the amount thereof by rate and the proceedings thereon shall be the same as nearly as may be as those prescribed by The Municipal Ordinance in the case of execution against a municipality. existence. 9. Notwithstanding anything in section 30 of the Districts in the said Ordinance contained, any district already erected at the time of the assent to this Ordinance shall not be held to have ceased to exist by reason of non-compliance with the provisions of the said section. 10. The Lieutenant-Governor in Council shall have Districts may power to alter any district by adding thereto or taking therefrom, but in the case of any district having any debenture debt outstanding no alteration shall be made in the same or in the boundaries thereof which will prejudicially affect the rights or security of the holders of such debentures. be altered. NO. 30 OF 1896. AN ORDINANCE ΤΟ DISORGANISE THE MUNICIPALITIES OF WOLSELEY AND QU'APPELLE. [Assented to October 30, 1896.] Whereas a majority of the ratepayers of the municipality of Wolseley have by duly certified petition asked the Legislative Assembly to pass an Ordinance disbanding the municipality, and forining the different townships therein into statute labor districts; and Whereas it is provided in section 15 Ordinance No. 25 of 1895, that "on presentation of a duly certified petition representing not less than one third of the electors named on the last revised assessment roll, the council shall have power to make the necessary provisions to take at the next ensuing annual election of councillors a vote of the electors as to the advisability of petitioning the Legislative Assembly to pass an Ordinance disbanding the municipality and form the various townships therein into statute labour districts; and Whereas a duly certified petition representing not less than one third of the electors named or the last revised assessment roll was presented to the municipal council of the municipality of Qu'Appelle; and Whereas the said council of the municipality of Qu'Appelle did make the necessary provisions and did take at the annual election of councillors held on Monday, the thirteenth day of January, 1896, a vote of the electors as to the advisability of petitioning the Legislative Assembly to pass an Ordinance disbanding the municipality and form the different townships therein into statute labour districts; and Whereas at the vote taken as aforesaid there voted in favour of disbanding the municipality one hundred and forty-four (144) voters, against disbanding thirtysix (36) voters, and indifferent as to either way eleven (11) voters; and Whereas the aforesaid council of the municipality of Qu'Appelle did petition the Legislative Assembly to pass an Ordinance disbanding the municipality and form the different townships therein into statute labour districts; and Whereas it is deemed expedient to grant the prayer of the said petitions ; Therefore the Lieutenant-Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Territories, enacts as follows: municipalities 1. The corporations of the municipalities of Wol- When seley and Qu'Appelle shall cease to exist as bodies cease to exist. corporate on and after the first day of January, 1898. indebtedness 2. Notwithstanding anything contained in The No debenture Municipal Ordinance and amendments thereto, the to be created. councils of said municipalities shall not entertain any petition or petitions praying for the passing of a by-law creating any debenture indebtedness. collected. 3. Notwithstanding anything contained in The No taxes to be Municipal Ordinance and amendments thereto, or The School Ordinance 1896, the said councils shall not assess or collect any taxes for 1897 for any school district wholly or partly within the bounds of either of the said municipalities. be held. 4. Notwithstanding anything contained in The No elections to Municipal Ordinance and the amendments thereto, the members composing the councils of the said municipalities for the current year shall hold office until December 31, 1897: Provided that in case a vacancy shall occur in either of said councils by death, resignation or otherwise the remaining members of such council shall cause a notification of such vacancy to be sent to the Lieutenant-Governor in Council, who shall All property to be sold. Exception as forthwith appoint a duly qualified resident of such municipality to hold office during the balance of the term. 5. It shall be the duty of the council of each municipality to proceed to wind up the affairs of their respective municipalities by selling or otherwise disposing of all real and personal property of the municipality under their control in such manner as they may deem fit: Provided that in the case of cemeteries to cemeteries. such disposal and the manner thereof shall be subject to the approval of the Lieutenant-Governor in Council; Provided further, that after the final winding up of the affairs of each of the said municipalities, any monies or other property remaining at the credit of the municipality shall be divided among such statute labour districts and villages as shall be erected therein, such division to be subject to the approval of the Lieutenant-Governor in Council. Division of property. Further powers may be granted. Payments to cemetery companies. 6. The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may grant such further powers to the said councils, or either of them, as may be necessary for the winding up of the affairs of the municipalities. 7. Notwithstanding anything contained in The Cemetery Ordinance and amendments thereto, the amount to be paid to the treasurers of the companies proposed to be organised under The Cemetery Òrdinance and amendments thereto within the municipalities of Wolseley and Qu'Appelle need not exceed five per centum of the capital stock of each company. NO. 31 OF 1896. AN ORDINANCE TO INCORPORATE THE WESTERN TION. STOCK-GROWERS' ASSOCIA [Assented to October 30, 1896.] Whereas at a meeting of stock-growers of the North-West Territories, held in the City of Calgary on the 16th and 17th days of April, A.D. 1896, the persons hereinafter named were appointed as a committee to apply to be incorporated as The Western StockGrowers' Association; And whereas the said persons have prayed to be incorporated as aforesaid, and it is deemed expedient to grant their prayer ; Therefore, the Lieutenant-Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Territories, enacts as follows: 1. F. W. Godsal, D. McEachran, A. R. Springett, E. Corporation. H. Maunsell, Leslie Hill, D. W. Marsh and F. S. Stimson, and such other persons as shall become members of the corporation to be hereby incorporated, shall be, and are hereby, constituted a body politic and corporate by and under the name of The Western StockGrowers' Association. 2. The object of this Association, and the purpose object of for which it is incorporated, is to protect and advance incorporation. the interests of stock-growers in the North-West Ter ritories. delegated. 3. The said corporation, by the name of The West- Powers ern Stock-Growers' Association, shall have perpetual succession and a common seal, and shall have power from time to time, and at all times hereafter, to purchase, acquire, hold, possess and enjoy, and have, take and receive to themselves and their successors, to and for the actual use and occupation of the said Associa |