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Las diagrammes suivants illustrent la mdthode. 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 BY-LAWS OF THE p^j MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE TO"V7"isrss:i:F of LouriDoisr. BY-LAW No. 64. To Regulate the time and manner of ■performing Statute Lahor in the forvnship oj London, and to describe the Duties of Eoadmasters. Passed May Ist, 1871. WHEREAS, it is expedient and necessary to regulate Statute Labor in the Town- sl'io of London. Be it therefore enacted by the authority of the Municipal Count' i i)f the Township of London, under and by virtue of the Act of Parliament of the Province of Ontario, entitled, " An Act to amend and consolidate the Lav/ res- pecting the Assessment of Property in the Province of Ontario." 1st.— That all By-laws, or parts of By-laws, inconsistent with this By-law, be and the same are hereby repealed. 2nd.— That from and after the passing of this By-law, it shall be the duty of each and ev-ry Roadmaster to attend at the time and place appointed by the Clerk, and to take bei Tehim the necessary oaths of office, an(l also to receive the Statute Labor List belonging to his resi)ective division, which List shall entitle each Roadmaster to call out and compel the parties whose names are thereon written, to perform the num- ber of days' labor for which the said parties are entered on such list, or to pay the commutation money in lieu thereof, in manner hereinafter mentioned. 3rd. — That the Statute Labor shall be performed in every instance before the tenth day of July in each year. And each and every Roadmaster is hereby required to return to the Township Clerk, on or before the fifteenth day of August in each year, the road list, by virtue of which he has called out the different parties liable for sta- tute labor in his division, and he shall enter upon such list opposite the name of each party marked thereon as liable to perform such statute labor, whether such party has performed such statute labor or not, and if not, the amount of commutation money which has been received in lieu thereof, at the rate of seventy-five cents per day, or the result of proceedings instituted against a defaulter or defaulters, as hereinafter mentioned ; and such returns shall, in every case, state how the moneys received by such Roadmaster, for commutation money or otherwise, have been applied, all such i-eturns being duly sworn to as feeing correct, before the Township Clerk, or some of Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the County of Middlesex. 4th. — That every person liable for the performr.nce of statute labor in the Town- ship of London, shall furnish such carts, wagons, ploughs, picks, axes, spades, teams, as may be required by the Roadmaster for tbe proper performance of the labor, and such person shall not be entitled for any allowance except for the use of horses and oxen, for wliicli he shall be allowed at the rate of three days for each double team and I driver, ancltwo days for each horse and cart and driver. And in case any person who may have to perf(jrm statute Labor sliall be onlered by the Koad master to urocurc a team, scraper, cart orph.ugh, it shall not be the duty of miy Roadmaster to compel any sucliperson to procure such team, scraper, cart or plough, if the party so ordered be not the owner thereof. i^cicv* . , •''>tl'-— Every male iidiabitant of a townshii) between the ages of twentv-onc and gixty, wlio IS not otherwise assessed to any amount, and who is not exempt by law from porforming statute ]a1)or, sha 1 be liab e to two .lays of statute labor on the roads and liighways ot the township, And no Council shall have any power to reduce the statute labor required under this section. (;th.— Any local municipal council may, by a by-law passed for that purpose, fix the rate at which parties may commute tlieir statute labor, at any sum not o.xcce.iinK one dollar for each day s labor, and the sum so fixed shall aj.j.ly equally to residents who are subject to statute labor, and to non-residents in respect to their property '*i J^l'":;;^r^V"'^"^"" 7^"' f'V, ^«'"'"Vte their statute labor under the 8.5tli section of ti-e Act 32 Yict.,cai)3(), shall pay the same to the Roadmaster of the division in which he property of said person may be, within two days after demand, and such deman.l shall be nia.le personally by such Roadmaster at the tin... when he warns out tlie persons m his road division to perforin tlicir amount of statute la1)or. f ,1 ^?''ir^7 ^'"^'" ^'""^''^ t° ^''''^''^.'" f^'^*"*^ ^'^'"^^" ""''«• tliis by-law, not commu- ted shall perforin the same when required so to do by the Roadmaster oi- other officer of the municipality apponited for the jmrpose ; and in case of wilful neglect or refusal to perform such labor after six days' notice requiring him to do the same, shall incur a penalty of five dollars, and upon summary conviction thereof before a Justice of the Peace aforesaid such Justice shall order the same, together with the costs of prosecu- tion and distress to be Imed by distress of the offender's goods and chattels, and in case there shall be no sufhcient distress, such often. ler may he committed to the com- mon gao of the county, and there put to hard labor for any time not exceedincr ten days, unless such ijeualty and costs and the costs of the warrant of the commitment and of conveying the said person to gaol shall be sooner paid ; and all sums and pen- alties, other than costs recovered under this section, shall be paid to the Treasurer of the local municipality, and form part of the statute labor fund thereof. „„ , 9tli--That should any bridge, water course or culvert, causeway, embankment, or any other part of any road give way or become defective at any time, so as to endan- ger the travelling public, it shall and maybe lawful for the Roadmaster in whose division such defect may occur to notify the most convenient resident or residents of such defect, an. any neglect or refusal on the j.art of any individual to attend to such notificatmn, sha 1 be punished as a defaulter in statute lal)..r as aforesaid, an.l one day's notice only shall be required from such Roadmaster in such case of emergency 10th -That the said Roadmaster shall, if required, give parties so repairing anv road, bridge, or other work as last aforesaid certificated the number of days' labo? so expended which certificate shall entitle i .e parties to whom it is given tJ he cre- dited accordingly on the next succeeding statute labor list or lists, in any part of the 1 ownship where such party or parties may reside or have removed to. .c .llt^-TIiat^'hcre any highway shall pass through a wood, it shall be the duty of the Roadmaster of the division to give the owner or proprietor of such wood or timber, no ice m wntnig, requiring him to cut down all trees or timber for a space not exceeding twenty-five feet from the outside of the highway, within thirty days after having received such no ice and if such owner or proprietor neglect to cut such timber or wood as reqmre.l, it shall be the duty of the Roadmaster to°ut or remove, or c^use to be cut and removed, such wood or timber, either by statute labor or to sell the ' same to defray the expenses, or to use it for the purposes of the road. ]2th.-That it shall and may be lawful for any Roadmaster to enter into any enclosed f^eh adjoining any roads under his inspection, and to cut, dig or open aSy dram or ditch the more effectually to drain any road over which his jurSctlon extends, provided always that no such drain or ditch shall be opened thro igh any garden or orchard without the consent of the owner. "uuu^u any 8 «„=,« ^^*'''~'^^''^* in case of death absence or inability from sickness, or unavoidable Ause any vacancy sha! occur in the offi(;e of Roadmastcr, it sliall an^ may belawful for tlie Councillor representing the Ward in which such vkcancy shall oStViTm" Date a proper pei-son to the vacant office, who siiall have all the power and autSv which belonged to the Roadinaster which last preceded him in cSfice, uS the x lext mee ing of the Township Council, when he shall be confirmed in such office o f Voad- master, under the corporate seal of the Township. '*^ r. f ^'**^'T.'f^''l*^- ^f^^^ R«a«lmaster shall expend the statute labor on the most defective portions of the highway within his division. utitcuve u . ^'' m'^'^'i^*^ ^^}^ Roadmaster, when he shall attend at the time and place directed "I swear, or affirm, that I will truly, faithfully, firmly and impartiallv to thp best of my knowlclge and ability, execute the offi.^e of Roadmas ter,Tw3 ' I have been appomte.l, tha I have not receiA-ed, and will not receive, any p lymen or reward or promise ot rewan , fnv the exercise of any partiality or malvei/atiou. or otlieJuS execution ot the said office— So Help Me God." ' Kitli.— That each and every Roadmaster is hereby retpiired to insert in his list of the persons liable to do statute labor, the name or names of any prrson.rpe sons whom he inay have discovered to be liable to perform statute labor, since the deli3 of the said ist to him, as aforesaid, and whose name or names have not been nsS therein, and to attach to each such name added thereto, the number of (kys of statute n Teu'ttiSof t?h^' *^'? '"T ^'^^';? *"'^ ^T' ''''^} r^k' '' *'^^ commutSion numey Sentioned ^r ^"forced, or the offender punished in the manner hereinbcforJ • 17th. And be it further enacted, that all roadmasters in the Township who have been appointed, and have taken the oath of office as the law directs, sha 1 p.Xi all the duties of their office^ uutU their successors be sworn into office And it is lerehv further enacted that all roadmasters in the Township shall f rr..rti me to time see tS the road division under his or thei^ charge is safe for the travelling public a?id that no culvert or bridge is in an unsafe state, and that should any culvert'or bridge be hired or earned away sudden, by floods or otherwise, and that tlie roadmaster cannot Six by calling on sta ute labor, then the roadmaster in whose road division sS dama™ occurs, shall notify the Councillor of the Ward forthwith. ^® rn , .l^*'i--Tl>at in case any Roadmaster should neglect or refuse to comply with the requirements ot tins By-law, after having been duly notified by the Township Clerk he shall upon sufficient proof thereof, before the Township Reeve, or any of 1 er SS^niKh^fl^to" ^^^^^^^'' '' '"^' ''' ^ ^"^'^ ^^^ ^^-^-^ '^^-^ WHAT SHALL BE LAWFUL FENCES, f 19tJ— Board fences supported by posts at every eight feet or less are to be fcS'oFthe grS "^ ^''''^''' ^^'"^°° ""'-'''''' ^P^^^ ''^'^ fi^« inchS 'wSiin two Post and rail fences to be the same height as above mentioned with no j/reatpr space than five inches, until they exceed two feet in height. ' ^ . , Worm fences to be laid with at least two feet six inches worm, with good sub stantial rails, and carried up properly to the height of four feet six inches with uo greater space for the first two feet than above (h scribed. ' Log or other fences to be carried up to the aeight of four feet six inches with spaces no greater than heretofore mentioned. ' ^ WILLIAM TAYLOR, • Township Clerk. W. H. RYAN, Reeva BT-LAW NO. 65, Freventing, restraining and regulating all and every kind of Exhibitions within t/te Township of London. Passed May Ist, 1871. ♦ WHEREAS it is necessary and expedient to prevent, restrain and regulate Exhibi- tions of Wax Figures, Puppet Shows, Wire Dancing, Circus Riding, which Mountebanks and Jugglers usually exhibit, within the Township of London: Be it therefore enacted, by authority of the Municipal Council of the Township of London, that from and after the passing of this By-law it shall not be lawful for any person or persons to exhibit any Wax Figures, Wild Animals, Puppet Shows, Wire Dancing, or Circus Riding, or to give any other exhibition calculated to attract the public, with a view that such person or persons shall make profit thereby, without a license from the Reeve of said Township of London. Be it further enacted. That any or all of the above-mentioned Exhibitions shal pay the sum of four dollars for every such exhibition. And be it further enactod, That all offenders under the provisions of this By-law shall be tried, as provided for by the Act 12th Victoria, Chapter 81, Section 185. And be it further enacted, That any parties so trespassing, contrary to the pro- ^sions of this By-law shall, upon conviction of such offence, forfeit and pay a sum ot not less than four dollars, nor more than twenty dollars. WILLIAM TAYLOR, Township Clerk. W. H. RYAN, Reeve. BY-LAW NO. 66, An Act respecting Line Fences and Water-courses. Passed May 1st, 1871. HER Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Assembly of Canada, enacts' as follows: — 1. Each of the parties occupying adjoining tracts of land shall make, keep up and repair a just proportion of the Division or Line Fence on the line dividing such tracts, and equally on either s,ide tliereof. 8 V. c. 20, s. 2. 2. Any Fence coming within the meaning of a lawful fence in any By-law of the Municipal Council in that behalf, is to be considered a lawful Fence, and when no such By-law exists, any Fence Viewei's, when called upon, are to exercise their own judg- ment and decide what they consider to be a lawfid fence : 8 V. c. 20, s. 3. 3. The owner of the whole or part of a Division or Line Fence which forms part of the Fence inclosing the occupied or improved land of another person, shall not take down or remove any part of such Fence : 8 V. c. 20, s. 9. 1. AVithout giving at least twelve months previous notice of his intention to the owner or occupier of such adjacent enclosure ; 8 V. c. 20, s. 9. 2. Nor unless such last mentioned owner or occupier, after demand made upon him in writing by the owner of such Fence, refuses to pay therefor a sum to be deter- mined, as provided in the next sub-section ; 8 V. c. 20, s. 9. '!. Nor, if such owner or occupier will pay to the owner of such Fence, or of any part thereof, such sum as three Fence Viewers, or a majority of them in writing, deter- mime to be the reasonable value thereof. 8 V. c. 20, ss. 8, 9. 4. When any land which has laid uninclosed or in common, is afterwar(ts inclosed or improved, the occupier shall pay to the owner of the Division or Line Fence stand- ing upon the divisional line between such land and the enclosure of any other occupant or proprietor, a just proportion of the value thereof. 8 V. c. 20, s. 8. 5. When a Water Fence or a Fence running into the water is necessary, the same is also to b ; made in equal parts, unless the parties otherwise agree. H V. c. 20, s. 10. 6. When lands belonging to or occupied by different persons, are divided from each other by any river, brook, pond or creek, which of itself is not a sufficient barrier, and it is impracticable to fence upon the true boundary line, the Fence shall be set up on one side of the River, Brook, Pond or Creek, or imrtly on one side and partly on t> « other, as may be just. 8 V. c. 20, s. 11. 7. When it is the joint interest of parties resident, to open a Ditch or Wau. Course for the purpose of letting off surplus water from swamps or low miry lands, in order to enable the owners or occupiers thereof to cultivate or improve the same, such several parties shall open a just and fair proportion of such Ditch or Water Course according to their several interests. 8 V. c. 20, s. 12— See 22 V. c. 99, s. 271. 8. Three Fence Viewers of the Municipality, or a majority of them, may decide all disputes between the owners or occupants of adjoining lands, or lands so divided or alleged to be divided as aforesaid, in regard to their respective rights and liabdities under this Act, and also all disputes respecting the opening, making or j)aying for Ditches and Water Courses, under this Act. 8 V. c. 20, ss. 2, 11. 9. Every determination or award of Fence Viewers shall be in writing, signed by- such of them as concur therein, and they shall transmit the same (or a certified copy- thereof) to the Clerk of the Municipality, and shall also deliver a copy to every party retiuiri?ig the same, and such determination or award shall be binding on the parties thereto. 8 V. c. 20, s. 2. 10. When the dispute is as to the commencement or extent of the part of the Fence to be made or repaired by either party, or as to the opening of a dispute, - w , . . ,-, meeting, and shall also notify tlie other party to appear at the same tune and place.- 8 V. c. 20, ss. 2, 12— See 18 V. c. 137. 11. On receiving such notice, the Fence Viewers sliall attend at the time and place named, and after being satisfied that the other party has been also duly notified, they shall examine the premises and hear the parties and their witnesses if demanded, and according to the subject matter of the reference, sliall decide the commencement or extent of the part of the fence which either party claims to have made or repaired, or refuses to make or repair ; or shall divide or apportion the Ditch or Water Course among the several parties, having due regard to the interests of each in the opening thereof, and shall fully determine the matters in dispute. 8 V. c. 20, s. 2. 12. On any reference regarding the opening or making of a Ditch or Water Course, the Fence Viewers shall decide what length of time each of the parties shall have to open the share of the Ditch or Water-Course, which the Fence Viewers decide each such party shall open, and if it ai)pears to the Fence Viewers that the owner or occupier of any tract of land is not sufficiently interested in the opening of the Ditch or Water (^urse to make him liable to perform any part thereof, and at the same time that it is necessary for the other party that such Ditch should be continued across such tract, they may award the same to be done at the expense of such other party; and after such award, the last mentioned party may open the Ditch or Water Course across the tract, at his own expense, without being a trespasser. 8 V. c. 20, ss. 12, 13. 13. When by reason of any material change of circumstances in respect co the improvement and occupation of adjacent lots or parcels of land, an award previously made under this Act ceases, in the opinion of either of the ])artie8, to be ctiuitaWe Tjetween them, such party may obtain another award of Fence Viewers by a like mode of proceeding ; and if the Fence Viewers called upon to make a subseciuent award find no reason for making an alteration, the whole cost of the reference sliall be borne i)y the party at whose instance it has been made. 8 V. c. 20, s. 12. 14. If any party neglects or refuses upon demand made in writing as aforesaid, to open or make and keep open his share or proportion of the Ditch or Water Courae I 9 ^Ivnfii^ T"'"' }■" '""' ^y.*'"' ^^"^« yiov^ev!,, within tho time allowed bv them any ot tlu" otiior parties may, after first cnnpletini^^ l,i8 own .share or nZrtion n^n noW,xcx-ed,ng forty cents per rod lor tlie name from the party «o in default hY J. writifi'M,l^lI*'L;T/''''"''' '^^^':!''' V'^':'"' "'' '^ft^'- ^'^"'g r''q"ired by a r desired by either party or wlumever they themselves tl ink it^ nCr n av a.i niVte • an oath to any witness, which oath is to be in the lollowing £rm: 8 V i l(t, s "You do solemnly swear that you will true answer make to su.di . ' UK The Justice to whom tlie determination of the Fence Viewers is returned, shall transmit the same to the Clerk of the Divi.sion Court havinL' jurisdiction over , _..... .., ^-,... w.w,. over that |i.ut (jf the Municii)ality, and shall certify and transmit a copy thercnf to the Clerk uf the ]\Iunicipality, to be entered in the book in which the Municipal proceed- ings arc reitorded ; H. V". c. -20, s. 7. 11. After the expiration of forty days from the time of the determination. th« Clerk of th(! Division Court shall issue an execution a;,'ainst the goods and cluittcls of the DerfUiliint in the same juarner as if the party in whose favor the determination has been luade had recovered judgment in the Division Court for the sum which the Fence Viewers have determined him to be entitled to receive, with costs. B V. c. 20, 8.7. ir. The following fees, and no more, may be received mider this Act, by the per- sons mcntiimed, that is to say : To the Jndire of the Pelical)ie to unoccii])i(>d or non-resident lands, and the owners thereof; Therefoce, Her Majesty, by and with tlic advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario enacts as follows: — 1. The provisions of the said Act, so far as the same relate to water-courses, shall be construed to apjdy to unoccupied and non-resident lands, and to tlie owncu's tliereof, to tliesauie extent "as to ocinipicd lands and tlio oiM'ui)ants thereof; and the fence-viewers shall, in like manner as in the other eases, determine the share of the expense of any water course made under tlie said Act as hereliy amended, (which expense to be borne by the owner of such unoccupied or non-resident lands,) and report the same to the Justice in the said Act menticmed, who sliall transmit such rei)oit to the Clerk of t!ie municipality: Provided always, that the share of the expense of any such water-course chargeable against such unoccupied and non-resident lauds, shall not exceed the sum of twenty-live cents per rod. ■2. The Clerk shall bring such report before the council of the municipality at its first meeting after the receijjt thereof, and the council shall cause the amount so reported to be paid to the party entitled thereto, together with a i)roportionate share of the costs attending the investigation and report. M., , ■ I 8 rL.m'^t'^nm*? '*^"' T^ r Y""""*/ *'*". ^^""'^ «^«" trf^nsmit to the county Treasurer lT^^.XrS\r^J±:!!'^^^ the land aKain^t^X an account s: iiRSQtf LTS^.'r;~ tSis^^ '="-=s ,is herSer b'o dire'cted to 1^^^^^^^ '"^ '^'' '''^' °"'°"«^ «" ""^••^ »«- *« "ow or may Tiewm L'l;,L^trtl,rn;!f,,!'°„7;7 'f'y ••'«??"='• V »"y 'lerfMon ot sun, fence- 8. Tljis Act shall be read as if it were a part of the Act hereby amended. BY-LAW NO. 67, Passed 1st May, 1871. 191, that from and after the passing of this Ry-Law it Hhall mf hn l.iwf.,1 far ot,- W. H. RYAN, WILLIAM TAYLOR, Township Clerk. Reere. ^ BY-LAW NO. 68, ^' iSain^Z •^'"'* '"""'"^ ''^ i;«''i/^, ««c/ rot..-c/./cr their de^tncction in Passed Ist May, 1871. WTHEREAS it i.s expedient and necessary to prevent Do^s from nmninL' at larfre autl^oritr H>'^'^"I''^«^^^ I'r«^'^iJ«. -"J to provilefor their lstru"tbn under proTe' «l,in^«nl*^^'^^°''''''"f*''^^'.'^'''l* ^°t'"^ ^'^«eof liyroceedings before a Justice of the Peace, on information or c(uni>laint be- fore such Justice, whc is hereby authorized to hear and determine such comf)]aint, and proceeil thereon, in the manner provided in chapter one hundred and three of the Con- solidated Statutes of Cannda, in respect to proceedings therein mentioned ; ard such aggrieved party sliall be entitled so to recover, whether the owner or keeper of such dog knew or did not know that it was vicious or accustomc'^ to worry sheep. 8. The owner of any sheep or lamb kdled or injured by any dog, the owner or keei)er of wliicli is not laiowji, may, within three months, apply to the council of the municipality in which such sheep or lamb was so killed or ipjuved, for comp^sation for the injury; and if such council (any member of which shall be comj^ftnt to administer an oatli ov oaths iii examining i^arties in the premises,) shall bo satisfied that the aggrieved party has made diligent search and en(piiry to ascertain the owner or keejier of such dog, and that such owner or kee[ier cannot be found, they shall award to the aggrieved party for compensation a sum not exceeding two-thirds of the amount of the (lamage sustained by him : and the Treasurer of such municipality shall pay over to him the amount so awarded. 9. In case the owner of any shee}) or lamb so killed or injured, shall proceed againsi the owner or keeper of the dog that committed the injury, before a Justice of the Peace, as provided by this Act, and shall be unable, on the conviction of the .7:'- Er„^.,nsf '"* "°='=' '-'^ "■»" « ovor'?,i'si*L'irt-;u's s;i^ such dn f^nJ^ "^ the niunicipality .standin.,^ sue the , Ser o £e e • of -1 S L T ^'".''^ .V '¥ '"''^'"^y "^^'>' ""t^"th- tUo said-do^ or do^^to t e sik sh^n S h nlf tf^^ ''" '^^?''lr? "' "'J"^>' '^""^ '^^ «ame way aud tuanner pr^£ b'sJXJfS.^.^ thl'S^' ^'"" '' '"^^"^^^ ^" *^^^ any hiihl'^^^ZncSnS S.SiJ;''"';" "^•'"'•?^ "H^^ """""" ^^ large upon sation froai any muniiil^aitjf ' ' "'' '^^""' ""'"^^" ^^'^^ ^^'^ *« ^^'^'lin conipen- pros.!,!;iti!^S':\;'!,£:f.;;;,S';,;^:^^^tSi^f -titled to charg. such fees meases of his jnrisdiction ; a d 1 ^ dl inlt th It ! f "^ ^i' ^'"" *' '^'J '" "^'^"' ^''-^^^^ ^^''t^^i" return in each 'ase o the 'leS- .f H • ""f^ ''\''''^'' ^^^ conviction, and also a the same in a looku:£\,^ttZ^^o:::''^'' "''" '"'" '' '''''' '^ *^ ">*<^^ ' the t^ iJi'tJils'^Jj'Siilil";^;;:;;!''?^' '^^ '}t^ '\ t'^*^« •^'^^">« '* ^^^^^^^^^ that proceeds ther h.7 1 y t s 1 1 tov £ d "Y1'1'""?-'' ^""^ *^''* ^'^*^^ application of the forsuehco,„H.in,yVvlh,vto rhrrtl^^^ < bspenml with it shall be lawful and thereafter, d,L^ thl JonJlilSe '^^ S?X1i?- .^^ 'i^^' "' t"^^'^ = 12 bercd from six to fifteen inclusive, shall have no force or effect in any of the munici- palities within the jurisdiction of such council ; and the moneys collected and paid to the Clerk or Treasurer of any such municipality, under the remaining clauses of this Act, shall be the property of such municipality, and shall be subject to its disposition in like manner as other local taxes. 18. The council of any couiuy or union of counties shall have power, from time to time, to repeal any by law passed under the authority of this Act, and to enact, or reenact any by-law authorized by this Act. BY-LAW No. 69, To repeal certain, Bij-Laivs heretofore in 'use in this Townshi'p to prohibit certain Animals from rinininrj at Large, and to provide for the impound iiuj of Animals in the Toionship of London, and to make regulations respecting matters relative to the impounding of animals. Passed May Ist, 1871. BE it therefore enacted that from and after this By-Law shall come into force no horses, bulls, oxen or rams of any age, nor- steers over two years old, nor any pig whatever shall be permitted to run at large. 2. And be it therefore enacted, that, besides the animals named in the next preceding section, every animal known to be breachy shall be and the same is hereby prohibited from running at large in the said township. 3. And be it enacted, that every Pound-keeper in said township shall provide himself with sufficient yards and enclosures for the safe-keeping of all such animals as shall be his duty to impound. 4. Tlic owner or occujiant of any land shall be responsible for any damage or damages caused by any animal or animals under his charge and keeping, as though such animal or animals were his own proj)erty, and the owner of any animal not permitted to run at large by the regulations of the Municipality, shall be liable for any damage done by such animal, although the fence enclosing the premises was not of the height required by such regulations. 5. If not ]ireviously replevied, the poundkeeper shall impound any horse, bull, ox, cow, sheep, goat, pig, or other cattle, geese or any other poultry, distrained for unlaw- fully running at large, or for trespassing and doing damage, delivered to him for that purpose by any person resident within his division who has distrained the same; or if the owner of any geese or other poultry refuses or neglects to prevent the same from trespassing on his neighbor's premises, after a notice in writing has been served upon him of their trespass, then the owner of such poultry may be brought before any Justice of the Peace, and fined such sum as the Justice may direct. C. When the common pound of the Municipality, or place wherein a distress has been made, is not secure, the Poundkeeper may confine the animal in any inclosed place within the limits of the poundkeeper's division within which the distress was made. 7. The owner of any animal impounded shall at any time be entitled to his ani- mal on demand made therefor without payment of any poundage-fees, on giving satis- factory security to the poundkeeper for all costs, damages and poundage-fees that may be established against him; but the person distraining and impounding the animal shall, at the time of such impounding, deposit poundage-fees, if such be demanded, and within twenty-four hoiurs thereafter deliver to the poundkeeper dui)lieate state- ments in writing of his demands against the owner for damages (if any) not exceeding twenty dollars, done by such animal, exclusive of such poundage-fees, and shall also give his written agreement (with a surety if required by the poundkeeper), iu the form following, or in words to the same effect;— 13 " ^'J^^ ^^' ^^ *h^ c^^ '"^y ^^)! ^0 hereby agree that I, (or we) will pay to the owner of the (describing the animal) by me (A. B.) this day impounded, all costs to which the said owner may be put in case the distress by me, the said A. B., proves to be illegal, or in case the claim for damages now put in by me the said A. B fails to be established." 8, In case the animal distrained is a horse, bull, ox, cow, sheep, goat, pig or other cattle, and if the same is distrained by a resident ot the Township for strayin^^ within his premises, such person, instead of delivering the animal to a poundkeeper, may retain the animal in his own possession, provided he makes no claim for damaires done by the animal, and duly gives the notices hereinafter in that case required of hun; . P- ^f the owner is known to him he shall forthwith give to the owner notice in writing of having taken up the animal; 10. If the ownei be unknown to the person taking up and retaining possession o^ the animal, such person shall, within forty-eight hours, deliver to the Municipal Clerk a notice in writing of having taken up the animal, and containing a description of the color, age and natural and artificial marks of the animal, as near as may be; ., 11- 'J^^^ municipal Clerk, on receiving this notice, shall forthwith enter a copy thereof in a book to be kept by him for that purpose, and shall post the notice lie receives, or a copy thereof, in some conspicuous place on or near the door of his office and continue [the same so posted for at least one week, unless the animal is sooner claimed by the owner; 12 If the animal or any number of animals taken up at the same time be of the value ot ten dollars or more, the distrainer shall cause a copy of the notice to be pub- lished in a newspaper in the County, if one is published therein, and if not, then in a newspaper published m an adjoining County, and to be continued therein once a week lor three successive weeks; 13. Ill case an animal be impounded, notices for the sale thereof shall be given by the poundkeeper or person who impounded the animal within forty-eight hours after- wards, but no pig or })oultry shall be sold till after four clear days, nor any horse or other cattle till after eight clear days from the time of impounding the same; 14. In case the animal be not impounded but is retained in the possession of the party distraining the same, if the animal is a pig, goat or sheep, the notices forlthe sale thereof shall not be given for one month, and if the animal is a horse or other cattle, tJie notices shall not be given for two months after the animal is taken up; 15 The notices of sale may be written or printed, and shall l)c affixed and continu- ed tor three clear successive days, in three public places in tlie Municipality, and shall specify the time and i)]ace at wliieh tlie animal will lie publicly sold, if not sooner replevied or redetMiied by the owner or some one on liis behalf, paying the penalty imposed by law (if any), tlie amount of the injury (if any) claimed or decided to liave been comnutted by tlie animal to the property of the person who distrained it,toc'ether with tlie lawful fees and charges of the poundkeeper and also of the Fence-viewers (if any); and tlie expenses of the animal's keeping; ' '- _ 16. Every poundkeejier, and every person who impounds or confines, or causes to be impounded or conhned, any animal in anv common ixmnd, nr in any oiicn or close pound, or m i.ny enclosed place, shall daily furnish the animal witli good and sufficient tood, water and slieltel-, during the whole time that such animal continues impounded or confined; ^ 17. Every such person wlio furnishes the animal with food, water and shelter mav recover the value thereof from the owner of the animal, and also a reasonable allowance tor his time, trouble and attendance in the premises; 18 The value or allowance as aforesaid may be recovered, with costs, by summarv proceeding bcf..re any Justice of the Peace within whosft;iurisdiction the animal was impounded, in like manner as fines, penalties or forfeitures for the breach of any Au ^ '^^^"^ Munieipality may by law be recovered and enforced by a single Justice ot the 1 eace; and the Justice shallascertain and determine the amount of such value and allowance wnen not otherwise fixed by law, adhering, so far as applicable to the 14 .^"^^"^^'^.""iV^^^^cper's fees aiut charges ti. ^y be established by the By-Laws of the Municipahty; 19. The poundkecper, or person so entitled to proceed, may, instead of such sura- rnary in-occednig, enforce the reniunenition to which he is entitled in manner herein- after mentioned: _ 20. In case it be, by affidavit, proved before one of the Justices aforesaid, to his satisfaction, that all tlie ])roper notices had been duly attixed and published in the manner and for tlie resjiective times above prescribed, then if the owner, or some one for him, does not within the time specified in tlie notices, or before the sale of the animal, rei)Ievy or redeem tlie same in manner aforesaid, the poundkecper who im- pounded tiie ammal, or if tlie person who took up the animal did not deliver such animal to any i)ouiid-keei)er, but retained the same in his own iiossession, then any poundkecper of the Township may publicly sell the animal to the highest bidder, at the time and place mentioned in the aforesaid notices, and after deducting the penalty and the damages (if any), and fees and charges, shall apply the produce in discharge of the value <|f the luod and nourishment, loss of time, trouble and attendance so supiilied aa aforesaid,and of the expenses of driving or conveying and impounding or contiuing the animal, and of the sale and attending the same, or incidental thereto, and of^ the damage, when legally claimable not exceeding twenty dollars, to be ascertained as aforesaid, done by tlie animal to the property of the iierson at whose suit, tlie same was distrained, and shall return the surplus (if any) to the original owner of the animal, or if not claimed by him within three months after the sale, the poundkecper shall pay such surplus to the Treasurer or Chamberlain of and for the use uf the Municipality; 21. If the owner, within forty-eight hours after the delivery of such statements, as provided in the fourth sub-section of this section, disputes the amount of the dama- ges so claimed, the amount shall be decided by tho majority of three Fence- viewers of the Municipality, one to be named by the owner of the animal, one by the person dis- training or claiming damages, and the third by the ])oundkeeper. 22. Such fence-viewers or any two of them shall, within twenty-four hours after notice of their appoiutmeut as aforesaid, view the fence and the ground upon which the animal was found doing damage, and determine whether or not the fence was a lawful one according to the Statutes or By-Laws in that behalf at the time of the trespass; and if it -was a lawful fence, then they shall api)raise the damages committed, and, within twenty-four hours after having made the view, shall deliver to the pound- keeper a written statement signed by at least two of them, of their appraisement, and of their lawful fees and charges. 2:5. Any fence-viewer neglecting his duty as arbitrator as aforesaid, shall incur a penalty of two dollars, to be recovered for the use of the municipality, by summary proceeding before a Justice of the Peace upon the complaint of the party aggrieved, or the Treasurer or ChamVtcrlain of the Municipality; 24. If the fence-viewers decide that the fence was not a lawful one, they shall certify the same in writing under their hands, together with a statement of their law- ful fees to the poundkecper, who shall, upon payment of all lawful fees and charges, deliver su'.-h animal to the owner if claimed before the sale thereof, but if not claimed, or if such fees and charges be not paid, the poundkecper, after due notice, as required by this Act, shall sell the animal in the manner before mentioned at the time and place appointed in the notices; 2."). In case any poundkecper, or person who impounds or confines, or causes to be impounded or confined, any animal as aforesaid, refuses or neglects to iind, provide and supply the animal with good and sufficient food, water and shelter as aforesaid, he shall, for every day during whicli he refuses or neglects, forfeit a sum not less than one dollar nor more than four dollars; 26. Every fine and penalty imposed by this Act may be recovered and enforced, with costs, by summary conviction, under the Summary Convictions Act, before any Justice of the Peace for the County, or of the Municipality in which the ofi'ence was committed; and, in default of payment, the ofiender may be committed to the common jail, house of correction, or lock-up house of such county or municipality, there to be imprisoned for any time, in the discretion of the convicting and committing Justice, 13 iiliiipspsii^ for « nr. > +r ' \^ •^' , ' '^''i" '"'^'^ '^^ "^''^t cattle, the sum of twenty ceuts i)e acli, the Dcr (hv Ami f^r^, -^t- • 1 "''^'■'M'lg ""'icr the a-e of four mr-nths, four -enta as follinvs- i'or t 11^,,; • i ? °' *'""' "'"'', I'"""''!?''!'" shall be allowcl to cli ir-e WILLIAM TAYLOR, ' ' iv n ov.xt T^nship Clerk. . ^-^-^^^L,, AN ACT. . An Act ioprevent the Spreacfrng of Canada Thistles hi Upper Canada. [Assented to 18th September, 18G5 ] AS:^^S^:t^i^A^' '^' '''''^' ^' the Legislative Council and cause fo be cS"dow^;ll"t'c^al'th?J;h^* '^ ^""^'^ ?, ^''''''' ^^^^'^'^^' ^'^ '^^'^ '^ *« every year as .hall 10^,^.1^/?^^^^^^ }Z Sowing thereon, so often in each and divlsioiis, ),}- cuttiiiL- or causL to 1,^ ™t . »l, ?f ,"".'1 ■"",'"■ ""I'?'!"™ liighwcy '-hat where such CanaX tldstl^s fv IZvU ^^ ^''"'^ ''''^ ■T'*'' ,^^"5 l^^^''^^^'! '^'^o necessary to give fyttiS^rS^S^ tT^Ilt r^fhrS'^' ^^' ^'^'^^^ ^^ '^ S^fi;^^tJ:^lf^'^^'^,^'!J^^^^<^^^^ i»-h^^>l^ Railway fuy ibsuuatcu, tj give uutice m wntmg to the Station Master of said Railway .proi)erty 16 resident in or nearest to the said Municipality, requiring him to cause all the Canada thistles growing upon the property of the said Railway Company within the limits of the said Municipality to be cut down as provided for in the first section of this Act, and in case such Station Master shall refuse or neglect to have the said Canada thistles cut dovra within ten davs from the time of service of the said notice, then the Over- seers of Highways of the said Municipality shall enter upon the ])roperty of the said Kailway Company and cause such Canada thistles to be cut down, and the expense incurred in carrying out the provisions of this section shall be provided for in the same manner as in the next following section of this Act. 4th. Each Overseer of Highways shall keep an accurate account of the expense incurred by him in carrying out the provisions of this Act, with respect to each parcel of land entered upon therefor, and shall deliver a statement of such expense, des- cribing by its legal description the land entered upon, and verified by oath, to the owner, possessor, or occupier of such resident lands, re(iuiriug him to pay the amount; in case such owner, possessor, or occupier of such resident lands shall refuse or neglect to pay the same within thirty days after such application, the said claim shall be presented to the Municipal Council of the Corporation in which such expense was incurred, and the said Council is hereby authorised and required to credit and allow such claim', and order the same to be paid from the funds for general purposes of the said Municipality; the said Overseer of Highways shall also present to the said Council a similar state- ment of the e^ipenses incurred by him in carrying out the provisions of the said section upon any non-resident lands; and the said Council is hereby authorised and empowered to audit and allow the same in like manner; Provided always that if any owner, occupant, or possessor, amenable under the provisions of this Act shall docm such expense excessive, an appeal may be had to the said Council (if made within thirty days after delivery of such statement) and the said Council shall determine the matter in dispute. 5th. The Municipal Council of the Corporation shall cause all such sums as have been so paid under the provisions of this Act to be severally levied on the lands des- cribed in the statement of the Overseers of Highways and to be collected in the same manner as other taxes; and the same when collected shall be paid into the Treasury of the said Corporation to reimburse the outlay therefrom aforesaid. fith. Any person who shall knowingly vend any grass or other seed among which there is any seed of the Canada thistle, shall for every such oflence, upon conviction, be liable to a fine of not less tlian two nor more than ten dollars. 7th. Every Overseer of Highways or other officer who shall refuse or neglect to discharge th3 duties imposed on him by this Act shall be liable to a fine of not less than ten nor more than twenty dollars. 8th. Every offence against the provisions of this Act shall be punished, and the penalty liereby enforced for each oft'ence shall be recovered and levied, on conviction, before any Justice of the Peace; and all fines imposed sliall be paid into the Treasury of the Municipality in which such conviction takes jjlace. AN ACT. An Act to Amend the Act Chapter Forty, Twenty-nine Victoria, entitled " An Act to prevent the spreading of Canada thidles in Uj^per Canada. I^ented to 23rd January, 1869.] WHEREAS, it is desirable to amend the Act relating to the spread of Canada Thistles in Tipper Canada; Therefore, Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative A^embly of Ontario, enacts as follows: — 1. Notwithstanding anything in the said ^ contained, it shall not be lawful for any overseer of highways to enter upon any W the duties therein imposed, without 17 haying first obtained authority from the municipal corporations of which he is an oftlcer. % It shall be lawful for all municipal corporations in the Province of Ontario to authorise the carrying out of the provisions of the said Act. BY-LAW No. 70, To imthorize any 'person ivhom the Council may think proper, to send for aud take such timber, gravel, stone or other material as may he necessary for making and keeping in repair any road or highivay within the Tmvnship of London. Passed May 1st, 1871. WHEKEAS it is necessary to authorize roadmasters and others within the township to enter into any farm an That all Lie JWPssued tinder theauthontyof this By-law shall be in hill force from' thp date thereof ttntilihe last day of February theii next ensuing, and no longer, fi That every person ©trtaining such Lioeuse. »» aioieBaw, ror chc kcepiu-j ui an Inn, Tavern, or other House, where wines and spirituous or fermented liquors may cr 19 shall he floW, to be (l;ank tlicicin, shall pay for «uch Li'^rasc the mm of Twcnty-oiie Dollars, with the Imperial duty. 7. That any jierson obtaininft a License for any Temperance House or Hotel, shall pay for such License the sum of Twenty -one Dollars, with the Imiwnal duty. 8. That any person ai)r)lying for a Shop License shall pay the sum of Thirty-Eight Dollars, with the Imperial duty. !) That any person or persons who sliall keep an Inn within the said Towushij, for the sale of Spirituous Liquors, or for the sale of Beer or Cider, or Liquors not spir- ituous, or any House, Temperance House or Hotel, for the accommodation ot Iravel- lers or others; without first having obtained a License therefor, as in the preceding clauses mentioned, shall, upon conviction thereof, before a Magistrate of the County, forfeit and be liable to be fined, in accordance with the Statute therein provided. 10. That every person obtaining a license for any of the purposes aforesaid, shall observe and keep the following Rules and Regulations : Ist.— Not to allow immoderate drinking. 2nd -To keep the doors and shutters of every bar-room closed on the Sabbath day, and to allow no liquor to be drank or given away to any penson whatever; to Ije shut at 7 o'clock on Saturday evening, and not opened till six o clock a.m. Monday. 3rd.— Not to allow any gaming at dice, cards, or otherwise in his house, or any place adjoining. 4th.— To provide for the use of travellers, L'ratis, adjoining the house, a good and sufficient shed, to admit sleighs and wagons,with a feeding trough therein, and to liavo good stabling for four pair of horses, and lock-ui. barn lor the safe keeping of horses, carriages, wagons, and to have at all times in attendance some ht person to take charge of the same, and to have a good well or pump in the most convcnicut place. .-)th —To have at least four good bod-rooms, with good beds ; one sitting room and a bar- room in his house, exclusive of the rooms which arc (jccupied and used by the inn-keeper, or keeper of other house, as above mentioned, and las family, tliese requi- sites to be always on hand. (ith. —To suffer no riotous or disorderly cnnduct about his house.^ 7th"— To allow no exhibition of wax figures, puppet sliows, wirtM)r rope dancing, circus riding, or mountebank, or wild animal exhibition, or other performance or ex u- bition of a similar character, in or about his house, unless the party or parties so exhi- biting^ or intending to exhibit, shall first ])roduce a certificate, authorizmg such exhibi- tion to take place, from the Reeve of the Township, according to by-law. WM. TAYLOR, WM. RYAN, Clerk. I^^-^v^- I ,'?7V,