179
COUNTY OF ELGIN
By-Law No. 179
"TO EXTEND THE TIME FOR THE PAYMENT OF TAXES ON LANDS."
WHEREAS by the One Hundred and Twenty-ninth Sec-
tion of the Assessment Act of 1869, thirty-second Victoria
Chapter thirty-six, it is enacted that
The Council of a County, City or Town shall have
power to extend the time for the payment of taxes b~yond
the term of three years by By-Law passed for that purpose.
AND WHEREAS it is expedient that the time for the
payment of Taxes on Lands be extended.
BE IT THEREFORE enacted by the Corporation of the
County of Elgin by virtue of the authority aforesaid
THAT no Lands in the County of Elgin arrears for
Taxes previous to 1869 shall be liable to be sold for the
payment of Taxes until a portion of the Tax on such Lands
has been due for and in the' fifth year.
THAT the Treasurer of the County of Elgin is here-
by directed not to submit to the Warden of the said County
a list in duplicate of-Lands liable to be sold for Taxes
unless a portion of the Tax an any such Land has been due
for and in the fifth year.
AND IT IS enacted that this By-Law shall take
effect and be in force on and after the Seventeenth day of
June, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Sixty-nine.
Passed in Council this Seventeenth day of June
One Thousand Eight Hundred and Sixty-nine.
st. Thomas
County of El~in
17th June 18 9
William McKay T. M. Nairn
County Clerk Warden
Read a first time 17 June 1869
Certified W. McKay, Clerk.
Read a second time 17 June 1869
Certified W. McKay, Clerk.
Read a third time 17 June 1869.