5. County, anpeal to, D, 23, 24, P, 48. Board of, may frame rules, P, 60. defined, P, 70. Jurors, to be marked on voters' list, P, 70. LANDHOLDERS, defined, P, 34. sons, defined, P, 34. how entered, P, 77. y , , , qualification of, P, 37. iieaseholder, right to vote on By-law, M, 84. List of voters, defined, D, 3. preliminary, additions to, D, 14, 92. amendment of, D, 14. declaration, when required, D, 02. how prepared, D, 12. published, D, 12, 13. • nwtice of application to amend, D, 14. publication of, D, 13. sitting for revision, D, 14, open to inspection, D, 12, 13. preparation of, D, 1], 12. revising officer to prepare, D, 11, 12. revision of, D, 14. evidence to be taken on, D, 02. sitting for, D, 14. when to be C(.n~ ciJbe '■■.* ' I ■M 4t 4^ I LIST of Voters, future, when in force, D, 20. if not completed in time, D, 22. Local Municipality, defined, P, 'M. Lodger, not a householder, P, 34. MARINERS, time spent as, D, 1). Mongolian, not included in term "person." D 2 Mother, defined, D, 2. » ' « Mother-in-law, included in term " mother " D 2 Municipal franchise, 75 to 80. ' polling subdivisions. P. 38, Municipality, local, defined, P, 34. may be crdered to pay cf)Sts, P, 54. NOTICES, forms of, see Index to Forms, may be inspected, P. 71. OATHS, forms of, see Index to forms. Occupants, defiaed, D, 2.. P, 33, 38. joiut, P, 34. M, 80. not householders, P, 34. may be rated w ith owners, M, SO. of sejjaiate portions of house, M, 81 /^A. ^qunlifioation of, D, 4, 5, 7, P, 30. Ofiences, D, 20, 9.7. P, 55, 50. Officers and their duties, D, 25 misfeasance of, penalty, D, 20. returning, see "returning officers." revising, see '' revi.siug officers " Owners, defined, D, 1, P, 33, 38, M 7!) joint, D, 9. M, 80. may be rated with tenants, M, 80 . Protestant, 89. Roman Catliolic, 90, 91. Section of Act, defined, D, 3. Solicitor may attend for parties, D, 21. Son, farmer's, defined, D, .*>. qualification of, D, 7, 8. in-law, included in term son, D, 2. landholder's, defined, P, 34. qualification, P, 37. of owner of real property, defined, D, 2. qualiticaticm, D, 5, (5, 8, 9. Special case for Court of Appeal, P, 72. Stepfather, included in term " father," D, 2, 86. ■■ CM ^ m ■* f ri (J VII. KTEPMCTHER, iucliulcl in tfim " muLlur," D, 2. Stepson, iiicludoil in tx'iiii hoii. 1), 2. Students, time spent ;i», D, !». Sub-division, p(»llin<,', seo " polling,' suh division." Subject, British, vott-r to he, 1), 4, «», M, H'.i. Subjioenn, to piirty, V, al. to witness, I*, 50, .'il. Sunituons to witness, 1), 21. TAXES, default in payment of, M, 80. Tenants, defined, D, 2, P, 33, DO. in connuoji, D, 0. joint, D, 1). not householders, P, 34. qualification, D, 4, (>, P, 3C., M, 78, 80. Territory, unorganized, voting in, P, MM Time, enactments .is to, directory, P, 6'^ expirinf,' on Sunday or holiday. D, [!,, to comjjlete lists, T), 14, l(j, P, 77. when act of 1885 in force, P . 7, 78. Tov. *i8, defined, D, 2. parts of, attached to connty, T), P. qualification of voters in, D, 3 * y H. school elections in, 88, 89. UNORGANIZED territory, voting in, P, 38. VALUE, defined, D, 2. assessment rolls, piinui fdcie evidence of, D, 12, 18, Villages, incorporated, d( lined, D, 2. school elections in, 88, 89. Vote, to, defined, D, 2, P, 35. Voters, at school elections, 87, 88. defined, P, 70. list of, see " list of voters." II Voters' Lists, Acts, P, 45 to 48. Amendment Act, 1879, P, 75, 7<». 1885, P, 77, 78. appeal in respect of, P, 48. appellant may be suVistituted, P, 53. who may be, P, 48, 49. certificate on, P, 40, 47. clerk, duties of, respecting, P, 49, 50. wh:n head of council to perform, P, 49. to make out, P, 45. to furnish copies of, D, 20. complaint in respect r>f, P, 48. copies to be obtained, D, 12. posted up, P, 47. defined, P, 35. VIII. VOTERS' LISTS, fna\, P, 70, 71. exceptums, P, 70, 7J. Finality Act, P, 70 U, 74. liow publislied, P, 4(>, 47. Jud<.'o to certify, P, ij2. sUitcnuiuL c.f iiltunitioiis in. p r>2 may bo inspected, P, 71. ' . ^^. notice, f.f, to be :idvertisi>d, P, 47, 48. apj)eid, wlien to b(3 ,t,nven, P, 41). i^mn-a /iat^ie evidence of qualification D 12 revision of, P, 48. ' > • when to bo completed, P, 71 to be printed, P, 40. what to contain, P, 45, 40. Voters, not eiititled unless registered, D, 10 M 80 qualitications of, D, 3^to 9, P, ;J3 to 41, M, 78, 79 E 87 01 where no assessment n.ll, ]M, 80. ' ' '» '^^' torritoi-y added, P, 53. where to be registered, D, 9. , WAGE earners, defined, P, 34. how entered, P, 77. Widows, may vote at municipal elections, 78. 84 vVitnesa, fees to, D, 21, P, 51. subjioena to, P, 50. 61. summons to, D, 21. Women, n>ay not vote at Provincial elections, P, 35. unmarried, may vote at municipal elections", P, 78 84 - I ■ IX. INDEX TO FORMS, ■:)(:o:X: Advertisement of holding court, P, 02. Alterations by Judge, statement of, P, (55. Amend, application to, D, 30. where property transferred, P, 50, Appeals, Clerk's leport of to Judge, P, 00. Application to amend list of voters, D, 30. where property transferred, P, 51>. to Judge against Clerk, P, 08. Assessment, order for, P, 07. By-law, voting on, oath of freeholder, M, 85. tenant, M, 85. for local improvements, M, 8(5. Canada Gazette, notice in,"D, 31, Certificate of Clerk on voters' list. P, 58. .Tudge where list corrected, P, 00. no complaints, P, 04. Revising Officer on list of voters, D, 20. Clerk, ai)plication against, P, 08. report of appeals to J udge, P, 00. where no appeals, P, 04. summons to, P, 08. Complaints, list of, P, 00. notice of, D, 30 ; P, 58, 5<). Costs, order for payment of, P, 0(». writ of execution for, P, 00. Court for hearing appeals, advertisement of, P, 02. notice of, P, 02. order appointing, P, 01 . Declaration by ratepayer, E, 87. Districts, polling, order establishing, D, 30. Execution, amount of, for costs, P, ('»(5. Farmers' son, oath of, M, 82. Final revision, notice of, D, 31. Freeholder, oath of, M, 81. on by-law, M, 85. Householder, oath of, P, 42, 44 ; M, 81. Income voters, oath of, P, 43, 45 ; M, 82. Indian, additional oath to, P, 37. dm^am X. m Judges' certificate of corrected list, P, 66. no complaint, P, 64. statement of alterations, P, 65. Landholder's son, oath of, P, 43, 44. List of complaints, P, 60. voters, D, 28, P, 57. certificate on, D, 29. Notice of application when property transferred, P, 50. complaint, D, 30, P, 58, 59. final revision, D, 31. holding court, P, (51. posting up voters' list, P, 58. preliminary revision, D, 29. in Gazette, D, 31. to party complained against, P, 63. complaining, P, 62. Oath, at election of school trustees, 89. sejiarate school elections, 90, 91. of farmer's son, M, 82. freeholder, M, 81. on by-law, M, 85. householder, P, 43, 44, M, 81. income voter, P, 43, 44, M, 82. Indian, additional, P, 37. landholder's son, P, 43, 44. occupant, P, 42, 44. office, revising officer, D, 27. owner, P, 43, 44 tenant, P, 42, 44, M, 81. on by-law, M, 85. for local improvements, M, 86. unmarried woman, additional, M, 83. wage eatner, P, 43, 44. widow, additional, M, 83. Occupant, oath of, P, 42, 44. Order, appointing court for hearing appeals, P, 60. establishing polling districts, D, 30. for payment of costs, P, (J6. assessment, P, 67. Owner, oath of, P, 42, 44. Party complained against, notice to, P, 63. complaining, notice to, P,, 62. Polling districts, order establishing, D, 30. Preliminary revision, notice of, D, 29. i ■te Ratepayer, declaration by, E, 87. Report by Clerk, where no appeals, P, 04, Revising officer, oath of office, D, 27. Revision, final, notice of, D, 31. preliminary, notice of, D, 20, School trustees, oath at election of, 80, separate, elections, oath at, 00, 01, Statement of alterations by Judge, P, 65. Subpoena, P, (53. Summons to Clerk, P, (58. witness, D, 32. Supplementary list, oath of voter on, P, 44, Tenant, oath of, P, 42, 44, M, 81, on by-law, M, 85, for local improvements, M, 80. Trustee, school, elections, oath at, 80, Unmarried woman, oath of, additional, M, 83, Voters' lists, D, 28, P, 37, certificate on, D, 20, P, 58. notice of complaints against, P, 58, (50. of posting up, P, 58, Wage earner, oath of, P, 43, 44, Widow, oath of, additional, M, 83, Witness, subpoena to, P, 63, summons to, D, 32, Wi'it of execution for costs, P, (57. (V ^5c 1«) (»/ 5c— ,^J_