Towns, Town

County.

Sixteenthly. For granting to any Town, Township or Village, in Granting loans to such County, by way of loan or otherwise, such sum or sums of ships, &c., in the money in aid of such other moneys as may be raised by the Municipal Corporation of such Town, Township or Village, or by voluntary subscription, for or towards the making, opening or erecting of any new road or bridge in such Town, Township or Village in cases where such Municipal Council shall deem such Town, Township or Village work of sufficient importance to justify the affording such assistance to it, with a view to the general interest possessed by the County at large in such Town, Township or Village, and yet where such work is not of a character, in their opinion, to justify them, in at once assuming the same as a County work to be executed wholly at the expense of the County at large.

ships to others.

Seventeenthly. For attaching any new Township or Townships Attaching Townwithin such County not having a sufficient population for a separate Municipal organization of their own under the provisions of this Act, to such of the older Townships of such County as they shall deem best for the convenience of the inhabitants of such new Township or Townships, and for thus forming them into a Union of Townships for the purpose of such Municipal organization.

cap. 64, sec. 1.

Companies.

[Eighteenthly. For regulating the manner of granting to associated 13 and 14 Vic., Joint Stock Road or Bridge Companies, [to which opposition has been Granting licenses made in accordance with the provisions of the Act passed in the to Road or Bridge 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 Municipal Council, 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.]

Road or Bridge

Nineteenthly. For taking stock in or lending money to any Incor- Taking Stock in porated Road or Bridge Company to which such Municipal Council Companies. 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 Municipal Council shall in the opinion of such Municipal Council be sufficiently interested to warrant them in taking such stock or lending such money for the advancement of such enterprise; all dividends, interests and As to Dividends, proceeds to arise or be received from such stock or loan being at all E

interest, &c.

Fines.

Borrowing moneys.

Levying moneys.

Repealing or amending Bylaws.

16th Vic:, cap.

County Council

ments on parti

special purposes.

times applicable to the general purposes of such Municipal Council, and to go in reduction of the rates required to be levied for such purposes.

Twentiethly. For the imposing fines not exceeding in any case ten pounds, currency, for the breach of all or any of the By-laws or Regulations of such Municipal Council.

Twenty-firstly. For borrowing under the restriction and upon the security hereinafter mentioned, all such sums of money as shall or may be necessary for the execution of any County work within their jurisdiction and the scope of the authority by this Act conferred upon

them.

Twenty-secondly. For raising, levying, collecting and appropriating such moneys as may be required for all or any of the purposes aforesaid, either by way of tolls to be paid on any County Bridge, road or other public work, to defray the expense of making, repairing or maintaining the same, or by means of a rate or rates to be assessed equally on the whole rateable property of such County liable to assessment, according to any law which shall be in force in Upper Canada concerning Rates and Assessments.

Twenty-thirdly. For the repeal, alteration or amendment from time to time of all or any of such By-laws, and the making others in lieu thereof as to them may seem expedient for the good of the inhabitants of such County.

[XIV. And be it enacted, That in addition to the powers now pos181, sec. 11. sessed by the Municipal Councils of Counties and Unions of Counties may levy Assess- in Upper Canada, the Council of any such Municipality shall have cular portions of power to make a By-law or By-laws for levying by assessment on all the County for the rateable property within any particular parts or portions of two Townships, to be described by metes and bounds in such By-law, in addition to all other taxes rated on such property, such sum of money as shall be sufficient to defray the expense of making, maintaining, repairing or improving any Road, Bridge or other public work lying between such parts or portions of such two Townships, and by which the inhabitants of such parts or portions will be more especially benePreliminary ap- fited, but no such By-law shall be passed, except upon the application in writing, under the hands of at least two-thirds of the resident ratepayers, representing at least one-half in value of the rateable property within those parts or portions of such two Townships, which are to be affected by such By-law; and that a printed notice of such application, with the names of the signers thereto, describing the limits within which such By-law is to be in force, shall be given for at least one month, by posting up such notice in four different places within such limits, and at the places for holding the sittings of the Township

plication and

notice required.

Notice to be given.

Councils for each of the Townships interested, and also by inserting the same weekly, for at least four weeks in some newspaper published in the County, if any there be, and if not, then in some newspaper published in some adjoining County.]

III. POLICE VILLAGES.

villages, &c.

XLII. And be it enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for the County Municipal Councils may Municipal Council of any County, by By-law to be passed upon the define limits of petition of any number of the inhabitants of any unincorporated Village or Hamlet, situate in such County, or for the Municipal Councils of any two or more Counties, upon any such petitions from the inhabitants of any unincorporated Village or Hamlet situate partly within one of such Counties and partly within another or others of them, to define the limits within which in respect to such Village or Hamlet there is, in the opinion of such Municipal Council or Municipal Councils, a resident population sufficient to make it expedient that the provisions of this Act for the regulation and Police of unincorporated Villages should be applied to such Village or Hamlet, and in every such By-law such Municipal Council or Councils, shall fix the place in such Village or And fix place of Hamlet, where the first annual election of Police Trustees, under the authority of this Act, shall be held for such Village, the person who shall preside at such meeting, and the hour at which such meeting shall be opened for that purpose.

first election, &c.

tion of Police

XLIII. And be it enacted, That on the second Monday in January Meeting for elecnext after the end of three calendar months from the passing of such Trustees. By-law or By-laws, as the case may require, and annually, on the second Monday of January in each and every year thereafter, until such Village shall be incorporated under the provisions of this Act, it shall and may be lawful for the resident freeholders and householders of such unincorporated Village to assemble at the time and place appointed for that purpose, and to proceed to elect from among themselves three Appointment of Inspecting TrusPolice Trustees for such Village, which three Trustees, or any two of tees. them, by a Memorandum in writing under their hands to be filed with the Township Clerk of the Township in which such Village is situate, or when such Village is situate within two or more Townships, then to be filed with the Township Clerk of some one of such Townships, shall within a reasonable time after the election, nominate and appoint one of their number to be the inspecting Trustee of such Village.

lector to deliver a

freeholders and

XLIV. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Collector Township Coland Collectors of the Township or Townships within which such unin- copy of the roll of corporated Village shall be situate, whether appointed under this Act householders to or before the passing thereof, to deliver to the person appointed to ing at the elec

the person presid

tion.

Attestation of such copy.

Proviso as to Tenants of parts of houses.

Proviso as to

qualification of electors.

Appointment of

persons to preside

tions.

preside at any such election, or to any person by him appointed to receive the same, a fair copy of the Collector's Roll made up next before such election, so far as such Roll contains the names of the resident freeholders and householders of such unincorporated Village, with the amount for which they shall be assessed upon such Rolls; which copy shall be verified by affidavit or affirmation appended to, or endorsed upon such copy, and sworn or affirmed before any Justice of the Peace for the County, to the effect, that the same is a true copy of such Roll, so far as relates to the unincorporated Village for which such election is to be held, and that it includes the names of all the resident freeholders and householders in such unincorporated Village, and the amount for which they shall have been assessed as entered upon such Roll, and the persons entitled to vote or be elected at such election shall be those whose names are upon the said Roll or Rolls thus verified, and who shall continue at the time of the election to be resident in such Village: Provided always, firstly, that the holder or occupier of any separate portion of a house having a distinct communication with a road or street, by an outer door shall be considered a householder within the meaning of this Act, in case he shall be assessed therefor, as a house upon such Collector's Roll or Rolls as aforesaid: And provided also, secondly, that no person shall be qualified to be elected at any such election of Trustees who shall not have been entered upon such Roll or Rolls as aforesaid, for rateable property held in his own right or that of his wife as proprietor or tenant, to the value of one hundred pounds of lawful money of Canada.

XLV. And be it enacted, That at every subsequent annual election at annual elec- of Police Trustees for such unincorporated Village after the first, the person to preside at such election, and the hour at which the same shall commence, shall be appointed by the Trustees for the preceding year or any two of them under their hands, of which due notice shall by them be given by written or printed notices thereof, to be put up in at least three of the most public places in such unincorporated Village. XLVI. And be it enacted, That if at the time and place appointed persons appoint- for any first or subsequent election of Trustees, for any such unincorpoelection. rated Village, the person appointed to preside thereat shall not attend

Provision in case

of absence of

ed to preside at

within one hour after the time appointed for commencing the proceedings, the resident inhabitant freeholders and householders of such Village, or a majority of them may, if they think proper, proceed to nominate a person to preside at such meeting, and the election of Trustees for such year shall be held by such person, as if he had been the person appointed by the Municipal Council of the County or by the Trustees for the preceding year as aforesaid.

Provision in case

Trustees.

XLVII. And be it enacted, That upon the happening of any vacancy or vacancy by death or otherwise, amongst the Police Trustees of any such unin- among the Police corporated Village in the course of the year for which they shall have been elected, it shall and may be lawful for the remaining Trustee or Trustees by a memorandum in writing, to be filed with such Township Clerk as aforesaid, to supply such vacancy by the appointment of Trustees or a Trustee in their or his place, which Trustees or Trustee so appointed, shall hold his office to the end of the term of office of the person in whose place he shall have been appointed, and no longer, and shall, during the time he shall hold the same, possess all the authority of such person.

Trustees for ne

XLVIII. And be it enacted, That any Inspecting or other Trustee Penalty against of any of the said unincorporated Villages, who shall wilfully neglect or glect of duty. omit to fulfil any of the duties hereby imposed upon him, or to prosecute any offender against the Regulations of Police hereinafter established, for such unincorporated Villages, at the request of any inhabitant householder, offering to adduce proof of the offence, shall, on being thereof convicted in manner hereinafter provided, incur a penalty

of twenty shillings, currency.

sued for within

XLIX. And be it enacted, That the penalties prescribed in and by Penalties to be the next immediately preceding section of this Act, or under that for a certain time. the establishment of Regulations of Police for such unincorporated Villages, shall be sued for within ten days after the offence for which they shall have been incurred shall have ceased, and not afterwards.

sued for and re

L. And be it enacted, That all penalties incurred by any person or Penalties to be persons, under any of the Regulations of Police, by the next succeeding covered by section of this Act, established for such unincorporated Villages, shall tee." Inspecting Trusbe sued for and recovered by the Inspecting Trustee of Police of such Village, or in his absence, or when he shall be the party complained against, then by some other of such Trustees before any one Justice of the Peace having jurisdiction and residing within five miles of such Village, if any there be, or else before any other Justice of the Peace having jurisdiction as such, in such Village, who shall hear and determine such information in a summary manner, and upon the oath or affirmation of one or more credible witnesses, and shall cause such penalty to be levied by distress and sale of the goods of the offender; How levied, and the whole of such penalty shall be applied to the repairs and improvement of the streets and lanes of such Village, under the direction of the Police Trustees thereof, and by the Pathmaster or Pathmasters of the division or divisions to which such Village shall belong, to whom or such of them as shall be appointed by such Trustees for that purpose, such penalty shall be paid over for that purpose.

How applied.