TORONTO. Limits. Wards, six. St. James' Ward. St. David's St. Lawrence St. George's St. Andrew's St. Patrick's Liberties. thence, westerly, along the water's edge of the said Bay to the point at which the westerly limit of the allowance for Road between Park lots numbers eighteen and nineteen, in the said Township of York, being produced southerly, intersects the said water's edge; thence, northerly, in the direction of the said westerly limit of the said allowance for Road to the distance of four hundred yards north of the northerly boundary line of Queen Street; thence, easterly, parallel to Queen Street to the easterly boundary line of the allowance for Road between Park lots numbers two and three; thence, south, sixteen degrees east, along the easterly boundary line of the said allowance for Road, four hundred yards more or less, to the place of beginning. And the remainder of the said tract, to constitute the Liberties of the said City. The said City to be divided into six Wards to be called respectively, the Wards of St. James, St. David, St. Lawrence, St. George, St. Andrew and St. Patrick, and to comprise the following portions of the said City respectively, that is to say: The said Ward of St. James to comprise all that part of the said City, lying between the northerly boundary line of King Street east, the westerly boundary line of Yonge Street, the easterly boundary line of Nelson Street, and the northerly boundary line of Queen Street east. The said Ward of St. David to comprise all that part of the said City lying to the eastward of the westerly boundary line of Nelson Street, and to the north of the northerly boundary line of King Street east. The said Ward of St. Lawrence to comprise all that part of the said City lying to the southward of the northerly boundary line of King Street east, and to the eastward of the westerly boundary line of Yonge Street. The said Ward of St. George to comprise all that part of the said City lying to the southward of the northerly boundary line of King Street, and to the westward of the westerly boundary line of Yonge Street. The said Ward of St. Andrew to comprise all that part of the said City lying between the northerly boundary line of King Street east, and the northerly boundary line of Queen Street east, and west of the westerly boundary line of Yonge Street. And the said Ward of St. Patrick to comprise all that part of the said City lying to the north of the northerly boundary line of Queen Street west, and west of the westerly boundary line of Yonge Street. And so much of the Liberties of the said City as lies to the southward and eastward of the St. Lawrence Ward, shall be and is hereby attached to the St. Lawrence Ward; so much thereof as lies to the northward and eastward of the St. David's Ward, shall be and is hereby attached to the said St. David's Ward; so much thereof as lies to the northward of the said St. James's Ward, shall be and is hereby attached to the said St. James's Ward; so much thereof as lies to the southward and westward of the St. George's Ward, shall be and is hereby attached to the said St. George's Ward; so much thereof as lies to the westward of the St. Andrew's Ward, shall be and is hereby attached to the said St. Andrew's Ward; and so much thereof as lies to the northward and westward of the St. Patrick's Ward, shall be and is hereby attached to the said St. Patrick's Ward; the limits between the respective portions of the said Liberties hereby attached to the different Wards of the said City being ascertained by the extension of the boundary lines between the said Wards respectively, through the said Liberties, except the boundary line between the portions hereby attached to the St. Lawrence Ward, and that hereby attached to the St. David's Ward, which shall consist of the northerly boundary line of King Street east to the River Don. [ESTABLISHED BY PROCLAMATION, DATED 4TH SEPTEMBER, 1849.] 1st. Galt. To consist of all that part of this Province situate within the GALT. County of Waterloo, in Upper Canada, and lying within the following limits, that is to say, Commencing on the western limit of lot number seven, in the centre of the tenth concession of the Township of Dumfries, in the said County of Waterloo; thence, on the said limit, to the allowance for highway between the tenth and eleventh concessions; thence, along the said allowance, to its junction with the macadamized road leading from Galt to Dundas; thence, on the same course as the side-lines of the concession to the Dundas and Waterloo Turnpike; thence, along the said Turnpike, crossing the allowance for highway between the eleventh and twelfth concessions, to the junction of the said Turnpike with the common road leading from Galt to Preston; thence, parallel to the allowance for highway between the eleventh and twelfth concessions crossing the Grand River, to the side-line between lots numbers eleven and twelve in the eleventh concession produced into the twelfth concession; thence, along the said side-line crossing the allowance for highway between the eleventh and twelfth concessions, and between lots numbers eleven and twelve in the eleventh concession, crossing the allowance for highway between the tenth and eleventh concessions, and between lots numbers eleven and twelve in the tenth concession, to the centre of the said tenth concession; thence, through the centre of the said tenth concession, crossing the Grand River, to the place of beginning." 2nd. Oshawa.—To consist of all that part of this Province situate within OSHAWA. the East Riding of the County of York, in Upper Canada, and lying within the following limits, that is to say: "Comprised within the limits or boundaries of lots numbers nine, ten, eleven and twelve, in the first concession; and lots numbers nine, ten, eleven and twelve, in the second concession of the Township of Whitby, in the said East Riding, together with the allowance for road between the said four first mentioned and the said four last mentioned lots." 3rd. Paris. To consist of all that part of this Province here- PARIS. tofore situate partly in the County of Waterloo and partly in the County of Wentworth, in Upper Canada, and lying within the following limits, that is to say: "Comprised within the limits or boundaries of the southerly halves of lots numbers twenty-nine and thirty, and the south-easterly quarter of lot number thirty-one, in the first concession of the Township of Dumfries, in the County of Waterloo; and all that portion of the Gore of Dumfries, in the said County, lying immediately in front of the above mentioned parts of lots, and extending ten chains eastward of the same, including Dundas Street, in front of the said Gore; also the northerly three fourths of lot number twelve, and all that part of lots numbers thirteen and fourteen, on the westerly side of the Grand River, in the first concession of the Township of Brantford, in the County of Wentworth." [The Proclamation declares the whole of the Village of Paris, according to the foregoing limits, to be annexed to the County of Wentworth.] · 4th. Richmond.-To consist of all that part of this Province situate in the County of Carleton, in Upper Canada, and lying within the following limits, that is to say: "Comprised within the Village Lots and Ten Acre Park Lots, adjoining the Village, as laid down in the Office of the Commissioner of Crown Lands, and which is composed of lots numbers twenty-two, twenty-three, twenty-four and twenty-five, in the second, third and fourth concessions of the Township of Goulburn, in the said County of Carleton, and all allowances for road between such lots.” RICHMOND. Village boundaries. CHIPPEWA. THOROLD. [ESTABLISHED BY PROCLAMATION, DATED 29th SEPTEMBER, 1849.] 5th. Chippewa.-To consist of all that part of this Province situate 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." 6th. Thorold.-To consist of all that part of this Province situate within the County of Welland, in Upper Canada, and lying within the following limits, that is to say: Commencing at the Township Line between Grantham and Thorold, at the north-east angle of lot number eight; thence south until it intersects the road leading from Queenston to the Beaver Dams, at Mistress Wormers; thence along the said road westerly crossing the Swing Bridge and Canal, until it intersects Pine Street; thence north along said Street to the Concession Line at the north end of lot number thirty; thence west along said concession to the line between lots numbers seventeen and eighteen to Mile Street, passing the Roman Catholic Church; thence along said Mile Street west to the road leading from St. Catharines to the Beaver Dams; thence north along said road to the said Town Line between Grantham and Thorold; thence along said Town Line to the place of beginning.” DIVISION OF COUNTIES, UPPER CANADA. Preamble. ACT 12 VIC., CAP. 78. An Act for abolishing the Territorial Division of Upper Canada into Districts, and for providing for temporary Unions of Counties for Judicial and other purposes, and for the future dissolutions of such Unions, as the increase of wealth and population may require. [30th May, 1849.] WHEREAS by reason of the subdivision of Districts in that part of this Province called Upper Canada, the boundaries thereof have, in many cases, become identical with the boundaries of Counties, and there being no longer any sufficient reason for continuing such territorial division in that part of the Province, it is expedient to abolish the same, and, following in this particular the Mother Country, to retain only the name of County as a territorial division for judicial as well as all other purposes, providing at the same time for temporary Unions of Counties for judicial and other purposes, and the future dissolution of such Unions as the increase of wealth and population may from time to time require: Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada, constituted and assembled by virtue of and under the authority of an Act passed in the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and intituled, An Act to re-unite the Provinces of Upper and Lower-Canada, and for the Government of Canada, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That this Act shall come into and be in operation upon, from and Commencement after the first day of January, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight of this Act. hundred and fifty. I. ABOLITION OF DISTRICT DIVISIONS. II. And be it enacted, That the division of that part of this Province Districts called Upper Canada, into Districts for judicial and other purposes, shall abolished. be and the same is hereby abolished. District Courts, &c., to become County Courts, &c. III. And be it enacted, That the Courts, Court Houses and Gaols, heretofore called District Courts, Court Houses and Gaols, shall from henceforth be called County Courts, Court Houses and Gaols, and the District Grammar Schools, County Grammar Schools, and all and singular the Offices and Officers now appertaining to the said Districts shall henceforth belong and appertain to the said Counties respectively, and whenever the said Offices or Officers have the title or denomination of Offices or Officers, of or for the District, they shall henceforth have the title or denomination of Offices or Officers of or for the County; and all Laws applicable laws at present in force, or during the present Session of Parliament to Districts to made or to be made applicable to the said division of territory by the ties. name of Districts, or the Courts, Offices or other Institutions thereof, shall be applied to and have the same operation and effect upon the said Counties and their respective Courts, Offices and other Institutions, as Counties. IV. And be it enacted, That the Courts of Assize and Nisi Prius, and Oyer and Terminer, Gaol Delivery, Sessions of the Peace and District Courts, shall be held in and for the said Counties, as such Courts are now held for the different districts in Upper-Canada, and that the name County shall be used in designating such Courts, and also in all legal proceedings where the name District is now, or by any Act passed or to be passed during the present Session of Parliament, shall be used. II. UNIONS OF COUNTIES FOR JUDICIAL AND OTHER and apply to Coun Courts of Assize, &c., to be held in and for Counties. Certain Counties to be united for purposes other tion and Registration of Titles, than Representa V. And be it enacted, That the Counties mentioned in the Schedule to this Act annexed, marked A, shall, for all judicial and municipal purposes, and for all other purposes whatsoever, except for the purpose of Representation in the Provincial Parliament, and that of the Registration of Titles, be formed into Unions as in the said Schedule particu- to have Courts, larly set forth, and each of such Unions under the name of the United &c., in common. Counties of (naming them) shall for all such purposes (except as before excepted) have all Courts, Offices and Institutions established by law and now pertaining to Districts, or which by any Act passed or to be passed during the present or any future Session of Parliament, shall or may be established for Counties in common between them, so long as such Counties shall remain so united as herein provided. United Counties. VI. And be it enacted, That the County property of all such United As to property of Counties shall, so long as such Counties remain united, be the common property of such United Counties, in whichever of such Counties the same may be situated. F Mode of describing any United County in laying a Venue. Laws relative to Which shall be County. VII. And be it enacted, That in laying the Venue in any judicial proceeding in which the same may be necessary in any County which may be so united to any other County, or Counties as hereinbefore provided, the same shall be laid in such County by name describing it, as one of the United Counties of and (naming them), and for the trial of any issue, or for the assessment of damages, in the course of any such judicial proceeding, when such issue shall be tried or such damages assessed by Jury, the Jury shall be summoned from the body of the United Counties, as if the same were one County. VIII. And be it enacted, That during the continuance of any such Unions of Counties, all Laws now existing and applicable to Districts, and all Laws hereafter to be made, whether during the present or any future Session of Parliament, and applicable to Counties generally in relation to any matter whatsoever, except only Representation in the Provincial Parliament, and Registration of Titles, shall, to all intents and purposes whatsoever, apply to every such Union of Counties, as if such Union formed but one County. III. DISSOLUTION OF UNIONS OF COUNTIES. IX. And be it enacted, That in all the Unions of Counties provided called the Senior for by the fifth Section of this Act, the County within the limits of which the Court House and Gaol, heretofore the District Court House and Gaol shall be situated, shall be deemed the Senior County of such Union, and the other County or Counties, the Junior County or Counties thereof. Townrecves of a Junior County may be made the Provisional Council of the County, provided certain condi with. X. And be it enacted, That so soon as by the census taken according to Act of Parliament now in force, or hereafter to be in force, for any taking a census of the inhabitants of this Province, or of that part of it called Upper-Canada, it shall appear that any Junior County of any such Union of Counties, as is provided for by the said fifth Section of this Act, tions be complied contains a population of not less than fifteen thousand souls, it shall and may be lawful for the Governor of this Province, by an Order in Council upon the Petition of two-thirds or more of the Townreeves for the time being of such Junior County, if he shall deem the circumstances of such Junior County such as to call for a separate establishment of Courts, and other County Institutions, to issue a Proclamation under the Great Seal of this Province setting forth the same, naming a place within such Junior County for a County Town, and erecting the Townreeves for such Junior County, then elected or thereafter to be elected for the same, into a Provisional Municipal Council for such Junior County, and declaring such Municipal Council a Provisional Municipal Council, under the authority of this Act, until the dissolution of such Union of Counties as provided for by this Act: Provided always, nevertheless, firstly, that no such petition shall be presented or acted upon, unless adopted and signed by such two-thirds, in the month of February after their election or appointment, nor until a resolution declaratory of the expediency of presenting such petition shall have been adopted by a majority of such Townreeves for the time being, present at two several meetings to be called for that purpose, by a majority of such Townreeves for the time being, the one to be held some time in the month of February, in the year next but one preceding that in which such petition shall have been so adopted and signed, and the other in the month of February in the year next preceding such last mentioned year: Provided also, secondly, that every such Provisional Municipal Council shall, from time to time, and at all times during its continuance as such, consist of the Townreeves for the several Townships, Villages and Towns in such Junior County. Proviso: Petition must be adopted by two thirds of the Townreeves after being adopted at two yearly meetings. Of whom the Provisional Council may XI. And be it enacted, That every Provisional Municipal Council erected by Proclamation as aforesaid, shall have all the powers in, over, |
