86-33
6. That the Clerk or Deputy Clerk shall thereupon take
from a receptacle in which the cards have been placed, one card
at a time, as lt comes to his hand, and call upon the member
whose name appears thereon to say for whom he casts his vote,
and the Clerk or Deputy Clerk shall place the figure under the
name of the member for whom the vote was cast. When all mem-
bers have voted, the Clerk or Deputy Clerk shall forthwith
inform the members of the result, and the Clerk or Deputy Clerk
shall continue the same procedure until he shall find that more
than fifty percent of the votes have been cast for one member
and he shall thereupon declare the election of such member
5. That the Clerk or Deputy Clerk shall inform the mem-
bers that he is ready to proceed with the election of one of
their number to be Warden
4 That the Clerk or Deputy Clerk shall announce that
any person aspiring to the position of Warden shall be granted
an opportunity not exceeding five 5) minutes, to address
County Council
3. That the Clerk or Deputy Clerk shall prepare lists of
the names of the members in perpendicular and horizontal lines,
and a card for each member with the names of the members written
or printed thereon
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Municipal Council
of the Corporation of the County of Elgin hereby
agrees that the election of Warden for the year
(state the year) shall be conducted in accordance
wlth the procedures numbered three to eight as set
out in By-Law No. 86-33, Being a By-Law to Provide
For Guidance Upon the Procedures For the Election of
Warden (or alternatively, in such other manner as may
be set out in the resolution
2. The County Clerk or Deputy Clerk shall present
following resolution for the consideration of the Council
namely:
the
1. The Clerk or Deputy Clerk of the County shall take
the Chair at two o'clock in the afternoon of the Second
Wednesday of the month of December in each year, or at such
hour and on such day thereafter as he shall find the majority
of the Members of the Council present in the Council Chamber
ELECTION OF WARDEN
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Municipal Council
of the Corporation of the County of Elgin enacts as follows:
WHEREAS the said Council deems it advisable to
provide guidance to the County Clerk in the conduct in such
proceedings
the
the
from year
WffEREAS the Municipal Council of the Corporation of
County of Elgin deems it advisable that the procedures for
election of the Warden be, as nearly as may be, consistent
to year and
WHEREAS The Municipal Act requires that the Warden
shall be elected in the' manner provided by resolution of the
Council passed prior to the election; and
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'A BY-LAW
TO PROVIDE GUIDANCE UPON THE PROCEDURES FOR THE
ELECTION OF THE COUNTY WARDEN "
COUNTY OF ELGIN
By-Law No 86-33
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7. I,n the case of an egualit¥ of votes, the result's
shall be decided in accordance with the procedure set out :Ln
The Municipal Act, namely that, the Reeve, or in his absence,
the Deputy Reeve of the Municipality which for the preceding
year had the largest equalized assessment, shall have a second
or casting vote.
8. That the Warden-Elect shall forthwith sign and
declare and read aloud the Declaration of ,Office, and Oath of
Allegiance and on completion thereof he shall take the Chair.
9. Where the masculine words IIhe". or IIhisll are used
throughout this by-law, it shall be interpreted to mean "shell
or 11 her II in the event reference is made to a female person.
That By-Laws No. 81-38 and 82-49 be, and the same are
hereby repealed.
READ a first time this 21st day of May, 1986.
READ a second time this 21st day of May, 1986.
READ a third time and finally passed this 21st day of May 1986
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G. C. Leverton,
Clerk