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 RULES AND REaULATIONS 
 
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 N'OV^ SCOTIA.. 
 
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 TRURO, N. S. : 
 
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 BYE-L^^WS 
 
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 Municipality of Colchester. 
 
 Part I. 
 
 PROCEEDINGS OF COUNCIL. 
 
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 Section. 
 
 1. The Chair shall be taken precisely at the hour 
 named for meeting. When no hour is named, the Chair 
 shall be taken at lo o'clock, a. m. On the appearance of a 
 quorum the Warden or Chairman shall call the Councillors 
 to order, and the minutes of the preceding meeting shall then 
 be read. 
 
 2. Before it shall be competent for any Councillor to 
 make a motion, the Warden or Chairman shall have the 
 privilege of bringing such matters, as he may have in charge 
 before the Council. He shall have the same privilege at 
 any time except when a question is actually under debate. 
 
 3. The Warden or Chairman shall preserve order and 
 endeavor to conduct all business to a speedy and proper 
 result. Nothing but the business before the Council shall 
 be spoken of until the Chair is vacated. 
 
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 4. The Warden or Chairman shall state every question 
 properly presented to the Council ; and before putting it to 
 vote shall ask — " Is the Council ready for the question ?" 
 Should no Councillor offer to speak, he shall proceed with 
 the (juestion, after which no member shall be permitted to 
 speak upon it. 
 
 5. His decision on points of order shall not be debat- 
 able unless, entertaining doubts upon the subject, he 
 invites discussion. He may speak to points of order in 
 preference to other Councillors, rising from his seat for that 
 purpose; and shall decide questions of order, subject to an 
 appeal to th^ Council by any two Councillors. On such 
 appeal no Councillor shall speak more than once. 
 
 6. When an appeal is made from his decision he shall 
 put the question " Shall the decision of the Chair be 
 sustained?" 
 
 7. It shall be the duty and the privilege of any 
 Councillor to call any member to order who violates any 
 established Regulation or Rule of Order. 
 
 8. A motion must be seconded, and afterwards 
 repeated from the Chair, or read aloud, before it is debated. 
 It shall be reduced to writing if any member requires it 
 
 9. All Resolutions in reference to money shall be 
 submitted in writing. ^ '' . . 
 
 10. No Councillor shall speak more than twice upon 
 any question ; and the originator of the motion shall have 
 the general reply. The Council may give any member 
 special leave to speak oftener. 
 
 11. While the Council is sitting, and any Councillor is 
 speaking, no member shall be allowed to speak or whisper 
 so as to interrupt him ; unless it be to speak to order ; or to 
 ask the Chairman for leave to explain. Leave to explain 
 shall only permit the explanation of an actual misunder- 
 standing of language. 
 
 12. When any Councillor intends to speak, he must 
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 and unbecoming language, and sit down when he has finished. 
 If more than one rise at a time the Chairman shall deter- 
 mine who was up first, and the member named by him may 
 speak. 
 
 13. No Councillor shall remain standing while another 
 is speaking. 
 
 14. When any Councillor speaks to order, the question 
 of order must be decided before the subject under discussion 
 is proceeded with. 
 
 15. When any question is called for, and a division 
 demanded, the vote shall be taken by a show of hands. 
 
 16. When a motion is made and seconded, it must be 
 determined by the question being put, unless it be withdrawn 
 by the mover, or the adjournment is moved. 
 
 17. When any motion is put from the Chair, and an 
 amendment is moved thereto, no amendment to such 
 amendment shall be allowed. 
 
 18. An amendment to a resolution shall be put from the 
 Chair, and decided first, and the original resolution shall 
 not be put unless the amendment is decided in the 
 negative. 
 
 19. On an amendment to "strike out and insert " the 
 paragraph to be amended shall first be read as it stands ; 
 then the words proposed to be struck out and those to be 
 inserted ; and finally the paragraph as it would stand if so 
 amended. 
 
 20. All questions and motions passed upon by the 
 Council shall be open for reconsideration at a future meet- 
 ing, provided notice of such reconsideration be given at any 
 time up to, or immediately after the reading of the minutes 
 at the next session. 
 
 21. When a Councillor is called to order he shall keep 
 his seat until the point is determined. 
 
 22. If any Councillor in speaking impeach the motives 
 of another Councillor, or treat him with personal disrespect, 
 
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 or pass between him and the Chair, while he is speaking, or 
 use unbecoming language, or wilfully violate any of the 
 Regulations or Rules of Order, he shall be deemed guilty of 
 a violation of order, and may be censured by the Chairman. 
 
 23. If a Councillor shall deem himself personally 
 aggrieved by a decision of the Chair, he, seconded by any 
 other Councillor, may appeal from such decision to the 
 Council. 
 
 24. Any conversation by whispering or other\vise, which 
 is calculated to disturb a Councillor while speaking, or 
 hinder the transaction of business, shall be deemed a 
 violation of order, and if persisted in shall receive censure. 
 
 25. Every member shall be heard in his place touching 
 any charge brought against him, as such, or any motion by 
 which his private interest may be affected, but shall withdraw 
 before the Council proceed therein. 
 
 26. When any Councillor presents a petition he shall 
 acquaint the Council with its purport, and ask leave for it 
 to be read. 
 
 27. When any question is before the Council, the only 
 motions in order shall be — 
 
 ist — To adjourn. 
 
 2nd — To lay on the table. 
 
 3rd — To postpone indefinitely. 
 
 4th — To postpone to a definite period. 
 
 5th — To amend ; or 
 
 6th— To refer. 
 
 28. A motion to adjourn shall always be in ord«r except 
 in the following cases : — 
 
 I St— When a member is in possession of the floor. 
 2nd — When the yeas and nays are being called. 
 3rd — When the members are voting. 
 
 29. The following questions shall be decided without 
 debate. 
 
 I St — A motion to adjourn, when to adjourn simply. 
 2nd — A motion to reconsider. 
 
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 prescribed number of times. 
 
 30. When the Council make any order or express any 
 decision, the form of such order or decision shall be 
 " Resolved " or " Ordered," or any other fit word so that 
 the meaning be clear. 
 
 3. The Clerk shall notify the first Councillor named on 
 any committee of his appointment, by furnishing him with a 
 copy of the resolution appointing the committee. 
 
 Part II. 
 THE CORPORATION SFAL. 
 
 Section. 
 
 1. The Common Seal of the Corporation shall be 
 made of suitable metal, and have engraved on it the name 
 of the Corporation. 
 
 2. The Seal shall be kept by the Clerk. 
 
 3. All deeds or documents, to which the Corporation 
 is a party, and for which a Seal is requisite, shall be authen- 
 ticated by the Common Seal, and the Warden and Clerk 
 shall sign the same and affixed thereto the Seal when 
 authorized by any law, bye-law, or resolution of the Council. 
 
 4. The Warden may affix the Seal to any certificate 
 or document at the request of any person desiring it for 
 the purpose of authentication. 
 
 5. Any person requiring the Common Seal to be 
 affixed to any certificate or document for the purpose of 
 authentication, shall pay to the Clerk the following fees : . 
 
 For affixing the Seal to any document to be 
 
 used out of the Province $2.50 
 
 If to be used within the Province only 1.50 
 
 If to be used in the Corporaiion only i.oo 
 
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 Part III. 
 COMMITTEES. 
 
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 I. Standing Committees shall be appointed annually as 
 follows : — 
 
 I St — Committees on Public Accounts and Finances. 
 
 2nd — " Tenders and Public Property. 
 
 3rd — " Licenses. 
 
 4th — ** Roads and Bridges. 
 
 5th — " Assessment. 
 
 2. Special or Select Committees may be appointed on 
 motion in writing at any time. 
 
 3. The reports of all committees shall be in writing, 
 and signed by the Chairman, when unanimous, but 
 when there is a difference of opinion, the report shall be 
 signed by all who concur in it ; the minority may also report 
 their views in writing to the Council if they see fit, which 
 report shall be signed by all concurring in it. 
 
 4. It shall be the duty of the Committee on " Public 
 Accounts and Finance " to examine accounts referred to 
 them by the Council and to report on them; to prepare 
 estimates and to submit proposals for the raising of money 
 by assessments, loans, bonds or otherwise. ,1 /^ . .^ , 
 
 5. It shall be the duty of the Committee on " Tenders 
 and Public Property " to examine and report on all tenders 
 received for the performance of any public work, and they 
 shall have supervision over the public property under the 
 control of the Corporation. 
 
 6. It shall be the duty of the Committee on "Licenses," 
 to examine into and report to the Council upon all 
 applications and petitions for licenses. :: 5; 
 
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 7. It shall be the duty of the Committee on " Roads 
 and Bridges" : — • ,. , 
 
 I St — To examine all Statute Labour returns. 
 
 2nd — To receive reports from Councillors as to the condi- 
 tion of the roads in each and every district, and report at 
 each semi-annual meeting as to the state of the Roads and 
 Bridges in the County. 
 
 3rd — To prepare an estimate of the sums to be allotted 
 to each District, having respect to the requirements of each, 
 and the amount at the disposal of the Council. 
 
 4th — To perform such other duties as may be imposed 
 on them by the Council. 
 
 8. The Committee on "Assessments" shall take charge 
 of such matters relating to Assessments and Rates as may be 
 referred to them by the Council, and hear evidence relating 
 to any appeals and report thereon to the Council. 
 
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 SUPPORT OF THE POOR. 
 
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 The Overseers of Poor for the different Districts or 
 Townships shall, at the Annual Meeting of the County 
 Council in each year, lay before the Council a correct state- 
 ment of the number and condition of the Poor in their 
 several Districts and Townships, and of the sum required 
 therefor. 
 
 FERRIES. 
 
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 1. No person shall act as a Ferryman until he shall have 
 received a license under the Seal of the Municipality, and 
 signed by the Clerk ; which shall be granted on paying the 
 sum of one dollar, exclusive of charge for Seal. 
 
 2. Each licensed Ferryman shall at all times keep a 
 sufficient number of good, efficient and safe boats and scows, 
 
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 clean and j^i good order, properly floored, for the conveyance 
 of passengers, horses, carriages, teams loaded and unloaded, 
 cattle, etc. 
 
 3. Each licensed Ferryman shall provide himself with a 
 printed copy of the Bye-Laws, Fares and Lz^w relating to 
 Ferries, and shah exhibit and show the same to any passen- 
 ger who may require it. 
 
 4. Prompt attention shall at all times be shown to the 
 ferriage of passengers, who shall not be subject to any unne- 
 cessary or unreasonable detentipn ; and no Feny-boat shall 
 be taken off its line und^r any pretence whatever. 
 
 5. in case of any vacancy occurring by the death or 
 removal of any licensed Ferryman, such vacancy may be 
 filled up and ^new licence granted by order of the Warden, 
 subject to the approval of the Co^ncil at the next meeting. 
 
 6. The esta{)lished hpurs of Ferriage shall be from sun- 
 rise to ten o'clock at night ; but every Ferryman shall ferry 
 passengers when required at all times of night after ten 
 o'clock, receivmg double fare therefor. 
 
 7. There shall be allowed to every licensed Ferryman 
 within the limits of the Municipality for the following ser- 
 vices, the following fares, and no greater : — , 
 
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 Cents. 
 
 From Black Rock to Maitland and vice versa^ every 
 
 passenger, 25 
 
 Every child under 12 years, accompanied by its 
 parents, or by an adult, 
 
 Every horse, cow, or other animal, over one year old. 
 
 Every calf, sheep, hog, or colt, 
 
 Every carriage, cart, or waggon, sled or sleigh, with 
 two hors^ or oxen and driver, loaded or other- 
 wise, ................... .. 
 
 Between Little Dyke or P^l^ert and Maitland, every 
 
 passenger, ..... . 40 
 
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 CLERK. 
 
 The salary of the Clerk shall be four hundred dollars per 
 annum in full for all services, and he shall perform such 
 duties as required by the Act of Incorporation and by the 
 Council. His election shall be annual, and he shall give 
 such security for the faithful discharge of his duties as may 
 be required by a vote of the Council, on his appointment. 
 
 ' ^ TREASURER. 
 
 The salary of the Treasurer shall be two hundred dollars 
 per annum. His duties shall be the same as those formerly 
 performed by the Treasurer of the County under the Ses- 
 sions, and he shall give such security for the faithful perfor- 
 mance of his duties as may be required by a vote of the 
 Council, at the time of his appointment. 
 
 COLLECTORS OF POOR AND COUNTY RATES 
 
 Shall receive as formerly ordered by the Sessions, viz. : — 
 Five per cent, on all monies collected and paid, in full for all 
 their services. 
 
 DISTRICT CLERKS. ■. 
 
 The salary of District Clerks and Treasurers shall be 
 severally fixed by the Councillor or Councillors of the re- 
 spective Districts, and included in the estimate for the. sup- 
 port of the Poor for such Districts. v ' -r • 
 
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 The duties to be performed by the Clerk of the Overseers 
 of Poor shall be the same as formerly performed by the 
 Town Clerk, so far as consistent with the law. 
 
 "[, ' -' ' COUNTY REGULATIONS. ' " 
 
 1. The owner of any swine permitting the same to go at 
 large in any part of the County, shall be subject to a penalty 
 not exceeding five dollars for each offence. 
 
 2. Any owner of geese permitting the same to go at 
 large on any of the streets or roads of the County, shall be 
 subject to a penalty not exceeding ten cents for each goose. 
 
 3. The owner of any stud horse permitting the same to 
 go at large, shall be subject to a fine not exceeding twenty 
 dollars for each offence. 
 
 4. The owner of any bull permitting the same to go at 
 large, shall be subject to a fine not exceeding ten dollars for 
 each offence. 
 
 5. The owner of any vicious dog permitting the same to 
 go at large, shall be subject to a fine not exceeding four 
 dollars for each offence. 
 
 6. No person shall be allowed to set fire or burn any 
 brush or wood in clearing land or otherwise between the 
 first day of July and the fifteenth day of September, under a 
 penalty of twenty dollars for each offence. 
 
 LIMITS OF TRURO JAIL. 
 
 Hereafter the Jail limits of the Jail in Truro for the County 
 of Colchester, shall be known and defined as follows : 
 
 Beginning on the Salmon River, at or as far down as the 
 West line of David Fulton's farm ; thence Southerly by such 
 
 
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 line to the rear base line of the long front lots; thence 
 Westwardly by such base line to the old Halifax Road; 
 thence Northwardly on such road to the junction of the 
 road leading to Lower Village ; thence Northwardly to the 
 Western line of the Truro Cemetery, and continuing by the 
 same course West and East to include the Roman Catholic 
 graveyard till it comes to the Marsh road ; thence North or 
 by the line of fence dividing the upper from the lower divi- 
 sion of Marsh to the Bay ; thence up stream of the Bay and 
 Salmon River to the place of beginning, — being the bounds 
 and limits of the Town of Truro, and being less than three 
 miles in any direction from the Jail. 
 
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