New subsection (i) Section 22 amended Section 33 amended Section 36 amended 1903 CHAPTER 20 An Ordinance to amend Chapter 25 of the Ordinances of 1901 intituled "An Ordinance respecting Villages." THER [Assented to June 19, 1903.] HE Lieutenant Governor by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Territories enacts as follows: 1. Paragraph (i) of section 16 of The Village Ordinance is hereby repealed and the following substituted therefor: "(i) Remuneration of overseer and any other officials employed under authority of this Ordinance." 2. Section 22 of the said Ordinance is hereby amended by adding thereto the following paragraph : "(11) Buildings used for hospital purposes and not for any other purpose for hire or reward by any institution now or hereafter designated by the Lieutenant Governor in Council to receive public aid under the terms and provisions of The Hospitals Ordinance and the lot or lots whereon they stand not exceeding two acres except such parts as may have any other buildings thereon." 3. Section 33 of the said Ordinance is hereby amended by adding thereto the following subsection: "(3) No person occupying premises in any village who has not resided continuously in such village for a period of at least three months and who has not been or is not liable to be entered on the assessment roll for the village for the then current year shall offer goods or merchandise of any description. for sale by auction or in any other manner without first having paid to the overseer the sum of $25 to form part of the village fund." 4. Section 36 of the said Ordinance is hereby amended by adding thereto the following subsection: "(5) In the event of any village that has adopted the system of assessinent provided for in this section desiring to revert to the original assessment of all property in the village it may do so in the same manner and subject to the same conditions as is in this section provided for the adoption of the system of assessment of land only." 5. Section 40 of the said Ordinance is hereby amended by Section 40 adding thereto the following subsection: "(4) On petition of a majority of the resident ratepayers the signatures to which petition shall be verified by statutory declaration the commissioner may authorise the overseer on behalf of the village to enter into a contract with any person or corporation for the supply of water to the village by means of irrigation canals or otherwise in such quantities and upon such terms as in the petition set out and for the purpose of handling and distributing such water to employ a watermaster who shall be under the direction of and responsible to the overseer for the time being." amended 6. Section 57 of the said Ordinance is hereby amended by Section 57 adding thereto the following subsection : "(2) The remuneration of any watermaster employed under the provisions of this Ordinance shall also be fixed at the annual meeting, but in the event of his employment being authorised by the commissioner in any year subsequent to the annual meeting, the remuneration of the watermaster for the balance of such year shall be fixed by the overseer with the approval of the commissioner." amended Correction of error in roll Notice to person affected Section 11 amended Appeal to Section 13 amended Minimum tax Section 14 amended Rebate in taxes 1903 CHAPTER 21 An Ordinance to amend Chapter 30 of the Ordinances of 1901, intituled "An Ordinance respecting Assessment and Taxation in School Districts. THE [Assented to June 19, 1903.] HE Lieutenant Governor by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Territories enacts as follows: 1. Section 10 of The School Assessment Ordinance is hereby amended by adding thereto the following subsections: "(5) If at any time within two months after the posting of the roll it is discovered that any person liable to assessment is not assessed or that there is any error in any of the particulars contained in the roll the board may direct the secretary to enter the name of such person on the roll or correct the error. "(6) In the event of any addition to or alteration or correction of the roll under the next preceding su! section without the knowledge and consent of the person affected a notice as required by subsection (2) shall be sent to such person and for the purposes of this and the next following section the date of mailing such notice shall as respects him be deemed to be the date of posting the roll." 2. Section 11 of the said Ordinance is hereby amended by adding thereto the following subsection: "(5) An appeal shall lie from the decision of the justice of the peace to a judge of the Supreme Court and for the purpose of such appeal the provisions of section 41 shall apply." 3. Section 13 of the sail Ordinance is hereby amended by adding thereto the following subsection: "(2) In the event of the total tax of any person being less than $2 under this section the tax to be entered on the roll and payable by him shall be the said sum of $2." 4. Section 14 of the said Ordinance is hereby amended by adding thereto the following subsection: "(4) The board may by resolution allow a rebate not to exceed ten per cent. upon all taxes paid within thirty days after such taxes have become payable.' amended 5. Section 15 of the said Ordinance is hereby amended by Section 15 adding thereto the following words "and shall bear interest at the rate of six per cent. per annum from the 31st day of Interest on December of the year in which they are imposed." (2) This amendment shall apply in respect of taxes imposed before as well as after the passing of this Ordinance. arrears 6. Section 89 of the said Ordinance is hereby amended by Section 89 adding thereto the following subsection: amended town district deemed "(3) In the event of a town district being situate partly Portion of within a town municipality and partly within a rural munici- outside to be pality for the purposes of this section the portion within the within town rural municipality shall be deemed to be within the town municipality municipality.' (2) Any assessment heretofore made by any town municipality of any portion of the town district situate within a rural municipality shall be as valid as if made after the passing of this Ordinance. amended 7. Section 95 of the said Ordinance is hereby amended by Section 95 striking out the words "Lieutenant Governor in Council" where they occur therein and substituting therefor the words "Commissioner of Education." Section 2 amended "Character" Section 4 amended Form of brands THEO HE Lieutenant Governor by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Territories enacts as follows: 1. Section 2 of The Brand Ordinance is hereby amended by adding thereto the following paragraph: "10. The expression 'character' means any sign, letter or numeral." 2. Section 4 of the said Ordinance is hereby repealed and the following substituted therefor: 4. Every brand for cattle allotted for the hip or thigh, for the ribs and for the shoulder or top of arm, shall consist of three characters and the shape and pattern of such characters and the arrangement thereof shall be fixed and determined by the commissioner." |