IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) ''M^ 1.1 I.U us ^^ ■■■ ■tt liii 12.2 £! HA « |£o 12.0 u WMU - 6" r J KiotDgraphic Sciences Corporalion 33 WIST MAIN STRUT WnSTIR.N.Y. 14SM (716) •72-4503 ■4^ ■^ \ \\ CIHM/ICMH Microfiche Series. CIHIVI/iCIVIH Coliection de microfiches. Canadian Inttituta for Hiatorical Microraproductions / Institut canadien da microraproductlona hiatoriquaa Tachnieal and Bibliographio NotM/NotM taetiniquM at bibliographiquM Tha Inatltuta haa attamptad to obtain tha baat original copy avaliabla for filming. Faaturaa of thia copy which may ba Mbliographically unlqua. which may altar any of tha imagaa in tha raproduction, or wMeh may aigniflcantly ehanga tha uaual mathod of filming, ara ehaekad balow. □ Colourad covara/ Couvartura da eoula«ir |~n Covara damagad/ Couvartura andommag4a □ Covara raatorad and/or laminatad/ Couvartura raataur4a at/ou pallleuMa □ Covar titia miaalng/ La titra da couvartura manqua □ Colourad mapa/ Cartaa gAographiquaa an coulaur D D D Colourad ink (i.a. othar than blua or blacli)/ Encra da coulaur (i.a. autra qua Waua ou noiral r~~| Colourad plataa and/or illuatrationa/ D Planchaa at/ou illuatrationa un coulaur Bound with othar matarial/ RalM avae d'autraa documanta Tight binding may cauaa ahadowa or diatortlon along intarior margin/ Laraliura aarria paut cauaar da I'ombra ou da la d ia toraion la kmg da la marga intiriaura Blank iaavaa addad during raatoration may appaar within tha taxt. Whanavar poaaibia. thaaa hava baan omittad from filming/ II aa paut qua cartainaa pagaa blanchaa ajoutiaa lora d'una raatauration apparaiaaant dana la taxta. mala, loraqua cala Atait poaaibia, caa pagaa n'ont paa At* fllmAaa. Additional commanta:/ Commantairaa tupplAmantairaa: L'Inatltut a microfilm* la maillaur axampiaira qu'il iui a *t* poaaibia da sa procurar. La* d*taila da cat axampiaira qui aont paut**tra uniquaa du point da vua bibitographiqua. qui pauvant modifiar una imaga raproduita, ou qui pauvant axigar una modification dana la mithoda normaia da f ilmaga aont indiquAa ci-daaaoua. pn Colourad pagaa/ D Pagaa da coulaur Pagaa damagad/ Pagaa andommag^aa Pagaa raatorad and/oi Pagaa raataurAaa at/ou palliculAaa Pagaa diacolourad. stainad or foxa< Pagaa dicolorAaa. tachatAas ou piquAas Pagaa datachad/ Pagaa dAtaehiaa Showthroughy Tranaparanca Quality of prir QualitA in4gala da I'impraaaion Includaa aupplamantary matarii Comprand du material auppl4mantaira Only adition availabia/ Saula Mitton diaponibia r~*1 Pagaa damagad/ p~l Pagaa raatorad and/or laminatad/ [Tl Pagaa diacolourad. stainad or foxad/ r~| Pagaa datachad/ r^ Showthrough/ rn Quality of print variaa/ r~1 Includaa aupplamantary matarial/ r~| Only adition availabia/ 1 a T V : b ri ri nr Pagaa wholly or partially obscured by arrata slips, tissuaa. ate hava baan rafilmad to ansura tha baat poaaibia imaga/ Las pagaa totalamant ou partiallamant obacurdas par un fauillat d'arrata. una palura, ate. ont 4t* fiimias i nouvaau da fapon A obtanir la maillaura imaga poasiMa. Thia itam ia fUmad at tha raduction ratio chackad balow/ Ca document aat film* au taux da rAduction indiquA ci-daaaoua. 10X 14X 1SX 22X 2SX aox y 12X ItX 20X a4x 28X 32X I4tail« M du nodifiar ir une ilmag* Th« eopy fllmMl hm has bMn raproducMl thankt to th* ganaroaity of: DouglM Library Quaan'a Univaraity Tha imagaa appaaring hara ara tha baat quality poaalbia eonaldaring tha condition and lagibllity of tha original eopy and in Icaaping with tha filming contract apadficatlona. Original copiaa in printad papar covara ara flimad beginning with tha front cover and anding on tha laat paga with a printad or iliuatratod impraa- aion. or tha back covar whan appropriate. All othar original copiaa ara flimad beginning on the firat pege wHih e printed or iliuetreted Imprea- •ion, and ending on the ieat page with a printed or iiiiiatrated impreeaion. •• L'exemplaire fHmA f ut reproduit grice A la gAnAroaitA da: Douglaa Ubnry Queen'a Univvirtity Lea imagaa auivantee ont AtA reproduHea avec le plua grand aoln, compta tenu do le condition et de le nettetA do I'exempieire filmA, et en conformltA evec lea condltiona du contrat de filmege. Lee eicemplairee orlglnaux dont la xsouvarture en papier eet ImprimAe aont filmAa en commenqent per le premier plat et en terminant aoit par la dem l Are pege qui comporte une emprelnte d'impreeeion ou dlNuatretion, aoit per le aecond plat, aalon le cea. Toua lea eutrea exemplairea origlnaux aont filmAa en eommen^ant par la pramlAre pege qui comporte une emprelnte d'Impreealon ou d'iiluatration et en terminant per le demlAre pege qui comporte une telle emprelnte. Ttie laat recorded freme on each microfiche ahell contein the aymbol -^ (meaning "CON- TINUED"), or tha aymbol Y (meaning "END"), whichever eppiiea. Un dea aymbolaa auhranta apparaftra aur la demlAre image de cheque microfiche, aeion le cea: la aymbola -»> algnifla "A SUIVRE". le aymboia ▼ aignlfie "FIN". Mepa, piatea, charta, etc., mey be filmed et different reduction ratloa. Thoae too ierge to be entirely included in one expoaure are filmed iHiglnning In the upper left hend corner, left to right and top to bottom, aa many framee aa required. The following diegrama IHuatrate the method: Lea eartea, planchea, tableeux, etc., peuvent Atra filmAa A dea taux de rAduction diff Arenta. Loraqua la document eet trop grend pour Atre reproduit en un aeul clichA, 11 eat flimA A partir de i'engie aupArieur gauche, de geuche A droite, et de heut en bea, en prenant le nombra d'imagae nAceaaaire. Lea diagremmea auivanta llluatrant la mAthode. ■rrata to paiura, ^n A 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 f9^ \ U v-A ( vi •{••■-VC'. •:ii».' •/-'( (ii., 'Mi'A ""It"', v:-^<:> >' >Ii'^M:.'/ '• Mur ^JSIS .22) PJSS WILL] |B?!!i"'':""f-^-'>#f5r /_ ' ( f ^ p y /" L t' BY LAWS OF TH^ M U NI G IP AL COUNCIL, OF PJiSSED AT THE SECOND MEETWCr, HELP ON The 10th day of May, 1842. # WILLIAM BUELL, PRINTER, BROCKVILLE. * «:^ J \ ' A fl / J i t I "> f to t i i i ] » r/' ( i' i' •',';? '-(ii ?^' '';;;' '*' '.an •*;•! > tXi)*** B] The Munici issembled in ( eenth day of light hundred iCt of the legisl Iftli year of th< J^n Act iopi rt oj this Pri Upper Cana luthorities th* law, and it is \ the District, listrict of John! oper applicati id other docur le District Coi ithout fee or c [investigatio.i. ' \}\ 'T-^--*\'^ 'i'/:'-':^^': , U, >'-i..^>M /." [Section 2. trict Counci ^y require anj books, plai strict Clel-k, -i I every such 9 lUing, to be ps lion as aforeai .,: b"i». •!!'.' ,".«) JUi!!' >«!• ' :.).:•»'?' ' '' •••'«• ■ A.-i'i' -(W" ' .?-M'-i^>| '•.;1l ■;•! ^' '"'irusri l-'Wi »*'>'i' ^--'i^ i^'^ •'•I* ,.\ni»?^i' • 5VI51HU BY LAWS &c. BY-LAW relating to certain Fees. u. • ;< The Municipal Council of the District of Johnstown duly jissembled in Council in the Town of Brockville on the four- leenth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand tight hundred and forty two under and by virtue of a certain let of the legislature of this Province passed in the fourth and Iftli year of the Reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, entitled An Act io provide for the better internal government of that irtof this Province which formerly constituted the Province ' Upper Canada by the establishment of Local or Municipal Authorities therein" do ordain and enact the following By- law, and it is hereby enacted, That each and every Councillor the District, and also every Justice of the Peace for the jistrict of Johnstown, shall at all seasonable hours, and upon roper application, have free access to the books, plans, record:?, jid other documents, in the hands or keeping of the Clerk of |e District Council, and also of the Treasurer of the District, nthout fee or charge of any kind for any such search, access iinvestigatio.i. [Section 2. That any person, other than a member of the trict Council, or a Justice of the Peace, as aforesaid who !iy require any such search, access or investigation, of or to, books, plans, records, or documents, in the hands of the strict Clet-k, or District Treasurer, as tfdresaid, shall pay [every such search, access or investigaticmi the sum of one jlling, to be paid at the time of making such search or investi- lion as aforesaid. Section 3. That all fees and emolumentt, collected by the Clerk of the District^ or the Treasurer of the District, under and by viitue of this By-Law, be paid to the last named Officer, and be by him, placed to the public credit, to and for the general uses and purposes of the District. W. MORRIS Warden. BY LAW relating to the opening q/ Roads. Whereas many Highways in this District upon which statute labour has been done, or public ftioney expendefil,*are obstruc ted, and whereas the allowance, originally made by Govern- ment, for public highwaysy are in* many places unopened and impassable, and whereas it is desirable that all such roads should be opened to the public travel and convenience ; Be therefore ordained and enacted, and it ia hereby ordained and enacted, by *h.e Municipal Council of the District of Johns town duly assembled at the Town ofBrockville on the four- teenth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eigh hundred and forty two, that all Roads and Highways allowei and granted by the Executive Government, or upon which anj public monies or statute labour may have been expended, previ ous to the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ten by resolution, adoption of a Report, enactment of a By-Law, c other decision of this Council, declared a public road and high way, shall be, to all intents and purposes, and for all public us and convenience, considered a public road and highway, and a such shall not be obstructed or impeded by any person, persons whatever, -(tu-, i..f kvu./. /*»/ •<' ... •..■•. - > Section 2. That whenever any such road may be un opened or obstructed, as aforesaid, it shall and may be lawftl for the Overseer of Highways for the Division, in which arj such road may be situated, to order and direct, any amount i the staiute labour within the Division for which, he may overseer of High ways, to be expended thereon, ais in his creUon and judgment he may think fitv- .itii iM .^»K.'/;..' W.MORRIS. Warden, . r;;A'Jt[^i.''l 111.-'- . . . ■ r , ■■<'' n ,4H/!i'^'V k' .'iv'tti "' ' S Y'LjI W to rtfund certain monies therein'meniioned. Whereas it hath been made to appear m evidence before a aelect Committee of the Municipal Council of the District of Johnstown, appointed for that pm-pose, that certain sums of money had been paid through mistake, and in ignorance of the facts relating thereto, to the Treasurer of the said District of Johnstown, and whereas certain sums of money have been re- ceived by certain Collectors of the public rates and assessments in the notes of a certain Instituti:on known and designated, as the " Suspension Bridge Bank," which Institution at the time such notes were so received e !^ foresaid, was legally authori- zed to issue them, and was then considered good and solvent, but has since failed and become insolvent ; .Be it therefore or- dained and enacted and it is hereby ordained and enacted by the Municipal Council of the District of Johnstown duly assem- bled at the Town of Brockville on the Fourteenth day of May, in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Forty-two, That out of any funds paid to and for the .public uses of the District of Johnstown and remaining unapparopriated in the hands of the Treasurer that officer be authorised to pay to the persons hereinaAer mentioned or to allow to them in their accounts with the District (if any such they may .have) the several and respective sums hereinafter mentioned^ ,r,vo-v^ -■' fL <--• * ■ . ' III* ' " ; To Daniel Phillips, late Collector for the Township of Yon*^ tlie sum of ThreePounds five ShiUiogi. mmmm To Thomas 3inith Collector for the TowDship of IJd wards' bui^hthe'iUtti of*One Pound ind Fifteen ShiUingn. , ^^^ ,^ ^^^ To William Gughan ofUto Towrnahip ofYonge Three Pounds and five SbUlings. > .;. .uii to Nicholas Hopkins, (^dlloctor for the Township of Etlsja- bethtown, «he ium of SixtjVn.PoMiicb ; Three, $haiipg9 and fiv^ ■pence hair-pcnnyi'" ''•"'"'-^ •^"" '; ^' ^' '•'-' ' To Ci|r>9topher Gunnis?, Collector for the Township of Kitley, the sum of Nine Shtll>nir>4 and two pence. To Alexander Morris, Esciure, of the Town of Brockville^ the sum of two Pounds. To Adiel Sherwood, Esciui -v late Treasurer of the District the sum of five Pounds. To James Kerkei of Gannn >|iie the sum of Nine Shillings. iot of Johnstown the sum of tim that sum advanced to de- and conveying the destitute In- ' at the expense of the Dii^rjict ;jm at Toronto. . ., , ', -, W. MORRIS, Warden, To the Treasurer of th- l) fifteen Pounds to make ^;xvl fray the expense of rcmcivi - sanci persons hitherto maiiit:i to the Temporary Lunatic A ;/. ;..ilf .-.■'' '.• Ill ,"l)ft Viif;^*' 'r '*•.•!"/;■ '( . ''*'': "u; l)istrict; Be it therefore ordained and enacted at\ 'j^v'^^v^trict of Johnstown ^uly assembled at the town o<* ^^''^'^t'v^'^ on the fourteenth day of May in the year of oiiV l^^'f; '^'.''^ *^ housand eight hundred find forty-two, That fr6m an^'H'f'.^ passing of this By-lisiW, no sum or sums of nioncy, «i\;>.lV ■_ sid by the Treaaure;r of. the DiWrictorailowed'totllaf ''))J^dp4^^^'''ili^ Accounts with ^^^^ ttled for Ifora by [uly of id w Ithe w\eu it thfU hnve been (int certified by tb« Clerk of the District tliat tlie aaid mmt or «um« ts aforesaid were dul^ passed "^pd onku[e4 jQ. be4N4d I^yihe ;CAttaGil of the tKstoict. , ..■^»^! '"Mrw. .il»' >,' .f./'oH '••■<^'*^t>?!'i'^ )ih ''■'•1 Ti'ilhl :oi09tia'^ 2. That upon the production to the Treasurer of any orders with the certificate of the Clerk as aforesaid, that olficer be authorised tirid is hereby authorised and required to pay the amount pursuant to the order and certificate and which amount may appear therein to have been ofdoced and directed as afore- said. .Ml ■-r 3. That the production by the Treasurer of any such order and certificate as aforesaid shall be considered by the District Auditors, as a full discharge to the Treasurer for the payment from the public funds of whatsoever sum or sums may be contained in such order and certificate, and shall be allowed by such Auditors to the treasurer in his account with the public. .,..1 .;>*Xi >,v •. xiiV ^i •;•;•• «l''^J k iOxftird,' South Crotby, South Oowdtf Wdlford tnM Yonge b ^Bfitriei in the nid accounts remitting the bahihce due from eaci Township as uncoUedabh • «nd thereupon tiball and may cancel ov deliver up the Collector's Bonds lor the same respec- Section 2. That the several payments which have herelO' ^ore been «i&de by the said Treasurer of* orders- passed by tliii CouneU shall be deemed and taken te be valid and legal. W. MORRIS, Wardtn. >r-;|ii((. • . li-n' • ., 1^' ,'<''h i'<" ?!;«)/? IT -» I- '■!» 'f ; -f If ■,vv>\>t i.i\' r *.U .yxlJ'f •^. )!>...• • ■ " ■■ vJ,.«(,' '.-)?■<■", < ■( ■.T,'- ]6Y-L^Wio regulate the mode of opening o/* JW10 Roads,^ IA< doting of old ones, and the altering of iheir count and direction. Whereas much public injury may be done, and privatel interests afii'ected, by the opening of new roads, or by the closingi of roads already allowed or travelled, or by the altering orl tKvetting of their course without due public notice being given;! Be it therefore ordained and enactea and it is hereby ordainedl and enacted by the Municipal Council of the DiHtrict off Johnstown duly assembled attheToWh ofBrockville on thej foumteenth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand! eight hundred and forty two, that no new road or highway shanl be opened and declared to be a public Highway and road, neil shall any government allowance, or other established, or publicl highway be closed, nor shall any alteration be made in the! course or direction of any such Government allowance, orotherl public, or established road or highway, without such opening orl closing or alteration, as aforesaid, shall be requested by re-f quisition from twelve freeholders of the District, duly signed and! presented to a Surveyor of Highways requiring such opening,! doling, or alteration as aforesaid, nor until such opening,' clottng. Or Alteration as aforesaid, shall have been dnfy exami- ned and reported upon by such Surveyor of Highways, whicM exMiination and report thereon duly attested on oath or affirm- ation, shalll with the p( villi* fi'i « i ' i . . • . BY-LJ concessii Whereas Bilton, Sut Crosby, co Bedford an Hide line b( Concessior "' the centre ( from the »a planted am Township in a direct centre of i\ and n\arke of the Wes public ben plained ant Council o Town of 1 of our Loi the said re as aforesa Glared ant ■i'j M - 1? h^:^^ ^p mmmm 9 atlon, shall be laid before the Council of the Ditttrict and filed with the public papers and records of the lame. A «\, \ < .l>>fTBtt,|»'"?. W. MORRIS, Wardtn, SY-L^Wforeaiahlhhing a Pvhltc Highway wfkeMnth concession o^'fht Toimship ofjforth Crosby, Whereas a road has been surveyed and laid out by James Bilton, Surveyor of High ways in and for the Tovvnsliip of North Crosby, commencing at the Town line of the Township of Bedford and running from thence in a straight coiirscwith the Hide line between lots number twelve and thirteen in the ninth Concession of North Crosby, to a post jilanied and marked as the centre of a road, on or near the said side line or road leading from the said Township of Bedford, ami from thence to a post planted and marked on the niptii concession line of the said Township of North Crosby, from thence on the old road, and in a direct line, to a Beech post, planted and marked in the centreof the road formerly travelled, to another post, planted and marked in a line wiil^ the said old road, leading to the head of the West Rideau Lake, and whereas the said road will be of public benefit and advantage, Bo it therefore enacted atid or- ulained and it is hereby enacted and ordained by the Municipal Council of the District of Johnstown duly assembled at the Town of Brockville on the Fourteenth day of May in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Forty-two, that the said road, so surveyed and laid out by the said James Billon as aforesaid, be declared and established, and it is hereby de-> Glared and established, as a public Highway and Road. ; , ' -.1, . ■■ ij'' :.VV4».!,# t A- iV." W, JMIORRI^, Warden. J, »»- m JB Y'LjI W fo tkfine ike dutiei of Surveyors cf Highways and far other purposes therein mentioned, ^ The Municipal Council of the District of Johnstown duly aisembled at the Town of Biockville, on the Fourteenth day of May, in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Forty-two, unc^er and by virtue of a certain act of the Le- :gi8lature of the Province, passed io tbe former and fiAh year of Her Majesty's Reign entitled *< jJn Jld to provide for the better internal government oft/iat part of this Province which formerly constituted the Province of Upper Canada, by the es- tablishment of local or Municipal authorities therein,^* do ordain and it is hereby ordained and enacted, That all and every of the persons appointed Surveyors of Highways for the Townships of Elizabethiown, Yonge, Bastard, Kitley, South ^ilmsley, Leeds, Lansdown, South Crosby, North Crosby, and South Burgess, in the said District under and by virtue of acertain By-Law passed at the last Session of (his Council, entitled, "By- Law of the Municipal Council qf the District of Johnstoion, io regulate the appointment of Surveyors of Highways^"* shall be.taken and considered as having been appointed such Sur- veyors of Highways in and for the County of Leeds, and that all and every of the persons appointed by tl^e said By-Law for the Townships of Augusta, Edwardsburgh, Oxford, Wolford, and: South Gower, in the said District, shall be considered as having been appointed such Surveyors of Highways in and for the County of Grenville. . \ Section 2. That the said Surveyors before entering upon their duty, shall take and subscribe the Oath of office, pointed out by the second section of the Provincial Statute 50 Geo. 3, Chap. I, and deposit the same in the office of the District Clerk ; and after having been once sworn in this manner, they may continue to discharge their duty from year to year during their continuance in office. * Section 3. That in all applications for the laying out of :any new, or altering of any old road, or roads, eight days pre- vious notice shall be given by such Surveyors, before the sitting •of the Council| At whjch the report of the survey is intended t» ibemiide... .,. ■,■.>-:. •'-■ - . ^.- ■ v . Section any allowanc bd iiiade at shall have be made in Xl District op To I- — in application in said County — mtl <..-•>. Su Section 5. luUy enter in hi Itm, and act si ihall see that i i^ords of which iighway or roa \ow in use, is \ccommodate 1 reon, or thai Section 6. lie blank spac ^e new road i on of the old an Ig 11 Section 4. That no Surveyor of Highways shall recefve any allowance for attendine the Council, unless his Bcportsb^l be inade at the opening of the Council, lior vnless his ^onducti shall have been conformable to law, nor unless his report shalU be made in the form following that is to say :— District of Johnstown, } To the Municipal Council of said To Wit : { District iit Council assembled. I- — — ^Surveyor of Highways in and for the County of -—in the said District, beg leave to report ; That oa I application in writing made to ine by twelve freeholdera of the* I said County of — — bearing date the day of — in the year one Thousand Eight Hundred and I stating ?" follows: (here insert the petition verbatim with [names oi freeholders ;) I proceeded to examine the same, which I I have surveyed,, and laid out as follows, that is to say ; (here jinsert the description of the road as surveyed;) and I nave> Imade the said road — — feet in width, I have further to* [state that I gpive due public notice of this survey according to law, by affixing a copy of this report in ihree of the most public )laces next adjacent to the place where the aforesaid survey las been made. Dated at this day of Sn the year of our Lord one Thousand Eight Hundred and Surveyor of Highways for the County of • Section 5. That every Surveyor of Highways shall care- , Fully enter in his report the requisition of the Freeholders verba- p'm, and act strictly according to it in making his report, and [hall see that it isi in conformity to the Statute, according to the /ords of which << the requisition is to state that any public iighway or road in the neighborhood of the said freeholders low in use, is inconvenient and may be altered, so as better to iccommodate Her Majesty'' s svhjects and others travelling ' ereon, or that it is necessary to open a new highway or road,''* Section 6. That every such Surveyor shall lay down in le blank space left for that purpose, an accurate description of |ie new road intended to belaidiout, or of the proposed altera- )n of the old road, giving the length and courses a& correctly possible^ and stating whether the survey is marked out \>f ^ \ «i«9ii mmmmmm Iittset on tiees, or wHh red chalk, or by stakes planted on t&9' HHe on the open ground/='_ ■":;;';:.-^' ':^^'v''^ \,:;t/'t -'::;-. ,: ."•' ' Section 7. That the width ofihe road shall be stated in the survey, and exact copies of the .report affixed ii^ at least two public placesnearthe road Surveyed.' -'^V^' ^ ^ ^ ' ' _r.l- fH 5»v-;S- Sbction 8. That' every report shall be accompanied by a plan or diagram,, and shall be personally presented to the Council by the surveyor making any sueh survey, which shall be refer- red to:the Committee on roada with power to confirm, annul ov modify the Report after enquiryi into the necessity ef establish-' iog any such road t)r not, and to «nake such report thereon to the Council as the said Committee may conceive proper, and in case any opposition shall be made to any such survey, it shall be the duty of the party making such opposition to show before the said Committee that.two days notice of such opposition has been given before tlie sitting of the Council, to the Surveyor, who shall notify the petitioners of such oppoeitton, so that they may be prepared to sustain th«i», application for the establish- ment of sudi road. ..... ^ Section 9. That no road hereafter to be laid out shall be more than sixty-six^ nor less ihsnx forty feet in width, and on the alteration of any road, the new road ^hall not be laid out of a less width than the old one. SECTION 10; T?hat ih all ca^th6 SiiirVej^brs of liiigKways shall mention in their reports and mark on their Diagrams, the distance of all parallel roads, or roads nearly parallel, whether opened or not, from the one intended to be reported, or of other roads in the vicinity, noticing the termination of such road or roads required to be laid out, so that the Council or Committee thereof may be enabled to judge of the necessity of establishing the same.- ■ -'^^■^.''- ''«• ■ •' ^y^\v >■-, « ;■. ^::,;f^, '';>■'• '-"■'" "' "' ' Section 11. That the said Surveyors shall submit their claims for services in makihg such surveys to the District Aud- itors, who shall examine the same, and if found correct, order and direct the Treasurer to pay^ them.f^ ;f if i 'f ,,V1 -.M-. Sectior 12« That iii all caset in which claims are made tor compel Council, til the first da| road or ro£ the Survej the Councl so confirrtK pying the out of a nel andto give| Sd, so that the Counc Surveyor o Sectiop taken for r( fully report to the Com shall report to the clain nature, and no order shi awarded by be paid by the road so fixed on foi of the Disti is hereby r District CI Section employed order of th useful to or altering i Sectioi which an Surveyors •ill Statui \ is tor compensation for land taken for roads established by th« Council, the applicants for such compensation shall appear on the first day of the Session next after the establishment of such road or roads to support their claim, on its being reported by the Surveyor of Highways according to Law, and in order that the Council, may know who are the parties to support any road 80 confirmed, Surveyore are required in their reports, when co- pying the petition for the alteration of an old road, or the laying out of a new one, to enter the names of the petitioners therein, and to give said petitioners notice that a compensation is claim- ed, so that they may also attend on the first day of the sitting of the Council next after the notice of such claim, given to th» Surveyor of Highways. Section 13. That all claims for compensation for land taken for roads established by the Council, shall, when law- fully repdlrtedby the Surveyor of Highwaysj be a\Wo referred to the Committee on Roads, who, after investigating the same^ shall report to the Council what sum, if any, shall be allowed to the claimant, and whether the road is of a public or private nature, and in case they shall find that it is of a private nature, no order shall issue to open the same until the amount, if any, awarded by the said Committee after such compensation shall be paid by the said petitioners, but. in case they ehall find that the road so established is of a public nature, then the amount fixed on for such compensation^ shall be paid out of the fundi of the District, and it shall be the duty of the Treasurer and he is hereby required to pay the same on the certificate of the District Clerk. ■;-i Section 14. That no Licenced Land Surveyor shall b« employed by the Surveyors of Highways, unless by special order of the Council on its being shown that it is necessary or useful to obtain the aid of such Land Surveyor, in laying otit or altering any road or highway. ;;4 Section 15. That with respect to the sale of Land througfc which any old road may have passed, and other duties of Surveyors of Highways, reference must be had to the Provin- •itl Statutes 50 Geo. 3, chap. 1 and 4 Geo. 4, chap 10, • . ii ihetWH t«. tk»t the foltowing iortan ahall be voted ik il^:«iin>iyi and elaimi for compensation for land taken for 'Mada. -''">Wltf;' '" ' ' > ''' '"' ''-Surveyor of Highways in and for the I30iinty of Take notice 4hat I oppose the survey pf the foadiBade by ybu over my land being Lot (or part of lot as case •amy be) No*—- in concession of and that I shall ippear before the District Council at its next meeting for that ^Mirpose. Pated the •*—— day of — — 184 . ' Jfotiet Io PeiiitonetB ofopposiiion to Survey* Tc^ ■'■ 'K^^rtStt'l'^V^; •"•!■: r-''j'f? t^e Nbftce ihat • has this day given me notiee that he intends to oppose the Survey of the road made on your petition over his land being Lot (or part of lot as case m.f be) No. — in — - concession of ' and that he ^H appear before the District Council at its next meet}f^t in Ibat purpose. V?! •■•;,■'. :t^;' ,-u >:■: ^«.' Dated the day of 184 . !' '. J ',t 'A ■( <■ ■ '■■■' -^h- ^ Surveyor of Highwayp, for the County of — ^ Jfciife of Compensation Claimed, ' '""■ ''' To Mr. — Surveyor df Highways for the bounty ^X Take notice that I shall apply to the next District Council for compensation for the road laid out by you over ny land being Lot (or part of lot as case may be) No. ■■ . in — — concession of and that I claim the sum of S " for ^e land taken for said roa(^ of which you are tlBC|uifed to give notice to the petifioneiii and tftpoti 'ihii my ^Bwm to the said Council at its said meeting* Datedlhf — ^day of - 184 . h\ 1» (^foHcei^ be given hpttiiionen of claim f&r cakipiiutmm. Take notice that hts thia diy-^ givaii tne iiotiM> lh«t he intends to apply to the next District Council for eonipenia»< .tion for the road laid out by me on your pe;tition over Mi land being Lot (or part of lot as case may be) No. in — eonceseion of ■ a copy of whieii notioe is h«itoutt(M) annexed.' /■_;■_, ■_■■. ;i:-;. .!•.:./ ■• ^ _ ,-., -..-.v^.j.,.,,*^ ;^*i--;^,^ Ditedthe .^7. day of- 184 . , «-, t .!••■.' ir.v. ^,i ^i. ' .' „" f V. .J r ^„ . . •>•• yJ' i Surveyor of Highwaya for th« County ot u Report to ihe Council of Claim far compensation, , To THE Municipal Council ov this DufTBip'|. 0? Johnstown, in Council assembled. - ^. ^'i :•..,' ij. ;^ iV. I I .■ . j». U '%^ I'.iXfS • I Surveyor of Highways in and for the County of beg leave to report that ■ ' claims the sum of £— — for the land taken for the road surveyed by me on Lot (or part of lot as case may be) No. in ooncessioa of • ■ ■ , vtrhich was reported and confirmed at the last meeting of the Council) copies of the Notices of compensation claimed given to me by the said and of mine to tht petitions are hereunto annexed. ,-.)v. -^1.- Datedthe< of .i-i-": ^t 7i'{ri) ■^■li-HCi ^r >:;[ ;•' (If-. *■"!■ 3urve)»r of Highway! for thb Ctsmy ofr iA t« Si 'LAW to regulaU certain Salaria and allowanauM i^ Whereas the public resources of the District have been e;K- faausted, and great waste and expenditure has occured in consequence of the want of uniformity in payments and strict economy in the management and expenditure of the District funds and revenues. li^t^vi ,» ,,:^,/f ■iTi.'j. Be it therefore ordained and enacted and it is here]>y ordained and enacted by the Municipal Council of the District of Johnstown duly assembled at the Town of Brockville on the fourteenth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty two, That for the future, the following Salaries per centages and allowances be paid to the undermen- tioned officers and no more. ,. '.I'."," .•/;?■••■ ;-ii ■■■•> _l: :**?■■-. To James Jessup, Esquire the sum of Three hundred pounds per annum which said salary of three 'hundred pounds, is to betaken and considered as in full discharge for all fees, expenses and allowances for the t)ffices held by him, of Clerk of the Council and Clerk of the Peace and also in full discharge for 6ffice rent and fuel. ' ' ,-\ To Adiel Sherwood, Esquire Sheriff the sum of Fifty pounds per annum, which said sum of fifty pounds per annum, is to be taken as in full discharge for summoning Juries, and for attending the Courts of Assizes'and Nisi Priiisand general Gaol delivery and also the District Courts and Quarter Sessions. To the Gaoler of the District the sum of One hundred and twenty pounds per annum which sum is to be in full discharge, for all his services of every kind, performed for or on behalf ofthe District. ' ' To the Surgeon ofthe District Gaol, the sum of fifteen pounds per annum which sum is to be in full discharge for Medicine and attendance. To the Auditors ofthe Distri^.t, the sum of Ten pounds per annum for each respectively, which stim is to be in full for their services, as such Auditors. ■ k ■■nniKHiiiiHA'wwMi n To the Surveyor of the District the sumoffifteen shillings per Eem, when actually employed by the Council. ■ji«. -<»' To the Treasurer of the District, the sud of four per^cent br annum, upon all monies received and paid out by him/of le piibljc uses of the District^ except Monies paid to and for le use of the public Schools of the District, upon which h^ lall be paid the sum of three per centum as provided by Law. To each and every Coroner of the District, the sum of One lund for each and every Inquest, which they may respectively [id, together with the further sum of six-pence per Mile, as Welling fees, for every mile which they may be respectively quired to travel from their respective residences or usuaj lices of abode, to any place within the District, where an luest may be held. '. . . 'o each and every Township Clerk, within the District thq of five pounds per annum, which sum is in full discharge I the duties of their office ^s such Tpwn Clerk. ni^xHfv K^i -^ ■"■■ To the Collectors for the several and respective Townships . Ihin the District the amount of per centage, at present allovyqd by law, upon all monies collected by ihem,^,^: , ■-, ,, ^;,;tj; 'I To the several and respective assessors within the District, Qmountofper cen^ge at present allowed them by Law, bther with an additional allowance equal to double the )unt at present allowed them by Law for taking the Census le population, which latter allowance is not to continue |ond the present year. c ' ^ ' W. MORRIS, Warden, ^ •LA W rehting to collectors of Rat^s in arrears for Teases ^lUciedhy them. t^hereas it appears that the Magistrates of the District pf kstown in General Quarter Sessions assembled at the Town Irockville by adjournment, on the fourth day of May in the ofoui'JLtprd One Thousand eight hundred and forty two, I 18 bate under and by virtue of the the thirty eighth seetiqn of th«| Statute of the late Province of Upper Ganadti 1 Victoria, Chap J 21, isaued Distress Warrants agtiinst certain Coilecton of RaieiJ and their sureties, who appeared by the list of the Treasurer said District, prepared and placed before the said Court on the day and year aforesaid, to l>e in arrears for rates due to the sail' District ; And whereas the said Magistrates have expressed i doubt whether they still retain the powers contained in the said Section of the said Statute, and in order to remove such doubt Be it therefore ordained and enacted, and it is hereby ordainei] and enacted by the Municipal Council of the District Johnstown in Council assembled on the fourteenth day of May i^ the year of our Lord one Thousand eisht hundred andfoity i\ that the issuing of said Warrants by the said Court of Quar Sessions be confirmed and declared valid, and that the sail Courtare hereby empowered to proceed in the collection ofsaiJ rates so in arrears as aforesaid, under and by virtue ofss' Warrants. ,, . Section 2. That in ftituresaid Court of (General Qusi Sessions of the Peace for the said District, shall have fi power and authority under and by virtue of the said Section the said Statute 1 \ ictoria. Chap. 2 1, to issue Distress Wantinl jagainst all such Collectors of Rates and their sureties as ma] jhereailer appear to be in arrear for the same. W. MORRIS, Warden, VI I BY-LAW to regvhit the Bonds of certain Townsh Officers. The Municipal Council of the District of Johnstown dulj assembled at the Town of Brockville on tl^e Fourteenth daj ■of May in. the year of oui: Lord one thousand eight hundred^i^ forty two, under and by virtueof a certain act of the Legislatu of this Province, passed in the Fourth and Fifrti year of ." IS^ajesty's Reign, entitled «An act to provide for the be.tij internal Crovernment of that part of thia Province whid formeriv constituted the Province of Ufper- €iurada b^ (e^tftbUiihraettt'of LoottV-or Miinieipal Authoritiei therein'' onlWh and it i» hereby oedaine* and^ enacted^ th«i ev« p Uler^t dult appointed by, tlie people, at their several and r««- ctive Township Meetings, held on the fir^ Monday in January in every year pu'rsu&nt to the Law in that respect nade and prcJvided, shall deliver to the Treasurer of the district, on or before the second TCiesday in Februaiy in each ind every year, the Bond or Obligation required by Lawf6r uch Township Clerk to enter inio^ execute and perform. SsCTiON 2. That no Bond shall be received by the rreasurer from any Township Clerk within the District, nor hMn any Collector, or other Officer, from whom a Bond and Obligation is reqired by Law unless the same shall have beeit' Inly signed, sealed and executed in presence of at least two lible witneK^s. . . W. MORRIS/ Wariitn. ]Y'LAWio regulate the mode in which certain deduction^ may be made Jram the Towntbip »^^ses8ments, [The Municipal Council of the District of Johnstown duly toembled at the Tov^rn of Brockville on the fourteenth day of lay in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ty two, under and by virtue of a certain Act of the Legislature this Province passed in the Fourth and Fifth year of Her lajeaty's Reign entitled "An act to provide for the better iternaVgovernment of that part of this Province which formerly Wtituted the Province of Upper Canada, by the establishment [Local or Municipal Authorities therein," do ordain and it is ^reby ordained and enacted. That whenever any collector of public rates and assessments shall desire to be allowed a kduction from the amount with which he stands charged, in Usequence of his inability to collect the same, he shall lUver to the Treasurer of the Distiict in writing, the lull lount he desires to have taken oif and deducted with the [mes of the parties in defa^t, and the .^niount in detail, due by Ich defaulter re^ctively, together with ah affidavit, sworn to jfore some Justice of the Peace for the District, and attached Bieto, and of which affidavit, the foUoWing shall hb the form 3t tMT iitafisroms, To Wit: