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BY-LAWS

i'ASSED liY TIIR

HOME DISTRICT COUNCE

DURING

THE YEARS 1842, 1843, 1844, 1845, 1846,

AND THE

FIRST HALF-YEARLY MEETING OF 1847.

M. P. EMPEY, ESQ., WARDEN.

..^l':'^'f'j:'£:^.:<mmfi^'ii

REVISED AND PRINTED BY ORDER OF THE COUNCIL,

JANUARY, 1847.

TORONTO: '

PRINTED BY J. CLF.LAND, KING STREET.

iS47.

BY-LAW S.

[No. 1.]

J BY-LAW

To confer certain powers vested in. the Council^ upon
Counsellors^ when acting in their respective Town-
ships, in regard to Roads and Bridges.

Whereas by a certain Act of the Legislature of the Province of
Canada passed in the fourth and fifth year of the Reign of her present
Majesty Queen Victoria, entitled " An Act to provide for the better
internal Government of that part of this Province which formerly con-
stitutcd the Province of Upper Canada, by the establishment of local
or Municipal Authorities therein," it is among other things Enacted,
that all and every the Power and Authority which by any Act or
Acts in force within that part of this Province which formerly con-
stituted the Province of Upper Canada, are now vested in the Justices
of th-? Peace for the several Districts, with regard to Highways and
Bridges or work connecled therewith, shall, after the first day of
January one thousand eight hundred and forty-two, becom'i and be
vested in, and may be exei\aised by the District Council for such
Districts respectively, within the limits thereof, And Whereas it is
necessary for the due execution of the powers therein granted, and
for the better protection and management of the local interests of Her
Majesty's subjects, that the powers hitherto vested in and exercised
by the Justices of the Peace acting within any division of their District,
so far as the same has been vested in the District Council, shall
be exercised by the Counsellors within their several Townships
respectively, Be it therefore enacted by the Warden and Counsellors
of the Home District, That from and after the passing of this
By-Law, that all and every the power and authority which by any
Act or Acts in force within that part of the Province which formerly
constituted the Province of Upper Canada previous to the passing of
the before recited Act was vested in the Justices of the Peace acting
within any Division of the District, so far as the same has been con-
ferred upon the District Council, shall be exercised by the Counsellors

4 By-Laws.

of this District, acting withi.i tho Towiisl.i., or Townships for which
they may have been elected re8i)eclively.

(Signed)
Passed Fehruary l^ih, 184ii.

E. W. THOMSON,

Warden, H. D.

H.VW.!r"R M T """^/^^honf^j or the Magistrates in regard to
?n!nrfr\? .T^ f'-' ^'.^"',-"' *''^'''" <livisions,a.ul transferred to the
™.;« W^f^ ^^n '''""m "* ^'"' Mnninpai Council Act, and now to be
exercised by the Counsellors in thcur resi.ectivo Townshi ,s, by virtue of

r .h!r *''°'"^' ^^'Y-'\'''n^r ^''^^ ''i'-'-'^tionslbr the perfoniance of Statute

Chan 21 !!nrH'rrr' \" '^' l^^y'^^'-'^l'^l'^' R.ngi. of Her imsent Majesty,
chap. 21 entitled "An Act to alter mui a.nend sun.hy Ac s regulating the

a^tC; ^"^'f"'; "J,"' rV/'^^^'l^''^!' ^>"i^' --^r ^^na li. which said Ac^t are
particularly set forth the dut.es of Overseers of lloads and all other Town-

nJ .?f nnf • m'' f' ^ ^''- ^''^f'- '"' "-^ '■^'-^'^••J^ the imprisonment of
persons not on the Assessment Koil, and who refuse to pefform Statute

[No. 2.]

A BY-LAW

To provide for the layin^r out, alteration, and keeping in
repair the Puhlic Highways in the Home District.

1. Be it enacted hj the Warden and Counsellors of the Home
Vislrict, That from and after tho passino- oftliis Act, every Surveyor
of Highways, who has boon or mnv hcivafter be appointed by the
Council, shall, before entering upon the di-^charge of the duties of his
office, make and subscribe tho fi)l!o>viiig declaration before the Clerk
of the Council, "I, A B, do «oleniiilv declare that I will to the best of
"^y^^!^!.?'^"'''^'t^i"''t partality, favour, four or afToction, dilirrently
and faithfully discharge tho duties of a Surveyor of Highways, Igree
ably to the provisiom of an Act passed in 'the fifth year of Her
Majesty s reign, entitled an Act to provide for the laying out, alteration
and keeping in repair of Public Highways in the Home District, and
With a view in all cases to the public sood."

2. Beit enacted by the authority aforesaid, That upon application-
jn writing being made to any such Surveyor by twelve or more Free-
holders of any Township or Townships, stating that any Public
Highway or Road in the neighborhood of such Freeholders, now in
use, IS inconvenient, and may be altered so as better to accommodate
Her Majesty s subjects and others travelling thereon, or that it is.
necessary to open a new Highway or Road, or that an old Road has
peconrie useless and is not required for the convenience of the public,
\i shall and may be lawful for such Surveyor, and he is hereby required

By-Laws. 5

to examiao the same, uad report thereon in writuig tu the Council at
its next ensuing Session, describing particularly the alteration intended
to be made, new Highway or Road to bo opened, or old Road to be
shut up, giving at the same time Public Notice thereof, by affixing or
causing to be aflixod, a copy of the said Report in three or more of the
most public places next adjacent to the place where the said alteration
is intended to be made, or new Highway or Road to be opened, at
least ten days previous to the next ensuing Sessioi. of the Council.
And it shall be the duly of such Surveyor, to attend the Council in
person with such Report, in order to give any explanation or evidence
that may be required. Provided always, that it sliall not be lawful
to lay out or alter any Public Highway, so as to lead tlie same through
any Orchard or Garden, or to remove any Building, without the con-
sent of the own '!• first hud and obtained, nor to shut up the allowance
for Road made in the original Survey of any Township, anything in
this Act contained to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding.

3. Beit enacted hy the authority aforesaid, Tliat whenever the
owner or owners of any Land required for a new Road shall object
to the same being taken for sucii purpose, or shall require compen-
sation for such Land sotalvcn, it shall bo Incumbent upon him or them
to give notice tlureof in writing to the Surveyor ot Highways, at least
five I. ays previous to the next ensuing Session of the Council, of his
or their intention to oppose such new road being established as a High-
way, or his or tiieir intention to apply for compensation, which notice
shall be delivered to the Clerk of the Council by such Surveyor, ap-
pended to his Report — and such owner or owners siiall attend in person
or by Agent, the next ensuing Session of the Council, to state his or
their reasons lor such opposition, or to establish his or their claim for
such compensation.

4. Be it enacted hy the authority aforesaid, That in all cases
when it shall ])o found necessary lo alter the direction of any such
Highway or Road already laid out, and ilic! Council shall by their
Act have establislied the new Road as a Public Highway, or directed
the closing of an old Road so that the Land ilirough wliich it formerly
passed shall become unnecessary for a Public Higiiway, that in such
case it shall be lawful for the Surveyor of Highways by wliom the new
Road was laid out, and he is hereby fully authorized and required to
sell such old Road by Public Auction, giving due notice of sucli sale,
and paying over to the Treasurer of the District the proceeds thereof,
and also to grant the same under his hand and seal, to any purchaser,
which sale and grant as aforesaid shall convey a legal title. Provided
always, that no compensation has ever been paid for such old Road,
in which case it shall revert to the then owner. Provided also, that
nothing in this Act shall extend or be construed to extend to author-
ising any Surveyor to sell and convey the Government appropriations
for Highways. Alsofurther provided, That in all cases in which
compensation had been previously received for the Land occupied by
such old Road, and the Public Sale of the said old Road takes place^
a right of pre-emption shall at all times exist on the part of the owner
of the Lot through which such old Road passed, at the time of such
sale.

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6. Be It enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in all oases
when any application sliall ho made to any Surveyor of Hiffhways
to have any mm Road laid out, or any Road already laid out altered,
and the same shall ho of a local nature, those making the application
shall he deemo.l hablo to pay the expenses of the Survey, together
with the oompnnsafion (leiorminod bv the Council, to the owner or
owners of the lurid through which the new road may pass ; and if it shall
appear to the Council, that the said alteration or new Road is of man-
ifest utility to th(! public at largo, then in that case the same shall be
paid from the public money of the District. Provided always never,
theless, That the owner or owners, agent or agents thereof shall make
application to be compensated for the Land taken within three months

from the date of the Report of such new Roatf or alteration of such
Road.

6. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That such new Road
or alteration of Road, when established by Act of Council, shall be
made and kept in repair by statute labour,' or in such manner as other
public highways are made and repaired. Provided always, That in all
cases where compensation is demanded, no order shall issue directing
statute labour thereon, unless a discharge or acquittal for compensation
lor the Land taken for such purposes or a release for the same from
the owner or owners thereof, . r proof of a tender having been made of
the value thereof as determined by the Council, bo produced to the
satisfaction of the said Council.

7. Repealed. See By-Law No. 116.

8. Repealed. See By-Law No. 21, allows Surveyors 15s. per

(Signed) E. W. THOMSON,

T, J ,, , , , , Warden, H. D.

Passed May 14th, 1842.

[No. :j.]

A BY-LAW.

To confirm a Centre Road through the Townships of
Reach, Brock, Thorah, nnd part of Mara, in the
Home District.

JJr ;i enacted by the Warden and Counsellors of the Home District,
Ihat the Centre Road surveyed and laid out by John Farquharson
Jisq., burveyor of Roads, through the Townships of Reach, BrcMjk,

By-Laws. 7

Thorali, and part of Mara, reported to tlie Council nt its last sittings,
be, and the same is licroby ostublishnd and confirmed as a Public
Reader Highway of great and manifest utility and importance to the
public.

(Signed) E. W. THOMSON,

Warden, IL D
Passed August 10th, 1842.

[ No. 4. ]

A BY-LAW

To establish and confirm four several Roads in the Town-
ships of Uxhridge and Rcach^ in the Home District.

Be it enacted by the Warden and Counsellors of the Home District^
That the Road surveyed by John Farquharson, Esq., Road Surveyor,
from the centre of Lot No. 31, in the sixth conces-siou of Uxbridge,
through the centre of the seven Lots (north sixteen degrees west) to
the Township line of Scott ; also, the Road from Uxbritigo Mills, south
easterly from the south-west angle of Lot No. 30, through the seventh
concession and the Gore of Uxbridge ; then through tlio eighth and
and seventh concessions of Reach to the road allowance between
Lots Nos. 6 and 7, together with the Road through Lots No. G, in the
first, second, third and fourth concessions of Reach ; also, through
part of the seventh, eight, ninth and tenth concessions of the said
Township of Reach, reported to the Council, be, and the same is
hereby established and confirmed as important Roads and Highways
which will greatly tend to the public good.

(Signed) E. W. THOMSON,

Warden, H. D.
Passed August 11th, 1842.

[No. 5.]

A BY-LAW

Ta raise a certain sum of money for the support of Common Schools

for 1842.

(Temporary.)

8 Uy-Laws.

[No. 6.]
A BY^LA W

To estahUsh n Road in the Township of Albion.

Be it enacted by the Warden and Counsellors of the Hone District,
That the Road surveyed and laid out by Robert' VVahh, one of the
Surveyors of Roads, through the Township of Albion, reported to the
Council last Session, be, and the same is hereby established and con-
firmed as a Public Road or Highway of great and manifest utility
and importance to the Public,

(Signed) E. W. THOMSON,

_, Warden, H. D.

Passed November 10th 1842.

[ No. 7. ]
A BY-LAW

To fix and determine the numher of Counsellors to vacate their seats in
the Council at the end of the first and second years ofter Election.

(Temporary.)

[No. 8.]

A BY-LAW

To authorise the Treasurer, during the recess, to advance
a sum not exceedhig Tv)enty-five Pounds, for the
repair of Bridges, <Sfc.

Be it enacted by the Warden Counsellors of the Home. District,
That it shall and may be lawful for the Treasurer of said District,
and he is hereby authorised duimg the Recess of the Council, on
application being made, signed by the Counsellor or Counsellors, as
the case may be, the Town Clerk and Twelve Freeholders of the
Township for which the application is made, to pay the Town Clerk
of said Township, out of the District Funds, a sum not exoe«?ding
Twenty.five pounds, to be by him expended under the direction of
the Counsellor or Counsellors, as the case may be, in r<3-building or
repairing such Bridge or Bridges w^hin the Township as may have
been destroyed or rendered impassable by, or dangerous to the tra-
veiling c> nunity, and it shall be the duty of the said Town Clerk

B\ -Laws. g

to make returns to the Treasurer of the expenditure of the money
before the next regular session of the Council, and if in the opinion
of the Council, the expense of said repairs should be borne by the
District, or any part thereof, then the same shall be acknowledged in
the Treasurer's account, but should it be the opinion of the Council,
that the expense, or any part thereof, should be defrayed by the
Township or locality, then it shall bo the duty of the Council to
determine the extent of such locality, and impose a Tax on the same
to the amount of the money received, or any part thereof, which shall
be collected and paid over to the Treasurer by the Township Col-
lector

(Signed) E. W. THOMSON,

Warden, H. D.
Passed November 11th, 1842.

[No. 9.]

A BY-LAW

To establish and co7ifirm a Public Road from Ste^man*s
Mills, in the Townsliip of Vaughan, to the allowance
for Road on Lot No. 23, betioeen the 6th and 1th
Concessions of the Township of York.

Be it enacted by the Warden and Counsellors of the Hone District,
That the Road surveyed and reported by Robt. Walsh, one of the
Road Surveyors, from Stegman's Mill in the Township of Vauwhan,
to where it intersects the allowance for Road on Lot number Twenty,
three, between the sixth and seventh Concession of the Township of
York, West of Yonge-st. be, and the same is hereby established and
confirmed as a public Road or Highway of importance to the public.

And he it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Peti-
tioners for the opening of the said Road, shall pay to the said Surveyor
his expences for surveying the said Road.

[(Signed) E. W. THOMSON,

Warden, H. D.
Passed November 12th 1842.

[ No. 10. ]
A BY-LA W

Xo fix the Salaries of certain District Officers, 1843.

(Expired.)

ill,

10 By-Laws.

[No. 11.]

A BY-LAW

T'o confirm the Jllterations in a Road between Lots 20 and
21, in the 8th and Hth Concessions of the Township

of Vau

^ghan.

Be it enacted by the Warden and Counsellors of the Home District^
That the alterations in the allowance for Road, between lots twenty
and twenty -one, in the eighth and ninth concessions of the Township
of Vaughan, as surveyed and reported by Robert Walsh, Road Sur-
veyor, dated the Thirty-first Day of October, One Thousand Eight
Hundred and Forty-two, be established as a Public Road or High-
way.

And he it further enacted hy the authority aforesaid, That the
Petitioners requiring the survey of the said Road, shall pay to the
said Surveyor the expenses of surveying and reporting the said line
of Road.

(Signed) E. W. THOMSON,

Warden, H. D.
Passed February 16th, 1843.

[ No. 12. ]
A BY-LAW

Imposing a Tax upon the InhaUta7ils of certain School Districts in the
several Townships therein named, to be applied to the Building of
School Houses therein, and for defraying the expense of Fuelj
Furniture, (^r»

(Expired.)

[ No: 13. ]
A BY-LAW

Imposing a Fine on Jlhsent Members of the Council.

Be it enacted hy the Warden and Counsellors of the Home District,
That from and after the passing of this By-Law, if any menmber efthi*

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Council shall absent himself fromihe Council at its regular Meetings,
without rendering a satisfactory excuse to the Council, on or before
the second day of the succeeding Meeting, for his non-attendance, shall
for each and every day he shall so absent himself, be liable to pay the
sumof Ten Shillings, — stiid sum to be recovered as provided for in
an Act passed in the 4th and 5th years of the Reign of Queen Victoria,
entitled •* An Act to provide for the better internal government of that
part of this Province which formerly constituted the Province of Upper
Canada, by the establishment of Local, or Municipal Authorities
therein," chap. 10, section 55, — and paid into the hands of the Trea-
surer for the benefit of the District.

(Signed) E. W. THOMSON,

Warden, H.D.
Passed February 17th, 1843.

[ No. 14. J

A BY-LAW

To establish and confirm an Alteration in the Road lead-
ing from the Village of Oshawa, in the Township of
Whitby, to Beaverton, in the Township of Thorah,

Be it enacted by the Warden and Counsellors of the Home District,
That the following alteration in the Road leading from the Village of
Oshawa, in the Township of Whitby, to Beaverton, in the Township of
Thorah, that is to say, commencing at the south-east angle of Lot
No. 20, in the tenth concession of the Township of Brock, and thence
running on the line between lots Nos. 20 and 21, to the allowance for
Road in front of the eleventh concession in the said Township, (the
said line to the centre of the said Road, whicli is to be sixty feet
wide) be, and the same is hereby established and confirmed as a Road
or Public Highway of manifest utility to the public.

(Signed) E. W. THOMSON,

Warden, H. D.
Passed February 17th, 1843.

Bv-Laavs.

[No. 15.]

.1 BY-LAW

To establish and confirm a Road in the Township of
Brock, commencing at Lot No. 8, V2th Concession,
to front of No, 3, same Concession.

Be it enacted hy the Warden and Counsellors of the Home District,
That the Road surveyed by Joseph Richard Thompson, Esquire,
Surveyor of Highways, commoiicing at the south-east angle of Lot
No. 8, in the twelfth concession of the Township of Brock, and
terminating on the allowance for Road in the front of Lot No. 3, in
the same concession, reported to the Council at its last sitting, be, and
the same is hereby established and confirmed as a Public Road or
Highway.

And he it further enacted hy the authority aforesaid, That the ap-
plicants for the said Road shall pay the expense of surveying and
reporting the same.

(Signed) E. W. THOMSON,

Warden, H. D.
Passed Fcbruarv 17th, 184:?.

III

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[ No. 16. ]

.1 BY-LAW

Establishing a Road, commencing between Lots 25 and2Q,
in the second Concession (old survey), in the Town-
ship of Toronto,

Be it enacted by the Warden and Counsellors of the Home District,
That the Road surveyed and reported by John Embleton, Esq., Road
Surveyor, commencing between Lots Nos. 25 and 26, in the second
concession (old survey), oi' the Township of Toronto, and running to
the Lake Shore Road in said concession, be, and the same is hereby
established and coniirmed as a Public Road or Highway.

And be it further enacted by the authority foresaid, That the
applicants for the laying out of said Road, shall pay the expense of
surveying and reporting tiie same.

(Signed) E. W. THOMSON,

Warden, H. D,
Passed February 17th, 1843.

By-Laws. j'j

[ No. 17. ]

A BY-LAW

To establish a Road in Thorah, from Calder^s Mills to
the allowance for Road between the seventh and
eighth Concessions.

Be it enacted by the Warden and Counsellors of the Home District,
That the Road surveyed and reported by Joseph Richard Thompson,
Esquire, a Road Surveyor, appointed by the said Council, in the
Township of Thorah, from Gaidar's Mills in the 5th Concession, to the
allowance for Road between the seventh and eighth Concessions of said
Township, be, and the same is hereby established and confirmed as
a Public Road or Highway, of manifest utility and importance to the
Public. ^

(Signed) E. W. THOMSON,

Warden, H, D.
Passed February 17th. 1843.

[No. le.]
A BY LAW

To establish a Road in the Township of East Gwillim-
bury, leading from the eighth and ninth Concessions
into the ffth Concession.

Be it enacted hy the Warden and Counsellors of the Home District,
That the Road surveyed and reported by JohnX-l-jon, Esquire, a
Road Surveyor, appointed by the said Counsellors, .n the Township
of East Gwillimbury, leading from the eight and ninth concessions,
between Lots Nos. 5 and 6, in the fifth concession of said Township,
be, and the same is hereby established as a Public Road or Kif^h..
way. *=

And be it further enacted by the authoriU) aforesaid, That the
applicants for the laying out of said Road shall pay the expense of
surveying and reporting the same.

(Signed) E. W.VhOMSON,

, „ . Warden, H. D,

Passed February 17th, 1843,

14 By-Laws.

[No. 19.]

A BY-LAW

To establish a Road leading through Lots Nos. 25 and
26, in the fourth Concession of the Township of
Etohicoke.

Be it enacted by the Warden and Counsellors of the Home District^
That the Road surveyed and reported by Robert Walsh, one of the
Road Surveyors for the Home District, bearinj? date the twelfth day
of April last, leading through or across Lots Nos. 25 and 26, in the
fourth concession of the Township of Etobicoke, be, and the same is
hereby established and confirmed as a Public Road or Highway of
importance to the Public.

And he it further enacted hy the authority aforesaid. That the
petitioners for the surveying and reporting said road, shall pay to the
said Surveyor his legal charges for the same.

(Signed) E. W. THOMSON,

Warden, H,D.
Passed May 12th. 1843.

.: I

[ No. 20. ]

A BY-LAW

To establish a Road in the twelfth and thirteenth Conces-
sions of the Township of Brock*

Be it enacted hy the Warden and Counsellors of the Home District,
That the Road surveyed and reported by James R. Thompson, Esq.,
a Road Surveyor, dated the twenty-eighth day of January last, in the
twelfth and thirteenth concessions of the Township of Brock, be, and
the same is hereby established and confirmed as a Public Road or
Highway of importance to the Public.

And he it further enacted hy the authority aforesaid, That ihe
Petitioners for the surveying and rejforting said Road, shall pay to the
said Surveyor his legal charges for the same.

(Signed) E. W. THOMSON,

_ , _, , Warden, H. D.

Passed May 12th, 184.3.

By-Laws. 15

[No. 21.]

A BY-LAW

To Repeal and Amend part of a By-Law passed on the
14th May, 1842, entitled " A By-Law to provide for
the laying out, and keeping in repair, the Public
Highways of the Home District,

1. Be it enacted hy the Warden and Counsellors of the Home District ,
That the eighth clause of a By-Law passed on the fourteenth day of
May, one thousand eight hundred and forty-two, entitled " A By-Law
to provide for the laying out, altering, and keeping in repair the
Public Highways in the Home District," be, and the same is hereby
repealed.

And be it further enacted hy the authority aforesaid, That every
Surveyor of Highways hereafter employed, shall be entitled to demand
and receive the sum of fifteen shillings for every day in which he shall
be necessarily employed in carrying into effect the provisions of the
above recited Act — an account of which such Surveyor shall present
to the Council, and to which he is hereby required to make and sub-
scribe the following declaration: —

I, (A. B.) do solemnly declare that I have been necessarily and
faithfully employed in examining, surveying, &c,, (as the case may

be) days, and tnat the above account is just and true. Which

account, atter being examined, audited, and found correct, shall be
paid by the Treasun^r of the District, or by the parties applying for
the survey of the said Road, as shall be provided by the Act estab-
lishing the said Road.

(Signed) E. W. THOMSON,

fVarden,H.D,
Passed 12th May, 1823.

[No. 22.]

A BY-LAW

To establish and confirm a line of Road through parts of
the Townships of Vaughan, York, and Etobicoke,

Be it enacted by the Warden and Counsellors of the Home Bistrictj
That the line of Road surveyed and reported by Robert Walsh, one
of the Road Surveyors, bearing date the sixth day of May, one

Mi'

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thousand ei-rht hundred and forty-three, from the north-east anr^le
of Lot No. 13, in the eightli concession of the Township of Vaughan,
through the seventh concession of the said Township of Vaughan, the
sixth concession of the Township of York, and concession B. to Pren-
tice's Lane in the Township of Ktobicoke, be, and the same is hereby
established and confirmed as a Public Road or Hi"hwav. of imoort-
ance to the Public. o J' f

^ And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid. That the
Petitioners for surveying and reporting said Road, shall pay to the
said Surveyor his lawful charges for the same.

(Signed) E. W. THOMSON,

r» , », , . Warden, H. D.

Passed May l2th, 1843.

■3!

[ No. 23 . ]
.4 BY-LAW

To Assess the Inhabitants of certain School Districts in the Townships
of fh^Gore of Toronto, King, Caledon, Toronto, and Scarboro', in
the Home Districtjor the erection of School Houses, <f-c., in 1843.

(Temporary.)

.i!

[ No. 24. ]
J BY-LJW

To alter and amend By-Law No. 10, j^asscd Uth November, 1842, as
far as regards the Salary of the Treasurer.

(Expired.)

[ No. 25. ]

Ji BY-LAW

To regulate the Salaries arid Allowances to certain
Township Officers.

Be it enacted by the Home District Municipal Council, That from
and after the passing of this By-Law, the salaries, fees, rates and per
centages of the undermentioned Township Officers, shall be as fol-
lows : —

:' 1

By-Laws.

1. Ton iisliip C/lf^rks' s.iliirios to l)o rr^irulated according to ihe
number ofl^'iToliolrlpivs and ITouseliolders in llic Townships for which
they act, in the Ibllowing manner, —

In Townships, wlien the number of Freeholders and Householders
entered upon the Assessnieiit Roll for that year does not exceed two
hundred, the sum of four pounds ; over two hundred, and not exceeding
four hundred, the sum of five i)ounds ; over four hundred, the sum of
six pounds.

2. The Assessors' p-^^ir ce'ita<j;c shall be as follows: —

If the Assessment of the Townsiiip shall not exceed lifly pounds
for the year, six and a half per cent ; if over fifty pounds, and not
exceeding one hundred pounds, five and a half per cent ; if over one
hundred pounds, and not exceeding one hundred and iifty pounds, four
and a half per cent ; If over one hundred and iifty pounds, and not
exceeding two hundred pounds, four per cent; if over two hundred
pounds, and not exceeding two hundred and fifty pounds, three and a
half per cent ; ifover two hundred and fifty pounds, and not exceeding
three hundrecl pounds, three per cent; if over three hundred pounds,
and not exceeding three hundred and fifty pounds, two and three
quarters percent; if over three hundred and fifty pounds, and not
exceeding four hundred pounrls, two and a half per cent; ifover four
Imndred pounds, two and a quarter ])ercent.

Provided nlways. (See Hy-Law No. 138.)

The Township Clerks to continue to receive the payment of their
salaries, and the Assessors the'.r per centage from the District Trea-
surer, as now provided by *:he Statute.

8. The Collectors' per centage shall be as follows: —

If the Assessment of the Township, shall not exceed tifty pounds
for the year, seven and a half per cent; if above fifty pounds,
and not exceeding one hundred jiouiids, six and a half per cent; if
above one hundrc d pounds, and not exceeding one hundred and fifty
poimds, five ami a half per cent ; if above one hundred and fifty pounds,
and not exceeding two hundred pounds, five per cent ; if above two
hundred pounds, and not exceeding two hundred and fifty pounds,
four and a half per cent ; if above two hundred and fifty pounds, and
not exceeding three hundred pounds, four per cent ; if above three
hundred pounds, and not exceeding three hundred and fifty pounds,
three and three quarters poi'cent; if above three hundred and fifty
pounds, and not exceeding four hundred pounds, three and a quarter
per cent ; above four hundred pounds, three per cent.

Provided always, That each and every Collector who shall neglect
to pay in the full amount' of his Assessment Roll, (sc as the law
will enable him to collect the same) before the first day ot April next,
after receiving it, shall be allowed to retain only one half of his per
centage ; and if not paid by the first of July next following, shall not
bo entitled to any part ofhis per centage.

18 By-Laws.

Pound-keepers' fees to be ae follows : —

For each horse empounded, the sum of one shilling and three
pence ; for furnishing necessary food and water per day, the sum of one
shiliins^ ; for cmpounding horned cattle over two years old, the sum of
one shilling; for furnishing the same with necessary food and water
per day, the sum of nine pence ; for empounding cattle under two
years old, the sum of nine pence ; for furnishing necessary fbotl and
waier per day,six pence ; poundage on hogs weighing over forty pounds,
the sum of five pence; for furnishing neoBssary food and water per
day, the sum of six pence ; poundage on pigs weighing forty pounds
and under, the sum of three pence ; for furnishing necessary food and
water for the same per day, the sum of two pence ;• poundage on sheep,
the sum of three pence; for necessary food and water per day, the
sum of two pence.

Provided always, That for all animals empounded not allowed by
the laws of the Township to run at larr^e, the Pound-keeper shall be
entitled to receive one fourth more than for other animals ; and for
advertising, selling, &c. any animal, the Pound-keeper shalli be enti-
tied to receive double the amount allowed him by this By-Law foF
empounding the same.

(Signed) E. W. THOMSON,

Warden, H. D.
Passed August 11th, 184a.

[ No. 26. ]
A BY-LAW

To Assess the Inhabitants of certain School Districts for the erection of
School Houses, <^., therein, 1843.

(Expired.)

[No. 27.]
A BY-LAW

To authorise the raising by Assessment upon the Inhabitants of the Home
District, a like sum to that of the Government apportionment for the
support of Common Sclwolsfor 1843.

(Expired.)

f
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md three
um of one
le sum of
ind water
[ider two

food and
y pounds,
vater per
y pounds

food and
on sheep,

day, the

lowed by
' shall be
; and for
i' be enti-
•Law for

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'ection of
Ixpired.)

he Home
it for ike

Ixpired.)

By-Laws. 19

[ No. 28. ]

A BY-LAW

To Assess the Inhabitants of the Home District, one penny in the pound,
to he applied for the general purposes of (he District, for the year
1843,

(Expired.)

[No. 29.]

A BY-LAW

To impose Penalties on certain District and Township
Officers, who shall neglect or refuse to perform the
duties imposed upon them by any By-Law of the
Council.

Whereas the By-Laws hitherto enacted by the Home District
Council, authorising the assessing, levying and collecting of any Rate
for Common School purposes in the said District, are defective, inas-
much as that no penalty is imposed upon the District or Township
Officers for neglecting to perform the duties therein imposed,

Be it therefore enacted by the Home District Municipal Council,
That from and after the passing of this By-Law, all such District and
Township Officers who shall neglect or refuse to perform the duties
imposed upon them by the 12th and 23d By-Laws of this Council, or
by any By-Law passed at a date subsequently thereto, shall be liable
to the same penalties, and to be recovered in the same manner as those
imposed by the statute passed in the first year of the Reign of Queen
Victoria, Chap. 21, sec. 36, entitled «« An Act to alter and amend
sundry Acts regulating the appointment and duties of Township Of-
ficers."

(Signed) E. W. THOMSON,

Warden J H. D.
Passed August 11th, 1843.

2(1

[No. ;{().]

To establiah and conjirm two several Roads in ihc Town-
ship of Thorah,

Be it enacted by ihr. Home Dintrict Municipal, Council, That the
two roads surveyed and roportcd to thn Council by J. W. Thouipson,
one of the Road Surveyors for the Homo District, bearinj; (hilo tho
28th July, 1843, rumiitii,' throui^h part of Lots Nos. 10 and 11, 4lh
concession, and also throuijh })art of Lot No. 13, in the sixth conces-
sion of the said Township of Thorah, he, and tlio same are hereby
established and confirmed as Public Roads or Hiohways.

3. And he it further enacted Ini the authority aforesaid, That tiie
Petitioners for surveying: said two Roads, shall pay to the said Sur-

veyor his legal charges for the same.

(Sillied)

Passed nth Aug, 184:}.

E. W. TlIO:lSON,

Warden, H. D.

[ No. :n . J

./? B Y-LAW

To establis/t a Road in the ninth Concession oj the Town-
si tip of King.

Be it enacteAlhy the Hume Dhtiio. Munidpal CoM/tc</, That the
line of Road surveyed and rcpoi'T .'> (k 'juncil by Robert Walsh,
one of the Road Surveyors for tho tlusoe District, bearing date the 3fl
July, 1843, through part of Lots N( s. 10 and 17, in the 9th Concession
of the Township of King, be, and tho same is liercby established and
confirmed as a public Road or Highway.

And be itfurther enacted by the author/ ty aforesaid, Tliat the Peti-
tioners for surveying and reporting said Road, sliall pay to the said
Surveyor his legal charges for the same. ,,..,,j,v

(Signed) E. W. THOMSON,

Warden, H. D.
Passed August 11th, 1843.

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[ No. :\'2. I

J U Y-LJl W

To establish and ci njinii a Road through t/in fourth and
Jijth Concessions of the Township of Albion,

Be it enacted hy the Home District Municipal Council, That tin;
line of Road surveyod and reported by llobert Walsh, onn the Road
Surveyors for the Homo District, boarinij dato the 2f3th July, 1843,
throuo'h the 4th and 5th Concessions of the Tovviishi|) of Albion, be,
and the same is hereby established and confirmed as a public Road or
Highway.

And be it further enacted hi/ the authority aforesaid, That the
Petitioners for surveying and reportinc; said road, shall pay to the said
Surveyor his legal charges tor the siune.

(Signed) V:. W. THOMSON,

Warden, H. D.
Passed Aug. llth, 1843.

oivn-

[ No. XI J

J BY- LA \V

To establish and confirm a line of Road hctwccn Lots Nos.
4 and 5, in the eighth Concession of the Township of
Whitchurch,

Be it enacted by the Home District Municipal Council, That
the line of Road surveyod and reported by John Nelson, one of the
Road Surveyors for the Home District, bearing date the 7th August,
1843, between Lots Nos. 4 and 5, in the 8th Concession of the Town-'
ship of Whitchurch, be. and the same is hereby established and con-
firmed as a public Road or Highway.

And he it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Peti-
tioners for the surveying and reporting said Road or Highway shall
pay to the said Surveyor his legal charges for the same.

i(Signed) E. W. THOMSON,

Warden, H. D,
Passed August llth, 1843.

2a By-Laws.

[ No. 34. ]

A BY-LAW

To establish and confirm a line of Road on No. 13, 2nd
Range, Township of Etobicoke.

Be itenaUed by the Home District Municipal Council, That the line
of Road Surveyed and reported to the Council by William Cambers,
one of the Road Surveyors for the Home District, bearing date the lath
July, 1H43, on Lot No. 13, in the second Range of the Township of
Etobicoke, be, and the same is hereby established and confirmed as a
public Road or Highway.

And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the
Petitioners for surveying and reporting said Road, shall pay to the
■said Surveyor his lawful charges for the same.

(Signed) E. W. THOMSON,

Warden, H.D,
Passed August 11th, 1843.

[No. 35. J

A BY-LAW

To establish a Road across Lots Nos. 30 and 31, third
Concession, Township of Whitchurch.

Be it enacted by the Home District Municipal Council, That the
line of Road surveyed and reported by John Nelson, one of the Road
Surveyors for the District, bearing date the 23rd of October, 1843,
Across parts of Lots Nos. 30 and 31, in the third concession of the
Township of Whitchurch, be, and the same is hereby established and
confirmed as a Public Road or Highway, to be one chain wide.

And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the
Petitioners for surveying said Road, shall pay to the said Surveyor
his legal charges for the same.

(Signed) E. W. THOMSON,

«r. , »T , . Warden, H. D.

vPassed November 17th, 1843.

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[ No. 3G. ]
* A BY-LAW

To Assess certain Scho"^ Districts for the building of School Houses,

4-c, 1843.

(Expired.)

[No. 37.]
A BY-LAW

To Assess the Inhabitants of the Townships of Chinguacousy, Etobicoke,
York, and Toronto, for certain sums of money advanced for the
Repair of Bridges in those Townships, 1844.

(Expired.)

[ No. 38. ]
A BY-LAW

To authorise the Counsellors in their respective Tmonships to do certain
Acts which the Council is authorised to do in regard to Common
Schoob, until the next meeting of Council, 1844.

(Expired.)

[ No. 39. 3

A BY-LAW

To establish a Road between Lois Nos. 23 and 24, in the
fourth Concession, Township of Etobicoke.

Be it enacted by the District Council of the Home District, That
the Road surveyed and reported by John Embleton, Esq., one of the

liy-LAAVs.

Road Surveyors for tlio Homo District, boarinc: ditto the tenth day of
I'^ebruary, 1844, and runninir holwocn Lots Nos. 23 and 24, in the
fourth concession of tlie Township of Etobicoko, be,rfind the same is
hereby established and confirmed as a Public Road or Highway of
importance to the Public ; the said Road to be one chain wide, and
the Division Lino botwccn the said Lot to be the cenlie of the Road.
And he it farther enacted hij the aiit.hnri.tt/ aforesaid, That the
Petitioners for surveying the said Iload, shall pay to the said Surveyor
his legal charges for the same.

(Siirned) E. W. THOMSON,

Warden, H.D.
Passed February 16th, 1844.

''1 i

[No. 10.

A BY-LAW

To establish a Road from the Ijth to the V2th Concession
of the Toivnship of Brock.

Be it enacted hi/ the District Council of the Home District, That
the line of Road surveyed and reported by J. H. Thompson, Esq.,
one of the Road Surveyors for the Home District, bearing date the
second day of February, 1844, from the 5th to the 12tli Concession
in the Township of Brock, bo, and the same is hereby established and
confirmed as a Public Road or Highway ; the said Road to be one
chain wide.

And he it further enacted hj the author it j) aforesaid. That the
Petitioners for surveying said Road, shall pay to tiie said Surveyor
his legal charges for the same.

(Signed) E. W. THOMSON,

Warden, H. D.
Passed February 17th, 1844,

I (lay of
in the
;amc is
way of
de, and
! Road,
hat the
irvevor

H.D.

By-Laws. 25

[No. 4).]

J B Y-LJW

To establish a Road through part of the Qth Concession
of the Township of Brock,

Beit enacted hy the District Council of the Home District, That the
line of Road surveyed and reported by John H. Thompson, Esq., one
of the Road Surveyors for the Home District, bearing date the second
day of February, 1844, through part of the sixth Concession of the
Township of Brock, bo, and the same is hereby established and confir-
med as a Public Road or Highway of importance to the Public.

And he it further enacted hy the authority aforesaid, That the
Petitioners for surveying and reporting said Road, shall pay to the
said Surveyor his legal charges for the same.

(Signed) E. W. THOMSON,

Warden, H. D.
Passed February 17th, 1844.

ession

, That
, Esq.,
ite the
C5ession
led and
be one

lat the
rveyor

H.D.

[ No. 42. ]

A BY-LAW

To authorise the Sale of Stone, Timber, Sand, Earth, and
other materials upon Highways and Road AlloW'
ances, and for other purposes therein mentioned.

Whereas it is necessary to provide for the saleof Stone, Timber,
Sand, Earth and other materials that may be found standing or lying
in or upon any Highways or Road Allowances within this District,

Be it therefore enacted hy the District Council of the Home District,
That from and after the passing of this Act, it shall and may be law-
ful for the Counsellor or Counsellors in their respective Townships
(or Lnion of Townships, as the case may be,) to sell or dispose of any
Stone, Timber, Sand, Earth, or any other material that may be found
standing or lying in or upon any such Highways or Road Allowance
as aforesaid, or upon any such Highway as may hereafter be laid out,
Provided, That in the opinion of the Counsellor or Counsellors in or
for their respective Townships or Union of Townships, the same be
not required tor the use of Bridges and Public Highways in the locality

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where such materials may be found ; and also to rent or lease for
a term not exceeding one year, any such Road Allowance as may not
be required for the use of the Public HighMays, and thai theproceeds
of such sales or rents as aforesaid, shall be paid over to the Township
Clerk within the Township or union of Township where such proceeds
have been raised, and that the same shall be expended under the direc-
tion of the Counsellor or Counsellors on the improvement and construe
tion of Bridges and Highways within their Townships, or union of
Townships as the case may be, and the said Township Clerk shall in
each and every year make a return to the District Treasurer of the
Receipts and Expenditures of said proceeds of sales and rents, accom-
panied with the necessary vouchers.

And be it further enacted hj the authority aforesaid, T!iat any
person or persons trespassing on any such Highway or Road Allow-
ance, shall be liable to the pains and penalties as by law provided,
under the 4th and 5th Victoria, Chap. 26, Sec. 24.

(Signed) E. W. THOMSON,

Warden, H.D.
Passed February 17th, 1844.

[ No. 43. ]
A BY-LAW

To authorise the Treasurer of the District to pay over to the Township
Superintendents of Education, certain School Funds for 1842 and
1843.

(Temporary.)

[No. 44.]
A BY-LAW

To fix the Salaries and Allowances to certain District Officers, for the

Year 1844.

(Temporary.)

lease for
may not
proceeds
rownship
proceeds
he dirce-
construc-
union of
c shall in
er of the
, accom-

r!iat any
1 Allow,
provided,

n, H.D.

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[ No. 45. ]
A BY-LAW

To raise certain fums of Money in the various Tovmships of the Home
District, for Common School purposes for the year 1844.

(Temporary.)

i[No.46.]
A BYLAW

To Assess the Inhabitants of the Home District One Penny and a Sixth
in the Pound on their Rateable Property, for the General Purposes
of the District, for 1844.

(Temporary.)

Township
1842 and

nporary.)

[ No. 47. ]
A BY-LAW

To Assess the Inhabitants of the Township of ^Wonto in the sum of
Twenty-five Pounds advanced by the Treasurer to erect a Bridge,
1844.

(Expired.)

3, for the
nporary.)

[ No. 48. ]

A BY-LAW

To Repeal so much of By-Laws Nos. 12, 23, and 26, as relates to the
Assessment ofeerfmn School Districts in the Tovmships of Scar-
boro\ Toronto, and Markham.

(Expired.)

ab jbv-Laws.

[xNq. 49.]
A BY LAW

To Auihorise the Trustees of School Districts, when required by a ma-
jority of the Inhabitants therein, to Levy and Colled Rates for the
Buildmg of School Houses.

(Not acted upon.)

■%,

[ No. 50. ]

J BY-LAW

To open a line of Road from the Gore of Toronto through
Etobicoke to Dundas Street.

Be it enacted by the District Council of the Home District, That the
Road surveyed and reported by John Embleton, one of the Road
Surveyors, bearing date the tenth day of May, 1844, through part of
the Township of Etobicoke, be, and the same is hereby established and
confirmed as a Public Road or Highway of importance ; said Road
to be one chain wide.

(Signed) E. W. THOMSON,

Warden, H.D,
Passed August 15th. 1844.

[No. 51.]
J BY-LAW

To establish a Road from Lot No. 8, to No. 14, sixth

Concession ofj^lbion.

Be it enacted by the District Council of the Home District, Thiit
tlie Road surveyed and reported by Robert Walsh, Road Surveyor,
hearing date the eighteenth day of July, 1844, in the Township of
Albion, be, and the same is hereby confirmed as a Public Road,

Pill

upon.)

By-Laws.

And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the
Petitioners for the said Road, shall pay to the said Surveyor his legal
charges for surveying and reporting the same.

(Signed) E. W. THOMSON,

Warden, H. D.
Parsed August 15th, 1844.

)t«.

[No. 52.]
A BY-LAW

To establish a Road in the Township of Georgina, com'
mencing at the South-east angle of Lot No. 15, to
the Centre of Lot No. 18, seventh Concession,

Be it enacted by the District Council of the Home District, That the
Road surveyed and reported by J. H. Thompson, a Road Surveyor,
in the Township of Georina, bearingdate the first day of August, 1844,
be, and the same is hereby confirmed as a Public Road.

2. And be it further enacted, That the Petitioners for surveying
said Road, shall pay to the said Surveyor his legal charges for the
3ame.

(Signed) E. W. THOMSON,

Warden, H. D,
Passed August 15th, 1844.

♦

[ No. 53 . ]
.a BY-LAW

To authorise the collection of outstanding Rates for School Houses for

1843.

(Not acted upon.)

30 By-Laws.

[No. 54.]
A BY-LAW

To fix the Salaries or Allowances to the Township Superintendents of
Education, for the year 1844.

(Temporary.)

[No. 55. J
A BY-LAW

To Repeal that part of By-Law No. 44, which refers to the Salaries of
the Jailer, Turnkey, High Bailiff, Crier of the Court of Quarter
Sessions, and Keeper of the Court House.

[No. 56.]

A BY-LAW

To open a Road through Lots 27 and 28, third Conces-

sion of Pickering,

Be it enacted by the District Council of the Home District, That the
line of Road surveyed and reported by John R. Turner, a Road Sur-
veyor, on 13th May, 1844, through Lots Nos. 27 and 28, in the 3d
Concession of the Township of Pickering, be, and the sanne is hereby
established and confirnned as a Public Road or Highway.

And be it further enacted, That the Petitioners for surveying said
Road, shall pay to the said Surveyor his legal charges for the same.

(Signed) E. W. THOMSON,

Warden, H,D,
Passed November 15th, 1844. '

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endents of
mporary.)

Salaries of
f Quarter

[ No. 57. ]

A BY-LAW

To open a Road between Lots Nos. 20 and 21, tenth and
eleventh Concessions of the Township of Albion,

Be it enacted by the District Council of the Home District, and it
is enacted by the authority of the same, That the Road surveyed by
Robert Walsh, one the District Road Surveyors, on the 15th day of
January, 1845, through Lots Nos. 20 and 21 in the 10th and 11th
Concessions of the Township of A.lbion, be, and the same is hereby
established and confirmed as a public Road or Highway.

And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Peti-
tioners for the surveying said Road shall pay to the said Surveyor
his legal charges for the same.

4 (Signed) E. W. THOMSON,

Warden, H. D,
Passed 15th Feb., 1845.

Conces-

A That the
Road Sar-
in the 3d
I is hereby

eying said
the same.

)N,

len, H.D.

[ No. 58. J
J BY-LAW

To open a Road through parts of the sixth and seventh
Concessions oj the Township of Albion,

Be it enacted by the District Council of the Home District, and
it is enacted by the authority thereof, That the Road surveyed by
Robert Walsh, one of the District Road Surveyors, on the 7th Janu-
ary, 1845, through parts of Lots 24 to 32 in the 6th, and through
parts of Lots 25 to 30 in the 7th Concession of the Township of Albion,
be, and the same is hereby established and confirmed as a public
Road or Highway.

And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the
Petitioners for surveying and reporting said road, shall pay to the said
Surveyor his legal charges for the same.

(Signed) E. W. THOMSON,

Warden, H. D.
Passed Feb. 15th, 1845.

"ti

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[No. 59.]

A B Y-LJW

To open a Road on Side Line between Lots Nos, 20 vnd
2], twelfth Concession of the Township of Brock.

Be it enacted by the District Council of the Home District, and
it is enacted by the authority of the same, That the Road surveyed find
laid out by John H. Thompson, one of the District Road Surveyors,
on the 31st of January, 1845, through part of the Township of Brock,
be, and the same is hereby established as a public Road or Highway ;
and that the portions of Road running nearly parallel with said laid
out Road, and reported by the said Surveyor of Roads to be useless,
be, from and alter the passing of this By-Law, and the same is here-
by declared to be liable to be closed up.

And be itfurther enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Peti-
tioners for examining and surveying said Roads, shall pay to the said
Surveyor his legal charges for the same.

(Signed) E. W. THOMSON,

Warden, H. D.
Passed Feb'y 15th, 1845.

[ No GO. ]

A BY-LAW

To open a Road through parts of Lots Nos. 4 and 5, 2nd

Concession, Township of Mara.

Be it enacted by the District Council of the Home District, and
it is enacted by the authority of the same, That the Road surveyed and
reported by John H. Thompson, one of the District Road Surveyors^
on the 3(X day of January, 1845, through part of Lots 4 and 5 in th6
2d Concession of the Township of Mara, be, and the same is hereby
established and confirmed as a public Road or Highway of great im-
portance to the public. /

(Signed) E. W. THOMSON,

Warden, H. D.
Passed Feb'y 15th, 1845.

20 vnd

'ock,

Irict, and
i^eyed And
urveyors,
of Brock,
lighway ;
said laid
e useless,
e is h6re-

the Peti-
the said

en, H. D,

5, 2nd

trict, and
eyed and
iirveyoi'9,,
5 in th6
is hereby

great im-

», H. D.

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[No. 61.]

A BY-LAW

To open a Road between the first and si;tth Concessions,

Township oj Georgina.

Be it enacted by the District Council of the Home District, and
it is enacted hy the authority of the same, That the Roadsurveyed and
laid by John H. Thompson, one of the District Road Surveyors, on
the 8th of January, 1845, through part of the Township of Georgina,
be, and the same is hereby established and confirmed as a public Road
or Highway of manifest importance to the public.

(Signed) E. W. THOMSON,

^ ^ ^ Warden, H. D.

Passed Feb'y 15th, 1845.

[No 62.]

A BY-LAW

To impose a Fine upon persons for Riding or Driving
upon the Side Walks in the Home District.

Be it enacted by the District Council of the Home District, and it
is enacted by the authority of the same, That from and after the passing
of this By-Law, any person or persons who shall Ride or Drive upon
any Side Walk, which already may have been, or hereafter shall be
made in this District, for the public use, (except on the regular cros.
sinjr places) or shall maliciously injure, or unnecessarily obstruct the
same shall nay a Fine of not less than five shillings nor more than five
pounds, to be levied, collected and disposed of agreeably to the 55th
clause of the District Council Act.

(Signed) E. W. THOMSON,

;a Warden,^. D,

Passed Feb'y 15th, 1845.

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[ No. 63. ]

A BY-LJW

To Repea/parts o/B^f-LawsNosu, 23, and 26, for Assessing attain

iichool Districts.

[No. 64.]
A BY-LAW

^fZ^rlT ^r ?/'"^'"S ""' ^^^"^^* 'f *^' A^ninistraUan
oj Justice, ^c.,for the year 1845.

(Temporary.)

[No. 65.]

A BY-LAW

To Assess the InhaUtants of the Gore of Toronto the swn of £25, ad^
vanced to repair a Bridge in 1845.

(Temporary.)

[ No. m. ]

A BY-LAW

To authorise the Treasurer of the District to pay certain sums of money

Jor the Repairs of Jail and Court House in 1844.

(Expired.)

^ing certain

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[ No. 67. ]
^ B Y-LJW

To authorise the Treasurer to pay certain sums therein mentioned.

erty in the
inistraiion

nporary.)

£26, ad.
porary.)

yf money
!xpired.)

[No. 68.]

A BY-LAW

To fix the Salaries of certain District Officers for the year 1846.

(Temporary.)

[No. 69.]
A BY-LAW

To appropriate the Surplus Revenues for 1845, for the improveinent of
Roads and Bridges in the several Totonships.

(Temporary.)

[ No. 70 . ]
A BY-LAW

To Assess the Inhahitants of the Tovmship of Vaughan in the sum of
one hundred and forty-eight pounds, to he applied for the purpose of
erecting a Town Hall in said Township.
' • > ' (Temporary.)

36 By-Laws.

[No.7L]
A BY-LAW

To duthorse the Tteamrerto pay a cerlMiH sum of w:oni<y tii J: H.

Thompson, a Road Surveyor.

(Temporary.)

[ No. 72. ]
A BY-LAW

To authorise the Treasurer to pay to Edward Sheppard a certain sum of

money.

(Temporary.)

II. itii

[No. 73.]
A BY-LAW

■A

To open a Road across Lots Nos. 27, 28, and 29, in the
sixth Concession, in the Township of Chinguacousy,

1. Beit enactedhy the District Comncil of the Home District, That
the Road surveyed and reported by John Embleton, on the 12th May,
1845, across Lots 27, 28, and 29, in the sixth Concession of the Town-
ship of Chinguacousy, be, and the svmk ik hereby established and
confirmed as a Public Road or Highway of great importance to the
public.

3. And le it further enactedhy the authority aforesaid, ^Thsii the
Petitioners for examining and surveying the said Roat), shall pay to ^
the said Surveyor his legal charges for the same.

(Signed) E. W. THOMSON,

Warden, H, D.
Passed May 15th, 1845.

I'emporary.)

rtain sum of
['emporary.)

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[ No. 74. ]

A BY-LAW

To open a Road through the 4:th, ^th^ 6th, 7th, Sth, and
i)th Concessions of Whitby.

1. Be it enacted by the District Council of the Home District, Tliat
the alteration surveyed, laid out, and recommended by John Far-
quharson, Esq., a Road Surveyor, in his Report, bearing date the 13th
May, 1845, in and through the sixth and seventh Concessions of the
Township of Whitby, (being part of the Road surveyed and reported)
be,. and the same is hereby established as a Public Road or Highway.

2. And be it further enacted, That the Petitioners requiring the
survey of said Road, shall pay to the said Surveyor his legal charges
for surveying and reporting the same.

3. Repealed by By-Law No. 93.

(Signed) E. W. THOMSON,

Warden, H.D,
Passed 16th May, 1845.

29, in the
lacousy,

)istrict, That
le 12th May,
of the Town-
iblished and
tance to the

id,^That the
shall pay to >

W[SON,

rden, H. D.

[No. 75.]
A BY-LAW

To Assess the several Townships of the Home District for Common
School purposes, for the year 1845.

(Temporary.)

[ No. 76. J
A BY-LAW

To As»e8i the InJutbitants of the Township of Whitby during the present
year, for the sum of J£25 advanced to rebuild a Bridge across the
Creek at Oshawa, 1845.

(Temporary.)

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[ No. 77. ]

4 BY-LAW

To close up part of a Road through the sixth and seventh
Concessions, and open a New Line through the same,
and continue it to the fifth and sixth Concessions in
Brock.

Be it enacted by the District Council of the Home District, That the
Road surveyed by Thomas Ewing, Esq., through Lots 6 and 7 in the
seventh Concession of the Township of Brock, as reported by John
H. Thompson, a Road Surveyor, on the first day of August, 1845,
be, and the same is hereby closed up, as not being required for the
public use.

2. And be it further enacted, That the Road surveyed and repor-
ted by the said John H. Thompson, in the said report, through the
aforesaid Lots, in lieu thereof, and also continued on the side line
between Lots 5 and 6 northward to the front of the eighth Concession,
and southward to the front of tlm sixth Concession of said Township,
be, and the same is hereby confirmed as a Public Road or High-
way.

3. And be it further enacted, That the Petitioners for surveying
said Road (except James Vrooman, Michael Humphrey, and James
St. John, whose Lands are taken for said Road), shall pay to the said
Surveyor his legal charges for the same.

(Signed) E. W. THOMSON,

Warden, H. D.
Passed August 14th. 1845.

[No. 78.]

A BY-LAW

To open a Road from Richmond Hill along the Boundary
Line between Lots Nos. 47 ajid IS, to the second
Concession of the Township of Vaughan,

Be it enacted by the District Council of the Home District, That
a line of Road from Yonge Street at Richmond Hill, through Lots 47
and 48, to the second Concession of the Township of Vaughan, as re-

th
Is
Y(
Si
an
ch

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rrH.''V°''V?^'""' ^I^^^'^^lS'^'-veyor, by his Report bcarini? date
the 11th day of August 1845, be, and the same is hereby estabUshed
and confirmed as a Public Road or Highway. "■'^"nsnea

2. And he it farther enacted, That the Petitioners for survevinff
sajd Road, shall pay to the said Surveyor his legal charges for^lX?

(Signed) E. W. THOMSON,

Passed August 14th, 1845. ^'''^'''' ^^' ^'

High-

[No. 79. ]

-/i BY-LAW

To estahUsh alterations of a Line of Road on Lots Nos. 5
and G, m the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and m Concessions of the
I ownship of York. -^

Be if enacted by the District Council of the Home District That
he alteration u. part ot' Road Allowance beUveenLoTs 5 and e'in Uii
1st, 2nd .3rd, and 4th Concessions of the Township of York east of
longe Street, as laid out and reported by John B Torrance a RoaJ
Surveyor, by his Report bearing'date the^hird dayof S, 84^^^^^^^
chain ;fdeT" " '"''^ '°"'""^' ^^ ^ ^^^'^^^ ^^^ - Highway', one

R, ./f u ^''/"^^'^f^^^c^^^' That the Petitioners for survevine said
Road, shall pay to the said Surveyor his legal charges for the fame

(Signed) E. W. THOMSON,

Passed Aug. I4th, 1845. Warden, H.D,

40 By-Laws.

[ No. 80. ]
J BYLAW

To confirm the alteration of a Road between Lots Nos.
2Qand 29, Concession B, Township of Scarboro .

Be it enacted hy the Bistrici Coundl of the HomeDistr^^^^^^
the aUeratlon in the Road Al^

date the fKst day of July, 1845, be, and the same is hereby established
and confi' .^'d as a Public Road or Highway, one chain wide.

jnrf iei?fifr^/ter enacted, That the Petitioners for surveying said
RoadfshaU pay to the said Surveyor his legal charges lor the same.

(Signed) E. W. THOMSON,^ ^

Passed August 14th, 1845.

[No. 81.]
A BY-LAW

To close up part of a Road between Lots Nos. 5 and 6, m
the sLenth Concession of Vaughan, and open a New
Road from Pine Grove to Burwick's Mills.
Be it enacted hv the Bistrict Council of the Home Bistnct, That

a norln of the Road established by a By-Law No. 9, Wn Stegman^s

ana exieuueu "y r',n\ro Mills in the said Township, to side Road
aforesaid, from Pine ^'"'^.J^f^tV a Branch Road to Burwiok's
MXbeind'the'sl'm^f hereby established and confirmed as .

•"""l^/L'tV^tTied, That the Petitioners for surveying said
Roadf shall pay to the said Surveyor his legal charges for the same.

(Signed) E. W. THOMSON.^ ^

Passed August 14thj 1845.

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iots Nos,
horo\

trict, That
28 and 29,
and repor-
rt bearing
established
ide.

/eying said
the same.

DN,

den, H.D.

and 6, in

en a New

'.strict, That
n Stegman's
leventh Con-
mnecessary
late the 11th
1 as useless ;
lieu thereof,
ring date as
to side Road
> Burwick's
ifirmed as a

irveying said
ir the same.

30N,
%rden, H.D,

[ No. 82. ]

A BY-LAW

To open a Road through the 6th, 7th, and part of the Sth
Concessions of the Township oj" Reach.

Be it enacted hy the District Council of the Home District, That a
new line of Road surveyed, laid out, and reported by John Farquhar-
son, Esq., a Road Surveyor, by his Report bearing date the first day
of Aur ist, 1845, through the 6th, 7th and part of the Sth Concessions
of Reach, on Scugog Island, with a Branch to Seugog Lake in the said
6th Concession, be, and the same is hereby established and confirmed
as a Public Road or Highway.

2. Provided always, and he it further enacted, That in case any
Owner or Owners of the land through which the same may pass, shall
object to the said Road in writing, sucli objection to be stated to the
Home District Council at its next Session, then every matter and thing
herein contained shall cease and become of none effect.

3. And he it further enacted. That the Petitioners for surveying
Road shall pay to the said Surveyor his legal charges for the same.

(Signed) E. W. THOMSON,

Warden, H. D.
Passed August 14th. 1845.

[No. 83.]

A BY-LAW

To open a Road across Lots Nos. 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, and
20, in the Sth Concession of Whitby.

Be it enacted hy the District Council of the Home District, That
a new line of Road surveyed, laid out, and reported by John Far-
quharson, Esq., a Road Surveyor, across Lots Nos. 15, 16, 17, 18,
19, and 20, in the Sth Concession of the Township of Whitby, by his
Report bearing date the first day of August, 1845, be, and the same
is hereby established and confirmed as a Public Road or Highway.

2. Provided always, and be it further enact,. I, That in the event
of any Owner or Owners of Lands through which thp said Road passes,

~w,^

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shall signify his or her objection to the Home District Council, in
writing, at its next Session, then every matter and thing herein con-
tained shall cease, and become void and of none effect.

3. And be it further enacted. That the Petitioners for survey'/.q-
said Road, shall pay to the said Surveyor his legal charges fo) J L
same.

(Signed) E. W. THOMSON,

Warden, H.D.
Passed August I4th, 1845.

[No.84.]

A BY-LAW

To open a new line of Road from the Narrows on Lake
Simcoe through part of Mara and Rama,

Be it enacted ly the District Council of the Home District, That
a new line of Road surveyed and reported by John H. Thompson,
Road Surveyor, by his Report bearing date the 5th day of July, 184.j,
from a point near the Narrows' Bridge on Lake Simcoe, northerly
through part of the Townships of Mara and Rama, be, and the same
is hereby established and confirmed as a Public Road or Highway of
manifest importance to the Public.

(Signed) E. W. THOMSON,

Warden, H.D.
Passed August 14th, 1845.

uncil, in
rein con-

urvey';i>:

S fo) s^ .,

n, H.D.

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[ No. 85. ]
A BY-LAW

To authorise the Treasurer of the Home District to advance certain sums
of Money to School Trustees and others who have erected School
Houses, <^c.

(Expired, provisions complied with.)

m Lake

id, That
mpson, "
ly, 184o,
lortherly
the same
ghway of

n, H.D.

[No. 86.]

A BY-LAW

To authorise the Inhabitants of Newmarket to commute

their Statute Labour.

Whereas, the inhabitants of the village of Newmarket, in the
Township of Whitchurch, have, by their petition to the Council, re-
quested that the Statute Labour therein should be commuted, and paid
tor in money, and that such commutation money should be applied
to the purposes therein mentioned,

Be it enacted ly the District Council of the Home District, That
any person liable to perform Statute Labour according to law, residing
in the said village of Newmarket, is hereby authorised to compound or
commute for such duty, between th*? first day of April and the first
day of June, in each and every year, by paying to the Overseers of
Highways, lawfully nominated or appointed to serve for the said village
of Newmarket, the sum of two shillings and sixpence for each and
every day which he or she may be required by law to work ; and such
Overseers are hereby authorized to act as a Board of Commissioners,
and accept the said sum in lieu of such Statute Labour, and lay out
and expend the same upon the Roads and Bridges in the said village,
under and subject to the directions of the Counsellors of the said Town-
ship for the time being.

2nd. Provide' %lways : And he it further enacted, That it shall
be the duty of the Overseers appointed for the said village, or one of
them, to collect the commutation money aforesaid ; and in case any
person liable to perform Statute Labour as aforesaid, shall neglect or
refuse to pay the same within the time hereinbefore set forth, and after
he or she shall have been called upon by the said Overseers, or one

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of them, so to do, he or she shall forfeit and pay the sum of five shillings
for each day commuted he or she shall so neglect or refuse to pay
the said sum of two shillings and sixpence per day, to be recovered on
complaint of the said Overseers, or one of them, by warrant under the
hand and seal of a Justice of the Peace, by distress and sale of the
goods and chattels of the person so ofTending, rendering the overplus,
if any, to the party, after deducting the penalty and legal charges
attending such distress and sale ; and the imposing of any such fine or
penalty on any person shall not be constructed in any way to release
such person from paying the commuted labour as aforesaid, but he or
she shall be liable, and subject to pay the same at any time within
the current year, when called upon by the proper officer, as though
no such penalty had been imposed.

3rd. And he it further enacted hy the authority aforesaid, That if
the said Overseers, or either of them, shall neglect or refuse to collect
the said commutation money within the time hereinbefore specified,
and expend the same at such time and place as hereinbefore set forth,
and in a faithful and judicious manner, and under and subject to the
directions of the said Counsellors, he or she shall be subject to a line
of not less than five shillings, nor more than five pounds, with costs, to
be recovered on complaint of said Counsellors, or one of them, in like
manner that persons are by this Act who neglect or refuse to pay the
commutation money ; and the imposing of any such fine or penalty
shall in no wise release such Overseer or Overseers, from the per-
formance of the duties of him or them by this By-Law : Provided al-
ways, that the information and complaint for a breach of the fulfilment
of the duties aforesaid, must be made within five days after the time
limited by this Act for the performance of the said duties.

4th. And beitfurther enacted, That it shall be the duty of the said
Overseers, or either of ihem,to make a just and true return of the
receipts and expenditure of all monies collected under and by virtue
of this By-Law, to the Counsellors aforesaid, on or before the eighth
day of November, in each and every year, in order that the same may
be laid before the Council at its last quarterly meeting ; and in case
of default thereof, he or they shall forfeit and pay the sum of not
less than five shillings, nor more than five pounds, with costs, to be
recovered in manner hereinbefore set forth, within ten days after the
first day of December.

5th. And be it further enacted. That the bounds of the said village
of Newmai Let shall be considered or known as comprising the East
Halves of Lots Nos. 92, 93, 94, and 95, in the first Concession, and
the West Halves of Lots Nos. 32, 33, and 34, in the second Concession
of the said Township of Whitchurch.

(Signed) E, W. THOMSON,

Warden, H. D.
Passed 14th Nov., 1845.

e shillings
se to pay
severed on
under the
sale of the
overplus,
1 charges
jch fine or
to release
, but he or
me within
Eis though

I, That if

to collect

specified,

set forth,

ect to the

t to a fine

:h costs, to

jm, in like

to pay the

)r penalty

n the per-

•ovided al-

fulfilment

r the time

of the said
urn of the
by virtue
he eighth
same may
id in case
im of not
38 ts, to be
5 after the

lid village
I the East
ssion, and
'onoession

\en, H. D.

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[ No. 87. J
A BY-LAW

To fix the Allowances to the Township Superintendents of Education/or

their services for 1845.

(Temporary.)

[ No. 88 . ]
Jl BY-LAW

To authorise the Treasurer to advance to W. Ogden a certain sum of
money for erecting a Bridge in the Township of Toronto.

(Provisions complied with.)

[ No. 89. ]
A BY-LAW

To Tax the Owners of Dogs.

Whereas, by an Act of the Parliament of this Province, entitled
" An Act to empower the District Councils of the Municipal Districts,
and Boards of Police of incorporated Towns in Upper Canada, to im-
pose a Tax on Dogs within their respective Districts and Towns," the
District Councils of the several Districts in Upper Canada are em-
powered to make By-Laws for imposing a Tax upon the owners of
Dogs,

1st. Be it therefore enacted by the District Council of the Home
District, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That the
owner of every Dog living within the boundaries of this District, save
and except such as are exempted by law from the same, and also save
and except every Householder who shall possess only one Dog, shall
pay to the Collector, when demanded, the sum of five shillings for
every such extra Dog ; the said Tax to be levied and collected in like
manner as all other Taxes are now by law levied and collected.

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2. And he it fur titer enacted by the authority aforesaid, Th&X the
Clerk of the Peace is hereby required to add an additional column to
the Assessment Roll for each Township, for the purpose of said Tax,
and it shall be the duty of the Assessor of each and every Township,
who shall hereafter be chosen or appointed, to specify in such column
the number of Dogs liable to be taxed as aforesaid, kept by each and
every inhabitant Householder in each Township or union of Town-
ships respectively ; and that the amount of said Tax, when collected,
shall be added to the amount realized on account of all other District
Rates, and paid over to the District Treasurer, for District purposes ;
and the Collector shall be entitled to retain to his own use, his per
centage on the aggregate amount thereof, with reference to the scale
laid down in By-Law No. 25.

3. And be itfurther enacted, That this By-Law shall not come
into force until the first day of January next, and that the same be
read by the Township Clerk of every Township, at the next Town-
ship meeting.

(Signed) E. W. THOMSON,

Warden, H, D.

Passed Nov. 14th, 1845.

[ No. 90. J

A BY-LAW

To open a New Line of Road through the bth^ 6th, 7th,
and Sth Concessions of the Township of King.

Be it enacted by the District Council of the Home District, That
the line of Road surveyed and reported by Robert Walsh, a Road
Surveyor, by his Report to the Council, bearing date 7th November,
1845, leading from the fourth Concession line of Road between Lots
Nos. 28 and 29, to the Sth Concession line of Road betweenHots 30
and 31, in the Township of King, be, and the same is hereby estab-
lished and confirmed as a public Road or Highway.

,That the
column to
said Tax,
Township,
sh column
each and
\ of Town-
collected,
9r District
purposes ;
e, his per
3 the scale

not come
e same be
Bxt Town-

ten, H. D.

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6/A, 7th,

rict, That
1, a Road
sfovember,
iveen Lots
ienHots 30
eby estab-

And he it further enacted, That the Petitioners for surveying said
Road, shall pay to the said Surveyor his legal charges for the same.

(Signed) E. W. THOMSON,

Warden, H. D,
Passed Nov. 14th, 1845.

[No. 91.]

J BY-LAW

To open a Road from Lloydtown through Lots Nos. 35
and 36, in the ninth Concession of the Township of
King,

1st. Be it enacted hythe District Council of the Home District, That
so much of the Road surveyed and laid out by R. Walsh, one of the
District Road Surveyors, in the Township of King, as reported to the
Council by his Report bearing date the fifth day of November, 1845,.
extending from the village of Lloydtown to the limit between Lots Nos.
34 and 35, in the 9th Concession of the said Township, be, and the
same is hereby established and confirmed as a public Road or High-,
way.

2nd. And he it further enacted, That the Petitioners for surveying
said Road, shall pay to the said Surveyor his legal charges for the
same.

(Signed) E. W. THOMSON,

Wardefiy HrD.
Passed 14tU Nov., 1845.

By-Laws.

[ No. 92. ]

J BY-LAW

To oiler and amend By-Law No. 88, passed the fourteenth day of No-
vember, 1845, so far as regards the period of payment of the claim
ofWm. Ogden.

(Provisions complied with.)

[No. 93.]
A BY-LAW

To open a Road through parts of the Sd, 4/A, 5//i and 6th

Concessions of Whitby.

1. Beit enacted hy the District Council of the Home District, and
it is hereby enacted, That the Road surveyed and laid out by John
Farquharson, Esq., Road Surveyor, through parts of the 3rd, 4th, 5th,
and 6th concessions of Whitby, as by his Report bearing date the tenth
day of February, 1846, will appear, be, and the same is hereby estab-
lished as a public road or highway.

2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid. That the
Petitioners requiring survey of said road shall pay to the said Sur-
veyor his legal charges for surveying and reporting the same.

3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That so
much of the third clause of By-Law No. 74, as relates to a Road
formerly surveyed through the fourth and fifth concessions of the said
Township of Whitby, be, and the same is hereby repealed.

(Signed) E. W. THOMSON,

Warden, H. D.
Passed Feb. 14th, 1846.

; ¥'-y\t

!ay ofNo-
\f the claim

lied with.)

and 6th

[ No. 94. ]

A BY-LAW

*To open a Road through parts of the ^th and 6th
Concessions of Albion*

Be it enacted by the District Council of the Home District, and it ia
hereby enacted, That the Road surveynd and laid out by Robert Walsh,
one of the Road Surveyors for the District, through parts of the fifth
and sixth concessions in the Township of Albion, as by his report bear-
ing date the 30th January, 1845, appears, be, and the same i j hereby
established as a public road or highway.

2. And be it further enacted, That the Petitioners for examining
and surveying said Road, shall pay to the said Surveyor his legal
charges for the same.

(Signed) E. W. THOMSON,

Warden, H.D,
Passed 14th Feb., 1846.

istrict, and
t by John
1, 4th, 5th,
te the tenth
eby estab-

That the
s said Sur-
ne.

!, That so
to a Road
of the said

SON,

en, H. D.

[No. 95.]

A BY-LAW

To open a Road through part of the 4th Concession of

rickering.

Be it enacted by the District Council of the Home District, and it
is hereby enacted, That the Road surveyed and laid out by John Far-
quharson, Esq., one of the Road Surveyors for the District, through
the fourth Concession in the Township of Pickering, as appears by
his report to the Council, bearing date the 7th February, 1846, be,
and the same is hereby established as a public Road or Highway.

Be itfurther enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Petitioners
for examining and surveying the said Road, shall pay to the said
Surveyor his legal charges for the same.

(Signed) E. W. THOMSON,

Warden, H. D.
Passed February 14th, 1846.

50 By-Laws.

[ No. 06. ]

Jl B Y-LAW

To open a Road through the 4:th and 5th Concessions of
the Township of Uxhridge.

Be it enacted hy the District Council of the Home District, and
it is lierely enacted, That the Road surveyed and laid out by John
Nelson, a Road Surveyor, through part of the fourth and fifth Con-
cessions of the Township of Uxbridgo, as appears by his report to
the Council, bearing date the 4th February, 1846, be, and the same
is hereby established as a public road or highway.

Be itfurther enacted hy the authority aforesaid. That the Petition-
ers requiring the survey of said Road, shall pay to the said Surveyor
his legal charges for the same.

(Signed) E. W. THOMSON,

Warden, II. D.
Passed 14th Feb., 1846.

[ No. 97. ]

A BY-LAW

To authorise the Treasurer to pay to Colin Mc Arthur the sum of Nine-
teen Pounds for erecting a School House in District No. 9, Cale-
don,

(Provisions complied with.)

[No 98.]
A BY-LAW

To authorise the Treasurer to pdy to John Hamilton, formerly a School
Trustee, the sum of Ten Pounds for charges incurred in the main-
tenance of a Common School House in School District No 14,
Pickering.

(Provisions complied with.)

3Ssions of

Hstrict, and
at by John
I fifth Con-
s report to
id the same

he Petition-
d Surveyor

ON,

'den, II. D.

urn of Nine'
No. 9, Cale-

iplied with.)

By-Laws. 51

[ No. 99. J

A BY-LAW

To require School Trustees, at the Annual Meetings^ to
render Jiccounts of Receipts and Expenditure of the
past year.

Be it enacted ly the District Council of the Home District, That
from and after the passing of this By-Law, it shall and may be lawful
for the Trustees for the time being, of the several School Districts
throughout the Home District, and all such as may be hereafter elected,
and they are hereby authorised and required to lay before the Annual
Meeting for the Election of Common School Trustees, a correct
account of the receipts and expenditure of all sucii monies as they
may have received as such Trustees, during the year immediately
preceding such meeting, and for wliich they may have acted as Com-
mon School Trustees.

2. And be it furiher enacted hy the authority aforesaid, That any
of the said Trustees who shall hereafter neglect or refuse to furnish
such account as aforesaid, shall pay a fine of not less than five shil-
lings nor more thau fifty shillings, to be levied, collected, and disposed
of agreeably to the provisions of tlie 55th clause of the District Coun-
cil Act.

(Signed) E. W. THOMSON,

Warden, H. D,
Passed 14th Feb., 1846.

rly a School
in the main-
irict No 14,

iplied with.)

[ No. 100. ]

A BY-LAW

Appropriating the Surplus Revenues for the year 1846, /or the im-
' provement of Roads and Bridges 'in the several Townships of the
Home District.

(Temporary.)

S!) By-Laws.

[No. 101.]

A BY-LAW

To Assess the Inhabitants of the Home District one penny in the pound
for the general purposes of the District for 1846.

(Expired.)

I t

\'\

[No. 102.]
A BY-LAW

To Assess the several Townships of the Home District for certain sums
to he appropriated for the support and maintenance of Common
Schools for 1846.

(Temporary.)

[No. 103.]
A BY-LAW

To foe the Salaries of certain District Officers for the year 1846.

(Expired.)

Iff!

By-Laws.

« the pound
(Expired.)

^tain sums
rf Common

mporary.)

• 1846.
[Expired.)

[ No. 104. ]

A BY-LAW

To assess the inhabitants of the Townships of Thorah
and Markham, and parts of the Townships of Reach,
Brock, and Whitby, the sums therein mentioned, for
the erection of Bridges.

1. Be it enacted hy the District Council of the Home District,
That there be rc'sed, levied and collected as heretofore, on the inhab-
itants of the ' Co . ; hips of Thorah, Markham, Reach, Brock, and
Whitby, the s.'^v. ^l and respective sums hereinafter naentioned, to
be applied in the repayment of such sums advanced by the Trea-
surer out of the District funds, under the provisions of By-Law No.
8, for the repair of certain Bridges in said Townships, that is to say :

On the inhabitants of Thorah, the sum of J615.

On the inhabitants of the Township of Markham, the sum of JE18.

On the inhabitants of the eastern parts of the Townships of Reach,

Brock, and Whitby, the sum of £25 ; that is to say.

On all residing east of No. 12, in the Township of Whitby,
On all residing east of No. 12, in the Township of Reach,
And on all residing east of No. 12, in the Township of Brock, the

sum of £8 6s. 8d. respectively.

2. And he it further enacted hy the authority aforesaid, That the
Collectors of the said Townships respectively, appointed for the
present year, shall, and they are hereby authorised and required to
levy and collect of and from the inhabitants of the said Townships or
parts of Townships aforesaid, respectively, the several and respective
sums hereinbefore mentioned ; such sums to be raised by a propor-
tionate rate on each of the inhabitants of said Townships, according to
the value of their rateable property, in addition to all other rates and
assessments now or hereafter payable by such inhabitants ; and the
sums so to be paid by said inhabitants, severally to be specified by the
Clerk of the Peace in a separate column to be added to the Collectors*
Rolls for the present year, for such Townships respectively.

(Signed) E. W. THOMSON,

Warden, H.D.

Passed May I4th, 1846.

J!i;

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54 By-Laws.

[No. 105.]

A BY-LAW

To alter and amend By-Law No. 100, as regards the
Distribution of the Money in the Township of Geor-
gina, and for other purposes therein named,

1. Be it enacted hythe District Council of the Home District, That
somuchof By-Law No. 100, passed on the 14lh February, 1846,
entitled a By-Law to appropriate the Surplus Revenues for the im>
provement of Roads and Bridc;es in the several Townships of the
Home District, as distributes the Grant of £80 on Roads and Bridges
in the Township of Georgina, be, and the same is hereby repealed.

2. And he it further enacted, hy the authority aforesaid, That William
Johnson, James O. Bouchier, John Comer, James Donald, and John
Anderson, Esquires, be Commissioners to lay out and expend the said
sum of £80, granted to the said Townshipof Georgina by said By-Law,
on such Roads and Bridges in the Township, as they.or a majority
of the said Commissioners shall deem proper and expedient.

3. Andheit further enacted hy the authority aforesaid, That in
the event of vacancies occurring in the office of Road Commissioners,
appointed under and by virtue of said By-Law, by death, removal, or
from other cause, it shall and may be lawful for the Counsellor or
Counsellors of such Township where such vacancies may occur,
(after being notified by the Township Clerk, or by the parties declining
to act,) to appoint others or another in their stead ; and in the event
of the Commissioners appointed under said By-Law, not acting in the
discharge of their duties before the 15th day of June next, he or they
shall be considered as having declined to act, and the said Counsellors
are hereby authorized to appointed others in theiv place and stead.

(Signed) E. W. THOMSON,

Warden, H- D,
Passed May 15th, 1846.

ards the
)f GeoT'

rict, That
ry, 1846,
r the ifn»
ps of the
3 Bridges
pealed,
t William
and John
id the said
1 By-Law,
majority

I, That in
lissioners,
imoval, or
nsellor or
.y occur,
declining
the event
ting in the
le or they
ounscllors
,nd stead.

'N,

len, H' B.

By-Laws. 5d'

[ No. 106. ]

A BY-LAW

To open a Road through Lots Nos. 18 and 19, in the 6th
and 1th Concessions of the Township of Reach.

Be it enacted hy the District Council of the Home District, That
the Road surveyed, and laid out by John Farquharson, Esquire, one
of the Road Surveyors for the District, through parts of lot number
nineteen in the 6th, and eighteen in the 7th Concessions of the Town-
ship of Reach, as by his report bearing date the 12th May, 1846,
appears, be, and the same is hereby established as a public Road or
Highway, one chain wide.

2. And he it further enacted, That the petitioners for examining and
surveying said Road, shall pay to the said Surveyor his legal charges
for the same.

(Signed) E. W. THOMSON,

Warden, H. D.
Passed May 14th, 1846.

[ No. 107. ]
A BY-LAW

To open a Road at the North West Corner of Lot No. 1,
i^th Concession Markham.

1. Beit enactedhj the District Council of the Home District, That
the Road surveyed and laid out by John Torrance, one of the Road
Surveyors of the District, commencing on the north-west corner of lot
number one, in the tenth Concession of the Township of Markham,
as by his report bearing date the first day of May, 1846, appears, be,
and the same is hereby established as a public Road or Highway.

2. And he it further enacted hy the aitlhority aforesaid, That the
Petitioners for examining and surveying said Road, shall pay to the
said Surveyor his legal charges for the same.

(Signed) E. W. THOMSON,

Warden, H. D.
Passed May 15th. 1846.

:'i.

• it ■

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iim

56 By-Laws.

[No. 108.]

J BY-LAW

To open a Road through Lots Nos. 6 and 7, in the 4th
Concession of Toronto.

1. Be it enacted hy the District Council of the Home District, That
the Road surveyed and laid out by Joliu Embleton, one of the Road
Surveyors for the District, through parts of lots number six and seven
in the fourth Concession west of Hurontario Street, in the Township
of Toronto, as by his report bearing date the 11th of May, 1846, ap-
pears, be, and the same is hereby established as a public Road or High-
way, one chain wide. j mu u

2. And be it further enacted hy the authority aforesaid, That the
Petitioners for examining and surveying said Road, shall pay to the
said Surveyor his legal charges for the same.

(Signed) E. W. THOMSON,

^ ^ Warden, H.D.

Passed May 14th, 1846.

■m

[ No. 109. ]
J BY-LAW

To open a Road through Lot No 18, in the first Conces"
sion of the Township of Reach.

Be it enacted hij the District Council of the Home District, That
the Road surveyed by John Farquharson, Esquire, one of the Road
Surveyors for the District, through lot No. 18, in the first Concession
of the Township of Reach, as by his report bearing date the 13th day
of May, 1846, be, and the same is hereby established as a public
Road or Highway, one chain wide.

2. And he it further enacted, Tiiat the Petitioners for surveying
said Road shall pay to the said Surveyor his legal charges for the
same.

(Signed) E. W. THOMSON,

^ ^ Warden, H.D.

Passed May 15th, 1846.

By-Laws. 57

[ No. no. ]

A BY-^LAW

To open a Road through Lot No. 24, in the M Conces'
sion of Georgina, and to close up part of an old Road.

1 . Be it enacted by the District Council of the Home District, That
so much of the Road surveyed by Joha H. Thompson, a Road Sur-
veyor, as appears by his Report bearing date the 31st day of July,
1846, as passes through Lot No. 24, in the fifth concession of the
Township of Georgina, be, and the same is hereby established and con-
firmed as ;' Public Road or Highway ; and that theoldlioad surveyed
by Arad Smalley, and confirmed several years ago, between the two
points where the new Road intersects the same, be, and the same is
hereby declared unnecessary, and may be closed up so soon as the
new Road shall be made available for the public travel.

And he it further enacted, That the Petitioners for surveying said
Road, shall pay to the said Surveyor his legal charges for the same.

(Signed)

Passed Aug. 13th, 1846.

E. W. THOMSON,

Warden, H. D.

[No. 111.]
A BY-LAW

To open a Road through the 2c?, 3c^, 4^A and 5th Conces-
sions of the Township of Thorah.

Be it enacted by the District Council of the Home District, That
the Road surveyed and laid out by John H. Thompson, one of the Dis-
trict Road Surveyors, as appears by his report bearing date the 27th
July, 1846, through the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th Concessions of the Town-
ship of Thorah, be, and the same is hereby established and confirmed
as a Public Road or Highway.

By Laws.

2. And he it further enacted, That the Petitioners for said Road
shall pay to the said Surveyor his legal charges for surveying the
same.

(Signed) E. W. THOMSON,

Warden, H. D,
Passed lath Aug. 1846.

M-

1, -i

[No. 112.]

A BY-LAW

To open a Road across part of Lot No. 26, m the 5th
Concession of the Township of Whitby,

Be it enacted by the District Council of the Home District, That
the Road surveyed and reported by John Farquharson, Esquiie, one
of the District Road Surveyors, as appears by his Report and Survey
bearing date the tenth day of August, 1846, across part of Lot No. 26,
in the fifth Concession of the Township of Whitby, (from the Brock
to the Plank Road) be, and the same is hereby established and con-
firmed as a Public Road or Highway.

2. And he it further enacted, That the Petitioners for surveying
said Road, shall pay to the said Surveyor his legal charges for the
same.

(Signed) E. W. THOMSON,

Warden, H. D*
Passed Aug. I3th, 1846.

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ying the

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t No. 26,
e Brock
and con-

By-Laws. 59

[No. 113.]

A BY-LAW

To open a Road across part of Lot No. 5, in the 2d Con-
cession of Whitchurch, and to close up part of an
old Road on the same Lot.

1. Be it enacted by the District Council of the Home District, That
the Road surveyed and laid out by John Nelson, one of the District
Road Surveyors, in the Township of Whitchurch, as appears by his
Report bearing date the tenth day of August, 1846, across Lot No.
5, in the 2d Concession of said Township, be, and the same is hereby
established and confirmed as a Public Road or Highway, in lieu and
instead of the Road surveyed by Arad Smalley, and confirmd several
years ago across the said lot, and which said last mentioned Road is
hereby declared to be unnecessary, and liable to be closed up so soon
as the' first mentioned Road shall be opened and made convenient for
the public travel.

2. And be it further enacted, That the Petitioners for surveying
said Road, shall pay to the said Surveyor his legal charges for the
same.

(Signed) E. W. THOMSON,

Warden, H.D.
Passed Aug. 13th, 1846.

urveymg
i for the

m,H.D,

60 By-Laws.

[No. 114. J

A BY-LAW

To open a Road from Lot 26 to 30, in theffth Concession

of Uxhridge.

1. Be it enacted hj the District Council of the Home District, That
the Road surveyed and laid out by George Ballard, one of the District
Road Surveyors, in the Township of Uxbridge, as appears by his Re-
port bearing date the eighth day of August, 1846, across Lots Nos.
26, 27, 28, 29, and 30, in the fifth Concession of the said Township,
be, and the same is hereby established and confirmed as a Public Road
or Highway.

2. And he it further enacted, That the Petitioners for surveying
said Road, shall pay to the said Surveyor his legal charges for the
same.

(Signed) E. W. THOMSON,

Warden, H. D.
Passed 13th Aug., 1846.

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By-Laws. 61

[No. iir..]

Jl BY- LAW

To open a Road through the Ist, 2nd^ 'Srd^ 4th and 5th
Concessions of the Township of Caledon^ West
Centre Road.

1. Be it enacted by the District Council of the Home District, That
the Road surveyed and laid out by John Einbleton,onoof the District
Road Surveyors, as appears by his Report bearing date the I2lh
August, 1846, through the 1st, 2d, 3d, 4lh, and 5th concessions of
Caledon, (West of Huronta'io Street,^ be, and the same is hereby
established as a Public Roid or Highway.

2. And he itfurther enacted, That the Petitioners for surveying
said Road, shall pay to the said Surveyor his legal charges for the
same.

(Signed) E. W. THOMSON,

Warden, H.D.
Passed Aug. 13th, 1846.

[No. 116.]
A BY-LAW^

To repeal so much of By-Law No. 2, as restricts the num,'
her of District Road Surveyors appointed by the
Council.

Whereas much inconvenience has arisen to the Inhabitants of
some parts of the Home District, on account of the limitation of the
number of Road Surveyors throughout the District to eight: And
xhereas it is deemed desirable to remove the cause of further incon-
venience on that account.

Hv-Laws.

Th«t?K *' ^^''^'f^^\^''<'''^^d, hythe District Councilofthc Home District

Ims^Z^Tn^^K"^^^^^ - vvhii limits the Cber

levied ^^'^^yors lo e.ght, be, and iho same is hereby re'

(Signed) E. W. THOMSON,

Passed Aug. 13th, 1846. ^Vurden, H. D.

[No. 117.]
A BY-LAW

To Assess the Inhabitants of School Section No. 14, in
the lownship of King, in the sum of £.10, for the
erection of a School-house therein.

if ,-. L ^'i'r?f '"^ */ ''*' ^'^*''''^ ^""^""^ «/ f^^ Home District, and
anlXln ^ '^K """^''f^ '-^ '^'' ^""'^' ^^^' there be raised, levied
No li ?n thr'pit^T"' M?' "P°!!^''^ Inhabitants of School'Section
rn^; ll '-^ • ^°^"^h'P 0^^^'ng' the sum of seventy pounds, by a
rate levied in proportion to the amount of their rateable property ap^
pearing on the Assessor's Roll for the present year. ^ ^ ^

shin t uHa t '-^u'^^'u '''"'^'^' T^^^ th" ^'^^^^^' ^°'- the said Town.
a^l^.' V. if 'f^'^^^ '■.'^'''''^'' ^"hinone week after notice being
given to h.m by the District Clerk, to furnish the Clerk of the Peicf
with the namesof all persons assessed for the present year, together
with the sum total of the assessed value of their property sevially
and respectively residing vvithin the limits of the iaid Scf.;,! Sect on
nn.' \ I '^'^^^^'^ °f the Peace is hereby required, witWn
one week after receiving said extract of Roll, to assess the sad
sum of seventy pounds on such Inhabitants respectively, accordTng
to the assessed value of their property as aforesaid, and deliver f
roll containing the names of such Inhabitant^, together whh the sums
l^nTth!? ^?/p^rd by ^h, to the Collector 'of Ihe said TownshJJ!
And the said Collector is hereby authorized and required forthwith to
demand, collect, and levy from each Inhabitant of sL Schoo Set!

lect/dTnH^'''^'^ ""T"^'' '" }^' '' ^'' "^'"«' ^"d when so cot
lected and recovered, to pay the amount into the hands of the Trea-

By-Laws.

surer, deducting at the rate of five per cent upon the gross amount
collected for his per centage.

3. And be it further enacted by tho authority aforesaid, That the
Treasurer do, and is hereby authorized, upon application made by
the person or persons entitled by law to receive the same, pay the
said sum of £70, or so much thereof as shall from time to time come
into his hands, upon certificate of the Clerk, that a good and valid
title for the site upon which the School-house shall or may be built,
has been filed in his Office.

(Signed) E. W. THOMSON,

Warden, H. D.
Passed Aug. 13th, 1840.

[No. 118.]
J BY-LAW

Ta authorise the Treasurer to advance a sum not exceeding £15, for the
erection of a Bridge in the Township of Pickering, under the
provisions of By-Law No. 8.

(Temporary.)

By-L

AWS.

[No. 119.]
A BY-LAW

To Jix the AUowames to Township Superintep dents of

Education, for 1 846.

there"^han'hr?f *^''*' ?''''"■*? ^^""^^'^^Z t^^^ Jiome DUtnct, That

AlWann;«^ during the year 1846, the following

Allowances, and the Treasurer is hereby authorised, and required to
pay the same out of the funds of the DiLict, which mav remafn or
come into his hands, on or after the first day if Januaiy! 1847 udo^

L to'^ay'^^' °'''' County Superintendent'ofCommon'schools'A'hat

To Superintendents of Townships having one thousand five hun-
dred children, and upwards, between the ages of 5 and 16
years, (to be called the first class,) the sum of Twenty Pounds

'^° wTfif^^^^^'f ^°^^T?'^^P' having one thousand, and un-
der fifteen hundred children (to be called the second class)
the sum of Fourteen Pounds each. '

^"^ ^2J!;J."''"^'f \°!'7°''^''^^P'^^^^"g fi^« ^""dred, and under
To Superintendents of Townships having one hundred, and under

of pSolt 'etT; ^" '^ ^^"^' ^'^ ^°^^^^ ^^-) ^'^^ --

To Superintendents of Townships having under one hundred
craldren to be called the fifth cla.s) tlesum of Two PounS
len shillings each.

Passed Oct. 8th, 1846

(Signed) E. W. THOMSON,

Warden^ H. D.

By-Laws. 65

[ No. 120. ]

A BY-LAW

To authorise the Magnetic Telegraph Company to erect
Posts, ^c. on the Highways of the Home District,

Whereas a Company has been formed in the City of Toronto,
for the purpose of building an Electro- Magnetic Telegraph through
the Home, Gore, and Niagara Districts, and have applied to the Dis-
trict Council of the Home District for authority to erect the necessary
posts and apparatus, and connect the same with wires along the high-
ways and roads of the Home District : And Whereas the said Home
District Council are desirous, as far as in them lies, to promote the
said undertaking, and for that purpose have consented to the erection
of the necessary posts, wires, and other apparatus, along the highways
and roads of the said Home District, as far forth as they legally can,

Be it therefore enacted hj the District Council of the Home District,
That the said Compai^y be allowed to erect at such places along the
highways and roads of the said Home District as may be found nec-
essary for the purpose of building an Electro-Magnetic Telegraph, all
and every the necessary posts and apparatus, and connect the* same
with wires: Provided always, that the erecting of the said posts shall
not obstruct the said highways or roads, or interfere with or impede
the free passage of the same.

(Signed) E. W. THOMSON,

Warden^ H. D.
Passed 9th Oct., 1846.

By-Laws.

[No. 121.]

A BY-LAW

To. prescribe the mode of ascerlaini?is^ the wishes of the
Inhahitmits of any Toivnship, in regard to the erec-
tion of a Township Hall, the Site for the same, and
the place for holditig the Township Meeting.

VVHEfiEAs it is highly desirable that tiio wishes of a majorityof
the inhabitant freeholders and householders of any Township^ should
be consulted in reference to the selection of a suitable and conrenient
site, cither for the erection of a Township Hall, or for the purpose of
holding the Township Meetings, temporarily and for the time being, in
any Township wherein a Hall has not been legally or properly erected,
and also in reference to the expediency or necessity of erecting a Town-
ship Hall in such Township at any particular time.

And whereas h is expedient in order to prevent confusion and
dispute, and to enable the District Council to obtain correct information
m relation to these matters, that some uniform and legal mode should
be defined and prescribed for such purposes respectively, by which the
desire or wishes of the said mhabitants may be ascertained,

1. Be il.ikerpfore cnacicd hj Ihe Bislricl Council of the. Home Dig.
trict. That from and after the pas-^ing of this Bv Law, it shall and mav
be lawful for the Cleric of any Townsliip, and he is herebv authorized
and required, upon receiving a Requisition signed by not less than
twelve inliabitant freeholders or householders, and two' Justices of the
Peace, requiring him to call a Public Mcetingfor anyor allof theabove
purposes, that is to say, for ascertaining the wishes and desire of the
Township in reference to the selection of a site and erecting a Town-
ship Hall, or f)r the clianging or fixing the plan for holding the Town-
ship Meetings for the time being, in any Township where no HalJ'
has been legally or properly erected, to call such Meeting at the place
where the last Township Meeting was held, within one month after
receiving ^ueh requisition, at such time as to him shall appear most
proper and expedient, giving at loast ten days public notice thereof,.
such notices to be posted up at not 1. - , than twelve public places in the
Township ; the business of such Meeting to commence at ten o'clock
in the forenoon, and the Township Clerk, if present, shall preside until
a Chairman be chosen.

2. AndJjcif. farther C7wcied, That it shall be the privilege of any
legal voter, at any such meeting, to propose or nominate a Site for the
erection of a Township Hall, or place for holding the Township Meet-
ingB, or to propose to build or erect a Township Hall, which proposition

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or nomination, if seconded by one or mure le>,'ai voters, shall be
duly recorded in such order as tlie same may be proposed by the
Township Clerk, if present ; or if he be not present, then by such per-
son as the said Meeting may appoint to act as Clerk for the lime being ;
such record to be made in a poll book to be kept for that purpose, and
if more than one Site be so proposed or nominated, or any question
involving a difference of opinion in regard to the aforesaid objects,
and a poll be demanded by three or rnoro legal voters, it shall be the
duty of the Chairman, or of the presiding Officer at any such meeting,
to proceed by a regular and impartial poll to ascertain and determine
the desire and wishes of the majority of legal voters in respect to any
or to all the matters as aforesaid, by polling or recording all the legal
votes which may be tendered or offered, such polling not to extend
beyond the hour of Twelve o'clock at night of the same day, and the
Township Clerk, or in his absence the Clerk chosen as aforesaid, shall
act as poll Clerk, shall keep a true and correct record of the votes for
or against such propositions or nominations made as aforesaid ; and
the Township Clerk or Clerk appointed as aforesaid, shall as soon as
may be after such polling be ended, make a true and authentic certi-
fied copy, (verified upon oath before a Magistrate, if required by any
three legal voters,) and transmit the same to the Clerk of the District
Council, in order that the same may be laid before the said Council at
its next session.

3. And he it farther enacted, That no person shall be allowed to
vote at any such Meeting, unless he bo an inhabitant freeholder or
householder, residing in the Township, and of the full age of 21 years ;
and any person voting at any such Meeting, not being dnly qualified
as aforesaid, shall be, and he is hereby declared to be liable to che
same fines and penalties which shall or may be imposed, recovered,
and applied in the same way and manner, and by the same process as
is provided by the 4th section of an Act of the Legislature, entitled
" An Act to alter and amend sundry Acts regulating the appointment
and duties of Township Officers," passed on the 6th day of March,
1838, for fining or punishing persons not qualified, who may vote, or
olTer to vote, at regular Township Meetings.

(Signed)

E. W. THOMSON,

Warden, H. D.

Passed Oct. 9ih, 1846.

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[ No. 122. ]

A BY-LAW

To authorise the Payment of Allowance to Counsellors,

1. Be it enacted by the District Council of the Home District, That
it shall and may be lawful for the Treasurer, and he is hereby author-
ised and required to pay to each District Counsellor, the sum of
Six Shillings and Three Pence for each day he shall have sat in
Council during the present session, and the like sum of Six Shillings
and Three Pence for each day he shall sit in Council at each of the
next four half-yearly sittings of the Councilor at any extra sitting
wiJhin the period limited by law ; that is to say : during the years
1847 aud 1848, to be paid out of the General Funds or Revenues of
the District, upon certificate of the Warden.

(Signed) E. W. THOMSON,

^ Warden, H. D.

Passed Oct. 8th, 1846.

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[No. 123.]

A BY-LAW

To fix the place in each Township for holding the Town-
ship Meetings in 1847.

Whereas, by the 9th Victoria, chap. 40, sec. 2, power is given to
the District Councils of Upper Canada, to determine and fix the places
at which Township Meetings shall be held: And Wherkas, with a
view to prevent confusion and inconvenience arising fronn the mode
heretofore provided by law tor determining the places at which Town-
ship Meetings should be held, it is expedient to fix the place in each
Township and Union of Townships in the Home District respectively,
at which the Annual Township Meeting shall be held,

1. Be it enacted by the District Council of the Home District, and
it is enacted by the authority of the same, That the Township Meetings
of the respective Townships and Union of Townships in the Home
District, be held at the respective places hereinafter mentioned, during
the continuance of this By-Law, and at no other ; that is to say ; —

In the Township of

ALBION, on Lot N". IT, in the .5th Concession.

BROCK, at Jones' Tavern, on the 6th Concession.

CHINGUACOUSY, at Westerfield's Inn, Centre Road.

CALEDON, at Raeburn's Tavern, No. 16, Centre Road

ETOBICOKE, at Montgomery's Tavern, Dundas-st.

GEORGINA, at Jolmson's School House.

NORTH GWILLIMBURY, Dug Hill School-house.

EAST GWILLIMBURY, at Brigg's Tavern, Sharon.

GORE OF TORONTO, at McLean's Tavern, Lot No. 10, 9th Con.

KING, at Rider's Tavern, 9th Concession.

MARKHAM, at Span Horse Tavern, Blenheim.

MARA & RAM \, at same place as last Township Meeting,

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hit

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PICKERING, at Mr. Thompson's Tavern, 5th Con.

REACH, at Ensign Corner's front of 7th Concession.

SCARBORO', at Dowswell's Tavern, 1st Concession.

SCOTT, at School. House, on 6th Concession.

TORONTO, at Streetsville.

THORAH, at same place as last Township Meeting.

UXBRIDGE, at SchooLHouse, Village of Uxbridge.

VAUGHAN, at Township Hall.

YORK, at Gallagher's Tavern, Hogg's Hollow.

WHITBY, at Oshawa.

WHITCHURCH, same place at last meeting at Stofferville.

2. And le it further enacted by the authority aforesaid That fh.-«

(Signed) E. W. THOMSON,

Passed 9th Oct. 1846. Warden, H. D.

the

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[ No. 124.]
./? BY-LAW

To alter the periods of the sittings of the Council.

Whereas it is provided by the 12th section of the District Muni-
cipal Council Amendment Act, passed on tiie 9th day of June, 1846,
that any District Council nnay by a By-Law to be made from time to
time in their behalf, alter the period or periods for holdin- the half
yearly meetings of such District Council, and whereas it is found
expedient for the public convenience to alter the periods of the Sittings
of the Home District Council,

Be it therefore enacted hy the District Council of the Home District^
That from and after the passing of this By-Law, the half yearly meet-
ings of the said Home District Council shall commence and be holden
at the times following, that is to say : the First half-yearly Meeting-
on the third Tuesday in January, and the second half-yearly Meeting
on the third Tuesday in June, in each year, instead of the times men-
tioned in the said recited Act.

(Signed) E. W. THOMSON,

Warden, H.Dr
Passed Oct. nth. 1846.

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[No. 12;").]

A BY-LAW

To alter a line of Road through Lois 20 awe? 21, Isi

Concession of Albion.

1. Be it enacted hy the District Council of the Home District, That
the tvv o small alterations or pieces of Road surveyed, laid out, and re-
ported by Robert Walsh, one of the Road Surveyors, as appears by
his report, bearing date the 7th of October, 1846, through parts of Lots
Nos. 20 and 21, in the first Concession, and through parts of Lot»
Nos. 21 and 22, in the third Concession of the Township of Albion,
1^ and the same are hereby confirmed as Public Roads or Highway*.

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a. And be it further enacted, That the Petitioners for surveyine
d Road, shall pay to the said Surveyor his leiral charires for the

Kai
same.

larges for the

(Signed) E. W. THOMSON,

Passed Oot. 9th, 1846.

Warden, H. D.

[No. 126.]

A BY-LAW

To open a Road through parts of Lots Nos. 5 and 6, in
the 10th and lith Concessions of the Township of
King.

1 • -Sc it enacted by the District Council of the Home District, That
the Road surveyed and laid out by Robert Walsh, one of the Road
Surveyors for the District, as appears by his report bearing date the
^9th August, 1846, through parts of the tenth and eleventh Con.
cessions of the Township of King, be, and the same is hereby established
and confirmed as a Public Road or Highway.

2. And be it further enacted, That the Petitioners for surveyinc
said Road, shall pay to the said Surveyor his legal charges foi the
same. o »

(Signed) E. W. THOMSON,

D J ^ « , Warden, H. D.

Passed Oct. 8th, 1846.

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[ No. 127. ]

A BY-LAW

To authorise the inhabitants of the Village of Oshawa, to
commute for their Statute Labor.

1. Be it enacted by the District Council of the Honr, District,
and it is hereby enacted, That from and after the passing of this By
Law, it shall and may be lawful for all and every person (liable
by the laws of this Province to perform statute labour), residing
within the Road division or divisions in which the village of Oshawa
is, or shall be situated, and they are hereby authorised and required,
instead of performing statute labor in the usual manner, to commute
or compound for the same, by paying or causing to be paid in each
and every year during the continuance of this By-Law, to the Over-
seers of highways, who shall or may be duly appointed to serve for
said division or divisions, the sum of Two Shillings and Six Pence per
day, for each and every day such person shall or may be liable to
perform statute labor on or before the first day of May, in each and

every year.

2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That
it shall be the duty of the Overseers for said division or divisions, for
the time being, within ten days thereafter, to notify each and every
such person in such division, who shall or may refuse or neglect to
pay to such Overseer, such commutation money as aforesaid, by
personal application, or by leaving a written notice at his or her
usual place of abode or business, to pay such commutation money
as aforesaid within three days after so delivering or leaving such
notice, and in default of such payment within the said time, such
Overseer shall have, possess, and may exercise the same power and
authority that are held, possessed and exercised by the Collector
of any Township for the collection of the ordinary assessments,
viz. : by distress and sale of the Goods and Chatties of such person
or persons, and who shall and may be entitled to the same fees for
the exercise of such power and the due performance of such duties
that Township Collectors are entitled to : Provided always, That in
any case where sufficient distress cannot be found to pay such com,
mutation money with the costs as aforesaid, it shall be the duty of such
Overseer to report all such defaulters to the Justices of the Peace in
the Township, in the usual way, and within the time prescribed by
law for Overseers to make their returns ; and such defaulter or de-
faulters shall and may be proceeded against and dealt with in every
respect by the said Justices, by fine or otherwise, as for neglecting or
refusing to perform their statute labour, had this By-Law not been
passed.

3. And he it further enacted by the authority aforesaid. That the
Overseers aforesaid shall faithfully lay out and expend all such
commutation money coming into their hands, and render their ac-
eQuqts to the Township Clerk, and be liable for the due performance

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or Agent ,o oversee, lay out, and expend any part of or alf such com
ac'counras lifoLsald^^^ ^^"^ ^'"^ '' rendering'his other

(Signed) M. P. EMPEY,

Passed January 26th, 1847. Warden, H. D.

[ No. 128. ]

A BY-LAW

To Jhscss the InliaUtants of tU Home District One
IHsh-ir ^^"'''^'•>^^'' the general purposes of the

pound on The asse^ed vah>f of Th ■ " ""' f °™ ^'""y '" ">«
PPH«. in de JS mue"h of ,fe~ei ^ Iho^TdSs.'^.il^

Honne District during the present year. ^

(Signed) M. P. EMPEY,

Passed January 26th, 1847. Warden, H. D.

[ No. 129 . ]

A BY-LAW.'

To Assess the several Townships certain sums for the
support of Common Schools.

J .. ■ , " , " 2r *»c- uistnci i^uuacu of me Home Bi^rirt

and U ts hereby enacted, That there be raised,ivied and coKed

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for the support of Common Schools, on the rateahlo or assessed pro-
perty of the Inhabitants of the Home District, for the year 1847, in
addition to all other rates and assossments for the present year, the
sum of £24()(>, after allowinf,' f )r probalde defalcation, and the ex-
penses of collection (the sum beinjr equal at Imst to the amount
of public money apportioned to the; several and rpspoctive Townships
in the said District), and the sum so to be raised, levied and collected
upon the Inhabitants in each Township, shall be specified on the
Collectors' Rolls, in a separate column, by the Clerk of the Peace ;
the same to be collected as all other rates and assessments, and paid
over by the different Township Collector.-J as the law directs.

2. And he il further enacted hij the authority aj or esaid, That the
sums so collected shall be added to the amount realised for the other
District rates, and the Collectors are hereby authorised to retain
the per eentaj;je on the ajrgregate amoui^t thereof, according to the
scale fixed in Bye Law, No. 25.

(Signed) M. P. EMPEY,

Warden, H. D.
Passed January 26th, 1847.

[No. 130.]

A BY-LAW

To Assess the Inhabitant'^ of the Townsh v o/ Markham^
Etobicoke, York, Scarboro^ am^ PickerifK the sums
therein mentioned ^ for the erection of Bridges.

Be it enacted by the District Council, of the Home District,
That there be raised, levied and collected in the usual manner, on
the Inhabitants of the Townships of Markham, Rtobicoke, York,
Scarboro' and Pickering, the several and respective sums hereinafter
mentioned, to be applied in the repayment of such sums advanced
by the Treasurer out of tl '^ District Funds, under the provisions of
By-Law, No. 8. for the erection or repair of cftain Bridges in said
Townships, that is to say —

On the Inhabitants of he Township of Markham, the sum of
£12 10s.

On the Inhabitants of the Township of Etobicoke, the sum of

£20.

On the Inhabitants of the Township of York, the sum of J-12 10s.
On the Inhabitants of the Township of Scarboro', the sum of £12

10s.

On the Inhabitants of the Township ot Pickering, the sum of
£67 15s.

If I'

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AWH.

Tollin t- - r^ 'T'"^ *•'' *^' '^"''""•'■'^ nforemid, That the
Collectors of su.<l Townships appointed for the present year, shalL
and they a o her.hy auit.ori/ed and required severally and re J'

Cn^ U" r ";•' f'^'^;^'' ^"^' ^■^'^•" ''- inhabitants of the sa"
Townsh.pj, respective y, the scleral and respective su.ns herein
before rnent.onod such sums to be raised by a proportionate raron
such of the Inhabitants of said Townships, Lo^rdiL^he vllue oT
then- rateable property, in addition to all other rates and assessments
now or hereafter payable by such Inhabitants, and tl e su rioto
be paid by such inhabitants, to be specified by the Clerk of the Peace
m a separate column, to be added to the Collectors' Rolls for th«
present year, for such Townships respectively

(Signed) M. P. EMPEY,

Passcil January 26tlK 1847. Warden, H. D.

[No. 131.]
^ BY-LAW

To authorise the collection of outstanding School House

Assessments.

Whereas the Treasurer of the District, by virtue of the provisions
of a By-Law of the Council, No. 85, has advanced oli IT the
general Funds of the District to certain persons in said By Law

LT F.'vl P "" "r """^ '^'""^^"^ ""^ E'^^^" P°""d« Five ShilltTg^
and Five Pence, for the purpose of liquidating certain debts and
habihties due, and payable by Common School Commiss oners
Trustees and others, in building and repairing Common Schoo
Houses, procuring furniture, fuel, &c., for the same, such advances
being made in consequence of doubts and difTiculties having arisen

tion of ScCh "' '"'r'"'^ f '''' ^°""^^^ '^ authorfselhf collec-
tion of School House rates and assessments : And whereas such dif-
ficulties arose ,n consequence of a defect in the provisions of the
Comnion School Act, p. sed 9th December, 1843

And whereaj by se, on 11, of the present Common School Act
passed on the 19th of June, 1846, poweJ is given to Dis"ncrCouncn8
(where such rates and assessments shall not have bee^ imposed or

Schoors't-" ^""r-f J-yon and from the InhabTtan rsuch
School Sections where they have not been collected, a sum sufHcient
.n amount to pay for the erection, &c., of said School Ho" ses
T «w «"!;,! "^'"'.i'^ is considered just and expedient to pa.s a By-
Law, authorising the collection of such outstanding rates Lrl n,.esV

rthl''TJr' '" T"' u' '''"'' "^^"^°"^y ^'^ advanced may be "repaid
to the Treasurer, for the uses of the District,

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1. Be it therefore, enacted hi/ the Dklriet Council of the^Ilome
District, Thttt in ordor to raiso the several and rfspoctivo sums in
the several School Sections, mentioned in the Schedule at the end of
this By-Law, and where the sums huvt; udI already been refunded,
the Assessors in each and every Township mentioned in said
Schedule for the present year, shall, and they are hereby required
to furnish to the District Clerk, within fourteen days after notice
shall be sent to them, a certified copy of the Assessment Roll of
their respective Townships, so far as rej^mrds the limits of the several
School Sections mentioned in said Scliedule, containing the names of
persons liable by law to bo assessed, together with the aggregate
amount of their rateable property for the present year, in such School
Section specified opposite to their names; upon delivery of which
said extract of Roll to the said District Clerk, the Ass ssor shall be
entitled to receive from the Treasurer the sum of Two Shillings
and Six Pence for every hundred names, and it shall be the duty of
the Clerk of the Peace, upon receipt of said extracts of Rolls, in a
separate column, to assess the Inhabitants residing in said School
Section, for the sums mentioned in said Schedule, equally upon the
aggregate amount of their rateable properties.

2. A7id he it further enacted hy the authority aforesaid, That the
Collectors for the present year of tlie Townshi}) named in said Sche-
dule, shall, and they are hereby authorised and required to collect in
the usual way from the said persons named in said Rolls, the several
and respective sums mentioned opposite to their names in said addi-
tional column, and shall as soon as collected pay the same over to the
Treasurer of the District, for which service they shall be entitled to
receive from the Treasurer at the rate of Five per cent, on the
amount collected and paid in addition to their other per centage.

3. Provided always, and he it further enacted, That where a
School Section has been altered since t!ic building of the School
House, for the payment of which llie sums advanced by the Trea-
surer were applied in the payment of the persons now living in the
original section, as far as it can be ascertained, shall be assessed and
shall be liable for the payment of the sums advanced for payment
of the School House then erected ; and if any difficulty shall arise in
ascertaining the boundaries of said original School District, or other
difficulty as to the i)arties who should be liable to pay the assess-
ment or rates for building the School Houses aforesaid, by reason
of such alteration of said School District, thf Counsellor or Counsel-
lors, as the case may be, for the Township, or Union of Townships,
are hereby authorised to exercise a discretionary power in th? matter,
and to decide as to the extent of the bounds of the original School
District to be taxed for the purpose aforesaid.

4. Andprovided always, and he it further enacted. That when any
person or persons who may be assessed for the payment of such
School House, shall have paid to the Collector or to any person
entitled to receive the same at the time, a sum at least equal to the
sum for wliich lie or slie may be liable to pay under this By-Lavv for
the erection of the School House, or tor repairs or fuel in the section
in which he or she may now reside, that in such case it shall and

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School House, for the payment of which it isTntendef trprovWe for
by the provisions of this By-Law, and to no other. ^ '

SCHEDVLE,

Shewing theamount of moneys drawn from the Treasurer
by UieMool Sections, as designated at the time the
Kicnool liouses were built.

SCHOOL DISTRICT.

No7

10
9

8
10
11

-i

DT. TOWNSHIPS.

, 1

AMOUNT.

£ s. d.

Albion,

25 1 9

Caledon,

47 4 6

((

13 16 4

((

1 "

10 17 6

12 17 6

11 12 6

36 2 6

Chinguacousy,

19 14 2

((

26 14 4

Etobicoke, .

17 18 5

95 15

56 5

7 2 9

N. Gwillimbury,

24 16 10

E. do .

13 17 10

King»

.10 11 5

((

31 5

((

32 11 3

Mara, ]

16 9 7

27 8 5

10 10 7

by the
ive the
lyment
•Law ;
And
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ide for

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e the

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SCHOOL DISTRICT.

TOWNSHIPS.

AMOUNT.

No.

£ s. d.

Pickerings .

32 19 1

((

5 16 5

10 15

5 9 8

(;

1 2 6

((

2 4 5

((

2 5

1 17 6

((

1 10

((

2 15

((

Thorah, \

17 8 9

Toronto, .

15 16

((

U 9 4

Vaughan, .

40 10

] 16 4

((

3 11 6

((

4 12 2

1 2 10

((

18 9

2 1 3

16 3

((

1 15 11

((

12 4

((

4 2 6

Whitby, !

44 19 5

York,

59 14 5

(Signed) M. P. EMPEY,

Warden, H. D.
Passed January 26th, 1847.

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[ No. 132. J

A BY-LAW

To authorise the Treasurer to advance certain sums 0/
moneij for the erection of School Houses.

Whereas doubts are entertauied as to the power intended to be
conferred by the Lerrislature, upon the Municipal Councils by the
10th clause^, 9th Victoria, chap. 20,— when the assessments therein
directed to be made shall exceed Two Pence in the Pound : And
whereas it is expedient to provide for the immediate erection of certain
School Houses, the expense of which shall be raised, levied and
collected, within their several School Sections respectively, so soon as
the said question shall be determined and set at rest,

Be it therefore enacted hi the District Council of the Home Bis-
tnct, That from and after the passing of this By-Law, it shall and
may be lawful for the Treasurer of the District, and he is hereby
required so soon as a School [louse shall be erected in any of the
following named School Sections, to pay to the Secretary-Treasurer
of the Trustees of such Sections, the sums placed opposite the same
respectively. Provided always, That a good and sufficient title to the
District Council, for the site on which the said School Flouses shall
be erected, shall first have been deposited with the Clerk of the Coun-
cil, together with a certificate of the said Secretary. Treasurer of
Trustees, that a School House has been erected thereon :

Township of Vork, School Section
do do do

do do do

No. 8,
27,

£40
40

125
60

175
75

Township of Markham, and Vaughan Union, 1,
do Scarboro', do 6,

Which sums of money shall be refunded to the District, by the pro-
ceeds of a Tax to be hereafter raised, levied and collected in the
above mentioned School Sections respectively.

(Signed) M. P. EMPEY,

n J T „^ , War den f H,D^

Passed January 26th, 1847.

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[No. 133.]

A BY-LAW

To fix the yearly Salaries and Allowances to certain

District Officers.

1. Be it enacted by the District Council (if the Home District, and
it is hereby enacted, That there shall l)e allowed and paid to the
several District Officers, appointed by the Home ^^istrict Council,
and hereinafter named, the following yearly salaries nd allowances,
out of the Funds or Revenues of the Home District, /or the due and
faithful performance and fulfdment of their respective duties as such
Officers respectively, that is to say —

To the Treasurer, in lieu of all per ceutajres chargeable on
moneys payable for District purposes, the sum of £350 per annum.

To the District Clerk, the sum of £175 per annum.

To the County Superintendent of Education, the sum of J6175
per annum.

To the District Surveyor, the sum of £100 i)er annum.

To the District Auditors each, the sum of £15 per annum.

2. And be Itfurther enacted by the authority afor .said, That it shall
and may be lawful for the Treasurer of the District, and ho is hereby
authorised, quarterly, to retain for his own use out of the general
Funds or Revenues of the District, which shall come into his hands,
the proportion of his salary herein before mentioned, and to pay
quarterly to the other Officers, the several and respective salaries or
allowances, also hereinbefore mentioned, out of the like Funds. And
that this By-Law shall be a sufficient warrant and authority to the
Treasurer to retain, and pay the said hereinbefore mentioned salaries
and allowances ; such salaries and allowances to be computed from
the first day of January, 1847.

3. And be itfurther enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the
Offices of the Treasurer, Clerk of the Peace, and Clerk cf the District
Council, be considered as Public District Offices, and shall be kept
open and attended for the general business of the District during
the usual hours, viz. : from ten to three o'clock, (Sunday? and usual
public holidays excepted) ; also, that the District Surveyor be, and
he is hereby required to be in attendance at the District Clerk's
Office, every Monday from ten to three o'clock.

(Signed) M. P. EMPEY,

Warden, H. D.
Passed January 26th, 1847.

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[No. 134.]

A BY-LAW

To authorise the Estahlishm.ent of Female Schools in
certain Sections of York and Markham.

Whereas application lias been made to tliP I\fi,n,-..;r.oi n -i

^iS!" ?°'°°i ^'i'T' ^"^ others Tn the^o^n^ p" 7ftla^^^^^^^^^
Wlulchurch and York, praying for the establishme'^t of TpemaTe'

DlJrf ^Thff ^h^eref ore enacted ly the D?strict Council of the Home
Z%ntJ the establishment of a Female School, in additbHo
the School now in operation, in section No. 17, in the TownsWD If
Markham ; and also, of one in addition in each of the sectbns No 1
in the Townships of Whitchurch and York be authorised subi^r? to
the same regulations and obligations as Common Ssgentally!

(Signed) M. P. EMPEY,

Passed January 23rd, 1847. Warden, H.D.

[No. 135.]

A BY-LAW

To fix the site of aToion Hall in the Township of

^hinguacousy.

bitanrpTerofd^^rrn^^

cousy, to have a Townshin S I . . ^'''"'^'P °^ Chingua-
Township, on Lot nTis in 1/ fn"^ '" '^^ ^""^'" of the said
Road, ' '" ^^^ ^"t Concession East of the centre

site on ^hich a TownThh. ?.]/t ^ f' ^'^'^^^^^ '^''''f^ "^^at the
of the said TownshTn of CmI ''^^''' ? }? "'"^^^^ ^°' ^^e use
part of Lot No fs Tn I ^'' "f,"^^^"^^' shall, and may be on some
said Township ' '" '^^ ^'' Concession East of the centre Road in

the said Lot, it shall bo t lA !» ^ ^" '^ "^'^^^^^ °" ^ome part of
tbr the uJ; of hp 'i Tovvn h-'' r'n^^^^ ^' ^'^« '^^^^^hip Hall
Meetings .uX s d bv llvv sl^.l. ^'»,"Suacousy, and all Township
elsewhlre. ' ' '^'''"' ^"'' '"^^ ^^ '^^^^ therein, and not

(Signed) M. P. EMPEY,

Passed January 26th, ld47.

Warden, H. D.

By-Laws.

'■

[No. 136.]

A BY-LAW

To confirm and pMaUish a building called the Town Hally
as the place for holding the Township Meetings m
the Township oj Toronto.

Whereas it appears that a suitable building has been erected in
the Village of Streetsville, in the Township of Toronto, for a Town
Hall : And whereas it appears that the Inhabitants of said Township
are desirous that the said building should be confirmed and estab-
lished as the Township Hall for the use of the said Township,

Be it therefore enacted hy the District Council of tlie Home Dis-
trict, and it is hereby enacted hy the authority of the same ^ That the
building erected in the Village of Streetsville, in the said Township
of Toronto, and known as the Town Hall, shall from and afler the
passingofthis By-Law, be deemed, taken and considered as the Town
Hall of the Township of Toronto, and all Township Meetings autho-
rised by law shall be held therein, and not elsewhere.

(Signed) m. P. EMPEY,

Warden, H. D.
Passed January 2Gth, 1847.

[ No. 1.37. ]

A BY-LAW

Tojix the site of a Townhall in Markham.
. Whereas a Township Hall is much needed and required In the
Township of Markham, And whereas it appears to be the wish of a
majority of the Inliabitant-Freeliolders and Householders of the said
Townsiiip, that a Town Hall should be erected at some point as near
the centre thereof as a suitable site can be obtained,

1. Be it therefore enacted by the District Council of the Home Dis-
trict, That from and after the passing of tliis By-Law, tite site on
which a Township Hall for the Township of Markht^a,, ceafter to
be erected, shall, and may be on the rear end of t.chc i oi the fol-
lowing Lots, viz. . Nos. 12, 13, 14, 15, 10, 17, or 18, in the 5th Con^
cession, or on the front end of Lots Nos. 12, 1.3, 14, 15, 16, 17, or 18,
in the 6th Concession of the said Township of Markham.

2. And be it further enacted by the authority of cresaM, That when
a suitable building has been erected on a site within the before
mentioned limits, sut:;i building shall be considered and taken as the
Township Hall for the Township of Markham, and all Township
Meetings authorised by law, shall, and m«y be held therein, and not
elsewhere.

(Signed) M. P. EMPEY,

Warden. H. D,

Passed January 26th, 1847.

By-Laws.

[No. 138. J

4 BY-LAW

To amend Bye Law No. 25, as far as it regards the
Allowance to Assessors for the year in %hich the
^ Census and Statistics shall he taken.

Whereas the allowance to Assessors in the several Tnwn^hmo
•s^consdered .ado,uato for the duties ..riorlT^r'JZtZl

rnnoLfZt:fN7TL1Z^^^^^ ^---•^' That so

for the yeaiin vvhich the Lnsu and S 1- ^r ^""''""f" to Assessors
same is hereby repealed ^i^tistics are taken, be, and the

and ai^h^pis^^^^^^^ «{— ''^^ That fro.

more than the amount they severallv rpL.v r • ""t' °"^-'*'^^'

monf ir, i;«. f.L "^ i>everaiiy receiv? lor takmw the a<5«5P«i«i

ment, m heu of the amount specified in the Census Actf

(Signed) M. P. EMPEY,

Passed January 23rd, 1847. fVarden, H. D.

[No. 139.]

A BY-LAW

To authorise Counsellors in Townships to make or alter
School Sect^ons, and appoint Trusties in certain cases

fromf^dlKf t^i^^^^^t ^- ^-^'r. That
for the Counsellor' or CounseUofs of p ' ^T ^",^- '""f ^
Townships, as the case mav hn\ f . Tow.iship or Union of
and empowered ,o do and uorLn ^^v '^'"^ ^'' ^''''^y ^"^horised

dividing of the same into a m^^rZ- !^ ' ? ' ^^ ''<^^^tes to the

andpartof Section to be number Jr T^'^rf^ ^^^'^^^ S^^»^"««'

altered at the discre\L of sS Cou "elt^^^ ?^ ^^"^'' "^^^ ^^

lates to the fillin^r u,, of anv vi.^n. ' ^"^ .^''^' "" ^^' *"' ^^•

School Section, in the case wLr^^?^'' *"^°"S the Trustees of any

Council ; and they are herebvT f ^' '" ''''''^ ^" ^'^« district

alterations shal Ibo madrto L n/'to^'tr n'" ^'T^' ^'^'^^'^"^ ^'

the descriptions and numbl " 1, %!' D'stric/ Clerk a copy of

School Sections so set anaHfitr,.: ^.^f"'^' ^^ctions and parts of

of Common School ,ar law u • ""or ",^"'''''^ Superintendent

any wise notwithstanding ' ^ ^'' °' ^"''^'"'^ '^ '''^' <^"ntrary in

i^ignci]) M. P. EMPEY,

Passed January '20th. I fi47, tVarden, H. D.

By-Laws.

[ No. 140. ]
A BY-LAW

Tfi authorise Counsellors in their Townships to open
Government Allowances for Roads.
Be it enacted by the District Cmmdl of the Home District, That
trom and after the passing of this By-Law, it shall and may be law.
m for the Counsellor or Counsellors for the time beinff, for the
several Townships in the Home District, and they are hereby respec
tively authorised and required to do and perform in their several and
respective Townships, all and everv the duties required of thie Dis-
trict Council, under the 9th ol Victoria, chap.. 8, and that all and
every the powers and authority conferred by th« said statute on the
District Council shall be, and are hereby vested in. t>he saidi respec-
tive Counsellor or Counsellors for the respective TownsRips, fn refeir^
ence to the opening and using any original Roatf AUowatice or
AUowances in their respective Townships. Provided ahmys, That
all and every the notices and other formalities reqaired in the
aforesaid statute, shall be observed and required by such Counsellor
or Counsellors m the discharge of the powers and duties imposed
upon them by this By-Law.

(Signed) M. P. EMPEY,

n» If ^^ , Warden, H. Di,

Passed January 26th, 1847.

(Copy Act of the Legislature referred to.)

Whereas in consequence of Roads established by Law, parallel
or near to Government allowancos for Roads, and in lieu thereof the
said allowances for Roads have for years remained closed and in the
possession of private persons ; And whereas great inconveniences
may arise, in consequence of the said allowances bein-- thrown open
without due uotice thereof being given, '^

Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, (S-c,
Ihat from and after the passing of this Act, no allowance for Road
sha be opened unless an Order, ordering the same to be opened,
shall be fir^t made by tlio District Council of the District in which
the allowance is situated : Provided always, That no such order shall
be made unless a nofico in writing, that an application for that pur-
pose will be made, shall have been given to the i)arfv in posseosion o^
.such allowanco for Road, at least Eight Days previous to the Meet-
ing ot the District Council at which such application is intended to
be made.

86 By-Laws.

[No. 141.]
A BY-LAW

To open a Road through Lots 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10, in
broken front Concession oj the Township of Whitby,

rru \^^ it enacted by the District Council of the Home District,
That the Road surveyed and laid out by John Shier, one of the Dis-
trict Road Surveyor^ as appears by his Report bearing? date the

2. Andbeitf'Hher enacted, That the petitioners for surveyine
said Road, shall pay to the said Surveyor his legal charges for sur-
veymg the same. °

(Signed) M. P. EMPEY,

n J T ^, , Warden, H.D,

Passed January 22nd, 1847.

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[ No. 142. ]

1 BY-LAW

To open a Road across the 5th Concession on Lots 9 and
10, West Centre Road, Caledon, under certain con-
ditions,

1. Be it enacted hy the District Council of the Home District,
That the Road surveyed and laid out by John Embleton, Esquire,
one of the Road Suiveyors for the District, across or upon Lots Nos.
9 and 10, in thn nnii concession of the Township of Caledon, agreeable
to his Report l> -Avuvr date the tenth day of August, 1846, be, and the
same is hereby established and confirmed as a public Road or High-
way, one chain wide.

2. And he it further enacted, That the Petitioners for surveying
said Road, shall pay to the said Surveyor his legal charges for sur-
veying ihe same.

^' Provided always, and be it further enacted,, That it shall not
be lawful to open or perform statute labour upon that part of said
Road, upon or crossing the said Lot No. 9, in said concession, until
the amount of damages jstained bv Archibald McArthur, (now the
owner of part of said Lot No. 9,) by reason of the said Road crossing
his land, have been paid or tendorod to him by some one or more of
Petitioners for the surveying and establishing said Road ; the amount

By-Laws.

of such damages, in case of disagreement between the parties, to be
ascertained and determined by three disinterested persons, one of
which to be named by said Archibald McArthur, one other to be
named by Jonathan McCurdy, (one of the Petitioners for opening the
said Road), and the third person to be named by the other two : And
Provided also, That in the event of either of the said partes neglecting
or refusing to name one Arbitrator as aforesaid, within ten days after
he shall have been duly notified of the appointment of one Arbitrator
by the other party, then and in that case, the two Counsellors for the
said Township for the time being, and the one Arbitrator who shall
have been appointed as aforesaid, shall determine the amount of dam-
ages as aforesaid to be paid or tendered to said Archibald McArthur.

(Signed) M. P. EMPEY,

Warden, H. D.
Passed Jan. 2iid, 1847.

[ No. 143. ]

A BY-LAW

Appropriating the surplus Revenues for the year 1847, /or the improve^
ment of Roads xnd Bridges in the several Townships of the Home
District,

(Temporary.)

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f»ERMANENT CHARACTER, AND OF THOSE UNEXPIRED, &c.

, .A/vw^^\rvN>^

Aflseflsors, to increase allowance to, for taking Ceneu8

Administration oi\.a8tice, and otlier expenses to Asses for 1847, ...

Bridges— To advance a certain sum during the recess, for the repair ot,

in case of emergency,

" To tax for the repair of, in Markham, Reach, Whitby, &c., &c
•* To assess Markham, Etobicoke, York, Pickering, for the erec-
tion and repairs of.

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Counsellors, to pay for attendance of,

Council, to alter periods of sittings of.

.Common Schools, to assess lor support of 1847,
Chinguacousy, to fix site of a Town Hall in

Dogs, To tax owners of

t>iBtrict l^oad Surveyors, Appointment of

«« « Number not restricted, ,

Fines, Fornon attendance of Members,

" For driving on Side Walks,

Female Schools, for the establishment of, in York and Markham ,

GeorEina, to alter appropriation of money for Roads to

Government Allowances for Roads, to be opened by order of Counsellors
in Townships,

138
128

104
130

122
124
129
135

116

134

105
140

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53

68
71

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nighways or RoadB,to provide for laying out, and confirming or alteringi
or closing up old, compensation for, allowance to Road Survey
ors, &c., &c

K.
King, to lax for erecting a School House in section 14,

Markham and other Townships, to be assessed for erection of Bridges,

under By-Law No. 8,

" To fix site of Town Ilall in :..........

Roads and Bridges, power conferred on Counsellors on Townships, in

regard to, formerly exercised by Justiee of Peace,

{levenues, surplus for 1847 appropriated to the Townships for Roads, &c.

3and, Stone, Timber, Earth, to authorise the sale of by CotfUBellors in

Townships, and fine for removing do

School Houses, to authorise the Treasurer to advance moneys to pay for,

when not collected, ,....

School Houses, to authorise the Treasurer for the erection of several in

York, &c., by way of loan, 1847, ,,..-.

School Houses, to authorise the collection of outstanding School House

assessments,

School Trustees, to render accounts at annual meetings of

Statute Labour, to commute for in Newmarket,

" " in Oshawa,

Salaries to certain Officers appointed by Council, ,

School Sections, to empower Counsellors in Townships to make or alter

and appoint Trustees in certain cases, , \

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21

Township Officers, to regulate Salaries and allowance to

Township Officers, to impose fines on, for not performing duties impo§|ed

by By-Laws of Council, '."..

Telegraph Company, to allow to fix posts, &c., in Home District

Township Halls, mode of taking sense of the Inhabitants in Townships

for sites of, place for town meetings, &c

Township Meetings, to fix places for holding in 1847,

Toronto Township, to confirm and establish a Town Hall in -•

117

130
137

1
143

132

131

1)9

127

133

139

4
15

25
138

29
120

121
123
136

25
43

76
51
43

66
69

INDEX TO BY-LAWS

OPENING, CONFIRMING OR CLOSING UP ROADS IN THE
SEVERAL TOWNSHIPS.

Note.— Tike Surveyor^ Reports, containing Plant and Diagrams of the Soad»
opened or closed up, are annexed to the original By-Laws as Schedules, depo'
sited in the Clerks Office; the lines of Roads also are shewn on the Tounshif^
Plans, to which reference can at any time be had, on application to the Clsrk.

Albion, across the Townships

Across the fourth and fifth Concession,

From Lot No. 8, to No. 14, 6fh Concession

Through Lots 20 and 21, tenth anJ eleventh Concessions,

Through Lots 24 to 32, sixth Concession, and through parts of 25 to

30, seventh Concession, ••

To alter Road running through Lots 20 and 21, first Concession, and

21 and 22 in third Concession •

By'Law

125

Peock, part of great centre Road through .....'

Commencing at S. E. angle of Lots No. 18, twelfth Concession, to

Lot No. 3, same Concession,

Through the twelfth and thirteenth Concessions,

From the fifth to the twelfth Concessions,

Across Lot 15, and part of 16, sixth Concession,

Between Lota 20 and 21, twelfth Concession, ••

To close up through the siith and seventh Concessions, and open a
new line, and continue same northwards,

PhhcouavOUSY, across Lots 27, 28 and 29, sixth Concession, • •

Caledon, across the first, second, third, fourth and fifth Concessions

^ West, ••

Across part ot Lots 9 end 10, fifth Concession West, under con
ditions »

15
20
40
41
59

77
73

115
142

Index to By-Laws.

By-Law

Etobicoke, through Lots 25 find 2G, fourth Concession, j 19

Through Concession B. to Prentice's Lane,

Through Lot 13, second Range,

Through Lota 23 and 21, fourth Concession, • •..^.•

From Dundas Street, across Etobicoke, to the base hne of Gore
Toronto,

Georgina, from Lot No. 15 to 18, seventh Concession,

Between the first and sixth Concessions

Through Lot 24, fifth Concession, the old Road wh«n new mtersects
the same closed,

East Gwillimbury, from eighth and ninth Concessions, to fifth do.

22
34

KiHG, through Lots 16 and 17, ninih Concession, ... •.••••••-•••

From fourth Concession, between Lots 28 and 29, to eighth Con-

cession

CCOOIUU,

From Lloydtowu, between Lots 34 and 35, ninth Copcession,.

Through part of the tenth and eleventh Concessions, Lots Sand 6,
Markham, from north-west corner of Lot No. 1, tenth Concession,....

Mara and Rama, centre Road, through part of

Through Lots 4 and 5, second Concession

From the Narrow's Bridge through part of Mara and Rama,.

Pickering, through Lots 27 and 28, third Concession,.
Through the fourth Concession,

Reach, centre Roat?, part of •• • j"A'""*rVvi;k'.lir'»i

From eighth and ninth Concessions, to Lots 6 and 7, and through

part of seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth Concessions,

Through the sixth, seventh and eighth Cone ssions,

Through parts of Lots 18 and 19, sixth and seventh Concessions, . ...
Through 18, first Concession,

52
61

110
18
31

126

107

56
95

82
106
109

ScARBORO'.to alter Road allowance between lots twenty-eight and twenty-
nine Concession B

ToROHTO, from Lots 25 and 26, second Consession, O. S. to Lake Shore

Road, •.-••:; -

Through Lots 6 and 7, fourth Conceasion West .... i

.Thorah, centre Road, part of

From CAlder^s Mills to 7th and 8th Concessions....... .••••

Through 10 and 11, fourth Concession, and 13, 6th Concession,
Across the seconid, third, fourth and fifth Concessions,

UxBRiDGE,from 31,sixth Concession to Scott, fiom Uxbridge Mills, South

from S.W. angle, through seventh Concession and Gore

Across the fourth and fifth Concessions, •'

Across Lots 26, 27, 28, 29 and 30, fifth Concession, -

16
109

111

114

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Vaxtohan. from Slegman's MilU to Lot 23. between sixth and seventh

Concessions York,^. . ......... • ••-•-- -- Concessions,

Cm n':rr\'ft :%^o"^3!^|Lh C^^^^^^^^ through the

Rpventh to Prentice's Lane Etobicoke, ••• :•••■

Fro.RSi"^..betweenLo.s5and4^^

To close up R ad betw^:; LorsTand "6, seventh Concession, and
open Road from Pine Grove to Burwick's Mills,

9
11