Consolidated Ordinances of the Yukon Territory, 1948 — Ordinance respecting amend "The Judicature Ordinance" An Ordinance to a

Consol. Ord. 1948

Yukon — Historical Statutes

ORDINANCES OF THE YUKON T[RRITORY PASSED BY THE YUKON COUNCIL IN THE YEAR 1948 J. E. GIBBEN, K. c., COMMISSIONER Printed and Publl.shed for the Government of the Yukon Territory Under Authority of

Chapter 75 of the Consolidated Ordinances of 1914. BY W. A. WARDROP, King's Printer. 11

ORDINANCES OF THE YUKON T[RRIIORY PASSED BY THE YUKON COUNCIL IN THE YEAR 1948 J. E. GIBBEN, K. c., COMMISSIONER Printed and Published fol' the Government :If the Yukon Tel'ritory Undel' Authority of

Chapter 75 of the Consolidated Ol'dinances of 1914. BY W. A. WARDROP, King's Printer.

Chap. 1. 2. 3. 6. I. 8. 9. 10. 11. 1~. 13. H. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 2:l. 24. TABLE O~' CONTENTS An Ordinance to amend "The Judicature Ordinance" An Ordinance to amend "The Workmen's Compen- sation O.-dinance" ................................................................. . An Ordinance to amend "The Gasoline Tax Ordin- ance" ....................................................................................... .

An Ordinance to· amend "The Hospitals Ordinance" An Ordinance to amend "T'be Motor Ve;.licle Ordin- ance" ....................................................................................... . An Ordinance to amend "The Government Liquor Ordinance" ............................................................ _ .................. . An Ordinance Re,,'pecting Public Health ..................... . An Ordinance lo amend "The Bills of Sale Or,din- a.1ee" _ ...................................................................................... .

An Ordinance to amend "An Ordinance Respecting Hire Recei.pls and Conditional Sales of Goods" ...... . An Ordi·nance to Provide for the ImposItion and Col lection of a Tax on Per'sons Atten<:lillg Places of Amllsement ........................................................................... . 'An Ordinance to Provide for Old-Age Pen8ions ........... . An Ordinance to amend the "As"essment O.'dill- ance ........................................................................................ . An Ordinance to exempt J, ,B.

Kunze and E, Kunze 'from payment of License Fee on ElectrIc Light Plant in ~1ayo a.'ea for stated period ........................................ . An Ordinance to amend "The Sale of Beer Ordin- ance" ...................................................................................... .. An Ordinance to amend the "Wood man's Lien Ord- inance" ................................................................................. .. An Ordinance to amend "The Chiropractic Or-din· ance" ............................... : ...................................................... ..

An Ordinance to amend "The Fire Pr~vention Ord- inance" .................................................................................. .. An Ordinance to amend "The Yukon Game Ordin· ance" ...................................................................................... .. An Ordinance to amend the "Vital Statistics Ordin- ance" ...................................................................................... .. An Ordinance to amend the "The Yukon Medical Ordinance" ........................................................................... ..

An Ordinance to authorize and implement an agree ment between the Dominion amI the Tenitory ...... An Ordinance t.o amend "An Ordinance Respecting Partnerships" ....................................................................... . An Ordinance to amend the "Co-operative Ordin- ance" ...................................................................................... .. An Or(linance respecting the Yukon COl'poratlon Income Tax ............................................................................ ..

An Ordinance -for granting to the Commissioner certain sums of money to defray the expenees of the Public Service of the Territory and the City of Dawson ................................................................................... . Page. 1 2 3 4-5 6-10 11-12 13-32 33 34 35-39 40-42 45 46 47 48 49-51 53-54 55-57 ;~8 59 61-71 72-80

CHAPTER 1 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND liTHE JUDICATURE ORDINANCE." (Assented to July 23rd, 1948.) The Commissioner of the Yukon Territory, by and with co, c. 41. the advice and consent of the Council of the said Territory, enacts as follows:

Section 605 of the "Judicature Ordinance," being Amend .. s.

Chapter 48 of the Consolidated Ordinances of the Yukon 606. Territory, 1914,isamended by striking out the figures $100. in the fourth line thereof .and substituting therefor the figures $300.

lD17, C. 10; 1~47, C. 10. ,\ tn"nds A. S of First ~chedule. Loss of Tooth. P"yments during Treatment. 2 THE "VORKMEN'S COMPENSATION ORDINANCL

CHAPTER 2 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND "THE vVORKMEN'S COMPENSATION ORDINANCE.I! . (,1ssented to July 23rd, 1948.) The Commissioner of the Yukon Territory, by and with the advice and consent of the Council of said Territory, enacts as follows: 1. "The Workmen's Compensation Ordinance," being

Chapter 1 of the Ordinances of the Yukon Territory, 1917., as amended by

Chapter 10 of the Ordinances of 1947 is further amended by adding thereto immediately after

Section 3 of the First

Schedule to the Ordinance the following: "For the loss of a tooth or teeth the actual cost of replacing the same by an artificial tooth or denture, the extent of the dental services required to be determined by a duly qualified dental practitioner registered under the provisions of the Dental Ordinance and approved by " duly qualified medical practitioner provided and paid by the. employer. "In addition to the amounts payable under this

Section in respect of partial disability the workman shall be paid on the scale provided by

Section 4 of this

Schedule during such period as he i!! under treatment for the accident a'1d until he is restored to a fair condition of health. In no case, however, shall the length of such period exceed that provided by said

Section 4 in cases of temporary disabil!ty."

GASOLINE TAX ORDINANCI!

CHAPTER 3 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND liTHE GASOLINE TAX ORDINANCE." ~ .) (A ssenled to July 23rd, 1948.) The Commissioner of the Yukon Territory, by and with 19(0, C. 6; the advice and :consent.of the Council of the said Territory, 1942, c. 1. enacts as follows: L "Section 12 of the Ordinance :asenacted by

Section 2 of the Ordinances of the Yukon Territory, 1942, is amend ed by adding thereto immediately after paragraph (c) ·thereof the following: "(cl) Any planes operated for private or commercial use. " 2. This Amendment shall come into effect first day of August, A. D. 1948. .-'.mends, S. 12. Coming- In to force.

c. o. 1914. c. 4~. Re-en:J.cl ... s. 4. nrants from IlUhlle 1l1oneys. 4 THE HOSPITALS ORDINANCE.

CHAPTER 4 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND "THE HOSPITALS ORDINANCE" ( A sset1ted to JUly 23rd, 1948.) The Commissioner of the Yukon Territory, by and with the advice and consent of the Council of said Territory, ·enacts as follows: I.

Section 4 of "The Hospitals Ordinance," being Chap ter 43 of the Consolidated Ordinances uf the Yukon Ter ritory, 1914, is repealed and the following substituted therefor: "4. In case of public moneys being appropriated for the purposes of this Ordinance by the Commissioner in Council every such hospital complying with the require ments of this Ordinance and of all orders made by the Commissioner hereunder, shall receiv~ in each year aid from such monies to the extent and amount following that is to say:- "1.

Every such hospital shall have and receive $1.00 per day for each day's actual treatment and stay of every patient; "2. Every such hospital sh!lll have and receive an ad ditional grant of $4.00 per day for each day's treatment and stay of every partially free patient admitted to or being within such hospital during the calendar year for which such aid is granted, less the number of days repre sented by any money's worth given for such treatment by the patient. "3. Every such hospital shall have and receive an addi tional grant of $4.00 per day for each day's actual treat-

THE HOSPITALS ORDINANCE. ·s ment of every free bed patient and $3.00 per day for every free ambulent patient admitted to or being within such hospital." "4. The Commissioner in Council may vote additional monies from time to time as may be necessary to the hos pitals named in the

schedule hereto." 2. The Ordinance is further amended by repealing the

schedule thereto and substituting therefor the following: ilSCHEDULE St. Mary's Hospital, Dawson. Whitehorse General Hospital, Whitehorse . . Mayo General Hospital, Mayo." Re-enacts Sch:edu\l'.

.1947, C. 2. Ameods R. Ill. Feo! for Ilumber plate,,- lleplacE' r:\"nt of lost IIllmher platfl8. Arr. ..... d~ S. 14. Tourist Privileges P.e-E'O&cts SS 1 of S. 15, 6 THE MOTOR VEHICLE ORDINANCE.

CHAPTER 5 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND "THE MOTOR VEHICLE ORDINANCE." (.,-/ssenled 10 July 23rd, 1948.) The Commissioner of the Yukon Territory, by and with the advice and con~ent of the Council \)f said Territory. enacts as follows: J. Section) 2 of "The.Motor Vehicle Ordinance," being

Chapter 2 of the Territorial Ordinances of 1947, is amend ed by adding thereto the following subsections: "( 2A.) A fee of one dollar may be charged for each set of number plates issued pursuant to th(~ provisions of this Ordinance. "( 2B.) In case of the loss of number plates, a new pair of number plates of anoth'er number than that bornE: by the lost number plates may be obtained upon satisfactory proof being adduced as to the loss of the same and upon payment of a fee of one dollar." 2.

The Ordinance is further amended by adding to Sec tion 14 the following sub-section: " ( 4. ) No person not actually a resident of the Ter ritory shall operate, or permit to be operated, any motor vehicle not registered under this Ordinance upon any of the highways in the Territory for any greater period than ninety days to be computed from the time such motor ve hicle is brought into the Territory." 3. Subsection one of

Section 15 of the Ordinance is re pealed and the following substituted therefore:

THE MOTOR VEHICLE ORJ)JNANCE. 7 "15 ( 1) .No person shal1 drive a motor vehicle at any time during which he is not the holder of a subsisting dri ,·er's or chauffeur's license issued. pursuant to this Ord inance; provided, howevel:", that a person temporarily with in the Territory who is permitted to drive by the law of the country of which he is a resident may drive a motor vehicle without taking out a Territorial license for a period of ninety days, to be computed from thp time he entered the Territory." Drh·lng without lI(,E'n~E' prohibited. Provl"o. Re-~nact,

Section 44 of the Ordinance IS repealed and the fol- s. «. lowing substituted therefore .. "44 ( 1) The Controller or his duly appointed agent may direct that an appropriate and legible Stop Sign be erected at any intersection on a street or ilighway anywhere in the Territory. "

(2) On approaching such a Stop Sign the driver of a motor vehicle shall bring his vehicle to a full stop befon! 'proceeding to cross or enter upon the intercommunicating street or highway. "( 3) The driver of a motor vehicle who fails to bring the same to a full stop shall be guilty of an offence and shall be subject to the penalties provided by

Section 81 of this Ordinance. . 11

(4) Every vehicle about to enter upon any main high way as may be defined as such by any Ordinance, or upon any other highway, which, at the reque::;t of the local gov erning body has been designated and marked as a highway at which vehicles are required to stop or upon any inter

section at which it is required to stop by any by-law of any city, town .or vil1age, shall be brought to a stop at a point not less than ten feet nor more than fifty feet from such highway, and shall not enter upon .the highway either for the purpose of crossing it or of proceeding along it until the conditions of traffic on the highway are such that the vehicle can enter upon the highway with safety. Provided Stol'" ~~!~I)S. provision", re.

Parking llr,..as. prohibition. r('. ,'",,,, I ty. Amends S. RI. Enacts S. "90 A.

Fines ani! penaltle9 to Territory. 8 THE MOTOR VEHICLE ORDINANCE. however that the driver of any ambulance or police vehicle travelling in an emergency or a fire department vehicle responding to an alarm of fire, upon approaching a red traffic light signal, stop signal or stop sign at an intersection shall slow down as necessary for safety, but if giving clearly audible warning by siren, bell or exhaust whistle may pro ceed cautiously past the signal or sign." "( 5) The driver of a vehicle entering a highway from a private road or drive or from an alley-way or lane or from a street or highway on which he is required to stop before entering such highway, shall yield the right of way to all vehicles upon such highway.

"( 6) The Controller or his duly appointed agent may designate certain are.as or locations in the streets of incor porated .areas or towns or villages in the Territory within which.it shall be unlawful to park any JIlotor vehicle. Such areas or locations shall be marked by legible signs. "( 7) The driver of any vehicle who parks the same within a prohibited area or location shall be guilty of an offence ,and 'shall be subject to the penalties provided by

Section Slof this Ordinance." S.

Section '81 .ofthe said Ordinance is amended by strik ing out the word "fifty" :in the second line of paragraph (

a) thereof .and substituting therefor the word "twenty five." 6. The Ordinance is 'further amended by adding thereto the following section: "90A. All fines and penalties imposed by this Ordinance shall inure to the benefit of His Majesty in the right of the Territory, and shall from time to time be transmitted by the convicting magistrate or justice of peace to the Ter ritorial Treasurer and shall form part of the general re venue fund of the Territory."

THE MOTOR VEHICLE ORDINANCE. 9 7. The Ordinance is further amended by adding thereto 't1w following section: '''66A. Notw'ithstanding anything iri ~his Ordinance con tained, the Commissioner or his duly authorized agent may dassifv vehicles according' to dimensions, designs, use, wl!igh~, kind of load carried or otherwise, and for any or all cl-ass or cl-asses make regulations with respect to, (

a) parking of vehicles: (

b) obstruction of tra ffic; (

c) onc-way streets; (

d) prescribing routes of travel; (

e) pedestrian traffic; (

f) loading zones and bus stops; (

g) sa fety zones; {

h) preventing drivers of motor vehicles from maki'ng unncessary noise in the vicinity of hospitals; • (

i) preventing turning otherwise than at intersccticlls and otherwise regulating such turnIng; (

j) traffic on streets in the vicinity of public schools; (

k) traffic at intersections; .(1) traffic lanes; (Ill) the right-oF-way of one vehicle over another or of i pedestrian over a vehicle or \;ice versa; (

n) the directions that vehicbs must follow on certain streets, and if such regulations depart from the rules laid down in this ordinance and such departure is indicated to drivers of vehicles by 'means of signs or devices for controlling traffic or by traffic officers, every driver shall conform to any such regulations. vVhen a safety zone is established the zone shall be so plainly marked or indicated by proper signs as to be plainly visible at all time." .8. The Ordinance is further amended as follows:- Subsection (2) of

Section 34 of "The Motor Ve hicle Ordinance," being

Chapter 2 of the Ordinances of the Yukon Territory, 1947, is repealed and the following substituted therefor: Enacts S. 66 A. Powers to make Regulations, Re-enacts S. 34, SliI 2.

Speed. UD reasonahl.., rate of. 10 THE MOTOR VEHICLE ORDI~AN'CE. "(2.) (

a) Any person driving any motor vehicle within any city, town or village at a greater rate of speed than twenty-five miles per hour, or at a greater rate of speed than ten miles per hour in turning a corner, shall prima facie be deemed to be driving at an unreasonable rate of speed. " (

b) Any person driving a truck upon a highway, the weight of which unladen exceeds one and one-half tons, at a speed greater than thirty-five miles per hour, shall prima facie be deemed to be driving at an unreasonable rate of speed. "(

c) Any person driving a motor vehicle upon a high way at a greater speed than forty-five miles per hour, shall prima facie be deemed to be driving at an unreasonable rate of speed."

THE GOVERNMENT LIQUOR ORDINANCE. 11

CHAPTER 6 AN ORDINANCE TO AfVIEND ""THE GOVERNMENT LIQUOR ORDINANCE." .( Assented to JUly 23rd, 1948.) The Commissioner of the Yukon Territory, by anu with the advice and consent of the Council of the said Territory, enacts as follows:

Section 4 of the Government Liquor Ordinance, being

Chapter 1 of the Ordinances of 1921 (second session) is aJ\lended by adding thereto the folJowing sub-section: "( 2) The Commissicner may appoint a Superintendent of Liquor Control and shall fi~ the amount of salary or remuneration to b'~ paid to such officer. The Superinten dent of Liquor C:J!1trol shall, under the direction of the Commissioner, b. responsible for the administration of this Ordinance a).j the regulations made thereunder." 1!121 (rnll. S0~Hilt1n) C. 1. .-\rnend~ S. 4. 8uperill tend"nt. of liquor con trol m:lY I)" :lppol:ltp.d. 2.

The Ordinance is further amended by adding thereto Ena"ts S. 19A. the following section: "19A (1 ) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Ordinance or the Regulations to the contrary, a Ven dor may upon application therefor by an individual in charge of the organization of a banquet or any recognized society, association, club, or other duly constituted organi zation, whether incorporated or not, issuo! a special banquet permit to such individual or organization, authorizing the sale of sufficient liquor to satisfy the requirements of the said banquet.

"( 2) The issue of the special banquet permit shall be subject to the following requirements and limitations: BanQuet' permIts. Provision" reg;u·dlng.

12 THE GOVERNMENT LIQUOR ORDINANCE. (

a) The filing of an application with the Vendor, in such form as may be prescribed by the Commissioner, five clear days before the date of the proposed ban quet. (

b) Payment of a fee of two dollars for the permit. (

c) Not more than two permits to be issued to anyone individual or organization in anyone year. (

d) No permits to be issued for banquets to be held on Sundays, or clays when the Liquor Stores are re quired to be closed by law. (

e) The granting of such per.mit to be in the discretion of the Vendor subject to appeal to the Superintendent of Liquor Control."

YUKON HEALTH ORDINANCE.

CHAPTER 7 AN ORDINANCE RESPECTING THE PUBLIC HEALTH 13 (Assented to July 23rd, 1948.) The Commissioner of the Yukon Territory, by and with the advice and consent of the Council of said Territory, enacts as follows:

SHORT TITLE. 1. This Ordinance may be cited as ~he Yukon Health Ordinance.

INTERPRETATION. 2.

In this Ordinance unless the context otherwise re qUIres; (a) "Commissioner" shall mean the Commissioner of the ?:"ukon Territory; (b) "Local Board" means the Board of Health for a city, town, or village or rural municipality, or such person or persons as may be so designated by the Commissioner of the Yukon Territory. lnterprf'ta· tion, "Commis· sloner," "Local Board," ( c) "Municipality" includes city, town, village and "Munlcl· pallty," municipal district; (d) "Owner" means the person in possession of lands or permises or for the time being receiving the rent of lands or premises in connection with which the word is used, whe ther on his own account or as agent or trustee or any other person, or who would so receive the same if the lands and premises were 'let; (e) "House" includes hospitals, schools, factories and other b~ildings, huts and tents used for human habitation ··Owner."· ·'House."·

:l1l'(]i!'nl 1-II)'lIlh ()ffk"r. power to a:1i 1nint. HC1{u\;ttlone l'o\ver::; to l11:lke. 14 XUKON HEALTH ORDINANCE. or'work, 'whether such use ,is p(~rmanent or temporary ana ',whether the huts and tents ,are stationery or moveable; (f) "Street" includes highway, road, square, lane, court alley and passage. whether a thorough fare or not. MEDICAL HEALTH OFFICER. 3. The Commissioner may'appoint duly CJualified medi· cal practitioners to act as Medical Health Officers for the Yukon Territory or any part thereof. 4.

The Commissioner, or a Medical H'~aHh Officer, subject to the approval of the Commissioner, m:ly mak(· such rules, orders or regulations as he d,!ems necessary for the protection or in the interests of the public health or the relief of destitution, and in particular but without prejudice to the foregoing power, for 'any or all of the following purposes. (

a) the contro!' noti fication, prevention and treatment of comlllunicable diseases; (

b) the reporting to a medical health officer by every medical practitioner or persons under his treatment suffering from a communicable disease; (

c) the isolation or placing i~ a hospital or building provided for quarantine or isolation purposes, or in any other proper place, of any person having a com municable disease; (

d) the detention of conveyances which or persons who who have b'een exposed to a communicable disease, or persons who are living in unhealthy houses or con gested, unhealthy or infected localities i (

e) the supply of medical aid, accommodation and medi cine and such other

article or things as he may deem necessary for mitigating an epidemic or a communi cable disease;

YUKON HEAL TB ORDINI\NCE. 15 (

f) the keeping under surveillance of persons living in infected localities, the removal and departurt: of persons from such localities, and the passing from one locality to another and detention in a locality of persons who or conveyances which have been exposed to infection; (

g) the entry to the different ports or places i;l t!lI' Territory of steamboats or other vessels and their departure therefrom and the landing of passengers or cargoes therefrom, or from railroad carriages or cars, and the receiving of passengers or cargoes on board the same; (

h) the vaccination of children generally and of per sons entering or residing in the Yukon Territory who have not been vaccinated, or who are insufficiently protected by previous vaccinations, ·and the supply and quality of vaccine matter and serum; (

i) the location of cemeteries, making provision for the burial of unclaimed bodies and the bodies of indi gents, the safe and speedy interment of the dead and disinterment of the dead, the conduct of funerals, and the transportation of dead bodies; (

j) house to house visitation and inspection; (

k) the inspection, cleaning, purifying, ventilating and disinfecting of houses, schools, churches, hospitals, maternity homes, private hospitals, gaols, orphan ages, reformatories, public hotels. restaurants, board ing houses, tourist camps, laundries, garages and all other buildings and places of assembly, railway sta tions, steamboats, and other vessels, railway carriages and cars and ot.'-Ier public conveyances, and anything contained therein, at the expense of the owner, oc cupier or other person having the care or ordering thereof, and for the detention for that purpose of any steamboat or other vessel, railway carriage or

16 YUKON HEALTH ORDlN:\NCE. car or other public conveyance and anything contained therein or of any person travelling thereby, for such time as may be necessary; (I") the prevention .!nd rt!n1oval of nuisances and Wl· sanita ry conditions on public or private property; (

m) the entering and inspection of premises used for human occupation in a locality where the existing con ditions are in the opinion uf the Commissioner un sanitary; (

n) the prevention of overcrowding of premises used for human occupation, hotel bedrooms, tourist camps, common lodging houses and places of assembly, and fixing the amount of ai r spa"ce allowed for each in dividual; "( 0) the cleansing of streets, lanes, yards. lots, and the location of water closets, cesspools, privies, pig pens and wells and their cleansing by the local health authorities or by the owners or occupiers of houses -and adjoining tenements or otherwise; .'(

p) the organization by municipalities of a scavenging system, and the proper disposal at nuisance grounds controlled by the local board of health of all night soil and garbage; (

q) the construction and maintenance of water supply systems as regards the efficiency and purity of supply; (

r) the construction, maintenance, cleansing and disin fection of drains, sewers and systems for sewage dis posal; (

s) the plumbing, water supply, ventilation an'a heating of buildings and premises ; (

t) the situation, construction, ventilation, equipment, inspection and sanitary control of bakeshops;

YUKON HEALTH ORDINANCE. 17 eu) tlle construction, lighting, ventilation, heating, inspection and sanitary control of apartment block; (

v) the construction, maintenance, equipment, cleaming, disin fection and inspection of swimming pools; (

w) the situation, inspection, equipment, quarantining and sanitary management of market gardens, cream eries, dairies, 'Cowsheds and stables in conne.ction therewith; including the testing of cattle for tuber culosis, infectious bovine abortiun, or any disease communicable to human beings; (

x) dl~fining the standards of milk, cream and ice cream used for human consumption within the Territory; (

y) governing the licensing by municipalities of owners of cows the milk frcm which is lIsl'd for human con sumption and of persons operating depots or dairies at which milk is treated, bottled or otherwise handled in bulk; (

z) respecting the past(~urization of milk and the equip ment and operation of past~urizing plants and defin ing thl! process of pasteurization; (aa) the means of preventing the use of noxious man ures and fertilizers, and such as are dangerous to the public health; (bb) the method of carrying on noxious and offensi~e trades or businesses and the

summary abatement of nuisance, or injury to the public health, arising then! from; (cc) the inspection licensing, construction, furnishing equipment and maintenance, cleanSing and disinfect· ion of slaughter houses. and other places in which animals are killed or their meat prepared for sale or to be used for food, and all canneries, fish houses,

Enforce· ment of.

Appllcn t10n of. : 18 YUKON HEALTH ORDINANCE. smokehouses and warehousl!s in \vhich fish are cured, packed or prepared for sale or to be used as food, and all starch factories, dye works or factories in which blood, offal, or skins or paraffin, tallow, soap, or fertilizer or gas are worked up; (dd) the prevention of pollution, defiiement, discolour ation or fouling of lakes, ~treams, pools, springs and waters, so as to insure their sanita~y conditions; and the regulation of the cutting and storing of ice; (ee) the sanita ry control of lumbering, mining, cons truction, th reshing and other camps; (ff) the sanitary precautions to he taken In health and summer resorts; (gg) the management, maintenance, functions, duties and jurisdiction of boards of healch, m(~dical health officers and executive officers; (hh) the imposition, levying and recovery of penalties upon and from every person who violates any of the rules, orders or regulations made hereunder; (ii) the inspection and sanitary control of barbers' shops and ladies hairdressing, manicuring and beauty parlours: ( 2. lAn order, rule or regulation made "!lnder this

section may be enforced by penalties therein expressed, provided that no penalty shall exceed four hundred dollars for any one offence. ( 3.) An order, rule or regulation may be made applicable to any portion of the Territory, and may be enforced at the expense of any city, town village or municipal district in whole or in part affected thereby, or at the expense of any other portion of the Territory. affected thereby.

YUKON HEALTH ORDINANCE. .19 \ 4J An -crder, rule or regulation made under this

section :shall take cffect upon publication in the Yukon Gazette .and shalt have the lorcc of law and be so recognized by all Courts and sh.all be sufficiently proved by the production ,of a c.opy of the Yukon Gazette containing the same, or by the production of a typewritten or mimeographic copy certified by the Commissioner as a trul~ copy. PubUcat!on of. 5.

The Commissioner may declare any area or district QlIar:tntln-e, .or any steamboat, b~at or vessd running between points powet·" tf) ilnpO!C;0. in the Yukon Territory ill quarantine because cf ti1e cxis.- .ence therein or thereon 01 a contagiou.5 or infectious dis ease, and may appoint any medical practitioner as health officer, and may appoint sanitary inspectors for such dist rict or steamboat during the continuance of the quarantine .and may, subject to the provisions of this Ordinance, pre scribe thei r powers, dutie~ and remuneration. W~·AI. BOARDS. 6.

In every municipality the Council shall be the Board .of Health. 7. (

I) A Local Board shall h;\ve power to make, re voke, renew and alter sanitary orders, rules and regula~ tions, for the municipality not inconsistent with any orders, rules or regulations of the Medical Health Officer In re lation to any of the following classes of subjects: (

a) for the prevention or mitigation of infectious, epI demic, endemic or contagious disease In any manner deemed expedient; {

b) for supplying accommodation, medical aid and medi cines 'and such other articles as are deemed necessary; :(

c) for domestic quarantine and for preventing the ad mission of persons to, or the depa rture of persons from any infected building, house or place within the city or town and for detaining persons or things and closing up shops, dwelling houses and buildings Board nf Health. P.:-)v.·er~ of. to make regll\la tion:;:;., etc.

20 YUKON HEALTH ORDINANCE. that have been exposed to infection, for inspection and disinfection until the danger of infection is pass ed; (

d) for the cleansing, purifying, ventilating and disill fecting of dwellings,· hotels, tourist camps, saloons, schools, churches, public buildings and places of as sembly, carriages, cars and boats, and conveyances cOllling into or landing passengers in the municipality by. the owners, occupiers or agents or persons having charge of the same. (

e) for the reporting of all cases of disease, the safe and speedy interment of the dead, and the conduct of funerals; (

f) for the frequent and effectual cleansing of public and private buildings, yards and outhous(~s, by the owners, occupiers, tenants or agents thereof; (

g) for the removal of nuisances or anything declared by the Local Board to be detrimental to the public health; (

h) for the establishment, management and mainten ance of infectious disease hospitals, the isolation of patients out of hospitals and their removal to and detention therein; . (

i) for the appointment of -sanitary inspectors, to be paid by the municipality for the purpose of carrying out and enforcing the regulations and orders of the Local Board; (

j) for the doing of any work, matter or thing at the expense of the person who has been ordered or rf' qui red by the Local Board to do the same and has neglected or refused to do so, and for collecting and recovering the amount so expended by distress and sale of.goods or property of the person so neglecting or refusing, or by action at law or otherwise.

YUKON HEALTH ORDINANCE. 2f

(2) The Local Board may fix penalties for the violation of such sanitary orders, rules or regulations not exceeding $ ! 00. and costs for each offence.

(3) If a Local Board of Health neglects or refuses to perform any duty imposed upon it by this Ordinance or by a r ~gu!ation thereunder, every Ir,ember of the Board shall be guilty of an offence under 'this Ordinance; Provided however, that no member shall be guilty of an offence if he established to the satifaction of the justice of the peace that he was willing and ready at all times to do such things within his power and authority as were necessary for the proper performance by the Board of its duties. 8. (

I) The Commissioner may appoint officers to be known a" Sanitary Inspectors to assist the Medical Health Officers in carrying out the provisions of this Ordinance. (2-) Sanitary inspectors shall perform such duties under this Ordinance and the regulations thereunder as may from time to time be required by the Commissioner or Medical Health Officer. 9. The Medical. Health Officer and the sanitary inspec tors shall be' paid such salaries as may from time to time be fixed by the Commissioner. POWERS OF MEDICAL HEALTH OFFICER, AND SANITARY INSPECTOR. 10.

The Medical Health Officer or Sanitary Insp\!ctor may, in the day time. as often as he thinks necessary, enter into and upon any premises and examine such premises, and if upon such examination he finds that the premises are in an unclean state, or that any matter or thing is there which in his opinion, might endanger the public health, he rray order the owner or occupant or th:;: premises to clean the premises. 11. The Medical Health Officer. or Sanitary Inspector, may also enter any house, outhouse or premises, in the day Pennllies (nr bre~ch or regula tions. Penaltv fo,' (",\lure' to perform IIlIt}'.

S:1.nttary Inspectors n.ppolnt ment. Dllties of Salaries of Mp.dlcnl Health Officer and Snnltary Tnspector. Powers. Tn~l>ect premises. Examine Into heatth of persons.

l'owE',"" te:. el\(orce OTders. etc. nt::llloval of ohj.,,·t Ion able water. 22 YUKON .HEALTH ORDINANCE, time, or any car, steamboat, stage or other conveyance at 'any time, for the purpose of making inquiry and examina tion with respect to the state of health of any person there in, and may also cause any person found therein infected with a dangerously contagious disease or infectious disease to 'be removed to some hospital or other proper place: Pro vided no such removal shall take place unless such person can be removed without danger to life and unless such re .moval is necessa :'y in order to guard against the spread of such disease to the adjoining house or houses. 12: If tl:!! cwner or occupant of a house or premises neglects or refuses to obey the orders given by the Medical Health Officer or Sanitary Inspector, such officer may call to his assistance constables and peace officers and such otht!r persons as he thinks necessary, and may enter the dwelling or premises and cleanse them, and enforce therein the regulations made under this Ordinance, and re move therefrom and destroy whatsoever he considers it lleCC:::5ary to remove or destroy for th(; preservation of the public health. ! 3. vVhcre under the provIsIons of t~1is Ordinance the i\-Iedical Health Officer or Sanitary Insp€ctor removes any dirt, filth, refuse or other thing which is likely to endanger the public health or to become or cause a nuisance or which is or is causing a nuisance, the dirt. filth, refuse or other thing shall be .subject to the disposition of the Medical Health Officer or sanitary inspector, and the owner shaH ha ve no claim in respect thereof. 14. \Vhenever a physician knows that any person whom l'otlcc by h' 'I "h)'>liclan of e IS caJ ed upon to visit is infected with small-pox, scarlet ';olnlnunl- f d' hi' h 'd f b ""hie ever, Ip t lerta, typ 01 ever, bu onic plague or cholera, .Jj,.,p:lses. the physician shall within twenty-four hours give notice thereof to the Medical Health Officer. l'otiee to be afflxE'd to 1"'l'mlse8. 15.

The Medical Health. Officer within six 'hours after receiving a notice of the existence of scarlet fever, diph theria, small-pox, cholera or bubonic plague, in any house, shall affix or cause to be affixed by the head of the house-

YUKON HEALTH ORDINA!'KE. 23 hold or by some other person near the entrance of the hGuse a card at !ea~t twelve inches SqU3TC st~ting that ~uch disease exists in said' house, and no person shall remove. tr.c card without the permission of the Medical Health Of ficer. 16.

(1) A Medical Health Officer or sanitary inspec tor may at all reasonable times inspect any animal, carcass, meat, poultry, game, fish, fruit, vegetables, grain, bread, flour, milk, or other

article of food exposed for s3.le or deposited in any place for the purpose of sale or for pre para'tion for sale, and intended for food for man and the proof that the same was not exposed or deposited for any such purpose, or was not intended for food for man, shall be with the party charged.

(2) If any such animal, carcass, me ... .t, poultry, game, flesh, fish, fruit, vegetables, grain, bread, flour, milk, or other

article of food appears to such Medical Health Of ficeror inspector to be diseased, or unsound or unwhole some or unfit for food for man, he may seize and carry away the same and cause it to be destroyed or so disposed of as to prevent it from being exposed for sale or used for food for m·an.

(3) The person to whom the food belongs, or did be long at the time of exposure for sale, or in whose pos- session or on whose premises the said food was found, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding $100 fol' every animal, carcass, or fish, or piece of meat, flesh, fish, or any poultry or game or for the parcel of fruit, vegetables, grain, bread, flour, or for the milk so condemned, or for every other parcel or package of food; or at the discretion of the con- victing justice without the infliction of a fine to imprison- ment for a term not exceeding three months. Inspection of meats, et~.

Power te> order des trllctlon or. Penalty. 17, A Medical Health Officer or .sanitary inspector may, when obstructed in the performance of his duty, call. Powers to enforcl> to his assistance any constable, or other person he thinks orders. "te. fi c, the constable or other person called upon shall render such assistance as is necessary.

Power to employ assIstance. Power to fj'la rantne. 11n,,-er to h',:11 boats in q1larantine. Po'\\"er to detain Jh~rson or I"'on\"eyanet', (,Ieanslng of Infected thIng. Powers of quarantine. general. 24 YUKON HEALTH ORDlNANCE. 18. Whenever the Medical Health Officer, or sanitary inspector has authority to direct that any matter or thing . should be done by a person, he may 'also, in default of its being done, direct that the matter or rhing shall be done at the expense of the person in default, and may recover the expense thereof with costs by action or distress. 19.

Where a quarantine district is established a health officer or sanitary inspector m,ay prevent the departure or removal of any person or conveyance from the said quaran~ tined district or the entry of any person or conveyance into the said quarantined district as long. as may be necessary to insure that all danger of the spread of infection is pass ed. 20.

If a steamboat, boar or vessel is quarantined a health officer or sanitary inspector may prevent the ueparture or removal of any person or thing frolll the said steamboat, boat, or vessel as long as may be necessary to ensure that all danger of the spread of infection is past. 21.

(1) I f a person, conveyance or thing has been expos ed to infection or contagion, a health officer or sanitary inspector may detain the said person, cOllvcyance or thing as long as is necessary for inspection or ex~mination.

(2) Where a person, conveyance or thing has been de tained under the provisions of subsection I, the health officer or sanitary inspector may order the cleansing, puri fying and disinfecting of the said person, conveyance .or thing at the expense of the owner, occupier or the person having the care or control thereof, as the case may be.

(3) In particular, but without limiting the generality of the provisions in subsections 1 and 2, a health officer or sanitary inspector, for the purpose of giving effect tn subsection 1 or 2, may order the detention of any steam boat, railway carriage or car and any public conveyance and anything contained therein and any person travelling there by as long as may be necessary to ensur(:J that all danger of the spread of infection is past.

YUKON HEALTH ORDINANCE. 25 22.

A milk vendor shall permit all his milch cows and ~!~dor. cow byres 'and all dairies and other places in which milk is kept or sold for general use, to be inspected by the Medi- cal Health .Qfiicer or his lawful representative, and no ven- dor of milk shall keep any milk intended for sale or which may b: .afterwa·rds sold or offered for sal~ in the Yukon' Territory, in any place wlwre such milk is likely to become :unwholesome or liable to produce disease, either by reason of adulteration .or contamination with sewagp, absorption .of disease germs, infection of cows, uncleanliness or any other recognized cause, or in any place condemned by the Medical He.alth Officer. 23.

The Medical Health Officer may destroy any cow ,I ffected with any communicable disease. 24. The Medical 'Health Officer or sanitary inspector may establish a nuisance ground within the immediate vicin itv of .any town or village in the Territory, within which ,111 ga~bage and refuse shall be deposited in accor::an('c with regulations made by the Medical Health Officer. 25. The Medical Health Officer or san!tary inspector may change any nuisance ground from time to time as oc-. . caslOn requl res. Cows. des· tructlon 0>£. NuJS8.lIce ground"- Change of. 26

(1) The Medical Health Officer may analyze or Water Annlyses. may order the analyses of water which is being used or sold or being offered for sale or use for the purpose of human consumption in any part of the Yukon Territory for which he has been appointed to act as Medical Health Officer.

(2) If in the opinion of a Medical Health Officer such water is not pure, and is unsuitable for consumption by man and beast, he may by a written notice served on the persons using such water or controlling its use or' supply, forbid the future use or supply of such water. Prohibit uSe 0(.

(3) If at any time after the giving of such notice steps ~f~; are taken by the persons using such wate, or controHing its

Wells, filling. l'~nalty. Food b,"dle,.", examina tion. Nollce. Heport. Offence. No action to lie. 26 YliKON HEALTH ORDINANCE, use or supply, to render it safe for consumption and upon further analysis the water is found to be ~,afe for consump tion, the Health Officer shall withdraw his ban on the us!~ and supply of such water. ( 4) The' Health Officer ma y by writttm notice direct that wells which are thp source of water that is not safe for consumption as herein provided, shaH be forthwith fill ed up by the owner, lessee, or person, in p,)ssession or oc cupation of the premises on which they are situated.

(5) A person who fails to obey a dir~cti0'l ?f the Medi cal Health Officer made under the provisions' of this

Section shall be guilty of an offence and shall be subject 'to the penalties prescribed by this Ordinance. 27 (

I) The Medical Health Officer may require a person who handles food in the course of the sale, «;ooking or other preparation thereof, or when it is 'being served, to attend and submit. to physical examination for communic able diseases, and in particular for .venere,al disease or tu- berculosis. .

(2) The Medical Health Officer shall give to a person whom he desires to examine a written notice stating tht· .time and the p!ac2 for the examination.

(3) The Medical Health Officer shall communicate his 'findings on every such examination to the person. examin ed, to the Commissioner, to the employer of such person and· to the Officer in command of the nearest Detachment of Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

(4) It shall be an offense against this Ordinance for an employer or any other person (with the exception of the Commissioner and the Officer in command of the R. C. M. Police in Yukon Territory) to publish to a third person the notice of any such findings of the Medical Health' Officer, whether or not such published version cor rectly states the nature of the findings.

(5) No .action shall lie against the Medical Health Officer in respect of an examination made by him under

YL'KON HEALTH ORD.JNANCE. 27 this section, nor for any consequences physical or other wi~e of such examinati_on, nor for any communication made by him as above provided.

(6) A pl~rson who fails to attend for examination at the time -and place specified in the notice from the Medi· cal Health Officer, or who, upon attending, fails to sub· mit to exam'ination or obstructs in any way the efforts of the Medical Health Officer, shall be guilty of an offencf' and shall be subject to a penalty, not exceeding $100 and in default of payment to imprisonment for a period not ex· ceeding two months.

(7) This

section shall not apply to pe:'sons who co:)1;: ;Qr serve food in private dwellings . . APPOINTMENT OF LOCAL HEALTH OFFICER. Penttlly. Exception, , 'Hp.allh .28. A' mimicipality may appoint a health officer, and, Office,', .,. 'local. ~Ubjl~ct' to the provisions of this Ordinance, may pn~scribc his powers, duties and remuneration, and the clerk of tlw council of the municipality shall file a notice of such ap· pointment with tLc Commissioner within fourteen days thereafter. 29. The Health Officer of a municipality shall before the third day of every m~nth report to the C9mmissioner in form A in this

schedule to this Ordinance, tht.: number of c,ases of contagious or infectious disease and of typhoid fever arising within the limits of such city or town during t!1e preceding month. GENERAL. Report by, General. 30. 'Vhenever a disease of a fatal or malignant char- 1Jnsanitar~' dweUlng, acter is discovered to ,exist in an, y' house 'and such house remov!!1 is situated in, an unhealthy or crowded place or is in a filthy or neglected state or is inhabited by toq many persons, the health officer having jurisdiction may compel the inhabi tants of the 'house to remove therefrom and may place them in other adequate shelter until measures 'have been taken from,

HespolIsi hlll!~' or person!l and pena.ltles. 28 Yt'KON HE .. UTH ORDINANCE. for the - immediate cleansing, ventilation, purification' 01- disinfection of. such house. 31.

(1) A person who- (

a) having reason to believe that he, or any perso~ over whom he has control whether as parent, guardian or master, or captain of a steamboat, or that anything within his possession, has become infected, and who , does or causes or permits to be done any act whereby any other person is or may become exposed to in fection, or wh~ ·refuses or neglects to cause the dis infection of such person or thing as is herein pre- scribed: ~., . (b) , being occupant CIf an in fected house, causes or per mits to enter there'ln any person who is not a medical practitioner or other necessary attendant on the sick or a person acting under instructions from any health officer; , (

c) not being an inmate of an'infected house or a resi dent of a quarantined district: or a medical practi tioner or other necessary attendap.t on the sick, or a person acting under instructions' from a health offi cer knowingly enters any infectea house or steam boat; (

d) being a physician in attendance on an infected per son fails to take such precautions' as to disinfection of his person and clothing as are prescribed by the Medi<;al Health Officer i (

e) being a nurse or other person charged with the care or nursing of an infected person or of a person ill of typhoid fever refuses or neglects to take such mea sures respecting the disin fection and disposal of the discharges from such person as are prescribed by the Medical Health Officer;

YUKON HEALTH ORDINANCE. 29 (

f) being owner or tenant of an infected house either by himself or his agent knowingly offers for sale or hire such house or part th~reof without first causing it to be disinfected as prescribed by the Medical Health Officer; (and for the purpcses of this

section a house shall be deemed to be lpt for hire to any part of which any person is admitted as a boarder or lodger) ; (

g) being the parent or.guardian of a pupil in attend- . ance at a school residing in any house which has be come infected, or the proprietor of a house which has become infected at which any child is boarded or lodg ed, therea fter allows such pupil to a ttend school without first delivering to the teacher of such school a medical health practitioner's certificate .certifying to the fact that the disinfection prescribed by the Medical Health Officer has been done under his ., direction both as to the person and clothes of the child and the house at which it is boarded or lodged: shall be guilty of an offence and liable on

summary con viction thereof to a penalty not exceeding $50. and costs: Provided that any healthy adult inmate of any house in fected with measles or scarlet fever may under the direction of a medical practitioner be disinfected as to his person and clothing as prescribed by the Medical Health Officer and thereupon be allowed to change his \place of abode; and, Provided that any inmate of any infected house may do whatever i~ necessary to procure medical or other aid in any emergency;

(2) The medical practitioner in attendance or a health officer may order the removal of an infected person or thing· to any hospital, pest house or any isolated building or tent provided for the purpose. 32. A person who knowingly, without permission of the Medical Health Officer having jurisdiction, brings into the Territory another person who is ill of a communicable proviso. Removal of infected person. Penalty for brIng Ing Into Territory.

Notice ot con'l:luni cltble disease. 'l\,..p~ct1on ,~, (~f.·~R,..nnl ctr ... 1 ',,"alty. .P~nalty. J-'enal tiE's. general. Penaltles to be . ':"ntinulng. 30 YUKON HEALTH ORDINANCE. disease, dangerous to the public health, shall be liable to a penalty of not less than $100 or more than $400. 33.

WheJ.1 a person becomes sick of small-pox, malig nant cholera, diphtheria, tyhoid fever, sC;lrlet fever or any other in fe~tiou.s disease, in a house,· vessel or other place, in the Territory, the proprietor or oth'!r person in charge or possession of the house, vessel or plac;;, sLall display in some conspicuous place thereon a yellvw ·flag or a pla card, not less than twelve inches square. and shall k~ep it displayed during the prevalence of the infectious disease. 34. (

I) A medical practitioner attending a porson ill of typhoid fever outside the limits of a municipality shall inspect the premises where such person resides and if he believes that the water supply has become contaminated by a cesspool or privy pit he shall forthwith notify the owner or occupant of the premises to cause immediate disinfection of such cesspool or privy pit.

(2) A medical practitioner who refuses or neglects to comply with the provisions of this sectioil shall be guilty of an· offence and liable on

summary conviction thereof to ~ penalty of not exceeding $10 and costs. (

J) Any person who refuses or neglects to obey an order or notice given pursuant to the provisions of this

section shall be guilty of an offence arid liable on summar~' conviction thereof to a penalty not exceeding $10. and costs. PENALTIES. 35. ( 1) A person who violates any prOVISIOn of this Ordinance or any regulation made by the Commissioner or Medical Health· Of ficer thereunder, shall unless a penalty is otherwise provided for be liable to a penalty not exceed ing $100 and costs for each offence_

(2) Where a person has been convicted;~.f ;tn offence under this OrdInance, or under any regulation of the Com missioner or Medical Health Officer in force thereunder,

YUKON HEALTH ORDINANCE. .11 and such offence is in the nature of an omission or neglect. or is in respect of the existence of a nuisance or other un· sanitary condition, which· it is such ·person's duty to remove, or is i~ respect to the erection or construction of anything ·contrary to the provisions of this Ordinance, or of any regulation of the Commissioner or the Medical Health Officer in force thereunder, then in case the proper au thority in that behalf gives reasonable notice to such person to make good such omission or neglect or to remove such nuisance or unsanitary condition, or to remove the thing which h~s been erected or constructed contrary to this Ord inance or to its regulations, aQd default is made in respect thereof, the person oi- fending may be convicted for such· default, and shall be liable to the punishment that was, or might have been imposed for the origiilal offence, and so on time from time to time as often as after another convic tion a new notice is given and the default continues; and in the case of a third or subsequent conviction. it shall riot be • necessary in the information, conviction or other proceed ings to make any reference to any conviction except the first, or to any notice except that in respect of which the proceed ings are tl)en· being taken. 36.

A person who defaces, destroys, or removes a notice provided for by this Ordinance before the disinfection herein provided for has been done shall be guilty of an offence and be liable on conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding $10 and costs. 37. A person who neglects or refuses to obey an order given to him by a health officer, medical practitioner or sanitary inspector pursuant to the provisions of this Ord inance shall be guilty of an offence and on

summary convic tion thereof to a fine not exceeding $100 with costs. 38. A person who assaults, obstructs, molests or hin ders a health officer, constable or other "person in the- ex ecution of any duty or exercise of a power conferred upon him by this Ordinance shall be guilty of an offence and liable on

summary conviction tilereof to a penalty not ex. ceeding $25 and costs .. Penalty to." destroying notice. Penalty tor refusing to obey order. Penalty tor obstructing.

p~,,,, I ties 'fl enure 1 .. Territory. PIl\\'ers to Illal{e ex- 1>t!llClitnres. Emergency /l"'(lieal aid. Powers to prohibit Ingress. Repeal. 32 YUKON HEALTH ORDlNANC~. 39. All fines and penalties imposed by this Ordinancl' shall inure to the benefit of His Majesty in the right of the Territory, and shall be transmitted from time to time by the convicting magistrate or justice of the peace to .tlll· Territorial Treasurer, and shaH form r>art of the g(;neral revenue fund of the Territory. EXPENDITURE UNDER ORDINANCE. 40.

The Commissioner may order tht: payment of any fee, allowance or other remuneration for the services ren dered or supplies furnished under the provision~ of this Ordinance out 'of the general revenue fund. 41.

Where the necessity and urgency for so doing is established to the satisfaction of the Commissioner by reason of the inability of any person or the friends of al~y person who may be suffering from any communicable di::: case. to provide for such person the medical aid, accom modation, and such other services or articles necessary to mitigate or prevent the spread of any such disease thl: Commissioner may in his discretion authorize the Medical Health Officer or any other person to provide such medi cal aid, accommodation or other service or

article as may be required for such person, and the cost of the same may be defrayed out of the general revenUl~ fund. DISEASE OlTTSIDE THE TERRI1'ORY. 42. When any part of the Territory becomes exposed to any contagious, infectious or epidemic disease then ex isting in any place outside the Territory, the Commissioner may declare that such disease exists in such places as afore said and proscribe all ingress to the Territory therefrom for a period to be named in such order. 43 The Yukon Health Ordinance, being

chapter 40 of the Consolidated Ordinances, 1914, is hereby repealed. Form A, -

Section 29. Reports of Contagious and infectious diseases Attended by Dr. of during month of A. D. 19 Name of patient Age Sex Residence Disease Remarks Dated at this day of A. D. 19 M. D.

THE .BILLS OF SALE ORDINANCE.

CHAPTER 8 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND "THE BILLS OF SALE ORDINANCE." I ' 33 (AssenJed 10 July 23rd, 1948.) The Commissioner of the Yukon Territory, by and with c. o. 1914. the advice and consent of the Council of said Territory, c. 7. enacts as follows:

Section 33 of "The Bills of Sale Ordinance", being

Chapter 7 of the Consolidated Ordinaces of the Yukon Territory, 1914, is amended by c;triking out the second line thereof and substituting therefor the following: "sh~ll charge the following fees, which shall inure to the benefit of His Majesty in the right of the Territory .and. shaIl from time to time be transmitted by the said clerks to the Territorial Treasurer and shall form part of the General revenue fund of the said Territory." Amends S. 33.

C. O. 1914, C. 42. Amends S. 10. 34 THE CONDITIONAL SALE OF GOODS ORDINANCE.

CHAPTER 9 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND "AN ORDINANCE RESPECTING .1·lIRE RECEIPTS AND CONDITIONAL SALES OF GOODS." (Assented 10 JUly 23rd, 1948.) The Commissioner of the Yukon Territory, by and with the advice and consent of the Council of said Territory, enacts as follows: l.

Section 10 of "An Ordinance r~specting Hire Re ceipts and Conditional Sales of Goods," being

Chapter 42 of the Consolidated Ordinances, 1914, is amended by add- ing thereto the following subsection: . "2. The said fees shall inure to the bp.nefit of His Ma jesty in the right of the Territory and !=hall from time to time be transmitted by the said clerks to the Territorial Treasurer and shall form part of the General Revenue Fund of the said Territory."

THE AMlJSEl\1ENT TAX ORDINANCE. 35

CHAPTER 10 AN ORDINANCE TO PROVIDE FOR THE IMPOSITION AND COLLECTION OF A TAX ON PERSONS ATTENDING PLACES OF AMUSE MENT. (.·-/sse'!lted to fuly 23rd, 1948.) The Commis::ioner of the Yukon Territory, by and with the advice and consent of the Council of said Territory, enacts as foHows: L This Ordinance may be cited as the "Amusement Tax Ordinance." Interpre tation. 2. In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise re qUires :- 'iCommissioner" means the Commissioner of tlw Yukon "Commls "loner."' Territory.

"Owner of a place of amusement" includes any indi\7idu aI, firlll, association, company, or corporation operating a place of amusement in the Territory.

"Place of amusement" includes any theatre, moving picture theatre, open air theatre, amusement-hall, concert hall, music-hall, circus, menageries, racecourse, baseball park, athletic park, amusement park, skating-rink, dancing hall, dancing pavilion, or any hotel, restaurant or cafe in . which facilities are supplied for and used by the public for dancing, or other place where an exhibition or entertainment is given or game played and an entrance fee or other fee is charged or collected through the sale of tickets or other wise, and such other places as may from time to time be declared to be places of .amusement by Order of the Com missioner, published in the Yukon Gazette. ·'()wll(?r.

" "Place of 8nluse ment." ·3. (1 ) Every· person attending an exhibition, perform- ~;.~. pay ance, entertainment, or dance at a plate of amusement,

OoIleC'I,lon of tax. Tickets.

Receptacle for. 36 THE AMUSEMENT TAX ORDINANCE. whether within the boundaries of a municipality or else where, shall, upon each admission thereto, pay to His Majesty for the public use of th.e Territory a tax equal in amount to five per centum of the price: of admission. (2.) Every person attending an exhibition, perform ance,or entertainment at a place of amusement; who is ad mitted thereto by season ticket, pass, or complimentary ticket, shall, upon each admission, pay such tax as is fixed by or under this Ordinance in resp'ect of the regular price of admission, or otherwise, to the seat or space in the place of amusement which he is entitled to occupy. (3.) Every person atttending a professional boxing bout or professional wrestling match at a place of amusement shall upon each admission thereto pay to His Majesty for the public uses of the Territory a tax equal in amount to ten per centum of the price of admission. (4.) Where no entrance fee is charged or where merely a nominal fee is charged for admission to a place of amusement, and in lieu of or in addition to the entrance fee a table or cover charge or fee is charged or collected, every person attending an exhibition, performance, enter tainment, or dance at that place of amusement, whether within the boundaries of a municipality or elsewhere, shall pay to His Majesty for the public uses of the Territory a tax equal in amount to ten per centum of the charge or fee, or entrance fee and charge or fee so charged or coll~cted. 4.

The tax shall be collected by the owner of the placf~ of amusement by means of tickets or otherwise, and the Commissioner may allow the owner or any other person such commission upon the sale of the tickets or L1pon the tax collected as he may fix. 5. The tickets shall be supplied or approved by the Com missioner and shall be in such form as he may prescribe . . 6. The owner of a' place of amusement shall place at the entrance thereto a receptacle of such pattern ~s may

THE AMUSEMENT TAX ORDINANCE. J7 be approved by the' Commissioner for reclOiving and des troying the tickets sold under this Ordinance. 7. Every person who, without having previously paid the tax provided for by this Ordinance, enters a place of amusement in the Territory for the purpose of attending an exhibition, performance, entertainment, dance or race· meeting shall be liable, on

summary conviction, to a penalty of not less than ten dollars and not mor~ than two hundred dollars. 8. Every owner of a place of amusement and every employee of an owner of a place of amusement who permits or authorizes, or is a party or privy to, the admission of any person to a place of amusement for the purpose of attending an exhibition, performance, entertainment, dance, or race-meeting therein without payment of the tax provid ed by this Ordinance shall be liable, on

summary conviction, to a penalty of not less than ten dollars and not more than two hundred dollars. 9. ( 1.) Except as provided in this section, this Ordinance shall not apply to any fair or exhibition held by any so ciety or association incorporated under any Ordinance of the Territorial Council, where the receipts from entra~ce fees charged or collected in respect of the fair or exhibition, after payment thereout of the necessary expenses of the fair or exhibition, are used exclusively for the purposes of the society or association. (2.) Where, as a part of or in connection with the fair or exhibition, any place of amusement is operated in res pect of which an entrance fee is charged or collected sep arately from the fee charged for general admission to the fair or exhibition, the provisions of this Ordinance shall apply to that place of amusement. (3.) Where a race-meeting is held upon any racecourse operated as a part of or in connection with the fair or exhibition, the provisions of this Ordinance shall apply to the racecourse so operated.

Penalty tor evadIng. Pen'llty for non-collec lion. A ppl\C'n.t1on of Or.lInance to 91de shows, etc.

Ohlig-alinn or' ucrsun . • r:.-(lll;~cttllg. 38 THE AMUSEMENT TAX ORDINANCE. 10. Every person who receives or collects any money :by way of ·tax 'under this Ordinance shall be deemed to ,held the same in trust (or His Majesty and for the payment 'over of the same in the manner and at the time provided by or under this Ordinance. ]~l1fUI"I."t:'nlenl . "r O",lln allce. 11.

The Territorial Treasurer shall be charged with the duty of enforcing the provisions of this Ordinancf: under the direction of the Commissioner and in accordanc~~ with the regulations, and the Territorial Treasurer shal! carry out and observe the directions given to him by the Ccmmission(~r in that behalf. !'-UWt;rs uf in:--;p~l·tlnn. EXelnl-'Lioll pp.rmlts. Ite~ula !.Ions. 12. Every constable or officer of the.

Royal Canadian Mounted Police Force and every person authorized by th(~ Commissioner may enter any place of amusement to asce"· tain if the provisions of this Ordinance are complied wit:'. 13. ( 1) The Territorial Treasurer or any official 'in t~,(~ (!I:Jploy of the Crown who is authorized in writing by the Commissioner for the purpose may by permit in writing grant exemption from the provisions of this Ordinance in respect of any exhibition, performance, entertainment, er dance where the proceeds thereof enure to the benefit of c~laritab]e or patriotic institutions, societies, or organiza. tions, and where no part of the net proceeds thereof enures to the benefit of any private stock·holder or individual. . (2.) Permits may be granted under this

section in such form and subject to such terms and conditions as the Commissioner may. from time to time direct. 14. (1.) The COlllmissioner may make such regulations as may be deemed expedient for the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of this Ordinance, and may, as to patrons of any class or classes of places of amusement, in· crease the tax hereby imposed to an amount not exceeding twenty.five cents on each admission,. and may exclude from the operation of the Ordinance any class or classes of . amusement. (2.) Without thereby limiting the generality of the pro VISions contained in this section, it is declared that the

THE AMUSEMENT TAX ORDINANCE. 39 power of the Commissioner to make regulations shall ex tend to:- (

a) Declaring places of amusement in addition to those lIlentioned in s(!ction 2, and, for greater certainty, de· fining any place of amusement so mentioned: (

b) Requiring owners of places of amusement to keep displayed thereat notices showing the prices of ad mission thereto and the respectiv(~ amounts of tax payable thereon under this Ordinance; and prescrib ing the form and manner of displaying the notices: (

c) Prescribing the records a"nd reports which shall be made or kept by owners at their respective places of amusement, and providing for the auditing and in· spection of the same: (

d) Prescribing the times and manner of the accounting for, depositing, and payment over by any person of all tax moneys received or collected by him under this Ordinance. (

e) Imposing penalties for the enforcement of any regu lation made under this Ordinance. 15. Where the licensee of any moving-picture theatre collects any taxes imposed by this Ordi.nance in respect of persons attending any performance thereat, if he fails to account for and pay over the amount of the taxes within the time and in the manner prescribed by the regulations, the Commissioner, or his duly apppinted agent may suspend the license of the licensee.

On payment in full by the licensee of the amount of taxes so collected, without the deduction of· any commission therefrom, the Commissioner or his agent shall revoke the suspension of the licence. and re instate tlle licensee in his rights thereunder. 16. This Ordinance shall come into force first day of September, A. D. 1948. SlIElpenslon "f Ilcen8e fr,,. default !n Ht'C"r)unt m~. Coming j"w r')rce.

Short title. "\gTeement with i)on1lnlon. Old-age pensIons. .·\dmlnls tratfon or OrdInance. 40 TH.E OLD AGE PENSIONS ORDINANCE.

CHAPTER 11 AN ORDINANCE TO PROVIDE FOR OLD-AGE PENSIONS (.1ssented to July 23rd, 1948.) The Commissioner of the Yukon Territory, by and with the advice and consent of the Council .of said Territory, enacts as follows: 1. This Ordinance may be cited as the "Old-age Per. si on Ordinance." 2.

The Commissioner of the Yukon Territory may enter into an agreement with the Governor-General in Council as to a general scheme of old-age pensions in the Territory pursuant to the provisions of any act of the Dominion heretofore or hereafter passed and the regulations made thereunder, and for the payment by the Dominion to the Territory quarterly of an amount equal to seventy-fIve per cent of the net sum paid out during the preceding quarter by the Territory for old-age pensions pursuant to the pro visions of this Ordinance. 3.

The Commissioner may by Order authorize and pro vide for the payment of old-age pensions in the amount of Fifty Dollars per month to the persons and under the con ditions speci fied in any Act of the Dominion heretofore or hereafter passed, and the regulations made thereunder. 4. (1.) This Ordinance shall be administered by a Board to be known as the "Old-Age Pension Board" and the following provisions shall apply to the Board: (

a) The Board shall consist of the Stipendiary Magis trate in and for the Yukon Territory, the Territorial Treasurer and the member of the Yukon Council for Whitehors~ ..

THE -OLD AGE PENSIONS ORDINANCE. 41 (

b) The Stipendiary Magistrate shall act as Chairman. ~

c) In the absence of the Chairman or in the c,ase of his inability to act, any other member may act as Chairman; (d)V\'here .a member appears to have acted for or instead .of the Chairman it shall be conclusively pre· sumed . that he so acted for one of the reasons men tioned in clause (c); (

e) The presence of two members shall constitute '\ quorum of the Board. < 2.) The Board shall also be charged with thl! considl~r ation of applications for, Old-age Pensions and tlw payment ·of Old-age Pensions. 5.

In the absence of any' special appropnatlon of th~ Council available fqr the' purposes of this Ordinance, all moneys necessary to meet the old-ag:! pensions payable under this Ordinance and the salaries and expenses neces sarily incurred in the administration of this Ordinance shall be paid out of the General Revenue Fund of the Territory. 6. (1.) All accounts incurred in the administration of this Ordinance shall he lIIade up quarterly, and in "very .case the Old-age Pensions Board shall prepare a balance sheet and statement of account and submit the same to the Commissioner for his certification. (2.) Copies of above balance·sheets and statements oi accounts shall be forthwith Laid before the Council if the Council is then in session, and if not then in session shall he laid before the Council within fifteen days after the opening of the next session. 7. (1.) The Board may make such regulations, not in consistent with the provisions of this Ordinance, with re. gard to the scheme of old-age pensions herein provided for, ApproprIa tions.

Accounts. Regula tIons.

Agreement with r.>rO\· i n ce>l. Repeal. 42 THE OLD-AGE PENSIONS' ORDINANCE. as may be considered necessary for the proper administra·· tion of this Ordinance, and for regulating expenditures to be made thereunder. (2.) No regulation by reference to which any agreement with the Governor in Council has been made shall be alter ed, nor shall any change be made in any scheme for. the administration of old-age pensions approved. by the Gov ernor in Council, except with the consent of the Governor General in Council, or in accordance with the provisions of the regulations to which he has agreed. 8.

(1) The Comlllissioner may from time to time enter into an agreement with any Province for the payment of old-age pensions to applicants who are at the time of the ap plication residen.t in the Province but who were formerly re sident in the Territory and .who w9uld but for the change of residenc(~, have been eligible for an old-age pension under the provisions of this ordinance and the Commissioner may also make a reciprocal agre~ment with any Province in res pect of old-age pensioners whose pensions were granted in another Province, but who have become resident in th~ Territory: and any agreement made under this

section may contain such incidental covenants and provisions as the circumstances may require. (2.) Any reciprocal agreement may be varied from time to time. 9. An Ordinance respecting Old Age Pensions, being

Chapter 4 of the Ordinances of 1927, is hereby repealed.

THE ASSESSMENT ORDINANCE.

CHAPTER 12 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE "ASSESSMENT ORDINANCE." 43 (,1ssented tf) July 2~rd, 1948.) c. O. 1914. The Commissioner of the Yukon Territory, by and with c. 5. the advice and consent of the Council of said Territory, Amends S. 20. enacts as follows:

Section 20 of the. "Assessment Ordinance," being

Chapter 5 of the Consolidated Ordinances, 1914, is amend ed by adding at the end of the

section the following items: "61. Electricians. "62. Battery shops. I $15.00 l5.00" 2. The items added to the Ordinance by

section 1 hereof are not subject to the fee increases provided for in

chapter 9 of the 1940 Ordinances or

chapter 9 of the 1943 ord Inances. Exemp tion.

44 AN ORDINANCE TO EXEMPT.

CHAPTER 13 AN ORDINANCE TO EXEMPT J. B. KUNZE AND E. KUNZE FROM PAYMENT OF LICENSE FEE ON ELECTRIC LIGHT PLANT IN MAYO AREA FOR STATED PERIOD. (Assented to JUly 23rd, 1948.) C. O. 1914. The Commissioner of the Yukon Territory, by and with c. 5. the advice and consent of the Council of said Territory, enacts as follows: 1. The license provided for in the proviso to

section 20 of "The Assessment Ordinance," being

Chapter 5 of the Consolidated Ordinances of the Yukon Territory, and a mending Ordinances, shall not be levied against Jack Bon nar Kunze and Ed. Kunze, carrying on business in co partnership in the Mayo. area, Yukon Territory, under the firm name and style of Mayo Light Plant in respect of th'e said Light Plant operated by them for the year ending March 31st, 1949.

THE SALE OF BEER ORDINANCE 'CHAPTER 14 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND "THE SALE OF BEER ORDINANCE." 45 (Assented to July 23rd, 1948.) The Commissioner of the Yukon Territory, by and with 1926. c. 2. the advice and consent of the Council of said Territory, hereby enacts as follows:

Section 22 of "The Sale of Beer Ordinance," being Re-enacls

Chapter 2 of the Ordinances of the Yukon Territory 1925, s. 22. is repealed and the following substituted therefor: "22. Beer may be sold in licensed premises during the following hours: Monday to Saturday from 7 A. M. to 12 o'clock midnight." 2. This Amendment shall come into effect first day of Hours ot" closing. Coming Int()' August, A. D. 1948. torea.

c. o. 1914. C 53. 1945, C. IS. Amends S. 6. 46 THE WOODMAN'S LIEN ORDINANCE.

CHAPTER 15· AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE "WOODMAN'S LIEN ORDINANCE." (A.ssenled to July 23rd, 1948.) The Commissioner:of the Yukon·~erritory, by and with the advice and consent of the Council of said Territory, hereby enacts as follows:

Section 6 of the "Woodman's Lien Ordinance," be ing

Chapter 5 3 of the Consolidated Ordinances, 1914, as amended by

Chapter 18 of the Ordinances of 1945 is fur ther amended by striking out the word "ninety" in the first line thereof and substitutil1~·: therefor the word "sixty".

THE CHIROPRACTIC ORDINANCE.

CHAPTER 16 .-\N ORDINANCE TO AMEND "THE CHI ROPRACTIC ORDINANCE." 47 (Assented to July 23rd, 1948.) The Commissioner.'p'f the Yukon Territory, by and with -. . 1940. C. 5. the advice and consent of the Council of said Territory, hereby enacts as follows:

Section 3 of "The Chiropractic Ordinance" being Amende

Chapter 5 of the Ordinances of 1940 is amended by adding s. I. at the end thereof the following: "Or who shall produce such proof that he has been ad mitted to practis(' as a chiropractor in the states of Oregon or \Vashington "

l~H, C. '1. Enacts S. 57A. Fire wO"ka, control ot sale. 48 THE FIRE PREVENTION ORDlNANCE.

CHAPTER 17 AN ORDIN ANCE TO :\MEND -"THE FIRE PREVENTION ORDINANCE." (Assented to July 23rd, 1948.) The Commissioner of the Yukon Territory, by and with the advice and consent of the Council of said Territory, hereby enacts as follows: 1. "The Fire Prevention Ordinance," being

Chapter 1 of the Ordinances of the Yukon Territory, 1944, is amend ed by adding thereto the following section: "S7A. The sale of any fire-ball, fire cracker, squib, cannon cra:cker, basket-homb, giant cracker, sky-rocket, Roman candle, mine, torpedo, or other fireworks, is pro hibited except to an adult on the writtc:1 authority of the Fire Chief or of an Officer of the Royal' Canadian Mount ed Police. The adult so purchasing the said fireworks shall be responsible for the proper use thereof .and for any .dam.age arising therefrom."

THE YUKON GAME ORDINANCE.

CHAPTER 18 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND "THE YUKON GAME ORDINANCE." 49 (Assenled 10 July 23rd, 1948.) The Commissioner of the Yukon Territory, by and with the advice and consent of the CoiJncil of said Territory, enacts as follows: I.

Section 6 of "The Yukon Game Ordinance" being

Chapter 3 of the Ordinances of the Yukon Territory, 1947, is amend~d by adding at the end thereof the following: "Provided however that the Controller may authorize the issue of a trapping license to a person whose main cccupation is other than trapping where it can be shown that prior to 1947 the applicant had by long llse establish ed an interest in a trap line together with its cabins and equipment and was dependent in part for -his continued residence in the' Territory on the revenue derived there from." 19n. C. 3. Ame04s S. 06.

Section 7 of this Ordinance is amended by adding at ~.mind9 the end thereof the following: "Provided however that where an alien was, prior to 1947, a resident of the Territory, the holder of an alien resident trapping license and had by long use established an interest in a trap line, together with its cabins and equip ment, and has made application for citizenship under the Canadian Citizenship Act, the Commissioner may, pending completion of the citizenship application and the issue of the citizenship certificate, authorize the issue of a resident trapping license to the said alien." Amends

Section 7 of the Ordinance is further amended by adding s. 7. at the end thereof the following:

Amend:; S. 9. . ·\mendR S. 80. MeA rthur Galne Sanctuary. 50 TUE Y';KON GAME ORDINANCE. "Provided however that a resident hunting license may at the discretion of the Commissioner in Council, be issued to an alien who has resided continuously in the Yukon Territory for not less than two years immediately prior to the date of his application for a license." 3. Sub-section 4 (

a) of

Section 9 of this Ordinance IS amended by adding at the end thereof the following: " Such license shall also entitle the holder thereof to kill not more than two grizzly bears." 4. The Ordinance is further amended as follows;

Section 9 (1) by striking out the word "and" in the third line thereof and by adding after the bracketed letter " (L)" the following "and (m)";

Section 9 (2), by strikirig out the word "and" in the ninth line thereof and adding after the bracketed letter "(L)" the following "and (m)";

Section 1 0 (2) (c), by striking out .the word "and" in the fourth line thereof and adding ·after ·the bracketed letter "( L)" the following "and (m)";

Section 31 by striking out the word "and" in the seventh line thereof and adding after the . bracketed letter "(.lL)" the following, "and . (m)";

Section 32, by adding after the bracketed letter "( L)" in the first line thereof the following "and (m)";

Section 66 (l), by adding a fter the bracketed letter" (L) " in the sixth line thereof the following "and (m)";

section 6 7 (1), by striking out the word "and" in the fourth line thereof and by adding after the bracketed letter "(L)" in the fifth line the following "and (m)";

Section 67 (2), by striking out the word "and" in the sixth line thereof and by adding after the bracketed letter" (L)" the follow ing, "and (m)";

section 67 (3), by striking out the word "and" in the third line thereof and by adding after the bracketed letter "( L)" the following "and (m)" .

Section 80 of the Ordinance is amended by adding thereto the following subsection: " (2A) The following area is set aside as a game sanc tuary to be known as "The McArthur Game Sanctuary:" .

THE YUKON GAME ORDINANCE. 51 "Commencing at the junction of the northwest and northeast branches of the Kalzas River at approxi mately north latitude of 62° 52' west longitude 135'0 25' thence northwest along the northwest branch via the south bank of Kalzas Lake to the height of land at \Voodburn Lake j thence northwest along vVoodburn Creek to its junction with the south branch ot Crooked Creek; thence northwest along the south branch of Crooked Creek to its junction with the north branch of Crooked Creek; thence northeast along the north branch of Crooked Creek to the height of land j thence northeast along the south west branch of Avalanche Creek to its junction with the southeastern branch of Avalanche Creek; thence southeast along the southeast branch of Avalanche Creek to th(~ height of land; thence southeast to the northeast branch of Kalzas River; thence southwest along Kalzas River to the point of conunencement.1'

c. O. 1914, C.8. Amends S. 7. 52 THE VITAL STATISTICS ORDINANCE.

CHAPTER 19 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE "VITAL STATISTICS ORDINANCE." (Assented to July 23rd, 1948.) The Commissioner of the Yukon Territory, by and with the advice and consent of the Council of said Territory. enacts as follows:

Section 7 of the "Vital Statistics Ordinance" being

Chapter 8 of the Ordinances of 1914 is :tmended by aJding . thereto the following: "The said fees shall enure to the benefit to His Majesty in the right of the Territory and shall from time to time be transmitted by the registrar to the Territorial Treasurer and shall form part of the General Revenue fund of the Territory."

THE YUKON MEDICAL ORDINANCE. 53

CHAPTER 20 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE "YUKON MEDICAL ORDINANCE." (Assented to JUly 23rd, 1948.) The Commissioner of the Yukon Territory, by and with the advice ana consent of the Council of said Territory, enacts as follows:

Section 5 of the "Yukon Medical Ordinance," being

Chapter 64 of the Consolidated Ordi!1ances of 1914, is repealed and the following substituted therefor: "5. Any person who establishes to the satisfaction of the Commissioner- "(

a) that he is duly registered in the Canadian Medical Register established pursuant to the Canada Medi cal Act; or "(

b) that he has been duly licensed by the proper au· thority in that behalf to practice medicine and sur gery in Great Britain and Ireland, or in any province or territory of Canada, or "(

c) that he has completed a four years' course of study at a college or school of medicine or surgery of re cognized standing in Great Britain or Ireland or in any province or territory of Canada and has re ceived a diploma of qualification from that college or school; or "(

d) that he has comp1eted a four years' cour~e of study at a college or school mentioned in paragraph (

c) of this section, and has received from that col lege or school a dipl<,>ma of qualification and has passed before such examiners as the Commissioner has appointed for that purpose, satisfactory exam- C. 0, l!)H. C. ~1. Re-enact~ S. 5. Qu;~llfic:.a tlons oC fioclnl'R

54 THE YUKON MEDICAL ORDINANCE. ination with respect to his fitness and capacity to practice as a physician and surgeon, and has paid the proper fees in respect of the examination; and who furnishes evidence satisfactory to the Commis· sioner as to his identity and good character, shall, upon application to the Territorial Secretary and upon payment of the proper fees be entitled to be registered under the provisions of this Ordinance."

THE DOMINION TERRITORIAL AGREEMENT ORDINANCE 55

CHAPTER 21 AN ORDINANCE TO AUTHOR,IZE AND IMPLE MENT AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE DOMINION AND THE TERRITORY. (Assented to JUly 23rd, 1948.) W'hereas the Yukon Territory and the Dominion have reached an agreement relating to ',certain taxation and other matters: And

whereas it is proposed to embody the agreement in a MeUlOrandum of Agreement (hereinafter called the "Agreement") to be executed on behalf of both Govern ments, of which proposed Agreement and its relativ(~ ap pendices a copy appears in the Schedule: And

whereas the implementation of the Agreemellt on the part of the Territory necessitates the repeal, suspension, or nulli fication of certain Ordinances of the Territory:

Now, therefore, the Commissioner, by and with the advice and consent of the Council of the Yukon Territory, enacts as follows:-

Preamble. 1. This Ordinance may be citl'd as the "Dominion-

Short title. Territorial Agreem~nt Ordinance." 2. In this Ordinance, unless the context otherwise re- "MlDdcl quires, "municipality" has the meaning assigned theretc' pallty." by the Agreement. 3.

(1) The Commissioner of the Yukon Territory is "'- . ,-"urnrnIS- authorized to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Terri- sloner -A empowe~.,.. tory, the Agreement in the form in the Schedule. to a.ct.,

(2) The Agreement may, with the approval of the Commissioner, be varied or amended. from time to time.

"Onlina.nces ,,,"~pended. "Ordinances illllC'IHled. ,Prohlbllilon. "J'errltorlaJ Govern nH!l1t em powered to act. Operation. 56 THE DOMINION TEHRITORIAL AGREEMENT ORDINANCE .as may be agreed upon with the Government of Canada by the Commissioner on behalf of the Government of the Yukon Territory, if, in the opinion of the Commissioner, the Yukon Territory is not adversely affected financially by any such variation or amendment. 4.

The Ordinances of the Territory referred' to in the Agreement are, for the relevant periods provided in the Agreement, but not longer, deemed to be amended, sus pended, or inoperative, as fhe case may be, to the extent necessary to give effect to the Agreement and to permit the Territory to fulfil every obligation assumed by it under the Agreelllent; and in particular the enactments enumer .ated in Appendix "A" to the Agreement and required to .be repealed or suspended are declared to be inoperati\':~ during the said periods to the extent necessary for com pliance with the Agreement. 5.

To the extent to which any Ordinance is required to be amended for the purposes of the Agreement, it shall for the relevant period provided in the Agreement have effect and have the force of law as if every required amend ment had been expressly made therein. 6. Neither the Government of the Territory nor any municipality shall do any act or exercise any power or collect any tax in contravention of the provisions. of the Agreement. 7.

The Government of the Territory is empowered to do every act and to exercise every power and to make every payment necessary or proper for the purpose of implement ing in every respe~t every obligation asslImed by the Terri tory under the Agreement. 8. The preceding sections shall remain in operation only so long as it is necessary to give effect to the terms of the Agreement, but after the termination of the Agreement

section 9 shall continue in operation to enahJe reguhtions to be made under clause (

b) thereof.

THE DOMINION TERRITORIAL AGREEMENT ORDINANCE 57 9. The Commissioner in Council may make regula- Regulations. lions :- (

a) To enable the Government to implement any obli gation assumed by it u"nder the Agreement; (

b) To meet or remove any difficulty arising by reason of sections, 4, 6, or 7, or arisin~ out ot the transition period before, at, and after the termination of the Agreement, or out of the revival of the statutory pro visions to which this Ordinance relates; (

c) To enable the Government to collect any moneys. tax, or fee, or reduced or modified tax or .fee, the collection of. which is not. in contravention of the provisions of the Agreement. 10. Any amount or amounts that the Territorial Gov ernment becomes liable to pay to the Government of Can aJa under the terms of the Agreement shall be a charge upon and be paid out of the Consolidated. Revenue Fund. 11. This. Ordinance is retroactive to the extent n~cessary to give effect to the Agreement. SHEDULE Agreement and appendices referred to in the

preamble to this Ordinance not printed herein but may be inspected in the office of the Territorial Secretary, Dawson, Y. T. Funds. Retn:",c~ive.

,;. o. 1914. e. r.!). Amends S. 14. 58 AN ORDINANCE RESPECTING PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT.

CHAPTER 22 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND "AN ORDINANCE RESPECTING PARTNER SHIPS." (,1ssenled 10 July 23rd, 1948.) The Commissioner of the Yukon Territory, by and with the advice and consent of the Council of said Territory, enacts as follows:

Section 14 of "An Ordinance respecting· Partner ships," being

Chapter 69 of the Consolidated Ordinances; 1914, is amended by adding at the end thereof the follow mg: "The said fees shall enure to the benefit of His Majesty in the right of the Territory and shall from time to time be transmitted by the said Registrar to the Territorial Treasurer and shall form part of the General Revenue fund of the Territory."

THE CO-OPERATIVE ASSOCIATION ORDINANCE. 59

CHAPTER 23 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE "CO-OPERATIVE ASSOCIATION ORDIN ANCE." (Assented to July 23rd, 1948.) The Commissioner of the Yukon Territory, by and with 1945. c. 2l. the advice and consent of the Council of said Territory. enacts as follows:

Section 53 of the "Co-operative Association Ordin ance," being

Chapter 21 of the Ordinances of the Yukon Territory, 1945, is alllended by aClding at the end thereof the following: "The said fees shall inure to the benefit of His Majesty }n the right of the Territory and shall from time to time pe transmitted by the said Registrar to the Territorial Treasurer and shall form part of the General Revenue fund of the said Territory." Amends S. 63.

ShorD title. "\pplicn.tlon fir "Lncome \VRr' Tax Act ... · Coq)o .... L.tions Income Tax. Pro\'islon, for. TIules to be' applied. Incidence at tnx on for~lgn income. 60 THE YUKON CORPORATION INCOME Tf\X ORDINANCE.

CHAPTER 24 AN ORDINANCE RESPECTING THE YUKON CORPORATION INCOl\JE TAX (Assented to July 23rd, 1948.) The Commissioner of the Yukon Territory, by and with the advice and consent of the Council of said Territory, enacts as follows: 1. This Ordinance may bl' citeJ as the "Yukon Corpor ation Income Tax Ordinance." 2. In this Ordinance a reference to the Income "Tar Tax Act of Canada includes that Act or any enactment substituted thercfor or in the place thereof. .3.

There shall be assessed, levied, and collected, in res· pect of the income of a corporation resident or carrying on business in the Yukon Territpry, an income tax equal to 5 per centum of that portion' of its income that is attriu table to its operations in the Yukon Territory during each of he fiscal years of the corporation. 4.

For the purposes of this Ordinance, the income of a corporation is its income computed for the purposes of the Income War Tax; Act of Canada, and the portion of its income that is attributable to its operations in the Yukon Territory shall be determined a.:cording to the rules set forth in the first

schedule to this Ordin~.nce. 5.

(1) Where a corporation resident in the Yukon Ter ritory is subject to tax under this Ordinance in respect of its income derived from sources outside Canada, there may be deducted from the tax payable under this Ordinance an amount equal to one-sixth of th!! amount de ductible under the Income War Tax Act In respect of taxes

THE YUKON CORPORATION INCOME TAX ORDINANCE. 61 paid to a foreign country on the same j'ncome, but where tile percentage rate of tax imposed on the same' income under the Income \Var Tax Act ;s a rate other than thirty per cent, the proportion of the amount deductible under the Income War Tax Act that may be deducted from th(' tax payable under this Ordinance shall be a traction of which five is the numerator and the said percentage rate of tax is the denominator.

(2) A corporation may deduct from the tax otherwise payable by it under this Ordinance in respect of its fiscal year ending in the calendar year nineteen hundred and forty-eight, an amount that is in the same ratio to the said tax otherwise payable as the numher of days in thin I:iscal, year prior to the first day of January of the said calendar year is to three-hundred and six~y-five. '6.

The provisions of the Income War Tax Act of Can ada relating to the making of returns, payment of taxes, and assessments, or relating to any other matter affecting the administation of that Act, except those provisions re lating to appeals from assessments, shall have force and effect for the purposes of the tax imposed by this Ordin- . ance as if enacted herein except that wherever reference is made in the Income War Tax Act to the Governor-in Council the reference shall be deemed, for the purpose of this Ordinance, 'to be made to the Commissioner in Council and wherever a reference is made to the Treasury Board, the Minister or the Deputy Minister of Taxation, the re ference shall be deemed, for the purpose of this Ordinance, to be made to the Commissioner of the Yukon Territory. 7.

Notwithstanding the provisions of the Income War Tax Act, (

a) where the fiscal year of a corporation ends during the calendar year nineteen hundred and forty-eight but before this ordinance was enacted, it shall file its return within three months after this ordinance was enacted or within six months after the close of its Procedure under In come 'Var' Tax Act (co apply. Time for ftllng and payments to be made.

.·\ppeal f~ as~ess- Tnent, pro \"Islon far. . 62 THE Y(jKON CORPORATION INCOME TAX ORDINANCE. fiscal year, whichever is later, and shall pay all taxes that it is liable to pay upon its income during the fiscal year nincte~n hundrl·d and forty-eight, at the time it : is requi red to file the said return, (

b) when~ the fiscal year of a corporation ends less • than six months after this ordinance was enacted. the payments that accrued due before this ordinance was enacted shall be made at the time when the corpora tion is required to file its return of income, and (

c) where a corporation fails to pay all or anv

part 0 f the amounts required under sub-section (

a) or (

b) within the times prescribed it shall pay interest on all unpaid amounts at the rate of six per centum p~r annulII from the due date of payment until one month from the day of mailing of the notice of assessment and thereafter at seven per centum per annum until the day of payment. 8.

(1) A corporation that objects to the amount at which it is assessed, or considers that it is not liable to taxation, may, within one month after the day upon which the notice of assesssment under the Income 'Var Tax Act is mailed, serve a notice of appeal upon the Commissioner.

(2) Where the Commissioner is satisfied that" delay in serving a notice of appeal has been justified, the Com misioner may extend the time for service.

(3) Such notice shall be in writing and shall be served by mailing the same by registered post addressed tp the Commissioner of the Yukon Territory.

(4) Every such notice shall be in Form A in the second

schedule to this Ordinance and shall set out clearly the reasons for appeal and all facts relative thereto.

(5) Upon receipt of the notice of appeal, the Com . missioner shall duly consider the same and shall affirm or

THE YUKON CORPORATION INCOME TAX ORDINANCE. 63 amend the assessment appealed against, and shall notify the appellant of his decision by registered post. 9.

(1) An appeal shall lie to a judge of the Territoria! rmcedure Court from a decision of the Commissioner and notice of on appeal. appeal in duplicate in formB in the second

schedule to thi"3 Ordinance shall be deposited with or sent by registered post to the Registrar of the Territorial Court not later than one month from the date of the. decision of the Com miSSIOner.

(2) Upon receipt of the notice of appeal the Regis trar shall forthwith send one of the copies to the Com missioner who shall upon receipt of such copy file with the Registrar all documents relative 1;0 the assessment that were before him at the time of the appeal to him, except books of accounts, and shall imm:'diately thereafter give notice by registered post to the appellant of the dat(~ of such filing.

(3) Within twenty-one days after the filing of the docu ments and after giving ten days' notice to the other party the appellant shall apply to a judge of the Territorial Court in cha'mbers to appoint a time and place for the hearing of the appeal and the Registrar shall noti fy all parties of the time and place so fixed: but the time so appointed shall not be later than one month after the date of the application.

(4) When the time and place are appointed for the hearing of the appeal the proceedings shall thereupon be come a cause in the Territorial Court and the Court or a judge thereof may direct the parties to file pleadings.

(5) At the hearing of the appeal the court shall con sider and hear the cause upon the material filed with the Registrar and upon such further material or evidence as the Court may permit, and shall decide the matter of the appeal.

'Comlng Into f'lrce. 7·:",,11')' date. 64 THE YliKON CORPORATION INCOME TAX ORDINANCE.

(6) An appeal may be taken to the court of appeal for the Territory from a decision of a judge of the Terri torial Court in the same manner as an appeal may be taken in any action or caUSe in the Territorial Court to which His Majesty is a party and the practice and procedure relating to appeals shall apply to such appeal. 10. This ordinance shaH be deemed to have come into force on the fi rst day of January, nineteen hundred and forty-eight. 11.

(1) This ordinance shall expire on the first day of January, nineteen hundred and fi fty-two.

(2) A corporation may deduct from the tax otherwise 'payable by it under this ordinance, in respect of its fiscal year commencing in the calendar year nineteen hundred and fifty-one, an amount that is in the same ratio to the said tax otherwise payable, as the number of days in that fiscal year following the last day of December of the said calendar year, is to three hundred and sixty-five. FIRST

SCHEDULE Income of Corporations attributable to operations in Yukon .1. If a corporation has no permanent establishmoot outside Yukon, the whole of the income of the corporation shall be attributed to its operations in Yukon. 2. If a corporation has no permanent establishment in Yukon, no part of its income shall be attributed to its operations in Yukon. 3.

(1) If a corporation has a permanent establishment in Yukon and a permanent establishment outside Yukon, there shall be attributed to its operations in Yukon only that part of its income that could properly be considered to have arisen from its activities in Yukon, if the perman ent establishment in Yukon and the permanent establish-

THE YUKON CORPORATION INCOME TAX ORDINANCE. 65 ment outside Yukon were operated by different independent persons.

(2) The income to be attributed to the operations of a corporation in Yukon under paragraph one of this rule shall be determined on the basis of the separate accounts perta!ning to its permanent establishment In Yukon.

(3) The authority charged with the administration of the Ordinance" shall, when" necessary for the purpose of paragraph two of this rule, rectify th"e accounts pertaining to a permanent establishment especially to correct error~" or omissions or to establish the prices or remunerations entered in the books it the amounts which might fairly and H!asonably have been paid "if the permanent establishment outside Yukon were operated by some person other than -and independent of the corporation. (4) "Where llle business of a corporntlon consists of different operations, activ"iiies or processes (t!. g" manu facturing, "processing or selling) some of which are carried on in Yukon -and some of which are carried on outside -Yukon, its income shall be allocated as between the differ (~nt operation"s, activities "or processes :according to sound "ac lCountingp rinciples. (S)" In -any case where ~

a) separate accounts showing the operations of the permanent establishment are not maintained, ~

b) the rectification provided for in paragraph three of this rule cannot, in the opinion of the authority charged with the administration of the Ordinance, be "affected, or (

c) the authority charged with the administration" of the Ordinance and the taxpayer so agree, there shall be attributed to the permanent establishment in Yukon a portion of the income of the corporation, the

G6 THE YUKON CORPORATION INCOME TAX ORDINANCE. ratio of which to the income of the corporation is equal to the average of the following ratios, namely, the ratio of the gross revenue of tlw permanent establishment in Yukon to the total gross revenue of the corporation and the ratios of the salaries and wages paid by the corporation to the personnel of the perman:~nt l~stablishment in Yukon to the total salaries and wages paid by the corporation.

(6) In determining the income attributable to the op· erations in Yukon of a corporation 'pursllant to paragraphs one, two, three and four of this rull~, a properly apportion ed part of the general expenses of the head office of the corporation may be attributed to its operations in Yukon if such expenses have not already been taken into account in any rectification made pursuant to p'lragraph thwe of this clause. SPECIAL CASES 4. Notwithstanding anything contained In rule' thref~ (

a) the income to be attributed to the operations in Yu· kon of an insurance corporation shall be an amount that is in the same ratio to the income of the cor poration as the aggregate of the net premiullls re ceived by the corporation in respect of insurance on property situated in Yukon and the net premiums received by the corporation from persons resident in Yukon in respect of insurance other than on property is to the total net premiums received by the corpora tion; and for the purposes of this paragraph the expression "net premiums received by the corpora ation" means in the case of a company transacting life insurance, the gross premium50 received by the company other than the consideration received for annuities, less premiums returned and less the 'cash value of the dividends paid or credited to policy holders and, in the case of any other company, the gross premiums received or receivable by the com pany or paid or payable by the insured less dividends to policy holders and the' rebates and return pre miums paid on the cancellation of policies;

THE YUKON CORPORATION INCOME TAX ORDINANCE. 67 ,(

b) the incOITlt: to bl~ attributed to the operations in {ukon of a bank shall be an amount the r.atio of which to thl! inccme of the bank equals olle-third of tht' ;aggregate ,of the following ,(

i) the sala ril~S and wagl!S paid during the taxation yp.1r to the personnel of 'the pe!TIlanent establish ment in Yukon divided hy th.:.! total salarie5 and wages paid during the taxatio~ year by the bank; and ~ ii) the combined 10'ans and deposits of the per manent establishment in Yukon, multiplied by two and divided by the combi~led loans and de 'posits of the bank i and for the purposes of this pa ragraph the loans and dcposi ts for a taxation 'year shall be the average of the loans or de posits, as the case may be l excluding bcJI1ds, stocks, debentures, items in transit and deposits in favour of Canada) at the last day of each month in the taxation year i (

c) the income to' be attributed to the operations in Yukon of a trust or loan or trust and loan corporation shall be an amount that is in the ~ame ratio to the jncome of the corporation as the gross revenue of the permanent establishment in Yukon is to the gross revenue of the corporation i and for the purpOSI~S of this paragraph the expression "gross revenue of the permanent establishment in Yukon" means the aggre- gate of ' (

i) the gross revenue of the corporation in respect of loans secured by property situated in Yukon .and the gross revenue of the' corporation from residents of Yukon jn respect 0 f all other loans; (ii) the gross revenue, not included as gross re venue of the corporation under sub-paragraph (

i) of this paragraph, of the permanent esta-

68 THE -YUKON CORPORATION INCOME TAX ORDINANCE. blishment in respect of loans, from residents of those provinces in which the corporation has no permanent establishment, and (iii) the gross revenue of the permanent esta blishment other than revenue in respect of loans; (

d) the income to be attributed to the operations in Yukon of a railway corporation shall be an amount the ratio of which to the income of the corporation is equal to the average of the following ratios, namely; the ratio of the equated track miles within Yukon to the equated track miles in Canada and the ratio of the gross ton miles during the taxation year within Yukon to the gross ton miles dur:ng that taxation year within Canada and for the purposes of this para graph (

i) the expression "equated track miles" means the aggregate of the miles of first main track, eighty per centum of the mil(~s of other main track and fi fty per ~entulll of thl' miles of yard tracks and sidings; in computing equated track miles and gross ton miles there shall be included all such mileages of the railways in Canada as are operated by the corporation and by all its subsidiaries; (ii) The profit or loss of the corporation shall be consolidated with that of all its subsidiaries; and (iii) the income of the corporation does not include income attributable to the operation of OCe;lTl or coastal steamship lines or air lines; (

e) the income to be attributed to the operatons in Yu kon of an airline corporation shall be an amount the ra"tio of which to the income of the corporation equals one-quarter of the aggregate of the following: (

i) the amount of the investment of the corpora tion in fixed assets in Yukon divided by the

THE YUKON CORPORATION INCO:vIE TAX ORDINANCE. 69 amount of the investment of the corporation in fixed assets in Canada; and (ii) the number of plane miles, weighted according to the various types of 3.ircraft according to pay· load capacity in Yukon, multiplied by three and divided by the number of plane miles in Canada, similarly weighted. GENERAL 5.

(1) Where part of the business of a corporation consists of operations normally conducted by any of the corporations mentioned in rule four, the corporation and the authority administering the Ordinance may agree that the paragraphs of rule four relating to the said operations shall apply to the income attributable to the said part of the business of the corporation, as agreed by the corpora tion and the authority administering the Ordinance, and that rule three shall apply to the remaining income of the corpor.ation.

(2) Where a railway corporation operates air lines the income to be attributed to the operation of the air line in Yukon shall be determined according to paragraph (

e) of rule four. 6. 'Where a corporation that has a permanent establish ment in Yukon is a subsidiary of another corporation or is the parent of a subsidiary corporation or where it is con trolled directly or indirectly by the same persons as control another corporation or where conditions are made or im posed between. the two corporations in their financial or commercial relationships that in the opinion of the author;: ty administering the Ordinance differ from those that would be made or illlposed between independent corpora tions, the authority administering the Ordinance may deter mine the income of the corporation to be such income as it would have been if it were a corporation independent of the said parent, subsidiary or other corporation and con trolled by di fferent persons.

70 THE YUKON CORPORATION INCOME TAX ORDINANCE. 7.

(1) In these rules unless the context otherwise re quires "permanent establishment" includes head offices, branches, mines and oil wells, farms, factories, workshops. warehouses, offices, agencies, installations, professional premises, and other fixed places of business; (2) \Vhere a corporation carries on business thrGugh an employee or agent who has general authority t9 contract for his employer or principal or has a stock of merchandise: from which he regularly fills orders which he receives, the said agent or employee shall be deemed to operate a perm "anent establislllllent of the corporation.

(3) The fact that a corporation has business dealin~s through a commission agent, broker or other independ(':1t agent or maintains an office solely for the purchase of merchandise shall not of itself be held to mean that the corporation is operating a permanent establishment.

(4) The fact that a corporation has a subsidiary corn· pany in Yukon or a subsidiary company engaged, in trade or business in Yukon shall not of itself be held to mean that the corporation is operating a permanent establishment in Yukon. SECOND

SCHEDULE FORM A THE YUKON CORPORATION INCOME TAX ORDINANCE NOTICE OF APPEAL In re the Yukon Corporation Income Tax Ordinance and .... _____ : ___ . ___________ . ______ . ___ of the ... __________ : __ " _________ .. ____ . _____ ... (Name of Taxpayer) ." of _ .. ___________ .... _________ ... ________ ... ______ . ___ ... ___ .. _. ___ ... _____ (address) ---------.. ---------.-----------.. ----------.. ------------.-----____ ... _____ Appellant.

Notice of appeal is hereby given from the a~sessment bearing date the _______ ._ .... ______ . __ .. ______ .. ___ ... ____ ............... ~ ......... . day of ---.--._. _____________ . _____ 194 ___ . ____ wherein a tax in the sum of $ ... ____ . ____ . __________ .... ____ . ____ .... ______ ._ .. __ is levied in respect of

T['IE YUKON CORPORATION INCOME TAX ORDINANCE. 71 income for the taxation year 19 ........ . (Then follo'w with- 1. Full staiement of facts: 2. Full statement of reasons for appeal.) Dated this .................... day of ............................ 19 ....... . (Signature) SECOND

SCHEDULE FORl\'[ B THE YUKON CORPORATION INCOME TAX ORDINANCE NOTICE OF APPEAL In re the Yukon Corporation Income Tax Ordinance and .................................... of the ....................................... . (Name of Taxpayer) of ......................................... ,.............................. (address) ............ : ............................................................... Appellant.

Notice of _'\ppeal is hereby given from the decision of the Commissioner bearing date the ............ day of ... _ .. __ ... . 19 ........ , wherein the assessment bearing date the ............... . day of ................ 19 ........ , and levying a tax of $ ...... : ........ . in respect c;>f income for the taxation year 194 ............ , was a ffi rmed (or amended). (Then follow 'with- 1.

A final statement of such further facts, statutory pro visions a1,d reasons which the Appellant intends to submit to the Court in support of the ippeal as were not included in the Notice of Appeal, or in the alter native a recapitulation of all facts, statutory provi sions and reasons included in the Notice of Appeal, together with such further facts, statutory prov~sionJ and reasons as the Appellant intends to submit to the Court in support of the Appeal. 2. A statement that the Appellant desires his appeal to he set down for trial.) Dated this ................ day of ........................ A.

D. 19 ....... . (Signature)

72 SUPPLY

CHAPTER 25 .AN ORDINANCE FOR GRANTING TO THE COM· MISSIONER CERTAIN SUMS OF MONEY TO DEFRAY THE EXPENSES OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE OF THE YUKON TERRITORY AND THE CITY OF DAvVSON. (,tsselltcd to fut), 23rd, 1948.}

WHEREAS it appe~rs by Message from John Edward ·Gibben, Esquire, Commissioner of the Yukon Territory, and in the Supplementary Estimates accompanying the same, that the sums hereinafter mentioned in

Schedule "A" are required to defray certain further expenses of the Public Service of the Yukon Territory and the City of ·.Dawson, 'and for the purposes relating thereto, for the year ending March 31 st, 1948: and ·WHEREAS it appears by ml!ssage from John Edward 'Gibben, Esquire, the Commissioner of the Yukon Terri· tory, and in the Estimates accompanying the same, that the sums hereina fter mentioned in

Schedule "B" to this Ord· inance are required to defray certain expenses of the Public 'Service of the Yukon Territory, and for the purposes re· ·lating thereto, for the twelve months ending March 31 st. 1949: and

WHEREAS it appears by message from John Edward 'Gibben, Esquire, 'Commissioner, of the Yukon Territory, and in the Estimates accompanying the same, that the sums hereinafter mentioned in

Schedule "C" to this Ordinanc~ are required to defray certain· expenses of the Public Ser vice of the City of Dawson, and for the purposes relating thereto, for thl~ twelve months ending March 31st, 1949: The Commissioner of the Yukon Territory, by and with the advice and consent of the Council of said Territory, therefor enacts as follows:

SUPPLY 73 1. From and out of the SUIllS at the ·disposal of the Y llkon Council there shall be paid and applied a further sum not exceeding in the whole Seven-hundred twenty-one thousand, eight-hundred sixty-four dollars :!.nd sixty-eight cents for defraying the several charges and expenses of the Public Service of the" Yukon Territ'Jry for the year ending March 31st, 1948 as set forth in

Schedule "A" of this Ordinance; and from ,lnd out of the stimsat "the dis posal of the Yukon Council there shall be p .. id and applied a further sum not exceeding in tIll' whole three-thousand four hundred fifty-nine dollars and tweny-four cents for defraying the several charges and expenses of the Public Service of the City of Dawson for the year ending March 31st, 1948, as set forth in

Schedule "A" of this Ordinance. 2. From and out of the funds at the disposal of t:w Yukon Council there shall and may be p;>id and appi:ed a sum not exceeding in the whole seven-hundred thi rteen thou sand, six-hundred eigh ty-fi ve dolla rs and th i rty-one cents for defraying the several charges and e1l.penses of the Pub lic Service of the Yukon Territory for the twelve months ending March 31st, 1949, as set forth in

Schedule "B" of this Ordinance. 3. From and out of the funds -at tht:' disposal of th!' Yukon Council there snail and may be paid and applied -a sum not exceeding fifty-seven thousand, three-hundred -and four dollars for defraying the· se,reral charges and expenses of the Public Service of the City of Dawson for the twelve months ending March 31st, 1949, as set forth in

Schedule "CL' of this Ordin-ance. 4. The due application of all monies expended shall be duly accounted for.

SCHEDULE "A" Further sums granted to the Commissioner by this Ord inance for the twelve months ending March 31st, 1948 and for the purpose for which they are granted:

74 SUPPLY SALARIES AND TRAVE],LlNG EXPENSES: Territorial Offices: Stationery & Supplit.'s ____________ . ______________ _ YUKON COUNCIL: Travelling Expe'nscs _____________ . ___________ . _____ _ SCHOOLS: General and Auto Transp't'!1. vVhitehorse ___________________________ _ Mayo ______________________________________ .

Brooks Brook _______________________ _ Swift River ___________________________ _ 354.15 6,792.80 94.96 59.29 1,868.16 HOSPITALS, CHARITIES AND PUBLIC HEALTH: Mayo General Hospital ________ 9,203.40 Medical Health Of'ccr, Mayo 75.00 Public Health and Care of Indigents __________________________ 14,770.) 6 Care of Children in St.

Paul's Hostel _____________________________ :__ 697 .94 1.94·6.77 131.50 9,169.36 24,746.50 TOWN OF MAYO: Fire Department ______________ . .1,180.59 ROADS: ____________________________________________________ ._______ 46,974.33 GOVERNMENT LIQUOR ORDINANCE: _____________ . 637,715.63 $721,864.68 CITY OF DAWSON: _ .• ____ .. __ ._. _____ . ___ . ___ ... _. ________ . $ 3,459.24

SCHEDULE "B" SUIIIS granted to the Commissioner by this Ordinance for the twelve months ending March 31st, 1949, and the purpose for which they are granted: TERRITORIAL OFFICES Salaries ____ . __ .. _________ ._. ________ . __ . ____ . 31,700.00 Travelling Expenses . _____ . __________ . 1,380.00 Stationery and Supplies ... ____ . ____ ._ 8,000.00 41,030.00 Carried forward _ .... __ ._ .... __ . ____ . __ . ___ . _______ _ 41,080.00

Brought forward ................................... . YUKON COUNCI L :Sessional Indemriites :and Travel- ling and Living Expenses ..................... . SCHC>OLS Generally ................................... . 'Dawson ..................................... . St. Mary's ............................... . Whitehorse ............................... . 1\1ayo ......................................... . Carcross ................................... . Destruction Bay ......................... . Brooks Brook ............. _ ............. .

Swift River .................. ~ .......... . -reslin ....................................... . Watson Lake ........................... . 9,300.00 25,280.00 3,900.00 39,700.00 13,450.00 3.900.00 2,800.00 2,800.00 2,800.00 2~8f)0.OO 2,800.00 75 41,080.00 4,000.00 Christ, the King ....................... . 13,828.00 123,358.00 HOSPITALS, CHARITIES AN!) PUBLIC HEALTI-I St. Mary's Hospital, Dawson: Grant toward.

Capital ExpEm· diture ...................... ............ 8,000.00 Grant toward 1947-48 defi· cit ........................................ 11,057.31 Estimated amount payable un· ( der agreement .................... 55,000.00 Whitehorse General Hospita1: Estimated amount payable un- der agreement incld'g Grant 25,000.00 :Mayo General Hospi.tal: Estimated amount payable un- der agreement incld'g Grant 15,000.00 Medical Care of Indigents: Dawson ................ 2,500.00 Mayo .................. 900.00 Whitehorse .......... 900.0'0 4,300.00 Carried forward 118,835.31 168,438.00

7.6 Brought forward ................ 118,357.3 J 168,438.00 Territorial Sanitary Inspector .. Travelling Expenses ................. . Public Health and Care of Indi- gents including care of T-B. patients in Chas. Camsell In- dians Hospital ....................... . Care of Indigent \Vhite & Half Breed Children in St. Paul's Hostel ................................... . Care of Indigent White & Half Breed Children in Whitehor3e InJian Mission School ........... . T-B. Prevention, Surveys, etc .. . Child Welfare, Extra-Territorial Venereal Disease Prevention .... GRANTS Physical Fitness Program ........ .

Yukon Law Library ................. . Library & Reading Rm.-Dawson Library & Reading Rm.-Mayo .. Library & Read'g Rm.-"V'horse Grant for Library Building, Whitehorse ........................... . B.C-Yukon Chamber of Mines Fish and Game Association ..... . City of Dawson ....................... . Community Hall-Carmacks ..... . Transportation of Elk into Yu- kon Territory ....................... .

Whitehorse Board of Trade ..... . . 4,000.00 2,000.00 60,000.00 6,000.00 1,500.00 1,500.00 400.00 200.00 1,500.00 300.00 900.00 450.00 900.00 4,000.00 750.00 500.00 30,000.00 200.00 2,000.00 500.00 MISCELLANEOUS Wolf & Coyote Bounty.............. 12,5(10.00 Wolf Poisoning Campaign ........ 1,000.00 Registration of Traplines .......... 1,000.00 J 93,9)7.31 42,000.00 Ca'rried forward ............. . 14,500.00 404,392.31

SUPPLY 77 Brought forward ................ 14,500.00 404,395.31 Consolidation of Ordinances ... . Retirement Fund ....................... . Contingencies ........................... . Assay Office Maintenance ....... . Plebiscite re Sale of Liquor ..... . Appraisal & Valuation of Terri- torial Property ..................... . 5,000.00 25,000.00 10,000.00 1,800.00 1,200.00 5,000.00 TOWN OF WHITE HORSE Reconditioning Fire Hall .......... 5,000.00 Fire Dept: Salary, Chief .......... 3,600.00 Hosemen - Drivers 8,100.00 Substitutes & Volun- teers ............. , ... . Light, Fuel, Telephone ..... .

New Equipment ............... . Maintenance .................. , .. . Pumping Service ............... . Street Lighting ................. . Sanitary Inspector & Dog Pound Keeper ............... . Streets & Sidewalks ........... . Public Lavatory ............... . 350.00 9

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Collection	Yukon — Historical Statutes
Citation	Consol. Ord. 1948
Type	statute
Volume / chapter	1948
Language	en
Format	pdf
Source	TERRITORIAL
Identifier	dc1ea5b487f3266fd621e002c0021717df919f43

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