of the council, in lieu of hypothecary security, furnish security, by means of a bond or policy of guarantee, in favor of the corporation, in any Canadian Guarantee Assurance Company, approved of by the council." 41-42 V., c. 10, s. 8.

6054. Article 162 shall read as follows:

"162. The secretary-treasurer is bound to keep, in the form prescribed by the Provincial Secretary, books of account, in which he enters, according to date, each item of receipt and expenditure, mentioning therein the names of all persons who have paid money into his hands, or to whom he has made any payment.

He must preserve and file amongst the archives of the council all vouchers for his expenditure." 34 V., c. 68, s. 162; 45 V.,c. 36, s. 1.

6055. Article 164 shall read as follows:

164. The secretary-treasurer's books of account and vouchers for his expenditure, together with all the registers or documents in his possession as archives of the council, are, on office days between the hours of nine in the morning and four in the afternoon, open for inspection and examination to members of the council, to municipal officers, to every interested party, and to all rate-payers of the municipality or their attorneys.

Such persons, either themselves or by their attorneys, may take, either with a pencil or with a pen, all notes, extracts or copies which they require." 34 V., c. 68, s. 164; 41-42 V., c. 10, s. 9.

6056. Article 166 shall read as follows:

"166. The secretary-treasurer is bound to render, during the month of January in each year, a detailed account of his receipts and expenditure up to the thirtyfirst day of the month of December preceding, and he is also bound to render such account oftener if required by the council." 41-42 V., c. 10, s. 10.

6057. Article 168 shall read as follows:

"168. The secretary-treasurer of every local municipal council is bound, between the first and thirty-first days of January in each year, to transmit to the Provincial Secretary a return, showing:

1. The name of the corporation;

2. The estimated value of the taxable real estate;

3. The estimated value of the real estate not subject to taxation;

4. The estimated value of the property declared liable to taxation, by article 710;

5. The number of persons paying taxes;

6. The number of arpents of valued land;

7. The rate of assessinent in the dollar imposed for all purposes whatsoever;

8. The value of the property of the corporation;

9. The debentures of the corporation;

10. The amount of taxes collected within the year, including the amount for the county council;

11. All other sums collected;

12. The amount of arrears of taxes;

13. The capital amount due to the municipal loan fund; 14. The amount of interest due upon

15. All other debts;

such loans;

16. The amount raised by loan within the year;

17. The amount received from the Government under the seigniorial act;

18. The interest paid on debentures;

19. The expenditure for salaries, and other expenditure for municipal government;

20. All other expenditure;

21. The number of persons resident in the municipality; 22. Any other statement which the Lieutenant-Governor in Council may require." 36 V., c. 21, s. 4; 41 V., c. 18, s. 7 ; 41-42 V., c. 10, s. 11; 45 V., c. 36, s. 2; 51-52 V., c. 29, s. 2.

6058. The following articles are added after article 168:

"168a. The secretary-treasurer of every county council is bound, in the month of January in each year, to transmit to the Provincial Secretary a return showing:

1. The name of the coporation;

2. The value of the property belonging to the corporation;

3. The debentures of the corporation;

4. The capital amount due to the municipal loan fund;

5. The amount of interest due on such loans;

6. All other debts;

7. The amount received from the Government under the seigniorial act;

8. All other revenues;

9. The interest paid on debentures ;

10. The expenditure for salaries, and other expenditure for municipal government;

11. All other expenditure; and

12. Any other statement which the Lieutenant-Governor in Council may require. 36 V., c. 21, s. 4; 45 V., c. 36, s. 3.

168b. The Provincial Secretary is bound to make a compiled statement, by counties, of the reports made in virtue of the two preceding articles, with a summary of such reports by counties, aud to submit the same to the Legislature within the first fifteen days of the next session." 51-52 V., c. 29, s. 3.

6059. Article 169 shall read as follows:

“169. Every secretary-treasurer or clerk of a council of a local municipality or of a village, town or city council, who neglects or refuses to comply with the provisions of article 168 and furnish all the information set forth in the forms prescribed by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council, or by the Provincial Secretary, if such forms have been addressed to him by the Provincial Secretary in the course of the month of December preceding, is liable to a fine of not less than fifty and not more than two hundred dollars, in addition to the costs." 45 V., c. 36, s. 5; 51-52 V., c. 29, s. 4.

6060. Article 171 shall read as follows:

"171. The office of the secretary-treasurer is established in the place where the sessions of the council are held, or in any other place fixed, from time to time, by resolution of the council; provided the same be not in an hotel, inn, or place of public entertainment, in which intoxicating liquors are sold." 34 V., c. 68, s. 171; 41 V., c. 18, s. 8.

6061. Article 176 shall read as follows:

"176. The auditors are bound, in the month of February in each year, and whenever the council requires, to make an examination of and to report respecting all accounts of the corporation, and all accounts relating to any subject falling within the jurisdiction of the council." 34 V., c. 68, s. 176; 41-42 V., c. 10, s. 13.

6062. Article 177 shall read as follows:

"177. Whenever a municipal council has allowed the prescribed delay to expire without making the appointment of any officer, which it is bound to make in accordance with the provisions of this Code or of its by-laws, the Lieutenant-Governor may make such appointment, with the same effect as if it had been made by the council.

This article does not apply to the secretary-treasurer. 34 V., c. 68, s. 177; 41 V., c. 18, s. 9; 51-52 V., c. 29, s. 5.

6063. Article 180 shall read as follows:

"180. The Lieutenant-Governor can appoint to municipal offices only those persons who are eligible for the offices which they are called upon to fill." 34 V., c. 68, s. 180; 41 V., c. 18, s. 9; 51-52 V., c. 29, s. 5.

6064. Article 191 shall read as follows:

"191. Every municipal officer, who has ceased to discharge the duties of his office, is bound to deliver within eight days next following, at the office of the council,

all the moneys, keys, books, papers, articles, insignia, documents, and archives belonging to such office." 34 V., c. 68, s. 191; 45 V., c. 35, s. 5.

6065. Article 192 shall read as follows:

"192. If any municipal officer dies, or absents himself from the Province, his representatives are bound, within one month from such death or absence, to deliver at the office of the council the moneys, keys, books, papers, articles, insignia, documents, and archives belonging to the office so held by him." 34 V., c. 68, s. 192; 45 V., c. 35, s. 6.

6066. Article 204 shall read as follows:

"204. Whosoever has no domicile or place of business in a municipality is incapable of exercising any municipal office of such municipality, except those of secretarytreasurer, auditor, valuator or special superintendent.” 34 V., c. 68, s. 204; 36 V., c. 21, s. 5.

6067. Article 215 shall read as follows:

"215. Every notice so given is either public or special. A public notice must be in writing, but a special notice may be given either in writing or verbally, except in particular cases in which a special notice must be given in writing." 41-42 V., c. 10, s. 14.

6068. Article 232 shall read as follows:

232. The publication of a public notice for local municipal purposes is made by posting up a copy of such notice at two different places in the municipality from time to time determined on by resolution of the council.

In default of localities determined upon by the council, the public notice must be posted upon or near the principal door of at least one place of public worship, if any there be, and at some other place of public resort in such municipality.

In either case, if there is a Roman Catholic church in the municipality, the notice must be posted upon the principal door of such church." 34 V., c. 68, s. 232; 45 V., c. 35, s. 7.

6069. Article 243 shall read as follows:

“243. In any municipality for which there is no order in council, in virtue of the tenth section of the consolidated municipal act of Lower Canada or of the following article, the publication of every notice, by-law, resolution or order of the council by posting, reading aloud, or insertion in the newspapers must be made in the French and English languages.

In every local municipality, for which there is such an

order in council, the publication of every notice, by-law, resolution or order of a county council, and of every notice from the secretary-treasurer of the county council, by poster, by reading or in the newspapers, may be made only in the language prescribed in such order in council, in place of being made in English and French." 34 V., c. 68, s. 243; 46 V., c. 28, s. 2.

SECTION IV.

AMENDMENTS TO TITLE THIRD OF BOOK FIRST.

OF PARTICULAR RULES APPLICABLE TO COUNTY CORPORATIONS.

6070. Article 259 shall read as follows:

“259. The quorum of the council is five, if the members composing it number eight or over, and, if less, the majority is the quorum." 46 V., c. 28, s. 3.

6071. Article 262.shall read as follows:

"262. The warden is ex-officio one of the county delegates.

The two other delegates are appointed by the council from amongst its members, after the entry into office of each new warden.

They remain in office until their successors are duly installed, even if they have ceased to form part of the council, unless, in the latter case, they have been replaced under the provisions of the following article." 41 V., c. 18,

s. 10.

6072. Article 265 is repealed. 41 V., c. 18, s. 11.

6073. Article 271 shall read as follows:

"271. The secretary-treasurer of the county council who called the meeting is, in virtue of his office, the secretary of the board of delegates.

If the meeting has been convened by two members of the board, the secretary-treasurer of the council whereof such two members are the delegates is the secretary of the board.

If the two members belong to different councils, the secretary of the board is appointed by the delegates and must be the secretary-treasurer of one of the county municipalities.

The secretary keeps minutes of the proceedings of the delegates, and deposits the same with all others documents of the board in the archives of the council whose officer he is, and he forwards a copy to the office of each of the other county councils interested.

The secretary-treasurer of each county council shall for