223
COUNTY OF ELGIN
223
By-Law No
TO APPOINT A SPECIAL COMMITTEE FOR THE PURPOSE OF MAKING
ALTERATIONS IN THE JAIL AND JAIL YARD OF THE COUNTY OF
ELGIN
WHEREAS the County Council of the County of Elgin
has been required by the Inspector of prisons to make certain
alterations in the interior of the jail premises and erect a
wall around the prison yard, and the Council of the County
of Elgin has decided to proceed with the said work and appoint
a special Committee for that purpose.
AND WHEREAS it is deemed necessary that said
Committee should be appointed and confirmed by By-Law of the
County Council.
BE IT THEREFORE enacted by the Corporation of the
County of Elgin În Council Assembled, that the Warden T. M.
Nairn and Daniel Luton be and are hereby appointed a Special
Committee to receive Tenders enter into agreements and contract
for the alterations required to be made in the Jail premises, as
required by the Inspector of Prisons.
AND THAT THE Warden or Chairman of said Committee
be and is hereby authorized to sign contracts for said works
on behalf of the Council and said Committee and attach the
Corporate Seal thereto, which contracts shall be as binding
on the part of the County as if they had been executed in
open Council
AND THAT THE County Treasurer is hereby authorized
and required to pay to the Contractor or Contractors for said
works on the order of the Chairman of said Committee, such sums
as may be certified by the person in charge of said works of
work having been performed on material delivered retaining
fifteen per-cent of the full value of said work until the
final completion and approval of the works performed under
such contracts.
force
D.
AND IT IS enacted that this By-Law shall be in
and take effect from and after the seventh day of June A.
1871
John Ellison
Warden
(Cont'd)
St. Thomas County of Elgin
7th June 1872
William McKay
County Clerk
Elgin
By-Law No. 223 Page 2
Read a first time 7 June 1872
Certified W. McKay Clerk
Read a second time 7 June 1872
Certified - W. McKay Clerk
Read a third time 7 June 1872
Certified - W. McKay Clerk