poration shall be exercised by and through and in the name of the Municipal Council of such County.

181, Sec. 13.

stitute the County

Reeves.

[XIII. And be it enacted, That the following section shall be substi- 16th Vic., Cap. tuted for the repealed thirty-third section as amended of the Municipal Corporations' Act of 1849, and shall be read as part of the said Act: "And be it enacted, That the Town Reeves and Deputy Town Reeves of the several Who shall conTownships, Villages and Towns within such County, shall constitute the Council. Municipal Council for such County; Provided always, nevertheless, Proviso: Certififirstly, that no Town Reeve shall be entitled to take his seat in such cate to be filed by Municipal Council until he shall have shall have filed with the Clerk of such Municipal Council a certificate under the hand and seal of the Town Clerk of the Township, Village or Town for which he shall be entitled to sit in such Municipal Council, of his being duly elected, and taken the oath of qualification and office, as such Town Reeve; And provided also, secondly, that no Deputy Town Reeve shall be Proviso; and by entitled to take his seat in such Municipal Council, until he shall have Deputy Reeves: filed a similar certificate with the Clerk of such Municipal Council, and also an affidavit or affirmation of the Collector or of such other person as shall have the legal custody of the Collector's Roll or Rolls of such Township, Village or Town for the previous year, and sworn or affirmed before some Justice of the Peace for the County, to the effect that such Roll or Rolls contains or contain the names of at least 500 resident Freeholders and Householders in such Township, Village or Town as they appear upon such Roll or Rolls."]

also affidavit.

County Munici

XXXIV. And be it enacted, That the Municipal Council of each Meetings of County shall meet at the Shire Hall, if there be one, or otherwise at pal Counells. the County Court House annually, on the fourth Monday in January, or if not on that day, then on some day thereafter, and their meeting

may be adjourned from time to time, and to the same place, or to any other place within the County, or any City lying within the bounda- A to Cities. ries of such County, although such City may be a County in itself for municipal or other purposes, or within the liberties of any such City, and any Municipal Council may hold special meetings, (to be sum- special meetings. moned at any time by the County Warden) at the place where the then last meeting of such Council shall have been held; and such special meetings may be adjourned from time to time, and to the same

place, or to any other place within the County as aforesaid.

Election of

[SEC. XXXV. And be it enacted, That the Municipal Council of each 14th & 15th Vic., County shall, at their first meeting on or after the fourth Monday in Cap. 109, Sec. 34. January in each year, choose from amongst themselves a County Warden, who shall thenceforth preside at all [meetings of such Municipal County Warden. Council; Provided always, nevertheless, that in case of an equality of votes on any such election of County Warden, the member of such Municipal Council present at such election, who shall be the Reeve, (or in his absence the Deputy Reeve, if there be one, and he be present) for the Township, Town or Village which shall have had the greatest

Keeping and repairing of

Shire Hall, &c., to be charged

upon each County

Duty of Council with respect to

ing highways,

sumed as County

&c.

number of freeholders and householders upon the Collector's Roll thereof for the next preceding year, shall have a second or casting vote in such election; and in the event of there being more than one of such Townships, Towns or Villages having a greater number of freeholders or householders on their respective Collector's Rolls than the rest, but as amongst themselves an equal number of such freeholders and householders, it shall be decided by lot between the Reeves or Deputy Reeves of such Townships, Towns and Villages having such equality, which of them shall have the second or casting vote on such election, and such Reeve or Deputy Reeve shall have such second or easting vote accordingly.]

XXXVI. And be it enacted, That the keeping and repairing of the Shire Hall, County Court House and Gaol, and of any House of Correction that may be erected and established by the Municipal Council, shall be charged upon each County in Upper Canada, and it shall be the duty of the Municipal Council to cause the same to be repaired and kept in repair at the expense of the County, and to raise by rate upon the County all sums of money which shall be necessary for such purposes, and for every other purpose, the expense whereof shall be by law chargeable upon the County.

XXXVII. And be it enacted, That whenever any new or existing properly repair- highway, road, street, bridge or other communication within any bridges, &c., as- Township, shall by any By-law of the Municipal Council of the County Roads or Bridges, in which such Township is situate, be assumed by such Municipal Council as a County road or bridge as being one in which more than one Township or the whole County is interested, it shall be the duty of such Municipal Council, and they are hereby required with as little delay as reasonably may be, and at the expense of the County, to cause such road to be planked, gravelled or macadamized, or such bridge to be built in a good and substantial manner, and from the time of the passing of the By-law assuming such road or bridge as a County work as aforesaid, and so long as the same shall remain Municipalities to unrepealed, the Municipalities of the Townships in which such road or cease as to the bridge shall be situate, shall cease to have any jurisdiction or control over the same or any part thereof as respects the making, maintaining or improving the same, or the stopping up, altering or diverting the same, or the protection or preservation of any timber, stone, sand or gravel growing or being thereon, or the regulating the driving or riding thereon, or other use thereof Provided always, nevertheless, improvements that the mere laying out of County money upon any road lying besuch assumption, tween any two or more Townships for the improvement thereof, or exercising the other powers by this Act conferred upon them with respect to such line roads, shall not be deemed an assumption of the

saine.

Proviso: certain

not to constitute

same as County roads, so as to render it obligatory upon the said County, to cause the same to be planked, graveled or macadamized as hereinbefore provided, and this notwithstanding that the line of such roads may occasionally deviate from its course between such Townships, or any two of them, so as in some places to lie wholly or in part within one of such Townships only.

Bridges between

ships to be under

Counties through

Bridges between

&c., to be under

both.

XXXVIII. And be it enacted, That all roads and bridges running, Roads and lying or being between different Townships, situate in the same different TownCounty, shall be exclusively within the jurisdiction and subject to the jurisdiction of control of the Municipal Council of such County as far as respects the which they run. making, maintaining or improving the same, or the stopping up, altering or diverting the same, or the protection and preservation of any timber, stone, sand or gravel growing or being thereon, or the regulating, the driving or riding thereon, or other use of the same, and this notwithstanding that the line of such road or bridge shall or may occasionally deviate from its course between such Townships, and in some parts thereof may lie wholly within one of such Townships. XXXIX. And be it enacted, That all roads and bridges running, Roads and lying or being between different Counties or between a County and two Counties, a City lying within the boundaries of such County or on the bounds of the jurisdiction of & Town or Incorporated Village within such County, shall be within the jurisdiction and subject to the control of the Municipal Corporations of both such Counties, or of such County and City or Town and Village as far as respects the making, maintaining or improving the same, or the stopping up, altering or diverting the same, or the protection of any timber, stone, sand or gravel growing or being thereon, or the regulating the driving or riding thereon, or other use of the same, and this notwithstanding that the line of such road or bridge shall or may occasionally deviate from its course between such Counties or such County and City, or along the bounds of such Town or Village, and in some parts thereof lie wholly within one or the other of such Counties, City, Town or Village, and no By-law to be passed by any of such Municipal Corporations with respect to any such road or bridge, for any of the purposes aforesaid, shall have any force or effect whatsoever until the passing of a By-law in similar or corresponding terms as nearly as may be by the other of such Corporations.

As to By-laws regarding the

same.

against County.

XL. And be it enacted, That the Municipal Council of each County Audit of accounts shall, upon the report of the Auditors of the County, finally audit and chargeable allow all accounts chargeable against the County 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;

ers and Collec

tors.

And of Treasure and they shall in like manner also audit and allow the accounts of the County Treasurer, and of the Collectors of the several Townships within their County, so far as the accounts of such Collectors shall relate to County purposes.

Councils may

make By-laws for

XLI. And be it enacted, That the Municipal Council of each County certain purposes. shall have power and authority to make a By-law or By-laws for each, all or any of the following purposes, that is to say:

Purchase of Real
Property.

Erection, &c., of Shire Hall and other county buildings.

Erection, &c., of land for School Houses, &c.

Making a provision for the ex

attending in the

ronto, &c., whose parents are

unable to incur such expenses.

Firstly. For the purchase and acquirement of all such real and personal property, within the County, as may be required for County purposes, and for the sale and disposal of the same when no longer required.

Secondly. For the erection, preservation, improvement or repair of a Shire Hall, Court House, Gaol, House of Correction, House of Industry, and of all other Houses and other buildings required by or being upon any land acquired by or belonging to such County as a Corpo

ration.

Thirdly. For the purchase and acquirement of such real property as may be required for County Grammar School purposes, and for the erection, preservation, improvement and repair of County School Houses for the use of Grammar Schools in such parts of the County, or within any City or the liberties thereof, lying within the boundaries of such County, as the wants of the people most require, for the sele and disposal of the same when no longer required, and for making such provision in aid of such Grammar Schools as they may deem expedient for the advancement of education in the same.

Fourthly. For making some permanent provision for defraying, out penses of Pupils of the public funds of such County, the expense of the attendance at University of To- the seat of the University of Toronto, and of that of Upper Canada College, and Royal Grammar School there, of such and so many of the Pupils of the different Public Grammar Schools of such County, as shall be desirous of, and in the opinion of the respective Masters of such Grammar Schools shall be of competent attainments for entering into competition for any of the Scholarships, Exhibitions or other similar Prizes offered by such University or College to competition amongst such Pupils, but which Pupils from the inability of their Parents or Guardians to incur the necessary expense of such attendance, might otherwise be deprived of the opportunity of competing for the same.

Endowment of

Fellowships in

Fifthly. For the endowment of such and so many Fellowships, The University of Scholarships, Exhibitions and other similar Prizes in the University

Toronto, &c.

of Toronto, or in Upper Canada College and Royal Grammar School there, to be open to competition amongst the Pupils of the different public Grammar Schools of such County, as they shall deem expedient for the encouragement of Learning amongst the youth of such County.

cap. 64, sec. 36.

[Sixthly. For the appointment [under the Corporate Seal of such 13 and 14 Vic., County Council, one or more County Engineers, one or more In- Appointment of spectors of the County House of Industry, one or more Overseers of County Officers. Highways, Road Surveyors, and 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 Municipal Council of such County, 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.]

Seventhly. For the settling the remuneration to all County Officers Remuneration of County 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 Municipal Council provided and appointed for all County Officers.

Ferries, &c.

Eighthly. For regulating all Ferries between any two places in such Regulation of County, and for establishing the rates of pay or hire to be taken by the owners or conductors of the boats or vessels employed on such Ferries, but no By-law for any such purpose shall have any force or Proviso: effect until the same shall have been assented to by the Governor of this Province in Council.

Townreeves.

commencement

Ninthly. For settling and paying a rate at which the Townreeves Remuneration of and Deputy Townreeves forming such Municipal Council shall be remunerated for their attendance at such Council: Provided, always, Proviso as to nevertheless, that no By-law to be passed for this latter purpose after of such By-law. the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and fifty, shall be valid, unless the same shall by the terms of it be limited to take effect two whole years at least from the passing thereof.

drains.

Tenthly. For the erection, construction or repair of such drains and Erection, &c., of water courses as the interests of the inhabitants of such County at large shall in the opinion of the Municipal Council require to be so erected, constructed or repaired at the public expense of such County.

[Eleventhly. For the opening, constructing, making, levelling, 13 and 14th Vic.. pitching, raising, lowering, gravelling, macadamizing, planking, re- Opening, making pairing planting, improving, preserving and maintaining of any new roads, &c.

cap. 109, sec. 36. and repairing