CHAPTER 52. An Act respecting an Institution for the Education and HIS MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba, enacts as follows: SHORT TITLE. Institution continued subject to the control of Public Works Department. Institution to be for educa struction of 1. This Act may be cited as "The Manitoba School for the Deaf Act." R.S.M. c. 46, s. 1; 2 Geo. 5, c. 17, s. 1. INSTITUTION. 2. The institution known as "The Manitoba School for the Deaf," and the buildings erected and occupied for the purpose of the same, shall be continued and maintained under the immediate control of the Minister of Public Works, and shall be furnished by him as may be necessary. R.S.M. c. 46, s. 2; 2 Geo. 5, c. 17, s. 2. 3. Said institution shall be for the purpose of educating tion and in- and imparting instruction to such deaf persons as are born deaf persons. of parents, or are wards of persons, bona fide resident and domiciled in the Province of Manitoba. R.S.M. c. 46, s. 3; 2 Gec. 5, c. 17, s. 3. Every dear child to attend. Lieut.-Gov.in-Council may appoint 4. Every deaf child, between the ages of eight and fifteen years inclusive, shall attend the said institution at least four months in every year; and any parent or guardian who shall neglect to provide that every such child under his care shall attend the said institution shall be liable to a penalty of twenty-five dollars, and in default of payment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding thirty days. R.S.M. c. 46, s. 4; 2 Geo. 5, c. 17, s. 4. 5. The Lieutenant-Governor-in-Council may appoint to the said institution, to hold office during pleasure, a supersuperintend- intendent, who shall be the chief executive officer of the same, and such other officers and servants as may be deemed necessary, and may also fix and determine the salaries of said officers and servants. R.S.M. c. 46, s. 5; 2 Geo. 5, c. 17, s. 5. ent and other officers and fix salaries. superintend 6. It shall be the duty of the superintendent to keep a Duties of correct record of all matters pertaining to said institution; ent. and he shall, on or before the tenth day of January in each furnish the Minister of Public Works with a statement year, of the names and number of pupils admitted during the year, the residence of each pupil, the cost of maintenance and the amounts received for the education and instruction of pupils. In all matters pertaining to said institution the superintendent shall be under the authority of the Minister of Public Works. R.S.M. c. 46, s. 9; 2 Geo. 5, c. 17, s. 7. Lieut.-Gov. and internal institution. 7. The Lieutenant-Governor-in-Council may make rules in-council and regulations for the management and internal economy may make of the institution, and for the conduct and government of management the officers and servants thereof, and for the education and economy of instruction of the pupils admitted to the same, and, subject to the provisions of this Act, for fixing the terms and conditions upon which pupils shall be admitted to and remain in the said institution, and the period they shall be allowed to remain therein, and their discharge therefrom. R.S.M. c. 46, s. 6. No person to education and or, except by 8. No person shall be admitted to such institution ex- be admitted cept for the purpose of education and instruction; nor shall except for any person over the age of twenty-one years be admitted instruction, thereto, except upon the assent in writing of the Minister leave, over of Public Works; and the maintenance and support of any person admitted shall be in the discretion of such Minister. R.S.M. c. 46, s. 7. twenty-one. from outside may be 9. The Lieutenant-Governor-in-Council may, under such persons arrangements with the Governor-General-in-Council and with the Province the Lieutenant-Governor-in-Council of the Provinces of Sas- received. katchewan, Alberta and British Columbia, respectively, as may be satisfactory to the Lieutenant-Governor-in-Council, provide for and allow the reception, care and instruction in the said institution of all or any such deaf persons as are, during the period or periods of such arrangements, residents of the North-West Territory of Canada or any of the said Provinces, and as are otherwise, under the provisions of this Act, properly admissible into the said institution. 2 Geo. 5, c. 17, s. 6. INVESTIGATIONS. may institute 10. In case the Minister of Public Works should con- Minister sider it advisable to institute an inquiry into the manage- inquiries. ment of the institution, or into any matter connected therewith, or into the truth of any return made, and considers it expedient that the officers of the institution, or any other person, should be required to give evidence before him on May summon oath, the Minister of Public Works, or persons appointed Vitesses. Officers may be suspended by Minister of Public Works. by him to hold such inquiry, shall have the same powers to summon such officers, or other persons, to attend as witnesses, to enforce their attendance and to compel them to produce documents and give evidence upon oath as any court has in civil cases. R.S.M. c. 46, s. 10. 11. The Minister of Public Works shall have the power to suspend any of the officers of the institution, pending a report to, and action thereon by, the Lieutenant-Governorin-Council. R.S.M. c. 46, s. 11. CHAPTER 53. An Act respecting the Dental Association of Manitoba. HIS MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba, enacts as follows: SHORT TITLE. 1. This Act may be cited as "The Dental Association R.S.M. c. 47, s. 1. Act." ORGANIZATION. and powers. 2 The association heretofore incorporated under the Organization name of "The Manitoba Dental Association" is hereby continued, and shall be deemed to be a body corporate and politic, and by the said name shall have perpetual succession and a common seal, with power to break, alter, change or make new the same, and by the name aforesaid may sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded, answer and be answered unto in all courts and places whatsoever, and may have, hold, receive, enjoy, possess and retain for the purposes of said association all such sums of money as may at any time be given or bequeathed to and for the use of the same, and by the said name may purchase, take, hold and enjoy any real estate, or any estate or interest derived or arising out of real estate, for the purpose aforesaid and for no other purpose, and may sell, grant, lease or otherwise dispose of the same; but the real estate so held by the said association shall at no time exceed in annual value the sum of five thousand dollars. R.S.M. c. 47, s. 2. 3. The following persons shall be members of and shall Persons who constitute the said association, namely, shall be members. duly quali registered, (a) every person who at the time of the coming into Every person force of this Act is a duly qualified and registered member fed and of said association under the provisions of "The Dental etc. Association Act," being chapter 47 of the Revised Statutes, 1902, and Acts amending the same, or under any other Act of the Legislature of Manitoba relating to the said association; Everyone hereafter licensed and registered. Election of board. In case of a tie. Filling vacancy. Date of elections, Notice of meeting. Postponed election. Directors to hold office until successors elected. Manner of voting by present at meeting. (b) every person who shall hereafter be duly licensed and registered under the provisions of this Act. R.S.M. c. 47, s. 3. BOARD OF DIRECTORS. 4. There shall be a board of directors of said association, which shall consist of six members, who shall hold office for four years, and three of whom shall be elected each second year. In the event of a tie between any candidates at such election, the president of the association, at the time such election is held, is authorized to determine which of the parties affected by the tie is elected. Any director may at any time resign by letter directed to the secretary; and, in the event of any such resignation, or of a vacancy occurring by death or otherwise, the remaining members of the board, or a majority of such remaining members, shall elect some fit and proper person from among the members of the association to supply such vacancy. 4-5 Ed. 7, c. 8, s. 1 (4). 5. An election of directors of the said association shall be held in the City of Winnipeg on the second Monday of January in every second year. One month's notice of each election of directors shall be given by circular by the secretary to each member of the association, but any oversight or omission in giving such notice shall not void the election. If for any reason the election of directors shall not be held on the date specified in this Act, it shall be held on such date thereafter as shall be appointed by the directors or by any ten members of the association in writing by a letter addressed to the secretary. (2) If the election of directors be not held on any of the days aforesaid, the directors in office shall continue to hold office until their successors are appointed. (3) The members of the association may, at any elec members not tion of directors, cast their ballots without being actually present at the place where the election is being held, provided that such ballots shall be sent or handed to the secretary so as to be received by him prior to the hour fixed for the holding of the election. A ballot 30 sent or handed, shall be signed by the member voting and shall set forth the names of the candidates for whom such member votes, and any such ballot if marked for more names than there are vacancies shall be rejected. Ballots so sent or handed shall be enclosed in an envelope, and shall be so marked on the outside as to indicate that the envelope contains a ballot. 4-5 Ed. 7, c. 8, s. 1 (5). |