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MUNICrPAL LAW
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I'W. Nomination and Polling Day. The nomination day shall be
Monday, onu week before polliiiff <lay.
If upon nomination day no more canilidates tor any division are
nominated than are reciuired to be elected, the Returnin;,' Othcer shall
declare such candidates elected, and .shall, upon the .same date, mail to the
C^omitv Clerk, by registered le-ttei' with postaj^-e prepaid, a certificate of such
election by acclamation. Hut if more candidates are nominated than are
re(|uired, he shall immediately after the time for withdrawal has elap.sed
certify to tlie County Clerk the facts ivith the names and addresses of the
candidates.
Vili. Nominations on Third Monday. The County Council may,
by b\'daw made before the 1st day of July in any year, provide that the
day for the nomination of reeve, deputy-reeves and councillors in town-
.ships shall be the third .Monday precedin*;' the day for pollin«r. In such
case the County Clerk shall forthwith transmit a copy of the by-law to
the clerks of the townshijts to which the .same relates.
1*^4. Resignations. Any per.son nominated may resiijn either at the
nomination meeting or on the foUowino- day. If after the meetin<i; the
i-esii;nation iinist be in writing', signed, witnessed and delivered to the
Nominatinji,' OtHecr.
If by reason of .such resitjnation only the requisite nund^er of candi-
dates remain, the Nonnnatinj;' Otiicer shall certify such candidates duly
electeil
1*45. Ballot Papers. Itis the duty of the County Clerk, innnediatelj^
after he receives the certificates from the Nominating Othcer, to prepare
and forward to die Clerk of each nuniicipalit}'' where elections are to be
held, before polling day, a sufficient number of ballot papers and other
necessary election papers, who shall supply the .same to the deputy
returning officers If all the members of such local municipality are
elected by acclamation, the Clerk shall, nevertheless, take all proceedings
necessary for hoMing an election of the member.4 of the Comity Council,
if an election is to be held.
The ballots and other neccssaiy papers and notices to be used shall,
as far as aiiplicable, be according to the forms provided in the Municipal
Act; and when not wholly applicable, shall be adapted to the election of
county councillors by the Clerk of the County Council, or clerks of the
local municipalities, or other officers, as the case may be, and the words
"County Councillors" .shall be printed on every .such ballot.
VHi. Voting for County Councillors. Each person qualified to vote
for members of the Local Municipal Council may vote for county coun-
cillors, and shall have as many votes as there are members of the County
Council to be elected in his division. Where there are two county coun-
cillors to be elected, he maj^ at his option, give both votes to one candidate,
in which case he must place two crosses ( x X ) within the division opposite
the name of such candidate.
But in no other case may a person give two votes for one candidate.
A resident voter being on the Voters' List for more than one municipality