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56. The North Riding shall consist of the Townships of King, Whitchurch, Georgina, East Gwillimbury and North Gwillimbury, the Town of Newmarket, the Villages of Aurora and Holland Landing, and that part of the Village of Stouffville, which formerly formed part of the Township of Whitchurch. See sec. 9, (2). 57. The East Riding shall consist of the Townships of Markham and Scarborough, that portion of the Township of York lying east of Yonge Street, the Villages of Markham and Richmond Hill, and that part of the Village of Stouffville which formerly formed part of the Township of Markham. (See sec. 9, (2).)

58. The West Riding shall consist of the Townships of Etobicoke and Vaughan, and that portion of the Township of York lying west of Yonge Street, and the Villages of Etobicoke and Woodbridge. R. S. 0. 1877, c. 8, s. 14(58-60); 48 V. c. 2, s. 10 (19).

15. Each of the following tracts of territory shall form an Counties. Electoral District :

:

59. THE COUNTY OF DUNDAS,

60. THE COUNTY OF GLENGARRY,

61. THE COUNTY OF HALTON,

62. THE COUNTY OF PRESCOTT,

63. THE COUNTY OF PRINCE EDWARD. R. S. O. 1877, c. 8

s. 15 (62-66).

64. THE COUNTY OF STORMONT. R. S. O. 1877, c. 8, s. 15 (68); 48 V. c. 2, s. 10 (12); 50 V. c. 8, Sched.

65. THE COUNTY OF ADDINGTON,-to consist of the Town- Addington. ships of Camden, Sheffield, Hinchinbrooke, Kaladar, Kennebec, Olden, Oso, Anglesea, Barrie, Clarendon, Palmerston, Effingham, Abinger, Miller, North Canonto, South Canonto, Ashby and Denbigh, and the Village of Newburgh. 48 V. c. 2, s. 10 (16).

66. THE COUNTY OF CARDWELL,-to consist of the Town- Cardwell. ships of Albion, Adjala, Tecumseth, Innisfil and West

Gwillimbury, and the Villages of Beeton, Bolton, Brad

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ford and Tottenham. 48 V. c. 2, s. 10 (9).

67. THE COUNTY OF CARLETON,-to consist of the Town- Carleton. ships of Fitzroy, Goulburn, Gower North, Huntley, March, Malborough, Nepean and Tarbolton, and the Village of Richmond. R. S. O. 1877, c. 8, s. 15 (61-68).

68. THE COUNTY OF DUFFERIN,-to consist of the Town- Dufferin. ships of Mono, Melancthon, Amaranth, East Garafraxa, Mulmur, and East Luther, the Town of

Frontenac.

Grenville.

Haldimand.

Leeds.

Lennox.

Lincoln.

Monck..

Peel.

Russell.

Orangeville and the Village of Shelburne. R. S. O. 1877, c. 8, s. 15 (71); 48 V. c. 2, s. 10 (10).

69. THE COUNTY OF FRONTENAC,-to consist of the Townships of Wolfe Island, Pittsburgh, Howe Island, Storrington, Loughboro, Portland and Bedford, and the Village of Garden Island. 48 V. c. 2, s. 10 (15).

70. THE COUNTY OF GRENVILLE,-to consist of the Townships of Augusta, Edwardsburgh, Oxford, Wolford and South Gower, the Town of Prescott, and the Villages of Kemptville, Merrickville and Cardinal. 48 V. c. 2, s. 10 (2b).

71. THE COUNTY OF HALDIMAND,-to consist of the Townships of Oneida, Seneca, Cayuga North, Cayuga South, Rainham, Walpole and Dunn, and the Villages of Caledonia, Cayuga and Hagarsville. R. S. O. 1877, c. 8, s. 15 (73).

72. THE COUNTY OF LEEDS,-to consist of the Township called the Front of Leeds and Lansdowne, the Township called the Rear of Leeds and Lansdowne, the Townships of South Crosby, North Crosby, Bastard and South Burgess, Kitley and Elmsley South, and the Villages of Gananoque and Newboro. 48 V. c. 2, s. 10 (2α).

73. THE COUNTY OF LENNOX,-to consist of the Townships of Richmond, Adolphustown, North Fredericksburgh, South Fredericksburgh, Ernestown and Amherst Island, the Town of Napanee, and the Village of Bath. R. S. O. 1877, c. 8, s. 15 (74).

74. THE COUNTY OF LINCOLN.-to consist of the Townships of Clinton, Grantham, Grimsby, Grimsby North, Louth and Niagara, the City of St. Catharines, the Town of Niagara, and the Villages of Grimsby North, Merritton, and Port Dalhousie. R. S. O. 1877, c. 8, s. 15 (75). 75. THE COUNTY OF MONCK,--to consist of the Townships of Canborough, Moulton, Sherbrooke, Caistor, Gainsborough, Pelham and Wainfleet, and the Village of Dunnville. R. S. O. 1877, c. 8, s. 15 (76).

76. THE COUNTY OF PEEL,-to consist of the Townships of Caledon, Chinguacousy, Toronto and the Gore of Toronto, the Town of Brampton, and the Village of Streetsville. R. S. O. 1877, c. 8, s. 15 (77); 48 V. c. 2, s. 10 (11).

77. THE COUNTY OF RUSSELL,-to consist of the Townships of Cambridge, Clarence, Cumberland, Gloucester, Osgoode and Russell, and the Village of Rockland, R. S. O. 1877, c. 8, s. 15 (67).

78. THE COUNTY OF WELLAND,-to consist of the Town- Welland. ships of Bertie, Crowland, Humberstone, Stamford, Thorold and Willoughby, the Towns of Niagara Falls, Thorold and Welland, and the Villages of Chippewa, Fort Erie, Niagara Falls and Port Colborne. R. S. O. 1877, c. 8, s. 15 (78).

79. THE ELECTORAL DISTRICT OF WEST ALGOMA,-to West Algoma. consist of that part of the territory forming the Provisional Judicial District of Thunder Bay which lies west of eighty-seven degrees west longitude. 48 V. c. 2, s. 8; 49 V. c. 19, s. 1.

80. THE ELECTORAL DISTRICT OF EAST ALGOMA,-to East Algoma. consist of the territory forming the Provisional Judicial District of Algoma, together with that part of the Provisional Judicial District of Thunder Bay, which lies east of eighty-seven degrees west longitude. 48 V. c. 2, s. 8; 49 V. c. 19, s. 1.

s1. THE ELECTORAL DISTRICT OF MUSKOKA,—to consist of Muskoka. the Territorial District of Muskoka. 47 V. c. 3, ss. 2, 7; 48 V. c. 2, s. 10 (5).

82. THE ELECTORAL DISTRICT OF PARRY SOUND,--to consist Parry Sound. of the Territorial District of Parry Sound. 47 V. c.

3, ss. 3, 7; 48 V. c. 2, s. 10 (5).

83. THE ELECTORAL DISTRICT OF BROCKVILLE,-to con- Brockville. sist of the Town of Brockville, and the Township of Elizabethtown, the Township called Front of Yonge, the Township called Rear of Yonge and Escott, and the Township called Front of Escott. 48 V. c. 2, s. 10 (8).

$4. THE ELECTORAL DISTRICT OF KINGSTON,-to consist Kingston. of the City of Kingston, the Township of Kingston, and the Village of Portsmouth. 48 V. c. 2, s. 10 (13).

85. THE CITY OF OTTAWA.

6. THE CITY OF HAMILTON.

R. S. O. 1877, c. 8, s. 15 (83).

R. S. O. 1877, c. 8, s. 15 (84).

37. THE CITY OF LONDON. R. S. O. 1877, c. 8, s. 15 (86).

-Each of the above mentioned eighty-seven Electoral Districts One member shall be represented in the Legislative Assembly by one each. member. R. S. O. 1877, c. 8, s. 17.

8. THE CITY OF TORONTO and the TOWN OF PARKDALE Toronto. shall form the Electoral District of the City of Toronto, and shall return three members.

(a) At a contested election for the said electoral district no person shall vote for more than two candidates. 48 V. c. 2, s. 10 (4).

CHAPTER 8.

An Act respecting Voters' Lists.

SHORT TITLE, s. 1.
INTERPRETATION, s. 2.

ALPHABETICAL LIST OF VOTERS TO

BE MADE BY CLERK, ss. 3, 4. DISTRIBUTION AND POSTING COPIES OF LIST, Ss. 5-9. REVISION OF List—

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Who may complain and on what grounds, s. 10.

Powers and duties of Judge, ss. 11, 12, 21-24, 26, 27. Procedure ss. 13, 14.

List to be certified by Judge, ss. 15-17.

District Judges and Stipendiary
Magistrates to have same powers
as County Judges, s. 18.
Effect of certified list, s. 19.
Municipality to provide Court
Room, s. 20.
Clerk-

duties generally, s. 22.
remuneration, ss. 23, 25.

failure to perform duties, ss.
33-35.

falsifying list, s. 36.

to furnish copies of list, s. 44. Constables, their duties and fees, ss. 24, 25.

Report by Judge as to frauds, s. 26.

Amendment of proceedings, s. 27.

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LIST NOT VITIATED BY FAILURE OF CLERK TO PERFORM HIS DUTIES, ss. 33, 34.

PENALTIES AND FINES-
Neglect of Clerk, s. 35.

Wilful alteration of list, s. 36.
Colourable transfer of property to
confer vote, s. 37.

Recovery of fines and penalties, ss. 38-41.

Wrongful assessment or omission, s. 39.

Trial of actions for penalties, s.
40.

For fraudulently dealing with
Roll, s. 41.

ASSESSOR TO MAKE INQUIRIES BEFORE
ASSESSING PERSONS, s. 42.
INSPECTION AND COPIES OF DOCU-

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Short title.

Interpretation

"Election ;"

HE

ER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

1. This Act may be cited as " The Voters' Lists Act." R. S. O 1877, c. 9, s. 1.

INTERPRETATION.

2. In this Act, unless a contrary intention appears:

1. "Election," "To Vote," "Corrupt Practices," "LandTo Vote;" holder's Son," "Wage-Earner," shall respectively have the Practices;" meaning given thereto by section 2 of The Ontario Election "Landholder's Act;

46 Corrupt

Son;" "Wage-
Earner."

2. "Voter" shall mean a person entitled to vote, or to be "Voter.” named in the voters' list;

3. "List," "Voters' List," shall respectively mean the alpha- "List;", betical list referred to in section 3 of this Act.

"Voters'

List."

4. "Scrutiny" shall mean any scrutiny of the votes polled at "Scrutiny." an election within the meaning of section 74 and the next succeeding nine sections of The Ontario Controverted Elections Rev. Stat. Act; and

c. 10.

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5. "Clerk of the Peace," shall mean the Clerk of the Peace "Clerk of the for, and "County Judge," shall mean the Judge of the County County Peace." Court for the county or union of counties within which lies Judge. the municipality for or in respect of which the voters' list is made. 41 V. c. 21, s. 2.

VOTERS' LISTS AND COPIES.

3.—(1) The clerk of each municipality shall, immediately after Clerk to make the final revision and correction of the assessment roll list of voters. in every year, make a correct alphabetical list in three parts (Form 1) of all persons being of the full age of twentyone years and subjects of Her Majesty by birth or naturalization, and appearing by the assessment roll to be entitled to vote in the municipality, prefixing to the name of each person his number upon the roll.

(2) The first of the three parts shall contain the names, in First part. alphabetical order, of all male persons of full age and subjects as aforesaid, appearing by the assessment roll to be assessed for the real property or income requisite to entitle him to vote in the municipality at both municipal elections and elections for members of the Legislative Assembly.

(3) The second part shall contain the names, in alphabetical Second part. order, of all other male persons of full age and subjects as aforesaid, and of all widows and unmarried women of full age and subjects as aforesaid, and appearing on the assessment roll to be entitled to vote in the municipality at municipal elections only, and not at elections for members of the Legislative Assembly.

(4) The third part shall contain the names, in alphabetical Third part. order, of all other male persons of full age and subjects as aforesaid, appearing by the assessment roll to be entitled to vote in the municipality at elections for members of the Legislative Assembly only, and not at municipal elections.

(5) The name of the same person shall not be entered more Name to be than once in any such part.

entered once only.

(6) Where a municipality is divided into polling subdivi- Lists for pollsions the list (to be made in three parts as aforesaid) shall be ing subdivimade for each of the subdivisions.

sions.

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