Statutes of Canada/1867-68/Chapter 3
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[Assented to 21st December, 1867.]
Preamble.
Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:Allowance to members of either House for attendance at any session.
1. In each session of Parliament, there shall be allowed to each member of the Senate and of the House of Commons attending at such session, six dollars for each day's attendance, if the session do not extend beyond thirty days; and if the session extends beyond thirty days, then there shall be payable to each member of the Senate and of the House of Commons attending at such a session, a sessional allowance of six hundred dollars and no more.Deductions for non-attendance.
What shall be reckoned as days of attendance.
Allowance for less than 31 days' attendance.
3. A member shall not be entitled to the said sessional allowance for less than thirty-one days' attendance reckoned as aforesaid, but his allowance for any less number of days shall be six dollars for each day's attendance.How the indemnity shall be payable.
4. The said compensation may be paid from time to time as the member becomes entitled to it, to the extend of four dollars for each day's attendance as aforesaid, but the remainder shall be retained by the clerk of the proper House, until the close of the session, when the final payment shall be made.Case of a member for part of a session provided for.
5. If any person is, from any cause a member of either House for a part only of any session, then provided he is a member for upwards of thirty days during such session, he shall be entitled to the sessional allowance herein before mentioned, subject to the deduction aforesaid for non-attendance as a member, and also to a deduction of five dollars for each day of such session before he was elected or after he ceased to be a member; but if he is a member for only thirty days or less, then he shall be entitled only to six dollars for each day's attendance at such session, whatever be the length thereof.Allowance for mileage.
6. There shall be also allowed to each member of the Senate and of the House of Commons ten cents for each mile of the distance between the place of residence of such member and the place at which the session is held, reckoning such distance going and coming, according to the nearest mail route, which distance shall be determined and certified by the Speaker of the Senate or House of Commons (as the case may be).Final payment at the close of Session.
Declaration to be made.
Grant for paying the allowance.
8. There is hereby granted to Her Majesty out of any unappropriated moneys forming part of the consolidated Revenue Fund of Canada an annual sum, sufficient to enable Her Majesty to advance to the Clerk of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Commons respectively, such sums as are required to pay the estimated amount of the sessional allowance hereinbefore mentioned.Clerks to account for monies received by them.
9. The Clerk of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Commons shall respectively account for all monies received by them under this Act, in the same manner as for monies advanced to them for the contingent expenses of the said Senate and House of Commons, and they may, respectively, apply any surplus thereof to the payment of such contingent expenses, and may supply any deficiency of such estimated amount out of any monies in their hands respectively applicable to the payment of such contingent expenses.Special provision for the present session as to allowance.
As to residue of session after adjournment.
Mileage allowed for both portions of Session.
11. There shall be allowed in respect of travel to and from the present Session of Parliament, as well prior to any adjournment for thirty days or upwards (if such there should be) as for the residue of the Session after any such adjournment, to each Member of the Senate and of the House of Commons ten cents for each mile of the distance between the place of residence of such Member and the place at which such Session is held, reckoning such distance going and coming according to the nearest mail route, which distance shall be determined and certified by the Speaker of the Senate or House of Commons (as the case may be) and such allowance shall be payable in the manner hereinbefore provided.Salaries of Speakers.
12. The following salaries shall be payable to the Officers hereinafter mentioned, respectively:Senate.
To the Speaker of the Senate the sum of three thousand two hundred dollars per annum.Commons.
To the Speaker of the House of Commons the sum of three thousand two hundred dollars per annum.Short Title.
13. This Act may be cited as the "The Members' Indemnity Act."I, A. B., One of the members of the Senate (or House of Commons,) solemnly declare, that I reside at in which is distant by the nearest mail route miles, as determined by the Speaker of this House, from where the session of Parliament of Canada, which began on the day of one thousand eight hundred and was held—
That the first day during the said session on which I was present, at where the said session was held, was the day of one thousand eight hundred and .
That on the said day and on each day of the said session, after the said day on which there was a sitting of the said House, I attended such sitting, or a sitting of some Committee thereof,* except only on days,** on of which I was prevented by sickness from attending as aforesaid, though I was then present at .***(Signature,) A. B.
C. D.,
If the member attended a sitting of the House, or of some Committee on every sitting day after the first on which he so attended, omit the words from * to ***;—and if his non-attendance was not on any day occasioned by sickness, omit the words from ** to ***.
If the person making the declaration became or ceased to be a member after the commencement of the session, vary the form, so as to state correctly the facts upon which the sum due to the member is to be calculated.
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