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FORM 18.

(SECTIONS 12 and 17.)

Form of oath of person voting in respect of real estate.

You swear (or solemnly affirm) that you are the person named (or purporting to be named by the name of

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on the list of voters now shown unto you (showing the list to the voter);

That on the dred and

day of

cne thousand eight hun* (see note below) you were (and, if the fact be 80, still are) actually, truly and in good faith possessed to your own use and benefit as either owner, tenant or occupant of the real estate in respect of which your name (or the said name of ) is entered on the said list of voters. (Or if the person has ceased to be such owner, tenant, or occupant, as the case may be, then insert these words: and that you are still a resident of this Electoral District); and as such entitled to vote at this election;

That you are of the full age of twenty-one years;

That you are a subject of Her Majesty by birth (or naturalization);

That you have not voted before at this election, either at this or any other polling place;

That you have not received anything, nor has anything been promised you, either directly or indirectly, either to induce you to vote at this election, or for loss of time, travelling expenses, hire of team, or any other service connected therewith;

And that you have not, directly or indirectly, paid or promised anything to any person, either to induce him to vote o" to refrain from voting at this election:

So help you God.

FORM 20.

Form of oath for a Farmer's son.

(SECTIONS 12 and 17.)

You swear (or solemnly affirm) that you are the person named (or purporting to be named by the name of

) in

*The date to be here inserted in administering the oath is AT THE CHOICE OF THE VOTER, to be EITHER the day certified by the Clerk of the Municipality to be the date of the RETURN by the Assessor of the Assessment Roll upon which the Voters List used at the election is based; OR the day so certified to be the date when by law the said roll was to be considered and taken a8 FINALLY REVISED and corrected.

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the list of voters now shown to you (showing the list to the voter);

That on the day of one thousand eight hundred and *(see note below) A. B., (viz., the voter's father or mother, naming him or her) was, as you verily believe, actually, truly, and in good faith possessed to his (or her) own use and benefit as owner of the real estate in respect of which your name is so as aforesaid entered on the said voters list. That you are a son of the said A. B.;

That you resided on the said property for the twelve months next before the return by the Assessor of the assessment roll on which the voters list used at this election is based, not having been absent during that period except temporarily and not more than four months in all;

That you are still a resident of this Electoral District, and are entitled to vote at this election;

That you are of the full age of twenty-one years;

That you are a subject of Her Majesty by birth (or naturalization ;)

That you have not voted before at this election, either at this or any other polling place;

That you have not received anything, nor has anything been promised you, either directly or indirectly, either to induce you to vote at this election, or for loss of time, travelling expenses, hire of team, or any other service connected therewith;

And that you have not, directly or indirectly, paid or promised anything to any person, either to induce him to vote or to refrain from voting at this election:

So help you God.

FORM 21.

(SECTION 12.)

Form of Oath to be taken by Voter on a Supplementary List of Voters made where additions have been made to a City, Town or Village, or a New Village has been formed, composed of Territory situate in two or more Electoral Districts. You swear (or solemnly affirm) that you are the person named (or purporting to be named, by the name of

) on the supplementary list of voters now shown unto you (showing the list to the voter);

* The date to be here inserted in administering the Oath is, AT THE CHOICE OF THE VOTER, to be EITHER the day certified by the Clerk of the Municipality to be the date of the RETURN by the Assessor of the Assessment roll upon which the Voters List used at the election is based; OR the day so certified to be the date when by law the said roll was to be considered and taken as FINALLY REVISED and corrected.

That

That on the

day of

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18, (see note below), you were (and, if the fact be so, still are) actually, truly and in good faith possessed to your own use and benefit as owner, tenant, or occupant, of the real estate in respect of which your name (or the said name of is entered on

the said supplementary list of voters (or if the party has ceased to be such owner, tenant, or occupant, then insert these words, "and that you are now a resident of this Electoral District "), and as such entitled to vote at this election;

That you are of the full age of twenty-one years;

That you are a subject of Her Majesty by birth (or naturalization);

That you have not voted before at this election, either at this or any other polling place;

That you have not received anything, nor has anything been promised you, either directly or indirectly, either to induce you to vote at this election, or for loss of time, travelling expenses, hire of team, or any other service connected therewith;

And that you have not, directly or indirectly, paid or promised anything to any person, either to induce him to vote or to refrain from voting at this election:

So help you God.

FORM 19 A.

(SECTION 14.)

Form of oath of person voting in respect of income where the taxes relating thereto were made payable by instalments.

You swear (or solemnly affirm) that you are the person named (or purporting to be named by the name of

day of

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on the list of voters now shown to you (showing the list to voter;) That on the one thousand eight hundred and (the day certified by the Clerk of the Municipality as the date of the final revision and correction of the assessment roll, upon which the voters' list used at the election is based, for the City, Town, or Village as the case may be), you were, and thenceforward have been continuously, and still are a resident of this City (Town or Village as the case may be).

*The date to be here inserted is AT THE CHOICE OE THE VOTER, to be EITHER the day certified by the Clerk of the Municipality, to be the date of the return by the Assessor of the Assessment Roll, upon which the Voters List used at the election is based, OR the day so certified as the date when by law the said roll was to be considered or taken as FINALLY RVISED and corrected.

That

That at the said date, and for twelve months previously, you were in receipt of an income from your trade (office, calling or profession, as the case may be) of a sum of not less than four hundred dollars;

That you are of the full age of twenty-one years;

That you are a subject of Her Majesty by birth (or naturalziation, as the case may be);

That you have not voted before at this election, either at this or any other polling-place.

That you have not received anything, nor has anything been promised you, either directly or indirectly, either to induce you to vote at this electicn, or for loss of time, travelling expenses, hire of team, or any other service connected therewith:

That you have not, directly or indirectly, paid or promised anything to any person either to induce him to vote or to refrain from voting.

And that you have duly paid every instalment of taxes whatsoever assessed or rated against you, which under the original by-law making the taxes for the said municipality for the present year, payable by instalments, and a copy of which by-law is now exhibited to you, had prior to the writ of election become due in respect of the income for or by reason of which you are rated and entered upon the assessment roll upon which the voters' list used at this election is based:

So help you God.

Sheriff to kee an account of his fees.

HER

CHAPTER 5.

An Act respecting the Office of Sheriff.

[Assented to 11th March, 1879.]

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

1. From and after the first day of July next, every Sheriff shall keep a separate book, in which he shall enter from day to day, all fees and emoluments received by him, by virtue of his office, and also the several amounts disbursed by him, from day to day, for carrying on the work of his office; and shall on or before the fifteenth day of January, in every year, make, under oath to the Lieutenant-Governor, a return of the aggregate amount of such fees and emoluments and of his disbursements respectively, during the previous year, up to and inclusive of the thirty-first day of December.

1879. HEIR, DEVISEE AND ASSIGNEE COMMISSION. Chaps. 6, 7.

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2. It shall be the duty of every Sheriff to supply himself Account book with the book, in the preceding section mentioned, and how provided. the cost thereof shall be paid by the County of which he is Sheriff.

CHAPTER 6.

An Act to extend the Act respecting the Heir, Devisee and Assignee Commission.

HE

[Assented to 11th March, 1879.]

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

as follows:

certain lands

are to be

1. The Heir, Devisee and Assignee Commission, and the Jurisdiction Commissioners referred to in chapter twenty-five of the as to claims to Revised Statutes of Ontario, shall, with respect to claims to in Ontario for lands within Ontario vested in the Crown, for which no patent which patents has issued, and for which the patents are to be issued by the issued by the Government of Canada, have the same jurisdiction and powers, of Canada. and the proceedings by and before such Commission and Commissioners shall be the same as such jurisdiction, powers and proceedings were prior to the coming into force of the said Revised Statutes.

Government

Governor

2. Where the said Commissioners adjudicate in respect of Report to be lands vested in the Crown, for which patents are to be issued made to the by the Government of Canada, they shall report their decision General in as to such lands to His Excellency the Governor-General in Council. Council.

CHAPTER 7.

An Act for the further Investment of Public Money in Municipal Drainage Debentures.

[Assented to 11th March, 1879.]

ER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of
the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario,

enacts as follows:

1. Subject to the provisions of "The Ontario Municipal R. S. O. c. 34, Drainage Aid Act," the Lieutenant-Governor in Council may, s. 5 amended from time to time, invest a further sum not exceeding fifty investment thousand extended.

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