PREFACE.

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THE great changes which have lately been made in the Municipal Institutions of er Canada, and the extension of the Municipal system, suggested the propriety and essity of collecting and publishing, in a compact form, the various Acts and parts cts of Parliament, in force in the Province, relating to those Institutions. These , scattered over several volumes of the Statute Book, were not at all times to be ined by parties wishing to consult them, and, even when accessible, they were in a convenient form for reference. Accordingly, in May, 1850, the Municipal ual was published, in which these Acts, carefully collected together, were presented form at once cheap and convenient. alic favour, the foundation was thus laid, for issuing a Second Edition with a plement, embodying such Amendments of the Acts as have since taken place, I such additional Acts as have since been passed, in reference to Municipal affairs Upper Canada; to which have been added a few other Acts of importance of older

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The Subscriber has now the satisfaction of issuing the Second Edition with plement. He trusts that the entire work will prove of essential service, in rendering community familiar with the Municipal laws of Upper Canada, and the mode of ying them beneficially and legally into execution.

The first part of the Work comprises a List of the Counties and Unions of Counties pper Canada, at present existing; from which it will be seen, that since the ing of the Counties' Division Act, two Junior Counties have been detached from Unions, and now form separate and distinct organizations.

The Municipal Manuul and the Supplement can be purchased separately, or both ther.

TORONTO, March, 1851.

HUGH SCOBIE.