Preamble. CHAPTER 51. An Act respecting the Walkerton School Lands. W HEREAS by deed bearing date the ninth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, the following mentioned lands, that is to say the south half of park lot number one, east of Colborne Street, park lot number two on the east side of said street, both west of Victoria Street in the Town of Walkerton, were conveyed by George Jackson, Esquire (his wife joining therein to bar her dower), to Her Majesty, in trust for the purpose of a public reserve for agricultural and militia purposes and for the use of the public generally as a pleasure ground and public park; and whereas all parties interested in said lands for agricultural purposes have released their rights thereto and conveyed any interest they had in said lands for such purposes as follows, that is to say: the south half of said park lot number one to the Walkerton High School Board and their successors and assigns for a site for a high school and a playground, and said park lot number two to the Public School Board of the Town of Walkerton, in the County of Bruce, their successors and assigns for a public school site and a play ground; and whereas the Corporation of said Town of Walkerton and said school boards have petitioned and prayed that Her Majesty would release and convey Her Majesty's interest in said lands to said respective school boards; and whereas said George Jackson has consented and agreed that said trusts may be so varied; and whereas Her Majesty by and through the Government of Canada has agreed to release and convey to said respective boards Her Majesty's interest under said deed in said respective parcels of land, on condition that the Corporation of the said Town of Walkerton grant to Her Majesty, in trust, similar rights for militia purposes in the following mentioned lands in said Town of Walkerton, that is to say: lots numbers seventy, seventy-one, seventy-two, seventythree, seventy-four, seventy-five and seventy-six, north of Wellington Street and east of Jackson Street; lots numbers seventy-seven, seventy-eight, seventy-nine, eighty, eightyone, and eighty-two, north of Wellington Street and west of Jackson Street; lots numbers eighty-three, eighty-four, eighty-five, eighty-six and eighty-seven, south of North Street and west of Jackson Street; lots numbers eighty-eight, eighty-nine, ninety, ninety-one, and ninety-two, south of North Street and east of Jackson Street; and lots numbers ninetythree, ninety-four, ninety-five, ninety-six, ninety-seven, and ninety-eight, orth of North Street; and whereas said Corporation of said Town of Walkerton have agreed to grant to Her Her Majesty, in trust, such similar rights over said last hereinbefore mentioned lands and have also agreed to convey all the rights and interests held by them in said first mentioned lands under said deed from said George Jackson to said respective school boards for educational purposes as hereinafter mentioned; and whereas the said Corporation of the Town of Walkerton and the said school boards have prayed for an Act authorizing them to carry out said arrangements and whereas the sanction of the Legislature of the Province of Ontario is necessary to authorize the carrying out of the same and whereas it is expedient to grant the prayer of the said petition; Therefore Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, enacts as follows: : Walkerton lands. 1. The said Corporation of the Town of Walkerton is Corporation of hereby authorized and empowered to convey by deed under authorized to the seal of said corporation all the rights and interests of convey certain said town in the south half of said park lot number one east of Colborne Street and west of Victoria Street in said town to the Walkerton High School Board, their successors and assigns for a high school site and a play-ground, and all the rights and interests of said town in said park lot number two, east of Colborne Street and west of Victoria Street in said town to the Public School Board of the Town of Walkerton, in the County of Bruce, and their successors and assigns for a site for a public school and a play-ground. Walkerton 2. The said corporation of said town is hereby authorized and Corporation of empowered to convey to Her Majesty, in respect of the following authorized to mentioned lands, that is to say: lots numbers seventy, seventy- convey to the Crown rights one, seventy-two, seventy-three, seventy-four, seventy-five, certain and seventy-six, north of Wellington Street and east of Jack-lands. son Street, lots numbers seventy-seven, seventy-eight, seventynine, eighty, eighty-one, and eighty-two, north of Wellington Street and west of Jackson Street; lots numbers eighty-three, eighty-four, eighty-five, eighty-six, and eighty-seven, south of North Street and west of Jackson Street; lots numbers eighty-eight, eighty-nine, ninety, ninety-one, and ninety-two, south of North Street and east of Jackson Street; and lots numbers ninety-three, ninety-four, ninety-five, ninety-six, ninety-seven, and ninety-eight, north of North Street, all in the Town of Walkerton, rights similar to those possessed by Her Majesty in trust, under said deed from said George Jackson in respect of the lands mentioned in said deed. CHAPTER CHAPTER 52. Preamble. Time extended. Agreement confirmed. An Act for the relief of the Barton and Glanford [Assented to 11th March, 1879.] WHEREAS the Barton and Glanford Road Company, a company formed, under The General Road Companies Act, for constructing a macadamized road from the limits of the City of Hamilton, southerly through the Township of Barton, into the Township of Glanford, the distance of five miles, have recently discovered that their line of road is fifty-five yards short of the distance required by their instrument of incorporation; and whereas the time limited by section seventy-eight of the said Act, for completing the said road, had expired before such error was ascertained; and whereas the said road company have petitioned that an Act may be passed grauting further time for completing their said road: and whereas it has been mutually agreed between the said company and the Corporation of the Township of Glanford, that the said company shall extend their road to the Village of Mount Hope, and that such agreement so entered into between them, may be confirmed and be declared to be binding on the said corporation and company respectively: and whereas it is expedient to grant the prayer of the said petition; Therefore Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, enacts as follows: 1. The period within which the said road company may complete their said macadamized road shall be and the same is hereby extended until the first day of June next, anything in "the General Road Companies' Act" to the contrary notwithstanding. 2. The said agreement which is set forth in the Schedule to this Act is hereby confirmed, and declared to be legal and valid to all intents and for all purposes, and to be binding on the said company and the said Corporation of the Township of Glanford, respectively. SCHEDULE. This agreement made and entered into this nineteenth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine : Between The Corporation of the Township of Glanford hereinafter called "the corporation" of the first part and the company company known as the " Barton and Glanford Road Company," hereinafter called "the company" of the second part; Whereas the said parties of the second part were duly incorporated under the provisions of a certain Act of the Parliament of Canada intituled "An Act respecting Joint Stock Companies for the Construction of Roads and other works in Upper Canada," and have constructed a macadamized road on and over a portion of the route of the old "Hamilton and Port Dover Plank and Macadamized Road," the southern terminus of such constructed portion of road being at the front of the third concession of the Township of Glanford; And whereas the said company are desirous of extending their said road to the Village of Mount Hope, at the rear of the fourth concession of the said Township of Glanford, and the said corporation is willing to agree to such extension by the said company subject to the conditions, agreements and provisoes herein contained; Now this agreement witnesseth that in consideration of the premises, the said corporation and the said company mutually agree with each other in manner following, that is to say : The said company agree to construct the said extension of road, and build and complete the same in accordance with the requirements of the statutes in that behalf by the first day of August, one thousand eight hundred and eighty : Provided that in the event of there not being reasonably good sleighing during the winter of 1879-80, then the time for completing the said road shall be extended to the first day of August, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-one; The said corporation consents and agrees that the said company shall have their corporate powers in the road completed by them confirmed by an Act of the Legislature, without opposition on the part of the said corporation on the express condition (to be embodied in the said Act) that the said company shall complete the said extension within the time limited by this agreement, and in the event of non-completion thereof by the said company within the time limited as aforesaid, the said company shall forfeit absolutely all the corporate or other powers which they may have acquired in that portion of the said road and extension thereof within the Township of Glanford; Provided always that the said corporation shall reserve and retain control of any portion of the said road which the Municipal Council of the said Township of Glanford has already or may hereafter by By-law set apart for the purposes of sidewalks or footpaths, such portions so set apart or to be set apart not to exceed eight feet in width on each side of the allowance for said road; The said corporation and the said company mutually agree that the provisions of this agreement may be embodied in, and form a part of the Bill now before the Legislature of Ontario, intituled "An Act for the relief of the Barton and Glanford Road Company;' In witness whereof the Reeve of the said Municipality, and the President of the said company have hereunto subscribed their names and affixed the seals of their respective corporations. Preamble. By-laws of Township of Madoc and County of Hastings, declared valid. CHAPTER 53. An Act respecting the Belleville and North Hastings W [Assented to 11th March, 1879.] HEREAS the Belleville and North Hastings Railway Company have, by their petition, shown that the line of their railway has been completed and is in running order from its point of commencement at the Grand Junction Railway to the Moor Mine in the Township of Madoc, and doubts have arisen as to whether the provisions of the by-laws passed by the Township of Madoc and by the County of Hastings, and of the Acts relating thereto and to the said company have been strictly complied with as to the time of completion of the said railway, and it is expedient to remove such doubts and to declare such by-laws valid and binding; and whereas it is also expedient to give to the said company power to amalgamate with the Grand Junction Railway Company, and otherwise to amend the Acts relating to the said company; Therefore Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario, enacts as follows: 1. For and notwithstanding any thing contained in any of the Acts of the Parliament of Ontario relating to the said the Belleville and North Hastings Railway Company and the bylaws in aid thereof passed by the Corporations, of the Township of Madoc and the County of Hastings respectively, the said bylaws are hereby declared valid and binding and the respective bonuses thereby granted to the said company are hereby declared to be payable to the amounts and according to the terms in the said by-laws contained, and the reeve of the said township, and the warden of the said county, and the other officers of the said corporations are hereby authorized and empowered to make and deliver to the trustees for the municipal debentures appointed under the provisions of the Act incorporating the said company, the debentures for the amount of such bonuses respectively; Provided that in substitution for the bonus of thirty thousand |