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The By-Law for the Protection of tho City against Fire 5 2. Tlie By-Law Defining tlie Duties of Fire Wardens 6 3. The Victoria Health By-Law, 1869 7 4. Amendment to the Victoria Health By. Law, 1869 11 5. The Victoria Municipal Land By-Law, 1872 11 6. The By-Law for Regulating the Meetings and the General Business of the "Municipal Council of the City of Victoria 12 7. The By-Law authorizing the construction of the Water Works for the City of Victoria, B. C. , 1873 16 8. Assessor and Collector By-Law, 1873 17 9. The Victoria Street By-Law 1874 19 10. The By-Law Defining the Duties of the Water Commissioner 1873 22 11. The City Surveyor and Water Works Engineer By-Law 1873 24 12. The City Clerk and Police Court Clerk By-Law, 1873 25 13. City of Victoria Municipal Property By-Law, 1873 26 14. The Vehicles Regulation By-Law, 1873 28 If). The Wharves Regulation By-Law, 1874 29 16. Distress Regulation By-Law, 1874 30 17. The By-Law to regulate the Storage, Carriage and Disposal of Gunpowder ' and other combustible matter 30 18. The Victoria Municipal Land By-Law, 1874 31 19. Extended Limits By-Law, 1874 31 20. A By-Law to regulate the Election of a Mayor and Councillors for the City of Victoria in the year 1875 32 21. The Victoria Revenue By-Law, 1875 41 22. By-Law to amend The By-Law Defining the Duties of Water Commissioner 187;{ 45 23. By-Law to amend xhe City Surveyor and Water Works Engineer By-Law, 1873 46 24. The Health Officer By-Law, 1876 46 25. The Victoria Road Tax By-Law, 1877 47 26. By-Law to fix the Salaries of the City Engineer and Water Works Com- missioner, 1877 48 27. The Water Works Prohibition By-Law, 1877 49 28. The Victoria Road Tax Amendment By Law, 1877 49 8 {■c .J 4 ' Inder. No. Pack, 29. The By-Law to amend Tlio B3' Law for the raising of a Municipal Revenue, ' 187') 50 80. Water Works Debenture and Revenue By-Law Amendment By-Law, 1877 51 31. The Victoria Real Estate Tax Sale By-Law, 1877 52 32. Victoria City Pound By-Law, 1877 54 33. The Richardson Street By-Law, 1877 57 34. The Sale of Poisons By-Law, 1877 58 35. The Victoria Footpath and Awning By-Law, 1877 59 36. The By-Law fixing the time for the return of the Municipal Assessment Roll, 1878 63 37. The City Hall and Market By-Law, 1878 63 38. The Cormorant Street Sidewalk By-Law, 1878 . . 64 39. The By-Law fixing the date of hearing appeals against the Municipal As- "aessment Roll, 1878 64 •40. The By-Law to authorize the raising of Twenty .Thousand Dollars, 1878. . . 65 41. The Victoria City Pound By-Law, 1878 66 42. The Nuisance Prevention By-Law, 1878 69 43. The Water Works Commissioner and City Surveyor and Water Works En- gineer Salary By-Law, 1878 . . . .* 70 44. The Water Works Foreman's Salary By-Law, 1878 71 45. The Municipal Elections By-Law, 1878 71 46. The Municipal Elections By-Law, 1879 , 73 Paok. No. le, 50 77 51 52 54 57 . . 58 59 mt 68 63 . . 64 ^s- C4 66 66 69 :n- 70 71 71 73 For the Protection of the City against Fire. WE, the Mayor and Councillors in Council convened, by virtue of the power and authority vested in us by an Act entitled " An Act to incorporate the City of Victoria," passed the sucond day of August, A. D. 18(J2, in the Twenty-sixth year of the reign of Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria, enact Sec. 1. No person or persons shall make a bonfire in any public street or thoroughfare at any time, nor have any fire burning out of doors after sunset within the limits of the city. 2. No person or persons shall use a burning candle, lamp, or taper, in any stable or place containing hay, straw, shavings, or any combustible material, within the limits of the city, unless such burning candle, lamp, or taper, be enclosed in a lantern or other safe covering. 3. No person or persons shall fix or pass any stove-pipe through the walls, ceilings, or roof of any wood building. 4. No person or persons shall pass any stove-pipe through any lath and plaster, or wood partition except there be a free space of not less than three inches round the same, which may be covered with perforated iron, zinc, or tin plate. 5. All chimneys, stove-pipes, and flues shall be kept clean ; and if any chimney or stove- pipe shall take fire, the person or persons u.siug the same shall be subject to the penalty herein prescribed. 6. No person or person shall build, set, or place any stove, fur- nace, range, lire-place, or vessel, in which fire may be kept, in such manner that the back thereof be less than sixteen inches from any wood work ; all stoves, ranges, etc., built in brick chimneys shall be provided with a stone or brick hearth projecting not less than twelva inches from the fire front : iron stoves, furnaces, etc., de- tached fi'om the walls of any building shall stand upon stone, brii.'k, zinc, or other incombustible material, which shall project not less than one foot from the front or door of the same. 7. The walls of all chimneys adjoining wood work shall not be less than six inches thick. No.joists, bond -timber, or wood of any kind shall be allowed to enter or rest upon any chimney. 8. It shall be the duty of the Fire Wardens in their respective Wards, or upon complaint made to the said Fire Wardens (in writing) by the Chief Engineer of the Fire Department or his As- sistant, or by any Police officer, to notify any .person or persons failing to comply with the provisions of this By-Law, stating the alterations or amendments required, and all persons so notified shall altei , remove, amend, or destroy whatever obstacle may exist to the proper carrying out of this By-Law within forty-eight hours after the receipt of such notice. 9. The Fire Wardens may, and are hereby authorised to enter any building or tenement within their respective Wards, individu- ally or in company with either the Chief Engineer, his Assis- tant, or any police officer, to inspect any flues, chimneys, stove- pipes, stoves, furnaces, ranges, fire-places, or other vessel in which fire is kept, and if in his and their opinion the same is constructed, erected or placed contrary to the provisions of this By-Law, he shall give uot.'ce and order the alteration or removal of the same as hereinbefore stated. .10. Any person or jiorsons failiii,'!; to comply with ...._ proN^sions of this By-Law, 8hi>n hi-' Huhjoct to ti iiouaUy ceeding Five Poumls .stcrlin;,', ( 11!}) for oiinh ofj'enee. anv of not the ex- THOMAS HAllHIS, Mayor of tlie City of Vic^toriii, Algeunon Austkn, this Srd day of October, 18(!2. Town Clerk. 1 No. 2. Defining the JJulics of Fdx Wardens, and Regulatiny the conduct of the Inhabitants at Fires. Sec. 1- It shall be the duty of the Mayor and Council at their first meeting after the passing of this By-Law, and thereafter an- nually, to appoint one Councillor to act in each ward as Fire Wardens. 2. The duty of said Fire Wardens shall be to attend at all fires within their respective wards ; and they shall have chief command in all things pertaining to tlio preservation of goods and other property that may endangei-ed. They shall have power to ar- rang(> any person or persons at or near the fire in such manner as may be necessai'y to assist the Fire Department the more effectu- ally to discharge their duty. 3. It shall be the duty of the Mayor and each member of the Council to attend such tires, to assist the Fire Warden, and afford him their counsel and co-operation : and for the more effectual extinguishing of fires, it shall and may be lawful for the said Fire Warden, with the concurrence of the Mayor or either of the (Joun- cillors present, and the Chief Engineer of the Fire Department or his Assistant", if present (and they are hereby authorised and em- powered so to do,) to cause to be demolished, cut down, or remov- ed, any building, erection, or fence, for the purpose of checking the progress of any conflagration. 4. In the absence of the Fire Wai'den, at any fire in his ward, either of the Fire Wardens or the Councillor who shall first ai-rive at the place of fire, shall discharge the duties of Fire Warden un- til his arrival. • 5. All persons not being members of the Fire Department, shall pay implicit obedience to the orders of the Fire Warden, the Mayor or any member of the Council, who shall, during thj ab- sence of the Fire Warden, assume the authority of directing at fires. 0. For the better distinguishing of Fire Wardens each shall be provided at the expense of the corporation with a speaking trum- pet i^aiuted white, having in red letters thereon the words " Fira Warden," and the number of the ward. These trumpets shall be given over to their successors at the expiration of tlieir terms of oflfice. 7. The Fire Wardens shall hold office shall have been appointed. until their successors H. Tlio owiior of every house or block of buiklingH flhall provide luul kot'i) couHtantl.y on tlio pvomiHca a yood Htrong laildor, * lolig ouoiigh to roach the whole height of his iiriiicipnl buikliiig. !). Any prn'son or porHons convicted upon information before the Mayor or any JuHtico of the Peace of this city, of raising a false alarm of fire, shall be subject to the penalty hereinafter mentioned. 10. No person shall oppose or interfere with any Fire Warden in tiie discharge of his duty as such, or oppose any fireman or con- stable specially or otherwise engaged in protecting property or in' aiding the I'iro Department. 11. Any person or persons violating any of the provision.^ of this By-Law, shall bo subject to a penalty not exceeding ten pounds (£10) sterling, or imprisonment not e.xceeding one month. 12. Nothing heroin contained shall bo construed to give the Fire Ward(;ns, or any member of tlie Council acting in their stead, any authority to interfere with the working of the tire-engines 'or other apparatus of the Fire Department, that may be under the direction of the Chief Engineer or his .\ssistant. Ar,FEH.voN Austen, Town Clerk. THOMAS HARRIS, Mayor. No. 3. I FREDERICK SEYMOUR. At a Council Holden at Victohia, British Columbia, on Monday the 17x11 DAY OP May, A. 1). 18Gi). Present. His Excellency the Governor, The Hon. the Colonial Secretary, The Hon. the Attorney General, The Hon. the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works, The Hon. the Collector of Customs. \yHERE.A.S under and by virtue of the provisions of the " Health prenmbio f Ordinance, 1801), " the City of Victoria has been declared and pi'oclaimed to be a Health District ; And whereas, the Mayor and Municipal Council of the said City, being the Local Board of Health thereof under the said Statute, have applied to the Governor in Council to make provisions by By-Law under the said Ordinance, for the public health of the said City, and the Harbor thereunto ai)i3ertaiuing, which he hath con- sented to do in manner and form hereinafter more particularly ap- pearing ; It is therefore ordered by His Excellency the Governor of British Columbia, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council thereof, that the annexed B3--Law called the " Victoi'ia Health By-Law, 18G0," shall until repealed or muditied by compe- tent authority, be and have the force of law, and with all and sin- gular the provisions thereof, be so recognised and enforced in Judicature and thereout in the said Colonv : 8 Mwili'lpat Bii-Law Id mfutdk thr Saiiitarif lOiidition of the Citu and Porl of VIrtorIa, H C. Occniiifri Of PMprietnri. ]_ No noi'Hon or i)ei'HoiiM ociiiipvinL' iinv ineHHnat/o, hIioi), b'lild- I., iciii.iv, ,..iir.-..,„f rtithUipr, orotliororoction, or any liiinlor otlier j)nMriiHOH within tlie (.ity, iimi nuimif f q,. jf t,i,ero hIihU 1)0 iio oci'iipicr tlion'of, iioowiior orowiioiHof aiiy moHHim^^o, rthop Imililin^', or other (Mcotioii, or iiiiy hind or othor Powers of Ilnard of Health or Miiyor to re- move nuiaance. To koHrd slilpa ToromoTe Indians. General Powers. promiHos within tho City, hIhiU hiivo, or i)(>riiiit, )r HiilVi-r to bo in or on hiH, \un\ or tiioir ineHrtUii;,'.!, Hliop, l)uihlin<^', or ercuition, or ftiiy Iftiiil or other proininos iiHiiforoHiiid, any ditch, flutter, drain, privy, pifjfHty, HhvuK'litcr-hoiiHc, or ash pit, <• littinj,' noxious or of- fensive eiHnviuin or sinoU, or constructH so as to l)« a nuisance to, or injurious to tho liealth of any person or persons, or any swine kept so ns to l)o a nuisance, or offensive by reason of the stench thereof or otherwise, or any dun>^, manure, refuse, offal, aahes. filth, or other matter or thinjj; emitting noxious or offensive efflu- vium or smell, or any animal, vejjfetable, or mineral matter or thing alone, or together with othei matters or thinj-^s in a state of fer- mentation, putrefaction, decomposition, or decoy, or emitting? noxious or offensive effluvium or smell, or permit or suffer any messuapre, dwelling-house, shop, erection or building whatsoever within the said City, to bo in a filthy state, or infected with any kind of vermin, or dirt, or emitting noxious or offensive effluvium, or smell, or shall carry on any noxious or offensive trade or busi- ness, but every such person shall reiutrj. building, hous", In id, gaol, erection, curtilage, street, square, ditch, gutter, drum, privy, pigsty, slaughter-house, well, cesspool, urinal, shop, messsuage, or land, or other premises within the City, and whether, or not the same be occupied, or the curtilage of any of the same, and inspect the condition of the same between the hours of eight in the morning and eight in the evening. 4. No person or persons shall permit, after due notice in that Dopr sitinit dcciyed veeo. behalf given, any animal or vegetable matter, in a decomposed or'" *"'»""■■"" i"""'" •"• putrifying condition, to remain on the premises occupied by him or them, but shall immediately remove the same ; nor shall any person or persons throw the same, or cause the same to be thrown, removed, or placed in any other land, street, or place, either within or without the City, where any danger to the public health may arise, or be reasonably feared. 5. Any member of the Board of Health may notify any person Noiico to autenuBancM or persons on or occupying any messuage, dwelling-honse, shop, building or other erection, or the curtilage of any of the same or other land or premises within the City, or if the same be unjc- cupied, then the owner of any such messuage, dwelling-house, shop, building, or other erection, or the curtilage of any of the same or other land or premises within the City on which any matter or thing may be done, permitted, or suffered, contrary to the inten- tion of this By-Law (according to the form of Schedule A annexed) Form of -vj^ to remove such nuisance as before mentioned, or to close up, purify, '^j| cover, or cleanse, any well, cesspool, urinal, drain, privy, ditch, pigsty, or gutter, or otherwise to abate or remove the matter or thing noticed in such notice, as in his, or their judgment .shall seem meet, by giving notice in writing ' as per Schedule aforesaid) signed by one or more of the members of the Boai'd of Health, specifying the act to be done, and the time in which the same is required to be done, such notice may be given to the occupier or owner of such messuage, dwelling-house, shop, building, or other erection or the curtilage of any of the same, or of the land or premises in the City, or by leaving the same at his, her or their last known 10 Service of. pkce of abofle, or "-j fixing the samo or a copy thereof on some conspicuous part of the premises. ?nc"%Tunoccupi«ip;o. ^- .^" *^® ®^'^n* °^ "-^V messuagc, shop, building, house, or other mists at tho ucist ofiuu crection, or any hvndfor other premises, within the City being un- '™"'''^' occupied, and the owner or owners thereof neglecting or refusing to abate or remove any matter or thing done, permitted or suffered contrary to the requirements of this By-Law, either absolutely or in the terms of any such notice as afoi'csaid, duly served as afore- said, within the time in that behalf specified, it shall be lawful for one or more members of the Board of Health, or their servants or agents in that behalf, to do the act, or acta, matters, or things, re- quired to be done or performed by such notice, at the cost and charges of the owner or owners of such messuage, shop, building, house or other erection, or any land or other premises, the said costs and cliarges to be recoverable by ackion, as work and labor done and money paid by them for the use of such owner or own- ers, as if (lone at his, her, or their actual request, or in such other forms as is projjer in law. hifur * m' *" '" '°''' '"'^ '^" ''^"y notice required under this By-Law may be given as near " '""" ' as circumstances will admit in each case (in the form pointed out v.: Section 5 of this By-Law), and every such notice shall be suffi- cient notice for all purposes, and shall nut be void for informality, Ijrovided that it shall express the substance of the matter intended thereby to be notified. Penalty f'r dicposmg discuneU aiiliiials, Ac Penalty for obstiiictiiig Ileullli Officer, tc. Atnended by Bv-I.aw, No. 4. f 8. A penalty of Fifty Dollars (§50) shall be imposed by the said Board of Health, or any two of them in eacli case, upon all persons found disposing of unsound or unwln)lesoiiie live or dead animals, or part thereof, and all diseased animals found on board any vessel or vessels within or touching at the Port of Victoria shall be seized and forfeited by order of the Board of Health, or any two of them, and that without compensation. 9. Whoever shall wilfully obstruct any Health Officer, or any member of the Local Board of Health, or any Officer or Person duly employed in the execution of this By-Law, or destroy, pull down, injure, or deface any board, jjlacard, or notice made or pub- lished under this By-Law, or in any way commit any wilful breach or contravention of any provision, or part of any provisi(m of this By-Law, shall be punishable summarily before the Stijiendiary Magistrate of Victoria, upon information under oath, and upon conviction by any fine not exceeding for a first offence One Hun- dred Dollars, and for a second offence any sum not exceeding Two Hundred Dollars. Mode of action fur recov^ ery of penalty. Construction 10. Every penalty imposed by this By-Law in pursuance thei-eof may, with the costs of conviction, be levied by distress and sale of the goods and chattels of any oft'ender, and in default of payment of such penalty and costs, or any part thereof, then by imprison- ment of such offender for any term not exceeding Three calendar mouths, in one of Her Mtijesty's gaols ; and mi warrant of com- mitment upon a conviction under this By-Law shall be held to be invalid by reason of any defect or inforinalitj', if it be therein alledged that the offender has been convicted, and there be a good and valid conviction to sustain the same. 11. In the construction of this By-Law in describing or referr- ing to any person or party, matter or thing, wliere any word im- porting the masculine gender or singular number is used, the same shall be understood to include and shall be applicable o several persons and parties as well as one person or party, and females as well as mnles, and bodies corporate as well as individuals, and several matters and things as well as one niatttr or thing, unless it otherwise be provided or there be something in the subject or context I'epugnant to such construction. SCHEDULE A. To (he owner (or occupier J as the case may be. Notice is hereby given that you are required withiu from the date hereof to and in d-^fault of so doin^^' you will be proceeded against under the provisions of the "Health Ordinanco, 18G9," and the By-Law or By-Laws made in pursuance thereof to regulate the sanitary condition of the City 18 This By-Law may be cited for all purposes as the "Victoria Health By-Law, 18G9." No. 4. PHILIP J. HANKIN. PliESENT. His Honor the Officer Administermg tlie Government. The Hon. the Acting Colonial Secretary, TliG Hon. the Attorney General, The Hon. the Cliief Coiiiiuissioner of Lands and Works, The Hon. the Collector of Customs, The Hon. the Magistrate from New Westminster. WHEREAS it is expedient to amend the Health By-Law passed by order in Council of the 17th day of May, 18G9. It is therefore ordered by His Honor the Otf:_ci Administering the Governmment of British Columbia bv 'ixti with the advice and consent of the Executive Council thn* in lieu of the words "Sti- pendiary Magistrate " in clause 9 of the Health By-Law, passed by Ordei in Council of the 8th of May, 1869, the words " any Justice of the Peace " be inserted, and that such By-Law be read and con- strued accordingly, and that the following words be added at the end of clause 9 : " All fees and fines received hereunder or under the " Health Ordinance, 18G0," shall be deemed paid and account- ed for as part of the Public Revenue of the Colony. No. 6. Confirmed, J. W. TRUTCH, 31st May, 1872. • ■ . ANNO TKICESIMO QUINTO. VIC TO R JE R EG T N,E. Vicloria Municipal Land By-Law, 1872. "117E, the Mayor and Municipal Councillors of the City of Victoria, fV in the Province of British Columbia, in the Dominion of Canada in Council convened, by virtue of the power and authority vested in us by an \ct of Ineoipcn-ation entitulod " The Victoria Municipal Ordinance, 18(57," and "The Victoria Municipal Amend- ment Ordinance, 1869," for the jjurpose of enabling the Municipal 12 '* Council aforesaid to pass a Bv-Law authorizing the Corporation of the City of Victoria to pnrchaso and hold lauds foi Municipal pur- poses do hereby enact, and Be it enacted, that from and aftei* the passage of this By-Law the Municipal Council aforesaid shall pui'chase and hold such Real Estate within the limits of the City aforesaid as may be requisite for the purposes of the said Corporation, and may erect such Buildings on the Real Estate so purchased as may be necessary. The convej'ance of any such Real Estate shall be made to the Corporation of the City of Victoria aforesaid. This By-Law may be cited for all purposes as tlie " The Victoria Municipal Land By-Law, 1872. Passed the Municipal Council this fifteonih dav of May, A. D. 1872. RICHA.RD LEWIS, Mayor. William Leigh, Clerk to the Municipal Council. No. 6. By-Law for Rcqalathig the Meetings and the General Conduct of Business of the Manidpal Council of the City of Victoria^ B C. MEETING OF COUNCIL. 1. That all meetings, other than special or adjourned, shall be held on Wednesday in each and every week, unless otherwise ordered by the Council, and the Chair shall be taken at half-past seven o'clock, p. m., when no other hour is specially named in the summons calling the meeting ; and all acts to be done by this Council, and all questions of adjournment and others, may save whore otherwise expressed, be done and decided by the majority of the meml ers who shall be present. The whole number of members at such meetings not bein" less than four. DUTIES AND PRIVILEGES OF THE MAYOR OR PRESIDING OFFICER. 2. To open the meeting at the stated time by taking the chair, and calling the members to order ; he shall preserve order, and endeavor to conduct all business before the Council to a speedy and proper result ; and in the absence of the Mayor, such Muni- cipal Councillor as the members of the Mun'cipal Council then as- sembled shall choose to be the chairman of that meeting ; shall have a casting vote in all cases of equality of votes, but not other- wise, and have and exercise all the powers of the Mayor as though he (the Mayor) were present at such meeting. 3. He shall state every question properly presented to the Coun- cil, and, before putting it to vote, shall ask, " Is the Council ready for the question ?" Should no member offer to speak, he shall put it, after which no member shall be permitted to speak upon it. 4. He may speak to points of order in preferenre to other mem- bers of the Council, and shall decide questions of order, subject to 13 an appeal to the Council by any two members ; which appeal shall always be put in writing. On such an'appeal no member shall sjjeak more tlian once. 5. It shall be the duty of the Pi-esidiug Officer, and the privilege of any member of the Council, to call a member to order who vi'o lutes an established " Rule of Order." ADMISSION OF THE PUBLIC 0. That the public be per.'nitted to attend in that part of +he Council Chambers provided for their accommodation ; and may report and publish its proceedings, except in case of any special meeting, when the Council consider the public interest would be better served by their proceedings being conducted in private. NOTICES OF BUSINESS. 7. Previous to the Introduc'tion of any business at any meeting of the Municipal Council, a notice in writing of any business pro- posed to be brouglit forward by any members, shall be i)ublic]y (^\llibited for twenty-four hours previously to such meeting in some public place to be agreed upon liy the Municipal Council, and all notices of business, signed by the Mayor or any member of the Council, shall bo handed to the Clerk, at or in-evious to, any moot- ing of the Couiicil, wlio sliall read the same at such meeting and place them on file. ORDEH OF NOTICES. H. Tliat tlio Clerk, on filing notices, shall place, first, those which are in the Mayor's name, and atterwards, all others, stand- ing in the i ider in which tliey have been delivered to him ; who filiall number and date them as received. He shall alsj publicly exhibit all notices, as the Act of Inc.)r])oration directs. OUDER OE PUOCEEDINGS. 9. That at all meetings of the Council, the Clerk shall read, first, the minutes of the previous Council meeting ; the said min- utes to bo approved or amcn>led and adopted. That he shall then state what communications have been received since the last meet- ing, relating to tlie business of the Council, and read such of them as the Mayor, or any two members of the Council, desire to have read. 10. That after the minutes of the previous meeting and com- numications have been read, the l)usiness, of whicli due notice has lieen given, kIkiII l)e taken up, in the order in which it stands on file ; after wliicli r;-ports of (foinmittecs shall be acted upon, in the order in wliicIi tliey have been received. Deferred business shall take precedence of rfi)K)rts of comnjittees. MOnr. OK VOTINO. 11 . That the Council vote on all questions by show of hands, except that on demand of any member, the Clerk shall call the roll, and record the yeas and nays, .\fter tlie roll is called, the result shall be read aloud, (o rectify mistakes, if any ; after which tlio Clerk sliall hand the vote to the Mayor, or Presiding Officer, (as the case may be), who shall announce the same ; providing al- ways that an election lor any officer shall be by ballot, and a ma- jority of all votes cast sliall be ne('essarv to elect. 14 MOTIONS TO BE MOVED AND SECONDED. 12. That no motion or amendment be entertained by the Coun- cil but sufh as has been moved and seconded, and delivered to the Clei-k in writinj,', and sif ^iitftr No. 7. By-Law authorizing the ConslracUon of Water Works for the City of Victoria, B. (', Preamble. \\' HERE AS, by the " Corporation of Victoria Water Works Act, VV 1873." it is provided that the said Act should not have any force or effect until the Municipal Council of the City of Victoria should pass a By-Law authorizing the construction of the said water woi'ks, which by-Law they wei-e thereby empowered to pass. And, whereas, in order to construct the AVater Works in the said Act mentioned, it is expedient that the said Act shall come into full force and effect forthwith ; and further in order to carry into effect the said proi)osed construction, it will be necessary for the said Municipal Council and their successors to issue debentures of the said Corjioration for a sum of money not exceeding ($100,000) One Hundred Thousand Dollars of lawful money of British Col- umbia for such sums, and in the manner, and paytible at the times and for the purpo:ies in the said Act mentioned or referred to. Powers to rnise money hy And, whcreas, by the Said Act it is required that monies should frJthehtVirJ'LS^^ITte?' ^e I'fiised by the said Council, and their successors, annually by ost- special rate to be settled, imposed and levied in each year for pay- ment of the said Debentures and interest as in the said Act is more particularly mentioned or referred to. Annual R(itPtoiios»itied, And, wliereas, for payment of the interest and creating a sink- ea 'ii nnlro«r'r.vi'!>r''f.T i"" fund for paying the said Debentures as in the said Act ismen- pi.viiis till" intcnsi unci tioned or referred to it will require an annual rate to be settled, fur payingiiiKdei.i.ntures imposed and levicil 111 oach and every year as in the said Act is more particularlj' referred to in addition tc other rates to be levied in each year but subject always to the said Act. Be it therefore enacted by the Municipal Council of the City of Victoria as follows : — p.iwer to issue deiion Hires For tlic jDurposc of Constructing the said Water AVorks and other ioii.cnne.i wutLMw...k9 fiie purposes in the said Act mentioned or referred to, it shall be Hoa.coo. lawful for the Corporation of the City of Victoria to issue Deben- • 17 ' tares of the sfiid Corporation of the City of Victoria to be called Water Works Dcbeiiturea for a sum of monoj' not exceeding One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000) of lawful money of British Columbia in such sums not less than ($50) Fifty Dollars, as shall to the Cor])oration seem exiycdient. And such Debentures shall be madf ^jayable in manner and at the times in the said Act meii- tione ', and shall bear interest at the rate, and such interest shall be payable as therein mentioned, and such Debentures shall be signed by the Mavor and Clerk of the said City for the time being (and be sealed with the Seal of the Corporation and may be pay- able either in Sterling or Currency in the manner and otherwise as in tlie said Act is mentioned. And shall have attached to them coupons for the payment of interest. And the Council of the Coi'- poration of tlio City of Victoria a.id their successors, shall for the purpose of providing a sinking fund for the payment of the said Debentures, as aforesaid, and the interest on the same semi-annu- ally, raise annually such sum as may bo necessary to pay the in- terest upon and |)rovido a sinking fund to meet the whole of such Debenture^ in full, as the same shall become due respectively, and shall order a i-ate for that purpose on all real estate and improve- ments thereon, to be settled, imposed and levied in each and every year to pay the principal and interest on such Debentures subject to and as in the Corporation of Victoria Water Works Acts, 1873, and othf;r\viae is provided. And the said Water Works shall in all respects be constructed, and after completion, managed and pay- ments therefor shall bo made and monies received therefrom ap- plied, and all mattei's and things whatsoever having relation to the premises, respectively or otlierwiso, referred to in the said Act, shall be carried out as in tlie said Act is described or referred to that this By-Law shall talie etl'ect and come into operation upon the twen- tieth day of March, One thousand eight hundred and seventy- three. This By-Law may be cited for all purposes as The By-Law a ith- Short nti* orizing the construction of Water Works for the City of Victoria, B. C, 187a. Passed the Municipal Council this twentieth dav of March, 1873. J AS. D. ROBINSON, Mayor. \Vm. Leigh, Clerk to the iviunicipal Council. No. 8. Bij-Law to regulate, the Duties of the Assessor and Collector. [7th May, 1873.] \\'HEREAS it is expedient to define the duties of the Assessor p„a„t„. V V and the Collector of the City of Victoria, Be it enacted by the Municipal Council of the City of Victoria: — ASSESSOR. The duties of the Assessor shall be as follows : " 1. He shall prepare an assessment roll, giving the value of all *'"•'*'' *"?"!""■« "»• real estata and impiovejuents within the city limits, and specifying Su"'"""""^"'""' 18 the mimbor of the lot, or portion of lot, according to the Official Map, size of the same, toyetlier with the name of the owner or owners, and to return the said roll to the Clerk of the Municipal Council on a day to be decided by a By-Law to be hereafter passed. To notify owners, 4c. 2. He shall notify all owners, or their known agents, of the in- crease (if any) made in any assessment upon real estate or upon the improvements thereon, and in case of an appeal against such assessment, he shall appear at the time and place appointed for hearing the same, with such evidence as may be necessary in the cause. wiicro no impro»ementi", 3. He shall place in separate column on the said roll all real estate upon which no improvements have been made, and all lots which are not fenced in, or lots wliich have been fenced in and are not kept in repair, shall bo considered unimproved property, and be liable to special tax as such. 4. Ho shall prepare a roll of all persons resident ita the Muni- cipality, who are taxable therein. L"n.r"/.iIlI.U".«x wSr".*! 5. It shall be the duty of the Assessor to prepare a roll of all persons carrying on any trade, business or calling in accordanco with the Revenue By-Law, levying a rate from persons ; also the names of all persons taxable in the Municipality, who are not re- siding within the Municipality, (all persons residing outside the city limits shall bo considered as non-residents.) Ron to i,e handed to Col. g jj^, ^^^^^^ ^^jj.,jJq ^j^g ^^^^^ ^f^gj. ^j^g ^^^^ revision of the As- * sessmeut Roll, by the Council, be prepared to hand his roll su re- vised, to the Collector, or should the duties of Assessor and Col- lector be performed by the same person, he shall proceed to col- lect the rates in accordance with the duties laid down for Collector. Knil of nil renldcnt tax pajii'S. Duties of Collector. COLLECTOR. The duties of Collector shall be as follows : 7. He shall on receiving the assessment roll from the Assessor proceed without delay to collect the revenue in accordance with the Revenue By-Laws, 1873. 8. He shall on printed forms, to be procured for that purpose, put down the name of every taxable person, together with a state- ment of all rates due to the Munici^jal Council by him, giving the numbers of the lot or lots (if real estate) for which he is liable to be taxed, and deliver the same at the known place of business or residence (if within the city I of the owner or his agent (if any.) Said statement shall fix a time, not later than four days from date thereof, within which time the rates must be paid at the Collector's office. Where property is taxed, the owner of whijh is absent from the Province, and he has no known agents, it shall be the duty of the said Collector to proceed in such case in accord- ance with the Revenue By-Laws, 1873. 9. He shall give printed receipts for all taxes received, which receipts shall be numbered consecutively, with counterfoil, and said receipts and counterfoils shall contain a statement of amount received for such tax separately, and in case of real estate or improvements, or both, the number of the lot or lots, or portion of lots, on which such tax is collected. 10. He shall keep a cash book, in wliich he shall enter the name ^ Muni- 18 of ever^' person paying taxes with the amount of each tax separate- ly ; toge*lier with the number of the receipt issued. 11. He shall pay in daily to the Bank uf British North America, (or such other bank as the Municii)al Council may from time to time direct), to the ci'edit of the "' Corporation of the City of Vic- toria," all moneys collected, but in the event of daily collections boinf^ less in amount than one hundred, he is hereby authorised to withhold deposit until that amount be in his hands, and shall at least one day in each week deliver his cash book to the Clerk of the Municipal Council, to have the amounts properly posted in the books of the Corporation. 12. He shall at each regular meeting of the Council, and when- ever required by the Mayor or Finance Committee, exhibit his cash book, together with the bank book for examination and in- spection. 13. He shall notify the Clerk of the Municipal Council, of every person who'shall fail or refuse to pay hia respective rates or taxes, and ui^on receiving from said Clerk a summons against such de- faulter, he shall serve, or cause the same to be served, and attend at the Court, to 2)rove service of said summons and give such evi- dence as may have refei-ence to the case. 14. For the true and faithful performance of the aforesaid duties he shall furnish ' ' the Corporation of the City of Victoria " and its successors, with a bond of an approved guarantee society to thei amount of $2,000. 15. This By-La-.v may be cited for all purposes as the " Assessor and Collector By-Law, 1H7;!.' Passed iho Municipal Council this 7th day of May, A. D., 1873. WM. DALBY, Mayor. Wm. Leich, Clerk to the Municipal Counc'.l, Vijtoria, B. C. No. 9. Munt^ipid Street Btj Law to regulate the cuiislraction, mnintain once, and repairs of i^trcets within the City limits, i.nd to re.pivir or altoriition of nuy biiildin;,', celliir or sewer within the Cily, Khiill be at liborty to occupy nioio thfin ono-tliird of tlio width of the Htreet, in front of such biiildinjjf, colhir or sewor, with mitteriiilrt necosHary for the orc<'tion. repnir or alteration of sueli buihlin^, celhir or sewer, unless he or they shall ohtain jjeruiission from the Mayor and Counfil, or from the Street Committee of tlio Fenrenanibpiicoii iigiits Council, HO to do ; and HUcli persou or pe.sons shall, if required p ii.iihi5 ».uii works by the Miiyor and Council, or the Street Comniitteo, erect such a fence and place such beacon lights aroud or near to such l)uild- ing, cellar or sewer, as shall, by the Mayor and Cjuncil or the Street Committee aforesaid, be deemed necessary to prevent acci- dents to person or animals. And any person or persons ne.jfloct- ing or refusing to comply with the provisions of this Section, or of any order made in pursuance thereof, shall, uj^on conviction, be liable to u tine not exceeding Twenty Dollars. Piim'iy. Penniiy for ii«i>o9itiiiit 3. No person shall thi'ow or cause to bo thrown or deposit on rubbish i» public place, ^^^. ^j ^,j^ footpaths, sidewalks, highways, streets, thoroughfares, or any public place within the City limits, any rubbish, tilth, ashes, oft'al, of any kind, or any substam.'e which may be considered a nuisance by the Mayor and Council aforesaid, under a penalty not exceeding Twenty-Five Dollars, or Ten davs imprisonment, at dii> cretion of any Justice of the Peace, before whom such offender shall be tried. . Obitnictiug thorough brti. 4. No person or persons shall interupt any highway or Public thoroughfare within the City limits, by erecting thereon any fence, building, barricade, or obstruction of any natui-e or any kind, or break up or disturb the surface of any Public street or iiigiiw:iy unless by permission of the Mayor and Council or the Street Coni- niittee, on their behalf, and any street or highway so disturbed by the aforesaid permission shall, without delay, be put in as good con- dition by such person or per-sons as it was before the surfacie thereof was broken up or disturbed as aforenaid, and such persi.n or persons shall, within a reasonable time, remove all surj)lus dirt or rubbish that may have accumulated by reasons of breaking up or disturbing the surface of such public street or. higliway, and shall also keep such parts of such public street orhigliway as sh".ll have been broken up or disturbed by him or them, in good repair for the space of three months thereafter. And any person or per- sons who shall be guilty of a broach of the pi-ovisious of this Sec- pcnaity tion may, on conviction thereof, be fined in any sum not oxceeing Fifty Dollars. Penalty fir thrnwinis 5. Everj' person who in anv thoroughfare or Public place of the Jfgu imoV.«wer,''eu'" said City, shall throw or lay 'any dirt, litter, glass, ashes, carrion, fish, offal or rubbish, or throw or cause any such thing to go into any sewer, pipe or drain, or into any well, stream or water-course, or pat tha 3am3 into suili a p ) sition that it m ly run into the liar- bo ir, or inio any pju 1 or rj3jrvjir for w.i or, or ca.vjj any olLm- ive mxtter to run from any manufactory, stable, slaughter-house, bntcher's shop, or dunghill, or anv uncovered place, whether or nob surroia led by a feue or .v .11, 8'.iiU ba lia'jlo to a panal'y n ji exueading Twenty Dollars for each offence. 6. Every person who shall emi)ty, or begin to empty, any privy or water closet within the said City, within tlie hour.i of six in the morning and eight in the evening, and who shall move along any thoroughfare any night soil, soap-lees, ammonical li?^uor, or other such offansive matter, between the hours of six in the morning and eight in the evening, or who shall at any time use for such pur- Pana't" for emptyinT of. tv isUc mii tt-r I etwetn thu liuu aof -ix in tha m^ri.liiuaoJS iu ibe eTeuiiig. n erection, kvithin the [n\ of tlio ewor, with n ot such [)eninH-°-i Miiyur iiiid Council may fusing to comply with any such order for the space of One day, or per firm work at owners such other period us may be specified in such notice, the said '"''"'"'°' Jliiyor and Council shall be at liberty to cause to be graded, gra- velled or metalled the portion of such street so ordered to be grad- ed, gravelled or metalled by the owner or owners of the lot or lots abutting thereon ; and the expense, costs and charges thereof, shall be recoverable at law from such owner or owners ; and if such expenses, costs and charges be not paid by such owner or owners or his or their agent or agents, within seven days after notice in writing, of the amount thereof ; or of any judgment re- covered in respect of such expenses, costs and charges, shall not be paid at once, the amount of such expenses, coats and charges of such judgment may be registered as a claim against the lot or lots abutting upon such street, the owner or owners of which shall have been ordered and failed as aforesaid to grade, gravel or metal the said street or some portion thereof. il. If the owners of two-thirds in value of lots in or abutting on owners of two.third»in any street or any portion thereof, in the City of Victoria, shall »»f|.°^°f "^''''j",','/"*^"" sign a requisition calling upon the Municipal Council to grade, mainiug one-third, macadamise, pave, fence, drain, water, light, sweep, lay down side-walks, or otherwise improve the said street or portion thereof, or if the occupiers of two-thirds of the lots abutting on any street or portion of any street, shall sign a requisition calling upon the n>'(H>iiU-t, Wiitor, Hwoop or lay down mdowiilks in liny wncli Htnict or portion of sncli Htrcot,, (iis the cnno may lio), tho siiid ^luiiicipid ('(jnncil hIiiiII )i(! cMipowcrcd, iil'tcr Kivinyf in Hiich nmnncir as thoy iiloio Hliall dooiii oxjicdii'iit, not Icmh than Huven day's notice* of sncli int<>ntion to (nicii of tin' ownors or oc- ciipiorH (as tho crtHC may lio) of tlin ri'inainin;,' onc-lliiid uh h lall not havo Hif,'n('d tlio roipiintion, to lovy, asscH-i, and collect, ii rate (not to exceed tho a'noiint to ho OHtiniated and mcn'ioncd in that hehalf insn(Oi reipiinition) ui)on the owncr.s or occupiers (as tho case may be) of the lots in and al)ii!tin;j; on hiicIi Htrect or portion of Htreec, in order to carry out Huch improvements, and may upply the rate when collected accordinjif to the |)rayerof nuch rc'(|uisitiun, the ;\[iinici|):d Council approvin;^ such reiiuaition, in si:;ii manner an I'.irij 111111/ ti/ipaiiil liij Itij-Lmr. ri-hiiiy fr ill* iiiindnn 12. No ))(!rson shall wantonly tiro or sot off or discharnfc any !i'ii.4"y''wi"iu''"H'^^''"^'''*n pistols, caunous, s(piil)s, crackers, or tlieworks of any kind or d(!scri|)tion, nor shidl wear or carry on tho person ninj Idddcd Jir('-iii\iiK or iliiiuii'niiiH araiii/iis nlxnit tho pers((n within th(.' Ciiv limits under a penalty not oxcooding Twenty-Five Dollars for each ofl'ence. lU'rovcry (ifpeiiiiitli'*. Shvrt llllK 1!). Any person or persons failin^f to conijily with any Provision of this ]Jy-Luw, or any part thereof, sliall hu subject to the penal- ties herein stated, and such penalties shall be recovt.'rahlo summar- ily before any Justicio of the Peace havin;if Jurisiliction within tho limits of the saiil City, or other persons specially nienlioned in this By-Law. This By-Law may be cited for all purposes as "The Victoria Street By-Law, 187!5." Passed the Municipal Council this 4th day oi June, 1H7M. WILLLV^L DALBY, Mavuh. Wm. Leioh, Clerk to the Municipal Council. No. 10. ANNO TRlCESntO 8EPTIM0. Municipal Ihj-Lau; to rcgulatt: Ihe duties a/ the Water Commiss- ioner. (June 28th, 1873. J Preamble. II'HEREAS it is expedient to regulate and define the duties of , iV the Commissioner appointed under "The Corporation of ■!■ Victoria Water-works Act, 1873;" Be it therefore enacted by the Mayor and Council of the Cor- poration of the City of Victoria as follows : Dutirs I f commisiiomr. 1. The suid Commissioner shall, subject to the approval and control of the Mayor and Council aforesaid, design, construct, SI • build, punthaso, improvo, hoM and goiioniUy iniiiiitain, inanapfo iiiiil coiKliict Wc.tor NVorkH and all ImildinjjM, inuttorH, inaidiinnry and apiiliaiuins thonnvith coiiiiocitod or inu'iissarv thoroto, for tlio [jtirpoHo of (!oiidiii!tiii;,' a siiHlciiMit quantity <3f purci and wlioUmonio wiiti^r from lOlkLako and lliiavi'r Liiko to tlio adjac;ont City of Vic- toria for tlni HHo of tliu inliabitauts thcroof, imd shall oxuinino, eousidi'r and docidd uimn all ni iturs rcdativo thcroto. 2, Tlif) Haid (JouiiiUHsioiKn" shall koci) soparato l)onk:4 and accounts c.mmhuinne- iin i kiop of tho roc('ii)t( and dishurHoinuuts for or on account of tho "" i »»i'k' i > .tim struction ot tlio waid Wntcr Works (listinct. from tiiu books and ,„„1 c..uiicii. ao'.'ounts rnlatiu.i; to tho other [iropcrty, funds, or assets bulonjj;inpf to tho said Wator Works, anil a record of all his official acts; aiul all such books an 1 records sliall be open to tho inspection and o\- aiiiination of the Mayor and Council, or any of them, or any per- son or persons appointed by them for that purpose. I). The said Commissioner sliall, at least twice in oaeli month C'mmiMiinniT »tinii pi-e. during' thn construction of the said Water Works, attend the;;;,,!."""""""'"""^ '"■ Mayor and Council in Committee, ami report to thoin in writing tho proy:ress of such Water Works and such infonuatiou I'ospoct- in;,' the same as they may require. ■i. Tho H.iid Commissioner shall, on or before tho 31st day of '^"""1'' .l"''!";"" '";p'«- . , 1. i. 1 1 1 i1 AT H.lltlll 111 riMlH. Iil"ni«, December m each year, cause a return to be made to tho Mayor iiMiivuiH.cti: , tu tho cor- and (.'ouncil of tho allairs of tlio said Water Works, showing; a'""""""" statement of the amounts of tho rents, issues and profits iirisinj,' from the s.iid Water Works, the number of tenants supi)lie'i*9 Water Works already constructed and report to him the condition thereof and any improvements, i-epairs, or alterations that may seem necessary or expedient. Siirvi-yn. pUns etc .tiiu 5. AH supveys, plaus, and reports prepared by the Engineer of KMuir * ° ' "^ '^'""' the Water Works as aforesaid, and the field notes relating thereto shall be the property of the Corporation. Re,«„„er,.t>o„,o Survey. ^- ^J^^ Compensation or salary, of the City Surveyor and Engi- or anil Kn^'iiieer necr of the Water Works together for the performance ot the duties AmciidoabyUyUw.No ijereinbefore specified is hereby fixed at the sum of One Hundred and Fifty Dollars per month. sbort Title 7. This By-Law may be cited for all purposes as "The City Sur- veyor and Water Works Engineer By-Law, 1873." Passed the Municipal Council on the 9th dav of July, A.. D., • 1873. WM. DALBY, Mayor. Wm. Leioh, Clerk to the Municipal Council, B. C. Engineer of rhe City Sur- 86 ■ . * * No. 12. ANNO TUIQESIMO SEPTIMO, . Municipal By Law lo dejinr the duties and fix the remuneration of the CUrk of the Municipal Council, and Ckrk of the I'olice Court. Be it enacted by the Mayor and Council of the Corporation of the City of Victoria as follows : 1. It shall be the duty of the Clerk of the Municipal Council of nutie» of the Municipal this Corporation : » (a) To convene all special meetings of the Mivaicipal Council: ;r>>^cm,veno«pociaim.e.. (b) To attend all meetings of the Municipal Council, whether regular or special, and to take and enter proper minutes of the lo nttcmi and take min- proceedings of all such meetings, and prepare and draw up """"''"''''• in proper form all resolutions proposed or suggested at any such meeting: (c) To give the necessary and proper notices to the Councillors •';v^>;';^ify|Coundiior.rf of all meetings of the Municipal Council except regular ad- „i,,trct jourued meetings, and to state in such notices the subject matter of the business for which the meeting ia called: (d) To conduct all the correspondence of the Municipal Council To net ns correopondent subject to the control and direction of the Mayor and Coun- cil: («) To prepare and complete all such agreements and contracts To pi epirc.iid.cameun between the Corporatiju and any person or persons, body or*"" bodies corporate, as may from time to time be required, and all bonds and securities to be required by any officer or con- tractor with the Corporation: (/) To prosecute or defend, under the direction of the Mayor t<-;^';»2«^^';1!J;^^^^^^^^ and Council, all actions, suits and proceedings by or agaiust of the Mayor 4 Couucu the Corporation or in any manner affecting the property or rights of the Corporation : (a) To keep proper books of accounts "and records of the trans- T.kc-ep accounts oi oii actions, receipts, ])ayraeuts nrd property ot the Corporation in such manner and form as ^^liall from time to time be re- quired by the Finance Comnnttee of the Municipal Council. (/)) To do and perform all sucih other acts and duties as are im- J'",;;;;';,';7;,/eVi,7-'i^^^^^^ posed upon liiui by any of tiio acts, ordinances or by-laws now in force or whTch iiiav pvojjerly be included in or relate to the duties of the Clerk of tlie Municipal Council of the Corpor- ation : (i) To give and execute to the Corporation forthwith, and from Security by him time to time, such security by way of bond or bonds for the true and faithful performance of his duties as herein defined us shall be required and approved by the Mayor and Council. 2. The remuneration of such Clerk of the Nunicipal Council for Remuneration to cierk the true and faithful performance of the duties hereinbefore de- fined shall be at the rate of $1,080 ;)er annum. nrXIES OF THE CLERK OF THE POLICE COUllT. 3. It shall be the duty of the Clerk of the Police Court for the omie, of curk cf the City of Victoria ; (a) To take down and enter in the Charge Book all charges pre- General Jutie.. ferred and being or reasonably supposed to be within the jur- To attend the P M , test depositious, etc. -^26 isdiction of tbe Police Magistrate for the said City, and also to write out and issue all informations, summonses, waiTunts and other process required to be written out and issued from the said Police Court. (b) To attend the Police Majjistrate of the said City at the Police Court whenever required and take down and properly attest the depositious ancf evidence that may be given in each case coming before such Police Magistrate, and make out, enter, and record all remands, convictions, commitments and orders of such Police Magistrate : (c) To receive all fines imposed liy such Police Magistrate and all fees payable upon any process or proceedings issued or taken under his authority, and keep an account thereof in a cash book to be kept for that purpose, and to paj' over all such fines and fees to the Collector of the said Corporation when and so often as the sums so received shall amount toSl()0,aiid to tak*^) the receipt of the said Collector for the same. d) To do and perform all such other acts and duties behjnging to the office of thr Clerk of the Police Court for the said City and reasonably req.. I'ed by the said Police Magistrate, and in the perforiUance of all or any of tlie duties hoi-einbefore defined, to act under the instructions of sucli Police Magistrate, (e) To give and execute to the Corporation forthwith, and from • time to time such securitj' by way of bond or bonds for the faithful performance of his duties as heroin defined as shall be required and approved by the Mayor and Couiicil. Romuneratiim to Clerk. 4. The remuneration of the Clerk of thePolicoCourifor the said City for the performance of his duties as herein defined, shall be at the ru*,e of $480 per annum. To receive fines and fees. When fceRamonnt to $10«) to lie handed over to the Collect, r ilundry duties . Security by liim Sh rt Title. 5. This By-Law may be cited for all purijoses ai ' The City Clerk and Police Couu Clerk By-Law, 1873." Passed the Municipal Council on the IGth day of July, A. D. 1873. WILLIAM DALBY, Mayor. Wm. Leigh, Clerk to the Municipal Council, B. C. No. 13. ANNO TRICESIMO SEPTIMO. THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF VICTORIA. ■ . Jij/ Law for raising a Municipal. HcrenMe. '••••• 1 20th August, 1873.1 Be it enacted by the Mayor and Couucil of the Corporation of Victoria, as follows: — Tujiofonope oent on ^' T^^^^^'^ slif'll ^6 raised leviod and collected upon and from all real o«t»ie within oti«i. owucrs of real estate, (including improvements thereon), within nui city limit, the limits of the Municipality, as defined by the Lctt^-s Patent issued by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council, on the twenty-fiftli day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hun- dred and seventy-three, except real estate exempt from taxation under " The Municipality Act, 1872," a tax for the period of ten months ending on the thirty-first day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-three, at the rate of one per centum on the assessed value of such real estate. 2. There shall bo raised, levied and collected upon and from alF"V''!^ ''"m"?"' ?" . , , , ,' \ f ' , ^1 . -, real ostiiio within t'Xtcnd- owuers ot real estate, (including improvements thereon), outside odciryiLiiita the limits aforesaid, but witliin the extended limits of thisMunici- pahty, as defined by the Letters Patent issued by the Lieutenant- I Governor in Council, on the ninth day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-three, except real estate exempt from taxation under " The Muiiicipality Act, 1872," a tax for the period of six months, ending on the tliirty-first day of December, 1873, at the rate of one-half of one per centum on the assessed value of such real estate. ;>. 'Hie ai'oresiiid taxes shall be due and payable to the Collector '•''""'"''"« '""*''i'» '*"■ of the Municipal Council at his office in the City Council Chambers, Broad Street, Victoria, on the first day of September, 1873. 4. The assessment roll of the Municipality for the time being iiisiiectiomifAsnessuient may be inspected by any person at all reasonable times free of""" charge. •:■ . i). Any notice required to be served on any person in respect of s,.rvkeorn>tico*. I any ta.\ under this By-Law may be served either personally or by I leaving the same ut the usual or last known place of abode or business of sucli person, or by depositing the same in the Post I Office at Victoria, addressed to such pei'son, at his or her usual or last known i)iace of abode or business, or in case such pei'son is unknowu or cannot be found, by affixing a co2)y of such notice to isomo consijicuous part of the property in respect [tax shall be payable. of which such (). The person who shall appear on the Assessment Holl of the Defluition. Towner. I Municipality for the time being as the owner of any real estate, shall, lor the purpo.se of tliis By-Law, be deemed to oe such owner, and in case the name of tiie owner of any real estate assessed in I such roll shall not appear thei-ein and shall not be known, such real estate and the owner thereof shall nevertheless be subject and liable to the provisions of this By-Law. 7. In case any tax or sum of money payable under this By-Law i„t,., est on unpaid taxei. i shall remain unpaid for one calendar month after the same shall have become due and payable, interest thereon at the rate of twelve [pet cent, per annum shall thenceforth be added thereto and be [due and payable as part of such tax. 8. In case any tax or sum of money payable under this By-Law iiegintratjon ..r charge lu I shall remain unpaid for one year after the same shall have become ""''"* """''"'''* '*"'" due and payable, the amount of sucii tax or sum of money, and [the interest thereon as aforesaid, and the costs of registation, jshall at any time thereafter on the application in writing of the jClerk of the Municipal Council, be registered in the Land Office lin Victoria as a cliaige against the real estate in respect of which jsuch tax became due and payable, and the amount of such charge Ishall thencefortii bear interest at the rate of eighteen per cent |per annum. !), In case the amount of any such charge and interest shall not Powor m eeii real uatait Ibe paid and siitisfied within three years after the date of the regis- '°'' ""'"'''""" Itiatioii thereof, as afore.ioid, the Mayor and Council may, after Power tit convey. Application of proceeds of tale . Rules for couatiulng By-Law. Short lltle 28 notice once a month iu three successive months in some news- paper published in the City of Victoria aforesaid, cause the real estate subject to such charge to be sold by public auction. 10. After such sale the Maj'or for the time being of the said Corporation ma}', and he is hereby empowered to convey and as- sure the real estate so sold to the purchaser or purchasers taei-eof in fee simple free from incumbrances. 11. The proceeds of such sale shall be held by the Mayor and Council for the owner of the land sold after payment thereof of the expenses attending such sale, and of the tax charge and inter- est then due in respect of such land. 12. In the construction of this By-Law words importing the singular number, or the masculine gender only, shall be under- stood to include several matters as well as one matter, and several persons as well as one person, and bodies corporate as well as in- dividuals, and females as well as males, and words importing the plural number shall be nnderstood to apply to o.ie matter as well as moi'e than one, unless such meaning shall be repugnant to or inconsistent with the context. 13. This By-Law may be cited for all purposes as the "City of Victoria Municipal Property By-Law, 1873." Passed the Municipal Council the 20th day of August, A.D. 1873. Wm. Leigh, WM. DALBL^, Mayor. Clerk to the Municipal Council. Victoria, B. C, August 20th, 1873. No. 14. A. D 1873. Preamble. Lawful gtnnds for bng- e I'S, cariiagea. eto. Lawful "taiidi fu' press wagi^ous cur 2 , etc for ANNO TBICESIMO SEPTIMO. THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF VICTORIA. B I/- Law for rerjul'ling Vehicles kept fur Hire and Gain. U'HEREAS it is expedient to regulate vehicles ke23t for hire and gain in the City of Victoi'ia, so as to prevent them from | encumbering tlie streets, Be it therefore enacted by the Mayor and Council of the Cor- poration of the City of Victoria as follows: 1. That the following described places shall be the only stand.s I on which it shall be lawful to place for hire buggies, carriages, coaches, cabs or such like vehicles, namely : — Along the centre of Yates Street from Government Sti'eetj westward, along the west side of Broad Street from YatesJ Street southward, and Bastion Square; the vehicles to be ii][ single line. That the following described places shall be the only stands! which it shall be lawful to place for hire express waggons,] carts, or sued like vehicles, namely: — Along the centie of Governm* nt Street from Yates Streetl northward, and along the south side of Fort Street from Gov-j einment Street westward, and that such vehicles be in singlej line. s the "City of 3. Tliat no peraon having charge of any buggy, carriage, coach, RuioofCouductonihe cab, curt, waggon, or other vehicle kejjt for gain, as aforesaid, "'"'"' "^ shall wantonly snap or flourish his whip, nor at any time needlessly leave such buggy, coach, carriage, cab, cart, wagon or other vehicle, nor shall he make use of any obscene or impertinent language of any kind whatsoever, while in charge thereof. 4. That no driver, carter, or cabman, or other pei-son, shall un- t ■ prcvont orueity reasonably or cruelly beat, or otherwise ill-use any horse or animal under his care within the said City. 5. That any person guilty of any infraction of any of the pro- p„,mity lor inffingemeot visions of this By-Law, shall, on conviction before the Police "^ "y-''"** Magistrate, or other Justice of the Peace, for the said City, foi-- feit, at the discretion of the Police Magistrate or Justice of the Peace convicting, a sum of money not exceeding $25 00 for each offence, and in default of payment of any such fine, together with costs of prosecution, it shall be lawful for the Police Magistrate or other Justice of the Peace convicting as aforesaid, to issue his or their warrant to levy the amount of fine and costs by distress and sale of the offenders goods and chatties, and in case no sufficient dis- tress to satisfy the amount of fine and costs shall be found, it shall be lawful for the Police Magistrate or Justice of the Peace as aforesaid to commit the offender to the Common Gaol for any period not e.vcecding one month. (>. This By-Law mav be cited for all purposes as "The Vehicles si' itTiii« Regulation By-Law 1873." Passed the Municipal Council this 10th day of September, 1873. , WM. DALBY, Mayor. SVm. Leigh, Clerk to the Municipal Council, B. C. No. 16. ANNO THIGESIMO SEPTIMO. icil of the Cor- i THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF VICTORIA. Bj-Lmo to regidak (he Wharces within the City and the Traffic thernvith. IFebruary 4ta, 1874. J Be it enacted by the "Rlayor and Council of the Corporation of the City of Victoria, as follows: 1. Every owner, occupier, manager, or person having or exer- cising the control of any wharf within the City, shall at all times keep such wharf and the approaches thereto, m good and sufficient repair, order and management, and shall keep the same well and sufficiently lighted, and shall jirovide and at all times have ready for use on such wharf, such and so many life buoys and gang- planks ,18 the said Mayor and Council, or any officer acting under their authority, shall from time to time require. 2. Any person, or persons, failing to comply with any provision or any part thereof of this Ijy-Law, shall be punished in a sum- mary way by a fine not exceeding Fifty Dollars, or by imprison- ment not exceeding one month, at the discretion of any Police 30 Magistrate or Justice of the Peace having jurisdiction within the Municipahty. 3. This By-Law may be cited for all purposes as "The Wharves Regulation By-Law, 1874." Passed the Municipal Council on the 4th day of February, 1874. \VM. DALBY, Mayar. Wm. Leigh, Clerk to the Municipal Council, B. C. ^ * » No. 16. ANNO TRIOESIMO SEPTIMO. THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF VICTORIA Municipal By-Law to regulate the Scale of Costs payable or to be taken in (Jases of Distress under " 'J he Municipality Act Amendment Act, 1873." ri8th March, 1874.] Be it enacted by the Mayor and Council of the Corporation of the City of Victoria, B. C, as follows: — In all cases of Distress for Taxes under the above mentioned Act, the costs shall be regulated, payable and taken according to the fol- lowing scales: (a) Where the sum due shall not exceed $100. Warrant : $2 50 Man in possession, per day 2 (50 (6) Where the sum due shall exceed $100. Warrant $4 00 Man in possession, per day 2 50 This By-Law maj' be cited for all purposes as "The Distress Regulation By-Law, 1874." • Passed the Municipal Council on the 18th day of March, A. D. 1874. WM. DALBY, Mayor. Wm. Leigh, Clerk to the Municipal Council, Victoria, 13. C. No. 17. THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF VICTORIA. A By-Law to reguide the Storage, Carriage and Disposal of Gunpowder and other Combustible Matter. Be it enacted by the Mayor and Council of the Corporation of the City of Victoria as follows; 1. No pei'son or persons shall have or convey at any one time within the limits of the said City in any waggon, cart, dray, or other carriage or vehicle, or keep in any house, store, building or .31 curtilage to a building within the limits aforesaid more than Fifty pounds in weight of gun-powder, gun-cotton, giant-powder, nitro- glycerine, or other exi^losive matter of a similar nature. 2. Every person committing a breach of the regulations herein contained, or any part thereof, shall be liable on conviction there- of in a summary manner before any Police Magistrate , Stipendiary Magistrate or Justice of the Peace having jurisdiction within the limits aforesaid, to a fine not exceeding $25 and costs. Passed the Municipal Council this 22nd day of July, 1874. ,^^, (Signed) WM. DALBY, Mayor. •j L. S. >• Corporate Seal attached this 22nd day of July, 1874. ''^ (Signed; Wm. Leigh, C. M. C. le Distress No. 18. ANNO TBIOESIMO SEPTIMO. THE CORPORATION OP THE CITY OF VICTORIA. YV'HEREAS it is expedient to purchase certain lands within the M Limits of the City of Victoria as a site for a Municipal Hall, (indsueh other buildings as may be required for Corporate pur- poses in the said City of Victoria; Be it therefore enacted by the Municipal Council of the City of Victoi'ia : 1. It shall and may be lawful foiithe Mayor and Council of the Corporation of the City of Victoria to purchase and hold in the name of the Corporation of the City of Victoria and for Corporate purposes all and singular Lots Numbers 1249 and 1250, in the City of Victoria as shown upon the Official Map thereof at a sum or price not to exceed Five Thousand Dollars to be paid out of the General Revenue of the said City. 2. This By-Law may be cited for all purposes as "The Victoria Municipal Land By-Law, 1874. Passed the Municipal Council this 26th day of August, A.D. 1874. WILLIAM DALBY, Mayor. Wm. Leigh, Clerk to the Municipal Council. No. 19. - ANNO THIGESIMO OCTAVO. VICTORS REGINjE. THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF VICTORIA, B. C. By-L(tw making all By-Laws now in force applicable to the Ex- tended City Limits, V17HEREAS by Latters Patent dated the Ninth day May, A. D. U 1873, under the great Seal of the Province of British Colum- bia, the Limits of the Corj oration of the City of Victoria as they then existed were o-itended. R 82 AND WHEREAS doubts have arisen as to whether tlie By-laws in force at the date of the said Letters Patent apply to the newly Incorporated Limits; and it is expedient to remove such doubts. Be it therefore enacted City of Victoria as follows : by the Mayor and Councillors of the 1. That all By laws of the Corporation of the City of Victoria in force at the date of the said Letters Patent shall, subject to any amendments since made thei-eto, bo deemed to apply and extend and r'e hereby declared to api)ly and extend to the addi- tional Limits of the City of Victoria, as established by the said Letters Patent. 2. This By-law may be cited for all purposes as the Extended Limits By-law, 1874. Passed the Municipal Council this 18th day of November, A. D. 1874 WM. DALBY. Mayor. W. Leigh, Clerk to the Municipal Council, No. 20. ANNO TBIOESIMO HEP'nMO. . VICTORIA REGINjE. THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF VICTORIA, B. C. A By-Laio to regulate Ike Election of the Manor and Conncillors for the Cibj of Victoria, in the year lH7o. WHEREAS, the first section of the Municipality Amendment Act, 1874, i^rovides (among other things) that in every citj', being a municipality, a Mayor shall be elected annually. . And that such election take place at the same time and place as the nomination of Councilloi-s, and the polling (if any) at such elec- tion shall be had and taken at such time and place, or times and places, as the Council shall by By-Law appoint. AND WHEREAS, by the said Act it is furtlior provided that the voting for Councilloi's and Mayor, in every Municipality, shall be by ballot. AND WHEREAS, it is expedient that a time and place for the election of a Mayor for the Citj' of Victoria, for the Municipal year, now next ensuing, shall be fixed, and tliat provisions should be made for the polling (if any of votes at the said election. Beit therefoie enacted by the Mayor and Council of the Cor- poration of the City of Victoria as follows: — 1. The election of a Mayor for the Municipality of the City of Victoria shall take place at the same time as the election of Coun- cillors for the said City; that is to say, on the second Monday in January next; and such election shali commence at twelve o'clock noon on the same day. of the Cor- '2, Tlio nomination of candidatoH for the respective offices of Mayor and Counoillora of the City of Victoria nhall take place at the City Council ChamborB. 3. The lleturniny Officer of Yates street Ward shall on the day of uoiuination, at noon, nominate such persons as shall l)e put in iioiiiiuation, in that behalf, by some duly qualified voter, as can- didates for the said officer!, as tiie case may be. A show of hands shall then take place, and the said lleturuiuf^ Officer shall tliere- uj)on declare which of the candidates, has or have been elected, by the show of hands. 4. In case a poll shall be duly demanded at the election of a Mayor, the vote of the electors shall bo taken by ballot at the followiujif voting j)luces in the several Wards of the City, herein- iifler i-pecified, //( JohiiaoH SIrcft Ward, al JolutHon nrar (iovcniincnl Street, III Ydlea Hlri'.et Ward, al (Joinicil C'liaml)erK. Ill JaiiicH Hay Ward, at near cor. Ihoixjliton and Governmen Strci-tx, And the mid Poll nhall be opened at 10 o'vloek A. M., and dose at 4 o'clock P. M. 5. In case a poll shall be duly demanded at the election of Councillors for any warl in this city, the vote of the electors en- titled to vote in such Ward, shall be taken on the following day, and at the following places, that is to say: — InJohiiHon Street Ward, at Johnnon near Ooverament Street. In Yates Street Ward, al Council Chambers. In James Bail Ward, al near cor. Broaghton and Government Streets. And the said Poll shall be o/jeued al 10 o'clock A. M., and dose at 4 odock P. M G. In case of a poll at an election, the votes shall be given by ballot. Tlie ballot of each voter shall consist of a paper (in this By-Law called a ballot paper) siiowing the names and de.scriptions of the candidates. Eacii ballot paper shall have a number pi-inted on the back, and shall have attached a counterfoil with the same number printed on the face. At the time of voting the ballot paper shall bo marked on both sides with an official mark and de- livered to the voter within the poilin.'i- station, and the number of such voter on the register or list of Municipal voters shall be marked on the counterfoil, and the voter having secretly marked his vote on the paper and folded it up so as to conceal his vote, sliall place it in a closed box in the presence of the officer presid- ing at the polling station after having first shown to him the offi- cial mark on the back. 7. Any ballot paper which has not on its back the official mark, (U' ou which votes are given to more candidates than the voter is entitled to vote for, or on which anything except the said number on the back is written or marked, by which the voter can be iden- tified shall be void and not counted. 8. After the close of the poll, the ballot boxes shall be closed up so as to prevent the insertion of additional ballot papers, and shall be taken charge of by the returning officer for Yates Street Ward, and that officer shall, in the presence of such of the candi- dates as may be in attendance, or their nponts, and of the return- ing officorH, open the ballot-boxes and a8(!ertain tlio rosult of tlio poll by counting the votes given to each candidate, and shall forth with declare to be elected the candidates or candidate to whom the majority of votes have been given. 9. Whore an eijuality of votes is found to exist between any candidates at an election, and the addition of a vote would entitle any of such candidates to be declared elected, the returning officer shall give such additional vote, but sliall not in any otiior case be entitled to vote at an election for which ho is returning otHcer. This By-Law may be cited for all purposes as the Municipal Elections, Regulations and Ballot Act, 187(5, 1. If any candidate nominated during the time apnoinied for the election is withdrawn, the returning officer of the Ward in which such nomination shall take place shall give public notice of the name of such candidate as well as of the candidntes who stood nominated or were elected. 2. The returning otficer in each Ward shall forthwith publish a notice in the form in the second schedule to this By-Law, of the name of the person nominated as a candidate or candidates by placarding or causing to be placarded the n.vme of each candidate in a conspicuous position outside the building in which the room is situate appointed for the election. 3. Each polling station shall be furnished with such number of compartments in which the voters can mark their votes, screened from observation as the returning officer thinks necessary, so that at least one compartment be provided for every one hundred and fifty electors, entitled to vote at such polling station, 4. A. separate room or separate booth may contain a separate polling station, or several polling stations may be constructed in the same room or booth. 5. The Retui'ning Officer shall give public notice of the situation of polling stations, and the description of voters entitled to vote at each station, and of the mode in which electors are to vote. G. The Clerk of the Municipal Council shall provide each poll- ing station with materials for voters to mark the ballot papers, with instruments for stamping thereon the official mark, and with copies of the register of voters. He shall keep the official mark secret, and an interval of not less than seven years shall intervene between the use of the same official mark at elections for the same Ward. 7. The Returning Officer in eivch Ward shall personally attend and shall keep order at his station, shall regulate the number of electors to bo admitted at a time and shall exclude all other persons except the Clerks, the agents of the candidates, and the constables on duty. 8. Every ballot paper shall contain a list of the candidates des- cribed and arranged alphabetically in the order of their surnames, and (if there are two or more candidates with the same surname) of their other names. It shall be in form set forth in the second schedule to this B^^-Law, or as near thereto as circumstances ad- mit, and shall be capable of being folded up. 9. Evory ballot box shall be ho construotod that the ballot ])apors can bo introtliiotul therein, but (iannot be withdrawn there- from without the box beinjf iinlookiMl. The presidiu^jf oltioer at any poUinjjf station just before the oommencoraont of the poll, shiiU show the ballot box empty to such persons, if any, as may be present in the station, so that they may see that it is om|)ty, and shall then lock it uj) and jjlai^e his seal upon it in such manner as to prevent its beinj,' o])oned without breakiufjf such seal, and shall place it in his view for the re(!eipt of ballot jjapers and keep it so locked and sealed. 10. Immediately before a ballot paper is delivered to an elector it sliall b(f marked on both sides with the official mark, either stamped or perforat(,'d, and the number, name and desceiption of the elector as stated in the copy of the rei,'ister shall be called out and the number of such elector sliall be marked on the coun- terfoil, and a mark shall bephu^ed in tlus re;,'ister a;,'ainst the num- her of the elector to denote tint he has received a ballot paper, but with )ut shovvini,' the particular ballot paper which he has received. 11. I'he elector on rocoivinq; the ballot paper shall forthwith ))n)ceed into one of the compartments in the polling stations, and tliore mirk his paper and fold it up so as to conceal his vote, and shall tlien put his liallot paper so folded up into the ballot box. 12. Tlio returniufif officer in each ward on the application of any voter who makes su(!h a declaration as hereinafter mentioned, that he is unable to read, shall in the presence of the agents of the candidates, cause the vote of such voter to be marked on a ballot l)api'f in manner directed by such voter, and the ballot paper to be placed in the box, and the name and number on the register of vottrs of every voter whose vote is marked in pursuance of thi' nile; and the reason why it is so marked shall be entered on a list in this By-Law called the list of votes marked by the returning otilcei. The declaration in this By-Law referred to as "the df;(!laration of inability to read" shall be made by the voter at the time of poll- ing before the returning officer, who shall attest it in the form hereinafter mentioned, and no fee, stamp or other payment shall bo charged in re.speet of such declaration, and the said declaration shall lie given to the returning officer at the time of voting. 13. If a person repreaenting himself to be a particular elector named on the list of voters applies for a ballot paper after another person has voted as such elector, the applicant shall be entitled to mark a ballot paper in the same manner as any other voter, but the ballot paper (in tiiis By-Law called a tendered ballot paper) sliall be of a colour differing from the other liallot paper's, and instead of being put into the ballot box, shall be given to the re- turning officer, and enilorsod by him with the name of the voter and his number in the register of votes, and set aside in a separate packet, and shall not be counted l)y the returning officer. And the name of the voter and his number on the register shall be en- tered on a list in this By-Law called -'the tendered voter list." 14. A voter who \vi:i inadvertantly dealt with his b.illat paper in such manner that it cannot be conveniently used as a ballot paper may, on delivjring to the Returning Office'r the ballot paper so in- advertantly dealt with, and proving the tact of the inadvertance to the satisfaction of the Returning Officer, obtain another ballot paper in place of the bailor, paper so delivered up (in this By-Law called a spoilt ballot paper) and the spoilt ballot paper shall be im- mediately cancelled. 80 IS. Tho Uotiirninnf Offloov in civrli Wiinl an soon hh ))i',icti{;iil)lo after tlio cIoho of tlio poll, hIiuU in the prcnoncc of the ii^'cntM of any of the eundiiliitoH or (Jiindidnti), if tlicy slioiild dcHire to be present nmke up into separate) packets sealed with liis own seal and the seal of siu'li a<,'ents of the (candidates as desire to alHx their Heals: 1. Each ballot box at use at his station, unoponed, but with the key attached; and 2. The unused and ^♦[)oilt ballot papers, placed to^^ethor; and 8 The tendered ballot papers; and . 4. Tho marked copies of the rej^ister of voters; and the counter- foils of the ballot pa])ers; and Ti, The tendered votes list and the list of votes marked by the presidinjc officer, and a statement of the number of the voters whose votes are so marked by the returnin;,' officer under tho head "unable to road" and the declarations of iij.ibility to read; and shall deliver such packets to the returning oificer of Yates Street Ward. IG. The packets shall be accompanied by a statement made by such returuiufif officer, showinfjf the number of ballot papers en- trusted to him, and accounting' for them under tho heads of bal- lot pi.pers in tho ballot box, unused, apoilt, and tendered ballot papers, whicdi statement is in this By-Law referred to as " the bal- lot paper account." 17. The candidates may respectively appoint ajjfonts in the man- ner hereinbefore mentioned, to attend tho counting of tho voles. 18. The returning officer for Yates Street Ward shall make ar- rangements for counting the votes in the presence of tiic agents m( any of the candidates as soon as practicable after tho close of tho poll ; and shall give to tho agents of any of the candidates appoint- ed to attend at the counting of tho votes, notice in writing of tho time and placo at which he will begin to count tho same. 10. The returning officer of Yates Street Ward, his assistants and clerks and the agents af the candidates, and the candidates or any of them; and no other person e.xcept with the sanction of the returning officer of Yates Street AVuvd, may be present at the counting of the votes. 20. Before tho said returning oOicei' piooeeJs to count the votes, he shall in the iireseuce of the agents of tho candidates open each ballot box and taking out the papen-- 'ho .ein shall count and record the numbers thereof ; and then mix together tho wlwjle of the bal- . lot papers contained in the ballot boxes. The .said returning offi- cer while counting and I'ecording the numberof ballot papers, and counting the votes, shall keep the ballot papers with their face upwards and take all proper precautions for preventing any per- son from seeing the numbers printed on tho batiks of such papers. 21. The returning officer shall so far as practicable proceed con- tinuously with counting the votes allowing only reasonable time for refreshment. 22. The said returning officer shall endoi'se " rejected " on any ballot paper which he may reject aa invalid and shall add to the endorsement " rejection objected to" if an objection bo in fact made by any agent to his decision. The said returning officer shall report lo the Clerk o: the Municipal Council the number of (•(miitor- '37 i)M Hot impiTH roJL'cteit und not counted by liiin luuler the Heveral liimdrt of 1. Willi! ol oflieial murk. 2. Voting' for nioro candidiitoR than ontitlod to. :(. W'ritiiij,' oi- niiii'k liy wliicli voter could bo ideutilied. I. I iiiUiukcMl or void for unwrtainty, mid hIiivU on rorjueHt allow iiiiy a{,'»'ntH of the candidates before hucIi report in Heut to copy it.* 2H. ('i)oii tlio coniiilotioii of the conntinf,', the said roturninjif olliccr hIiiiU Hc.'iil upon Hcpiunitii piickc.'tH the counted and repeated Imlliit piiixM's. He slmil not open the Healed jjacket of tendered liulliil papei'H, uv niaiked i'op\ of the regislc'r of votevH and coun- ti'ifoils but slmil ]>r()ce('d in the presence of the a;j;entH of the cau- iliiliiieH to verify tiio ballot piipiM', account given by each presiding ollicer by conipiirinfjf it with tlie niimlMsr of ballot papers i-ecorded by liiiii as a foresuiil ; ami llii^ unuseil and spoilt ballot papers in hJH posH('ssion, and tiie teiidered votes list, and shall re-seal e;iph scalt'd packet after e.Mimiiiatinii. Th(> said returning officer sliall rcpuil, to tiie (!lerk of the Municipal Council the result of such vciiticiilioii ,iuil shall ou riipiest allow any agentsof the candidates liet'oi'e such report is sent to copy it. 2-i. Lastly, the returning officer sliall forward to the Clerk of the Municipal Council all the boxes and papers aforesaid, endors- ing on eacli packet a description of its contents, and the date of the election to which they rrlat(^ ami the name of the Ward for \vlii<'h such elf!(^tion was held. ■2"». The Clerk of the Alunicipal Council shall retain for a year III! documents relating to an election forwarded to him in pursu- ance of this By-Law by a returning officer, and then unless other- wise dire('t(Ml by the Municipal Council shall (sause them to be destroyed. ■J'l. No person shall be allowed to inspect any rejected ballot papersin tlie custody of the Clerk of th" Municipal Council, except under the order of the Mayor or a Judge of the Supreme Coui't of British Columl)ia, to be granted by such court on his being sat- islied by evidence on oatii that the inspection or production of su(!h ballot papers is reipiireil for the purpose of instituting or iiiaintiiining a prosecution of an ofi(!nce in relation to ballot papers or I'or tlie purpose of a proceeding ijuestioning an election or re- turn, and any such order for the inspection or production of ballot pa})ers may be mado subject to such conditions as to pei'- sons, time, jilace, and mode of inspection or production as the Court making the same may think expedient; and shall be obeyed by the C'lerk of the Municipal Council. Any power given to a Court, by this rule may be exorcised by any Judge at- such Court at ("haiubers. '21. No person shall. ex(!e[)t i)v order of any tril)iinal, liaving (^ognizan(;e of proceedings complaining of undue returns or undue election, oi)en the scaled packets of counterfoils after the .same have once been sealed u[), (u- be allowed to inspect any counted ballot jKipers in the custody of the Clerk of the Municipal Council; such order may be made subject to such conditions as to [lersons, time, place, and mode of opening or ins])6ctii)n as the tribunal making the order may think expedient, provided that on making and carryinpf into eilectany such oviler, caro shall bo tnkon that tho moile ill which any particular elector sliall have votetl shall not be discovei'ed until he has l)eeii proved to iiave voted, aud his vote has bec'D declared by a couipeteut court to be invalid. 28. All documents forwarded by tho said rcturnin<^ officer in pursuance ot' this By-Law to the Clerii of the Municipal Council other than the ballot papers and counterfoils shall be oi)en to pub- lic inspection at such time, and under such regulations as may be prescribed by tlui Clerk of the Municipal Council with the consent of the Mayor aud the Clerk of the Municipal Council, shall supply copies of or extracts from the said documents to any person de- manding the same on payment of such ft-es; and subject to such regulations as mav be sanctioned bv the Mayer. GENERAL PROVISIONS. 29. In the case of a contested election fcr any Ward or for tho office of Mayor, tl'e returning officer in any Ward may in addition to and Clerks appoint competent persons to assist him in counting the votes. 30. Nj person shall be appointed by a returning officer for the purjjosj.-i of all election who has been employed by any other per son in or about the ele(!tiou. 31. .The returning officer may do by the deputy returning officer or clerks appointed to assist him any act which he is required, or authorized to do by this By-Law at a polling station. 32. A candidate maj' himself undertake the duties which any agent of his if ai^pointed might have undertal-en or may assist his agent in the performance of such duties, and may be present at any place at which his agent ma^' in pursuance of this By-Law at- tfeiid. If such agent dies or becomes incapable of acting during the time of the election the candidate may appoint another agent in his place, and shall forthwith give to the returning officer notice in writing of the name and address of the agent so appointed. 33. Every returning officer or deputy returning officer, and every official clerk, or agent authoi-ized to attend at a polling sta- tion, (jr at the counting of the votes shall before the opening of the poll make a statutory declaration of secrecy in the presence (if he is the returning officer) of a Justice of the Peace, and if he is any other officer or an agent, of a Justic«;of the Peace or of the return- ing officer. 34. Where in this By-Law any expressions are used rejuiring or authorizing or inferring that any act or thing is to be (lone iii the presence of the agents of the candidate,), such expressions shall be deemed to refer to the pi'esence of such agents of the can- didates as may be authorized to attend, and as have in fa(!t attend- ed at the time and place where such act or thing is being done, and the non-attendance of any agents or agent at such time and place shall not, if such act or thing be otherwise duly done, in any wise invalidate the act or thing done. m SECOND SCHEDULE. List of Candidates nominated for .Ward. SURNAME. HAY WARD GOWAN DALBY OTUKR NAME CHARLEt CHARLES . r.^^„ RANK, PROFESSION ABODE, ' OR OCCUPATION, VICTORIA MERCHANT. NANAIMO ATTORNEY. WILLIAM CARIBOO MINER. d or for tho ill addition in counting (Signed) A. B., Keturning OflBcer. FORM OF BALLOT PAPER. i9 which any uay assist his be' present at s By-Law at- iig during the ither agent in officer notice COUNTERFOIL No NoTK — Tlio Counter- fiti is tn llHVe :i lllimlKT rii roTosp ird with tliiit .11 the liiiuk ijf ihe Itul- iiii I'.iiitr. HAYWARL\ GOWAN. DALBY. FORM OF BACK OF BALLOT PAPER. No Election for. .Ward Note — (The number on the ballot paper is to correspond wi'h that in the counterfoil. used re juirin^ I to be (lone in ch expressions nts of the can- in fact attoiid- is being done, such time and ly done, in any DIRECTIONS AS TO PRINTING BALLOT PAPER. Nothing is to be printed on the ballot paper except in accord- ance with this Schedule. The surname of each candidate, and if there are two or more candidates of the same name also the other names of such candi- dates, shall be printed in large characters as shown in the form, and tlie names addresses and descriptions and the number on the back of the paper shall be printed in small characters. 40 FORM or DIRECTIONS FOK THE GUIDANCE OF THE VOTER IX VOTING WHICH SH\LL HE PRINTED IN C01,9PICU0Ua CHARACTERS, AND PLACARDED OUTSIDE EVERY POLLING STATION; AUD IN EVERY i:oMPARTMENT OF EVERY POLLING STATION; The voter ina,v vote for camliilate. The voter will go into one of the coiniiartnicnts iinil with the pencil provided in the compartnitrnt, place a cross on <" e right hand side opposite the name of each candi(hite for whom he votes, thus X The voter will then fold uj) the ballot paper so as to show the official mark on the back, and leaving the compartment will with- ont showing the front of the paper to any one, ihow the official mark on the back to tlie presiding officer, and then in the presence of the i^rcsiding offi"er, put the pa])er into the ballot box ant^ forthwith quit the jjolhng station. If the \ot('r inadvertently spoils a ballot paper he can return it to the officer who will, if satislied of such inadvertancy, give him anoiher ]japer. If the voter votes for more thaw r . . . candidate or places any mark on the ])apcr by wjiich he may be afterwards identitied, his ballot paper will be void, and will not be cinmted. If the ..voter takes a l)ailot paper out of the polling station, or deposits in the ballot box any other paper than the one given him by the officer, he shall, on summary conviction before a Justice of the Peace, be subject to imprisonment for any term not exceeding six months. 'Note. — These directions shall be illustrated by examples of the ballot paper FORM OF DECLARATION OF INABILI CY TO READ. I, A. B., of being numbered on the register of voters for. Ward, d" hereby declare that I am ui.able to read, A. li. his mark. The day of I, thu undersigned, being presiding officer at the polling station for the Ward, do hereby certify that the above declaration having bean first read to the abov(; named A. B., was signed by him, iu my presence, with his mark. Signed C. D. Presiding officer for Polling Station for the Ward The day of Passed the Municipal Council, December 30th, 1874. WM. DAiiBY, \I:.yor. Wm. Leioh, C. M. C. . 4. Ev sions, (Ic the sai( as is tl advaiKM Victori i). occuijfi ciibed Ijiin, exceec anioun iUDJun to be «. T hchedu 'to term lier, iin( I any pe ■' \, Jietail, said cei jtiou tht j^iven b I'Tustice [tlicpub iich ce ' " sign* 41 ^INO WHICH ri-ACARDED n'MENT OF candidate. d with the II t ■ e right 11 he votes. ;o show the t will with- the official lie presence .ot box and an r. 874. ,BY, Mr.yor. No. 2 1 . ANNO TUiaESIMO OCTAVO. VICTORIA REOINM THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF VICTORIA. A By-Ij'(W for the liaising of a Municipal Revenue. [May 12th, 1875. J Be it enacted by the Mayor and Council of the Corporation of the City of Victoria as follows: 1. From and after the passage of this by-law, the general muni- cipal revenue of the city shall be raised, levied and collected for the use of the Corporation, from such sources as are hereinafter ])rovided. !i. There shall be raised, levied, and collected, in each year ^TOenjertbyity.Uw, upon all thq real and personal property mentioned in the Assess- ^'o ^o. Ill li. "iol.' • the time being in force in the city, an equal rate of one • •■ ■?.■: ,. li the assessed value thereof as appears by dm said roll. 3. The aforesaid taxes shall be due and payable by the person or persims liable for the same, to the Collector of the Municipal Council, at his oliice in the City Council Chambers, Broad street, Victoria, on the first day of June in each year. 4. Every person using any of the trades, occupations, profes- Trades. *e . licnnses m sions, or business, in schedule A, hereunto annexed, jDarticularly'"**'^''^''"!'"^- (Ifscribed, shall take out a periodical license for such period as in tiie said, schedule A, set out, paying therefor such pei'iodical sum (IS is there specified, which said sum shall respectively bo paid in advanced to, and for the use of, the Corporation of the city of Victoria and their successors. "). No person shall u-,e, i)ractice, carry on or exercise any trade, PeimUy fortrariing, ic, . ■ ^ c • 1 • • ii 1 111*1 witliijut a license occupation, protes.mt.'i, or i)usine>is m the said schedule A, des- cribed or named, ' i;uoui having taken out and hud granted to iiini, her or thefo . l..'^!i'? • in that belialf, under a penalty not exceeding the au (.i fi'O for every 8U(di oilence, together with the amount which he p' 'nl," ;. .^-e paid for such license, which said iimount and penalty sl •' , for the purpose of I'ccovery, be held to be one penalty. , (). Thw licenses to hn granted as aforesaid may be in the form ii. F.imof icense sciMuie I schedule B, to this By-L:nv. and the same are to be granted sc as°p|,j,,„, ,,j, uy.-^^^ to terminate on the 3(ltii day of June and the 3Ist day of Decern- v -id. Iicr, and no j^roportinate ileduction shall be made on account of I any person or persons, commencing business between those dates. • No license shall be granted to any person for the sale of '''I'l^j"""'""- *><•» , spirits' ^11 'jr, or otiier ff'i-inenled or intoxicating liijuorby*' [retail, unless 'i,- . t'.e cartificate ui a Justice of the Peace; which s;ud certificate ,-. li be granted after specific and public applica- jtiou therefore, a/u. vit'. •■ ifusonable notice to suci) Justice, to be .(■iven by the applicant, due regard being had in the grant by such I'Tustice of such certificate, to the requirement and convenience of I the public; and except for the renewal of an expiring license, no uch certificate shall be granted, unless the upplication therefor !'. f signed by sevonteutliB in number und value, of the owners or i leaseholders of the property abnttinp upon the same street or streets, and within the same block, as 'le premisss named in such certificate shall abut upon, and be within, respectively; «nd such certificate may be in the form of schedule C; and such license for the sale of fermented and intoxicatinj? • liquor by retail, shall be granted only to the licensee in respect of the premises mentioned in such certificate, and no person so licensed to sell fermented or intoxicating liquor by retail, shall carry on such business in any other premises except the premises named in such license or cer- tificate, under a penalty not exceeding the sum of $250 for every such offence — and such license shall be granted so as to terminate on the 30th day of June, and the 31st day of December, and no proportionate deduction shall be made on account of any person commencing business between those dates provided that the Mayor of the said city may, at his discretion, transfer any such license to any person who shall have obtained such a certificate from a Justice of •-. Peace as aforesaid. Auctioneer's Reiurnn 8. Every person , goods, merchandise, or merchantable commodities by publi., tion shall, on or before the tenth day of every month, make a return to the Collector of the Municipal Council of the citj' of Victoria, of the amount of money or equivalent of money received by him during the past month, end- ing on the last day of every month, in respect of goods, merchan- dise, or merchandable commodities sold. by him by auction, and such return shall be in the form marked D, in the schedule to this By-Law; and every person selling by auction asaforsaid, shall pay to the Corporation of the city of Victoria, in addition to any license, as specified in schedule A, an amount equivalent to one and one-half per cent, upon the amount so received as aforesaid; and if any pt-rson, selling by auction as aforesaid, shall neglect to make such returns as aforesaid, he shall he liable to a penalty not exceeding the sum of $250, and if any person selling by auction as aforesaid, shall make any false or fraudulent return of any matter contained in any such return as aforesaid, such person shall, upon a summary conviction thereof, be liable to a fine not exceeding $500; or to imprisonment for any term not exceeding two years. 9. The annual taxes mentioned, and authorised to be assessed, levied, and collected by the Municipal Council of the city of Victoria, and by virtue of the "Road Ordinance, 1869," and the "Road Amendment Ordinance, 1870," shall, subject to the pro- visions of the said Ordinances, form part of the general municipal revenue aforesaid. 10. There shall be assesssed, levied, and collected upon and form the owner of every dog running at large within the city limits, an annual rate of $2 for each such dog, and for this pur2)ose the harbourer of any dog for the space of one month shall be deemed the owner thereof. Ownfr to ijB furnished 11. On payment of any rate under the las, preceeding section, with.<.ceipt«adtHg the Collector of the Municipal Council shall furnish the owner of the dog in respect to which such rate is paid with a receipt, and I also a tag or mark to be attached to a collar placed around the neck of such dog. Pr.K-eedingf for penitities 12, Whenever any pecuniary penalty is imposed for any offence, the same may, unless otherwise provided, be recovered by way of| summary proceedings before any single Justice of the Peace hav- ing jurisdictiun within the city limits, and every such penalty, with the costs of conviction, be levied by distress and sale of thel Road Taxei . Dog Tax. !| 48 cum*. iujl to any person or i^arty, matter or thing, any word importing the masculine gender, or singular number, shall be understood to " include, and shall be applicable to several persons and parties as well as one person or party, and females as well as males, and bodies corporate as well as individuals, and several matters or things, as well as one matter or thing, unless it bo otherwise pro- vided, or there be something in the subject or contex repugnant to such construction, 15. For the purposes of this By-Law, the term wholesale trader Monning of > hoie»aie shall be held to mean every proprietor of an Express OfiSce, Gas I™'"' Company, Fire Insurance Company, Coal Merchant. Lumber Dealer, Fur Trader, Foundry, Warehousman, and every person who sells articles in bulk or unbroken packages. Ifi. For the purposes of this By-Law, a retail trader shall be Me'»"'n»'\'''*^*''"Ti»der , , , . ^ * . •' ' , . ,,. , Rf pealed by By-Law, lield to mean every person carrying on any business or calling not no 29 otherwise specially mentioned, within the City limits, 17, This By-Law may be cited for all purposes as "The Victoria ^'""'' ^'""• Revenue By-Law 1875." Passed the Municipal Council this 12th day of May 1875. J. S. DRUMMOND, Mayor. Wm. Leioh, Clerk Municipal Council SCHEDULE A. Each person vending spirituous or fermented liquors by retail, for each house or place within the City limits, where such vending is carried on — $100 for every six months. Each person, not having a retail license as above, and vending spirituous or fermented liquors for wholesale, that is to say, in quantities of not less than two gallons, for each house, within the City limits — $25 lor every six months. Each person keeping a saloon, or building where a billiard table is used for hive or profit, within the City limits — $5 for each table for every six months. Each person keeping or letting for hire, any bowling alley or ritte gallery, for each bowling alley or rifle gallery within the city linits -—$10 for - very year. Every person keeping a dance house within the City limits — $200 for every twelve months. Every person selling opium, except chemists and druggists using the same in the preparation of prescriptions of medical prac- titioners — $50 for everj' six months. Every person carrying on the business of a wholesale, or of a na 44 Repeiiled by By-Liw, No. 2tf. Repe'\1ed by Ily-Law, No 29. wholesale and retail, merchant or trader within the City limits — $50 for every six months. Every retail trader within the City limits — $5 for every six months! Tlie two last licences to enable the person paying the same to change his place of business at i)leasare, but not to tarry on bus- iness at two places at tlio same time under one license. Every person selling, or oifering to sell goods or merchandise within the City limits, as the agent or traveller of any person, firm, or company not carrying on business witiiin the City limits, the same sum as such last named person, iirm, or company would be liable to 2)ay if he or they carried on business within the City limits. Every hawker or peddler within the City limits — §20 for every twelve months. Every person carrying on the business of a pawnbroker within the City limits — §150 for every twelve months. Every jjerson owning a pack train of more than six animals, freight waggon, stage coach or omnibus, u.sed in transporting goods for profit or hire a distance beyond ten miles from the city of Victoria, and not paying a merchant's or trader's license — §10 for every twelve months Every person owning a pack train of less than six animals, dray, waggon, or other vehicle used in transporting goods and passen- gers for profit or hire within a distance of ten miles from the city of Victoria, and not paying a merchant's or trader's li(;ense — So for everv twelve months. Every 1; very stable keeper within the city limits — §20 for-every twelve months. Every cattle dealer — §20 for every twelve montlis. Every person, firm, or body corporate, carrying on the business of a banker at one place of business within tlie city limits, such bonk being a bank of issue — §200 for every six months' and for each other place of businP'^s within the city limits— -§50 for every six months- Every person, company, or botly corporate, carrying on the business of a banker at one place of business within tlie city limits, such bank not being a bank of issue-. -§100 for every six months, and for each other place of business within the city limits— C<2.") for every six months. Every person following the occupation of a conveyancer or laud agent, or both, within tlie ciiy limits--§25 for every six mouths. Every auctioneer (not being a Government ofiicer, selling by auction Government property, or sheriff' or sheritt"3 otficcr or bailiff selling lands, goods or chattels taken in execution or for the satisfaction of rents or taxes) in addition to any other licen o before mentioned, and 1^ per cent, on returns of sales exclusive of real estate— §50 for every six mouths. Evrrv proprietor or manager of any circus exhibiting within the city bm ts— for each exhibition §10. Every i)roprietor of manager of any theatre or public exhibition within the citv limits — for each exhibition, §5. NO. SCHEDULE B. FORM OF LICENSE. A. B. has paid the sum of dollars in respect of a I'cense to and is entitled to carry on the business or occupation of CD., Collector. 4.j evetv Hix SCHEDULE C. 1. A. li., of Justice of the Peace for. . . .hereby certify thiitC. D., is a fit and proper person to be licensed to sell ferment- ed and intoxicating liquor by retail, but buch business to be carried on only on the premises following. [Describe them) Dated the dav of IH. !0 for every Dker within 20 for-every NniViO of .\iictii)ii(i('r. SCHEDULE D. .vuctioneer's ketlus. Amount of moneys orequi- vnlents received on nccoiint of sales during tlie inonlli ending - i\mount pnyiiblu in respect of one and n-hnlf per cent upon the same. I, A. B., do hereby declare that the above return is a faithful ami true return of the matters therein set forth to the best of my knowledge, information and belief. (Signed) , V. B. units— $25 for No. 22. ANNO TltlUKSIMO XONO. VICTOR IE H KG I \ .'E, CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF VICTORIA. B. C. [April l!)tli, 187(5. J A By-Lnw to amtnd " 'Ike By- Laic iJe.fiiiirif/ the Duties of the Water (Jdiinnissioiier, 187H."' Be it enacted by the Mayor and Council of the Corporation of the City of Victoria, as follows : Section six of " The By-Law Defining the Duties of the Water Commissioner, 1873," is liereby repealed, and in lieu thereof be it enacted. The said Commissioner shall whilst he shall continue to be em- ployed and during the construction of the said Water Works receive !is remuneration a salary at the rate of twelve hundred dollars per Jinnum, payable by equal monthly instalments. This By-Law maj' be (.ited as the By-Law to amend " The By- Law Defining the Duties of Water Commissioner. 1873." Passed the Municipal Council, April 19th, 1870. J. S. DRUMMOND, Mayor. William Leigu, Clerk to the Municipal Council. No. 23. ANNO rniUBHIMO NONU. I' / (' TO HI M li E U I N M. CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF VICTORIA, B. C. [April llHh, 1870.) PUOPOSED AMKNDMKNT OF THE BY-LAW KEBPECTINO THE DUTIES AND <30M- PENSATION OF THE CITY SIIRVEYOR AND WATEK WOBKS ENGINEER, 1873. A Bif-Laxc to amend the By-Laio entitled " The City Surveyor and Water Wor/iS Engineer By-Law, 1873." Be it enacted by the Mayor and Council of the Corporation of the City of Victoria, as i'ollowH ; Section six of the City SurTe5'or and Water Works Engineer By-Law, 1873, is hereby repealed and in lieu thereof be it enacted: The compensation or salary of the City Surveyor and Engineer ot the Water Works together for the performance of the duties hereinbefore specified is fixed at the sum of One Hundred Dollars per month. This By-Law may be cited as the By-Law to amend " The City Surveyor and Water Works Engineer By-Law, 1873." Passed the Municipal Council, this 19th day of April, 187G. J. S. DUUMMOND, Mayor. William Leigh, Clerk to the Municipal Council. No. 24. ANNO TnK4ESlMO KONO VlCTOni/E BEGIXjE. Municipal By-Law to define the Dutien and fix the Remuneration of the Health Officer of the City of Victoria. [May'ioth, 1876.] Bo it enacted by the Mayor and Council of the Coi'poration of t. ^ City of Victoria, as follows: I. It shall be the duty of the Health Officer of the City of Victoria : (a) To attend at the Council Chambers as often as the Board of Health shall direct. (6 1 To keep a record of all his proceedings in books to be pro- vided him for that purpose and to report to the Board of Health weekly, or oftener if necessary. (o') Ho shall visit all steam or other vessels coming from foreign ports carrying passengers before tlieir arrival at the wharf in the ports of Victoria and Esquimalt. {d) To examine all sources of filth and causes of sickness which may be on board any vessel, at any wharf within the Harbor 17 1(1 "The City of the City of Victoria, or which may have been landed from aiiy vessel on any wlmrf or other place, when notified of the same, and report the same to the Board of Health or to the Mayor. ((') In case any contajfious or infectious disease exists upon any vessel coming within the Harbors of Victoria or Esquimalt, to notify the Quai-antino OflBcer immediately of the fact with the view of having sucli vessel quarantined. ( /') To report to the Board of Health or to the Mayor any nuis- ance which lie may consider such, arising from defective sewers or decaying animal or vegetable matter or other cause, witliin the City. ((/) On any case or cases of contagious or infectious disease or di.seasos within the City being reported to him, to visit the same ai)d to report to the Mayor or to the Board of Health any such case or cases, and to take such steps as the Board of Hoaltli may diroct. II. The said Hcaltli Officer shall, whilst ho shall continue to bo employed, receive as remuneration a salary at the rate of |fiOO per iuinum, payai)le monthly by instalments of 850 per monto. III. This By-Law mav bo cited for all purjjoscs as "The Health Officer By-Law, 1870." ' Passed the Municipal Council the ^nih day of May, 187(1. Wm. Lkioii, J. S. DRUMMOND, Mayor. Clerk Municipal Council. No. 26. MUNICIPAL BY-L.WS'. tOltPOKATION OF THi; CITY OK VICrOUlA, I'ROVINCI: i)V HRITIS1I i()!.r.MBI\. A liif- Law to malw further provisions for tfieniisiiifjofa Muni- cipal Revenue. [February- 8th, 1877.] 11/ HEREAH it is expedient to impose a read tax upon all male \ V persons above eigliteen years of age residing in the City of Remuneration I Victoria or owning property therein for the purpose of raising a further Municipal Revenue: Be it enacted by the Mayor and Council of the Corporation of the City of Victoria as follows: 1. Every male person above eighteen yeai's of age, residing or neptiiud by .\p. 2». living in the City of Victoria, shall pay an annual tax of two dol- lars, and every person non-resident owning real estate in the said City shall pay a like tax to be a charge on his, her, or their real estate. 2. Any tax due under the provisions of this By-Law which shall not be paid after the same is demanded within thirty days of the period when it shall have become due may be recovered at the suit or instance of the Collector in a summary manner before any Justice of the Peace having jurisdiction within the Corporation of the City of Victoria, together with the costs of proceedings, such amount of tax and costs to be recovered by distress on the goods and chattels wherever found of the person liable to pay the said tax, and in default of any goods and chattels whereon to levy the l« amount of tho waid tax and costs tlicn by imprisonment not ex- ceeding 7 days in the discretion of the said Justice. 3. For the purposes of this By-Law the terra residing or living shall signify a residence of not less than !)0 days. 4. Tilly By-Law may be cited for all nurposos as "Tlio Victoria Road T.ix By-Law 1H77." Passed the Municipal Council this 7th day of February 1877. (Signed I M W. T. DRAKl-], Mayor, William Lekih, Clerk to tho Municipal Council. W No. 26. A Bj/hno to Fix the ('oiripcnsntiDii of tin' ('Hi/ Surrn/or /nnl Water Works Comniisxionrr. ll'HEREAS the City Surveyor andEnginoor of the Water Worku M has been duly appointed Watri' Works CominisHioner under *i)o piDvisions of " The Corporation of Victoria Water Works Act, 1873." And whereas it is expedient to fix the amount ot salary or com pensation to be paid to the said officer in said offices : respect of eiich of th Therefore, be it enacted by tho Mayor and Council of tlie (lor poration of the City of Victoria, as follows: The By-Law dated the 19th April, 187(), entitled "By-Law to amend the B\'-Law defining the duties of tho Water Comniis sioner " is hereby repealed, but such repeal shall not revive any by-law or section of by-law repealed bv the said by-law or section of the 19th April, 187{i. 2. The By-Law entitled "Tho By-Law defining the duties of the Water Commissioner, 1873," is hereby amended by the inser- tion, as Section 6 thereof, of the following clause: " The said Commissioner shall whilst he shall continue to be employed receive as reinunei-ation a salary at tho rate of nine hun- dred dollars i)er annum payable by equal monthly instalments." Tho By-Law dated the 19th April, 187(i, entitled the By-Law to amend " The City Surveyor and Water Works Engineer By-Law, 1870," is hereby repealed, but such repeal shall not revive any by-law or section of by-law repealed bv the said by-law of the 19th April. 187G. Tho By-Law entitled "The City Surveyor and Water Works Engineer By-Law, 1873," is hereby amended by the insertion as section number six thereof, of the following clause: " The Ciiy Surveyor and Engineer of the W^ater Works shall whilst he shall continue to be employed i-oceivo as remuneration a sal.iry at the rate of six hundred dollars per annum payable bj' equal monthly instalments." This By-Law may be cited as the By-Law to fix the salai'y of the City Engineer and Water Works Commissioner, 1877. Passed the Municipal Council tho 14tli day of February 1877. M. W. TYRWHITT DRAKE, Mayor. Wm. Lkioh, Clerk Municipal Council. Wn.1 A Bi/._ Secti Law, 1 words. of the Cor No. 27. A By-Law Prohilntiiiy the Sdliiig, Disposing of, Giring Awny, Neglect or Waste of Writer stipjilted !>>/ the Water Works. U'HEllEAS it lias boon found nocoflsary to prohibit by line or W iuipriHonmoiit the sollin>,', dispoHinfjr of, >j;iving away, neglect ur waste of water supjilied by the Wiitoi WorlcB. Tlierefore the Miinicipiil Council of the Corporation of the City of Victoria, enacts aHfoliows: 1. It shall not be lawful for any person being the occupant ten- nnt or inmate of any iiouRo or otherwise supplied with water from the Water Works of the City of Victoria to sell or dispose of such water or give it away to any person or persons whomsoever unless in case of actual necessity or permit it to be taken or carried or :i\vay by any ])erson or liorsons wlioiuHoever or to use or apply it to tiie use or benefit of others or to any other than to his, her or their own use and benefit, or to increase the suii[)ly ,()(J0 to ho obtained in tlic iiiunnor lua'cinafter nn-itod, And whoroiiH it will rc'([uiro tho Huni of S'i.OlU to bo raised annu- ;dly by Hpeeiiil rate for tho puymont of tho said debt and interoBt ■M iH heroinaftor mcntionod. And whcreaH the amount of tho whole ratable property of tho said ('orporation of tho City of Victoria, according to the lant re- vised AsHOSHment Holl, bcinj,' for tho year 1870, was ?'2,48il,H25, iiiesi)ective of anv future increase of the ratable property of the .\lunicii)ality luul of any income in the nature of ToUh, InteroHt 1)1- Dividends from the work; and also irreHp(,'(rtive of any income fiom the temporary investments of the Sinking Fund, or of any part thereof. And whereas for t tying the interest and creating an equal yearly Sinking Fund for j uyiug tho said principal sum of $20,001) and inter(!st, as liereinafter mentioned, it will require an equal annual speciii 'te of one-tenth of one per cent, in tho dollar. Bi erefore enacted by the Mayor and Council of the Cor- porf - the City of Victoria. 1. That it shall be lawful for tho Mayor of the City to raise by way of loan, from any person or persons, body or bodies corporate, w ho njay be willing to advance tho same upon the credit of the debentures hereinafter mentioned, a sum of money not exceeding in the whole the sum of $20,000, and to cause the same to be paid into the hands of the Treasurer of the said Corporation for the purpose and with the object above recited. 2, That it shall be lawful for the saiil Mayor to cause any num- ber of Debentures to bo made for such sums of money as ipay be required not less than §100 each, and that the said Debentures sliall be sealed with the seal of the said Corporation of the City of \'ictoria and be signed by the said Mayor. '6. That the said Debentures shall be made payable in Twenty- live years at furthest from tho day hereinafter mentioned for this Jiy-Law to take eHect, at the olKce of the 'J'roasurer of the Coi*- poration of the said City ot Victoria and shall have attached to iluuu Coupons for tho payment of the intere'.l. 4. That tho said Debentures bhall bear interest at and after the the rate of eight per cent., per annum from tho date thereof, which interest shall be payable half-yearly at the office of the Treasurer of the Municipality. u. That for the purpose of forming a Sinking Fund for the pay- ment of the said Debantui-es aud the interest at the rate aforesaid to become duo thereon, an equal special rate of one-tenth of one cent in the dollar shall in addition to all other rates, be raised, levied and collected in each year upon all ratable property in the said Municipality during the continuance of the said Debenturfis or any of ihem. 5* . V 6. Clause two of the "Victoriii Revenue By-Law, 1875," is here- by ama*^(let1 by striking out the words one per cent, and inserting in lieu thereofthe wonla nine -tenths of one ]ier cent. 7. Tt Giiuii be lawful for the said Municipal Council from time to time to repurchase any of the said Debentures from persons desirous of selling the same; and al! Debentures so repurchased shall be forthwith cancelled and dejtroyed, and no reissue of De- bentures shall be made in conseqi.'cuce of such repurchase. 3. That this By-Law shall fake eflfect aud come into operation upon the fifteenth day or May, A. D. 1877. 9. This By-Law may be cited for all purposes as the "Water Works Debenture and Revenue By-Law Amendment By-Law, 1877. 1877, 2d May, passed second reading. M. W. TYRWHITT DRAKE, Mayor. William Leigh. Clerk to the Municipal Council. No. 31. MUNICIPAL BY-L.\W. COEPOKATION OF THE CITY OF '. ICTOKI.A , PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA. A By-Law to aWhorise. the Sale of Lnnds w'Uliin the City of Vic- toria upon which Taxes to an equal or greater sum than 'Jiventy- five Dollars hnce been due and in arrear for tin ce years. [May 1(), 1877., lyHEREASitis e.-cpcdient that all lands or pareein of Itinds W within the City of Victoria upon which taxes: amounting to a sum of Twcnty-ti\e dollars or more have been due ard in arrear for three years shall be sold and the proceeds applied in the re- duction of such taxes. Be 't enacted therefore by the Mayor and Council of the Cor- poratioii of the City of Victoria. 1. The Assof-Mor and Collector of the Municipal Council of the City of Victoria, is hereby authorised and directed. Whensoever taxes on any l^nd amounting to twenty-five dollars have been due for and in the third year, or r'lo'e than throe j-ears preceding the current year, to submit to the .Mayor ot the City of Victoria a list in duplicate of all the lauds liable under the provisions of this By- Law 10 be sold for taxes with the amount of arrears aj.fainst each lot set opposite to the same ; and tlie Mayor shall authenticate sL'c'i lists by affixing thereto the seal of the Corporation and his signature, and one of such li«t.^ shall l)o deposited with the Clerk of tie Corporation and the other shall be returned to the Assessor and Collector with a warrant thereto annexed under the hand of the Mayor and the seal of the Corporation, commanding him to levy upon the land for the arrears due thereon with his costs. 2. It shall not be tiio duty of the A'isessor and Collector to make inquiry before effecting a sale of lands for taxes to apcwiiiin 8. Iftl ;ippears ^'.^lu, t'ael 111' the laJ liil charJ til ACS, Hef 'Ijc owm not be 11 flection \J will Hclj ill securcl *- tit ted in| enco of COLUMBIA. ctor to raaku to apr.til.iin m whether or not there is anj* distress upon the land, nor shall be be bound to inquire into or foi-m any opinion ol the value of the land. 3. The Assessor and Collector shall prepai-e a eojjy of the list (if liinds to be sold and shall incluue therein, in a separate column, a stiitement of the proportion of costs chargeabe on each lot for uilvcrtisiuf^ and for the commissions authorisec. by this By-Law to 1)0 paid to hiin, and shall cause such list to be published in some (liiily paper in the City of Victoria for a period of three months preceding such intended sale. •1. The adveitisment shall contain a notification that unless the iirroars and costs are sooner paid he will proceed to sell the htiids for the taxes on a day, a time and at a place named in the ad- vLTtistimeiit. "). The .is.sessor and Collector shall, at least thi'ee months before tbi' time of sale, also deliver to or deposit in the Vost Office to the address of I he owner of such property which is to be sold for taxes asaforesaid. or to the a^ifent of such owner, a notice in writing of the amount of taxes duo and thft the property is to be sold for arrears so due. and ii. case the address of th. if the Assessor and ('.oljector fa'ls r Kuch arrears of taxes. 10. If the purcLa.ser of an,v ;>i>.Mjerty or parcel of land fails im- mediately to pay to tbe Aase.ssor ami Cullector the amount of the purchase money, the A.isossor and Collector shall forthwitl| again put up the proiierty for sale. 11. Immediately after every sale the Assebsor and Collector shall return a list of the arrears satisfied by such sale to the Clei'k of the Corporation and shall at the same time pay in the proceeds of such sale to the said Clerk. 12. The Assessor and Collector after selling any land for taxes shall give a certificate under his band to the purchaser, stating distinctly what part or proportion as the case may be of the land and what interest therein have been sold, oi stating that the whole lot section or estate has been so sold and describing the same, and also stating the quantity of land, the sum for which it has been sold and the expenses of sale, and further stating that a deed con- ve3-ing the same to the purchaser or his assignes, according to the nature of the estate or interest sold will be executed by him, and the Mayor on his or their demand at any time after the expii'ation of one year from the date of the certificate, if the land be not pre- viously redeemed. 13. The Assessor and Collector shall be entitled to five per centum commission upon the sums collected by him as aforesaid. 14. This By-Law may be cited for all purposes as "The Victoria Real Estate tax Sale By-Law, 1877. Passed the Council this 17th day of May, 1877. M. W. TYRWHITT DRAKE, Mayor. William Leigh, Clerk to the Municipal Council. No. 32. Virldiia Municipal I'ound lii/ Law. \yE, the Mayor and Councillors in Council convened by virtue » » of the power and authority vested in us by an Act entitled "The Victoria Municipal Ordinance, 1867," and the "Victoria Municipal Amendment Ordinance, 18(5!)." Whereas, it is expedient for the gooil government of the City of Victoria, that a Ci\y Pound be established for the impounding swine, goavs, horses, horned cattle and dogs found at large or straying within the limits of the said City, and that such animals be declared a nuisance, and disposed of as such. Be it therefore enacted by the Mayor and Councillors of the said City of Victoria, as follows : J. That a public pound shall be established by the Mayor and Council for impounding of swine, goats, horses, horned cattle and dogs, and a pound keejier from time to time by them appointed who, subject to the ajiproval of the Mayor and Council of the said city, shall ho at liberty to appoint in writing one or more deputy or deputies, 2. That from and after the passing of this By-Law, all swine, goats, horses, bulla and steers, and dogs found at large or stray- he Victoria cillovs of the in;,' in any public way, street, thoroughfaro or unenclosed land within the City limits, shall be deemed a nuisance and may be dealt with as hereinafter provided. 3. The Council may from time to time define the limits by reso- hition duly passed within which oows may graze without being liable to be thereby Impounded. 4. All animals so found at large or straying as aforesaid, may be taken by the pound keeijer or his deputy or deputies, who shall impound the same in the city pound. o. A book shall be kept in which shall be entered, with all due s!)eed. a true and faithful record of the number of the animals im- ])ounded, whei'e they were found at large or straying; also of the dale of their receipt, and the date and manner of their disposal; and if sold, the name address and addition of each purchaser. 6. Every animal so impounded as aforesaid, shall forthwith be advertised by notice in writing uosted at a conspicuous place on the ))outid gate, and also at the office o* tiie Clerk ot the said Municipal Counoil, in whicli notice shall be stated a reasonable description of the animals and the date and hour of the ir pounding, and such notice shall be kept so posted for the space oV three days. 7. All animals imj^ounded shall be properU' housed and shall be furnished with all necessary sustenance whilst so impounded; but no animal shall be fed until six hours after impounding. 8. A fine not exceeding the sum of Two Dollars may be levied or collected on or in respect of eacli animal impounded, and a further reasonable sum for the sustenance of such animal after such period of six hours not exceeding in the case of each pig, goat, or dog, the sum of Twenty-five cents, and in the case of each horse or horned cattle so impounded, the sum of Fifty cents per day, each day or part of a day such animal shall be or continue so impound ed, may be levied or collected thereon or in respect thereof, in lieu and in satisfaction of all chai'ges for the housing and susten- ance thereof. y. That in case any injury or damage l>e done by any animals whicii are hereby prohibited from running at large, to an}* person or to any property sufficiently emdosed, the cattle wiien impound- ed sliall not be released until the amount .vf damage claimed by the owner or occupier of the projierty damaged shall bo deposited with the pound keeper in addition to the fees herein mentioned. 10. In case the amount claimed for damage shall be more; than the owner of the animals impounded think right, tlie amount ot such damage shall be referred to the Mayor who shall appoint a person to value and estimate the damage done, and the costs of sach valuation, not excoediug Three DoWars, shall be paid by the losing party. 11. In case no dispute shall arise as to the amount of damage, or in case the same is settled as aforesaid, then the pound keeper is to pay over to the owner or occupier of the propei'ty injured the amount in his hands after deducting the fees hereby made payable. lli. The owner of any animal impounded may at any time prior to the sale or other disposition thereof, as liereinafter provided, have the same released on payment to the Clerk (if tiic Slunicipal Council of the tines, charges and expenses chargeable thereon under the authority of this By-Law; or, in the case of tlogs, the amount of the rate or tiix payal)lt! tliereon for tlio cur.eiii year when impouncleil, together with the charges for the sustenance, as aforesaid. 13. On payment of the monies referred to in the last proceding section of this By-Law, an order in writing for the discharge ot the animal on account of which tlie payment sliall have Ix'cn made, signed by the Clerk of the said Municijial Council, 'lall he given to the person making the payment, anil on delivering such order to the pouiul koe|)t'r or on(,' of liis deputies, the animal therein I'eferred to shall be released 14. Every animal so impiiuuded as aforesaid, which shall uot have beei: released within seven days from the day on whidi it shall have been advertised as aforesaid, njay be offered for sale by Public Auction at tlie place and time in manne," hereinafter ap- pointc'l and shall be sold to the highest bidder, who shall there- upon become the absolute owner tiiereof , any law to the contrary notwithstanding. 15. PHblic Auctions for the sale of animals to be sold under the authority of this By-Law shall be iiehl at the City pound on Wed- nesday and Saturday in each week, at the hour of twelve o'clock at noon, or at such other place or time as the said Municipal Coun- cil, by notices signed by the Clerk of the said Council and posted in a conspicuous place on the pound gate and advertised in one of the daily newspapers published and cii'culated in the said City, for the space of ten days shall from time to time jji-eviously appoint; and no such animal shall be sold except at such auction; and such sales shall be conducted by the pound keeper, or his deputy 01 deputies, or one of them, or such other person or per- sons us the Siii.l Municipal Council shall from time to time ap- point. IG. The proceeds of every such sale as aforesaid shall be applied as follows: In the first place as .Municipal Revenue in or towards paying, satisfying and disi^harging the tines, (charges, rates, taxes, sums and expenses imposed or authorized to be levied or collected, under this By-Law, and the balance (if any) of such proceeds .shall he carried to an account in the Books of the said Municipal Coun- cil for use of the owner of such animal, subject as herein men- tioned. 17. All monies lield by the said Municiiial Council for the use of the owner of any animal -^ild under the authority of this By- Law, shall be deemed to be and shall be forfeited to the said Mayor and Council if sucdi jierson shall not establish his claim thereto within six calandar months from the day on which such animal shall liave been iuy)ounded. 18. The payment of any monies autlioriz-id to be levied or col- lected under the authority of this By-Law, and the 'elease of any dogs which may be impounded, shall not exempt or ndeasc the owner or^owners of such dog from the payment of tin; i iialty im- posed by either of the said B^'-Laws for raising the Revenue afore- said. 19. If any dog shall be offered for sale under this By-Law, by public auction, and shall not be sold, such dog shall be destroyed or otherwise dispos' d of, as the said Mayor, by writing under his hand, shall direct. w anc the Nort Streo An tion will sesse An sitior An rema land colle( Be of Vi 1. pecti Strec per )■ 2. this the SI ret 3. ncce?! pul 20, If tho money to arise on the sale of any animal as aforesaid shall not be suffirient to satisfy the amount which shall have been chargeable theveon, or in ease of clogs, it any dog shall be destroy- ed under the luthoritv of this B^'-Law, the amount due to the Cor- poration of thf* said City in respect of the animal which shall have hctn sold or destroyea oball be deemed a penalty, and shall be ioal Amendm ^t Ordinance i8(;y." 21. This By-Law may be cited for all purposes as the "Victoria City Pound I'iy-L'iw, 1877." Passed by the Municipal Council this Sth day of July, A. D. 1877 M. W. T. DRAKE, Mayor. \VlLI,I.VM LeIOH. Clerk to the Municipal Council. ' , ; No. 33. MUNICIPAL BY-LA^^. A By-Law lo pruriile for Ini/iiiff (tuicn a Gravel Sidewalk ov the North side of Richardson Street^ between Cook and Vaveou- vcr Sire ?.« [August 8th, 1«77. J WHEREAS tho owners of three-fifths of the lots in the block abutting the North side of Richardson Street, between Cook uud Vancouver Streets, having signed a requisition calling upon the Municipal Council to lay down a gravel sidewalk on the said North bid« of Richardson Street. l)etween Vancouver and Cook Streets aforesaid ; And, whereas it is estimated as is mentioned in the said requisi- tion that for the purpose of carrying out the said improvement it will rv'jquire a rate of fifty cents per running foot front to be as- sessed upon the owners of the lots aforesaid ; And whereas the Municipal Council approved of the saiil requi- sition and has decided to comply with the prayer thereof ; And whereas seven days notice in writing has been given to the remaining two-lifi)is of the owners of the lots in the said block of liuid of tho intention of the Municipal Council to levy, assess and collect tho said rate in order to carry out the said improvement; Be it therefore onacteil by the Municipal Council of the City of Victoria, aforesaid : 1. There shall be levi»;d, assessed and collected upon the res- pective owners of lots in tho block of land abutting on Riciiardson Street, between Cook and Vancouver Street a rate of fifty cents per running toot frontage. 2. The rates to be collected under the last preceding section of this By Law siiall be applied in laying down a gravel sidewalk on the No'th side of Richardson Street, between Viincnuver and ('ook Streets. 'Ji. Pr.yment of tiie rates mentioned in this By-Law shall if necessary V)o enforced in tho manner prescribed in " The MujHci- pul Ameudmenl Act of 187!1." This By-Law mnT be cited aa " The Richanison Street By-Law, 1877." Passed the Municipal Council this 8th day of August, 1877, M. W. TYRWHITT DRAKE, Mayor. William Lekjh, Clerk to the Municipal Council. No. 34. MUNICIPAL BY-LAW. A Bi/ Law Id li(gid(ile ll f >filc o/' I'oiDons. i August 8th, 1877.1 ll'HEREAS the sale of Poisons requires to be regulated. II Be it enacted by the Mayor and Council; 1. It shall be unlawful to sell any poison either by wholesale or by retail unless the bag, bottle, vessel, wrapper or cover in which such poison is contained be distinctly labelled with the name of the article and the word POISON and with name and address of the seller of the poison, and it shall be unlawful to sell any poison of those which are in the Schedule (/ ) to any person un- known to the seller unless introduced by some person known to the seller, and on eveiy sale of any such article the seller shall before delivery make or cause to be made an entry in a book to kept for that purpose stating in the from set forth in Schedule (B) to this By-Law, the date of the sale, the name and address of the purchaser, the name and quantity of the article sold and the pur- pose for which it is stated l)y the purchaser to he required, to which entry the signature of the purchaser and of the person, if any, who introduced him shall be afli.'ied, and any person selling poison otherwise than is herein provided shall upon a summary conviction before two Justices of the Peace be liable to a penalty not exceeding $25 for the iirst offence and to a penalty not exceed- ing $50 for the second or any subsequent offence and for the pur- poses of tiiis section the person on whose belialf any sale is made by any apprentice or servant shall be deemed to be the seller, but the provision of this section shall not apply to sales by whole- sale to retail Dealers in the ordinary course of wholesale dealing, nor shall any of the provisions of this section apply to any medi- cine supplied by a legally qualified Apothecary to iiis patie.it nor apply to any article when forming part of the ingredients of any medicine dispensed by a person under the ilirection of medical men pvovided such medicine be labeled with the name and ad- dress of the seller and the ingredi(Uit thereof be entered with the name of tae person to whom it is so delivered in a book to be kept by the seller for that purpose. 2. All poisons mentioned in Schedule A shall be mixed with some lierht colorintr matter. SCHEDULE A. Arsenii! and its preparations, Prussic Acid, Sti'ychnine and all poisonous vegetable, Alkaloids and their salts, Corrosive Sublimate, Aconite and its preparations. SCHEDULE B. Niitne of PurchaHer. Name of quantity of poison sold, Purpose for which it is requi>" ' . Signature of pui'cliaser. Signature of person introducing purchaser. This B^-Law mav be cited for ail purposes as the Sale of Poisons' Bv-Law, 1877. Passed the Municipal Council this 8th day of August 1877. M. W. TYRWHITT DRAKE, Mayor. William Leigh, Clerk to the Municipal Council xed with some No. 36. A Bij-l,(tw to rtgulale the Maintenance and Repairs of Sidewalks, Footpath-! and Vcranduhs within the City Limits. ll'HEREAS it is expedient to make provision for the regulation, Vy construction, maintenance and repairs of sidewalks, foot- paths and verandahs within the City limits. Be it therefore enacted by the Corporation of the City of Vic- toria, as follows : 1. That the Victoria Footpath and Awnings By-Law. 1873, hereby repealed. IS 2. Footpaths or sidewalks of a uniform grade and with a fall towards the street of not less than one-fourth of an inch to the foot, shall whenever and wherever by the Mayor and Council of the said City be deemed necessary or desirable, be constructed on (:acii side of each street within tlie City limits and every footpath or sidewalk shall be not more in width than one-sixth of the street du which it abuts. 3. All footjjaths or sidewalks shall be graded by the Ma3'or and Council at the expense of the City whenever such grading is neces- sary. • 4. Each footpath or sidewalk within the said City limits shall be riiitde of wood, stone flagging, tiles or bricks or such other mater- ial as the Street Committee may approve of ; but each footpath ur sidewalk shall be made of uniform nmterial for the whole width tiu'oughout its entire length. 5. Footpaths or sidewalks already constructed shall whenever by the Mayor and Council deemed necessary be altered so as to conform to this By-Law. 0. If the footpaths or sidewalks are constructed of wood the plunks shall be nailed to sleepers witli nails of sufficient length to be driven into sleepers one and one-half inches, the sleepers shall be placed at a distance of not more than three feet apart. 7. All planks, sleepers and posts referred to in this By-Law shall be of sound material; the planks shall be not less thau one and 60 one-half inches thick and not more than ten inches wide and not more than one sixtli of the widtli of the street in len^jfth, and the sleepers and the posts sliall be of sufficient len{,'th and shall not bo less in dimensions than four inches by four inches or three inches by six inches; but it shall bo lawful for the Mayor and Council by resolution to permit sidewalks of less width. 8. That all posts or pillars erected on any street shall stand pre- cisely at the outer edge of the sidewalk, and shidl have a rinp and staple fixed therein for the purpose of securing horses. 9. Where any portion of any footpath or sidewalk in the said City may be re(iuired to be used by any wagon, cart, or other vehicle for gaining access to any premises tlie sidewalk, if con- structed of wood, shall be laid longitudinally of plank not less than thi-ee inches thick upon the same level along the length of such footpath or sidewalk. 10. A good and sufficient fence or railing of a character material and in manner to be approved of by the said Mayor and Council or the Street Committee on their behalf shall be set up, erected, constructed and maintained at the side or sides of any footpath when and where by the said Mayor aud Council or the Street Com- mittee as aforesaid shall from time to time be deemed necessary for the safety of the public. 11. No person shall ride or shall drive, wheel or di'aw any wagon, cart, barrow or other vehicle ujjon or along or across any public footpath or sidewalk within the City limits (except hand carriages for children), and no person having the charge or con- trol of any beast of burden shall intentionally cause or permit the same to stand or go upon any public footpath or sidewalk as afore- said, or to stand upon any street crossing so as to obstruct the same. 12. No person shall back any wagon, cart, dray, or other vehicle against any footpath or sidewalk, within the City limits. 13. All persons riding or driving along the streets of Victoria, shall keep on the left side of the street. 14. That no building materials shall be laid down on any street or sidewalk wltliout the consent of the Council, and all such build- ing materials, as well as cellars and sewers in course of construc- tion on or near any public street or thoroughfare shajl be so guarded in the night time with n fence or beacon light, as to prevent acci- dents to persons or animals. 15. No person shall place on the streets or sidewalks any barrel, bale, crate or anything whatsoever, which in any way obstructs the footpaths or sidewalks, or which may bo considered a nuisance by the said Mayor and Council or Street Committee, on their bo- half unless in the casc^ where packages are being opened for the of taking the contents into warehouses during reasonable hours and all convenient speed shall be used in removing the same and no arti- cles shall be allowed to remain on the footpaths or sidewalks after dark. 16. No person or persons shall inteiTupt the travel of any high- way by opening or excavating any portion of the footpaths on the same without first obtaining jonBent of the Municipal Council or the Street Commiitee on their behalf. 61 17. No nei-sons shall in the front of any building erect any bay window which Hhall project on the line of a street. 18. VerandaJjs or awningH must extend from the front line of luiy buildingH to the outside edge of the footpatiis and shall pro- ject sufficiently to throw the rain beyond the sidewalk into tha gutter and be kfept free from leakage, and if constructed of wood must be planed lumber of the following dimensions: The posts sliall not be less than four inches by four inches and let into the curb of the footpath. The front plate or girt shall not be lesf* than two inches by ten inches planks. The rafters or joists shall not be less than two inches by si.K inches and shall not be placed more than six feet from centres. The purloins shall not bo less than two inches by four inches scantling. The flooring or roof .shall be of tongued and grooved boards not lesu thau one inch in thickness. 19. The covering or floor of any awning or verandah shall not be less than fourteen feet above the level of the footpath, The cornice of the same shall not project more than eight inches be- yond the line of the footpath except by resolution of the Mayor and Council. 20. Iron balconies supported by iron brackets shall not pi'oject more than three feet from the front line of any building to wiiicb thev are attached. of Victoria. 21. Areas projecting from the front of buildings must be covered over with iron or strong wooden gratings the space between the bars of the same shall not exceed one inch, 22. No steps or boot scrapers shall be allowed on the foot- paths, 23. All gates put up close to any street or sidewalk shall open inwardly instead of outwardly o^er such street or sidewalk, pro- vided that one month's notice shall be given by the Council to parties who at the time of the passing of this By-Law have gates opening outwardly over any street or sidewalk or who have veran- dah posts erected on any sidewalk to remove, alter or make the same in accordance with this By-Law. 21. No person shall throw or pile cordwood, firewood, or coal upon any paved or planked sidewalk, or upon any of the streets of the C;ity, or saw, or split cordwood, or firewood thereon, so as to obstruct the free use thereof, and no person shall stand on any such sidewalk with his woodsaw and horse so as to obstruct a free passage for foot passengers. 2'). Hereafter no hanging or stationary signs crossing a footpath shall be less than nine feet from the lower edge of sign to the footpath. 20. It shall be the duty of the Police Constables of the City of Victoria to use their best endeuvors to prevent any infraction of any of the provisions of this By-Law and to take all necessary pro- <:eodings for bringing to punishment parties guilty of any such infraction. 27. That in all cases when in the opinion of the Mayor and ('ouncii as expressed by resolution, it shall be expedient to con- struct any new sidewalk or repair any existing sidwalk or alter any mm C,-2 existing .'iulowalk ho hh to iimko tlie hhiiih cunt'onii in chiiructor niid appoiimuce to other Hidowiilks in the City or othorwiwo to ouu- foriii to tho reqiiiroinonts of tliin Jly-Liiw, it shiill ho tlm duty of tho owner or owners occupier or occupiiTs of tlio U)ts iihuttinjj on thiit portion of any Htroot where such eonHtru(?ti(>u alti'rution or reparation shall he couHidored necoHsary upon heiiijL,' notilicd in tlio manner hereinafthor proscriljod at liin and their ox|)enHe to eon- Btruct, alter or repair HUeh. sidewalk ac(!ordin{( to the exi|j;enoy of Buch notice and within such time as shall he expressed in such notice. All notices under tho proceedinjj section of this Hy-Lavv shall be in writinfj, and shall ho served on tho owner or owners occup- ier or occupiers of the land abutting on the street where such sidewalk shall be required to ho constriKstod altered or repaired as aforesaid where it is practicable so to do; l)ut i2 such owner or owners occupier or occupiers bo al)seut from the City then sucii notice or notices may be sc'rved by pontine tho same in soino conspicuous part of the land owned or oi-cupied by owner or owners occupier or occupiers and by dolivorinp; a cojjy thereof to the a{j;cnt or a^jfonts of such owner or owners occupier or occupiers in the Province of British Columbia or if there be no agent or agents of such person or persons in British Columbia tlion by posting a copy thereof addressed to such perso i or persons at his or their last known place of abode in ad- dition to posting the same ui)on the land as aforesaid. 28. If an^' person or persons shall make default in constructing altering or repairing any sidewalk occording to tho exigency of of any notice under tho provisions of this By-Law he shall bo liable to a line not exceeding $20 in tho discretion of any Justice of tho Peace before whom he may be convicted. 2!). Any person or persons refusing or neglecting to comply with any of tho provisions or requirements of this By-Law or guilty of any infraction thereof other than tliose mentioned in tho last preceding clause shall upon conviction thereof be subject to a fine of not less than $5 or not more than $20. 30. Every penalty imposed by this By-Law may together with tho costs of conviction be recovered in a summary manner before the Mayor, Police Magistrate or any Justice of the Peace having iurisdiction within the limits of the City of Victoria and may be levied by distress and sale of the goods and chattels of the oflfend- er and in default of payment of such penalty and costs then by imprisonment of such oflfeuder for any term not exceeding one calendar mouth, in one of Her Majesty ^s gaols. 31. This By-Law may be cited for all purposes as "The Victoria Footpath and Awning By-Law, 1877 " Passed the Municipal Council this day, 2!)th August, 1877. M. W. TYRWHITT DRAKE, Mayor. William Lkioh, Clork of the Municipal Council. 63 No. 30. MUNICIPAL BY-LAW. Fixing the lime whfin the yfunifiipal AxKenntwut Roll /or the i/enr 1878 Hhnll he reltirned hy the Annexmr of llic Cilij of Victoria, Hrilish (Julinnliia, to llir t'lerlr. of the MunicifHil Coitneil of the >nuil Oiti/. WHEREAS, it iH expedient that the time Bhoulcl ho fixed within which the City AsseHHor shiili return the AsHOSHmont Roll of the Citv of Victoria, B, C, for the year lf;78, to the Clerk of the Mu- nicipal Council of the said City, Be it therefore onactnd by the Mayor and Municipal Council of the City of Victoria, B. C, that the AssoHsmont Roll of the said City for the year 1878, shall be returned to the Clerk of the Mu- nicipal Council of the City aforeHaid on the thirtieth day of March, 1878, in pursuance of Hub section 1 of section 24 of "The Mu- nicipality Act, 1872." This By-Law may be cited for all purjjoses as " The Municipal By-Law fixing the time for the return of the Municipal Assess- ment Roll, 1878." ■ Passed the Municipal Council on the 13th day of March, 1878. R. FINLAYSON, Mayor. Wm. Leioh, Clerk to the Corporation of the City of Victoria, B. C. le Victoria No. 37. A By-Law to atitlinrize and provide for the construct ion of a Municipal Hall ami Public Market in the City of Victoria. VITHEREAS, it is expedient that a Municipal Hall and Public Mar- ket should be erected in the City of Victoria, Be it therefore enacted by the Mayor and Council of the City of Victoria, as follows: X. A Municipal Hall and Public Market shall be erected on lots Nos. 1249 and 1250, block T, on Douglas street, in the City of Victoria. 2. The said building shall be erected and built in accordance with the plans and specifications prepared by Mr. John Teague for that purpose, and as approved by this Council. 3. The cost of the said bifildings shall not exceed ten thousand dollars (|1U,000). 4. Immediately after the passing of this By-Law tenders shall be advertised for, by the Clerk of the Municipal Council, for the construction of the said buildings, and such tender may be accepted for the said work as the Mayor and Council shall think proper. The cost of erecting the same buildings shall be defrayed out of the current revenue of the Corporation of the said City of Victoria. This By-Law may be cited for all purposes as City Hall and Market By-Law, 1878. Passed the Council this 13th day of > ch, 1878. R. FINLAYSON, Mayor. Wm. Leioh, Clerk to th« Municipal Council. 64 No. 38. MUNICIPAL BY-LAW. A liij- Ijtiw Id iiri>c'uh' for luj/inij ilmvii ;'oiuply with the i)rayer thereof; And Whereas, seven days' notice in writing has been given to each of tht owners of the remaining two-liflhs of the lots on the said block of land of the intention of the Municipal Council to levy, assess and colle<;t the said rate, in order to carry out the said improvement, Be it therefore enacted by )e Municipal Council of the City of Victoria, aforesaid, as follows: 1. There shall be levied, assessed and collected upon the re- spective owners of the lots in thti block of land abutting on Cor- morant street, between Blauchard and Amelia streets, a rate of forty cents per foot. 2. The rate to be collected under the last preceding section of this By-Law shall Ije applied in laying down a plank sidewalk on the south side of Cormorant street, between Blauchard and Amelia streets. :}. Payment of the rates mentioned in this By-Law shall, if necessary, be enforced in the manner prescribed in •' The Munici- pality Amendment Act of 1873." •I. This By-Law may be cited as " The Cormorant Street Side- walk By-Law, 187H." Passed the Municipal Council this 3d day of April 1878. R. FINLAYHON, Mayor. Wir.LUM Leigh, Clerk to the Municipal Council, Victoria, B. C. I No. 39. CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF VICTORIA., B. C. Maniripal llij-Laic to np/xiinta liinr and pinci' fur the Iirarinf/nf Coin- plninls afjaiiid AiiKegmicnlfs. WHEREAS, by a By-Law dated the 13tli March, 1878, the 30th day of March was appointed for the return Viy the Assessor to tho t'lork uf tlu' Mmiici|mlity of \\w AHHOHHinrnt, Hull I'nr tlici your 1878; Aiul Whert'iiH, tin- suiil Hull wuh retunipd on that (\iiy; And WlioroiiH, it is ntteoHWirv to iijjpoint a (imo find place fcir licariiij,' tli'i rroinplaiiitH of hik^Ii pcrHoii or [xhsomh hh may romjilain of liJH or tlicir HHsuhKiucnts appt'arinj,' on tlio said lloll, Bt) it therefore oniictcd by the Mayor ftnd Municipal Ooiuuil of the City of Victoria, B. C, wh follown: ■ , That all eoiii|)laints that mas heretofore havo lieeii duly made, or which HJiall hereafter be duly inude, by any person or persons of his or their asseHsnieiits, a:< the sanii! may appear on tlie Ahhchh nuMit lb)ll for the year 1H7H, sliall \w heard at tlie ('ity Council CliHiMb(!rM, Vii'toria, on Wediiesdiiy, the Ist day of Alay, 1878, at the hour -12 o'clock in the afternoon, or ho hoou tiiei'cafter as the said roniplaints can be licard. This By-Law may be cited for all [iiiiposes as • Tho By-Law fix- ing,' the date of iieariiif^ appeals against the Municipal ABseHsment UoU, 187f." Paused tho Municipal Council this 17th day of Ajiril, 1S78. U. FINLAYSON. Mayor. Wn.i.iAM LiKiii, Clerk to the Municipal Council. No. 40. A Itij- l.dW III riKthtr /h<' ('iiriiiinilinii nf Ihr ('ilijiij' \'li Inri'ii 1 1 niim' the ir /iKrpuxrn llnrrin Ki-lfnrlh. WHEriKAS, the ilnnicipal Council of the Corporation of the City of Victoria haw resolved to raise the sum of $20,000 to pay ofl" certain outstanding liabilities of the Haid Council; And ^^'herc.lrt, ir will reipiire the sum of $2,012 to be raised an- nually l)y sjxicial rate for tlie payment of the said debt and interest, a» is hereinafter mentioned; And Whereas, the amount of the whole rateable property of the said Corp. That for the purpose of fcrmiuy a sinking ruud for tlie pay- ment of the Gaid debentures and the iatcirest at the rate alor .•.sad tf become due thereon, an equal special rate of one-tenth of one cent on the dollar shi.ll, in addition to all other rates, be raised, ;^.ied and collected in ea^h year upon all ratoable property in the . said Municipality during the continuance of the siid dubcntures or any of them. 0. Clause two of the Victoria Revenue By-Law, 1875, as amended by the " Water Works Debeutui-e and Revenue By-Law Amendment By-Law, 1877," is hereby further amended by striking out the wordf; •' nine-tenths " and substituting ' the words "eight- tenths." 'i . It shall be lawful for the said Municipal Council from time to time to purchase any of the said debentures, and such debentures shall be so expressed as to entjlle the said Council to redeem and purchase the sauie on paving ti'o amount th. reof and interest due thereon to the date of such ijurchase to the holder or holders there- of; and all debuntures so I'epurchased shall be forthwith cancelled and destroyed, and "o reissue of debentures shall bo madt in con- sequence of such lepurchase. 8. That this By-Lrw shall take etfect and come into operation upon the 20th day of June, A.. D. 1878. 9. This By-Law may be cited lor all purposes a^ "The Bj-iiaw to authorizb the raising of Twenty Thousand DoUai 1S78." Passed the Municipal Council this 19th day of Juno, 1878. R FINLAYSi t\, Jiayor. Wn^LiAM Leioh, wler?- to the Municipal Council. ^0 No, 41. A By-Lnw to provide for the impoiuidi tg of aniinaU VKuniiiti at large ivithui the CUy-Unuls. .?,,., YyilERKAS, it is expedient for tlie good government of the City ' ' if Viutoiia that a City Pound be established, for the impound- 67 lOl) inj» of swine, floats, horse;;. iDrned mid otiior Oiittle, tmiloH, asHes, iH*4-da;ifd foimd at l(ir;];oorfrraziii?f witliin the limit.sof tUosiiidGity, '^ ' '- and that auch aOiruaLs be declared ii n^inauce and disposed of as such. Bp it Hioreforo cniictocj l>_v the Atnvtrt' and Counoillwwi of the said Citjr of Yictorin, as follows: *y IT, *» - / \i' tt - A/ 1. That a Public Pound shall bt* cstahlishod bv tho il.vy»>r aud Council, for the irapoundiii;^ of swine, i^oats, horsus, horned and other cattle, inulos, asses, and do^fs. A Pound Keeper shall be from time to time appointed In' the Mnytu-and Council, niidhe shall be at libi'rtv to appoint in writin;^' one or more ileputy or deputies, subject always to th«i ai)])roval ot' the Mayor and Council. he passinj^ of this Py-Law al^,!» catt'c, muh's, asses, aud rlt»^ found t^rut-, ofjllwroujlitare, or ill> ui)on any un 7inisance, and mav be dealt witlnus hereuiafajr.mentioned. n- •i. All animals so Lgniiil atviirpfe grazmi,' or '-.in^y fiaid, within the t-jty*^"'"*^ ,^';j j,,ii_.w-..^>^»l-bo ■u passed in vursuiuico of the sai'tiiiteonth ioctiou oi tLi.s.TJj- ' J Kci jier, or his deputy or dej>utic r//t!ie (!*ii*.Pound.. IX t i ■^V- leaMoiiable sum for the sustenai of ^ix hours, not evcee liu'', in ./C/tc^* U /Cfc. 2. That from and. after H4i^iMt liorses, horned or ot!i at liu-^e or slrayiu;^ in any pu\lic way^t^^ut-, oi',UK)rouyiirare, or iiii.closed huui witliVi tlifv^i^v ihnitsljiludl b; ■docmod ft ;i. The Council may, from tiiiie to tiuie, "p\ resolution duly passed, define certain limits within the ♦♦tH limits wlicrein cows not wearing bells may <.n-:i7M without thereby bec(>miii<; subject to be im- pounded under the fourth unction of t'.is By-L;uw •t. All animals so found ■,iri»yin;j;, as aftu-e- ft"" I*^HOxI#W^t1 precediu^ Keetion,' or by the , may \w taken by the Pound ho sliall impound he same in 5. A book "s-Tiall be kept, in which shall be entered by the Pound Keo]ier or his deputy, with all due speed, a true and faithful record of the Tiuml»'>r of the aiiiiuals iuipouuded, w)M>re tliey were found at lar^'e ^'razi'i;:^ or straying': also, of the date of tlieir receipt and 'he date and luanner of their disposal, and, if sold, the name, ad- dress and addition of each purchaser thereof. in writiui-j jxis'ted in ii conspicuous place on the Potind j?ate. and also a^. the office of the Clerk of the said Mu- nicipal ("ouncil; such notice snail cinit.iin a reasonable dciM'i'iption of the animal, the date and hour of the impoundinnf thereof, and shall specify when ami wheve the saif^t* to be sold, and shall be ke[)t so i)osted for the space of three^TjTvs. w J * 7. ^^l animals impounded shall be properly housed, and shall be fnuiis'hfd witli all necessary sustenance while so impounded; bnt no imiuilkj-iiluili 1>^ t'tulautii««s Ikuh'm KftPTimpoinidinpfthei^nnie. 8. A fine not e.tceudiiihe sum of two dollars may lie levie ? or collected on or in respei't (;f eV-h animal impounded, and a furtlier of such animal after such period Mi(! case of each pi„', jji'oat, or doi;;, 'iirr/r City uact- ti:e sum of twenty- five cents, and'^n the case of each horse, mule, ass, or horned or other crttle so iiiWiounded, the sum of fifty cents foi' each day or part of u lay siicli lummil shall bo or continue so im)iounded, may be levied or collecteXtliereon or in respect there- of, in lieu and in satisfaction of all chav^'i's for the housing and Musionaiico thereof. 9. The owner of any animal impounded may, at any time prior to tho snl" ur other disposition thereof, as hereinafter provided. •>1, » /» 68 i >i' lA have the sa: ae released on payment to the Clerk of the Municipal Council or the Pound Keeper of the fines, charges and expenses chargeable thareon under the authority of thia By-Law, ('or in the case of dogs the amount of the rate or tax payable thereon for the current year when impoundedJ together with the charges for the ttustenance thereof, as afore^d. 10. On payment of the monies referred to in the last preceding section of this By-Law, an order in writing for the discharge of the animal on account of which the paynent shall have been made, signed by the Clerk of the said Slunicipal Council or the Pound Keeper aforesaid, shall be given to the person making the payment, and on delivering such order (if signed by the Clerk of the Mu- nicipal Council) to the Pound Keeper or one of his deputies, (or if signed by the Pound Keeper) to one of his deputies, the animal therein referred to shall be released. 11. Every animal so impounded, as aforesaid, which shall not have been redeemed within seven days from thfi day on which it shall have been advertised, as aforesaid, may be offered for sale by Public Auction at the place and time in manner hereinafter ap- pointed, and shall be sold to the highest bidder, who shall there- upon become absolute owner thereof, any law to the contrary not- withstanding. 12. Public Auctions for the sale of animals to be sold under the authority of this By-Law shall be held at the City Pound on -WedtMiHMlaj:— tmd Saturday in each week, at the hour of 12 o'clock at noon, or at such other place or time as the said Municipal Coun- cil, by notice signed by the Clerk of the said Council and posted on a conspicuous place on the Pound Gate and advertised in one of the daily newspapers publish J and circulated in the said City^for the spov: of ten u..ja, -(ha'' I'rom time to time previously appoint, and no such animal sha/ e sold except at such auction; and such .lales shall be conducted by the Pound Keeper or his deputy or deputies, or one of them, or such oi-her person or persons as the said Municipal Council shall, from time to time, appoint. 13. The proceeds of every such sale, as aforesaid, shall be ap- plied us follows: In the first place, as Municipal Revenue in or towards paying, satisfying, and discharging the fines, cLai-ges, rates, taxes, sums, and expenses imposed orauthoriz'>d to be levied or collected under this By-Law, and the balance (if any) of such proceeds shall be carried to an account in the books of the said Municipal Council for the use of t>>« owner of such animal, subject as herein mentioned. 14. The payment of any monies authorized to be levied or col- lected under the authority of this By-Law, and the release of any animals, B »L»w, the amount due to the % fiO I Coqioration of the Hnid GiU 7 in respect of the 'iniiounding and feeding of Buch auiniiil which shall bavo been sold or destroyed, shall be deemed !i penalty, and shall be recoverable from the owner ot the said animal under and in the manner prescribed by the forti'fth section of the " Victoria Municipal Ordinance, 18G7," and under the provisions of the " Victoria Municipal Amendment Ordinance, 1869." 17. Nothing in this «y-Law shall be deemed to apply to any dog wearing a tag or marft/f urnished by the Municipal Collector, in pursuance of the Revenn^ 13y-Lasv for the time being in force. 18. The pealed. Victoria City\Pouud By-Law, 1^;77," is hereby re- The Vie'- IJ). This liv-Law mav be cited lyr all^purjjoses as " tHda'6i*y Pound By-Law, 18J&," .' ^ f S Passed the Municipal Council this.31)*t day of August, 1878. - K. FINfetY8GN, Mayor. WjiiLiAM Lkvhh, Cli'rk to the Municipal Council. /= Nc. 42. A Ry-Law In provide for llx' Pni^i-rration of Pnlilic lli'alth by (he nhali'tiuttt (iiid prevenlioii of imlfifinffs. WHERE.VS, certain wash hou tes are established in the City of Victoria, and by reason of the absence of a projier system of drainage in the said ''ity tln' water used in the said houses aciiu- mulates in the public highways forming stagnant and offensive pools therein; And Whereas, it is considered that the carrying on of the busi- ness of the snid wash houses is, under existing conditions, a public nuisance and injurious to the public health, by reason of the accu- mulations of stagnant and offensive water, as before recited. Be it therefore enacted by the Mayor and Council of the Cor- poration of the City of Victoria, as follows: 1. No person or persons carrying on the business of a wash horse within the City of Victoria shall permit, suffer, or allow any of the water used in such house, or on the premises used in con- nection with such house for the purpose of the business of such house, and after the same shall have been so used to run into any street or upon any lot within the said City. 2. Any person guilty of any infraction of the provisions of this By-Law shall, on conviction before any Justice of the J'eace, for- feit, at the discretion of the Justice convicting, a sum of money not exceeding $50 for each offence, and in default of payment of any such tine, together with costs of prosecution, it y'l.aU be lawful for the Justice convicting, as aforesaid, to issue hii: warrant to levy the amount of fine and costs, by distress and sale of the offender's goods and chattels, and in case no sufficient distress to satisfy the amount of tine and costs shall be found, it shall be lawful for the Justice aforesaid to commit the offender to the common jail for any perioil not exceeding one month; provided, always, that before any proceedings are taken against any person for any infraction of this 70 By-Law, a notice iu writing, signed by the intemling eoinplainant. specifying the nature of the complaint and ntatiug that proceed- iugH will be taken, shall be served upon the person guilty of such infraction five days at least before such proceedings shall bo taken against him. 3. Tlie " Nuisance Prevention By-Law," passed ou the 17th April, 1878, is hereby repealed. 4. This By-Law may be cited as "The Nuisance Prevention Bv- Law, 1878." Passed the Municipal Council this -iSth day of August, 1878. R. FINLAYSDN, Mayor. Wii.LiAM Leioh, Clerk to the Municipal Council. No. 43. A liij-ljiiw In Amend tlir lii/-L(nc mlUii'd ,i il'i-Lnw fu fir llnwompei)- :<(illiiii ()/ ///,'' tJih/ Siiffcijur and Watrr WorLf (Joi)i)nu<,-nrr. IIP" HERE AS, for some time the otiices of City Surveyor, Engineer of the Water Works, and SVater Works Commissioner have re- spectively been held by one person; And Whereas, the said office of Water Works Commissioner has recently been separated from the said other oilic-es, and it is de- sirable that a per.son other than the said (Jity Surveyor and Water Works Engineer should be apjioinled thereto; And Whereas, it is expedient to increase th(f amount of comnen- siitiou to l)e paid to the said City Surveyor and Water Works En- gineer for his service in tliose capacities, Be it therefore enacted by the Mayor anil Council of the Cor[)o- ration of the City of Victoria, as follows: 1. Thomas Russell, Esijuire, Collector and .■Assessor of the .Mu- nicipality of the City of Victoria, is hei'el)y appointed Water Works Commissioner. •J. \Miilst the said Tlujuias Russell shall continue to hold the office of Assessor and CJoliector of the s;iid City o' Victoria lit shall receive no salary or rrniunera J(jn as Water Works Commissioner. 3. Section two of the By-Law entitled "A By-Law to fix the compensation of the (,'ity Surveyor and WaterWorks Commissioner," is hereby- repealed. Imt such n peal shall not revive any By-Law or section cif By-Law repealed l)y said section two. In lieu of the said section t\V(» the folUAving clauses shall l)e insttrted: The ('ity Surv(;y(ir and Water Works Engineer shall, wiiilst he shall tnintinue to 1)0 em|)liiycd, receive as riMnuncratioii a sidary at the rate of one hundred and twenty-fiv(j dollars jjer month. This By-Law may be cited as " The Water Works Commissionor and City Surveyor and Water Works Engineer Salary By-Law, 1878." Pasaed the Municipal Council this lith day of Sei)tember 1878. R. FJNLAYSON, Mayor. Wm. Lk.iou, Clerk to the Municipal Council. 71 No. 44. A By-Law to provide for the pay inent of lh« Foreman of the. Water Works. Be it enacted by the Mayor and Council of the Corporation of the City of Victoria— 1. Thomas Preece is hereby appointed Foreman of the Water Works of the City of Victoria. 2. Tiie said T'.iomas Preece shall perform, from time to time, such duties as shall be consigned to him by the Water Works Com- missioner, and in the jjerformance of his work shall be at all times subject to the direction and control of the said Commissioner. 3. The said Thomas Preece shall, whilst he shall continue to be employed as Foreman of the said Water Works, be paid as re- muneration a salary at the rate of oiio hundreil dollars per month. This Bv-Law may be cited as "The Water Works Foreman's Salary By Law, 1878." Passed the Municipal Council this 2d day of October, 1878. R. FINLAYSON, Mayor. William Leihh, Clerk to the Municipal Council, Victoria, B. C. No. 45. A By-Law to regulate the Eh-rtion of a Mayor and Councillors for the City of Victoria in the year 1878. WHEREAS, it is expedient to make provision for the election of a Mayor and Municipal Councillors for the City of Victoiia for the year 1878, Be it therefore enacted by the Mayor and Council of the Corpo- ration of the City of Victoria, as follows: 1. The election of a Mayor and Councillors for the City of Vic- toria, for the year 1n78, shall take place on the second Monday in the month of Januai-y, 1878, and such election shall commence at 12 o'clock noon. 2. The nomination of candidates for the respective oflSces of Mayor and Councillors for the said City shall take place at the City Council Cnambers. 3. The Returning OflScer of Yates Street Ward shall, on the second Monday in January, 1878, at noon, nominate such persons as shall be put in nomination in that behalf by some didy qualified voter as candidates for the said offices, as the case may be. A show of hands shall then take place, and the said Returning Offi- cer shall thereupon declare which of the candidates for the said of- fices has or have been elected by the show of hands. 4. In case a poll shall be duly demanded at the election of u Mayor, the vote of the electors shall be taken on the following day, at the Police Barracks, in the said City of Victoria, and the said poll shall be opened at 10 o'clock a. m. and close at 4 o'clock p. m. 5. In case a poll shall be duly demanded at the election of Councillors for any Ward in the said City of Victoria, the vote of 72 the electors entitled to vote in such Ward shall be taken on the day following the day of nomination, at the following places, that is to say: In Johnson Street Ward, Johnson Street, near Government Street, in said City; in Yates Street Ward, at the Police Barracks, Bastion Street, in said City; in James' Bay Ward, at the Council Chambers, Government Street, in said City;' and the said pull shall be opened at 10 o'clock a. m. and closed at 4 o'clock p. h. 6. In case of a poll at an election for Mayor or Counoillo>8 the votes shall be given by ballot. 7. The ballot of each voter shall consist of a paper (in this By- Law called a ballot paper) showing the names and occupation of the candidates for the ofSce of Councillor. In Yates Street Ward, in addition to such ballot paper, there shall be an additional ballot paper she ving the names and descriptions of the candidates for the omce of Mayor; each bullut paper shall have a number printed on the back and shall have attached a counterfoil w^ith the same num- ber printed on the face. At the time of voting the ballot paper shall be marked on both sides with an official mark and delivered to the voter within the polling station, and the number of such voter on the Register or List of Municipal Voters shall be marked on the counterfoil, and the voter, having secretly marked his vote on the paper and folded it up so as to conceal his vote, shall place it in a closed box in the presence of the officer presiding at the polling station, after having shown to him the official mark on the back. Any ballot paper which has not on its back the official mark, or on which votes are given to more candidates than the voter is en- titled to vote for, or on which anything except the said number on the back is written or marked by which the vote can be identi- fied, shall be void and not counted. After the close of the poll, the ballot boxes shall be closed up so as to prevent the insertion of additional ballot papers and shall be taken charge of by the Returning Officer for Yates Street Ward, and that officer shall, in the )>resence of such of the candidates a^i may be in attendance, or their agents, and of the Returning Officer, open the ballot boxes and ascertain the result of the poll by counting the votes given to each candidate, and shall forthwith declare to be elected the candidates or candidate to whom the majority of votes have been given. Where an equality of votes is found to exist between any candi- dates at an election, and the addition of a vote would entitle any of such candidates to be declared elec^ted, the Returning Officer shall give such additional vote, but shall not, in any other case, be entitled to vote ut an election for which he is Returning Officer. And for the purpose of regulating the mode of procedure at such election and of conducting the said polls, section one of the By- Law entitled " A By-Law to regulate the election of a Mayor and Councillors for the City of Victoria in the year 1875," commencing: " If any candidate nominated during the time appointed," etc., to- gether with all the subsequent sections of the said By-Law and the schedule thereto appended are hereby incorporated with this By- Law and shall be read together with this By-Law as if the same had been re-enacted word for word herein and hereby. This By-Law may be cited for all purposes as " The Municipal Elections By-Law, 1878." Passed the Municipal Council this 2Cth day of December, 1877. M. W. TYRWHITT DRAKE, Mayor. William Leiob, C. M. C. 78 No. 46. .4 Bij-Law lo ferjiilalf lln; Election of a Marjor and CounoiUon^ for tin- Cilij of Victoria in thu year 1879. WHEREAS, it is expedient to make jmivision for the election of a Mayor and Municipal (JouncillorH for the City of Victoria for the year iST'J, Bo it Hierefo?.' enacted by the Mayor and Council of the Corpo- ration of the City of Victoria, as follows: 1. The election of a Mayor and Councillors for the City of Vic- toria, for the year 1x79, shall take place on the second Monday in the month of January, 1879, and such election shall commence at 12 o'clock noon. 2. The nomination of cantliilates for tiie respective offices of Mayor and Councillors for the said City shall take place at the New City Hall, Douglas Street. 3. The Returning Officer of Yates Street Ward shall, on the second Monday in January, 1879, at noon, nominate such persons as shall be put in nomination in that bolialf by some duly qualified voter as candidates for the said offices, as the case may be. A show of hands shall then take place, and the said Retui-ning Offi- cer shall thereuijon declare wiiich of the candidates for the said of- fices has or have been elected by the show of hands. 4. In ease a poll shall be duly demanded at the election of a Mayor, the vote of the electors shall be taken on the following day, at the New City Hall, Douglas Street, in the said City of Victoria, and the said i)oll shall be opened at 10 o'clock .a. m. and close at 4 o'clock p. M. 5. In ca.se a pull shall lie duly demanded at the election of Councillors for any Ward in the said City of Victoria, the vote of tlio electors entitled to vote in such Ward shall be taken on the day following the nomination, at the following ))lacea, that is fo say: In Johnson Street Ward, at the New City Hall, Douglas Street, in tlio haid City; in Yates Street Ward, at the Police iiar- racks. Bastion Street, in the said City; in James' Bay Ward, at the Old Council (Chambers, Oovernment Street, in the said City; and the said poll siiall be opened at 10 o'clock a. m. and closed at 4 o'clock 1'. M. (1. In case of a poll at an election for Mayor or Councillors the votes shall be given by ballot. 7. The ballot of each voter shall consist of a paper (in this By- Law called a ballot paper) showing the names and occupation of the candidates for the office of Councillor. In Yates Street Ward, in addition to such ballot paper, there shall be an additional ballot paper showing the names and descriptions of the candidates for the office of Mayor; each ballot paper shall have a number printed on the back and shall have attached a counterfoil with the same num- be. printed on the face. At the time of voting the ballot paper shall be marked on both sides with an official mark and delivered to the voter within the polling station, and the number of such voter on the Register or List of Municipal Voters shall be marked on the counterfoil, and the voter, having secretly marked his vote on the paper and folded it up so as to conceal his vote, shall place it in a closed box in the presence of tlie officer presiding at the polling station, after having shown to him the official mark on the back. ^^ 74 8. Any liallot puper which has not on its back the official inaik, or on which votes are j^iven to more candidates than the votei- is en- •titled to vote for, or on which anything except the said number on the back is written or marked by which the vote can be identi- fied, shall be void and not counted. 9. After the close of the poll, the ballot boxes shall be dosed up so as to prevent the insertion of additional ballot papers and shall be taken cha» • by the Returning Officer for Yates Street Wanl, and that officer shall, in tiie presence of such of the candidates as may bo in attendance, or their agents, and of the Iteturniiig Officer, open the ballot boxes at the New Councril Chambers, Douglaw Street, in the said City, and ascertain the result of the j)oll by count- ing the votes given to each candidate, and shall forthwith declare to be elected the candidates or candidate to whom the majority of votes have been given. 10. Where an equality of votes is found to exist between any can- didates at an election, and the addition of a vote would entitle any of such candidates to be declared elected, the Returning Officer shall give such additional vote, but shall not, in any other case.be entitled to vote at an election for which he is Returning Officer. 11. And for the purpose of regulating the mode of proceduie at such election and of conducting the said polls, section one of the By- Law entitled " A By-Law to regulate the election of a Mayor and Councillors for the City of Victoria in the year 1875," connnenciug; " If any candidate UdUiiuated during the time aj)pointed," etc., to- gether with all the subsequent sections of the said By-Law and the schedule thereto a^jpended are hereby incorporated with this By- Law and shall be read together with this By-Li>w as if the same had been re-enacted word for word hei'ein and hereby. This Bv-Law ma,y be cited for all pur][tose8 as " The Municipal Elections By-Law, "1871)." Passed the Municipal Council this Gth day of January, 1879. R. FINLAYSON, Mayor. William Leiuh, Clerk Municipal Council. t \ No. 34. I A BY-LAW To Estahliali flic llulrs, i^-c, as to the Uac iiikJMuu- ii^i'inent of h'o.ss liaij Ccnictcnj. WHEREAS, by virtue of an Act entitled the "Cemetery Ordinance Amendment Act, 1879," the lands known a* the Ross Bay Cemetery, certain other lands acquired for ceme- tery purposes by the Trustees under and by virtue of the Trust Deeds and Letters Patent mentioned in the said Act, are vested in the Corporation of the City of Victoria and their successors in trust for tho proper maintenance of tlie said Cemetery and for Cemetery purposes generally; And whereas, it is exij3dient that certain Rules and Regu- lations be established for the proper management of the said Ross Bay Cemetery ; Be it enacted by the Mayor and Council of the Corporation of the City of Victoria as aforesaid ; The following Rules and Regulations are hereby establish- ed and shall be observed generally in the use and management of the Ross Bay Cemetery : 1. All applications with respect to interments are to be made to the Secretary. 2. All Fees are to bo paid in advance to the Secretary. 3. Prioi to each interment a statement of the name, age- and date of death of tho deceased must be given to the Secre- *.ary. 4. Plans of the Cemetery may be seen at the Town Hall, Pandora street, and at the keeper's lodge. 5. A description of every Monument or Tombstone pro- posed to be set up, and a copy of every proposed inscription must be left with the Secretary for approval by the Cemetery Committee. 6. No person shall acquire moro than four contiguous grave plots two only of which shall abut upon any road. 7. In cases of poverty tho Cemetery Committee will con- sider applications for the remission of tho Fees in whole or iu part. The following feus shall be charged and exacted : — For each grave plot in the two rows adjoining any gravel road, " S12 50 For each grave plot in the other rows, - - 5 00 For each interment in any row, ... 7 50 For each interment of a child under ten years old, 3 75 For permission to set up any monument or tomb- stone exceeding G feet in height, - - 5 00 Do. exceeding 10 feet in height, - - - 20 00 For re-opening any grave, 5 00 For each certificate of title to any plot or plots, - 2 50 This By-law may be cited as the "Ross Bay Cemetery By-law, 1879." Passed the Municipal Council this Twentieth day of August, 1879. ~^ J. H. TURNER, (I Mayor. r- ^- f Wm. Leigh, '^•'~~' Clerk to the Municipal Council. No. 55. A BY-LAW To Rf'/wal "The Mator Works Foremnii's Salan/ Bij-law, 1S7S," itnd to Make Provisions for the Sal (try of a Forcincm. WHEREAS, it is expedient to repeal " The Water Works Foreman's Salary By-law, 1878,' and to make provisions for the salary of a Foreman ; Be it enacted by the Mayor and Council of the Corporation of the City of Victoria as follows : 1. "The Water Works Foreman's Salary By-law" shall be, and is hereby repealed. 2. Alexander Hendry is hereby appointed Foreman of the Water Works of the City of Victoria. 3. The said Alexander Hendry shall perform from time to time such duties as shall be assigned to him by the Water Works Commissioner, and in the performance of his work shall be at all times subject to the direction and control of the said Commissioner. 4. The said Alexander Hendry shall whilst he shall so con- tinue to be employed as Foreman of the said W^ater Works be paid as remuneration a salai-y at the rate of one hundred and twenty-five ($125) dollars per month. This By-law mav be cited as " The Water Works Foreman By-law, 1879." Passed the Municipal Council August 20th, 1879. J. H. TURNER, W.M. Leigh, Mayor. Clerk to the Municipal Council. I A BY-LAW To .lnhen(llhr"]'icl(iri imponndin^ of iiniiiiiils rnnniii)^ at liugo within tlio limits of tiio City of Victoriu: Bo it eimctod by tlio MiiyoniniH'onncil of tho Corporation of the City of Victoria, as follows: 1. The By-Law entitled " The Ponnd By-Law Ameudmont By-Law, 1879," is hereby repealed. *2. Section nnmbor one of tlie By Ijaw entitled "The Vic- toria City Ponnd By-Ijaw, 1H7H," is hereby amended by the insertion of the word "Sheeji" after the word "doats" in the second lino of the said section. 3. Section nnmbor two of tiio said "The Victoria City Ponnd By-Law, 1878," is lierei)y amended by the insertion of the word "Sheep" after the word "(toats" in the second line thereof. 1. Section three of the said "The Victoria City Pound By- Law, 1878," is hereby repealed. 5. Section fonr of the said "Tho Victoria City Pound By- Law, 1878," is hereby repealed, and in liuu thereof the follow- ing clause shall be inserted and read as part of tht; said By-Law, namely: All animals so found at large grazing or straying with- in the City Limits, may be taken by tlie Ponnd-kee])er, or his deputy or deputies, who may impound the same in tho City Ponnd. G. Section eight of the said By-Law, entitled "The Victoria City Pound By-Law, 1878," is heniby amended by the insertion of the word "Sheep" after the word "Goats" in the fourth line of the said section. 7. This By-Law may be cited as tho " Pound By-Law Amendment By-Law, 1880." Passed the Municipal Council this fourth day of February, One thousand eight hundred and eighty. (Signed) J. H. TURNER, Wm. Leigh, Mayor. Clerk Municipal Council. A BY-LAW To itvovidc for flic (iitiioiiitini'iit of <( Sif/u'rintci/- (Icnt (I ml Knayabli) monthly. •1. The By-Law entitled "The Water Works FuroiniurH Siihiry by-Law, 187H," is hereby repealed. 5. This J3y-La\v may be cited as "The Water Works Engi- neer Appointment iJy-Law, IH.MU." Passed tlu' Municipal Council this Eleventh day of Feb- ruary, A. D. IHSO. (Signed) J. H. Tl'IlNEK, Wm. Lkkmi, Mayor. Clerk Municipal Council. / JJ//-/ji/r ft) ciiiihlr the .Maijor In iiKikc i'lmiihihlc lUniat'ioiis. W HEKEAS it is expedient to nuike provision for granting aid to charitable institutions. lie it enacted by the Mayor and C\>uncii of the Corpora- tion of the City of Victoria: I. Tiiat it shall Ije lawful for the Mayor and Council from time to tiuKJ, by resolution duly jiassiul, to authorize the Mayor of the City of Victoria for the time being to give out of the (cor- poration monies to charitable institutions within the City of Victoria, in aid of such institutions, such sums of money as may be specified in such resolution. This By-Law may be cited as "The Charitable Institutions Aiil By-Law, ISSO." Passed the Municipal Council this Eighteenth day of Feb- ruary, A. 1). 1880. (Signed! J. H. TUKNEB, W.M. Lkioh, Mayor. Clerk Munici|)al (."ouncil. • Xo. 04. .7 liii-hiir fa fnrthn.lnirml tin' Pound Hii-hnr, )S7S. WHEIlKASit in oxiu'dit'iit ti)fiiitlmr iiriieiul the City Pouinl liy-hiw, 1H7M. Be it niiuctod by tlio Miiyor luul ('ouueillorH of tlio City of V'ictoiiii, »H follows: 1. NotwitliHtiiudin^ anything contiiineil in tho Victoriii City I'omul Uv-hiw, 1H78, it shall be lawful for tho Mayor and Council, by such person as th«y shall by resolution appoint, niton tho application of anj' person residing within the City of \ tctoria bnil owning or keeping within the limits of the said City a dog or dogs, to issue to such person a license entitling such person to permit his dog or ilogs to run at large within the limits of the City of Victoria aforesaid. Such license shall be granted so as to terminate on the thirty-first day of Decem- ber in each and every year, and shall be issued to such person on payment by him of the sum of two dollars. 2. It shall be the duty of tho Collector, or other ofHcer ov servant of tho Corporation iluly nuthorized by resolution for that purpose, on issuing tho said license to register in a book to be kept for tliat purpose, a description of the dog in respect of wliich such license shall be granted and the name of the per- son to whom such license shall be delivered. And the ofhcer or servant of the Corporation issuing such license shall at the same time deliver to the applicant tnerefc^r a metal badge or tag, stamped with the year in which such badge or tag shall be issued and a number corres|)onding with the number of the re- cord of the issue of the license issued in respect of such dog. 3. The owner or keeper of any dog in respect of which such license shall be issuod as aforesaid, shall cause a collar to be eonstjintly worn by such ilog, with the metal badge or tag men- tioned in section two of this By-law attached thereto. 4. No dog shall be permitted to go at large in the City of Victoria unless such dog shall wear a metal badge or tag to be issued under the provisions of this By-law, and in case any dog shall bo found loose or going at largo as aforesaid contrary to the nrovisions of this By-law, the owner or keeper of such dog shall forfeit and pay a fiuo or penalty of not more than twenty dollars, to be recovered in the manner provided for in the tentn section of "The Victoria Revenue By-law, 1879." And notwithstanding the imposition of any fine under the provi.sions of this By-law, such dog shall be liable to be im- pounded and dealt with in all respects in tho same manner as if this By-law had not been pas.sed. 5. On complaint being made to the Collector of Taxes of the City of Victoria of any dog kept within tho City limits hab- itually disturbing the quiet of any person or persons whomso- ever i)y barking or howling, or endangering the safety of any })erson by bitinjj or otherwise, the CJollector of Taxes on such complaint shall issue orcau.se to be i.ssued a notice of such com- \)laint to the owner or person keeping such dog, and shall cause «".-. ii person to remove ■ destroy siu-h dog within three days iifter tlie service of sncli iiotiee upon sncli person. And if any rerson npon whom any su"h notice shall be served as aforesaid sliall ne^i'ict to remove or desti'oy such dog within 'he ])eriod limited in -iuch notice, he shall incur a penalty not exceeding the sum of twenty dollars, to he n rnvereil by way •1' summary l)roceedings before any Justicui of the r(uiii' having ^ uisdictinn within the Cit\ limits, and jjayment of any tine imposed under tilt; provision^i of this section nniy be enforced in the mar er provided ill the ttiifh section of " Tiie Mctoria Kevcnue Bv- law, IS70." Provided always that such Justice of the Peace shall be Biuistied by |)ro])er evidence that such dog had in manner afore- said habituallv disturbed tin.' ()uiet of any person or persons in the City, ar had ;nd:'.r;gi'red the safety of any person or persons in the said City, by biting or otherwise. (5. This liy-law shaii '■);> rf.id in connection with and form part of the Victoria City Pound By-law, 1S7.S, and may be cited for all purposes as the Pound l»v-l:tw Amendment By-law, l«8(i. Passed the Munici])al Council this Seventeenth day of March, one thousand eight h kindred and eighty. I Signed I J. H. TURN Eli, W.M. LtiiiH, Mayor. Clerk Municijial Council. \o. «7. A BY-LAW lien thereof L llx^^^^ ^ ''n ^n; '"^ ''7} '""''"'« '» 'ind other appliances for\,u"nglif, '•''"""' '''''''•■"^' '•''''••'«-• Passed the Mu.Mdp.l Coundl this Fifth da, „f M,^, lysy. Wai. Leigh, .AIujoi-. Clerk Munieipjil Cnincil. A BY-LAW To Aniriul " Tiir Bij-lair for IlcoK/afini/ thr Afcct- ino's (f//fl the (!<'in'r((l (U)ii(li(rf of liusii/css of the ,Mnniciiml (JoiincH of the Citij of \'irfori((. British Cofn/nJjiff (IJtIi, March, JH7o.) BE IT ENACTED by the Miiyor ami Council of tlie Corpor- ation of the City of Victoria, as follows: 1. That the By-law for regnlutin^ the meetings and the general conduct of "tlie business of the Municipal Council of the City of Victoria, British Columbia, is hereby amended by add- ing to clause fourteen of the sair drain, or into any v;ell, str- am or water course, or put tlie nHinti into mucIi a pOMilioii that it may nin into the harbor, or into utiy pond or re.servoir for water, or cause any offensive mntUir to tui from any nmnufiUJtory, stable, hlttugliter-liouse, but< lierV dhop, or dunghdl, or any nncovcred tAiice whethftr or not surrounded by a fence or Aidl, shall be liable to a penalty not 'X'-^^'ding twenty dollars foi each OiTence. 2. Ever}' person who sluill empty or begin to einpty uuy privy or wiiter-closet witliin the said city between the hours of six ill the luoriiinj,' uiid »'leveii in tlic evtniing, aiul who siiiiil move iiloiig liny thoroiighfiii'o ;iiiy iiigii! soil, so.i|) lees, amino- niacal liquor, orotlu.'r sueii oft'ensive matter, between tiie hours of six in the morning ami flevcn in the evtuiing, or who shall at any time? usn for sncii purpose any eart or carriage not having a proper covering, or "ho shall wilfully or carelessly slop or sjiill any such offtiiisivo matter in tiie reuKJval thereof, or who shall not carefully s\v<: -p or cleanse any such place in which any such o(l''nsis(Miiattt'V sli. ill have linen placed, spilhid or dropped, shall be li ible to a p(inalt_\ not exci eiling twenty dollars. 3. No person carrying on the business of a wash-house within the City of Victoria shall perndt, sutler, or allow any of the water u^id in such house, or on the [iremises us' d ii. c(jn- nection with such house, for thr jmipose of the business of such house, and after tii;; saui" shall have beiMi so used, to run into any strt^ct or upon any lot within the said city. 4. Any iierson guilty of luiy infr.iction of the provisions of the next preceding seeticu sliall on convi'lion forfeit at the dis- cretion of tlie Justice convicting a sum o. money not exceeding fifty dollar.-, for e.udi ollV'Uce; provided always that before any procei.'dings are taken against any person for any infraction of the said next preiasding seutiou a notice in »vriting, signed by the intending compLiinaut, specifying the nature of thy com- plaint and stating that liioceci. lings will be taken shall be served np(5ii tile ])erson guilty of such iufr ii-tion five days at least be- fore sucii proci'i'ding-- shall be t.k"!i against him. 5. It shall not bo lawful !> U'l or occupy, or suffer to be occupifd IS a dwelling, any room nidess tiie lollowing requir,- Jiieiits are coiiiplit'd with, that is to say : (a). Unless such room contains at ail times at least 3M4 cubic ftiet of sjiace for i'a<;h person occupying the same. (h). Unless such room hah a window maile to open in a ill mier approvd by the iJoaiil of Hciidth or Health ()lHcer of the city. (ei. Unless thiie is ;'.p|»urteiiaiit to such room th' use of a water closet, <'iirtli tdosot or privy, furnislu'd with proi)er doors or coverings, to tiie satisfaction ot th ' Hoard of Ifealth or Health Ollicerof the city. (i. Any person who lo s, occupies, or knowingly sutt'eis to be occupied, any room contrary t<» the provisions of tlii! next ]ireceding section, shall In liabh; f(n' every such otfeiKre to a j)enalty not excooiling lifty dollars, to be recovered as heroinaf- ter mentioned. 7. Any room in which any iteison passes tim night, or the princi[)al part of ihe nij^ht, shall be deemed to lut occupied as a dw(dling within the meaning of this IJy-law. 'v When two convictions against tiie provisions of section five of this By-law, relating to the occupation of a room as a dwelling, have taken place within three months, whotlier the |iers )ns so convicted were or were not tiie same, any Justice of the i'eace may direct the closing of the room so occupiod, or oi the premises to which it belongs, for such time as he may deem nece8sai_y, or may empower the Board of Health or Health Offi- cer of the city permanently to close the same. 9. In ease any person or persons shall sink, or permit to be sunk, on his or tneir premises in the City of Victoria, any privy or cesspool, which iu the opinion of tue Mayor or Coun- cil is a nuisance or injurious to the public health, it shall be the duty of such person or persons upon being served with a notice in writing under the hand of the Clerk of tin) Municipal Coun- cil, requiring him or them to abate such nusiince, to close and fill up such privy or cesspool within five days after such notice shall have been served as aforesaid. And iu case such person or persons shall neglect to comply with such notice, he or they shall be subject to a penalty not exceeding fifty dollars. 10. It shall be lawful for the Mayor and Council by a reso- lution vluly passed to order and cause any privy or cesspool which may be considered by the Mayor and Council to be a nrii- sance or injurious to the public ho.iltli, to be closed. And any person or persons against whom such order shall be made shall, in case of neglect to comply with sucli order, incur a penalty not exceeding fifty dollars. .11. Whenever in the opinion of tho Municipal Council it is necessary that any accumulation of filtli or rubbisii of any kind should be removed, it shall bo lawful for the Mayor and Council by a resolution duly passed to order the owner or owners of the lands or tenemcinta upon or in which such accumulation of filth or rubbish shall exist, or the agent or agents of such owners, or the tenant or occupier of such lands (jr tenements, as the case may be, to remove therefrom such accumulation of filth or r ib- bish, and the person or persons against whom any such order or orders shall be made shall, in case of non-compliance there- with, be subject to a fine not exceeding fifty dollars. 12. Hcct'.ons five and six of " The Victoria Street By-law, 1873," "The Nuisance Prevention By-law, 1878," and "The Dwellings By-law, 1879, ' are hereby repealed. 13. Any person or persons failing to comply with any pro- visions of this By-law, or any part thereof, shall be su'iject to the penalties herein stated, a,d such penalties shall bo recoverable summarily before any Justice of the Peace having jurisdiction within the limits of the said city, and may bo iovied by distress and sale of the goods and chattels of the oftonder, and in default of payment of such penalty and costs thon by imprisonment of such otYender for any tta'ni not exceeding one calendar month in one of Her Majesty's gaols. This By-law may be liteil for all purposes as "The Victo- ria Consolidated Sanitary and NuiHiincct By-law, 1880." Passed the Municipal Council this first day of September, 1880. (Signed) Wm. Leigh, Clerk Municipal Council. J. H. TUENEK, Mayor. B No. 71. A BY-LAW to Prevent the Spreading of Thistlett within the Municipality of Victoria. E IT ENACTED by the Mayor and Council of the City of Victoria, as follows : 1. It shall be the duty of every ov/ner, ocoupier, or agent of land to cut or cause to be cut down all the Thistles growing thereon so often in each and every year as l>^ sufficient to pre- vent them going to seed; and if any owner, occupier or agent of land suffers any Thistles to grow the: aon and the seed to ripen, so as to cause or endanger the spn'tad thereof, he shall upon conviction be liable to a tine of not less than ten dollars nor more than twenty dollars for every such offence. 2. Any person who vends any grass or other seed among which there is any Thistle seed, shall for every such offence upon conviction be liable to a tine of not less than five dollars nor more than ten dollars. 3. Every offence against the provisions of this By-law shall be punished, and the penalty hereby imposed for such offence shall be recovered and levied, on summary conviction before u Justice of the Peace, having jurisdiction within the city limits, and every such penalty with the costs of conviction shall be levied by distress and sale of the goods and chattels of the offen- der, and in default of sufficient distress by imprisonment for any term not exceeding one month. 4. This By-law may Thistle By-law, 1880." Passed the Municipal A. D. 1880. be cited for all purpo-ses as "The Council this first day of September, Wm. Leioh, Clerk Municipal Council H. TURNER, Mayor. No. 72. A BY-LAW To provide for the Appointment and Payment of Fence Viewers for the Municipality of the City of Victoria. WHEREAS by the "British Columbia Line Fences and Water Courses Act, 1876, ' in the second section thereof, it is enacted as follows: "In Municipalities the Council shall appoint not less than throe persons to act as Fence Viewers within the boundaries of the Municipality." Be it therefore enacted by the Mayor and Council of the Corporation of the City of Victoria, as follows : George H- W. Brov;D, Esq., Joseph W. McKay, Esq., and Alexander Jack, Esq., 1. Are hereby appointed to act as Fence Viewers within the boundaries of the Municipality of the City of Victoria. 2. The said Fence Viewers shall within the said boundaries perform, exercise and have the duties and powers mentioned in the said Act. 3. The said Fence Viewers shall respectively bo paid for their services as such the sum of five dollars per day, the said day not to be less than four hours. This By-Law may be cited as "The Feiicc ^ j^-wr.;!? Ap- pointment By-Law , 1880." Passed the Municipal Council this eighth day of October, one thousand eight hundred iiud eighty. [Seal.] J. H. TURNER, William Leigh, Mayor. Clerk Municipal Council. So. 7». .7 Ul'-LlW for Ihc Prof I'cl ion of Fiir Lat'(in' enacted by the Mayor and Council of the t'orporution of the City of Victoria, as follows: 1. Section 8 (eight) of the By-law entituled "A By-law defining the duties of Fire Wardens and regulating the conduct of the inhabitants at fires," is hereby repealed, and the said By-law is hereby amended by the insertion as section 8 (eight) thereof of the following clause: " No person shall move, use, or otherwise interfere with any of the Fire Ladders in the respective Wards in the City of Victoria, without the consent first obtained of the City Engin- eer of the File Department, or his Assistant, except in case of fire occurring within the said city limits." 2. This By-law may be cited for all purposes as "The By- law for defining the duties of Fire Wardens and regulating the conduct of the inhabitants at fires.' Passed the Municipal Council this 22d day of December, A.D. 1880. (Signed I J. H. TURNER, Wm. TiETGH, Mayor. Clerk Municipal Council. n !\o. 741. / li)'-L.l\\' timnniiil " Tlw I 'irlorin Hixnl 7'tt.v />//- /tnr. IH77." K IT ENACITEl) h.v tlio Mayor .in.l Council ..f il,.- Clorpor- atioii of tlio City of Victoria, an follows: Soction one of tlit^ \ ictoiia Jfoad 'I'ax By-law, Jh77, is liorohy amended l)v adding at (iw uiid of thi> said sijotion tin* following words: iS-ovidful always that any person (whether B Venn lent or not) paving the sa lid t a\, ,'ho is assessed on the Municipal Koll for Ueal Kstattt Tax to the amount of two dol- lars or upwards, shall he entitled to have the amount so paid applied in, on or towards payment of any \\c,\\ Estate Tax for UiH time being owing by him. This By-law miiv be cited as "The lioad Tax Amendment Hy- law, 18H1. Passed the Municipal Council this twentieth day of April, AT). IHHl. J. H. TUUNER, Mayor. [Seal. J The Seal of the Corporation of the stiid City of Victo- ria appended hereto this twentieth day of April, .\.D. IHSl. \Vm. LKKiH, Clerk Municipal Council. B Mo. 77. rV li)'-Ll]\' I'm' raining (t MiniicifKil Hfi'cinie on Heal and Ferson(tl Vroncrtij. E IT ENACTED by the Mayor and Council of the Corpor- ation of the ('ity of Victoria, as follows: 1. The "Victoria Revenue By-law. 187{>," the "Victoria .\mendment Revenue By-law, 1879," and the "Revenue By-law, 1880," are hereby repealed. "2. From and after the passage of this By-law the general Municipal Hovenue of tiie City shall be rai.sed, levied and col- lected for the use of t!" <'ovporation, from such sources as are hereinafter })rovided '.\. There shall b viiisc i, levied and collected in each year upon all the Real "ci ''>msi nal Property mentioned in the as- sessment roll for .8 ti.;f i/r;ing in force in the City an equal rate of eight-tenths of one per cent, on the assessed value there- of, as api>ears 03- the said lolj. •t. The aforesaid taxes shall be due and payable by the person or persons liable for the sann' to the Collector of the Municipal Council, at his office in the (3ity Council Chambers, Victoria, on the first day of June in each year. V] <^ ^^ 7] 7 M <-V^ IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) M 1.25 i ii£ IIIIIM 1.8 i-4 IIIIII.6 Photographic Sciences Corporation /. #.^ J%^ W/ -^4 2;; WEST WtAIN SI REE. V^WTEB.N Y. 14;. 80 (716) t- 5 «03 A y. & ^ ^ ^ tv 5> iV 3 I 6. Every person using any of tlie trades, occupations, pro- fessions or business in Schedule "A" hereunto annexed partic- ularly described, shall take out a periodical license for sucli period as in the said Schedule "A" is set out, paying therefor such periodical sum as is there si)ecified, which said suras shall respectively be paid in advance, to ami for the use of the Cor- poration of the City of Victoria and their successors. 6. No person shall use, practice, carry on or exercise any trade, occupation, profession or business in tlie said Schedule "A" described or named, without having taken out and had granted to him, her or them, a license in that behalf. The licenses to be granted as aforesaid may be in the form of Sched- ule "B" to this By-law, and the same are to be granted so as to terminate on the 30th day of June and the 31st day of Dec- ember. 7. The annual taxes mentioned and authorised to be assess- ed, levied and collected by the Municipal Council of the City of Victoria, and by virtue of the "Victoria Road Tax By-law, 1877," and the "Victoria Road Tax Amendment By-law, 1877," and the "Road Tax Amendment By-law, 1881," shall form part of the general municipal revenue aforesaid, aud shall be levied and assessed in addition to all other rates and taxes. 8. There shall bj assessed, le' led and collected upon and from every owner of a dog running at large wit'ain the city lim- its, an annual i-ate oi 12.00 for each such dog, and for this pur- Cose the harbourer of any dog for the space of one month shall e deemed the owner thereof. 9. On payment of any rate under the last preceding section the Collector of the Municipal Council shall furnish the owner of the dog in respect to which such rate is paid with a receipt aud also a tag or mark to be attached to a collar placed around the neck of such dog. 10. The penalties and procedure for enforcing this By-law shall be those contained in sections 113 and 115 of the "Muni- cipality Act, 1881." 11. In the construction of this By-law in describing or referring to any person or l^arty, matter or thing, any word im- plying the masculine gender or singular number shall be under- stood to include and shall he applicable to several persons and parties as well as one person or party, and females as well as males, and bodies corporate as well as individuals, several mat- ters or things as well as one matter or thing, unless it be other- wise provided or there be something in the subject or context repugnant to such construction. 12. For the purposes of this By-law the term "wholesale trader" shall be held to mean every proprietor of an Express Of- fice, a Gas Company, every Investment aud Loan Society, Coal Merchant, Lumber Dealer, Fur Trader, Foundry, Warehouse- man, and every person who sells goods for the purpose of sup- plying other traders, or who advertise tvs wholesale dealers. 13. The special rate imposed by the "Water Works Deben- ture and Revenue By-law, 1877," and the "By-law to authorize ■w the rai.:ing of Twenty Thousand Dollars, 1878," shall continue to be raised, levied and collected, in addition to all rates and taxes imposed under this By-law, and shall be applied to the purposes specified in the said By-laws respectively. 14. The annual tax authorised to be assessed, levied and col- lected by the "Victoria Road Tax By-law, 1877," as amended by the "Victoria lioad Tax Amendment By-law, 1877," and the "Road Tax Amendment By-law, 1881," shall continue to be assessed, levied and collected in addition to the rate and taxes imposed by this By-law, and shall form part of the general municipal revenue aforesaid. 15. For the purposes of this By-law a ristail trader shall be held to mean every person carrying on any business or calling not otherwise specially mentioned, within the city limits. 16. This By-law mav be cited as the "Victoria Revenue By-law, 1881." All penalties and other monies recoverable under sections 4 and 5 of the "Pound By-law Amendment By-law, 1880," shall be recoverable and enforced in the manner provided by the "Municipality >c;t, 1881." Passed the Municipal Council this fourth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-one. (Signed) J. H. TURNER, Mayor. [Seal.] The Seal of the Corporation of the City of Victoria appended hereto this fourth day of May, A.D. 1881. Wm. Leigh, Clerk Municipal Council. SCHEDULE "A". 1. Each perse n who vends spirituous liquors by retail at any house or place within the city limits, or vends fermented liquors by retail at any house or place within the city limits (other than a restaurant in respect of which he holds a license for the sale of beer or porter), for each such house or place where such vending is carried on, $100 for every six mouths. 2. Each person not having a retail license as above and vending s[)iritucus or fermented liquors by wholesale, that is to say in quantities of not less tlian two gallons, at any house or place within the city limits other than any house or place in i-e- spoct of whioh he holds a license to sell such liquors by retail, for each house or jilace where such vending is carried on, $25 for every six months. 3. Each person who keeps a Restaurant and supplies beer or porter with meals at any restaurant or place of entertainment, and not otherwise, for each such restaurant or place of enter- tainment where such vending is carried on, other than any res- taurant or place of entertainmvint in respect of which he holds a license to sell spirituous and fermented liquors by retail, $25 for every siy months. u 4. Each person keejDing a Saloon or buildin^j; where a Bil- liard Table is used for lure or profit, $5 for each Table for everv six months. 5. Each person keeping or letting tor hire a Bowling A.lley or Skittle Ground or Ritle Gallery within the city limits, $5 for every six months. 6. Every person keeping a Dance House, ?200 for every six mouths. 7. Every person selling Opium, except Chemists and Drug- gists using the same in preparation of prescriptions of medical practitioners, $25(1 for every six mouths. 8. Each person carrying on the business of a Wholesale, or of a Wholesale and Retail Merchant or Trader, $50 for every six months. 9. Every Retail Trader witliiu the city limits, $5 for every six months. The two last mentioned licensus to enable the person pay- ing the same to change his place of business at pleasure, but not to carry on business at two ])hices at the same time under one license. 10. Every Hawker or Peddler, not hawking or peddling fish, game or farm produce witliiu the city limits, $20 for every six months. 11. Each person carrying on the business of a Pawnbroker, $75 for every six mouths. 12. Each person owning a Pack Train of more than six animals, Freight Waggon, St;ige Coach or Omnibus, used in transporting goods for profit or lure a distance beyond ten miles from the City of Victoria and not paying a merchant's or trad- er's license, $5 for every six months. 13. Each person owning a Pack Train of less than six ani" mals, $2.50 for every six months. And for each Dray, Waggon or Omnibus used in transport- ing goods or passengers for profit or hire within the City o^ Victoria, and not paying a merchant's or trader's license, $^.50 for every six months. 14. Every Livery Stable Keeper, $10 for every six months* 15. Each person owning a Dray, Waggon, or other vehicle plying for hire in tbe public streets of the City of Victoria, the sum of $2.50 for each such vehicle for every six months. 16. Every Cattle Drove, $50 for every six months. 17. Fvery person, firm, or body corporate carrying on th® business of a Banker, and issuing Bank Notes at one place of business, not exceeding $400 for every year, and for each other place of business not exceeding $100 for every year. 18. Every person, company, or body corporate carrying on on his own account the business of a Banker at one place of business within the city limits not being a Bank of Issue, $200 for everj- year, and for each other place of business within the city limits, $100 for every year. 19. Each person practising as a Barrister or Solicitor, $12.50 for every six months. 20. Each person (other than a Barrister or Solicitor who has taken out a license to practice as such) following the occu- pation of a conveyancer or lantl agent or botli, $12.50 for every six months. 21. Each Auctioneer (not buing a Government officer sell- ing by auction Government property, cr Sheiiff or Sheriff's Officer or Bailiff selling lands, goods or chattels taken in execu- tion, or for the satisfaction of rent or taxes,) in addition to any other license before mentioned, $50 for every six months. 22. Every proprietor or manager of any Circus or Public Exhibition within the city limits, the sum of $10 for each exhi- bition. 23. Every person (other than a farmer selling produce grown by him in this Province) engaged in peddling or hawking any fish, game or farm produce, $10 for every six months. 24. Every Club, or the Proprietors or Lessees of any Club, $200 for every twelve months. For one Billiard Table only (if any) kept in any Club, $100 for every twelve months. For every additional Billiard Table kepi in any Club, $50 for every twelve months. Clubs shall mean an association as defined by the Municipality Act, 1881. Any Club paying not less than the sum of $200 for license for Billiard Tables kept in any Club as aforesaid shall not be required to pay the Club license of $200, or, paying the license of $200, shall not be charged with a license for Billiard Tables. 25. Each person who smokes Opium, $5 for every six months. 26. Every Manufactory within the city making or selling its own products, $10 per annum. 27. Every Proprietor or Manager of any Theatre within the city limits, for a single entertainment $5, and for week $16, and for a month $30; and for Minor Exhibitions, for a single enter- tainment $2.50, and for a week $7.50, and for a month $15. 28. Every Commercial Traveller, $10 for every six months. 29. Every person carrying on any trading business or call- ing other than those mentioned in this Schedule, the sum of $5 for every six months. SCHEDULE "B". Municipality of A. B. sum of $ in respect of a License to tied to carry on the business of at to 18 . Dated has paid the and is enti- from C. D. Collectoir. ]¥o. 78. A BY-LA vV To Aid the Est((hlislu)ii'ut of a WooUcii Mill in the City of Victoria. ' WHEREAS it is desirable that a Woollen Mill for the man- ufacture of blankets, flannels, etc., be established in the City of Victoria, and the Corporation of the said City are desir- ous of assisting the establishment of such a manufactory by exemption from taxation and by granting a sum of money to the promoters of such object: , And whereas the estimated cost of erecting a Woollen Mill is $20,000: Be it therefore enacted by the Mayor and Council of the City of Victoria: 1. That when and so soon us a Mill of the capacity of ten looms and eight hun Jrod spindles shall have been erected with- in the City 4S2i(i- a-hr .ist-'astsssiftsi 2. Section twelve is hereby amended by adding after tlie word animal, in the first line, the words "except dogs". 3. Section fifteen is hereby repealed, and in lieu thereof be it enacted that a notice describing every dog impounded as aforesaid shall be posted at the Pound, at the City Hall, and at the Police Barracks, for a period of three days tvfter such im- pounding, and if the dog is not redeemed by the owner thereof within such three days, the same may be sold at Public Auction to the highest bidder, who shall thereupon become absolute owner thereof, any law to the contrary notwithstanding; but if any dog offered for sale under this By-law shall not be sold, such dog shall be destroyed or otherwise disposed of, as the said Mayor by writing under his hand shall direct; and the pro- ceeds of any sale shall be applied as herein mentioned. This By-law may be cited as the "Pound Amendment By- law, 1881." (Signed) Wm. Leigh, Clerk Municipal Council NOAH SHAKESPEARE, Chairman. No. »». MUNICIPAL BY LAW. OOBPOBATION OF THE CITY OF VIOTOKIA, PllOVlNCE OF BBITI8H COLUMUIA. A By-law to authorize the Sale of Lands adthin the City of Victoria upon which Taxes have been due and in arrearfor three ijears. WHEBEA8 it is expedient that ull lands or parcel of lands within the City of Victoria upon which the taxes have been due and in arrear for three years shall be sold and the proceeds applied in the reduction of such tuxes. Be it therefore enacted by the Mayor and Council of the Corporation of the City of Victoria : 1. The Assessor and Collector of the Municipal Council of the City of Victoria is hereby authorised and directed when- soever taxes on any land have been due for three years preced- ing the fifteenth day of July, 1881, to submit to the Mayor of the City of Victoria, a list in duplicate of all the lands liable under the provisions of this By-law to be sold for taxes with the amount of arrears against each lot set opposite to the same; and the Mayor shall authenticate such lists by affixing thereto the seal of the Corporation and his signature, and one of such lists shall be deposited with the Clerk of the Corporation and the other shall be returned to the Assessor and Collector with a warrant thereto annexed under the hand of the Mayor and the seal of the Corporation, commanding him to levy upon the land for the arrears due thereon with his costs. 2. It shall not be the duty of the Assessor and Collector to make enquiry before effecting a sale of lands for taxes to ascer- tain whether or not there is any distress upon the land, nor shall he be bound to enquire into or form any opinion of tha value of the land. 3. The Assessor and Collector shall prepare a copy of the list of lands to be sold and shall include therein in a separate column a statement of the proportion of costs chargeable on each lot for advertising and for the commissions authorized by this By-law to be paid to him, and shall cause such list to be published in some daily paper in the City of Victoria for a per- iod of three months preceding such intended sale. 4. The advertisement shun contain a notification that un- less the arrears and coats ai-e sooner paid he will proceed to sell the lands for the taxes on a day, a time, and at a place named in the advertisement. 6. The Assessor and Collector shall at least three months before the time of sale also deliver to or deposit in the Post Office to the address of the owner of such property, which is to be sold for taxe^ as aforesaid, or to the agent of such owner, a notice in writing of the amount of taxes due, and [that the pro- perty is to be sold for arrears so due,] and in case the address of the owner or agent is unknown a notice to the same effect shall be posted upon the land intended to bo sold and shall also at least three months before the time of ale post a notice simi- lar to the above advertisement in some convenient and public places, that is to say, at the Council Chambers, Victoria, and in the Post Office Building, Victoria. 6. The day of sale shall be the ninetieth day after the pub- lication of sucli list, exclusive of the 'av of such publication, except in case the said ninetieth day ounll fall on >v Sunday or holiday, in which case such sale shall take place on the follow- ing day, at the Council Chambers in tlie City of Victoria, and shall begin at twelve o'clock, noon. 7. If ut the time appointed tor the sale of the lands no bidders appear, the Assessor and Collector may adjourn the sale from time to time. 8. If the taxes have not been previously collected, or if no one appears to pay the same at the time and place appointed for the sale, the Assessor and Collector shall sell at public auc- tion so much of the land as may bo sufficient to discharge the taxes and all lawful chargei incurred in and about the sale and tlie collection of the taxes, selling in preference such part as ho may consider best for the owner to sell first; and in offering such lands for sale it shall not be necessary to describe particu- larly the portion of the lot or section which sliall be sold, but it will be sufficient to say that he will sell so much of the lot or section as shall be necessary lo secure the payment of the taxes due, and the amount of taxes stated in the advertisement shall in all cases be prima facie evidence of the correct amount due. 9. If the Assessor and Collector fails at such sale to sell such land for the full amount of arrears of the taxes due he shall ut such sale adjourn the same until a day to be publicly named by him, not earlier than one week, nor later than three months thereafter, of whi'ih adjourned sale he shall give notice by advertisement in one of the local papers in which the origi- nal notice w vs advertised, and on such day he shall sell such lands for any sum he can realize, and shall accept such sum as full payment for ovch arrears of taxes. 10. If the purchaser of any property or parcel of land fails immediately to pay to the Assessor and Collector the amount of the purchase money, the Assessor and Collector shall forth- with again put up the property for sale. 11. Immediately after every saie the Assessor and Collec- tor shall return a list of the arrears s itisfied bj- such sale to the Treasurer ot the Corporation, and shall at the same time pay in the proceeds of such sale to the said Treasurer. 12. The Assessor and Collector after selling any land for taxes shall give a certificate under his hahd to the purchaser stating distinctly what part or proportion, as the case may be, of the land and what interest therein Irave been sold, or stating that the whole lot, section, or estate has been sold, and de- scribing the same, and also stating the quantity of land, the sum for which it has been sold, and the expenses of sale, and fur- ther stating that a deed conveying the same to the purchaser or t ,1 ' V, his assiguH, according to the nature of the estate or interest sokl will be executed bv him and the Mayor, on his or their demand at any time after the expiration of one year from the date of the certincate if the land be not previously redeemed. 13. The Assessor and Collector shall be entitled to five per centum commission upon the sums collected V)y hirn as afore- said. 14. This By-law may be cited for all purposes as "The Victoria Real Estate Tax Sale By-law, 1881." Passed the Municipal Council this 2()th day of July, 1881. A. McLEAN, Chairman. Reconsidered and finally passed this 27th day of July, 1881. NOAH SHAKESPEARE, [Seal.] . Chairman. William Leigh, Clerk Municipal Council. itlll" >•;■ ) •l:.l- >' No. 86. A BY-LAW To I{('gnJ((fr fkr MaintetKUii'r ttinl Repairs of Siffcivfflks, Foofn((fhs. oml Vcranthihs ivifliiii the ('/'ft/ Limits. WHEREAS it is oxpodiont to consolidate iind nmond tlic By-hiWH for tlio Rogiiliition, Construction, Miiiaton- anco and llojmirH of Sidewiilks, Footpaths and Verandalis witii- in tho City LiinitH. Be it theuefoue Enacted by the Corporutiou of the City of Victoria, as follows: — 1. That the Victoria Footpath and Awning By-law, 1877 The Sidewalk By-law, 1H7J>, Tlio Victoria Footpatli and Awn- ing Araendraout Bv-law, 1880, The Footpath, Awning; Anioiul- ment By-law, 1881, bo and tiie same are hereby repealed, bu) such repeal shall not prejudice or affect any proceedings p ■ id- ing under the saino By-laws, or any of them, or any ri3& ,0iH iJh A :,../»..> -I.^-VA ■'.: iV.i { :,; ( . •:) ■■■■■" if ■v:-n ■■■, -l' ■■:. .. ', '. V -.»> i .>i.. ! 1 #i "••''1 -,',-)-•'■ ;.!■;.. 1 ,: /.-k' No. 80. A BY-LAW Authorifiiiiij the Maijor, for the time lebuj, of t lie City of Viitoria, to confirm a cei'tnin AijreemeiU dated the tenth day of Amjuat, One thon/tand eiijht hainh'edandeiiihty-oiie, ami made I.etween the Mayor of the City of Vitoriu and f Janus Y(Uea, for the exchange liy the said City of that portion of Land Ujinij be- tween Lots 201 and '203 in the said City. 1. Whereas, by an ActjMiHsed by t\w Lccisliiture of Britisli Cohinibiii, iiitituloil " The YateH Street Publie Landin*? Act, 1880," power waH i^iveii to the Corporation of tlie said City by u By-Law duly ])aHsed to antliorise tlio Mayor for the time be- ing of the said City to eoufinn any agreement which the Mayor of the Haid City, for the time being, might make for the ex- change of that portion of land lying between Lots 201 and 203, and owned by tne said Corporation, for such a portion of said Lot 201 as might be agreed on. 2. And, whereas, by an agreement bearing date the tentli day of Aiignst, A. D. 1881, and made betsveen John Herbert Turner, the Mayor of the said C'ity of Viclorii", for the time being, therein referred to as the said Mayor, of the one part, and the said James Yates, of the other part, it was therein agreed by the said Mayor and tlie said James Yates, in the words and tigures following, that is to say: — Memorandum of Agreement entered into the tenth day of August, One thousand eight hundred and eighty-one, be- tween John Herbert Turner, Mayor of the City of Victoria, B. C, of the one ])art, and James Y'ates, of Edinburgh, Scotland, of the other part. (1st.) Tha said James Yates agrees to convey to the said Corporation the fee-simple of that piece of land situated on the westerly side of Wharf Street, and extending from Wharf Street to the sen, with the part of the wharf in the rear thereof, such piece of land abutting on Lot 202, and having a frontnge of 35 feet on Wharf Street, by an equal width of 35 feet and forming the northerly portion of Lot 201, free from incumbrances. (2.) The said Mayor agrees that the said Corporation shall convey to the said James Yates, free from incumbrances, the land lying between Lot 201 and Lot 203, and known as the Public Landing. (3.) A Public Landing to harbor and wharves shall be con- structed at the joint expense of both parties conformable to plans herewith attached, and signed by both parties. (4.) The said Public Landing to be constructed after the conveyances have been exchanged on either party giving one month's notice requesting said construction. (6.) The said James Yates further agrees to construct within one year from the first day of October, one thousand »;iglit ImndnMl and tiij,'lit_v-()iio, on Lot 201, it building or build- ing's th« (^oHt of wliicli hIihII not bo Iohh tliiin Hvo thouHaud dol- liiiM (!t giviiiK of iiliirrr)s in ciiso of lire, (lio Miiiiicipiul ('(iiiiicil (tf tlu' City of Vicloi iii liiivc ('ic(!tf(l iiiid art' uboiit to oit'ct Ttdcplioni' l5ox- t'S in (ronniuition witli tin- onf^iiio Ikhimch: Anil, \Vlmr«'iiH, it Ih cxiMclicnt thiit tlin boxes and appar- atUH (loiiiicottMl ili('i'(!\vitli siioiilil lio pi'otoctcMl : Bt! it onHut(Hl l)v t\w Mayor and Couiifilof the Corpor- ation of the City of Victoria as follows: 1 . No pcMson shall injure, (larnug(f or dentroy the Toh>phoiie Moxos erected l)v tiie Coiporation, or any aj)paratuH connected thertiwith. 2. No person sjiall us<^ the Telephone Fire Alarms helong- ing to the Corpoiation excejft in case of a fire occnrring in the city or its immediate neigldiorhood. 8. No person shall give any false alarm through the Tele- phone Fire Alarms lnhmging to the Corporation, or make use of the said Telephone Fire Alarms except to give an alarm of tire. In case of any breach of this By-Law, in addition to the penalties provided ity the "Municipalities Act, INHI," the i)er- son ofiending shall he liable to make good any injury or dam- age which may be done to the said Teleplione Fire Alarms. TIk' Mayor and (Council shall make siich lules and regula- tnins as they shall think reipiisite for the use of the said Tele- phone Fire Alarms. This By-Law shall be known as the "Fire Alarm By-Law. 1H82." Passed the Council this Eighth day of February, 1882. NOAH SHAKESPEARE, Mayor. W. Leuih, C.M.C. No. BY-LAW FIXING THE TIME WHEN THE MUNK IPAL ASS- ESSMENT ROLL FOR THE YEAR 1882 SHALL BE RETURNED BY THE ASSESSOR OF THE CITY OF VICTORIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA, TO THE CLERK OF THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE SAID CITY. WHEREAS, it is expedient that the time should be fixed within which the City Assessor shall return the Asse""- iSS- meut Roll of the City of Victoria for the yeiir 1882 to the Clerk of the Municipal Couucil of the said city, and in which appeals against the said Roll shall be heard. 1. Be it therefore enacted by the Mayor and Council of the Corporation of the City of Victoria that the Assesaineut Roll of the said City for the year 1882, shall be returned to the Clerk of the Municipal Couucil on the 14th day of June, 1882. 2. All persons complaining of his or her assessment shall, on or before the 14th day of July, 1882, notify the Clerk of tlif said City, in wilting, specifying the grounds of his or her com- plaint. 3. All complaints which .^liull be duly made against the said Assessment Roll shall be heard at the City Hall. Victoria, on Monday, the 17th ilay of July, at the hour of 11 o'clock A. M., or ao soon thereafter as the said complainants can be Jieard. This By-Law mav be cited as the "City Assessment and A])peal By-Law, 1882." Passed tiie Municipal Council this 7th da) of June, A.D. 1882. NOAH SHAKESPEARE, Mayor. Wm. Li:i(!h, C.M.C. No. BY-LAW TO AMEND THE BY-LAW FOR PROHIBITING THE ER- ECTION OF WOODEN BUILDINGS, 1870. BE IT ENACTED BY THE M.VYOR AND Council ol the Corporation of tht- (Uty of Victoria as follows: Section one of the By-Law for Prohibiting the erection of Wooden Buildings, 1879, is hereby repealed, and in lieu there- of the following clause shall be inserted in the said By-Law and read as clause one thereof. That such part of the City as is bounded on the North by the centre of the blocks on the North side of Cormorant street and on the west by the water frontage ; on the South by the centre of Broughton street; and on the East by the centre of Douglas street, be and is hereby declared to be within the Fire Limits of the City of Victoria. This By-Law may be cited as "The By-Law for Prohibit- ing the Enaction of Wooden Buildings, 1879," "Amendment By-Law, 1882." Passed the Municipal Council this twenty-ninth day of November, A. D. 1882. No. '' PETROLEUM BY-LAW, 1882." WHEREAS IT IS EXPEDIENT that regulations should be made as to the storage and carriage of Petroleum, Coal Oil, Naptha, and other combustible matter within the City Limits. BE IT ENACTED by the Mayor and Council of the Cor- poration of the City of Victoria as follows: — 1. No person shall keep in any wooden shed or building on storage or for sale any Petroleum, Coal Oil, Naptha, Burn- ing Fuid or other combustible matter, in quantities greater than 50 gallons, if contained in wooden casks, or 100 gallons if stored in metal cases, without a License from the Corporation. 2. No person without such License shall keep in any brick or stone building any of the .iforesaid articles in quantities greater than 250 gallons if contained in wood, or 1,000 gallons if stored in metal cases. 3. Every License shall specify the building, street or locality, and the quantity in gallons of the combustible articles before mentioned, which may be stored therein. 4. The premises in or upon wbich any of the combustible articles aforesaid shall be stored, shall be open at nil times to the inspection of the Corporation or its Oificers. 5. The Corporation may, before any License shall be granted as aforesaid, require such precautions to be t'lken against fire as they may deem necessary. 6. No person shall remove on any dray, cart, waggon or other vehicle, any combustible matter in quantities greater than 250 gallons at any one time. 7 . Any person or persons refusing or neglecting to comply with any of the provisions or lequirements of this By-law, or guilty of any infraction thereof, filiall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to a fine of not less than $5 or more than $50. 8. Every penalty imposed by this By-law may, together with the costs of conviction, be recovered in a summary man- ner before the Police Magistrate, or any Justice of the Peace having jurisdiction within the Limits of the City of Victoria, and may be levied by distress and sale of the goods and chattels of the ofifeu'ler, and in default of payment of such penalty and costs, then by imprisonment of such offender for any term not exceeding one calendar month in one of Her Majesty's gaols. This By-law may be cited as the "Petroleum By-law, 1882 " Reconsidered and finally passe .1 this 28th day of September, A. D. 1882. _^ , NOAH SHAKESPEARE, I p Q I Mayor. •j'^-^f Wm. Leiuh, C. M. C. No. 00. A BY-LAW To repeal '•^The By-Lmv for Prohibiting the Erection of Wooden liuihlings, 1879," Amendment £i/-Law,lHS2:' BE IT ENACTED by the Mayor and Council of the Cor- poration of the City of Victoria, as follows : — The By-Law entitled "The By-Law for Prohibiting the Erection of Wooden Buildings, 1879," "Amendment By-Law, 1882," is hereby repealed ; and Section 1 of the By-Law entitl- ed "The By-Law for Prohibiting the Erection of Wooden Buildings, 1879," is hereby declared to bo in full force. This By-Law may be cited as the " By-Law to repeal the By-Law for Prohibiting the Erection of Wooden Buildings Amendment By-Law, 1882. " Passed the Municipal Council this 21st day of March, A. D. 1883. Reconsidered and finally passed this 4th dav of April, A. D. 1883. CHAS. E. REDFEEN, Mayor. Wm. Leigh, C. M. C. I SEAL [ No. 96. A BY-LAW Fixing the time when t/ie Muiiicipnl Attsessmenf Boll for the Year 188;) shall he returned hi/ the Assessor of the City of Victoria, B. C, to the Clerk of the Municipal Council of the said City, and for hearing complaints against the same. WHEREAS it is expedient that the time should be fixed within whioli the City Assessor shall return the Assess- ment Roll of the City of Victorin, for the year 1883, to the Clerk of the Municipal Council of the said City, and in which a])peuls against the said Roll shall be heard, and for hearing the said appeals : 1. Be it therefore enacted by the Miiyor and Council of the Corporation of tlie City of Victoria, that the Assessment Roll of the said City, for tlie year 1883, shall be returned to the Clerk of the Municipal Council on the seventh day of May, 1883. 2. All persons complaining of his or her assessment shall, comp ain . ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ d„ly made by any 3. All compiaiuis w" ^^ . ggegsments shall person or Person. agams lus her or thejr ^^^ ^j j„„^^ he heard at the City Hall, ^ ctoria ouv thereafter 1883, at the hour of eleven o clock, A. M., or so soou as the said complaints can be heard. , . . , , 4. This By-Law may be cited as ;' The Municipal Assess- ment EoU and Appeal By-Law, 1883. ^ ^ ., . .. .^..o Passed the Council the eighteenth day of April. A.D. 1883. Reconsidered and finally passed this twenty-fifth day of April, A.D. 1883. ^^^^ ^ REDFERN, Mayor. " \ Wm. Leigh, ! SEAL I- o. M. 0- ]■ ■ No. 07. A BY-LAW Relating to the Extension of Yates Street. WHEREAS it is expedient to carry into effect the Yates Street Extension Act, 1883: And, whereas, by the said Act it is provided that the Cor- f)oration of the City of Victoria might acquire such part of the and known as the School Ueseive, Victoria, not exceeding 100 feet in widih, as they might require for the purpose of extend- ing Yates Street through the said reserve, subject to such con- ditions as the Chief Commissioner of Lauds and Works might impose, but no conveyance of the said hmd should be made until the assent of the persons who for the time bein^ should appear on the assessment roll of the City of Victoria as the owners of real estate or holders of trades licenses should be signified by a vote to be taken in manner appointed by the Mayor and Council : And, whereas, the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works has made it a condition that tlie land to bo conveyed should be used for street purposes only, and that a good sub- stantial fence, similar to. the one now existing at the entrance to the i-eserve, should be erected along the south line of the said street : And, whereas, by the said Act, it is further provided that the Corporation of the City of Victoria should, for all lands taken, make compensution to the Government of British Col- umbia ; such compensution, in the event of dispute, to be de- termined by arbitration. Be it therefore enacted by the May(ir and Council of the Corporation of the City of Victoria: 1. That it is expedient that Yates Street should bo extend- ed to Cadboro Bay lload and opened tliiongii the School Re- serve along tlie northern boundary line of tlie same for a width of 100 feet, and that the portion of the said reserve which is requii'ed for such extension should be purchased from the Gov- ernment of British Columbia upon and subject to the terms im- posed by the Chief Commissioner of Lands and Works and the said Act. 2. That James Trimble be and he is hereby appointed an arbitrator on behalf of tlie Corporation to determine the amount ' of compensation to be paid to the Government of British Col- umbia. 3. That the amount to be awarded under the arbitration to be held in pursuance of the said Act may be paid out of the revenue of the current year. 4. That the question whether such part of the School Re- serve not exceeding lOl) feet in width, that is to say from the Nortliern to the Southern limit of the same as shall be required for te purpose of such extension, shull to the intent that the same Zv be used as a public thoroughfare be conveye( by Jh^Go^ernment of British Columbia to the Corporation of the CUv of Victoria subject to the terms or conditions imposed by U e^Chief (Smmissiiner, that is to say. that u good and sub- shnS fence similar to the one now existing a the euti^nceto the reserve from ^ates street, shall be erected along Uie line o ties' id street, shall be submitted for and dete^-d by the vote of the persons whose names shall appear on the hist liwsed assessment roll for real estate and for trades licenses. 5. That the vote shall be taken by ballot at the City Coun- cil Chambers on the 4th day of June, next. 6. That the voting shall commence at 10 A. M. and shall close at 4 P. M. ' 7. The ballot of each voter shall consist of a P^^Per A.y« or No, and in all other respects the provisions of Section 74 of the Municipality Act, 1881, shall be comphed with. This By-Law may be cited as the " Yates Street Extension By-Law, 1883." Passed the Municipal Council the 23rd day of May. A. D. 1883. and finally passed June 6th. A. D. lb»6. CHAS. E. REDFERN. Mayoi. Wm. Leigh. I Seal I C. M. C, No. 98. A BY-LAW To regulate the Ereetioii of BuilduigH within the Fire Limits of tlie City of Victoria, and to provide for the storage of Infaniniahle and Coinhastihle Articles. BE IT ENACTED by the Mayor and Council of the Corpo- ration of the City of Victoria: 1. It shall be lawful for tlie Mayor and Council, from time to time when by them deemed necessary, to appoint an Inspec- tor of Buildings, at such salary as the Municipal Council shall think proper. 2. The dutiea of such Inspector shall be to oversee the erection of all buildings hereafter to be erected, built, enlarged, altered, or re-erected within the City of Victoria, and to enforce the provisions of this By-law. 3. To examine, by virtue of his office, or whenever he may be so directed by the Mnyor aid Council, or by a Police Mag- istrate, or by any Justice of the Peace of the said city, all chimneys, fireplaces, huarths, ovens, boilers, furnaces, stoves, steampipes, stovepipes, fuunjls, flues, and all places where fires are made or kept, or where ashes are kept; and also to examine all buildings or other premises where gunpowder, coal oil, hay, straw, or other inflamiuable subst inces are kept, or where any trade which is considered by the Inspector of Build- ings dangerous, as causing or increasing the liability of fire, is carried on, and to report thereon, and if necessary to notify the owner, lessee, occupier or party using the building, of any de- fect or objection thereto, or to the construction thereof, in any such stovepipe, chimney, fireplace or ashpit, and to direct the repair, alteration, or discontinuance thereof, as may be consid- ered requisite. 4. If any owner, lessee, occupier or party using a build- ing where any chimney, fireplace, hearth, oven, boiler, furnace, stove, steampipe, funnel, flue or place for keeiiing ashes, or any other place which is deemed to be dangerous, neglects to dis- continue the use of, or to alter, repair, or remove the same in accordance with the notice in that behalf and issued by the Inspector of Buildings, or under the authority of a resolution of the Municipal Corporation of the said City of Victoria, and signed by the said Inspector, or by one of the Fire Wardens, he or they shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding ten dollars a day for each and every day that default shall be made in not* complying with the said notice, in addition to all other penal- ties imposed by this By-law. 5. Until otherwise ordered by the said Municipal Council the City Surveyor shall perform the duties prescribed by this By-law to be performed by the Inspector of Buildings. 6. In allcasesof buildingorrebuildingany house, warehouse, or other building when on the lino of any public street or way, or within seven feet thereof, there shall be erected by the builder a board fence of not less than six feet in height, to enclose not more than half the width of the sidewalk in front of such build- ing, and outside of such fence a planked pathway shall be laid by such builder at least four feet wide, for the convenience of the public, or it shall be lawful for him instead of erecting such fence and pathway to plank over the whole of the scaffold at the height of the first floor above the ground floor of such building, and to enclose such scaffold at the same height at least eighteen inches all round above the level of the planked floor above said, the sidewalks of the street being left free for public use. 7. No person shall place aLy lumber, stone, chips, shav- ings, rubbish, or any building material whatever on any side- walk, except within the aforesaid fence, and when buildings are being erected on any street no person shall be allowed to occu- py more than one-third in width of the roadway with any such building material, and no person shall place any such stone, lum- ber, or building material so as to obstruct the free passage of the water in the drains, gutters or water courses, and no person shall suffer or permit any such building material to remain on the street any longer than is necessary for the erection of the building for which such material is designed ; and on the com- pletion of the external walls and roof of any such building, and of such completion the Inspector of Buildings shall be sole judge, the contractor or owner thereof shall within three days theroafter entirely remove all material from the street, and cause the street to be cleaned from all such building material and left in good repair. CHIMNEY STACKS. 8. All chimney stacks shall be carried to a height of not less than four feet above the walls, ridge, or deck of any roof, except in cases where the ridge or deck of any roof exceed the height of six feet above the base of such chimney, then the height shall be determined by the said Inspector, and where a chimney stack is used to carry away smoke or noxious vapors from any manufactory, the said stack shall be carried to such a height as to effectually clear the surrounding buildings to the satisfaction of the said Inspector of Buildings. All stacks shall be built of stone, brick or iron, and in the most substantial manner. BOILERS AND OVENS. 9. No timber shall be laid within two feet of the inside of any oven, copper, still, boiler or furnace, nor within nine inches of the opening of any chimney, nor within seven inches of any metal flue, nor within four and a half inches of any brick flue, unless the wood is properly protected to the satisfaction of the > Building Inspector. STEAM PIPES AND FUNNELS. 10. No pipe or funnel for conveying steam shall be fixed next any public street or highway or on the front of any build- ing, nor shall any funnel, pipe or flue for conveying fire or smoke be fixed on the inside of any building nearer than twelve inches to the face of anv timber, nor shall any such funnel, pipe or flue pass through any timber, framing or partition of wood, or wood and lime, or through any wooden floor, in any house, outhouse, fence or building whatever, within the said city, unless there shall be a space of at least six inches clear between the said funnel, pipe or flue and snoh framing, parti- tion or floor, and the same pass through a cliimney of stone or bricks and mortur, or be encased by a rim of solid stone or thick metal not less than three inches wide and equal in thick- ness to the full finished thickness of the framing through which such pipes shall pass. 1 1. No occupant of any house or building within the said city shall permit any pipe-hole not in use in any chimney in such house or building to remain open; all such holes shall be closed with a proper stopper of metal or other incombustible material. 12. No person shall place or keep any ashes in any wooden box, or within three feet of auy wooden floor or partition, or in any outhouse or shed, unless properly protected; and no person shall store, or permit to be stored, any combustible material in any yard within one hundred feet of any building, unless the same is properly covered and protected from fii'e, and of the sufficiency of such protection the Inspector of Buildings shall be sole judge. 13. No person shall set up, erect, or construct, or build, or use, work, or cause or procure to be set up, erected, con- structed, built or worked, any steam engine, except under the terms of this By-law. 14. No person shall establish, set up, carry on or continue within the said city any tannery, fellmongery or place for boil- ing soap, making or running candles, or for the melting of tal- low, or any manufacture of varnish, fireworks, or any coal oil refinery, or any other factory which from its nature or the mat- terial used therein shall be dangerous, in causing or promoting fires, unless and until he shall have obtained a certificate of compliance with the general regulations hereby prescribed or to be prescribed by any By-law of the Corporation. INFLAMMABLE SUBSTANCES. 15. No larger quantity than 80 gallons of coal oil, or any oils of a similar character in wooden casks, nor more than 300 gallons if in tin, metal, stone or earthenware, nor a larger quan- tity than 20 gallons of crude oil, burning fluid, naptha, benzole, benzine, or other similar combustible and dangerous material shall be kept in any wooden building within the city limits, nor a larger quantity than 150 gallons of coal oil, or other such oils in wooden casks, or 750 gallons in tin, metal, stOne or earthen- ware, nor any larger quantity than 80 gallons of crude oil, burn- ing fluid, naptha, benzole, benzine or other similar combustible or dangerous material shall be kept in any brick building withiii the city limits unless the same shall be kept in a cellar proper- ly ventilated and without a floor or one of brick, stone, cement or other incombustible material, then 300 gallons of coal oil or other such oils in wooden casks, or 1000 gallons if in tin, stone or earthenware, may be kept, nor shall any of the fluids befor6 mentioned be permitted to flow into any drain or sewer of the said city. 16. Notwithstanding anything in the preceding section contained, when fireproof buildings are so constructed as to in- sure at all times a thorough ventilation thereof, and are used exclusively for the purpoi.o of keeping or Htorinp; poal oil, burn- ing fluid, crude oil, naptim, benzole, or other Hiniilar combus- tible or dangerous materia Is tire isolated or detached at least two hundred feet from all other buildings, tiieu any of the said fluids may bo kept and stored therein without limit us to quan- tity. 17. No fire shall be taken into, lighted or used within the said last mentioned storage buildings either for heat, light or any other purpose whatever. 18. Every person desiiing to keep or store in the manner provided by the IGth section of this by-law any of the fluids mentioned in the said lUth section, shall make a written appli- cation to the Mayor and Council for permission so to do, and shall state in such application the store, house, shop, building or place in which ho desires to keep or store the said fluids, or any of them, and it shall be the duty of the said Inspector to examine the premises of the applicant and to report to the said Mayor and Council thereon, and upon every such report the said Mayor and Council shall either grant or refuse permission. 19. When any building or buildings within the city limits shall be deemed by the Inspector of Buildings to be unsafe from any cause, the owner, lessee, contractor or agent shall be notified at once to make the sanu; safe and secure, and every person so notified who fails within twenty-four hours (or such time as shall be expressed in the notice) to comply with such notice, shall be subject to all the penalties of this By-law. FIRE LIMITS. ■> 20. The Mayor and Council may from time to time by res- olution vary the existing fire limits. 21. No building shall be erected or placed on old or new foundations, or on foundations partly old and partly new, with- in the fire limits, unless the same shall be built with main walls of concrete, stone, brick, iron, or other suitable materials, and the external walls of any brick building must be of not less than the following dimensions: ONE 8T0RY BUILDINGS. Outside walls shall not be less than one brick or 8J inches thick, or more than 14 feet in height, or more than 60 feet in length, unless strengthened by cross partitions or other means approved by the Inspector of Buildings. One and a half brick, or 12 J inch thick walls, shall not ex.- ceed 16 feet in height nor 70 feet in length, unless strengthened by cross partitions or other means approved by the Inspector of Buildings. TWO STORY BlJlLDlNGS. Outside walls, ground floor wall, to be not less than one and a half brick or 12 J inches thick, and not to exceed 16 feet in height or 70 feet in length without being strengthened by cross walls, partitions, or other means approved of by the said Inspector. Outside walls, first floor, to be not less than one brick or Si inches thick, nor more than 14 feet in height, nor moi'e than 50 feet in length, unless strengthened as aforesaid. THBEK STORY BUILDINGS. Ground floor outsiilo walls shall not be less than two l:ricks or 17i inches thick, nor more than 17 feet in height, nor more than 100 feet in length, unless strengthened as before mentioned. First floor outside walls shall not be less than one and a half brick, or 12i inches thick, nor more than 14 feet in height nor more than 50 feet in length, unless strengthened as afore- said. Second floor outside walls siiall not be less than one brick or H^ inches thick, nor more than 12 feet in height nor more than 50 feet in length, unless strengthened as before mentioned. And for every additional 20 feet in length or 2 feet in height, or any fraction thereof added to any of the above measurements, one half brick or 4^ inches in thickness, must be added to the thickness of walls of each and every story; and the brick or stone work of any and every building must be carried to such height as may be recjuisite to effectually pro- tect the woodwork of roof of such building from any adjoining building, and to the satisfaction of the Inspector oi Buildings. Basement walls are to be not less than 4^ inches thicker than the walls under which they are built, and shall be of either stone, brick or other suitable materials, and for every four feet in height over 10 feet, or 20 feet in length over 7() feet, or any part thereof, then the walls must be increased in thickness 4i inches. Foundations to brick or stone buildings not having base- ments are to be not less than 18 inches in thfa solid ground be- low the floor level, and to be not less lii.iii 4J inches thicker than the walls under which they are built, and are to be of brick, stone, or other suitable material. HOOF COVEIilXOS. Eoof coverings shall be of slate, tin, iron, or other incom- bustible materials. PUBLIC BUILDINGS. 22. All doors in Theatres, Music Halls, Hotels, Churches and other buildings used for the assembly of large bodies of {>ersons, must open outwards, and ample provision be made or the rapid emptying of the said buildings. 23. No wooden building within the said fire limits shall be removed, except to a portion of the same lot on which it stands, or to a point outside of fire limits, and then only with the written permission of the Mayor and Council, and subject to such conditions and stipulations as may be thought advis- able, and no wooden building within the said limit shall be altered or changed without the written permission of the In- spector of Buildings, approved by a majority of Fire Wardens, which permit shall specify fully the alterations required, and no such permit shall be given if any increase will be made by the proposed change or alteration in the size of the wooden liuild- ing within the said limits, or if such repairs will increase the value of such building more than twenty-five per cent. The application therefor and a copy of each of such permits shall be kept on fde in the office of the City Clerk. I'AinY WArJ.H, AllCIIKH, CHIMNKYS. 24. All piirty walln hIijiII bo built botwooii lioiise aiul house, exc(!|)t in hucIi pints wliiiic oiioh liousn litis iinlnpeiulont wiills. Party walls not boiiig of Miitlicii'iit tliickiioss shall bo taken clown wlioiione or nioio of tlio ailjoininj^ houstss rocpiiros to bo rebuilt. Extoriial walls siiall not l)oi!onio party walls unless the same shall have bi'un pn^viously oiiH-ted in iiecordanee with the provisions of this By-law. The brickwork in all party walls ami e.\ternal walls shall bo properly bonded, or anohored iu every case. 25. No timber shall at any time hereafter be laid into any party wall or arch, extiept for bond to the same, nor into any party wall other than such templets, chains and bond-timbors as sfiall be necessary for the same, and other than tho onils of girders, beams, binding or trimming joists, or other ]»rincipal timbers; all of which timliors shall have at least four inches and a-lialf solid biick work between the ends Jind sides there- of, and the timber of any building adjoining thereto, and the ends of every girder, beam, purline, binding or trimming joists, and every piece of j)rincipal timber may be laid beyond the centre of any party wall, provided that there be left four inches ami a half of solid brick or stonework at tho end of every such piece of timber, except in jjlaces where any parts of the ends of any such timber shall be opposite to and level with any l)art of the ends of any timber of any adjoining building, in which case no part of such timber shall ap|)roach nearer than two inches to the centre of the said l)arty wall. lillKAST SLMMEIIS. 2G. Broast-summers in all cases shall be carried on brick or stono walls oi piers, or on cast-iron columns seated iu stone, and shall in no case be carried on story posts or other timber supjrorts; and when th'! ends of any breast-summers shall approach the centre line of any party wall nearer than four inches and a-half, such ends shall be encased and entirely sur- rounded in cast iron shoes. CHIMNEYS AND HEAltTHS. 27. All chimneys back to back in party walls shall be in the chimney backs at the least one brick or 8i inches in thick- ness. Chimney back.s in party walls not being back to back with any other chimney, shall be at least 8| inches cU ar from the party line ; tho thickness above specified shall be eoutinned to a height of ut least 8 inches above the mantel iu evoiy case. All flues built in internal, external or party walls, shn'' bosur- rounc^ed by brickwork not less than 4 inches in thiciau^f-. 28. Chimney hi artlis shall in all cases be laid wholly on brick or stone in cement, unless the same be in cellar or base- ment story and be laid and bedded in solid earth, and every chimney shall have a slab or slabs or foot pieces b'jfore the same of stone, bricks, marble, iron or cement, at least one foot four inches broad and extending at least six inches beyond each end of every fireplace opening. 29. Hay or straw shall not bo permitted to be stored or kept for sale in buildings within the city limits, unless the same shall be properly secured from danger by fire to the satisfaction of t\w Inspector of Hnil(liiif»H (iml tlin Firo WiinlotiH, iiiul if any V)iiiltlin^H nncil for tlio stornj^o of liiiy or Hfniw sliiill ho ilctmiod (lan^orouH l)v tlio Hiiid InHpcctor or riro WardrnH, tho piirtios usin^ tho samo shall bo notilicd to iitiniio tho uho thoroof or to liavc th(> Hnid hnihlnif^s nuKh' s(mmii«>; and for ovorv (hiy MO iiHiii(^ tlio Haid bnildin^^H, or p< riiiittin;^ tlioni to ho usod after tho expiration of such notice, thi'}' shall ho liable for tho full ponaltv niontioncd in this iiy-law. 'J(li. The line of wall of any liuildinj^ fronting on any street, alley, lane or pid)lic highway within the limits of the City of Victoria, shall Ix* ])arallol with the ccntrn liiw of such stre(>t, alley, lane or pnhlie highway, as laid down on the oOicial map of the said city, and no building, or part of any building, shall proiect or encroach on any such street, alley, lane or public nighway. 31. The penalty for the brcMich of any section of this By- law Hhali ho tho uunie as mentioned in the Municipality Act, 1881. 32. All Uy-hiws and parts of Hy-laws conflicting with this By-law shall be and the sam<» are hereby repealed. 33. This Hy-hvw shall be cited us the "Victoria Jiuilding By-law, 1883." Passed the Council this 2flth day of Juno, 1883. Reconsidered and finally passed this eleventh day of July, A. D., 1883. [Seal.] CHAS. E. REDFERN, AViLLiAM Leigh, Mayor. Clerk Municipal Council. Mo. 9J>. A BY-LAW To jjrt'rciit tlw si)re(uliinj of Tlii:itl('snutliin the Mu- niciixtlitif of Viiiorid. BE IT ENACTED by the Mayor and Council of the City of Victoria, as follows: 1. It sliall be the duty of every owner. oiuMipier, lessee or agent of the owner of any land within the limits of the City of Victoria, to cut or cause to he cut down, and he or they shall cause to be cut down and destroyed all Thistles growing upon his or their land, or upon the land for which any person is the agent; and if any owner, occupier, lessee or agent as aforesaid of the land within the said city limits shall permit thistles to grow thereon until the same shall ha\e come into flower before being cut down and destroyed; or if any owner, occupier, lessee or agent as aforesaid of any land shall suffer or permit any Thistles to remain growing thereon between the first day of June and the first day of November of any year, he or they shall upon conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding twenty dollars. 2. This By-law may be cited as the "Thistle By-law, 1880, amendment By-law, 1883." Passed the Council the 13th June. 1883. Reconsidered and finally passed this 11th day of July, 1883. [Seal.] ■ CHAS. E. REDFERN, William Leigh, C. M. C. Mayor. w No. lOO. BY-LAW HEREA8 IT 18 EXPEDIENT TO REGULATE Vehicles kept for hire. Be it therefore enacted by the Mayor and Council of the Corporation of tho City of Victoria, as follows : — 1. In this By-law the words "Hackney Carriage" shall mean any vehicle which shall bo used by any person when ply- ing for liire on any stre^l or thoroughfare within the limits of the City of Victoria for carriage of passengers, and the word "Wagon" shall mean any Express Wagon, Cart, Dray, or other vehicle which shall be used by anv person when plying for hire on any street or thoroughfare within the aforesaid limits for carriage of good's or merchandise. 2. No person shall ply on any street or thoroughfare within the aforesaid limits with any Hackney Carriage or Wagon for hire, before the owner thereof has obtained from the Corporation of the City of Victoria, and under their corporate seal, a license, which may be in the form in the Schedule hereto, for such Hackney Carriag,;, or Wagon, to be used for hire, which license shall expire on the last day of June or December next after the issuing thereof whichever shall first follow, and also two badges on which shall be in- scribed the number of the license, and befoi'e the vehicle shall be so used the smaller of such badges shall be aflfixed and dis- played on a conspicuous place inside the vehicle, and Hie otlur shall be affixed and displayed on a conspicuous place on the outside of such vehicle. 3. If airv person shall ply with any unlicFused Hackney Carriage or Wagon, for hire, on any street or thoroughfare within the aforesaid limits, the owner and driver thereof shall each be deemed to have committed a breach of this By-law. 4. Bastion Square, within the spiice defined for the pur- pose by corner stones lot into the ground ; Broad street, West side, between Yates and Fort streets, and between the Easterly side of the sidewalk and a line running parallel thereto, and at a distance of eight feet therefrom ; Douglas street, centre of ; Yates street, centre of, West of Government street, and East of Broad street ; Wharf street, East side, between Johnson and Yates streets, and between Westerly side of the sidewalk and a line running parallel thereto, and at a distance of eight feet therefrom ; Shall be the only places within the aforesaid limits where it shall be lawful to place for hire any Hackney Carriage or Wagon. All vehicles to stand in one row only and in single tile. 5. No person slmll ^^y on any street or thoroughfare with- in the aforesaid limits with any licensed Vehicle for hire, ex- cept at the places designated in Section 4 of this By-law. 6. If the driver of any licensed vehicle shall stand or loiter with his vehiclj on any street or thoroughfare within the aioresaid limits, exc -^pt the places designated in Section 4 of thi^ By-law, he shall, unless the vehicle be actually hired by a passenger or passengers, or for the delivery of goods, be deeiaed to be plying for hire, and the owner and driver of the vehicle shall each be deemed to have committed a breach of this By-law. 7. If any licensed vehicle shall be standing on any street or other thoroughfare within the aforesaid limits, other than those designated in the fourth section of this By-law, the owner or person in charge thert'of shall, unless the vehicle be actually hired by a iiasseuger or passengers, or for the deliveiT of goods, be deemed to be plying for hire, and the owner and any per- son then having the charge or letting of such vehicle, shall each be deemed to have committed a breach of this By-law. 8. That no driver or otlier person having charge of any licensed Vehicle shall, while within the aforesaid limits, wantonly snap or flourish his whip, or needlesf^ly leave such vehicle, or make use of any obscene or impertinent lan- guage of any kind whatever, or be intoxicated, or be guilty of making any insulting gesture, or of any misbehaviour whatever while in charge thereof. 9. That no driver or other person shall while within the aforesaid limits unreasonably or cruelly'beat or otherwise iUuse any horse or animal under his care. 10. The penalties for the infraction of this By-law, or any section thereof, shall be those mentioned in section 02 of the Municipality Act, 1881. 11. Any person hoLling a Municipal licer.ie shall not be required to take out a license under this By-law until January 1-^ 1884. 12. The "Vehicles Regulation By-law, 1873," and the "Vehicles Regulation Amendment By-law, 1879," and the "Vehicles Regulation By-law, 1883," are herebj- repealed. 13. This By-law may be cited as tlie "Hack Regulation By- law, 188P-." SCHEDULE. License. This is to authorize to ply for hiio in the City of Victoria with drawn by horae subject to the " Hack Regulation By-law, 1883." This license, unless withd-awn in the meantime, eihall remain in force until the day of , and no longer, and is not transferable. 1888^''"""' ""• '^-"'"P" Council the third day of -e„t;l'tr^,"Slti^ff-d .le M„„i, October, cipal Couucil the M CHAS. E. REDFEEN, ""[ William Lkiqh Mayor. ^ C. M. C. \ HM No. 101. A BY-LAW. WHEREAS it is expedient to make provision for lighting the City with Electric Lights : And whereas an agreement in the words and figures follow- ing has been entered into by the Mayor and Council of the Corporation of the City of Victoria : This Agreement, made the twenty-seventh day of June, 1883, between the Mayor and Council of the Corporation of the City of Victoria, hereinafter called the, said Corporation, of the one part, and Robert Burns McMicking, of Victoria aforesaid, of the other part, Witnesseth, that in consideration of the cov- enants hereinafter contained on the part and behalf of the said Corporation, he, the said Robert Burns McMicking, doth here- by for himself, his heirs, executors and administrators, cove- nant and agree with the said Corporation that he, the said Robert Burns McMicking, shall and will, at his own cost, erect and support and maintain at three several points in the said City an Electric Light with an illuminating power i-qual in the aggregate to Fifty Thousand Candles. That the sai.l lights shall bo placed at an elevation above the ground of not less than One Hundred and Fifty Feet at the level of the junction of Government and Yates streets : That one of such lights shall be placed at or near the junc- tion of Blanchard Street and Burdett Avenue; another of such lights at or near the junction of Yates and Government Streets; and another of such lights at or near the junction of Chatham Street with P':ir.chard Avenue : That the necessary machiner}', plant, labor and materials shall be supplied by the said Robert Burns McMicking at his own cost: That the description of lamp to be used by the said Robert Burns McMicking shall be left to his own option: That all expenses connected with tin maintenance of the said several lamps shall, for a period of eight years fr.>m the date hereof, be borne and paid by the said Robert Burns McMick- ing: That the said lamps shall be erecteci and completed, with all the machinery and appliances necessary, on or before the first day of December next. And the said Corporation for themselves herel)y covenant with the said Robert Burns McMicking, that in consideration of the full and complete performance by the s'lid Robert Burns McMicking of the aforesaid covenants and /igreoment, they, the said Corporation, shall and will pay to the said Roliert Burns McMicking, his executors, administrators or assigns for a period of eight years determinable as hereinafter mentioned, the annual sum of $(j, 000.00, by equal monthly instalments of $500.00, the first of whidi instalments to become duo and pay- aL e thirty days after the said Electric Light shall be in full and complete operation at each of the three liefore mention .id points. That in case the said Electric Light shall not be kept up to the standard of fifty thousand candle illuminating power, cir in case through auy cause whatever within the control of the con- tractor the said light shall fail or shall not give a continuous light during the time required for illuminating the city, and in case the liglit is not produced within forty-eight hours after re- ceiving a notice to that effect from the Corporation, it shall be lawful for the said Corporation, on giving to the said Robert Bums McMicking ten days' notice, to terminate this agreement, and in case of his absence from the city such notice shall be posted in a registered letter to his address in Victoria, and shall be held as sufficient without further proof. That in deciding the question as to the suffici^iio, of the light given by each of the Electric Lamps, a test shall be made by the Corporation of reading print of the ordinary size of newspaper type at such a distance from the said lamp as may be mutually agreed upon, and if at any future time the light shall be insufficient to read similar prirted matter at the same point, then the light shall be considered as insufficient; and the said Corporation further covenant with the said Robert Burns McMicking that they, the said Corporation, shall and will per- mit the said Robert Burns McMicking to make use of the streets, subject nevertheless to the control and direction of the Corporation, for the purpose of erecting posts, wires, guy-posts and towers, and shall also pei-mit the said Robert Bums Mc- Micking to have and use such pieces and parcels of land for the purpose of erecting the engine and other works necessary for the erection and working ot the said Electric Light free of charge; such piece of land to be defined by the Corporation. Provided always, that in case the said Corporation shall, at any time during the term of eight years, desire to acquire the plant and material connected with the said lights, the said Robert Burns McMicking, his executors, administrators and assigns, shall make an assignment thereof to the said Corporation free r»f incumbrances upon receiving from the said Corporation the ( • it price of the said works and twenty-five per cent, in addi- tion, or the sum of $12,500.00, whichever shall be the smaller sum, and in the event of the Corporation acquiring the said works, then this contract shall be considered void. And it is mutually agreed that in case the ratepayers of the City of Vic- toria shall refuse to approve the By-law for carrying this Con- tract into effect, then this Contract and every stipulation there- in contained shall be void. Provided also, that in case the said Corporation shall give to the siad Robert Burns McMicking, his executors, administrators or assigns, the notice hereinbefore mentioned for the purpose of terminating this Contract, then the said Robert Burns McMicking, his executors, administra- tors or assigns shall forthwith remove the plant and erections at his own cost, and in case of any default by him or them so to romove the same for thirty days after the expiration of the said notice, the Corporation may, at the cost of the said Robert Burns McMicking, his executors, administrators or assigns, re- move the same without being responsible for any loss or dam- age occasioned thereby. Be it thehefore enacted by the Mayor and Council of the Corporation of the City of Victoria, that the Agreement here- inbefore recited be and the same is hereby confirmed. Tills Uy-k^ mdy be cilbd as "Tlie Elfefcttifc Li{*ht ny-htir. 1883." t'assed the Mnnicipiil Ooiihfeil the eJleVenbh tlay of July, 18^3. IteraimhloieU ilnd fihallr pitssetl this 25th day of July, A. 1). 1983. [Heill.] CHA8. E. REDFERN, Maydf. William Leioii, C. M. C. Mo. I02. BY-LAW. wWptlE^S IT IS teXt»EDlENTto regulate Vehicles, other Vt than Drays, kept for hire: Bo it thierefore eimcteit by the Mayor and Couneil of the Corporation of tlie City of Victoria, as follows : 1. In thif} fty-law the word^ "tlackney Carriii^e*' shall mean fit\y vehicle which shall 1)0 used by any person when f>lying foi* hire, on any street within the limits of the City of Victoria frtl* carriage of passengers : , 2. Np f)ej"SOn §hall ply within the aforesaid limits with any Hackney (^arrJHgo, Express wa^on, Cart, or other vehicle, Drays excepted, for hire, beiorp the o\v'ner thei'eof has obtained from the Corporatjoi of the City of Victoria, and under their Corpo- rate fteflj, a li<;eFSe whicii may be in the form of the 8ch6dnle IxTcto, for such Hackppy Garrii^e, Express wagon, Cartorothfet ydiicjo to be used ficrihed the pumborpf thp license, and before the vehicle ^all bo so, used the smaller orf such badges shftll t>e affixed and dis- played^ in 4 con8]»i(;]iious place inside the s«id vehicle, and the other fihall beji/lixed and displayed on a conspicuous plaCe On the ^jutijide and back of sijch vehicle. 3. If any person shall ply with any unlicensed Hackney Carrijigr, fixpresa Wa^iion, Cart or other vehicle for hire, DWiys extiepted, oij any s^itrtief, within tht at the afore- said sta^^da, i^nd any licensed Hackney Carriage loitering in any ])lacc within the aforesaid limits shall, unless actually hired by a piussenger or passengers, be deemed to be plying for hire, ane deemed to have committed a breach of this By-law and be lia- ble to the penalty imposed by this By-law. 10. The Mayor and Council aforesaid may, by resolution from time to time, alter, add to, or decrease the number of stands mentioned in sections four and six of this By-law. 11. That no driver or other person having charge of any Hackney Carriage, Express Wagon, Cart or other vehicle used for hire shall, while within the aforesaid limits, wantonly snap or flourish his whip, or needlessly leave such Hacknoy Car- riage, Express Wagon, Cart or other vehicle, or make use of any obscene or impertinent language of any kind whatever, or be intoxicated, or oe guilty of making any insulting gesture, or of any misbehavio'ir wliatever, while in charge thereof. 12. That no (in er or any other person shall while within tho aforesaid limits unreasonably or cruelly beat or otherwise ill- use any horse or animal under his care. 13. The penalties for the infracti(m of this By-law, or any section thereof, shall be those mentioned in section 92 of the Municipality Act, 1881. 14. Tt shall be lawful for the Mayor and Council aforesaid by resolution, for good cause shown, to withdraw any license obtiiined or issued under this By-law. 15. The "Vehicles Regulation By-law, 1873," and the "Vehicles Regulation Amendment By-law, 1879," and tho "Vehicles Regulation By-law, 18^3," are hereby repealed. ' This Uv-law may be cited as. the "Hack Regulation By-law, 1883." SCHEDULE. UOENHE. Vic Jr5^%Tth' "*'"'Lwn bv '^ ^'^ \^ '"'« '" *»"« City of *".i!5^ "Hack Regulation By-faw, 1883 " tZ u '"'^r * withdrawn in the meantimo ahnn'rf^^L ._ ^^ license, unless Passed the Council the 22d day of Aucust Iftfiq twen»^^ the ^^.^^, ,,, ■■ -I CHA8. E. REDFERN. WnxuM Leigh, C. M. C. Mayor. A i It No. 103. To f)rohil)U the. erect ioti of Wooden Bifi/ffiitgs irifh- in, rerffun llniiin ivitkiii tlic ('ittj of f'lrforift. B E IT ENACTED by the Mayor and Council of tho Corpo- ration of the City of Victoria, as follows : 1. Section one of the "By-law for Prohibiting the Erec- tion of Wooclon Buildings, 1879," is hereby repealed. 2. That such portion of the City of Victoria bounded on on the South by Fort street, on the West by Victoria Harbor, on the North by a line running along the northerly line of Lot 127, thence Easterly across Store street to Fisgard street; thence Easterly along Fisgard street to a point 30 feet north of the north-east corner of lot 51)8; thence Southerly along the East line of lots 598 ami 587 to Cormorant street; thence South- erly across Cormorant street and along iho Easterly line of lot 535, Block T, to Pandora street; thence Southerly across Pan- dora street to Broad street; thence South to Fort street; be hereby declared within the Fire Limits of the City of Victoria. 3. The centre of the several streets above mentioned shall, where the line runs along the street, be the limits refex'red to. This By-law is to be read and form part of By-law known as "The Victoria Building By-law, 1883." This By-law may be cited as "The By-law for Prohibiting the Erection of Wooden Buildings, 1879," "Amendment By- law, 1883," Passed the Council this Twenty-ninth day of November, A. D. 1883. Reconsidered and finally passed this Third day of Decem- ber, A. D. 1883. . ■j SEAL J- ^jj Leigh, -^ C. M. C. CHAS. E. REDFEBN, Mayor. No. 103a. A BY-LAW To nniciifi "Tlw liif-laio for ve<^iiUit'uii> the, meetings a ml the gen era I eoinluet of fjttsii/ess of the Muni - (•//}((/ Con If fit of the Citif itf \'ictoviii, liritLsli Cofnnihia, IJth Marek, IH^l." BE IT ENACTED by the Mayor unci Council of the (Corpora- tion of the City of Victoria, as follows : 1. That the By-law for regulating the meetings and tlie general conduct of business of the Municipal Council of the City of Victoria, British Columbia, is hereby amended by striit- iug out the word "four" in the last line of section one of said By-law, and inserting in lieu thereof the word "five." 2. Tills By-hiw may be cited as "Tiie By-law to amend the By-law for reguhiting the meetings and tlie general conduct of business of the Munici]ml Councd of the Citv of Victoria, Bri- tish Columbia, 1884." Passed the Municipal CouucmI this BOtli tlay of January, A. D. 1881. Reconsidered and finally passed this twenty-seventh day of February, A.D. 1884. [Seal.] " JOS. W. CAREY, Wm. Leigh, Mayor. Clerk Municipal Council. No. 104. 7V> //.v f/ff Rniimii'i'ntifHi <>/' ccvtiiin Ojfiri'i's in Ihr (•nii)loii of tlw ('oi'i)<))'(iti<)n of the Cilij of V'ictoi'iii. .; • ' W HEUEAS it is cleHirahle to fix tlie romunemtion of cer- tain Ortioors and Employees of the said Corporation. Bi; IT THKUKKOUE ENACTED by tlio Mayor and Council of the Corporation of the City of Victoria, as follows: 1. Tho several officers and employees who are now or here- after may be a[)pointed to perforni the (hitios connected with the several offices spocitied in Schodnle "A" hereto, shall, whilst they shall continue to bo employed in such positions respectively, receive as remuneration salaries at the rates and at the times specified in tiie Schedule. . There shall be paid to the City Barristers, as nn annual 1 r, tiie sum of Three Hundred Dijllars, payable on the J-„ ,tay of Juno and on the 31st day of December in each year. 3. All moneys required to bo paid under and by virtue of this By-law shall bo payable by rlie Treasurer of the Corpor- ation, under the authority of the Mayor and Finance Commit- te(i, for and on account of the Municipal Council of the said City of Victoria. 4. Tho Schedule "A" hereto annexed shall form part of this By-law. This By-law may bo cited as the " Officers' Remuneration By-law, ]884." Passed the Municipal Council this Fifth day of March, A. D. 1884. Reconsidered and finally passed this Nineteenth day of March, A. D. 1884. —^ JOS. W. CAREY, , j^^^^f Wm. Leioh, -r- C. M. C. SCHEDULE "A." OFFICES. HATE. Assessor, Collector, Accountant, Treasurer and Water Works Commissioner, - At the rate of $lGG.OGfi-100 per month. Auditor, - ... - . .^200 per annum. Assistant Clerk, Water Works Collector and Messenger, - - At the rate of $100 per month. City Surveyor, Health Officer, Pound Keeper, - . - Cemetery Keeper, ... Sec'y of Cemetery Committee, Foreman of Street Works, Teamster, - - . . City Carpeuter, ... Park Keeper, ... Caretaker of head Water Works Police Magistrate, $100 $60 $60 $50 $20 $75 $65 $r^5 $i5 $60 $1,000 per annum payable in Superintendent of Police, Sergeant of Police, Constables, each. Any new Constables — For the first year, - For the second year. For the third year. equal monthly payments of $83 .33^-100. At the rate of $100 per month. $90 $70 $60 $65 $70 No. 106. TO REGULATE THE REMOVAL OF BUILDINGS. WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for the regulation of the removal of iJuildiugs within the City of Victoria ; Thkhefore the Municipal Council of the City of Victoria enacts as follows: 1. No pfrson shall remove, or cause or permit to be re- moved, any building into, along or across any street without having first obtained permission of the Mayor and Council. 2. All applications for permission to remove any building or buildings into, along or across any street shall be made in writing to the Mayor and Corticll, and shall describe the building and state its location, the place to which the building is to be removed and the streets required to be used in removing such building. 3. The application for such permission shall obtain from the CLj Surveyor a valuation of tL-e building he desires to re- move and shall enclose such valuation with his applicutiun. All applications for the removal of any building shall be accom- panied by a fee of $5 and shall state the number o( days required tor such removal. 1 ilding lie in the ikling 4. No permission shall be given to remove any building into, along or across any street unless such building as aforesaid shall have been valued by the City Surveyor as being worth at least one hundred dollars, when it is necessary to have the building valued. All applications for removal of a building shall be accompanied by a fee of five dollars and shall state the number of days required for the removal of said building. 5. Any person moving any building shall diligently, and with all practicable speed, remove the same on, along and across the streets and to the place where permission has been granted, and sl;al', while such building is being removed, place a beacon light o:\ the front of suf^li building and a beacon light on the back thereof, and shall continuously keep such beacon light burning irora sunset to sunrise. 6. Aiy person violating any of the provisions of sections one and five of this bylaw shall, on conviction before the Police Magistrate cr otlier Justice of tiie Peace of the City of Victoria, be liable to a penalty not exceeding t'venty-five dollar- for each violation thereof, together with the cnsfs of cuuviction; and in default of i)ayraent of any such fine together with the costs of com iction, it shall be ld\ ful for the Police Magistrate or other Ju.^tice of the Peace convicting as aforesaid, to issue his or their war "ant to If-y the amount of tine and costs by distress and sale of the offender's floods and chattels; and in case uo sufficient distress to satisfy the amount of fine and costs shall be found, it shall be lawful for the Police Magistrate or Justice of the Peace as aforesaid to ooujmit the oft'ender to the common gaol for any period not exceeding one month. Tlii.s Bylaw may be cited as "The Buildings Removal Bylaw, 188i. Passed the. Municipal Council this Nineteenth day of March, 1884. Reconsidered and finally passed this Twenty-sixth dny of March, 1884. -w^ . JOS. W. CAREY ]»-[wm.L™„, - - C. M. C. from to ro- ll. All Iccom- Luired Ji No. I06. A BY-LAW. To Further AmendtJie Victoria Consolidated Sani- tary and mdsance By-law, ISSO. BE IT ENACTED by the Mayor and Council of the Corpor- ation of the City of Victoria as follows:— 1 Section 2 of the Victoria Consolidated Sanitary and Nuis- ance By-law, 1880, is hereby amended by inserting ^^etween the words "Ammo'niacal Liquor" and the words "or other such offensive matter" in the fifth line thereof the word bwiU. 2 The "Victoria Consolidated Sanitary and Nuisance By- law" 1880 " "The Victoria Consolidated Sanitary and Nuis- ance Amendment By-law, 1882, and this By-law sliall be read as one By-law. ^^ This By-law may be cited as "The Sanitary By-law, 1884. Passed the Municipal Council the thirtieth day of April, 1884. Reconsidered and finally passed the Municipal Council the twenty-first day of May, 1884. ^ JOS. W. CAREY, |'~^) Mayor. ] ^' ^- (■ James D. Robinson, ' , ^.-^' C. M. 0. City Hall, Victoria, B. C, ^ May 22nd, 1884. Nn. 107. W A BY-LAW. HEIIEA8, it is expedient to Kegulato Vehicles kept for Hire. Be it therefore enacted, by tiie Mayoi iuul Conncil of the Corporation of the Oity of Victoria, as follows: - 1. In tliis By-liiw the words "Hackney Carriage" shuU mean any vehicle which shall be used by any person when ply- ing for hire on any street or thorouglifare within the limits oi the City of Victoria for carriage of pas8enlo, every such person so offending shall be guilty of an infraction of this By-law and shall be subject to the penalties hereinafter mentioned. 4. The owner of each and every Hackney Carriage and Wagon shall before plying for hire register the same in his own name at the office of the l lerk of the Corjjoration of Victoria City and shall obtnin from the said Clerk a metallic plate bear- ing the number under which the said Hackne}' Carriage or Wagon has bem so registered, together with a certificate of such registration, for which certificate the said Clerk shall be entitled to demand and receive a fe.> of one dollar ; and no Hackney (carriage or Wagon shall be used for the conveyance of i)assengers, goods, wares or merchandise on any of the streets of the said City, until so registered and unless the metal- lic plate bearing the registered number aforesaid is allixcd to the outside and right side of such Hackney Carriage and Wagon. "). That Wharf Street, Yates Street, Government Street, Fort Street, Broughton Street, Broad Street, Douglas Street and Johnson Street, as designated by the Cmincil by paving the stantis or otherwise marking them, and the i)laces so desig- nated shall be the only ])laces within the limits of the Cit}' of Victoria aforesaid wlure it shall be lawful to place for hire any Hackney Carriage or Wagon. All vehicles to stand in one row only and in single file. r 6. No person shall ply on any street or thoroughfare with- in the limits of the City of Victoria nioresaid with any Hack- ney Carriage or Wagon for hire except at the places mentioned iu Section 5 of this By-law. 7. If the driver of any Had. ney Carriage or Wagon shall leave such Hiickney Carriage uuattenilod in any street or road within the limits of the City of Victoria, whether such Hackney Carriage or Wagon shall be hired or not, he shall be guilty of a breach or infraction j{ this By-law. 8. If the driver of any Hackney Carriage or Wagon shall stand or loiter with his vehicle on any street or thoroughfare within the limits of the City of Victoria, except the places de- signated in Section 5 of this By-law, he shall, unless the vehicle be actually at tliat time hiied by some person or persons for the delivery of goods, or otherwise, be deemed to be plying for hire, and the owner and driver of such Hackney Carriage or W'agon shall be deemed to be guilty of an infraction or breach of this By-law. 9. If any Licensed Hackney Carriage or Wagon shall be standing on any street or other thoroughfare within the limits of the City of Victoria, other than those designated in Section 5 of this By-law, the owner and person in charge thereof shall, un- less the vehicle be at the time in the actual hire of some person or persons for the delivery of goods or passengers, be deemed to be plying for hire, and the owner and any person then hav- ing the charge, or letting, or hiring of such Hackney Carriage or Wagon, shall each be guilty of a breach of this By-law. 10. Every Hackney Carriage and Wagon shall, between the hours of sunset and sun"i8e, .'hile they shall be hired or shall be plying for hire, carry a light on each side of such Hackney Carriage and Wagon. 11. In ca.se of any person travelling or being upon any street iu the said City of Victoria, in charge of or driving a vehicle drawn by one or more horses, or one or more other ani- mals, should meet another vehicle drawn as aforesaid, he shall turn out to the left from the centre of the road allowing to the vehicle so met one-half of the road. 12. In case of any person travelling or being upon any street in the said City of Victoria, in charge of a vehicle as aforesaid, or on horseback, being overtaken by any vehicle or horseman travelling at a greater speed, the person so overtaken shall quietly turn out to the left, and allow such vehicle or horseman to pass. 13. In case any person travelling or being upon any street in the said City of Victoria, in charge of a vt>hicle as afoies.vid, or on horseback, overtakes and desire.s to pass any vehicle or horseman as aforesaid, he shall quietly turn to the right. 14 The keepers or owners of scabies in the said City of Victoria where horses are kept for hire, shall keep a printed copy (to be obtained from the Clerk of tiie Corporation of the City of Victoria), of the hist three i)recoding stsctions posted in a conspicuous place in the stable or stables of such owner. mmmems 15. That no driver or other person having charge of any licensed vehicle shall, within the limits of the City of Victoria,. wart( )ily snap or flourish his whip, or needlessly leave such ve- hicle jr make use of any obscene or impertinent language of any kind whatever, or be intoxicated, or be guilty of making any insulting gesture r of any ra "behaviour whatever while in charge thereof. 16. No driver or other person shall unreasonably or cruelly beat or otherwise illuse any horse or animal under his care. 17. Any person oi* persons guilty of an infraction of any of the provisions of this By-law shall, upon conviction in a sum- mary way before any Justice of the Peace having jurisdiction, in the City of Victoria, forfeit and pay at the discretion of the said Justice of the Peace convicting, a i)enalty not exceeding Fifty Dollars for each offence, together w^ith costs of such pro- secution, or shall be imprisoned at the discretion of the said Justice of the Peace convicting for a term not exceeding One Month. 18. The " Hack Regulation By-law, 1888," Number lOft,, is hereby repealed. 19. The " Hack Regulation By-law, 1883," Number 102, is hereby repealed. This By-law may be cited as the "Hack Regulation By- law, 1884." SCHEDULE. This is to authorise to ply for hire in the City of Victoria, with one subject to the Hack Regulation By-law, 1884, and this License is not transferable and will expire on the day of 18 Passed the Municipal Council this 2nd day of April, 1884. Reconsidered and rinally i eighth day of May, A. D. 188^ Reconsidered and rinally passed the Council this twenty- '^ "^34. JOS. W. CAREY, L. 8. James D. Robinson, C. M. C. Mayor. No. 108. A BY-LAW Fixing the time when the Municipal Assessment Roll for the year 1884 sJutll be returned by the Assessor of the City of Victoria, B. C, to the Clerk of the Municipal Council of the saicl City, a,nd for liearing complaints against the same. • WHEREAS it is expedient that the time should be fixed within which the City Assessor shall return the Assess- ment EoU of the City of Victoria for the year 1884, to the Clerk of the Municipal Council of the said City, and in which appeals against the said Boll shall be heard and for hearing the said Appeals. 1. Be it therefore enacted by the Mayor and Council of the Corporation of the City of Victoria that the Assessment Boll of the said City for the year 1884 shall be returned to the Clerk of the Municipal Council on the Eleventh day of June, 1884. 2. All persons complaining of his or her assessment shall, on or before the Eleventh day of July, 1884, notify the Clerk of the said City in writing, specifying the grounds of his or her complaint. 3. All complaints which shall have been duly made by any Eerson or persons against his, her or their assessments shall be eard at the City Hall, Victoria, on the Sixteenth day of July, 1884, at the hour of Eleven o'clock, A. M., or so soon therctafter as the said complaints can be heard. 4. This By-law may be cited as the Municipal Assessment Boll and Appeal By-law, 1884. Passed the Council the Twenty-first day of May, 1884. Beconsidered and finally passed this Fourth day of June, A. D. 1884. -^ " JOS. W. CABEY, > L 8 I Mayor. I ■ ■ f James D. Bobinson, -v~ C. M. C. iiifit^KZ No. 109. BY-L'J\r toes' ''ink the Rules, etc., as to the use on (I, ni(Ui,fgenieiit of Ross Bay (U'ineferij. WHEREAS by virtue of iin Act entitled "The Cemetery Ordiimnoe Amendment Act, 1879," tlie lands known as the Hoss Bay Cemetery, certain other lands acquired for Cem- etery purposes by tiie Trustees under and by virtue of the Trust Deeds and Letters Patent mentioned iu the said Act, are vested in the Corporation of the City of Victoria and their successors in trust for the proper maintenance of the said Cemetery, and for (Cemetery purposes generally : And Wheueas it is expedient that certain Kules and Regu- lations be estal)iished for the proper management of the said Ross Bay ('emetery: Be it enacted by the Mayor and I'ouncil of the Cor])oration of tiie City of Victoria, as aforesaid: Tlie following Rules and Regulations are liereby established and sliall be observed gener- ally in the use and management of the Ross Bay Cemetery: 1. All applications with respect to interments are to be made to the Hecretary between the hours of 10 and 11 o'clock in the forenoon, and between 3 and 4 o'clock in the afternoon, each day excepting Saturday, on which day applications will only be received between the hours of l -Law 1884:" Be it therefore enacted, by the Mayor and Council of the Cor- poration of the City of Victoria, as follows : 1. Sectiou ? of the "Officers Remuneration By-Law, 1884," is hereby repealed. 2. So much of "Schedule A" of the "Officers Beniuneration By-Law, 1884," as relates to the remuneration of the Police Magistrate is hereby repealed, and in lieu thereof the following shall be read: "Police Magistrate and Legal Adviser, 12000 per annum, payable in equal monthly payments of $166 66S :" 3. This By-Law may be cited as the "Officers Remuneration By-Law, 1884, Amendment By-Law, 1885." . M James D . Robinson, C. M. C. J. W. CAREY, Mayor. No. 116. A BY-LAW. "I^HEllEAS it is expotlient t« amend the OfficerH' Remu- " nernt'ou By-Lnw, 1884. BE IT THEREFORE ENACTED by the Mayor and Corporation of the City of Victoria, as follows: — 1. That so imicli of Schedule A of the said By-Law as relates to the remuneration of the Park-keeper shall be, and the same is, hereby amended so as to read : " Park-keeper at the rate of if'25 aer month." 2. This By-Law may be cited as the Officers' Remu- neration By-Law, 1884, Amendment By-Law, 1885. Passed tuo Municipal Council the first day of April, 1885. RecoL' H -v d and finally passed the Council this 8th day of April, A. D., 1885. (L. 8.) R. P. RITHET, Mayor. James D. Robinson, C. M. C. tOhiJimcmk, . No. 116. A BY-LAW. Hefipcctiivj the Fire Limits, Wooden JjuiUin of Douglas street, thence southerly along the centre of Douglas street to the centre of Courtenay street, thence along the centre of Courtenay street to the northeast corner lot 8, thence ahsig the northern boun- dary of lot 8 tt) the shore of Victraia Harbor, thence along the shp-e line of Victoria Harbor to the point of commencement, is hereby declared to be within the Fire Limits r f the said city." 2. No addition to or alteration of any wooden building within the said tire limits shall be made. 3. No building other thfin with main walls of brick, iron or sto)ie, and roofing of incombustible material, shall be erected or phuied within the said fire limits. 4. It tUiall ha lawful for the Mayor and '^ounoil of the said city to \uthorize by resolution any oflicer therein named to pull down or remove any building which shall have been con- structed or placed in contravention of this By-Law ; and all expeii.ses reasonably iiu'urre a sunnvary manner before the Police Magistrate or any other Justice of the Peace having juris- dic tion witliin the said city. 5. In this By-Law the word " building" shall not apply to any slied within the curtilage of another building and used exclusively for the storage of fuel for consumption in such other building, such shed not exceeding ten feet by twelve feet in supeificitil linear measure and ten feet in height, nor shall it apply to any sheil erected or to be erected wholly on or over the wooden piles of a wharf on the water front ; but no shed shall hereafter be erected on any wharf within the said fire limits other than witli roofing of incombustible material. 0. The (juautity of hay or straw or hay and straw permitted to be stored or kept for sale or use in any building within tiie fire limits shall not exceed t'le following, namely: For every Livery or Hack Stable, 15 tons. For storage or sale, 15 tons. For private consumption, 2 tons. 7. Every By-Law or portion of a By-L.^w which is incon- sistent with any provision of this By-Law :s hereby repealed. 8. This By-Law may be cited as the "Fire Limits and Wooden Building By-Law, 1885." Passed the Municipal Council the 8th d.xy of April, A. D., 1885. Reconsidered and finally passed the Council the 22nd day of April, 1885. , [L. 8.] R- P- RITHET, Mayor. James D. Robinson, C. M. C. wmmm No. 117. A BY-LAW. To Amend the BuUdimjs Remtyval Btf-law, 1884- T)E it enacted by tlie Mayor and Council of the Corporation of the City of Victoria as follows: 1. Section 3 of the Buildings Removal By-Law, 1884, is hereby amended by striking out the word " Application" in the first line and substituting the word " applicant" therefor, and by striking out " $5" and substituting " $10" therefor. 2. Section 4 of the said By-Law is hereby amended by striking out the words " one hundred" between the words " least" and " dollars" and substituting the words " two hun- dred and fifty" therefor, and by striking out all the words after the word " dollars." 3. Section 5 of the said By-Law is hereby amended by striking out the words " any person moving" at the com- mencement thereof, and substituting tJie words " every person who has obtained permission as aforesaid to remove." 4. The said By-Law is hereby further amended by inserting therein the following clause as section 6 and by striking out the figure 6 and substituting the figure 7 at the commencement of the section now numbered "6." Every permission to remove any building as aforesaid shall state the number of days within which such removal is to be effected ; and every person to whom such permission shall have been granted who shall fail to complete the removal therein sanctioned withir- the time therein limited therefor shall forfeit and pay to the Treasurer of the said Corporation the sum of $10 for each ^nd every day or portion of a day that he shall be in default in the premises, and in every such case it shall be lawful for the Mayor or a majority of the Street Committee of the Council of the said City to cause the building to be removed from any street or public thoroughfare and all costs and expenses attending such removal shall bo repaid by the owner or owners of such building to the Treasurer of the said Corporation, and shall be recoverable with costs in like manner as any penalty incurred for the breach of a By-Law. 5. This By-Law may be cited as "The Buildings Removal Amendment By-Law, 1885." Passed the Municipal Council the 8th day of April, A. D. 1885. Reconsidered and finally i)assed the Council the 22nd day of April, 1885. [L. S.] R. P. RITHET, Mayor. James D. Robinson, C. M. C. i-.V ' ■ 1 . W- ? , >' I'l 1 < " ' ■• : ■ v' ■ ■• ( ■ 1 '.t'.f:'" • ,*' ■ .i\'.^:: Uv . i ; . 1 ■f ri'i\\ . .'i. ■ U ■' ' U- I ■"'■» tt ' I-*. .*'- i ' ' i ■ fc % 'if^. r- ' > . t^ • ; "t' n- rr O ^ . : C^ ri ,-./ < ■„ ' > No. 118. A BY-LAW Fm' MegulaUng the Sujiply of Water by the City Waterworks. TI7HEREAS by the Corporation of Victoria Waterworks *' Act, 1873, the Municipal Council of the City of Victoria are authorised and empowered io make such by-laws as to them shall seem requisite and necessary for (interalia) reg- ulating the time, manner, extent, and nature of the supply by the said works, the tenement or parties to which and to whom the same shall be furnished, the price or prices to be exacted therefor, and each and every other matter or thing relating to or connected therewith whicli it may be necessary or proper to direct, regulate or determine for issuing to the inha jitants of the City a continued and abundant supply of pure and whole- some water: BE IT, THEREFORE, ENACTED by the Municipal Council of the Corporation of the City of Victoria, as follows : 1. The owner or occupier of each building using the water of the said Waterworks shall at his own expense lay down and provide, and at all times maintain and keep in good condition all the pipes and apparatus upon his premises or for his use of the description and subject to the rules following, namely: Buch pipes shall be anti-corrosive and laid to a doptli of not less than 12 inches below the surface of tlie ground and be pro- vided with a sufficient number of stop and waste cocks, with handles placed above the surface of the ground by which the water can be shut off and all pipes exposed to frost drained dry when required ; and no consumer shall run or allow to run water to waste either to prevent pipes from bursting by frost or otlierwise. 2. The drawing (bib) stop and ball cocks shall be strong and of hard brass, and of the kind known im compression cocks or such otlier kind as may be sanctioned by the Water Com- missioner or Engineer, and in courts of houses and other exposed places shall be protected by a casing made to open with a key and kept loc':ed. 3. Every cistern supplied from the said Waterworks must bo absolutely watertight, and provided with a ball cock and proper means of access and inspection, anil must not have an overflow or waste pipe, unless the same is constructed to the satisfaction of the Water Commissioner or Engineer. 4. Every water closet suppliixl from the said Waterworks must bo provided with a full and comi)lete apparatus, with proper valves so arranged as to let down not more than one bt or division full of water at each pull and to prevent the watt>r from running to waste by inattention or neglect, and n proper basin, scntteror, weighted lever, pan, trn}), and other appliances needful tr-nieter must (unless otherwise specially ngre(Hl) be provided witli a separate inlet pipe leading from the main or otlier pipe of the said Wnt<'rworks, upon which inlet pipe no stop-cock or other outlet leading to or connected witli the )>reniises for the supply of which such meter is fixed shall be altaclied. 0. If any consumer of the water of the said Waterworks shall riifuse, neglect, or fail to comj)ly with any of the regu- lations of this ))y-!nw. it shall be lawful for the Water Com- missioner, without prejudice to any other remedy which lie may have, or penalty which may have been incurred, to shut off llie supply of water from the said Waterworks to such consumer. 10. No water shnll be supplied from the said Waterworks for the purpose of irrigation only, unless by permission of the Water Commissioner. To Ar TiE it en ^ ofth( 1. The 1881, is h< of June IE following year 1886, 2. The S j hereby rep read: "28.' merchaudifi traveller of to sell sucl ' months." 3, Thesai thereto the or carries oi six months.' 4. ThisB; By-Law, 188 Passed th i. D. 1885. I Reconside: lay of May, [L- 8.] James D. No. 120; A BY-LAW. To Am&mJ the VictE it enacted by the Municipal Council of the Corporation of the City of Victoria as follows: 1. The Fourth Section of the Victoria Revenue By-Law, 1881, is hereby amended by striking out the words " first day of June in each year" at the end thereof and substituting tlie following words therefor: " twenty-second day of July, in tlie year 1885, and the first day of June in each other year." 2. The 28th clause of Schedule A to the said By-Law is hereby repealed, and in lieu thereof the following shall be read: "28. Every person selling or offering to sell goods or merchandise within the limits of the said City as agent or traveller of any person, firm or company not holding a license to sell such goods within tlie said limits, ¥10 for every six months." 3. The said Schedule A is hereby further amended by adding thereto the following clause: "30. Every person who keeps or carries on a public wash-house or laundry, $50 for every six months." 4. This By-Law may be cited as the " Revenue Amendment By-Law, 1885." Passed the Municipal Council the eighteenth day of May, ^.. D. 1885. I Reconsidered and finally passed the Council the twenty-first ay of May, A. D. 1885. [L. 8.] James D. Robinson, C. M. C. R. P. RITHET, Mayor. / No. 121. A BY-LAW. For the Prevention of Cruelty to AniinaU. "PE it enacted by the Council of the Corporation of the City of Victoria as loUows : 1. No person shall within the limits of the said City cruelly beat, ill-treat, overdrive, abuse or torture or cause or procure to be cruelly beaten, ill-treated, overdriven, abused or tortured any animal. 2. Every person who shall impound or confine, or cause to be impounded or confined in any pound, building, enclosure, vessel, box, hamper or cage within tlie limits of the said City, any animal, shall provide and supply during such impounding or confinement a sufficient quantity of fit and wholesome food and water to such animal. 3. No person shall within the limits of the said City convey or carry or cause to be conveyed or carried in or upon any vehicle any animal in such a manner or position as to subject such animal to unnecessary pain or suffering. 4. This By-Law may be cited as the " Animals Protection By-Law, 1885." Passed the Municipal Council the twentieth day of May, A. D. 1885. Reconsidered and finally passed the Council the twenty- seventh day of May, A. D. 1885. [L. 8.] - R. P. RITHET, Mayor. James D. Robinson, C. M. C, I No. 192. A BY-LAW ReHpectirtij the expetuUtwre. of the Man.irijK(l ]i<'iu.iiae fr Jidi-siii'i tlw Sum of !J>l('i,(»(i(i to I'luiridc f'nr innl Jinproi'r tin' I^uhlic Lit/htinij of the I'ttiJ of \ 'Icfofia. IVrHEKEAH tiw pvPHont public li^htiiiK of tlic (!ity of *' Virtorifi is iiiHufticicnt, iiml it in tixpediont and neces- Hiiry to exU'iul and improve the aaiue, and for that puriKwe t«) raitte by way of loan, upon th« credit otthe Haid Oity, the huui ofSKMXX). And whereas it will require the sum of $l,r)r)() to be rained annually by special rate for the payment of the debt intendetl to be hereby created and the interest thereon. And whereas the iimount of the whole rateable property of the said City, H<'cordinj.; t<> the last revised assessment roll is #;'),( KK),00(). And whereas it will require au annual special rate of 1-32 of one cent in the dollar for paying the interest and creating? an equal yearly sinking fund for paying the princijial of the said intended ilebt ac<;ordiug to the Municipality Act, 18H1. Bo it therefore enacted by the Council of the Cor|M)rati<)n of the City of Victoria as foUows: — 1. It shall be lawful for the Mayor of the said City to raise by way of loan from any person or persons, body or bodies cc.rp«rate, who may be willing to advance the same upon the credit of the debenture.-! hereinafter mentioned, a sura (»f money not exceeding in the whole the sum of $1(),0()0, and to caxise the same to be paid into the hands of the Treasurer of the said City for the purpose and with the object hereinbcfoie recited. 2. It shall l)e lawful for the said Mayor to cause any number of debentures to be made for sudi sums of money as may be required, either in currency or sterling numey, not less than $100 each, and all such debentures shall be sealed witli the seal of the said Corporation and signed by the said Mayor. 3. The said debentures shall be made payable in twenty years from the day hereinafter mentioned for this Bylaw to take effect, at the office of the said Treasurer, City Hall, Victoria, in the Province pf Britisli Columbia, and shall have attached to them cinipons for the payment of interest 4. The said debentures shall bear interest at an«l after the rate of (5 per centum per annum from the date thereof, which interest shall be payable half-yearly at the office of the said Treasurer. 5. For tlie purpose of forming a sinking fund for the pay- ment of the said debentures and interest thereon at the rate iiforrHikid, an oqiinl rtpociHl riit«>uf 1 H2 of <>n*^ct>iit in tli<* (lnlliir uliuil, in ii(l(iiti(in to nil otlit^r ruhw, l>tMiHHOHH(xi, ruistHi, lovifd and coll«H't(Hi in oarli ytmr upon nil raUmhln proixtrty witliin tliH Haid ('ity of Victoria during; the Haid tt^rni of twenty yuarrt from tljn coniing into ofTct't of tluH Uylaw, iinl»HH hih-Ii dolHMitiin^s hIuiI! he Hoont^r paid. (i. It HJiall !)*> lawful for th«4 Haiti (^irporation from tim«> to timo to n^purcliawi any of tlu* Haid dtdiontun'H at hucIi price or priccH aH hIhiII in cadi cane bo mutually a^jrowl, and all debenturoH ho rnpundnisod shall ho forthwith caucollod, and no roisBUo of *."•, (HMt tn (fhtdiii /'li' tin- ('ity of N'ictDiin, iiml lu'l'mtf (•ininin'nciiij^ tin' coiHtnictinn tlun'eof to obttiin pliiiis luitl HpiTlticiitioiis for hucIi a syHiein ii|)oii tlw l»i'st suiiitarv iiiid scit'iitilic principU's. And wlit'i'i'iis for the purpo.sc of ohtaiiiiiiK hucIi plans and Hpi'ciiications l>y pulilic conipt'iitioii, it is cxptMlicnt and iitHMfHKury to laiHt! by way of loan ujioii tin' crtHlit of tlit' said City til.' rtiini of .sr>, payiniMit of the tlcbt inttMidcd to be liiTcby crcat^'d ami tlu' interest thereon. .Vnd whereas the amount of tlm whole rateable |)ropeity of the said City, aerordinj^ to the last revised assesHment roll is *r),(M)(l,(MM». .Vnd whereas it will requirean annual spocial rate of 1 1(K> of one cent in the dollar for paying the interest and (treating an equal yearly sinking fund for paying the principal of the said intended debt according to the .Municipality Act, IKSl. lie it therefore enacted by the Council of the Corporation of the City of Victoria as follows: - 1. It shall be lawful for the Mayor of the said City to raise by way of loliii from any person or persons, body or bcHlicwct.rporate. who may be willing to advance the same upon the credit of the debentures hereinafter mentioned, u sum of money not exceeding in the whole the sum of .S5,()(H), and ti> cause the same to be paid into the hands of the Titvisurer of the said City for the purposes and with the object hereinbefore reciteil. 2. It shall be lawful for the said Mayor to cause any number of debentures to be nuide for such sums of money an may l)e required, either in currency or sterling money, not less than iH'KK) each, and all such debentures shall be sealed with the .seal of the said Corporation and signed by the saitl Mayor. '{. The said debentures shall bo made payable in twenty y(»ars from the day hereinafter mentioned for thi.s JJylaw to bike effect, at the ottice of the said Treasurer, City Hall, Victoria, in the Province of liritish Columbia, and slialllmve attached to them coupiuis for the payment of interest. 4. The said debentures shall bear interest at and after the rate of (iper centum per annum fitmi the date thereof, which I i ntoiHst shall be i<e mutually agreed, and all deb;'!itures sc repurchased shall bo forthwith cancelled, and no i-eissue of debentures or oi any debenture shall lie iiu\de in (H)nsequence of such repurchascv 7. This Bylaw hhu!! befo?.- the final passing thereof re- ceive the assent of the electi)rs of the said Corporation in the manner provided by the Municipality Act, 1881, and shall take effect on, from and after the day of the final passing thereof. H, This Bylaw may bo cited for all purpt)8ea as the i*r-iiii(>ge Bylaw, 1885. Passed tlie Municipal Council the Kith day of Sej»tem- ber, A. D. 1885. Received the asi?ent of tiie Katepayers the ^9th day of September, A. D. 1885. Heconsidered and finally passinl the Cimncil tlie IKHh day of September A.'l). 1885. [L.H.] B. P. BITHET, Mayor. James D. r,0BiNHON, C. M. C. liall bo property inler ujirl 'if Victorii And V vet to ail ■iiaeted^lii til time mal IMirposoH, ( 'I' wnlijeets i> t<) Hay. ■ I'fpartinen "I)pointiiig i'Kiilating J lV()p(>rty H fi'iimnoratii Hiiy hy-liiw ri'cital ) sh liioviHion tl] ''K'niiiaily f I'.v-law liu.4 slity ami ha 'ly Heotioii 7 Act. 1881;" Aim! wIi 'ity of Vu rtlH> (')M ers and iijipointing Firemen, and promoting, establishing, and ivgulatingFire Companies, Hook and Ladder Companies, and i'roperty Saving Companies, and to appoint such sidaries and riiiiuneration as may lu' necessary, s)d)ject to the proviso that Huy by-law made under the authority of .subsection 5(1 (now in rocitnl) shall have no force or ('ffect unless it contains pKivisioii that the (Miief Kngineer and .Vssistant Engineer lie liiennially elected by (he municipal ratepayers nor until the jliydaw has been submitttul to the ratepayers (,f the nvunicip- [ality and has been niijiroved by them in the manner provided liy section 74, and subsections thereof, of the " Municijiality iArt. IHHl;" And whorenH it ii« ex}MMJipnt that the ('orporation ot the lity of Victoria »b'/«dd control and regulat*- the Fire |l*' |.iir»i/M'>f« "f the rjly an/»f and AsKiHtAnt V,uy^w^x^ thereof, 'ind f-ir tf.e Is-tynii'iit iJt iht> officers and firemen thereof ; And w>Mf'«s the ('hief Enj^ineer, Assistant Engineer and JBimrd of l;e|ej(«»i.i< of the Fire j>epi.rtnient of the City have wiMftntfld toration the (!jty of Vict/>rJa. in exerciaf of the uaid recited powers nnd of pvpry other power enabling them in this behalf, iis follows: 1. The Fire Department of the City Rlinll Jiencefortli ctmsist of a Chief Engineer ami an Ansistnnt Engineer, to he elected aH hereinafter mentioned, and throe Foremen, two Engine Drivers, twelve Hoseinen, six Hook and Ladder m the otHce in liis place until the n.\t biennial election. ."). The Foremen. Engine Drivers, Hosemen, Hook nnd liadder Men and Reserve I'lremen , shall l)e appointed .iinl may be removed froniofii'-e iVoin lime to time by theCouniil. f). The several otHcii s (,[' the Fire D.-partnient shall, wiiili' they h(»ld and discharge tin' duties of tln'ir respective ollici- be iMititled to be paid therefor at the rates next hereinafti'i mentioned, namely, — Chief Engineer - S700 per nnnnm Assistant Engineer - - $ii(k) "' Foreman, each - - - $150 '• '• Engine Driver, ene^h - - SS720 •' " Hosemaii, encli - .Vl20 " Hook and Ladder Man. ench 8120 " " And each Hoseman and each Hook and Lapr in Piicli n time timl :>r nei'Pfsmy loor nnd "ii Hko iiKint'.iT oc'tion 0Yt>ry 1 Hssossniciit r each otVui •. in otHcP, till' duly flt'<'t<''l laiginpov sn cp nntil thoii "ore tliitt tiiii'\ ii- (lutips. tant EngiiU'or aisoliiu-tj;(' till' it SdlllP <'tli''l iiitil till' ii''\t i(>n. Hdok niid ia\)ji(>iiit<'»^ itiiil ,,y thi'Con'ii'l- •nt slniH. \vliil'' ipci-tivo oflioc- Jcxt lii>r(>in!ift"i ainnun lldci Man shall 111' or j)art of ■»" anil I I'-iij^uiei^v Ih> lawful r.'i 111 tho mil .11" liorHonal property of tlie Fiie Department of tiie City and all engines, inacliiiiery, and tools used by or in coiuieotion witii the said Fire l)ei)artnient, and to assume tlie entire control and management thereof, and to make such rules and regu- lations as tliey shall deem necessary or expedient for carrying into effect this by-law, and from time to time to alter and revoke such rules and regulations; and for all or any of these jiuriHises the Fire Wardens shall be a Coniniittee of the Council. 8. In addition to the officers and men hereinbefore men- tioned the Fire Wanh'ns may from time to time ap|)oint such 111 servi^ Firemen as they shall deem necessary or expedient, to be employed when called upon, in ease of n tire, by tlie Chief Engineer or other otiicer acting in his place; and such Ueserve Firemen, when so emiiloyed at a fire, shall be ])aid lit the rate of $1 for the first hour or part of an hour and .'>ll r >nts for each subsecpient lumr or part of an Innir per iikiii. In case any lleservc Fireman shall be so called ujimvi and report himself at a fire but sliall not actually be employed lie shall he i>aid 50 cents. '.t. The apparatus of the Fire Department shall consist of steam fire-engines, hose earts and hosr-. liook-iiiul-ladder Mucks, hydrants, wa*i r-taiiks, lire-ladders, lire-alarms, and other uPcoHsary apparatus, in such numbers and quantities as shall from time to timo lio deemed necessary by the Council. 1(1. The Council sliidl from time to time set ajiart out of ilio general revenue nf t'lo City, such sum or siinis of .aoney MS may b(> necessary to pay the salaries and remuneration hereinbefore mentionod, and otherwise to niai.itain tiii; Fire l>t>partnieiit in an eilii'lent state. 11. Subject to this by-law, and the rules and regulations tube made in pursuance thereof, the whole apparatus and inaiiagenit lit of the Fire Dei)artiiiont shall bo under the lii'oction of the Chief lOngineer ; and at eviuy tire tho Chio!" Ijii;ineer or other ♦•'le senior officer of tho Di'paitinont wii > !ii:iy be present shall have sole control overall mi'inbors or ■irvants of the Fire Department, and all other persons ii','aged in suppressing the lin\aud allengines and apparatus Mil therein; and every ])erson present at a tire shall ])roni|itly li'V every lawful order of such Chief Kii'^'inoer or otiior ■iiior officer. 1'2. This by-law may bo ei|o| for 'ill purposes as t!i ' I'iro Departnii'iit Uy-liaw, IHH.V" PaaseJ the Municipal Council tlio oighh-oiiiii day i f November. .^. D. I8sr>. Ilecoived the assent of th-' latejmyerM of the City of Vict >ri:i the first day of i)ocond)oi. .\. I>. 1S.S.">. Reconsidered and finally psssed the Council the second day of December, A. D. 1885. [L.8.] James D. Robinson, O.M.C. R. P. RITHET, Mayor. ouucil the [ET, Mayor. No. ia7. A by-law' To Regulate the EJeothn of the Midjor and Council loi's of the City of Victoria fm' the year 1886. Ty HERE AS it ia necessary to make provision for tli Election of the Miiyor and Councillors of the City of Victoria for the year 18H6 ; And whereas the Council of the said City consists of a Mayor and nine Councillors, namely, —three Councillors for Johnson Street Ward, three Councillors for Yates Street Ward, and three Councillors for James Bay Ward ; Be it therefore enacted by the Council of the Corpora- tion of the City of Victoria as follows :~ 1. The nomination of Candidates for the resp(>ctive offices of Mayor and Councillors of the City of Victoria shall take place at the City Council Chambers, Pandora street, in the said City, on Monday, the Eleventh day of January, 188(), from noon to 2 o'clock in the afternoon. 2. In case a ])oll shall be di'iiiHi:.lf>d at the election of Mayor, the vote of the elector? tlioreon shall be taken by ballot at the City Council Chambers aforesiiid. on Thursday, the Fourteenth day of Jannar^ /oresaid. 3. In case a ikjII shall be deii...;ded at the election of Councillors for any \.ard, the vote of the electors entitled to vote in such ward shall be taken thereon by ballot, on Thursday aforesaid, at the following places respectively, that is to say,— In Johnson Street Ward, at the City Council Chambers ; in Yates Street Ward, at the Police Barracks ; and in James Bay Ward, at the Hook and Ladder H(m8e. 4. The iiolling, if any, shall be continued in each case from 10 oVdock a. m. to 4 o'clock p. ni. 5. Sectioi\ 0, i, H ami 1> of the Municipal Elections Reg- ulation and Ballot Act, 1H75, and so ranch of tlio schedules tlierebi as are applicable, shall be road with and form pari of this by-law. G. This by-law may be cited as the " Municipal Elections Bylaw, 1886. " Passed the Municipal Council the Dth day of Decem- ber, A. D. 1885. Reconsidered and finally passed the Council the 16th day of December, A. D. 1885. r, „ 1 R. P. RITHET, '-''•'•-' Mayor. Jamf.8 D. Robinson, C. M. C. Resf. T THK C 1 said (; overdr Nortii 8UII1 oj rute of 2. dinury 1)6 i-epii Deceiii Corpon 3. Law, \\ A. D. 1 lie »• A BY-LAAAA ' .Respt'cfiuft the Ex/}e/iditure of the Municipal Revemta for the Year 18SG. \\v. IT K)NA(rrKn irr tiik Councji. of tiik Coui-okation ok TllK OlTV OK ViOTOKIA A8 FOLLOWH: 1. It sliiill be lawful f(jr the Fiiiiince Committee of tlie said ('ouiieil to arraiii^e for and obtain a (Tedit by way of overdraft uj>«i enrreiit account with the Hank of Uritisli North America to an amount not exceeding in the whole the sum of §40,000, includin^r the now existing overdraft, at a rate of interest not excetHling six per cent, per annum. 2. All moneys so overdrawn shall be used for the or- dinary current expenditure of the said Corporation, and shall be repaid to the said Bank on or before the thirty-tirst day of December, 1886, out of the municipal revenue of the said Corporation for the current ye»ir. 3. This By-Law may l)e cited as the "Bank Credit By- Law, 1880 " Passed the Municipal Council the third day of February, A. 1). 1880. Iteconsiderod and finally passed the Council this 17th day of February, A. I). 188(5. » * JAMES FELL, Mayor. James D. RoniNsox, C. M. C. O No. 128. A BY-LA V\^ To Repeal Certain By-Laws. WHEREAS, it appears from a ileciHion of the County Court of Victoria, on appeal, that Section 3 of tlie "lievenue Amendment By-Law, 1885," iH invalid, and from a decision of the Supreme Court of BritiHJi Columliia that the "Uutail Liquor Licenses Iteguhition By-Law, 1885," is invalid; An» WuKKKAfl, the continuance of invalid liy-Laws is liable to mislead the public: Bk rr TUKKKKOUK ENA(TKt) HV TIIK Coim-'II, OF TUK (.OK- lH)KATION OK TUK ClTV OK ViCTOKIA AS FOLLOWS: Section 3 of the "Ilevcnue Amendment By-Law, 1885," and the "Retail Liquor Licenses Regulation By-Law, 1885," are hereby repealed. Passed the Municipal Council this 17th day of February, A. D. 1886. Reconsidered and finally passed the Council this 24tli day of February, A. D. 1880. JAMES FELL, Mayor. Jamrs D. Robinson, C. M. C. No. 130, A BY-LAW Iics/fecfing the .\/uniri/)a/ .l.s.sc.s.smcnt Roll for fhr Yrni' IS8G. \U: II' TllKKKKoKK EN.VfTKK HY THK CoiNrif, OF THK CoR- I'OU.VTION (IK TIIK ("iTY OK VICTORIA AN KoM.OWS: 1. The AHst'Hsment lloll cf tlio siiid City for the year 18H() sliiiU be returned by tlie AsHesHor to the Clerk of the Munieijml Council on the Keventli day of May, 1880. 2. All perrioiiK (dinplainiiifj of their respective aHsenH- lueiitt; oi) the Anid Uoll hIuUI, within one month after tlic time hereinbefore fixed for returning the said lioll, give no- tice tliereof in writing to the Clerk of the Municipal Council, Kpe'-ifyiiig in such notice the grounds of their respective complaints. 8. All complaints of which due notice shall have been given un- L. V [ JAMES FELL, Mayor. *, . • Jamks I). RomxsoN. C. M. C. IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) /. 1.0 I I.I 11.25 i !!■ IIM ! •- IIM hi kit- ill 1.8 6" U 11.6 V] <^ /2 7 "^ :» ~> >v 7 -«^ Photographic Scionces Coiporation 23 WEST MAIN STREET WEBSTER, NY. 14580 (716) 872-4503 % A No. 131. A BY-LAW For the Preservdtioii. of Public Hctdfh, the Pre- venlion <(iireof ; (b.) Whenever any matter or thing is express€;d in the present tense, the same shall be applied to the circnmstances as they arise; (c.) W')rds importing the singular number or the masculine gender only, include more persons, parties, or things of the same kind than one. and females as well as males, and the converse. SANI'rAltV COMMIITKK. 2. There shall at all times lie a standinif committee of the Council, to be called the Sanitary Committee, which shall "consist of the Mayor and one Councillor for each Ward to be appointed in accordance with the by-law; of the City for the time being. SANITAKV INSI'KCTOK. 3. The Council shall from time to time appoint a com- petent person to be Sanitary Inspector, at such salary as the Council may think tit to provide. 4. The duties of tlie Sanitary Inspector shall be — (a.) To attend at the Council Clinmbcrs as often as tho Sanitary Committee nniy direct; (1).) To keep a record of all his proceedings in books to be provided him for that purpose, and report to the Sanitary Committee weekly or oftcner if necessary; (c.) To examine, wlien requested hy the Sanitary Com- mittee or the Mayor, Health Ottieer or any citizen, any alleged luiisanc arising from defective drainage or decaying animal matter or other cause, and report thereou to the Sanitary Committee; (d.) To assist tlie Medical lleaith Officer in any duties whicli may reasonably recpiire such assistance; (e.) To see that the provisions of the several sections of this by-law except such as devolve certain duties on other otticers, iire strictly enforced, and generally to obey and carry out the intentions and directions of the Sanitary Committee in matters relating to the public health or the removal of nuisances. (No. 24, s. 1.) MKOICAI, UEAI/rn OFKICKK. f). The Council shall also from time to time appoint a competent person, being a member of the Meilical Profession, to be Medical Heiilth OtHcer. at such salary as the (Jouncyl may think lit to provide. tj. The duties of the Medical Health Officer shall be — (a.) To advise the Sanitary ('ominittee and the Council on all nnitlers relating to the public health, and report thereon from time to time as recpiired; (b.) To examine and report, from time to time, as di- rected by the Council or the Sanitary Committee, on the san- itary condition of the municipal anil other public buihilngs; (c.) To make a general rD[)ort to the Council on or bef< ire the Hfteenth day of December in each year, up(m the sanitary condition of the City. (IK.N'KKAI, I'OWKKS. 7. The Sanitary Inspector and the MedicalHealthOfficer, under the direction of the Sanitary Committee, slmll examine into all nuisances, soarces of filth, and causes of sickness in the City or in any vessel in the harbor of Victoria that may t ' '■/1 in its opinion be injurious to tlie health of the inhabitants, and shall cause the saino to be destroyed, renjoved, or pre- vented, as the case may rei^uire, and shall further enquire respecting articles that are capable of containing or conveying infection or contagion brought or conveyed into the City by or through any vehicle or ve.s;;el. or iiy any means whatever. (No. 3, s. 2.) 8. The Sanitary Inspector or the Medical Plealtli Offi- cer may grant permits for, or restrain, the removal of any nuisance or infected articles, when he considers it pioper for the public safety to do so. (T. 502, s. 11.) 9. Whenever it shall appear necessary to tlie Sanitary Committee, the Mayor, the Sanitary Inspector, or the Medical Health Officer, f(jr the preservation of the public health or the abatement of any nuisance, or upon the receipt by the Sanitary Committee or the Mayor of a notice signed by two or more ratepayers of the City, stating the condition of any building to be so filthy as to be a nuis- ance or injurious to health, nr that upon a ly premises there is any foul or offensive ditch, gutter, drain, privy, cesspool, or ashpit kept or constructed so as to be a nuisance or injurious as aforesaid, or that upon any sucli premises any accumula- tion of dung, manure, offal, tilth, refuse, stagnant water, or other matter, or thing is kc|)t or permitted to remain so as to be a nuisance or injurious as afore.'^aid, the Sanitary Com- mittee or the Mayor, or any officer of the Corporation au- thorised in this behalf, shall have full power and authority to enter such building or piemises for the purpose of examining the same, and if necessary, to order the ren\oval of any such matter or tiling as aforesaid and every owner, lessee, or occu- pier of, or person using such premises shall within twenty- four liours aftei- receiving such notice from such Committee, Mayor, or officer, to remove or aliate any such matter or tiling as aforesaid, remove or abate the same accordingly; and in case he shall neglect or fail to remove or abate the same ac- cordingly within the time aforesaid it sliall be lawful for such Committee or Mayor, without further notice to tlie party in default, to cause such matter or tiling to lie removed nv abat- ed, and the costs and expenses thereof shall be forfeited and paid by the person in default in addition to the penalties for an infraction of this by-law. (No. 3, ss. 3, 5, and 6; No. 70, H. 11; and No. 80, s. 1.) 10. The notice mentioned m the last preceding section may be in the form "A" in the schedule to this by-law, or in words to the like effect, and shall be served on the oircupant or some servant or member of his family, if the premises are occupied, or o!i tho owner or lessee or his agent, or left at his last or usual place of abode, if the premises are vacant. (No. 3, 8. 5.) 1 1. Whenever a disease of a malignant and fatal charact- er is discovered to e.xist in any dwelling-house, such house be- ing situated in an uidiealthy or crowded part, or in a tilthy and neglected state, or inhabited by too many persons, the Council may, npon the report of the Medical Health OflScer, at the expense of the City, compel the inhabitants of such dwelling-house to remove therefrom, and may place them in sheds, tents, or other gooISO.N> AND rNWimi.KSOMK |.. |i| 14. No person shall sell a'>y poison hy wliolenale or re- tail unless the ha. The owner,, lessee, agent, or person having the -are of any ground, yard, vacant lot, or other property where stagnant water or other nuisance exi^^ts, abutting on any street through which a common sewer shall have been con- strncted shall cause the same to be effectually drained into snch common sewer. |T. 502, s. 23.] 20. The owner, lessee, agent, or occupier of any build- ing or premises used as a dwelling house, hotel, restaurant, saloon, shop, store, office, factory, wash-house, or otlierM-ise, shall furnish tlie same with ft sufflcieiit drain under f^round to carry off all waste or foul water or liquid tilth; and no such drain shall empty or disciiarire into or upon any street, road, or highway, or any open drain thereon, unless in the opinion of the Mayor and Council the same be detriirientai to the public health. (No. 70, s. 3; No. 86, s. 3.) 21. All vaults and privies siiall be made tight, so that the contents thereof cannot escape therefrom, and as remote from any dwelling, well, or water tank as practicable. (T. 502, s. 26.) ' ACCl'.Mtri.ATIoN UK KII,TII. 22. No person shall permit or suffer the accumulation, 80 as to be a nuisance, of any offal, tilth, refuse, stagnant water, or other offensive matter or thing upon his premises or on any vacant lot belonging to him, or for the owner or lessee of which he is the agent. (No. 8, ss. 1 and 4.) 23. No person shall place on any land or in or upon any street, road, or highway, any numure or other refuse matter, or any other dirt or tilth which is, or is likely to lie- come, a nuisance. (No. 80, s. 2.) 24. No person shall convey or cause to be c()nveved throucrh any street, road, or highway, any rdght-soil, swill, or other tilth or offensive matter dangerous to health, between the hours of six in the morning and twelve in the evening, nor at any time e.xcept in a proper covered cart or vehicle, so as to prevent slopping or spilling. (No. 70, s. 2.) 25. Every tenant or occunier of a building shall dis- pose of all animal and vegetable refuse from such bnililing or on the premises oQcupied therewith, either by burning the same or by placing it in a proper covered receptacle, the con- tents of which he shall cause to l)e removed at least once every week. (T. 502, s. 36.) 26. No person shall throw into, oi- leave in or upon, any street, court, square, road, lane, alley, wharf, public en- closure, vacant lot, pond, or body of water, any dead animal, dirt, sawdust, soot, ashes, cinders, shavings, hair, shredg, manure, firth-sliells, wivwte water or tilth of any kind, or any refuse aiiinuil or vcfretaKle matter wluitever. (No. 70, 3. 1.) KKI'KAI., 27. "Tile Victoria Ilealtli P.y-Law, 180'.»." "Tlie Health OtHeer I5y-I.a\v, 1S76," "Tlie Sale of Poisons i'.y-l.uw, 1877," "The Victoria Consolidated Sanitary and Nuisance Ily-Law, 1880," "The Sanitary Amendment 'p>y-lavv. 1881," "The Vic- toria Consolidated Sanitary and Nuisance Amendment By- Law, 1882," "The Sanitary By-law, 1884," "The Wash-house and Laundry By-Law, 1884," and so much of any otlier by- law as may he inconsistent with this hy-law or nuikes any provision in any matter herein provided for, are hereby repealed, except as to acth done or penalties incurred before the cominti; into force of this hy-taw. i>KX.\i;rv. 28. Every person guilty of an infraction of any of the provisions of this l)y-law shall, upon conviction thereof, in a isumnniry manner, before the Police lyiagistrate or any two Justices of the Peace having jurisdiction in the City, forfeit and pay a penalty not exceeding fifty dollars, and costs if t)rdered; and if such penalty, and costs if ordered, he not paid, either immediately, or within sucli period as such Police Magistrate or Justices may a])point, the same may be levied by distress and sale of the goods and chattels of the offender, or such offender may he imprisoned, withor vvMthout liard labor, for any term not exceeding three calendar months unless such penalty, and costs if ordered, he .sooner paid. sMoitT Tni.i:. 2f>. This by-law nuvy be cited as the "Consolidated Health By-Law, 188():" Passed the Municipal (Council the 10th (hiy of March. A. 1). 1880. Reconsidered and finally passed the Council this 3rd day of May. A. D. 1880. \ L. S. JAMES FELL, Mayor. ^^ ■* Jamks I). PoniNsoN. C. ^L C. To. SCHEDULE. "A." " CONSOMDATKK UKAI.TII HV-I.AW, 188U." NOTIOK TIC) BEMOVK NUIHANtlK. Victoria, . . . . 18 Take Notice that you are liereby recjnired to cause to be removed from the on tlie premise« by you, situate all within twenty-four hours froni the delivery of this notice, and that in default of your so doing the nuisance will be abated and removed under the provisions of the above-mentioned liy-Law at your cost and exj)enBe in addition to the penalties for an infraction of the By-Law. By order of the . , Officer. Arsenic and its preparations, prussic acid, strychnine and all poisonous vegetable alkaloids and their salts, corrosive sublimate, and aconite and its preparations. •' C. '' Date of sale. Name and address of purcliaser. Name and quantity of article sold, Purpose for which reqiiired, Signature of purcliaser. Signature of his introducer, Mo. 132. A BY-LAW To Aid the EstaMisJmient of Reduction Works. WHEREAS, it is desirable that works for the reduc- tion of ores shotild he estahl'shed in or near the Cily of Victoi'ia, and the Corporat'on of tlie said City of Victoria are deslrons oi assisting tlie establishment of such reduction wjrks with a money subsidy or bonus: Be it Tmkrkfokk Enacted by thk Coincil of the Cob- I'OKATION OF THE (^ITY OF Vk'TOKIA AS FOM.OWS: 1, When and M) soon as a reduci.ion mill of the capacity of reducing thiHy tons of ore every twenly-four hours slmll liave been erecttMl ai some point witliin the Ci.;y of Victoiia, or not mo "e than four miles distant f.om the said City, and iitted up with all the necessary machinery and appliances for the pi'osecution of the industry, and one thousand tons of ore sluill have bp«;n reduced therein, there shall be paid to the owner or owners of said mill the sum of thirty-tive hundreJ dollars from the i-evenue of the said City. 2. In order to entitle any person or persons to the benefit of this By-Law, the said reduction mill must lx> in full running order within six months fntin the passing of this Hy-Law. 8. No Chinatnan. whether m British subject or not, shall be em|)loyed on oralxtut the said works, and if any such be employed no moneys shall be paid to the owner or owners of such works under this l>y-Law. \. This By-Law shall, before the tinal passage thereof, receive the assent of the electors of the said ('orporation in the manner provided by the Municipality Act, 1881. 5. This r.y-Law may be cited as tlie "Beduction Works Bonus Bv-LaM'."lS8()." I'lisKfd the Miinicijml (oiiiicil tlu' '2Ntii diiy of April, A. I). ISS<). IlectMVttd tlie HHKeiit of the electors of llic City of N'if- toiiutlie ISlli (lay of Mny, IHNM. Iliiconsitlered tmd tiiiidly pn'^sed tli«' Conii<''l tins iiOtli .lay of May. A. D. ISStl. ^-^•^^ .lAMKS IM-IIJ.. \ , ^ ^ Mayor. / '■ " \ •: , « .IaMKS I). UOUINSO.N, C. M. C. .o;- 'j\- No. 133. A BY-LAW 'To Appoint the lienutneration of Certtii nMitnic- ipnl Officfivs. .13 K H' KnACIKIi IIY TIM. C( If. NCI I. OK Till: ( 'I'UI'ttKATION OF THK Crn' tiK VicTdijiA .\s I'di.i.ows: 1. Tlie re."»|)t'('ii\t' (>Hi. •(>!•« \v1m> now iire or heieafter bIiuII be rtj)|K)inte(l to perfoii > 'le (hitio.-i of the reveral otHces sptH'itied in the Schedule liere o shall, whi'e they coiit'mio to be cin|)h)yey-l,ii\v .ilmll lie constnicd a.-; a eon.sulidatioii and aineiidiiieiit of the l>y-la«s now in foree in the matters for which it makes provision. ;•}. The "Otticers* Ueniuneratioii I'y-Law, 1884," the "Otticers" lleinniierHtioii Ainendnient iJy-Law. 1884." the "Otticers" Ueninnevution liy-F.aw. 1S84. .Vniendnient l»y- l^aw. 188"),"* No. 114. and 'he liy-!aw heaiinji; tlie same title, No. 115. are herehy repealed. 4. This IJy-Law may he cited as the "Consolidated Oflieers' Reinuneration Hy-Law. 1S8()." Passed tlie Municipal Council the '2iid day of June, A. T). 188H. Ueconsidered and finally passed the ("oiiucil this 10th day of .lune, \. I). 188(5. JAMES FELL. Mayor. J.\Mi:s I>. Roiii.Nso.N. C. M. C. SClIKDin.K. ^m AsHessur, (/'oUector, Accountant, Treas- urer and Waterworks Commissioner. $166.06 per month Auditor 300.0() per annum Assistant Clerk, Waterworks Collector and Mesrenger 1()0,00 j)er month City Surveyor . 125.00 psr month Medical Ilealtli Officer 60.00 per month Sanitary Inspector -tS.lX) per month Pound Kee|)er 60.00 per month Cemetery Keeper 75.00 per month Secretary of Cemeie.-y Committee. . . . 20.00 per moath Foreman of Street Works 75.00 pe • month Second Foreman of Street Works 75.00 per month Teamster 65.00 per month City Carj)enter 65.00 per month Park Keeper 45.00 per month Carelaker of Head Waterworks 60.00 per mcmth Police Magistrate and Legal Adviser. . 2000.00 per annum in equal monthly payments. Superintendent of Police 125.00 per month Sergeant of Police }IO.(X> pr month Constables, each For the first year. . . 60.00 per month For tlie second year. 65.(M> per month For the third year.. . 70.00 per month No. 134. A BY-LAW To Kvdhle ///^ CorporaHon of the (Hty of Vic- tor! a. to Raisp the Sum of $7r5,000 for Water If 'orA's Pnr pones. WHKltKAS it is oxpodient to raise a further sum of money for the piii'pose of extending tlie Water- works, eonstrnetiiuj; reservoirs to ensure a more certain and 0(]n!il)!(' t^upply of water to ail parts of tlie (3ity, for carryino- on the said Waterworks upon sucli a scale as may he neces- sary ti> furnish an adeijuate supply (jf frcMh water to the largely increased ami increasing population of the City, for the greater protection of the City against iire, and for otlier j)nrposes in connecti(»n with the said Waterworks. And WriKRKAB for the purpose aforesaid it is intended to raise hv way of loan up')u the credit of the said City the sum of IToiOOO." x\Nn WiiKUKAs it will require the sum of |5307 to be raised annually l)y special rate for paying the debt intended to be hereby created and the interest thereon. And Wukkkas the amount of the whole rateable property of tlic said Corporati(Ui according to the last revised assesB- ment roll is §5.178.800. And Wukkkas for paying the interest and creating aii equal yearly sinking fund for piyiug the principal of the said debt intended to lie hereby created according to the Munici- pality Act. 1881, an animal sp3;',ial rat? of l-lOtli of one cent in the iloHar will be required. And wiikukas it is intended to reduce the general rate >o that the said special rate shall not increase the total rate of t;ix»tion. Be it therefore enacteil by tlie Mayor and Council of the 'V)rporation «»f the (!ity of Victoria as follows: 1. It shall be lawful for the Mayor of the said City to raise by way of loan from any persou or per.sous, or body or bodies Jti corponite, who may be willing to u(1v.uicl> t!io s.-iino iinoir the credit of tUo deheiiriires hci'eiiiiil'ter iiieiitioiied.it sum ol uioney not ex(H'e(liii<£ in tUa wiiolo tho sum of S75.(M)(), and to cnnsc tlic s.ime to Itt! |):ii from the day hereinafter mentioned for this bydaw to take effeet, at the otRce of the Treasurer of the said (^corpora- tion, (]ity Hall, Victoria, and shall have; attachcil to them coupons for the paynu-nt of the interest. 4. The said debentures shall bear interest at the rate of iive per cent per annum from the date thereof, which interest shall be payable half yearly >it the offic-i of the said Treasurer. 5. For the purpose of forming a sinking fniid for the payment of the said debenture.^, and the interest to become due tliereon, an equal special rate of 1-lUtli of (me cent in the tlollar shall in addition to all other rates be raised levied and collected in each year upon all rateable ps-operty within the said City ol Victoria during the continuance of the said dt'b?;it nres or any of them. a. It shall be lawful for the said (Jorporation from time to time to repurchase any of the said debentures at such price as shall in each case be mutually agreed, and all deben- tures so repurchased shall b; fortliwith c.incelled, and mi re-issue of debentures or any ilebanture tshall !»:> made in co!i se(pience of such repurchase. 7. This I'v-Law shall take effect on the tirst day of October, 1886. ' H. This Bv-IiHw may I»e cited for all purposes as the Water Works Loan 15y-Law. 1880. Passed the .Municipal ('ouncil the 4th day of August, A. D., 188rt. Received the assent of the Ratepayers the 24tli day of Auirust. A. I).. 188t). iW^I^PPH" 110 nr);ra the im ol i.iioiiey nd to en use jror of the ject liereiii- ca'.iso any )l' money as riey, not less eaeli and ion seal of •l.'iv of A I !'«Hiered and final I '^"«t. A. D., 188(i. ,V P'lssed the ( onncil the 25th LS. ( JAMKS FEU. •f.AMES D. U May Ol'. ^'•nixsox. C M. C. lie in tliirty by-law to I ('orj)ora- 10(1 to them 1 the rate of ieh interest 1 Treasurer. M(l for the to heconie ) cent in the levied and within the the said atlon from ires at such I all deheii- d, and nn lade in eon- rst day of I es as the of August, l-th dav S9SB!*™RS5 and to cause the same to be paid into the hands of tlie Treasurer of the said City for the purpose and with the object hereinbefore recited. 2. It sha". be law fnl for the said Mayor to cause any number of debentures to be made for such sum or sums of money as may be required, eitlier in currency or sterling money, not less than ^5O0 or its siei-ling equivalent each; and all such debentures shall be sealed with the seal of the said Cor- poration and signed by the Mayor. 3. The said debentures shall be made payable in fifty years from the day hereinaf:er mentioned for this by-law to take effect, at the otKce of the said Treasurer, City Hall, Vic- toria, and shall have »trached to them coupons for the payment of interest. 4. The said debentures shall bear interest at the rate of five per centum per aimum from the date thereof, which interest shall be payable half-yearly at the office of the said Treasurer. 5. For the purpose of forming a sinking fund for the Sayment of the said debentures and the interest to become ue thereon, an equal special rate of l-18th of one cent in the d liar shall, in addition to all other rates be assessed, raised, levied and collected in each year upon all rateable property within the said City during the said term of fifty years un'ess such debentures shall be sooner paid. 6. It shall be lawful for the said Corporat'an from time to time to repurchase any of the said debentures at such price or prices as shall in each case be mutually sigreed; and all debentures so repurchased shall be forthwith cancelled ; and no reissue of debentures or any debenture shall be made in con-^ sequence of such repurchase. 7. This by-law shall, before the final passing thereof, receive the assent of the electors of the said Corporation in the manner provided by the Municipality Act. 1881, and shall take effect on the 1st day of October, 1886. 8. This by-law may be cited as the "Street and Bridge Loan By-Law, 1886." Passed the Municipal (council the 11th day of August, A. D., 1886. Received the assent of the Ratepayers the 24th day of Ancriist, A. D.. 1S8(). Reconsidered and finally jmsseil the Council the 25th day of An," it is eiiKCtt'd tliHt ill all ciiscs in which Hiiy !isscssc«l iiiii!iici|)iil tux on real estiitc or iiiiprovemeiits thereon is |uti(l on or before the last day "1 the calendar y»*Hi' in which it liecoines due. the jn-rson |myiiif2; the same shall l»e entitled to an ahatenient of one-sixth of the ainoiint thereof, and tliat .-licit enai'tineiit shall apply to the City of Victoria; and WiJKijKAs. to c.Minterlmlance such aliateinent it is neces- sary to increase the nominal rate of taxation: and WiiKUKAs. in the "Street and liridi^c Loan Uv-liaw. l^SO." aiKJ also in the -Waterworks Loan liy-Law. "l8«r»," it is recited or stated that it is intended to reduce the t/eneral rate so that the s|)eeial rate thereliy inijiosed slinll not increase the total rate of taxation: ami WiiKitKAs. the said intended rcdui'tioiis are duly taken into consideration in tixiii;f the amount in the increase in the iioiiiinal rate, as hereinafter ap|K'ars: and Wiir.i.'KAs. it is expedient toamend the "Nii-toria IJevenne lJv-I.aw. ISSl." as hereinafter ap|«'ars. r.i; IT tiikkkioim: i;.\A(Ti:i> hy the ("oiincil of the Cor- jHnation of the ditv of Victoria as follows: 1. The third section of the '•^'ictoria Kevenne I'v-I.aw. ISSl." is herel>v repealed and flic folli.wino suhstitiited there- for: •• H. 'I'iiere shall lie raised, levied and collected in each year upon all tiie real estate and iinprovenieiit!* on real estate mentioned in the assessment roll for the time lieiiifj; in force in the .said city an equal rate of ;{S.4r) of one jhm- cent on the as.-essol value thereof, as appears hy the said roll." 'J. The clause nunihered 22. of schedule ".\" to the said Hy-I.iiw i.-< litJivliy iiiiii'iided l>v sti'ikiiifi cmt tlif .sum SlO t herein and stilKstitiitintj; tlie sum $25 tlierofor, ;{. Tliis I'y-I-aw miiy l»i; citod us flic ''Uuvenue Amcnd- ini'iit I'y-Liiw. INSC)." I'as.-swl tlie Munici[)il Council the cijrhtcontli day nf Angu^t. A. 1). 1N8(». llcconsidcred and finally [tasscd fhc Conncil iIiIn ciglilli day iif Sepfcmhci'. A. I). IS8('». ^^■^^ JAMKS FELL, .; ,.. s. ;. * — . — * .Iami> I). UuniNsuN. ('. M. C. Mayor. No. 137. A BY-LAW r<)lJ C(lNS()I,II)ATIN(i TIIK 15v-J^A\VS Ri;Gi:r,ATIN(l IIac KS, (JaISH, ExriJKSS W'ACONS, AND OTIIKIt ViClIICLKS J'l,YI\(l FOK lllKK. A.NM) VOK EsTAlil.ISIIlM; A Si'AI.K UK CllARCKS FOli TUK UsK TlIKUKOI'". Be it Enactki) h\ tiik Council of tiik Coki-oration or TIIK Cri'Y OF ViCTOWIA AS FOLI-OWS: RKOTSTRATION. 1. Tlic (nviiei- of every vehicle stamliiifi; or plying for hire for the ciirriage of pa-sseiigers or goods shall register aiid at all times keep lOgistered the same in hih own name in the ulHce of the Clerk of the Municipal Council of the said City, and obtain from the said Clerk a metallic plate hearing the number under which such veliicle is registered, together with a certiiicate of such registration, for which certificate the said Clerk sliall he authorized to demand and receive for tlie use of tlie said Corporation a fee of one d6llar, and which certiti- cate and registration shall expire on the thirty-first day of December in the year of such registratiiju, and no owner of any vehicle shall permit the same to be used, employed, or let' for hire for the carriage of juissengers or goods, nor shall any person drive, stand or ply for hire with sucli vehicle un- less it is so registered, antl unless the metallic plate bearing the registered numl)er aforesaid is affixed to some conspicu- ous part thereof. STANDS. 2. No person shall stand or ply for hire with any ve- hicle for the carriage of passengers or goods in any street or public place except on such portions of the following named streets or places as shall for the time being be designated by the said Council, namely: Douglas Street, for Hacks; Yates Street, east of Douglas, for Express Wagons; Wharf Street for Drays; And all such vehicles shall be drawn up in single file, at least twenty feet apart, and at least twenty feet from any crossing. f.Killl-S. 3. Tlio driver or person in i-lmr^o nf cvt-ry voliido staiitliiii^ (ir plyiiifi!; for hire or liirod, for tlic ciirriaivc of pHs- sciijJL'rs or lili'rr (lii'icur, iiioi'f llitiii tlic clmrj^c iillnwt'd liy tlii^ liy-liiw, mili'ss tlif liiriiii:; .•^liiill liii\(' cNtfiiili'il to snint! {mice hcyond tlu; city limits, iiixl tlic hirer sliiill liiivc HiKtciiiily iif^i't'cd t(i |my tlii'icl'dr iit tiic rate tlciiiimdcd. l.'J. .No nwiicr ()!• driver uf iiiiv ^iicli \('liicif wliicli is hired shall permit or Miller any persuii In he carricil in nr ii|inn oi' I'.hiMit tl t; same diiriiii;; such hire withuut tlie e>- prcHrt cniisent of the hirer tlu'reid'. 14. X'l hirer oi' any '.chicle shall neglect or refuse to pay on demand to the owner or drivei- (hereof the charge allowed liy this hydaw. 15. No driver of a vehicle plying fir hire on the stand Khali stop his vehicle ojijiosite any other vehicle so .that tlio two \t'hicles sliall Htiiiiif ahi'cast. l'l'.N.\r.TIKS. 10. Kvery person finilty of an infraction of any of the provisions of thin hy-law shall, on summary ctaiviction liefore till) Police Maffistrute or any two Justices of the Peace having jnrisdictioii in the saitl city, he liahle to a penalty not exceetl- iiiif lil'ty dollars, or to imprisonment for ii term not exceediiifj; one month, and if such penalty he not j)aid, eith(!r immed- iately or within such period as such Police I\Ia<^iftrute or Justices may appoint, the same may Ik; levied hy distress and Balo of the o-oods and chattels of the (jtreiid(;r, :irsnch offe.ider may he imprisoned for a term not exceedino (mo month unless such peiialtv, and. the costs of distress if any, he sooner jiaid. 17. The -Hack lii'oulation P.y-Law,* PSS-l," (No. 107) and so much of every other hy-law as is inconsistent with this hy-law i.r makes uny provision in any matter hi'rein pro- vided for, art! herehy repealed. 18. This hy-law may l>e cited as the "Hired \'ehicle Consolidated P.y'-Law, 18H(5." Passed tlie Municipal Council the 1th day of .\ugiist, A. D. 188(). lieconsidered and finally passed the Council this l-lfh day of September, A. I). ISKC). ^.^' — ^ JAMES FELL, l| T , . I Mavor. * ^ .* JaMRS 1). llolSINSON, C. M. C. No. 138. A BY-LAW To ami:m> Tin; «• Ch.nsoi.idatkk SiitKWAru ami A\vnin(i liv Law, \HHir Wv. IT Kna(ti:ii nv t.ik (joincii. m riii; ('(.iirnuATHiN Ol TIIK ClIY 1)1' VllTuUIA. AS I'OI.I.OWS : 1. No permm hIuiU erector eiuise to lu; erected any ver- iiiiduli of wood oi' iron upon or over tUv [)ii!)lie rtidewiilk or line of nidewiilk of :in_v street. 2. Ho iniieli of tlie '• Coiirioliduted Sidewivlk iin '-'.fr ISK',\ "I "/ f "■toi'io for fk,. ^''-polling, ifanv/onthe V L^^^^ '''• ^^ ^ ^'- M.. .„f 1^! "^' f''""^ '^"^' "^'--i- •"•^i-.- pn.vi,,o• %-f-v app.,,,,, „,j;;;;;; - p'h'- - n,. r.,„„,n ,,..,„ -7-;::;;t;;;;:;i ■'■<•"* ''".v ..r.,„ .■ .™'- - '""^ '■'■■>■. ..„ „„„„„,, ,,;: ^%--u.evo./^l'^ ;;:''';;''-''^<'-ri.^ .• "ilo. aUheOitv Han a,i :^ \^^r f-'' ^- take. ,,. t'" "•^ ^«'^™ 'n ballot on ;:;„::; 'n ^'"""-^ ^^--' <''^V Hall aforesaid- in WV /''^""'" '^^reer Ward at the H»"-^«-. ''"•' ^^ ■^'■'^ «t the Hook and Ladder ^' NeefioMs M. 7. ,S,,,„| ;,,.,.^, "* 'M '•«"■ eiffd a. (he •) Miinifijiiil Klectioiis lifij;ultition and Ballot Act, 1S85, and so imicli of till- sithediiles thereto as are applicable, shall be read witli and form part of this By-Law. 5. William K. Bull is hereby appointed the Keturning < >rti(M'r at the said Election. (). Tiiis By-lv«w may be cited as the Mnnicipal Elect- ions By-Law, 1887. J*assed the Municipal Ooi.ncil the 15th day of Decem- Iw. A. I). 1886. lieconsidered and finally pssed the Conncil this 22nd e day next following which - is not Sunday or a statutory holiday; ^^ (J) When any act or thing is required to he done by more than two persons a inajoriry of them may do it; {k) Whenever forms are prescribed, slight deviations therefrom, not att'eeting tlie substance or calculated to mis- lead, shall not vitiate them; (0 Whenever power is given to do, or to enforce the doing of any act or thing, all such power shall be understood to be also given as are necessary to do or enforce the doing , of such act or thing; 5. The repeal of any by-law or part of a bydaw shall not revive any by-law or part of a Ity-law thereby repealed^ or prevent the effect of any saving clause therein; nor shall such repeal affect any act done, right acquired or penalty in- curred before the repeal takes effect. 6. Whenever any by-law is repealed, wholly or in part, and other provisions are substituted, such substituted pro- visions shall not he construed as a new by-law but as a con- tinuation of the repealed provisions subject to the amend- ments and new provisions thereby made and incorporated with them. ..i;.'! or"/ . PENALTIES. 7. Every person convicted of an infraction of any pro- vision of a by-law which prescribes no penalty for such in- fraction shall forfeit and pay a penalty not exceeding fifty dollars. 8. Every penalty for the infraction of a by-law may be imposed and enforced, with or without costs, upon summary conviction before the police magistrate or any two justices of the peace holding the city police court, in like manner "^^9F""^^ as a penalty for an oftence or act over which the parliament ol Canada has jurisdiction. ""utni trL- ^^;"r';' "" pecuniary penHlt.y is imposed for any in- such penally, „„d costs .f ordered, and the costs of dislre.,, It any, be sooner paid. ^ (I No. 143. A BY-LAW For Regulating Haokh, Caus, Express Wagons and Other Vehicles Plying for Hire, and for Establishing a Scale of Charges for the Use Thereof. [Passed 13th April, 1887.] Be it enacted by the Council of the Corporation of the City of Victoria, as follows : SHORT title. 1. This By-Law may be cited as the «' Hired Vehicle By-Law." INTERPRETATION. 2. The " [nterpretation By-Law " applies to this By-Law. . REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES. ' 8. The owner of every vehicle used or standing or plying for hire for the carriage oi passengers or goods shall register and at all times keep registered the same in his own name in the office ol the Clerk of the Municipal Council, and ob- tain from the said Clerk a metallic badge bearing the num- ber under which such vehicle is registered, together with a certificate in the form A hereto annexed of such registra- tion, for which certificate the said Clerk shall be authorized to demand and receive for the nne of the Corpomtion u fee of one dollar, and which ceitifinito and rejjfiutratioii ahall expire on the thirty-first day of Deoomhor in the year of such regiHtration ; and no owner of any vohiclo shall permit the same to he used, employed, or let tor hire for the car- riage of passengers or goods, nor shall any person drive or stand or ply for hire, with hucIi vehicle unless it is so regis- tered, and, unless the metallic plate hearing the registered numher aforesaid is affixed to some conspicuous part there- of. (No. 137, s. 1) DEfVERS. 4. No person shall act as driver of any vehicle plying for hire or hired as aforesaid without first obtaining from the Council a license in the Form H hereunto annexed, and a numbered badge, which license and badge f hall be register- ed by the Clerk ot the Council, and which badge shall be worn by such driver on his arm or some other conspicuous position; and a fee of one dollar shall be paid for such license and badge for the use of the Council; and every such license shall he in force until the same is revoked, except during the time that the same may be suspended as herein- after mentioned. (No. 137, s. 4.) 5. No person under the age of eighteen years, or whose license has been revoked or is suspended as aforesaid, or who has been convicted ot felony, or who is manifestly unfit, shall be entitled to be licensed as a driver under this By- Law. (No. 1S7, s. 6.) 6. No person authorized by the owner of any vehicle registered under this By-Law to act as driver of such vehicle shall sufler any other person to act as driver thereof without the consent of the owner thereof; and no person, whether licensed or not, shall act as driver of any such vehicle without the consent ot the owner thereof. (No. 137, 8. 7.) 7. No driver or other person having or pretending to have the care of any vehicle standing or plying for hire or hired as atoresaid shall be intoxicated, or use any obscene or irtipertinent language or insulting gesture, or by wanton and furioua driving or any other wilful misconduct injure or endanger any person in life, limb, or property. (No. 137, 8. 9.) " ....,,, _..., 8. The Council may, upon the conviction of the driver of any vehicle standing or plying for hire or hired as atore- said, for any inh-action of this or any other By-Law respect- ing vehicles plyi'ig for hire, suspend or revoke his license as they deem right. (No. 137, s. 6,) STANDS. 9 No person shall stand lor hire with tiny vehicle for the carriage of passengers or goods in any street except on a stand for the time being designated by the Council for that purpose. All such vehicles so standing shall be drawn up ia single file,at least twenty teet apan and at least ten feet from any crossing. 10. Until otherwise designated, the following, and no other, shall be the stands I'eferred to in the last preceding section, namely; — (A) For Passeng'^ Vehicles, — ' "' " -*'"*" Centre of Government Street, — ' ' " ' Centre of Baation Square, — >• , • ,-.• Centre of Douglas Street,— '.'■ '*'>'* ■ ■- Wharf Streol,— . ■ ^ / ! • / - ! (B) For Goods Vehicles, — •'' Centre of Yates Street, east of Broad Street, — Centre of Yates Strept, west of Government Street, — Centre of Fort Street, west of Government Street, — Wharf Street,— LIGHTS 11. The driver or person in charge of every vehicle wammmmt standing or plying for hire or hired for the carriage of pas- sengers or goods shall at all times between one hour after sunset and one hour before suiu'ise carry a good and suf- ficient light on each side cf such vehicle. (No. 137, S. 3.) CHARGES. 12. No owner of any vehicle for the carriage of passen- gers or gooods shall permit the same to be used, employed or let for hire, nor shall any penson stand or i)ly for hire with such vehicl", without having affixed thereto in a con- spicuous pia-v-e, a card on which shall be printed \„ easily legible type, the name of the owner of the vehicle, and the number of persons to be carried by it if it be a vehicle for the carriage of passengers, and the scale of charges for the use thereof [No. 137, S. lO.J 13. The toilowiug, and no higher, shall be. the scale of charges foi- the carriage of passengers and baggage: I AJ Hacks, $1 .50 per hour, so long as required. [B] Driving one or two persons any place within the City Limits, 50 cents. [C] For ov-cry passenger over two, 25 cents each. [1)J To or from any Steamer or Train, 50 cents per head not including special orders. I E ) Balls, partien and theatres, one person, to and from, * 2 GO: two persons, to and from, $2.50; three persons' to and from, $3.00; four persons, to and from, $3,60. For weddings, to and from, each carriage $5 00. For funerals, to and from cemetery, each carriage, $4.00. [FJ Trunks taken from any wharf, train or house to any point within the City Limits, 25 cents each. Trunks takeu oil carriages 25 cents each; baggage carried ill the hand ot a person being conveyed in a licenced vehicle, tree. , ; HIRING AND PAYMENT. ; i 14. No driver of, or person standing oi' plying for hire with any such vehicle as aforesaid shall refuse, when requir- ed by the hirer thereof, to carry therein the number of persons mentioned on the card nft'ixed therto or any less number, if it be a vehicle for the carriage of passengers, or refuse or neglect without reasonable excuse, to driv'3 B.ich vehicle to any place within six miles of the bourn. .vy , - e City to which pkce he is directed to drive by i .< p • /i hiring or wishing to hire such vehicle: and no owner or driver of any such vehicle, or any other person on his >>3- hiilf shall exact or demand from any hirer thereof more than the charge allowed by this by-law unless the hiring has extended to some place beyond the city limits and the hirer has specially agreed to pay therefor at the rate de- manded. [No. 137, 8, 12] 15. No owner or driver of any such vehicle which is hired shall permit or sufter any person to be carried in or upon or about the same during such hire, without the ex- press consent of the hirer thereof. (No. 137, S. 18.) 10. No hirer of any vehicle shall heglect or refuse to pay on demand to the owner or driver thereof the charge allowed by this by-law or such other charge ps has been specially agreed upon between the hirer uid the owner or driver. (No. 137, 8. 14.) PRECAUTIONS AGAINST INFECTION. 17. The driver of every vehicle plying for hire who Carres therein any passenger whom he knows or has reas- onable cause to suspect to be sufiering from f.oicra, small- pox, or any other disease ot a malignant cba»ci. . :, danger ouB to the public health, shall forthwith notify the Medic...' ff^^'^T^r^V^ ■■•■ 4 Health Officer or the Sanitary Inspector thereof, and ^^e Medical Health Officer or Sanitary Inspector shall thereup- on order surb disinfection of the vehicle as he shall deem necessary; and the vehicle shall thenceforth not be used tor the carnage of any passenger until the Medical Health Of- ficer or Sanitary Inapector has given a certificate in vritinff /S** lll"'."''^^ ^"^ ^^^° disinfected to his satisfaction (^o. 137, S. 8.) PENALTIES. 18. Every person guilty of an infraction of any provision of this by-law shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding fifly dollars, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one month. (No. 187, S. 16.) ^ RKPBAL. 19. The Hired Vehicle Consolidated By-law, 1886,' hereby repealed, and this by-lav is substituted for it. la FORM A. "hired VEHICLE BY-LAW. OBRTIMOATE OF RBaiSTRATION. Registered No. Victoria, B. C. This is to Certify that has registered a certain vehicle, namely numbered to stend or ply for Uire for the carriage of for the yei.r endirg the Slst day of Dec, 18 Clerk Municipal Council. Fee f 1.00 18 FORM B. driver's licence. Badge No. Victoria, B. C. 1«8 This is to certify that is licensed to drive a vehicle for the carriage of passengers or goods for hire in the City ot Victoria until this license is revoked or suspended in accordance with the "Hired Ve- hicle By-Law." Clerk Municipal Council. Fee $1.00 Oii '.= ' .-. . , I ' , lu ,'■_ ,!?;/ .< lii' lu 7 I'^fdi'/'ri; M \\i% ,t)ah ''t;-:)'! v^hall project or encroach on or over any street, road, or public place, or the sidewalk or sidewalk allowance thereof. [No. 85, s. 17 ; No. 98, s. 30, part No. 188.] 10. The exteriml walls and party walls of every brick or* stone building shall be in accordance with the following specifications : ONE STOKY BUILDINGS.— Outside walls and party walls shall not be less than one brick or 8J inches thick and such x^alls shall not be more than 14 feet in height, or more than 50 feet in length, unless strengthened by cross partitions or other means approved by the Inspector of Buildings. VN'^alls one brick and a half or 12J inches thick shall not exceed 16 feet in height nor 70 feet in length un- less strengthened by cross partitions or other means ap- proved by the Inspector of Buildings. .1* ., TWO STORY BUILDINGS.— Outside walls «\nd party walls of ground floor shall be not less than one brick and a half or 12| inches thick and shall iiot exceed 16 feet in height nor 70 feet in length un'ess stiougthened by cross partitions or other means approved by the Inspector of Buildings. Outside walls and party walls of first floor shall be not less than one brick ot 8| inches thick nor more than 14 feet in height nor 50 feet in length unless strengthened as aforesaid. THREE STORY BUILDINGS.— Outside walls and party walls of ground floor shall not be less than two bricks or 17 J inches thick nor more than 17 feet in height nor 100 feet in length uuless strengthened as aforesaid. Outside walln iiiul party walls of first floor sliall not be less than one brick and a half or l.'i inchoH thick nor more than 11 feet in hi'ifjht nor 50 feet in Icnirth unless strengthened us afore- said. Outside walls iind party walls of second floor shall not be less than one liriek or 8J inches thick nor more than 12 feet in height nor oO feet in length unless strengthened as aforesaid. ALL BRICK OR STONE BUILDINGS.— For every ad- ditional 20 feet in ienirth or two feet in height, or any frac- tion thereof respectively, added to any of the above meas- urements, one-half brick or 4 J inches in thickness shall be added to the thickne.ss of walls of each story. And the brick or stone work of every such building shall be carried to such height as may be requisite to effectually protect the roof of the building from any adjoining building, to the sat- isfaction of the Inspector of Buildings. Basement walls shall not bo less than 4J inches thicker than the walla under which they are bnilt, and shall be of either stone, or brick. Foundations to buildings not having basements shall be not less ihnn 1H inches in the solid ground, and not less than 4i inches thicker than the walls under which they are built, and shall he of brick or stone Roof coverings shall be of slate, tin, iron, or other incombustible materials. [No. 52, s. 7 ; No. 98, s. 21, i)art.] , . ■t\\ ■'-.lif'i' Jl All party walls shall be between building and build- ing, except where each building has independent walls. Party walls not iieing of sufficient thickness shall be taken down when an adjoining building requires to be rebuilt. Ends of timliers lying through old party walls shall be cut oft' when new buildings are erected against them. Extern- al walls shall not become party walls unless they have been constructed of brick or stone and in accordance with the provisions of the last preceding section of this by-law. The brick work of all party walls and external walls shall be properly bounded or anchored in every case. [No. 98, 8. 24.J 12. No timber shall be laid mto any party arch except for bond, nor into any party wall other than such templets, chains and bond timbers as may be necessary, or the ends of girders, beams, bindinj^ or trimming joists, or other prin- cipal timbers, all of which timbers shall have at least four inches and a half of solid brick work between the ends and sides thereof and the timber of any adjoining building ; and the ends of evovy girder, beam, binding or trimming joists, or other principal timber, may be laid beyond the centre of any party wall, provided there be left four inches and a half of solid brick or stone work at the end of every such piece of timber except where any part of the ends of such timber shall lie opposite to and level with any part of the endo of any timber of an adjoining building, in which case no iiart of such timber shall approach nearer than two mches to the centre of the party wall. [No. 98, s. 25.] 13. Breust-snn)mers shall in all cases be carried on brick or stone walls or piers, or on ciist-irofi columns seated on stone, and shall in no case be carried on story posts or other timber supports ; and wiien the ends of any breast-summer approach the centre line of any party wall nearer than four - inches and a half such ends shall be encased and entirely surrounded in cast-irau shoes. [No. 98, s 26.1 14. All chimneys back to back in party walls shall be in the chimney back at least one brick or 8J inches in thickness, to the height ot at least twelve inches above the mantel. Chimney backs in party walls jiot being back to back with any other chimney shall be at least 8J inches clear from the party line. All fines built in any wall shall be surrounded by brick-work not less than seven inches in thickness. [No. 98, s. 27.J 15. All chimney stacks shall be carried to a height of four feet at least above the ridge or deck of any roof carried by, connected with, or abutting upon the wall to which such chimney stack is attached ; except where the ridge or deck is more than six feet in height above the base of the chim- ney, in which case the height of the chimney shall be de- termined by the Inspector of Buildiiiga. Where a chimney stack ia used to carry away smolce or noxious vapours from a manufactory, the staclt shall be carried to such a height as to eiiectually clear the surrounding buildings to tlie sat- isfaction oi the Inspector of Buildings. All chimney stacks shall be built of stone, brick, or iron, only, and in the most substantial manner. [No. 98, s. 8. | 16. All chimney hearths shall be laid wholly on brick or stone in cement, unless they be in a cellar or basement story and bedded in solid earth ; and every chimney shuii have a slab or toot-piece of stone, brick, marble, iron or cement, at least sixteen inches broad, and extending at least six inches beyond each end of the opening, before every fire-place opening. [No. 1, s. 6, part No. 98, s. 1.8.] 17. No timber shall be laid within two ieet of the inside of any oven, copper, still, boiler or furnace, nor within nine inches of the opening ot any chimney, nor within seven inches ot the inside of any metal flue, nor within four inches and a half of the inside of any brick flue, unless the wood is efiectually protected to the satisfaction ot the Inspector ot Buildings. [No. 1, s. 6, part; No. 98. s. 9.] 18. No pipe or funnel for conveying steam or hot air shall be fixed next any street or public place, or on the front of any building. [No. 98, s. 10, part.] 19. All doors in theatres, music halls, hotels, churches, and other buildings used for the assembly of large bodies of persons shall be constructed to open outwards; and ample provision shall be made for the rapid emptying of such buil- dings. [No. 98, 8. 22] , FIRE LIMITS. 20. All that portion of the city which is within the line next hereinafter described, shall be known as the Fire Limits, namely: Commencing at the north-weat corner of lot 127 (one hundred and twenty-soven), thence running, eastwardly along the northern bouiidry of that lot and con- tinuing in a straiglit line to the centre of Store Street, thence northerly along Store Street to a point opposite the centre of Fisguard Street, thence eastwardly across Store Street in a straight line to and along the centre of Fisguard Street to the centre of Douglas Street, thence southerly along the centre of Douglas Street to a point opposite the centre of Courteuiiy Street, thence in a straight line to and along the centre of Courtenay Street and to the centre of Whart Street tlienee in a straight line to the north-east corner of lot 8 (eight), thence along the northern boundry of that lot to the shore of Vict9ria Harbor and thence along the shore line of Victoria Harbor to the point of commence- ment. No. 116, 8. 1; No. 103, s. 8.j 21. No building other than with main walls of brick, iron or atone, and roofing ot incombustible material shall be erected or jjlaced within the Firo Limits. [No. 62; sees. 2 and 5; No. 98, sees. 21 and 23 part; No. 116, s. 3.] 22. No addition to or alteration of any wooden building within the Fire Limits shall be made. [ No. 62, 8. 4; No. 116, 8. 2.] 23. The two last preceeding sections of this by-law shall not apply to any shed within the curtilage of another build- ing and used exclusively for the storage of fuel for consump. tion in such other building, such shed not exceeding tea feet by twelve in length or breadth nor ten feet in height, nor to any water closet or earth closet; nor shall they apply to any shed erected wholly on or over the wooden piles of any wharf on the shore of Victoria Hti'^bour; but no shed shall be erected on or over any wharf h.n the Fire Limits other than with rooting of incombuatible material. [No. 116, 8. 6.j REMOVAL. 24. No person shall remove, or cause or permit to be re* moved, any building into, niong or across any street or pub- lic plare without hiiviiig first obtuined jiermissioii, in wri- ting, for that purpose from tlie Street Committee. [No. lOA, 8.1.] 26. Every application for permission to remove any build- ing shall be in writing, shall describe the building and its location and the place to which it is to be removed, and shal} state the streets required to be used and the num- ber oi days tor such removal; and it shall ho accompanied by a valuation, to bo obtained for this purpose from the City Surveyor, ot the building to be removed, and by a fee of ten dollars tor the use of the Corporation. [No. 106, s. s. 2 and 8; No. 117, s. 1.] .? " 26. No permission shall be given to remove any build- ing into, along or across uny street or public [»lace, nnlesa such building 8hullai»peur by the valuation of the 'ty Sur- veyor accompanying the application asaforesair worth at least two hundred and filty dollars. [No. K., , -»; No. 117,8.2.] 27. Every^permission to remove a building shall state the route by which, and the number ot days within which such removal is to be eftected. [No. 117, s. 4, part.] 28. Every person who has obtained permission as afore- said to remove any building shall forthwith remove the same in accordance with such permission and not further or otherwise, and shall, during such removal, place and keep a beacon light on the front and another on the back of the building under removal from sunset to sunrise. [No 105, 8. 5; No. 117, s. ..J 29. In case any person remove any building into any street or public place without having obtained such permiss- ion therefor as aforesaid, or into any street or public place not named in such permission, or leave any building in any street or public place longer than the time limited by such it pormisaion, it shall be liuvfiil for the Mayor or the Street Committee to cuuho hikiIi liuiiding to he imlled down or lo- • moved; and uU oont.s and exix'iiHos atti'iidin^ HUili piilliiif; down or removal Hhall bo repaid \>y the owner of such Iniil- ding to the ('crporation, and hIiuH l)e reoovorabiu, witb voMs in lilvO manner U8 any penalty for the infraction of a hy-law. [No. 117, s. 4, part.] DANQEKOUS AND IRREOlii.AR BUILDINQfl. • 30. Whenever any building shall be so much decayed or from any cause injured as to be, in the opinion ot the In8|iector of BuildingH and the Council, a dangerous nuisance, or whenever any wooden Imilding heretofore erec- ted and still standing within the tire limits herein described, or any building, veranda, or portion ot a building hereto- fore erected or con^^t iicted or hereafter to be erected or con- structed otherwise tluin in accordance with the regulations of this by-law shall in the opinion ol the Inspector of Build- ings, and the Council, have become decayed or injured to the extent ot one half or more of its original value or cost it shall be the duty uf the Inspectoi' ol nuildiiigs, under the direction of the Council, to notify in writing the owner, agent, occupier, or other person having cliarge of such building, veranda, or portion ot u l)uilding toremoveor pull d' ,vn the same forthwith; and the person so iintifietl bhali cause the same to be removed or pulled down within ten days after such notihcation, and in case any person so notitied fail to comply with the terras of sueli notiiicii- tifl.T within ten days thereafter, it shall be lawful for the Council to authorize by resolution any officer tliereiii named to remove or pull down the building, Veranda, or portion of a building in question. [No. 52, s. 6.J , , j 31. Whenever any building in course of erection, en- largement, alteration or repair, shall.be deemed unsafe by the Inspector of buildings, the owner, contractor, agent or person having charge thereof shall be iiotifiei ■ No. 145. A BY-LAW TO ESTABLISH AND REGULATE A CITY POUND, TO AUTHORISE THE KILLDTG OF DOGS m CERTAL^ CASES, AND TO PREVENT ANIMALS RUNNING AT LARGE. [Passed 2ud May, 18»7.] .s. ^H"". ^^^°^*^^ ^y tbe Council of the Corporation of the City of Victoria as follows: SHOkT TITLE. 1. This by-law may be cited as the "Pound By-Law." INTERPRETATION. 2. The "Interpretation By-Law" applies to this by-law. POUND. 8. A City Pound shall be established and maintained by the Council at such place as they determine by Resolu- tion from time to time. [No. 41.8. 1 Part. I 4. The (Council sL^ll from time to time ai.point a compe- tent person to be Pound-Keeper, at such salary or remuher- atiou as IS fixed by by-law; and such Pound-Keeper may appon.t m writing one or more deputy or deputies subject to ^iio approval of the Council. Jd. mmmm a PROHIBITION. f. . No person shall sutler his horse, ass, mule, cow, cat- tle, goat, sheep, swine, goose or dog, [except a dog regis- tereil as hereinafter mentioned) to run at large witiiiu the limits of the Citj. [No, 41, s. 2 ] I V IMPOUNDING. 6. Tt shall ho tlie duty of the Pound-Keeper or his deputy to irniwiund all animalH running at large within the limits ot the City, I excei)t dogs registered as hereinafter mentioned 1 and tor so (hiing he shall demand and receive from the resiioctive owners ot tlie animals so impuiinded the sum oip2 tor each horse, ass, mule, cow or other cattle, and the sum of oO cents lor each other animal. [N"o. H, ss. i & 8 part. No. 60, s. A] ; ' * ; ■ 7. The Pound-Keeper shall daily furnish all animals impounded in the city pound with good and sufficient food water and shelter, and tor so doing shall demand and receive from the respective owners of such animals for the use of the corj[)oration the tollovving allowance over and ahove the tees lor impounding, namely: ^ For every horse, ass, mule, cow or other cuttle, 60, cents per day. For ever}- other animal, 2:> cents per day. [No. 41 88. 7 «& H part. 8. Every aninnd so impounded shall he forthwith adver- tised hy the I'l.und-Keoper by a notice in writing contaiuing a reasonable description of the animal and a statement of the day and hour of impounding, iind jiostcnl in a conspic- uous place on the pound gate and at the City Hall for at least three days. | No. 41, s. 6. J !•. A book sliall be kept in the Clerk's olfice at the City Hall, in wiiich book the Tound-Keeper or Ids deputy shall lorthwith enter a lull record of every animal impounded by him, stating therein the date of impounding a description ot the animal, the place where it was found, the date when and person by whom it is redeemed, and the fees charged thereon. [No. 41, 8.6. J REDEMPTION. 10. Ui>on payment to tiie Poand-Keeper or his deputy or the Clork of the Council cf ail fees and expenses lawfully cliargeahle in respect of any animal which has been ira- pou!;ded as aforesaid, the person to whom such payment is. made shall deliver to the person making such payment an order in writing forthe rcleiise of the animal, stating in such order the fees and expenses so paid; and upon presentment to the person in charge of the City Pound of such order on the day of the date thereof countersigned by the person to whom it was issued; the animal shall be released and the order shall he filed as a voucher in the office of the Clerk of the Council. [No. 41, ss. li and 10.] 11. Every owner or person entitled to the possession of an animal which has been irapoundi d as afo.tiSaid shall forthwith upon he''' 's notified or becoming aware of such impounding redet he animal in accordance with the l.'ist preceding section hereof. [No. 41, s. i). ] 12. All fees and exjienses received in respt t of the im- pounding of animals under this bylaw shall iorthwith be paid over by the officer receiving the same to tl City Treasurer, auU shall form part of the munieiiial revenue. SALK. 13. If any animal is not redeemed within fourteen days after the impounding and advertising thereof .itoresaid, it shall be lawlul for the Pound-Keeper to o the same to be sold by public auction, and the proceeds of such sale shall be applied, in the first place, in payment ot the ex- penses incurred on or in relation to such sale and, in the next place, in payment of the fees and expenses lawfully chargeable in respect of the impounding and keeping of the animal ; and the surplus (if any) shall be paid to the City Treasurer, to be by him paid to the owner of the animal when such owner is ascertained. [No. 41, s. 13] DOGS. 14. If any dog impounded as aforesaid is not redeemed within seven days after such impounding, it shall be lawful for the Pound-Keeper or his deputy to kill it. [No. 81, a. 3.] 15. Every person who pays the annual tax or sum of $2 for a dog, as mentioned in the Revenue By-Law, shall there- upon be entitled to have such dog registered, numbered, and described in a book to be kept for this purpose at the office of the Clerk of the Council and to receive u metal badge or tag stamped with the year tor which the tax ig paid and the number of the registration and shall cause the dog to wear the badge at all times during that year. [No. 64, ss 1, 5, No. 77, s. 9.J 16. It shall be lawful for the Pound-Keeper or his deputy to impound any dog found running at large in the City and not wearing a metal badge or tag iu accordance with the last preceding section of this by-law. [No. 64, s. 4.] 17. No person shall keep or harbor any dog which habit- ually disturbs the quiet of any person, or which endangers the safety of any person by biting or otherwise. [No. 64, B. 5.J PENALTY. 18. Every person convicted of an infraction of any pro- vision of this by-law shall forfeit and pay therefor a penalty not exceeding fifty dollar?. REPEAL. 19 "The Victoria City Pound By-Law, 1878," No. 41, the "Pound By-Law Amend .ent By-Law, 1880 " No. 60, the By-Law to further amend the Pound By-Law, 1878 No 8r N?^ 'VJ V' "^-^-- Revenue bX; -o 81 1" 7'^"' ho "Pound A.^e„dment By-Law, 1881'' with tins I^IaT T' '^^'^ '^-'^"^^ •'« --;«istent with t[u8 h^-law or makea any provision for any matter it ...ri No. 146. A BY-LAW TO REGULATE STREETS AND SIDEWALKS AND THE TRAFFIC THEREON. , (Passed 2nd May, 1887.) , Bk it Enacted by the Council of the Corporation of the City of Victoria as iollows: SHORT TITLE. 1. This by-law may be cited as the "Street By-Law." IKTEuPRETATION. 2. The "Interpretation By-Law" applies to this by-law. SIDEWALKS, AWNINGS, ETC. 3. The Council may grade and construct public side- walks or footpaths whenever and wherever they may deem it necessary or expedient [No. Sf>, s. 2, part.] 4. All public footpaths and sidewalks shall be graded, constructed, maintained and repaired by the Council, at the expense of the Corporation, except as hereinafter mentioned. [No. 85, 88. 3&6.] 5. All public footpaths and sidewalks shall be made ot wood, stone, tiles, brick or such other materials as the Council may from time to time by resolution order, and shall bo of one uniform gradient, width and material throughout the entire length of the block abutting on any street, and shall have a fall of one-fourth of an iiicli to the foot ttt leant towards the street. |No. 85, ss. 2 (juirt) & K ) 6. Every wooden sidewalk shall, unless the Council Ity resolution order otlierwise, be i onstructed according to the specilicationnext t>)]l«iwing,iiamely: U iixij planks, 10 inches wide and uniformly sawn, with bearings 4x4 inches, cross bearings where required, and cedar posts placed on sills 12x12x3 inches; if the sidewalk is not more than six leet wide it shall have three bearers; if it is more than six feet but not more than eight feet wide it shall have tour bearers; and if it is more than eight feet i)Ut not more than ton feet wide it shall have five bearers, and so on in propoi tion for any * greater width; and all such bearers shall be properly braced with 4xlJ inch scantling; all [danking shall be nailed with 4J inch nails, two nails to oach bearing, imd all naiU driven in one-toiirth of an inch below the surface of the plank; and all posts, sills and braces shall be properly nailed [No. 85, 8.7.] ^ 7. Where any portion of a wooden sidewalk may be required to be crossed by any vehicle or boast for gaining access to any premises, the cros>;iiig shall be constrneted with planks not less than three inches thick laid longtitudinaUy and shall be constructe;ith (»r sidewalk, unless cros.sing it at a proper cros.sing to enter or leave any premises. (No. S5, ss. 11 and 12^1 25. No rider, driver or owner of any horse shall permit it to run at large in any street, or leave it standing unat- tended in any street without being securely fastened to a l)Ost or to a block of metal at least thirty-five pounds in weight. I No. 9, s, S.J i FIREAKMS, FIREWORKS, ETC. 26. No person' shall wantonly fire, light, or set off any cannon, gun, pistol, fireworks or explosive substance. [No. 9, 8, 12.j > 27. Xo [)er.son sliall use any bow and arrow, catapult or slingshot, or throw any stone, snowball or other miesile. ' t- ■ ■ DEFACEMENT. ' faul! 28. N-o persoT. sl.aJl vviHuHy out, hack, ourvo, break daul, wuh pau.t, or i„ any o.her way injur , defac o c^' %ure any puMi. or private huil.ling, wall, ton e ra' i I B.„u,nent, post, bridge or othf; prop'or^r b'o 9:^ ENFORCING REGULATIONS. 29. Every person convicted of an infraction of any pro- vmion of t ,.s I,ylavv shall forfeit and pay therefor a penalty not exceeding fifty dollars. [No. 9, . U; No. 85, s.T] "^ SO It shall be the duty of every Police Officer of the ^ity to prosecute every person whom he knows or has just Zirs!"!"]"' '' ''"' '"'"^ ""^ ^^"^'^^^^ '' ^^'^ by-C 31. It shall he lawful for any officer of the Corporation under the direction of the Street Committee to pull dZanS remove any post veranda or other structure in or upon any St eet or pubhc sidewalk, footpath or sidewalk allowance^ but no such veranda which has been heretofore lawfully erected shall bo so removed until twelve months' notke in writing has been given to the owner or occupier or the agent for the absent owner of the building to which the veranda IS attached, to remove it; and no sL post or oth r structure (not being a veranda) which has been at any time erected in accordance with the by-laws for the time being in force shall be so removed until one month's notice in writ" ing has been given to the person claiming the ownership or use thereof (it known as such to the Council) to remove the REPEAL. 32. 'The Victoria Street By-Law, 1H73," (No. 9.) "The Consolidated Sidewalkand Awning By-Law, 18.1," (No. 85)- the by-law to amend the last mentioned by-law (No 138^ and so much of every other by-law as is inconsistent with this by-law or makes any provision for any matter herein provided tor are hereby repealed; and this by-law is sul>- Btituted for them. i.t \i" " ^-'i^'^i ,lT .-. . p '-1 I '. I No 147. A BY-LAW FOR THE PREVENTION AND SUPPRESSION OF FIRES. [Passed 2nd May, 1887.] (M?/ ;V?°'"'' ^fn^' ^""°''" •** *^« Corporation of the Citj of Victoria as follows: SHORT TITLE. By-Law^'' ^^'^^"^ ""^^ ''^ ''*®'* ^ ^''^ "^^'® Prevention INTERPRETATION. 2. The "Interpretation By-Law" applies to this by-law. FIRK WARDENS. 8. The Council shall, at its first meeting after each annual municipal election, or as soon thereafter as convenient- ly may be, and from time to time as a vacancy occurs, appoint one of tfte councillors for each ward to be the Fire wSen for that ward: and every such Fire Warden shall hold Office until his successor is appointed. [No. 2, ss. 1 & 7.J 4. The Council shall, at the expense of the Corporation provide for the Fire Warden of each ward, a flpeakifJ rumpet painted white and having thereon in red letters the words "Fire Warden" and th« number of the ward, and each Fire Warden shall, on retiring from office, hand over the dpeaking trumpet to his successor. [No. 2, 8. 6.] ■ . 5. It shall Ljb the dnty of each Fire Warden to attend at all fires within his wfird; and lie shall have cliiet corn- m nd thereat in all things pertaining to the preservation of goods and other property in danger, and shall have power to arrange, place, remove, or direct any person at any such fire in such manner as he shall deem necessary or expedi- ent to assist thp Fire Departnie\it in the discharge of their duties. [No. 2, s. 2. i 6. It shall oe the duty of the Mayor and of every Councillor to attend every fire in the City, to assist the Fire Warden if present, and to take his place if ahsent. [No. 2, 8. 3, part.] . , *, ,, . 7. In the absence ol the Fire Warden from any fire in his ward, the ]Mayor or the Councillor jur any ward who shall first arrive at such fire shall dischart^e the duties, and have and exercise the powers ot such absent Fire War- den until hie arrival. [No. 2, s. 4.] 8 It shall !)e hiwfnl for the ire Warden, o* the Mayor or Councillor acting as I'ire Warden at any fire with the coucurret-je of the Chief, or in his absence the Assistant Engineer of the Fire Deiiurtracnt to rav.se to be pulled down or demulislied any adjacent h. usi's or other erections which they shall think ncce.-»i ary to be pulled down or demolished to prevent the spreading of fire. ^^No. 2, 8. 3, part.l ''-i''t *-.'' ' <•• *>' I'' *' ''■'■ 9. All person-^ it or near any fire, and not being m.im- bers of the Fire I'cpai'tnient, slmll assist in extinguishing such tire, an;! in removing f'.rnitnre. goods and merchandise from any building on fire or in danger I hereof, mid in guarding and securing the same, and in jiulling down or demolish" ng any housu or other erection, as may be requireil by the wmmm tmm'^^m s Fire Warden, or the Mayor or Councillor acting as Fire Warden at such tire. [No. 2, s. 5. ] 10. No person shall in any way impede or hinder any Fire Warden, ITireniaii or other person who shall be asHist- ing in extinguishing a fire or i)erforniing any duty in connection therewith. [No. '2, s. 10 | FIRE DEPARTMKNT APPARATUS. . 11. Nc person shall move, use or otherwi.^e interfere with any tiro engine, hose, ladder or other iipimratus of the Co'puration, used or provided for extin^fuishing fires, with- out the consent of tho Mayor, the City Engineer, or the Chief or Assistant Engineer of the Fire Department, except that in case of a tire, any person may, for the j)Uipose of extinguishing such tire, or saving life or property, move and use any tire ladder provided and kept in a public place for that purpose. [No. 2, s. 8, No. 78. j 12. No person shall use or otherwise interfere with any telephone tire alarm of the Corporatioti except in the caseot a fire and subject to the rules and regul.itions made by the Council for the use thereof. [No. ^7, ss. 1, "J & 5.] FALSE ALARMS. 13. No person shall, without reasonable cause, make or circulate or cause to be made or circulated any false alarm of tire, by oist^iry, telephone, ringing ot hells, or otherwise. fNo. 2, 8. 9, No. 87, s. 3. | BONFIKES. 14. No person shall make, or assist in making any bon- fire in any street, road, or public thoro':glilii'e at any time; and no person shv]] have any tire l)urning out of doors in any place atter sunset without previously warning the Chief or Assisstant Engineer ot the fire department thereof [No. 1, 8. l.J STOVES, FIRE-PtACKS, ETC. ;6. No funnel, pipe, or flue for conveying fire, smoke or ho^ air shall be fixed nearer than twelve inches to the tac • ot any timber, and no such funnel, pipe or flue shall pads tlirough any timber framing or partition ot wood or lath and plaster, or through any wooden floor unless it is encircled by a rim of solid intone, brick, or metal not less than three inches wide and equal in thickness to the full finished thickness ot the framing through which it passes. [No. 1, ss. 3 & 4; No. 98, 8. lO.J 16. No person shall set or place any stove, furnace, range or vessel in which fire may be kept in such a manner tharthe ba.k thereof be less than sixteen inches from any woodwork, and all iron stoves, lurnaces and vessels in which fire may be kept not built into a brick chimney shall stand upon stone, brick, zinc or other incumbustible mate- rial, which shall project at least one foot from the front or door of the same. [No. 1, s. 6. 17, Every occupant of any building shall keep all pipe- holes in any chimney in such building, wliile such pipe- holos are not in use, closed by a proper stopper of metal or other incumbustible material. [No. 98, 8. ll.J IH No occupant of any building shall permit any chim- ney, stove-pipe or flue therein to become unclean or take tire. I'^o. 1, 8. /i.J ,. ; i , o , 19. No person shall place or keep, or permit or suff'er to be placed or kept, any ashes removed trom any stove, furnace, range or fire-place, in any wooden vessel, or within three feet of any wooden partition in his house, outhouse or shed, or place or permit or sutter to be placed any hay, straw, or otber combustible material uncovered in his courtyard or lot oi ground within one hundred feet of any building. ,No. 98, a. 12.J t INFLAMMABLE SUBSTANCES. 20. No person shall keep any larger quantity than eighty gallons of coal oil or other oil of a sirailarly combus- tible character in wooden casks, or three hundred gallons in tin, iron, stone or earthenware, or twenty gallons of crude oil, burning fluid, naphtha, benzole, benzine or other simi- larly combustible fluid in any wooden building, and no person shall keep any larger quantity than one hundred and fifty gallons of coal oil or other oil of a simi- larly combustible character in wooden casks or seven hundred and fifty gallons in tin, iron, stone, or earth- enware, or eighly gniions of crude oil, burning fluid, naphtha, benzoic, benzine, or other similarly combustible fluid, in any brick building, unless the same shall be kept in a cellar properly ventilated an i wivliout a floor, or with a floor of brick, stone, cement, or other incumbuHtible materials, in which case three hund ed gallons ot coal oil or other oil of a similarly combustible character in wooden casks of one tliousund gallons, in tin, iron, stone or earth- ware may be so kept and no person shall permit or suflcr any of the fluids mentioned in this section to flow into any municM 1 drain or sewer. [No. 92, ss. 1 & 2; No. 98, 8. 15.] 21. Notwithstanding anything in the last preceding section contained, when fire-proof buildings so constructed as to insure at all times a thorough ventilation thereofand used exclusively for the purjiose ot keeping or storing coal oil, burning fluid, crude oil, naphtha, benzole, benzine, or other similarly combustible materials are isolated or detached at Ijast two hundred feet from all other bnihiings, then any of the said fluids may be kept and stored therein without limit as to quantity, subject to the provisions hereinafter contained. [No 98, s. 1(5.J 22. No pe'/son shall take, light or use in any such storage building ua :6 muntioued iu the lust preceding section, any 6 fire, either for heat, liglit ofaiiy other purpose. [No. 98, 8. IT. J 2 *. No porflon shall at any time keep or store any fluid montioiiod in flic Iweiity first seetion, of this By-Law in the utitiinited quantity theroin authorised or mentioned unless he has oUtaiuod ^uni the In.spector of Buildings within one year iiuMi last, a t-ertiihatc to the effect that the huildin;^ in vvhiidi such fluid is st.>red or kept is in all reapeets of the character and ilescription montionod in that section; and for every sucli certifiote tlio person obtaining the same shall pay to the luspedor of Buildings for the use of the Corpor- ation a tee of one dollar. No. 92, 88. 3 & 6; 9-<, 8 18.] 24. No person shall at one time convey ou any vehicle more than two hundred and fifty gallons of m\y of the oom- bustiltle fluids herein mentioaed or referred to. No. 92, 8. O.J 2.'). No person shall keep in store or tor sale or. use in any building within the V'wn iJmils more than the quantity of hay or straw lollowing, namely: For every livery or hack stahle 15 tons. For storage or sale, lo tons. For private consumption, two tons. [^^ ^^» ^- ^^' ■^*'' 116, s. O.J 26. No p rson shall, in any building where hay, straw, shavings, or uthcr combustiblu inati'iials may be, smoke or have m his itos-;essiou any lightei obtained from the Inspector of Buildings a certifi- cate of compliance with the general rejTulations proscribed by hy-law in that behalf, which certificate shall expire on the thirty-first day of December in each year and be renew- ed annually and for every such certificate the person obtain- ing the same shall jay to the Inspector of Buildings for the U8C of the Corporation a fee of one dollar [No. 98, sa. 13 & 14.1 ■ * ENFORdNG REGULATIONS. 28. It shall he lawful for any municipal officer acting under the directions of the Fire Wurdens to enter at all re- sonable times upon any property which is, or is reasonably supposed to he subject to the regulations of this by-law, in order to ascertain whether such regulatians are obeyed: and no perst)n shall obstruct any such officer in the discharge of his duty. [No. 1, s. 9; No. 92, s. 4; No. 98, 8. 8.J 29. Whenever it apjiears to the Fire Wardens that any regulation of this by-law is being disobeyed or neglected, or that anything dangerous in causing or promoting fire exists or is carried on, it shall be lawful for them to order all such acts and things to be done, or discontinued as shall appear necessary to comply with the regulations of this by-law or remove the danger; and in case any owner, lessee, agent, tenant, or occupier of the premises, in question shall neglect or fail to do or discontinue any such act or thing within twenty-four hours after such order iias been served upon him or left on the premises in question, it shall bo lawful for the Fire Wardens to authorize any municipal officer to carry the same into effect, and every such ueglec or failure shall constitute an infraction ot this by-law. [No. 1, 8. 8; No. 98, s. 4.J 80. Every person convicted of an infraction of any ot the provisions ol this by-law shall forfeit and pay a penalty not exceeding fifty dollars. [No 2, s. 11; No. 92, s. 7, &c.] REPEAL. 31. The by-law " For the Protection of the City A..trainst Fire," No. 1; the by-law " Defining the Ditiesof Fire War- dens and regulating the conduct of the inhabitants at fires," No. 2, " A by-law for the protection of tire ladders within the City of Victoria," No. 73; the "Fire alarm by-law, 1882," No. 87, the " Petroleum by-law, 1882,' No. 92; sec- tions 3, 4, 10, 11, 12, 13, li, 15, 16, 17, 18 and 29 of the " Victoria Building By-Law, 1883," No. 9"<, and section 6 of the " Fire Limits and Wooden Buildings By-Law, 1885," No. 116, and so much of every other by-law as is inconsis- tent with this by-law or makes any provision tor any matter herein provided for, are hereby repealed; and this by-law is substituted for them.' li'K^ -. f.u si n b t 8 C No. 148. A BY-LAW RESPECTING THE MUNICIPAL ASSESSMENT ROLL FOR THE YEAR 1887. [Passed 29th June, 1887.] Be it Enacted by the Council of the Corporation of the City of Victoria as follows : 1. The Assessment Roll of the said City for the year 1S87 shall be returned by the Assessor to the Clerk of the Mu- nicipal Council on the fifteenth day of July, 1887. 2. All persons complaining of their respective assessments on the said Roll shall, witV \n one month, after the time hereinbefore fixed for retu.ningthe said l;,oll, givj notice thereof in writing to the Clerk of the Municipal Council, specifying in such notice the grounds ot their respective complaints. 3. All complaints of which due notice shall have been given under the last preceding section shall be heard at the City Hall, Victoria, on the 17th day of August, 1887, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon or as soon thereafter as they can be heard. No. 149. A BY-LAW TO REPEAL THE WATER WORKS COMMISSIONER AND CITY SURVEYOR BY-LAW, 1878. [Passed 17th August, 1878.] Be it Enacted by the Council ot the Corporation ot the City of Victoria, as follows : 1. " The Water Works Commissioner and City Surveyor and Water Works Engineer Salary By-Law, 1878," No. 43, is hereby repealed. 2. This By-Law may be cited as a " By-Law to repeal By-Law No. 43." No. 150. A BY-LAW TO AUTHORIZE THE APPOINTMENT AND PRO- VIDE FOR THE PAYMENT OF A WATER WORKS COMMISSIONER. [Pusacd Slat August, 1887.] Whkkeas, uiuler the Corporutinn of Victoria Water Workh Act, 1873, it is the (hityof the Water Conimisaioner to examiiio, consider and decide npoii all matters relative to supplying the said City, by the means contemplated t>y that Act with a sufficient quantity of pure and wholesome water for the use of its inhabitants; and also to provide, build or construct the necessary water works liuildings, machinery and other appliauces requisite for the said object. And whereas it has become necessary to improve and en- large the aaid Water Works And whereas it is expedient that the ofHce of Water Commissioner should bo, hold by a civil engineer, who shall be charged in addition to tho other duties with tho duty of preparing plana for the extension of tho present Water Works system. Be it therefore enacted by the Council of the Corporation of the City of Victoria, as follows : 1. Peter Summerfield, Esquire, C. E.jia hereby appointed Water Works Commissioner. 2. The miid i'etor Siimraerfitilil hIiiiII prouued torthvvttli to prepare uiid report to tli'iH Counuil a suhemo tur the ex- tension of the present Oity Water WorkH systein ho a» to insure to tlie inhahitiints of the sitid City of Victoria a con- stunt supply of wliolettomu water from Heaver and HIk LakeA of not leas than one million five hnndred thousand gallons per diem. 3. In addition to the