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 BT-LA¥ No. 18, 
 
 OF THE MONICIPAUTY OF THE TOWNSHIP OF NORWICH, 
 
 Firing the terms and conditions on which License may 
 he obtained for keeping Houses of Public Enter-i 
 taimnent within said Township, 8)'c. 
 
 WHEREAS by an Act of the Parliament of this 
 Province, passed in the fourteenth year of the 
 Reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, intituled, " An 
 Act to amend the Laws relative to Tavern License 
 in Upper Canada," thereby vesting in the Municipal 
 authorities thereof the power of fixing the number of 
 Taverns, Beer Shops, and other houses or places of 
 public entertainment, where wines and spirituous or 
 fermented liquors are sold, or prohibiting such houses 
 or places in the said Municipalities respectively, and of 
 prescribing the conditions on which the same may be 
 obtained and held, and the duty which shall be paid 
 thereon^ over and above that imposed on persons 
 keeping such houses, and retailing wines and spirituous 
 liquors therein, by Act of the Parliament of Great 
 Britain, passed in the fourteenth year of the Reign of 
 King George the Xhird, intituled, " An Act to establish 
 a fund towards further defraying the charges of the 
 administration of Justice and the support of the Civil 
 Government within the Province of Quebec, in North 
 America :" — Therefore be it enacted by the Municipal 
 Council of the Township of Norwich, constituted and 
 assembled under and by virtue of an Act of the Par- 
 liament of this Province, intituled, " An Act to provide 
 by one general Law for the erection of Municipal 
 Corporations, and the establishment of regulations of 
 
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Po)Jce, in and for the several Counties, Cities, Towns, 
 Townships and Villages in Upper Canada," and it ia 
 hereby enacted under the authority of the same, That 
 any person desirous of obtaining a License to keep 
 an Inn or house of public entertainment within said 
 Township of Norwich, to retail wines and spirituous 
 liquors to be drunk therein, shall, before the issue of 
 such License, comply with, and constantly keep and 
 maintain, the following rules, regulations and restric- 
 tions, that is to say : — 
 
 Firstly— Eyexy Innkeeper shall provide convenient 
 apartments in their respective dwellings, and be pre- 
 pared at all times for the reception and comfortable 
 accommodation oi travellers ; and provide good open 
 or enclosed sheds, (free of charge,) sufficient to admit 
 at the same time four two-horse teams ; and also good 
 stabling for at least eight horses, and good lock-up barn 
 or driving-house for the safe-keeping of horses, cattle, 
 carriages or goods, that may be therein deposited, and 
 have at all times in attendance some fit and proper 
 person to take charge of the same. 
 
 Secondly — To provide and keep at least four good, 
 clean, comfortably clothed beds, for the use of travellers, 
 or other than those for the use of the family. . 
 
 Thirdly — No Innkeeper, his wife, child, man or 
 maid servant, or other person about the premises, shall 
 sell or give any intoxicating liquor to any person known 
 by common report to be a common drunkard, or allow 
 him, her or them, to drink such liquor on his or her 
 premises ; or take in exchange for liquor any kind of 
 property from such person known, as aforesaid, to be a 
 common drunkard. 
 
 Fourthly — No gaming at cards, dice, raffling, or other 
 unlawful, immoral or disorderly conduct, shall be suf- 
 
 

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 fered or allowed in any Inn, as aforesaid, or other place 
 belonging thereto; neither shall any unnecessary 
 tippling or drinking be allowed or practised, especially 
 on the Sabbath, or by the Innkeeper himself. 
 
 II. And be it fur titer enacted, That each and every 
 Innkeeper in the Villages of Norwich ville and Otterville 
 shall pay for License to keep the same for the term of 
 one year from and after the last of February now next 
 ensuing, in addition to the duty imposed by the said Act 
 of Parliament of Great Britain, the sum of four pounds 
 five shillings, Halifax currency ; and in any other place 
 within the said Township, the sum of two pounds, 
 Halifax currency, in addition to the duty imposed by 
 the Act last aforesaid. 
 
 III. And be it further enacted, That if any Inn- 
 keeper, after having obtained a License to keep the 
 same, shall fail constantly to keep and maintain the 
 rules, regulations and conditions imposed by this 
 By-Law, such Innkeeper shall be liable to a penalty 
 of not less than five shillings, nor more than five pounds, 
 currency, with costs of conviction.and collectlor and 
 such offender may be convicted on the oath or afiii ma- 
 tion of one credible witness other than the informer or 
 prosecutor, before any one or more of Her Majesty's 
 Justices of the Peace acting within the Township ; 
 the penalty awarded by such Justice or Justices, with 
 legal costs, may be levied (if not forthwith paid) by 
 distress and sale of the goods and chattels of such 
 offender, by warrant under the hand and seal of any 
 one of said Justices, returning the overplus (if any) to 
 the proper owner, after deducting the penalty and legal 
 charges; and in default of goods and chattels to 
 satisfy such fine and costs awarded as aforesaid, such 
 offender shall be committed to the County Gaol at 
 

 
 Woodstock, for any term not to exceed twenty days, 
 if said fine and costs be not sooner paid. 
 
 IV. And be it further enacted, That all fines levied 
 and collected under and by virtue of this By-Law, 
 shall be forthwith paid over to the Township Treasurer, 
 and form and be part of the Township Fund. 
 
 [Passed in Council, 3lst December, 1850.] 
 
 GARRY V. D. LONG, Reeve. 
 r Moses Mott, Town Clerk. 
 
BY-LAW N«. 20, 
 
 Of the Munioipality of tho Township of Norwich, 
 
 To regulate and define more clearly the Duties of 
 certain Township Officers therein named, and to 
 limit the amount of Fees or Salary to he paid to 
 certain Officers, S^c. 
 
 WHEREAS it is necessary and expedient to regu- 
 late and define more clearly the duties of certain 
 Township officers, and also to limit the amount of 
 fees or salary to be paid to certain officers hereinafter 
 named, and to provide for the punishment of the same, 
 in case of neglect or refusal to perform the duties 
 of their respective offices : Therefore he it enacted 
 by the Municipal Council of the Township of Norwich, 
 constituted and assembled under and by virtue of an 
 Act of the Parliament of this Province, intituled, 
 " An Act to provide by one general Law for the erec- 
 tion of Municipal Corporations, and the establishment 
 of regulations of Police in and for the several Counties, 
 Cities, Towns, Town ".'ps and Villages in Upper 
 Canada," and it is hereby enacted under the authority 
 of the same. That the Assessors appointed, or hereafter 
 to be appointed by this Council, are hereby authorized 
 and required to perform all the duties required of 
 Assessors by any Act of Parliament now in force, or 
 any By-Law of this Council, and return the Assess- 
 ment Roll so made, to the Clerk of said Township, 
 on or before the tenth day of April in each year ; for 
 the faithful performance of which they shall each be 
 entitled to, and paid out of the Townshiip funds, the 
 sum of eight pounds five shillings, currency, annually. 
 
II. And be it further enacted, That it shall be the 
 duty of every Collector appointed by the Municipal 
 Council aforesaid, and they and each of them are 
 hereby required, upon receiving the Tax Roll for the 
 then cnrrent year, to proceed to collect the taxes therein 
 mentioned ; and for that purpose shall call once at 
 least on the party taxed, or at the usual place of his 
 residence, if within said Township, and shall demand 
 payment of the taxes charged on the property of such 
 party ; and if not paid within fourteen days from and 
 after such demand so made, the Collector shall levy 
 the same, with legal costs, by distress and sale of the 
 goods and chattels of the party who ought to pay the 
 same, or of an^- goods or chattels in his or her pos- 
 session, wherever the same may be found, within the 
 County of Oxford, by warrant under the hand and 
 seal of any Magistrate acting within said County; 
 and said Magistrates are hereby required to grant 
 such warrant, when lawfully demanded; and said 
 Collector shall give public notice of the day of sale, 
 and the name of party whose property is to be sold,' 
 at least six days previous to the day of sale, by adver- 
 tisement to be posted up in three of the most public 
 places in said Township; and such sale shall be by 
 public auction ; and if the property distrained shall be 
 sold for more than the whole amount of taxes and 
 costs, the overplus shall be returned to the lawful 
 owner. 
 
 III. And be it further enacted, That it shall and 
 may be lawful for the Collector for the time being to 
 collect the taxes levied in any previous year, and 
 which may remain due and unpaid, in the "same 
 manner, and by the same means, as he would collect 
 taxes for the then current year. 
 
IV. And be it further enacted, That every Collector 
 sball, ou or before such tune as shall be appointed by 
 the aforesaid County Cou'icil, pay over all monies 
 that can be collected by him, (except his own per 
 centage.) to the Treasurer of said Township ; for (he 
 true performance of which, said Collector shall, before 
 receiving his Tax Holl, give a bond with at least 
 two good sureties ; said bond shall be executed and 
 delivered to said Township Clerk on or before the 
 first day of July in each year, to be by the ^aid Clerk 
 laid before the Council for its approval ; and said 
 Collector shall be entitled to, and may retain four per 
 cent out of all monies collected by him, as compensation 
 for collection, and no more. 
 
 V. And he it furtlier enacted, That the Township 
 Auditors shall be entitled to, and paid out of the 
 Township fund, the sum of one pound currency, each, 
 annually, for the faithful discharge of the duties of 
 their office as Auditors. 
 
 VI. And he it further enacted, That it shall be the 
 duty of the several Overseers of Highways within said 
 Township, and they are hereby authorized and 
 required, to superintend, make and keep in repair, the 
 Highways, Roads and IJridges that may be allotted to 
 each of them by this Council. 
 
 VII. And he it further enacted, That this Council 
 shall hold a special session between the fifteenth day 
 of April and the tenth day of May in each year, giving 
 sufficient notice thereof, requiring the attendance of 
 said Overseers, for the purpose of furnishing each his 
 Road Warrant; and every Overseer, after having 
 received such Warrant, shall notify all persons within 
 his Road Section liable to nerform Statute Labor, 
 
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 ?kher verbally or in writing, (if in writing, to be left 
 
 at h,s usual place of residence,) giving at least three 
 
 days notice of the tin.e and place to perform said 
 
 labor,, and also to demand of every male inhabitant 
 
 residing ,„ his Road Section, over twenty-one and 
 
 under sixty years of age, and not otherwise assessed 
 
 the performance of two days' labor, giving them a like 
 notice. 
 
 VIII. And be k further enacted. That every person 
 liable to perform Statute Labor, either in person or by 
 an able-bodied man in his or her stead, is hereby 
 required, under the direction of the Overseer acting 
 for the Road Section, to work faithfully and diligently 
 on said Road, and shall bring such tools or implements 
 usetul for that purpose as he may be the owner of, and 
 directed by said Overseer to bring, for and during the 
 time such person may be liable to work on said Road 
 allowing eight hours to each day's work, exclusive of' 
 the time of going to and returning from the place of 
 work ; and that every person owning a team of one. 
 or more horses or yoke of o^en, shall furnish, on every 
 day to be appointed by the Overseer, a waggon, cart 
 plough, scraper, or other implement, and team/and an 
 able-bodied man to drive tlje same ; whi(?h said drivei; 
 and team, with any carriage or implement attached to 
 said team by direction of said Overseer,' shall be allowed 
 for two days' work for every eight hours so employed-j 
 and if any laborer or driver shall neglect or refuse to 
 work faithfully, or to carry sufficient loads, it shall be 
 the duty of said Overseer to discharge such laborer or 
 driver ; and such laborer or person furnishing such 
 team, shall be liable to the same forfeiture to Which 
 
 every such person wnnlH liqTrah«'='« h'-A -«-.i- i-» ♦ 
 
 attended, or such team and driver not have been sent. 
 
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 IX. And be it further enacted, That every persoli 
 liable to perform Statute Labor in any Road Section 
 within said Township, who shall neglect or refuse to 
 perform the same, after having been duly notified, as 
 aforesaid, either in person or by an able-bodied man 
 in his or her stead, with such team, waggon, cart, 
 plough, scraper or other implement, as he may be the 
 owner of, and required by the said Overseer, at the 
 time and place appointed, shall forfeit and pay the sum 
 of ten shillings currency, for each and every day so 
 omitted to be performed ; and any person directed 
 to appear without team, waggon, cart, plough or scraper, 
 but with any other tool or in ^ement that he may the 
 owner of, and directed by said Overseer to bring, shall 
 forfeit and pay the sum of five shillings, currency, fine 
 for each and every day omitted to be performed, to be 
 recovered on complaint of said Overseer, by warrant 
 under the hand and seal of any Magistrate acting 
 within said Township, by distress and sale of the goods 
 and chattels df the person so offending, rendering the 
 bverpliis (if any) to the proper owner, after deducting 
 the penalty and legal charges attending such distress 
 and sale ; which said fine or fines shall be taken in 
 lieu of such day or days work. 
 
 X. And be it further endcted, That if the name 
 of any person vl^hich should have been inserted on 
 the Assessment Roll shall have been omitted by the 
 Assessor, such person shall lievertheless be liable to 
 jperform Statute Labor the same as if no such omission 
 had taken place, and said Overseers are hereby required 
 to insert the saine in their Road Warrant. 
 
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 ■^/verseer Sxxaii orvier any person on txie ilignway lOr 
 the purpose of performing Statute Labor, and sucli 
 
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 person does not attend agreeably to such notice, it 
 shall be the (Uity of the Overseer, and he is hereby 
 requirccl, within fourteen days after the time expires 
 that such labor should have been performed, to make 
 complaint to a Magistrate, that such person may be 
 dealt with according to the provisions of this By-Law : 
 and provided further, that every Overseer of Highways' 
 shall give, when demanded of him by any person that 
 has performed Statute Labor in hisSection, a certificate 
 of his having performed the same for the then current 
 year. 
 
 Xn. And be it further enacted That it shall be the 
 duty of Overseers of Highways to return their Road 
 Warrants, verified on oath before a Magistrate, to the 
 Township Clerk, on or before the first day of Sep- 
 tember in each year, stating what part of the Statute 
 Labor h:is been performed, together with an account 
 of all mc nies that have come into their hands by virtue 
 of their office during the current year, and for what 
 expended, and to whom paid. 
 
 XIIL And be it further enacted, That in case of any 
 sudden obstruction happening to any Public Highway, 
 so as to render it impassable or dangerous to pass over,' 
 after the Statute Labor and money under the control 
 of the Overseer of such Highway have been expended ; 
 said Overseer shall nevertheless call out any, or all per- 
 sons residing in his Section liable to perform Statute 
 Labor, and remove the obstruction or repair the Road, 
 and shall immediately furnish the Township Clerk with 
 an account of such Labor, and by whom performed, 
 which account shall be laid before the Council, and if 
 found to be correct, shall be allowed to the persons who 
 performed it, for so much ol their Statute Labor for the 
 next year. 
 
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 XIV.. And be %.. further enacted. That it shall be the 
 duty of every 4s3essar, Collector, Fence Viewer, Pouud 
 Keeper, Town Warden, and Overseer of Highways, 
 and they are hereby requh*ed, to take and subscribe to 
 the oath of office as laid down in the Municipal Act 
 12th Victoria' Chapter 81st, within twenty days from 
 and after their appointment to office ; and the said 
 Overseers are also required to furnish the Township 
 Clerk a list containing the names of all persons residing 
 within their respective lload Sections liable to perform 
 Statute Labor, on or before the first day of April in 
 each year. 
 
 XV. And he it further enacted, That if any 
 Assessor, Collector, Fence Viewer, Pound Keeper, 
 Town Warden, or Overseer of Highways, shall neglect 
 or refuse to take and subscribe to the oath of office, 
 as required by the next preceding section of this 
 By-Law, or after having taken and subscribed to such 
 oath of office, shall neglect or refuse to perform the 
 duties of his office, agreeably to the requirements of 
 this By* Law, he shall forfeit and pay a sum of not less 
 than ten shillings nor more than five pounds, currency, 
 with legal costs, to be levied, if not forthwith paid, 
 upon conviction, by distress and sale of the goods and 
 chattels of the offi^nder, giving at least six days' notice 
 of such sale ; and such party may be convicted on the 
 oath or affirmation of one credible witness, or on con- 
 fession, before any one of Her Majesty's Justices of the 
 Peace acting within said Township. 
 
 XVI. And he it further enacted, That all fines 
 levied and collected by virtue of this By-Law, (except 
 fines for the non-r»erfomance of Statute Labor,^ shall 
 be paid over to the iownship T 
 
 and be part of the general fund of the 
 
 reasurer, and form 
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 Ike fines for the non-performance of Statute Labor 
 ^hall forthwith be paid to the Overseer of the Rdad 
 Section from whence it was derived, and be by hioi 
 expended on the Koad. 
 
 XVII. And be it further enacted. That so much oi 
 By-Law No. 2 and By-Law No. 15, and anything in 
 any other By-Law passed by this Council, that is 
 inconsistent with the provisions of this By-Law is 
 hereby declared to be repealed. 
 
 [Read a third time and passed, Uth April, 1831.] 
 
 TRUMAN WILCOX, Reeve. 
 h\. MoTti toiton Clerk 
 
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BY-IA¥ No. 21, 
 
 pf the Municipality of the TovruBhip of Norwich, 
 
 Prescrihing the Duties of Inspectors of Puhlic Houses^^ 
 
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 WHEREAS it is necessary that the Inspectors of 
 Houses of Public Entertainment, should hold an 
 annual Meeting, for the purpose of granting Certifi- 
 cates to Applicants desirous of obtaining a License to 
 keep such Public House, and that the amount of fees 
 to be paid for such Certificate be liipited -.^T^herefore 
 be it enacted by the Municipal Council of the Town- 
 ship of Norwich, constituted and assembled under and 
 by virtue of an A.ct of the Parliament of this Province, 
 intituled, " An Act to provide by one general Law 
 for the erection of Municipal Corporations, and the 
 establishment of regulations of Police, in and for the 
 several Counties, Cities, Towns, Townships and 
 Villages in Upper Canada," and it is l?ereby enacted 
 Vnder the authority of the same. That it shall be the 
 (Juty of the said Inspectors, and they are hereby 
 authorized and required, or at least a majority of theijii, 
 to meet at some convenient and proper place within 
 said Township, on or before the twentieth day of 
 February in each and every year, (giving sufficient 
 i^otice of said meeting,) for the purpose of granting- 
 certificates to such persons only as have, in their- 
 opinion, complied with so much of By-Law No. 18, 
 passed by this Council, as would entitle then? to a. 
 License to keep a house of public entertainment, ai>d 
 to retail wines and spirituous iiquo^s therein : Provided 
 always, that no such certificate shall be granted till; 
 
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 after the said Inspectors have thoroughly inspected 
 the premises of the appHcant Said certificate, when 
 granted, may be in the form following: — 
 
 VVh, the iin.lersigiieil Itisppcfyis of houses of public entertnin- 
 
 meiil for the Township < f Norwidi, d,, hriehy rerjify Imt - , 
 
 (here nam.- the person.) is eniitlcd lo a Lionseto keep an Jnn or 
 house if public entertainm.'iit in the house whereiji he now resides, 
 within said Township of Norwich, upon payment K. the Revenue 
 
 Ii.-<pe<for of tlie Cunty of Oxford the sum of , (hp,e state 
 
 the ,-ium in wiiiinnr.) „ver and above the duty imposed by Act of 
 the Piirliiiment of Great Britain. 
 
 Said certificate to be given under the hands and seals 
 of at least a majority of said Inspectors, and addressed 
 to the Revenue Inspector pf said County of Oxford. 
 
 II. And be if farther enacted, That said Inspectors 
 may hold special meetings in the manner aforesaid, 
 whenever application may be made to them for that 
 purpose by any Innkeeper wishing to transfer his 
 License to another party, or any person desirous of 
 obtaining a certificate for a License, and to transact 
 any business they are authorized to transact at their 
 annual meetings : Provided alwaysi, that the consent 
 in writing of said Inspectors shall first be obtained, 
 before any transfer of a License from one party to 
 another shall take place; and if any Innkeeper's 
 License be transferred to another party without such 
 consent so obtained, such License so transferred shall 
 be null and v oid, and of no effect; and said Inspectors 
 may either give or withhold their consent, and do that 
 which in their judgment will be most beneficial to the 
 public welfare. 
 
 III. And he it further enacted. That every person 
 to whom said Inspectors shall grant a certificate at their 
 annual meetings, shall pay to said Inspectors the sum of 
 
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 ten shillings currency ; and for a certificate granted at 
 any special meeting, or for consent in writing to any 
 party for transferring a License, the person receiving 
 either shall pay to said Inspectors the sum of fifteen 
 shillings currency ; and all such fees so received by 
 said Inspectors shall be by them paid over, within 
 thirty days, to the Township Treasurer, and form and 
 be part of the Township Fund. 
 
 IV. And he it further enacted, That it shall be the 
 duty of said Inspectors, and they are hereby required, 
 each and every of them, to use all reasonable means in 
 their power to ascertain the manner in which the Public 
 Houses under inspection are conducted ; and if any 
 are found to be kept contrary to the restrictions im- 
 posed by the aforesaid By-Law, the Inspector who 
 shall know such to be the case, shall forthwith make 
 complaint to the proper authority against such Inn- 
 keeper, on behalf of the MunicipaHty of said Township, 
 that he may be dealt with accordingly; and said 
 Inspectors shall make an annual report in writing, to 
 be left by them with the Township Clerk, on or before 
 the twentieth day of January in each year, stating in 
 said report the condition in which all the Public Houses 
 have been kept during the previous year. 
 
 V. And he it further enacted. That for any wilful 
 neglect or default of any one or more of said Inspectors 
 to perform all the duties of said office, the person or 
 persons so making default shall be liable to a penalty 
 of not less than two pounds, nor more than five pounds, 
 currency, to be recovered (if not forthwith paid) upon 
 conviction, by distress and sale of the goods and 
 chattels of the offender, by warrant under the hand 
 and seal of any Magistrate acting within said Town- 
 
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 ship, returning the overplus, if any, to the proner 
 
 and all such fines when collected shall be paid to the 
 Township Treasurer, and form part of the Township 
 
 ^»J^' ^f*^ '■!>'•'*«'• enacted, That aU persons 
 desirous of obtaining a certificate for the purpose of 
 keeping a house of pubUc entertainment from year to 
 year, shall make apphcation to the said Inspectors at 
 their annual meetmgs. '^ 
 
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 TRUMAN WILCOX, Reeve. 
 M. MoTT, Totcnship Clerk 
 
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BY-LAV No. 22, 
 
 OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF THE TOWNSHIP OF NORWICH, 
 
 To amend a certain By -haw therein named, and to 
 extend the promsions thereof. 
 
 WHEREAS it is necessary and expedient to amend 
 and extend the provisions of a certain By-Law 
 of this Council, numbered fourteen, prescribing the 
 conditions upon which Groceries may be licensed : 
 Therefore he it enacted by the Municipal Council of 
 the Township of Norwich, constituted and assembled 
 under and by virtue of an Act of the Parliament of 
 this Province, intituled, " An Act to provide by one 
 general law for the erection of Municipal Corporations, 
 and the establishment of regulations of Police, in and 
 for the several Counties, Cities, Towns, Townships 
 and Villages in Upper Canada," and it is hereby enacted 
 under the authority of the same, That every person 
 desirous of keeping a house of public entertainment, 
 wherein to retail ale, beer, cider, or any other manu- 
 factured beverage, (which said house is commonly 
 called a Grocery,) shall comply with, and constantly 
 be governed by, the following Regulations, that is to 
 say :— 
 
 First — Every such person as aforesaid shall pay to 
 the Treasurer of said Township the sum of two 
 pounds, currency, whose receipt for such sum, received 
 for that purpose, shall be a sufficient License to keep 
 such Grocery for the term of one year, which term 
 
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 Second^'No ardent spirits of any kind shall be 
 sold in any Grocery, either directly or indirectly, or 
 drank therein, or in anyplace belonging thereto ; no 
 gambling, profane swearing, or drinking to excess, or 
 any other immoral or disorderly conduct, shall be 
 suffered or allowed, in any Grocery, as aforesaid, 
 or about the premises. 
 
 Third^AW Groceries shall be kept closed during the 
 Sabbath days against entertaining the public ; and no 
 ale, beer, cider or other liquor, shall be sold therein 
 on said days. 
 
 II. And be it further enacted, That all such Gro- 
 ceries as aforesaid, shall be subject to examination by 
 the Inspectors of Houses of Public Entertainment 
 for said Township, who are hereby required to inspect 
 and examine the same, as often as they may think 
 proper, for the purpose of ascertaining whether said 
 Groceries are kept in accordance with the foregoing 
 requirements, or that th«> necessary Licenses have been 
 obtained ; and it is further enacted, that any one of 
 said Inspectors are authorized to ask or demand of any 
 person keeping a Grocery within said Township to 
 see such License, which all such persons are required 
 to show to said Inspector, if they have any. 
 
 III. And be it further enacted, That if any person 
 is found keeping a Grocery without a License, as 
 aforesaid, or contrary to any other of the foregoing 
 requirements, said Inspectors shall report such delin- 
 quents to the proper authority, that they may be dealt 
 with accordingly. 
 
 IV. And be it further enacted. That for the con- 
 travention or evasion of any of the requirements of 
 this By-Law, in regard to the keeping and management 
 
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 of said Groceries, the person or persons so offending 
 shall be liable, upon conviction thereof, to a penalty of 
 not less than five shillings, nor more than five pounds, 
 currency, with legal costs; to be levied, if not forthwith 
 paid, by distress and sale of the goods and chattels of 
 the offender, by warrant, under the hand and seal 
 of a Magistrate, rendering the overplus, if any, to the 
 proper owner, after deducting the penalty and costs ; 
 and in default of distress, said offender may be com- 
 mitted to the Gaol at Woodstock, for any term not to 
 exceed twenty days, or until fine and costs are paid. 
 
 V. And he it further enacted. That this By-Law 
 shall be and remain in force until altered or repealed 
 by competent authority, anything in any other By-Law 
 to the contrary notwithstanding. 
 
 [Passed in Council, 21th February, 1861.] 
 
 TRUMAN WILCOX, Reeve. 
 AL MoTT, ToiOnship Clerk 
 
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 BY-LAW Ifl. 24, 
 
 OS the Municipality of the Township of Norwich, 
 
 To empoiof^ the inhabitants of the Totmship of 
 Norwich to commute for, instead of performing 
 Statute Labour. 
 
 TFHEREAS it is necessary to give every person the 
 privilege of paying in money the amount they 
 may be hable for, instead of performing Statute Labour 
 on the public h\^\iw^ys:-Therefore he it enacted hy 
 the MunicipaHty of the Township of Norwich, con- 
 stituted and assembled under and by virtue of an Act 
 of the Parliament of this Province, intituled, "An Act 
 to provide by one general law for the erection of 
 Municipal Corporations, and the establishment of 
 regulations of Police in and for the several Counties 
 Cities, Towns, Townliips and Villages in Upper 
 Canada," and it is hereby enacted under the authority 
 aforesaid. That each and every inhabitant within the 
 said Township Hable to perform Statute Labour, shall 
 be relea 8d from performing the same, by pay.'ng to 
 the Overseer of Highways for the Road Sectio^ \v 
 which they may reside, the sum of two shilling.-. , ' .' 
 sixpence, currency, for each day's labour liable to be 
 performed, within twenty-four hours after being notified 
 by said Ovprseer to work on the Road ; for which 
 money the li.! Overseer shall give a receipt if 
 required, whic .haii be sufficient to prevent any 
 party from b^u^,. .?,ied upo. [br Statute Labour during 
 the year for which it was given. 
 
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 II. And be it further enacted, That so much of 
 B)'-Law No. 7, passed by this Council on (lie eleventh 
 day of March, 1860, that may be in^'onsisteul with 
 the provisions of this By-Law, are hereby declared 
 to be repealed. 
 
 [Passed in Council, 23rd May, 1851.] 
 
 TRUMAN WILCOX, lieeve. 
 M. MoTT, Township Clerk. 
 

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 BY-LA¥ No. 25, 
 
 Of the Municipality of the Township of Norwich, 
 
 To alter and amend the provisions of By-Law No 5 
 ^n regard to the running at large of Horses, CaitlJ, 
 hheep and Swine, and to provide for Impounding 
 the same, and other things hereinafter mentioned. 
 
 TyHEREAS it is necessary and expedient to alter 
 y and amend the provisions of a former By-Law 
 of this Council, numbered five, in regard to the running 
 at large of certain animals hereinafter named, and to 
 provide for Impounding the same if found running at 
 large contrary to the provisions hereinafter contained • 
 and also to limit the amount of fines to be demanded 
 by Pound Keepers, as well as fees and charges to be 
 paid for Impounding and feeding animals while 
 Impounded -.— Therefore be it enactedh^ the Municipal 
 Council of the Township of Norwich, constituted and 
 assembled under anr' by virtue of an Act of the Par- 
 liament of this Province, intituled, "An Act to provide 
 by one general law for the erection of Municipal 
 Corporations, and the establishment of regulations of 
 Police, in and for the several Counties, Cities, Towns 
 Townships and Villages in Upper Canada," and it is' 
 hereby enacted under the authority of the same, That 
 no horses of any description, bulls over one year old, 
 rams and boars over three months old, shall be allowed ' 
 to run at large or on the common, and that no cattle 
 or swine be allowed to run loose around any store, 
 gnstnnill or tavern ; and no hog or pig of any descrip- 
 tion be allowed to run loose on the common within 
 
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 one mile of any Village, and that none be allowed ttf 
 ran at large under fifty pounds weight, within the 
 Township of Norwich. 
 
 II And be it further enacted, That for every entire 
 horse, over one year old, found > running at large oa 
 the common, the owner thereof shall be liable to a fine 
 of one- pound, currency, for each and every offence ; 
 and any person finding such horse loose on the 
 common, or any of the animals named in, or running, 
 at large contrary to, the next preceding section of this 
 By-Law, are hereby authorized to impound them, or 
 any of them, . in the nearest Pound ; and the owneiv 
 of any horse, other than an entire horse, or bull, boar, 
 or ram, shall be hafole to a fin-e of ten shillings, currency, 
 and for each head of other cattle or swine the sum» 
 of five shillings, currency, fine for each and every, 
 offence ; and the said animals shall remain impounded/ 
 until the fine and costs be paid, or until otherwise 
 lawfully disposed of ' 
 
 III. AM be it further enacted,- That it 'shall be the 
 duty of each and every Pound-Keeper within said- 
 Township, and they are hereby required, to receive all 
 animals that may be delivered to them for the purpose- 
 of being impounded, and provide for, and take such 
 care, and charge such fees, as are set forth in the- 
 annexed schedule, that is to say : — 
 
 For receiving every entire horse into Pound,- 
 
 the sum of 2s.> 6d. 
 
 Fflv receiving every other horse 3 s. 3d. 
 
 Do.' do. bull Is. 3d. 
 
 Do. do. ram Is. 3d. 
 
 Do:- do. boar, ...... ..^ , Is. 3d. . 
 
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 For receiving every ox, cow, or young cattle, 
 
 per head " ' ^^ , 
 
 For receiving hogs, the lot, one oi'more.' .' '. '. ll 3d. ' 
 
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 Impounded. 
 
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 Cattle four years old and upwards, 20 lbs. do. do. 
 
 Cattle under four years old 15 lbs. do. do 
 
 islieep. ^, 11 , , 
 
 TT , 4 lD.s. do. do. 
 
 Hogs three months old and upwards, 1 quart of wheat 
 
 rye, corn or pease. 
 Hogs under three months old i pi„t of do. do. 
 
 The above specified quantity of provinder shall be 
 given to each and every animal, as specified, per day or 
 as much as they will eat, and as much water as they 
 will require to drink, morning and evening, each day. 
 
 Price of Provinder. 
 
 Hay at the rate of •?„ ^j 
 
 txr/ , ^s- 6a- per cwt. 
 
 Wheat do. ... . /l« n^ ^^ i, i i 
 
 T> 4s. Od. per bushel. 
 
 Kye, corn or pease, do .35. od. do. 
 
 For notifying three freeholders or householders 
 
 to view fence and appraise damages is. 3d. 
 
 t or advertismg according to law 2s. Od 
 
 For selling and making returns ' * ' '3s. od. 
 
 For postponement of sale and re- advertising! '. !2s. Od. 
 For selling after postponement, and making 
 
 '"^"^^•••- 3s. Od. 
 
 IV. And be it further enacted. That when any 
 persons are called upon by the Pound Keeper either 
 to view fence or appraise damages, or both, and such 
 
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 persons shall attend agreeable to such notice, and 
 discharge the duties required of them according to law, 
 they shall each be entitled to and paid the sum of three 
 shillings and ninepence, currency, for their services. 
 
 V. And be it further enacted, That a lawful fence 
 shall be five feet high, and well filled from the ground 
 with rails or poles, and either locked at the corners of 
 the panels, or staked and ridered ; and if a board or 
 picket fence, the space between the boards or pickets 
 not to exceed four inches. 
 
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 VI. A?id he it further enacted, That so much of 
 By-Law No. 5, passed by this Council 11th March, 
 1850, or anything in any other By-Law that may be 
 inconsistent with the provisions of this By-Law, are 
 hereby declared to be repealed. 
 
 VIL And be it further enacted. That no cattle of 
 any description be allowed to run on the common, 
 from the first day of December till after the tenth day 
 of April. 
 
 [Read a third time in Council, and passed, 9t7t day of May, 1861.] 
 
 TRUMAN WILCOX, Reeve. 
 M. MoTT, Township Clerk 
 
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