Province of Saskatchewan (occupation) do solemnly declare: 1. That I was appointed by the minister of municipal affairs to take a census of the village of with a view to having it incorporated into a town. 2. That I took such census on (give date) and the census taken by me disclosed the fact that the village contained persons actually resident therein. And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing it to be true and knowing that it is of the same force and effect as if made under oath and by virtue of The Canada Eridence Act. CHAPTER 26 An Act to amend The Rural Municipality Act. HIS [Assented to February 4, 1920.] IS Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, enacts as follows: amended 1. The Rural Municipality Act, being chapter 14 of The Act the statutes of 1917, is amended as hereinafter set forth. amended 2. Section 15 is amended by striking out the words Section 15 "subject to the approval of the Lieutenant Governor in Council" in the third and fourth lines, and by striking out the words "approved as aforesaid" in the eighth line. amended 3.-(1) Section 70 is amended by striking out the Section 70 words "two weeks prior to the last Monday of November," where they occur in the third and fourth lines, and substituting therefor the words "three weeks prior to the first Monday of December." (2) Section 70 is further amended by adding thereto the following as subsection (2): "(2) Where a division of a municipality comprises an area of more than one full township and a half, the council may name two polling places for such division." amended 4. Section 77 is amended by striking out all the words Section 77 after "Candidate's Acceptance" in the sixteenth line and substituting therefor the following: "I, the said going nomination, hereby state: of named in the fore "1. That I am of the full age of twenty-one years; No. ; "3. That all taxes due by me as shown by the assessment roll of the said municipality are paid; "4. That I am a British subject; "5. That I am not otherwise disqualified; "6. That I will accept the office, if elected. Signed in the presence of "Signature of Witness Signature of Candidate." Section 78 amended Section 82 (2) amended Section 83 amended New section 95 Secretary todurnish copies Section 101 amended 5. Section 78 is amended by adding thereto the following subsection: "(2) Any person signing the candidate's acceptance who therein makes any false statement, shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a penalty not exceeding $50 and costs; and in case such person has been elected a member of the council, his seat shall forthwith become vacant." 6. Subsection (2) of section 82 is amended by substituting "five" for "four" in the second line. 7. Section 83 is amended by substituting "five" for "four" in the fourteenth line. 8. Section 95 is repealed and the following substituted therefor: "95. The secretary shall prior to every election furnish the returning officer with at least two copies of section 91 hereof for each polling place for distribution to his deputies, and it shall be the duty of the deputy returning officer to post the same in conspicuous places at his polling place and to see that they are kept so posted up during the hours of polling." 9. Subsections (2), (3), (4) and (5) of section 101, as enacted by section 6 of chapter 37 of the statutes of 1918-19, are repealed and the following substituted therefor: "(2) In the case of an annual or general election each elector shall be entitled to vote once only for reeve and once for councillor, and in case his name appears on the voters' list for more than one division he shall vote in that division and in that division only which he has selected by notice in writing given to the secretary treasurer before casting his ballot. "(3) Such notice may be deposited with the deputy returning officer for the secretary treasurer, and such deposit shall have the same effect as if the notice had been served upon the secretary treasurer personally. The deputy returning officer shall forward all such notices with his return to the returning officer, who shall transmit the same to the secretary treasurer together with the ballot boxes and statements as required by section 123. "(4) An elector who has given the notice mentioned in the preceding subsections shall be bound thereby as long as he remains on the voters' list for the division which he has designated on the notice. "(5) The wife of an elector who has given such a notice shall, while living with her husband, vote in the division in which her husband votes. "(6) In the case of a special election for councillor of a division, no elector shall vote who is not entitled to vote in the same division at an annual or general election. "(7) Any person whose name appears on the voters' list for more than one division, who votes in a division which he has not selected by notice in writing as hereinbefore required, shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction, to a penalty of not less than $5 nor more than $25." 10. The following is inserted immediately after section New section 154: 154a other Form of such "154a.-(1) All receipts for taxes and for moneys receivable by a municipality shall be in form as may be prescribed by the minister, and shall bear a fac simile of the signature of the deputy minister of municipal affairs printed or engraved thereon, and shall also bear the name of the person or firm printing same with the words 'approved by the department of municipal affairs.' "(2) No person or firm shall print, publish or sell blank receipts intended for use by a municipality in any other form than that prescribed by the minister. "(3) No person or firm shall print, publish or sell blank receipts in the form prescribed by the minister without having first received the written authority of the minister so to do. "(4) Any person or firm printing, publishing or selling blank receipts intended for use by a municipality, contrary to the provisions of this Act shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a penalty of not less than $10 nor more than $100. "(5) Any secretary treasurer issuing a receipt for moneys paid to him for the municipality in any form other than that prescribed by the minister shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a penalty of not less than $25 nor more than $100." receipt 11. (1) Subsection (1) of section 156 is repealed and Section 156 the following substituted therefor: "(1) On or before the fifteenth day of November in each year the auditor shall prepare, in such form as the minister may direct, an abstract of the receipts and amended |