(e.) The name of the person by whom the removal or to whom
the delivery or shipment is to be made:

(f.) The place of destination of the eggs as disclosed by the

order or direction;

and upon the delivery, removal, or shipment of such eggs, if the facts respecting their delivery, removal, or shipment differ in any way from the statements contained in the said notice, the warehouseman or other person who gave the notice shall forthwith notify the Chief Inspector by writing, stating the difference in detail.

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7. Where any Chinese eggs are brought into the Province, if the eggs are consigned to any person or destination in the Province, or, although not so consigned, are in fact delivered to some person the Province, the railway, steamship, or express company or other common carrier by which the eggs are brought into the Province shall forthwith notify the Chief Inspector of the facts, stating the quantity of eggs so brought, the place where the eggs entered the Province, the place of their destination or delivery, and the name of the consignee or person to whom they were delivered.

Duty of common
Chief Inspector of

carriers to notify

importation of Chinese eggs.

of Inspectors.

8. The Minister of Agriculture may from time to time appoint Appointment such persons as he thinks proper to act as Inspectors to carry out the provisions of this Act, and shall appoint one of such Inspectors to be known as "Chief Inspector."

9. (1.) For the purpose of seeing that the provisions of this Act Powers of are complied with, any Inspector may enter:—

(a.) The premises of any egg-dealer:

(b.) Any premises where eggs are exposed or offered for sale:
(c.) The premises of and the place of business of the proprietor

of any manufactory, bakery, confectionery, hotel, restau-
rant, café, or tea-room where eggs are used in the prepara-
tion of any goods, wares, or merchandise, or of any food
exposed or offered for sale or served for meals:

(d.) The premises of any warehouse or place where eggs are
warehoused, kept, stored, or processed;

and may inspect all eggs found on the premises, and may require the proprietor or any person in charge of the premises to furnish him with full information as to the ownership and country of origin of all eggs found on the premises.

Inspectors to enter and inspect premises.

(2.) Every proprietor and every person in charge of any prem- offence. ises mentioned in subsection (1) who refuses or neglects to admit or otherwise obstructs any Inspector seeking entry to the premises, or who refuses or neglects to furnish any information required by any Inspector under subsection (1), or to produce to any Inspector any invoice, bill of lading, contract, correspondence, or document required by the Inspector which would afford information to him

Penalty.

Repeal.

as to the ownership or country of origin of any eggs, shall be guilty of an offence against this Act.

10. Every person who violates any of the provisions of this Act or who is guilty of an offence against this Act shall be liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars.

11. The "Eggs Marks Act," being chapter 18 of the Statutes of 1916, and the "Eggs Marks Act," being chapter 24 of the Statutes of 1919, are repealed.

VICTORIA, B.C.:

Printed by WILLIAM H. CULLIN, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty.
1923.

An Act to amend the " Municipal Elections Act."

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[Assented to 21st December, 1923.]

IS MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of British Columbia, enacts as follows:

R.S.B.C. 1911,
c. 71; 1912, c. 8;
1913, c. 19; 1914,

c. 24; 1915, c. 21;

1916, c. 19; 1917, c. 22; 1920, c. 26;

1922, c. 22.

1. This Act may be cited as the "Municipal Elections Act Amend- Short title. ment Act, 1923."

2. Subsection (1) of section 2 of the "Municipal Elections Act," Amends s. 2. being chapter 71 of the "Revised Statutes of British Columbia, 1911," is amended by striking out the words " and the City of New Westminster" where they appear in the third line of the definition of "city municipality" or "city."

3. Section 35 of said chapter 71 is repealed, and the following is Re-enacts s. 35. substituted therefor:

"35. The Returning Officer appointed to act at any municipal election shall issue a notice at least six clear days before the day of nomination in such notice appointed, calling upon the electors to nominate, on a day and at a place named in such notice, any or all of the following: Mayor and Aldermen, or Reeve and Councillors, or School Trustees, or Commissioners of Police, as the case may be. "The notice shall be in the following form:

PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given to the electors of the Municipality
of
that I require the presence of the said electors at [this
must be the place fixed for the nomination of candidates] on
the
day of
at twelve o'clock noon, for the purpose of
electing persons to represent them as Mayor and Aldermen [or as
Reeve and Councillors, or School Trustees, or Commissioners of Police,
as the case may be].

The mode of nomination of candidates shall be as follows:--
The candidates shall be nominated in writing; the writing shall
be subscribed by two electors of the municipality as proposer and
seconder, and shall be delivered to the Returning Officer at any time

between the date of the notice and two p.m. of the day of nomina-
tion; the said writing may be in the form numbered 5 in the Schedule
of the "Municipal Elections Act," and shall state the names, residence,
and occupation or description of each person proposed, in such manner
as sufficiently to identify such candidate; and in the event of a poll
being necessary, such poll shall be opened on the
day of
at [here mention the different polling-places at which a poll has to be
opened and kept], of which every person is hereby required to take
notice and govern himself accordingly.

Re-enacts s. 36.

Enacts s. 47A.

Amends s. 89.

"In and by the notice aforesaid, the Returning Officer shall also name the day on which, in case a poll is granted as hereinafter provided, such poll will be opened, in conformity to law, in the munici pality, or in each polling-place in the municipality, as the case may be, for taking and recording the votes of the electors, and the day fixed for the opening of such poll shall be not less than two clear days after the day of nomination."

4. Section 36 of said chapter 71 is repealed, and the following is substituted therefor:

"36. The Returning Officer shall cause the said notice to be published in a newspaper (if any) published, or if not, then in a newspaper circulating, within the municipality, or otherwise in such manner as the Municipal Council may by resolution direct, and by posting up the same in some public or conspicuous situation, on the outside door or outer wall near the door of the following buildings, that is to say: Every Court-house, Municipal Hall, Police Office, or other place where any Justice or Justices of the Peace usually sit or hold Court; and in municipalities where no Court is held, then in some conspicuous situation within the municipality, and in such other places as the Council may direct; and the said notice shall be posted as aforesaid from the day of nomination until the day of election."

5. Said chapter 71 is further amended by inserting the following as section 47a :-

“47a. Where after the withdrawal of any candidate pursuant to this Act no more candidates remain than there are vacancies to be filled, the Returning Officer shall openly declare the remaining candidates to be elected and shall give public notice countermanding the notice of the poll."

6. Section 89 of said chapter 71 is amended by striking out the word "may" in the seventh line thereof, and substituting therefor the word "shall."

VICTORIA, B.C.:

Printed by WILLIAM H. CULLIN, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty.

1923.

CHAPTER 12.

An Act to amend the "Factories Act."

[Assented to 21st December, 1923.]

IS MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of British Columbia, enacts as follows:

R.S.B.C. 1911, c. 81; 1913, c. 22; 1915, c. 25

1918, c. 28

1919, c. 27 1920, c. 28

1922, c. 25.

1. This Act may be cited as the "Factories Act Amendment Act, Short title. 1923."

2. Section 2 of the "Factories Act," being chapter 81 of the Amends s. 2. "Revised Statutes of British Columbia, 1911," is amended by striking out the definition of "child," and substituting therefor the following:

"Child' means a male or female person under the age of fifteen years."

VICTORIA, B.C.:

Printed by WILLIAM H. CULLIN, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty.
1923.