Conflnned by the Justices in Session.
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Passed by ike District Cozmcil of the Home
District, Opening Roads.
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AHB BIYISEB BY-LAWS
Of the Municipal Council up to January,
1880.
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BY-LAW NO. 138.
To appoint three Contmissioners to Revise the Standing By-law ft
of the County.
The Corporation of the County of Peel, by the Council thereof,
enacts as follows :
First, — That the Warden of the County of Peel, and Mr.
Bolton, of the Village of Bolton, and the County Clerk be, and
they are hereby appointed Commissioners for revising the standing
By-laws affecting this County, which have heretofore been passed
by the Council of this Corporation, or by the Provisional Counc il
of the County of Peel, or by the Council of the united Counties
of York and Peel, or by the Home District Council, or by the
Quarter Sesssions of the Peace.
Second, — That the said Commissioners be and they are hereby
empowered to secure such services aiid advice of the County
Solicitor as they may think necessary for the due performance of
their duties. •
Third J — That when the said Commissioners have revised the
said By-laws, each of them be paid the sum of $3 for each day so
spent in the performance of the said duties, together with five centip
per mile for each mile necessarily travelled for such purposes, and
the Treasurer is hereby authorized to pay the same on the order
of the Chairman.
Passed this 30th day of January, 1880.
ALEX. McLaren, warden.
D. KIRKWOOD, Co. Clerk.
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REPORT OF THE SPECIAL COMxMITTEE*
Appointed undvi' Bij-law 138 to reels f and consolidate certain
By-laics of the County Council of Peel.
Your Comuiittee ask leave to report :
1st. That in relation to roads tliey liave examined the recorda
of the Quarter ^^essions, and amidst .soniv' confusion and incomplete-
ness they find certain orders confirming the opening of roads,
which thty cnunieratv} as passed in the course of time : For
Toronto Tcwuship~Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11. For
Albion— Xos. 1, 2, 3, 4: and 5. ,
2nd. Your Committee find among tthe by-laws of the Home
District Council the followiMg establi^^hing roads, viz.: For
Toronto Township— Nos. 16, U 8 and 177; for Chino:uacousy
— Nos. 73, 192 and 210; for Albion— Nos. 32, 57, 58,94, 125,
149, 151, 196, 213; for Caledon— Nos. 115 and 142.
3rd. Your Committee have pr spared By-law No. 142, the same
being a revision and consolidation of the standing By-laws of the
County of Peel, and your Committee recommends that your
Council enacts the same, and have it together with the above
enumerated orders of the sessions and By-laws of the Home Dis-
trict Council, printed in convenient form for circulation among
the Magistrates and Municipal officers of the County, to the
number of five hundred copies^ and that such printing be let bj
tender and done under the supervision of the Clerk.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
ALEX. McLaren, Chairman.
Committee Room, 8th June, 1880.
[adopteb in council.]
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Roads Corifirmed by the Justices in
Session.
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Toi-onto To^viissliip.
KoaJ leaJIuii' from the Township of Trafal<rar to the V^illajije of
Streetsville, between Lots Three and Four, in the Sixth and
Fifth Concessions West of Huronta.iio Street, in the Town-
ship of Toronto, commencing; at the Town Line between the
Townships of Trafalgar and Toronto^ and on a line north
39i degrees east.
^ Confirmed 12th January, 1831.
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Road through parts of Lots Five and Six, in the First Range
South of Dundas Street, in the Townftiip of Toronto,
Surveyor's Description :
Commencing where a po 5t has been planted at the northerly
corner of Ogden's village lot ; from thence continuing a straight
course across Number Five aforesaid ; thence across Number Six,
• until it intersects Dundas Street at the correr of Six and SeveL,
in said Range.
Verdict :
That the said report be altered and modified so as that the pro-
jected change shall proceed easterly as far as the boundary line
between lots Nos. 5 and 6, in the first concession south of Dundas
Stre^o, in the Township of Toronto, and shall then turn and run
north easterly until it strikes Dunias Street opposite to the lane
leading up to the house of the Reverend James McGrath, and
that the new road be not opened up till it is made as good as the
present one, at private expense, U) the satisfaction of the Magis-
trat'js of the Division in which the said road lies, or a majority of
them.
(Si-ued,) D. W. BOULTON, Chairman.
February 22nd, 1833.
Road surveyed and laid out from the allowance for road betwe en
the Old Survey of the Township of Toronto and Dunda*
Street, between Lots Numbers Eight and Nine, in the First
and Second Concessions North of Dundas Street.
No diagram of this Road to be found, but it is described in
the report of David Gibson, Surveyor, as follows :
Commencing fifty links easterly from the south-wtpcerly angle
of said lot number eight, in the first concession of the Old Survey
of Toronto, north of Dundas street ; thencb north forty-five degrees ,
west parallel to the s^e line of said lot orie hundred chains, more
or less, to the rear of said concession ; thence south thirty-eight de-
grees, west aloHg the rear of said concession one chain ; thence south
forty-five degrees, east one hundred chains more or less, to the
front of said concession ; thence north thirty-eight degrees, east
along the front of said concession to the place of beginning.
Also commencing fifty links easterly from the south-westerly
angle of the said number eight ; thence north forty-five degrees^
west to the allowance for road in rear of the said concession ;
thence south thirty -eight degrees, west one chain ; thence south
forty-five degrees, east to the allowance for road in front of the
said concession ; thence north thirty-eight degrees, east to the place
of beginning.
Confirmed 9th May, 1833.
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Road through part of lota number five and six in the first range
south of Dundas street, and forming the new village of
Toronto, near the River Credit.
Described in the report of John Embleton, Surveyor, as follows.
Commencing where a post has been planted at the northerly
corner of Ogden's village lot, thence continuing a straight course
across numben five aforesaid ; thence across number six until ii
intersects Dundas street, at the corner of six and seven in said
range.
Coafirmed by Justices in session 22nd Feb., 1883, 'subject to
the following modifications :
That the said report be altered and modified so that the projected
change shall proceed easterly as far as the boundary lino bctvveeu
lots number five and six in the first concession south of Dundas
street , and shall then turn and run north-easterly till '^* itrikes
Dundas street opposite to the lane leading up to the house of the
Rev. James McGrath ; and that the new road be not opened till
it is made as good as the present one at pri'vate expense, to the
satisfaction of the magistrates of the division in which the said
road lies, or a majority of them.
Road from the easterly angle of Peter Wolf's lot, number twenty-
two in the second concession. Old Survey, Township of
'roronto, to the Lake Shore Road.
Confirmed 18th November, 1835.
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Description :
Com mencing at the south-easterly angle of Peter Wolf's lot,
number twenty-two, in the second concession north of Dundas
«treet, Old Survey, Township of Toronto, from thence on a bearing
of south forty-four degrees, east across the first concession on the
line betwixt lots number twenty-one and twenty-two to Dundas
street ; thence along Dundas street north thirty-eight degrees thirty
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niiijutes, east nine chains ; thence south sixty-five degrees, eastp
twclfc chains gevcnty links; thence south eighty-five degrees, eatc
seven chains; thence south aixty-two degrees, east seven chains
and fifty links; thence south forty-four degrees thirty minutes
east 23 chains fifty links, to the commencement of the Indian
lands ; thence north eighty degrees, east twenty-five bhains ; thence
south gcventy-five degrees, east thirty-eiy;ht chains ; thence south
forty-eight degrees, east nine chains ; thence south sixty-five
dcirrees^ east five chains fifty links ; thence south eighty-two
dcja-ees, east five chains ; thence south fifty-seven degrees, east
seven chains , thence south sixty -three degrees, east eighteen chains
fifty links; thente south eight-one degrees, east six chains fifty
links; thence north eighty degrees, east five chains fifty links;
thene(^ south seventy.six degrees, east twenty-one chains ; thence
south thirty eight degrees, east five chains, to the lake road near
Polly's inn.
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Road tttirough the Indian lands on the oast bank of the River
Credit, from where the Centre Road of Toronto intersect*
the Indian tract southerly to the road commonly called the
Lake Shore Road.
Confirmed 5th May, 1835.
No diagram, but is described in the report of David Gibson,
Surveyor, as followg :
Commencing whem the Centre Road of the Township of
Toronto intersects the northerly boundary of the Indian lands,
thence south forty-flve degrees, west one chain and eighty-four
links, more or less, to the read now open ; thence running southerly
on a course about south forty-four degrees, east one hundred and
seventeen chains and fifty liaks, more or less, until it intersects the
Lake Shore Road, being we^^terlj from the centre of the bridge
over the second stream easterly from the River Credit; the above
described new road to extend thirty-three feet on each side of the
above desoribed line, which will be the same width as the Centre
Rdad of Toronto, containing by admeasurement about eleven and
hree-quarter acres, be the same more or less.
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Road through parts of lots Nob. 2 and 3 ia the Aih con . west of
Hurontario Street.
Description: ^
Commencing at the distance of thirty-four chaii - thirty-one
links, on a bearing of south sixty-seven degrees twenty minutes
west, from where the road leading from Streetsvillc intersects the
line of road between the third and fourth concesf«ions west of
Hurontario street, in the Township of Toronto, in the County of
York, in the Home District, and Province of Upper Canada ;
which said intersection is at the distance of three chains sixty-six
links, on a bearing of north forty-three degrees, thirty minutes
west, from the easterly angle of the said east half of lot number
three; thence south tliirty-three degrees, east nineteen chains
twenty-five links to a post; thence south fifty-one degrees fifteen
minutes, east fifteen chain. .; irty-nine links, crossing the line
between lots number two and three in the said fourth concession,
to a post ; thence north forty degrees forty-five minutes, east thirty-
three chains sixty-seven links, to a post, at the allowance for road
between the aforesaid third and fourth concession.
Confirmed in session 3rd May, 1836.
(Signed,) D. BOULTON, Chairman.
. Road through Lot Number Three in the First, Second, Third
and Fourth Ranges North of Dundas Street.
Confirmed 3rd May, 1836.
Commencing; at the distance of ten chains twelve links in a
north easterly direction (along the northerly margin of Dundas
Street) from the southerly angle of John Cairey's lot number
three, in the first range north of Dundas Street, in the Indian
Reservation, in the Township of Toronto; thence north sixteen
degrees thirty minutes, west eight chains thirty- eight links ;
thence north sixty-three degrees thirty minutes, west ten chains
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fiftj links ; thence north thirty-eight degrees, west four chains ;
thence north sixty-four degrees, west four chains fifty links;
thence north forty-three degrees, west fifty-five chains twenty-
seven links; thence north seventy degrees thirty minutes, west
thirteen minutes ; thence north thirty-nine degrees thirty minutes^
west six chains ; thence north twenty-five degrees, east five chains ;
thence north six degrees, west ten chains ; thence north fifty-
seven degrees, west twenty-one chains ; thence north forty-three
deo-rees thirty minutes, west seventy-three chains twenty-five links ;
to the base line between the Old and New Survey, at the allow-
ance for road between the fourth and fifth concessions west of
Hurontario Street, in the said Township of Toronto.
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"Road through part of Lots Numbers Three and Four, in the
Fourth Concession West of Hurontario Street (^Streetsville).
Confirmed 3rd May, 1836.
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Description:
Commencing at the distance of six chains twenty-two links from
the southerly angrle of lot number four, in the fourth concession
west of » • urontario Street, in the Township of Toronto, on a
bearing of north forty-three degrees thirty minutes west; thence
north forty-eight degrees thirty minutes east, along the centre of
Main street in the Village of Streetsville, fourteen chains twelve
links ; thence south eighty-seven degrees, east (crossing the River
Credit) thirteen chains eighty-six links ; thence north sixty-seven
degrees twenty minutes, east forty-four chains twenty-four links^
to the line of road between the third and fourth concessions, at
the distance of three chams sixty-six links from the easterly angle
of lot number three in the fourth concession aforesaid.
Also commencing where the road between the third and fourth
-concessifjns intersects the Old Survey ; thence south seventy-one
degrees, east ten chains ; thence south eighty-four degrees thirty
minutes, east sixty-five chains ; thence south fifty-eight degree»s
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fifteen minutes, east thirty-seven chains thirtj-iwo links, to the^
allowance for a road between the first and second concessions north
of Dundas street, at the distance of two chains ninety-one links
from the southerly angle of Peter Wolf's lot, number twenty -two,
second concession north of Dundas street, Township of Toronto,
aforesaid.
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Toronto and Chinguacousy, known as the Church ville roads,,
through part of the east half of lot number fifteen in the 4th
concession, Township of Toronto ; also through the west half
of lot No. 15, Township of Toronto, and west halves of lots
1 and 2, and part of lot No. 3, Township of Chinguacousy,,
in the third concession, and all west of Huron tario street.
Confirmed 22nd February, 1837.
Description :
Commencing at the distance of eleven chains and fifty links
from the northerly angle of lot number fifteen, in the fourth con-
cession west of Hurontario street, in the Township of Toronto, at
the base line of Chinguacousy ; then south eight-six degrees, east
crossins; the River Credit to the line betwixt the third and fourth
concessions ; then south forty-three degrees, along said line nine
chains twenty-five links; then north forty-seven degrees, east five
chains, to the village of Churchville.
Also commencing at the south-easterly limit of lot number
fifteen in the third concession, in said village ; then north thirty-
six degrees thirty minutes, west eight chains twelve links ; then-
north forty.seven degrees, east three chains seventy-four links;
then north nineteen degrees, west twenty-eight chains twenty-seven
links, across the base line into Chinguacousy ; then north forty-one
degrees, west five chains seventy-four links ; then north thirty-eight
degrees thirty minutes, west three chains fourteen links ; then
north fifty-one degrees, west eleven chains ; then north forty-eight
degrees thirty minutes, west twenty-nine chains ; then north sixty-
six degrees thirty minutes, west thirteen chains ; then north sixty-
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one degrees, west three chains; then south eighty-nine degrees,
west three chains fifty links; then south eighty degrees, wost six
chains fifty links; then north eighty-seven degrees, west four
chains fifty links, to the road to Walker's mill.
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Road through the east half of lot number five, and part of the east
half of lot number four, in the fourth concession east of
Hurontario street, Township of Toronto.
Confirmed 26th February, 1839.
Description :
Commencing at the distance of nine chains thirty-nine links, on
a bearing of south forty-one degrees, west from the northerly angle
of lot number five, in the fourtli concession east of Hurontaro
street, in tho Township of Toronto; thence (1st) south fifty-two
degrees, east thirty chains eleven links, to the line betwixt lot
number four and five ; thence (2nd) south forty-one degrees, west
five chains along said limit ; thence (3rd) south forty-six degrees
thirty minutes, east sixteen chains fifty links ; thence (4th) north
forty-one degrees, east nine chains ten links, to the allowance for
a road betwixt the fourth and fifth concessions.
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Road through a part of lot No. 8, in the 6th eoncession. '
Confirmed 3rd May, 1836.
Descript ->N :
Commencing at a beech tree at A, 6.40 chains south-east on the
coneession road from the corner post between lots number 8 and 9 ;
thence south 13 degrees 30 minutes, west 5.42 chains, to B, a
maple tree ; then south 51 degrees 30 minutes, east 1.2S chains to
C, a basswood sapling and stump ; then souta 80 degrees 30 min-
utes, east 7.65 chains, to D, a basswood tree ou the concession road
— the distance D. A. on the concession 10 chains 43 links.
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Road through a part of the east halves of lots number nine and t«n
in the 6th concession.
Confirmed 2rd May, 1836.
Description :
Commencing by a maple tree at A, 13 chains 70 links south-
east on the concession road, from the corner post between lots num-
ber ten and eleven ; thence south 8 degrees, west 13 chains 40
links, where a post has been planted at B ; then south 75 degrees,
«a8t 5 chains 8 links, to a beech tree at C ; then 89 degrees 15
minutes east, 3 chains 16 links, to a hemlock tree at D ; then
aouth 69 degrees 50 miautes, east 13 chains 40 links, to the enter-
ing of the concession road at E, where a post has been planted.
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Road through part of the west halves of lots Nos. 7 and 8, in the
eighth concession. ^
Confirmed 3rd May, 1836.
Description :
Commencing on the summit of the north bank of the Riyer
Humber, 4 chains and 76 links along the concession road, from
the comer post between lots number seven and eight to A ; thence
south 81 degrees, east 4 chains and 22 links, to a beech tree at
B ; then south 62 degrees 30 minutes, east 1 chain and 39 links,
to a hemlock tree at C ; then south 23 degrees 2 chains 85 links,
to a hemlock tree at D ; then south 29 degrees 55 minutes, east 6
chains 5S links, across the River Humber to an elm tree on the
concession and river side, at a distance of 19 chains 30 links from
the corner post between lots number 6 and 7.
Road through a part of the east halves of lots number 23 and 24,
in the 8th concession.
Confirmed the 3rd May, 1836.
DESCRirTION :
Commencing near the base of the hill, 9 chains 51 links from
the corner post between lots 23 and 24, at A, where *a post has
been planted ; thence south 18 degrees 15 minuteis, east 7 chains
to B, where a post has been planted ; then south 58 degrees 30
minutes, east 3 chains 30 links, to C, a maple tree; then south 71
degrees 30 minutes, east 3 chains 73 links, to D, a hemlock tree ;
dien south 15 degrees 50 minutes, «ast 6 chains, to E, a hemlock
tree; then south 54 degrees 30 minutes, east 4 chains, to F, a
hemlock tree; then north 74 degrees, east 4 chains 30 links, to G,
Ott the concession road opposite lot 23, 14 chains 30 links south
cast of the corner post along the concession road.
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Road through part of the west halves of lots number 21 and 22,
in tho 9th concession.
Confirmed the 3rd May, 1836.
Description '.
Oomme..cing on rising ground in lot number 21 at a diitonce
of 13 chains from the corner post between lots number 21 and Z6,
at A a beech tree ; then north 14 degrees 30 minutes, east 7
chains 12 links, to B, a basswood tree ; then north 40 degrees, west
9 chains 20 links, to C, a large pine tree near the side Ime; then
north 82 degrees^ 5 minutes, west 12 chains 40 Imks on the con-
eessicn road, to a maple stump.
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By-Laws Passed by Home District Council
BY-LAW NO. 16.
A By-law Establishing a Road commencing between lots 25 and
26, in the second conaession (Old Surrey) in the Township
of Toronto.
Be it enacted by the Warden and Council of the Home District
that the road surveyed and reported by John Embleton, Esquire,
lload Surveyor, commencing between lots number twenty-five and
twenty-six in the second concession (Old Survey) of the Township
of Toronto, and running to the Lake Shore Road in said conces-
j^iou, be and the same is hereby established and confirmed as a
public road or highway.
And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid that the
applicants for the laying out of said shall pay the expense of sur-
veying and reporting the same.
Home District, Council Hall, 17th February, 18J^.
Passed 17th February, 1843.
(Signed,) E. W. THOMSON, Warden.
J. ELLIOT, Clerk. V
DjiiSCRIPTION :
Commencing at the distance of two chains from the centre of
tne second concession south of Dandas street (Old Survey),
betwixt lots number twenty-five and twenty-gix, on a bearing of
south forty-two degrees thirty minutes west; thence (1st) north
eighty-one degrees, east seven chains seventy links, to a post \
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thence (2ad) south eighty-one degrees, eaht sixteen chains, to a
post ; thence (3rd) north seventy nine det^rees forty minutes, east
thirty-three chaina twenty-five links, to the Lake Koad leading to
Port Credit, in the Township of Toronto, County of York, Home
District and Province of Canada, at the distance of fifteen chains
seventeen links from the easterly angle of lot number twenty-three
in the said second concession .
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3Y-LAW NO. 32.
A By-law to Establish and Confirm a Road through the fourth
and fifth concessions of the Township of Albion.
Be it enacted by the Municipal Council of the Home District,
that the line of road surveyed and reported to the Council by
Robert Walsh, onj of the Road Surveyors for the Home District,
bearing date the twenty-sixth day of July, one thousand eight
hundred and forty-three, through the fourth and fifth concessions
of the Township of Albion be, and the same is hereby established
and confirmed as a public road or highw.sy.
And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid that the
petitioners shall pay to the said Purveyor his legal charges for sur-
veying and reporting the same. *
Home district Council, 11th August, 1843.
[Signed,] E. W. THOMSON, Warden H. D.
Passed the eleventh day of August, 1 843.
J. ELLIOT, Clkrk, H. D. M. C.
Description :
Commencing: on the easterly limit of the 4th concession line of
road and at the southerly angle of lot number 16 ; then north 48
degrees, east 15 chains 40 links ; then north 9 degrees, east 1 chain
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and 24 links ; then north 45 degrees, east 18 chains and 84 links ;
Then south 43 degrees, east 1 chain 37 links ; then north 41 de-
jrreos, east 29 chains and 32 links, to the westerly limit of the
5th concession line of road ; then north 41 J degrees, east one chain
and 59 links ; then north 24J degrees ; east 7 chains and S6 links ;
then north 41 degrees, east 14 chains 33 links; then north 12
de""rees, west 6 chains 37 links; then north 14 degrees, east 6
ehains and 74 links; then north 37^ degrees, east 8 chains and 77
links; then north 41 J degrees, east 19 chains 93 links, to the 6th
lin3 of road.
BY-LAW NO. hi,
A By-law to Open a Road between lots number twenty-one and
twenty-two, across the tenth concession of the Township of
Albion.
Be it enacted by the District Council of the Home District that
the road surveyed by Robert Walsb, one of the Road Surveyors,
on the fifteenth day of January one thousand eight hundred and
foaty-five, through lots number twenty-one and twenty-two, tenth
concession of the Township of Albion, be and the same is hereby
established and confirmed as a public road or highway.
2nd. And be it further enacted that the petitionAs, for survey-
ing said road, shall pay to the said Surveyor his legal charges for
the same.
Passed 15th February, 1845. . ' ,
[Signed,] E. W. THOMSON, Wahden.
J. JiJLLIOT, Clerk. [L. S.]
Description :
Commencing at the westerly angle of lot No. 21, in the lOth
concession of said Township, the courses and distances are as foi-
ows, viz.:
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North 41 degrees 30 minutes, ca«t 53 chains 50 links ; then
south 89 decrees 30 minutes, east 5 chains and 12 links; then
north 69 degrees, east 1 chain and 77 links; then north 8J de-
grees, east 6 chains and 50 links; then north 15 degrees, west
7 chains and 5 links ; then north 27 degrees, east 7 chains and
86 links ; then north 61 degrees, east 6 chains and 50 links. The
length of the new road is 1 mile, 33 rods and 3 feet.
N. B. — The new road to be laid off 4 rods wide to the right
hand from the stakes and line trees.
BY-LAW NO. 58.
A By-law te Open a Road through pjirts of the sixth and seventh
concessions of the Townirhip of Albitn,
' Be it enacted by the District Council of the Home District,,
and it is enacted by the authority thereof, that the road surveyed
by Robeit Walsh, a surveyor of roads, on the seventh day of Jan-
uary, one thousand eight hundred and forty-five, through parts of
lots numbered twenty-four to thirty-two in the 6th concession, and
through part of lots numbered twenty five to thirty in the seventh
concession, of the Township of Albion be, and the same is hereby
established and confirmed as a public road or highway.
And be it further enacted that the petitioners, for surveying said
road, do pay to the said Surveyor his legal charges for the same.
Passed the 15th February, 1845. ■>
[Signed,] E. W. THOMSON, Warden.
J.ELLIOT, Clerk. [L. S.]
Description : ^
Commencing on the centre of the said seventh concession line
of road, and at a distance of 3 chains 50 links from the easterly
angle of lot No. 24, in the 6th concession ; then north 73 degrees,
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west 4 chains and 50 links; then north 11 degrees, west 4 chains
26 links ; then north 34^ deprroes, west H chains 20 links ; then north
19J degrees, west 6 chains 13 links; then north 47 degrees, west
4 chains 77 links ; then norJi 12 degrees, west 2 chains 70 links;
then north 30i degrees, west 2 chains 58 links ; then north 75 j
degrees, west 4 chains 82 links ; then north 53J degrees, west 7
chains and 64 links ; then north 7J degrees, west 25 chains 5
links; then north 21 J degrees, west 2 chains 46 links; then north
9J degrees, west 5 chains 90 links; then north 40 degrees, west 4
chains 7 links; t'len north 20.V degrees, west 7 chains 56 links;
then north 38J degrees, west 9 chain.-i 70 links ; then north 69 j
degrees, west 16 chains 40 links; then north 82 degrees, west 4
chains 74 links ; then north 59 degrees, west 6 chains 9 links ;
then nort'i 71 degrees, west 3 chains 50 links ; then north 46i de-
grees, west 9 chains 9 links ; then north 30 degrees, eaat 4 chains 19
links; then north 20 degrees, west 4 chains 69 links; then north
45 degrees, west 4 chains 29 links ; then north 27J degrees, west
13 chains 80 links; then north 47J degrees, west 4 chains 10
links ; then north 57i degrees, west 4 chains 54 links ; then north
85 degress, west 4 chains 47 links ; then south 71i degrees, west
11 chains 74 links ; then north 57 degrees, west 4 chains 90 links ;
then north 30 degrees, west 4 chains 56 links ; then north 37
degrees, west 2 chains 22 links ; then north 58 degrees, west 3
chains 32 links ; then north 48 degrees, west 4 chains 48 links ;
then north 47J degrees, west 2 chains 84 links ; then norvh 38^
degrees ; west 8 chains 3 links ; then north 47| degrees, west 2
chains 77 links ; then north 54J degrees, west 2 chains, 34 links ;
then north 7 J degrees, west 2 chains 50 links ; then north 52
degrees, west 2 chains, 30 links ; then north 68 degrees, west 4
chains 25 links; then north 58 degrees, west 3 chains 51 links;
the length of the new road is 3 J mihs^ lacking 38 rods ; the length
of the concession or given road is 3 miles.
N. J5. — The new road is staked and blazed along the centre,
and the said new road is to be laid off two rods wide at each side
of the stakes and line trees, that is the new road is 4 rods wide.
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BY-LAW NO. 73.
A By-law to Open a Road in the sixth concession west of the
Township of Chinguacousy.
Bo it enacted that the road surveyed and reported by John
Embletoii, Surveyor of hiij^hways, on the twelfth day of May, one
thousand eij^ht hundred and forty-five, across lots numbered twenty-
seven, twenty-eight and twenty-nine, 6th concession west, Town-
ship of Chinguacousy, bo and the same is hereby established and
confirmed as a public road or highway of great importance to the
public.
And be it further enacted that the petitioners for examining
and surveying the said road, shall pay to the said surveyor his
legal charges for the same.
Passed 15th May, 1845. j
(Signed,) , E. W. THOMSON, Warden H. D.
J. ELLIOT, Clerk H. D. C. [L. S.]
Description :
Commencing at the westerly angle of lot number 29 in the %t\\
concession west of Hurontario street, in the Township of Chingua-
cousy ; thence north 87 degrees 20 minutes, east 9 chains, to a
post; thence south 42 degrees 15 minutes, east 23 chains 37 links,
to the easterly limit of the said lot number 29 ; thence south 61
degrees, east 8 chains 76 links; thence south 16 degrees, east 2
chains; thence south 33 degrees, east 9 chains; thence smth 65 ■.
degrees 45 minutes, east 10 chains, to the allowance for road betv»'ixt
lots 27 and 28 ; thence along said road 2 chains 77 links ; thence :
south 60 degrees 20 minutes, east 13 chains; thence south 1
degree 45 minutes, west 6 chains 50 links ; thence south 5 degrees
30 minutes, west 6 chains 13 links; thence south 9 degrees 20
minutes, east 7 chains 88 links ; thence south 1 degree, west 4 :
chains 60 links, to the town line at the southerly angle of said lot
27 ; also commencing at the distance of 9 chains from the southerly
angle of lot No. 28 aforesaid, at the easterly margin of said town ,
line ; thence north 82 degrees 30 minutes, east 2 chains ; thence |
north 88 degrees 30 minutes, east 2 chains ; thence north 80
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cle<;rces, cast 2 chains 50 links ; thencu north 29 de<:;rccs^ last 4
chains 25 links to the said now lino of road.
(The course of the above road has boon altered by the Council of
the Township of Chin^^uaeousy. — I). Kirkwood, Co. Clerk.
BY-LAW NO. 94.
A By-law to Open a Road through part of the fifth and sixth con-
cessions of Albion — lots 31 and 32 in the 5th and 32 and 33^
in the 6th concessions.
Ist. Be it enacted by the District Council of the Home District
that the road surveyed and laid out by Robert Walsh, one of the
Road Surveyors for the District, throu,a:h parts of the 5th and 6th
concessions in the Township of Albion as by his report, bearing
date the thirtieth day of January, one thousand oight hundred
and forty-five, doth appear, be and the same is hereby established
a public road or highway.
2nd. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid that
the petitioners, for examining and surveying said road shall pay to
the said Surveyor his legal charges for the same.
Passed the 14th February, 1846.
(Signed,) E. W. THOMSON, Warden H. D.
J. ELLIOT, Clerk H. D. C. [L. S.]
Description :
Commencing at the westerly limit and at a distance of G
chains 68 links from the westerly angle of lot number thirty-one, ia
the said fifth concession; thence north 44 J, degrees, east 14 chains
54 links; thence north 6 J degrees, west 11 chains 6 links ; thence
north 18 degress, west 8 chains 80 links; thence north 37 degress,
west 2 chains 98 links; thence north 16 J degrees, west 5 chains;.
thence north 30J degress, east 5 chains 85 links j thence north 47
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dcirrees, cast 13 chains 77 links; thence north 30^ degrees, cast
C ('iKuns ()7 links; thence north 6 degrees, west 8 chains 25 links;
thence north 48 degress, east 9 chains 6 links; thence north 82i
degrees, ea.st G chains 82 links ; thence north 50^ degrees, east 3
chnins 12 links; thence north 17 degrees, west 4 chains 24 links;
Thence north 56 degrees, West 7 chains 87 links; thence north 20
degrees, west 12 chains 21 links; thence north 53J degrees, west 1
chain 21 links; the said new road is a mile and a half and six
rods long, and is to be laid off three rods wide to the right from
the stakes and line trees.
BY-LAW NO. 108.
To Open a Road through six and seven in the fourth concession
of Toronto.
Bo it enacted by the District Council of the Home District,
that the road surveyed and laid out by John Embleton, one of the
Road Surveyors for the District, through part of lots numbered
seven and six, in the fourth concession west of flurontario street,
in the Township of Toronto, as by his report, bearing date the
eleventh day of May, one thousand eight hundred and forty-six,
appears, be and the same is hereby established as a public road or
highway one chain wide.
And be it further enacted that the petitioners, for examining
and surveying said road, shall pay to the said Surveyor his legal
<jharges for the same.
Passed 14th May, 1846.
(Signed,) E. W. THOMSON, Warden.
J. ELLIOT, Clerk. [L. S.]
Description :
Commencing at the distance of 8 chains 55 links from the
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southerly angle of the said lot number seven (7); thence north 40
de<Tees 30 minutes, eaat 23 chains 50 links, to a post ; thence
north 36 degrees 30 minutes, east 7 chains 13 Knks, to a post;
thence north 71 degrees 40 minutes, east 1 chain 33 links, to the
River Credit, on the s^me bearing crossing the River Crclit near
Row's grist mill, 8 chains 10 liiiks, to a post; thenco north 10
degrees 30 minutes, east 3 chains and 23 links, to a post ; thence
north (32 degrees 30 minutes, east 13 chains links, to a post;
thence north 78 degrees 30 minutes, east 3 chains 25 links, to the
limit between said lot and lot number six ; thonce on the same
bearing 2 chains 41 links, to a post ; thence north 44 degrees 10
minutes, east 7 chains 22 links, more or Irss, to the allowance for
road betwixt the third and fourth concessions west of Hurontario
street, in the Township of Toronto, at the distance of 1 chain and
92 Imks from the northerly angle of the said number six.
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BY-LAW NO. 115.
A By-law to Open a Road through the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th
concessions of the Township of Caledon west of Hurontario
street.
Be it enacted by the District Council of the Home District that
the road surveyed and laid out by John Embleton, one of the
District Road Surveyors, as appears by his report, bearing date
the twelfth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and forty-
six, through the first, second, third, fourth and fifth concessions of
the Township of Caledon, west of Hurontario street, be and the
same is hereby established as a public road or highway.
And be it further enacted that the petitioners, for surveying the
same, shall pay to the said Surveyor his legal charges.
Passed lath August, 1846.
(Signed,) E. W. THOMSON, Warden H. D.
J. ELLIOT, Clerk. [L. S.]
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Description:
Commencing at the centre of the west half of lot nuruber ten, in
the fifth concession, and at its westerly margin ; then north 41
degrees, east 3») chains 15 links; th^'n north 40 degrees 30 min-
utes, east 19 chains and 86 links; then north 6U degrees, east d'
chains 50 links; then north 69 degrees 30 minutes, east 7 chains
18 links; then north 62 degrees, east 7 chains 71 links, crossing
the line between the fourth and fifth concessions; then north 85
degrees 30 minutes, east 3 chains ; tlien south 81 degrees fifteen
minutes, east 6 chains; then north 76 degrees, east 10 chains 76
links, crossing the line betwixt lots number nine and ten ; thence
south 85 degrees 20 minutes, east 14 chains; thence north 60
decrees, east 9 chains and 70 links ; thence north 47 degrees 20
minutes, east 7 chains ; then north 60 degrees, east 28 chains 78
links, to the line betwixt the third and fourth concessions; then
south-easterly along said line I chain 31 links, to the limit between
lots eight and nine; then along said iiinit 28 chains; then north.
80 degrees, east 2 chains 78 links; then north 33 degrees, west 3
chains 25 links; then north i)7 degree^, esLft J chains and 8o i.iiks,.
to the said limit ; then along said limit to Hurontario street, as
shown on the Diagram annexed to this By-law.
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BY-L.\W NO. 125.
A By-law to alter a line of Road through Lets Nos. 20 ana 21^
First Concession, and through part of Lots 2i and 2i, in
the Third Concession of Albion.
1. Be it enacted by the District Council of the Home District
that the two small alterations or pieces of road surveyed, laid out
and reported by Bobert Walsh, one of the Road Surveyors for the
District, by his report bearing date the seventh day of October,
one thousand eight hundred and forty-six, through parts of lots
numbers twenty and twenty-one, in the first concession, and
through part of lots number twenty-one and iwenty-two, in the
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third concession of the Township of Albion be and the same are
hereby confirmed as public roads or highways.
2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid that
the petitioners for surveying said roads shall pay the said Surveyor
his legal charges for surveying and reporting the pame.
Passed 9th October, 1846.
(Signed,) E. W. THOMSON, Warden H. D.
J. ELLIOT, Clerk.
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Description :
1st. Of road in the first concession, between lots 20 and 21 , in
•centre of the concession where there is no allowance for road, viz :
the length of the new line of road is 33 rods, bearing north 45f
degrees west from said lot No. 20, and its width is four rods ; it
is staked and blazed through the centre.
2nd. Of road through part of lots number 21 and 22, in the
"3rd concession : Commencing at a distance of 7 chains 45 links
from the north west angle of lot number 21 aforesaid, on a bear-
ing south 45f degrees east ; then north 5 degrees, east 2 chains
80 links ; then north 26 degrees, west 3 chains 86 links ; then
north 51 J degrees, west 2 chains 30 links ; then north 81 J degrees,
west 5 chains 26 links ; the length of the new line of road
aforesaid is 58 rods, and the width is four rods; it is staked at
-each side and blazed through the centre.
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BY-LAW NO. 142.
A By-law to open a road across the Fifth Concession, on Lots
Number Nine and Ten, west Centre Road, Caledon, under
certain conditions.
1st. Be it enacted by the the District Council of the Home
'District that the road surveyed and laid out by John Embleton,
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Esquire, one of the Road Surveyors for the District, across or
upoQ lots number nine and ten, in the fifth concession of the
Township of Caledoa, agreeably to his report, bearing datj the
tenth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and forty-six,
be and the same is hereby established and confirmed as a public
road or highway, one chain wide.
2nd. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid that
the petitioners for surveying and establishing of said road sha 11
pay to the said Surveyor his legal charges for surveying the same.
3rd. Provided always, and be it further enacted, that it sh? U
not be lawful to open said road, or perform statute labor upon
that part of said road crossing the said lot number nine in the
said concession until the amount of damages sustained by Archi-
bald McArthur (^now the owner of part of said lot number nine),
by reason of the said road crossing his land, have been paid or
tendered to him by some one or more of the petitioners for the
surveying and establishing of said road, the amount of such
damage in case of disagreeement between the parties to be ascer-
tained and determined by three disinterested persons, one of^
which is to be named by the said Archib <ld McArthur, and one
other to b3 named by Jonathan McUurdy (one of the petitiouers
for opening of said road), and the other, or third person, to be-
named by the other two.
And provided also that in the event of either of the said parties
neglecting or refusing one arbitrator as aforesaid, within ten days
after he shall have been duly notified of the appointment of one
arbitrator by the other party, then and in that case the two
Councillors of the said Township for the time being, and the one
arbitrator who shall have been appointed as aforesaid, shall
determine the amount of damages as aforesaid, to be paid or ten-
dered to said Archibald McArthur.
Passed 22nd January, 1847.
(Signed,) M. P. BMPEY, Warden H. D.
J. ELLIOT, Clerk H. D. 0.
Description:
Commencing at the distance of 14 chains 50 links from the
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easterly margin of said lot number nine ; thence south 76 degrees
10 minutes, west 21 chains 19 links to the limit betwixt lots
number nine and ten ; thence along said limit 4 chains 69 links;
thence south 75 degrees, west 5 chains 1*-^ links ; thence north
86 degrees, west 6 chains 23 links ; thence north 42 degrees 20
m:nut3s, we^t 12 chains 19 links; thence south 47 degrees, west
3 chains 20 links; thence south 62 degrees 10 minutes, west 28
chains 67 links ; thence south 52 degrees, west 4 chains 97 links,
to the westerly angle of said lot number t^n.
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BY-LAW NO. 149.
A By-law to open a road in the second and third concessions of
the Township of Albion.
1. Be it enacted by the District Council of the Home District,
that the road surveyed and laid out by Robert Walsh, one of the
Surveryors for the Home District, between lots numbered fifteen
and sixteen, in the second and third concessions of the Township
of Albion, as by his report, bearing date the seventeenth day of
December, one thousand eight hundred and forty-seven, appears,
1)6 and the same is hereby established as a public road or highway.
2. And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, that
the petitioners for examining and surveying the said road, shall
pay to the said Surveyor his legal charges for the same.
Passed the 24th January, 1848.
(Signed,) M. P. EMPEY, Warden.
[L.SJ
Description :
Commencing at the easterly limit of allowance for road between
the first and secoid concessions, and on the allowance for road be-
tween lots 15 and 16, following the said original allowance north
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39 degrees 30 minutes, east 32 chains 90 links; then north 45
degrees 45 minutes, west 3 chains 53 links; then north 39 degrees
30 minutes, east 21 chains 30 links; thence north 4 degrees; east
2 chains 44 links ; thence north 76 degrees, east 2 chains 44 links ;
thence north 39 degrees 30 minutes, east 7 chains 57 links, to the
road between the 2nd and 3rd concessions ; thence north 39 de-
grees 30 minutes, east 27 chains 46 links ; thence north 64 degrees
30 minutes, east 3 chains 32 links; thence north 23 degrees 30
minutes, east 3 chains 81 links ; thence north 45 degrees 45 min-
uteS; west 5 chains 30 links ; thence north 39 degrees 30 minutes ;
east 33 chains 33 links. The new road is blazed and staked along
the centre, and is fou : rods wide, and its length is one mile six
furlongs and eighteen rods.
BY-LAW NO. 151.
A By-law to Open a Road at the centre of the side road between
lots numbered ten and eleven in the eighth concession of the
Township of Albion.
Be it enacted by the District Council of the Home District
that the road surveyed by Robert Walsh, one of the Road Sur-
veyors of the District, in the eight concession of the Township of
Albion, as appears by his report, bearing date the fourteenth day
of January, one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight, be and
the same is hereby established as a public road or highway.
And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that the
petitioners for examining and Jiurveying said road shall pay to the
said surveyor his legal charges for the same.
Passed 24th January, 1848.
(Signed,) M. P. EMPY, Warden.
JOHN KLLIOT, Clerk. [L. S.]
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Description :
CommeQcing at the easterly angle of the west half of lot number
eleven, in the eighth concession of the Township of Albion ; then
on a bearing north 78 degrees, east 5 chains 53 links ; then north
55 degrees 30 minutes, east 2 chains 67 links ; the length of the
new road bfting nearly thirty-three rods, and the width 3 rods, and
Btaked and blazed along its northerly limit.
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BY-LAW NO. 177.
A By-law to open a Road between Lots Number Four and Five^
in the Fourth Concession of the Township of Toronto^
West of Huron tario Street.
1. Re it enacted by the District Council of the Home District
that the road surveyed and laid out b^ John Embleton, Road
Overseer, between lots number four and five, in the fourth con-
cession west of Hurontario Street, Township of Toronto, as
appears by his report bearing dat€ the twenty-sixth day of June,
one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight, be and the same is
hereby established as a public road or highway.
2. And be it furth^^r enacted that the petitioners for surveying
said road shall pay, or cause to be paid, to such Surveyor the sum
of four pounds ten shillings, being the amount allowed as his legal
charges for surveying and reporting said road.
Passed 30th June, 1848.
(Signed,) FRANKLIN JACKES, Warden H. D. C.
JOHN ELLIOT, Clerk H. D. C. (L.S.)
Description : '
Commencing at the limit oetweea numbers four and five, at the
allowance for roa 1 between the fourth and fifth concessions west
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of HuroDtario Street, in the Township of Toronto, in the said
Home District ; thence north easterly on the limit between said
lots four and five, 32 chains 64 links, more or less, to the centre
of said concession. Also commencing at the limit between said
1 ots at the north easterly side of said fourth concession ; thence
south westerly on the limit between said lots four and five, 32
chains 64 links, more or less, to the centre of the said fourth
concession, taking twenty-five feet on each side of said limit for
said road.
BY-LAW 192.
A By-law to open a Road through the west half of lot number five
in the fourth concession west of Chinguacousy.
1 . Be it enacted by the District Council of the Home District,
that the road surveyed and laid out by John Embleton, a Road
Surveyor, through the west half of lot number five in the fourth
concCv^sion west of Huron Street, in the Township of Chinguacousy,
as appears by his report bearing date the fifteenth day of January,
one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine, be and the same is
hereby established as a public road or highway one chain wide.
2nd. And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid,
that the petitioners shall pay to the said said surveyor the sum of
three pounds as a full compensation for his examining and report-
ing said road.
Passed 26th January, 1849. r
(Signed,) M. P. EMPEY, Warden H. D.
[L. S.]
Description :
Commencing at the distance of six chains from the southerly
angle of lot number five in the fourth concession west of Hurontario
street, at the westerly margin of said lot; thence (1st) north six
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de 'rees forty minutes, east three chains forty links, to a post^
crossing' the River Credit ; thence (2nd) north thirty-eight degrees,
west three chains fifty links to a post; thence (3rd) north sixty-
seven decrees fifteen minutes, west six chains eighty links, to the
ori^rinal allowance for road between the fourth and fifth con-
cessions. •
BY-LAW NO. 196.
A By-law to Open a Road on lot 27 and 26, 7th concession
Albion, into lot No. 29, 8th concession.
1. Be it enacted by the District Council of the Home District,
that the road surveyed and laid out by Robert Walsh, a Road
SurJ^^eyor, from the confiruud alteration of the sr /enth concession
line of road in the Township of Albion, t(^ the western limit of the
.<aid Township, diverging into lots twenty-seven and twenty-six in
the seventh concession, and into lot number twenty-nine in the
eighth concession of the said Township of Albion, as appears by
his report, bearing date the eighth day of January, 1849,, be and
the same is hereby established as a public road or highway, ont?
chain wide.
2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, that as
it appears by a statement of the said Surveyor that he has been
paid the sum of three pounds in full of his account for surveying
and reporting said road, no further provision is necessary in that '
behal.
Passed the 27th January, 1849.
(Signed,) M P. EMPEY, Warden H. D.
J. ELLIOTT, Clerk, H. D. C. [L. S.]
Description : .
Commencing at the easterly limit of a confirmed road on the
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■westerly half of lot number 27 in tlio 7th concession, and at a
distance of nine chains sixty-nine links from the northerly limit of
lot number twenty-six ; theneo north 55 degrees 30 minutes, east
8 chains and 47 links; thence north 39 degrees, 30 minutes, east
40 chains 90 links, to the concession line between the seventh and
eighth concessions. Again comniencini:; on the easterly limit of
the said eighth concession line of road, at the distance of seventy-
five links from the north-west angle of lot No. 28, in the said
eighth concession ; tiiunce north 20^ degrees, east 4 chains 64
links; then north 6^ degress, west 33 chains 96 links; the said
new road to be laid out three rods wide, to the right of the posts
and llae trees, its length boin^- nearly one mile and 32 rods.
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BY-LAW NO. 210.
A By-law to open a Road through a portion of Lot No. 5, in the
5th Concession West of the Township of Chinguacousy.
1 . Be it enacted by the District Council of the Home District
that the road surveyed and laid out by John Embleton, Esquire,
a Road Surveyor, through a portion of lot number five, in the
fifth concession west of the Township of Chinguacousy, as ap-
pears by his report bearing date the ninth day of June, one
thousand eight hundred and forty-nine, be and the same is hereby
established as a public road or highway, fifty feet wide.
2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid that
before opening the said road the petitioners shall pay or cause
to be paid to Robert Arthurs, the sum of six poands as a full
compensation for his land taken for said road, being part of the
west half of said lot.
3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid that
the petitioners, for said road, shall pay or cause to be paid to the
said Surveyor the sum ef three pounds seven shillings and sixpence,
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the amount allowed him as legal charges for surreyinc: and report-
ing said road.
Passed 14th June, 1849.
(Signed,) FRANKLIN JACKE8, Chairman H. D. C.
J. ELLIOT, Clerk H. 1). C. (L. S.)
Description :
Commencing at the distance of 10 chains and 13 links from
the easterly angle of lot No. 5, in the 5th concession west of
Hurontario, Township of Chinguacousy, near the bridge across
the river Credit ; thence south 61 degrees 45 minutes, west 8
chains 79 links ; thence south 51 degrees 40 minutes, west 4
chains 79 links; thence south 46 degrees, west 3 chains 50 links ;
thence south 65 degrees 45 minutes, west 2 chains 57 links ; thence
south 61 degrees 15 minutes, wsst 1 chain 66 links ; thence south
72 degrees, west 3 chains 82 (inks ; thence south G6 degrees 20
minutes, west 2 chains 63 links ; thence south 73 degrees 30
minutes, west 2 chains 65 links ; thence south 74 degrees, west 2
chains 38 links to the westerly half of said lot ; thence south 43
degrees 15 minutes, west 11 chains 31 links; thence north 73
degrees, west chains 95 links; thence north 52 degrees 10
minutes, west 5 chains 88 links to the side line between lots 5 and
6.
BY-LaW no. 213.
A By-law to open a road through a part of lot No 20, in the 6th
Concession of the Township of Albion.
1. Be it enacted by the District Council of the Home District
that the road surveyed and laid out by Robert Walsh, a District
Road Surveyor, through a part of lot number twenty, in the
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HJxth concession of the Township of Albion, as appears hy his
report bearing: date the thii ty-first day of May, one thousand
eight hundred and forty niire, be 'ind the ^ame is hereby establish
ed as a public road or highway, fifty feet widr.
Passed 15th June, 1849.
(Signed,) FRANKLIN JACKKS, Chairman, H. DC.
J. KLLIOT, Clerk H. D. C. [L. S.]
Description :
Commencing south 45 degrees 45 minutes, east 4 chains from
the northeast angle of said lot number 20 ; then south 47 J degrees,
west 5 chains 58 links ; and then south 78J degrees, west 5 chains
23 links ; the length of the new road is 43^ rods, and is to be laid
off 3 rods wide to the right of the posts and line trees.
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Revised By-Laws of the liunicipal Council
up to January, 1880.
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BY-LAW NO. 142.
To Consolidfite and Establish the Standing By-laws of the
County of Peel.
Whereas it has been found expedient to revise, classify and
consolidate the general Standing By-laws of the County of Peel,
for the purpose of having said By-laws printed and circulated in
a convenient form for the use of magistrates, municipal officers
and others.
And whereas snch revision, classification and consolidation have
been made :
Therefore it is enacted by the Council of the County of Peel
as follows:
1. That the revised By-laws hereto attached, and numbered as
Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11, inclusive, shall be
held to be the original By-laws upon the subjects to which they
refer^ as shown by the references at the foot of each Section, and
shall from the date of the passing of this By-law, and including
this By-law, be held to be the Revised By-laws of the County of
Peel, subject only to such alterations and amendments as may here-
after be made therein,
2. The said Revised By-laws may be referred to and shall be
known as »' The Revised Standing By-laws of the County of
Peel, 1880," and shall not be held to be new By-laws, but shall be
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held to be a consolidation of the Standing By-laws of the County
of Peel.
3. That the By-laws of this County, to which reference is
made at the foot of each or any of the Sections of paid Revised
By-laws, are hereby repealed, but Fuch repeal shall not have the
effect of reviving any By law, or part of a By-law, repealed by
such repealed By -laws, nor j^hall >uch repeal affect any penalty,
liability or forfei ture incurred before such repeal, or any proceed-
ings had or taken for enforcing the same, prior to such repeal, or
pending at the time thereof.
4. Such Revised By-laws shall consist of the written By-laws
hereto annexed, a nd named and numbered as Chapters One to
Eleven, inclusive, upon the subjects, following that is to say:
Chapter 1 — To provide and adopt a Seal for the County of
Peel.
Chapter 2 — To appoint Officers for the County of Peel.
Chapter 8 — To define the duties of Officers.
Chapter 4 — To fix the salaries of Officers.
Chapter 5 — To establish Fairs for the sale or exchange of Stock
or other Agricultural Productions.
Chapter 6 — To aid in apprehending persons guilty of horse-
stealing.
Chapter 7 — To confirm certain By-laws of Local Municipali-
ties.
Chapter 8 — To Incorporate the Village of Bolton.
Chapter 9 — To provide for Licensing Auctioneers.
Chapter 10 — To impose a duty on Hawkers and Pedlars.
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Chapter 11 — To apply the tax oq Owners or Harborers of Dogs
to the general funds of the s<jveral local Muaicipalities.
Passed the 8th diy of June, 1880.
ALEX. McLaren, Warden.
D. KIRKWOOD, Clerk.
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CHAPTER NO. 1.
To Provide and Adopt a Seal for the Corporation of the County of
Peel.
The Corporation of the County of Peel, by the Council thereof,
enacts ai follows :
That the Seal now laid on the table be adopted as the 8eal of
the Corporation of the County of Peel.
Passed the 1st January, 1 867.
(Signed,) SAMUEL PRICE, Chairman.
WxM. LINDSBY, Provisional Clerk.
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I CHAPTER NO. 2.
Appointing Officers for the Corporation of the County of Peel.
The Corporation of the County of Peel; by the Municipal
Council thereof, enacts as follows :
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Chapter 11 — To apply the taxon Owners or Harborers of Dogs
to the general funds of the s<jveral local Muaicipalities.
Passed the 8th d»y of Juae, 1880.
ALEX. McLaren, Warden.
D. KIRKWOOD, Clerk.
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CHAPTER NO. 1.
To Provide arwl Adopt a *Seal for the Corporation of the County of
Peel.
The Corporation of the County of Peel, by the Council thereof,
enacts ai follows :
That the Seal now laid on the table be adopted as the 8eal of
the Corporation of the County of Peel.
Passed the 1st January, 1867.
(Signed,) SAMUEL PRICE, Chairman.
WM. LINDSEY, Provisional Clerk.
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» CHAPTER NO. 2.
Appointing Officers for the Corporation of the County of Peel^
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The Corporation of the County of Peel; by the Municipal
Council thereof, enacts as follows:
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and to leBve a suificient quantity of wood in the boxes to last dur-
ing the day.
2. That it shall be his duty to keep the sidewalk from opposite
the east corner of the Court House to its intersection with the
Centre Road, clear of ice and snow, and also the main entrance
and steps leading to the Court House.
3. That it shall be his duty to keep the walk leading to the
water clossets properly shovelled a.'id free from snow, and to keep
the inside of the said clossets clean.
4. That it shall be his duty to make all necessary fires in the
Court Room and Jury Rooms, during the regular sittings of any
of the Courts, or Meetings of County Magistrates convened for the
purpose of auditing accounts, and to attend the same during the
day, if required, and to keep all lamps belonging thereto properly
clean and trimmed, and to light the same when required.
5. That it shall be his duty to attend sittings of the County Coun-
cil, or any Committee thereof, for the purpose of attending to the
fires, when required, and to act as messenger to the Council.
6. That it shall be his duty, when necessary, to shovel a walk
from the small gate to the entrance in rear of the Court room, and
to keep the steps at said entrance clear and free from ice and snow.
7. That it shall be his duty to give due care and attention to
all furniture and property belonging to the County, which has or
may be given into his charge, and to prevent damage being done
to the same so far as lies in his power.
8. , That it shall be hi& duty to keep all the windows in said
Court House properly clean, and to have a general supervision
over the Building, and on the discovery of any probable damage
by leakage or otherwise, to immediately report the same lo the
County Clerk. B. L. 39.
9. The Gaol Surgeon shall perform such duties as are prescribed
and set forth in the General Rules and Regulations for the govern-
ment of the Common Jails of Canada, framed by the Boards of
Inspectors of Asylums and Prisons under the provisions of chap.
110, sec. 22, of the Consolidated Statutes of Canada. Sec. 3,
B. L. 42.
10. The Commissioners shall have the control of all matters of
expenditure for repairs or improvements to the County Buildings,
supply of material, stationery, and all other goods or articles
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required for County purposes, the procuring of which is not in any
other manner authorized, during the interim between sessions of
the Council.
11. All bills, accounts or other claims against the Council, the
payment of which is not otherwise authorized, shall be submitted
to the Boards of Commissioners, the payment shall be authorized
by them before being paid. *
12. The authority in wiiting of such Board endorsed on any
bill, account or other claim, shall be sufficient voucher for payment
by the Treasurer, and shall be so considered by the County Au-
uditors.
13. The Bfard shall meet at the Clerk's Office on the first
Saturday in the month of January, April, July and October,
during each year. B. L. 90.
14. The Office of the Treasurer shall be considered a public
office, and shall be kept open and attended for the general business
of the County, from the hour of ten o'clock, a. m., to three o'clock
p. m , the Lord's day and the several holidays accepted. Sec. 5,
B. L. 19.
The Clerk shall attend in his office for general business, be-
tween the hours of 9 a. and 4 p. m., on Tuesday and Saturday of
each week. Sec. 3, B. L. 97, and report of Finance Committee,
June, 1877.
CHAPTER NO. 4.
To fix the yearly Salaries of the several Officers appointed by the
Council of the Corporation of the County of Peel, and of
the Gaol Officials.
1. That James Hurst, Caretaker, be paid a salary of $200.
B. L. 88.
2. That the salary of the Warden be $100 for each year, in
lieu of payment for attendance as member of Council, Commission-
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er on County Projperty, mileage, and all other services rendered
by him in connection with the business of this Council (except
the selecting of Jurors) B. L. 40.
3. That the salary of the Treasurer ba $700, and that all fees,
perceatages, arid other profits and emoluments received by him as
County Treasurer, or in consequence of his holding that office, be
carried to the credit of the County. Sec. 1, B. L. 88.
4. That the salary of the Clerk be $400. Seo. 2, B.L. 97,
and Report of Com. on Finance, June, 1877.
5. That the salary of the Gaoler be $500 ; that of the Turnkey,
$400 ; and that of the Matron, $100.
6. The County salary of the Inspector of Publi# Schools shall
be $5 for each Public School within the County, from time to
time. b'ec. 2, B. L. 81.
7. The Inspector shall be paid the sum of $200 per annum in
lieu of travelling expenses, the sum of $3 per day for attending
the equalization of Union School Sections, and for the other duties
required of him the minimum sum provided by Statute. Sec. 1,
B. L. 141, amending B. L 81.
8. That the Treasurer retain his own salary, and pay all other
annual salaries in four equal quarterly payments, payable on the
last day of the months of March, June, September and December,
in each and every year.
9. The members of the Board of Examiners of Public School
Teachers shall be p ud each the sum of $3 per day for e-ich day
necessarily employed in the fulfilment of their duties, and also the
sum of ten cents per mile for the distance from their places of
residence to the Town of Brampton, which sum shall be paid by
the County Treasurer out of funds in his hands on the certificate
of the Chairman of the Board. Sees. 5 and 7, B. L. 81.
10. Each member of the County Council shall be paid the
sum of $3 per day for attendance at the sessions of the Council,
with the further sum of five cents per mile for each mil^ neces-
sarily travelled (to and from) for such attendance, and for services
as Commissioners, and on the equalization of Union School Section
Assessments, each member shall be entitled to $2 per day. Sec.
1, 2 ani 3, B. L. 128.
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CHAPTER NO. 5.
To establish Fairs for the sale, barter jind exchange of Cattle,
Horsea, Sheep, Pigs, and articles of Agricultural productions
or requirements at Brampton, Bolton, Streetsville, Cooksville,
Charleston, Palgrave and Mono Road.
The Corporation of the County of Peel, by the Council thereof,
enacts* as follows :
1. That Fairs for the purpose of the sale, barter and exchange
of cattle, hor."-es, sheep, pigs, and articles of agricultural produc-
tion or requirement, are hereby authorized and established at the
Villages of Bolton, Brampton, Streetsville, Cooksville, and Char-
leston. Sec. 1, B. L. 68.
2. Such Fairs to be held as follows: At Bolton on the third
Fridays in the months of January, April, July and October ; at
Charleston, on the third Thursdays in the same months ; at
Brampton on the first Thursdays of the same months ; at Streets-
ville on the first Fridays of the same months ; and at Cooksville,
on the first Saturdays of the same months. Sec. 2, B. L. 68.
3. A suitable yard or enclosure shall be provided by the local
Municipalities in which such Fairs are established, and the Coun-
cil of each of the such local Municipalities shall appoint a persoa
to have charge of such Fairs, and shall make regulations for the
management thereof. Sec. 3, B. L. 68.
4. A charge of not more than five cents per head for cattle,
horses, sheep and pigs, and for each article of agricultural produc-
tion or requirement may be imposed and charged for animals and
articles entering such fair, such charges to be regulated by the
Councils of the Local Municipalities. Sec. 4, B. L. 68.
5. A fair for the purpose aforesaid is hereby authorized and
established at the village of Palgrave in the Township of Albion.
Sec. 1, B. L. 131.
6. Such fair shall be held on the second Wednesday of the
months of January, April, July and October'in each year. Sec.
2, B. L. 131.
7. A fair for the aforesaid purpose is hereby authorized and
established at the village of Mono Road. Sec. 1, B. L. 135.
8. Such fair shall be held on the second Wednesday of the
months of February, April, June, August, October and December
in each and every year. Sec. 2. B. L. 135.
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CHAPTER NO. 6.
To Aid in Apprehending Persons Guilty of Horse Stealing.
Whereas by 29 and 30 Vic., chap 51, sec. 355, sub-sections 26
and 27 of the Municipal Act of Upper Canada provides that the
Council of every County Municipality in Upper Canada shall
provide by By-law that the sum of not less than twenty dollars shall
be payable as a reward to any person or persons who may cause
the apprehending and conviction of such person or persons guilty
of horse stealing.
Bo it therefore enacted by the Council of the Corporation of the
County of Peel :
1st. That the sum of twenty-five dollars shall be payable as a
reward to any person or persons who shall pursue and apprehend,
or cause to bo apprehended any person or persons guilty of stealing
any horse, gelding or mare within the said County of Peel, and
such reward shall be paid out of the funds of the Municipality
on conviction of the thief, and on the order of the judge before
whom the conviction is obtained.
2nd. The said reward shall not disqualify the person claiming
the same or entitled thereto from being a witness. "
Passed February 6th, 1867.
J. BARNHART, Warden.
WM. LINDSEY, County Clerk.
•CHAPTER NO. 7.
Confirming By-laws Passed by the Councils of Local Municipalities.
The Corporation of the County of Peel by the Council thereof
enacts as follows :
1. That so much of By-law No. 108 of the Council of the
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Township of Chinguacousy as relates to the granting to George
Campbell, of the original allowance for road between the east
halves of lots 27 and 28, in the sixth concession west of the said
Township of Chinguacousy is hereby confirmed. Sec. 1, 2,
B. L. 30.
2. That By-law No. 214 of the Township of Caledon be and
the same is hereby confirmed. B. L. 49.
3. That By-laws No. 249 and 253, passed by the Council of the
Township of Caledon be, and the same are hereby confirmed. Sec.
1, B. L. 85.
4. That By-law No. 284 of the Corporation of the Township of
Caledon, be and is hereby confirmed. See. 1, B. L. 111.
5. That By-law No. 199 of the orporation of the Township of
Chingurcousy be, and the same is hereby confirmed. Sec. 1,
B. L. 119.
6. That By-law No. 360 of the Coiporat'on of the Township of
Toronto be, and the same is hereby confirmed. Sec. 1, B. L. 139.
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CHAPTER NO. 8.
To Incorporate the Village of Bolton.
Whereas the census retu.nsofthe unincorporated Village >f
Bolton, in the Townshio of Albion, in the Councv of Peel, w-th its
immediate neighborhood, within the limits hereinafter desciibed,
and taken under the direction and b"^ the authority of the County
Council of the County of Peel, shows that the same contains over
seven hundred and fifty inhabitants.
And whereas the residences of such inhabitants are sufficiently
near to form an Incorpoiated Village.
And whereas over one hundred lesident freeholdeis and house -
holdeis of the said Village and neighborhood have petitioned tha
the same may be erected into an Incorporated Village —
Therefore the Corporation of the County of Pee), by the Coun-
cil thereof, enacts as follows : —
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1 . That the said Village and neighborhood shall be, and the
same are hereby erected into an Incorporated Village, apart from
the said Township of Albion.
2. The name of the said Incorporated Village shall be, and the
same is hereby declared to be. Bolton.
3. The boundaries of the raid Incorporated Village of Bolton
shall be, and the same are hereby declared to be as follows, that is
to say :
The northerly sixty acres of the east half of lot No. 7, and the
east halves of lots No. 8 and 9, and the southerly 17 acres of the
east half of lot No. 10, in the 6th concession, and the westerly 120
acres of lot No. 8, and the west half of lot No. 9, in the 7th con-
cession of the Township of Albion.
4. The first election for the said Incorporated Village shall be
held at John C. Switzer's carpenter shop, in said village, and that
John Bell shall be, and he is hereby appointed the Returning
Officer who is to hold the said first Election.
Passed June 3rd, 1872.
THOMAS BOWLES, Warden.
WM. LINDSEY, Clerk.
CHAPTER NO. 9.
To impose a duty on Hawkers and Pedlars trading within the
County of Peel.
Whereas by the Municipal Institutions Act for Upper Canada,
power is given to County Councils to pass by-laws to license
hawkers and pedlars.
1st. Be it therefore enacted by the Council of the Corporation
of the County of Peel, that it shall not be lawful for any hawker,
pedlar, petty chapman, or other person trading from house to
house, either on foot or with a horse or horses, to carry, to sell or
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expose to sale within this County, any goods, wares and merchan-
dise not being of the growth, produce or manufacture of this
Province, without first having obtained a license therefor from the
Treasurer of this County, and the Treasurer is hereby authorized
and required, upon the application of any such hawker, or pedlar,
or other trading person as aforosaid, and upon receipt of the sum
hereby imposed as a duty therefor, to issue a license to such appli-
cant, and such license shall be sufficient authority for the grantee
thereof to pursue his calling of hawker, pedlar, or other trading
person within this County, and such license shall continue good
for one year from the date thereof and no longer.
2nd. The sums to be charged and paid for such license shall be
as follows, that is to say : For every man travelling on foot, the
sum of four dollars; for every horse or mule bearing or drawing
burthen, the additional sum of six dollars.
3rd. And be it enacted that it shall be lawful for any ratepayer
within this County to require any hawker or pedlar to exhibit his
license, and upon the refusal of such person so to do, he shall be
liable to a fine of not more than twelve dollars with lawful costs
upon conviction before any Justice of the Peace for the County
where the offence was committed, and such fine shall be recovera-
ble by distress and sale of the offenders' goods and chattels, and
for want of sufficient distress the offender may be committed to
the Common Gaol of the County for a term not exceeding one
month.
4th. Be it enacted that the terms, goods, wares and merchan-
dise shall not be held to include printed books, printed papers,
pamphlet%jnaps, ^charts and educational works.
5th. Iwit enaded that the duties and fines collected under this
By-law sfeU be paid to the Treasurer of this County for the
general use of the said County.
And By-law No. 50 of the United Counties is hereby repealed
so far as relates to the County oP Peel.
Passed 8th February, 1867.
J. BARNHART, Warden.
WM. LINJ^SEY, County Clerk.
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■ ^ CHAPTER NO. 10.
Respecting the Licensing of Auctioneers.
Be it enacted by the Council of the Corporation of the County
cf Peel :—
1st. That after the passing of this By-law it shall not bo lawful
for any person to exercise the calling of an Auctioneer or put up
goods, wares and merchandize or other cflfocts to public outcry
within the County of Peel, without first having obtained fv license
therefor, and according to the By-laws of this Council. Provided
always that this By-law shall not apply to or aifecl Sheriff's Officers,
Division Court or Landlord's Bailiffs, or Bailiff^s or Officers of any
other Court or legal authority who may sell goods by auction
while in the discharge of their duties as such Bailiffs or Officers.
2nd. That the Treasurer shall procure blank licenses under the
Seal of the Corporation, for use under this By-law, und shall fill
up and sell the same to persons who may apply for the same.
3rd. That for every license issued for the exercise of the calling
of an Auctioneer, the party obtaining the same shall first pay to the
issuer thereof for the btnefit of the funds of this County the sum
of twenty dollars, and every license issued under this By-law shall
be in force one year from the date of issue and no longer.
4th. Every Auctioneer or person exercising the calling of an
Auctioneer shall, whenever engaged in the exercise of his calling
as an Auctioneer, if thereunto required by any ratepayer of the
County, exhibit his license, and in default of so doin,?; shall upon
conviction thereof before any Justice <rf the Peace having jurisdic-
tion in the County, be fined in a sum not ex^|ding tiHi dollars
with costs. ^ -
5th. Every person who shall exercise the calling of an Auction-
eer, or put up for sale any goods, wares, merchandize or effects by
pnbiic auction or outcry contrary to this By-law, shall upon con-
viction thereof before any Justice or Justices of the Peace 'having
jurisdiction in the County, be fined^ and pay not ledkhan twenty
dollars nor more than fifty dollars, exclusive of copj^ and if such
fine be not paid forthwith it s^all be levM by dl^jress and sale of
the goods and chattels of the offender, on the authority of a warraat
under the hand and seal of the convicting Justice or Justices, or
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one of them, shall commit the offender to the Common Jail of the
County for any term nut exceeding twenty days, either without
or with bard labor, ^s in the discretion of such Justice or Justices
shall be dottirmined:
6th. All fines collected under this By-law shall be paid, one-
half to the informer and the other half to the County Treasurer;
and every license if^sued under this By-law shall contain the name
of the person to whom it is issued, and no other person shall act as
a»ct?5neer under its authority.
Passed January 25th, 1867.
^ . J. BARNHAllT, Warden.
WM. LINDSEY, County Clerk.
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• CHAPTER NO. 11.
Whereas it is desirable to pass a By-l:iw under Section Number
Eight of Chapter 194 of the Revised Statutes of Ontario, where-
by County Councils are empowered to maintain the tax imposed
on the owners or harborers of dogs, but to dispense with the
application of the proceeds of such tax as provided by the said
recited Act.
Therefore the Corporation of the County of Peel, by the
Municipal Council thereof, enacts as follows :
That the clauses of the said recited Act numbered six, seven,
aud sixteen to twenty-two, inclusive, shall have no force or effect
in any of the Municipalities within the jurisdiction of the Coun-
cil of tie County of Peel, and the moneys collected and paid to
the Clerk or Treasurer of any such Municipality, under the
remaining clauses of the said Act shall be the property of such
Municipality, and shall be subject to its disposition in like manner
as other local taxes.
And it is hereby further enacted that By-law No* 46, and all
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oth^r by4ftW8 kerctofon; x^nfcctcd) rdhithlf^ lo m tmt OfB owi!icfs or
hftrbotors ot dogs be, and the same are hereby repeated.
PaflMid ih\ii 4th day of June, A. D. 1878.
MEI^VILLB PAKKKR, WardeW.
D. KlUKWOOD, Clihk
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