In testimony whereof, I have delivered to him this certificate under my hand.

C. D.,

Justice of the Peace.

or A. B., Returning Officer.

R.S., c. 7, form M; 63-64 V., c. 12, form K; 2 E. VII., c. 37, form M.

Directions for the Guidance of Electors in Voting.

The voter is to vote only for one candidate, unless two members are to be returned for the electoral district, in which case he may vote for one or for two candidates as he thinks fit.

The voter will go into one of the compartments, and, with a black lead pencil there provided, place a cross or crosses within the white space containing the name of the candidate or of each of the candidates for whom he votes, thus X.

The voter shall then fold the ballot paper so that the initials and stamp on the back and the number on the counterfoil can be seen without opening it; he shall then return the ballot paper so folded to the deputy returning officer, who shall, in full view of those present, including the elector, remove the counterfoil, destroy the same, and place the ballot paper in the ballot box. The voter shall then forthwith quit the polling station.

If the voter inadvertently spoils a ballot paper so that he cannot conveniently use it as he desires, he may return it to the deputy returning officer, who shall give him another.

If the voter votes for more candidates than he is entitled to vote for, or places any mark on the ballot paper, by which he can afterwards be identified, his vote will be void and will not be counted.

If the voter fraudulently takes a ballot paper out of the polling station, or fraudulently delivers to the deputy returning officer to be put into the ballot box any other paper than the ballot paper given him by the deputy returning officer, he will be subject to be punished by fine not exceeding five hundred dollars and not less than one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years and not less than six months, with or without hard labour, in default of payment.

In the following form of ballot paper, given for illustration, the candidates are William R. Brown, Frank Hamon, Joseph O'Neil and John R. Smith, and the voter has marked his ballot paper in favour of John R. Smith.

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Information for Electors.

The following is the qualification of electors as prescribed by the Parliament of Canada:

Every male person shall be qualified to vote at the election of a member under this Act who, not being an Indian, is a British subject and of the full age of twenty-one years, and who has resided in the [province of Saskatchewan or Alberta, or the Yukon Territory (or as the case may be), for at least twelve months immediately preceding the issue of the writ of election, (and in the province of Saskatchewan or Alberta add the following), and in the electoral district, for at least three months, immediately preceding the issue of the writ of election].

If any elector finds that his name is not on the voters' list of the polling division to which he belongs, he may apply to the enumerator, not later than two days before the polling day, to have his name added to the said list.

Each elector may vote only at one polling station and for one candidate within the same electoral district.

The elector will go into one of the compartments, and, with a pencil there provided, place a cross within the white space containing the name of the candidate or of each of the candidates, for whom he votes, thus X.

The elector shall then fold the ballot paper so as to show a portion of the back only with the initials of the deputy returning officer thereon and the number on the counterfoil, and also in such a manner as to permit the counterfoil to be detached without unfolding the ballot paper; he shall then return the ballot paper so folded to the deputy returning officer, who shall place it in the ballot box, after having detached the counterfoil. The elector shall then forthwith quietly leave the polling station.

If an elector inadvertently spoils a ballot paper he may return it to the proper officer, who, on being satisfied of the fact, will give him another.

If an elector votes for more candidates than he is entitled to vote for, or places any mark on the ballot paper by which he can afterwards be identified, his vote shall be void, and will not be counted.

If an elector takes a ballot paper out of the polling station or fraudulently puts into the ballot box any other paper than the ballot paper given him by the deputy returning officer, he will be subject to be punished by fine of five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, with or without hard labour.

A. B., Returning Officer.

57-58 V., c. 15, s. 13; 58-59 V., c. 11, ss. 1, 2; 60 V., c. 5, s. 7; 2 E. VII., c. 37, form L.

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Commission of a Poll Clerk.

To I. J. (insert his legal addition and residence).

Know you, that in my capacity of deputy returning officer for the polling division No.

of the electoral district

I hereby appoint you to be poll clerk for the polling division.

of

said

I, the undersigned, I. J., appointed poll clerk for the polling division No. of the electoral district of

, swear (or solemnly affirm) that I will act faithfully in my capacity of poll clerk, and also in that of deputy returning officer if required to act as such, according to law, without partiality, fear, favour or affection, and that I will keep secret the names of the candidates for whom any of the voters at the polling station in the polling division No. marks his ballot paper in my presence at this election. So help me God.

I. J., Poll Clerk.

Certificate of the Poll Clerk having taken the Oath.

I, the undersigned, hereby certify that on the

day of the month of

polling division No.

I. J., poll clerk, for the

of the electoral district of

took and subscribed before me the oath (or affirmation) of office required of a poll clerk in such cases by section 115 of the Dominion Elections Act.

In testimony whereof, I have delivered to him this certificate under my hand.

R.S., c. 7, form 0; 63-64 V., c. 12, form N; 2 E. VII., c. 37, form N.

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Commission of a Poll Clerk acting as Deputy Returning Officer. of (insert his residence and legal addition).

To

Know you, that in my capacity of acting deputy returning officer for the polling division No. of the electoral district of in consequence of the decease (or incapacity to act, or as the case may be) of the deputy returning officer for the said polling division whose poll clerk 1 was, I hereby appoint you to be poll clerk for the said polling of the said electoral district.

division No.

The oath and certificate of its having been taken will be the same as in the case of a poll clerk appointed by the deputy returning officer.

63-64 V., c. 12, form O.

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