for erecting any Town into a City, shall have come into force and taken effect, or shall hereafter come into force and take effect, such City and the liberties thereof, with the boundaries in such Proclamation prescribed for such City and the liberties thereof, shall, (if such City, when a Town, shall have been entitled to be represented by a member or members in the said Legislative Assembly,) for all the purposes of Representation in such Legislative Assembly, altogether cease to be or form a part of the County or Counties out of the territory of which it shall have been formed, and shall be, and be deemed to have been, from the time aforesaid, in the relative position to the County on the borders whereof it shall be situate, provided and prescribed by the eighty-fifth Section of the said first mentioned Act, and the other provisions thereof.]

vious to 1st Jan

remain until 4th

CCVI. And be it enacted, That for and notwithstanding any thing Corporations, in this Act contained, the Municipal Corporation or other Municipal &c., of Districts, &c., extsting bodies or authorities of the several Counties, Unions of Counties under immediately prethe name of Districts, Cities, Towns, Townships, and Villages in Upper uary, 1850, to Canada, existing immediately previously to the first day of January, Monday of that which will be in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty, and all and singular the members, officers, and servants of the same respectively, shall, upon and from the said first day of January, in the year aforesaid, until the fourth Monday of the same month, con

month.

bers, &c., to

tinue to have, exercise and perform all and singular the Municipal and Powers of Memother powers, functions and duties which immediately previous to such continue. first day of January shall or may by law have been vested in them respectively, to all intents and purposes, as if this Act had not been passed.

incorporating

when to take

CCVII. And be it enacted, That any Proclamation to be issued Proclamations under the authority of this Act, for the incorporation of any Village, Villages, &C., for erecting any Village into a Town, or for erecting any Town into a effect. City, shall have force and effect upon, from and after the first day of January next, after the end of three calendar months from the teste of such Proclamation, and not before, except only as regards any thing to be done preparatory to the election to be held in consequence of such Proclamation, with regard to which such Proclamation shall have force and effect from the time of the teste thereof.

CCVIII. Repealed 14 and 15 Vic. cap. 109, sec. 33.

sistent with this

CCIX. And be it enacted, That all Acts and parts of Acts and pro- Acts, &c., incorvisions of law, either of the Parliament of this Province, or of the Par- Act, repealed. liament of the late Province of Upper Canada, and all Acts, By-laws, Rules and Regulations thereupon passed by any Township Meeting, District Council, Board of Police, Town or City Council in Upper Canada, in force in Upper Canada immediately before the time when

Interpretation of word 'Governor,' &c.

this Act shall come into force, in so far as the same may be incorsistent with or contradictory to the provisions of this Act, or which make any provisions in any matter provided for by this Act, other than such as is hereby made in such matter, shall be and they are hereby repealed, and shall cease to be in force upon, from and after the day when this Act shall come into effect.

CCX. And be it enacted, That the word "Governor" wherever it occurs in this Act, shall be understood to mean and include the Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, or Person Administering the Government of this Province for the time being; the words "Upper Canada," shall be understood to mean and include all that part of this Province which formerly constituted the Province of Upper Canada; and, words importing the singular number or the masculine gender only, shall be understood to include more than one person, matter or thing of the same kind as well as one person, matter or thing, and females as well as males, unless it be otherwise expressly provided, or there be something in the subject or context repugnant to or inconsistent with such construction; and all other words, terms or phrases shall receive shall be constru- such fair and liberal construction as shall be best adapted to carry out this Act according to its true intent, meaning and spirit.

How this Act

ed.

16th Vic., cap. 181, sec. 40.

Interpretation clause.

Act may be

amended, &c., in

this Session.

[XL. And be it enacted, That in this Act the word "Township" shall include any union of Townships forming a single Municipality, and the word" County" shall include any union of Counties forming a single Municipality, except where such interpretation would be inconsistent with the context of the enactment wherein the word occurs.]

CCXI. And be it enacted, That this Act may be amended, altered or repealed by any Act to be passed in this present session of Parlia

ment.

SCHEDULE A.

INCORPORATED VILLAGES, WITH THEIR BOUNDARIES.

1. Berlin,-To consist of all that part of this Province situate within Berlin. the County of Waterloo, and lying within the following limits, that is to say commencing at the south-easterly angle of lot number one of the German Company Tract of the Township of Waterloo; thence, north-westerly, along the north-easterly limits of lots numbers one, two, three and to the centre of lot number four; thence, south-westerly along the centres of lots numbers four and fifteen, to the south-westerly limit of lot number fifteen; thence, south-easterly, along the southwesterly limits of half lot number fifteen, and lots numbers sixteen, seventeen and eighteen; to the south-westerly angle of lot number eighteen; thence, north-easterly, along the south-easterly boundary of lots numbers eighteen and one, to the place of beginning. [Proclaimed 23rd September, 1853.]

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2. Bowmanville,-To consist of all that part of this Province situate Bowmanville. in the Township of Darlington, in the County of Durham, one of the United Counties of Northumberland and Durham in Upper Canada, and lying within the following limits, that is to say: Composed of lots Nos. 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14, in the 1st and 2nd Concessions of the Township of Darlington, with the road allowances comprised within the limits of the Village or forming boundaries thereof, and butted and bounded as follows, that is to say; commencing at the point of intersection of the southerly limit of the allowance for road between the broken front and first concession with the westerly limit of the allowance for road between Lots Nos. 14 and 15; thence, along the westerly limit of the last mentioned allowance for road, northerly, to the northerly limit of the allowance for road between the 2nd and 3d Concessions; thence, along the northerly limit of the allowance for road last mentioned, easterly, to the easterly limit of Lot No. 8, in the 2d Concession produced; thence, along the easterly limits of Lots No. 8, in the 2d and 1st Concessions and prolongations thereof, southerly, to the southerly limit of the allowance for road between the broken front and 1st Concession aforesaid; and thence, along the southerly limit of the road allowance last mentioned, westerly, to the place of beginning."" [Proclaimed 15th April, 1852.]

3. Brampton,-To consist of all that part of this Province situate Brampton, R

Caledonia.

in the County of Peel, and lying within the following limits, that is to say: Commencing at the southerly angle of Lot number four, in the first concession, east of Hurontario Street, in the Township of Chinguacousy: thence, north-easterly, along the limit between lots numbeis three and four, to the centre line of the said concession; thence, north-westerly, along the said centre line, to the limit between lots numbers four and five; thence, north-easterly, along the said limit between lots numbers four and five, to the allowance for road between the first and second concessions, east of Hurontario Street; thence northwesterly, along the said allowance for road, to the limit between lots numbers six and seven; thence, south-westerly, along the said limit between lots numbers six and seven, to the centre line of the first concession, east of Hurontario Street; thence, north-westerly, along the said centre line of the first concession, east of Hurontario Street, to the limit between lots numbers eight and nine, thence, south-westerly, along the said limit between lots numbers eight and nine to the centre line of the first concession, west of Hurontario Street; thence, south-easterly, along the said centre line of the first concession, west of Hurontario Street, to the limit between lots numbers six and seven; thence, south-westerly, along the said limit between lots numbers six and seven, to the allowance for road between the first and second concessions, west of Hurontario Street; thence, south-easterly, along the said allowance for roadbetween the first and second concessions west of Hurontario Street, to the limit between lots numbers four and five; thence, north-easterly, along the said limit between lots numbers four and five, to the centre line of the first concession, west of Hurontario Street; thence, southeasterly, along the said centre line of the first concession west of Hurontario Street, to the limit between lots numbers three and four; thence, north-easterly, along the said limit between lots numbers three and four and across Hurontario Street, to the place of beginning.'" [Proclaimed 17th September, 1852.]

4. Caledonia,-To consist of all that part of this Province situate partly in the Township of Oneida, and partly in the Township of Seneca, in the County of Haldimand, and lying within the following limits, that is to say: Commencing in the middle of the main channel of the Grand River, at a point in the prolongation of the southeasterly limit of the block of land at dam number four, in the Township of Seneca, granted to the Grand River Navigation Company; thence, north-easterly and north-westerly along the said south-easterly limit and prolongation thereof, and the north-easterly limit of the block of land aforesaid, to the easterly angle of the Town Plot of Caledonia, as surveyed by Provincial Land Surveyor, James Kirkpatrick, in the

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year one thousand eight hundred and forty-four, under instructions from the Surveyor General of this Province; thence, north-westerly and southwesterly, along the north-easterly, and north-westerly limits of the Town Plot aforesaid, and along the north-westerly limit of the block of land at dam number five, in the Township of Seneca, granted to the Grand River Navigation Company, and prolongation thereof, to the middle of the main channel of the Grand River; thence, along the same, with the stream, to a point in the prolongation of the south-easterly limit of the block of land at dam number five, in the Township of Oneida, granted to the Grand River Navigation Company; thence, south-westerly and north-westerly, along the last mentioned limit and prolongation thereof, and along the south-westerly limit of the said. block of land to the north-westerly limit of the Town Plot of Caledonia aforesaid; thence, south-westerly, south-easterly and easterly, along the north-westerly, south-westerly and southerly limits of the Town Plot, to the north-westerly limit of the block of land at dam number four, in the Township of Oneida, granted to the Grand River Navigation Company; thence, north-easterly, along the last mentioned limit and prolongation thereof, to the middle of the main channel of the Grand River; thence, along the same, with the stream, to the place of beginning." [Proclaimed 27th May, 1852.]

5. Chippawa,-To consist of all that part of this Province situate Chippawa. within the County of Welland, in Upper Canada, and lying within the following limits, that is to say: "Commencing at the Niagara River, in the Township of Stamford, at a point in a direct easterly line with the stake and ridered rail-fence, immediately north of the Episcopal Church; thence, westerly, to a point ten chains west of Pell's Creek, in the Township of Stamford, always keeping an equal distance from the River Welland with the said rail-fence; thence southerly, crossing the River Welland to the west side of the Sodom Road, in the Township of Willoughby, at the west angle of the said road with Lyon's Creek Road, thence southerly along the said Sodom Road twenty chains; thence, easterly parallel with the River Welland to the Niagara River, always keeping at the distance of twenty chains from the said River Welland; thence along the margin of the said River Niagara, passing the River Welland at its mouth, to the place of beginning." Proclaimed 29th September, 1849.]

6. Elora,-To consist of all that part of this Province situate Elor 1. within the County of Wellington and lying within the following limits, that is to say: Commencing at the point of intersection of the northerly limit of the allowance for road between the broken front and