234B
COUNTY OF ELGIN
By-:-Law No. 234B
"TO APPOINT A SPECIAL COMMITTEE FOR THE PURPOSE OF MAKING
ALTERATIONS IN THE GAOL AND GAOL YARD OF THE COUNTY OF
ELGIN AND THE ERECTING OF A REGISTRY OFFICE FOR SAID
COUNTY" .
Passed JOth January 1873.
WHEREAS the County Council of the County of Elgin
having been required by the Inspector of Prisons to make
certain alterations in the jail premises of said county,
and the works being now under contract and in'course of
construction, it is deemed necessary to appoint a committee
to carryon said works and attend to the completion as may
be required by the Inspector of Prisons.
BE IT THEREFORE enacted by the Corporation of the
County of Elgin1n council assembled.
That Samuel Shepard, Joseph Marlatt and Thomas M.
Nairn be and hereby appointed a Special Committee to enter
into agreements and make contracts for the completion of the
alterations required to be made in the jail premises and as
required by the Inspector of Prisons and also to pro~ure
such iron work as may be necessary and make alterations in
the plans and specifications if expedient and also to cover
the roof of prison and Gaoler's house with slate or other
suitable material.
And that the Warden or Chairman of said committee
be and is hereby authorized and required to execute contracts
or agreements for said works and material on behalf of this
Council and said committee and attach the Corporate Seal
thereto which contracts shall be as binding on the part of
the County as if executed in öpen Council.
And that the County Treasurer is hereby author-
ized and required to pay to the contractor or contractors
for said works on the order of the Chairman of said committee
such sums of money as may be certifed by the Architect or
person in charge of said works, that work has been performed
or material delivered, retaining fifteen per cent of the
full value of the original contract for said works until
the final completion and approval of the work performed under
such contracts.
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AND IT IS ALSO enacted that said committee are
hereby authorized to order the payment of all works and
material required whether included in the original contract
or otherwise, and to employ the Architect or such other
person as they may consider necessary and requisite to
superintend the operations and order payment for such
service as they may consider just and reasonable.
.
AND WHEREAS it is deemed necessary in order to
comply with the requirements of the Registry Act and erect
a fire-proof Registry Office upon a plan and on a site ap-
proved of by His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor in Còun-
cil.
BE IT THEREFORE enacted by the Corporation of the
County of Elgin that T. M. Nairn, Joseph Marlatt and Samuel
Shepard be a committee to receive tenders and make agree-
ments or contracts for the erection of a Registry Office in
the court house yard upon a plan and on a site :..selected by
the County Council and approved or that may be approved by
His Excellency the Governor in Council.
AND THAT the Warden of the county isiherêby auth-
orized and required to execute contracts for said work as may
be approved of by said committee and attach the Corporate
Seal of the county thereto.
A~ID IT IS ALSO enacted that the County Treasurer
is hereby required to pay to the order of the Chairman of
said committee on certificate of the Architect or person in
charge of said works certifying the amount of work done or
material on hand. retaining fifteen per cent thereof until
the completion and approval of said work
in
Feb-
AND IT IS enacted that this By-Law shall be
and take effect from and after the First day of
one thousand eight hundred and seventy-three
force
ruary,
John McCausland
Warden
St. Thomas
County of Elgin
30th January 1873
William McKay
County Clerk
1873
Clerk
Read a first time 30 January
Certified W. McKay
January 1873
McKay Clerk
Read a second time 30
Certified W.
1873
Read a third time 30 January
Certified W. McKay