18. Section 56 of the Ordinance is hereby amended as S. 56 amended follows:

1. By striking out the word "face" from the fourth line of the second subsection and substituting the word "front" in lieu thereof;

2. By striking out the words "or nature" nature" from the second line of the third subsection.

19. Clause (b) of section 58 of the Ordinance is hereby s. 58 amended amended by adding at the end thereof the words "and the oaths of office of the deputy returning officer and poll clerk.”.

20. Section 59 of the Ordinance is hereby amended by S. 59 amended adding the following proviso to the second subsection:

"Provided that whenever a question as to the validity of

the vote given by the deputy returning officer is to be decided by the court of revision the said court shall be constituted by two justices of the peace sitting together."

21. Section 63 of the Ordinance is hereby amended by s. 63 amended adding thereto the following proviso:

"Provided that any candidate or the agent of any candidate

in the event of any such person failing to appear in person or by agent shall have the right to act as the agent of such person."

22. Section 82 of the Ordinance is hereby amended as S. 82 amended follows:

1. By inserting the words "by the colour of the mark or marks on the inside or front of the ballot paper" after the word "voter" in the fourth line;

2. By inserting the words "on the outside or back" after

the word "stamped" in the fourth line.

23. Clause (a) of subsection 4 of section 89 of the Ordinance s. 89 amended

is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the words

"the oaths of office of the returning officer and election clerk

and."

24. Section 91 of the Ordinance is hereby amended by s. 91 amended inserting after the word "reverse" therein the words "with

costs."

25. Section 103 of the Ordinance is hereby amended as s. 103 aniended follows:

1. By inserting the words "by the colour of the mark or marks on the inside or front of the ballot paper" after the word "apparent" in the fifth line;

S. 104 amended

Repeal

S. 112 amended

S. 121 amended

S. 122 amended

Schedule 1 amended

Schedule 2 amended

2. By inserting the words "on the outside or back" after the word "stamped" in the sixth line.

26. Section 104 of the Ordinance is hereby amended by striking therefrom the words "enter in a suitable book the number of the polling divisions and the particulars regarding the ballots examined as required by section 106 of this Ordinance and shall" where they occur in said section.

27. Sections 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111 and 113 of the Ordinance are hereby repealed.

28. Section 112 of the Ordinance is hereby amended by striking out the words "and subsequent proceedings" where they occur therein.

29. Section 121 of the Ordinance is hereby amended by inserting the words "Where no specific legislative appropriation has been made for so doing" before the word "the in the first line.

30. Section 122 of the Ordinance is hereby amended as follows:

1. By inserting the words "in Council" after the word Governor" in the second line;

2. By striking out the words "by his warrant aforesaid out of the general revenue fund" from the second and third lines.

31. Clause 4 of schedule 1 of the Ordinance is hereby repealed and the following substituted therefor :

4. The pencils used under the provisions of sections 26 to 53 inclusive of this Ordinance shall be of colour as follows in each electoral district: If there are two candidates the colours shall be blue and red; if three, yellow shall be added; if four, black shall be added; if five, brown shall be added; if six, green shall be added; and if there are more than six, such additional colours of pencils shall be provided as the Lieutenant Governor may direct. The handle of each pencil shall be of wood and shall not be less than six inches in length and of sufficient thickness to enable the name of any candidate to be placed upon one side in characters not less than three-eighths of an inch in depth. The wood of the pencil shall be painted the same colour as that of the marking material it contains, which shall be inserted securely in the handle so that it cannot be removed without cutting or breaking away the wood.

32. Schedule 2 to the Ordinance is hereby amended by striking out Form E and substituting the following in lieu thereof:

FORM E.

Notice of Election given by the Clerk of the Executive Council.

(Section 3a.)

THE TERRITORIES ELECTIONS ORDINANCE.

Public notice is hereby given that His Honour the Lieutenant Governor has been pleased, under the authority of The Territories Elections Ordinance, to direct the issue of Writs of Election, bearing date the day of 1, to the persons hereafter to be named, commanding each of them to cause election to be made, according to law, of a member to serve in the Legislative Assembly of the NorthWest Territories for the Electoral Districts in which they are respectively appointed Returning Officers; and that in order to comply with the requirements of the aforesaid Writs of Election the presence of the Electors of each such Electoral District is required at the place named below as the place in the Electoral District where nominations are to be made, on the day of the month of 1 from eleven of the clock in the forenoon until twelve of the clock at noon (standard time) for the purpose of nominating a person to represent them in the Legislative Assembly of the NorthWest Territories; and that in case more than one candidate remains in nomination in any Electoral District the poll will be opened and held on the day of the month of 1, from the hour of nine of the clock in the forenoon until five of the clock in the afternoon in each polling division of such Electoral District as may be set apart by the Returning Officer under the provisions of the said Ordinance.

The above mentioned Writs of Election are directed as follows, namely:

To A.B., Returning Officer for the Electoral District of C, nominations to be made at D (describing with reasonable certainty the location of the building within which nominations are to be made.)

(And so continuing for all the other Electoral Districts in which elections are ordered.)

Of which all persons are hereby required to take notice and govern themselves accordingly.

E.F.,

Clerk Executive Council.

Dated at the Executive Council Chamber this

day of

1

33. Schedule No. 2 to the Ordinance is hereby amended by striking out the following certificates:

1. Form B, the certificate of Returning Officer having taken the oath of office:

2. Form D, the certificate of Election Clerk having taken the oath of office;

3. Form H, the certificate of a Deputy Returning Officer having taken the oath of office;

4. Form I, the certificate of a Poll Clerk having taken the oath of office.

CHAPTER 4.

An Ordinance to amend Chapter 16 of The Consolidated Ordinances 1898, intituled "An Ordinance to make Regulations with respect to Coal Mines."

THE

[Assented to April 29, 1899.]

HE Lieutenant Governor by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Territories enacts as follows:

1. Section of The Coal Mines Regulation Ordinance is hereby repealed and the following new section substituted in lieu thereof:

every

working in mines

"4. No person shall be employed underground in any coal Hours of mine in the Territories for more than eight hours in twenty-four hours exclusive of the time taken in descending to and ascending from the mine.

permitted

"(2) No boy under the age of twelve years nor any woman Persons not or girl of any age shall be employed or be permitted to be in in mines the workings of any mine."