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 8t.Mary'$ Tr<rr<{— BOBEBT McILBOT, J. OABPBMTKB. 
 JB(. AndremU irord-HUTCHINSON CLABK, M. DAVI8. 
 kt, Lmartnee Wardr-C. HAOiLL, J. F. MOOBB. 
 
 8t.Palriek'$ JVard^B, LANI>. Jr., JOHN HcCUAlO. 
 ifif<. 0«or^'« mird-^. MITCHELL, JOSEPH FAULKNOB. 
 Bt. Marf$ Win*— W. J. SUNLEY, J. T. OILKISON. 
 Tat.Andrtv't Wirct--T, BRANIOAN, P. B. S^PHNv 
 SLLamrenet Ward^-3.^. PALTON, T. DAVIDSON. 
 
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 Mbsskb. BURTON & SADLEIB, City SoUdton. 
 MnsRS. HODOINS & PETERS, City EngiQeen. 
 OEORGE H. ARMSTRONO, ^plioe Magutrata. 
 R. W. KERR, Chiamberluni . : V > 
 'JOHN KIRBY, Ci^y Qerk. 
 itoWlN HENWOOD, City Physiciaii. 
 JOSEPH ROLSTON, Iiuq;»eotorof Weights and MeararM. 
 JOHN DAVIS, Clerk of the Market 
 JOHN MOORE, Health Officer. 
 JAMES UcCRAC^EN, High Bailiff. 
 JOHN CARRUTHERS, iphief Coiutable. 
 WILLIAM MONTGOMEltY, Constable. 
 JOHN FiTZPATRICK, g| do. 
 WILUAMWEST, ~ do. 
 
 JOSEPH KAVANAH, > do. 
 
 PETER tERRIS, do. 
 
 P. MoOLOOAN, do. 
 
 ROBERT BIBLB, do. 
 
 JOHN WILSON, Si^erintendent Honae of Industry. 
 BOBBBT LAWBIE, Street Inspeotoft 
 JAMES GAY, SupeiintoDdent of CenMtery. - 
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 RULES, 
 
 ToRemUte the Proceedinaa in the ^i^ (7^wc*2 of (he 
 
 ' QUy of Hamilton, 
 
 1 That the Rei^lar Meetings of the Council shaU 
 be held on each alternate Monday, at' seven o clock F. 
 M, and if at that.honr there is not a quorum pr^ent, 
 the Mayor may take^ the Chair and adjourn w^in tn© 
 consent of the majority then present. 
 
 % That whenever a meeting may be required for spe- 
 <aai business, it shall be calledTiy his Worship the May- 
 or, or in case of his absence, at the reauest of any five 
 members of the Council, the Cl^ shall summon the 
 meeting, and it shall not be compSlfct to consider or de- 
 cide upon any matter at a special nffeeting, unless such 
 matter has beeft«fuHj|*^xplained in the notice cftlling the 
 meeting. 
 
 3. That as soon as a quorum is assembled, the Chait 
 shall be taken, and the proceedings of the mee^g com- 
 menced by the Clerk reading the Minutes of the last 
 regular, and any intermediate special meetings. 
 
 4. That whenever an adjournment takes place in con- 
 sequence of there not bemg a quorum present, the 
 names of theMembei's present shall be inserted in the 
 records of the Qbundl. 
 
 5. That the Mayor shall preserve order and deconmif 
 and decide upon questions of order, subject to an appeal 
 to the CouncU. And shall state the rule appUcable'to 
 the case if required. 
 
 6. That the business of the Council shall be takennp 
 in the following order :— 
 
 1 Presentation of Petitions and Membnals by^Mem- 
 bers in thei]^ places. 
 
 n. The readuig of the same by the Clerfforilw 
 Member present&g thena. f 
 
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 BUUS OF ORPBR OF TUB 
 
 ••••a*««">«>*<>* 
 
 m The preflentation of Rei^rta from *^f 
 Committee«;accor<lingtoRemonty. and Special 
 tees, acconlinp to aate of appointment. 
 
 IV Tlie Third reatling of By-Laws. . . , .. 
 
 V The reference of MomorialB and Petitiona, by the 
 Mayor or presiding officer to their appropriate Commit- 
 
 r^"^*ih"e'coS™tion of the Beport, of the 8<»nd- 
 W and Special Committeeg, in the order m wluch they 
 wfrnre^nted. unless with the unammous consent of 
 
 the Afombere present , „ , 
 
 Vn The first reading of By-Laws. , • . "^ 
 
 " Vlri The consideration of any business of which no- 
 tice had been given on a previous evening. _ 
 
 1x. The second reading of By-Laws, and th<;ir con- 
 rideration in Committee of the whole. _ 
 
 See, in writing, of intention to introduce any mea- . 
 Bn« or resolution, mV be given at any timedunng the , 
 evening, and shall always be entered on the order of the 
 
 r. That no specific apjropiiation o' °t^«' |^«*^ 
 moment shall fc determineS upon ^J^^J^ ^^^ 
 TK>i-ted upon by the appropriate CoAnaitte^, ™1^ »* 
 ^y ap^ that the Co^ttee has neglected to fulfil 
 
 its duty. . , , . 
 
 8 That every motion or resolution shafl be in wri- 
 ting and read by the mover, and when duly moved and 
 Snded, and stated bvthe Mayor or presidmg officer, 
 ahall be open for conrideration. _ _ 
 
 9 After a resolution has been duly stated, it shall be 
 deeinedto be in poesession of the Council, but it may 
 Sr^ltoi^ at ^ time, with the sanction of ^e 
 
 Council. , 1, V,^ Ai.^ ^^ 
 
 10 When any resolntioii is imder co^deration, no 
 
 the table—, the previous Question,— to postpone, tp 
 y ^to mM: ^i^shallhiwe |3:ecede^^ 
 
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 Cfnr COtJKOIL OrP IIAMIttON. 
 
 the order in which they are arranffed ; the first and 
 tjhird of which ahall be decided without debate. 
 
 11. When any Member deHires to speak, he shall rise 
 his place and address his remarks to the Mayor, or 
 
 jsiding officer, confine himself to the question ana avoid 
 rsonality, Should more than one Member rise at 
 le, the Mayor or presiding officer shall determine who 
 entitled to the floor. • 
 
 12. No Member, other than the one proposing a 
 question or motion, (who shall be permitted to reply,) 
 shall speak more than once, without the leave or the 
 Comicil, except in explanation of a. material part of his 
 remarks which may have be6n misconceived, but then 
 he is not to introduce new matter.^ 
 
 J 8. ThejMayor'or any Membei* may call a Member 
 to order ^^li^ speaking, when the debate shall be sua* 
 pended, and the Member shall not speak until the point 
 of order be detennined, unless to appeal fi'om the de- 
 cision of the Chair. — ^All appeals shall be decided with* 
 out debate. % 
 
 ' 14. Every Member present when a Question is ^t 
 shall vote thereon, unless the Council shall excuse him^ 
 or unless he be personally intei^ested ih the qti|||bioii» in 
 which case he shall not be obliged to vote. 
 
 15. When the Mayor or presiding officer, is putting A 
 guestion, no Member shall walk out of, or across die 
 House, or when a Member is speaking, shall taaj othel^ 
 Members hold cBscom'se, which may interrupt hu% not 
 pass between him and the Chair. 
 
 16. That any member of the Council may of iigh% 
 require the question or motion in discussion, to be read 
 £otr his information at any period of the debate, but not 
 so as to interrupt a Member speaking. 
 
 17. That upona division in the CouncQ, the names of 
 tliose who vote £>r, and those who vote against tibebuM^ 
 tioD, shall be entered upon the Minutes. - ^ 
 
 
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 18. A motU to adjourn Bliall always be in order, and., 
 need not be in writing. 
 
 Ifi Tliat anv propoBed By-Uw U inil'oduceil by a 
 
 ^ motion for a Committee to bnng it m, or by a repon 
 of a Committee. 
 
 20 That any proiSoscd By-I*w bIioII receive three 
 
 Beveral «i^l.n^ 1'"* »»* '""^^ than two on the same 
 
 fvenhir^S with the unanimoiw consent of the Mm- 
 
 b^rKt. The Clerk shall certify the reading and 
 
 . the t&ne on the back of the By-Law. 
 
 91 Anv Membei-, TVPesenting Memorials or other-pUr 
 «,« addS to tU CounciCshallbeacconntablettat 
 
 Cy d^nTcontain impi-oper or impertinent -matter. 
 
 22 That the Mover of a Special. Committee sholj 1m 
 Chaimarof the same, and whenever any Measure 18 
 refS to a Committee, the int.-oducer_of the Mea.- 
 
 ^ Aall be aMemberpf the Committee instiuct^d to 
 
 consider it. ' ' ' \ ^\ 
 
 23 Whenever itliall be Moved and ^Resolved that 
 
 the Conncil eo into Committee of the whole upon any 
 
 ' auesi^^ the^^^^ or presiding officer shall leave the 
 
 fir^d L3 a^C the Committee, who 
 
 &re?ortE proceedings^ the Mayor o™^^^^ ; 
 
 officer on his resniming the Chair. The Rules of the 
 
 CoSshdl bTobserfedin the Committee of the wh^k. 
 
 except the roles relating to the yeas and nays, and hm- 
 
 itmg tbe number of times of speaking. . ^ 
 
 24 That a Motion in Committee, to rise and report 
 the Question, shaU be decided wi^out debate. 
 
 26 That the Standing Committees ^hsllhe as fol- 
 lows: 1st, on Rnance ; 2nd, on lire and ^ Water; S^d, 
 - Streets, ^de-walks and Gas ; 4th, Jtf aricete^d Market 
 Block? 6th, Police ; 6th, Grievance ; Yth, Hospital and 
 Cemetery. Each to confflst of five naembers. - 
 
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CITY COUNCa OF HAMIJ.TON, 
 
 L order, and ^ - *♦] 
 
 2(5. ifo mbnoy arfpropriation hIiuU bo ftnully acted 
 tipon by the Council, until it hIuUI have been referred 
 to the Standing? CQiiimittee on Finance ; aod no money 
 Bhall be paid by tire Chamberlain until ordered by th^ 
 CouncH, and Buch order uigned by tlieMajpr or proBi- 
 
 dinif' officer. „ , , . -i^^ 
 
 " 27. When a blank itt to \w filled, the question ^mL 
 be firat taken on the highent sum or number, and on thw" 
 
 longest time, proposed. , . ' i. ^ir^ ' 
 
 28. On the call of any Member, a majonty of thoee 
 present, may demand that the previouH qtk'Rtion may 
 be put, which flhall always be in this form : "Shall the 
 mam question be now put T and until it is decided 
 shall preclude all amendments to the mmn question, and - 
 all ftirther debate. ' . «^. .?. - . . 
 
 29. After aily question, except one of mdefinite post- 
 ponement, has been decided, one Member, who voted 
 m the iMjority, may, at the same time, or at a subse- 
 quent meeting, move tor a reconsideration thereof, bnt 
 no discussion of the main question shall be allowed un- 
 less reAionsidered ; nor shall any question be reKJOnsid-- 
 ered more than once. ;. 
 
 30. That any one or more of these Rules may be at 
 any time tempoi-arily suspended, with the consent of 
 two-thirds of the membei-s present. 
 
 81. That the members of the Council shall take their 
 places in the following order :— The membere for St 
 George^s Ward to occupy the table in the centre ; those- 
 for St^ Lawrence, the Easterly poi-tion of the Noi-them 
 table ; those for St. Mary's, the Westerly portion of the 
 satae ; those for St. Pati-ick's, the Easterly portion of 
 the Southern table ; those for St. Andrew's, the West- 
 em portion of the same. Members jnay Bxchan^e seats 
 by mutual consent • * » 
 
 82. That all Chairmen of Standmg Conmiittees shall 
 keep muiutes of their proceedings in a book to be fur- 
 nished for that purpose by the Clerk, such book to b#^^ 
 left with the Clerk at the expiration of office. " 
 
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 ON MARKETS. 
 
 , Whereas it id expedient and necessaiy to 
 pass a By-Law to regulate the Public Maitets 
 jof the City of Hamilton: Be it thei*efofe '- . 
 enacted, by the Mayor, Aldermen, and Com- ' 
 moAalty or the City of Hamilton, in "Council 
 assembled; " under the Uppef Canada Muni- 
 dpal Corporations ActisC^ 
 
 § 1. That no person shall expose &i» sale JJJJJ*^,' 
 any Meat, Poultiy, l^gs. Butter, Cheese, fresh Efc 
 fish, or any other kind of Provision, or ciwp 
 produce within the City of Hamilton, at any 
 Djace but the Public Markets, without having 
 nrst paid the Market Fees thereon, hereinat 
 
 I ter mentioned I and that no person but Butch- - 
 
 l^rs shftU sell any Meat in less quantity than 
 by the quarter, and such Butchers shall not 
 expose any Meat for sale at any other place 
 
 I than the Market Stalls, or at such other places 
 as the Council by Besolution shall graiit them 
 
 \ leave to seU^at ; provided always ftat no fees 
 shall be charged on Wheat intended for ex<* 
 portation, afiker Ist^nne next. 
 
 § 2. That fron]( and after the said day, no SS^JSlS^, 
 person shall ejiercise the trade of a Butcher «»• 
 within the said City, without being previous* - 
 ly licensed by the Mayor so to do, who is 
 
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 BY-LAWS OF TIIE 
 
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 Ntuaance* 
 
 No Forestall* 
 infftobeallow- 
 
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 m> 
 
 hereby authorized to issue such license under 
 the City Seal ; and "any pereon selling meat 
 by the -carcase, or quai-ter, or in *less quanti- 
 ties than quartei-s, shall be deemed a Butcher 
 for the purposes of this By-Law ; and that 
 the duty on such license shall be at the rate 
 of 5s. per year ; and all licenses shall expire 
 on the fii-st day of June, or the fii-st day of - 
 December in each year • and that no persons 
 except Butcheit"!, shall sell in less quantities 
 than by the quai*ter. 
 
 § 3. That from and after the passing of 
 this By-Iiaw, no ])erson shall bring into or 
 leave about>k^^arket aijy hides, oftal, or any 
 refuse or animal or vegetable matter that 
 might occasion nuisance. 
 
 § 4. That no pei-soii shall buy any ai*tiele 
 of provision, food, or produce in thesaid city, 
 on which the mai'ket fees are hereby required 
 to be paid, for tlie purpose of rebelling the 
 same, or any part* thereof, until after twelve 
 o'clock, noon, nor shall any pei-son forestall or 
 en^'oss any of the aforesaitf articles of pro- 
 • "" visions, food or produce, within this city, un- 
 til after that hour. 
 
 T»intedMeat § 5. That uo pei*son shall expose or oflfer 
 
 nottobeexpo-^ « , •.! • ^1 • •. x • j. j 
 
 Bcd for sale. lor Sale withm the city, any tainted or un- 
 wholesome Meat, Poultry, Fish, or aiiicles of 
 Food ; and that it shall be the duty of ^he 
 Clerk of the Market to inspect all Meats and 
 other articles of provisions so exposed for sale, 
 and if any sUch meat or other article^_iQQd 
 ■I ' shall be found so exposedr^>r"saIe^ proee- 
 
 , cute |;he pffejider, and to inform the Mayor or 
 '^one of the Aldermen or Councillora of any 
 such tainted or unwholesome meat, or other . 
 a;iacles of food found within the city. And 
 
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 CITY OF HAMILTON. 
 
 18 
 
 that it shall be lawful for him, under the di- 
 rection of the Mayor, or any one of the Al- 
 dermen or Councilloi*8, to seize and destiw 
 all such tainted or unwholesome Meat, Ponl- 
 try, Fish, "or other article of food so found, 
 wnether the same has been exposed for sale 
 or not^ ^ 
 
 stalls to be an- 
 
 § 6 That the Market Stalls shall be of-nnauypatup 
 fered for sale annuaUy to the highest bidder, '"'■*•* 
 but not under upset prices, which prices shall 
 be fixed from time to time bv resolution of 
 the Council, and all leases of, and teims in 
 said Stalls, shall expire on the firet day of 
 June in each year, " and if all the Stalls shall 
 not be sold at such annual sale, or if any Stall 
 shall become untenanted during <5he year, it 
 shall and may be lawful for the Council to 
 sell or let the same, eithisr by public sale or • 
 private contract, and for such pnce and period 
 as the Council shall think proper, provided 
 such period shall not extend beyond the first 
 day of June, then neirfc follomng. And the 
 rent or price of siich Stalls shall be payar 
 [ble monthly, in advance, to the Chamberlain, 
 
 id if any butcher shall neglect to pay such • 
 [rent, for one week affcer the same is demand- 
 led by the Chamberlain, his lease and term in 
 [the Stall shall therej)y be forfeited, and snch 
 Jtali may ihereafter be sold to the higl^st \^ 
 )idder. Tha#©M;h^tall shall be numbered ^ 
 )efore it is somf^and shall be knoi;^ b»y such 
 [nuinber. And before any such sale shall be 
 I binding on Jilie rCity Council, the jpnr^haser 
 shall sign a lease of the same, which may be 
 in the^)llowing form :— "^ 
 
 *«Thli ^^^ day of ; . Ileand IhrniFMrnof 
 
 the City Oounoil Stidl, No. - in the Market^ to 
 
 hold the same until for the sum of 
 
 fts 
 
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 BY-LAWS OP/ THE 
 
 
 pnyablo montlity in advance, sufaiaot to all By^-Lawt of the 
 City of Hamilton, and Marketf Regulationi affoctinff tha 
 sanio." II ° . • 
 
 No. 
 underlet 
 
 CsSu-A^^ *^»* «o Pereou Mving a StaU or Stand- 
 ing in any of the MMOcets of the city, shall 
 J V underlet or assign it,/or place, or leave any 
 
 "j^ one in the same, i/nder pretence 9f taking 
 
 charge thereof, ythout the consent of iho 
 City Council, andAny such act shall be a for- 
 feiture of all intj^'est such pei'son had therein ; 
 and it shall Wthe duty of each butcher to 
 keep his St^in a clean and sweet state. 
 
 to t!?ue wlr- § ^« That it shall and may be lawful for 
 
 r«it for Rent, the Chajiberlain of the City to issue a wai^ 
 
 rant, and for such puipose to use the City Seal 
 
 dii-ected to any one of the City Constables, to 
 seizo^any butcWs meat in any Market StalL 
 fwthe an-eare of rent for such Market StalL 
 *nd in case such rent shall not be paid, with- 
 six houi-s after such seizure, and notice 
 thereof in *wiiting, fut np in three places in 
 ^■; the Mai-ket, specifying the meat seized, the 
 cause thereof, and the time the same will bo 
 offered for sale, such Constable shall sell soeli 
 meat, or so much thereof as will satisfy the 
 said rent, to the highest bidder ; Provided 
 a?M;«y*, that it shall not be lawful for th« 
 meat of a subsequent lessee of a Stall to bo 
 
 seized for tlie aiTears of rent of a previoiw te^ 
 nant thereof : ■ 
 
 S£fZ? ®i5 \ ^,^- ''^* ^^ Butcher, Huckster, or Grocer 
 topurehaSebe-shaUj on any pretence, directly or indirectlY 
 forei2o'ciock. purchase or contract for, or cause to be jmp. 
 - chased or extracted for^ any kind of Mea^ 
 
 Provender, Provisions or Produce before th« 
 ^ ^ hour of 12 oVjloek noon of any day; in tha V 
 
 city or markets. \ 
 
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CITY OF HAMILTON. 
 
 15 
 
 
 § 9. That no Butcher or 6ther pereon shall ^^'f^- 
 keep acny Dog or Bitch in or about the Mai^ 
 kets or places designed for the sale of Meat. 
 
 
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 § 10. That no person shall sell or expose 
 for sale any Goods or Chattels, or any ^Ani- 
 mal by Auction in said Market, or in the ' 
 Macrket j^rounds^ or in any of the streets im- 
 mediatefy adjoining or opposite the same^ af- - 
 ter pMf Imt day of June next. 
 
 fll. That it shill be lawful for Farmers SfQuSSr?^ 
 Butchers to sell mciat by the quarter or 
 in greater quantity in the Mai'ket gi-ounds^ af- 
 „ter the 1st day of June ne^ 
 
 § 12. That whenever any Butcher has ob- JjV'*'®" *>*»: 
 tun^ penmssion from the City Council to Mon'SSS^ 
 selj^ttieat elscrwhere thaninthe»Jai-ket ; suchSlJM'nrkS *" 
 Batcher shall pay for such permit five shillings 
 per ammm, to the Clerk of the City Counm 
 at his office, and such Butcher shall be liable 
 to all the provisions of this By-Law, and for 
 Hie pawent of any- fines that ;may be impos- 
 ed on Lim to his violation of the same. 
 
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 §JL3. That no berson shall keep a Slaugh-g'*^"*^*®' 
 1 terSonse withinlli^ city or the liberties there- \" 
 lot, without special resolution of the Council 
 jin that behalf nor play at any game, or lie 
 [down, or sleep, or behave in a disorderly, noi- 
 iBy or riotous manner, nor use profane or ob* 
 ^seene language, or otherwise conduct himself 
 
 in an offensive manner, in and about the said 
 
 Market ot Market grounds 
 
 § U. That the Market shall be opened **•*•*» 
 «veiy im)niii», (Sundays excepted,) by the 
 Caerk of the Market^ at mx o'clock between 
 
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 the first day of March and the first day of 
 November, atid at seven o'clock during, the 
 I'est of the year, and shut at four o'clock eveiy 
 evening all thg^^ year roniid, except Saturdays^ 
 when the Markets shall he kept open till nin6 
 o'clock. P. M." 
 
 B.7«>d8t»w g i5;^,Xhat all Hay and Straw bmught to 
 the city and exposed for sale/ shall be brought 
 neai* the Hay Scales, and the peraons bringing 
 the same ghall place their waggoiis^or dther 
 vehicles ifi such place and order as the Clerk 
 of the Market shall direct. 
 
 fdaoed when 
 
 Weights and 
 HeMuret. 
 
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 ^'"''''hlhwJ* § ^^* Tliat when any wa.ggon or other ve- 
 diraoto. hicle shall be brought to the Market, contain- 
 ing any article to be sold oi'^ retailed out of 
 such waggon or vehicle, the pei-son bringing 
 the same shall place it in such order^ and take 
 the animals drawing the same therefrom, and 
 remove such waggon or vehicle .when the ar- 
 ticles are sold out, as the Clei^ of the Market 
 shall direct. 
 
 § 17. That all pereqns selling Meat or oth- 
 er articles of provision by weight or measure, 
 in the city, shall provide themselveb with 
 Scales and Weights and Measui*es, regularly 
 marked, stamped, and duly adjusted oy the 
 City Inspector of Weights and Measures, ac- 
 cording to the lawfulstandard, and no person 
 shall sell by less weight or measure than such 
 standard. And it shall be lawful for the In- 
 OT)ector of Weights and Measures, to seize and 
 destroy such as are not according to such 
 standard ; and all articles of provision sold by 
 weiffht or measure, which shall be brought in- 
 to tne mai'kets, and shall [prove deficient in 
 weight or measm'e, shall be forfeited and' sei- 
 
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 CITY OF HAMILTON. 
 
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 BY-LAW No. LXXI. 
 
 ON STREET8 AND SIDEWALKS. 
 
 Whkreas it is expedient to consolidate and 
 i amend tjie By-Laws and Regulations relating 
 to the Streets and Sidewalks in the city of 
 [Hamilton. \ \y *| 
 
 Be it therefore enacted t)y the Mayor Al- 
 J dermen and commonalty of the City of Ham^ 
 ilton in Council assembled, " under the Upper 
 Canada Municipal Corporation Acts :'' \ _, _ 
 
 § 1. That eveiy pei-son in the actual pos-snow •»* Jm 
 session, or having charge of any house, or oth- "*""*' 
 er building, or piece of land, or «,ny part there- 
 of, in fi-ont of which there is or shall be, a 
 sidewalk, shall, by 12 o'clock noon, of each 
 day, except Sundays, clear off and remove all 
 [snow and ice from such sidewalk: Provided 
 always, that such snow and ice shall not ^ be 
 thrown into the gutter in front of such side- 
 walk. ' ■ ■ : ,^^- " -■; , ■''''' 
 
 § 2. That no pei-son sball Allow, snow orsnow and ie% 
 [ice to remain on the roof of ^Miyr building he *^™°* '^**'- 
 Bhe%r they may occupy, wn, or have the 
 charge of, so as to cause any reasonable appr^ 
 [hensiou of danger therefiwn, \ 
 
 §^3 That no persOiVBhall by any animal, inemnbranoM 
 vehfele, lumber, b|flldmg, or other matenal Jd*o*S aS?"°^' 
 or thin^, or in an^ way whatever, directly or ^^®®*^ **• 
 indirecSy, inoumoe^ or allow to remain in- 
 cumbered, or injure or foul any sti'eet, square, \ 
 lane, walk, sidewalk, road, bridge, sewer, or 
 shore, now laid out and erected, or bein^, or 
 hereaJ^r to b<e laid out and erected within; 
 
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 BY-LAWS OF THE 
 
 the limits of the said City and liberties, (ex- 
 cept as hereinafter provided with respect to 
 buildiiigs and buikVing materials,) without a 
 license from the City Council for such purpose. 
 
 SrlT'^&c § 4. That no pei-son shall cast or throw, 
 
 not^Ko cMt of cause to be^ cast or thrown, into any public 
 
 !£S'°^ '*""*' streets, squares, lanes, walks, sidewalks, roads 
 
 ■'-■ bridges, ditches, gutters, drain*!, or sewere, 
 
 f withmthe C%h or liberties, any earth, shar 
 
 ' " vings, parings c|f leatier, tin, wood, stones or 
 
 iTibbish, or caij^e^ni^ oteti-uction, nuisance or 
 
 injury in or t^^e Same. 
 
 Fiwwood not ^ 5. That no owner or occupant of any 
 
 wJ^fidSJaSIbuilding shall cause or permit any firewood, 
 
 *** to be placed or remain on any side or cross 
 
 walk, opposite or adjoining his lot, nor shall 
 
 he sufter the same to be placed or remain in 
 
 the street opposite higi house or lot, further 
 
 ^ than five feet from the outer edge of the sido- 
 
 walk, and then only for the purpose pf being 
 
 sawed or cut, and not to remain m<|)re than 
 
 twenty-four houre. 
 
 Aaotioneen § 6. That n0 Auctioueer shall, by hin^self 
 !SSor*Ln'o'n or agent, sell, oi' expose for sale at auction, any 
 ■idewaiiu, &c. goQ^g^ wares, or merchandise, upon imy side- 
 walk, or in any street, alley, or publp place 
 in the city, nor shall any sucb Auctioneer, or 
 t: his agent or servant, or other pei-son, seU any 
 such goods, wares, merchandise, or othejr things 
 V to any pereon or pereons, who at the jiime of 
 
 biddmg fof^he same shall be on the (jjaniage 
 way or sidewalk of any of the streetsjof the 
 City. Provided always that this Sectic^n shall 
 not apply to horses, caniages, or cattle which 
 may be sold in the caiTiage way of the 
 streets. 
 
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 CITY OF HAMILTON. 
 
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 § r. That from and after this date, it shall ""'W'^;*™**;; 
 and may be lawful for any person or pereons, in t»»« •^nc*^- 
 owning or being in possession of a lot or par- 
 cel of ground m said City, and wishing to 
 build, to lay building materials in the public 
 streets or highway, in front of said lot or piece 
 of land, so that the same shall not occupy over 
 one-half of the width of the said street, exclu- 
 sive of both sidewalks ; and so that the same 
 do not impede or incumber, or block up eith- 
 er, or any sidewalk guttei-s, or the place where 
 the sidewalk should be L»nd provided also, 
 that said materials do noT extend either way 
 in said street further than the frontage of land 
 so occupied or owned by the person deposi- t 
 ting said materials, without the consent of the 
 perabns owning on the two sides ; or in case 
 that is refused a special permission granted on 
 a regular application to tae City Council ; And 
 provided also, that if the party owning on the 
 opposite side of the street wishes to build at 
 the same time, each party shall, in that case, 
 be restricted to the use of one-third of said 
 street instead of the half ; which street, in the 
 I way aforesaid, they may peaceably and law- 
 fully occupy for sucli reasonable time as may 
 be necessary to complete said building or boil* 
 dings. 
 
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 § 8. That it shall fli may be IfirM fopJj«j*j^ 
 any person or pei'sons hereaSter building in 
 the said city, or who have already got buil- 
 dings in said city, to excavate in front of their 
 saia buildings oi* lots, so as to erect area Wfdls 
 and procm*e areas for basement stories, said 
 areas not to exceed eight feet in the clear, ex- — 
 [Elusive of the wall^, and to be well and sub* 
 stantJaUy covered with such timbers and ma* 
 
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 torialfl as to render the footways safe and so^ 
 cure. 
 
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 pUoka, dec. 
 
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 § 9. That each and evoij person who shall 
 excavate for the' erection of wallM, or for any 
 other purpose, in or near the sidewalk, or in 
 or near any other place frequented by the 
 public, shall put up a gftod protecting rail or 
 plank, to prevent harm to mdivitluats or to 
 the public, and shall complete said walls with 
 all possible and reasonable despatch. ^ 
 
 § 10. That each and eveiy person who 
 shall have occasion to displace any plank or 
 part of a sidewalk in this city, for the purpose 
 of building or repairing buildings, or for any 
 other needful purpose,^ may do the same with- 
 out being liable to action, provided he speed- 
 ily and substantially refit the same; and every 
 pei-son injuring the sidewalk by taking the 
 same up, or by passing it with teams or other- 
 wise ; or in builaing or repairing, or removing 
 buildings, or in any way whatever, shall be 
 liable to pay the full expense of i^epairing 
 the same together with fine and coste,ifhe 
 V sh^ll Aeglect to I'epair the same in a proper 
 
 * and reasonable time after so injmdng or oifr 
 
 ^ placing therieofi ; 
 
 BaUdin^mate- § 11. That nO pei*son shall mannfacture 
 ^ building materials m any street or lane with- 
 
 in the city, unlessspecially permitted so to do 
 ;1by: the City Council* 
 
 Hanging gate*. § 12. That no pefsou shall hang any gate 
 /^ C or door, or allow any gate or door to remain 
 V hung ^o as to swing over any sidewalk, street 
 ' road or lane, withiil the city. 
 
 Door-itepa, § 13. That the City Council shall and may 
 'f^^"' attti i y U me a ft e r th e pas sin g of t hio By ^ — 
 
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 CTTY OF HAMILTOW. 
 
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 by roaolution iin<l(5r tlio seal of the city, au- 
 thori2e and direct tlie City Surveyor or. other 
 officer of the city of Httiinlton, to remove and 
 take away any dooi^fttem, porclie^, railing or 
 other erections, projectionfl, or (>hHtruction8 
 whatHoever, which may project into or over 
 any public street, lane, alley, square or road 
 in the city of Hamilton or liboi-tiea thereof. 
 
 § 14. That every pereon who may p^ider R«moT.»^ 
 the 7th Section, lay building matenals in the ' 
 
 streets, shall cause all the timber, building ma- _ 
 
 terialfl and rubbish aiising therefrom to be re- 
 moved from such streets when ordered so to 
 do by resolution of the City Council, under a 
 penalty not exceeding five pounds, for eveiy 
 tweoty-four hours the timoer, matenals, or 
 rubbish shall be and remain in such street 
 after a copy of the order to remove the same 
 'shall be served on such person, or left at his 
 dwelling house, V 
 
 § 15. That all proprietor, or occupants, or cciinrdjorj 
 person or persona havmg charge of any house iSTptSlrepdr. 
 or building in the city, having cellar-doors 
 made in the foot-path, or sidewalk, opposite 
 their premises, shall constantly keep tfie side- 
 doors in. good repair, and shut after dark, nor 
 leave the said cellar-doors open inr tjie d^y 
 time for any gi'eater length of time than may 
 be reasonably sufficient for filling into or out 
 of the same such goods, wood pr eflfects as 
 may be intended to be introduced into or 
 taken out of such cellai' ; and during the time 
 the said cellar door shall remain open in the 
 day time for the purposes aforesaid, itshidl 
 /he the duty of the proprietor or occupier of 
 said premises, to put on each side of the open- - 
 -ing of sueh ^ellai^dooiMi-aqffioi e nt fflftTfl, to 
 
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 BTrLAWS 
 
 Ornatnontal 
 
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 BUoding Coni< 
 inUt«« on 
 HirMto. 
 
 Hinging bellt. 
 
 boat least three fo6t/high, so as to prot( 
 passengei-s from iiO"*'y» under the pt'^uj 
 nereinattor mentionetl, to bo recovered froln 
 the proprietor, occupiei*, or person pr [)ei'HonB 
 having charge of any such house or building. 
 
 § 16. Thttt it shall and may be lawful /or 
 any person or pei-sons who nia^ l>e desirous 
 of planting ornamental trees m any street 
 within the t^i^of Hamilton, to make appli- 
 cation in w^jpifig to the Standing Comnuttee 
 on Streets and Sidewalks, appointed by the' 
 City Council for the time being, for permi»' 
 sion to plant such trees, and for such peraon 
 or pereons, after having obtained sucn per- 
 mission, to proceed to plant the same. 
 
 § 17. That-all such ornamental trees shall 
 be planted under the direction and superin- 
 tendence of the Stan(lingJ||J|||bJj^ittee on » 
 Streets and ^ewalks, or B^SSHm ^ %i^ 
 may appoint to attend to tWKKMt^n that IK- 
 half, 
 
 § 18. That any person who shall wilfully 
 or maliciously injure, deface, or otherwise 
 
 Itroy any ornamental tree or trees that is 
 *~^» o;|^eveafter may be planted in any street 
 of th^0[3 city, shall, upon complaint and con- 
 viction thereof, be fined a sum not less than 
 ten shillings, and not more than &ve ponuds, 
 with costs, to be levied of his, her, or theii* 
 goods and chattels; and in the event 
 of fflifficient goods and chattels not being 
 founa|to be imprisoned for a period not to 
 exceed thiily days. 
 
 § 19. That no person shall ring a bell or 
 blow a horn, or shout, or make other^usual 
 noises in the streets, or other puWic place,' 
 ^t^Anf «^ I ftwfnl or rea aoTiitblft flftnae. 
 
 
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 $ 20. Thfttiio person Hhnll ncle or dny0«f„"«2:,J«^ 
 on any Hidowalk or [wrmlt any house or ve^^i^. 
 hiclo to stantl on any flidowalk or crofiwng or 
 leave any home or hornc^B in any Htroot, laae, • *. 
 or alley untied, or taHton any horee in aiyf 
 street or lane, ho that such hoi-HO, or the lii^ 
 with which the hoi"80 m ftiHtenod, shall ol)8truc4 ; 
 the jpasrtage of i)oi'flonfl on any part of, an^ , 
 
 sidewalk, or drive with a sleigh without at 
 least two bells attached to the harness, or ride 
 or drive, or cause, or permit to be rode or$ . 
 driven any hoi-so or hoiijes or cattle in any of i^. 
 the publi<5 ways, streets or lanes of the city at * — 
 
 an immoderate rate, or without proper cau- 
 tion against doing injui-y to foot paaseugerB. 
 
 § 21. That it shall and may be lawful for^J;^' 
 the street Inspector or. any of the City Con- 
 stables to arrest any person or persons conii" 
 mitting any breach of the -preceding section, 
 and to carry him or them before the Mayor, 
 Polipe Magistrate- or any of the Aldermen. 
 
 § 22. Thatnopei-son shall take or excarj^^^ 
 vate any aaiid from any street, road or lane 
 within the city without the permission of the 
 City Council, first obtained for such purpo^, 
 
 . ' § 23. That from and after the passing ofjJ^enfc«»<»- 
 tliis By-Law, no pei-son shall commence to 
 build, ere6t or place any wooden building or 
 buildings, of which the sides or ends shall be 
 of wood, larger than ten /eet square; neither 
 shjJl they continue or uphold any such wood- 
 en building commenced hereafter, in that part . 
 of the City, comprised within the following 
 limits, viz: Ma^et or King William Streets, ^ li ^^ 
 on the north ; Mftry and Walnut Streets on 
 the east ; Brougham and Main Streets, on tho .. 
 
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 south ; and Bowery and Bay Streeta, on the 
 west ; and no ))uil(iing within the above lim- 
 itS Bhall be covered MfitU Hhhigles tVom and 
 after the passing of thiH ByLiiw without a 
 good coat of mortar, Iialf an inch thick, btjing 
 laid on the roof boards directly under the 
 shingbs. 
 ^1 § 24. That ^no pewon shall pommence to 
 buSd, erect or place any wooden building 
 larger than ten feet square, neither shall they 
 continue or uphold any such wooden building 
 commenced hereafter, m that other part of the 
 Cjty comprised within the foUowmg limits 
 viz : Vine and Gore Streets on the north ; 
 Mary and Walnut Streets, on the east ; Ty- 
 burn Street and Maiden Lane, on the south ; 
 Bowery and Bay Streets, on the west ; ugless 
 i^uch building be lathed and plastered off the 
 outside, with three good coAs of mortal* or 
 with two such coats of mortar and one of 
 rough-cast, or stucco ; with a coat of nioi'tar 
 not less than lialf an inch thick, on the roof 
 boards, immediately under the shingles . 
 
 § 25. That any pei-son who shall hereafter 
 erect any building or buildings in this city of 
 stone or brick sh^l make the party walls not 
 less than one foot thick in the clear, if brick, 
 and two or.m9re stories high-; and not less 
 than eighteen inches, if of stone, and two or 
 more stories high ; and shall so an*aiige the 
 joists as to prevent their communicatmg fire 
 thi'ough the wall : That is, the joist holes shall 
 not extend ^over half through the wall on, 
 either side, and shall not correspond, but be 
 at least four inches in the cleai*, the one 'from 
 the other. 
 
 § 26. It shall not be lawftil for any person 
 or persons carelessly or maliciously to Tbreak^" 
 
 Pi^y waUa. 
 
 Breakinf; 
 
 4> 
 
 ■^- 
 
cm OF RAMlLTOir. 
 
 85 
 
 § 2. That during the 4^y time it shall be W**' 
 the duty of the Police to see that all nuisan- "^ 
 ces in any part of the city are removed there- 
 from at once; that the waggons are properly 
 placed in and about-the market grounds, and 
 
 that good order k mfOntained therein. > ' 
 
 '*.''-.' "" ' ,' ■ "'■' - 
 
 § 8. That the High Bailiff shall have the "'«»> b*"!* *• 
 charge and management o^ the Constables ; co«ibKP *' 
 and, in his absence or sickness, the senior offi- 
 cer shall have like power. , 
 
 J 1 4. Thatthe Police Constables shall obey all o»>«yi«>ft »»•• 
 ere and Oii'ections of the High BaUifforSSSS.'- ^f" 
 senior officer, in command ; and any refusal 
 to execute, or contempt of ordere, "shall be 
 met with dismissal and forfeitm-e of a month's 
 
 ^^' ■■.* ' ■■■'■.■ 
 
 S 5. That two of the Constables shall p4. Night w«tch. 
 trol the city every night until 11 o'clock, and 
 on Saturday nights until 12 o'clock, to see 
 tjiat airinn-keepers and othera comply , with 
 wieByLaws. . *^f^ 
 
 xi^^T?: ?^*.,®^^ Constable shall i-eport to cowtaw.. to 
 the BghBaihff, every moniing, the particu-ZSJ.^:*^ 
 lars of the previous day aid ni|ht, who shall: 
 enter m his register the naine of th6 man, and 
 the substance of the repoi^t 
 
 § 1. That in case of fire, the Policemen shall ?•» *<>»>•"»« 
 repair to the PoKce Office to see that the bell '"^• 
 
 M rang^and the engines and reservoii-s are sent 
 to the fire. / 
 
 l-i^: '^l ^Policemen, when on duty, must Department of 
 extubit perfect command of temper, umnoved "*"' 
 by^anjr language or threate that may be usecL 
 andhis whol^ attention must lie gi4i to iS 
 
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 ■■f'. 
 
26 
 
 BY-LAWS OF TItK 
 
 Poiio«n«n to 
 •rreat, fcc. 
 
 8aUr{08> 
 
 V A 
 
 8 9 ThI Policemen shall arrest any person 
 vi^atinff the law by committing a telony or 
 ridemeanor, or caiing a disturbance of peace 
 and good order. 
 
 e 10 That no Policeman shall receive, di- 
 redily or indirectly, any^ rewurd or fee, pi^ 
 other compensation than his salary. ^f 
 
 — — — — ■ < » ■ ■ ' — ■ 
 
 BYLAW No. LIX. 
 
 ■"'.':' 
 
 N> 
 
 V 
 
 ON WOOD. 
 
 , fPa$»ed May 6th, l^±r 
 
 WiiEBBAs it itf necessary to am^nd the By- 
 Law now in force relating to the Inspection 
 and Bale of Firewood and Shmgles. 
 
 Be^ therefbi^ enacted, by the Mayol^ Al- 
 
 ' dermen, and Commonalty of the city of Hur 
 milton, in Council assembled, " under th^^^ 
 
 per Canada Municipal Corporatipn Acte : 
 luspeewr. SI. That there shall be appointed annual- 
 
 Ivone Measurer and Inspector of Fuwood 
 wid Shingles in the city of Hamilton. 
 
 N^toofifer ; § 2. Thatno person shall expose for^e. 
 
 Wood for Mje,. ^^ ^ f the city except in that part ot 
 
 SaS/^'i^e^^Jr^in Kmg Street, between Jok and 
 
 Huffhson Streets, any fii-ewood by the load, 
 
 or m quantities less than five cords, unless the 
 
 same &hall have been measured, and the qua^ 
 
 titv and quaUty marked by the Measurer and 
 Inspectbr, appointed as aforesaid ; nor shaU 
 anrpei-son offer wood for sale unless the pnce 
 p^ cord is speafied by him for the same. 
 
 ^ , 8 a Thatlihe Lispector ihall mark, in a 
 5S;;Sj8eiiira ig^ble ^d couspicuous manner, upon the 
 
-,p,:y. 
 
 CITY OF IIA>IILTON. 
 
 ^T 
 
 wood, when measured, the cords or parts of a 
 cord contained therein, and the quahty — such 
 as No. 1, 2, 8, or 4 — and he shall give. the 
 seller a written or printed certificate, of which 
 he shall keep a coiTect duplicate in a book, 
 which he shall present to the Council and 
 Chaiiman of the Mai*ket Committee, once in 
 every month, which the seller shall exhibit 
 when requested, and upon the wood being 
 sold, give to the buyer. / 
 
 Not to offer 
 •leu for 
 
 § 4. mt no person shaU expose for sale, g,'^^^ .or 
 at any other place m this city than at the •*•« except in 
 wood mai-ket, on the Gore aforesaid, any"*"**'"'"*' 
 shingles, unless the same shdl have been 
 measured, inspected, and marked, as before 
 mentioned witn regai'd to wood ; the quantity 
 specified in thousands or parts thereof; and ,; 
 
 the quality, as No. 1, 2, 3, or 4. Cei-tificates 
 to be given and exhibited, as in the case of 
 wood above, mentioned. 
 
 § 5. That the Insp^ctoi* shall receive from Fee. 
 the Seller a Fee — for eveiy Load of Firewood, 
 two-pence, and for every bundle of shingles, 
 one-penny, 
 
 § 6. That the said Inspector shaff be gov- ?KSd^ 
 erned in hia rule of measurement and inspeo- shioK^w* 
 tion by the rules observed by the Inspectors 
 and Measurers of Government Firewood in 
 this Province, so far as known ; and that he 
 shall measure all lengths of wood from Calf or 
 Scarf to Point ; and that he is hereby authoi^ 
 wed and required to jplace all teams loaded 
 with wood and shingles in a line along the 
 centre of the said "Gore;" and any pei-son 
 bnnging firewood or shingles into the 5ty for / 
 
 sale, wh<i shall neglect or refuse to comply 
 
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 ^'■i-7'^?^^^j«SfJ 
 
 28 
 
 BT-LAWB OF TIIE 
 
 with thifl By-Law, or shall leave the line be- 
 fore he has sold or disposed of his wood or 
 shingles, or shall loiter about the streets with 
 > his load, shall be liable to the penalty herein- 
 after mentioned. ,^ . 
 
 v/' .1 ,,, '■'.'*■_'' ^ ■■■•■ , 
 
 iiwpMtor to ft 7. That the Fees for the Measurement of 
 giyMourity. ^^^ ^^ Shingles shall be sold and accoun- 
 ted for in such manner ; and the purchaser of 
 the same, who shall be th^ Wood Inspector, 
 shall give such security to the Mayor, Alder- 
 I; men, and Commonalty of the City of Hamilr 
 
 ton, for the general performance of his office 
 and for the payment of the purchase-money, 
 and in such proportions, and at such periods 
 as the City Council shall from time to time, 
 previous to the sale thereof, by resolution 
 adopt: Provided, that if such Wood Inspect- 
 or shall wilfully break any provision of this 
 By Law, or wilfully misbenaye himself in his 
 office, he shall not only be liable to be fined 
 for such offence, but, on conviction thereof; he 
 shall also forfeit his said, office, and the City 
 Council may thereafter re^U the said fees 
 for the remainder of the year. 
 
 Firewood, § g. That all Firewood and Shingles which 
 ^^iSpectod shall at any time be brought to this city, and 
 stored or deposited in any yard or other place, 
 and which tnereaffcer shall be sold and carted 
 from such yard or other place, shall, when 
 sold, be inspected in like manner, and under 
 the same regulation as Firewood and Shingles 
 sold in the Wood Market ; and the seller of 
 the same shall be liable for paytaent of the 
 fees of inspection and measurement. 
 
 ffiSSSSwii § ^ "^^^ ^* ^^^ ^^^ ^ lawful for any pep- 
 wood, Jko. son or persons to deface or obliterate the 
 
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■1 ^^^, " 
 
 CITY or HAiat/roN. 
 
 89 
 
 / 
 
 mark or measnrement made on any Firewood 
 and Shingles made by the Wood Inspector. 
 
 § 10. That any person infringing the pro- Peod 
 visions of this By-Law, or any part thereof 
 shall, for every such offence, be fined a sum of 
 money not to exceed five pounds, with costs; 
 and m default of payment thereof shall and 
 may be committed to the Common Gaol of 
 the United Counties of Wentworth and Hal- 
 ton, for apeiiod not to exceed thirty days. 
 
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 :X 
 
 « ♦'» 
 
 BY-LAW No. LXVn. 
 
 FIBE BBIQADE, 
 
 rPoMKd May6th,lKa.J 
 
 Whekeas it is necessary to amend the By* 
 Law now in force relating to the firemen and 
 Fii'e Companies. •' -^ 
 
 Be it therefore enacted by the Mayor, Al- 
 dermen, and Commonalty in the city of Ha* 
 milton, in Council assembled, "under the Up- 
 per Canada Municipal Corporation Acts :** 
 
 § 1. That from and after the passing of Bnx»«i. 
 this By-Law, all By-Laws having reference to 
 Firemen and Fire Companies ai*e hereby re- V 
 
 pealed. 
 
 J 2. The " Hamilton Independent Fire Bri- offloenoCFir« 
 e" shall consist of one Chief Enmneer and "''*^ 
 Assistant Engineers, one Hook and Ladder 
 Company, one Hose Company, and such num- 
 ber of Firet and Second Class Engine Compar 
 mes and Portable Reaervoiis, as may be found 
 necessary. The Brigade to be under the man- _ 
 
 ^^^^ ^^ a-Committee, to be compoeed of 
 the Chief and Assistant Engineers, (Sficere of 
 
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 BO 
 
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 BY-LAWS OF Tim 
 
 Wate^; Conuuittee, appointed by tue ^ny 
 CoonciL 
 ' 8 R It flhari be the duty of the Chairman of 
 
 " - ^ - ' '>h!Fire a d Wat^r Committee, appointed by 
 
 fh«S)rcU tb^t with the Co^^^^ 
 
 . o^J^Q .iVa shall be a member thereof, 
 
 andSnlations from time to «n.e m'^fjo^, 
 "e Bai(V Blie Brigade, relating t^ the duties ot 
 
 the said Oommittee. ^ 
 
 E«..«« .- 8 4 The Chief Engineer and A»i«tant^- 
 
 S2S, .i«t.d. 9 *• V" 11 1^ elected annually, by the mem- 
 
 Kfr^ thediflferent Companies composmg the 
 
 tel a^dXoBhallals^electfromth^iirowB 
 
 nSffi own officer8,in such maimer and 
 
 ^T timZ m they may think proper, and 
 
 Enritaeers and officers to the atyUerKjiw 
 
 Stration ; and the Committee of Mwiaee^ 
 S Id the C<.mpam«fl.jnflyj8» such By- 
 S^^fOT their own govlSnmeht as awfotre- 
 JH^ant to this By-fi.w or the generallaws of 
 the city. 
 
 q^E,^>«» § 5. The Chief ^^^^,^^"2 Setto« 
 
 (ipreddl. ^°, -t gii fires, and preside at aU meetings 
 
 • T^hAri^aBd Committee of Manage- 
 
 ot the »n^» T.^. the Bole and absolute 
 
 - "'S^rieS Snrand other Stations, 
 
 SL Poitable T^H and all otherapp^ 
 
 . S^i^^ted with the Fire Brigade £d 
 
 . • S^all carters and othen. who may beaitog 
 
 noting in extinguishiw &^ !?"4jl«i^ 
 
 • • k auAori^ to CBMe to be demobshed^ orto 
 
 ~ , ^. W^^S«Ubnil^fen-«.«;^t 
 stouctions that may be deemed necewarj^ w 
 
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 CITY or HAMILTON. 
 
 81 
 
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 an-08t the progreflB of any fite, In tlie at)-l5^^. <^ ^ 
 Hence of tne Chief Entpneerf it nhall \m the KnRinm.r, iim 
 duty of the AnHifltant Kiiginoera, in the order Ulit'KiiKilSI' 
 of their aenimity, to have the authority, and*"** ** 
 perform all the dutiee devolving on the Chief. 
 In the abnence of AflHistant Knginoers, the Be- 
 nior Captain present (excepting Captains of ^, , 
 Second-CluHB Kngines) to have tne same {M)wer '■/ 
 and authority aa the Chief and Amintant Vm- ^^ u- ,. 
 gineera ; ana the Chief l^^ngineer, AHHintante, .* 
 and officer in co^imand or any Company of " ^ , 
 
 the Fii'e Bngade at any Are, shall have fiill Hf 
 
 power to oroer pny person or persona to assist 
 ni extinguishing such Are, and oy reporting to 
 the Stipendiaiy Magistrate the names of any 
 , person or persons wilfully neglecting or refu- 
 sing to obey such ordei-s, they shall oe liable 
 to the penalties hereinafter provided. 
 
 § 6. The City Council shall pay all necessa- '*"''" <'••"»<'" <« 
 ry expenses for the repainng of appai'atusforrcpain. 
 the Brigade. The officers in command of the 
 different Companies ai'e authorized to get ne- 
 cessary repairs done to the apparatus' under 
 his control, such accounts to oe certified by 
 the Chief Engineer, and paid by the Council 
 on his order. For new appai'atus, the con^ 
 sent of the Council must be obtained. The / 
 Council shall pay annually to the order of the 
 officer in command of each Company, for the 
 purpose of cleaning, and keeping in efficient 
 order, the apparatus of the Brigade, the fo£ 
 lolring sums, viz : — For each J^t Class En- 
 gine, the sum of four pounds currency; for 
 each five hundred feet of Hose, four pounds 
 currency ; for the Hook and Ladder Carriage, 
 four pounds cniTency ; and for each Second 
 Class Engine, the sum of two pounds currency ; *'- 
 
 in quarterly payments. 
 
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 82 
 
 BY'LAWH 0¥ 
 
 TOT ' 
 
 V, , 
 
 r-i. ft 7. That the annual ^rant l)« ^a^le to 1 1^ , 
 
 Hamilton Indopendtmt l^re Bnf a(ie ot MOO, 
 
 for the better organization and Hup|)ort ot 
 
 the Baid Brigade> lieu of all premium. a« 
 
 * , . e -^«*«.i u» fhmriniiiicil. said amount 
 
 surer ot saui nrigaue. uv i-ii" vy»«. — ^.- — r 
 on the order of the Cl^ef Engineer, to Qom- 
 mence with the paurdng of the By-Law.-^*, 
 
 ,.™«.«u, .- § 8. That when any member of any Com- 
 
 tiZt^ pSny of Firemen in thi« city, which u or may 
 
 ft»m8ut.a j^ i-etmlarly enrolled, has i-egularly and taitu- 
 
 ^ folly Berved for the npace and term of Beven 
 
 years consecutively in the Bame, the member 
 
 shaU be entitled to receive^ upon producmg 
 
 — due proof of his having lerved seven yeara 
 
 con8ecutively> as aforesaid, a certificate from 
 
 the Clerk of the Common Council of the city 
 that he has been reLmlarly enrolled and ser 
 ved as a member of the smd Fire Company 
 for the space of seven years ; which certificate 
 sball exempt the individual named therem 
 from the payment of any pereonal Statute La- 
 bor Tax thereafter, and from serving as aJu- 
 ror 6ft the trial of any cause in any Court of 
 Law within this Proymce. ^ 
 
 8 9. And be it foi-ther enacted, that wiyPJP' 
 son being convicted of an infringement ofthis 
 By-Law, shall be liable to a fine, tiot to exceed 
 five pounds, and not less than one, and in de- 
 fault of payment, to be committed to the com- 
 mon gaol of the^ United Counties of Went- 
 worth and Haltbn, for a period not exceedmg 
 
 PaMlty. 
 
 Iliirty days. 
 
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 BYLAW No. LXXI. 
 
 OK PTiUCIiTIB AlfD BIDCWALKS. 
 
 WiiKBRAfl it w exp<Mliont to connolidEt© and 
 wnend the By-Lawn and Keffulationfl relating 
 to the Streeta and Sidewalto in the city of ,' 
 Hamilton. -, v ^ ' 
 
 Be it therefore enacted W the Mayor Al- 
 dermen and commonalty of the City of Ham- 
 ilton in Council assembled, " under the Upper 
 Canada Municipal Coii)oration Acts :" 
 
 § 1. That eveiy person in the actual pos-Aijir Md im 
 iBessioHf or having charge of any house, or oth- 
 er building, or piece of land, or any part there- a 
 of, in front of which there is or shall be, a , 
 sidewalk, shall, by 12 o'clock noon, of each 
 day, except Sundays, clear off and remove all 
 snow and ice ft-om such sidewalk : Provided 
 always, that such snow and ice shall not be 
 thrown into the gutter in front of such side- 
 walk. 
 
 § 2. That no peraon shall allow sncrw* crfsnow and im 
 ice to remain on the roof of any btlildillg He*^"'*^ 
 the or they may occupy,' own, or have the 
 charge ofj so as to cause any reasonable appre* 
 hensiou of danger thei'efi'oni* 
 
 
 beaUow? 
 
 § 8 That no pei-soii shall ty any animal, imUi 
 vehicle, lumberyDtiilding, or other material ^^n ur*^ 
 or thing, or in anv way whatever, directly or**^*^*^ 
 indirecUyy iitctimber or allow to remain lib 
 cumbered^ or injure or foul any street, square^ 
 lane, walk^ nderWalk, road, brioge, sewer, or 
 4ihore, now laid out and ereoted^^ or bein^, or 
 hereafter to be laid out and erected mthiiL 
 t 
 
 4 
 
 4y L^ A A ~-l<.-' Ja&-v«^ J ^ •AiE.WtUj.. i e*, '.4^biJij»«L. , -i J 
 
i """^Mr^R^JK^e^q^pFSfrsni 
 
 ■^pjg^Jojfajw^OTpjp yjw 
 
 ■WP^«S^)?TTt- ' 
 
 $4 
 
 BT-lrAWII Of TWI 
 
 •••••••••••>«*NM****»««a«»***««a*«««<dl •••!«•• 
 
 •••■••i«at>t 
 
 ^ 
 
 FIrawood not 
 to b« placed on 
 
 tli^ limitiiof thn mi^iI City and ItbertiM, (tix- 
 
 ^ cept OH li«r(jiniin:<4' pix»vidocl with fi^ixict to 
 
 buildin fi Afid hiiilfiinii^ rimtc ialiv) ^ithout a 
 
 llceQ9« horn tho City C.*ouiicil for fjti^ ptirfHMo. 
 
 RtniSJ'jM... S *• Th*** "*> pcFHoii hIiaII cast' or throw, 
 iM>t to bfl cMtor eause to lie cant or thrown, into any pnhlio 
 • •ay '8ti*««tM,H<iuar<»M, huu'»s walltB, nido walks, roads 
 bri(i^<»«, ditoh«»*»,„ giitterK; drain«f or uewcrB, 
 within tho City or lihoijU^'n, any <!ai1h, «ha- 
 vinjw, iMiringH of k»atli«'i^tn,^ woo<l, Htonc« or 
 ruboiHii, or c&nm any olmtfiiction, nuiuanoo or 
 irgury in or to tho hAuio. I i 
 
 MM iMeaon 8 ^* '^^*^* ^^ ownoF or o^ipant of any 
 my Su^waui, building shall cauH<; or permit any fil'tiwooa, 
 ***_ ^ to be placed or remain on wiy iia© or oroee 
 walk, oppoMito or adjoining hiH lot, nor shall 
 ho Huffer tlio hhiiio to bo placed or remain ih 
 tho Htreet oppoHitc? hiH houHo or lot, furthtu* 
 than, five feet from the outer edge of the side- 
 walk, and then only for tho purpose of being 
 sawed or cut, and not to remain more than 
 twenty-four hours. 
 
 ^ ^^ ^§ 6. That no Auctioneer shall, by himself 
 JlMllo^'^ii'on or agent, sell, or expose for sale at auction, any 
 ■idtwaiks, 4lo. gooJg^ wai'cs, or merchandise, upon any side- 
 walk, or in any street, alley, or public place 
 ^ in ^ho^city, nor shall any such Auctioneer, or 
 
 his agent or servant, or other pei'son, sell any 
 such goods, wares, merchandise, or other things 
 to any pereon or pei'sons, who at the time of 
 ^bidding for the same shall be on the carriage 
 way or sidewalk of any of the streets of the 
 aty. Provided always that this Section shall 
 _j not Apply to horses, caniages, or cattle which 
 may oe sold in the carriage way of the 
 ftroets. 
 
 A««Uon«en 
 ■hftU not ex 
 
 
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 ',* ..■ 
 
 Omr OV IIAMILTOK. 
 
 81^ 
 
 8 r. That ttom and after thin dato» it nhall 5:,"l"«r{H.4 
 iiml raay \w lawful for any \H^mm or jM3r»k)Uij, ^» »*- ••'^ 
 owninir or himig in potw^HHion of a li>t or par- 
 cel of grouml'in wud City, and wwhintf to 
 build, to lay buihling niat«»nali4 m t\\o publi© i 
 •trtHitrt or highway, in front of Haid lot or |>ioc« 
 of lttn<l, HO that the Hanio shall not occupy over 
 on<i-ha4f of the witlth of tlie naid street, exclu- 
 give of both mdewallcH ; and «o that the same 
 do not iniiMule or inctiinber, or blm^k ui) eith- 
 er or any Hulewalk guttere, or the place where 
 the sidewalk Hliould »)o ; and provided also, 
 that Raid inattn-ialH do not extend either way 
 m said street further than the frontage of land 
 HO occupied or owned by the person <lei>o«i- 
 ting said materials, without the consent of the 
 persons owning on the two side* ; or in case 
 that is refused a special iMnniission granted on 
 a regular application to the City Council ; And 
 provided also, that if the part^r owning on Jhe 
 opposite side of the street wishes to build at^ 
 the same time, each party shall, in that case, 
 be restricted to the use of one-third of aaid 
 street instead of the half ; which street, in the 
 way aforesaid, they m^y peaceably and law* 
 fully occupy for such reasonable time as may 
 be necessary to complete said building or buil- 
 dings. 
 
 § 8. That it shall and may be lawful forjow^j* 
 any person or persons hereafter building* in 
 the swd city, or who have already got buil- 
 dingtJ in sida city, to excavate in front of their 
 said buildings or lots, so as to erect area Walls 
 and procure areas fpr basement stories, said 
 areas not to exceed, eight feet in the clear, ex- 
 * elusive of the walls, ^d to be well an^d sub- 
 stantially covered with such timbers and ma- 
 
 Im. 
 
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 BuavAiioiw. 
 
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 tmiiilft M to render the fbotirayfi mh and ■»• 
 euro. 
 
 § 0. That each anil every pernon who nhAll 
 excavate for the erection of walli^ or fbr any 
 other purpole, in or near the Ntdewalkf or in 
 or near Any othor place fVcquentcd by the 
 piibru', hIiiiII put up a ^<mmI p;'()t«<'tinff mil or 
 pinnk, to provcnt Immi to individimiH or to 
 the ptihlic, and mIuiII complete Hai< I whIIh with 
 all pomible and reoMonable drnpatch. ^ 
 
 510. That i^ac^h and eveiy perHon who 
 I have occiiHion to dinplace any plank or 
 part of a sidewalk in tluH city, for the purfKxw) 
 of building or w^pairing buiidinfffs or for any 
 ' other ncwdful nurpoHo, may do tneiuime with- 
 out being liable to action, provided he npeed- 
 ily and Hubwtantially refit tne name; ami every 
 person injuring the flidewalk by taking the 
 same up, or by natfsingit with teama or other- 
 wise ; or in building or repairing, or removing 
 buildings, or in any way whatever, shall be 
 liable to pay the full expense of repairing 
 the same together with fine and costs, if he 
 shall neglect to repair the same in a proper 
 and reasonable time af%er so injuiing or dis- 
 placing thereof. 
 
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 BnUdlngimtfl 
 
 .r 
 
 Jll. That no person shall manufacture 
 ding materials m any Mreet or lane with- 
 in the city, unlesaa pecially permitted so to do 
 by the City ConnciL . 
 
 HufinggiUM. § 12. That no person shall hang any gate 
 or door, or allow any gate or door to remain 
 ;' . - ■ ^/ hnng so as to swing over any sidewalk, street 
 'i- "road or lane, within the city, » 
 
 JJgjj»«J5 § 18. That the City Connoil shall and may 
 at any time after the paaaing of this By-Law, 
 
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 by Mnolution nnd^r thfl ^ of th« «ity. •«■ 
 tComi^ ami ♦lirfl^'t thoOity Hurveyor or oth«r 
 omcm- <»f th« city «if lUinilton, to remojr* and 
 Uk« away any a«K>r^q»S |K>rche«, railinw or 
 other «riti<»nM. i)roj«otu>n^ or obttmctioni 
 I whatiKHiv«r. which may projttct into or ov«r 
 •ht public iitr«et, UniN alley, H<l«ttr« or rcmcl 
 [in th© city of Hamilton or liU^rtioii thereof. 
 
 I I 14. That every peiwm who may under ;»«sa:f|i 
 'tbe 7th flection, lay buihling matenalii in the 
 Htreotn, Hhall caiwe all tho tinilKjr, buiUling mar 
 terialH ana nibbinh arininK therefrom to be ro- 
 moved from Huch Htieet** when ordered ho to 
 do by renolution of the City Council, tinder a 
 penalty not Moeeding five notmdfs for every ^ 
 twenty-four honm the timber, mat4uialH, or 
 rabbi»h Hhall be and remain in Huch Btrw^t 
 aft«^r a copy of the ordt^r to remove the Ham6 
 Hhall be Herve<l on such peraon, or left at ,hiB 
 dwelling house. 
 
 § 16. That all proprlotons or occupanta, or ^-^J^-J 
 person or personfl having charj^e of any house k^pi kiiq^. 
 or building in the city, having cellar-doom 
 made in the foot-path, or sidewalk, opposite 
 I their premises, shall constantly keep the side* 
 ' doors in good repair, and shut after dark, nor 
 leave the. said cellar-doors open in the day 
 time for any greater length of time than may 
 be reasonably sufficient for filling into or out 
 of the same such goods, wood or effecta ai 
 may be intended to be introduced into or 
 taken out of such cellar ; and during tbe time 
 the said cellar door shall remain open in the 
 day time for the purposes aforesaid, it shall 
 be the duty of the proprietor or occupier of 
 said premises, to put on each side of th© opeor 
 ing of such cellar door a sufficient guara, to 
 
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 BY-LAWS OF THE 
 
 
 OrniMiiental 
 treei. 
 
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 be at least three feet lugh, so as to protect 
 passengei's from injury, under the penalty 
 nereinafter mentioned, to be recovered from 
 the proprietor, occupier, or person or pereons 
 havmg chai'ge of any such house or building. 
 
 § 16. That it shall and may be lawjftil for 
 any person or peraons who may be desirous 
 of planting ornamental trefes i^ any street 
 wi&in the citj of Hamiltgn^ to make appli- 
 cation in writing to the Standinjg Committee 
 on Streets and Sidewalks, appointed by the 
 — City Council for the time beinff. for permis- 
 sion to plant such trees, and" for such peraoh 
 or persons, -after baving obtained such per- 
 missio% to proceed to plant the same. 
 
 SteadingCoiiH .\g l7. That all such oiTiamental trces shall 
 Sl^to?" be planted under the direction and^superin- 
 t . tendence of" the Standing Committee on 
 
 I Streets and Sidewalks, or suclroflacer as they 
 
 ' may appoint to attend to that qjity in that be- 
 
 ■-:;.-:-.-^hal£ ' ■, ■,<■■■; ■ ' ■' ,'..:-.\ 
 
 Peftdag w § 18.:Tliatan3r person w&) J^all wilftilly 
 iqjvriiiR trees. ^^ maliciou^ injure, deface/ or otherwise 
 destro/ any ornamental tree or trees that is 
 are, or hereafter may be planted in any street 
 of the said city, shall, upon complaint and con- 
 viction thereof be fined a sum not lees than 
 _ . ten shillings, and not more than five ponuds, 
 
 with costs, to^be levied of his, her, or their 
 goods and chattels ;" and-' in the event 
 of sufficient goods and chattels not bei^ 
 fojmdj to be imprisoned for a period not to^ 
 exceed thirty days. . 
 
 Ringing beDi. § 19. That no pcrson shall ring a bell OF 
 
 blow a horn, or shout, or make other unusual 
 
 'noises in the streets, or other public place, 
 
 without a lawful (MM.'ea 8 Qnable =^wBei= 
 
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CITT OS" HAMILTON. 
 
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 8 20 That no pei-son shall lide or drive Jg on Sde- ""* 
 onWXalk o? permit ^<>^^^^'^ 
 hide to Stand on any sidewalk or crosane or 
 leave any W-se or hoi-ses many street. lan^ 
 or alley untied, or festen any horse m^ai^ 
 street or lane, so that such hoi|V^*lie lines 
 wi4 wWch the hoi-se is fastened, shalk>b8truet 
 
 the passage of persons <m f»iy^P«^,^V^ 
 Bidewalk^r drive with a slei^^^ 
 ' least two bells attached to the harness, or nde 
 or drive, or cause, or permit to^be rode^ or 
 
 driven any horse or horaes or cattle in any of • 
 
 the public ways, streets or lanes of the city at t 
 
 an immoderate rate, or without proper can- 
 tion against domg injuiy to foot passengers. 
 
 S 21 That it shall and may be lawful .for K^ST' 
 the street Inspector or any of the City Con- ^ 
 stables to aiTest any person or persons com- 
 mitting any breach of the pijceding section, 
 and to cany bim or them before the Mayor, 
 Police Magistrate oi- any of the Aldermen. 
 
 8 22 That nb pei-son shall take or excar f^^J;**"* 
 vate any sand from any street, road or lane 
 ! within the city without the permission ot tUe 
 raty CJouncil, fii-st obtained lor such purpose. 
 
 8 23. That from and after the paaang of ^««»»»a*-' 
 thw By-Law, no pei-son shall cojamence to 
 build, erect or place any wooden bmldinff or 
 buildings, of which the sides or ends shall be 
 of wood, laiger than ten feet sqiiai'e; neither 
 shall they continue or uphold any Buch woo^ | 
 en building commenced her^after^ m t^t jwrt 
 of the City, comprised within the foUowing 
 Umits, viz : Market or Ki^Williwn Streets, 
 on the north ;' Mary and Wahiut Streets on ^ 
 the east ; Brougham and M^ Streets, on the 
 
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 south ; and Bowery and Bajr Streets, on the 
 west ; and no builai% within the above Ifan* 
 its, shaft be covered with shingles, fi-om and 
 after *the passing of this By-liw without a 
 good coat of mortar^ half an inch thick, being 
 laid on the roof boai'ds directly under the 
 shingles. 
 
 Wooden bufld- § 24. That no person shall commence to 
 build, erect or place any wooden building 
 larger than ten feet square, neither shall they 
 continue or uphold any such woodeii building 
 commenced hereafter, m that other part of the 
 City comprised within the foUowmg limits 
 jria : Vine and Gore Streets ^n ihe north ; 
 Masry and Walnut Streets, on the east ; Ty- 
 burn Street and Maiden line, on ike south ; 
 Bowery and Bay Streets, on the west ; tmlesa 
 such building be lathed and plastered on the 
 outside, with thi-ee good coats of moi-tar or 
 with two such coats of moiiar aad one of 
 i-ouffh-cast, or stucco ; with a coat of mortal* 
 not less than half anipch thick, on the roof 
 boards, inunediately under the shingles 
 
 § 25. That any peraon who shall hereafter 
 
 ei^ect ainy building or buildings in this city of 
 
 stone or brick shall make the party walls not 
 
 less than one foot thick in the dear, if brick, 
 
 and two or more stories high ; and jiot less 
 
 than eighteen inches, if of stone, and two Or 
 
 more stories high ; and shall so arrange the 
 
 joists as to prevent their communicatm^£re 
 
 t|rough%he waU : That is, the joist holes shall 
 
 #t extend over half through the wall o^ 
 
 either side, and shall not corr^poad, but be 
 
 &% least four inches in the clear, the one ^6m 
 
 the other: "■:"'■":" • ■.-,:■ :..-■■.■■*■'.■■ 
 
 § 26. It shaHtiot beWfuIfiw^any pers^ 
 pr persons carelessly or maliciously to Dmk» 
 
 ¥«t*yitabt. 
 
 
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CPtTt OI* HAMtLTOJr. 
 
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 deface, or in any way injure or 4e8ti*oy any of 
 the gas lamps, or lamp posts in this city, nor * 
 to light or cause to be lighted, or put out or 
 cause to be put out> or to turn the stop cock 
 of the same, !unless»du]y authorized tb do so, 
 nor to hang or place any gooda or m(girchaiP' 
 dize of any description on any of th(9 said 
 lamps or lamp posis for thejpurpose of sale 
 or for any other purpose, nor to place ^y 
 goods, boxes, wood, or other heavy material 
 against the same, nor to climb upon or hitch 
 any horse or horaes, or any other animal to 
 
 any of the same, tinder the penalty hereinafter 
 
 mentioned. ^** 
 
 § 27. That all By-Laws and parts of By^Eepeai of By. 
 Laws relatmg'to streets and sidewalks be and^'^ 
 the same aiy hereby repealed ; pix)vided al- 
 ways that any proceedings gainst any per- * 
 9on or persons for a breach of such By-Laws 
 or parts of By-Laws committed before the 
 passmg of this By-Law shall be valid, and the 
 party or parties shall on conviction be liable 
 to the penalties in such By-Law contained. 
 
 § 2$. That any person violating this By- Penalty. . 
 ILaw or any section thereof, shall upon con- 
 
 Ivictionbefoi'e the Mayorj Police Magistrat(|,jor ^ 
 [any <tf the Aldermen, be Habletcy a flD^no^^ 
 l^ceedmg five pounds, and costs, or in default 
 lof payment to be imprisoned fora term not to 
 [exceed thirty days. ^^ ^^^^^ u ft 
 
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 BY-LAW No. LXXIL . 
 
 W^MBAS it is 6rpe(iient and necessiiiyto 
 amend and consohdate the By-Law^ and 
 

 42 
 
 BT-LAWS OF Tllie 
 
 
 ings, figures, 
 
 Bules now in force for the prevention and sup- 
 pression of nuisanc«3 in the City of Hamilton, 
 
 Be it therefore enacted by the Mayor, Al- 
 dermen and Commonalty of the City of Ham- 
 nton, in C/Qfiincil assembled, nnder the Upper 
 Canada Municipal Corporations Acts : 
 
 ibdecent writ- g . J That no peisoii shaU write any inde^ 
 cent or immoral words, or make any^indebent , 
 or immoral fignre or representation on any 
 Tn^all, board, fenpe, or on any other thing in 
 any place open to public view or of com- 
 mon .resort, or indecently expose himiself bi* 
 hereeif or *his or ter peraon, or be drunk, 
 make use of profane swe&idng or obscene lan- 
 guage, or commit any other species of immor- 
 aHty or indecency 'IB the streets, or other 
 place. .'"! ■;.. .^ ■;,_■.;:■.;'■-;.■, •./ - 
 
 § 2. That no person llb^ in a 
 
 charivari or other like di^turb^ce of the 
 
 peace. "^ V"-. . /^■■\^; ' ■ ■'■ ^'"'^'■■■■■'■'■'i'^ 
 
 § 3. That no person shall exce^ydy beat. 
 
 or cinielly and inhumanly treat any amma). - 
 
 DiBtnrbaneea. 
 
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 Apprentices 
 ana senrants. 
 
 Bathing. 
 
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 § 4. Tha,t no person shall sell/ any intoxi- 
 cating diink to any 6hild, apprentice or ser-* 
 vant, with the knowledge of il(@ apprentice- 
 ship or service, without the consent of the le^ 
 gal protector of such apprentice or servai^t,^ 
 nor keep a low tippling house, visited by 4ii»- 
 solute and disorderly diaractersw 
 
 § 5. That no person shall bathe m the Bs^ 
 in front of the Gity within^ eij^hty rods of any 
 hous^, whaif or place of busmess or commbii 
 
 resori/ • "W'--..'-;-' ."'.v ^' .^ ".••;:.•■ ; vV ../;::, :V.V;'V y. 
 
 § 6. That no person ahall solicit or tease 
 pasaengers or qtner§ to travel in any' boat, 
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 § 7. That no person shall fire any gun or Firing gow, 
 other fire anna, or fire or set off any fire ball, 
 sqmb, cracker or fire works within.the City. 
 
 , § 8*^ That any person who shall keep aoamwing 
 
 gambling house shall be liable to the penalties *"*"**• 
 ereinafter mentioned, and the Mayor or any * 
 one of the Aldermen, or any acting City 
 Constable may enter into snch gambling house \ 
 and seize and destroy Ronge et Noir tables 
 and other devices for gambling. ^ 
 
 § 9. That it shall be the duty of every res- Privy on lot 
 ident owner of ev^ry inhabited lot in the Gity 
 and of the occupant of e veiy lot, when the ' 
 owner thereof is a non-resident, or the agent 
 therebf, to prov^e aiidi:eep upon such lot a 
 convenient neces^ry, with a va^t at least si^ 
 feet deep J kny person violating the provis- 
 ions of this secti6|i, shall forfeit and pay a pen- 
 alty of ten shillings fpr every twenty-four 
 hours he or she shsJl neglect to provide such 
 necesJ^Euy ; Provi^ed^HVays, that no person 
 iorpe^ns shall after ihe passing of this By- 
 [Law, ^rect any Twivy, dess-pooT, or hog^ty, 
 dthoiit having nrat obtained pero^^ 
 [le cdnstilntea anth^l^es^near a^ ' ' 
 
 Kmnin^ the mdewalkMn any street within the 
 hity,mors^all lie, she, or tibey permit any- ^ 
 1th or ofifemvo matter tordn ftom any place 
 rithin th|i!r premises oyer or tinder aqy rader 
 ralk, gate or entrance, or into th^ streetSilanes, 
 Ueys, courts or public sqifares pf the City, 
 >r be sulfect to the pains and penal|iie8 herein-> 
 [after mentioned. V * ''"' " 
 
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 § 10. That from the tune last aforesaid, n^ iSibi not to be 
 [tub or other receptacle shall be removed from SS^TL*^ 
 any pnvy, vaiaivBu^ otee^ or any of- 
 
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 feosive matter or dead crease, except bfetweenr 
 the hours of ten at night, and five yi the mor« 
 ningf under the penalty hereinafter mentioned 
 for each offence, nor snail any pei'Sbn under 
 the like penalty, emptj, cai*t, or lay the con-, 
 tents of any such tup, or other receptacle out 
 of any privy, sink, vault or cess-pool, within 
 the limits of this City, or in any street, alley, 
 ~ or public square. ^ ' 
 
 25l!S*2d** ? ^^' ^** ^'^^ ^^^ after the passing 6f 
 buuding^&o., this By-Law, it shall be lawful for the said 
 "'Jy^KCounciVorpthe Board of Health for the time 
 
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 being, to direct ahd 'authorize any .bf the City 
 Constables or oth0l^ suitable perepn, to enter 
 in the day time and^^^i^^^ii^to any building 
 of any kind^ oellar/ioj^ of ground, alley, fsinl^ 
 cesB-pool, yiHilt pr privy, whidh hel or ithey 
 may have reason to believ^vare foul, ii^oum- 
 bered with rul^bish, damp^ ^unk^n and iQ con- 
 structedfimd n^i^ direct ^he cleansing/ alter- 
 ing, imending, mHn^^ or draining t^ same, 
 and the removal of Ml nuisances in aha about 
 the same, bjrthe owner or occupant of any 
 b)iilding, 161^ Cellar, sink, vault, cess-pool or 
 privy : airy ju^on who shall refiise to copiply 
 with the mre#ion of the said City Constaole 
 or other suitable person duly appointed by 
 the authority aforeaaidvin their l^half, shall 
 forfeit and pay the penalty Weina^r -men- 
 tioned, for each offence, and the sidd't^uncil or 
 Board of Health, shall have authority; at their 
 election to enforce and execute the airections 
 ^o given at the expense of the owner or occu- 
 pant as a penalty ; provided such eiq>eofle 
 aoefl not exceed the ^umpf &ve pounds. 
 
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 12. l^t any peiBon tiIiio, alter the pas* 
 nng of this By-Law, shall deposit or cause to 
 
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 be deposited/any^dead aniriial, fish or pntnd 
 meat, entrails, brblcen bottles, decayed vege- ^ 
 tables, or any offensive substance, in or upon ^ ;* 
 
 any public street lane or alley, or above the 
 surface of the ground on any lot, or shall de- 
 posit^ any dead animal or puti-id cai'case, or 
 any other substance which is now or shall 
 hereafter be prohibited from^ being dejjosited 
 in any of thie streets, lanes or alleys* in the ' 
 said City, or any owner, possessor, or o(?cupant ' ■ ^ 
 
 of any lot, or the owner, occupiei*, or tenant m 
 
 of any house, building or cellar who shall suf- ; 
 
 fer or permit any stagnant or filthy water, or 1^ , _^J!: 
 
 putiid or unwholesome meats, decayed vege- 
 tables, or other offensive substance to remain 
 on his or her lot, or in his or her house, or 
 other building or cellar owned or occupied by 
 him or her or intds or her charge within the ■ 
 
 limits of this City,*he, she or thev, shall for- -"'^ 
 
 feit and pay a penalty as hereinafter mention^ V 
 
 ed; for each offence, a^d shall also pay to the 
 CSty of Hamilton, the expense and charge 
 which the sai^ Corporatioil shall be put to in 
 removing or abalang any such nuisance, and 
 theMayor or Police Magistrate, or any one of * 
 
 the Aldernlen, with the City Constable, oy 
 any person or pei'sons in aid oi him or then^ 
 may, at any time in the day time, enter into 
 or upon any house, out-house, cellar or < other 
 place, and remove or abate such nuipa^ce' in 
 8u6hmanneriis he or they should judge best: 
 and anjrperson obstructing or hindering such ^}^^^^^^^^ 
 ]!llayor;]S)lice Jifogistrate, Alderman, member j 
 of the Board of Healthy Constable or person >v„ V ' 
 ealled in aid, in his or their duties as nerein 1 
 
 set forth, shall iforfidt and pay a penalty not ; 
 . .exceeding five pounds. -"T-r~';:^":r"'''-^';"'^''^"'"^^^^^ 
 
 § la That from ahid after the passmg of M«mrM, W 
 
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 DY-IiAWS OF TIIE 
 
 
 
 this By-Law, all pei-sona keeping hoi-ses shall 
 put up the manure in heaps, and shall remove 
 the same at least every spring and fall, and 
 oftener if the Health Officer sftall deem it a 
 nuisance, but where hogs are kept and the 
 manure heap is in common, then the satoe shall 
 be removed monthly and that all pig-sties be 
 cleansed weekly, or be considered and treated 
 as a nuisance, with the penalties attached as 
 set forth in section X2th of this By-Law. 
 
 cometry, &c. § 14. That no person or pei-sons shall hete- 
 -^ - after inter any corpse, inan^ctimetiy or other 
 
 • , place in the said City, unless m vaults or graves 
 
 at least five feet deep, and without removing 
 disturbing, or exposing any other body, or 
 coffin, undeiv>^e penalty hereinafter mention- 
 ed, fol* each ^fence. 
 
 offlccrBofcity. § 15. That herieaftei* it shall be the duty 
 of the City Hi^h Bailiff and City Constables, 
 to aid and assist to carry into effect the pro- 
 visions of this By-Law. 
 
 § 16. That a tax of five shilHngs ^haU be 
 imposed on the owner or ownere^ harbourer 
 or narbourere residing within the said City, 
 of every dog exceeding the age of six months 
 except one dog owned by any fanner vithiii 
 the said "Gty. . \v 
 
 § 11. And ihat such owners and harboto^ 
 era of dogs shall put and keep collai'S on sucli 
 dogs with the name of such owner engraved 
 on the outside of the said collar, and that- it 
 shall be lawftd for the said City Council %;. 
 resolution to order the destimctipn o^ and for 
 the City Constables or any otl|er inhabitant 
 of said City to destroy any such dog "or dogs 
 found mnning fit lia*ge within the City not 
 
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 Owners of 
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 claimed bV any pereon.as the "owner therebf, 
 aftoif a J^dclamation signed bv % Mayor 
 shaHhave been publislied two days, v, 
 
 8 18' And that it Sliall bfe lawful %V tbe Proclamation. 
 
 Mayor by such resolution of the Council to - . 
 issue his proclamation ordering that dogs fthall 
 not run at large during the times mentrdl^ed 
 in such proclamation, and that every owny 
 or harbourer of any dog running at large con^, 
 traiy to such proclamation, shall be hffble to 
 
 be fined a sum not to exceed five pounds for 
 each breach of such proclamation to be i;ecov- _ „ 
 ered with costs upon complaint and conviction 
 before the Police Magistrate, Mayor or any ot • 
 die Aldermen of the s^d City. 
 
 §"19. That it shall not be lawful for any Houjej^of " 
 persottor pei-sons to keep any house or hou- 
 ses of Hl-fame within the City of .Hamilton 
 under a penalty not to exceedfiive pounds for 
 eveiy breach of this By-Law, to be recovered 
 with costs by complaint and conviction before 
 the Mayor, Police Magistrate, or any one or 
 more of the Aldermen ofthe City. 
 
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 inhabiting or frequenting any house or houses 
 of Dl^fame within the City, shall upon convic- 
 tion thereof as aforesmd be subject to the pen- 
 alty hereinafter mentioned. 
 
 
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 21. That all common ^roj^tutes or ^ht^^^^^ 
 
 waliceis wandering in the sheets and high- 
 ways of the said City or liberties, not giving 
 a satisfactory account of themselves, /Shall be 
 deemed vagrants, vagabonds tfnd disorderly 
 pereoDB wifldn the meaning of this Act 
 
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 BY-LAWS OV THE 
 
 Indecent 
 
 ezhibitioMi 
 
 beggwt. 
 
 § 22. That all pcraons openly exhibiting 
 or exposing in any street, road, or public place 
 in the said City or Liberties, any indecent ex- 
 * hibition; and all pereons wandering abroad, 
 
 or placing thenteelves in streets, pablic places, 
 highways, courts, or passages, to beg or gather 
 alms, or causing, or proctning, or encouraging 
 any child or children so to do, or endeavoring 
 by the exposure of wounds or deformities to 
 effect the same purpose ; and all pei^ons who 
 shall be apprehended in or upon ainy dwel- 
 — — ling-hottee, ware-house, coach-house, stable or 
 out-hoi|se, or area, or in any eticlesed yai*d, 
 garden, or place within the said City or lib- 
 erties, and shall not be able to give a satis&o- 
 ' >*/ tory account of themselves ; ana all persons 
 impwtMrei. 'imposing or endeavoring to impose upon any 
 ,^ pei'sons, or chaiitable institution, by any false 
 
 . or fi'bdulent representation, either verbally 
 oi^ in writing, vnth. a view to obtain money, op 
 some other advantage or benefit, shall be 
 deemed va^ants, mendicants or beggars with* 
 in the trae intent and meaning of &is Act 
 
 § 23. That all peraons who shaU be found 
 drunk in any street, higbwa^r, lane^ or public 
 
 Slace in the said City or Liberties, shall be 
 able to arrest and punishment nnder this 
 Act, in the same Imannei* as is provided in ^he 
 cases of vagrant, vagabond iMid disorderly p^ 
 .sons.. '■' -:\'^ :.' ■■■■■■'■ 
 
 § 24. That if any vagrant, drnniken, or dis^ 
 orderly person shall be round offendiiig against 
 tins Ac^ it shaU- and may be lawfmfor any 
 Constable^ or any other person whatsoever, 
 without any warrant for that purpose, to ap 
 prehend such person so found ofiending, and 
 ca rry a nd co n v ey, o r ca u se t o b e ciu *r iS-au d- 
 
 DirluikMpds* 
 
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 dmnkards, 
 
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 'city of HAMILTON. 
 
 conveyed, such pci-son, when so ajiprehend^d, 
 before thq Mayor, Police MagiBtrate or any 
 Alderman of the said City, or to the nearest 
 PoHce station, there to be kept until such peiv 
 son so apprehended can, with all convenient 
 speed be, brought before the Mayor, Police 
 Magistrate, or some Alderman of the said 
 Citjr. 
 
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 § 25. That when any vagrant, vapbond, Vagjntj. &o^. ,> 
 drunken, or disorderly peit^on, mendiQant or&o. 
 ^reet beggar, shallbe apprehended by .any . 7 ^^ : 
 pei-son as aforesaid, aird brought before the / 
 
 Mayor, Police Magistrate or any Alderman -/:. 
 
 of the said City, it shall'and may be lawful 
 for the said Mayor, Police Magistrate ot Al- 
 derman to examine the person or pereons ap- / 
 ■prehended, and to take the evidence upon, 
 oath of any pei-^on as to the matter alleged 
 and charged against the person or persons so >^ — n * 
 apprehended; and if such matter be proved, 
 to fine such peraon orpei-sonssoapprenended 
 any sum of money not exceeding five potmds 
 and costs, and in default of payment of said 
 fine, to commit guch pei-son or pei-sons to the 
 common giaol, for a period not to exceed thirty 
 days. 
 
 § 26. That from and after the passin]K^ofR«P««"nf« 
 this By-LaT^, all By-Laws and pai-ts of ^y- 
 Laws for the prevention, and spppress^n of 
 nuisances sjall be, and the &&mi are hereby 
 repealed ; Prcwided alwdys, that eveiy pro- 
 ceedhig agsdim any person or persons for a 
 breach of sucn By-Law or parts thereof, com- 
 mitted before the passmg ot this By-Law, shall . 
 be valid, and the person or persons shall, on 
 cpnviction, be liable, to i^e penaltiew herein -■ 
 
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 60 
 
 BY-LAWS 
 
 OV TUB 
 
 m »il»«a» 
 
 FaakluoMiAi. 
 
 § 27. That any pewon violating this By- 
 Law, or any Bcction th«rodt shall, upon con- 
 viction before the Mayor, Police Magistrate 
 or apy of the Aldermen, be liable to a toe 
 not exceeding five pounds and coste, or in de- 
 fault of payment to be impinsoned for at«nn 
 not to exceed thii-fy days m the gaol of the 
 United Counties of Wentworth and Halton. 
 
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 4 BY-LAW No, LXXVnT" 
 
 ON POtTiroi TOUND-KEKPHB, FKHCB8, BTO. 
 , J Pa$»ed September l»t,18Sa,J 
 
 WnEBEAs it is necessai^ to reduce into one 
 Act, the several By-Laws now in force relating 
 to the Pound, Pound-keeper, Fences, &c, m 
 the City of Hamilton : . . , 
 
 Be ittherefoi'e enacted by tte Mayor, Al- 
 dermen, and Commonalty of the City of Ham- 
 ilton, in Council assembled, under tihe "an- 
 / %rity of the Upper Canada Municipal Oo^ 
 porationActs^ . :; ,- 
 
 Appointment § 1. That the City Council shall and may, 
 
 ofPoond-keep-g.Qj^ ^j^q ^o time appoint a responsible pe^ 
 
 ** son t# serve the office of PoundAeeper, who 
 
 shall hold his office during th« pletoure <rfthe 
 
 CounciL' .:':''■''■:■■■::'-,.%■.-'■_'','"■:' ■■-..:,:.•.■. 
 
 H«M*,catflft, § 2. That it shall not be lawful for. any 
 S'io^tifS" pewon to allow his, her, or their catde, hone 
 or horses, sheep, goats orswine to fun at iMge 
 within the dty of Hamilton or the Libwrta^ 
 thereof but It shall be lywM for ^o^J^^ 
 
 large. 
 
 breachy, to run at large fi-uiu Uio 
 to the 1st of November, every year. 
 
 
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 CITY OV HAMILTON. 
 
 61 
 
 8 8. That it shall and may be lawful for i';'SjoaXIii 
 any Pound-keepor of the City, duljr appointed hom^*^^ < 
 aa aforesaid, and on receiving notice thereof, 
 and he is hereby reqmred to imponad all [ 
 horeei cattle, sheep, goats and swine that shall 
 
 tresESw on the land of any person or 
 persons (being enclosed by a lawful fence) 
 within the City or liberties thereof; and also 
 to impound all horses, oxen, bulls, sheep, goats, 
 asses, geese and swine, that shall be found . . ' 
 running at large within the limits of the City, 
 
 and to detiun such hoi-ses, homed cattle, sheep ^f — ^ 
 
 and siwine, until the owner or f>wnefTB thereof- 
 shall have paid, over and above any claim for . 
 damages for the trespass and the penalty, the / ^ 
 
 sums following— that is to say : for every ;. 
 horse or head of fiomed cattlci, one shilling 
 
 and three pence eiich ; for every sheep, three 
 
 pence; and for. every hog, one shilling and ..^ , 
 
 thi-ee pence; which sum shall go to the pound ^ 
 keeper mlm fees for impouncung l^ie; sap^e. ^ 
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 § 4. That whoever any horses, horned JJjiJ>«Jj^ 
 cattle, sheep, goats or swine which have been catSei^w. 
 trespassing or running at large, contrary to - 
 this law^aJlbe impounded, ili shall be the ' \ ' 
 duty of the pound-keeper to feed the same . 
 ^(but not untu they have been impounded 
 Welve hours) and for so doing, he shall be « 
 entitled to demand and receive the following 
 allowancel, over and above his fees aa PouncU^^^ft* - 
 keeper— namely : for every horse, one shil- 
 fiag and three pence perday; for every head 
 ^horned cattfef one shilliiig per day; for 
 eveiry sheep Or ^at, six pence per day ; and ._ ,_ ' Z, 
 . for every hog, mx penee per digr ; for tnfke JB . 
 tt^ geese, t&ee pence ; geese to be sold in. 
 
 
 
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 83 
 
 BT-IJk,W8 OF THE 
 
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 K«i«u.b. R 6, That in all cases the ponnd-ke^per 
 
 T«.taf«» , ?, ;^thm forty-eight, and not befo^ twen- 
 
 ?y^o Aui^ aL/the diBtress shall have 
 
 teen imponnded, cause notice thereof m wnt- 
 
 KJaffixedontheponndgate andmthr^ 
 
 . otfemost of the conspicuous PFt?/*l«l*y 
 which notice shall give a P«?'°T v^^! 
 tioiofthe dbtress, aud *«». ^f y. 5^^" 
 Mid where the same is to be sold ; and if the 
 CeT of such distress, 01- some Other p^n 
 riis or her behalf, shaU not withm fifteen 
 B.V.«ao«i !^™ after the same shall -have been affixed 
 SSliSirtrrtaeem the same, by ^paying the charges 
 widinisd.,.. .^g pound-teeper.and the penalty and da- 
 
 maf?es, if any, it shalland may be law^l for 
 ™Eound-keepef to cause suph distr^ tobe 
 
 • S^d, after ^ducting his legal charge^ to 
 ^v the damages, if any, to the person enti- 
 S thereto, «Sid'the penalty tothef^nber- 
 
 ■ lain of tie dty for ctty pm-poses, a^dfte over- 
 
 X if any, to' the owner or owners of sndi 
 
 It^ if kown; if not known, to the Cham- 
 
 •hprlain- and if not claimed withm ttoee 
 
 I ^S 'after being received by-the Chamber- 
 
 • W to be applielfcy him to City purposea 
 
 S 6 That if the owner of any distr^ tar 
 
 kl damage feasant, or any Pfson _on ha^or 
 
 hOTbeha^shall appear, and shall dispute the 
 
 ^on^t.of'damag^ claimed, it shdl ^d^my 
 behlwfiilfor the poundieeper to suimnMi 
 . ttaee disinterested freeholdera^o^lwnseU^ 
 ereto assess the damages; and if the .thyee 
 Lrsons shdl not agre?, the determination of 
 
 • I maioriify of them shall be conclusiv* as _to 
 thrSges, and they shall give in wntmg 
 totheSwceeperastatomentofthe amount 
 
 ■ ^ of the^amages so assessed bjr.them, and pK. 
 . ^ accorlng tothe proviMonfl of the Act 
 Int YietoriH, fliap- 2^- 
 
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CITY, OF HAUHLTON. 
 
 68 
 
 ft '7 TViftt when anv horses, homed cattle, BliS^of socS 
 
 3^S lai^e witEin the CUy, contearv to 
 
 Uw BhaU be impounded, it shall be the duty 
 
 • Kpound^eepr forthwith to give iKrtice 
 
 • toth^HighBaih'ffof8uchdi9tr^,«idotthe . ^ 
 
 M^ ornamea of the pereoM who delivei-ed 
 ti^r^e at the poundrinorder to the recov- 
 ery of the penalty imposed by this law. , 
 
 8 8 That the owner of each and etery p»-nr. 
 hoile/ox, bull, sheep, goat, or swme, taken 
 
 runriW at lar^ ift the City, shall pa^the foK ^ . 
 C^penaltils, over^d above &e cha.-^ 
 of thi V""d-keeper-(that is to say) ?op ^ -.- - 
 'every Btaiion, the sum of two pounds ; for ; 
 evSy Xr ho^e, mare, gdding,oi:a8S,toe 
 
 shill&igs and nine pence ; for every .^f"**" 
 shillinS; for every *, three^ shihngs .md 
 nine pence ; ^or everv sheep, two shaimg, 
 ^ evei7 hog, five stolings; and for every 
 goose, niie pence ; to be reeoverd be^ the 
 loHce Ma^ti-ate, or any one of the Alder- 
 men of thicity, either upon conf^on of the 
 
 parties complained o^ or upon prbof upon the 
 the oath of one or moi-e credible Witaesses. 
 
 8 9. That it shall notbe lawful for any wv- SS"^"^ 
 son or persons, between the first day of ^o- ^'Sil*. 
 vembei-andthefirat day of^prd, to su^ April, 
 his, her, or their homed cattle to run at large 
 
 in any part of tile city or libei-ties. . . ^ 
 
 8 10. That it shall and may be lawful for a»t«»J3Jt^ 
 anl one to drive any homed cirttle so found p«.«d. 
 rnining at large within the limitB, m the last 
 mentionedclause described, to the pound.; and 
 it shall be the duty of the ponndieeper to im. 
 
 pound tiie same until -the penalty of two^hU- , ^^ - 
 fe^six pence> paiS, over and abovep«d.,*« 
 
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 BT-LAWS OF THE 
 
 —"——#•7 '— — ■ 
 
 i<W— — 
 
 Pound-keep*. 
 
 or'afMsin 
 
 addition. 
 
 I 
 
 -ih« pound-keeper's fees and charges, as allow- 
 ed by the thii'd clause, and the pound-keeper 
 shall proceed in the same manner with such 
 distress, and pay over the penalty as is directed 
 by the thii-d, foui-th, and fifth clauses of this 
 
 § 11. That the pbund-keeper shall be al- 
 io jired, over and above the fees mentioned in 
 the third and fourth clauses of this Act^ the 
 following fees (that is to say :) for posting the 
 requisite notices, one shilling and three pence ; 
 for attending for the summons, and sotvii^ 
 ' the same on the appraisers of djon^es^^by 
 the sixth clause k provided, two shillings and 
 six pence ; and for every sale of distress, one 
 shilhng and t^ee pence, and no more. 
 
 ^:^5?r § 12. That it shall be the duty of iiie 
 ££l5ff the°dS pound-keeper to procure a book, in which he 
 ■oription,&o. shall eutcr the number and description of 
 -^ evei^ q-Tiimal impounded by hini, with the 
 name of the pei'son who took or sent the sune 
 to be inmounded ; the day on which he re^ 
 ceived the same ; the day on which thejame^ 
 was redeemed ; and the amount^of-d^aages, 
 or pensJty, and fees pwdj^p-'the party re- 
 deeming the same, or l^e^^oceeds of the salis 
 (if any made ;) and shall, on or before the first 
 ! Ilay of August and the first day of February in 
 
 ' ^h yeaTr make a return to the Chamberlain, 
 inwnting, of the number and description of 
 ^ all distresses received by him during the half 
 year ending on the first day of July and Jan- 
 uary preceding such return ; with the names 
 of the persons ta.king the same to the popnd ; 
 the day received by him ; amount received, 
 and when, on redeeming the same ; and any 
 other information he may deem neceasary ; 
 
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 mtY OF HAMILTON. 
 
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 wliich return sliaH be verified upon oath, and 
 ifihall be in the following form, as near as may 
 
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 UY-IiAWS /OB^ THU 
 
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 Half-yearly., 
 retdrns atul 
 
 uupoob 
 
 Owner or 
 
 agent of any 
 dutreu may 
 to^eOm 
 
 § 1^' Thattjie pouuii-kQeper shall, wheja 
 
 ^ pS"^od- making hia half-yearly-retuiii^'pay over to thie 
 
 teJroXcedfor^Chamberlan all tife moneys received by hiifi 
 
 in-™H,^n. ^^j^jjg ti^^ half-year, which are directed hy 
 
 J^s Act to be paid to the Chamberlain ; and 
 moreovier, that tho^said pound-keepei' shall at 
 all times produce hia book for the inspection . 
 of any |nember of the Corporation,, upon re- 
 •quest to him made for the purpose. , 
 
 § iLThat it fthall and ma^ be^awful for 
 
 the owner, or the )igent of the owner of any 
 
 ^JSft fo"Lny hor^e,' hora^d cattle, sheep^ ^oat, or swinp, aa 
 
 toihe X'tS fh^ case uaay be, to lodge a complaint before 
 
 or for uniawfui the Major, any Alderniah of ithefeflid city, or 
 
 •Jbar^efi Polico Magistmfe a^ainst any pound-keepex*, 
 
 * for iiny injustice which said owner or agent 
 
 may deem to have been done to'ldm, regard- 
 
 ' -ing the "feedings or a^jmlawftdoharges made 
 
 ' by said pound-keepei*^ and should such com- 
 
 Slaint be proved to the satisfaction of the 
 [tyor. Alderman, or Police Magistrate, it 
 - shall be lawful for him or them to impose a 
 fine upon .such pound-keeper, not exceeding 
 five pounds ibr ©veiy such offence, or to sus- 
 pend such pound-ieeper until the pleasure of 
 the Council shall be known th'eron. 
 
 I 15. That every pound-ke^er, before en- 
 teiing upon the duties of his office, shall give 
 a bond, with two sufficient sureties, with a pen- 
 alty of twenty pounds uppn eack, conditioned 
 that the said pound-keeper shall well and fiiith- 
 fhlly discharge the duties of his office, and 
 shall regularly pay over all. moneys which 
 may come into nis hands as poimd-keeper for, 
 thatpurpose. , c . > ^ 
 
 § 16. That a fence mad^ of - railjB either 
 Btaked or ridered, or locked at the comerSy 
 
 bond. 
 
 ▲ lawfaifenoe. 
 
 
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 . CnY\ OF HAMILTON. 
 
 f* 
 
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 being not less than five feet higli ) and a fence /• 
 made of Boards and posts, four feet, high iHall " ' 
 
 be deemed and be.a la^M fence ; and that * , . 
 
 the Police Constabjps of the city shall be the ^•»*»-^^«»p»v 
 fence viewers jn the city of Hamilton and the ^ 
 
 libei'ties therfto^ and shall act as such. 
 
 § iC That »any person ^ty of any infrao- p«»»««^ * 
 tion of* anv of the provi^ons, sections, of / t 
 dauses of'this By-Lawy shall, upon conviction^ - 
 thei^eof, forfeit and pay a sum of tnoney not ' ' V 
 to exceed fiye pounds, an4 in default of pajr- >-i 
 inent, shall '^d niay. be committed to 'the / 
 cbncimon gaol of the tjmt|ed Comities of |V5ent-, i ^ 
 worth and Halton, for a period not to ©a^ceed ; v 
 thirty days/ ^ %\ . \'- . \y. -.■ Cy:'': *:: ^^:i■'f^■ 
 
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 BYLAW No. U: 
 
 ON BAILBpAp BtOO^ 
 
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 .1 
 
 To mih&rize ihs SiibsoHjf>U(m' of £100,000 
 
 Whereas by an Act passed m the present Aot^^atborist 
 Session of Parliament, entitled « A^ Act to ffitW^I 
 enSpower Mimicipal Coijorations to subscribe J^"*' ' 
 for stock in the Great Western Railroad Com- ^ ~. - 
 pany, or otherwise to aid in comj^letin^ iJiat 
 undertaking," the Common Council of the dty 
 of Hamilton are vauthorized to subscribe fyr 
 ^f ]|Timber of shares in the capital stock of . ^ 
 the i^aiid^^po^^ and to issue Bebentni^ '^ 
 pa^Miib]^ at such times and for Buqji suxnlB, wii^ 
 or Tmhotot interest^ ^^^ 
 'think^niiaet, ./■.-^.,;_::; \ ^;/x\ ^ - - 
 
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 '0$- 
 
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 l;^ I 
 
 
 
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 6$ 
 
 N 
 
 BY-J*AW8 OP THE 
 
 COnMnt of 
 of 
 
 gnali 
 Eleo 
 
 iton* 
 
 -^ 
 
 ^ayorto 
 BUMcribe for 
 
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 Aje^ wherea^the said Council, by and with 
 the consent first had and obtained of a major- 
 ity of the qualified electors of the said city^f 
 Hamilton, pt^sent at a meeting duly called 
 for that purpose, by public advertisement, 
 containing a copy of this By-Law, ill the man- 
 ner by the said Statute provided, have agreed 
 td subscribe for 4000 shai-es in „the capital 
 stock of the sidd Company. 
 
 Be it therefore enacted by the Mayor, Al- 
 dermen, and Commonalty of the city of Ham^ 
 ilton, by and with such consent so obtained, 
 as aforesaid : ^ . 
 
 § 1. That the Mayor be authorized, and he 
 is hereby authomed and empowered, to sul> 
 scribe for and on behalf of the City Counca], 
 for 4000 shares in the capital stock of the said 
 Company. ;"• ■ ;:;■:::.; •-■■-^■■^;;^:V. •.::;/ i, ■ 
 
 § 2. And be it enacted that the Mayor for 
 the time being, shall have powet, and he is 
 hereby authoiized and reqmred, from time to 
 time to Msue debentures in payment thereof 
 in sums not less than -625, m the same pro- 
 proportions; and at the same times as the calls 
 upon the stock shall be made answerable in 
 the case of other shareholliers. 
 
 t8. And be it further enacted that the 
 Debentures shall bear interest from the 
 date thereof; at and after the rate of 6 per 
 1^ cent, per' annum, payable at the office of the 
 . Chamberlain, htdf-yearly, on the first day of 
 ibterest paya- May, and the fii-st day of November in each 
 2?Nov^ i.'t. ye&r, md shaU be signed by the Mayor, and 
 countersigned by the Chamberlain^ and shfdl 
 m have coupons attached thereto, for the said 
 
 Mayor to lasne 
 DeDentores. 
 
 'To bear 
 interest. 
 
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 Oiry OV HAMILTON. 
 
 59 
 
 •V 
 
 ' interest^ Uiitialed hy the Mayor and Cham- 
 berlain. -■.■:,/■■/•• . v-v- ./'■•:'' "-"■-;. ' - . ti^ 
 
 S 4 And be it enacted that the Deb^itnres Debentum to 
 so to be granted shaU b^ payable as follows : ^ ^""«^' ' 
 thatistosay:^ ,■.."- ■'■■■■''^\^'''\S^':'':' ''''\:\ ■ \ '' 
 
 The suni of ^2500 on the first day *>f No- 
 vembeis 1856, and $ like sum in each year ; 
 thereafter^ until thejftrst day of Ndyembe^ 
 1860, induave. „ , ^ l 
 
 NovemVor liti 1861, the mm of..,,....V..»...*JBMOg.- ; 
 
 ', 
 
 ~ IT 
 
 "' 1862; '* " .^i...... 4000. 
 
 '*'■■ ..i883| ^■■.;«;»r." ■" »...,..>.,.. v.. •^.^ 
 
 " 1865, " .'.*;.w....i... 70 
 
 "' 1866, ^ " ......-, i....»^%12,500. 
 
 -^."i 
 
 rate. 
 
 § 6. And be it en^acted that for the^ay-speeiU 
 mentof theiaid debt there sliall be levied 
 and raised npon the whole rateable property . 
 within the said city of Hamilton, and the lib- 
 erties thereof a special rate in eaph year, oyer - 
 and at)ove and in Mdition to all other rates ' 
 whatsoever, as follows, that is to say : In each 
 year until the year 1865 inclu^ve, a rate of,' 
 Is. in the pound; duiing the veai-s 184«, I'SSY, 
 1858, 1869, I860, s^rm of Is. Sd in the 
 pound ; during the vears,Jp86l, 1862, 1B63, 
 1864, 1866, a rate of Is. 6d, in thepounj; ' 
 during the years 1*866, 186t, 1868, ,1869 Ja 
 rate of 2s. in the pound ; and in the yeai' of 
 Our Lord 1870, if the said debt shall not have 
 been paid and dischai^ed previously, a rate 
 of 6s. 4d. in the pound. , 
 
 I 6. Provided fJways, and it is hereby en- Proviso, 
 acted that the City Council shall not at any . 
 time or times hereafter sejl or dispose of the 
 said shares, or any of them, except for the 
 purpose of bnyix^ in or liqmdating said De- 
 
 
 
 
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 60 
 
 BY-LA W9 OF THE 
 
 
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 bentui'es, or otherwise securmg the due pay- 
 ment thereof 
 
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 of^'tlSrentSlJ § ^' -^^ provided also, thaf nntil the 
 to be iMued. whole of the said Debentures shall isue, there 
 shall be so levied and raised in each and every 
 year, for the payment of the Debentqpes ac- 
 tually issued, a portion only of the said rates 
 hereby setUed, to be levied and raised,;>^ap- 
 ing such a proportion to the rates hereinbefore 
 settled, as the Debentm^es actually issued shall 
 beai' to the foil amount authorized to b© 
 v-^^---— ■ issued. .-.-;- - ,1-- w; ^ :---.. --^-, -^-■.^- -- 
 
 yf 
 
 City debt 
 £18,53711 
 
 " ^ ' ' ♦' 
 
 * > BYJiAW No. Li 
 
 , ; X)ir IWE DBBT OF THE Omf.^ ' * 
 
 A By-Lcm U>protMefoflr the gradu^ extmo- 
 lion of part of the JjM of me Oitt^fHcmv 
 ' iUon. ^ _ ■,-^-- ':-■■■■■■■.■■•■■!:-..; '" ' 
 
 Whereas, the debt, bona-fide due by the 
 of Hamiltoli, on the first da^ of January, 
 849, amounted to the sum of eighteen thou- 
 " five hundi'ed and twenty-seven pounds 
 leteen shillings and eight penpe ; and where- 
 ' as it ia expedient and necessary to provide for 
 
 Itsgra^ 
 
 Be it thereforp enacted by the Mayor, 
 
 Aldennen, and Commonalty of the city of 
 
 ■ . Hamilton, under the apthority of the Act 12 
 
 , ■ Vic, Ghap. 81, and with the approval, of His 
 
 Excelleiicy the Governor General of this Pi*o- 
 
 V vince in CcninciL 
 
 Debentnree to § 4- That It shall and Hiaybe lawM to ia- 
 be iaroed. Bue Debentures in sums of not less than twen* 
 
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 CITY OF lIAMItTON. 
 
 61 
 
 
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 ■ m •«r»(|i««l#»«»«*»-*«-«J^-*"« 
 
 ty-flve pounds, to the holderaof securitiefl, is- . .:^ 
 Bued by the city of Hamilton, for debts incniv 
 red prior to the Ist day of Januaiy, 1849, and 
 toother parties willing to advance money to 
 liquidate the same: Frovided always, thatPA)vi.o. 
 the amount aforesaid, shall be actually ^iniin- - ; 
 ished by the partial payment of the same, at - 
 • the rate of one thousand pounds yearly, until- 
 the whole is fully paid, : 
 
 § 2, That all Debentures issued.ukder au- f^^al^JJ *° 
 thority of this By-Law shall. bear iiiterest a^^^jAjg;^** 
 the rate of six per cent, per annum, pay:able^ -y j-^^,^^ 
 half yeai-ly, and shall be signed by the May- ; . 
 or, sealed with the City Seal, and counte^isigli- r ■ 
 ed by the Chamberlaiij, and shall be made / 
 
 £1,000 redact- 
 — r-j ~7 4oa •BlUMUy. 
 
 .^^^ ^ , „__ sduc^d as afore- 
 said, by the annual reiiemption of one thou- 
 sand pounds. 
 
 And whereas, the'sim of five thousand seven £5i^^ 
 hundred and seventy-five pounds and fif- note*, out- 
 teen shillings, was outstanding on the first day jJJ., i&). -. 
 of January, 1850, in Corporation Notes or 
 Debentures, of the value of five shillings and I 
 
 ten shillings each, payable one year after date. 
 
 '- ■ ^ .■ •:■■■'■-:■ J'- .^'■: ■■" ■ ■: ■ . ' ■' ■ ■ ' v 
 
 Be it also enacted by the Mayor, Aldermen 
 arid Cotnmonalty of the city of Hanulton un- ' 
 der the authori^ aforesaid, ^ ■ w 
 
 § 3. That it shall and may be iawfol ^ia-gjjj" «>b» 
 sue in the place "of the said Notes as they 
 shall &1 due, when the holders thereof are 
 willing to receive the same in exchayoge/^ 
 "eir Notes to an amount not exceedin^^ m the 
 present year, tha sum of J65,500, and in each 
 
 -ip. 
 
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 62 
 
 41 
 
 3Y-LAWg OF THE 
 
 
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 •••vv««»»*»«»'« 
 
 »|i»4M|W«lf 
 
 u< 
 
 sncceeding year an amount legs bjr JB260 than 
 the amount iaaued in the year ii^mediately 
 uiductionof preceding it, until the whole amount of the 
 XJtto yearly. ^.^ Notes are fuljv redeemed and paid, and^ 
 
 that said Notes shall be signed by the MayCr 
 and pountereigned by the ChambjBi'Iain. ^ 
 
 [Approved of by m« ExoellQncy the Oovernor CFoneral In Council, 
 3rd April, I860.] ^ * . 
 
 BY-LAW No. liXXni 
 
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 ON TIIE GREAT WESTERN RAILROAD OOMPANT. 
 
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 Whereas, this Municipality subscrfbed for 
 four thousand shares or one hundi'ed thou- 
 sand pounds,, in the capital stock of the 
 Great Western Railroaa Company, subject 
 to the condition (under a resolution of said 
 Company) that omy fifty per cent.^ or, fifty 
 thousand pounds, would, be called in and pay- 
 able. 
 
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 Whereas, by a subsequent resolution of the 
 said Baili^oad Company, the Shareholders 
 were called upon* to reduce l^heii* shares one 
 
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 Whereas, this Corporation has issued its 
 Debentm-es to the extent of fifty thousand 
 
 gounds, being fifty per cent upon the stock 
 eld in the said Great Western Kailroad Com- 
 
 And wiie#as, it is desirable to consotidnte 
 said stock, by reducing the same to twothon^ 
 sand shares. 
 
 
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 OITY OiP IlAMlIiTOK. 
 
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 It ifl tteretbro expedient t(\ amend By-Law 
 No. 61, entitled a By-Law " To mUhonzs the 
 subscrmt/Um of One Btmdred Tliousamd 
 ^-^PmmasStoohm the Great We^tetfi Hailroad 
 (7<wwxwiy" by reducing the said stock to fif- 
 ty tnousand pounds. * 
 
 Be it therefore enacted by the Mayor, Al-f^J-^"^^ 
 -dermen, and Commonalty ot the city of Ham- .^>«rc^r 
 ilton in Council assembled, " under the Upper 
 Canada Municipal Co^rations Acts,'' and it 
 is hereby enacted, Tha^he number of shares _^__ 
 subscribed for, under and Dj^authority of said \ 
 By-Law No. 61, be reduced tbstffo^nousand 
 shares, and that the stock to be held by this 
 Council, shall be fifty thousand pounds, or 
 two thou£»nd shares paid up ftock. 
 
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 BYLAW No. LXI. 
 
 >BAL SCHOOL. 
 
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 lb cmthyHze the issue of Debentures for the 
 erecPum of a Cmtrd Schody cmd for other 
 
 jmrposes. .^ 
 
 Whereas the Board of Trustees for Common ^g^j ir,. 
 Schools of tlie city of Hamilton,have presented 
 estimates of the cosiof th6 erection of a Cen- 
 tral School, wnotmting to the sum of three 
 liousand two hundred and twenty^one pounds 
 
 seventeen shillines ; and whereas it is neces- 
 sary to proVidefor the same, and for oth^r 
 expenses connected with the Schools of this 
 city by the issue ^f Debentures. 
 
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 Dflbentorot to 
 ,. be iMued. 
 
 Be it therefore enacted by tU Mayor, 
 Aldermen, and Commonalty ot tbe Chty ot 
 .Hamilton; in Council imeuM under the 
 authority of Act 12th Viptorift, Chap. |1. 
 
 ft 1 ThatitHhallandmaybe'UwfbltofeBUe' 
 delenturc^ for such amonnte m may be from 
 time to time required, for the P«n>o«cfl above 
 ; . Lmed,influniBofnotle^than£25,andn^^^ 
 
 • to exceed in the wholo^the «««\«(.^^*^ 
 Band pounds, and that the same shall be signed 
 — ^— by m Worship the M^or^d ConntersigneO^ 
 
 ^ • bv the Chamberlmn. ' ; ^^ V *- 
 
 At.ixpercent: ft 2. That the sald t>ebenttires A^ bejr 
 intei-est from the date hereof, at and after the 
 rate of 6 per cent per annum— payable hall- 
 vearly at the office of the Chamberlain, on 
 the first days of June ajid December m each 
 
 ' V---.. year. . . ■■■;'.■., v- 
 
 8 8 That the Debentures so to be granted 
 shall be payable as follows, that is to say; 
 
 The sum of five hundred and fifty poundB 
 on the first day lof December, 1852. 
 
 The sum of six hundred pounds on the flrsi 
 day of December, 1863. i' ^, 
 
 The sum of six hundred and fifty pounds 
 
 a 1 _im the first day of December, 1864. ^ 
 
 The sum of seven hundred pounds on the 
 
 first day of December, 1855. _.. . 
 
 The sum of seven hundred and fifty pounds 
 on the first day of December, 1856. __^ 
 
 And the sum of seven hundred and fifty 
 : X. pounds on the first day of December, 1867. 
 
 gpeoiinrteof § 4. That foF the payment of the saidDe- 
 in the £. ijentures, and the mterest thereon, there shall 
 be l e\ 4e4an d ra ifl ed upon t h e whole rateable^ 
 
 PayiblA lat 
 December In 
 e«oh year. 
 
 ■Jfe 
 
layor, 
 !ity of 
 er the 
 
 81. > 
 
 [) from 
 I above 
 nd not 
 ir thou- 
 I signed 
 reigned 
 
 ill bear 
 fter the 
 )le half- 
 lain, on 
 in each 
 
 granted 
 say; 
 
 ' ponnds 
 the first 
 pounds - 
 B on the 
 ^ ponnds 
 and fifty 
 
 said D©-" 
 lere shall 
 > rateable 
 
 
 CITY Of HAMILTOlf, 
 
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 property within the said city of Hamilton and j^ 
 the liberties thereof^ a special rate of two ^ 
 pence in the pound, over ^^jtepfe'"^. <Mid in ' 
 addition to all other rates ^^^M^^t ii^ each/ 
 and every yeai', until th^|H|^Phbenturee^ 
 shall be nilly redeemed anaNH||iF commen- 
 cing with the year 1862. ' 9^.%' ^ 
 
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 BX-LAAy No. XXXVIL 
 ! OH tioTQBiA kvmnjE. '^ 
 
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 ITo^stend Victoria Avenue across iTingSt^ 
 and through and over the property of Thoa* 
 Stineon^ Esquire. \ * -^ 
 
 Whereas; the City Council of the city of RecUai of the 
 Hamilto|i are enabled and authorized, by iz" ' ' 
 tueof and tinder the authority of an Act j^SES^ 
 Bed by the Pai'liament of Canada, intituled 
 ^ An Act to alter and amend the act incorpo- 
 rating the Town of Hamilton and to erect the, 
 same into a Gty," to sttop up, alter, or divert^ 
 any public highway, street, or laiie, or to lay \ 
 out any new sti'eet or highway^ or eirtend ftny '^^ 
 street already laid out : )% v ^. ■ ' ' -^ 
 
 And whereas, |i certain street called y ic- viotorin a 
 toria Avenue has been lately laid out and 
 opened, near the east end of the said city of 
 Hamilton, and crossing King Street, injthe 
 said city, through a certain survey of dty lots, 
 laid out by Hugh B. Willson, Esquire^ on 
 both sides of said King Street ; 
 
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 noe. 
 
 ' And whereasj Thomas .Stinson, Squire, pi«ce or Land 
 owns ft certain piece or strip of land on thegJJUJj"**"T* 
 south side of the said King Street, lying b^ 
 tween the said survey of the said Hugh B. 
 
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 BY-LAWS OF THE 
 
 a"- 
 
 Eiteiuion of 
 Vl^ria Ave- 
 nue. 
 
 Authority to 
 extend Mud 
 ttreet. 
 
 Willson, Bsqnire, and intercepting the ^ntin- 
 uation of the said street called Victona Ave- 
 
 nue: 
 
 And whereas, it is expedient and necessary 
 to extend the said street called Victoria Ave- 
 nne through and over the sai4 piece or strip 
 of land^ the propei'ty of the said Thomas 
 Stin^n, Esquii'e, as aferesaid, so as to connect 
 and continue the same across the said King 
 Street, and through the said sui'vey of the 
 said Hugh B, Wiflson : 
 
 Be it therefore enacted hv the Gity Ooun<al 
 of the city of Haftultoni in Council assembled, 
 by virtue of and under the authority afoifer 
 is^d, that the said sti-eet called Victoria Ave- 
 nue be, and the same is hereby^ eid^nded 
 through, upon, and over the ' said strip or 
 piece of land, the property of tfie said Tho- 
 mas Stinson, so as to connect and continue the 
 same across the said King Street, and throu^ 
 the said sm-vey of Ut^h B. Willson,' as afo|re-; 
 said, in a direct l^e,t|i6 said Avenue to becon- 
 tinned the said width of eighty feet through 
 ' the lands of the saiid Thoii^ Sanson. \ / 
 
 BYJ-AW Na UL 
 
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 ON 0AEBIAGE8, CABS, 0ABT8, &0. 
 
 Be it enacted by the Mayor, Aldermen and> 
 '\- "XCommonalty of the city of 'Hamilton, in coun- 
 icil assembled, ^ under the authority of ihsi 
 -^XJpper Canada Municipal CorporaUons Acts.*^ 
 
 nahdi § 1- "^^^ no pei-son shall, a^r the passing 
 a?SrSSche.,of this Act, drive any coach, omnibtis, cab, 
 **^'^'^**" carriage, or other vehicle, for the carriage of 
 
 out license. 
 
 
OTTT OP HAMII/TON. 
 
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 passengere for hire fr(Mtt one place to another, 
 within the limits of the city of Hamiltonrtwd # 
 the hberties the^df ; nor shall any p^n 
 dnve any sled, cart, truck, dray, or other caiv 
 nage, for the transportation of any goods, 
 wares, or merchandise, fire-woodj or any oth- 
 er thmff whatever, within the bonndaries "of " 
 the said city an^ liberties, without being li^ 
 censed so to do by the Mayor or two Aider, 
 men ; Provided always, that this By-Law shall 
 not extend, or be construed to extend, to any ^ 
 
 keeper of a Livery Stable within the said citt 
 and liberties, who shall not with ^his vehidea- ^ 
 occupy any. of the stands hereinafter named v 
 and described. /^T 
 
 § 2. That the Mayor or ^y two Aldermen, HI^V** <* t''* 
 may hcense as ar driver of a coach, omnibus iSeSrSiaS 
 
 cab or other such vehicle, to be used for the '**^**'' 
 carnage of passengers for hire, or as the dii- 
 jer^ a cart, truck, dray; or other carriage, 
 for the transportation of goods, wares^meiv ' 
 chandise, ^-e-wood, or any other thing what- ' > 
 ever, Withm the citycffHanulton andfibertiefl > 
 iany <me who is of the age of eighteen yfears - "" 
 and upwards, on his giving mo^ security 
 
 fer the payment of aU penalties for the m- " " ° 
 tractioa of this By-Law, and the damages :* 
 caused^ him, and paying for each and evwy . ^' 
 license 'as foQows:- .\: ''^^llr • ''■^' ■■■'■- 
 
 ^ For everycoach, omnibus, or carriage draw^ H 
 by two OT more hiirses, the sum of three > - 
 
 P<"inds..-- .. ■■.■■.■-..:, .ii^: :, V •■;, ;,:.:: ;.,:'r'Vo'-;; 
 
 ^ BWevery cab, cart, or other vehicle, drawn "^^ v 
 
 oyoneJiorse, the sum of two pounds. - . - 
 
 ^ every cart, tnw*, dray, or other such ! ^ "^ 
 «M™§e for ilie transportation 6f Ibods, the 'V 4^^ 
 sum of one pound ten shillings. • -y 
 
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 BY-LAWS OF THE 
 
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 Boud. 
 
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 License not to 
 be ^wignod. 
 
 ^'Expiration of 
 -license. 
 
 StaQd for ' 
 <waches, cabs, 
 See. 
 
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 Provided always, and it % hereby declared 
 tobe the true intent and meaning of this By- 
 Ijl^that one li^nse as aforesaid, shall not au- 
 thon^ liny person to drive more than one ve- 
 hicle, either' for the carriage of persons or 
 the transport of goods, as the case may be. 
 
 § 3. That eveiy person obtaining a license 
 as the owner or driver of any coach, omnibus^ 
 cf^b or other cm'riage, or of any cart, track, 
 dray or sled, shall execute a bond in the pe- 
 o(al^iimof twenty-five pounds, with-tyro, sure- 
 ties i» the penal sum of twelve pounds ten 
 shilling #ap, conditioned for this payi|i^t^ 
 and discharge of all penalties for whfcff^e 
 shall be liable under this 5y-Law, and also 
 for the payment of any damages for Which 
 he may be Jiable in law to any person or per- 
 sons in the exercise of his calung. 
 
 § 4. l^at no person shall assi^ his license 
 (op ipermit any other person to diive his cqach^ 
 onmibi|s, cab, cA^ truck, dray, sled or other 
 caniage,) unless he obtain permission for so 
 dom^ jfrona the Mayor, (for the time being,) 
 which permission shall be endorsed on tht 
 back of the license. 
 
 § 5. That all license^ ffranted under this 
 By4aw, shall ex}»re on the fii'st Monday in , 
 November in every year ; Provided alwayi^ 
 that no ^rther sum shall be charged upon 
 renewing a license, than the amontit hereinaf' 
 ter specified, to be paid annually for regis- 
 tering. '-■."'■:- ■";■'■■ ■.;. ..'- ■^>'^'" . '■ 
 
 > § 6, Thp.t the following ^escribo4"^Iace 
 shful be the only stand on which it sh^ be 
 lawful to place for hire, coaches, calbs^ ox other 
 ^uchBke vehicle in Slimmer, or corresponOing 
 
 
OITY OP HAMILTON. 
 
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 Bclared 
 iliisBy- 
 notaa- 
 one ve- 
 sona or 
 ^be. 
 
 b license 
 ooDibtis^ 
 track, 
 the pe- 
 ro, sure- 
 ids ten 
 
 id also 
 • wMch 
 L or pep- 
 
 I license 
 scpach^ 
 r other 
 I for so 
 beinf 
 on tl 
 
 ler this 
 ndayin 
 
 dnpon 
 ereina^ 
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 vehicles m winter, viz., that part of the Gore 
 between Hu^hson and Jam® Streets : Provi- 
 
 ^L3l ^f^^^l^ ^^ ^" "^^^ 1^^» with *^e 
 ^horses heads directed towai-ds Jame^Sti-eet. 
 
 V § 7. That in eveiy case when the ab<ive 
 described stand is interaected. by cross streets " 
 " fy^* paths, con-esponding. spaces shall be 
 left forthe same ; and alt vehicles frequent- - 
 mg such stand shall close up the rear, of each, 
 respectively, according to tft order of their 
 arnval. ^1 
 
 8 8. That for conveyance of .passengers DivWona. 
 apd transport of goods, the fblloiW desSib- ^ * 
 ed portions ^f the citjr and liberties^hall be "-■ 
 taJcen and held as cfi visions thereof .--First 
 Xhvision : That portion between the third 
 concesfflion on the South; Queen Stre^ on the ' 
 West^ Barton Street on the ISTqi-th, and Wei- « 
 
 ijngton Sfa-eet on the East. Second Division : 
 Ihat poiiaon of the city and Ubei^esbeyon 1 
 the above described dhrisioil, and witiiin thf 
 limits thereof * 
 
 _ § 9. The prices which may be charged b^ coach-diivej* 
 the owners or drivers of coaches, dr^ by "'^•^**- -^ 
 twQ or more horses, are as follows : . . *: 
 
 , 1. For conveying a passenger |rom 4ny of pi „. . . 
 the^wharyes or stand to any place within the v""""' 
 
 m«t division, and vice vei-sa, one shilling; and V 
 lor ev«ry additional person, three pen<S. V' 
 
 _2. Forconveying one passenger frdia any SeLdDiw- 
 ot tlie wharves or stand to.any place within •^*»"- « 
 «ie second division, and'yice versa, one shil- 
 ling and three ppce; andfor every addition- 
 al person, three p^iee. 
 
 3. -Pme per hour : two shillings and sixp»i«m^ 
 pence fo^^5irt^ery hour. 
 
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 (,'«b-driveni' 
 cfaarg[cs. 
 
 Second Diflri 
 Dion. 
 
 Por hour. 
 
 The prices whicli may be chat^ "by the ' 
 owners or drivers of cabs are as follow^: 
 
 i^r^t Divuion. 1. For coi^Veyuig one p^enger from wijr v 
 of the wharves or stand to ^ny place within 
 the iii-st division, and vice versa, seven pence 
 half penny : and for every additional p^i»on 
 three pence thi*ee farthings. "^ 
 
 2. For owiv^ying one passenger from Miy 
 of the wharves or stand to any place within 
 the second division, ,wid vice versa, one bM- ^ 
 ling A^d for ev^ additional person, th^ * 
 pence^hree farthings. ^ , 
 
 a Time per honr : one shilling and ten 
 pencliialf penny for the fii-st honr ; xme shit 
 fing and three pence for every subsequent 
 
 hour.;.. -■■ ^.v;^;_ ■;. ■ ' . ' \, 
 
 Tariflf of car^- Tariff of Cartage as follows J 
 
 '*" i; For each load from any of tlie^?^ 
 
 FimtDivision. ^^. ^^^^ ^ any place within the first division, 
 seven pence half penny ; to ^any place within^ 
 
 the second division, one shiUing.. 
 
 2 For wood per cord, and ftimiture by the 
 load, from any of the whams or stand^ 
 any place within the first division, one jhiK 
 ling and three pence ; to W. place withm 
 • the second division, one "shilbng and nine 
 pence.-,: : . •■;■"■'■■■■ 
 
 8 10. That it shall be lawM for ]^eownr 
 T^r'^yde^er or diivei- of such horses, cab, liackney 
 ttiaod prompt ^^u omnibus, cart, or other carnage,^ to ae- 
 
 ' • hire of th^rson hiring or usmg, anft^evejy 
 person refoffliig to pay the^same fOTthwith, 
 shall and may be fined a* hereinafter men- 
 tioned. 
 
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 §11. Tlj^t whenever sti^ets form the S?*^? •t fl* ' 
 bounty of the above described divisidns, ' ' ■""• ' 
 <iie premises on both sides of the streets shiU >^ ,V ' 
 beconsidered to be included within the divi^ ' 
 fiion to which the said street 'Shall have firat m 
 been named as a boundary. ''* > ; - t * \ 
 
 : § 12. I^at it shall not be lawful for the overcimr^jing. 
 Owners or diivers of any coaches, cabs, or 
 other vehicles, fi:equentin^ the publ^c^8tand8 . 
 pf this city to demand or exact for<^ the con- 
 veyance bt^ersons from one place to anoth- 
 er in the sold city or liberties, in auclj coach- 
 es, cabs or' other ;^fc|hi«l^ higher rates or . >^el 
 charges than those mentioned and specified ' 
 aforesaid, whether* the same shall J>e estima- 
 teidby distance or 'by time. ; ru^ . ^ • 
 
 § 18. Thiat any person or pewns engaging Bxtm chan^ 
 sncn coach,, cab, or other vehicfe,.wh%5ian *^'^S^"®''- 
 detain the sanie at his or her place of desti- 
 uatidn, not more than five mjnntes, shall be 
 entitled to return in t^e 8ame%> the,place of 
 depfurtnre, withont paynient of an^^addition- 
 al fare : Spoyided that should such d^ntion 
 ertendbeyond five minutes^ but noT-tp a 
 qviai^r bl^aii honr, any such driver or owner 
 sliaU beentMedtocharge Jmd^^^ paid one^half 
 <tf tt« origin^ 8(r% as retqrli^^^ 
 such detentibni be f<jp a Qi^arter <^ an hour,' 
 sucii:diilr^rorownershsll%e entitled tocharge 
 md be paid two-thii'ds of the o&inal fl&re, 
 aa return &re ; dindif such ^detention be for 
 more than half„ an hour, in such case it shall 
 be optional for such driver or owner to charge 
 and be pjid agreeably to the rate of time ; 
 imd, provided always, that in every, descrip- 
 tion of vehicle, each passenger be ^oT^Bd a 
 reasonable weight of luggage free of charge; 
 
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 u ».w=«*- uty and libertie^j ^^^ . 
 ^j,j^^ ™«« ^iai&j rates in the above t»riff\> 
 fel^^^om.a?! after the hour of m^n h^ 
 iM)ckin^e;eveiimg^frQra the first of Octo- W^ 
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 ^ 'i'^i^h.re catted -• any^person yailinfi: ont any caiv 
 
 «?**^'i^^ i^ik citrtL. cabv Hs other vehiclfe, n*om its 
 
 ^^^S^fxn either of Hiie stim^f, estabhshed by^ s 
 V '^ :!«&& iytlaw; and not femploying th^aamQi],, 
 ' ^r^- 8^ be* ield and boundio |«y^to the 6wn^[ ; 
 ' ^,^^iSriy# the lowe^ rate <if ' 
 
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 . I Gei.iofT«riflf "*§ i*^ That thediiverof^atiy cqach, cab. 
 «oi^^ vehieRr% toe in thesaidj 
 
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 city, shall, when re^uu-ed so to do by a 
 perkin 6r persons Jttpig such vehicle, fdn] 
 a cdpy of tlietanp|f conversance herei 
 
 '^ tionedj' , •■ ... ■■':-- ■/ ■■': : ;' • ■ ,.;^.,;,;';' ,.:;:..;. ■^■- ^U 
 ^^§ l#That no person having charg^ 
 any coach, cab, cart, truck, or any such re\ 
 cle, on ^y of the 8tahds,shall wantonly sn< ^ 
 
 ' or flourish his whip, nor at any timeneedleas- 
 
 i ly leave such coach, cab^ cart, or such othet 
 Vehicle; nor shall he^make jise of any a^gJJ- • 
 
 : lobscene, or impertinent language, (tfany | M^ , 
 Iwhatever, while in charge th^epf > ' ^p^^^' 
 
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f )^J cfer OF iiXinti/roK. 
 
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 t v,§j,'Qi That every coach, omnibu8 or cab, Jj^p" *<> ^« 
 i|l«^^feftf(nven or used in the night, unless it be 
 ^^^^^ihght, shaE haMO fixed upon some con- ^ ^ 
 wWi®"® pai-t of the outside, in front thereof, > 
 
 'sides, and having the number of cei-tificate of 
 regf try thereof, in plain le^le %ures of at - 
 . le£«t one inch in length, pamted with black 
 pamt upon each of the said lamps, (and, no 
 other figujre or devicej) in such manner thdt 
 the same may be distmctly seen and known,- 
 
 § 20. That there shall be affixed inside T«riff of rate. 
 • every coach, cab, orsuchlike covered vehicle, **'^«»®*«^' 
 
 in a conspicuous place, a card on which shall 
 'be piinted in plain legible charactei-s, the 
 
 number of the vehicle, name of the owner or 
 
 owners, and tarifi" of rates, the latter to be - 
 
 furnished by th(^ Corporation. 
 
 1 I 21. That every owner, diiver, or pei-sonNumbef ofvc- 
 having char^ of mj coach, carriage, or cab JJ'^J^^^rSbJ 
 as aforesaid, in the said city, shall, upon being 8»^»n- 
 requested so to do, give the jtimiber of hS 
 yemcle, the name M^hi^W^ and • 
 
 to place of a^od©!^ ^^^ .r^.^.- 
 
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 § 22. That C^^ provisions of th^foi'^iW^i^^^^ 
 lections of this By-law, ^except thdse'in^efer^SlSJSi^ "* 
 ence to l|in|)S, shall apply, and be held to^*^' 
 appljr to sleighs, and winter vehicl^n of %h^^ ^ 
 d[e8cription which shall be used for hire in,.the 
 said city and libertiei^. , ^ «w^ 
 
 § 23. That theltol^^ng described place^vg''%S!K*«»'^ 
 flhall be the only spiliNgiig city, on which.*"^'^^" •; 
 it shall be lawM .to^ace for hire, ,caiiB,.v^ 
 truck^ or such like Y^hicles, and correspontl- 
 ' ing winter v^icles,^^, ti»at part of the Gore ; ' 
 iSst of John Street ; ju^vided the vehicles ' • 
 
 
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 piiJSd.*" ** § 24. That each cartman, as sooii as licensed, ; 
 fih& <sau8e the number of his license to be 
 "Mriy painted npou each side of his cart or 
 other vehicle, with black paint upon a white 
 ground, so as easily to be seen on the square 
 of the after part of the shaft, and to continue 
 
 §, the same. 
 
 cartnien refaa- § 2 5. That uo cartmau shall neglectior re- 
 {SW.^**°" fuse to cart, or employ his lioi-se, or hoi#s . 
 and cai-t, truck, waggon or oth^ii^riage, foT 
 any pei-son when required, tiuless he be then 
 actually otherwise employed, or unless the 
 distance he ihall be required to go. shall be 
 without the boundaiies of the city an4 liber- 
 
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 v,**! 26. That if any accident or injuiy shall 
 happen to any person, cariiage, vehicle or an^ 
 other thing by reason of coining in contact 
 with aiiy cartman's hoi^se or caVt, oi' anything 
 which is loaded on such cart, while the same 
 is moving, it shall be the duty of thiB cartman 
 QT driver of such hoi'se and cart, immediately 
 to Stop, and, if necessary to render assistance, 
 and give vhis name, place of"- abode, and 
 number of his cart if required, „ - - 
 
 § 27. That no driver of any carnage, cab, 
 cart^and omnibus or other vehicle, shall be j 
 allowM to drive his carriage, caii; ■ or bth^r 
 vehicle upon any wharf at a faster pace than 
 
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 L3. That eveiy licensed cartman shall, 
 wMia^lled upon by the*Mayor, or aiiy of the 
 Al^ffiaen, or the High Baliff, or any of the 
 
 Awiatanoe to 
 be given in 
 caM of accid- 
 ent. 
 
 Driviol^ on 
 iKharv9s> 
 
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 Aid to be ren- 
 dered to City 
 Anthorities. 
 
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 Constables, by aiding anyf^asisting witElliB 
 cart or other vehicle, in the conveyance' to 
 piison or elsewhere, o£any pei-son'or poreons, 
 aiTested for any offence tirithin 1^he *city or 
 . liberties. • / v'' 
 
 75 
 
 § 29; flRt it 'shall not be. law^l for thetJrfvenj of 
 diivw-s, or ownei-s of any cart, truck, or any o&f 1o S! 
 other such vehicle to demand or exact for the It rS»^. 
 transport of any goods, wares or mjerchandise, ^''*^' 
 fi-ona one place to another, tvithiii the said 
 
 cit^ of Hamilton or libei-iiis^ ,bigh# X'ates V 
 
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 charges than those naeittiojied and speci- 
 fied already, except as regards the article of 
 H. coaJi" for which ihe caHei-s may charge per 
 ;load;in8l«ad of per bushel, if they thiijk pro- 
 sper so to do, according to ttej!ate$ in that' 
 'VTtehalf -.-.,; .-..,./.■ ' '^ 
 
 § 30. That eacli drii;er ov owner of a cart. The nmoiint of 
 truck, or other sucMettole for hii^^ shallj if ^*'*^ '^ 
 required, caiTy^^ a sufficient lB^ad,'*fchat is to say, 
 so ranch as cmi be conveniently stowed in lua 
 cart, wagffon, tipuck W other vehicle, and as 
 19 reasonable ,foi: on^ or niore horaes, as the 
 case may be^ \ V 
 
 .§ _^3i. That any calflKvwhb shall be on the carter, shau 
 stand aforesaid, unem^y^, shall be held to&r°™°^***' 
 accomradatei the firet pei-sOn who shall offer . 
 
 him employment, and that nbr carter shall re- ^ * 
 main and loiter ab4|t ' unemWyed in any 
 other place than on Sie stand aforesaid. »« 
 
 _§ 32. That all caii^ra and pel-sons emplo: 
 ed. as carta^n, within the said city or fir" 
 ties, shall be^ble-bodiedjnen, and capa 
 loading his cart, wagg^Wlbther vehicldLand 
 sh^ be provided with good hoi-ses, ai^M)- '-' 
 
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 persdn^^^li Vnreasonably, or cruelly, or 
 otherwfel iltuse any hoi-se, or oAer animal 
 under 'Jfitf care, within the said dBy or libei^ 
 
 .ties. \., 
 
 wai«.m.tto ' § 84/ That |o person shall c*rt water or ^ 
 beowtedon other articles, oT fihall causo Water or Other 
 
 "' *^* ^ .ai-ticl^ to be carted on « Sunday, unless in \ 
 case (Sfire or other emergenc y. -^ — :^ — 
 
 ^ ftmergencyr 
 
 CTU&c not § si. That all , carte, wagons or other 
 to drop p^of vehicles, used in this city or«}ibertie8, for the ^ 
 ^'^*""®^ transport of loose m^eriSb, Ijhftll be<io coii*v 
 structed aiS not to ||[|p.a5Jo8eq^of th^load 
 V ..: on the streets,.'. ^.■::■P■.^■v■:^ ■;->;.;: ^{" 
 
 Begtai*^ that i^y^ai^B^ '^ 
 
 £££J^r' oymeror ownei-s of%if ^^^' ^' camlfee, '•*• 
 cai,*^ truck or other yehide, kept^^j.tlSed|Dr ^^ 
 the c^niagfe of paesengeiiTl an^gdills for hii-e, 
 i:^" withiiilthtf said city otr lib€M| jfaereo^ wlia 
 
 may |ifeke#tif a Heeisft for flpsflle, to cause: ' 
 
 '^.hi|i|2ii' tier ttame to be^egist^-«d and entered 
 
 • "^Tjiok to vbe kept fer thajb pui-pose, as 
 
 ' K hVein^r pA)vided, on" or before ,the first 
 
 '" Monday in - November, ill each and eyety 
 
 ^ear, and to receive a ceiiaficate of his registry 
 
 and numbei's, to be attached to his horse and 
 
 Vehicle in the maimer the Supeiintendent 
 
 hereinaft^ mentioned shall dired;. • 
 
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 snperintend.. | 87. Tha^ a Suitable and proper person 
 
 ^^ T sh& be .appointed by the Common Council 
 
 ■ •' of Sikid city, tb superintend the regulation and 
 
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 ' and ^ other vefeles for liire, whose duty it 
 
 
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 shall be to visit the public HtaiidH, and »]] ' 
 placefl where Such coaches, cal)fl, cart«, trucks, 
 and otHbr vehicles are permitted to stand, 
 and enforce the rules and regulations rc^spcct- 
 im such coaches, cabs, carts, truclft or other 
 veTiicl68, ap.d the drivei-s thereof, and to main- ,; 
 tain order toonj^t the same, and prosecute 
 all offendere iigainst this law. 
 
 B8^ That it shall be the duty of said per- suporintend- 
 8on so %be appointoiS, to keep books ofnlkoniSgi.. 
 
 ^ registiy, .■bvrliich shall bo entered every year *'*^- 
 
 ^il# names W^oachmen, cabmen, cartmen, and~^^ ^ 
 drivers of e|N|^ kind of vehicle for hire, with- 
 
 ■ in the said city'a^liberties, and he is hereby 
 ^uthoiized, on an^fter the flm Monday in 
 November, in ^ach and eveiy yeai*, to issue cer- 
 tificates of registry and humbera to be atach- 
 ecj in the manner ip shall direct to the hoi-ses 
 and vehicle of all coachmen, cabmen, ca;*ters, 
 and drivers of other vehicles for hii-e, for all 
 
 »#hich certificates and numbere, the said per- 
 
 -8on so to be apjfointed, shall be entitled to 
 demand and exat^Jpr, and on behalf of the 
 Corporation :— FiBsi, For every certificate of 
 reigistiy and numbel^ of a cai-t, fifteen shil- 
 lings. — Second, For eveiy certificate of regis- 
 try and double number of a cab, or other 
 v^ele drawn by one horee, twenty shillingft.'y ; , 
 
 y?r^THiBD, For everj^cie^ificatp of registry and . 
 
 double number of a coa;i[^, omnibus or other 
 carriage, drawn by two or more horses, thirty 
 
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 , • § 89. Hat no pereon- shall exchange, lend Numbei* not 
 out, or permit to be used by othere, not in ^ *^ ^*°* * 
 his, her, or their enip%, his, her, or their 
 number or numbers, for whi©h certificates 
 have bieen taken out, or shall have a number 
 
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 on their ho»o, coacb, cab, cai^t or other 
 vehicle, different from the number registered 
 
 The Mayor dto. § 40. That it shall be lawful for the 
 o^^""^ Mayor, for the tiuAU being, or in his absence 
 any two of the Ald^i-men, in his or their dis- 
 cretion, to suspendkoi- displace any diiver of 
 any coach, cab, cart^ truck, dray, sled, sleigh, 
 or other carnage licensed under this By-law, 
 for any misconduct; and no pereon who shall 
 have been so suspended, or displaced, shall 
 hereafter drive any coach, cab,. cart, ti*uck, 
 dray, sled, sleigh or other carriage, without" 
 being permitted in writing so to do by the 
 Bald Muyor for the time being, or the said 
 Aldermen by whom he was suspended. 
 
 Penaitiet. § 41. Thjit any peraon guilty of any infrac- 
 
 tion of any of the provisions of this By-law, 
 shall, on conviction oefore the Mayor, Police 
 Magistrate, or any one or more of the Alder- 
 men of the said city, forfeit and pay at the 
 discretion of the Mayor, Pcjice Magistrate, 
 Alderman or Aldermen convicting, a sum of 
 money not exceeding five pounds for each 
 offence ; and in default of payment of any fine 
 imposed for the infraction of any of the pro- 
 visions of this By-law, together with the costs 
 of prosecution, it shall and may be lawfu^ 
 for the Mayor, Police Magistrate^ ^Aldermao 
 or Aldeiinen, convicting as aforesaid, to issue 
 his or their warrant to levy the amount of 
 , fine and costs, by distress and sale of tha 
 offender's goods and chattels ; and in case no 
 sufficient distress to satisfy the amount of fine 
 
 * , and costs sh^l be found, it shall and may l>e 
 
 ^ lawful for the Mayor, ^lice Magistrate, 
 
 Alderman or Aldeimenaf aforesaid, to com- 
 
 mit the offender or offenders to the Common 
 
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 • CITT OF HAMILTON. 
 
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 ^*?^ /?^ *^^ ^^^^^ Counties of Wentworth 
 and Halton, for any penod not ejtceeding 
 
 (Th« «bov« By-Lsw U Amondfld undar Bj-Law 104.] 
 
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 . . BY-LAW No. CIV. 
 
 TO AMEND BY-LAW ON- CA09, OABTO, AC. 
 
 (Pa$ied MlTIhcembtr. IW3.J ' 
 
 Whereas it ig necessaiy to amend the By^ 
 law on cabs, carta, carriages, <&;e.j 
 
 Be it therefore enacted by the Mayor, Al- 
 dermen and Commonalty of theCityof Ham- 
 i ilton, in Council aaaembled, undet and by vir- 
 tue of the Upper Canada Municipal Corpora- 
 taons' Acts : 
 
 § 1. That it. shall not be lawful for any peiv ^''▼w not to 
 son in charge of any coach, cab, cait or ot^er rntjiS/Si"' 
 vehicle for hire in the City of Hamilton or the 
 liberties thereof, to neglect or refuse to em- 
 plo)r his hoi-se or hoi-ses, coachydart, cab ' * 
 
 carriage or other vehicle for M^Mi-son or 
 persons, when required, unless%j^e then 
 actually employed. (The fact of his bein^ 
 . unemployed shall be that, the said coach, cab ' 
 cart or other vehicle of said pei-son is on any ^ 
 of the stands mentioned in said By-law, or at 
 the railway depot, or the steamboat landings 
 in said city.) / ° , 
 
 § 2. TJiat the owner or ownei*8 of any such Security to be 
 coach, ;cabi cai-t or other vehicle foiv hire, as t™ of cIb?E: 
 atoresaid, shall give notice to. the City Clerk • 
 withm twenty-four houi-s after hiring any and 
 every of the drivei-s of said vehicles, and shall ' 
 then give security to the Municipality of the 
 City of Hftmi I ton^ h im fldf^a^tbo^ponal sum of 
 
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 twenty-five pounds, and: tv^o surcs^ m ^ 
 penal ^um df twelve pounds^n sluH^ each*v , 
 lox the good belia;vioaiv and % Wmeirfe Of 
 th6 penal^es and:fliie8,ft^ whi# mck. dj^ver , r 
 or ^8erv|«it^8hall%ecoaie llable-fe iitfracUon^;"^ 
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 seblion of ^$? 
 
 W^^ Am,::^' .-^^^^^ 0jf^gci;By4aw. be,amended. %addi^- .. 
 
 ^^^.:';:;i^a:/\/^M:.v ':■'#■ '^^ and^en. pence;; ,:■; - 1 
 
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 J i;' . @^S:Bm.alid MHce #> 8e« that tfi^tanff of r^s ^ 
 
 ^ .:f :^" ;g ia affiiedii^de s^e^cabs, coaches aiidattej- 
 
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 -:-M''^rom anf pIplB^in^e ESi^^ivi^onio; 
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 ^Fi'om any place in the Firet Division to - 
 atiy place m the Becoiid Division, and vice 
 verea, under ten cwt^ one shilUng and six- 
 
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 : Fi-ora any place in the Eirst Division to any ' 
 -^ place. m the Second Division, and vice vei»i 
 pyer ten, Q^vt.,. two shillings, . ^' -' ^ , 
 
 " f.,f t: ^^*^^* *^? present tariff of charges t«w. 
 
 foi cal)s, carnages, <fec, b^ repealed, and Sie 
 ^stollow^ig be adopted : ' 
 
 Charges for cawiages,^ &c., 4awn Ry two 
 
 • w ^^^ ^^i-s^S'-^Fi-om any place withii ,the 
 
 *Y'8tD^Fision,to.any,pl^ce within the Second ' 
 .. Dlvi9|0n,ai^vic4^^j^oneshilHngandthrea^ '. 
 f ence ^&r '^ach ^^nel pei^on^ five pen^e. 
 
 ' ni!}l^')&^^'^'5^'^J^^^ Second "' . 
 
 . .J^'^^^'^^:m0^^<^^ -within the ^ame ^V ' 
 . :rDmsian, on^^hn^ ^ for each additioftal per- . • 
 ; sen, l^ee pence. ,,.... ^,, , ^ 
 
 . \. , Charges ]^^« hoiir.-.Fort[r8t Ihour, thrpe shil^ 
 . hAgs aad^nme^penee ;. ieach additional horn- 
 after the first, two shillings and six penc6,. 
 
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 ' plaee wiBhm the Seco^d Division, and vice 
 
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 . ;yei^w>ne shilKng; foi- each additional per- 
 , son, tni-ee .pence.. ^5 • -' ^ 
 
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 A From ^y^ac#vithin the Fim or Second 
 
 t DiYision,;tQl|ry^a(^within'thesame Divi-^ 
 ^ W.8evej[ pence half-penny:; fir -eachMdi-! 
 tionaj.pei'son^hree pence. ' . .' 1P ^ 
 ^ ^.C^g^'UeVlour: Fbr flret hour two shil- 
 
 •^ S^r/ ' K F?^^^ ' '^^^ additional, hour ^ 
 . -after the second hour, o^e shilfing^ ^i^ten \ 
 - 'pence half-penny.\ ;..' - . ^ \, 
 
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 •BY-LAWS OF THE 
 
 -Penalty. 
 
 ' 8 f That all sections andparts of said By- 
 law inconsistent with this By-laW shall be, 
 and the ^me are hereby repealed. 
 
 8 9: That any person guilty of a^ infi'ao 
 . tion of this By-law, shall, for every offence, on 
 <5onviction before the Mftyor, Police Magis- 
 trate, or any of the Aldermen of said city, 
 forfeit and pay to the uses of the said city, a 
 Sum n6t to exceed five pounds and costs, and 
 in default of payment of the same, shall and 
 maybe committed tothe gaol of the United 
 Counties of Wentworth and Halton, for a 
 peiiod riot to exceed thirty days. -^ 
 
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 By4aw to moMeike (Mparation of tjie OiW 
 of ffamiltmto'mbsor'ibe foi^ fourh't^ed 
 Shares m the Stock oftU Gait and Guelph 
 
 Bailway. 
 
 (Pamd ^tU November, 1853.; 
 
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 Whereas the Railway Clauses Consolid^on 
 Act declares that it shall apply to eveiy Rai^ 
 Way which shall by any Act which^ shall 
 thereafter be passed be authorized to be con- 
 sti-ucted.„ And whei-ean an Act of the Paiaia- 
 ment ofthis Province, passed in the sixteenth 
 year of Her Majesty'ipiK", entitlejl, An 
 Act to authonze the construction of a Kailway 
 frcnn Gait to Guelph,"^ authorizes the said 
 Company to make ajjd complete a Rail way, to 
 be (^kd " The Gait a»d ^"^^ Railway 
 Company." • 
 
 And whereat also the Railway Clauses Con- 
 solidalion A&t provides that Municipal Corpo- 
 rations in this Province may subscribe for any 
 ■ ir of shares in the capital stock of, or 
 
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 CITY Q|.\ HAMILTON. ' 
 
 f^li^"^* ^uaranteo^ the payment of any 
 sun^ ot rn^ey borrowed by any such Companr 
 from any Corporation or pei-son^, or enforse^ 
 oi parantee the payment of any cbbentui-e 
 to be ^ue4 J,y such Company for the money 
 by them borrowed • ^d tW theV shall have 
 powe^rto assess and W|:Om t«ne to time, 
 upon , the whole rateable' pix)perty of the 
 Mumcipalit^ a sufficient sum for thfei td dis- 
 
 a«yfr x^® l^y^ engagements contracted ; 
 ai^hat no Municipal Corporations shall sub^ 
 scnbe for stock m, or mciir any debt or liar 
 
 ^J^^^t^ ?r the ^ecid Act, un- 
 less^nd untd a ByJaw/ t(, ' fckt |fect, shall 
 Ha^ be^,to^ade and adopfed^ith t(r 
 <Jonsent first had nf ft mhiv.vU,r>^*i;'. r'^i" ; 
 
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 elertow of the Mimicinafity, to be a«certaiaed 
 m.s^ mtoner as Ml he aetermined by the 
 8m«%.law, after pnblie advertisements ttere-' 
 Of, (fining a copy of sBch proposed By^Jkw, 
 h^v^ffefen inserted at least four times in k<* 
 nV3m.e^pnnted within the. limits ?»t& 
 Municif^ality. :■ '*(>?*^ 
 
 And where^ the Mayor,' Aldermen aiid 
 Commonalt^^of the city of Hamilton, as on6 
 of the Municipal Corporations therein intend- 
 ed, by j«id with the consent first h^ and ob- 
 tained in manner hereinafter mentioned, of a 
 Majority of the qualified electors of the said 
 5ity;.p|-es^nt at a meeting duly called for that 
 pm-pose by a public advertisement containi&ff 
 acopjr ot this By-law, inserted ^ least fc 
 times m each ^Jj^per within th^'liats of 
 the said city of Hamilton, in th^ manner by: 
 ^e said Act provided, and held atthe Cii 
 BM,mthe8aidcity of Hamilton, onMondal ^ 
 the twenty^rst day of November, in the ye^ 
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 ^ BTrLAWS OP TJflS 
 
 
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 Mayor autho> 
 rized to Bub- 
 ncribe for 4000 
 •bares in Gait 
 and Guelpb 
 Bailway. 
 
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 liayor autbo- 
 rized to iBsne 
 PebentureM. 
 
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 jt>6bentfirc;a to 
 
 bcMirSperrMlty 
 
 4it(»|^tper«B- 
 
 fifty-three, have agi-eed to subscribe for four 
 hindred -shares *in the capital stock of the - 
 Gait and Guelph Railway Company, ui)onih^ 
 conditions that the debentures hereinafter , 
 mentioned shall be takep at pai-bj the said , 
 Company for said stock. : 
 
 Be i* THiBRfi^^RE ENACTED by ^ Mayor^ 
 Aldermen and Commonalty of the city of 
 Hamilton, in Council assembled, under and by 
 virtue of the Upper Canada Munieip»l C<«^' 
 poration Acts— and by and with such consent 
 of a majority of the qualified electore of the 
 said city so obtained as hereinafter mention^ 
 ed; that the Mayor be, aiid.^he is ]\^^'^}7 - 
 authorized and empowered, t^ subscnbe for 
 and in the name, and on the behalf of the 
 City Council, for four hundred/hares m *he 
 capital stock of the Gait aM Guelph Rail- 
 way Company, upon the jjpiuiition above re- 
 cited. '%j .] . 
 
 § 2. That the Maybi^diP' the city for the 
 time being, shall have ^ower, and he is here- 
 by authorized and recjub-edfrom time to time, 
 to issue 'debentures in payment of the said 
 stock, in sums of not- less than twenty-five 
 pounds each, in the same propoi-tions and at 
 &ie same times, as the - calls upon the stock 
 shall be nia^e answepble in the case of other 
 shareholdere. » " -> - ,; 
 
 1^3. That^thfe sftid> debentures shap bear 
 iniUrest frc^m the dates thereof, respectively, 
 
 rfl 
 
 at thip rate^ of six pei\centum p^r an^um, . 
 which iiit^rest shall be^parvable a^h^ office , 
 
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 berfaiii of the said city, Mdlhill have cou^ 
 poife ^jttached to each, tor the said interest 
 with^he signature or initials. of tlie Mayo? 
 and Treasurer theretd. And the said de^feii:^ 
 ^tures-shall be .payable twenty years after 
 their date, and issued with a proviso thatcthe 
 said Council maj redeem them at any time 
 after five years,^if they sWl desire t</do so. 
 
 tulslSr^f^'^'t^^ *?^ said>ben:sp«ci«,^tet«:^ ' 
 tuies so given for the said stock, and«the half ^«*«^''^- / 
 yearly interest thereon, there shall be. levied - ^ - '- 
 and raised upon the whole mteable property., f - 
 both real and pergonal, within the ^i(f cit^^^-f " 
 fi^jpecial-rate m each year over and abovi^^ r— 
 
 
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 and m addition to ^11 other rates whatever 
 as fblloT^s, that is to say :^ -^ 
 
 ^, In eadi jear after the present jeair, oiie^nepennr m- •> \. 
 
 thousand eight hundred and fifty.fehree, until '""'^ • 
 andv.mcluding the year one thousand ei^ht 
 liundred and seventy-two, a rate of one penny - f. - 
 vint^ pound upon the rateable property cJ: T"^ 
 ifhe^id citi, ^ " . : -v^ * ^ 
 
 '^J^I^^'°^ *°T*"*^ eight hBnarfido.e.biiH„g . ' 
 J ,; l^^enty-t'^o. . tte sum of one shiUinff and ""-""y": J 
 
 te tevenpou^eia the pound, upon kWeS''""*'"'""^ . „ 
 proper^ in the city, to pay the intereat on the ■ • I/. •■• 
 d^nt,»^foi. th»t jeariand the said- debenl' t/:^ J ,• •: 
 
 ■f?,: P«5^=?>'**''»^AT^ that if the wh»le - • ' ' ''-' "• '■ 
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 kbk-jproperty for the next succeeding year, 
 anSifery succeeding year^ until the said de- 
 ^Biflres* ^il thi? intere^Uhereon^ shall b^ 
 
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 - . . •A3fiy Provided A&AxSj that untij the whole. '■] 
 
 f'f tiiie 4id de|)en1^iii!eB.sh^ll;is8ue^ there shall ° 
 e^ levie3:?iitod'raise(i i« each Imd j 
 
 
 
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 ''^^ 4 ' " ^Ve^vfoi*^^. payment of^' the debentaires a6- j 
 ^. i C^ Jbi^te^sued, k.p6yti(^only of ,th€^ said ratea £^. 
 -^ r'^^7 V* here% 8fifttled.3bd 1)6-% ]beai^> -. 
 
 "' : i i " ° 'fo^sui^ Woportion 4;<l t^e'irates lLerfei:nbeft)re 
 ; ;X'- -' s^eil, as th^ ^ebgaftiii'es ^^allyMiwed s Wl yi 
 
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 :a^ t,;^^*f * . ;• \^t6c^ and all^Mvi^nfe^ momeferi-eceaJ^ed, 
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 *^;^f Vr "^J^^ftbe tbe qualifMd f lectori of^^the^Baid ^'' to the-^ 5 
 1:, r •'*: ^ . triKSM^am^ at Qitv Cotincil of th^ sSid City sutj^i'ibing tbr ^r- 
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 ■ Si^t^^J^i^f V^*^''' "'^y- on Monday ('' 
 the twenty-flrst day of November, in theye^ ' 
 
 "' fiftv^hr^ rf *'"'?r ? <?'«''* hundred and 
 
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 ^ £e tiv nf t^''^ i"",? E'*^"*' °'-> »» his al> '. 
 Si '* l^^.f fte^ Aldermen of the said citv ' 
 
 ^ 'rtl t.i.*''*" *''*'' submit to the electom 
 tnen and there present, the qnestion— « ShaU - ' 
 the C,1iK>onncirof the said citjr suLribe for - 
 
 ^^^w«y Company, according tofthe provisions^ 
 
 . whether, m-his ojpmion, the maioritv jsfo/v- 
 .fte <^rova^ orX,pp^va^ of ihe^S^ : - V 
 
 «<liijg«9nd demand a poll, and snc^i doUsLiI 
 
 , .. b^^anted, and held at the City hK the ^ • 
 
 ,,' j^rson pr^idmg at the meetingf and shall b^ 
 
 . ■ ;^,#ately talen by. him, thf' c"f th^ 
 
 ^ Mump-pahty acting as poll clerk. Each elector 
 
 ^I then present himfelf in turn to the per- 
 
 .s^jpresidmg and shall give bis vote "W- . • •■ 
 
 ■•.tl,.7 n ^^ dwapproy«s the same. - And 
 •that all momcpal electo«- po««gsed of the- ■ - •*'• 
 . aecessaiy property quaUflcaLn to vote^ ■ - 
 
 Aldermen an/eouncillor«Tor sai,f city, whSf - 
 ' oTZ^'^J^^f -cessment volilJift . - 
 the kst mumiapal election, shall I^ ^ntitled^ . 
 
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 • to vote^ notwithstanding their not being resi- 
 
 dents of the wai-d in which said polling place 
 is held. - ' 
 
 &aiSS^ § 9. The^ person presiding nhall adjourn 
 following day. the Doll at four o'clock on the day ot meeting 
 until ten o'clock in the forenoon of the follow- 
 ing day, not being a Sunday or statutory 
 ^ holiday, when the poll shall be continued as 
 on the iii-st day, but shall be closed at four 
 o'clock of such second day ; and that said poll 
 shall be kept open a third and fourth daj^ 
 fi'om ten o'clock in the morning until foiir 
 o'clock in the aftenioon ; it shall be closed a* 
 ^ any time on the first, second, thii'd or fourtk 
 
 y 
 
 % days, if one half hour shall elapse without a? 
 vote being recorded, i^ ' . 
 
 SiS;tSr § 10. At the close of the po^ 
 
 the By-law^ be pregi(Jing shall count the "yeas'' ^d the 
 
 approve o . u jjays," and ascertain and c^i-tity, for the infori^ 
 
 /" mation of the Council which ori^nated the' 
 
 ' By-law, whetlier the majority is for the ap* 
 
 proval or the disapproval of *tiie said By-law, 
 
 i and such .certifici^e shall be countersigned by 
 
 the Clerkof the Municipality?, acting as Secre- 
 
 taiy of ' the ijieeting, an.d Jkepjb by film with. 
 
 * the poll list arfi^fi^^t^e recoi^(!8 of his office., 
 
 § 11. Thijt ttt^^y-Ja^ shall %e inserted 
 fom* tim€s jys'eachhewsp&peir printed within 
 the said^M previous;1^ the tty^nty-first day 
 ofSov^mbeuneXt %- -■""■' ■ *■ ■ ■^■■-"^ ■■ ' 
 
 S~ -lam to b« 
 rertised. 
 
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 ' CITY OF HAMILTON. « 
 
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 » ■ betweenthe ^^h'side of King street and the 
 ; south side of York street, and whereas the 
 »; said street has been surveyed and reported 
 ap# by the City Surv^eyor : ^ 
 
 " .n^^^^^^^^'^^^'tf^^^ ^^^ ^i*7 Conn. . 
 ^ll of the citv of Hamilton, in Council assem* 
 
 bled, mider the authority of an Act, 9th Vic. 
 ■ ufti^To*,';;, ■ ••■,..■ * 
 
 _ That from and after the pa^nL' of this Bv- 
 .I;7f the hmite of said street shall be i ' 
 
 /^Commencinjg.at the stone monument plant h™.,^' 
 ed on the westoriy rfde of Hess sti-eet and on ^Sffl 
 thj, north 9|de of king street ; from thence on *T"^ 
 
 .^/tr "^w r ^** . t' <"«*• *° a post planted tfe ■ ' 
 •:on,the so^h ime of York street, shalf be the i^ 
 westerly hmit of said Hess street ; and tLt a 
 ^e mnmng from the stone monument plant. , I 
 
 on tfae e?e* «ide of Hess street anS the ' 
 south side of York street, i-unning in the 
 fi^ection south 20 o 80 west, to its fnt^rsect. 
 *n with King street, shall be the easterly 
 W of said Hess street, in accordance with 
 
 It P^ S^ ■^P*"'* "/*''« ^■«' City Surveyor ; 
 , ^^d Hess street having a wi/tlx of &y! 
 
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 ^ BY-LAW No. XXXni. 
 
 GEORGE AND, HANNAH 8TEEETS. 
 
 
 Whereas it is expedient and neces^ for™. , 
 
 rtonr the south side of the block of land in 
 ^§nnger^ Survey, jthe property of Arthur ^ 
 
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 mr-i^ws OF Tiiic 
 
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 ' Bowen, Esquire, eq.ual to th(B lengtli and • 
 
 breadth of George street, on ilio south suie ot 
 ' thesakl block, shouhl be opened, and that 
 the said land now fonning George Mreet, . 
 • should bo Bubstitttted for the hmd ot Arthur 
 
 Bowen,8o m to continue Hannah ^treet to v . 
 ^^ Walnut street ; and dub notice having beeit^ I 
 ^ ffiven as the law directs and sets forth m the 
 . . Act of Incorporation of the city of Haradton, 
 forty*eighth secti^^ , 
 
 jted by the City Council 
 in, in Council assembled, 
 ih Vic^ Chap. Y3., 
 
 Haonah street 
 defioDd and 
 
 Beittherefo 
 of the city ^of 
 under authority 
 
 !..«,«. «-c. That from and after the passing of this By- 
 ifaiikSf. Law the street cotnmonly known as H^nah 
 sti-eet, in the survey of the late George Ham- 
 ■ ilton. Esquire, shall be canied through in a 
 dii-ect continuation of a breadth of sixty-six feet 
 to the west side of WaWut st^et, and that 
 the allowance for a street oyer at the south 
 side of said continuation, shall be established 
 
 for, and ^ven into possession of the said Aj> 
 thur Bowen, Esquire, his heirs and assigns, in 
 lieu thereof 
 
 BYJuAW No. XXXn 
 
 . ON ASSIZE AND WEIGHT OF BEEAD. ' 
 
 /Passed 26th June 19^^ J 
 
 Whereas it is exp^ient and nece^aiy to 
 pass a By-Law to provide for the Assize and 
 W eight of Bread, and to secure to the citizens 
 and olhers a wholesome article of food, within 
 the eity of Hamilton, under the forty-second 
 section of the Act of Incorporation : ., 
 
 Be it therefore enacted, by the City Council 
 of the city of Hamilton, in Council assembled. 
 
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 red 
 ma 
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 shall I 
 any bj 
 or mej 
 yreced 
 forfeit 
 poundj 
 
 this cit 
 of this 
 and dif 
 
 loaves- ( 
 two po 
 
 his hrei 
 and tha 
 wording 
 
 who shf 
 shall fo] 
 as well 
 part, if 
 gjregate 
 eight lo) 
 over, th 
 a jpenalt 
 ofieixce. 
 
 § 7. : 
 
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 OWr Of HAMILTON. 
 
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 «-•*•«••«■«( ViittHvaa^ 
 
 L f tniatft'om and after th« first ^ay^ 
 
 .. ; Ifuly next, all breacl baked and oftered oir ex- 
 
 - P^^ the city of Hamilton, shall 
 
 ;, beniadeof good and . wlioleaome flour wid 
 
 V •" nwaljjand sold by averdupois weight. ' 
 
 i^ti^* T'^^* ^^ ^"y ^ftker or other i:Jer8oh^«'»''"^'f^'^i"ii ■ 
 shall maj«5forsale, o%v or pr6caretol!esdd,i;;^\*^ 
 any bi-ead.ot arnr other than wholesome flour ' ' %> 
 or meal, or shall sell the same contrarytothe * ' !: i 
 
 precedmg section of this law, such persoa shall "'*''■ ^ "■" 
 c«*™»^ a^*pay not exceeding the sum^ of five ■ * 
 pound^ tor «very such offences /; ^ , "ri^ir^A 
 
 . ^ a That a»jloaf bread offered foi ^h msd^m^'- 
 this citv not m conformity with the provisions ^'^: ? ' .? 
 of this law, shaU be forfeited and be seized / > : ^^ 
 and disposed of for the use of the eaid city. ^ ; ^ ■ 
 
 -^§ 4. That the loaves. shaU b\ quartern Pourpouoa,'" 
 loaves- of four pounds, and a half qiki-tem of '"•^' 
 two pounds. ,* '^--^ V 
 
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 -'^ , .1 ^v That the purchaser noay demand that B«kw to - 
 
 his bread be weighed at the tim^ 93F delivery ^«*«h' " * 
 and that the baker or vender d6-.weiffh it ac^ ^ 
 cordinffly. ■ ; 
 
 -§ e^That^nrMkeror yender 6f ^rea<i Bread and* 
 who shaU ofter for sale bread under weight, ^^1 
 shall forfeit the same for the iisebf the ^ty ' 
 
 as well as the whole batch of which- it is a * 
 part, if upon inspection the batdh in the a^ /• 
 
 ^^te shall be found short in weight, or a^ ^ 
 eight loaves indifferently selected : and more- ' 
 over, the bak^r or vender shall be subject to 
 apenalty not exceedmg five poundafor each ' 
 ■ -.onence. . ,-;' ■- "■.■■■.■ ■ ,y , -. 
 
 ^J '^^ That bakers or vendere shall have l^Tsta^., o. 
 
 fibly stamped on the bread the initials of the B«*^- .- 
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 § 8. That/the Mayor, of in his absence the 
 Chairman of ihe committee of police, shall or- 
 der the Inspector to weigh the bread at un- 
 certain peri6ds and report on the same. 
 
 § 9. Tl^t any pei-son infringing this By- 
 law shall, upon complaint and conviction be- 
 fore the PoUce Ma^strate, or any one or more 
 of the(jaty Councillpi-s, be subject to a fine 
 not exceeding five pounds and costs, and in 
 default of payment to be impiTgonedfiot more 
 than thirty days. 
 
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 BY-LAW No. XXV. 
 
 ON BOARD OF HEALTH. 
 
 (Pdi8ed'2l$t of February, IS4B.J 
 
 Wiereas, it is expedient and necessary ix) 
 provide for the health of the City of Hamil- 
 ton, by appropriating a Boai'd of Health and 
 City Physician therein, and defining the du- 
 . ties and powers thereof :^Be it therefore enactr 
 ~ ed by the City Council of the city of Hamil- 
 ton in Council assembled : / 
 
 § 1. That4*om and after the passing%f this 
 By-law, it shfil and mp-y be lawM for the Ci- 
 ty Council of the City of Hamilton, from time 
 to time, by Resolution, to appoint so many of 
 Vthe members of the City Council, or other fit 
 and proper persons, as they shall deem pro^ 
 per to form a Board of Health, to aid and as- 
 fflst the Mayor of the City, to carry into ef- 
 tfect the provisions of this By-law, and all_ oth- 
 ^y ers that shall hereafter be passed, to preswye 
 the health of the city, and to prevent the in- 
 troduction and spreading of mfectious and 
 pestilential diseases witfin the same; the 
 
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 CITY OF HAMILTON. 
 
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 Mayor or presiding Couftcillor for the time, to ' 
 be a member and the chairman of the said 
 Board, when present ; and in his absence the 
 membere present shall elect their chairman, 
 pro t^ftvpore, any four membei-s thereof, inclu- 
 ding the chairman, to be a quorum. 
 
 § 2. That it shall and may be lawful for Board of 
 ^y orthp said Board, or any pefcon appoint goldi°tof'*^ 
 ea by thfe Uity Council for such purpose, as**'^'"*- 
 often as hp;shall think necessaiy, in the day 
 tmie, to ent^' into and upon thie.premises of 
 any pei-son within the city, and to examine 
 the same ; and if upon any such examination 
 It shall be found that the said premises are iii 
 an unclean and filthy state, or that any matter 
 or thing exists therein which 4n his opinion 
 may endanger the public health, it shal^je • 
 his duty to repoii/ the same to the said Bc^ ; ^ . 
 Mid that it shall and may be lawful fbr tfie 
 Board, upon being satisfied of the tru^h of • 
 such repoi-t, to order and direct the proprietor Proprietor or 
 or occupant of such premises to cleanse the SSJSrthJ" 
 same, amd to remove whatsoever shall or may"*"^- 
 be found thercfon, whidh, in the opinion of 
 such Board, m^y endanger the pijbhc health.' 
 And in case m% jpiX)prietor or occupant of any 
 such premisesfshaii nedect or refuse to obey 
 thaoi'ders and* directions of such Boai-d, it 
 shall- and inay/ be lawful for said Board to 
 order the constables and peace officers of the cHy officer, 
 city to enter on the said premises, and to'S^Z'ZZ^. 
 cleanse the same, and to remove therefi-om 
 and destroy whatsoever, in the opinion of SMdf 
 Boai'd, it may be necessary to remove or de- 
 stroy for the preservation of the public health. 
 
 § 3. That it shall and may be lawful for one or mow. 
 the City Council,. by resolution from time to Kp^'SS. 
 
 .■*fe^-' 
 
'f^: 
 
 V 
 
 94 
 
 BY-LAWa OF THE 
 
 time, to appoint one or more City PhysicianB, 
 resident within the city, whose duty it shall 
 be to examine and report to the B^'d of 
 Health, according to directions of such Boai-d, 
 ^ occasion shall require, the general health 
 of the city— whether any and what disease, 
 danf^ei-ous to the public health, prevails there- 
 in ;°the cause thereof when known, and to 
 recommend the adoption of such means as he 
 or they may think best, to do away with, and 
 prevent the spread of the same ; who, m the 
 discharge of his or their dtitv shall be gov- 
 eraed by, and subject to spchrules, regula- 
 tions and instructions, as sMMe made and 
 given to him or them for su<fi|R'p<>^e, by the 
 rr . 1 , «- City Council or Board of Health ; tod who 
 SrinJVS shall hold his or their offide during the pleas- 
 ure oi the L.y^^^ Council and receive for his or 
 
 ■x 
 
 Council. 
 
 ure 
 
 their services such remuneration as shaU be 
 hereafter established for such pui^pose by the 
 Council ; or audited and allowed, in the same 
 manner that other accounts against the city 
 
 are. 
 
 >^ 4. That when any disease of a malignant 
 
 or mfectious character shall be discovered to 
 
 •exist in any dwelling-house, or outrhonse, tern- 
 
 the same. 
 
 ' Board of 
 Health to com- 
 pel the occu- 
 pant of *ertaiu ^^^ ^„w , 
 
 ?emove*from tmi'&i^j occupied as^a dweUiug within the ci- 
 ''• ty, situa^ted in an jonhealthy or crowded pai-t 
 thereof; or in a neglected or filthy state, or 
 inhabited by too many persons, it shall aiid 
 may be lawful for said Board of Health, with 
 th/ authority of the City Council, ^ven by 
 resolution upon the recom^le^dation of said 
 physician, at the proper cost iand charges of 
 the city, to compel the Inhabitants of any 
 such Dwelling-house,'or out-house, to remove 
 therefrom, and to place theni in sheds, tents, 
 
CITY OV HAMILTON. 
 
 95 
 
 means can be takei)J)y said Bpard, with the 
 authority of the Council given as aforesaid, 
 for the' cleansing, ventilation, purification, and 
 disinfection of such Dwelling-house or out- 
 house, • ' 
 
 _ § 5. That it^ shall be the duty of such And to report 
 
 JJoai'd ot Health, as often as necessary, to re- ml!Lu'>"h' 
 port and recommend to the City Council the <^ityCoVnc*i 
 appointment of such officei-s as are not herein cSy'ou" thu, 
 named, and other pei-sons, "as in their judg^ '^^''*^- 
 ment shall be required to attend the sick, to 
 ' caii-y into effect Mie provisions of this By-Law 
 or any other hereafter to be passed, or any 
 order of the City Council or Board of Health 
 respecting the matters herein contained, and 
 
 for the general health'of the city, and that 
 remuneration be paid to the same : And all 
 such ofl^cers and pei^ons shall receive their 
 appointment ft-om the City Council, except in 
 cases of emergency,* when the Board of Health 
 may employ them until such report and re- 
 commendation' can be made to the Council. 
 And all contracts shall be made, and supplies . 
 obtained, by such Board, with the authoritv .%%" '"'^ 
 of the City Council given as aforesaid, and all 
 debts and disbursements contracted and made, 
 of eveiy nature, for the objedircontemplated' 
 by this By-Law, shall be ajidited before the 
 same ai-e paid, in the 8$^e manner as oiler 
 accounts against the 
 
 _^§ 6. Tliat if anyberaon shall wilfully dis-^«, .^ 
 obey or resist ani^ jawM order of the said diS^g ' 
 Board of Health, Wlany officer or person duly Stf^^"* 
 ^pointed according to the provisions of this 
 By-Law, or shall wilfully violate any rule, 
 order, or regulation, made and declared under 
 this By-Law, or the power vested in the City "^ 
 . \ ' - - . ' ■'- ..'... ■ ..''■'■- 
 
 -4, 
 
96 
 
 B1-LAW8 OF Tilt: 
 
 •••••r ■•" 
 
 
 Council, for any of the purposes herein men- 
 tioned, or shall mlM\y resist or obstruct any 
 pei-son appointed according to this By-Law, 
 m the due execution of his duty, such pei-Son 
 upon complaint and conviction thereof accord- 
 ins? to the provisions of the Act, 9th Victona, 
 chapter T3, entitled. An Act "to alter a/nd 
 amend the Act Irworporatmg the Tmn o^^ 
 ffamiltm, a/nd to ei'ect fJie satne hito a City^ 
 shall he liable to be fined a sum not exceed- 
 ing Mve Potmdf*, besides costs, to be levied on 
 his goods and chattels, for the general use of 
 the city, and in default of payment, to be im^ 
 prisoned for a pei-iod not exceeding thirty 
 daijs, according to ithe pi-ovisions of the said 
 Act inthat behalf \ 
 Euhrand Regtdatm.9far the guidance of the 
 
 Health Officer, ajmymled under the Ham- 
 
 iUm Board of Health. 
 
 1st. It shall be the duty of the Health 
 
 Kluthr" Officer to visit the Sti-eejbs and Lanes of the 
 
 .treets, &c. ^.^^^ ^ ascertai'ii ifauy filth, manure, or other 
 
 . '■/' offensive matter exists \in quantity, so as to 
 
 endanger health, and if so to cause the same 
 
 to be removed, eijbher bj^ the scavengei-s ap- 
 
 :^ pointed by the ^Corporation, or those working 
 
 :. ttnder the Board of Health, and deposit the 
 
 same in such places as may be appomted for 
 
 that purpose by the City Council. 
 
 2nd. It shall be his duty also to visit the 
 Yards of Private Dwellings, Taverns, Hotels, 
 and appei-tainei-s to other buildings, to as- 
 certain whether any manm'e or other offensive 
 matter exists therem, and either to order the' 
 frsame to be removed, forthwith, or to cause 
 same tk) be removed/ chai'ging the expense 
 thereof to the pai-ty impKcated, and in the 
 
 And yards, 
 dwelfings. 
 
riTy OF HAMILTON. 
 
 t)7 
 
 fevent of interniptiou or refusal to pay stwh 
 chame for removal, to complain of the same ' 
 to the j^hce Magistrate. » . 
 
 ■: ^ 3ra. It shall be also his duty to viHitDAvell-nwdii... 
 liig Houses Vhere pei-sous.may be suspected ''"""''»• 
 ot lyiri^ ill with contagious diseases, and to 
 order the removal of same to the Public Hos- 
 pitals, and in the event of neglect or refusal • .- 
 to complain to the Police Magistrate. V • ; 
 
 4th. It stall be his duty, to see that the To .«,o «.« 
 bodies of pei-sons dying of dieases, be buried .tSnarr'* 
 
 m proper time, before danger can arise from ^•»'"'*'*' ••> 
 * decomposition. iToper timo. 
 
 ««i^ V^f ^' ^""^ ^"^ ^* *^^ properp.vic,tobo 
 season ol the year, to iiscertain if privies «'"i'""^- 
 whether m public or.in private premises, re-' 
 qmi-e to be emptied, and either to order the 
 same to be done or to remove the deposit by 
 
 means of the afoi'ementioned scavengei-s, chai-i 
 ingfor such removal a fan- rate, piSportionect 
 to the service ; and in default of same being 
 attended to, to complain to the Police Ma^^i^ 
 trate. ° . 
 
 aU drams, whether private or pubHc, and tofT''^'^^^ 
 report those in the streete to the City Councn. tfrS-po. 
 and regarding private drains, to order same ''''"'"'**'• 
 to be remedied, or cause it to be done chai-ffl 
 mg thei-efor ; and in the case of neglect Or 
 refusal^ to complain tothe Police Ma^trate. 
 
 . BY-IAW ]^. ixXL 
 
 Whereas It is expedient and necessaiT to 
 
 r 
 
 l) ?« s a By-law . to p rov ide for keeping bilb ot 
 
 ^* 
 
98 
 
 nY-LAWrt (7F TUK 
 
 inoi^tulity within the city of Hamilton, un<lei- 
 the 42nd section of the Act of Incorporation : 
 Bo it therefore enact(Kl by the City Council 
 of the City of Hamilton, in Council assem- 
 bled. 
 
 / 
 
 prncti..n(r S 1. Tluit ft'om aud ^ter the firet day of 
 
 aitillS July next, every practiHini? pliysician withm ' 
 r«turn»» tlic city of Hamilton, and every Sexton or 
 pei-fion having the charge of any burial ground 
 
 within the city, shall make the certified re- 
 turns liereinafter mentioned to the City Clerk 
 on the last Monday in. <3ach month. The re- 
 ' turns of the physicians to contain the names 
 of all their patients that liave died dunng the 
 then past month— the residence, occupation, 
 place of nativity, and cause and ffcae of death, 
 length of time resident in Hamilton, and 
 whether married or single, with any remarks 
 as to the prevailing diseases that the physician 
 
 Rohimtohoiirgiiall think important ; which retm-n may pe 
 '''^'"""''"•^ in the form hereunto annexed; and the re- 
 turns of the sextons or pei-sons havmg the 
 charge of any btlrial ground within the city, 
 shall contain the natiies of all persons that 
 shall have been buried in the burial grounds 
 belonging to the church of which he is sexton, 
 or any burial ground in his charge ; also the 
 oe<?upation, age, place of nativity, date of 
 death, length of residence in Hamilton, 
 ^jvhether married or single, and whether a 
 ^ pauper o^ot, and may 1^ in the form here- 
 
 unto annexed. : V 
 
 Clerk toTPcord § 2. That it shall be the duty of the City 
 nuchreturnB. (;iiei,]j to record such retuiTis iu a book to be 
 provided by the City Council for such pur- 
 pose, the same to be city property. 
 
 TrnMfy § 3 Tb(M^ «^y ««C^ PH^^^^^" ^^ >^ ^^^^ 
 
 \. 
 
 ■V 
 
 '/'■■ 
 
 v 
 
under 
 ation: 
 ouncil 
 waera- 
 
 ay of' , 
 within ' 
 ;on oi* 
 ground 
 ied re- 
 Clevk 
 'he re- 
 named 
 ng the 
 pation, 
 deaths 
 Q, and 
 3marks 
 ysician 
 aay l?e 
 the re- 
 ing the 
 le city, 
 IS that 
 ;ronnd8 
 sexton^ 
 Iso the 
 iate of 
 tmilton, 
 jther a 
 n here- 
 
 le City 
 )k to be 
 ch pur- 
 
 ly Buch 
 
 VITY OP HAMFU'ON. 
 
 Name, 
 
 FOim OF l»MVSI(;iAN'S KCTiritx" 
 
 RosJdciico.J Occupation. 
 
 Formt. 
 
 IMftcc of Uiith.jAgo.lCauso of Death. 
 
 — ■ -. ■ , ~_^-- _____ Ph^ynicia 
 
 FORM OF THE KKTURNTnTT^Fi^^XTON! 
 
 Nome. I RcBidtiucc 
 
 ()ccuimtioD.| Place of ^irtli JAte.jTi.no of Bnriol. 
 
 "^ 
 
 I 
 
 90 
 
 «extoh or pei^on having charge pf any Buch 
 burial ground, fit.hng to niaSe such returns, 
 upon (.otnplamt and convictioiL therefor, shall 
 be liable to be fined a sum not exceeding five 
 pounds with coste, to bo levied out of his 
 ^oods and chatties, and in the event of suffi- 
 cient goods and chatties not being found to 
 Je^l>n.ned ibr a peri^^ 
 
 "~ ~~- . tiexton. 
 
 BY-LAW Na LXXXVL 
 
 ON INNS, TAVERNS, ALE AND BEER HOUSES. " 
 
 (PaMcrf ZJer. 1^2«rf, 1852.) 
 
 Whereas it ig expedient and necessaiy to 
 consolidate the By-laws now in foixie relating 
 to Inns, Taverns, &c., <fec. 
 
 Be it therefoi-e ena<jt6d, by the Mayor, Al- 
 dermen, and Commonalty of the City of 
 Hamilton, in Council assembM, « under the 
 Upper Canada Municipal CorlorationTActs.'' 
 
 fhll;?^^^^'^ f^ ^^'^ the passing ofRepealof By. 
 
 this By-law, aU By-laws in any way relaSnff ^^ p^?' «« 
 to the regulating or licensing JnJry^rJ^p-^ ^^^^y 
 
 -■.»■»■ 
 

 100 
 
 IIY-LAWrt OF TIIK 
 
 PnnntiN to 
 
 AIc aiul Hwr Housom, and nil li<niH«*whoro 
 BpirituouH liqiioi>4 are hoUI, nhali b^ md tlioi 
 Haino aro lieroby rcpoaloU. 
 
 § 2. Tlmtnopoixoiiorpei-HonsHHlunfibtain 
 I?h"11' *!..>. mOi' ^><^ ontitlod to obtain from tlu5 Innpoctoi-H 
 luiiMJctom. of I louHoH ot rublic hntertammcmt, a certin- 
 cato for a lic(;nso within tlui Haid city or libor- 
 tiefl thereof^ for tlu? purpose of keeping' ai\ 
 Inn, Tav(U'n, Al(5 or Hecr lloui^e, or house for 
 Rolling HpirituoujH liqnoi*H, or otht»r liou«e for 
 the reception and entertainment of the public, 
 whore ferniented or other manufactured 
 liqnorrt are aohl, to bo dnmk therein, unless 
 lie, she, or they, shall have the necessary ^- 
 commodation hereinafter mentioned, in order 
 to obtain a certirtcate for a license to keep an 
 Inn, or Public House, and have paid the sum 
 of Eight Pounds for the same tp the Clerk ; ^ 
 nor siiall Iks «be, or they, obtain sueh certifi- 
 cate, unless, he, she, or they shall enter into a * 
 recognizance, to be taken by the City Clerk, 
 %2?y''**°^« of Forty Pounds, with two sufficient sureties, 
 in Twenty Pounds each, to keep apod order 
 in bis, her, or 'their house, and to observe, ful- 
 fil, and keep all and every the rule^ and reg- 
 ulations of the Corporation that may then or 
 at any time be passed during the continuance 
 # of such license, nor unless he, she^ or they, 
 shall produce to the said Inspectoi'S at then* 
 regular meeting, at the time of applying for 
 their certificate, satisfactory proof that he, she, 
 y or they, is a pei'son of good moral character 
 \ and sober habits ; and has caused a notice in , 
 \ writing in the form of Schedule A-, to be 
 ^ .^ \ served on the Inspectors, and also posted, and 
 ixStcdiathveethat tho samo has remained posted in at least 
 three public places in his, her, or their imme- 
 hft [neighborhood, at leaat six clear days 
 
 places. 
 
 e/.v- 
 
 ^iatft ^neighborhood. 
 
 
 
 sion 
 sha] 
 
 L^- thai 
 

 * ., 
 
 ■"»* 
 
 •I*- 
 
 . dTYOK WAMfLTON. 
 
 101 
 
 al"'rr^"^ '^ .<-;Hflc.at. fh,n! the City 
 tit Ik, c,t Ins lu,., or tUcMi- having., mterod inti 
 
 01 OtIlCl- „|tl(„N not »|.ii' t„„„H, Victllllllillj 
 
 liHliiricnt of l.fc,, „„tur.., without Iiavinu fi,.«t 
 
 piii.l the City Clerk tl.o mm of Four I'ouikIk . ' 
 
 ways, tliat uotlung Iier«m coirtaiied slmll 1,0 ""'"""■'.•■".n 
 
 rieis and eatmg hojises, and not as Inns • but 
 
 thatacert.Hcateanaiice.,semay\^^ted V 
 
 to them notwithstanding the 41 Sf «aid 
 
 uoltr fo^LlH^i'r'^" '""'??. "^""^ 8piri<.P.«,„.„m„, 
 uons 01 terniented honors, within theCitv ofr""'"' V 
 Hamilton or the Dfeeitieg thereof, .w tLnt'Sr'"'" 
 teng duly licensed according to the movI 
 
 «}on8 of tL Act, or any Act of this pSe 
 shall on, conviction forfeit and pay a snT of 
 
 l*f- tZf^ "''* H'^ o"« P«->"df nor morf 
 than five pounds, for each offence, and anv 
 
 personwho^h nll ^^ ll nny albeit of lUUew J 
 
\v'* 
 
 109 
 
 M%-I.AW8 OK TIIK 
 
 no voliMS ami f^vo to it« |miTliiW(a>*nny w'uuh 
 
 or spiritiioim or ft)rMU'ntt'<l ri<|iJor hIihII bo 
 
 Anil w'liinjr doonuMl to ]w gniltv of w^Uin^'HUfli Hpirituoiw 
 
 ;;tt""'""'*'or fermtrntocl luiuor, oiul Hirall on conviction 
 
 juiy 11 fiiKi of not more than five iK)un«lH. 
 
 § .5. Tbat all porsonH obtaining a liconfio 
 for any of tl 10 iMirpoMcMaforcwiiil, shall, olv 
 serve and keep the following 
 
 JllUiS AND KEGl'LATIONH. 
 
 A|M.rr.,ii.o». , \nt. As Luis^are licensed for tlio convcni- 
 
 **;ril.*"r ence of travelei-n, and tlwj entertainment of 
 
 fiT.|>(«'i't i»nr- ^vay-farin^ j)eiw)ns, all tippling', dram-drink- 
 
 ' ing, and liabitnal- resort thereto are strictly 
 
 pmhibited, and en[)ecially that no apin-erttice, 
 
 journeyman, servant., or hired num, shall bo 
 
 permitted to resort to, or frec^nent the l)ar- 
 
 room, or abide about the premises as an idler 
 
 or dram-dnnker. 
 
 RiRTitoboput 2nd. That in every instance a .sufficient 
 "•'• sigh shall be placed in a conspicuous j)art of 
 
 \ the premisa**, sliowing in legible chai'acters 
 
 \ th6 name of the ,.pei*son who shall Irnve ob- 
 tained the license, whereby the Inn, or tavern 
 fiiiaU»be knawn as suck, and at all times eveiy ^ 
 tav^n-keeper shall keep and provide good ' 
 and wholesome provisions and drink for his > 
 guests, clean and corafoi-table beds, not less 
 
 than four, other than for family use. 
 
 \j 
 
 Servant to toe 3rd. That evciy Inn-lveeper shall have a 
 in ""e-*!""*-*- servant in attendance, to take eliai-ge of any 
 horee, or hoi-ses of travelers ffespi*titig to his 
 house, and shall see that justice is done in 
 feeding, watering, cleaning, and taking cai*6 
 of them; \ 
 
 4 
 
"«. 
 
 
 I 
 
 CITY OK ^r.UIIMO.V. 
 
 loa 
 
 'I- 
 
 •-•••rf. 
 
 ' -.)i,?i?'i T'"(''''*-«««'-y ntt<M.tloi. and civility a..™ii,,. .„d, 
 HUftoKxi, oi imlawliil jjaiiicH, jti any Inn o»-r"'T"?"" 
 
 . •%'''t.nndS">P'nt>'o'w<>Hntoxicatinffliqnom 
 
 to trnveleiv, or I,oa.-d«w, on tl^ iprd'H day.f 
 
 V','' ^i!!''.''* Inn-teeners be reonired (!oa- _. 
 nftord 8nfti«i<mt accommodation to tmvelert*^'""**' 
 in anartmofetM soperato and unconnected with '"'^' 
 > the ballroom, and that no store or crocerv Be 
 of anhn"^ **'^''-'*** used for tffe purpose 
 
 8th. That everyilnn-feper or other person ri™, , 
 having obtained a license'^to seU spii?^u^KK.l 
 hquors, or ale and beer, ahali shut up his bar 
 
 cosed, for the mght eicept oa SaturC 
 oSv^SnJh?"^ bejcept open ptU i. , 
 
 _^ §> That whetoevjr any person mhimrvmonn 
 for license for, any of the purposes afcreSai|SK«'»t«t«^\ 
 
 ■shall have obtained a certificate from the fo!2SilSSr 
 spector, as aforesaid, it shall be otli^atonr 
 upon such persoti, and he, she, or they are re- 
 qmred to take out such Ucensfl fnHliwUy . 
 
 1 
 
 ;l 
 
 \,'^- 
 
 ^i. 
 
■C5 
 
104 
 
 RY-I.AWS OK niE ^' 
 
 d^ 
 
 
 IjicPiwe t«» bo 
 
 • 8 7. No pei-son or pei-sons slmll tippl^ or 
 allow oi- permit tipplin- in iKis, her ^or their. 
 Inn, tavern, grocery or hovuse of^pubhc enteiv 
 tainment, or sluill revel or publicly exhibit 
 himself Qi- hei-self in a state of intoxication, or 
 shaU brawl, or use profane language in the 
 city or the libei-tles thereof on the Lords dJ«y 
 commonly caUed Sunday, under the penalties 
 hereinafter mentioned. ^ 
 
 ..Keu-«u...„ 8 8' That air licensfeg issued under the' 
 KfVeS^. authority of this By-law, shall be in force from 
 ^ the date thereof, until the last day of Jebru- 
 -> ary then nbxt ensuing. 
 
 Repeaiedun. § '9. AiidHshall bc lawful fbrihe Revcnue 
 derUy-iaw86.jj^pgg^^.^ Qjj ^^ productiou of such cei-tih- 
 cate as afoi-esaid, and on payment of the Im- 
 perial duty, to give to such pei*son orpei-sons 
 therein named a License for the purposes m 
 thfe act mentioned. 
 
 § 10. Tliat the sum to be paid for a license 
 f^ce'ho'S^e.to keep a temperance house for the accom- 
 modation of travelers shall be one pound per 
 anmim. 
 
 A copy of the § 11. That pei-sons Kcensed or to be licen- 
 
 ?utu Lbm- ^ed as aforesaid- shall keep in a conspicuous 
 
 a^^*" " part of his, her, or their bar-room, or m the 
 
 moBt public "room of his, her, or their house, 
 
 when no b^r-room exists, a copy of this Act 
 
 SCHEDULE A. 
 
 yorm of 
 plication. 
 
 Notice is hereby given, that appiidatfon 
 will be made by th6 Undersigned to the In- 
 spectors of houses of jpublic entertainment,/;on 
 tKe <%crf 185 , for alicetase 
 
 to sell spirituous liquoi-s, (or Ale^ and^Beer, 
 
 as \ 
 he 
 at 
 
 i 
 
 / 
 
 OX'S 
 
 now 
 
 elec 
 
 libe] 
 
 corp 
 
 pel's 
 
 pub] 
 
 liquc 
 
 pei-s^ 
 
 nousi 
 
 othei 
 
 ordii 
 
 of ^j 
 
 purp( 
 
 . exam 
 
 on th 
 
 after; 
 major 
 purpo 
 qualif 
 of th€ 
 cates 1 
 sum p 
 such li 
 <?prpoi 
 
 1 11 
 
 tors, JEi 
 
 empo^ 
 
 which 
 
 they DD 
 
 month, 
 
 thisBj 
 
 once e** 
 
jense 
 5com- ^ 
 I per ' 
 
 V OlTr OF HAJfll/rON. ' jQj 
 
 as the case may be) on the premises situated - 
 (Here descnbe situation of premises ^ 
 dated, day of 185 . 
 
 » " ■ ■ ' 
 
 n,Jj"L^*"* 'V""" l'" t''« 'luty of Inspect- in.p«,.,n, *, 
 owof houses ot public entertainment, who K-ui"" 
 now- are e ected or who sbaU hereafter beE'^'^"!?'- 
 elected w.thm the citj,*' Hamilton, and the •''^-"""^ 
 liberties thereof to seeTat the By-laws of the 
 / «««-poi-atiob are complied with as regards the 
 S.Tr ^ r'-'°™ "^«»^^ *« keep Souses of 
 ^^„i'™ rt •""T?,*'.'^'* *•* retail spirituous / 
 n3Zn« ^''T'"'" '^^ S'antcd-as also the 
 persons to whom licenses to keep an inn. or B 
 
 We for the sale of ale and be^- eid^' Z - J '^^ 
 other liquors not siaritnous, victoallinn; house ■ ■ 'J 
 ordmarjr eating house, or other establShmfent ' ' - 
 
 ™™ r^r^.*"" '"' e>'ante<l, and for that ' 
 purpose shall, after such previourvisits and 
 
 on tt".tTr *'ry °l?y tI»nk.proper, meetM^u.^., 
 on the third Monday of every month there- '""""'""^ 
 *ft?J^and at such place as they may, or a 
 majority of^them may deem meet, Ibr the ^ ' 
 pm-pose of determining what persons have 
 qualified themselves to obtain alicense for anv 
 of the purposes aforesaid, and to give certifi- 
 cates to such persons,, which shall state the 
 snna payable by such pereons respectively for 
 such licenses under the By-laws of the said 
 corporation. . " 
 
 faj ^^* '* ^^V^ ^'^'^ •'°*y o^ Inspec-i^^cto^to ! 
 tors, and they ai-e hereby authorized and CtT'*' 
 empowered to visit all houses in the city to»"«7 
 wkch licenses may be panted at any Ime ""^ 
 
 S^^j*'™^,P'"'>P«'"A least once every / 
 
 montt^ and see that allf the requirements <Jf . « ' 
 
 this Bylaw are compUed with, Ind to report 1 
 once every three months to the ComJnoD 
 
 aSkk. 
 
^VT 
 
 106 
 
 Interference 
 with Inspec- 
 tor's duties. 
 
 Inapeetor to 
 prosecute. 
 
 Penalty. 
 
 BT-LAW8 OF THE 
 
 Council ; and in case oif any breach of the 
 eamo or of the rules and regulations thereof, 
 immediately to make a complaint thereof be- 
 fore the Police Magistrate or other proper au- 
 thority, and report to the Council at the end , 
 of each quarter, the number of cei-tificates of 
 licenses granted, the amounts to be. paid to 
 the Ke venue Inspector, and to report at any 
 time any suggestions as they may deem ap- 
 plicable to tha better regulations of the said 
 taverns, inns, <fec. 
 
 § 14. iThat any pei-son interfering with the 
 Inspectors or any of them in the discharge of 
 his or their duty,^i)ointed out by this act, 
 or any act of. tb^l^gislature, shall on convic- 
 tion, be liable to the penalties hereinafter 
 mentioned. 
 
 § 15. That it shall b^ the duty of the 
 Inspectoi's to prosecute in their respective 
 wards, all offendei-s against any of the provi- 
 sions of this act, and that each Inspector shall 
 be paid the sum of ten pounds per mmum for 
 his services. 
 
 § 16. That any pei-son guilty of any in- 
 fi'action of any of the provisions, actions or 
 mles of this act shall, on conviction thereof 
 before the Mayor, Police Magistrate, or any 
 one or more of the Aldermen of the city, 
 forfeit and pay a sum of money not less than 
 one pound, nor more than five pounds, one 
 half of which to be paid to the infornjer, 
 (provided he is not examined as a witness to 
 prove the offence, in which case th^ whole 
 shall belong to the Municipality,) and the 
 Other half to the Chamberlain for the use of 
 the city, and in default of payment of the 
 
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 ii^^l^U^^^i^*!^^^^ .^^^:^tJ^Aii'ti-M ^S^^-M^'^smo^^ .*f»\*-^^^^^ftdi&-Sa*«.^s^l^^«^l^ 
 
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 OITY OP HAMILTON. 
 
 107 
 
 said 
 
 
 ajme, it shall be lawful for the Mayor, Police 
 Magistrate or Aldermen convicting, to issue 
 his warrant to levy the amount of line and 
 C^ts by distress and sale of goods and chatr 
 ties, and in case of no sufficient distress to 
 satisfy the amount of fine and costs,. it shall 
 and may be lawful for the Mayor, Police IVIa. 
 gistrate or Alderman convicting, to commit 
 such offender or oftenders to the gaol of the 
 United Counties of Wentworth and Haltom 
 for any period not exceeding thirty days. 
 
 BY-LAW Na LXXXVI 
 
 Whereas it is necessary to amend By-law 
 No. 79, on inns, taverns, <fec., passed 15th 
 ^October last, 
 
 Be it therefore enacted, by the Mayor, Al- 
 deriiien and commonalty of the city of Ham- 
 • ilton, in Council assembled, under the " Upper 
 Canada Municipal Corporations Acts," \» 
 
 That section number nine in said By-law as Tavern 
 aforesaid, be and is hereby repealed, and that^'*"-'"'^' ^^^^* 
 the amount to be paid for licenses, to sell ale, beer," £?"* 
 beer, and sjjirituous liquoi-s^ shall be as for- 
 merly ; that is to say, the sum of eight pounds 
 cuirency only, exclusive^ of fivtf- shillings cur- ^ 
 rency for certificate 
 
 BY-LAW m LXXX. 
 
 ON HOUSE OF INDUSTBT AND HOSPITAL. ^ 
 
 .;; \ -:: ■' st^ (Passed Oct. 2rtk^l8Si:/ 
 
 Whereas it is expedient and necessary to 
 pass a By-law for the guidance and good go v- 
 
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 108 
 
 BY-LAWS OP THE 
 
 ..':»>■ 
 
 
 < . ■ ■ 
 
 ernment of the Hous^ of Industry and Hos- 
 pital, ; 
 
 Be it therefore enacted, in Council assem- 
 bled, under the "Upper Canada Municipal 
 Corporation Acts," / 
 
 Physician, 
 &.C., to be 
 •ppointed. 
 
 Phyeician and 
 Superiiitetf- 
 dent to tiiake 
 arrangementB. 
 
 PbyBician to 
 ▼isit patients 
 daUy.' 
 
 Physician*! 
 duti^ 
 
 ^ Physician'! 
 duties. 
 
 Patients may 
 be recom- 
 mended by 
 Pbysioian. 
 
 That all i-ules and regulations heretofore 
 made, be, and the same are hereby repealed. 
 
 § 1. That there shall be t^ppointed one 
 Hospital Physician, one Superintendent and 
 Matron, at a salaiy to be determined on by 
 $he Council. - 
 
 § 2. The Physician and Superintendent 
 shall make such arrangements among;, them- 
 selves, as they may in their judgment deeni 
 necessary, 'but not to be repugnant ^o this 
 By-lawi 
 
 § 3. The Physician shall visit every patient 
 who may be atflicted with an acute d.iseafle, at 
 least once a day, and oftener if necessai*y. 
 
 § 4, At such , visits the Physician shall en- 
 quire whether his directions and prescriptions 
 have been carefully observed ; he shall attend 
 to the neatness and ventilation of the^ wards, 
 and give such directions on those subjects as 
 may be necessary, to the Superintendent. He 
 shall' direct the Superintendent to report to 
 the Chairman of the Hospital Committee, such 
 patients as arfe in a proper condition to leave 
 said Hospital. ' . ^^ 
 
 § 5. The iPhysician shall, if prevented from 
 attending said Hospital, procure some other 
 Physician to attend in his stead. 
 
 ' § 6. Any Physician may recommend to his 
 
 Worehip the Mayor, or the chMrman of said 
 
 . committee, patients to be admitted ; but the 
 
 . " ■'d.'^'-i'Ji^i^^.. 
 
CITY OH- lIAMII/rON. {q5 
 
 said pei-soiig may refuse or adfnit patients so 
 rceom mended, at their discrotion. 
 
 whtrLlL?^ extraordinary or pressing case, supennton- 
 . wneie great mconvenience would result from '''">♦? •'^•^"^I* 
 waiting for the approbation of the said pe?-' V 
 sonsJierem named, the physician may At 
 the Supermtendentto receive a patient imme- - 
 diately ; and m case of sudderi accident the 
 bupermtendent may receive patients without 
 ^commendation; but the Superintendent 
 must give early mformation of every such 
 case to the said chairman who may permit 
 the patient to remain in the Hospital or not 
 as shall appear to him discreet and propei^ 
 
 § 8. No capital operation, except in cases capital 
 
 ot immediate danger, shall be performed, with- r^tuT*"* . 
 out the previous approbation of the said Com- «"'»'°»"«^- 
 mitte<^nor without inviting two other Phv- 
 simns m the city to be present at the operL 
 
 - § 9. The Superintendent and Matron shall 
 be Stewai-ds of the Hospital ; they shall have 
 the general charge thereof, and see that the 
 regulations of the Committee and the direc- 
 tions of the Physician are carried into effect. 
 
 . J- ^^' "^^7 ^^?P pm-chase, under the di- 
 rection of the said Committee, fuel, provis- 
 wns, and aJl other storeg for the use of the 
 Hospital, except medicinea 
 
 .§ 11. They shall keep, under their key, all 
 wines spiiiVsugar, molasses, unmade inens 
 and blanketmg, and aU other stores and ne- 
 cessanes. v~ - 
 
 ..^1 ^^il T^^y ^^ ^®^ that the outer ffates 
 are locked at a seasonable hour every even- 
 
 1 
 
 y 
 
 Supennton- 
 (iejit's and 
 Matron's 
 duties. 
 
 Superinten- 
 dent's and 
 Matron's 
 duties. 
 
 Superinten- 
 dent'B and 
 Matron's 
 duties. 
 
 Gates looked. 
 
 t&?-t-&'%-«^*^MM--.-'S''> 'kh%£ 
 
N-.. 
 
 "••■i!*"' m 
 
 110 
 
 BY-LAWS pF THB 
 
 Wine* aod 
 •pints. 
 
 AU articles to 
 be entered in a 
 pass-bopk 
 
 A book 
 
 W and Bhall not suffer any patient to 50 ont 
 ot' the Hospital without i^pocial permission, 
 and they shall visit eve^y Ward at least once 
 every day, and oftener it necessary. 
 
 S 13. They sl'all take particular care that 
 no wines or spirits are used in tlie Hospi^, 
 except by the direction of the Physician, for 
 use of the patients/ / ; 
 
 8 14 The Sui4rintendent shall cause all 
 ' articles'purchnsed for their departments to be 
 • immediately entered by the pei-son of whom 
 they are purchased, in a pass-book i)rovided 
 for that purpose, with the daJte, quantity, kind 
 and price of the articles. 
 A book S 15. He shall keep a book^in which the 
 
 S^^'^'?-h*ii physician shall enter his directions for the pur- 
 rSr' -"Se of medicines, &c., with the date and 
 Kr quantity to b(3 purchased, and signed with the 
 initials of his name ; and the Superintendent 
 shall purchase of^the person or i)ei'^Qns ap- 
 pointed for that -purpose by the said Commitr 
 ^^ ' tee, and none, other, the articles so ordered ; 
 bul he is strictly forbidden to purchase any- 
 thin^", except in pursuance of such directions, 
 pre^ously entered as aforesaid. 
 
 AU book, and § 16. He shall % before the said Com- 
 
 papBo.ji.hp mittee, whenever required to do so, all books 
 
 SiSife:; and papers connected with the Hospital; and 
 
 ' the Chairman of said Committee is herebf 
 
 : authorized to furnish the Superintendent aU 
 
 books that may be deemed necessaiy for the 
 
 use of said Hospital. / ' 
 
 P^ni. § IT. He shall see that if an^ patient^ 
 
 dSriouBofthe j-2^erou9lv iU ; M ^^^^ enqmre whether he 
 
 ^Sre^iV is dlsirous to converse with any religious per- 
 
■I' 
 
 '^.-:'^- 
 
 CITY OF HAMILTON. 
 
 Ill 
 
 son, and he shall in\ite the pereon flo desii'ed 
 by the patient to attend, and while such peiv 
 son is present shall see that the other patients 
 in the ward behave with decorum. .This duty 
 to be imperative on the Superintendent. 
 
 18. When a patient is discharged, the superinten- 
 
 Jan. 
 
 Superintendent shall cause his uAuie to beJ^bJokceluu? 
 entered in the book provided for th^t pur-P'^"«"J'~ 
 pose, mentioning jiim as cured, relieved, in- 
 curable, or disorderly. On the decease of a 
 patient, he shall so cause lii^ or her name, and 
 the time of his or her docease to be entered 
 in the Register ; the body to be conveyed as 
 soon as it conveniently may be, to the hearee 
 or to the friends (provided said friends get 
 the sanction of the Mayor or the Chairman of 
 the said committee) of the deceased, for inter- 
 ment, and shall be interred according to the 
 wishes of the deceased or friends, and the 
 Superintendent shall be I'esponsible for the 
 execution of this duty as aforesaid. 
 
 # 
 
 ^ 19. If any pei-son or persons in the superinten- 
 Hospital shall use profaiie language, (disregard Jj^Vns'^^*''' 
 the By-laws and r,4gulations, or otherwise °»»^«'»»'">«- 
 misbehave, it shall be fhe duty of the Supers 
 intendent to report the oftenders in writing 
 to^he said Mayor or Chairman*^ and when a 
 panent dies leaving clothes or other articles v>-^ 
 of value, the Superintendent shall repoi-t the 
 same to said Committee, who shall make a 
 minute pf such report, and give him the neces- 
 sary directions. 
 
 § 20. If the Physician, Superintendent, or Matron or 
 Matron that may be appointed by theJ^XTgae 
 council from time to time, shall become unfit *»''^'"' w^^" 
 to execute his or her office, or shall misde-**^**' 
 mean themselves in their office, contrary to. 
 

 112 
 
 BT-LAjrS OF THE 
 
 this By-law, or refuse or neglect to execute 
 the «ame, the corumittee or any membere of 
 the corporation, niay prefer against them or 
 either one of them, a complaint in writing to 
 the Chairman of said committee, at a legal 
 meeting, and thereupon a notice of the said 
 A comprint, to com plamt shall be ^iven to the person com- 
 chmnuonof planed of, and a tmie shall be appointed 
 committee, ^^^t Icss than three days after service of the 
 said nptice,) for the pei'son complained of to 
 make his or their def<ence before the said 
 committee, and tbe comhlittee having examin- 
 ed into the trut|bf/||fe complaint, and heard 
 the defence of tliej party accused, if any shall 
 be made, may, with the concurrence and ap- 
 probation of a majority of the whole membei^s 
 present, of said committee, upon such exami- 
 nation and due proof, shall recommend to the 
 City Council, in council assembled to suspend, 
 or discharge such pei'son or pei-sons complain- 
 ed of, as aforesaid. 
 
 .-•^,':- 
 
 Penow to be 
 licensed to 
 keep a ball- 
 alley. 
 
 -'2, 
 
 BY-LAW, No. LXXXI. 
 
 ON BALL ALLEYS, EXHIBITIONS, ETC. 
 
 f^Pasited 10th November, 1853. J 
 
 4 
 
 Whereas it is necessary to regulate Ball- 
 Alleys, Exhibitions, Shows, <fec., in the city of 
 Hamilton. 
 
 Be it therefore enacted by the Mayor, 
 Aldermen, and commonalty of the city of 
 
 Hamilton, in coundil assembled : 
 
 .* ■ . ■ '■ / ... ■ 
 
 § 1. That it shall not be lawful for any 
 person or persons to keep a Ball-alley in the 
 city "of Hamilton, or the liberties^ thereof, 
 without having first obtfdned a li^nse for 
 
 ^?\ 
 
CflTT OF HAMILTON. 
 4 , 
 
 that purpose from the Maybr, under the seal 
 
 ♦L^ ^'*-^ '^^'^''^ ^'^^^°«^ ^ *^ t)« «fened by 
 tHe Mayor and countereigned by the Clerk 
 
 and that a duty shall beTmpose^d upon the 
 person applying for said license, at tlie rat^ 
 of £9 per annum, and to expire on the iS 
 tebniary m each and eveiy year. 
 
 
 
 § 2. That it shall not be lawful for anvn ■■ „ ^ 
 
 Sv^^n*"" ^'"«'^'l-';?°'n open; nor shall i" i^dSTl- 
 m pemn or pereons frequent the same for °'«"- 
 the pm-pose of play, after the hpur of eleven 
 
 o'cS 1 U^^"" '""■ ^^^ '^"^ ^'^ of « 
 
 _§ 3. That it shall not be lawful for any v \. 
 
 mmor apprentice or servant to play in, orS^^^-^'S 
 
 frequent any Ball-alley or Billiard-room ^^ 
 any tmae nor shall the owner or ownera of 
 
 any such Ball-alley or Billiard-room suffer or 
 permit any minor, apprentice, or servant to 
 play or to frequent his or their Ball^aUey or 
 Bilhai-d-room or table, under the penalty 
 ^ Jheremafter mentioned. ^ ^ 
 
 § 4. That it shall not be lawful fnr 6«-n. 
 . pem.n or pe^ons to .xhmZjUZTZf^T^ 
 artificial cnriosity-any theatrical or ch^c^^^ 
 wpreseatetions or exhibitions, or any S" 
 % animal or animaWany idle shjerfac^ 
 te feats for gam or pr*, ti^thin th^ityS 
 V^^"^ ^thont having first obtained a 
 Lcense for the same; ani no owner or occn- ' 
 
 Sfii^*'"?'""^ on^onse, or other place. 
 jhaU ftrtnsi or allow the same to be used for 
 
 the^accommodation of such exhibitioii or pe^ 
 
 foWMice, opless^snch ncensebeobtiunera* 
 Aerffitt mentioned. »« -i 
 
 "3. 
 
 % 
 
lU 
 
 BT-LAW8 OF THE 
 
 w<i*wl<i»»«» ■** 
 
 Ctork to Imw 
 pajnMnt 
 
 M.Tortor«it 8 6. And thAt it shall be lawful for the 
 Mayor, or in his absence, any two of the 
 Aldermen of the city, to grant such license 
 foV such sum to be paid to the Chamberlain 
 by the party applying for the same, as the 
 Mayor or Alderm'in aforesaid shall demand 
 therefor, or refuse such license altogether. 
 
 8 6. That when any such license is granted 
 it shall be pi'epared by, and countei-signed by 
 the Clerk, under the seal of the cori)oratipb, 
 and shall state the amount for#which it is 
 
 given, receive the same and pay it to the 
 hamberlmn for the use of the city, and keep 
 a sepai-ate account of such licences. 
 
 § 1. That any person guilty of any infrac- 
 tion of any of the provisions, sections, or 
 clauses of this By-law' shall upon conviction 
 thereof forfeit and pay a sum of money not 
 to exceed five pounds, or in default ot pay- 
 ment thereof shall and may be committed to 
 the gaol of the United Counties of Wentwoi-th 
 and Halton, for a period no^ to exceed thirty 
 day8. 
 
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 ** 
 
 Pmtltf. 
 
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 V BYiAW, No. LXXVin. 
 
 ' ■ ■ ■ ^ I ■ ■ ■ ■ ' 
 
 ,- /'ON aUEF4GE DRAINAGE. 
 . „ * V' (PatwdWlk September, 19S&.) 
 
 Whjkeas it is expedient to encourage the 
 
 ;.making and repaiiing of surface drains, flag- 
 
 mAg pavements or Sdewalks in the city of 
 
 Hamilton, by the propnetore of real property 
 
 , immediately benefitted thereby. 
 
 Be it tberefore ieiiabted by the Mayor, 
 Aldermen and Commonalty of the city of 
 
 T k- 
 
 Hamil 
 Upper 
 
 §1. 
 
 pnetor 
 
 street < 
 
 betwee 
 
 Haniilt 
 
 a sidew 
 
 drains 
 
 proprie 
 
 said st] 
 
 such ill 
 
 make ai 
 
 vision ( 
 
 who shf 
 
 an estin 
 
 ' § 2. , 
 ment of 
 and con! 
 ment, fit 
 and rais< 
 such sid 
 mediate] 
 ment, a 
 addition 
 cient to 
 
 .§ 3. 1 
 
 gmg anc 
 said, and 
 Surveyor 
 repair at 
 
 §4.1 
 spector c 
 walks or 
 made an( 
 
 manltlrfl x\ 
 
 r—. 
 
 
crrr of hamiltoit. 
 
 lU 
 
 Hamilton, in council assembled, " under the 
 Upi)or Canada Municipal Corporations Acta." 
 
 ' n.n!f ^* '^)^^ ""^ '""^^ *' ^'^'^ *^"*^^ of *^« pro. P.r«„„t.. 
 
 pnetora ot roal property, on any side of any ^'.i *^ ^ 
 street or part ot'streete, not less than the part r^ttofiw 
 between any two cross streets, in the city of ?S;ip:f 
 Uamilton ; shall require of the Council, that'^**'^' 
 
 a sidewalic or pavement, flagging, or surface 
 drams bo constructed at the expense of the 
 proprietoi-8 of real puoperty, on such side of 
 said street immediately to be benefitted by 
 such improvements, the City Council sjiall 
 make and build the same, under the supe^ 
 
 ^^*o^ of the Street Inspector or Surveyor, 
 who shall ascertain and report to the Council 
 an estimate of the whole expense thereof. 
 
 ment of the debt to be incurred in the makinir .^^-fo'Sd 
 and constnictiug of such sidewalk, or pav^ KpSfl^t, 
 ment, flagging or drains, there will be levied 
 and raised upon the rateable real property of * 
 Buch side of such street or part thereof, im- 
 mediately to be benefitted by such improve, 
 ment, a special rate over and above aad in 
 addition to all other rates whatsoever, sufB- r ' n. 
 
 cient to pay for the said improvemente. ^ 
 
 \ § 3. That the said sidewalks, paving, flaff.Th.oit,te 
 gmff and drams, when constiiicted as afore- ''~Pu'^*» 
 said, and approvedof by the said Inspector or "^^ 
 Surveyor, shall forever thereafter, be kept in 
 repair at the expense of the corporation. 
 
 § 4. That it shall be the duty of the Li.Th.dnt.«f 
 Bpector or Surveyoi', to see tHat snch side.?-^?^;' 
 wa^or pavemente, figging or drains, are^^' 
 made and constructed m a good and wort 
 manlike m annfl r , 
 
 or 
 
 •^^Bj 
 

 
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 ue 
 
 BT-LAW8 or Tm 
 
 •••••••••••.•••••*•••••••"■*•••"' 
 
 
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 " '-v 
 
 BYLAW No. LXXXV. , 
 
 ON WEI0IIT8 AND MEABITIIE8. | 
 
 Be it enacted by tlio Mayor, Aldermen and 
 Conncilloi-fl of the city of Ilaniilton, in Coun- 
 cil assembled : • ^ 
 
 Wat hi* A § ^- That every merchant, retailer, trader, 
 
 ^SSuHbZ b« and dealer in merchahdiHe, or property of any 
 
 marked Md ^j^jgcription, w.hkh is sold by measure or weight 
 
 In the city^lf Hamilton and the liberties 
 
 thereof, shall catise the weights and measum 
 
 used by him, her, or them, to be sealed and 
 
 marked by the City InHpector of Weights and 
 
 Measures ; a^d it any of tlie said pei-sons 
 
 shall use any weight or measure for weighing 
 
 pr measui-ing any article for purchase or sale, 
 
 which shall not be sealed as hiBrein provided, 
 
 Buch person shall foi-feit *^"^^|toftJP® *othe 
 
 / city not to eiieed five pou mjggg||^ . 
 
 Tooonfonnto | 2. And that all weignxWma measures 
 $tpSv£?e?' sealed by the Inspector shall be made to con- 
 W- fbrmto the standard of this Province, and 
 
 all be marked and sealed by him. 
 
 rr^% a^And it shall be the dutjr of the In- 
 spectwf(iii addition to the provisions in Act 
 12th victoria, cap. 85^ and he is hereby au- 
 thorized to inspect and examine, at least twice 
 a year, all weights and measures used by any 
 of the pei-sons aforesaid ; and if any sucn 
 person shall refuse to exhibit any such weights 
 or leisures to the Inspector, when requu-ed 
 BO to do by him, or in any manner obstract 
 snch Inspector in the performance of thei dn- 
 tiee hereb^ enj6ined upon him, such person 
 Bhall be liable to the penalty herei^^r men- 
 
 % 4 
 
 
 # 
 
 8 4 
 
 Inspec 
 
 and m 
 
 ' in whl 
 
 or own 
 
 they r( 
 
 measur 
 
 thisPr 
 
 registr 
 
 , half y'i 
 
 all owr 
 
 incorre 
 
 have tl 
 
 . mai'ked 
 
 §5, 
 expose 
 groundi 
 weight; 
 a pound 
 »pounc 
 tubs, pa 
 by wei^ 
 
 § 6.' 
 the roll 
 time of 
 weigh it 
 
 § r./ 
 
 sifle by 1 
 feited to 
 Bfaall be 
 mentionc 
 § 8. ^ 
 By-Law i 
 than five 
 payment 
 United C 
 
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 ». 
 

 ;4* 
 
 ■.' -*• 
 
 ■^t^' 
 
 ^JITT OF HAJtflLTOir, 
 
 . ..«..„.«..,.,^,... ,^..., 
 
 ...«,«, «»^,„»^.p^ 
 
 % 
 
 f 
 
 # 
 
 fn-* ^; And It rihall be the duty of the fliiid t« rwrn-h k 
 iMDector to make a rodstry of all the winghts SS" ^''^ 
 and mejwureH inHr)«.ct««l and examinml by him. 
 in which he Blialf state the name of th« own^ ^ \ 
 or ownei-H of the same, and th« street in whidh 
 they reside ; and whether such ^eiL'hts and 
 niea^ures are according to the standard o# 
 this Province ; and to deliver a copy of each 
 je^wtry t<» the Clerk of this Counil, every " 
 half year, and therein to report the names of 
 
 ail ownotH, where weights and measures are 
 incorrect, or who shalF refuse or neglect to ^— - 
 have their weights and measures seiUed and * 
 mai'ked. J^ 
 
 expose for sale m the market or market- ""'^"^ *•*«''*• 
 
 grounds of the city, any butter, except by 
 
 weight, nor m less quantities than in ftlls of 
 
 a pound weight each, without any fraction of 
 
 » pound; 01-, rfthe butter' be Contained in 
 
 tubs, pails or firkins, the same shall be sold 
 
 oy weight. 
 
 thf .^il ^** fl** purchaser may demand that v..^ » 
 f^rl ^''i^"'' "^ *""**«'• ^ weighed at the-i^ 
 bme of delwry, and that the' vender shaU I 
 
 weigh It accordingly. , - 
 
 ?^^j^*^? ''°"' nndferweight, shdf be for-Uri" 
 ^^ suVct to the peijalty hereinafter 
 
 § 8. That any person infi-inffinir on thw 
 ByJ^w shaU be'4le to afine^UJZ^-*" 
 
 p*ymenVto be imprisoned in the gaol of the 
 United ConntHig of ^entworth ^ mZ - 
 
 ,^ for > p o n o d not ^U ) wuwad thirt y daya 
 
 i 
 
 - -r. 
 
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 118 
 
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 ».k•A•»««k■«•f^yr •••••* 
 
 BT-J5*4,W8 OF THE 
 
 BY-LAW No. LXXXm 
 
 u. 
 
 
 A. 
 
 - ^^ ^Paweti 24/A JVw«m6«r, 1858.; 
 
 Whereas application has been made to open 
 an Alley from East Market to Rebecca Street, 
 twelve feet wide, as hereinafter described: 
 
 Be it therefore enacted by the Mayor, Al- 
 f deymen and Councillore of the city of Ham- 
 
 Uton, in Council assembled— 
 
 DcMriptioDof Mthat from and after the passing of this 
 /"•y- Act, the limits of the said Alley shall be aa 
 
 - follows:^ — 
 
 EMtiiaAetto " Commencing at the north-westeiiy limit of 
 Bebecflast. jj^st Mai^Jset Street, at the distance of twenty^ 
 eight feet on a cbui'Se of south sixty-five oe^ 
 grees and forty-five minutes east from the eas|r 
 erly foundation wall of the Engine House or 
 Police Office ; thence north twenty-four de^ 
 grees and fifteen minutes, east two hundred 
 ^^ -- and seventy-four feet, more or less, to the 
 south limit of Rebecca Street ; the said Alley 
 to be twelve feet wide, and on the west side 
 of the above described line. 
 
 BYiAW Na LXXXIV. ^ 
 
 * ON FIEES, THREATS TO OlTlCTaSS, &0. 
 
 {Pasted 8tk December, ISSa.) 
 
 whishaji § !• That the Mayor or any of the Alder- 
 have command men or Councillors present at any. fire, shall 
 at fires. y^^^^ full power to Order any pereon or per- 
 ^ ^ sons to assist in extinguishing any such fire, 
 ' . and shall report to the Police Magistrate, on 
 the following morning, the names of any jjei^ 
 fion or jpersons refusing or wilftdly neglecting 
 to renijkr snch assistance, who for sach refa- 
 
 /_.. 
 
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 CTTY OP HAMIITOIT. 
 
 119 
 
 mSd" ^"^^" '' '^' penalty hereinaf^r'"""'" 
 
 it !irfirl''?i'?i ''"*""'* '^■^^ «''«" attend R«^^ 
 at all fires for the purpose of eupplying wat«r 
 
 for the extaflgttishmg thereof K-efS^ 
 .^ther necessary assistance, and that the f^ . 
 
 lowing premiams be awarded to cartera and 
 othei-3, upon ceitificate of the Engineer or 
 other officer in command :— ■ ^ 
 
 * *2v- *?* ®"S'°,® °" *« ground in actual 
 W ^r? ''••d«r{.»';*J>at has commenced thro^ 
 tag water on the fire, lOa - 
 
 to any engine m the city, reservoir, or other.- ' 
 wise, the sum of 10s. 
 
 For every second, Ss. 
 
 For the third and subsequent. Is. 8d. 
 tn ^r'J^^i. T^"' *** °° <"^«-*e entitled 
 b^n^J t }^ "^/''^ premiums, whose punch- ' 
 
 |^°«»?**'"'e«-fo>'rths full when deUvered to 
 
 t^eliigme, nor unless the said carter orother 
 person remam at the fire when not employed 
 -^^ water until di^hai^d 4^^ 
 
 IC^IT °^ ^d, or 4od and lime,^^'**'^- 
 through any wfeden floor, in any house or V 
 feaJding withm W city W libU^ a^^ 
 
 te!f?W *H* W ^ inches '<;l2 
 between the pipe and 1*e partition of the 
 floOT unless such pipe passes through astow 
 
 K«L*'„J5**i?-''*^"P??*°'" o«enp«»t8 of anysto^itt*-' 
 house or bmlding within the i^^tr, shaUiSlS.^. 
 
 
BT-LAWB 6F IfiB 
 
 
 V 
 
 permit anm pipe-hole, not in use, in aaj clunr 
 ney in sucl nouse or building, to remain open, 
 and not closed with a stopper of mealt or 
 trther incombustible material. 
 
 itave-pipe. § 5. That no occupant of any house or 
 J«sed through premises, shall pass, or keep passed throng^ 
 nidea of roofS ^he top of anv house, any stove-pipe, unl^ -^ 
 *''"""*'• the same shall be passed through stone, WC 
 other incombustible material ; nor shall any 
 such occupant allow any such stove-pipe tc 
 pass through the side of any bpilding what- 
 : 'ever, 
 
 $toye.tobe.t § 6. That na pcrson or peMons §hall, hcro- 
 lewt 7 inches after, place any stove in any house or build- 
 fjrom the floor. ^^ j^ ^^^^ ^^^ ^.^^ ^^, liberties, without leav^ 
 
 ing nine inches clear from any wood-work,- 
 immediately ' above such stove, and seven 
 inches from any wood-work opposite the sides 
 of the same, and at least seven inches from 
 the floor ; and all stoves shall be furnished 
 with a metal ashrpan, to be placed under the 
 door of said stove ; also, a wooden foi*m cov- 
 ered with tin, or one of other metal, or a 
 platform of brick-work under said stove. 
 
 ifec 
 
 Ladders to be 
 
 faitened 
 
 thweto. 
 
 § 1, That no proprietor or proprietors of 
 any house or building, in whicn there shall 
 be one or more chimnies, within the stud city, 
 shall neglect or fail to have on his, her, or 
 their houses or buildings as aforesaid, one or 
 more laddei's, or shall neglect to have all lad- 
 ders to chimnies well and safely fastened 
 thereto with iron hooks, or shall neglect or 
 refuse, for eight days after being requii*ed bj 
 ahy of the police Jarce to funush or repair' 
 the same, as the case may be. 
 
 § 8^ 
 fli^ to ) 
 
 combusi 
 
 suming 
 
 in the si 
 
 ip two 1 
 
 them UB 
 
 or keep 
 
 hghtea^< 
 
 stable, H 
 
 or candl 
 
 so as to; 
 
 from. 
 
 in his < 
 
 1 
 
 or 
 
 m £ 
 
 ers wo 
 where st 
 material 
 any of t] 
 yards of 
 vessel or 
 
 . 10. 
 place or 1 
 or fii-e-ph 
 wooden v 
 
 in his, he] 
 said city i 
 
 shed, or s] 
 hay, straT 
 .uncovered 
 on any lot 
 of any btt 
 
 § 11. T 
 
 or discharj 
 arms, or si 
 
"^^ 
 
 CITY OP HAMILTON. 
 
 121 
 
 :^- 
 
 
 
 flj^ That no person or pef8ott8 8hiiU'Bet8h.vta«, 
 m^to any shavings, chnps, stratvr, or other S'^'t^T' 
 combustible matter, for tfie purpose of con-^^'^A^"-' 
 suming the same in any street^ square or lane "*^ ""'' 
 in tlie s^id city, or within any enclosure, with- 
 
 m two hundred feet of any building, orleave 
 them until they ai-e consumed j or shall eari-y 
 of^keep, or suffer to be carried or kept any 
 tehted^ candle o^^ 
 
 stable, withm the said city, unless such lamp 
 or candle be enclosed in a lantef'm or shade; 
 m as to prevent any accidents from fire there- 
 
 . §9. l^at no person shalFstn^e or have wn \,. 
 in Ls or her possession any lighted ci^ar ov^^^^^':'' 
 Pipe m any stable, carnent^ cM&t^^^'' 
 
 ^hU'^^^^'h ^^ ^*^^^* «^^P' or building 
 #here Straw, shavings, or other combustible 
 
 ^L J'i '*^?H '^"^^' lanes, or coiJ^ 
 
 yards of the said city, except in some covered 
 vessel or metal fire-pan, '^''*'"'^. 
 
 K^nl^** Myasie8,Temove<l ft>m stoves JXr'"^" 
 op toe-places, in any wooden box or otter 
 wooden vessel, or near any wooden partition 
 ■■.H.'»er, or their honse or hous^ in the 
 
 SMd city and hberties, or in any ont-fonse or 
 sh^ or shaUpkee, or cause to U placed, ai^^^^ 
 iay,^^traj^ or other combnstibfe materii ; i 
 uncovered, m his, her, or their court-ya^^ 
 
 ^A^\. "^^ "" P*'*"' <"■ Freons shall flre„ . ' 
 oragchaige any gn„, fowlSig^piece or CgSSS.""-- 
 anna, or stJall set fire to anflrWker, sq^ 
 
 
 s~. 
 
i^ 
 
 BT-LAW8 OF THE 
 
 
 Conoealing 
 penonB. 
 
 -A . 
 
 serpent, op other fire-works in anjr of the- 
 streets, squares, or lanes of the said city and 
 liberties. 
 
 Tbrtatstooffl- § 12. That it shall not be lawM for any 
 
 **"• person or persons by words, threats, violence, 
 
 or otherwise, to hinder or obstruct the High 
 
 ^^, BaiM, or any of the city constables, or any 
 
 ■^perion ^wfully employed or authoiized by 
 
 4 feeifir in wresting any person chained wim 
 
 • ■:':':''^.\:'''^my offence ligainst the laws of the rrovin<ie, > 
 or acainst any of the By-laws of the city,' 
 
 % (agamst whom any warrant shall be issued,)*" 
 
 > or who shall 1s>e charged as will kwfully au- 
 
 thorize any cityNofficer, aforesaid, to arrest any 
 such person or peisons charged as aforesaid. 
 
 § 13. That it shall not be lawful for any 
 person or persons to deny or conceal from 
 any^uchoflfeer, as aforesaid, any such person 
 or pei-sons chai'ged as aforesaid, for the pur- 
 pose of preventing any such person or per- 
 sons from being arrested under such warrant 
 
 § 14. That it shall not be lawful for any 
 person or persons to cut Ice in that part of 
 Burlington my lying in front of the city, ex- 
 cept west of a line drawn north fi'oin the- ou- 
 ter end of the wharf occupied by^ Mr. ' Cook, 
 and that any person cuttmg ice in any such 
 part of the Bay shall surround the hole made 
 thereby with brash, so that any pei-son pa&- 
 sing over the Bay may not suffer any damage ; 
 and that any person guilty of a breach of this 
 By-law, shall DC liable to be fined a sum not 
 exceeding five pounds, with costs, or in de* 
 feult of paynaent of such fine and costs, inay 
 be imprisoned for not more than thirty dajs 
 in the common gaol of the United Clounties 
 of Wentworth andHaltpn. 
 
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 fllTTOF HAMILTON. 
 
 115 
 
 .,/' 
 
 taon of this By-law, shaU upon co^ction, be 
 liable to be fined a sum not exceeding five 
 pounds for the use of the city, and in default 
 
 of payment be imprisoned in the gaol of the 
 Umted Counties of 'Wentworth and Halton ' 
 tor a penod not to exceed thii-ty days * 
 
 
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 . V^^ XCI 
 
 ON THE INTEBMENT OF THE DEAD. v ' 
 
 (PoMed lit June, 1^,)'>' , 
 
 . WhOTew it is necessary to regulate the in- 
 terment of the dead in tie city If Hamilton : 
 
 Be it therefore enacted by the Mayor, Al- - 
 dermenand Commonalty of the city of Ha- 
 miltwi, m^Coraicil assembled, "under the Up- 
 per Canada Mumcipal Corporations Acts"^ 
 
 That no person shall dig or open any erave v n \ w 
 or cause or m^ocure anyfrave to WdK^^SSn*?^ 
 opened, OT sC^ mter oj^fepbsit, m any g?^^^ 
 m the c% of Hamilton or the liberties thereof 2? "' *''^"'' 
 S^tS®^^^3^' except in the Burlington or ' 
 »t. IWs Cemeteiy, without the cogent of 
 tiie Mayor w Chairman of the Cemetery 
 Committee bem^ fi^ ' 
 
 ^nsent shaU only be given iathecase of per. 
 sons havmg land m tiie present buryW' 
 CTound, or whose r^ations have been buried 
 there.- '-^i ■■■':. ■, j ,: •• ^ 
 
 V § ^- Thattte Supei-intendent of the Bnr-S"P«^t«nd'nt 
 ^ntJemetery shall see that the Rules and £^"2 Sfe^ 
 Keguktions of the Burliiiton Cemetery are '"'^• 
 
 IZ ^^^^^l^^oneysreceived by himby . 
 virtue of his office. ^ ^ * 
 
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 BY-LAWS Oi)' TUB 
 
 
 7 
 
 §(8. That the City Clerk shall enter in a 
 
 Book to 1)6 ^^ ^_ 
 
 toSnlSr'the*' book, kept for that purpose, the number aad 
 wwib«rofiot.,pj^^ of the lot sold, the date of purchase 
 
 .,^. 
 
 ■«■; 
 
 ■N.r:y- 
 
 aftd,^tT3ie name of purchaser thereof ;, and on 
 pfliyment of the price of said lot, the Qlerk 
 shaU make out a deed thereof and the Mayor 
 
 *; 18 required to e^tecute the same, and affix 
 thereto the corporate se^l of Jijie city of Ha- 
 
 ': milton. ' ■^.- : ■ ■.■:\-'-^'K'*: '■ 'l-^^"- 
 
 pena'ty. § 4. That au^ pereon violating any of the 
 
 provisions of this By-law shall be fined a sum 
 of Haopey not to exceed Fiy<p Pounds an<^ 
 costs, to he paid to the CJity Chamberlain, 
 aod ift default of payment of the siwn^^ it 
 shall be lawM tocommitsuc^offender to the 
 Gaol of the United Counties of Wentworth 
 and Haltoij for a period not to exceed thirty 
 days. 
 
 ' BY-LAW No. XCn. 
 
 Tomtharkeihe issue qf Debentvrea f4)r the 
 CQm^etifm of ih^ Cental SoJioqI am Qth^r 
 purposes, V 
 
 •^ -^ \ f Pasted Ut June, 1SS9.J 
 
 Whereas the Board of School Tiwtees &j» 
 Common Schools of the City of .Hamilton, 
 have presented statement of the cost for ihft 
 compMottof theCenti*al School, aniountwjg 
 
 : to the sum of Three Thousand Five Huwd^ed 
 Pounds; and whereas it is necessary to pro- 
 vide for the same and for other expenses con- 
 
 ' nected i«ith the Schools of this City, by ihe 
 iflsiie oiS Debentures :' 
 
 Be it therefore en^ted by^W Mayor, Al^ 
 dennen and Commonalty of theCity of Hm- 
 ilton,inCouncil assembled, "under the aur 
 
 I 
 
 .4*. 
 
 thoiity < 
 poration 
 
 1.' 
 
 issue De 
 £romtin 
 aboveni 
 five pou] 
 the sun 
 
 Sounds; 
 is Wo 
 by the J 
 
 § 2.'- 
 intorest 
 the rate 
 half-yea 
 o^ the f 
 each yei 
 
 §3.' 
 shall be 
 
 Thes 
 first daj 
 
 Thes 
 dayof '. 
 
 The i 
 fiistdaj 
 
 Thes 
 dajrof; 
 
 Thes 
 4ay of ! 
 V And 
 tot d&] 
 
 tores as 
 leviedl a 
 
 and the 
 
 
" 2%^^'-' 
 
 OITV OF HAMILTON. 
 
 m 
 
 %: 
 
 ^ 
 
 thority of the Upper Canada Municipal Coi*^ 
 porations Acts : ^ 
 
 § 1. That it shall and may be lawful to P**'^"*",'-'* «^ 
 
 ,0 - J ,bo iRBUod not 
 
 wsue Debentures for such amounts as may b^tooxceed 
 from time to time required, for the purposeif ^^'^"'* 
 ttbove nathed, in sums of not less than twei^ty+ 
 five pptiiiL^, and not to exceed in the whole, 
 the sum of three thousand five hundred 
 
 Sounds ; and that the samj9 shall be signed by 
 is Worship the Mayor, and countei^igned 
 by the ^Chamberlain. 
 
 § 2. That the said Debentures 8hall*bearD«bentur«ito 
 interest fi.*om the^ date thereof, at and after intOTesHnd 
 the rate of sif der cent per annum, payable|eL^*® **■*'' • 
 half-yearly at the office of the Chamoerlain, 
 o;i the first days of June and December in 
 each year. 
 
 § 9. That the Debentures so to be granted, tnrM°bau be* 
 shall be payable as follows, that is to say : p*y**>*«- 
 
 The sum of five hundred pounds on the 
 first day of December, 1857. 
 
 The sum of six hundi*ed pounds on the fii-st 
 day of December, 1858. 
 
 The sum of six hundred pounds on the 
 fiiostday of December, 1869. 
 
 The sum of six hundred pouiids on the first ^ 
 
 diayvof December, 1860. I 
 
 The- sum of ^ hundred pounds on the first 
 day of December, 1^1. 
 
 . And lih© sunx of mx hundred jpounds on the ;^ 
 fijrst day of December, 1862. 
 
 § 4. For the payment of the said Deben- speoiai nte to 
 tures and the interest thpreon^ there shall be S^Sto*" 
 levied! and iiaised upon the whole rateable ^°*°""- 
 prtmerty ^within the ^aid Citjr of Hamilton, 
 and the liberties thereof a special rate in each 
 
 
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 id 
 
•.*T*^^4p^^^^"' ' 
 
 m 
 
 BT-LAW8 OF THB 
 
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 year, over and above, and in addition to aU 
 other rates whatever, as follows, that is to say: 
 in each year until the yeai* 1857 inclusive, a 
 rate of one half-penny in the pound ; and 
 during the years 1858, 1859, 1860, 1861 and 
 1862, » rate of two pence in the pound in , 
 each and eveiy yeai*, until the said Deben- 
 tures shall be folly redeemed and paid. 
 \, ■#■ . 
 
 BY-LAW Na XCIH 
 
 To determine a method of drfrayingjh o^ 
 of constructing Sewers. 
 
 {Pa$sedldtkJune,lW3,) 
 
 Be it enacted by the Mayor, Aldermen, and 
 Commonalty of the City of Hamilton, in 
 Council assembled, " under the TJppeir Canada 
 Municipal Coi-porations Acts.^ 
 
 That in foture, the expense of constructing 
 Sewei-8 in the City of Hamilton, be paid out 
 of the general Revenues of the dty. 
 
 ■■. V ■ : » ' ' • " — ■■■ 
 
 BY-LAW No. XCIV. 
 
 ■ ■ .BBFKAL. '■ 
 
 Whereas it is expedient and necessary to 
 pass a By-law to repeal By-law No. 12, and 
 also to repeal clause No. 11 in By-law^o, 68: 
 
 Be it therefore enacted, by the IkPyor^ 
 Aldei-men, and COmmoEalty of the City of 
 Haidlton, in Council assembled, "under the 
 authority; of the Upper Canada Mtmidpal 
 Corporations A^ts.** 
 
 • That from md after the pasang of thiB By- 
 law, By-law No. 12, and clause No. 11 in By- 
 law No. 68, be, and ihe^ same are h^by 
 rer'"^'^ - -^^■-■- - ■•■'■■ 
 
 1^.- 
 
 ihauik 
 
 / ih 
 
 Whei 
 Session* 
 authoriz 
 a loan € 
 date th€ 
 the Maj 
 the City 
 by way 
 benturei 
 thousani 
 Debent! 
 
 And ' 
 of the ( 
 was^K 
 
 And/ 
 requirec 
 of the i] 
 pounds, 
 two pe 
 p^ce i] 
 
 Be i 
 
 Alderm 
 Hamiltc 
 
 That 
 Mayor < 
 him ap] 
 any per 
 ate,whc 
 npontfa 
 mentio]] 
 impo6e<^ 
 'the wh< 
 
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 CITY OF HAMILTON. 
 
 (m 
 
 ^ BYXAWNo. XCV. 
 
 Ibauthforize the timing of Debentwreaj wnder 
 y ihe Aot l^th Victoria, Chap. 95. 
 
 Whereas, by an A,Qt passed in the last Preambio.*.;^ 
 ^ : yBeemon of Parliament, entitled " An Act t6 
 authorize the City of Hamilton to negotiate 
 , a loan of fifty tnousand pounds to consoli- 
 * date the city debt and for other purposes," 
 the Mayor, Aldermen, and Commonalty of 
 the City of Hamilton, are authoiized to raise 
 by way of loan, upon the credit of the De- 
 bentures of the said city, the sum of fifty 
 thousand pounds, and it la expedient to issue 
 ' Debentures thereunder. 
 
 'iv 
 
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 A 
 
 And whereas the whole rateable property Amonnt of 
 of the City of Hamilton, for the year 1852, S5*for ifiaT 
 was £106,268 Is 4d. 
 
 And whereas the annual rate in the pound Rate ot u. in 
 required as a specified rate for the payment *^<>p«'»°<*- 
 of the interest of said sum of fifty thousand 
 pounds, and the creation of a sinking fund of 
 two per cent to pay the piincipal, is nine 
 pence in the pound. 
 
 Be it therefore enacted, by the Mayor, 
 Aldermen, and Commoiialty of the City of 
 Hamilton, 
 
 That it shall and may be lawful for the 4:50,000 to be 
 Mayor of said city, or for any agent to be by SnJti^ ^'^ 
 him appointed, to raise by way of loan, from _ 
 
 any person or persons, body or bodies corpor- 
 ate, who may be willii^ to advance the same, 
 npon^ihd credit of the Debentures hereinafter 
 mentioned, and the special rate hereinafter 
 ^ imposed, a sum of money not exceeding in 
 the whole fifty thonsand pounds, and to cause 
 
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 m 
 
 BY-LAWS*" OF TI^ 
 
 • ••■•'••- k*** 
 
 ; tho8Ufiie to be paid ipto the hands of the 
 Chamberlain, for the purj)09e8 in the $hird 
 clause of the flaid act flpecitled. / "i^J 
 
 And be it further enacted, >^S ' 
 
 myono^m That it fthall and may be lawfW f<5i: the 
 l.±r:" '" Mayor of the city, for the time b^ii^, to cause 
 or (lirect to be issued, Debentures under the 
 corporation seal, in s^ch sum of not less than 
 twenty-five pounds, and not^ceedmg m the 
 whole the said sum of ftfty %u8and pounds, 
 as any person or peraons^ body xfF bodies cor- 
 porate, who may be willing to loan on the 
 credit of «uch Debentures may reg^. * 
 
 And be it ftirther enacted, 
 DebentBw. to That the said Debentures shall be sig^jed 
 !?,X'r'rndby the Mayor, and countei-signed bv the 
 *™ »tSh;d CJhamberlain of the city, for the time being, 
 poo. .tt«,hed.v^^ Bhall have coupons attached for the pay- 
 mentofthe interest thereon, which interest 
 shall be payable semi-annually, and the pnn- 
 
 cipal monies thereby secured, shall be payable 
 at such time, not exceeding twenty years from 
 
 the dato thei-eo^ as the Mayor shall decide on, 
 and shall, as well as the intorest thereon, be 
 payable at the office of the Chamberlain of 
 the city, or such other place or places as, the 
 Common Council sHall, by' resolution, from 
 \ time tb^e appoint, and as shall be deagnatr 
 
 ed in the 8ai4 Debenture«i. 
 And be it further enacted; 
 sp^ii riue of l?hat for the payment, satisfaction and dis- 
 sStothepound ciiarge of the said-Debentures and the mte^ 
 tobeievied. ^^g^^^ ^herc shallbe levied andraisednp. 
 on the assessed value of all rateable property 
 in the said city and the liberties thereof over 
 and abov e and in sdd i tiofrto *ll ^^ V M ^ 
 
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t'lr^Yt'^W^W' 
 
 '"Wf"^' 
 
 aTY OP IIAMILTOK. 
 
 129 
 
 •4, 
 
 whataoever, a special rate of nine pence in the 
 .pound in each and every year, until the full 
 payment and redemption of said Debentures 
 and interest : Provided ahvayn, that until the 
 whole of the said Dobentures^HhuU bo ia.^ued, 
 th^re shall be ,bo levied and rained' in each 
 year- for the payment of the fiaid Dohcntures 
 actually issued, and the interest thereon, a por- 
 tioninly of the said rate hereby settled to be 
 levied and raised, bearing such a proportion 
 of the rates hereinbefore settled as the De- 
 bentures actually issued shall bear to the 
 whole amount of Debentures hereby, autho- 
 rized to be issued. 
 
 BY-LAW No. XCVL 
 
 V 
 
 REPEAL. 
 
 < (PflMci 4<A Jw/y, 1853.) 
 
 Whereas, in consequence of the Act passed 
 at the last session of Parliament, 16th Viq., 
 chap. 95, it is. expedient to repeal By-law No. 
 82, no action having ever been had thereun- 
 der: \j-, , /. ^ ■ ■■. -:**,. 
 
 Be it therefore enacted by the May A, Al- Eopear^ 
 dermen, and Commonalty of the City m Ha- i^^'No. 
 milton, that By-law No, 82, entitled " A By- 
 law to provide for the raising of a sum of ' 
 money for certain purposes therein men- 
 tioneo," be, and the same is hereby repe^ed. 
 
 if By- 
 82. 
 
 
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 1 -i : 
 
 BY-LAW Na XCVn. 
 
 ToeeUthe Stock hdd hy the Git/y of HamMton 
 in the Great Weatern Rdilroad Convpcmy. 
 
 (Paiaed ^nd Aug^aj, J853.) 
 
 Wherea a it is thought n e c e aHaiy^tad oapft- 
 
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IftO 
 
 ||r-LAW8 Of Tmi 
 
 «..4»^(;«p««* 
 
 ««•#*•»••••••*••••• 
 
 i«a»«Ai««««« 
 
 •••a«f • 
 
 dient to sell the atock held by tliw city in the 
 Great Weatera Railway Company : . / 
 
 Be it therefore enacted by the Mayor, Al- 
 ^ dermen and Commonalty of the Chty of Ham- 
 
 ilton, in Council aHsembled « tinder the an- 
 thority of the Upper Canada Municipal Oor- 
 porationa Acia : " 
 ..^w to h. That from and after the paa8ing.of this By- 
 KbS^t .tiaw, it shall and may be lawful for the Mayor 
 ;r "'•''"or Chaii-man on l^nance for the time being, to 
 sell the stock held in the Great Western 
 Rwlway to any pei-son or pei-sons, bodies cor- 
 porate or politic, who may be willinc to pur. 
 
 chase the same; provided always that said 
 Railway Stock shall not be sold at a lower 
 rate than pai^ 
 Fro^-tob. And belt furtlier.enacted, by the authority 
 S^ffiiiuSSVoresaid, that the proceeds arising from the 
 Diunturw. g^g of said Railwav Stock, or so much thereot 
 . as are necessary for the redemption of the 
 Debentures issued in payment of said^ Kail- 
 way Stock, shall be applied to the bquidation 
 thereof, and for no other pui^ose whatever. 
 
 >»>■ 
 
 ^ BY-LAW No. C. 
 
 To regdaU ihs eck (^ SpirUuma ar^J^ 
 lAqmrs withm the ^rawnda^m which ths 
 Fr&mnGM AgrMturd -Efc^^^ftjn w 
 held, cmdxm the grcmda ad^(u;ent thereto, 
 
 fPoited Uh Oetober, 1910.) 
 
 Whereas, by the Act Uth and ISih.Tio, 
 SXAvch,p. 120, k » eiia«!ted that wherever any 
 t.?2Sltb.par^ to whom a license to keep a honse of 
 
 chap. 120, It ifl enaciwi xiuM, wix^x^,-. --jr 
 
 ^ to kom a license to keepa hou^ 
 
 tmbfic entertidnm entBhall have Beengraatef 
 
 - ^m'Ti^ rF:- p n blic entertaipmeni>«uiwi u»^ ^ r ?r.TnT.V 
 ?p2'i"«di*v^de8ire to fiirmBli such ^efr^«hme^i^ « by 
 
 -I?- 
 
^^SF^'^tf 
 
 if-l\W -f ti"1^i=^' 
 
 • -w-^^i-w, ?«^'^«^tN?^>»'^pf«PW?teraPf 
 
 omr or lUMiLToif. 
 
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 mmm«^t»mmmmm»mmmmm>mfii»^»mmmm»*»m»»mmmmwmmm*mm 
 
 ISl 
 
 law he b permitted to do in tbe honse for 
 which he has obtained a license, at any place 
 out of his' said houHe but within the lirnrte to 
 which such license extends, or to remove from 
 the house for which the same shall have been 
 granted into another house in the same town- 
 ihip, incorporated village or town, or city, and 
 to keep a house of public entei*tainment 
 therein, it shall be lawftil for the Inspectors 
 of Houses of Public Entertainment for such 
 township, incorporated village, or town or citj, 
 or a majority of such Inspectors in their dis- 
 cretion, but subject always to any By-Uw 
 which'mar have been made in that oehalf by 
 the municipal authority of the locality, to en- 
 dorse on such license a permission to the party 
 to whom it was granted to furnish, such yo- 
 'fi'eshments as aforesaid: ^ 
 
 And whereas certain peroons are about ap- 
 plying to the said Inspectors for permission 
 to sell spirituous and other liquore on the 
 said grounds : ^ 
 
 Be it therefore enacted by the Mayor, Al- 
 dermen and Commonalty of the city of Ha- 
 milton, in Council assembled, " under the au- 
 thority- of the Upper Canada Municipal Cor- 
 porations Acts"^ — 
 
 That before snch permission is given to any p«pnent of 
 peiBon or pei-sons, by the said Inspectdrs, or^^JJJbSJj 
 a majority of them, he, she or they shaU payjujjj^jj^ 
 to the City Chamberlain for the time ^bein^qnon. V 
 the sum of twelve p6nnd9 ten shillings ;; and 
 that until such payment, any such permission 
 or endorsement of his, her or th^ license 
 shall be void and of no eSecL 
 
 And be it enacted, that if any pers on orpewitj. 
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 ^Preamble. 
 
 BY-LAWS OF THE 
 
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 said grounds on which the said Exhibition is 
 held, or on the grounds adjoining or contigu- 
 0U9 thereto, any spirituous or other liquors, 
 without having fii-st paid the said suin of 
 twelve.pounds ten shillings, as aforesaid, he, 
 she or they shall, upon convictioia thereof be- 
 "foro the Mayor, Police Magistrate, or any of • 
 the Aldermen of the city, fbi^it and pay for 
 each offence a sum of money not excegdmg 
 ^ fiye pounds, oiie half of which to be paid to 
 the informer, and the other half to the Cham- 
 berlain, for the use of the city : And it shall 
 and may bo lawful for the Mayor, Police Ma- 
 gi>4trato, or Alderman, as aforesaid, to i^sue his 
 warrant to lew the) amount of fine and costs, 
 by distress and* sale of the offender's goods 
 and chattels ; and in case no suificient distress 
 to satisfy the aniount of fine and costs shall 
 belbund, or in default of payment of the 
 same, shall be committed to the gaol of the 
 United Counties of Wentworth ant Halton 
 for a period not exceeding thirty daf 
 
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 \BY^AW No. CV, 
 
 For lAcmsing Auctioneers^ ShopJceeperSj do. 
 
 {Pamd 6<A February, 1854.) 
 
 Whereas by an Act passed in the 16th 
 year of the reign of Her Majesty Queen Vic- 
 toria, intituled « An Actta^epe^ certain du- 
 ties of excise, so far as regards Upper Ganar 
 da, and to vest cei-tain powei-s in the munici- 
 pal authorities of that part of the Province,'* 
 cei-tain powere and authority therein more 
 particularly motioned are vested in and con- 
 feiTed upon the Municipal Councils- of coun- 
 ties and cities in Upper Canada : % 
 
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 \ And 
 law to < 
 
 Be i 
 Alderir 
 Hamut 
 and by 
 cipal C4 
 
 That 
 Tuaiy, < 
 four, ai 
 Februa 
 be take 
 for the 
 store-kc 
 city an^ 
 quoi's, i 
 tnan h 
 ment; 
 cense t 
 Clerk t 
 
 And 
 thel5t 
 fore th< 
 ingyea 
 theCit; 
 or pers 
 ' who sh 
 the ca] 
 viithin 
 every fi 
 gaidCii 
 Anctioi 
 pounds 
 contaiii 
 under 
 
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 «JfT OF HAMILTON. 
 
 J33 
 
 \ And' whereas it, & neceasarjc to pass a By- 
 law to caiTy said powei-s into effect : 
 
 Be it therefore enacted, by the Mayor, 
 Aldermen, and Commonalty of the City of 
 Hamuton, constituted and assembled under 
 and by virtue of the " Upper, Cai^da Muni* 
 cipal Corporations Acts"— 
 
 That on or before the Meenth day of Feb-^^JSTi's: 
 Tuaiy, one thousand eight hundred and fifty- MUiniby Mml 
 
 four, and on or before tl;ie fifteenth day of ^*''' 
 
 February in each succeeding year, there shall 
 
 be taken out a license from the City Cleijk * 
 
 for the time being, by eyery shop-keeper, * 
 
 store-keeper, and othera selling within the said 
 
 city any wine, brandy, or other spiiituous li- 
 
 quora, ale or beer by retail, in places other 
 
 tnan houses or places of public entertain- ^ 
 
 ment; and that tor each and every such li- 
 
 cense there. shall be paid to the said City 
 
 Clerk the sufo of seven pounds ten shillings. 
 
 ■ And be it further enacted, that on or before 
 the 15th day of February, 1854, and on or be- 
 fore the l5t'h day of Febraary in each succeed* 
 ing year, there shall be tfi^enontalicensefroin 
 the City Clerk for the time being, by all person 
 or persons who shall sell goods by sample, or 
 ' who shall exercise or be desirous of exercising 
 the calling or occupation of an- auctioneer 
 ifiithin the said city, and that for each and 
 every such license there shall be paid to the 
 fiaid City Clerk the sum of fif]been pounds for 
 Auctioneer's, and for selling by samples two 1 1 
 poiiilds: Provided always, that nothing herein 
 contained shall extend to sales by auction, 
 under the anthority of any Shenff, nnder- 
 S^^irifi^ orCoturtable. 
 
 And be it farther enacted, that on or be-^ 
 
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 SJ^" O'' o't,efore*he fifteenth day of ^^m ■ 
 which%Li. ^u Bucceedinff year, there Bhall be taKen ouii 
 Sr-'^-^rUoerfromthe City Clerk, by every towk- 
 er pedlar, petty chapman, and any tradmg 
 
 SKr levir^ wSw" *« said city gomg 
 Lm place to place, or to other mens houBM, 
 
 or who have not become honseholders by per- 
 manent residence mthin said city, or teavd- 
 W either on foot or with » hoi^ or ho«e^ 
 mnle or mnles, or other beast or beas^ bea^ 
 Inc or drawing bnrthen,boat or boate, decked 
 vls^l or vessel or other craft or otherwise 
 S said city, canTing to b«V' "ITfoi 
 to sale, any gobds, wares, or merchandise ; for 
 wUch ffi the^eshaUbepmd the following 
 gnms at the time such Ucense be taken out:— 
 *,«».. '-Forevery man travelling onfoot,one ponnd. 
 For every horse, a88orninle,or o^erlbeast 
 iKsaring or drawing bmthen, an additional 
 
 snm of one ponnd ten shillmgs. _ _ 
 
 For every man sailing with a decked vessel 
 
 • trading and expoang for ^sale jooda^ wares, 
 
 and BMrchandiSe, on board or from the same, 
 
 r free ■"■■''■■ 
 
 For every man tHidintwithaboatoroAer 
 
 craft, and expodng forsale goods, wj^ and 
 merdiandis^^for each boat or craft, free. 
 Hotto^riTt. PrWrtded always, tiiat nothing herem cpn- 
 JSr "*- trined shaU extend to any person or peiwnB 
 being Britilh subjecte by birth or natiiMtar 
 
 tion, from selling, or expoMg any good^ 
 ^ or merchiTndise mannfectured^iA this 
 ^S^ and of wMdi he, she, or they are 
 the mannfiustorerg. 
 
 Li««.fcrBii. And be it ftother ena^, thai; on. 
 
 ^SSK fc^tiie fifteenth day of T?ebn«iry,oM 
 
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 flftnd eighi hundred and fifty-four, and on or . 
 before the fifteenth day of February in each 
 succeeding year, there shall be taken out from 
 the City^ Clerk for the time bem^, by all per- 
 sons who shall "within the said city keep or 
 have in their posiession, or on their premises, 
 any billiard-table or tables set up for hire or 
 
 gain, du'ectly or indirectly, or being in any 
 ouse or place of public entert^nment, or 
 house or jnace of public resoi't, whether such 
 billiard table be used or i not ; and that for 
 the license on each table there shall be paid 
 the sum of twenty jpounds 
 
 And be it further enacted, that the licenses uoense to b« 
 mentioned in this By-law shall be signed by S(^,^idto 
 the Mayor, or sealed with the cily seal, anajj^^j^j** "^ 
 issued and countersigned by the City Clerk, ""^ 
 who shall keep in a l>ook for that pui*])ose, a 
 ^ true record, or the number of licenses issued, 
 to whom and when the same were issued, an^ 
 the amount paid therefor ; and that all lie 
 ses shall^ extend and be in force for one yc 
 \ from the fifteenth day of February in «ach 
 year, on whiah day they shall be dated. . ?^ 
 
 And be it ftirther enacted, that any person pendty. 
 brel^king'any^ of the provisions of this By- 
 law, shall, upon conviction thereof before the 
 Mayor, Police Magistrate, or any of the Al- 
 dermen of the said city, forfeit and pay for 
 each offence a sum not exceeding five pounds, 
 or, in default of payment of liie same, shaU 
 be committed to the gaol of the. United 
 Counties of Wentworth and Haltoo^ for a pe- 
 riod not exceecD&g thirty days. ^ 
 
 And be it fuirtlier enacted tibat j^ By-law 
 shall come into Icffce on the fifteentli day of 
 February,. 1854. 
 
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 BT-JLAWS OF THR 
 
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 ^ BY-LAW No. CVI. 
 
 To anmid By-Law Ko. 105, on Auctioneer ^ 
 , ^ ^^ (^11(1 other Jjicens^a, 
 
 , „ ^Pa«»«f 3rd ilpnl, 1854./ . ' 
 
 . - . Whereas it is necessaty to passa By-law to 
 
 amend By-law Na 105 : ^i 
 
 Be it tUerefore enacted by the Mayor, Al- 
 dermen, and Commonalty (^ *e eity of Ha- . 
 mUton, in Council assembled, ^^iit»ier the Up- 
 , per XJanadaMunicipal Corporations Acts — 
 mendmentdf ^That in Che tot section, in the said' By- 
 *^'"'' '""• law, after the word « retail," be insei-ted, ^ m 
 quantities not less than one quart; and not 
 di'ank on the l^remises." 
 
 And be it further enacted, that in Section 
 Number 2, in said Bv-law, the Auciicmeer 
 licences be ten pounds, in place x)f fift^n 
 ^ pounds ; and also that m Section iNo. 4, Bil- 
 Hwd libles be ten pounds each, msteaa <>t 
 tiweiity pounds each. >^, 
 
 BY-LAW No. CVII- ; * ; 
 • ToEMMslta Board of Worhs. ^ . 
 
 Whereas it is expedient and necessary, in. 
 consideration of the large imptovemente now 
 in progress and in contemplatipn withmlilie. 
 the limits of ibis city, to est^^lwh ^ Board ^^ 
 
 '.Works:— , ■.;■'•.:■■ '^^. :;';/•' ■^■■-.^'"' ■•':■ 
 * Be it therefore «nafet^ by the Mayor, AV 
 
 dermen and Com^pona^ty, M Council asfiem- 
 
 . , bled:— ' ; ^ . _. 
 
 8 1 That from «iid after thepaasing'oftliis 
 
 B^law, there shaJJ be ^ Board of WoriseoteV 
 lished. / ' . . 
 
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 CITY OF lUMILtOK. 
 
 187 
 
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 § 2r That the iAid Board cbnaist of five 
 ^ membere of the Coancil, one from each Ward. 
 
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 re- 
 Connoil 
 
 § 3. That the members constituting said 
 Board sdall, fi'om time to time, be selected 
 and confirmed by resolution of CouncD. ^^ 
 
 I 4. -That it shall be the duty of said^ard^'^'J^ 
 torepwttothe Council, when required, all port to Co 
 mattei^ connected with the improvements men?!£cf( 
 under their supervision, and to suggest any 
 alteratipns or additions they may deem aa- 
 visable for the public interest ; and also- to 
 make such suggestions to the Council, from / 
 
 time tO' time, with regard to any new work 
 or improvement which t^e aforesaid Boai*d -\ 
 
 of Worksmay deem advisable to be undeiv 
 , tak^.-!} " ^^ '--. ,. '. -X'> ■ . ■ - :---~-rry:7^ 
 
 § 6. That^y shall be empowered to ap-^Tffi^S 
 j)ly for and oD^m the opinion of any profes- of workt. 
 sional gentleman they may select^ if, in their ' 
 judgmentjmismanagement has occurred in the 
 construction pf any of the public works.; ^. • 
 
 § 6. Thainii the evei^t of any Mlure on 
 the part of Contracljors or others employed 
 by tnem, to fulfil or cany on the work so con- 
 tracted for in JEiccordance with the articles of . 
 i^eementj Md Board shall ha.ve. the power, 
 in conjunction with>^e City i^gineer for the A" 
 
 Mme being, to Suspend sucn work until such 
 'time as th^ Council «hall take actioi and de- 
 cide therein. . V . ' 
 
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 „ -ST. That the Works which the s^d Board. 
 shaE^take under theii* supervision shadl be 
 SUC& ad shall be 'designated by the Council 
 from time te time, and to wHicn their atten- 
 tion shall b^ specially directed. 
 
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 BY-LAWS OF THE 
 
 BY-IAW No. CVni. 
 
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 ^eerOed at oertam Meetvngs of ths i^rean. 
 WeatemMmlway Gcmpmy. 
 
 .piyof Whereas it iflcooflidc^eda^ 
 
 SSTJ _Tr*Xf. tKk MumcapaUty being the h^^^^^ 
 
 rtpdityof Whereas it is consiaeioix ««^-: — T, , i ^ 
 
 deSberatioiM sr ot vsx^ ^ i^Si ^^^ \\a vote upon anv and 
 Sf the O.W.11. y^ represented and give its Y?l *^«„ vi snb- 
 
 em Railway Company :■ • , ^ 
 
 . Be it «ierefo« enacted bv the Bfoyon At 
 
 perSada Mnnidpal Corporatioiu. Aete - 
 
 bil^rfaLe withtiie kuown viewB of to 
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 btm-a:w No. ei 
 
 , ON ooAia. 
 
 fPoiaedVrtk October, 19S&') 
 
 ,^r^^ Whereas H is expete^ 
 "^•^^^ pass a By-law to regulate the sale 01 emu 
 
 V STdty of Hamilton: *. 
 
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 dermen i 
 
 ilton, in 
 
 'thority < 
 
 poration 
 
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 city sha 
 the Clei 
 party a 
 person 1 
 load, in 
 of the < 
 same is 
 
 deinan< 
 every 1 
 thesui 
 
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 sions 
 
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 menti 
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 OITT o)f HAMILTON. 
 
 189 
 
 
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 Be it therefore enacted by t^« ^aW, il- ; 
 dermen and Commonalty of the City of Ham- 
 ilton, in Comicil asBembled, "under th^a^ 
 .thority of the Upper Canada Mumcipal Cor- 
 
 porationB Acts:" V > 
 
 • a 1. That all pereoM 8elKng coals in^hiscojutob..^ 
 city shall cause tte same to be weighed by ciAn^f it. 
 the Clerk of the Market,, who sHaU give the 
 party a ticket containing , the name of tUe 
 Cson for whom weighed; the weight of i^ : 
 loftd, mcluding the waggon, and the quantity 
 
 of the coal weighed, m the denomination the . 
 
 same is usually Bold,if requested; 
 
 S 2 ThattheClerWshaUbeauthoiT2edtoci«k>»^^^^ 
 deSiand and receive, as^ a fee fore^ 
 every load of coal weighed at the City Scales^ _ 
 the sum of sevenpence halfpenny. 
 
 S3. That any pei-son infiiiging the provi-i^*y- 
 gi<^ofthi8By4w,braiiy part1*^o^^ v 
 
 : for every stichoflfence,upoiM5^0ti{)nl^^ 
 the Mayor, Aldermen or P<^ce M^gffiti^te, - 
 
 * be iM a sum of money not to exccipd five 
 pounds, with costs ; and in defeult ^ pay- 
 Sent ihereot shall and mjY becommitted to 
 liie common gaol of tlie xUed^ Comities of 
 
 Wentworth and Halton for a p^nod not to 
 exceed thirty days. - 
 
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 INDEX. 
 
 Allky from East Mai'ket to Rebecca Street, 
 Atictioneers— Licensing of, . *. . 
 Auctioneers- Incense — Amendment, . 
 
 vBbead-^ Assize and Weight of^ . 
 !^ard of Health, ,. • ... 
 Ball Alleys, <fec., . ; ,. ^ . *^ . 
 Boai'd of Works, . , • • 
 
 Central School — ^Erection of. ^ ^ . 
 Carriages, Cabs, Cai-ts, Ac, j^ ." . , 
 Carriages, Cabs, Carts, Ac^Amendment, 
 Central School— Completion of, . 
 Coals— To regulate Saleof^ . {m ; 
 
 Debt op the City v . . ; ; . 
 Debentures— Issue ofj 
 
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 Exhibitions, &c^ 
 
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 FiBE Bbioade, . . . . . .- 
 
 Fii'es, Threats to Officei-s, &c^ . , . . 
 
 Great Western Railroad Company, . « 
 ♦* ^;.^-*^ " " Municipality 
 
 to be represented in that body, . ^ 1S8 
 Gteoi-ge Street, . . . . . • .#89 
 
 Hess Street, . ; ; . * . . v ; 88 
 
 Hannah Street, . . . . . ' . ^. 89 
 
 Health Officer— Duties of, . . . . ^^^^ 
 
 Hospital and House of Industiy, . . -^^tW 
 
 Innb, Tatbrnb, Ale and Beer Hquseb, > . 99 
 
 «« «» « " Amendmei^ 107 
 
 Biterment of the Dead, . . , . ,' 12B 
 
 11 
 
 9r 
 
 MaMEE^ OF THE CtTY, . y • ^ V * 
 
 Mortality— KeejringBiUsoi^iSk. ^ /" 
 
 IIB . 
 182 
 
 isa 
 
 90 
 
 92 
 112 
 186 
 
 68. 
 
 66 
 
 79 
 124 
 188 
 
 60" 
 127 
 
 112 
 
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 118 V 
 
 62 
 
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 INDSZ to BY-LAWS. 
 
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 41 
 
 22 
 24 
 60 
 
 5 
 67 
 82 
 
 129 
 129 
 
 NufflAMCKS, . , .' '-M ; • 
 
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 PouoE OFFiOB-^-8y«tem of Coildncting, .. 
 Police Force— Duties of . . ♦ 
 
 Poimd, Poimd-kceper, Fencefl, «to(Si'^^ 
 
 \- • .- • ' 
 Rules and JObdbrs op the CouNCiti,. 
 Railroad Stock —Great Western Kailroad^Co, 
 « " Gait aod Guelph Railway Co, 
 
 Repeal of By-law 12, and Clause 11 in By-law 68, 126 
 Repeal of By-law No. 82, 
 RftUway Stock— Sale of 
 
 Strkets and Sidewaekb, . . 
 
 Surface Drainage, •. , . 
 
 'Sewera— Cost of Constructing, . 
 
 "^ Spirituous liquoi-s— Sale of on Exhibition Grounds 1 30 
 
 . Shopkeepers— Licensing of," ... 132 
 
 V^OTOBiA Avenue,, . 
 
 Wood and StoNOUs,— Measurement of, 
 ' Wood — Fees on, . . . 
 
 " Amendment, . 
 Weights and Measures, . 
 
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 114 
 126 
 
 65 
 
 30 
 21 
 2« 
 
 116 
 
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