031
COUNTY OF ELGIN
By-Law No. 31
TO DETERMINE THE MODE OF DECISION TO BE ADOPTED IN ASCER-
TAINING TrΠAPPROVAL OR DISAPPROVAL OF CERTAIN BY-LAWS ORIGI-
NATED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF ELGIN AND ENTITLED "A
BY-LAW TO AUTHORIZE THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF
ELGIN TO RAISE THE SUM OF È 50.000 AND INTEREST PAYABLE IN
THIRTY YEARS TO BE APPLIED IN TAKING STOCK IN THE AMHERSTBURG
AND ST. THOMAS R&ILWAY COMPANY AND TO RAISE THE SAME ON TrŒ
CREDIT OF THE CONSOLIDATED MUNICIPAL LOAN FUND OF UPPER CANADA
ALSO BY-LAW TO AUTHORIZE THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY
OF ELGIN TO RAISE TrŒ SUM OF È 50.000 AND INTE~ST PAYABLE
WITHIN THIR~Y YE&RS FOR THE PURPOSE OF__TAKING STOCK IN A RAIL-
WAY COMPANY CONSTRUCTING A LINE FROM ST. THOMAS TO TrΠTOWN-
SHIP OF BERTIE AND PASSING IN A DIRECT LINE THROUGH THE TOWN
OF SIMCOE."
Passed 27th September 1855.
WHEREAS it is expedient to define by what mode the
approval or disapproval of the By-Laws mentioned in the title
of this By~Law shall be ascertained from the Municipalities
in the County of Elgin.
BE IT THEREFORE enacted by the Municipal Council
of the County of Elgin that the question whether the said
By-Laws shall be approved or disapproved 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-Laws shall be submitted for their approval as re-
quired 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 Clerks of the Municipalities within the said County who
shall transmit to the said County Clerk within five days
after the closing of the Poll in each Municipality
(Cont'd)
By-Law No. 31 Page 2
respectively a certificate signed by the Clerk and the
head of the Municipality and under the Corporate Seal
of the Municipality wherein shall be stated the number
of voters who shall have voted Yea and the number of
voters who shall have voted Nay on polling the votes of
such electors respecting the said By-Law.
Passed 27th September 1855.
W. McKay Thos. Locker
Clerk Warden
Read a first time 27th September 1855.
W. McKay
Read a second time 27th September 1855.
W. McKay
Read a third time and finally passed 27th September 1855
W. McKay Clerk