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33 WEST MAIN STREET

WEBSTER, NY. 14580

(716) 872-4503

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CIHM/ICMH
Collection de
microfiches.

Canadian Institute for Historical Microreproductions / Institut canadien de microreproductions historiques

Technical and Bibliographic Notes/Noras techniques et bibliographiquns

The Institute has attempted to obtain the best
original copy available for filming. Features of this
copy which may be bibliographically unique,
which may alter any of the images in the
reprot.<uction, or which may significantly change
the usual method of filming, are checked below.

L'Institut a microfilm^ le meilleur exemplaire
qu'i! lui a ixi possible de se procurer. Les details
de cet exemplaire qui sont peut-^tre uniques du
point de vue bibliographique, qui peuvent modifier
une im^ge reproduite. ou qui peuvent exiger une
modification dans la m^thode normale de filmage
sont indiqu^s ci-dessous.

Coloured covers/
Couverture de couleur

I I Coloured pages/

I I Covers damaged/

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Couverture endommag^e

Covers restored and/or laminated/
Couverture restaurie et/ou pellicul^e

n Cover title missing/
Le tit

itre de couverture manque

□ Coloured maps/
Cartes giographiques en couleur

Coloured ink (i.e. other than blue or black)/
Encre de couleur (i.e. autre que bleue ou noire)

Coloured plates and/or illustrations/
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Bound with other material/
HeM avec d'autres documents

Tight binding may cause shadows or distortion
along interior margm/

Lareliure serree peut causer de I'ombre ou de la
distorsion le long db la marge interieure

Blank leaves added during restoration may
appear within the text. Whenever possible, these
have been omitted from filming/
II se peut que certaines pages blanches ajout^es
lors d'une restauration apparaissent dans le texts,
mais, loisque cela dtait possible, ces pages n'ont
pas iti filmdes.

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Showthrough/
Transparence

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Quality of print varies/
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Includes supplementary material/
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Only edition available/
Seuie Edition disponible

Pages wholly or partially obscured by errata
ilips. tissue*:, etc., have been refilmed to
ensure the best possible image/
Les pages totalement ou partiellement
obscurcies par un feuillet d'errata, une pelure,
etc.. cnt 6t^ film^es A nouveau de facon a
obtenir la meilleure image possible.

Additional comments:/
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[Printed ephemera] [2] p. Docket litla page is bound in as last page in book but filmed as
first page on f iche.

This iten' is filmed at the reduction ratio checked below/

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Th« copy filmed hara has b««n rsproducad thanks
tc tha ganarosity of:

D. B. Weldon Library
University of Western Ontario
(Regional History Room)

Tha imagas appaaring hara ara tha baat quality
poaaibia considaring tha condition and lagibiiity
of tha original copy and in Icaoping with tha
filming contract spacifications.

L'axampiaira filmi fut raproduit grAc& it la
g*n4roaiti da:

D. B. Weldon Library
Univeriity of Western Ontario
(Regional History Room)

Laa imagas suivantaa ont Ati reproduitas avac la
plua grand soin. compta tanu da la condition at
da la nattat* da I'axamplaira filmi, at an
conformity avac laa conditions du contrat de
fiimaga.

Original copiaa in printad papar covars ara fllmad
baginning with tha front covar and andlng on
tha last paga with a printad or iilustratad impres-
sion, or tha bacic covar whan appropriata. All
othar original copiaa ara filmad baginning on tha
first paga with a printed or illuatratad imprea-
sion, and ending on the last page with a printed
or illuatratad impression.

Las axemplairaa originaux dont la couverturii en
papier eat imprimte sont filmte en commenpant
par la premier plat at en terminant soit par la
derniire page qui comporte une empreinte
d'Impressicn ou d'illjstration, soit par la second
plat, salon ie cas. Tou4 i«« autres axempiaires
originsix sont film^s an commonqant par la
premiere page qui comporte unv empreinte
d'Impreeaion ou d'illustration at «n terminant ptir
la derniAre page qui comporte una telle
empreinte.

The last recorded frame on each microfiche
shall contain the symbol — ^ (meaning "CON-
TINUED"), or the symbol V (meaning "END"),
whichever appliea.

Un dee symboies srdvants apparaiti'a sur la
demiAre image de cheque microfiche, selon Ie
caa: la symbols — ^ signifie "A SUIVRE ', Ie
symbols V signifie "FIN".

Maps, piatea, charts, etc.. may be filmed at
different reduction ratioa. Those too large to be
entirely included in one expoaure are filmed
beginning in the upper left hand comer, left to
right and top to bottom, as many framaa aa
required. The following diagrama iiiuatrata the
method:

Lea cartea. planches, tableaux, etc., pauvent dtra
filmte A dee taux de rMuction diff^rents.
Lorsquo Ie document est trop grand pour dtre
reproduit en un seul clichA. il est film^ A partir
da Tangle sup^rieur gauche, de gauche ii droite,
at dr; haut en baa, en prenant la nombre
d'ln.ages n^cessaira. Las diagrammes suivants
illuatrent (a mithode.

THE PETITION

OF THE

COUNCIL

OF THE

TOWNSHIP OF YORK

PRAYING FOR

AMENDMENTS

TO THE

MUNICIi-'AL ACT.

To The Honorable, The HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY of
the Province of Ontario.

THE PETITION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWNSHIP
OF YORK, BY THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL THEREOF ;

Sheweth :

That the Municipal Council of the said Corporation have adopted a resolution to
the efiect that :

" Whebeas it is often necessary to open new streets and to make other local improve-
•' ments which would materially enhance the value of the property so opened up or improved,
" it is the opinion of this Council that Township Councils should have conferred on them
" the power to open new streets and to tax certain localities in whole or in part for the
" maintenance of roads already established, and to make other needed local improvements,
" after having obtained the consent of the parties owning at least one-half in value of the
"property through which or alongside of which such street shall run, or of the property
"to be benefited by such local improvement, and to impose a frontage tax on all property
" immediately benefited by the opening of such new street or the making of such local
' improvement to pay all expenses incurred in connection with the same ;

" And whereas it is desirable that Township Councils should have power to compound or
" commute from year to year, or for a term of years, the statute labor in any jx different
" portions of their Municipality, without first obtaining the consent of the ratepayers whose
" statute labor it is deemed desirable by the Council to commute or compound ;

" And whereas it is desirable that Councils of Townships should have the power to impose
" a frontage tax for the purpose of building sewers or other suitable drains in parts o." Townships
" where it is deemed advisable to do so, at the expense of the property to be so drained and
" benefited thereby ;

" Therefore, be it resolved —

" That tliis Council do respectfully petition the Ontario Legislature, at \ii\ next Session, to
" so alter and amend the Municipal A^t as to confer on Township Councils the powers herein-
" before mentioned."

Your petitioners therefore pray that your Honorable Body will be pleased to amend " The
Municipal Act " in accordance with the prayer of this petition.

And your petitioners will ever pray.

The Council of the

.Of

- recommends the within petition to the

favorable consideration of the House of Assembly

Warden or Reeve.

Clerk.