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St^ ■Wprj.'T'r— ,"■: ''''rT^Tf^T'*!'^r'^P'iS¥P^?'?*'?^ >■ • ^ -'s ' rr^'- >..-■' ^■f.,..v.. ••>.f I "ir j^i^' n '-■r n. ■i. . TOWNSHIP MEETINGS. Ant Township rontainin*' thiitv inhabitant (Vfebolders am! | vi«. 91, f • houteholdera, may hold n Towniiihip Meeting ; and any t wnship not having the reauisite number of intmbitants shall be taken to be part of such adjoining townsLip as the iTlagistrate^ grant'ng the warrant for calling the meeting may deem dbst conVement. Two Justices of the Peace must issue a warrant to the Township ♦ * Clerlciff kiast ten days before the time of iTtveting, requiring bim to "^v Msemble the inhabitant freeholders and houschol 'ers of his township ' on 4he first Monday in January, at 12 o'clock at noon, cr if a Councillor -,! .1 i , i»t»he elected, at 10 o'clock before noon. ^ y*- *''•»* At least eight days before the first Monday in January, thci vi.si. (9 Township Clerk must give public notipe rf the time ond place of meeting,— which notice should be in conformity with'the provisions of? Vic. 744 .■'■ the Public Meeting Act; but if the 'J'ownship Clerk neglects to issue the notice, the inhabitants may nevertheless assemble at tl e>gal place of Qieeting, and having chosen a Chairman, may proceed to business* • ^ ' if there beany incorporated town, or town bavmg police regula- ^ ' tioni in any township, the township meeting shall not be. held within tili limits of such town. '*'' All Township Meetings shall^ be held at such place as may be 9 Vie.| * Boritioire than twelve Fence^vidweni . ■ lYie.8 'vvl f Vic <0 \ I '^^^ towns' ip meetm;?, at which ft CbuneiUor is to be elected, " shall commence at ten o'clock, before noon. . <-% laSVie.lo.iJO Httery Township ho!din;j a Township mectin;^ is entitled to elect •ne Ciyunciltor, anl if there be three hundred ^ersarts siiisesaea iii'lHt Township they may el«ct two Councillors. ' • ' * * A poll may bedemmdii by any can.liJats, or by thrf»<; clprloTS, 2tiS iliixii ti. our' O'clock «r . .♦! Vic. 49, i 1 P'RSffnt, and such poll shall not be Uc|;it open loiigt *•' ' ia the aft«'rnoon. It is thfi duty of the Collector to furnish the TownViiip e an equniity of volt'if, the presitlinTf officer, althoiigh he may not be iltlieruiiu iiualii'icd, ixiiit ^ive his casting vot". ' • • *.. B.fore proceeding to poll the Yotrs, \\\fi nrfsidinT ofilfer sjinH (alfo and subscribe the following bath before a JiViticc 6f the l*caciip ciiftics of a member (or m'^mbprs) of the said Cotincil, and truly return tho canJidate (or caridiijates)^ who, 9t the final close, shall appear to have a mnjorily of votes ; a!i>nt rnll of the township of :.•«>,'„'„> yajgiJl -ihajt'tl have not already voted at this election." The Township CJerif, or Presiding officer, shal^ keep a poll htf, in the follow rtg form, and deliver the same to tb)i^ Qlarli of Vbif l^o^ immediately after the conclusion of ^i;]^ ^lecti9i|. , r . P % •■•a Pfamfffi of rreffln u!f'r» 'and ItrtiiBP- "^^^ ''' .. > - ' RoiioftHftToWiifctjipof-J— 4^^ — ' A. B. c. I), j Ej. r. \o.u. P,.i'i<-fc «-^f ill - T)iv * l>e!d h Special ?5^8si(in on orhelore the third Saturday in April, oi whichi fttle^it slv'dnys notice must be given at three public places in t^ie 'iN3\Vfir;'liip. At sucli .^rssrfoA the Councillor or Councillors will proceed^ t^ divide* ths^oads of the township Hmonqfst the severulOverseerSrof J|'fi£jli\vays; bmaUe latty orders respcctinsf Roads and Uridi?es, to fillj^ Hf) ant vtwaiibltfs in thsT^wuship Oiir^erj, and to apportion the roa4 ftfeiriio-s. ■' "■" "" (■•. TO^VNSUIP OFFICERS. xi tio person is liable to serw a township office ou^ of. the township i< Vie. j^i; J. | in which we residea. No ma^iistrate is liable to serVe. No person is > CJ « ■'il ^ hable to SMve oftener thftn once h three years. .. No Collector hi arrear is eligible 4o any township office. j y^^^ 21, { 1 f,'; Whe^ no^tovrnsjjip meetinij is hfe|tlu| samo penalties, as those choien at the tuwumip meetin^^. TOWXSHIP CLERK. IS ' IT •! « 3 "^^ Township Clerk, upon receiving a warrant from two ' " Magifitrates, shall issue a notice, to be affixed at three public pi tees in the township, giving at least eight days previous notice of the township meeting, and ii he has received no warrant ten days before the moetingi he should apply to the two nearest Majiisit rates to issue one. The Township Clerk's notice should be in the following form :— " Whereas, by virtue of a warrant from A.. B. and C. D., £si]8., t Vic. 7,^9 4 two' of her Majesty's Justices of the Peace, I am requited to asscmbla the Inhabitants of the Township of on Monday the —— ^ day of January next, for the purpose of choosing and nominating township officers for the ensuing year. Notice is hereby given, that the annual township meeting of the Township of will be holden at , on Aionday the day of January next, at tlie h'oOf of — :.'o'clo••' ■ I Tib. SI. ft3' 'fh? 1 ownship Clerk presides at meetings 6f' the l*bwAs1Rpi until a Chairman IS chosen. . . ! ' . * • Af He must keep a record of all the proceedings hi the t'ownshi]^ — »: — „u:-u -^cord, together with all other, papers, monies, and to the townshiip, ore to be by him blinded over Id meetings, which record, together with all other, Eroperty belonging is successor. \ *»•' SN- . He must allow fcfe access to examine the records to any inbabi* (ant of the township, upon the payment of a fee of one shiiliug and . three pence. He must afilx publicly at the place of meeting', immediately after the towQship me^ tiug has adjourned, a li&t of the officers elected. Ho must keep a book, wherein to enter their declaratiuns of office ; and if, at the end of twenty days, the officers so elected, shall not hare 8ub> scribed, he must transmit to a Justice of the Peace, in order to carry '' odt the law by lining those so neglecting^, and to a Councillor of the township, a list of officers as have not subscribed. ' He must make out three copies from his record of the proceedings of the township meeting, at which he was appointed Clerk for tho townshi]y^^thi« twenty days after his appointment, one of which if* to be posted up conspicuously at the place of meeting, and the ethers ho must transmit to the Clerk of the Peace, or the District CJerk. He must execute a bond to the Treasurer of the District in tho following form : — *i (Signed) vfttsi: A. B., Township Clerk, Xt C. D. it E. F. Jt Ordcik 1V48 fll " Know all m?n by these presents, that wo, A, B., Township Clerk for lire^oWnship of , in the Oistrict of i^imcoe, and C. D. of—, and E. F. of , are held and firmly bound to G, H , 'i'reasurer of -the District of Simcbe, in the sum of pounds to be well and truly paid to the said G. H., 'I reasurer, or to his successors in office, for which payment well and truly to bo made, we bind ourselves, jointly and severally, our heirs, executors, and admmistrators, firmly by these presents. Sealed with our seals, and dated this — — day of—— in the year of — — ." The condition of the above bond is such, that, if the above bounden A. B. shall well and truly pay over, according to law, for tho use of the township, all monies coming into his hands by virtue of bis office, and applicable to the general uses of the township, and deliver the remainder (if any there be,^ together with all bocks, records, and papers belonging to the township, into the hands of his successors in <^ce, as the law directs, then this obligation is null and void, or other- wise to remain in full force. I ii Ml ,• ' Thfl Township Clerk must keep an account of all monies coming ***^ nuiO.^M ' liqlto his hands, belonging to the tpwnship, and present the same to the District Auditors, to be by theili examined and approved of; and be must submit to the tdwnsh>p maeting a copy of such account I Vie. SI. I ft! Ha must make out a list, of all the persons in his Township, Jifble to perform Statute labour, shewing tue number of days every . pfTson is liable to \york, from whiuh list the Ovjsiseers have authority t^ lb make .extracts. . .^.^.r. . > Ho mast attend at the S|^ial StessioDS of Qitt CovaaSan of> tho tomibip io tho month of Apnl, with such list 184S 8 1^^' I! B)-Lbw IV sn m He miist furnish to a Magistrate lii the virinily, «3n'Or before the ic. -51., •Ji.jpj^jj^ .^f jjj,^., ^ifjgr^ jj ijgj pf (jversters of Highways, who I.av^ net passed their accounts. The Tuwnship Clerk is entitled to rcceire from the Ttfnsure in Tpmuncrntion for all services required of him, upon ^reducing a eer tificute of the Auditors' that his accounts are passed, according to tlie Ybllowing scale :-i- ****" *^ »,.The. Clerk pj[ each township havioflp ipsa that 150 names oil the > ssessment Uf>l|, shall receive, per auinum, - From 100 lo 200 narnes, - - • • -5 Fi urn 20a to.'iOO names, • • • • • - 5 ^ / Upwards of iJOO names, ■ - - - . • - t .(For the duties pf the Township Clerk at Uie election of a Coua< 1 Vic.2l,iIJ<^»^Kspe*Mhead.) . 't i u }14 { 14 ASSESSOR. :-a 114 Ml J 14 110 .c:...!' '.^ The A69CSS0T must apply to die Clerk of the l?eace for blank forttui in which to rntcrhis Absi'ssnient. ,^ He must make out his I'oll between the first Alpnday in Jaiiaary and tlie Apiil Uuaiter Sessions. til'. He must pci's»onnlly make application toeach rateable Hnhabftaint in .: the township, and demand from him, her or them, a true list of >aU their hi ds, tenements, and rateable personal property, which, together with .his own projteri}', he mucit enter correctly on his Assessment Hull. f!.;r i.s If he has reason to believe, that any person is giving htin, a false pr inrovrect return of his property, he must ii^ vcrthefuss take the return as given to him; but he is, in that case, bouod to report such p ttoritd^ r it... ki home. - A house must be taken to be btdlt of fttth matetialii as the pria cipal part of such house is built oC AH fire-places above two are additional fire*plaees and must b&Q^^^ m ^ counted whether in use or not j^ i2 ' f A stove in any room withaut a fire-place is counted an additional $ 2 fire-place. . t A store and dwelling house in one builiding are to be both rated separately. A house occupied as a dwelling house must be rated, whether it be finished or not. A house left partially tmhown shall be assessed as a hewn log- house. A waggon with steel springs is considered a waggon kept for pleasure. Orders. 1848 COLLECTOR. u-iK, ■/, Or4er h I i !■ > ^19 $4< The Collector must lodge his bond with the Treasurer before the , „. nt a t> July auarter Sessions. ^ ^"'' ^'' * ^* Having lodged his bond with the Treasurer, he must apply to the i ir Clerk of the Peace for the Assessment Roll. The District Council may authorize the Collector to collect the ^ y,^ ^j ^ ^^ arrears of the previous year. 4A5Vic.i(), If any person, rated in the Assessment Roll, shall refuse or neglect to p;iy his rate for fourteen days after demand duly made, the Collector ^ ^4',^ ' may obtain a distress warrant from a Magistrate, at any time after the first Monday m November. The Collector is authorized to execute the warrant and sell the goods and chattels, giving eight days notice of the sale, in three public places in the township, and he may retain out of the money arising I from the sale, besides the amount of the rate, the sum of three shillings {and nine pence, as his fee for making the distress, advertising and I selling. If the ocQupant ot any house, farm, or tenement shall have lefl I the town-ihip, the Collector may recover from the owner such part of the Irate, as is assessed npon the house or land, provided it is demanded fourteen days before the second Monday in December. And he may I recover from the tenatat the whole rate, although such tenant have left |tko towrtihip. If Lhe Collector has not demanded the rate from any person lessed, on or before the thirty-first of December, he is liable himself >r the amount, and caiinot claim abatement, by reason of his inability cdlleet the k-att ; but he may, netpithslsis, xscoyw the amuttnt fnun (i» ♦ i» to i9Q*o.ii\,Hi If any person sbftU bring a stpnt horse, covering mares fcv hire, into a township after the assessment for the year has been made, the Cnllector may, nevertheless, demand the rate for such horse, as if it had been du y returned on the Assessment Roll, unless the owner satisfy him that tlie rate has been paid elsewhere. 6 Wm. IV, 26 The Collector must receive a certificate for the killing of a wolf, at the rate of thirty shillings, in the payment of rates. Ho is entitled to retain out of the rates collected the following 1 Vic. 21, J 18 sums per centum upon the amount of his collection, viz. : — £ 8. £ s. By-Law Order If the rate in below £50 •-•00! Above £150 and under £200 - 7 10 Above £50 and uiidrir £100- • 8 10 j Above £200 and under je350 > 6 10 Above JCIOO and under X150- . 7 15 | Above i»50 6 His centage on money collected for school purposes is 6 per centum, whatever the amount collected. He must take a receipt from the School Trustees, or Superintendent, for monies collected for school purposes, as a voucher to authorize the Treasurer to release him from his bond. When an election for Councillor is to take place at any approach- 445 Vic. 10 ing- township meeting, the CoUtctor is required to furnish the township ( lerk, at least six days before such meeting, with a certified li-t of all the inl)abitatit houschol.Icrs and freeholders, entered ou the last Assess* , , ), mont KoU. * ii ^ POUXD-KEEPERS. ^1 1 Vic. 21, u. * . { 3& (34 { S2 A Pound-keeper must provide himself with proper enclosures. He ' must i Mpoiimi any cattle unlawfully running at large or tr sspassing, which may be bi ought to him, and he must furnish them with neces- sary iood and drink. If within twenty-four hours t' e person impounding the cattle shall not give to the Pound-keeper in writing his demand tor damages, the Pound-keeper may release them, upon payment of his fees. If within forty-eight luturs aftei' the animal is impounded the I claim and costs be not paid, the Pound-ketper shall immediately notify | three disinterested farmers, resident in the township, to appraise the j damages and julge of the lawfulness of the fence. 'I'he i'armcrs, so notified, must give in their award in writing to I the Pound-keeper within twenty-four hours, under a penalty of five snillinnrs. If, before the award is made, the owner shall tender for the damage nn amount equal to what is afterwards awarded, the party claiming extravagant damages >s liable for all costs incurred after such tender. If, within forty-eight hours, the animal impounded be not claimed,! and lawful charges, and the amount of damage awared, pmid the! Poi.nd-keeper shall affix in three public places in the township, for atl least fifteen days, a nv^icr of the t me and place at which he virill nUI it, giving in such notuie o description of the animal. If tho ooita andl damages are not paid before, he shall then sell the animal, and, «fter| res for hire, n made, the I, as if it had wner satisfy ig of a wolf, ixe following £ s. E200 - 7 10 £250 - 6 10 ...60 les is 5 per perlntendent, luthorize the ny approach- the township ied li-t of all i last Assess* '<■, ' , '-' i losures. He tr sspassing, witli neces' I cattle shall [amages, the pounded the ^ately notify ippraise the writing to | »lty of five |the damage jty claiming luch tender, ^ot dairaedj pftid the ship, for at I Ihe wi!l sell ooits attdl »nd,4ft«r 11 deducting the costs' and damages he shall then return the oTerplns, on demand, to the owner. But if no owner appears within three months, he shall pay the ove plus to the Township Clerk, to be expended upon the roads of the Township. If the animal is not claimed at or before the time of sale, and the owner is unknown, the Pound-keeper shall po-tpone the saU> for forty days, at the expiration of which time, if not belbie redeemed, he shall proceed to sell, and dispose of the proceeds as before provided. The owner of any animals, which may not lawfully run at larg^e, shall be liable for any damage done by them, whether the fences be lawful or not. If an animal is impounded for running at large con'rary to the township regulations,tho fine imposed is to be paiid to the Pound-keeper; and as to the method of deciding in disputed cases, and of levyin^r the fine and costs by the sale of the anin^al, the Pound-keepei must be guided by the same directions, as are laid down in the case of a claim for damage ; but the amount of the fine is to be paid by the Pound- keeper to the Township Clerk, to be expended upon the roads. ^^ A Pound-keeper is entitled to charge the following fees, viz. : — Food and water per day. s. d. ,!? .r^t 4 S3 {33 i:-.:- Ordtr Poundage. Horses, - - - each Oxen, . - - - -do- Cows, - - . - -do- Young cattle, - -do- Swine, - - - -do- Sheep, do- Advertising, selling and making return, For the appraisers of damages, each, • s. 1 d. 9 74 6 3 2 1 2 2 9 7* 6 4 2 6 6 OVERSEERS OF HIGHWAYS. An Overseer of Highways shall with the statute labour, or money, 1 Vic. 21, } 20 which may be placed under his control, superintend and keep in repair the roads in the division to which he may have beeri app>. 'uted, at a Special Session of the Couacillors, held on or before the Third Saturday in April. lie must cause all statute labour, and money in commutation of statute labour, to be expended between the 10th of May and the 24th of July. lie must make out from the. Township Clerk's list an account of the number of days labour, which each person in his division is liable to perform, and he must notify to each personally, either verbally, or in writing, at his usual place of residence, the day, hour, and place, where he requires him to work, giving at least three days notice. He shall similarly call out any person abore twenty-one years of «ge, residing ' *■ his division, although such pe'^son be not on the Assessment Roll, or the Township Clerk's list. $28 00 21 3 ▼<«. 10 12 He shall, if reqaired, gire a certificate to eaeh peiAui^ wuo ^• 1 Tic. 21, i 20 performed statute labour. He may direct persons performing statute labour to destroy weeds hurtful to good husbandry. He shall, by the labour under his direction, cause rails or fences to be erected at dangerous parts of the roads, and erect finger posts where he judges it necessary. He may whilst laying out statute labour, or money, in the repaira of the roads, make use of any growing timber, or stone, upon unen- closed and unimproved land, doing no unnecessary damage. He may direct any person under him to bring such tools and implements, yoke of oxen, or team, cart or waggon, as such person may be possessed of. If any labourer, or driver, shall refuse, or neglect to work faithfully, or to carry sufhcient loads, the Overseer may discharge such person, and the person so discharged is liable to the same penalty as if he had not attended. T* ♦ 25 $15 ♦ 2r ♦ so It is the duty of the Overseer to make complaint to a Magistrate, if any person duly warned, has failed to perform his labour. The Overseer must give in to the Township Clerk, on or before the first of September, a list verified upon outh of alt the persons liable to perform statute labour in his division, and of what pait of such labour has been performed, together with an account of nil monies, which have come into his hands by virtue of his oflicc. A Blank form for making the above return will be given him by the Township Clerk at the April Special Sessions. In case of any sudden obstruction, or damage to a road, or for the purpose of putting up marks to guide travellers over any frozen watfrs, the Overseer is required to expend any money in his hands, or to call out statute labour under his direction, at any other time tban between the 10th ot Mav and the 24th of July. And if he hap no ncipney or labour unexpended, he shall, nevertheless, call out persons residing in his division, apportioning such labour as equally as may be amongst the inhabitants, and he shall itnmediatoly give in an account of Uie labour so performed to the Township Clerk. All valuable timber, stone, sand, dtc, are placed under the controol of the Councillor or Councillors for the Township. . ' ; 1'; TOWNSHIP WARDENS. 1 vie. si, 418 "^^ Township Wardens shall report to the Magistrates of the District any person of unsound mind, going about the township to the danger of the inhabitants. ^99 ' ' They may exempt aiiy person, not assessed at mdw than £25, from statute li^bour, on account of age, sickness, or other miiforturi'e. wtsds repairs unen< FENCE VffiWES. f»'J-i - If tvfo parties, occupying adjoining tracts of land, have any dispute as to what part of the dividing fen(5e, or of any drain, or water-course, each party shall make and keep in repair, they may call in three Fence Viewers to make an award. For the manner of proceeding, in which case, see Ihe Act. Vic. SO ■HI y.) ,;i'i21i( 43 liable to the same penalty, us those who neglect to perform statute labour. In all applications to the Council, on Road and other matters requiring public notice, such noiice must be given in the District paper, 1 weekly, for three months previous to the sitting of the Council, at which such application is intended to be made ; and in two or more public places m the locality from whence the application originate. His per centage in money collected for School purposes is 5 per centum. ByLtw IHj ERRATA. warrant from the Warden. Page 7, tenth line from top of page, read « such officers &c, ^^ do do fifteenth line, for «' Cle^c of the Peace or the D.tr.ct Clerk, read « and the District Clerk." Page 8, third line from bottom, for <' £6 5s." read « £5 5a.