CHAPTER 25.

An Ordinance exempting certain Property from Seizure and Sale under Execution.

SHORT TITLE.

1. This Ordinance may be cited as "The Exemptions Short title. Ordinance." N.W.T., c. 27, s 1.

EXEMPTIONS,

2. The following real and personal property of an execu- Exemptions tion debtor and his family is hereby declared free from from seizure. seizure by virtue of all writs of execution, namely:

1. The necessary and ordinary clothing of himself and his family;

2. Furniture, household furnishings, dairy utensils, swine and poultry to the extent of five hundred dollars;

3. The necessary food for the family of the execution debtor during six months which may include grain and flour or vegetables and meat either prepared for use or on foot;

4. The books of a professional man;

5. The tools and necessary implements to the extent of five hundred dollars used by the execution debtor in the practice of his trade or profession;

6. The house and buildings occupied by the execution debtor, and also the lot or lots on which the same are situate according to the registered plan of the same to the extent of fifteen hundred dollars. N.W.T., c. 27, s. 2, part.

GENERAL.

3. The execution debtor shall be entitled to a choice Debtor's from the greater quantity of the same kind of articles which choice. are hereby exempted from seizure. N.W.T., c 27, s. 3.

consideration

4. Nothing in this Ordinance shall exempt from seizure Article any article except for the food, clothing and bedding of the forming execution debtor and his family, the price of which forms of judgment. the subject matter of the judgment upon which the execution is issued. N,W.T., c. 27, s. 4.

Rights of family of deceased debtor.

Absconding debtors.

5. In case of the death of the execution debtor, his property exempt from seizure under execution shall be exempt from seizure under execution against his personal representative if the said property is in the use and enjoyment of the widow and children or widow or children of the deceased and is necessary for the maintenance and support of said widow and children or any of them. N.W.T., c. 27,

s. 5.

6. The provisions of section 2 hereof shall not apply to any case where the debtor has absconded or is about to abscond from the Territory, leaving no wife or family behind. N.W.T., c. 27, s. 6.

CHAPTER 26.

An Ordinance Respecting the Summoning of Juries,

qualified

1. Subject to the exemptions hereinafter mentioned, all Persons male British subjects over twenty-one and under sixty-five as jurors. years of age shall be qualified to serve as jurors. No. 19 of 1902, s. 1.

2. The following persons are exempt from serving as Persons

jurors:

(a.) Ministers of religion,

(b.) Members of the Yukon Council,

(c.) Members of the North-west Mounted Police,

(d.) Practising solicitors,

(e.) Medical practitioners,

(f) School teachers while so employed,

(g.) All persons employed in the running of railroad
trains and steam boats,

(h.) Telegraph officers when so employed,

(i.) Postmasters,

(j) Any person in charge of a steam engine while on
any mining claim,

(k) Any mail carrier.

(1.) Every officer of the Dominion and Territorial

Government,

(m.) Every judge, magistrate or officer of any court of
justice actually exercising the duties of his office.

No. 19 of 1902, s. 2.

exempt.

3. The same person shall not be compellable to act as Service twice juror more than twice in one year unless the list in his in one year. district has been exhausted in the selection of a panel as hereinafter provided. No. 19 of 1902, s. 3.

clerk to

prepare list.

4. The Sheriff and Clerk of the Territorial Court shall Sheriff and forth with prepare from all available sources an alphalbetical list in Form A of the schedule hereto of all persons in the Yukon Territory qualified to serve as jurors, which list shall be posted in the Court House, the Administration Building and the Post office at Dawson for one month. No. 19 of 1902, s. 4.

5. A similar list shall be prepared it the month of November in each year hereafter, and be posted as aforesaid not later than the first day of December. No. 19 of 1902, s. 5.

Similar list to November of be prepared in

each year.

Lists to be posted.

6. Such lists shall remain posted for one month and any person during said month or within one week thereafter may complain of the insertion of any name therein, and such complaint shall be heard and determined by a judge of the Territorial Court at ten o'clock in the forenoon on Complaints to the third Monday of the month following the posting, after which such list shall be signed by such judge and shall be the jury list for that year, and all juries for the trial of criminal and civil cases shall be called from such list unless a judge of said court otherwise orders. No. 19 of 1902, s. 6.

be heard by

judge.

Sittings of

court in

criminal cases.

Crown

Prosecutor to

7. There shall, if necessary, be a sitting of the Territorial Court for the trial of criminal cases with a jury on the first Monday of each month (except in vacation unless otherwise ordered by the court or a judge). No. 19 of 1902, s. 7.

8. The Crown Prosecutor shall six clear days before any notify clerk of criminal sittings notify the Clerk of the Court if a jury is criminal cases. required for trial of criminal cases. No. 19 of 1902, s. 8.

Clerk to prepare

9. Upon such notice being received the Clerk shall trom special list for said lists of those residing within fifteen miles of the place criminal cases. of trial prepare a special list of forty-eight names in the order in which they appear on said jury list and submit the same to the judge holding the next criminal sittings, and the Clerk shall in the presence of said judge ballot singly until twenty-four names are attained which twenty-four shall constitute the jury panel and a precept in form B for the summoning of said panel shall issue. No. 19 of 1902, s. 9.

Names not

balloted for to

next special list.

10. The names not balloted shall be added to the next be added to special list prepared and balloted for as aforesaid, and the same shall be done in each case of selection until the end of the list is reached, when the list shall be gone over again from the beginning subject to the provision that no person shall be liable to serve more than twice in the one year. No. 19 of 1902, s 10.

Same

11. The same procedure shall be adopted for the sumprocedure in moning of juries for the trial of civil cases. No. 19 of 1902,

civil cases.

be tried

immediately after

criminal cases.

s. 11.

Civil cases to 12. All civil cases to be tried by a jury shall be tried immediately after the criminal cases, if any, in each month, and the same panel shall be used unless otherwise ordered by the Court or a judge, and if there is no criminal trials with jury, then the civil cases to be tried by jury, if any, shall be tried on the first Monday of each month and days following. No. 19 of 1902, s. 12.