guilty of an offence and on prosecution thereof by an inspector, overseer or other officer under this Ordinance, shall on summary conviction thereof be liable to a penalty not exceeding $100.

PROCEEDINGS TO COMPEL DESTRUCTION OF WEEDS.

5. It shall be the duty of the inspector to give or cause to Notice to be given notice in writing to the owner or occupant of any destroy weeds land whereon any noxious weeds are growing requiring him to

cause the same to be destroyed within not more than five days

from the service of the notice.

(2) In case of land belonging to or forming part of the land Railway lands grant of a railway company whether actually vested in the company or not the notice may be given to a railway section foreman of such company residing near such lands.

neglecting to

6. In case any person to whom such notice has been duly Penalty for given neglects to destroy noxious weeds pursuant to such notice destroy weeds he shall be guilty of an offence and on summary conviction thereof shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding $100.

cannot be

7. In case by reason of the owner of any land not being Procedure known the notice cannot be given or in case noxious weeds are where notice not cut down pursuant to such a notice, the inspector may by given himself or with workmen and servants, with team and implements, enter upon the lands and cause such weeds to be destroyed, and the expense thereof may be recovered from the owner or occupant of the land by action in the name of the attorney general or the inspector or by distress and sale of any chattels on the land.

Weeds on unoccupied lands in

districts

8. In case noxious weeds are found upon unoccupied lands situate within local improvement districts the inspector may no local notify the owner thereof, if his address be known to him, to improvement destroy such weeds within five days from the mailing (by registered letter) or delivery of the notice and if such weeds are not destroyed within such time the inspector may, in addition to any other power he may exercise hereunder, direct the overseer of the local improvement district to enter upon such lands and destroy such weeds in such manner as the inspector may direct and the overseer shall thereupon, with such assistence as he may require, proceed to destroy the weeds as required by the inspector.

(2) The amounts to be expended in the work to be performed as required hereby, including remuneration to the overseer, shall from time to time be fixed by the Lieutenant Governor in Council, and any such amounts shall be added to and form part of the local improvement assessment of such lands in all respects as if it were an original tax and it shall have the same effect on the land and may be recovered in any of the modes available for the recovery of such taxes or for the recovery of moneys expended hereunder in the destruction of weeds.

9. In case noxious weeds are found on any land on which a Weels on

cropped lands crop has been sown, the owner or occupant of the land or the owner of the crop shall on receiving notice from the inspector requiring him so to do, according to the terms of the notice either

(a) destroy the crop, or

(b) within ten days after the crop is threshed, burn the straw therefrom.

SALE OR DISPOSAL OF GRAIN, ETC., CONTAINING WEED SEED.

10. No person shall sell or dispose of, or offer for sale or disposal

(a) any grass, clover or other seed;

(b) any grain intended for the purposes of seed;

in which there is seed of any noxious weed.

11. No person shall purchase or sell, barter or otherwise. dispose of or remove from any premises any cleanings or refuse containing seeds of noxious weeds without first destroying the germinating qualities of such seeds.

12. No person shall place outside any mill, elevator or grain warehouse, except in a securely constructed building, shed or covered bin, any matter containing the seeds of noxious weeds, without having first destroyed the germinating qualities of such seeds.

THRESHING MACHINES TO BE CLEANED BEFORE REMOVAL,

13. Every person in possession or charge of any threshing machine shall thoroughly clean out such machine immediately after threshing at each place and before removing such machine or any part thereof to another place.

PENALTIES.

14. Every inspector, overseer or other officer who neglects to perform any duty placed upon him by this Ordinance shall in respect of each instance of neglect be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction thereof to a penalty not exceeding $100.

15. Violation of any provision of this Ordinance in respect of which no penalty is provided shall be an offence and the offender shall on summary conviction be liable to a penalty not exceeding $100.

REPEAL.

16. Chapter 84 of The Consolidated Ordinances 1898 is hereby repealed.

CHAPTER 23.

An Ordinance to amend Chapter 85 of The Consolidated Ordinances 1898, intituled "An Ordinance for the Protection of Game."

[Assented to April 27, 1899.]

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 Game Ordinance is hereby amended by s. 2 amended striking out all the words before the second proviso thereof and substituting the following: "No elk, moose, cariboo, antelope, deer or their fawn shall be hunted, taken or killed between the fifteenth day of December in any year and the first day of November in the following year and no mountain sheep or goat shall be hunted, taken or killed between the fifteenth day of December in any year and the first day of October in the following year:

"Provided always that no person shall take or kill more than three deer of any one species in any year."

2. Section 3 of the said Ordinance is hereby amended by S. 3 amended striking out of clause 3 thereof the words first day of January" and substituting therefor the words "fifth day of May."

permits

3. Any game guardian appointed by the commissioner of Guests' agriculture may grant permission in writing for a period to be named therein but not exceeding five days to any person not a resident of the Territories who is the bona fide guest of any resident of the Territories, permitting such person to hunt, take and kill in company with such resident any animals or birds within the period in which it is lawful for residents of the Territories to hunt, take or kill such animals or birds.

(2) Before the grant of such permission there shall be filed with the game guardian an affidavit by the applicant and such resident in form A appended to this Ordinance.

(3) The grant of such permission to any person shall not exempt him from penalty for violation of this Ordinance if it shall appear that any statement made in such affidavit was untrue or that such person since the grant of such permission ceased to be a guest as described in the affidavit.

(4) A fee of one dollar shall be paid to the game guardian for every such permission granted by him and he shall within one month of the granting of any such permission report the same to the commissioner of agriculture.

SCHEDULE.

FORM A.

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North-West Territories.

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of

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severally make oath and say as follows:

1. The said (name of guest) is at present residing with the said (name of resident) (who is a resident of the North-West Territories) as his bona fide guest.

2. The ordinary place of residence of the said (name of guest) is not in a province or state adjacent to the North-West Territories.

3. The said (name of resident) has not directly or indirectly received nor is it expected that he will directly or indirectly receive any consideration, wages or compensation from the said name of guest) for or in respect of his residence with the said (name of resident).

CHAPTER 24.

An Ordinance to amend Chapter 90 of The Consolidated Ordinances 1898, intituled "An Ordinance respecting Insane Persons."

[Assented to April 29, 1899.]

THE

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

lunatic

1. Section 3 of chapter 90 of The Consolidated Ordinances Custody of 1898 is hereby amended by inserting after the word "gaol" in pending the fourth line thereof the words "or other safe custody."

warrant

papers to be

2. The said section is further amended by striking out the Original words a true copy of" where they occur in the seventh line sent attorney thereof.

general