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BY-LAWS 
 
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 COUNTY of WENT WORTH, 
 
 REVISED AND CONSOLIDATED 
 
 BY OEDER OF THE COUNCIL. 
 
 IN THE YEAR 1803. 
 
 ALEXANDER BROWN, ESQ., WARDEN. 
 
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 » DUNDAS : 
 
 PRINTID BY 4AMIB BOMinviLL*. AT Tllg " Tfit'l tAHH'"'' "-■ 
 
 1863. 
 
 ■■=, MAIS St. 
 
LIST OF BY-LAWS 
 
 OF THE 
 
 GORE DISTRICT COUNCIL. 
 
 No. 
 
 «. 
 
 10. 
 II. 
 
 12. 
 1.1. 
 14. 
 
 ir., 
 
 10. 
 17. 
 
 Tnxtig Wild Lands. Repealed by No. 3. 
 
 .Mrtkinp:, nltering, mid improving Roada and liiidcci 
 allowed. 
 
 Hopra ing Xo, I, nnd imposing a tax on laud. 
 Si,. 127. 
 
 D1.S- 
 Repeuled hy 
 
 Regulating expendi'iirc of monies raised nnder tlic Wild Land 
 
 Assessment Law. Repealed by liy-law No. I(i7. 
 Tor the apportionment of Statute Labor. 
 For the pr.yment of Salai ies of District Officers. R-xpired. 
 To provide a Common Seal for the Council. Expired. 
 
 AppropriatinerXfiOO as a sinking fund to pay off the debts of 
 the District. Repealed by liy-law No.' 127. 
 
 For crectinp School Houses in West Flamboro.' Rene led bv 
 No. 17. I J 
 
 Altering the centre road in Kast Flamboro.' 
 
 To determine the number of Councillors to go out of ullicc in 
 
 1H43, lH.t4, and 1845. Expired. 
 Assessing under the School Act for 1842. Expired. 
 For altering Flamboro' Street, 
 
 For increasi g the Clsrk's Salary. Rei.ealed by \o. 21. 
 For laying out a Rond in Beverly. 
 For erecting the Sixteen Milo Creek Itridge. Expired, 
 
 Repealing No. i», and assessing School Division) in West Flam- 
 boro.' Expired. 
 
 18, For Hlterintf a Roud in Trnfn 
 
 lsa.T. 
 
 lis.! 
 
IV. 
 
 Xo 19 
 20 
 21 
 
 '22 
 23. 
 
 24. 
 25. 
 
 2';. 
 
 2 7. 
 
 28. 
 
 29. 
 
 30. 
 
 31. 
 
 32. 
 
 33. 
 
 34. 
 
 35. 
 
 3o. 
 
 37. 
 
 38. 
 
 39. 
 
 40. 
 
 41. 
 42. 
 43. 
 
 44. 
 
 45. 
 
 46. 
 
 47. 
 43. 
 49. 
 60. 
 61. 
 62. 
 
 To make a Road in Puslinch. 
 • For remunerating Townsbip officers. Expired 
 
 '''''''X^:^^;^''' '^' "-^"^' -^- to District 
 
 peuled by No. 199. ^ ^^ ' ''"" "^ -^ <^ '^''^"se re- 
 
 For paying^off tl.e debt upon the IG Mile Creek Badge. Ex- 
 
 ^^^"'Z.Sl.,^. {«> .-P-ting a Road in Tra^^igar. 
 
 For opening a Road in Binbrook. 
 
 For altering a road allowance in Binbrook. Amended by No. 78 
 
 For building a Bridge in Saltfleet. Expired. 
 
 For altering a Road in Puslincli. 
 
 For opening a Road in Puslincb. 
 
 For altering a Road allowance in Milton. 
 
 For erecting a Bridge in East Flaraboro'. E.xpired 
 
 For building a Bridge across Stouey Creek. Expired 
 
 Granting £400 for improving Roads and Bridges Expired 
 
 Amending No. 23. Repealed by No. 117. 
 
 For opening a Road in East Flamboro'. 
 
 For altering a Road in Dumfries. 
 
 For altering a Road in Barton. 
 
 For erecting a Bridge acrois Dundas Creek Expired 
 
 ^" " ExjK'°" ''""''*' ^'•''^''' •'■^ ^''« Governor's "Road.- 
 
 Taxing for School Houses. Amended by No. 44 Expired 
 
 Jor repairing a Road in Ilalton. Expired. 
 
 For opening a Road in Nelson. 
 
 For amending Bv-law No 4i r»ii>i!„» *„ 4 • 
 
 B j^ »aw xMo. 41, relative to taxing for School 
 
 Houses. Expired. 
 For building a School House in Ancaster. Expired 
 For building Bridges over Fairchild's Creek. Expired 
 For altering a road in Dumfries. 
 Assessing a School District in Beverly. Expired 
 Imposing penalties for obstructing Highways. 
 Assessing under School Act for 1843. Expired 
 
 Providing appendages tor School Houses in Dundas, Expired. 
 For repairing a bridge in Nelson. Expired. 
 
No. 14. Ki- 
 
 •3 to District 
 
 Iiways. The 
 ■ d cliiuse re- 
 
 [3:idge. Ex- 
 
 1 Trafulgai'. 
 
 Jdby No. 78. 
 
 1. 
 
 Expired. 
 
 's Kouil. — 
 xpired. 
 
 or School 
 
 E-tpired. 
 
 No 53. 
 54. 
 55. 
 5S. 
 
 57. 
 
 as. 
 
 59. 
 60. 
 61. 
 62. 
 
 63. 
 61. 
 65. 
 60. 
 67. 
 68. 
 
 69. 
 70. 
 
 Tl. 
 
 72. 
 73. 
 74. 
 
 75. 
 
 7(3. 
 
 77. 
 
 78. 
 
 79. 
 
 81. 
 
 82. 
 
 83. 
 
 84. 
 
 85. 
 
 86. 
 
 87. 
 
 88. 
 
 63. 
 
 Assessing a School District iu Easi Flamboro.' 
 For opening a Road in Puslinch. 
 For opening a Road in Nassagaweya. 
 For building a School House in Dumfries. Expired. 
 For altering a Road in Glanford. 
 For building a Bridge over 12 Mile Crcelt. Expired. 
 For expending £25 on a Road in Nassngaweya. Expired. 
 For expending £35 for a Road in Beverly. Expired. 
 For improving the Mile Creek Hills in Waterdown. Expired. 
 For remunerating Richard Moore for a loss sustained by him in 
 altering a road to run across his land. Repealed by 
 
 Granting £40 for improving a Road in Trafalgar. Expired. 
 Granting £8 for a Sidewalk in Hamilton. Expire;?. 
 Granting £40 for building a bridjre over the Marsh. Expired. 
 For ericting a School House in West Flamboro.' Expired. 
 For assessing School Districts in Puslinch. Expired. 
 Fur providing Fuel, &c., for Ancaster School Districts Ex- 
 1111 ed. 
 
 For assessing a School District in E.ist Flamboro.' Expired. 
 
 To erect School Houses in Brantford. Amended by No P8 _ 
 Expired. 
 
 Granting £200 for a road in West Flamboro.' Expired. 
 
 For building a bridge across tlip Sixteen Mile Creek. Expired. 
 
 For altering a road in Esquesing. Amended by No. 1 19. 
 
 Fur opening a road in Brant. 
 
 To open a road in SalKleet. Amended by No. 63, [Wennvorth 
 
 and Halton.] 
 Imposing penalties for trespassing on Sidewalks in Palermo. 
 For erecting a bridge in Esquesing. Expired. 
 Amending No. 27, respecting a road in Biubiook. 
 To open a road in East Flamboro.' 
 To alter a road in Barton. 
 To open a road in Beverly. 
 To alter a road in Dumfries. 
 
 Providing for the erection of a bridge in i!,squeslng. Expired. 
 To improve a road in Halton. Expired. . 
 To alter a road in Puslinch. 
 For building a bridge in Puslinch. Expired. 
 To open a rond in Barton. 
 To open a road between Glanford and Blnbrook. 
 
Vf. 
 
 •Vo DO 
 01. 
 02. 
 Oli. 
 04. 
 05. 
 OC. 
 07. 
 08. 
 09. 
 100- 
 ]0I. 
 102. 
 103. 
 104. 
 105. 
 10(3. 
 107. 
 108. 
 109. 
 110. 
 III. 
 
 E.xj)ire(i. 
 
 112 
 113 
 lU. 
 
 115. 
 110. 
 
 117 
 US. 
 
 no. 
 
 120. 
 
 121. 
 122. 
 
 To open a road in Onondaga. 
 
 To open a road in Nei-on. 
 
 To erect a Bri^lge at tl.c .Alarsh. Expired 
 
 I roviding a 3alr.r, for the Clerk. Repealed bv X-^ ro 
 Asses-ing lands. ^ ".>•>.. i-.o. 
 
 Altering i. road in Ka.ssagaweya. 
 Altering n road in Nelson. 
 
 Altering a road in Esqufsing. 
 Altering P ->adin Nelson. " 
 
 ToopenaroadinlJranifurd. 
 To open a ro.id in Glanford. 
 
 To alter a road in East Flamboro ' 
 
 To expend £25 on the Ih-ock Road. Expired 
 
 i o assess under the Sehool Act for 1844. Expired • 
 
 Jo open aroad.h Beverly and Puslinch. 
 lo ojien a ro;id in Beverly. 
 
 To erect a bridge in Sal ifleet. Expired 
 To open a road in 'us! inch. 
 
 To improve thelitis near 10 Jlile Creek 
 Tounprovearondinl'uslinch. E.xpired 
 
 To assess Onondaga under the School Act for 1844 r • , 
 To alter the S .laries, .tc, of certain T , "'f'"''^' 
 
 rogulafe tie m'ode of pa " "n? of ^'i"" °^''''' "^"^ '" 
 the respective Colle^to'rr/l the D st^i^t Tr'^"'"^ '■•^• 
 To open a rjad in Beverly. '"« ^'Stuct Treasury. 
 
 To altera roMd in Xassngaweva. 
 
 '' !».: s;^ -IT' r c"= - 
 
 Prov,ai,,,, ,„,-„,„„,„ e.,„„, .„, T..-„i„p i«„„, ,.^. 
 
 >'o. 2, nVent^orth and Ilalton 1 ' ''^■' '^ 
 
 AmendiigNo. 73,foraroadinEsques'ing 
 
 -^-;-- -'^^^ unaer By-La. No. 94. Replied 
 
 To open n piece of Road in Barton. 
 To open n road in East Flamboro'. 
 
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vri. 
 
 -Vo. 12.3 
 
 130. 
 
 124 
 12J 
 
 12G 
 127 
 128, 
 129, 
 KiO. 
 131. 
 132. 
 
 '.33. 
 
 134. 
 
 135. 
 
 13 J. 
 
 137. 
 
 13?. 
 
 13;). 
 
 U'l. 
 
 141. 
 
 142. 
 
 143. 
 
 141. 
 
 14J. 
 
 MO. 
 
 147. 
 
 US. 
 
 IVJ. 
 iJO. 
 101. 
 152. 
 
 153. 
 154. 
 
 155. 
 
 To provide Salaries for District and Towusliip iSupenntf i.ccr.ts. 
 
 Ilepealed by No. 147. 
 To open a Road in Brantford. 
 To repeal By-Law Xo. 62, and to allow Rkhiud Mori- lo .-.vi.ii 
 
 himself of By-Law .No. 117. 
 To levy and collect Taxes in Scucca and Oneida. 
 . To raise and levy taxes for 1845. Kxi)ircd. 
 . Amending liy-Law .\o. 70. 
 
 . To raise money by Debentures to p.iy off debts cf ihr Di.tnct 
 . Increasing the Clerk's Salary. RepeaKU by .\o. 14 7. 
 To ojjcn a lload in Nassagaweya. 
 
 For opening a Road in Brantford and Seneca. Aincn i«d bv 
 Xo. 150. 
 
 To remunerate John Applcgarth for Lund taken for a I>,ad in 
 i-ast i lamboro'. 
 
 Imposing a Tax upon Dogs. Repealed by .No. 21, W. ■.:ud II. 
 
 To open a road in Oneida. 
 
 To oi)en a Road in Nelson and Na.^sagawcya. 
 
 To open a Road iu Seneca. 
 
 To Assess under School Act for 1845. K.vpiied. 
 
 To appropiiato Trees, Timber, and .Siones on I'ublic llit'li«;,v. 
 
 To establish a Road in Oneida. 
 
 To ojien a Road iu Beverly. 
 
 To open a Road in Seneca. 
 
 To open the t'oncessiou in front of the Cmrt Iluu.<e. 
 
 To open a Road to descend the .Moiiiiiain, in Baiton. 
 
 Ta.xing for the current year. K.xjiircd. 
 
 To open a Road iu Beverly. 
 
 Providing ,,ayment for District and Township Ofii,.r>_ 
 Amended by No. 1' ' 
 
 To remunerate persons ih ■. .uford for land lal.m t\n .. Kua.i 
 Expired. 
 
 For altering Roads ia Trafalgar. 
 
 For opening a Road in Cayuga. 
 
 For erecting a Toll Bridge at Wutcrdown. 
 
 F.ir erecting three bridges iu Tr.ilalgar. Kxi.ircd. 
 
 For altering a Jtoad in Esquesing, 
 
 To aUer a line of Road established by l!y-Law No 7" 
 
 ing the o])euiug of a Road in'Saltfleet. * 
 To assess under the School Act for 1810. h-.X] ircd. 
 
 reft K:t- 
 
 H ilvad in Dumfiies. 
 
y 
 
 virr. 
 
 -Vo 157 
 
 158 
 
 liJO. 
 Itfl. 
 
 102. 
 
 ii;4 
 
 165 
 
 10(5 
 107. 
 
 los. 
 
 i09. 
 
 170. 
 171. 
 172. 
 1 7;^. 
 171. 
 
 I -t',. 
 I7J. 
 
 177. 
 
 178. 
 
 )79. 
 
 ISO. 
 
 181. 
 
 182. 
 
 183. 
 184. 
 
 rn.pos.ng p.na!t.es on persons locking thdr waggons con>in, 
 down Stoney Creek Mountain, in Sal.fleet 
 
 • ^PP°'"t'nff places for holding Township Meetings. Expired 
 For opening a Road in Nassagaweya. 
 To open a Road in IJrantford. 
 
 oupcnntendent. 
 Providing ^•4,500 for ,„acadan,i^i„g ,he road between John 
 
 I3.nklc3'3andDunda3. Amended l.y No. 204 
 Assessing, School Sections for .he purpose of building School 
 
 llou.sc.'?. Amended by \o 179. 
 To erect a bridge iu Trafalgar. Expired 
 ''" '"Xt^i^""' " Nassagaweya and Xelson. Amended 
 To open a Road in Seneca. 
 To authorize the E.rpenditurc of Monies raised under the W!U 
 
 For altering a Road in Di.mfrieq 
 
 To provide a S:Iary for the Warden. Disallowed, 
 i.ixing for tlie current year. Expired. 
 A.ssessing under School Act for 1847. ' Expired 
 To remunerate District Councillors. 
 Compelling owners of Land to cut down T!mi,p. 
 
 ^rithin25f5.etofanyHigln4y " '' «''°^"'S 
 
 To open a Road in Dumfries. 
 
 Providing^ .Ml,e pa. ment of interest on X'4,500.. raised und.r 
 
 "'^''^iSi^'SSKr^aS------ 
 
 ""'"' '"Sen."'"'" ''^"*" '^"^"•^""•^'^ °f "^^"""^"^ of tl;e 
 Assessing for the erection of School Houses. Expired 
 
 '° '"\:ti^n'^i!te;^r ""^°"'^^ --'-^ '^^ ^-e- 
 '"""'^^^^r^m^ii-ii-^r^'""^"-'--- 
 
 Apportioning , he District into Enumeration Divisions and 
 appointing Enumerators. i^i'iaions, ana 
 
 To open a Road in Nelson. 
 
 Providing for tlu:ce poor persons in Barton. Expired. 
 
IX. 
 
 Amendfd 
 
 So 185. 
 
 186. 
 187. 
 
 188. 
 189. 
 190. 
 191. 
 
 192. 
 193. 
 194. 
 195. 
 
 100. 
 
 197. 
 
 198. 
 
 199. 
 
 200. 
 
 201. 
 
 202." 
 
 203. 
 
 20 t. 
 
 205. 
 
 206. 
 
 207. 
 208. 
 
 109. 
 
 210 
 210 B, 
 211. 
 
 212. 
 213. 
 214. 
 315. 
 216. 
 
 ■Exempting certain persons from taxation for erodiiiir a School 
 House in Binbrook. 
 
 . For cutting a drain through Jlr William Biiiklcy's land. 
 For the improvement of loads. Amended l,y .\os 73 iinJ 
 81, W. and H. '^ 
 
 Assessing School Sections. Amended by No 202. 
 To regulate the places for holding Township Meetings. 
 Establishing a Road in Tuscarora. 
 
 To alter the period of holding the Sessions of the Council 
 Amended by No. 241. 
 
 For the payment of Salaries. E.vpired. 
 
 Amending By-Law No. 25. 
 
 Amending By-Law No. 1C5. 
 
 To iroproTe the rc.<id leading from Hamilton to Stonev Creek 
 Amended by No. 210, B. asd by No. 9, \V, and H. 
 
 To amend By-Law No. 181. 
 
 To provide for ilie e.Tpen^es of the current year. Expire 1. 
 
 For tne payment of Salaries. Expired. 
 To amend By-Law No. 23. 
 
 For tiie commutation of Statute Labor in Caledonia. 
 Assessing for Schools. Amended by No. 210. K.^inred. 
 To Assess for the er ction of School Houses. E.'spired. 
 For Electing Township Officers for Anoaster. E.ipired. 
 To amend By-Law No. 1 1;2. 
 To open a Road in Dumfries. 
 
 Appointing Commisaionrrs for the Dun las andBiiiklfr Road 
 
 Repealed by No. 1, VV. and H. 
 To es'ablish Ri ads. 
 
 Providing for the contingent expenses of tiie Council Ex- 
 pired. 
 
 Establishing a Road between Binbrook and Senec.x, and also 
 between Anoaster and tl.a Townships of Onondaga 
 and Brantford. Amended by No. 73, W. and H. 
 
 To amend By-Law No. 201. 
 
 To amend By-Law No. 195. 
 
 Making provision for the Collection o; Taxes. Amended bj 
 No. 4, W. and H. 
 
 To lay out Roads. 
 
 To raise money for tie Duidas and Binkley Road, 
 
 To Assess for the erection of School Houses, &c. Expired 
 
 Establisliing the Warden's Salary. 
 
 To ensure the due attendance of the District Officers. 
 
X. 
 
 Xo. -JIT. 
 
 21 a. 
 
 220. 
 
 221. 
 
 222. 
 223. 
 
 224. 
 
 225. 
 
 22U. 
 227. 
 
 O • > • - 
 
 229. 
 2.10. 
 
 2:ji. 
 2;t2. 
 2;i3. 
 
 2:!4. 
 2JJ. 
 
 2;i.j. 
 
 2!7. 
 
 2;n>. 
 
 240. 
 
 241. 
 
 212. 
 
 2t;). 
 244 
 243. 
 2»i}, 
 
 To remunerate pftrtic3 for losses sustained bj the c'omjiletion 
 of ilie IJiukley uud Uuudas Iload. E.xpircd. 
 
 To ngiiliite the iihices for holding the Township Meetioga. 
 Amended by No. 242. 
 
 Tor i)nying the Enumerators. Expired. 
 
 To alltr a Road in Ijrantford. 
 
 To enable tlie Co'incil to take Stock in the Trafalgar, Efquc?- 
 
 ing, and Erin Jtoud Company, and issue Debenturti 
 
 fur tlie same. Repealed by No 18, W. and II. 
 To al cr a Road in Oneida. 
 Transferring the duties of |)repnring the Assessment ard Cn\- 
 
 lectors' RoUi fr^m the Clerk of the I'eaee to iLe 
 
 Uirtrici Clerk. 
 
 Assessing for Schools. Expired. 
 
 Tor stopping Up certain Roads, and allowing certain perse as 
 to occujiy them. 
 
 T ) provide for the id.sue of District Debentures. 
 
 Providing for tlie expenses ot the current year. ErpircU. 
 
 To open a road in Onondaga. 
 
 For the payment of Salaries. Lx|iircd. 
 
 To a!tcr a Road in West Fhucboro'. 
 
 To o,.cn a Roal in I'lamboro' East. 
 
 To open u Road iii Ilruntford. 
 
 To open a Road in Ononihiga. 
 
 For fstablishing a Road in Tuscarora and Oneida. 
 
 Assesiin;; for ScliooLs. Expired. 
 
 To ojien a Ujad in Ulanford. 
 
 Tii o|ieu a Road in Itr.mtfoid. 
 
 Til o|i. u (I Road in Seneca. 
 
 To oiien a Road in (jianford. 
 
 To connect the road allowance in front of the lOih Conces- 
 sion of Dumfries witli that in front of the 0th Con. 
 of lieverly. 
 
 To iilter tlie time of holding tlie second session of the Coun- 
 cil. E.Npircd. 
 
 Appointing the place for holding the next Town Meeting for 
 Dumfries. Expired. 
 
 Assessing for repairs o( School Houses. Expired 
 
 Appointing a Colhctor for Onon laga. Expired. 
 
 Extending a Road in Onondaga. 
 
 To coiiliini 11 j/riuit 'jfp'.ut of ti" !'!"! Roud. leiitli!!' fr;!!!! !!:!!•.= 
 das to (iiiilph. lu Jiinies Jolee, in lieu of lund taken 
 fruui him to form [ art of the new Macudauii^ed lioaU. 
 
XI. 
 
 No. '.i Granting to .)nl,ii Tidwlniilge, of Aiicnsltr, n piirt of tiic oi(i 
 Moliiiwk KoiiJ, ill lieu of liiiiil |.'iviti hv liimfor a rouJ. 
 
 241 To open ft lloiul in liinbrook. 
 
 219 To unitP Tniiciirora to Oaoudagft. tlciiealej by No. U, 
 
 {\V. & II.) 
 i,")') To open ft Koiiil in Ititiliiook, 
 2J1 To diviile ..diuiii Town-liips into Uara! Wiinli. 
 
LIST OF BY-LAWS 
 
 or 
 
 I 
 
 WENTWORTII d: HALTON. 
 
 No 
 
 1 Appointing Commissioners to the Dundas and Hinkley Hoiul. 
 
 Amended by Nu. 29. 
 
 2 Assessing for tlie year. Expired. 
 
 :i Eiialtling tlie Muuicipaiitiei to appoint Patlimaslcra. ItepcHl- 
 eU by No. .10. 
 
 •t To extend tlie (im« for Collectora to pay-Tiixi's. Amei.dcd 
 by No. 31. Iteiiealed by No. 41. 
 
 To empower tlie Directors of the Stoney Creeii Uuud to cni- 
 
 idoy an Engineer. 
 8 To incorporate the Village or Ancaster. 
 
 7 Altering the Road down the Mountain, bolwoou Eist und 
 West Eluinboro'. 
 
 Uepealed liv 
 
 Appointing a time for the meetings of Council. 
 No. 27. 
 
 9 Amending By-Law No. 195 (O. D. C). Amended by Xo 29 
 
 10 To regulate the duties of the Tri-asurer, and estrtblLsh the 
 
 amount oi security to be given by him. 
 
 11 To adopt a Common Seal for the Council. Amended bv 
 
 No. 41. 
 
 12 Imposing a Tai on Absentee or Wild Land. 
 
 13 Ilclating to tie Clerk's Salary. Amended by No. 33. 
 
 14 UepeAling Dy-law No. 240, (O. D. C.) 
 
 16 Enabling the Warden to meet disbursements. Expired 
 
1^1 
 
 XI v. 
 
 "ie«t. Expire.). ' "■^"' '■"' """'Is from Govcrn- 
 sJ.U •"' ' '""i'«"!«'3. Repealed by 
 
 f»r the iinic. ^""1'"'.^ ""i to issue Debentiin 
 
 "■'1 To luitlini-ue the issue of U 
 
 .h 
 rea 
 
 "•iitiiro-i r.ir rro,„r,,i p„rposod. 
 
 ■ T,,,.opoal,i,.nuvsXos.,M,.,,d,., n; DC) ' 
 
 ;^ |;H,ni..,o,I,eT,.ea3un...sS,,,.,.v. K,,.ealod 1,, X,, T. 
 . -la,,,,. ,0 the Clerk's Sal,.,v. l!,,„.,.,od l,v No 7, ' 
 
 ■ ''^^ "'^--^-ction o,U,.ad. I- ovi ;..,„ extended hv 
 
 2.' To remMMera;e C<M.„cill,.r.. R.poal.d l,v Vo ,r 
 
 2" '■'"n,.,-ovetl,eG,volandCo„n Hon... 'Kxidred' 
 
 U I..,.,hel.e,,o,.,„ana«enu.,„„r,h,.f v d.I... nercaledl, 
 
 2^ ^Vl''>\uUnsr,nnuu.,U,n,,,,,rju.uU. Repealed ..• Vo 4^ 
 
 n. '•> -,e.„,.,.H,ne for, •.„,.„.,, ,„„„,,,^^^ ,,^^^^^_,^^^ , ^ 
 
 '■' '''^ -!'';;'-\'l'0 >^alane. of r ....moors. .V„n.„ded .,. 
 
 •>|'^. I.I and i:;j. 
 -^ I'ermitt:-,. Va.han Jhnv.Il and . llira,., On 
 
 poll ions ofDiiiidas Street. 
 
 ■'i\Vnm to close up 
 
 •■ 1 To huild ft llridge across the Mil,. Kxpired 
 
 ;«■; '-'• opening up a.Kli,np..ovi„.l!,,,.is. Repealed I, v Vu 4s 
 
 3. A,.3es.,iug tor Schools. K.Kplred. ^ •>«. 4.^. 
 
 •'T Vonrlv Asse.ssmcnt. Ktpin-d 
 
 " ■'■"■'"t.i'^HlSr'i:!;;';,:"' ■"■'" -» "■'« 
 
 " """"VIS ""'" ""•■' ""-"■■ < ■•■'■I "J Itar-on. 
 
 4'» I'or the l.i.ttcr mana 
 
 gonieiit of the (^,unfy debt. 
 
 41 ToamendHv-lawN-o. 11. .tepcM bv Xo. 0: 
 "^ '^I'poiMlinjr Commissioners oflJond* 
 
 '' "" cn' "«.,',::,S"„:'t','"?," »"'" ""™' «''■"■• 
 
XV. 
 
 I from (JoTcrn- 
 
 Repcalcd by 
 
 in llic CJiiolph 
 le liebontiires 
 
 piiriiospj. 
 i' No. 75. 
 
 , 7.r 
 
 extendeJ hr 
 
 .mj (if Coun- 
 
 Iti'priilrd ly 
 
 'y .Va. 4.'. 
 Ijili Koa.i, — 
 
 Kcpoaleil l._v 
 
 iiiU'iiiii'i! 1,7 
 
 to close up 
 
 'v -Vo. 4!S. 
 
 "HI lint iifa 
 111 Barton. 
 
 of PoDf). 
 
 ud fur ths 
 
 i 
 
 .No 45 
 4i5 
 47 
 
 4S 
 43 
 
 50 
 
 51 
 52 
 53 
 
 54 
 55 
 SG 
 
 57 
 
 58 
 59 
 CO 
 
 CI 
 
 62 
 63 
 
 34 
 
 63 
 
 or. 
 
 C7 
 C3 
 69 
 
 70 
 71 
 
 72 
 
 To provide for the payment of Jurors. Repealed by .Vo. 114. 
 
 To authorize the ?ale of tlie Beaslcy property. 
 
 To provide for the publication of ihe Receipts, E-xpendlturc 
 
 and Liabilities of the United Counties. » 
 
 To repeal By-law No. 35, respecting the improveircnt of Roa,l<. 
 To amend By-law No. 39, granting money for a Road between 
 
 (jilanford and Barton. E.xpircd. 
 
 To provide for the payment of Grand Jurors. Repealed by 
 No. 114. ' ■' 
 
 To assist in erecting a Bridge over the Grand River. Expired, 
 
 Assessing for Scimols. E.xpired. 
 
 To authorize the Townsiiip Council of Burford to open the 
 
 Road between Burford and Windham. 
 To e.'ctend the provisions of By-law No. 24, respecting R.ads. 
 Yearly Assessment. Expired. 
 
 Granting money fo Municipalities for County Roads and 
 Hndges. Expired. 
 
 To set offthe County of iralton for the purposes of a Counir 
 
 Hoard ot Public Instruction. 
 To correct an error in By-law No. 55. Expired. 
 To repeal By-law No. 3 ; nnd 4th and 5th cl.iuses of No 7 
 To raise X5000 for erecting a Prison, and improving tl,o 
 
 present Court House. Amended by No. 82. 
 To improve the Highway over the Twelve Mile Creek llilU 
 
 on Diindas Street, and to construct a Bridge over said 
 
 To repeal By-law No. 41, respecting a Common Seal. Expired 
 To amend By-law No. 75 (G D C), respecting a Road in 
 Halttleet. Amended by No. CO. 
 
 To establish the Rnnd down the mountain, between East Bnl 
 VVest Flamboro'. 
 
 Granting money to Municipalities for improving County Roadi 
 
 and Bridges. Expired. 
 To amend By-law No. C3. 
 School Assessment. Expired. 
 Yearly Assessment. Expired. 
 
 To a'nc'jdjjy-law No. .30, respecting the Toronto and G.elpl, 
 To impose a^duty on Hawkers and Pedlars. Repealed by 
 
 To regulate the Tolls on the Dundas and Binkley Road. Re- 
 
 pealed by No 83. 
 To raise mnnev for 
 
 !??mror!nc 
 
 „, , ' „. '• '■" ^'"S'l and tr;n-tructink( It 
 
 Bridge over the Twelve Mile Creek, on Uundas Street. 
 
Mr 
 
 XVI. 
 
 -Vo. 7: 
 
 74 
 
 7(3. 
 
 78 
 
 7a 
 
 80 
 
 81 
 
 82 
 83 
 
 To repeal the last clauses of Rv lo-, >• 
 
 (G D C). «y-law3 Ua 187 and 20f>. 
 
 Altering the time for holding tbererrnl^.. • 
 
 iiepealed Uy So 109 ° sessions of C„„ncil. 
 
 To amend By-law No 32 
 
 Vearly Assessment. Expired. 
 School Assessment. Expired 
 
 pealed by No 02. """*^ *"" Binkley Road. Re- 
 
3 187 and 20r). 
 ions of Cmncil 
 
 proving County 
 
 LIST OF BY-LAWS 
 
 OF THE 
 
 he Twelre Mil,, 
 
 Paris and Dun- 
 
 nprovement of 
 
 n of a Prison 
 7 Road, lie- 
 
 COUNTY of WENTWOHTfL 
 
 f;o 
 
 84 To adopt a Common Seal for tl,c Council. 
 ^'> To amend liT-liw IVn 70 ;r^.^„^- 
 
 Repealed bv No i \7 !"' ' '"'' '' "^^■^^"^ '^^- 
 
 8/ bcliool Assessment. Exj.ired 
 
 SB I'"n.itt..,^.j™e. He.op ,o close up a portion of old Hond on 
 
 89 Yearly Assessment. Expired. 
 
 90 To amend further Rv-I.iii- Wr, ta 
 
 Hepe.,]ed J/lI'o ,u ' ''°"''""'"« "nwkor.s, A,.,_ 
 
 II ?;'';';;.'^ !^ «'«'fe'« at .1.0 Marsh. Repealed l.y .Vo 03 
 9 Lstabhshtn, Tolls on the Dundas and Ifinklev Road 
 
 94 Estabhsh.ng Tolls on the Bridge at .he mLu , 
 
 '^-<'"^;|;;;;;--is or the old Upper .urlin,to„nrid,e,- 
 9t« School Assossnicnt. E.xpircd. 
 
 97 Yearly Assessment. E.xpired. 
 
 98 Toamond I!y-lawNo!i.L concerninir 'r,.ii 
 
 t>'« .Marsh. RepeST/x^o^ '°'' "'" '''•'''P'^'t 
 89 Permitting W. Kitchen aud I), lie,,,,.,, ," ,, 
 
 of old Roud on Dundas s'reet ''"'' "'' " '""•"■'^" 
 
 ^?0 School Aases^ment. li.\pircd. 
 
!i: 
 
 XVIII. 
 
 . ! 
 
 Xo. 101 
 102 
 
 103 
 
 104 
 105 
 lOG 
 
 107 
 
 108 
 109 
 
 110 
 111 
 112 
 113 
 114 
 
 115 
 11(3 
 117 
 
 i:8 
 
 119 
 120 
 
 121 
 122 
 123 
 124 
 125 
 12G 
 
 127 
 128 
 
 129 
 130 
 131 
 132 
 
 K'3 
 
 Vearlj Assessment. Expired. 
 
 To authorize the Hamilton and Brock Rnnr? r 
 
 lect Tolls for tlie Bridge at the t,h T"^ '° °°'- 
 By-laws Xos 94 and sf! "^ZZ'ty No"'lo? ''"'^"' 
 
 '' °"Vi-Ll.!^Xi;r"- ^«-- «'--- west 
 
 For erecting County Offices. 
 
 School Assessment. Expired. 
 
 Yearly Assessment. Expired. 
 
 Establishing Tolls on the Bridge at thp M«, .. ^ 
 
 . for the superintendenSlhUiS. "^^^^.C^^tl^ 
 Appo.nt.ng a Surgeon to the Gaol. Amended by No m 
 Appointing the time for holdino. .i , ^ 
 
 Council. "''''"^ ^^« ^«&"lar Sessions of 
 
 Governing Auctioneers. Repealed by No 131 
 Imposing a^duty on Hawkers, &c. Repealed by No 138 
 To remunerate Councillors. Repealed by No loo '' 
 .3 raise money to pay off Debentures maturing in" '1859 
 For the payment of Grand and P^tu r "^J^^^- 
 
 Nona. ^'^""'^ ail Petit Jurors. Repealed by 
 
 To establish a Public Highway. 
 
 To appoint a County Engineer 
 
 Confirming By-law No 4, of East Flamboro'. 
 
 ischool Assessment. Expired. 
 
 For the payment of Grand and Petit Jurors 
 
 °°'"Vll,'';r<?r ^'"'"^""^^ ^^'-- ^-erly ana West 
 Yearly Assessment. Expired. 
 To rsmunerats Councillors. 
 To amend By-law No 107. 
 School Assessment. Expired. 
 For the sale of non-resident lands for Tares 
 
 """'^"Firmto^' ''"»""°'='' "«'-- ^e-'r and West 
 Yearly Assessment. Expired. 
 
 '"^^'t!£ s:jl^s-« ^'^"-' ^"^--' ^'-ds, 
 
 To amend By-Law No 108, appointing a Surgeon to the Gaol 
 To open up the Road allowance between Saltfleet aad Gdmsby 
 Governing Auctioneers. v^nmsby. 
 
 Establishing the Salary of the County Auditors 
 J early Assessment. Elxpir.d. 
 
 i 
 
 ill 
 
XIX, 
 
 Conjpanjr to col- 
 I"; and to ameuJ 
 ^y No 107. 
 
 Beverly and West 
 
 h, and providing 
 inded by No 123. 
 d hy No 129. 
 lar Sessions of 
 
 No. 134 
 135 
 13S 
 137 
 138 
 139 
 140 
 141 
 
 To open up th. Town Line between Anceter and Glanford. 
 
 School Assessment. Expired. 
 
 Appointing a Clerk, and establishing his Salarr 
 
 Confirming ByLaw No 121, of Ancaster. 
 
 Imposing a Duty on Hawkers, 4c. 
 
 Establishing Tolls on the Guelph and Dundas Road. 
 
 School Assessment. 
 
 Yearly Assessment. 
 
 by No 138. 
 122. 
 
 i in 1859. 
 • Repealed by 
 
 srly and West 
 
 rlj and West 
 
 :ent Placards, 
 
 to the Gaol, 
 and Grimsby. 
 
if 
 
 If* 
 
BY-LAWS 
 
 or 
 
 ^t(§oxt§\Md€omdl 
 
 
If r 
 
 I ; ! 
 
 ffi ' i.i 
 
 li 
 
 7 
 
 m 
 
BY-LA ATS 
 
 OP TBB 
 
 GORE DISTRICT COUNCIL. 
 
 BY-LAW No. 10, 
 
 For making certain alterations in the Centre Boaci 
 East Flamboro\ ' 
 
 ^\lifcroas, having duly considered and approved 
 the Petition of the Hon. Adam Fer-usson and 
 others, prayini? for certain alterations in the Koad 
 eommonly known as the centre Koad, leadln- 
 from the village of Waterdown, through ihe 
 Township of East Fiamboro' and part^of the 
 Township of Puslinch, 
 
 Be it therefore enacted by the Municipal Coiin- 
 eil of the District of Gore, now in Counri' 
 assembled, under and by virtue of an Act oi 
 Parhanient of this Province, entitled ^^ An Act 
 to provide for the better Internal Government of 
 inllr^ o^fHs Province which formerly consli- 
 tilted the Province of Upper Canada, by the 
 
 t^Sn 'i'""'"' '^^''"' "^ ^""'^'P^t Authorities 
 
 l\ 
 
2( 
 
 BV-LAWS OF THE 
 
 And It IS hereby enacted by the authority of the 
 •sune, that siicJi alterations be adopted, and that 
 the lollowino- sections of Road, leadin- to or from 
 llic said centre Road, be henceforth pnl)lie Hi-h- 
 vvays, lu all intents and pnrposes, that is to s.Ty : 
 
 Sec I. Comnienein- North f..rty-tive deirrecs. 
 ]vibl thn-ty-seven and a half links from a past in 
 th." vi!|..,<rc; of ;Vaterdown, in the 3rd Concession 
 of I'.a.st Ilamhoro', which said po.sf is planted 
 ])etW(M>n Lois Nos. G and 7, in said ikd Conces- 
 ^loM ; ihiMice North fortv-five deiirvvs, M'cst iUtr- 
 iive chains and ten links, more or Jess, to the 
 centre of aMowance for Koad between the Srd 
 and 1th (:onc(>ssion of said Township of Enst 
 Haiiihoro , and which said section of Jioad shall 
 '"• .s"V(Mity-(.ve links wide, that is to sav, thirt\- 
 M'v.Mi and a half h-jiks on each side, from the 
 j)lace ol bc^innini^- to the end. 
 
 Sec. ir. Connnencino' at a post plnnt«d on the 
 c.'nfre ol the Koad between Lots Nos. 7 and 8, in 
 the 0th Concession of said Township, at the dis- 
 lanc(> of seventy-nine chains, twenty-ei'dit links 
 Irom tin; Sonth-East corner of said Lot No 8- 
 thence North sixty de-rees, West nine chains and 
 seven Imks, to the centre of allowance for Road 
 I>etwcen Lots Nos. 7 and H, in the 7th Conces- 
 sion of said Township, at the point where the 
 said allowance Ihr Road between said Lots Nos 
 7 and 8, in the 7th Concession of said Townsiiip" 
 intersects the Road between the Gth and 7tli 
 Concessions, and which said section of Road 
 shall be one chain in width, that is to sav, fifW 
 links on each side from the phice ol' bc«i'nninL' 
 to tlu^ end. 
 
GORE DISTRICT COUXCIL. 
 
 
 Sec. III. Commencing at a post planted on the 
 centre of the Road between Lots Nos. 7 and 8, 
 in the 7tli Concession of said Township of East 
 Flamboro', at the distance of seventy-four chains 
 and fifty Hnks from the Sonth-E'iist corner of said 
 Lot No. 7 ;^ thence North cij>liteen degrees thirty 
 minutes, West fourteen chain.-H ninety links, to 
 the centre of allowance for Koad between Lots 
 Nos. 7 and 8, in the Sth Concession of said 
 Township, at the point Avhere the said allowance 
 for lioad between Lots Nos. 7 and 8, in the eighth 
 Concession of said Townslu'p, intersects^ the 
 Road between the 7lh rmd 8th Concessions of said 
 Township, and which suid section of Rond shall 
 be one chain in whllh, that is to say, lifly liid<s 
 on each side, from the phjce of beginning to the 
 end. 
 
 Sec. IV. ConmieiK'ing at the centre of the in- 
 tersection of tli(^ Road between Lots Nos. 7 and 
 8, in the 8th Ct)ncession of snid Township of 
 East Flamboro', with the J^)nd between the Sth 
 and yth Concessions ol" said Township ; thence 
 North forty-seven degrees, West eleven chains, 
 to a stake i)lanted in the centre of the I^ad, 
 thence North sixty-four degrees, West nineteen 
 chains, to the centre of the road allowance 
 between Lots Nos. 7 and 8 in the 0th Coneesaion 
 of said Township of East Flamboro'; thence 
 North ibrty-flve degrees, W(>st Ibrty-four chains 
 twenty-live links, along the i)resent allowance 
 lor Road betwcei,, said Lots Nos. 7 and 8, in the 
 !Mh Concession of said Township; thence North 
 twerjty-thr(-e and a halfdegrees, West fivn cliain« 
 and seventy^live links, to the centre of allowance 
 
 I 
 I 
 
 i u 
 
 ^jk 
 
26 
 
 BY-LAW3 OP THE 
 
 for Road between said Lots Nos. 7 and 8 in thp 
 
 say, my Jinks on each side from the nhop nf 
 begumnig to the end. P'"*^^ ^^ 
 
 Sec. V. Commencinff at thp rpnfro «r ♦! 
 torseCion of Lots Nos.-T andS, i .Te f„, 'c "'■ 
 
 rne itoad between the 10th and Mtu n^^ 
 .s.on,i thonee North six/y ,"« d™ ee. Zrtv 
 mm, es, West fwenty-six'chains tw™ty X 
 o a slake planted i„ the centre of the Kond a^ 
 owanee between Lots Nos. 7 and S i„ ,he said" 
 
 -ehside,fr„n,,heVlaoe'o?£gr,i;i'i'l';i;e:n''d': 
 
 hve chains thirty-two links, from tl^Sc?, t '^l L' 
 corner of said Lot No. 8, in 'said 13 (V e's jon 
 thence Nortli e,.rhty-five decrees, West rty-2 
 
 of flio li..n,} 1 * •"> /'"'C Jink.s to the centre 
 I tH Koad hctween the Townships of Fa.t 
 i'lnmboro', and Pnslinch; thcnc. N h 1. .-tv 
 one degrees, West eighteen chains ^wenly';)!^^ 
 
 ■I 
 
 i 
 
 i 
 
GORE DISTRICT COUNCIL. 
 
 27 
 
 d 8, in the 
 t the point 
 ween said 
 'ion, inter- 
 10th Con- 
 hich said 
 that is to 
 3 place of 
 
 )f the in- 
 lOth Con- 
 oro', with 
 1 Conces- 
 es thirty 
 ity links, 
 Koad al- 
 ihe said 
 shall be 
 links on 
 • the end. 
 
 'fl in the 
 iols Nos. 
 1 Town- 
 i eifihty- 
 ith-Kast 
 I cession; 
 lirty-one 
 •e South 
 o a post; 
 ninntcs, 
 1' centre 
 of Knst 
 thirty- 
 
 H < ?r_ >» fc, ,^ 
 
 links, to a post ; thence North fifteen degrees, 
 west four chains, to a post : thence North thirty- 
 one degrees, West four chains eight links, to a 
 post; thence North forty-eight degrees. West 
 twenty-one chains thirty-six links, more or less, 
 to the centre of the Road between Lots Nos. 35 
 and 36, in the 9th Concession of said Township 
 of Puslinch, which said section shall be one 
 chain in width, that is to say, fifty links on each 
 side, from the place of beginning to the end. 
 
 Passed by the Council. 
 
 JOHN WETENHALL, 
 
 Warden. 
 Council Chamber, > 
 May 13, 1842. K 
 
 BY-LAW No. 13. 
 
 A By-Law for making certain alt ernt ions in 
 FlamhQro' Street, in the Villaire of Dundas, in 
 the Township of West Flamboro\ 
 
 Whereas, having duly considered and approved 
 the Petition of .lames 13. Ewart, James Kiley, 
 James Racey, and others, praying for certain 
 alterations in the street cotntnonlv known «r 
 Flamboro' Street, leading from the Basin of the 
 
i -ifl 
 
 "»( 
 
 BY-LAWS OP THE 
 
 0mmm 
 
 for tie belter Ii,t .rnoi n '*'^' *" P'0"de 
 
 Pro,i„ee of U™ "om nl^^^ f .^ const tuted the 
 
 Passed by the CounciJ. 
 
 JOHN WETENHALL, 
 
 Council Cliiuiiljer, } Warden. 
 
 Aug, 
 
 '-), 1S'12. 5 
 
GORE DISTRICT COUNCIL. 
 
 29 
 
 BY-LAW No. 15. 
 
 For a line of Road in the Township of Bevcrlu 
 commencing betiveen Lot No. \,in the 5th Con- 
 cession, and the Gore betiveen the Townships of 
 Beverly and Dumfries. 
 
 \Vliereas, having duly considered and approved 
 the Petition of Lent Munson and o(hors, pinyin- 
 for the laying out of a new Road in the Township 
 of Beverly —and there being no opposition to 
 such new Road, as prayed : 
 
 Beit therefore enacted by the Core District 
 Municipal Council, now in Council assembled, 
 iinder and by virtue of an Act of the Provincial 
 Parliament of this Province, entitled "An Act 
 toprovidefor the better Internal Government of 
 that part of this Province which formerlv consti- 
 tuted the Province of Upper Canada,' by the 
 t^'herein ''"'"""^ "" ""' Municipal Authorities 
 
 And it is hereby enacted, by the authority of 
 the same, that the same be a public Highway to 
 rll intents and purposes, that is to say :-Com- 
 mcncmg ori the Easterly line of the -iliowance 
 for Road between Lot No. 1, in the Mh Conces- 
 sion of said Township, and the gore between the 
 Townships of Beverly and Dumfries, and in the 
 centre of said 5th Concession, then North seven- 
 ty-seven degrees, East parallel with th.> conces- 
 sion line^, eight chains; then South iiftv-lbur 
 degrees East tliirty-two chains and a half, more 
 onbo% '", 'T':^ "?>* ^''' 2, an<l the centre 
 Jp!ill^"p^\^l"" ^^'^"^^ ^^«t 5 ♦J'C" ^^""tl' thirteen 
 ^ii^iQQs, i^ast two chains and a half; then Nortli 
 
tn- 
 
 30 
 
 II li 
 
 BY-LAWS OP THE 
 
 seventy-seven degrees, East parallel with con 
 cession lines, as aforesaid, sixty chains morp 
 ess to the centre of Let No 5T"LrNorth 
 hirteen degrees, West parallel with the .ad 
 ines, thirty-seven chains ; then North seventv 
 seven degrees East eighteen chainsXre or ?e J; 
 to where K intersects the Road leading throuS' 
 Lot rvo. 6, in the said 5th Concessio^ " "^^ 
 
 describee,, froni the place of Kin'|toXe end! 
 Passed by the Council. 
 
 JOHN WETENHALL, 
 
 Council Chamber, } Warden. 
 
 Nov. 9, 1842. 5 
 
 "4 
 
 BY-LAW No. 26. 
 of Binbrook: "'""=''''•"''• i" "'e Township 
 
GORE DISTRICT COUNCIL. 
 
 31 
 
 1 with con- 
 ns, more or 
 then North 
 h the »aid 
 h seventy- 
 lore or Jess, 
 ig through 
 
 > that is to 
 
 line, here 
 
 to the end. 
 
 fHALL, 
 Warden. 
 
 Be It therefore enacted by the Municipal Coun- 
 cil of the District of Gore, now in Council Assem- 
 bled, under and by virtue of an Act of the Par- 
 liament of this Province, entitled " An Act to 
 provide for the better Internal Government of 
 that part of this Province which formerly consti- 
 tuted the Province of Upper Canada, by the 
 therein i^"'"'''^ '^^ Local or Municipal Authorities 
 
 Audit is hereby enacted by the authority of 
 the same, that a Road be laid out and opened 
 from the 4th Concession to the Indian Lands, 
 passing through Lot No. 22, in the 7th, 8th, and 
 9th Concessions of the Township ofBinbrook 
 running South 18 degrees. West running in conl 
 tinuation of the line from Sweazy's Tavern. 
 
 Passed by the Council. 
 
 JOHN WETENHALL. 
 
 Council Chamber, > ^''''^'''' 
 
 Feb. 15, 1843. J 
 
 cession of 
 
 to make 
 s tavern 
 
 the 4th 
 2, in the 
 ownship 
 
 BY-LAW No. 36. 
 
 For laying ont a new Line of Road in 6th Con- 
 cemon of tlu Township of East FlamborouX 
 
 Ti^S^tX^^^^^^ 
 
 Whereas it is nvrnj/^ijo.^t „^.i , 
 
 i-i..xvni auu iiecessary that a 
 
■'■fT" 
 
 32 
 
 BY-LAWS OF THE 
 
 Oft 
 
 r,^ It'^fil''??'' ""^ '"''• ""' "'^•«'<"^" Lots 2 and 
 Be It therefore enacted by the finrp n:c+..;„4 at 
 
 better Internal Government of that pait oft^^^ 
 Provn.ce whieh formoriy eonstituted th^ko d ee 
 of Upper Canada by the establishment of LoS 
 or Municipal Anthorities therein " 
 
 Commeiiciiig wlieie a post has beer nlint^H 
 
 nornrdltl^vcf^ Township; ,hen 
 ♦^41 "ttoii^t.s, Avcst «7 chains, more or Ip^s 
 
 said road to bo Jaid out forty feet wJdo in J ! 
 on each side of the line aboye de c MWt^ie 
 place of beginnini^ to the end. ' ^''^ 
 
 Passed by the Council. 
 
 JOHN WETENIIALL, 
 
 Council Chamber, > ^"'^''^• 
 
 10th May, 1843. J 
 
GORE DISTRICT COUNCIL. 
 
 33 
 
 
 Lots 2 and 
 ship of East 
 
 district Mu- 
 bled, under 
 lent of this 
 ide for the 
 art of this 
 10 Province 
 t of Local 
 
 ithority of 
 
 of road he 
 
 purposes, 
 
 1 planted 
 1 the 6th 
 lip ; then 
 •0 or less, 
 
 lot. The 
 —20 feet 
 
 from the 
 
 JALL, 
 
 Warden, 
 
 BY-LAW No. 38, 
 
 For a new Line of Road beticeen Lots 14 and 14 
 in the 3rd and 4th Concetsions of tJie Totvnship 
 of Barton. 
 
 Whereas it is expedient and necessary to make 
 certain alterations in the line of road running east 
 between Lots Nos. 14 and 14 in the 3rd and 4th 
 Concessions in the Township of Barton, from the 
 road running up the mountain from John Street 
 in the town of Hamilton : 
 
 Be it therefore enacted by the Gore District 
 Municipal Council, now in Council assembled, 
 under and by virtue of an Act of the Parliament 
 of this Province, entitled, "An Act to provide 
 for the better Internal Government of that part of 
 this Province which formerly constituted th<' 
 Province of Upper Canada, by the establishment 
 of Local or Municipal Authorities therein." 
 
 And it is hereby enacted by the authority of 
 the same, that the following new line of road ])e 
 taken that is to say : 
 
 Commencing at the distance of eleven chains 
 and twenty-five links on a course south seventy- 
 one degrees east from the south-west angle of 
 said Lot No. 14, in the said 3rd Concession; 
 then south seventy-one degrees, east two chains 
 twenty-five links ; then south eighty-six degrees, 
 t^ast two chains sixty-four links ; then south 
 seventy-five and one-quarter degrees, east three 
 chains twenty-five links ; then south seventy- 
 seven degrees, east four chains thirty-nine and 
 one-half links ; then south nineteen degrees, 
 west one chain forty-six and one-half links to 
 
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 34 
 
 BY-LAWS OF THE 
 
 N' 
 
 co?ei'r„r.f„t ™di ."czt ''' ^"^ '^^ 
 
 one.q„arter degrees, eit sfxVai^oSaT/ T"* 
 then north nineteen degrees ei^tit^^^u ""''*' 
 
 west two chains and s[xtv fnJ' If ^^Srees, 
 seventy-one decrees west tS^if^'' '^'^" "^^^"^ 
 five ii4« to the ea™ rn^^^^^^^^^ ^T^^^ ' 
 
 leading down the mouS to T t ^^t'^'^ 
 aforesaid: then south nin^r 1 •^'^^^ ^^^reet 
 ty and one-halfi'nks ?o the n? "^'T^ '^''' «^^- 
 
 road on the north^stersteaW 7?^"" ^''' 
 in said 4th Concession fL„.i *™Lot No. 14 
 easterly corners of s, id In, "'" "<>"h«Iy to the 
 the said roa^Zn ,hf il„?„fP' "«"'<"«' <« 
 and the same is hereby TenZ^^J"^"^*"'''' 
 
 "•■'-•'""o^Xt^i^?^ 
 Passed by the Council. 
 
 Council Chamber, 
 May 10, 1843. 
 
 JOHN WETENHALL, 
 
 * Warden. 
 
GORE DISTRICT COUNCIL. 
 
 35 
 
 3rd and 4th 
 eventy and 
 e-haJfiinks; 
 
 chains and 
 n degrees, 
 ity-five and 
 
 and twen- 
 X degrees, 
 hen noit'i 
 nd tweruj ' 
 le old load 
 >hn Street 
 >, west six- 
 beginning. 
 [• forty feet, 
 
 thirty-six 
 ared to be 
 
 •rity afore- 
 wance fo'- 
 iOt No. 14 
 riy to the 
 width of 
 m Street ; 
 ranted to 
 t assigns 
 h which 
 I thereof. 
 
 lALL, 
 
 Warden. 
 
 5t. 
 
 BY-LAW NO. 
 
 For alteration of a Road in Glanford, hetwmi 
 Lots Nos. 8, and 9, in the 1th and 8th Con- 
 cessions. 
 
 Whereas, having duly considered and approved 
 of the petition of Richard Springer, and forty-one 
 others, praying for an alteration in the Road be- 
 tvv^een Lots Nos. 8 and 9, in the Vth and 8th 
 Concessions, in the Township of Glanford, 
 
 Be it therefore enacted by the Gore District 
 Vlunicipal Council, now in Council assembled, 
 under and by virtue of an Act of the Parliament 
 ol this Province, entitled « An Act to provide for 
 u^ ■^"^'^ Internal Government of that part of 
 this Province, which formerly constituted the 
 Province of Upper Canada, by the establishment 
 ol Local or Municipal Authorities therein." 
 
 And it is hereby enacted by the authority of 
 the same, that such an alteration of road be 
 adopted, and that the said road be henceforth a 
 public highway, to all intents and purposes : that 
 IS to say : 
 
 Commencing at the north-east angle of Lot 
 No. 8, in front of the 7th Concession of the Town- 
 ship of Glanford ; then south 18 degrees, we>^t 
 ()6 chains 30 links, to the front of 8th Concession • 
 then commencing at the north-east angle of Lot 
 No. 8, in front of said 8th Concession ; then 
 south 18 degrees, west 59 chains 25 links, to Six 
 Nation Indian lands, posting on the Irft or east 
 side of the said line, in said Concessions, 60 feet 
 for road ; then south 62 degrees 30 minutes, east 
 U chains oO Imks, to where it intersects aii 
 
 
 i-! 
 
r.r, 
 
 BV-LAM'S ■OF THE 
 
 alJowaiice for road, leadin- to the cZTT^- 
 on a course ^nufh la i ^"^ <-^»and River, 
 
 i'asscd by the Council. 
 
 JOHN WETENHALL, 
 
 Council Chamber, } ^Varden. 
 
 Nov. 15, 1843. ' \ 
 
 BY-LAW No. 75 
 to Hamilton '""''" S f">m Stoney Creek 
 
 under and by virtul nf 1 1 ?Tf'' assembled, 
 
 the better Intenra? Governme„to/'?,fT"'''' ''''^ 
 this Province which former "' l""* "^ 
 
 Province of Upper ctradrb^^.re^t Shi''" 
 of Local or Manicipal Atitho^Le, therein?"""'" 
 
GORE DISTRICT COUNCIL. 
 
 37 
 
 land River, 
 posting on 
 et lor road. 
 
 VHALL, 
 
 ^Varden. 
 
 altfleet, to 
 ley Creek 
 
 ry that a 
 ncession 
 tlio road 
 
 District 
 em bled, 
 liament 
 vide for 
 
 part of 
 ted the 
 shment 
 
 And it is hereby enacted by the authority of 
 the same, that a road be opened from the 7th 
 Concession of Saitfleet, leading through Mr. 
 Henry Spera's land and the Rev. Mr. Gale's in 
 continuation to the Township Line, between 
 Barton and Saitfleet. And be it enacted by the 
 authority aforesaid, that a road commencing at 
 the foot of Henry Spera's hill, on the road leading- 
 to Stoney Creek, be opened, thence, following the 
 line between the Rev. Mr. Gale's and Henry 
 Spera's land, to the Township Line between 
 Barton and Saitfleet ; thence north fifteen min- 
 utes, cast three cliains nineteen links; thence 
 north nine and a half degrees, cast five chains 
 rind thirty links; thence north twenty-seven 
 degrees, east three cliains seventy-eight links ; 
 thence north sixty-nine and a quarter degrees, 
 east two chains eighteen links, more or lel?s, to 
 the Township Line, between Saitfleet and Bar- 
 ton, giving a breadth in the whole distance of 
 lortyfcet; then following the said Town Line, 
 on the course north, eighteen dciirees cast, 
 seventy-three chains fifty links, more or less, to 
 the north side of the allowance for road, at the 
 rear of the 4th Concession of Barton, poslino- on 
 each side of the line twenty feet for road ; thence 
 north sixty-four degrees, west twentv chains, 
 leaving the allowance of forty feet to 'the south 
 of the line ; thence north three degrees, west 
 fifiy-three chains, more or less, to the front of the 
 M Concession, between Lots Nos. 2 and 3 ; 
 thence north eighteen degrees, cast eight chains, 
 more or less, to the road leading from Stoney 
 Creek to Hamilton, posting to the^Ieft of the said 
 
 
 
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38 
 
 BY-LAWS OP THE 
 
 line, and the two last courses and distances fortv 
 leet lor a road. 
 
 Passed by the Council. 
 
 JOHN WETENHALL, 
 
 Council Ciianiber, 
 
 council Chaniber, I 
 Feb. Mill, 1844. $ 
 
 BY-LAW No. 79. 
 
 For laping out a new Road in the 1st Concession 
 oj Llamborovirh East, commencing at the south- 
 east Corner of LQt. No. 2. 
 
 Whereas, havinnr duly considered the petition 
 ot the Hon. Adam Fernussou and others, jHaviii.. 
 lor the layin- out and esta[)lislHnir of a newVoad 
 jn the J owiiship ot East Flaniboron<;h, and there 
 bein- no opi)ositioii to such new roiid as praved 
 lor — ^ • 
 
 He it tiieieli)re enacted by the Core District 
 Alunieipal Council now in Council assembled, 
 ini(ler and by virtuo olaji Act of the Parliament 
 ol Ins Province, (Mililled ^' Ai^. Act to provide 
 lor tlie better Internal Ciovernment of that part 
 01 thi3 Province, which Ibrmerly coiistiluted'tiM? 
 
GORE DISTRICT COUN-CIL. 
 
 39 
 
 Province of Upper Criiiadu, by the establishment 
 of Local or Municipal Authorities therein." 
 
 And it is hereby en « ted, by the authority of 
 the same, that the same be a public hi,L»h\vay, to 
 all intents and purposes ; that is to say : Com- 
 mencing at the south-east corner of Lot No. 2, 
 in the 1st Concession of Flamborough East; 
 thence north forty-five degrees, west to the north- 
 oast corner of said lot ; thence south forty-live 
 iloiirees, west eij^ht chains, to a post ; thence 
 north sixty degrees thirty minutes, west twenty- 
 five chains twenty links ; thence north forty-five 
 degrees, west seventeen chains ; thence north 
 until the line tneels the present road down the 
 mountain ; and thence up the mountain and 
 across lot number three, in the 2nd Cor.cession, 
 by the line of the present road; and thence be- 
 tween Lots mnnbers three and four to the third 
 C'oncession. 
 
 Which road shall be forty-two feet wide, that 
 is to say, twcMity-oiic feet on each side of theh'nc 
 hereinbefore described, froiu the place of begin- 
 ning to the end. 
 
 Passed by the Council. 
 
 JOHN WETENIIALL, 
 
 Wardoi. 
 Council Chamber, ) 
 Feb. 15, 181}. ( 
 
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40 
 
 BT-LA\rs OF THE 
 
 BY-LAW No. 81. 
 
 For altering a road in the Toumship of Barton 
 passing Lot U of the 2nd Concession. ' 
 
 Be it therefore enacted by the Gore DistnVt 
 Mumeipal Couneil, now in Lmneil '4smbled 
 under ajul l.y virt.ie of an Aet of the ParJiZent' 
 o/this Provi.iee, entitled "An Aet to providTfor 
 the heller Internal Govennnent oflhal pnr o tlds 
 Prov.nee wh.eh formerly eonslitnted the Provi ee 
 ol lipper Canada, hy the establisluncnt of lS 
 or iMunicjpal Anthorilies therein." 
 
 T./.Vln '! ',' ^''^T'/^ f "^^^^^'' ^^'^^ ^'^"^'Ji alterations 
 ho adopted, and he heneeforth. to all intents 3 
 J>'n-po.se.s. a puhlie highway, thnt is to say : Th 
 .jontre of the roml to coinn.ei.ee south dohtee, 
 de^rrees.wes thnty-threeteet,irom a .tone n ion 
 ^'HMil planted on the M.vsterly «ide of the n o v- 
 Mnee tor road helNvecii J.ols N«,. 10 and U L 
 
 1;|.2njCon.e.ionofI.nlon.anc/lt^^^ 
 
 <r sjde of the presciit road; thence north 
 
 f.yht)' decrees an.l forty-live ininntes. west nine- 
 
 een chains n.ul lifty-five links, .noro or less, to 
 
 ho centre of the road leadin;,^ to Ifan.ilton; he 
 
 ..10 ronu iO ue Sixty-six icci, that is t 
 
 o 
 
GORE DISTRICT COUNCIL. 
 
 41 
 
 Barton^ 
 
 to make 
 for road 
 e Town- 
 
 Disfrict 
 iembled, 
 'liamcnt 
 •vide for 
 rt of this 
 Vovince 
 »f Local 
 
 arations 
 
 nts ari(,l 
 
 ". The 
 
 i^liletMi 
 
 '■ nionii- 
 
 nllow- 
 
 11, ill 
 
 soiuh- 
 
 norlh 
 
 •it niiio- 
 
 lOiSS, to 
 
 n ; tho 
 !it is to 
 
 say, thirty-three feet on either side of the last 
 mentioned |course. 
 
 Passed by the Council. 
 
 JOHxN WETENHALL, 
 Warden. 
 Council Chamber, > 
 May 14, 1S44. \ 
 
 J3Y-LAW No. 82. 
 
 For a line of Bond betimn tlic 3rd and Uh Con- 
 cessions of Beverly to the Macadamized lioad 
 in said Township. 
 
 "Whereas it is expedient and necessary that a 
 line of road be establifcihed, as a means of convey- 
 ance from the line between the 3rd and 4th 
 Concessions of Beverly, to the macadamized road 
 in said Tovvm^hii); 
 
 Be it therefore enacted by tlie Gore Di.strict 
 Municipal ('onncil, now in Conncil assembled, 
 muier and l>y virtue ol an Act of the Parliament 
 of this Province, cntillcd " An Act to provide for 
 the better Internal (iovernment of tiiat nait of 
 tins Province which formerly eonstitntedtlie Pro- 
 vince of Upper Canada, by the establishment of 
 Local or Municipal Authorities therein." 
 
 I 
 I 
 
 I 
 
 V 
 
42 
 
 BY-LAWS OF THE 
 
 f't 
 
 pu^" thrift ^^^^^^"^^' tolK;^:^^ 
 
 vTrwlZV'^rV''''' '''^ Conc'sS of Re- 
 six Ih^ksVnJf ^''^T" ^^"^^^^ chains tweiity. 
 s X Jinks fiotn tlie south-east ah.rJe of Lot No 22 
 
 and on a course therefrom of south, seventv-se 
 ^^even de<.rees west; thence north tw^n'^hie 
 
 iegrees, east twenty-five chains, more o Lg „ 
 the macadamized road. ' ^ 
 
 Passed by the Council. 
 
 JOHN WETENHALL, 
 
 Council Chamber, > • ^^''''^"'' 
 
 May 14, 1844. J 
 
 11 
 
 BY-LAW No. 88. 
 
 Whereas it is expedient and necessarv fnr fJ... 
 ;;;>nv^n,enccofthopublic,tlmta;:;,;n 
 
 "Hi (or the P.np(».seofascendinif anddrsccnd- 
 « t IH mountan,, between Lots Nos. 4 amlT ^, 
 the 3r(l Concession of JJartun j ' 
 
GORE DISTRICT COUNCIL. 
 
 4:; 
 
 ithority of 
 d, and be 
 tents and 
 wide, the 
 ces at a 
 on ofBe- 
 s twenty- 
 ot No. 22, 
 venty-se- 
 nity-nine 
 >r less, to 
 
 lALL, 
 
 Warden. 
 
 (I Con- 
 nor tlie 
 )iild be 
 scond- 
 il 5, Jii 
 
 Be it therefore enacted by the Gore District 
 Municipal Council, now in Council assembled, 
 under and by virtue of an Act of the Parliament 
 of this Province, entitled « An Act to provide for 
 the better Internal Government of that part of this 
 Province which formerly constituted the Province 
 of Upper Canada, by the establishment of Local 
 or Municipal Authorities therein." 
 
 And it is hereby enacted, by the authority of 
 the same, that a road be constructed, commenc- 
 ing at the distance of four chains ten links on 
 the course north eighteen degrees, cast from the 
 south-east angle of Lot No. 5, in the 3rd Conces- 
 sion; then north eighty degrees, west three 
 chains ninety links ; then south eighty-one and 
 a half det^rees, west four chains sixty links ; then 
 south fifty-nine and a half degrees west, one chain 
 eighty-five links ; then north seventy-two degrees 
 west, seven chains ; then south thirty-seven 
 degrees west, one chain thirty-three links ; then 
 south forty and a half degrees east, seven chains 
 eighteen links ; then south forty-two and three 
 ((uarters degrees east, five chains seventy-five 
 hnks; then south forty degrees east, six chains 
 ten hnks, to the sunnnit of the mountain ; tiieu 
 north forty-eight and three quarters degrees west, 
 /our diains seventy links; thence north fifty and 
 a half degrees west, to the allowance for rond, lour 
 chains, between lots Nos. 4 and A in the Ith Con- 
 cession, posting left of the line forty leet for a 
 road. 
 
 Passed by the Council. 
 
 JOHN WETENIIALL, 
 Council Chamber, May ir», 1844. Warden. 
 
 C 
 
 
 .J. 
 
44 
 
 BY-LAWS OF THE 
 
 '1i 
 
 11 
 
 BY-LAW No. 89. 
 
 For opening a Road between the Townships of Glan- 
 ford and Bmbrook. J ^^'^ 
 
 Whereas, havirin- duly considered the petition 
 of Richard ^arlow and others, praying fo?a road 
 
 '.ml 'Rr>,''''^i.'''*T?" *!^" 1'o^nships of GJanford 
 and _Bmbrook, and having concurred on the said 
 petition ; 
 
 i^T,mir.^ni^^'^^'^^"''*''^. ^y ^^« ^^'•^ District 
 Mil ucipa Council, now in Council assembled, 
 
 under and by virtue of an Act of the 1> rliament 
 
 of this Province, entitled "An Act to provide 
 
 01 the heiter Intonml Government of that part of 
 
 his Province which formerly constituted tlie 
 
 ] rovince of Upper Canada, by the establishment 
 
 o\ Local or Municipal Authorities therein." 
 
 And it is hereby enacted, by the authority of 
 he same that the same be a public highway, to 
 -.11 intents and purposes, that is to sa^commenr- 
 jng m f.ont of the said Townships of Glanford 
 .UKl liinbrook,and running south eiglit^en dc^ree^ 
 west p^iranel with the said Tow.u.hip Lin?' o 
 the ^th Concession of Ghinford, taking an e. ual 
 ]>'-oj.ortioi, of land from each Township for the 
 Naid road. ^ 
 
 I'asscd by the Council. 
 
 JOHN WETENHALL, 
 
 Council Chamber, ^ ^'''"'^'''* 
 
 iMay 16, 184 1. \ 
 
GORE DISTRICT COUXCIL. 
 
 43 
 
 BY-LAW No. 100. 
 
 For opening a Road in the I'oumship of Glanford, 
 commencing in front of the 6th Concession on 
 the limit between Lots 13 and 14. 
 
 Whereas it is expedient and necesaary to open 
 a Koad between Lots Nos. 13 and 14 in tlic 6th,7tli, 
 8th, and 9th Concessions of the Township of" 
 (JIanlbrd ; 
 
 Be it therefore enacted by ihc Core District 
 -Municipal Conneil, now in Council assembled, 
 under and by virtue of an Act of Parliament of 
 this Province, entitled "An Act to provide for 
 the better Liternal Government of that part ol" 
 ihis Province which formerly constituted the 
 Province of Upper Canada, by the (\stablishme!it 
 of Local or IMunicipal Anthorities therein." 
 
 And it is hereby enacted by the autiiorily of 
 the same, that such road be adopted, and be 
 henceforth a public hif,diway, to all intents wnd 
 purposes, that is to say : 
 
 CornmeiK'iu«» in front of the Gth concession, on 
 the limit between lots Nos. 13 and 14 ; thence 
 south 18 de-rices west, 66 chains 83 links, to the 
 front of the 7th concession ; then south 18 degrees 
 west, C^Q chains 30 links, to the front of the Hth 
 concession; then south 18 degrees west, 63 chains, 
 to the 9tli concession ; then south 18 degrees 
 west, 10 chains, 56 links, to the Indian line, 
 porting- right and left of said line thirty 
 feet for road ; then south 62^- degrees «Nist, 10 
 chains ^20 links, to the centre of an allowance for 
 road lendinj]^ to the Grand River, postinir on the 
 left of the line 60 leet lor road. 
 
 i 
 
 ^1 
 
 til 
 
; r 
 
 48 
 
 BY-LAWS OF THE 
 
 And be it further enacted, that none of the 
 (general funds of the District be appropriated to- 
 wards paying for the lands through wliich this 
 road passes. 
 
 Passed by the Council. 
 
 JOHN WETENHALL, 
 
 Warden. 
 Council Chamber, ^ 
 Aug. 15, 1844. S 
 
 « I. 
 
 V 
 
 BY-LAW No. 101. 
 
 For alteration of a road in East Fiamhorough, 
 'ommrncing ivhcre the Diindas Road crosses 
 Lot No. 10, in 2nd Concession, of said Town- 
 ship. 
 
 Whereas, having duly considered andappro^'ed 
 of the petition of James Bigelow and others, pray- 
 ing for an alteration of a certain road in the 
 Township of East Flamborougli ; 
 
 Be it therefore enacted by the Gore District 
 Municipal Council, now in Council assembled, 
 under and by virtue of an Act of the Parli unenl 
 of this Province, ejititled "An Act to provide for 
 the better Internal Government of tliat part of 
 this Province which formerly constituted liic 
 
GORE DISTRICT COUNCIL. 
 
 47 
 
 Province of Upper Canada, by the establishment 
 of Local or Mnnicipal Authorities therein." 
 
 And it is hereby enacted, by the authority of 
 the same, that the same be altered and become a 
 public highway, to all intents and purposes, that 
 is to say : commencing where the Dundas road 
 crosses lot No. 10, in the 2nd Concession of the 
 township of Kast Flamborough, 20 chains and 
 50 links from the limit between said Lot No. 10 
 and Lot No. 11, at the south-east side of the said 
 Dundas road : then south 39 degrees, east 4 
 chains 45 links; then south 61 degrees 45 min- 
 utes, east 7 chains 67 links, to a^ bridge ; fhen 
 north 85 degrees, east 1 chain 10 links ; then 
 north 61 degrees, east 2 chains 48 links ; then 
 north 23 degrees, east 2 chains 12 links ; then 
 south 7 degrees 30 minutes, east 1 chain 50 
 links ; then south 73 degrees 30 minutes, east 4 
 chains 50 links ; then south 30 degrees 30 min- 
 utes, east 2 chains 95 links ; then south 45 de- 
 grees, east 14 chains 35 links, to the road over 
 the Plains to Hamilton ; then across the road on 
 the last mentioned course ; then commencing on 
 the south-east side of the said Plains road, on the 
 aforesaid course, south 44 degrees, cast 22 chains 
 91 links ; then south 45 degrees, west 5 chains 
 7 links; then south 13 degrees 30 fninutes, east 
 5 chains 24 links; then south 50 degrees, east 3 
 chains 62 links to Burlington Bay. The abovo- 
 described road is laid out 40 ieet wide, that is to 
 say, 20 feet on each side of the survey, from the 
 place of beginning to the end ; and that no 
 expense in consequence of the land taken for 
 said road shall be paid by ihe District. 
 
 
 
 33 
 
 yn 
 
 • 1 
 
 11 
 
 m 
 
 1 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 m 
 
 i,., 
 
 m 
 
 f 
 
 m 
 
U i- 
 
 48 
 
 BY-LAWS OF TnB 
 
 Passed by the Council. 
 
 JOHN WETENHALL, 
 
 Warden. 
 Council Chamber, } 
 Aug. 15, 1844. ^ 
 
 I • 
 
 BY-LAW No. 104. 
 
 For opening a Road in the Townships of Beverly 
 and Puslinch, from the south-easterly angle 
 of Lot No. 1, in the Gore of Puslincli; thence 
 through the Gore of Beverly. 
 
 Whereas it is expedient and necessary to make 
 and open a road in the Townships of Beverly 
 and Puslincli ; 
 
 Be it therefore enacted by the Municipal Coun- 
 cil of the District of Gore, now in Council assem- 
 bled, under and by virtue of an Act of the 
 Parliament of this Province, entitled " An Act 
 to provide for the better Internal Government of 
 that part of this Province which formerly consti- 
 tuted the Province of Upper Canada, by the 
 establishment of Local or Municipal Authorities 
 therein." 
 
 And it is hereby enacted by the authority of 
 the same, that a road be laid out and opened, 
 
 viz : — Commencing 
 
 1-5 chains on a course s 
 
 outh 
 
GORE DISTRICT COL'XCIL. 
 
 49 
 
 77 degiees 15 minutes west, from the south- 
 easterly angle of Lot No. 1, in the Gore of 
 Pushnch ; thence through the Gore of BeverJv 
 south 9 degrees west, 2 chains and forty-two 
 links ; thence south 53 degrees west, 3 chains 
 and 75 links, more or less, to the centre of the 
 town line hetween Beverly and Dimifries. Also 
 for a road along the town line between Beverly 
 and Dumfries, commencing at the centre of the 
 allowance for a road between Beverly and Pus- 
 linch, and at the south-westerly corner of Pus- 
 linch; thence in the direction south 15 de^'^rees 
 30 minutes east, 9 chains and 25 links, more or 
 less, to the ceiitre of a road passing through Dum- 
 fries leading to Gait. 
 
 The said roads to be forty feet wide, twenty 
 feet on each side of the above description. 
 
 And be it further enacted that no remuneration 
 shall be had from the District for the openin«r of 
 the roads .^escribed in this By-Law. '^ 
 
 Passed by the Council. 
 
 JOHN WETENHALL, 
 
 /i ., /-ii -, - Warden. 
 
 Council Chamber, 
 
 Aug. 17, 1844. 
 
 
 i 
 
 J! 
 
 BY-LAW No. 105. 
 To open the allowance for Road between Lots 6 and 
 7, m the 3rd Concession of the Township of 
 Beverly. 
 
 Whereas, having duly considered the statement 
 

 to 
 
 BY-LAWS OP THE 
 
 I) , 
 
 m 
 
 of James Doswell and others, of the Township of 
 Beverly ; 
 
 Be it therefore enacted by the Gore District 
 Municipal Council, now in Council assembled, 
 under and by virtue of an Act of Parliament of 
 this Province, entitled 'An Act to provide for 
 the better Internal Government of that part of 
 this Province which formerly constituted the 
 Province of Upper Canada, by the establishment 
 of Local or Municipal Authorities therein." 
 
 And it is hereby enacted, that it shall and may 
 be lawful for the Overseers of Highways in said 
 locality of the said township to open the allow- 
 ance for road between Lots Nos. 6 and 7, iji the 
 3rd Concession of the Township of Beverly, 
 agreeable to the survey of James Kiikpatrick, 
 Esq., and remove any obstructions that may be 
 found thereon, that the Township Councillors 
 may direct, from front to the rear of the said con- 
 cessions, according to the said survey, and per- 
 form statute labor thereon. 
 
 Passed by the Council. 
 
 Council Chamber, 
 Aug. 15, 1844. 
 
 JOHN WETENHALL, 
 Warden. 
 
GORE DISTRICT COUNC.L. 
 
 51 
 
 •^1 
 •II 
 
 BY-L^W No. 112. 
 Fora Line of Road in Beverly, commencin<r in 
 front of the Ninth Concession, at the wutlteau 
 angle of Lot 13. . 
 
 Whereas having duly considered and approved 
 the Keport of James Kirknatrick, Esc..; P n 
 Purveyor ; " i > . j-'. 
 
 Be it therelbre enacted ])y the Gore District 
 Municipa CounciJ, now in Council assembled 
 under and by virtue of an Act of the Parliamen; 
 of this Province, entitled "An Act to provide for 
 the better Internal Government of tluit part of 
 this Province, which formerly constituted the 
 Province of Upper Canada, by the establishment 
 ol Local or Municipal Authorities therein." 
 
 And it is hereby enacted, by the anthoritv of 
 he same, that the following alteration be made 
 tliatisto say, comme) .^r j,, fj-ont of the 9th 
 Concession at the somii-east an-le of Lot No 
 1.3 ; then along the original allowance six chains' 
 thence north forty-seven degrees west, seven' 
 chains ten links : thence north eighty-seven de- 
 grees Avest, SIX < Uains seventy-five links ; thence 
 north seventy-two degrees Vest, twenty eioht 
 chains ; thence north sixty-two degrees w?s 
 eleven chains; thence south eighteen de^n-ees 
 west, seven chains ; thence south sixtv-twS de- 
 grees west, six chains ; thence south seventv-one 
 degrees west, eleven chains HiXy links; them- 
 south thirteen degrees east, s'ixtcen chains • 
 thence south twenty degrees west, thirty chains 
 forty^link^, to the west side line of Lot No. t,n 
 T..e Ah ^,GilcesBiori ; thence south thirteen de- 
 
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 ffrees east, eight chains fifty links, to the roi^l 
 leading to the macHdamized road; and that th • 
 width of said line of road shall be forty feet, thaf 
 is to say, taking its width on the northerly anj 
 the westerly side of the aforesaid line ; and that 
 the same be henceforth a public highway, to a!l 
 intents and purposes. 
 
 And be it enacted, that none of the general 
 funds of the District be appropriated toward.-^ 
 paying for the land through which this road 
 passes. 
 
 Passed by the Cotnicil. 
 
 JOHN WETENIIALL, 
 
 ,, ., Warden. 
 
 Council C'hainber, } 
 
 Feb. 14, 1840. ^ 
 
 BY-LAW No. 122. 
 
 For a new Line of Road in the I'Slh Conccsaion of 
 Fast Flamborou^rli^ cast from the northerlr/ 
 angle of Lot No. 7, in said Concession. 
 Whennis, having duly considncd and approved 
 the petition of John Linderrnan and others, of 
 the Township of JCnst Flamborough and Pus- 
 linch, praying (or the laying out of a new line of 
 road in the 18lli C'oncessiion of the Township 
 i)f Euwt Flaniborougli — 
 
GORE DISTRICT COU.VCIL. 
 
 Be it therefore enacted bv the Gore District 
 Aluiiicipal Council, now in Council assembled 
 under and by virtue of an Act of the Parliament 
 nf this Provmce, entitled "An Act to provide for 
 the better Internal Government of that part of 
 ins Province which formerly constituted the 
 i rovince of Upper Canada, bv the establishment 
 "I Local or Municipal Authorities therein." 
 
 And it is hereby enacted, by the authority of 
 the same, that a new line of road be opened as ;i 
 public hi-hway, the centre line of which mav b.. 
 described as follows, that is to say : 
 
 Commencinnr at a stake planted three chains 
 ;md seventy links on a course of south, fortv-iive 
 <le<?rces east from the northerly angle of Lot No 
 ', in the 13th Concession of the Township ot 
 Hamboroui^hEast; thence on a course of south 
 seventy-one (lo^rrees ten minutes west, ten chains; 
 ihencc south torty-five (b-rees west, fourteen 
 'hams and twenty links, more or h-ss, to the road 
 ■••llowaiice between Lots Ncs. 7 and S. 
 
 And bo it further enacted, that no remunora- 
 lon shall be received from the funds of the Dis- 
 rict for openmiT the road deseribe.; in this Bv- 
 
 Passed by the Council. 
 
 JOHN VVETENHALL, 
 
 ,, ... Warden. 
 
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 J3Y-LAW No. 129. 
 
 To raise a certain sum of Moncij, by Debentures, to 
 pai/ of Debts contracted b'// the Gore District, 
 previQvs to the 18th of March, 1845. 
 
 AVhcreas, there are now outstandinf? niiniiist 
 llie District of Gore, and past due, Debentures 
 amounting to the sum of live thousand eight hu;i- 
 <lred and ninety-nine pounds, four shillings, and 
 lunepence currency ; and whereas, there are al.so 
 debts due by the District up to the IStli of March 
 last, amounting to the sum of two thousand 
 three hundred and forty-eight pounds currency, 
 the holders of which debts refjuire immediate 
 payment thereor; and it is expedient and neces- 
 sary that the sum of eight thousand two hundred 
 and forty-seven pounds four shillings and nine- 
 pence currency be raised by Debentures, as 
 hereinaiter mentioned, for tlio payment of the 
 said Debentures and the said debts'sodue bv the 
 District ; ^ 
 
 13e it therefore enacted by the Gore District 
 Municipal Council, now in Council assembled, 
 under and by virtue of an Act of the Parliament 
 of this Provinces entitled " An Act to provide fhr 
 the belter Internal Government of that partofthis 
 Province which ibrmerly constituted the Province 
 of Upper Canada, by the establishment of Local 
 or Municipal Authorities therein." 
 
 And it is hereby enacted by the authority of 
 the same, that the sum of eight thousand two 
 hundred and forty-seven pounds four shillings 
 and ninejH'nce, or so much thereof as may bo 
 required, shall be raised, on the security of the 
 
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 District, by Debentures, which the Treasurer is 
 liereby authorized to issue, to be countei signed 
 !)y the Warden, payable at the expiration of 
 hve years from the date of said Debentures, 
 with interest thereon, payable half-yearly at the 
 Gore Bank; which said Debentures shall be 
 issued by the Tieasurer, countersigned by the 
 ^Varden, in sums of not less than one hundred 
 jjounds each. 
 
 And be it further enacted, Ihat the general 
 funds of the District be pledged for the repay- 
 ment of th^ -lui sum of eight thousand two hun- 
 dred and -seven pounds, four shillings and 
 nine per , uiid interest thereon. 
 
 And be it further enacted, that the sum of 
 three hundred and sixty pounds, and the further 
 sum of six hundred and thirty pounds, raised un- 
 der authority of Jiy-hiw No. 127, and appropriated 
 by said By-law to the payment of interest on 
 outstanding Debentures, and towards the pav- 
 inent and liqnidalion of the District debt, be ap- 
 plied to the payment of interest on the Deben- 
 tures to be issued by authority of this By-Law 
 and towards the liijuidation of the debt s(! 
 contracted, anything to the contrary in Bv-law 
 No. 127 notwithstanding. 
 
 And be it further enacted, that the said three 
 hundred and sixty pounds, and six hundred and 
 thirty pounds, above referred to, be depositet!, 
 when collected, in the Cora Bunk, to be applied 
 «s alorecnid. 
 
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 .->y miu hf' oenUmti, so io be iaaued, shall bu np- 
 
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 plied sold V to the payment and liquidation of 
 the ^aid Debentures and the said debts contracted 
 and owing- by the said District, on the 18th dav 
 of March last past, and that the Treasurer sh .fi 
 not be allowed to take or receive any per centa^e 
 on the monies raised under this By-law. " 
 
 Passed by the Council. 
 
 JOHN WETENHALL, 
 
 Council Chamber, > harden. 
 
 Au<r. 14, 1845. J 
 
 BY-LAW No. LS.-?. 
 
 To remunerate John Applegarth, for Land taken 
 for a Road in East J^lam/jorough, and havino- 
 reference to By-Law iVo. 101. ° 
 
 Whereas, under the the Statute 50th, CJeor'ro 
 •ird, chapter 1, Daniel O'Keiily, Surveyor- of Hi.rL 
 ways, \\\wi\ the application of twelve freeJK.lders, 
 made the followin-r survey, examination, niul 
 report, bearm^r date the fourth ihxy of April, one 
 thousand eight hundred and twenty, to the Court 
 of General Quarter Sessions of the Peace, of this 
 District, viz :—" Whereas applieaiion in wrilincr 
 liath been made to me by twelve freeholders', 
 stating that it was necessary that n road should 
 
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 be opened from near the house whore Jiicoh 
 Racket now lives, thence rannin«r an easterJv 
 coLirse to JMessrs. Andrews and Tisdel's I\lills 
 and from thence to Ephraim Hopkins' Stoni 
 House. I have examined the gromul, and lind it 
 wiil admit of a .i^ood road. The whole to he GO 
 feet." At which Quarter Sessions, no oppositioM 
 to the said report beiiijr made, the said report was 
 confirmed, and the road ordered to he opened ;„•- 
 cordin<5ly; which road thence to tin; p^e^<enl 
 '.imo, has been travelled, and on some parts sta- 
 tute labor been performed, but in other parts en- 
 croached upon by lenccs. And ulieress, owin" 
 to the indeHnite description and lK)undirics in 
 such report, it is doubtful wliether the road can 
 be Icirally claimed by the public, in some phices, 
 to the lull width specified in such report. And 
 whereas, to prevent further dilierences, and to 
 confirm said line of road, as nearly as possibh> 
 to the width of f(>vty feet, this Council passed Hy- 
 law No. 101, according to tlic report of James 
 Cleaver, Surveyor, whereby said road was n<.t to 
 bo opened until parties ciaimin<. an interest in 
 the land taken by the said road should be re- 
 munerated therefor. And for the purpose of 
 valuing such interest, persons were appointed 
 who could not agree. And whereas, upon exMin- 
 miition of the records of the Quarter S.-ssions 
 respecting the said road, considering the ion- 
 use the public have had thereof, and havin^ 
 evidence respecting the some, it manifestly 
 appears ihat John Applegarth, when be pur- 
 chased the land through which the said road 
 runs, had knowledge of such road, and purchased. 
 
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 .1 -^ therefore enacted by the Gore Distri-t 
 MunicjpH Council, now in Council assembled, 
 under and by virtue of an .4ct of the Parliament 
 ol tins Pro^nce, entitled "An Act to provide for 
 the brttor Internal Government of that part of 
 this ProviiK'e which tbrmerly constituted the 
 1 rovince ol Upper Canada, bv the establishment 
 ot Local or Mimicipal Authorities therein " 
 
 And it is hereby enacted by the authority of 
 the same, that the said line of road described in 
 said Bv-law No. 101, be henceforth a common 
 and public hiyhway, to all intents and purposes, 
 npoii payment to the said John Appleo-arth of tha 
 Num of tluee pounds currency by tho'se petition- 
 my to have the said road opened. 
 
 Am\ be it further enacted, by the authority of 
 he same, that no. By-law or }3y-hnvs passed by 
 this Council heretofore, shall interfere, or be con- 
 strued to interfere, with the provisions of this 
 ljy-law_anythiny to the contrary in anywise 
 notwithstanding'. "^ 
 
 Passed by the Council. 
 
 JOHN VVETENHALL, 
 
 Warden. 
 Council Chainber, 
 
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 BY-LAW No. 141. 
 For a new Line of Road in the 1th Concession of 
 the Toirnslnp of Beverly, cornmenani^ on til 
 Tiortherlii ^^^^ of the Macadamized Road lead- 
 ing from Dundas to Waterloo. 
 Whereas having duly considered and approved 
 the report o Francis Kerr, Survevor of Hiolw.vs. 
 relative to ihis road ; ' ^'^invci) b, 
 
 . Be it therefore enacted by the Gore Di.trh-t 
 Municipn Council, now in Council assembled 
 under and by virtue of an Act oi the Parliament' 
 of this Province, entitled "An Acr to provide fo, 
 lie better Internal Government ofthat partof thi. 
 1 rovmce which tbrmerly constituted the Province 
 of Upper Canada, by the establishment of Local 
 or iMunicjpal Authorities tberein." 
 
 And it is horeb) enacted by the authority of the 
 same tbat the followin- line be establi.sbed as 
 a public highway, to all intents and |..n-po.ses, 
 hat is to say, forty feet wide, the centre line of 
 winch may be described as follows, that is to say 
 cominencmo- o„ the northerly side of tbe Maca- 
 damized road leadiui.- from Dm.das to \\um\oo 
 j.t the distance of 20 feet east from the division' 
 hne between Lots Nos. 2 and 3, in the 7th Con- 
 ces.oH of the Township of Beverly ; tl,eu,o 
 parallel to said division line north, thirteen 
 (le^^rees west, fourteen chains and two links, more 
 
 nLnlMf r"" '"'*'•' ^^■'^^•''^ Concession; thence 
 parallel to Concession road, south «eventy-seven 
 [lepees. west, twenty feet to said division lino 
 between Lots 2 and .S ; thence aion^ said division 
 
 I • \ h'^T\ '^^'^'^^^> west twenty-seven 
 chains and tif>v Imlro »,.,...« „_ i . i •^ 
 
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 v.-osf,.rly niigle of James Nichol's land ; thence 
 })arulloI to Concession road, south seventy-seven 
 decrees, west three and one half feet ; 'thenc(! 
 parallel to side line, north thirteen degrees, west 
 tweiify-two chains and fifty links, more or la^s, 
 To the road allowance between the seventh and 
 eighth Concessions ; thence commencing on the 
 iiorth boundary of said road allowance, and at the 
 distnnee of twenty feet east from the boundarv 
 between Lots Nos. 2 and 3, and parallel to said 
 boundary, north thirteen degrees, west fifteen 
 chains and ninety links, more or less, to the road 
 runnm- through the eighth Concession. 
 
 And bo it further enacted, that none of the 
 general fimds of the District shall be appropriated 
 towards paying for any land through which this 
 road may pass. 
 
 Passed by the Council. 
 
 JOHX WETENHALL, 
 
 Warden. 
 Council Chamber, } 
 Nov. 12, 1845. \ 
 
 BY-LAW No. 144. 
 For a new Line of Bond to descend the Mountain, 
 from the Blacksmith's Shop at the summit of 
 the Mountain, to intersect the road allowance 
 between Lots 15 and 16, in the 3rd Concession 
 of liar ton. 
 
 Whereas, it was found necessary, for the con- 
 
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 venience of the public, that a ne^v line of road 
 t1r«? be opened to descend the Mountain from 
 tl e B acksmith'8 Shop at the summit or top ofZ 
 Mountam to intersect the roadallowance between 
 Lots Nos. 10 and 16, known by the name of James 
 Street ; and it is now considered expedient la? 
 
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 r-i/^f i! ^'i^J'^f";^ ^^"^cted oy the Municipal Coun- 
 1 of the District of Gore, now in Council a.se - 
 bled, under and by virtue of an Act of the 
 Parhamen tof this Province, entitled "A, Act 
 to provide tor the better Internal GovernnieiU of 
 at part of this Province which formerly 'on ti- 
 es .^hli/' ^'.^Tt'" f Upper Canada, by the 
 IheJeln '' '^^'''"' "^ ^^^^'^'P^' AutluJrities 
 
 fh;"^""^ '^ ?. ^'^'f^y ^"^'^^^^'^ ^'y ^be authority of 
 
 he same, that the said road be adopted est ,b 
 
 lushed, and be a public hio-hway, to .11 in et^ 
 
 madr'r"s^'r'7l!"^^^ '''' sn^;ey ofthe slTn : 
 made by Samuel Kyckman ; that is to sav — 
 commencing on the summit of the mountain on 
 the west side ofthe road leading from 1 e o\v 
 of Hamilton, to William Terry berry 's,t 1 " i^ 
 the hmit between Lots Nos. 15 and 16 i ^ 
 3rd Concession of theTpwnship of Barton • then 
 north sixty-eght and three.juafters degree, 'as 
 four chains eighty nine links then north eventv- 
 four degrees east, three chains fifty-eight inks • 
 then north seventy-eight and three- naters 
 degrees east four chains fourteen Hnk \S 
 north seventy-five and a half dcLrrees eas 
 
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 ty-nine degrees east, three clinins seven 
 iinJvs; then iiorlh lifty mid a (quarter de- 
 grees east, SIX cliaiiis; then north fifty-fbnr 
 degrees east, six chains forty-four Jinks, to James 
 fctreef, llanullon, posting right and Jeft of said 
 line twenty foot each way lur Koad. Provided 
 always, that none of the general funds of the 
 Uistrict be appropriated towards payment for any 
 land taken up by said line of road.' 
 
 Passed by the Council. 
 
 JOHN WETENHALL, 
 
 ^ .. . * Warden. 
 
 Council Chamber, > 
 Feb. 11, 1846. ( 
 
 
 BY-LAW No. H6. 
 
 For n line of Road from the north-easterly corner 
 of Lot No. 16, in tlie 6th Concession of Beverly. 
 
 "Whereas, having duly considered and approved 
 the report of Francis Kerr, Esq., D. P. Surveyor, 
 lor a Ime of road in the 6th Concession of Beverly; 
 
 iJeit therefore enacted by the Gore District 
 Municipal Council, now in Council assembled, 
 under and by virtue of an Act of the Parliament 
 Qi this Province, entitled, " An Act to provide 
 
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 for the better Internal Government of that part of 
 this Province which formerly constitu chI he 
 Provinee of Upper Canada, by the establishment 
 of Local or Municipal Authorities therein." 
 
 And it is ' ereby enacted by the authorilv of 
 the same that the centre line of the afbresa 
 road be described as follows, that is to say .om 
 mencmg ten chains and thirty-six links on a 
 course of south seventy-seven degrees west f^^rn 
 he north-easter y angle of Lot No. 16, in tl e 6 
 Concession of the Township of Bcvchy ; thence 
 parallel to side li„c in the direction, soutl , ^ Ir- 
 een degrees east, twenty-nine cha ns 1 ii /, 
 links ; thence south twenty-three degrees tvenv 
 jve minutes west, five chains and'thirty Tmks • 
 hence south forty-two degrees and thirty mi u,es 
 wes, seven chams and eighteen links; the ce 
 south twenty-three degrees west, thref' chins 
 and sixty-four links, more or less, o he wesSv 
 boundary of Lot No. 16; thence alml' sa d 
 boundary south, thirteen degrees eas'twen v 
 f^vc chams and sixty-three links ; thence south 
 thirty-seven degrees west, nin^ chaTns and 
 seventy links; thence south twenty-one de^es 
 wcs , twenty-five chains and forty links ; t rence 
 south fifty-six degrees and twenty minute's vest 
 west twenty-eight chains and fifty links, mol J; 
 
 iTeen the '^^^"'^^ '^u ^^ '''^ allowance be- 
 tween the 6th and 5th Concessions; thence 
 
 th.r tn *r^ ^^^''? '""^^ ^i^teen minu es west! 
 less, to the Macadamized road leading from 
 
 Dundas to Waterloo, and that the same belirnc" 
 
 forthannbIiphicrKT.ro,. *-_ii- . «"ic ue m nc^^. 
 
 ^ 'to" '^ "J »iwaiiuiienis and purposes. 
 
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 And be It ouacted, that none of the general 
 Umu of the District be appropriated towards 
 l>ayiii- for the land throii-li which this road 
 l)asses. 
 
 Passed by the Council. 
 
 JOHN WETENHALL, 
 
 Warden. 
 Council Chamber, > 
 Fob. 13th, 1810. \ 
 
 I3Y-LAW No. 154. 
 
 To alter a Line of Road established bt/ By-law No 
 jr), eommencing on the west side of the Road 
 if J!;^' foot of the ^fountain), at tlie distance 
 of 40 lin/cs on the course south, 18 degrees tvest 
 frotn the Rev. Mr. Gale's gate post, on the road 
 leading from John Secord, Esq's., down the 
 Mouritcnn, to Stoney Creek, by the ivay of Mr. 
 William Freeman's. 
 
 Whereas it is expedient and necessary that 
 certain alterations should be made in a line of 
 road adopted and established by By-law No. 75 ; 
 
 Bo it therefore enacted by the Gore District 
 Municipal Council, now in Council assembled, 
 under and by virtue of an Act of the Parliament 
 
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 of this Province, entitlerJ «* An A/>f *^ i 
 
 i rovmcG ofUppei- Canada, by the eslablishmenf 
 of L„cnl or Municipal Aiuhorities there™.'' 
 
 •he^^s'le ib.!r,i:''^f ^1""=?'"' ^'^ "'« '"''^"'•<y of 
 uit, ^drne, Tliat liie lollowino- ; 'frrifmnc k« .., i 
 
 {" the said rond, and the s^^.o^be ";i:d"S 
 
 pos.s Mat js to say, commt'i-isirr on the west 
 .s dc of tlic road (at the foot ot : .e MountahiT ' 
 the distance of forty links on the course^, Mh 
 nirh eon decrees west from tiie Rev. A e4nde; 
 M ;; 1?^' Po^t, sitnate on the road ]ea^!n?^om 
 ;^.hii Secord, Lsq's., down the Mountain, S 
 htoney Cn^-ek, by the way of Mr. William p'roe- 
 cuC4 '"1 '""''^ seventy-ei^^ht and a ha'f 
 
 -vonty-three linL ; the^Cn^^ixt^ 
 hail doo-rees west, ninety-three links /the^i north 
 fifty-seven de^nves west, five ehainL thirty-o e 
 nlcs ; then seventy-four and a quarter decrees 
 west SIX chains eleven links ; then south eHiu 
 .s-xden^rees west, one chain sixty-seven ids • 
 then north sixly-two de"-rees \vo^t Z\ i • ' 
 
 Joa^e™„™e.,by,he^C:i^^^^^^^^^^ 
 
 And be it farther enacted, that the Rev Mex 
 
 ander Gale do refund to the Districtsuch ^um aJ 
 
 any three disinterested persons may awaTfor 
 
 the dittf»rpiice in vtI"^ -~r ^v ■ "^aiu, jor 
 
 Kt; in >aiue ol ihe two roads; such 
 
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 arbitrators to be chosen as directed by the By» 
 Law of the Council. Provided always, that none 
 of the general funds of the District be appropri- 
 ated towards payment for any land taken up bv 
 said line of road. ' 
 
 Passed by the Council. 
 
 JOHN WETENHALL, 
 
 Warden,. 
 Council Chamber, ) 
 May 14, 1846. ^ 
 
 BY-LAW No. 174. 
 
 To carry intn eflrrt the Uth clause of the Amended^ 
 Munici^)al Act, to compel ovmers of land to cut 
 down timber grounng within the space of 25 
 feet from any Highway. 
 
 Whereas, it is expedient an J necessary to (.-arry 
 ill ellect the 14th clause of the Amended Mu.'ii- 
 cipal Act ; 
 
 Be it therefore enacted by the Warden and 
 Conncillors of the Gore District, now in Councilj 
 assembled, uik jr and by virtue of an Act of th(' 
 Parliament of this Province, entitled " An Act to 
 provide for the better Internal Cjvernnientoftlmi 
 
GORE DISTRICT COC.VCIL ^ 
 
 PfiSSi 
 
 Provincial ParJiament of the Provln .pnf i" 
 
 entitled, "An Act to -impn ' fi i ^•^"'"'•'^' 
 
 District Councils/' ^^'' ^"'"^^ '^^^^'^'^« ^^ 
 
 , And be it therefore enacted Thnt \t d n i 
 
 or in default of doi,,.. ,o v Tl . M '''«''«■■'>• i 
 Ijiwf.d for ,1,0 Ove'^or of IIhIv:',,"':! •"' 
 division .s,M.h Innd sl,„|| |i,,, „ ci ,\o n I '" 
 
 ;i"«-" ,di ,„ci. ,i„,i,e, ,o i« , «i bti in, for ,';;" 
 
 ■ nprovoincnt of (he ro.-nis und bri "el T, 
 division, or solil by bin, (o d IHv ! ' '"■■' 
 "icnrred in enrrji.^, ,bi» ^Vii^i.teilS""^ 
 
 ^•iiy land n/b .Ui I n., r'l'l',"'' 'T'l"-'"""-'' O'" 
 
 "i.i'b limber ,0 be en r,,'*.,, '' '" ';"""' "" 
 ■•-0 .be owner „r ovvnt f .'.'"eL'T; I, '", '"' 
 
 i:^L:;zSo;:it.;i;:-;;/r<ff%- 
 
 lime prescribed in sue, „,',.. ■""<"•''• "H"!- 'lie 
 
 ;nu..^ik.,,,.ro;!d;,;iV,ir';';,::/;r:i •!;•:;:!:';'•• 
 
 -viuMoeu.down.orinnnywisoinj.irc.rj;': 
 
 
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 stroy, any orchard or shrubbery, or any trees 
 phinted for ornament or shelter. 
 Passed by the CoimciJ. 
 
 SAMUEL CLARKE, 
 
 Council Chainbe 
 Feb., 91b. 1S47 
 
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 Warden. 
 
 BY-LAW No. 176. 
 
 To provide fur the Payment of the Interest on the 
 Sinn oj .t* 1,500, 3Ionct/ raised under and hu 
 virtue of By-Law No. 162. 
 
 Whereas it is expedient and necessary to pro- 
 vide for the payment of the interest to accrue on 
 the Debentures to be issued, by authority of By- 
 Law No. 162, for the improverne'il and INlaeada- 
 niizing the road between ,Tohn Binkley's and 
 Dundas; 
 
 Be it therolbre enacted by the Gore District 
 Muniei|)al Council, ')w in Council assembled, 
 under and by virtue of an Act of the Parliament 
 of this Province, entitled " An Act to provide for 
 the better Internal Ciovermnent of that part of 
 this Province, which formerly cojistituted the 
 Pr«»vinc(^ of Upper Caniula, by the establishment 
 of Local or Municipal Authorities therein." 
 
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 by Deben lire, on the credit of the District in 1 
 ulso O.I the credit of the ToIJs as provided b^ 
 authority of By-Law Number Orie Hu.idred 
 and Sixty -two, shall be pny.ble in\^eyeS^ 
 as therein mentioned, and with interest there' 
 
 tn e or Debentures, ..ucli interest 1o be mid 
 
 SOlh day of Juno, and on the 31«t day of Decem- 
 ber, in each and every year. J^tceni- 
 
 the^s'ml'p" Tl^'T!!"' '^"'''^'"^' ^y <he authority of 
 
 e same, luit the ;-oneraI fmnh of the Distric 
 be. and are hereby pledged lortb. payrncnit of be 
 3aKl sum of Four ThousSndFive Jl.m iecVpmim^^^^^ 
 and also the le,.al interest tl. rec)u/or 1 ^X^.^: 
 and times hereinbefore mentioned and provS 
 Passed by the Council. 
 
 SAMUEL CLARKE, 
 
 _, .. Wardm, 
 
 Council Chnn.l)er, ) 
 Ilainilton, Feb., S, 1847. I 
 
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 BY-LAW No. 181. 
 To Macadamize or otherwise improve the Short 
 hoad Iraduig from the Toivnshiiy of FUimbor- 
 ough West to Guclph 
 
 Whereas, it is of g^reat importance to the in- 
 habitants of the District of Gore, to afJord 
 increased ficjluies to the Trade and business 
 between said Districl, and the fertile country 
 Jyin<r at its North ; ^ 
 
 And whereas, the line of Road comnionlr 
 knowa as the Short or Bro^k Road, leadino from 
 the lA aeadaiTuzod Road in the Town&hip of West 
 Hambormi-h to Gnelph, is well calculated, if 
 improved, to secure this object ; 
 
 And whereas the District Council of the Wd- 
 Jmgton District have, by Resolution, oilbred and 
 undertaken to raise one-half of the amount 
 required to improve said Jioad by Macadanizin- 
 tlie same or otherwise, on condition that the 
 ^ore District Council will defray tlie other half 
 of such amount ; 
 
 And whereas it is advisable that said oiler be 
 nccepted by this Council ; 
 
 And whereas|in act hath boon passed by the 
 Provincial Parliament at its last Session, entitled 
 "An Act to incorporate certain persons as the 
 Guelph and Dundas Rond Company,"— whereby 
 It IS amongst other things enacted, that the 
 

 OORIE DISTRICT COUT^CIL. 
 
 Y! 
 
 
 •Councils of the Districts of Wellinoton and f'nm 
 may take shares in the Capital Ck oftid 
 ^^ompany to any amount ; ^'^ 
 
 And whereas, it is desirable for the nnbl,V 
 >^^ood, that a Roar! of such leidino- i K 
 .houid be.under the conTrV^f fd'^ncdT 
 sa.d Districts, instead of passin/^ into lie h nd' 
 oi private Stockholders; '^^'""^-^ 
 
 Be it therefore enacted hv fi.« n -r^- 
 Municipal Council. Tot i7co ncH :t,?Tr/ 
 under and by virtue of an ^c,t a J S S 
 of this Province, entitled « An A^Tf V . 
 
 Ij't, And It is hereby enacted W the a.itl.orttv- 
 
 2nd. And be it further ennctcd H,.,. ,i. 
 Warden by and with the couscm/i a, ^,c li • . / 
 
 Jioreafter to be imposed nnon .-?; - }'' ' *'"" 
 
 of interest not to exceed sivnnr.r ' " '"^'* 
 pnyable half-year v', " flV^^^ '*• ^"'^ ^•".""">' 
 
 pny 
 
 pay me lit of isaid Shu 
 
 ypnrly.nnd to apply the sa 
 
 '--:-i «nu 111 lae ownaariicti 
 
 rne in the 
 
 on 
 
 
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 r ■ 4/ 
 
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BY-LAWS OF THE 
 
 Of _said Eoad, under and by such advice as ufore- 
 
 3rd. And be it further enacted, That the Wn- 
 den Messrs Holt, 8hade, Wi!li,An WU^ jJL 
 yslut,, ami John O'Hatt, be and they are hereby 
 ■•'!;i>umtea a Committee on behalf of this c'tim 
 cn,ajm,orrtyorwhomshallh.veiidii^^^^^^ 
 
 ^'o^V . T'"^ 'r '^^ ^y^"^ "f '-'^''^ Capita! 
 ;. >a, .o to oe subs^nb^d for as aforesaid, and 
 
 Ds^ic rr" '^ ^^'^°*^'^'" Debentures of the 
 IJistiict to taai a*..ounf, at not less than par 
 
 vahH, and at a .at. ofinrerest not to exceJ^ "SI 
 
 r>ercuit. t)er annum, jxjuible half-yearly, and in 
 
 conjunction w,th Jhe Wemn^ton District Com c 
 
 said Road and io employ competent Encrin?ers 
 and Aifoats to sui^rintend the survey ami con- 
 structmnofthe sa.ne, and to malJreasonX 
 arrauivemeuts with any Committee to be apnoint- 
 ea by the Vyellin.tou District Council. toS I 
 
 u'T'T'^^'^'lf'^' ?^"" Districts in sa 5 
 oad, and <renerally to do all which may bo 
 ec->ssary from time to time, to carry out the 
 
 inakmir and completing of said Uoad. 
 
 4th. Aad be it further enacted, That in ease 
 
 oi any vacancy by death, resi,o„ation, rcfusa? ?o 
 
 serve or otberwise, happeniuo- i., s./j Commit- 
 
 nav fill m""^'';' '"'" '^'' *'"'^ ^'''^^' ^'»"J' "'^ 
 ind> hit up such vacancy, by appointiM- other 
 
 persouor persons to said ConnniUee, until the 
 
 next succeedmfrmeetinjr of this Council, when 
 
 ^>e same shall be supplied by the Counci ; Pro- 
 
 VKled a wap. t nxt nothiu,- herein coutainec? 
 
 i^ull bo taken to prevent the Council at any 
 
GORE DISTRICT COUNCIL. 
 
 73 
 
 Council. ^ '"""^ "" remny^d by tlu» 
 
 ii...ion iS," ' Co, ;Tr;°;; """ "^^ "''^'■ 
 
 ■-aid Kond, i„ order ,;,.,! • P,""""=^ """'^ 
 
 to pro vi.le a Sinlfin" It /f"^r'"'""^^"°»- "'"' 
 principal »um and -Jor ch :'„ '" ''"•>"«■"* <'''""> 
 Council n,„y ^^0 ' i, j I""'P»»'-'s »» the 
 ing to the terms rft;t A ."■'"' ''"'t"""' ''^■™nl- 
 Ro-.d Conipr; '""' ^"^ '"«-Pora,ing s„i,| 
 
 Sill. And be it further enacted Th-,f .i.„ ■*. 
 Committee shall not proceed ctn, III , '''"' 
 mcnee the malilu"- of inll B ' '•""'".T to com- 
 conjimction wi 7hc w^ r ?''• "'.'"' 'hey, in 
 .til.iliall have n ov deff p?^'"" °"""'" Conn- 
 
 '■onstr,,ctiro/^,r'wMe Vrs'id l{;,:r''" '''^' 
 ;- »K.y he, simultaneous ly ; a, d I ,r"ha ' n,? ""'"' 
 •I'ey may pay Co.Wractor/i , pan " " , "^f f" 
 
 .iTd."'" "'• '"" i^'--'''-'»'»-X'rd,;'b'etet:lr: 
 
 C«mmi»e".'',h' II fref; "'■'■'•';''•■''' '^'"" «>" ^«'t 
 
 
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 ■BY-LAWS fOF THE 
 
 8th. And be it further enacted, That this By- 
 Law and all its provisions shall be void, unless 
 the District Council of ihe Wellington District, 
 shall on behalf of the said Wellington District, 
 take an equal amount with the Gore District, of 
 the Capital Stock of said Koad. 
 
 9th. And he it further enacted. That it shall 
 and may be permitted to each Member of th*; 
 Committee hereinbefore named, to sub^^cribe in 
 his own name for Ten Shares of said Capital 
 Stock, to be held by them respectively, for the 
 benefit of the Gore District, with the view 
 of selectini:- out of them a fair proportion of 
 Directors, and that application be made at the 
 next Session of the Provincial Parliament for 
 such an alteration or amendment of said Act, as 
 to enable the District Councils for the Gore and 
 Wellington Districts together, to manage said 
 Koad, and upon procuring such amendment, said 
 Committee shall assign to this Council the Shares 
 so held by them, and that the Warden do appoint 
 one or more Agents under the Common Seal (,(' 
 this Council, to vote at the next or first elocliou 
 for Directors, on beltalf of this Council. 
 
 10th. And be it further enacted, That all De- 
 bentures to be issued under this By-law shall be 
 signed by the Treasurer, and counte-sigued bv 
 the Warden. 
 
 nth. And be it further enacted, That uothini»- 
 iiereinbefore contained, shall prevent the said 
 Committee from proceeding with the survey of 
 ^aid Road, and employing Engineers and As- 
 iiistante for that purpose. 
 
 
GORE DISTRICT COUNCIL. 
 
 75 
 
 Passed by the Council. 
 
 SAMUEL CLARKE, 
 
 Warden. 
 JAS. DURAND, D. Clerk. 
 
 Council Chamber, > 
 Hamilton, Nov. 4, 1847. \ 
 
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 BY-LAW No. 186. 
 
 For cutting a drain through Mr. William Bink- 
 Iry's land. 
 
 Whereas, it is expedient and necessary to pro- 
 cure sufhcient land for the cutting a drain or 
 ditch to carry oir the drainaj^e of certain lands 
 runiim- parallel with a part of Ihe Binklev 
 Hollow Koad, now owned by Mr. Wm. Binkhn". 
 
 Be it tb'M-efore enacted by the Gore Distriri 
 Municipal Council, now in Council assembled 
 under and by virtue ofan Act of the Parliament 
 of tins Province, entitled "An Act to provide for 
 tiie better Intenud Government of that part of this 
 Province which formerly constituted the Province 
 of Upper Canada, by the establishment of Local 
 or Municipal Authorities therein." 
 
 And it is herebv ,»nacted, That the Surveyor is 
 authorized to sel". (he necessary line for cutting 
 
 
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 the sajd drain cr ditch, and that Mr. Robert Kerr 
 Surveyor, be an Arbitrator on the part of this 
 Council, to value said land with the said Mr. W 
 IJinkley, and it is further provid-r^ ^\ * should 
 the said Robert Kerr and VViiixum limklev not 
 apee on the value of the said land, that the two 
 sfiail choose a third, whose decision shall be 
 final 
 
 Passed by the Council. 
 
 SAMUEL CLARKE, 
 
 Warden. 
 
 J A:\iES DURAND, D. Cler/c. 
 
 Council Chamber, > 
 Hamilton, Nov. 10, 1847. l 
 
 BY-LAW No. 187, 
 For the improvement of Roads. 
 
 Whereas, having r ulj considere.l the Plan and 
 Report of William Ca: roll, Esq., D. P. Surveyor, 
 and having approved of the same, 
 
 Be it therefore enacted bv ^he Gore District 
 Municipal Council, now in C nci! assembled 
 under and by virtue of certaii, .cts f^the Parlia- 
 mem of this Province, entitled An Act to provide 
 Ic:- the better Internal Government of that part of 
 
GORE DISTRICT COUxVCIL. 
 
 77 
 
 
 this Province which formerJy constituted the 
 T/lZT ^^^ Upper Canada, by [he establishment 
 of Local or Municipal Authorities therein." 
 
 And it is hereby enacted by the authority of 
 
 n'S'^'^''^ ^°^^°^"^^ ^''''' b« established 
 u.s a Public HighAvay, that is to say,-commen. 
 
 ed/llmh n7.,''''\l^^" '^^" P^^"^^^ ^^ ^he west- 
 erly limit of the allowance for 1? u\ between the 
 
 on ThT n^t r' ?'':^'''^ ^"^ ^^^^^'-k, and also 
 W.. "i^'^^'^'^y boundary of the Township of 
 Seneca, thence north sixty-two decrees and thirtv 
 minutes west three hundred and^wj^^'ty oS 
 more or less, to the easterly side of thl Plank 
 Road, leadin. from Hamilton to Port Dover 
 
 1^1^ . lioad, and on the northerly boundari- of 
 
 plan eo,,nd following the same cours.s that is, 
 nortii -y-two de<rrees and 30 minutes, west one 
 hundn^ and irty-nine chains 80 link's, more or 
 u-ss to the owance for Road between the 
 Townships of Glaniord and Ancaslor, said Koad 
 to be s,xty-six feet in width, that is thirty- three 
 onohVrf- ^t;«f^be above described line or 
 one-hal beino^ taken from the Township of Glan- 
 ford and one-half from the Township df Sen a; 
 and that he same be henceforth a Public High- 
 way to all intents and purposes. *> 
 
 And be it <>nacted by the authority aforesaid, 
 that If u nunoratiou be demanded ascompe^isa- 
 tion for dama-es sustained by parties fbr land 
 aken for said Road as aforesaid, Lcl^^^o Lnsa 
 
 
 
 

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 T8 
 
 BY-LAWS OF THE 
 
 And whereas, it i also expedient to make cer- 
 tain alterations across the south ends of lots Nos 
 tive and SIX in the third concession of the Town- 
 ship oi Flamborough West. 
 
 Be it therefore enacted by the authority afore- 
 said, 1 hat the following is a description thereof 
 according to a plan and survey made by H. Mc- 
 Mahon, Esquire, a Surveyor of Hiirhways, that is 
 to say,— commencing where a JPost has been 
 planted in the centre of the allowance for Road 
 between the second and third Concessions of 
 said lownship, opposite a Post planted at the 
 south-west angle of the said Lot No. 5, north 
 seventy degrees, east four chains ten links, thence 
 north sixty-nine degrees fifteen minutes, east 
 two chains, thence north seventy-nine doo-rees 
 hlteen minutes, east three chains and tAventy-five 
 links ; thence north seventy degrees thirty min- 
 utes, east three chains and eleven links; thence 
 north sixty-five degrees thirty minutes, east five 
 • hams and seventy-one links ; thence north six- 
 ty-two degrees thirty minutes, east five chains 
 and thirty links ; thenco north seventy-four de- 
 grees fifteen minutes, oast three chains and tAven- 
 ty links; thence south eighty-two degrees thirtv 
 minutes, east two chains and twentv-one links • 
 thence south sixty-three degrees thirty minute*^' 
 east two chains and seventeen links; thence 
 south forty-one degrees fifteen minutes, east 
 three chains and ninety-five links, more or less 
 to the allowance for road between the second 
 and third Concessions aforesaid, which road to 
 be one chain in width, or one halt chain from 
 the centre of the said course each way. 
 
 
GORE" DTSTRICT COUN-CIL. 
 
 t9 
 
 
 And be it farther 
 
 , . ,. , ----- enacted, that the aforesaid 
 description be a Public Highway to all intent* 
 and purposes. 
 
 And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, 
 Ihat none of the general funds of the District be 
 applied for payment of damages sustained by 
 reason of the s.;id road crossing the private pro- 
 perty of any mdividual. ^ 
 
 4V^"^ 7}^^^^^^' Having duly considered the Pe- 
 
 itionofGeorge Thompson and Thomas Grant- 
 
 lam, lor altering and opening up a public 
 
 highway m the Township of Brantford, from the 
 
 Mount Pleasant road to Newport ; and whereas 
 
 ^Vilham Walker, Esq., a Surveyor of Roads, a 
 description of which is as follows, that is to say: 
 Commencing on the south side of the said Brant- 
 ford and Mount Pleasant Road, at a distance of 
 ♦.ne Cham and thnty-thiee links, in a north-east- 
 erly direction from the northerly angle of the land 
 formerly granted by the Crown to Jc milna 
 Mewart, and Sarah Rnggles, and afterwards sold 
 b^ Wni. Walker, Esq., to Thomas Gramham ; 
 and running thence south twenty degrees east 
 four chains and seventeen links, more or less, to 
 the easterly limit of the said parcel of land lately 
 purchased f^^om the said William Walker, Esq'^ 
 by the said 1 homas Grantham ; then south 
 twelve degrees, east ten chains and thirty-four 
 links, more or less, to an angle, said road to be 
 loity feet wide, or twenty foet each side of the 
 said courses. 
 
 th.'^'J.l^V^''"-:?^^^ ^y. ^'^^ authority aforesaid, 
 lHai txic aiorcsaid Uescription of road be estab- 
 
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 BY-LAWS OF THE 
 
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 lished, and is hereby established, as a public 
 highway to all intents and purposes. 
 
 And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, 
 that none of the general funds of the District be 
 applied for payment of damages sustained by 
 reason of the said road crossing the private pro- 
 perty of any individual. 
 
 And whereas, having duly considered the Pe- 
 tition of Thomas Oysler, and others, for altering 
 and opiMiing up a Public Highway in the Town- 
 ship of Nelson, commencing at the south side of 
 Dundas Street, at tbe limit between tbe Town- 
 ships of Nelson and East Fhunboro' ; and 
 whereas a survey of said road having been duly 
 made by .Tames (leaver, Es(|., Kond Survevor, a 
 description of which is as follows, that is to say. 
 connuencing at the south side of Dundas Street 
 aibresaid, on ihe limit between said Townships; 
 thence south fi>rty-live degrees, east on said limit 
 forty- three chains hl'ty links, luore or less, to the 
 break of the mountain ; then north thirty-seven 
 degrees, ( ast six chains down the said mountain; 
 then south eiglity-foin' degfccs; east tw(>nty-thret' 
 chains nijuny links; tlieu south ibrty-Jive de- 
 grees, east eighteen chains iifty links ; then north 
 seventy-two degrees, east ten chains 67 links; 
 thence south 45 digrees, east eight chains ninety 
 links; thence south seventy degiees, oast eigh- 
 teen chains thirty links; thence south lifty-live 
 degrees, east iifty-one chains and live links, more 
 or less, to the laid out road in front of Freeman 
 Sovereign's hmd ; Ihe said new road to be forty 
 feet wide, that is, twenty feet on each side of 
 the above description. 
 
GORfi DISTRICT COUNCIL. 
 
 81 
 
 And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, 
 That the beforementioned description of road be 
 established as a public highway to all intents 
 and purposes. 
 
 And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, 
 That none of the general funds of the District be 
 applied for payment of damn<Tfes sustained by 
 reason of the said road crossing the private proper- 
 ty of any individual. 
 
 Paosed by the Council. 
 
 SAMUEL ( LARKE, 
 
 Warden. 
 JAS. DURAND, D. Clerk. 
 
 Council Chamber, ) 
 Hamilton, 10th Nov., 1847. J 
 
 :j7 
 
 BY-LAW No. 195. 
 
 To Macadamise or otherume improve tlie Road lead- 
 ing frotn the Cihj of IfamUtoa to the Eastern 
 Boundary of the Village of iStoney Creek, on 
 the Grimsby Road. 
 
 Whereas, a Plan, Report, and Estimate hnvo 
 bccrj made by the District Surveyor, which Report 
 and Estimate Imve beeii oxainincd und annrovfcl 
 of by the Board of Works, as required by the IGth 
 
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 83 
 
 BY-LAWS OF THE 
 
 Section of the Act of the 4th and 5th Victoria, 
 Chapter 10, for Macadamising the main Road 
 from the City of Hamilton to tfie eastern bound- 
 ary of the Gore District, leading to Queenston ; 
 
 And whereas, it appears that the sum of i:i4,- 
 632 would be renrired for Macadamising ^aid 
 road ; 
 
 And whereas, it is inexnedient to macadamise 
 the whole distance named, but highly expedient 
 and necessary to improve and macadamise half 
 of said distance, namely, from the City of Ham- 
 ilton to the eastern boundary of the Village of 
 Stoney Creek, and that the sum of i:6,OOo"will 
 be required fur macadamising and improving said 
 distance, being six miles, and for building^ Cul- 
 verts, Bridges, and also Toll Houses and (iates. 
 
 Be it therefore- enacted, by the Gore District 
 Municipal Council, consfitnited and assembled 
 by virtue of, and under the authority of the sev- 
 eral Acts of the Parliament of the Province of 
 Canada, constituting and establishing the same. 
 
 And it is hereby enacted by the authority of 
 the same. That the Warden of the (iore District 
 Council be authorized to raise, on the credit of 
 the District, and on the credit of the Tolls hem- 
 nfter luentroned, by De!)entures or ofluTwise ; 
 such Debentures to be HJgned by thi! Treasurer, 
 and countt^r-signcd by the Warden or C hairnian,' 
 a sum of money not exceeding X'6,000, in mum 
 not less than t'lOO eaeli, and redeemable in eight 
 years, which sum, or su« h portion thereof as shall 
 be required,, shall bo ex|»ended under the sni>erin- 
 ijiidoiiue of the Distfici ciurveyor, for the pMrj[X)»e 
 
 

 GORE DISTRICT COLWCIL. 
 
 83 
 
 heretofore mentioned, and also, for the erection 
 of Toll Houses and Gates ; the said money to be 
 paid from time to time as the work progresses, 
 under the aulhority, and by the directions of the 
 Warden of the District, John Williamson, Thomas 
 W^addei, and John O. Hatt. 
 
 And be it farther enacted, That the foliowinj^ 
 Uates and Tolls be charged, levied, and collectcf?, 
 viz : — 
 
 C'y. 
 For every Wanrrron, Cart, Carriage, Sleigh or 
 other vehicle, drawn by two Horses, 
 
 Oxen or Mules, 4 j 
 
 For every additional Horse, Ox, or iAIuIe,.* '. 1 
 For every Waggon, Cart, Carriage, Sleigh, 
 or other vehicle drawn by one Horse, Ox, 
 
 or Mule, 2 
 
 Saddle Horses, each, ] i 
 
 Hulls, Oxen, or Cows, each ..[ o\ 
 
 Sheep, Goats, or Pigs, each of 
 
 The said Tolls or Rates to be paid each time 
 passing through the Toll Gates. 
 
 That the Tollbar-keeper, shall not be o]^Iiged 
 lo furnish change, and that this notice be placed 
 on a board, staling the list of Tolls, and that any 
 person or persons evading Tolls shall be liable to 
 be fined by any Justice of the Peace, not exceed- 
 ing the sum of two pounds, together with costs, 
 which fine shall be recoverable in a sujnmary 
 way, ns all other fines arc levied ami collected 
 
 That the Toll-keei>er's name shall be painted 
 
 _-. „ ...... .,,.,- J, it.tiT_iej til JCijr-i tWU IlU'aC'S 
 
 in size. 
 
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 BY-LAWS OF THE 
 
 And further, That the Governor-General and 
 suite, and persons attending a Funeral, or s^oimr 
 to, or coming from their usual peaces of worship, 
 be exempt from said Tolls. 
 
 rr/^"'^^^ ^* enacted, by the authority aforesaid, 
 Ihat the District Council shall, from time to 
 time, as may be required, appoint a fit and pro- 
 per person as Toilkeeper on said road, or may, if 
 they think proper, rent or lease the said Toll- 
 gates, giving the usual notice required by law in 
 leasing other Gates in the District ; such person 
 or persons who may be appointed Toilkeeper, to 
 give good and sufficient security tor the payment 
 of all sums of money he may, from time to time 
 receive or collect for Tolls, or such rent as mnv 
 bo agreed upon to be paid for the same ; the 
 amount and sufficiency of such securities to be 
 approved of by the District Council. 
 
 .ind bo it further enacted, by the authority 
 aforesaid, That the said sum of .£6,000 shall be 
 redeemable in eight years, with legal interest 
 thereon, from the date of the issuing of such De- 
 l»cntur(> or Debentures, such interest to be paid 
 half-yearly, at the (knv Baidc, or such other 
 (diartered Bflnk as the Treasurer of this District 
 may keep an a/rount with ; said interest to he 
 paid on the lim of July and the first of Januarv 
 in each and cv^r nv-ir ; and that the said De- 
 bentures shall ., q,ld bt-'low pftr value. 
 And be k fmtlr ,r.fpH, by the authority 
 
 collected on said 
 >r of this Dis- 
 iiei)* on said 
 ■^> '^ f^fiereon. 
 
 aforesaid, Tluif 
 road, until thf ¥t 
 trif't almll tfr' *'. 
 
GORE DISTRICT COUNCIL. 
 
 85 
 
 Be it further enacted, by the authority afore- 
 said, That it shall be lawful for this Council, 
 -from time to time, as they may think proper, to 
 regulate the Tolls, by increasing or diminishing 
 the same. 
 
 And be it further eiiactiyl, by the authority 
 nlbresaid, That the General Funds of this Dis- 
 trict be, and are hereby pledged for the payment 
 of the said sum of XGOOO, and also for the legal 
 intere.st thereon, on the days and times herein- 
 before mentioned and provided for, and also the 
 Tolls to be collected on the said road. 
 
 SAMUEL CLARKE, 
 
 Council Chamber, > 
 Hamilton, Feb. 8, 1848. ^ 
 
 llM^ 
 
 
 BY-LAW No. 204. 
 I'o amend By-Law No. 162. 
 
 Whereas it is expedient and necessary to amend 
 By-Law No. 162, in so far as relates to the giving 
 n part of the old travelled line of Road which 
 led from the Town of Dundas to J. Binkley's ; 
 
 Be it therefore enacted by the Gore District 
 
 iVfi] tii/i!ni>l /'^.m>...:i „„„,.i:i..i 1 ^„j 1 ■ I 
 
 «»tHt.t-_i|Mi V.L.-um.ii, UUJIOIIIUICU aiiU USSt'UiUtCCl 
 
sa 
 
 BY-LAWS OP THE 
 
 sev- 
 e of 
 
 f 
 
 by virtue of, and under the autlicrity of the 
 oral Acts of the Parliament of the Provinc 
 <-anada, constituting and establishing- the s; 
 
 fl. A"'^ '^ ';p/'^'*^^' ^^"'^cted by the authority ol 
 the same 1 ha that part of the old road wliich 
 idjoms the land of Wm. Miller, Esquire. Barrister, 
 and Mr Hugh Moure, Merchant, both of the Town 
 
 tLo^""^ '* 'fnf"'^^'f^ enacted, by the authority of 
 the same, That the land taken from John Pater- 
 son, Lsquire, to form or make a section of the 
 new .Macadamised Road, shall be paid for at a 
 Icnr valuation, by two disinterested persons, the 
 (^omm.ssioners to ai^point one valuator and J. 
 laterson the other; and should the two parties 
 not agree the two shall choose a third, whose 
 decision shall be final. 
 
 And it is further enacted, That the price of 
 Land, when so valued, shall be paid fbr out of 
 the funds of the District, and that the Warden 
 be autuorised by this JJy-law to issue his War- 
 ant to the Treasurer for the payment of the same. 
 
 And be it further enacted, by the authoritv ot 
 the same, Ihat the amount of any such award 
 be paid out of the sum raised under JJy-law No 
 
 Council Chamber, > 
 Hamilton, Feb. 10, 1848. 5 
 
 SAMUEL CLARKE, 
 Warden, G. D. 
 
GORE DISTRICT OOITNCIL. 
 
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 BY-LAW No. 207. 
 
 To establish several Roads in the Gore District. 
 
 Whereas, it is expedient and necessary to estab- 
 lish a new line of road in the Township of 
 Brantford, to intersect the Whitlnj? Road, in the 
 fownship of Onondaga; and certain other roads 
 in this district ; 
 
 Be it therefore enacted by the Gore District 
 Municipal Council, constituted and assembled, 
 by virtue of, and under the authority of the sev- 
 eral Acts of the Parliament of the Province of 
 Canada, constituting and establishing Xhe same. 
 
 1st. And it is hereby enacted, by the authority 
 of the same, That the following line shall be a 
 public highway, to all intents and purposes, that 
 IS to say ;— Cominencinir on the south side of 
 the Mohawk or Ancaster Road, on the limit be- 
 tween Lots Nos. 13 and 14; thence south 6^ 
 degrees 30 minutes, east 65 chains 30 links nloii" 
 the line between the said Lots; thence south IG 
 degrees, east 65 chains 30 links along the line 
 between the said Lots ; thence south 62 degrees 
 30 minutes, east 2 chains 4 links, thence north 
 9dejrrees 5 minuter, east 34 chains 80 links; 
 thence south 18 degrees 15 minutes, east 9 clu.ins 
 JU links ; then south 2 degrees 10 minr.tes, west 
 !3 chains .30 links ; thence south 37 degrees 10 
 
 oo'T.l?' ^?i ''' .^^"'"'^ ^^^ '»»•*«; thence south 
 «r« Ctt'«Tces o\j luijii.ies, west S cluiint 50 iJiiks, 
 
 ::3I3| 
 "15 
 
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88 
 
 BY-LAWS OF TUB 
 
 of to:,^";^rS!i"'" '"'''' '" '"^ ^o-^""' 
 
 And be it further enacted by the authoritv 
 
 aforesa.d, That the aforesaid description is p"r^. 
 
 sonant to a survey and plan made by Lewis 
 
 BurwelJ Esquire, D. P. S., and Surveyor of Hi ah^ 
 
 ways, and that tlie same be of the width set foTtI, 
 
 1 he report made by the said Surveyor, and 
 
 tl.a the same be, and is hereby estaUiiied as a 
 
 pubhe H.n^hway, to ali intents and purpose 
 
 according- to such plan as aforesaid. ^ ' 
 
 M„fi"'^\'^"r ^^ ■'} also -further enacted bv the 
 
 Pe i2?n? Th'"'^^^ T^'' ^"'"^^ ^-^^-^<i^rcd the 
 1 ctition of Fhos. Dyke and others, of the Town, 
 ship of East F amboro,' for opening a new line of 
 road in sa.d l\>wnship, and'havin^r a pla and 
 survey thereof, made by Thomas A.^ y 1 e 
 Esqu.re, D. P. S., a description of which an 
 of rS..^?? "^ '' ''y :-Commencing in the ?ea 
 tn o ^ ^«"^'^««^pn' «"<i at the distance of 24 
 ^et 9 inches from the north-easterly angle of Let 
 Ao. / ; thence south 45 degrees, east 14 chain*, 
 more or less to the intersection of the present' 
 travelled road, eading from the Village of Water- 
 down to Hamilton and Wellington Square, the 
 said road being 3 rods wide, tit.t is ti sa^ 24 
 
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 cribed Irom the place of beginning to the end 
 
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 said, II at for, and notwithstanding anything set 
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 of the District shall betaken in compensation, or 
 paid to parties for land taken for the said lines of 
 road set forth in this By-Law. 
 
 And whereas, having duly considered the plan 
 and report of Lewis Burwell, Esquire, D. P. ^nr- 
 veyor, and having approved of the same, for 
 establishing a road in the Township of Brantfbrd, 
 
 4th. And it is hereby enacted, by the authoritv 
 aforesaid, That the fbllowing line be established 
 as a public highway, that is to say :— Commenc-^ 
 ing on the centre of the old Mount Pleasant 
 Koad, leading from lieaton's Mill to the War 
 lioad, at tlie intersection of the said rond with 
 the road allowance, between the 2nd and SrcJ 
 Concession east of the Mount Pleasant Koad, in 
 the said Township of Brantfbrd, thence south "li 
 degrees 40 minutes, west 7 chains and 35 links 
 along the said road ; thence south 82 de<rreps 40 
 minutes, west 8 chains, more or less, to^'the in- 
 tersection of the said line with the road called 
 the War Koad ; the said road to be 40 feet wide 
 that IS to say, 20 il-et on each side of the above 
 described lines. 
 
 And be it further enacted, That the road now 
 open and used by the public, through the land 
 owned by Richard Cleaver, other than the de- 
 scription made and given, as aforesaid, be and is 
 hereby shut up, and the said Richard Cleaver 
 inay use and occn|,y the said road allowance, in 
 Jieu of the land taiten for road, accordiij"- to a 
 survey made by Lewis Burwell, Esquire.'^D. P. 
 h., and that snid line of road be, and is i.erebv 
 establKshed as a public highwav, to all intents 
 and nurnoses. 
 
 
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 And be It further enacted, That the said Rich- 
 ard Cleaver shall not be entitled to any further 
 compensation for the land taken for such road • 
 any By-law passed by this Council to the con- 
 trary notwithstanding. 
 
 And be it further enacted, That the said road 
 now open shall not be shut up until the said 
 Kichard Cleaver shall relinquish all claim to the 
 land required for the said road hereinbefore de- 
 scribed by Lewis Burwell, Esquire. 
 
 And whereas, it is expedient and necessarv- 
 tliat .a new line of road be established in the 
 
 vey 
 
 Township of Brantiord, according to the suv^ 
 of Kobert W. Kerr, Esquire, District Surveyor. 
 
 And it is heThy enacted by the authority of 
 the same Th*i ihe following line shall be a 
 public highvv;,v, 13 all intents and purposes, that 
 IS to say :— Commencing on the easterly line of 
 the Brantford mul Mount Pleasant Road, at the 
 distance of 20 feet, on a course of south 54 
 degrees 30 minutes, west from the north-westerlv 
 a ng le of Lot No. 9, in the first range of Lots east 
 ot the Brantford and Mount Pleasant Road: 
 thence south 62 degrees 15 minutes, east or 
 imrallel to the northerly limit of Lot No. 9, 37 
 oliains 50 links, more or less, to opposite the 
 iioith-casterly angle of land belonging to David 
 1 errin ; thence north 27 degrees 45 minutes, east 
 ^u leet to a stake ; thence south 62 degrees 15 
 jninntes, east 142 chains and 20 links, more or 
 Jo«s, to the road called the War Road ; the said 
 Koad to be 40 feet in width, that is to say, 20 feet 
 on each side of the above described line. 
 
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 f w^xT^^^' ^^^'^"^^ ^"^y considered the Petition 
 ol W,N. Alger and others, in the Township of 
 Onondaga. ^ 
 
 And it is hereby enacted, by the authoritv 
 aforesaid That the following line of road shall 
 be a public highway, to all intents and j ses 
 VIZ :— Commencing in the centre of the t'iank 
 Koad at the north-east angle of the Grand River 
 Navigation Company's Reserve; thence south 
 13 degrees, east 30 chains and 65 links ; thence 
 south 3 degrees, east ten chains and 68 links • 
 thence south 8 degrees and 30 minutes, east 13 
 chains and 24 links, to the limit between Lots 
 rsos. 3 and 4, in the 3rd Concession, and 1 chain 
 to an angle ; thence south 13 degrees and 45 
 minutes, east 22 chains and 82 links to the 
 northerly edge of a ravine; thence south 13 de- 
 grees, east 33 chains and 50 links, to the limits 
 between Lots Nos. 8 and 9 ; same course 23 
 chains and 50 links, to the centre of a ravine • 
 thence south 32 degrees and 30 minutes, wes>t 89 
 chains, to the centre of the allowance for road 
 between Lots Nos. 19 and 20, in the 3rd Conces- 
 sion uloresaid ; thence south 62 degrees and 45 
 minutes, west 20 chains and 30 links, to the cen- 
 tre oi the present travelled road first above men- 
 tioned, and at an angle in the same, in the said 
 Lot No. 20. 
 
 1 ^J^']b^.itfur*herenacted, That said road shall 
 be 20 feet in width, each side of the above courses. 
 
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 To establish a new line of Road along the Indian 
 Line between the Townships of Binbrook and 
 ISeneca, and also between the Township of An- 
 caster and the Townships of Onondaga and 
 Brantford. 
 
 Whereas, it is expedient and necessary to es- 
 tablish a road along the Indian line, between the 
 Townships of Binbrook and Seneca, as laid down 
 in a plan or ditig^ram, by the District Surveyor, 
 tiled i\\ this Council, and dated January, 1^48, a 
 description of which is as follows, that is to say : 
 — Commencing on the said Indian line, opposite 
 tlip allowance of road, between the Townships 
 of Clanfordand Binbrook; thence south 62 degrees 
 M minutes, east along the aforesaid Indian line, 
 48.5 chains 54 links, more or l(;ss, to the road 
 allowance) between the Townships of Binbrook 
 and Caistor; the said road to be 66 feet in width, 
 that is to say, 33 feet on each side of the above 
 described line. 
 
 And whereas it is also expedient and necessary 
 to establish a road along- the Indian line, between 
 the Towrship of Ancastor and the Towiisliips of 
 Onondiig^a and Brantford, us laid down in a plan 
 or diagram, by the District Surveyor, a descrip- 
 tion of which is as follows, that is to say : — Com- 
 mencing on the said Indian line at the road 
 aUowance between the Townships of Glanford 
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 in the direction north, 62 degrees 30 minutes, 
 Avest 620 chains and 20 links, more or less, to 
 the easterly line of the Hamilton and Brantford 
 Plank Koad ; the said road to be 66 feet in width, 
 that is to say, 38 feet on each side of the above 
 described line. 
 
 Be it therefore enacted by the Gore District Mu- 
 nicipal Council, now in Council assembled, under 
 and by virtue of an Act of the Provincial Parlia- 
 ment of this Province, entitled " An Act to provide 
 for the better Internal Government of that part of 
 this Province which formerly constituted the Pro- 
 vince of Upper Canada, by the establishment of 
 Local or Municipal Authorities therein," and by 
 virtue of another Act in amendment thereof. 
 
 And it is hereby enacted by the authority ot 
 the same. That the aforesaid line of road be, and 
 the same is hereby established a public hipi^hway, 
 to all intents and purpos'^s. 
 
 And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, 
 That none of the General Funds of the Distri. t be 
 applied lor payment of damni^es sustained by 
 reason of the said load crossing the private pro- 
 perty of any individual. » 
 
 SAMUEL CLARKE, 
 
 M'arden, 
 
 Council Chamber, ) 
 Feb. 10(1), 1S48. K 
 
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 BY-LAW No. 212. 
 
 .1 Bij-Law ta Lay out Certain Roads in the Gore 
 District. 
 
 [Passed Oct. 9, 1848, but disallowed by the 
 Governor General in Council.] 
 
 _ Whereas, it is expedient to alter the Line of 
 Road opposite Lots numbers 5 and 6 in the Ei'dith 
 Concession of the Township of West Flamljor- 
 ough ; 
 
 Bo it therefore enacted by the Gore District 
 Municipal Council, now in Council assembled 
 by virtue of, and under the authority ot the sev- 
 eral Acts of the Parliament of the Province of 
 (Canada, constituting and establishing the same. 
 
 And be it further enacted by the authority 
 atoresaid, That the following line of Road bo 
 hereby established according to the plan and 
 survey, made by R. W. Kerr, Esq., 1). P. S., and 
 the same is hereby established as a Public Hioh- 
 way to all intents and purposes: that is to say 
 commencing at a stake planted on the centre of 
 the Road allowance between the 8th and Uth 
 Concessions of the Township of West Flamboro* 
 aloresaid, at the distance of five chains, on a 
 course of 77 degrees, west from the pmduce<l 
 easterly hmit of Lot No. 6 in the said 9th Con- 
 eession; thence south 30 degrees, 40 minutes, 
 west .0 chains, GO links ; thence south 59 decrees 
 
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 west 4 chains, 71 links ; thence soulh 83 decrees, 
 20 minutes, west 4 chains, and 43 Jinks ; thence 
 north 76 degrees, 45 minutes, west 6 chains 14 
 links ; thence north 63 degrees, 30 minutes, west 
 3 chains, 55 links, more or less to a stake planted 
 at the centre of the aforesaid concession Koad. 
 
 And be it funher enacted, by the authority 
 aforesaid, That the following lines or courses be 
 established a Public Highway to all intents and 
 purposes, that is to say, to be of the width of 
 sixty-six feet, the centre line described as follows • 
 Commencing at an original stake which has been 
 planted on the southerly limit for the allowance 
 for Road between the 4lh and 5th Concessions, 
 and on the centre of the allowance for side Road 
 between Lots numbers 24 and 25, in the Town- 
 ship ol Oneida ; thence south 10 degrees, west 2 
 chains, 14 links to a stake ; thence south 36 de- 
 grees, east 2 chains 12 links to a stake; thence 
 south 62 degrees, east 2 chains 94 links to a 
 stake ; thence south 27 degrees, west 4 chains 
 42 links to a stake; thence south 54 decrees 
 west 3 chains 31 links to a stake; thence soutli' 
 23 degrees and 30 minutes, west 3 chnins and 
 '2» links to a stake ; thence south 53 degrees and 
 30 minutes, west 1 chain 61 links to a stake • 
 thence south 77 degrees, west 4 chains, more or 
 less, to the allowance for side Road between Lots 
 Nos. 24 and 25 as aforesaid. 
 
 And whereas it is also expedient and nocer.- 
 sary to establish a new line of Road, to connect 
 the Road allowance in front of the 10th Conces- 
 sion of Dumfries with that in front of the 9th 
 i oncession of i3c vcriy i ana, whereas, ihc land 
 
 
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 purpose, on the payment of a certain sum of 
 money, which said sum of money, appears to 
 have been paid in consideration for the same as 
 aforesaid. 
 
 ^ Be it therefore enacted by tJie Gore District 
 Council, now in Council assembled, That the 
 following^ description of Road be, and is hereby 
 established as a Public Highway to all intents 
 and purposes : that is to say, commencing at a 
 point on the front of the 10th Concession of Dum- 
 fries, produced easterly 20 feet from the base line 
 oisaid Township; thence south 14 degrees, 57 
 minutes, east parallel to said baseline 16 chains, 
 80 links to the iront of the 9th Concession, Gore 
 of Beverly, twenty feet to be taken off each side 
 of the above described line pursuant to the survey 
 and plan of O. Bartley, Esquire, D. P. Surveyor. 
 
 Whereas, it is expedient and necessary to es- 
 tablish a new line of road, westerly, across parts 
 of Lots Nos. 11 and 12 in the 1st Concession of 
 the Township of Flamboro' West, belonging to 
 John Gamble, Esquire, Dr. James Hamilton, and 
 Mr. Hugh Hill, the centre line of which Road, 
 may be described as follows : that is to say, com- 
 mencing where a post has been planted on the 
 southern limits of the Dundas and Waterloo Ma- 
 cadamized Read, and at the distance of 30 links 
 (southerly) from the easterly end of the second 
 section of railing from the mill of Joseph Spencer, 
 Esquire ; thence south 77 degrees, west 2 chainti, 
 32 links to a post ; thence south 70 degrees, 10 
 minutes, west 3 chains to a post; thence south 
 40 degrees, 15 minutes, west 2 chains. 92 links 
 
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 to a post ; tbence south 60 degrees 1/5 minutes 
 west 2 chains 90 links to a post planted on the 
 northern hniits of the old Mountain Road, which 
 Road, as heretofore described, is intended to be 40 
 feet in width, the above road to be established 
 according to the plan and survey of Mr. Hu'jIi 
 McMahon, D. P. Surveyor. *^ 
 
 And be it further enacted, the above described 
 Road shall be 20 feet each side of the centre lino, 
 described by the said Hugh McMahon, D. P.' 
 Surveyor, and the said Road shall be a public 
 thoroughfare to all intents and purposes: Pro- 
 vided, nevertheless, that this part of the By-law, 
 relative to the said Road, shall not be opened 
 until the Dundas and Waterloo Turnpike Trust 
 shall pay or satisfy the owner or owners of pro- 
 perty, through whoso land the Road may run, a 
 sum of money as damages for the Land taken 
 for Road ; and the injury their property may sus- 
 tairi, by reason of such Road running througji 
 their property as aforesaid, such damages to be 
 ascertained in the same manner as damages in 
 like cases are made, by virtue of the By-law of 
 this Council in that case made and provided. 
 
 Whereas, having duly considered the Plan 
 and Report of William Carroll, D. P. Surveyor 
 and approved of the same, ' 
 
 Be it therefore enacted by the atithority of the 
 same, And it is hereby enacted that the follow- 
 ing line be established as a Public Highway (o 
 all intents and purposes; that is to say, the 
 width thereof to be 40 feet, and the centre lino 
 
 of which described as ibllows .-—Commencing on 
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 west of Fairchild's Creek, in said Township, and 
 on the northerly limit of the allowance for Road 
 
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 north 4 degrees and 15 minutes, west 52 chains 
 
 more or Less, to an original stake marked 5 and 
 J TT ^^^n^^ession Lots ; thence north 6 degrees- 
 and 45 minutes, east 15 chains, 10 links, more 
 or less, to the imit between the 3rd Concession 
 Lots numbered 8 and 9 ; thence on limit between 
 said Lots 8 and 9 north 63 degrees and 20 min- 
 utes west 75 chains, 60 links, more or less, to 
 the River Road, leading from Cayuga to Newport. 
 
 And be it fiirther enacted by the authority 
 aforesaid, That the following line of Road be 
 Hereby established according to the Plan and 
 Survey made by O. Bartly, D. P. Surveyor :- 
 Commencing on the centre of the Road allow- 
 ance m front of the 8th Concession of the 
 Township of Dumfries at the distance of 4 chains 
 and 87 links, easterly from the centre of the front 
 
 .u\ i^S' ^^ '" ^^^ ®th Concession ; thence 
 north 14 degrees, 30 minutes, west 7 chains, 76 
 links ; thence north 77 degrees, 54 minutes, east 
 C chains, 7 links ; thence south 71 degrees. 4 
 mmutes, east 14 chains, 90 links, more or lesr to 
 me centre of said road allowance in front of aaid 
 8th Concession, the above line mnning in the 
 
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 width ; And be it further enacted, that the above 
 described Road is to be a Public Highway to all 
 intents and purposes. 
 
 .^'^**.,^« i*^"rt|ier enacted by the authority 
 aforesaid, That the following line of Road be 
 »hut up, and is hereby shut up according to the 
 
 
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 metes and bounds laid down in a certain plan 
 drawn by O. Bartly, Esquire, D. P. Surveyor, 
 across Lots Nos. 35, 36 and 37 in the 12th Con- 
 cession of tha Township of Dumfries .-—Com- 
 mencing at the south-west corner of Lot No. 37, 
 thence north 7 degrees 48 minutes, east 26 chains, 
 thence north 5 degrees 12 minutes, east 6 chains 
 55 links, north 12 chains 41 links, north 10 
 degrees, east 9 chains 56 links, north 15 degrees 
 27 minutes, east 7 chains 55 links, north 25 de- 
 grees 23 minutes, east 6 chains 55 links, north 
 46 degrees 31 minutes, east 2 chains 90 links, 
 north .32 degrees 37 minutes, east 3 chains 85 
 hnks, north 33 degrees 11 minutes, east 4 chains 
 39 links, north 41 degrees 15 minutes, east 5 
 chains 13 links, north 69 degrees 9 minutes, east 
 9 chains 51 links, north 70 degrees 57 minutes, 
 west 11 chains 8 linkw. 
 
 And be it further enacted, That, as soon as the 
 side Road, betwt en Lots 36 and 37 in the 9th 
 Concession of the Township of Dumfries, be 
 made a good and sufficient Road in the opinion 
 of the Councillors of the said Township of Dum- 
 fries, on a part so as not to inconvenience the 
 public travel, the above described Road shall be 
 shut up to all intents and purposes. 
 
 Be it therefore enacted, by the authority of the 
 same. That the following line be established a 
 Public Highway to all intents and purposes, that 
 is to say, the said Road or Public Highway, to 
 be of the width of 66 feet, and the centre line of 
 which described as follows;— Commencing on 
 the westerly limit «f the Government allowance 
 for Road, between the Townships of Biubrook 
 
 
 
 
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 and Caistor, and on the line dividing the 7th 
 and 8th Concessions of the said To>vnship of 
 Binbrook; thence north 72 degrees, west 115 
 chains 50 links, more or less, to the easterly 
 limit of the allowance for side Road, between 
 Lots Nos. 28 and 29 in the said Township of 
 Binbrook. 
 
 And be it further enacted, That ...j > of the 
 District Funds shall be taken to pay for the land 
 taken for any of the said Roads mentioned in this 
 By-law. 
 
 SAMUEL CLARKE, 
 
 iVarden. 
 Council Chamber, > 
 Hamilton, Oct. 10, 1848. < 
 
 BY-LAW No. 223. 
 
 For the purpose of transferring tlie duties of pre- 
 paring and making out the Township Assess- 
 ments and Collectors' Rolls, from the Clerk of 
 the Peace to the District Clerk. 
 
 [Passed 14th February, 1849. 
 Whereas it is expedient and necessary for the 
 District Council to have the sole control and 
 management of all matters relating to the raisinff. 
 
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 levying and collecting of all Rates and Assess- 
 ments in the District, and of the making out, by 
 their Clerk, of the Township Assessments and 
 Collectors' Rolls, and all matters and things con- 
 nected therewith ; 
 
 Be it therefore enacted by the Gore District 
 Municipal Council, constituted and assembled, 
 by virtue of, and under the authority ol the sev- 
 eral Acts of the Parliament of the Province of 
 Canada, constituting and establishing the same. 
 
 And it is hereby enacted by the authority 
 aforesaid, laat from this time forth the District 
 C^lerkof this District be required, and he is here- 
 by authorised and instructed, so soon as neces- 
 sary, to prepare and make out Assessment Lists 
 or Rolls tor each and every of the several Asses- 
 sors for the different Townships in this District, 
 and also to make out and prepare, for each and 
 every Collector in the District, a Collector's Rate 
 Bill or Roll, according to law, for the due collec- 
 tion of all District Rates or other Dues, Taxes, 
 or Assessments, that are now raised, levied, 
 and imposed and collected by the laws now in 
 force, or may hereafter be so raised, levied and 
 collected for all District or other purposes, and 
 heretofore made out by the Clerk of the Peace 
 for this District. 
 
 SAMUEL CLARKE, 
 
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 To alter a Road in'th township'of West Flamboro\ 
 [Passed, 15th February, 1849. 
 Whereas it is expedient to alter a line of road 
 opposite Lats Nos. 5 and 6, in the eighth Con- 
 cession of th€ Township of West Flamboro'. 
 
 Mifn^iiLi^r^'"''' enacted, by the Gore District 
 Municipal Council, now m Council assembled 
 by virtue of, and under the authority of the sev- 
 eral Acts of the Parliament of the Province of 
 Canada, constituting and establishing the same. 
 And be it further enacted by the authority 
 aforesaid. That the following line of road be 
 hereby established, according to the plan and 
 purvey made by R. W. Kerr, Esq., D. P. S., and 
 the same IS hereby established as a public high- 
 way to all intents and purposes, that is to say : 
 Commencing at a staice planted on the centre of 
 the road allowance between the eighth and ninth 
 concessions of West Flamboro' aforesaid at the 
 distance of five chains, on a course of seventy- 
 seven degrees west from the produced easterly 
 unit of Lot No. SIX, m the ninth Concession; 
 thence south thirty-six degrees forty minutes 
 west five chains sixty links ; thence south fiftv- 
 nine degrees west four chains seventy-one links: 
 thence south eighty-three degrees twenty minutes 
 west 4 chains and forty-three links ; thence north 
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 chains and fouileen links ; thence north sixty- 
 three degrees thirty minutes west three chains 
 fifty-five links, more or less, to a stake planted at 
 the centre of the aforesaid concession road. 
 
 Be it further enacted, That no part of the 
 District funds shall be applied towards the pay- 
 ment of Lands for the said road. 
 
 SAMUEL CLARKE, 
 
 Warden. 
 Council Chamber, > 
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 BY-LAW No. 231, 
 
 2'o lay out a new line of Road through Lots Nos. 
 7, in the 2nd Concession, and 7, in the first 
 Concession of the Township of Flamboro* East. 
 
 [Passed, 15th February, 1849. 
 Wheroas it is expedient to lay out a new line 
 of road through Lots Nos. 7 in the 1st and 2rid 
 Concessions of the Township of Flamborough 
 
 Be it therefore enacted by the Gore District 
 Municipal Council, now in Council assembled, 
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 Canada, constituting and establishing the same. 
 And it is hereby enacted by the authority of 
 he same That the following Ime of road be, and 
 It IS hereby established, according to the plan 
 and survey made by Thomas Allan Blythe, De- 
 puty Provuicial Surveyor, and the same is here- 
 by established a public highway to all intents 
 and purposes, that is to say: commencing a1 a 
 pos planted on the southerly margin o.^the pub- 
 ic highway leading from the village of Water- 
 < own to the City of Hamilton, and at^he distance 
 of hfteen chains eighty links, on a course south 
 lorty-hve degrees twenty minutes east from the 
 rear ot said second concession ; thence south 
 orty-five degrees twenty minutes east, parallel 
 to the limits between lots Nos. 6 and 7 in the 
 second concession aforesaid, thirteen chains 
 eighty Imks to a post ; thence south sixteen de- 
 grees thirty minutes east seven chains twentv- 
 
 ^)7ru'f l"" ^ 'T^^ ^''''^ ^'^^'^ ^h^-'^^'e south 
 thi ty-four degrees thirty minutes east threechains 
 eighty nine links to a post ; thence south twenty 
 degrees thirty minutes east six chains sixty links 
 o a post ; thence south iifty-six degrees east 
 three chains to an oak tree ; thence south sixty- 
 «ix degrees east five chains to a post ; thence 
 south seventy-two degrees east ten chains four- 
 teen links more or less, to a post within one rod 
 and a half west to the limit between Nos. 6 and 
 IJl ^^ T"""^! ^°"c««s'"n aforesaid ; thence 
 
 parallel to the said limit twenty-two chains to a 
 post; thence south fifken degrees east, five chains 
 
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 eighty links more or less to a post planted in front 
 of said second conociision ; thence south five 
 degrees east two chains eighty links to a pine 
 tree ; thence south twenty-five degrees ten min- 
 utes east three chains; thence south fifty-six 
 degrees east four chains forty-seven links; 
 thence south sixty-seven degrees, thirty minutes* 
 east three chains ; thence south eighty-nine de- 
 grees thirty minutes, east three chains twelve 
 links; thence south eighty-two degrees thirty 
 minutes, east two chains ten links ; thence south 
 lorty-four degrees thirty-five minutes, east twei 
 ty-nine chains eighty-nine links to a post; thence 
 south forty-three degrees thirty minutes, east 
 lorty-one chains, more or less, to the Plains, or 
 middle road, aforesaid. 
 
 And be it further enacted by the anthoritv 
 aforesaid. That tlic said line oY road shall be 
 torty-nine and one-half feet in Avidth, that is to 
 say,— twenty-four and three-(iuarters feet on each 
 side of the above described line. 
 
 And be it further enacted. That no part of the 
 public funds of the District be ajiplied towards the 
 payment of the road aforesaid. 
 
 SAMUEL CLARKE, 
 
 Warden. 
 
 Council Chamber, > 
 Hamilton, Feb. 15, 1849. S 
 
 
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 BY-LAW No. 236. 
 To establish unew Road between the Seventh and 
 ^«|At..i Concessions of the Township of Glan- 
 
 [Passed, 15th February, 1849. 
 Whereas haying duly considered the Plan and 
 Report of Wilham Carroll, Esq., D. P. S., and 
 having approved of the same ; 
 
 Be it therefore enacted by the Gore District 
 Municipal Council, now in Council assembled, 
 under and by virtue of an Act of the Parliament 
 of the Provmce of Canada, and by virtue of other 
 Acts, in amendment of the same; 
 
 And it is hereby enacted by the authority 
 aforesaid. That the following line be henceforth 
 and IS hereby established a public highway to 
 all intents and purposes, that is to say: Com- 
 mencing on the limit between the 7th and 8th 
 Concessions otthe Township of Glanford, and on 
 the easterly side of the road allowance between 
 ^'i^,f«^"«j"PO^Ancaster and the said Township 
 o\ Crianlord ; thence south seventy-two decrees 
 east one hundred and thirty-eight chains, more 
 or less, to the westerly limit ot the Hamilton and 
 Port Dover Plank Road ; the above road to be of 
 the width of sixty feet, ihat is, thirty feet on 
 t-ach side of the above described line ; thence 
 commencing on the easterly side of the above 
 named plank road, and on the limit between the 
 
 

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 7th and 8th Concessions aforesaid, following the 
 same course, that is, south seventy-two deffree-^ 
 cast one hundred and eighteen chains fifty links! 
 more or less, to the limit between Lots Nos 8 
 and 9 in the 7th Concession aforesaid, said Road 
 to be sixty-six feet in width, that is, thirty-three 
 Jeet on each side ol the above described line. 
 
 And be it further enacted by the authority 
 aloresaid. That if remuneration be demanded as 
 compensation for damages sustained for land 
 taken for said road, such compensation be not 
 had or paid from the general funds of the District. 
 
 SAMUEL CLARKE, 
 
 Warden. 
 Council Chamber, > 
 Hamilton, Feb. 15th, 1849. J 
 
 
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 RY-LAW No. 239. 
 
 To establish a new road in tJt£ seventh Con- 
 cession of tfie township of Glanford, 
 
 [Passed, 15th February, 1849. 
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 BY-LAWS OF THE 
 
 Keport of William Carroll, Esq., D. P. S, and 
 having approved of the same ; 
 
 Be it therefore enacted by the Gore District 
 Municipal Council, now in Council assembled, 
 by virtue of and under the authority of the sev- 
 eral Acts of the Parliament of the Province of 
 ( anada constituting and establishing the same ; 
 
 And it is hereby enacted by tlic authority 
 aforesaid, that the following linos be henceforth 
 and IS hereby estabhshed a public Jijghway to all 
 intents and purposes, that is to sav i-Common- 
 '•ing on the easterly limit of li.e road allowance, 
 iK' ween L(r(s Nos 8 and 9, in the 7th Concession 
 
 ..he said Township of Glun/ord, .t the distance 
 nl thirty chains sixty-sevon links, from thesouth- 
 •Tlv limit of the road, between the sixth and .5ev- 
 ••'ilh concesions on a course bearing north ei-ht-' 
 oen degrees east; thence .s„„th four degrees 5nd 
 
 hirty minutes east three chains sev?nty-nine 
 links; thence south fourteen degr^^es and thirtv 
 imnutes, west eight chains thirty-three links- 
 thence south fifty-three degr( esand thirty minutes' 
 west four chains fifteen links more or less to the 
 easterly hmit of the said road allowance, between 
 Lots No.. 8 and 9 aforesaid ; the above described 
 
 inesheing the centre of said road, which is forty 
 teet in width; that is to say-twenty feet on 
 each side of the said above described lines. 
 
 nr'}"''-'/ irJ^'^'l^'y '^"«^*^'^ ^y <Jie authority 
 aforesaid, That if remuneration he demanded as 
 compensation for damages sustained by parties 
 lor land taken for said road, as aforesaid, such 
 
GORE DISTRICT COUNCIL. 
 
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 compensation be not had or paid from the ^en- 
 erdl funds of the District. ^ 
 
 SAMUEL CLARKE, 
 
 Council Chamber, > 
 February 15th, 1849. 5 
 
 
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 BY-LAW No. 240. 
 2o connect the road allowance in front of the Tenth 
 Concession of Dumfries, with that in front of 
 the Ninth Concession of Beverly, 
 
 [Passed, 15th Feb., 1849. 
 
 Whereas it is expedient and necessary to cs- 
 tabhsh a new line of road to connect the ^oad 
 allowance in front of the tenth Concession ol' 
 Dumfries, with that in front of the ninth Conces- 
 sion of Beverly ; and whereas the land has been 
 ceded by the owner thereof for that purpose, on 
 the payment of a certain sum of money, whicli 
 said sum ot money appears to have been paid in 
 consideration for the same as aforesaid. 
 
 Be it therefore enacted by the ;Gore District 
 Council, now in council assembled, by virtue of, 
 and under the authority of the several Acts of 
 the Pariiament of the Province of Canada, con- 
 stituting and establishing the same,— 
 
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 BY-LAWS OP THE 
 
 
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 And it is hereby enacted by the authoritv 
 aforesaid, That the following description of road 
 h% and IS hereby established as a public highway 
 to all intents and purposes, that is to say .•Com- 
 mencing at a point on the front of the 10th Con- 
 cession, Dumfries, produced easterly twenty feet 
 Irom the base line of said Township ; thence 
 
 nar^nirr^'^?;,^^'''',' fifty-seven miiutes, east 
 parallel to said base hne sixteen chains eiVhty 
 ^nks o the front of the 9th Concession Gore of 
 Beverly, twenty feet to be taken off each side of 
 the above described line, pursuant to the survey 
 and plan of O. Bartley, Esq, D. P. Surveyo^ ^ 
 
 SAMUEL CLARKE, 
 
 n ^^ r^t . Warden. 
 
 Council Chamber, > 
 
 Hamilton, Feb. 15, 1849. \ 
 
 
 
 BY-LAW No. 248. 
 
 By Law to establish a new Line of Road in the 
 Township of Btnbrook. 
 
 [Passed 19th Oct., 1849. 
 Whereas it is expedient and necessary to es- 
 Btnbrook "^"^ ""^ ^""^"^ '*' ^^^ Township of 
 
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 GORE DISTRICT COUNCIL. 
 
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 Be It therefore enacted by the Municipal Coun- 
 cil of the Gore District, now in Council assembled 
 by virtue of, and under the authority of the sev- 
 eral Acts of the Parliament of the Province of 
 Canada, constituting and establishing the same. 
 And be it further enacted by the authority 
 aforesaid. That the following line of Road be 
 hereby established a public highway to all intents 
 and purposes, the said Road or Public Highway 
 to be of the width of 66 feet, and the centre line 
 of which described as follows ; Commencing on 
 the westerly limit of the Government allowance 
 lor Road between the Township of Binbrook and 
 Caistor, and on the line dividing the 7th and 8th 
 Concessions of the said To\«rnship of Binbrook, 
 thence north 72 degrees, west 115 chains 50 
 links, more or less, to the easterly limit of the 
 allowance for side Road between Lots Nos. 28 
 and 29, in the said Township of Binbrook. 
 
 And be it further enacted, that none of the 
 District funds shall be taken to pay for the above 
 Road. 
 
 SAMUEL CLARKE, 
 
 r< I ^, , Warden, 
 
 Council Chamber, ) 
 
 Hamilton, Oct. 19, 1849. $ 
 
 BY-LAW No. 250. 
 
 7o establish a certain Line of Road in the Town- 
 ship of Binbrook. 
 
 [Passed 19th October, 1849. 
 Whereas it is expedient and necessary to es- 
 
 
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 BY-LAWS OF THE 
 
 tablish the line of Road in the Township of 
 Binbrook, between blocks Nos. 4 and 5 in the 
 second and third Concessions of the said Town- 
 ship, and whereas the District Surveyor, in 
 accordance with the instructions of this Council, 
 has made a survey of the original allowance for 
 road between blocks four and five through the 
 second and third Concessions of the Township 
 of Binbrook, and whereas it is necessary to open 
 and establish the said road according to the said 
 survey. 
 
 Be it therefore enacted, by the Municipal 
 Council of the Gore District, now in Council as- 
 sembled, by virtue of, and under the authority of 
 the several Acts of Parliament of the Province of 
 Canada constituting and establishing the same. 
 
 And be it hereby enacted, by the authority of 
 the same, that the said road, namely the road 
 between blocks 4 and 5 through the 2nd and 3rd 
 Concessions ot the said Township of Binbrook 
 as surveyed and laid out by the said District 
 Surveyor, be a public highway, and as such shall 
 be opened in accordance with the said survey. 
 
 SAMUEL CLARKE, 
 
 Warden. 
 Council Chamber, > 
 Hamilton, Nov. 2, 1849. J 
 
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 BY-LAW No. 7. 
 To alter the Road down the Mountain, on the 
 Township line, betiveen East and West Flam- 
 boro\ 
 
 Whereas it is expedient to alter the line of road 
 down the Mountain, at the North-easterly angle 
 of Lot No. 26, in the second Concession of tlie 
 Township of East Flamboro'. 
 
 1. Be it therefore enacted by the Municipal 
 Council of the United Counties of Wentworth 
 and Halton, in Council assembled, by virtue of, 
 and under the authority of the Act of the Parlia- 
 ment of the Province of Canada, constituting 
 and •; stabli.?hiiig the same. 
 
 2. And be it further enacted, by the authority 
 aforesaid, That the following line of Road be 
 hereby established according to the survey and 
 report of Thomas Allan Blyth, Esq., D. P. S., and 
 the same is hereby established as a Public Hio-h- 
 
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 to be of the width of fifty feet, commencinfr wner- 
 the westerly margin of the original Road allow- 
 ance, between East and West Flamboro', inter- 
 sects the present travelled Road down the 
 Mountain, leading- to the City of Hamilton, 
 between Lots Nos. 26 and 27, in the Concession 
 atoresaid ; thence south forty-one degrees, west 
 five chains eighty-eight links, thence south 
 twenty-seven degrees thirty minutes, west three 
 cliains thirty-three links, thence south twentv 
 minutes, \vest seventy-three links, thence south 
 lorty-three degrees and forty minutes, east one 
 chain and thirty-one links, thence north ehhty- 
 hve degrees, east one chain seventy-nine finks 
 thence north seventy-two degrees ten minutes, 
 east three chains one link, thence eighty-ei'dit 
 degrees, east three chains fifty-seven links, thence 
 south fi/ty-three degrees, cast two chains, more 
 or less, to the westerly margin of the present 
 travelled Road, between Lots Nos. 26 and 27 
 alorc^said, (he Road to be fifty feet wide, twentv- 
 five feet on each side of the line above described. 
 
 3. And be it fiirther enacted- That the Petition- 
 ers provide Mr. Lafierty with free access to a 
 spring at the head of a ravine opposite to his 
 present private Road, to the said spring ; snrh 
 access to be by a cut or opening under the Bridge, 
 to be made across the said ravine, west of the 
 spring. 
 
 4. And be it further enacted, That the Petition- 
 ers sha 1 pay all expenses or costs incurred in 
 establishing said Road. 
 
 5. And be it further enacted, That none of the 
 
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 County funds be applied to pay for Land taken 
 for Kaid Road. 
 
 (Signed) ROBERT SPENCE, 
 
 J. DURAND, Clerk. Warden. 
 
 Passed 31st January, 1850. 
 
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 BY-LAW No. 10. 
 
 To regulate the dvties of the Treasurer, and estab- 
 lish tJie amount of security to be given by that 
 officer. 
 
 Be it enacted by the Municipal Council of the 
 United Counties of Wentworth and Halton, as- 
 sembled by virtue of an Act of the Parliament 
 of the Province of Canada, 12th Victoria, Cap. 81, 
 and it is hereby enacted by <he authority of the 
 same. 
 
 1st. That it shall be the duty of the Treasurer 
 to receive from the several Township Collectors, 
 and other proper persons, all monies due and pay- 
 able as County funds, and to keep regular accounts 
 of the same separately under the heads in whicii 
 they are paid to him. 
 
 2nd. And be it enacted tlu't it shall be the 
 duty of the Treasurer to receive all Absentee and 
 
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 BY-LAWS OF 
 
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 and also all fines or other special funds which 
 may be directed to be paid to him by any By W 
 of the late Gore District Council, or of this CW 
 cil or by any Act of the Parliament of this 
 P ovince, or otherwise, and to pay ov. quarterl^ 
 all monies received on account of, or applicable 
 
 e'.oh\'r'- ^ r^'^P''^"^^^^ ^« ^'^^ Treasurer of 
 each Municipality, on the order of the Town 
 
 deduction T^' ,M»»i-Pf ty without mak n^ 
 deduction therefrom, and such order, with th? 
 receipt of such Treasurer, shall be sufficient 
 voucher for the payment of the same. 
 
 c/ili ^■\^n^'' '^ enacted, that it shall be the duty 
 of the said Treasurer, to make out annually at 
 ^he expiration of each year, a detailed stateme 
 
 iay the same before the Council at its first meet- 
 ing in each year. m>-inicer 
 
 4th. And be it enacted, that in case of any 
 emergency to any County road, or work, the de^ 
 lay in repairing which might occasion loss to the 
 i^ounty, or serious inconvenience to the public 
 then on the application of a majority of the Di- 
 rectors or Commissioners for Suiierintend ,/. 
 such Road or work, (if there be such,) the War"*- 
 
 mLT^l ''T- ^"'^ ^'t'*" «'^ ^''^' Treasurer tor 
 md nnf obviate such loss or inconvenience, 
 
 Warden rendering to tbe Council at its first 
 
 correct! ""'""""^ "'''^ ^'' ''"^^' a..thorised if 
 
 r)th. And be it enacted, that the Treasurer 
 i>imll give security to tliis Council for tlie faitliful 
 
 
WE.VTWORTII AND HALTON. 
 
 121 
 
 performance of the duties of his office, and for 
 the due accounting tor and paying- over all 
 monies wliich shall come into his hands by virtue 
 of his office, himself in the sum of one thousand 
 pounds currency, and two sureties, to be approv- 
 ed of by the Council, in the sum of five hundred 
 pounds currency each. 
 
 ROBERT SPENCE, 
 
 M'arden. 
 JAMES DURAND, Clerk. 
 
 Passeo 9th April, 1850. 
 
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 BY-LAW No. 19. 
 
 To authorize the Wdrdvn tombscrilje for (ulditionaj 
 stock ill the Cuclph and Duudas Road Com- 
 pant/, and to issue Debcntuirsfor die sinitr. 
 
 Whereas by an net passed by the l>roviiici:il 
 Parliament during; the last Session of the same, 
 power was granted 1o increase 1h(> .^tock of the 
 tJuelpIi and Dnndns Road Conipanv, and whereas 
 It IS expedient that llic Warden oi' tliis Council 
 subscribe lor one half the ainoin)t of such in- 
 creased Stock, and to issue Debentures for the 
 same. 
 
 If^t. Re it therefore enacted, that the Warden 
 ui. *— ..:iv-iix.tvt lu BXi>js\:ni>v iur 5uca an naunioum 
 
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 BY-LAWS OT 
 
 amount of shares in the Stock of the " Guelph and 
 Dundas Road Company" as will be equal to one 
 half the amount of the increased Stock authorized 
 to be subscribed by said Act. 
 
 2nd. Be it enacted, that the Warden be. hereby 
 authorized to issue Debentures at ten years date 
 from the date of the issue of the saiiie on the 
 credit of this Municipality to the amount of said 
 one-half the increased Stock of said " Guelph and 
 Dundas Road Company." 
 
 3. J3e it enacted that said Debentures shall 
 bear interest at six per cent, payable semi- 
 ami ua 11 y. 
 
 (Signed.) 
 
 ROBERT SPENCE, 
 
 C. O. COUNSELL, Clerk. 
 Passed 31st October, 1850. 
 
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 BY-LAW No. 20. 
 
 To avthnri::c the issue nf Debentures for general 
 purposn. 
 
 ■\Vhereas certain Debentures havc matared 
 and others will mature before Iho January 
 Session of this Council, and whereas there has 
 not benn any provision made by assessment to 
 ^iiCut tiic snruc. 
 
WENTWORTII AXD HALTOX. 
 
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 1. Be it therefore enacted that the Warden be 
 authorized to issue Debentures for general pur- 
 poses, bearing interest at six per cent, payable 
 half-yearly, to an amount not to exceed Four 
 Thousand pounds, in sums not less than One 
 Hundred pounds each. 
 
 2. And be it enacted that such Debentures 
 shall bear date from the day of issue thereot, and 
 be redeemable at such periods as in the circum- 
 stances of the case may be considered expedient 
 by the Warden. 
 
 (Signed.) 
 
 ROBERT SPENCE, 
 Warden. 
 C. O. COUNSELL, ClerL 
 Passed Slst October, 1850. 
 
 
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 BY-LAW No. 24. 
 
 2o aid in tlie constriirtion of certain Roads vnthin 
 the United Counties of W ent worth and Halton^ 
 and to repeal By-Law No. 18. 
 
 Whereas applications have been made by cer- 
 tain Road Companies for aid in the construction 
 of certain Roads, and whereas it is expedient to 
 
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 grant such aid to certain Companies herein men- 
 tioned. 
 
 1. Be it therefore enacted by the Municipal 
 Couiicil of the United Counties of Wentworth 
 and Halton assembled, by virtue of an act of the 
 Parhamentofthe Province of Canada, 12 Vic. 
 Cap. 81, and it is hereby enacted by authority of 
 the same, that the Warden is hereby authorized 
 to issue to the Companies and in the manner 
 Hereinafter mentioned, Debentures (in sums of 
 not Jess than i;25 currency eaciN) on the credit 
 ot the bnited Counties, \o the amount of Eleven 
 llioinand Pounds, currency, in equal sums, re- 
 deemable in Six, Eiuht, Ten. and Twelve years 
 and oearjnir iuterest at (he rate of six per cent' 
 per annum, payable semi-annually on the first 
 day of January, and first day of Julv, in each and 
 every year, until the Avhole am'ount of such 
 i->ebentures with the Interest be paid. 
 
 2. And be it enacted, That the said sum of 
 J'.leven Ihousand Pounds shall be and is hereby 
 apportiouea to tfie several Companies as follows 
 VIZ : — ' 
 
 To the "Trafalgar, Escjuesin-, and Erin Koad 
 Company." Three Thousand Pounds ciiTcncy. 
 
 To the " ]3ronte and Acton Road Company," 
 Ihreo Ihousand Pounds currency. 
 
 To the - Nelson and Nassa-aAveya Road Com- 
 pany, Ihree Thousand Pounds currency. 
 
 To the "Prantfonl and Paris Road Company," 
 Une J housand Pounds currency. 
 
 To the "Paris and Ayr Koad Company." One 
 liiousand Poun<!.s currency. 
 
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 3. And be it enacted, That the said Deben- 
 tures so to be issued shall be signed by the 
 Warden and countersigned by the Treasurer. 
 
 4. And be it enacted, That before receiving 
 the said Debentures, the several Companies shall 
 execute their Bonds to this Council for the 
 punctual payment of the Interest on the said 
 Debentures issued to them severally, and for the 
 redemption of the same when they become due. 
 
 5. And be it enacted. That the said Deben- 
 tures shall be issued to the several Companies 
 in equal amounts with that paid in by the Stock- 
 holders, and expended in the construction of the 
 said Roads, such amount to be ascertained under 
 the hand of the President and Corpornte Seal of 
 such Company or Companies respectively. 
 
 6. And be it enacted. That of the sum hereby 
 granted to the " Bronte and Acton Road Com- 
 pany," one half of the said amount shall be ex- 
 pended in the Township of Trafelgar, and 
 remaining half in the Township of Esquesing. 
 
 7. And be it enacted, That the sum granted by 
 the late Gore Distiict Council, to the Nelson and 
 Nassagaweya Road be accounted for in the same 
 way and on the same conditions as the present 
 grant to that Company. 
 
 8. And be it enacted. That for the redemption 
 of the Debentures hereby authorized to be issued, 
 and for the punctual payment of the interest 
 thereon, there shall be levied in each and every 
 year until the year One Thousand Eight Hun- 
 dred and Seventy inclusive, a special rate of one 
 fifth part of one i»enny in the pound on all rate- 
 
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 able property in the United Counties of Went- 
 worth and Halton, and the said special rate i» 
 hereby imposed. 
 
 9. And be it enacted that By-law No. 18 is 
 hereby repealed. 
 
 (Signed.) 
 
 ROBERT SPENCE, 
 
 Warden^ 
 C. O. COUNSELL, Clerk. 
 
 Passed 3rd December^ 1850. 
 
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 BY-LAW No. 33. 
 
 Directing and permitting Nathan Hmcell to close 
 up ami evibrace within his enclosure a portion 
 of an old Road on Dundas Street^ and also 
 directing and permitting Hiram Capron, Esq., 
 to embrace within his enclosure apart of Dundas 
 Street. 
 
 Whereas, by virtue of an Act passed in the 12th 
 year of Her Majesty's reign, chap. 84, the several 
 Municipalities in Upper Canada are authorized 
 in case of any change of a line of road by a Joint 
 Stock Company, to pass a By-Law directing and 
 permitting the old road, or part of a road to be 
 closed up and embraced within the eiiclo 
 
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 12T 
 
 the person or persons from whom ground shall 
 have been taken to form such new road ; and 
 whereas the Paris and Dundas Road Company 
 have taken a portion of the lands beloni,niig to 
 Nathan Howell, being a part of Lot No. thirty-six 
 in the first Concession of the Township-of Brant- 
 ford, for which the said Nathan Howell has 
 received no compensation; and whereas the 
 Paris and Dundas Road Company have taken a 
 portion of the lands belonging to Hiram Capron, 
 Esq., lymg in the Gore of Dumfries, for the use 
 of the said Company, for which the said Hiram 
 Capron has received no compensation; be it 
 therefore enacted by the Municipal Council of 
 the United Counties of Wentworth and Halton, 
 in Council assembled, by virtue of and under the 
 authority of the several Acts of the Parliament 
 of the Province of Canada constituting and estab- 
 lishing the same, and it is hereby enacted, that 
 the part of Dundas Street in front of Lot number 
 ten in the Gore of Dumfries, which was formerly 
 travelled but is not now used as a public high- 
 way, be closed up and embraced within the 
 enclosure of the said Nathan Howell, and the 
 said Nathan Howell is hereby directed and per- 
 mitted to close up and embrace the same within 
 his enclosure. 
 
 2. And be it further enacted, that the course* 
 and distances of that part of the Paris and Dun- 
 das Road situate on Lot number thirty-six, in the 
 first Concession of the Township of Brantford be 
 as follows, that is to say, commencing at a por- 
 tion on Dundas street fifty links from the south- 
 west corner of Lot numbei? ten in the Gore of 
 
 
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 Dumfries, thence south eighty-four degrees 
 lifteeii minutes east, seven chains and sixty- 
 eight links, thence north fifty-eight degrees three 
 minutes east, six chains and ninety-five links. 
 
 3. And be it further enacted, that Hiram 
 Capron, Esq., be directed and permitted, and he 
 IS hereby directed and permitted to embrace 
 within his enclosure that part of Dundas Street 
 commencing on the bank of the Grand River, 
 thence eastward to the point of intersection with 
 the Paris and Dundas Road. 
 
 (Signed.) ' 
 
 ROBERT SPENCE, 
 
 Warden. 
 C. O. COUNSELL, Clerk. 
 
 Passed 30th June, 1851. 
 
 BY-LAW No. 40. 
 
 To provide for the regulation and better manage- 
 ment of the County Debt, and to repeal By- 
 Law 28. -^ 
 
 Whereas it is expedient to issue Debentures in 
 a new form, in place of those outstanding, and to 
 provide that the interest on the same be pavable 
 
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 3ialf-yearly, on the 30th day of June, and 31st 
 day of December in each year, and to provide n 
 more convenient mode for the payment of the 
 •same, be it therefore enacted by the Municipal 
 Council of the United Counties of Wentworth 
 and Halton, in Council assembled, that it sh&ll 
 be lawful for the AVarden and Treasurer to arranjre 
 with tlie holders of any Debentures now outstand- 
 ing? on the credit of the United Counties, to accept 
 in lieu thereof new Debentures, which the said 
 U'arden and Treasurer are hereby authorized lo 
 issue, the interest on which shall be made pay- 
 able at the office of the Treasurer, on the 30tli 
 day of June, anc" 31st day of December in each 
 year. 
 
 2nd. And be it enacted that nothing herein 
 <.-ontained, shal' be construed to authorize the 
 AVaiden and Tn^asurer to increase the ag-gregate 
 amount of the County Debt, o-- to shorten the 
 period at which the said outstandinj? Debentures 
 \. ould fall due, but it shall be lawful for the said 
 Warden and Treasurer, and they are hereby 
 authorized to ajfree with the holders of Debon'- 
 tiires for an extension of time to a period not 
 exceeding twenty years from the 1st day of 
 January, IS-'il, or to dispose of new Debentures, 
 and retire those now outstanding, as they fall 
 due for the purpose of equalizing as near as mav 
 be the amount that will fall due in each year, 
 provided always that a sum not less than six 
 per cent of the Debentures outstanding on the 
 1st day of January, 1851, in addition to the cur- 
 rent interest on the same, shall be raised in each 
 year by assessment uu the rateable property of 
 
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 BT-LAWS OF 
 
 the County, and applied for the reduction of the 
 said outstanding Debentures. 
 
 3. And be it enacted that the Warden and 
 Treasurer shall issue the new Debentures in sums 
 not less than twenty-five pounds currency each, 
 with coupons attached, for the payment of the 
 interest half yearly, as herein before provided, 
 Avhich coupons shall be sufficient vouchers to the. 
 Treasurer for the payment of the same, without 
 the presentation of the Debentures. 
 
 4. And be it enacted that for the purpose of 
 paying the broken period* of interest on the said 
 Debentures, and other expenses to be necessarily 
 incurred in accomplishing the objects intended 
 by this By-law, a sum not exceeding five hun- 
 dred pounds currency, is hereby appropriated and 
 placed at the disposal of the Warden and Treas- 
 urer. 
 
 5. And be it enacted that in pursuance of the 
 Statute in that behalf, the provisions of this By- 
 law shall not have force or effect until approved 
 of by the Governor of this Province in Council. 
 
 6. And be it enacted that By-law number 
 twenty-eight, is hereby repealed. 
 
 [Signed,] 
 
 ROBERT SPENCE, 
 Warden. 
 G. O. COUNSELL, Clerk. 
 Passed 14th November, 1851. 
 
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WENTWORTII AND IIALTOX. 
 
 131 
 
 
 BY-LAW No. 60. 
 To raise, hy way of Loan, the sum of Five Thou- 
 sand Founds, ana Interest, payable ivithin 
 twenty years, for the erection of a New Prison 
 for the United Counties of Wentworth and 
 Halton, and improving tlie present Court- 
 House. 
 
 Whereas it is expedieni to raise, by way of Loan, 
 the sum of Five Thousand Pounds, for the pur- 
 pose of defraying^ the cost of erecting a New 
 Prison for the said United Counties, and improv- 
 in^ the present Court-House ; and whereas it 
 will require the sum of Nine Thousand Six Hun- 
 dred and Fifty Pounds, to be raised as a special 
 rate lor the payment of such Loan, and llic 
 interest thereof, during the space of twenty years, 
 from tiie first day of April, One Thousand Eight 
 Hundred and Fifty-three, until the First day of 
 April, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Seventy- 
 two, both years inclusive; and whereas the 
 amount of rateable property of the said United • 
 Counties of Wentworth and Halton, amounts to 
 1 wo Millions Two Hundred and Forty-five 
 rhoiisand and Ninety three Pounds One Shilling 
 and Sixpence— the assessed value for the year 
 One Thousand Eight Hundred and Yi^y-two ; 
 and It will require the several rates in the £ 
 mentioned in the Schedule appended hereunto, 
 and forming part of this By-Law, upon such 
 xiateaole Property, in a special rate, for the pay- 
 
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 luent of said interest, and for the creation of a 
 Sinking Fund for the payment ot the principal of 
 ^uch Loan, according to the requirements of the 
 177th Section of the Act 12th Vic. Cap. 81 ; 
 
 lie it tlierefore enacted by the Municipal Coun- 
 cil of the United Counties of Wenf.vorth an<l 
 Plalton, and it is hereby enacted, That it shall 
 and may be lawful to and for the Warden of the 
 said United Counties, to raise, by way of Loan, 
 and at a rate of Literest not exceeding six per 
 cent, per annum, from any person or persons, 
 "body corporate or politic, who may be willing to 
 advance the same upon the credit of the deben- 
 tures hereinafter mentioned, a sum of money not 
 exceeding, in the whole, the sum of Five Thou- 
 sand Pounds currency, and to cause the same to 
 be paid into the hands of the Treasurer of the 
 said United Counties. 
 
 2. That it shall and may be lawful for the 
 Warden to cause or direct am/ number of dchcn- 
 tures (in sums not less than Twenty-five pounds 
 curreiu;y each) to bo made out and issued ii>r 
 such Sinn or sums of money not exceeding, in 
 the whole, the sum of .t'5,00() as any person 
 or persons, body corporate or politic, shall agree 
 to advance on the credit of such Debentures, 
 such Debentnres to be under the Conunon Seal 
 of the said United Counties, signed by the Warden 
 and Treasurer, with Coupons attached fi)r the 
 ])ayment of the interest thereo'i hall'-yearly, on 
 the 'M){\\ Jnn(^ {iiid lUst December in each yeaf, 
 and made i)ayable at such periods not exceeding 
 twenty years from the First daf of April, One 
 Thousaiui Kiyht Hundred and Fifty-three, as the 
 Wardei; sluiil think iii. 
 
WKXTWOIITH AND IIALTOX. 
 
 133 
 
 3. That the spechil rates ennmerated in the 
 Schedule appended to and formin^r part of this 
 JJy-kiw, shall be raised, levied, and collected over 
 and above all other rates lor tlic ye^ -s therein 
 mentioned, npon all the rateable pro{. ity in the 
 said United C'oniities, Ibr the purpose of payinj,^ 
 the said sum oi Five Thousand Pounds, Avith the 
 interest thereon, aiul the proceeds of such spe(,'ial 
 rate so to be raised, levied and collected, shall l)e 
 applied solely to the payment and satislaction of 
 Mich Debentures and the interest thereof; ujitil 
 Mich Debentures and the interest thereof, shall be 
 fully paid, satislied and discharjjed. 
 
 4. That the said siun of Five Thousand Pounds, 
 ■svhen so paid into the; hands of the Treasurer, 
 shall be applied to the erection ot a New Prison 
 upon such site as shall be selected and settled 
 upon by this IMunicipality after the final passago 
 of this JJy-Law for the erection of a new Prison 
 or Gaol, to^'-elher with the improvement of the 
 Court House, as to the said Mimicipality shall 
 seem best. 
 
 r). And be it enacted, That this 13y-Lnw shall 
 be in force and take effect from and after the 
 Thirtieth day of March, 1853. 
 
 SCUEDUIJ-: 
 
 Of Special Bates referred to in this By-law and 
 
 forming part of the same : 
 
 of M in tlio £, in 1853, to provide for £300. 
 of Id " 1854, '• aoo. 
 
 of 1.1 •' 1855 " 300 
 
 *'f iJ. " 185(1. " aoo. 
 
 of Id. •• 1857, " 300. 
 
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 1859, 
 
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 300, 
 
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 18G1. 
 
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 300. 
 
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 300. 
 
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 770. 
 
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 1865. 
 
 11 
 
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 1886, 
 
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 710. 
 
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 10 
 
 of Id. 
 
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 1867. 
 
 11 
 
 680. 
 
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 of Id. 
 
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 1868, 
 
 II 
 
 650 
 
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 of Id. 
 
 II 
 
 1869, 
 
 II 
 
 620. 
 
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 of Id. 
 
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 1870, 
 
 II 
 
 690 
 
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 of Id. 
 
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 1871, 
 
 11 
 
 660 
 
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 of Id. 
 
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 1872, 
 
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 630. 
 
 (Signed.) 
 
 C. O. COUNSELL, CMc. 
 Passed 30tli March, 1853. 
 
 £9650. 
 
 JOHN IIESLOP, 
 
 Warden. 
 
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 BY-LAW No. 61. 
 
 To raixe a sum of momt/ for the purpose of improv- 
 ing the llifrhway over the Twrlvr Mile (Jrcek 
 Hills, on Duudns Street, and tlie construction 
 of a Bridge over the said rreeic, 
 Wliereus it is dosinihln mwl pvnf.(linn+ ♦o •">;"«' 
 
"R'ENTWORTH AND HALTON. 
 
 l;i:> 
 
 and contract for a Loan ofiifteen hundred pounds 
 currency, for the purpose of improving the Higli- 
 way over the Twelve Mile Creek Hills, on Dun- 
 das Street, and of building and constructing a 
 Bridge over the said Creek ; and whereas, for the 
 payment of such Debt or Loan, and the interest 
 tliereof, within the times hereby limited for the 
 satisfaction and discharge thereof, on the days 
 and times when the same shall become payable 
 according to this By-law, it will be necessary to 
 raise annually, as a special rate, over and above 
 and in addition to all other rates whatsoever, the 
 sums of money respectively mentioned in the 
 Schedule to this By-law, annexed and forming 
 part hereof; and whereas the amount of the 
 whole rateable property of the United Counticj» 
 of Went worth and Halton, according to the As- 
 sessment Keturns for the same for tli« year 1852, 
 being the iinancial year next preceding the pass> 
 ing of .his By-law, was i;2,245,093 Is 6d. 
 currency; and whereas, for the payment of the 
 t^Mitl interest, and for the creation of a Sinking 
 Fund, for the payment of the principal of such 
 Debt or Loan, according to the re((uirenients ol' 
 Sc^. 177, of" The Upper Caujidi Municipal Cor- 
 poration Act of 1819," the special rates mentioned 
 111 the Schedule appended hereunto, and forming 
 part of this By-T^aw, upon such rateable proi)erty, 
 will be required to be levied and raised in eac-h 
 y«'ar, irrespective of any future increase of such 
 raleable property, and also irres])ective of any 
 increase whatever in the nature of Tolls, InhMe.st, 
 or Dividends to accrue or be derived from any 
 Corporation work, or nuy Stock. Shares, or Infpr- 
 f&x in any such work in or upon such Loan, or 
 
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 nnv part thereof shall bo invested or iippUa] 
 and also jrrespective of any iiicomo to he derived 
 trorn the temporary investment of such Sinking- 
 Fund, or any part thereof; be it therefore enacted 
 by the Municipal Council of the United Counties 
 .)t|Vent worth and Ilalton, under authority of 
 Ihe Lpper Canadian Municipal Corporations 
 Acts that It shall and mav ho h.wf.d for the 
 Uardcnofdie said United Counties, and hois 
 hereby authorized, to issue Debentures for th- 
 ^aidsimi of Fifteen Hundred Pounds, (iu sums 
 of not less than Twenty-five Pounds each,) pay- 
 able in ton years from the dav that this IJv-Liw 
 shall come into operation, to be issued and 
 -ranted r. •; Hereinafter is provided for the purposes 
 aloie^aid. 
 
 ?. And 1)0 It enacted, That the said Deben- 
 tures so to be issued, shall be payable as aforesaid, 
 ■••nd shall bear interest after the rate ot six per 
 (•ent. per annnm, from the date tbereoi; i)aval)le 
 semi-annuallv, on the 30th day of June, and the 
 .31st of De.-einber, in each year, and sliall be 
 ^HgnvO by the Warden and Treasurer for the time 
 bein-, nnd the said Warden and Treasurer ar(v 
 hereby authorized and re((uirerl to siyn the same 
 which said Debentures sball have Coupons ixtl 
 tathed to tlietn for the payment of the Interest 
 'vhicb shall, in like manner, be si<rncd or initiall- 
 ed by daid Warden and Treasurer. 
 
 .S. And be it further onneted, that forthepnymenl 
 of the said Debentures and the interest thereof 
 there sliall be assessed, levied and raised upoii 
 the whole ndeablc property, within the said 
 United Counties, the rates and sums tnejitioned 
 
"^•EXTWORTH AXD HALTOX. 
 
 nr 
 
 jn the Sclietlule to this By-law and forming part 
 of the same, as a special rate in each yoar, men- 
 tioned on the said Schedule, dnrini>- which the 
 said Dehentures, or any of them shall remain 
 outsfandino^, or the sums of money Iherehy se- 
 cured, or any part thereof, shall remain nnpaid, 
 over and ahoye and in addition to all other rates 
 Avhatsoever. 
 
 4. And be it enacted. That the money so to he 
 raised, shall he expended by Commissioners to 
 bo appointed by the said Municipal Council, 
 Avho shall ha ye poAyer to remoye them and ap- 
 point others in their place, from time to time, as 
 occasion may require, and nrive such directions 
 and instructions, and make such re-idations 
 concerning- the same, as they may dee"m expe- 
 dient. '■ 
 
 •'>. And bo it also enacted, by the autliority 
 nforesaul, That this By-hny shaH'tak.^ etK<et and 
 come into operation on the 1st day of April, 1853. 
 
 fi. And be it enacted. That it 'shall and may 
 ho Ia^yful for this Council, by nnv By-hnv to be 
 hemafter passed, to establish u rate of Tolls on 
 the said work, and provide for the collection of 
 the same. 
 
 SCHEDULE 
 
 Of ^nrrinl Rates refrrred to in this By-law, and 
 forming part of the same. 
 
 I,' IT of M in tim £., in 1851, to provide for £240 
 Aofld. " I8r.4, •• 23l' 
 
 i'/"fM. " 1855, •• 222.' 
 
 '.1 nfLl. " 1858, •• 21JJ* 
 
 .,', of 1.1. " 1857, '• 204.' 
 
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138 
 
 BY-LAW'S OF 
 
 Brought forward, 
 -h of Id. 
 5*0 Of Id. 
 j^ofld. 
 
 3'7 of Id. 
 
 A of Id. 
 
 1858, 
 1859, 
 1860, 
 1861, 
 1862, 
 
 (Signed,) 
 
 C. O. COUNSELL, Clerk. 
 Passed 30th March, 1853. 
 
 II 
 
 £1 no 
 
 195. 
 
 186. 
 
 177. 
 
 168 
 
 159. 
 
 £1995. 
 
 JOHN HESLOP, 
 Warden. 
 
 Ti 
 
 BY-LAW No. 63. 
 
 6 rrpmlpart of By-Law No. 75 of the late Gore 
 District CounciL 
 
 Whereas it is expedient and necessary to repeal 
 part of By-Law Number Seventy-five, of the kite 
 (:.orc District Council; Ke it therefore enacted by 
 the Municipal Council of the United Counties of 
 nentworthandHalton, now in- Council assem- 
 bled under and by virtue of Provincial Statute 
 12th Vic. Cap. 81, and it is herebv enacted by 
 the authority of the same, thnt so' soon as the 
 Keverend Alexander Gale shall pav, or cause to 
 be paid to the Treasurer of the United Counties 
 
WENTWORTH AND HALTON. 
 
 139 
 
 such sum as may be awarded by Arbitrators diilv 
 appointed on the part of this Council and the 
 said Alexander Gale, as the amount to be refund- 
 ed with reference to the compensation oriffinallv 
 given for said hne of road, then so much of said 
 liy-Law number seventy-five as relates to that 
 part of the road leading from Henry Spera's Hill. 
 
 Zrn r^. .f '^' *^"'*"^?^ ^P""^' ^« the allowance 
 'Zr J^ ^^}V^^' °^ *^^ ^^'^^^ Concession of the 
 
 reTaled ^ *^"' ^^' '*"'' ^^^ ^"""^^ ^^ ^^^^^^ 
 
 (Signed.) 
 
 JOHN HESLOP, 
 
 ^ ^ Warden. 
 
 C. O. COUNSELL, ClerL 
 
 Passed 30th March, 1853. 
 
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 BY-LAW No. 64. 
 
 To establish the Road doion the Mountain, on or 
 near the Township Line between East and 
 nest Flamboro\ 
 
 Whereas it is expedient to establish the lino of 
 Koad down the Mountain, on or near the Town- 
 ship Line of East and West Flamboro', 
 
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 BY-LAWS OP 
 
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 United Counties of Wentworth and Halton, in 
 Council assembled, by virtue of and under the 
 authority of" The Upper Canada Municipal Cor- 
 porations Acts," that the following line of Road 
 be hereby cstablislicd as a Public Highway, la 
 all intents and purposes, that is to say— com- 
 mencing where the westerly margin of the 
 original Road allowance between East and West 
 Flamboro' intersects the present travelled Road 
 down the Mountain leading to the City of Ham- 
 ilton, between Lots Nos. 26 and 27 in the second 
 Concession of West Flamboro' ; thence south 
 forty-one degrees, West five chains eighty- eight 
 links; thence south twenty-seven degrees thil-ty 
 minutes, Avest three chains thirty-three links ; 
 thence south twenty minutes, west one chain 
 forty-six links ; thence south fortj^-three degrees 
 and forty minutes, east one chain and thirty-one 
 links ; thence north eighty-five degrees, east one 
 chain seventy-nine links; thence north seventy- 
 two degrees ten minutes, east three chains one 
 link; thence sotith eighty-eight degrees, east 
 ihree chains fifty-seven links ; thence south fifty- 
 three degrees, east two chains more or less to 
 the westerly margin of Ihe present travelled road 
 between Lots Nos. Twenty-six and Twenty- 
 seven aforesaid ; the said Road to be four rods 
 wide, two rods on each side of the line above 
 described, from the place of beginning to the end. 
 
 2. And be it further enacted. That Messrs. 
 Spencer, Brown, (East Flamboro',) and the 
 Warden, be, and they arc hereby appointed 
 Commissioners to cany out the award of Miles 
 O'Reilly, John Patterson, and Benjamin Overfield. 
 
WEXT\\-ORTIi AXD IIALTON. 
 
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 3. Be it farther enacted, That Ilarcar Lyons 
 be, and he is hereby appointed Palluiiaster lor the 
 present year, on the said line of Road. 
 
 (Signed./) 
 
 JOHN IIESLOR 
 
 Warden. 
 C. O. COUNSELL, Cleric. 
 Passed 31st M<arch, 1853. 
 
 
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 BY-LAW No. 66. 
 To (jncnd By-law No. &ix{y-tliree. 
 
 Whereas it is found necessary to amend By- 
 law nmnber sixty-three. 
 
 Be it therefore enacted by tlie]\[iuiicipal Coun- 
 oil of the United Counties of VV^cntworth and 
 Halton, constituted by virtue of and under author- 
 ity of the "Upper Canada Municipal Corporations 
 Acts," and it is hereby enacted by !he authority 
 aforesaid, that Colonel William (louilay ha, anJi 
 he is hereby authorized to resume the wliok' of 
 the Land gratuitously allowed by hhn for said 
 Koad. 
 
 
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 BY-LAWS OF 
 
 (Signed,) 
 
 C. O. COUNSELL, Clerk. 
 Passed 23rd June, 1853. 
 
 JOHN HESLOF, 
 
 Warden. 
 
 BY-LAW No. 69. 
 To amend By-Law No. 30. 
 Whereas it is necessary to amend By-Law No. 
 
 Be it enacted by the Municipal Council of the 
 United Counties of Wentworth and Halton, in 
 Council assembled, under and by virtue of the 
 *' Upper Canada Municipal Corporations Acts," 
 and be it enacted, that the fourth clause of said 
 By-Law No. 30, bo, and the same is hereby re- 
 pealed. 
 
 2. And be it enacted, that the sum of One 
 Thousand Pounds, granted to the Toronto and 
 (Juelph Road Company, under By-law No. 30, 
 shall be expended by the said Company, in im- 
 proving a line of Road from Georgetown across 
 the eighth Concession of the Township of Es- 
 quesing to the Trafalgar, Esquesing and Erin 
 Road, and in improving the line of road between 
 
WE.VTWORTH AND UALTOX. 
 
 143 
 
 Lots Nos. 27 and 28, from the Trafalgar, Esques- 
 ing and Erin Road, to Acton, and that the Deben- 
 tures to be issued under the said By-Law No. 30, 
 shall be issued only upon the Certificate under 
 the Seal of the President of said Toronto and 
 Guelph Road Company, to be placed in the hands 
 of the Warden, to the effect that such sum has 
 been actually expended as hereinbefore provided. 
 (Signed,) 
 
 JOHN HESLOP, 
 Wcivdoi . 
 C. O. COUNSELL, Clerk. 
 Passed 10th November, 1853. 
 
 
 
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 BY-LAW No. 72. 
 
 To raise an additional Sum of Money for improv- 
 ing the Road and constructing a Bridge over 
 the Twelve Mile Creek on Dundas Street. 
 
 Whereas the sum to be raised by Loan, under 
 the authority of By-Law No. 61, is found to bo 
 insufficient to erect a suitable Bridge, and form the 
 approaches thereto, and it is necessary and ex- 
 pedient to raise by Loan, a further sum of Seven 
 Hundred and Fifty Pounds, for the completion of 
 the said Work ; And whereas for the payment 
 
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 BV-LAWS OF 
 
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 ^yithin the tines hereby limited for the satisfac- 
 tion and discharge thereof, on the days and times 
 when the same shall become payablejaccordingto 
 this By-Law, it will be necessary to raise, annu- 
 ally, as a special rate, over and above, and in 
 addition to all other rates whatsoever, the sums 
 of money respectively mentioned in the Schedule 
 to this By-Law annexed, and formini? pait here- 
 of; And whereas the amount of the \vhold rate- 
 able Property of the United Counties of 
 Wentworth and Halton, according to the Assess- 
 ment Kettn-ns for the same for the year One 
 Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty-three, being 
 the financial year next preceding the pas.^ing 
 of this By-Law, was Two Millions Eight 
 Hundred and Thirty-nine Thousand Eiyht Hun- 
 dred and Fifty-five Pounds; and whereas for the 
 payment of the said interest, and for the creation 
 of a sinking fund for the payment of the Principal 
 of such debt or loan, according to the require- 
 ments of Section 177th of " The Upper Canada 
 Municipal Corporations Act, of 1849," the special 
 rates mentioned in the Schedule appended here- 
 unto, and forming ])iirt of this By-Law, upon such 
 rateable property will be required to be levied and 
 raised, in each year, irrespective of any future 
 increase of such rateable property, and also irres- 
 pective of any increase whatever in the nature of 
 Tolls, Interest or Dividends, to accrue or be de- 
 rived from any corporation Work, or any Stock, 
 Shares, or Literest, in any such work in or upon 
 such Loan, or any part thereof, shall he invested 
 or applied ; and also irrespective of any 'ncome 
 to be derived from the temporary investment of 
 such Sinking Fund, or any part thereof. 
 
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WEN'TWORTir AND HALTON". 
 
 145 
 
 Be it therefore enacted, by the Municipal 
 Council of the United Counties of Wentworth and 
 Halton, assembled under and by authority of 
 " The Upper Canada Municipal Corporations 
 Acts," and it is hereby enacted, by authority of 
 the same, That it shall and may be lawful for 
 the Warden of the said United Counties, and he 
 is hereby authorized to '3sue Debentures for the 
 said sum of Seven Hundred and Fifty Pounds, 
 (in sums of not less than Twenty-five Pounds 
 each,) payable in ten years from the day that 
 this By-law shall come into operation, to be 
 issued and granted as hereinafter is provided, for 
 the purposes aforesaid. 
 
 2. And be it further enacted, that the said De- 
 bentures so to be issued, shall be payable as 
 aforesaid, and shall bear interest after the rate of 
 six per cent per annum, from the date thereof, 
 payable semi-annually, on the 30th day of June 
 and the 31st day of December, in each year, and 
 shall be sig-ued by the Warden and Tr<- rer iur 
 the time bein;^, and the said Warden and Trea- 
 surer are hereby authorized and required to sio-n 
 the same, which said Debentures shall have 
 Coupons attached to them tor the payment of the 
 interest, which shall in like maimer be signed, 
 or initialled by said Warden and Treasurer. 
 
 3. And be it further enarted, that for the pay- 
 ment of the said Debentures and the interest 
 thereof, there shall be assessed, levied, and raised 
 flpon the whole Rateable Property within the 
 said United Counties, the rates and sums men- 
 tioned in the Schedule to this By-law, and 
 forminff part of the same, as a SDecial rate in each 
 
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 year, mentioned in the said Schedule, during 
 which the said Debentures, or any of them, shall 
 icmain outstanding, or the sums of money there- 
 by secured, or any part thereof shall remain 
 unpaid, over and above, and in addition to all 
 other rates whatsoever. 
 
 4. And be it further enacted, that the said sum 
 of money so to be raised, shall be expended by 
 the Commissioners appointed, or who may here- 
 after be appointed, under the authority of the 4th 
 Section of the said By-law No. 61. 
 
 5. And be it further enacted, that this By-law 
 shall take effect and come into ooeration on the 
 Twenty-eighth day of February,' One Thousand 
 Eight Hundred and Fifty-four. 
 
 SCHEDULE 
 Of Special Rates referred to in this By-Law, and 
 forming part of the same. 
 
 £750 £, 
 
 98 of Id m the £ in 1854, to provide for 120 
 
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 -106 
 ■110 
 ■116 
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 1-127 
 1-132 
 1-140 
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 111 
 
 106 
 
 102 
 
 97 
 
 93 
 
 88 
 
 84 
 
 79 
 
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 C. 0. COUNSELL. Clerk. 
 
 i;997 10 
 JOHN HESLOP, 
 Warden. 
 
WENTWORTH AND HALTON. 
 
 147 
 
 BY-LAW No. 73. 
 
 To repeal the last clause of By-Law No. 187, and 
 last clause of By-Law No. 209, of the late 
 Gore District Council. 
 
 Whereas it is expedient and necessary to repeal 
 the last clause of By-Law No. 187, passed by the 
 Municipal Council of the late Gore District at 
 the November Session for 1847; and also the 
 last clause of By-Law No. 209, passed by the 
 late Gore District Council in the February Session 
 of 1848. 
 
 Be it enacted by the Municipal Council of the 
 United Counties of Wentworth and Halton, now 
 in Council assembled by virtue of the several 
 Acts of the Parliament of the Province of Canada 
 constituting and establishing the same, and it is 
 hereby enacted by the authority aforesaid, that 
 the last clause of By-law No. 187, and also th*? 
 last clause of By-law No. 209, of the late Gore 
 District Council, be and are hereby repealed. 
 
 JOHN HESLOP, 
 
 Wiirden. 
 C. O. COUNSELL, Clerk. 
 
 Passed 28th February, 1854. 
 
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 To amend By-Law No. 32. 
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 amend By-Law No. 32 ; bo it therefore enacted 
 by the Municipal Council of the United Counties 
 of VVentworthand Ilalton, constituted and assem- 
 bled by virtue of, and under authority of " the 
 Upper Canada Municipal (Corporations Acts," and 
 be it hereby enacted by the authority aforesaid, 
 that the Salary of Treasurer and Clerk, be as fol' 
 lows : 
 
 The Treasurer per annum, - - £300 
 The Clerk, " - - - 150 
 
 2. And be it enacted, that the said salaries 
 shall be payable quarterly by the Treasurer, on 
 the Cheque of the Warden, countersi":ned bv the 
 Clerk. ^ 
 
 3. And be it enacted, that the salary hereby 
 authorized to the Treasurer, shall be inclusive oY 
 all fees received by him, except those for duties 
 j)erformed for the Government, or under Bv-law 
 No. 70, ^ 
 
 JOHN IIESLOP, 
 
 Warden. 
 C. O. COUNSELL, CloL 
 
 Passed 28th Feb., 1854. 
 
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 BY-LAW No. 79. 
 
 To raise an additional !^um of Money for Improv- 
 ing the Road and tonstructing a Bridge over 
 the Twelve Mile Creek. 
 
 Whereas the sum to be raised by lonn, under 
 
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 the authority of By-Laws Nos. 61 ami 72, is found 
 to be insufficient to erect a suitable bridge, and 
 form the approaches thereto ; and it is necessary 
 and expedient to raise by loan, a further sum of 
 seven hundred and fifty pounds, for the comple- 
 tion of the said work, and whereas for the pay- 
 ment of such debt or loan, and the interest 
 thereof, within the times hereby limited, for the 
 satisfaction and discharge thereof, on the days 
 and times when the same shall become payable 
 nccording to this By-Law; it will be necessary 
 to raise annually, as a special rate, over and 
 above and in addition to all « <lier rates whatso- 
 ever, the sums of money . )ectively mentioned 
 in Hie Schedule to th" Law, annexed and 
 
 forming part thereof; anU whereas the amount of 
 the whole rateable pr()i>ort>- of the United Coun- 
 ties of Went worth and Halton, according to the 
 assessment returns for the same, for the year one 
 ihousand eight hundred and lif\y-three, being the 
 financial year next preceding the passing of ibis 
 i?y-Law, was two uiil lions eight hundred and 
 thirty-nine thousand, eight hundred and fifty-five 
 [jo'intls; and whereas, for the payment of the 
 said interest and for the creation of a sinking 
 i\\m\, for the i)ayment of tbe principal of such 
 debt or loan, according to the re<iuirements of 
 section 177th of the "Upper Canada Municipal 
 (corporations Act of 18-19," the special rates men- 
 tioned in the schedule appended hereunto, and 
 forming a part of this By-I^aw, upon such rate- 
 able property will be recjuired to be levied and 
 raised in each year, irrespective of any future 
 increase of such rateable property, and also irres- 
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 Tolls, Interest or Dividt d.s, to accrue or be 
 derived from any corporation work, or any stock, 
 share or interest, in any such work, in or upon 
 such loan, or any part thereof shall he invested 
 or applied ; and also irrespective of any income 
 to be derived from the temporary investment 
 of such sinking fund or any part thereof; be it 
 therefore enacted by the Municipal Council of 
 the United Counties of Went>\'orth and Halton, 
 assembled under and by authority of the Upper 
 Canada Municipal Corporations Acts, and it is 
 hereby enacted, by authority of the same, that it 
 shall and imy be lawful fbr the Warden of the 
 said United Counties, and he is hereby authorized 
 to issue debentures for the said sum of seven 
 hundred and lifty pounds, in sums not less than 
 twenty-live pounds each, payable in ten years 
 troni the day this By-Law shall come into oper- 
 ation to be issued and granted as hereinafter 
 provided for the purpose aforesaid. 
 
 2. And be it further enacted, that the said De- 
 bentures so to be issued shall be payable as 
 aforesaid, and shall bear interest after the rate of 
 six per cent, per annum, from the date thereof, 
 payable semi-annuHlly, on the 30th day of June 
 and the 31st day of December, in each and every 
 year, and shall be signed by the Warden and 
 Ireasurer for the time being, and the said War- 
 den and Treasurer are hereby authorized and 
 required to sign the same, which said Debeii- 
 tures shall have rnupom attached to them for the 
 payment of the interest, which shall, in like 
 manner, be signed or initialled by the said War- 
 den and Treasurer 
 
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 3. And be it further enacted, that, for the pay- 
 ment of the said debentures and the interest 
 thereof, there shall be assessed, levied and raised 
 upon the whole rateable property within the said 
 United Counties, the rates and sums mentioned 
 in the Schedule to this By-law, and forming part 
 of the same, as a special rate, in each year men- 
 tioned in the said Schedule, during which the 
 said Debentures or any of them shall remain 
 outstanding, or the sums of money thereby se- 
 cured, or any part thereof, shall remain unpaid, 
 over and abov , and iu addition to all other rates 
 whatsoever. 
 
 4. And be it further enacted, that the said sum 
 of money, so to be raised, shall be expended by 
 the Commissioners appointed, or who may here- 
 after be appointed under antliority oi' the fourth 
 section of the said IJy-law No. f^l, 
 
 5. And be it further enacted, that this Bylaw 
 shall take effect and come into operation on the 
 27th day of September, 1854. 
 
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 Of Special Rates rcfared to in this By-law, and 
 forming part of the same. 
 
 t'750 £ 
 
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 Warden. 
 
 C. O. COUNSELL, Cleik. 
 Passed 27th September, 1854. 
 
 BY-LAW No. 81. 
 
 7h repeal part of By-Law 187, of the late Gore 
 District Council. 
 
 Whereas it is expedient and necessary to repeal 
 a certain part of By-Law No. 187, of the kite (Joro 
 District Council, be it therefore enacted by the 
 Municipal Council of the United Counties of 
 Wentworth and Halton, constituted and assem- 
 bled, under and by virtue of a certain Act of the 
 Provincial Parliament of this Province, p issed in 
 the 12th year of the Reign of Her Majesty Queen 
 Victoria, and chaptered 81, and it is hereby 
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 second section of said By-Law, or that part which 
 enacts, " that if remuneration be demanded as 
 compensation for damages sustained by parties 
 for land taken for said road as aforesaid, such 
 compensation be not had or paid from the general 
 funds of the District," be, and the same is^hereby 
 repealed. 
 
 JOHN HESLOP, 
 
 Warden. 
 C. O. COUNSELL, Clerk. 
 Passed 13th December, 1854. 
 
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 BY-LAW No. 82. 
 To amenc^ section the second of By-Law No. SLty, 
 
 Whereas it is expedient and necessary to 
 amend part of By-law number sixty, be it there- 
 lore enacted by the Municipal Council of the 
 United Counties of Wentworth and HaJton, now 
 in Council assembled, under and by virtue of, 
 and under authority of" The Upper Canada Mu- 
 nicipal Corporaliojis' Acts," and it is hereby 
 enacted by authority of the same, that section 
 the second of Ksnid Act No. 60, siiall be amended 
 as follows :— That it shall and may be lawful 
 tor the Warden to cause or direct any number of 
 
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 Debentures (in sums not less than Twenty-five 
 Pounds, Currency, each) to be made out and 
 issued for such sum or sums of money, not ex- 
 ceeding, in the whole, the sum of Five Thousand 
 Pounds, as any person or persons, body corporate 
 or politic, shall agree to advance on the credit of 
 such Debentures, signed by thr* Warden and 
 Treasurer, with coupons attached, for the pay- 
 ment of Ihe interest thereon, half-yearly, on the 
 30th June and 31st December, in each year, and 
 payable at such periods, not exceeding twenty 
 years from the first day of April, One Thousand 
 Eight Hundred and Fifty-three, as the Warden 
 shall think fit. 
 
 JOHN HESLOP, 
 
 Warden. 
 C. O. COUNSELL, Clerk. 
 Passed 13th December, 1854. 
 
 
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 BY-LAW No. 84. 
 
 To repeal Btj-laws Eleven and Sixty-two, and to 
 adopt a Common Seal for the Council of the 
 County of Wentworth. 
 
 Whereas it is expedient and necessary to repeal 
 By-Laws Nos. 11 and 62; and whereas the War- 
 den has caused to be procured a seal, being of 
 brass, and in diameter one inch and a half, hav- 
 ing thereon the following device, figures and 
 inscription, namely : In the fore ground, a turtle 
 raismg a globe from the water ; on the lett side, 
 a steamer in progress ; and on the right side, a 
 lighthouse, over which is a royal crown, on each 
 side of which is one of Her Majesty's initials ; 
 the whole being encircled by the words " County 
 of Wentworth." Be it therefore enacted by the 
 Municipal Council of the County of Wentworth, 
 in Council assembled, under and by authority ol" 
 the "Upper Canada Municipal Corporations' 
 
 Acts" that fJ^** ofi-«v"cir.; J ^^„«>:i i i i _ i ■ 
 
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 Ciiuicil of the County of Wentworth. 
 
 2. And be it further enacied, that By-laws 11 
 and 62 are hereby repealed. 
 
 JOHN HESLOP, 
 
 Warden. 
 C. O. COUNSELL, Clerk. 
 
 Passed 24th January, 1855. 
 
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 BY-LAW No. 88. 
 
 Directing and jiermitting James Heslop to close "ip 
 and embrace within his enclosure a portion of 
 old Road on Dundas Street. 
 
 Whereas by virtue of an Act passed, entitled 
 the 16th Vic. Cap. 190, the several Municijialities 
 in Upper Canada are authorized, in case of any 
 change of line of road by a Joint Stock Company, 
 to pass a By-Law directing and permitting the 
 old road or part of a road to be closed up and 
 embraced within the enclosure of the persi :i or 
 peisons from whom ground shall have been 
 taken to form such new road ; and wheuas the 
 Paris and Dundas Road C'ompany have taken n 
 portion of the lands belonging to" James Heslop, 
 being a part of Lot No. 6 in t'e 1st Concession 
 of West FlamborouLdi : 
 
COUNTY OP WEN'TWORTH. 
 
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 Be it therefore enacted, by the Municipal 
 Council of the County of Wentworth, in Council 
 assembled, by virtue of and under the authority 
 of the several Acts of the Parliament of the Pro- 
 vince of Canada constituting and establishinir 
 the - ame ; and it is hereby enacted, that the pari 
 of Dundas Street in front of Lot No. 6, in the 1st 
 Concession of West Flamboro', which was for- 
 rnerly travelled but is not now used as a public 
 highway, be closed up and embraced within the 
 enclosure of the said James IIcslop, and the said 
 James Heslop is hereby directed and permitted 
 to close up and embrace the same within his en- 
 closure, excepting and reserving an allowance of 
 road thirty feet wide from the east end along Iho 
 south side of said portion of old road, for the 
 
 benefit or access of James Reid to his slau"^hter 
 house. " 
 
 JOHN HESLOP. 
 
 C. O. COUNSELL, Clerk, '"''^^"' 
 
 Passed 21st June, 1855. 
 
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 To repeal By-Law No. 83, and to establish thr 
 amount of Tolls to be taken on the DurJas and 
 Bxnkley Road, 
 
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 By-Law 83 and to establish the amount of Toll* 
 to be taken and collected on the Diindas and 
 Binkley Road. Be it therefore enacted by the 
 Municipality of the County of Wentworth, con- 
 stituted and assembled by virtue of and under 
 authority of " the Upper Canada Municipal Cor- 
 porations' Acts," and also under authority of 16 
 Vic. Cap. 190, that from and after the first day of 
 January next, the following rates and tolls be 
 demanded, charged, levied, and collected, and 
 taken on the said Dun.\s and Binkley Road for 
 each time of passing the Gate thereof, viz. : — 
 
 For every waggon, cart, carriage, sleigh or 
 other vehicle, drawn by two horses, oxen, 
 or other beast of draught 3d. 
 
 For every additional horse, or otner beast of 
 draught Id- 
 
 For every waggon, cart, carriage, sleigh, or 
 other vehicle, drawn by one horse, or other 
 l^cast of draught 2d. 
 
 For each saddle-horse and rider, or led horse, Id. 
 
 For every bull, ox, or cow, each ^d. 
 
 For e»ery sheep, goat, or hog, each |d. 
 
 2. And be it further enacted, that By-Law No 
 83 be, and the same is hereby repealed on and 
 after the (irst day of Jaiuiury next. 
 
 JOHN IIESLOP, 
 
 Warden, 
 C. O. COUNSELL, Clerk. 
 
 Passed 13th December, IS^jS. 
 
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 BY-LAW No. 93. 
 
 To raise a sum of money to improve the Highway, 
 and build a bridge across the Marsh at Bur- 
 lington Heights, between the City Limits and 
 the commencement of tJie Hamilton and Brock 
 Road, and to repeal By Law No. Ninety-one. 
 Whereas it is desirable and ex))edient to raise 
 and contract for a Loan of Five Hundr'^d Pounds 
 currency, for the purpose of imp'-oving the lii^rh- 
 way and building a Bridge across the Marsh at 
 Burlington Heights between the limits of the 
 City of Hamilton and the commencement of the 
 Road in the possessi >n of the Hamilton and Brock 
 Road Company; and whereas, for the paymcMM 
 ofsuch debt or Loans, and the interest thereon 
 withui the times hereby limited for the satisfac- 
 tion and discharge thereof, on the days and times 
 when the same shall become payable according 
 to this By-Law, it will be necsssary to raise an^ 
 nually as a Special Rate over and above and in 
 addition to all other rates whatyo''er,the sur ,s of 
 money respectively mentioned in the Schedule to 
 this By-Law annexed and forming part hereof; 
 and whereas the amount of the vhole rateable 
 property of the County of Wentworth according 
 to the Assessment Returns for iho same for the 
 
 year 1855, being the linancial year next preceding 
 the pnssinr "'■ ■ " ' . - 
 
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 thepnssmgot this By-Law, was ,t'l,6«l,-2l!> 5s. 
 
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 for the payment of the principal of siioh debt, or 
 Loan, accordiiio^ to the requiiements of the 177th 
 section of the Upper Canada Municipal Corpora- 
 tions' Acs of 1849, the Special Rates mentioned 
 111 ihe Schedule appended hereunto and forming 
 part of this 13y-Law, upon such ratea!>le propert\s 
 will be required to be levied and raised in each 
 year irrespective of any future increase of such 
 rateable property, and also irrespective of any 
 increase whatever in the nature of tolls, interest 
 or dividends to accrue or be derived Irom any 
 Cori)oration work, or any stock, shares or interest, 
 m any such work in or upon such Loan or any 
 part thereof shall be invested or applied, and also 
 irrespective of any inccmc to be derived from 
 the temporary investment of such Sinkinjr Fund 
 or any part thereof. Be it therefore enacted by 
 the Municipal Council of the County i.f VVent- 
 worth under authority of the Upper Canada 
 Municipal Corporations Acts, Ihat it shall and 
 may be lawful for the Warden of the said County, 
 and he is hereby authorized to issue Debentures 
 ior the said sum of Five Hundred Pounds (in 
 sirins of not less than Twenty-five Pounds each), 
 payable in ten years from the day that this ]]y- 
 Law shall come into operation, to be issued and 
 granted as hereinafter is provided for the purpose 
 aforesaid. 
 
 2. And bo it enacted. That the said Deben- 
 tures so to be issued shall be payable as aforesaid 
 and shall bear interest nt the rate of six per cent 
 per annum from the date thereof, payable semi- 
 annunlly.^on tlie^hirtieth day of June and the 
 tiurty=iirst uay of December in each year,»uiii shaJi 
 
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 be signed by the Warden and Treasurer for the 
 time being ; and the said Warden and Treasurer 
 are hereby authorized and required to sign the 
 same, which said Debentures shall have Coupons 
 attached to them for the payment of the interest, 
 which shall in like manner be sif'ued or initialed 
 by the said Warden and Treasuier. 
 
 3. And be it further exacted, That for the pay- 
 ment of the said Debentures and the interest 
 thereof, there shall be assessed, levied, and raised 
 upon the whole rateable property within the said 
 County the rates and sum^s mentioned in the 
 Schedule to this By-Law, and forming part of the 
 same, as a special rate in each year mentioned 
 on the said Schedule, during which the said 
 Debentures or any of them shall remain outstand- 
 ing, or the sums of money thereby secured or anv 
 part thereof shall remain unpaid, over and above, 
 and in addition to all other rates whatsoever. 
 
 4. And be it enacted, That the money so to be 
 raised shall be expended by Commissioners, to 
 be appointed by the said Municipal Council, who 
 shall have power to remove them and appoint 
 others in their place, from time to time, as occa- 
 sion may recpiire, and give such directions and 
 instructions, and make such regulations conceru- 
 in^f the same as they may deem expedient. 
 
 5. And be it also enacted, by the authority 
 afbresnid. That this By-law shall take effect and 
 come into operation on the 8th day of May, 1866. 
 
 6. And be it enacted, That it shall and may 
 be lawful for this Council, by any Hylaw to be 
 hereafter passed, io esiabliah a rule of tolls ou 
 
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 same. 
 
 7. And be it enacted, by the authority afore- 
 said, that By-law No. 91 be, and is hereby 
 repealed from and after the eighth day of May, 
 1856. 
 
 SCHEDULE 
 
 Of Special Mates /^.furred to in this By-law, and 
 fonning part of the same. 
 
 .£800. 
 
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 in the <£ ii. 
 
 1856, 
 
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 provide 
 
 for XSO. 
 
 Do. 
 
 
 1857, 
 
 
 
 80. 
 
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 1858, 
 
 
 
 80. 
 
 Do. 
 
 
 1859, 
 
 
 
 80. 
 
 Do. 
 
 
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 1861, 
 
 
 
 80. 
 
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 1862, 
 
 
 
 80. 
 
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 1863, 
 
 
 
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 Do. 
 
 
 1864, 
 
 
 
 80. 
 
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 1865, 
 
 
 
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 £800. 
 
 
 
 
 JOHN HESLOP, 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Warden. 
 
 C. O. COUNSELL, Clerk. 
 Passed 8th May, 1856. 
 
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 BY-LAW No. 98. 
 
 To amend By-law Number Ninety-four. 
 
 Whereas it js necessary to amend By-law 94, 
 ■diid redn-e lie rate of Tolls to be levied and 
 collected at the Bridge across the Marsh at Biir- 
 iin^ton Heiijhts, between the City limits and the 
 com.iiencenient of the road in possession of the 
 ilamilton and Brock Road Company. 
 
 Be it therefore enacted, by the Municipal 
 Council of the County of Wentworth, in Council 
 assembled, by virtue of "the Upper Canada Mu- 
 nicipal Corporations Acts," that on and after the 
 passinjj^ of this By-law, the following rates of 
 Toll shall be levied and collected for each time 
 of passing the Bridge, viz: 
 
 fi.d. 
 For every waggon, cart, carriage, sleigh, or 
 othc^r vehicle, drawn by two horses, oxen, 
 or mules, for each time of passhig,. . . . .S 
 For every additional horse, ox, or mule,. ..01 
 For "Very waggon, cart, carriage, sleigh, or 
 ot'.ier vehicle, drawn by one horse or 
 
 m"le, 2 
 
 Saddle horse and rider, or led horse, \\ 
 
 Bulls, oxen, or cows, each, ol 
 
 Sheep, goals, or pigs, each, Q o.| 
 
 JOHN HESLOP, 
 
 Wardxri. 
 C. O. COUNSELL, Clerh, 
 
 Passed, 10th December. 1866. 
 
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 BY-LAW No. 99. 
 
 Directing and permitting William Kitchen and 
 David Betzner, Junior ^ to close up and em- 
 brace within tlieir respective enclosures a portion 
 of the old Road on Dundas Street. 
 Whereas by virtue of an Act, (namely, the 16th 
 Vic. Cap. 190,) the several Municipalities iu 
 Upper Canada are authorized, in case of any 
 chan<re of line of road by a joint Stock Company, 
 to pass a By-Law directing and permitting the 
 old road or part of a road ' to be closed up and 
 onbraced within the enclosure of the person or 
 persons from whom ground shall have been taken 
 to form such new road ; and whereas the Paris 
 and Dundas Road Company have taken a portion 
 of the lands belonging to William Kitchen, being 
 a part of Lot No. 37, in the first Concession of 
 Ancestor, and also a portion of the lands formerly 
 owned by John Aikman, but now owned by 
 David Betzner, Junior, being a part of Lot No. 
 3?, in the first Concession of Ancaster. 
 
 Be it therefore enacted, by the Municipal 
 Council of the County of Wentworth, in Council 
 assembled, under the authority of " the Upper 
 Canada Municipal Corporations Acts;" and it is 
 liereby enacted, that the part of Dundas Street in 
 front of Lot No. 37, in the first Concession of 
 Ancaster, which was formerly travelled but is' 
 not now used as a public highway, be closed up 
 and embraced within the enclosure ofthtsaid 
 
 
COUNTY OF AVEXTWORTII. 
 
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 William Kitclien.and the said William Kitchen 
 is hereby directed and permitted to close up and 
 embrace the same within his enclosure. 
 
 2. And be it lurther enacted, that the part of 
 Dnndas Street in front of Lot No. 38, in the first 
 Concession of Ancaster, which was formerly 
 travelled but is not now used as a public high- 
 way, be closed up and embraced within the 
 enclosure of the said David Betzner, Junior ; and 
 the said David Betzner, Junior, is hereby directed 
 and permitted to close up and embrace the same 
 within his enclosure. 
 
 JOHN HESLOP, 
 
 Warden. 
 C. O. COUNSELL, ClerL 
 
 Passed 18th March, 1857. 
 
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 BY-LAW No. 104. 
 
 To raise a Sinn of Money for the purpose of erectimr 
 County Offices for ine County of Wcntworth." 
 
 Whereas, it is expedient toraisebv way ofLoan, 
 the siun of one thousand seven hundred and fifty 
 pounds, lor the purpose of defrayinj^ the cost of 
 erectinj,^ New County Offices for the County of 
 Wentworth ; and whereas it will require the s'um 
 of two thousand eiylit Innulrpd nonndsi in K«> 
 
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 raised as a special rale for the pavuteii*": of : uca 
 Loan and the interest thereof dun uff the .spoLce of 
 ten years, from the fourteenth diy of December, 
 one thousand eight hundred and iifty-seven, until 
 the fourteenth day of December, one thousand 
 eight hundred and sixty-seven, both years inclu- 
 sive ; and whereas the amount of rateable property 
 of the said County of Wentworth is one million 
 six hundred and eighty-one thousand two hun- 
 dred and nineteen pcjunds five shillings— the 
 assessed value for the j, » ar one thousand eight 
 hundred and fifty-six, — and as it will require the 
 
 • severai rates in tht jound mentioned in the 
 Schedule appended hereunto, and forming part of 
 this Ry-Law, upon such rateable property, in a 
 special rate, for the payment of said interest, and 
 for the creation ot a Sinking Fund, for the pay- 
 ment of the principal of such Loan, according to 
 the 177th section of the Act 12th Vic. Cap. 81 : 
 
 Be it therefore enacted by the Municipal Coun- 
 
 • cil of the County of Wentworth, and it is hereby 
 enacted, that it shall and may be lawful for the 
 Warden of the said County to raise, by wav of 
 Loan, and at a rate of interest not exceedir.j^ six 
 per cent, per annum, from any person or persons, 
 body corporate, or politic, who ma; "e wW'ing to 
 advance the same upon the credit oi the Deben- 
 tures hereinafter mentioned, a sum of money not 
 exceeding in the whole the sum o^ otie thou- 
 sand seven hundre(,l and fifty pounds currency, 
 and to cause the same to be paid into the hands 
 of the Treasurer of the County of Wentworth. 
 
 2. That it shall and may be lawful for t 
 Wardeu to canst; or direct atij/ luimber of Deh 
 
COUNTY OF WENTWORTII. 
 
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 tMves (in sums not less than twenty-five pounds 
 currency each) to be made out and issued for 
 such sum ursums of money, not exceeding in the 
 whole the sum of one thousand seven hundred 
 and fifty pounds, as any person or persons, body 
 corporate or politic, shall agree to advance on the 
 credit of such Debenttires; such Debentures to 
 be signed by the Warden and Treasurer, with 
 Coupons attached for the payment of the interest 
 therein half-yearly, on the thirtieth day of June, 
 and the thirty-iirst day of December in each year, 
 and made payable at such periods not excee ing 
 ten years, from the day on which said Debentures 
 are issued. 
 
 3. That the special rates enumerated in the 
 Schedule appended to and forming part of this 
 By-law, shall be raised, levied and collected over 
 and above all » ther rates for (he years therein 
 mentioned, upc, ill the rateable property in the 
 said County of .v'entworUi, for the purpose of 
 paying the said sur of one thousand seven hun- 
 dred and fifty poui.tis, with the interest thereon, 
 ai d the proceeds of such necial rates, so to be 
 raised, levied and collects ^hall be applied solely 
 to the payment and satistaction of such Deben- 
 tures and the interest thereof, until such Deben- 
 tures and the interest thereof shall be fully paid, 
 satisfied and discharged. 
 
 4. That the said sum of one thousand scA-eji 
 hundred and fifty pounds, when so paid into the 
 hands of the Treasurer, shall be applied to the 
 erection of new County Offices upon the Court 
 House Square. 
 
 5. And be it enacted, That this By-law shall 
 
 
BV-LAWS OF THE 
 
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 he in force and take eftect from and after the 
 fourteenth day of December, one thousand eight 
 hundred and fifty-seven. 
 
 SCHEDULE 
 
 Of Special Bates referred to in this By-Law, and 
 forming part of tlie same. 
 
 i;i750. 
 
 1-25 of Id in the £ in 1858, to provide for i;280. 
 
 Do. 
 Do. 
 Do. 
 Do. 
 Do. 
 Do. 
 Do. 
 Do. 
 Do. 
 
 <C2800. 
 
 JOHN HESLOP, 
 
 Warden. 
 V. O. COUNSELL, ClerJi. 
 
 Passed 14th December, 1857. 
 
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 1859, 
 
 
 2S0. 
 
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 1860, 
 
 
 280. 
 
 (( 
 
 1861, 
 
 
 280. 
 
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 1862, 
 
 
 280. 
 
 (( 
 
 1863, 
 
 
 280. 
 
 (C 
 
 1864, 
 
 
 280. 
 
 (( 
 
 1865, 
 
 
 280. 
 
 (( 
 
 1866, 
 
 
 280. 
 
 (( 
 
 1867, 
 
 
 280. 
 
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COUNTY OF WEXTWORTH. 
 
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 1 
 
 BY-LAW No. 109. 
 
 To repeal By-law No. 74, and to fix the time for 
 holding the regular Sessions of the Alvtiicipal 
 Council of the Corporation of the Count)/ of 
 Wentworth. ' 
 
 Whereas it is expedient and necessary to repeal 
 Hy-law No. 74, and to fix the time for holdini? the 
 regular Sessions of this Council, in ordei that the 
 Public may be duly advised thereof; be it there- 
 fore enacted by the Municipal Council of the 
 Corporation of the County of Wentworlh, under 
 and by authority of the 22 Vic. Cap. 99, and it is 
 hereby enacted by the authority of the same, that 
 regular meetings of this Council shall be held on 
 the fourth Tuesday in January, the third Monday 
 in June, and the second Monday in December in 
 each and every year, and whereas the Warden is 
 authorised by Statute to call Special Meetings of 
 this Council at such periods as he may deem 
 expedient, and Avhereas it is expedient to regulate 
 the calling of such Meetings. 
 
 2. Be it therefore enacted, that in calling such 
 Special Meetings, the Warden shall give at least 
 eight days Public Notice ofsuch Special Meeting, 
 and no other business shall be transacted at such 
 Special Meeting, than that mentioned in such 
 notice, unless it be in regard to matters connect- 
 ed with the internal management of the CourwiL 
 or its Officers. 
 
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 174 
 
 BY-LAWS OF THE 
 
 3. And be it enacted that By-law No. 74 be, 
 and the same is hereby repealed. 
 
 JOHN HESLOP, 
 
 Warden. 
 
 C. O. COUNSELL, Clerk. 
 
 Passed 15th December, 1858. 
 
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 BY-LAW No. 113. 
 
 To raise hy way of Loan a sum of Money for tlin 
 purpose of payinpr njf those Debentures whic/i 
 will mature during- the year 1859. 
 
 AVhereas it is expedient and nccessaiy to 
 raise by way of Loan for the purpose of i)ayinif 
 ofl* (hose Debentures which will mature during 
 the year 1859, tlio sum of ten thousand eight 
 huudred and eleven dollars and forty three cents ; 
 and whereais it will reipiire the sum of one thou- 
 sanu seven hundred and twenty-nine dollars and 
 eig'ty-three cents to be raised as a Special Kate 
 for the purpose of such Loan and the Interest 
 thereon, during the space of ten years from the 
 ninth day of May, 1859, to the ninth day of May, 
 1808, both years inclusive ; and whereas tlic 
 amount of rateable property of the C'ountyot 
 
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 assessed value lor the year .1858, it will require 
 
COUNTY OF ^VENT^yORTH. 
 
 175 
 
 the rate in the dollar mentioned in the Schedule 
 appended hereunto, and forming part of this By- 
 law, upon such rateable property, as a Special 
 Rate for the payment of the said interest and for 
 the creation of a Sinkings Fund, for the payment 
 of the principal of such Loan, according to the 
 requirements of the 222nd section of the Act 22, 
 Vic. cap. 99. Be it therefore enacted, by the 
 Municipal Council of the Corporation of the 
 County of Wentworth, and it is hereby enacted, 
 that it shall and may be lawful for the Warden 
 of the said County ^o raise by Loan, and at a rate 
 of Interest not exceeding six per cent, from any 
 person or persons, body corporate or politic, who 
 may be willing to advance the same upon the 
 credit of the Debentures hereinafter mentioned, 
 a sum of money not exceeding in the whole 
 5^10,81 1 4'S, and to cause the same to be paid into 
 the hands of the Treasurer of the said County of 
 Wentworth. 
 
 2. And be it further enacted, that it shall be 
 lawful for the Warden to cause or direct any 
 number of I\ J-'nlures, in sums not less than 
 $100 each, to he made out and issued for such 
 sum or sums of money, not exceeding, in tli(« 
 whole, the sum of *10,811 4[\ as any person 
 or persons, body corporate or politic, shall agree 
 to advance on the credit of such Debentures ; 
 such Debentures to be under the Com-uon Seal 
 of the said County, signed by the Warden and 
 Treasu»-er, with coupons utlaehed, for the pavmeni 
 of the interest thereon half-yearly on the .SOtli 
 day of .In nc and the 31 si day of December, in 
 each year, and niiid*? payable" at such periods, not 
 
 
 
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 BY-LAWS OF THK 
 
 oxceedinff ten years from the ninth day of May, 
 1859, as the Warden shall think fit. 
 
 :J. And be it further enacted, that the Special 
 Rate mentioned in the Scheduk; appended to and 
 forminii^ part of this By-4a\vsliall he raised, levied 
 and collected over and abo'c all other rates for 
 the years hereinafter nicntioned,npon all rateable 
 property in the said Coiuity forthc ^jnrpo.scofpay- 
 liifT the said sum of #10,811 43 with the interest 
 thereon, and the proceeds of snch Special Ra^e 
 so to be levied and collected, shall b.> applied solely 
 to the payment and satistaction of such Deben- 
 tures and the Interest thereon, until sncli Deben- 
 tures and the interest thereon shall be fully paid 
 and discharii:ed. 
 
 4. And be it further enacted, that the sunv 
 realized by the sale of said Debentures shall be 
 applied for the payment of those Debentures fall- 
 mg; due in 1859. 
 
 5. And be it further enacted, that this By-law 
 shall be in force and take elleet from and after 
 the ninth day of May, 18r)9. 
 
 SCHEDULE 
 
 Of Special Rates referred tn in this Htj-Law, and 
 forming part of the same. 
 
 ,r«, of cunt in $ in 1850, to provide for $1729.83 
 
 Do 
 
 do 
 
 1860, 
 
 do 
 
 1729.8.S 
 
 Do 
 
 do 
 
 1861, 
 
 do 
 
 1729.83 
 
 Do 
 
 do 
 
 18R2, 
 
 do 
 
 1729 83 
 
 Do 
 
 do 
 
 1863, 
 
 do 
 
 1729.83 
 
 Do 
 
 do 
 
 1864. 
 
 do 
 
 1729.83 
 
 Do 
 
 do 
 
 1865, 
 
 do 
 
 17i0.83 
 
COUNTY OF WENTWORTir. 
 
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 ,"oo of cent in $ in 1866, to provide for $1729.83 
 Do 4e 1867, do 1729.83 
 
 Do do 1868, do 1729.83 
 
 ALEXANDER BROWN, 
 
 Warden. 
 O. O. COUNSELL, Clerk. 
 
 Passed 9th May, 1859. 
 
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 BY-LAW No. 115. 
 
 To establish a Public Highway. 
 
 Whereas it is expedient and necessary to open 
 up and establish a Public Highway, commencing^ 
 at the Town Line between East and West Flam- 
 boroug:h, in accordance with a Plan of Survey 
 made by James Mcintosh, Esq., P. D. S., which 
 may be known as follows, that is to say, — " Com 
 mencing at a stake planted in the intersection of 
 the Westcily limit of the Town Line between 
 the two Elamboroujjhs, and the production of the 
 front line of the 12lh Concession of the Town- 
 ship of East Flamborough on a course of south 
 forty-five decrees west; thenre on the sam«! 
 roiirse i<o\on chains and seventy links, unril it 
 intersect,' the Easterly Limits of the Brock 
 Road," where it terminates. Be it therefore on- 
 acted by the Municipal Council of the Corpora- 
 
178 
 
 BY-LAWS OP THE 
 
 
 
 tioii of the County of Wentworth, in Council 
 assembled, and it is hereby enacted by the 
 autiiority of the same, that the said Highway be 
 established, and henceforward known and con- 
 sidered, as a Public Highway, from the date cf 
 the passing of this By-law. 
 
 ALEXANDER BROWN, 
 
 Warden. 
 C. O. COUNSELL, Clerk. . 
 Passed 10th May, 1859. 
 
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 BY-LAW No. 116. 
 
 To appoint a County Engineer. 
 
 Whereas by " An Act respecting the Munici- 
 pal Institutions of Upper Canada/' 2g Vic. Cap. 
 99, Sec. 277, it is expedient and necessary to pass 
 a By-Law to afipoint a County Engiweer, be it 
 therefore enacted by the Municipal Council of 
 the Corporation of the Cou^tiiy of Wentworh, and 
 it is hereby enacted by the amthority of the same, 
 that said appointment be fof^with made. 
 
 ALEXAW0ER BROWN, 
 
 Warden. 
 C. O. COUNSELL, Clerk. 
 
 Paused lOth Mav. 18fid. 
 
COUNTY OP WENTWORTH. 
 
 179 
 
 
 BY-LAW No. 117. 
 
 For confirming By-law No, 4, of tlie Corporation 
 of the Township of East Flambord' , 
 
 Whereas in conformity with the Provincial 
 Statute 22 Vic, Cap. 99, Sec. 329, Clause 2, and 
 entitled " An Act respecting the Municipal In- 
 stitutions of Upper Canada," it is expedient and 
 necessaiy to pass a By-law to confirm By-law 
 No 4, of the Corporation of the Township of 
 Flambofo' East, disposing of certain Road allow- 
 ances in the aforesaid Township ; be it therefore 
 enacted by the Municipal Council of the County 
 of Wentworth, that the aforesaid By-law No. 4, 
 of the Township of East Flamboro', be confirmed. 
 
 ALEXANDER BROWN, 
 
 Warden, 
 C. 0. COUNSELL, Clerk. 
 
 Passed 10th May, 1859. 
 
 BY-LAW No. 119. 
 
 To make provision for the payment of Grand and 
 Petit Jurors^ and to repeal By-Law Number 
 
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 BY-LAWS OF THE 
 
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 Whereas it is expedient and necessaty to make 
 provision for the payment of Grand and Petit 
 Jurors, at any of tlie Courts of Assize and Nisi 
 Prius, Oyer and Terminer, General Gaol Delivery, 
 General Quarter Sessions of the Peace, or County 
 Court ; Be it therefore enacted by the Municipal 
 Council of the Corporation of the County of 
 Wentworth, in Council assembled, under and by 
 virtue of tin; authority of the JNIunicipal Corpora- 
 tions Act <ji' L pper Canada, 22 Vic. Cap. 99, and 
 it is hereby enacted by the authority otthe same, 
 that etivh Crand Juror shall receive for his attend- 
 ance at any of the Courts before mentioned, the 
 sum of one dollar per day ; and each Petit Juror 
 shall receive for his attendance at any of the said 
 Courts, the sum of one dollar per day, and ten 
 cents per mile for travellinji^ expenses, in coming 
 to attend any of the said courts. 
 
 2. And be it further enacted, that the Sheriff 
 shall receive one dollar per day for making out 
 the pay lists of Petit Jurors, as provided by the 
 141st section of the Act 22 Vic. Cap. 100. 
 
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 3. And be it further enacted, that the Treasurer 
 for the County is hereby authorised to pay the 
 said Petit Jurors, from any funds in his hands, 
 on the certificate of the Sheritl" of the County ; 
 and also the said Grand Jurors, from such funds 
 as aforesaid, on lh«' certificate of the Foreman of 
 tke Grand Jury, whicli last aforesaid certificate 
 shall state linr number of days such Grand Jurors 
 have been in attendance at any of the said 
 
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 4. And be it further enacted, that By-law No. 
 114 be, and the same is hereby repealed. 
 
 ALEXANDER BROWN, 
 
 WdTufffl 
 
 C. O. COUNSELL, Clerk. 
 Passed 22nd June, 1859. 
 
 BY-LAW No. 120. 
 
 To authorize the opemnn; out of the allowance for 
 Road between the Townships of Beverly and 
 West Flamborough, and to empower the Over- 
 seers of Highways who now are in charge of 
 said Road, or who may from time to time he 
 appointed to take charge of the same, to remove 
 all obstructions frotn off said Road. 
 
 Whereas the public convenience requires the 
 openini^ out of the allowance for Road between 
 the Townships of Beverly and West Flam- 
 borough ; and whereas it is necessary to empower 
 the Overseers of Ili^'^hways who may from time 
 to time be appointed by this Council to take 
 charcfc of said Road, to remove obstfurtions from 
 off the same ; Be it therefore enacted by the 
 Municipal Council of the Corporation of the 
 Caunty oi Wentworth, under and hy virtue of 
 

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 BY-LAWS OP THE 
 
 the Act 22 Vic. Cap. 99, and it is hereby enacted 
 by the authority of the same, that the Overseers 
 of Highways who are now in charge of said Road, 
 or who may from time to time be appointed to 
 take charge of the same, be, and they are hereby 
 authorized to open out the portions of said Road 
 i nder their respective charges, according to the 
 survey of said Road in 1858 by T. A. Blyfh, 
 Deputy Provincial Land Surveyor ; and they are 
 further authorized and empowered to remove, and 
 to order to be removed, any obstructions that now 
 are upon the portions of said Road, under their 
 respective charges, according to said Survey ol 
 Mr. lllyth, or that may at any time hereafter be 
 placed upon said Road by any person or persons 
 wliatsover. 
 
 ALEXANDER BROWN, 
 
 Warden. 
 C. O. COUNSELL, Clerk. 
 
 Passed 22nd June, 1859. 
 
 BY-LAW No. 122. 
 
 To repeal By-Law No 112, and to make provision 
 for the remvneratton of Councillors. 
 
 Whereas it is expedient arJ necessary to repeal 
 
COUNTY OF WBNTWORTH. 
 
 183 
 
 By-Law No. 112, and to make provision for the 
 remuneration of Councillors for their attendance 
 during the sittings of the Council, 
 
 Be it therefore enacted by the Municipal Coun- 
 cil of the Corporation of the County of Wentworth 
 in Council assembled, under and by authority of 
 the Act 22nd Victoria, Cap. 99, and it is hereby 
 enacted by the authority of the same, that it shall 
 and may be lawful for each member of the Muni- 
 cipal Council of the County of Wentworth, to 
 have and to receive for each day's attendance 
 during the sittings of the said Council; the sum 
 of one dollar and fifty cents per day. 
 
 2. And be it further enacted, that each Coun- 
 cillor shall be entitled to receive ten cents per 
 mile for each mile necessarily travelled by him 
 in going from his place of residence to attend the 
 meetings of this Council. 
 
 3. And be it further enacted, that it shall and 
 may be lawful for the Warden on the last day of 
 each Session to issue his cheque upon the Treas- 
 urer in favor of the respective Councillors for the 
 sums which they may be severally entitled to 
 receive for their attendance as Councillors and 
 for mileage as aforesaid. 
 
 4. And be it further enacted, that By-law No. 
 112, of this Council be, and the same is hereby 
 repealed. 
 
 5. And be it further enacted, that this By-law 
 
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 BY-LAWS OP THE 
 
 Treasurer for the payment of all sums under the 
 provisions of this By-law. 
 
 ALEXANDER BROWN, 
 C. O. COUNSELL, Clerk. Warden. 
 
 Passed, 25th January, 1860. 
 
 BY-LAW No. 125. 
 
 Fm- tJie sale of non-resident Lands for Taxes. 
 
 Whereas by the 22nd Vic. ,r. 55, sections 
 124 and 127. of the Consolid...^^ ^^tatut^ H' 
 necessary that a By-law sbouKi oo passed forth^ 
 guidance of the Treasurer iu h^r.^ his Warrant 
 o the Sheriff for the sale of La..Us\ipon which 
 taxes are remaining due for five years and up 
 Cwlln?t.* therefore enacted by the Municipal 
 Council ofthe Corporation of the County of Weiit- 
 worth, under and by virtue of the Act 22nd Vic. 
 L ap 5.>, and it is hereby enacted by the authority 
 of the same, that this Council do' authorise the 
 
 IdT/f". \«T. ^^^l^^^*"^"^ ''''^^' his hand 
 and seal directed to the Sheriff of the Countv 
 cornmandmg him to ]eyY upon the Lands in- 
 cluded in the said Warrant. 
 
 rJ; "^^ n ^^ '^ ^"''.*^^'" exacted, that the said War- 
 rant sliall not embrace any Lands upon which 
 
COUNTY OF WENTWORTH. 
 
 185 
 
 there appears to be originally due, a less sum 
 than twenty-five cents. 
 
 ALEXANDER BROWN, 
 
 C. O. COUNSELL, ClerL 
 Passed 20th June, 1860. 
 
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 BY-LAW No. 126. 
 To authorise the opening up the allowance for Road 
 between the Townships of Beverly and West 
 Flamhoro\ and to em-power the Overseers of 
 Higlucays to remove all obstructions from off 
 said Road. 
 
 Whereas the public convenience requires the 
 opening up of the allowance for Road between 
 the Townships of Beverly and West Flaniboro', 
 it is therefore necessary to empower the Over- 
 seer'i of Highways to open up and remove all 
 obstructions from off the same, and whereas ]3y- 
 Law No. 120 was passed to authorize the open- 
 ing up of the same, but doubts have arisen as to 
 the legality of said By-Law No. 120, in conse- 
 (pience of the proper notices not having been 
 given before the passing of said By-Law, and 
 whereas the necessary notices required by Law 
 have now boon given ; Be it therefore enacted l)y 
 
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 the Municipal Council of the Corporation of the 
 County of Wentworth under and by virtue of the 
 Act 22nd Vic. Cap. 99, and it is hereby enacted 
 7^n\a"thontyofthe same, that the Overseers 
 ot Highways v/ho are now in charge of said Road 
 or who may from time to time be appointed bv 
 this Council to take charge of the same, be, and 
 they are hereby authorized to open up the por- 
 tions of said Road under their respective charges, 
 according to the survey of said Road in 1858, by 
 T. A. Ely th. Deputy Provincial Land Surveyor, 
 and they are further authorized and empowered 
 to remove and to order to be removed any ob- 
 structions that now are upon the portions of said 
 Road under their respoctive charges, according to 
 the said survey of Mr Blyth, or that may at any 
 time hereafter be placed upon said Road by any 
 person or persons whatsoever. 
 
 ALEXANDER BROWN, 
 C. O. COUNSELL, Clerk. Warden. 
 
 Passed 21st June, 1860. 
 
 BY-LAW No. 128, 
 To prevent the sole of Spirituous Liquors to persons 
 tn a state of Intoxication, and to minors f 
 and also to ^)revent the posting of indecent 
 placards, projane swearing, indecent exposure 
 of the person. Sec, ^c. 
 
COUNTY OF WENTWORTH. 
 
 187 
 
 Whereas it is expedient and necessary to pass 
 a By-Law to prevent the sale of Spirituous 
 Liquors to persons in a state of intoxication, and • 
 to minors; and also to prevent the posting of 
 indecent placards, profane swearing, indecent 
 exposure of the person, §*c., ^c. 
 
 Be it therefore enacted by the Municipal Coun- 
 cil of the Corporation of the County of Wentworth, 
 in Cour<cil assembled, under and by virtue of the 
 authority of the Act 22 Vic, Cap. 99, and it is 
 hereby enacted by the authority of the same, that 
 any Inn or Tavern Keeper, or keeper of any 
 Saloon, or Ale or Beer house or other house of 
 public entertainment, (within the limits of this 
 Municipality,) or any servant or person in the 
 employment of such Inn or Tavern Keepar, or 
 keeper of such Saloon or Ale or Beer House, or 
 such other house as aforesaid, who shall give or 
 sell Spirituous Liquors to any person or persons in a 
 state of Intoxication, or to any child, apprentice, 
 or servant, under the age of 15 years, without the 
 consent of the parent, master or legal protector of 
 such child, apprentice, or servant, shall on con- 
 viction thereof, be liable to the penalties imposed 
 by this By-Law. 
 
 2. And be it further enacted, that any person 
 or persons, who shall post any indecent placards, 
 writings, or pictures, or write any indecent words, 
 or make any indecent pictures or drawings, on 
 any nulls or fences in any street or public high- 
 way or house within the limits of this Munici- 
 pality, shall on conviction thereof, be liable to the 
 |>enaltics imposed by this By-Law. 
 
 3. And be if iurther enacted, that any person 
 
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 BY-LAWS OF THE 
 
 who shall profanely swear, curse .or utter anv 
 obscene or grossly insulting language, or any 
 person who shall be drunk or disorderly frorn 
 using intoxicating Liquors, on any street, hifrh. 
 way or pubii- place, within the limits of this 
 Municipality, shall on conviction thereof, be liable 
 to the penalties imposed by this By-Law. 
 
 4. And be it further enacted, that any person 
 indecently exposing his or her person or guilty 
 of any indecent,immoral,or scandalous behaviour 
 in any street or highway or public place, or any 
 person or persons, who shall keep, su pport or 
 innintuin any house or place of *« 111 Fame '' or 
 any person who shall be guilty ot horse racing 
 tor hire, gain, wages, money or money's value or 
 worth, on any highway within the limits of this 
 iVlnnicipahty, shall on conviction thereof,be liable 
 to the penalties imposed by this By-Law. 
 
 5. And be it further enacted, that for any con- 
 travention ofany of the preceding sections of this 
 By-Law, or any clause thereof duly proved upon 
 the oatli ot any credible witness, before any Jus- 
 tice oi tiie Peace having jurisdiction within this 
 ( ounty, the oHender shall incur a penalty of not 
 ess than one dollar nor more than twenty dol- 
 ars in the discretion of said^ Justice with costs, 
 to be levied by distress and sale of the jroods and 
 chattels of the ofiender, and in default of payment 
 and distr(;ss, the oliender shall be imprisoned 
 with or without hard labor in the Common Gaol 
 of the County for a period of not less than one 
 day nor more than twenty days at the discretion 
 ot the convicting Justice. 
 
 6. And b» it further enacted, that all fin. 
 
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COUNTY OP WEXTWORTH. 
 
 183 
 
 collected under this By-Law shall be paid to the 
 County Treasurer, to be applied to the general 
 purposes of this County. 
 
 ALEXANDER BROWN, 
 
 J^ ciTdcii 
 C. O. COUNSELL, Clerk. 
 
 Passed 12th December, 1860. 
 
 BY-LAW No. 129. 
 
 To amend By-law one hundred and eight. 
 
 Whereas it is necessary to amend By law No. 
 108. 
 
 Be it therefore enacted by the Mt nicipal 
 Council of the Corporation of the County of 
 Wentworth, in Council assembled, that By-law 
 No. 108 is hereby amended, by eslablishinjr the 
 Salary of the Surgeon of the (Jaol, at two hun- 
 dred dollars per year, in place of one hundred 
 and twenty dollars per year. 
 
 2. And be it further enacted, that the present 
 amount is to commence from the time of the ap- 
 pointment of the present Gaol Surgeon. 
 
 3. And be it further enacted, that this Salary 
 is to include medicines as well as professional 
 attendance. 
 
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 190 
 
 BY-LAWS OF THE 
 
 clause of By-law Number one hundred and eight 
 establishing the Salary of the Surgeon of the 
 Craol at one hundred and twenty dollars per 
 year, be, and the same is liereby repealed. 
 
 ALEXANDER BROWN, 
 C. O. COUNSELL, CUrk. Warden. 
 
 Passed 12th December, 1860. 
 
 BY-LAW No. 130. 
 To authorize the opening of tM allowance for Boad 
 between the Township of Saltfleet and the West 
 Kxore of Grimsby, and to empower the Over- 
 seers of Highivays who now are in charge of 
 said Road, or who may from time to time be 
 appointed to take charge of the same, to remove 
 all obstructions from off the said Road. 
 Whereas the public convenience requires the 
 opening up the allowance for Road between the 
 Township of Saltfleet and the West Gore of 
 Grimsby, and whereas it is necessary to empow- 
 er the Overseers of Highways who may from time 
 to time be appointed by this Council to take 
 charge of said Road, to remove all obstructions 
 irom otl the same. 
 
 Be it therefore enacted by the Municipal Coun- 
 
COUNTY OP WENTWORTH. 
 
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 oil of the Corporation of the County of Went- 
 worth, under and by virtue of the Act 22 Vic. 
 Cap. 99, and it is hereby enacted by the authority 
 of the same, that the Overseers of Highways who 
 are now in charge of said Road, or who may 
 from time to time be appointed to take charge 
 of the same, be, and they are hereby authorized 
 to open out the portions of said Road under their 
 respective charges, according to the survey of 
 said Road by William Smith, Esq., Deputy Pro- 
 vincial Land Surveyor; and they are further 
 authorized and empowered to remove, and to 
 order to be removed, any obstructions that now 
 are upon the portions of said Road, under their 
 respective charges, according to said survey of 
 Mr. Smith, or that may at any time hereafter be 
 placed upon said Road by any person or persons 
 whatsoever. 
 
 ALEXANDER BROWN, 
 
 Warden, 
 C. 0. COUNSELL, Clerk. 
 
 Passed 13th December, 1860. 
 
 BY-LAW No. 131. 
 
 To repeal By-law No. 110, and to make further 
 provision for governing Auctioneers. 
 Whereas in conformity with Provincial Statute 
 

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 192 
 
 BY-LAWS OF THE 
 
 22 Vic. Cap. 99, an Act respecting the Municipal 
 Institutions of Upper Canada ; it is expedient 
 and necessary to pass a By-law for licensing, re- 
 gulating and governing Auctioneers, and other 
 persons selling, or putting up for sale, goods, 
 wares, merchandize, or effects, by public auction; 
 and for fixing the sum to be paid for every such 
 license, and the time it shall be in force; be it 
 therefore enacted by the Municipal Council of 
 the Corporation of the County of Wentworth, in 
 Council assembled, and it is hereby enacted by 
 the authority of the same, that before any Auc- 
 tioneer or other person shall sell, or put up by 
 public auction, any article within the County of 
 Wentworth, he shall pay to the Treasurer of said 
 County the sum of twelve dollars for such 
 license, and four dollars for license to sell in any 
 one of the Township Municipalities, or the 
 Town of Dundas in the aforesaid County. 
 
 2. And be it enacted, that if any Auctioneer or 
 any other person shall sell or offer for sale by 
 public auction without first taking out such 
 license, or shall refuse to show such license when 
 so required, shall forfeit and pay for his said 
 offence the sum of not more than twenty dollars, 
 together with cost of proceedings to be had before 
 any Justice of the Peace of the County on the 
 oath of one witness, and if not forthwith paid, or 
 within such time as said Justice shall direct, it 
 shall be the duty of such Justice of the Peace to 
 order the said fine and costs to be levied by dis- 
 tress and sale of the offender's goods and chatties, 
 and in case of no goods and chatties on 
 which to levy, to commit the said offender to 
 
COUNTY OP WENTWORTH. 
 
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 the common gaol of the County, for a space of 
 time not more than twenty, nor less than four 
 days. 
 
 3. And be it further enacted, that such license 
 shall expire on the 31st day of December in each 
 and every year, and the said Treasurer shall 
 receive the sum of seventy-five cents for issuing 
 such license. 
 
 4. And be it further enacted, that in order to 
 afford accommodation ^to persons wishing to take 
 •out said license in different Corporations within 
 this County, the Clerks of the several Corpora- 
 tions are hereby authorized to issue licenses which 
 shall be furnished to them by the County Treas- 
 urer and signed by him, and accounted for by the 
 said Clerks of the minor Corporations to the 
 County Treasurer, and the said Clerks shall 
 receive the sum of seventy-five cents for issuing 
 each of such licenses, and the County Treasurer 
 shall receive the sum ol twenty-fiv6 cents for 
 each of such licenses issued. 
 
 5. And be it furl her enacted, that By-Law No. 
 110, for governing Auctioneers, be, and the same 
 is hereby repealed. 
 
 ALEXANDER BROWN, 
 
 Warden* 
 C. 0. COUNSELL, Clerk. 
 
 Passed 31st January, 1861. 
 
 BY-LAW No. 132. 
 To amend By-law No. 32, and to establish the 
 Salary of the County Auditors. 
 
 Be it enacted by the Municipal Council of the 
 Corporation of the County of Wentworth in 
 
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 BY-LAWS OP THE 
 
 Council aisembled, that By-law No. 32 is hereoy 
 amended, by establishing Ihe Auditors' Salairy at 
 forty dollar* each per year, in place of sixty 
 dollars per year, as provided by By-law ho. 32. 
 
 2. And be it frarther enacted, that the portion 
 of By-law number thirty-two, establishing the 
 Auditors' Salary at sixty dollars each, be, and the 
 same is heidi)y repealed. 
 
 ALEXANDER uaCWN, 
 
 Warden, 
 
 G. O. COUNSBLL, Clerk, 
 Passed 31st January, 1961. 
 
 BY-LAW No. 134. 
 To open the Town Line between Aneaster and Glan- 
 ford, and to remove all obstructions therefrom. 
 Whereas the public convenience requires tlwt 
 the Town Line or Road possing between the 
 Townships of Aneaster and Glanford should be 
 opened according to the survey thereof, made by 
 Thomas A. Blyth ; Be it therefore exacted bv the 
 Municipal Council of the Corporation of the 
 County of Wentwortb, under and ay virtue of tlie 
 Act entitled " An Act respecting the Municipal 
 Institutions of Upper Canada" and it is hereby 
 enacted by the authority of tne same, that the 
 Overseers of Highways who are now m charge 
 of the Road leading arid passing between the 
 Townships of Ancasler and Glanford commonly 
 knowr as the Tonn Line, or who may from time 
 to time be nppomted to take charge of the same ; 
 be and they are hereby authorized to open up the 
 said Road according to the Line recently ruu uy 
 
COUNTr ©P WENTWORTH. 
 
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 Thomas A. Blyth, and to I'etnove all obstructions 
 therefrom foa the epace of sixty-six feet.. 
 
 ALEXANDER BROWN, 
 
 Warden, 
 t\ O. COUNSELL, Clerk. 
 
 Passed 20th June, I86K 
 
 BY-LAW No. 136. 
 Tq appoint a Clerk to the Municipal Corporation 
 of the County of Wientworth, to establish the 
 Salary of the said Clerky and to repeal alt 
 former Ej-lawSy parts of By-laws, financial 
 reports, or resolutions relating to the same. 
 Whereas it is expedient and necessary to pass 
 a By-law to appoint a Clerk to the Municipal 
 Corporation of the County of Wentworth, in place 
 of the late C. O. Counseil deceased, and also to 
 establish the salary of the said Clerk, also to 
 repeal all former By-Laws, parts of By-Laws, 
 and Resolutions appertaining to the same ; 
 
 Be it therefore enacted by the Municipal 
 Corporation of the County of Wentworth, under 
 and by virtue of the Act 22nd, Vic. Cap. 54 of 
 the Consolidated Statutes of Upper Canada, and 
 it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same 
 that Mr. George Stringer Counseil be and is he'-eby 
 appointed Clerk of the Municipal Corporati* .i of 
 ihe County of Wentworth, in place of Charles O. 
 Counseil, deceased. 
 
 And be it further enacted, that the salary of the 
 said Clerk shall be established at the sum of six 
 hundred dollars per annum, the said salary to be 
 paid quarterly by the Treasurer ou the cheque of 
 
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 BY-LAWS OF THE 
 
 the Warden, the time to commence on the first 
 current. 
 
 And be it further ■enacted, that all former By- 
 laws or parts of By-laws, financial Reports, or 
 resolutions relating to the salary of the Clerk be 
 and the same are hereby repealed. 
 
 ALEXANDER BROWN, 
 
 Warden. 
 G. S. COUNSELL, Clerk. 
 Passed 23rd October, 1861. 
 
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 BY-LAW No. 137. 
 
 To confirm By-law No. 121 of the Township of 
 Ancaster. 
 Whereas, in conformity with the Consolidated 
 Statutes of Upper Canada, Cap. 54, and entitled 
 " An Act respecting the Municipal Institutions 
 of Upper Canada," it is expedient and necessary 
 to pass a By-law to confirm By-law No. 121 of 
 the corporation of the Township of Ancaster, 
 disposing of a portion of a certain Road allow- 
 ance in the aforesaid Township ; be it therefore 
 enacted by the Municipal Council of the County 
 of Wentworth that the aforesaid By-law No. 121 
 of the Township of Ancaster be confirmed. 
 
 ALEXANDER BROWN, 
 
 G. S. COUNSELL, Clerk. 
 Passed 11th December, i861. 
 
 BY-LAW No. 138. 
 To impose a Duty on Hawkers, Pedlars, ^c, and 
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COUNTY OF WENTWORTH. 
 
 197 
 
 Whereas it is expedient to impose a Duiy on 
 Hawkers, Pedlars, ^c, and tx). repeal By-law No 
 111; • 
 
 Be it therefore enacted by the Municipal 
 Council of the Corporation of the County of 
 Wentworth under and by virtue of the authority 
 of the Act 22, Vic. Cap. 54, Consolidated Statutes 
 of Upper Canada, and it is hereby enacted by the 
 authority of the same» that from and after the 
 first day of January next in that and every en- 
 suing year during the continuance of this By-law, 
 that every Hawker, Pedlar, Petty Chapman, and 
 any person or persons trading- or going from town 
 to to^y^, or to other men's houses, either on foot 
 or with a horse or horses, mule or mules, or 
 other beast bearing or drawing burthen within 
 the County, carrying to sell or otherwise expos- 
 ing for sate- a<»y Goods, Wares,, or Merchandize* 
 not being the growth, produce or manufacture of 
 Canada, shall first procure License from the 
 Treasurer of this County for so doing, and shall 
 pay for said License the following sums, viz : — 
 For every person travelling on foot the sum of 
 five dollars ; for every horse, mule, or other beast 
 bearing or drawing burthen an additional sum of 
 five dollars, and* fbr every additional horse, mule, 
 or beast of burthen the sum of two dollars. 
 
 And be it enacted that it shall be lawful for 
 any Justice of the Peace, Constable, or Peace 
 Officer to seize and detain any such Hawker, 
 Pedlar, Petty Chapman or other trading person 
 aforesaid, who shall be found travelling without 
 a License contrary to this By-law, or v(^ho, being 
 tounrt trading, shan negisct of refuse to pi ounce 
 

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 a License to any iperscm 'requiring to see the 
 same, in order to his or her being carried before 
 a Justice of the Peace nearest to the place where 
 such offence or offences shall be committed by 
 any person «o trading without a License or re- 
 fusing to show his or her License when required 
 "by any person so to do ; which said Justice, 
 either upon confession of the party offending, or 
 upon informrMii«)n given upon oath that the person 
 or persons so 'brought before him had traded as 
 aforesaid without a License, or had refused to 
 produce such License when required so to do, 
 and in case no such License shall be produced 
 by such offender or oftisnders before such Justice 
 or in case it shall be proved before such Justice 
 that any such trading person had refused to show 
 his or her License when required to produce the 
 same, is hereby authorized and required by war- 
 rant under his hand and seal, directed to any 
 Constable or other Peace Officer, to cause a sum 
 not exceeding twenty dollars, with reasonable 
 'costs, to be forthwith levied by distress and sale 
 of the Goods, Merchandize, and Wares of such 
 offender or offenders, or of the Goods, Wares and 
 Merchandize with which such offender or 
 offenders shall be found trading as aforesaid, 
 rendering the overplus, if any there be, to the 
 owner or owners thereof) after deducting reason- 
 able charges for making said distress. And foi 
 want of sufficient distress the offender or offend- 
 ers shall be committed to the Common Gaol of 
 this County for such a term, not exceeding 
 
 twenty days, as such Justice of tlie Peace shall 
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 And be it enacted that any person, whether 
 
COUNTY OF WHNTWORTH. 
 
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 Peace Officer or n©t, may lodg« a complaint to 
 lhe nearest Justice of Hmj Peace against any 
 person trading wit'.oui License within this 
 County, or against any person «o trading and re- 
 fusing to produce hi« «or her License when 
 required so to do. 
 
 And be it enacted rthat the duties imposed by 
 this By-law, and the pecuniary penalties imposed 
 thereby, shall be paid to the Treasurer of the 
 County, for the general use of the said County ; 
 and the Treaeurcr i« hereby authorized and re- 
 quired to issue such License ; and also to farniah 
 to the Clerks of various Municipalities within 
 ihis County, Licences to be by them issued fo 
 the convenience of parties requiring the same 
 within their respective Municipalities. The 
 money received by any such Clerk to be ac- 
 counted for to the Treasurer of this County.— 
 And all Licenses issued under this By-law shall 
 .be in force until lhe first day of January in the 
 year following that in which such License was 
 issued. 
 
 And be it enacted that all persons taking out 
 License as required by this By-law before the 
 first day of July in each and every year, shall 
 pay the full arnouat of License for the year ; and 
 that License takenout between the above named 
 day and the 31st day of December, shall be 
 charged for six montho only. 
 
 And be it enacted that the Treasurer of this 
 County, and the Clerk« of the various Munici- 
 palities within this County, shall be entitled to 
 demand and receive the sum of fifty cents for 
 
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 jUvelj* 
 
 such Lioense issuod by u'ufi vi tiieni reSj^c= 
 
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 And be it enacted that By-law No. 1 1 1 he and 
 is hereby repealed. 
 
 (Signed,) 
 
 ALEXANDER BROWN, 
 
 Warden. 
 G. S. COUNSELL, Clerk. 
 
 Passed ' Ith Dec., 1861. 
 
 BY-LAW No. 139. 
 
 Tb establish and levy a rate of Tolls to be t alien at 
 the several Toll- Gates on that portion of the 
 Guelph and Dundas Road lying within the 
 County of WeMworth. 
 
 Whereas, it is necessary to establish a rate of 
 Tolls to be levied and coMected at the several 
 Toll-Gates on that portion of the Guelph and 
 Dundas Road lying within the County of Went- 
 worth ; 
 
 Be it therefore enacted by the Municipal 
 Council of the Corporation of the County of 
 Wentworth, under and by virtue of the Act '22iu? 
 Vic, Cap. 54 of the Consolidated Statutes of 
 Upper Canada, and it is hereby enacted by the 
 authority of the same, that, from and after the 
 21st day of June, instant, the following rates of 
 Tolls shall be levied and collected at each of the 
 two gates now on said Road, at each time of 
 {)assLng, viz : — 
 
 ». d. 
 For each vehicle, loaded or unloaded, drawn 
 
 by one horse or other ueast of draught, \i 
 For each pleasure vehicle drawn by two 
 
 iK>r8e8,, »»»»«• ........ 06 
 
COUNTY OF WENTWORTi;. 
 
 201 
 
 For each waggon drawn by two horses, and s d. 
 weighing not more than five thousand 
 
 pounds 7| 
 
 For each waggon drawn by two horses, 
 and weighing more than five thousand 
 
 pounds, 10 
 
 For each waggon drawn by two horses, and 
 weighing not more than two thousand 
 
 pounds, 4 
 
 For each additional horse or oiher beast of 
 
 burden employed in draught, 2 
 For each horse not employed in draught, 1 
 For each Ox, Cow, Mule, or other non- 
 enumerated quadruped, OA 
 
 For each Sheep or Hog, 0} 
 
 For each loaded sleigh drawn by two horses, 7 A 
 For each sleigh drawn by two horses, sleigh 
 and load not exceeding ten hundred 
 
 pounds, 4 
 
 For each additional horse employed in 
 
 drawing any sleigh, 2 
 
 For each vehicle drawn by four horses, and 
 
 used for carrying passengers, 1 :i 
 
 For each vehicle drawn by two horses, and 
 used for carrying passengers, T) 
 
 And be it further enacted, that, instead of the 
 rates before mentioned, each wagjfon or sleigh 
 loaded with cordwood, tan bark, cedar posts, rails, 
 or saw logs, shall be charged at each of the said 
 toll gates, the sum of seven and a half pence, and 
 that lumber at the gate situated near the Ith 
 Concession line of West FIamlK>ro' shall Iw 
 charged the Aame as cord wood, and each such 
 wnifiron or sleiffh returiiinw; wheu oat lQi»J'jd 
 shall pass through free. 
 
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 IBY-LAWS. 
 
 And be it further enacted tbat waggons with 
 f^lx inch tyre shall pass through ieach of said gates 
 free, for one year from tlieir first use on the road. 
 
 And be it further enacted that the following 
 shall be the exemptions from Toll on the said 
 iRoad, viz : — 
 
 1. All persons with hoises or carriages going 
 to, attending, or returning from any funeral. 
 
 2. All persons with horses or carriages going 
 to or returning from their usual place of worship 
 on the Lord's day. 
 
 3. The Commissioners of the said Road. 
 
 4. Clergymen while oh Pastoral duty. 
 
 5. All animals going to or returning from 
 water or pasture. 
 
 6. All animals going to er returning from 
 Agricultural Exhibitions. 
 
 7. All vehicles carrying stable ©r barn-yard 
 manure. 
 
 8. All teams when employed in repairing said 
 Road. 
 
 And be it further enacted, that the gate at 
 present situated near the south end of said road 
 shall be called Gate number one, and that thp 
 Gate situated near the north end of said road shall 
 be called (Jate number two. 
 
 (Signed,) ALEXANDER BROWN, 
 
 Warden. 
 
 (J. S. COUNSELL, ClerL 
 Passed 18th JuDe, 18C2. 
 
INDEX. 
 
 GORE DISTRICT BY-LAWS. 
 ^'O- rAr.B. 
 
 10. Altering the centre road in East Flamboro', 2:! 
 
 13. For altering Flaraboro' Street, 27 
 
 1 J. For laying out a Road in Beverly, 20 
 
 2G. For opening a Road in Binbrook, 30 
 
 36. For opening a Road in East Flamboro', M 
 
 38. For altering a Road in Barton, 33 
 
 57. For altering A Road in Glanford, ;(.'. 
 
 "5. To open a Road in Saltfleet. Amended by No. 63, [Wenr- 
 
 worth and Halton,] ?,c, 
 
 79. To open a Road in East Flamboro', r.fi 
 
 81. To alter a Road in Barton, 40 
 
 82. To open a Road in Beverly, 41 
 
 88. To open a Road in Bitrton, 42 
 
 83. To open a Road between Glandford and Binbrook, 44 
 
 100. To open a Road in Glanford, 4:, 
 
 101. To alter a Road in East Flamboro', 40 
 
 104. To open a Road in Beverly and Puslincb, 48 
 
 105. To open a Road in Beverly, 49 
 
 112. To open a Road in Beverly, 51 
 
 122. To .ypen a Road in East Flamboro', r.2 
 
 129. To raise money by Debentures to pay offdebts of the District, 54 
 133. To remunerate John Applcgarth for L^nd taken for a Road 
 
 in East Flamboro', fiO 
 
 141. To open a Road in Beverly, r,9 
 
 144. To open a Road to descend the Mountain, in Barton, f.o 
 
 146. To open a Road in Beverly, C2 
 
 154. To alter a lino of Road established by By-law No. 75, respect- 
 ing the opening of a Road in Saltfleet, 04 
 
 174. Compelling owners of Land to cut down Timbjr growing 
 
 within 25 ffict of any Highway, ...... CO 
 
 170. Providing for the payment of interest on X"4,50n, njsed 
 
 under By-law No. 162, fg 
 
 !81. For irnproving the Road leading froia Fl.-tmbofa' West to 
 
 Ouelph. Amended hy No. 196, ,,.,, 70 
 
10J 
 
 LVDEX. 
 
 N'o. PajB' 
 
 18G. For cutting a drain through Mr. William Binkley's Land, 73 
 
 187. For the improvement of roads. Amended by Nos. 73 and 
 
 81, W. andH 70 
 
 105. To improve the road leading from Hamilton to Stoney Creek, 
 Amended by No. 210, B., and by No. 9, W. and 11, 
 
 204. To amend By-law No. 162, 
 
 207. To establiah Roads 
 
 209. Establishing a Road between Binbrook and Seneca, and also 
 between Ancaster and the Townships of Onondaga 
 and Brantford. Amended by No. 73, W. 4 H 
 
 212. To lay out Roads, ...... 
 
 223. Transferring the duties of preparing the Assessment and 
 Collectors' Rolls from the Clerk of the Peaee to the 
 District Clerk, 
 
 230. To alter a Road in West Flatotoro', 
 
 231. To open a Road in Flamboro' East, ...... 
 
 23G. To open a Road in Glanford, 
 
 239. To open a Road in Glanford, 
 
 240. To connect the Road allowance in front of the lOlh Conces- 
 
 sion of Durafiies with that in front of the 9th Con. 
 
 of Beverly, ...... 
 
 248. To open a Road in Binbrook, ...... 
 
 J50. To open a Road in Binbrook, 
 
 WEXTWORTH AND HALTON BY-LAWS. 
 
 7. Altering the Road down the Mountain, betweeen East and 
 West Fhimboro', \ 
 
 10. To regulate the duties of the Treasurer, and establish llie 
 amount of security lo be given by him, 
 
 \0. Authorizing the Warden to subscribe for Stock intheGuelph 
 iind Duiidas Road Company, and to issue Dcbcnturr* 
 for the same, 
 
 20. To authorize the issue of Debentures for general purpose, 
 
 2!. For the construction of Ro.ids. Provisions extended by 
 
 No. 54, '. .:•••. 
 
 33. Tcrmitling Nalhnn HowcU and Hirnm Otipron to close up 
 
 imrtinnii of Dundns Street, ...... 
 
 40. For the better management of the County debt 
 
 81 
 83 
 87 
 
 92 
 04- 
 
 100 
 102 
 103 
 lOG 
 107. 
 
 100 
 110 
 111. 
 
 IIT 
 
 U9 
 
 121 
 123 
 
 125 
 
 12G 
 123 
 
INDEX. 
 
 20T 
 
 7G 
 
 92 
 94- 
 
 IIT 
 
 121 
 123 
 
 12«> 
 
 133 
 
 
 CO. To raise £50CO for erecting a FriaoD, and improving the 
 
 present Court House. Amended by No. SV. 131 
 
 CI. To improve the Highway oYtfr the Twelve Mile Creek Hills, 
 on Dundas Street, and to construct a bifdjp^e over saiu 
 Creek, ..,,,, is-f 
 
 S3. To amend By-law N'o. 15, G. D. C, respecting a road in 
 
 SaltfTeet. Amended by No. 66, 138 
 
 C4 To establish tlie Road doWn the mountain, between East and 
 
 West Flamboro', ISD' 
 
 60. To amend By-law No. C», 141 
 
 69. To afflend By-!nw No. 30, respecting the Toronto and Guelph 
 
 Road^ , 142 
 
 72, To raise money for improving the Road and constructing a 
 
 Bridge over the Twelve Mile Creek, on Dundas Street, 143! 
 
 73. To repeal the last clauses of By-laws Nos. 187 and 209, GDC 147 
 
 75. To amend By-law No. 32, 14T 
 
 79. To raise money for the Road and Bridge over the Twelve 
 
 Mile (Treek, . . ..,,.. 148- 
 
 81. To nmend By-law No. 187, GDC, for the improvement of 
 
 Roads, ...... l.">2 
 
 82. To amend By-law No.'oi, respecting the erection of a Frison, 153 
 
 WENTWORTH BY-LAWS. 
 
 84. To adopt a Common Senf for tlie Council, 139 
 
 88. Permitting James Ileslop to close up a portion of old Road 
 
 00 Dundas Street, . , IGO 
 
 92, Establishing Tolls on the Duudas and Binklry Road, 161 
 
 93. To improve tlie Highway, and build a Bridge at the Marsh, 103 
 
 98. T» atoeud By-law No. 94, concerning Tolls on the Bridge- at 
 
 the Marsli. Repealed by No. 107, ic7' 
 
 99. Permitting W. Kitelien and D. Betzucr to close up a portion 
 
 of (lid Road on Dundas Street, ids 
 
 104. For erecting County OEBccs, ig?' 
 
 11.9. Appointing tlie time for liolJing the regular Sessions of 
 
 Council, 173 
 
 113. To raise money to pay off Debentures matuiing in IS.'JO, 174- 
 
 115. To establish a Public Hig 1 way, 177 
 
 116. To appoint a County Engineer, Hj? 
 
 117. Confirming By-law No. 4, of Eait Flamboro', .,,... IW 
 
208 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 No. 
 
 119. For the payment of Grtind and Petit Jurors, 
 
 120. To opbn out the Road allowance between Beverly and West 
 
 Flamboro', 
 
 122. To remunerate Councillors, , 
 
 125. For the sale of non-resident lands for Taxes, 
 
 126. To open up the Rop4 allcvancc between Beverly and West 
 
 Flamboro', 
 
 128. Concerning the sale of Spirituous Liquors, Indecent Pla- 
 
 cards, Profane Swearing, &c., 
 
 129. To amend By-law No. 108, appointing a Surgeon to the Gaol, 
 
 130. To open up the Iload allowance between Sallfleet and 
 
 Grimsby, 
 
 131. Governing Auctioneers, 
 
 132. Establishing the Salary of the County Auditors, 
 
 134. To open up the Town Line between Ancastcr and Glanford, 
 
 1 36. Appointing a Clerk, and establishing his Salary, 
 
 137. Confirming By-law No. 121, of Ancasier, 
 
 138. Imposing a Uuty on Hawkers, Ac, 
 
 130. EstaMishing Tolls on theGuclph and DundasRoad 
 
 Paoe. 
 17» 
 
 181 
 182 
 184 
 
 185 
 
 180 
 189 
 
 190 
 191 
 193 
 194 
 19.''. 
 19C 
 196 
 200 
 

 Pagb. 
 
 
 179 
 
 >8t 
 
 
 
 181 
 
 t 
 
 182 
 18i 
 
 eat 
 
 
 
 185 
 
 la- 
 
 
 
 18G 
 
 tol, 
 
 180 
 
 md 
 
 
 
 190 
 
 
 191 
 
 
 19.T 
 
 )rd, 
 
 194 
 
 
 195 
 
 
 19G 
 
 
 196 
 
 
 200