012
COUNTY OF ELGIN
By-Law No. 12
TO ~ETERMINE THE MODE OF DECISION TO BE ADOPTED IN AS-
ÇERTAINI~G THE APPROVAL OR DISAPPROVAL OF A CERTAIN BY-
LAW ORIGINATED B~ THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF ELGIN AND
ENTITLED "A BY-LAW AUTHORIZING THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF
Trill COUNTY OF ELGIN TO RAISE THE SUM OF TWENTY THOUSAND
POUNDS AND INTEREST PAYABLE WIrHIN THIRTY YEARS TO BE
~PPLIED IN TAKING STOCK IN THE LONDON AND PORT STANLEY
RAILWAY COMPANY AND TO RAISE THE SMßE ON THE CREDIT OF
'r:lIE CONSOLIDATED MUNICIPAL LOAN FUND OF UPPER CANADA."
Passed 26th January 1854.
WHEREAS it is expedient to define by what mode
the approval or disapproval of the By-Law mentioned in the
title of this By-Law shall be ascertained from the Munici-
palities in the County of Elgin.
BE IT THEREFORE enacted by the Municipal Council
of the said County of Elgin that the question whether the
said By-Law shall be decided by the Majority of the Total
Number of Electors voting yea or nay in the whole of the
said County of Elgin when the said By-Law shall be sub-
mitted for their approval as required by law and that the
decision of the Electors of each Township and Village
Municipality in the said County of Elgin shall be made
known to the Clerk of this Council by the Clerk of each
Municipality within the said County who shall transmit
to the said County Clerk within five days after the clos-
ing of the Poll in each Municipality respectively a certi-
ficate signed by the Clerk and the Head of the Municipality
wherein shall be stated the number of voters who shall
have voted yea and the number who shall have voted nay
on Polling the votes of such Elections respecting the
said By-Law.
Passed 26 January 1854
Certified
W. McKay Thos. Locker
C/Clerk Warden
(Cont'd)
By-Law No 12 Page 2
Read a first time on Friday the 26th January 185Lf
Certified'- W. McKay C/C
Read a second time on Friday the 26th January 1854.
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Read a third time on Friday the 26th January 1854.
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Passed on Friday the 26th January 1854.
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