(4) Appoint a returning officer to conduct the said election; (5) Provide for the compilation of a voters' list to be used at the said election, or prescribe and determine who shall be qualified electors to vote at said election; (6) Provide for all such other matters and things, for the proper holding of the said election, as may be deemed necessary and expedient; incorporation 4. The Lieutenant-Governor-in-Council may by order- Plebiscite on in-council appoint a returning officer to take the votes of question of all persons whose names are on the last revised list of muni- of village. cipal electors of the Rural Municipality of Rockwood, in respect of property within the territory herein before described, and who paid or were liable to pay taxes on any of such property for the year 1905, on the question whether said territory should be incorporated as a village corporation, fix a day and a place for the taking of such votes, and give all necessary directions, and make any necessary rules and regulations, for ascertaining whether the majority of such persons desire to have this Act brought into force, and may also, after the result of such voting is made known to him, determine by whom the expenses of the taking of such votes shall be paid and what such expenses shall be. 5. The said Village of Stonewall shall be deemed to be Eastern Judia municipality within the Eastern Judicial District. cial District. Act to come 6. Section 3 of this Act shall come into force on the day When differit is assented to, and the remaining sections of this Act shall ent parts of come into force on the proclamation of the Lieutenant- into force. Governor-in-Council, which shall not be issued unless he is satisfied that a majority of the voters mentioned in section 3 hereof voted in favor of such incorporation. pality of CHAPTER 60. An Act to amend "The Municipal Boundaries Act." [Assented to March 16th, 1906.] HIS MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba, enacts as follows: Rural Munici- 1. Section 15 of "The Municipal Boundaries Act," Argyle reduc being chapter 118 of the Revised Statutes of Manitoba, ed in territory. 1902, is hereby amended by striking out all the words in the said section after the word "west" in the eighteenth line thereof and by inserting in lieu thereof the words "and all of townships four, five and six in ranges thirteen and fourteen west." 2. The said chapter 118 is hereby amended by adding thereto, after section 39, the following section: New Rural STRATHCONA. 39A. The Rural Municipality of Strathcona shall comof Strathcona prise townships numbered five and six, in range fifteen created. Territory taken out of Roblin, ain. west, and sections numbered from twenty-three to twentyeight, both inclusive, and sections numbered from thirtythree to thirty-six, both inclusive, in township numbered three, in range numbered fifteen west, and all of township number four, in range number fifteen west, excepting section number six and excepting that portion of section number seven lying south and west of Pelican Lake, and township number six, in range sixteen west, and all those parts of townships numbered four and five, in range sixteen west, lying north and east of Pelican Lake. 3. Section 34 of the said Act is hereby amended by striking out all the words in said section after the word "west" in the twelfth line thereof. and added to 4. Section 96 of the said Act is hereby amended by Turtle Mount adding thereto at the end thereof the following words, "also those portions of sections numbered six and seven, south of Pelican Lake, in township numbered four, in range numbered fifteen west." 5. The Lieutenant-Governor-in-Council may by order- Provisions to in-council (1) Divide the Municipalities of Strathcona and Argyle, as formed by this Act, into wards and declare the number of councillors who shall be elected, according to the provisions of "The Municipal Act;" (2) Appoint returning officers for the said municipalities to act at the first elections of reeves and councillors in the said municipalities; (3) Provide for the elections of the reeves and councillors, and for all necessary proceedings in order to the proper holding of such elections; (4) Provide that the last revised municipal lists of electors for the respective territories comprised in the said municipalities shall be used at such elections. be made by Order-inCouncil. 6. The Rural Municipality of Strathcona shall be Southern deemed a rural municipality comprised within the Southern dicial DisJudicial District. 7. This Act shall come into force bv proclamation of the Lieutenant-Governor-in-Council. trict. Appeal from decision of CHAPTER 61. An Act to amend "The Municipal Commissioner's Act." [Assented to February 9th, 1906.] HIS MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba, enacts as follows: 1. "The Municipal Commissioner's Act," being chapter 119 of the Revised Statutes of Manitoba, 1902, is hereby amended by adding the following sub-section to section 16 thereof: (a) The council of any municipality in the Province Municipal may appeal to the County Court Judge, or the senior County Commissioner Court Judge, of the judicial district to which such muniassessments. cipality belongs from any equalization by assessment of the on equalizing such appeal. Municipal Commissioner made under this section; provided such appeal is made within one month after notice is received by the clerk of the municipality of such equalization of Procedure in assessment; and the proceedings under such appeal shall, as nearly as may be, be similar to appeals to the County Court Judge from any court of revision of assessments in any municipality, and the decision of such County Court Judge upon such appeal shall be final and conclusive in the premises. 2. This Act shall come into force on the day it is assented to. CHAPTER 62. An Act to amend "The Municipal Electors Act." HIS [Assented to February 9th, 1906.] IS MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of follows: of form of of electors. 1. The form of certificate provided for in sub-section Amendment (b) of section 35 of "The Municipal Electors Act," being certificate of chapter 120 of the Revised Statutes of Manitoba, 1902, is Judge on list hereby amended by striking out the words "and seal" from the line commencing "Given under my hand," and also the word "seal" within brackets. 2. This Act shall come into force on the day it is assented to. |