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002 COUNTY OF ELGIN 2 By-Law No SUM OF È 2000 AND INTEREST -- TO RAISE BY WAY OF LOAN THE ERECTION OF APPLIED IN THE YEA~ê.-TO BE PAYABleWITHIN..1,5 " Passed 28th August 1852. COUNTY OF ELGIN THE THE___~OURT HOUSE AND GOAL IN WHEREAS it is expedient to raise by way of Loan the sum of Two Thousand Pounds for the purpose of being applied to defray the expense incurred in the erection of The Court House and Goal in the County of Elgin and it will require the additional sum of Four Thousand and Eighty pounds to be raised as a special rate for the payment of such Loan and the interest thereof for the space of fifteen years from Friday the 28th day of May next ensuing until the 28th day of August in the year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Sixty-six-both years inclusive AND WHEREAS the amount of the rateable property of the County of Elgin amounts to È 1.145.941 assessed value for the year One Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty-one and it will require the several rates in the pound mentioned in the schedule appended hereunto and forming part of this By-Law upon such rateable property, as a special rate for the pay- ment of said interest and for the creation of a sinking fund for the payment of the principal of such Loan according to the requirements of the 177th Section of the Muncipal Act 12 Victoria Chapter 81st as amended by the Act 14th and 15th Vic. Chap. 109. BE IT TrÅ’REFORE enacted by the Provisional Muni- cipal Council of the County of Elgin: FIRST - That it shall and may be lawful to and for the Provisional Warden to raise by way of Loan and at a rate of interest not exceeding eight per cent per annum from any person or persons body Corporate or Politic who may be willing to advance the same upon credit of the De- bentures hereinafter mentioned a sum of money not exceed- ing the whole of the sum of È 2000 and to cause the same to be paid into the office of the Bank of Montreal in St. Thomas subject to the order of the Treasurer of the said County for the within purposes SECOND - That it shall and may be lawful for the Provisional Warden to cause or direct any number of Debentures to be made in sums of not less than 1; 25 for such sum of money not exceeding in the whole the sum of Two Thousand Pounds as any person or persons body Corporate or Politic shall agree to advance on the credit of such Debentures. Such Debentures to be under the common ) (Cont'd Page 2 2 By-Law No seal of the said County signed by the Provisional Warden and Treasurer and made out in such form and manner and payable at such periods not exceeding 15 years as the Provisional Warden shall think fit THIRD - That the interest on such Debentures shall be payable half yearly at the office of the Bank of Montreal in St. Thomas and the sum of È 400, being the fifth part of the said sum of È 2000 shall be made payable on the 28th day of August in each of the years 1863, 1864, 1865, 1866 and 1867 at the said office of the Bank of Montreal in St. Thomas FOURTH That the special rates enumerated in the schedule appended to this By-Law shall be raised, levi- ed and collected in the same manner as other Taxes and paid over to the Treasurer as the Law directs over and above and in addition to all other rates whatsoever for the years mentioned upon all rateable property in the said County of Elgin for the purpose of paying the said sum of È 2000 with the interest thereon, and the proceeds of such special rate so to be raised,levied and collected and paid over shall be applied solely to the payment and satisfaction of such Debentures and the interest thereof until such Debentures and the interest thereof shall be fully paid, satisfied and discharged. FIFTH - That the said sum of È 2000 when so paid into the office of the Bank of Montreal in St. Thomas shall be appropriated towards defraying the expense of the erection of the said Court House and Goal SIXTH - And be it enacted that the By-Law shall be in force and take effect from and after the 28th day of August next. And be it enacted that the following shall special rates referred to in this By-Law. SEVENTH be the schedule of 80d 2387 È 160 in 1852 to raise È in the 80 2387 160 " 1853 " 80 2387 160 160 " " 1854 1855 " " 80 2387 (Cont'd) By-Law No 2 Page 3 86 2387 " 1856 " 160 80 2387 " 1857 " 160 80d in the 1; in 1858 to raise È 160 2387 80 "2'387 " 1859 " 160 80 2387 " 1860 " 160 80 2387 " 1861 " 160 280 2387 " 1862 " 560 264 2387 " 1863 " 528 248 2387 " 1864 " 496 n~ 1865 464 2387 " " 216 2387 " 1866 " 432 County of Elgin St. Thomas - May 20, 1852 Passed 28th August 1852 Thomas Locker Provo Warden Certified - J. McKay - Provo Clerk Read, approved and ordered to be advertised - 20th May 1852 P./C. Certified - J. McKay Read the 1st time on Saturday the 28th August 1852. Certified - J. McKay P./C Read the 2nd time on Saturday the 28th August 1852. Certified - J. McKay P./c Read the 3rd time on Saturday the 28th August 1852. Certified - J. McKay P./C Passed on Saturday the 28th day of August 1852. Certified - J. McKay P./C