^, IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) A Z- 'i^kO ^w 1.0 1.1 11.25 US ^^^ ■■■ ^ Uii 12.2 its ■a u ■40 2.0 ^1^ ^ ^T '^W '/ fliotographic Sciences Corporalion 33 WIST MAIN STREeT WIBSTER.N.Y. 145M (716) •72-4S03 ^\ V 4 o -A ^ V i\ '^ CIHM/iCMH Microfiche Series. CIHM/iCMH Coiiection de microfiches. Canadian tnttitute for Historical IMicroraproductions / Institiit Canadian da microraproductions historiquaa «^ Tachnical and Bibliographic Notas/Notaa tachniquaa at bibliographiquaa Tha Inatituta haa attamptad to obtain tha baat original copy availabia for filming. Faaturaa of thia copy which may ba bibliographioally uniqua, which may altar any of tha imagaa in tha raproduction. or which may aignificantly changa cha uaual mathod of filming, ara chackad balow. □ Colourad covara/ Couvartura da eoulaur I — I Covars damagad/ D D D D Couvartura andommagia □ Covara raatorad and/or laminatad/ Couvartura raataurAa at/ou pallicuiAa I — I Covar titia miaaing/ La titra da couvartura manqua Colourad mapa/ Cartaa giographiquaa an eoulaur Colourad ink (i.a. othar than blua or black)/ Encra da eoulaur (i.a. autra qua blaua ou noira) nn Colourad plataa and/or illuatrationa/ Planchaa at/ou illuatrationa an eoulaur Bound with othar matarial/ RaliA avac d'autraa documanta Tight binding may cauaa ahadowa or diatortion along intarior margin/ Lareliura aarria paut cauaar da I'ombra ou da la diatoralon la k>ng da la marga intiriaura Blank laavaa addad during raatoration may appaar within tha taxt. Whanavar poaaibla. thaaa hava baan omittad from filming/ II aa paut qua cartainaa pagaa blanchaa ajoutiaa lora d'una raatauration apparaiaaant dana la taxta. mala, loraqua cala Atait poaaibla, caa pagaa n'ont paa *t« filmAaa. Additional commanta:/ Commantairaa supplAmantairaa: Tl to L'Inatltut a microfilm* la maillaur axamplaira qu'il lui a 4ti poaaibla da sa procurer. Laa details da cat axamplaira qui sont paut-Atra uniquaa du point da vua bibliographiqua. qui pauvant modif iar una imaga raproduita. ou qui pauvant axigar uno modification dana la mAthoda normala da filmaga aont indiquia ci-daaaoua. D D Colourad pagaa/ Pagaa da eoulaur r~1 Pagaa damagad/ Pagaa andommag^aa Pagaa raatorad and/or laminatad/ PagM raatauriua at/ou pallicuMaa Pagaa discolourad. atainad or foxad/ Pagaa dteoioriaa, tachatiaa ou piquAea Tt P< of fil Oi b* th ai( ot fir ai< or □ Pagaa datachad/ Pagaa dAtachtea QShowthrough/ Tranaparanca Tranaparanca Quality of prir Qualit* inigaia da I'impraacion Includaa aupplamantary matarii Comprand du material auppiimantaira Only adition availabia/ Saula Mitton diaponibia r~1 Quality of print variaa/ F~1 Includaa aupplamantary matarial/ rn Only adition availabia/ Til ah 21 Ml di ani ba rig rat mi Pagaa wholly or partially obacurad by errata alipa, tiaauaa. ate. hava baan rafilmad to anaura tha baat poaaibla imaga/ Laa pagaa totalamant ou partialiamant obacureiaa par un fauillat d'errata. una palura. ate., ont M filmAaa A nouvaau da faeon A obtanir la malllaura imaga poaaibla. Thia itam i« filmed at tha reduction ratio checked below/ Ce document eat filmi au taux da rMuction indiqu4 ci*daaaoua. 10X 14X 18X 22X 28X 30X y 12X 16X aox 24X 28X 32X Tlw copy fllmcd hmn has b««n raproduosd thankt to tiM gantroaity of: Douglaa Library Quaan't Univaraity L'axamplaira film* fut raprodult grica i la g«n«roait« da: Douglaa Library Quaan's Univaraity Tha imagaa appaaring hara ara tha l»aat quality poaalbia eonaMarlng tha condition and laglblilty of tha original eopy and in kaaping with tha filming contract apaoifloatlona. Original copiaa in printad |Mi|>ar covara ara fllmad baginning with tha front covar and anding on tha iaat paga with a printad or iiluatratad impraa- •ion, or tha back covar whan approprlata. Ail othar original copiaa ara fllmad baginning on tha firat paga with a printad or iiluatratad Impraa- •ion, and anding on tha Iaat paga with a printad or iiluatratad impraaaion. Laa imagaa auhrantaa ont 4t4 raproduitaa avac la plua grand adn, compta tanu da la condition at da la nattati da l'axamplaira fiimA, at an conformM avac laa condMona du contrat da fllmaga. Laa aicamplalraa origlnaux dont ia couvartura an papiar aat ImprimAa aont filmte an commanpant par la pramiar plat at an tarminant aolt par la damiira paga qui comporta una amprainta d'impraaalon ou dlNuatratlon. aolt par la aacond plat, aalon la caa. Toua laa autraa axampiairaa origlnaux aont fiimAa an commandant par ia pramlAra paga qui comporta una amprainta d'impraaalon ou dllluatratlon at an tarminant par la darnlAra paga qui comporta una talia amprainta. Tha iaat racordad frama on aach microfiche •hail contain tha symbol ^^ (moaning "CON- TINUED"), or tha aymboi T (moaning "END"), whichavar appllaa. Un daa aymbdaa auhranta apparattra sur la darnlAra imaga da chaqua microficha. aalon la caa: ia aymbola -^ aignifla "A 8UIVRE". la aymboia y aignifla "FIN". IWIapa. piataa. charta. ate., may ba fllmad at diffarant raduction ratioa. Thoaa too larga to ba antiraiy included in ona axpoaura ara fllmad baginning in tha uppar iaft hand comar, iaft to right and top to bottom, aa many framaa aa raquirad. Tha following diagrama iiiuatrata tha mathod: Laa cartaa, planchaa. tableaux, ate. pauvant Atra filmte i daa taux da rMuction diffAranta. Loraqua la document aat trop grand pour Atra reproduit en un aeui cilch*. 11 eat fiimi A partir do i'angle aupAriaur gauche, de gauche i droite, et de haut an baa, en prenant la nombre d'imegea nAcaaaaire. Lea diagrammee auivants iliuatrant ia m4thode. 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 M B Y-L A W S .fA^ VV -"■■''.' f Of THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL i':^^i!' OF THE '-ymifi JOHNSTOWN DISTRICT, I ADOPTED AT THEIR THIRD SESSION, HELD AT BROCKVILLE, IN AUGUST 1842. ^ € , f ii ■■',^11 PRIWTED AT THE STATESMAN OFFICE. 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'>i'' .|'4;^; . a*'i ,'VJ .i, . ? >! 1 J . •- '*J ■F 4'f ♦ i < ' a : »i iifi-t^iil 'U I i' 111 >-J 'li/^' !' «♦ j» «•'" ' »» , , "4 1 I -»• K* ^-* 4( .'1 { 'i,iJi, j(«j v>; f'-**-^''*'* ^«' i^i i» 'i!t1( _"' f!-" ' i " "■> ^? 4*, ^U -.j?^ ^' J< . / f: *tl "! \ ;V •.<<^^t| k it t-ft'.y Vl ?.; - ' V S <; »? -it •-^ .-.t . a; ^ * W"*' *.v ,*t«'* »*l |^i;*5^«/.i.JL'»M'i^.^'--- 4^ ' i^^i/ MrK-Vir ^ I -' *, '*l>:f.J^^i^y/^-^',}^U} BY-LAW '''^**:>'<^'ifVli>^-*a' Relating to the Assessment of the District of Johnstown for ,i|feF;vf;/Ac year 1842/ > ^K^nn m t-f^rn^ri Whereas, it is expedient that a sufficient sum should be raised in the District of Johnstown, to meet the current ex- penses of the District for the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-two : Be it enacted by the Coup- ciliors of the Disti'ict of Johnstown, in Council assembled, on the eleventh day of August in the year aforesaid, by vir- tue and under the authority of a certain act of the Legisla- ture of this Province, parsed in ihe fourth and fifth years of the Reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, 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 Munici- pal Authorities therein." That for the year of our Lord one thousand e?ght hundred and forty -two, there be, by as- sessment, raised, levied and collected from and upon all the assessed real and personal property in the said District, ac- cording to the respective values assigned to the same by the assessment laws of that part of the said Province which for- merly constituted the Provmce of Upper Canada, the sum of one penny in the pound. Section 2. That the said Rates shall be egually appor- tioned by the proper Officer, on the said pr<^rty, accord- ing to their respective values as aforesaid, and that the same shs^ll be levied and collected by the Collectors for the se- veral Townships, reputed Townships or placesnn the said District, in the manner as by Law is now provided, and shall be paid by them to the Treasurer of the said District in the ordinary manner provided by law, which assessment, to defray the current expenses of the District as aforesaid, shall amount, in the aggregate, to the sum of <£ 1678 16s. 9d. to be apportioned in th^ following manner ?md no other, .V <« *tf.*:^. ^ that is to say : First, the sum of £565 6s. 1 1 Jd. for the ex- penses of levying, collecting and managing the rates and taxes imposed on the District, being the first charge imposed by the 59th " section of the Municipal District Council Act" on the District Funds ; that is to say : — For Assessors, average one per cent ony the rates collected in 1841, at one penny in the pound, ' X107 6 2| For Collectors, average, ' i- ,' i .231 16 4J For estimated loss by absentees^ and ihdi-i«i » . a gent persons, »«( '>j|Sll 14 4 For officer for making up Assessment RollS|! . I - and other duties connected therewith, ' ' * 94 IQ ^* . £555 6 llj Secondy — The sum of X582 15s. Od. for the expenses connected with the Administration of Justice, under the fol- lowing head?: Sheriff, Coroners, Clerk of the Peace, Sur- geon of the District Gaol, Gaoler for the care, support and keeping of prisoners, for Constables, for repairs of the tem- .porary Court House, for conveying Felons to the Penitentia- ry, and for other incidental expenses connected with the Ad- ministration of Justice, as aforesaidybeing the second charge imposed by law on the District Funds, that is to say : — To the Sheriff for summoning Juries and attending Courts, • ', ' — ' ♦ .' Pbr Coroners, on an average, per annuin, For the Clerk of the Peace, For the Surgeon of the District Gaol, '^' f*; For the Ga(3er, ^> 'For the care, support and keeping of Pri- soners, t For Constables (say 50) at .£1 10s. Od.'i" [ For reparfs of temporary Court House, I' For eonveylnff Felons to the Provincial Pe- nitentiary, 1 i»';«>';.'.f 50 30 102 1^ 15 ^30 va > m m '•!* ■ -5 I* 10 '0 5 Third,— For debts due by the District before the first day of January, 1842, the sum of £ Fourth, — The sum of .£207 for all sums now payable out of the funds of the District, for any public purpose whatso- ever, other, than before mentioned, and not within the scope of the powers of the District Council, being the fourth charge imposed by law on the District Funds, that is to say : For the Treasurer's per centagc, calcula- ^ ted on the same raised in 1841 by the ^ :*•'•'''- ' *'*'^'* rate of one penny in the pound, '' £65 10 For Township Clerks, 13 in number, at i^5 . ' .!» each, per annum, ^. . > , For Surveyor of Highways, calculated at," an annual average, ; For Bounty on the destruction of Wolves, calculated on amount paid in 1841, ;,'« 65 ke it 40 10 H\i- ^207 Fifth,— The sum of cCSSS 14s. lOd. for the following ex- penses, and in the following order, being the fifth charge imposed on the District Funds, and included in the aggre- fate sum first above mentioned, that is to say : — 'or two auditors at £10 each per annum, X 20 For Clerk of the District Council per artnum, 102 15 For Messenger and Constable in J^tten- ■ i. ;^', |T^'^ dance (say 2, for 5 days, at ^: ^ack^'^ ][ r '* /*^:*J per day,) v j^,T] For Printing, Postage and Stationery, - 'j For repairs, wood, candles, seal and inci- ' *•• dental expenses, For District Surveyor at 15s. per day, For internal improvements and coatingen- cies, i333 14 10 Section 3. That the Salaries of all District Officers, and all sums to he paid under the authority of the Council, ex- cept when otherwise provided for, shall be paid afid paya- ble, under an order for that purpose made by the Council to 60 30 d a 104 19 10 I* ) ■*< i-- 6 * and certified by ihe Clerk thereof, quarterly, that is to say : on the third Tuesday in the months of February, May, Au- gust and November in each year, and that the said several orders and certificates she!! be acquitted by the said Officers, and others receiving the same, by giving duplicate receipts, one of which to be lodged with the Treasurer of the Dis- trict, and the other to be lodged with the Auditors for (hf purposes hereinafter mentioned. Section 4f That the better to enable the Auditors of the District to audit the accounts of the same, it shall be abso- lutely necessary for all public officers and others, paying inoney into the Treasury, to receive duplicate receipts ifor the saine, one of which every person so paying moneys 98 £|foresaid into the Treasury, shall keep himself, and sha|| lodge the other with the Auditors of the District, after which he shall be deemed to be fully discharged. Section 5. That any balance remaining in the hands of the Treasurer, from taxes heretofore, now, or hereafter to be raised in this District, by virtue of this, or any other act, by-law or ordinance, shall be accounted for in a regular man- ner and carried into the accounts for the following year, to the credit of the District. Section 6. That if it shall so happen, that the whole sum provided for by this By-Law, or by any other act or ordi- nance heretofore made for the current expenses of the District, shall fall short of the same in this present year, that the deficiency shall be made up in the ensuing year, in the usual manner, under the usual heads and in the order re- quired by latv, as it now i^t^^nds. ' '*•..** V ^ : W. AfORRIS, ' Warden Johnstovm Dissirict, tfffV .•>. . Bf Y-L A W To provide for the filling up ofvacanci^ in (pertain Tptmship ,^ or Pansh offices. WttEREAs, in certain Townships of this District, individuals say: Au- veral icers, elpts, ) Dis- :)r (hf of the abso- paying ^ceipts loneys d shaU , after inds of after to ler act, ar man- ^ear, to )le sum )r ordi- of the ;ar, that •, in the Ider re- itrict. yotmship lividuals have been appointed by the people, at iheir annual Town meetings assembled, to till the situation of Overseer of High- ways ; and whereas, in some cases, such individuals, so ap- pointed as afore^said, have neglected or refused (o act as such Overseers of Highways ; and whereas it is desirable to provide by some general By -Law for thai ()urpose, to be made by the Council of the District, for the Allins up of all V^tetjincies that have occurred, or that 'may hereafter occur, in the offices of Town Clerk, Assessor, Collector, Overseer of Highways, Pound-keeper, or other Parish or Township officer authorised by law, to be appointed by the inhabitant householders of each Township respectively, at their annual Town meetings assembled : Be it therefore enacted and ordained, and it is hereby enacted and ordained by the Mu- nicipal Council of the District of Johnstown, duly assembled Hi the Town of Brockville, in the said District, on the ele- venth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-two, That whenever a vacancy shall occur in the office of Town Clerk, Assessor, Collector, Overseer of Highways, Pound-keeper, Surveyor of High- ways, or other Township or Parish officer, as aforesaid, which vacancy was occasioned either by the omission or neglect of appointment at the annual Town meeting, or, if appointed, by the death, removal from the Township, jor ne- glect or refusal of the person appointed to act as such Town- ship or Parish officer, every such vacancy ^hall be supplied and filled by a proper person eligible in law to fill the office, to be chosen and selected by the Councillor or Councillors (as the case may be) representing the Township in which any such vacancy may occur, in the Council of the District, and every such person so appointed by the Councillor or Council- lors (as the case may be) shall have full power to do all lawful acts, and to be obeyed in such office, as if he fiad been chosen and appointed by the inhabitant householders of every such Township at their annual Town meeting, as aforesaid. ; ^^ Section 2. That no person appointed to any of the said offices by the Councillor or Councillors as aforesaid, shall be capable of exercising the duties of any such office, or of doing any nmder or thing in pursuance of such appointment, until he shall have received an authority for so doing under the hand and seal of the Councillor or Councillors (as the case may be) by whom he shall have been chosen and ap- pointed, nor until he shall have given all proper security, and taken and subscribed all oaths and declarations required by law to be taken by every such oificcr, wheri appointed by the inhabitant householders at their annual Town meetings assembted. ^j- » ♦ -> — ' • '»v » . ^ "\. '^-h" r': •, Section 3. That whenever any person shall be appointed^ to any Township or Parish office, by any Councillor or - Councillors within this District, in pursuance of this By-Law, he shall be subject to the same conditions, penalties and qualifications for the performance of the duties of every such office, as if appointed by the inhabitant householders at their aiuiuaf Town Meetings held pursuant to law. Section 4. That in any Township, reputed Township or place, where it may have occurred, that the statute labor has not been performed and done in the month of June du- ring the present year, pursuant to law, the same shall be done and performed before the expiration of the month ol November next, under the authority of the Overseer of ^ Highways for the Division, any thing in any By-Law of this Council or other usage, to the contrary notwithstanding. ) r /■ W. MORRIS, ^ ' ■ A . , , Warden Johmtown District. "hi'-iSU V T r" B Y-L A W .<»»-'»> ( To pMVide for theAssensmeni of the fVild Lands in certain Townships therein mentioned. Whereas, thfe Inhabitants of the Townships of Yonge, Escott, Lansdown, Leeds, Bastard and South Crosby, in lh« District of Johnstown, have by Petition to the PrQvincial Parliament, and also to this Council, prayed that measures may be taken to render navigable the waters connecting the Town of Beverly in the Township of Baslaid, with the Ri- tleau Canal, by the Whitefish Falls, in the Township of South Crosby, and also the said waters flowing from Btf- vcrly aforesaid, to the St. Lawrence River, by Lyndhiirst, Charl(^ston, and Gananocjue ; and whereas it is highly de- sirable and necessary that steps should be taken to carry the proposed improvements, so much desired and prayed for by the people, into effect : Be it therefore enacted and ordain- ed, and it is hereby enacted j^nd ordained by the Municipal Council of the District of Johnstown, in Council assembled, on the eleventh day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred ancl forty-two, that for the purposes aforesaid, there be raised, levied and assessed, on all lands within the said Townships of Yonge, Escott, Lansdown, Leeds, Bastard and South Crosby, unoccupied andunasses- sed, instead of the absentee wild land and road tax, for Dis-. trict purposes, and local improvements, tht rate of one pen- ny for each and every acre of land liable to assessment with- in the said Townships, which rate shall commence from and after the first day of July in the year of our Lord one thou- sand eight hundred and forty-two, and shall b#paid to the Treasnrer of the District, and which assessment shall not exceed the sum of Five llundred Pounds in any one year. Section 2. That in default of payment of the said rate of one penny for each and every acre of land unoccupied and unassessed, within the said Townships of Yonge, Escott, Lansdown, Leeds, Bastard and South Crosby, the same shall be collected by the Treasurer of the District, under the provisions of the several Statutes of the late Province of Upper Canada, passed for the purpose of levying, assessing and collecting, the absentee wild land tax. Section 3. That the unoccupied lands of each and every inhabitant of any of the said Townships, situated in the Township in which any such inhabitant may reside, shall be subject to the same tax as unoccupied lands mentioned in the first section of this By-Law are subject to, and shall be rated for the same, on the assessment Rolls of their respec- tive Townships, and shall be collected by the Treasurer, :^^ . r.: f ' 'it in thi manner and Ibrm pointed out by the second section of this By-Law. , > . , ^ Of, v*^ ? fi ^. MORRIS, -?*«v />/yd .t\, ; t, i ;*f i Warden Johnstown District, 1 ..■■If To promde for the payment of certain moneys applicable to Roads, •M'U\ ;. ij !..?'• .1 Whereas, many sums of public money paid by Justices of the Peace to Overseers of Highways, Town Clerks, and other public officers, are unexpended and unaccounted for : Be it therefore ordained and enacted, and it is hereby or- dained and enacted by the Municipal Council of the District of Johnstown, in Council assembled, the eleventh day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-t#o. That all sum or sums of money paid to any Overseer of Highways within this District, for the purpose of being expended on the public highways, shall be paid over by every such Overseer of Highways to the Clerk of the Township in which he shall be an Overseer of Highways, within thirty days after its receipt by such Overseer. /# Section 2. That it shall be the duty of every such Town Clerk once in every year, that is to say, on or before the first day of May, to apply to and to receive from the Treasurer of the District, all moneys that may be then in the hands of that officer, collected for wild land assessment, and applica- ble to the Roads and Bridges within the Township for which he shall be Clerk. ... ., r. . , , ,,^f; )r, .ifi,.. ?» i. Section 3. That every Town Clerk within the District shall make a quarterly return of all moneys paid into his hands, for public use and, purposes, to the Councillof ofj Councillors (as the case may be) representing the Town- ship for which he may be Clerk, setting forth by whom paitl,| particularly. irno* Section 4. That all moneys paid into the hands of any Township Clerk within this District, for the making or re- pairing of any public highway within the same, be paid over by every such Clerk to the order of the Councillor or Coun- cillors (as the case may be) representing 0ach and every Township in the Council of the District, to be by him or them expended within six months in the making or repairing of the public highways within the Township. W. MORRIS, IVarden Johnstmcm District. B Y-L A W ■ 4- ' '4^ To establish a Road in the Toivnship of South Gowcr. Whereas, a road laid out by John R. Christie, Surveyor of Highways in and for the County of Grenville, commen- cing in the Township of South Gower, at a post marked A planted on the line in the open- ground West side of the main road that runs between lots 6 and 7, in the fourth concession of the said Township, and thence in a course nearly parallel with the concession line West South West, crossing lots 7 and 8 to a post marked B planted in the open ground near the Bridge crossing Beache's Mill pond upon lot 9, and from thence to the main road running betw^een South Gower and Oxford, the length of the Road surveyed being about one hundred and seventy rods, has been reported by him to the Council : Be it therefore or- dained and enacted and it is hereby ordained and enacted by the Municipal Council of the District of Johnstown in Council assembled, the eleventh day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hunared and forty-two, that the said above described road be confirmed and the same is hereby confirmed. W. MORRIS, * " IVarden Johnstown District.