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Las diagrammes suivants illustrent la m^thode. 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 I\ .-^ BY-LAWS i'ASSED liY TIIR HOME DISTRICT COUNCE DURING THE YEARS 1842, 1843, 1844, 1845, 1846, AND THE FIRST HALF-YEARLY MEETING OF 1847. M. P. EMPEY, ESQ., WARDEN. ..^l':'^'f'j:'£:^.:"i^' --^r ^^na li. which said Ac^t are particularly set forth the dut.es of Overseers of lloads and all other Town- nJ .?f nnf • m'' f' ^ ^''- ^''^f'- '"' "-^ '■^'-^'^••J^ the imprisonment of persons not on the Assessment Koil, and who refuse to pefform Statute [No. 2.] A BY-LAW To provide for the layin^r out, alteration, and keeping in repair the Puhlic Highways in the Home District. 1. Be it enacted hj the Warden and Counsellors of the Home Vislrict, That from and after tho passino- oftliis Act, every Surveyor of Highways, who has boon or mnv hcivafter be appointed by the Council, shall, before entering upon the di-^charge of the duties of his office, make and subscribe tho fi)l!o>viiig declaration before the Clerk of the Council, "I, A B, do «oleniiilv declare that I will to the best of "^y^^!^!.?'^"'''^'t^i"''t partality, favour, four or afToction, dilirrently and faithfully discharge tho duties of a Surveyor of Highways, Igree ably to the provisiom of an Act passed in 'the fifth year of Her Majesty s reign, entitled an Act to provide for the laying out, alteration and keeping in repair of Public Highways in the Home District, and With a view in all cases to the public sood." 2. Beit enacted by the authority aforesaid, That upon application- jn writing being made to any such Surveyor by twelve or more Free- holders of any Township or Townships, stating that any Public Highway or Road in the neighborhood of such Freeholders, now in use, IS inconvenient, and may be altered so as better to accommodate Her Majesty s subjects and others travelling thereon, or that it is. necessary to open a new Highway or Road, or that an old Road has peconrie useless and is not required for the convenience of the public, \i shall and may be lawful for such Surveyor, and he is hereby required By-Laws. 5 to examiao the same, uad report thereon in writuig tu the Council at its next ensuing Session, describing particularly the alteration intended to be made, new Highway or Road to bo opened, or old Road to be shut up, giving at the same time Public Notice thereof, by affixing or causing to be aflixod, a copy of the said Report in three or more of the most public places next adjacent to the place where the said alteration is intended to be made, or new Highway or Road to be opened, at least ten days previous to the next ensuing Sessioi. of the Council. And it shall be the duly of such Surveyor, to attend the Council in person with such Report, in order to give any explanation or evidence that may be required. Provided always, that it sliall not be lawful to lay out or alter any Public Highway, so as to lead tlie same through any Orchard or Garden, or to remove any Building, without the con- sent of the own '!• first hud and obtained, nor to shut up the allowance for Road made in the original Survey of any Township, anything in this Act contained to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding. 3. Beit enacted hy the authority aforesaid, Tliat whenever the owner or owners of any Land required for a new Road shall object to the same being taken for sucii purpose, or shall require compen- sation for such Land sotalvcn, it shall bo Incumbent upon him or them to give notice tlureof in writing to the Surveyor ot Highways, at least five I. ays previous to the next ensuing Session of the Council, of his or their intention to oppose such new road being established as a High- way, or his or tiieir intention to apply for compensation, which notice shall be delivered to the Clerk of the Council by such Surveyor, ap- pended to his Report — and such owner or owners siiall attend in person or by Agent, the next ensuing Session of the Council, to state his or their reasons lor such opposition, or to establish his or their claim for such compensation. 4. Be it enacted hy the authority aforesaid, That in all cases when it shall ])o found necessary lo alter the direction of any such Highway or Road already laid out, and ilic! Council shall by their Act have establislied the new Road as a Public Highway, or directed the closing of an old Road so that the Land ilirough wliich it formerly passed shall become unnecessary for a Public Higiiway, that in such case it shall be lawful for the Surveyor of Highways by wliom the new Road was laid out, and he is hereby fully authorized and required to sell such old Road by Public Auction, giving due notice of sucli sale, and paying over to the Treasurer of the District the proceeds thereof, and also to grant the same under his hand and seal, to any purchaser, which sale and grant as aforesaid shall convey a legal title. Provided always, that no compensation has ever been paid for such old Road, in which case it shall revert to the then owner. Provided also, that nothing in this Act shall extend or be construed to extend to author- ising any Surveyor to sell and convey the Government appropriations for Highways. Alsofurther provided, That in all cases in which compensation had been previously received for the Land occupied by such old Road, and the Public Sale of the said old Road takes place^ a right of pre-emption shall at all times exist on the part of the owner of the Lot through which such old Road passed, at the time of such sale. 6 By-Laws. 6. Be It enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in all oases when any application sliall ho made to any Surveyor of Hiffhways to have any mm Road laid out, or any Road already laid out altered, and the same shall ho of a local nature, those making the application shall he deemo.l hablo to pay the expenses of the Survey, together with the oompnnsafion (leiorminod bv the Council, to the owner or owners of the lurid through which the new road may pass ; and if it shall appear to the Council, that the said alteration or new Road is of man- ifest utility to th(! public at largo, then in that case the same shall be paid from the public money of the District. Provided always never, theless, That the owner or owners, agent or agents thereof shall make application to be compensated for the Land taken within three months from the date of the Report of such new Roatf or alteration of such Road. 6. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That such new Road or alteration of Road, when established by Act of Council, shall be made and kept in repair by statute labour,' or in such manner as other public highways are made and repaired. Provided always, That in all cases where compensation is demanded, no order shall issue directing statute labour thereon, unless a discharge or acquittal for compensation lor the Land taken for such purposes or a release for the same from the owner or owners thereof, . r proof of a tender having been made of the value thereof as determined by the Council, bo produced to the satisfaction of the said Council. 7. Repealed. See By-Law No. 116. 8. Repealed. See By-Law No. 21, allows Surveyors 15s. per (Signed) E. W. THOMSON, T, J ,, , , , , Warden, H. D. Passed May 14th, 1842. [No. :j.] A BY-LAW. To confirm a Centre Road through the Townships of Reach, Brock, Thorah, nnd part of Mara, in the Home District. JJr ;i enacted by the Warden and Counsellors of the Home District, Ihat the Centre Road surveyed and laid out by John Farquharson Jisq., burveyor of Roads, through the Townships of Reach, BrcMjk, By-Laws. 7 Thorali, and part of Mara, reported to tlie Council nt its last sittings, be, and the same is licroby ostublishnd and confirmed as a Public Reader Highway of great and manifest utility and importance to the public. (Signed) E. W. THOMSON, Warden, IL D Passed August 10th, 1842. [ No. 4. ] A BY-LAW To establish and confirm four several Roads in the Town- ships of Uxhridge and Rcach^ in the Home District. Be it enacted by the Warden and Counsellors of the Home District^ That the Road surveyed by John Farquharson, Esq., Road Surveyor, from the centre of Lot No. 31, in the sixth conces-siou of Uxbridge, through the centre of the seven Lots (north sixteen degrees west) to the Township line of Scott ; also, the Road from Uxbritigo Mills, south easterly from the south-west angle of Lot No. 30, through the seventh concession and the Gore of Uxbridge ; then through tlio eighth and and seventh concessions of Reach to the road allowance between Lots Nos. 6 and 7, together with the Road through Lots No. G, in the first, second, third and fourth concessions of Reach ; also, through part of the seventh, eight, ninth and tenth concessions of the said Township of Reach, reported to the Council, be, and the same is hereby established and confirmed as important Roads and Highways which will greatly tend to the public good. (Signed) E. W. THOMSON, Warden, H. D. Passed August 11th, 1842. [No. 5.] A BY-LAW Ta raise a certain sum of money for the support of Common Schools for 1842. (Temporary.) 8 Uy-Laws. [No. 6.] A BY^LA W To estahUsh n Road in the Township of Albion. Be it enacted by the Warden and Counsellors of the Hone District, That the Road surveyed and laid out by Robert' VVahh, one of the Surveyors of Roads, through the Township of Albion, reported to the Council last Session, be, and the same is hereby established and con- firmed as a Public Road or Highway of great and manifest utility and importance to the Public, (Signed) E. W. THOMSON, _, Warden, H. D. Passed November 10th 1842. [ No. 7. ] A BY-LAW To fix and determine the numher of Counsellors to vacate their seats in the Council at the end of the first and second years ofter Election. (Temporary.) [No. 8.] A BY-LAW To authorise the Treasurer, during the recess, to advance a sum not exceedhig Tv)enty-five Pounds, for the repair of Bridges, nunity, and it shall be the duty of the said Town Clerk B\ -Laws. g to make returns to the Treasurer of the expenditure of the money before the next regular session of the Council, and if in the opinion of the Council, the expense of said repairs should be borne by the District, or any part thereof, then the same shall be acknowledged in the Treasurer's account, but should it be the opinion of the Council, that the expense, or any part thereof, should be defrayed by the Township or locality, then it shall bo the duty of the Council to determine the extent of such locality, and impose a Tax on the same to the amount of the money received, or any part thereof, which shall be collected and paid over to the Treasurer by the Township Col- lector (Signed) E. W. THOMSON, Warden, H. D. Passed November 11th, 1842. [No. 9.] A BY-LAW To establish and co7ifirm a Public Road from Ste^man*s Mills, in the Townsliip of Vaughan, to the allowance for Road on Lot No. 23, betioeen the 6th and 1th Concessions of the Township of York. Be it enacted by the Warden and Counsellors of the Hone District, That the Road surveyed and reported by Robt. Walsh, one of the Road Surveyors, from Stegman's Mill in the Township of Vauwhan, to where it intersects the allowance for Road on Lot number Twenty, three, between the sixth and seventh Concession of the Township of York, West of Yonge-st. be, and the same is hereby established and confirmed as a public Road or Highway of importance to the public. And he it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Peti- tioners for the opening of the said Road, shall pay to the said Surveyor his expences for surveying the said Road. [(Signed) E. W. THOMSON, Warden, H. D. Passed November 12th 1842. [ No. 10. ] A BY-LA W Xo fix the Salaries of certain District Officers, 1843. (Expired.) ill, 10 By-Laws. [No. 11.] A BY-LAW T'o confirm the Jllterations in a Road between Lots 20 and 21, in the 8th and Hth Concessions of the Township of Vau ^ghan. Be it enacted by the Warden and Counsellors of the Home District^ That the alterations in the allowance for Road, between lots twenty and twenty -one, in the eighth and ninth concessions of the Township of Vaughan, as surveyed and reported by Robert Walsh, Road Sur- veyor, dated the Thirty-first Day of October, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Forty-two, be established as a Public Road or High- way. And he it further enacted hy the authority aforesaid, That the Petitioners requiring the survey of the said Road, shall pay to the said Surveyor the expenses of surveying and reporting the said line of Road. (Signed) E. W. THOMSON, Warden, H. D. Passed February 16th, 1843. [ No. 12. ] A BY-LAW Imposing a Tax upon the InhaUta7ils of certain School Districts in the several Townships therein named, to be applied to the Building of School Houses therein, and for defraying the expense of Fuelj Furniture, (^r» (Expired.) [ No: 13. ] A BY-LAW Imposing a Fine on Jlhsent Members of the Council. Be it enacted hy the Warden and Counsellors of the Home District, That from and after the passing of this By-Law, if any menmber efthi* By-Laws. U Council shall absent himself fromihe Council at its regular Meetings, without rendering a satisfactory excuse to the Council, on or before the second day of the succeeding Meeting, for his non-attendance, shall for each and every day he shall so absent himself, be liable to pay the sumof Ten Shillings, — stiid sum to be recovered as provided for in an Act passed in the 4th and 5th years of the Reign of Queen Victoria, entitled •* An Act to provide for the better internal government of that part of this Province which formerly constituted the Province of Upper Canada, by the establishment of Local, or Municipal Authorities therein," chap. 10, section 55, — and paid into the hands of the Trea- surer for the benefit of the District. (Signed) E. W. THOMSON, Warden, H.D. Passed February 17th, 1843. [ No. 14. J A BY-LAW To establish and confirm an Alteration in the Road lead- ing from the Village of Oshawa, in the Township of Whitby, to Beaverton, in the Township of Thorah, Be it enacted by the Warden and Counsellors of the Home District, That the following alteration in the Road leading from the Village of Oshawa, in the Township of Whitby, to Beaverton, in the Township of Thorah, that is to say, commencing at the south-east angle of Lot No. 20, in the tenth concession of the Township of Brock, and thence running on the line between lots Nos. 20 and 21, to the allowance for Road in front of the eleventh concession in the said Township, (the said line to the centre of the said Road, whicli is to be sixty feet wide) be, and the same is hereby established and confirmed as a Road or Public Highway of manifest utility to the public. (Signed) E. W. THOMSON, Warden, H. D. Passed February 17th, 1843. 12 Bv-Laavs. I [No. 15.] .1 BY-LAW To establish and confirm a Road in the Township of Brock, commencing at Lot No. 8, V2th Concession, to front of No, 3, same Concession. Be it enacted hy the Warden and Counsellors of the Home District, That the Road surveyed by Joseph Richard Thompson, Esquire, Surveyor of Highways, commoiicing at the south-east angle of Lot No. 8, in the twelfth concession of the Township of Brock, and terminating on the allowance for Road in the front of Lot No. 3, in the same concession, reported to the Council at its last sitting, be, and the same is hereby established and confirmed as a Public Road or Highway. And he it further enacted hy the authority aforesaid, That the ap- plicants for the said Road shall pay the expense of surveying and reporting the same. (Signed) E. W. THOMSON, Warden, H. D. Passed Fcbruarv 17th, 184:?. III !f!i "1 [ No. 16. ] .1 BY-LAW Establishing a Road, commencing between Lots 25 and2Q, in the second Concession (old survey), in the Town- ship of Toronto, Be it enacted by the Warden and Counsellors of the Home District, That the Road surveyed and reported by John Embleton, Esq., Road Surveyor, commencing between Lots Nos. 25 and 26, in the second concession (old survey), oi' the Township of Toronto, and running to the Lake Shore Road in said concession, be, and the same is hereby established and coniirmed as a Public Road or Highway. And be it further enacted by the authority foresaid, That the applicants for the laying out of said Road, shall pay the expense of surveying and reporting tiie same. (Signed) E. W. THOMSON, Warden, H. D, Passed February 17th, 1843. By-Laws. j'j [ No. 17. ] A BY-LAW To establish a Road in Thorah, from Calder^s Mills to the allowance for Road between the seventh and eighth Concessions. Be it enacted by the Warden and Counsellors of the Home District, That the Road surveyed and reported by Joseph Richard Thompson, Esquire, a Road Surveyor, appointed by the said Council, in the Township of Thorah, from Gaidar's Mills in the 5th Concession, to the allowance for Road between the seventh and eighth Concessions of said Township, be, and the same is hereby established and confirmed as a Public Road or Highway, of manifest utility and importance to the Public. ^ (Signed) E. W. THOMSON, Warden, H, D. Passed February 17th. 1843. [No. le.] A BY LAW To establish a Road in the Township of East Gwillim- bury, leading from the eighth and ninth Concessions into the ffth Concession. Be it enacted hy the Warden and Counsellors of the Home District, That the Road surveyed and reported by JohnX-l-jon, Esquire, a Road Surveyor, appointed by the said Counsellors, .n the Township of East Gwillimbury, leading from the eight and ninth concessions, between Lots Nos. 5 and 6, in the fifth concession of said Township, be, and the same is hereby established as a Public Road or Kif^h.. way. *= And be it further enacted by the authoriU) aforesaid, That the applicants for the laying out of said Road shall pay the expense of surveying and reporting the same. (Signed) E. W.VhOMSON, , „ . Warden, H. D, Passed February 17th, 1843, 14 By-Laws. [No. 19.] A BY-LAW To establish a Road leading through Lots Nos. 25 and 26, in the fourth Concession of the Township of Etohicoke. Be it enacted by the Warden and Counsellors of the Home District^ That the Road surveyed and reported by Robert Walsh, one of the Road Surveyors for the Home District, bearinj? date the twelfth day of April last, leading through or across Lots Nos. 25 and 26, in the fourth concession of the Township of Etobicoke, be, and the same is hereby established and confirmed as a Public Road or Highway of importance to the Public. And he it further enacted hy the authority aforesaid. That the petitioners for the surveying and reporting said road, shall pay to the said Surveyor his legal charges for the same. (Signed) E. W. THOMSON, Warden, H,D. Passed May 12th. 1843. .: I [ No. 20. ] A BY-LAW To establish a Road in the twelfth and thirteenth Conces- sions of the Township of Brock* Be it enacted hy the Warden and Counsellors of the Home District, That the Road surveyed and reported by James R. Thompson, Esq., a Road Surveyor, dated the twenty-eighth day of January last, in the twelfth and thirteenth concessions of the Township of Brock, be, and the same is hereby established and confirmed as a Public Road or Highway of importance to the Public. And he it further enacted hy the authority aforesaid, That ihe Petitioners for the surveying and rejforting said Road, shall pay to the said Surveyor his legal charges for the same. (Signed) E. W. THOMSON, _ , _, , Warden, H. D. Passed May 12th, 184.3. By-Laws. 15 [No. 21.] A BY-LAW To Repeal and Amend part of a By-Law passed on the 14th May, 1842, entitled " A By-Law to provide for the laying out, and keeping in repair, the Public Highways of the Home District, 1. Be it enacted hy the Warden and Counsellors of the Home District , That the eighth clause of a By-Law passed on the fourteenth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and forty-two, entitled " A By-Law to provide for the laying out, altering, and keeping in repair the Public Highways in the Home District," be, and the same is hereby repealed. And be it further enacted hy the authority aforesaid, That every Surveyor of Highways hereafter employed, shall be entitled to demand and receive the sum of fifteen shillings for every day in which he shall be necessarily employed in carrying into effect the provisions of the above recited Act — an account of which such Surveyor shall present to the Council, and to which he is hereby required to make and sub- scribe the following declaration: — I, (A. B.) do solemnly declare that I have been necessarily and faithfully employed in examining, surveying, &c,, (as the case may be) days, and tnat the above account is just and true. Which account, atter being examined, audited, and found correct, shall be paid by the Treasun^r of the District, or by the parties applying for the survey of the said Road, as shall be provided by the Act estab- lishing the said Road. (Signed) E. W. THOMSON, fVarden,H.D, Passed 12th May, 1823. [No. 22.] A BY-LAW To establish and confirm a line of Road through parts of the Townships of Vaughan, York, and Etobicoke, Be it enacted by the Warden and Counsellors of the Home Bistrictj That the line of Road surveyed and reported by Robert Walsh, one of the Road Surveyors, bearing date the sixth day of May, one 16 Mi' ByLaws. thousand ei-rht hundred and forty-three, from the north-east anr^le of Lot No. 13, in the eightli concession of the Township of Vaughan, through the seventh concession of the said Township of Vaughan, the sixth concession of the Township of York, and concession B. to Pren- tice's Lane in the Township of Ktobicoke, be, and the same is hereby established and confirmed as a Public Road or Hi"hwav. of imoort- ance to the Public. o J' f ^ And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid. That the Petitioners for surveying and reporting said Road, shall pay to the said Surveyor his lawful charges for the same. (Signed) E. W. THOMSON, r» , », , . Warden, H. D. Passed May l2th, 1843. ■3! [ No. 23 . ] .4 BY-LAW To Assess the Inhabitants of certain School Districts in the Townships of fh^Gore of Toronto, King, Caledon, Toronto, and Scarboro', in the Home Districtjor the erection of School Houses, (k 'juncil by Robert Walsh, one of the Road Surveyors for tho tlusoe District, bearing date the 3fl July, 1843, through part of Lots N( s. 10 and 17, in the 9th Concession of the Township of King, be, and tho same is liercby established and confirmed as a public Road or Highway. And be itfurther enacted by the author/ ty aforesaid, Tliat the Peti- tioners for surveying and reporting said Road, sliall pay to the said Surveyor his legal charges for the same. ,,..,,j,v (Signed) E. W. THOMSON, Warden, H. D. Passed August 11th, 1843. I5v-LVMS. 21 [ No. :\'2. I J U Y-LJl W To establish and ci njinii a Road through t/in fourth and Jijth Concessions of the Township of Albion, Be it enacted hy the Home District Municipal Council, That tin; line of Road surveyod and reported by llobert Walsh, onn the Road Surveyors for the Homo District, boarinij dato the 2f3th July, 1843, throuo'h the 4th and 5th Concessions of the Tovviishi|) of Albion, be, and the same is hereby established and confirmed as a public Road or Highway. And be it further enacted hi/ the authority aforesaid, That the Petitioners for surveying and reportinc; said road, shall pay to the said Surveyor his legal charges tor the siune. (Signed) V:. W. THOMSON, Warden, H. D. Passed Aug. llth, 1843. oivn- [ No. XI J J BY- LA \V To establish and confirm a line of Road hctwccn Lots Nos. 4 and 5, in the eighth Concession of the Township of Whitchurch, Be it enacted by the Home District Municipal Council, That the line of Road surveyod and reported by John Nelson, one of the Road Surveyors for the Home District, bearing date the 7th August, 1843, between Lots Nos. 4 and 5, in the 8th Concession of the Town-' ship of Whitchurch, be. and the same is hereby established and con- firmed as a public Road or Highway. And he it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Peti- tioners for the surveying and reporting said Road or Highway shall pay to the said Surveyor his legal charges for the same. i(Signed) E. W. THOMSON, Warden, H. D, Passed August llth, 1843. 2a By-Laws. [ No. 34. ] A BY-LAW To establish and confirm a line of Road on No. 13, 2nd Range, Township of Etobicoke. Be itenaUed by the Home District Municipal Council, That the line of Road Surveyed and reported to the Council by William Cambers, one of the Road Surveyors for the Home District, bearing date the lath July, 1H43, on Lot No. 13, in the second Range of the Township of Etobicoke, be, and the same is hereby established and confirmed as a public Road or Highway. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Petitioners for surveying and reporting said Road, shall pay to the ■said Surveyor his lawful charges for the same. (Signed) E. W. THOMSON, Warden, H.D, Passed August 11th, 1843. [No. 35. J A BY-LAW To establish a Road across Lots Nos. 30 and 31, third Concession, Township of Whitchurch. Be it enacted by the Home District Municipal Council, That the line of Road surveyed and reported by John Nelson, one of the Road Surveyors for the District, bearing date the 23rd of October, 1843, Across parts of Lots Nos. 30 and 31, in the third concession of the Township of Whitchurch, be, and the same is hereby established and confirmed as a Public Road or Highway, to be one chain wide. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Petitioners for surveying said Road, shall pay to the said Surveyor his legal charges for the same. (Signed) E. W. THOMSON, «r. , »T , . Warden, H. D. vPassed November 17th, 1843. By-Laws. '23 [ No. 3G. ] * A BY-LAW To Assess certain Scho"^ Districts for the building of School Houses, 4-c, 1843. (Expired.) [No. 37.] A BY-LAW To Assess the Inhabitants of the Townships of Chinguacousy, Etobicoke, York, and Toronto, for certain sums of money advanced for the Repair of Bridges in those Townships, 1844. (Expired.) [ No. 38. ] A BY-LAW To authorise the Counsellors in their respective Tmonships to do certain Acts which the Council is authorised to do in regard to Common Schoob, until the next meeting of Council, 1844. (Expired.) [ No. 39. 3 A BY-LAW To establish a Road between Lois Nos. 23 and 24, in the fourth Concession, Township of Etobicoke. Be it enacted by the District Council of the Home District, That the Road surveyed and reported by John Embleton, Esq., one of the 24 liy-LAAVs. Road Surveyors for tlio Homo District, boarinc: ditto the tenth day of I'^ebruary, 1844, and runninir holwocn Lots Nos. 23 and 24, in the fourth concession of tlie Township of Etobicoko, be,rfind the same is hereby established and confirmed as a Public Road or Highway of importance to the Public ; the said Road to be one chain wide, and the Division Lino botwccn the said Lot to be the cenlie of the Road. And he it farther enacted hij the aiit.hnri.tt/ aforesaid, That the Petitioners for surveying the said Iload, shall pay to the said Surveyor his legal charges for the same. (Siirned) E. W. THOMSON, Warden, H.D. Passed February 16th, 1844. ''1 i [No. 10. A BY-LAW To establish a Road from the Ijth to the V2th Concession of the Toivnship of Brock. Be it enacted hi/ the District Council of the Home District, That the line of Road surveyed and reported by J. H. Thompson, Esq., one of the Road Surveyors for the Home District, bearing date the second day of February, 1844, from the 5th to the 12tli Concession in the Township of Brock, bo, and the same is hereby established and confirmed as a Public Road or Highway ; the said Road to be one chain wide. And he it further enacted hj the author it j) aforesaid. That the Petitioners for surveying said Road, shall pay to tiie said Surveyor his legal charges for the same. (Signed) E. W. THOMSON, Warden, H. D. Passed February 17th, 1844, I (lay of in the ;amc is way of de, and ! Road, hat the irvevor H.D. By-Laws. 25 [No. 4).] J B Y-LJW To establish a Road through part of the Qth Concession of the Township of Brock, Beit enacted hy the District Council of the Home District, That the line of Road surveyed and reported by John H. Thompson, Esq., one of the Road Surveyors for the Home District, bearing date the second day of February, 1844, through part of the sixth Concession of the Township of Brock, bo, and the same is hereby established and confir- med as a Public Road or Highway of importance to the Public. And he it further enacted hy the authority aforesaid, That the Petitioners for surveying and reporting said Road, shall pay to the said Surveyor his legal charges for the same. (Signed) E. W. THOMSON, Warden, H. D. Passed February 17th, 1844. ession , That , Esq., ite the C5ession led and be one lat the rveyor H.D. [ No. 42. ] A BY-LAW To authorise the Sale of Stone, Timber, Sand, Earth, and other materials upon Highways and Road AlloW' ances, and for other purposes therein mentioned. Whereas it is necessary to provide for the saleof Stone, Timber, Sand, Earth and other materials that may be found standing or lying in or upon any Highways or Road Allowances within this District, Be it therefore enacted hy the District Council of the Home District, That from and after the passing of this Act, it shall and may be law- ful for the Counsellor or Counsellors in their respective Townships (or Lnion of Townships, as the case may be,) to sell or dispose of any Stone, Timber, Sand, Earth, or any other material that may be found standing or lying in or upon any such Highways or Road Allowance as aforesaid, or upon any such Highway as may hereafter be laid out, Provided, That in the opinion of the Counsellor or Counsellors in or for their respective Townships or Union of Townships, the same be not required tor the use of Bridges and Public Highways in the locality D ^ 26 By-Laws. where such materials may be found ; and also to rent or lease for a term not exceeding one year, any such Road Allowance as may not be required for the use of the Public HighMays, and thai theproceeds of such sales or rents as aforesaid, shall be paid over to the Township Clerk within the Township or union of Township where such proceeds have been raised, and that the same shall be expended under the direc- tion of the Counsellor or Counsellors on the improvement and construe tion of Bridges and Highways within their Townships, or union of Townships as the case may be, and the said Township Clerk shall in each and every year make a return to the District Treasurer of the Receipts and Expenditures of said proceeds of sales and rents, accom- panied with the necessary vouchers. And be it further enacted hj the authority aforesaid, T!iat any person or persons trespassing on any such Highway or Road Allow- ance, shall be liable to the pains and penalties as by law provided, under the 4th and 5th Victoria, Chap. 26, Sec. 24. (Signed) E. W. THOMSON, Warden, H.D. Passed February 17th, 1844. [ No. 43. ] A BY-LAW To authorise the Treasurer of the District to pay over to the Township Superintendents of Education, certain School Funds for 1842 and 1843. (Temporary.) [No. 44.] A BY-LAW To fix the Salaries and Allowances to certain District Officers, for the Year 1844. (Temporary.) lease for may not proceeds rownship proceeds he dirce- construc- union of c shall in er of the , accom- r!iat any 1 Allow, provided, N, n, H.D. By-Laws. 27 [ No. 45. ] A BY-LAW To raise certain fums of Money in the various Tovmships of the Home District, for Common School purposes for the year 1844. (Temporary.) i[No.46.] A BYLAW To Assess the Inhabitants of the Home District One Penny and a Sixth in the Pound on their Rateable Property, for the General Purposes of the District, for 1844. (Temporary.) Township 1842 and nporary.) [ No. 47. ] A BY-LAW To Assess the Inhabitants of the Township of ^Wonto in the sum of Twenty-five Pounds advanced by the Treasurer to erect a Bridge, 1844. (Expired.) 3, for the nporary.) [ No. 48. ] A BY-LAW To Repeal so much of By-Laws Nos. 12, 23, and 26, as relates to the Assessment ofeerfmn School Districts in the Tovmships of Scar- boro\ Toronto, and Markham. (Expired.) ab jbv-Laws. [xNq. 49.] A BY LAW To Auihorise the Trustees of School Districts, when required by a ma- jority of the Inhabitants therein, to Levy and Colled Rates for the Buildmg of School Houses. (Not acted upon.) ■%, [ No. 50. ] J BY-LAW To open a line of Road from the Gore of Toronto through Etobicoke to Dundas Street. Be it enacted by the District Council of the Home District, That the Road surveyed and reported by John Embleton, one of the Road Surveyors, bearing date the tenth day of May, 1844, through part of the Township of Etobicoke, be, and the same is hereby established and confirmed as a Public Road or Highway of importance ; said Road to be one chain wide. (Signed) E. W. THOMSON, Warden, H.D, Passed August 15th. 1844. A [No. 51.] J BY-LAW To establish a Road from Lot No. 8, to No. 14, sixth Concession ofj^lbion. Be it enacted by the District Council of the Home District, Thiit tlie Road surveyed and reported by Robert Walsh, Road Surveyor, hearing date the eighteenth day of July, 1844, in the Township of Albion, be, and the same is hereby confirmed as a Public Road, Pill upon.) By-Laws. 29 And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Petitioners for the said Road, shall pay to the said Surveyor his legal charges for surveying and reporting the same. (Signed) E. W. THOMSON, Warden, H. D. Parsed August 15th, 1844. )t«. [No. 52.] A BY-LAW To establish a Road in the Township of Georgina, com' mencing at the South-east angle of Lot No. 15, to the Centre of Lot No. 18, seventh Concession, Be it enacted by the District Council of the Home District, That the Road surveyed and reported by J. H. Thompson, a Road Surveyor, in the Township of Georina, bearingdate the first day of August, 1844, be, and the same is hereby confirmed as a Public Road. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Petitioners for surveying said Road, shall pay to the said Surveyor his legal charges for the 3ame. (Signed) E. W. THOMSON, Warden, H. D, Passed August 15th, 1844. ♦ [ No. 53 . ] .a BY-LAW To authorise the collection of outstanding Rates for School Houses for 1843. (Not acted upon.) 30 By-Laws. [No. 54.] A BY-LAW To fix the Salaries or Allowances to the Township Superintendents of Education, for the year 1844. (Temporary.) [No. 55. J A BY-LAW To Repeal that part of By-Law No. 44, which refers to the Salaries of the Jailer, Turnkey, High Bailiff, Crier of the Court of Quarter Sessions, and Keeper of the Court House. [No. 56.] A BY-LAW To open a Road through Lots 27 and 28, third Conces- sion of Pickering, Be it enacted by the District Council of the Home District, That the line of Road surveyed and reported by John R. Turner, a Road Sur- veyor, on 13th May, 1844, through Lots Nos. 27 and 28, in the 3d Concession of the Township of Pickering, be, and the sanne is hereby established and confirnned as a Public Road or Highway. And be it further enacted, That the Petitioners for surveying said Road, shall pay to the said Surveyor his legal charges for the same. (Signed) E. W. THOMSON, Warden, H,D, Passed November 15th, 1844. ' Bv-Laws. 31 endents of mporary.) Salaries of f Quarter [ No. 57. ] A BY-LAW To open a Road between Lots Nos. 20 and 21, tenth and eleventh Concessions of the Township of Albion, Be it enacted by the District Council of the Home District, and it is enacted by the authority of the same, That the Road surveyed by Robert Walsh, one the District Road Surveyors, on the 15th day of January, 1845, through Lots Nos. 20 and 21 in the 10th and 11th Concessions of the Township of A.lbion, be, and the same is hereby established and confirmed as a public Road or Highway. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Peti- tioners for the surveying said Road shall pay to the said Surveyor his legal charges for the same. 4 (Signed) E. W. THOMSON, Warden, H. D, Passed 15th Feb., 1845. Conces- A That the Road Sar- in the 3d I is hereby eying said the same. )N, len, H.D. [ No. 58. J J BY-LAW To open a Road through parts of the sixth and seventh Concessions oj the Township of Albion, Be it enacted by the District Council of the Home District, and it is enacted by the authority thereof, That the Road surveyed by Robert Walsh, one of the District Road Surveyors, on the 7th Janu- ary, 1845, through parts of Lots 24 to 32 in the 6th, and through parts of Lots 25 to 30 in the 7th Concession of the Township of Albion, be, and the same is hereby established and confirmed as a public Road or Highway. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Petitioners for surveying and reporting said road, shall pay to the said Surveyor his legal charges for the same. (Signed) E. W. THOMSON, Warden, H. D. Passed Feb. 15th, 1845. "ti 3'i By-Laws. [No. 59.] A B Y-LJW To open a Road on Side Line between Lots Nos, 20 vnd 2], twelfth Concession of the Township of Brock. Be it enacted by the District Council of the Home District, and it is enacted by the authority of the same, That the Road surveyed find laid out by John H. Thompson, one of the District Road Surveyors, on the 31st of January, 1845, through part of the Township of Brock, be, and the same is hereby established as a public Road or Highway ; and that the portions of Road running nearly parallel with said laid out Road, and reported by the said Surveyor of Roads to be useless, be, from and alter the passing of this By-Law, and the same is here- by declared to be liable to be closed up. And be itfurther enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Peti- tioners for examining and surveying said Roads, shall pay to the said Surveyor his legal charges for the same. (Signed) E. W. THOMSON, Warden, H. D. Passed Feb'y 15th, 1845. [ No GO. ] A BY-LAW To open a Road through parts of Lots Nos. 4 and 5, 2nd Concession, Township of Mara. Be it enacted by the District Council of the Home District, and it is enacted by the authority of the same, That the Road surveyed and reported by John H. Thompson, one of the District Road Surveyors^ on the 3(X day of January, 1845, through part of Lots 4 and 5 in th6 2d Concession of the Township of Mara, be, and the same is hereby established and confirmed as a public Road or Highway of great im- portance to the public. / (Signed) E. W. THOMSON, Warden, H. D. Passed Feb'y 15th, 1845. 20 vnd 'ock, Irict, and i^eyed And urveyors, of Brock, lighway ; said laid e useless, e is h6re- the Peti- the said N, en, H. D, 5, 2nd trict, and eyed and iirveyoi'9,, 5 in th6 is hereby great im- N, », H. D. By-Laws. W [No. 61.] A BY-LAW To open a Road between the first and si;tth Concessions, Township oj Georgina. Be it enacted by the District Council of the Home District, and it is enacted hy the authority of the same, That the Roadsurveyed and laid by John H. Thompson, one of the District Road Surveyors, on the 8th of January, 1845, through part of the Township of Georgina, be, and the same is hereby established and confirmed as a public Road or Highway of manifest importance to the public. (Signed) E. W. THOMSON, ^ ^ ^ Warden, H. D. Passed Feb'y 15th, 1845. [No 62.] A BY-LAW To impose a Fine upon persons for Riding or Driving upon the Side Walks in the Home District. Be it enacted by the District Council of the Home District, and it is enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passing of this By-Law, any person or persons who shall Ride or Drive upon any Side Walk, which already may have been, or hereafter shall be made in this District, for the public use, (except on the regular cros. sinjr places) or shall maliciously injure, or unnecessarily obstruct the same shall nay a Fine of not less than five shillings nor more than five pounds, to be levied, collected and disposed of agreeably to the 55th clause of the District Council Act. (Signed) E. W. THOMSON, ;a Warden,^. D, Passed Feb'y 15th, 1845. . .;;oij»j/'' : ^ By-Laws. [ No. 63. ] A BY-LJW To Repea/parts o/B^f-LawsNosu, 23, and 26, for Assessing attain iichool Districts. [No. 64.] A BY-LAW ^fZ^rlT ^r ?/'"^'"S ""' ^^^"^^* 'f *^' A^ninistraUan oj Justice, ^c.,for the year 1845. (Temporary.) [No. 65.] A BY-LAW To Assess the InhaUtants of the Gore of Toronto the swn of £25, ad^ vanced to repair a Bridge in 1845. (Temporary.) [ No. m. ] A BY-LAW To authorise the Treasurer of the District to pay certain sums of money Jor the Repairs of Jail and Court House in 1844. (Expired.) ^ing certain Bv-Laws. 35 [ No. 67. ] ^ B Y-LJW To authorise the Treasurer to pay certain sums therein mentioned. erty in the inistraiion nporary.) £26, ad. porary.) yf money !xpired.) [No. 68.] A BY-LAW To fix the Salaries of certain District Officers for the year 1846. (Temporary.) [No. 69.] A BY-LAW To appropriate the Surplus Revenues for 1845, for the improveinent of Roads and Bridges in the several Totonships. (Temporary.) [ No. 70 . ] A BY-LAW To Assess the Inhahitants of the Tovmship of Vaughan in the sum of one hundred and forty-eight pounds, to he applied for the purpose of erecting a Town Hall in said Township. ' • > ' (Temporary.) 36 By-Laws. [No.7L] A BY-LAW To duthorse the Tteamrerto pay a cerlMiH sum of w:oni W[SON, rden, H. D. I [No. 75.] A BY-LAW To Assess the several Townships of the Home District for Common School purposes, for the year 1845. (Temporary.) [ No. 76. J A BY-LAW To As»e8i the InJutbitants of the Township of Whitby during the present year, for the sum of J£25 advanced to rebuild a Bridge across the Creek at Oshawa, 1845. (Temporary.) 38 Bv-Laws. »!"»' [ No. 77. ] 4 BY-LAW To close up part of a Road through the sixth and seventh Concessions, and open a New Line through the same, and continue it to the fifth and sixth Concessions in Brock. Be it enacted by the District Council of the Home District, That the Road surveyed by Thomas Ewing, Esq., through Lots 6 and 7 in the seventh Concession of the Township of Brock, as reported by John H. Thompson, a Road Surveyor, on the first day of August, 1845, be, and the same is hereby closed up, as not being required for the public use. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Road surveyed and repor- ted by the said John H. Thompson, in the said report, through the aforesaid Lots, in lieu thereof, and also continued on the side line between Lots 5 and 6 northward to the front of the eighth Concession, and southward to the front of tlm sixth Concession of said Township, be, and the same is hereby confirmed as a Public Road or High- way. 3. And be it further enacted, That the Petitioners for surveying said Road (except James Vrooman, Michael Humphrey, and James St. John, whose Lands are taken for said Road), shall pay to the said Surveyor his legal charges for the same. (Signed) E. W. THOMSON, Warden, H. D. Passed August 14th. 1845. [No. 78.] A BY-LAW To open a Road from Richmond Hill along the Boundary Line between Lots Nos. 47 ajid IS, to the second Concession of the Township of Vaughan, Be it enacted by the District Council of the Home District, That a line of Road from Yonge Street at Richmond Hill, through Lots 47 and 48, to the second Concession of the Township of Vaughan, as re- th Is Y( Si an ch Re Pa Cy-Laws. 39 rrH.''V°''V?^'""' ^I^^^'^^lS'^'-veyor, by his Report bcarini? date the 11th day of August 1845, be, and the same is hereby estabUshed and confirmed as a Public Road or Highway. "■'^"nsnea 2. And he it farther enacted, That the Petitioners for survevinff sajd Road, shall pay to the said Surveyor his legal charges for^lX? (Signed) E. W. THOMSON, Passed August 14th, 1845. ^'''^'''' ^^' ^' High- [No. 79. ] -/i BY-LAW To estahUsh alterations of a Line of Road on Lots Nos. 5 and G, m the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and m Concessions of the I ownship of York. -^ Be if enacted by the District Council of the Home District That he alteration u. part ot' Road Allowance beUveenLoTs 5 and e'in Uii 1st, 2nd .3rd, and 4th Concessions of the Township of York east of longe Street, as laid out and reported by John B Torrance a RoaJ Surveyor, by his Report bearing'date the^hird dayof S, 84^^^^^^^ chain ;fdeT" " '"''^ '°"'""^' ^^ ^ ^^^'^^^ ^^^ - Highway', one R, ./f u ^''/"^^'^f^^^c^^^' That the Petitioners for survevine said Road, shall pay to the said Surveyor his legal charges for the fame (Signed) E. W. THOMSON, Passed Aug. I4th, 1845. Warden, H.D, 40 By-Laws. [ No. 80. ] J BYLAW To confirm the alteration of a Road between Lots Nos. 2Qand 29, Concession B, Township of Scarboro . Be it enacted hy the Bistrici Coundl of the HomeDistr^^^^^^ the aUeratlon in the Road Al^ date the fKst day of July, 1845, be, and the same is hereby established and confi' .^'d as a Public Road or Highway, one chain wide. jnrf iei?fifr^/ter enacted, That the Petitioners for surveying said RoadfshaU pay to the said Surveyor his legal charges lor the same. (Signed) E. W. THOMSON,^ ^ Passed August 14th, 1845. [No. 81.] A BY-LAW To close up part of a Road between Lots Nos. 5 and 6, m the sLenth Concession of Vaughan, and open a New Road from Pine Grove to Burwick's Mills. Be it enacted hv the Bistrict Council of the Home Bistnct, That a norln of the Road established by a By-Law No. 9, Wn Stegman^s ana exieuueu "y r',n\ro Mills in the said Township, to side Road aforesaid, from Pine ^'"'^.J^f^tV a Branch Road to Burwiok's MXbeind'the'sl'm^f hereby established and confirmed as . •"""l^/L'tV^tTied, That the Petitioners for surveying said Roadf shall pay to the said Surveyor his legal charges for the same. (Signed) E. W. THOMSON.^ ^ Passed August 14thj 1845. By-Laws. 41 iots Nos, horo\ trict, That 28 and 29, and repor- rt bearing established ide. /eying said the same. DN, den, H.D. and 6, in en a New '.strict, That n Stegman's leventh Con- mnecessary late the 11th 1 as useless ; lieu thereof, ring date as to side Road > Burwick's ifirmed as a irveying said ir the same. 30N, %rden, H.D, [ No. 82. ] A BY-LAW To open a Road through the 6th, 7th, and part of the Sth Concessions of the Township oj" Reach. Be it enacted hy the District Council of the Home District, That a new line of Road surveyed, laid out, and reported by John Farquhar- son, Esq., a Road Surveyor, by his Report bearing date the first day of Aur ist, 1845, through the 6th, 7th and part of the Sth Concessions of Reach, on Scugog Island, with a Branch to Seugog Lake in the said 6th Concession, be, and the same is hereby established and confirmed as a Public Road or Highway. 2. Provided always, and he it further enacted, That in case any Owner or Owners of the land through which the same may pass, shall object to the said Road in writing, sucli objection to be stated to the Home District Council at its next Session, then every matter and thing herein contained shall cease and become of none effect. 3. And he it further enacted. That the Petitioners for surveying Road shall pay to the said Surveyor his legal charges for the same. (Signed) E. W. THOMSON, Warden, H. D. Passed August 14th. 1845. [No. 83.] A BY-LAW To open a Road across Lots Nos. 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, and 20, in the Sth Concession of Whitby. Be it enacted hy the District Council of the Home District, That a new line of Road surveyed, laid out, and reported by John Far- quharson, Esq., a Road Surveyor, across Lots Nos. 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, and 20, in the Sth Concession of the Township of Whitby, by his Report bearing date the first day of August, 1845, be, and the same is hereby established and confirmed as a Public Road or Highway. 2. Provided always, and be it further enact,. I, That in the event of any Owner or Owners of Lands through which thp said Road passes, ~w,^ 42 By-Laws. shall signify his or her objection to the Home District Council, in writing, at its next Session, then every matter and thing herein con- tained shall cease, and become void and of none effect. 3. And be it further enacted. That the Petitioners for survey'/.q- said Road, shall pay to the said Surveyor his legal charges fo) J L same. (Signed) E. W. THOMSON, Warden, H.D. Passed August I4th, 1845. [No.84.] A BY-LAW To open a new line of Road from the Narrows on Lake Simcoe through part of Mara and Rama, Be it enacted ly the District Council of the Home District, That a new line of Road surveyed and reported by John H. Thompson, Road Surveyor, by his Report bearing date the 5th day of July, 184.j, from a point near the Narrows' Bridge on Lake Simcoe, northerly through part of the Townships of Mara and Rama, be, and the same is hereby established and confirmed as a Public Road or Highway of manifest importance to the Public. (Signed) E. W. THOMSON, Warden, H.D. Passed August 14th, 1845. uncil, in rein con- urvey';i>: S fo) s^ ., N, n, H.D. By-Laws. 43 [ No. 85. ] A BY-LAW To authorise the Treasurer of the Home District to advance certain sums of Money to School Trustees and others who have erected School Houses, <^c. (Expired, provisions complied with.) m Lake id, That mpson, " ly, 184o, lortherly the same ghway of N, n, H.D. [No. 86.] A BY-LAW To authorise the Inhabitants of Newmarket to commute their Statute Labour. Whereas, the inhabitants of the village of Newmarket, in the Township of Whitchurch, have, by their petition to the Council, re- quested that the Statute Labour therein should be commuted, and paid tor in money, and that such commutation money should be applied to the purposes therein mentioned, Be it enacted ly the District Council of the Home District, That any person liable to perform Statute Labour according to law, residing in the said village of Newmarket, is hereby authorised to compound or commute for such duty, between th*? first day of April and the first day of June, in each and every year, by paying to the Overseers of Highways, lawfully nominated or appointed to serve for the said village of Newmarket, the sum of two shillings and sixpence for each and every day which he or she may be required by law to work ; and such Overseers are hereby authorized to act as a Board of Commissioners, and accept the said sum in lieu of such Statute Labour, and lay out and expend the same upon the Roads and Bridges in the said village, under and subject to the directions of the Counsellors of the said Town- ship for the time being. 2nd. Provide' %lways : And he it further enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Overseers appointed for the said village, or one of them, to collect the commutation money aforesaid ; and in case any person liable to perform Statute Labour as aforesaid, shall neglect or refuse to pay the same within the time hereinbefore set forth, and after he or she shall have been called upon by the said Overseers, or one 44 Hv-Laws. :^i of them, so to do, he or she shall forfeit and pay the sum of five shillings for each day commuted he or she shall so neglect or refuse to pay the said sum of two shillings and sixpence per day, to be recovered on complaint of the said Overseers, or one of them, by warrant under the hand and seal of a Justice of the Peace, by distress and sale of the goods and chattels of the person so ofTending, rendering the overplus, if any, to the party, after deducting the penalty and legal charges attending such distress and sale ; and the imposing of any such fine or penalty on any person shall not be constructed in any way to release such person from paying the commuted labour as aforesaid, but he or she shall be liable, and subject to pay the same at any time within the current year, when called upon by the proper officer, as though no such penalty had been imposed. 3rd. And he it further enacted hy the authority aforesaid, That if the said Overseers, or either of them, shall neglect or refuse to collect the said commutation money within the time hereinbefore specified, and expend the same at such time and place as hereinbefore set forth, and in a faithful and judicious manner, and under and subject to the directions of the said Counsellors, he or she shall be subject to a line of not less than five shillings, nor more than five pounds, with costs, to be recovered on complaint of said Counsellors, or one of them, in like manner that persons are by this Act who neglect or refuse to pay the commutation money ; and the imposing of any such fine or penalty shall in no wise release such Overseer or Overseers, from the per- formance of the duties of him or them by this By-Law : Provided al- ways, that the information and complaint for a breach of the fulfilment of the duties aforesaid, must be made within five days after the time limited by this Act for the performance of the said duties. 4th. And beitfurther enacted, That it shall be the duty of the said Overseers, or either of ihem,to make a just and true return of the receipts and expenditure of all monies collected under and by virtue of this By-Law, to the Counsellors aforesaid, on or before the eighth day of November, in each and every year, in order that the same may be laid before the Council at its last quarterly meeting ; and in case of default thereof, he or they shall forfeit and pay the sum of not less than five shillings, nor more than five pounds, with costs, to be recovered in manner hereinbefore set forth, within ten days after the first day of December. 5th. And be it further enacted. That the bounds of the said village of Newmai Let shall be considered or known as comprising the East Halves of Lots Nos. 92, 93, 94, and 95, in the first Concession, and the West Halves of Lots Nos. 32, 33, and 34, in the second Concession of the said Township of Whitchurch. (Signed) E, W. THOMSON, Warden, H. D. Passed 14th Nov., 1845. e shillings se to pay severed on under the sale of the overplus, 1 charges jch fine or to release , but he or me within Eis though I, That if to collect specified, set forth, ect to the t to a fine :h costs, to jm, in like to pay the )r penalty n the per- •ovided al- fulfilment r the time of the said urn of the by virtue he eighth same may id in case im of not 38 ts, to be 5 after the lid village I the East ssion, and 'onoession \en, H. D. By-T^aws. 45 [ No. 87. J A BY-LAW To fix the Allowances to the Township Superintendents of Education/or their services for 1845. (Temporary.) [ No. 88 . ] Jl BY-LAW To authorise the Treasurer to advance to W. Ogden a certain sum of money for erecting a Bridge in the Township of Toronto. (Provisions complied with.) [ No. 89. ] A BY-LAW To Tax the Owners of Dogs. Whereas, by an Act of the Parliament of this Province, entitled " An Act to empower the District Councils of the Municipal Districts, and Boards of Police of incorporated Towns in Upper Canada, to im- pose a Tax on Dogs within their respective Districts and Towns," the District Councils of the several Districts in Upper Canada are em- powered to make By-Laws for imposing a Tax upon the owners of Dogs, 1st. Be it therefore enacted by the District Council of the Home District, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the owner of every Dog living within the boundaries of this District, save and except such as are exempted by law from the same, and also save and except every Householder who shall possess only one Dog, shall pay to the Collector, when demanded, the sum of five shillings for every such extra Dog ; the said Tax to be levied and collected in like manner as all other Taxes are now by law levied and collected. 46 By-Laws. 2. And he it fur titer enacted by the authority aforesaid, Th&X the Clerk of the Peace is hereby required to add an additional column to the Assessment Roll for each Township, for the purpose of said Tax, and it shall be the duty of the Assessor of each and every Township, who shall hereafter be chosen or appointed, to specify in such column the number of Dogs liable to be taxed as aforesaid, kept by each and every inhabitant Householder in each Township or union of Town- ships respectively ; and that the amount of said Tax, when collected, shall be added to the amount realized on account of all other District Rates, and paid over to the District Treasurer, for District purposes ; and the Collector shall be entitled to retain to his own use, his per centage on the aggregate amount thereof, with reference to the scale laid down in By-Law No. 25. 3. And be itfurther enacted, That this By-Law shall not come into force until the first day of January next, and that the same be read by the Township Clerk of every Township, at the next Town- ship meeting. (Signed) E. W. THOMSON, Warden, H, D. Passed Nov. 14th, 1845. [ No. 90. J A BY-LAW To open a New Line of Road through the bth^ 6th, 7th, and Sth Concessions of the Township of King. Be it enacted by the District Council of the Home District, That the line of Road surveyed and reported by Robert Walsh, a Road Surveyor, by his Report to the Council, bearing date 7th November, 1845, leading from the fourth Concession line of Road between Lots Nos. 28 and 29, to the Sth Concession line of Road betweenHots 30 and 31, in the Township of King, be, and the same is hereby estab- lished and confirmed as a public Road or Highway. ,That the column to said Tax, Township, sh column each and \ of Town- collected, 9r District purposes ; e, his per 3 the scale not come e same be Bxt Town- ten, H. D. By-Laws. 4T 6/A, 7th, rict, That 1, a Road sfovember, iveen Lots ienHots 30 eby estab- And he it further enacted, That the Petitioners for surveying said Road, shall pay to the said Surveyor his legal charges for the same. (Signed) E. W. THOMSON, Warden, H. D, Passed Nov. 14th, 1845. [No. 91.] J BY-LAW To open a Road from Lloydtown through Lots Nos. 35 and 36, in the ninth Concession of the Township of King, 1st. Be it enacted hythe District Council of the Home District, That so much of the Road surveyed and laid out by R. Walsh, one of the District Road Surveyors, in the Township of King, as reported to the Council by his Report bearing date the fifth day of November, 1845,. extending from the village of Lloydtown to the limit between Lots Nos. 34 and 35, in the 9th Concession of the said Township, be, and the same is hereby established and confirmed as a public Road or High-, way. 2nd. And he it further enacted, That the Petitioners for surveying said Road, shall pay to the said Surveyor his legal charges for the same. (Signed) E. W. THOMSON, Wardefiy HrD. Passed 14tU Nov., 1845. 48 By-Laws. [ No. 92. ] J BY-LAW To oiler and amend By-Law No. 88, passed the fourteenth day of No- vember, 1845, so far as regards the period of payment of the claim ofWm. Ogden. (Provisions complied with.) [No. 93.] A BY-LAW To open a Road through parts of the Sd, 4/A, 5//i and 6th Concessions of Whitby. 1. Beit enacted hy the District Council of the Home District, and it is hereby enacted, That the Road surveyed and laid out by John Farquharson, Esq., Road Surveyor, through parts of the 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th concessions of Whitby, as by his Report bearing date the tenth day of February, 1846, will appear, be, and the same is hereby estab- lished as a public road or highway. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid. That the Petitioners requiring survey of said road shall pay to the said Sur- veyor his legal charges for surveying and reporting the same. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That so much of the third clause of By-Law No. 74, as relates to a Road formerly surveyed through the fourth and fifth concessions of the said Township of Whitby, be, and the same is hereby repealed. (Signed) E. W. THOMSON, Warden, H. D. Passed Feb. 14th, 1846. ; ¥'-y\t !ay ofNo- \f the claim lied with.) and 6th [ No. 94. ] A BY-LAW *To open a Road through parts of the ^th and 6th Concessions of Albion* Be it enacted by the District Council of the Home District, and it ia hereby enacted, That the Road surveynd and laid out by Robert Walsh, one of the Road Surveyors for the District, through parts of the fifth and sixth concessions in the Township of Albion, as by his report bear- ing date the 30th January, 1845, appears, be, and the same i j hereby established as a public road or highway. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Petitioners for examining and surveying said Road, shall pay to the said Surveyor his legal charges for the same. (Signed) E. W. THOMSON, Warden, H.D, Passed 14th Feb., 1846. istrict, and t by John 1, 4th, 5th, te the tenth eby estab- That the s said Sur- ne. !, That so to a Road of the said SON, en, H. D. [No. 95.] A BY-LAW To open a Road through part of the 4th Concession of rickering. Be it enacted by the District Council of the Home District, and it is hereby enacted, That the Road surveyed and laid out by John Far- quharson, Esq., one of the Road Surveyors for the District, through the fourth Concession in the Township of Pickering, as appears by his report to the Council, bearing date the 7th February, 1846, be, and the same is hereby established as a public Road or Highway. Be itfurther enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Petitioners for examining and surveying the said Road, shall pay to the said Surveyor his legal charges for the same. (Signed) E. W. THOMSON, Warden, H. D. Passed February 14th, 1846. o I 50 By-Laws. [ No. 06. ] Jl B Y-LAW To open a Road through the 4:th and 5th Concessions of the Township of Uxhridge. Be it enacted hy the District Council of the Home District, and it is lierely enacted, That the Road surveyed and laid out by John Nelson, a Road Surveyor, through part of the fourth and fifth Con- cessions of the Township of Uxbridgo, as appears by his report to the Council, bearing date the 4th February, 1846, be, and the same is hereby established as a public road or highway. Be itfurther enacted hy the authority aforesaid. That the Petition- ers requiring the survey of said Road, shall pay to the said Surveyor his legal charges for the same. (Signed) E. W. THOMSON, Warden, II. D. Passed 14th Feb., 1846. [ No. 97. ] A BY-LAW To authorise the Treasurer to pay to Colin Mc Arthur the sum of Nine- teen Pounds for erecting a School House in District No. 9, Cale- don, (Provisions complied with.) i [No 98.] A BY-LAW To authorise the Treasurer to pdy to John Hamilton, formerly a School Trustee, the sum of Ten Pounds for charges incurred in the main- tenance of a Common School House in School District No 14, Pickering. (Provisions complied with.) 3Ssions of Hstrict, and at by John I fifth Con- s report to id the same he Petition- d Surveyor ON, 'den, II. D. urn of Nine' No. 9, Cale- iplied with.) By-Laws. 51 [ No. 99. J A BY-LAW To require School Trustees, at the Annual Meetings^ to render Jiccounts of Receipts and Expenditure of the past year. Be it enacted ly the District Council of the Home District, That from and after the passing of this By-Law, it shall and may be lawful for the Trustees for the time being, of the several School Districts throughout the Home District, and all such as may be hereafter elected, and they are hereby authorised and required to lay before the Annual Meeting for the Election of Common School Trustees, a correct account of the receipts and expenditure of all sucii monies as they may have received as such Trustees, during the year immediately preceding such meeting, and for wliich they may have acted as Com- mon School Trustees. 2. And be it furiher enacted hy the authority aforesaid, That any of the said Trustees who shall hereafter neglect or refuse to furnish such account as aforesaid, shall pay a fine of not less than five shil- lings nor more thau fifty shillings, to be levied, collected, and disposed of agreeably to the provisions of tlie 55th clause of the District Coun- cil Act. (Signed) E. W. THOMSON, Warden, H. D, Passed 14th Feb., 1846. rly a School in the main- irict No 14, iplied with.) [ No. 100. ] A BY-LAW Appropriating the Surplus Revenues for the year 1846, /or the im- ' provement of Roads and Bridges 'in the several Townships of the Home District. (Temporary.) S!) By-Laws. [No. 101.] A BY-LAW To Assess the Inhabitants of the Home District one penny in the pound for the general purposes of the District for 1846. (Expired.) I t \'\ [No. 102.] A BY-LAW To Assess the several Townships of the Home District for certain sums to he appropriated for the support and maintenance of Common Schools for 1846. (Temporary.) [No. 103.] A BY-LAW To foe the Salaries of certain District Officers for the year 1846. (Expired.) 11 Iff! By-Laws. 53 « the pound (Expired.) ^tain sums rf Common mporary.) • 1846. [Expired.) [ No. 104. ] A BY-LAW To assess the inhabitants of the Townships of Thorah and Markham, and parts of the Townships of Reach, Brock, and Whitby, the sums therein mentioned, for the erection of Bridges. 1. Be it enacted hy the District Council of the Home District, That there be rc'sed, levied and collected as heretofore, on the inhab- itants of the ' Co . ; hips of Thorah, Markham, Reach, Brock, and Whitby, the s.'^v. ^l and respective sums hereinafter naentioned, to be applied in the repayment of such sums advanced by the Trea- surer out of the District funds, under the provisions of By-Law No. 8, for the repair of certain Bridges in said Townships, that is to say : On the inhabitants of Thorah, the sum of J615. On the inhabitants of the Township of Markham, the sum of JE18. On the inhabitants of the eastern parts of the Townships of Reach, Brock, and Whitby, the sum of £25 ; that is to say. On all residing east of No. 12, in the Township of Whitby, On all residing east of No. 12, in the Township of Reach, And on all residing east of No. 12, in the Township of Brock, the sum of £8 6s. 8d. respectively. 2. And he it further enacted hy the authority aforesaid, That the Collectors of the said Townships respectively, appointed for the present year, shall, and they are hereby authorised and required to levy and collect of and from the inhabitants of the said Townships or parts of Townships aforesaid, respectively, the several and respective sums hereinbefore mentioned ; such sums to be raised by a propor- tionate rate on each of the inhabitants of said Townships, according to the value of their rateable property, in addition to all other rates and assessments now or hereafter payable by such inhabitants ; and the sums so to be paid by said inhabitants, severally to be specified by the Clerk of the Peace in a separate column to be added to the Collectors* Rolls for the present year, for such Townships respectively. (Signed) E. W. THOMSON, Warden, H.D. Passed May I4th, 1846. J!i; ■I ■ F 54 By-Laws. [No. 105.] A BY-LAW To alter and amend By-Law No. 100, as regards the Distribution of the Money in the Township of Geor- gina, and for other purposes therein named, 1. Be it enacted hythe District Council of the Home District, That somuchof By-Law No. 100, passed on the 14lh February, 1846, entitled a By-Law to appropriate the Surplus Revenues for the im> provement of Roads and Bridc;es in the several Townships of the Home District, as distributes the Grant of £80 on Roads and Bridges in the Township of Georgina, be, and the same is hereby repealed. 2. And he it further enacted, hy the authority aforesaid, That William Johnson, James O. Bouchier, John Comer, James Donald, and John Anderson, Esquires, be Commissioners to lay out and expend the said sum of £80, granted to the said Townshipof Georgina by said By-Law, on such Roads and Bridges in the Township, as they.or a majority of the said Commissioners shall deem proper and expedient. 3. Andheit further enacted hy the authority aforesaid, That in the event of vacancies occurring in the office of Road Commissioners, appointed under and by virtue of said By-Law, by death, removal, or from other cause, it shall and may be lawful for the Counsellor or Counsellors of such Township where such vacancies may occur, (after being notified by the Township Clerk, or by the parties declining to act,) to appoint others or another in their stead ; and in the event of the Commissioners appointed under said By-Law, not acting in the discharge of their duties before the 15th day of June next, he or they shall be considered as having declined to act, and the said Counsellors are hereby authorized to appointed others in theiv place and stead. (Signed) E. W. THOMSON, Warden, H- D, Passed May 15th, 1846. M' ards the )f GeoT' rict, That ry, 1846, r the ifn» ps of the 3 Bridges pealed, t William and John id the said 1 By-Law, majority I, That in lissioners, imoval, or nsellor or .y occur, declining the event ting in the le or they ounscllors ,nd stead. 'N, len, H' B. By-Laws. 5d' [ No. 106. ] A BY-LAW To open a Road through Lots Nos. 18 and 19, in the 6th and 1th Concessions of the Township of Reach. Be it enacted hy the District Council of the Home District, That the Road surveyed, and laid out by John Farquharson, Esquire, one of the Road Surveyors for the District, through parts of lot number nineteen in the 6th, and eighteen in the 7th Concessions of the Town- ship of Reach, as by his report bearing date the 12th May, 1846, appears, be, and the same is hereby established as a public Road or Highway, one chain wide. 2. And he it further enacted, That the petitioners for examining and surveying said Road, shall pay to the said Surveyor his legal charges for the same. (Signed) E. W. THOMSON, Warden, H. D. Passed May 14th, 1846. [ No. 107. ] A BY-LAW To open a Road at the North West Corner of Lot No. 1, i^th Concession Markham. 1. Beit enactedhj the District Council of the Home District, That the Road surveyed and laid out by John Torrance, one of the Road Surveyors of the District, commencing on the north-west corner of lot number one, in the tenth Concession of the Township of Markham, as by his report bearing date the first day of May, 1846, appears, be, and the same is hereby established as a public Road or Highway. 2. And he it further enacted hy the aitlhority aforesaid, That the Petitioners for examining and surveying said Road, shall pay to the said Surveyor his legal charges for the same. (Signed) E. W. THOMSON, Warden, H. D. Passed May 15th. 1846. :'i. m • it ■ :!|i iim 56 By-Laws. [No. 108.] J BY-LAW To open a Road through Lots Nos. 6 and 7, in the 4th Concession of Toronto. 1. Be it enacted hy the District Council of the Home District, That the Road surveyed and laid out by Joliu Embleton, one of the Road Surveyors for the District, through parts of lots number six and seven in the fourth Concession west of Hurontario Street, in the Township of Toronto, as by his report bearing date the 11th of May, 1846, ap- pears, be, and the same is hereby established as a public Road or High- way, one chain wide. j mu u 2. And be it further enacted hy the authority aforesaid, That the Petitioners for examining and surveying said Road, shall pay to the said Surveyor his legal charges for the same. (Signed) E. W. THOMSON, ^ ^ Warden, H.D. Passed May 14th, 1846. ■m [ No. 109. ] J BY-LAW To open a Road through Lot No 18, in the first Conces" sion of the Township of Reach. Be it enacted hij the District Council of the Home District, That the Road surveyed by John Farquharson, Esquire, one of the Road Surveyors for the District, through lot No. 18, in the first Concession of the Township of Reach, as by his report bearing date the 13th day of May, 1846, be, and the same is hereby established as a public Road or Highway, one chain wide. 2. And he it further enacted, Tiiat the Petitioners for surveying said Road shall pay to the said Surveyor his legal charges for the same. (Signed) E. W. THOMSON, ^ ^ Warden, H.D. Passed May 15th, 1846. By-Laws. 57 [ No. no. ] A BY-^LAW To open a Road through Lot No. 24, in the M Conces' sion of Georgina, and to close up part of an old Road. 1 . Be it enacted by the District Council of the Home District, That so much of the Road surveyed by Joha H. Thompson, a Road Sur- veyor, as appears by his Report bearing date the 31st day of July, 1846, as passes through Lot No. 24, in the fifth concession of the Township of Georgina, be, and the same is hereby established and con- firmed as ;' Public Road or Highway ; and that theoldlioad surveyed by Arad Smalley, and confirmed several years ago, between the two points where the new Road intersects the same, be, and the same is hereby declared unnecessary, and may be closed up so soon as the new Road shall be made available for the public travel. And he it further enacted, That the Petitioners for surveying said Road, shall pay to the said Surveyor his legal charges for the same. (Signed) Passed Aug. 13th, 1846. E. W. THOMSON, Warden, H. D. [No. 111.] A BY-LAW To open a Road through the 2c?, 3c^, 4^A and 5th Conces- sions of the Township of Thorah. Be it enacted by the District Council of the Home District, That the Road surveyed and laid out by John H. Thompson, one of the Dis- trict Road Surveyors, as appears by his report bearing date the 27th July, 1846, through the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th Concessions of the Town- ship of Thorah, be, and the same is hereby established and confirmed as a Public Road or Highway. H iM 58 By Laws. 2. And he it further enacted, That the Petitioners for said Road shall pay to the said Surveyor his legal charges for surveying the same. (Signed) E. W. THOMSON, Warden, H. D, Passed lath Aug. 1846. M- 1, -i [No. 112.] A BY-LAW To open a Road across part of Lot No. 26, m the 5th Concession of the Township of Whitby, Be it enacted by the District Council of the Home District, That the Road surveyed and reported by John Farquharson, Esquiie, one of the District Road Surveyors, as appears by his Report and Survey bearing date the tenth day of August, 1846, across part of Lot No. 26, in the fifth Concession of the Township of Whitby, (from the Brock to the Plank Road) be, and the same is hereby established and con- firmed as a Public Road or Highway. 2. And he it further enacted, That the Petitioners for surveying said Road, shall pay to the said Surveyor his legal charges for the same. (Signed) E. W. THOMSON, Warden, H. D* Passed Aug. I3th, 1846. .NJ! 1(1 ;f !!' \ i \ W' i'y< I ji^! |i ' - m , ,■- 'i vm yi id Road ying the n, H. D, the bth ctj That uiie, one \ Survey t No. 26, e Brock and con- By-Laws. 59 [No. 113.] A BY-LAW To open a Road across part of Lot No. 5, in the 2d Con- cession of Whitchurch, and to close up part of an old Road on the same Lot. 1. Be it enacted by the District Council of the Home District, That the Road surveyed and laid out by John Nelson, one of the District Road Surveyors, in the Township of Whitchurch, as appears by his Report bearing date the tenth day of August, 1846, across Lot No. 5, in the 2d Concession of said Township, be, and the same is hereby established and confirmed as a Public Road or Highway, in lieu and instead of the Road surveyed by Arad Smalley, and confirmd several years ago across the said lot, and which said last mentioned Road is hereby declared to be unnecessary, and liable to be closed up so soon as the' first mentioned Road shall be opened and made convenient for the public travel. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Petitioners for surveying said Road, shall pay to the said Surveyor his legal charges for the same. (Signed) E. W. THOMSON, Warden, H.D. Passed Aug. 13th, 1846. urveymg i for the m,H.D, 60 By-Laws. [No. 114. J A BY-LAW To open a Road from Lot 26 to 30, in theffth Concession of Uxhridge. 1. Be it enacted hj the District Council of the Home District, That the Road surveyed and laid out by George Ballard, one of the District Road Surveyors, in the Township of Uxbridge, as appears by his Re- port bearing date the eighth day of August, 1846, across Lots Nos. 26, 27, 28, 29, and 30, in the fifth Concession of the said Township, be, and the same is hereby established and confirmed as a Public Road or Highway. 2. And he it further enacted, That the Petitioners for surveying said Road, shall pay to the said Surveyor his legal charges for the same. (Signed) E. W. THOMSON, Warden, H. D. Passed 13th Aug., 1846. ^ % By-Laws. 61 [No. iir..] Jl BY- LAW To open a Road through the Ist, 2nd^ 'Srd^ 4th and 5th Concessions of the Township of Caledon^ West Centre Road. 1. Be it enacted by the District Council of the Home District, That the Road surveyed and laid out by John Einbleton,onoof the District Road Surveyors, as appears by his Report bearing date the I2lh August, 1846, through the 1st, 2d, 3d, 4lh, and 5th concessions of Caledon, (West of Huronta'io Street,^ be, and the same is hereby established as a Public Roid or Highway. 2. And he itfurther enacted, That the Petitioners for surveying said Road, shall pay to the said Surveyor his legal charges for the same. (Signed) E. W. THOMSON, Warden, H.D. Passed Aug. 13th, 1846. [No. 116.] A BY-LAW^ To repeal so much of By-Law No. 2, as restricts the num,' her of District Road Surveyors appointed by the Council. Whereas much inconvenience has arisen to the Inhabitants of some parts of the Home District, on account of the limitation of the number of Road Surveyors throughout the District to eight: And xhereas it is deemed desirable to remove the cause of further incon- venience on that account. 62 Hv-Laws. Th«t?K *' ^^''^'f^^\^''<'''^^d, hythe District Councilofthc Home District Ims^Z^Tn^^K"^^^^^ - vvhii limits the Cber levied ^^'^^yors lo e.ght, be, and iho same is hereby re' (Signed) E. W. THOMSON, Passed Aug. 13th, 1846. ^Vurden, H. D. M ^i [No. 117.] A BY-LAW To Assess the Inhabitants of School Section No. 14, in the lownship of King, in the sum of £.10, for the erection of a School-house therein. if ,-. L ^'i'r?f '"^ */ ''*' ^'^*''''^ ^""^""^ «/ f^^ Home District, and anlXln ^ '^K """^''f^ '-^ '^'' ^""'^' ^^^' there be raised, levied No li ?n thr'pit^T"' M?' "P°!!^''^ Inhabitants of School'Section rn^; ll '-^ • ^°^"^h'P 0^^^'ng' the sum of seventy pounds, by a rate levied in proportion to the amount of their rateable property ap^ pearing on the Assessor's Roll for the present year. ^ ^ ^ shin t uHa t '-^u'^^'u '''"'^'^' T^^^ th" ^'^^^^^' ^°'- the said Town. a^l^.' V. if 'f^'^^^ '■.'^'''''^'' ^"hinone week after notice being given to h.m by the District Clerk, to furnish the Clerk of the Peicf with the namesof all persons assessed for the present year, together with the sum total of the assessed value of their property sevially and respectively residing vvithin the limits of the iaid Scf.;,! Sect on nn.' \ I '^'^^^^'^ °f the Peace is hereby required, witWn one week after receiving said extract of Roll, to assess the sad sum of seventy pounds on such Inhabitants respectively, accordTng to the assessed value of their property as aforesaid, and deliver f roll containing the names of such Inhabitant^, together whh the sums l^nTth!? ^?/p^rd by ^h, to the Collector 'of Ihe said TownshJJ! And the said Collector is hereby authorized and required forthwith to demand, collect, and levy from each Inhabitant of sL Schoo Set! lect/dTnH^'''^'^ ""T"^'' '" }^' '' ^'' "^'"«' ^"d when so cot lected and recovered, to pay the amount into the hands of the Trea- By-Laws. 63 surer, deducting at the rate of five per cent upon the gross amount collected for his per centage. 3. And be it further enacted by tho authority aforesaid, That the Treasurer do, and is hereby authorized, upon application made by the person or persons entitled by law to receive the same, pay the said sum of £70, or so much thereof as shall from time to time come into his hands, upon certificate of the Clerk, that a good and valid title for the site upon which the School-house shall or may be built, has been filed in his Office. (Signed) E. W. THOMSON, Warden, H. D. Passed Aug. 13th, 1840. f [No. 118.] J BY-LAW Ta authorise the Treasurer to advance a sum not exceeding £15, for the erection of a Bridge in the Township of Pickering, under the provisions of By-Law No. 8. (Temporary.) m 64 By-L AWS. [No. 119.] A BY-LAW To Jix the AUowames to Township Superintep dents of Education, for 1 846. there"^han'hr?f *^''*' ?''''"■*? ^^""^^'^^Z t^^^ Jiome DUtnct, That AlWann;«^ during the year 1846, the following Allowances, and the Treasurer is hereby authorised, and required to pay the same out of the funds of the DiLict, which mav remafn or come into his hands, on or after the first day if Januaiy! 1847 udo^ L to'^ay'^^' °'''' County Superintendent'ofCommon'schools'A'hat To Superintendents of Townships having one thousand five hun- dred children, and upwards, between the ages of 5 and 16 years, (to be called the first class,) the sum of Twenty Pounds '^° wTfif^^^^^'f ^°^^T?'^^P' having one thousand, and un- der fifteen hundred children (to be called the second class) the sum of Fourteen Pounds each. ' ^"^ ^2J!;J."''"^'f \°!'7°''^''^^P'^^^^"g fi^« ^""dred, and under To Superintendents of Townships having one hundred, and under of pSolt 'etT; ^" '^ ^^"^' ^'^ ^°^^^^ ^^-) ^'^^ -- To Superintendents of Townships having under one hundred craldren to be called the fifth cla.s) tlesum of Two PounS len shillings each. Passed Oct. 8th, 1846 (Signed) E. W. THOMSON, Warden^ H. D. By-Laws. 65 [ No. 120. ] A BY-LAW To authorise the Magnetic Telegraph Company to erect Posts, ^c. on the Highways of the Home District, Whereas a Company has been formed in the City of Toronto, for the purpose of building an Electro- Magnetic Telegraph through the Home, Gore, and Niagara Districts, and have applied to the Dis- trict Council of the Home District for authority to erect the necessary posts and apparatus, and connect the same with wires along the high- ways and roads of the Home District : And Whereas the said Home District Council are desirous, as far as in them lies, to promote the said undertaking, and for that purpose have consented to the erection of the necessary posts, wires, and other apparatus, along the highways and roads of the said Home District, as far forth as they legally can, Be it therefore enacted hj the District Council of the Home District, That the said Compai^y be allowed to erect at such places along the highways and roads of the said Home District as may be found nec- essary for the purpose of building an Electro-Magnetic Telegraph, all and every the necessary posts and apparatus, and connect the* same with wires: Provided always, that the erecting of the said posts shall not obstruct the said highways or roads, or interfere with or impede the free passage of the same. (Signed) E. W. THOMSON, Warden^ H. D. Passed 9th Oct., 1846. X 66 By-Laws. [No. 121.] A BY-LAW To. prescribe the mode of ascerlaini?is^ the wishes of the Inhahitmits of any Toivnship, in regard to the erec- tion of a Township Hall, the Site for the same, and the place for holditig the Township Meeting. VVHEfiEAs it is highly desirable that tiio wishes of a majorityof the inhabitant freeholders and householders of any Township^ should be consulted in reference to the selection of a suitable and conrenient site, cither for the erection of a Township Hall, or for the purpose of holding the Township Meetings, temporarily and for the time being, in any Township wherein a Hall has not been legally or properly erected, and also in reference to the expediency or necessity of erecting a Town- ship Hall in such Township at any particular time. And whereas h is expedient in order to prevent confusion and dispute, and to enable the District Council to obtain correct information m relation to these matters, that some uniform and legal mode should be defined and prescribed for such purposes respectively, by which the desire or wishes of the said mhabitants may be ascertained, 1. Be il.ikerpfore cnacicd hj Ihe Bislricl Council of the. Home Dig. trict. That from and after the pas-^ing of this Bv Law, it shall and mav be lawful for the Cleric of any Townsliip, and he is herebv authorized and required, upon receiving a Requisition signed by not less than twelve inliabitant freeholders or householders, and two' Justices of the Peace, requiring him to call a Public Mcetingfor anyor allof theabove purposes, that is to say, for ascertaining the wishes and desire of the Township in reference to the selection of a site and erecting a Town- ship Hall, or f)r the clianging or fixing the plan for holding the Town- ship Meetings for the time being, in any Township where no HalJ' has been legally or properly erected, to call such Meeting at the place where the last Township Meeting was held, within one month after receiving ^ueh requisition, at such time as to him shall appear most proper and expedient, giving at loast ten days public notice thereof,. such notices to be posted up at not 1. - , than twelve public places in the Township ; the business of such Meeting to commence at ten o'clock in the forenoon, and the Township Clerk, if present, shall preside until a Chairman be chosen. 2. AndJjcif. farther C7wcied, That it shall be the privilege of any legal voter, at any such meeting, to propose or nominate a Site for the erection of a Township Hall, or place for holding the Township Meet- ingB, or to propose to build or erect a Township Hall, which proposition BI'-Laws. 6^ or nomination, if seconded by one or mure le>,'ai voters, shall be duly recorded in such order as tlie same may be proposed by the Township Clerk, if present ; or if he be not present, then by such per- son as the said Meeting may appoint to act as Clerk for the lime being ; such record to be made in a poll book to be kept for that purpose, and if more than one Site be so proposed or nominated, or any question involving a difference of opinion in regard to the aforesaid objects, and a poll be demanded by three or rnoro legal voters, it shall be the duty of the Chairman, or of the presiding Officer at any such meeting, to proceed by a regular and impartial poll to ascertain and determine the desire and wishes of the majority of legal voters in respect to any or to all the matters as aforesaid, by polling or recording all the legal votes which may be tendered or offered, such polling not to extend beyond the hour of Twelve o'clock at night of the same day, and the Township Clerk, or in his absence the Clerk chosen as aforesaid, shall act as poll Clerk, shall keep a true and correct record of the votes for or against such propositions or nominations made as aforesaid ; and the Township Clerk or Clerk appointed as aforesaid, shall as soon as may be after such polling be ended, make a true and authentic certi- fied copy, (verified upon oath before a Magistrate, if required by any three legal voters,) and transmit the same to the Clerk of the District Council, in order that the same may be laid before the said Council at its next session. 3. And he it farther enacted, That no person shall be allowed to vote at any such Meeting, unless he bo an inhabitant freeholder or householder, residing in the Township, and of the full age of 21 years ; and any person voting at any such Meeting, not being dnly qualified as aforesaid, shall be, and he is hereby declared to be liable to che same fines and penalties which shall or may be imposed, recovered, and applied in the same way and manner, and by the same process as is provided by the 4th section of an Act of the Legislature, entitled " An Act to alter and amend sundry Acts regulating the appointment and duties of Township Officers," passed on the 6th day of March, 1838, for fining or punishing persons not qualified, who may vote, or olTer to vote, at regular Township Meetings. (Signed) E. W. THOMSON, Warden, H. D. Passed Oct. 9ih, 1846. if 68 By-Laws. [ No. 122. ] A BY-LAW To authorise the Payment of Allowance to Counsellors, 1. Be it enacted by the District Council of the Home District, That it shall and may be lawful for the Treasurer, and he is hereby author- ised and required to pay to each District Counsellor, the sum of Six Shillings and Three Pence for each day he shall have sat in Council during the present session, and the like sum of Six Shillings and Three Pence for each day he shall sit in Council at each of the next four half-yearly sittings of the Councilor at any extra sitting wiJhin the period limited by law ; that is to say : during the years 1847 aud 1848, to be paid out of the General Funds or Revenues of the District, upon certificate of the Warden. (Signed) E. W. THOMSON, ^ Warden, H. D. Passed Oct. 8th, 1846. m Bv-Laws. <>y [No. 123.] A BY-LAW To fix the place in each Township for holding the Town- ship Meetings in 1847. Whereas, by the 9th Victoria, chap. 40, sec. 2, power is given to the District Councils of Upper Canada, to determine and fix the places at which Township Meetings shall be held: And Wherkas, with a view to prevent confusion and inconvenience arising fronn the mode heretofore provided by law tor determining the places at which Town- ship Meetings should be held, it is expedient to fix the place in each Township and Union of Townships in the Home District respectively, at which the Annual Township Meeting shall be held, 1. Be it enacted by the District Council of the Home District, and it is enacted by the authority of the same, That the Township Meetings of the respective Townships and Union of Townships in the Home District, be held at the respective places hereinafter mentioned, during the continuance of this By-Law, and at no other ; that is to say ; — In the Township of ALBION, on Lot N". IT, in the .5th Concession. BROCK, at Jones' Tavern, on the 6th Concession. CHINGUACOUSY, at Westerfield's Inn, Centre Road. CALEDON, at Raeburn's Tavern, No. 16, Centre Road ETOBICOKE, at Montgomery's Tavern, Dundas-st. GEORGINA, at Jolmson's School House. NORTH GWILLIMBURY, Dug Hill School-house. EAST GWILLIMBURY, at Brigg's Tavern, Sharon. GORE OF TORONTO, at McLean's Tavern, Lot No. 10, 9th Con. KING, at Rider's Tavern, 9th Concession. MARKHAM, at Span Horse Tavern, Blenheim. MARA & RAM \, at same place as last Township Meeting, Ii ■• hit 70 Hv-Laws. PICKERING, at Mr. Thompson's Tavern, 5th Con. REACH, at Ensign Corner's front of 7th Concession. SCARBORO', at Dowswell's Tavern, 1st Concession. SCOTT, at School. House, on 6th Concession. TORONTO, at Streetsville. THORAH, at same place as last Township Meeting. UXBRIDGE, at SchooLHouse, Village of Uxbridge. VAUGHAN, at Township Hall. YORK, at Gallagher's Tavern, Hogg's Hollow. WHITBY, at Oshawa. WHITCHURCH, same place at last meeting at Stofferville. 2. And le it further enacted by the authority aforesaid That fh.-« (Signed) E. W. THOMSON, Passed 9th Oct. 1846. Warden, H. D. the By-Law«. 71 [ No. 124.] ./? BY-LAW To alter the periods of the sittings of the Council. Whereas it is provided by the 12th section of the District Muni- cipal Council Amendment Act, passed on tiie 9th day of June, 1846, that any District Council nnay by a By-Law to be made from time to time in their behalf, alter the period or periods for holdin- the half yearly meetings of such District Council, and whereas it is found expedient for the public convenience to alter the periods of the Sittings of the Home District Council, Be it therefore enacted hy the District Council of the Home District^ That from and after the passing of this By-Law, the half yearly meet- ings of the said Home District Council shall commence and be holden at the times following, that is to say : the First half-yearly Meeting- on the third Tuesday in January, and the second half-yearly Meeting on the third Tuesday in June, in each year, instead of the times men- tioned in the said recited Act. (Signed) E. W. THOMSON, Warden, H.Dr Passed Oct. nth. 1846. D. ••— r-» [No. 12;").] A BY-LAW To alter a line of Road through Lois 20 awe? 21, Isi Concession of Albion. 1. Be it enacted hy the District Council of the Home District, That the tvv o small alterations or pieces of Road surveyed, laid out, and re- ported by Robert Walsh, one of the Road Surveyors, as appears by his report, bearing date the 7th of October, 1846, through parts of Lots Nos. 20 and 21, in the first Concession, and through parts of Lot» Nos. 21 and 22, in the third Concession of the Township of Albion, 1^ and the same are hereby confirmed as Public Roads or Highway*. i '^ By-Laws. a. And be it further enacted, That the Petitioners for surveyine d Road, shall pay to the said Surveyor his leiral charires for the Kai same. larges for the (Signed) E. W. THOMSON, Passed Oot. 9th, 1846. Warden, H. D. [No. 126.] A BY-LAW To open a Road through parts of Lots Nos. 5 and 6, in the 10th and lith Concessions of the Township of King. 1 • -Sc it enacted by the District Council of the Home District, That the Road surveyed and laid out by Robert Walsh, one of the Road Surveyors for the District, as appears by his report bearing date the ^9th August, 1846, through parts of the tenth and eleventh Con. cessions of the Township of King, be, and the same is hereby established and confirmed as a Public Road or Highway. 2. And be it further enacted, That the Petitioners for surveyinc said Road, shall pay to the said Surveyor his legal charges foi the same. o » (Signed) E. W. THOMSON, D J ^ « , Warden, H. D. Passed Oct. 8th, 1846. By-Laws. 73 [ No. 127. ] A BY-LAW To authorise the inhabitants of the Village of Oshawa, to commute for their Statute Labor. 1. Be it enacted by the District Council of the Honr, District, and it is hereby enacted, That from and after the passing of this By Law, it shall and may be lawful for all and every person (liable by the laws of this Province to perform statute labour), residing within the Road division or divisions in which the village of Oshawa is, or shall be situated, and they are hereby authorised and required, instead of performing statute labor in the usual manner, to commute or compound for the same, by paying or causing to be paid in each and every year during the continuance of this By-Law, to the Over- seers of highways, who shall or may be duly appointed to serve for said division or divisions, the sum of Two Shillings and Six Pence per day, for each and every day such person shall or may be liable to perform statute labor on or before the first day of May, in each and every year. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of the Overseers for said division or divisions, for the time being, within ten days thereafter, to notify each and every such person in such division, who shall or may refuse or neglect to pay to such Overseer, such commutation money as aforesaid, by personal application, or by leaving a written notice at his or her usual place of abode or business, to pay such commutation money as aforesaid within three days after so delivering or leaving such notice, and in default of such payment within the said time, such Overseer shall have, possess, and may exercise the same power and authority that are held, possessed and exercised by the Collector of any Township for the collection of the ordinary assessments, viz. : by distress and sale of the Goods and Chatties of such person or persons, and who shall and may be entitled to the same fees for the exercise of such power and the due performance of such duties that Township Collectors are entitled to : Provided always, That in any case where sufficient distress cannot be found to pay such com, mutation money with the costs as aforesaid, it shall be the duty of such Overseer to report all such defaulters to the Justices of the Peace in the Township, in the usual way, and within the time prescribed by law for Overseers to make their returns ; and such defaulter or de- faulters shall and may be proceeded against and dealt with in every respect by the said Justices, by fine or otherwise, as for neglecting or refusing to perform their statute labour, had this By-Law not been passed. 3. And he it further enacted by the authority aforesaid. That the Overseers aforesaid shall faithfully lay out and expend all such commutation money coming into their hands, and render their ac- eQuqts to the Township Clerk, and be liable for the due performance m 74 By-Laws. or Agent ,o oversee, lay out, and expend any part of or alf such com ac'counras lifoLsald^^^ ^^"^ ^'"^ '' rendering'his other (Signed) M. P. EMPEY, Passed January 26th, 1847. Warden, H. D. [ No. 128. ] A BY-LAW To Jhscss the InliaUtants of tU Home District One IHsh-ir ^^"'''^'•>^^'' the general purposes of the pound on The asse^ed vah>f of Th ■ " ""' f °™ ^'""y '" ">« PPH«. in de JS mue"h of ,fe~ei ^ Iho^TdSs.'^.il^ Honne District during the present year. ^ (Signed) M. P. EMPEY, Passed January 26th, 1847. Warden, H. D. [ No. 129 . ] A BY-LAW.' To Assess the several Townships certain sums for the support of Common Schools. J .. ■ , " , " 2r *»c- uistnci i^uuacu of me Home Bi^rirt and U ts hereby enacted, That there be raised,ivied and coKed By-Laws. 75 for the support of Common Schools, on the rateahlo or assessed pro- perty of the Inhabitants of the Home District, for the year 1847, in addition to all other rates and assossments for the present year, the sum of £24()(>, after allowinf,' f )r probalde defalcation, and the ex- penses of collection (the sum beinjr equal at Imst to the amount of public money apportioned to the; several and rpspoctive Townships in the said District), and the sum so to be raised, levied and collected upon the Inhabitants in each Township, shall be specified on the Collectors' Rolls, in a separate column, by the Clerk of the Peace ; the same to be collected as all other rates and assessments, and paid over by the different Township Collector.-J as the law directs. 2. And he il further enacted hij the authority aj or esaid, That the sums so collected shall be added to the amount realised for the other District rates, and the Collectors are hereby authorised to retain the per eentaj;je on the ajrgregate amoui^t thereof, according to the scale fixed in Bye Law, No. 25. (Signed) M. P. EMPEY, Warden, H. D. Passed January 26th, 1847. '. [No. 130.] A BY-LAW To Assess the Inhabitant'^ of the Townsh v o/ Markham^ Etobicoke, York, Scarboro^ am^ PickerifK the sums therein mentioned ^ for the erection of Bridges. Be it enacted by the District Council, of the Home District, That there be raised, levied and collected in the usual manner, on the Inhabitants of the Townships of Markham, Rtobicoke, York, Scarboro' and Pickering, the several and respective sums hereinafter mentioned, to be applied in the repayment of such sums advanced by the Treasurer out of tl '^ District Funds, under the provisions of By-Law, No. 8. for the erection or repair of cftain Bridges in said Townships, that is to say — On the Inhabitants of he Township of Markham, the sum of £12 10s. On the Inhabitants of the Township of Etobicoke, the sum of £20. On the Inhabitants of the Township of York, the sum of J-12 10s. On the Inhabitants of the Township of Scarboro', the sum of £12 10s. On the Inhabitants of the Township ot Pickering, the sum of £67 15s. If I' 76 IJv-L AWH. Tollin t- - r^ 'T'"^ *•'' *^' '^"''""•'■'^ nforemid, That the Collectors of su.everaiiy receiv? lor takmw the a<5«5P«i«i ment, m heu of the amount specified in the Census Actf (Signed) M. P. EMPEY, Passed January 23rd, 1847. fVarden, H. D. [No. 139.] A BY-LAW To authorise Counsellors in Townships to make or alter School Sect^ons, and appoint Trusties in certain cases fromf^dlKf t^i^^^^^t ^- ^-^'r. That for the Counsellor' or CounseUofs of p ' ^T ^",^- '""f ^ Townships, as the case mav hn\ f . Tow.iship or Union of and empowered ,o do and uorLn ^^v '^'"^ ^'' ^''''^y ^"^horised dividing of the same into a m^^rZ- !^ ' ? ' ^^ ''<^^^tes to the andpartof Section to be number Jr T^'^rf^ ^^^'^^^ S^^»^"««' altered at the discre\L of sS Cou "elt^^^ ?^ ^^"^'' "^^^ ^^ lates to the fillin^r u,, of anv vi.^n. ' ^"^ .^''^' "" ^^' *"' ^^• School Section, in the case wLr^^?^'' *"^°"S the Trustees of any Council ; and they are herebvT f ^' '" ''''''^ ^" ^'^« district alterations shal Ibo madrto L n/'to^'tr n'" ^'T^' ^'^'^^'^"^ ^' the descriptions and numbl " 1, %!' D'stric/ Clerk a copy of School Sections so set anaHfitr,.: ^.^f"'^' ^^ctions and parts of of Common School ,ar law u • ""or ",^"'''''^ Superintendent any wise notwithstanding ' ^ ^'' °' ^"''^'"'^ '^ '''^' <^"ntrary in i^ignci]) M. P. EMPEY, Passed January '20th. I fi47, tVarden, H. D. By-Laws. [ No. 140. ] A BY-LAW 8^ Tfi authorise Counsellors in their Townships to open Government Allowances for Roads. Be it enacted by the District Cmmdl of the Home District, That trom and after the passing of this By-Law, it shall and may be law. m for the Counsellor or Counsellors for the time beinff, for the several Townships in the Home District, and they are hereby respec tively authorised and required to do and perform in their several and respective Townships, all and everv the duties required of thie Dis- trict Council, under the 9th ol Victoria, chap.. 8, and that all and every the powers and authority conferred by th« said statute on the District Council shall be, and are hereby vested in. t>he saidi respec- tive Counsellor or Counsellors for the respective TownsRips, fn refeir^ ence to the opening and using any original Roatf AUowatice or AUowances in their respective Townships. Provided ahmys, That all and every the notices and other formalities reqaired in the aforesaid statute, shall be observed and required by such Counsellor or Counsellors m the discharge of the powers and duties imposed upon them by this By-Law. (Signed) M. P. EMPEY, n» If ^^ , Warden, H. Di, Passed January 26th, 1847. (Copy Act of the Legislature referred to.) Whereas in consequence of Roads established by Law, parallel or near to Government allowancos for Roads, and in lieu thereof the said allowances for Roads have for years remained closed and in the possession of private persons ; And whereas great inconveniences may arise, in consequence of the said allowances bein-- thrown open without due uotice thereof being given, '^ Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, (S-c, Ihat from and after the passing of this Act, no allowance for Road sha be opened unless an Order, ordering the same to be opened, shall be fir^t made by tlio District Council of the District in which the allowance is situated : Provided always, That no such order shall be made unless a nofico in writing, that an application for that pur- pose will be made, shall have been given to the i)arfv in posseosion o^ .such allowanco for Road, at least Eight Days previous to the Meet- ing ot the District Council at which such application is intended to be made. 86 By-Laws. [No. 141.] A BY-LAW To open a Road through Lots 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10, in broken front Concession oj the Township of Whitby, rru \^^ it enacted by the District Council of the Home District, That the Road surveyed and laid out by John Shier, one of the Dis- trict Road Surveyor^ as appears by his Report bearing? date the 2. Andbeitf'Hher enacted, That the petitioners for surveyine said Road, shall pay to the said Surveyor his legal charges for sur- veymg the same. ° (Signed) M. P. EMPEY, n J T ^, , Warden, H.D, Passed January 22nd, 1847. 01 a: w ni S£ P or h( sa h{ H P« [ No. 142. ] 1 BY-LAW To open a Road across the 5th Concession on Lots 9 and 10, West Centre Road, Caledon, under certain con- ditions, 1. Be it enacted hy the District Council of the Home District, That the Road surveyed and laid out by John Embleton, Esquire, one of the Road Suiveyors for the District, across or upon Lots Nos. 9 and 10, in thn nnii concession of the Township of Caledon, agreeable to his Report l> -Avuvr date the tenth day of August, 1846, be, and the same is hereby established and confirmed as a public Road or High- way, one chain wide. 2. And he it further enacted, That the Petitioners for surveying said Road, shall pay to the said Surveyor his legal charges for sur- veying ihe same. ^' Provided always, and be it further enacted,, That it shall not be lawful to open or perform statute labour upon that part of said Road, upon or crossing the said Lot No. 9, in said concession, until the amount of damages jstained bv Archibald McArthur, (now the owner of part of said Lot No. 9,) by reason of the said Road crossing his land, have been paid or tendorod to him by some one or more of Petitioners for the surveying and establishing said Road ; the amount Al By-Laws. 8t of such damages, in case of disagreement between the parties, to be ascertained and determined by three disinterested persons, one of which to be named by said Archibald McArthur, one other to be named by Jonathan McCurdy, (one of the Petitioners for opening the said Road), and the third person to be named by the other two : And Provided also, That in the event of either of the said partes neglecting or refusing to name one Arbitrator as aforesaid, within ten days after he shall have been duly notified of the appointment of one Arbitrator by the other party, then and in that case, the two Counsellors for the said Township for the time being, and the one Arbitrator who shall have been appointed as aforesaid, shall determine the amount of dam- ages as aforesaid to be paid or tendered to said Archibald McArthur. (Signed) M. P. EMPEY, Warden, H. D. Passed Jan. 2iid, 1847. [ No. 143. ] A BY-LAW Appropriating the surplus Revenues for the year 1847, /or the improve^ ment of Roads xnd Bridges in the several Townships of the Home District, (Temporary.) INDEX TO B^-LAWS OF K f»ERMANENT CHARACTER, AND OF THOSE UNEXPIRED, &c. , .A/vw^^\rvN>^ A. Aflseflsors, to increase allowance to, for taking Ceneu8 Administration oi\.a8tice, and otlier expenses to Asses for 1847, ... B. Bridges— To advance a certain sum during the recess, for the repair ot, in case of emergency, " To tax for the repair of, in Markham, Reach, Whitby, &c., &c •* To assess Markham, Etobicoke, York, Pickering, for the erec- tion and repairs of. By -Late Page 0. Counsellors, to pay for attendance of, Council, to alter periods of sittings of. .Common Schools, to assess lor support of 1847, Chinguacousy, to fix site of a Town Hall in D. Dogs, To tax owners of t>iBtrict l^oad Surveyors, Appointment of «« « Number not restricted, , F. Fines, Fornon attendance of Members, " For driving on Side Walks, Female Schools, for the establishment of, in York and Markham , GeorEina, to alter appropriation of money for Roads to Government Allowances for Roads, to be opened by order of Counsellors in Townships, 138 128 104 130 122 124 129 135 89 2 116 13 62 134 105 140 84 74 8 53 75 68 71 74 82 45 4 61 10 33 82 54 85 IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) %^ 1.0 I.I ■50 "^" 2.5 1^ 1^ 112.2 I4£ 12.0 us US 1.8 1.25 11= fiJ^ „ 6" .. Pl^ritririTviTTiriip Sciences Corporation 23 WEST MAIN STREET WEBSTER, N.Y. 14S80 (716) 872-4503 <^ <««^A ' ^ % ^ ^ "% «0 f 90 Index to By-Laws. H. ByLaiP Page nighways or RoadB,to provide for laying out, and confirming or alteringi or closing up old, compensation for, allowance to Road Survey ors, &c., &c K. King, to lax for erecting a School House in section 14, M. Markham and other Townships, to be assessed for erection of Bridges, under By-Law No. 8, " To fix site of Town Ilall in :.......... Roads and Bridges, power conferred on Counsellors on Townships, in regard to, formerly exercised by Justiee of Peace, {levenues, surplus for 1847 appropriated to the Townships for Roads, &c. S. 3and, Stone, Timber, Earth, to authorise the sale of by CotfUBellors in Townships, and fine for removing do School Houses, to authorise the Treasurer to advance moneys to pay for, when not collected, ,.... School Houses, to authorise the Treasurer for the erection of several in York, &c., by way of loan, 1847, ,,..-. School Houses, to authorise the collection of outstanding School House assessments, School Trustees, to render accounts at annual meetings of Statute Labour, to commute for in Newmarket, " " in Oshawa, Salaries to certain Officers appointed by Council, , School Sections, to empower Counsellors in Townships to make or alter and appoint Trustees in certain cases, , \ o 21 T. Township Officers, to regulate Salaries and allowance to Township Officers, to impose fines on, for not performing duties impo§|ed by By-Laws of Council, '.".. Telegraph Company, to allow to fix posts, &c., in Home District Township Halls, mode of taking sense of the Inhabitants in Townships for sites of, place for town meetings, &c Township Meetings, to fix places for holding in 1847, Toronto Township, to confirm and establish a Town Hall in -• 117 130 137 1 143 42 85 1 132 131 1)9 86 127 133 139 4 15 25 138 29 120 121 123 136 62 75 83 3 87 25 43 80 76 51 43 73 81 84 16 84 19 65 66 69 83 INDEX TO BY-LAWS OPENING, CONFIRMING OR CLOSING UP ROADS IN THE SEVERAL TOWNSHIPS. Note.— Tike Surveyor^ Reports, containing Plant and Diagrams of the Soad» opened or closed up, are annexed to the original By-Laws as Schedules, depo' sited in the Clerks Office; the lines of Roads also are shewn on the Tounshif^ Plans, to which reference can at any time be had, on application to the Clsrk. Albion, across the Townships Across the fourth and fifth Concession, From Lot No. 8, to No. 14, 6fh Concession Through Lots 20 and 21, tenth anJ eleventh Concessions, Through Lots 24 to 32, sixth Concession, and through parts of 25 to 30, seventh Concession, •• To alter Road running through Lots 20 and 21, first Concession, and 21 and 22 in third Concession • By'Law 6 32 51 57 94 125 Peock, part of great centre Road through .....' Commencing at S. E. angle of Lots No. 18, twelfth Concession, to Lot No. 3, same Concession, Through the twelfth and thirteenth Concessions, From the fifth to the twelfth Concessions, Across Lot 15, and part of 16, sixth Concession, Between Lota 20 and 21, twelfth Concession, •• To close up through the siith and seventh Concessions, and open a new line, and continue same northwards, PhhcouavOUSY, across Lots 27, 28 and 29, sixth Concession, • • Caledon, across the first, second, third, fourth and fifth Concessions ^ West, •• Across part ot Lots 9 end 10, fifth Concession West, under con ditions » 15 20 40 41 59 77 73 115 142 92 Index to By-Laws. By-Law Etobicoke, through Lots 25 find 2G, fourth Concession, j 19 Through Concession B. to Prentice's Lane, Through Lot 13, second Range, Through Lota 23 and 21, fourth Concession, • •..^.• From Dundas Street, across Etobicoke, to the base hne of Gore Toronto, Georgina, from Lot No. 15 to 18, seventh Concession, Between the first and sixth Concessions Through Lot 24, fifth Concession, the old Road wh«n new mtersects the same closed, East Gwillimbury, from eighth and ninth Concessions, to fifth do. 22 34 39 50 KiHG, through Lots 16 and 17, ninih Concession, ... •.••••••-••• From fourth Concession, between Lots 28 and 29, to eighth Con- cession CCOOIUU, From Lloydtowu, between Lots 34 and 35, ninth Copcession,. Through part of the tenth and eleventh Concessions, Lots Sand 6, Markham, from north-west corner of Lot No. 1, tenth Concession,.... Mara and Rama, centre Road, through part of Through Lots 4 and 5, second Concession From the Narrow's Bridge through part of Mara and Rama,. Pickering, through Lots 27 and 28, third Concession,. Through the fourth Concession, Reach, centre Roat?, part of •• • j"A'""*rVvi;k'.lir'»i From eighth and ninth Concessions, to Lots 6 and 7, and through part of seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth Concessions, Through the sixth, seventh and eighth Cone ssions, Through parts of Lots 18 and 19, sixth and seventh Concessions, . ... Through 18, first Concession, 52 61 110 18 31 90 91 126 107 3 60 84 56 95 4 82 106 109 ScARBORO'.to alter Road allowance between lots twenty-eight and twenty- nine Concession B ToROHTO, from Lots 25 and 26, second Consession, O. S. to Lake Shore Road, •.-••:; - Through Lots 6 and 7, fourth Conceasion West .... i .Thorah, centre Road, part of From CAlder^s Mills to 7th and 8th Concessions....... .•••• Through 10 and 11, fourth Concession, and 13, 6th Concession, Across the seconid, third, fourth and fifth Concessions, UxBRiDGE,from 31,sixth Concession to Scott, fiom Uxbridge Mills, South from S.W. angle, through seventh Concession and Gore Across the fourth and fifth Concessions, •' Across Lots 26, 27, 28, 29 and 30, fifth Concession, - 80 16 109 3 17 30 111 4 96 114 Index to By-Laws. 93 By-Law Vaxtohan. from Slegman's MilU to Lot 23. between sixth and seventh Concessions York,^. . ......... • ••-•-- -- Concessions, Cm n':rr\'ft :%^o"^3!^|Lh C^^^^^^^^ through the Rpventh to Prentice's Lane Etobicoke, ••• :•••■ Fro.RSi"^..betweenLo.s5and4^^ To close up R ad betw^:; LorsTand "6, seventh Concession, and open Road from Pine Grove to Burwick's Mills, 9 11 22 78 81