1915 EAST KILDONAN SCHOOL DISTRICT. CAP. 20 91 SCHEDULE B. BY-LAW No. 34. Whereas the trustees of East Kildonan School District No. 14, by by-law No. 33, passed on the thirtieth day of May, 1914, and which said by-law was duly submitted to and ratified by the ratepayers of the said East Kildonan School District No. 14, authorized the said trustees to borrow the sum of two hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars by the issue and sale of debentures of the said school district; and whereas the trustees of the said school district have found it necessary to use only one hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars of the money authorized to be borrowed by the ratepayers; and whereas it is necessary to pass an amended by-law to amend by-law No. 33, to authorize the issue of debentures of the said sum of one hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars, Therefore the school trustees of the said School District of East Kildonan No. 14, duly assembled, enact as follows: 1. That By-law No. 33 of the said school trustees be amended to read as follows: And it shall be lawful for the school trustees of said School District No. 14 to borrow the sum of one hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars, by the issue and sale of one hundred and seventy-five debentures of said school district, each for the sum of one thousand dollars, of lawful money of Canada. 2. That the said debentures shall bear date the fifteenth day of July, A.D. 1914, and shall be payable to the borrower at par at the Imperial Bank of the City of Winnipeg, in the Province of Manitoba. Debentures No. 1 to 5 inclusive, for $1,000 each, payable Feb. 20th, 1916; Debentures Nos. 6 to 10 inclusive, for $1,000 each, payable Feb. 20th, 1917; Debentures Nos. 11 to 15 inclusive, for $1,000 each, payable Feb. 20th, 1918; Debentures Nos. 16 to 20 inclusive, for $1,000 each, payable Feb. 20th, 1919; Debentures Nos. 21 to 25 inclusive, for $1,000 each, payable Feb. 20th, 1920; Debentures Nos. 26 to 30 inclusive, for $1,000 each, payable Feb. 20th, 1921; Debentures Nos. 31 to 35 inclusive, for $1,000 each, payable Feb. 20th, 1922; Debentures Nos. 36 to 40 inclusive, for $1,000 each, payable Feb. 20th, 1923; Debentures Nos. 41 to 45 inclusive, for $1,000 each, payable Feb. 20th, 1924; Debentures Nos. 46 to 50 inclusive, for $1,000 each, payable Feb. 20th, 1925; Debentures Nos. 51 to 58 inclusive, for $1,000 each, payable Feb. 20th, 1926; Debentures Nos. 59 to 66 inclusive, for $1,000 each, payable Feb. 20th, 1927; Debentures Nos. 67 to 74 inclusive, for $1,000 each, payable Feb. 20th, 1928; Debentures Nos. 75 to 82 inclusive, for $1,000 each, payable Feb. 20th, 1929; Debentures Nos. 83 to 90 inclusive, for $1,000 each, payable Feb. 20th, 1930; Debentures Nos. 91 to 107 inclusive, for $1,000 each, payable Feb. 20th, 1931; Debentures Nos. 108 to 124 inclusive, for $1,000 each, payable Feb. 20th, 1932; Debenture Nos. 125 to 141 inclusive, for $1,000 each, payable Feb. 20th, 1933; Debentures Nos. 142 to 158 inclusive, for $1,000 each, payable Feb. 20th, 1934; Debentures Nos. 159 to 175 inclusive, for $1,000 each, payable Feb. 20th, 1935. 3. And each debenture shall be signed by the secretary-treasurer and countersigned by one of the trustees of the said school district, and that each coupon shall be signed by said secretary-treasurer. 4. That the said debentures shall bear interest at the rate of six per cent. per annum from the date thereof, payable annually, on the twentieth day of February in each year, on the presentation of the interest coupons attached thereto, at said Imperial Bank. 5. That provision shall be made out of the annual school taxes for payment of said debentures and interest, and such provision shall form a part of and be included in the annual statement of moneys required for the purpose of said school district. I hereby certify that the above is a true copy of a by-law at a duly convened meeting of the school trustees for the School District of East Kildonan No. 14, held at the East Kildonan School, within the said Province, upon the thirtieth day of July, 1914. K. J. MCDOUGAL, Secretary-treasurer. CHAPTER 21. An Act to amend "The Manitoba Election Act." HIS [Assented to April 1st, 1915.] IS MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent follows: "The Mani 1. Section 287 of "The Manitoba Election Act," being Section 287 of chapter 59 of the Revised Statutes of Manitoba, 1913, is toba Election hereby repealed and the following substituted therefor: and a new Act" repealed section substituted. Penalties for guilty of residents of 287. Any person guilty of any of the acts of bribery mentioned in this Act shall be liable, if a resident of this those found Province, to a penalty of two hundred dollars, and to im- bribery. prisonment for six months in default of payment of the In case of penalty and costs, and, if not so resident, to a penalty of Province. two hundred dollars and costs, and to imprisonment for not In case of less than one month and not more than six months, with of Province. further imprisonment for an additional term of six months if such penalty and costs be not sooner paid. non-residents 2. The said Act is hereby amended by inserting therein Sections 316a, after section 316 thereof the following sections: 316b, 316c and 316d added. giving away ing of intoxi 316A. The giving away or distributing of any intoxicat- Penalty for ing liquor of any kind in any electoral division, outside of or distributpremises licensed under "The Liquor License Act," on any cating liquor. day between the day of the issue of a writ for the election of a member of the Legislative Assembly for such electoral division and the day of polling at such election, both days inclusive, shall be an offence against this Act punishable on summary conviction, (a) if committed by a resident of In case of the Province, by a fine of two hundred dollars, besides costs, Province. and three months imprisonment in default of payment; (b) if committed by a person not a resident of this Pro- In case of vince, by imprisonment for not less than one month and not of Province. more than six months, without the option of paying a fine. residents of non-residents empowered to . 316B. Any peace officer may arrest without warrant Peace officer any person not a resident of this Province who, on reason- arrest withable grounds, he suspects has been guilty of a violation of out warrant. any of the provisions of this Act, within three days previous to the date of such arrest, but in case of such arrest Prosecution without warrant it shall be the duty of such peace officer must follow to take the prisoner before a justice of the peace or police delay. without Confiscation of vehicle. etc., used in the giving or distribution trary to sec tion 316a. magistrate without delay and prosecute such prisoner on such charge with all due diligence. 316c. Any vehicle, motor vehicle, and any horse or horses, motor vehicle, harness or equipment, made use of by any person in the giving or distribution of liquor contrary to the provisions of the of liquor con- second preceding section may be seized without warrant and detained by any peace officer, on reasonable suspicion of a violation thereof, and shall, upon conviction of such person of a violation of the said section, be confiscated to His Majesty by order of the court trying the offender, and the same shall afterwards be sold under the direction of the Chief of Pro- chief of provincial police and the proceeds of the sale paid to the Provincial Treasurer for the use of the Province. Sale under direction of vincial Police. Non-residents guilty of breaches of any of the sections 289 316D. If any of the offences made punishable by any of the sections 289 to 316 inclusive of this Act is committed by a person not a resident of this Province at the to 316 inclu- time of such offence he shall, upon conviction, in lieu of the punishment therein provided, be sentenced to imprisontion of a fine. ment for not less than one month and not more than six months, without the option of paying a fine. sive to be imprisoned without op Section 90 amended. 3. Section 90 of the said Act is hereby amended by inserting after the word "established" in the ninth line thereof the following words, "the Electoral Divisions of Assiniboia, The Pas, Churchill and Nelson, Kildonan and St. Andrews, and Grand Rapids. 4. This Act shall come into force on the day it is assented to. CHAPTER 22. An Act respecting the Rural Municipality of Ellice. [Assented to March 10th, 1915.] WHEREAS doubts have arisen as to the legality of the Preamble. assessments made by the council of the Rural Muni cipality of Ellice in and for the year 1913, and of the bylaws passed by the council in the said year striking the rates and making levies for the said year respecting the ability of the said municipality to enforce payment of the taxes now appearing in the books of the said municipality, as being charged upon and against various persons, firms and corporations, and upon and against said lands, tenements and hereditaments, goods and chattels, situate in said municipality during the year aforesaid, on account of said provisions of "The Municipal Act" and "The Assessment Act," relating to the assessing, rating, levying and charging of said taxes not having been strictly complied with, and it is expedient to set such doubts at rest and to legalize and validate such assessments, by-laws, levies and taxes; and whereas tax sale of the said municipality was held on the twenty-seventh day of February, A.D. 1915, in respect of arrears of taxes and assessments for the said year 1913, and doubts have arisen as to legality of the said tax sale; and whereas the titles for the parcels of lands purchased at the said tax sale may be defective by reason of the illegality of the said assessments as aforesaid, Now therefore His Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba, enacts as follows: Assessments, made by valid insofar as pal Act" and ment Act" 1. Notwithstanding any defect, omission or irregularity etc., of 1913 in the proceedings taken in the making of such assessments, Rural Mun. or in the assessing and charging of the said taxes, or in the of Ellice deproceedings prior or subsequent thereto, the said assessments and binding and taxes are hereby declared to have been and to be suf- "The Municificiently valid, effectual, legal and binding, as if all such The Assessproceedings had been fully, completely and regularly carried are concerned. out in accordance with the provisions of "The Municipal Act" and "The Assessment Act," but no further or otherwise, the intention of this Act being only to cure all defects in the proceedings aforesaid, and the validity and regularity of said assessments and taxes shall not be questioned in any action, suit or proceeding in any court on account of |