Section 8 Section 9 repealed CHAPTER 8. An Ordinance to amend Chapter 32 of The Consolidated Ordinances 1898, intituled "An Ordinance respecting Justices of the Peace." TH [Assented to May 4, 1900.] HE Lieutenant Governor by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Territories enacts as follows: 1. Section 8 of The Magistrates Ordinance is hereby amended by adding thereto the words "or municipal bylaws "and to appeals from convictions or orders made therein." 2. Section 9 of the said Ordinance is hereby repealed. 1900 CHAPTER 9. An Ordinance respecting the Remission of Certain Penalties. [Assented to May 4, 1900.] THE HE Lieutenant Governor by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Territories: enacts as follows: Governor may 1. The Lieutenant Governor in Council shall have power at Lieutenant any time to remit any pecuniary penalty or forfeiture imposed remit penalties by any Ordinance of the North-West Territories in whole or in part, unless the same is imposed by An Ordinance respecting the Legislative Assembly of the Territories or by some Ordinance respecting elections of members of the Legislative Assembly or is recoverable in respect of an offence committed in connection with an election of a member of the said Assembly. 2. A detailed statement of all remissions made under the Statement to authority of the last preceding section shall be submitted to be submitted to Legislative the Legislative Assembly within the first fifteen days of the Assembly next ensuing session thereof. CHAPTER 10. An Ordinance respecting the Confirmation of Sales of Land for Taxes. [Assented to May 4, 1900.] Transfer evidence of regularity THES THE Lieutenant Governor by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Territories enacts as follows: 1. On any application made to a judge to confirm a sale of land for taxes made under the provisions of any Ordinance of the Territories, upon proof being made to the satisfaction of such judge that notice of such application has been duly served upon all persons appearing to have any interest in the said land and no one appearing to oppose the said application, the production of the transfer of the said land duly executed by the proper officer shall be conclusive evidence of the validity of the imposition of the taxes on the said land and of the regularity of the sale of the same and of all matters preliminary to such sale. CHAPTER 11. An Ordinance respecting Assignments for the General [Assented to May 4, 1900.] THE HE Lieutenant Governor by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Territories enacts as follows: be made to 1. No assignment for the general benefit of creditors shall Assignment to be valid or effectual as a transfer, assignment or conveyance of resident of the property therein mentioned and described unless such judicial assignment is made to some person or persons residing in the judicial district within which the assignor resides or carries on business. district Alteration of CHAPTER 12. An Ordinance to amend Chapter 43 of The Consoli dated Ordinances 1898, intituled "An Ordinance respecting Mortgages and Sales of Personal Property." [Assented to May 4, 1900.] HE Lieutenant Governor by and with the advice and T of Assembly of enacts as follows: 1. Subsection 2 of section 2 of The Bills of Sale Ordinance districts and is hereby repealed and the following subsection substituted new districts therefor: formation of Section 17 amended Mortgages when new districts formed "(2) The Lieutenant Governor in Council shall have power to alter the boundaries of any registration district now or hereafter established by adding thereto or taking therefrom: and to establish new districts and to appoint registration clerks therefor who shall hold office during pleasure; and designate at what places the offices of such clerks shall be kept." 2. Section 17 of the said Ordinance is hereby amended by striking out the word "again" where it occurs therein. 3. All chattel mortgages relating to property within any newly established district shall (until their renewal becomes necessary to maintain their force against creditors, subsequent purchasers or mortgagees in good faith) continue to be as valid and effectual in all respects as they would have been if the new district had not been established; but in the event of a renewal of any such chattel mortgage after the establishment of such new district the renewal statement shall be filed in the office of the registration clerk of such new district together with a certified copy of the chattel mortgage to which such renewal statement relates and of any renewals thereof under the hand of the registration clerk in whose office the same were filed; and no chattel mortgage in force and filed at the date of the establishing of such new district shall lose its priority by reason of its not being filed in the office of the registration clerk of such new district prior to its renewal. |