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096 COUNTY OF ELGIN By-Law No. 96 "TO APPROPRIATE THE SUM OF TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS 'rOWARDS THE REPAIR OF THE MACKINTOSH BRIDGE ACROSS THE RIVER THAMES BETw:E;EN THE COUNTIES OF ELGIN AND MIDDLESEX." Passed 11th October 1861. WHEREAS the Mackintosh Bridge across the River Thames at or near the Township line between the Townships of Dunwich and Southwold on the boundary between the Counties of Middlesex and Elgin being in an unfinished state and the Council of the County of Middlesex having expressed their desire to.appropri- ate a certain sum toward the repair of said Bridge provided the Council of the County of Elgin appropriate a similar amount. AND WHEREAS this Council have taken into considerat- ion the importance and necessity for making and preseving said Bridge and having been informed that a certain amount will re- quire to be appropriated for expenditure on account of said Works, this Council deems it expedient that the sum of two hund- red and fifty dollars be appropriated for the preservation of said Mackintosh Bridge. AND WHEREAS by the Third subsection of the three hundred and forty second Section of the Act 22nd Victoria, Chapter 54th of the Consolidated Statutes of Upper Canada, the CounciL of every County is authorised to pass By-Laws for opentng"makiIng.: preserving, improving, repairing and widening roads and bridges or other public communications running or being within one or more Townships or between two or more Townships of the County or between the County and any adjoin~ ing County or city or on the bounds of any town or Incorporated Village within the boundaries of the County as the interest of the inhabitants of the County in the opinion of the Council require.to be so opened, made, preserved and improved. AND ~{EREAS said Bridge being situated on the River Thames and being public communication between the Counties of Elgin and Middlesex, this Council deems it conducive to the interests of the Inhabitants of the County that said communi- cation·should be maintained, preserved, and improved. BE IT THEREFORE enacted by the Municipal Council of the Corporation of the County of Elgin assembled by virtue of the Municipal Institutions Act for Upper Canada (cont'd) Page 2 96 By-Law No and under the authority aforesaid. THAT THE SUM of two hundred and fifty dollars be appropriated by this Corporation towards the preservation of the Mackintosh Bridge across the River Thames at or near the Township line between the Townships of Dunwich and Southwold and on the boundary between the Counties of Elgin and Middlesex. AND IT IS also enacted that the Treasurer of the County of Elgin is hereby authorized to pay said sum of two hundred and fifty dollars to the parties who may repair said Bridge on the certificate of a persop to be appointed by this Council for that purpose, certi:fÞ¡~gthà:t,;sài.d Briqge has been completed and that the work has been done in a satisfactory manner which said certificate shall be encount- ersigned by the Warden of the County AND IT IS also enacted that this By-Law shall have no effect until a By-Law in similar terms be passed by the Council of the County of Middlesex. of Elgin St. Thomas County 11th October 1861. Jones J. H. Warden See reso¡ution of Council, 11 October 1861 appoint- Galbraith Deputy Reeve of Dunwich, Commissioner to said sum of $250 on the Mackintosh Bridge NO'¡'E ing J. expend 1861. McKay.C Read a first time 11th October Certified W. Clerk Read a second time 11th October 1861. Certified W. McKay Cler~ Read a third time and finally passed 11th October 1861 W. McKay, Clerk