Divided into three wards. Provision for provisions and enactments contained in the said chapter shall apply to the said Town, except as regards the first election as hereinafter provided. 2. The said Town of Ingersoll shall be divided into three Wards, in the manner described in the Schedule to this Act, and to be named respectively: First Ward, Second Ward, and Third Ward. 3. The Clerk, for the time being, of the Town of Ingersoll, first election. shall be ex officio Returning Officer for the purpose of holding the first Municipal election under this Act and shall, on or before the twenty-first day of December next, after the passing of this Act, by his warrant, appoint a Deputy Returning Officer for each of the three Wards into which the said Town of Ingersoll is hereby divided, to hold the first Election therein; and in discharge of their duties, each Deputy Returning Officer shall severally be subject to all the provisions of the said chapter fifty-four of the Consolidated Statutes for Upper Canada, applicable to the first elections in Towns incorporated under the said Act. Act not to cept by con sent of a majority of municipal electors. 4. This Act shall not take effect unless and until a majority take effect ex- of the rate-payers, entitled to vote at Municipal Elections for the election of Councillors for said village, shall, by a vote to be taken on the thirtieth day of June next, at a poll to be open and held between the hours of ten o'clock in the forenoon and four o'clock in the afternoon of that day, which poll shall be Poll to be held opened and held and the votes taken and recorded in the same manner and by the same officers as in the case of an election for Municipal Councillors of the said village, and the votes recorded at such election shall be duly certified by the Reeve of the said village to the Governor in Council, who shall, if there be a majority of such rate-payers in favor of this Act, by proclamation, declare the same to have effect., and when. Public Act. 5. This Act shall be deemed a Public Act. SCHEDULE. WARDS OF THE TOWN OF INGERSOLL. First Ward:-The First Ward shall comprise all that part 'of the said Town, which is bounded as follows, that is to say: commencing at the point on the southern limit of the Town, where the centre line of Thames Street intersects the said southern limit; thence, in a northerly direction, along the said centre line of Thames Street, to the centre of the bed of the River Thames; thence, in a westerly direction, along the said centre of the bed of the River Thames, to the western limit of the said Town; thence, in a southerly direction, along the said western limit, to the southern limit of the Town; thence, in an easterly Cap. 88, 89. easterly direction, along the said southern limit, to the place of beginning; Second Ward:-The Second Ward shall comprise all that part of the said Town, which is bounded as follows, that is to say commencing at the point on the southern limit of the Town, where the centre line of Thames Street intersects the said southern limit; thence, in a northerly direction, along the said centre line of Thames Street, to the centre of the bed of the River Thames; thence, in an easterly direction, along the said centre of the bed of the River Thames, to the eastern limit of the Town; thence, along the said eastern limit, to the southern limit of the Town; thence, in a westerly direction, along the said southern limit, to the place of beginning; Third Ward:-The Third Ward shall comprise all that part of the said Town which is bounded as follows, that is to say: commencing at the point on the eastern limit of the Town, where the centre of the bed of the River Thames intersects the said eastern limit; thence, in a westerly direction, along the said centre of the bed of the River Thames, to the western limit of the Town; thence, in a northerly direction, along the said western limit, to the northern limit of the Town; thence, in an easterly direction, along the said northern limit, to the eastern limit of the Town; thence, in a southerly direction, along the said eastern limit, to the place of beginning. CAP. LXXXIX. An Act to incorporate the Town of St. Thomas. W [Assented to 19th May, 1860.] HEREAS the Municipal Council of the Village of Saint Preamble. Thomas, in the County of Elgin, by Petition have represented that the said Village is now the County Town of the said County, and is a place of a large amount of trade and general business, and that, by vote of the ratepayers thereof, they are authorized to pray, as by such Petition they do pray, for the incorporation thereof as a Town; and whereas it is expedient to grant such prayer: Therefore, Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Assembly of Canada, enacts as follows: 1. The tract of land, known as the village of Saint Thomas, St. Thomas shall upon, from and after the first day of January, in the incorporated year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, be with the usual as a Town, incorporated as a Town, with all the rights, powers, privileges powers. and liabilities of an incorporated Town, and as if the said Town had been and were an incorporated Town, under the provisions of the Chapter number fifty-four of the Consolidated Statutes Three wards. First election Statutes for Upper Canada, and all the rules, regulations, provisions and enactments, contained in the said Chapter, shall apply to the said Town, except as regards the first election as hereinafter provided. 2. The Town of St. Thomas shall be divided into three Wards, in the manner described in the schedule to this Act, to be named respectively St. Andrew's Ward, St. George's Ward, ' and St. Patrick's Ward. 3. The Clerk, for the time being, of the Town of St. Thomas provided for shall be ex officio Returning Officer for the purpose of holding the first Municipal Election under this Act, and shall, on or before the twenty-first day of December next after the passing of this Act, by his warrant, appoint a Deputy Returning officer, for each of the three wards into which the said Town of St. Thomas is hereby divided, to hold the first election therein; and in discharge of their duties, each Deputy Returning Officer shall be subject to all the provisions of the said Act respecting the Municipal Institutions of Upper Canada, applicable to the first elections in Towns incorporated under the said Act., Powers of Deputy Return ing Officer. Public Act. Preamble. 1. This Act shall be deemed a Public Act. SCHEDULE. 1. St. Andrew's Ward shall comprise all that part of the said Town which lies West of the division line between lots numbers one and two in the eighth concession, and lots numbers one and two in the ninth concession, of the Township of Yarmouth; 2. St. George's Ward shall comprise all that part of the said Town which lies to the East of the said dividing line between lots numbers one and two, in the eighth and ninth concessions, of the said Township of Yarmouth, and North of Centre Street; 3. St. Patrick's Ward shall comprise all that part of the said Town, lying East of the said dividing line, between lots numbers one and two in the eighth concession of the said Township of Yarmouth, and South of Centre Street; the dividing line between St. George's Ward and St. Patrick's Ward to be considered to be the middle of Centre Street. САР. ХС. An Act to consolidate the Debt of the Town of Bowmanville. [Assented to 19th May, 1860.] WHEREAS the Corporation of the Town of Bowmanville, by their Petition, have represented that they have incurred debts and liabilities to the amount of forty-eight thousand six hundred hundred and twenty-seven dollars and thirty-five cents, and have prayed that the said debt may be consolidated, and that they may be authorized to issue new Debentures for that purpose; And whereas it is expedient to grant the said prayer, and in order to provide against any loss on the said consolidation, it is expedient to enable the said corporation to issue such new Debentures for a sum not exceeding in all fifty thousand dollars: Therefore, Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Assembly of Canada, enacts as follows: $50,000. 1. The said Corporation may issue debentures under the Corporation Corporation seal, signed by the Mayor and countersigned by may issue dethe Treasurer of the Corporation for the time being, in such bentures for sums not exceeding in the whole the said sum of fifty thousand dollars, as the Council may direct; and the principal sum secured by the said debentures, and the interest accruing thereon, may be made payable either in this Province or in Great Britain, or elsewhere, as the Council deems expedient. 2. The Corporation of the said Town may raise, by way of Corporation Loan, upon the credit of the said debentures, in this Province, may borrow or in Great Britain or elsewhere, a sum of money not exceeding $50,000. in the whole the sum of fifty thousand dollars. 3. The Treasurer of the Corporation shall, on receiving Treasurer instruction so to do from the Council, call in such outstanding may call in debentures and liabilities, and shall discharge the same with the outstanding debts, &c. funds raised under this Act, or may substitute therefore the said debentures or any of them above authorized to be issued under this Act, as may be agreed upon between the Corporation and the holders of such outstanding debentures, or other the said creditors of or claimants upon the Corporation. 4. The loan, to be raised as aforesaid, shall be applied by Application of the Council to the redemption and payment of the outstanding loan limited. debentures and other liabilities thereof, and to and for no other purpose whatsoever. 5. For payment of the debentures to be issued under this Special rate Act, the Council shall, and they are hereby required to impose for payment of the loan by & a special rate per annum, (over and above and in addition to Sinking Fund. all other rates to be levied in each year, and over and above the interest to be payable on such debentures) which shall be sufficient to form a sinking fund of two per centum per annum for that purpose. 6. The Council shall, and it shall be the duty of the Trea- Investment of surer to invest, from time to time, all moneys raised by special inking Fund. rate for the sinking fund provided in this Act, either in the debentures to be issued under this Act, or in any debentures issued by the Government of Canada, or in such other securities as the Governor of this Province may, by Order in Council, direct, No further curred. direct, and all dividends or interest on the said sinking fund shall be applied to the extinction of the loan authorized to be raised under this Act. 7. It shall not be lawful for the Corporation to incur any debt to be in- further debt or liability than is provided for in this Act, excepting the yearly current expenses to be paid for out of the annual assessment, and any such contract or undertaking for increasing the debt or liability of the said Corporation contrary to this Act, shall be utterly void and of no effect. By-laws respecting former debts may be repealed and when. Sect. 224 of cap. 54, of Con. not to apply. Stat. U. C., Public Act. 8. The Corporation, after having called in and pay their present outstanding debentures, may repeal the By-laws of the said Council, or of the Council of the late Village of Bowmanville, which authorized the levying of special rates for the purposes of satisfying the same. 9. The provisions of the two hundred and twenty-fourth section of chapter fifty-four of the Consolidated Statutes for Upper Canada, respecting Municipal Institutions, or any provision in the said chapter inconsistent with this Act, shall not apply to this Act, nor to any By-law or By-laws to be passed under the authority thereof. 10. This Act shall be deemed a Public Act. САР. ХСІ. Preamble. Merrickville and North Merrickville An Act to incorporate the Village of Merrickville, in the County of Grenville. W [Assented to 19th May, 1860.] HEREAS the inhabitants of the Village of Merrickville, in the County of Grenville, and of the Village of North Merrickville, in the County of Lanark, have, by their petition prayed, that the said Villages may be united as one and the same Incorporated Village, and it is desirable to grant the prayer of the said petition: Therefore, Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Assembly of Canada, enacts as follows: 1. From and after the passing of this Act, the inhabitants of the said Villages shall be a body corporate apart from the united and in- Townships of Wolford and Montague, by the name of the Corcorporated as poration of the Village of Merrickville, and shall have all such the Village of Merrickville, powers, privileges and liabilities as are now or shall be hereafter conferred or imposed on Incorporated Villages in Upper Canada. Boundaries of 2. The said Village shall comprise and consist of the lots the Village. numbered seven, eight, nine and ten in the broken front concession A, in the Township of Wolford, the lots numbered seven, |