may pass a by-law for the regulation of the time after which children shall not be in the streets within the limits represented by the said petitioners at nightfall without proper guardianship, and the age, or apparent age, of boys and girls respectively under which they shall be required to be in their homes at the hour appointed; and such municipal council shall in such case cause a bell or bells to be rung at or near the time appointed as a warning, to be called a Curfew Bell," after which the children so required to be in their homes or off the streets shall not be upon the public streets except under proper control or guardianship or for some unavoidable cause; and for providing a penalty for any child so found in the public streets contrary to the above regulations; and the parent or guardian of any child who, after being duly warned in writing, permits his child to be on the public streets contrary to said regulations. Part 3 6. Section 40 of part 3 is hereby amended by strik- Section 40 ing out the first line thereof and substituting the fol- amended. lowing: "As soon as possible after he shall have received the arrears roll from the collector the". 7. Section 19 of part 4 is hereby amended by the Section 19 addition of the following sub-section: Part 4 amended. assessment (a) Provided that in each year when a new assess- When old ment roll shall not be ordered the council shall, by may be used. notice published in at least one issue each week for three consecutive weeks of any newspaper published within the municipality, or if there be none published therein, any newspaper published nearest to the municipality, fix a date when the council shall sit as a court of revision to hear appeals, to add to, strike off, or alter the assessment roll of the last preceding year, and such appeals shall be lodged with the clerk of the said municipality within twenty-five days from the date of the said notice and the proceedings for the trial of such appeals shall be those hereinafter provided in section 36 part 4 of this Ordinance. Part 4 8. Section 28 of part 4 is hereby amended by strik- Section 28 ing out the word "he" where it occurs in the sixth amended. line. Sub-section 1 Section 28 part 4 repealed. Land value. Section 28 part 4 amended. Assessing 9. Sub-section 1 of section 28 of part 4 is hereby repealed and the following substituted therefor: (1) Except in the case of mineral lands hereafter provided for, land shall be estimated at its relative cash value as compared with the balance of the land in the municipality. 10. Section 28 of part 4 is hereby amended by adding the following sub-section : (3) In assessing stock in trade the assessor shall stock in trade. assess a person, firm or corporation for the amount of the average stock in trade kept on hand by such person, firm or corporation during the twelve months immediately prior to the date of the assessment. Section 63 part 4 amended: Persons liable for poll tax. Sections 42 Section 17 part 5 amended. Notification to registrar. Section 24 part 5 amended. 11. Section 63 of part 4 is hereby amended by the addition of the following sub-clause: (a) Persons residing within two miles of a city or town municipality, who receive employment and are paid wages or salary therein, are hereby liable to pay poll tax subject to the provisions of this section. 12. Sections 42 and 64 of part 4 are hereby amended by adding to each the following wors: "and the said employer or employers are hereby rendered liable for the amount or amounts demanded by the collector if they fail to deduct the same from the salary or wages due to the person employed." 13. Section 17 of part 5 is hereby amended by the addition of the following sub-section : (a) The treasurer shall forthwith after selling lands for taxes transmit to the registrar of the land titles registration district a certified list of the lands sold with the names of the purchasers and their addresses. opposite the parcels sold. 14. Section 24 of part 5 of the said Ordinance is hereby amended by striking out all the words therein. after crown where it occurs the second time and adding the following : Provided that at the expiry of one year from the passing of this Ordinance all tax deeds already issued, and of one year from the date of tax deeds to be issued, every such deed shall be conclusive evidence of the assessment and valid charge of the taxes on said land therein described; also that all the steps and formalities necessary for a valid sale had been taken and observed as provided by the Ordinance in that behalf; and thereafter such sale and deed shall only be questioned or set aside on the following grounds and no other: (1) That the sale was not conducted in a fair, open and proper manner; (2) That there were no municipal taxes whatever in arrears for which the said land could be sold; (3) That the said land was not liable to be assessed for municipal taxes. 15. Section 3 of part 6 and sub section (a) Section 3 part thereto is hereby repealed. 6 and sub-section (a) thereto repealed. 6 Ord. No. 3 of 16. Section 8 of part 6 of Ordinance No. 3 of Section 8 part 1894 is hereby repealed and the following section 1884 repealed. substituted therefor: for which debt may be 8. If contracted for the purpose of subscribing for Length of time stock in a railway or street railway company, or for granting a bonus in aid of a railway or street incurred. railway, or of any undertaking for public lighting or draining, or for supplying water to the inhabitants for fire or domestic purposes, or for the purpose of constructing any public works, the debt may be made payable within any period not exceeding, in the case of railways, forty years, and in the other cases abovementioned, thirty years, and in all other cases, twenty years, and no longer, from the date upon which the by-law takes effect. In case any municipality Where debt shall already have been authorised by by-law to been incurred. borrow money for any of the purposes aforesaid, the municipality may extend the time for the payment of the debentures to be issued in pursuance of such by-law over the period authorised by this section, although the same shall exceed the period named in the by-law, and for this purpose the municipality may re-acquire any debentures already issued under any such by-law and issue debentures in has already Form E part 10 amended. New sub section to Section 3 part 6. their stead, extending over the longer period as aforesaid. 17. Form E of part 10 is hereby amended by striking out the words "persons to serve as councillors" where they occur in said clause and inserting the following: "candidates for the offices of mayor or reeve or councillor”. 18. The following sub-section is hereby added to section 3 of part 6 of the said Ordinance : (1) No promulgation of any by-law, except by-laws for creating debts, shall be necessary. NO. 28 OF 1896. AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND ORDINANCE NO. 17 OF 1895, INTITULED "THE VILLAGE ORDINANCE." [Assented to October 30, 1896.] The Lieutenant-Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Territories, enacts as follows: of section 13 1. Sub-section (3) of section 13 of The Village Sub-section (3) Ordinance is hereby repealed and the following sub- repealed and stituted therefor: new sub-section (3) To decide whether animals shall be prohibited substituted, from running at large within the village or part of it, and the time or times during which such prohibition shall be in force. 2. The following sub-section is hereby added to Sub-section section 15 of said Ordinance : (1) The overseer shall in any case call such a meeting so that not more than twelve months shall intervene between two meetings. added to section 15. 3. Section 18 of the said Ordinance is hereby re- Section 18 pealed and the following substituted therefor: repealed. 18. At every meeting for the election of an over- New section seer, the meeting shall, by a majority of the voters present, elect an auditor who shall each year examine all books, accounts, vouchers, and especially the return mentioned in section 33 of said Ordinance, to which return he shall append his certificate. The auditor shall make his report at the first meeting following the said examination. repealed. 4. Section 37 of said Ordinance is hereby repealed Section 37 and the following substituted therefor: 37. Any person contravening the provisions of this Punishment Ordinance shall be guilty of an offence against this for infractions |