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Sum granted to the Lieutenant Governor by this Ordinance for the year one thousand nine hundred, and the purposes for which it is granted:

To defray the expenses of Legislation, Maintenance of Public Institutions, salaries of the officers of the Government and Public Service, and for all other expenditures of the Government from the first day of January 1900, up to and until the final passage of the estimates of expenditures for the financial year 1900...

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CHAPTER 2.

An Ordinance to amend Chapter 2 of The Consolidated Ordinances 1898, intituled "An Ordinance respecting the Legislative Assembly of the Territories."

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[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. The following section is hereby added to chapter 2 of The Consolidated Ordinances 1898:

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14a. No person who, having been a member of the Legis. No person lative Assembly, has resigned his seat therein, shall within to be such portion of the term for which he was elected as shall at to office the time of such resignation remain unexpired be appointed to, hold or enjoy any office, commission or employment under the Government of the Territories to which any salary or remuneration is attached.

2. Schedule 1 of the said Ordinance is hereby amended

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1. By striking out the words "twelve and thirteen "Certain wherever they occur in the thirteenth and fourteenth lines of districts that part of the said schedule which describes the electoral district of Battleford and substituting therefor the words "fourteen and fifteen;"

2. By striking out the words "twelve and thirteen " wherever they occur in the forty-fourth and forty-sixth lines of that part of the said schedule which describes the electoral district of Prince Albert West and substituting therefor the words" fourteen and fifteen."

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S. 3 amended

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S. 5 amended

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S. 10 amended

CHAPTER 3.

An Ordinance to amend Chapter 3 of The Consolidated Ordinances 1898, intituled "An Ordinance respecting Elections."

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. In this Ordinance the expression "the Ordinance " shall mean The Territories Elections Ordinance.

2. The second proviso to section 3 of the Ordinance is hereby amended by striking out the words "at least fourteen where they occur in the first and second lines and substituting the words "not less than ten and not more than twelve" in lieu thereof.

3. The Ordinance is hereby amended by inserting the following section between sections 3 and 4:

3a. As soon as the day and the several localities for the nomination of candidates have been fixed as in the next preceding section provided, the clerk of the Executive Council shall direct publication of a notice in form E in schedule 2 to this Ordinance to be made once in each week between the date of the writs of election and the day fixed for the nominations in every newspaper printed and published in the Territories and in such other newspaper circulating within the Territories as he may be directed so to do by the Lieutenant Governor :

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Provided that it shall not be obligatory to direct publication of such notice in any newspaper which is not printed and published or if printed is not published or if published is not printed within the limits of any electoral district in which an election may not have been ordered."

4. Section 5 of the Ordinance is hereby amended by striking out all the words in the section after the word Ordinance" in the fifth line.

5. Section 8 of the Ordinance is hereby amended by striking out all the words in the section after the word "Territories" in the fourth line.

6. Section 10 of the Ordinance is hereby amended as follows:

1. By striking out the whole of the paragraph numbered 1 :

2. By striking out the whole of the paragraph numbered 3 and substituting the following paragraph in lieu thereof: "3. Secure and prepare a suitable and conveniently situated building for use as a polling place in each polling division."

7. Section 12 of the Ordinance is hereby repealed and the New section 12 following section substituted in lieu thereof:

"12. At least seventy-two hours before the hour fixed in the writ for the nomination of candidates the returning officer shall subdivide the electoral district into polling divisions as provided for in section 10 of this Ordinance; and shall provide and cause a certified copy of the list of such polling divisions with a full description of each to be posted in a conspicuous position outside and adjoining the main entrance to the building in which the nomination is to be held and in such a manner that it may be seen and distinctly read; and shall on demand in writing of any elector at all reasonable times within the said period of seventy-two hours permit such elector to examine the original list of polling divisions and make such extracts therefrom as may be desired."

8. Section 13 of the Ordinance is hereby amended as s. 13 amended follows:

1. By striking out the words "before the hour for closing nominations" in the second line and substituting in lieu thereof the words "up to six o'clock (standard time) of the day upon which the nominations are held;"

2. By adding the following subsections:

"(2) The person making such demand as aforesaid shall file with the returning officer a statutory declaration stating that there are at least ten resident electors within the limits of the proposed additional polling subdivision.

"(3) In every such case the returning officer shall forthwith deliver to each candidate in nomination a description of such polling division with the polling place appointed."

9. Section 14 of the Ordinance is hereby repealed and the s. 14 amended following section substituted in lieu thereof:

"14. Whenever after being nominated any candidate dies. before the close of the polls the returning officer on production to him of satisfactory evidence of the fact shall take any step necessary to stop all proceedings commenced and call for new nominations forthwith, at least five and not more than seven days' advice thereof being given by notice posted up in three conspicuous and public places in the locality where the nominations are ordered to be made and by delivering a copy of such notice to each living candidate nominated at the first nominations.

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S. 22 amended

S. 23 amended

S. 25 amended

S. 26 amended

S. 27 amended

S. 28 amended

S. 55 amended

"(2) In every such case the returning officer shall forthwith make to the clerk of the Executive Council a special and full report under oath of the causes which occasioned the postponement of the election."

10. Section 20 of the Ordinance is hereby amended by adding the following subsection thereto:

(2) Colours shall be assigned to candidates in the order set forth in the said schedule in the order of nomination.

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

1. By striking out the words "seventh day after the day of nomination" in the second line and substituting in lieu thereof the words "twenty-first day after the date of the writ;"

2. By striking out the words "fourteenth day after the day of nomination" in the third and fourth lines of the proviso to the said section and substituting in lieu thereof the words "twenty-eighth day after the said date of the writ."

12. Section 23 of the Ordinance is hereby amended by striking out all the words after the word "after" in the first line down to and inclusive of the word "up" in the third line and substituting in lieu thereof the words: "the expiration of six hours from the hour at which the nominations closed the returning officer shall finally complete the subdivision of the electoral district into polling divisions; and shall cause to be posted with all reasonable speed at the main entrance to each building to be used as a polling station."

13. The second subsection of section 25 of the Ordinance is hereby amended by striking out all the words after the word "Ordinance" in the fourth line.

14. The fifth subsection of section 26 of the Ordinance is hereby amended by striking out the word "proclamation" from the first line and the word "proclamations" from the ninth line.

15. The first subsection of section 27 of the Ordinance is hereby amended by striking out all the words after the word "Territories" in the eighth line.

16. Section 28 of the Ordinance is hereby amended as follows:

1. By striking out the words "proclamation of the returning officer" in the third line and substituting in lieu thereof the words “election notice provided for in section 23;”

2. By striking out the word "proclamation" from the ninth line and substituting in lieu thereof the words "said election notice."

17. Section 55 of the Ordinance is hereby amended by

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