"4. Such yearly increase shall take effect and be reckoned When to take from the first day of July only:

effect.

saved.

"5. Nothing herein shall affect the salary of any officer Certain rights. whose salary, as provided in the estimates of the session held in the fiftieth year of Her Majesty's reign, exceeds the maximum salary prescribed for his class by the schedule to this Act, but the salary of such officer shall not be further increased: "6. No officer whose salary, as provided in the estimates of No increase if the session held in the fiftieth year of Her Majesty's reign, is maximum has equal to or less than the maximum salary prescribed for his class in such schedule, and no officer hereafter appointed shall be paid a salary in excess of that so prescribed by such schedule."

been reached.

GRATUITIES.

4. To any officer

Gratuities

(a.) Whose conduct has been good, and who has been faith- may be grantful in the discharge of his duties;

ed in certain cases.

126, s. 14.]

(b.) Who is compelled to retire from the service on account [28-29 V., c. of some mental or physical infirmity which unfits him for the performance of his duty; and

(e.) Who is not entitled to a superannuation allowance, under the rules in that behalf in force,

A gratuity, or retiring allowance may be given, calculated Amount. at the rate of a half month's salary for each year of his service,

up to five years, and a month's salary for each year of service in excess of five years, based on the salary that such officer was in receipt of at the time of his retirement.

5. Such retiring allowance may be increased by one-half the Increase if inamount thereof if the infirmity which compels such officer to firmity results from injury. retire from the service is occasioned by any injury received by him in the performance of his duty, without fault or negligence on his part, at the hands of any convict, or in preventing an escape or rescue, or in suppressing a revolt.

6. If any officer dies in the service leaving a widow or any Allowance to person who in his lifetime was dependent on him, a gratuity widow, &c. may be paid to such widow, if any, and if not, to any person or persons in the lifetime of such officer dependent on him, or to any person or corporation in trust for any such person or persons so dependent on him:

2. No such gratuity shall exceed the amount of the salary of Amount of such officer

(a.) For the two months next preceding his death, if he was appointed by the Governor in Council;

(b.) For the three months next preceding his death, if he

was appointed by the Minister or the warden.

gratuity.

7. Such gratuity may be increased by one-half the amount Increase in thereof, if the death of such officer is occasioned by any injury case specified.

received by him, in the performance of his duty, without fault or negligence on his part, at the hands of any convict, or in preventing an escape or rescue, or in suppressing a revolt.

PERQUISITES.

S. No officer shall be allowed any perquisite except as follows:-

(a.) Any officer may, during the will of the Minister of Justice, occupy free of rent any house or quarters, with any grounds attached, which forms part of the penitentiary property;

(.) The grounds or gardens attached to the residence or quarters of a warden or deputy warden may be kept in order and cultivated by convict labour, but otherwise no convict labour shall be employed in keeping in order or cultivating any grounds occupied by any officer;

(c.) Any officer who wears uniform may be allowed such uniform as the Governor in Council prescribes.

REGULATIONS.

9. The Governor in Council may, subject to the provisions of" The Penitentiary Act" and of this Act, from time to time, make regulations respecting

(a.) Officers' salaries;

(b.) Gratuities and retiring allowances ;

(c.) The occupation by officers of houses, quarters or grounds which form part of the penitentiary property;

(d.) Officers' uniforms;

(e.) The sale to officers of articles manufactured in the penitentiary shops or grown upon the penitentiary property;

(f.) Any matter relating to the establishment, maintenance and management of penitentiaries.

10. The schedule to "The Penitentiary Act" is hereby repealed and the following schedule substituted therefor :

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Excellent Majesty.

51 VICTORIA.

CHAPTER 34.

An Act to amend "The Canada Temperance Act."

HE

[Assented to 22nd May, 1888.]

ER Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the
Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as

follows:

1. In any city, county or district where there is more than Notice to be one office of registrar of deeds, it shall be sufficient to deposit any one of the deposited in the notice referred to in section six of "The Canada Tem- registrars'

offices in the

perance Act," in any one of such offices; and whenever, in any county, &c. city, county or district, a poll has been held under the said Act, which has resulted in the adoption of the petition, and the Governor General in Council has, by Order in Council, declared the second part of the said Act, to be in force and to take effect in such city, county or district, the said Act shall be held and is hereby declared to be in full force and effect therein, from and after the passing of this Act, notwithstanding that such notice has not been deposited in each registrar's office.

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county" in

includes in

2. Wherever in the said Act the word "county" is used, Interpretasuch word shall, when applied to the Province of British tion of word Columbia, be regarded as meaning an electoral district therein, B.C. in accordance with the divisions of the said Province for elections of members of the House of Commons of Canada; and, for the purposes of the said "Canada Temperance Act," each elec- What elec toral district within the said Province of British Columbia shall toral district include every town, township, parish and other division or B.C. municipality within the territorial limits of such electoral district, and also within a union of electoral districts, where united for municipal purposes: Provided always, that whenever the Proviso. said Province shall have been divided into counties, and a regular municipal organization established in each of such counties, the said Act, as amended, shall apply to the said counties.