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VOTERS' LIST, 1911
Municipality of the
TOWN OF KINCARDINE
COUNTY OF BRUCE
Polling Sub-Division No.3
Formerly known as
ST. GEORGE'S WARD
::'ompnsmg that part of said Town of Kincardine lying west of
Queen Street from northern boundary to Harbor Street,
and north of Harbor Street to Lake Huron.,
:OART NO. 3--Llst ot Persons Entitled to Vote at the Elections to the
Legislative As~ernbly Only.
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NAME. .
\ OCCUPATmN I
LOT
CONCESSION \
OR M.F..
STRJ!.ET
37 \ArmstrOng, John...:..... Oarpenter
20
Mec. Ave. N MF
.111 Boyer, Thomas............ Accountant
112 Blohm, John ............... Pict show
,H7 Boyer, George..............1 Student
1
10
1
Huron W MF
Durham S MF
Huron W MF
199 Clark. Edward.............. Clerk
207 Clancy, John................ R R.
2
5
Durham N MF
Queen W MF
239 Davey, George............. Jeweller
2tl Dalgavie, S. G.... ......... Gent
2...2 Devine, John............... Teamster
2W Dunlop, David............. Fact'yhand
2 Qneen W WB MF
5 HuroIl. W MF
5 MF
3 . Hnron EMF.
307 F'isher, R E................. Barber
3
IHuron E WB MF
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The..sa.id- -~ebenture or- debentures sha-ll- ~o be expended in 'laying out an' establish-
(be lssued m currency) be made payable mg North of Broadway Street in the said
in the Dominion of Oanada. on the First Town of Kincardine a Public Park and for
day of June, A.D., 1926, and such de- such pm'pose to purchase certain land
benture or debentures shall be issued namely, lot number four on the South flide
and da-ted all at one time a-nd as of the of Nelson Street in said town and with the
Second da:r of ~une, A.D., 1906. the la.nds adjoining same (and already owned
day on whICh thIS by-law ta.kes effect, by the Corporation) to make, establish and
and shall have coupons attached to them improve a Public Park in the said Town
for the pa.yment of the intersst thereon. the said sum of $2500.00 to be repavable i~
4-. The said debent,ure or debentures shall twenty years from the date on which the
hear interest at the rate of four per said debentures are directed to be issued by
centum per a.nnum from the date of the this bylaw.
same, which interest. shall be payable ~ND .wHEREAS to carry into effect the
ha.lf yearly all the FIrst days of June saId reClted purpose it will he necessary to
and December in each year at the raise the said sum of $2500.00 by way of
Merchants Bank of Canada or at the loan in the manner hereinafter set forth
Town Treasurer's offiGe, each in the the said sum of $25~'0.OO beind the amount
'l'own of Kincardine, and the said cou- of the debt intended to be cr;ated bv this
pons sha.1l be signedJ~y the sa.id Mayor bylaw. ~
,and Treasur~r. . AND WHEREAS it will require the sum of
5. rhat for the purpose of fo~mmg a fund $183.95 to be raised annually by special
for the payment of th~ sl-ud dehenture rate for the payment of the said loan or
or debentures and the mterest thereon debt and the interest thereon as is herein.
at the rate aforesaid the following spe- after mentioned.
cHic sums, namely, the sum of $67.16 AND WHEP.EAS the amount of the whole
for sillk~ng fund. and the sum of,$80.ll0. rateable prop~rty of the municipality of the
for the Interest Ill. each yea.r durmg the '.rown of Kincardine according to the last
currency of tbe saId debenture or deben. revised assessmf!nt Roll 0' the said town be.
tures, shnH in additio>: to all otl1(,r ra.te~ ing for the year ]905 is 3664.120.00.
?C asse8.8ed, le\li~d, raised and ('(~lIed, d AND WHER1~AS the amount of the existing
111 ea.ch alld every y";tr by a "'p ('Ial raL d'lbentlJre debt of. the said' own of KincaI'-
sl1ftici{~llt. thr"refo1', upon ILll r<l,(,'abh dilltJ is $60,6~H.85 (~XclllSive of local improve
property w~thjll the ~liHit'" d the 1',,11.';, nl'-,ds debts secured by special acrs, rat('B
o~ KHlCardllW ltccordlll~ to thl' I,lst I'e- or ;~sseS8ments and no part of the interest
VIsed U.SS(,Ssfllent- roll tht"n'of dl..j, ~i ; i,. ,'!' 'If t.he prineipll,] is ill arrear.
continoa.llce of lhps;~[d J.t..", ",' ,\..\D "Hl.;n,.:ASit will reqnire the Sllll1 of
debelltUl'l'S ur <~uy of t~. ltJ 1);0" 00 t'j U(; J',.iN' d <l.tlllllaHy for th(1 pay.
6. A.ND .WHlUillAS t.he S!tJ~ Sllms a~e such ment of the said interest and the fUi'ther
as vnll be suffiCIent w1th the estimated sum of $83_95 to be raised annually as a
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BE IT THEREJ'on,a.nd it is hereby enacted property within the limits of the
by the Corporatiou'of the Town of Kinca.r~ of Kincardine accordin<< to the h
dine by the Municipal Council thereof, duly vised assessment roll thereof dud
convened-aud as~mbled, as follows :.,- continuance of the said debentt
1. It shall be la~ul for the Council of the debentures or any of. them.
Corporation ,<>f the Town of Kinca.rdine 7. Al!D \VllBRJ!:A~ the s.ald SUllS ~re S
to ta.ke or to &'Jquire by purchase, lot w1l1 be SUffiCIe?t w1th the est1mat
number four (4) on the South side of terest on the .1Ovestment thereof
Nelson Street in the said Town and charge thesa1d debt when payabll
with the la.nds a.djoining the Bame and 8. ,AND it .is further enated by the Mu
now owned bv the said Corporation Counctl that votes of the duly gu
namely Lots ~9 10 11 12 13 14 and 15 electors of the said corporation 81
on East :}la,ugee'n Stre~t,' Pa~k lot 36 taken on this bylaw at the tim\"
south of King Street Jots numbers 1 2 places and by the Deputy Retl
3,4,5 and 6 North of Broadway Str;et: Officers hereinafter specified, thai
Lots numbers 1, 2, 3. 4,5,6, 7, and 8 on say: On Monday t!:te Seventh (
the South sjde of Mechanics Avenue Ma.y, A.D., 1906, bemg not more
a.nd Lots 1,2,3,.,5,6,7, 8,9, and 10 five weeks nor les.s t~HLn three
North side of Mechanic!? Avenue and fram the first pubhcatlOn thereof,
that part of Mechanics Avenue lying mencing at the hour. of nine o'cJ.
west of West Street. to make, establish the f~renoot; and closmg at the h(
and improve the said lands &s a public fi ve 0 clock m the afternoon of the
park. day. P I' b' .. N k
2, That it shall be Jawfullor the Mavor of In ol mg Su -dlvlRlOn o. I,
the Corporation of the Town of K.iucar. 80S St. Andrews ward. in the C<
dine to raise by way of loan from any Chamber in the 'rown H~Il, Alex:
person or persons body or bodies corpor- Campbell! Deputy ~~t.urtllng Offic
ate who may be wiUin<< to advance the In Polhng Sub.dlvlSl~n No.2, k
same Ilpon the credit of the ,tebenture as St. Johns Ward. In the bu:
or debentures mentioned herein the sum I o~ned by Thoma.s Morgan on the
of '2500.00 (unles!; of course the said de- Side of Queen Street and ?n the c
benture or debentures can be disposed of of Durham and Queen. Stree~s,
at a premium) and to payor cause the Moffatt, J?uputy R~t~l~mng Office}
sa.me to be paid into the hands of the I~ PoJImg Sub.dl\-'ISlO~l No. 3, ~
Treasurer of the said Town of Kincar. as St. Georges Ward, 1Q the bm
dine for the purpose only of and with owned ~y ~alcolm Ross, one door!
the ahove recited objects. of Reed s lIvery stable on the west
3 That it shall be lawful for the said of Queen Stre?t, James H. Flel
Mayor and he is hereby authorized to Deputy Returmng Officer.
cause a debentnre or a.ny number of In Polling. Sub divisio.n No.4, kl
debentures to the extent of $2500.uO to as St. Patncks ward, lU t.he offic
O""cbe;m' ~'::of; "~,__ ,J.;a~.e8",BaY,ne" onpI.e,.weI~t~a,l,de{)~ ,Q
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"than .- ~-;:.: -tU:rnlIlI{..Qff:iC~v. . -".; '.-, ",-.,.-
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cl~il1't-y'---wnicn- pre'sents, ex; l' mg :~f,.the'vote,.:th:e . '\Varas cannot be-
cc-pt .WI1l're authority be-yond. .the same is '".' )(>h~h€d, then the oath dof's no_t pre~
exprpssly given; and the ''POwers of tho. Y~mt an ?lector from voUng in each ward
OO1lncil shall be exercised by by-law ", h~re hIS n-3;m~ ~ppears, on the ,Ii!!t of
v m not O'therwise authorized or Jlro~ ;'~t~.rs. i B1It If ,_~h" w:l1"ds can .~e rega,r{led
'd for." And section 411 provides that a.. .lbol.she~, Jn~ t~E! .bY~Iaw mc-rely
vcry municipal Council shall, by a cr:;atE>R polhng l>u-:J-~l\'1Sio~S t?r the pur-
,ihirds vote of the members thereof, ]:'0_(; of more convemenUy rakmg the b:tI-
~ the power of .e.xemp.ting any manu* l?ts, then the _CleLUse O'f tlu') oath.-.' 'That
"'ing estabIishme-nt, in whole or in ).rnl ba;ve not vot.eO. before ilt thit>elec_
'.om taxation. f'xcept as to school t!\:lll. ~lthe.r fl.t thl;;; 0'1' any Dwer po-lUng
)r any period not longer than PdC& -wIll prevent l:'ll:'ctors from vot_
~ an(! to renew this- exemption ng more than once. The deputy return_
,Jrther period not eXl:leeding te-n ing cffjC'ers, if .appoint~d, must perform
AS$u~ing- that the,:" re.solu~ tlw duties re'lUlred of them by Sh i rrJns
;vas passed 'by a. two":"thft9-~.:V()~e 16! to> 179 of tll(' Act. Secti(m l77 requlr~s
ernewbers of the Council, the first that faeh uevut:v: shall sum up the votl~s
ion fo be considered is. was it bind- C:.Ft for th<:J "anous candldatcf':. and re-
On the part of the corporation? The I' turn t~e same in scaIed paclrag(l:Ol to the
,1 difference hetween a ,b~r-Iaw and. returmng officer. There is no provi::,ion
"Solution is that a .by-law. has the for ary othcr methM, and there does not
of the corpo-ratlon,i affixed to it,and appcHZ: to bo any. authority p-iv€'n to the
'. general rule, resolutions are not COlJl:CI1S to provide any other method (;f
-, A resolution having the seal of makmg a r.(!tnrn of the bltllots to the re-
rporation affixed would be in ef- turning officer by the depuw:,s.
by-law. It is,a great mdstake to QU.-4.-vViUsChool trustee3 be e.lecteoi
. ,_",e a. municip.-1.l corporation may do by eaeh ''''ard as formeI-ly or will they
,-,y resolution whatever it is a:nthorized be elc-cted by general vote the same' as
to do by by-la.w. Th.€' statute s;:tys ",the th.!:'l council!ors are to be elected? And
powers of the Council shall J:.le exercIsed y>'Ill &d.ch elector be restrlcl!ed to one vote
by by-law when not otherwIse all thor- In the case of school trustees ?
l!Jed or provide? for';: But ,~e~Ion 411 Ans.-'l'he Municipal Amendment Act of
~:~:o-to:r;,_itelWf;o._thi~J.;Ia;o.te ):~f or~ 1&98 dOES not affect the election ,of sctlOol
members.'\_These words ,indicate that- a trustees." The. ~c:U has(!r~eated; e~ough
resoititionassented to by two-Ucirds of anarch.y III mun,clpal maLter.s wIthout
themNnbers_ of the C~uncn - would be cen!u,smg. the school ~Gt as well. .Sch~~ol
sufficient -tt>grant an exemp.tion, leaving tru~tees .a~e elected I~ a.cc~'rd.ance wIth
the cond,fUO:l"is' to be thereafter S-€-t ft.~rth' the pro-Y:1slOns of, sectIOns ,,7 and 5& of
hi a formal agreement" to be e~~ecuted the Pub:nc Schools Act!. But where school
under'the seal-of the muniCipality and boa.rds Ill- towns have by resolution :rna?e
by-the:rnatiufMtur~rs. A two-.~h~rds vote the eJed!on of t~ustees to take place. In
af-_the. m~thbe-rs ls_ aU that- is "provJded the>sfLrn~ ~annel and ~t the. same t:rnfo
for ,,'In' the-seetion: Of course, if the as tlle electIon of councl!Jors, It may now
Te~ohjtiori did not .receive a two-thirds be necessary for them to reconOlider and I
v'Je0o-f the members, itwa,q void a.b ini~ repe-a.l OF a~end any :mcJ:1l'(~solut>ion, and
tio. The Council may rescind th~ reso- ~o p.rOVlde lur the eolectwn of trustees
lutfon but that will not cancel the lia- Independently of the municipal elections>,
biHty 'o.{' the municipality to the roanu- un;j~r the powers c?,nferred by t!he said
facturers who have actoo upon it in good sectlOll_s of th(j Pubh<;,S<;hools Act.
faith and built 'their bUilding. The in- Qu, o.-'l'hIs town lIS mco-rporated by
divldual members of the Council are not spec~al Act., 38 Vic., cup. 83 (1874), whIch
In any case personally liable to the PTOYldes fo-r the numoor of councillQrs to
manufacturers~ They were- mere-lyact_ be elected from each ward, and, fixes the
ing in a rep.resentative 'capacity. as liUmber of wards. Will the Municipal
members of the Council, and they illlcur_ Amendment Ad of 1898 annul the-special
red no perso-nal responsibility. whather plo,vlsilJ-Ils of our special Act?
tho r~soll!tion b~ held void O-rva~I~. '-!-,he Ans.-Section 1 of .. thc Municipal Act:'
liabilIty, If an,y, lS twon th;: mU~LClp31lty, R. s. 0,. cap. 223, says :_" This Act shall
and can be. e~forc.ed agamst 11. Whe- not affect the provisions of any special
ther' the bUIldmgs are old or n.ew, does Act reiatIng to any particular munic1pal-
not p..ffect the question; the CounCIl has ity." This is a new provIsion having
-the :p<?wer of e~e.mpting "any" ma.l1u- been introduced for the first Ume into
f2.t-tunng establIshment. from .ta::ra~lOu.. the Municipal Act of 1892. It was not in
The power t'l> exefi'.l-p~ lS not hmLtea to' the Revised and COllsolidated Municipal
:,he, :::and :lI?d bUlldm~s:,. the _..wo-r?s, Act of 1877, nor in that of 1887. The first
manufacturmg esta;blishment&l" In- question to be svlved is, Dhl theR<:.vised
cl1!de plant and machmery as well. On Municipal Act of 1817, or that of 199(, or
th1.s point. see t~e jw~gme~t of th~ late any special or general Act, pas800 sub-
ChIef Jushce Wi.so_n.. m PirI~ v. Dund,:s, sequ&ntly to the AC't which ir.corpor.'J..t~~d
29 U.C.Q.B., 401. On the. vahdtty. of 1'0130-_ the-- town o-f Palmerston in 1874, repeal 01'
luUons passed by C()UnC~18, see Dar~y v. do a,way with the provision contained in
CrQwland. 38 U.C.Q.B. 3,,8, and LewJ$ v. the Palmerston. Inco-l"pora.t~on Act, whIch
Toronto, 39 U.C.Q.B., 343, And as to the Fa" in IT'Ur>'<- that th ~ I .. I
melUllng. of "manufacturing estabIish- y". :: "...,'" _ .e ,=,~~.era mu-~lclpa
ment" and other p.ofnts involved in the laws tlLn ill: !orc.e should be applIcable
. . A d H '. .11 24 to the mUlllc1pallty of the town of
QUestlOn-, see lexan er v. untsvl e. Palmerston, "in so far as they were not
C).R., 665. inconsIst1€ont with the special provision",
Pelee IgJund.-Qu.~Tf a townShip pub- of the_ Act of incorplJratIon" ? ,'Vo think
J1c library be: egtablished llnder part 3 that the '3ubsequent Municipal Acts. and
.f.)f the A~t re~pecting Public LibrarIes, can revisions, had the effect Ofbr1nging the
the board of m;ln[lgemf"nt excIUde- all towu,of PaImerston under the general
p<'rl_ons from the use of - the LOOkS who munIcipal_ laws of tihe province. But
do'not bec('me paying memt>er.s ?'Or will whe-thel' they 'had the etffect Df repe-aling
t'he UiF:f. of the books be freE> to all no~ 'the special provisIons In the Incor-poratl6n
nH'mber<;" of fhe asqoC'iat!(:'n "! Act as to the number o.f wards, and I1mu-
}\ng.-S,.,."tiQll 26 of tho Publio LibrarIes bel" of "co,unci!lQ;rs to be. elected in eact!
" R SOh t ~ '''h t th ward, is a doubtful question. Virhat i~'
-" ('t, ...., c. ar' 'e-r :1?, r-rOV:(leH ,a e now 3C"'-'. tion. 6 of thIs last re"i~ed .lIuuid.
.. hotlnl of manag"-'mt~nt" shall provide .,"0-.
guiw [lie >({.commodation for the library . pal .Act was in the Municipal Act of
~nd _readir1K _'tQn.m.~, And sh;lll h~,ve po';V-:- ]873, and W:1S the.refore part of the ge.n.
pr to pUrChUFf', erc.-ct. or. TNlt buihhng:< era! munici-paI . law. of the p~o-vi-l1Ce wh-nr
for th(' pm po,,!'. That they ,shall pur~ the to,wn,~'as.incoI'Por;;.ted. In,!:lo far U:
chaSe bool.c". 'Ilag-~,zirws, newspapers, and the o:gfl_mz~tlOn o~ the COUllC1l of tlH
other rendfug matt",r, arid shall ma:H~' tow~ 1.8. conce!,nOO, IV lOtOks 3-7 though ~11!'
!f!gulations f:;r the manag-e_TJ,1en~ and 11S,," I P:~ISIO~l~. 01 tr,o Ac~ of L1COrpOr}tiOl~
of the "ame. and f('r 1J/)l']in~- regular . ~~r~ still ill force. Byt we ha.ve, he,theJ.
and spaeia.l meeting-s of the board.._ Utlll.r ;l..me-.. no:~ ;,:p~ce ~~ go. mto the matter :l.~1L
f0r o.e.fllling- Un duties of officeI's, "ann. ?ISCt;.SS I~ [I,; fll.l'", a,nd eX.haust!veIY as It\~
the r""eg .to be paid hy mCr'li"'r~." and, Importance ~equlres,",
?'enerflll.Y foo such other matti'll"', l'iS ill.H.:'>' I' Befo're pr~nou ncing a d. efinIte opiniol;
PI;' ne(,psf-'<try f('r promoting u';useflll, . upon the point we would have., to
..... ot the Iiublic libJ'ury ant>: rea.a1ng- e::o>allline all the MunlcillOJ. Acts passe:];
t)f.
ne'
. itl.it sever,e(J, theh' cr;nnectlcn ,With, tlie!~t <nO;
gregatljon; they have. only the same rights
as other members of the congregation,
and cannot c{).mplainof wha.t W3-:'1 dcn-e
if they did not attend the rrree-tin~s, an(l
cannot complain. in. any ca.~e if t.he pro-
'ceedinga were regularly conducted, ac-
cording to the provisio.ns of the statute.
A,D., N(,rwood.-Qu.~A man owring
t.(:',al ann lKT20naJ property died int",st;i.te,
If}&v.jng a widow ano five ehildren, all of
agc. The widow obtained letters of ad-
ministration. and she and four of the
h(drs want the property ~{}ld, hnt the
othf;;r heir will not CCH"lSent; ('an the
widow sell without such consent?
An!\i.,.....Section 4 of the Dco;'olutIon of
E~tates A_ct, R.S.O., cap. 127. provirles
th[..t any real and perf;onal pq'operty
which is vest",',jj In rlny persoa shall, on
his death, de\'oh.e upon arlfl /)~comc vest-
ed in bis legal personal rEpresentatjy~;
and ~o f;u tH; the said prOlmrty .Is 11ut dis-
posed of by d2ed, will, ~ontl"act, 0'1'" other
cn'edl1al rlispositbn, the 'same shall, afh'T
paytnc>nt of J;he debts of th~ fl'J;,::",af.:ed, be
d;stributed as persol'_al property not so
dispo~€'t1 of is to h3' di:,:tributed; find sec-
tion 16 provides that executors and :1.d,
millistrator:; in Wh'Jffi th-e real estate of
n. d(""l("'UiCd person is so vesteJ shall be
de(,m0(] to have as tull pc'wor to 8~1l and
convey sn~h refll estatf:, for' the purpo,.::e
nlJt only of paying debts, but alf:o of dis-
tributkg or dlv;ding tho estate mong- the
partIc.s U"ln-efiC'Jaliy entitled thereto-whe_
ther there at"e debts or not -as t,hl2v have
in regard to pe'.(':ll),nal esta te. Provided
always that where any heIrs or d.,vjS-€'~s
do l:Ot concur 'in the sale, and there >1-re
lW dE-bts, no sueh sale shnll be valid as
l'E>~I)eCts such non-concun'lng heir;! or dlO'-
"i~ee!<, unless the l"}lle is Ulndp with the
Q:P:PI'oval, of the" Official Guardian".' and
ful' th is j,u-rpose the Oflicial Gu:tl'diun
sh>llll1uve the sarnt; POwers nnel dutles :1';
h(> h:u, in the case of infants. The widow
will. therefore, have to apply to tlw..
county judge or write to the Official
<1u>l.rdian at Toronto., .who will commUloi_
c::.t(, with the objecting heir, ap(] \,,;,:1I
makf> f'Olne arrangement which will be
sa.tisfactory to all paries concerned.
R. C., Hamilton.-Qu.'--:'In 1896 r exhibit_
t;'a certaip. articles at an agric'ultural find
arts exhlbltic).!l, and was aW:->.rded prizes,
but was cnly paId 60 per cent. of the
amount. the dIrectors promiSing to 'pay
the balance next year, whkh they 1'e-
fll:ged to pay when demanded" Can I
collect the balance of my prize mone;\"
ftom thE: as-sociation or directors?
Ans.-Se~tion: 3 of the Agriculture and
Arts Ac,t. R.S.O., cap. 4:~, says :_" All
agTicultura.l, 2nd all ho-rticultnral socie-
ties, and all associations organized under
:.tny fcrmer ,A'Ticultul'a.1 and Art!' Act
shall be continued, excE'pt so f[lr as
they may be eJtered or affected by this
Act." And section 15 sa>'s:-" AIl dis-
trIct, towm'-hi!), and horticultural socie-
ties now OJ hercil fH.!" or~aniZC'.u shaH be
bodies ~orporate," etc.
Sf:ctIon ';" pr0vicles for the organization.
and for the election of Dfficers,- and of a
Board of Directors.
Section 9 prOVide. s, or s-tatl;Js the objects, I'
among th€'m heing-:~-
" (c): The awardIng of prf"miums for ex-
cellence In any agricultural or horticul-
turai produetion.or operation, article of
manUfacture, or work or art." Othe,
sl'(:jion~ !?Ive nower to th... sorietv to pas:;
by-laws, by which the business a.nd tram~,
actions. are g'overned. In pursuanr:e of
such by-Jaws the Board of Director>;
fix the prizes to be awarded. and adver_
tise them. inviting the puhlic to exhibit
"nel comnete for them. They also ap-
point judges to 3.wardthe pri7'es, anI'!
during- or at the c]o&le of the exhibItion
ttfc prIzes are . awarded- by ~;t,cl1 'jUUg"~1
Such bein.i'; the p.romin('nt fncts w(. thihk
r:ny nerson who has been duly awardhl
a. pri7.e ID::ty maIntain anl act.km against I
the associatlon fror the amount thereof,
if the directors refuse or neglect to pay.it I
on demand.
I'~. W. J., C'tY.--QU,-lR it lawful to .l":~..
!)Ose of an article by the .sale of ticketg I
at !JOc. eacll' i:he tiC'k.;:ts to bo _ de11o~it(>(1
in a box _P:"""',.;~-::-"~.:::" on .. cer.cain da),