Enacting clause. Amendment of sec. 34 of cap. 36, of the Con. Stat., as to recovery of penalties. CAP. VIII. An Act to amend Chapter 36, Consolidated Statutes (Second tions. [PASSED 22ND MARCH, 1910.] SECTION 1. Amendment of sec. 34 of cap. 36, of the Con. Stat., as to recovery BE of penalties. E it enacted by the Governor, the Legislative Council, and the House of Assembly, in Legislative Session convened, as follows: 1. Section 34 of said Chapter is hereby repealed and the following substituted therefor: (34) Except where otherwise provided, all penalties and forfeitures imposed by this chapter shall be recovered in a summary manner before a Stipendiary Magistrate or Justice of the Peace. All penalties and forfeitures under this chapter may be levied, as well as the cost of such proceedings, in case of non-payment, by distress and sale of the offender's goods and chattels, by warrant under the hand and seal of said Stipendiary Magistrate or Justice of the Peace. CAP. IX. An Act further to amend" The Education Act, 1903." E it enacted by the Governor, the Legislative Council Enacting clause. and the House of Assembly, in Legislative Session convened, as follows: cap. 13, as to 1. Section 6 of "The Education Act, 1903," as substituted Amendment of by section 6 of the Act 5 Ed. VII., cap. 13, entitled "Ans. 6 of 5 Ed. VII, Act to amend the Education Act, 1903," is hereby amended, Teacher's as follows: (1) By repealing sub-section (a) of said section. (2) By striking out of sub-section (b) the words follow- (3) By adding to said section the following proviso: 2. Section 59 of the said Education Act, 1903, as substi- Amendment of sec. 59, of 5 Ed. tuted by section 16 of the said Act 5 Ed. VII., cap. 13, is VII, cap. 13, Amendment of Amendment of sec. 102 of 5 Ed. VII, cap. 13, by increasing hereby amended by striking out the words "in St. John's," after the words "other school" in the sixth line of said section, and inserting instead the words "in the Colony." 3. Section 9 of the said Education Act, 1903, is hereby amended by substituting the words "twelve hundred dollars" in lieu of the words "six hundred dollars" in said section. 4. Section 102 of the said Education Act, 1903, as substituted by section 17 of the said Act 5 Ed. VII., cap. 13, is amount of Grant, hereby amended by substituting the words "four hundred dollars" for the words "two hundred dollars" in said section. Application of sec. 8 of 9 Ed. VII, cap. 1. Respecting the distribution of the appropriation of $25,000 for certain purposes. 5. The provisions of section 3 of 9 Ed. VII., cap. 1, entitled An Act further to amend the Education Act, 1903," shall apply to the raising of moneys for the purpose of the equipment as well as the erection and remodelling of school buildings. 6. Out of such funds as shall be from time to time in the hands of the Minister of Finance and Customs, there shall be annually appropriated the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars to be apportioned amongst the several religious denominations of the Colony, according to population, and to be expended in the following manner and for the following purposes, that is to say: (1) The sum of five thousand dollars to be expended by the Governor in Council, on the recommendation of the proper Superintendent of Education, for the erection, remodelling, repairing and equipment of school buildings. (2) The sum of three thousand five hundred dollars for the use of the St. John's Boards of Education, to be expended by said Boards. (3) The sum of two thousand dollars for the use of the Education Act, 1903,' to be expended by the pro- (4) The sum of four thousand five hundred dollars for (5) The sum of three thousand dollars for the training (6) The sum of six thousand dollars to be expended on (7) The sum of one thousand dollars for the purpose of 7. The Roman Catholic Educational District of Little Placentia shall henceforth be known as the Educational District of Argentia. Renaming of the District of Argentia. Enacting clause. Polling Stations Duties of Returning Officer. Ballot Box for each Station. E it enacted by the Governor, the Legislative Council and the House of Assembly, in Legislative Session convened, as follows: 1. In addition to the polling districts constituted and the polling stations appointed in the several Electoral Districts outside of St. John's District, the Governor, by Proclamation, shall appoint in the town of St. John's one or more polling stations for each of the said Electoral Districts, and each polling station so appointed shall be under the control and supervision of the Returning Officer of its respective Electoral District, and for the purposes of "The Election Act, 1889," and the Acts in amendment thereof, shall be deemed to be a polling station within the Electoral District for which it is appointed. Such polling stations shall be kept open from the hour of eight o'clock in the morning. until eight o'clock in the evening of the day of polling 2. The Returning Officer for each of the said Districts. shall furnish the Deputy Returning Officer at St. John's with a full and complete copy of the revised list of electors for such Electoral District, and electors resident in any place in such Electoral District shall be entitled to vote at said polling station. 3. The Returning Officer shall also furnish the said Deputy Returning Officer with a ballot box and a sufficient |