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Meps. plates, cherts, etc., mey be filmed et difi jrent reduction ratios. Those too lerge to be entirely included in one exposure ere filmed beginning in the upper left hend corner, left to right end top to bottom, as many frames as required. The following diegrems illustrete the method: Les certes, planches, tablaeux, etc., peuvent Atre filmAs A des taux da reduction diffArants. Lorsque le document est trop grend pour Atre reproduit en un seul clich*. 11 est f limA A pertir de I'engle supArieur geuche. de gauche h droite, et de heut en bes, en prenent le nombre d'imeges nAcesseire. lies diogremmes suivonts illustrent la mithode. n t i '1 v'4 . aax 1 2 3 4 5 6 IV THK HISTORY OP THE A«IITAT!OS OF THK ' . • J-;.""' DP THr '*<4' • COUNTY OF BRUCE. In th* fall or 18S0, ufen of tbe lieeTCl of Bruce, ia th* intareit of tht Villige of Kinear- din*, eonitituUd tbemielTei, without any au- thoriljr rrom tbo rale-pajeri of I lie county, a dcputatioD to wait upon Hi< Kxcellenc; the GoTarnor GeoerBl, tequeiting lilm (o leave the •election of tbe county town lo a vole of tbe ReeTei of tbe countj. Tu tbli requeit ills r tccllencjr coniented, on condition that tbe role ebould be '>aken fl/'irr the then approaching luunicipul eleotiooi. At that time there were only two competing place! for tbe county town, viz : iiouthaiB|itOD and Kincardine. An intense spirit of rivalry existed at that time Ijotween those two villagee. And tbe respective advocates of both placei, ■eeing that neither could command a majority of the Council, were willing to adopt any course, rather than that their rival should be luccetsful. The then Kceve of Urani, the pro- prietor at tbat time, and founder of tbe Village >,f Walkerton, was acute enougli to lee tbat in consequence of this rivair}. Walkerton might, by shrewd management, command the largest vote in iis own favor, which it actually did, ciactly in the same manner as Quebec com- nsanded the vote in the Legislative Assembly, notwithstanding the fnct of its being, llk° Walkerton, siluatrd at au extreme point, geo- grapk.cally. The gentleman iu question lost n^ time in taking advactageof this vote, purely ttocidental as it •va>, and never intended to to b« acted upon by the Keeves who gave it { and by good management on his part, > lobcme was atylrd by members of Far^ lianMot at tb* time, " Tbe leat of Oovernnient •cheuMln ■iniature," which it -eally was, and iatendsd by its promoter! to ■ e, In order lo remove tbe lettlement of tb* matter entirely Iron nay biai, or undue influence on the part uf tbe Reeves, who bad, so far, failed to setlls it iu a tausfactory manner, exactly in tbe same mode as tbe reference to Her Uajcity of Ihe seat of Government <|uestion was made, in order tbat tbe matter might be removed from the nnna of political inflnence in Canada, and decided on lie merits alone. The docuinenli seltlug forth tbe cutu|i«liag claims of tbe respective places contending fur ibe County Town remained in tbe bands uf Ibe Government from October IH38 un'.il tbe summer of 18t;u, when tlie Provisional Council was called upon by the Provincial Secretary to furniib the Government wilb an indication of the mind of tbe Council, by naming two lead- ing places, in order to tbe selection ofuneof them as tbe County Town. A respectable minority in tbe Council opposed any such in- dication on the part of tbe Oouncil as being contrary to theepirit and Intention of tbe Act uf ISSe, but notwithstanding their strong pro- test, a combination of the Ueevei, iu tbe in- terett of Kincardine and Walkerton euc- ceeded in cairying a reiolution, teeommendinc tbe selection of the County Tuwn from one of twu places, and nnining Kincardine and Wal- kertcn as tlic place fcum which tbe •election should b« made. Tbe matter remained in abeyance for some time, and until tfovember INOO, Mir Fenwiek Willlame being at the time Adminittrator of tb* Government, when a second proelamalion was issued In favor of Walkerton, And a second time 111* rate-payers, when tbe munici- pal elections came on in 18(il, elected Council- lors to opiHikS the consummation of said pro clamallon, in refusing to proceed with the erection of tbe county buildings at Walkerton. It has been asserted by the parties acting at tbe time in tbe interests of Kin- cardine that they never would have united with tba friends of Walkerton in tbe recom- mendation made to tbe Government, had they suppoeed that Walkerton would have been a second lime proclaimed County Town; but that liaving once, by a solemn Act uf the Legisla- ture, had the proclamation in its favor aetaslds, they never ccniemplated tbo possibilliy ol its being a second time proclaimed. Kver since tbe promulgation of that ssmad proclamation, Ihe iiuestloo has remained un- settled ; no Council venturing to psrpstnte such an outra|r<- upon tbe leelings of tbe ral«> payers as lo Ai a to prooeed with the erection uf tbe county buildings at tbe village of Walkerton. At a misting of Ihe Hrovisionni Council, keld at Walkerton, March Ulb, IHli3, a Mpeclal Committee, appointed to reconsider certain aelloB «t a previous mseting of Counoll lo re- i. fW taraae* to tin Coanljr Town quMtlM, rtportH H followt >- "Tbkl, >fl»r ■•tar* u4 Mrloni Mibtn- " tioa ta4 iMirlBg of p*rtl«i, jour OmbbUIm " an tboronghlf •oavloMd that tba ptopttU "tioa at Uit meatlagaf Conaeit, to proMtd " with tha trfcUoa of tba eouair baDdlaf* at ■ ^allMrlAa, liu eraaud paat dlMaliiflMtlaa "aa4 ladiiaailoa aaioBf tb« lata-pajan '' tkreagboat th* ooualr ; aad aflar tha ilroaf "aiprauioB ordiMatiifaetioa that bat bata " •lleilad, yoor Oonmllla* fial fblljr Hasibl* ■■ tbat It would b« a rccklMi waiUac sf (be '* publia flaaawr, aad a trlHiag witb tba bait " taUraalt of tba eou If, to laka aaf furlbar " aatiOB towardi proctading with tba araatioB " of tba eoaalr buildton at tba Titlaga of " Walkarloa, aa nid bulldtagt, joar Oomalt- " 'ta afa Iborooghly iatU6cd, eonid aot ba loa- •■ Imiaad at Walker'.oa for aay period than- "after. " f onr Ooaiinittee oanaot eloaa tbair tjn to "tbafact pataat toall, that, bowarar iaeoa- " iUtaak tha Tota of iba Oounetl maj appear " to io«a Bol acijuaiBlad with tba Darlti of ' tba eai*, that tha f ole* baratofora giraa to " WalkartoB hara baaa tba rainlt of riralr/ ■■batwaaa Iba other looaliiica whorotadlor " Mid Tillage of fTaikertoB ai Cooatj Towo, " M ai to keep the aettleaieBt of tha quealloa "laabayaao*, ia the hop* tbat aaaMthlag '< might traoeplr* to add to their ittaaglb aad " eoBtequeDt ebaaee of aueeeti, aad that tbejr '■ did n with the fnll kaowledgig aad ronric- " tioa that the bulldiagi could aerer, by aaj " paatibility, be proceeded with at Walkcrtoo, " whieb, from in geographical poiitioo, ii thr '• wont litaatad of enjr place ia the county for " laid Oouotj Town. Your Oommitlae de^Jore " the great injury tbat bad already been doae " ta tha county, la ooanactioa with the quaatiea, " aad which injon, they ar* (Ully laaiible, '■ XTould be greatly I nteailfied by tha erection " of tha eoaaty boitdiagt at Walkertoa." This dellTeriiaee , adopted by the Oouastl, ii strictly true, and la aceordaaa* with th* aaa- tlmeati of the great raijorily of the people of Hruo*. N*T*rtheteti, a majority of thii laaa OoHBcU, laeludlng tha gaatlaataa who framed that Report, during the fame year, lalla*B«*d by a datire of eeeuriag for themialTe* or their friaad* earuln county offic**, requirlag to be Hllad la the ereal of the leparatloa of tha Oona- ty from Huron, and the ereetioa of tba couaty bnildiag* ; aad, la moat nnnemly hatt* to la- ear* theea oflcee befora a obaBg* of admtait- tratlaa might Uka place, in a moit iacoaiUt- eat maaaar, turned round, appolated a Build* iag Oommittee with unlimlteiiB«a ta the TalMlty of tha t^-i*« "^ —n^Tt ■•' alio aatiag aadar tha laaor ofa letter addr**Md to hha by Mr. P*rf**, laapaetot of PrifOBl, dtdlaad to •IgB tha eaalraet, wbeiaapoa Iba OotuaU, ia aa illegal maaBar, appeialad a *haiimaa,whila th* Wardaa MiU aaa a pled the ehair, who, ia tha Wardaa'i praaeaea, (igaad tha «MtiMl, after whiah Iba leal of tha OerpOfstloa waaM- taehed by tha clerk acUag aadar th* iaatna- tloa**rth* Ooaacil. Itwaeiathia aMaaar that the ieal oflbeCorporafaa beeaaMallaeh- *d to th* eaatract. The ooatraalar, howa«*r, aetlag aadar legal adrloe, laflued to praeeed with th* work* aadar a dgaatar* aad aaal *o illegally attoehad to thatdoeaiHBt The reaalt of tbei* eitraordlnaiy pfM**dlBp wa* that, at tba manlclpal •l*ctioai ia Jaaaaiy lut, twalT* a*w Ba*T*« oatof tw*a^lwe w*ra •l*el*d. At th* ant aMetlag of OoBaeil, bolag tMj laftrmed a* to tha atato of pablie opUioa ia retbreace to the Uoaa^ Towa qaaatioB, aa* Of their fintaet* wu to pal* tba nllowtag ra- •olatioB :— " That, ai ercry an.thod batatefoi* adopted fbr tha iellleanBt of the OoBB^y Tawa qneatiea ban proved a '•'tare, aad that, a« it la quite erileat that ao ae ioa aa tba part af tbi* Ooaacil eaa aattia the quealloa npoa aay baata hitberto tried, it beeomea Daeeaiary to adopt •oma new priaelple fbr lb* Aaal aaltiaaMBt of tbia loag-paadiag aad eipeaalra eaateat ; tbia Ooaacil tharafora petitloa the Legiilatai*, at tbeappraa*hiBgieniOBorParllameBl,li)r tba paaaiag of aa a«t repealiag all ad* baWag ra- ereaee to the Ooualy Town qnettioa ; aad am- poweriag tha rate-payaia of tha eoaaty to chooae br TOte which of two plaeea thall he ohoeea Oouaty Towa of Brace ; aad, a* ia all Tolaa takcB io thit Ooaacil, Paisley aad Kla- cardiac hare bald promiaaat poiitlea^ that, thasaldr*, Paisley aad Kincardina ba tbapla*** named Oram whieb the rate-payera by their Totea shall aalaet the Oooaty Towa." Tbara voted for this motloa Bficaa Kaavaa aad Deputy-ReaTCi, r«pret*atiag nta* town- ships and <■>* iacorporatad Tlllag*a ;rapi**aBt- iag alio, according to the cenias of 1(61, IT,- 098 lOHl* of the popalatloa ; aad r*al acute ia lead, amouatiag to 93,025,000; while than Tolad agaiast the motloa eeTca Reeres aad Depnty-Beares, repiaaeatlkg fbar towaihlpi, ' 10,401 aonle, and real ailala la iaads amoaat- ingto9l,0SS,930. A raiolntion waa then passed, appoiatlag a Committee to draft tba petilioa aow befteia the begislatvre, aad a By-law wa* paaaad, repaaliag the By-law passed ISth Oct., 1M3, appatatlag the BalldlBgOommillea, to wham wa* a«aor<;«3 such aBlhalMd aad Illegal power*. The miaorlty, lb* iHaada aad aapperf era of Walkertoa aeilber tnggaalad aor prdpoaad tba assaadmaal aow, for the Irat tlmaptaaisid aad pf**(*d i aaaMly, lb* laaarlioa of Walkwtoe ia lb* bUl a* a olaaa to b* Toud oa witt Paiitoy aad Klacardia*. 0*rtaialy lb* ProTlaioaal OaaacU should bare bad this prefriitioa, which eatirely BaliiBM th* prlasipl* pnmd Ihr la the pelltloB to the Ugislaiara ; aam^, tbat ofAat^aglteOnmly IWalecala^ataaauipef a< aeaWp («afra( ai «M|r *#, oa lie lab* Mori, Of <« f*i MiHar," sabmitlad aad di*«a***d la Ooaacil. IntbativiM Iba prapoailioa woald hare baaa promptly rejaclad, -ftr HH WM|Khr rMMM thai lk$ulttlio»of ITaMgeHea it SMrt Mi- *eMt/°ac(*ra le »%#^»^»%^»#^#^»^^»^I#^^>#|^>^M^'»^»* -i