Election of a Adjournment of meetings. Meetings to be held in such places as Municipality shall appoint. Who shall preside at meetings. 13 & 14 Vic., cap. 64, sec. 1. Appointment of .Assessors and Collectors. Term of office. of which appointment he shall give notice to the Member or other Members of the Municipality; and at such first meeting the Councillors shall proceed to elect from amongst themselves a Townreeve, and in Townships which shall have five hundred resident freeholders and householders on the Collector's Roll as aforesaid, one Deputy-Townreeve for such Township for such year. XXV. And be it enacted, That the said Township Municipalities shall and may severally adjourn their meetings, from time to time, at their pleasure, and the Townreeve, or in case of his death or absence, the Deputy Townreeve, shall have power at any time to summon a special meeting thereof. XXVI. And be it enacted, That the meetings of each Township Municipality shall be held at such place within the Township as they shall themselves, from time to time, appoint by adjournment, or by any By-law to be passed for that purpose. XXVII. And be it enacted, That the Townreeve shall preside at all meetings of the Township Municipality, or in his absence the Deputy Townreeve when there is one, except only when there shall be no Townreeve or Deputy-Townreeve, in which case some other member of such Municipality to be appointed by them for that purpose, shall preside in such Municipality. [SEC. XXVIII. And be it enacted, That the Municipality for each Township shall, so soon as conveniently may be after their own election or appointment, nominate and appoint [such and so many Assessors and Collectors for the said Township as shall or may be permitted or prescribed (as the case may be) by the Laws for the assessment of property, and the levying and collecting of rates for local purposes, in force in Upper Canada for the time being,] and that the said Assessors and Collectors shall hold office from the time of their appointment respectively, until the third Monday in January of the year next after their appointment as aforesaid, and until the Municipality of such Township shall appoint new Assessors or a new Collector in their place, As to vacancies. or in the place of any one of them, and in case of a vacancy in the office of any Assessor or Collector by death or removal of residence from the Township, the Township Municipality shall fill up the vacancy by a new appointment, at its then next meeting, or as soon thereafter as conveniently may be.] Audit of accouuts XXIX. And be it enacted, That the Municipality of each Township shall, upon the Report of the Auditors of the Township, finally audit and allow all accounts chargeable against the Township, and in case any such charges shall not be specially regulated by law, it shall be their duty to allow for the same such sums as may be just and reasonable, and they shall in like manner also audit and allow the Townships to be established, G. 3, c. 1. XXX. And be it enacted, That the boundary lines of the different Boundary lines of Townships in Upper Canada shall hereafter be ascertained and permanently established upon a permanent footing, under the authority of an Act and how. of the Parliament of that Province, passed in the thirty-eighth year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Third, intituled, An Act to ascertain and establish on a permanent footing the Boundary Act of U. C. 2 Lines of the different Townships of this Province, or under the authority of any Act of the Parliament of this Province, to be passed in the present or any future session of Parliament for that purpose, upon the application of the Municipality of each Township respectively, or as such other Act may direct, and not upon that of the Quarter Sessions of the Peace, as required by such first mentioned Act: Provided always, nevertheless, that no application of freeholders shall Proviso. be necessary to enable such Municipality to make the necessary application for such purpose. make by-laws for XXXI. And be it enacted, That the Municipality of each of the Municipalities to Townships in Upper Canada, shall have power and authority to make certain purposes. a By-law or By-laws for each, all or any of the following purposes, that is to say: Firstly. For the purchase and acquirement of all such real and Purchase of real personal property within the Township as may be required for the use property. of the inhabitants thereof as a Corporation, and for the sale and disposal of the same, when no longer required. Secondly. For the erection, security, preservation, improvement or Town Hall. repair of a Town Hall, and of all other houses and buildings required by or being upon any land acquired by or belonging to such Township as a Corporation. Thirdly. For the purchase and acquirement of such real property as School House. may be required for Common School purposes, for building Common School Houses, and for the sale and disposal of the same when no longer required, and providing for the establishment and support of Common Schools according to Law. Fourthly. For the erection and establishment of one or more Public Public Pound. Pounds in such Township, and settling the Fees to be taken by PoundKeepers. Fifthly. For the appointment, under the Corporate Seal of such 20 Fence-viewers, and other Township officers. Pound-keepers, Township, of a sufficient number of Pound-Keepers, Fence-Viewers, Overseers of Highways, Road Surveyors, and of such and so many other Officers as may be necessary for carrying into effect any of the provisions of this Act, or of any other Act of the Legislature of this Province, or of the late Province of Upper Canada, or of any By-law. or By-laws of the Municipality of such Township, and in like manner to displace all or any of them and appoint others in their room, and to add to or diminish the number of them or any of them as often as the said Corporation shall see fit. Duties of Township officers. Their remuneration. Bonds, &c., to be given by them. Drains and water courses. 11 & 15 Vic., cap. &c. Sixthly. For regulating and prescribing the duties of all Officers acting under the authority of the Corporation of such Township, and the penalties on their making default in the performance of such duties. Seventhly. For settling the remuneration of all Township Officers in all cases where the same is not or shall not be settled by Act of the Legislature, and for providing for the payment of the remuneration by such Act of the Legislature or by the By-laws of the said Municipality provided and appointed for all Township Officers whatsoever. Eighthly. For regulating the bonds, recognizances or other securities to be given by all Township Officers for the faithful discharge of their duties; for inflicting reasonable penalties for refusing to serve in any Township Office, and for the infringement of any and every By-law of the Municipality of the Township. Ninthly. For the erection, construction or repair of such drains and water courses as the interests of the inhabitants of such Township shall in the opinion of the Municipality require to be so erected, constructed or repaired at the public expense of such Township. 109, sec. 31. [SEC. XXXI. Tenthly. For the opening, constructing, making, Highways, roads, leveling, pitching, raising, lowering, gravelling, macadamizing, planking, repairing, planting, improving, preserving and maintaining of any new or existing highway, road, street, side-walk, crossing, alley, lane, bridge or other communication within such Township, [or between such Township and any adjoining Township, City, Town or incorporated Village, and for entering into, performing and executing any arrangement or agreement with the Municipal Corporations of any such adjoining Township, City, Town or incorporated Village, for the execution of any such work at the joint expense, and for the joint benefit of the Municipal Corporations of such Township, City, Town or Village, and the people they represent respectively,] and for the stopping up, pulling down, widening, altering, changing or diverting of any such highway, road, street, side-walk, crossing, alley, lane, bridge, or other communication within the same: Provided always, nevertheless, that no such new, widened, altered, changed or diverted highway, road, Proviso as to encroachments on certain kinds of property. street, side-walk, crossing, alley, lane, bridge or other communication, shall be laid out so as to run through or encroach upon any dwellinghouse, barn, stable, or outhouse or any orchard, garden, yard or pleasure ground, without the consent in writing of the owner thereof.] ing through woods. Eleventhly. For providing, that on each side of any highway, which Highways passshall pass through a wood, the timber shall be cut down for a space not exceeding twenty-five feet on each side of such highway, by the proprietor of the land on which such timber shall be, or in his default by the overseer of highways or other officer in whose division such land shall lie, such timber to be removed by the proprietor within a time to be appointed by the By-law, or in bis default by such overseer of highways or other officer, in which last mentioned case it may be used by the overseer or other officer as aforesaid, for any purpose connected with the improvement of the highways and bridges in his division, or sold by him to defray the expenses incurred in carrying the By-law into effect; Provided always, that no such By-law shall authorize or compel Proviso as to the cutting down of any orchard or shrubbery, or of any trees planted expressly for ornament or shelter. orchards, &c. Timber, Stone, &c. Twelfthly. For the protection and preservation of any timber, stone, Protection of sand or gravel, growing or being upon any allowance or any appropria- sale of Timber, tion for any public road or roads within such Township, and for the sale of any timber growing or being upon any road allowance, if thought proper, by the Council. Thirteenthly. For regulating the driving and riding on or over any Driving over bridge erected or to be erected within such Township. bridges. victualling Fourteenthly. For regulating inns, taverns, ale houses, victualling Inns. taverns, houses, ordinaries, and all houses where fruit, oysters, clams, victuals or houses, &c. spirituous liquors, or any other manufactured beverage may be sold, to be eaten or drank therein, and all other places for the reception and entertainment of the public within the jurisdiction of the Corporation. of such Township, and to limit the number of them, and in all cases when there exists no other provision by law for the licensing of such houses, to provide for the proper licensing of the same, at such rates as to Licensing in the Corporation of such Township may seem expedient; the proceeds of such license, in cases not otherwise appropriated by law, to form part of the public funds of such Township, and to be disposed of as the said Corporation may consider advisable. [Sec. XXXI. Fifteenthly. For making regulations as to pits,precipices, and deep waters, (or other places dangerous to travellers, for regulating or preventing the Fishing with nets or seines, or the erection of wires for eels or other fish in any stream, river, or water course within such Township or such part of any stream, river or water course, as may be within such Township.] certain cases. 14 & 15 Vic., cap. 109, sec. 31. &c. Granting of money for im &c. Sixteenthly. For granting money to the Municipal Council of the proving roads, County in which such Township shall be situate, or to that of any adjoining County, to aid the making, opening, building, maintaining, widening or improving any highway, road, street, bridge or communication lying between such Township and any other Township in the same or any adjoining County, or in the making, opening, building, maintaining, widening or improving any highway, road, street, bridge or communication within such Township, assumed by the Municipal Council of the County as a county work, or agreed to be assumed by such Municipal Council on the condition of such grant. 13 & 14 Vic., cap. [SEC. XXXI. Seventeenthly. For regulating the manner of granting to associated Joint Stock Road or Bridge Companies, [to which Companies, &c. opposition has been made in accordance with the provisions of the Act passed in the present Session of Parliament, intituled, "An Act to authorize the formation of Joint Stock Companies, for the construction of Roads and other works in Upper Canada," permission to proceed] with any Roads or Bridges within the jurisdiction of such Municipality, and the manner of afterwards ascertaining and declaring according to law the completion of the works undertaken by such Companies respectively, so as to entitle such Incorporated Companies to levy tolls upon such works, and of all examinations, enquiries and investigations necessary for the proper, efficient and judicious exercise of such power.] Taking Stock in Eighteenthly. For taking stock in or lending money to any Incorporated Road or Bridge Company to which such Municipality shall have granted a license to proceed with such work, in accordance with the requirements of the Statute in that behalf,or in or to any other such incorporated Road or Bridge Company, in whose Road or Bridge the inhabitants within the jurisdiction of such Municipality shall, in the opinion of such Municipality, be sufficiently interested to warrant them in taking such stock or lending such money for the advancement of such enterprize. As to dividends, All dividends, interest and proceeds to arise or be received from such stock or loan being at all times applicable to the general purposes of such Municipality, and to go in reduction of the rates required to be levied for such purposes. Interest, &c. Running at large of animals. Tax on Dogs. Nineteenthly. For restraining and regulating the running at large of horses, cattle, sheep, goats, swine, and other animals, geese, turkeys and other poultry, and to impound or provide for the impounding of the same, and for fixing the periods of the year during which such animals or poultry shall be permitted to run at large, and those during which they shall be restrained from doing so. Twentiethly. For imposing a tax on the owners, possessors or harbourers of dogs; for regulating the manner in which such dogs may be allowed to run at large, or for preventing such dogs from being allowed |