Hearing of parties.

Delegation of powers to committees.

281. Every one who is entitled to be heard before the council or its committees may be so heard in person or through any other person acting on his behalf. 53 V. c. 51, s. 170.

282. The council may appoint committees composed of as many of its members as it shall judge convenient, and may delegate to them its powers respecting the examination of any question, the management of any business or particular kind of business, or for the execution of certain duties; but the committees shall render accounts of their labors and decisions by reports signed by their respective chairmen, or by a majority of the members present who compose said committees ; and no report or order whatever of a committee, except such orders as may be authorized by by-law, shall have any effect no force until until it has been adopted by the council at a regular or special meeting. 53 V. c. 51, s. 171.

Committee

reports to have

adopted.

Default in

meeting not to dissolve.

283. No council shall be deemed dissolved by the fact of any session or meeting thereof not having taken place. 53 V. c. 51, s. 179.

PART IV.

Title II Special Meetings.

SPECIAL MEETINGS
Convening, s. 284.
Place of holding, s. 285.
Entry in minutes, s. 286.

284-289.

Failure to notify members, s. 287.
Subjects limited, s. 288.
Adjournments, s. 289.

Convening.

284. Special meetings of any municipal council may be convened at any time by the head of the council or by onefourth of the members of such council, by giving before the day of meeting a reasonable notice of such meeting to all the members of the council; said notice shall be verbal or in writing, and, if in writing, mailed to the address of the members of the council, and shall contain notice of the subjects which are to be taken into consideration. 53 V. c. 51, s. 172.

meeting.

285. Special meetings shall be held at the ordinary place Place of of meeting of the council at the hour fixed for ordinary meetings, unless otherwise determined by the notice of the meeting, by an adjournment or by a by-law of said council. 53 V. c. 51, s. 173.

minutes.

286. The council, before proceeding to business at such Record in special meeting, must, if such be the fact, set forth and declare in the minutes of that special meeting, that the notice of meeting has been issued in conformity with the requirements of this Act to all the members of the council who are not present at the opening of the sitting. 53 V. c. 51, s. 174.

of notice.

287. If on the opening of the special meeting it appear Effect of want that the notice of meeting has not been sent to all the absent members, no business shall be transacted at the meeting, but the presence of any member of the council shall have the effect of waiving the necessity of notice so far as he is concerned. 53 V. c. 51, s. 175

special

288. At a special meeting no other subjects or matters Business at than those mentioned in the notice calling the meeting shall meeting. be taken into consideration. 53 V. c. 51, s. 176.

289. Any ordinary or special meeting, when there is a Adjournmentquorum, may be adjourned by the council to any other hour of the same day or to a subsequent day, without it being neccessary to give notice of such adjournment to the members who were not present; but, unless the adjournment be from day to day, a notice of such other adjournment shall be given, as in the case of a special meeting, to all the members of the council. 53 V. c. 51, s. 177.

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PART V.

OFFICERS OF MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS.

TITLE I. THE HEAD.

TITLE II. THE CLERK.

TITLE III. THE TREASURER.

TITLE

IV.

ASSESSORS AND COLLECTORS.

TITLE V.-AUDITORS AND AUDIT.

TITLE VI. DUTIES OF OFFICERS RESPECTING OATHS AND

DECLARATIONS.

TITLE VII. REMUNERATION OF

COUNCIL.

HEAD AND MEMBERS OF

TITLE VIII-SALARIES, TENURE OF OFFICE AND SECURITY.

Head of corporation.

Power to veto by-laws, &c.

Duty of head of corporation.

290. The head of every city, town and village corporation shall be the mayor thereof, and of every rural municipality the reeve thereof. 53 V, c. 51, s. 180.

291. The mayor of every city, town and village shall, in addition to all other powers, have the power of vetoing all and any by-laws, resolutions and measures adopted or passed by a vote of the council, authorizing the expenditure of money, at any time within twenty-four hours after the time of the adoption or passing of the same by the council, by giving to the clerk of the city, town or village notice thereof in writing:

Provided, however, that such veto may be removed or overruled by a two-thirds vote of the council at any subsequent meeting. 53 V. c. 51, s. 181.

292. The head of the council shall be the chief executive officer of the corporation, and it shall be his duty to be vigilant and active at all times in causing the law for the

government of the municipality to be duly executed and put in force, to inspect the conduct of all subordinate officers in the government thereof, and, as far as may be in his power, to cause all negligence, carelessness and positive violation of duty to be duly prosecuted and punished and to communicate from time to time to the council all such information, and recommend such measures within the powers of the council, as may tend to the improvement of the finances, health, security, cleanliness, comfort and ornament of the municipality. In case of the absence from the municipality or illness of the Appointment head thereof, the council may by resolution appoint from among their number an acting head, who shall, while so acting, have all the powers of the head. 53 V. c. 51, s. 182.

of acting head.

ᏢᎪᎡᎢ Ꮩ.

Title II.The Clerk.

Appointment and duties, s. 293.
Substitute in certain cases, s. 294.
Records open to inspection -Copies,
s. 295.

Return to Commissioner, s. 296.
To Department of Agriculture and
Immigration, s. 297.

and duties of

293. Every municipal council shall by by-law appoint a Appointment clerk, and the clerk shall truly record in a book, without note clerk. or comment, all resolutions, decisions and other proceedings of the council, and if required by any member present shall record the name and vote of every member voting on any matter submitted, and shall keep the books, records and accounts of the council, and shall preserve and file all accounts acted upon by the council, and also the originals or certified copies of all by-laws and of all minutes of the proceedings of the council, all of which he shall so keep in his office or in the place appointed by by-law of the council. 53 V. c. 51, s. 183.

in absence.

294. The council may by resolution provide that, in case Person to act the clerk be absent or incapable through illness of performing &c., of clerk. the duties of clerk, some other person, to be named in such resolution or to be appointed under the hand and seal of such clerk, shall act in his stead, and the person so appointed shall, while he so acts, have all the powers of the clerk. 53 V. c. 51, s. 184.

Inspection of books and papers.

Annual return of names and addresses of officers to be

cipal Comis

sioner.

295. Any person may inspect any of the particulars aforesaid, as well as the assessment rolls, lists of electors, poll books and other documents in the possession of or under the control of the clerk, at all seasonable times; and the clerk shall within reasonable time furnish copies thereof to any applicant at the rate of ten cents per hundred words or at such lower rates as the council appoints, and shall, on payment of the proper fee therefor, furnish within reasonable time to any elector of the municipality, or to any other person interested in any by-law, order or resolution, or to his attorney, a copy of such by-law, order or resolution certified under his hand and under the corporate seal of the municipality. 53 V. c. 51,

s. 185.

296. The clerk shall, on or before the first day of February in each year, transmit to the Municipal Commissioner sent to Muni- the names and post office addresses of the mayor or reeve, the clerk, the treasurer and the assessor or assessors of the municipality for the current municipal year; and any clerk refusing or neglecting to comply with this requirement shall incur a penalty of ten dollars, to be recovered with costs in the County Court having jurisdiction within the municipality, at the suit of any one who may sue for the same, and to be payable on recovery to the Provincial Treasurer, to form part of the Consolidated Revenue Fund of this Province; and such names and addresses, when received by the Municipal Commissioner, shall be published in the Manitoba Gazette for the information of the public and free of charge; and the clerk of every rural municipality shall, on or before the first day of June in each year, send to the Municipal Commissioner a certificate showing the number of acres of taxable lands and the total amount of assessment of real estate and personal estate separately within such municipality. 53 V. c. 51, s. 186.

Return of taxable property.

Annual vital statisties returns to

and Imm.

297. The clerk of every municipality shall in each year, within one month after the final revision of the assessment Dept. of Agr. roll, under a penalty of twenty dollars in case of default, make a return to the Department of Agriculture and Immigration on schedules or forms furnished by the said Department, of such statistics or information as the assessment roll or other records of his office afford and as such schedules or forms call for. 53 V. c. 51, s. 187.