JOURNAL 
 
 OF THE 
 
 BOARD OF TRUSTEES 
 DETROIT 
 
 1802-1805
 
 Corporation 
 
 of the 
 
 Town of Detroit 
 
 Act of Incorporation 
 
 and 
 
 Journal of the Board of Trustees 
 
 1802—1805 
 
 Printed under Authority of the Common Council of Detroit 
 with an Introduction by C. M. Burton, Historiographer. 
 
 PREPARED FOR PUBLICATION 
 BY THE 
 
 BURTON HISTORICAL COLLECTION 
 
 DETROIT PUBLIC LIBRARY 
 
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 Foreword 
 
 The Journal here printed and the copy of the Act of Incor- 
 poration which precedes it, occupy about eighty-six pages in an 
 ordinary note book of the period, thirteen inches long by eight 
 in width and less than three-quarters of an inch thick. This is 
 now in the Burton Historical Collection of the Detroit Public 
 Library. The aim in this transcription has been to preserve the 
 essential characteristics of Peter Audrain's quaint record, as far 
 * as the limitations of typography allow.
 
 Introduction 
 
 To the Honorable, the Common Council of the City of Detroit, 
 Gentlemen of the Council: 
 
 I propose to prepare for publication the first charter granted 
 to Detroit by the General Assembly of the Northwest Territory 
 at Chillicothe, January 18, 1802, together with the proceedings 
 of the council that was appointed and elected under that charter. 
 These proceedings extend from 1802 until the organization of 
 the Territory of Michigan in 1805. 
 
 The proceedings end abruptly in June, 1805, a few days before 
 the great fire that destroyed the village and most of its contents. 
 Destructive as that fire was, we have to be thankful that, so far 
 as is known, none of the official records of the place were burned. 
 - The legislative proceedings that relate to Detroit up to the 
 time of the fire are very interesting and I will undertake here to 
 give a short account of them. 
 
 Michigan formed a part of what was called the Territory of 
 the United States northwest of the Ohio River. This is usually 
 designated as the Northwest Territory. It was governed by the 
 provisions of the Ordinance of 1787. Detroit was not under the 
 jurisdiction of the United States until the British troops evacu- 
 ated it in 1796, and the Americans took possession through the 
 coming of General Anthony Wayne and his army in July of that 
 year. 
 
 The people who were living in Detroit as that time were 
 nearly all French Canadians, and others who had come from 
 England, Ireland, and Scotland. Only a very few were from the 
 American colonies. There was no form of local government in 
 effect under Canadian laws, except, perhaps, there were some 
 rules laid down and enforced for the prevention of fires. These 
 rules were necessary for the protection and preservation of the 
 place, and were such as the necessities of the case demanded. 
 
 There were no local officers excepting justices of the peace 
 and notaries public, and these men were appointed by the British 
 military authorities and were not elected. 
 
 The self government that came into operation immediately 
 upon the coming of the Americans was scarcely known to the 
 people of Detroit at that time. The town meetings of New Eng- 
 land were looked upon by the British officials as being the cause 
 of the Revolutionary war and every effort was made to prevent 
 their introduction in Canada.
 
 VI. 
 
 American rule brought with it the desire for local self-gov- 
 ernment, and fostered and encouraged ideas that were then latent 
 in the people who were here. Only a few American civilians 
 came with Wayne. It has been stated that James Henry, a 
 native of Pennsylvania, was in Detroit when Wayne came, and 
 that within a short time five or six other Americans came to 
 settle in the place. 
 
 Under American rule seven justices of the peace were ap- 
 pointed August 19, 1796, by Winthrop Sargent, acting governor 
 of the Northwest Territory. These justices were Robert 
 Navarre, James May, James Abbott, Lewis Beaufait, Joseph 
 Voyer, Francis Navarre, and Nathan Williams. The entire num- 
 ber were Canadian citizens and not one had ever lived in the 
 older American colonies. In the following year, 1797, Solomon 
 Sibley came, originally from New England and immediately 
 from Marietta. It was ascertained in 1798 that the Northwest 
 Territory was entitled to be governed by a legislative body or 
 council, and an election was held in Detroit on the third Mon- 
 day in December, 1798, and Solomon Sibley was elected a mem- 
 ber of the assembly. His opponent in this election was James 
 May, a native of Birmingham, England, who had never resided 
 in the United States until he became a citizen by virtue of Jay's 
 Treaty of 1794. 
 
 Two other members of this council were elected January 15, 
 1799. There were three men who claimed to have received this 
 election, Charles Francois Chabert de Joncaire, a native Canadian, 
 Oliver Wiswell, and Jacob Visger. The two latter gentlemen 
 were the accepted members and were native Americans ; Wiswell 
 was a recent accession to Detroit, but Visger had lived here for 
 many years, coming originally from Schenectady. 
 
 In the year 1798 or 1799 a petition of the citizens of Detroit 
 for the establishment of a local government was drawn up, 
 numerously signed and presented to the general court of the 
 Territory. This petition was as follows : 
 
 To the Honorable the Justices of the General Court of the Terri- 
 tory of the United States North West of the River Ohio 
 
 The petition of the Inhabitants of the Town of Detroit in said 
 Territory Humbly Sheweth 
 
 That in Comformity to a certain Statute Law of this Territory, 
 wherein among other things it is and stands Enacted, "that if 
 "any Number of Inhabitants, Citizens of said Teritory, Shall be 
 "desireous of associating together for any Civil or religious pur- 
 poses, for the promotion of social happiness and good order, and 
 "shall be desirous to acquire and enjoy the powers and immunities 
 "of a Corporation or body politic in Law, it shall and may be 
 "Lawfull for them so to do, first having prefer'd to your honors 
 "their petition for that purpose, therein Specifying the Objects,
 
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 "articles, Conditions And Name Stile or title under which they 
 "have or mean to associate, and Obtain'd the Consent of your 
 "honors, with the like approbation of the Governor of said Terri- 
 "tory for that purpose" We therefore the Inhabitants of said 
 Town of Detroit, living not only remote from any of the Sister 
 States under the General Government of America, to which 
 Government we now owe protection, and have become a meanable 
 for our Conduct, in the like manner as Citizens of other States 
 are; but likewise remote from the seat of Government and the 
 General Population of this Territory, and placed in a situation to 
 enjoy few of the rights and Previledges incident to the Members 
 of society, living under the Immediate Auspicies of a well regulated 
 Government, merely on account of our local situation — and the 
 lnnability of the Infant Legislature of this Territory to foresee 
 at once and provide for the several Necessities we stand in need 
 of — From which situation we view ourselves and property to be 
 very Insecure, and in a hazardous situation; For the security of 
 our Persons therefore — The protection of our Property; and the 
 advancement and regulation of our own Internal Government and 
 Police ; we deem it our indispensable duty to ask of you those 
 previledges and immunities which are tended to us by the Munici- 
 ple Laws of this Territory; and when we fondly anticipate your 
 complaiance to the above request, you may rest assured that no 
 abuse shall be made of your power by virtue of any Authority 
 vested in us under the following articles: 
 
 Article 1 st That the said Corporation when formed, shall be 
 known and Denominated by the name of, the Corporation of 
 Detroit — and shall be invested with full power and Authority to 
 Elect by ballot or Otherwise their own officers for the Government 
 of said Corporation as often as shall be adjudged Necessary. 
 
 Article 2 nd That it shall have perpetual succession. 
 
 Article 3 rd That it shall be capaciated to seu, or be seued ; — plead, 
 or be impleaded; Grant or receive, by its Corporate name, to 
 purchase lands and hold them to the benefit of themselves and 
 successors, and do all other acts which nattural Persons may. 
 Article 4 th That it shall have one common seal, which shall be 
 affix'd to all Acts and Laws past by said Coporation, and to all 
 Instruments in Writing entered into by said Corporation, and no 
 Instrument Obligatory shall be deem'd binding on said Corpora- 
 tion unless the seal shall be thereto annexed 
 
 Article 5 That it shall be invested with full power and Author- 
 ity, to make such, bye-laws and Statutes for the better Govern- 
 ment of said Town as shall be deem'd necessary which said Laws 
 shall be as binding to all intents and purposes upon the Inhabitants 
 thereof as the Laws of the Territory are ; provided always; that 
 said laws are not found repugnant to the laws of the United 
 States or to any existing law of this Territory. 
 
 Article 6 th That it shall have sufficient power and Authority to 
 levy and Collect such taxes to be apply'd to the use of said Town 
 as to them shall be deem'd necessary, provided always; that no 
 taxes shall be levy'd by virtue of this article in any one Year that 
 shall exceed the Value of P r . Centum on all real & 
 personal Property, and Cents on single Men not 
 having visible Property to the amount of Dollars
 
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 Article 7 That said Corporation shall extend to and Include all 
 the Inhabitants to the distance of one mile on each side of the 
 Town. 
 
 The general court, to which this petition was addressed, was 
 the supreme court of the Territory. At the time this petition was 
 presented to the court that body had the right to act upon it by 
 the provision of an act passed July 6, 1798; but as the court sat 
 very infrequently in Detroit the petition never was called up for 
 action, and the act of 1798 was repealed the 19th of December, 
 1799. 
 
 A bill was introduced in Congress to divide the Northwest 
 Territory and establish the territory of Indiana. This was 
 passed May 7, 1800, and the eastern line of the new territory was 
 the line of the present state of Indiana projected northward to 
 the national boundary line. This act left Detroit and the eastern 
 half of Michigan in the Northwest Territory, and placed the re- 
 maining portion of Michigan, together with Indiana, Illinois, 
 Wisconsin, and Minnesota, in the territory of Indiana. 
 
 The second session of the territorial assembly of the North- 
 west Territory met at Chillicothe, November 5, 1800. The De- 
 troit members were Solomon Sibley, Oliver Wiswell, and Jacob 
 Visger ; though Wiswell did not sit in the assembly as there was 
 some doubt about the validity of his election. 
 
 Upon the separation of Indiana Territory the office that was 
 held in the upper house, or council, by Henry Vanderburgh be- 
 came vacant, because he was a resident of the new territory and 
 therefore could not hold office in the old territory from which 
 Indiana was separated. It became necessary to appoint a new 
 member to the council of the Northwest Territory in his place. 
 
 President John Adams appointed Solomon Sibley to this 
 vacancy, December 3, 1800. The term of office was for five 
 years from the date of the appointment of Vanderburgh in 1799. 
 
 The election for members of the second assembly for Wayne 
 County took place in Detroit October 14th, 15th, and 16th, 1800. 
 The limits of Wayne County had been greatly curtailed by the 
 erection of Indiana Territory, which took more than half the 
 county, but the electors lived mostly in Detroit and on the River 
 Raisin (French Town, now Monroe). The contestants at this 
 election were George McDougall, Colonel Charles Francois Cha- 
 bert de Joncaire, Jonathan Schieffelin, Benjamin Huntington, 
 Joseph Cissne, James May, and Jacob Visger. Sibley was not a 
 contestant, as he expected to receive the appointment as member 
 of the council. 
 
 Again the election was contested, but the accepted members 
 were Chabert, Schieffelin, and McDougall. 
 
 The assembly met at Chillicothe in November, 1801.
 
 IX. 
 
 One cannot, as a traveler, visit Chillicothe in the fall of the 
 year, now, without noticing and being pleased with the aspect 
 and location. It is not a busy market place, but its wide streets 
 with overhanging branches of great trees that seem almost to 
 meet in the air, its quiet surroundings and well kept yards and 
 lawns, are pleasing and restful ; it is an ideal place for the meet- 
 ing of an assembly to create laws for the government of a people. 
 No disturbances here to prevent that quiet and useful discussion 
 that should prevail in every legislative body. And yet in 1801 
 there was much discontent and disturbance in the place. The 
 choice of Chillicothe for a capital, instead of Cincinnati, where 
 the assembly had previously met, was felt by Governor St. Clair 
 to be a political move on the part of Congress. St. Clair's open 
 criticism of the act displeased the people, and on the 25th of 
 December it was seriously proposed to burn the Governor in 
 effigy. The plan would have been successful had it not been for 
 the interference of one of the members of the council. The next 
 night the rioters undertook to create a disturbance in the house 
 in which the Governor was a boarder. Mr. Schieffelin lived in 
 the same place. He also was attacked, and, drawing a brace of 
 pistols, he drove the rioters and disturbers from the house. 
 These were political events taking a concrete form of revolution 
 and rebellion. 
 
 The immediate result of this riot was a bill to change the 
 location of the seat of government from Chillicothe to Cincin- 
 nati. The bill passed and became a law on the first of January, 
 1802. 
 
 There was another bill in the assembly which passed and was 
 approved December 21, 1801, which incidentally became of in- 
 terest to Detroit. This bill declared the assent of the territory to 
 the alteration of the boundary lines of the states to be formed 
 in the Northwest Territory from the lines laid down in the 
 Ordinance of 1787. 
 
 There was considerable discussion over the bill and much 
 hard feeling resulted. Many of the people wanted to form a 
 state government. Governor St. Clair and his friends undertook 
 to force the passage of the bill of December 21, hoping thereby 
 to postpone, or prevent, the formation of the new state. 
 
 It was provided in the Ordinance of 1787 that when the 
 Northwest Territory was divided into states, the line of division 
 between the states should run in an easterly and westerly direc- 
 tion through the south end of Lake Michigan. If a state was 
 now formed to include what was left of the old Northwest Ter- 
 ritory, Detroit would have to be excluded unless the Ordinance 
 was changed so as to allow the eastern portion of the present 
 Michigan to become part of the proposed state of Ohio. Petitions
 
 and protests numerously signed were sent to Congress for the 
 purpose of influencing the action of that body. The bill as orig- 
 inally introduced in Congress included the eastern part of Mich- 
 igan in the new proposed state, but the strenuous opposition of 
 the people of Detroit led to an amendment so that the boundary 
 lines laid down in the Ordinance were not altered. 
 
 It was in this amended form that the bill became a law, 
 April 30, 1802, and thereafter, until June 30, 1805, Detroit was 
 located in the Territory of Indiana. The subsequent change in 
 the boundary lines at the time Michigan was seeking admission 
 as a state, whereby the Toledo district was included in Ohio, led 
 to the, so-called, Toledo war. 
 
 While these proceedings were taking place before Congress, 
 efforts were being made before the assembly at Chillicothe 
 to incorporate the town of Detroit. A petition of the citizens of 
 Detroit was presented to the assembly and a bill drafted for dis- 
 cussion. The bill was amended and passed the lower house, but 
 could not be made satisfactory to both houses and it was referred 
 to a committee of conference. Finally, near the end of the ses- 
 sion, both houses agreed upon the form, and it became a law on 
 the 18th day of January, 1802. It was largely the work of Solo- 
 mon Sibley, and when he returned to Detroit at the end of the 
 session, a public meeting was held at which he was voted the 
 "Freedom of the Town," the village being specially illuminated 
 for the occasion. The act speaks for itself and needs no further 
 introduction. 
 
 Respectfully yours, 
 
 C. M. Burton, 
 
 Historiographer.
 
 CORPORATION of the Town of DETROIT. 
 
 Began the 9 day of february 1802 
 
 John Askin, Sen r 
 
 John Dodemead 
 
 James Henry Esq" Trustees 
 
 Charles francis Girardin 
 
 Joseph Campeau 
 
 Peter Audrain Secretary 
 
 Rob 1 . Abbott Assessor 
 
 Jacob Clemens Collector 
 
 Elias Wallen Marshall 
 
 Louis Pelletier Messenger
 
 COPY of an act to incorporate the 
 Town of DETROIT 
 
 Sec. I st . BE it enacted by the legislative Council & house of 
 Representatives in general assembly, and it is hereby enacted by 
 the authority of the Same that Such parts of the townships of 
 Detroit and Hamtramck in the County of WAYNE, as are con- 
 tained in the following boundaries & limits, to wit ; bounded in 
 front by the River or Strait of Detroit, Eastwardly by the divi- 
 sion line betwen John Askin Esq 1 ", and Antoine Bobien — West- 
 wardly by the division line between the farm belonging to the 
 Heirs of the late William M c Comb deceased, and Pierre Chene, 
 and extending back from Said river two miles, at an equal Width 
 in rear, as in front, and including all Wharves & buildings in 
 front of Said town, be and the Same are hereby erected into a 
 town Corporate which Shall henceforth be Known and distin- 
 guished by the Name of "THE TOWN of DETROIT." 
 
 Sec. 2. AND be it further enacted that for the better order- 
 ing and regulating the police of Said town of Detroit & the In- 
 habitants thereof, there Shall henceforth be in Said town five 
 Trustees, a Secretary, an Assessor, a Collector, and a Town 
 Marshal, who Shall be Inhabitants of Said town, and who Shall 
 be Chosen, as hereinafter mentioned. The Trustees Shall be a 
 body politic in law by the Name of "THE BOARD of TRUS- 
 TEES of the town of Detroit" one of whom Shall act as Chair- 
 man of Said board, and one as treasurer, to be appointed by 
 Said trustees, any three of Said Trustees Shall Constitute a 
 board for business, the Secretary being present. 
 
 Sec 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED that the Said 
 Trustees and their Successors in office Shall be able in their Cor- 
 porate Capacity and for the use of Said Corporation, to receive, 
 acquire, hold, & convey any Estate, real or personal, and Shall 
 also be Capable, in law by their Corporate Name aforesaid of 
 Suing & being Sued, of pleading and being impleaded in any 
 action or Suit, real or personal, in any Court of record whatever, 
 and they are hereby authorised to have & use one Common Seal 
 for the purposes of Said Corporation, and the Same to alter, 
 break, or renew at their discretion.
 
 Sec. 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED that the In- 
 habitants of Said town of Detroit, who are freeholders, or house- 
 holders paying an annual rent of forty dollars, and Such other 
 persons residing within Said town, who Shall be admitted to the 
 freedom of Said Corporation by a Majority of the Electors at 
 their annual Meetings, Shall & may assemble at Such place, 
 within Said town, as Shall be pointed out by a Majority of the 
 Said Trustees, on the first Monday of May yearly and every 
 year, and there elect by the highest Number of Votes of the 
 Electors present five discreet & Suitable persons resident within 
 Said Corporation to Serve as Trustees of Said town for one year 
 next ensuing, and untill other trustees are chosen & qualified ; 
 also a Secretary, an Assessor, a Collector, and a town Marshal, 
 who Shall Serve for a like term of time. — the Trustees and all 
 other officers of Said Corporation Shall within ten days after 
 notice of their respective appointments take an oath or affirma- 
 tion faithfully and impartially to execute & discharge the duties 
 of their Said offices before Some persons in Said County author- 
 ised to administer oaths, a certificate whereof Shall be given to 
 the person taking the oath, and by him filed with the Secretary 
 of Said board. 
 
 Sec. 5. AND be it further enacted that the Said Trustees, 
 when convened for business, Shall be called "THE BOARD 
 OF TRUSTEES OF THE TOWN OF DETROIT" and they 
 or any three of them, Shall have full power and authority from 
 time to time, and at any time, to hold a meeting in Said town, 
 at Such place as the Chairman or in his absence the Secretary 
 Shall point out, and to make, ordain, & establish in writing Such 
 laws and ordinances, and the Same from time to time to alter 
 or repeal, as to them Shall Seem necessary and proper, for the 
 health, Safety, cleanliness, Convenience and good government of 
 Said Town of Detroit, and the Inhabitants thereof ; to appoint a 
 Treasurer of their own body, to administer all the necessary 
 oaths, to impose reasonable fines, penalties & forfeitures upon 
 all persons who Shall offend against the laws & ordinances that 
 Shall be So made as aforesaid, and to levy and cause to be Col- 
 lected all Such fines & forfeitures by warrant of the Chairman 
 with the Seal of Said Corporation directed to the Marshall who 
 is hereby authorised & directed to Collect the Same by distress 
 & Sales of the goods & chattels of the offender, and the Same 
 to pay to the treasurer to & for the use of Said Corporation ; and 
 it Shall [be] the further and particular duty of the Said board 
 of Trustees to make, adopt and establish regulations for Secur- 
 ing Said Town against injuries from fires, to cause the Streets, 
 lanes, and alleys of Said town, and the public Commons to be 
 kept open & in repairs and free from every Kind of nuisances,
 
 to regulate markets, and if necessary, to appoint a clerk of the 
 market, to regulate the assize of bread, both as to weight & 
 price, having due regard at all times, in establishing the Same, 
 to the market price and value of flour in Said town ; and to pre- 
 vent Swine and other animals from running at large in the Streets, 
 lanes, alleys and on the public Commons of Said town, if in their 
 opinion the interest or Convenience of Said town Shall require 
 Such prohibition ; all Such laws, ordinances, and regulations So 
 to be made Shall be in force and binding from thenceforth untill 
 the next annual meeting for the election of Corporate officers, 
 when all laws, regulations, and ordinances made, adopted, and in 
 force under the authority of this act Shall be by the Secretary 
 of Said board laid before the electors of Said town for their 
 Consideration, and if any of Said laws, rules & regulations made 
 & adopted by the Said board of trustees for the good Govern- 
 ment and Well being of Said Corporation, Shall be disapproved 
 of and rejected by a Majority of the Voters present, the Said 
 laws, ordinances, and regulations So disapproved of Shall thence- 
 forth become Null and Void and of no effect; provided that the 
 laws & ordinances So to be made by the board of trustees as 
 aforesaid, Shall be Consistent with the laws & ordinances of the 
 Territory. 
 
 Sec. 6. AND be it further enacted that the freeholders, 
 householders, and residents aforesaid of Said town Shall at their 
 annual Meeting have the power and authority to vote Such Sum 
 or Sums of money as a Majority of Such Voters present may 
 think proper to be raised, for the use of the Said town for the 
 ensuing year, which Sum or Sums money So voted Shall be 
 assessed by the Assessor in Such Manner, upon Such objects, 
 and in Such proportion, as Shall be agreed upon by a Majority 
 of Such meeting, and Shall be Collected by the Collector at Such 
 times, and be paid & disposed of in Such manner as the board 
 of trustees Shall direct, and Said Collector Shall have the Same 
 power to Compel payment, as is or Shall be given to County Col- 
 lectors, for the Collection of County votes and levies. 
 
 Sec. 7. AND be it further enacted that the board of trustees 
 Shall have the power of filling all Vacancies that may happen 
 in any of the offices that are herein established and made elective 
 and the appointments So made Shall Continue Valid untill the 
 next annual Meeting and no longer, and it Shall be lawfull for 
 the board of trustees to appoint Such other Subordinate officers 
 as they may think necessary and who are not hereinbefore men- 
 tion'd, and to fix and establish from time to time Such fees to 
 the Assessor, Collector, Marshall and other Subordinate officers 
 of the Corporation and to impose Such fines for the refusing to
 
 accept Such offices and for neglect and misconduct in the Same 
 as to them Shall Seem necessary & proper ; and it Shall be lawfull 
 for the Chairman with the advice & Consent of any three of the 
 trustees at any time to Call a meeting of the Inhabitants of Said 
 town for the purpose of obtaining a vote for the raising any Sum 
 or Sums of Money that may be deemed necessary to be raised 
 for the use of Said town, and the Said board of trustees Shall 
 have the Sole right of licencing and regulating taverns, ale 
 houses, and other public houses of entertainement within Said 
 town, provided that all fees established, or to be established and 
 which Shall arise from licences aforesaid Shall be established by 
 the Court of General quarter Sessions and paid into the County 
 treasury to and for the use of Said County ; and the treasurer of 
 Said board of trustees Shall receive, account for, and pay over 
 the Same within thirty days after receiving the Same into the 
 county treasury. 
 
 Sec. 8. AND be it further enacted that if any person Shall 
 think him or herself aggrieved by an officer or Individual of Said 
 board, it Shall be lawfull for Such person to appeal to the Court 
 of general quarter Sessions of the peace, who are hereby author- 
 ized to hear & examine into Such Complaint, & to grant Such 
 relief therin as to them Shall be thought proper. 
 
 Sec. 9. AND be it further enacted that the Secretary of 
 the Said board Shall Keep a book wherein he Shall enter in a 
 fair hand and at length all & Singular the laws regulations, ordi- 
 nances, rules and other business which Shall be done, made, & 
 transacted by the board of trustees, and Shall carefully preserve 
 the Same with all other papers belonging to Said Corporation 
 and the Same deliver over whole and undefaced to his Successor 
 in office, which books & papers Shall at all times be opened for 
 the inspection of the members of Said Corporation ; and it Shall 
 be his further duty to give Copies & extracts therefrom, when 
 required, by a member for which he Shall be intitled to take 
 and receive reasonable fees to be established by Said board. 
 
 Sec. 10. AND be it further enacted that the Said Corpo- 
 ration be allowed the priviledge & benefit of the Common prison 
 of Said County, for the imprisonment of Delinquents & offend- 
 ers against the laws, ordinances, rules, & regulations that Shall 
 be made & adopted in pursuance of the authority given by this 
 act to the board of Trustees for the good government of Said 
 town, provided that no person Shall be imprisoned under the 
 authority of this act, for a longer time than forty days. 
 
 Sec. 11. AND be it further enacted that John Askin Sen r ., 
 John Dodemead, James Henry, Charles francis Girardin, and
 
 Joseph Campeau be and they are hereby appointed trustees ; Peter 
 Audrain Secretary ; Robert Abbott Assessor, Jacob Clemens Col- 
 lector, and Elias Wallen Marshal, to hold their respective offices, 
 and to perform and execute the duties thereunto appertaining, 
 untill the first Stated meeting of the Inhabitants of Said town, 
 as hereinbefore directed, and untill their Successors Shall have 
 taken the oath prescribed and no longer, and the Said officers 
 Shall respectively take the oath hereinbefore prescribed before 
 they enter upon the duties of their respective offices. 
 
 Sec. 12. AND be it further enacted that nothing in this act 
 Contained Shall be So Construed as to prevent any future Legis- 
 lature of this Territory from making any alterations, amend- 
 ments or from repealing this act in whole or in part at their 
 pleasure. — this act to take effect and be in force from and after 
 the first of february next. 
 
 Edward Tiffin, Speaker of the house of representatives 
 Rob 1 . Oliver president of the Council 
 
 approved the eighteenth day 
 
 of January in the year of our 
 
 Lord one thouzand eight hundred 
 
 and two. ARTHUR S*. CLAIR 
 
 Governor of the Territory 
 
 of the United [States], north-west 
 
 of the OHIO. 
 
 A true Copy taken from the inrolled bill. 
 
 John Reily, Clerk of the 
 19 th . feb y . 1802. 
 
 house of representatives. 
 BY Arthur S*. Clair Governor of the Territory of the United 
 States north-west of the ohio. 
 
 I do hereby certify that Edward Tiffin is Speaker 
 of the house of Assembly, and Robert Oliver Presi- 
 ident, the first of the house of representatives and 
 [ L:S: ] the last of the legislative Council, In Testimony 
 whereof I have caused the Seal of the Territory to 
 be hereunto affixed on the twenty second day of 
 January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight 
 hundred and two. 
 
 ARTHUR S l . CLAIR
 
 ON TUESDAY ninth of february in the year of our Lord 
 one thousand eight hundred and two a board of Trustees was 
 formed, at Which attended John Askin Sen 1 *., John Dodemead, 
 James Henry, and Joseph Campeau, and took their Seats after 
 having produced their respective certificates of having taken the 
 oath prescribed by law, which certificates were filed with the 
 Secretary. 
 
 Peter Audrain Secretary was Sworn, and his Certificate filed. 
 
 Rob 1 . Abbott Assessor, was Sworn, and his Certificate filed. 
 
 Jacob Clemens, Collector, was Sworn and his Certificate filed. 
 
 Charles francis Girardin one of the trustees, and Elias Wal- 
 len Marshal did not attend, and were reported to be from home. 
 
 James Henry Esquire was nominated by a Majority of Votes 
 Chairman of the board of Trustees. 
 
 John Dodemead was nominated by a Majority of Votes treas- 
 urer of the Corporation. 
 
 Louis Pelletier, of Detroit, was appointed Messenger for the 
 Service of the board of Trustees, was Sworn, and his Certificate 
 filed with the Secretary. 
 
 The board order that public notice Shall be given to all free- 
 holders & house-Keepers within the bounds of the Corporation 
 that on monday next the 15 th . ins 1 , at 11. o'clock in the forenoon, 
 a town- Meeting Shall be held in the Court house for the purpose 
 of making Known to the Said freeholders & house-Keepers the 
 act of the Legislature of the Territory, intitled "an act to incor- 
 porate the Town of Detroit", and that the notice So given Shall 
 be written in english & french by the Secretary of the board, a 
 Copy thereof put up on the Engine-house and another Copy 
 Served by the Messenger of the board on every house Keeper 
 within the bounds of the Corporation, by reading to him the 
 same, in english or french. 
 
 The board adjourned to Monday next the 15 th . of february 
 inst 1 . at the Court house. 
 
 ON MONDAY the fifteenth day of february in the year of Trustees presen 
 our Lord one thousand eight hundred and two the trustees met jorTn Dodemead 
 at the Court house at 11. o'clock in the forenoon, agreable to ch s - f\ Girardh 
 
 ' o Joseph Camppat 
 
 adjournment, and a town Meeting was held. Esq 
 
 Charles francis Girardin, attended, and having been Sworn 
 as one of the Trustees of the board, he filed his certificate with 
 the Secretary, and took his Seat. 
 
 The Chairman opened the business of the Meeting by order- 
 ing the Secretary of the board to read an act intitled "an act to 
 incorporate the town of Detroit" which act was read first in 
 english, and afterwards in french for the information of the 
 Canadian Inhabitants present. The Chairman addressed the
 
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 people, informed them that the Trustees were preparing Some 
 regulations, and had already made Some progress, and expected 
 that when made they would meet with their approbation and 
 Support, and the meeting adjourned Sine die. 
 
 Trustees present 
 
 James Henry 
 John Dodemead 
 Ch". f". Girardin 
 Joseph Campeau 
 Esquires 
 
 ON TUESDAY the twenty third day of february 1802. the 
 Trustees met at 10,o'clock in the forenoon, at the house of James 
 Henry Esq r . The board having formed a quorum proceeded to 
 establish regulations for Securing the town of Detroit from 
 injuries from fires, and unanimously passed the following Ordi- 
 nance, to wit : 
 
 AN ORDINANCE made & established on the twenty fifth 
 day of february A.D.1802. by the board of Trustees of the town 
 of Detroit for the better Securing of the Said town against 
 injuries of fire. 
 
 Art. 1 st . That all Chimnies found insufficient, Shall be im- 
 mediately repaired, in deffault of which the person or persons, 
 who Shall make use of them, after one week's notice of their 
 insufficiency, Shall, on oath of one creditable Witness forfeit 
 five dollars, or any lesser Sum, at the discretion of the board of 
 trustees. 
 
 Art. 2. That all Chimnies, where fire is Kept Shall be Swept 
 on[c]e in every two weeks from the last Saturday in October to 
 the last Saturday in april, and once in every four Weeks through 
 the remaining part of the year; the Sweeping to be performed 
 on Saturday before nine o'clock in the Morning; any person or 
 persons neglecting the Same Shall forfeit three dollars each time, 
 or any lesser Sum at the discretion of the Trustees. 
 
 Art. 3. That the person or persons, whose Chimnies Shall 
 take fire, Shall forfeit, for each time, ten dollars, or any lesser 
 Sum at the discretion of the board of Trustees. 
 
 Art. 4. That no person or persons Shall pass the pipe of a 
 Stove thro a wooden partition, or of wood & lime, or thro a floor 
 without leaving Six inches clear, all round Such pipe, betwen it 
 and Such partition or floor; which is to be Secured with Sheet 
 iron or tin nailed to the partition or flour, where Such pipe 
 passes, and that the pipe of every Stove Shall pass into a chim- 
 ney; any person or persons passing pipes of Stoves contrary to 
 the above direction Shall for every Such offense forfeit five dol- 
 lars or any lesser Sum, at the discretion of the board of Trustees.
 
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 Art. 5. That any person or persons, who Shall lodge, or allow 
 hay, or Straw in his or their dwelling houses, or any place, where 
 fire is Kept, or Shall Keep, or all allow warm ashes to be Kept 
 in a wooden Vessell, or on a wooden floor, in his or their dwell- 
 ing houses, out houses, or Store house, Shall, on the evidence of 
 one creditable Witness, forfeit for every Such offense, five dol- 
 lars, and all hay & Straw So found, or any lesser Sum at the dis- 
 cretion of the board of Trustees. 
 
 Art. 6. That every householder be provided with a light 
 barrell to have ears, or ropes, on each Side, with a lever or pole 
 to pass through, So as to enable Two men to move it, when full 
 to where it is wanted ; which barrell is always to be Kept full of 
 water, in a place where it cannot freeze, with two buckets to hold 
 at least three Gallons, each, and a Substantial ladder to each 
 Chimney fastened on the roof, and one long enough on the 
 ground to Communicate with Those on the roof ; every house- 
 holder without the pickets to be provided with bucketts and lad- 
 ders only; any person or persons neglecting or refusing to pro- 
 vide Such barrell, bucketts, and ladders, Shall for every Such 
 neglect, or refusal forfeit five dollars, or any lesser Sum at the 
 discretion of the board of Trustees. 
 
 Art. 7. That every Shop Keeper Shall provide & Keep in 
 his Shop a bag to hold at least three bushells, which he Shall, on 
 the first allarm of fire, together with his buckets full of water 
 take, or Send to the place where the accident happens ; any per- 
 son or persons not providing Such bag, or not carrying or Send- 
 ing it, and the buckets, as above directed, Shall for each Such 
 offense forfeit five dollars, or any lesser Sum, at the discretion 
 of the board of Trustees. 
 
 Art. 8. That on the first cry of fire, the house Keepers Shall 
 turn out every male Capable of assisting, any person or persons 
 not attending, or concealing him or themselves, after being 
 alarmed, Shall for every such offense forfeit two dollars, or be 
 imprisoned two weeks at the discretion of the board of Trustees. 
 
 Art. 9. That the following persons Shall, on the first notice 
 of fire, assemble at the engine house, to take the engine to the 
 fire, and there to work it as may be Judged most expedient under 
 the orders & directions of James May Esquire, Viz, Jacques 
 Girardin and Augustin Lafoy, Together with twelve Soldiers of 
 the first United States regiment, who are appointed by Col°. 
 Hamtramck for that purpose; any Citizen mentioned in this 
 article, who Shall act contrary to its direction, Shall, for every 
 Such offense, forfeit five dollars, or any lesser Sum at the dis- 
 cretion of the board of Trustees.
 
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 Art. 10. That francois frero, director, Prisque Cote, Sen 1 "., 
 Teophile Mette, Batiste Pelletier, Charles Poupard & Prisque 
 Cote Jun r . Shall, on the first alarm of fire, appear, each with a 
 good felling ax to be employed, as circumstances may require; 
 any of the above persons not appearing, when alarmed, Shall 
 forfeit five dollars, or any lesser Sum at the discretion of the 
 board of Trustees. 
 
 Art. 11. That no person within the limits of the picketts, 
 Keep, or have at any one time more than a Keg or half barrell 
 of gunpowder, in his house, lodging, or other place in the town, 
 (the powder Magazin excepted) under the penalty of twenty 
 five dollars and forfeiting the Surplus powder So found ; and 
 also all persons having powder in their possession, as before 
 Stipulated, Shall provide themselves with a leather bag Suffi- 
 ciently large to contain the whole of Said powder, which, on the 
 first alarm of fire they Shall have transported in Said bag to 
 the public Magazin, if the fire is immediately in his or their 
 neighbourood : whoever neglects providing Such bag, or omits 
 transporting the powder So [enclosed], Shall for every Such 
 offence forfeit twenty five dollars, or a lesser Sum at the discre- 
 tion of the board of Trustees. 
 
 Art. 12. That on the first alarm of fire all the male Inhabi- 
 tants of the town, except those before appointed, are required 
 to form a line for the Supply of Water from the river to the 
 fire, following Such directions as they will afterwards receive 
 from the Trustees, or civil Magistrates, whoever refuses to obey 
 Such orders, or directions, Shall for each Such offense forfeit 
 five dollars, or any lesser Sum at the discretion of the board 
 of Trustees. 
 
 Art. 13. That all barrels, buckets &c. ordered for the pur- 
 pose of preventing or extinguishing fire, Shall be marked in the 
 Owner's name, any of Such articles found in the possession of 
 another, unless with the Owner's approbation, Shall for every 
 Such offense pay ten dollars, or any lesser Sum, at the discretion 
 of the board of Trustees. 
 
 Art. 14. That no person or persons whatsoever Shall pre- 
 sume, on any pretence whatsoever to quit the post or place, to 
 which he or they Shall be appointed without orders, or permis- 
 sion first had & obtained from one of the board of Trustees, or 
 any civil Magistrate ; any person Convicted of having acted 
 contrary to the above article, Shall, for every Such offense in- 
 curred the penalty of eight dollars, or any lesser Sum at the dis- 
 cretion of the board of Trustees ; And that as too many directors 
 often create confusion at a fire, it is expected that no person will
 
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 order or direct, unless authorised So to do, and it is recom- 
 mended that the Strictest Silence be observed by those not 
 authorised to direct. 
 
 Art. 15. That no person or persons Shall let remain any 
 Shavings or Small chips in his work Shop (where fire is Kept) 
 over night under the penalty of three dollars, or any lesser Sum 
 at the discretion of the board of Trustees. 
 
 Art. 16. That in all cases where information is given of the 
 Violation of the above regulations, the informer is to have one 
 half of the penalty incurred, but no penalty can be incurred 
 under these regulations, where there is not a creditable Witness, 
 besides the Informer. 
 
 Art. 17. That fifteen days after the publication of these 
 regulations, two reputable householders duly authorised by the 
 board of trustees, will visit every house in town, to examine & 
 See whether the ladders, barrels, buckets, and bags, as before 
 required by these regulations, have been provided; any person 
 who Shall refuse, at Such time, to Shew, or produce the Said 
 articles, Shall be considered as not having provided the Same, 
 and Shall, for every Such neglect forfeit & pay the Sum of five 
 dollars, or any lesser Sum at the discretion of the board of 
 Trustees. 
 
 The meeting adjourned to thursday next at 11. o'clock in the 
 forenoon. 
 
 ON THURSDAY the twenty fifth of february 1802. the Trustees present 
 Trustees met at 11. o'clock in the forenoon, agreable to adjourn- joifnD^dem^ad 
 
 ment. Ch s . f s . Girardin 
 
 The fire regulations agreed upon last meeting were read sep E^uires 
 and confirmed by the unanimous consent of the board and Signed 
 by the Chairman & Secretary of Said board ; and the Secretary 
 was directed to put up a Copy of Said regulations, on the engine 
 house, in english & french. 
 
 The meeting adjourned to friday 26 th . feb y . at 10. o'clock in 
 the forenoon. 
 
 ON FRYDAY the twenty Sixth february 1802. the Trustees Trustees present 
 met at 10. o'clock in the forenoon. James Henry 
 
 . . - . . John Askin 
 
 The petition of William Kelly for a tavern licence was taken John Dodemead 
 into Consideration, and rejected. josephCannpeau 
 
 The petition of Louis Lognon for a tavern licence was taken Esquires 
 
 into Consideration & rejected. 
 
 The assize of bread being taken into Consideration, the fol- 
 lowing ordinance was passed viz
 
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 Assize of bread 
 
 AN ORDINANCE made & established on the twenty Sixth 
 day of february A. D. 1802 by the board of Trustees of the town 
 of Detroit regulating the assize of bread. 
 
 Sec. 1 st . It is ordained & established by the Unanimous 
 Consent of the board that all bakers Shall, from & after the 
 third day of march next, Sell the loaf of bread of three pounds 
 english weight, at Six pence new-york Currency, each, and So 
 in proportion for any Smaller or larger loaf. 
 
 Sec. 2 d . And it is farther ordained by the authority afore- 
 said that every baker Shall furnish himself with a Stamp desig- 
 nating the initial letters of his name, with which he Shall Stamp 
 every loaf of bread by him offered for Sale from & after the 
 aforesaid third day of march next. 
 
 Sec. 3. any baker Convicted of having acted contrary to 
 this ordinance, Shall, for every offense, forfeit the Sum of three 
 dollars. 
 
 The meeting adjourned to monday next 1 st of march at 10. 
 o'clock in the forenoon. 
 
 Trustees present 
 James Henry 
 John Dodemead 
 Ch s . f". Girardin 
 Joseph Campeau 
 Esq ri 
 
 ON MONDAY the first day of March A. D. 1802. the 
 Trustees met at 10. o'clock A. M. agreable to adjournment. 
 
 The petition of Ann Coates for a Tavern licence was taken 
 into consideration & granted; and ordered to be filed with the 
 Secretary. 
 
 The Petition of Joseph Harrison for a tavern licence, was 
 taken into Consideration, & granted ; and ordered to be filed with 
 the Secretary. 
 
 The board appoint & authorise Rob 1 . Gouie & Charles Curry, 
 as two reputable householders, to visit each house in the town 
 of Detroit, after the fifteen days publication, are expired, as 
 mentioned in the ordinance passed by the board of Trustees on 
 the twenty fifth day of february last respecting fire regulations ; 
 and they are to make their report to this board at their first meet- 
 ing following the 12 th . day of march instant; and the Secretary is 
 directed to prepare & deliver them, a certificate of their appoint- 
 ment and the authority vested in them by the board of trustees, 
 Signed by the Chairman, and under the Seal of the board of 
 Trustees. 
 
 The meeting adjourned to monday the 15 th . march instant at 
 10. o'clock in the forenoon. 
 
 Trustees present 
 James Henry 
 John Dodemead 
 Esq" 
 
 ON FRIDAY [Monday?] the fifteenth of march 1802. the 
 board met agreable to adjournment at 10. o'clock in the forenoon 
 but a quorum not being present, the board adjourned to Satur- 
 day 20 th . march ins 1 . —
 
 15 
 
 James Henry 
 John Askin 
 John Dodemead 
 Ch 3 . f 3 . Girardin 
 Joseph Campeau 
 Esq" 
 
 ON SATURDAY the Twentieth of march 1802. the board Trustees present 
 met at 10. o'clock in the forenoon. 
 
 The board took into consideration the report of Mess". 
 Charles Curry & Rob 1 . Gouie appointed to visit every house 
 within the town of Detroit, and ordered the Same to be filed. 
 
 The board directed their Secretary to notify all Delinquents 
 So reported to pay their fines on or before next Wednesday & 
 Thursday, or to appear before the board on the Same day at 10. 
 o'clock in the forenoon, to Shew cause, if any they have, why 
 the fine Should not be exacted from them. 
 
 The board took next into Consideration the propriety of estab- 
 lishing a public Market, and passed the following Ordinance, 
 viz= 
 
 AN ORDINANCE made & established by the board of Trus- 
 tees of the town of Detroit this 20 th . day of march A. D. 1802, 
 instituting a market within Said town. 
 
 WHEREAS a well regulated market has always been found Market established 
 highly usefull, convenient, and beneficial to the Vendors and 
 purchasers of provisions within incorporate towns, 
 
 Sec. 1 st . It is therefore ordained by the board of trustees of 
 the town of Detroit, that from and after the first day of april 
 next ensuing, there Shall be, and there is hereby established, a 
 market within the Said town of Detroit to be holden on that 
 Space of ground, without the picketts, and next to the river, 
 included between the projecting angle, where the old bake house 
 Stands, and the upper extremity of the line of Water pickets. 
 
 Sec. 2 d . It is further ordained by the authority aforesaid 
 that there Shall be two market days, in each & every Week, 
 within the year, to wit Tuesday and friday; and that the market 
 Open on the Said days at daylight, in the morning, and close at 
 twelve of clock of the Same day. 
 
 Sec. 3 d . Any person or persons, who Shall be Convicted, on 
 the oath of one creditable Witness, of Selling or offering for Sale 
 any beef, pork, Mutton, Veal, Venison, fish, Eggs, butter, poultry, 
 fruit, oats, Corn, flour, or Culinary Vegetables at any other place, 
 within the limits of Said town of Detroit, than the aforesaid 
 Market, on the days, and betwen the hours before mentioned, 
 Shall, for every Such offense, forfeit and pay the Sum of three 
 dollars, or any lesser Sum at the discretion of the board of 
 Trustees. 
 
 The board adjourned to Wednesday next 24 th . ins 1 , at 10. 
 o'clock in the forenoon./.
 
 16 
 
 Trustees present 
 James Henry 
 John Askin 
 Jn°. Dodemead 
 Ch. f s . Girardin 
 Joseph Campeau 
 Esq" 
 
 ON WEDNESDAY the twenty fourth of March A. D. 1802. 
 the Trustees met agreable to adjournment at 10. o'clock in the 
 forenoon. 
 
 The board took into Consideration the list of persons, who 
 have been notified to attend this day and pay their fines, or Shew 
 Cause why the Same Should not be exacted ; and upon full in- 
 vestigation & mature deliberation the following persons were 
 fined by the board, viz. 
 
 Joseph Thibaud 
 Math w . Ernest 
 
 $5 
 5 
 
 " " paid to Collector 
 . " d° to d° 
 
 John Askin Esq 1- . 
 James Henry Esq r . 
 Peter Audrain 
 
 5 
 
 5 
 5 
 
 " d° 
 " d° 
 
 to d° 
 to d° 
 
 Rich d . Donavan 
 
 5 
 
 (i 
 
 
 Rob 1 . Abbott 
 
 5 
 
 u 
 
 
 Thomas M c Crae 
 
 5 
 
 (C 
 
 
 John Gentle 
 D r . W m . Scott 
 
 5 
 5 
 
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 « 
 
 
 Geo. Meldrum 
 
 5 
 
 u 
 
 
 County of Wayne 
 John Bentley 
 D r . Eberts 
 
 5 
 « 
 
 2 
 
 '. " (for Jail) 
 50. 
 
 Rev d . M r . Bacon 
 
 5 
 
 a 
 
 
 John Dodemead 
 
 5 
 
 t( 
 
 
 James fraser 
 
 5 
 
 " Total amount*, to $ 
 
 50. 
 
 The whole amounting to Seventy Seven dollars & fifty cents, a 
 list of which person [s] So fined was given to the Collector, who 
 is hereby ordered to Collect the Same and pay it over to John 
 Dodemead Esq 1 ", treasurer appointed by the board of Trustees, 
 and take duplicate receipts, one of which he Shall fine [file?] 
 with the Secretary of the board. 
 
 Another report of Mess". Curry & Gouie was delivered to 
 the board of Trustees, and was ordered to be filed, and the Sec- 
 retary directed to notify the persons therein named for Monday 
 
 next the board adjourned to tomorrow thursday at 10. 
 
 o'clock in the forenoon. 
 
 Trustees present 
 James Henry 
 John Askin 
 Jn". Dodemead 
 C. i". Girardin 
 Joseph Campeau 
 Esq" 
 
 ON THURSDAY the twenty fifth of march A. D. 1802. the 
 Trustees met, agreable to adjournment at 10. o'clock in the 
 forenoon. 
 
 The board took into Consideration the list of persons who 
 have been notified to attend this day & pay their fines, or Shew 
 Cause why the Same Should not be exacted; and upon full in-
 
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 vestigation, and mature deliberation the 
 
 s following persons were 
 
 fined by the board, viz 
 
 
 
 
 Augustin Lafoy 
 
 $2 
 
 « 
 
 
 James Bracken 
 
 5 
 
 <( 
 
 paid to Collector 
 
 William Smith 
 
 5 
 
 « 
 
 d° to d° 
 
 William Choberg 
 
 ] 
 
 50 
 
 
 Conrad Seek 
 
 5 
 
 (i 
 
 d° to d° 
 
 paid . /Jacques Pelletier 
 
 5 
 
 a 
 
 for french church 
 & priest's house 
 
 Bells & Rocks & Longdon 5 
 
 ri 
 
 
 Israel Hunt 
 
 2 
 
 50 
 
 
 Sarg 1 . Perkins 
 
 3 
 
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 Luther Bunnell 
 
 3 
 
 << 
 
 
 Joseph Voyez 
 
 5 
 
 << 
 
 
 David M c clean 
 
 1 
 
 << 
 
 
 David Anderson 
 
 3 
 
 (i 
 
 
 Daniel M c clean 
 
 a 
 
 .50 
 
 
 Charles Lafleur 
 
 1 
 
 .50 
 
 
 Peter Desnoyers 
 
 2 
 
 .50 
 
 
 Teophile Mette 
 
 << 
 
 .50 
 
 
 Joseph Campeau 
 
 5 
 
 « 
 
 
 Patrick M c niff Esq r . 
 
 5 
 
 a 
 
 
 John Watson 
 
 3 
 
 a 
 
 Total $64 dollars 
 
 the whole amounting to Sixty four dollars ; a list of which per- 
 sons So fined was given to the Collector who is hereby ordered 
 to Collect the Same, and pay it over to John Dodemead Esq r . 
 treasurer appointed by the board of trustees, and take duplicate 
 receipts one of which he Shall fine [file?] with the Secretary of 
 the board. 
 
 The board adjourned to Monday next at lO.o'clock in the 
 forenoon./. 
 
 ON MONDAY the twenty ninth of march A. D. 1802, the Trustees present 
 Trustees met agreable to adjournm 1 . at 10 o'clock in the jX^demead 
 
 forenoon. C - f3 - Girardin 
 
 r rr-t -kt i r «• Joseph Campeau 
 
 A petition of Thomas Nowlan, for a tavern licence, was Esquires 
 
 presented to the board of Trustees, praying to be authorised 
 to open a house of entertainment at the Councill house in the 
 Town of Detroit, where he now Keeps the mess for the Tavern licence 
 Officers of the Garrison; the Board took the Same into t0 T. a Nowian 
 consideration, and granted the prayer of the Petitioner on the 
 condition that the Said Thomas Nowlan Shall enjoy the 12. doii. paid 
 priviledge of Said licence in the Councill house only, and for^h^Counfy 
 nowhere else, during the term of one year from this date, if 
 he Continues So long to Keep the mess of his officers.
 
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 The board took next into their Consideration the list of 
 persons notihed to attend this day & pay their fines, or Shew 
 cause, if any they have, why the Same Should not be exacted 
 from them, and upon full investigation & mature deliberation 
 the following persons were fined by the board to wit. 
 
 francis Malcher $3. 
 
 francis D x . Bellecour 3 
 
 Thomas Welch 1 
 
 Martin Myers 1 
 
 Thomas Walker 1 
 
 Batiste Lapierre 1 
 
 Simon Drouillard " .50 
 
 francois Lemaine " .25 
 
 Math w . Donavan 1 
 
 Cap 1 , fearson 1 
 
 William Allen 1 
 
 M de . Tremble 1 . " 
 
 Joseph Vovez " .25 
 
 George Meldrum " .25 $18.25 
 
 The whole amounting together to eighteen dollars, & twenty 
 five cents, a list of which persons So fined was given to the 
 Collector, who is hereby ordered to Collect the Same, and pay 
 it over to John Dodemead esq r . treasurer appointed by the 
 board of Trustees, from whom he Shall take duplicate receipts, 
 one of which he Shall file with the Secretary of the board of 
 Trustees. 
 
 The board adjourned to Thursday next at 10. o'clock in 
 the forenoon. 
 
 OX THURSDAY l 3t . april not being a quorum present, 
 adjourned to thursday next the Eigth at 10. o'clock in the 
 forenoon. 
 
 Trustees pr«ent OX THURSDAY the eighth of april A. D. 1802 the 
 
 Tn^ e *"in nry Trustees met, agreable to adjournment, at the house of James 
 
 j n °; bodemead^ Henry Esq r . at 10. o'clock in the forenoon, and passed the 
 
 following ordinance viz 
 
 AX ORDIXAXCE made & established by the board of 
 
 Trustees of the town of Detroit this eighth day of april A. D. 
 
 1S02 in order to promote the health, peace & Safety of its 
 
 Inhabitants. 
 
 WHEREAS the Streets of that part of the town of Detroit 
 
 within the Stockade are So narrow that foot passengers have 
 
 difficulty at times to Keep clear of horsemen & carriages, 
 
 unless they go Slow &c.
 
 19 
 
 Sec. 1 st . It is therefore ordained by the board of Trustees Horses 
 that if any person or persons Shall ride, or drive a horse or carriages 
 carriage quick, or Shall let or drive his horse or horses loose togosiow 
 to water, within the limits before recited from and after the 
 publication of this ordinance, Shall, for every Such offense, 
 forfeit & pay the Sum of two dollars, or any lesser Sum at the 
 discretion of the board of Trustees to be recovered on the oath 
 of a creditable Witness, this Section repealed 21 st July 1802. 
 See page .27. [36] 
 
 Sec. 2. As incumbrances in the Streets, lanes, and alleys streets & alleys 
 of towns not only impede the passage of those who may have dean&'free 
 occasion to pass through them in the daytime, but must also of incumbrances. 
 be a great hindrance and dangerous to those who may be 
 employed in extinguishing fire in the Night, — It is therefore 
 ordained by the authority aforesaid that each householder 
 residing within the Stockated part of the town of Detroit, do 
 immediately remove or cause to be removed all matter 
 whatsoever that may prevent a free & open passage to the 
 extent of half the width of all Streets, lanes, & alleys adjoining 
 to the lot or lots which he may occupy, for the performance 
 of which, time is given untill the twenty fifth ins 1 , april, when 
 Inspectors will be Sent to ascertain whether due attention has 
 been paid to this ordinance, and upon their report, each & 
 every Delinquent Shall forfeit and pay ten dollars, or any lesser 
 Sum at the discretion of the board of Trustees. 
 
 Sec. 3. All the Midle of the Streets of the Town of Footpaths 
 
 -r\ • • 1 • i t->- i 1 • 1 i • i i to De ma de 
 
 Detroit, within the Pickets are almost impassable, in bad Sufficient 
 weather for persons on foot, and as it has long been 
 Customary for the Inhabitants thereof to make & Keep in 
 repair foot paths made of logs or thick planks round the lots 
 they occupy, 
 
 It is therefore ordained by the authority aforesaid that all 
 person or persons proprietors of houses or lots within the 
 Stockated part of the town Shall on or before the twenty fifth 
 day of april inst 1 . make, or cause to be made good & Sufficient 
 footpaths of logs or thick planks, round Such part of their 
 lots, where they have heretofore been Customarily made ; any 
 person or persons who, upon the report of the Inspectors, 
 Shall be found Delinquent. Shall for every Such neglect or 
 offence forfeit & pay the Sum of five dollars or any lesser 
 Sum at the discretion of the board of Trustees. 
 
 Sec. 4. Whereas great inconvenience has been occasioned 
 to the Inhabitants of the town by the negligent and disorderly 
 manner in which firewood, Stones, & lumber are thrown along
 
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 the beach or Shore, in front of the town, and on the warf 
 Stiled the merchants' warf, It is therefore ordained by the 
 authority aforesaid that from and after the twentieth day of 
 april ins 4 , no person or persons whatsoever Shall occupy for 
 the purposes aforesaid a greater Space of ground along the 
 beach or Shore in front of the town than one hundred feet 
 without leaving a Sufficient road to the river for two carts to 
 pass abreast, nor Shall any firewood, timber, or Stones, or 
 any other Materials be left for any considerable time on the 
 beach, or Shore, within the limits aforesaid, nor at all on the 
 merchants' warf, as it prevents others from Coming in with 
 additional quantities ; Those persons, who have now timber, 
 firewood &c in any other State, than above directed, are 
 hereby required to place it in the order prescribed ; any person 
 or persons who, upon the report of the Inspectors, or other 
 Complaint, Shall be found delinquents, Shall for every Such 
 neglect, or offense, forfeit & pay five dollars, or any lesser 
 Sum at the discretion of the board of Trustees. 
 
 Sec. 5. It is further ordained that no person or persons 
 Shall Collect, or fasten together a Number of rafts, or 
 quantity of timber within the limits aforesaid, So as to prevent 
 a free passage from the Shore to the Channell of the river, for 
 boats and other crafts, any person or persons who, upon the 
 report of the Inspectors, Shall be found guilty of a breach of 
 this Section Shall for every Such offense forfeit & pay five 
 dollars, or any lesser Sum at the discretion of the board of 
 Trustees. 
 
 Sec. 6. WHEREAS it appears to the board of Trustees 
 that proper attention has not been paid to the Sixth article of 
 an ordinance "made & established on the twenty fifth day of 
 february A. D. 1802 by the board of Trustees of the town of 
 Detroit, for the better Securing of the Said town against 
 injuries from fire," many ladders, barrells, buckets &c being 
 Still deficient, and to obviate any objection or excuse, that 
 may be made, by those persons, who have heretofore been 
 delinquents, It is ordered by the authority aforesaid that on 
 the twentieth of april instant, the Inspectors heretofore 
 appointed do visit each house in the town to examine whether 
 the aforesaid articles required by law, have been duly pro- 
 vided and are in perfect order, and more particularly to 
 observe & report whether the Steps of ladders are Sound & 
 Sufficiently Strong to bear a man with a bucket of water. 
 
 The board adjourned to Monday next at 10. o'clock in the 
 forenoon./.
 
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 ON TUESDAY the 14 th . of april A. D. 1802. the Trustees 
 met at the house of James Henry Esq 1 ", at 10 o'clock in the 
 forenoon. 
 
 The board fined John Gentle in the Sum of ten dollars, for 
 his chimney taking fire. 
 
 WHEREAS Elias Wallen Esq 1- ., appointed by law, 
 marshall of the Corporation, is absent, the board of Trustees do 
 appoint Zadeck Lee Marshall of Said Corporation, and he was 
 Sworn accordingly. 
 
 The board of Trustees do order that a town Meeting be called 
 for Saturday next at ll.o'clock in the forenoon, for the purpose 
 of laying before the Inhabitants of Said Corporation the neces- 
 sity of laying and assessing a tax for defraying the expence now 
 incurred for the use of the Corporation, and do order that the 
 Messenger notify the Same to the Inhabitants to meet at the 
 Court house of the County. 
 
 The board of Trustees do allow to their Subordinate officers 
 the following fees, to wit: 
 
 to the Treasurer . . . 3 . p r c l . on all monies received & paid over, 
 to the Collector 3 . p r . c l on all monies collected & paid over, 
 
 to the Secretary . . Two dollars for each meeting, and Six cents 
 
 for Seventy two words of translation, 
 to Messenger one dollar for each day attendance, 
 to Marshall, to be allowed the Same fees for Serving process 
 
 under the Corporation act, as the Sheriff is allowed under 
 
 the laws of the Territory. 
 
 The board adjourned to Saturday next at the town meeting. 
 
 Trustees present 
 James Henry 
 Jn°. Askin 
 Jn°. Dodemead 
 C. f s . Girardin 
 Jos h . Campeau 
 
 Esq" 
 
 town meeting 
 ordered 
 
 fees of 
 Subordinate 
 officers 
 established 
 
 ON SATURDAY the Seventeenth day of April, A. D. 1802 Town Meeting 
 the board, agreable to their adjournment met at the Court house, Jame^Hen?" 11 * 
 
 at ll.o'clock in the forenoon. John Dodemead 
 
 The business of the day was opened by the Chairman of the Joseph Campeau 
 board of trustees, who Submitted the two following questions Esq " 
 
 viz 
 
 1 st . whether a tax amounting to one hundred & fifty dollars 
 Shall be assessed on the Inhabitants within the Corporation, and 
 for the use of the Said Corporation ; agreed to unanimously. 
 
 2 d . whether the Said Sum Shall be raised in the following 
 manner to wit : Twenty five cents on each Individual of the age 
 of twenty one years, and upwards living within Said Corpo- 
 ration, and the residue wanted to be assessed on the fixed prop- 
 erty within the bounds of Said Corporation, and it was unani- 
 mously agreed to. 
 
 at 4. oclock P M the meeting was dissolved.
 
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 Trustees present 
 James Henry 
 John Dodemead 
 C. f. Girardin 
 Joseph Campeau 
 Esq' 8 
 
 Ordinance 
 respecting the 
 Commons 
 
 Preamble 
 
 ON TUESDAY the twentieth day of april A.D. 1802. the 
 board of Trustees met at the house of James Henry Esq r . at 
 11. o'clock in the forenoon, and passed the following ordinance 
 viz 
 
 AN ORDINANCE made & established by the board of 
 Trustees of the town of Detroit, on the twentieth day of april 
 A.D.1802. 
 
 WHEREAS it appears to the board of Trustees of the town 
 of Detroit, that preparations are making by Some person or 
 persons unknown, to inclose a part of the public Commons, adja- 
 cent to the Said town of Detroit, in direct Violation of a law of 
 this Territory intitled "an act to incorporate the town of Detroit," 
 and whereas by the aforementioned act it is made the particular 
 duty of the Said board to make, adopt, and establish regulations 
 on this head 
 
 Sec. 1. It is therefore ordained & established by the authority 
 aforesaid that if any person or persons Shall erect or attempt 
 to erect any fence, or inclosure whatever on that Space of ground 
 north & north east of the Said town, Stiled the common or do- 
 maine, he Shall for each and every Such offense forfeit & pay 
 the Sum of ten dollars or be imprisoned in the Common goal of 
 the County of Wayne forty days, or any less time, at the dis- 
 cretion of the board of Trustees. 
 
 Sec. 2. It is further ordained by the authority aforesaid 
 that the board of Trustees of the town of Detroit, may Convict 
 any person or persons offending against this ordinance upon the 
 view of either of the Trustees of Said board or on the Complaint 
 on oath of one creditable Witness, and the board adjourned. 
 
 Trustees present 
 James Henry 
 John Dodemead 
 Ch. f s . Girardin 
 Jos h . Campeau 
 
 Esq' 6 
 
 roll of taxes 
 ordered 
 
 ON WEDNESDAY the 28 th . day of April 1802 the board 
 met at 10. o'clock in the forenoon. 
 
 Agreable to the unanimous vote obtained in the town Meet- 
 ing held at the Court house on Saturday the Seventeenth day 
 of April inst 1 . the board have ordained that the aforesaid Sum 
 of one hundred & fifty dollars be assessed & levied on the Inhab- 
 itants within the bounds of the Corporation of Detroit in the 
 following Manner, to wit, one fourth of a cent, on dollar, on all 
 fixed property within Said Corporation, agreeable to the evalu- 
 ation made by the Appraisers of houses, last year, for the County 
 tax, and also twenty five Cents on every Individual of the age 
 of twenty one years and upwards ; and the board direct their 
 Secretary to make a roll accordingly, and The board adjourned.
 
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 23 
 
 ANNUAL MEETING 
 
 of the Electors for chusing officers of the Corporation 
 of the town of Detroit. 
 
 ON MONDAY third of May A.D. 1802. the Trustees met Trustees present 
 at the Court house of Detroit, at 11. o'clock in the forenoon, to johnDoIemead 
 attend the election of officers of the Corporation to Serve during c. f s . Girardm 
 
 ■* . ° Joseph Campe_ 
 
 the next ensuing year, agreable to the public advertisement put Esq 
 
 up ten days before by order of the board ; the election was pro- 
 claimed opened at half after Eleven o'clock, to last untill half 
 after one P M. 
 
 And at half after one, the poll was closed, the votes were 
 Counted, and the following officers were proclaimed duly elected, 
 to wit: 
 
 Charles f s . Girardin \ 
 
 James Henry / 
 
 John Dodemead ^ . .Trustees — Sworn 
 
 George Meldrum 
 
 S 
 
 Joseph Campeau 
 
 Peter Audrain Secretary — Sworn 
 
 Robert Abbott Assessor — Sworn 
 
 William Smith Collector — resigned 
 
 Elias Wallen Marshall Sworn 
 
 Conrad Seek, appointed, collector vice W m . Smith resigned i7 th juiy 
 
 ON motion, the FREEDOM of the Corporation was unani- 
 mously voted to Solomon Sibley Esquire, Counsellor at law, and 
 one of the members of Councill of the territorial legislature, for 
 the Services he rendered the Said Corporation in the framing of, 
 and attending the passing of the bill intitled "an act to incor- 
 porate the town of Detroit" and for other eminent Services to 
 the County of Wayne at large ; and the Chairman & Secretary 
 of the board of trustees of Said Corporation were directed by 
 the Electors to present Said Sol . Sibley with a certified Copy 
 of the Said Vote with the Seal of Said Corporation. 
 
 The minutes of all the transactions & ordinances of the board, 
 were, agreable to law, laid by the Secretary before the Electors, 
 and were unanimously approved of by all the Electors present, 
 and the Town meeting adjourned Sine Die. 
 
 ON WEDNESDAY the 5 th . may, A.D.1802. the board met ? a ™ s Jf^ r r esent 
 at the house of James Henry Esq r . at 10. o'clock in the forenoon. cT^Gira^dm 
 the Several Trustees took the oaths prescribed by law, and filed Geo ^Mddr'um 
 their certificates with the Secretary of the board, to wit, Tames J° sb - Campeau 
 
 * J Esq r *
 
 u 
 
 Henry, Ch s . f s . Girardin, John Dodemead, George Meldrum & 
 Joseph Campeati, Esquires. 
 
 Peter Audrain Sec y . was Sworn 
 
 William Smith Collector d° 
 
 Elias Wallen Esq r . Marshall d° 
 
 James Henry Esq r . was chosen chairman 
 John Dodemead Esq 1 *. d° Treasurer 
 Louis Pelletier was appointed Messenger. 
 
 Jacob Clemens, late Collector, attended, and made report that 
 the Sum of $23.50 was remaining due on the whole amount of 
 fines put in his hands to be Collected. $169.75. and his account 
 was Setled in the following manner, viz 
 
 Cash paid to the Treasurer, as p r . receipt. . . .$ 100.0 
 d° now paid to the Treasurer 41.87 
 
 Com on . allowed him 4.38^4 
 
 146.25^4 
 to be collected 23.50 
 
 169.75^4 
 
 The petition of Louis Lognon, for a tavern licence, was pre- 
 sented to the board, read, & rejected by a Majority of the board. 
 The board adjourned to Saturday next. [ ?] 
 
 Trustees present 
 James Henry 
 Ch. f. Girardin 
 Jn°. Dodemead 
 Geo : Meldrum 
 Jos 1 '. Campeau 
 
 Esq'. 
 
 assize of bread 
 
 ON SATURDAY the 17 th . July 1802. the board met at the 
 house of James Henry Esq r . at 11. o'clock in the forenoon. 
 
 The assize of bread was taken into Consideration and the 
 following ordinance was passed viz 
 
 AN ORDINANCE made & established the 17 th . day of July 
 A.D. 1802. by the board of Trustees of the town of Detroit regu- 
 lating the assize of bread. 
 
 Sec. 1 st . it is ordained and established by the Unanimous 
 consent of the board that all bakers, from and after the 18 th . 
 July ins 4 ., Shall Sell the loaf of bread of 3 m . english weight, at 
 eight pence new york currency, each and So in proportion for 
 any Smaller or larger Loaf. 
 
 Sec. 2 d . any baker, convicted of having acted contrary to 
 this ordinance, Shall for every offense forfeit the Sum of three 
 dollars. 
 
 The board appoint Conrad Seek Collector vice W m . Smith 
 resigned. 
 
 And the board adjourned to Wednesday next 21 st July ins 1 , 
 at 10. in the forenoon, and do direct their Secretary to notify
 
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 that meeting by public advertisement in english & french, in 
 order that any person having business before the board, may 
 attend, if they please. 
 
 ON WEDNESDAY the 21 st . July A.D.1802 the board met, Trustce|prescnt 
 agreable to adjournment, at the house of James Henry Esq 1- , at cT^Gira^dm 
 lO.o'clock in the forenoon. cto^iSum 
 
 The petition of Jacob Clemens for a tavern-licence "] Jos h . Campeau 
 
 d° of John Bentley for d° V q " 
 
 d° of W m . Kelly ' for d° J 
 
 ordered to lay over for further consideration 
 
 The board directed their chairman to Sign, Seal, & deliver a 
 legal warrant to the Collector, with the duplicates of taxes to be 
 Collected ; 
 
 Conrad Seek, Collector appointed at the last meeting, Collector 
 attended, was Sworn, and filed his certificate with the Secretary 
 of the board. 
 
 The board do order their Secretary to Cite before this board, 
 at their next Meeting, Robert Smart, and Richard Smith, to 
 Shew Cause, if any they have, why they Should not be fined for 
 letting their horses loose in the Streets of the town of Detroit, 
 contrary to an ordinance of this board. 
 
 The board took into consideration the Complaint about bad 
 chimnies in the town of Detroit, and the propriety of Keeping 
 the Streets of Said town clean &c passed the following ordinance 
 to wit. — 
 
 AN ORDINANCE made & established by the board of 
 Trustees of the town of Detroit, on the 21 st . day of July A.D. 
 1802. 
 
 WHEREAS great inconvenience has been occasioned to the 
 Inhabitants of the town of Detroit by the negligence and inatten- 
 tion of Individuals to that Cleanliness to be observed in all towns 
 
 Sec. 1 st . It is therefore ordained by the board of Trustees streets to be Kept 
 of the town of Detroit, that each and every householder within Clean 
 the Picketts of Said town Shall on every Saturday from & after 
 the present date untill the 15 th . day of november next, Sweep or 
 cause to be Swept, and Carried away from before their respective 
 lots, within the picketts aforesaid all the loose dirt or offensive 
 matter that may be there collected, any person or persons offend- 
 ing against this regulation Shall, if duly Convicted, upon Com- 
 plaint, or view of any of either of the Trustees of the board, 
 forfeit & pay the Sum of one dollar, for each & every offense. 
 
 WHEREAS it has been reported to this board that there as 
 [are] Several bad Chimnies in town, whereby the property of
 
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 Chimnies to be 
 inspected 
 
 the Inhabitants, in general, is greatly indangered, and as this is 
 the most favourable Season to procure Materials to repair or 
 rebuild Such as may be found defective 
 
 Sec. 2 d . IT is therefore ordained by the authority aforesaid 
 that Alexis Coquillard & John Palmer, masons of the town of 
 Detroit, be, and they are hereby appointed inspectors of Chim- 
 nies for the Said town, whose duty it Shall be to inspect and 
 examine Such Chimnies in Said town, as Shall or may be pointed 
 out to them by Mess rs . Jn°. Dodemead and Ch s . f s . Girardin who 
 are hereby duly authorised So to direct, and to make their report 
 in writing to the board of Trustees on the 30 th . day of July ins 1 . 
 
 Sec. 3 d . It is further ordained by the authority aforesaid 
 that if any person or persons Shall ride, or drive a horse, or 
 carriage quick, or Shall let or drive his horse, or horses loose to 
 water within the pickets of the town or Detroit from & after the 
 publication of this ordinance, Shall for each and every Such 
 offense forfeit & pay the Sum of two dollars or any less Sum, 
 at the discretion of the board of Trustees; this penalty to be 
 recovered on the oath of one creditable Witness or on View of 
 any or either of the Trustees of Said Town. It is further or- 
 dained by the authority aforesaid that from & after the publica- 
 tion of this ordinance, the first Section of the ordinance intitled 
 "an ordinance made & established by the board of Trustees this 
 8 th . day of april A.D.1802. in order to promote the health, peace, 
 and Safety of its Inhabitants" be, and the Same is hereby re- 
 pealed. 
 
 The board adjourned to friday the 30 th . July instant. 
 
 Trustees present 
 James Henrv 
 C. f. Girardin 
 John Dodemead 
 Geo : Meldrum 
 Jos h . Campeau 
 
 Esq" 
 
 Rob 1 . Smart ) r , 
 RicM. Smith J fined 
 
 ON FRIDAY the 30 th . July A. D. 1802. the board met at the 
 house of James Henry Esq r . at 10. o'clock in the forenoon agre- 
 able to the last adjournment. 
 
 A letter of Sol . Sibley Esq 1 ", addressed to the Secretary of 
 the board of Trustees, was laid before the board, and ordered 
 to be filed. 
 
 Richard Smith & Rob 1 . Smart attended the board, and the 
 Trustees after having heard their reasons, do fine them in the 
 Sum of twenty five cents each. 
 
 The following persons were reported to the board as having 
 neglected to sweep or cause to be Swept before their premises 
 on Saturday last the 24 th . July instant, viz.. Widow Abbott; 
 Rob*. & James Abbott, Henry Hyman, James fraser, Widozv 
 Callahan, RobK Gouie, & Th s . Nowlen; and were fined one dollar 
 a piece and the Secretary of the board was directed to notify 
 the Same to the Delinquents, and Cite them to attend this board
 
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 tomorrow Saturday 31 st . July ins 1 , at 10. in the forenoon to Shew 
 cause, if any they have, why Said fine Should not be exacted. 
 
 The board order their Secretary to notify D r . W m . Scott to 
 attend this board tomorow Saturday 31 st . July ins 1 , at 10. 
 o'clock in the forenoon, to Shew cause, if any he has, why he 
 Should not be fined for his Chimney Ketching fire.&c. 
 
 The board do appoint Joseph Thibaud & Jacob Clemens, and jos». Thibaud 
 authorise them to Visit each house in the town of Detroit, to ex- j acob ciemens 
 amine and See whether the ladders, barrells, bucketts, and bags, f^^'^dders 
 required by the ordinance of this board of the [2] 5 th . february Barreiis-&c-&c' 
 last, have been provided and Kept in Sufficient order, and to 
 make their report after the tenth day of august next, and the 
 Secretary is directed to prepare & deliver them a certificate of 
 their appointment, and the authority Vested in them by the board 
 of Trustees Signed by the Chairman and under the Seal of the 
 board of Trustees. 
 
 The board adjourned to tomorow Saturday 31 st . July ins 1 , 
 at 10. o'clock in the forenoon. 
 
 ON SATURDAY the 31 st . July 1802 the board met at 10. ]™ s £ e £?™* ent 
 o'clock in the forenoon, at the house of James Henry Esq r . c. f. Girardin 
 
 Robert Gouie attended, and was excused. Geo: Mdd?um d 
 
 Rob 1 . & J 9 . Abbott d° and fined Esq " 
 
 Thomas Nowlen d° and fined 
 James fraser fined 
 
 Widow Callahan fined 
 
 Widow Abbott fined 
 
 Henry Hyman fined 
 
 D r . W m . Scott attended and was fined 3 doll. Dr - Scott— fined- 
 
 The report of the Inspectors of bad Chimnies was examined j^ ^^ of 
 and ordered to be filed. Chimnies filed 
 
 The priest's chimney condemned reported very bad 
 the Mess-house d°. Lower part very bad 
 
 Chimney of the house occupied by Geo. Smart ) 
 d° of d° d° by Monet ) 
 
 the property of M c comb' Estate very bad 
 d° of d° d° by Th s . M c crae 
 
 not Sufficient, but not So bad as the rest 
 d° of d° d° by Rich d . Smith very bad 
 
 one Chimney of Jn°. Dodemead Esq 1 ", very bad — worst of all 
 Chimney of the Indian Store very bad 
 
 d°. of a house occupied by M r . Jordan very bad 
 d°. of a house, property of M rs . Vincent very bad 
 
 (midle chimney)
 
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 Chimney of the main guard very bad 
 
 d°. of a house occupied by Meyers very bad 
 d°. of d°. d°. by Sam 1 . Hall very bad 
 
 And the Secretary was directed to notify the Occupiers of the 
 above houses, where Chimnies are condemned, that their Chim- 
 nies have been examined and found insufficient by the Inspec- 
 tors of Chimnies for the town of Detroit; they are therefore 
 notified that if they make use of them, before they are made 
 Sufficient, they Shall incur the penalty pronounced in the ordi- 
 nance of the 25 th . feb y . 1802. 
 
 Trustees present 
 James Henry 
 C. f. Girardin 
 Jn°. Dodemead 
 Joseph Campeau 
 Esq". 
 
 M rs . Abbott 
 Ja s . Henry Esq r . 
 M r . Jordin 
 The Ind". Store 
 Jn°. Askin Esq r . 
 
 ON FRIDAY the 28 th . of august A. D. 1802, the board Met 
 at 10. o'clock in the forenoon, at the house of James Henry 
 Esquire. 
 
 The report of the Inspectors appointed to examine & See 
 whether Each Occupier of houses within the Corporation is 
 furnished with ladders, barrell, buckets, fire bags, agreable to the 
 ordinance of this board, brought in their report, as follows, 
 to wit. 
 
 Thomas Nowlen wanting a barrell, and all ladders ; 
 James Wallace d°. a barrell 
 
 d°. one ladder 
 
 d°. 1 . d°. . & a fire bag 
 
 d°. 1. barrell 
 d°. every article 
 
 d°. ladders for 3 houses on the Commons, 
 & 1. for his Store 
 Houses in the Shipyard d°. every article 
 the main guard house d°. one ladder 
 Richard Smith d°. one d°. 
 
 The report was ordered to be filed, and the Secretary directed 
 to notify the Delinquents to attend this board on Saturday the 
 4 th . of September next, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, to Shew 
 cause, if any they have, why they Should not pay the fine pro- 
 nounced by the 17 th . art. of the ordinance of the 23 d . of february 
 last. 
 
 The board took into Consideration the Scarcity of flour, and 
 repealed the ordinance of the 17 th . of July last and all ordinances 
 anterior to that date, respecting the assize of bread. 
 
 The petition of Louis Pelletier, Jailor, for a tavern-licence, 
 was presented to the board, and ordered to be filed for further 
 Consideration. 
 
 The board adjourned to Saturday the 4 th . of Sept ber . next, at 
 10. o'clock in the forenoon.
 
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 ON SATURDAY the 4 th . of September A. D. 1802 the board 
 met at 10 in the forenoon at the house of James Henry Esq r . 
 
 M r . James Abbott attended the board, in behalf of his mother, 
 to answer the report of the Inspectors, as above, and proved the 
 report ungrounded. 
 
 M r . James Wallace attended and was fined two dollars 
 
 Rich d . Smith d°. & fine two dollars 
 
 A Tavern licence was granted to John Bentley 
 
 A Tavern licence was granted to Louis Pelletier 
 
 The petitions of William Kelly "| 
 
 Peter Chartron } were rejected 
 & Jacob Clemens 
 
 The account of Louis Pelletier, Messenger, was presented, 
 and Setled at eight Dollars, for his Services to this day, and the 
 Secretary was directed to draw an order on the Treasurer of the 
 Corporation for the Said Sum of eight dollars, in favor of Said 
 Pelletier. 
 
 The account of Peter Audrain Secretary of the board of 
 Trustees was presented and allowed, and the board ordered their 
 Chairman to draw on the treasurer, an order for fifty Six dollars 
 and fifty nine cents, it being the amount of Said account, for 
 Services to this day exclusively. 
 
 The board adjourned Sine die. 
 
 Trustees present 
 Jas. Henry 
 C. f. Girardin 
 Jn°. Dodemead 
 Jos h . Campeau 
 
 Esq". 
 
 J 9 . Wallace rjned 
 Rich*. Smith d°. 
 
 Messenger's 
 ace 1 . Setled 
 
 Secretary s 
 ace'. Setled 
 
 ON THURSDAY the 23 d . September A. D. 1802. the board 
 met at 3. o'clock in the afternoon at the house of James Henry 
 Esq r . 
 
 The board took into consideration the Several applications for 
 tavern licences now on files, passed the following order, to wit, 
 that no greater Number than five licences Shall be granted. 
 
 The petition of Rich d . Smith was presented to the board, and 
 rejected. 
 
 adjourned Sine die. 
 
 Trustees present 
 James Henry 
 C. f. Girardin 
 Jn°. Dodemead 
 Geo : Meldrum 
 Joseph Campeau 
 Esq". 
 
 ON FRIDAY the 3 d . December A. D. 1802. the board met 
 at 11. o'clock in the forenoon, at the house of James Henry Esq 1 ", 
 agreable to notice given yesterday. 
 
 John Dodemead's petition for a tavern licence was presented 
 to the board and granted. 
 
 The board appointed Thomas M c crae & Augustin Lafoi In- 
 spectors to visit every house in town, to examine & See whether 
 the ladders, barrells, bucketts, bags &c &c. were provided and in 
 a State of Service in case of accident ; and directed their Secre- 
 tary to publish in english & french that part of the ordinance 
 respecting fire &c &c. the board adjourned Sine die. 
 
 Trustees present 
 Jas. Henry 
 Jn°. Dodemead 
 Geo : Meldrum 
 
 Esq".
 
 Trustees present 
 Jas. Henry 
 Jn°. Dodemead 
 Jos h . Campeau 
 Geo : Meldrum 
 
 Esq" 
 
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 ON SATURDAY 19 th . march A. D. 1803 the board met at 
 11. o'clock in the forenoon at the house of James Henry Esq 1 ", 
 agreable to notice given. 
 
 The report of Thomas M c crae & Augustin Lafoy Inspectors 
 appointed, at the last meeting of Trustees, was made, and ordered 
 to be filed & entered in the Minutes — viz 
 
 that the Indian Store is Wanting 1 ladder, 2 bucketts 1 bar- 
 rell, and 1. Shop bag. 
 
 James Henry Esq r . 1. ladder & 1. Shop bag. 
 
 Maj r . Martin 2. ladders 
 
 Rob*. & James Abbott 1 fire bag 
 
 James Wallace 1 water barrell. 
 
 And the board ordered their Secretary to Notify in writing 
 to all Delinquents that they do attend this board on Saturday 
 next the 26 th . of march ins 1 , to Shew cause, if any they have, 
 why they Should not be fined agreable to the ordinance in that 
 case made & provided. 
 
 The board took into Consideration the Several Petitions for 
 tavern-licences, now on the files, and granted licences to the fol- 
 lowing persons — viz. 
 
 Ann Coates 
 
 \ 
 
 Joseph Harrison 
 
 J declined 
 
 John Harvey 
 
 / 
 
 Richard Smith 
 
 ( 
 
 Jacob Clemens 
 
 ) for one 
 
 Louis Lognion 
 
 / 
 
 William Kelly 
 
 V 
 
 William Allen 
 
 1 declined 
 
 Jeanb te . Comparet 
 
 / declined 
 
 And the board adjourned to Saturday next 26 th . of march in- 
 stant at 10. o'clock in the forenoon. 
 
 ON SATURDAY the 26 th . march 1803 Some of the Trustees 
 met, but not being a quorum, the meeting is adjourned to Wed- 
 nesday 20 th . april. 
 
 Trustees present 
 James Henry 
 Geo : Meldrum 
 Jos h . Campeau 
 
 Esq" 
 
 ON WEDNESDAY 20 th . of april 1803. the board met at 
 12. o'clock, at noon, at the house of James Henry Esq r . 
 
 The Collector of the Corporation attended the board, agre- 
 able to Notice given him, but the Treasurer not being present, 
 the Settlement of his accounts was postponed to the next Meet- 
 ing of this board. 
 
 And the board adjourned to monday next 25 th . ins*.
 
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 ON WEDNESDAY 27 th . april 1803. the board met at 11. Trustees present 
 
 o'clock in the forenoon, at the house of James Henry Esquire. jn^D^dem'Tad 
 the following accounts were examined and passed, viz Geo:Meidrum 
 
 ° r Joseph Campeau 
 
 Account of Treasurer 
 
 D r . to cash rec d . at Sundry times, $296. 7J4 
 
 deduct his Com on . on the Same at 3 p r . c*. 8 . 88 
 
 287.19^ 
 C r . by Sundry payments as p r . ace*, rendered 269. 9 
 
 remains on hand 18.10^ 
 
 To be paid dols. 
 
 Secretary's ace 1 , examined & passed. 17.0 
 
 Messenger allowed 1.' 18 ' 
 
 10*4 
 
 ACQ. of Conrad Seek Collector. 
 D r . — to am 1 , of duplicates of taxes put in his hands 
 
 for Collection $153.87^ 
 
 to d°. of fines. 30 th . July 1802 $4.0 
 
 to d°. d°. 31. d°. d°. 9 50 13.50 
 
 $167 37^ 
 
 C r . by cash paid to treasurer as p. re- 
 ceipt filed $ii8. ey 2 
 
 by d°. now paid before the board 27.25 U5.3V/ 3 
 
 ballance due $ 22.. 6 
 
 The above ballance to be Satisfied, 
 By taxes due & not collected $18.6 
 By fines due & not d°. 4." 
 
 $22.6 
 And the board adjourned Sine die.
 
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 ANNUAL Meeting for chusing officers of the 
 Corporation of the town of Detroit. 
 
 Trustees present 
 James Henry 
 Jn°. Dodemead 
 Geo : Meldrum 
 Tos h . Campeau 
 
 Esq r " 
 
 ON MONDAY the Second day of May A. D. 1803 the 
 Trustees Met at the Court house of Detroit at 11. o'clock in the 
 forenoon to attend the election of officers of the Corporation to 
 Serve during the next ensuing year, the election was proclaimed 
 open, to last untill one P. M. 
 
 At one o'clock the poll was Closed the votes were Counted, 
 and the following officers we [re] proclaimed duly elected viz 
 
 Robert Abbott 
 
 Charles Curry 
 
 James May } Trustees 
 
 D r . W m . Scott 
 
 Elijah Brush 
 
 Peter Audrain Secretary 
 
 Thomas M c crae Assessor 
 
 John Bentley Collector 
 
 Richard Smith Marshall 
 
 On motion, the freedom of the Corporation was, by a large 
 Majority of the Electors present, Voted to Jonathan Schieffelin 
 Esquire, one of the representatives in the late Legislature of the 
 north-west Territory ; and the Chairman & Secretary of the board 
 of Trustees were directed to present Said Jonathan a certified 
 Copy of the Said Vote with the Seal of the Corporation. 
 
 The minutes of all the transactions and ordinances of the 
 board were, agreable to law, laid by the Secretary before the 
 Electors present, and were unanimously approved of. 
 
 The board directed their Secretary to notify their Election to 
 the officers, now elected for the Service of the next ensuing year. 
 
 Adjourned Sine die. 
 
 Trustees present 
 James May 
 Rob 1 . Abbott 
 Ch*. Curry 
 W m . M. Scott 
 E. Brush 
 
 Esq" 
 
 ON WEDNESDAY 18 th . May 1803. the board of Trustees 
 met at the Court house at 11. o'clock in the forenoon. 
 
 After the Trustees and other officers of the Corporation had 
 been Sworn and their respective Certificates filed with the Sec- 
 tary, according to law, the board was formed, and proceeded to 
 elect their Chairman & treasurer. 
 
 James May Esquire was elected Chairman 
 
 Robert Abbott Esq r . was elected Treasurer 
 
 Louis Pelietier was appointed Messenger.
 
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 Joseph Harrison \ were appointed inspectors of Ladders, 
 & f buckets, fire bags, water barrells &c. to 
 
 Joseph Campeau > report to this board on or before the 
 l first day of June next, and once in every 
 / two months afterwards. 
 
 And the board directed their Secretary to notify the Said 
 Inspectors [of] their appointment. 
 
 The petition of Martin Myers for a tavern licence was pre- 
 sented to the board, and was ordered to lay over for further 
 Consideration. 
 
 The board order their Secretary to advertise in english and 
 french that a town meeting Shall be held at the Court-house on 
 Saturday next at 12. o'clock at noon, for the purpose to lay before 
 the electors of Said Corporation the necessity of repairing the 
 Corporation warves and of raising a Sum of money for that 
 purpose. 
 
 The board instructed their Chairman to frame an ordinance 
 respecting Swine, and another respecting dogs, to bring them to 
 this board on Saturday next, for the inspection of the board, 
 and to be finally determined. 
 
 And the board ordained the following clause to be added to 
 the 7 th . article of the ordinance passed the [2] 3 d . february 1802. 
 viz "That it Shall be the duty of the Inspectors, of Ladders, 
 "buckets water barrels &z. in case of fire to watch if any person 
 "neglects to carry their bucketts full of Water, and their fire bags, 
 "if Shop Keepers, or do not assist in extinguishing fire, and to 
 "report to this board at their next meeting." 
 
 And the board ordained also the following Clause to be added 
 after the 3 d . Section of the ordinance regulating market passed 
 the 20 th . day of march 1802— viz— 
 
 "That any person bringing to market, meat, poultry of any 
 "Kind, or any Sort of provisions Not Sound & Merchantable, 
 "Shall on the oath of one creditable Witness, forfeit & pay the 
 "Sum of fifty dollars, or any lesser Sum, at the discretion of the 
 "board of Trustees, and the meat, poultry, or provisions Shall 
 "be forfeited." 
 
 And the board ordained the following Clause to be added to 
 the first Section of the ordinance passed the 21 st . July 1802, after 
 the word[s] from before, "and round their respective lots." 
 
 The board adjourned to thursday, tomorrow, at 10. o'clock in 
 the forenoon. 
 
 ON THURSDAY 19 th . may 1803 the board met at the Court Trustees present 
 
 house at 10. o'clock in the forenoon agreable to adjournment. ch^Curry 
 
 The board took into Consideration the petition of Martin Wm - M - Sc ^ nr . 
 Myers for a Tavern licence, and the prayer is granted. 
 
 Esq'
 
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 The board passed the following Ordinance, viz 
 
 AN ORDINANCE made & established by the board of Trus- 
 tees of the Town of Detroit the nineteenth day of May A. D. 
 1803. 
 
 WHEREAS the dung & filth Carried out of the town and de- 
 posited on the Commons or lanes, within the bounds of Said 
 Corporation are become a perfect Nuisance 
 
 It is therefore Ordained by the board of Trustees that no 
 carter, or any other person whatsoever Shall be permitted to 
 carry and deposit on the Commons or lanes within the bounds 
 of the corporation, any dung or filth, but that [they] are at lib- 
 erty to carry & deposit the Same in the dock of the public 
 market, any person offending against this ordinance Shall forfeit 
 & pay, for every Such offense, the Sum of five dollars, or any 
 lesser Sum at the discretion of the board of Trustees, on the 
 oath of one credible Witness or on View of any of the Trustees. 
 
 This ordinance to be in force from and after the twenty fifth 
 day of may instant. 
 
 The board requested their Chairman to frame an ordinance 
 respecting Swine and lay it before this board on Saturday next, 
 to be finally acted upon. 
 
 Adjourned to Saturday next 21 st . ins 1 , at 12 o'clock. 
 
 Trustees present 
 James May 
 W m . M. Scott 
 Ch". Curry 
 
 Esq" 
 
 Rob*. Abbott, Esq', 
 present 
 
 TOWN MEETING 
 
 On SATURDAY the 21 st . may A. D. 1803 . the board met at 
 12. o'clock at the Court house, agreable to the advertisement 
 ordered at their meeting of the 18 th . ins 1 . ; The Chairman laid 
 before the electors present the object of the meeting, to wit, the 
 necessity of repairing the Corporation Warves, and of Course 
 to raise a certain Sum of money for that purpose; but So few 
 Electors attended that the Trustees after waiting an hour ad- 
 journed the town meeting Sine die. 
 
 The board of Trustees was then formed upon their private 
 
 business. 
 
 The Chairman laid before the board an ordinance respecting 
 Swine, which he had prepared at the request of the board, it was 
 read, approved of, and ordered to be entered in the minutes in 
 the following words — viz 
 
 AN ORDINANCE made & established by the board of Trus- 
 tees of the town of Detroit, this twenty first day of may A. D. 
 1803, in order to preserve the health & Safety of its Inhabitants. 
 
 WHEREAS Swine running at large within the Stockade are 
 filthy, troublesome & dangerous
 
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 duty of the Marshall 
 
 It is therefore ordained by the board of Trustees that no 
 Swine will be suffered to run at large, within the Stockades of 
 the town, on any pretext whatever, nor will any be suffered to 
 run at large on the domaine nor below the town within the limits 
 of Said Corporation, unless they are ring'd and yoked. 
 
 That it Shall be the duty of the Messenger of Said Corpora- duty of the messenger 
 tion to take up each and every Swine So found running at large, 
 either on his own view, or on information, and it or them Secure 
 within his enclosure, and Shall advertise the Same on the engine 
 house for the Space of forty eight hours from the time they 
 were So taken up, describing, as near as possible, the marks of 
 the Swine So taken up. if any owner Shall appear & prove his 
 or her property within the Said forty eight hours, he or She 
 Shall pay the said Messenger the Sum of fifty cents per head, 
 as a reward for his trouble & expence in taking up and feeding 
 — and further Shall pay a fine of fifty cents more for the use of 
 Said Corporation, which fine Shall by the Messenger be paid into 
 the hands of the treasurer, taking receipt for the Same. 
 
 And if no owner or Owners Shall appear within the Said 
 forty eight hours, it Shall be the duty of the Marshall of Said 
 Corporation to Sell the Same at public Vendue to the highest 
 bidder, and out of the monies arising from Such Sale he Shall 
 retain in his hands the Sum of fifty cents, for his trouble, fifty 
 cents for the Messenger, and fifty cents more for the use of 
 Said Corporation, for each head So Sold; and the overplus, if 
 any, to be paid to the Owner by proving his or her property 
 before the Space of thirty days — and if no Owner Shall appear 
 within the Said thirty days, then the said Marshall Shall pay into 
 the hands of the Said Treasurer the overplus for the use of the 
 Said Corporation, taking his receipt for the Same, which receipt 
 he Shall file with the Secretary of the Corporation to be by him 
 laid before the board of Trustees at their next Meeting, this 
 ordinance to be in force from and after the first day of June 
 A. D. 1803. 
 
 The board passed also the following ordinance respecting 
 dogs, as follows, to wit. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE made & established by the board of Trus- 
 tees of the Corporation of the town of Detroit, the 21 st . first day 
 of may A. D. 1803 to promote quietness & Safety of the Inhabi- 
 tants thereof, and for other purposes. 
 
 WHEREAS the great number of dogs now in the town are 
 unreasonable and have become exceeding troublesome. 
 
 Sec. 1 st . It is therefore ordained by the board of Trustees 
 that from and after the first day of June next no elector within 
 Said Corporation will be permitted to Keep more than one dog
 
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 or bitch; any elector desirous of Keeping more will pay a tax of 
 one dollar and fifty Cents for each over and above the one 
 allowed. 
 
 Sec. 2 d . The marshall of the Corporation is duly authorised 
 after the first day of June next to Enquire of each and every 
 householder within the Said Corporation for the Number of 
 dogs which he or She are desirous of Keeping, and each and 
 every person are required to produce them to him, in order to 
 enable the said Marshall to take an exact list of the number and 
 description of Said dogs, any Individual refusing to comply with 
 the requisit of this Section, on complaint of the marshall to the 
 board of Trustees, Shall pay a fine of ten dollars, or any lesser 
 Sum at the discretion of the Said board. 
 
 Sec. 3 d . In order to prevent the noise & trouble occasioned 
 by dogs following bitches, when in Season for Copulation, each 
 & every householder owners of Such bitches, are Strictly en- 
 joined to Keep them Close Shut up during that period; and if 
 any bitch Shall be found running at large, when in that State, the 
 Marshall & Messenger are authorised to take her up and make 
 diligent Enquiry for the owner who Shall pay a fine of five dol- 
 lars, or any lesser Sum at the discretion of the board of Trustees. 
 
 Sec. 4 th . It is further ordained by the board of Trustees that 
 all and every person or persons residing within the bounds of 
 Said Corporation and do not pay an annual rent of forty dollars 
 are Strictly forbidden Keeping any animals described, as afore- 
 said ; under the penalty of ten dollars, to and for the use of Said 
 Corporation, or any lesser Sum at the discretion of the board of 
 Trustees. I] g B91 
 
 And the board adjourned to the 1 st . day of June next at 12. 
 o'clock at noon. 
 
 Trustees present 
 James May 
 Rob 1 . Abbott 
 Ch». Curry 
 
 Esq" 
 
 ON WEDNESDAY 1 st . June A. D. 1803 the board Met at 
 12. o'clock, at noon agreable to adjournment. 
 
 Joseph Harrison & Joseph Campeau inspectors of ladders, 
 water-barrels &c. attended, but made no report ; their excuse was 
 that one of them had been confined by Sickness ; the board ad- 
 mitted the excuse, but ordered that they Should report on mon- 
 day the 20 th . June ins 1 , at 12 o'clock at noon. 
 
 The board requested their Chairman to frame an ordinance 
 respecting Carters, and have it ready for monday 20 th . ins 1 , at 
 12 . o'clock. 
 
 Upon application Louis Pelletier is permitted to keep a dog 
 for the Safety of the Jail, although he does not pay an annual 
 rent of forty dollars.
 
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 And the board adjourned to monday 20 th . June ins 1 , at 12. 
 o'clock at noon. 
 
 ON MONDAY the 20 th . June A. D. 1803 the board met at Trustees oresem 
 12. o'clock at noon agreable to adjournment. "Rob" Abbott 
 
 Joseph Harrison & Joseph Campeau Inspectors &c did not ^ha '^"scott 
 attend and were fined five dollars, a piece, for not attending this Elij* Brush 
 day and make their their report agreable to order, the board order q " 
 
 their Secretary to notify them to attend their next meeting to 
 Shew cause, if any they have why they Should not pay the fine, 
 and also to make their report. 
 
 Gabriel Godf roy was fined one dollar for one of his horses fine 15 ° 
 having been taken up, when running at large in the Streets of 
 the town of Detroit, for the use of the Corporation, and also 
 half of a dollar to Louis Pelletier for feeding the horse. &c. 
 
 The Messenger paid to the Treasurer 50 Cents for fine in- 
 curred and paid to him by David M c Clain for one of his hogs 
 taken up. 
 
 Augustin Longon was appointed by the board, Messenger 
 vice Louis Pelletier excused. 
 
 Joseph Voyez esq 1 ", paid to the Treasurer a fine of one dollar 
 incurred by francois Delille his apprentice for running a horse 
 & Chair in the town of Detroit. 
 
 A Negro-man of John Michel Yack, (on complaint of James 
 May esq r .) was fined a dollar for Galloping a horse in the 
 Streets of the town of Detroit. 
 
 The board order the Marshall to attend at their next meet- 
 ing, and make his report respecting dogs. 
 
 The board adjourned to monday next 27 th . June ins 1 , at 10. 
 o'clock in the forenoon. 
 
 Previous to the above adjournment the Court ordered that 
 the Collector to attend at their next meeting, and make his report, 
 respecting taxes or fines due, agreable to a duplicate which the 
 Secretary is directed to furnish him with 
 
 — adjourned. — 
 
 fine 0.50 
 
 paid to Treasurer 
 
 dol. 
 fine 1.0 
 paid 
 to treasurer 
 
 fine 1.0 
 
 ON MONDAY the 27 th . June A. D. 1803 the board met at Trustees present 
 the Court house in the town of Detroit, at 10 o'clock in the fore- Robl Abbott 
 noon, r.greable to adjournment. e Bmsh Scott 
 
 Joseph Harrison & Joseph Campeau Inspectors &c. attended Esq" 
 
 the board, and were excused of the fine pronounced against them 
 at their last Meeting by the board of Trustees. 
 
 The Said Inspectors laid before the board their reports against 
 the following Delinquents viz. J. B te . Bouette — W m . Allen, 
 Henry Berthelet, Rob 1 . Munro — Rob 1 . Gouie — Augustin Longon, 
 
 4 <~ 
 ■ 
 
 3
 
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 5. doll. Taxes 
 paid to the 
 treasurer 
 
 Ace*, of Pelletier 
 
 Setled 
 & Paid 4 doll. 
 
 Th s . Jarden, David M c Clain, Joseph Voyes — J. B te . Comparet, 
 frederick Bates, Rob 1 . & James Abbott; Geo: Smart, Chittendon 
 & Horner, Rob 1 . Abbott, Geo: Meldrum, Vanderhyden, RicbA 
 Smith, Charles Jouett, & Th s . Welch; they were all fined and the 
 board ordered their Sec y . to notify them to attend this board on 
 Wednesday the 20 th . day of July next at 10. o'clock in the fore- 
 noon, to Shew cause, if any they have why they Should not pay 
 the Said fine, and the board ordered the Said report to be filed. 
 
 John Bentley Collector attended the board & reported that he 
 had Collected five dollars on the old taxes due to the Corporation, 
 and paid the Same to the treasurer before the Board. 
 
 Louis Pelletier (former Messenger) presented his account 
 to the board amounting to four dollars, the Board examined and 
 approved the Same, and ordered their Secretary to draw an 
 order on the treasurer for the payment of the Same, and it was 
 done before the board. 
 
 Richard Smith (Marshall) attended, and handed to the board 
 of Trustees his report respecting dogs, which was filed by order 
 of the board. 
 
 The following ordinance was read by paragraph and passed 
 
 viz. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE made & established by the board of Trus- 
 tees of the Corporation of the town of Detroit this twenty Seventh 
 day of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred 
 and three. 
 
 WHEREAS injuries are oftentimes occasioned to Individuals 
 by persons passing and repassing, or travelling thro Small & 
 Compact towns in a hasty and unguarded & expeditious Manner, 
 in order therefore to remedy the evil that might or could arise in 
 consequence thereof, 
 
 Sec. 1 st . Be it therefore ordained by the Said board of Trus- 
 tees, that, from and after the promulgation of this ordinance, no 
 person or persons Shall, under any pretence whatsoever, be per- 
 mitted to run any horse, mare, or gelding through any of the 
 Streets of the town of Detroit, within the Stockade; neither Shall 
 any person be permitted to gallop, canter, trot, or pace, his or 
 their Said horse, mare, or gelding, or to drive any carriage, or 
 cart through any of the Said Streets, or to turn any corner or 
 pass through either of the north-East or South-west gates leading 
 out of the Stockade of the Said town of Detroit, but upon the 
 walk only; and if any person or persons Shall be Seen or found 
 offending against any part of the aforesaid ordinance, he, She, 
 or they Shall for each and every Such offense forfeit and pay 
 the Sum of one dollar.
 
 39 
 
 Sec. 2 d . And be it further ordained by the authority afore- 
 said that no person or persons Shall be admitted to turn any 
 horse, mare or gelding into or drive them loose to Water or 
 elsewhere, through any of the aforesaid Streets within the Stock- 
 ade of the town of Detroit aforesaid, and if any person or per- 
 sons Shall be Seen or found offending against any part of the 
 aforesaid Section of this ordinance, he, She, or they So offending 
 Shall for each & every Such offense, or for each and every Such 
 horse, mare or gelding that is Seen loose or found to be driving 
 or driven through any of the aforesaid Streets, within the Stock- 
 ade, as aforesaid, forfeit & pay the Sum of two dollars. 
 
 Sec. 3 d . And it is further ordained by the authority afore- 
 said, that it Shall be the duty of the marshall of Said Corpora- 
 tion, or of the Messenger to the Said board of Trustees, and 
 lawfull for any other person or persons to take up and arrest 
 any person or persons that Shall be Seen or found in Violation 
 of any part of the aforesaid ordinance, and him, her, or them 
 forthwith to Convey or take before Some one of the Trustees 
 of the Said Corporation and upon his or their Complaint, on 
 oath, that Such person or persons has been found in Violation 
 of the aforesaid ordinance, it Shall be the duty of Such Trustee 
 to impose the fine of one dollar on Such person or persons, which 
 Said fine So imposed Shall be paid down by the person or per- 
 sons against whom it is adjudged, and in case of his or their 
 refusal, So to do, it Shall and may be lawfull for the said Trus- 
 tee to Commit Such Delinquent or Delinquents to prison, there 
 to be and remain at his own expence and Charges untill he Shall 
 pay and Satisfy Said fine, together with all reasonable cost ac- 
 cruing from his non compliance, or untill he be otherwise dis- 
 charged by due Course of law. 
 
 Sec. 4 th . And be it further ordained by the authority afore- 
 said that if in case any horse, Mare, or gelding is Seen, or found 
 loose in the Streets, within the Stockade, as aforesaid, it Shall 
 be the duty of Said Marshall or Messenger, and lawfull for any 
 other person or persons to apprehend and take them before Some 
 one of the Trustees, and upon his or their Complaint, as afore- 
 said, it Shall be the duty of the Said Trustee to impose the fine 
 of two dollars upon every Such horse, mare or gelding, as is 
 taken up, and if the Owner thereof be Known, and doth not 
 appear to discharge Said fine, the Said horse, mare, or gelding 
 Shall remain pledged with the person taking him, or them, up, 
 and Shall moreover be liable to be put out to use Sufficient to 
 pay and Satisfy his, her, or their Keeping — but if the Owner be 
 unknown, at the time of taking up Said horse, mare, or Gelding, 
 and imposing Said fine, it Shall be the duty of the trustee im-
 
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 posing the Same, to give public notice thereof, by causing the 
 Same to be advertised upon the engine house for the Space of 
 three months Successively, describing, as nearly as may be, all 
 natural and artificial Marks; and if at the expiration of this 
 time, no Owner Shall appear, the Said board of trustees Shall 
 cause the Said horse, mare, or gelding to be Sold ; and the Said 
 fine, together with all reasonable cost arising from the Keeping 
 and Sale, to be first paid and Satisfied ; and the overplus of 
 money, if any there be, Shall be and remain to and for the use 
 of Said Corporation, Subject Nevertheless to be paid over to the 
 Owner, if he Shall appear at any time within the Space of one 
 year after the Sale of Said horse, mare, or gelding, and prove to 
 the Satisfaction of the Said board of trustees that the Same was 
 his lawfull and just property. 
 
 Sec. 5 th . And be it further ordained by the authority afore- 
 said, that if any person or persons Shall think him or themselves 
 aggrieved by the definitive Sentence of an Individual Trustee, it 
 Shall & may be lawfull for him or them to make, and exhibit his, 
 or their complaint to the next general Meeting of the board of 
 trustees Stating the Cause of Such his or their Complaint ; and 
 if upon examination thereof, the Said board of Trustees, or a 
 majority of them Shall be of opinion that the Complainant is 
 truly aggrieved, they Shall award, and order Such fine or pen- 
 alty, as was adjudged against him by the Said trustee, to be 
 paid back and restored. 
 
 Sec. 6 th . And be it further ordained by the authority afore- 
 said that all fines & forfeitures imposed by virtue of the preceed- 
 ing ordinance Shall be the one half to the use of the Complainant 
 or complainants, and the other half to and for the use of the 
 Said Corporation. 
 
 Sec. 7 th . And be it further ordained by the authority afore- 
 said, that So much of an ordinance passed by the board of Trus- 
 tees of the Corporation of the Said town of Detroit on the 21 st . 
 day of July A. D. 1S02 intitled "an ordinance for the Cleanlyness 
 of the Said town of Detroit" as comes within the purview of this 
 ordinance, be, and the Same is hereby repealed. 
 
 And the board of Trustees passed also the following ordi- 
 nance viz — 
 
 AN ORDINANCE for the better regulating of Taverns 
 within the Corporation of the town of Detroit, made and passed 
 on the twenty Seventh day of June A. D. 1803. 
 
 WHEREAS it has been represented to the board of Trustees 
 that too great incouragement is given to druukness, idleness, and
 
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 profanity on the Sabbath day, by Publicans, or tavern-Keepers 
 within the Corporation of the town of Detroit — 
 
 Sec. 1 st . Be it therefore ordained that no licenced tavern- 
 Keeper, within the corporation of the town of Detroit, Shall 
 Suffer any minors, apprentices, Servants, or Negroes to Set 
 drinking in their houses, at any time, or to have any Strong 
 drink, without Special order & allowances of their parents or 
 masters; nor Shall they Suffer any other persons, (Strangers & 
 travallers excepted) to meet together in companies, in their tav- 
 erns, on the Sabbath day or on either of the evenings preceeding, 
 or following, the Said Sabbath day ; or after ten o'clock on the 
 evening of any other day, and there to Sit tipling and drinking, 
 under the penalty of ten dollars, or any lesser Sum at the discre- 
 tion of the board of trustees, to be awarded against them on the 
 evidence of one creditable Witness, or on view of either of the 
 trustees ; the one half whereof Shall be given to the Complainant, 
 and the other half to the use & benflt of the Said Corporation, and 
 Shall moreover forfeit and loose his licence at the discretion of 
 the board of trustees. 
 
 This ordinance to be in force from and after the publishing 
 hereof. 
 
 The board adjourned to Wednesday the 20 th . of July next at 
 10. o'clock in the forenoon. 
 
 ON WEDNESDAY the 20 th . July A. D. 1803. the board met Trustees present 
 
 at the Court house, at 10. in the forenoon, agreable to adjourn- 
 ment. 
 
 Chittendon & Horner attended & Were fined $ " 50 
 
 for 1 bucket missing 
 
 Geo : Smart 
 David Vanderhyder 
 Geo : Meldrum 
 Rich d . Smith, 
 J. B te . Comparet 
 David M c Clain 
 Thomas Jorden 
 W m . Allen 
 Henry Berthelet 
 Rob 1 . & James Abbott 
 Rob 1 . Abbott 
 Rob 1 . Munro 
 Austin Longon 
 Thomas Welch 
 frederick Bates 
 
 2. buckets wanted 
 2. d°. & 1 bll. d°. . 
 2. d°. . . d°. . 
 1 bll. wanted 
 
 1. bucket d°. 
 1 long ladder d°. 
 
 wants 1 ladder on the roof 
 
 2 . buckets wanted 
 2 . ladders— d°. 
 1 bll & 2. buckets d°. 
 1 buckett d°. 
 every article d°. 
 1 bll. d°. 
 1 ladder d°. 
 1 bucket 
 
 I . 
 
 2. 
 
 1. 
 
 1. 
 
 ".50 
 
 2. 
 
 1. 
 
 1. 
 
 3 
 
 2 
 
 ".50 
 
 5 
 
 1 
 
 1. 
 
 " 50 
 
 James May 
 Ch s . Curry 
 W m . M. Scott 
 E. Brush 
 
 Esq r 
 
 Amounting together to 
 
 $23.0
 
 42 
 
 On the report of Charles Curry Esq 1 "., one of the Trustees, 
 the following persons were fined for Cantering in the Streets of 
 the town of Detroit — viz — 
 
 Barnabe Campeau 
 
 John Meldrum 
 
 James Henry Esq 1 ". at 1. doll, each $6.. 
 
 Joseph Voyez, Jun r . 
 
 Rich d . Smith 
 
 D r . W m . Brown 
 
 Thomas Jones was fined for cantering a horse 50 C ts . 
 
 Sol. Sibley Esq r . d°. for his horse being loosse 
 in town 1 00 
 
 by D r . Scott who paid the Money to Sec y . for the treasurer — 
 then absent. 
 
 M r . Newkam fined 2 doll, for a horse loose in town by D r . 
 Scott — not paid. 
 
 The board directed their Secretary to notify the Command- 
 ing officer of the Garrison that the public Slaughter house is 
 reported to this board as a nuisance, and that he is requested to 
 issue his orders that the Same be Kept Clean. 
 
 The board adjourned to Saturday next 23 d . July ins*, at 10. 
 o'clock in the forenoon. 
 
 ON SATURDAY 23 d . July A.D.1803 the board met at the 
 Court house at lO.o'clock.A.M. agreable to adjournment. 
 
 Thomas Dery & Prisque Cote, Sen r . were reported to have 
 carried filth out of the gates, contrary to law, and the Secretary 
 was directed to notify them to attend this board on Saturday the 
 30 th . July ins 1 , at 10. in the forenoon to Shew cause, if any they 
 have, why they Should not pay fine. 
 
 James Henry Esq 1 ". ) attended and were discharged of paying 
 Geo : Meldrum > their respective fines pronounced against 
 
 Rob 1 . & J 3 . Abbott J them at the last meeting of the board. 
 
 The board ordered a warrant to be issued against RobV 
 Munro. 
 
 And the board adjourned to 1 st . day of august at 10.A.M. 
 
 ON MONDAY the 1 st . day of august A.D. 1803, the board 
 met at the Court house at 10. in the forenoon, agreable to 
 adjournment. 
 
 Prisque Cote attended the board, and was fined one dollars 
 for carrying filth out of the North-East gate &. 
 
 Thomas Derry attended and was fined one dollar for carting 
 
 1. doll. p«. to treasurer fikh Qut of the South-west gate. 
 
 Trustees present 
 Jas.' May 
 R. Abbott 
 ChV Curry 
 W m . M. Scott 
 
 Esq" 
 
 1. dol. p A . to treasurer
 
 43 
 
 Rob*. Munro attended, was heard in his defence, and excused 
 from paying the fine pronounced against him; but the Secretary 
 was ordered to notify to the Commanding officer of the Gar- 
 rison that the house occupied by M r . Munro is to be furnished 
 with bucketts, barrell &c. ladders, and bags, &c agreable to the 
 ordinance of the board of trustees passed the 25 th . feb y . 1802. 
 
 On motion of W m . M. Scott Esq r . the board ordered that 
 the words "in full Speed" and quick" inserted in the first Section 
 of the ordinance passed the 27 th . June last, be erased, and they 
 were erased accordingly by the Chairman in open board, with 
 the Consent & approbation of the Majority of the board; and 
 that the Section So amended Shall be in force after the Seventh 
 day of august ins*. — 
 
 On motion of the Sec y . is ordered to notify to John Gentle & 
 Jacob Clemens that the drain from their respective lots to the 
 river is reported as a nuisance ; which is to be removed by them 
 and all persons Concerned in the Same, against the first monday 
 in September next. 
 
 On motion, a Similar Notification was ordered to Widow 
 Abbott, Widow Callahan, Rob 4 . Gouie, & Jn°. Dodemead, Esq 1 ", 
 that the drain from their respective lots to the river is reported 
 as a nuisance, which is to be removed by them and all persons 
 concerned in the Same, against the first monday in Septber next. 
 
 On Motion, the Secretary was ordered to notify to James 
 Henry esq r . that a necessary house (on a lot now in his charge) 
 Joining the wall of M rs . Widow Abbott's house, is reported as a 
 nuisance, which must be removed against the first monday in 
 September next. 
 
 And on motion ; the Secretary was ordered to notify to John 
 Bentley & Jacob Clemens that the necessary houses on their 
 respective lots, are reported as a nuisance which must be re- 
 moved by them respectively against the first monday in Septem- 
 ber next. 
 
 And the board adjourned to monday the 5 th . of September 
 next at 10. in the forenoon. 
 
 SPECIAL MEETING— Called— 
 On WEDNESDAY 3 d . August A. D. 1803 the board met at T 
 
 rustees present 
 
 the Court at 11. o'clock in the forenoon. Si 1 "- 9« r «;y 
 
 W m . M. Scott 
 
 On complaint Against James May Esq 1 ", for having Sent to lob^Abbott 
 market yesterday morning, beef not Sound &c. Esq'
 
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 fine IS doll. 
 
 fine - 25 c ts 
 
 fine 50 c ts 
 paid to treasurer 
 
 were Sworn, in Support of the Com- 
 plaint, & gave their evidence 
 
 John Watson 
 
 Joseph Thibaud 
 
 Benj n . Chittendon 
 
 Thomas Nowlen 
 
 D r . James Wilkinson 
 
 Jean Simare was Sworn ; in exculpation, and was heard 
 
 And the board pronounced a fine of fifteen dollars to be paid 
 by James May Esq 1 ". 
 
 On Complaint against a young Negro boy of James May Esq 1- , 
 for carrying filth out of the S. W. gate of the town &. Samuel 
 M c Kee was Sworn in Support of the Complaint &c. and the 
 board pronounced a fine of 25. cents to be paid by James May 
 Esq r . 
 
 On complaint Against Thomas Nowlen for Sending filth out 
 of the S. W. Gate &c. Thomas Derry was Sworn in Support of 
 the Complaint &c. and the board pronounced a fine of 50 Cents 
 to be paid by Thomas Nowlen. 
 
 And the board adjourned to the first monday in September 
 next. 
 
 Trustees present 
 James May 
 Rob 1 . Abbott 
 Ch s . Curry 
 
 Esq" 
 
 ON FRIDAY the 9 th . of September A. D. 1803, the board 
 met at the Court house at 12. at noon. 
 
 The petition of John Bentley for a tavern licence was taken 
 up, and granted. 
 
 The board took in consideration the propriety & necessity of 
 repairing the merchants' warf and Appointed Rob 1 . Abbott & 
 Geo : Meldrum to contract with any person who will do it at the 
 Cheapest rate, if the Sum demanded does not exceed fifty dol- 
 lars over & above the Sum of money Subscribed for; and also 
 upon the Condition that, if the Sum demanded exceeds the Sum 
 subscribed for, the Contractor Shall wait for the overplus untill 
 the treasurer of the Corporation, has in his hands money Suffi- 
 cient to discharge the Same; and the Secretary Shall notify M r . 
 Meldrum. 
 
 The board appointed James Henry Esq r . & M r . James Abbott 
 Inspectors of the fire regulations and to report to this board on 
 monday 26 th . ins 1 , at 10. in the forenoon. 
 
 Secretary is to notify their appointment. 
 
 WHEREAS it is reported to this board that Some unknown 
 persons did, on the night of the 31 st . august last, forced open the 
 pound of the Corporation and took away nine hogs which had 
 been taken & Shut up in it the day before, Now The board of 
 trustees direct their Secretary to put up an advertisement in 
 french & english offering a reward of ten dollars to any person 
 who Shall discover & Convict the perpetrators.
 
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 And the board adjourned to Monday 19 th . Sept ber . ins 1 , 
 o'clock in the forenoon. 
 
 at 10, 
 
 ON MONDAY the 19 th . September A. D. 1803 the board Trustees present 
 met at 10. o'clock in the forenoon. fi^bT Abbott 
 
 The petition of Conrad Seek for a tavern licence was pre- ct£ ^"scott 
 sented to the board, and granted. Esq" 
 
 On motion of D r . W m . M. Scott Esq r . the board ordered the 
 following amendment to the ordinance of the 27 th . June last be 
 entered, and published in english & french. viz. 
 
 "That no persons be allowed to ride or drive any Kind of published 
 "Carriage, thro, the Streets of the town of Detroit, faster than a 
 "travelling gait, (to be left to the View of one of the Trustees 
 "or to the testimony of one credible Witness) under the penalty 
 "of one dollar for each and every offense." 
 
 The board appoint James May Esq 1 ", to enquire about the 
 engine, to ascertain whether it is in order fit [for] immediate 
 use, and if not to cause it to be repaired and place [d] in the 
 Engine house. 
 
 And the board passed the following Ordinance, and ordered 
 the Same to be published in english & french. viz 
 
 AN ORDINANCE made & established by the board of trus- 
 tees of the Corporation of the town of Detroit, passed the 19 th . 
 day of Sept ber . A. D. 1803. 
 
 WHEREAS it is very dangerous to the Safety of the town 
 to carry fire open & uncovered, through the Streets &c. &c. Be 
 it therefore ordained by the Said board of Trustees, that no per- 
 son or persons whatsoever be allowed to carry thro, the Streets 
 of Said town fire open & uncovered, on a Shovel, or otherwise, 
 any person or persons offending against this ordinance, on View 
 of one of the trustees, or on the testimony of one credible Wit- 
 ness Shall forfeit and pay the Sum of five dollars, or any lesser 
 Sum, at the discretion of the board of Trustees. 
 
 And the board adjourned to monday next 26 th . instant at 10. 
 in the forenoon. 
 
 ON MONDAY the 26 th . September A. D. 1803 the board met 
 at 10. in the forenoon agreable to adjournment. 
 
 The report of the Inspectors of houses & fire articles &c. was 
 presented to the board, and ordered to be filed ; and the Secretary 
 was directed to notify to all the delinquents, by a general adver- 
 tisement, to attend this board on monday next the 3 d . day of 
 October at 10. o'clock in the forenoon, to Shew Cause if any 
 they have why they Should not be fined, according to law. 
 
 Trustees present 
 May 
 Abbott 
 Curry 
 Scott 
 Brush 
 Esq"
 
 $1.75. 
 —.75 
 —50 
 
 46 
 
 The board appointed the following persons to work the fire 
 Engine under the direction of D r . William M. Scott Esq r . ap- 
 pointed this day director of the Same, and to attend as often as 
 required by Said director 
 
 Batiste Picquet 
 John Conner 
 Conrad Seek 
 Louis Lognon 
 Thomas Jorden 
 Abraham Cook 
 
 viz 
 
 Prisque Cote Jun r 
 Joseph Cote 
 Augustin Lafoy 
 Batiste Pelletier 
 Pierre Pelletier 
 Jacques Girardin 
 Jeanb te . Comparet, Jun r . 
 
 The board do authorise D r . William M. Scott Esq r . director 
 of the engine, to See that the Engine & engine house be in good 
 order & a proper State of repairs, and to furnish his account of 
 expenditure to this board. 
 
 James May Esq 1 ", reported by the Inspectors to be deficient in 
 a ladder & water barrell, was fined $1.75. 
 
 D r . W m . M. Scott esq r . reported by the Inspectors to be de- 
 ficient in a water barrell, was fined $0.75. 
 
 Peter Audrain reported deficient in a Short Small ladder to 
 hang on the Chimney . 50 Cents. 
 
 RATES of FINES determined by the board 
 viz 
 for 
 
 1 long ladder 
 1 Small d°. 
 
 $ 2 
 1 
 
 tt 
 
 << 
 
 1 Water barrell (empty) 
 
 « 
 
 75 
 
 1 Water barrell. wanting 
 1 pole 
 ears 
 
 1. 
 
 «< 
 
 << 
 
 
 25 
 25 
 
 1 leather bag 
 1 Shop bag 
 1 buckett 
 
 1 
 « 
 
 «< 
 
 50 
 
 50 
 
 And the board adjourned to Monday next the Third day of 
 October next. 
 
 Trustees present 
 James May 
 Rob'. Abbott 
 Ch". Curry 
 D r . Scott 
 E. Brush 
 
 Esq" 
 
 p d . to treasurer 
 p d . to treasurer 
 
 ON MONDAY the third day of October A.D. 1803 the board 
 met at 11. o'clock in the forenoon, at the Court house agreable to 
 adjournment. 
 
 Israel Hunt attended, and was fined $ 
 
 Chittendon & Horner d° & d° 
 
 Conrad Seek 
 
 d° 
 
 & 
 
 d° 
 
 Abraham Cook 
 
 d° 
 
 & 
 
 d° 
 
 Cap'. Pratt 
 
 d° 
 
 & 
 
 d° 
 
 Martin Myers 
 
 d° 
 
 & 
 
 d° 
 
 c ts . 
 50 
 .50 
 .25 
 75 
 50 
 25
 
 47 
 
 d° 
 
 & 
 
 d° 
 
 d° 
 
 & 
 
 d° 
 
 d° 
 
 & 
 
 d° 
 
 d° 
 
 & 
 
 d° 
 
 Joseph Harrison d° & d° 
 
 Peter Desnoyers d° & d° 
 
 John Burrell d° and was excused 
 
 Teophile Mette d° & was fined 
 
 Thomas Jorden d° & d° 
 
 Charles Jouett d° & d° 
 
 Rob 1 . Munro did not attend & d° 
 
 Louis Lognon attended & d° 
 
 Rob 1 . Gouie did not attend & d° 
 
 [continued on next page of journal] 
 
 frederick Bates did not attend & was fined 
 D r . James Wilkinson d° d° & d° 
 
 Rev d . M r . Richard d° 
 James fraser d° 
 
 Geo: Meldrum d° 
 
 Alexis Coquillard d° 
 
 Amounting together to Seventeen dollars. $17.0 
 And the Secretary is directed to furnish the Collector with a 
 duplicate for Collection. 
 
 The board ordered their Secretary to notify James Abbott, 
 Widow Callahan & John Dodemead Esq r . to attend this board on 
 the 1 st . monday in November next, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, 
 to Shew cause why they Should not be fined for not removing 
 the nuisance Complained of to this board on the 1 st . of august. 
 
 A Similar Notification for James Henry Esq r . 
 
 A Similar Notification to John Bentley & Jacob Clemens. 
 
 WHEREAS it is well Known to this board that the protestant 
 Burying ground is in a very bad order, Charles Curry Esq r . is 
 requested by this board to open a Subscription for that object 
 and report thereon at next meeting of Trustees. 
 
 And WHEREAS this board has information that Colonel 
 Hunt has Sent down orders to remove the pickets betwen the 
 garden now in the possession of the Commanding officer of this 
 garrison, and the Garden formerly used by Cap 1 . Ernest, in order 
 to make but one garden of the two for the use of Said Col. Hunt 
 when he Shall come & take the Command of the Garrison, of 
 Detroit, and also to extend the north-east pickets as far as the 
 Store house in the Ship-yard ; now the board of Said Corporation 
 meaning in futur[e] to exercise a right over those gardens, as 
 an appendage of the Commons, and of right belonging to the use 
 & benefit of the Said Corporation, request that the Said order 
 
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 25 
 
 
 1. 
 
 25 
 
 paid to treasurer 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 << 
 
 75 
 
 
 1 
 
 « 
 
 
 It 
 
 75 
 
 
 it 
 
 75 
 
 
 1 
 
 75 
 
 p d . to treasurer 
 
 It 
 
 25 
 
 
 10 
 
 .50 
 
 
 10 
 
 .50 
 
 
 $ 1 
 
 .25 
 
 
 1 
 
 .25 
 
 
 u 
 
 75 
 
 
 2 
 
 << 
 
 
 « 
 
 25 
 
 
 1 
 
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 may not be Complied with as it is Contravening to the Ordinance 
 of the 20 th . of april A. D. 1802. — And the Secretary is directed 
 to furnish the Commanding officer with a Copy of the above. 
 
 And the board adjourned to the first Monday in November 
 next at 10 in the forenoon. 
 
 Trustees present 
 James May 
 Rob'. Abbott 
 Ch 8 . Curry 
 W m . M c . Scott 
 Esq" 
 
 ON THURSDAY 17 th . November A. D. 1803, the board met 
 at 2. o'clock P. M. at the Court house. — the petition of John 
 Dodemead for a tavern licence was presented to the board, and 
 postponed for further Consideration. 
 
 The Chairman presented to the board a Complaint of Miles 
 Hull and Rob 1 . Barns against Martin Myers, tavern Keeper, for 
 Keeping a disorderly house ; the board order the Complaint to be 
 filed, and directed their Secretary to Summon the Complainants 
 to attend this board on the 1 st . monday in December next. 
 
 On Complaint against the forge Chimney of Thomas Welch, 
 the board passed the following order — viz. 
 
 "That Rob 1 . Abbott, Ch 3 . Curry, and W m . M. Scott Esq rs . be 
 "and are appointed to examine the Said Chimney this evening 
 "and ascertain its defects, if any." 
 
 The board order the Secretary to Notify Prisque Cote, Joseph 
 Cote, Batiste Pelletier, Pierre Pelletier, Jacques Girardin, Jeanb te . 
 Comparet, Batiste Picquet, & Augustin Lafoy, to appear before 
 this board on the first monday in December next to Shew cause, 
 if any they have why they Should not be fined for not attending 
 the engine when required. 
 
 And the board order their Secretary to Cite Ch s . Jouett, Esq r . 
 to appear before this board on the first monday in December 
 next to Shew cause, if any he has, why he Should not be fined 
 for Setting fire to his chimney. 
 
 And the board order their Secretary to Cite Richard Donavan 
 to appear before this board to Shew cause, if any he has, why he 
 Should not be fined, for his Servant Carrying filth behind the 
 pickets of the town. 
 
 The board adjourned to the first monday in December next 
 at 10. o'clock in the forenoon. 
 
 Trustees present 
 
 May 
 
 R. Abbott 
 
 C. Curry 
 
 W m . Scott 
 
 E. Brush 
 
 Esq" 
 
 ON MONDAY the fifth of December A. D. 1803. the board 
 met at the Court house at 10. in the forenoon. 
 
 The Collector brought in his duplicate of fines by which it 
 appears that he has received & paid to the treasurer $11.75, and 
 has received Since 75 Cents from Mette. 
 
 The board took up the notiffication made to Abbott, Widow 
 Callahan, Dodemead & Gouie, respecting a nuisance Complained
 
 49 
 
 of on account of a drain &c. M.Dodemead Satisfied the board 
 that he was not Concerned in Said drain and M r . James Abbott 
 present undertook to have the Said drain put in order, on the 
 board assuring him that they Shall make Ivi 1 *. Callahan & M r . 
 Gouie pay their proportion. 
 
 The persons cited to appear before this board to Shew cause 
 why they Should not be fined for not attending the engine, when 
 required &c, attended and were excused on the ground that they 
 did not Know of their appointment. 
 
 Charles Jouett attended agreable to notification and was fined 
 50. Cents. 
 
 Rich d . Donavan, attended, agreable to notification and was 
 fined One dollar. 
 
 Miles Hull attended the board, was Sworn, & gave evidence 
 against Martin Myers for Keeping a disorderly house ; he Saith 
 that he hath purchased liquor from Said Myers Several times on 
 a Sunday. 
 
 On motion of M r . Brush the board Suspended the Operation 
 of the Ordinance respecting Swines untill the first monday in 
 april next, and the Secretary is directed to publish the Same in 
 english & french. 
 
 The petition of John Dodemead for a Tavern-licence was 
 taken up, and granted. 
 
 the board adjourned to 4. o'clock in the afternoon of this day. 
 
 ON MONDAY 5 th . December in the afternoon the board met Trustees 
 again at 4. o'clock P M agreable to adjournment. Abbou 6 ' 
 
 Rob 1 . Barns — Serg 1 . Cena & Serg 1 . Callan attended & gave |^°" h 
 their evidence respecting Martin Myers Keeping a disorderly Ma y 
 house, the board after, having heard the evidence, passed the rr Esq" 
 following order — viz — "That Martin Myers do pay a fine of ten 
 dollars, and retain his licence." 
 
 The board pronounced a fine of 5. dollars against Rob 1 . Munro 
 for having Contravened to the 4 th . Sec. of the Ordinance of the 
 25 th . day of february 1802. respecting Stove-pipes &c. 
 
 The Sec y . is directed to notify Rich d . Smith to remove a Cer- 
 tain Stove-pipe immediately, and attend this board on Saturday 
 the 17 th . ins*, at 10. in the forenoon to Shew Cause, if any he 
 has, why he Should not be fined for having Contravened to the 
 4 th . Sec. of the Ordinance of the 25 th . feb y . 1802. 
 
 And the board adjourned to Saturday the 17 th . ins 1 , at 10. 
 o'clock in the forenoon. 
 
 ON SATURDAY the 17 th . of December A. D. 1803. the Tt ]^tt Vnuat 
 board met at the Court house at 10 in the forenoon agreable to Scott 
 adjournment. Brush 
 
 Esq 
 
 r»
 
 50 
 
 The Collector attended and reported to the board that M r . 
 Rob 1 . Munro had refused to pay the fine of five dollars pro- 
 nounced against him at the last meeting; whereupon the Chair- 
 man of the board is requested to issue a warrant to Compel pay- 
 ment of Said fine. 
 
 Rich d . Smith attended the board agreable to notification and 
 the board excused him after having heard his reasons, as he has 
 now Complied with the Ordinance at a very Considerable 
 expence. 
 
 The board do Suspend the Operation of the ordinance of the 
 20 th . of march 1802. respecting Market untill the first tuesday 
 of march next, and they direct their Secretary to publish the 
 Same in english & french. 
 
 Upon Complaint that Rob 1 . Munro has not removed the 
 Nuisance of his Stove pipe; the board order their Secretary to 
 notify him to attend this board on the first monday in Jan y . 
 next at 10. o'clock in the forenoon to Shew Cause, if any he has, 
 why he Should not be fined for continuing in Contravening to 
 the ordinance of the 25 th . feb y . 1802. 
 
 The board do appoint John Harvey & Israel Hunt Inspectors 
 of the fire regulations, and direct their Secretary to notify them 
 their appointment, and that they are to make their report to this 
 board on the first Monday in Jan y . next at 10. in the forenoon. 
 
 And the board adjourn'd to the first monday in January next 
 at 10. in the forenoon. 
 
 Trustees present 
 Mav 
 Abbott 
 Curry 
 Scott 
 
 Esq" 
 
 ON MONDAY the 2 d . day of January A. D. 1804. the board 
 Met at the Court house at 10. o'clock in the forenoon, agreable 
 to adjournment. 
 
 The board took up the report of the Inspectors of fire regu- 
 lations which is as follows, viz 
 
 James Henry Esq r . deficient of a Leather bag. 
 
 Thomas Jorden deficient of a ladder. 
 
 d°. of a ladder to his Store. 
 
 Henry Berthelet 
 Same 
 
 Same 
 
 M r . Theneick 
 
 of a d°. 
 
 d°. 
 
 of a d°. 
 
 to D. Henderson's 
 
 house, 
 to his Currier's 
 Shop, 
 of a Shop, or fire bag. 
 the above report was ordered to be filed, and the Sec y . directed 
 to notify to each Delinquent to attend this board on the 1 st . mon- 
 day of february next at 10 in the forenoon, to Shew Cause why 
 they Should not be fined, agreable to the ordinance of the 25 th . 
 feb y . 1802.
 
 51 
 
 In consequence of the reasons assigned by James May Esq r . 
 in favor of Rob*. Munro, the board excused Said Rob 1 . Munro 
 for having Continued a nuisance of a Stove-pipe, Complained of 
 at the last meeting of Trustees, Said Nuisance being now re- 
 moved. 
 
 The board directed their Chairman to draw on the Treasurer 
 of the Corporation an order in favor of Peter Audrain Secretary 
 for $38.75, on ace*, of his Salaries. 
 
 The board do appoint Jacq. Girardin & Batiste Pelletier, In- 
 spectors of the fire regulations ; the Said Inspectors to be notified 
 of their appointment, & required to Visit twice in the Course of 
 one month, and to make their report to this board on the first 
 monday of february next. 
 
 The board directed their Chairman to draw on the treasurer 
 of the Corporation an order of five dollars in favor of Austin 
 Longon, on ace 1 , of his Salaries as Messenger. 
 
 The Board order their Secretary to notify M ra . Widow M c niff 
 to attend this board on the first monday of february next, at 10. 
 in the forenoon, to Shew Cause, if any She has, why She Should 
 not be fined, for her Chimney Retching fire, agreable to the 
 Ordinance of the 25 th . february 1802. 
 
 And the board adjourned to the first Monday of february 
 next at 10. in the forenoon. 
 
 ON MONDAY, the 6 th . of february A.D. 1804 the board met 
 at the Court house at 10. o'clock in the forenoon agreable to 
 adjournment. 
 
 The board took up the report of Inspectors at the last meet- 
 ing : viz 
 
 James Henry Esq r . did not attend & was fined $1 . 
 
 Thomas Jorden d°. d°. 1.0 
 
 M r . Theneick d°. d°. ".50 
 
 Henry Berthelet did attend d°. 2 " 
 
 Widow M c niff d°. & was excused 
 
 $4.50 
 
 The board appointed Sol. Sibley & Rich d . Donavan Inspec- 
 tors : they are to make two visits and to report to this board on 
 the first monday of March next. 
 
 The board took up the report of Girardin & Pelletier Inspec- 
 tors at the last meeting, as follows, viz 
 Henry Berthelet, absent, 
 
 David Henderson no bucketts & no ladders 
 
 Elvin Walker wanted 1 bucket & 1 ladder. 
 
 Samuel Hall water-barrell frosen 
 
 Trustees present 
 May 
 Curry 
 Brush 
 Scott 
 
 Esq' 8 
 
 1804, Jan" 18
 
 52 
 
 febr. 4 
 
 John Burrell 
 Math w . Donavan 
 Daniel M c neal 
 Austin Longon 
 Rob 1 . Munro 
 Thomas Welch 
 
 Rich d . Donavan 
 Warham Strong 
 Conrad Seek 
 Thomas Jorden 
 James Henry Esq r . 
 William Allen 
 David Henderson 
 Elvin Walker 
 Rob 1 . Munro 
 Joseph Campeau 
 James Dodemead 
 Samuel Tupper 
 Thomas Jorden 
 James Henry 
 Conrad Seek 
 Warham Strong 
 Charles Jouet 
 Widow Cadoret 
 W m . M c . Scott Esq r 
 Rich d . Smith 
 Samuel Hall 
 
 James May Esq 1 ". 
 Widow M c niff 
 
 water-barrell frosen 
 
 d°. d°. 
 
 d°. d°. 
 
 d°. empty 
 no levier to his water-barrell 
 l.barrell empty & no ears — no 
 
 bucketts 
 1 barrell empty 
 no barrel, no lever, no water 
 1 water barrell frosen 
 1 d°. d°. 
 
 no barrell — no lever. 
 4 rungs of a ladder broken, 
 no buckets & no ladder, 
 wanted 1 bucket & 1 ladder 
 1 barrel empty — no lever 
 1 barrel empty 
 
 has refused to Shew anything 
 1 barrell empty & no ears 
 1 water barrell frosen 
 1 ladder broken 
 1 water barrell frosen 
 no barrell 
 
 1 empty barrell, & no lever 
 no barrell 
 1 empty barrell 
 1 . d°. d°. 
 1 water barrell frosen, & no 
 
 lever 
 absent 
 
 2 rungs broken in a ladder. 
 
 The above report was ordered to be filed, and the Secretary 
 directed to notify to ail Delinquents to attend this board on the 
 first monday in march next at ten o'clock in the forenoon, to 
 Shew cause, if any they have, why they Should not be fined 
 agreable to the ordinance of the 25 th . feb y . 1802. 
 
 Thomas Nowlen applied to the board for a tavern-licence to 
 be Kept in the town of Detroit, and it was granted him for one 
 year upon his Conforming to the laws & regulations in Such 
 case made & Provided. 
 
 And the board adjourned to the first monday in march next 
 at 10. o'clock in the forenoon. 
 
 Trustees present 
 May 
 Curry 
 Scott 
 
 Esq" 
 
 ON MONDAY 6 th . march 1804 the board met at the Court 
 house at 10. in the forenoon, agreable to adjournment. 
 
 The persons reported delinquents at the last meeting having
 
 53 
 
 been duly notified attended the board and were fined, as follows. 
 William Allen 
 Elvin Walker 
 Austin Longon 
 Rob 1 . Munro 
 Thomas Welch 
 Rich d . Donavan 
 James Henry Esq r . 
 Jos h . Campeau 
 Samuel Tupper 
 Rich d . Smith 
 W m . M c . Scott Esq r . 
 Warham Strong 
 Charles Jouett 
 Sam 1 . Hall 
 
 15.50 
 The other persons were excused by the board. 
 The board appointed Conrad Seek & Louis Lognon Inspec- 
 tors, and directed their Secretary to notify them the Same; and 
 also that they are to go round twice, and to make their report to 
 the board on the first monday in april next at 10 in the forenoon, 
 the Said Inspectors are required to examine Strictly all water- 
 barrells, and Should they find any frosen, they are to ascertain 
 the thickness of the ice by trying to break it with a leather 
 buckett. 
 
 The petition of Ann Coats for a tavern-licence was presented 
 to the board & granted. 
 
 The report of Mess rs . Sibley & Donavan, last Inspectors was 
 presented to the board as follows, viz 
 
 $2.0 
 
 paid to Collector 
 
 1.0 
 
 
 
 " 75 
 
 due bill 
 
 1.25 
 
 
 
 2.0 
 
 
 
 0.75 
 
 p d . to 
 
 Collector 
 
 1.0 
 
 
 
 75. 
 
 
 
 1.0 
 
 p d . to Collector 
 
 0.75 
 
 p d . to 
 
 d°. 
 
 75. 
 
 p d . to 
 
 d°. 
 
 2.25. 
 
 p d . to 
 
 d°. 
 
 1.0 
 
 p d . to 
 
 d°. 
 
 0.25 
 
 p d . to 
 
 d°. 
 
 paid to Sec^. 
 
 Amable S 1 . Cosme 
 Paul Malcher 
 James May Esq r . 
 Ch s . Jouet 
 Jn°. Dodemead 
 
 Councill-house 
 James fraser 
 D r . Wilkinson 
 Same 
 
 frederick Bates 
 Mess rs . Abbott' Shop 
 
 M r . Rob*. Abbott 
 M rs . Abbott 
 Lieu 1 . Clemson 
 
 deficient 1 . water barrell 
 d°. 1 . d°. 
 
 no ears to his water-barrell 
 
 no water in his barrell 
 
 no water in his bll, but Hogs- 
 head full in the Cellar. 
 
 deficient 1 ladder 
 
 water frosen in his barrell 
 
 no water in his barrell 
 
 his Shop bag full of flour 
 
 no water in his barrell 
 
 no water in the barrell, no 
 buckets 
 
 no water nor Stick for the barrell 
 
 water bll. frose in the Stable 
 
 deficient in every article 
 
 febr— 15
 
 64 
 
 March 3 
 
 Herny Berthelet 
 
 Thomas Jorden 
 
 Conrad Seek 
 Th 3 . Welch 
 J. B te . Comparet 
 Warham Strong 
 Gaspard Abraham 
 
 M r . Brush 
 
 Elvin Walker 
 
 W m . M c . Scott Esq r . 
 D r . Wilkinson 
 Charles Jouett 
 Rob 1 . Munro 
 
 d°. of a ladder for his Kichin 
 Chimney 
 
 d°. for his Shoemakers house 
 
 no water blls for any of his 
 buildings and his Stove in his 
 Currying house is in Such 
 manner as to endanger his 
 buildings. 
 
 water frosen — no buckets, Said 
 to be lent 
 
 water frosen 
 
 no ears to his water-barrell 
 
 one rung out of his ladder 
 
 water bll. full of meat 
 
 no ladder on the roof of the 
 Kitchin, but Cleats nailed on 
 the roof. 
 
 a water bll deficient, the ladder 
 on the roof of his house lead- 
 ing to his Kitchin too Short. 
 
 no water in his barrell nor lad- 
 der on the roof of the house. 
 
 no water in his barrell 
 
 Shop bag full of flour 
 
 no water in his barrell 
 
 no ears to his Water-barrell. 
 
 The above report was ordered to be filed and the Secretary 
 ordered to notify to all Delinquents to attend this board on the 
 first Monday of april next to Shew Cause, if any they have, why 
 they Should not be fined agreable to the ordinance of the twenty 
 fifth of feb y . 1802. 
 
 A report being made to the board that Rob 1 . Abbott's Chim- 
 ney had been in fire, the Secretary was directed to notify Said 
 Robert Abbott to attend this board on the first monday in april 
 next at 10 in the forenoon to Shew Cause, if any he has, why he 
 Should not be fined agreable to the ordinance of the 25 th . feb y . 
 1802. 
 
 And the board adjourned to the first monday in april next 
 at 10 in the forenoon. 
 
 Trustees present 
 May 
 Curry 
 Sc tt 
 Brush 
 
 Esq" 
 
 ON SATURDAY the 14 th . april 1804; the board met at 10. 
 o'clock in the forenoon, agreable to a public advertisement, put 
 up by order of the board, in Consequence of a quorum of Trus- 
 tees not being had on monday the Second ins 1 .
 
 56 
 
 Elijah Brush Esq 1 *, was fined 
 
 $1.0 
 
 Rob 1 . Munro d°. 
 
 " 25 
 
 Thomas Welch d°. 
 
 " 25 
 
 Rob 1 . Abbott d°. 
 
 3 " 
 
 $4.50 
 
 The report of the last Inspectors Mess rs . Seek & Lognon was 
 presented to the board, as follows, viz 
 
 M. Lasseller his water barrell empty 
 
 Thomas Jorden no lever to his barrell 
 
 John Harvey his water barrell empty 
 
 Rich d . Smith his d°. d°. d° 
 
 francis frero no ears to his water-barrell 
 
 Rob 1 . Munro no lever to his water barrell 
 
 Henry Berthelet one rung of his ladder broken 
 
 Elijah Brush Esq 1 ". his ladder too Short 
 
 Sergent Blanbo 8 rungs to his ladder broken 
 
 M r . Teneik his Shop bag full of Musk rats 
 
 Cap 1 . Ernest the lever to his water barrell too 
 
 Short 
 
 Charles Jouet no lever to his water-barrell 
 
 Batiste Comparet Jun r . 1 rung to his ladder broke 
 
 M rs . Abbott her water barrell frosen 
 
 John Watson his d°. d°. d°. 
 
 Samuel Hall no bucketts 
 
 David M c Clain his water-barrell empty 
 
 Bat e Comparet Sen r his d°. d°. d°. 
 
 The above report was ordered to be filed, and the Secretary 
 ordered to notify all Delinquents to attend this board on Satur- 
 day the 5 th day of May next, to Shew Cause, if any they have, 
 why they Should not be fined agreable to the ordinance of the 
 25 th february 1802. 
 
 A report being made to this board that the Chimney of 
 Richard Smith has been in fire, the Secretary was directed to 
 notify Said Rich d . Smith to attend this board on Saturday the 
 5 th . may next, at 10. in the forenoon, to Shew Cause, if any he 
 has why he Should not be fined agreable to the ordinance of the 
 25 th . february 1802. 
 
 On motion of M r . Brush the board do Suspend the Operation 
 of the Ordinance respecting Swine. 
 
 And the board do also Suspend the Operation of the ordinance 
 respecting horses getting into town from the Commons, as the 
 gates & pickets have been removed. 
 
 The board appointed frederick Bates & Peter Desnoyers, In- 
 spectors, and directed their Secretary to notify them the Same;
 
 S6 
 
 and that they are to report to this board on Saturday the 5 th . 
 of may at 10. in the forenoon. 
 
 A petition of Sundry Inhabitants within the Corporation was 
 presented to the board praying that a lane be opened for the 
 Catle to go from the Commons to the river, the petition ordered 
 to be filed. 
 
 The board appointed D r . Scott & James Abbott to conduct 
 the repairs of the Merchants' Warf, and order that the Subscrip- 
 tion opened for that purpose be put in their hands, and that any 
 further necessary expence be defrayed by the treasury of the 
 Corporation. 
 
 M r . James Abbott presented his account of expenditure for 
 the repairs of a drain, which is Common to M rs . Widow Abbott's 
 house M rs . Widow Callahan's and M r . Robert Gouie. the board 
 order that Said account be paid in equal proportion by the parties 
 Concerned, and be put in the hands of the Collector of the Cor- 
 poration for Collection. 
 
 The board order that the drain from the Council house to the 
 river be repaired, and do direct their Secretary to notify the 
 Same to Sergent Blanbo who now occupies Said Councill house. 
 
 And the board adjourned to Saturday the 5 th . day of may 
 next, at 10. in the forenoon. 
 
 TOWN MEETING 
 
 Tn» a t«s pr«ent QN SATURDAY the 28 th . day of april A.D. 1804 the board 
 
 Curry met at 10. o'clock in the forenoon, agreable to Notice given to 
 
 Scott Esq r - tne freeholders of the town. 
 
 The board of Trustees laid before the freeholders the Situa- 
 tion of the town respecting the Safety of fixed property, on 
 account of part of the pickets, Gates &c. having been removed, 
 without the Knowledge of the board; and thereupon it was 
 resolved that the Sense of the freeholders present be taken to 
 determine whether the Pickets and gates be replaced, or Suf- 
 fered to fall into decay ; and the Said freeholders voted as fol- 
 lows — viz. 
 
 for pickets to be replaced. against it. 
 
 James May Esq 1- . francis Gobeye 
 
 Same, for James fraser Conrad Seek 
 
 Charles Curry Louis Lognon 
 
 Same for Widow Callahan Peter Desnoyers 
 John Dodemead Esq 1- . Daniel M c neal 
 
 Joseph Campeau Widow Coates — by 
 
 James Abbott Jos h . S*. John by D r . Eberts
 
 57 
 
 Elias Wallen by Ch s . Curry 
 Matt w . Donavan 
 Jn°. Askin Jun r . 
 Peter Audrain 
 The late M rs . Welsh 
 by W m . Scott Esq r . 
 
 12. 
 
 Batiste Pelletier 
 David M c Clain 
 Augustin Lafoy 
 Joseph Thibault 
 Jacq. Girardin 
 Widow Provencal 
 
 And the board adjourned to Saturday 5 th . May. 
 
 13. 
 
 ON SATURDAY the 5 th . May A.D. 1804, the board met at Trustees present 
 
 10 in the forenoon, agreable to adjournment. 
 
 Rich d . Smith attended & was fined for his Chimney 
 
 Ketching fire 
 Rich d . Smith d. d. for his water barrell 
 
 being empty 
 M r . Lassellier did not attend, was fined for d°. d°. 
 francis frero was fined for having no ears to his 
 
 water bll 
 no lever 
 
 M r . Teneick d°. 
 
 Matt w . Ernest Esq 1 ". d°. 
 
 Ch 8 . Jouet Esq 1- . d°. 
 
 M rs . Widow Abbott d°. 
 
 John Watson d°. 
 
 David M c Clain d°. 
 
 T. Jorden d°. 
 
 Jn°. Harvey d°. 
 
 for his Shop bag being full 
 of Muskrats 
 for his lever being too short 
 no lever 
 
 no water in her bll. 
 no d°. d°. 
 
 no d°. d°. 
 
 no lever to his bll. 
 no water in his d°. 
 
 viz 
 
 Collector's account, examined & passed. 
 
 he has received at Sundry times 
 
 he has paid to treasurer as p r . receipts filed. .$49 25 
 he has paid to Secretary 21 . 
 
 Commission allowed him by the board 2.25 
 
 Messenger's account, examined & passed, viz for his Services 
 from 20 th . July 1803 to 28 th . april 1804 inclusively 
 17 days attendance a 1. dollar per day &c. 17.0 
 
 on the 2 d . day of Jan y . 1804, he has rec d . 
 to fine of Gab. Godfroy received by him 
 5 th . march, to fine against him 
 
 7.25 
 
 $5.0 
 
 1 50 
 
 75 
 
 May 
 
 Curry 
 
 Scott 
 
 Esq* 
 
 $2.0 
 " 75 
 
 " 75 
 
 " 25 
 " 25 
 
 " 25 
 " 25 
 " 25 
 " 75 
 
 " 75 
 
 " 75 
 
 25 
 
 75 
 
 $8.0 
 .$72.50 
 
 72.50
 
 58 
 
 ballance due him & paid by an order of 
 
 the board on the treasurer 9.75 17.0 
 
 Account of the Secretary examined & passed viz 
 
 for his Services as per ace 1 , rendered $ 64.44 
 
 he has received on ace 1 , in an order on treasurer $38.75 
 
 and now another order — on Same 25.69 64.44 
 
 Treasurer's account D r . 
 
 to monies rec d . from Collector as per receipts filed 49.25 
 to monies rec d . before the board 8.25 
 
 to d°. rec d . from Louis Pelletier for fines, as p r . 
 
 receipt 3." 
 to d°. rec d . from the Marshall, as p r . receipt 
 
 filed 8.12^ 
 
 68.. 62^ 
 
 Elijah Brush D r . to his due bill 4 12y 2 
 
 James May Esq r . to his d°. 15.25 
 
 W m . M c . Scott Esq r . to his d°. 3" 22=37*4 
 
 91 " 
 
 Monies in the hands of Secretary paid by Collector 
 
 this day 21 . " 
 
 d°. in the hands of Same paid for fines in the 
 
 absence of the treasurer 2. .50 
 
 due by Michel Yack for his Negro, a fine of 1.0 
 by Henry Berthelet a fine of 3 
 
 by Joseph Voyez Jun r . 1 . " 
 
 by Newkam 2." 
 
 by James fraser 2 " 
 
 by Geo: Meldrum " 25 
 
 by Alexis Coquillard 
 by Rob 1 . Munro 
 by Thomas Welch 
 by Joseph Campeau 
 
 Recapitulation 
 The treasurer has received 
 due bills in the treasury 
 monies in the hands of the Secretary 
 
 1 
 
 2 
 
 .25 
 << 
 
 .75 14.25 
 
 14= 
 
 : 25= 
 
 $128.75 
 
 
 $ 68.62^ 
 22.37^ 
 23.50
 
 59 
 
 due by Sundry persons for fines to 6 th . march 
 
 inclusively 
 
 due by d°. d°. for d°. 
 
 due by d°. d°. for d°. 
 
 Salaries of officers and other expenditure 
 
 to Secretary 
 
 to Pelletier 1 st . messenger 
 
 to Austin 2 d . d°. 
 
 to Th s . M c crae esq 1 ", for firewood 
 
 to repairing engine 
 
 Orders drawn on the treasurer 
 In favor of Louis Pelletier 
 In d°. of Messenger Austin 
 In d°. of Secretary 
 In d°. T. M c crae ' 
 
 for repairing the Engine 
 
 
 14.25 
 
 
 
 " 50 
 
 april 14 
 
 
 8 " 
 
 may 5 
 
 liture 
 
 $137 25 
 
 
 64.44 
 
 
 
 4. " 
 
 
 
 17. " 
 
 
 
 1.25 
 
 
 
 15. 
 
 101.69 
 
 
 remains . . . 
 
 $35.. 56 
 
 
 $ 4. " 
 
 
 
 17. " 
 
 
 
 04. 44 
 
 
 
 1. 25 
 
 
 
 86 69 ) 
 
 
 15. ( 
 
 
 
 $101.69 
 
 The report of Inspectors (Mess rs . Bates & Denoyer) was filed 
 and is as follows to wit. 
 
 Gaspard Abraham deficient in a chimney Ladder. 
 
 Elijah Brush esq 1- ., roof -ladder too Short. excused 
 
 W m . M c . Scott Esq 1- , water barrell empty excused 
 
 Charles Jouet Esq 1 ". no pole to his water-barrell 
 
 Conrad Seek water-barrell Conceived insufficient 
 
 Th s . Jordan no water barrell 
 
 Warham Strong Nothing 
 
 Thomas Welch one rung out of the ground ladder 
 
 James May Esq r . no ears to his Water barrell 
 
 The board order the above report to be filed, to be acted upon 
 by the new board of Trustees. 
 
 The account of Thomas M c Crae Esq 1 ", for firewood was 
 passed and an order for $1.25 given on the treasurer. 
 Adjourned. To Monday 7 th . may
 
 Trustees present 
 James May 
 Charles Curry 
 W m . M c . Scott 
 Elijah Brush 
 
 Esquires 
 
 60 
 
 ANNUAL MEETING for election of officers of the 
 Corporation of the town of Detroit. 
 
 ON MONDAY the Seventh day of May A.D. 1804. the 
 Trustees met at the Court house, at Detroit, at 10. o'clock in the 
 forenoon to attend the election of Officers of the Corporation, to 
 Serve during the next ensuing year, the election was proclaimed 
 open at 10. to last untill 12. 
 
 At twelve o'clock the poll was closed, the Votes were Counted, 
 and the following Officers were proclaimed duly elected viz. 
 Solomon Sibley 
 
 may 
 
 James Abbott 1 
 
 
 
 Henry Berthelet 
 
 Trustees. 
 
 Sworn 11 th 
 
 Joseph Wilkinson i 
 
 
 
 f rederick Bates ' 
 
 
 
 Peter Audrain 
 
 Secretary 
 
 d°. 
 
 John Watson 
 
 Assessor 
 
 d°. 
 
 Peter Denoyer 
 
 Collector 
 
 d°. 
 
 Thomas M c Crae 
 
 Marshall 
 
 d°. 
 
 The minutes of all the transactions & ordinances of the 
 board were, agreable to law, laid by the Secretary before the 
 Electors present, and approved. 
 
 The board directed their Secretary to notify their election to 
 the officers now elected for the Service of the next ensuing year. 
 
 Adjourned sine die. 
 
 Trustees present 
 Sol. Sibley 
 James Abbott 
 Henry Berthelet 
 Jos h . Wilkinson 
 frcd". Bates 
 
 Esq" 
 
 ON FRIDAY the 11 th . day of may A.D. 1804. the board met 
 at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, at the Court-house at Detroit 
 agreable to notice given by the Secretary. 
 
 After the Trustees and other officers of the Corporation had 
 been Sworn, and their respective Certificates filed with the 
 Secretary, according to law, the board proceeded to the election 
 of their Chairman & treasurer. 
 
 Solomon Sibley, Esq 1- . was elected Chairman 
 
 James Abbott Esq r . d°. Treasurer. 
 
 Louis Pelletier was appointed Messenger of the board. 
 
 The board appointed Charles Curry & Jeanb te . Picquet 
 Inspectors of fire regulations, to make two Visits, and to report 
 to this board on the first Monday in June next ; and the Secretary 
 was directed to notify them their appointments. 
 
 The board passed a rule that a fine of one dollar Shall be 
 paid, for the use of the Corporation, by every and each of the
 
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 Trustees for not attending the board, without a reasonable Cause, 
 on the days & hour appointed by adjournment, within half an 
 hour. 
 
 The board directed their Secretary to advertise in french and 
 english that after next Sunday 13 th . ins 1 , the ordinance respect- 
 ing the Sweping of Street, and round the lots, and also for 
 Cleaning yards, lanes, and alleys, will be in full force. Sweeping 
 & Cleaning to be performed on every Saturday. 
 
 And to advertise also in french & english that the ordinance 
 regulating market is in full force. &c. 
 
 The board directed their Secretary to notify to the delin- 
 quents reported by the last Inspectors, to attend this board on 
 Thursday the 17 th . ins*, at 10. o'clock in the forenoon, to Shew 
 cause, if any they have why they Should not be fined agreable 
 to the ordinance of the 25 th . february 1802. 
 
 And the board adjourned to Thursday next the 17 th . instant. 
 
 ON THURSDAY the 17 th . may A.D. 1804 the board met Trustees present 
 
 Sibley 
 Abbott 
 Wilkinson 
 Bates 
 
 Esq" 
 
 at 10. o'clock in the forenoon agreable to adjournment 
 
 The report was made to the board that Gaspard Abraham's 
 chimney had Ketched fire yesterday evening, and the board 
 directed their Secretary to Notify Said Gaspard to attend this 
 board on the first Monday in June next, to Shew cause, if any 
 he has, why he Should not be fined agreable to the ordinance 
 of the 25 th . day of feb y . 1802. 
 
 Henry Berthelet Esq 1- ., one of the trustees, was fined one fined -1.0 
 dollar for not attending this board agreable to the rule made 
 the 11 th . ins 1 . 
 
 Conrad Seek attended and was fined $1.0 
 
 Charles Jouett Esq r . did not attend and was fined " 25 
 
 Thomas Jorden did not d°. and d°. 1." 
 
 Thomas Welch attended, and was excused 
 
 Gaspard Abraham did not attend, excused 
 
 Warham Strong gone out of the Country. 
 
 The board appointed Thomas M c Crae police officer, and also 
 Clk of the Market, to perform certain duties agreable to the 
 ordinance passed this day, in the following Words — viz. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE made & established by the board of 
 Trustees of the Corporation of the town of Detroit this Seven- 
 teenth day of May A.D. 1804 ; to promote regularity and order, 
 to insure Justice & fairness in the market ; and for due obedience 
 to the ordinances for the health. Safety & Cleanliness of the 
 town.
 
 62 
 
 Sec. 1 st Be it therefore Ordained by the Said board of 
 Trustees that there Shall be appointed by this board a Clerk of 
 the market whose duty it Shall be to attend occasionally on each 
 Market-day; to See that Weights & measures are Conformable 
 to those which Common Consent has established in the Country ; 
 to prevent the Sale or the exposition to Sale of unsound meat, 
 and unmarchantable grains, vegetables and other articles of 
 what description So ever; to preserve regularity in the Market, 
 and to report to this board at their Succeeding meeting all frauds, 
 or breaches of order which may Come to his Knowledge. 
 
 Sec. 2 d . The Clerk of the market Shall also perform the 
 duties of a police officer; he Shall at least once a fortnight 
 examine all the Streets, lanes, allies, & yards, and report to this 
 board all Violations of ordinances which may come under his 
 observations. 
 
 Sec. 3 d . the Said officer, for these United duties, Shall 
 receive in full compensation, for his Services, the Sum of 
 Seventy five Cents for each day he may be actually employed. 
 
 This ordinance to be in force from and after the passing 
 and publishing thereof. 
 
 The board order the Clerk of the Market to cause the 
 Market house to be repaired in a reasonable way, and his 
 account of expenditure Shall be allowed by the board. 
 
 The board direct their Secretary to advertise in french and 
 english that the ordinance respecting the Sweeping of Chimnies 
 once a month during Summer is in full force. 
 
 The following ordinance respecting hogs, was read and 
 passed, viz. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE made & established by the board of 
 Trustees of the Corporation of the town of Detroit this 17 th . 
 day of May, A.D. 1804. 
 
 WHEREAS it is deemed desirable as far as possible to 
 prevent the inconveniencies in future which have been experi- 
 enced from the Owners of hogs, Suffering them to run at large, 
 in the town of Detroit and adjacent Commons, without taking 
 the precaution So to ring or cut their noses, as effectually to 
 prevent them rooting & breaking up the Streets, it is therefore 
 Ordained by the board of trustees of the town of Detroit 
 (to wit) 
 
 Sec. 1. That if any Owner or Owners of hogs, or pigs of 
 more than two months old, from and after the first day of June 
 next, and prior to the first day of December following Shall 
 Suffer or permit Such hogs or pigs to run at large within the
 
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 limits or boundaries of the Said town of Detroit, without first 
 ringing or Cutting, or causing to be ringed, or cut the noses of 
 Such hogs, or pigs in Such manner as effectually to prevent 
 Such hogs or pigs rooting & breaking up the Streets and adjacent 
 Commons, he, She, or they for each and every Such hog or 
 pigs So found running at large, without being So rung, or nose 
 cut, Shall forfeit and pay a fine of 25 cents to the use of the 
 Corporation of Said town : 50 Cents to the taker up of Such 
 hogs, or pigs; 10 cents per day for feeding Such hogs, or pigs, 
 till Claimed, or Sold, and 25. cents to the Marshal, when Sold, 
 in full for his fees of Sale for each & every hog or pig So Sold. 
 
 Sec. 2 d . it Shall be the duty of the town-marshall, police 
 officer and Messenger, respectively, to take up, pen, or impound 
 all Such hogs & pigs found running at large within Said Cor- 
 poration, after Said first day of June next, and prior to the first 
 day of December next Contrary to the provisions of this 
 ordinance, and the Marshall Shall forthwith advertise Such hogs 
 or pigs So taken generally descriptive of the Same, both on the 
 Engine house & market house, and if no Claimant Shall appear 
 within five days inclusively, and prove property, pay Said fines 
 & Charges for Keeping Said hogs or pigs, the Marshall Shall 
 on the Sixth day, betwen the hours of ten and eleven o'clock 
 A.M. proceed to the Sale of Such hogs or pigs to the highest 
 bidder, and the Money arising from Such Sale pay over to the 
 Treasurer of Said board, after deducting therefrom the fine for 
 taking up, and fees of Keeping and Sale; which money, So 
 paid over, Shall be by the treasurer, deducting the fine or fines 
 imposed by this ordinance, refounded to the Owner or Owners 
 of the hogs or pigs So Sold; Provided the Same be Claimed 
 within twelve months, after Such Sale, otherwise the Same Shall 
 become forfeited to the use of the Corporation and appropriated 
 accordingly. 
 
 Sec. 3. The marshall & police officer are Specially instructed 
 with the execution of this ordinance, and all good Citizens are 
 Exorted to lend their assistance thereto. 
 
 And the board adjourned to the first Monday in June next at 
 10. o'clock in the forenoon. 
 
 ON MONDAY 4 th . June A.D. 1804. the board met at 10. in Trustees present 
 
 the forenoon agreable to adjournment. Abbott 
 
 May 16. The report of police officer was brought in & filed, wuki'nson 
 it is as follows 
 
 Joseph Thibaud his yard not Clean, 
 
 Jas. Henry Esq 1- , for not Sweeping before & round his garden 
 
 Bates 
 Esq'
 
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 excused 16 th . July 
 
 June 3 
 
 fine ... $3. 
 
 Thomas Welch. Back part of his lot not Swept 
 
 Rob 1 . Munro d°. d°. 
 
 Rob 1 . Gouie d°. d°. yard not Clean. 
 
 James Henry Esq 1 ", his Sink back lot reported a nuisance 
 
 Math w . Donavan. for not Sweping Street before his School 
 
 house, yard not clean 
 
 Cap 1 . Ernest & John Dodemead — lane betwen them not Clean 
 
 Chittenden & Horner for not Sweeping behind lot. 
 
 M r9 . Hill, yard not Clean, M r . Henry to be notified 
 
 And the board directed their Sec y . to notify the above 
 Delinquents to attend this board on the first monday in July 
 next to Shew cause, if any they have, why they Should not 
 be fined. 
 
 Gaspard Abraham attended, and was fined three dollars for 
 his Chimney Ketching fire. 
 
 The board appointed Joseph Campeau & James Dodemead 
 Inspectors of fire regulations : to go round twice, and report to 
 this board on the 1 st monday in July next. 
 
 The board appointed D r . Wilkinson with Ch s . Curry to cir- 
 culate a petition opened for repairing the protestant burying 
 ground, to extend Said burying ground to a reasonable extent: 
 to ascertain as near as possible the probable expenditure thereof, 
 and report at the next meeting of the board. 
 
 And the board adjourned to 1 st . monday in July next at 10. 
 in the forenoon. 
 
 Trustees present 
 Joseph vv ilkinson 
 Henry Berthelet 
 James Abbott 
 fred k . Bates 
 
 Esq" 
 
 ON MONDAY the 2 d . July A.D. 1804 the board met at 10 
 in the forenoon agreable to adjournment. 
 
 Upon report made by the police officer that the Sink of 
 James Henry Esq r , under the gate of his back yard is a public 
 nuisance, the board order the Same to be remove [d] without 
 delay, and they direct their Secretary to notify the Same to Said 
 James Henry. 
 
 The board took up the notifications to Delinquents ordered 
 at their last meeting, and the following persons were fined — viz. 
 
 for himself 
 
 for the yard of M 1 
 
 Joseph Thibaud 
 
 James Henry Esq 
 
 Same 
 
 Thomas Welch 
 
 Rob 1 . Munro 
 
 Rob 1 . Gouie 
 
 Matt w . Donavan 
 
 Cap 1 . Ernest & Jn°. Dodemead Es r . 
 
 Chittenden & Horner 
 
 Hill 
 
 $. 1, 
 
 .0 
 
 1 
 
 «< 
 
 1 
 
 «< 
 
 1 
 
 (( 
 
 1 
 
 (( 
 
 1 
 
 (« 
 
 1 
 
 tt 
 
 1 
 
 It 
 
 1 
 
 1. 
 
 $: 9.0
 
 65 
 
 The board took up the report of Mess rs . Campeau & Dode- 
 mead Inspectors of fire regulations, ordered the Same to be filed, 
 and directed their Secretary to Notify Delinquents, as usual, viz 
 James Mitchel, on the Commons — no ladders 
 Charles Curry no water in his barrell i6 tk 
 
 Isidore Pelletier no barrell, pole, water, or bucketts 
 
 D r . Scott Barrell about half full of water 
 
 Geo: Smart bad bucketts 
 
 B. Sanders no fire bag 3i st 
 
 D. Vanderhyden fire bag full of goods 30 th . 
 
 Isidore Pelletier no buckets, no ears to his barrell, no 
 
 pole 
 D. Vanderhyden fire bag full of Goods 
 
 Geo : Smart only one good Buckett 
 
 report of the police officer. 
 
 1 st . July Rob 1 . Abbott behind his lot not Swept 
 
 M rs . Cote dirt Swept, but not taken away. 
 
 Mons r . Laserrier, french School Master, corner of his house 
 not Swept. 
 
 The board appoint Samuel Tupper & Geo : Smart Inspectors 
 of fire regulations, to go around twice & report 1 st . monday in 
 august next. 
 
 The board do direct their Secretary to advertise in french & 
 english a town meeting for Monday next at 10. in the forenoon. 
 
 The board do appoint Sol . Sibley & fred k . Bates Esq rs . to 
 frame an ordinance regulating the tol of the Corporation warf 
 and have the Same ready for Monday next. 
 
 The board order the Secretary to Notify James Abbott Esq r . 
 & W m . Robinson to attend this board on monday next to Shew 
 cause, if any they have, why they Should not be fined for riding 
 immoderately through the Streets of the town of Detroit. 
 
 And the board adjourned to Monday next 9 th . ins 1 , at 10 
 o'clock in the forenoon. 
 
 ON MONDAY the 16 th . July A.D. 1804 the board met at 10 Trustees present 
 in the forenoon agreable to notice given in Writing, for a Town- |*JJ^[ t 
 meeting, but very few people attending, the board directed their ^'thdeT 
 Secretary to put up a new advertisement in french & english, Bates 
 that a town meeting will be held at the Court house, in the town Esq " 
 
 of Detroit, on Thursday the 26 th . ins 1 , at 10 in the forenoon, for 
 the purpose of raising money to pay the expences for the repair- 
 ing of the warf. 
 
 The board appointed Ben : Chittenden Inspector of fire regu- 
 lation in lieu of Samuel Tupper, now absent.
 
 June 16 
 
 66 
 
 Charles Curry did not attend & was fined $.0 75 
 
 Isidore Pelletier excused — 
 
 D r . W m . Scott Esq r . excused 
 
 Geo: Smart was fined " 50 
 
 B. Saunders — not notified — 
 July l. Geo : Smart was fined " 50 
 
 Rob 1 . Abbott d°. 1 
 
 M rs . Cote excused 
 
 Mons r . Lasserier d°. 1 
 
 M r . James Abbott d°. 1 . „ 
 
 M r . W m . Robinson d°. 1 . 
 
 t> 
 
 u 
 
 D. Vanderhyden, excused 5.75 
 
 The board ordered their Clerk to notify Joseph Campeau to 
 attend this board on Thursday the 26 th . ins 1 , at 10. in the fore- 
 noon to Shew cause, if any he has, why he Should not be fined 
 for driving his horse immoderately through the Streets of the 
 the town of Detroit. 
 
 And the board made & passed the following ordinance viz — 
 
 AN ORDINANCE made & established by the board of 
 Trustees of the Corporation of the town of Detroit this 
 Sixteenth day of July A.D. 1804 ; to regulate the Warf age of the 
 Corporation Warf, Commonly Called the Merchants' Warf; 
 
 WHEREAS Considerable expences have been incurred by 
 the Corporation of Detroit, in the repairs of what has been 
 Commonly Called the Merchants' warf: and WHEREAS a 
 constant attention, and also an occasional expenditure of money 
 will be necessary to Keep Said Warf in a State Suitable for the 
 lading and unlading of goods, and to answer the ordinary 
 purposes of the town, the board of Trustees of the Corporation 
 of the town of Detroit ordain, fix, and establish the following 
 rates viz. 
 
 Each & every vessell of, or above 20 tons burthen, to be paid 
 on her arrival, without reference to the particular object of her 
 Coming . . . . • • • • . $1 . 50 
 
 Each & every batteau, in like manner " 25 
 
 Each and every perogue or canoe, in like manner " 12J-4 
 Each & every freeholder, tenant, or heads of 
 family desirous of getting their water from Said 
 Warf, annually in advance . . . . .1.0 
 
 with this exception nevertheless, that during the market-hours 
 of those market days established by this board, no warfage 
 Shall be collected from boats, perogues, canoes, or other Small 
 crafts coming to market with the produce of the Country.
 
 67 
 
 Sec. 2 d . That James Abbott esq r . be appointed to Super- 
 intend the observance of this ordinance : that it Shall be his duty 
 to cause Such repairs to be made to the warf aforesaid, as this 
 board Shall from time to time direct ; and that he be allowed 
 five per Cent on the Collection of all warfage money : that he 
 Keep fair accounts of receipt and expenditures, which Said 
 accounts he Shall Setle quarterly, and the ballance, if any, 
 remains in his hands, deposit with the treasurer of the Corpora- 
 tion. 
 
 This ordinance to be in force from and after the first day of 
 August next. 
 
 And the board adjourned to Thursday the 26 th . ins 1 , at 10 
 in the forenoon. 
 
 -TOWN MEETING- 
 
 ON THURSDAY the 26 th . July A.D. 1804. the board met Trustees present 
 at 10 in the forenoon agreable to adjournment, and to notice j.' Abbott 
 
 • Jos h . Wilkinson 
 
 given, frederick Bates 
 
 Jeanb te . Comparet applied to the board for a tavern-licence, Es i" 
 
 and it was granted. 
 
 John Bentley was appointed Inspector of fire regulations in 
 lieu of Ben : Chittenden, absent 
 
 The board proceeded to the business of the town, the object 
 of which was to obtain votes from the Inhabitants for raising a 
 certain Sum of money for the purpose of Defraying certain 
 expences incurred and now due for the repairs made to the 
 merchants Warf, and on the question Shall a tax be laid on the Tax of 
 Inhabitants within the Corporation for raising a Sum of £2 
 twenty nine pounds eight Shillings new y k . Currency for the 
 purpose aforesaid? it was agreed to unanimously; to be raised 
 in the following manner, viz — a Capitation of 25. Cents per 
 head, and the residue on fixed property. 
 
 Adjourned to 1 st . monday in august next. 
 
 ON MONDAY the 6 th august A.D. 1804, the board met at Trustees present 
 10. in the forenoon agreable to adjournment. Abbott 
 
 The Chairman laid before the board a memorandum of the Wilkinson 
 monies by him Collected by writing to Delinquents fined, instead Bate | sq „ 
 of issued warrants, as prescribed by the board, amounting to 
 
 Eleven dollars and twenty five cents, which he paid to the $ 1125 
 treasurer, on his receipt in open board. Viz
 
 88 
 
 from James f raser 
 
 . $2. 
 
 if 
 
 Geo. Meldrum 
 
 1 " 
 Rob 1 . Munro 25 
 
 1 1 
 
 25 
 
 1. 
 
 50 
 
 25 
 
 
 
 Jos h . Campeau 
 
 u 
 
 75 
 
 Rich d . Smith 
 
 2 
 
 75 
 
 Matt w . Donavan 
 
 1 
 
 a 
 
 Gaspard Abraham 
 
 3 
 
 • i 
 
 $11.25 
 
 The report of the Inspectors of fire regulations Mess rs . Smart 
 & Bentley was filed, and is, as follows. Viz 
 
 Elijah Brush Esq r . deficient in one ladder of the back house 
 Communicating ladder too Short on the front house. 
 
 James Dodemead Esq r . deficient in water-bucketts & barrell 
 
 Woolsey Esq r . deficient in bucketts, Ears to the water- 
 
 barrell and pole, 
 the board ordered their Sec y . to notify Delinquents to attend 
 this board on 1 st . monday in September next, at 10. in the fore- 
 noon to Shew cause, why they Should not be fined. 
 
 The board appointed Jeanb te . Picquet Collector in lieu of Peter 
 Desnoyers absent. 
 
 The board appointed Inspectors of fire regulation John Dode- 
 mead and William M c . Scott Esq rs . to report on 1 st monday in 
 September next, 
 i. doii. Joseph Campeau was fined one Dollar for driving his horse 
 
 immoderately thro, the Streets of the town. 
 
 The account of Thomas M c crae clerk of the market was ex- 
 amined and passed for $10.37^4 
 
 On Complaint the board order their Sec*, to notify to 
 
 Ruland, Clerk to M r . Berthelet to attend this board on the 1 st . 
 monday in September to Shew cause why he Should not be fined 
 for Galloping a horse immoderately thro, the Streets of the town. 
 
 And the board passed the following Ordinance viz 
 
 AN ORDINANCE made & established by the board of Trus- 
 tees of the Corporation of the town of Detroit, this Sixth day of 
 august A.D.1804. 
 
 WHEREAS it is Suggested to this board that the ordinance 
 made & passed by this board on the Sixteenth day of July A.D. 
 180-1., So far as it relates to the Inhabitants getting water by 
 passing upon Said warf, is attended with great inconvenience, 
 NOW therefore be it ordained by the board of Trustees that So 
 much of said ordinance as requires each and every person making 
 use of Said Warf for the purpose of getting water to pay one 
 dollar per annum, be and the Same is hereby repealed.
 
 69 
 
 And the board adjourned to the first monday in September 
 
 next. 
 
 ON FRIDAY the 31 st . august A.D.1804. the board met at 10. Trustees present 
 
 in the forenoon agreable to notice given by order. 
 
 The board passed the following ordinance, to wit, 
 
 AN ORDINANCE made & established by the board of Trus- 
 tees of the Corporation of the town of Detroit, this 31 st . august 
 A.D.1804. 
 
 The board of trustees of the Corporation of the town of De- 
 troit, for the better police, and in order to insure additional 
 Security to the town from the Danger to be apprehended from 
 Indians, as well as other persons, and from fire, owing to the 
 negligence of the Inhabitants, do ordain as follows to wit, 
 
 1 st from the Voluntary inrollment & association of a number 
 of Citizens heretofore made, there Shall be formed a patrole, who 
 in regular rotation Shall be employed as a nightly Watch. 
 
 2 d . The Said Watch Shall be Composed of five persons, one 
 of whom Shall be elected Captain, or Conductor for the night, all 
 whose legal & proper orders Shall be promptly obeyed by those, 
 a majority of whom have Chosen him. 
 
 3 d . The Said Patrole Shall have power, and it is hereby made 
 their Especial Duty, to take up, question, and Confine in the 
 Watch house, all disorderly and riotous persons found in the 
 Streets, or elsewhere, within the limits of Said town, after the 
 Commencement of their Watch, and all persons of every descrip- 
 tion, after the hour of eleven o'clock in the evening, who cannot, 
 or who refuse to give a Satisfactory account of themselves, to be 
 further dealt with agreable to law. 
 
 4 th It Shall be the duty of the Said Watch, on observing a 
 light in any house, after the Said hour of eleven, to enquire the 
 Occasion thereof, lest it Should be burning without the Knowl- 
 edge of the family. 
 
 5 th . John Dodemead Esquire is Charged with the execution 
 of this ordinance: he Shall form the Watches, prescribe the order 
 in which they Shall Serve, and in all respects endeavour to ac- 
 complish the purposes of Security contemplated by this board. 
 
 6 th . And it is further ordained that the Court house be 
 adopted as the Watch-house for the purposes of this Ordinance. 
 
 7 th . And be it further ordained that the first Watch, or 
 patrole be held on the evening of the first day of September next, 
 
 Sibley 
 
 Abbott 
 
 Wilkinson 
 
 Berthelet 
 
 Bates 
 
 Esq".
 
 70 
 
 and to be Continued each and every night after till the first day 
 of December next; Such persons as may be ordered to Keep the 
 Watch, to be and assemble, at Said Court house at the hour of 
 nine, in the evening, and not depart therefrom, except to patrole 
 through the town, till day-light in the Morning. 
 
 And the board directed their Secretary to publish the above 
 ordinance in english & french. 
 
 And the board adjourned to Monday 3 d . day of September 
 next, at 10 in the forenoon. 
 
 Trustees present 
 Abbott 
 Wilkinson 
 Bates 
 Berthelet 
 Esq". 
 
 ON MONDAY the 3 d . September A.D.1804, the board met 
 at 10. in the forenoon agreable to adjournment. 
 
 The Collector reported that Joseph Campeau had refused to 
 pay his fine of one Dollar — Rob 1 . Smart 2 fines of 50 cents, 
 each and Mons r . Lasserier 1 fine of one dollar, and the board 
 ordered that the Chairman to issue Warrants against them for the 
 payment of Said fines. 
 
 The Collector paid to the Treasurer to wit, 
 $1.0 for James Abbott's fine 
 1.0 for Rob 1 . Abbott's d°. 
 75 for Charles Curry's d°. . 
 
 2. 75 
 
 
 
 M r . Allen Clerk to M r . Woolsey attended & was excused 
 
 M r . Ruland, Clk to M r . Berthelet attended and was fined $1 
 
 James Dodemead was excused 
 
 Elijah Brush Esq r . did not attend, and was fined 2. 
 
 The Inspectors of fire regulations, Mess rs . Dodemead & Scott 
 brought in their report as follows, to wit. 
 Rob 1 . Abbott no water in his barrell 
 Rev d . Gab 1 . Richard n° water in d°. 
 James Abbott, long ladder not good 
 
 Rob 1 . Gouie, no ears to his barrell & one bucket Wanting 
 Charles Jouett Esq r . no water in his barrell 
 Geo : Smart — one buckett Wanting 
 James Dodemead no barrell 
 Sam 1 . Allen, no ears & no pole to his barrell 
 french School-Master, nothing 
 Batiste Peltier's Shop nothing 
 
 Jas. Henry Esq 1 *, long ladder wanting to his house in the garden 
 The board appointed Mess rs . Teyneick & Watson Inspectors of 
 fire regulations to report on the first monday in October, and to 
 go round twice.
 
 71 
 
 The board order their Chairman to draw on the Treasurer the 
 Sum of Two dollars favor of M r . Bellecour as a Compensation 
 for his trouble for taking the list of the Inhabitants within the 
 bounds of the Corporation for a poll tax. 
 
 The petition of John Bentley for a tavern-licence was granted. 
 
 The petition of Conrad Seek for d°. ordered to lay over. 
 
 Mess 1 " 8 . Abbott & Bates are appointed to assess the tax to be 
 levied on fixed property. 
 
 And the board adjourned to the first Monday in October next 
 at 10. in the forenoon. 
 
 ON MONDAY the first October 1804, the board met at 10. Trustees present 
 o'clock agreable to adjournment. jo^wnkinlon 
 
 The report of Mess 1 " 3 . TenEyck & Watson was presented, and frederic* Bates 
 ordered to be filed ; as follows — Viz 
 
 John Harvey no water in his barrell 
 
 Richard Smith no 
 
 Joseph Campeau no 
 
 John fearson no 
 
 D r . W m . Scott no 
 
 M rs . Widow Abbott no 
 
 Archer Horner no 
 
 Sam 1 . Tupper no ears to his barrell 
 
 M 1 " 3 . Widow Coates, no pole 
 
 And the board do order their Secretary to notify the above 
 Delinquents to attend this board on the 1 st . monday in November 
 next at 10. in the forenoon to Shew cause, if any they have, why 
 they Should not be fined &c. 
 
 Conrad Seek renewed his application for a Tavern licence, 
 and the board granted the Same. 
 
 The board do appoint John Conner, and Abraham Cook In- 
 spectors of the fire regulations, they are to go round twice, and 
 report to this board on the first monday in November, at 10. in 
 the forenoon. 
 
 WHEREAS it is reported to this board that one Chimney in 
 Cap*. John fearson's house had taken fire on the day of 
 
 September last, now the board order their Secretary to notify 
 Said Cap 1 , fearson to attend this board on the 1 st . Monday in 
 november next at 10 in the forenoon, to Shew cause why he 
 Should not be fined & c .& c . 
 
 Mons 1 ". Lasserier f rench School master attended & was excused 
 Rob 4 . Abbott, for having no water in his barrell, 
 
 was fined $.0 75 
 Rev d . Gab. Richard for d°. " 75 
 
 James Abbott, Esq r . excused " " 
 
 d°. 
 
 in 
 
 d°. 
 
 
 d°. 
 
 in 
 
 d°. 
 
 
 d°. 
 
 in 
 
 d°. 
 
 
 d°. 
 
 in 
 
 d°. 
 
 excused by the board 
 17 th . Nov ber . 1804 
 
 d°. 
 
 in 
 
 d°. 
 
 
 d°. 
 
 in 
 
 d°. 

 
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 It 
 
 II 
 
 It 
 
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 Rob 1 . Gome, no ears to his barrell & 1. buckett wanting " 75 
 Charles Jouett, gone & excused " " 
 
 Geo: Smart one buckett wanting " 50 
 
 James Dodemead no barrell 1 . " 
 
 Sam 1 . Allen no ears & no pole to his barrell 
 
 Batiste Peltier excused 
 
 James Henry excused 
 
 amounting to four dollars and twenty five Cents $ 4. 25 
 
 The board order that the Screws of the engine be put in good 
 order and the expences attending to be paid by the Treasurer. 
 
 The board grant leave to Charles Curry to put up a Stable on 
 the Commons, to be removed at the pleasure of this board or of 
 their Successors in office ; Mess 1-3 . Wilkinson & Bates are charged 
 to point out the Spot. 
 
 WHEREAS it appears to this board, that it is very necessary 
 that a new memorial be framed and prepared to be forwarded to 
 the Congress of the United States early in their Next Sessions, 
 for the purpose of obtaining the division of the Indiana Terri- 
 tory, the board do direct their Secretary to put up an advertise- 
 ment in french & english, that on Saturday the 13 th . October inst*. 
 a town meeting will be held at the Court house at 11. o'clock in 
 the forenoon, where all the Citizens of the Corporation and its 
 Vicinity are invited to attend, to give their opinion and their help 
 towards promoting this business. 
 
 And the board adjourned to the first Monday in November 
 next at 10. in the forenoon. 
 
 ON MONDAY the 3 d . day of November A.D.1804. the 
 Trustees met at 10. in the forenoon, agreable to adjournment, but 
 could not form a board on account of the Hon ble . the Circuit Court 
 being then Setting. 
 
 Trustees present ON SATURDAY the 17 th . of nov ber . A.D.1804, the board 
 
 p. Wilkinson met at 10. in the forenoon, agreable to public notice given, by 
 
 f. Bates order 
 
 Esq" uruer. 
 
 D r . W m . Scott was reported for his Chimney having been in 
 fire Sometime about the first of November ins 4 , he Came in & 
 voluntary Confessed the truth of the report; and thereupon was 
 fined five dollars. 
 
 John Conner & Abraham Cook, last Inspectors bro*. in their 
 report which was ordered to be filed, and is as follows viz
 
 Isidore Peltier 
 Louisa Peltier 
 Rob 1 . Abbott 
 Sam 1 . Tupper 
 D r W m . Scott 
 Joseph Griffard 
 
 Anderson, Sadler 
 
 John Watson 
 
 Hatch 
 
 Paul Bellair 
 f. Bates 
 
 73 
 
 deficient of Water 
 
 oct b " 15 tJ 
 
 d°. of d°. 
 
 d°. of d°. 
 
 d°. of d°. 
 
 d°. of two handles to his barrell 
 
 d°. of one in ladder 
 
 d°. of four rungs in ladder 
 
 d°. of water & barrell 
 
 d°. of one ladder 
 
 d°. of Water 
 
 d°. of Water & barrell 
 
 nov b " 3. 
 
 And the board ordered their Sec y . to notify Said Delinquents 
 to attend this board on the first monday in December next, at 10. 
 in the forenoon, to Shew cause, if any they have why they Should 
 not be fined & c . 
 
 The board appointed Rich d . Smyth Esq r . and John Gent[l]e 
 Inspectors of fire regulations, to go round once, and report to 
 this board on the first monday in December next at 10 in the 
 forenoon. 
 
 And the board adjourned to the first monday in December 
 next at 10. in the forenoon. 
 
 ON MONDAY the 3 d . December A.D.1804 the board met at Trustees present 
 
 10 o'clock, agreable to adjournment. wYikinson 
 
 The board took up the report of Mess rs . Theneick & Watson Abbott 
 
 made the first October last. Esq" 
 
 Jn°. Harvey deficient of Water in his barrell, was fined $.0. 75 
 
 Rich d . Smyth Esq r . 
 
 d°. 
 
 d°. 
 
 d°. 
 
 " 75 
 
 Jos h . Campeau 
 
 d°. 
 
 d°. 
 
 d°. 
 
 " 75 
 
 John fearson 
 
 d°. 
 
 d°. 
 
 d°. 
 
 " 75 
 
 M rs . Widow Abbott 
 
 d°. 
 
 d°. 
 
 d°. 
 
 " 75 
 
 Archer Horner 
 
 d°. 
 
 d°. 
 
 d°. 
 
 " 75 
 
 M rs . Widow Coates 
 
 wanting a pole 
 
 d°. 
 
 " 25 
 
 Sam 1 . Tupper not notified & excused $ 4=75 
 
 The following persons presented their petition for tavern- 
 licences, and the Same was granted — viz 
 John Dodemead Esq 1 ". 
 John Conner 
 Louis Bourguinon 
 
 Mess 1-3 . Smyth & Gentle were reappointed Inspectors of fire 
 regulations, as it appeared to the board that they had neglected 
 to go round the last fortnight.
 
 74 
 
 The board took up the report of Mess". Conner & Cook & c . 
 
 Isidore Peltier excused. 
 
 Rob 1 . Abbott deficient of Watter in his barrell, was fined $ 75 
 
 W m . M c . Scott Esq r . d°. of ears to his 
 Louis Peltier, excused 
 
 d°. 
 
 Joseph Griffard 
 Jn° Watson 
 Roswell Hatch 
 frederick Bates 
 John fearson 
 
 d°. of a rung in his ladder 
 d°. of water in his barrell 
 d°. of one ladder 
 d°. of water in his barrell 
 for his Chimney Ketching fire 
 
 d°. 
 
 d°. 
 d°. 
 d°. 
 
 d°. 
 d°. 
 
 1 
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 25 
 
 50 
 
 75 
 <« 
 
 75 
 it 
 
 $ 7.0 
 
 The board appointed John Conner Marshall vice Th s . M c Crae 
 Jun r . who has left the Country. 
 
 And the board adjourned to the first Monday in January 
 next 10. in the forenoon. 
 
 Trustees present 
 Abbott 
 Wilkinson 
 Bates 
 Esq" 
 
 ON MONDAY 7 th . January A.D. 1805. the board met at 10 
 o'clock agreable to adjournment. 
 
 Mess rs . Smith & Gentle, Inspectors of fire regulations made 
 their report as follows, to wit : 
 
 Conrad Seek barrell frose 
 
 Lasseliere no barrell 
 
 Gab. Godfroy nothing 
 
 Peter Desnoyers Barrell frose 
 
 Ch s . Curry d°. d°. 
 
 Jos h . Thibaud d°. d°. 
 
 The board ordered their Secretary to notify the above De- 
 linquents in the usual form. 
 
 The board do appoint Daniel M c neal & francois Gobey In- 
 spectors of fire regulations, to go round twice & report to this 
 board on the first monday in february next at 10. in the forenoon. 
 
 Ordered by the board that the Collector of the Corporation 
 do pay to the Treasurer all monies in his hands. 
 
 And the board adjourned to the first monday in february next 
 at 10. in the forenoon. 
 
 Trustees present 
 Abbott 
 Wilkinson 
 Bates 
 
 Esq" 
 
 ON MONDAY the 4 th . feb y . A.D. 1805 the board met at 10. 
 in the forenoon agreable to adjournment. 
 
 M r . Jones, the hatter, reported Wanting 1 ground ladder — twice 
 John Williams, his bll of water frosen (excused 4 th . of march) 
 fred k . Bates Esq 1 ", no water in his barrell 
 Mess house one ground ladder Wanted.
 
 75 
 
 Augustin Lafoy & Jos h . Cote were appointed Inspectors of 
 fire regulations and to go round twice, and to report to this board 
 on the first Monday in march next. 
 
 And the board adjourned to the first monday in march next 
 at 10. in the forenoon. 
 
 ON MONDAY 4 th March A.D. 1805. the board met at 10. Trustees present 
 in the forenoon agreable to adjournment. Wilkinson 
 
 The petition of Ann Coates for a tavern-licence was taken Bat E S 3 q« 
 up and granted. 
 
 The report of Mess rs . Lafoy & Cote Inspectors of fire regula- 
 tions was presented and filed as follows — to wit. 
 
 Joseph Griffard no water in his barrell 
 
 John Conner water frosen in his barrell 
 
 Conrad Seek no water in his barrell 
 
 Rich d . Smyth's Shop no ears to his barrell 
 
 M r . Lassilliere no barrell 
 
 Sam 1 . Allen no barrell 
 
 And the board ordered the above Delinquents to be notified 
 in the usual manner. 
 
 M r . Jones (hatter) attended and was fined $4.0 
 
 frederick Bates Esq r . d°. ".75 
 
 The board appointed Jos h . Campeau & John Williams Inspec- 
 tors of fire regulations, to go round twice & report on 1 st mon- 
 day in april. 
 
 The board appointed James Dodemead director of the Engine 
 in lieu of W m . M c . Scott Esq r . 
 
 The board direct their Chairman to draw on the treasurer 
 the Sum of $15.0 for the repairs of the Engine. 
 
 The board appoint Mess rs . Wilkinson & Bates to go & exam- 
 ine a Nuisance, complained of, on a lot adjoining M rs . Widow 
 Abbott's house, and do empower them to order Said nuisance to 
 be removed. 
 
 And the board adjourned to first monday in april at 10. in 
 the forenoon. 
 
 SPECIAL MEETING 
 
 ON FRIDAY the 15 th . day of March A. D. 1805. the board Trustees present 
 met at 10. in the forenoon agreable to public Notice given. Wilkinson 
 
 Upon Complaint made that Isaac Bissell had Carried fire un- B Elqr 
 covered thro the Streets, contrary to the Ordinance of the 19 th 
 of Sept ber . 1803, the board ordered Said Bissell to be brought 
 
 i"
 
 76 
 
 forward to answer to Said Complaint, and the Trustees having 
 heard witnesses in Support of the complaint, and the defence of 
 j 2 50 Said Isaac Bissell, they pronounced a fine of two dollars and fifty 
 
 Cents against Said Bissell. 
 
 And the board adjourned to the 1 st monday in april next at 
 10. in the forenoon. 
 
 Tn^teespresent ON MONDAY the 1 st . day of April A.D. 1805. the board 
 
 Wilkinson met at 10 in the forenoon, agreable to adjournment. 
 
 Esq" Conrad Seek attended and was fined $ . 75 
 
 Joseph Griffard " 75 
 
 Samuel Allen 1. " 
 
 Rich d . Smith Esq r . " 25 
 
 $: 2 75 
 M r . Lassilliere was excused. 
 
 The board do direct their Secretary to advertise in french and 
 english that the law respecting Market will be in force on friday 
 next, as also the ordinance respecting the Sweeping Streets on 
 every Saturday. 
 
 The board do direct their Chairman to issue warrants against 
 all persons indebted to the Corporation for fines now unpaid. 
 
 The board took up the report of Mess rs . Campeau & Williams 
 and ordered that all Delinquents be notified in the usual Way 
 and to attend this board on Saturday 27 th . april ins 1 , at 10 in the 
 forenoon. The report is as follows — to wit. — 
 Alexis Coquillard one ladder wanted, or broken 
 
 Mons r . Gab 1 . Richard one 
 
 Teoph Mette one 
 
 Bonnet Griffard two 
 
 Tho 9 . Welch, no ears to his barrell.one 
 James Abbott Esq 1 ", one bucket wanted 
 R d . Smyth's Shop. l.bll. wanted. 2. bucketts 
 Jos h . Hosford. no d°. 2. d°. & no firebag. 
 Isaac Bissell. no barrell.2. d°. no d°. 
 Sam 1 . Allen one d°. d°. d°. 
 
 Serg 4 . Hudson one d°. d°. d°. 
 
 The board do appoint Mess™. W m . Scott & James Dodemead 
 Inspectors of fire regulations, to go round, twice & c . and report 
 on Saturday 27 th . april ins 1 . 
 
 The board passed the following Ordinance — to wit — 
 
 AN ORDINANCE made & Established by the board of Trus- 
 tees of the Corporation of the town of Detroit this first day of 
 april A.D. 1805. 
 
 d°. d°. d°. 
 
 d°. d°. d°. 
 
 d°. d°. d°. 
 
 d°. d°. d°.
 
 77 
 
 Be it ordained by the Said board of Trustees that from and 
 after the passing of this ordinance no person Shall in future 
 throw a leaden, iron, or other ball formed of heavy Materials in 
 the Streets of this Burrough, and any and every one found offend- 
 ing therein, Shall pay for the use of Said Corporation the Sum 
 of five dollars for every Such offense. 
 
 And the board adjourned to Saturday 27 th . april ins 1 , at 10. 
 in the forenoon. 
 
 ON SATURDAY 27 th . april A.D. 1805. the board met at 10. Trustees present 
 in the forenoon agreable to adjournment. jos^wiikinson 
 
 The board took up the report of Mess". Scott & James Dode- fred eSJ?* 8 
 mead Inspectors & c . by which it appeared no Deficiency. 
 
 The Board appointed Joseph Hosford & John Watson In- 
 spectors of fire regulations, to go round once & to report to this 
 board on the 1 st Monday in may next at 8. in the forenoon. 
 
 The board ordered their Secretary to advertise in french & 
 english a new election to be held at the Court house in the town of 
 Detroit on the first Monday of May next at 11. in the forenoon. 
 
 Joseph Hosford attended & was fined 
 
 Serg 1 . Hudson 
 
 d°. 
 
 
 d°. 
 
 James Abbott 
 
 d°. 
 
 
 d°. 
 
 Griffard & Robinson d°. 
 
 
 d°. 
 
 Alexis Coquillard 
 
 did not attend 
 
 d°. 
 
 Gab 1 . Richard 
 
 d°. 
 
 d°. 
 
 d°. 
 
 Teophilus Mette 
 
 d°. 
 
 d°. 
 
 d°. 
 
 Thomas Welch 
 
 d°. 
 
 d°. 
 
 d°. 
 
 Sam 1 . Allen 
 
 d°. 
 
 d°. 
 
 d°. 
 
 Rich*. Smyth 
 
 d°. 
 
 d°. 
 
 d°. 
 
 Bissell & Son 
 
 d°. 
 
 d°. 
 
 d°. 
 
 $1. 
 
 50 
 
 
 2. 
 
 it 
 
 
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 50 
 
 
 2. 
 
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 1. 
 
 tt 
 
 
 1 
 
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 1 
 
 It 
 
 
 1. 
 
 25 
 
 
 1 
 
 << 
 
 
 2. 
 
 00 
 
 Reduced to 150 Cents 
 
 5 
 
 <( 
 
 3 d . June 1805 
 p d . to treasurer 
 
 Amounting to Sixteen dollars Seventy five Cents 16. 25 
 And the board adjourned to the first Monday in May next 
 at 8. in the forenoon. 
 
 ON MONDAY 6 th May A. D. 1805. the board met at 8. Trusted present 
 o'clock in the forenoon pursuant to adjournment. 
 
 The report of Mess rs . Hosford & Watson was taken & filed, 
 viz. 
 
 D r . Jos h . Wilkinson Esq r . no water in his barrell 
 
 D r . W m . M c . Scott Esq r . no d°. d°. 
 
 John fearson no d°. d°. 
 
 Stone & Jones no d°. d° & no bag. 
 
 M r . Benjamin no buckets. 
 
 The above delinquents to be notified in the usual form.
 
 78 
 
 The board appointed Abraham Cook & Conrad Seek Inspec- 
 tors of fire regulations to go round twice & report to the board 
 of Trustees on the first Monday in June next. 
 
 The ace 1 , of the Secretary amounting to 53. doll 66 Cents was 
 examined & passed, and the Chairman drew an order of the 
 treasurer for that amount in favor of Peter Audrain Secretary. 
 
 ON MONDAY the 6 th . May A.D. 1805, the ANNUAL 
 MEETING was held for the election of the officers of the Cor- 
 poration of the town of Detroit, agreable to law. 
 
 The Trustees met at 11. o'clock in the forenoon at the Court- 
 house at Detroit to attend the election of officers of the Corpora- 
 tion to Serve during the ensuing year, the election was pro- 
 claimed open at 11. in the forenoon, to be closed at Twelve. 
 
 At 12 o'clock the poll was closed, the votes were Counted, and 
 the following officers were proclaimed duly Elected — viz — 
 
 James Abbott 
 
 D r . W m . Brown 
 D r . Joseph Wilkinson 
 frederick Bates 
 John Williams 
 Peter Audrain 
 John Watson 
 Jeanb te . Piquet 
 John Conner 
 
 Trustees. Sworn 11 th may 
 
 Secretary. 
 Assessor 
 Collector 
 Marshall. 
 
 Sworn 11 th may 
 
 d°. d°. 
 
 d°. d°. 
 
 d°. d°. 
 
 The minutes of all the transactions & ordinances of the board 
 were, agreable to law, laid before the Electors present. 
 
 The board directed their Secretary to Notify to the officers 
 now elected their election, for the Service of the next ensuing 
 year. 
 
 Adjourned sine die. 
 
 Trustees present 
 Jos h . Wilkinson 
 James Abbott 
 L>r vV m . Brown 
 frederick Bates 
 Jn°. Williams 
 
 Esq" 
 
 ON SATURDAY the 11. May A.D. 1805 the board met at 
 10. in the forenoon agreable to public Notice Given. 
 
 Joseph Wilkinson Esq r . was appointed Chairman 
 James Abbott Esq r . d°. Treasurer 
 
 Louis Peltier d°. Messenger 
 
 John Conner d°. Clk of Market & police 
 
 officer.
 
 79 
 
 The board appointed John Dodemead & W m . M c . Scott 
 Esquires to examine the english hurrying ground, and ascertain 
 as near as possible the probable expences to put the Same in 
 Compleat repair and to report to this board on the first Monday 
 in June next at 10. in the forenoon. 
 
 The board do determine that, from & after the first monday 
 in June next, the Inspectors of fire regulations do go round once 
 every week during the time of their appointement. 
 
 Abraham Cook & Conrad Seek appointed, at the last meeting 
 of the board, Inspectors are to visit the Suburbs below & above 
 the pickets of the town, twice and to report to the board on the 
 first monday in June next at 10. in the forenoon ; 
 
 And the board do appoint Mess 1 " 3 . E. Brush & Jones 
 
 Inspectors to visit twice the town within the Picketts, and to report 
 to the board on the first Monday in June at 10. in the forenoon. 
 
 The board do direct their Secretary to renew the publication 
 of the ordinance respecting the Market, in french & english. 
 
 And the board adjourned to the first Monday in June at 10. 
 in the forenoon. 
 
 ON MONDAY 3 d . June 1805.
 
 Index 
 
 Abbott, , 71. 
 
 Abbott, James, vi, 26, 27, 29, 30, 38, 41, 42, 
 
 44, 47, 48, 49, 56, 65, 66, 67, 70, 71, 76, 77 ; 
 
 see also Treasurer, Trustees. 
 Abbott, [Mary Barkle], widow, 26, 27, 28, 
 
 29, 43, 53, 55, 56, 57, 71, 73, 75. 
 Abbott, Robert, 7, 16, 26, 27, 30, 38, 41, 42, 
 
 44, 48, 53, 54, 55, 65, 66, 70, 71, 73, 74; 
 
 see also Assessor, Treasurer, Trustees. 
 Abbott' shop, 53. 
 
 Abraham, Gaspard, 54, 59, 61, 64, 68. 
 Act to incorporate town, 3-7. 
 Adams, John, viii. 
 Ale houses, see Taverns. 
 Allen, Samuel, 70, 72, 75, 76, 77. 
 Allen, William, 18, 30, 37, 41, 52, 53, 70. 
 Alleys, cleaning, see Street cleaning. 
 Anderson, - — , sadler, 73. 
 Anderson, David, 17. 
 Ashes, 11. 
 Askin, John, 3, 6, 9, 16, 28, 57; see also 
 
 Trustees. 
 Assessments, levy and collection, 5. 
 Assessor, to be inhabitant of town, 3 ; how 
 
 elected, 4; (Abbott) 9, 23; (McCrae) 
 
 32; (Watson) 60, 78. 
 Assize of bread, see Bread, assize of. 
 Audrain, Peter, 7, 16, 46, 57; see also Secre- 
 tary. 
 Axes, see Fire axes. 
 
 Bacon, [David], 16. 
 
 Bags, see Fire bags; Gunpowder. 
 
 Bake house, 15. 
 
 Bakers, see Bread, assize of. 
 
 Ball throwing, ordinance, 76-77. 
 
 Barns, Robert, 48, 49. 
 
 Barrels, see Fire barrels and buckets. 
 
 Bates, Frederick, 38, 41, 47, 53, 65, 71, 72, 
 
 73, 74, 75; see also Fire inspectors, 
 
 Trustees. 
 Batteau, 66. 
 
 Beach, see River shore. 
 Beaubien see Bobien. 
 Beaufait, Lewis, vi. 
 Beef, 15; unsound, sent to market, 43-44. 
 
 see also Meat. 
 Bellair, Paul, 73. 
 
 Bellecour, Francis [Desruisseaux], 18, 71. 
 Bells & Rocks & Longdon, 17. 
 Bentley, John, 16, 25, 29, 43, 44, 47, 71 ; see 
 
 also Collector, Fire inspectors. 
 Berthelet, Henry, 37, 41, 50, 51, 54, 55, 58, 
 
 61, 70; see also Trustees. 
 Bissell, Isaac, 75, 76. 
 Bissell & son, 77. 
 Blanbo, sergeant, 55, 56. 
 
 Boats, 66. 
 
 Bobien, Antoine, 3. 
 
 Bouette, Jean Baptiste, 37. 
 
 Bourguinon, Louis, 73. 
 
 Bracken, James, 17. 
 
 Bread, assize of, trustees to regulate, 5; 
 
 ordinance, 13-14, 24; repealed, 28. 
 Brown, William, 42; see also Trustees. 
 Brush, Elijah, 49, 54, 55, 58, 59, 68, 70; see 
 
 also Fire inspectors, Trustees. 
 Buckets, see Fire barrels and buckets. 
 Buildings in front of town, 3. 
 Bunnell, Luther, 17. 
 Burrell, John, 47, 52. 
 Burton, Clarence Monroe, x. 
 Burying ground, English, repair of, 79; 
 
 Protestant, repair of, 47, 64. 
 Butter, 15. 
 
 Cadoret, [Urcelle] widow, 52. 
 
 Callahan, [Elizabeth] widow, 26, 27, 43, 47 
 
 48, 49, 56. ... 
 
 Callan, sergeant, 49. 
 
 Campeau, Barnabe, 42. 
 
 Campeau, Joseph, 7, 9, 17, 52, 53, 56, 58, 66, 
 
 68, 70, 71, 73; see also Fire inspectors, 
 
 Trustees. 
 Canoes, 66. 
 Carter, 34. 
 
 Carters, ordinance requested, 36. 
 Cattle, see Lane from Commons to River. 
 Cemetery, see Burying ground. 
 Cena, [Cene, Antoine], 49. 
 Chabert de Joncaire, see Joncaire, Charles 
 
 Frangois Chabert de. 
 Chairman, to be appointed by trustees, 3; 
 
 (Henry) 9, 24; (May) 32; (Sibley) 60; 
 
 (Wilkinson) 78. 
 Chartron, Peter, 29. 
 Chene, Pierre, 3. 
 Chillicothe, viii-ix. 
 
 Chimney inspectors (Coquillard and Pal- 
 mer) 26, 27. 
 Chimnies, repair, 10, 25-26; sweeping, 10, 
 
 62; stovepipes in, 10; see also Fire; 
 
 Forge chimney. 
 Chittenden (Chittendon), Benjamin, 44, 77 
 
 [?]; see also Fire inspectors. 
 Chittendon & Horner, 38, 41, 46, 64. 
 Choberg, William, 17. 
 Cincinnati, ix. 
 Circuit court, in session, 72. 
 Cissne, Joseph, viii. 
 Clemens, Jacob, 7, 25, 29, 30, 43, 47; see also 
 
 Collector, Fire inspectors. 
 Clemson, [Eli B.], 53. 
 Clerk of the market, see Market, clerk of.
 
 82 
 
 Coates (Coats), Ann, tvidozv, 14, 30, 53, 56, 
 71, 73, 75. 
 
 Collector, to be inhabitant of town, 3 ; how 
 elected, 4 ; to have same power as County 
 collectors, 5; (Clemens) 9, 21, 24; 
 (Smith) 23, 24; (Seek) 23, 24, 25, 30, 
 31; (Bentley) 32, 37, 38, 57, 58; (Des- 
 noyers) 60, 68; (Picquet) 68, 74, 78. 
 
 Commons, cleanliness, see Street cleaning ; 
 trustees to keep open, etc., 4 ; inclosure 
 forbidden. 22; lane to River from, 56; 
 stable on, 72. 
 
 Comparet, Jean Baptiste, sen., 30, 38, 41, 46, 
 48, 54, 55, 67. 
 
 Comparet, [Jean Baptiste] (Batiste) jr., 55. 
 
 Conner, John, 46, 73, 75; see also Fire in- 
 spectors; Market, Clerk of; Marshal; 
 Police officer. 
 
 Cook, Abraham, 46; see also Fire inspectors. 
 
 Coquillard, Alexis, 26, 47, 58, 76, 77. 
 
 Corn, 15. 
 
 Corporation wharf, see Wharf. 
 
 Cote, Joseph, 46, 48; see also Fire inspect- 
 ors. 
 
 Cote, [Magdeline Lefebvre], 65, 66. 
 
 Cote, Prisque, sen., 12, 42, 48. 
 
 Cote, Prisque, jr., 12, 46. 
 
 Council house, tavern in, 17 ; drain, 56. 
 
 Court house, meetings in, 9, 21, 23, 32, 33, 
 34, 37, 41, 42, 43, 44, 46, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 
 60, 65, 78 ; headquarters for night watch, 
 69. 
 
 Court of general quarter sessions, 6. 
 
 Courts, see Circuit court; Court of general 
 quarter sessions ; Northwest Territory, 
 General court. 
 
 Crosswalks, see Foot paths. 
 
 Curry, Charles, 42, 47, 48, 56, 57, 64, 65, 66, 
 70, 72, 74; see also Fire inspectors, 
 Trustees. 
 
 Delille, Frangois, 37. 
 
 Derry, Thomas, 42, 44. 
 
 Desnoycrs (Denoyer), Peter, 17, 47, 56, 74; 
 see also Collector, Fire inspectors. 
 
 Detroit, citizens' petition for local govern- 
 ment, vi-viii ; act to incorporate, 3-7. 
 
 Detroit River, see River. 
 
 Disorderly house, 48, 49. 
 
 Dodemead, James, 52, 68, 70, 72 ; see also 
 Fire engine. Director of ; Fire inspectors. 
 
 Dodemead, John, 6, 9, 16, 17, 18, 27, 29, 43, 
 47, 48, 49, 53, 56, 64, 69, 73, 79 ; see also 
 Fire inspectors, Treasurer, Trustees. 
 
 Dogs, ordinance, 33, 35-36. 
 
 Domaine, see Commons. 
 
 Donavan, Mathew, 18, 52, 57, 64, 68. 
 
 Donavan, Richard, 16, 48, 49, 52, 53; see also 
 Fire inspectors. 
 
 Drains, etc., 43, 49, 56, 64, 75. 
 Driving, see Traffic ordinances. 
 Drouillard, Simon, 18. 
 
 Eberts, Herman, 16, 56. 
 
 Eggs, 15. 
 
 Elections, see Town meeting. 
 
 Engine, see Fire engine. 
 
 Engine house, notices to be posted on, 9, 13, 
 
 35 ; engine to be placed in, 45 ; to be in 
 
 repair, 46. 
 English language, see French and English 
 
 languages. 
 Ernest, Mathew, 16, 47, 55, 57, 64. 
 
 Fearson, John, 18, 71, 73, 74, 77. 
 
 Fees, 5-6, 21. 
 
 Fines, levy and collection, 4, 5-6; not to be 
 incurred without a witness, 13 ; for vari- 
 ous shortcomings, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 
 19, 22, 25, 26, 33. 34, 35, 36, 38, 39, 40, 41, 
 45, 46, 60, 61, 77. 
 
 Fire, trustees to make ordinances against, 
 4; ordinance, Feb. 23-25, 1802, 10-13, 
 amended, 33 ; carried uncovered through 
 streets, 45. 
 
 Fire alarm, able bodied males to obey, 11, 
 12. 
 
 Fire axes, 12. 
 
 Fire bags, shopkeepers to provide, 11. 
 
 Fire barrels and buckets, householders to 
 provide, 11; to be marked with owner's 
 name, 12. 
 
 Fire director, (Frero) 12. 
 
 Fire engine, to be inspected and repaired, 
 45, 46; to be placed in engine house, 45; 
 persons appointed to work, 11, 46; re- 
 pairing, 59, 75 ; screws to be put in order, 
 72. 
 
 Fire engine, director of, (Scott) 46; (Dode- 
 mead) 75. 
 
 Fire equipment, deficiencies in, fines estab- 
 lished for, 46. 
 
 Fire inspectors, duties, 13; (Gouie & Cur- 
 ry) 14, 15, 16; to pay special attention 
 to steps of ladders, 20; (John Dodemead 
 & C. F. Girardin) to point out bad chim- 
 nies to chimney inspectors, 26; (Thibaud 
 & Clemens) 27, 28; (McCrae & Lafoy) 
 29, 30; (Harrison & Campeau) 33, 36, 
 37-38; (Henry & Abbott) 44, 45; (Har- 
 vey & Hunt) 50, 51; (J. Girardin & 
 Pelletier) 51,51-52; (Sibley & Donavan) 
 51, 53-54; (Seek & L. Lognon) 53, 55; 
 (Bates & Desnoyers) 55, 59; (Curry & 
 Picquet) 60, 61 ; (Campeau & Dodemead) 
 64, 65; (Tupper & Smart) 65; (Chitten- 
 den, Bentley, appointed) 65, 67; (Smart 
 & Bentley) 68; (John Dodemead &
 
 83 
 
 Scott) 68, 70; (Teneick & Watson) 70, 
 
 71, 73; (Conner & Cook) 71, 72, 73, 74; 
 (Smyth & Gentle) 73, 74; (McNeal & 
 Gobey) 74; (Lafoy & Cote) 75; (Cam- 
 peau & Williams) 75, 76; (Scott & Jas. 
 Dodemead) 76, 77; (Hosford & Wat- 
 son) 77; (Cook & Seek) 78, to visit 
 suburbs, 79; (Brush & Jones) to visit 
 town, 79; to make rounds weekly, 79. 
 
 Fire ladders, householders to have, 11 ; steps 
 to be noted, 20. 
 
 Fire line to river, 12. 
 
 Fire regulations, inspectors of, see Fire 
 inspectors. 
 
 Firewood, see River shore, firewood, etc., 
 on. 
 
 Fish, 15. 
 
 Flour, 5, 15 ; scarce, 28. 
 
 Foot paths, ordinance, 19. 
 
 Forge chimney, 48. 
 
 Fraser, James, 16, 26, 27, 47, 53, 56, 58, 68. 
 
 Freedom of Corporation conferred : Sib- 
 ley, x, 23 ; Schieffelin, 32. 
 
 Freeholders, defined, 4 ; to vote, 5. 
 
 French and English languages, act to incor- 
 porate read in, 9 ; notices to be given in, 
 9, 25, 29, 33, 44, 45, 49, 50, 61, 62, 65, 70, 
 
 72, 76, 77, 79. 
 
 Frero, Francis, 55, 57; see also Fire director. 
 Fruit, 15. 
 
 Garbage, see Refuse disposal. 
 
 Garden, commanding officer's, 47. 
 
 Garrison, commanding officer to order pub- 
 lic slaughter house kept clean, 42; has 
 ordered pickets removed, 47. 
 
 Gates removed, 55 ; vote on replacing, 56-57. 
 
 Gentle, John, 16, 21, 43; see also Fire in- 
 spectors. 
 
 Girardin, Charles Francis, 6, 9; see also 
 Fire inspectors, Trustees. 
 
 Girardin, Jacques, 11, 46, 48; see also Fire 
 inspectors. 
 
 Gobeye (Gobev"\ Francis, 56; see also Fire 
 inspectors. 
 
 Godfrov. Gabriel, 37, 57, 74. 
 
 Gouie, Robert, 26, 27, 37, 43, 47, 48, 49, 56, 
 64, 70, 72; see also Fire inspectors. 
 
 Griffard, Bonnet, 76. 
 
 Griffard, Joseph, 73, 74, 75, 76. 
 
 Griffard & Robinson, 77. 
 
 Guard house, see Main guard house. 
 
 Gunpowder, amount allowed, 12; bag, 12. 
 
 Hall, Samuel, 28, 51, 52, 53, 55. 
 Hamtramck, John Francis, 11. 
 Hamtramck, township, 3. 
 Harrison, Joseph, 14, 30, 47; see also Fire 
 inspectors. 
 
 Harvey, John, 30, 55, 57, 71, 73 ; see also 
 
 Fire inspectors. 
 Hatch, Roswell, 73, 74. 
 Hay, 11. 
 
 Henderson, David, 50, 51, 52. 
 Henry, James, vi, 6, 9, 10, 16, 21, 22, 23, 24, 
 
 26, 27, 28, 29, 30. 31, 42, 43, 44, 47, 50, 51, 
 
 52, 53, 63, 64, 70, 72; see also Chairman, 
 Trustees. 
 
 Hill, Mrs., 64. 
 
 Hogs, see Swine. 
 
 Horner, Archer [Archibald], 71, 73; see 
 
 also Chittendon & Horner. 
 Horses, loose in streets, ordinance, 19, 26, 
 
 39-40; suspended, 55; riding or driving, 
 
 see Traffic ordinances. 
 Hosford, Joseph, 76 ; see also Fire inspectors. 
 Householders, see Freeholders. 
 
 Hudson, sergeant, 76, 77. 
 
 Hull, Miles, 48, 49. 
 
 Hunt, Israel, 17, 46; see also Fire inspectors. 
 
 Hunt, [Thomas], 47. 
 
 Huntington, Benjamin, viii. 
 
 Hyman, Henry, 26, 27. 
 
 Illinois, viii. 
 
 Indian store, chimney condemned, 27; lack- 
 ing fire equipment, 28, 30. 
 
 Indiana Territory, established, viii ; Detroit 
 in, x ; town meeting called to frame 
 memorial to obtain division of, 72. 
 
 Indians, security against, ordinance, 69-70. 
 
 Informers, of violations, fire regulations, to 
 have half of fine, 13. 
 
 Jailor (Pelletier), application for tavern 
 licence, 28, 29; allowed to keep dog, 36. 
 
 Joncaire, Charles Francois Chabert de, vi, 
 viii. 
 
 Jones, [Richard Hall], see Stone & Jones. 
 
 Jones, Thomas, 42, 74, 75; see also Fire 
 inspectors. 
 
 Jorden (Jarden, Jordan, Jordin), Thomas, 
 
 27, 38, 41, 46, 47, 50, 51, 52, 54, 55, 57, 59. 
 Jouett (Jouet), Charles, 38, 47, 48, 49, 52, 
 
 53, 54, 55, 57, 59, 61, 70, 72. 
 Justices of the peace, vi. 
 
 Kelly, William, 13, 25, 29, 30. 
 
 Ladders, see Fire ladders. 
 
 Lafleur, see Poupard, Charles, dit Lafleur. 
 
 Lafoy (Lafoi), Augustin, 11, 17, 46, 48, 57; 
 
 see also Fire inspectors. 
 Lane from Commons to River for cattle, 
 
 petition for opening filed, 56. 
 Lanes, cleaning, see Street cleaning. 
 Lapierre, Batiste, 18.
 
 84 
 
 Lasseller (Lassellier, Laserrier, Lasseliere, 
 
 Lassilliere) , French schoolmaster, 
 
 55, 57, 65, 66, 70, 71, 74, 75, 76. 
 
 Lee, Zadeck, see Marshal. 
 
 Legislature, see Northwest Territory. 
 
 Lemaine, Frangois, 18. 
 
 Licences, see Tavern licences. 
 
 Lights in houses after 11 P. M., 69. 
 
 Liquor selling, see Taverns. 
 
 Local government, v ; Detroit citizens' peti- 
 tion for, vi-viii. 
 
 Lognon (Lognion), Louis, 13, 24, 30, 46, 47, 
 56; see also Fire inspectors. 
 
 [Longdon] (Longon), Augustin (Austin), 
 41, 52, 53; see also Messenger. 
 
 Longdon, see also Bells & Rocks & Longdon. 
 
 Lumber, see River shore, firewood, etc., on. 
 
 Lumber rafts, 20. 
 
 McClean, Daniel, 17. 
 
 McClean (McClain), David, 17, 37, 38, 41, 
 55, 57. 
 
 McComb [Macomb], William, 3. 
 
 McComb estate, 27. 
 
 McCrae, Thomas, 16, 27, 59, 61 ; see also 
 Assessor, Fire inspectors. Marshal, 
 Police officer. 
 
 McDougall, George, viii. 
 
 McKee, Samuel, 44. 
 
 McNeal, Daniel, 52, 56; see also Fire in- 
 spectors. 
 
 McNiff, [Catherine] widow, 51, 52. 
 
 McNiff, Patrick. 17. 
 
 Macomb, see McComb. 
 
 Main guard house, chimney condemned, 28; 
 lacking ladder, 28. 
 
 Malcher, Francis Paul, 18, 53. 
 
 Market, ordinance establishing, 15; amend- 
 ed, 33; suspended, 50; enforced, 61, 76; 
 publication, 79. 
 
 Market, clerk of, trustees to appoint, 5 ; 
 ordinance, 61-62; (McCrae) 61, 68; 
 (Conner) 78. 
 
 Market days, 15, 66. 
 
 Market, dock of, dung or filth to be depos- 
 ited in, 34. 
 
 Market hours, 15; no wharfage collected 
 during, 66. 
 
 Market house, to be repaired, 62. 
 
 Market place, 15. 
 
 Markets, trustees to regulate, 5. 
 
 Marshal, to be inhabitant of town, 3; how 
 elected, 4; duties, 4, 35, 36. 39, 63; fees 
 5, same as sheriff of Territory, 21 
 (Wallen) 9, 21, 23, 24; (Lee) 21 
 (Smith) 32, 38, 58; (McCrae) 60 
 (Conner) 74. 
 
 Martin, [Hugh R.?], 30. 
 
 May, James, vi, viii, 37, 43, 44, 45, 46, 51, 52, 
 53, 56, 58, 59; see also Chairman, Trus- 
 tees. 
 
 Meat, unsound, 33, 62; see also Beef. 
 
 Meldrum, George, 16, 18, 38, 41, 42, 44, 47, 
 58, 68; see also Trustees. 
 
 Meldrum, John, 42. 
 
 Merchants' wharf, see Wharf. 
 
 Mess house, chimney condemned, 27. 
 
 Messenger (Pelletier), 9, 21, 24, 29, 32, 35, 
 37, 38, 58, 59, 60, 78; (Longon) 37, 51, 
 57, 59. 
 
 Mette, Teophile, 12, 17, 47, 48, 76, 77. 
 
 Minnesota, viii. 
 
 Mitchel, James, 65. 
 
 Monet, , 27. 
 
 Munro, Robert, 37, 41, 42. 43, 47, 49, 50, 51, 
 52, 53, 54, 55, 58, 64, 68. 
 
 Mutton, 15. 
 
 Myers (Meyers), Martin, 18, 28, 33, 46, 48, 
 49. 
 
 Navarre, Francis, vi. 
 
 Navarre, Robert, vi. 
 
 Newkam, , 42, 58. 
 
 Night watch, ordinance, 69-70. 
 
 Northwest Territory, v, vi, 7; General court, 
 vi, viii ; Assembly, viii, ix ; boundary 
 lines of states formed from, ix-x. 
 
 Nowlan (Nowlen), Thomas, 17, 26, 27, 28, 
 44, 52. 
 
 Oath of office, town officers, 4. 
 
 Oats, 15. 
 
 Oliver, Robert, 7. 
 
 Ordinances, 4-5; ball throwing, 76-77; 
 bread, assize of, 14, 24, 28; carters, 34, 
 36; chimnies, sweeping of, 10, 62; Com- 
 mons, inclosure of, 22; dogs, 33, 35-36; 
 fire, 10-13, 33; fire carried uncovered 
 through streets, 45; foot paths, 19; 
 horses loose in streets, 19, 26, 39-40. 55 ; 
 market, 15, 33; market, clerk of, 61-62; 
 night watch, 69-70; refuse disposal. 34; 
 river shore, firewood, etc., on, 19-20; 
 river shore, passage to channel from, 20 ; 
 street cleaning, 25, 33; swine, 34-35, 62- 
 63 ; taverns, 40-41 ; traffic and incum- 
 brances in streets, 18-19, 26, 38-40, 43, 
 45 ; water supply, 66, 68 ; wharfage, 66. 
 
 Palmer, John, 26. 
 
 Patrol, see Night watch. 
 
 Pelletier (Peltier), Batiste, 12, 46, 48, 57, 
 
 70, 72; see also Fire inspectors. 
 Pelletier (Peltier), Isidore, 65, 66, 73, 74. 
 Pelletier, Jacques, 17. 
 Pelletier (Peltier), Louis (Louisa), 29, 73, 
 
 74; see also Jailor, Messenger.
 
 85 
 
 Pelletier, Pierre, 46, 48. 
 
 Perkins, , sergeant, 17. 
 
 Perogues, 66. 
 
 Pickets, 15, 47, 55, 56-57; see also Water 
 
 pickets. 
 Picquet, Jean Batiste, 46, 48; see also Col- 
 lector, Fire inspectors. 
 Poles, see Fire barrels. 
 Police officer, 62, 63; (McCrae) 61, 63-64, 
 
 64, 65; (Conner) 78. 
 Poll tax, see Tax, poll. 
 Pork, 15. 
 
 Poultry, 15 ; unsound, 33. 
 Poupard, Charles, dit Lafleur, 12, 17. 
 Powder magazine, 12. 
 
 Pratt, captain, 46. 
 
 Priest, chimney condemned, 27; see also 
 
 Richard, Gabriel. 
 Prison, sentence, 6, 22 ; Wayne County, may 
 
 be used by town of Detroit, 6; see also 
 
 Jailor. 
 Property, fixed, see Tax, fixed property. 
 Protestant burying ground, see Burying 
 
 ground, Protestant. 
 Provencal, [Catharine], zvidow, 57. 
 Provisions, unmerchantable, 33, 61-62. 
 Public commons, see Commons. 
 Public market, see Market. 
 Public slaughter house, see Slaughter house. 
 
 Quarter sessions, court of; see Court of 
 general quarter sessions. 
 
 Rafts, see Lumber rafts. 
 
 Refuse disposal, ordinance, 34. 
 
 Regulations, see Ordinances. 
 
 Reily, John, 7. 
 
 Rent, $40.00 annually, 4, 36. 
 
 Residents, see Freeholders. 
 
 Richard, [Gabriel], 47, 70, 71, 76, 77. 
 
 River, boundary of town, 3 ; road to, 20. 
 
 River shore, firewood, etc., on, ordinance, 
 
 19-20; passage to channel from, 20. 
 Road to River, see River, road to. 
 
 Robinson, , see Griffard & Robinson. 
 
 Robinson, William, 65, 66. 
 
 Rocks, see Bells & Rocks & Longdon. 
 
 Ruland, [Israel?], 68, 70. 
 
 Sabbath observance, 40-41. 
 St. Clair, Arthur, ix, 7. 
 St. Cosme, Amable, 53. 
 St. John, Joseph, 56. 
 Saloon licences, see Tavern licences. 
 Sanders (Saunders), B[arent], 65, 66. 
 Sargent, Winthrop, vi. 
 Schieffelin, Jonathan, viii, ix, 32. 
 Scott, William McDowell, 16, 27, 42, 43, 45, 
 46, 48, 52, 53, 54, 56, 57, 58, 59, 65, 66, 71, 
 
 72, 73, 74, 77, 79; see also Fire engine, 
 Director of ; Fire inspectors ; Trustees. 
 
 Seal, trustees authorized to use, 3. 
 Secretary, 3, 4, 6; (Audrain) 9, 21, 23, 24, 
 
 29, 32, 51, 58, 59, 60, 78. 
 
 Seek, Conrad, 17, 45, 46, 52, 54, 56, 59, 61, 
 
 71, 74, 75, 76; see also Collector, Fire 
 
 inspectors. 
 Shipyard, houses in, lacking fire equipment, 
 
 28; storehouse in, 47. 
 Shovel, carrying fire on, 45. 
 Sibley, Solomon, vi, viii, x, 23, 26, 42, 65 ; 
 
 see also Chairman, Fire inspectors, 
 
 Trustees. 
 Sidewalks, see Foot paths. 
 Silence to be observed at fires, 13. 
 Simare, Jean, 44. 
 Slaughter house, 42. 
 Smart, George, 27, 38, 41, 65, 66, 70, 72; see 
 
 also Fire inspectors. 
 Smart, Robert, 25, 26, 70. 
 Smith (Smyth), Richard, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 
 
 30, 38, 41, 42, 49, 50, 52, 53, 55, 57, 68, 71, 
 
 73, 75, 76, 77; see also Fire inspectors, 
 Marshal. 
 
 Smith, William, 17; see also Collector. 
 
 Soldiers, to assist at fires, 11. 
 
 Speeding, see Traffic ordinances. 
 
 Stable, see Commons, stable on. 
 
 Stone & Jones, 77. 
 
 Stones, see River shore, firewood, etc., on. 
 
 Storehouse, see Shipyard, storehouse in. 
 
 Stovepipes, see Chimnies. 
 
 Straw, 11. 
 
 Street cleaning, ordinance, 25, 33, 40, 61, 76. 
 
 Streets, trustees to keep open, 4 ; to be clear 
 
 of incumbrances, 19. 
 Strong, Warham, 52, 53, 54, 59, 61. 
 Swine, 5, 33, 44, 49, 55; ordinances, 34-35, 
 
 62-63. 
 
 Tavern licences, fees, 6; number to be 
 granted, 29; petitions for: (Kelly) 13, 
 25, 29, 30; (Lognon) 13, 24, 30; (Coates) 
 14, 30, 53, 75; (Harrison) 14, 30; (Now- 
 lan) 17, 52; (Clemens) 25, 29, 30; 
 (Bentley) 25, 29, 44, 71; (Pelletier) 28, 
 29; (Chartron) 29; (Dodemead) 29, 48, 
 49, 73; (Harvey) 30; (Smith) 30; 
 (Allen) 30; (Comparet) 30,67; (Myers) 
 33; (Seek) 45, 71; (Conner) 73; (Bour- 
 guinon) 73. 
 
 Taverns, trustees to license and regulate, 6; 
 ordinance, 40-41. 
 
 Tax, for defraying expense of Corporation, 
 21 ; dog, 36 ; for repairs to Merchants' 
 wharf, 67 ; on fixed property, 71 ; poll, 
 71. 
 
 Tax roll ordered, 22.
 
 86 
 
 Teneick [Ten Eyck] (Teneik, Theneick), 
 [Conrad], 50, 51, 55, 57; see also Fire 
 inspectors. 
 
 Territory of U. S. northwest of river Ohio, 
 see Northwest Territory. 
 
 Thibaud (Thibault), Joseph, 16, 44, 57, 63, 
 64, 74; see also Fire inspectors. 
 
 Tiffin, Edward, 7. 
 
 Town marshal, see Marshal. 
 
 Town meeting, may be called to raise 
 money, 6. 
 
 Town meetings, v; (Feb. 15, 1802) 9; (Apr. 
 17, 1802) 21; (May 3, 1802) 23; (May 2, 
 1803) 32; (May 21, 1803) 33, 34; (Apr. 
 28, 1804) 56-57; (May 7, 1804) 60; (Jul. 
 16, 1804) 65; (Jul. 26, 1804) 65, 67; 
 (Oct. 13, 1804) 72; (May 6, 1805) 77, 
 78. 
 
 Traffic ordinances, 18-19, 26, 38-40, 43, 45. 
 
 Treasurer, 3 ; (Dodemead) 9, 21, 24, 31 ; 
 (Abbott) 32, 35, 58, 60, 78. 
 
 Tremble, M^., 18. 
 
 Trustees, annual meeting, see Town meet- 
 ing; selection, powers, duties, 3-6; board 
 formed, Feb. 9, 1802 (Askin, Dodemead, 
 Henry, Girardin, Campeau) 9. 
 
 Trustees elected, May 3, 1802 (Girardin, 
 Henry, Dodemead, Meldrum, Campeau) 
 23; May 2, 1803 (Abbott, Curry, May, 
 Scott, Brush) 32; May 7, 1804 (Sibley, 
 Abbott, Berthelet, Wilkinson, Bates) 60; 
 May 6, 1805 (Abbott, Brown, Wilkinson, 
 Bates, Williams) 78. 
 
 Trustees' minutes laid before electors, 23, 
 32, 60, 78. 
 
 Tupper, Samuel, 52, 53, 71, 73 ; see also Fire 
 inspectors. 
 
 United States regiment, 1st, 11. 
 Vanderburgh, Henry, viii. 
 
 Vanderhyden (Vanderhyder), David, 38, 
 
 41, 65, 66. 
 Veal, 15. 
 
 Vegetables, 15, 62. 
 Venison, 15. 
 
 Vincent, Mrs., 27. 
 
 Visger, Jacob, vi, viii. 
 
 Voyez (Voyer), Joseph, vi, 17, 18, 37, 38, 42. 
 
 Voyez, Joseph, jr., 58. 
 
 Walker, Elvin, 51, 52, 53, 54. 
 
 Walker, Thomas, 18. 
 
 Wallace, James, 28, 29, 30. 
 
 Wallen, Elias, 7, 57; see also Marshal. 
 
 Water pickets, 15. 
 
 Water supply from Merchants' wharf, 66, 
 68. 
 
 Watson, John, 17, 44, 55, 57, 73, 74; see also 
 Assessor, Fire inspectors. 
 
 Wayne, Anthony, v. 
 
 Wayne County, viii, 3 ; prison, see Prison. 
 
 Welch, Thomas, 18, 38, 41, 48, 52, 53, 54, 55, 
 58, 59, 61, 64, 76, 77. 
 
 Welsh, the late Mrs., 57. 
 
 Wharf, 20, 33, 34, 44, 56, 65-67. 
 
 Wharves, in front of town, 3. 
 
 Wilkinson, , 72, 75. 
 
 Wilkinson, James, 44, 47, 53, 54, 64. 
 
 Wilkinson, Joseph, jr., 77; see also Chair- 
 man, Trustees. 
 
 Williams, John, 74; see also Fire inspectors, 
 Trustees. 
 
 Williams, Nathan, vi. 
 
 Wisconsin, viii. 
 
 Wiswell, Oliver, vi, viii. 
 
 Woolsey, , 68, 70. 
 
 Work shops, shavings, etc., in, 13. 
 
 Yack [Yax], John Michel, 37, 58. 
 Yards, cleaning, see Street cleaning. 
 Yax, see Yack.
 
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