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I ) » 1 1 ' > ) WILLIAM NILES, El^Q., '' w A R D E n; •;• . ' = > ^ .■ ■ ., ' > » • •,! i •^..> PRINTED AT THE OFFICE OF THE WESTERN GLOBE. 1847. I- 1 ! • . • •• • •••••• • • •• . . ^ « • • » • • . • . • -• • • • ■■'tt i;.» *' Upper Canada," it is amongst other things enacted that it shall be lawful for any District Council to make bye-laws for providing that on each side of any Highway, which sliall pass through a wood, the timber shall be cut down for a space not exceedin twenty-five feet on each side of such highways, by the proprietor of the land on which such timber shall be, or in his default, by the overseer of highways, in whose division such land shall be, such timber to bo removed by the proprietor within a time to be appointed by the bye-law, or, on his default, by such overseer of I^oads, in which last mentioned case, it may be used by the overseer for any purpose connected with the improvement of the High- ways and Bridges in his division, or sold by him to defray the expenses incurred in carrying the bye-law into effect, — Provided always, that no such bye-law shall Authorize or compel the cutting downof any orchard, or shrubbery, or of any trees planted expressly for ornament or shelter ; it is, therefore, hereby enacted by the Council of the London District, that where any highway, in this District, shall pass through a wood, it shall be the duty of the proprietor or proprietors of the land, on each side of such highways, within six weeks after the passing of this bye- law, to cut down and remove the timber on each side of such Highways, for a space of twenty-five feet. And it is further enacted, that in the event of the proprietor or pro- prietors of the land through which svch highways shall lie, failing to cut down and remove the timber on each side of such Highways, as hereinbefore required, it shall then be lawful for the overseer of High- ways within whose division such lands shall be, by and under the direc- tion of the Committtee or Councillors of the Township, to cut down and remove, or dispose of the said timber, in such way as he shall be by him or them ordered, and in accordance with the provisions of the act hereinbefore recited. ,Ml (Signed,) WM. NILES, Warden. J. B. STRATHY, Clerk. .r- i ^ivjj.-t' Bye-Law to establish a Road in the Township of Dorchester^ Southern Division, ' [Passed 6th February, 1847. Whebeas the owners of the land through which the Road hereinafter described may pass, have made application, and have rehnquished all claim for compensation for the land occupied by said road ; it is, there- fore, hereby enacted by the Council of the London District, that the road applied for be, and the same is hereby established and ordered to run as follows, commencing at the centre line of lot number twenty-two, in Concession B, in the township of Dorchester, Southern Division, thence in a straight line through Concessions B and A to the first Con- cession of said Township, the road to be three rods wide, and to be on the west side of said centre line. And it is further enacted, that the parties applying for said new rood, shall defray all expenses attending the establishment of the same. J. B. STRATHY, Clerk. (Signed,) WM. NILES, Warden. \ "■%». \ JSye-Law to establish a J^ew Road in the Township of , Southwold. [Passed 6th February, 1847. Whereas it has been represented by Twelve Freeholders of tk Township of Southwold, that it is necessary for the better accommoda- tion of the Inhabitants of the said Township, to establish a new Road as hereinailer described ; and whereas Daniel Hanvey, a Road Sur- veyor in and for this District, has reported in favour of said new Rood, and has given notice of his report in terms of the bye-law in that behalf ; it is, therefore, hereby enacted, by the Council of the London District, that a new Road be, and the same is hereby established, and ordered to run as follows : — commencing in the limit between lots numbers three and four, on the northerly side of Mill road, where a post has been planted in the northerly side of said road, and in the limit between said lots, then North forty-five degrees east, along the limit between said lots, as the limit is now run o** laid out, thirty-three chains, thirty-three and a half links, more or less, to where a post now stands in the rear chesteff 1847. ' ^reinafter ished all is, there- that the rdered to 2nty-lwo, Division, first Con- to be on lew rood, 16. Warden. iship of 1847. rs of th: lommoda- lew Rood load Sur- lew Road, at behalf ; a District, ordered to )drs three has been ween said tween said lirty-three n the rear of said lots, then north forty-five degrees west, along the rear limit of said lot number 4, as the paid limit is now laid out, nine chains seventy nine links, more or less, to the westerly side of the allowance for road, between the second and third concessions, west of River Road in the said township— the line in the centre of the said road — and the road to be sixty-six feet wide, according to the report and survey of the said Daniel Hanvey. (Signed,) W^f. NILES, J. B. STRATHY, Warden. Clerk. Bye-Law to establish a •Yew Road in the Township of Delaware. [Passed 6th February, 1847. Whereas it is necessary for the better accommodation of the Inhabi- tants of the Township of Delaware, to establish a new Road in the said Township, as hereinafter described, it is, therefore, hereby enacted by the Council of the London District, that a new Road between lots numbers fifteen and sixteen in the fourth concession of said Township be, and it is hereby established and ordered to run as follows ; — ^that is to say, commencing in the limit between the said lots on the line in front of the said concesssion, then north seventy degrees east, seventy chainS| more or less, to the allowance for road in rear of the said concesjsion, according to the report and survey of Benjamin Springer, road surveyor. (Signed,) WM. NILES. ■^ J. B. STRATHY, Warden. Clerk, Byc'Law to regulate the Commutation of Statute Labour in the District of London. . : .,.,,.•, [Passed 6th February, 1847. Whbrsai, by an act passed by the Parliament of this Province, in the Ninth year of her Majesty ^s Reign, and intituled ** An Act to ammd a I " the Laws relative to District Councils in Upper Canada," the privilege of compounding for Statute Labour is repealed, and the District Counoili are authorised to empower the landholders in the District to compound for the Statute Labour by them respectively, performable for any time not exceeding five years, at any rate not exceeding two shillings and sixpence for each day's labour, and to regulate, by bye-law, the manner and the divisions in which the Statute Labour shall be performed, or to empower the respective Township Councillors to direct the laying out and performance thereof: it is, therefore, hereby enacted, by the Council of the London District, that from and after the passing of this bye-law, any person liable to perform Statute Labour, may compound the same, if he or she shall think fit, on or before the tenth day of May, in each and every year, by paying the Overseer of Highways, acting for the division in which he or she resides, the sum of two shillings and six- pence, for every day which he or sec may be required to work, and such overseer is hereby authorised and required to accept the said sum, in lieu of such Statute Labour, and to expend the same in the improve- ment of Roads and Bridges, within his division, under the direction and controul of the Councillor or Councillors of the Township, within the period prescribed by Law. * (Signed,) WM. NILES, : J. B. STRATHY, Warden. Clerk. ' Bye-Law to appropriate the sum of £2,600 for the im- provement of Road9 and Bridges in the District of London, [Passed 6th February, 1847. Whereas it is expedient to appropriate the sum of iS2.500 out of the funds of this District, at the disposal of the Council, amongst the several Townships of the said District, for the purpose of being expended in the improvement of Roads and Bridges therein ; it is, therefore, hereby enacted by the Council of the London District, that the sum of jS2,500 of the funds of this District be, and the same is hereby appropriated for the improvement of Roads and Bridges, to be apportioned as follows ; that is to say, — to the town of London, the sum of one hundred and eight pounds ; to the township of London, the 9 L> privilege t Councils compound r any time illings and le manner nod, or to laying out 18 Council s bye-law, the same, ', in each ng for the s and six- work, and said sum, ) improve- ection and within the LES, Warden. • the im- strict of y, 1847. 500 out of nongst the of being 'ein ; it is, strict, that he same is Iges, to be n, the sum andon, the sum of two hundred and ninety-four pounds ; to the township of West- minster, the sum of two hundred and thirty>one pounds ; to the township of Yarmouth, the sum of three hundred and three pounds ; to the town- ship of Southwold, the sum of two hundred and twenty4wo pounds ; to the township of Williams, the sum of seventy -one pounds ; to the township of Dunwich, the sum of one hundred and ten pounds ; to the township of Dorchester, the sum of one hundred ^and forty-seven pounds ; to the township of Lobo, the su^n of one hundred and twenty- three pounds ; to the township of Mosa, the sum of ninety-three pounds ; to the township of Malahide, the sum of one hundred and eighty-seven pounds; to the township of Exfrid, the sum of seventy-four pounds; to the township of Bayham, the sum of one hundred and eighty-one pounds ; to the township of Adelaide, the sum of seventy-nine pounds ; to the township of Delaware, the sum of fifty-six pounds ; to the town- ship of Carradoc, the sum of one hundred and eleven pounds ; to the township of Metcalfe, the sum of fifty-five pounds, anctto the township of Aldborough the sum of fifty-five pounds. It is further enacted, that the Councillors of the different townships shall, and they are hereby authorized to apportion the sums appropriated to thf^ir respective townships, and to appoint Commissioners to superin- tend the expenditure thereof. And it is further enacted, that the above sums shall be paid by the Treasurer on the warrant of the Warden, signed in open Council, on the certificate of the respective Councillors, and on affidavit being made by the Commissioners appointed to superintend the work, that the same has been duly performed. (Signed) WM. NILES. J. B. STRATHY, Wardtn, Clerk. \ ^ Bye-Law to raise certain Sums of Money for the purpose of building School Houses in the London District, [Passed 6th February, 1847. Whcrkab it is expedient to raise the several sums of Money herein- after mentioned, for the purpose of building School Houses in the following School Sections, in this District, it is, therefore, hereby enacted, by the Council of the London District, that the following sums :H>! tlL f II •hall be raised in the following School Sections respectively, for the purpose of building School Houses therein, viz. : — ^The sum of fifteen pounds in School Section number two, in the township of Aldborough ; the sum of thirty>nine pounds in School Section number fourteen, in the township of Westminster ; the sum of fifty pounds in Union School Section number six, in the township of Westminster, and number four, in the township of Dorchester ; the sum of twenty-eight pounds two shillings and five-pence, in the Union School Section number ten, of ^A ftJm/i^^^^^^^^'^^'* *"*^ number twenty-one in Westminster ; t he sum of fifty ' ^ 'pounds, in Union School Sect ion number n ine, in the township of Wy glmin ster^ and number fivq ^n the t ownshipof Dorcheste r ; the sum of thirty-two pounds ten shillings, in Section number ten, in North Dorchester ; the sum of thirty-eight pounds in School Section number six, in South Dorchester ; the sum of twenty pounds in School Section number six, in the township of Carradoc ; the sum of forty pounds in /^^3.<.p;A^^School Section number three, and the sum of one hundred and ten pounds in School Section number four , in the township of Bayham ; the sum of fifty pounds in School Section number two, and the sum of fifty-five pounds in School Section number eight, in the township of Malahide ; the sum of twenty pounds in School Section number twenty- six ; the sum of forty-five pounds, in School Section number sixteen, and the sum of thirty pounds in School Section number twenty-five, in the township of Yarmouth \ the sum of sixty-two pounds ten shillings in School Section number five, in the township of Mosa ; the sum of twenty-five pounds in School Section number nineteen, and the sum of twenty-four pounds in School Section number sixteen, in the township of London. . It is further enacted, that the above sums shall be raised by levying the same upon all rateable property, within the respective School Sections above-mentioned; and the Clerk of the Peace is hereby authorised and required to impose the said assessments over and above the expenses of levying and collecting the same, by placing the same in a separate column on the proper collector's roll of this year, or such parts of said assessments as can be collected, having regard to the limit of the powers of this Council of imposing taxes, under, the 4th and 6th Victoria, cap. 10, and such parts of the obove mentioned sums as may remain uncollected, by reason of the above limitatiom, shall be imposed by the Clerk of the Peace in subsequent years, in the manner above directed, until the whole shall be collected. 11 ely, for (he m of fifteen Id borough ; burteen, in lion School limber four, pounds two ber ten, of im of fif^ y ownship of ; the sum in North ion number ooi Section r pounds in 'cd and ten * Bayham ; the sum of ownship of )er twenty- or sixteen, ity-five, in n shillings he sum of the sum of 3 township )y levying re School is hereby and' above the same •, or such • the limit 4th and d sums as , shall be e manner It is further enacted, that the above sumf shall de raised, levied, col- lected, and paid over to the District Treasurer in the same manner m rates have heretofore been raised, levied, collected, and paid over. It is further enacted, that the abnve-montioned sums shall be paid by the Treasurer to the parties entitled to receive the same, on the warrant of the Warden, signed in open Council, provided always, that a deed for the land on which such School Houses may be built, in accordance with the form given by the Chief Superintendent of Common Schools, be lodged in the District Clerk's Otfice, and recorded in the Register Office of the District, at the expense of the Trustees of the respective School Sections, before the issuing of said warrant. ' And it is further enacted, that in all cases where School Houses have already been built, and are accepted by the School Trustees of the Section, the certificate of such Trustees shall be a sufficient voucher to the collector for the sum mentioned therein, asha'Mng been paid by any party liable to said assessment, and shall be receive x by the Treasurer in lieu of the sum or sums mentioned in such certificates. I'l J. B. STRATHY, Clerk. (Signed,) WM. NILES, Warden. Bye-Law to raise a sum of Money ^ for the purpose of afford- ing Relief to the Indigent^ Sick., and Infirm Persons in the Township of Yarmouth. • » [Passed 6th February, 1847. Whereas, by an act passed by the Parliament of this Province, intituled " An Act to amend the Laws relative to District Councils, in '' Upper Canada," it is, amongst other things, enacted, that it shall be lawful for any District Council, on the application of a majority of the persons qualified to vote at the election of Township Officers, in any township in the District, to authorise and direct by Bye-law, the raising by assessment on the taxable property in such township, of such sum as may be required for the purpose of afibrding relief to indigent, sick, or infirm persons in the township, in such manner and under such 7 >-« /^I 12 jregulations at may be provided in any bye-law to be made in that be- lialf ; and whereas, a majority of the persons qualified to vote at the election of township officers in the township of Yarmouth, have made application, that an Assessment, for the above mentioned purpose, should be made on said township ; it is, therefore, hereby enacted by the Council of the London District, that the sum of seventy-five pounds be raised and levied on all the taxable property in the said township, for the purpose of affording re^ef to indigent, sick, and infirm persons in said township, for this year^ It is further enacted, thai the said sum shall be raised, levied and collected, in the same mani^ as other rates have been heretofore raised, levied and collected, and shall be paid over by the Collector, after deducting two per cent, for his par centage, to the Clerk of the said township. It is further macted, that it shall be the duty of the Clerk of the Peace, and he is hereby authwized and required to impose the said assessment, over and above the expenses of levying and collecting the same, by placing the s«une in a separate column on the proper Col- lector's rolL And it is further enacted, that it shall be the duty of the Clerk of the said township, and he is hereby authorized and required to pay such part or parts of the above assessment as may be in his hands, to any person or persons producing an order from the Councillors of said township for the same; and shall render an account to the District Council of the disbursement of said assessment, accompanied with the vouchers therotbr, at the meeting of this Council in February next. . . J.B.STRATHY, (Signed,) WM. NILES, TTorcfen. I>e made in that be- ified to vote at the mouth, have made lentioned purpose, hereby enacted by eventy-five pounds said township, for I infirm persons in aised, levied and heretofore raised, > Collector, after ^leik of the said he Clerk of tho impose the said id collecting the the proper Col- he Clerk of the •ed to pay such I hands, to any icillors of said to the District panied with the fuary next. NILES, Warden, i i|