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267 COUNTY OF ELGIN By-Law No. 267 TO RAISE THE SUM OF THIRTY-THREE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND THIRTY-FOUR DOLLARS FOR COUNTY PURPOSES IN THE COUNTY OF ELGIN FOR THE YEAR 1875". WHEREAS by the Thirteenth Section of the Assess- ment Act 32 Victoria Chapter 36 it is enacted that the Council of every County shall every year make an estimate of all sums which may be required for the lawful purpose of the County for the year in which such sums are re- ~uired to be levied and by the 14th Section of said Act 1t is enacted that the Council of every Municipality may pass By-Laws authorizing the levying and collection of a rate or rates of so much in the dollar upon the assessed value of the property therein, as the Council may deem sufficient to raise the sums required on said estimates. AND WHEREAS the Council of the County of Elgin has made an estimate of all sums required for the lawful purposes of the Municipality for the year 1875 shewing that the sum of thirty-three thousand, eight hundred and thirty- four dollars is required to be raised for County purposes. AND WHEREBY the 74th Section of said Assessment Act it is enacted - THAT the Council of a County in apportioning a County rate among the several Townships, Towns and Villages with the County shall in order that the sums may be assess- ed equally on the whole of the property returned on the Assessment Rolls for such Townships, Towns and Villages as finally revised and equalized for the preceding year be the basis upon which the apportionment is made. BE IT THEREFORE enacted by the Corporation of the County of Elgin in Council Assembled and by virtue of the Authority aforesaid THAT the sum of thirty-three thousand, eight hundred and thirty-four dollars be raised in the said County of Elgin during the present year for debentures and coupons of the Canada Southern Railway and that a rate of two and -: three quarter mills in the dollar be levied on the rateable in said County to raise said amount of thirty-three thousand eight hundred and thirty-four dollars. THAT the sum of thirty-three thousand, eight hun- dred and thirty-four dollars be raised in the several Munici- palities in the said County during the present year for County purposes and General Expenditures and that a rate of two mills and three quarters of a mill in the dollar be levied on the rateable property in said County to raise said amount. (cont'd) <.;.. By-Law No. 267 Page 2 AND IT IS enacted that the said rates shall be apportioned and levied upon the amount of property in the several Municipalities in the County of Elgin as finally revised and equalized for the preceding year to raise said amounts as per schedule hereunto. SCHEDULE Municipalities Canada General Totals Southern County Railway Rate Aldborough 2,065 1,721 4,786 Dunwich 2,643 1,901 ,544 Southwold 3,892 2,784 6,676 Yarmouth 3,946 2,994 6,940 Malahide 3,084 2,390 5,47# South Dorchester 1,670 1,201 2,871 Bayham 1,733 1,075 2,808 Vienna 100 92 192 Aylmer 200 143 343 Port Stanley 120 80 200 19,353 14,481 33,834 AND IT IS enacted that this By-Law shall take effect and be in force from and after the eighteenth day of June A. D. 1875. Passed in Council this day of June 1875. St. Thomas County of Elgin George Suffel Warden Read a first time 18th June 1875 William McKay Clerk Read a second time 18th June 1875 Read a third time 18th June 1875 and finally passed Certified - W. McKay Clerk