ward, to each local council interested within the county municipality, a copy.of every decision of the board of delegates." 34 V., c. 68, s. 271; 45 V., c. 35, s. 8.

SECTION V.

AMENDMENTS TO TITLE FOURTH OF BOOK FIRST.

OF RULES COMMON TO EVERY LOCAL MUNICIPAL CORPORATION.

6074. Article 280 shall read as follows:

"280. The councillors mentioned in paragraphs one and two of the preceding article must be selected by lot at a session of the council, in the month of December preceding the month of January in which they must be replaced; in default of this being done, the retiring councillors are chosen by lot by the presiding officer of the election in presence of the municipal electors or are designated by the Lieutenant Governor when they are to be replaced by him.

No election or appointment can take place to fill the offices of such councillors, until they have been so selected by lot or designated." 34 V., c. 68, s. 280; 36 V., c. 21, s. 6.

6075. Article 283 shall read as follows:

283. No one can be appointed a member of the council of a local municipality, nor act as such, if he does not reside within the limits of such municipality or if he does not hold his place of business therein, and if he does not possess therein, in his own name, or in the name and for the benefit of his wife, as proprietor, real estate of the value of at least four hundred dollars, or if at the time of his election he is not a municipal elector.

On a demand in writing, made before the council by a member of such council, or by a rate-payer to any councillor present, such councillor must, within eight days thereafter, give in writing and under oath, a declaration of qualification, containing the description of the real estate on which he bases his qualification and deposit it in the office of the council." 34 V., c. 68, s. 283; 35 V., c. 8, s. 2; 41-42 V., c. 10, s. 15; 45 V., c. 35, s. 9.

6076. Article 291 shall read as follows:

291. Every person, who, at the moment he exercises such rights and privileges, comes within the following conditions, is a municipal elector, and as such has the right to vote at the election of local councillors, and to exercise all the rights and privileges conferred on municipal electors by the provisions of this Code, subject to article 497:

1. He must be of the male sex, have attained the age of majority, and be a British subject;

2. He must have been in possession, in the munici

pality in which he seeks to exercise the right of an elector, either in his own name or in the name and for the benefit of his wife, as appears by the valuation roll in force, if there is one, as proprietor of real estate of the actual value of at least fifty dollars, or as resident tenant farmer or lessee, or as occupant by any title whatsoever, of real estate of the annual value of at least twenty dollars;

3. He must have paid all the municipal and school taxes due by him at such period, or at a previous period which any council may fix by by-law, provided that such date be not fixed before the fifteenth of December.

4. His name must be entered in the valuation roll, if there is one in force in the municipality, either as proprietor, lessee or occupant." 34 V., c. 68, s. 291; 41-42 V., c. 10, s. 16; 49-50 V., c. 21, s. 2.

6077. Article 293 shall read as follows:

"293. In every newly erected local municipality, the first general election of councillors must be held at the same hour on the day fixed by the warden of the county, which day shall not be less than fifteen nor more than thirty days after the territory comes within the conditions required to form a new municipality, in the case of articles 29, 31, 35 and 37; and in the case of articles 32, 376. and 39, the first general election must be held, in the same manner, on a day which shall not be less than fifteen, nor more than thirty days, after the date of the publication of the resolution.

The subsequent general elections of such municipalitytake place at the period fixed in the preceding article. 34 V., c. 68, s. 293; 41 V., c. 18, s. 12; 48 V., c. 28, s. 6.

6078. Article 295 shall read as follows:

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$295. The omission to give such public notice does not prevent the meeting of the municipal electors from being held for such election, except in a newly erected municipality; and each of the persons, who have neglected to give such notice within the prescribed delays, incurs a penalty of not less than five nor more than twenty dollars." 34 V., c. 68, s. 295; 36 V., c. 21, s. 7; 45 V., c. 35, s. 10.

6079. Article 301 shall read as follows:

"301. The presiding officer at the election may, moreover, for the purpose of preserving peace and public order: 1. Swear in as many special constables as he deems necessary;

2. Require the assistance of all justices of the peace, constables, and other persons residing in the municipality, by verbal or written order;

3. Commit on view to the custody of a constable or of any other person, for a period of not more than forty-eight

hours, any one breaking the peace or disturbing public order;

4. Cause such offender, upon summary conviction, to be imprisoned in the common gaol of the district, or in a house or other place of detention within the limits of the municipality of the county, for a period not exceeding ten days." 34 V., c. 68, s. 301; 48 V., c. 28, s. 7.

6080. Article 307 shall read as follows:

"307. The meeting of municipal electors is held at the place where the local council holds its sessions, and must be opened at the hour of ten in the forenoon of the day fixed for the election, and the proceedings of such meeting shall be reduced to writing, either in the books of the proceedings of the council or in a document which must form part of the archives of the council.

Nevertheless, the council of a rural municipality whose sessions are held in a municipality of a city, of a town or of a village, in virtue of article 106, may, by resolution, fix upon another place for the holding of such meeting.

If it is the first election after the erection of a new municipality, the meeting is held at the place designated in the notice." 34 V., c. 68, s, 307; 36 V., c. 21, s. 8; 48 V., c. 28, s. 8.

6081. Article 312 shall read as follows :

"312. In the absence of a demand from five electors present to the effect that a poll be held, the presiding officer declares elected councillors the candidates who have the majority of electors present in their favor, after having established such majority by counting the electors who are in favor of each candidate; twenty electors present may, however, appeal from his decision, by requiring a poll to be held." 34 V., c. 68, s. 312; 41 V., c. 18, s. 13; 45 V., c. 35, s. 11; 49-50 V., c. 22, s. 1.

6082. Article 323 shall read as follows:

"323. The election must be closed at four o'clock in the afternoon of the second day.

In a municipality having more than six hundred electors, however, an additional voting day shall, subject to article 322, be allowed for every three hundred electors exceeding the number of six hundred." 34 V., c. 68, s. 323; 47 V., c. 18, s. 3.

6083. Article 337 shall read as follows:

"337. The office of councillor becomes vacant in each of the following cases:

1. When a person has been appointed councillor who is exempt from serving as such, or when a person discharging the office of councillor becomes exempt during his

occupancy thereof and such person has, in either case, complied with article 213;

2. In the case of refusal to accept or continue to perform such office;

3. When the councillor's domicile and place of business are no longer within the limits of the local municipality, unless such domicile or place of business is situated in a neighboring municipality forming part of the same parish or township as the municipality for which he is a coun

cillor:

4. When a councillor after his appointment has come under one of the disqualifications established by the law, and has complied with article 207;

5. In the case of the councillor's absence from the local municipality, or of his inability to act through sickness, infirmity or otherwise, during the period of three months consecutively, subject however to the provisions of article 119;

6. When the resignation of a councillor has been accepted by the council or when his office has been declared vacant in virtue of article 208;

7. In the case of death;

8. When a councillor has neglected to make and deposit, within the required delay, the declaration mentioned in the last paragraph of article 283, subject nevertheless to the application of article 119, in case he should make and deposit his declaration before proceedings have been taken to get the vacancy filled." 34 V., c. 68, s. 337; 41-42 V., c. 10, s. 17.

6084. Article 350 shall read as follows:

"350. A copy of the petition, with a notice stating the day on which the petition will be presented to the court, is served upon and left with every councillor whose appointment is contested, within thirty days from the date of such appointment; otherwise the right of contesting is forfeited." 34 V., c. 68, s. 350; 39 V., c. 29, s. 2.

6085. Article 365 shall read as follows:

"365. In addition to the municipal officers which it is required to appoint in virtue of the other provisions of this Code, every local council must appoint, in the month of March of every second year:

1. Three valuators;

2. A road inspector for every road division in the municipality;

3. A rural inspector for every rural division in the municipality;

4. As many public pound-keepers as it deems necessary." 34 V., c. 68, s. 365; 39 V., c. 29, s. 3.

6086. Article 366 shall read as follows:

366. The valuators enter upon their duties, so soon as they have made oath well and faithfully to discharge the duties of their office.

Rural inspectors and pound-keepers enter upon the discharge of their duties immediately after service of the notice of their appointment.

Road inspectors remain in office up to the first of May and those who succeed them enter into office on that day. 39 V., c. 29, s. 4; 51-52 V., c. 30, s. 2.

6087. The following article is added after article 367:

367d. Every person appointed to any of the offices mentioned in article 365, who unlawfully refuses either to accept the same, or to discharge the duties thereof, incurs a penalty not exceeding twenty dollars." 36 V., c. 21, s. 9.

6088. Article 373 shall read as follows:

373. The secretary-treasurer, if he receive an order to that effect from the council, must, before the twentieth day of December of each year, transmit to the office of the county council, an extract from such statement as approved by the council, containing :

1. The names and qualities of all persons indebted for municipal or school taxes, imposed on the real estate possessed or occupied by such persons;

2. The description of all lands liable for the payment of municipal or school taxes:

3. The sum total of the taxes affecting such lands, for municipal or school purposes.'" 34 V., c. 68, s. 373; 41-42

V., c. 10, s. 18.

6089. The following article is added after 380 article:

"3800. Whenever a road inspector is personally interested in any work or other matter within his jurisdiction, and neglects or refuses to execute or supply that which he is bound to execute or supply, as interested in such work or matter, the secretary-treasurer of the local municipality, wherein such inspector has jurisdiction, possesses in relation to such inspector the same rights, powers and obligations as the inspector himself in relation to all persons interested in the same work or matter.

In respect of works to be performed in common, the inspector so interested is always in mord to fulfil the obligations attaching to such works." 39 V., c. 29, s. 5.

6090. Article 382 shall read as follows:

“382. Whenever any work must be performed in common upon any municipal roads or bridges, it is the duty of the road inspector of the division to notify the persons who are liable to perform such work by special