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10 mi:ntcipal law.
owner or tuimut, property assessed on tlie last revised Assessment Roll of
the unniicipality, over and above all eneumhranees, to the amount of:
(1) In villao-es—Freehold to i-'iOO, or leasehoM to 8400
(2) 111 towns- " ' (JOG, " " 1,200
(;i) Incitu's- " " " " 2.000
. ' 1,000,
(4) In townships— " " 400, " " NOO
And in Muskoka, Parry Sound, Nipissing, Al^onia, Thunder Bay,
Manitoulin, Rainy River and Halihurton:
(5) In townshi])s and \'illa<^es— Freehold to !5lOO, (jr leasehoM to
8200.
(G) In towns— Freeliold to 8400, oi- leasehold to ??80().
II', at the time of election, the party is in aetual occupation of freehold
rated either in his own name or that ol Itis wife on the last revised Assess-
ment Roll at the value of i52,O00, he is entitled to be elected without regard
to any liens or eiicund)rances on the property.
No per.son otlierwise properly (|ualifieil shall be deemed to be disi|Uali-
fied on account of the sale of the property, or the expiration of the lease
between the return of the Assessment Roll and the election, providing he
still resides within the municipality, and who lias, either in his own or
wife's name, freehohl or leasehold suthcient to (pialify him, as previously
mentioned.
In such case the declaration of (|ualiHcation will be varie(l by striking
out all the words after the word "occupation " in tlie thirteenth line of
Sub-section 2, and inserting in lieu thereof, " And I had such an estate.
actually rated on the la.st revised Assessment Roll of this municipality;
(naming it) at an amount not less that 82,000."
'it- Disqualification. The persons dis<(ualitied from Ixing members
of councils are: Judges of courts of ci\il jurisdiction, gaoler or keeper of
a house of correction, sheritf, deputy sherirt', sheriff's bailiM', high bailitt' or'
chief constable of a city oi' town, assessor, C(jllector, treasurer or clerk of
any municipality, bailitt'of a division court, county ci'ow n attorney, regis-
trar, dejmty clerk of (lie crown, clerk of the county court, clerk of the
peace, or high school trustee, innkeeper or saloon-keepi'r or shopkeeper
licensed to sell .spirituous li(|uors by retail, license commi.ssioners or iii.spec-
toi of licenses, jMilici' magistrate and no jjerson having, by himself or hi.s
partner, an interest in any contract v.'ith the corporation, or ha\ing a
contract for the supply of goods or materials to a contractor for work for
wliich the corporation pays, or lialiie directly or indirectly to ])ay. or
which is subject to the control of the Council, or who has an unsatistied
claim for .srch goods or materials; and no person who, either, by him.self or
tl iroim' anotl ler, lias an y cli lim, action or pnjcecding against the municipal-
ity: and no person who is counsel or solicitor, either by himself or through
another, in the ])ros<'cution of any claim or action again.st the municipality,^
shall be (|ualitied to be a member of the Council of any muiiici[)al
corporatitni.
E.XCEPTIONS.—A
! I pensoii is not distjualitied on account of being a
shareholder in an incorporated company having contracts with the corpora-
tion, or one having a lease of twenty-one years of corporation property,